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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen%20S.%20Herbert | RDML Gretchen S. Herbert is a retired United States Navy officer who commanded the Navy Cyber Forces.
A native of Rochester, New York, Rear Admiral Herbert graduated from the University of Rochester in 1984, receiving her commission through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program. She holds a master's degree in Systems Technology (Space Systems Operations) from the Naval Postgraduate School (1991) and a master's degree in Military Studies from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College (1998).
During her early assignments, Herbert served within the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System at Naval Facility Bermuda; at commander, Oceanographic Systems Atlantic; and at Naval Ocean Processing Facility, Dam Neck, Virginia.
Additional shore assignments include satellite communications officer at Headquarters, U.S. Naval Forces Europe; executive officer, Fleet Surveillance Support Command; Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College; commanding officer, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Washington; branch head, Naval Networks for OPNAV N6; and assistant chief of Naval Operations for the Next Generation Enterprise Network.
She also served as director of the Communications, Networks and Chief Information Officer (CIO) Division on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance.
Fleet assignments include combat systems officer embarked in USS George Washington (CVN-73) where she deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operations Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; and assistant chief of staff for Communications and Information Systems (N6) to commander, Carrier Strike Group 7 embarked in USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) where she deployed to the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf with Ronald Reagan Strike Group.
In June, 2011, Herbert assumed command of Navy Cyber Forces at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia. She retired from active duty in January 2014.
References
1962 births
Living people
University of Rochester alumni
Military personnel from Rochester, New York
Naval Postgraduate School alumni
Women in the Iraq War
United States Navy rear admirals (lower half)
Female admirals of the United States Navy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Ford | Kenneth or Ken Ford may refer to:
Ken Ford (sculptor) (born 1930), British sculptor
Ken Ford (violinist) (born 1968), American jazz violinist
Kenneth M. Ford (born 1955), American computer scientist
Kenneth W. Ford (businessman) (1908–1997), American businessman who established Roseburg Forest Products
Kenneth W. Ford (born 1926), American physicist, teacher, and author |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zepol | Zepol is a subscription-based service founded by Paul Rasmussen and Jeff Wilson in Edina, Minnesota. It provides access to U.S. trade data tools based on information from U.S. Customs, other government sources, and information gathered from vessel manifests filed at various ports.
References
Organizations based in Minneapolis
Organizations established in 2002
2002 establishments in Minnesota |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20House%20%28American%20Horror%20Story%20episode%29 | "Murder House" is the third episode of the first season of the television series American Horror Story, which premiered on the network FX on October 19, 2011. The episode was written by Jennifer Salt and directed by Bradley Buecker. This episode is rated TV-MA (LSV).
In the episode, Ben (Dylan McDermott) is paid a visit by an upset Hayden (Kate Mara), who demands he tell his wife the truth. Vivien (Connie Britton) learns about the house's former residents: a crazed surgeon, Charles Montgomery (Matt Ross), and wife, Nora (Lily Rabe), who provided illegal abortions in their basement, until their bitter marriage mysteriously ended. Kate Mara guest stars as Hayden McClaine.
Plot
Flashing back to 1983, Hugo Langdon, the husband of Constance, begins making unwanted sexual remarks/advances to a young Moira who's fixing up a bed in the room. She keeps on turning him down in order to keep her job. Hugo throws her on the bed and rapes her. Constance walks in on them, misinterpreting his advances on Moira as consensual. As a result, a heartbroken Constance kills them both by shooting Moira in the eye and Hugo in the chest.
The Harmons' finances take a blow, making moving impractical. Meanwhile, Ben falls asleep during an appointment and wakes up in the yard having dug a hole, but with no memory.
Moira continues to sexually harass Ben, and he threatens to fire her. He is unable to convince Vivien about Moira's sexual advances, and Moira threatens to sue if they try to fire her without just cause.
Hayden arrives, announces that she is keeping the baby and moving nearby, and wants Ben to continue their affair.
Vivien goes on a bus tour of haunted places in Los Angeles, after finding the house is on the tour, where the origin of the house is explained. Charles Montgomery, the original owner of the house and a doctor, had developed an addiction to anesthesia and began to conduct Frankenstein-like experiments. With the aid of his wife, Nora, Charles started performing abortions on young women. On the bus, Vivien worries that she is miscarrying again, due to vaginal bleeding. The doctor assures Vivien that the baby is fine, but advises that the stress of moving could cause a miscarriage.
Ben encounters Larry, who asks for money. When Ben returns home he blacks out again, and wakes up in the same spot in the yard. As he begins to dig, Constance encourages him to stay with the house and to build something over that spot.
Hayden arrives at the house to speak with Vivien, but Ben manages to calm her down and they share a kiss. She recommends they both go to a restaurant to get something to eat. When he walks Hayden out, she is killed by Larry who bludgeons her with a shovel Ben used earlier. He buries her in the hole Ben had dug, where Moira is also buried. Ben builds a gazebo over the spot, and Constance taunts Moira, telling her that now she is stuck in the house forever.
Production
The episode was written by co-executive producer Jennifer Salt, and directe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20previously%20broadcast%20by%20CT | This is a list of programs previously broadcast by CT, a Filipino cable and satellite television network that includes dramas, sitcoms, reality, men's lifestyle, classic shows, and talk show programs produced in the U.S. and Britain. Most of the American TV shows are from broadcast networks such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and The CW and cable channels such as FX, TBS, Syfy, and USA Network.
On March 22, 2015, the channel was renamed as CT, signaling a deviation from the "Jack" branding.
Previous programs
CHASE/Jack City/CT
Note: CHASE/JackCITY was also aired via BEAM TV before September 1, 2014.
24
24: Live Another Day
Alcatraz
Allegiance
The Americans
American Crime Story
American Odyssey
Arrow
Autopsy: The Last Hours of...
Awake
Best Bars in America
The Black Box
Black Work
Blue
Breakout Kings
Bones
Burn Notice
Car Matchmaker
Chase
Chicago Fire
Chicago P.D.
City Eye
City Lounge Presents
The Closer
Cold Case
Complications
Containment
Covert Affairs
CT Exclusive
CT Premiere
Dig
Do No Harm
Elementary
The Following
Forever
Fringe
Game of Silence
Gang Related
Golden Boy
Gotham
Graceland
Grimm
The Grinder
Ground Floor
Hiding
House
How I Rock It
In Plain Sight
Ironside
JackCITY Central
JackCITY Exclusives
The Killing
Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Legends
Life
Limelight
Lucky Bastards
Martina Cole's The Runaway
Monday Mornings
Motive
Mr. Selfridge
NCIS
No Second Chance
The Odd Couple
Person of Interest
Persons Unknown
Prime Suspect
Psych
Reckless
Rectify
Revolution
Rosewood
Royal Pains
Rush
Shades of Blue
Significant Mother
Sons of Anarchy
The Strain
Terra Nova
The Mentalist
Those Who Kill
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Touch
Trauma
Tyrant
V
Vegas
Weekend Fix
Warehouse 13
White Collar
Without a Trace
Women We Love
See also
Chase
CT
Jack City
Solar Entertainment Corporation
References
CT
Solar Entertainment Corporation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20tunnels%20in%20Victoria | The Australian state of Victoria has only ever had about 10 tunnels on its railway network, with some others on private narrow gauge tramways. This is due to the relatively easy terrain through which most of the lines were built.
Main line tunnels
Deniliquin line tunnels
The Deniliquin line was commenced by the private Melbourne, Mount Alexander & Murray River Railway Company, but when the company experienced financial difficulties it was taken over by the Victorian colonial government in 1856, with the Victorian Railways Department being formed to operate the new public railway system. The line opened in five stages from February 1859 to September 1864, and was at the time the largest engineering undertaking in the colony. More than 6,000 men were involved in construction of the Deniliquin line with the main contractors Cornish & Bruce undertaking the works. The line served a strategic economic need of serving the important goldfields of Castlemaine and Bendigo (then called Sandhurst), and capturing for Melbourne the trade in wool and other goods from northern Victoria and the Riverina which were formerly shipped through South Australia via the Murray River. Two tunnels were built on the line. The Elphinstone Tunnel, long, was built in brick and bluestone as a double-track horseshoe profile tunnel, and was completed in 1860. The Big Hill Tunnel, located between Kangaroo Flat and Ravenswood, south of Bendigo. Like the Elpinstone Tunnel, it was double-tracked when built, but was singled as part of the Regional Fast Rail project.
Cheviot Tunnel
Cheviot tunnel was built for the extension of the Mansfield line from Yea and is located near Limestone, roughly halfway between Yea and Molesworth, where the line crosses the Black Range at McLoughlin's Gap. It was built in 1889, at a cost of £88,661/2/11, by contractors Kenny Bros as part of the Yea to Cathkin section, but construction was delayed by accidents.
Tarrawarra Tunnel
Tarrawarra Tunnel was built on the Healesville line, when the Lilydale-Melbourne railway was extended from Yarra Flats (now known as Yarra Glen) to Healesville. A 1 in 40 (2.5%) climb up to the 154.4-metre tunnel and a corresponding descent was required. The section of line through the tunnel opened on 1 March 1889.
South Geelong Tunnel
South Geelong tunnel was built as part of the extension of the Geelong line towards Colac and runs for a distance of 422 metres underneath the edge of the town centre, between McKillop and Ryrie Streets. Construction was commenced on 15 October 1874 by contractors Overend and Robb. It has a typical horseshoe shape and is built of bluestone and brick. The first train ran through the tunnel on 13 January 1876 and official services commenced on 4 February the same year. Its steep grade limited haulage loads and sometimes required assistance from a bank engine.
Branch line tunnels
Geelong Harbour Tunnel
The Geelong Harbour branch line ran from near the station to Cunningham Pier (originally |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Green%20Building%20Council | The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is a non-profit organisation and global network of national Green Building Councils (GBCs). It has member councils in over 70 countries worldwide, which collectively have 49,000 members (25,000 member companies and 24,000 individual members).
The organisation is committed to achieving the following goals by 2050: limiting global temperature rises to 2 degrees Celsius; reducing the building and construction sector's CO2 emissions by 84 gigatonnes; and ensuring all buildings have net zero emissions. These goals will ensure the buildings and construction sector plays its part in delivering on the ambition of the Paris Agreement.
History
In 1993, the first Green Building Council was founded in the US, formed by Rick Fedrizzi, David Gottfried and Mike Italiano with a mission to promote sustainability-focused practices in the building and construction industry. Around the world, other green leaders in the industry looked at the impact of the USGBC and decided to start similar movements in their own countries, led by a GBC. Individuals from across the globe were supported by the USGBC. Gottfried seeded and managed the formation of the “United Nations of the Green Building Councils” with the mission of supporting the development of GBCs, and uniting them with a common voice and purpose.
In 1999, the founding meeting of WorldGBC was held in California, US. In 2002, WorldGBC was officially formed with eight founding GBCs: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and USA.
In 2007, a Secretariat for WorldGBC was formally established in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, supported by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority – which continues to work with WorldGBC. Start-up funding of over $1 million per year for three years was provided by the Government of Ontario.
Since then, WorldGBC has seen growth and evolution in its focus and structure. In 2009, WorldGBC launched five regional networks and three membership levels (Prospective, Emerging and Established). In 2010 a Corporate Advisory Board was formed to deliver strategic insight from the industry to the WorldGBC Board. By 2012, there were 71 member GBCs.
The WorldGBC began to produce reports such as The Business Case for Green Building in 2013 and Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices in 2014. In 2015, the WorldGBC Board agreed a new strategic plan for the organisation with five focus areas: Membership; Regional Networks; Projects and Partnerships; Marketing, Communications and Influence; and Governance and Operations.
Mission and structure
WorldGBC's mission is to "create green buildings for everyone, everywhere" - enabling people to thrive both today and tomorrow.
WorldGBC has a board of directors, comprising building industry professionals who hold senior positions on the staff or boards of member GBCs (or who are closely affiliated with them). The board's role is to advise and oversee WorldGBC's organisational strategy and governa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualised%20Learner%20Record | The Individualised Learner Record (ILR) is the primary data collection about further education and work-based learning in England. It is requested from learning providers in England's further education system. The data is used widely, most notably by the government to monitor policy implementation and the performance of the sector, and by organisations that allocate FE funding.
ILR data is collected from providers receiving funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). It has changed name since it began, to the PLR (Personalised Learner Record) and together, forms the Learner Records Service dataset. In October 2019, the official statistics released by the Department for Education indicated it controlled over 28.4 million named, individual records.
Specification
The ILR Specification defines the data is collected in the Individualised Learner Record for each academic year (from 1 August to 31 July).
Controversy
In January 2020, the Sunday Times reported that "Betting companies have been given access to an educational database containing names, ages and addresses of 28 million children and students in one of the biggest breaches of government data", which referred to Learner Records Service data. It said that over 12,000 organisations had access to the Learning Records Service.
References
External links
Skills Funding Agency
ILR Specification, Validation Rules and Appendices
Education in England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change%20vector | In an Oracle database, a change vector consists of a single change to a single data block. A change vector is the smallest unit of change recorded in a redo log (in its turn, a redo log comprises files in a proprietary format which logs a history of all changes made to the database).
Source for further reading
Change Vector
Oracle software
Transaction processing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cottage%20%28video%20game%29 | The Cottage () is an adventure video game that was initially made available in 1978 for the DEC-10 mainframe computer Oden in Stockholm, and later published by Scandinavian PC Systems for IBM PCs in 1986 in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and English. It was the first publicly available Swedish adventure game and one of the first commercial Swedish video games.
The game is set in a cottage in Småland, Sweden; the player explores the cottage and its surroundings by typing simple commands to indicate what they want to do or where they want to go. They aim to find items and perform certain actions to raise their score and rank, while avoiding traps and enemy characters, with the ultimate goal of getting inducted into the cottage council.
The game was developed in the 1970s and 1980s by Viggo Kann, Kimmo Eriksson and Olle Johansson, three children who had played the game Adventure and wanted to create a similar game in Swedish. The Cottage began as a collection of smaller games the three had previously developed on their own, with the player moving through an amusement arcade to choose what to play; as they found it more fun to move through the arcade than to play the games, they ended up expanding the area to explore and removing most of the smaller games. Several thousand copies of the IBM PC release were sold; despite this, the developers did not receive much money from it outside of pre-paid royalties. The game had a cult-like status among Oden users at the time, and was commercially important to the computer center in Stockholm.
Gameplay
The Cottage is set in a surreal environment in the Småland province in Sweden, and begins on the pier of a lake, outside a cottage surrounded by a deep forest and waterfalls. The cottage is larger on the inside than the outside, and has nine underground levels. The player is able to move in four cardinal directions and perform actions by typing simple commands, such as "North", "Left" and "Take ball". Their aim is to explore the cottage and its surroundings to find and collect items. The inside of the cottage includes obstacles such as trapdoors the player can fall through and robbers who can steal the player's valuables, while the cottage's surroundings include "mysterious creatures" that the player can encounter.
At the start of the game, the player's score is set to the value of 50; their goal is to increase it as much as possible, for the maximum score of 307. This is done by performing certain actions, finding new areas, solving puzzles, and by finding and keeping treasures and valuable items. In exchange for some of their score, the player can receive hints or get resurrected following an in-game death. The player is ranked in accordance with their score: they start as a "clumsy rookie", and eventually become an "expert on Småland houses". Upon finishing the game, the player gets inducted into the cottage council.
Development
The Cottage was originally developed in 1977–1978 by three children: brothers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy%20%28Philippine%20TV%20series%29 | Legacy is a 2012 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Jay Altarejos and Andoy Ranay, it stars Heart Evangelista and Lovi Poe. It premiered on January 16, 2012 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Amaya. The series concluded on June 1, 2012 with a total of 98 episodes. It was replaced by Makapiling Kang Muli in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Heart Evangelista as Diana Calcetas
Lovi Poe as Natasha Alcantara
Supporting cast
Geoff Eigenmann as Joshua "Josh" Castillo
Sid Lucero as Iñigo Salcedo
Alessandra de Rossi as Bernadette Leviste
Mike Tan as Arturo "Third" San Jose III
Eddie Garcia as Romualdo Alcantara
Liza Lorena as Sofia Altamirano
Jackie Lou Blanco as Isabel Calcetas-Aragon
Maritoni Fernandez as Anna Marie Leviste
Cherie Gil as Eva Altamirano-Alcantara
Mark Bautista as Eboy
Solenn Heussaff as Chloe Martin
Sam Pinto as Ciara Estuar
Ryza Cenon as Juliet
Chariz Solomon as Candy
Guest cast
Robert Seña as Cesar Alcantara
Maria Isabel Lopez as Lala Salcedo
Dennis Trillo as young Cesar Alcantara
Chynna Ortaleza as young Eva Altamirano-Alcantara
Bianca King as young Isabel Calcetas-Aragon
Sue Prado as young Sofia Altamirano
Isabel Nesreen Frial as young Diana Calcetas
Bon Vibar as Arturo San Jose Sr.
Richard Quan as Lucio Aragon
Dominic Roco as young Lucio Aragon
Lloyd Samartino as Rowell
Benedict Campos as young Rowell
Arthur Solinap as Quintin
Bodie Cruz as Franco
Bubbles Paraiso as Marie
Carla Abellana as herself
Carlo Gonzales as Gary
Daisy Reyes as Maridess
Gian Magdangal as himself
Jona as herself
Aicelle Santos as herself
Maricris Garcia as herself
Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino as Lydia
Tom Olivar as Rogelio
Tim Yap as Justin
Victor Aliwalas as Von
Reception
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Legacy earned a 23.4% rating. While the final episode scored a 28.4% rating.
Critical response
The show gathered positive feedbacks from critics for its visual style and acting of its cast. Eddison Miranda of Rogue Magazine Philippines, stated "I love how the villains play an effective role but having to blend with a comedic outcome". Miranda also highlighted the performance of Maritoni Fernandez and Cherie Gil.
Accolades
References
External links
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2012 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matunga%20railway%20station | Matunga is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It should not be confused with the nearby Matunga Road railway station on the Western Line.
As per the Limca Book of Records 2018, Matunga is the first railway station in India in suburban category to be completely staffed by women.
Events
Mumbai Division of Central Railway in July 2017 posted a total of 41 women staffers, including 17 booking clerks, 6 Railway Protection Force personnel, 8 ticket checkers, 5 point persons, 2 announcers and 2 cleaners working under the supervision of station manager Mrs. Mamta Kulkarni, making them eligible for the entry in Limca Book as first all-women station. Incidentally Mamta Kulkarni is first Assistant Station Manager to be recruited on Mumbai Division of Central Railway in 1992.
Workshop
The Matunga Carriage Repair Workshop located just next to the railway station was built in 1915 in the area between the tracks of the Western and Central Lines. It was set up as a repair workshop for coaches and wagons of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. It now carries out Periodical Overhaul (POH) and heavy corrosion repairs of main line and EMU coaches; in 2009/10 it attended 3182 coaches. In 2011 it had 7,719 staff.
The neighbouring station of Matunga Road station on Western Railway experienced terrorist bombings in 1993 and 2006 which were often described as being at "Matunga station".
References
Railway stations in India opened in 1865
Railway stations in Mumbai City district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Van%20de%20Graaff | Peter Van de Graaff (born November 9, 1961) is an American singer and radio personality. He is best known as the host of the Beethoven Satellite Network (BSN) overnight classical music service, which is carried over approximately 150 radio stations across the USA.
Biography
Van de Graaff is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Glencoe, Illinois and attended New Trier High School. He attended Brigham Young University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance. While there, he began working as an announcer on KBYU-FM, the university's classical-music FM radio station. He was also announcer for the Utah Symphony live broadcasts. Following his graduation he remained with the station, rising to the post of Senior Producer. In 1986 the station expanded to around-the-clock broadcasting, with Van de Graaff hosting the morning program. In 1988 Van de Graaff returned to Chicago, obtaining an announcer post at the city's fine-arts FM radio station WFMT. In 1989 he became a program host for the syndicated Beethoven Satellite Network. In 2015 he relocated to Eugene, Oregon.
Van de Graaff married a professional soprano singer, Kathleen. They appear together occasionally, especially to perform the early eighteenth-century chamber works known as opera intermezzi.
Van de Graaff has performed with opera companies and orchestras worldwide. He speaks several languages, including Dutch, German, French. He also has studied Russian, Spanish and Italian.
Career
Van de Graaff began his radio career in 1984 at KBYU-FM in Utah, then moved to WFMT in Chicago as a staff announcer in 1988. Beginning in 1989 he became a program host for the Beethoven Satellite Network, a nationally syndicated classical music program service that is now carried on over 150 stations (he became Program Director of the Beethoven Satellite Network in 1996). He has hosted other nationwide broadcast series, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Van Cliburn Piano Series, Opera from the European Broadcasting Union, Music of the Baroque and the Vermeer Quartet.
Van de Graaff sings in the bass-baritone range, and has performed throughout the world. He performed and recorded a Vorisek Mass with the Czech State Symphony under Paul Freeman. Accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic he has sung Beethoven's Missa Solemnis throughout the Czech Republic and Poland. He appeared in Berlin with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Arnold Schoenberg's Moses und Aron. In Budapest he sang with the Budapest Concert Orchestra in Verdi's Requiem and in Tel Aviv, the Israel Chamber Orchestra accompanied him in a Mass of Mozart. He performed a recital in Tokyo. He has sung throughout the United States, with the Houston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Utah Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Syracuse Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Omaha Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Colorado Springs Symphony, Richmond Symphony and others. He has performed with Pierre Boulez, Christopher Wilkins, Paul Free |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellanox%20Technologies | Mellanox Technologies Ltd. () was an Israeli-American multinational supplier of computer networking products based on InfiniBand and Ethernet technology. Mellanox offered adapters, switches, software, cables and silicon for markets including high-performance computing, data centers, cloud computing, computer data storage and financial services.
On March 11, 2019, Nvidia announced its intent to acquire the company for $6.9 billion. Other companies willing to acquire Mellanox were Intel, Xilinx and Microsoft. The deal closed on April 27, 2020, with approval from the EU, U.S. and Chinese antitrust authorities.
The company was integrated into Nvidia's networking division in 2020 and Nvidia stopped using the brand name "Mellanox" for its new networking products.
History
1999–2009
Mellanox was founded in May 1999 by former Israeli executives of Intel Corporation and Galileo Technology (which was acquired by Marvell Technology Group in October 2000 for $2.8 billion) Eyal Waldman, Shai Cohen, Roni Ashuri, Michael Kagan, Evelyn Landman, Eitan Zahavi, Shimon Rottenberg, Udi Katz and Alon Webman. Eyal Waldman founded Mellanox in the Israel city of Yokne'am.
Financial offices were in Santa Clara, California in the USA.
In February, 2002, a round of venture capital investment was announced of about $56 million.
Later extended to about $64 million, investors included Intel, IBM, Sequoia Capital and U.S. Venture Partners,
Mellanox had its initial public offering in February, 2007, on NASDAQ that raised $102 million, and valued the company at over half a billion dollars.
Its shares were listed under the symbol MLNX.
Created in 2009, Mellanox's investment fund was publicly announced in 2014.
Initially founded as an integrated circuit (chip) manufacturer, it evolved into a producer of complete network systems by 2009.
2010–2016
In 2010, Oracle Corporation became a major investor in the company, holding around 10% of its stock. Oracle uses InfiniBand technology in its Exadata and Exalogic appliances. Stock shares were also listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, until 2013 when the company de-listed itself, but remained on NASDAQ.
In February 2011, Mellanox acquired Voltaire Ltd., a provider of data center switches for about $218 million.
In November 2012, Mellanox was named one of the fastest growing companies by a marketing firm.
In 2013 Mellanox acquired assets of XLoom Communications Ltd., including opto-electric chip-scale packaging, and some of XLoom's technology personnel.
In July 2013, Mellanox acquired privately held Kotura, Inc., a developer of silicon photonics optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking. In July 2013, Mellanox acquired privately held IPtronics A/S, a designer of optical interconnect components for digital communications.
In July 2014, Mellanox acquired privately held Integrity Project, for its software connectivity, low-level development, real-time applications and security technology. In February 2016, Mellanox |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20Scoundrels | Perfect Scoundrels is an early-1990s British television comedy-drama following two con-men's travels while conning various people. Produced by TVS Television for the ITV network, it ran for three series between 22 April 1990 and 30 May 1992. The show's main stars were Peter Bowles and Bryan Murray, as well as a cameo appearance from pop singer Lulu.
The series was repeated on The Family Channel but has never been commercially released on DVD. This is possibly due to ongoing rights issues after the production company, TVS, dropped out of the ITV network in 1992 and subsequently went through a number of take-overs. This problem affects the majority of the TVS programme archive as much of the original production paperwork and sales documentation has been lost during the intervening years.
Episodes
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
References
Timewarp information about Perfect Scoundrels.
External links
1990 British television series debuts
1992 British television series endings
ITV comedy
ITV television dramas
1990s British drama television series
Television shows produced by Television South (TVS)
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20data%20centre | State Data Centres (SDC) are multiple data centers set up in various states of India to provide fundamental IT infrastructure for various eGovernance programs being run as part of National eGovernance Plan of India. The main purpose of these centres is to provide a physical facility for hosting various state level e-government applications similar to what National Informatics Center (NIC) provides to the national level applications. The SDC project was approved in January 2008 as a part of the National eGovernance Plan.
Introduction
The State Data Centres project is meant to build up state's services, applications and infrastructure on a common platform in all the states and union territories of India. SDCs project is planned to work together with State Wide Area Network project to achieve its goals. A SDC will work as a physical storehouse of public and private data which will act as a centralized database for various eGovernment applications. In addition to this, a SDC will provide basic IT infrastructure for implementing server side technologies viz. systems like web servers, application servers and database servers etc. for different applications.
Services
The following types of services are expected to be provided at the SDCs:
1. Application and web hosting.
2. 24*7 support for data and application availability.
3. Centralized network and database management.
4. Security of private data.
5. Backup & archival Services.
Implementation
The implementation guidelines have been stated very clearly by the government. The guidelines can be found at http://www.mit.gov.in/content/policy-guidelines-state-data-centre-sdc-dpl-data.
The key considerations of the project are:
1. Scalability
2. Availability
3. Security
4. Manageability
5. Reliability
6. Migration from Distributed to Centralized environment
7. Interoperability
8. Compliance to Standards
Current Progress
Since its inception the union Government of India has spent a total budget of Rs. 1378.50 Crores in various states of India. Typically a data centre takes 9–12 months for setting up and getting into operation. As per the data received from the official sources, currently various states of India are in different phases of the project realisation. As many as 14 States have been successful in making the SDCs operational until date. Some of these states include Gujarat, West Bengal and Tripura. Furthermore, SDCs are under implementation in some of the other states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and are expected to become functional by the end of 2011.
References
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)
Information technology in India
E-government in India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhakar%20Raghavan | Prabhakar Raghavan is a senior vice president at Google, where he is responsible for Google Search, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce, and Payments products. His research spans algorithms, web search and databases and he is the co-author of the textbooks Randomized Algorithms with Rajeev Motwani and Introduction to Information Retrieval.
Early life and education
Prabhakar's mother, Amba Raghavan, taught physics and math at St Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal and St Patricks High School, Adyar, Chennai after earning a master's degree from Presidency College, Chennai.
Prabhakar himself holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He did his schooling from Campion School, Bhopal.
Career
Prior to joining Google, he worked at Yahoo! Labs. Before that, Prabhakar worked at IBM Research and later became senior vice president and chief technology officer at enterprise search vendor Verity.
Awards and honors
Prabhakar is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of both the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). From 2003 to 2009, Prabhakar was the editor-in-chief of Journal of the ACM.
In 1986, Prabhakar received the Machtey Award for Best Student Paper. In 2000, he was named a fellow of the IEEE; received the Best Paper Award at the ACM Symposium on Principles of Database Systems; and received the Best Paper Award at the Ninth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW9). In 2002, Prabhakar was named a fellow of the ACM. He received the 2006 Distinguished Alumnus Award, UC Berkeley Division of Computer Science. In 2008, Prabhakar was made a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and in 2009, he was awarded a Laurea honoris causa from the University of Bologna. In 2012, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus by the IIT Madras. In 2017, Prabhakar and co-authors received the Seoul test of time award for their 2000 paper “Graph Structure in the Web” at the WWW conference.
References
Yahoo! employees
IBM employees
American chief executives
American computer businesspeople
American computer scientists
Living people
University of California, Berkeley alumni
1960 births
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Indian emigrants to the United States
Indian computer scientists
20th-century Indian mathematicians
IIT Madras alumni
Google employees |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pairwise%20Algorithm | A Pairwise Algorithm is an algorithmic technique with its origins in Dynamic programming. Pairwise algorithms have several uses including comparing a protein profile (a residue scoring matrix for one or more aligned sequences) against the three translation frames of a DNA strand, allowing frameshifting. The most remarkable feature of PairWise as compared to other Protein-DNA alignment tools is that PairWise allows frameshifting during alignment.
History
One of the earliest applications of PairWise to problems in bioinformatics was by Ewan Birney.
Frameshifting refers to the phenomena where in one DNA strands, there are more than one translation frame. For normal Protein-DNA alignment tools, they first choose one of three frames to translate the DNA into a protein sequence, and then compare it with the given protein. Such alignment is based on the assumption that the DNA translation frame is not interrupted for the whole DNA strand. However, this is not generally true.
The PairWise algorithm is a variant of the Smith–Waterman algorithm best local alignment algorithm. These algorithms all belong to the class known as minimal string edit algorithms. The main differences between PairWise and other alignment algorithm is that, besides normal penalties such as Gap Opening Penalty (GOP), Gap Extension Penalty (GEP) and Match, PairWise introduced two new penalties called Frame Opening Penalty (FOP) and Frame Extension Penalty (FEP), which will be incurred when a frameshift is accepted and extended respectively.
Illustration
Figure 1 illustrates the alignment result when one protein sequence and one DNA sequence was aligned using normal protein-DNA alignment algorithm. The frame used was frame 1 for the DNA sequence. As shown in the picture, there was a gap of 2 amino acids (6 nucleic acids) in the alignment, which results the total low score of -2.
Figure 2 illustrates the aligned result using PairWise. Using the same DNA and protein sequence, and with the penalties modified as below. The arrow is pointing to the position where frameshifting took place. At that nucleotide (G), translation frame was shifted from frame one to frame two (dotted line). This change resulted a much better alignment which has a score of 9.
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Bioinformatics algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Pirelli%20World%20Challenge | The 2012 Pirelli World Challenge season was the 23rd running of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. All races were televised by NBC Sports Network. All telecasts were tape-delayed, with all races being streamed live.
Format change
The series began using a four class format. A new "touring car B-spec" class was introduced, similar to the SCCA's amateur divisions, using vehicles such as the Fiat 500, Chevrolet Sonic, Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit, Kia Rio, Mazda 2, and Nissan Versa. The new class debuted at the event at Miller.
Schedule
Four rounds were announced November 11, 2011, with an additional three rounds announced November 18, and the round at St. Petersburg announced January 4. A second Touring Car race was later added to the Mid-Ohio round. The GT and GTS classes had 12 races, Touring Car had 14, and Touring Car B-Spec had 9.
Race results
Championships
Drivers' Championships
Championship points are awarded to drivers based on qualifying and finishing positions. In addition, 5 bonus points are awarded to a driver leading a lap during a race, and 5 bonus points are awarded to the driver leading the most laps.
GT
GTS
TC
TCB
Manufacturer championships
Manufacturer points are awarded according to the highest-finishing car from that manufacturer. Only manufacturers that are SCCA Pro Racing corporate members receive points. Points are awarded on the following basis:
In addition, one bonus point is awarded to the pole-winning manufacturer. In the table below, the manufacturer's top finishing position is shown, with pole winner in bold.
GT
GTS
TC
TCB
References
Pirelli World Challenge
GT World Challenge America |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayout | Wayout is a 3D first-person perspective video game programmed by Paul Allen Edelstein and published for the Atari 8-bit computers in 1982. It was released for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1983. Wayout is among the first maze games to offer full 360 degree 3D perspective and movement, and its graphics were considered state-of-the-art upon its release. There were many pseudo-3D maze games at the time (such as 3D Monster Maze, Phantom Slayer, and 3-Demon), but they used a fixed perspective and limited the player to four orientations.
Capture the Flag was published as a follow-up in 1983. It allows two players to compete at once with a split-screen view and adds dynamic music.
Gameplay
The game can be played with either a joystick, paddles or the keyboard, allowing the player to move forward and turn left or right (but not backwards).
The player is trapped inside one of 26 mazes and must find the exit with the use of a compass and a map-making kit. The game automatically maps the areas that the player explores and records how many movement units the player uses up, saving the best scores to the game disk.
There is also a computer controlled opponent called the "Cleptangle" who appears as a spinning rectangular form which moves around the maze and will render the player's compass and mapmaker useless by 'stealing' them if it comes into contact with the player.
In addition, there is a 'wind' within each maze, which blows in a constant direction, and is visualised by the presence of 'Fireflies' (represented by single pixels, moving through the maze). The 'wind' can sometimes be too strong for the player to push against, but it can also help the player locate the exit of the maze.
In the lower portion of the screen is a top-down, 2D view, of the maze the player inhabits and draws itself as the player moves around, in a very similar way to the automap feature which became prevalent in many later first-person shooters such as Doom.
Reception
Creative Computing in 1983 described Wayout as "deliciously addictive"; reviewer Chris Vogeli admitted to being frustrated until he realised the exit could be anywhere on the map, and not just at the edge. Antics David Duberman wrote, "The graphics that appear before you as you move through the maze are more life-like and dramatic than I have ever seen. The 3-D animation... makes this game the last word in alternate-reality simulation". Softline stated that Wayout "features smooth-scrolling, truly three-dimensional mazes ... to torture your mind", and was "not recommended for vertigo sufferers". In a review for ANALOG Computing, Brian Moriarty concluded, "Paul Edelstein deserves stardom for his masterful programming effort. When I'm showing off my ATARI to friends, I don't automatically reach for Star Raiders any more".
Allen Doum of Computer Gaming World wrote that "Wayout has the best 'attract mode' I've ever seen. The program actually solves the INTRO maze, while demonstrating all game features except |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis%20database | Basis database or OpenText Collections Server is an Extended Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) produced by OpenText.
BASIS was originally developed by the Battelle Institute, and was spun off into Information Dimensions, a private company based out of Columbus Ohio. The strength of BASIS was its Full Text Indexing.
The original version of BASIS was eventually merged with an RDBMS system called DM, and the resulting product was called BASISplus.
Information Dimensions was bought and sold a number of times before being acquired by OpenText Corporation in summer 1998.
Although the product is an extremely powerful and robust Full Text Database that incorporates a number of interesting features such as an integrated Thesaurus, early SGML support and BLOB storage, it remains a very niche product which struggles to keep its market share.
The product runs on multiple platforms, and has a number of programming interfaces, including ODBC and JDBC drivers.
External links
OpenText Collections Server
OpenText Collections Server Product Overview
References
Proprietary database management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diino | Diino was a cloud storage provider, offering online backup data storage and file sharing. The company, Diino Systems AB, was founded 2004 and was based Stockholm, Sweden, with sales offices in Atlanta, London and Mexico City. Its owners include Swisscom.
The service ran on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone and iPad platforms, and allowed users to create simple automated rules for protecting data by moving it into a Diino account. The service was offered directly to consumers and SME:s, but also indirectly with a white label solution via partners such as telecom operators, ISP:s and large consumer brands.
In 2012, the service was later taken over by Swiss Picture Bank with the intention to continue to run the service as before but now via the new Swedish company, New Diino AB. New Diino AB was declared bankrupt in September 2019.
See also
Comparison of online backup services
References
Official site - About Diino
BackupReview.info Interviews Jan Nilsson, CEO of Diino Online Backup
External links
Official site
Online backup services
File hosting
Cloud storage
File hosting for Linux
File hosting for macOS
File hosting for Windows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements%20Engineering%20Specialist%20Group | The Requirements Engineering Specialist Group (RESG) is a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society. It runs events on all aspects of Requirements.
Mission of the RESG
The RESG's stated purpose is "to provide a forum for interaction between the many disciplines involved" in Requirements Engineering, which it explains is "a key activity in the development of software systems and is concerned with the identification of the goals of stakeholders and their elaboration into precise statements of desired services and behaviour." The RESG describes Requirements engineering as "the elicitation, definition, modelling, analysis, specification and validation of what is needed from a system.". The RESG's stated mission is to attempt to bridge the gap between industry and research, as it "welcomes members from, and organises events for practitioners, academics and students" in the field.
History of the RESG
The RESG was founded in 1994 by Bashar Nuseibeh of Imperial College (now professor at the Open University), Neil Maiden of City University (also now professor), Paul Gough of Philips Labs, Sara Jones of the University of Hertfordshire, Steve Easterbrook of the University of Sussex, and Orlena Gotel of Imperial College. It has run events and published its newsletter ever since.
The RESG's first Chairman was Bashar Nuseibeh. He was succeeded by Pete Sawyer, Ian Alexander and Emmanuel Letier.
Events
The RESG has run "workshops, seminars and tutorials on all aspects of requirements engineering", held "in a variety of locations in the UK, including London, Manchester, York and Edinburgh". In 1998, the RESG, with the RENOIR project, ran a 2-day Conference on European Industrial Requirements Engineering (CEIRE'98) in London. Events have included a 'Goals day'; workshops on 'Agile Requirements' and 'Self-Adaptive Systems'; an 'i* Showcase'; special events for post-doctoral researchers; Scenarios days; an event on software services; annual events on 'Careers in RE'; informal 'birds of a feather' pub meetings; book launches; and workshops at the annual international RE conference on 'RE Education and Training'
Newsletter
The RESG published a newsletter since its foundation. The first 35 issues were titled "Requirenautics Quarterly", with Issue 1 published in October 1994. Since Issue 36, the newsletter has been titled "Requirements Quarterly". The founding editor was Steve Easterbrook, then at Sussex University, succeeded by Pete Sawyer of Lancaster University, Ian Alexander of Scenario Plus Ltd, Simon Hutton of Headmark Analysis, and William Heaven.
Patron
The RESG's patron is Professor Michael A. Jackson, the creator of JSP and JSD, and the inventor of the Problem Frames approach to requirements.
References
External links
RESG Official Website
BCS page on RESG
RESG LinkedIn Discussion Group
Guest Editorial - RE Journal 1996
1994 establishments in the United Kingdom
Software engineering organizations
BCS Specialist Groups
Computer sci |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TekSavvy | TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TSI) is a Canadian residential, business, and wholesale telecommunications company based in Chatham, Ontario. In most of the country, it is a wholesale-network-access-based service provider and voice reseller, connecting its service to existing last mile networks from telecom carriers Bell Canada (including Bell Aliant) and Telus Communications, and cable carriers Rogers Communications, Cogeco Cable, Shaw and Vidéotron. However, in parts of rural southwestern Ontario, the service is provided over TekSavvy's own fixed wireless network (branded as "Sky Fi"). Recently they have also rolled out their own fibre optic network in parts of southwestern Ontario.
History
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. was founded in January 1998. The company ranked 27th in 2008, 33rd in 2009, 44th in 2010, and 33rd 2011 on the list of fastest-growing companies in Canada on Canadian Business Magazine's Profit 100 list. By 2011, it had been rated as the number one ISP in Canada by the users of DSLreports.com for five years. In 2012, it was 12th on the Branham 300 Top 20 Movers & Shakers list.
Services
While TekSavvy operates primarily by connecting its service to network access ("last mile" infrastructure) from Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw, Telus and Vidéotron, the service differs in terms of pricing and features according to the network access platform to which it is connected.
Broadband Business Internet, Fiber Dedicated Access, VOIP Telephony and Web hosting services are available in most service areas.
Wireless broadband
TekSavvy offers fixed wireless broadband (branded as "Sky Fi") in rural areas of Chatham-Kent and the counties of Lambton and Essex in Ontario using unlicensed spectrum.
Digital subscriber line (DSL)
TekSavvy offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service using Bell lines in Ontario and Quebec, Telus lines in Alberta and British Columbia, and Bell Aliant lines in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Before the summer of 2011, TekSavvy could only access Bell's "Performance" speed tier, with maximum speeds of 5 Mbit/s. Starting in July 2011, several months after the Canadian government allowed third-party ISPs to access higher speed tiers, TekSavvy started offering the same DSL speed tiers found at Bell. High-end plans with 10+ Mbit/s upload speeds require an approved VDSL2 modem, while all lower DSL tiers can be used with any compatible ADSL2+ modem. In 2014 TekSavvy replaced the rental with rent-to-own and one-time purchase options of a SmartRG 505N modem.
On March 20, 2013, TekSavvy added a 50 Mbit/s tier, the fastest FTTN tier that Bell started offering a month earlier. TekSavvy offers the same FTTN DSL speeds available from Bell. The only exceptions are that for the slowest plans, 6 Mbit/s regular DSL and 7 Mbit/s FTTN DSL is sold by TekSavvy instead of Bell's 5 Mbit/s plans. All DSL plans now offer a choice between 150GB, 400GB or unlimited Internet access with overage charges of $0.25 per G |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion%20railway%20station%20%28India%29 | Sion is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, located in the Mumbai neighborhood of Sion.
Its location near the Mithi River means that the railway between Sion and Kurla, directly to the north, has flooded frequently during the Indian monsoon. However, in 2019, the Central Railway conducted work to raise the trackbed by four to six inches to prevent future flooding. Previously, 30 mm of rain in 24 hours flooded the track, but now there will be no disruption of services with 100 mm of rain per day.
Despite this work, the tracks near this station still experienced waterlogging and flooding during the 2019 floods in Mumbai.
History
Sion can be considered the actual place of inauguration of the GIP Railway, since it was here that the "first sod for the railway was turned" by the Chief Secretary of the then Bombay Government, John P. Willoughby. Sion was one of the stations for the First Passenger Train of India (the second stop), that ran on 16th April 1853, where its engines were 'watered' and its wheels greased.
Trains had started halting at Sion since 1853; however, it seems that there was no permanent halting station. In 1872, 107 local inhabitants from Sion and nearby villages sent a petition to the Railway Company (GIPR) to request a station be built. Considering the petitions and the benefits it offered, the GIPR eventually built an official station, the Sion Station.
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Railway stations in India opened in 1853
Mumbai CST-Kalyan rail line
Railway stations in Mumbai City district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurla%20railway%20station | Kurla (formerly Coorla, station code: C) is a railway station on the Central and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It is among the oldest railway stations in India, it being part of the original 21 mile (33.8 km) Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) section between Bombay (Mumbai) and Tannah (Thane) that opened in 1853.
Local trains terminating at Kurla began operating by 1879, a suburban terminus was built in 1913 and the line was quadrupled in 1915. A single line between Kurla and Chembur that had been laid for garbage clearance in 1906 was opened for suburban traffic in 1924. The service was operated by steam locomotives until the line was electrified in 1950.
The Harbour line was officially opened on 12 December 1910, between Kurla and . It was named so because it catered to the eastern neighbourhoods along the city's natural harbour. In 1925, the line was connected to the then Victoria Terminus via an elevated rail corridor between and . The country's first EMU rakes, manufactured by English Electric Company, were introduced between Bombay VT & Kurla on the Harbour line in 1925.
Kurla is having eight operational platforms for the suburban local railway. Platform 1, 1A and 4 serve 'Slow' local trains. Platform 1A formerly served the Salsette–Trombay Railway. Platforms 2 and 3 are dedicated to trains originating and terminating at Kurla. Platforms 5 and 6 are used by 'Fast' local trains, while platforms 7 and 8 serve the Harbour line local trains. Platforms 9 and 10, which were originally used to terminate trains coming UP from Vashi were abandoned in the early 2000s. Prior to the opening of the railway line to Navi Mumbai, these two platforms were used by shuttle trains till .
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Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyavihar%20railway%20station | Vidyavihar, also spelled Vidya Vihar, is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It serves the Vidyavihar suburban area. It has two platforms and is generally busy during college hours. Vidyavihar falls between the stations Kurla and Ghatkopar.
History
Vidyavihar station opened up in 1961, after the Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR) was renamed to Central Railway. It is located in the vicinity of the Somaiya Vidyavihar from which it derives its name. A nursery, railway hostel and staff quarters were built in the 1960s and 1970s, flanking the station on both sides. However, they were soon razed down to make way for new tracks.
References
Railway stations in India opened in 1865
Mumbai CST-Kalyan rail line
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatkopar%20railway%20station | Ghatkopar is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It was opened in 1877, and serves the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai. About 465,000 commuters use the station daily as of 2014. An average of 35,000 tickets are sold daily.
The western side of Ghatkopar station is connected with the Ghatkopar metro station through a skywalk.
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Railway stations in India opened in 1877
Mumbai CST-Kalyan rail line
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikhroli%20railway%20station | Vikhroli is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
History
In 1942, The Godrej family brought plots in Vikhroli. Sir Phirojsha Godrej brought entire village in order to set up industrial township.
The station was built to serve the Godrej Industries Complex which houses several Godrej factories and IT companies like Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, WNS etc.
The old Godrej railway siding were crucial links that helped in setting up democracy in India by helping to conduct first general election.
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Railway stations in India opened in 1947
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
1947 establishments in India
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanjurmarg%20railway%20station | Kanjurmarg (Marathi pronunciation: [kaɲd͡zuɾmaːɾɡ]) is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Kanjurmarg railway station is the main access point for IIT Bombay, KV IIT Powai, NITIE, Hiranandani Gardens, and other locations in Powai. The station was opened on 26 January 1968 and It is named after the local Kanjur village. It is the closest railway station to Powai which is not served by trains.
Kanjurmarg station is currently undergoing construction as part of the Amrit Bharat scheme, a government initiative to enhance railway infrastructure. Despite the ongoing construction, the station remains operational, and there have been no reported delays in train services new Ticket counter has been made.
Platforms
There are 2 platforms on Kanjurmarg station,
Platforms No. 1 and 1A are for locals going towards Kasara or Khopoli
Platform No. 2 is for locals going towards CSMT
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Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhandup%20railway%20station | Bhandup is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. A few fast trains stop at Bhandup station, mostly during the peak hours. Bhandup station is in close proximity to Kanjurmarg station, with a travel time of approximately 3 minutes or a distance of around 2 kilometers by train. Travelers can access the train timetable and distance details through widely used app, M-Indicator ,mumbai and pune .
History
Bhandup's relationship with trains goes back to the very earliest times, for it was during a visit to Bhandup in 1843 that George Clark, Chief Engineer to the Bombay Government, first had the idea of linking Mumbai to Thane by railway. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company ran its first train on 16 April 1853, with Bhandup apparently as one of the stations. Bhandup was mentioned on the timetable of the company, that was published in The Bombay Times (now The Times of India) on 8th April 1853, suggesting Bhandup as one of the earliest stations on the line.
A scan (low res) of the 8th April 1853 issue. Bhandup can be seen in the first two timetables.
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Railway stations in India opened in 1853
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahur%20railway%20station | Nahur is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Nahur railway station falls under the jurisdiction of Central Railways and it was constructed to reduce the distance (between two consecutive train stations) between and Mulund railway stations, which was quite large. Nahur has also helped in reducing the congestion in these stations, especially during the peak hours. Only slow trains halt at Nahur, as it currently doesn't have the provisions (or the need) to introduce platforms for fast trains. Nahur station was officially inaugurated on 21 April 2006.
Nahur station has been a catalyst in Bhandup's development, catering to the needs of those living in Bhandup East, as well as those near the Airoli Link road.
This is also the nearest railway station on the Central Railway connecting to Airoli in New Mumbai.
It can also be approached from Bhandup Station from either side. East and West of Nahur station are connected though the Mulund-Goregaon Link Road.
References
Railway stations in India opened in 2006
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulund%20railway%20station | Mulund is a railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Mulund railway station is connected via the Central Railway to South Bombay and remote places like Khopoli and Kasara.
History
Mulund station was built to serve the suburb of Mulund, which was laid out in the 1920s. In the 1970s a new goods terminal was constructed at Mulund to handle increased volumes of freight. On 13 March 2003 a bomb exploded on a train pulling into Mulund station at 21:45 hrs. 10 people were killed and 70 injured.
Layout
Mulund is a stop for slow local trains as well as most fast local trains on the Central line of the Mumbai suburban network. The station is equipped to accommodate 12-car as well as 15-car (Platform no. 3 & 4) local trains. During the peak hour, there is a fast train halting every few minutes.
Up direction escalators being built and running on platform number 1 & between platform 2 & platform 3.
Mulund has four platforms, platform numbers 1 and 2 are reserved for slow trains and platform numbers 3 and 4 for fast trains. Platforms 1 and 3 are for trains travelling towards Thane and beyond, whereas platforms 2 and 4 are for trains travelling towards Dadar, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
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Railway stations in India opened in 1915
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Toth | Anne Toth is a technology policy and privacy executive. She is currently the Head of Data Policy at the World Economic Forum. Between 2014 and 2016 she was Vice President of Policy and Compliance Strategy and Vice President of People (Human Resources) at Slack. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI). She also participated on the Future of Privacy Forum Advisory Board. Previously she was Head of Privacy for Google+ at Google and Chief Trust Officer at Yahoo!.
Toth has testified before the United States Congress and the Article 29 Working Party in Brussels on matters related to online privacy and data retention. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and pursued a Masters of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
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American corporate directors
Women corporate directors
American women in business
Yahoo! employees
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology alumni
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Military%20Territory | The Southern Military Territory () was a jurisdictional territory within the colony of Italian Libya (1911–1947), administered by the Italian military in the Libyan Sahara.
Data
This military territory was below Italian Libya's four coastline provinces of Tripoli, Misurata, Benghazi and Derna. Administratively it was the only part of Italian Libya managed by the Royal Italian Army, and was divided in four military sections:
Homs
Murzuch - El Giof
Brach
Gat
The population was mostly Arab, with minorities of Berbers and blacks. Italians were concentrated in the administrative capital Hon, but there were a few even in the fortress Gadames.
In 1938 the Military Territory had 1,100,000 km2 with 50,889 inhabitants (nomads like the Tuaregs were not calculated as resident population).
The military territory expanded after concessions from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and a territorial agreement with Egypt. The Kingdom of Italy at the 1919 Paris "Conference of Peace" received nothing from German colonies, but as a compensation Great Britain gave it the Oltre Giuba and France agreed to give some Saharan territories to Italian Libya.
The unratified Mussolini-Laval agreement of 1935 would have transferred the Aozou Strip from Chad, then part of French Equatorial Africa, to Italian Libya.
In 1931, the towns of El Tag and Al Jawf were taken over by Italy. Egypt had ceded Kufra district to Italian Libya in 1919, but it was not until the early 1930s that Italy was in full control of the place. In 1931, during the campaign of Cyrenaica, General Rodolfo Graziani easily conquered Kufra District, considered a strategic region, leading about 3,000 soldiers from infantry and artillery, supported by about twenty bombers. Ma'tan as-Sarra was turned over to Italy in 1934 as part of the Sarra Triangle by the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, who considered the area worthless and so an act of cheap appeasement to Benito Mussolini's attempts at empire. During this time, the Italian colonial forces built a World War I–style fort in El Tag in the mid-1930s.
Administrative capital Homs
During the colonial Italian Libya period, Hun was the administrative capital of the Italian Fezzan region, called Territorio Militare del Sud. Hun was the Italian military center of southern Italian Libya, and was not part of the national Fourth Shore territory of the Kingdom of Italy as Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica were.
A small Libyan Italian community of 1,156 people lived in Hun, which was called Homs in the colonial years. In the 1939 census they were 3% of the total population of 35,316 in the city. They disappeared from Homs after Italy's loss of Libya in World War II.
In the 1930s the Italian government made some important improvements to the small town, including a connection to the coast via the new Fezzan Road.
Small Italian communities, mostly related to the military servicemen, lived even in Gadames and Gat. Someone of them were related to the Auto-Saharan Company ("Comp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAMAC | RAMAC may refer to:
IBM 305 RAMAC, a computing system introduced in 1956
IBM 350 RAMAC, a disk storage unit introduced in 1956 as a bundled component of the IBM 305 RAMAC
IBM 650 RAMAC, a computing system consisting of an IBM 650 with an IBM 355 Disk Storage unit and introduced in 1956
IBM 9394 RAMAC Array, a disk storage array and controller unit introduced in 1994 which uses data striping |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayshree%20Ullal | Jayshree V. Ullal (born March 27, 1961) is a British-American billionaire businesswoman, president and CEO of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company responsible for the deployment of 10/25/40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet networking in the data center.
Early life and education
Ullal was born on March 27, 1961 in London into a Hindu family of Indian origin. She grew up in New Delhi, India, and was schooled at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Delhi.
She attended San Francisco State University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1981. She went on to Santa Clara University where she received an M.S. in Engineering Management and Leadership in 1986.
Career
Early career
Ullal began her career as a senior strategic development engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor and later joined Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where she designed high-speed memory chips for IBM and Hitachi. In 1988 she joined Ungermann-Bass, where she was director of the company's internetworking business unit.
In March 1992, Ullal joined Crescendo Communications, a maker of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network products, as vice-president of marketing. She helped pioneer 100-Mbit/s Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI) products and worked on first-generation Ethernet switching.
Cisco
In September 1993, Cisco Systems acquired Crescendo Communications, marking Cisco's first acquisition and first foray into the switching market. Ullal thereby joined Cisco and began work on the Cisco Catalyst switching business, which grew from its beginning in 1993 to a $5 billion business in 2000. As vice president and general manager of LAN switching in the Enterprise group, Ullal initiated strategic initiatives such as unified communications, IP telephony, content networking and policy networking. She oversaw some 20 mergers and acquisitions for Cisco in the enterprise sector.
By 2005 she became Senior Vice President of the Data Center, Switching and Security Technology Group. Responsibilities included the direction of the modular Nexus and Catalyst Data Center Switching and Application/Virtualization services which saw about $15 billion of direct and indirect revenue. Ullal's career at Cisco spanned more than 15 years.
Arista
In October 2008, co-founders Andy Bechtolsheim & David Cheriton named Ullal CEO & President of Arista Networks, a cloud networking company located in Santa Clara, CA.
Ullal was named by Forbes magazine as "one of the top five most influential people in the networking industry today" for her work at Arista Networks.
In June 2014, Ullal led Arista Networks to an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET.
Jayshree was named one of Barron's “World's Best CEOs” in 2018 and one of Fortune's “Top 20 Business persons” in 2019.
Board of directors
May 2008 – 2010 ; Zscaler
Oct 2008–Present ; Arista Networks
June 2020 – Present ; Snowflake Inc.
Awards and honors
First woman to be awarded the Entrepreneurial and Leadership awa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20McKeay | Martin McKeay (born June 29, 1971) is a United States computer security expert and blogger who works for Akamai Technologies as a Security Evangelist. He writes one of the most popular security blogs
and also a podcast called the Network Security Podcast. He is a Qualified Security Assessor. In 2006, he started blogging for Computer World.
He was a product evangelist for StillSecure.
He has been a speaker at many conferences including Hacker Halted, RSA Conference and DEF CON.
He is an advocate of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
References
External links
Interview with Martin McKeay on the Southern Fried Security Podcast (episode 17)
Computer security specialists
Living people
1971 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Youth%20in%20Care%20Network | Youth in Care Canada (formerly known as the National Youth in Care Network) is a non-profit, charitable organization driven and staffed by youth and alumni from the child welfare system in Canada. The organization represents the opinions and concerns of youth in and from state care and increases awareness about the needs of these youth through research publications and speaking engagements. Youth in Care Canada provides support for youth in and from child welfare care, advocates for the improvement of services, and guides the development of youth in care networks.
The National Youth in Care Network was founded in November 1985 by seven young people in and from care. Today, it is the only national constituency-driven and consumer-focused organization in the child welfare sector. The National Youth in Care Network is the longest-running national child welfare organization in Canada, and the oldest national youth-directed organization in Canada. The organization adopted the trade name Youth in Care Canada in 2010.
History
The seven founding members of the National Youth in Care Network were Lisa H., Carleen J., Caroline M., Twila M., Alix R., Troy R., and John T. These young people from across Canada were living in government care when they met at an international child welfare conference in Vancouver, British Columbia in November 1985 and proposed the establishment of a national network for youth in care. In its early days, the National Youth in Care Network was called the Youth to You Network and was a project of the Canadian Child Welfare Association. The National Youth in Care Network was officially incorporated as an independent non-profit organization on December 4, 1990.
Constituency
Any interested individuals and organizations may become members of the National Youth in Care Network, but only those members from the child welfare system between the ages of 14 and 24 have voting privileges. The organization is governed by a board of directors, at least half of whom are young alumni in or from child welfare care and between the ages of 18 and 24, and the remainder being alumni from care over the age of 24.
Support
Youth in Care Canada provides training and support to individuals wanting to establish and develop local youth in care networks. To date, the organization has assisted in the development of over 70 provincial and community-level youth in care networks in Canada. Youth in Care Canada administers the Ken Dryden Scholarship which assists youth who are currently or formerly in the care of the Canadian child welfare system to complete an undergraduate university degree. The organization also provides social service programming in the areas of networking, advocacy, and sensitivity training.
Research and Advocacy
Youth in Care Canada publicizes national standards for child welfare care and reviews Canada’s progress in meeting these standards. The organization promotes awareness of the needs of children and youth in and from |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon%20TV | , also known as , with the call sign JOAX-DTV, is a Japanese commercial broadcast television network. It is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company and also the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System.
Nippon TV's studios are located in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and its transmitters are located in the Tokyo Skytree. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan. It is also the first commercial TV station in Japan, and it has been broadcasting on Channel 4 since its inception. Nippon Television is the home of the syndication networks NNN (for news programs) and NNS (for non-news programs). Except for Okinawa Prefecture, these two networks cover the whole of Japan. Nippon TV is one of the ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo''.
Nippon Television Holdings is listed subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind Sony. It's forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kansai region flagship Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. It is also the owner of Hulu Japan, formerly part of the US-based Hulu streaming service.
History
Early stages
The history of Nippon TV began in 1951 with the announcement by US Senator Karl Mundt (best known as the key proponent of Voice of America) that commercial television would be set up in Japan (then under United States-led Allied Occupation of Japan). According to Canadian-Japanese writer Benjamin Fulford, Mundt recommended Matsutarō Shōriki to the CIA (which later hired Shōriki as a CIA agent under the codenames "podam" and "pojackpot-1"); with executives of The Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun, Shōriki then persuaded then-Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida to form a commercial television network in Japan.
On July 31, 1952, Nippon TV was granted the first TV broadcasting license for a commercial broadcaster in Japan. The Nippon Television Network Corporation was established in October of the same year. After obtaining the broadcasting license, Nippon Television purchased the land for the construction of the headquarters building in Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (currently the Nippon Television Kojimachi branch office), and began preparations for the broadcast of TV programs.However, due to delays in delivering equipment used for broadcasting, test trials were significantly delayed from their initial scheduled date, resulting in NHK being the first to start broadcasting TV programs.On August 24, 1953, Nippon TV started broadcast trials and four days later, Nippon TV officially began to broadcast TV programs as Asia's first commercial broadcaster, with an animated dove spreading its wings in the logo on its first sign-on. The first TV commercial (for Seikosha clocks) was also aired at the same time (reports say that the commercial aired upside-down by mistake).
Due to high prices, television sets were not wide |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte%20%28magazine%29 | Byte (stylized as BYTE) was a microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage.
Byte started in 1975, shortly after the first personal computers appeared as kits advertised in the back of electronics magazines. Byte was published monthly, with an initial yearly subscription price of $10. Whereas many magazines were dedicated to specific systems or the home or business user's perspective, Byte covered developments in the entire field of "small computers and software", and sometimes other computing fields such as supercomputers and high-reliability computing. Coverage was in-depth with much technical detail, rather than user-oriented.
The company was purchased by McGraw-Hill in 1979, a watershed event that led to the rapid purchase of many of the early computer magazines by larger publishers. By this time the magazine had taken on a more serious journal-like atmosphere and began to refer to itself as "the small systems journal". It became an influential publication; Byte was selected as the medium used by Xerox PARC to publicize Smalltalk in 1981.
Like many generalist magazines, Byte suffered in the 1990s due to declining advertising sales. McGraw-Hill's publishing arm was sold to CMP Media in May 1998, and the new owners immediately laid off almost everyone in the magazine arm, ending publication with the already-complete July edition. The associated website continued to draw 600,000 page views a month, prompting the owners to re-open the magazine in a pure online format in 1999. It continued as an online publication until 2009, when it shut down, only to be revived in 2011 and then shut down for good in 2013.
Foundation
Wayne Green was the editor and publisher of amateur radio magazine 73. In late 1974 and throughout 1975, 73 published a number of articles on the use of computers, which resulted in a significant response from the readers. The Altair 8800 was announced in January 1975, sparking off intense interest among those working technical fields, including the amateur radio market. Green knew of the Altair because MITS had previously been an advertiser in 73. This led Green to begin plans for a magazine dedicated to the newly emerging microcomputer market.
In 1974, Carl Helmers published a series of six articles that detailed the design and construction of his "Experimenter's Computer System", a personal computer based on the Intel 8008 microprocessor. In January 1975 this became the monthly ECS magazine with 400 subscribers. Green contacted Helmers and proposed starting a new magazine to be known as Byte. The deal was announced in both magazines in May.
Green's editorial column in the August 1975 issue of 73 started with this item:
The response to computer-type articles in 73 has been so enthusiastic that we here in Peterborough got carried away. On May 25th we made a deal with the publisher of a small (400 circulation) computer hobby magazine to take over a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway%20%28processor%29 | Sunway, or Shenwei, (), is a series of computer microprocessors, developed by Jiangnan Computing Lab () in Wuxi, China. It uses a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture, but details are still sparse.
History
The Sunway series microprocessors were developed mainly for the use of the military of the People's Republic of China. It is expressed on online forums that the original microarchitecture is believed to be inspired by the DEC Alpha. The SW-3 is thought especially to be based on the Alpha 21164.
Jack Dongarra states about the follow-on SW26010, the "Shenwei-64 Instruction Set (this is NOT related to the DEC Alpha instruction set)", and doesn't say it's a new instruction set from the three prior generations he names; although precise details of the instruction set are unknown.
Sunway SW-1
First generation, 2006
Single-core
900 MHz
Sunway SW-2
Second generation, 2008
Dual-core
1400 MHz
SMIC 130 nm process
70–100 W
Sunway SW-3, SW1600
Third generation, 2010
16-core, 64-bit RISC
975–1200 MHz
65 nm process
140.8 GFLOPS @ 1.1 GHz
Max memory capacity: 16 GB
Peak memory bandwidth: 68 GB/s
Quad-channel 128-bit DDR3
Four-issue superscalar
Two integer and two floating-point execution units
7-stage integer pipeline and 10-stage floating-point pipeline
43-bit virtual address and 40-bit physical address
Up to 8 TB virtual memory and 1 TB of physical memory supported
L1 cache: 8 KB instruction cache and 8 KB data cache
L2 cache: 96 KB
128-bit system bus
Sunway SW26010
Fourth generation, 2016
64-bit RISC processor
Manycore architecture, with 4 CPU clusters on a chip, each comprising 64 lightweight compute CPUs with an additional management CPU, linked by a network-on-a-chip
See also
Sunway BlueLight
Sunway TaihuLight
Loongson – a family of Chinese MIPS processors
Supercomputing in China
References
Microprocessors made in China
Science and technology in China
Supercomputing in China
32-bit microprocessors
64-bit microprocessors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography%20Index | Biography Index is a bibliographic index that indexes biographical information contained in books and magazines. Its content can also be found in the bibliographic databases Biography Index: Past and Present and Biography Index Retrospective.
Resources
Publications established in 1946
Bibliographic databases and indexes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribevine | Tribevine is a company that collects sports and outdoor gear information using crowdsourcing into a user edited semi structured product information database. In effect it is a Wikipedia-type of free / open community edited product information database, where users can add their own items, enrich the existing items as well as rate and review them. Right now most of the content is climbing, mountaineering, ski touring and other mountain sports related. The business model of Tribevine relies on crowdsourcing of market research information. Tribevine has been established in 2008 by Juho Risku and four other co-founders. In 2011 Tribevine was selected to present at the Nordic Venture Forum among the roughly 50 other most promising start-ups from the northern Europe.
How It Works
Tribevine gets the initial set of data from brand owners. Users can then edit this information, rate and review the products as well as add new products. As a part of this refining process Tribevine sees the users' relation to products and activities, information which is then used to match the products and the users that are interested in those products. Tribevine also re-packages and sells non identifiable market research data which is based on users activities in the system.
History
Founded in 18.12.2008
Open beta opened in 29.3.2011
IFMGA partnership announced in 21.2.2012
See also
Crowdsourcing
Market Research
References
Citations
Other references
https://web.archive.org/web/20111030004001/http://www.crowdsourcing.org/site/tribevine/wwwtribevinecom/7506
http://www.mountainenthusiast.com/2011/03/introducing-tribevinecom.html
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sport28.nl%2Fberichten%2F20110329_tribevine_nooit_meer_gevangen_in_een_niche
External links
Company web site
Online companies of Finland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20theory%20in%20risk%20assessment | A network is an abstract structure capturing only the basics of connection patterns and little else. Because it is a generalized pattern, tools developed for analyzing, modeling and understanding networks can theoretically be implemented across disciplines. As long as a system can be represented by a network, there is an extensive set of tools – mathematical, computational, and statistical – that are well-developed and if understood can be applied to the analysis of the system of interest.
Tools that are currently employed in risk assessment are often sufficient, but model complexity and limitations of computational power can tether risk assessors to involve more causal connections and account for more Black Swan event outcomes. By applying network theory tools to risk assessment, computational limitations may be overcome and result in broader coverage of events with a narrowed range of uncertainties.
Decision-making processes are not incorporated into routine risk assessments; however, they play a critical role in such processes. It is therefore very important for risk assessors to minimize confirmation bias by carrying out their analysis and publishing their results with minimal involvement of external factors such as politics, media, and advocates. In reality, however, it is nearly impossible to break the iron triangle among politicians, scientists (in this case, risk assessors), and advocates and media. Risk assessors need to be sensitive to the difference between risk studies and risk perceptions. One way to bring the two closer is to provide decision-makers with data they can easily rely on and understand. Employing networks in the risk analysis process can visualize causal relationships and identify heavily-weighted or important contributors to the probability of the critical event.
Bow-tie diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, Bayesian networks (a directed acyclic network) and fault trees are few examples of how network theories can be applied in risk assessment.
In epidemiology risk assessments (Figure 7 and 9), once a network model was constructed, we can visually see then quantify and evaluate the potential exposure or infection risk of people related to the well-connected patients (Patient 1, 6, 35, 130 and 127 in Figure 7) or high-traffic places (Hotel M in Figure 9). In ecological risk assessments (Figure 8), through a network model we can identify the keystone species and determine how widespread the impacts will extend from the potential hazards being investigated.
Risk assessment key components
Risk assessment is a method for dealing with uncertainty. For it to be beneficial to the overall risk management and decision making process, it must be able to capture extreme and catastrophic events. Risk assessment involves two parts: risk analysis and risk evaluation, although the term “risk assessment” can be seen used indistinguishable with “risk analysis”. In general, risk assessment can be divided into these steps:
Plan and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20Hall%20%28businessman%29 | Jeremy Simon Hall (born 27 January 1965) is a British businessman and chairman of Who's Who Publications Plc.
Wyse Leasing
Hall founded Wyse Leasing in 1989, a computer leasing company. Originally based out of Chesham, Wyse Leasing grew into a £65m turnover company, employing 75 people and based out of eight offices (Chesham, Tunbridge Wells, Northampton, Sheffield, Taunton, Edinburgh, Dublin, Daventry) in the UK and Ireland.
Hall and his business partner, Wayne Fowkes sold Wyse Leasing plc to Integrity Software Inc, a NASDAQ quoted IT company, in 1998. He joined the board of the company, which in June 2000 had a stock market valuation of $150m. He later bought the company back in 2000.
Wyse Leasing (North) Limited was sold to a private investor and the management team in November 2006. The rest of Wyse Leasing was merged into one company in 2007 and later sold to CHG Meridian, a 700m euro German IT leasing company in July 2009.
Who's Who
Hall is currently chairman of Who's Who Publications Plc (sometimes mistaken for the book Who's Who published since 1849 by A & C Black), a non-executive director of Manchester-based mergers and acquisitions firm Frazer Hall and CEO of asset finance organisation WestWon Ltd.
References
External links
Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur
Fraser Hall
Leasing Life
British businesspeople
1965 births
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Geospatial%20Consortium | The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international voluntary consensus standards organization for geospatial content and location-based services, sensor web and Internet of Things, GIS data processing and data sharing. It originated in 1994 and involves more than 500 commercial, governmental, nonprofit and research organizations in a consensus process encouraging development and implementation of open standards.
History
A predecessor organization, OGF, the Open GRASS Foundation, started in 1992.
From 1994 to 2004 the organization also used the name Open GIS Consortium.
The OGC website gives a detailed history of the OGC.
Standards
Most of the OGC standards depend on a generalized architecture captured in a set of documents collectively called the Abstract Specification, which describes a basic data model for representing geographic features. Atop the Abstract Specification members have developed and continue to develop a growing number of specifications, or standards to serve specific needs for interoperable location and geospatial technology, including GIS.
The OGC standards baseline comprises more than 30 standards, including:
3D Tiles – Designed for streaming and rendering massive 3D geospatial content such as Photogrammetry, 3D Buildings, BIM/CAD, Instanced Features, and Point Clouds.
CSW – Catalog Service for the Web: access to catalog information
GML – Geography Markup Language: XML-format for geographical information
GeoPackage – An open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information
GeoSPARQL – Geographic SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language: representation and querying of geospatial data for the Semantic Web
GeoXACML – Geospatial eXtensible Access Control Markup Language
KML – Keyhole Markup Language: XML-based language schema for expressing geographic annotation and visualization on existing (or future) Web-based, two-dimensional maps and three-dimensional Earth browsers
Observations and Measurements
OGC Reference Model – a complete set of reference models
OLS – Open Location Service (OpenLS)
OGC Web Services Context Document defines the application state of an OGC Integrated Client
OWS – OGC Web Service Common
SOS – Sensor Observation Service
SPS – Sensor Planning Service
SensorML – Sensor Model Language
SensorThings API - an open and unified framework to interconnect IoT devices, data, and applications over the Web. Currently a candidate standard waiting for votes.
SFS – Simple Features – SQL
SLD - Styled Layer Descriptor
SRID, an identification for spatial coordinate systems
WaterML – Information model for the representation of hydrological observation data
WCS – Web Coverage Service: provides access, subsetting, and processing on coverage objects
WCPS – Web Coverage Processing Service: provides a raster query language for ad-hoc processing and filtering on raster coverages
WFS – Web Feature Service: for retrieving or altering feature descript |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLCD | CLCD may refer to:
Commodore LCD
Center for Leadership, Citizenship and Democracy
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArchBang | ArchBang Linux is a simple lightweight rolling release Linux distribution based on a minimal Arch Linux operating system with the i3 tiling window manager, previously using the Openbox stacking window manager. ArchBang is especially suitable for high performance on old or low-end hardware with limited resources. ArchBang's aim is to provide a simple out-of-the-box Arch-based Linux distribution with a pre-configured i3 desktop suite, adhering to Arch principles.
ArchBang has also been recommended as a fast installation method for people who have experience installing Arch Linux but want to avoid the more demanding default installation of Arch Linux when reinstalling it on another PC.
History
Inspired by CrunchBang Linux (which was derived from Debian), ArchBang was originally conceived and founded in a forum thread posted on the CrunchBang Forums by Willensky Aristide (a.k.a. Will X TrEmE). Aristide wanted a rolling release with the Openbox setup that Crunchbang came with. Arch Linux provided the light configurable rolling release system that was needed as a base for the Openbox desktop. With the encouragement and help of many in the CrunchBang community, and the addition of developer Pritam Dasgupta (a.k.a. sHyLoCk), the project began to take form. The goal was to make Arch Linux look like CrunchBang.
As of April 16, 2012, the new project leader is Stan McLaren.
Installation
ArchBang is available as an x86-64 ISO file for live CD installation or installed on a USB flash drive. The live CD is designed to allow the user to test the operating system prior to installation.
ArchBang comes with a modified Arch Linux graphical installation script for installation and also provides a simple, easy to follow, step-by-step installation guide.
Receptions
Jesse Smith reviewed the ArchBang 2011 for DistroWatch Weekly:
Smith also reviewed ArchBang 2013.09.01.
Whitson Gordon from Lifehacker wrote review about ArchBang in 2011:
References
External links
ArchBang on DistroWatch
Arch-based Linux distributions
Linux distributions without systemd
Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media
Pacman-based Linux distributions
Rolling Release Linux distributions
X86-64 Linux distributions
Linux distributions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Voyeur | Captain Voyeur (1969) was the first short film by director John Carpenter while a student at USC Cinema. The 8-minute film is about a bored computer worker who becomes fixated on a woman at work and follows her back to her home. The film remained in the USC's Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive until 2011, when it was rediscovered by archivist Dino Everett. The film is notable because it includes several elements that would appear in Carpenter's later horror film, Halloween. Everett says that the similarities include a striking resemblance between the lead actresses.
The film was selected in 2011 for preservation by the National Film Preservation Foundation because of its historical significance in showing Carpenter's development as a filmmaker.
References
External links
Films directed by John Carpenter
1969 films
American student films
1969 short films
Films produced by John Carpenter
American short films
1960s English-language films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya%20Pradesh%20State%20Wide%20Area%20Network | Madhya Pradesh is a state situated in the central India having an area of around 308000 km2. The state's administration operates through 50 districts, 282 tehsils / Blocks. In order to avail financial and social benefits of Information Technology, the establishment of State Wide Area Network (SWAN) has been envisaged. The SWAN will provide primary backbone for communication of voice, data and video throughout the state and will be an effective tool for implementation of e-Governance Projects.
Scope of SWAN
State Head Quarter (NMC) : 1
Number of Divisions : 10
Number of Districts : 51
Number of Blocks/Tehsils : 380
Number of POPs:(NMC)=380 .
Project details
Date of commencement
23 August 2008
Project cost
Rs. 116.70 Crores DIT, GOI shall be funding
Rs. 57.50 Crores is borne by the Govt of MP.
Total: Rs. 174.21 Crores.
Project overview
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) was appointed as the consultant for the project.
STPI carried out a study to assess the requirements of MPSWAN and accordingly designed the Network.
State Government Departments, Public enterprises and Organizations in Madhya Pradesh will use SWAN for their e-Governance projects
Through MPSWAN all the Government Departments will be connected
A Total number of 360 PoPs has to be established in CHQ, DHQ & BHQ
M/s Netlink software pvt ltd. is the implementing agency for MPSWAN Project
MPSEDC has been monitoring the preparation of PoP sites
As on date 317 PoPs has been established
99 Horizontal connections has been established as on date.
MP SWAN locations
Alirajpur
Anuppur
Ashoknagar
Balaghat
Barwani
Betul
Bhind
Bhopal
Burhanpur
Chhatarpur
Chhindwara
Damoh
Datia
Dewas
Dhar
Dindori
Guna
Gwalior
Harda
Hoshangabad
Indore
Jabalpur
Jhabua
Katni
Khandwa
Khargone
Mandla
Mandsaur
Morena
Narsinghpur
Neemuch
Panna
Raisen
Rajgarh
Ratlam
Rewa
Sagar
Satna
Sehore
Seoni
Singrauli
Shahdol
Shajapur
Sheopur
Shivpuri
Sidhi
Tikamgarh
Ujjain
Umaria
Vidisha
See also
State Wide Area Network
References
E-government in India
Government of Madhya Pradesh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanya%20Montalvo | Fanya S. Montalvo (born in Monterey, Mexico) Received the Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1976. Her dissentary was entitled Aftereffects, Adaptation, and Plasticity: A Neural Model for Tunable Feature Space. She was advised by Michael Anthony Arbib. Montalvo has been a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley Labs, HP, MIT, and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Montalvo is a leader in the field of Inconsistency Robustness currently serving on the governing Board of the International Society for Inconsistency Robustness. According to Rosalind Picard, she is involved in considerations within emotional computing.[see: Affective Computing ] She is known for having coined the term "AI-complete" to denote an Artificial Intelligence task that is equivalent in difficulty to that of solving the problem of Strong AI.
Publications
Fanya S. Montalvo. pdf. shown at 6th in list (1st retrieval address) "Diagram understanding:The Intersection of computer vision and graphics" MIT A.I. Lab Memo 873. November 1983. (retrieved 16:55(GMT)30.10.2011)
Fanya S. Montalvo. "Consensus versus Competition in Neural Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Three Models" International Journal of Man-Machine Studies 7(3). 1975.
Fanya S. Montalvo. Diagram Understanding: Associating Symbolic Descriptions with Images IEEE Workshop on Visual Languages. 1986 (retrieved 18:01(GMT)30.10.2011)
Fanya S. Montalvo and Caxton C. Foster. "An Algorithm for Intercell Communication in a Tesselated Automaton" published by:IEEE Computer Society (retrieved 18:06(GMT) 30.10.2011)
Fanya S. Montalvo. "Consensus versus Competition in Neural Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Three Models" International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, 1975 (retrieved 18:09(GMT)30.10.2011)
Fanya S. Montalvo. "Knowledge visualization: A new framework for interactive graphic interface design" Applied Intelligence:Volume 1, Number 4, 297-309, (retrieved 18:27(GMT) 30.10.2011)
Robert E. Filman, John Lamping, Fanya S. Montalvo. "Meta-Knowledge and Meta-Reasoning" IJCAI-83.
Fanya S. Montalvo and Naomi Weisstein. "An Empirical Method that provides the basis for an organization of relaxation labeling process for vision" retrieved 18:30(GMT)30.10.2011(shows entire report [3 pages])[University of California]
Fanya S. Montalvo. "Human Vision Paradox Implicates Relaxation Model" IJCAI-77
Fanya S. Montalvo. "The Singularity is Here" Inconsistency Robustness, Vol. 52 Studies in Logic, College Publications (2015)
See also
AI-complete
References
UMASSCS retrieved 18:04(GMT) 30.10.2011
External links
2011 ACM, Inc. 17:53(UTC) 30.10.2011 (list of publications)
1947 births
Living people
Mexican computer scientists
Mexican women computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyth%20Railway | The Alyth Railway was a short branch railway line built in Strathmore in Scotland, connecting the town of Alyth to the main line network. It opened in 1861. Its junction was remote from any large population centre except Dundee, which was only reached by a primitive line with three rope worked inclines. This was modernised in 1868 and the Alyth branch, now with a good connection to Dundee, became busy. Nonetheless, the population of Alyth declined, and so did usage of the line, and it closed in 1951.
History
The Scottish Midland Junction Railway opened its main line between Perth and Forfar, forming part of a network of associated companies connecting central Scotland and Aberdeen. The line ran through Strathmore and adopted and upgraded two moribund railways, the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway and the Newtyle and Glammiss Railway. The SMJR was amalgamated with the Aberdeen Railway in 1856, together forming the Scottish North Eastern Railway (SNER).
Promoters in Alyth saw the advantages of a railway connection, and they obtained an Act of Parliament for a branch line to their town, on 14 June 1858; the Alyth Railway company was authorised, with capital of £33,000. to build a branch line to Alyth from Meigle, a junction on the SNER main line. The branch was just over 5 miles (8 km) long.
It opened on 2 September 1861 and was worked by the SNER.
An Act of 23 June 1864 authorised the lease of the line in perpetuity to the Scottish North Eastern Railway, which had taken over the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. The lease charge was 45% of gross receipts. The SNER was itself taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1866 and the lease transferred to the Caledonian.
The population of Alyth had been 3,422 in 1861 but this declined to 2,837 by 1921 and did not recover. Use of the line declined accordingly, and it closed to passengers on 2 July 1951. Complete closure followed in January 1965.
Topography
The point of junction with the main line was named Alyth Junction; the Dundee and Newtyle Railway had been connected to the former SMJR main line by two ancillary railways, the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway and the Newtyle and Glammiss Railway. (Glammiss is spelt Glamis nowadays.) These two lines approaching from Dundee forked to run south-west and north-east respectively, and Alyth Junction was in the middle of the base of the triangle. As Dundee was a significant destination from Alyth, a connecting line from Newtyle was built by the Caledonian Railway, and it was made to cross over the main line to avoid conflict with main line trains. This opened on 3 August 1868.
The typical passenger timetable gave nine return trips daily, eleven on Saturdays, with most trains proceeding to Dundee.
The original Meigle station was located at the convergence of the Newtyle and Glammiss line with the main line, but the Newtyle spur line was lifted and the station was closed; a new Meigle Junction station was opened, sited at Alyth Junction.
The Dundee and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%20Blue%20Jackets%20Radio%20Network | The Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs Columbus Blue Jackets Radio Network is an American radio network consisting of 36 radio stations which carry coverage of the Columbus Blue Jackets, a professional hockey team in the National Hockey League.
Columbus radio stations WBNS () and WBNS-FM () serve as the network's two flagship stations; WXZX () Also serves as an alternate flagship in the event of schedule overlaps with Ohio State Sports Network football or basketball programming on both WBNS and WBNS-FM. The network also includes 21 affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio and West Virginia: 17 AM stations, 8 of which extend their signals with low-power FM translators; and 4 full-power FM stations.
Bob McElligott serves as the play-by-play announcer; in addition to his duties, McElligott also handles the pre- and post-game shows alongside Dylan Tyrer. Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs racino owns the naming rights to the network.
Station list
Blue background indicates low-power FM translator.
* WXZX serves as an "overflow" flagship station in the event of schedule overlaps with Ohio State Sports Network programming on WBNS-FM.
Network map(s)
References
National Hockey League on the radio
Sports radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux%20on%20IBM%20Z | Linux on IBM Z or Linux on zSystems is the collective term for the Linux operating system compiled to run on IBM mainframes, especially IBM Z / IBM zSystems and IBM LinuxONE servers. Similar terms which imply the same meaning are Linux/390, Linux/390x, etc. The three Linux distributions certified for usage on the IBM Z hardware platform are Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Ubuntu.
History
Linux on IBM Z originated as two separate efforts to port Linux to IBM's System/390 servers. The first effort, the "Bigfoot" project, developed by Linas Vepstas in late 1998 through early 1999, was an independent distribution and has since been abandoned. IBM published a collection of patches and additions to the Linux 2.2.13 kernel on December 18, 1999, to start today's mainline Linux on IBM Z. Formal product announcements quickly followed in 2000, including the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines. Think Blue Linux was an early mainframe distribution consisting mainly of Red Hat packages added to the IBM kernel. Commercial Linux distributors introduced mainframe editions very quickly after the initial kernel work.
IBM manager Karl-Heinz Strassemeyer of Böblingen in Germany was the main lead to get Linux running on S/390.
At the start of IBM's involvement, Linux patches for S/390 included some object code only (OCO) modules, without source code. Soon after IBM replaced the OCO modules with open source modules. Linux on IBM Z is free software under the GNU General Public License.
According to IBM, , over 1,700 customers were running Linux on their mainframes.
Virtualization
Virtualization is required by default on IBM Z; there is no option to run Linux on IBM Z without some degree of virtualization. (Only the very first 64-bit mainframe models, the z900 and z800, included a non-virtualized "basic mode.") First layer virtualization is provided by the Processor Resource and System Manager (PR/SM) to deploy one or more Logical Partitions (LPARs). Each LPAR supports a variety of operating systems including Linux on IBM Z. A hypervisor called z/VM can also be run as the second layer virtualization in LPARs to create as many virtual machines (VMs) as there are resources assigned to the LPARs to support them. KVM on IBM Z is another hypervisor option.
When Linux applications in an LPAR access data and applications in other LPARs such as CICS, IBM Db2, IMS, Linux, and other mainframe subsystems running on the same physical mainframe, they can utilize HiperSockets – fast, memory-only TCP/IP connections. As compared to TCP/IP over standard network interface controllers (NICs, also known as Open System Adapters (OSAs) in mainframes), HiperSockets can improve end-user responsiveness (reduce network latency and processing overhead), security (since there's no network connection to intercept), and reliability (since there's no network connection to lose).
With the zEC12, zBC12, and later models, the HiperSocket concept is extended beyo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20U.%20Smith | Karl Ulrich Smith (born 1 May 1907 in Zanesville, Ohio, d. 22 June 1994 in Lake Wales, Florida) was an American physiologist, psychologist and behavioral cybernetician.
He dealt among others with the interaction between humans and technology and played a crucial role in the development of human factors which deals with the safe and humane or healthy design of products, work equipment and work systems.
Works
Books
Articles
Smith, K. U. (1972) Social tracking in the development of educational skills, American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics (1972) 49: 50-60
Smith, T. J., Henning, R. A. and Smith, K. U.: Sources of performance variability. In: Salvendy, G. and Karwowski, W.: Design of work and development of personnel in advanced manufacturing New York: Wiley (1994) pp. 273–354
Smith, T. J., Henning, R. A. and Smith, K. U.: Performance of hybrid automated systems - a social cybernetic analysis In: International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing. New York: Wiley (1995) 5(1): 29–51
Smith, K.U.: Physiological and Sensory Feedback of the Motor System: Neural-Metabolic Integration for Energy Regulation in Behavior. In: Maser, J. D.: Efferent organization and the integration of behavior. New York: Academic Press (1973) pp. 20–66
Smith, K.U. und Putz, V.: Feedback factors in steering and tracking behavior. In: Journal of Applied Psychology. (1970) 54(2): 176-183
Smith, K.U. und Putz, V.: Feedback analysis of learning and performance in steering and tracking behavior . In: Journal of Applied Psychology. (1970) 54(3): 239-247
Henry, J. P., Junas, R. and Smith, K. U.: Experimental cybernetic analysis of delayed feedback of breath-pressure control. In: American Journal of Physical Medicine. (1967) 46(4): 1317-1331
Smith, K.U.: Cybernetic Psychology. In: Singer, R. N. (Ed.): The Psychomotor Domain: Movement Behavior. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1972.pp. 285–348
Smith, T. J., and Smith, K. U.: Cybernetic factors in motor performance and development. In: Goodman, D.; Wilberg, R.B. and Franks, I.M. (Eds.): Differing Perspectives in Motor Learning, Memory, and Control. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Advances in Psychology 1985 27:239-283
Smith, K. U. and Henry, J.: Cybernetic foundations of rehabilitative science. American Journal of Physical Medicine (1967) 46(1):379-467
Smith, K. U. and Smith, T. J. (1970) Feedback mechanisms of athletic skill and learning. In L. Smith, Ed., Motor skill and learning (pp. 83–195). Chicago: Athletic Institute.
Smith, K.U.: Physiological and Sensory Feedback of the Motor System: Neural-Metabolic Integration for Energy Regulation in Behavior. In: Maser, J. D.: Efferent organization and the integration of behavior. New York: Academic Press (1973) pp. 20–66
Sauter, S. L.: A Cybernetic analysis of the behavioral-respiratory modulation of heart rate and heart-rate variability. PhD. Dissertation. Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin-Madison (1975)
Smith, T. J. and Smith, K. U.: Feedback-control mechanisms o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry%20Mason%3A%20The%20Case%20of%20the%20Mandarin%20Murder | Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder is an interactive fiction computer game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in 1985.
Description
The game is based on the popular TV series Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr, who played the fictional defense attorney of the same name created by Erle Stanley Gardner. The player must save client Laura Knapp from being convicted of the murder of her husband Victor.
Reception
Antic Amiga in 1985 called Perry Mason "a major breakthrough in interactive fiction."
References
External links
Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman
1980s interactive fiction
1985 video games
Amiga games
Apple II games
Commodore 64 games
Criminal law video games
DOS games
Interactive fiction based on works
MSX games
Case of the Mandarin Murder
Single-player video games
Telarium games
Video games based on novels
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Altstaedt | Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982) is a German-French cellist. His versatile career incorporates solo performance, chamber music, conducting, and artistic programming, with a repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporary.
Early life and education
Altstaedt was born in Heidelberg, Germany to a family of German and French descent. His older brother, Christoph Altstaedt, is a conductor.
From 1996 to 2001, Altstaedt was a student of Marcio Carneiro at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and went on to learn with Ivan Monighetti at the City of Basel Music Academy. He was also one of Boris Pergamenschikow’s last students at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, and continued studies later with David Geringas and Eberhard Feltz.
Career
Altstaedt came to international attention as the recipient of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2010. He subsequently debuted with the Vienna Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival where he performed Schumann’s Cello Concerto.
Altstaedt has performed worldwide with orchestras such as the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Berlin, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, all the BBC Orchestras, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Orchestre National de France. Conductors with whom he has collaborated with include Sir Roger Norrington, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Neville Marriner, Christoph Eschenbach, François-Xavier Roth, Lahav Shani, and Robin Ticciati.
As a chamber musician, Altstaedt regularly collaborators include Janine Jansen, Vilde Frang, Christian Tetzlaff, Pekka Kuusisto, Barnabás Kelemen, Joshua Bell, Ilya Gringolts, Tabea Zimmermann, Lawrence Power, Antoine Tamestit, Martin Fröst, Alexander Lonquich, Jonathan Cohen, Jean Rondeau and Quatuor Ébène. He also performs regularly at Salzburg Festival, Verbier Festival, Prague Spring Festival, BBC Proms, Rheingau Musik Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival among others.
In 2012 Altstaedt was chosen by Gidon Kremer to become his successor as the new artistic director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, and in 2014 Adam Fischer asked him to follow in his footsteps as artistic director of the Haydn Philharmonie, with whom he regularly performs at Vienna Konzerthaus, Esterhazy Festival and will tour both China and Japan in the next season. Altstaedt will be artistic director of the Pfingstfestspiele Ittingen 2019 and 2020.
Altstaedt premieres new music and performs with composers like Wolfgang Rihm, Thomas Ades, Jörg Widmann, Matthias Pintscher, Fazıl Say, Bryce Dessner and Sofia Gubaidulina.
Altstaedt's recording of CPE Bach Concertos on Hyperion with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen received the BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award 2017. His latest recording – Four Cities – a recital program of works by Say, Debussy, Shostakovich and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20Assurance%20Technology%20Analysis%20Center | Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center (IATAC) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) Government Organization. IATAC is an Information Assurance and Cyber Security (CS) Information Analysis Center (IAC), which is administered by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
IATAC aims to provide knowledge needed to develop network defenses in a timely manner. IATAC has an IA scope including research, acquisition, testing, demonstration, operational implementation or logistics. IATAC provides access to IA/CS, Defensive Information Operations (DIO), and Defensive Information Warfare (DIW) security tools, situational awareness resources, and training.
This organization was consolidated into the Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSISAC).
IATAC's mission, like the other IACs in the DTIC IAC Program, is: “To provide the Department of Defense (DoD) a central point of access for information on IA and CS (IA/CS), emerging technologies in system vulnerabilities, research and development, models, and analysis to support the development and implementation of effective defense against Information Warfare (IW) attacks."
IATAC's main goal is to synchronize IA/CS across DoD, academia, and industry.
History
IATAC was established under the direction of DTIC and the sponsorship of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)), Assistant to Secretary of Defense/Networks and Information Integration, and the Joint Staff.
IATAC serves as a source for IA/CS vulnerability data, information, methodologies, models, and analyses of technologies relating to the survivability, authenticity, and continuity of operation of DoD information systems.
IATAC, along with the other IACs, supports DTIC's Scientific and Technical Information Program (STIP).
Steering Committee
IATAC operates under the direction of a Government Steering Committee. The committee is made up of individuals from Government, DoD and the research and development (R&D) community, including representation from the Defense Information Assurance Program (DIAP), National Security Agency (NSA), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and others. The Steering Committee meets annually and provides input and feedback to IATAC's operations, particularly the collection of information and information dissemination efforts. The Steering Committee also selects which technical reports IATAC will research and produce.
Sponsors
IATAC is a U.S. Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) sponsored by DTIC, and ASD(R&E).
Services
Technical Inquiries
IATAC provides a 4-hour free Technical Inquiry research service for government employees, military service members, government contractors, and all DTIC-registered users. This research service is designed to answer relevant IA/CS questions.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) Program
IATAC coordinates a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Program that facilitates |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HYPO%20CBR | HYPO is a computer program, an expert system, that models reasoning with cases and hypotheticals in the legal domain. It is the first of its kind and the most sophisticated of the case-based legal reasoners, which was designed by Ashley for his Ph.D dissertation in 1987 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the supervision of Rissland. HYPO's design represents a hybrid generalization/comparative evaluation method appropriate for a domain with a weak analytical theory and applies to tasks that rarely involve just one right answer. The domain covers US trade secret law, and is substantially a common law domain. Since Anglo-American common law operates under the doctrine of precedent, the definitive way of interpreting problems is of necessity and case-based. Thus, HYPO did not involve the analysis of a statute, as required by the Prolog program. Rissland and Ashley (1987) envisioned HYPO as employing the key tasks performed by lawyers when analyzing case law for precedence to generate arguments for the prosecution or the defence.
HYPO was a successful example of a general category of legal expert systems (LESs), it applies artificial intelligence (A.I.) techniques to the domain of legal reasoning in patent law, implementing a case-based reasoning (CBR) system, in contrast to rule based systems like MYCIN, or mixed-paradigm systems integrating CBR with rule-based or model-based reasoning like IKBALS II. A legal case-based reasoning essentially reasons from prior tried cases, comparing the contextual information in the current input case with that of cases previously tried and entered into the system. As noted by Ashley and Rissland (1988) CBR is used to "... capture expertise in domains where rules are ill-defined, incomplete or inconsistent".
The HYPO project set out to model the creation of hypotheticals in law, where no case matches well enough. HYPO uses hypotheticals for a variety of tasks necessary for good interpretation: "to redefine old situations in terms of new dimensions, to create new standard cases when an appropriate one doesn’t exist, to explore and test the limits of a concept, to refocus a case by excluding some issues and to organize or cluster cases". Hypotheticals can include facts that support two conflicting lines of reasoning. So, it makes and responds to arguments from competing viewpoints about who should win the dispute. HYPO use heuristics such as making a case weaker or stronger, making a case extreme, enabling a near-miss, disabling a near-hit to generate hypotheticals in the context of an argument by using the dimensions mechanism. Dimensions have a range of values, along which the supportive strength that may shift from one side to the other. What differentiated this expert system from others was its facility not only to return a primary to best-case response but to return near-best-fit responses also.
Components
Legal knowledge in HYPO is contained in: the case-knowledge-base (CKB) and the library of di |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest%20palindromic%20substring | In computer science, the longest palindromic substring or longest symmetric factor problem is the problem of finding a maximum-length contiguous substring of a given string that is also a palindrome. For example, the longest palindromic substring of "bananas" is "anana". The longest palindromic substring is not guaranteed to be unique; for example, in the string "abracadabra", there is no palindromic substring with length greater than three, but there are two palindromic substrings with length three, namely, "aca" and "ada". In some applications it may be necessary to return all maximal palindromic substrings (that is, all substrings that are themselves palindromes and cannot be extended to larger palindromic substrings) rather than returning only one substring or returning the maximum length of a palindromic substring.
invented an -time algorithm for listing all the palindromes that appear at the start of a given string of length . However, as observed e.g., by , the same algorithm can also be used to find all maximal palindromic substrings anywhere within the input string, again in time. Therefore, it provides an -time solution to the longest palindromic substring problem. Alternative -time solutions were provided by , and by , who described a solution based on suffix trees. A faster algorithm can be achieved in the word RAM model of computation if the size of the input alphabet is in . In particular, this algorithm runs in time using space. Efficient parallel algorithms are also known for the problem.
The longest palindromic substring problem should not be confused with the different problem of finding the longest palindromic subsequence.
Slow algorithm
This algorithm is slower than Manacher's algorithm, but is a good stepping stone for understanding Manacher's algorithm. It looks at each character as the center of a palindrome and loops to determine the largest palindrome with that center.
The loop at the center of the function only works for palindromes where the length is an odd number. The function works for even-length palindromes by modifying the input string. The character '|' is inserted between every character in the inputs string, and at both ends. So the input "book" becomes "|b|o|o|k|". The even-length palindrome "oo" in "book" becomes the odd-length palindrome "|o|o|".
Longest_Palindrome_SLOW(string S, string S') {
// S' == S with a bogus character (eg. '|') inserted
// between each character (including outer boundaries)
// The radius of the longest palindrome centered on each place in S'
// note: length(S') = length(PalindromeRadii) = 2 × length(S) + 1
array PalindromeRadii = [0,...,0]
Center = 0
while Center < length(S') {
// Determine the longest palindrome starting
// at Center-Radius and going to Center+Radius
Radius = 0
while Center-(Radius + 1) >= 0 and
|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20process%20control | C process control refers to a group of functions in the standard library of the C programming language implementing basic process control operations. The process control operations include actions such as termination of the program with various levels of cleanup, running an external command interpreter or accessing the list of the environment operations.
Overview of functions
The process control functions are defined in the stdlib.h header (cstdlib header in C++).
References
External links
C standard library |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICT%201900%20series | ICT 1900 was a family of mainframe computers released by International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) and later International Computers Limited (ICL) during the 1960s and 1970s. The 1900 series was notable for being one of the few non-American competitors to the IBM System/360, enjoying significant success in the European and British Commonwealth markets.
Origins
In early 1963, ICT was engaged in negotiations to buy the computer business of Ferranti. In order to sweeten the deal, Ferranti demonstrated to ICT the Ferranti-Packard 6000 (FP6000) machine, which had been developed by its Canadian subsidiary Ferranti-Packard, to a design known as Harriac that had been initiated in Ferranti by Harry Johnson and fleshed out by Stanley Gill and John Iliffe.
The FP6000 was an advanced design, notably including hardware support for multiprogramming. ICT considered using the FP6000 as their medium-sized processor in the 1965–1968 timeframe, replacing the ICT 1302. Another plan being considered was to license a new range of machines being developed by RCA, probably compatible with the expected IBM 8000.
On 7 April 1964 IBM announced the System/360 series, a family of compatible machines spanning nearly the complete range of customer needs. It was immediately obvious that ICT would need a coherent response. Two paths were available: develop a range of machines based on the FP6000, using the flexibility of its design to produce smaller or larger machines, or cooperate with RCA who were re-targeting their development to a System/360 compatible range to be known as the RCA Spectra 70.
One major consideration was that the FP6000 was already running, while the RCA Spectra range would take some years to become available. In the end, the decision was made to go with a range of machines based on the FP6000. The centrepiece of the new range was the ICT 1904, a version of the FP6000 with the ICT standard peripheral interface. For higher-end machines, a new larger processor, the ICT 1906, was to be developed by the ICT West Gorton unit (formerly part of Ferranti). To meet the needs of smaller customers, smaller machines, the ICT 1901 and ICT 1902/3, were developed by the ICT Stevenage unit, based on the PF182 and PF183 processors already in development.
On 29 September 1964 the ICT 1900 range was announced in a filmed presentation, scripted by Antony Jay. The following week two working systems were demonstrated at the Business Equipment Exhibition, Olympia.
The first commercial sale was made in 1964 to the Morgan Crucible Company, comprising a 16K word 1902 with an 80-column 980-card/minute reader, a card punch, a 600 line/min printer and 4 x 20kchar/s tape drives. It was soon upgraded to a 32K word memory and a floating point unit to allow for some scientific work. The same company had also been the first to order ICT's first computer, the HEC4 (later ICT 1201), in 1955.
The first system delivered was a 1904, for the Northampton College of Advanced T |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%20Junior%20%28programming%20block%29 | Disney Junior (formerly Playhouse Disney) is a morning preschool programming block on Disney Channel. Aimed mainly at children aged 2–6 years old, its programming featured a mix of live-action and animated series.
The block was rebranded as "Disney Junior" on Disney Channel on February 14, 2011. The remaining channels and blocks using the Playhouse Disney brand outside the US were rebranded as well. The block later launched the "Mickey Mornings" sub-block in 2020.
History
Playhouse Disney
Early years (1997–2002)
Before Playhouse Disney's launch, Disney Channel had aired a lineup of preschool-targeted programs to compete with Nick Jr. (which were mixed alongside animated series aimed at older children) during the morning hours since its debut in April 1983.
On April 6, 1997, Disney Channel underwent a relaunch that signified the beginning of its full conversion into a commercial-free basic cable channel, and its preschool block now utilized a similar graphics package for its promotions as that used for the channel's afternoon children's programs. After Disney Channel's preschool block premiered three new original series in 1998 (PB&J Otter, Rolie Polie Olie, and Out of the Box), the block rebranded as Playhouse Disney on February 1, 1999.
One of Playhouse Disney's most popular series was Bear in the Big Blue House, which debuted on October 20, 1997; the series was named by TV Guide as one of the "top 10 new shows for kids" that year. For the first three years of its run, the Playhouse Disney block originally aired each weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and weekends from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Following each program, which usually ran 23 minutes (most of which, except for films, aired without promotional interruption), the remainder of the time period was filled by either short segments and music videos (the latter of which were originally aired under the banner "Feet Beat") or an episode of an acquired short series.
On April 16, 2001, Playhouse Disney introduced a new on-air graphics package produced by motion graphics company Beehive; actress Allyce Beasley began serving as the U.S. block's promo announcer at this time, a capacity she would hold until March 30, 2007. Radio Disney cross-promoted the block by rebranding its "Mickey and Minnie's Tune Time" block as "Playhouse Disney", and in 2002, the TV block's "Feet Beat" interstitials were renamed "BB's Music Time" to promote the Radio Disney block. On June 25, 2001, Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group (now Disney-ABC Television Group) announced plans to launch Playhouse Disney Channel, a companion digital cable and satellite channel that would have served the same target audience as the Disney Channel block; plans for the network were later scrapped, although Disney-ABC International Television would launch dedicated Playhouse Disney channels and blocks in international markets (including Canada, Afro-Eurasia and Latin America) between 2002 and 2007. The Walt Disney |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYBE-FM | DYBE (106.3 FM), on-air as Klick FM 106.3, is a radio station owned by Quest Broadcasting Inc. and operated by 5K Broadcasting Network, Inc. Its studios and transmitter are located at Puentebella Subd., Purok 5, Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod.
History
DYBE first signed on the air in 1993 as Killerbee 106.3 with a Top 40 format. On April 29, 2013, this station, along with the other Killerbee stations, were relaunched under the Magic moniker (adopted from its then-parent station). It went off the air sometime in 2022.
In November 2022, the station returned to the airwaves as K-Five under the management of 5K Broadcasting Network, which operates 103.9 Radyo Bandera Sweet FM. It airs a classic hits format. In September 2023, it rebranded as Klick FM.
References
Radio stations in Bacolod
Radio stations established in 1993
1991 establishments in the Philippines
Quest Broadcasting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PerlTidy | PerlTidy is a tool written in the Perl programming language to do static code analysis against code written in that same language. It uses either command-line switches or configuration files to reformat Perl scripts so they comply with specified coding rules. The default configuration is an approximation of the Perl Style Guide.
Aside from the command line, there are a number of tools for alternate interfaces for PerlTidy, including one for the Padre IDE, perltidy.el for Emacs. and an online version
Since its introduction, PerlTidy has become an oft-recommend tool for Perl programmers, noted in a number of key books. Notably, the work Perl Best Practices provides a set of PerlTidy configurations to match the syntax prescriptions in that book.
References
External links
Perl::Tidy on MetaCPAN
Section "perltidy", Pages 112-114 of
Page 35 of
Perl
Static program analysis tools
Software using the GPL license
Free software testing tools |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Medieval%20Bibliography | The International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) is a multidisciplinary bibliographic database covering Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for the entire period from AD 300 to 1500. It aims to provide a comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) published worldwide in over 35 different languages. The organisation and publication of the IMB is a collaboration between the University of Leeds and the Belgian publisher Brepols.
As of 2011, the database comprised over 400,000 article records on every aspect of the Middle Ages, with over 16,000 new records being added annually in quarterly updates. A printed annual update of new records is published twice a year.
Around 2012, the IMB and Brepols joined forces with the Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (BCM), based at the University of Poitiers, and it is possible to use a joint interface to search for articles in the IMB and monographs in the BCM.
History
The IMB was founded in 1967 by Peter H. Sawyer, then at the University of Leeds but visiting the University of Minnesota, with the support of the Medieval Academy of America and funding from the University of Minnesota and the McKnight Foundation of Minnesota. Early volumes appeared annually and each contained around 3,000 records.
Until the 1990s, the IMB was produced and its subscriptions managed entirely at Leeds University, with printing and distribution handled by the Leeds printing house Maney. Around 1987, however, the then editor Katie Cubitt decided that the bibliography should be digitised. The Belgian publisher Brepols won the tender, publishing a digitised version of the IMB on CD in 1995, and a close relationship between the IMB, Leeds's Institute for Medieval Studies, and Brepols formed; from 1996-97 Brepols took on both online and print publication of the IMB, with data creation remaining with the Institute for Medieval Studies.
Its editorial staff is based at the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. As of 2011, the project was supported by around 70 academic contributors from all over the world. As of 2017, the project claimed eighty contributors, over 500,000 records, adding 16,000 records per year.
From 1995 to 2020, the IMB was home to the Bulletin of International Medieval Research, edited by Alan V. Murray. In 2020, it was announced that the Bulletin and Leeds Studies in English would merge to become Leeds Medieval Studies.
Ethos
While many disciplines, such as the sciences and medicine, publish their research predominantly online and in English, a very large proportion of research in the disciplines relevant to Medieval Studies is still published in print (or print plus electronic versions) and in a wide variety of languages. The IMB aims to include publications from all disciplines and languages, focusing on those which represent the newest research and which are not separately catalogu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex%20and%20Terry | Lex and Terry is a syndicated morning radio program hosted by Lex Staley and Terry Jaymes. Lex and Terry is Based in Dallas, Texas, the show is distributed by United Stations Radio Networks. It is heard during weekdays on radio stations throughout the US. The current Lex and Terry team consists of show hosts Lex Staley and Terry Jaymes, plus longtime staff member Dee Reed as executive producer/air talent, and Sarah B. Morgan.
History
Prior to the show, Jaymes gained popularity as an actor on Santa Barbara and also as a stand-up comedian, including on the Fox network on the critically acclaimed The Sunday Comics. Jaymes also hosted mornings at KTYD in Santa Barbara and was a member of the Blaze and Bob morning show on KOME "the kome spot on your dial". Staley was on his second tour as program director at WFYV-FM "Rock 105" in Jacksonville, Florida, where he brought Jaymes to join him to do mornings in 1992. Staley had met Jaymes in California earlier and promised if he was ever in charge of a radio station again, Jaymes would be his first and only choice to host mornings. Staley had enjoyed a successful first stint as a program director in the mid '80s at WFYV before he left for a four-year stint at the Album Network in Los Angeles as VP of Syndication for World Premiere events for major music acts, such as Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, and John Mellencamp. He said his coolest moment was as co-producer alongside soon to be world renown producer Brenden O'Brien at The Black Crowes Live at the Greek Theatre in the summer of 1992. Staley was also the executive producer for the weekly syndicated show hosted by Redbeard called In the Studio. Years later, Staley and Jaymes would be working on a daily basis with Redbeard at KTXQ "Q 102" in Dallas.
On December 16, 1992, Staley and Jaymes began collaborating in the morning on WFYV. The first show was a whirlwind of controversy in and out of the building as the phones exploded concerning Ross Jeffries, the author of How To Get The Women You Desire Into Bed. His interaction with WFYV's new morning duo was unlike anything the city had ever experienced. It was so uncomfortable for management that Staley was asked to put Jaymes on a plane back to California if that was what the show was going to be. Unbeknownst that this irreverence would set the tone for years to come, Lex and Terry served notice that things had changed for Jacksonville, WFYV-FM, and its two hosts. The show took a while to succeed; some people did not like the "two punks in a locker room" attitude. Eventually, Lex and Terry had the number one morning show in Jacksonville, with a mix of frank relationship talk, sports (including Sam Kouvaris of WJXT), and sometimes music from such artists as AC/DC and Danzig. WFYV general manager Mark Schwartz said, "Unlike a lot of other morning shows that rely on tired bits and material that's stolen from other radio stations, these guys are 100 percent unique. They don't rely |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20Services%20Flow%20Language | Web Services Flow Language 1.0 (WSFL) was an XML programming language proposed by IBM in 2001 for describing Web services compositions. Language considered two types of compositions. The first type was for describing business processes as a collection of web services and the second was for describing interactions between partners. WSFL was proposed to be layered on top of Web Services Description Language.
In 2003 IBM and Microsoft combined WSFL and Xlang to BPEL4WS and submitted it to OASIS for standardization. Oasis published BPEL4WS as WS-BPEL to properly fit the naming of other WS-* standards.
Web Services Endpoint Language (WSEL)
Web Services Endpoint Language (WSEL) was an XML format proposed to be used to description of non-operational characteristics of service endpoints, such as quality-of-service, cost, or security properties. Format was proposed as a part of report which published Web Service Flow Language . It never gained wide acceptance.
Notes
References
Leymann, Frank. (2001). "Web Services Flow Language (WSFL 1.0)". IBM Corporation.
Hung, Patrick C. K. (2002). "Specifying Conflict of Interest in Web Services Endpoint Language (WSEL)". "ACM SIGecom Exchanges", Volume 3 Issue 3
Web service specifications
World Wide Web Consortium standards
XML-based standards
Web services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation%20%28journal%29 | Simulation is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the field of computer Science. The editor-in-chief is Gabriel Wainer (Carleton University). The journal was established in 1963 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Science Citation Index Expanded.
External links
SAGE Publishing academic journals
English-language journals
Computer science journals
Academic journals established in 1963
Monthly journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SB%20Nation | SB Nation (an abbreviation for their full name SportsBlogs Nation) is a sports blogging network owned by Vox Media. It was co-founded by Tyler Bleszinski, Markos Moulitsas, and Jerome Armstrong in 2003. The blog from which the network formed was started by Bleszinski as Athletics Nation in 2003, and focused solely on the Oakland Athletics. It has since expanded to cover sports franchises on a national scale, including all Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and National Football League teams, as well as college teams, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling, totaling over 300 community sites. In 2011, the network expanded into technology content with The Verge, leading to the parent company Sports Blogs Inc. being rebranded as Vox Media. SB Nation operates from Vox Media's offices in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Corporate affairs and business model
From 2003 to 2011, the sports blog network SB Nation (originally known as SportsBlogs Nation) operated under the parent company SportsBlogs Inc., which was headquartered in Washington, D.C. Since Sports Blogs was rebranded as Vox Media, the network has also operated from the digital media company's offices in Manhattan.
Vox Media's chief executive officer, Jim Bankoff, has served as SB Nation CEO since 2009. Elena Bergeron served as editor-in-chief until March 2019.
Many contributors to SB Nation work as part-time contractors, and are paid a stipend each month. The network generates revenue through advertising.
History
SB Nation was co-founded by friends Tyler Bleszinski and Markos Moulitsas in 2003. The single blog from which the network formed was launched by Bleszinski as Athletics Nation in July 2003, and covered only the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Athletics Nation quickly became Blogads's second largest website, following Daily Kos, where Moulitsas served as an editor. Following the blog network's creation, six additional writers were hired to join Bleszinski in creating content, and Daily Kos' platform was implemented to encourage online community growth. Established bloggers were selected to contribute articles, and sports fans could leave comments. After sites were created for all Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), and National Hockey League (NHL) franchises, along with some college and other teams, Bleszinski focused on company growth and making money.
In 2008, SB Nation raised $5 million in a Series A round of financing with Accel Partners, Allen & Company, and Ted Leonsis contributing. Jim Bankoff, who was advising the company during the venture round, became SB Nation CEO in January 2009. The network had approximately 1 million unique users, and nearly 185 blogs by February. The NHL sanctioned and began linking to SB Nation content on its official website in April, when the network was averaging 5 million unique monthly visitors across nearly 200 sites. In July, Comcast's venture ca |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20Youth%20Associations%20Network | The United Nations Youth Associations Network (UNYANET) is the international network for United Nations Youth Associations (UNYAs) and United Nations Associations-Youth Sections (UNA-Youth Sections).
In August 2011, youth representatives of the national UNYAs from Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Romania and Switzerland, as well as representatives of the UNA-Youth Sections from Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey met at the United Nations Office at Vienna to establish UNYANET. Since then, UNYANET held events such as a Media Workshop in November 2011 in Switzerland or the third edition of the Youth Projects and Cooperation Seminar, which took place in Izmir, September 2012.
General
UNYANET has the aim to enhance the network by facilitating the process of developing projects, the exchange of knowledge, resources and experience and the development of a common identity among member associations. This shall be achieved, on one hand, by regular meetings of the member associations, on the other hand by projects carried out by different working groups of UNYANET. Furthermore, UNYANET shall facilitate the cooperation between its member associations, the United Nations and other international organizations, institutions and supporters by providing a common contact point for various topics including cooperation requests, project proposals etc. Another important aim is to provide assistance to groups, willing to establish a UNYA in their country. At the moment, UNYANET has 10 member associations and 3 observers, with altogether 57 local branches and approximately 14000 individual members. UNYANET currently assists in the establishment of 3 other UNYAs.
Partners of UNYANET are the United Nations Information Service Vienna (UNIS Vienna and the United Nations Information Service Geneva (UNIS Geneva). Furthermore, UNYANET is working together with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI).
Projects/Programs
UNYANET-Advice
External links
UNYSA-Austria
UNYSA Cyprus
UNYSA-Finland
UNYA-Germany
UNSA-Norway
UNA-Russia-Tyumen Youth Section
UNA-Serbia-Youth Section
UNA-Slovenia-Youth Section
UNA-Spain-Youth Section
UNYA-Switzerland
UNA-Turkey-Youth Section
References
United Nations organizations based in Geneva |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode%20technology%20in%20healthcare | Barcode technology in healthcare is the use of optical machine-readable representation of data in a hospital or healthcare setting.
Dating back to the 1970s, there has been a continual effort among healthcare settings to adopt barcode technology. In the early 2000s, published reports began to illustrate high rates of medical error (adverse events) and the increasing costs of healthcare. As a result, the desire for barcoding technology in healthcare has grown as a realistic and applicable solution. Ranked first in 2007, and second in 2008 in the Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership Survey, HIMSS placed high priority on the use of barcoding technology to reduce medical errors and promote patient safety.
Applications
Barcoding in healthcare have a variety of applications, including the following:
Drug Identification & Medication Management
In February 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had ruled that barcodes must be used on certain human drugs. Barcodes must be linear in nature and must be readable by barcode scanners. Medication barcodes must have specified information for drug identification. Barcode information on these items must include the National Drug Code (NDC) number of the drug, an 11-character identification number for the medication. The NDC contains the name of the medication, dosage and drug company that produces the medication. Additional information that may be included in medication barcodes may include the expiration date and lot number of the medication. This is to ensure that counterfeit or expired drugs are not being administered to patients.
Medication management is a difficult task, where it focuses on the "five rights": right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, and right route of administration. Barcode medication verification at bedside allows for nurses to automatically document the administration of drugs by means of barcode scanning. A study conducted in 2010, found that barcode usage prevented about 90 000 serious medical errors each year and reduced mortality rate by 20%. One case study noted that the use of barcodes reduced medication administration error by 82% across five units studied from pre-implementation to post-implementation. Other benefits that were realized included improved nursing staff satisfaction, improved patient satisfaction, and improved community relations.
Specimen Collection and Blood Infusion Safety
Healthcare professionals use specimen testing (blood, urine, or other) to help diagnose disease, assess health, and monitor medication level. Accurate results can be yielded from error-free collection procedures. Specimens that are collected incorrectly may lead to erroneous test results, which may lead to serious consequences for patients. This may include delayed or inappropriate treatments and incorrect medication adjustments. More than 160 000 adverse medical events per year have been suspected in the U |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GigaTribe | GigaTribe is a peer-to-peer file-sharing network. Originally developed in France (2005), its American version was launched in November 2008. It offers free and paid versions; with the paid version users may restrict access to their encrypted files to a group of trusted friends.
In 2010, a U.S. federal judge ruled that reasonable expectation of privacy does not extend to GigaTribe file-sharing. In the case, an informant gave police access to his GigaTribe friends' files, and child pornography was subsequently discovered.
After some time, in 2015, GigaTribe announced collaborative storage with "GiGa.GG". They created a cloud service with a capability of sharing files with anyone by uploading them on the servers of the company. The amount of storage in free accounts was limited by 100 GB at first, but then, GiGa.GG decided to switch to a paid distribution model. Now, it is available to purchase an account with 100 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB (1.99 €, 5.99 € and 9.99 € respectively) with a possibility to get a free account for a month.
History
GigaTribe has undergone many changes. Initially, the software was known as TribalWeb until 2.4.4.0, which was then followed with the redesign of the product in 3.00.002. Many updated versions have been released over the years, including the newer Mac and Linux versions. As of May 2020, the latest version (3.06.004) runs on the three main operating system series (Windows – MacOS – Linux) and now enables users to find other users with similar interests (via the recent introduction of # hashtags).
Design
In GigaTribe, there is a P2P connection between users, however the files are not being shared in public. You can choose to whom you need to send the files and they will be transferred directly to the computer of that particular user. Files may go through the servers of GigaTribe company (if VPN connection is chosen), but they are still being encrypted on the way to the receiver.
API
Gigatribe API is a collection of HTTP GET/POST services exposing Gigatribe functions to developers. The purpose is to help developers build their Gigatribe applications with less effort. The applications will be able to perform inviting users, joining tribes, reading contacts information, etc, outside the desktop version of Gigatribe software, for example, in a web forum. So as to enable developers to compose less code to call an API, GigaTribe team developed a customer library, which embodied the code for requesting for authorization code, access token and the code for calling an API, that works on PHP.
In terms of security, these services use OAuth 2.0, which is an open-standard protocol for authorization.
References
External links
gigatribe.com, official site
Peer-to-peer file sharing
Online companies of France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genomes%20OnLine%20Database | The Genomes OnLine Database (GOLD) is a web-based resource for comprehensive information regarding genome and metagenome sequencing projects, and their associated metadata, around the world. Since 2011, the GOLD database has been run by the DOE Joint Genome Institute
The GOLD database was created in 1997; the first version of the database contained information for 350 sequencing projects, of which 48 had been completely sequenced with their analyses published.
GOLD v.5 was released on 28 May 2014. , the GOLD database contains information for 67,879 genome sequencing projects, of which 7,210 have been completed.
In order to facilitate comparative analysis between the information in GOLD and other databases (for example, GenBank and the EMBL), GOLD supports the minimum information standards metadata specifications recommended by the Genomic Standards Consortium, in particular, the MIxS (Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence) specification. GOLD also allows the annotation of genomes or metagenomes using the DOE JGI Integrated Microbial Genomes System and has links to the BioMed Central journal Standards in Genomic Sciences, allowing (meta)genomic data to be published.
See also
MicrobesOnline
References
External links
GOLD
NCBI BioProject
Genome projects
Genome databases
Online databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Celebrity%20Apprentice%20Australia%20%28season%201%29 | The Celebrity Apprentice Australia is a celebrity version of The Apprentice Australia series. It began to air on the Nine Network on 24 October 2011, with the founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans, Mark Bouris, returning as the chief executive officer. Brad Seymore and Deborah Thomas acted as boardroom advisors. The series is narrated by Andrew Daddo. Comedian Julia Morris was the inaugural celebrity winner, defeating choreographer and So You Think You Can Dance Australia judge Jason Coleman in the final boardroom.
Candidates
The following is the list of candidates for this season.
Weekly results
The candidate was on the losing team.
The candidate won the competition and was named the Celebrity Apprentice.
The candidate won as project manager on his/her team.
The candidate lost as project manager on his/her team.
The candidate was brought to the final boardroom.
The candidate was fired.
The candidate lost as project manager and was fired.
The candidate was absent during the week due to previous engagements.
Challenges
Unlike the original series showing one episode a week, including the final boardroom. The Celebrity Apprentice is aired five nights a week. In this show's format, the tasks were aired every Mondays and Wednesdays, the losing team's boardrooms (including the firing) were aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the behind the scenes (including the celebrity giving a cheque to their chosen charity) were aired on Fridays.
Task 1
Airdate: 24 October 2011 (Task) and 25 October 2011 (Boardroom)
Task 2
Airdate: 26 October 2011 (Task) and 27 October 2011 (Boardroom)
Task 3
Airdate: 31 October 2011 (Task) and 1 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Task 4
Airdate: 2 November 2011 (Task) and 3 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Task 5
Airdate: 7 November 2011 (Task) and 8 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Task 6
Airdate: 9 November 2011 (Task and Boardroom)
Task 7
Airdate: 14 November 2011 (Task) and 15 November 2011 (Boardroom)
Task 8 (Finale)
Airdate: 16 November 2011 (Final Task) & 21 November 2011 (Final Task, boardroom and winner announcement)
Reception
Ratings
Notes
Upon the disapproval of Mr. Bouris, the female team changed their team name from "Bouris' Babes" to "Ignite" following the first challenge.
Lisa was absent from the fifth challenge due to previous engagements, therefore she replaced in the challenge by fired contestant Warwick.
Didier and Max were fired simultaneously in the boardroom following the fifth challenge, and with no difference in challenge wins, Didier's success as project manager in the third challenge places him higher than Max's failure as project manager in the first challenge.
Shane and Jesinta were fired simultaneously in the boardroom following the eighth challenge, with Jesinta's four challenge wins placing her higher than Shane's three wins.
In overnight figures, the rankings for the "Monday" segment of "Celebrity Challenge #7" (– approx.) in the three target demographics were as follows: 25–54 (#4), 18– |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeleNi%C3%B1os | TeleNiños is a Canadian Category B-exempt Spanish language specialty channel owned by TLN Media Group. TeleNiños broadcasts programming primarily aimed at children in addition to select family-oriented programming.
History
In October 2011, TLN Media Group, at the time a consortium majority owned by Corus Entertainment, was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called All Spanish Children’s Television, described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic specialty Category B service devoted to providing programming to the Spanish-speaking community or to Canadians of Hispanic descent, and who are from preschool age to seventeen years of age."
The channel launched on November 1, 2011 as TeleNiños, exclusively on Vidéotron. On December 4, 2014, TeleNiños launched on Bell Fibe TV. On May 31, 2016, TeleNiños launched on Cogeco. On August 31, 2017, TeleNiños launched on Rogers.
As of February 11, 2019, it and sister channel Telebimbi have operated under exempt status. Shortly after, Corus sold its stake in Telelatino Network to the other co-owners.
Programming
TeleNiños broadcasts programming for kids of all ages, as well family-oriented programming.
Program list
The Adventures of Paddington Bear
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Arthur
Atomic Betty
Being Ian
Bobinogs
The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Caillou
Dark Oracle
Emily of New Moon
Flight Squad
Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King
The Legend of White Fang
The Little Lulu Show
Mona the Vampire
Mumble Bumble
The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1999 animated series)
Sci-Squad
Space Cases
Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Wimzie's House
Zoboomafoo
References
External links
Children's television networks in Canada
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Latin American Canadian culture
Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2011
2011 establishments in Canada
Spanish-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextdoor | Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. is an American company which operates a hyperlocal social networking service for neighborhoods. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California. Nextdoor launched in the United States in October 2011, and is available in 11 countries as of May 2023. Users of Nextdoor are required to submit their real names and addresses to the website. However, they do not verify the accuracy of submitted names and addresses.
History
Nirav Tolia, Sarah Leary, Prakash Janakiraman and David Wiesen co-founded Nextdoor in 2008. Tolia had previously helped start Epinions. Early investors included Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures, and Rich Barton. The concept and patents that Nextdoor is based on were invented by "FatDoor" CEO Raj Abhyanker in 2006. Abhyanker pitched Benchmark Capital on Nextdoor in 2007. Nirav Tolia worked at Benchmark Capital as Entrepreneur in Residence at that time. Tolia later founded Nextdoor in 2010 and made a statement saying that "an entrepreneur like Abhyanker should go in and just expect a venture capitalist to take intellectual property from others and that it has happened so many times in the past."
, Nextdoor had 80 to 100 employees. In July 2012, Nextdoor raised US$18.6 million in venture capital funding. Dan Clancy (formerly of Google) joined Nextdoor in February 2014.
On May 14, 2014, Nirav Tolia, then-CEO of Nextdoor, was charged with felony hit-and-run for allegedly fleeing a crash on Highway 101 in Brisbane, California that left a woman injured. "It's ironic that the CEO of a company that is holding itself out as trying to promote neighborliness, crime watch and things like that flees the scene of an accident that he caused and doesn't bother to call 911 or stay around to exchange information or see if he caused any injuries," said the woman's attorney, Joseph Brent. On June 12, 2014, Tolia pled no contest and served 30 days of community service in lieu of jail time.
In February 2017, Nextdoor acquired the UK local social network service Streetlife in a "multimillion pound deal". Nextdoor's less stringent privacy and safety policies provoked concerns among some users of Streetlife—for example, full names and street addresses are visible to all members of a Nextdoor, but not Streetlife, neighbourhood—some reporting ensuing harm, such as abusive former partner finding out a woman's current address.
Advertising was added to the platform, including real estate advertising, in 2017. Advertising includes posts inside users' feeds about business services and products.
In July 2018, then-CEO co-founder Tolia announced plans to retire as chief executive officer (CEO), stating that he intended to become chair of the company's board following the transition. In October 2018, Square's former chief financial officer Sarah Friar became CEO, succeeding Tolia. Tolia subsequently retained his seat as a member of the company board of directors.
In 2019, Nextdoor acquired local news site Hoodl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus%20%282011%20film%29 | Gus is a 2011 Australian computer-animated short film produced by Honeydew Studios in Brisbane, Australia. It is written, directed, animated and produced by Andrew Martin. The music is composed by Liam Flenady and Lisa Cheney, and the sound design is by John Willsteed. It has won multiple awards on the international festival circuit, including Best Short Film Script and Best Short Animation at the Monaco International Film Festival, and Best Animation at the Queensland New Filmmakers Awards in 2011. Gus is Andrew Martin's filmmaking debut and the first production for his company Honeydew Studios.
Synopsis
An adorable young "cave" boy named Gus and his powerful hunter father Don live a cold and isolated life high in the Swiss Alps, banished by their disgruntled tribe because of Gus' chronic explosive flatulence. His flatus is so insidious it repels entire herds and spoils food from afar. Despite all this, his father stands by him until one day, reaching breaking point, he sends Gus out into the cold and unforgiving mountainside to protect their food, a decision that would change life forever...
Awards and nominations
References
External links
2011 films
2011 short films
2011 computer-animated films
2010s Australian animated films
2010s animated short films
2010s English-language films
Australian animated short films
Australian computer-animated films
Computer-animated short films
Articles containing video clips
Animated films about cavemen
Animated films about children
Animated films set in Switzerland
Animated films set in prehistory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KANP | KANP (91.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Ashton, Idaho, United States. The station airs a Christian format, as an affiliate of Your Network of Praise, and is currently owned by Hi-Line Radio Fellowship.
References
External links
ANP |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbonds | Cbonds is a financial market data vendor covering global bonds, equities and ETFs. Cbonds core business is to provide the financial market data via website Cbonds.Com as well as API solutions and mobile application. Since 2018 the global headquarter is based in United Arab Emirates with offices in more than 10 countries.
History
The group’s history began in 2000. The Company was founded by Sergey Lyalin. Initially Cbonds was focused on the bond market only, then in 2020 global coverage for equities was added, and in 2021 the coverage was expanded with ETFs. Currently Cbonds also covers global macroeconomic data and corporate financial reports.
In 2021 Cbonds launched Research Hub, which is now one of the largest free research hubs in the world. Currently more than 250 research providers including banks, asset managers, rating agencies are providing their materials to Cbonds Research Hub. The instruments covered are bonds, equities, currencies, commodities, macro.
Coverage
Cbonds covers more than 650 000 outstanding bonds in 180+ countries. Equity coverage is of 75 000 stocks, funds coverage contains more than 10 000 mutual funds and ETF’s. Pricing data are sourced from over 400 providers among stock exchanges and OTC market participants.
Information projects
The website Сbonds.com covers the fixed income in the developed and emerging markets. The project offers an extensive database on all debt securities, a newswire. and fixed income market research:
Cbonds bonds
Cbonds equities
Cbonds ETF
Cbonds derivatives
Cbonds indices
Cbonds global macro
Cbonds Research
Cbonds indices
Cbonds has developed groups of bond indices allowing to assess bond price and yield levels in various market segments.
Euro-Cbonds Emerging Market Indices have been calculated by Cbonds since 01.01.2010. The indices show price dynamics and yield on the EM sovereign Eurobond portfolio in USD. The underlying bond issues must be worth no less than US$2bn, traded no less than 12 days per month and rated at least by one international rating agency (BB-/Вaa3 or higher). The list of underlying securities is reviewed on a monthly basis. Currently these indices are calculated for major EM countries (Brazil, India, China, Indonesia, Mexico and others), and also composite indices for regions (Asia, Africa, LatAm, CEE) and global EM universe.
Cbonds corporate bond indices are calculated for USD-denominated corporate Eurobonds. These indices are calculated for each country, and also composite indices for regions and global EM universe. For some countries (United States, Brazil, Italy, Canada) corporate indices are calculated as well for investment grade and high yield segment.
References
External links
Official website
Cbonds Muni Calculation Methodology
Key developments for cbonds.ru Ltd.
Cbonds and ReDeal
Sovetnik
Quoracy
NSD and Cbonds to Conclude Information Interactions Agreement NSD News
Professional event by Cbonds
Financial data vendors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndoe%20language | Ndoe, or '''Ekparabong is the most divergent of the Ekoid languages of Nigeria and Cameroon.
References
External links
Ekparabong-Balep basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Ekoid languages
Languages of Nigeria
Languages of Cameroon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDORK%20Napredak%20Kru%C5%A1evac | ŽORK Napredak () is a women's handball club from Kruševac, Serbia.
History
ŽORK Napredak was founded on 1 September 1952. No precise data about the place and date of playing the first game, but the memory of the oldest, it was 14 October 1952, on the occasion of the commemoration of the liberation from Axis of the city of Kruševac. It was a students team competition in Kruševac. The period between 1952 and 1971 was marked by the school competition.
In 1971 ŽORK Napredak enters the official competition organized by the Handball Association of Yugoslavia and then in the next two decades it became a strong club, worthy of respect in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The most important trophy ŽORK Napredak won in this period was the trophy SFR Yugoslavia in 1989.
In the early nineties ŽORK Napredak grew into a leading Yugoslav and European clubs, and reached its peak in last years of the twentieth century. In the period between 1995 and 2000 ŽORK Napredak won the most of their trophies. Including EHF Challenge Cup 1999 and Yugoslav Cup also in 1999.
Honours
European
EHF Challenge Cup:
Winners (1): 1999
Cup Winners' Cup:
1/4 finals (2): 1998, 2001
National
National cup:
Winners (1) 1999
National league:
Vice-champions (5) 1997-2001
Notable former players
Ljiljana Knežević
Tanja Milanović
Zlata Paplacko
Danijela Erčević
Ana Batinić
Ana Đokić
Ana Vojčić
Andrijana Budimir
Slađana Dronić
External links
Official website : http://www.zork-napredak.rs/
Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/zorknapredak
http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/chc/women/2007-08/clubs/003734/ZORK+Napredak+Krusevac
http://www.srbijasport.net/klub/416
http://rss.org.rs/#licence:177
http://rss.org.rs/
Handball clubs in Serbia
Sport in Kruševac |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20Eclipse%20%281988%20video%20game%29 | Total Eclipse is a first person adventure game released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS and ZX Spectrum computers in 1988. It can also be considered an early example of a first-person shooter.
Plot
The game backstory as explained in the manual is that an Ancient Egyptian priest has put a curse on a pyramid dedicated to the Sun God Re. Any object obstructing Re's shrine from the Sun would be destroyed. The protagonist is an unnamed archaeologist who learns that on 26th October, 1930, a total eclipse will obstruct the sun above Cairo, and that the curse will cause the Moon to explode, devastating Earth with debris. He decides to travel to the pyramid and destroy Re's shrine, preventing the curse.
The game starts having just arrived with a biplane parked outside the pyramid he is about to enter, two hours before the eclipse. The player has to enter and explore the pyramid, avoid traps, trigger and activate puzzles and navigate through maze-like rooms. Causes of death include dehydration, and heart attack caused by various hazards such as falling off ledges, getting crushed by falling stones and taking too many hits from poison darts. Throughout the maze the player can discover treasure to accumulate their score, and ankhs that serve as keys to locked doors.
Gameplay
Like the previous Freescape games developed by Major Developments, Total Eclipse takes place from the point of view of the main character, who can move freely within the 3D environment of the game. This time, however, the emphasis is more on adventure, puzzle-solving and survival; with multi-level environments to move around and explore.
The key elements of the game consist of:
A water jar, with water which diminishes as the player progresses; when it is empty the player will die of dehydration. The jar can be refilled with water found around the levels.
A heart-rate monitor, which serves as a health indicator. When the player suffers from damage or walks around a dangerous area, the rate will go higher. The player can keep it lower by resting, sacrificing some of the available time.
A torch, with a limited battery-life, which allows you to explore some of the darker areas of the game.
A magnetic compass for navigation
A wrist watch and a depiction of the sun with the moon as it passes across the sun's face, both of which show the remaining time.
A pistol which is used for manipulating the environment, such as shooting at doors, chests and mechanisms to open or trigger them. There are also a few enemies. The pistol has infinite ammo.
Items that can be found in the pyramid are
Pairs of symbols, which the player must shoot in order to trigger something (e.g. open a locked door)
Pools or fountains of water to fill the water jar.
Ankhs that serve as keys to barred doors; these are finite throughout the pyramid, and part of the challenge consists not wasting them.
The player can also find treasure, which simply serves as a side quest and only accumulates sc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Florence | The Florence tramway network () is an important part of the public transport network of Florence, Italy. It consists of two operational light rail lines.
Florence, like many other Italian cities, closed down its old tramway network at the end of the 1950s, but has come back to trams in recent years to find a solution to the rising car traffic in the city. The first line in the present network was opened in 2010 to link the city center with the neighboring comune of Scandicci; the second line opened on February 11, 2019, linking the city center with Florence Airport.
The current network operator is GEST (Gestione Servizio tramviario), a subsidiary of the French RATP.
History
1879–1958
The first horse-drawn tramway in Florence was inaugurated on 5 April 1879. It linked the city center to Peretola. One year later the original line was extended to reach Prato and Poggio a Caiano. The tramway was managed by Società dei Tramways Fiorentini.
In 1898 the company bought out Tranvia del Chianti company and in the same year the lines were electrified.
In 1926 the tram was considered already obsolete, and the first bus routes started. In 1934 the company responsible for the service went out of business.
During the Second World War the tramway was severely damaged, and the network was fully restored only in 1951. From the end of the war the tramway was managed by ATAF. However, after few years the infrastructure was deemed too old and inadequate, and the tramway was definitively closed on 20 January 1958.
Modern tramway (2010)
During the early 2000s, the Florence administration decided to restore the tram service. Works on the first line started in December 2005. Construction works were expected to last for 1,000 days, but eventually it took more than 1,800 days to complete the line. Line 1 started operation on 14 February 2010.
The first part of Line 1, at Scandicci, was the first rail public transport service in the area.
During the first 10 months of service, the total passenger served were 7 million, a result considered a success.
On 16 July 2018 the line was extended from Florence Santa Maria Novella railway station to the current northern terminus, Careggi.
Lines
Service starts at 5:30 and stops at 0:30. The headway is 4 minutes from 7:30 to 20:30 and 6 minutes at other times. A journey from end to end of Line 1 takes about 23 minutes.
Line 2 opened on February 11, 2019. A journey from end to end takes 22 minutes.
Technical summary
The rolling stock of Line 1 consists of 19 AnsaldoBreda Sirio, already in use in other cities in Italy and around the world.
The route is mainly on reserved lanes. Stops are located at a distance of .
Future plans
Line 1 extension
An expansion from Scandicci towards Casellina and Pontignale is planned. The new terminus will be near an exit of the A1 motorway. A Park & Ride will also be built.
Line 2
Line 2 currently runs from the airport to Santa Maria Novella railway station, where it interchanges |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GridPP | GridPP is a collaboration of particle physicists and computer scientists from the United Kingdom and CERN. They manage and maintain a distributed computing grid across the UK with the primary aim of providing resources to particle physicists working on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments at CERN. They are funded by the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council. The collaboration oversees a major computing facility called the Tier1 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) along with the four Tier 2 organisations of ScotGrid, NorthGrid, SouthGrid and LondonGrid (formerly LT2). The Tier 2s are geographically distributed and are composed of computing clusters at multiple institutes.
As of 2012 the GridPP infrastructure spans 18 UK institutions and is major partner in the UK's National Grid Initiative as a part of the European Grid Infrastructure.
Background
The original GridPP plan was drawn up in late 2000 to provide the UK's contribution to the LHC Computing Grid and the EuropeanDataGrid project (now the European Grid Infrastructure). The drive behind these projects was to provide researchers working on the LHC experiments with suitable computing resources and to extend the use of the technology to other communities. The first GridPP proposal was accepted by PPARC, at the time the UK funding council responsible for funding particle physics related projects, and the collaboration officially began on 1 September 2001 with £17m of funding. During this first phase of GridPP (2001 to 2004) the collaboration built the UK testbed, a working prototype for a grid that was linked to other similar systems around the world. In preparation for its use as a production infrastructure it analysed real data from a wide variety of experiments being run around the world in different institutions. In 2004 it was extended until September 2007 to bring it up to the proposed LHC switch on date. By 2007 GridPP was a fully functioning production service but the LHC switch on was still a year away so in September 2007 it received a further extension from STFC, receiving £30m of funding until March 2011.
Current state of the project
GridPP is in its fourth phase (2011–2014) having received more funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to support the LHC experiments and other users. In late 2011 the project is providing over 29,000 CPUs and 25,000TB of storage to the worldwide grid infrastructure.
Members
All of the UK universities and institutions with researchers working on the LHC are members. As of 2011 the list is as follows:
ScotGrid
ScotGrid is based across 3 main sites and primarily supports on-going research within the field of Particle Physics. The entire environment is monitored, maintained and developed by dedicated teams at each site, to ensure a fully operational system is available to the end user communities.
Durham University
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
NorthGrid
Lancaster University
Univer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Informatics%20and%20Computer%20Science%20Alliance | The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is a "research pool" funded by the Scottish Funding Council. A research pool is a collaboration of Scottish university departments whose broad objective is to create a coherent research community that will improve the quality of research carried out in Scotland in the pool-related discipline.
SICSA's goals are to improve the quality of research in informatics and computer science across universities in Scotland, to promote the transfer of research results to benefit companies and the public sector in Scotland and to create a university community that represents all aspects of Scottish Informatics and Computer Science.
SICSA was launched in December 2008 and is funded with an award of £14.5 million from the Scottish Funding Council with SICSA member universities providing matching funding. It is managed by the SICSA Executive which is composed of: Director of Research (who is also the SICSA Director), the Director of the SICSA Graduate Academy, the Director of Knowledge Exchange, the Director of Education, the SICSA Executive Officer and the SICSA Executive Assistant.
Membership
SICSA has adopted an inclusive membership policy and all universities in Scotland that have computer science or informatics departments/schools are eligible to be members of SICSA. , the following departments/schools were SICSA members.
University of Aberdeen. Department of Computing Science
University of Abertay. School of Computing and Engineering Systems & Institute of Arts, Media and Computer Games
University of Dundee. School of Computing
University of Edinburgh. School of Informatics
Edinburgh Napier University. Institute for Informatics & Digital Innovation
University of Glasgow. School of Computing Science
Glasgow Caledonian University. School of Engineering and Computing
Heriot-Watt University. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
The Robert Gordon University. School of Computing
University of St Andrews. School of Computer Science
University of Stirling. Department of Computer Science and Mathematics
University of Strathclyde. Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of the West of Scotland. School of Computing
University of the Highlands and Islands. School of Computing
Research themes
SICSA's research activities are organized around four broad research themes
Next-generation Internet
Complex Systems Engineering
Modelling and Abstraction
Multi-modal Interaction
Each research theme is managed by a theme leader and organizes workshops and events for the computer science research community across Scotland.
SICSA staff appointments
To help achieve its goal of improving research quality, SICSA has funded the appointment of 30 academic staff across Scottish universities. Appointments have been made in Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde, Abertay and Aberdeen Universities.
The SICSA Graduate Academy
The SICSA Graduate Academy (SGA) is an int |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Birdsall | S. Douglas Birdsall is the honorary chairman of the Lausanne Movement, a global network of Christians launched in 1974. He has been the executive chairman of Lausanne, and provided overall leadership for the Third Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Drawing over 4,000 participants from 198 countries and from a wide variety of denominations, Cape Town 2010 was the most diverse gathering of Christians in history. He was the president of American Bible Society until October 2013. Birdsall currently serves as president of the Civilitas Group.
Education
Birdsall received a B.A. from Wheaton College, a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a Th.M. from Harvard University, and a PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Birdsall received on honorary doctorate from Belhaven University in 2010.
Career
Birdsall and his wife, Jeanie, began their career as missionaries in Japan with LIFE Ministries in 1980. Five years later he became LIFE's director of staff for Japan, and in 1991 Birdsall was named president of the mission. Birdsall re-organized the agency to focus on developing Christian leaders, and led its expansion throughout Asia and name change to Asian Access. Today Asian Access trains pastors and Christian leaders in more than a dozen Asian countries.
In 1999 Birdsall was appointed director of the J Christy Wilson Center for World Mission at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts. In 2004 he was named executive chairman of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. In 2007 he stepped down from presidency of Asian Access to focus entirely on the Lausanne Movement. He continues to serve on the Asian Access board.
In 2013 Wheaton College named Birdsall alumnus of the year for distinguished service to society.
Family
Birdsall is a fifth-generation Christian minister. He was raised in Peoria, Illinois, where his father Roger Birdsall was a United Brethren pastor. In 1975 Birdsall married Jeanine Rowell. All three of their children were born in Japan. Their eldest, Stacia Birdsall Lee, is a graduate of Princeton, Yale, and Columbia, and lives in Manhattan. Their son, Judd, is the Managing Director of the Cambridge Institute on Religion and International Studies at Clare College, Cambridge. Judd previously served at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. and earned a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. Their youngest child, Jessamin, graduated from Harvard University and is currently working at the Church Urban Fund in London while pursuing a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy at Princeton University.
References
American evangelicals
Living people
Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni
Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary alumni
Harvard Divinity School alumni
People from Peoria, Illinois
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20console%20gaming | Online console gaming involves connecting a console to a network over the Internet for services. Through this connection, it provides users the ability to play games with other users online, in addition to other online services.
The three most common networks now are Microsoft's Xbox network, Sony's PlayStation Network, and Nintendo's Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Network. These networks feature cross platform capabilities which allows users to use a single account. However, the services provided by both are still limited to the console connected (e.g. an Xbox One cannot download an Xbox 360 game, unless the game is part of the Xbox 360 to Xbox One backwards compatibility program).
Additional services provided by these networks include the capability of buying additional games, online chatting, downloadable content, and game demos.
Early attempts
The earliest experiments relating to online connectivity on game consoles were done as far back as the early 1980s. For some consoles, Dial-Up internet connectivity was made available through the use of special cartridges, along with an adapter. The GameLine for the Atari 2600 and the PlayCable for the Intellivision are two notable examples of this. Services like these did not have multiplayer online gaming capability, but did allow users to download games from a central server and play them, usually requiring a fee for continued access. However, neither the GameLine or PlayCable attained mainstream popularity and both services were shut down during the 1983 video game crash.
During the 1990s a number of online gaming networks were introduced for home consoles, but due to a multitude of problems they failed to make a significant impact on the console gaming industry. For a number of years such networks were limited to the Japanese market. In a November 1996 interview, Shigeru Miyamoto remarked that online multiplayer gaming had not achieved mainstream success, and would not for a long while yet, because the technology of the time could not provide the quick-and-easy startup that general consumers would want from a "plug and play" console.
The first online initiative by Nintendo was the Family Computer Network System for the Famicom, only released for Japan in 1988. This device allowed users to access things such as game cheats, stock trades, weather reports, and some downloadable content for their games. It failed to catch on.
The Sega Net Work System (Sega Meganet) was a network service in Japan for people using the Sega Mega Drive. Debuting in 1990, this service worked with the Game Toshokan (literally meaning "Game Library") cartridge to download games on the console (meaning that the game would have to be re-downloaded each time). Players attached a Mega Modem (modem, with a speed of 1,600 to 2,400 bit/s) to the "EXT" DE-9 port on the back of the Mega Drive, and used it to dial up other players to play games. There was a monthly fee of ¥800. The service was also in North America under the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20computer-supported%20collaborative%20learning | Mobile computer-supported collaborative learning may have different meanings depending on the context in which it is applied. Mobile CSCL includes any in-class and out-of-class use of handheld mobile devices such as cell phones, smart phones, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) to enable collaborative learning.
Overview
The adoption of mobile devices as tools for teaching and learning is referred to as M-Learning. M-Learning is a rapidly emerging educational technology trend. The New Media Consortium has listed adoption of mobiles for teaching and learning on a "One Year or Less" Adoption Horizon. M-Learning research comprises a range of mobile devices and teaching and learning applications. However, the research available for collaborative applications that involve mobile devices is limited. Examples of collaborative mobile learning applications can be found in examples from early adoption of PDA technology, and in recent examples of location-based, mobile collaborative games.
History
Wireless-enabled handheld devices have been used as early as 2004 to facilitate collaborative learning. Devices such as PDAs and PocketPC's traditionally lack cellular connectivity, but are capable of wireless connectivity. This connectivity enables collaborative learning through software-based, decision-making tools and shared display of learning material.
Elementary school learners
Wireless interconnected handhelds have been used to foster collaborative construction of words among elementary school students. Students in a first grade classroom in Chile were organized into groups and asked to construct words from syllables. Each student was issued a handheld which identified their group and presented one syllable. Students had to read the syllable and communicate with the rest of their group and decide the appropriate syllable sequence required for word formation. The mobile system employed incorporated a group-based answer approval system that allowed students to submit responses and decide whether more words could be created from the available syllables.
Middle school learners
Cooties, is an interactive, collaborative simulation designed for wireless handheld devices. Originally designed for middle-school students, Cooties enables students to study the spread of infectious diseases. In Cooties, a teacher can select which student(s) to infect and which students to give "degrees of 'immunity'". The device displays icons for all students, and differentiates those with and without infection. As students move about, they "spread" disease. As the simulation progresses, students can then form a scientific hypothesis about how the disease is spread.
High school learners
Networked handhelds can be used to mediate collaborative group decision-making for science problems. Students in a high-school physics class in Chile were issued networked PocketPCs and organized into groups. Students in each group were asked to answer the same multipl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeotex | Jeotex, Inc. (known as Datawind, Inc until 2019) is a developer and manufacturer of low-cost tablet computers and smartphones. The company was founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to manufacture tablets for sale primarily in India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The company is known for its development of the Aakash tablet computer, which is the “world's cheapest tablet” at US$37.99/unit. The Aakash tablet was developed for India's Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD).
Datawind manufactures mobile, internet devices, such as Pocket Surfer smartphones, UbiSurfer netbooks, and Ubislate tablets. Formerly, the company manufactured the Aakash tablets on behalf of the Government of India. The company's devices use a patented web-delivery platform for low-cost internet access on mobile networks. Datawind was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange from 2014 to October 2018 when it was relisted to the TSX Venture Exchange after failing to meet listing requirements. It was delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange in 2021.
Datawind has offices in Montreal, Mississauga, London, Delhi and Amritsar. At the shareholder meeting in April 2019 it was agreed to change the name of the company to Jeotex, Inc., and the change took effect that month. On 10 June 2021, the company was declared bankrupt.
History
Datawind was founded in Montreal in 2001 by brothers Suneet and Raja Tuli. Suneet and Raja Tuli grew up in Northern Alberta, Canada. Suneet Tuli is a civil engineer, who graduated from the University of Toronto. Raja is a computer engineer, who graduated from the University of Alberta. Suneet Tuli is Datawind's chief executive officer and is responsible for its vision, strategy, and execution. Raja Tuli is the company's co-chairman and chief technology officer; he is also an inventor with dozens of patents across a broad range of technologies related to the internet, to imaging, and to energy sustenance.
Datawind's product range includes PocketSurfer Smartphones and UbiSlate tablets. The company has a portfolio of 14 international patents for its web-delivery platform, which serves as the basis for its products. The company manufactures, markets, and sells UbiSlate tablets to various countries, and also provides a year of free internet browsing in some countries. In collaboration with the government of India, the company has also developed the Aakash tablet, which has gained worldwide attention for being the cheapest tablet.
With its research and development based in Montreal, the company launched its first products in 2004 and their products were sold primarily in the United Kingdom. In 2004, the company was described as a "small tech shop" marketing its key product, the PocketSurfer, a PDA/Mobile Phone/Web Browsing device. Several iterations of the PocketSurfer followed.
In 2009, the Indian government had pledged a low-cost laptop to improve the quality of education within the country; however, the development process wa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nnam%20language | Nnam is an Ekoid language of Nigeria.
References
External links
Nnam basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Ekoid languages
Languages of Nigeria |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Dates | Star Dates is an American reality television program that aired on the E! network from 2002 to 2003.
Overview
The series consisted of ordinary people going on blind dates with B-list celebrities. Butch Patrick appeared on the first show. Other celebrities who appeared included Dustin Diamond, Kim Fields, Gary Coleman, Phillis Diller, Jill Whelan, and Jimmie Walker. Series host Jordan Black (and later Reggie Gaskins in season 2) also served as each couples chauffeur while they were on their date. Actress Robin Coleman appeared on the episode with Dustin Diamond as his date before she became well known.
References
External links
2000s American reality television series
2002 American television series debuts
2003 American television series endings
American dating and relationship reality television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Neuhaus | Adam Neuhaus is an American producer and entertainment executive noted for producing non-fiction television programming. He is Senior Director of Development for ESPN Films, leading creative development for the 30 for 30 documentary series, including feature documentaries, shorts, and podcasts. Neuhaus helped create 30 for 30 Podcasts, which launched in 2017.
He is the founder of Neuhaus Ideas, an ideas company serving the media industry, and the founder of NYC-based media networking group Headsets & Highballs. He has been an active member on the board of directors and advisory board for the Ghetto Film School, a Bronx-based nonprofit organization that teaches high school students about film-making.
Neuhaus's notable producer credits include Sterling Affairs, Be Water, Once Upon A Time in Queens, 144, and Lance of the 30 for 30 franchise, as well as the video game 1979 Revolution: Black Friday.
His past positions include senior director of development, media and entertainment at Radical Media, director of development at Original Media LLC, and roles in the motion picture literary departments of the Paradigm Talent Agency and William Morris Agency.
References
External links
Official website for Neuhaus Ideas
Official website for the Ghetto Film School
Official website of Headsets & Highballs
Living people
American television producers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remmina | Remmina is a remote desktop client for POSIX-based computer operating systems. It supports the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), VNC, NX, XDMCP, SPICE, X2Go and SSH protocols and uses FreeRDP as foundation.
Packaging
Remmina is in the package repositories for Debian versions 6 (Squeeze) and later and for Ubuntu versions since 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). As of 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), it replaced tsclient as Ubuntu's default remote desktop client. The FreeBSD ports/package collection also contains it as a separate port and additional protocol-specific plugin ports.
Use
A common use is to connect to Windows machines, to use servers and computers remotely via Remote Desktop Services, by system administrators and novice users.
See also
Comparison of remote desktop software
Vinagre
References
External links
Remote desktop
Communication software
Free communication software
Free software programmed in C
Remote desktop software that uses GTK
2009 software
Virtual Network Computing
Remote desktop software for Linux |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Sensei | Q-Sensei is a privately owned software company developing search technology and search-based applications for searching through unstructured and structured data. They make searching through diverse types and sources of data faster, easier, and more powerful. They developed enterprise search applications and are developing analytic features.
Q-Sensei is based on multi-dimensional search, which combines full text with faceted search and content analysis to present data organized and correlated along multiple facets or "dimensions" (e.g. date, tag, author, source, language, content type, etc.). This lets the end user dive deeper into a search query on multiple fronts. The company is product-focused and develops nearly plug and play applications that companies can deploy mostly on their own. Previous projects included: a “next generation” enterprise search platform; an RSS feed aggregator and reader; and an online service for searching scholarly literature.
Q-Sensei was formed in 2007 through the merger of German-based social knowledge network Lalisio and the US search technology company, QUASM. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Its European office is in Erfurt, Germany.
Its name is derived from the Japanese word Sensei, meaning "master" or "mentor".
Products/applications
Q-Sensei Spark -- plug-ins that integrate enterprise search into existing business applications. Available for Atlassian Confluence and JIRA.
Q-Sensei Fuse -- algorithm-driven search and index program wrapped in an easy-to-install service layer.
Awards
Initiative Mittelstand: &
Frost & Sullivan 2012 Global Enterprise Search Price Performance Value Award
(for Q-Sensei Enterprise)
(IT Innovations Award Winner, Knowledge Management category)
See also
Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area
References
Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Software companies of the United States
2007 establishments in the United States
Software companies established in 2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeatherNation%20TV | WeatherNation TV (branded on-air as simply WeatherNation) is an American broadcast, digital streaming, cable, and satellite television network owned by WeatherNation, Inc, a subsidiary of Performance One Media and ultimately owned by Robert J. Sigg. The network broadcasts live and pre-recorded local, regional, and national weather forecasts and weather-related news, including periodic coverage of severe and tropical weather events. The network's studio facilities, along with its headquarters and master control facilities are located in the Denver suburb of Centennial, Colorado, sharing production facilities with sister network Real America's Voice.
History
WeatherNation was founded by Paul Douglas in 2010. Robert J. Sigg's Performance One Media in 2010 acquired the WeatherNation trademarks and brand from the original WeatherNation (which eventually became part of AerisWeather), a centralized weather service for local stations and web sites. Broadcast Weather also was hired to provide weather news programming for WeatherNation channel. In March 2011, WeatherNation, Inc. and National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) reached a long-term carriage agreement for a national channel for a second quarter 2011 roll out. Performance One Media later gained full ownership and control over WeatherNation following a lawsuit against it in 2014.
WeatherNation would gain its first broadcast television outlet by October 24, 2011, WHDT in Stuart, Florida as its primary affiliation. WIYC in Montgomery, Alabama also started carrying WeatherNation that same month. Further expansion of its broadcast affiliate body continued in January 2012, when WeatherNation added affiliates in Minneapolis, Minnesota (KARE-TV); Little Rock, Arkansas (KMYA-DT); Fort Smith, Arkansas (KFDF-CA); and Springfield, Missouri (KFFS-CA).
Many of WeatherNation TV's initial over-the-air affiliates were low-power and full-power stations that were not affiliated with one of the major broadcast television networks. However, from 2012 to 2014, the network announced piecemeal agreements with two major broadcasting groups to carry WeatherNation on the subchannels of network-affiliated stations (including one which expanded upon an existing affiliation agreement with such a station). During 2013 and 2014, the network expanded its distribution agreement with the Gannett Company, owner of Minneapolis affiliate KARE-TV, to add the network on the subchannels of its stations in cities such as Atlanta (WXIA-TV), Denver (KUSA), and Washington, D.C. (WUSA). On October 27, 2014, WeatherNation TV signed an affiliation agreement with the Sinclair Broadcast Group to carry its programming on a subchannel of the company's flagship station, WBFF in Baltimore.
On January 14, 2014, WeatherNation launched on DirecTV channel 361 as part of a carriage dispute between The Weather Channel and DirecTV. On April 21, 2015, Dish Network announced that it had reached an agreement to add WeatherNation onto its lineup, makin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%20Nation%20Shorts | DC Nation Shorts was an animated mini-series featuring characters from DC Comics that aired in a series on Cartoon Network on Saturdays at 10/9c.
Production
In March 2012, the shorts premiered as part of the DC Nation block, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. They aired alongside Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice, as well as with Beware the Batman and Teen Titans Go! in 2013. Cartoon Network revived the Teen Titans animated series as Teen Titans Go!, based on the New Teen Titans shorts. Despite having one Cartoon Network / Warner Bros. Animation short, Swaroop (aired during The Big Pick contest), DC Nation Shorts was the first and only Cartoon Network original series co-produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.
In 2011, Sam Register promised new content every week on the block in addition to the shorts: "...whether that's a new show or an interstitial or a short".
Series
Episodes
DC Nation Super Spectacular
In May 2012, DC Comics released a 64-page monthly magazine called DC Nation Super Spectacular. The featured strips are based on the Young Justice & Green Lantern: The Animated Series television series as well as additional content such as behind the scenes features.
Latin America
The DC Nation Shorts have been transmitted by Cartoon Network (Latin America) since July 2013. The series are transmitted randomly in commercial breaks and it has broadcast shorts this way for years. This is because Cartoon Network Latin has not incorporated the DC Nation block. The shorts broadcast were Tokyo/Baby Superman, DC Super Pets, Animal Man, Vibe, and The New Teen Titans.
References
External links
DC Nation
2010s American animated television series
2010s American anthology television series
2011 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings
American children's animated action television series
American children's animated anthology television series
American children's animated comedy television series
American children's animated superhero television series
American flash animated television series
English-language television shows
Cartoon Network original programming
Teen Titans in other media
Animated short films based on DC Comics
Television series by Aardman Animations
Television series by Warner Bros. Animation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Jin%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Chen Jin (; born in 1968) is a Chinese computer scientist.
Chen was born in Putian, Fujian, in 1968, along with a twin brother. He earned a bachelor's degree from Tongji University in Shanghai and in 1991, moved to the United States to study computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1998, he earned a Ph.D. there while working at Motorola's Austin research center. Chen moved back to China in 2000 and worked at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
In 2003, Chen announced a breakthrough in microchip design. The Chinese government, eager to develop an indigenous hi-tech industry, greeted the news with great delight. He was appointed Dean of Microelectronics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and promised to deliver newer chips Hanxin II and III in 2004. However, it was proven to be fraudulent as a whistleblower revealed that the Hanxin chip was not his creation. This resulted in his expulsion and possible criminal investigation by authorities.
References
1969 births
Chinese computer scientists
Living people
Educators from Fujian
Academic staff of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Scientists from Fujian
Motorola employees
Tongji University alumni
University of Texas at Austin alumni
People involved in scientific misconduct incidents |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore%201351 | The Commodore 1351 is a computer mouse made by Commodore in 1986, which can be directly plugged into the 9-pin control port of a Commodore 64 or 128.
Description
The Commodore 1351 is similar in appearance to the mouse supplied with Amiga computers of the time, but the two are not mutually compatible. (A quick way to identify is to look at the plug. The Amiga mouse has a thinner plug which looks like regular joystick connectors.) In its default mode, it is a true proportional mouse, but by holding down the right mouse button when powering up the machine, it can be made to emulate its predecessor, the 1350 (which while physically a mouse acted electrically like a joystick).
The 1351 utilizes the 6581/8580 SID chip's analog-to-digital converter, thus it is only compatible with the C64/C128 and will not work on the VIC-20 despite using the same 9-pin connector. An Amiga mouse, although electrically compatible with the C64, uses the paddle registers and will be much more CPU-intensive to read than the 1351. A few programs such as Interpaint support Amiga mice.
The mouse was distributed with a user manual containing maintenance instructions, pinouts, and sample BASIC and machine language programs for the Commodore 64 and 128. Also included was a diskette containing diagnostic tools, demos, drivers, and an upgrade for the GEOS operating system.
The first mouse released for the C64 was the NEOS Mouse in 1985 by the company Nihon Electronics Co. Ltd., however it was quickly superseded when Commodore introduced their own mouse the following year. A handful of drawing programs, GEOS, and the C64 port of Arkanoid can use the NEOS Mouse.
Reception
The 1351 was favorably reviewed by The Transactor, which praised the unit's ergonomic design and tactile feedback and the quality of the accompanying documentation. The reviewer noted that, at the time of writing, very little commercial software supported the 1351 in proportional mode, but suggested that the mouse would be of benefit in joystick mode in drawing programs, font and sprite editors, and certain kinds of games.
Software that can use a 1351 mouse includes GEOS, The Faery Tale Adventure, Operation Wolf, and assorted application/drawing programs.
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Products introduced in 1986
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