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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20structure | In mathematics and computer science, an event structure represents a set of events, some of which can only be performed after another (there is a dependency between the events) and some of which might not be performed together (there is a conflict between the events).
Formal definition
An event structure consists of
a set of events
a partial order relation on called causal dependency,
an irreflexive symmetric relation called incompatibility (or conflict)
such that
finite causes: for every event , the set of predecessors of in is finite
hereditary conflict: for every events , if and then .
See also
Binary relation
Mathematical structure
References
event structure in nLab
Computing terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSCrypt | DNSCrypt is a network protocol that authenticates and encrypts Domain Name System (DNS) traffic between the user's computer and recursive name servers. It was originally designed by Frank Denis and Yecheng Fu.
Multiple free and open source software implementations exist. It is available for a variety of operating systems, including Unix, Apple iOS, Linux, Android, and Microsoft Windows.
DNSCrypt wraps unmodified DNS traffic between a client and a DNS resolver in a cryptographic construction in order to detect forgery. Though it doesn't provide end-to-end security, it protects the local network against man-in-the-middle attacks. The free and open source software implementation dnscrypt-proxy additionally integrates ODoH.
It also mitigates UDP-based amplification attacks by requiring a question to be at least as large as the corresponding response. Thus, DNSCrypt helps to prevent DNS amplification attacks.
Deployment
In addition to private deployments, the DNSCrypt protocol has been adopted by several public DNS resolvers, the vast majority being members of the OpenNIC network, as well as virtual private network (VPN) services.
OpenDNS (now a part of Cisco) announced the first public DNS service supporting DNSCrypt on 6 December 2011, shortly followed by CloudNS Australia.
On 29 March 2016, Yandex announced support for the DNSCrypt protocol on their public DNS servers, as well as in Yandex Browser.
On 14 October 2016, AdGuard added DNSCrypt to their DNS filtering module so that users could move from their ISPs to custom or AdGuard's own DNS servers for online privacy and ad blocking.
On 10 September 2018, the Quad9 nonprofit public recursive resolver service announced support for DNSCrypt.
Other servers that support secure protocol are mentioned in the DNSCrypt creators’ list.
Protocol
DNSCrypt can be used either over UDP or over TCP. In both cases, its default port is 443. Even though the protocol radically differs from HTTPS, both service types utilize the same port. However, even though DNS over HTTPS and DNSCrypt are possible on the same port, they must still run separately on different servers. Two server applications cannot run simultaneously on the same server if both utilize the same port for communication; though a multiplexing approach is theoretically possible.
Instead of relying on trusted certificate authorities commonly found in web browsers, the client has to explicitly trust the public signing key of the chosen provider. This public key is used to verify a set of certificates, retrieved using conventional DNS queries. These certificates contain short-term public keys used for key exchange, as well as an identifier of the cipher suite to use. Clients are encouraged to generate a new key for every query, while servers are encouraged to rotate short-term key pairs every 24 hours.
The DNSCrypt protocol can also be used for access control or accounting, by accepting only a predefined set of public keys. This can be used by |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Add%20a%20Friend | Add a Friend is a German comedy-drama created and written by Sebastian Wehlings and Christian Lyra for TNT Serie. The series follows a group of people and their lives in the social network.
This is the first German production produced exclusively for premium television. A first season consisting of ten episodes were ordered. Add a Friend is set to premiere on September 19, 2012, on Wednesday nights at 8:15 pm.
Synopsis
After Felix (Ken Duken) had a car accident he is left bedridden with a complicated leg fracture. His sole window to the outside world becomes his laptop. Via his social network he stays in contact with his best friend Tom (Friedrich Mücke) and gets in touch with his old high-school crush Julia (Friederike Kempter). Then there is the mysterious girl Vanessa (Emilia Schüle) and Felix' parents, Gisela (Gisela Schneeberger) and Gerd (Dieter Hollinder), who he only has contact to through video chat.
Cast
Ken Duken as Felix
Friedrich Mücke as Tom
Friederike Kempter as Julia
Emilia Schüle as Vanessa
Gisela Schneeberger as Gisela
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer as Gerd
Ralph Herforth as Marc
Jo Kern as Rita
Production
After the announcement of the first television series by Turner Broadcasting System in Germany, the production could win actor Ken Duken, who's internationally known for his performance in Inglourious Basterds and started filming a 10-episode season in January 2012. The production ended after almost two months at the end of February.
References
External links
2012 German television series debuts
2014 German television series endings
German comedy-drama television series
German-language television shows
TNT Serie original programming
Grimme-Preis for fiction winners |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldspurger | Waldspurger is a surname. Notable people with this name include:
Carl A. Waldspurger, computer scientist, 1996 winner of ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
Irène Waldspurger, French mathematician
Jean-Loup Waldspurger (born 1953), French mathematician
See also
Waldspurger formula and Waldspurger's theorem, named after Jean-Loup Waldspurger |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20Capabilities%20Development%20Programme | The Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) is a UK government initiative to extend the government's capabilities for lawful interception and storage of communications data. It would involve the logging of every telephone call, email and text message between every inhabitant of the UK, (but would not record the actual content of these emails) and is intended to extend beyond the realms of conventional telecommunications media to log communications within social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
It is an initiative of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office, whose Director is Tom Hurd. The office pursued a very similar initiative under the last Labour government, called the Interception Modernisation Programme, which after apparently being cancelled, was revived by the Liberal-Conservative coalition government in their 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
The effort to develop it will be led by a new government organisation, the Communications Capabilities Directorate. In March 2010, it was reported that the Communications Capabilities Directorate had spent over £14m in a single month on set-up costs.
See also
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001#Part 11 (Retention of communications data)
Communications Data Bill 2008
Data retention
Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Telecommunications data retention#United Kingdom
References
External links
Home Office page on the CCDP
Open Rights Group page on the CCDP
Surveillance
Civil rights and liberties in the United Kingdom
Mass intelligence-gathering systems
Surveillance databases
Government databases in the United Kingdom
Home Office (United Kingdom)
GCHQ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20Modeling%20Database | The Molecular Modeling Database (MMDB) is a database of experimentally determined three-dimensional biomolecular structures and hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
See also
Protein structure
References
External links
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/structure
Biological databases
National Institutes of Health
Protein structure |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20VanderSloot | Frank Leonard VanderSloot (born August 14, 1948) is an American entrepreneur, radio network owner, rancher, and political campaign financier. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Melaleuca, Inc. His other business interests include the Riverbend Ranch and Riverbend Communications. VanderSloot also serves on the board of directors and executive board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Land Report listed him as the nation's 92nd largest landowner. In 2017, Forbes listed VanderSloot as the richest person in Idaho and the 302nd wealthiest American with a net worth of $2.7 billion.
VanderSloot served as a national finance co-chair for Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012. He contributed $1.1 million and helped to raise between $2 million and $5 million for Romney's 2012 campaign. He is a significant financial contributor to Republican presidential candidates and Idaho political campaigns. He has also paid for advertising in opposition to several Idaho Democratic political candidates.
VanderSloot is the primary financier of the American Heritage Charter School in Idaho Falls.
Early life and education
VanderSloot was born on August 14, 1948, to Peter Francis (Frank) VanderSloot (1913–1982) and Margaret May Christensen Sindberg-Woodley VanderSloot (1915–2004). The family lived in Sheridan, Wyoming, and Hardin, Montana, before moving in 1949 to Cocolalla, Idaho, where they lived on a ranch. The elder VanderSloot worked as a painter for the Northern Pacific Railway. Frank VanderSloot graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1966. At the age of 16, he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and later studied at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he worked and lived as a cleaner at a laundromat. After two semesters, he left school to serve a two-and-a-half-year LDS Mission in the Netherlands. Following his mission, he earned an associate's degree in business at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. He then returned to Brigham Young University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1972.
Career
ADP and Cox
After graduating from college, VanderSloot worked for 9 years at Automatic Data Processing in three cities. He first worked in sales and marketing before moving to general management and operations. He left ADP to work as regional vice president at Cox Communications in Vancouver, Washington.
Oil of Melaleuca, Inc
In September 1985, VanderSloot's brother-in-law Roger Ball and Roger's brother Allen Ball offered VanderSloot the helm of Oil of Melaleuca, Inc., a startup multi-level marketing business based in Idaho Falls. VanderSloot said "the company was a mess" when he arrived. According to Dan Popkey, "A supposed 80 percent corner on the tea tree market turned out to be 5 percent. The FDA came knocking, because salespeople were exaggerating medical claims. A multilevel model that lured people to buy $5,000 in inventory offended VanderSloot's sense of fairness." |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20P.%20Hayes | John Patrick Hayes is an Irish-American computer scientist and electrical engineer, the Claude E. Shannon Chair of Engineering Science at the University of Michigan. He supervised over 35 doctoral students, coauthored seven books and over 340 peer-reviewed publications. His Erdös number is 2.
Biography
Hayes was born and grew up in Newbridge, Ireland and did his undergraduate studies at the National University of Ireland, Dublin, graduating in 1965. He went on to graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, earning a master's degree in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970. He was responsible for the logic design of the input-output channel control units of ILLIAC III. After working in The Hague for Shell for two years, he returned to academia, taking a faculty position at the University of Southern California in 1972. In 1979 Hayes was a Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford. He moved to Michigan in 1982, where he was the founding director of the Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory. Hayes retired from University of Michigan in 2023.
Research
Hayes is the author of the books
Digital System Design and Microprocessors (McGraw-Hill, 1984, )
Introduction to Digital Logic Design (Addison-Wesley, 1993, )
Computer Architecture and Organization (3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2002, )
Quantum Circuit Simulation (with George F. Viamontes and Igor L. Markov, Springer, 2009, )
Design, Analysis and Test of Logic Circuits Under Uncertainty, (with Smita Krishnaswamy and Igor L. Markov, Springer, 2012, )
Hayes has written extensively on the use of hypercube graphs in supercomputing,
He has also written highly cited research papers on fault-tolerant design, reversible computing, and stochastic computing.
Awards and honors
Hayes became an IEEE Fellow in 1985 "for contributions to digital testing techniques and to switching theory and logical design", and an ACM Fellow in 2001 "for outstanding contributions to logic design and testing and to fault-tolerant computer architecture." In 2004, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign department of electrical and computer engineering gave him their distinguished alumni award.
In 2013, the IEEE Computer Society Test Technology Technical Community honored Hayes with Lifetime Contribution Medal.
In 2014, Hayes was recognized with ACM
Special Interest Group on Design Automation Pioneering Achievement Award "for his pioneering contributions to logic design, fault tolerant computing, and testing.”
Best paper awards
John P. Hayes, Trevor N. Mudge, Quentin F. Stout, Stephen Colley, John Palmer: A Microprocessor-based Hypercube Supercomputer. IEEE Micro 6(5): 6-17 (1986)
Ram Raghavan, John P. Hayes: On randomly interleaved memories. ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference 1990: 49-58
Avaneendra Gupta, John P. Hayes: A Hierarchical Technique for Minimum-Width Layout of Two-Dimensional CMOS Cells. VLSI Design 1997: 15-20
HyungWon Kim, John P. Hayes: Delay Fault Testing of Designs with Embedded IP Cores. IEEE |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound%20%28American%20TV%20series%29 | Rebound is an anthology television series which aired on both the ABC and on the DuMont networks. Featuring dramatic stories with unusual endings, the series ran from February 8, 1952, to May 30, 1952, on ABC (17 episodes) and from November 21, 1952, to January 16, 1953, on DuMont (5 episodes). The ABC series aired Fridays from 9 to 9:30pm ET.
The DuMont series aired Fridays from 8:30 to 9pm ET, alternating weekly with Dark of Night. Among the actors appearing were Onslow Stevens, Lee Marvin, John Doucette, and Rita Johnson.
The show was the TV debut of Lee Marvin. The series was known as Counterpoint in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
Production
The show was produced on film by Bing Crosby Enterprises, with Basil Grillo as executive producer and Harve Foster as general manager. Bernard Girard was the producer and director. It originated from WABD-TV.
Episodes
Episodes included "Dry, with Three Olives", starring Hans Conried, on November 14, 1952. One episode is listed on the website TV4U. Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress. Episodes are also held (under the Counterpoint title) by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
November 21, 1952 - "The Good Turn" - George Macready, Rita Johnson, Hayden Roarke, Jeanne Dean, Charles Watts
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
References
External links
Episode list at CTVA
DuMont historical website
DuMont Television Network original programming
American Broadcasting Company original programming
1950s American anthology television series
1952 American television series debuts
1953 American television series endings
1950s American drama television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magas-hegy | Magas-hegy is a 1,268 ft / 514 m mountain peak near Sátoraljaújhely, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary. Based on peakery data, it ranks as the 219th highest mountain in Hungary. It is part of the Zemplén Mountains or Tokaj Mountains (Hungarian: Zempléni-hegység or Tokaji-hegység).
Name
Magas-hegy means High Mountain in Hungarian
Origin
The Zemplén Mountains are of volcanic origin; the soil's high quality favours viticulture.
External links
Zemplen Kalandpark
References
Mountains of Hungary |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IONIS%20School%20of%20Technology%20and%20Management | IONIS School of Technology and Management (IONIS STM) is a French private graduate school, part of the IONIS Education Group, that offers instruction in information technology, computer science, energy, biotechnology and management.
It was established in 2009 in Ivry-sur-Seine.
The school offers a Master of Business Administration recognized by French government and teaches both technical and management aspects.
A special feature of the school is to admit students holder of a Bachelor, a Master or a Ph.D.
History
In 2002, the grande école EPITA creates specialization programs called Mastères EPITA. After 7 years, decided to create a separate school for all the specializations and to extend them to new sectors.
Curriculum
The course is in two years after a Bachelor's degree. The school admits students after a two-years studies. In that case, the course is in one more year, called "preparatory year". Students can also enter in the school after a master's degree. The preparatory year is a general course studies in management and computer science, including lessons corresponding to the specialization followed. The year ends by a three-months internship. After a Bachelor's degree, students are split in four specializations : information technology, computer science, energy, biotechnology. From October to June, they follow an academic programme and then perform a six-months internship.
Bibliography
La double compétence : l’antidote à l’obsolescence professionnelle, Ivry-sur-Seine, FYP Éditions, 2019, 192 p. ()
References
External links
Official website
Business schools in France
Technical universities and colleges in France
Universities in Île-de-France
Educational institutions established in 2009
Buildings and structures in Val-de-Marne
2009 establishments in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Singapore | The Singapore trolleybus system formed part of the transportation network of Singapore from 1926 to 1962. The system was constructed between 1926 and 1927 as a replacement to the Singapore tramway network with the old tram routes converted to trolleybus routes. The network became one of the world's largest in the 1930s, with a total network length of and fleet of 108 trolleybuses.
After World War II, the trolleybuses were obsolete and could no longer serve Singapore's transportation needs. By 1962, motor buses had completely replaced the trolleybuses.
History
Background
In the early 1920s, the tram system in Singapore was in a poor state due to lack of funds and, in 1922, Shanghai Electric Construction Company took over its management. Because of the cost of rehabilitating the deteriorated tram track, Shanghai Electric Construction Company made plans to replace the trams with trolleybuses.
In March 1925, the Legislative Council passed the Singapore Traction Ordinance which authorised the conversion of the tram system to trolleybuses and reorganised the tram operating company into the Singapore Traction Company (STC). The STC was formed in October 1925, and it took over the assets of the old tram operating company.
Conversion from trams
After its formation, the STC commenced the transition to trolleybuses from trams. In 1926, a fleet of trolleybuses was shipped to Singapore and the first ten became ready for service in April. Trolleybus service began on 14 August 1926 with a fleet of 30 trolleybuses that serviced two routes—Joo Chiat Road–Tanjong Pagar and Upper Cross Street–Outram Road. To inaugurate the service, an illuminated trolleybus ran between Bras Basah, Geylang, and the Singapore General Hospital that evening.
The trolleybuses were initially popular with the public and trolleybus ridership was much higher than that of the trams they replaced. Fare revenue increased by 22 percent between the last quarters of 1925 and 1926. In March 1927, the route conversion between Tank Road and Keppel Harbour was completed. With the conversion of the route between Selegie Road and Bras Basah Road, the move to trolleybuses was completed in September 1927.
1920s to 1940s
Problems arose with the trolleybuses soon after their introduction; several fatalities occurred because riders were either alighting or falling from moving trolleybuses. Consequently, the coroner requested that a fitting be made that allowed the conductor of the trolleybus to control passenger exits. As more deaths occurred, the coroner continued to make the same request and, in November 1927, STC decided to install a "central rod at the second-class entrance of each trolleybus." After the coroner's enquiry into a trolleybus fatality that same month, he theorised that the rods would not reduce the number of fatalities until passengers were compelled to wait until the bus had stopped to alight. When a Chinese teenager fell to his death from a trolleybus in 1928, STC installed inw |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper%20%28macOS%29 | Gatekeeper is a security feature of the macOS operating system by Apple. It enforces code signing and verifies downloaded applications before allowing them to run, thereby reducing the likelihood of inadvertently executing malware. Gatekeeper builds upon File Quarantine, which was introduced in Mac OS X Leopard and expanded in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The feature originated in version 10.7.3 of Mac OS X Lion as the command-line utility . A graphical user interface was originally added in OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) but was backported to Lion with the 10.7.5 update.
Functions
Configuration
In the security & privacy panel of System Preferences, the user has three options, allowing apps downloaded from:
The command-line utility provides granular controls, such as custom rules and individual or blanket permissions, as well as an option to turn Gatekeeper off.
Quarantine
Upon download of an application, a particular extended file attribute ("quarantine flag") can be added to the downloaded file. This attribute is added by the application that downloads the file, such as a web browser or email client, but is not usually added by common BitTorrent client software, such as Transmission, and application developers will need to implement this feature into their applications and is not implemented by the system. The system can also force this behavior upon individual applications using a signature-based system named Xprotect.
Execution
When the user attempts to open an application with such an attribute, the system will postpone the execution and verify whether it:
is blacklisted,
is code-signed by Apple or a certified developer, or
has code-signed contents that still match the signature.
Since Snow Leopard, the system keeps two blacklists to identify known malware or insecure software. The blacklists are updated periodically. If the application is blacklisted, then File Quarantine will refuse to open it and recommend to the user to move it to trash.
Gatekeeper will refuse to open the application if the code-signing requirements are not met. Apple can revoke the developer's certificate with which the application was signed and prevent further distribution.
Once an application has passed File Quarantine or Gatekeeper, it will be allowed to run normally and will not be verified again.
Override
To override Gatekeeper, the user (acting as an administrator) either has to switch to a more lenient policy from the security & privacy panel of System Preferences or authorize a manual override for a particular application, either by opening the application from the context menu or by adding it with .
Path randomization
Developers can sign disk images that can be verified as a unit by the system. In macOS Sierra, this allows developers to guarantee the integrity of all bundled files and prevent attackers from infecting and subsequently redistributing them. In addition, "path randomization" executes application bundles from a random, hidden path and pr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Singapore | Singapore has had two tramway networks forming part of its public transport arrangements. Both networks were relatively unsuccessful and short lived.
History
Steam trams
A steam tram service by the Singapore Tramways Company operated with limited success from 3 May 1886 to 1894. After the implementation of the Tramways Ordinance, No. XII of 1882, which regulated the construction, maintenance and working of tramways in Singapore, planning and specification of the steam tram service commenced. By October 1884 the delivery of materials from England and Scotland for the rail construction had started.
It was planned to lay a double line of rails along Anson Road, Robinson Quay, Collyer Quay, Market Street and Boat Quay and a single line along Tanjong Pagar Road, South Bridge Road, North Bridge Road, Middle Road and Serangoon Road. The manufacture of 14 tram cars, each with 32 second-class seats and six first-class seats, was also planned. Each car would be open at the sides and have transverse seats, with waterproof curtains suspended from longitudinal brass rods. For the transportation of goods, 40 wagons, made entirely of malleable iron and steel, were planned to be used.
The laying of the first rails started on 7 April 1885. The first regular steam tram service from Tanjong Pagar to Johnston's Pier began on 3 May 1886. The trams were in competition with the cheaper rickshaws, and passengers were reluctant to pay tram fares of 10 cents or 6 cents for the first- and second-class seats respectively. The fuel for the steam locomotives had to be imported. After just three years of operation, Singapore Tramways Company offered themselves to be bought by the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, but the sale wasn't closed.
In December 1889, a public auction was held by Messrs. Crane Brothers to find a buyer for the Singapore Tramways Company. The company was sold for $186,000 to the New Harbour Dock Company Limited, a sum probably below the scrap value. Under the new management, the tram line from Tanjong Pagar to Rochor was decommissioned, and in 1892 only the line from Borneo Wharf down Anson Road to Collyer Quay was kept in use for transporting goods. On 1 June 1894, tram service between New Harbour Dock, Tanjong Pagar and Collyer Quay was also discontinued due to the financial losses, bringing to an end the era of steam trams in Singapore.
Electric trams
On 24 July 1905 the first electric trams in Singapore were inaugurated. When the Municipal Authorities in Singapore implemented the Tramways Ordinance in 1902, the company Singapore Tramways Ltd was registered in London to build and operate a tramway system. On 29 March 1905, Singapore Electric Tramways Ltd took over the management.
The public did not like to use the trams because of high fares in comparison with those of London and a complicated payment structure as well as infrastructural deficiencies and technical issues. Tram rides were initially charged by the number of sections in a route or by t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Development%20Markup%20Language | The International Development Markup Language (IDML) is an XML-based standard for the exchange of information on aid activities. It is used by a number of donors to provide information to the AidData database of development finance.
IDML was developed from 1998 onwards, building on a previous text-file format for exchanging development information, CEFDA (Common Format for Exchange of Development Information).
Ideas from IDML were also fed into the development of the XML format used in the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).
Further Information
IDML Initiative website with archive of resources from the standards development.
References
International development
Markup languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNK%20operating%20system | Compute Node Kernel (CNK) is the node level operating system for the IBM Blue Gene series of supercomputers.
Operating system
The compute nodes of the IBM Blue Gene family of supercomputers run CNK, a lightweight kernel that runs on each node and supports one application running for one user on that node. To maximize operating efficiency, the design of CNK was kept simple and minimal. It was implemented in about 5,000 lines of C++ code. Physical memory is statically mapped and the CNK neither needs nor provides scheduling or context switching, given that at each point it runs one application for one user. By not allowing virtual memory or multi-tasking, the design of CNK aimed to devote as many cycles as possible to application processing.
CNK delegates file input/output (I/O) to dedicated I/O nodes which run the INK (I/O Node Kernel) operating system, based on a modified Linux kernel.
See also
Catamount (operating system)
Compute Node Linux
INK (operating system)
Rocks Cluster Distribution
Timeline of operating systems
References
Supercomputer operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom%20%28system%20on%20a%20chip%29 | Atom is a system on a chip (SoC) platform designed for smartphones and tablet computers, launched by Intel in 2012. It is a continuation of the partnership announced by Intel and Google on September 13, 2011 to provide support for the Android operating system on Intel x86 processors. This range competes with existing SoCs developed for the smartphone and tablet market from companies such as Texas Instruments, Nvidia, Qualcomm and Samsung. Unlike these companies, which use ARM-based CPUs designed from the beginning to consume very low power, Intel has adapted the x86-based Intel Atom line of CPU developed for low power usage in netbooks, to even lower power usage.
Since April 2012, several manufacturers have released Intel Atom-based tablets and phones as well as using the SoCs as a basis for other small form factor devices (e.g. mini PCs and stick PCs).
In April 2016, Intel announced a major restructuring, including the cancellation of the SoFIA platform. It was reported by many news outlets that Broxton was cancelled.
List of systems
Merrifield and Moorefield smartphone platforms
In Q1 2014, Intel launched its fully Android compatible smartphone platform Merrifield based on a 22 nm SoC. It was followed by its platform refresh Moorefield in Q4 2014.
Operating system support on Cloverview
While Penwell SoC supports, in addition to Microsoft Windows, both Linux and Android operating systems, Intel has announced that it will not provide support for Linux on Cloverview family of Atom systems-on-a-chip. This announcement has caused strong negative reaction from open source proponents. A few days later Intel issued a statement saying that it has “plans for another version of this platform directed at Linux/Android" The initial Clover Trail platform only supported Microsoft Windows (z27x0 series). The Clover Trail+ platform was later released targeting Google Android (z25x0 series).
The last version of Windows 10 to support Cloverview is the Anniversary Update (version 1607) until January 10, 2023 when the last public security patch KB5022289 was released; later versions of Windows 10 and all versions of Windows 11 cannot be installed.
New power states on Cloverview
Z2760 Cloverview has introduced two new power states: S0i1 and S0i3. The S0i1 state is intended to be used when the display is on but the user does not actively interact with the device; it consumes power in mW range, and can be entered/left in microseconds. The S0i3 state is intended to be used when the device display is off; it consumes power in microwatt range, and can be entered/left in milliseconds. As a result, Intel claims longer standby battery life (up to three weeks for a typical tablet).
Roadmap
In May 2011, Intel announced an accelerated roadmap for Atom SoC. The 22 nm Silvermont microarchitecture was scheduled for 2013 release, and release of the 14 nm Airmont microarchitecture was scheduled for 2014.
It has been reported that Silvermont-based Atom SoCs will be codena |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Bill%20home%20video%20releases | The following is a complete list of home media releases related to the British ITV (TV network) of the police drama series The Bill.
DVDs
United Kingdom
Australia
Via Vision Entertainment acquired the rights to the series and will begin releasing the series. Series 1–4 on 16 September 2020, Series 5 and 6 on 21 October 2020, Series 7 and 8 on 18 November 2020.
United States
VHS
United Kingdom
Australia
Online
iTunes
On 23 November 2011 Shock Entertainment started making some of its The Bill DVD release available to purchase through iTunes (Australia Store only), all releases are below.
YouTube
On 19 March 2013, Fremantle Media began uploading episodes of The Bill onto video-sharing website YouTube. Currently, the first five episodes of the first series are available, with a banner displayed, stating that there are "more episodes coming soon."
Spin off shows
Burnside DVD
Murder Investigation Team DVD
References
Home video releases
Bill, The |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Star%20Channel | This is a list of shows that have aired on Star Channel. Shows currently aired on the network are in bold.
Shows with a star symbol (★) are available on Star+; those with a plus symbol (+) are available on Disney+ in Latin America.
0-9
1 Contra Todos (first-run on Star Premium) ★
1600 Penn
24
24: Legacy
24: Live Another Day
2091
9mm: São Paulo
9-1-1 ★
9-1-1: Lone Star ★
A
Ally McBeal
American Dad! ★
American Horror Story ★
Angel ★
Arrested Development
B
Back in the Game
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship ★
Batman
Bia (from Disney Channel, only for Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil) +
Bless This Mess ★
Bob's Burgers ★
Bones ★
Boston Legal
Boston Public
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ★
Burn Notice ★
C
Casados con Hijos (not seen in Brazil)
Chicago Hope
Contos do Edgar (seen only in Brazil)
The Cool Kids
The Crazy Ones
Criminal Minds ★
Cumbia Ninja ★
D
Da Vinci's Demons
Dark Angel
Dexter
Dharma & Greg
Doc McStuffins: Toy Hospital (from Disney Junior, seen only in Mexico and Brazil) +
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 ★
Duncanville ★
E
Endgame (not seen in Brazil)
F
Family Guy ★
Fancy Nancy Clancy (from Disney Junior, seen only in Mexico and Brazil) +
Fat Actress
Father of the Pride
The Finder
Firefly
Fresh Off the Boat +
Futurama ★
G
Get Real
The Gifted +
girls club
Glee +
The Glee Project
God, The Devil and Bob
Greg the Bunny
Grey's Anatomy (first-run on Sony Channel) ★
The Green Hornet
H
High Stakes Poker
How I Met Your Mother ★
The Hughleys
I
Ilha da Sedução (seen only in Brazil)
The Inside
J
The Job
Judging Amy
K
Kdabra ★
King of the Hill
L
Lie to Me
Life in Pieces
Life on a Stick
The Lion Guard (from Disney Junior, seen only in Mexico and Brazil) +
Lipstick Jungle
The Listener
The Lone Gunmen
Love Cruise
M
Malcolm in the Middle +
Married... with Children
Martial Law
Me Chama de Bruna
Mental
Mentes en Shock
The Mick
Mickey and the Roadster Racers (from Disney Junior, seen only in Mexico and Brazil) +
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Millennium
Minority Report
The Mob Doctor
Modern Family ★
Muppet Babies (2018) (from Disney Junior, seen only in Mexico and Brazil) +
My Name is Earl ★
My Wife & Kids ★
N
New Girl ★
The New Normal
Nip/Tuck
Nivis, Amigos de otro mundo (from Disney Junior, seen only in México and Brazil) +
NYPD Blue ★
O
One Tree Hill
Outcast (first-run on Fox Premium)
P
Playing House
Politicamente Incorreto (second-run, first-run on FX and seen only in Brazil)
Porta na Fox (seen only in Brazil)
The Practice
Prison Break ★
Puppy Dog Pals (from Disney Junior, seen only in Mexico and Brazil) +
R
Reba
Rescue Me
Roswell
S
Scream Queens ★
Se Eu Fosse Você (seen only in Brazil)
Shark
The Simple Life
The Simpsons (September, 1993–present; Season 32 onwards currently exclusive to Star+) ★/+
Sleepy Hollow ★
Snoops
Sons of Tucson
Speechless
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG-1
Still Standing
S.W.A.T. (currently seen on linear television on AXN) ★
T
Talento FOX
Temptation Island
Terra Nova ★
Titus
This Is Us ★
T.O.T.S.: Tiny Ones Tra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fox%20Effect | The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine is a 2012 book written by David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt. Brock heads the progressive media watchdog group Media Matters, the stated mission of which is "to comprehensively monitor, analyze, and correct conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." The book details the numerous controversies of Fox News, with emphasis on its president, Roger Ailes.
Summary
The idea of a "Fox effect" dates back to at least 2006 in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper titled "The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting," by Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan. The working paper, which was subsequently published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2007, found "a significant effect of the introduction of Fox News on the vote share in Presidential elections between 1996 and 2000," as well as "a significant effect of Fox News on Senate vote share and on voter turnout."
According to publisher Random House, the book "follows the career of [Roger] Ailes..." and features "transcripts of leaked audio and memos from Fox News reporters and executives."
Reception
Publishers Weekly positively reviewed the book, noting the "diligently documented book... leave[s] us with the warning that 'the single most important player' in the upcoming election will be none other than Fox News." Kirkus Reviews called it a "thorough catalogue," but warned that those who are well-versed may believe that the "book feels like an exhaustively researched exercise in stating the obvious." The book was reviewed by Erik Wemple at the Washington Post, who criticized the book's lack of balance. A review at The New York Times praised it as a "close study" while questioning the book's success, noting the book "demonstrates not its reach but the limits of conservative jihadism."
See also
Big lie
Fake news
References
2012 non-fiction books
Books about the media
Books about television
Books by David Brock
Anchor Books books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuaRocks | LuaRocks is a package manager for the Lua programming language that provides a standard format for distributing Lua modules (in a self-contained format called a "rock"), a tool designed to easily manage the installation of rocks, and a server for distributing them. While not included with the Lua distribution, it has been called the "de facto package manager for community-contributed Lua modules".
The interface for LuaRocks is a command-line tool called luarocks which can install libraries and manage Lua rocks. LuaRocks optionally integrates with Lua run-time loader to help find and load installed rocks while managing version dependencies. Though it is possible to use a private LuaRocks repository, the public repository is most commonly used for rocks management. As of December 2016, there are over 1,500 rocks in the public repository.
The public repository helps users find rocks, resolve dependencies and install them. LuaRocks is compatible with Lua versions 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, as well as LuaJIT.
History
Development on LuaRocks was started in 2006 by Hisham Muhammad and was released to the public on August 9, 2007.
In 2015, the public repository moved from a static page curated by the tool's developer to a new server written in MoonScript by Leaf Corcoran. Also, LuaRocks development was moved to GitHub in 2010.
Portability
LuaRocks is written in Lua itself, and it is cross-platform. It is available in all major Linux distributions. However, since distribution packages often lag behind the latest release installing the latest release is recommended. When installed from the upstream tarball, LuaRocks can upgrade itself on Unix systems.
For Windows, LuaRocks distributes a package file including LuaRocks, Lua 5.1 and required utilities that are missing in a typical Windows system. The Windows package supports both Microsoft Visual Studio and MinGW compiler suites. For running on Cygwin, the Unix package should be used.
On macOS, LuaRocks is included with the Lua package of the Homebrew package manager. The Unix tarball can also be installed directly on macOS.
LuaRocks has also been reported to work on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Solaris.
Due to installation issues (permissions needed for system installation, lagging system packages, etc.), there is , a package available at the Python Package Index that can be installed via pip and provides installations of Lua and LuaRocks into a local directory upon demand.
Projects using LuaRocks
LuaRocks allows installing Lua modules to standard Lua paths as well as to customized locations. For this reason, it is possible to use it to install extensions to any project that uses standard Lua modules, such as the Awesome window manager. Some projects, however, adopted LuaRocks as their recommended solution for managing extensions, integrating it and in some cases, maintaining their own repository of project-specific rocks. Some projects that use LuaRocks in this fashion are:
Torch - Torch, a framew |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalist%20Clubs | Nationalist Clubs were an organized network of socialist political groups which emerged at the end of the 1880s in the United States of America in an effort to make real the ideas advanced by Edward Bellamy in his utopian novel Looking Backward. At least 165 Nationalist Clubs were formed by so-called "Bellamyites," who sought to remake the economy and society through the nationalization of industry. One of the last issues of The Nationalist noted that "over 500" had been formed. Owing to the growth of the Populist movement and the financial and physical difficulties suffered by Bellamy, the Bellamyite Nationalist Clubs began to dissipate in 1892, lost their national magazine in 1894, and vanished from the scene entirely circa 1896.
Organizational history
Background
In 1888, a young Massachusetts writer named Edward Bellamy published a work of utopian fiction entitled Looking Backward, 2000-1887, telling the Rip Van Winkle-like tale of a 19th-century New England capitalist who awoke from a trace-slumber induced by hypnosis, to find a completely changed society in the far-distant year of 2000. In Bellamy's tale, a non-violent revolution had transformed the American economy and thereby society; private property had been abolished in favor of state ownership of capital and the elimination of social classes and the ills of society that he thought inevitably followed from them. In the new world of the year 2000, there was no longer war, poverty, crime, prostitution, corruption, money, or taxes. Neither did there exist such occupations seen by Bellamy as of dubious worth to society, such as politicians, lawyers, merchants, or soldiers.
Instead, Bellamy's utopian society of the future was based upon the voluntary employment of all citizens between the ages of 21 and 45, after which time all would retire. Work was simple, aided by machine production, working hours short and vacation time long. The new economic basis of society effectively remade human nature itself in Bellamy's idyllic vision, with greed, maliciousness, untruthfulness, and insanity all relegated to the past.
This vision of American possibilities came as a clarion call to many American intellectuals, and Looking Backward proved to be a massive best-seller of the day. Within a year, the book had sold some 200,000 copies and by the end of the 19th century, it had sold more copies than any other book published in America outside of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Moreover, a new political movement spontaneously emerged, dedicated to making Bellamy's utopian vision a practical reality—the so-called "Nationalist Movement," based upon the organization of local "Nationalist Clubs."
Origins (1888)
Preparation for the first Nationalist Club had begun early in the summer of 1888 with a letter from Cyrus Field Willard, a labor reporter for the Boston Globe who had been moved by Bellamy's vision of the future. Willard wrote directly to the author, asking for Bellamy's blessings for |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo%20IdeaPad%20U300s | The Lenovo U300s is an Ultrabook-class notebook computer.
Features
The Lenovo U300s features Intel Rapid Start Technology which allows for faster start-up times while conserving battery life. This technology allows the U300s to start almost instantly. The U300s also makes use of m.2 SSDs instead of regular hard drives in order to improve start times.
The U300s' battery can last for up to eight hours. This exceeds the five hours required by Intel's Ultrabook specification.
Design
The U300s weighs 1.58 kilograms and is only 18.3 mm thick. It measures 324mm in width and 216 in depth. As the case of the U300s does not use a tapered design it incorporates full-sized ports as opposed to the "mini" ports used on many other small laptops.
The U300s has an aluminum case with top and bottom panels in "Graphite Grey" with a silver body in between. As of February 2012 Lenovo has plans to release a "Clementine Orange" version of the U300s. The U300s has a small power brick that is slightly larger than a deck of playing cards.
Hardware specifications
The U300s includes a 13-inch display, an Intel U series Core i7 or i5 processor, an SSD with options for 128 or 256 GB of storage. The U300s makes use of Intel's HD Graphics 3000 integrated with the CPU, includes an HDMI port, and supports Intel's WiDi standard for wireless graphics.
The U300s features what Lenovo calls "one-button recovery." Pushing a button on the left side of the case allows the user to restore the computer to factory condition. The OS can be re-installed from the recovery partition.
Reviews
The Computer Shopper wrote that the U300s "delivers on the ultrabook promise of a take-anywhere laptop that doesn't compromise speed or battery life. But the Core i7 CPU and 256GB SSD in our test unit drives up the price too far for most users."
Jack Schofield, writing for ZDNet UK, stated, "The U300s is a convenient machine to carry around. It comes up from sleep in a couple of seconds, and the Flash-memory based SSD (solid state drive) means you start working very quickly. This has been one of the MacBook's advantages for the past decade, and it has taken PC manufacturers far too long to narrow the gap." Addressing some of the drawbacks of the U300s he writes, "As usual with ultraportable PCs, there are a few omissions, too. The U300s lacks an RJ-45 Ethernet port, which I frequently need in hotels, and an SD card slot, which I use all the time for copying files from my digital cameras and audio recorder. Also, there are only two USB ports, though one of these supports USB 3.0."
Riyad Emeran, writing for IT Reviews, wrote in his review of the U300s, "There's no shortage of great looking Ultrabooks on the market, with the likes of the Toshiba Z830 and Asus ZenBook UX31 also vying for your attention. But there is something a bit different about the Lenovo U300s. It feels slightly less indulgent and takes itself a little more seriously, making it potentially more attractive to the business user. I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B1%20Music | +1 Music was founded in 2004 as a management and public relations company. The company now offers direct-to-fan online and social network marketing.
In 2008 the company launched +1 Records.
Members
Ambulance LTD, Atlas Genius, Basement Jaxx, The Boy Least Likely To, The BPA, Caveman, The Cribs, Editors, Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Heavy, Illinois, Jamie T, Kate Nash, The Kooks, Lissie, the morning benders, The Postelles, stellastarr*, TV On The Radio, Two Gallants, White Lies
Diesel-U-Music, JELLY, Lebowski Fest, Playboy Rock the Rabbit, Future Sounds, The US Air Guitar Championships
Notes
External links
Official site of +1 Music
Official Twitter of +1 Music
Official Facebook page of +1 Music
Entertainment companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%20Morgan | Nelson Harold Morgan (born May, 1949) is an American computer scientist and professor in residence (emeritus) of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. Morgan is the co-inventor of the Relative Spectral (RASTA) approach to speech signal processing, first described in a technical report published in 1991.
Education and career
Morgan was born in Buffalo, New York. He studied at University of Chicago, later he received his PhD as an NSF fellow from University of California, Berkeley in 1980 under the supervision of Robert W. Brodersen. Morgan worked at National Semiconductor before taking up the post as a professor in residence at University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, he founded ICSI's Realization Group, which later become known as the Speech Group, in 1988. He served as director of ICSI from 1999 through 2011.
Research and contributions
In 1993, Morgan and Herve Bourlard published their work on the hybrid system approach to speech recognition, which uses neural networks probabilistically with Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). The system improved automatic speech recognition techniques based on HMMs by providing discriminative training, incorporating multiple input sources, and using a flexible architecture able to accommodate contextual inputs and feedbacks. The work has been described as "seminal.". Morgan won the 1996 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award for a paper with Bourlard. Morgan and Bourlard were awarded the 2022 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award "For contributions to neural networks for statistical speech recognition."
Morgan was the principal investigator of the IARPA-funded project Outing Unfortunate Characteristics of HMMs, which sought to identify problems in automatic speech recognition technology. He also led a team of universities to build speech recognition systems for low resource languages as part of the IARPA Babel program.
Morgan was the former director of the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), where he was also the Speech Group leader. He recently has focused on campaign reform through empowering volunteerism. In that work, he co-founded UpRise Campaigns with Antonia Scatton, and later co-founded Neighbors Forward AZ with Alison Porter.
Morgan has produced more than 200 publications, including four books,
Honors and awards
Morgan is a fellow of the IEEE and the International Speech Communication Association. Together with Hervé Bourlard, he won the 1996 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Paper Award and was awarded the 2022 IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award "For contributions to neural networks for statistical speech recognition." He was on the editorial board of Speech Communication Magazine, of which he is a former co-editor-in-chief.
References
Living people
American computer scientists
Fellow Members of the IEEE
1949 births
People from Buffalo, New York
University of Chicago alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BleachBit | BleachBit is a free and open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer. The BleachBit source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
History
BleachBit was first publicly released on 24 December 2008 for Linux systems. The 0.2.1 release created some controversy by suggesting Linux needed a registry cleaner.
Version 0.4.0 introduced CleanerML, a standards-based markup language for writing new cleaners. On May 29, 2009, BleachBit version 0.5.0 added support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. On September 16, 2009, version 0.6.4 introduced command-line interface support.
BleachBit is available for download through its website and the repositories of many Linux distributions.
Features
Identifying and removing Web cache, HTTP cookies, URL history, temporary files log files and Flash cookies for Firefox, Opera, Safari, APT, Google Chrome
Removing unused localizations (also called locale files) which are translations of software
Shredding files and wiping unallocated disk space to minimize data remanence
Wiping unallocated disk space to improve data compression ratio for disk image backups
Vacuuming Firefox's SQLite database which suffers fragmentation
Command line interface for scripting automation and headless operation
Technology
BleachBit is written in the Python programming language and uses PyGTK.
Most of BleachBit's cleaners are written in CleanerML, an open standard XML-based markup language for writing cleaners. CleanerML deals not only with deleting files, but also executes more specialized actions, such as vacuuming an SQLite database (used, for example, to clean Yum).
BleachBit's file shredder uses only a single, "secure" pass because its developers believe that there is a lack of evidence that multiple passes, such as the 35-pass Gutmann method, are more effective. They also assert that multiple passes are significantly slower and may give the user a false sense of security by overshadowing other ways in which privacy may be compromised.
Controversy
In August 2016, Republican U.S. Congressman Trey Gowdy announced that he had seen notes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), taken during an investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails, that stated that her staff had used BleachBit in order to delete tens of thousands of emails on her private server. Subsequently, then presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed Clinton had “acid washed” and “bleached” her emails, calling it “an expensive process.”
After the announcement, BleachBit's company website reportedly received increased traffic. In October 2016, the FBI released edited documents from their Clinton email investigation.
See also
AVG PC TuneUp
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Disk Cleanup
Eraser (software)
CCleaner
Norton Utilities
References
External links
Review by Downloadsquad (June 9, 2009)
Review by SoftPedia (September 16, 2009)
Review by CNET (January 19, 2011)
2008 software
Cross-platform free software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive%20Network%20Operators%20of%20Canada | The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) () is an organisation of over 30 independent Canadian telecommunications providers. It often lobbies to the CRTC and other regulatory bodies to represent the interest of its members in matter of high-speed Internet accessibility, VoIP industry regulations, anti-monopoly market competitiveness, and privacy of customer information. CNOC's current president and chairman is Paul Andersen, also President of Egate Networks.
Members
, companies which are active CNOC members are:
ACN Canada
B2B2C
City-Wide Communications
Coextro
Distributel
dotmobile
Egate Networks
Execulink Telecom
Fidalia Networks
InnSys
ISP Canada
Kingston Online Services
LOGIX
Netcrawler
Odynet
Oricom Internet
Oxio
Packetworks
Rally Internet
Sentex Communications
SkyChoice Communications
Start.ca
Storm Internet
The Wire Inc.
Transat Telecom
VIF Internet
VMedia
VSOFT
References
External links
Trade associations based in Canada
Telecommunications in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auslogics%20BoostSpeed | Auslogics BoostSpeed is a computer software that provides a suite of utilities designed to enhance the performance of a user's Windows-based computer. The program aims to accelerate, optimize and clean the system, including fixing registry errors, removing redundant files and entries, defragmenting disks and registry, and improving internet connectivity. Additionally, it can customize Windows settings to suit specific computer configurations to enhance internet speed and reduce startup and shutdown times. Auslogics BoostSpeed is primarily designed for use on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Publisher
Auslogics is a software company based in Australia that specializes in developing maintenance software for computers running on the Microsoft Windows operating system. The company's product line includes Auslogics BoostSpeed and Auslogics Disk Defrag. In 2009, Auslogics collaborated with Sony Vaio to develop a component of the Sony Vaio Care software, which is pre-installed on Vaio laptops and desktop PCs. Auslogics also achieved Premier Elite Partner status in the Intel Software Partner Program in 2011.
History
Auslogics BoostSpeed 3 was the first official version of the software, as previous iterations were deemed by the developers to require further work. Initially, it provided limited computer optimization options but expanded to offer 18 utilities integrated into one computer maintenance suite by version 5.2.0.0. Additionally, the program's publisher made it available in various languages, gradually adding more languages over time.
Macau-based hardware manufacturer ZOTAC includes Auslogics BoostSpeed in its ZOTAC Boost XL software bundle, which is supplied with ZOTAC's mini-comput
Antivirus Detections
Auslogics BoostSpeed is flagged by Malwarebytes as a Potentially Unwanted Program, due to software features already implemented into Windows, and the software's use of registry cleaners, a method discoraged by Microsoft.
References
Computer system optimization software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Filipino | Fox Filipino was a Philippine pay television channel focused on Philippine-produced programming from GMA Network, TV5 and Sari-Sari Channel as well as Filipino movies from GMA Pictures, entries from the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, selected Asian and Hollywood movies, and selected foreign programming dubbed in Tagalog language.
After 8 years of broadcasting, Fox Networks Group announced that Fox Filipino would cease broadcast on July 7, 2020, The last program that aired on the channel was the drama series Destiny Rose before the color bars, as GMA and TV5 archived content were moved to its digital television channel, Heart of Asia Channel, Pinoy Hits, and Cignal-run satellite network, One Screen (now defunct), respectively. Fox Filipino's channel space were later replaced by ABS-CBN/Creative Programs, Inc.-owned Jeepney TV on other cable and satellite platforms, including Cignal.
Final Programming
See also
Jeepney TV
Pinoy Hits
Heart of Asia Channel
References
External links
Philippines
GMA Network (company) channels
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
Television networks in the Philippines
Filipino-language television stations
Defunct television networks in the Philippines
TV5 Network channels
Classic television networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo%20Yoga | Lenovo Yoga (stylized as Lenovo YOGA or simply YOGΛ) is a line of consumer-oriented laptop computers and tablets designed, developed and marketed by Lenovo, named for their ability to assume multiple form factors due to a hinged screen.
2012
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13
The Yoga 13's capacitive touch display allows for up to 10-point touch control. The Yoga 13 is powered by an Intel Chief River platform, using an Ivy Bridge processor, has 4 GB or 8 GB of RAM, and SSD with 128 GB or 256 GB. The battery life of the Yoga 13 is estimated to be around eight hours. After testing the Yoga 13's battery life, TechRadar said, "Our only real concern is that the battery life is squarely average. In our Battery Eater test, which maxes out the system until the battery dies, we only clocked 177 minutes, which is short of the 200-minute gold standard. This said, in normal day-to-day usage, we experienced closer to six to eight hours of life, depending on the screen brightness and CPU saturation."
The Yoga 13 makes use of a 13.3-inch display with a resolution of 1600 × 900. The display uses an IPS panel in order to provide wide viewing angles and maintain the thin profile of the Yoga 13. The Yoga 13 has 720p front-facing webcam. It has one USB 3.0 port and one USB 2.0 port, an HDMI output, a memory card reader, and a combo jack for audio input and output.
The 13-inch Yoga was released by Lenovo on 26 October 2012. Best Buy released an alternative version of the Yoga 13 with an Intel Core i5 processor (vs. Lenovo's base model's i3 processor) and no Microsoft Office (whereas Lenovo's base model includes Microsoft Office). Its smaller cousin, Yoga 11, which runs Windows RT (as opposed to the Yoga 13, running Windows 8), was released in December 2012.
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11
The Yoga 11 is powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 that runs at a maximum clock speed of 1.3 GHz and features an integrated graphics processor. The Tegra 3 is also found in numerous Android-based tablets. 2 GB of RAM comes standard. This relatively small amount of RAM is sufficient due to the reduced memory requirements of Windows RT applications. The Yoga 11 was sold with solid state drives in 32 GB and 64 GB capacities. The Yoga 11 ran the Windows RT operating system. Microsoft Office 2013 ships pre-installed. Like all Windows RT devices, the Yoga 11 cannot run software designed for earlier versions of Windows, only apps designed for the new Metro interface are compatible.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 was released in late 2012. It was discontinued on July 17, 2013 due to the poor sales of Windows RT devices.
2013
ThinkPad Yoga
The ThinkPad Yoga has a "backlit" keyboard that flattens when flipped into tablet mode. This is accomplished with a platform surrounding the keys rises until level with the keyboard buttons, a locking mechanism that prevents key presses, and feet that pop out to prevent the keyboard from directly resting on flat surfaces. Lenovo implemented this design in response to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20Feet%20%28series%202%29 | The second series of the British comedy-drama television series Cold Feet was first broadcast on the ITV network from 26 September to 31 October 1999. The six episodes were written by series creator Mike Bullen, produced by Christine Langan, and directed by Tom Hooper, Tom Vaughan and Pete Travis. The storylines focus on three couples: Adam Williams and Rachel Bradley, Pete and Jenny Gifford, and David and Karen Marsden who are played by James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst and Hermione Norris respectively.
The series followed multiple storylines for the characters: Rachel returns to Manchester and she and Adam begin seeing other people, though reunite after he is treated for testicular cancer; Pete and Jenny's relationship falters after she thinks she no longer loves him and he has an affair with a colleague; Karen and David work their way through his redundancy from work and are elated to learn Karen is pregnant. Bullen drew on real-life experiences for the storylines, and contributions were made to the script by other production staff. Filming took place in the first half of 1999, and took in locations in Greater Manchester, Lindisfarne in Northumberland, and Paris.
Critics reacted well to the series and drew favourable comparisons to other visual media. Viewing figures reached a high of 9.48 million for Episode 6. The series was nominated for several awards, including four British Academy Television Awards. All six episodes have been released on VHS, DVD, and through Internet media distributors.
Episodes
Production
Cast
All six main cast members from the first series returned; James Nesbitt as Adam Williams, Helen Baxendale as Rachel Bradley, John Thomson as Pete Gifford, Fay Ripley as Jenny Gifford, Robert Bathurst as David Marsden and Hermione Norris as Karen Marsden. Recurring cast member Jacey Salles also returned to play the Marsdens' nanny Ramona Ramirez in all six episodes. Rosie Cavaliero joined the series to play Pete's co-worker and mistress Amy in six episodes, Lorelei King reprised her role as David's boss Natalie Lawrence in three episodes, Hugh Dancy guest starred in two episodes as Rachel's colleague and toyboy Danny Burke, and Stephen Moyer guest starred in one episode as David's wayward brother Nick.
Writing
Planning of the second series had already begun before the first series was broadcast. Andy Harries believed that the first series had used up a lot of storylines, and the production team decided to focus on more dramatic plots rather than "whimsical humour". The producers also decided to have more non-linear storylines. When developing the plot of Series 1, Episode 6—in which Rachel discovers that she is pregnant with two possible fathers—Bullen, Harries and Langan were concerned about the outcome; Harries believed that a miscarriage would be "a cop-out". Baxendale found the abortion storyline difficult, as she had given birth to her first child the year before.
The marijuana |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SafePeak | SafePeak Technologies is a software company founded in 2007 in Israel. It markets products for big data related to relational database management systems.
History
SafePeak Technologies, originally DCF Technologies Ltd, was founded in 2007 by Vladi Vexler. It operated in stealth mode until 2009.
Between 2009 and 2013 the company partnered with distributors and technology partners from Israel (Ness, Valinor), Greece, USA and Hong-Kong.
In 2013 SafePeak partnered with Amazon Web Services on Microsoft SQL Server databases.
In January 2014 SafePeak Technologies entered into a technology IP acquisition agreement with a USA Boston based company ScaleBase, led by Ram Metser.
Technology
SafePeak Technologies developed technology for resolving databases scalability and performance of relational databases such as such as the SQL Server and MySQL - automated dynamic caching. The Dynamic Database Caching technology was invented, patented and developed by the SafePeak Technologies.
SafePeak technology is designed to transform existing, working applications and databases into scalable, mostly-in-memory, high performance, low latency, high-load database systems running on commodity hardware. The software seamlessly integrated in the architecture and works both in private, public and hybrid cloud environments. The software resolves data access bottlenecks and latency without any change to existing applications or databases.
SafePeak caching is focused on caching of queries and stored procedures result-sets, storing the data entirely in RAM based special cache; no disk I/O is required for query operations. The Dynamic Cache nature of the system makes it: a) Application agnostic, as it does not require application or database code changes or additions; b) Any read-oriented queries and stored procedures are cacheable; b) Never stale cache = automated transaction ACID level data correctness.
After installation, the application connection string set the SafePeak hostname or server IP as the data source. SafePeak works with any standard Ado.Net, ODBC, JDBC or other database connection drivers.
SafePeak fully fits 3rd party applications or platforms as it requires no code changes in the application and database levels.
Principles of operation
Reverse Proxy: SafePeak acts as a reverse proxy for database connectivity, implementing the database networking level protocol, like TDS (Tabular Data Stream) in SQL Server. Client applications create standard connections to SafePeak and the received results are expected database answers.
Metadata learning: SafePeak analyses the structure of the database schema, parses all types of schema objects (tables, views, triggers, functions, stored procedures, foreign keys) and creates an internal map of dependencies. On DDL commands, or schema changes, SafePeak automatically re-analyzes the modified objects and applies required changes to its object definitions and SQL Patterns configuration.
SQL Patterns Identification: A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro%20Studios | Astro Studios is an American design firm in San Francisco, California.
The company designed the original Compaq IPAQ Pocket PC, Alienware Computers and Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 accessories. In 1999, Astro Studios received two Design of the Decade Awards by BusinessWeek / Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one for the Kensington Computer Products Group Smart Sockets and the other for Nike Inc's first electronic products, and the original Triax SportsWatch series. Other designs include the Boxee Box, Zune HD,
A spin-off organization, Astro Gaming manufactures gaming headsets. In 2008, the Astro Gaming A40 Audio System became the official licensed headset of Major League Gaming.
Astro Studios has received several awards including Red Dot, the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 365 Awards.
References
External links
Astro Studios
Astro Gaming
Inc 5000 list 2011
Industrial design firms
Companies based in San Francisco
American companies established in 1994
Design companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Secret%20Life%20of%20the%20American%20Teenager%20%28season%205%29 | The fifth and final season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, an American television series created by Brenda Hampton, debuted on the ABC Family television network on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 8:00 PM. During its fourth season's hiatus, ABC Family announced on February 2, 2012, that the show would be renewed for a fifth season. The fifth season premiered on June 11, 2012, one week after the season 4 finale.
On October 10, 2012, the network announced this will be the series' final season.
Cast
Main
Shailene Woodley as Amy Juergens
Ken Baumann as Ben Boykewich
Greg Finley as Jack Pappas
Daren Kagasoff as Ricky Underwood
Megan Park as Grace Bowman
Francia Raisa as Adrian Lee
Steve Schirripa as Leo Boykewich
Special Guest Stars
Mark Derwin as George Juergens
Josie Bissett as Kathleen Bowman
Molly Ringwald as Anne Juergens
India Eisley as Ashley Juergens
Recurring
Renee Olstead as Madison Cooperstein
Camille Winbush as Lauren Treacy
Anne Ramsay as Nora Underwood
Michael Grant as Ethan
Cierra Ramirez as Kathy
Allen Evangelista as Henry Miller
Amy Rider as Alice Valko
Luke Zimmerman as Tom Bowman
L. Scott Caldwell as Margaret Shakur
Ana Mackenzie as Dylan
Marielle Jaffe as Clementine
Episodes
References
External links
Official website
2012 American television seasons
2013 American television seasons
5 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | Scope is an Australian children science program. It premiered on Network 10 on 19 September 2005. The series aired on 10 Peach from 2013 to 2020.
On 3 February 2021, 10 announced that they had cancelled the show after 15 years.
Presenters
Dr Rob Bell (September 2005 – 13 August 2016)
Lee Constable (20 August 2016 – 19 April 2020)
Isla Nakano (17 May 2020 – 20 September 2020)
Broadcast history
The show premiered on 19 September 2005, Monday at 4pm.
From 2005 until 2008, the show aired on Thursdays at 4pm.
On 6 January 2009 – 30 December 2009, it aired Thursdays at 7.30am, Saturdays at 9am, and on Sundays at 7am.
On 4 January 2010 – 22 February 2012, it aired Thursdays at 8am, and on Sundays at 7am.
On 23 February 2012 – 31 October 2013, it aired on Thursdays at 4pm and on Saturdays at 9am.
On 7 November 2013 – 2016, it aired on Thursdays at 8am on Eleven (now 10 Peach) due to launch of Wake Up and Studio 10, with repeats on Saturdays at 8am.
In 2016 – 8 April 2018, it aired on Saturdays at 8.30am, with repeats on Thursdays at 8am.
On 8 April 2018 – 20 September 2020, it moved to Sundays at 10 am, while repeats stayed on Thursdays at 8am.
Series overview
Series 5
See also
Totally Wild
Toasted TV
Gamify (TV series)
Crocamole
Puzzle Play
Wurrawhy
In the Box
List of Australian television series
References
External links
Official Website
Australian children's television series
Network 10 original programming
10 Peach original programming
2000s Australian television series
2010s Australian television series
2005 Australian television series debuts
2020 Australian television series endings
Television shows set in Queensland
Television shows set in Brisbane
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXHB-TV | DXHB-TV channel 8, was a television station owned and operated by Radio Mindanao Network in Cagayan de Oro. Its studios and transmitter were located at RMN Broadcast Center (Canoy Bldg.), Don Apolinario Velez St., Cagayan de Oro, the same as their AM and FM station. This station is currently inactive.
History
RMN-TV Channel 8 was the first TV station of Radio Mindanao Network. It was launched on August 28, 1991, thirty-nine years after it start, RMN was now venturing into television. And also RMN finally granted a permit to broadcast on UHF 31 in Metro Manila. This station was planned on the same year but it was launched in 1992 together with BEAM Channel 31 in Metro Manila. TV-8 initially became an affiliate of ABC 5 (now known as TV5) from that year until 1995, when it became an independent station as Cinema Television (or CTV-31). It was also the first UHF station to be inspired by a movie television. And on year 1997, it had its broadcast rights form E!, an American-cable network channel that features fashion and lifestyle show, which is lately known as E! Philippines. But in the year 2003 RMN decided to cancel its operation to TV network, citing financial constraints and poor ratings.
After almost eight years of inactivity in Cagayan de Oro television, on July 3, 2011, VHF 8 returned its operations as a test broadcast. The station (along with some RMN-owned UHF stations nationwide) was occupied by Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, after the latter bought up the acquisition by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. (funded by Globe Telecom's Group Retirement Fund) from RMN. And as the first broadcast TV operations under new ownership, BEAM began its affiliation partnership with Solar Entertainment Corporation.
The network was branded on July 13 as BEAM TV-8 Cagayan de Oro. On August 15, 2011, it started its initial broadcast carrying The Game Channel. However, on December 24, The Game Channel limited its broadcast every morning and afternoon, to give way to its new sister network station CHASE, which is used its evening block.
On December 24, 2011, The Game Channel limited its broadcast on daytime sharing with a new programming service called CHASE which takes over the evening block. In February 2012, both services aired a promotion, announcing the split of CHASE and TGC to form themselves as separate channels, which entitled "CHASE goes 24". The changes took effect on February 15, 2012, when The Game Channel bade goodbye to the viewers after its 7-month run on free TV and became a cable-only channel; while CHASE leased and took its entire BEAM airtime on free TV.
On September 7, 2012, Jack TV plugged their announcement thru CHASE programs bearing the title "Another Jack TV is rising, coming soon on this channel" (BEAM TV-8 CDO). This indicated that CHASE was being replaced; finally, on October 20, 2012, Jack City was then launched, marking October 19 as the end of CHASE's broadcasts. Jack City still does carry some of CHASE's programs howev |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila%20Kari | Lila Kari (née Sântean) is a Romanian and Canadian computer scientist, professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Biography
Professor Kari earned a master's degree at the University of Bucharest in 1987, studying there with Gheorghe Păun, and then moved to the University of Turku in Finland for her graduate studies, earning a Ph.D. in 1991 under the supervision of Arto Salomaa. She came to the University of Western Ontario as a visiting professor in 1993, and by 1996 had been hired there as a tenure-track faculty member. In 2017 she accepted a position of professor of computer science and University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo.
Research
Kari's thesis research was in formal language theory. In the mid-1990s, inspired by an article by Leonard Adleman in Science, she shifted her interests to DNA computing. In her research, together with Laura Landweber, she has initiated and explored the study of computational power of DNA processing in ciliates, using her expertise to show that the DNA operations performed by genetic recombination in these organisms are Turing complete. Her more recent research has studied issues of nondeterminism and undecidability in self-assembly, as well as studies of biodiversity informatics, such as proposing alignment-free methods based on Chaos Game Representation of DNA genomic sequences to identify and classify species.
Awards and honors
Kari won the Rolf Nevanlinna doctoral thesis award for the best Finnish mathematics doctoral thesis in 1991.
From 2002 to 2011, she held a Canada Research Chair in Biocomputing.
References
External links
Home page at University of Waterloo
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian computer scientists
Romanian emigrants to Canada
Canadian people of Romanian descent
Romanian computer scientists
Canadian women computer scientists
Romanian women computer scientists
University of Bucharest alumni
University of Turku alumni
Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
Academic staff of the University of Waterloo
Canada Research Chairs
DNA nanotechnology people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Shields%20Corporation%20Tramways | South Shields Corporation Tramways operated an electric tramway service in South Shields between 1906 and 1946.
History
South Shields Corporation Tramways took over the horse-drawn tramway network owned by the South Shields Tramways Company in 1906 and after a programme of modernisation and electrification, opened for service on 30 March 1906
The corporation obtained agreement with the neighbouring Jarrow and District Electric Tramway for through running, and accepted Jarrow tramcars on its own network. This arrangement lasted until the Jarrow Tramway closed in 1929.
Fleet
1-10 Hurst Nelson 1906
11-20 United Electric Car Company 1906
21-35 United Electric Car Company 1907
36-40 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1913
41-45 English Electric 1921
29 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1906 for the Jarrow and District Electric Tramway No 5 obtained second hand in 1929
48 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1906 for the Jarrow and District Electric Tramway No 6 obtained second hand in 1929
46 G.F. Milnes & Co. 1902 for the Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company No 4 obtained second hand in 1930
47 G.F. Milnes & Co. 1902 for the Tyneside Tramways and Tramroads Company No 3 obtained second hand in 1930
23 Wigan Corporation Tramways obtained second hand in 1931
33 Wigan Corporation Tramways obtained second hand in 1931
50 Wigan Corporation Tramways obtained second hand in 1931
51 Wigan Corporation Tramways obtained second hand in 1931
16 English Electric 1920 for the Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways No 31 then Ayr Corporation Tramways No 29 obtained second hand in 1931
34 English Electric 1920 for the Dumbarton Burgh and County Tramways No 32 then Ayr Corporation Tramways No 30 obtained second hand in 1931
18 Yorkshire (West Riding) Tramways obtained second hand in 1932
20 Yorkshire (West Riding) Tramways obtained second hand in 1932
52 Brush Electrical Engineering Company 1936
Closure
The service was closed on 31 March 1946 as the corporation moved to trolley bus operation.
References
Tram transport in England
Transport in South Shields |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait%20Metropolitan%20Rapid%20Transit%20System%20Project | The Kuwait Metropolitan Rapid Transit System Project is a developing metro network in Kuwait. The metro project is currently in the design stage.
Construction
According to MEED in 2021, the metro project is currently in the design stage. It is now a PPP project under the management of the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP). The government will own 10% of the project and raise 50% of the funds through an initial public offer. The remaining 40% will be held by the private developer.
The government Partnerships Technical Bureau was to begin procurement in 2012, using PPP contracts. However, tendering is now scheduled for 2021. A January 2020 article in Gulf Business outlined that the metro is "to be constructed" with no timeframe given.
Routes
Four lines will be built in five phases, to total 160 km with 69 stations.
Line 1: 23.7 km, 19 stations, +57.3 km extension
Line 2: 21 km, 27 stations, +16.4 km extension
Line 3: 24 km, 15 stations
Line 4: 22.7 km, 17 stations
See also
Transport in Kuwait
Kuwait City
References
External links
Kuwait Metropolitan Rapid Transit System (government website)
Proposed rapid transit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona%20Provincial%20Council%20Local%20Museum%20Network | The Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network (), also known as Catalonia’s Biggest Museum, is a tool for support and collaboration from and for the museums of the province, which makes available to municipalities a series of services and actions aimed at improving, through the provision of direct services and research into viable formulas for supramunicipal cooperation, the management, conservation and dissemination of heritage and the museum facilities of the towns of Barcelona province. It is managed from the Cultural Heritage Office, which in turn depends on the Department of Knowledge and New Technologies of Barcelona Provincial Council.
It was started in 2001, the continuation of a collaboration effort established by the Local Museum Cooperation Committee, which was founded in 1988 in connection with the preparation for the 1st Conference on Museums and Local Administration. Its main objective is to work as a team toward a dynamic, versatile, pluridisciplinary museum model that is in touch with reality and with the lives of people, making local museums centres of public service that are close and accessible to the people, so that they may become benchmarks in the preservation of identity and collective memory as well as new centres of learning, socialisation, leisure and territorial development.
Museums in the network
In 2013, the network comprised 65 museums or facilities spread over 52 different municipalities:
Arenys de Mar: Arenys de Mar Museum (Marès Lace Museum and Mollfulleda Mineralogy Museum)
Argentona: Argentona Water Jug Museum
Badalona: Badalona Museum
Berga: Berga Interpretation Area
Caldes d'Estrac: Palau Foundation
Caldes de Montbui: Thermalia. Caldes de Montbui Museum
Calella: Calella Josep M. Codina i Bagué Municipal Archive Museum
Canet de Mar: Lluís Domènech i Montaner House-Museum
Capellades: Capellades Paper Mill Museum
Cardedeu: Cardadeu Tomàs Balvey Museum-Archive
Castellbisbal: Museu de la Pagesia
Cercs: Cercs Mine Museum
Cerdanyola del Vallès: Cerdanyola Art Museum. Can Domènech, Cerdanyola Museum, Ca n'Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum
Cornellà de Llobregat: Mercader Palace Museum
Esplugues de Llobregat: Can Tinturé Museum
Folgueroles: Verdaguer House-Museum
Gavà: Gavà Museum and the Gavà Mines Archaeological Park
Granollers: Granollers Museum, Granollers Museum of Natural Sciences
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: Arranz-Bravo Foundation, L'Hospitalet Museum
Igualada: Igualada Leather and L'Anoia Regional Museum, Muleteer's Museum. Antoni Ros Collection
Manlleu: El Ter Industrial Museum - Can Sanglas
Manresa: Museu Comarcal de Manresa
Martorell: L'Enrajolada, Santacana House-Museum. Martorell, Vicenç Ros Municipal Museum
El Masnou: El Masnou Municipal Nautical Museum
Mataró: Mataró Museum
Moià: Archaeological and Palaeontological Museum – El Toll Caves, Moià
Molins de Rei: Molins de Rei Municipal Museum
Mollet del Vallès: Abelló Museum
Montcada i Reixac: Montcada Municipal Museu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Randall | Steve Randall (also known as Hollywood Off-Beat) is an American detective television series starring Melvyn Douglas that ran on the DuMont Television Network from November 7, 1952, to January 30, 1953, and on CBS from June 16, 1953, to August 11, 1953.
Background and premise
The series' concept originated from stories written by Louis Blatz, an attorney. The initial TV adaptation was A Hollywood Affair, starring Lee J. Cobb and Adele Jergens. The pilot for that series did not sell, but the producers tried the same concept again with Steve Randall.
Steve Randall is a disbarred attorney who became a private detective in an effort to be reinstated as a lawyer. He handled cases such as blackmail and murder before he was reinstated in the series's final episode.
Cast and production
In addition to Douglas, the program featured Mary Beth Hughes.
Some episodes of the program were broadcast on local stations as Hollywood Off Beat before it began its network run. The episodes on DuMont were broadcast on Fridays from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
United Television Programs distributed the show. Marion Parsonnet was the producer and director. Sponsors included Swank men's jewelry and Dixie Cups.
Episode status
"The Trial" (September 11, 1952) is available for viewing on the Internet Archive. Four episodes (June 12, July 3, August 14, and September 11, 1952) are in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.
Critical response
Critic Jack Gould wrote in The New York Times in 1953 that a repeat of an episode was "just as familiar and just as tired" as it had been previously, with "the usual quota of murders, an oomphy siren and tough guys talking out of the side of the mouth."
A capsule review in the trade publication Billboard said that Douglas "is adept at lending importance where little or none is due." As a result, it added, the series "often rises above its material."
Syndicated critic John Crosby wrote, "As adventure whodunits go, this is a pretty good one."
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
External links
"The Trial" on the Internet Archive
Steve Randall at IMDB
DuMont historical website
List of episodes at CTVA
Steve Randall at ThrillingDetective
1952 American television series debuts
1953 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows
CBS original programming
DuMont Television Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Adee | Bill Adee is Chief Operating Officer for Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN) after joining the network in March 2017. Adee was formerly executive vice president of digital development and operations for the Chicago Tribune. He joined the news organization as its sports editor in the spring of 2002. He previously worked for the Chicago Sun-Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Akron Beacon Journal of Akron, Ohio, "The Virginian-Pilot" of Norfolk, Virginia, "The Daily Herald' in Arlington Heights, Illinois and the News Sun of Waukegan, Illinois.
Biography
Adee was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. He is a graduate of Waukegan East High School and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
Professional career
Adee earned his first byline at the Waukegan News Sun at age 16
, where he covered high school sports. He became sports editor of Chicago Sun-Times in 1993 at age 29. While in the role, Adee was named to the 1999 "40 Under 40" list produced by Crain's Chicago Business with his then-wife, Joycelyn Winnecke.
Adee joined the Chicago Tribune as sports editor in 2002. In 2006, Adee became associate managing editor for innovation and was later promoted to vice president of digital in 2009.
In 2009, Adee created ChicagoNow, a blog network managed by Tribune Media Group.
In 2013, Adee was promoted to executive vice president of digital development and operations.
In 2017, Adee emerged as the COO of the Vegas Stats & Information Network. VSiN is a network which is dedicated to covering sports gambling news, and informing the public on how the sports gaming industry operates. The network broadcasts daily on SiriusXM 204, and on the website VSiN.com.
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20120208224450/http://bio.tribune.com/BillAdee
Chicago Tribune people
Chicago Sun-Times people
American male journalists
Living people
People from Waukegan, Illinois
Medill School of Journalism alumni
1960s births
Journalists from Illinois
People from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Journalists from Wisconsin
20th-century American journalists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt%20%28TV%20network%29 | Revolt is an American music-oriented digital cable television network founded by Sean "Puffy" Combs and Andy Schuon that launched on October 21, 2013.
History
As part of its arrangement to acquire a minority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned networks. The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings.
In April 2011, Comcast solicited proposals for minority owned networks. In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, including Revolt. The four announced networks and six forthcoming stations were being chosen from among in excess of 100 proposals to begin airing by 2020.
On October 1, 2013, the network announced that it would debut in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on October 21.
AT&T U-verse added the SD channel on July 27, 2015, and the HD channel on November 24, 2015. DirecTV added it on December 24, 2015.
Dutch TV channel
On 18 October 2019 Ziggo announced that it would add a Dutch version of Revolt on 1 November 2019. The programming consists of interviews, the latest music news, hip-hop documentaries, live events, and music videos. The first months of broadcast the American version of the channel would be shown with a 6-hour delay. From January 2020, Dutch programs would also be broadcast. The Dutch channel was a collaboration between Revolt US, Dutch record label TopNotch, and AreaMedia.
On 1 February 2021, the channel closed.
Programming
Revolt is primarily dedicated to urban contemporary music, with music video blocks comprising the majority of the network's afternoon schedule. Revolt's original programming also has covered social justice issues targeting African Americans.
Revolt Films
Revolt Films is a separate entity from the network, using the same name for brand association. It specializes in developing, producing, and financing films and original television content. Its first full-length feature film was Lawless. Other credits include Dope.
Notes
External links
Revolt.tv website
REVOLT TV
English-language television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Music video networks in the United States
Music television channels
Television networks in the United States
African-American television networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspire%20TV%20%28American%20TV%20network%29 | Aspire is an American pay television channel targeting African Americans. The network was launched by Magic Johnson on June 27, 2012.
History
As part of its arrangement to acquire a minority interest in NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation committed to carry several minority-owned channels. The arrangement followed pressure led by Maxine Waters in congressional hearings. In April 2011, Comcast solicited proposals for minority-owned networks. In February 2012, Comcast announced distribution arrangements for four networks, including Aspire. The four announced networks and six forthcoming stations are being chosen from among an excess of 100 proposals to begin airing by 2020.
Aspire also holds the broadcast rights to a selection of CIAA college football games involving historically black colleges and universities.
See also
BET – American basic cable and satellite channel currently owned by Paramount, which launched in 1980 as the first television network devoted to programming targeting African-Americans.
BET Her – spinoff/sister network targeting African-American women.
Bounce TV – American digital multicast network owned by E. W. Scripps Company.
TheGrio – American digital multicast/cable network owned by Allen Media Group
TV One – Cable and satellite network targeting African-Americans, owned by Urban One.
Cleo TV – Spinoff/sister network targeting African-American women.
Notes
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Television networks in the United States
English-language television stations in the United States
African-American television
African-American television networks
Magic Johnson |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Karlin | Anna R. Karlin is an American computer scientist, the Microsoft Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington.
Biography
Karlin was born into an academic family. Her father, Samuel Karlin, was a mathematician at Stanford University, and her brother, Kenneth Karlin, is a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.
Karlin went to Stanford for her undergraduate studies, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1981. She stayed at Stanford for graduate school, and earned Ph.D. in 1987 under the supervision of Jeffrey Ullman. She continued to work near Stanford, at the DEC Systems Research Center, for five years, before moving to the University of Washington in 1994. She was program chair of the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science in 1997.
Karlin was also one of the founding members of the rock music band Severe Tire Damage, and in 1993 as part of the band she participated in the first live music broadcast on the Internet.
Research
Karlin's research interests are in the design and analysis of online algorithms and randomized algorithms, which she has applied to problems in algorithmic game theory, system software, distributed computing, and data mining. She has written heavily cited papers on the use of randomized packet markings to perform IP traceback, competitive analysis of multiprocessor cache coherence algorithms, unified algorithms for simultaneously managing all levels of the memory hierarchy, web proxy servers, and hash tables with constant worst-case lookup time.
Awards and honors
In 2012, Karlin was named as a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
In 2016 she became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded the 2020 ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award, "For the discovery and analysis of balanced allocations, known as the power of two choices, and their extensive applications to practice." She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021 and to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.
Selected publications
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References
Living people
1960 births
American computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
American women computer scientists
Stanford University alumni
Digital Equipment Corporation people
University of Washington faculty
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Game theorists
American women academics
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GyPSii | GyPSii is a provider of geosocial networking applications and services for the iPhone, iPod, iPad, BlackBerry OS, Android and Java-based phones, Symbian S60 and S40, Windows Mobile and MID notebooks. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with offices in Asia and the United States.
History
According to co-founder Daniel Harple, while cycling around Amsterdam in 2007 searching for nearby restaurants with his mobile phone browser, he realized the need for a software application that would allow friends to easily track and share locations and activities with each other. The previous year Harple had met GyPSii's other founder, Sam Critchley, who had been working on a location-based mobile URL geolocation application, a2b, originally based on a database of restaurant and other landmark locations, since 2004, and which had launched and received some international press coverage in 2006. After meeting, Harple and Critchley came up with the idea for GyPSii whilst meeting in a café in Amsterdam and began to collaborate on the new service. Their application became the Amsterdam-based company, GeoSolutions BV, doing business as Gypsii. Shortly afterward, the resulting startup was acquired and merged to Finnish company Benefon, later known as GeoSentric OYJ, parent company of GeoSentric Group. At this time GyPSii received early press coverage noting the role positioning technologies would begin to play in mobile social networks.
GyPSii was launched in time for the 2008 Olympics in Bejiing, where the app's real time blogging enabled event results, videos and pictures to be "broadcast" instantly via GyPSii. Shortly after its launch, Harple predicted GyPSii "could have more users in one year than Facebook had in three." GyPSii added about 1 million new users in China in the last quarter of 2009. By May 2010 the company reported it had reached over two million users, and in June 2010, added 130 million subscribers in Latin America as part of a deal with mobile operator Telefónica.
In 2009, GyPSii was a Webby Award winner in the Social Networking category.
In 2010 Sina Weibo entered into a joint venture with GeoSentric's GyPSii. Sina eventually took over operations of GyPSii services such as the Chinese language location-based mobile social networking application called WeilLngDi, as well as the location-based photo-sharing service similar to Instagram called TuDing.
In September 2010, Harple resigned as Executive Chairman and Group CEO, but continues as a major shareholder and lead inventor/patent-holder to GeoSentric and its technologies.
Products
GyPSii
GyPSii's "social, local, mobile" application utilizes GPS to allow mobile device users to search for and identify their contacts locally or internationally and add a real time, location-based element to social networking. Compatible with other social networking sites, GyPSii allows location-specific functionality to be transferred to a user's Facebook page, showing their own location in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torus%20interconnect | A torus interconnect is a switch-less network topology for connecting processing nodes in a parallel computer system.
Introduction
In geometry, a torus is created by revolving a circle about an axis coplanar to the circle. While this is a general definition in geometry, the topological properties of this type of shape describes the network topology in its essence.
Geometry illustration
The following images are 1D, and 2D torus.
1D torus is a simple circle, and 2D torus has the shape of a doughnut. The animation below illustrates how a 2D torus is generated from a rectangle by connecting its two pairs of opposite edges. Here the concept of torus is used to describe essentially the beginning and ending of a sequence of nodes are connected, like a doughnut. To better illustrate the concept, and understand what the topology means in network interconnect, we give 3 examples of parallel interconnected nodes using torus topology. At one dimension, a torus topology is equivalent to a ring interconnect network, of a shape of a circle. At 2D, it is equivalent to a 2D mesh, but with extra connection at the edge nodes, which is the definition of 2D torus.
Torus network topology
We can generalize the rule from the figures above. Torus interconnect is a switch-less topology that can be seen as a mesh interconnect with nodes arranged in a rectilinear array of N = 2, 3, or more dimensions, with processors connected to their nearest neighbors, and corresponding processors on opposite edges of the array connected.[1] In this lattice, each node has 2N connections. This topology got the name from the fact that the lattice formed in this way is topologically homogeneous to an N-dimensional torus.
Visualization
The first 3 dimensions of torus network topology are easier to visualize and are described below:
1D Torus: it is one dimension, n nodes are connected in closed loop with each node connected to its 2 nearest neighbors communication can take place in 2 directions, +x and −x. 1D Torus is same as ring interconnection.
2D Torus: it is two dimension with degree of 4, the nodes are imagined laid out in a two-dimensional rectangular lattice of n rows and n columns, with each node connected to its 4 nearest neighbors, and corresponding nodes on opposite edges connected. The connection of opposite edges can be visualized by rolling the rectangular array into a "tube" to connect two opposite edges and then bending the "tube" into a torus to connect the other two. communication can take place in 4 directions, +x, −x, +y, and −y. The total nodes of 2D Torus is n2.
3D Torus: it is three dimension, the nodes are imagined in a three-dimensional lattice in the shape of a rectangular prism, with each node connected with its 6 neighbors, with corresponding nodes on opposing faces of the array connected. Each edge consists of n nodes. communication can take place in 6 directions, +x, −x, +y, −y, +z, −z. Each edge of 3D Torus consist of n nodes. The total nodes of 3 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Rey%20Network | El Rey Network (Spanish for The King) is a media brand founded by Robert Rodriguez on December 15, 2013, that is currently owned in a joint venture with FactoryMade Ventures.
Until December 31, 2020, El Rey was a cable and satellite network, operated and distributed in-partnership with Univision Communications (now known as TelevisaUnivision), dedicated to Grindhouse-style programming targeting Hispanic audiences. By March 2015, approximately 40 million households received El Rey; its carriage would fall to 13 million households by the time of the network's closure.
History
As a television network (2013–2020)
El Rey Network was one of two ethnic outlets created as part of an agreement between Comcast, NBC Universal, and the FCC as a condition for the merger between the former two broadcasters (the other network being Revolt).
The network's headquarters was in Austin, Texas, and launched as part of the digital basic service on some of Comcast's systems. Comcast announced that the network was expected to debut by January 2014. In August 2012, Antoinette Alfonso Zel was announced as CEO. In May 2013, Univision Communications (now known as TelevisaUnivision USA) announced that it would be an investor for El Rey, handling the sales and distribution of the network.
In November 2013, it was announced that the production of From Dusk till Dawn: The Series had begun. Upon launch in the week of December 15, 2013, El Rey was also offered by cable companies Time Warner Cable, with Bright House Networks offering soon later in January 2014, and Cox Communications by February 2014. Cablevision added the network on April 7, 2014.
The first satellite service to host El Rey was DirecTV in January 2014.
That year, Lucha libre program Lucha Underground, featuring wrestlers from Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (AAA) and produced by Mark Burnett, premiered on October 29, 2014. The show would go on to become the network's flagship series and both it, and the corresponding promotion, received positive reception.
Dish Network would begin carrying El Rey in January 2015. The following month, El Rey was made available through cable company Suddenlink Communications in select markets.
El Rey was added to AT&T U-verse and Verizon FiOS that same year.
Between 2018 and 2020, various cable and satellite providers began dropping the network. On November 6, 2020, Univision announced it had sold its stake in El Rey, as part of a larger effort by the company to refocus on its core Spanish-language businesses. Soon after, it would be reported that El Rey would cease operations on December 31, though it was speculated that the network would relaunch as a streaming brand. The network went dark at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.
As a streaming network (2021–present)
On August 6, 2021, El Rey Network announced a partnership with Cinedigm that would see the network relaunch as a streaming channel. As part of this agreement, Cinedigm will exclusively distribute Rodriguez's 2019 film, Red 11, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus%20cordata | Pyrus cordata, the Heart-leaved pear or Plymouth pear, is a rare wild species of pear belonging to the family Rosaceae. It gets its name in Spanish, Portuguese and French from the shape of its leaves. In the UK, it is known as Plymouth Pear after the city of Plymouth in Devon, where it was originally found in 1870 The Plymouth pear was one of the British trees to be funded under English Natures Species Recovery Programme.
It is a small tree, that grows in hedgerows or at the edge of woods.
The Plymouth pear is considered to be either a subspecies of Pyrus pyraster (European wild pear) or a distinct species. It is one of the rarest trees in the UK and it is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act and seeds have been deposited at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank
Description
Pyrus cordata is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing up to 10 metres in height.
It is hardy and is not frost tender, but its ability to bear fruit and thus seed is dependent upon favourable weather conditions.
It is in flower from April to May. The flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by Insects. The trees have pale cream blossom with some pink.
The smell of the blossom has however been described as a faint but disgusting smell compared to rotting scampi, soiled sheets or wet carpets. The odour attracts mainly flies including some more often drawn to decaying plant matter such as Bibio marci. It is common in Brittany, Northern Portugal and Galicia where it occurs at woodland margins and scrub on acid soils.
Distribution
The Plymouth pear has an Atlantic distribution and is found in Western Europe in France (notably in Brittany), Spain (notably in Galicia), Portugal and with a small presence in the United Kingdom (in Devon and Cornwall) where it is now believed to be an archaeophyte, as well as Morocco.
Habitat
It occurs in thickets, hedgerows, scrub and open woods with cool-temperate climates, in lowlands and hills. Not much about its requirements in the UK are known, but conservationists are looking at how it behaves in Brittany to get an idea about its requirements.
English population
The species receives its English name from the area it was originally found growing in Plymouth in 1871 by a local naturalist, T. R. Archer Briggs. In the United Kingdom the species is very rare and is confined to two areas – Plymouth and Truro.
The genetic diversity of the species in the UK is very low with the two widely scattered populations being genetically identical which suggests that one of the populations was established from clone material taken from the other (suckers or cuttings).
However this lack of genetic diversity is a threat to the population because most of the seeds are infertile, but efforts are being made to conserve the population by controlled breeding of trees in botanical gardens and by attempting to induce genetic mutations and variation in cultivated specimens.
Genetic material from other parts of Europe is being avoided, so no trees |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avril%2014th | "Avril 14th" is a piano instrumental by the electronic musician Richard D. James, under his pseudonym Aphex Twin, released on his 2001 album Drukqs. It was recorded using a Disklavier, a computer-controlled piano.
Composition
Whereas most of James's music is electronic, "Avril 14th" is a piano composition. It was recorded using a Disklavier, a piano with a mechanism that reads MIDI data and plays the keyboard without human input. The clicking of the mechanism is audible on the recording. According to Fact writer Scott Wilson, "The result is something that sounds human but not quite." Several critics likened it to the works of Erik Satie. Fact described it as a "a butterfly-fragile float" of "piano calm".
Reception
Reviewing Drukqs in 2001, Pitchfork wrote that tracks including "'Avril 14th' ... rove dangerously close to the Windham Hill new age aesthetic of the 80s". It surprised some listeners expecting more electronic work, though Fact wrote in 2017 that it was "a perfect embodiment of Aphex and the line he constantly treads between the mechanical and the human". As of April 2017, "Avril 14th" had been streamed 124 million times on Spotify, 106 million more than Aphex Twin's 1999 single "Windowlicker".
Appearances
"Avril 14th" has been used in films including Marie Antoinette (2006), Four Lions (2010), and the international trailer for Her (2013). For Four Lions, James rerecorded the track with a minor edit. In 2007, "Avril 14th" was sampled for a song used in the SNL digital short "Iran So Far." As SNL owner NBC had not obtained the rights to use the track, the short was quickly removed from YouTube.
The American rapper Kanye West used elements of "Avril 14th" for his 2010 track "Blame Game." According to James, after he was sent an early version of "Blame Game" with a heavily timestretched sample of "Avril 14th," he offered to rerecord the piece at a different tempo; West's team replied with "It's not yours, it's ours, and we're not even asking you any more," and tried to avoid paying for its use. The final "Blame Game" used a rerecorded version of "Avril 14th" rather than a sample, and James received credit.
On December 4, 2018, Aphex Twin released two alternative versions of "Avril 14th" on his web store, subtitled "reversed music not audio" and "half speed alternative version". A third version, subtitled "doubletempo half speed" was quickly removed from the store the same day.
Other versions
Alarm Will Sound included their rendition of "Avril 14th" on the 2005 album Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin.
Murcof and Vanessa Wagner recorded a version of "Avril 14th" for their 2016 album, Statea. Two additional versions were released on their 2017 EP, EP.03, including a remix by Loscil.
References
2001 compositions
Aphex Twin songs
Songs written by Aphex Twin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga%20Bingo | Zynga Bingo is a social network game developed by Zynga and released on Facebook in February 2012. The game is part of a larger franchise called Zynga Casino, which was announced in October 2011 at the company's Unleashed event, and also includes Zynga Poker.
Gameplay
During the game, numbers are called out randomly as players try to score five numbers in a row, or all four corners on their card to win a “bingo”. Players are able to chat with other players as they compete against each other.
Players earn coins, cards, and keys to move up levels and unlock themed rooms within the game and may have up to six Bingo cards at any given time.
The games take place in themed rooms, including Vegas Lights, where the bingo balls shoot out of a classic Cadillac; Pirate's Paradise, which features a pirate map, golden coins, and a treasure chest; and FarmVille Bounty, where users are able to play inside scenes from Zynga's popular game FarmVille. As a bonus, players earn coins and tickets that can be used to unlock hidden rooms.
Each player is able to see how many current players there are for a particular room, the top available prize, and how many tickets it will cost to play. Players can also challenge friends to a race to see who can get Bingo first.
Power-Ups
Players can buy Power-Ups to accelerate the game. Each Power-Up is different. Some Power-Ups supply the player with mystery crates and keys while others contain a free daub. Some have the ability to charge up power-ups that can be used at any time thereafter. These power-ups may add piles of coins to the board, or automatically daub different numbers, if the player is struggling to achieve Bingo.
Friend Boost Power-Up allows a player to ask friends to help. Friends can offer help even when they're not signed in, and their Facebook profile picture will substitute as a Bingo chip on the board.
References
External links
Zynga Bingo on Facebook
'Bingo site'
2012 video games
Facebook games
Multiplayer online games
Video games developed in the United States
Zynga |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Sundstrand | David Sundstrand (1880-1930) was a Swedish-born American inventor of the 10-key adding machine, 10-key calculator keyboard, a 10-keypad now used on computer keyboards, and a co-founder of Sundstrand Corporation.
Sundstrand's 1914 adding machine had the first now common place keyboard for 10-key calculators and numeric keypads. This 1914 invention was filed as patent No. 1198487.
This invention was seminal to the development of an extensive range of machines that continued for decades into the 1950s.
References
1880 births
1930 deaths
20th-century American inventors
Swedish emigrants to the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20Statistics%20%26%20Data%20Analysis | Computational Statistics & Data Analysis is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on and applications of computational statistics and data analysis. The journal was established in 1983 and is the official journal of the International Association for Statistical Computing, a section of the International Statistical Institute.
See also
List of statistics journals
References
External links
International Statistical Institute
Statistics journals
Academic journals established in 1983
Monthly journals
English-language journals
Elsevier academic journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torricelli%20language | Torricelli, or Lou, is a Torricelli language of East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005).
References
Torricelli languages
Languages of Sandaun Province
Languages of East Sepik Province |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20Canadian%20network%20television%20schedules | The following is a list of Canadian network television schedules.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20Vincent | Jesse Vincent (born June 21, 1976) is a computer programmer and entrepreneur, best known for his work with the Perl programming language. He created the ticket-tracking system Request Tracker ("RT") and founded the company Best Practical Solutions.
He created RT while working at Wesleyan University in 1994. Graduating from the university in 1998, Vincent founded Best Practical in 2001. He co-authored RT Essentials in 2005.
He is the founder and former project lead of K-9 Mail Email app for Android.
In 2012 he became interested in the ergonomics of keyboards, having designed and built himself several designs. In 2014 he co-founded Keyboardio.
In 2021, he co-founded VaccinateCA, a community-run website for helping Americans find COVID vaccines.
Perl
From 2005 to 2008 he served as the project manager for Perl 6. He was the keeper of the pumpkin for Perl versions 5.12 and 5.14. He changed the release cycle for Perl 5 from an irregular release done at the leisure of the project manager to a regular timeboxed release with development releases monthly and stable releases annually.
References
External links
RT Essentials
Personal Web site
Interview about Perl 6
contributions to CPAN
1976 births
Living people
Perl people
Wesleyan University alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catamount%20%28operating%20system%29 | Catamount is an operating system for supercomputers.
Catamount is a lightweight kernel that provides basic functionality and aims for efficiency. The roots of Catamount go back to 1991 when SUNMOS was developed by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico as a lightweight operating system. The Cray XT3 uses Catamount on compute nodes and Linux on server nodes.
A case study by the IEEE assessed the performance of a particle transport code on AWE's Cray XT3 8,000-core supercomputer while running images of the Catamount and the Cray Linux Environment (CLE) operating systems. This work demonstrated that by running a number of small benchmarks on a test machine it is possible to speculate as to the performance impact of upgrading from one operating system to another on the system as a whole. The study's findings allows researchers to minimise system downtime while exploring software-system upgrades. The results show that benchmark tests run on less than 256 cores would suggest that the impact of upgrading the operating system to CLE was less than 10%.
See also
Compute Node Linux
Cray XT3
Cray Inc. supercomputers
Timeline of operating systems
CNK operating system
References
Supercomputer operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimSimi | SimSimi is an artificial intelligence conversation program created in 2002 by ISMaker. It grows its artificial intelligence day by day assisted by a feature that allows users to teach it to respond correctly. SimSimi, pronounced as "shim-shimi", is from a Korean word simsim (심심) which means "bored". It has an application designed for Android, Windows Phone and iOS.
The application was banned in Thailand in 2012 after users taught it to make responses containing profanity, and to criticise leading politicians. In April 2018, SimSimi was suspended in Brazil due to accusations of sending inappropriate messages, such as sexual content, bullying practices and even death threats, being labeled as "dangerous" mainly due to its popularity among children, and according to its developer, the suspension of the app in the country "was inevitable because the SimSimi app, at least in the last few days, had a significant negative social impact in Brazil”
See also
Bondee
Boyfriend Maker
Character.ai
Chatterbot
Cleverbot
Jabberwacky
Replika
References
External links
Mobile software
Chatbots
Obscenity controversies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoob | Skoob is a collaborative social network for Brazilian readers, launched in January 2009 by developer Lindenberg Moreira. Without advertising, the site became a meeting point for readers and writers who exchange tips about books and organize meetings in bookstores. The network allows interaction with other social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as popular e-commerce stores in Brazil, such as: Americanas.com, Saraiva, and Submarino.
Skoob's name comes from the English word "books" spelled backwards. Through free registration, the user creates a profile showing what books they are reading or rereading, have read, want to read, or are no longer reading, thus forming a "virtual bookshelf". Users can also add missing titles and share their views on the books via assessments and reviews. On January 27, 2012, a survey was released that indicates that Skoob had more than 1.200.000 users.
References
External links
Brazilian social networking websites
Social cataloging applications
Internet properties established in 2009
Book websites
Library 2.0 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters%20vs.%20Aliens%20%28disambiguation%29 | Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3D science fiction action-comedy film.
Monsters vs. Aliens may also refer to:
Monsters vs. Aliens (franchise), a CGI animated media franchise
Monsters vs. Aliens (video game), a 2009 cooperative video game
Monsters vs. Aliens (TV series), a TV series sequel to the film |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine%20Berman | Francine Berman (born February 7, 1951) is an American computer scientist, and a leader in digital data preservation and cyber-infrastructure. In 2009, she was the inaugural recipient of the IEEE/ACM-CS Ken Kennedy Award "for her influential leadership in the design, development and deployment of national-scale cyberinfrastructure, her inspiring work as a teacher and mentor, and her exemplary service to the high performance community". In 2004, Business Week called her the "reigning teraflop queen".
Berman is the former director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and High Performance Computing Endowed Chair and a former professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Since 2009, she has served as vice president for research and professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). In 2011, Berman was appointed co-chair of the National Academies Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI). In August 2021, Berman joined the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to establish a program in public interest technology. Berman is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (United States).
Early life and education
Francine Berman was born in Glendale, California. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a B.A. in mathematics (1973), and from the University of Washington with an M.S. and a Ph.D. in mathematics (1976, 1979). Her Ph.D. thesis investigated non-standard models of propositional dynamic logic, an area in the field of theoretical computer science.
Career
Berman began her professional career as assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. In 1984, Berman left Purdue to join the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UCSD as assistant, and then associate and full professor. In 2002, she was awarded the Endowed Chair in High Performance Computing in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UCSD.
In 1999, while at UCSD, Berman founded the Grid Computing Laboratory. Research in the Grid Lab targeted applications and software environments within parallel, high performance computing, and grid environments. The lab was known for the innovative AppLeS project, which explored the development of adaptive applications that could opportunistically self-schedule in distributed environments based on ambient load and performance projections.
In 2001, Berman was appointed director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), a lead center for the National Science Foundation's National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), as well as Director of NPACI itself. NPACI was a consortium of over 40 institutions whose mission was to develop national-scale cyberinfrastructure and provide supercomputing facilities to the U.S. research community. As lead institution, SDSC hosted national supercomputer facilities and collaborated widely to develop computationa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer%20operating%20system | A supercomputer operating system is an operating system intended for supercomputers. Since the end of the 20th century, supercomputer operating systems have undergone major transformations, as fundamental changes have occurred in supercomputer architecture. While early operating systems were custom tailored to each supercomputer to gain speed, the trend has been moving away from in-house operating systems and toward some form of Linux, with it running all the supercomputers on the TOP500 list in November 2017. In 2021, top 10 computers run for instance Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), or some variant of it or other Linux distribution e.g. Ubuntu.
Given that modern massively parallel supercomputers typically separate computations from other services by using multiple types of nodes, they usually run different operating systems on different nodes, e.g., using a small and efficient lightweight kernel such as Compute Node Kernel (CNK) or Compute Node Linux (CNL) on compute nodes, but a larger system such as a Linux-derivative on server and input/output (I/O) nodes.
While in a traditional multi-user computer system job scheduling is in effect a tasking problem for processing and peripheral resources, in a massively parallel system, the job management system needs to manage the allocation of both computational and communication resources, as well as gracefully dealing with inevitable hardware failures when tens of thousands of processors are present.
Although most modern supercomputers use the Linux operating system, each manufacturer has made its own specific changes to the Linux-derivative they use, and no industry standard exists, partly because the differences in hardware architectures require changes to optimize the operating system to each hardware design.
Context and overview
In the early days of supercomputing, the basic architectural concepts were evolving rapidly, and system software had to follow hardware innovations that usually took rapid turns. In the early systems, operating systems were custom tailored to each supercomputer to gain speed, yet in the rush to develop them, serious software quality challenges surfaced and in many cases the cost and complexity of system software development became as much an issue as that of hardware.
In the 1980s the cost for software development at Cray came to equal what they spent on hardware and that trend was partly responsible for a move away from the in-house operating systems to the adaptation of generic software. The first wave in operating system changes came in the mid-1980s, as vendor specific operating systems were abandoned in favor of Unix. Despite early skepticism, this transition proved successful.
By the early 1990s, major changes were occurring in supercomputing system software. By this time, the growing use of Unix had begun to change the way system software was viewed. The use of a high level language (C) to implement the operating system, and the reliance on standardized interfa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIGW | WIGW (90.3 FM) is a Christian talk FM radio station in the Lake County area in Florida. This station is owned and operated by Relevant Radio, Inc., and carries its Relevant Radio programming.
External links
Official Website
IGW
Talk radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2012
2012 establishments in Florida
Relevant Radio stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell%20Long | Darrell Don Earl Long is an American computer scientist and computer engineer who is the inaugural holder of the Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair of Storage Systems Research and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He was editor-in-chief of the IEEE Letters of the Computer Society and was editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on Storage (TOS).
In 2002, he was the founder of the Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST).
Biography
Long did his undergraduate studies at San Diego State University, graduating in 1984, and went on to graduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, earning a Ph.D. in 1988 under the supervision of Jehan-François Pâris.
While in graduate school, he worked as a lecturer in mathematics at San Diego State University and in computer science at the University of California, San Diego. After earning his Ph.D. he joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
At UCSC, he has been associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, and he is Director emeritus of the Storage Systems Research Center. During his tenure at the SSRC, seven women earned Ph.D's in the program, which is noteworthy in the field of Computer Science, where women are significantly underrepresented.
Long has held visiting faculty positions at the Université Paris–Dauphine (Paris IX), the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, the Université Paris–Descartes (Paris V), Sorbonne Université (Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI), the University of Technology, Sydney, the Center for Communications Research, the United States Naval Postgraduate School and is Professor ad Honorem de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay. He is an Associate Member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
Long served as the Vice-Chair and then Chair of the University of California Committee on Research Policy. He has served on the University of California President’s Council on the National Laboratories, and on the Science & Technology, National Security and Intelligence committees for those laboratories. He served for many years on the National Research Council's Standing Committee on Technology Insight-Gauge, Evaluate, and Review (TIGER), and the Committee on Defense Intelligence Agency Technology Forecasts and Reviews. He served on the National Research Council's Committee on Science and Technology for Defense Warning. He was a member of the United States Army Laboratory Assessment Group (ALAG) and the United States Army Technology Objectives review panel. He is a member of the Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group (ISTEG) for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. He is a member of the advisory group JASON.
Research
Long's research interests include computer data storage, operating systems, distributed computing, and computer security.
In 1991, Long worked on the idea of storing metadata separ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heikki%20Mannila | Heikki Olavi Mannila (born 4 January 1960 in Espoo) is a Finnish computer scientist, the president of the Academy of Finland.
Mannila earned his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Helsinki under the supervision of Esko Ukkonen and for many years he was a professor at the University of Helsinki himself. From 2004 to 2008 he was Academy Professor at the Academy of Finland. He became Vice President for Academic Affairs at Aalto University in 2009, and was appointed by the Finnish government as president of the Academy of Finland for a term lasting from 2012 to 2017. The appointment was renewed for the period 2017–2022.
Mannila is known for his research in data mining, and has published highly cited papers on association rule learning and sequence mining. With David Hand and Padhraic Smyth, he is the co-author of the book Principles of Data Mining (MIT Press, 2001).
Heikki Mannila is son to the professor Elina Haavio-Mannila.
References
External links
Heikki Mannila's university home page
1960 births
Living people
University of Helsinki alumni
Finnish computer scientists
Data miners
Machine learning researchers
Academic staff of the University of Helsinki |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildeman | Wildeman may refer to:
Dick Wildeman, candidate in the Hamilton, Ontario municipal election, 2003
Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman (1866–1947), Belgian botanist
Richard Wildeman, computer animator, part of the award-winning Science North Production Team
Wildeman River, river in southern Papua, Indonesia
See also
Waldman
Wild Man
Wildemann
Wildman (disambiguation)
Wildmen
Wildmon
nl:Wildeman |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGPLOT | In bioinformatics, LIGPLOT is a computer program that generates schematic 2-D representations of protein-ligand complexes from standard Protein Data Bank file input. The LIGPLOT is used to generate images for the PDBsum resource that summarises molecular structure.
References
Molecular modelling software
Science and technology in Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire District |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qazigund%20railway%20station | Qazigund railway station lies on Northern Railway network zone of Indian Railways. It is located in Qazigund Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the main transport hub for the people of Qazigund.
Location
The station is situated near Qazigund town in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.
History
The station has been built as part of the Jammu–Baramulla line megaproject, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with Jammu Tawi and the rest of the Indian railway network. On the inauguration day former PM of India, Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi enjoyed the 12-minute ride to Qazigund with 100 students, mostly girls, of the Banihal Higher Secondary School, and made the 17.8-km ride back to , passing through the tunnel, the second longest in Asia. Those who accompanied them were Governor N.N. Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Reduced Level
The RL of the station is 1671 m above mean sea level.
Design
Like every other station in this mega project, this station also features Kashmiri wood architecture, with an intended ambience of a royal court which is designed to complement the local surroundings to the station. Station signage is predominantly in Urdu, English and Hindi.
See also
Anantnag railway station
Srinagar railway station
References
Railway stations in India opened in 2008
Railway stations in Kulgam district
Firozpur railway division |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRIMEHPC%20FX10 | The PRIMEHPC FX10 is a supercomputer designed and manufactured by Fujitsu. Announced on 7 November 2011 at the Supercomputing Conference, the PRIMEHPC FX10 is an improved and commercialized version of the K computer, which was the first supercomputer to obtain more than 10 PFLOPS on the LINPACK benchmark. In its largest configuration, the PRIMEHPC FX10 has a peak performance 23.2 PFLOPS, power consumption of 22.4 MW, and a list price of US$655.4 million. It was succeeded by the PRIMEHPC FX100 with SPARC64 XIfx processors in 2015.
Specifications
Node specifications:
Theoretical peak performance: 236.5 GFLOPS
Processor: One 1.848 GHz, 16-core SPARC64 IXfx
Memory capacity: 32 or 64 GB
Memory bandwidth: 85 GB/s
Tofu Interconnect link bandwidth: 5 GB/s per direction (Tofu has dedicated links for each direction)
System specifications:
4 to 1,024 racks
384 to 98,304 compute nodes
Theoretical peak performance: 90.8 TFLOPS to 23.2 PFLOPS
Total memory capacity: 12 TB to 6 PB
Interconnect: Torus fusion (Tofu); 6D mesh/torus hybrid
Cooling method: Direct water cooling and air cooling (with optional exhaust cooling unit)
Operating System:
Linux-based
Installations
The first installation of the PRIMEHPC FX10 was at the University of Tokyo's Information Technology Center. Named Oakleaf-FX, the system has a peak performance of 1.135 PFLOPS and consists of 4,800 nodes (for a total of 76,800 cores) and 150 TB of memory in 50 racks. Oakleaf-FX was ordered in November 2011, and it became operational in April 2012. In June 2012 was ranked as the 18th fastest supercomputer in the 39th TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers, with a LINPACK benchmark performance of 1.043 PFLOPS.
In June 2012, Fujitsu received an order from the Republic of China's Central Weather Bureau, the first PRIMEHPC FX10 sale outside of Japan. This system, which was installed in 2014, has a performance of over 1 PFLOPS.
In addition to serving as a platform for high-performance computing, the PRIMEHPC FX10 was also intended to serve as a software development platform for the K computer, which it is compatible with. Fujitsu has sold several systems for K computer software development, including a 96-node system in June 2012 to Kobe University's Graduate School of Informatics, and 384-node system in August 2012 to the University of Tokyo's Institute for Solid-State Physics.
See also
K computer
Supercomputing in Japan
TOP500
References
External links
Fujitsu PRIMEHPC FX10
Fujitsu Supercomputers
Fujitsu supercomputers
SPARC microprocessor products |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Minute%20Please | One Minute Please is a panel quiz show hosted by Ernie Kovacs aired on the DuMont Television Network from 6 July 1954 to 17 February 1955 on Tuesdays at 9pm ET.
Panelists were given a topic and had to talk about the subject for one minute nonstop. The panelist who talked the most was the winner.
The program received favorable reviews, but DuMont ended it after 33 episodes because it had no sponsors. The trade publication Variety reported that prospective sponsors declined to taken the show on because not enough stations in major markets carried it.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1954-55 United States network television schedule
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
External links
One Minute Please at IMDB
DuMont historical website
DuMont Television Network original programming
1954 American television series debuts
1955 American television series endings
1950s American game shows
Black-and-white American television shows
Lost television shows
Panel games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20bus | In computing, a peripheral bus is a computer bus designed to support computer peripherals like printers and hard drives. The term is generally used to refer to systems that offer support for a wide variety of devices, like Universal Serial Bus, as opposed to those that are dedicated to specific types of hardware. Serial AT Attachment, or SATA is designed and optimized for communication with mass storage devices.
This usage is not universal, some definitions of peripheral bus include any bus that is not a system bus, including examples like PCI. Others treat PCI and similar systems as a third category, the expansion bus.
Examples
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
FireWire
ACCESS.bus
Apple Desktop Bus
References
Computer buses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milano%20Bovisa%20railway%20station | Milano Bovisa is a railway station in Bovisa, Milan, Italy. It opened in 1879 and is now one of the key nodes of the Milan suburban railway service, and of the Trenord regional network in northern Lombardy. It is located in Piazza Emilio Alfieri.
The station serves the Bovisa neighborhood, in the northwestern part of the Milan municipality, and in particular the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, the biggest technical university in Italy.
The station is served by lines S1, S2, S3, S4, S12, and S13 of the Milan suburban railway service, by the Milan–Asso, Milan–Saronno–Como, Milan–Saronno–Novara and Milan–Saronno–Varese–Laveno regional lines, and by the Malpensa Express.
See also
Railway stations in Milan
Milan suburban railway service
Milan Passante railway
References
External links
Bovisa
Ferrovienord stations
Railway stations opened in 1879
Milan S Lines stations
1879 establishments in Italy
Railway stations in Italy opened in the 1870s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your%20Story%20Theatre | Your Story Theatre (also known as Story Theater and Durkee Story Theater) is an American dramatic anthology television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and on NBC. The DuMont series aired from November 24, 1950, to May 11, 1951, and the NBC series aired from June 24 to September 17, 1951.
Production
The DuMont version was broadcast from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios and sponsored by Durkee Foods.
Cast
Actors appearing in the series included:
Julie Adams
Robert Alda
John Beal
Jan Clayton
Leif Erickson
William Frawley
Eva Gabor
Hugo Haas
Hurd Hatfield
Sterling Holloway
Marjorie Lord
Dan O'Herlihy
Gene Reynolds
Authors
Authors whose works were adapted for the program included Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Frank R. Stockton.
Episode status
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.
The March 23, 1951, episode was Oscar Wilde's "Birthday of the Infants".
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1950-51 United States network television schedule
References
External links
Your Story Theatre at CTVA
DuMont historical website
1950 American television series debuts
1951 American television series endings
1950s American anthology television series
Black-and-white American television shows
DuMont Television Network original programming
English-language television shows
NBC original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Moret | Bernard M. E. Moret (born 1953) is a Swiss-American computer scientist, an emeritus professor of Computer Science at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. He is known for his work in computational phylogenetics, and in particular for mathematics and methods for computing phylogenetic trees using genome rearrangement events.
Biography
Moret was born in 1953 in Vevey Switzerland, and did his undergraduate studies at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), graduating in 1975. He went on to graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, earning a Ph.D. in 1980. He then joined the faculty of the University of New Mexico, where he remained until 2006, when he moved to EPFL. He retired from EPFL in December 2016.
In 1996, Moret founded the ACM Journal of Experimental Algorithmics, and he remained editor in chief of the journal until 2003. In 2001, Moret founded the Workshop in Algorithms for Bioinformatics (WABI) and remains on the Steering Committee for the conference.
In 2018, Moret was elected as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology, for his outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics.
Publications
Moret is the author of The Theory of Computation (Addison-Wesley, 1998). With H. D. Shapiro, he is the co-author of Algorithms from P to NP, Volume I: Design and Efficiency (Benjamin Cummings, 1991).
He has also written many highly cited research papers in bioinformatics, including papers on calculating the minimum genetic rearrangement distance between a pair of related genomes
and on evolutionary tree reconstruction.
References
External links
Lab page at EPFL
Old home page at the University of New Mexico
Citations at Google Scholar
1953 births
Living people
American computer scientists
Swiss bioinformaticians
University of Tennessee alumni
University of New Mexico faculty |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20firm | The Digital Firm is a kind of organization that has enabled core business relationships through digital networks In these digital networks are supported by enterprise class technology platforms that have been leveraged within an organization to support critical business functions and services. Some examples of these technology platforms are Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Knowledge Management System (KMS), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), and Warehouse Management System (WMS) among others. The purpose of these technology platforms is to digitally enable seamless integration and information exchange within the organization to employees and outside the organization to customers, suppliers, and other business partners.
History
Origin of "The Digital Firm"
The term "Digital Firm" originated, as a concept in a series of Management Information Systems (MIS) books authored by Kenneth C. Laudon. It provides a new way to describe organizations that operate differently than the traditional brick and mortar business as a result of broad sweeping changes in technology and global markets. Digital firms place an emphasis on the digitization of business processes and services through sophisticated technology and information systems. These information systems create opportunities for digital firms to decentralize operations, accelerate market readiness and responsiveness, enhance customer interactions, as well as increase efficiencies across a variety of business functions.
Acceleration of technology adoption
Technology adoption has been increasing as digital firms continually look to achieve greater levels cost savings, competitive advantage, and operational performance optimization. As organizations adopt technology, the internal appetite for additional technologies increases and in some cases accelerates. This acceleration of technology adoption by digital firms creates a "digital divide". Emerging technology is absorbed at varying rates across organizations. This technology divergence can affect competitive dynamics in the market place between firms that achieve operational benefits from the technology and firms which have yet to adapt.
While the growth of new technology consumption is not uniform across organizations, the trend for business-driven investment in technology across all markets has and continues to increase. During the span of 1990 to 2006, the gross U.S. domestic investment in information and communications technology, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, increased by 170%.
The market for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and other packaged applications started to grow substantially during the 90's to the point that the ERP market alone accounts for approximately $25 billion. According to surveys conducted in 2002, nearly "75% of global Fortune 1000 firms had implemented SAP’s ERP suite".
Many businesses are aware of the need to further digitaliz |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor%20Descarado | Amor Descarado (Barefaced Love) is a telenovela produced by RTI Producciones and Spanish-language United States-based television network Telemundo, this is a US Hispanic version of Chilean telenovela Amores de Mercado. It was broadcast by Telemundo on September 8, 2003 and ended on March 19, 2004. This telenovela was aired in 8 countries around the world.
Cast
José Ángel Llamas as Pedro 'Pelluco' Solís / Rodolfo Fuentemayor
Bárbara Mori as Fernanda Lira
Ivonne Montero as Betsabe Galdames
Víctor González as Ignacio Valdez. Main villain. Ends in jail, because tried to kill Rodolfo
Roberto Ahumada Murillo as Martin Lira
Isela Vega as Nora
Lupita Ferrer as Morgana Atal. Villain. Stays alone.
José Bardina as Mr. Clinton
Gabriela Roel as Matilde García
Veranetthe Lozano as Elena Rivas "Chamoyada"
Riccardo Dalmacci as Epigmenio "Chamoy" Solís. Villain. Goes to jail
Roberto Moll as Camilo Fuentemayor
Joaquín Garrido as Eliodoro Galdames
Mara Croatto as Chantal Burgos
Jeannette Lehr as Pastora Alicia Rubilar
Virna Flores as Jennifer Rebolledo
José Luis Franco as Guadalupe “Lupe”
Paulo César Quevedo as Jonathan Muñoz
Verónica Terán as Mónica Peralta
Pedro Moreno as Rubén García
Mónica Guzmán as Esmeralda Peralta
Silvana Arias as Constanza 'Coni' Valdez
Mariana Huerdo as Topacio Peralta
Kenya Hijuelos as Yesenia Solís
Melvin Cabrera as Abel Galdames Rubilar
Christian Tapán as Basilio Concha
Laura Termini as Miryam
Alexa Kuve as Ivonne Altamira
Roberto Levermann as Homero Silva
Carla Rodríguez as Vicky
Josué Gutierrez as Bernardo
Gladys Cáceres as Corina
Adrián Mas as Dino
Rolando Tarajano as Ciego Ahumada
Sabas Malaver as Poncio
Chao as Pérez Peña
Gabriel Parisi as Gustavo
Sergio March as Jose Maria
Juan Marquez as Bartender
Elka Peterson as Store Clerk
External links
2003 telenovelas
2004 telenovelas
2003 American television series debuts
2004 American television series endings
2003 Colombian television series debuts
2004 Colombian television series endings
RTI Producciones telenovelas
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Telemundo telenovelas
American television series based on Chilean television series
American television series based on telenovelas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan%20Kluay%20%28franchise%29 | Khan Kluay (; ; ) is a Thai computer-animated feature film franchise set during Ayutthaya-era Siam about an elephant who wanders away from his mother and eventually becomes the war elephant for King Naresuan. It is based on "Chao Praya Prab Hongsawadee" by Ariya Jintapanichkarn. A PC game called Khankluay:The Adventure has also been released in Thailand.
It was officially released as Jumbo in India and The Blue Elephant in the United States.
by 2018, elefantsya was only released in Ukraine and not in the Former Soviet Union & Russia.
Characters and Cast
Thai animation
Fictional elephants
Animation franchises
Thai film series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby%20Version%20Manager | Ruby Version Manager, often abbreviated as RVM, is a software platform for Unix-like operating systems designed to manage multiple installations of Ruby on the same device.
The entire Ruby environment including the Ruby interpreter, installed RubyGems (gems), and documentation is partitioned. A developer can then switch between the different versions to work on several projects with different version requirements. In addition to MRI, the standard Ruby interpreter, RVM functions as an installer for various other implementations of Ruby. These include JRuby, mruby, MacRuby, IronRuby, Maglev, Rubinius, Ruby Enterprise Edition, Topaz, and GoRuby (an interpreter optimized for code golf). In addition, RVM supports the installation of patched versions of MRI.
RVM provides features for organization of Ruby gems through "gemsets", collections of gems separated by a namespace and associated Ruby installation. Gemsets can be associated with directories/projects through the use of the RVM-exclusive .rvmrc file. An alternative to using the .rvmrc file (and the general purpose although user-specific .jrubyrc) and its format is use of the .ruby-version and .ruby-gemset files, which are compatible with other ruby version managers, such as RBenv and chruby. Additionally, using .rvmrc requires trusting to prevent execution of unauthorized code, while .ruby-version does not.
References
External links
Ruby (programming language) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia%20Asha%20302 | The Nokia Asha 302 is a QWERTY messenger feature phone powered by Nokia's Series 40 operating system. It was announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona (on 27 February) along with other Asha phones - the Nokia Asha 202 and 203. The 302 is considered to be among the flagship of the Asha family. Its main features are the QWERTY keyboard, the pentaband 3G radio, SIP VoIP over 3G and Wi-Fi. Its design looks a lot like the older Nokia E6 with chrome slidings, giving it a somewhat premium look. A software update adds Mail for Exchange support.
Hardware
Processors
The Nokia Asha 302 is powered by the same 1 GHz ARM11 processor found in some Symbian^3 phones such as the Nokia 500, 600 and 700 but lack the dedicated Broadcom GPU which is not supported by the Nokia Series 40 operating system. The system also has 128 MB of low power single channel RAM (Mobile DDR).
Screen and input
The Nokia Asha 302 has a 2.4-inch transmissive LCD screen with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixel. In contrast with the Nokia Asha 303, the screen of the Asha 302 is wider than taller. According to Nokia it is capable of displaying up to 262 thousands colors. The device also has a backlit 4-row keyboard with regional variant available (QWERTY, AZERTY, etc.).
The back camera has an extended depth of field (EDoF) feature (no mechanical zoom), no flash and has a 4× digital zoom for both video and camera. The sensor size of the back camera is 3.2-megapixel (2048 x 1536 px), has a f/2.8 aperture and a 50 cm to infinity focus range. It is capable of video recording at up to 640 x 480 px at 15 fps with mono sound.
Audio and output
The Nokia Asha 302 has one microphone and a loudspeaker, which is situated on the back of the device. On the top, there is a 3.5 mm AV connector which simultaneously provides stereo audio output and microphone input. Between the 3.5 mm AV connector and the 2 mm charging connector, there is a High-Speed USB 2.0 USB Micro AB connector provided for data synchronization, battery charging and supports for USB On-The-Go 1.3 (the ability to act as a USB host) using a Nokia Adapter Cable for USB OTG CA-157 (not included upon purchase).
The built-in Bluetooth v2.1 +EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) supports stereo audio output with the A2DP profile. Built-in car hands-free kits are also supported with the HFP profile. File transfer is supported (FTP) along with the OPP profile for sending/receiving objects. It is possible to remote control the device with the AVRCP profile. It supports wireless earpieces and headphones through the HSP profile. The DUN profile which permits access to the Internet from a laptop by dialing up on a mobile phone wirelessly (tethering) and PAN profile for networking using Bluetooth are also supported. The device also functions as an FM receiver, allowing one to listen to the FM radio by using headphones connected to the 3.5 jack as antenna.
Battery and SIM
The battery life of the BL-5J (1430 mAh) as claimed by Nokia is fr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Aquabats%21%20Super%20Show%21%20episodes | The following is a list of episodes for The Aquabats! Super Show!, an American action-comedy television series which aired on the United States cable network The Hub. The 1st season premiered on March 3, 2012 and finished on June 16, 2012 following a run of 13 episodes. The series' 2nd season began airing on June 1, 2013 and concluded on June 29 following a brief run of 5 episodes, while 3 half-hour "specials" aired on December 21 and 28, 2013, and on January 18, 2014. In July 2014, The Aquabats revealed that The Hub had opted not to renew Super Show! for a 3rd season, effectively cancelling the series.
The synopses below summarize the main live-action storyline for each episode. If applicable, also included in each capsule synopsis are brief summaries of the episode's animated segments - annotated by the title A Cartoon!, which may or may not consist of the Lil' Bat shorts - and parody commercials, labeled as Commercial. The list of Songs includes all songs either performed by The Aquabats or a similarly significant character but excludes score and incidental music, otherwise mentioned under Song Notes.
Series overview
Episodes
Pilot (2008)
Season 1 (2012)
In the series' 1st season, the A Cartoon! segments hosted 13 animated shorts featuring The Aquabats in a serialized adventure, with each ending in a cliffhanger resolved in the following episode. The Lil' Bat segments were presented without introductions, typically after a (network) commercial break.
Season 2 (2013–2014)
Season 2 did not feature the serialized A Cartoon! segments of the previous season, instead featuring uniquely animated flashback sequences in the first 5 episodes. Starting with the season's 2nd episode, the A Cartoon! segments were used to introduce the Lil' Bat cartoons featured in every episode.
Mini-episodes (2018–present)
In July 2018, following the launch of The Aquabats' Kickstarter campaign to help finance the return of The Aquabats! Super Show!, the band began releasing "mini-episodes" exclusively to their YouTube channel, both as means to promote the campaign as well as to serve as a continuation of the original series' canon.
The Aquabats! Saturday Morning! (2018)
The Aquabats! RadVentures! (2019–present)
References
Lists of American comedy television series episodes
Episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original%20%28disambiguation%29 | Originality is the quality of novelty or newness in created works.
Original(s) or Originality may also refer to:
Film and television
Original programming, a media term
Original (film), a 2009 Danish/Swedish film
Original Film, an American film production company
Original Productions, an American television production company
Music
Original P, a funk band
Albums
Original, a 2004 album by Ella Koon
Originals (Kurupt album), a compilation album by Kurupt
Originals (Prince album), a compilation album by Prince
Songs
"Original" (Leftfield song), 1995
"Original" (Cir.Cuz song), a 2015 song by Norwegian duo Cir.Cuz featuring Emilia
"D. Original", a 1994 song by Jeru the Damaja
Other uses
Original (catamaran) (19th century), a catamaran built by Englishman Mayflower Crisp in Rangoon, Burma
Originality (album)
Original Software, a UK software-testing products and services company
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, a 2017 book by American psychologist Adam Grant
See also
Origin (disambiguation)
The Original (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Test%20Automation%20Forum | The Network Test Automation Forum (NTAF), founded in 2010, is a nonprofit international industry alliance, dedicated to promoting the interoperability of commercial network testing tools and testing infrastructure, by defining and facilitating the adoption of technical specifications.
The forum is composed of leading service providers, network equipment vendors, and other networking companies that share an interest in test automation and interoperability. As of November 2012, it has 14 members.
History
In 2009, 11 founding members (BreakingPoint, BT, Cisco, Fanfare, Empirix, Ericsson, EXFO, Ixia, JDSU, Spirent and Verizon) met in Chicago and expressed an interest in forming an industry alliance to bring together commercial testing vendors, test equipment vendors, and other industry experts to create interoperable testing solutions for service providers, network equipment manufacturers (NEMs), and other enterprise organizations with large network deployments. The result was the Network Test Automation Forum entity, which was set up in 2010 following the first face-to-face meeting in Montreal.
The focus of NTAF is to facilitate and promote the interconnection of commercial testing tools and infrastructure for data communications within telecommunications.
Objectives
The objectives of NTAF are:
Build consensus and unite service providers, network equipment manufacturers, and test equipment vendors on network test automation technical specifications and interoperability.
Create, facilitate and enable the implementation of network test automation specifications.
Enhance market awareness of the benefits of interoperable network test automation.
Members
As of July 2013, NTAF has the following members:
Cisco
Empirix
Ericsson
JDSU
Huawei
Juniper Networks
MRV
Spirent Communications
TechMahindra
Verizon
Specifications
In June 2011, NTAF ratified two sets of specifications dealing with registration, discovery and activation of tools and defining tool harnesses.
TS-001: Tool Registration, Discovery and Activation
This specification describes an XMPP extension that allows an application or tool to register itself in a way that other interested entities can discover its existence. It also describes the mechanism by which a tool can be activated so that its automation harnesses are available for use.
TS-002: Tool Automation Harness
This specification describes an XMPP extension that allows an application or tool, with or without its own specialized man-machine user interface to expose an "automation harness" that allows that tool to be controlled and/or monitored by another tool via XMPP packet exchanges.
Future Direction
The NTAF Technical Committee is currently working on draft specifications for resource and inventory management:
WT-003: Tool Resource
This working document describes an NTAF extension that allows tools to communicate resource data. It is based on the TS-001 and TS-002 specifications. Its primary focus is to support autom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Bootable%20Image | Network Bootable Image (NBI) is a legacy format that wraps operating system images to makes it possible for Etherboot to load the images directly. NBI format is able to combine kernel, file system and various boot parameters, such as location of remote file system or server IP address, into one bootable file.
References
Network booting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libraries%20Tasmania | Libraries Tasmania, formerly LINC Tasmania, is the Tasmanian state government-run organisation that operates the state's reference library, a network of public lending libraries, archives, heritage, adult education, and adult literacy services. Earlier predecessors of the network were HuonLINC and the Community Knowledge Network.
History
LINC Tasmania was an initiative of the Tasmanian Department of Education. It brought together the services of the State Library of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), Adult Education Tasmania, and online access centres (public access internet and computer facilities).
In late 2005, HuonLINC opened as a fully integrated service. In October 2006, the State Library, the Archives Office, Adult Education and all online access centres were integrated as the Community Knowledge Network. In 2008, TAHO was established to provide a single entry point into Tasmanian social history, government records and cultural artefacts, and in the following year, seven urban LINC locations were established. In late 2009, the Community Knowledge Network was renamed LINC Tasmania.
In mid-2018, it changed its name to Libraries Tasmania.
Description
Services provided to the Tasmanian community include:
Public library services and facilities
Research resources and support
Adult education courses
Adult literacy skills support (since 2009)
Access to historical, archival and contemporary information about Tasmania's Heritage
Access to Tasmanian Government records and resources
Libraries Tasmania facilities received over 3,500,000 in-person visits in the Australian financial year 2018–19.
Locations
Libraries Tasmania has facilities in 50 locations across the state, including 12 major urban libraries, and 33 smaller branch libraries in regional and rural centres.
NSLA and NED
As a member library of National and State Libraries Australia, the organisation collaborated on the creation of the National edeposit (NED) system, which enables publishers from all over Australia to upload electronic publications as per legal deposit requirements, and makes these publications publicly accessible online (depending on access conditions) from anywhere.
References
External links
Education in Tasmania
Libraries in Tasmania
Organisations based in Hobart
2018 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel%20Christian%20School%20%28Tasmania%29 | Emmanuel Christian School is a coeducational, private Kindergarten to Year 10 Christian school in Rokeby, on Hobart's Eastern Shore. It is part of Christian Schools of Tasmania, a network of four schools around Hobart. It is owned and managed by an association, whose members are parents and past parents of students.
References
External links
Official website
Private secondary schools in Hobart
Private primary schools in Hobart
Nondenominational Christian schools in Tasmania
Educational institutions established in 1979
1979 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing%20our%20Future%2C%20Growing%20the%20NBN | Growing our Future, Growing the NBN is a Tasmanian project funded under the National Broadband Network (NBN) funding round one, which aims to deliver horticulture training to students from around Tasmania. This project is an initiative of a partnership of The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, GlobalNet ICT, Independent Schools Tasmania and Grosvenor Consultants.
The pilot program includes three schools, Circular Head Christian School in Smithton, Geneva Christian College in Latrobe and Hilliard Christian School in West Moonah. The hope is that as the program grows, more schools and community organisations can become part of the courses.
The Growing our Future, Growing the NBN project is utilizing the NBN's high-speed Internet to facilitate live-streaming of class content, both synchronously and a-synchronously. There will also be supporting course content available online.
The Growing our Future, Growing the NBN project was the subject of an article in the TasCountry Newspaper in February 2012.
References
Education in Tasmania
National Broadband Network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad-channel%20architecture | Quad-channel computer memory is a memory bus technology used by AMD Socket G34 released on May, 2010, with Opteron 6100-series "Magny-Cours" (45 nm) and later by the Intel X79 chipset released on November, 2011, for LGA2011-based Core i7 CPUs utilizing the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. It is the successor of the triple-channel architecture used by the Intel X58 chipset for LGA1366-based CPUs.
See also
Multi-channel memory architecture
References
Computer memory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain%20generation%20algorithm | Domain generation algorithms (DGA) are algorithms seen in various families of malware that are used to periodically generate a large number of domain names that can be used as rendezvous points with their command and control servers. The large number of potential rendezvous points makes it difficult for law enforcement to effectively shut down botnets, since infected computers will attempt to contact some of these domain names every day to receive updates or commands. The use of public-key cryptography in malware code makes it unfeasible for law enforcement and other actors to mimic commands from the malware controllers as some worms will automatically reject any updates not signed by the malware controllers.
For example, an infected computer could create thousands of domain names such as: www.<gibberish>.com and would attempt to contact a portion of these with the purpose of receiving an update or commands.
Embedding the DGA instead of a list of previously-generated (by the command and control servers) domains in the unobfuscated binary of the malware protects against a strings dump that could be fed into a network blacklisting appliance preemptively to attempt to restrict outbound communication from infected hosts within an enterprise.
The technique was popularized by the family of worms Conficker.a and .b which, at first generated 250 domain names per day. Starting with Conficker.C, the malware would generate 50,000 domain names every day of which it would attempt to contact 500, giving an infected machine a 1% possibility of being updated every day if the malware controllers registered only one domain per day. To prevent infected computers from updating their malware, law enforcement would have needed to pre-register 50,000 new domain names every day. From the point of view of botnet owner, they only have to register one or a few domains out of the several domains that each bot would query every day.
Recently, the technique has been adopted by other malware authors. According to network security firm Damballa, the top-5 most prevalent DGA-based crimeware families are Conficker, Murofet, BankPatch, Bonnana and Bobax as of 2011.
DGA can also combine words from a dictionary to generate domains. These dictionaries can be hard-coded in malware or taken from a publicly accessible source. Domains generated by dictionary DGA tend to be more difficult to detect due to their similarity to legitimate domains.
Example
def generate_domain(year: int, month: int, day: int) -> str:
"""Generate a domain name for the given date."""
domain = ""
for i in range(16):
year = ((year ^ 8 * year) >> 11) ^ ((year & 0xFFFFFFF0) << 17)
month = ((month ^ 4 * month) >> 25) ^ 16 * (month & 0xFFFFFFF8)
day = ((day ^ (day << 13)) >> 19) ^ ((day & 0xFFFFFFFE) << 12)
domain += chr(((year ^ month ^ day) % 25) + 97)
return domain + ".com"
For example, on January 7, 2014, this method would generate the domain name intgmxdea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller%20system | A teller system is the integrated hardware and software used for retail or wholesale banking transactions, most systems communicate with a core banking system or mainframe over a secured network. The hardware may include a computer or terminal, Cash Drawers, Receipt and Passbook Validator/Printers, magnetic strip readers, pin keypads, bill counters, and bill/coin dispensers. The software is usually based on client/server where several clients (teller stations) are networked to a server which communicates to the mainframe via a dedicated line or satellite.
See also
Automated teller machine
References
" Teller System, New teller system.
Banking technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIONsolver | LIONsolver is an integrated software for data mining, business intelligence, analytics, and modeling and reactive business intelligence approach. A non-profit version is also available as LIONoso.
LIONsolver is used to build models, visualize them, and improve business and engineering processes.
It is a tool for decision making based on data and quantitative model and it can be connected to most databases and external programs.
The software is fully integrated with the Grapheur business intelligence and intended for more advanced users.
Overview
LIONsolver originates from research principles in Reactive Search Optimization advocating the use of self-tuning schemes acting while a software
system is running. Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN refers to the integration of online machine learning schemes into the optimization software, so that
it becomes capable of learning from its previous runs and from human feedback.
A related approach is that of Programming by Optimization,
which provides a direct way of defining design spaces involving Reactive Search Optimization, and
of Autonomous Search
advocating adapting problem-solving algorithms.
Version 2.0 of the software was released on Oct 1, 2011, covering also the Unix and Mac OS X operating
systems in addition to Windows.
The modeling components include neural networks, polynomials, locally weighted Bayesian regression, k-means clustering, and self-organizing maps. A free academic license for non-commercial use and class use is available.
The software architecture of LIONsolver
permits interactive multi-objective optimization, with a user interface for visualizing the results and facilitating
the solution analysis and decision making process.
The architecture allows for problem-specific extensions, and it is
applicable as a post-processing tool for all optimization schemes with a number of
different potential solutions. When the architecture is tightly coupled to a specific
problem-solving or optimization method, effective interactive schemes where the
final decision maker is in the loop can be developed.
On Apr 24, 2013 LIONsolver received the first prize of the Michael J. Fox Foundation –
Kaggle Parkinson's Data Challenge, a contest leveraging "the wisdom of the crowd" to benefit people with Parkinson's disease.
See also
Multi-objective optimization
References
External links
LIONsolver official non-profit site
Time series software
Data analysis software
Data visualization software
Mathematical optimization software
Numerical software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenware%20%28computing%29 | Greenware is software distributed under the condition that the user does something to help the environment. The term "greenware" is a variant on shareware and freeware. Greenware can be distributed free or for charge. In either case the author expects the user to do something "green". Examples of this include planting trees, switching to a cleaner car, or quitting smoking.
A more general approach than greenware is careware, which distributes software in a way that benefits a charity.
Greenware can also refer to a combination of computer hardware, software and services, which enables user to minimize the environmental footprint of using the computer and lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) at the same time.
Notes and references
Software licenses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compensatory%20tracking%20task | A compensatory tracking task is a task that assesses eye–hand coordination, in which a user is operating a display that has an indicator and a zero point using a joystick, computer mouse, trackball, or other controlling device. The user must try to keep the indicator within the zero point while the indicator is being acted upon by outside forces.
Early versions of compensatory tracking tasks included a display made of an cathode ray oscilloscope with a rack and pinion connected to a knob that controlled the indicator. The zero point would be displayed on the cathode ray tube. The participant would turn the knob in order to keep the indicator within the zero point.
Time, and distance from the zero point are measured to determine the participant's ability to control the indicator. The early versions of this test were used to help develop better controls. Control modulators such as springs, generators, and electromagnets were used to increase difficulty of the task.
More recently, compensatory tracking tasks has been used to gauge alertness. This is done using a computer monitor and a simulation controlled by a mouse or trackball. Participants use the mouse to keep the indicator within a target which acts as the zero point. Time within the zero point and distance from the zero point are once again measured. Notable versions of the compensatory tracking task are COMPTRACK, and the PEBL compensatory tracking task.
See also
Pursuit tracking task
References
Further reading
Neuropsychological tests
Cognitive tests |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20of%20HIV/AIDS%20Network%20Coordination | The Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination, known as HANC, works with the National Institutes of Health HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks with the intent of creating a more integrated, collaborative and flexible research structure. The networks are an affiliated group of national and international medical research institutions and investigators that conduct clinical HIV/AIDS research to develop safe and effective drugs, prevention strategies, and vaccines.
The HANC offices are located on the campus of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Member networks
Government funding for HIV and AIDS research in the United States comes from the Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS) through the National Institutes of Health. The major networks receiving this funding coordinate with each other as members of HANC. Here are the member organizations in HANC:
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG)
HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN)
HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN)
International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT)
International Network for Strategic Initiatives in Global HIV Trials (INSIGHT)
Microbicide Trials Network (MTN)
References
External links
HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States
Research institutes in Seattle |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC%20Wren | Wren was the major brand name for a series of 5.25-inch hard disks produced by Control Data Corporation (CDC) for the microcomputer market during the 1980s. The brand evolved through seven major versions, I through VII, using custom attachments but later adapting SCSI and IDE. Other brands included the Elite 5.25-inch 5,400 RPM drives, the Swift 3.5-inch series and the relatively rare Sabre 8-inch drives.
Wren was a major brand during the 1980s, especially in the high-end market where its 5,400 RPM voice-coil–based technology gave them a performance edge. However, by the 1980s, CDC was in the middle of selling itself off leading to its eventual disappearance. The drive division was spun off as Imprimis in 1986. Seagate Technology, who had been lagging Wren and Elite in the high-performance market, purchased Imprimis and rebranded the entire line as Seagate in 1989.
External links
CDC Hard Disk Drives
Hard disk computer storage
Control Data Corporation hardware |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbicide%20Trials%20Network | The Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) is the leading United States government-funded research organization working in the field of microbicides for sexually transmitted diseases. The MTN particularly focuses on research into microbicides which would prevent HIV infection. The MTN is a member of HANC.
Clinical trials
The MTN's current clinical trial is the Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic (VOICE) study.
References
External links
HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Pennsylvania
Microbicides |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Side%20station%20%28Pittsburgh%20Regional%20Transit%29 | North Side station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The stop serves the North Shore neighborhood and other adjacent neighborhoods. Among the locations within walking distance are: PNC Park, the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball stadium; the Andy Warhol Museum; the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; the National Aviary; and Allegheny Center.
North Side station and Gateway Center station lie at the northern and southern ends of the Allegheny River Tunnel, respectively.
References
External links
Port Authority North Shore Connector information
North Side Station, North Shore Connector
Port Authority of Allegheny County stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2012
Railway stations located underground in Pennsylvania
Blue Line (Pittsburgh)
Red Line (Pittsburgh)
Silver Line (Pittsburgh) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny%20station%20%28Pittsburgh%20Regional%20Transit%29 | Allegheny station is a station on the Pittsburgh Regional Transit's Pittsburgh Light Rail network, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The stop serves the North Shore neighborhood and other adjacent neighborhoods. Among the locations within walking distance are: Acrisure Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers football stadium; Rivers Casino; the Stage AE amphitheater; Community College of Allegheny County's Allegheny Campus; and Carnegie Science Center.
This station currently acts as the northern terminus of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system, and it is most distant station of the North Shore Connector project. It also marks the beginning of the Light Rail system's six-station "Free Fare Zone" within which riders do not need to pay to ride.
Bus bays are located under the elevated station.
Future developments
Although Allegheny station is currently a terminus, in the future, Pittsburgh Regional Transit plans to extend service westward toward Pittsburgh International Airport as well as northward into the North Hills area.
References
External links
Port Authority North Shore Connector information
North Shore Connector Allegheny Station
Port Authority of Allegheny County stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 2012
Blue Line (Pittsburgh)
Red Line (Pittsburgh)
Silver Line (Pittsburgh) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Symposium%20on%20Microarchitecture | The IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture® (MICRO) is an annual academic conference on microarchitecture, generally viewed as the top-tier academic conference on computer architecture. It is not to be confused with a micro-conference. Particularly within the domains of microarchitecture and Code generation (compiler), MICRO is unrivaled and esteemed as the premier forum. Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Microarchitecture (ACM SIGMICRO) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society are technical sponsors.
MICRO Test of Time (ToT) Award
The ToT award will recognize an influential MICRO paper whose influence is still felt 18–22 years after its initial publication. Most of ToT awarded papers have received around 1000 citations (according to Google Scholar).
Prior recipients include:
2022 (For MICRO 2003) A Systematic Methodology to Compute the Architectural Vulnerability Factors for a High-Performance Microprocessor
2022 (For MICRO 2003) Runtime Power Monitoring in High-End Processors: Methodology and Empirical Data
2021 (For MICRO 2003) Razor: A Low-Power Pipeline Based on Circuit-Level Timing Speculation
2021 (For MICRO 2003) Single-ISA Heterogeneous Multi-Core Architectures: The Potential for Processor Power Reduction
2020 (For MICRO 1998) A Dynamic Multithreading Processor
2019 (For MICRO 2001) Speculative Lock Elision: Enabling Highly Concurrent Multithreaded Execution
2018 (For MICRO 1996) Assigning Confidence to Conditional Branch Predictions
2018 (For MICRO 1996) Efficient Path Profiling
2017 (For MICRO 1996) Exceeding the Dataflow Limit Via Value Prediction
2016 (For MICRO 1994) Iterative modulo scheduling: an algorithm for software pipelining loops
2015 (For MICRO 1996) Trace Cache: A Low Latency Approach to High Bandwidth Instruction Fetching
2015 (For MICRO 1992) Effective Compiler Support For Predicated Execution Using the Hyperblock
2014 (For MICRO 1991) Two-Level Branch Predictor
2014 (For MICRO 1982) MIPS: A Microprocessor Architecture
2014 (For MICRO 1981) Some Scheduling Techniques and An Easily Schedulable Horizontal Architecture for High Performance Scientific Computing
2014 (For MICRO 1978) | Microprogrammed Implementation of A Single Chip Microprocessor
References
Computer science conferences
Computer architecture conferences |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Volcanic%20Health%20Hazard%20Network | The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) is an organization that provides research and information on the health hazards and impacts of volcanic eruptions. IVHHN work covers a range of research areas including volcanology, toxicology, public health and exposure science, with the goal of determining the health impacts of volcanic emissions and how to protect exposed communities.
According to the IVHHN website, the main aims of IVHHN are to:
Improve Communication
Provide a forum for discussion and networking in relation to volcanic health issues, through hosting workshops, maintaining an up-to-date website and through social media.
Produce and widely disseminate evidence-based i) public health and protection information; ii) scientific protocols on volcanic ash collection and analysis.
Promote Research
Promote the expansion of research and encourage the systematic, robust collection and analysis of geologic and medical data to evaluate the health hazards of volcanic eruptions.
Collate scientific literature on the health hazards of eruptions from volcanoes world-wide.
Instigate Collaboration
Develop new collaborative, multidisciplinary links between academics and medical practitioners, emergency managers, civil protection and other non-academic entities.
Work directly with governmental and non-governmental organizations to help prepare for future eruptions and to advise on evaluation of potential health impacts during eruptions.
Public information products
IVHHN has created a range of evidence-based audio-visual and printable products on the health hazards of volcanic emissions and community protection, for the general public and humanitarian agencies, which can be distributed at the onset of new eruptions. These include:
Videos
Life with Ash – Accounts from the 2010 Merapi Eruption. This film shares the experiences of communities living near Merapi volcano, Indonesia and how they coped with the volcanic ash which fell during the 2010 explosive eruption. The film aims to help people learn about eruptions and what it is like to experience ashfall. IVHHN hopes that this will help people to be better prepared for future eruptions.
How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash. This video is about how to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash. The information in this video can also be downloaded as a pamphlet.
How to fit a facemask. This video is about how to fit a facemask, to reduce exposure to particles of volcanic ash in the air. The information is also suitable for other kinds of particle exposures (e.g., wildfire smoke and urban air pollution). The information in this video can also be downloaded as a leaflet.
Printable Products
The Health Hazards of Volcanic Ash - A guide for the public. This pamphlet is available in nine languages.
Guidelines on Preparedness Before, During and After an Ashfall. This pamphlet is available in nine languages.
How to protect yourself from breathing volcanic ash pamph |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom%20of%20the%20Ages | Wisdom of the Ages is a panel show aired on the DuMont Television Network from December 16, 1952, to June 30, 1953. The show combined the ideas of Juvenile Jury and Life Begins at Eighty, with a combined panel of youth and the elderly. Wisdom of the Ages aired Tuesdays at 9:30pm ET, and replaced Quick on the Draw which ended December 9, 1952.
The show was hosted by Jack Barry, and was a production of Barry & Enright Productions. Viewers submitted often-amusing questions or problems to be discussed by five panelists from different age groups – under 20 (Ronnie Mulluzzo, age 8), 20-40 (Marcia Van Dyke, age 28), 40-60 (Leo Cherne, age 40), 60-80 (Mrs. H. V. Kaltenborn, age 64), and over 80 years old (Thomas Clark, age 82).
Episode status
An episode from June 16, 1953, survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1952-53 United States network television schedule
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
External links
Wisdom of the Ages at IMDB
DuMont historical website
DuMont Television Network original programming
1952 American television series debuts
1953 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows
1950s American game shows |
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