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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20listed%20buildings%20in%20Glasgow/10 | This is a list of listed buildings in Glasgow, Scotland.
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List of listed buildings in Glasgow
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All entries, addresses and coordinates are based on data from Historic Scotland. This data falls under the Open Government Licence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20listed%20buildings%20in%20Glasgow/11 | This is a list of listed buildings in Glasgow, Scotland.
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List of listed buildings in Glasgow
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20listed%20buildings%20in%20Glasgow/12 | This is a list of listed buildings in Glasgow, Scotland.
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List of listed buildings in Glasgow
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20listed%20buildings%20in%20Glasgow/13 | This is a list of listed buildings in Glasgow, Scotland.
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All entries, addresses and coordinates are based on data from Historic Scotland. This data falls under the Open Government Licence
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nhuwala%20language | Nhuwala is a possibly extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.
References
Ngarla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yinhawangka%20language | Yinhawangka (Inawangga) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.
See also
Ngarla language
References
Ngarla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic%20minimum%20spanning%20tree | A kinetic minimum spanning tree is a kinetic data structure that maintains the minimum spanning tree (MST) of a graph whose edge weights are changing as a continuous function of time.
General case
The most efficient known data structure for the general case uses a kinetic sorted list to store the edge weights, and a standard MST algorithm to compute the MST given the sorted edge weights. This data structure must process events, developing a more efficient data structure remains an open problem.
H-minor-free graphs
Agarwal et al. developed a data structure that maintains the MST for a graph belonging to a minor closed family. It uses the idea of a "swap", calculating the amount by which the weight of the MST would increase if some edge in the tree was replaced by an edge outside the tree such that the circle induced by in the tree contains . Maintaining the tree is then equivalent to finding and swapping the next pair for which this quantity becomes negative. This data structure considers the dual view of the graph, and then divides based on Frederickson's restricted partitions to make this efficient. It results in a total run time if insertions or deletions are made, or if only weight changes are allowed. These deterministic bounds are slightly improved if randomization is allowed.
References
Further reading
Kinetic data structures
Spanning tree |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20True%20Love%20%28TV%20series%29 | One True Love is a 2012 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Andoy Ranay, it stars Alden Richards and Louise delos Reyes. It premiered on June 11, 2012, on the network's Telebabad line up replacing My Beloved. The series concluded on October 5, 2012, with a total of 85 episodes. It was replaced by Coffee Prince in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Louise delos Reyes as Elize Samonte
Alden Richards as Tisoy Bulaong
Supporting cast
Jean Garcia as Ellen Balute-Sandoval
Raymond Bagatsing as Carlos Samonte
Agot Isidro as Leila Samonte
Bembol Roco as Henry Sandoval
Caridad Sanchez as Matilda Bulaong
Carlene Aguilar as Candice Buenafe
Benjie Paras as Douglas
Tiya Pusit as Brittany
Frencheska Farr as Violy Balute
Wynwyn Marquez as Marla
Lucho Ayala as Troy Sandoval
Guest cast
Odette Khan as Sioneng Balute
Ana Capri as Dyna
Edelweiss Tuzons as young Elize Samonte
Nathaniel Britt as young Tisoy Bulaong
Rita Iringan as Mavic
Ana Abad Santos as Vivi
Paolo O'Hara as Teban
Mayton Eugenio as Iza
Jhoana Marie Tan as Aireen
Ping Medina as Jun Manabat
Nomer Limatog Jr. as Zeus Pajarillo
Annicka Dolonius as Carla Cabrera
Robin Da Roza as Johnny
Production
On May 18, 2012, at the end of the network's flagship national news broadcast, 24 Oras, the series was formally announced via a cinema plug. The said cinema plug, with the title "Pushing Drama Beyond Limits", contains the three new primetime shows of the network for the second quarter of the year, which are One True Love, Luna Blanca and Makapiling Kang Muli. The full trailer of the series was launched on June 8, 2012, three days before its premiere telecast.
Early production of the series started on May 29, 2012, with Suzette Doctolero working as the creator, and lead writer, executive producer Nieva Sabit, creative director Jun Lana, director Andoy Ranay and Lilybeth Rasonable headed as the overall in-charge of the production. The series films in part in Lipa, Batangas and Manila. It is set in a fictional docks and port terminal, where the shipping company of Carlos Samonte. On July 24, 2012, Alden Richards announced that the series was extended to seven weeks. It was originally slated to air for eight weeks.
Casting
Late April 2012, GMA Network announces that they will give Alden Richards and Louise delos Reyes their own drama series, as the network pushes the love team into full stardom. The Alden-Louise tandem started gaining popularity and huge fan base after their first ever project together, the drama-fantasy series, Alakdana, which was a hit. It followed by several hit series, such as, the popular teeny-bop series Tween Hearts and its movie version Tween Academy: Class of 2012, and the recently concluded primetime series My Beloved, a Dingdong Dantes-Marian Rivera starrer, which they played supporting characters. In one of his interviews, Richards said that he is overwhelmed w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20GMA%20Network%20stations | The following is a list of television stations that are either affiliated or owned-and-operated by GMA Network.
Free-to-air television stations
Analog
Digital terrestrial
GMA Network's upcoming expansion of digital terrestrial television will be announced soon as possible in other bigger key cities nationwide.
See also
List of Philippine television networks
List of Philippine media companies
References
GMA Network (company)
Philippine television-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20GTV%20%28Philippine%20TV%20network%29%20stations | The following is a list of television stations that are affiliated with GTV.
Free-to-air television stations
See also
List of Philippine television networks
List of Philippine media companies
References
Philippine television-related lists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20GMA%20Network%20radio%20stations | The following is a list of radio stations owned by GMA Network Inc., through its subsidiary RGMA Network, Inc.
Super Radyo
Barangay FM
Notes
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badjiri%20language | Badjiri is an extinct Aboriginal Australian language once spoken by the Badjiri people of southern Queensland. Bowern suspects it's a Maric language. Bowern (2001) said the data was too sketchy to be sure, but Bowern (2011) assigned it to Maric without comment.
References
Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press
External links
Bibliography of Badjiri language and people resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Maric languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia%20X2-02 | The Nokia X2-02 was a low-cost feature phone that ran on the Nokia S40 mobile operating system and was released under the X-series line. The phone has a stereo FM radio with RDS, internal antennas and an FM transmitter. It is a 2.2" (56mm) TFT display with a 1020 mAh battery.
Additionally, it has music keys, sidebar volume rocker and a hot-swappable micro-SD card slot, as well as a hot-swappable second SIM card slot.
References
External links
Official Nokia page
See also
List of Nokia products
X2-02
Mobile phones introduced in 2011
Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwalior%20Light%20Railway | Gwalior Light Railway (GLR) or Maharaja Railway was a narrow-gauge railway network in Gwalior. It was set up for Gwalior State during the times of British India. Until its closure in 2020, the railway was the longest gauge railway in the world.
History
The Gwalior Light Railway was built by the Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of the Gwalior State. It was originally a 14-mile long private tramway. Construction began in 1895 of the 53 mile Gwalior–Bhind line. By 1897 it was 34 miles long and was used to bring in supplies to relieve the famine. Both this section and the Gwalior–Shivpuri section opened on 2 December 1899 by Lord Curzon the Viceroy of India. The Gwalior-Joura branch opened on 1 January 1904 and on 12 January 1904 the extension to Sabalgarh was opened. A further extension to Birpur opened on 1 November 1908 and the full line to Sheopur opened on 15 June 1909. In October 1900, the Indian Midland Railway Company agreed to operate the railway on behalf of the Maharaja.
In 1942, the Gwalior Light Railway was renamed the Scindia State Railway. In 1951, the system was purchased by the Central Railway.
The railway was initially worked with steam locomotives, but later diesel locomotives were used. There was a plan to electrify the railway in the 1920s from a generating station below the Nanakura Dam, but this scheme was abandoned.
Permanent way
The track was flat-bottomed steel rails laid on a mix of Sal wood and iron sleepers. The minimum radius curve on the line was and the steepest gradient was 1 in 40.
Locomotives
Rolling stock
In 1936, the company owned 28 locomotives, 90 coaches and 363 goods wagons.
Classification
It was labeled as a Class III railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.
Conversion to broad gauge
The Gwalior–Bhind section and the Gwalior–Shivpuri section were converted to broad gauge in the early 2010s. The Gwalior–Sheopur Kalan section is under conversion to broad gauge as of 2020.
See also
Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
References
Transport in Gwalior
2 ft gauge railways in India
Defunct railway companies of India
Railway lines opened in 1899
History of Gwalior
1899 establishments in India
2020 disestablishments in India
Railway lines closed in 2020 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HH-suite | The HH-suite is an open-source software package for sensitive protein sequence searching. It contains programs that can search for similar protein sequences in protein sequence databases. Sequence searches are a standard tool in modern biology with which the function of unknown proteins can be inferred from the functions of proteins with similar sequences. HHsearch and HHblits are two main programs in the package and the entry point to its search function, the latter being a faster iteration. HHpred is an online server for protein structure prediction that uses homology information from HH-suite.
The HH-suite searches for sequences using hidden Markov models (HMMs). The name comes from the fact that it performs HMM-HMM alignments. Among the most popular methods for protein sequence matching, the programs have been cited more than 5000 times total according to Google Scholar.
Background
Proteins are central players in all of life's processes. Understanding them is central to understanding molecular processes in cells. This is particularly important in order to understand the origin of diseases. But for a large fraction of the approximately 20 000 human proteins the structures and functions remain unknown. Many proteins have been investigated in model organisms such as many bacteria, baker's yeast, fruit flies, zebra fish or mice, for which experiments can be often done more easily than with human cells. To predict the function, structure, or other properties of a protein for which only its sequence of amino acids is known, the protein sequence is compared to the sequences of other proteins in public databases. If a protein with sufficiently similar sequence is found, the two proteins are likely to be evolutionarily related ("homologous"). In that case, they are likely to share similar structures and functions. Therefore, if a protein with a sufficiently similar sequence and with known functions and/or structure can be found by the sequence search, the unknown protein's functions, structure, and domain composition can be predicted. Such predictions greatly facilitate the determination of the function or structure by targeted validation experiments.
Sequence searches are frequently performed by biologists to infer the function of an unknown protein from its sequence. For this purpose, the protein's sequence is compared to the sequences of other proteins in public databases and its function is deduced from those of the most similar sequences. Often, no sequences with annotated functions can be found in such a search. In this case, more sensitive methods are required to identify more remotely related proteins or protein families. From these relationships, hypotheses about the protein's functions, structure, and domain composition can be inferred. HHsearch performs searches with a protein sequence through databases. The HHpred server and the HH-suite software package offer many popular, regularly updated databases, such as the Protein Data Bank, a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20PTP%20implementations | Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a widely adopted protocol for delivery of precise time over a computer network. A complete PTP system includes PTP functionality in network equipment and hosts. PTP may be implemented in hardware, software or a combination of both.
PTP is implemented in end systems and in PTP-aware networking hardware. PTP implementations may have the ability to serve as a source of time for the network, a grandmaster, or operate as a slave and receive time and synchronize to the grandmaster. Some implementations are able to operate as either master or slave.
Routers and switches
Artel 1G Quarra Switch
Artel 10Gig Quarra Switch
ACRA CONTROL (now Curtiss-Wright) airborne switches
Alcatel-Lucent 7210 Service Access Switch
Alcatel-Lucent 7705 Service Aggregation Router
Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router
Allen-Bradley Stratix 5400, 5410, 5700, 8000 Managed Switches
Arista 7050X/X2/X3 Series Switches
Arista 7060X/X2 Series Switches
Arista 7150 Series Switches
Arista 7280E/R/R2 Series Switches
Arista 7500E/R/R2 Series Switches
Aruba 2930M Series Switches (with WC.16.04 software release)
Aruba CX 6300 M series
Aruba CX 8360
BitStream Hyperion 300/402/500 Series Switches
Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4100-ON Series Switches
Dell EMC PowerSwitch S5200-ON Series Switches
Cisco 7600 Router
Cisco ASR 903 Router
Cisco ASR 9000 Router
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Switch
Cisco CGS 2520 Switch
Cisco Industrial Ethernet 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Industrial Ethernet 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 router
Cisco Nexus 9000 router
Connect Tech Inc. Xtreme/10G Managed Ethernet Switch/Router
Crystal Instruments IEEE 1588 Spider-HUB Industrial Ethernet Switch
Ericsson Router 6000 series
Extreme Networks E4G-200 router
Extreme Networks E4G-400 router
Fibrolan Falcon-R Class xHaul Switche/Grandmaster
Fibrolan Falcon-M Class Switches/Routers
Fibrolan Falcon-MTS Grandmaster
Fibrolan uFalcon-S Switch series
Fibrolan uFalcon-ST Switch series
GarrettCom 10KT Industrial Managed 1588v2 Switch
GarrettCom 12KX Industrial Managed 1588v2 Ethernet Switch
HBM Rugged Ethernet PTPv2 Switch with PoE: SomatXR EX23-R
Hirschmann MACH1040 19" Industrial Ethernet Switches with IEEE 1588v2 support
Hirschmann MICE Modular Industrial Ethernet Rail Switch Modules with IEEE 1588v2 support
IBM RackSwitch G8264 and IBM RackSwitch G8316
iS5 Communications Raptor Switch
Juniper Networks MX Universal Edge Routers
Juniper Networks QFX
Kyland SICOM3028GPT series
Kyland SICOM3000A series
Kyland Ruby3A
Mellanox SN2100 / SN2700 (Spectrum silicon) switches with MLNX-OS/ONYX (in GA since 3.6.5011) for PTP IEEE-1588 (SMPTE ST2059-2 profile) or with Cumulus Linux (from version 3.6) with the ptp4l Linux package.
Moxa PowerTrans series (PT-7728-PTP) and EDS-500 and EDS-600 series switches
Oregano Systems syn1588 Gbit Switch
Planet Technology USA, some IGS switches (e.g. IGS |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20shipping%20network | The global shipping network is the worldwide network of maritime traffic. From a network science perspective ports represent nodes and routes represent lines. Transportation networks have a crucial role in today's economy, more precisely, maritime traffic is one of the most important drivers of global trade.
History
Despite estimates that 90% of world trade is transported on water, the shipping industry is probably less in the public eye than other sectors. Due to bigger vessels and economies of scale – partly also because of the appearance of standardized containers - the cost of shipping is quite cheap: a transport of a DVD player costs only $1.5 to reach Europe. Today's most crowded sea route is between China and the US, which is also quite unbalanced, as the amount of goods travelling from China to the US are four times higher than the opposite direction. Also new routes can be opened – for example Russia's Northeast Passage is a quicker way to get to Europe from China. High-tech Ports are also having ever better services. (automated terminals etc.)
Until recently one could not really know much about how these ports and kilometer long ferries are related from a network science perspective. Luckily we can have a detailed picture about how maritime traffic works. Due to a Climatological Database a visualization can be seen on the 18-19th century ocean traffic. Not only the year-to-year changes – that mostly represent strong trade relations between countries like Britain and India – but seasonal changes can be also recognized.
The network science perspective
As with every network, maritime traffic can be also viewed through a network scientist's glass. Ports can be regarded as nodes and the paths ferries travelling on are the lines. If this network is just as any other like railway or airport networks, one can have valid statements about its operation. The ocean's traffic system also has its routes, gateways, some of which functioning as a major hub or interconnection.
A paper by Kaluza et al. investigates cargo ship movements on real data. They use data on all major ports and the largest ships, that can be regarded as the majority of the shipping transport – it contains 93% of the total world capacity of cargo ship transport. Here, "each trajectory can be interpreted as a small directed network where the nodes are ports linked together if the ship travelled directly between ports". The weights of the links between i and j ports are the potential space of the ships travelling between them.
Asymmetry
The global directed ship network's prominent characteristics is that it is asymmetric – as 59% of the linked pairs have only one direction. The routes are short – there is no need for a lot of steps to get from one port to another, as the average path length is 2.5, with maximum of 8 and 52% of the pairs can be connected by two steps. This is much more fewer than in the case of airport networks as both the average and the maximum are significa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle%20Arvers | Isabelle Arvers is a French media art curator, critic and author, specializing in video and computer games, web animation, digital cinema, retrogaming, chip tunes and machinima. She was born in Paris in 1972 and currently lives in Marseille. She curated exhibitions in France and worldwide on the relationship between art, video and computer games and politics. She also promotes free and open source culture as well as indie games and art games.
Background
A graduate of the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence and with a Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Project Management from the Paris 8 University, Isabelle Arvers has specialised in new media since 1993. She wrote her thesis on "Digital virtuality as a way to apprehend reality".
She has worked at Ex Machina and Doboi. She took part in Art 3000. She coordinates the International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA) in Paris.
Curating digital media
Arvers has curated exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, including Video Cuts 2001, Tour of the Web 2003 and Musique 8 Bits in 2005.
Retrogaming
Playtime is a retrogaming room and a game art exhibition curated by Arvers in 2002 for the first edition of the Festival Villette Numérique. This is the first major event dedicated to games and old computer games in a French cultural structure. The idea behind Playtime, the gaming room, is to contrast the low-tech aesthetics of the first gaming computers and consoles with high-tech broadcasting devices (screen-walls, interactive installations, giant broadcasting screens and online devices) to enable the public to appreciate the mind-boggling developments in graphics and the technology used in video and digital games over the last thirty years, while they are playing.
Game heroes in retro gaming, is a show curated by Arvers in 2011 in Marseille. This event deals with the history of video games through the heroes who have shaped the imagination of nearly four generations of players, such as Pacman, Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, & Sonic.
Game art vs Artgames
She curated the wireless art event Wifiledefrance for la Region Ile de France, where she invited the project Noderunners, a wifi game in the city. She was the net.art curator for the 2004 Banana RAM festival, Italy. She curated the exhibit Gametime, Experimedia, about games, music and cinema, Melbourne in October 2004 and la Nuit Numérique for the 2004 Bitfilms Festival, Hamburg, Germany, November 2004.
Her last exhibition and events projects attempt to portray video games as a new language and as a means of expression for artists : No fun games and the gaming experience, Bergen Norway, 2005; Mal au Pixel, Paris, France, 2006; Articule 3, emerging Swiss creation, Annecy, France, 2007; Playing to real, Meudon, France, 2007, Gamerz 2008–2011, Aix-en-Provence, 2008 & 2009, Machinima screenings, Gameplay & Mostravideo Brasil, 2009, Game Heroes, Marseille 2011.
She curates machinima programs for many institutions and festivals.
WJ-s performances
She |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageia | Mageia is a Linux-based operating system, distributed as free and open-source software. It was forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution. The Greek term () means enchantment, fascination, glamour, wizardry.
The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.
History
Mageia was created in 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux, by a group of former employees of Mandriva S.A. and several other members of the Mandriva community.
On September 2, 2010, Edge IT, one of the subsidiaries of Mandriva, was placed under liquidation process by the Tribunal de commerce in Paris; effective September 17, all assets were liquidated and employees were let go.
The next day, on September 18, 2010, some of these former employees, who were mostly responsible for the development and maintenance of the Mandriva Linux distribution, and several community members announced the creation of Mageia, with the support of many members of the community of developers, users and employees of Mandriva Linux.
Desktop environments
Mageia can use all major desktop environments. As was the case with Mandrake and Mandriva Linux, KDE is the main and the most used environment. End-users can choose from KDE and GNOME 64-bit live DVD editions, 32-bit and 64-bit Xfce live DVD editions, and any environment in the full DVD installation edition.
It uses Mageia Control Center. LXDE, LXQt, Cinammon, MATE and Enlightenment are also available.
Application repository
Mageia offers a very large repository of software, such as productivity applications and a large variety of games. It was the first Linux distribution in which MariaDB replaced Oracle's MySQL.
Development
Mageia was originally planned to be released on a nine-month release cycle, with each release to be supported for 18 months.
Actual practice has been to release a new version when the Mageia development community feels the new release is ready from quality and stability viewpoints.
The latest stable version is Mageia 9, released on 27 August 2023.
Version history
See also
OpenMandriva Lx—a Linux distribution based on Mandriva Linux
PCLinuxOS—another Linux distribution now independent, but whose start was based on Mandriva Linux
Unity Linux—Mandriva-based distribution designed to be a base for end-user distributions
References
External links
Official wiki
KDE
Mandriva Linux
RPM-based Linux distributions
X86-64 Linux distributions
Linux distributions
Independent Linux distributions
2011 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyamev%20Jayate%20%28season%201%29 | The first season of Satyamev Jayate was premiered from 6 May 2012 on various channels within Star Network along with Doordarshan's DD National. It marked the television debut of Indian Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan. While Hindi is the primary language of the show, it is also dubbed and simulcast in several other Indian languages such as Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu.
List of episodes
Episode 1: Daughters are precious
Air Date:- 6 May 2012
The first episode focused on the issue of female foeticide in India. The show began with some stories of mothers who struggled to give birth to their girl child. The first guest on the show was Amisha Yagnik from Ahmedabad. Yagnik was forced by her husband and in-laws to abort her female unborn children six times in a span of eight years and further shared her experiences in finally giving birth to a daughter. The second guest, Parveen Khan from Morena, Madhya Pradesh shared the story of her husband disfiguring her face by biting it, when she insisted on giving birth to a female child against his wishes. Another guest, doctor Mitu Khurana from Delhi was asked by her orthopaedic surgeon husband and in-laws to abort her girl twins 20 weeks after conceiving. Her story helped dispel the perception and myth among people that the abhorrent practice of female foeticide is practised only by rural people or those living in small towns or is confined only to lesser educated people.
The show claimed that according to 2011 Census, the rate at which the unborn female child is killed amounts to killing off girls a year and there were 914 girls for every 1,000 boys. The episode concluded with a song "O Ri Chiraiya" sung by Swanand Kirkire along with Ram Sampath.
Impact
On the next day after the episode went on air, Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot urged the public representatives and other non-governmental organisations to take actions to stop the illegal practice of female foeticide. An official reported that Gehlot also reviewed existing efforts taken by the government against the issue. He also directed the officials to prepare a plan for a special campaign against female foeticide.
Khan, as promised on the show, met Gehlot over the issue of female foeticide. Gehlot accepted the request to set up fast track court to deal the case of the sting operation featured on the show, which was conducted in 2005 by Meena Sharma and Shripal Shaktawat. After discussion with Gehlot, Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Arun Kumar Mishra given permission to set up the fast track court. The sting operation had revealed the faces of more than 140 doctors involved in the illegal practices of sex determination test and abortion. But no one had been punished in the case even after seven years.
On 10 May 2012, The Rajasthan Government suspended the licenses of six sonography centres and issued notices to 24 others for violating the provisions of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal and Diagnostic (PCPND |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse%20Foundation | The Multiverse Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that was formed by volunteers in November 2011 to take over and manage the assets of the now-defunct Multiverse Network. The Foundation maintains the Multiverse MMO Development Platform, which is a collection of open-source software used to create online games. The platform and assets are made available under the MIT License.
Mission statement
The Mission of The Multiverse Software Foundation is to shepherd the open source Multiverse Virtual World and MMOG Platform.
This includes the technology behind the system, as well as the community of users and developers.
We aim to advance the knowledge, usage, and availability of free open source software and tools.
We do not limit how the Multiverse platform can be used. We encourage casual usage as well as usage by for-profit businesses. The Multiverse Software Foundation functions as a non profit entity.
We believe this is the best way to advance the future of virtual worlds and MMOG platforms.
Software Releases
Since acquiring the software and media assets of the Multiverse Network, the Multiverse Software Foundation has released new versions of the client, tools, and server packages.
Technology
Multiverse client technology is based on the Axiom 3D Rendering Engine which is a C# based fork of the Ogre3D rendering engine. The client can be scripted and customized in Python. The server technology is based on Java and may be customized and modified in either Java or Python. The database uses MySql and JDBC. Assets in Collada and Ogre 3D format may be imported.
Original Multiverse Network
The original Multiverse Network was shut down following an inability to achieve a profitable business model. Several online and promotional games were planned or in development by Multiverse including games based on Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and James Cameron's Avatar. There were also independent developers using the original Multiverse engine.
External links
The Multiverse Foundation Homepage (archived)
Multiverse Platform project on Sourceforge
Multiverse Wiki (archived)
Ogre3D rendering engine
Original Multiverse Homepage
References
Virtual reality organizations
Free game engines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopographical%20network | A prosopographical network is a system which represents a historical group made up by individual actors and their interactions within a delimited spatial and temporal range. The network science methodology offers an alternative way of analyzing the patterns of relationships, composition and activities of people studied in their own historical context. Since prosopography examines the whole of a past society, its individuals who made it up, and its structure, this independent science of social history uses a collective study of biographies of a well-defined group, in a multiple career analysis, for collecting and interpreting relevant quantities of data, these same set of data can be employed for constructing a network of the studied group. Prosopographical network studies have emerged as a young and dynamic field in historical research; nevertheless, the category of prosopographical network is in its formative, initial phase and as a consequence it is hard to view as a stable and defined notion in history and beyond social network analysis. See also narrative network.
Overview
With the advent of the study of complex systems, graph theory provides analysts of historical groups and collective lives with relatively simple tools for answering questions such as: how many degrees of separation on average separate all members of the prosopographical group? Which historical character is connected to the most other members of the studied range? How densely or loosely connected was the group as a whole? Such questions hold a natural interest for prosopographers, who can then begin to look for certain characteristics –class, office, occupation, gender, faction, ethnic background – and identify patterns of connectivity that they might have otherwise missed when confronted with a mass of data too large for normal synthetic approaches. The concepts and methods of social network analysis in historical research are recently being used not only as a mere metaphor but are increasingly applied in practice
Background
The analysis and interpretation of prosopographical networks is an interdisciplinary field of study in social studies and humanities. This field emerged from philology, history, genealogical studies, and sociology and social network analysis. The term "prosopography" comes from the word prosopoeia, a figure in classical rhetoric in which an imagined person is figured and represented as if present. Claude Nicolet defined the main of prosopography as the history of groups as elements in political and social history, achieved by isolating series of persons having certain political or social characteristics in common and then analyzing each series in terms of multiple criteria, in order both to obtain information specific to individuals and to identify the constants and the variables among the data for whole groups.
According to Lawrence Stone, prosopography had become a two-fold tool for historical research: 1) it helps to unveil interests and connect |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect%20%28disambiguation%29 | A dialect is a variety of spoken or written language.
Dialect(s) may also refer to:
Dialect continuum
Dialect (computing)
Di•a•lects, a 1986 album by Joe Zawinul
See also
Dialectic, a method of argument
Eye dialect |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Systems%20Institute | Computer Systems Institute (CSI) is a private for-profit school headquartered in Skokie, Illinois. It was founded in 1989 by Ella Zibitsker, its current chairman of the board.
History
Computer Systems Institute was founded in 1989 by Ella Zibitsker, its current chairman of the board. Julia Lowder is the current CEO. CSI offers a variety of career training programs and certificates in Computer Science, Business, and Healthcare.
In June 2011, CSI partnered with FORTE Knowledge in order to enhance its IT offerings in the Chicago area.
Since being founded in 1989, CSI has had over 10,000 graduates from 90+ countries.
2016 loss of accreditation
In February 2016 the U.S. Department of Education took action due to: "...deceptive marketing practices and defraud [of] taxpayers by giving out student aid inappropriately. These unscrupulous institutions use questionable business practices or outright lie to both students and the federal government." (Under Secretary of Education for the United States Ted Mitchell) In April 2016, the institution's accreditor, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) "ordered [CSI] to show cause why its accreditation from ACICS should not be withdrawn."
Three programs were affected by the loss of accreditation and federal financial aid: Healthcare Career Program (HCP), Networking Career Program (NCP), and Business Career Program (BCP). Students enrolled in CSI's other programs, such as international students attending non-Title IV programs, were not directly affected by the losses.
The school subsequently gained accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 2023.
Academics
CSI offers career training programs in Administration, Hospitality, Marketing, and English language programs.
Accreditation and approvals
CSI's accreditation by Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ASICS) was withdrawn by suspension on April 20, 2017. The suspension became final on May 8, 2017, after CSI failed to appeal. Six years later, the school earned accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools.
CSI is an approved training provider in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana for the Workforce Investment Act. It is also approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs to accept GI Bill benefits. and authorized to enroll non immigrant F-1 and M-1 students.
References
External links
Official website
For-profit schools in the United States
Educational institutions established in 1989
1989 establishments in Illinois |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representer%20theorem | For computer science, in statistical learning theory, a representer theorem is any of several related results stating that a minimizer of a regularized empirical risk functional defined over a reproducing kernel Hilbert space can be represented as a finite linear combination of kernel products evaluated on the input points in the training set data.
Formal statement
The following Representer Theorem and its proof are due to Schölkopf, Herbrich, and Smola:
Theorem: Consider a positive-definite real-valued kernel on a non-empty set with a corresponding reproducing kernel Hilbert space . Let there be given
a training sample ,
a strictly increasing real-valued function , and
an arbitrary error function ,
which together define the following regularized empirical risk functional on :
Then, any minimizer of the empirical risk
admits a representation of the form:
where for all .
Proof:
Define a mapping
(so that is itself a map ). Since is a reproducing kernel, then
where is the inner product on .
Given any , one can use orthogonal projection to decompose any into a sum of two functions, one lying in , and the other lying in the orthogonal complement:
where for all .
The above orthogonal decomposition and the reproducing property together show that applying to any training point produces
which we observe is independent of . Consequently, the value of the error function in (*) is likewise independent of . For the second term (the regularization term), since is orthogonal to and is strictly monotonic, we have
Therefore setting does not affect the first term of (*), while it strictly decreases the second term. Consequently, any minimizer in (*) must have , i.e., it must be of the form
which is the desired result.
Generalizations
The Theorem stated above is a particular example of a family of results that are collectively referred to as "representer theorems"; here we describe several such.
The first statement of a representer theorem was due to Kimeldorf and Wahba for the special case in which
for . Schölkopf, Herbrich, and Smola generalized this result by relaxing the assumption of the squared-loss cost and allowing the regularizer to be any strictly monotonically increasing function of the Hilbert space norm.
It is possible to generalize further by augmenting the regularized empirical risk functional through the addition of unpenalized offset terms. For example, Schölkopf, Herbrich, and Smola also consider the minimization
i.e., we consider functions of the form , where and is an unpenalized function lying in the span of a finite set of real-valued functions . Under the assumption that the matrix has rank , they show that the minimizer in
admits a representation of the form
where and the are all uniquely determined.
The conditions under which a representer theorem exists were investigated by Argyriou, Micchelli, and Pontil, who proved the following:
Theorem: Let be a nonempty set, a positive-def |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEU%20Center%20for%20Network%20Science | The Center for Network Science (CNS) is a research centre founded in 2009 at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary. It is intended to provide an organizational platform for network science research, and a hub for European network study. The research focus of CNS is practical social problems. The Center also offers a non-degree certificate for PhD students in economics and political science at CEU.
Notable faculty and staff include:
Balázs Vedres – Director of CNS, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University. Main interests: economic sociology, social networks, historical sociology, postsocialism, and methods.
Albert-László Barabási – Part-time faculty member, recurrent visitor.
Jean-Louis Fabiani - Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University. Main interests: sociology of culture, academic production, the sociology of science, and discourse processes.
Events
June 6–10, 2011. NetSci 2011: The International School and Conference on Network Science
January 28, 2010. Circuits of Profit: Business Network Research Conference This one-day conference brought together academics and practitioners from to discuss issues including organizational restructuring and political lobbying and corruption, marketing, and finance. The conference was organized together with Maven7 and the Hungarian Sociological Association.
June 17–18, 2009. Conference. The Unexpected Link: Using Network Science to Tackle Social Problems Featured topics of the conference were networks linking nature and society; global networks of risk; teams of collaboration - creativity and collusion; the emergence of social order; organizations, markets, and governance; biological webs and human impacts on the environment; bridging the gap between social and biological networks, as well as future directions in network science and transnational - interdisciplinary collaborations: what should a center for network science aim at?
PhD program
The Central European University offers Phd programs in Economics and in Political Science with a certificate in Network Science. The Center for Network Science provides an organizational platform for research using network science tools. The students have to take some mandatory and elective courses of the Center of Network Science to participate.
Research projects
Ceunet CNS’s own software for analysis and handling of network data. The software is still under development focusing on the following functions: conversion and handling, role analysis/blockmodeling, second-order ties, and simultaneous handling of attributional and relational data. This is a freeware software.
Mapping European Network Science (2010) In this project the co-authorship network of European scholars, who presented any paper at INSNA Sunbelt conferences or the NetSci annual conferences between 2005 and 2008 is mapped. The conclusion is basically that the Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic%20%28company%29 | Arctic GmbH, formerly known as Arctic Cooling, is a German, Swiss-founded manufacturer of computer cooling components, mainly CPU and graphics card coolers, case fans and thermal compound. Since 2010, Arctic expanded its business by starting a range of products to cater other consumer demands beyond that of computer cooling hardware. Nowadays, Arctic also offers various consumer products—spanning audio, home entertainment and computer peripherals. In 2012, Arctic was nominated as one of the finalists in the annual PCR Awards.
Founded in 2001, Arctic has offices in Germany, Hong Kong and the United States and cooperates with different production facilities in China. Arctic products are distributed worldwide through distributors, dealers and retailers. The United States, United Kingdom and Germany are Arctic's major markets. The company has also collaborated with leading graphics card brands such as HIS, Inno3D, PowerColor, VTX3D, and Sapphire in the development of OEM cooling equipment.
History
In 2001, Arctic Cooling was founded in Switzerland by Magnus Huber. As the company name suggested, in the past, the business focused entirely on computer cooling solutions. Today, in order to expand the business into other areas especially in consumer electronics, by 2010, it began to develop a diverse range of products that spans beyond cooling into computer peripherals, audio products and home entertainment PCs. For this reason, Arctic Cooling was changed to Arctic in 2010. Since 17.11.2015 Arctic Switzerland AG is in liquidation.
Logo
Products
Computer cooling
Being the company's original focus, Arctic primarily designs and manufactures cooling products for computer hardware, with broad compatibility. The company owned a number of patents for its fan and cooler designs as well as for special technologies used in the air coolers including PWM sharing, low noise impeller, cross blow and anti-vibration technologies.
Freezer
Freezer is a trademark of ARCTIC for its line of CPU coolers. It includes both the air cooler based on a heatpipe architecture as well as the water cooling solutions.
Alpine
Alpine is a trademark of ARCTIC for its line of CPU coolers based on Aluminum extrusion heatsink. It includes both active and passive coolers.
Accelero
Accelero is a trademark of ARCTIC (formerly Arctic Cooling) for its line of graphics card coolers. The Accelero line of coolers are targeted to high-end graphics cards based on GPUs from Nvidia and AMD. The Accelero series utilizes different types of cooling technologies namely air cooling, passive cooling as well as to offer different options for different customers. In 2006, Accelero X1 and Accelero X2 are the first VGA coolers introduced in the series by the manufacturer. The Accelero series has collaborated in a number of OEM projects with motherboard and video card manufacturers to develop customized graphics card cooling solutions. ARCTIC is the first video card cooler manufacturer to use a copper ba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propequity | PropEquity, based in India, is an online subscription based real estate data and analytics platform covering 40 cities in India. , the company was in talks with Housing.com for a takeover by the latter; but the deal was called off due to internal conflict between investors and the founders.
Work
The Gurgaon-based company is aiding Reserve Bank of India in creating India’s first Housing Start-up Index. It has offices in Gurgaon, Vasant Vihar, Mumbai and Bangalore. It has also tied up with Multi Commodity Exchange of India to develop and launch India’s most comprehensive real estate index, which will be traded in the Option and Futures market. It will be soon launching a consumer vertical to cater exclusively to retail consumers who want to invest in the real estate sector.
See also
Cash flow statement
Real estate development
Real estate investing
References
External links
PropEquity official website
Indian real estate websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20walk%20closeness%20centrality | Random walk closeness centrality is a measure of centrality in a network, which describes the average speed with which randomly walking processes reach a node from other nodes of the network. It is similar to the closeness centrality except that the farness is measured by the expected length of a random walk rather than by the shortest path.
The concept was first proposed by White and Smyth (2003) under the name Markov centrality.
Intuition
Consider a network with a finite number of nodes and a random walk process that starts in a certain node and proceeds from node to node along the edges. From each node, it chooses randomly the edge to be followed. In an unweighted network, the probability of choosing a certain edge is equal across all available edges, while in a weighted network it is proportional to the edge weights.
A node is considered to be close to other nodes, if the random walk process initiated from any node of the network arrives to this particular node in relatively few steps on average.
Definition
Consider a weighted network – either directed or undirected – with n nodes denoted by j=1, …, n; and a random walk process on this network with a transition matrix M. The element of M describes the probability of the random walker that has reached node i, proceeds directly to node j. These probabilities are defined in the following way.
where is the (i,j)th element of the weighting matrix A of the network. When there is no edge between two nodes, the corresponding element of the A matrix is zero.
The random walk closeness centrality of a node i is the inverse of the average mean first passage time to that node:
where is the mean first passage time from node j to node i.
Mean first passage time
The mean first passage time from node i to node j is the expected number of steps it takes for the process to reach node j from node i for the first time:
where P(i,j,r) denotes the probability that it takes exactly r steps to reach j from i for the first time.
To calculate these probabilities of reaching a node for the first time in r steps, it is useful to regard the target node as an absorbing one, and introduce a transformation of M by deleting its j-th row and column and denoting it by . As the probability of a process starting at i and being in k after r-1 steps is simply given by the (i,k)th element of , P(i,j,r) can be expressed as
Substituting this into the expression for mean first passage time yields
Using the formula for the summation of geometric series for matrices yields
where I is the n-1 dimensional identity matrix.
For computational convenience, this expression can be vectorized as
where is the vector for first passage times for a walk ending at node j, and e is an n-1 dimensional vector of ones.
Mean first passage time is not symmetric, even for undirected graphs.
In model networks
According to simulations performed by Noh and Rieger (2004), the distribution of random walk closeness centrality i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bott%20Hypothesis | The Bott Hypothesis is a thesis first advanced in Elizabeth Bott's Family and Social Networks (1957), one of the most influential works published in the sociology of the family. Elizabeth Bott's hypothesis holds that the connectedness or the density of a husband's and wife's separate social networks is positively associated with marital role segregation.
Family Structure and Social Networks
In her Family and Social Network (1957), Elizabeth Bott argued that conjugal role performance is related to the density of each spouse's social networks outside the nuclear family. The data Bott used to develop this hypothesis were drawn from the study of 20 working-class, London families.
Thus, according to Bott:
In other words, what she claimed is that if family members maintain ties with a network of friends or neighbors who know one another and interact apart from the family members, the members of these external social networks can develop norm consensus and exert pressure on the network's members. When members of close-knit networks marry and when they continue to be drawn into network activities after marriage, they can develop a clearly differentiated conjugal role organization of tasks. The external close-knit networks provide the spouses with instrumental assistance and emotional support outside the couple and they, thus, lessen conjugal interdependence and make for a segregated role organization.
Corollary Hypotheses
To support her main hypothesis, Bott also offered three corollary hypotheses:
The Class Principle. The more segregated the role-relationship, the more likely spouses are to have working-class status and less formal education. (For Bott, working class status was a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for segregated role performance)
The Composition Principle. The more segregated the role-relationship, the more likely females are to have locally concentrated relatives in their network and the more likely males are to have locally concentrated male friends in their network.
The Residential Principle. The more segregated the role-relationship, the more likely couples are to have a stable residence pattern. Conversely, the more joint the role relationship, the more likely spouses are to have a mobile residence pattern.
Considered by some as one of the predecessors of network science, Bott recognized the fact that, although important, individual attributes cannot explain all the variations in family relations. Instead, she claimed that the social environment which can be visualized as a network rather than as a group can affect conjugal roles. In particular, the density of a network (the proportion of individuals with direct ties to each other) facilitates the emergence of common norms and social support making husbands and wives less likely to invest in each other.
Further Research
Udry and Hall (1965)
Udry and Hall (1965) tested the Bott hypothesis by using a sample of 43 middle-aged, middle-class couples, and the four peo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather%20Information%20Network | Weather Information Network was a Filipino weather and public information satellite television channel based in Makati. It is owned and operated by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund through TV5. With partnership of New Zealand-based Metra Weather, the channel will bring projected storm tracks, wind direction, rain volume, water conditions, regional and provincial weather, and seven-day forecasts as well as other information related to weather.
TV5 earlier teams up with Metra since 2010 to bring advanced computer-based weather visualization system, locally known as Aksyon Weather Center, making the station's weather forecasts ahead of its competitors and recognized by agencies such as PAGASA.
It was announced that Weather Information Network will be ceased broadcast effective by December 23, 2013, as TV5 transfers its broadcast facilities from its TV5 Studio Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City to TV5 Media Center in Reliance, Mandaluyong.
External links
Live Stream
References
TV5 Network channels
Defunct television networks in the Philippines
Television channels and stations established in 2012
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013
Companies based in Makati
Weather television networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20formation | Network formation is an aspect of network science that seeks to model how a network evolves by identifying which factors affect its structure and how these mechanisms operate. Network formation hypotheses are tested by using either a dynamic model with an increasing network size or by making an agent-based model to determine which network structure is the equilibrium in a fixed-size network.
Dynamic models
A dynamic model, often used by physicists and biologists, begins as a small network or even a single node. The modeler then uses a (usually randomized) rule on how newly arrived nodes form links in order to increase the size of the network. The aim is to determine what the properties the network will be when it grows in size. In this way, researchers try to reproduce properties common in most real networks, such as the small world network property or the scale-free network property. These properties are common in almost every real network including the World Wide Web, the metabolic network or the network of international air routes.
The oldest model of this type is the Erdős-Rényi model, in which new nodes randomly choose other nodes to connect to. A second well-known model is the Watts and Strogatz model, which starts from a standard two-dimensional lattice and evolves by replacing links randomly. These models display some realistic network properties, but fail to account for others.
One of the most influential models of network formation is the Barabási-Albert model. Here, the network also starts from a small system, and incoming nodes choose their links randomly, but the randomization is not uniform. Instead, nodes which already possess a greater number of links will have a higher likelihood of becoming connected to incoming nodes. This mechanism is known as preferential attachment. In comparison to previous models, the Barabbas-Albert model seems to more accurately reflect phenomena observed in real-world networks.
Agent-based models
The second approach to model network formation is agent- or game theory-based modelling. In these models, a network with fixed number of nodes or agents is created. Every agent is given utility function, a representation of its linking preferences, and directed to form links with other nodes based upon it. Usually, forming or maintaining a link will have a cost, but having connections to other nodes will have benefits. The method tests the hypothesis that, given some initial setting and parameter values, a certain network structure will emerge as an equilibrium of this game. Since the number of nodes usually fixed, they can very rarely explain the properties of huge real-world networks; however, they are very useful to examine the network formation in smaller groups.
Jackson and Wolinsky pioneered these types of models in a 1996 paper, which has since inspired several game-theoretic models. These models were further developed by Jackson and Watts, who put this approach to a dynamic setting to see how the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gapyear.com | Gapyear.com (company name The Gap Year Company Ltd) was started in the UK, in 1998, by Peter Pedrick and Tom Griffith. It was one of the world's first social media networks and focused on assisting young and old volunteers and backpackers to take a gap year. It was the first company to consolidate and promote the gap year industry internationally and online.
The website has more than 100,000 pages of hand-written advice, country-based content, ideas, and opportunities on everything related to gap years and backpacking, including information on planning your trip, destinations, volunteering, and working abroad. The site was built around a travel community where the members engaged through physical events, blogs, chat groups and message boards.
The company collated data, performed research, invented products, phrases and concepts that have formed the skeleton of the international gap year industry seen today and played a role in defining the underlying principles of Fair Trade volunteering, building a long-running relationship with the UK government agency Connexions to give advice to students during A-level clearing.
History
In 1997, Tom Griffiths published the book Before You Go, forward written by Sir Michael Palin, about overcoming the emotional and practical hurdles when planning your gap year or backpacking adventure. He won The Times' Young Travel Writer of the Year award for the book.
Peter Pedrick was an IT consultant known for establishing the first market share database for each vehicle tyre-type sold in the UK on behalf of the British Rubber Manufacturers' Association.
Peter Pedrick and Tom Griffiths went on to create The Gap Year Company Ltd., in July 1998, with the purpose of publishing a website, creating services to assist young people to travel and change the perception of a gap year from something that just rich kids did to something that everyone could do - work, volunteering or travel. The website initially launched as thegapyear.co.uk, became gapyear.co.uk in 1999 and in 2000 was changed to gapyear.com, with the intention of targeting the international travel market.
An additional book, [The Virgin Student Traveller's Handbook, was also launched in 1999 with forward written by Sir Richard Branson which offered more detailed country and travel preparation information than the first book.
Gapyear.com published the Gap Year Magazine in 2001 and it was distributed to UK universities, colleges and schools until 2012. It was designed to inspire and offer advice about all forms of gap years, covering volunteering, backpacking, working abroad or just taking time out.
Tom Griffiths acted on behalf of the gapyear.com as media spokesperson and quickly became the spokesperson for the gap year industry between 1998 until 2011.
In 2004, the company assisted in the creation of the Barclays Gap Year Bank Account (did not launch) and the HSBC Gap Year Bank Account. In 2005, gapyear.com worked with Advance Payment Solutions (APS) t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiNNaker | SpiNNaker (spiking neural network architecture) is a massively parallel, manycore supercomputer architecture designed by the Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group (APT) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester. It is composed of 57,600 processing nodes, each with 18 ARM9 processors (specifically ARM968) and 128 MB of mobile DDR SDRAM, totalling 1,036,800 cores and over 7 TB of RAM. The computing platform is based on spiking neural networks, useful in simulating the human brain (see Human Brain Project).
The completed design is housed in 10 19-inch racks, with each rack holding over 100,000 cores. The cards holding the chips are held in 5 blade enclosures, and each core emulates 1,000 neurons. In total, the goal is to simulate the behaviour of aggregates of up to a billion neurons in real time. This machine requires about 100 kW from a 240 V supply and an air-conditioned environment.
SpiNNaker is being used as one component of the neuromorphic computing platform for the Human Brain Project.
On 14 October 2018 the HBP announced that the million core milestone had been achieved.
On 24 September 2019 HBP announced that an 8 million euro grant, that will fund construction of the second generation machine, (called SpiNNcloud) has been given to TU Dresden.
References
Cybernetics
Supercomputers
Computational neuroscience
Emerging technologies
Computational fields of study
AI accelerators
Computer architecture
Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
Science and technology in Greater Manchester |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybermetrics%20Lab | The Cybermetrics Lab is a research group of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The organization is responsible for editing the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. Currently more than 48,000 web domains of academic and research organizations are analyzed and are ranked according to their web presence and link visibility.
The Cybermetrics Lab started to design and compile web indicators in the mid 1990s, editing the first CSIC electronic journal, Cybermetrics, in 1996. Originally part of the National Documentation Center (IEDCYT, now extinct), the group is now located in the new facilities of the CSIC for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Madrid. The head of the group is Isidro F. Aguillo.
Major contributions of the group include the analysis of academic world and regional webpages, the discovery of a digital divide between North American and European top universities, and the development of new statistics for Open Access repositories.
Rankings web
Universities (since 2004)
Research Centers (since 2006)
Hospitals (since 2008).
Repositories (since 2008)
Business Schools (since 2008)
EU funded research projects
EICSTES European Indicators, Cyberspace and the Science-Technology-Economy System
WISER Web Indicatorsfor Scientific, Technology and innovation Research
ACUMEN Academic Careers Understood Through Measurement and Norms
OpenAIRE Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
External links
Cybermetrics e-Journal
Laboratorio de Cibermetría
Centro de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Instituto de Bienes y Políticas Públicas
Science and technology in Spain |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGNazi | UGNazi (Underground Nazi Hacktivist Group) is a hacker group. The group conducted a series of cyberattacks, including social engineering, data breach, and denial-of-service attacks, on the websites of various organizations in 2012. Two members of UGNazi were arrested in June 2012; one was incarcerated. In December 2018, two members of UGNazi were arrested in connection with a murder in Manila.
Attacks
In January 2012, UGNazi defaced the website of Ultimate Fighting Championship in response to the UFC's support of the Stop Online Piracy Act. On April 24, 2012, UGNazi performed distributed denial-of-service attacks on the websites of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Justice in protest of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.
In May 2012, after compromising a database belonging to the Washington Military Department, UGNazi leaked sensitive DNS information used by the US state of Washington. They also leaked the account details of about 16 users, consisting of usernames and password hashes, including those of the website's administrator. UGNazi performed a social engineering attack on web host billing software developer WHMCS. A member of the group called WHMCS' hosting provider, impersonating a senior employee. They gained root access to WHMCS's web server and leaked WHMCS's SQL database, website files, and cPanel configuration. The leaked database contained about 500,000 stored credit card numbers.
On June 4, 2012, UGNazi targeted 4chan with a DNS hijacking attack through a vulnerability in Cloudflare's use of Google's two-factor authentication system, redirecting visitors to UGNazi's Twitter account. UGNazi attacked the non-profit organization Wounded Warrior Project and released the Project's database on June 6, 2012. In June of 2012, the leader of UGNazi stole the information of over 411,000 credit cards and compromised over 47 companies and government organizations estimating to be around $205 million. On June 8, 2012, UGNazi hacked the website of Wawa Inc and defaced their webpage. On June 21, 2012, UGNazi claimed they took popular social media website Twitter down for two hours via a denial of service attack. Sam Biddle of Gizmodo disputed the veracity of the claim.
UGNazi hacked into the Twitter accounts of Shirley Phelps-Roper on December 17, 2012, and Fred Phelps Jr. on December 19, 2012, in opposition to the Westboro Baptist Church's planned protest following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
In January 2021, Parler CEO John Matze alleged to Fox News that UGNazi was actively working to facilitate targeted harassment of himself and his family following the temporary take-down of Parler, a far-right social network implicated in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.
Arrests and sentencing
Mir Islam ("Josh the God") and Eric Taylor ("Cosmo the God") of UGNazi were arrested on June 26, 2012 as a result of Operation Card Shop, a Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation into iden |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20regression | Ecological regression is a statistical technique which runs regression on aggregates, often used in political science and history to estimate group voting behavior from aggregate data.
For example, if counties have a known Democratic vote (in percentage) D, and a known percentage of Catholics, C, then running a linear regression of dependent variable D against independent variable C will give D = a + bC. If the regression gives D = .22 + .45C for example, then the estimated Catholic vote (C = 1) is 67% Democratic and the non-Catholic vote (C = 0) is 22% Democratic. The technique has been often used in litigation brought under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to see how blacks and whites voted.
See also
Ecological correlation
Ecological fallacy
References
Further reading
advanced techniques
with guide to the literature
Covariance and correlation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%20Inc. | Kong Inc. is a software company that provides open-source platforms and cloud services for managing, monitoring, and scaling application programming interfaces (APIs) and microservices. Some of the products offered by Kong Inc. include: Kong Gateway, an open-source API gateway; Kong Enterprise, an API platform that is built on top of Kong Gateway; Kong Konnect, a service connectivity platform; Kuma, an open-source service mesh; Kong Mesh, an enterprise-grade service mesh that is built on top of Kuma; and Insomnia, an open-source API design and testing tool.
History
The original product was first developed in 2009 in Milan, Italy and first incorporated in the US as Mashape, Inc. The original project was a mash-up (web application hybrid) platform used to aggregate different functions and UI elements from third-party products and services. While developing the product the team dealt with a number of APIs, which inspired the founders to create a unified hub to organize the growing market of APIs. In November 2010 Mashape appeared online as an Alpha product and launched in private Beta in June 2011. The team raised the first funds in the US. In 2010, Mashape received its first angel funding and a further $1,500,000 in seed funding. Mashape then rejected some acquisition offers in 2011.
In 2015 Mashape launched an open source project called Kong, which later helped the company secure an $18 million in Series B funding. Subsequently, with the intention of pivoting the company's focus to its new Kong business, Mashape sold API Marketplace to RapidAPI, and rebranded the company to Kong Inc.
In 2019, Kong acquired Insomnia, an open-source API testing platform.
Technology
In 2015, Mashape released Kong, an open-source management layer for APIs and Microservices that is built on top of Nginx and Cassandra/PostgreSQL with the claim of improving performance and reliability. Kong is the main engine of Mashape's marketplace.
References
Application programming interfaces
Cloud platforms
Computing websites
Internet properties established in 2009
Online companies of the United States
Companies based in San Francisco
2009 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafeteria%20Nipponica | Cafeteria Nipponica is a simulation video game developed and published by Kairosoft for the Android and iOS operating systems. It was released in April, 2012 and in 2017 it was released on Nintendo switch. The game places the player in control of a restaurant, which they must build up to a high quality restaurant chain. The game met with mixed reviews, with many reviewers noting that there were better Kairosoft simulation games.
Gameplay
The player takes control of a restaurant, which they must build up to a high quality restaurant chain. Players must simultaneously deal with a number of issues at the same time, such as managing staff and researching new food items. In order to operate the restaurant, the player must have cash on hand; each April in-game, the player's staff's salary is charged, and the player must adapt with less money. You don't have to pay salaries on the first month
Reception
Cafeteria Nipponica met with mixed reviews from critics, who felt that the downtime found in the game was detrimental towards its enjoyment. Eurogamer Chris Schilling felt that the game was a success, despite being heavily similar to other Kairosoft titles. Schilling noted that it did enough to "feel fresh". Pocket Gamer Damien McFarren criticized the game for long waiting periods where the player has to wait for money to come back in from sales after paying employees. He believed that it was not Kairosoft's finest hour, but still called it "not a bad game either". Gamezebo's Mike Rose felt that the five- to ten-minute waits for the game to become actionable again as the player waited for money to come into their accounts was, "a very poor system".
References
2012 video games
Android (operating system) games
Business simulation games
IOS games
Kairosoft games
PlayStation 4 games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holliston%20%28TV%20series%29 | Holliston is an American horror sitcom created by Adam Green, which debuted on April 3, 2012 on the FEARnet cable television network as their only original series. Aside from the FEARnet cable television network, the show is also offered to watch on outlets such as Hulu, iTunes, and FEARnet On-Demand.
Premise
Set in the small New England town of Holliston, Massachusetts, the series stars creator/writer/director/executive producer/showrunner Adam Green as "Adam" and executive producer Joe Lynch as "Joe", who are college grads that are chasing their dream to become horror filmmakers, whilst not quite making ends meet working at a local cable access station. The main ensemble is rounded out by Laura Ortiz (who plays "Laura", Joe's bubbly yet artistically morbid girlfriend) and Corri English (who plays "Corri", Adam's ex-girlfriend and childhood sweetheart that he is constantly trying to win back). The show regularly features Twisted Sister's Dee Snider as Adam and Joe's cross-dressing, glam rock loving boss "Lance Rockett" and Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie) of Gwar as "Oderus", Adam's imaginary alien friend who lives in his closet.
Cast and characters
Adam Green as Adam
Joe Lynch as Joe
Laura Ortiz as Laura
Corri English as Corri
Dee Snider as Lance Rockett
Dave Brockie as Oderus Urungus
Critical reception
Dread Central said "Season Two of “Holliston” is a quantum leap forward for a show that was already very, very good." Tyler Doupe of Comingsoon.net said "Holliston has a ton of heart. It will appeal to horror fans because it is made by horror fans for horror fans." The Austin Chronicle described the show as "The result is half Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, half Monty Python...Think of it as the show you hoped The Big Bang Theory would be."
On the other hand, Nick Venable of Cinema Blend panned the show calling it a "shitty sitcom" and "On paper, you could say it’s The League meets Spaced. But then you realize you’re holding toilet paper, and these are the smeared crayon ramblings of a child. " Ken Hanley of Fangoria gave it two out of four skulls saying "while the show brazenly attempts to relate to the horror crowd while incorporating atypical elements of a sitcom, the success rate is a mixed bag, as every fun moment of earned goofiness is quickly offset by a cheap, uninspired gag."
Production
The series is produced by Green's own production company 'ArieScope Pictures', in association with 'A Bigger Boat'. In Season 2, Supervising Producer Sean Becker was promoted to serve as director on many of the episodes in an effort to make Green's duties on the series more manageable. Composer Bear McCreary, who also writes the music for TV shows like The Walking Dead and Battlestar Galactica, provides the original score for Holliston. Shot in a multicamera format, the show uses a laugh track though Green has expressed interest to shoot in front of a live audience.
On April 17, 2012, not long after the show's premiere, FEARnet announced tha |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatravel.com | Asiatravel.com was a pan-Asia online hotel and travel agency. It was supported by a network of operation and customer services offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Hong Kong, China and UAE. It began as a hotel reservation service, and later expanded into a provider of other travel reservation services including flights, tours and hotels. The company offered discounted airfares for all major airlines, which could be booked on an instant confirmation basis.
Asia Travel is listed on the Singapore Exchange since 2001, but trading on its symbol was suspended as of July 2018. It established a B2B division consisting of TAcentre.com and Savio-Staff-Travel, which serviced the hospitality industry and corporate sectors.
References
External links
Singaporean travel websites
Transport companies established in 1995
Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Zelinsky | Alexander ‘Alex’ Zelinsky, (born 5 March 1960) is an Australian computer scientist, systems engineer and roboticist. His career spans innovation, science and technology, research and development, commercial start-ups and education. Professor Zelinsky is Vice-chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle joining the university in November 2018. He was the Chief Defence Scientist of Australia from March 2012 until November 2018. As Chief Defence Scientist he led defence science and technology for Australia's Department of Defence.
Career
While studying at the University of Wollongong (UoW), Professor Zelinsky started his career in 1978 as a cadet systems engineer at The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP). In 1984 he joined UoW's academic staff where he taught computer science while completing a PhD in robotics. He worked as a research scientist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, developing computer vision and robotics technologies (1991–1994). He was appointed professor of systems engineering at the Australian National University in 1996, holding that position until 2004. In 2000 as chief executive officer (CEO), he co-founded, and was a non-executive director of, Seeing Machines Limited, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange (2000–2014). He has also been a senior executive at CSIRO (2004–2012), where he served as the Director of the ICT Centre (2004–2009), and Group Executive of Information Sciences (2007–2012).
Professor Zelinsky was Chief Defence Scientist and head of the Defence Science and Technology Group from March 2012 until November 2018.
On 20 June 2018, Professor Zelinsky was announced as the next Vice-chancellor and President of the University of Newcastle following the retirement of Caroline McMillen. He assumed the role 19 November 2018.
Qualifications and awards
Zelinsky has a Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences (Honours), a Doctor of Philosophy, and in 2010 was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, all from the University of Wollongong. He also served as a member of the University of Wollongong Council (2012–2015).
Zelinsky is a Fellow of:
the Australian Academy of Science (FAA);
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE);
the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE);
the Institute of Engineers Australia (Hon FIEAust);
the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD); and
the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).
Zelinsky’s awards and appointments include:
in 2002, the Australian Computer Society - Eureka Prize for ICT Innovation.
In 2003, 2004, and 2005, the World Economic Forum selected him as a Technology Pioneer in recognition of his commercialisation of technology with Seeing Machines.
In May 2005 he was awarded the ATSE's Clunies-Ross Award "for successful innovation involving the application of science and technology for the benefit of Australia".
Since 2008 he has been named as |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeves%20AN/MSQ-77%20Bomb%20Directing%20Central | The Reeves AN/MSQ-77 Bomb Directing Central, Radar (nickname "Miscue 77") was a USAF automatic tracking radar/computer system for command guidance of military aircraft during Vietnam War bomb runs at nighttime and during bad weather. Developed from the Reeves AN/MSQ-35, the AN/MSQ-77 reversed the process of Radar Bomb Scoring by continually estimating the bomb impact point before bomb release with a vacuum tube ballistic computer. Unlike "Course Directing Centrals" which guided aircraft to a predetermined release point, the AN/MSQ-77 algorithm continuously predicted bomb impact points during the radar track while the AN/MSQ-77's control commands adjusted the aircraft course. A close air support regulation prohibited AN/MSQ-77 Combat Skyspot bombing within of friendly forces unless authorized by a Forward Air Controller, and "on several occasions" strikes were as close as .
Post-war the MSQ-77 was used on US and other training ranges for Radar Bomb Scoring (RBS). The AN/MSQ-77 was also periodically used for post-Vietnam commanding of bombers during simulated ground directed bombing to maintain aircrew and radar crew GDB proficiency (RBS could be used to score the simulated GDB mission). Most AN/MSQ-77s were replaced by solid-state equipment near the end of the Cold War.
History
Ground radar systems for automated guidance of aircraft to a predetermined point (e.g., for bomb release using a bombsight or avionics radar) included the July 1951 AN/MPQ-14 Radar Course Directing Central. By 1954, the MARC (Matador Airborne Radio Control) used the AN/MSQ-1A for missile guidance to the terminal dive point, and SAGE GCI provided computer-controlled guidance of aircraft to continuously computed interception points (1958 AN/FSQ-7 Bomarc missile guidance and the later Ground to Air Data Link Subsystem for fighters). Despite the availability of solid-state military guidance computers in 1961, planning for a USAF vacuum-tube trajectory computer/radar system began in early 1965. In October 1965, F-100s tested the AN/MSQ-77 at Matagorda Island General Bombing and Gunnery Range on the Texas Gulf Coast.
In March 1966, AN/MSQ-77 operations using the "reverse MSQ method" began and continued through August 1973 for guiding B-52s and tactical fighters and bombers ("chiefly flown by F-100's"). By March 1967, 15,000 Skyspot sorties had been flown, and raids controlled by AN/MSQ-77s included those of Operation Menu from Bien Hoa Air Base, Operation Niagara, and Operation Arc Light. Additional AN/MSQ-77 missions included those with MC-130 Commando Vault aircraft to clear landing zones and at least 1 helicopter evacuation of wounded on August 13, 1966.
Commando Club To allow command guidance bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong targets out of range of the initial Skyspot AN/MSQ-77 sites, the "1st CEVG began "Combat Keel" tests using F-4s guided by an MSQ-77 on the USS Thomas J. Gary" in the Gulf of Tonkin during late 1967 after the March 1967 "Combat Target" task force reco |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%20Years%20from%20Here | 30 Years From Here is an American television documentary about the 30 years war on the HIV and AIDS pandemic. The documentary was directed by Josh Rosenzweig for the LGBT cable network here!. The documentary debuted on November 25, 2011.
In 2012 30 Years From Here was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Premise
30 Years From Here examines the trials and tribulations the AIDS pandemic has created over the past 30 years. The documentary looks at how the nondiscriminatory disease has affected many lives over many years. The documentary features personal accounts from people who were there in the beginning and have seen both the sorrow over lives lost and the hope generated by advances in medical research. Activists, medical experts, and people who were on the ground describe their stories from the war on AIDS.
Cast
Terrence McNally
Larry Kramer
Marjorie Hill
Frank Spinelli
Jerry Mitchell
Larry Flick
Demetre Daskalakis, M.D.
Anthony Donovan
David Drake
Regan Hofmann
John Knoebel
Danny Logan
Larry Mass, M.D.
Dvorah Stohl
Krishna Stone
Sean Strub
References
External links
2011 documentary films
2011 films
American documentary television films
Documentary films about HIV/AIDS
Films about viral outbreaks
Here TV original programming
HIV/AIDS in television
2011 television films
2010s English-language films
HIV/AIDS in American films
2010s American films
American LGBT-related documentary films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyleptura | Brachyleptura is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following eight species:
Brachyleptura champlaini Casey, 1913
Brachyleptura circumdata (Olivier, 1795)
Brachyleptura dehiscens (LeConte, 1859)
Brachyleptura fulva
Brachyleptura pernigra (Linell, 1897)
Brachyleptura rubrica (Say, 1824)
Brachyleptura vagans (Olivier, 1795)
Brachyleptura vexatrix (Mannerheim, 1853)
References
Lepturinae |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%20Small%20Business%20Development%20Center%20Network | The Florida SBDC Network provides tools, training and resources to small businesses, and has more than 40 offices.
History
The FSBDC was founded at the University of West Florida in 1976 as one of the eight original state-based Small Business Development Center pilots funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Other participating schools in the program were California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, California State University at Chico, The University of Georgia, University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Rutgers University and the University of Southern Maine. The schools were chosen based on their pre-existing efforts to further the business community in their areas.
The goal of these SBDC pilots was to link the state's higher education system to community outreach, specifically to aid in the development and education of Florida's entrepreneurs and small business community. Today, the FSBDC is one of the 63 SBA funded SBDC programs located in every state and US territory.
The FSBDC began with two centers in its first year of operation. It has since grown to a statewide network of over 35 centers. These centers are partnered with universities, colleges, and other economic organizations. Additionally, they have over 60 outreach locations to provide entrepreneurial services on an as-needed basis in rural and outlying areas.
The FSBDC is state designated as Florida's Principal Provider of Business Assistance and is the only statewide provider of entrepreneurial services in Florida.
Support and funding
The Florida SBDC Network is funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Defense Logistics Agency, the State of Florida, and other private and public partners, with the University of West Florida serving as the Network's designated lead host institution. The Florida SBDC Network is nationally accredited by the Association of SBDCs (Florida Small Business Development Center).
Services
The Florida SBDC's primary services:
Consulting: one-on-one, confidential business development consulting provided at no cost
Training entrepreneurial, business, and management development training
Informational: access to business information and research
Services include:
Start-up Assistance
Business Plan Assistance
Strategic Plan Assistance
Market/Sales Growth Assistance (including International Trade, Government Contracting, Business Continuation, and Growth Acceleration)
Financial and Capital Access Assistance
Cash Flow Management Assistance
Small business classifications
Florida SBDCs serve the needs of organizations that meet the definition of a small business. The FSBDCN separates small businesses into four markets: pre-venture individuals, start-up businesses, micro businesses, and small and medium-sized enterprises.
Pre-Venture Individuals are defined as individuals exploring the possibility of starting a new business. They have no employees, no sales, and have not secured financing.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIOS%20LifeKeeper | SIOS LifeKeeper (formerly known as SteelEye LifeKeeper) is a high-availability cluster software, for Linux computer systems. It provides application cluster capabilities for nonstop operation and disaster recovery to systems running databases, file sharing on a network, electronic commerce websites, ERP systems or other applications requiring nonstop operation
It was originally designed and developed by AT&T Bell Labs in 1992 to ensure high availability of their worldwide voice network system running on Unix-based Star Servers. After AT&T divested the LifeKeeper division to NCR, SteelEye acquired the technology in 1999. SteelEye was later renamed SIOS Technology Corp. in 2006, after being acquired by SIOS Technology, Inc.
Description
High availability clusters (HAC) improve application availability by failing them over or switching them over in a group of systems—as opposed to High Performance Clusters, which improve application performance by running them on multiple systems simultaneously. SIOS LifeKeeper provides continuous monitoring of the entire application stack and will recover a service or application locally or on another cluster node at the same site or another geographic location. It supports all major Linux distributions and accommodates a wide range of storage architecture. SIOS clustering software synchronizes local storage on all cluster nodes creating a cluster in a cloud where shared storage is not available. SIOS LifeKeeper is SAP-certified for SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA to monitor the critical services and automatically apply SAP best practices for nonstop operation of critical SAP environments.
Similar products include Fujitsu PRIMECLUSTER, IBM HACMP, HP ServiceGuard, IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms (SA MP), Linux-HA, Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS), NEC ExpressCluster, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Veritas Cluster Server and Sun Cluster.
In 2009, the company launched a program enabling users of HP ServiceGuard, which HP stopped selling that year, to migrate to the LifeKeeper for Linux product. LifeKeeper has won the Best Clustering Solution Award at LinuxWorld on several occasions.
See also
High-availability cluster
Sun Cluster
Computer cluster
References
External links
High-availability cluster computing
Cluster computing
1992 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryerson%20Index | The Ryerson Index is an online index of death notices from Australian newspapers, past and present, compiled by the Sydney-based non-profit organisation Ryerson Index Incorporated. The index database has in excess of 9 million records compiled from more than 470 newspapers across Australia. Obituaries, funeral notices and probate notices are also included. Indexing uses the crowdsourcing model, and is continuously updated by volunteers over the internet.
The idea of an index was first suggested by John Graham, convenor of the Sydney Dead Persons Society, in 1998. The concept gained momentum the following year when another member of the society, Joyce Ryerson, revealed that she had a 14-year collection of death notices from The Sydney Morning Herald kept in her laundry. A team of volunteers worked three years to compile the index from this initial material. Following this, additional records from other newspapers were added, and by 2005, there were one million entries. The Ryerson Index was named in honor of Joyce Ryerson's invaluable contributions; she died on 30 August 2012. The intention of the index is to help researchers locate notices in original published sources rather than act as a primary source.
Currently, the Index is used by both genealogists and non-genealogists all over Australia and countries worldwide. It has just (2023) celebrated its 25th anniversary as a website, with three of the founding members (President John Graham, Secretary Pauline Kettle and Committee Member Peter Kettle) still heavily involved.
References
External links
Ryerson Index
Genealogy databases
Online databases
History websites of Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope%20Channel%20Philippines | Hope Channel Philippines is a religious network of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Philippines. Its TV stations are owned by Gateway UHF Television Broadcasting, while its radio stations are owned by Digital Broadcasting Corporation. Founded and launched on September 26, 2010, in the South Philippines and in January 2011 in Luzon and Visayas. It was first seen on UHF Channel 25 in Cagayan de Oro in the Northern Mindanao region.
In Luzon, this station aired from 5am-12 midnight on UHF Channel 45, Manila, but it became a full-time station in mid-2017 after Gateway UHF Broadcasting quietly ended their ties with 3ABN. The network programming is similar to Hope Channel International programming but in Filipino language.
History
Gateway UHF TV was formed in 1992 when it was granted a legislative franchise to operate television stations on the UHF band under Republic Act 7223.
On June 1, 2001, Gateway UHF TV began its operations on UHF 45 in Metro Manila, carrying HopeTV of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SDA). In 2011, with the arrival of global Christian lifestyle network Hope Channel in the Philippines, the SDA acquired Gateway UHF Television Broadcasting. In 2015, the company began broadcasting on digital terrestrial television.
In 2018, Gateway UHF TV's broadcast franchise was renewed.
Hope Channel stations
Analog Stations
Digital Stations
Digital television
Digital Affiliates
Hope Radio stations
FM Stations
AM Stations
See also
Hope Channel
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Notes
References
External links
Hope Channel PHL official website
Christian mass media companies
Christian television networks
Television networks in the Philippines
Television channels and stations established in 2010
Companies based in Davao City
Companies based in Pasig
Seventh-day Adventist media
Religious television stations in the Philippines
Privately held companies of the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Together%20Forever%20%28TV%20series%29 | Together Forever is a 2012 Philippine romance comedy-drama television series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is a spin-off from Red Mask, a Philippine short film aired on Party Pilipinas. Directed by Roderick Lindayag, it stars Julie Anne San Jose and Elmo Magalona. It premiered on June 17, 2012 on the network's Sunday afternoon line up replacing Reel Love Presents Tween Hearts. The series concluded on September 9, 2012 with a total of 13 episodes. It was replaced by Kapuso Sine Siesta in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Elmo Magalona as Ely Trinidad
Julie Anne San Jose as Antoinette "Toyang" Escueta
Supporting cast
Janine Gutierrez as Jasmine "Jas" Trinidad
Renz Valerio as Rasputin "Raz" Trinidad
Lexi Fernandez as Shirley Custoya
Enzo Pineda as Angelo delos Santos
Steven Silva as Cholo Limuanco
Benedict Campos as Ben Dizon
Sef Cadayona as Jefferson "Jepoy" Teodoro
Patricia Ysmael as Gay
Jackie Lou Blanco as Evelyn Trinidad
Guest cast
Aljur Abrenica as Santiago "Yago" Carion
Sam Pinto as Samantha "Sam"
Matthew Mendoza as Mark Trinidad
Lovely Rivero as Andrea Trinidad
Maricel Morales as Angelo's mother
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Together Forever earned a 10.8% rating. While the final episode scored a 7.5% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2012 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romantic comedy television series
Philippine teen drama television series
Television series about teenagers
Television shows set in Manila |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap%20Motion | Leap Motion, Inc. (formerly OcuSpec Inc.) was an American company that manufactured and marketed a computer hardware sensor device that supports hand and finger motions as input, analogous to a mouse, but requires no hand contact or touching. In 2016, the company released new software designed for hand tracking in virtual reality. The company was sold to the British company Ultrahaptics in 2019, which rebranded the two companies under the new name Ultraleap.
History
The technology for Leap Motion was first developed in 2008, while co-founder David Holz was studying for a Ph.D. in mathematics. Holz co-founded the company with Michael Buckwald in 2010. The company raised a $1.3M seed financing round in June 2011 with investments from venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, and SOSV, as well as several angel investors. In May 2012, Leap Motion announced a $12.75M Series A funding round led by Highland Capital Partners. In January 2013, Leap Motion announced a further series B round of funding for $30M.
After operating in quiet since 2010, Leap Motion publicly announced its first product, originally called The Leap, on May 21, 2012. The company launched a software developer program in October 2012 and distributed roughly 12,000 units to developers interested in creating applications for the device. While the device was slated to launch in May 2013, full-scale shipping was later delayed until July. In March 2014, it was reported in TechCrunch that roughly 500,000 units had been sold, far short of initial expectations; as a result, Leap Motion announced layoffs for 10 percent of its workforce, primarily in sales and marketing.
On April 7, 2014 COO Andy Miller left the company. In May 2014, Leap Motion released its version 2 software to developers in a public beta. In August 2014, the company launched a VR tracking mode for its core software, designed to provide hand tracking while the device is mounted on virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift. Later that year, Leap Motion launched a global game jam in partnership with independent games festival IndieCade with over $75,000 in prizes. The competition received over 150 submissions. A second competition in 2015 resulted in 189 entries. In March 2015, it was announced that the upcoming OSVR Hacker Development Kit would include an optional faceplate with embedded Leap Motion module. In February 2016, Leap Motion released new software, called Orion, built for use in VR.
In May 2019, Leap Motion was acquired by Ultrahaptics; the combined company was named 'Ultraleap'. The reported sale price was $30 million - about 10% of the company's peak valuation of $300 million reached in 2013.
Partnerships
Leap Motion has partnered with ASUS who is expected to ship high-end notebooks, and all-in-one PCs (AIO PCs) with the technology later in 2013. Leap Motion also announced a deal with Hewlett Packard to embed its technology within HP computers. In December 2013, it was reported Leap |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia4Holland | Sharia4Holland was an Islamist movement, openly seeking to institute Sharia law in the Netherlands. The group was an offshoot of the Belgian extremist network Sharia4Belgium.
History
At the height of the Occupy movement in 2011, members of Sharia4Holland were first observed handing out radical Islamic flyers at protests in Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, resulting in their monitoring by the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD).
During a debate in De Balie in Amsterdam with Tofik Dibi of GroenLinks on 7 December 2011, a group of twenty Muslim radicals stormed the premises, throwing eggs and clamoring for the execution of Canadian writer Irshad Manji, who was present talking about her book Allah, Liberty and Love. The disturbance was brought to an end by the riot police. Two men from Belgium, 19 and 22 years old members of Sharia4Holland, were arrested for their insulting and threatening behaviour.
On 25 May 2012, the movement held a press conference on the Dam Square with Anjem Choudary of Islam4UK, self-titled the Global Shariah Conference. During the conference, a spokesman for Sharia4Holland proclaimed that noted Islam critic Geert Wilders will be 'dealt with' when the Netherlands becomes an Islamic state and that the Dutch should 'learn from the case of Theo van Gogh'. He was arrested for this death threat, summoned and released forty-eight hours later.
Criticism
Several Dutch politicians have criticized Sharia4Holland, including a number from Islamic backgrounds. Ahmed Marcouch of the Labour Party (PvdA) called the ideas of organization violent, Coşkun Çörüz with the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) wanted measures to be taken and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) referred to their intimidating behavior as 'impossible'. Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) wanted an outright ban on the movement.
See also
Islam in the Netherlands
References
Islam in the Netherlands
Islam-related controversies in Europe
Political controversies in the Netherlands
Religious controversies in the Netherlands
Religious organisations based in the Netherlands
Sharia in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoema | Knoema Corporation is a privately-owned New Yorkbased data technology company.
It was founded in 2011 and launched in 2014. The company employs data engineers, economists, and developers based in New York City and Washington, DC.
Knoema offers access to data visualization resources for more than 3.9 billion time series from more than 1,500 sources that are commonly used in open press and other publications globally and referenced in data aggregator and science libraries.
History
Knoema was launched in 2014 under a collaboration with the African Development Bank to develop the African information highway, a multi-year open data and data transparency initiative. The company also worked with the European Commission Joint Research Centre and the African Development Bank to develop digital data collection and distribution of food commodities price data in Africa. Knoema also provided SDMX-compliant systems to facilitate structured data collection and sharing between national governments and the International Monetary Fund.
In February 2020, the firm pushed into the alternative data space through its acquisition of Adaptive Management, an alternative data aggregator and solutions provider.
In 2020, Knoema continued to develop partnerships with many data vendors. On 3 November 2020, Knoema launched its new data catalog, branded as "Alternative Data+." This catalog is made up of hundreds of alternative data tear sheets that feature information about each data provider including tickers and sectors covered, known biases, and in some cases, pricing, metadata, and sample datasets.
In December 2020, Knoema was acquired by Eldridge Industries and received investment from Snowflake Ventures.
Projects
Knoema knowledge management solutions have been deployed to Fortune 500 companies, multilateral institutions, asset managers, non-profits, and governments worldwide.
References
External links
VentureBeat - How to turn big data into engaging infographics with a single app
Guardian DataBlog - Trawling the web for socioeconomic data? Look no further than Knoema
Companies established in 2011
Online databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Eyre%20%281956%20TV%20series%29 | Jane Eyre is a six-part 1956 British TV adaptation of the 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë. Unlike most BBC programming of the 1950s, the series survives intact, but has not been shown publicly in years. A 55 second clip from the second episode is available on BBC iPlayer.
Cast
Daphne Slater as Jane Eyre
Stanley Baker as Mr. Rochester
Philip Howard as Footman John
Dorothy Black as The Mad Woman
References
External links
1956 British television series debuts
1950s British drama television series
English-language television shows
Black-and-white British television shows
Films based on Jane Eyre
1950s British television miniseries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kammavaripalem%2C%20Prakasam%20district | Kammavaripalem is a village in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
References
List of Mandal Parishad/Zilla Parishad Primary Schools, Telugu Medium
Demographic data
Villages in Prakasam district |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJDB | IJDB may refer to:
International Journal of Developmental Biology, a scientific journal in biology
The Internet Juggling Database (not active anymore)
Internet Jokes Database, a collection of funny jokes to share and laugh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Multidisciplinary%20Society%20for%20Modelling%20and%20Simulation%20Technology | The European Multidisciplinary Society for Modelling and Simulation Technology (EUROSIS) is a European learned society in the area of computer simulation and modelling.
Background
EUROSIS is a non-profit society. It is run by a board of trustees, who manage the day-to-day operations, while the scientific part is run by a collective of EUROSIS members, distributed amongst a board and numerous technical committees. EUROSIS organizes a number of annual conferences and produces several publications.
References
External links
Members of EUROSIS
Pan-European learned societies
Organizations established in 2003
International organisations based in Belgium |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datan | Datan may refer to:
Datan, Hebei (大滩镇), China
Datan, Liaoning (大谭镇), in Pulandian, Liaoning, China
An alternative spelling of the biblical figure Dathan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classora | Classora is a knowledge base for the Internet oriented to data analysis. From a practical point of view, Classora is a digital repository that stores structured information and allows it to be displayed in multiple formats: analytically, graphically, geographically (through maps); as well as carry out OLAP analysis. The information contained in Classora comes from public sources and is uploaded into the system through bots and ETL processes. The Knowledge Base has a commercial API for semantic enhancement, and an open web through which any user can access to part of the information collected (it also allows users to complete data and share opinions).
Internally, Classora is organized into Knowledge Units and Reports. A «Knowledge Unit» is any element of the World about which information may be stored and presented in the form of a data sheet (a person, a company, a country, etc.) A «Report» is a group of Knowledge Units: a ranking of companies, a sport classification table, a survey about people, etc. In fact, one of the technical capabilities of Classora is that it allows the comparison of reports and knowledge units gathered from different sources, thereby generating an added value for the media in which this information is published: digital media, interactive TV, etc.
Key definitions
Knowledge unit
The units of knowledge (also known as entries) in Classora are data sheets that have a certain semantic equivalence with the articles on the Wikipedia: they store information about any element of the world, be it a film, a country, a company or an animal. However, they differ from Wikipedia in that Classora stores structured information, enriched with a metadata layer; and therefore it is able to automatically interpret the meaning of each unit of knowledge.
Data report
A report is a group of units of knowledge in which the repetition of elements is not allowed. This definition includes any list, poll, ranking, etc.; and, in general, any consultation that involves more than one unit of knowledge. Classora excels at the reports management due to its visualization capabilities, being able to display data in the form of tables, graphs and maps.
Types of reports:
Sports scores: Sports competitions results sanctioned by the competent institution.
Rankings and lists: All types of interesting and curious lists, whether they have an implicit order or not.
Polls: Units of knowledge that are ranked according to users’ votes.
Queries to the Knowledge Base: Questions from users using CQL.
Networks of connections: automatically calculated from the reports and the taxonomy of each Knowledge Unit.
Organizational taxonomy
An organizational taxonomy (also referred to as entry type) is a data sheet that brings together the common attributes of a set of units of knowledge. For instance, the organizational taxonomy F1 Driver displays attributes such as date of debut, team, etc.; and the organizational taxonomy Football Club presents attributes such as |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20business%20model | The social business model is use of social media tools and social networking behavioral standards by businesses for communication with customers, suppliers, and others.
Combining social networking etiquette (being helpful, transparent and authentic) with business engagement on LinkedIn (for one-to-one interaction), Twitter (for immediacy) and Facebook (for content sharing) more fully involves employees in the organization and increases customer intimacy and trust.
Overview
Traditional business models, particularly in large organizations, have had as one common characteristic careful limitation of direct contact between those within the organization and those outside of it. Only certain specific individuals (most frequently in roles such as sales, customer service and field consulting) were designated as "customer-facing" personnel.
Organizations further limited outside access to internal employees through filtering mechanisms such as publishing only a main switchboard number (whether routed through a live receptionist or an interactive voice response system) and generic "sales@" or "info@" email addresses.
The Cluetrain Manifesto (written by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger and published in 1999) was among the first books to predict the demise of this old order and the emergence of more open business models, though most of the business world was slow to adopt the book's recommended cultural changes.
Thirteen years later, authors Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim added structural underpinnings to the cultural shifts outlined in The Cluetrain Manifesto in their book, Social Business by Design. The book details many of the ways social media tools and practices are being adopted within organizations, to support both internal employee collaboration and external customer engagement (which the authors describe as the "bigger problem").
Elements
In implementing the social business model, organizations apply social networking protocols and tools in a range of areas, potentially including:
Marketing
Customer Support
Recruiting
Crowdsourcing
Internal employee collaboration
Sales
Product Development
Supply Chain Operations
Investor Relations
Characteristics of organizations adopting the social business model
Organizations that fully adopt the social business model will exhibit four key characteristics:
Connected – employees will be able to seamlessly engage one-on-one in real-time with other employees and individuals outside the organization (customers, prospects, partners, media, etc.) using a variety of communications methods including text chat, voice, file sharing, email, and video chat.
Social – employees will follow social networking etiquette (being authentic, helpful and transparent) in external interactions. The focus will be on answering questions and providing information rather than overt sales or promotion.
Presence – these conversations may originate on the company's website or elsewhere |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiply%20%28website%29 | Multiply was a social networking service with an emphasis on allowing users to share media – such as photos, videos and blog entries – with their "real-world" network. The website was launched in March 2004 and was privately held with backing by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Point Judith Capital, Transcosmos, and private investors. Multiply had over 11 million registered users.
The company was headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida but moved to Jakarta, Indonesia early in 2012 and recently announced intentions to switch to e-commerce, dropping the social networking aspect entirely. Quantcast estimates Multiply had 2.47 million monthly U.S. unique visitors at their peak on July 30, 2012.
On Multiply, a user's network was made up of their direct contacts, as well as others who are closely connected to them through their first-degree relationships. Additionally, users were encouraged to specify the nature of their relationship with one another, making it possible to share content with their entire network of closely related people, or subsets thereof including friends, family, professional contacts, and so on.
May 31, 2013 officially marked the closing of their operations after more than 9 years and 2 months following its inability to make a profit and was later dissolved and have its assets redistributed after filing articles of dissolution due to financial difficulties whilst expressing the hope that the website might reorganize, retain Jakarta, Indonesia as headquarters, and reopen as a social networking service in the future, but although plans to revive the website as a social networking services have been proposed. When business stabilized, the management began to re-open the site and to recovering hosted blogs, videos, photos and messaging.
History
Multiply Inc. was founded in 2004 by Peter Pezaris, Michael Gersh, and David Hersh. With headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida, United States, Multiply is the second largest social network in Southeast Asia, with millions of users in the US, Brazil, India and more. Multiply initially carried out the main function as a social network where users shared photos, blogs, videos, and others. In its development, Multiply changed its function to become an electronic trading site. On September 20, 2010, most of Multiply.com's shares were acquired by Naspers Limited (NPSN-JSE), an electronic trading expert company in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa, in which also own a stake in Multiply's sister company, Tencent, OLX and Mail.ru Group.
In September 2005, Multiply gathered one million users worldwide.
In June 2007, Multiply staff through its blog stated that the number of users reached five million users.
In October 2008, Multiply was used by ten million members worldwide.
Blogging Paired with Media Sharing and Storage
Multiply tried to be the one-stop shop for a user's Web 2.0 experience. Its bid is enhanced by the capabilities with which it empowers its users. There was a blog module, of course, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonic%20Source%2C%20Inc. | Symphonic Source, Inc, founded in 2010, is an American developer and marketer of data cleansing and deduplication software for customer relationship management (CRM) systems and related databases.
The company sells Software as a service (SaaS) tools that allow system administrators (for example salesforce.com administrators) to search for and merge duplicate/similar records in their systems.
A number of the founders of Symphonic Source were also founders and or early employees of Tek-Tools Software.
References
Software companies based in Texas
Customer relationship management software
Companies based in Dallas
System administration
Software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively%20parallel | Massively parallel is the term for using a large number of computer processors (or separate computers) to simultaneously perform a set of coordinated computations in parallel. GPUs are massively parallel architecture with tens of thousands of threads.
One approach is grid computing, where the processing power of many computers in distributed, diverse administrative domains is opportunistically used whenever a computer is available. An example is BOINC, a volunteer-based, opportunistic grid system, whereby the grid provides power only on a best effort basis.
Another approach is grouping many processors in close proximity to each other, as in a computer cluster. In such a centralized system the speed and flexibility of the interconnect becomes very important, and modern supercomputers have used various approaches ranging from enhanced InfiniBand systems to three-dimensional torus interconnects.
The term also applies to massively parallel processor arrays (MPPAs), a type of integrated circuit with an array of hundreds or thousands of central processing units (CPUs) and random-access memory (RAM) banks. These processors pass work to one another through a reconfigurable interconnect of channels. By harnessing many processors working in parallel, an MPPA chip can accomplish more demanding tasks than conventional chips. MPPAs are based on a software parallel programming model for developing high-performance embedded system applications.
Goodyear MPP was an early implementation of a massively parallel computer architecture. MPP architectures are the second most common supercomputer implementations after clusters, as of November 2013.
Data warehouse appliances such as Teradata, Netezza or Microsoft's PDW commonly implement an MPP architecture to handle the processing of very large amounts of data in parallel.
See also
Multiprocessing
Embarrassingly parallel
Parallel computing
Process-oriented programming
Shared-nothing architecture (SN)
Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
Connection Machine
Cellular automaton
CUDA framework
Manycore processor
Vector processor
References
Parallel computing
Supercomputing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon%20Village | is a simulation video game developed and published by Kairosoft for the Android and iOS operating systems. It was released on March 2, 2012 for Android and iOS. The player is placed in control of a role-playing video game's town, and tasks the player with expanding the town and attracting heroes to live in it. It received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Gameplay
Dungeon Village places the player in control of a village in a stereotypical RPG setting. The main goal of the game is to attract heroes to your town and direct them to fight monsters outside of the city's limits. In order to attract heroes, the player must have the city hold events which attract outside attention and fame, and must improve their city by building new buildings. As monsters arrive, the player can direct heroes to perform quests and give them gifts so they become more favorable to the city.
Reception
The game received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the setting and gameplay. IGN's Peter Eykemans called Dungeon Village one of the best Kairosoft games that had been released, noting that the setting was charming and the gameplay was addictive. Eurogamer Chris Schilling highlighted the game as the website's "App of the Day", praised the addictive gameplay as well, and complimented the developer's sense of humor for playing on storied video game character names for the heroes' names. Gamezebo's Andy Chalk felt that despite the game's simplicity and confusing instructions, that it was incredibly hard to put down. Pocket Gamer Damien McFarren called the game, "a resounding success for Kairosoft", and praised the game's premise as being more original than other titles in their game library had been.
Criticisms of the game mostly focused on its lack of re-playability. IGN's Peter Eykemans felt that the game had little point in a playthrough after beating it once, feeling that the high score system did not give the player enough incentive to play again. Pocket Gamer Damien McFarren echoed Eykemans's criticism about the lack of re-playability.
References
2012 video games
Android (operating system) games
City-building games
IOS games
Kairosoft games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20High%20Fructose%20Adventures%20of%20Annoying%20Orange%20episodes | The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange is an American comedy television series, created by Dane Boedigheimer and Tom Sheppard and produced by The Collective for Cartoon Network. The show previewed on May 28, 2012, and began airing regularly on June 11, 2012. Episodes are normally 11 minutes.
Series overview
Episodes
Pilot (2012)
Season 1 (2012–13)
This season premiered its twelfth episode on May 28, 2012 as a sneak peek. The series premiered on June 11, 2012 and originally had 6 episodes ordered, then it was later changed to 15 before being changed to a final total of 30 episodes.
Season 2 (2013–14)
References
High Fructose Adventures Of Annoying Orange
The Annoying Orange |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%20Astro%20Story | Epic Astro Story is a simulation video game developed and published by Kairosoft for the Android and iOS operating systems. It was released in December, 2011 for Android and in April, 2012 for iOS. The player is tasked with managing and expanding a colony in a science fiction setting, while also exploring both their colony and other planets. The game has received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Gameplay
Epic Astro Story has two main facets to its gameplay. The first is a city managing simulation, where the player is required to build up a colony and build its success. The second is a colony exploration component, which allows the player to look through caves, empty territory, and other planets for loot and land, and contains a battle system where the colony's explorers must fight aliens and monsters. As the teams of colonists leave to explore, their progress in different areas is tracked through a bar on the bottom of the screen, which allows the player to continue with other management issues while the explorers continue their work. All of the colonists have names that are a play on popular Star Trek characters.
Reception
Epic Astro Story has received mostly positive reviews from critics, with the iOS version receiving a 91/100 from review aggregator website Metacritic. TouchArcade Colette Bennett called the iOS version her favorite title of Kairosoft's release thus far, and felt that the battle system broke up the company's formula for past management simulation games. Pocket Gamer Damien McFarren was impressed by the Android version's surprisingly "multifaceted gameplay", and praised its addictive formula. Gamezebo's Kevin Alexander, in his review of the Android version, felt that the game did a good job presenting a number of different factors in a fun and easy to manage way.
References
2011 video games
Android (operating system) games
IOS games
Kairosoft games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Prix%20Story | Grand Prix Story is an auto racing management simulation video game developed and published by Kairosoft for the Android and iOS operating systems. It was first released for Android on June 8, 2011, and for iOS on September 8, 2011. A port for the Nintendo Switch was released on March 21, 2019. The player serves as the manager for a racing team and controls the research and development of the team's cars, its crew and drivers, and the races they perform in. The game was released to mostly positive reviews.
Gameplay
Grand Prix Story is a management simulation video game, in which the player controls a new racing team. Players progress their team through races, which earn them money and unlocks longer and more difficult single race and grand prix events. As the game progresses, the terrain on which the cars race often changes, forcing the player to take into account varying road conditions and rain.
One of the large differences from past Kairosoft efforts such as Game Dev Story and Hot Springs Story is that progress is made visual during races. The player does not control the cars during races, and instead watches as their driver races the cars that they have improved and worked on beforehand. As the player's team wins Grand Prix events, the racing team expands to include multiple teams that the player must manage.
Reception
The game received mostly mixed reviews from critics, with a 74/100 from review aggregator website Metacritic. IGN's Nick Kolan felt that the visuals and the formula from past Kairosoft efforts were the same, but that the execution of the concept, and the visual feedback provided by it, improved the game handily. TouchArcade Brad Nicholson felt that the game ratcheted up after its slow beginning, feeling that the addition of multiple teams to manage makes the game more interesting in the longer term.
Edge criticized Kairosoft's formula for its management games, feeling that Grand Prix Story reminded them more of deja vu than a fresh concept. They critiqued the game's non-interactive races, as they felt the races were dull to watch and made for a rather flat game. TouchArcade called the racing segments, "of having to wait and watch for most of the game’s finer points of its simulation" in their overall positive review.
References
2011 video games
Android (operating system) games
Business simulation games
IOS games
Kairosoft games
PlayStation 4 games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyromaia%20cuspidata | Pyromaia cuspidata, also known as the dartnose pear crab, is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae. This crab appears similar to Anasimus latus. It is a long-legged crab with a trident-shaped rostrum, and occurs in Atlantic waters from North Carolina to west Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatán Peninsula down to Nicaragua. It is also found in Cuban waters. This species lives in depths of on bottoms of mud, sand, or pebbles.
References
Majoidea
Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1871 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Will%20Survive%20%28TV%20series%29 | I Will Survive is an Australian talent show-themed television series that premiered on Network Ten on 21 August 2012. The premise of the show is to search for a new, unknown talent to perform in the Broadway production of the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Due to the Broadway theatre production closing in June 2012, the prize has been amended to another performance on Broadway, along with a $250,000 cash prize. The title of the show is derived from the title of a song in the production, "I Will Survive", originally sung by Gloria Gaynor.
I Will Survive was hosted by actor and singer Hugh Sheridan, and featured judges Jason Donovan, who played Tick in the West End theatre production of the show, and Stephan Elliott, the director of the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Format
I Will Survive searches for a "triple threat" performer, proficient in the disciplines of acting, singing, and dancing, to portray a drag queen as based on the hit musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The show starts with open auditions, with the most talented performers joining the famous Priscilla bus, retracing the steps of the movie, from Sydney to Alice Springs, performing at outback locations on the way.
Top 12 contestants
Challenges
Ratings
References
Network 10 original programming
2012 Australian television series debuts
2012 Australian television series endings
2010s Australian reality television series
Television series by Fremantle (company)
English-language television shows
Singing talent shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsion%20technology | Pulsion Technology is software company located in Glasgow, Scotland. The company develops mobile software products in the facilities management, data collection, inspection and legionella compliance markets as well as undertaking custom software and web development.
History
Pulsion Technology was formed in 1995 by John McGuire, who is also a co-founder of WeeWorld. In 2006 the company appeared on Deloitte's Fast 500 list for EMAE companies.
In 2009 the company's eSquiggles product was part of the winning solution in the i-FM e-business awards.
Products
Pulsion Technology has two enterprise mobile products:
eSquiggles a mobile forms, data collection and inspection system for Windows Mobile 6.5, iPhone and Android.
Konformance Legionella Control a system which allows legionella control and monitoring regimes to be automated replacing logbooks with electronic logbook. The system allows users to comply with standards such as AcOP L8.
References
Additional sources
Finger on the Pulsion; John McGuire is a man in his element. Darran Gardner talks to the e-commerce revolutionary whose firm Pulsion Technology is behind the ultimate net accessory
Dedicated to obtaining a fairer share price
Excuse me, fancy a text message?; New twist to dating game as dot.com lets lonely hearts meet by phone
Saw-you.com developing online chat-up business - Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, Scotland) | HighBeam Research
External links
Official website
Konformance Legionella Control
eSquiggles
Companies based in Glasgow
Software companies of the United Kingdom
Service companies of Scotland
1995 establishments in Scotland
Software companies established in 1995 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20Online%20Protection | Child Online Protection (COP) is an initiative which is established by International Telecommunication Union in November 2008 within the framework of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA). The initiative was supported by the United Nations Secretary-General, states and several international organizations. COP is an international collaborative network to protect children worldwide against cyber threats by providing legal, technical and organizational measures.
Objectives
COP main objectives are as follows:
Identification of risks and vulnerabilities to children in cyberspace
Creation of awareness among policymakers, industry, parents and educators as well as the children
Development of practical tools to help minimize risk
Sharing knowledge and experience
ITU established a Work Group on COP and enhanced its mandate Based on RESOLUTION 179 of The Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union in 2010.
Partners
ITU is working with the following organizations on COP:
UNICEF
UNODC
UNICRI
UNIDIR
European Commission
Interpol
ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency)
Insafe
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
IMPACT
In addition, there several civil society and private sector organization who participate in the project.
See also
International Telecommunication Union
Murder of Carly Ryan - details related to "Carly's Law" and online grooming laws in Australia
References
External links
Protection
International Telecommunication Union |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsakeio%20Lyceum%20of%20Patras | Arsakeio Lyceum of Patras is a private high school in the suburb of Rio, Patras, Greece.
Facilities
Library
Computer Lab
Science Lab
Chemistry Lab
Courses
Arsakeio Includes all the General Knowledge lessons of High Schools in Greece.
Ancient Greek
Modern Greek
English
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Physics
Physics (General)
Economy
Scociology
Religion Lessons
Computers and Programming
Management
Greek Lessons
History
European History
Latin
Philosophy
Also includes
German, Spanish and French
Education in Patras
Private schools in Greece |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cave%20%28video%20game%29 | The Cave is a puzzle-platform, adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Sega in January 2013 on the PlayStation Network, Nintendo eShop and Xbox Live Arcade storefronts via the PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 consoles and on Steam for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. It was later released on October 3, 2013 on iOS devices and Android. On December 2, 2013 it was also released on the Ouya. The game has been delisted from console storefronts as of April 2, 2018, making it a Steam exclusive until 2023.
The game was created by Ron Gilbert, building on an idea that he has had for nearly twenty years about a cave that lures people into it to explore their darker personality traits. The game is rated "teen" for blood and violence. The game borrows concepts from his earlier 1987 game, Maniac Mansion, such as the player initially selecting three different characters from a cast of seven to explore the Cave. Many of the game's puzzles require the three characters to work in coordination to complete, while some puzzles are specific to the unique abilities of a character; in this manner the Cave can only be fully explored through multiple play-throughs.
Gameplay
The Caves story is based on a magical talking cave (voiced by Stephen Stanton) with a labyrinthine set of tunnels within it. Seven characters, drawn from across time and space and harboring dark secrets, have come to the Cave, believing they can "learn something about themselves and who they might become", as stated by Gilbert. In one example, a knight character goes to a princess for her amulet, which is the key to unlocking the pulling of the sword, who tells him to bring the treasure the dragon is guarding. The knight then succeeds, but forgets to close the gate to the dragon's den, in turn causing the dragon to eat the princess and coughing up the amulet. The knight then goes to the king with the amulet and is allowed to pull the sword, which was impossible at first due to the many rocks beneath it - however, our characters overcome it by blowing it with dynamite. He then pulls out the sword, and the king "ran off to congratulate his favorite daughter", but then gets eaten by the dragon as well. At the start of the game, the player selects three of the seven characters, which they are then locked to for the remainder of the game; players can restart a new game to select a different trio of characters. The characters are based on stereotypical figures, such as a hillbilly, a pair of twins (acting as one character), and a scientist.
As the player controls the trio to explore the Cave, they collect objects and interact with the environment in a manner similar to an adventure game. The exploration of the game is based on 2D platformer elements, though the game is presented with 3D graphics. Exploration is described as being "Metroidvania"-like, where more of the Cave's tunnels and chambers become accessible as players collect objects in a manner similar to Metroid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE-Sim | LTE-Sim is an open source framework to simulate LTE networks mainly developed by G. Piro and F. Capozzi at "Politecnico di Bari".
The simulator was first presented by means of a scientific article.
It encompasses several aspects of LTE networks, including both the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRAN) and the Evolved Packet System (EPS). It supports single and heterogeneous multi-cell environments, QoS management, multi users environment, user mobility, handover procedures, and frequency reuse techniques. Four kinds of network nodes are modeled: user equipment (UE), evolved Node B (eNB), Home eNB (HeNB), and Mobility Management Entity/Gateway (MME/GW). Four different traffic generators at the application layer have been implemented and the management of data radio bearer is supported. Finally, well-known scheduling strategies (such as Proportional Fair, Modified Largest Weighted Delay First, and Exponential Proportional Fair, Log and Exp rules), AMC scheme, Channel Quality Indicator feedback, frequency reuse techniques, and models for physical layer have been developed.
See also
http://telematics.poliba.it/LTE-Sim
http://groups.google.com/group/lte-sim
References
Wireless
Utility software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Ace%202 | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (GT-I8160) is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in February 2012, the Galaxy Ace 2 is the successor to the Galaxy Ace Plus.
Being a mid-range smartphone, Galaxy Ace 2 contains hardware between that of the Galaxy Ace Plus and Galaxy S Advance; it features a dual-core 800 MHz processor on the NovaThor U8500 chipset with the Mali-400 GPU.
In May 2012, the device went on sale in the UK.
Hardware
Galaxy Ace 2 is a 3.5G mobile device that offers quad-band GSM, and was announced with dual-band 900/2100 MHz HSDPA at 14.4 Mbit/s downlink and 5.76 Mbit/s uplink speeds. The display is a 3.8-inch capacitive PLS TFT LCD touchscreen with 16M colours in a WVGA (480x800) resolution. There is also a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and auto-focus, capable of recording videos at QVGA (320x240), VGA (640x480) and HD (1280x720) resolutions. Galaxy Ace 2 also has a front-facing VGA camera. The device comes with a 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery.
Software
Galaxy Ace 2 comes with Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread and Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz user interface. In September 2012, Samsung announced that Galaxy Ace 2 would be updated to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The phone can be upgraded to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
Galaxy Ace 2 has social network integration abilities and multimedia features. It is also preloaded with basic Google Apps, such as Google+ and Google Talk. The phone is available in Onyx Black and in White colours.
The device also unofficially supports CyanogenMod as well as other AOSP-derived roms like AOKP. It also unofficially supports LineageOS (14.1 and 15.1 version).
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 x / Trend
Galaxy Ace 2x (GT-S7560M) and in some markets Galaxy Trend (GT-S7560) are at first glance variants of Galaxy Ace 2, in that both have a similar shell and specifications; such as the slightly larger 4" screen, and similar specs for RAM and storage space.
The major differentiator is in processing power: While Galaxy Ace 2 has a dual-core 800 MHz CPU, then Galaxy Ace II x and Galaxy Trend contain a single-core 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A5 processor in conjunction with an enhanced Adreno 200 GPU. The single-core Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A ARMv7 SoC design is much closer to the one in Samsung Galaxy Mini 2.
Galaxy Ace 2 x and Galaxy Trend have 645 MB of accessible RAM (out of the total 768 MB), and approximately 2 GB of user-accessible internal storage.
Galaxy S Duos (GT-S7562) is available with very similar specifications; the primary differentiating feature is its dual-SIM support.
Galaxy Trend Plus (GT-S7580) has very minor differences comparing with Galaxy Trend (GT-S7560). Trend Plus has Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, single-core 1.2 GHz processor in conjunction with VideoCore 4 GPU and Broadcom BCM21664 SoC.
Galaxy S Duos 2 (GT-S7582) is a dual-SIM equivalent of Galaxy Trend Plus.
Software
The devices are powered by Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, running Samsung's |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard%20%28information%20security%29 | In information security, a guard is a device or system for allowing computers on otherwise separate networks to communicate, subject to configured constraints. In many respects a guard is like a firewall and guards may have similar functionality to a gateway.
Whereas a firewall is designed to limit traffic to certain services, a guard aims to control the information exchange that the network communication is supporting at the business level. Further, unlike a firewall a guard provides assurance that it is effective in providing this control even under attack and failure conditions.
A guard will typically sit between a protected network and an external network, and ensure the protected network is safe from threats posed by the external network and from leaks of sensitive information to the external network.
A guard is usually dual-homed, though guards can connect more than two networks, and acts as a full application layer proxy, engaging in separate communications on each interface. A guard will pass only the business information carried by the protocols from one network to another, and then only if the information passes configured checks which provide the required protection.
History
The development of guards began in the late 1970s with the creation of several "Secure Communications Processors" and "Guard" applications. The secure communications processors were high assurance operating systems and security kernels developed to support controlled plain-text bypasses for packet network encryption devices. The guard applications were designed to sanitise data being exported from a classified system to remove any sensitive information from it.
The Honeywell Secure Communications Processor (SCOMP) was an early guard platform. This was evaluated against the DoD Computer Security Center Orange Book evaluation criteria at level A1.
The RSRE Secure User Environment (SUE) ran on a PDP-11/34. It was very simple separation kernel designed and constructed by T4 Division of the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) at Malvern, England.
The Advanced Command and Control Architectural Testbed (ACCAT) guard was developed to export email from a classified system through a human review stage.
Later developments of guards addressed the problem of automatic "downgrading" of information exported from a classified system. The Secure Network Server (SNS) Mail Guard (SMG) enforced source/destination address whitelists, security label checks, attachment type filtering and digital signatures to ensure sensitive information is not released
Firewalls were a later development, arriving around 1987. Over time the functionality of firewalls have increased to provide similar capabilities to guards. The main difference remaining is that guards are built in such a way to provide assurance that they are effective at protecting the network and themselves.
The SWIPSY firewall toolkit was developed by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency to act as a general |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VET-Bib | VET-Bib is a bibliographic database covering European vocational education and training (VET) literature maintained by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).
The Cedefop library exists since 1975. One of its main tasks is to provide reference services on VET.
Database content
VET-Bib contains over 80.000 references on the topics related to Cedefop's priorities:
vocational education and training (VET) policy and systems
qualifications, competences and skills
vocational guidance and career counselling
skill needs and shortages
adult education, continuous and lifelong learning
informal learning and nonformal learning
training research
VET teachers and trainers
assessment and recognition of learning outcomes and diplomas
European tools such as the European Qualifications Framework, Europass, and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training
labour mobility and migrant workers
Approximately two thirds of the complete VET-Bib collection is available in full text. VET-Bib is multilingual and all European Union languages are represented in the database.
Database development
The development of VET-Bib is shared between the following institutions:
Cedefop's library and documentation service: responsible for European and international references, also provides guidelines for collection development, and the indexing tool European Training Thesaurus
, Cedefop's decentralised network consisting of 27 partners in all EU member states plus Norway and Iceland: each national ReferNet partner provides national references to VET-Bib
Sub products
VET-Alert: a monthly review on what has just been published on vocational education and training
VET bibliographies: These are thematic pre-defined bibliographies on key topics of vocational education and training: skill needs, E-learning, Validation of non-formal and informal learning, green skills, lifelong guidance, lifelong learning, etc.
See also
Education Resources Information Center
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
List of academic databases and search engines
References
External links
Education in the European Union
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Vocational education |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%20Re%20Creativa%20TV | Do Re Creativa TV was a programadora television production company based in Colombia.
History
It operated from August 1979 to the end of 1991. It was created and owned by Jimmy Salcedo.
Programming
Do Re Creativa TV was allotted 1 1/2 hours of programming a week. Its main program was El show de Jimmy, which had been previously presented under the auspices of Producciones PUNCH and was presented from 1992 to 1993, after Do Re Creativa ceased operations, by TeVecine.
Television production companies of Colombia
Mass media companies established in 1979
Mass media companies disestablished in 1991
1979 establishments in Colombia
1991 disestablishments in Colombia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20remote%20base | An Internet Remote Base (IRB) is a ham radio remote base station controlled via an internetwork such as the Internet. IRBs are used to provide time-shared access to control radio transceivers or receivers, notably for use by licensed Amateur Radio operators.
History
The United States Air Force pioneered the use of IRBs with the modernization of the High Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) in 2000.
This was followed closely by the introduction of several solutions publicly available in early 2000s by
Keith Lamonica (W7DXX) and Bob Arnold (N2JEU), using an HTML form,
Stan Schretter (W4MQ), using a locally installed client and UDP,
and Earl Claus (KB2LWS), using Flash, Remote Scripting, and XML.
Technology
Though implementations vary, an IRB consists of several parts:
Computer-controlled radio ("CCR") transceiver or receiver
Computer connected to the CCR (the server)
Antenna control interface to allow the server to control the antenna position
An Internetwork
Computer operated by a Radio Operator or Control Operator (the client)
Radio Control Data Stream
Audio Stream Interfaces
Amplifier Control
A user interface allows the remove user to control all of the CCR's and antenna's key operating parameters, and can range from a simple HTML form hosted by the server (and accessed from the client using a web browser) to a sophisticated client-side program presenting the user with a graphical reproduction of a well-known physical radio front panel.
The IRB protocol utilizes a control data stream and an audio data stream. The control data stream can be any protocol that will support compact data transfer, while the audio data stream generally uses existing audio streaming protocols.
Control operator
An IRB Control Operator is the end-user operating the radio, remotely.
System administrator
An IRB System Administrator is the person who administers the IRB server, usually the system's owner or creator. The system administrator is responsible for managing system operators to assure that any control operator given access to the IRB is properly licensed to operate it.
Legal considerations
An IRB uses the Internet as a long microphone cord. The Internet is not governed by the FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
Code of Federal Regulations Title 47 Part 97 governs remote control of Amateur Radio stations.
Advantages and disadvantages
The IRB's primary advantage over traditional radio-link radio base stations is flexibility: the IRB can be controlled by any device with an internet connection. The IRB allows a group of users to share the cost of a radio base station and to time-share its usage. Also, while early IRBs only allowed for audio transmission, current developments allow any signal mode to be used, which opens the door to further experimentation by the amateur radio community.
The primary disadvantage of the IRB is security. Due to secure flaws present in any internet software implementation, it is feasible for an unautho |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPON%20Protocol%20over%20Coax | EPON Protocol over Coax, or EPoC, refers to the transparent extension of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) over a cable operator's hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) network. From the service provider's perspective the use of the coax portion of the network is transparent to EPON protocol operation in the optical line terminal (OLT) thereby creating a unified scheduling, management, and quality of service (QoS) environment that includes both the optical and coax portions of the network. The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group initiated a standards process with the creation of an EPoC Study Group in November 2011. EPoC adds to the family of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) standards.
Standards
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 standards committee published standards for a symmetric 1Gbit/s EPON network, originally published in September 2004 as IEEE 802.3ah-2004, and a 10Gbit/s EPON network permitting symmetric 10Gbit/s and asymmetric 10Gbit/s downstream 1Gbit/s upstream, originally published in June 2009 as IEEE 802.3av-2009 also known as 10G-EPON.
A Call For Interest (CFI) group process was initiated in May 2011 by Broadcom after receiving requests for initiating EPoC standardization in IEEE from Chinese cable operators and then also by North American cable operators. Many companies became involved in the CFI creation and consensus process. According to the CFI materials, representatives from the following companies supported the formation of the study group:
Alcatel-Lucent, Aurora Networks, Bright House Networks, Broadcom, Cogeco Cable Inc., CableLabs, Comcast, Cox Networks, Dell, Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies, Harmonic Inc., Hewlett-Packard, High Speed Design, Huawei, Neophotonics, PMC-Sierra, Qualcomm, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Technical Working Committee of China Radio & TV Association, Time Warner Cable, Wuhan Yangtze Optical Technologies Co. Ltd., and ZTE. In November 2011, the "EPON PHY for Coax" CFI was presented to the IEEE 802.3 Working Group plenary and the creation of the EPoC Study Group (SG) was approved.
In May 2012, the EPoC Study Group completed its draft Project Authorization Request (PAR), its "5 Criteria" responses, and a set of objectives for further work. These materials require review and approval by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC), and the IEEE New Standards Committee (NesCom). Upon receiving approval, the EPoC Study Group will transition to the EPoC Task Force (TF) and then will begin its work that leads directly to creating the draft standard.
On 30 August 2012, the IEEE-SA approved the PAR permitting the IEEE 802.3 Working Group to charter the IEEE P802.3bn Task Force.
Architecture
IEEE 802.3 standards apply to media access control (MAC) sublayer and Physical sublayer specifications, and their respective management, only. For EPON, IEEE 802.3 defined separately a service provider MAC and PHY called an Optica |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Breast%20Darn%20Show%20in%20Town | The Breast Darn Show in Town is an Australian comedy event created and executive produced by the Comedy Channel programming director Darren Chau and Alex Ristevski Comedy Channel Manager, with Claire Haugh as producer and Sarah Gerrand of Entourage Marketing & Events handling sponsorship and front of stage management. Sponsored by Ford Australia in aid of the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
Filmed at the Melbourne Town Hall, the format features a range of television, film, and comedic performers including Rebel Wilson, Mick Molloy, Hannah Gadsby, Bev Killick, Tom Gleeson, Joel Creasey, Jeff Green, Tommy Dean, Celia Pacquola, Jordan Raskopoulos, Sam Simmons, Tom Ballard, Fiona O'Loughlin, Dave Thornton, Toby Truslove, Claire Hooper, Cal Wilson, Felicity Ward, Justin Hamilton, Denise Scott and Mark Mitchell as Con the Fruiterer. The first special was hosted by Julia Morris premiered on the Comedy Channel on 1 November 2009. The second special was hosted by Grant Denyer and Corinne Grant and premiered on the Comedy Channel on 5 November 2010.
A comeback series is planned for 2020.
References
External links
2000s Australian comedy television series
The Comedy Channel original programming
2009 Australian television series debuts
2010 Australian television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercycle | A cybercycle is a type of exergame which combines a traditional stationary bike with virtual reality tours, competitive avatars, and videogame features.
History
The term "cybercycle" has been used to refer to a futuristic vehicle in science fiction stories and video games. Stationary bicycles in combination with 2D or 3D displays have been in existence since the early days of personal computers, developing into virtual reality systems as graphic capabilities improved. Cay Anderson-Hanley of Union College and Paul Arciero of Skidmore College labeled the bicycle-virtual-reality combination a "cybercycle" in 2008 when they began conducting research on the benefits cycling exergames, to avoid referring to specific brand names.
Cybercycles and health
Anderson-Hanley and Arciero's research found increased cognitive benefits when older adults used cybercycles for exercise rather than ordinary stationary bicycles. These results have been written about in news media around the world, including The Wall Street Journal, Press Association, Medscape Medical News, and Zee News. Additional research has been published on the benefits of cybercycling for college students and also for children on the autism spectrum.
Based on this research, some retirement communities have added cybercycles to their exercise equipment.
References
Fitness games
Cycle types |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Night%20at%20the%20Festival%20Club | A Night at the Festival Club is an Australian stand-up comedy television event, created and executive produced by the Comedy Channel programming director Darren Chau, produced by Ted Robinson and GNW TV Productions for the Comedy Channel, as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The series centres on bottling the unique comedic live performances and moments that occur late night in the Festival Club, during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
A Night at the Festival Club premiered on the Comedy Channel on 2 May 2008 hosted by Adam Hills and Jason Byrne, and features Des Bishop, Hannah Gadsby, Justin Hamilton, Adam Hills, Claire Hooper, Josie Long, Josh Thomas, and Mark Watson.
A Night at the Festival Club then returned to the Comedy Channel on 13 May 2010, hosted by Josh Thomas, and features Harley Breen, Melinda Buttle, Smart Casual, Dead Cat Bounce, Reginald D. Hunter, Tommy Little, Kate Micucci, Celia Pacquola and David Quirk.
A Night at the Festival Club was then adapted into ABC's Comedy Up Late which aired every night of the festival in a half hour format.
References
External links
A Night at the Festival Club (2008) IMDB
A Night at the Festival Club (2010) IMDB
Comedy Up Late (2013-2018) IMDB
2008 Australian television series debuts
2000s Australian comedy television series
The Comedy Channel original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezer%20%28computer%20cooling%29 | The Freezer is the name of the CPU coolers from Arctic, which has been the company's staple product for many years. To most enthusiasts, Arctic is best known for their Freezer line of CPU coolers as well as their thermal compound called MX-2 and MX-4. The Freezer line of coolers is available in different fan speed, cooling capacity and motherboard compatibility to cater the needs of different type of users from HTPC users to enthusiasts and overclockers.
The Freezer series CPU coolers are designed to lower the temperature inside your computer to enhance the stability and lifespan of the processor.
Products
Low-profile
Freezer 7 LP
Freezer 11 LP
Freezer 64 LP
Mid-range
Freezer 7
Freezer 64
Freezer 7 PRO Rev. 2
Freezer 64 PRO
Freezer XTREME Rev.2
Freezer 13
Enthusiast-grade
Freezer i30
Freezer A30
Freezer 13 PRO
Freezer 13 PRO CO
Freezer 13 CO
See also
Intel
AMD
References
External links
Arctic official website
Computer hardware cooling |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charaxes%20amandae | Charaxes amandae is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Sudan.
Taxonomy
Junior synonym of Charaxes kirki suk
References
External links
African Butterfly Database Range map via search
Butterflies described in 1989
amandae
Endemic fauna of Sudan
Butterflies of Africa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20international%20Cartoon%20Network%20channels | Since the inception of the flagship Cartoon Network and its sister networks in the United States, its various parent companies over the last 30-plus years have launched international versions of Cartoon Network and those other brands.
Cartoon Network
Background
Cartoon Network Europe, a pan-European English feed, was launched in 1993. Spanish, Swedish, Danish, French, Italian, and Norwegian audio tracks were added in 1994. The network's Dutch feed was launched in 1997. Another feed launched in 1998, which aired in France, Italy and Spain. The pan-European feed kept airing in the other parts of Europe. The network's Italian feed became independent a few months later after the launch of the French channel, while the Spanish and French feeds were split in 1999. A Polish feed launched a year earlier, in 1998.
On September 17, 1993, some Russian cities began receiving Cartoon Network Europe through broadcasts from the Astra satellite. The channel broadcast in English.
Since July 1, 1996, the channel has been available from the Panamsat 4 satellite in the territories of Southern Russia and Ukraine, in the Asian republics of the former USSR. In 1997, the channel's new distributor, Chello Zone, took over in the CIS . In the same year, the channel was partially dubbed into Russian.
In 1998, the channel began broadcasting on the territories of Belarus and Ukraine, the Baltic states and the North-West of Russia from the Astra 1G satellite. Broadcasting was 16 hours a day, from 8:00 to 0:00 MSK., at night, the channel carried Turner Classic Movies. In November 1999, the channel became available on the platform NTV Plus and other cable networks, broadcasting from the Sirius 2 satellite.
In 1999, the network's British feed officially split off from the pan-European version. This followed after the shared transponder analogue feed on Astra 1C became scrambled with VideoCrypt and the short-lived British version of TNT was launched.
A Nordic feed was launched in 2000, broadcasting in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and English. This also became available in Iceland and Finland. The Dutch Cartoon Network closed down in 2001. It was replaced with the pan-European feed in 2001. A Dutch audio track was simultaneously added. Greek subtitles became available the same year. The Polish feed branched into separate ones for Romania and Hungary in 2002. A German feed was launched in 2006. A Turkish feed was added in 2008.
In April 2005, Cartoon Network Europe was completely dubbed into Russian.
On October 1, 2008, a separate feed of Cartoon Network was created for Hungary and Romania, while the two additional audio tracks that were previously added to Cartoon Network Poland in 2002. Czech Republic and Slovakia both used to receive this channel feed in an English-language muted audio track..
On October 1, 2009, the channel was launched - Cartoon Network (Russia), broadcasting in the countries of CIS and South-Eastern Europe
The network's Arabic feed launched in 2010. Th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20media%20use%20by%20Barack%20Obama | Barack Obama won the 2008 United States presidential election on November 4, 2008. During his campaign, Obama became the first presidential candidate of a major party to utilize social networking sites, including podcasting, Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, and YouTube, to expand and engage his audience of supporters and donors.
Obama's adoption of social media for political campaigning has since been compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy's adoption of the radio and television media, respectively, in the history of communication between the White House and the American public. For this reason, Obama has been dubbed by some as "the first social media president."
In the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama had more "friends" on Facebook and Myspace and more "followers" on Twitter than his opponent John McCain.
Twitter
Barack Obama's Twitter account (@BarackObama) is the official account on social networking site Twitter for former President of the United States Barack Obama. Obama also used the White House's Twitter account (@WhiteHouse) and the @POTUS account, which was created in May 2015. , @BarackObama is the most-followed politician and second most-followed person on Twitter with over 132 million followers.
Obama has used Twitter to promote legislation and support for his policies, as well as respond to the public regarding current political issues like the economy and employment. As a major political figure with a presence on the platform, Obama became the subject of various debates on Twitter. During Obama's 2012 presidential campaign, the rapidly-increasing audience on Twitter gave the platform a larger role in communication efforts than in the 2008 campaign.
Statistics on Twitter usage
The @BarackObama account is among the top ten worldwide in both followers and followed accounts. The account held the record for following the most people. On August 13, 2019, at 14:39 PDT Obama's account overtook Katy Perry to become the most-followed person on Twitter with over 107 million followers.
During his 2008 campaign, the account was intermittently the world's most followed. In May 2010 Obama's Twitter account ranked as the fourth most followed account with about 4 million followers. By May 16, 2011, @BarackObama was followed by 7.4 million people, including twenty-eight world leaders. His account became the third account to reach 10 million followers in September 2011.
Twitter was the most popular social media app during and immediately after the 2008 presidential election; studies show that Twitter reached its peak growth rate on its platform between 2007 and 2010.
Account usage history
@BarackObama was launched on March 5, 2007, at 16:08:25. It is his official account, although he also tweeted through @WhiteHouse which is usually used by the presidential administration, while @BarackObama was for his election campaign staff. @WhiteHouse predates the Presidency of Barack Obama, since it was created on April 21, 2007. Following |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorashim%20%28organization%29 | Shorashim (, lit. Roots) is a nonprofit organization devoted to building bridges between Israeli and North American Jews. The organization offer trips to Israel and Israel cultural programming in the United States.
The Jewish educational concept of mifgash (Hebrew: מפגש lit. Meeting or Encounter) – between Jews in Israel and around the world – is a foundation of Shorashim programs. The organization, and its founder Anne Lanski, are considered pioneers in this educational tool.
A provider of Taglit-Birthright Israel programs, Shorashim is differentiated as one of few providers that engages Israeli participants for the full ten-day program. Shorashim also offers a summer travel program for American and Israeli high school students, and Israel cultural programs for children and teens through its Club Israel program.
Shorashim emerged from a community-based Israel program known as CCP (the Chicago Community Project). Founders Anne Lanski and Yossi Nameri, were together staff members of the program in the early 1980s and together went on to form Shorashim in order to make mifgash the core component of the Israel travel program.
Anne Lanski is currently the Executive Director of the iCenter, an Israel Education initiative. Udi Krauss (an Israeli alum of Shorashim) is Shorashim's Director of Education in Israel. The current Executive Director of Shorashim is Michal Tamim.
Shorashim is a non-profit corporation in the United States and an amutah (Hebrew: עמותה lit: Non-Profit Organization) in Israel, operating as Shorashim Tochniot Mifgash.
References
External links
Shorashim.org
Non-profit organizations based in Chicago |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMMS-HD2 | WMMS-HD2 (100.7-2 FM) is a digital subchannel of WMMS, a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, and features programming from the Black Information Network. Owned by iHeartMedia, WMMS-HD2 serves Greater Cleveland and surrounding Northeast Ohio. Using the proprietary technology HD Radio for its main digital transmission, WMMS-HD2 is rebroadcast over low-power analog Cleveland translator W256BT (99.1 FM), and streams online via iHeartRadio. WMMS-HD2's studios are located at the Six Six Eight Building in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District, while the WMMS-HD2 and W256BT transmitters reside in Seven Hills and Parma, respectively.
History
On April 25, 2006, iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) announced the launch of several new HD Radio "multicast channels" in various markets across the United States; among these was WMMS-HD2, a digital subchannel of Cleveland rock station WMMS (100.7 FM), with a planned "classic alternative" format. As late as February 22, 2007, WMMS-HD2 was still not on the air, but by March 2, 2007, the new channel had gone "live". In the beginning, WMMS-HD2 was mostly automated and commercial-free. By February 2008, and lasting until at least 2010, WMMS-HD2 broadcast an active rock format under the brand "Nitro"; WMMS.com referred to the programming as "Today's Hard Rock". As of July 2011, WMMS-HD2 had reverted to an alternative rock format, this time programmed nationally via Premium Choice; and had also begun serving as a local affiliate for Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx, a mix of talk and alternative rock syndicated via Premiere Networks. As of August 2011, WMMS-HD2 had rebranded as "The Alternative Project".
On May 23, 2012, WMMS-HD2 began rebroadcasting over low-power Cleveland translator W256BT (99.1 FM) under the brand "99X". The move was the latest in a trend made possible by a May 3, 2010, decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although low-power FM translators in the United States are generally not permitted to originate their own programming, the FCC decision affirmed that translators are free to retransmit the programming of HD Radio digital subchannels – effectively creating new analog "radio stations" on the FM band – and thereby expanding the potential audience of digital-only channels like WMMS-HD2 that require an HD Radio receiver. The translator's launch marked the return of alternative rock to the Cleveland radio market for the first time – via an analog signal – since WKRK-FM had dropped the format from its main broadcast in 2011. The first song to air over this new rebroadcast was "Gold on the Ceiling" by The Black Keys. WMMS program director Bo Matthews (Alex Guitterez) was named the program director for 99X, having been "integral" to its launch.
As 99X, WMMS-HD2 continued to air Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx, the syndicated mix of talk and rock hosted by Mötley Crüe co-founder Nikki Sixx; later, 99X would also air its weekend companion The Side Show Count |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20shipwrecks%20of%20North%20Carolina | This is a list of shipwrecks located off the coast of North Carolina.
Notes
References
Sources
External links
NOAA Wrecks and Obstructions Database
North Carolina
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Focus%202 | The Samsung Focus 2 (also known as the SGH-i667 and Samsung Mandel) is a slate smartphone which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. It features a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 4.0-inch Super AMOLED Pentile screen, and 8GB of internal storage.
See also
Samsung Focus
Samsung Focus S
Windows Phone
References
External links
Windows Phone devices
Samsung smartphones
Mobile phones introduced in 2012 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313%20Canadian%20network%20television%20schedule | The 2012–13 network television schedules for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in Canada covers primetime hours from September 2012 through May 2013. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2011–2012 season, for Canadian, American and other series.
CBC Television was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 10, 2012, followed by Citytv on May 29, 2012 and Global on May 30, 2012; this will be followed by CTV and CTV Two on May 31. As in the past, the commercial networks' announcements come shortly after the networks have had a chance to buy Canadian rights to new American series.
Legend
Light blue indicates Local Programming.
Grey indicates Encore Programming.
Light green indicates sporting events.
Orange indicates movies.
Red indicates Canadian content shows, which is programming that originated in Canada.
Magenta indicates series being burning off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials.
Cyan indicates Various Programming.
Schedule
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times given are in Canadian Eastern Time and Pacific Time (except for some live events or specials).
Most CBC programming airs at the same local time in all time zones, except Newfoundland time (add 30 minutes).
For commercial stations in the Central Time Zone, subtract one hour.
For commercial stations in the Atlantic and Mountain time zones, add one hour for programming between 8:00 and 10:00 PM. Programs airing at 10:00 PM ET/PT will generally air at 8:00 PM local on stations in these areas. For viewers in the Newfoundland time zone, add an additional 30 minutes to the Atlantic time schedule.
Notwithstanding the above, timeslots may occasionally vary further in some areas due to local simultaneous substitution considerations, compliance with watershed restrictions, or other factors.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
By network
CBC Television
Returning series:
Dragons' Den
Doc Zone
The Fifth Estate
Heartland
Hockey Night in Canada
The National
Marketplace
The Nature of Things
Rick Mercer Report
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
The Big Decision
Who Do You Think You Are?
Arrived series:
Murdoch Mysteries (moved from Citytv)
New series:
Cracked
Over the Rainbow
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Not returning from 2011–12:
Battle of the Blades
Being Erica
Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Returning series:
Coronation Street
New series:
Not returning from 2011–12:
Jeopardy!
Wheel of Fortune
Citytv
New series:
The Bachelor Canada
Package Deal
Seed
Not returning from 2011–12:
Beyond Survival
Murdoch Mysteries (moved to CBC Television)
The Quon Dynasty
Returning series:
2 Broke Girls
30 Rock
Community
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Fringe
Happy Endings
How I Met Your Mother
Last Man Standing
The Middle
Modern Family
New Girl
Parks and Recreation
Person of Interest
Private Practice
Revenge
Scandal
Suburgatory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Kitching | Alan Thomas Kitching is a British graphic designer, animator, architect and software developer, who is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in computer animation, creating the Antics 2-D Animation software in 1972.
Early life
Alan Kitching grew up in the London suburb of Wimbledon, and was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon. There, in 1963, he was awarded an Open Scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he chose to read Architecture.
In the year's gap between school and Cambridge, he worked as assistant to animator Trevor Bond, where he undertook a range of projects from commercials and educational productions, to feature film titles, including a couple of early James Bond movies.
While pursuing architectural studies, Kitching also continued promoting his enthusiasm for the animation medium, including working with Richard Arnall to help organise the first-ever British Animation Festival, in 1965.
In 1967, after completing studies in Cambridge, Kitching went to work with architect John Hornby in Wimbledon, undertaking a diverse range of private projects—from refurbishing the offices of a firm of parliamentary lawyers, to housing estates in Amersham and Beckenham, the conversion of a medieval barn in Sussex, and restoration of a listed Tudor cottage in Selborne. In 1969, he went on to work with Frederick MacManus and Partners, in Marylebone, specialising in architectural graphics, photography and signage, on freelance projects in public housing and healthcare.
Early Animation career
In 1969, Kitching also collaborated with veteran Hungarian-born British animator John Halas, who had given him a pre-war 35mm animation rostrum camera. With this, he produced "The Dream of Arthur Sleap", a cinema commercial for the British Film Institute (BFI), and "Auntie Takes A Trip" for the British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society (BKSTS).
In 1970, he directed and animated "No Arks" for the BFI Production Board, a film based on a story and cartoons by Abu Abraham (the then political cartoonist of The Observer newspaper), with narration by Vanessa Redgrave.
In the same year, he also published "An Animation Primer"—an overview of animation technique, which formed one section of a larger part-work publication "The Craft of Film" from Attic Publishing Ltd.
From 1971, Kitching also published a number of articles in the BKSTS Journal on animation and media in general, including "Computer Animation – Answer or Problem?" in which he examined the possibilities offered to animators by emerging computer graphics techniques.
The Birth of "Antics"
In 1972, this led to an invitation from computer artist Colin Emmett for Kitching to join him at the Atlas Computer Laboratory to try programming, using Fortran.
By early next year, he had completed a general-purpose animation program, which he named "Antics". This he subsequently used for numerous animation works, culminating in the 1975 film "Finite Elements", a documentary explaini |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking%20with%20the%20Stars | Cooking with the Stars is a 2012 Philippine television cooking show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Grace Lee, it premiered on May 28, 2012. The show concluded on August 4, 2012 with a total of 30 episodes.
Overview
The show showcases easy-to-prepare dishes, as well as tips on preparing foods and tackles other food-related dilemmas. The host will be accompanied by top chefs: Chef Maricel Manalo who will focus on kid-friendly meals; Chef Martin del Prado who will focus on teaching how to cook foods fit for one's barkada (group of friends); Chef Rene Cruz specializes viands for a fiesta; and Chef Kai Verdadero will focus on recipes for delicious and healthy foods.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Cooking with the Stars earned an 8.3% rating. While the final episode scored a 10.2% rating.
References
External links
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2012 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine cooking television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storify | Storify was a social network service that let the user create stories or timelines using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Storify was launched in September 2010, and had been open to the public since April 2011. Storify was shut down on May 16, 2018.
In September 2013, Storify was acquired by Livefyre, in turn acquired by Adobe Systems in May 2016. The standalone service was discontinued on May 16, 2018, with users being directed to "Storify 2" as part of the Adobe Experience Manager Livefyre product.
Use
Media organizations used Storify in coverage of ongoing news stories such as elections, meetings and events. Poynter.org recommended using Storify for covering social movements, breaking news, internet humor and memes, reactions and conversations, and extreme weather. CBC used Storify to cover the 2011 London riots, TRT World used Storify to cover the UK general election 2015 and Al Jazeera has a show called The Stream that collected perspectives on news stories using Storify.
Features
The main purpose of Storify was to allow users to create stories by importing content from various forms of media into a timeline. Users were able to search for content related to their story from sources such as YouTube, Twitter (one of the more popular ones), Instagram, Flickr, and Google, as well as other stories on Storify, and then drag that content into their own Storify story timelines. Users could add comments to the links that they provided within their stories, and could also embed URLs in their stories. Users could also embed their own Storify stories for content syndication elsewhere on the internet.
History
Storify launched its private beta as a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt in September 2010. It won the Startup Accelerator at South by Southwest in 2011. The company received $2 million in funding from Khosla Ventures. Storify's public beta went live in late April 2011. TIME rated Storify as one of the 50 best websites of 2011.
The concept was created in 2010 by co-founders Burt Herman and Xavier Damman. The website got its current name from the obsolete, former dictionary word: storify. Storify means "to form or tell stories". Burt Herman worked as a correspondent at the Associated Press where the word storify was regularly used by editors.
On December 12, 2017, Storify announced that no new accounts could be created as of that date, and that its standalone website would be shut down effective May 16, 2018, as it only supports the "Storify 2" version built into the enterprise Adobe Experience Manager Livefyre product.
Traffic information
As of October 2014, Storify had a global Alexa rank of #3,961 and over 50,000 sites linking in. Internet averages indicated that most Storify users were women between 25 and 34 years of age who had no children and browsed the site from work.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton%20Sports%20Network | Carlton Sports Network (CSN), was a Sri Lankan sports, lifestyles and business television channel. CSN was launched on 7 March 2011 and closed in 2016. It was involved in several controversies since its creation, primarily due to overlapping interests of its connected owners. "Carlton" is considered to be the "brand name" of the Rajapaksa family alongside the Carlton Residence of the Rajapaksas, Carlton Pre School owned by Shiranthi Rajapaksa, and Carlton Rugby owned by Namal Rajapaksa, as well as the Carlton Motor Sports Club linked to Rohitha Rajapaksa.
History
Carlton Sports Network (Pvt) Ltd was registered as a company on 10 February 2011. Its four directors were S. K. Dissanayaka (aged 22), A. R. Fernando (aged 23), S. Karunajeewa and Rohan Welivita. The registered address of the company – 260/12 Torrington Avenue, Colombo 5 – had been used by President Rajapaksa during the 2004 parliamentary election. Welivita was a presidential adviser on electronic media and is married to Anoma Welivita, the PA to Shiranthi Rajapaksa. The CEO of CSN was Nishantha Ranatunga, the former secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the controlling body for cricket in Sri Lanka.
Dinesh Jayawardana was appointed a director on 1 March 2011. Welivita ceased being a director on 6 March 2011.
CSN was issued a licence to broadcast on 3 March 2011. CSN started broadcasting on 7 March 2011, taking over the terrestrial frequencies and pay TV channels occupied by Prime TV Sri Lanka, a station operated by the state-owned Independent Television Network. The launch was celebrated by a special event held at the Atrium, Cinnamon Grand Hotel which was attended by Yoshitha Rajapaksa, Shiranthi Rajapaksa and Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage.
From its creation, it had been speculated that CSN was owned by President Rajapaksa's family but those associated with the station denied this. In June 2012 Sri Lanka Cricket admitted that CSN was owned by President Rajapaksa's sons Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa.
Corruption investigations
Yoshitha Rajapaksa and four others including Nishantha Ranatunga, Rohan Weliwita were remanded on 30 January 2016 until 11 February, over the alleged financial irregularities at the CSN.
In August 2016 157.5 Million rupees were found and confiscated. Investigations revealed that the money has been deposited in a private bank under the name of a different company
Tax
The network has been accused of misusing state funds under the former President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and having not paid any taxes to the government. Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, who opened the debate on the interim budget, introduced a Super Gain tax to charge a levy from some companies that prospered disproportionately during the tenure of the previous government while making a minimum contribution to the economy. He cited CSN as an example and said it had neither paid the spectrum tax nor the electricity charges. "CSN has usurped the sports telecasting rig |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20grid | A data grid is an architecture or set of services that gives individuals or groups of users the ability to access, modify and transfer extremely large amounts of geographically distributed data for research purposes. Data grids make this possible through a host of middleware applications and services that pull together data and resources from multiple administrative domains and then present it to users upon request. The data in a data grid can be located at a single site or multiple sites where each site can be its own administrative domain governed by a set of security restrictions as to who may access the data. Likewise, multiple replicas of the data may be distributed throughout the grid outside their original administrative domain and the security restrictions placed on the original data for who may access it must be equally applied to the replicas. Specifically developed data grid middleware is what handles the integration between users and the data they request by controlling access while making it available as efficiently as possible. The adjacent diagram depicts a high level view of a data grid.
Middleware
Middleware provides all the services and applications necessary for efficient management of datasets and files within the data grid while providing users quick access to the datasets and files. There is a number of concepts and tools that must be available to make a data grid operationally viable. However, at the same time not all data grids require the same capabilities and services because of differences in access requirements, security and location of resources in comparison to users. In any case, most data grids will have similar middleware services that provide for a universal name space, data transport service, data access service, data replication and resource management service. When taken together, they are key to the data grids functional capabilities.
Universal namespace
Since sources of data within the data grid will consist of data from multiple separate systems and networks using different file naming conventions, it would be difficult for a user to locate data within the data grid and know they retrieved what they needed based solely on existing physical file names (PFNs). A universal or unified name space makes it possible to create logical file names (LFNs) that can be referenced within the data grid that map to PFNs. When an LFN is requested or queried, all matching PFNs are returned to include possible replicas of the requested data. The end user can then choose from the returned results the most appropriate replica to use. This service is usually provided as part of a management system known as a Storage Resource Broker (SRB). Information about the locations of files and mappings between the LFNs and PFNs may be stored in a metadata or replica catalogue. The replica catalogue would contain information about LFNs that map to multiple replica PFNs.
Data transport service
Another middleware service is that of providi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%202%20%28Chengdu%20Metro%29 | Line 2 of the Chengdu Metro () is the second line on the metro network in Chengdu, Sichuan. Line 2 is a crosstown northwest-southeast trunk route. This line serves the Chengdu East railway station. Line 2 began operation on September 16, 2012. An 11 km long mostly elevated extension to Longquanyi began testing in April 2014 opened in October 2014.
Opening timeline
Stations
Est. Completion
References
The information in this article is mostly based on that in its Chinese equivalent.
Chengdu Metro lines
Railway lines opened in 2012
2012 establishments in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine%20Arab%20Congress | The Palestine Arab Congress was a series of congresses held by the Palestinian Arab population, organized by a nationwide network of local Muslim-Christian Associations, in the British Mandate of Palestine. Between 1919 and 1928, seven congresses were held in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Nablus. Despite broad public support their executive committees were never officially recognised by the British, who claimed they were unrepresentative. After the British defeat of Ottoman forces in 1918, the British established military rule and (later) civil administration of Palestine. The Palestine Arab Congress and its organizers in the Muslim-Christian Associations were formed when the country's Arab population began coordinated opposition to British policies.
First congress: Jerusalem, 1919
In response to Jewish immigrants settling before the war, the first Palestine Arab Congress met from 27 January to 10 February 1919, with 27 delegates from Muslim-Christian societies across Palestine. It was presided over by Aref al-Dajani, president of the Jerusalem Muslim-Christian Society. Also present were Izzat Darwaza and Yousef El-Issa, editor of Falastin. Most delegates were from the propertied class, and were evenly divided into pro-British and pan-Arab factions. A cable was sent to the Paris Peace Conference, demanding a renunciation of the Balfour Declaration and the inclusion of Palestine as "an integral part of...the independent Arab Government of Syria within an Arab Union, free of any foreign influence or protection".
The Congress rejected political Zionism, agreeing to accept British assistance if it did not impinge on Arab sovereignty in the region. Palestine was envisaged as part of an independent Syrian state, governed by Faisal of the Hashemite family.
The resolutions of the Jerusalem Congress were as follows:
"We consider Palestine nothing but part of Arab Syria and it has never been separated from it at any stage. We are tied to it by national, religious, linguistic, moral, economic, and geographic bounds."
Rejection of French claims to the area
"Our district Southern Syria or Palestine should be not separated from the Independent Arab Syrian Government and be free from all foreign influence and protection"
All foreign treaties referring to the area are deemed void
To maintain friendly relations with Britain and the Allied powers, accepting help if it did not affect the country's independence and Arab unity
It was decided to send a delegation to Damascus and representatives attended the Syrian National Congress in Damascus on 8 June 1919 "to inform Arab patriots there of the decision to call Palestine Southern Syria and unite it with Northern Syria", while three members were chosen to attend the Peace Conference in Paris. Failing to elect an executive committee, the congress agreed to meet in three months
Second congress: 1920
The authorities had banned all Arab political gatherings and prevented the congress convening on 15 May 1920 af |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20computing%20architecture | Cloud computing architecture refers to the components and subcomponents required for cloud computing. These components typically consist of a front end platform (fat client, thin client, mobile), back end platforms (servers, storage), a cloud based delivery, and a network (Internet, Intranet, Intercloud). Combined, these components make up cloud computing architecture.
Client platforms
Cloud computing architectures consist of front-end platforms called clients or cloud clients. These clients are servers, fat (or thick) clients, thin clients, zero clients, tablets and mobile devices that users directly interact with. These client platforms interact with the cloud data storage via an application (middle ware), via a web browser, or through a virtual session. Virtual sessions in particular require secure encryption algorithm frame working which spans the entire interface.
Zero client
The zero or ultra-thin client initializes the network to gather required configuration files that then tell it where its OS binaries are stored. The entire zero client device runs via the network. This creates a single point of failure, in that, if the network goes down, the device is rendered useless.
Storage
An online network storage where data is stored and accessible to multiple clients. Cloud storage is generally deployed in the following configurations: public cloud, private cloud, community cloud, or some combination of the three also known as hybrid cloud.
In order to be effective, the cloud storage needs to be agile, flexible, scalable, multi-tenancy, and secure.
Delivery
Software as a service (SaaS)
The software-as-a-service (SaaS) service-model involves the cloud provider installing and maintaining software in the cloud and users running the software from cloud over the Internet (or Intranet). The users' client machines require no installation of any application-specific software since cloud applications run in the cloud. SaaS is scalable, and system administrators may load the applications on several servers. In the past, each customer would purchase and load their own copy of the application to each of their own servers, but with the SaaS the customer can access the application without installing the software locally. SaaS typically involves a monthly or annual fee.
Software as a service provides the equivalent of installed applications in the traditional (non-cloud computing) delivery of applications.
Software as a service has four common approaches:
single instance
multi-instance
multi-tenant
flex tenancy
Of these, flex tenancy is considered the most user adaptive SaaS paradigm in designated multi-input four way manifold models. Such systems are based on simplified encryption methods that target listed data sequences over multiple passes. The simplicity of this concept makes flex tenancy SaaS popular among those without informatics processing experience, such as basic maintenance and custodial staff in franchise businesses.
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