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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamba%20%28website%29 | Mamba is a network of social discovery/social dating sites that includes approximately 25,000 independent sites and dating sections on large portals and publishing sites (e.g. Yahoo, Msn, Icq, Mail.ru, Rambler.ru, Km.ru).
History
The site was established in 2002, originally available only in Russia. In 2004, the number of active users reached 1 million with over 7,000 daily sign-ups. By 2005, the site was reporting an estimated 4-5 million users, with the FINAM Investment Company purchasing a controlling interest in the company, as its service was rolled out to Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, the USA and Israel etc.
In 2006, the site strategy changed, with a new approach of consolidating its position in the market by process of partner acquisition and audience growth. According to the results in 2006’s half yearly report, the income was 80 million rubles. In January 2006, daily sign-ups had reached 38,000. Growth had increased by 24% compared to the previous year. By the end of 2006, the general number of profiles in the database had hit a reported approximate 8-9 million, 3.7 million of which were classed as 'active' (visiting the site at least once a month. At this time, an estimated 45-50 thousand users were ‘online’ at any given time, with 1.5 million users a day. In 2007 and 2008, the services were expanded to include extra features such as dating, diaries and gifts. The number of users hit a reported 9 million this year, with the income given as in excess of 300 million rubles. By 2008, the number of user profiles had hit 10 million users, with the site being used by around 10 million monthly, and the new mobile portal around 250,000 per month. At this time, daily users averaged 2 million, with around 60 thousand users online at any given time. By November 2009, the user base had reached 11.5 million people. Daily about 2 million unique users were visiting the site, with more than 100 thousand users online at any time. In July 2011, the structure of the site was changed: all registrations needed to be confirmed via mobile phone number. This helped to reduce spam, but also saw a reduction in site traffic.
Rebranding as Wamba
In July 2012, Mamba changed its name to Wamba in order to keep expanding into new markets with a unified name. In many countries the domain “mamba” was already taken by Storck, a producer of chewy sweets, so “Mamba” had to create a new brand for the international market.
In Russia, Mamba and Wamba operate alongside one another. After the rebranding, the old site works “like a partner” of Wamba system.
Before July 2012, Mamba was operating internationally as an independent project called Mamboo. Now Mamboo.com is part of Wamba system as well.
Features
The site is more image-orientated than CIS leading social networking sites Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, to which it has been compared. For free, the user is able to create a profile with unlimited photo upload, instant messaging service, photo-ra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecithocera%20rotundata | Lecithocera rotundata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Taiwan and Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces of China.
The wingspan is 13 mm.
References
Moths described in 1978
rotundata |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionnaire%20for%20User%20Interaction%20Satisfaction | The Questionnaire For User Interaction Satisfaction (QUIS) is a tool developed to assess users' subjective satisfaction with specific aspects of the human-computer interface. It was developed in 1987 by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab. The QUIS is currently at Version 7.0 with demographic questionnaire, a measure of overall system satisfaction along 6 scales, and measures of 9 specific interface factors. These 9 factors are: screen factors, terminology and system feedback, learning factors, system capabilities, technical manuals, on-line tutorials, multimedia, teleconferencing, and software installation. Currently available in: German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Background
When the QUIS was developed, a large number questionnaires concerning user subjective satisfaction had been developed. However, few of these exclusively focused on user evaluation of the interface itself. This was the motivation for the development of the QUIS
Version 1.0
In 1987, Ben Shneiderman presented a questionnaire that directed user attention to focus on their subjective rating of the human-computer interface. While this questionnaire was a strong step towards focus on users' evaluations of an interface, no empirical work had been done to assess its reliability or validity.
Version 2.0
This original questionnaire consisted of 90 questions in total. Of these questions, 5 were concerned with rating a user's overall reaction of the system. The remaining 85 were organized into 20 groups which, in turn, consisted of a main component question followed by related subcomponent questions.
The reliability of the questionnaire was found to be high with Cronbach's alpha=.94
Version 3.0
QUIS Version 2.0 was modified and expanded to three major sections. In the first section, there were three questions concerned with the type of system under evaluation and the amount of time spent on that system. In the second section, four questions focused on the user's past computer experiences. The last section, section III, included the modified version of QUIS Version 2.0, now containing 103 questions. These modifications included changing the 1-10 rating scale to be from 1-9, which 0 used as "not applicable". This also simplified future data entry for the questionnaire since a maximum rating would no longer require two keystrokes (as it would have in "10"). This in turn would reduce response bias from subjects.
Version 4.0
Chin, Norman and Shneiderman (1987) administered the QUIS Version 3.0 and a subsequent revised Version 4.0 to an introductory computer science class learning to program in CF PASCAL. Participants, were assigned to either the interactive batch run IBM mainframe or an interactive syntax-directed editor programming environment on an IBM PC. They evaluated the environment they had used during the first 6 weeks of the course (version 3.0). Then, for the next 6 weeks, the participants switched |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By%20Fair%20Means%20or%20Foul | By Fair Means or Foul (later also released as Pro Boxing Simulator) is a boxing video game first published for a range of 8-bit home computers in 1988 by Superior Software. It was later reissued with the new title by Codemasters who also published conversions for 16-bit computers. The game offers a variety of boxing moves including fouls. The game received mixed reviews.
Gameplay
The game can be played either as a two-player versus game or single-player against the computer. The objective of the one player game is to attempt to become the World Champion by defeating six opponents. The opponents become progressively more difficult to beat. The player can then continue to defend their title against difficult opponents.
The game features a wide range of moves including fair moves (punches, jabs, uppercuts) and foul moves (kicks, knees, head butts, groin punches) as well as blocks and dodging moves. Foul moves can be made when the referee is not looking but lead to a loss of 'chance' (or life) if seen. Indicators on screen let the player know when the referee is likely to notice foul moves. Successful hits reduce the opponent's energy bar. When the energy bar reaches zero, the player is knocked out but this just ends the round. The player with the lowest energy at the end of the round loses a 'chance'.
As the game is played, members of the audience make comments which are shown on screen as speech bubbles.
Development and release
The game was originally developed by Michael and Terry Simpson for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. The game was converted to Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum and launched simultaneously by Superior Software in 1988. The BBC and Electron versions were released under the joint Superior/Acornsoft name while the other versions were released under the Superior/Alligata name. All versions were released on cassette with all versions except the Electron also released on floppy disk.
The game was then released as a budget title by Codemasters in 1990 under the new title Pro Boxing Simulator (to fit with its long-running series). Controversially, this version had the words "New Release" on the cassette cover which led to complaints when people bought the game not realising it was the same as By Fair Means or Foul. Codemasters then reissued the game with the "New Release" box changed to "Previously known as 'Fair Means or Foul'" and offered to refund anyone who had bought both versions of the game.
Codemasters also converted the game to Amiga and Atari ST and these versions were released in 1991.
Reception
Reviews were mixed. Electron User awarded the game 8/10, praising the fact it approaches boxing from a "different direction". Amstrad Action gave a score of 83%. Sinclair User gave a generally positive review picking out good points including "the wide variety of fighting moves, the decent sound effects and music, the comments from the crowd and the ref" but said the game was not "smooth or novel enough to make you |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinnar%E2%80%93Le%20Roux%20algorithm | The Shinnar–Le Roux (SLR) algorithm is a mathematical tool for generating frequency-selective radio frequency (RF) pulses in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Frequency selective pulses are used in MRI to isolate a slice through the subject for excitation, inversion and saturation.
Given a desired magnetization profile, determining the RF pulse that produces it is generally nonlinear, due to the non-linearity of the Bloch equations. At low tip angles, the RF excitation waveform can be approximated by the inverse Fourier Transform of the desired frequency profile, using the excitation kspace analysis. The small tip angle approximation continues to hold well for tip angles on the order of 90 degree. However, for tip angles greater than 90 degree, a different approach must be used.
A direct solution to the pulse design problem was independently proposed by Shinnar and Le Roux based on a discrete approximation to the spin domain version of the Bloch equations.
Theory
The SLR algorithm simplifies the solution of the Bloch equations to the design of two polynomials, which can be solved using well-known digital filter design algorithms.
Where N is the number of bins, or hard pulse divisions that you wish to approximate with, and φ(t) is the phase of the B1(t) waveform at a given time t.
The mapping of the RF pulse into two complex polynomials will be denoted as the Forward SLR Transform. Given two polynomials the SLR transform can be inverted to calculate the RF pulse that produces these polynomials. The order of the polynomials is . A minimum phase results in a minimum energy RF pulse.
References
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage%20Wars%3A%20Texas | Storage Wars: Texas (Originally Storage Wars Dallas) is a reality television series on the A&E Network that premiered in 2011. It was a regionalized spin-off of the highly-popular series Storage Wars.
As of the latter portion of Season 3, the show featured auctioneer Walt Cade, as well as auction hunters Victor Rjesnjansky, Ricky and Bubba Smith, Jenny Grumbles, and Mary Padian, with other buyers being included on some episodes, notably Lesa Lewis and her assistant Jerry Simpson (who were regulars on Season 1).
The premise was essentially the same as the parent show: when rent is not paid on a storage locker in Texas, the contents are sold by an auctioneer as a single lot of items. The show follows professional buyers who bid on the contents (usually for the purpose of reselling for profit should they purchase a locker) based only on a five-minute inspection and what they can see only from the door when it is opened. The episodes feature the winning buyers inspecting the contents (providing their estimate of their value), with one specific (and often unusual) item from each buyer featured being appraised to determine its worth. Between and during seasons, some buyers did not return to the show or appeared only occasionally in later seasons. One buyer, Mary Padian, became a regular bidder on the parent Storage Wars.
Sixteen episodes were filmed for the first season, debuting on A&E on Tuesday December 6, 2011. The premiere episode garnered 4.1 million viewers, making it the most watched series launch in the network's history. Viewers got a glimpse of Storage Wars: Texas on the first Storage Wars: Unlocked special, when Ricky and Bubba appeared to present a teaser clip. It was revealed that the show was to have been originally called Storage Wars: Dallas. It was later revealed that Storage Wars: Texas and its parent series Storage Wars had both been renewed for another twenty-six episode season respectively, with the second season of Texas premiering on August 15, 2012. Storage Wars: Texas can be seen internationally as well, as AETN International has sold the series to several channels in Canada, United Kingdom, Poland, Finland, and the Netherlands. The series ran for three seasons, and the final episode of the series aired on January 7, 2014.
As of 2022, the show also airs regularly on free streaming service Pluto TV.
Participants
Notes
Main buyers
Jenny Grumbles - "The Dazzler" (Season 2-3): Jenny is a furniture restorer/designer, and she runs the Dallas-based "Uptown Country Homes" furniture boutique. She became interested in storage auctions after a friend brought in some furniture for $1,000 and sold it for $5,000. She joined the cast beginning with the premiere of the second season.
Lesa Lewis ("The Boss") and her partner Jerry Simpson (Season 1; Recurring appearances season 2-3): Lesa and her employee/friend Jerry run the "Again and Again Resale" thrift store in Crockett, Texas. Lesa and Jerry are often at odds over Lesa's prope |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV%20Legal%20Network | The HIV Legal Network (formerly the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) is Canada's leading advocacy organization working on the legal and human rights issues raised by HIV and AIDS. The organization actively promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV and AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research and analysis, advocacy and litigation, public education, and community mobilization. The organization was founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1992, by human rights lawyers Ralf Jürgens, David Patterson, David Thompson, and Norman Halde. It is currently located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Issues
Unjust laws and policies and violations of human rights continue to worsen the impact of HIV and AIDS. The Legal Network's mandate focuses on ensuring that the human rights of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS are respected, protected, and fulfilled; and that Canadian and international laws and policies facilitate HIV prevention efforts, as well as care, treatment, and support for people living with HIV and AIDS. While the Legal Network is based in Canada, their work extends around the world, wherever human rights are threatened, including the rights of LGBTQ people. Recently, the Legal Network launched a new fund, the Caribbean Can Rainbow Fund, to benefit this important work in the Caribbean. The organization's research, analysis, education, and advocacy touches on a range of issues: Aboriginal Communities, Access to Medicines, The Caribbean, Criminalization, Discrimination, Drug Policy, Immigration and Travel, Income Security, LGBTQ Rights, Prevention Technologies, Prisons, Privacy, Sex Work, Testing, Women's Rights, Russia, and Rights.
Publications
The Legal Network produces an extensive range of publications on numerous HIV-related legal and policy issues, including info sheets, Q&A documents, briefing papers, submissions to governments and other advocacy materials, commentaries and research articles in journals, and full-length research and analytical reports. The organization has received international recognition as one of the world's foremost sources of materials on the legal and human rights aspects of HIV and AIDS.
In 1994, the Legal Network began publishing the HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review (originally the Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Newsletter), with approximately three bilingual issues published annually. In 2012 and after 18 years of publication, the Legal Network announced that it would be putting the Review on an "indefinite hiatus" due to a lack of available funds resulting from a significant federal funding cut to the organization's annual budget. The Review summarized and analyzed current developments in HIV-related policy and law, promoted education and the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences from an international perspective around human rights issues affecting the global HIV response. Archived copies of the Review are hosted on the Legal Network's website and have r |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halide%20%28disambiguation%29 | A halide is chemical compound containing a halogen atom.
Halide minerals, a group of minerals which contain halogens
Halide (name), a feminine Turkish given name
Halide (programming language), a computer programming language
See also
Organic halide |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SerbianTV-America | SerbianTV-America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of EUROWorldNetwork; the broadcaster's representative for North America; responsible for the overall marketing and distribution strategy of the media offering. The company broadcasts Serbian radio and television programming to the Serbian communities in Canada and the United States.
SerbianTV-America has launched two Serbian television channels and one Serbian radio channel.
Television channels
RTS - Radio Television Serbia (RTS Sat)
DMSat
Radio channels
RTS - Radio Beograd
Availability
The SerbianTV-America programming is available in North America on the Galaxy-19 (DTH) direct-to-home satellite platform and on the NexTV-America Internet television platform. SerbianTV-America intends to be available on some of the major cable networks.
External links
NEXTV-America
NEXTV-Canada
Other links
STN
Intelsat
Ethnic Channels Group
Radio Television Serbia
DMSAT
Television networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbra%20railway%20station | Mumbra is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
Most of the fast locals coming from Kalyan or from Mumbai bypass through the Parsik Tunnel which is 1.3 km in length and it was once the third largest tunnel of Asia. This tunnel lies on the fast track and has one entry and one exit point in Mumbra. It is the first railway tunnel that was built in India and is more than hundred years old, by the British Empire. It is in the Sahyadri Ranges of Maharashtra and those hills are known as Parsik Hills
An addition of railway lines has been built from Kalwa to Diva which passes through Ulhas River has been constructed and Started from mid-January 2022. Similarly two new platforms 1 and 2 have been constructed. The new alignment has creek bridges at either ends of the station.
References
Railway stations in India opened in 1865
Mumbai CST-Kalyan rail line
Railway stations in Thane district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombivli%20railway%20station | Dombivli, serving the city of the same name, is the all time busiest railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It consists of 5 Platforms and 7 Tracks. Both Fast and Slow Trains halt here.
Ticket sale data between April–July 2013 shows that the average number of passengers buying tickets at Dombivli was 2.18 lakh.
References
Railway stations in Thane district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division
Railway stations in India opened in 1887
Transport in Kalyan-Dombivli |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakurli%20railway%20station | Thakurli is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, serving the city of Thakurli. Thakurli is at a distance of 49 km from the Mumbai CST station.
References
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division
Railway stations in Thane district
Transport in Kalyan-Dombivli |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyan%20Junction%20railway%20station | Kalyan Junction is a major railway junction station on the central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network, lying at the junction of the north-east and south-east lines of the suburban Mumbai division of the Central Railway, north-east of Mumbai. It comes under top 10 busiest railway in India. Kalyan junction is an important stop for all the trains. Nagpur Duranto and Deccan Queen are the two trains that do not stop on Kalyan.
Kalyan junction will get 6 new platforms under yard remodeling project. The land for this project is available in railway goods yard on eastern side of railway station. This project will ensure separation of suburban and local train operations.
One of the oldest and important railway project of Ahmednagar railway station was Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project which was in planning stage since british regime. It was referred as 3rd ghat project. The survey of this project was carried out in 1973,2000, 2006, 2014 etc. This project was in pink book in 2010. This project could not be started. The alignment length of thus project was 184 km and it could have been shortest route for marathwada, andhra and telangana. The major challenge for this project is 18.96 km long tunnel Malshej ghat section.
Malshej Kriti samiti is following for Kalyan-Ahmednagar railway project. Kalyan-Murbad section which is first phase of this project is already under survey stage.
Towards Kasara and Khopoli, Kalyan Junction is the last station at which fast services stop i.e all services running from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Kasara or Khopoli start halting at all stops beyond Kalyan. The same is true for when the trains are running towards C.S.M.T, with Kalyan being the first fast stop.
History
Even before the Bori Bunder-Tannah line opened on April 16, 1853, further progress was already underway. The extension beyond Tannah required the navigation of the two Tannah Creeks, and tunnels in the Godadunghur hills all the way till the Parseek point(Under today's Parsik Hill). This section was let out to contractors William Whythes and Jackson all the way back in April 1851, at a cost of Rs. 3,41,407, and was completed by December 1853. The section further ahead to Callian was let out to a Parsi contractor Mr. Jamsetjee Dorabjee in May 1852, for a cost of Rs. 1,65,851 and was completed by April 1854. The line to Callian opened finally on 1 May 1854.
The first journey to Callian from Bori Bunder was scheduled that day to begin at 4:50 p.m, with Lord Elphinstone accompanied by around 250 guests. The journey proceeded, with a halt at Bhandoop to fill in water. The train finally reached Callian at 6:10 p.m, however, it did not go all the way till the station, rather only to the comparatively nearer Creek ground. Similar to the first train journey of 1853 from Bombay to Tannah, at the destination were bands, decorative tents, and a dinner. The celebration was concluded with a display of fireworks, with the train leaving for its origin at 9 p.m |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus%20Eee%20Pad%20Transformer%20TF201 | The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF201 or Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a 2-in-1 detachable tablet from the Asus Transformer Pad series. It is the world's first Android tablet computer with a quad-core processor, and a successor to the dual-core Asus Eee Pad Transformer. It runs Android 4.1. The Transformer Prime was announced by Asus on 9 November 2011. It was released in Taiwan on 1 December 2011, and in Canada and the United States during the week of 19 December 2011.
Features
The Eee Pad Transformer Prime is a tablet computer with a 10.1" IPS+ multi-touch screen with a resolution of 1280x800 and an Nvidia system-on-a-chip (SoC). It has an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi module and a microSD card reader.
The optional docking keyboard features full QWERTY keys, touchpad, one USB 2.0 port and one Secure Digital (SD) card reader as well as an additional battery that increases overall battery life from 12 to 18 hours. There is also a sleeve which protects the tablet when not in use. This has similarities with the , but folds in an origami like fashion.
Software
The Transformer Prime shipped with Android 3.2 Honeycomb. Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update was released on 11 January 2012 for the Transformer Prime. It was then updated to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on 27 September 2012.
Reception
The tablet has been noted for its graphics performance in games optimized for the , with the water in Riptide GP prompting a description of "awesome". By contrast, file transfer speeds for writing were one of the slowest in tablets tested. A review unit was rooted in December 2011. Users of the device intending to install a custom ROM themselves were disappointed in January 2012 to discover a locked and encrypted bootloader. The manufacturer promptly announced work on a tool to unlock the bootloader, the use of which will void the warranty and preclude use of DRM content purchased via services such as Google Videos. In a comparison with the original Transformer by the Android Police blog, the Prime was preferred. Two "minor" downsides were quoted: the speakers and the loss of a USB port.
Hasbro lawsuit
On 22 December 2011, toy maker Hasbro filed a lawsuit against Asus for trademark violation. Hasbro requested that Asus change the name of the Prime, claiming that the name "Transformer Prime" is using its Transformers franchise to sell tablets. Failing the name change, they are requesting that Asus not be allowed to release the Prime, and that they pay punitive damages. Asus said that the Prime's rollout would not be affected. However, a US judge denied Hasbro's request to block sales late May 2012, citing that "the tablets actually do transform".
GPS and WiFi problems
On 30 December 2011, news started to emerge that hardware problems exist in the Transformer Prime with its GPS and WiFi ability. It was suggested in user forums that the problem is a result of the spun aluminium back panel effectively blocking GPS signals, poorly contacting Pogo pin connectors ca |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-performance%20fuzzy%20computing | The term high-performance fuzzy computing (HPFC) refers to those technologies able to exploit supercomputers and computer clusters to perform high performance fuzzy logic computations. Thus HPFC is just a special case of the much more general high-performance computing. In the specific case of fuzzy logic, however, there exist more traditional ways to achieve high performance, that could be considered HPFC but in a broader sense, like the hardware implementations on DSP or FPGA. More recently, another alternative has emerged: fuzzy computing on GPU.
References
External links
Rapid prototyping of high performance fuzzy computing applications using high level GPU programming for maritime operations support
Speedup of Implementing Fuzzy Neural Networks with high-dimensional inputs through Parallel Processing on Graphic Processing Units
Speedup of Fuzzy Clustering Through Stream Processing on Graphics Processing Units
GPUcomputing.net
Fuzzy logic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent%20source | In the theory of electrical networks, a dependent source is a voltage source or a current source whose value depends on a voltage or current elsewhere in the network.
Dependent sources are useful, for example, in modeling the behavior of amplifiers. A bipolar junction transistor can be modeled as a dependent current source whose magnitude depends on the magnitude of the current fed into its controlling base terminal. An operational amplifier can be described as a voltage source dependent on the differential input voltage between its input terminals. Practical circuit elements have properties such as finite power capacity, voltage, current, or frequency limits that mean an ideal source is only an approximate model. Accurate modeling of practical devices requires using several idealized elements in combination.
Classification
Dependent sources can be classified as follows:
Voltage-controlled voltage source: The source delivers the voltage as per the voltage of the dependent element.
Voltage-controlled current source: The source delivers the current as per the voltage of the dependent element.
Current-controlled current source: The source delivers the current as per the current of the dependent element.
Current-controlled voltage source: The source delivers the voltage as per the current of the dependent element.
Dependent sources are not necessarily linear. For example, MOSFET switches can be modeled as a voltage-controlled current source when
and .
However, the relationship between the current flowing through it and is approximately:
In this case, the current is not linear to , but rather approximately proportional to the square of .
As for the case of linear dependent sources, the proportionality constant between dependent and independent variables is dimensionless if they are both currents (or both voltages). A voltage controlled by a current has a proportionality factor expressed in units of resistance (ohms), and this constant is sometimes called "transresistance". A current controlled by a voltage has units of conductance (siemens), and is called "transconductance". Transconductance is a commonly used specification for measuring the performance of field effect transistors and vacuum tubes.
See also
Circuit theory
Ground (electricity)
Mathematical methods in electronics
Open-circuit voltage
Lumped-element model
Distributed-element model
Series and parallel circuits
Superposition theorem
SPICE
Topology (electronics)
Trancitor
Mesh analysis
References
Power supplies
Electrical power control |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative%20Data%20Analysis%20Program | The Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP) was founded in 2005 at the University of Pittsburgh in the University Center for Social and Urban Research. QDAP is a fee-for-service research laboratory that develops software and methods to support multi-coder annotation projects. In 2008, QDAP-UMass was opened at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Researchers at QDAP developed the Coding Analysis Toolkit (CAT), which is a free, open source, web-based CAQDAS package.
References
External links
QDAP-UMass
University of Pittsburgh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Tablet%20S | The Tablet S is a tablet computer released by Sony in September 2011. Featuring a "unique asymmetric design", the Tablet S runs Google's Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system and features a multitouch display, 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor, Wi-Fi ability, front- and rear-facing cameras, Bluetooth, and an infrared sensor. It is also configured with access to the Sony Entertainment Network and is PlayStation Certified and DLNA compatible. Tablet S was Sony's first modern tablet computer. It was succeeded by the Xperia Tablet S, which would be created by Sony's new subsidiary Sony Mobile.
Design
The main distinguishing feature of the Tablet S is its "unique asymmetric design" in which the thickness of the device tapers from . This "wrap" effect is intended to evoke an "open paperback stuffed into the back pocket, or a magazine folded backward upon itself such that only a single page is visible to read," and reduces the amount of torque while being held. Sony claims that this "off-center of gravity design realizes stability and ease of grip as well as a sense of stability and lightness, offering comfortable use for hours."
Hardware
The Tablet S features a , 1280×800 pixel resolution, TFT LCD using Sony's proprietary TruBlack Display—the same technology as that used in the company's Bravia range of televisions.
It uses the Nvidia Tegra T20 system on a chip (SoC), which consists of a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor and a ULP GeForce graphics processing unit (GPU), with 1 GB RAM and either 16 or 32 GB internal storage and support for SD memory cards up to 32 GB.
Other onboard features include an accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), GPS receiver, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, infrared, Micro USB, microphone, 3.5 mm headphone jack and 0.3 MP front-facing and 5 MP rear-facing cameras.
Like other Android devices, the Tablet S has no hardware navigation buttons, which are all implemented via persistent on-screen buttons. The only physical buttons present on the device are the power button and volume rocker located in the recessed area on one side.
The tablet uses a proprietary power connector.
Software
The Tablet S1 was initially launched with Android 3.1 Honeycomb, but a 3.2 update was made available soon after its release. Also, it received an upgrade to Android 4.0.3 at the end of April (in Japan and the US). It uses a customized version of the operating system. Features and applications unique to the Sony device include:
A customizable row of most frequently used icons on the top-left of the screen
A "Favourites" bar at the top-right
A customized version of the Android web browser
A universal remote control app for the built-in IR transmitter
Apps for accessing Sony Entertainment Network (Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited)
An app for Sony Reader eBooks
Social Feed Reader—an application that aggregates Facebook and Twitter social media status updates
Crash Bandicoot and Pinbal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S24%20%28ZVV%29 | The S24 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network. The line was significantly extended in June 2014, and again in December 2015, and has
subsumed the S21 (originally S1) line previously providing service in parts of its extended route.
Route
The line runs from Zug to Thayngen and Weinfelden via Thalwil, Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich Flughafen and Winterthur. The service is accelerated between Neuhausen and Winterthur as well as between Baar and Zug where only the most important stops are served. The following stations are served:
Stations
Stations served by trains on the S24 Weinfelden branch
Weinfelden (TG)
Märstetten
Müllheim-Wigoltingen
Hüttlingen-Mettendorf
Felben-Wellhausen
Frauenfeld
Islikon
Rickenbach-Attikon
Wiesendangen (ZH)
Oberwinterthur
Winterthur
Stations served by trains on the S24 Thayngen branch
Thayngen
Herblingen
Schaffhausen
Neuhausen
Andelfingen
Winterthur
Stations served by all S24 trains
Winterthur
Kemptthal
Effretikon
Bassersdorf
Zürich Flughafen
Zürich Oerlikon
Zürich Wipkingen
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Zürich Wiedikon
Zürich Enge
Zürich Wollishofen
Kilchberg
Rüschlikon
Thalwil
Oberrieden Dorf
Horgen Oberdorf
Baar
Zug
The S24 is now the only S-Bahn line left that reverses direction in one of the Hauptbahnhof's surface-level terminal platforms rather than running through one of the station's underground platforms.
Rolling stock
Most trips are operated using RABe 514 double-decker electric multiple units and Re 450
Scheduling
Trains normally operate every half-hour between Winterthur and Zug, with alternate trains starting from Thayngen and Weinfelden. The trip between Thayngen and Zug takes 1 hour 53 minutes. It takes 1 hour 47 minutes for the alternate train between Weinfelden and Zug.
History
Before June 2014, S24 referred to a shorter line, running only between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Horgen Oberdorf. This overlapped with service S21, which connected Thalwil and Zug. Prior to 2012, the S21 also served Sihlbrugg station, situated between Baar and Horgen and permanently closed in that year.
In 2014, the S24 was extended at its southern end to Zug in replacement of the S21, which was then discontinued. At its northern end, it was extended to Zürich Oerlikon in order to provide service to Zürich Wipkingen station, which lost its previous service by lines S2, S8 and S14 when they were diverted to use the Weinberg Tunnel. In late 2015, the S24 was further extended from Zürich Oerlikon to Zürich Flughafen, Winterthur, Schaffhausen and Thayngen, in order to replace service by the S16 which was curtailed to Zürich Airport.
In December 2021, the stop in Kemptthal will be swapped from the S7 to the S24, to improve stability and punctuality in the very busy Winterthur-Effretikon part. In the evenings from 9:20 p.m., when the S24 only runs on the Zug–Effretikon section, the S7 will keep stopping in Kemptthal.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse%20tracking | Mouse tracking (also known as cursor tracking) is the use of software to collect users' mouse cursor positions on the computer. This goal is to automatically gather richer information about what people are doing, typically to improve the design of an interface. Often this is done on the Web and can supplement eye tracking in some situations.
When mouse tracking takes place without the user's consent, for example on a website, there may be privacy implications.
History
The computer mouse was first invented in 1968 by Douglas Engelbart. The term mouse tracking originally referred to how movements were captured and transmitted to the computer. For example, the original tracker ball mouse used a metal bearing pressed against two rollers to track movement. Much research and technology has gone into what type of tracker provides the most accurate depiction of the user's movement.
With the advent of the World Wide Web, mouse tracking was expanded to include click data. Researchers and developers would track and record each time a user used the mouse to click something on the website, as well as the location of the event. Web developers use these mouse clicks to assess what information users are interested in and how they interact with a page. Additionally, advertisers are interested in click data in terms of banner advertisements and where to place their ads on pages to get the most click-throughs.
More recently, the term mouse tracking has been expanded even more to develop a much broader area of research in helping understand the human-computer interaction (HCI). This development began with eye tracking. While eye tracking has been around since the 1800s, it was not used in HCI until the 1980, primarily to help answer questions about how users search for commands in computer menus and to develop systems to help disabled users. More recently, eye tracking has been used in usability testing on web pages to understand a user's point of focus as well as test the usability of different features of a site, such as dropdown menus. This information can influence Web design so it meets the researcher's goals yet is user friendly.
The problem with using eye tracking in usability testing is the required hardware and then expense. Additionally, eye tracking is limited to small sample sizes and abnormal browsing environments. Mouse tracking, on the other hand, is inexpensive and the data can be collected from any computer. It is in this capacity that mouse tracking was re-invented in HCI research. Eye tracking researchers in the late 1990s noticed patterns between the eye and mouse movements. Based on these findings, researchers who had been tracking click data realized there might be more to learn from the mouse. In 2001 Mon-Chu Chen, John Anderson, and Myeong-Ho Sohn at Carnegie Mellon University, began explicitly investigating whether tracking mouse movements could be used as a proxy for tracking eye movements. This research has continued |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S41%20%28ZVV%29 | The S41 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network).
Route
The line runs on the Winterthur–Bülach–Koblenz railway and serves the following stations:
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Winterthur Töss
Winterthur Wülflingen
Pfungen-Neftenbach
Embrach-Rorbas
Bülach
Rolling stock
Initially, the line was served by Swiss Federal Railways' push-pull trains. All services are now operated by electrically powered Stadler GTW trains belonging to the THURBO railway company.
Scheduling
The train frequency between Winterthur Hauptbahnhof and Bülach is one every 30 minutes.
History
Before 2019, the S41 was extended once an hour from Bülach to Waldshut. This route was assumed by in 2019.
See also
Rail transport in Switzerland
Trams in Zürich
References
External links
ZVV official website: Routes & zones
Zürich S-Bahn lines
Transport in Aargau
Transport in the canton of Zürich
Transport in Baden-Württemberg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S22%20%28ZVV%29 | The S22 was a regional railway service of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network). It connected the cantons of Zürich and Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At the end of 2015, the service was shortened from Bülach to Jestetten and the line no longer fell under the purview of ZVV, but continued to be operated by THURBO. Later S22 got replaced by a S-Bahn line from the Schaffhausen S-Bahn. The service from Schaffhausen to Singen was taken over by Deutsche Bahn (and in December 2022 by SBB GmbH, respectively), and the section between Bülach and Schaffhausen is now covered by ZVV service S9.
Route
The line ran from Bülach, in the canton of Zürich, via Schaffhausen, canton of Schaffhausen, to Singen (Hohentwiel) in Germany. It served the following stations:
Bülach
Glattfelden
Eglisau
Hüntwangen-Wil
Rafz
Swiss-German border
Lottstetten
Jestetten
Altenburg Rheinau (until 12 December 2010)
Swiss-German border
Neuhausen
Schaffhausen
Herblingen
Thayngen
Swiss-German border
Bietingen
Gottmadingen
Singen (Hohentwiel)
Rolling stock
All services were operated by THURBO Stadler GTW trains.
See also
Rail transport in Switzerland
Trams in Zürich
References
External links
ZVV official website: Routes & zones
Former Zürich S-Bahn lines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-African%20University | The Pan-African University (PAU) is a network of post-graduate training and research nodes supported by the African Union and the Association of African Universities. The university aims to enhance the quality of science and technology education in Africa and improve the productivity of African economies by providing advanced graduate training and postgraduate research opportunities for high-performing African students.
Formation
The PAU was officially launched in 2011 following the African Union's decision to establish it in 2008. A high-level panel, which included notable figures such as Njabulo Ndebele and Ahmadou Lamine Ndiaye, oversaw its creation. The university's statute was adopted in 2013. The objectives of the PAU include fostering collaborative and internationally competitive research and enhancing the appeal of African higher education and research institutions.
Regional institutes
The PAU consists of five flagship institutes, each focusing on vital thematic areas across different regions of Africa. Hosted by prominent universities in various geographic regions, these institutes encompass Basic Sciences, Technology, and Innovation; Life and Earth Sciences (including Health and Agriculture); Governance, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Water and Energy Sciences (including Climate Change); and Space Sciences. These institutes collaborate with ten Satellite Centers each, fostering inter-and trans-disciplinary programs. Upon full deployment, the PAU will encompass 50 centers of excellence under its five African academic hubs.
Implementation status
PAU Institutes are operational in four of Africa's five regions: Western, Eastern, Central, and Northern. Negotiations are ongoing to establish the fifth PAU Institute in Southern Africa. The inaugural batch of students graduated in 2014, followed by another batch in 2015. The PAU has a growing student population, with 314 students and an admissions list of 350 for the 2015/2016 academic year. The number of applicants for the 2015–2016 academic year increased significantly, with a notable rise in the number of female applicants.
The PAU Council, established in June 2015, oversees the university's progress and development. The council aims to enhance the autonomy of the institution while ensuring excellence in education and research. The PAU Rectorate was appointed to facilitate communication and coordination among stakeholders, and in January 2015, the Republic of Cameroon was selected to host the Pan African University Rectorate.
PAU scholarship grants
PAU provides full scholarships to students selected through a competitive admissions process. The scholarship covers tuition fees, stipends for living expenses, travel allowances, and medical insurance. Students commit to serving an African Union Member State for a period equal to the scholarship duration after completing their studies. Income-generating activities that may interfere with academic programs require approval from the PAU Rect |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelson%20Domingos%20da%20Silva | Gelson Domingos da Silva (c. 1965 – 6 November 2011), a Brazilian camera operator for the Rede Bandeirantes TV network, died while covering a drug bust in Rio de Janeiro as the government of Brazil prepared for its hosting of Olympics. Domingos was the first Brazilian journalist to die in this type of crime setting in Brazil.
Personal Information
Domingos was 46 years old at the time of his death. He was married to Fabiana Domingo, and he had three children, Gabriela, Lorena and Gelson Junior, and 2 grandchildren, Emily and Julie, from his previous marriage at the time of his death. He was buried at the Memorial do Carmo, in Caju.
Career
Domingos was a TV camera operator for the radio and TV group Rede Bandeirantes, which is often referred to as TV Band for short. He was considered by the press freedom organizations to be a veteran and had previously worked at the Brazilian Television System, or Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT), and the Record.
Death
Domingos was shot in the chest by a high caliber bullet and killed while covering a drug raid at the Antares favela. on the west side of Rio de Janeiro. What began that morning as a raid turned into a fierce shootout between the 80 military-trained soldiers who conducted the operation and the drug traffickers. Although Domingos was protected by a bullet proof vest during the operation, it was not of the strong quality that was used by the authorities. It is against Brazilian law for media personnel or others to wear the high-tech protection vests that the police and military wear. Police arrested 9 suspects, which included a minor, and believed that one of them was the gunman who killed Domingos, but four other suspects were killed, and it may have been one of them who killed Domingos. Police will be reviewing the video taken by Domingos to determine the killer. Afterwards police seized marijuana, cocaine, communications equipment and a weapons cache from the site.
The operation began at 6:30 a.m. and Domingos was dead on arrival at the hospital at 7:40 a.m. Ernani Alves was the reporter who was working with Domingos for a TV Band report.
Context
The Brazilian authorities have been conducting more of these crime sweep operations, especially around the sports facilities, because Brazil is preparing for the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the World Olympics that will be held 2 years afterwards.
Reactions
The military expressed its regret that the Brazilian camera operator died during the raid.
Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism said the authorities should be responsible for protecting journalists who cover their operations. The union of journalists, however, blamed TV Band: "Bullet-proof vests are not safe against the weapons used by the drug traffickers and police," said the union's leader.
Reporters Without Borders said, "Security policy feeds on media coverage and this dependence is fraught with risks for journalists working in the favelas, where some of them also live. The se |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Department%20of%20Defense%20Strategy%20for%20Operating%20in%20Cyberspace | The 2011 U.S. Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace is a formal assessment of the challenges and opportunities inherent in increasing reliance on cyberspace for military, intelligence, and business operations. Although the complete document is classified and 40 pages long, this 19 page summary was released in July 2011 and explores the strategic context of cyberspace before describing five “strategic initiatives” to set a strategic approach for DoDʼs cyber mission.
Strategic Context
The strategy for operating in cyberspace first outlines DoD strengths, including rapid communication and information sharing capabilities as well as knowledge in the global information and communications technology sector, including cybersecurity expertise. These are considered “strategic advantages in cyberspace.” Additional emphasis is placed on furthering U.S. international cyberspace cooperation through international engagement, collective self-defense, and the establishment of international cyberspace norms.
Cyber Threats
The DoD begins discussion of current cyber threats by focusing on threats to DoD daily operations, with a progressively expanding scope to encompass broader national security concerns. The DoD is aware of the potential for adversaries to use small scale-technology, such as widely available hacking tools, to cause a disproportionate impact and pose a significant threat to U.S. national security. The DoD is concerned with external threat actors, insider threats, supply chain vulnerabilities, and threats to the DoDʼs operational ability. Additionally, the document mentions the DoDʼs need to address “the concerted efforts of both state and non-state actors to gain unauthorized access to its networks and systems.” The DoD strategy cites the rapidly evolving threat landscape as a complex and vital challenge for national and economic security.
Strategic Initiatives
In light of the risks and opportunities inherent in DoD and U.S. Government use of cyberspace, this strategy presents five strategic initiatives as a roadmap to "operate effectively in cyberspace, defend national interests, and achieve national security objectives." According to the DoD, pursuit of this strategy will see the DoD capitalize on the opportunities of cyberspace, defend against intrusions and malicious activity, strengthen cybersecurity, and develop robust cyberspace capabilities and partnerships.
Strategic Initiative 1
"Treat cyberspace as an operational domain to organize, train, and equip so that DoD can take full advantage of cyberspace’s potential."
According to the DoD, this consideration allows them "to organize train and equip for cyberspace as we do in air, land, maritime, and space to support national security interests.” Consequently they established the U.S. Cyber Command under the U.S. Strategic Command to coordinate cyber activities of the Army, the U.S. fleet cyber command/U.S. 10th fleet, the 24th air force, USMC cyber command |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoldering%20Children | "Smoldering Children" is the tenth episode of the first season of the television series American Horror Story, which premiered on the network FX on December 7, 2011. The episode was written by James Wong and directed by Michael Lehmann. This episode is rated TV-MA (LV).
In this episode, the reason for Larry's (Denis O'Hare) burns are revealed, while Violet (Taissa Farmiga) learns a shocking truth. Charles S. Dutton guest stars as Detective Granger.
Plot
Flashing back to 1994, after Larry Harvey's wife, Lorraine, kills herself and their daughters, Constance, Tate, and Addie move into the house with Larry. On Thanksgiving, Tate berates Larry for killing Beau and his naivety with Constance. Tate also resents Constance for this. Tate, high on cocaine and crystal meth, goes to Larry's office and immolates him, before committing the school shooting ("Piggy Piggy").
Ben visits Vivien in the ward, and apologizes. He tells her he believes her claims that she was raped, and she will be discharged soon. He also tells her that the rapist fathered one of the twins.
Detectives tell Constance of Travis' murder, and she confronts Larry, believing he killed Travis out of jealousy. Larry says a ghost killed Travis in the house. Constance says she never loved him. A truant officer informs Ben that Violet has skipped school for sixteen days.
Detectives take Constance in for questioning over Travis' death. They mention the district attorney intended to charge her with the murder of her husband Hugo and Moira, but could not find the bodies.
Larry enters the house and sees his daughters and wife. He apologizes to Lorraine and swears to get revenge on Constance, but she tells him that he broke their wedding vows, not Constance.
Wearing the Rubber Man suit, Tate attacks Ben with chloroform. Ben fights him and pulls off his mask, seeing Tate's face before going unconscious. Tate tries to convince Violet to commit suicide. Violet flees, but is unable to leave the house. Tate shows Violet her decaying corpse; she did not survive a suicide attempt ("Piggy Piggy"). Tate has also known that he too was a ghost the entire time.
Constance learns that Larry has confessed to the murder. She visits him in jail, and he explains he confessed to pay for his sins, but will be able to handle his punishment if Constance will just say she loves him. Constance coldly refuses and leaves.
Production
The episode was written by co-executive producer James Wong, while being directed by Michael Lehmann.
Taissa Farmiga had guessed that Violet was dead early on from hints dropped in earlier scripts, though the staff were not allowed to confirm her suspicions. Though series co-creator Ryan Murphy had planned for Violet to be dead for a long time, he kept this information from the staff, and intentionally wrote the suicide scene in Episode 6, "Piggy Piggy" to be vague. Murphy only revealed Violet's death to the other writers while they were writing Episode 8, "Rubber Man". Both Murphy and F |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehndi%20TV | Mehndi TV was a Canadian Hindi language specialty channel owned by Channel Zero.
Mehndi TV broadcast programming aimed at women, including such programs as cooking shows, health and wellness programs, reality series, exercise shows, and Bollywood films. Programs were primarily sourced from India, in addition to Canadian content.
History
In May 2010, FDR Media Group Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called Mehndi HD TV, described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic Category 2 specialty programming service that will feature topics of interest to Canadian women of South Asian heritage."
The channel launched on November 28, 2011 on Bell Fibe TV and Rogers Cable as Mehndi TV in both standard definition and high definition.
At an undisclosed point, FDR's broadcast licenses were acquired by Channel Zero. In January 2018, the channel (along with sister network Bollywood Times) was dropped by all providers who carried it and subsequently shut down.
References
Channel Zero (company)
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Defunct television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2011
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2018 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votizen | Votizen is a consumer technology company that is developing an online network of voters in the United States. Based in Mountain View, California, the site allows its members, which it calls "Votizens", to learn about issues and elections, and take collective action with other committed voters through social media. Votizen verifies that each voice belongs to a real voter in the real world. As of 2012, Votizen had mapped out over a million connections between voters on Votizen. It was acquired by activism platform Causes in 2013.
History
Votizen was founded by David Binetti, Jason Putorti, and Matt Snider in March 2010. The catalyst for Votizen's growth sprung from the success of a Twitter campaign in 2010 in support of the Startup Visa, where thousands of people tweeted their support of the bill and Votizen delivered the messages to the appropriate people. In September 2010 Votizen announced it had raised $1.5 million in funding led by Peter Thiel and Sean Parker of Founders Fund with participating investors including 500 Startups, David Cowan, Keith Rabois, Ron Conway, Mark Goines, Founder Collective, Felicis Ventures, PivotNorth, Steve Blank, Eric Ries, Shervin Pishevar, and Tom Shields.
On September 14, 2011, Votizen conducted the first "virtual" precinct walk with San Franciscans for Jobs and Good Government, a committee supporting San Francisco mayoral candidate Ed Lee. Votizen was attempting to bring the door-to-door walking in support of candidates to the 21st century by allowing registered voters to express their support for Ed Lee and ask their friends to pledge to vote for Ed Lee. Votizen plans to have their virtual precinct walks boost voter participation and play a big role in the 2012 elections. Randi Zuckerberg, former marketing director at Facebook, spoke about Votizen's virtual precinct walk and believed "The virtual precinct walk has the potential to turn conventional campaigning on its head and inspire more people to vote."
On September 27, 2011, Votizen won every award in the Social Media Disruptathon at the Washington Post Building in Washington DC. Votizen won in the categories of best presentation, uniqueness, design, most disruptive potential, most liked, and best in show. Votizen competed against a field of nineteen other startups.
In February 2012, Votizen announced a $750,000 convertible funding round led by Sean Parker with celebrity investors including Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Lady Gaga's manager Troy Carter investing as well. On March 12, 2012 at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, TX; Al Gore and Votizen investor Sean Parker spoke about the internet's effect on politics and Votizen's potential role in politics with Gore saying "democracy has been hacked" by money and special interests, and tools such as Votizen can provide the fix.
On January 10, 2013, Votizen was acquired by Causes, an online civic engagement platform founded by Sean Parker.
Leveraging Social Media
Sean Parker, co-founder of N |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Bohen | Ian Stuart Bohen (; born September 24, 1976) is an American actor known for his role as Peter Hale in MTV's Teen Wolf and as Ryan in Paramount Network's drama series Yellowstone. Bohen also appeared in a recurring role as Roy Hazelitt in AMC's series Mad Men.
Life and career
Bohen was born and raised in Carmel, California. He began his acting career in 1993, making his debut in Todd Field's AFI Conservatory project, Delivering. He followed this with a turn as "Young Earp" to Kevin Costner's "Wyatt," in Lawrence Kasdan's 1994 Oscar nominated film, Wyatt Earp.
In 1997, Bohen landed the role of Young Hercules in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. He recurred in flashbacks as the young hero during the series. A spin-off of the popular show was made into a television movie, Young Hercules, with Bohen appearing again as Hercules in his formative years. A children's television series was later commissioned, but Bohen declined to return to the role as he was unwilling to move to New Zealand full-time. Between 1998 and 2001, he appeared in ten episodes of Any Day Now as Johnny O'Brien. He appeared in the first season of Mad Men as beatnik Roy Hazelitt, who fell in love with one of Don Draper's many women, Midge Daniels.
In 2012, Bohen guest-starred in four episodes of Major Crimes as the natural father of supporting character Rusty Beck, Daniel Dunn.
From 2011 to 2017, Bohen had a recurring role in MTV's Teen Wolf portraying Peter Hale. He appeared in 42 episodes during most of the subsequent seasons until the show's end. Bohen enjoyed the challenge of playing Hale, a morally ambiguous character. He also was proud of Teen Wolf portraying LGBT relationships on television.
In 2016, Bohen was cast in Taylor Sheridan's directorial feature film debut, Wind River. Bohen co-starred in Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the sequel to the 2015 film Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve. The film premiered on June 29, 2018. Starting in June 2018, Bohen has portrayed recurring character Ryan, a cowboy wrangler, in the television series Yellowstone.
Bohen appears in Little Women, a modern adaption of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name, portraying Freddy Bhaer, a German professor who strikes up a friendship with Jo March. The film was released on September 28, 2018, to coincide with the book's 150th anniversary.
Bohen later recurred in the second season of Superman & Lois as Mitch Anderson.
In September 2021, it was announced that a reunion film for the 2011 Teen Wolf television series had been ordered by Paramount+, with Jeff Davis returning as a screenwriter and executive producer for the film. The majority of the original cast members, including Bohen himself, would reprise their roles. The film was released on January 26, 2023.
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
Director
Awards and nominations
References
External links
1976 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarWind%20Software | StarWind Software, Inc. is a privately held Beverly, Massachusetts-based computer software and hardware appliance company specializing in storage virtualization and software-defined storage.
History
StarWind Software began in 2008 as a spin-off from Rocket Division Software, Ltd. (founded in 2003), with a round A of investment from venture capital firm ABRT. It started providing early adopters with initially free software defined storage offerings in 2009, including its V2V (virtual-to-virtual) image converter and iSCSI SAN software.
In 2013, hard drive manufacturer Western Digital began integrating StarWind's iSCSI engine with some of the company's Network Attached Storage (NAS) appliances.
In mid-April 2014, StarWind Software closed a round B of investment from Almaz Capital and AVentures Capital.
In August 2015, StarWind announced a combined software-hardware product called HyperConverged Appliance.
In April 2016, StarWind was selected by research firm Gartner as one of its 2016 "Cool Vendors for Compute Platforms".
In February 2020, StarWind's Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) software StarWind VSAN set performance benchmarks for off the shelf commodity hardware. In December, StarWind was named to Gartner's Magic Quadrant for HCI software.
In March 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported how the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine was affecting technology firms with a significant presence in Ukraine, including StarWind. Once the invasion was imminent, the company helped its employees move out of the country, including relocating 60 of the 180 workers from its Kyiv, Ukraine office to Wroclaw, Poland. The company also reportedly doubled the salaries of employees who enlisted in the Ukrainian army.
Products
StarWind develops standards-based storage virtualization and management software that will run on any x86 platform. Its software defined storage software supports building iSCSI, iSER, NVM Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), and NFSv3/v4 and SMB3 NAS using commodity hardware.
Its products include:
StarWind HyperConverged Appliance - the company's HyperConverged Appliance bundles StarWind's VSAN software with third party server and storage hardware, along with storage management software and hypervisors such as from VMware or Hyper-V.
Virtual SAN (VSAN) software - HCI software which allows customers to set up and operate a storage area network supporting clustering and multi-host access on any standard 64-bit or 32-bit Windows server. The software acts as the storage back end for virtualized servers such as VMware vSphere server and Microsoft Hyper-V, and also supports standard server applications requiring network storage, such as Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server. Open source NVMe SPDK for Windows Server is used to support the NVMe-oF uplink protocol, together with iSCSI and iSER.
Free NAS & SAN - software for converting commodity servers into iSCSI and NFS/SMB3 targets.
V2V Converter - a free converter allowing back and forth co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTPL | DTPL may refer to:
Datamax Ticket Printer Language, a page description language
A version of the programming language Filetab |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20debuggers | This is a comparison of debuggers: computer programs that are used to test and debug other programs.
See also
List of debuggers
References
Debugger
Debuggers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library%20Literature%20and%20Information%20Science | Library Literature and Information Science is a bibliographic database that indexes over 410 library and information science periodicals published internationally. It also covers books, chapters within books, library school theses, and pamphlets. In 2011, the H. W. Wilson Company, the firm that created the index, sold it to EBSCO Publishing along with other H.W. Wilson indexes and databases.
Coverage
Bibliographical indexing from 1984 to present. Full-text coverage from 1997, but start date varies for each publication.
References
External links
Homepage
Other important databases covering library and information science
Dissertations Abstracts
ERIC
INSPEC
Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Social Sciences Citation Index
Web of Science
Library and information science journals
Bibliographic databases and indexes
EBSCO Industries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collection%20%28computing%29 | Collection (computing) may refer to:
Collection (linking), the act of linkage editing in computing
Collection (abstract data type), an abstract data type in computing
See also
Garbage collection (computing) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistix | Ballistix is a video game created by Martin Edmondson for the Amiga and Atari ST and published by Psyclapse in 1989. It was also converted to a number of other home computers in the same year and the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 console in 1991. It is a fictional futuristic sport involving directing a puck to a goal by shooting small balls at it.
Gameplay
The game is a unique futuristic sport which has been compared variously to pinball, the board game Crossfire and shove ha'penny. The player controls a cursor that can fire a stream of small balls. These are used to direct a puck across a court to score a goal. In the two-player game, this is hindered by an opponent, aiming for the opposite goal. In the single-player game, a form of gravity is the opposition.
The game starts with a simple court but it gets progressively more difficult with added obstacles, simple mazes and bonus items. There are 130 courts in total (64 on the C64, 30 on the BBC/Electron). A court is completed when either player scores three goals. If the computer wins in the single-player game, that is game over although the game can be restarted from the same court. Goals can score a range of points depending on how far out they are scored from.
The display is an overhead view showing a small section of the court that scrolls to follow the puck.
Development and release
The game was developed by Martin Edmondson for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was ported to MS-DOS and Commodore 64 with these four versions being published by the Psygnosis sub-label Psyclapse in 1989. It was also converted to the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron by Peter Scott and released for those platforms by Superior Software, also in 1989. In 1991, it was released for the TuboGrafx-16 (published by Psygnosis in the US) / PC Engine (published by Coconuts Japan in Japan). The cover image designed by Melvyn Grant was originally used for the 1981 novel The Steel Tsar and also the 1984 reissue of Judas Priest album Rocka Rolla.
Reception
Computer Gaming World stated "many of the levels did not seem particularly creative", but nonetheless recommended the game based on the quality of the graphics and sound, and the many game options. Roland Waddilove in Electron User gave the game a score of 9/10, concluding "Ballistix is original, fun and very addictive". Mark Heley in CU Amiga said the game was "well up to the usual excellent standards of Psygnosis's releases", giving a score of 76%. Zzap!64 praised the "attractive, sharp and very fast moving" graphics and found the two-player game "fun" but were less impressed with the one-player option, awarding an overall score of 72%.
References
External links
Ballistix at the Hall of Light
1989 video games
Amiga games
Atari ST games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
Psygnosis games
Superior Software games
TurboGrafx-16 games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Multiplayer and single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awesome%20Foundation | The Awesome Foundation for the arts and sciences is an international network of autonomous 'chapters' (groups) of philanthropists that provide small grants for projects to "people devoted to forwarding the interest of awesomeness in the universe." Most chapters consist of ten trustees who pool contributions in a crowd-funding model and award a $1,000 grant each month to a project and person of their choice. Awesome chapters assume no ownership of the projects they fund and provide the funds with no strings attached.
History
The Awesome Foundation was founded by Tim Hwang in Boston in 2009. Tim developed the idea along with Emily Daniels and Jon Pierce during a road trip to a meet up at AS220 and soon after sent out the call for the first set of trustees. Less than two weeks after the call, the foundation announced its first trustees.
Notable projects
The Awesome Foundation has funded a wide range of projects including the arts, science, and social causes. Examples include creating a free library system in Chicago using birdhouses, growing mushrooms from phonebooks in Ottawa, creating a free phone service for homeless people in Portland, and theatre for street youth in Edmonton.
The inaugural $1,000 grant from the organization went towards the construction of a giant, long hammock in Boston. The resulting final project set a record for the world's largest portable hammock, using curved steel pipes to frame 4,278 feet of rope fashioned from recycled bottles.
A video of Random Swings of Joy, a project funded by the Los Angeles chapter to install $1,000 worth of swings around the city, went viral in June 2011, receiving coverage from the Huffington Post, CBS News, and LAist. Swings have also been installed in The Marshall Islands, Panama, San Francisco, and Toronto. Following the success of the Los Angeles video, Jeff Waldman started a kickstarter project to bring the project to Bolivia, where the median age in 2011 was just 22.5.
Chapters
There are 96 active chapters of the organization in operation. Chapters are based in cities or small locales around the world with four chapters dedicated to specific causes worldwide. Chapters are autonomous, though the original Boston chapter spearheaded an organizational model of consensus-based decision-making. Chapters have access to all of the applications that the Awesome Foundation receives, though many will first look at applicants in their geographic area.
Institute on Higher Awesome Studies
The Awesome Foundation is an autonomous collection of chapters, but is loosely shepherded by the Institute on Higher Awesome Studies. The institute has applied for non-profit 501(c)3 status, and seeks to provide infrastructure (such as the Awesome Foundation website) and spread Awesome as widely as possible.
Awesome Foundation trustees and board members include
Dan Barber, chef, Awesome Food trustee
Amanda Hesser, journalist and entrepreneur, Awesome Food trustee
Jennifer 8. Lee, journalist, Awesome Foo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Side%20High%20School%20%28Dayton%2C%20Idaho%29 | West Side High School is a public high school in Dayton, Idaho, United States. It is part of the West Side School District.
West Side provides shop technology, business, computer, nursing, and Emergency Medical Technician classes. Students receive free college credits in partnership with the State of Idaho and through a local endowment. Many high school students are able to graduate with associate degrees.
The Dahle Community Arts Center is a 400-seat auditorium on campus that has hosted Glenn Beck, Voice Male, BYU Dance Team, Henrik Bothe, and the Bar J Wranglers.
References
External links
West Side School District
Public high schools in Idaho
Schools in Franklin County, Idaho |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsow | Warsow or Wahrsow may refer to:
Warsow (video game), a multiplayer first-person shooter computer game, first publicly released on June 8, 2005
Warsow (Stralendorf) a municipality in Ludwigslust-Parchim District, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Warsow by Lake Kummerow, a municipal neighbourhood of Malchin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Warsow, a village in Wiesenaue, Havelland District, Brandenburg, Germany
Wahrsow, a village in Schönberger Land, Nordwestmecklenburg District, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Warsow, the German name of Warszewo, a municipal neighbourhood of the city of Szczecin, Poland
See also
Warsaw (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S35%20%28ZVV%29 | The S35 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network), in the cantons of Zürich, Thurgau and St. Gallen.
Route
The line runs from Winterthur, in the canton of Zürich, to Wil, in the canton of St. Gallen, via the canton of Thurgau. For most of its route, it uses the Swiss Federal Railway's Wil–Winterthur line.
Stations
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Winterthur Grüze
Winterthur Hegi
Räterschen
Schottikon
Elgg
Aadorf
Guntershausen
Eschlikon
Sirnach
Wil SG
Rolling stock
All services are operated by the THURBO railway company, using their Stadler GTW trains.
See also
Rail transport in Switzerland
Trams in Zürich
References
ZVV official website: Routes & zones
Zürich S-Bahn lines
Transport in the canton of St. Gallen
Transport in the canton of Zürich
Transport in Thurgau |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20Wives | The Military Wives Choir are a registered charity and network of 75 choirs in British military bases across the UK and overseas, bringing women in the military community closer together through singing. With over 2,200 members, the MWC network is tri-service (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, British Army, Royal Air Force) and any woman with a military connection can join including those currently serving, veterans, mothers, sisters and daughters, empowering women from across the military community. The organisation is also a subsidiary charity of SSAFA.
History
The first choir held their first rehearsal in April 2010 in Catterick Garrison. It was the idea of two Scots Guards wives who decided, whilst their husbands were deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, to put up posters at the Garrison to actively encourage and look for women interested in singing together, to help support and give the wives a focus whilst their husbands deployed. They engaged a well-known local music teacher and set about putting together a choir made up of wives, girlfriends and servicewomen and so the first choir was formed. A letter was written to choirmaster Gareth Malone looking for help and support with the choir; at that time he was receiving acclaim for his BBC television programme The Choir and felt that this was an idea that could be replicated. Malone then went to RMB Chivenor to start another choir there.
Following the success at Chivenor, Malone, as part of the series, formed another choir at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth. Following the broadcast of the series and the release of the single Wherever You Are, more choirs were added at CTCRM, Lympstone and HMNB Portsmouth. The five choirs of Catterick, Chivenor, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Lympstone were invited to contribute to the album In My Dreams under the name Military Wives.
The Choir: Military Wives
The Military Wives Choir formed by Gareth Malone at the Royal Marines Base Chivenor, as part of the fourth series of the BBC/Twenty Twenty television series The Choir, entitled The Choir: Military Wives. The aim of the choir was to help the wives and girlfriends of servicemen currently deployed to Afghanistan express themselves through song.
As the series progressed, Malone led the Chivenor group to perform locally at the nearby town of Barnstaple, and then, alongside the choir formed at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth, at a Passing Out dinner at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and at Armed Forces Day celebrations in Plymouth. The climax of the television series was their performance of Wherever You Are at The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12 November 2011, in the presence of HM The Queen. The song was created by Paul Mealor from extracts of correspondence between the choir and their spouses in Afghanistan.
Subsequent activities
Following the series, the song Wherever You Are was released as a single on 19 December 2011, with the aim of becoming the 2011 UK Singles Chart Chri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S30%20%28ZVV%29 | The S30 is a regional railway line of the Zürich S-Bahn on the ZVV (Zürich transportation network). It connects the cantons of Zürich and Thurgau, Switzerland, with some services extending to the canton of St. Gallen.
Route
The line runs from Winterthur, canton of Zürich, via Frauenfeld, canton of Thurgau, to Weinfelden, also in Thurgau.
Some services also extend to Romanshorn, Thurgau, and Rorschach, in the canton of St. Gallen.
Stations
Winterthur Hauptbahnhof
Oberwinterthur
Wiesendangen (ZH)
Rickenbach-Attikon
Islikon
Frauenfeld
Felben-Wellhausen
Hüttlingen-Mettendorf
Müllheim-Wigoltingen
Märstetten
Weinfelden (TG)
Rolling stock
All services are operated by THURBO rolling stock.
Scheduling
The train frequency is usually one every 60 minutes.
See also
Rail transport in Switzerland
Trams in Zürich
References
ZVV official website: Routes & zones
Zürich S-Bahn lines
Transport in the canton of St. Gallen
Transport in the canton of Zürich
Transport in Thurgau |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverland%20%28miniseries%29 | Neverland is a fantasy miniseries that aired on the Syfy network (United States) on December 4 and 5, 2011, and Sky Movies (United Kingdom) on December 9 and 16 December on Zee Cinema (India), written and directed by Nick Willing. It is a prequel to the story of Peter Pan.
Plot
In London, England 1906, thief James "Jimmy" Hook assembles a gang of juvenile street thieves to help him steal a strange glowing orb from an antique store. While carrying out the theft, Hook and the boys vanish. Only Peter, who had been assigned to play lookout, is left. Believing it was a bomb and his friends are dead, Peter takes the orb and returns home.
A man arrives asking for Hook, and Peter decides to follow him, hoping to get information about why Jimmy was hired to steal the orb. He is caught, and introduced to Dr. Richard Fludd, who explains that Hook and the boys are not dead, but have been transported to another world. Peter returns home, where he hits the orb, determined to find his friends and bring them home.
Meanwhile, Hook and the boys find themselves in a strange land and are quickly captured by a band of pirates, led by Captain Elizabeth Bonny. Bonny shows Hook magical dust that comes from the tree spirits that live on the island. The dust gives the power of flight, but she only has a small vial and wants Hook's help in getting more.
Peter finds himself in the middle of a forest, and is reunited with Fox, who managed to avoid being captured. The boys make friends with the natives and meet the chief's daughter, Aaya. They learn that the natives protect the tree spirit colony from the pirates. Peter and Fox rescue their friends from the pirates. Fox is killed during the ensuing fight.
Upon returning to the Native village, a tribal elder shows Peter a painting depicting a scene from a dream they've both had. Aaya recognizes it as a place near their hunting grounds. Peter decides to find the place, hoping to discover a way to return to London. Upon arrival, they meet Dr. Fludd, the royal alchemist for Queen Elizabeth I. He explains that he discovered a planet where time stands still and created the orb as a way of transporting people there. While they plot a way to return Peter and the boys back to London, they are interrupted by the pirates, who kill Fludd, take the orb, and stab Peter. Tinker Bell brings Peter to be healed by the tree spirits in their magical mineral pool.
Hook tells Peter he wants to go back to London and persuades Peter to show him the mountain passage and the mineral pool. Once they reach the passage, Jimmy betrays Peter and reveals that the pirates followed them. Bonnie immerses herself in the mineral dust, but since only the innocent can use the pool, Bonnie instead burns to death and Hook takes over as captain. Furious, Hook reveals with rage to Peter that he was once engaged to his mother and killed his father when he found out about their affair. The tree spirits, angry that Peter lead Hook to them, erase Peter's memory. Ti |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift%20of%20the%20Night%20Fury | Gift of the Night Fury is a 2011 American computer-animated short film by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Tom Owens. It was released on November 15, 2011 on DVD and Blu-ray, along with another original animated short film Book of Dragons.
Based on How to Train Your Dragon, the short takes place in the middle of preparing for the Viking winter holiday. After all dragons inexplicably fly away, the last one of them unwittingly kidnaps Hiccup. Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all reprise their roles from the original film.
Plot
Right before Berk's traditional winter holiday of Snoggletog, all the dragons of Berk unexpectedly depart, leaving everyone distraught – except for Toothless, who cannot fly by himself. Out of compassion, Hiccup builds him a new automatic prosthesis allowing him independent flight, thus gifting him his freedom; he then flies off too.
Three days later, Meatlug, Fishlegs' dragon whom he had secretly kept chained, escapes, inadvertently taking Hiccup with her. Meatlug flies to an island with hot springs, where all the dragons (except Toothless, who is nowhere to be found) have been hatching their eggs. Meanwhile, on Berk, Astrid and the other teens discover dragon eggs in Meatlug's nest, which they scatter around Berk in hopes of lifting the villagers' spirits; this plan backfires, because dragon eggs hatch explosively (normally underwater). Berk is severely damaged in the process.
On the dragons' island, Hiccup meets Stormfly (Astrid's dragon) and Hookfang (Snotlout's dragon) and their newly-hatched babies; in asking for a ride home, he inadvertently triggers the dragons' return migration. He quickly decides to use a nearby wrecked ship to carry the baby dragons, who cannot yet fly as far as Berk. The Berkians are overjoyed at their dragons' return and the new babies, though Hiccup is still distraught at Toothless' absence. During the ensuing Snoggletog celebration, Toothless returns with Hiccup's lost helmet, which he had dropped into the sea earlier; the two enjoy a heartfelt reunion.
The next day, Toothless discards his new tail, begging Hiccup to put the old tailfin on him and fly with him by controlling his fin manually as opposed to passively riding him; in doing so, he gives Hiccup a "better gift" – his friendship and companionship.
Voice cast
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson
Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch
Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs Ingerman
Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson
T.J. Miller as Tuffnut Thorston
Kristen Wiig as Ruffnut Thorston
Home media
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury was released on Blu-ray and DVD on November 15, 2011 along with Book of Dragons. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of the DreamWorks Holiday Classics. It was re-released on DVD on October 1, 2013 along with Shrek the Halls, Merr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Great%20Storm%20%28Home%20and%20Away%29 | The Great Storm is a group of four episodes of the Australian soap opera Home and Away, broadcast between 5 and 8 September 2011 on Network Seven, during the show's twenty-fourth season. The episodes focused on a severe storm which crosses over the fictional town of Summer Bay and leaves several of the serial's characters in danger. Home and Away's producer Cameron Welsh first announced intention to screen the storyline in June 2011. It was self-described to be the "biggest stunt/disaster storyline" to ever feature in the serial. In the months prior to its screening, the cast filmed a series of stunts for the episodes on a shoot lasting eleven days. It marked the first time that Home and Away used a wide combination of special effects such as FX, green screen, wind machines and rain machines. Along with more time than usual spent filming the block of episodes, the storyline became Home and Away's most expensive to date. Welsh said that the use of machinery became problematic during filming so additional dialogue recordings were added to the scenes during post-production.
The storyline was promoted by the Seven Network and overseas broadcaster Channel 5, in the form of televisual adverts. One of the serial's cast members revealed that one character would die in the disaster, but details were kept under wraps until transmission. The storyline follows the struggle the characters encounter when the storm hits. Various characters become stranded in different locations while the majority take shelter at Summer Bay High where an evacuation centre is set up. The characters of Harvey Ryan (Marcus Graham) and Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker) become stranded when their boat capsizes. While Romeo Smith (Luke Mitchell) takes on the role of the "hero" and tries to save lives. Other segments include the character of Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou) nearly losing her unborn child and the roof collapsing at Summer Bay High leaving the characters of Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood), Bianca Scott (Lisa Gormley) and Heath Braxton (Dan Ewing) trapped in the wreckage. When the storm passes guest character Tegan Callahan (Saskia Burmeister) is killed in a car accident.
The episodes rated well on the Seven Network averaging at 1.131 million viewers for the whole block of episodes. The ratings fared less in the UK staying below the million mark. The storyline was not popular with Erin Miller from TV Week who opined that the special effects used ruined many scenes.
Creation and development
In June 2011, the serial's producer Cameron Welsh revealed that Home and Away would air a special week of episodes featuring a storm. In July, Welsh told entertainment website Digital Spy that there were plans for the "biggest stunt/disaster storyline" that production team had ever undertaken. He said they were in the final stages of post-production meaning that it would come to air "very soon".
In August, Rhiannon Fish who plays April Scott told TV Week that the storyline would focu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff%20Solway | Clifford "Cliff" Solway (November 6, 1926 – August 3, 2009) was a Canadian producer and director for public affairs programming for 57 years on CBC Television.
Biography
Solway was born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended college at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute there. After graduating, he began work with CBC at the suggestion of a friend; he applied and was hired into the lightning department and eventually rose to the level of producer. He produced such shows as Fighting Words and Background.
While working in Toronto, he met lifelong friend Antoinette Bower, who worked at the studio. Though they eventually tried to live together in Bower's home city, Los Angeles, for a time, they did not spend enough time together for the relationship to be viable, as Solway had to spend too much time in Toronto. Although Bower married in 1963, they remained close friends for Solway's entire life. After his death, Bower was quoted as saying, "We were soulmates for life. We loved each other."
Later in his life, Solway lived in New York City, where he worked as a freelance writer for newspapers – including Saturday Night, Village Voice and the New Statesman – and as a documentary producer.
Works
Books Alive (TV series)
The Business of Books (TV Series)
Crossfire (TV series)
Profile (TV series)
Fighting Words (TV series)
Background (TV series)
The Business of Books (TV series)
Explorations (TV series)
Provincial Affairs (TV series)
Winter Conference (1956) (TV series)
The Way It Is (TV series, director)
The Times They Are A-Changin''' (TV movie)
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reagan and The Big, Beautiful, Beleaguered American Dream (documentary)
A Long View Of Canadian History (documentary)
The Gay Life (documentary, short)
The Burglars'' (documentary, short)
"Turning History Upside Down" (article)
"Film, Television, and Reality" (article)
References
External links
Picture of Clifford Solway
1926 births
2009 deaths
Canadian television producers
Mass media people from Toronto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Conference%20USA%20Football%20Championship%20Game%20announcers | The following is a list of the television networks and announcers who have broadcast the college football's Conference USA Championship Game throughout the years.
Television
Radio
References
Broadcasters
ABC Sports
Conference USA
ESPN2
Lists of college football broadcasters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural%20probe | Cultural probes (or design probes) is a technique used to inspire ideas in a design process. It serves as a means of gathering inspirational data about people's lives, values and thoughts. The probes are small packages that can include any sort of artifact (like a map, postcard, camera or diary) along with evocative tasks, which are given to participants to allow them to record specific events, feelings or interactions. The aim is to elicit inspirational responses from people, in order to understand their culture, thoughts and values better, and thus stimulate designer's imaginations. Probes is one of the prominent approaches in the practice of co-designing. It is design-led approaches as described by the landscape of design research and practice. Probes are usually used in the early front end of the design process. The probes were not designed to be analyzed, nor did we summarize what they revealed about the sites as an explicit stage in the process. Rather, the design proposals we produced reflected what we learned from the materials. Furthermore, probes were born to gather “fragmentary clues” about people’s “lives and thoughts” which means they are tools to inspire - others argue that they can be used to, provide relevant information and gather empathetic data.
Background
Cultural Probes was developed by Gaver, Dunne and Pacenti in 1999. They were inspired by the art movement Situationist International.
This technique does not follow the scientific approach. It follows the artistic approach, which is characterized by being irrational, uncontrolled, getting inspiration, and cannot be analysed systematically. As Gaver pointed out , the conceptual concerns and specific techniques of various arts movements also influenced their probes design.
Applications
Cultural probes can be used for idea generation, inspiration, values and dreams in a design process.
The technique is about opening up the design space, instead of narrowing it. Cultural probes aim to seek out subjective thoughts, values and dreams and surprise and uncertainty is a key value.
The probes provoke inspirational responses by using a creative approach in questions instead of analytical and descriptive question usually asked in User Experience Research. Cultural Probe kit is a vehicle for self-reporting by asking participants to observe, reflect upon and report their experiences which can lead to have better and deeper observation in a context where, due to privacy as well as time constraints, it is not possible to conduct full participant observations.
Since the initial publication in 1999 of cultural probes in interactions, the use of probes has been interpreted broadly and used in a wide variety of projects within user experience. Some cases are grounded very much in the original cultural probes work, while, in other cases, ‘probes’ has become an umbrella term covering everything from Diary Studies to longitudinal user studies to field trips.
In the traditional design proces |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20Deal%3A%20The%20Game%20of%20Two%20Dimensional%20Poker | Square Deal: The Game of Two Dimensional Poker (known in Japan as ) is a video game developed by Hect for the Game Boy. The Japanese version serves as the sequel to the Family Computer game Cadillac. In 1999, Cadillac was also released for the PlayStation.
Gameplay
The game uses cards to create hands based on poker. A full deck of 52 playing cards are shuffled and the top four cards are shown to the player. Each card drops down one at a time to a grid of 25 potential playing spaces. A winning poker hand must be made in order to eliminate the cards (i.e., royal flush, straight flush, full house). Players can only place cards horizontally or vertically; never diagonally. Players advance to the next level when all 52 cards have been removed. Each level gives players less time to think about their moves and the ability to have decision-making pauses.
Players start with $1000 in gambling money. However, an increasing number is required for the ante at the beginning of each new level. Antes start at $500 (in the early stages) and work their way up to $3000 (in the later stages). If he cannot make the ante, then it results in an automatic game over. Failing to eliminate all 52 cards results will result in a penalty being deducted from the player's earnings for each card left over. If the player is forced to use the "hidden" sixth row anytime during single-player play, it results in a game over. The sixth row is permitted during the two-player challenge. However, it makes the bottom row disappear.
After winning level 10 on single-player mode; the player will have beaten the entire game.
External links
1990 video games
DTMC games
Game Boy games
Game Boy-only games
Hect games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Poker video games
Strategy video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Tsukasa Tawada
Video game sequels
Multiplayer and single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTV%20Movies%20%28Canadian%20TV%20channel%29 | UTV Movies was a short-lived Canadian Hindi language specialty television channel that was owned by Asian Television Network and SoundView Entertainment. It broadcast Hindi-language programming from UTV Movies and Canadian content.
UTV Movies broadcast Bollywood films from various genres from the UTV library and other studios. It also aired other film related content such as interviews with actors and documentaries.
History
In February 2010, SoundView Entertainment Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch UTV Movies, described at the time as "a national niche third-language ethnic Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to feature films, made-for-TV movies, actor interviews, documentaries and similar movie-related programming."
The channel launched on December 2, 2011, initially on Rogers Cable. The channel abruptly ceased broadcasting in December 2012.
References
External links
UTV Movies India
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Defunct television networks in Canada
Movie channels in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2011
2011 establishments in Canada
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012
2012 disestablishments in Canada
UTV Software Communications
Hindi-language television in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Artie%20Lange%20Show | The Artie Lange Show was an American sports entertainment radio show hosted by comedian Artie Lange, airing from October 2011 to April 2014 on the Audience Network, DirecTV, SiriusXM Satellite Radio and several terrestrial radio stations by Premiere Radio Networks. It originally launched as The Nick & Artie Show with Lange co-hosting with comedian Nick DiPaolo until DiPaolo's departure in January 2013. The three-hour show aired live from New York City from Monday to Friday at 10:00 p.m EST. From September 7, 2012, the show aired live on the Audience Network on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. EST from Tuesday to Friday.
The featured commentary on sports and entertainment news, interviews with sports figures and celebrities, and listener phone calls. The show was available for live streaming and download as a podcast. On April 28, 2014, the show was cancelled. Lange announced it that day, the show's final broadcast.
Personnel
Artie Lange – Host
Nick DiPaolo - Host (2011-2013)
Jon Ritchie – Co-Host (2013-2014)
Shane Elrod – Head of Content & Production
Dan Falato – Producer
Liz Canavan – Score Girl #1
Marie Canavan – Score Girl #2
Jack Pesin - Writer & Voiceover Artist
Mike Bocchetti – Announcer
Availability
The Artie Lange Show was available on the Audience Network channel 239 on DirecTV, SiriusXM Sports Zone (Channel 92), Extreme Talk on iHeartRadio, and terrestrial radio affiliates throughout the United States. It is streamed at the show's website, Stitcher Radio app on smartphones and websites of affiliates. It is available as a podcast. The following is a list of affiliates:
References
External links
The Artie Lange Show Official Website
The Artie Lange Show Mobile App
The Artie Lange Show Podcast on iTunes
The Artie Lange Show Facebook page
The Artie Lange Show Twitter page
American talk radio programs
2011 radio programme debuts
2014 radio programme endings
Audience (TV network) original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaksija | Galaksija is Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovenian, and Montenegrin word for galaxy. It may refer to:
Galaksija (magazine), a magazine published since 1972 to 1990s
Galaksija (computer), a 1983 home computer
sr:Галаксија (вишезначна одредница) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-5-AS-TV | D-5-AS-TV, channel 5, is a local commercial television station owned by GMA Network Inc. Its studio is located at the 2nd flr. Red Dot Building, Gen. Antonio Luna cor. Lagasca St., Laoag City, Ilocos Norte and transmitter located at Brgy. San Lorenzo, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. Its former studio was located in Agcaoili Building, Abadilla Street, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.
History
December 25, 1962 - D-5-AS-TV channel 5, Ilocos Region's first television station, was launched by RBS TV (now GMA Network), a year after DZBB-TV Channel 7 in Manila was founded on October 29, 1961, when it started operations.
1976 - D-5-AS-TV was launched under the ownership of RBS with the identification of GMA Radio-Television Arts through Republic Broadcasting System, Inc. as its corporate name 14 years later. The network relaunched aside from sporting a light blue square logo with the network name in white, also had the using of the circle 5 logo, in its final years the blue circle 5 logo used was similar to those used by the ABC is some United States cities and later used the rainbow colors of red, yellow, green and blue stripes.
April 30, 1992 - Coinciding with the network's Rainbow Satellite Network launch, GMA Channel 5 Ilocos Norte started its nationwide satellite broadcast to bring live broadcasts of Manila-sourced national programming via DZBB-TV, GMA's flagship TV station in Manila, to viewers in the Ilocos Region, utilizes a new logo to correspond with the rebranding and a satellite-beaming rainbow in a multicolored striped based on the traditional scheme of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, with GMA in a metallic form uses a San Serif Country Gothic Extra Bold and analogous gloominess of indigo as its fonts in the letters.
May 16, 1996 - Republic Broadcasting System formally changed its corporate name to GMA Network Incorporated, with GMA now standing for Global Media Arts.
June 7, 2012 - GMA Ilocos launched as an originating station, which primarily covers the provinces of Ilocos Norte (via Channel 5), Abra (Channel 7) and Ilocos Sur (via Channel 48).
June 25, 2012 – November 7, 2014 - GMA Ilocos launched its flagship local newscast Balitang Ilokano.
November 10, 2014 – April 24, 2015 - GMA Ilocos relaunched its flagship local newscast 24 Oras Ilokano.
October 3, 2016 - GMA Ilocos began to simulcast GMA Dagupan's Balitang Amianan.
2022 - GMA Ilocos begins to split into two: GMA Ilocos Sur and GMA Ilocos Norte. On September 5, Balitang Amianan was relaunched as One North Central Luzon.
March 17, 2023 - GMA Ilocos Norte inaugurated the state-of-the-art facility and studios located at the 2nd flr. Red Dot Building, Gen. Antonio Luna cor. Lagasca St., Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. Weeks prior to the inauguration, One North Central Luzon anchor CJ Torida, who happened to be a former personality of the now-defunct GMA Super Radyo DWRC 1170 Laoag, anchored the program live from the said facility until he went back to GMA Dagupan for a couple of we |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandatarai | Pandatarai is a town & (since 2008) nagar panchayat in the Kabirdham (formerly Kawardha) district of Chhattisgarh, India.
This is a religious and tourist site.
In Pandatarai temple of Maa Mahamaya (durga) and a historical temple of lord Shivajaleshwar mahadev dongariya is near about Pandatarai and dargahe auliya sher shah vali are most popular places.
Dongariya mahadev is also a popular destination
Pandatarai Pin code is 491559 and postal head office is Pandaria .
Pandatarai is surrounded by Bodla Tehsil towards the west, Kabirdham Tehsil towards the south, Kawardha Tehsil towards the south, and Lormi Tehsil towards the East.
Kawardha, Mungeli, Bemetra, and khairaagadh are the nearby cities to Pandatarai. Bilaspur are the nearest famous city.
Pandatarai is famous for its quality school education
Transportation to Pandatarai
By Rail
There is no railway station near to Pandatarai in less than 10 km. However Bilaspur Jn Rail Way Station is major railway station 98 km far but nearest to Pandatarai.
By Air
There is no Airport near to Pandatarai. However Raipur which is 150 km from Pandatarai is the nearest airport from here.
By Bus or Vehicle
It is on National Highway 130A (the Kawardha-Bilaspur road). Buses are easily available from all the major cities of Chhattisgarh like Bilaspur, Raipur, Kawardha, Durg, Rajnandgaon etc.
Education
Colleges near Pandatarai
Govt. College Pandatarai
Address : Near by Charbhata Khurd, NH 130A, Pandatarai, 491559
Govt. College Pandaria
Schools in Pandatarai
Govt Hr. Sec. School Pandatarai
Address : Pandatarai, Chhattisgarh . PIN- 491559,
Bhoramdev Public School
Address : Near Sub-Station Pandatarai Chhattishgarh
Saraswati Shishu Mandir Pandatarai
Address : Behind Mahamaya Mandir, Chhattisgarh . PIN- 491559,
Jai Bharat Public School Pandatarai
Address : Madmada Road Pandatarai, Chhattisgarh . PIN- 491559,
Divine Public School
Address : Behind Nagar Panchayat Pandatarai, Chhattisgarh . PIN- 491559,
Cities and towns in Kabirdham |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n%20Ng%E1%BB%8Dc%20B%C3%ACnh | Nguyễn Ngọc Bình (born 17 September 1959) is a Vietnamese computer scientist. He is the director of the Francophone Institute for Informatics, Vietnam National University.
Chronology
June 1981 – graduated from Kishinev University (USSR) with B.S. in Applied Mathematics.
March 1995 – received M.E. in Information and Computer Sciences from Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan)
March 1998 – received Ph.D. in Information and Computer Sciences from School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (Japan)
April 1998 – assistant professor at School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
August 2000 – head of Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Information Technology, Hanoi University of Technology (Vietnam)
May 2009 – was appointed the president of University of Engineering and Technology, VNU for the 2009-2014 period.
September 2014 - became the director of the Francophone Institute for Informatics, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Awards
Winner of the IEICE Award for Excellent Research Results (from Tokai branch, Japan, 1995).
Honorary Doctorate from Toyohashi University of Technology.
References
Osaka University alumni
1959 births
Living people
Toyohashi University of Technology alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Fonts | The National Fonts (; ) are sets of freely-licensed computer fonts for the Thai script sponsored by the Thai government. The original National Fonts include three Thai typefaces released by NECTEC in 2001, while a follow-up program, more specifically known as the fourteen National Fonts, or colloquially SIPA fonts (), include fourteen typefaces distributed and used by the Government of Thailand as public and official fonts after they won a national competition held in 2007. The fonts and all of their subsequently developed versions are released by the Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organisation), or SIPA, together with the Department of Intellectual Property through f0nt.com, and can be downloaded freely on the website.
History
The competition was organised by Abhisit Vejjajiva's Council of Ministers, with a view to replacing all existing fonts the Thai Government had bought from the private sector, including Microsoft's Angsana New, Browalia New, Cordia New, and EucrosiaUPC, which were extensively used at that time, with fonts created by Thai nationals. The competition was part of the "Standard Fonts for Thai Public Sectors" Project (โครงการฟอนต์มาตรฐานราชการไทย) proposed by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology. The Ministry was quoted as saying: "...Various fonts are now used among the public agencies, that's why the state papers have never become standard. The fonts are also from the private companies which monopolise the rights over them, so we cannot use them as much as we should...".
On 7 September 2010, the Council of Ministers officially announced the thirteen fonts as the public fonts, naming them the "national fonts". The public agencies were ordered to use these fonts, especially TH Sarabun PSK, in their state papers. They were required to cease to use the private sector's fonts by 5 December 2010, King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 83rd birthday. The legislative branch and the judicial branch were also asked for cooperation.
The font "TH Sarabun PSK" has been used in the Government Gazette of Thailand since January 2011, replacing Angsana New. The Gazette's first volume using such font is volume 128, part 1 A, dated 7 January 2011, in which the "Ministerial Regulation Determining the Criteria and Procedure for Acknowledging the Aircraft Type Certificates or Supplementary Type Certificates issues by the State Parties to the Conventions governing the Application for Certificates of Airworthiness or by the States with which Thailand has adopted the similar Agreements, BE 2553 (2010)" ("กฎกระทรวงกำหนดหลักเกณฑ์และวิธีการรับรองใบรับรองแบบอากาศยานหรือใบรับรองแบบส่วนเพิ่มเติมที่ออกโดยรัฐภาคีแห่งอนุสัญญาหรือประเทศที่ได้ทำความตกลงกับประเทศไทย เพื่อขอใบสำคัญสมควรเดินอากาศ พ.ศ. 2553") was published.
In 2018, Google Fonts and a local font foundry Cadson Demak () revised all Thai National fonts and released them under Open Font License.
On 6 July 2021, the Council of Ministers officially approved the royal font set "Chu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC%20SX-ACE | The SX-ACE is a vector NEC SX supercomputer from NEC Corporation. It features NEC's first multi-core vector System on a Chip design, with four cores. The SX-ACE runs at 1 GHz, has peak performance of 64 GFLOPS per core, and has 64 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth per core. Four cores make up a shared-memory node, and 64 nodes can fit in a rack for a total performance of 16 TFLOPS per rack. The SX-ACE was released in 2013. NEC released the successor, the SX-Aurora TSUBASA in 2017. It is used by Earth Simulator 3.
See also
SUPER-UX
SX architecture
References
External links
SX-10 announcement press release
Japanese interview discussing the SX-10
Main English-language SX-ACE site
SX-ACE
Vector supercomputers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogeshwari%20railway%20station | Jogeshwari (station code: JOS) is a railway station in the Jogeshwari suburb of Mumbai city. The station lies on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network between Andheri and Ram Mandir railway stations. On March 29, 2018, Harbour line was extended from Mumbai CSMT to Goregaon.
Jogeshwari Station has 6 platforms, where its two platforms of harbour line are constructed towards north of main platforms.
References
Railway stations in India opened in 1867
Railway stations in Mumbai Suburban district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai WR railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goregaon%20railway%20station | Goregaon (Marathi pronunciation: [ɡoːɾeɡaːʋ], formerly Goregaumn, station code: GMN) is a railway station on the Western line and Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It serves the suburb of Goregaon. As a general rule, Virar-bound fast trains skip Goregaon, while Borivali-bound fast trains halt here (although there are exceptions) but being in middle between Andheri and Borivali ; it hosts as an important halt for termination and origination of Churchgate and Mumbai CSMT/ Panvel bound services with access to various areas of Dindoshi, Oshiwara, Film City and outlining areas from Malad and Jogeshwari.
What distinguishes Goregaon from Jogeshwari is the four Churchgate-bound fast 'Goregaon Locals' which depart (from platform number 7) at an interval of approximately 30 minutes during the morning rush-hour and Goregaon consists of numerous Churchgate-bound slow "Goregaon locals" throughout the day which originate and terminate at Goregaon. Although, Goregaon has not been granted a permanent halt for all fast bound locals as compared to Andheri and Borivali, this station is an important hub for a large number of Western and Harbour line locals which terminate and originate from there. Harbour line which previously ran from Mumbai CSMT till Andheri was extended till Goregaon and services commenced on March 29, 2018. It is supposed to be extended to Borivali in near future.
Station Upgrades
A 103 crore remodel for Andheri, Jogeshwari, and Goregaon stations was completed in 2014. This remodelling included creation of additional two platforms on the west side of existing platform number 3 (then platform 1) to accommodate Harbour line trains. It also included building an elevated deck above the new platforms with ticketing facilities, and connections to central FOB and skywalk leading to both east and west sides of the station.
Layout
The station currently has five foot-over-bridges (FOBs) and 7 platforms. This station has an additional loop line which serves as Platform 7 as it is useful not only during morning hours for Goregaon-Churchgate bound fast locals during peak hours but also as an extra line during emergency conditions for trains.The outer rail tracks of this station has diversion points for changing of tracks for trains which are the only diversion points present between Andheri railway station and Borivali railway station and extra loop rail tracks for out of service local trains to halt sideways when they are not operational. The upper deck of the station serves as a facility for ticket counters and ATVMs. The southernmost FOB serves passengers exiting the station on the western side and newly constructed eastern side. The middle FOB is connected on the western side to a skywalk that leads to Swami Vivekanand Road. Auto-rickshaw services are available on the main entrances or exits on both the sides of the station.
Platform 1 caters Churchgate bound slow locals (rarely Mumbai CSMT/Panvel locals also available) (trains o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshien%20%28series%29 | is a series of high school baseball-themed video games, released in Japan. The first two titles were released by K Amusement Leasing for the Family Computer and Super Famicom, while the others were released by Magical Company (also known as Mahou). The characters are based on real athletes.
Games
The following is a list of games released in the series.
Released in 2004 by Midas Interactive Entertainment in Europe as League Series Baseball 2
Started broadcasting in 2005, produced in collaboration with G-Mode
External links
Mahou official website
Kōshien series at MobyGames
Video game franchises introduced in 1989
Baseball video games
High school baseball in Japan
Japan-exclusive video games
Magical Company games
Game Boy Color games
Mobile games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
PlayStation (console) games
PlayStation 2 games
Sega Saturn games
Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Video game franchises
Video games developed in Japan
Video games set in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical%20Company | , also known as Mahō, is a Japanese entertainment company.
History
Established in Kobe in 1983 to design and develop video games, the company was incorporated on May 29, 1985 as Home Data. During the 80's they developed and published various mahjong games for the Arcades.
They developed Last Apostle Puppet Show (known in Japan as Reikai Dōshi: Chinese Exorcist), released in September 1988. It was the first fighting game to use digitized sprites and motion capture animation, and was the first claymation fighting game. They also created Battlecry among many other titles for different console systems.
In 1993, in order to mark the tenth anniversary of Home Data's establishment, the company's name was changed to Magical Company. They ported three Garou Densetsu titles for the X68000, and are also well known in Japan for having published many Shogi titles.
The baseball series Kōshien is their most notable franchise.
Video games
Home Data
Penguin-Kun Wars, Family Computer (1985)
Sky Destroyer, Family Computer (1985)
Sqoon, Family Computer (1986)
Tetsuwan Atom, Family Computer (1988)
Reikai Doushi: Chinese Exorcist (Last Apostle Puppet Show), Arcade (1988)
BattleCry, Arcade (1989)
Hayauchi Super Igo, Family Computer (1989)
Cosmic Epsilon, Family Computer (1989)
World Super Tennis, Family Computer/NES (1989)
Shogi Shodan Icchokusen, PC Engine (1990)
Marble Madness, X68000 (1991)
2069 A.D., X68000 (1991)
Mahjong Clinic Zoukangou, X68000 (1991)
Mahjong Yuuenchi, X68000 (1991)
Little League Baseball: Championship Series
Famicom Shogi: Ryuu-Ou-Sen, Family Computer (1991)
Tetra Star: The Fighter, Family Computer (1991)
Shogi no Hoshi, Mega Drive (1991)
Dragon's Eye Plus: Shanghai 3 (Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye), Mega Drive/Genesis (1991/1994)
Shogi Shoshinsha Muyou, PC Engine (1991)
Famicom Igo Nyuumon, Family Computer (1991)
Shogi Seiten, X68000 (1992)
Hermetica, Arcade (unreleased)
Magical Company
Garou Densetsu, X68000 (1993)
Garou Densetsu 2: Aratanaru Tatakai, X68000 (1993)
Garou Densetsu Special, X68000 (1994)
Shogi Saikyō, Game Boy (1994), Super Famicom (1995)
Harapeko Bakka (known in Europe as Hungry Dinosaurs), Super Famicom (1994)
Nice de Shot, Super Famicom (1994)
Pachi-Slot Kenkyū, Super Famicom (1994)
Tsume Shogi: Kanki Godan, Game Boy (1994)
Tsume Go Series 1: Fujisawa Hideyuki Meiyo Kisei, Game Boy (1994)
Zenkoku Kōkō Soccer Senshuken '96, Super Famicom (1996)
Shogi Saikyō II: Jissen Taikyoku Hen, Super Famicom (1996)
Hanabi Fantast, PlayStation (1998)
Shogi Saikyou 2, PlayStation (1998)
Qui Qui, Game Boy Color (1999)
Shogi Saikyō: Pro ni Manabu, PlayStation (1999)
Pet Pet Pet, PlayStation (1999)
Killer Bass, PlayStation (2000)
Omiai Commando: Bakappuru ni Tukkomi o, PlayStation (2000)
Ooedo Huusui Ingaritsu Hanabi 2, PlayStation (2000)
Magical Sports Go Go Golf, PlayStation 2 (2000)
Hard Hitter Tennis, PlayStation 2 (2001)
Magical Sports: Hard Hitter 2, PlayStation 2 (2002)
Hanabi Shokunin Ninarou 2, PlayStation 2 (2003)
Kōshien (series), |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise%20State%20Public%20Radio | Boise State Public Radio is a broadcast service of Boise State University, which operates four programming services on several radio stations throughout central and southern Idaho and northern Nevada.
Stations and services
KBSU-FM in Boise, Idaho airs classical music and other entertainment programming from American Public Media and Public Radio International. KBSX, also located in Boise, airs news and information programming from NPR, PRI, APM and the BBC, as well as locally produced news and information programs, including the nationally distributed program Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra''.
KBSW in Twin Falls, Idaho airs a mix of programming from KBSU-FM and KBSX, as well as some local programming produced at a satellite studio at the College of Southern Idaho.
A full-time jazz format, named "Idaho's Jazz Station," airs on KBSK in McCall, and also on HD Radio as KBSU-FM HD2 Boise. This format aired on KBSU-AM and KEZJ-AM prior to July 2007.
Boise State Public Radio is the lead station for the Mountain West News Bureau, a partnership of stations providing news coverage of the Rocky Mountain West.
History
The network's roots date back to 1957, when KBJC was launched by what was then Boise Junior College as a carrier current station. It originally operated only when school was in session, and was a typical freeform college radio station. The station grew with the school, increasing its operating hours when BJC was upgraded to four-year status. The call letters changed to KBSC after Boise College was taken over by the state in 1967, and changed to the current KBSU after it was granted university status. In 1976, the station was granted a full FM license, and went on the air for the first time that fall. Gradually, the station began transitioning away from the freeform format, ultimately joining NPR in 1988. Before then, Boise was one of the largest cities in the western United States, and the only major market in Idaho, without a clear signal from NPR.
On October 18, 2022, Boise State Public Radio expanded to Lewiston and Pocatello. In Lewiston, Boise State Public Radio now operates KLCZ, formerly operated by Lewis–Clark State College, as a simulcast of KBSX; in Pocatello, it acquired the translator formerly operated by Salt Lake City NPR affiliate KUER-FM. Boise State Public Radio airs KBSU's musical programming in Pocatello, as the market receives NPR news programming from KISU-FM.
See also
KDBI (AM)
References
External links
Official Website
BSU
BSU
Classical music radio stations in the United States
Boise State University
NPR member networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20of%20Us | The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States. The Last of Us is played from a third-person perspective. Players use firearms and improvised weapons and can use stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated fungus. In the online multiplayer mode, up to eight players engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay.
Development of The Last of Us began in 2009, soon after the release of Naughty Dog's previous game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. For the first time in the company's history, Naughty Dog split into two teams; while one team developed Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, the other half developed The Last of Us. The relationship between Joel and Ellie became the focus, with all other elements developed around it. Actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson portrayed Joel and Ellie, respectively, through voice and motion capture, and assisted creative director Neil Druckmann with the development of the characters and story. The original score was composed and performed by Gustavo Santaolalla.
Following its announcement in December 2011, The Last of Us was widely anticipated. It was released for the PlayStation 3 in June 2013. It received critical acclaim, with praise for its narrative, gameplay, visuals, sound design, score, characterization, and depiction of female characters. The Last of Us became one of the best-selling video games, selling over 1.3 million units in its first week and 17 million by April 2018. The game won year-end accolades, including multiple Game of the Year awards from several gaming publications, critics, and game award ceremonies. It has been ranked as one of the greatest video games ever made.
Naughty Dog released several downloadable content additions; The Last of Us: Left Behind adds a single-player campaign following Ellie and her best friend, Riley. A remastered version, The Last of Us Remastered, was released for the PlayStation 4 in July 2014. A remake, The Last of Us Part I, was released in September 2022 for PlayStation 5 and in March 2023 for Windows. A sequel, The Last of Us Part II, was released in 2020, and an untitled multiplayer game is in development. Other Last of Us media includes a comic book in 2013, a live show in 2014, a television adaptation by HBO in 2023, a tabletop game by Themeborne in 2024, and an upcoming tabletop game by CMON.
Gameplay
The Last of Us is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. The player traverses post-apocalyptic environments such as towns, buildings, forests, and sewers to advance the story. The player can use firearms, improvised weapons, hand-to-hand combat, and stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. For most of the game, the player take |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20Perl | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Perl programming language:
Perl – high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, multi-paradigm, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular amongst programmers. Larry Wall continues to oversee development of Raku. Note that Perl and Raku are receiving ongoing development, therefore making Perl a family of programming languages. It stands for Practical Extraction and Reporting Language which processes data using pattern matching technique.
What type of thing is Perl?
Perl can be described as all of the following types of things:
Family of programming languages – a programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely. Both Perl and Raku are each considered a:
General-purpose programming language – programming language designed to be used for writing software in a wide variety of application domains.
High-level programming language – programming language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer. While low-level programming languages are very cryptic, a higher-level programming language may use natural language elements, be easier to use, making the process of developing a program simpler and more understandable with respect to a low-level language.
Interpreted language – programming language in which programs are 'indirectly' executed ("interpreted") by an interpreter program. This can be contrasted with a compiled language which is converted into machine code and then 'directly' executed by the host CPU.
Scripting language – programming language that supports the writing of scripts, programs written for a software environment that automate the execution of tasks which could alternatively be executed one by one by a human operator.
Glue language – programming language (usually a scripting language) used for writing programs or scripts that activate other scripts and programs (thus "gluing" them together).
Dynamic programming language – high-level programming language that executes many common behaviors while running that other languages might perform during compilation, if at all. These behaviors could include extension of the program, by adding new code, by extending objects and definitions, or by modifying the type system, all during program execution.
Dynamically typed programming language – A programming language is said to be dynamically typed when the majority of its type checking (for example numerical vs. non-numerical) is performed at run-time as opposed to at compile-time. Therefore, the type for a particular variable or value is not locked in. I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android%20Ice%20Cream%20Sandwich | Android Ice Cream Sandwich (or Android 4.0) is the fourth major version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google. Unveiled on October 19, 2011, Android 4.0 builds upon the significant changes made by the tablet-only release Android Honeycomb, in an effort to create a unified platform for both smartphones and tablets. The first phone with Android Ice Cream Sandwich was Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Android 4.0 was focused on simplifying and modernizing the overall Android experience around a new set of human interface guidelines. As part of these efforts, it introduced a new visual appearance codenamed "Holo", which is built around a cleaner, minimalist design, and a new default typeface named Roboto. It also introduced a number of other new features, including a refreshed home screen, near-field communication (NFC) support and the ability to "beam" content to another user using the technology, an updated web browser, a new contacts manager with social network integration, the ability to access the camera and control music playback from the lock screen, visual voicemail support, face recognition for device unlocking ("Face Unlock"), the ability to monitor and limit mobile data usage, and other internal improvements.
Android 4.0 received positive reviews by critics, who praised the cleaner, revamped appearance of the operating system in comparison to previous versions, along with its improved performance and functionality. However, critics still felt that some of Android 4.0's stock apps were still lacking in quality and functionality in comparison to third-party equivalents, and regarded some of the operating system's new features, particularly the "face unlock" feature, as being gimmicks.
, statistics issued by Google indicate that 0.15% of all Android devices accessing Google Play run Ice Cream Sandwich.
Development
Following the tablet-only release "Honeycomb", it was announced at Google I/O 2011 that the next version of Android, code named "Ice Cream Sandwich" (ICS), would be emphasized providing a unified user experience between both smartphones and tablets. In June 2011, details also began to surface surrounding a then-new Nexus phone by Samsung to accompany ICS, which would notably exclude hardware navigation keys. Android blog RootzWiki released photos in August 2011 showing a Nexus S running a build of ICS, depicting a new application menu layout resembling that of Honeycomb, and a new interface with blue-colored accenting. An official launch event for Android 4.0 and the new Nexus phone was originally scheduled for October 11, 2011, at a CTIA trade show in San Diego. However, out of respect for the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Google and Samsung postponed the event to October 19, 2011, in Hong Kong. Android 4.0 and its launch device, the Galaxy Nexus, were officially unveiled on October 19, 2011. Andy Rubin explained that 4.0 was intended to provide a "enticing and intuitive" user experience across both smartphone |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous%20delivery | Continuous delivery (CD) is a software engineering approach in which teams produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably released at any time and, following a pipeline through a "production-like environment", without doing so manually. It aims at building, testing, and releasing software with greater speed and frequency. The approach helps reduce the cost, time, and risk of delivering changes by allowing for more incremental updates to applications in production. A straightforward and repeatable deployment process is important for continuous delivery.
Principles
Continuous delivery treats the commonplace notion of a deployment pipeline as a lean Poka-Yoke: a set of validations through which a piece of software must pass on its way to release. Code is compiled if necessary and then packaged by a build server every time a change is committed to a source control repository, then tested by a number of different techniques (possibly including manual testing) before it can be marked as releasable.
Developers used to a long cycle time may need to change their mindset when working in a CD environment. It is important to understand that any code commit may be released to customers at any point. Patterns such as feature toggles can be very useful for committing code early which is not yet ready for use by end users. Using NoSQL can eliminate the step of data migrations and schema changes, often manual steps or exceptions to a continuous delivery workflow. Other useful techniques for developing code in isolation such as code branching are not obsolete in a CD world, but must be adapted to fit the principles of CD - for example, running multiple long-lived code branches can prove impractical, as a releasable artifact must be built early in the CD process from a single code branch if it is to pass through all phases of the pipeline.
Deployment pipeline
Continuous delivery is enabled through the deployment pipeline. The purpose of the deployment pipeline has three components: visibility, feedback, and continually deploy.
Visibility – All aspects of the delivery system including building, deploying, testing, and releasing are visible to every member of the team to promote collaboration.
Feedback – Team members learn of problems as soon as possible when they occur so that they are able to fix them as quickly as possible.
Continually deploy – Through a fully automated process, you can deploy and release any version of the software to any environment.
Tools/tool types
Continuous delivery takes automation from source control all the way through production. There are various tools that help accomplish all or part of this process. These tools are part of the deployment pipeline which includes continuous delivery. The types of tools that execute various parts of the process include: continuous integration, application release automation, build automation, application lifecycle management.
Architecting for continuous delivery
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20Channel%20Interpretation | Extended Channel Interpretation (ECI) is an extension to the communication protocol that is used to transmit data from a bar code reader to a host when a bar code symbol is scanned. It enables the application software to receive additional information about the intended interpretation of the message contained within the barcode symbol and even details about the scan itself. ECI was developed as a symbology-independent extension of the Global Label Identifier (GLI) system used in the PDF417 bar code.
Description
In the default mode, where Extended Channel Interpretation is not in effect, the interface between the reader and the host is said to be in "Basic Channel Mode". In this mode, each octet of transmitted data is defined (by the corresponding bar code symbology standard) to correspond directly to a single data character code point in some default character set, normally ISO/IEC 8859-1 (Latin-1).
However, when ECI is in effect, the data interface is said to be in "Extended Channel Mode". In this mode the interpretation of the transmitted data is defined by the current ECI modes that are enabled, which are activated and deactivated by "ECI indicators" included in the transmitted data.
Within the data transmission protocol the use of ECI is indicated explicitly by a modification to the symbology indicator that the decoder will recognize and interpret accordingly in order to disambiguate between ECI and non-ECI encoded messages. If the reader is not ECI enabled or the application does not support the ECI indicators that are in effect then the scan should be aborted.
The ECI information is not part of the ultimate bar code message and its use is normally transparent to the user in basic image scanning scenarios. The application presents the user with the intended message, but it does not normally render the various ECI indicators that were used to derive this message or to provide annotation or additional metadata. For advanced applications (including system debugging and data validation) the ECI information may be rendered inline with the bar code message or extracted and presented separately.
Types of ECI indicator
ECI indicators may be included at various points in the transmitted message, and may be either of "encodable" type or of "non-encodable" or "signal" type.
Encodable ECIs These indicators are part of the message and define the format for all or part of the data, such as the intended character set or the data compression scheme that is in effect such as Gzip.
Signal ECIs These indicators are not part of the message and they may either be embedded in the bar code symbol separately from the message or may not be present in the symbol at all but added by the reader at scan time. Signal ECIs are used to convey information about the processing of the data, such as whether it is a fragment of a multi-symbol scan process, whether an error condition occurred during reading, or even to provide environment information such as what |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferghal%20Dubh%20%C3%93%20Gadhra | Ferghal Dubh Ó Gadhra, aka Father Nicholas Ó Gadhra O.S.A. (-after 5 June 1686) was an Irish cleric and scribe.
Biography
Ó Gadhra was the compiler of the O Gara Manuscript (now RIA MS 23 F 16), which he compiled at Antwerp and Lisle between 1655 and 1659. He "returned to Ireland some time before June 5th, 1686, at which date he certifies that he is safe and sound at Bannada {san mBeinn fhada\ county Sligo. In a colophon he craves the reader's indulgence for errors and omissions, because he had never a teacher. Evidently his task was a labour of love."
See also
Fearghal Ó Gadhra, patron of the Annals of the Four Masters
External links
http://digitaFerghal Dubh Ó Gadhral.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/pageturner.cfm?id=76712788&mode=transcription
http://www.vanhamel.nl/wiki/Dublin,_Royal_Irish_Academy,_MS_23_F_16
http://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_068071/Details
Irish scribes
17th-century Irish writers
Christian clergy from County Mayo
Writers from County Mayo
Christian clergy from County Sligo
Writers from County Sligo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers%20and%20Structures%20%28company%29 | Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) is a structural and earthquake engineering software company founded in 1975 and based in Walnut Creek, California with additional office location in New York. The structural analysis and design software CSI produce include SAP2000, CSiBridge, ETABS, SAFE, PERFORM-3D, and CSiCOL.
One of Computer and Structure, Inc.'s software, ETABS, was used to create the mathematical model of the Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest building, designed by Chicago, Illinois-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM). In the Structural analysis section of their December 2009 Structural Engineer magazine article entitled Design and construction of the world's tallest building: The Burj Dubai, since renamed to Burj Khalifa, William F. Baker, S.E. and James J. Pawlikowski, S.E. mention that gravity, wind, and seismic response were all characterized using ETABS. Further, ETABS' geometric nonlinear capability provided for P-Delta Effect consideration.
References
External links
Construction software
Companies based in Contra Costa County, California
1975 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Chuan%20Chu | Jeffrey Chuan Chu (朱傳榘) (July 14, 1919 – June 6, 2011), born in Tianjin, Republic of China, was a pioneer computer engineer. He received his BS from the University of Minnesota and his MS from the Moore School at the University of Pennsylvania. Chuan was a member of the engineering team that designed the first American electronic computer, the ENIAC. ENIAC was designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
As a Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, he helped design several improved versions of early large-scale computers such as AVIDAC and ORACLE. The first IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award was awarded to him in 1981.
References
External links
Jeffrey Chuan Chu Obituary, Boston Globe, 2011
Jeffrey Chuan Chu 朱傳榘
1919 births
2011 deaths
Chinese computer scientists
Scientists from Tianjin
University of Minnesota alumni
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20testing | Database testing usually consists of a layered process, including the user interface (UI) layer, the business layer, the data access layer and the database itself. The UI layer deals with the interface design of the database, while the business layer includes databases supporting business strategies.
Purposes
Databases, the collection of interconnected files on a server, storing information, may not deal with the same type of data, i.e. databases may be heterogeneous. As a result, many kinds of implementation and integration errors may occur in large database systems, which negatively affect the system's performance, reliability, consistency and security. Thus, it is important to test in order to obtain a database system which satisfies the ACID properties (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability) of a database management system.
One of the most critical layers is the data access layer, which deals with databases directly during the communication process. Database testing mainly takes place at this layer and involves testing strategies such as quality control and quality assurance of the product databases. Testing at these different layers is frequently used to maintain the consistency of database systems, most commonly seen in the following examples:
Data is critical from a business point of view. Companies such as Google or Symantec, who are associated with data storage, need to have a durable and consistent database system. If database operations such as insert, delete, and update are performed without testing the database for consistency first, the company risks a crash of the entire system.
Some companies have different types of databases, and also different goals and missions. In order to achieve a level of functionality to meet said goals, they need to test their database system.
There may need to be more than the current approach of testing in which developers formally test the databases. However, this approach is not sufficiently effective since database developers are likely to slow down the testing process due to communication gaps. A separate database testing team seems advisable.
Database testing mainly deals with finding errors in the databases so as to eliminate them. This will improve the quality of the database or web-based system.
Database testing should be distinguished from strategies to deal with other problems such as database crashes, broken insertions, deletions or updates. Here, database refactoring is an evolutionary technique that may apply.
Types of testings and processes
The figure indicates the areas of testing involved during different database testing methods, such as black-box testing and white-box testing.
Black-box
Black-box testing involves testing interfaces and the integration of the database, which includes:
Mapping of data (including metadata)
Verifying incoming data
Verifying outgoing data from query functions
Various techniques such as Cause effect graphing technique, equival |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televisora%20Andina%20de%20M%C3%A9rida | Televisora Andina de Mérida (shortened to TAM TV) is a television broadcast network owned by Radiodifusora Andina de Mérida, S.A. and based in the city of Mérida in Venezuela. TAM TV was founded in 1982 becoming the first operational regional television network in Venezuela.
In 2006 the network joins TRT, TVO, TVS, Promar TV and Global TV to form the TVR television alliance (Televisión Regional), which broadcasts five more channels on pay TV.
Its current slogan is Tan nuestra como siempre (Spanish for as ours as always).
See also
Media of Venezuela
External links
Official site.
Television channels and stations established in 1982
Television networks in Venezuela
Television stations in Venezuela
1982 establishments in Venezuela
Mass media in Mérida, Mérida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th%20Primetime%20Emmy%20Awards | The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2012 until May 31, 2013, were held on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. CBS televised the ceremony within the United States. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Primetime Emmys for the second time. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15.
Breaking Bad won Outstanding Drama Series for the first half of its fifth season, while Modern Family won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fourth consecutive time.
Netflix made history by earning the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original online only streaming television. Three of its web series, Arrested Development, Hemlock Grove, and House of Cards, earned a total of 14 nominations. Netflix also made history with three wins, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode, "Chapter 1", of House of Cards, as well as a pair of Creative Arts Emmy Awards, making "Chapter 1" the first Primetime Emmy Award-winning webisode.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Choreography
Directing
Writing
Academy's "hanging episodes" rule
The Television Academy was alerted to an issue with "hanging episodes" by Starz. The channel has numerous series with multiple "hanging episodes". "Hanging episodes" are episodes broadcast after the Academy's deadline for consideration that are part of a season that began before the deadline. For instance, in 2012, Starz's Magic City and AMC's Mad Men both ended their seasons in June, after the May 31 deadline. These episodes were allowed to be webcast for award consideration prior to their telecast should that telecast air after the submission period has closed. The Academy had prior rules stipulating that eligible episodes be presented on the same platform as the episodes that qualify the series.
Most major nominations
Most major awards
Notes
Presenters and performers
The awards were presented by the following:
Presenters
Performers
In Memoriam
Prior to the In Memoriam segment:
Robin Williams presented a tribute to Jonathan Winters
Rob Reiner presented a tribute to Jean Stapleton
Jane Lynch presented a tribute to Cory Monteith
Michael J. Fox presented a tribute to Gary David Goldberg
Edie Falco presented a tribute to James Gandolfini
A video was then presented paying tribute to the TV stars and well known behind-the-scenes workers who had died since the previous Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast, including:
David Frost
Dennis Farina
Annette Funicello
Eydie Gormé
Dale Robertson
Larry Hagman
Leslie Frankenheimer
Conrad Bain
Maxine Stuart
Lee Thompson Young
Preston Davis
Alan Kirschenbaum
James Loper
Lou Myers
Milo O'Shea
Fran Bascom
Lois Smith
Roger Ebert
Emily Squires
Bonnie Dore
Eileen Brennan
Bonnie Franklin
Russell Means
Milt Hoffman
Jack S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostandards%20and%20Geoanalytical%20Research | Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering reference materials, analytical techniques, and data quality relevant to the chemical analysis of geological and environmental samples. The journal was established in 1977 as Geostandards Newsletter and modified its title in 2004. The editors-in-chief are Thomas C. Meisel, Jacinta Enzweiler, Mary F. Horan, Kathryn L. Linge, Christophe R. Quétel and Paul J. Sylvester. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Association of Geoanalysts. The journal is a hybrid open-access journal, publishing both subscription and open access articles.
Article types
The journal publishes original research papers that include developments in analytical techniques, studies of geological-environmental reference materials, advances in statistical analysis of geoanalytical data, as well as data compilations, contributions to the characterisation of reference materials, as well as review articles and topical commentaries. It also publishes an annual bibliographic review article of the geoanalytical literature and a biennial series of critical reviews of analytical developments.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Academic Search
Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts Service
Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
GeoRef
Science Citation Index
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.256, ranking it 11th out of 84 journals in the category "Geochemistry and Geophysics".
See also
List of chemistry journals
List of scientific journals
References
External links
of the International Association of Geoanalysts
Geochemistry journals
English-language journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Quarterly journals
Academic journals established in 1977 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20Data%20Bill | The Communications Data Bill refers to two bills of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Communications Data Bill 2008, proposed by the Labour government in 2008 but never published as a draft bill;
Its successor, the Draft Communications Data Bill, a draft bill produced for consultation by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government in 2012 but never introduced into Parliament.
See also
Investigatory Powers Bill, the successor to the above introduced into Parliament by the Conservative government in 2016. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snappy | Snappy may refer to:
Computing
Snappy (compression), a compression and decompression library
Snappy, the former name for Snap (software), a software tool for the Ubuntu operating system
Other uses
Snappy Sammy Smoot, a comic book character created and drawn by Skip Williamson
Snappy The Little Crocodile, English name of the German children's cartoon Schnappi das kleine Krokodil
Snappy Gifts, a multinational company which specializes in corporate gift giving
See also
Snappy Dance Theater, a dance company in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Snappy Snaps, a British photographic service
Snappy Tomato Pizza, a privately held American pizza chain
Snappii, a cloud-based, codeless platform for rapid mobile app development
Snappies, a UK manufacturer of household products, including cling film
Snap (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlpy | mlpy is a Python, open-source, machine learning library built on top of NumPy/SciPy, the GNU Scientific Library and it makes an extensive use of the Cython language. mlpy provides a wide range of state-of-the-art machine learning methods for supervised and unsupervised problems and it is aimed at finding a reasonable compromise among modularity, maintainability, reproducibility, usability and efficiency. mlpy is multiplatform, it works with Python 2 and 3 and it is distributed under GPL3.
Suited for general-purpose machine learning tasks, mlpy's motivating application field is bioinformatics, i.e. the analysis of high throughput omics data.
Features
Regression: least squares, ridge regression, least angle regression, elastic net, kernel ridge regression, support vector machines (SVM), partial least squares (PLS)
Classification: linear discriminant analysis (LDA), Basic perceptron, Elastic Net, logistic regression, (Kernel) Support Vector Machines (SVM), Diagonal Linear Discriminant Analysis (DLDA), Golub Classifier, Parzen-based, (kernel) Fisher Discriminant Classifier, k-nearest neighbor, Iterative RELIEF, Classification Tree, Maximum Likelihood Classifier
Clustering: hierarchical clustering, Memory-saving Hierarchical Clustering, k-means
Dimensionality reduction: (Kernel) Fisher discriminant analysis (FDA), Spectral Regression Discriminant Analysis (SRDA), (kernel) Principal component analysis (PCA)
Kernel-based functions are managed through a common kernel layer. In particular, the user can choose between supplying the data or a precomputed kernel in input space. Linear, polynomial, Gaussian, exponential and sigmoid kernels are available as default choices, and custom kernels can be defined as well. Many classification and regression algorithms are endowed with an internal feature ranking procedure: in alternative, mlpy implements the I-Relief algorithm. Recursive feature elimination (RFE) for linear classifiers and the KFDA-RFE algorithm are available for feature selection. Methods for feature list analysis (for example the Canberra stability indicator), data resampling and error evaluation are provided, together with different clustering analysis methods (Hierarchical, Memory-saving Hierarchical, k-means). Finally, dedicated
submodules are included for longitudinal data analysis through wavelet transform (Continuous, Discrete and Undecimated) and dynamic programming algorithms (Dynamic Time Warping and variants).
See also
scikit-learn, an open source machine learning library for the Python programming language
Infer.NET, an open source machine learning library for the .NET Framework
References
External links
Data mining and machine learning software
Free statistical software
Python (programming language) scientific libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techlog | Techlog is a Schlumberger owned Windows based software platform intended to aggregate all the wellbore information. It allows the user to interpret any log and core data. It addresses the need for a single platform able to support all the wellbore data and interpretation integration workflows, reducing the need for a multitude of highly specialized tools. By bringing the whole workflow into a single platform risk and uncertainty can be assessed throughout the life of the wellbore.
History of Techlog
Techlog software was developed in Montpellier (South of France) by a company called Techsia. Techsia were formed in 2000. The first version of Techlog was commercially available in 2002. Techlog was developed to have a familiar modern interface providing easy visualization and interaction of all the data, with a pre-arranged workflow that enabled less experienced users to follow, Techsia made the multi-well interpretation more accessible to all technical experts. In 2009, Schlumberger acquired Techsia and the Techlog platform and they currently support and market Techlog. Techlog offers new functionality in each new release, not only in petrophysical and geological interpretation but also geomechanics interpretation, uncertainty and links to the industry standard platform like Petrel. Techlog also has the new acoustics module which will add much more functionality into the application.
Versions
Techlog 2010.2 released November 2010 added GeoFrame ELAN processing algorithms inside Quanti.min and the module was renamed to Quanti.Elan.
Techlog 2011.1 released May 2011 and added a new Pore Pressure module.
Techlog 2011.2 released January 2012 and added new Wellbore Stability and Acoustics modules.
Techlog 2012.1 released April 2013 and added new 3D Petrophysics module.
Techlog 2013.1 released July 2013 and added new Unconventionals, Cased Hole, Drilling Performance Analysis modules.
Techlog 2014.1 released July 2014 and added new Cement and Pipe Integrity, Shale modules.
Techlog 2014.3 released December 2014 and added Saturation Height Modeling and Performance on Data Access
Techlog 2015.1 released July 2015 and added new Studio E&P and Ocean functionalities.
See also
Petrel (reservoir software)
References
External links
Official Schlumberger Techlog website
Legacy Techsia Techlog website
Techlog user group on LinkedIn
Geology software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20container%20%28C%2B%2B%29 | In computing, sequence containers refer to a group of container class templates in the standard library of the C++ programming language that implement storage of data elements. Being templates, they can be used to store arbitrary elements, such as integers or custom classes. One common property of all sequential containers is that the elements can be accessed sequentially. Like all other standard library components, they reside in namespace std.
The following containers are defined in the current revision of the C++ standard: array, vector, list, forward_list, deque. Each of these containers implements different algorithms for data storage, which means that they have different speed guarantees for different operations:
array implements a compile-time non-resizable array.
vector implements an array with fast random access and an ability to automatically resize when appending elements.
deque implements a double-ended queue with comparatively fast random access.
list implements a doubly linked list.
forward_list implements a singly linked list.
Since each of the containers needs to be able to copy its elements in order to function properly, the type of the elements must fulfill CopyConstructible and Assignable requirements. For a given container, all elements must belong to the same type. For instance, one cannot store data in the form of both char and int within the same container instance.
History
Originally, only vector, list and deque were defined. Until the standardization of the C++ language in 1998, they were part of the Standard Template Library (STL), published by SGI. Alexander Stepanov, the primary designer of the STL, bemoans the choice of the name vector, saying that it comes from the older programming languages Scheme and Lisp but is inconsistent with the mathematical meaning of the term.
The array container at first appeared in several books under various names. Later it was incorporated into a Boost library, and was proposed for inclusion in the standard C++ library. The motivation for inclusion of array was that it solves two problems of the C-style array: the lack of an STL-like interface, and an inability to be copied like any other object. It firstly appeared in C++ TR1 and later was incorporated into C++11.
The forward_list container was added to C++11 as a space-efficient alternative to list when reverse iteration is not needed.
Properties
array, vector and deque all support fast random access to the elements. list supports bidirectional iteration, whereas forward_list supports only unidirectional iteration.
array does not support element insertion or removal. vector supports fast element insertion or removal at the end. Any insertion or removal of an element not at the end of the vector needs elements between the insertion position and the end of the vector to be copied. The iterators to the affected elements are thus invalidated. In fact, any insertion can potentially invalidate all iterators. Also, if the allo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melomics | Melomics (derived from "genomics of melodies") is a computational system for the automatic composition of music (with no human intervention), based on bioinspired algorithms.
Technological aspects
Melomics applies an evolutionary approach to music composition, i.e., music pieces are obtained by simulated evolution. These themes compete to better adapt to a proper fitness function, generally grounded on formal and aesthetic criteria. The Melomics system encodes each theme in a genome, and the entire population of music pieces undergoes evo-devo dynamics (i.e., pieces read-out mimicking a complex embryological development process). The system is fully autonomous: once programmed, it composes music without human intervention.
This technology has been transferred to industry as an academic spin-off, Melomics Media, which has provided and reprogrammed a new computer cluster that created a huge collection of popular music. The results of this evolutionary computation are being stored in Melomics' site, which nowadays constitutes a vast repository of music content. A differentiating feature is that pieces are available in three types of formats: playable (MP3), editable (MIDI and MusicXML) and readable (score in PDF).
Computer clusters
The Melomics computational system includes two computer clusters: Melomics109 and Iamus, dedicated to popular and artistic music, respectively.
Melomics109 cluster
Melomics109 is cluster programmed and integrated in the Melomics system. Its first product is a vast repository of popular music compositions (roughly 1 billion), covering all essential styles. In addition to MP3, all songs are available in editable formats (MIDI); and music is licensed under CC0, meaning that it is freely downloadable.
0music is the first album published by Melomics109, which is available in MP3 and MIDI formats, under CC0 license.
It has been argued that, by making such amount of editable, original and royalty-free music accessible to people, Melomics may accelerate the process of commoditization of music, and change the way music is composed and consumed in the future.
Iamus album
In the first stages of the development of the Melomics system, Iamus composed Opus one (on October 15, 2010), arguably the first fragment of professional contemporary classical music ever composed by a computer in its own style, rather than attempting to emulate the style of existing composers. The first full composition (also in contemporary classic style), Hello World!, premiered exactly one year after the creation of Opus one, on October 15, 2011. Four later works premiered on July 2, 2012, and were broadcast live from the School of Computer Science at Universidad de Málaga as part of the events included in the Alan Turing year. The compositions performed at this event were before recorded at Real Conservatorio María Cristina, Málaga (Spain), March 2 to 3, 2012, and Angel Studios, London (UK) at April 14, 2012, by the London Symphony Orchestra, creati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE%20%28software%29 | MATE () is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux, BSD, and illumos operating systems.
Name
MATE is named after the South American plant yerba mate and tea made from the herb, mate. The name is stylized in all capital letters to follow the nomenclature of other Free Software desktop environments like KDE and LXDE. The recursive backronym "MATE Advanced Traditional Environment" was subsequently adopted by most of the MATE community, again in the spirit of Free Software like GNU ("GNU's Not Unix!"). The use of a new name, instead of GNOME, avoids naming conflicts with GNOME 3 components.
History
An Argentine user of Arch Linux, named Perberos started the MATE project to fork and continue GNOME 2 in response to the negative reception of GNOME 3, which had replaced its traditional taskbar (GNOME Panel) with GNOME Shell. MATE aims to maintain and continue the latest GNOME 2 code base, frameworks, and core applications.
MATE was initially announced for Debian on November 8, 2013, at its official website.
MATE became an official Arch Linux community package in January 2014.
Component applications
MATE has forked a number of applications which originated as GNOME Core Applications, and developers have written several other applications from scratch. The forked applications have new names, most of them from Spanish.
Development
MATE fully supports the GTK 3 application framework. The project is supported by Ubuntu MATE lead developer Martin Wimpress and by the Linux Mint development team:
New features have been added to Caja such as undo/redo and diff viewing for file replacements. MATE 1.6 removes some deprecated libraries, moving from mate-conf (a fork of GConf) to GSettings, and from mate-corba (a fork of GNOME's Bonobo) to D-Bus.
One of the aims of the MATE developers is to provide a traditional user experience while using the newest technologies. In MATE 1.20, which was released in February 2018, support for HiDPI was added and the GTK+ version got increased to 3.22. The MATE 1.22 release migrated many programs from Python 2 to Python 3 and from dbus-glib to GDBus. In an upcoming version, support for Wayland will be added.
Release history
Note that there are an odd number of versions between each official release. They are treated as versions under development, and are not announced as official releases.
Adoption
The MATE website (as of 8 September 2022) lists 27 Linux distributions and 5 Unix-like operating systems that support the MATE desktop environment.
Reception
See also
Budgie
Cinnamon
GNOME Flashback
LXDE
LXQt
Xfce
References
External links
Official wiki
Desktop environments based on GTK
Free desktop environments
GNOME
Software forks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-22 | Extrasolar PlanetsEncyclopaediadata
Kepler-22 is a Sun-like star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan, that is orbited by a planet found to be unequivocally within the star's habitable zone. It is located at the celestial coordinates: Right Ascension , Declination . With an apparent visual magnitude of 11.7, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. It can be viewed with a telescope having an aperture of at least . The estimated distance to Kepler-22 is .
Stellar characteristics
Kepler-22 is slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun, with a lower abundance of elements having more mass than helium. It has a spectral type of G5V, while the luminosity class remains undetermined. This star is radiating 79% of the Sun's luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5,518 K, giving it the yellow-hued glow of a G-type star. A projected rotational velocity of 0.6 km/s suggests it has a long period of rotation. No flare activity has been detected.
Planetary system
On December 5, 2011, scientists from the Kepler mission announced that an exoplanet, Kepler-22b, had been discovered orbiting in the star's habitable zone by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. This was significant in that it was the first relatively small exoplanet (about ) confirmed to be orbiting within a star's habitable zone. Its size suggests that it is not a rocky planet and is more likely to be a mini-Neptune or ocean world; while its mass has not been measured, radial velocity observations have set an upper limit of .
References
G-type main-sequence stars
87
Planetary transit variables
Cygnus (constellation)
Planetary systems with one confirmed planet
J19165219+4753040
TIC objects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games%20Fleadh | Games Fleadh (Irish for "Games Festival"), is a 2-day mid-week convention held annually in LIT-Tipperary (formally Tipperary Institute) for computer games enthusiasts and developers to showcase their talent and programming skills. It is usually held in early March and is partially funded by LIT-Tipperary's Centre for Entertainment & Game Technology Research. Additional supporters include Microsoft, EA, and Demonware.
History
Games Fleadh was originally a competition called RoboCode Ireland Challenge, which was an artificial intelligence programming language challenge for first year college students. Teams of students designed a robot that would compete against another colleges robot, and with the robot with the best algorithm receiving the Robocode Marshal title. As this competition grew, Games Fleadh was established as an overarching event.
Games Fleadh started in 2008, by the festivals driving force Philip Bourke, a lecturer of Games Design and Development at LIT-Tipperary, when he saw no other strong festival for the growing Irish Games design industry. It started off small, with a small number of colleges being invited to participate. RoboCode is now an event inside the convention of Games Fleadh.
Since 2014 Dr Liam Noonan a lecturer in the Limerick IT Campus has taken over coordination of this event and with the support of other third level Irish colleges, students every year design and develop games based around a theme.
Events
Competitions and Challenges
The challenge competitions are judged by 3rd party industry professionals. Previous Judges have been from Microsoft, EA, Havok, Playfirst, NeverMind Games, and OpenEmotion Studios.
Microsoft Game Studio Ireland Challenge – students are set a task of designing a game. This game is judged on game play and originality around a specific theme.
RoboCode Ireland Challenge – first years from different colleges and universities from around Ireland fight for supremacy over everyone with their robot.
Other Events
GamesPro - a series of games and software developer panels that give small talks on a specific point from their prospective.
Global Game Jam (GGJ) - a group challenge in which game developers build computer games in forty eight hours.
Games Fleadh:Evolved.
Games Fleadh:Expo - purported to include Ireland's first Digital Game Expo, the exhibit is expected to include indie developer titles.
Engineers Ireland Game Developer Awards - an awards show acknowledging the best games which are developed in Ireland.
Themes
Over the years there has been a number of different themes which typically revolve around the anniversary of a game.
2018 Platformer
2017 Shoot 'Em Up
2016 Tower Defence
2015 Endless runner
2014 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
2013- Robot Tank
2012– Chopper Command.
2011– Frogger.
2010– Pac-Man.
2009– Asteroids.
2008– Space Invaders.
Honours list
Robocode Ireland Challenge Champions
University of Limerick (2016)
University of Limerick (2015)
University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRODIGAL | PRODIGAL (proactive discovery of insider threats using graph analysis and learning) is a computer system for predicting anomalous behavior among humans, by data mining network traffic such as emails, text messages and server log entries. It is part of DARPA's Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) project. The initial schedule is for two years and the budget $9 million.
It uses graph theory, machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and high-performance computing to scan larger sets of data more quickly than in past systems. The amount of data analyzed is in the range of terabytes per day. The targets of the analysis are employees within the government or defense contracting organizations; specific examples of behavior the system is intended to detect include the actions of Nidal Malik Hasan and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning. Commercial applications may include finance. The results of the analysis, the five most serious threats per day, go to agents, analysts, and operators working in counterintelligence.
Primary participants
Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Army Research Office
Science Applications International Corporation
Oregon State University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Carnegie Mellon University
See also
Cyber Insider Threat
Einstein (US-CERT program)
Threat (computer)
Intrusion detection
ECHELON, Thinthread, Trailblazer, Turbulence (NSA programs)
Fusion center, Investigative Data Warehouse (FBI)
References
Applied data mining
Computer security
Georgia Tech Research Institute
DARPA
Parallel computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly%20Detection%20at%20Multiple%20Scales | Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales, or ADAMS, was a $35 million DARPA project designed to identify patterns and anomalies in very large data sets. It is under DARPA's Information Innovation office and began in 2011 and ended in August 2014
The project was intended to detect and prevent insider threats such as "a soldier in good mental health becoming homicidal or
suicidal", an "innocent insider becoming malicious", or "a government employee [who] abuses access privileges to share classified information". Specific cases mentioned are Nidal Malik Hasan and WikiLeaks source Chelsea Manning. Commercial applications may include finance. The intended recipients of the system output are operators in the counterintelligence agencies.
The Proactive Discovery of Insider Threats Using Graph Analysis and Learning was part of the ADAMS project. The Georgia Tech team includes noted high-performance computing researcher David Bader (computer scientist).
See also
Cyber Insider Threat
Einstein (US-CERT program)
Threat (computer)
Intrusion detection
References
Applied data mining
Computer security
Georgia Tech Research Institute
DARPA projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girouard | Girouard may refer to:
People
Antoine Girouard (politician) (1836–1904), Canadian political figure
Audrey Girouard, Canadian computer scientist and professor
Lady Blanche Girouard, Irish writer
Désiré Girouard (1836–1911), Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Gérard Girouard (born 1933) Canadian lawyer, professor and politician
Gilbert Anselme Girouard (1846–1885), Canadian general merchant and political figure
Jean-Joseph Girouard (1794–1855), Canadian notary and political figure
Joseph-Éna Girouard (1855–1937), Canandian notary, lawyer and political figure
Mark Girouard (1931–2022), British architectural writer and historian
Marvin Girouard, American businessman
Paul J. Girouard (1898–1964) American-born Catholic bishop in Madagascar
Percy Girouard (1867–1932), Canadian railway builder and colonial governor
Wilfrid Girouard (1891–1980), Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure
Yvette Girouard, American softball coach
Places
Le Girouard, a commune in the Vendée department in Western France
Mount Girouard, the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Canada
Girouard Lake, on the Mégiscane River, in Senneterre, Quebec, Canada
See also
Girouard v. United States, a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
Collège Antoine-Girouard, a high school in Quebec |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20Insider%20Threat | Cyber Insider Threat, or CINDER, is a digital threat method. In 2010, DARPA initiated a program under the same name (Cyber Insider Threat (CINDER) Program) to develop novel approaches to the detection of activities within military-interest networks that are consistent with the activities of cyber espionage.
The CINDER threat is unlike other vulnerability based attacks in that the action taken by the initiator is not based on unauthorized access by unauthorized objects or authorized objects, it is based on the concept that authorized access by authorized objects will normally occur (along with their subsequent actions) within the security boundary. This object action will not be viewed as an attack, but normal use when analyzed by standard IDS-IPS, logging and expert systems. The CINDER Mission will be seen as an unauthorized disclosure once data exfiltration has been realized. At that time, the resultant CINDER Case would change all object actions related to the disclosure from "Authorized Use by an Authorized Object" to "Unauthorized Use by an Authorized Object".
Note: For the initial CINDER case, the controlling agent will still be seen as an Authorized Object based on the fact that the security system has passed an evaluation for Assurance and Functionality.
The Cyber Insider Threat has continued to be a known issue since the mid-1980s. The following NIST material dated March 1994, "Internal Threats", shows how it was defined in its infancy.
"System controls are not well matched to the average organization's security policy. As a direct result, the typical user is permitted to circumvent that policy on a frequent basis. The administrator is unable to enforce the policy because of the weak access controls, and cannot detect the violation of policy because of weak audit mechanisms. Even if the audit mechanisms are in place, the daunting volume of data produced makes it unlikely that the administrator will detect policy violations. Ongoing research in integrity and intrusion detection promise to fill some of this gap. Until these research projects become available as products, systems will remain vulnerable to internal threats."
CINDER behaviors and methods
CINDER prerequisites
There are many prerequisite dimensions to CINDER activity, but one primary dimension must always be met. That is one of System Ownership. Prerequisite principles of system ownership and information dominance within the area of object action must be part of any CINDER mission.
CINDER system ownership and object action
In CINDER action, each mission dimension and each resulting case issue can be distilled down to one entity, one agent. and one action. At the specific time an agent completes an action, that entity, agent and action owns the environment they are transiting or using. And if they are successful in committing that specific transaction and are not interrupted or at least measured or monitored by the owner, that entity will have, if for only a moment in time, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF%3A%20The%20First%20Adventure | ALF: The First Adventure is an action video game that was released in 1987 for the Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS compatible operating systems. It is based on the television series ALF.
Gameplay
All versions of the game start off with a basic introduction into the game itself along with some basic instructions on how to control the ALF character.
As ALF, the player has to run around and collect pizzas and parts for his starship while trying not get caught by Willie Tanner, as Willie will take away all of ALF's possessions; forcing him to start over again. ALF must also grab cats, but ALF must eat a pizza before a cat can be picked up. Getting caught by the dog catcher is an alternative form of "punishment" in the game; only the player's nemesis Willie can release him from the pound. Since Willie is unable to rescue ALF after being locked up the third time, the situation eventually becomes an automatic game over. All versions of the game have a strict time limit to accomplish everything. They also have ALF claiming the player's loss is being blamed "on the alien." Players who make the high score become members of the Honorary Melmac Skleen Club; which consists of the high score list and an in-joke for fans of the television series.
The game is almost identical to Pac-Man in terms of gameplay. All the maps in the game usually span about an area of either 2x2 or 2x3; totalling four to six screens of action per stage.
Reception
References
1987 video games
Action games
Apple II games
Atari ST games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
Single-player video games
Video games based on ALF (TV series)
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in the 1980s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunn%20index | The Dunn index (DI) (introduced by J. C. Dunn in 1974) is a metric for evaluating clustering algorithms. This is part of a group of validity indices including the Davies–Bouldin index or Silhouette index, in that it is an internal evaluation scheme, where the result is based on the clustered data itself. As do all other such indices, the aim is to identify sets of clusters that are compact, with a small variance between members of the cluster, and well separated, where the means of different clusters are sufficiently far apart, as compared to the within cluster variance. For a given assignment of clusters, a higher Dunn index indicates better clustering. One of the drawbacks of using this is the computational cost as the number of clusters and dimensionality of the data increase.
Preliminaries
There are many ways to define the size or diameter of a cluster. It could be the distance between the farthest two points inside a cluster, it could be the mean of all the pairwise distances between data points inside the cluster, or it could as well be the distance of each data point from the cluster centroid. Each of these formulations are mathematically shown below:
Let Ci be a cluster of vectors. Let x and y be any two n dimensional feature vectors assigned to the same cluster Ci.
, which calculates the maximum distance (the version proposed by Dunn).
, which calculates the mean distance between all pairs.
, calculates distance of all the points from the mean.
This can also be said about the intercluster distance, where similar formulations can be made, using either the closest two data points (used by Dunn), one in each cluster, or the farthest two, or the distance between the centroids and so on. The definition of the index includes any such formulation, and the family of indices so formed are called Dunn-like Indices. Let be this intercluster distance metric, between clusters Ci and Cj.
Definition
With the above notation, if there are m clusters, then the Dunn Index for the set is defined as:
.
Explanation
Being defined in this way, the DI depends on m, the number of clusters in the set. If the number of clusters is not known apriori, the m for which the DI is the highest can be chosen as the number of clusters. There is also some flexibility when it comes to the definition of d(x,y) where any of the well known metrics can be used, like Manhattan distance or Euclidean distance based on the geometry of the clustering problem. This formulation has a peculiar problem, in that if one of the clusters is badly behaved, where the others are tightly packed, since the denominator contains a 'max' term instead of an average term, the Dunn Index for that set of clusters will be uncharacteristically low. This is thus a worst case indicator, and has to be kept in mind. There are ready implementations of the Dunn index in some vector based programming languages like MATLAB, R and Apache Mahout.
Notes and references
External links
Cluster |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recruits%3A%20Paramedics | Recruits: Paramedics is an Australian factual television program that premiered on Network Ten on 6 October 2011. It follows the work lives of new recruit paramedics in Australia, showing some of the content of their 8-week preliminary theory course, as well as clips from their first shifts on the front line. To date, 13 episodes have aired. Recruits Paramedics follows the journey of everyday people setting out to achieve a lifelong ambition to become a paramedic. Offering unique insights into the high pressure world of paramedics, we are taken into the everyday lives of new recruits as they transform their overpowering motivation to save lives into reality.
Featured recruits
Rebecca Begnell - 35 year old, former care sales supervisor
Carleigh Dunn - 21 year old, former office worker
Blake Field - 21 year old, former lifeguard
Jenna Howell - 24 year old, former vet assistant
Reynir Potter - 25 year old, former part-time firefighter
Danielle Stroinec - 27 year old, former bookseller (retail)
Evan Terry - former IT programmer
Dan Versluis - former nurse
John Williams - 24 year old, former gym attendant and fire fighter
DVD release
All 13 Episodes are available on DVD. The DVD was released on 1 November 2012
JBHIFI Stockist
Episodes
References
Australian factual television series
Network 10 original programming
Television shows set in New South Wales
2011 Australian television series debuts
English-language television shows
Emergency medical responders |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check-in%20%28disambiguation%29 | Check-in or check in may refer to:
Check-in - the process of announcing one's arrival at a hotel, airport, sea port or social network service
Check In - an album by The Chalets
Checking In - an American sitcom (1981).
In revision control, putting a file under configuration control, or to write changes to a repository and allow others to use a file
Core Protocols Check-in - protocol for sharing your current emotional states with others
See also
Checkout (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXRS-TV | RJTV 23 (DXRS-TV) is a UHF, free to air television channel, owned and operated by Rajah Broadcasting Network, Inc. owned by Ramon "RJ" Jacinto. This station studios and transmitters are located at Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City.
RJTV programs
Note: Two shows from RJTV continues airing (Thank God It's RJ Live! and RJ Sunday Jam) at 23:00 and 09:00 PHT respectively.
Stations
See also
Rajah Broadcasting Network
References
External links
Official Site
Television stations in Davao City
2nd Avenue (TV channel) stations
Television channels and stations established in 1994 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20potentially%20habitable%20exoplanets | This is a list of potentially habitable exoplanets. The list is mostly based on estimates of habitability by the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog (HEC), and data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive. The HEC is maintained by the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. There is also a speculative list being developed of superhabitable planets.
Surface planetary habitability is thought to require orbiting at the right distance from the host star for liquid surface water to be present, in addition to various geophysical and geodynamical aspects, atmospheric density, radiation type and intensity, and the host star's plasma environment.
List
This is a list of exoplanets within the circumstellar habitable zone that are under 10 Earth masses and smaller than 2.5 Earth radii, and thus have a chance of being rocky. Note that inclusion on this list does not guarantee habitability, and in particular the larger planets are unlikely to have a rocky composition. Earth is included for comparison.
Note that mass and radius values prefixed with "~" have not been measured, but are estimated from a mass-radius relationship.
Previous candidates
Some exoplanet candidates detected by radial velocity that were originally thought to be potentially habitable were later found to most likely be artifacts of stellar activity. These include Gliese 581 d & g, Gliese 667 Ce & f, Gliese 682 b & c, Kapteyn b, and Gliese 832 c.
HD 85512 b was initially estimated to be potentially habitable, but updated models for the boundaries of the habitable zone placed the planet interior to the HZ, and it is now considered non-habitable. Kepler-69c has gone through a similar process; though initially estimated to be potentially habitable, it was quickly realized that the planet is more likely to be similar to Venus, and is thus no longer considered habitable. Several other planets, such as Gliese 180 b, also appear to be examples of planets once considered potentially habitable but later found to be interior to the habitable zone.
Similarly, Tau Ceti e and f were initially both considered potentially habitable, but with improved models of the circumstellar habitable zone, as of 2022 PHL does not consider either planet potentially habitable. Kepler-438b was also initially considered potentially habitable; however, it was later found to be a subject of powerful flares that can strip a planet of its atmosphere, so it is now considered non-habitable.
K2-3d and K2-18b were originally considered potentially habitable, and the latter remains listed in the HEC, but recent studies have shown them to be gaseous sub-Neptunes and thus unlikely to be habitable.
KOI-1686.01 was also considered a potentially habitable exoplanet after its detection in 2011, until proven a false positive by NASA in 2015. Several other KOIs, like Kepler-577b and Kepler-1649b, were considered potentially habitable prior to confirmation, but with new data are no longer considered habitab |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotopy%20type%20theory | In mathematical logic and computer science, homotopy type theory (HoTT ) refers to various lines of development of intuitionistic type theory, based on the interpretation of types as objects to which the intuition of (abstract) homotopy theory applies.
This includes, among other lines of work, the construction of homotopical and higher-categorical models for such type theories; the use of type theory as a logic (or internal language) for abstract homotopy theory and higher category theory; the development of mathematics within a type-theoretic foundation (including both previously existing mathematics and new mathematics that homotopical types make possible); and the formalization of each of these in computer proof assistants.
There is a large overlap between the work referred to as homotopy type theory, and as the univalent foundations project. Although neither is precisely delineated, and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, the choice of usage also sometimes corresponds to differences in viewpoint and emphasis. As such, this article may not represent the views of all researchers in the fields equally. This kind of variability is unavoidable when a field is in rapid flux.
History
The groupoid model
At one time the idea that types in intensional type theory with their identity types could be regarded as groupoids was mathematical folklore. It was first made precise semantically in the 1994 paper of Martin Hofmann and Thomas Streicher called "The groupoid model refutes uniqueness of identity proofs", in which they showed that intensional type theory had a model in the category of groupoids. This was the first truly "homotopical" model of type theory, albeit only "1-dimensional" (the traditional models in the category of sets being homotopically 0-dimensional).
Their follow-up paper foreshadowed several later developments in homotopy type theory. For instance, they noted that the groupoid model satisfies a rule they called "universe extensionality", which is none other than the restriction to 1-types of the univalence axiom that Vladimir Voevodsky proposed ten years later. (The axiom for 1-types is notably simpler to formulate, however, since a coherent notion of "equivalence" is not required.) They also defined "categories with isomorphism as equality" and conjectured that in a model using higher-dimensional groupoids, for such categories one would have "equivalence is equality"; this was later proven by Benedikt Ahrens, Krzysztof Kapulkin, and Michael Shulman.
Early history: model categories and higher groupoids
The first higher-dimensional models of intensional type theory were constructed by Steve Awodey and his student Michael Warren in 2005 using Quillen model categories. These results were first presented in public at the conference FMCS 2006 at which Warren gave a talk titled "Homotopy models of intensional type theory", which also served as his thesis prospectus (the dissertation committee present were Awodey, Nicol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM-600 | TIM-600 was an important PC computer system in the TIM series of microcomputers from Mihajlo Pupin Institute-Belgrade, developed from 1987 to 1988 (see ref.Lit. #1, #2 and #6). It was based on the Intel microprocessor types 80386 and 80387. It has word-length of 32 bits, basic cycle time of 20 MHz and operating system Unix V.3. The TIM-600 computer system was presented at the Munich International Computer Exhibition in September 1988.
System specifications
TIM-600 architecture was based on three system buses (32, 16 and 8 bits respectively). The CPU performs 5,000,000 simple operations per second. Primary memory RAM had a maximum capacity of 8 x 2 MB. There were a maximum of eight TIM terminals or other equipment units connected by RS-232C. Centronics types interface was used for the line printers. Also, there were possibilities for the connections of two hard disks as well as the magnetic cassettes and diskettes.
Software
The TIM-600 uses the programming languages C++, Fortran, Cobol, BASIC and Pascal. Database management was performed by Informix and Oracle software.
Applications
The TIM-600 computer system was used for business data processing in many offices in Serbia, for example in public, health, and scientific organizations; for process automation in industrial production; in road traffic control; in some banks; for military and government services, etc.
See also
Mihajlo Pupin Institute
Personal computer
References
Microcomputers
IBM PC compatibles
Mihajlo Pupin Institute |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4sterg%C3%B6tland%20Runic%20Inscription%2073 | Västergötland Runic Inscription 73 or Vg 73 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located near the Synnerby church, which is about nine kilometers west of Skara. The stone was raised in memory of a man who was a thegn.
Description
The inscription on Vg 73 consists of runes carved in the younger futhark in a text band that runs along the edge of a tall, narrow stone that is 2.55 meters in height and then curves into the center. A cross is at the top of the inscription. The stone is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, which is considered to be the oldest style. This is the classification where the ends of the text bands are straight and do not have any attached serpent or beast heads. The stone was noted in a wall of the church in 1936, and was removed and raised in its present location in the churchyard. Before the historic significance of runestones was recognized, they were often re-used as materials in the construction of churches, walls, and bridges.
The runic text states that the stone was raised by two brothers named Kárr and Kali or Kalli in memory of their father Véurðr. The runic inscription states in Old Norse that the father was miok goðan þegn or "a very good thegn." The exact role of thegns in southern Sweden is a matter of debate, but the most common view is that these persons constituted a Nordic elite somehow connected to Danish royal power. About fifty other runestones refer to the deceased being a thegn. Of these, four other runestones use exactly the same phrase, miok goðan þegn, Vg 108 in Tängs gamla, Vg 137 Sörby, Vg 150 in Velanda, and DR 99 in Bjerregrav. The name of the father combines the Old Norse words vé and urðr for a name that means "guardian of the holy place or sanctuary." While this may have been a family name inherited from a goði, which is an Old Norse term for a priest or chieftain, that the father was also a thegn suggests that he was a local chieftain with responsibilities for caring for and arranging feasts at a religious sanctuary. Although the sons were Christian as indicated by their use of a cross in the inscription, one has the name Kárr which is Old Norse for "lock of hair" or "curly hair." It has been suggested that this was a name associated with cultic initiates who grew long hair, and supports an identification of the figure on the inscription as being that of the father in ritual attire. The name Kárr was often combined with that of Odin in Óðinkárr, and appears in a possible cultic initiate reference in the names on inscriptions on DR 4 in Hedeby, DR 81 in Skjern, DR 133 in Skivum, and DR 239 in Gørlev. The name Kárr is used on Vg 56 in Källby, which depicts a figure possibly in cultic attire. Kárr is also used without necessarily any cultic reference in inscriptions Sm 90 in Torshag, Sö 128 in Lids, U 643 and U 644 in Ekilla bro, U 654 in Varpsund, and U 792 in Ulunda, with U 644 and U 654 referring to the same person.
The anonymous runemaster |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative%20containers%20%28C%2B%2B%29 | In computing, associative containers refer to a group of class templates in the standard library of the C++ programming language that implement ordered associative arrays. Being templates, they can be used to store arbitrary elements, such as integers or custom classes. The following containers are defined in the current revision of the C++ standard: set, map, multiset, multimap. Each of these containers differ only on constraints placed on their elements.
The associative containers are similar to the unordered associative containers in C++ standard library, the only difference is that the unordered associative containers, as their name implies, do not order their elements.
Design
Characteristics
Key uniqueness: in map and set each key must be unique. multimap and multiset do not have this restriction.
Element composition: in map and multimap each element is composed from a key and a mapped value. In set and multiset each element is key; there are no mapped values.
Element ordering: elements follow a strict weak ordering
Associative containers are designed to be especially efficient in accessing its elements by their key, as opposed to sequence containers which are more efficient in accessing elements by their position. Associative containers are guaranteed to perform operations of insertion, deletion, and testing whether an element is in it, in logarithmic time – O(log n). As such, they are typically implemented using self-balancing binary search trees and support bidirectional iteration. Iterators and references are not invalidated by insert and erase operations, except for iterators and references to erased elements.The defining characteristic of associative containers is that elements are inserted in a pre-defined order, such as sorted ascending.
The associative containers can be grouped into two subsets: maps and sets. A map, sometimes referred to as a dictionary, consists of a key/value pair. The key is used to order the sequence, and the value is somehow associated with that key. For example, a map might contain keys representing every unique word in a text and values representing the number of times that word appears in the text. A set is simply an ascending container of unique elements.
As stated earlier, map and set only allow one instance of a key or element to be inserted into the container. If multiple instances of elements are required, use multimap or multiset.
Both maps and sets support bidirectional iterators. For more information on iterators, see Iterators.
While not officially part of the STL standard, hash_map and hash_set are commonly used to improve searching times. These containers store their elements as a hash table, with each table entry containing a bidirectional linked list of elements. To ensure the fastest search times (O(1)), make sure that the hashing algorithm for your elements returns evenly distributed hash values.
Performance
The asymptotic complexity of the operations that can be applied to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris%20Award | The NATPE Iris Awards is an honor for local television programming excellence presented annually in the United States by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE). The awards were first introduced in 1968 and were initially titled the Program Excellence Awards. However, in 1977 the name was changed. The Iris Awards are the only national award meant to honor quality local television programming. From 1968 to 1997, the awards were presented at the annual NATPE Conference and Exhibition. After 1997, the awards were presented at a special ceremony in Los Angeles, California.
NATPE’s Iris Awards were created to recognize best-in-class executives, program producers, creators, talent, and importantly content that makes a significant impact on the industry and culture.
See also
List of American television awards
References
Awards established in 1968
American television awards
1968 establishments in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recover%20%28command%29 | In computing, recover is a primitive file system error recovery utility included in MS-DOS / IBM PC DOS versions prior to DOS 6.0 and a number of other operating systems.
Overview
Typing recover at the DOS command-line invoked the program file or (depending on the DOS version). recover proceeded under the assumption that all directory information included on a disk or disk partition was hopelessly corrupted, but that the FAT and non-directory areas might still contain useful information (though there might be additional bad disk sectors not recorded in the FAT).
The program removed all subdirectories and all entries in the root directory, and then created new files with names such as "" in the root directory, corresponding to the valid allocation chains that were found in the FAT area (excluding disk clusters that were tested and found to have hardware errors). A formerly bootable disk would no longer be bootable after recover had executed. The range of circumstances in which recover was genuinely useful was quite limited, and well-meaning DOS users sometimes created havoc by running recover under the misconception that it was a file undelete utility.
In DOS version 5, another mode of operation was added: specifying a single filename on the command line would cause the program to test all the disk sectors used to store the file, and shorten the file by omitting sectors which tested bad.
DR DOS 6.0 includes an implementation of the command. The command is also available on SISNE plus and IBM OS/2. The FreeDOS version was developed by Imre Leber and is licensed under the GPL.
See also
Chkdsk
Scandisk
Norton Utilities
List of DOS commands
References
Further reading
External links
recover | Microsoft Docs
Open source RECOVER implementation that comes with MS-DOS v2.0
Disk file systems
External DOS commands
IBM PC compatibles
Microsoft free software
OS/2 commands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auma-Weidatal | Auma-Weidatal () is a town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany. It was named after the town Auma and the river Weida, that flows through the municipality. It was formed on 1 December 2011 by the merger of the former municipalities Auma, Braunsdorf, Göhren-Döhlen, Staitz and Wiebelsdorf. Since January 1996, these and three other municipalities had cooperated in the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Auma-Weidatal. This Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was disbanded on 1 December 2011. The seat of the municipality and of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is in Auma.
References
Greiz (district) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20software%20updating | In computer science, dynamic software updating (DSU) is a field of research pertaining to upgrading programs while they are running. DSU is not currently widely used in industry. However, researchers have developed a wide variety of systems and techniques for implementing DSU. These systems are commonly tested on real-world programs.
Current operating systems and programming languages are typically not designed with DSU in mind. As such, DSU implementations commonly either utilize existing tools, or implement specialty compilers. These compilers preserve the semantics of the original program, but instrument either the source code or object code to produce a dynamically updateable program. Researchers compare DSU-capable variants of programs to the original program to assess safety and performance overhead.
Introduction
Any running program can be thought of a tuple , where is the current program state and is the current program code. Dynamic software updating systems transform a running program to a new version . In order to do this, the state must be transformed into the representation expects. This requires a state transformer function. Thus, DSU transforms a program to . An update is considered valid if and only if the running program can be reduced to a point tuple that is reachable from the starting point of the new version of the program,
The location in a program where a dynamic update occurs is referred to as an update point. Existing DSU implementations vary widely in their treatment of update points. In some systems, such as UpStare and PoLUS, an update can occur at any time during execution. Ginseng's compiler will attempt to infer good locations for update points, but can also use programmer-specified update points. Kitsune and Ekiden require developers to manually specify and name all update points.
Updating systems differ in the types of program changes that they support. For example, Ksplice only supports code changes in functions, and does not support changes to state representation. This is because Ksplice primarily targets security changes, rather than general updates. In contrast, Ekiden can update a program to any other program capable of being executed, even one written in a different programming language. Systems designers can extract valuable performance or safety assurances by limiting the scope of updates. For example, any update safety check limits the scope of updates to updates which pass that safety check. The mechanism used to transform code and state influences what kinds of updates a system will support.
DSU systems, as tools, can also be evaluated on their ease-of-use and clarity to developers. Many DSU systems, such as Ginseng, require programs to pass various static analyses. While these analyses prove properties of programs that are valuable for DSU, they are by nature sophisticated and difficult to understand. DSU systems that do not use a static analysis might require use of a specialized compile |
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