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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%3A%20The%20Princess%20%26%20the%20Popstar | Barbie: The Princess & The Popstar is a 2012 computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. It is the twenty-third installment in the Barbie film series and the second to be based on Mark Twain's 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper (after Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper).
Featuring the voices of Kelly Sheridan, Jennifer Waris, Ashleigh Ball, Tiffany Giardina, Ellie King and Peter Kelamis, the plot follows two teenage girls, Kiera, a world-famous popstar, and Tori, princess of Meribella (both portrayed by Barbie) who meet and discover they both have the magic to swap places. It was released to DVD on September 11, 2012, and made its television debut on Nickelodeon on November 16, 2012.
Plot
The kingdom of Meribella celebrates its 500th anniversary. Famous popstar Keira is giving a series of concerts to commemorate the event; behind the scenes, she is overwhelmed, between being unable to write new songs and dealing with her overeager manager, Seymour Crider. Meanwhile, the fun-loving Princess Tori is pressured by her domineering aunt, Duchess Amelia, and her royal responsibilities. Both girls wish they could trade lives with the other and take it easy.
At a royal reception, Keira and Tori meet each other and become fast friends. Using Keira's magic microphone that allows her to change outfits, and Tori's magic hairbrush that allows her to change hairstyles, the girls convincingly disguise themselves as each other. Tori shows Keira the royal family's secret magic gardenia plant which grows diamond-encrusted flowers. The girls take two small diamonds from the plant and attach them to their necklaces. Crider finds out about the diamond gardenia and plans to steal it.
Using the magic microphone and hairbrush, the girls plan to switch places for a day and educate one another on their respective lives and routines. While Keira struggles with Tori's royal duties, playing with Tori's little sisters inspires her to write music again. Meanwhile, Tori is having fun rehearsing as Keira, but when freely exploring the kingdom, she discovers how badly the ongoing drought has affected the people. The girls decide to extend the switch for another day and make Keira's final concert a free one so more people can afford to attend.
The following night, when the girls are supposed to switch back, Keira is locked in the Princess's bedroom by the Duchess because of a commemorative speech Tori has been procrastinating. Though hesitant at first, Tori is forced to go onstage as Keira and manages to perform. Keira escapes Tori's bedroom through a secret passageway.
While the rest of the royal family is at the concert, Crider and his assistant Rupert sneak into the castle to steal the diamond gardenia. They uproot the gardenia, causing the rest of the kingdom's plants to wilt. Tori notices this and rushes back to the castle, where she and Keira change back and intercept Crider. Cride |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCreight | McCreight is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Edward M. McCreight (born 1941), American computer scientist
John Foster McCreight (1827–1913), Canadian lawyer and politician
Kimberly McCreight, American author
Tim McCreight (born 1951), American artist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20CloudStack | CloudStack is open-source Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud computing software for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. It uses existing hypervisor platforms for virtualization, such as KVM, VMware vSphere, including ESXi and vCenter, XenServer/XCP and XCP-ng. In addition to its own API, CloudStack also supports the Amazon Web Services (AWS) API and the Open Cloud Computing Interface from the Open Grid Forum.
History
CloudStack was originally developed by Cloud.com, formerly known as VMOps.
VMOps was founded by Sheng Liang, Shannon Williams, Alex Huang, Will Chan, and Chiradeep Vittal in 2008.
The company raised a total of $17.6M in venture funding from Redpoint Ventures, Nexus Ventures and Index Ventures (Redpoint and Nexus led the initial Series A funding round). The company changed its name from VMOps to Cloud.com on May 4, 2010, when it emerged from stealth mode by announcing its product. Cloud.com was based in Cupertino, California.
In May 2010, Cloud.com released most of CloudStack as free software under the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPLv3). They kept about 5% proprietary. Cloud.com and Citrix both supported OpenStack, another Apache-licensed cloud computing program, at its announcement in July 2010.
In October 2010, Cloud.com announced a partnership with Microsoft to develop the code to provide integration and support of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V to the OpenStack project.
Citrix Systems purchased Cloud.com on July 12, 2011, for approximately $200 million. In August 2011, Citrix released the remaining code under the Apache Software License with further development governed by the Apache Foundation. In February 2012, Citrix released CloudStack 3.0. Among other features, this added support for Swift, OpenStack's S3-like object storage solution.
In April 2012, Citrix donated CloudStack to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), where it was accepted into the Apache Incubator; Citrix changed the license to the Apache License version 2. As part of this change, Citrix also ceased their involvement in OpenStack. On November 6, 2012, CloudStack 4.0.0-incubating was announced, the first stable release after joining ASF. On March 20, 2013, CloudStack graduated from Apache Incubator and became a Top-Level Project (TLP) of ASF. The first stable (maintenance) release after graduation is CloudStack 4.0.2.
Key features
Rich user-interface
noVNC based VM console
Built-in high-availability for hosts and VMs
Hypervisor agnostic
Multiple storage options including block and shared storage support
Snapshot management
Usage metering
Network management (VLAN's, security groups)
Virtual routers, firewalls, load balancers
Multi-role support
LDAP, SAML, 2FA authentication
End-to-end encryption including secured console, volume, database encryption
AWS API compatibility
Supported Hypervisors
BareMetal hosts
RHEL or CentOS, v7.x
Ubuntu 16.04
Deployment architecture
The minimum production installation co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid%20Ghassemi-Shall | Hamid Ghassemi-Shall () (born circa 1967) is an Iranian-Canadian computer technician who was arrested by Iran on espionage charges in 2008 and sentenced to death the following year. The Canadian government and senate called for a stay of execution, and Amnesty International began a letter-writing campaign on his behalf.
He was freed in 2013, and returned to Toronto the same year.
Background
Born in Iran, Ghassemi-Shall moved to Canada in 1990 following the Islamic Revolution. He holds citizenship in both countries. He met his future wife, Italian-Canadian Antonella Mega, in 1995 while working at a shoe store in Toronto, and married her within the year.
Espionage conviction
Ghassemi-Shall traveled to Iran in May 2008 to visit his mother, who was unwell. He had last traveled to the country in 2004, on the first anniversary of his father's death. While Ghassemi-Shall was in Iran, his older brother Alborz was arrested, and Ghassemi-Shall's Canadian passport was seized along with other family documents. Ghassemi-Shall reported to the police station at the end of the month to retrieve his passport, but was also arrested.
In late 2009, Ghassemi-Shall was convicted of espionage for Mujahideen e-Khalq (MEK). The basis of the charge was an e-mail he allegedly sent to Alborz requesting information on the MEK's behalf. Ghassemi-Shall's family has denied that such an e-mail was written or sent.
Initially told his sentence would be life imprisonment, Ghassemi-Shall was later sentenced to death by an Iranian court. Alborz died in Evin prison in January 2010. Iranian authorities attributed the death to stomach cancer, while a Toronto Sun reporter called the circumstances of the death "mysterious".
According to Ghassemi-Shall's wife, he spent nineteen months in solitary confinement and had been physically abused by his guards. Despite his dual citizenship, he was also denied visits from the Canadian consulate.
In April 2012, Ghassemi-Shall's sister was told that his execution was imminent.
Persian media sources reported on September 23, 2013 that Ghassemi-Shall was released after his sentence was reduced from death to five years imprisonment. He was released after having served five years and four months, and returned to Canada on October 10.
Campaigns on Ghassemi-Shall's behalf
Ghassesmi-Shall's wife Antonella Mega has traveled around Canada to speak in her husband's support. As of May 2012, she had applied for an Iranian visa to travel to Tehran to plead for his compassionate release. Ghassemi-Shall has also been the subject of several viral social media campaigns. In April 2012, Amnesty International began a letter-writing campaign on Ghassemi-Shall's behalf, urging the Iranian government to halt his execution; grant him access to his family, a lawyer, and medical treatment; and retry him in accordance with international norms for a fair trial.
In a February 2012 debate, Canadian senator Linda Frum expressed concern for Ghassemi-Shall's case, statin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameframe | A gameframe is a hybrid computer system that was first used in the online video game industry. It is an combination of the technologies and architectures for supercomputers and mainframes, namely high computing power and high throughput.
History
In 2007, Hoplon and IBM jointly started the gameframe project in which they used an IBM System z mainframe computer with attached Cell/B.E. blades (the eight-core parallel-processing chips that power Sony's PlayStation 3) to host their online game Taikodom.
The project was carried further by a co-operation between IBM and the University of California, San Diego in 2009.
Although the Cell blades account for the required computing power, it's the high data throughput of the mainframe which is of particular interest.
System z provides a high level of security and massive workload handling, ensuring the execution of its administrative tasks and guaranteeing an enduring connectivity to a huge number of clients. Cell/B.E. takes over the most resource demanding calculations thus enabling System z to fulfill its job.
The combination is both an effective and financially attractive game server system, as the most computation-intensive tasks are offloaded from the expensive CPU cycles of System z and carried out on the much more economical Cell blades. Without offloading, the server system required would end up costing too much and would not be financially feasible.
The gameframe can handle the required transactions (e.g., keeping track of each user's spaceships, weapons, and virtual money even between the players) and the simulation (trajectory of objects and checking for collisions) in a unified and consistent fashion.
Thus, it can host a few thousand users at a time, and higher efficiency is experienced when more users are added.
Games with numerous players like World of Warcraft, have tackled this problem by splitting the work among multiple clusters, creating duplicate worlds that don't communicate.
The Cell-augmented mainframe runs Hoplon's virtual-world middleware, called bitVerse, which uses IBM's WebSphere XD and DB2 software.
Around the gameframe, the IBM Virtual Universe Community has evolved.
References
External links
"To Probe Further: The Gameframe Guild" Aug 2008 at ieee.org
"Mainframes on the Cutting Edge of Technology: Hoplon Infotainment’s Gameframe" Sept 11, 2008 at mainframezone.com
"Sun and I.B.M. to Offer New Class of High-End Servers" Apr 26, 2007 at nytimes.com
Videos
Hoplon Infotainment, Brazil startup and maker of Taikodom online video game 27 Apr 2009 at YouTube
Brazil Trip -- Hoplon Infotainment 20 Sept 2007 at YouTube
Mainframes in Brazil 20 Sept 2007 at YouTube
Cell BE architecture
IBM mainframe computers
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Server hardware
Computing terminology
Classes of computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So.cl | So.cl (pronounced "social") was a social networking service and social search engine operated by Microsoft FUSE Labs. They announced on March 7, 2017 that it would be closing down So.cl on March 15, 2017.
Design
So.cl appeared similar to Google+ and borrows concepts from Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. It occupied a niche role and was intended to augment rather than replace those services. Users were able to post a collage of pictures pertaining to a specific topic and share it with friends or "followers". Users were also able to post visual comments under these posts by sending "riffs". Riffs were a separate collage of graphic media that relate to the topic of the post. By using riffs, users were able to communicate with other users with media that was related to their interests.
Signup and login required a Microsoft account or So.cl-connected Facebook account. Registration was only open to users 18 and older.
The site had integrated search features using the Bing API. Searches were public by default, but could be marked private.
Users could follow other users or categorical interest pages. Users could share content they viewed on the Internet with other users by installing the So.cl's Bookmarklet application which added a “Share on So.cl” button to the browser's bookmark bar.
Video Parties
Video Parties were collections of live YouTube video shared and edited by users.
Following interests
Users could subscribe to Topic pages in order to populate their interest feeds.
History
So.cl launched in December 2011 and was first available through a partnership to students of the University of Washington, Syracuse University, and New York University. While still experimental, the site opened up to all users on 20 May 2012. The web address is a domain hack using the .cl top level domain.
Public beta
Socl was released as a public beta on December 4, 2012. The announcement was made by a post by Microsoft Research's FuSE Lab on their website. The release came with a completely redesigned interface.
References
Internet properties established in 2011
Social search
Microsoft Bing
Microsoft Research
Defunct social networking services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration%20of%20Suguri%20X%20Edition | Acceleration of Suguri X Edition is a 2011 Japanese fighting video game developed by Japanese indie game developer Orange Juice. It was made for the PlayStation Network and later ported to Microsoft Windows in the Suguri Collection on Steam.
Plot
Reception
References
External links
Official website
2011 video games
Indie games
Fighting games
PlayStation 3 games
Video games developed in Japan
Windows games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20Connectivity%20System%20%28SPC%29 | The Public Connectivity System, also known as the System of Public Connectivity (SPC) is a network that connects Italy's government agencies, allowing them to share and exchange data and information resources. The system is managed by DigitPA.
Establishment
The system was established and is governed by the Legislative Decree of February 28, 2005, no. 42. The Decree was in turn merged into the Legislative Decree of March 7, 2005, n. 82, defined as:
Basic principles
Develop architecture and organization to ensure a federated, polycentric and non-hierarchical system.
Economize use of network services, maintaining interoperability and support for application cooperation.
Develop markets and competition in information and communication technology.
Security
Central coordination of safety management is carried out by CERT-SPC. The Local Unit Security (ULS) established in the domains related to SPC, in conjunction with the SOC (Security Operation Center) provides access to federated network SPC (Fastweb, Telecom, Wind and BT) to oversee the operational management and continuous operation. Until 2009, the management model of security in SPC also provided a Management Centre, whose duties were transferred to the SOC.
Notes
External links
Sistema Pubblico di Connettività (sito CNIPA)
sito web istituzionale del CERT del Sistema Pubblico di Connettività operativo presso il CNIPA/Digit@PA
Decreto istitutivo
il portale dei linked open data di SPC
Government of Italy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame%20%28malware%29 | Flame, also known as Flamer, sKyWIper, and Skywiper, is modular computer malware discovered in 2012 that attacks computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system. The program is used for targeted cyber espionage in Middle Eastern countries.
Its discovery was announced on 28 May 2012 by the MAHER Center of the Iranian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The last of these stated in its report that Flame "is certainly the most sophisticated malware we encountered during our practice; arguably, it is the most complex malware ever found." Flame can spread to other systems over a local network (LAN). It can record audio, screenshots, keyboard activity and network traffic. The program also records Skype conversations and can turn infected computers into Bluetooth beacons which attempt to download contact information from nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices. This data, along with locally stored documents, is sent on to one of several command and control servers that are scattered around the world. The program then awaits further instructions from these servers.
According to estimates by Kaspersky in May 2012, Flame had initially infected approximately 1,000 machines, with victims including governmental organizations, educational institutions and private individuals. At that time 65% of the infections happened in Iran, Israel, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, with a "huge majority of targets" within Iran. Flame has also been reported in Europe and North America. Flame supports a "kill" command which wipes all traces of the malware from the computer. The initial infections of Flame stopped operating after its public exposure, and the "kill" command was sent.
Flame is linked to the Equation Group by Kaspersky Lab. However, Costin Raiu, the director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, believes the group only cooperates with the creators of Flame and Stuxnet from a position of superiority: "Equation Group are definitely the masters, and they are giving the others, maybe, bread crumbs. From time to time they are giving them some goodies to integrate into Stuxnet and Flame."
In 2019, researchers Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Silas Cutler announced their discovery of the resurgence of Flame. The attackers used 'timestomping' to make the new samples look like they were created before the 'suicide' command. However, a compilation error included the real compilation date (circa 2014). The new version (dubbed 'Flame 2.0' by the researchers) includes new encryption and obfuscation mechanisms to hide its functionality.
History
Flame (a.k.a. Da Flame) was identified in May 2012 by the MAHER Center of the Iranian National CERT, Kaspersky Lab and CrySyS Lab (Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security) of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics when Kaspersky Lab was asked by the United Nations Internati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyromaia | Pyromaia is a genus of crab in the family Inachoididae, containing the following species:
Pyromaia acanthina Lemaitre, Campos & Bermúdez, 2001
Pyromaia arachna Rathbun, 1924
Pyromaia cuspidata Stimpson, 1871
Pyromaia mexicana Rathbun, 1893
Pyromaia propinqua Chace, 1940
Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877)
Pyromaia vogelsangi Türkay, 1968
References
Majoidea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk-based%20backup | Disk-based backup refers to technology that allows one to back up large amounts of data to a disk storage unit. It is the technology which is often supplemented by tape drives for data archival or replication to another facility for disaster recovery. Additionally, backup-to-disk has several advantages over traditional tape backup for both technical and business reasons. With continued improvements in storage devices to provide faster access and higher storage capacity, a prime consideration for backup and restore operations, backup-to-disk will become more prominent in organizations.
Technical Advantages
There are technical advantages to backup-to-disk technology. One of the main advantages is the speed at which backups can be performed to the disk appliance. Backing up data to a backup-to-disk technology can be up to four times faster than traditional SCSI tape devices. While the new Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connected tape drives are faster than the original tape drives, the disk appliance is still faster than most tape technologies. These faster backup times lead to shorter backup windows allowing the technology to backup the data while in a smaller amount of time thus increasing the window for processing which is also a benefit for the business.
Another advantage that backup-to-disk offers is data deduplication and compression. The disk appliances offer either de-duplication at the source or at the destination. The deduplication at the destination is faster and requires less performance overhead on the source host. The deduplication requires less disk space on the disk appliance as it stores only one copy of the possible multiple copies of one file on the network.
Many of the backup-to-disk technologies advertise up to 15 to 1 compression ratios. This also allows the information technology department to store more data on less disk space. With deduplication a disk appliance with 5 terabytes of raw disk space can store as much as 30 terabytes of compressed and de-duplicated data.
Business Advantages
Disaster Recovery
The most important advantage that backup-to-disk provides for the business, and for the technology department, is faster recovery of the data. Most businesses today have several terabytes of data that the business must be able to retain in the event of a disaster. This disaster can be as simple as server hardware failures to as severe as a regional disaster, such as a natural disaster. For the localized disaster the disk appliance allows the technology department to hold one or two weeks of backups, depending on the size of the disk appliance and the amount of data being backup, which allows for very quick recovery.
Business Continuity
Preparation for disaster requires the creation of an organizational Business Continuity Plan (BCP). The BCP describes the guidelines for system continuity and recoverability. Disk based backups facilitate rapid system recovery. A backup-to-disk system can replicate data backups to a devic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drishti%20%28client%29 | Drishti (from Sanskrit दृष्टि dr̥ṣţi, meaning "vision" or "insight") is a multi-platform, open-source volume-exploration and presentation tool. Written for visualizing tomography data, electron-microscopy data and the like, it aims to ease understanding of data sets and to assist with conveying that understanding to the research community or to lay persons. From the website: "The central idea about Drishti is that the scientists should be able to use it for exploring volumetric datasets as well as use it in presentations."
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia has used Drishti for a number of purposes, such as volumetric visualisation of various computer-tomography datasets. The Australian National University (ANU) Physics Department, along with the author of the software, has used it for (amongst other things) the analysis of immiscible flow in massive 3D systems. Further uses were presented at the APAC '07.
Among other software, Drishti uses Qt for the GUI widgets and OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW).
Features
Drishti provides a number of features that would otherwise require several proprietary volume visualisation programs or that are simply not available together in other software:
volume rendering: drawing a scalar function defined over a volumetric region of space with some translucent appearance so that the interior of the dataset can be observed.
2D Transfer functions (or Lookup tables): In addition to, or instead of thresholding, Drishti allows the user to apply transfer functions across "density" or "value" as well as gradient.
clipping: removing some spatial region from a dataset.
Streamlines
Masking
Brick Animations
Realtime animation and movie export with:
camera choreography (camera position, pan, rotation, zoom, etc.)
transfer-function choreography
time series choreography
sub-volume choreography
Importing DICOM image stack in addition to the current raw and processed (netCDF) volume file formats.
Tensor visualization using superellipsoids
Network (Graph) visualization
Remap facility for remapping 16/32 bit volumes to 8 bit volumes
Cropping and scaling facility for image stacks
Cropping and scaling facility for RAW volumes
Saving movies from the program
References
External links
Drishti Website
Drishti Tutorial Videos
Download Drishti
Free data visualization software
Free DICOM software
Science software that uses Qt |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socl | Socl may refer to:
So.cl, a social networking website by Microsoft.
Sulfinyl chloride, sulfinyl halides with the general formula R-S(O)-Cl. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9%20%28TV%20series%29 | Protégé is a Philippine television talent show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on September 4, 2011, on the network's Telebabad line up. The show concluded on October 21, 2012, with a total of 183 episodes and 2 seasons.
The program seeks to discover new celebrities in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The public votes for the outcomes of the later stages through text voting and half of the results are from the judges. The judges give critiques not only of the contestants performances depending but also to their respective mentors on the challenges that are being given to them.
The result reveals right after the performance. The first two results nights during season 1 were shown one hour after the performance of the finalists. The judges, on the other hand, are happy that their opinions matter in this contest, since the results do not depend solely on text votes.
Judges
Joey de Leon and Bert de Leon started to become a judge since the Face Off round of season one. Homer Flores was also a judge in the Face Off round during season one with the de Leons. Louie Ocampo started his judging stint since the first gala night of season one replacing Flores as Ocampo was the original judge. Eula Valdez, on the other hand, started as a guest judge during fourth gala night and eventually, became a regular judge as she attended all the following remaining gala nights. During season 2, Joey and Bert de Leon came back as judges; together with them is the GMA Films president, Annette Gozon-Abrogar and the season one guest judge, Cherie Gil.
Hosts
The hosts of the first season were Ogie Alcasid as the "Journey Host", Dingdong Dantes as the "Gala Presenter" and Jennylyn Mercado as the "Reality Host". For the second season, Carla Abellana replaced Alcasid and Maxene Magalona is the additional host for the show's webisode.
Selection process
In a series of steps, the show selects the eventual winner out of many tens of thousands of contestants.
Contestant eligibility
The eligible age-range for contestants is currently thirteen to twenty-one years old. However, in season one, there was no age limit. Since season one was a singing competition, groups could audition with a maximum number of five members.
Auditions
The mentors were tasked to roam around the country and scour different provinces and cities to find their bets for the competition.
This is the first level of the competition wherein the mentors will invade their assigned audition sites.
The mentors will be the guide of the protégés. They will groom and help the contestants to stay in the competition. A mentor's role is make his or her protégé shine.
They will be aided by two Audition Masters in searching for their protégés. These two audition masters are renowned starmaker Jojie Dingcong and GMA Artist Center Head Arsi Baltazar.
In the first season, aspiring proteges will come from two sources. First is the pre-screening done by the Audition Masters before the Regionals P |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduling%20analysis%20real-time%20systems | The term scheduling analysis in real-time computing includes the analysis and testing of the scheduler system and the algorithms used in real-time applications. In computer science, real-time scheduling analysis is the evaluation, testing and verification of the scheduling system and the algorithms used in real-time operations. For critical operations, a real-time system must be tested and verified for performance.
A real-time scheduling system is composed of the scheduler, clock and the processing hardware elements. In a real-time system, a process or task has schedulability; tasks are accepted by a real-time system and completed as specified by the task deadline depending on the characteristic of the scheduling algorithm. Modeling and evaluation of a real-time scheduling system concern is on the analysis of the algorithm capability to meet a process deadline. A deadline is defined as the time required for a task to be processed.
For example, in a real-time scheduling algorithm a deadline could be set to five nano-seconds. In a critical operation the task must be processed in the time specified by the deadline (i.e. five nano-seconds). A task in a real-time system must be completed “neither too early nor too late;..”. A system is said to be unschedulable when tasks can not meet the specified deadlines. A task can be classified as either a periodic or aperiodic process.
Classifications
The criteria of a real-time can be classified as hard, firm or soft. The scheduler set the algorithms for executing tasks according to a specified order. There are multiple mathematical models to represent a scheduling System, most implementations of real-time scheduling algorithm are modeled for the implementation of uniprocessors or multiprocessors configurations. The more challenging scheduling algorithm is found in multiprocessors, it is not always feasible to implement a uniprocessor scheduling algorithm in a multiprocessor. The algorithms used in scheduling analysis “can be classified as pre-emptive or non-pre-emptive".
A scheduling algorithm defines how tasks are processed by the scheduling system. In general terms, in the algorithm for a real-time scheduling system, each task is assigned a description, deadline and an identifier (indicating priority). The selected scheduling algorithm determines how priorities are assigned to a particular task. A real-time scheduling algorithm can be classified as static or dynamic. For a static scheduler, task priorities are determined before the system runs. A dynamic scheduler determines task priorities as it runs.
Tasks are accepted by the hardware elements in a real-time scheduling system from the computing environment and processed in real-time. An output signal indicates the processing status. A task deadline indicates the time set to complete for each task.
It is not always possible to meet the required deadline; hence further verification of the scheduling algorithm must be conducted. Two different model |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar%20Consortium | Rockstar Consortium Inc., originally named Rockstar Bidco, is a consortium formed to negotiate licensing for patents acquired from the bankrupt multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer Nortel. Members of the consortium are Apple Inc., BlackBerry, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Sony. Rockstar is a patent holding non-practicing entity (NPE) and submitted the winning US$4.5 billion bid for the Nortel patents at a week-long auction held in New York in June 2011.
Spherix Incorporated, a company founded by Gilbert Levin, has acquired four families of mobile communication patents from the Rockstar Consortium in exchange for initial consideration of up-front cash and Spherix common stock. Rockstar will also receive a percentage of future profits from Spherix after recovery of patent monetization costs and an initial priority return on investment to Spherix.
In 2012, Business Insider listed Rockstar as number 3 on its list of the 8 most fearsome patent trolls in industry. Wired magazine notes that some call them a "straight-up patent troll".
In October 2013, Rockstar had initiated legal action against eight companies, including Google, Huawei and Samsung, as well as other makers of Android phones including Asustek, HTC, LG Electronics, Pantech, and ZTE.
In December 2013, Google initiated legal action against Rockstar, with a countersuit filed in San Jose, California.
In November 2014, it was reported that Rockstar and Google had come to a settlement.
In December 2014, Rockstar agreed to sell 4000 of its patents to RPX Corporation, a defensive patent aggregator.
See also
Smartphone wars
References
Patent monetization companies of the United States
Smartphone patent wars
Apple Inc. partnerships
BlackBerry Limited
Ericsson
Microsoft
Nortel
Sony
American companies established in 2012 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Data%20Institute | The Open Data Institute (ODI) is a non-profit private company limited by guarantee, based in the United Kingdom. Founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt in 2012, the ODI's mission is to connect, equip and inspire people around the world to innovate with data.
The ODI's global network includes individuals, businesses, startups, franchises, collaborators and governments who help to achieve the mission.
Learning
The Open Data Institute provides in-house and online, free and paid-for training courses. ODI courses and learning materials cover theory and practice surrounding data publishing and use, from introductory overviews to courses for specific subject areas.
ODI 'Friday lunchtime lectures' cover a different theme each week surrounding the communication and application of data, and usually feature an external speaker.
ODI themes
In order to bring open data's benefits to specific areas of society and industry, the ODI focuses much of its research, publications and projects around specific themes and sectors.
Data infrastructure
Since its inception in 2012, the ODI has championed open data as a public good, stressing the need for effective governance models to protect it. In 2015, the ODI was instrumental in beginning a global discussion around the need to define and strengthen data infrastructure. In ‘Who owns our data infrastructure’, a discussion paper launched at the International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, the ODI explored what data ownership looked like and what we could expect from those who manage data that is fundamental to a functioning society.
The ODI is developing common definitions to describe how data is used via a ‘Data Lexicon’, and ‘Data Spectrum’ visualisation that shows how they fit together across the spectrum of closed, shared and open data. Definitions in the lexicon include:
Data that is closed (only accessible by its subject, owner or holder); data that is shared (with named access – data that is shared only with named people or organisations,
group-based access – data that is available to specific groups who meet certain criteria, and public access – data that is available to anyone under terms and conditions that are not ‘open’); and data that is open (data that anyone can access, use and share).
According to the ODI, for data to be considered ‘open’, it must be accessible, which usually means published on the World Wide Web; be available in a machine-readable format and have a licence that permits anyone to access, use and share it – commercially and non-commercially.
Data as culture
The ODI's Data as Culture art programme engages artists to explore the use of data as an art material, to question its deep and wide implications on culture, and to challenge our understanding of what data is and its impact on people and society, our economy and businesses, and the environment.
ODI Associate Curator, Hannah Redler, selected ‘Data Anthropologies’ as Data as Culture's 2015–2016 theme, placi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akimi%20Village | Akimi Village is an adventure building simulator video game developed by NinjaBee in 2011 for the PlayStation 3 Network.
Plot
The game is on a mysterious floating island in the sky where the tiny Akimi villagers are trapped in the tight grip of the Gloom's thick shadow. Players must help the Akimi by putting the villagers to work harvesting and refining resources, unlocking a huge set of blueprints to rebuild their village, spread the light and purify the island from the Gloom's dark power.
Reception
Akimi Village received mixed reviews from critics, achieving a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100. Maurice Tan of Destructoid gave a positive review of the game, describing it as "a fantastic little game" and comparing it favourably to Ninjabee's previous games, A Kingdom for Keflings and A World for Keflings. Tan also noted that the game's mechanics subtly portrayed the player character as a "slaver overlord". Tim Leigh, writing in Console Monster, also gave a positive review, describing it as "very fun" and praising the game's visuals.
Ian MacKinnon of Gamers Daily gave a mixed review, praising it as "enjoyable" but also stating that it had very little replay value. Neilie Johnson of IGN also gave a mixed review, writing that it was "fun for the first hour or two", but criticising it as "long on repetition and short on reward", and stating that the building mechanics were not improved from the earlier Keflings games.
References
2011 video games
Adventure games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation Network games
PlayStation 3-only games
Video games developed in the United States
Single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DateIITians | DateIITians is an online social dating and networking website, founded January 2, 2012. It was shut down due to technical and scalability issues. It relaunched in 2016 exclusively for Elite Singles in India from IIT, IIM, DCE, BITS, NIT, IIIT, IISc and all Ivy League universities. It also opened this time for doctors, lawyers, CXO, Entrepreneurs, Startups, and all senior level employees.
History
DateIITians, a dating and matchmaking website, launched on 22 January 2012 after being founded by Layak Singh, Kinshuk Bairagi and Nikhil Kaushik from IIT Kharagpur. The website offers the sharing of photos, videos, links and ideas, live chat, video chat, customized user profiles, notifications, private messaging, matchmaking suggestions based on an algorithm with like-minded people, beauty contests and games. To encourage users to sign up for the website, DateIITians held an online competition, Who will be your Valentine?, in February 2012.
The site has more than 20,000+ monthly users. In June 2014, the website shut down. The site re-launched on 14 May 2016.
Media
In January 2012, the site was featured in Times of India. In May 2012 Firstpost described it as “Divine indeed!
Criticisms
The website only allowed users who provide specific identity proof to maintain the authenticity of each profile.
References
External links
dateIITians Official website
Online dating services of India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeeFood | SeeFood (also known as Sea Level in the United States) is a Malaysian computer-animated adventure film produced by Silver Ant and released in Malaysian cinemas on 8 March 2012.
SeeFood was first launched in Poland on 7 October 2011. It received financial support from Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and from the Multimedia Development Corporation.
The movie is also available in original and dubbed-in-Malay versions.
Plot
In the ocean deeps, a whitetip shark named Julius and his friend Pup the brownbanded bamboo shark play around the ocean bed, when two human divers steal several shark eggs (Pup siblings) from the reef, despite Pup's efforts to prevent it. To light up the Pup, Julius takes him to his sunken ship for dinner, but Pup is too upset to eat anything. Pup meets his friend Octo the octopus inventor, who takes Pup to show off his invention; an underwater car, and take it out for a test drive.
Meanwhile a factory, who is polluting the ocean prompts a hostile moray eel named Murray to invade the ocean bed with his army of spider crabs. The stingray Spin finds a discarded restaurant menu and takes it to Julius's three pilot fish butlers. The menu shows a variety of chicken meals, which are only found on land.
Spin and Myrtle the sea turtle lead Julius to a beach, where he is almost stranded, while trying to eat a hen named Heather, but makes it back into the sea. On his next hunt for fish, Julius is caught by a large fish hook and is reeled up on to a boat. He is almost finned alive by a group of fishermen, but escapes when a large wave hits the boat.
Pup sights his unhatched siblings on a wharf being moved into a fishmonger's shed, but Myrtle and Octo refuse to assist him in the dangerous task of rescuing them. Pup overhears them talking about his ability to breathe on land, then goes back to the wharf. Myrtle and Julius found out that from interrogating Spin that Pup is endangering himself, then they persuade Octo to help rescue Pup. Meanwhile, Pup has found the shark eggs in a fish shed, but has to hide from the fishmonger.
Octo constructs using submarine wreckages a robotic suit to allow Julius and his pilot fish take maneuver on land and uses a rocket to launch the suit on to the shore. However, Octo is not concerned that the suit may fall apart as an opportunity to be rid of Julius. The suit crashes into a chicken farm, where they are soon caught by the roosters and taken to the fish shed, where the fishmonger keeps them captive.
The shark eggs begin to hatch and Pup is able to get them out of the shed before the divers who caught them in the first place. Myrtle helps Pup the rest of the way. Hearing from his friends that Julius is in trouble, Pup sets off to rescue him, helped by a coconut crab and the roosters, who relented.
As Myrtle and Octo get the shark eggs and two newly hatched sharks to safety, the deep sea dwellers march on. Octo and Myrtle fight off the invaders, helped by Spin (who had colla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9%3A%20The%20Battle%20for%20the%20Big%20Artista%20Break | Protégé: The Battle for the Big Artista Break is a 2012 reality TV series created by GMA Network. This show is the second season of Protégé where Krizza Neri won in 2011. Unlike the previous season, the age limit was set from 13 to 21 years old to find new acting talent. The show premiered on July 23, 2012 (Inside Protégé) and hosted by Jennylyn Mercado and under the direction of Albert Langitan, while the Protégé Gala Night premiered on August 5, 2012, and presented by Dingdong Dantes, together with Carla Abellana and Maxene Magalona. The gala nights were directed by Rommel Gacho.
Overview
According to the show's fan page, there will be a "new kind of battle". Rumor has it that the incoming season will feature the other talent like acting or dancing and eventually will be an artista search like StarStruck did and it turned out to be true.
The show followed the same format as the previous season, except that it was no longer a singing competition but a talent artista search. Aspirants from ages 13 to 21 were filtered until two winners emerge - one male and one female protégé. In this battle, they were looking for a total package - an artist who can sing, dance, act and possess that charismatic appeal over TV. Like the first Protégé competition, this season had judges/mentors who were responsible for training and mentoring the chosen candidates.
Twenty contestants were then selected from thousands of hopefuls. These 20 potential artists lived in the Protégé house complete with amenities including bedrooms for each contestant, a living room, dining area with a 20 seating capacity, a rehearsal area where they could practice dancing, singing and acting, and a confession room where they were asked to explain themselves in case of issues within the house or if a task was to be assigned privately. They also battled it out head to head for audience votes. The Protégé house was blessed and featured over the news of GMA Network long before the contestants resided there.
The winner received a 5-year contract with GMA Network.
Judges, mentors and coaches
Judges
Joey de Leon
Bert de Leon
Annette Gozon-Valdez
Cherie Gil
Mentors
There were five confirmed mentors for this season with their assigned location.
Ricky Davao—Northern and Central Luzon
Roderick Paulate—Mega Manila
Gina Alajar—Southern Luzon
Jolina Magdangal—Visayas
Phillip Salvador—Mindanao
Coaches
Aside from their respective mentors who served as their guardian all the way through their journey, the protégés had coaches who also helped them improve their chosen craft.
Voice — Sushi Reyes
Dancing — Joe Abuda
Personality development — Floy Quintos
Acting — Maryo J. de los Reyes and Yanni Yuzon with Pen Medina
Fitness — Al Galang
Showbiz values & formation — German Moreno
Auditions
Auditions took place in the following cities:
The original schedule of auditions in SM Sucat is May 20, 2012
The original schedule of auditions in SM Mall of Asia is June 20–21, 2012
After the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fit-PC3 | The fit-PC3 is a small, light, fan-less nettop computer manufactured by the Israeli company CompuLab. Several fit-PC3 variations are available - fit-PC3 was introduced early 2012. The device is power-efficient (about 6 - 18 W) and therefore considered to be a green computing project, capable of using open source software and creating minimal electronic waste.
fit-PC3
The fit-PC3 has been released early 2012, CompuLab fit-PC3 includes:
APU, (6.4W to 18W):
AMD G-T44R single core processor @ 1.2Ghz with AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics
AMD G-T40E dual core processor @ 1Ghz with AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics
AMD G-T56N dual core processor @ 1.65Ghz with AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics
Main I/O: AMD Embedded A55E Controller Hub
Memory: Up to 8GB DDR3-1333 (2 SO-DIMM sockets)
Display: Dual-head HDMI 1.4 + DisplayPort (G-T40E model has HDMI 1.3a)
Audio: Digital 7.1 channels S/PDIF, stereo line-out, line-in, mic
Storage: Internal 2.5" SATA III hard disk, mSATA socket and 2 eSATA ports
Networking: GbE + 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi + BT 3
I/O: 2 USB 3.0 ports + 2 USB 2.0 ports on the back panel + 4 USB 2.0 ports on the front (when using standard FACE Module). RS232.
Expansion: 2 mini-PCI express sockets. One is usable as mSATA SSD drive with 2.3 board rev., the other is used by Wi-Fi when ordered with Wi-Fi
Casing: Passively cooled die-cast aluminum 6.3" x 6.3" x 0.98" (16 x 16 x 2.5 cm). Higher wattage units use a ribbed heat sink type chassis.
Custom extension board, (called FACE Module - Function And Connectivity Extension Module):
FM-1LAN 1 GbE, 4 USB 2.0 ports, and 2 mini PCIe half sized slots
FM-4E4U is 4 port GbE with 4 USB 2.0 ports.
FM-E4U is 1 GbE with 4 USB 2.0 ports.
FM-2MP has 2 mini-PCIe sockets.
FM-VC Multiple input video & audio capture, including 2 USB 2.0 ports and serial port
FM-USB3 has 2 USB3.0 and 2 USB 2.0 ports, plus 1 mSATA SSD storage slot
FM-POE is Quad LAN + Power over Ethernet, with 4 USB 2.0 ports.
FM-SER 6 ports supporting RS232 / RS485 / RS422, and 2 CAN bus ports
Model variations
See also
fit-PC
Media PC
Media center (disambiguation)
Nettop
Industrial PC
References
External links
fit-PC3 website
fit-PC3 Users forum
fit-PC3 Twitter
Compulab website
Nettop |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmelian%20tie | A simmelian tie (can be capitalized as a Simmelian tie) is a type of an interpersonal tie, a concept used in the social network analysis. For a simmelian tie to exist, there must be three (a triad) or more of reciprocal strong ties in a group. A simmelian tie is seen as an even stronger tie than a regular strong tie.
A simmelian tie can be seen as a basic element of a clique.
Definition and an example
Whereas the basic ties are known as strong or weak and focus on the strength of the analyzed relationship, simmelian ties are concerned with more than just the strength of the relationship. They look at the number of strong ties within a group. For a simmelian tie to exist, there must be three (a triad) or more of reciprocal strong ties in a group. A simmelian tie is viewed as even stronger than a regular strong tie.
For example, if Adam has a strong tie to Betty, and both Adam and Betty share a strong tie to Charles, this three-way tie would be a simmelian one.
History and use
The concept of a Simmelian tie has been developed by David Krackhardt in his 1999 paper, The ties that torture: Simmelian tie analysis in organizations. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Krackhardt developed the concept of a simmelian tie as an alternative to Ronald Burt's structural hole theory. Simmelian ties are based on the work of, and named after, Georg Simmel, a sociologist who distinguished social triads as an important social structure that's qualitatively different from dyadic relationships in more and more important ways than just the number of people participating.
The concept of a Simmelian tie is related to that of a clique; each pair of nodes (individuals) in a clique has a Simmelian tie between them. Thus a simmelian tie can be defined as a basic tie in a clique, or a co-clique relationship (between individuals who belong to a specific clique).
A simmelian tie strengthens the relationship (tie) between the individuals, but it is also restricting - it subjects those individuals to a group norm. In his original paper, Krackhardt stressed that restriction, noting that the more cliques one has simmelian ties to, the more constrained one is.
The concept of a simmelian tie is used in the social network analysis. It has been used in the study of organizations, including Wikipedia.
See also
Georg Simmel
References
Further reading
Krackhardt, D. (1998). "Simmelian Ties: Super Strong and Sticky." In Roderick Kramer and Margaret Neale (Eds.), Power and Influence in Organizations. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage, pp 21-38.
Krackhardt, D. & Kilduff, M. (2002). Structure, culture and Simmelian ties in entrepreneurial firms. Social Networks, 24(3), 279-290.
Krackhardt, D. & Handcock, M. (2007). “Heider vs Simmel: Emergent Features in Dynamic Structures.” In Edoardo Airoldi, David M. Blei, Stephen E. Fienberg, Anna Goldenberg, Eric P. Xing, and Alice X. Zheng (Eds.) Statistical Network Analysis: Models, Issues, and New Directions. New York: Springer, pp. 14-2 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ABS-CBN%20original%20drama%20series | This is the list of Philippine drama series that originally aired and are set to air on the television network Kapamilya Channel and its ad interim replacement A2Z Channel 11. Titles are sorted by the decade and the year of release. Drama anthologies are excluded.
Lists
Note: In the following list, these original titles have different official international titles (based on ABS-CBN International Distribution website) in parentheses.
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
List of Philippine drama series
Notes
References
ABS-CBN
Lists of Philippine television series
ABS-CBN
Original drama series of ABS-CBN |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craibia%20brevicaudata | Craibia brevicaudata, or the mountain peawood, is a species of medium to large evergreen trees from the family Fabaceae found in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The leaves are imparipinnate and have 5–7 leaflets, which are dark green coloured, are leathery and almost hairless. The plants petiole is swelled. The flowers are compactly racemed, and are white-greenish at the center. The pods are flat, and creamy-gray, and carry reddish-brown seeds.
References
Millettieae
Flora of Africa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Daddy%20Dearest | My Daddy Dearest is a 2012 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Don Michael Perez, it stars Ogie Alcasid in the title role. It premiered on June 11, 2012 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Alice Bungisngis and Her Wonder Walis. The series concluded on August 17, 2012 with a total of 50 episodes. It was replaced by Smile, DongHae in its timeslot.
Originally titled as Bongga Ka Tay!, it was inspired by Sebastián Ortega's Lalola.
Premise
The series centers on Bong, played by Ogie Alcasid and his daughter Daisy, played by Milkcah Wynne Nacion. They've never been so close to each other and Bong, being a single parent and has no idea on how to raise his daughter all by himself. Daisy tried her best to get her dad's attention but because of one certain wish, everything goes beyond their imagination which changes Daisy's dad into a woman.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Ogie Alcasid as Bong Adonis /Sampaguita /Bong Adonis Clone
Supporting cast
Jolina Magdangal as Rose Soriano-Adonis / Camilla
Milkcah Wynne Nacion as Daisy Adonis
JC Tiuseco as Chris 'CJ' Javier
Pauleen Luna as Winnie/Annie/Minnie/Reyna Ada/Various Pixie characters
Pinky Amador as Mercedes Adonis
Mylene Dizon as Tiandra Soriano
Kyle Danielle Ocampo as Lily
Sherilyn Reyes as Daphne
Pekto as Marco
Ehra Madrigal as Ivy
Menggie Cobarrubias as Juancho
Richard Quan as Bryan
Jan Manual as Jing
Neil Ryan Sese as Val
Nicky Castro as Junior
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of My Daddy Dearest earned a 14% rating. While the final episode scored a 14.4% rating.
References
External links
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2012 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande%20Prairie%20Daily%20Herald-Tribune | The Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, or the Daily Herald-Tribune, is an online news website published in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
The media outlet is owned by Postmedia Network, and operated by its Sun Media Division, which also manages the daily Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun and Fort McMurray Today and several weekly newspapers throughout Alberta.
The news website was originally a newspaper formed in 1913 as the Grand Prairie Herald. It merged with the Northern Tribune in 1939 to become the Herald-Tribune. It became a daily newspaper in 1964, when the name of the paper became the "Daily" Herald-Tribune.
The Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune ceased publishing a print edition on May 1, 2021 and now operates as a daily news website.
The Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune is currently owned by Postmedia Network Inc., which is one of Canada's largest media companies. The newspaper has a daily circulation of around 5,000 copies, and it serves the Grande Prairie and Peace River regions.
See also
List of newspapers in Canada
References
External links
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune
Mass media in Grande Prairie
Daily newspapers published in Alberta
Postmedia Network publications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxatio%20Ecclesiastica | The Taxatio Ecclesiastica, often referred to as the Taxatio Nicholai or just the Taxatio, compiled in 1291–92 under the order of Pope Nicholas IV, is a detailed database valuation for ecclesiastical taxation of English, Welsh, and Irish parish churches and prebends.
History
The Taxatio Ecclesiastica was compiled in furtherance of the collection of a tax on all ecclesiastical property in England and Wales, in order to defray the costs of an expedition to the Holy Land. The Pope promised Edward I one tenth of the annual profits of every ecclesiastical benefice for the endeavour. A further tax, entitled Nova Taxatio, was levied in 1318 by virtue of a royal mandate directed to the Bishop of Carlisle. The Nova Taxatio was conducted largely to pay for the war with Scotland. The database is reportedly "complete or virtually complete for the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, London, Lincoln, Norwich, Chichester, Exeter, Hereford, Salisbury, Bath and Wells, Winchester, Worcester, Ely, St Davids, Llandaff, St Asaph and Bangor." Robinson has demonstrated many inaccuracies and omissions in the Taxatio and that it must be exercised with caution as a source. Nonetheless, it remains an important source document for the medieval period.
Payment dispute
This taxation is a most important record, because all the taxes of the Church, as well to the kings of England as to the pope, were afterwards regulated by it until the survey made by Henry VIII; and because the statutes of colleges which were founded before the Reformation are also interpreted by this criterion, according to which their benefices, under a certain value, are exempted from the restriction in the statute 21 Henry VIII concerning pluralities. In 1295, Edward, notwithstanding the Pope's grant, and numerous exactions from the clergy in the meantime, being still in great need of money to carry on his wars, summoned deputies from the inferior clergy for the first time to vote him supplies from their own body. In the preceding year he had, by threats and violence, exacted a tax of half the revenues of the clergy; but now he thought it prudent to obtain their consent to his demands in a more regular manner. The clergy, however, would not obey the king's writ of summons, lest they should appear to acknowledge the temporal power; and in order to overcome this objection, the king issued his writ to the archbishop, who, as their spiritual superior, summoned the clergy to meet in convocation.
This was the commencement of the constitutional practice of the clergy meeting in Convocation at the same time as the Lay Parliament, and voting subsidies by its own voluntary act for the service of the state. It was not viewed without alarm by the Pope and the high Church dignitaries ; and in order to put a stop to all such exactions of princes from the clergy, Pope Boniface VIII issued a bull in 1296, which forbade churchmen of every degree to pay any tribute, subsidy, or gift to laymen, without authority from the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloque%20De%20Armas | Bloque De Armas is a Venezuelan media company. Among other properties it owns the newspapers Diario 2001 and Diario Meridiano and the sports network Meridiano Televisión.
The company was created in 1969 as a holding company for the various businesses of Armando De Armas. De Armas had launched Distribuidora Continental in 1947, followed by other businesses (including Editorial América, launched in 1960). 1969 also saw the launch of sports newspaper Diario Meridiano, while Diario 2001 was launched in 1973.
In 1965 De Armas expanded into the United States, building a large collection of magazine titles, with Spanish-language versions of Hearst Corporation titles, and acquiring Cuban fashion magazine Vanidades in 1967 and Colombian publishing company Editorial América Colombia in 1970. De Armas sold Hispanic Magazine Network, U.S.A. to Grupo Anaya in 1989.
In 1993, the Bloque Dearmas formed an alliance with the Mexican media company Televisa to print and publish its magazines through Editorial Televisa Venezuela.
In 1994 the Bloque Dearmas decided to sell its Colombian subsidiary Editorial América Dearmas Colombia to the Mexican media company Televisa, which renamed it Editorial Televisa Colombia.
Meridiano de Oro Award
The Meridiano de Oro award - also called the «Venezuelan Oscar» - was an award granted by the Bloque De Armas in recognition of the excellence of the professionals in the Entertainment, including journalists, announcers, actors, theater groups and television channels; it was widely considered the highest honor of its style in the country.
See also
List of newspapers in Venezuela
References
External links
Bloquedearmas.com
Mass media companies of Venezuela
Mass media companies established in 1969
Venezuelan newspaper chain founders
Venezuelan magazine founders
Venezuelan television company founders
Venezuelan brands
Companies based in Caracas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das%20Vierte | Das Vierte (English: The Fourth) was a German entertainment channel replaced in January 2014 by Disney Channel.
History
Das Vierte was launched by NBC Universal Global Networks (NUGN) in 2005 as an all-drama programming channel. The channel reached its 1% first-year goal with the expectations of doubling in two to three years. In 2008, NUGN sold the station to Mini Movie International Channel, owned by Dmitri Lesnevsky, as the station was losing money. Lesnevsky expected to turn the station around through rebranding then reselling it. In 2010, Phoenix Media planned to buy the station but that fell through. As of 2011, the station had a market share of 0.2%. In September 2012, The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to purchase Das Vierte. Disney closed on the deal by December 2012. In April 2013, Disney announced that Das Vierte would become a Disney Channel in January 2014. Disney closed the channel on 31 December 2013.
Programming
Das Vierte started with the slogan "Wir sind Hollywood" (We are Hollywood). The programming later moved away from Hollywood productions and towards a cooperation with the Anixe TV network.
Reality series
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (Gene Simmons Family Jewels - Papa war ein Kiss) (2007-2009)
Ghost Hunters (2009-2010)
Ghost Hunters International (2009-2010)
Series
7th Heaven (Eine himmlische Familie) (2008)
Air America (2013)
Airwolf (2006-2009)
Alias (Alias - Die Agentin) (2009-2010)
B.L. Stryker (2005-2006)
Baywatch (Baywatch – Die Rettungsschwimmer von Malibu) (2007-2008)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (2006)
Charlie's Angels (Drei Engel für Charlie) (2007-2008)
Ein Haus voller Töchter (2010-2013)
Fat Actress (2007)
Get Smart (Mini-Max) (2013)
Hart to Hart (Hart aber herzlich) (2007-2009)
Hawaii Five-O (Hawaii Fünf-Null) (2006)
It Takes a Thief (Ihr Auftritt, Al Mundy) (2006-2007)
Knight Rider (2005-2009)
Law & Order (2006-2008)
Magnum, P.I. (Magnum) (2006)
Melrose Place (2006)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (Mike Hammer) (2007)
Murphy Brown (2013)
Northern Exposure (Ausgerechnet Alaska) (2005–2006)
Once and Again (Noch mal mit Gefühl) (2013)
Quincy, M.E. (Quincy) (2005-2006)
Remington Steele (2007-2009)
Roswell (2009-2010)
Sea Patrol (2011-2013)
Simon & Simon (2005-2006)
Starsky & Hutch (2007-2008)
Tarzán (Tarzan) (2011-2013)
The Bill Cosby Show (Bill Cosby) (2013)
The Fall Guy (Ein Colt für alle Fälle) (2007-2009)
The Persuaders! (Die 2) (2007–2010)
The Professionals (Die Profis) (2007–2010)
The Rockford Files (Detektiv Rockford – Anruf genügt) (2006–2008)
The Saint (Simon Templar) (2007-2010)
The Sullivans (Die Sullivans) (2013)
The Time Tunnel (Time Tunnel) (2013)
Unhappily Ever After (Auf schlimmer und ewig) (2013)
Viper (2013)
Zorro (Zorro - Der schwarze Rächer)'' (2011–2013)
Availability
Das Vierte was available via terrestrial transmission in Berlin and Bremen, as well as Europe wide on Astra digital satellite service.
Via the air waves, the station had an availabili |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Defense%20League | The Internet Defense League is an organization and network launched in March 2012 with the aim of organizing protests and other responses to perceived threats to Internet freedom and the open Internet. It was formed following the protests against SOPA and PIPA. It had 30,000 members as of 2013, consisting of organizations, websites, and individuals.
History
The Internet Defense League site is a creation of the Fight for the Future nonprofit, a group noted for its participation in the anti-SOPA protests of 2011, and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The IDL officially launched on 19 July 2012. It held launch events in San Francisco, New York City, Washington, D.C., London, and Ulaanbaatar.
The IDL received early support from the Mozilla Foundation, WordPress, Reddit, the Cheezburger Network, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, OpenCongress, Grooveshark, Imgur, Fark, the Tor Project, La Quadrature du Net, and the Center for Democracy and Technology. Wikipedia considered joining the IDL. At launch, it received endorsements from members of U.S. Congress, including Darrell Issa, Ron Wyden, and Jerry Moran.
The IDL opposes CISPA, and in 2013, the IDL was active in organizing against it. Over thirty thousand websites joined their call to oppose it. After the death of Aaron Swartz, they also supported reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
In July 2013, they organized the "Restore the Fourth" campaign, in reference to the fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to protest government surveillance. Thousands of websites participated in the event. They called for laws governing surveillance to be amended, and for Internet users to contact members of U.S. Congress to investigate NSA surveillance programs. They also called for websites to publish the full text of the fourth amendment. In 2015, the organization again protested NSA surveillance.
Website
According to Tiffiniy Cheng, co-founder of Fight for the Future, the aim of the Defense League site is to sign up thousands of websites, from large organizations to bloggers, who can be mobilized quickly if needed for future anti-piracy legislation protests. They use a "cat signal", inspired by the Bat-Signal. Speaking to CNN about why they chose a cat as their symbol, Cheng said, "There's this academic theory ... that talks about if you ban the ability of people to share cat photos, they'll start protesting en masse". The digital signal is added to supportive websites as a web widget, drawing attention to current protests supported by the IDL.
The site's slogan is "Make sure the Internet never loses. Ever."
See also
SOPA opposition
Cute cat theory of digital activism
References
External links
Fight for the Future
Internet properties established in 2012
Political activism
Civil liberties advocacy groups
Digital rights organizations
Intellectual property activism
Internet privacy organizations
Internet-related activism
Internet-based activism |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau | The term réseau derives from a French word meaning "network". It may mean:
a network of fine lines on a glass plate, used in photographic telescopes to make a corresponding network on photographs of the stars: see Réseau plate
a system of weather stations under a single agency, or cooperating on common goals
an intelligence network as used by John Le Carré, in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, chapter 11.
the net in bobbin lace
SNCF TGV Réseau |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20Computer%20News | Personal Computer News (PCN) was a magazine publication which reviewed software and hardware for computers. It was published initially fortnightly, and during the boom period of home computing within the United Kingdom. It was published by VNU Publications and had a female editor, Cyndy Miles, unusual for computer magazines of the time.
Its first issue was published on 12 March 1983. Its last issue, number 110, was published on 11 May 1985. It had a circulation of 150,000 in 1983. PCN had a lot of competition which peaked around mid-1984 with about 96 rival titles. It closed with an estimated £1 million in debts. PCN was unusual in being a weekly publication (most of its rivals were monthly with only two weeklies) and was a higher quality print with a glossy cover. Many of the monthlies were also glossies but PCN had the high cover price of 50p compared to the other weeklies. Its most direct rival Popular Computing Weekly was priced at only 35p.
A typical issue contained a number of articles, reviews, tutorials in computer programming and letters from readers on programming subjects. It had a regular column called Dungeon which concentrated on text adventures. Readout reviewed new books, and Gameplay reviewed new games. Other sections such as Hardware and Peripherals regularly appeared, but contained different products as they were released.
It is notable for containing articles, and programs, on a large number of computers that have slipped into obscurity. It also published a large number of computer games which readers could type in.
The British Microcomputing Awards were sponsored by VNU and heavily covered in PCN in conjunction with the Sunday Times and Thames Television.
It disappeared very suddenly with its last issue and without warning. Issue 110 featured part two of a three part article about modern adventure games. The third part was therefore lost.
References
External links
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Biweekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines disestablished in 1985
Magazines established in 1983 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20E-roads%20in%20the%20Netherlands | This is a list of the European Routes, or E-road highways, that run through the Netherlands. The current network is signposted according to the 1985 system revision, and contains seven Class A roads and six Class B roads within the country. Almost without exception, these are motorways that also carry various national A-numbers (for Autosnelweg). Only two small stretches of the E25 and the E30 are provincial roads (the N220 and N211 respectively).
Description
History
The original E-road numbering of 1957 included ten routes, but was supplanted by the 1985 revision.
Class-A European routes
Class-B European routes
See also
List of motorways in the Netherlands
References
External links
Rijkswaterstaat
E-roads
Netherlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ryan%20White%20Story | The Ryan White Story is a 1989 American made-for-television biographical drama film starring Lukas Haas, and Judith Light, directed by John Herzfeld. The film first aired on the ABC network on January 16, 1989. It is based on the true story of the American teenager Ryan White, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States, after being expelled from middle school because of his infection. Nielsen ratings estimated that the movie was seen by 15 million viewers on the original airing.
Upon airing, some residents of White's hometown of Kokomo, Indiana felt that the film unfairly portrayed the town in a negative light. The office of Kokomo mayor Robert F. Sargent was flooded with complaints from across the country. Others in the film included Nikki Cox as Ryan's sister Andrea, Sarah Jessica Parker as a sympathetic nurse, George Dzundza as Ryan's doctor, and George C. Scott as Ryan's attorney, who legally argued against school board authorities. The real life Ryan White made a cameo appearance in the film as another hemophiliac AIDS sufferer named Chad. The film's final scene was filmed at South Iredell High School in Statesville, North Carolina. After its airing, the film was released on VHS in the UK.
Plot
Ryan White is a teenage hemophiliac who discovers he has contracted AIDS through contaminated blood products and is then barred from attending school by Western School Corporation in Russiaville, Indiana, just outside Kokomo. Ryan and his mother engage the services of a high-powered attorney to win back his basic rights to attend school. This turns into a prolonged legal battle of multiple appeals, which ends with Ryan being allowed to attend school on the condition he use disposable flatware in the cafeteria and is exempted from physical education. However, Ryan and his family also must deal with bigotry and unfair judgements against them due to the gossip and lack of knowledge about AIDS. The film ends with Ryan's mother getting a house in a nearby community and Ryan beginning high school, where he is warmly greeted by the students having been educated about AIDS awareness.
Cast
Lukas Haas as Ryan White
Judith Light as Jeanne White
Nikki Cox as Andrea White
Michael Bowen as Harley
George Dzundza as Dr. Kleiman
Sarah Jessica Parker as Laura
Ryan White as Chad
Mitch Ryan as Tom
Grace Zabriskie as Gloria White
George C. Scott as Charles Vaughan Sr
Kathy Wagner as Sue Hatch
Casey Ellison as Heath
Reception
The film received positive reviews from critics upon the original airing. The New York Times gave a favorable review upon release, stating
Hal Erickson of AllMovie gave the film four out of five stars and said: "Despite its inherent sadness, The Ryan White Story is a celebration of an exceptional young human being whose short life touched so many others in a positive, uplifting manner."
References
External links
1989 television films
1989 films
1989 drama films
Drama films based on actual events
HIV/AID |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P112 | The P112 is a stand-alone 8-bit CPU board. Typically running CP/M or a similar operating system, it provides a Z80182 (Z80 upgrade) CPU with up to 1MB of SRAM memory, 32KB of in-system programmable flash ROM, serial, parallel and diskette IO, and a realtime clock, in a 3.5-inch drive form factor. Powered solely from 5V, it draws 150mA (nominal: not including disk drives) with a 16 MHz CPU clock. Clock speeds up to 24.576 MHz are possible.
The P112 is notable because it was the first of the hobbyist single board computers to reach the production stage. The P112 hobbyist computers were relatively widespread and inspired other hobbyist centered home brew computing projects such as N8VEM home brew computing project. The P112 project still maintains many devoted enthusiasts and has an online repository of software and other information.
The P112 computer originated as a commercial product of "D-X Designs Pty Ltd" of Australia in 1996.
As of August 2016, Dave Brooks has released the hardware and software components of P112 into the public domain, under the GPL. The PCB layout is available in the original Protel format, and translated into the current Altium Designer 16 format, which many PCB fabricators can accept.
The P112 board was last available new in 1996 by Dave Brooks. In late 2004 on the Usenet Newsgroup comp.os.cpm, talk about making another run of P112 boards was discussed. David Griffith decided to produce additional P112 kits with Dave Brooks' blessing and the assistance of others. In addition Terry Gulczynski makes additional P112 derivative hobbyist home brew computers. Hal Bower was very active in the mid-1990s on the P112 project and the commercial "Banked/Portable BIOS" CP/M-compatible operating system was sold for the P112 between 1992 and 1999. It has now been released as open source under the GPL license.
References
Single-board computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whelan%20v.%20Jaslow | Whelan Assocs., Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc. (3rd Cir. 1986) was a landmark case in defining principles that applied to copyright of computer software in the United States, extending beyond literal copying of the text to copying the more abstract structure, sequence and organization.
The decision initiated a six-year period (until Computer Associates Int. Inc. v. Altai Inc.) of heightened copyright protection for computer programs.
Background of the case
In 1978 Rand Jaslow tried to build a computer program to handle customer management, billing, accounting, inventory management and other functions for Jaslow Dental Laboratories.
He gave up after a few months and hired Strohl Systems to do the job.
The software was built by the half-owner of Strohl, Elaine Whelan, and delivered in March 1979.
It was written in the EDL language and ran on an IBM Series/1 minicomputer.
Strohl kept ownership of the software, which was branded Dentalab, and could license it to other companies in exchange for a 10% commission to Jaslow.
In November 1979 Whelan left Strohl and set up her own business, acquiring the right to the software.
Later, Jaslow became engaged in selling the Dentalab software in exchange for a percentage of the gross sales.
He formed a company named Dentcom which in late 1982 began to develop a program in a different computer language (BASIC) but with very similar functionality called Dentlab,
marketed as a Dentalab successor. The new software could run on IBM Personal Computers, giving access to a broader market.
On 30 June 1983 Jaslow's company filed a suit in Pennsylvania state court alleging that Whelan had misappropriated its trade secrets.
Whelan filed a countersuit in federal court in Pennsylvania alleging that the Dentlab software violated Whelan's copyrights in the Dentalab software.
The district court ruled that Dentlab was substantially similar to Dentalab because its structure and overall organization were substantially similar.
Jaslow appealed the decision to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Relevant law
The district court ruling in the Whelan case drew on the established doctrine that even when the component parts of a work cannot be copyrightable, the structure and organization of a work may be.
The court also drew support from the 1985 SAS Inst. Inc. v. S&H Computer Sys. Inc. in which it had been found that copyright protected organizational and structural details, not just specific lines of code.
Structure, sequence and organization (SSO) in this case was defined as "the manner in which the program operates, controls and regulates the computer in receiving, assembling, calculating, retaining, correlating, and producing useful information."
SSO refers to non-literal elements of computer programs that include "data input formats, file structures, design, organization and flow of the code, screen outputs or user interfaces, and the flow and sequencing of the screens."
Decision
The Court of Appeals for th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor-net | NeighborNet is an algorithm for constructing phylogenetic networks which is loosely based on the neighbor joining algorithm. Like neighbor joining, the method takes a distance matrix as input, and works by agglomerating clusters. However, the NeighborNet algorithm can lead to collections of clusters which overlap and do not form a hierarchy, and are represented using a type of phylogenetic network called a splits graph. If the distance matrix satisfies the Kalmanson combinatorial conditions then Neighbor-net will return the corresponding circular ordering. The method is implemented in the SplitsTree and R/Phangorn packages.
Examples of the application of Neighbor-net can be found in virology, horticulture, dinosaur genetics, comparative linguistics, and archaeology.
References
Computational phylogenetics
Genetics software
Molecular biology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebugs%20%28video%20game%29 | Firebugs is a futuristic racing video game developed by Attention to Detail and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for PlayStation.
Gameplay
The player takes control of one of five vehicles in a futuristic race where speeds can reach over 400 miles per hour. Weapons and defences are used to help the player win races. The game modes include 1 player mode where the player can race on 25 tracks in 5 distinct worlds (Archipelago, Droid Gardens, Sky Dunes, Sky Port and Cloud City). There is 2 player mode which consists of the same basics as in one player mode.
Soundtrack
The game's soundtrack includes music from hip-hop group Bomfunk MCs, whose songs "We R Atomic" and "Put Ya Hands Up" are featured. These are of note because the album Burnin' Sneakers was not released in the UK , and so the songs have correlation to this game for many UK fans.
Critical reception
Firebugs received positive reviews in the Evening Chronicle, the Birmingham Mail, and the Waikato Times.
References
External links
Firebugs on Moby Games
Firebugs can be played for free in the browser on the Internet Archive
2002 video games
Attention to Detail games
Europe-exclusive video games
Science fiction racing games
PlayStation (console) games
PlayStation (console)-only games
Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Multiplayer and single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text%2C%20Speech%20and%20Dialogue | Text, Speech and Dialogue (TSD) is an annual conference involving topics on natural language processing and computational linguistics. The meeting is held every September alternating in Brno and Plzeň, Czech Republic.
The first Text, Speech and Dialogue conference took place in Brno in 1998.
Overview
TSD series evolved as a prime forum for interaction between researchers in both spoken and written language processing from all over the world. Proceedings of TSD form a book published by Springer-Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series.
TSD proceedings are regularly indexed by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Moreover, LNAI series are listed in all major citation databases such as DBLP, SCOPUS, EI, INSPEC or COMPENDEX.
The conference is organized by the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, and the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň. The conference is supported by the International Speech Communication Association.
Conference topics
Conference topics were:
Corpora and language resources (monolingual, multilingual, text and spoken corpora, large web corpora, disambiguation, specialized lexicons, dictionaries)
Speech recognition (multilingual, continuous, emotional speech, handicapped speaker, out-of-vocabulary words, alternative way of feature extraction, new models for acoustic and language modelling)
Tagging, classification and parsing of text and speech (morphological and syntactic analysis, synthesis and disambiguation, multilingual processing, sentiment analysis, credibility analysis, automatic text labeling, summarization, authorship attribution)
Speech and spoken language generation (multilingual, high fidelity speech synthesis, computer singing)
Semantic processing of text and speech (information extraction, information retrieval, data mining, semantic web, knowledge representation, inference, ontologies, sense disambiguation, plagiarism detection)
Integrating applications of text and speech processing (natural language understanding, question-answering strategies, assistive technologies)
Machine translation (statistical, rule-based, example-based, hybrid, text and speech translation)
Automatic dialogue systems (self-learning, multilingual, question-answering systems, dialogue strategies, prosody in dialogues)
Multimodal Techniques and Modelling (video processing, facial animation, visual speech synthesis, user modeling, emotions and personality modeling)
Past keynote speakers
See also
The list of computer science conferences contains other academic conferences.
References
External links
ACL Member Portal
TSD official website
Perfil-CC rank
Text To Speech Dialogue
Computer science conferences
Academic conferences
Linguistics
Recurring events established in 1998
University of West Bohemia
Masaryk University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20PS/1 | The PS/1 (known in some European countries as the PS/1000) is a brand for a line of personal computers that marked IBM's return to the home market in 1990, five years after the IBM PCjr. It was replaced by the IBM Aptiva in September 1994.
Position among IBM's PC brands
The PS/1 line was created for new computer users and was sold in consumer electronics stores alongside comparable offerings from Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Packard Bell, and others. American PS/1 models came with a modem installed so users could access online IBM help services, which were provided by partnerships with Prodigy and Quantum.
Like the PCjr, the PS/1's name suggested a more limited machine than IBM's business line, the PS/2. However, unlike the PS/2, the PS/1 was based upon architecture closer to the AT and compatibles, for example using ISA, plain VGA, and IDE. Although the first models used custom-designed components and design, later desktop and tower models used mostly standard components. The earlier models included a ROM with IBM's PC DOS and a graphical shell, however the system was compatible with other DOS implementations and the shell could be installed on the hard drive. Later models included a feature called "Rapid Resume" which gave the computers the ability to go into standby mode as well as a hibernation function. There were several form factors used during the PS/1's production, with the 2133 and 2155 cases used for several model years while the 2168 tower case was offered later in later models of the PS/1 lineup:
2011 Proprietary design, power supply is within CRT
2121 Proprietary design, power supply is within CRT, up to two available ISA slots
2123 Limited-production model. Based on IBM PS/2 model 30 case, three available ISA slots
2133 Desktop case. The 3x3 references the available slots and drive bays.
2155 Desktop case larger than 2133. The 5x5 references the available slots and drive bays. Including a 5.25" bay.
2168 Tower unit. The 6x8 references the available slots and bays. Including 5.25" bays.
Models
Models 2011
The original PS/1 (Model 2011), based on a 10 MHz Intel 80286 CPU, was designed to be easy to set up and use. It featured 512 KB of on-board memory (expandable to 1 MB or 2.5 MB with proprietary memory modules), built-in modem (in American models only) and an optional 30 MB or 40 MB hard disk. IBM also released a 5.25" disk drive unit, a $169 ISA Adapter Card Unit (ACU) to install third-party expansion cards, and a $995 CD-ROM drive, based on a Western Digital SCSI chip, that fit underneath the case. Some of the lower-end PS/1 models suffered from very limited expansion capabilities, since they lacked standard ISA expansion slots.
Model 2121
The 2121 series computers used the same form factor as the 2011 series, but included up to two ISA slots inside the case. Memory could be expanded from 2 MB to 6 MB using a proprietary 4 MB memory module. The higher-end 2121 featured an Intel 80386SX processor running at 16 or 20 MH |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give%20Me%20My%20Data | Give Me My Data was a web application for Facebook users to export their Facebook data to reuse in data visualization, archives, or digital storytelling. Export data formats include comma-separated values (CSV), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and graph drawing formats used in Graphviz and similar applications.
Owen Mundy launched the application in November 2009. In May 2010, The New York Times and other technology-oriented news outlets covered its use by Facebook subscribers to retrieve data lost during a Facebook interface update. It has since received international coverage for its technology and as Internet art. The application was discontinued in 2015 after being blocked by Facebook.
See also
Open data
References
External links
Give Me My Data website
Data management software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIGSIM | BIGSIM is a computer simulation and performance modeling system for parallel computing, typically used for very large computer clusters. BIGSIM was developed at the University of Illinois.
When a large scale, often supercomputer level, parallel system is being developed, it is essential to be able to experiment with multiple configurations and simulate performance. BIGSIM provides these facilities by allowing the simulation of performance on various node topologies, message passing and scheduling strategies.
BIGSIM includes an emulator and a trace-based simulator. The emulator executes applications on a small number of nodes and stores the results, so the simulator can use them and simulate activities on a much larger number of nodes.
The simulator is a discrete event simulator (based on the POSE system) which is trace driven and uses POSE's Charm++ base. BIGSIM can simulate both the processing components and the message passing system to provide an overall view of system performance characteristics.
The emulator stores information of sequential execution blocks (SEBs) for multiple processors in log files, with each SEB recording the messages sent, their sources and destinations, dependencies, timings, etc. The simulator reads the log files and simulates them, and may star additional messages which are then also stored as SEBs.
The simulator can thus provide a view of the performance of very large applications, based on the execution traces provided by the emulator on a much smaller number of nodes, before the entire machine is available, or configured.
See also
SimGrid
References
Parallel computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20Town%20Security | Small Town Security is an American reality television series produced by Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver from Left/Right Productions for the AMC network. The unscripted show focused on a small, family-owned, private security company called JJK Security, located in the North Georgia city of Ringgold.
The show, green-lit along with Comic Book Men, was picked up for a season of eight half-hour episodes and premiered after the season 5 premiere of Breaking Bad on July 15, 2012. A second season of eight half-hour episodes started on May 9, 2013. The eight-episode third season premiered on May 6, 2014.
On October 10, 2014, AMC announced that Small Town Security had been canceled and would not be returning for a fourth season.
Cast
Joan Koplan (The Chief): Head of JJK Security and former actress/public access television host. Joan Koplan died on March 31, 2016.
Dennis Starr Croft (The Captain): Joan's live-in lieutenant who later became Captain
Irwin Koplan (The Major): Joan's husband
Brian Taylor (Office Manager): The company's detective, process server, and business manager
Christa Stephens (Secretary): The office secretary who is also a "licensed cosmetologist"
Lambchop: Joan's feisty 14-year-old chihuahua
Charlotte: Lambchop's replacement, after Lambchop became ill and had to be euthanized
Production
In a July 2012 interview with Hollywood.com, series star and JJK Security owner Joan Koplan explained how the series came to television: "I've had people coming into my office for a long time saying how crazy it is and how it should be a reality show. I knew Matt Saul from William Morris Endeavor [talent agency], so I called him and asked if he'd be interested in doing something. He said we'd have to make a DVD, so I did that. After he saw it he said, 'Yeah, I see what you mean, that's a crazy place.' About four days later, he calls and tells me that Ken Druckerman from Left/Right Productions in New York City is interested in it. I almost crapped my pants." When Joan was asked about audience reaction to Lieutenant Croft's transgender secret being revealed on her public access show and, subsequently, on network television, she said: "Keep in mind, this is the Bible Belt. Some people—well, nobody was rude, I will tell you that. But some people felt very sorry for him. But there was a lot of understanding. I got very few calls that were derogatory." In an interview with The Advocate, Croft also responded about the feedback: "I haven't really felt a change. Those who know me and about me haven't flinched. I found that surprising. It has not been what I expected of others, and I see that folks are not the typical haters of my kind that I thought. The South has grown up from the childish games of prejudice."
Reception
Critical reception
Small Town Security has received mixed reviews from critics. Boston.com blogger Frazier Moore observed that the series "bristles with authenticity", adding, "Part of the secret to the show's success is this: The charact |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILAND%20project | The iLAND project (middleware for deterministic dynamically reconfigurable networked embedded systems) is a cross-industry research & development project for advanced research in embedded systems. It has been developed with the collaboration of 9 organisations including Industries, SMEs and Universities from Spain, France, Portugal, Netherlands and a university from United States. The project is co-funded by the ARTEMIS Programme related to the topic: 'SP5 Computing Environments for Embedded Systems'.
Middleware functionalities
The merging of the real-time systems and the service-oriented architectures enables more flexible a dynamic distributed systems with real time features. So a number of functionalities have been identified to create a SoA based middleware for deterministic reconfiguration of service-based applications:
Service registration/deregistration: Stores in the system the functionalities and the description of the different services.
Service discovery: Enables external actor to discover the services currently stored in the system.
Service composition: Creates the service-based application on run-time.
Service orchestration: Manages the invocation of the different services.
Service based admission test: This functionality checks if there are enough resources for the services execution in the distributed system.
Resource reservation: This functionality acquires the necessary resources in the host machine and the network.
System monitoring: This functionality measures if the resources required for the execution of services are not being exhausted.
System reconfiguration: This functionality changes the services currently running on the system by other services providing same functionality.
Middleware architecture
The architecture of the iLAND middleware consists in two layers. The high level one is the Core Functionality Layer. It is oriented to the management of the real time service model. The low layer creates bridges to the system resources and the network resources in order to provide the real time operation. Each of these layers contain different software components
The middleware architecture is further explained in where the reconfiguration mechanism of the middleware is also explained.
Demonstrators
Different demonstrators have been developed in the iLAND project. They cover different domains:
Wireless Applications for Public Transportation
Video Surveillance
Health Care Applications
References
Embedded systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongzhong | Kongzhong Corp is a Chinese company that provides value-added services including video games via the Internet and various mobile networks. These include or included mobile web content, such as mobile message boards, WAP websites, and electronic books; ring tones; ringback tones; mobile games; and Internet games.
Games
While the company was making subscription-based mobile games as early as 2005, its mobile games business expanded with the 2012 acquisition of Noumena AKA Nuomina, developer of a "cross-platform mobile game engine" that allows games to be played on Android, iOS, and with HTML5. Some early mobile games were coded in Java.
The company doesn't confine itself to mobile games exclusively. It has a license to operate World of Tanks, other Wargaming properties, and Guild Wars 2 in China. It also operates a handful of self-developed titles. The company derives revenue from some of these massively multiplayer online games, such as World of Tanks, through the sale of virtual goods.
Mobile content
A pioneer mobile value-added services provider, the company's first such products were for WAP. Kongzhong has, as of 2007, a partnership with Opera Software that allows a mobile version of the latter company's Opera browser to be downloaded in China. Kongzhong may have patterned its early mobile business model off of Japanese companies that successfully provided WAP-based value-added services to a domestic audience in the 1990s and early 2000s. Between 2005 and 2007 the company was being described as a provider of 2.5G mobile value-added services.
History
Founded by serial entrepreneur Nick Yang in 2002 with venture capital funding, he may no longer be able to play an active role.
In 2013 the company participated in an effort to locate a Flying Tigers P-40 thought to have crash landed in a Yunnan province lake in 1942.
Lawsuits
A securities class-action lawsuit against Kongzhong Corporation was settled for $3.5 million in 2006. The complaint stemmed from a perception that prior to the issuance of an IPO, the company likely provided a misleading prospectus.
References
Online companies of China
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
Massively multiplayer online games
Privately held companies of China
Companies based in Beijing
Companies established in 2002
2002 establishments in China
Video game companies of China
Chinese brands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithfully%20%28TV%20series%29 | Faithfully is a 2012 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mike Tuviera, it stars Maxene Magalona, Michelle Madrigal, Isabel Oli, Vaness del Moral and Isabelle Daza. It premiered on June 18, 2012 on the network's Afternoon Prime line up replacing Broken Vow. The series concluded on October 5, 2012 with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by Magdalena in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Maxene Magalona as Stella Mariano-Quillamor/Escanio
Michelle Madrigal as Luchie Trajano-Quillamor
Isabel Oli as Megan Briones
Isabelle Daza as Misha Villar
Vaness del Moral as Dina Carvajal
Supporting cast
Mike Tan as Perry Escanio
Marc Abaya as Kevin Quillamor
Will Devaughn as Luke Gallanosa
Kevin Santos as Edjie Miranda
Victor Aliwalas as Dan Belmonte
Chanda Romero as Amanda Quillamor
Timmy Cruz as Gloria Mariano
Miggs Cuaderno as Miggy Quillamor
Diva Montelaba as Osang
Jamaica Olivera as Shelby Quillamor
Rez Cortez as Fidel Mariano / Fidel Saavedra
Bing Davao as Charles Quillamor
Say Alonzo as Carmina Escanio
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Faithfully earned a 14.6% rating. While the final episode scored a 23.1% rating.
References
External links
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2012 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in Manila |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist%20Abortion%20Network | The Feminist Abortion Network (FAN) is a national consortium of independent, feminist, not-for-profit abortion care providers. Although more than fifty such health care providers once existed, today fourteen clinics remain in operation. FAN was formed in 2006 to promote information-sharing, cross-organizational strategizing and improve the overall efficacy and reach of the member clinics.
History
Most of the FAN member clinics were founded in the mid- to late-1970s and were inspired by the self-help movement. All of the clinics opened after the decision of the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which ruled that women had the constitutional right to access abortion. In addition to providing abortions, these clinics were committed to providing their clients with the knowledge necessary to participate in decisions about their own health care. Some of the clinics were even borne out of groups of women practicing self-help health care, using mirrors and speculums to examine their own cervixes.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the member clinics and activists throughout the country participated in the women's health movement, changing the way that women receive health care services in the United States. The women's health movement has been credited with changing the health care landscape in a number of ways, including:
Making pregnancy tests available over-the-counter
Requiring informational package inserts on all prescription medications (including oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy)
Allowing a partner or support person to be present during a medical appointment as the patient's advocate
Expanding and advocating for the practice of informed consent
Despite the many gains of the women's health movement, independent abortion clinics have faced myriad struggles throughout their existence. Many FAN clinics have been firebombed, clinic employees have been threatened, clients have been harassed by protesters, and high-profile murders of abortion providers such as Dr. George Tiller have created challenges and fears for abortion providers. In addition to security concerns, many independent clinics face financial struggles because they provide abortion services to all women who seek them. Some of these costs are offset by abortion funds, but many clinics still struggle to remain operational. Independent clinics may also face competition from larger abortion care providers, such as Planned Parenthood. When the Yakima branch of the Cedar River Clinics closed its doors in 2010 after thirty years of operation, it cited the expansion of the Yakima Planned Parenthood's services to include first- and second-trimester abortions as playing a critical role in their inability to remain open.
In addition to the ongoing struggles that the FAN clinics have faced since the 1970s, many states and state legislatures are currently hostile to abortion rights. In recent years, legislators across the fifty states have been introducing legislation that would |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand%27s%20Got%20Talent%20%28season%201%29 | Thailand's Got Talent season 1 (also known as TGT) was the first season of the Thailand's Got Talent reality television series on the Channel 3 television network, and part of the global British Got Talent series. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, sketch artists, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000). The show debuted in March 2011. Thailand is also the fifth country in Asia to license Got Talent series. The three judges Nirut Sirijanya, Benz Pomchita Na Songkla, and Pinyo Rutham join hosts Krit Sribhumisret and Ketsepsawat Palagawongse na Ayutthaya.
The winner of the first season was Myra Maneepatsorn Molloy, a 13-year- old singer, who took home the first place prize of 10,000,000 Baht (approximately $325,000).
Format
Broadcast
Audition for 5 weeks.
Round 6 weeks.
The final two weeks.
The display is cut or not to broadcast will be released via the web. Site in the name. In Thailand gods of Morgan Lane West (Thailand's Got More Talent), as well as the original from England.
Pre-casting
North on Nov 26-28 at the Lotus Hotel Pang Suan Kaew, Chiang Mai.
Northeast on Dec 3-5 at Charoen Thani Princess in Khon Kaen.
Central and Eastern on Dec 10-12 at the Bangkok Convention Centre at Central Plaza Lat Phrao, Bangkok.
South on Dec 24-26 at the International Conference Centre. National celebrations every 60 years, Hat Yai, Songkhla.
Audition
In January 2011, at the theater Aksara King Power Complex and Work Point studio for 6 days broadcast on Sunday From March 6 to April 3, 2011, 5 at which this cycle is a cycle that will be aired on television in many ways. Countries that do not have an opponent from round to round of auditions for the 321 participants must show their ability to express themselves within 2–4 minutes, which shall have the right to stop. the display. If one third of the people when the Buzzer will stop immediately. The Committee is asked to press the buzzer to stop by any of the Board of Directors will consider the ability to sound at least two of three in the competition to determine who enters the next round or not. Then the tape shows a selection of the finalists of the last remaining 48 shows. Into the finals.
Semi-final
Finals will be broadcast live on the 48th of the last to audiences throughout the country for six weeks of studio work point. Pathum Thani province. Judging by the votes of the audience through SMS SMS during a live person with the most votes will automatically be finalists. For those who have votes in the first two, and three judges will decide who is qualified by a two-thirds, as well as the fairly steep in this part of the show is taped before a three-hour to an hour. First added to prevent mistakes. The announcement will be broadcast live.
Semi-final summary
The "Number" columns lists the code of appearance each act made for every episode.
Semi-final 1 (10 April 2011)
Semi-final 2 (17 April |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumor%20spread%20in%20social%20network | Rumor is an important form of social communications, and the spread of rumors plays a significant role in a variety of human affairs. There are two approaches to investigate the rumor spreading process: the microscopic models and the macroscopic models.
The macroscopic models propose a macro view about this process are mainly based on the widely used Daley-Kendall and Maki-Thompson models. Particularly, we can view rumor spread as a stochastic process in social networks.
While the microscopic models are more interested more on the micro interactions between individuals.
Rumor propagation Models
In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in rumor propagation in Online social networks problems where different approaches have been proposed to investigate it.
By carefully scrutinizing the existing literature, we categorize the works into macroscopic and microscopic approaches.
Macroscopic models
The first category is mainly based on the Epidemic models where the pioneering research engaging rumor propagation under these models started during the 1960s.
Epidemic models
A standard model of rumor spreading was introduced by Daley and Kendall,. Assume there are N people in total. And those people in the network are categorized into three groups: ignorants, spreaders and stiflers, which are denoted as S, I, and R respectively hereinafter:
I: people who are ignorant of the rumor;
S: people who actively spread the rumor;
R: people who have heard the rumor, but no longer are interested in spreading it.
The rumor is propagated through the population by pair-wise contacts between spreaders and others in the population. Any spreader involved in a pair-wise meeting attempts to “infect” the other individual with the rumor. In the case this other individual is an ignorant, he or she becomes a spreader. In the other two cases, either one or both of those involved in the meeting learn that the rumor is known and decided not to tell the rumor anymore, thereby turning into stiflers.
One variant is the Maki-Thompson model. In this model, rumor is spread by directed contacts of the spreaders with others in the population. Furthermore, when a spreader contacts another spreader only the initiating spreader becomes a stifler. Therefore, three types of interactions can happen with certain rates.
which says when a spreader meet an ignorant, the ignorant will become a spreader.
which says when two spreaders meet with each other, one of them will become a stifler.
which says when a spreader meet a stifler, the spreader will lose the interest in spreading the rumor, so become a stifler.
Of course we always have conservation of individuals:
The change in each class in a small time interval is:
Since we know , and sum up to , we can reduce one equation from the above, which leads to a set of differential equations using relative variable and as follows
which we can write
Compared with the ordinary SIR model, we see that the only difference to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi%20Ka%20na%20Mag-iisa | (International title: Never Be Alone / ) is a 2012 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Gil Tejada Jr., it stars Jennylyn Mercado and Sid Lucero. It premiered on July 9, 2012 on the network's Afternoon Prime line up replacing Hiram na Puso. The series concluded on October 26, 2012 with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by Yesterday's Bride in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Jennylyn Mercado as Elisa Santos
Sid Lucero as Andrew Villagracia
Supporting cast
Krystal Reyes as Angelica Montenegro
Frank Magalona as Mark Calderon
Angelu de Leon as Jordana Montenegro
Glydel Mercado as Maita Montenegro
Lloyd Samartino as Bernard Montenegro
Liza Lorena as Doña Asuncion Montenegro
Carl Guevarra as Dennis
Mosang as Betty
Joey Paras as Mimi
Saab Magalona as Celine Montenegro
Recurring cast
Ces Quesada as Gina
Johnny Revilla as Mesandro Villagracia
Maybelyn dela Cruz as Sofia
Jhett Romero as Ben
Kryshee Grengia as young Elisa
Gino dela Peña as Greg
Gillette Sandico as Mark's mother
Mark Jerome Bautista as young Andrew Villagracia
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of earned a 15.8% rating. While the final episode scored a 22.9% rating.
References
External links
2012 Philippine television series debuts
2012 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan%20X | Plan X is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, which seeks to develop a defensive platform for the Department of Defense to plan for, conduct, and assess cyberwarfare in a manner similar to kinetic warfare. Towards this end, the program will bridge cyber communities of interest from academe, to the defense industrial base, to the commercial tech industry, to user-experience experts.
Plan X will not develop cyber offensive technologies or effects. National policymakers, not DARPA, will determine how the cyber capabilities developed under Plan X will be employed to serve the national security interests of the United States.
Specifically, the Plan X program to integrate the cyber battlespace concepts of the network map, operational unit, and capability set in the planning, execution, and measurement phases of military cyber operations. To achieve this goal, the Plan X system will be developed as an open platform architecture for integration with government and industry technologies.
The Plan X program is explicitly not funding research and development efforts in cyberweapon-related technologies such as vulnerability analysis, command and control protocols, or end effects.
References
DARPA
Research projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Olympic%20Games | Operation Olympic Games was an ostensible and still unacknowledged campaign of sabotage by means of cyber disruption, directed at Iranian nuclear facilities likely by the United States and Israel. As reported, it is one of the first known uses of offensive cyber weapons. Started under the administration of George W. Bush in 2006, Olympic Games was accelerated under President Obama, who heeded Bush's advice to continue cyber attacks on the Iranian nuclear facility at Natanz. Bush believed that the strategy was the only way to prevent an Israeli conventional strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
History
During Bush's second term, General James Cartwright, then head of United States Strategic Command, along with other intelligence officials presented Bush with sophisticated code that would act as an offensive cyber weapon. "The goal was to gain access to the Natanz plant's industrial computer controls ... the computer code would invade the specialized computers that command the centrifuges." Collaboration happened with Israel's SIGINT intelligence service, Unit 8200. Israel's involvement was important to the United States because the former had "deep intelligence about operations at Natanz that would be vital to making the cyber attack a success." Additionally, American officials wanted to "dissuade the Israelis from carrying out their own preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities". To prevent a conventional strike, Israel had to be deeply involved in Operation Olympic Games. The computer virus created by the two countries became known as "the bug," and Stuxnet by the IT community once it became public. The malicious software temporarily halted approximately 1,000 of the 5,000 centrifuges from spinning at Natanz.
A programming error in "the bug" caused it to spread to computers outside of Natanz. When an engineer "left Natanz and connected [his] computer to the Internet, the American- and Israeli-made bug failed to recognize that its environment had changed." The code replicated on the Internet and was subsequently exposed for public dissemination. IT security firms Symantec and Kaspersky Lab have since examined Stuxnet. It is unclear whether the United States or Israel introduced the programming error.
Significance
According to the Atlantic Monthly, Operation Olympic Games is "probably the most significant covert manipulation of the electromagnetic spectrum since World War II, when Polish cryptanalysts broke the Enigma cipher that allowed access to Nazi codes." The New Yorker claims Operation Olympic Games is "the first formal offensive act of pure cyber sabotage by the United States against another country, if you do not count electronic penetrations that have preceded conventional military attacks, such as that of Iraq's military computers before the 2003 invasion of Iraq." Therefore, "American and Israeli official action can stand as justification for others."
The Washington Post reported that Flame malware was also part of Oly |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20Champions%202 | Sports Champions 2 is a 2012 sports video game developed by San Diego Studio and Zindagi Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3, which utilizes PlayStation Move. It is the sequel to Sports Champions. New functions include boxing, golf, bowling, skiing, and tennis.
Reception
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the game was released on November 29, 2012, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven, one six, one five, and one six for a total of 24 out of 40.
Chad Sapieha of Common Sense Media gave the game four stars out of five, saying, "If the sequel adds a bit of panache while maintaining spot-on controls, Sony may have the motion-controlled sports compilation game to beat." However, in National Post he gave it seven out of ten, saying, "Like its predecessor, Sports Champions 2 is a showcase for PlayStation Move technology. But without a style to call its own, it's not likely to leave a lasting impression." Metro gave it five out of ten, calling it "A wasted opportunity to redeem PlayStation Move, with a horribly uninspired range of sports that barely work any better than back when they were Wii Sports games."
See also
Wii Sports
Wii Sports Resort
Kinect Sports
Sports Champions
References
External links
2012 video games
Bowling video games
Boxing video games
Golf video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Multiple-sport video games
PlayStation 3 games
PlayStation 3-only games
PlayStation Move-compatible games
PlayStation Move-only games
San Diego Studio games
Skiing video games
Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Tennis video games
Video game sequels
Video games developed in the United States
Video games scored by David Bergeaud
Video games using Havok |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse%20star%20schema | The reverse star schema is a schema optimized for fast retrieval of large quantities of descriptive data. The design was derived from a warehouse star schema, and its adaptation for descriptive data required that certain key characteristics of the classic star schema be "reversed".
Model
The relation of the central table to those in dimension tables is one-to-many, or in some cases many-to-many rather than many-to-one; the primary keys of the central table are the foreign keys in dimension tables, and the main tables are, in general, smaller than the dimension tables.
Main table columns are typically the source of query constraints, as opposed to dimension tables in the classical star schema. By starting queries with the smaller table, many results are filtered out early in the querying process, thereby streamlining the entire search path.
To add further flexibility, more than one main table is allowed, with main and submain tables having a one-to-many relation. Each main table can have its own dimension tables. To provide further query optimization, a data set can be partitioned into separate physical schemas on either the same database server or different database servers.
See also
Snowflake schema
References
Data warehousing
Data modeling |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joti%20Samra | Joti Samra is a Canadian television personality who is co-host and finance expert on the docu-reality television series Million Dollar Neighbourhood on the Oprah Winfrey Network airing in Canada and the US. Samra was born in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia, master's degree in clinical psychology from the University of Regina and a PhD in clinical-forensic psychology from Simon Fraser University. Samra was the psychological consultant to Citytv's The Bachelor Canada and was a featured clinical expert in all three seasons of the Animal Planet docu-reality series Confessions: Animal Hoarding, developed by the producers of the critically acclaimed A&E series Intervention. She has authored a weekly "Ask the Health Expert" column for The Globe and Mail since 2010. In April 2016 Dr. Samra started a weekly radio program on the Surrey BC station 107.7 Pulse FM. (pulsefm.ca)
References
External links
Joti Samra's television career at IMDb
Living people
People from Vancouver
Canadian television personalities
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPACT%20Network | ePACT Network is an online emergency network. Users build networks of family, friends, and organizations, store and exchange information and access web and mobile communication tools for use in a crisis.
ePACT is built by ePACT Network Ltd., a software company located in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. The company is a graduate of Vancouver tech accelerator, GrowLab (now Highline, a participant in the Canadian Technology Accelerator, TechWomen and 48Hrs in the Valley programs in San Francisco, and has been recognized as one of Ready to Rocket, a business recognition program for BC’s tech sector, 'ICT Emerging Rockets’. The ePACT team has received numerous awards, including North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year and Western Economic Diversification WINN program.
History
ePACT Network Ltd. was founded by Christine Sommers and Kirsten Koppang-Telford in January, 2012. The idea for ePACT came from Ayumi, a survivor of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, who was separated from her family and unable to contact them by text, landline or cellular phone after the disaster. A day after the earthquake hit, Ayumi was finally able to communicate via email with her parents, finding out her family had survived the natural disasters that hit her hometown of Fukushima
ePACT was in closed beta from May 2012 to July 2013 with several elementary schools, daycares, sports teams and a secondary school in the Lower Mainland of Vancouver, BC.
The system was subsequently made available for families and organizations to use anywhere in the world; however, it is currently only offered in English. As the Official Emergency Preparedness Sponsor, ePACT was used in the Medical Tent by support personnel managing response to medical crises for athletes participating in the 2013 Challenge Penticton triathlon on August 25. The system was used to alert medical staff to any medical considerations about athletes brought into the tent, such as allergies, medications they were taking, recent illnesses or injuries that could impact their health or response to medical care. The system was also used by support staff to contact the friends and relatives of athletes in the Medical Team to alert them to their location and let them know when they were released at point of recovery, or if they were taken by ambulance to the hospital for additional care.
In 2014, ePACT was adopted by sports organizations across Canada, before moving into the Parks & Recreation market in Canada and the United States. partnering with the National Recreation and Parks Association.
Features
Family users create an ePACT account to securely store emergency information, such as medical details and emergency contacts, for each member of their household. They then build a support network of family, friends and organizations (like schools or sports team) who support them. Families either send invites to friends or relatives they would like to connect with, or they receive invites from org |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20urban%20rail%20systems%20in%20Japan | The list of urban rail systems in Japan lists urban rail transit systems in Japan, organized by , including number of stations, length (km), and average daily and annual ridership volume. Data is shown only for those areas designated as by the Statistics Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Considerations
There are several considerations for the data presented in this list.
Station count
Data is broken down at the line level, then rolled up for each specific railway operator. The total station count for each operator is a "unique station" count—an interchange or transfer station between two lines operated by the same company is counted as a single station. As a result, summing together the station counts for all of the lines under a single railway operator will generally yield a value greater than the total station count cited for the operator.
Some station pairs are officially considered interchanges by their respective railway operators despite having different names (e.g., Tameike-Sannō and Kokkai-gijidō-mae on the Tokyo Metro and Tenjin and Tenjin-Minami on the Fukuoka City Subway). As such stations have different names, however, they are counted as separate stations in this list.
Length
In a similar fashion to the station count, length is counted as route kilometers, but only considers "unique" segments. The following considerations are relevant for the lengths referenced in the tables.
Intra-company considerations
Generally, multiple-track sections classified under the same line name and without operational segregation into separate lines are only counted once, not twice. Examples include the quadruple-track sections of the Keihan Main Line and Tōbu Isesaki Line, which are only counted once because fast (i.e., limited-stop) and slow (i.e., local or all-stop) services are branded together as a single line, not separately as distinct lines.
Other cases include double junctions where a double-track branch line ties into a double-track main line, permitting interlining of the branch line with the main line. Examples include Keiō Sagamihara Line trains that continue past Chōfu Station onto the Keiō Line. In this situation, the trackage of the Keiō Sagamihara Line is counted as only the section between Chōfu and Hashimoto Station, while the double-track section east of Chōfu is counted under the Keiō Line, following traditional conventions for railway line nomenclature in Japan.
Likewise, double-track segments shared by lines under the same operator are only counted once. Examples include the Yamanote Freight Line between Ikebukuro and Ōsaki, a segment shared by the Saikyō Line and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line. In this situation, the trackage is counted only once, under the Saikyō Line. Similarly, tabulations for the larger tram systems with a high degree of interlining, such as Hiroshima Electric Railway, also consider only unique segments, and sections where multiple routes overlap are only counted once.
However, if t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piko%20%28singer%29 | is a male Japanese pop singer signed to the Sony Music Entertainment sub-label Ki/oon Music. He became popular on the Internet through the video sharing network Nico Nico Douga. His fans call him , a fan-made word to describe his wide vocal range that includes notes typical of both male and female voice types.
His kaomoji is "ﾋﾟωﾟｺ". As a Vocaloid producer, he uses the name Chuutoro-P.
Biography
Piko began music as the vocalist of a band during his second year of high school, and continued activities in the music department of his college.
In 2007, while browsing the music cover section of popular internet video-sharing site Nico Nico Douga, Piko's mother encouraged him to upload his own covers and he became widely popular on this site. His Nico Nico username and stage name comes from the name of a pet dog he has.
He is good friends with another Ryouseirui on Nico Nico Douga called Sekihan. They formed a group called Akapiko Hammer (赤ピコ飯まー☆) and often make songs comedic. Piko was also friends with vocaloid producer samfree.
His kaomoji is also his logo and the design for his hand puppet, a mouse which has been affectionately called "Pikochu". However, many people misunderstand it as a cat.
On July 22, 2009, he released his first physical single, "Thanatos" feat. Tissue Hime and later made his major debut with Ki/oon Records at a concert at Shibuya AX on March 27, 2010. Piko's major debut single "Story" was released October 13, 2010. Then, he concentrated on performing many songs of anime. His second major single, "Wasurenagusa", was released in December 2010 and was used as the Ending theme for the anime Tegami Bachi REVERSE. On March 9, 2011, his 4th major single, "Sakurane" was chosen as an ending theme for the anime Gin Tama. On August 15, 2012, his 7th major single "Make My Day" which was used as the opening track for the anime Binbougami ga!. On June 5, 2013, his 8th major single "Kotonoha , produced by samfree was used as the ending theme for the anime Katanagatari (Noitamina version).
Piko's first album after debut, "1PIKO", was released on May 11, 2011, and his second album, "2PIKO", was released on May 30, 2012. His cover album, "Hitokoe −42701340-", an album of vocaloid songs, was released on February 20, 2013. His first Best Collection Album, "PIKOllection Best+4" was released on February 20, 2013. His third album, Pathfinder, was released on May 1, 2019. His fourth album, 柩 -HITSUGI-, was released on March 8, 2023.
Piko provided the voice for "Utatane Piko", a Vocaloid library from Sony Music Distribution which uses the Vocaloid2 engine. It was released on December 8, 2010.
Discography
Singles
Albums
DVD
References
External links
1988 births
Anime musicians
Japanese male pop singers
Japanese rhythm and blues singers
Ki/oon Music artists
Living people
Singers_from_Kobe
Vocaloid musicians
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers
Vocaloid voice providers
Utaite |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace-based%20simulation | In computer science, trace-based simulation refers to system simulation performed by looking at traces of program execution or system component access with the purpose of performance prediction.
Trace-based simulation may be used in a variety of applications, from the analysis of solid state disks to the message passing performance on very large computer clusters.
Traced-based simulators usually have two components: one that executes actions and stores the results (i.e. traces) and another which reads the log files of traces and interpolates them to new (and often more complex) scenarios.
For instance, in the case of large computer cluster design, the execution takes place on a small number of nodes, and traces are left in log files. The simulator reads those log files and simulates performance on a much larger number of nodes, thus providing a view of the performance of very large applications, based on the execution traces on a much smaller number of nodes.
See also
BIGSIM
References
Cluster computing
Computer optimization |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Gadget | Gary Gadget (called Mulle Meck in Sweden and Masa Mainio in Finland) is a series of computer games originally published in Sweden by Levande Böcker. The series debuted in 1997. Since then, five games have been published, one of which has been translated into English. There are also translations into other languages. In Germany, four games were published by the company Terzio Verlag. Gary Gadget is called Willy Werkel in German. All five games have been translated into Dutch and published by the company Transposia. Gary Gadget is called Miel Monteur in Dutch.
The computer games are based on the Swedish children's book series of the same name, by George Johansson and Jens Ahlbom.
Platforms
All five parts are available for Windows, four of them also for Apple Mac, except for the computer game Bygg flygplan med Mulle Meck.
Game Mechanics
In all of the five published games about Gary Gadget there are some elements that always persist. Depending on the game you are playing the objective of the game is to build a certain thing, ranging from cars and ships to spacecraft. You always start from Gary's base of operations, which differ from game to game, where the actual building takes place. You build through a drag and drop-system by dragging fitting parts from Gary's storage house onto a template of the thing that you are building.
The games don't have a final objective. Instead, you gather parts, keep building new things and explore the world.
Content
The computer games are about a man named Gary Gadget, a general handyman who throughout the five games builds cars, ships, planes, houses and space ships.
Bygg bilar med Mulle Meck (Gary Gadget: Building Cars)
In the first video game, Bygg bilar med Mulle Meck, published in 1997, Gary builds cars from various parts and junk that he finds and drives through the town. You can find new parts at random on the ground while driving through the in-game map. You can also receive parts from Gary's friend Freddy Ferrick, the scrap dealer, who gives Gary car parts at random instances in the game. Freddy also often loses his dog which you can bring back to him. Gary gets orders from different people during the video game, which the player should fulfill.
The first game is the only one which has been published in English so far.
Bygg båtar med Mulle Meck
In the second game Bygg båtar med Mulle Meck, published in 1998, Gary builds ships. In the beginning, the player learns that Gary has driven down a road in a car and wanted to know how to go on. So Gary made a rowing boat and paddled along. Gary reaches a shipyard. There, the owner asks him to take care of the yard, while she goes sailing around the world. In this game, Gary receives again tasks which the player must fulfill. The parts for building his ships are bought from Doris Digital.
Bygg flygplan med Mulle Meck
In the third game Bygg flygplan med Mulle Meck, published in 2000, the player gets to know that Gary has found the abandoned hangar of two |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computed%20tomography%20imaging%20spectrometer | The computed tomography imaging spectrometer (CTIS) is a snapshot imaging spectrometer which can produce in fine the three-dimensional (i.e. spatial and spectral) hyperspectral datacube of a scene.
History
The CTIS was conceived separately by Takayuki Okamoto and Ichirou Yamaguchi at Riken (Japan), and by F. Bulygin and G. Vishnakov in Moscow (Russia). The concept was subsequently further developed by Michael Descour, at the time a PhD student at the University of Arizona, under the direction of Prof. Eustace Dereniak.
The first research experiments based on CTIS imaging were conducted in the fields of molecular biology. Several improvements of the technology have been proposed since then, in particular regarding the hardware: dispersive elements providing more information on the datacube, enhanced calibration of the system. The enhancement of the CTIS was also fueled by the general development of bigger image sensors. For academic purposes, although not as widely used as other spectrometers, CTIS has been employed in applications ranging from the military to ophthalmology and astronomy.
Image formation
Optical layout
The optical layout of a CTIS instrument is shown on the left part of the top image. A field stop is placed at the image plane of an objective lens, after which a lens collimates the light before it passes through a disperser (such as a grating or a prism). Finally, a re-imaging lens maps the dispersed image of the field stop onto a large-format detector array.
Resulting image
The information that the CTIS acquires can be seen as the three-dimensional datacube of the scene. Of course, this cube does not exist in physical space as mechanical objects do, but this representation helps to gain intuition on what the image is capturing: As seen in the figure on the right, the shapes on the image can be considered as projections (in a mechanical sense) of the datacube.
The central projection, called the 0th order of diffraction, is the sum of the datacube following the spectral axis (hence, this projection acts as a panchromatic camera). In the image of the "5" on the right, one can clearly read the number in the central projection, but with no information regarding the spectre of the light.
All the other projections result from "looking" at the cube obliquely and hence contain a mixture of spatial and spectral information. From a discrete point of view where the datacube is considered as a set of spectral slices (as in the figure above, where two such slices are represented in purple and red), one can understand these projections as a partial spread of the stack of slices, similarly to a magician spreading his cards in order for an audience member to pick one of them. It is important to note that for typical spectral dispersions and the typical size of a sensor, the spectral information of a given slice is heavily overlapping with the one from other neighboring slices. In the "5" image, one can see in the side projections that |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Tarbotton | Rebecca Tarbotton (30 July 1973 – 26 December 2012) was a Canadian environmental, human rights, and food activist, and the Executive Director of Rainforest Action Network.
Career and activism
Tarbotton began her environmental career doing research on indigenous communities on Baffin Island, in the far northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. Subsequently, Tarbotton spent eight years working under Helena Norberg-Hodge at the International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC). Tarbotton ran ISEC's programs in Ladakh, India, for several years, and later worked in their UK and US offices promoting local alternatives to economic globalization. She referred to her years at ISEC as the period "where the roots of my activism are."
Tarbotton led Rainforest Action Network as Executive Director beginning 3 August 2010, the first woman to hold the position in RAN's 27-year history. Before becoming Executive Director, Tarbotton led RAN's Global Finance Campaign, campaigning against some of the nation's most powerful private financial institutions to successfully negotiate for the creation of a sector-wide bank policy statement known as the Carbon Principles.
Tarbotton was a regular panelist at international and human rights conferences, has been featured in major international media outlets, and published numerous articles on her areas of expertise. She was a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and other major media outlets, and has been a fellow at the Oakland Institute, a BankTrack committee member, as well as an alumna of the Rockwood Leadership Institute and winner of the UK-based Derek Cooper Award for Investigative/Campaigning Journalism.
She died from drowning while swimming during a vacation to Mexico in 2012.
Education
A native of British Columbia, Tarbotton earned a bachelor's degree in Geography from McGill University and a master's degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia.
References
1973 births
2012 deaths
Accidental deaths in Mexico
Activists from the San Francisco Bay Area
Canadian women environmentalists
Deaths by drowning
McGill University Faculty of Science alumni
People from Oakland, California
People from Vancouver
University of British Columbia Faculty of Applied Science alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio%20Correia%20de%20Oliveira | António Correia de Oliveira (1879-1960) was a Portuguese poet. According to the Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Literature he was nominated 15 times without being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Life
António Correia de Oliveira was born in São Pedro do Sul, in the district of Viseu, in 1879.
He studied at the Seminary of Viseu, then went to Lisbon, where he worked briefly as a journalist at the Illustrated Diary.
He published his first work at the age of 16, Ladainha in 1897.
He was a companion of Raul Brandão and was influenced by Antero de Quental and Guerra Junqueiro.
In 1912, having married, he settled in the parish of Antas, municipality of Esposende, going to live for the Quinta do Belinho.
He was a poet, was one of the singers of Saudosismo, along with Teixeira de Pascoaes and others.
He was connected to the cultural movements of Lusitanian Integralism and the magazines.
He was decidedly monarchical, he became one of the unofficial poets of the Estado Novo, with numerous texts chosen for the unique Portuguese-language books of the primary and secondary education system.
Correia de Oliveira was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature for the first time in 1933, having been nominated a total of fifteen times in nine years (1933 to 1940 and 1942).
The same winner of 1945, the Chilean Gabriela Mistral, who had served as Cultural Attaché in Lisbon, publicly stated in the solemn act that he did not deserve the prize, with the author of Verbo Ser and Verbo Amar being present.
He was the third Portuguese to be nominated for Nobel Of Literature, after João da Câmara in 1901 and João Bonança in 1907, but he is the Portuguese who is known for the greatest number of nominations, along with Maria Madalena de Martel Patrício who has fourteen.
António Correia de Oliveira died in the parish of Antas, Esposende, in the district of Braga, in 1960.
Family
He was the father of José Gonçalo Correia de Oliveira (1921-1976), Minister of Economy between 1965 and 1968.
Works
Ladainha (1897, Lisboa, Typ. do Commercio)
Eiradas (1899, Lisboa, Antiga Casa Bertrand - José Bastos)
Cantigas (1902, Lisboa, Livr. Ferin)
Raiz (1903, Coimbra, França Amado)
Ara (1904, Lisboa, Livraria Ferreira)
Parábolas (1905, Lisboa, Ferreira de Oliveira)
Tentações de San Frei Gil (1907, Lisboa, Ferreira & Oliveira)
O Pinheiro Exilado (1907, Lisboa, Livraria Ferreira; Typ. do Annuario Commercial)
Elogio dos Sentidos (1908, Porto, Magalhães & Moniz)
Alma Religiosa (1910, Porto, Magalhães & Moniz)
Dizeres do Povo (1911, Esposende, Typ. de José da Silva Vieira)
Auto das Quatro Estações (1911, Lisboa, Cernadas)
Romarias (1912, Porto)
Vida e História da Árvore (1913, Belinho)
A Criação (1913, Viana, Typ. Modelo)
Menino (1914, Paris; Lisboa, Aillaud e Bertrand)
Os teus Sonetos (1914, Lisboa, Livr. Aillaud e Bertrand)
A Minha Terra (1915-1917, 10 volumes)
A Alma das Árvores (1918, Rio de Janeiro; Paris; Lisboa, Francisco Alves, Aillaud e Bertrand)
Estas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20LLC%20v.%20Oracle%20America%2C%20Inc. | Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision related to the nature of computer code and copyright law. The dispute centered on the use of parts of the Java programming language's application programming interfaces (APIs) and about 11,000 lines of source code, which are owned by Oracle (through subsidiary, Oracle America, Inc., originating from Sun Microsystems), within early versions of the Android operating system by Google. Google has since transitioned Android to a copyright-unburdened engine without the source code, and has admitted to using the APIs but claimed this was within fair use.
Oracle initiated the suit arguing that the APIs were copyrightable, seeking in damages from Google's sales and licensing of the earlier infringing versions of Android. While two District Court-level jury trials found in favor of Google, the Federal Circuit court reversed both decisions, holding that APIs are copyrightable and Google's use does not fall under fair use. Google successfully petitioned to the Supreme Court to hear the case in the 2019 term, focusing on the copyrightability of APIs and subsequent fair use; the case was delayed to the 2020 term due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6–2 decision that Google's use of the Java APIs fell within the four factors of fair use, bypassing the question on the copyrightability of the APIs. The decision reversed the Federal Circuit ruling and remanded the case for further review.
The case has been of significant interest within the tech and software industries, as numerous computer programs and software libraries, particularly in open source, are developed by recreating the functionality of APIs from commercial or competing products to aid developers in interoperability between different systems or platforms.
Background
Java development
Java was originally developed at Sun Microsystems starting in December 1990. It included a new programming language, a virtual machine, and a set of libraries for use with the language. These libraries are documented for programmers via application programming interfaces (APIs), which tell programmers what information to provide to library functions and what results to expect back, eliminating any need for the programmer to know how the library they are using does what it does. These libraries together provide the "Java virtual machine" which programmers write programs to use (run upon). The common way in which a common set of libraries are used across all "Java virtual machines" allows for interoperability, or as marketed by Sun, "Write once, run anywhere"; a programmer need only create one version of their software which, because of the single group of APIs common to all Java virtual machines, can thus be run on any computing platform that supports Java.
The Java language was released to the public in 1995, under the Sun Community Source License, making the source code freely available b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah%27s%20Book%20Club%202.0 | Oprah's Book Club 2.0 is a book club founded June 1, 2012, by Oprah Winfrey in a joint project between OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and O: The Oprah Magazine. The club is a re-launch of the original Oprah's Book Club, which ran for 15 years and ended in 2011, but as the "2.0" name suggests, digital media is the new focus. It incorporates the use of various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter) and e-readers that allow for the quoting and uploading of passages and notes for discussion, among other features.
On March 25, 2019, Apple Inc. and Oprah announced a revival of a video version of Oprah's Book Club that will air on Apple TV+.
History
The book club was announced June 1, 2012. Critics at the time pointed out that her online audience was not as large as it was previously with network television, and the new club would be a test if she still had the "Oprah Effect" with the reading public to create hits as before. As the New York Times Book Review reported a few months later, in the August 19 issue, Cheryl Strayed's Wild had dropped off the New York Times Best Seller List by May 20, but after its selection by Oprah in early June, it reached No. 1 Non-fiction by July 15, and stayed there for many weeks, thus, said the Times, confirming the "Oprah Effect" still worked.
Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selections
Controversies
On January 21, 2020, Oprah announced her next book club selection would be American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. The novel, about a Mexican woman fleeing to America after being targeted by a drug cartel, came under scrutiny as Cummins was a white woman with no connection to Mexico and marketing for the book claimed she had a special connection to the material because her husband had at one point been an undocumented immigrant without ever revealing he was a white Irishman. 142 authors including R. O. Kwon, Tommy Orange and Valeria Luiselli penned an open letter asking Oprah to rescind her endorsement of the book.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell was originally selected for March 2020, but dropped after Russell was accused, without evidence, of plagiarizing Wendy C. Ortiz's 2014 memoir Excavation. According to the Associated Press, "Reviewers who looked at both books saw no evidence of plagiarism."
References
External links
Oprah's Book Club 2.0, official website.
Video announcement.
Book Club 2.0
2012 establishments in the United States
Book promotion |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiMPLE | CiMPLE is a visual programming language that tries to visually mimic procedural languages like C/C++.
Created by robo.in, a venture by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay alumni, using C++ on a Qt 4.+ cross-platform application framework, CiMPLE was awarded by Nokia as the First Qt/C++ Ambassador Application. Motivation to create CiMPLE was to help do away for rote memorization of language syntax while programming a robotic kit.
References
Visual programming languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDMI-LD | WDMI-LD virtual channel 62, redirected from channel 26, is a digital low-power Christian television station in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its main affiliation is with the Daystar network. It broadcasts with a 15 kW signal from its Arden Hills, Minnesota tower, which it shares with stations KTCJ-LD channel 50, a Cornerstone Television Network affiliate, and Global Christian Network(GCN) affiliate KHVM-LD channel 48. The station's tower was hit by lightning around Memorial Day 2010, forcing all three stations to temporarily go silent. WDMI-LD used this as an opportunity to convert from analog to digital, and returned to the air faster than either KHVM-LD or KTCJ-LD.
Digital channels
External links
Daystar website
RabbitEars.info website
Low-power television stations in Minnesota
Television stations in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Television channels and stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in Minnesota |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully%20qualified%20name | In computer programming, a fully qualified name is an unambiguous name that specifies which object, function, or variable a call refers to without regard to the context of the call. In a hierarchical structure, a name is fully qualified when it "is complete in the sense that it includes (a) all names in the hierarchic sequence above the given element and (b) the name of the given element itself."
Programming
Fully qualified names explicitly refer to namespaces that would otherwise be implicit because of the scope of the call. While always done to eliminate ambiguity, this can mean different things dependent on context.
Commonly encountered applications of the notion have been given their own names, such as the fully qualified domain name and the fully qualified file name.
Examples
To distinguish a fully qualified name from a regular name, C++, Tcl, Perl and Ruby use two colons (::), and Java uses dots (.), as does Visual Basic .NET. and C#. In Java, ActionScript, and other object-oriented languages the use of the dot is known as "dot syntax". Other examples include:
As an example of a relational database, in Microsoft SQL Server the fully qualified name of an object is the one that specifies all four parts: server_name.[database_name].[schema_name].object_name.
In Perl, a fully qualified scalar ($scalar) that is in the package package2 would be referred to as $package2::scalar
In Ruby, the fully qualified name of a class is the name of such class with all its parent modules, as Vehicles::Cars::Factory would be the fully qualified name of Factory class within Cars module within Vehicles module.
In COBOL, a fully qualified data item name can be created by suffixing a potentially ambiguous identifier with an (or ) phrase. For example, multiple data item records might contain a member item named , so specifying serves to disambiguate a specific data item, specifically, the one that is a member of the parent data item. Multiple clauses may be necessary to fully disambiguate a given identifier, for example, . This syntax is equivalent to the "dotted" notation employed in many object-oriented programming languages, but with the identifiers specified in reverse order.
Filenames and paths
The term fully qualified file name (or FQFN) means a file on a computer whose exact name is completely specified such that it is unambiguous and cannot be mistaken for any other file on that computer system. It is somewhat equivalent on the Internet to a URL specifying the full name of the computer and the entire name of a particular document as a file. The alternative is an unqualified file name or a partially qualified file name.
On Unix-style systems, DOS, and Microsoft Windows, the name "sample" refers to a file in the current directory named "sample". If the current directory is changed, then the file referred to by the name "sample" is different. If you start the filename with "/" indicating the root directory as in "/Users/Name/sample", th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco%20Cangi | Francesco Cangi (born 15 December 1982) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Sansepolcro.
References
External links
Francesco Cangi at Footballdatabase
1982 births
Living people
People from Città di Castello
Italian men's footballers
Hellas Verona FC players
FC Crotone players
AC Perugia Calcio players
US Cremonese players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from the Province of Perugia
Men's association football forwards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-form%20deformation | In computer graphics, free-form deformation (FFD) is a geometric technique used to model simple deformations of rigid objects. It is based on the idea of enclosing an object within a cube or another hull object, and transforming the object within the hull as the hull is deformed. Deformation of the hull is based on the concept of so-called hyper-patches, which are three-dimensional analogs of parametric curves such as Bézier curves, B-splines, or NURBs. The technique was first described by Thomas W. Sederberg and Scott R. Parry in 1986, and is based on an earlier technique by Alan Barr. It was extended by Coquillart to a technique described as extended free-form deformation, which refines the hull object by introducing additional geometry or by using different hull objects such as cylinders and prisms.
Applications
Free-Form Deformation is used in computer graphics for solid geometric models. For example, the Lattice Modifier in Blender (software).
It is used in the image registration in both rigid and non-rigid transformation.
References
External links
3D Free-form Deformation
C++ Library
Geometry in computer vision
Graphic design
Curves |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXIF | DXIF (729 AM) Bombo Radyo is a radio station owned and operated by Bombo Radyo Philippines through its licensee Newsounds Broadcasting Network. Its studio is located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, Palad Bldg. Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Taboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental.
It was formerly situated on 1188 kHz from its inception on December 30, 1987 to April 22, 2011. It went back on air on its current frequency a couple of days later. Meanwhile, DXRU was launched on the former's old frequency. Its current frequency was originally owned by P.N. Roa Broadcasting System under the call letters DXOR from 1970 to 2005.
References
Radio stations in Cagayan de Oro
Radio stations established in 1987 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotter%20Network | The Spotter Network (SN) is a system that utilizes storm spotter and chaser reports of location and severe weather in a centralized framework for use by coordinators such as emergency managers, Skywarn and related spotter organizations, and the National Weather Service. It uses GPS to provide accurate and automated position data of storm spotters and chasers for coordination and reporting, which in turn provides ground truth to public servants engaged in the protection of life and property. The network is a combination of locally installed software for position and status reporting and web-based processing, mapping, and reporting.
The original Spotter Network was developed by Tyler Allison. The current president of the organization is John Wetter. It became operational in April 2006 and quickly grew to over 100 spotters. Several National Weather Service (NWS) employees and other officials soon took an interest in the capabilities it brings to them to integrate ground truth provided by spotters into their operational responsibilities. Subsequent versions of the network expanded the coordinator and reporting capabilities, and NWS eSpotter integration was completed in early September 2006.
Spotters must pass an online test of storm structure and basic meteorology in order to use the system. All reports are also reviewed for quality control purposes. Contact information is provided by users and can be controlled to reach the all users (the general public) or selectively to reach emergency managers and NWS officials. SN features GIS capabilities for use with external websites and apps.
Several papers have been written on the use of the Spotter Network in meteorological research and operations such as:
Emerging Technologies in the Field to Improve Information in Support of Operations and Research
The Digital Revolution of Storm Spotting Modernizations of Training, Tracking, and Reporting
Enriching the Modern Day Storm Spotter Through Technology & Education Enhancements
The SN is officially a Minnesota non-profit corporation, and is recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the IRS and is run as an organization of like-minded individuals taking input from the various communities that it serves and making the output available to any and all who are interested in severe weather.
The SN has a Board of Directors and an advisory committee made up professional meteorologists, storm spotters, storm chasers, emergency response personnel, and NWS officials.
On February 26, 2017, storm chasers paid respects to 'Twister' star Bill Paxton by arranging their position indicators to form the initials BP.
See also
Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)
Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
Radio Emergency Associated Communication Teams (REACT)
References
External links
SpotterNetwork website
Twitter account
Facebook page
NWS Skywarn h |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univision%20America | Univision America (stylized as Univision AMerica) was a Spanish-language talk radio network produced and distributed by Univision Communications. It was launched on July 4, 2012 on 9 U.S. AM radio stations in California, Texas, Illinois, Nevada, and Florida. As of March 2014, it added one FM station in New York. The stations are all owned and operated by Univision Radio (now known as Uforia Audio Network). The network featured local, national and international news, weather and traffic updates, as well as shows focused on the issues that matter most to Hispanics.
In 2015, Univision America's roster of programs were gradually canceled in a restructuring effort. The AM network was deemed unprofitable and was retooled to a music and paid programming format. The network's website redirected to a local website of a lone Univision America affiliate in Los Angeles. While the former affiliates in Texas switched to a Spanish-language Contemporary Christian music format under the "Amor Celestial" branding, many other affiliates opted to keep the News/Talk format with up-to-date local headlines, weather, and sports scores as well as remnants of this network's programming.
All the stations that previously broadcast this network are now affiliated with Univision Deportes Radio, which launched in early 2017. In 2019, it was rebranded as TUDN Radio.
See also
Univision Communications
Univision Radio
References
External links
Official Univision America website
Univision Radio Network stations
Defunct radio networks in the United States
Spanish-language radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2012
Radio stations disestablished in 2015
Defunct radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National-Report | The National-Report is the Colombian music industry standard singles popularity chart tracking company. Chart rankings are based on radio play and issued weekly. The data are compiled by monitoring radio stations through an automated system in real-time. National-Report also monitors data from Venezuela and Ecuador. The company provides the Top 100 Nacional, with only the first 20 positions released to the public, and the rest of the chart only available for subscribers.
Records, milestones and achievements
This is a listing of significant achievements and milestones based upon the National-Report Top 100 Nacional.
Song achievements
Most weeks at number one
19 weeks
Carlos Vives ft Shakira — "La Bicicleta" (2016)
18 weeks
ChocQuibTown — "Cuando te veo" (2015)
16 weeks
Carlos Vives — "Volví a Nacer" (2012–13)
15 weeks
Maluma — "Borró Cassette" (2015)
13 weeks
Carlos Vives featuring Michel Teló — "Como Le Gusta A Tu Cuerpo" (2013)
11 weeks
Carlos Vives featuring ChocQuibTown — "El Mar de Sus Ojos" (2014)
Enrique Iglesias featuring Gente de Zona & Descemer Bueno — "Bailando" (2014–15)
Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee – "Despacito" (2017)
10 weeks
Carlos Vives — "Bailar Contigo" (2013)
Carlos Vives — "La Foto de los Dos" (2013–14)
Felipe Pelaez — "Vestirse de Amor (La Flor)" (2016)
Artist achievements
Most number one singles
References
External links
Official Site (In Spanish) (Weekly charts)
Genre Charts
Colombian record charts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sunday%20Footy%20Show%20%28AFL%29 | The AFL Sunday Footy Show is an Australian rules football program aired on the Nine Network on Sunday mornings at 10am to 12pm hosted by Tony Jones with a panel consisting of Damian Barrett, Nathan Brown, Matthew Lloyd and Kane Cornes.
History and synopsis
The Sunday Footy Show was the original incarnation of the Footy Show and was based on the footy show for rugby league which had debuted earlier in 1992. Following its success in 1993, it was decided to present a special Grand Final edition with a live studio audience. The success of this special meant that the Thursday night show was to be installed as a permanent fixture in the Nine schedule. The Sunday Footy Show discusses the weekend's matches so far, showing scores and highlights and interviews players from the sides that have played that round. Before the Nine Network obtained the TV rights to AFL matches. The program was a lighter look at the AFL with a panel hosted by Max Walker and featured the likes of Sam Kekovich, Sam Newman, Ted Whitten and Lou Richards on the panel. It has had numerous formats over the years, but is currently back to a traditional panel program that the show had originally.
Garry Lyon replaced Walker as host in 2000 with many of the panel from the original show replaced over time, with Brian Taylor, Dermott Brereton and Billy Brownless joining as regulars. Nine News Melbourne sports presenter Tony Jones who produced the show while Lyon was host went into the role in 2006 when Lyon became host of the Thursday night program. Jones was host until the end of the 2008 season when he was replaced by James Brayshaw. Mark Bickley and Danny Frawley also left the show at the end of the 2008 season due to other interest, being replaced by the recently retired Shane Crawford and Nathan Thompson. The following year, Taylor due to his commitments with Fox Sports and Peter Larkins, who was the shows resident doctor both left to make room for Damien Barrett and Nathan Brown. In November 2011, Nine announced that Brayshaw would be stepping down as host due to having many commitments, Simon O'Donnell was announced as his replacement while Brereton also left and was replaced by Matthew Lloyd, however in November 2012, Nine announced that O'Donnell left the network and Craig Hutchison was announced as his replacement for 2013.
Lou Richards was part of the Sunday Footy Show until the end of 2008, when he left due to illness. However, they continue to pay tribute with "Lou's Handball", a segment where players from opposing teams are pitted against each other in a handball target practice, and "Lou's Showcase", which is a showcase of prizes given to special guests. The segment discontinued at the end of 2013 but returned in 2019.
There was controversy on The Sunday Footy Show on 12 August 2007 when former North Melbourne Football Club captain Wayne Carey responded to criticisms from Nathan Thompson by mocking Thompson's well-publicised bout with depression. In addition, on returnin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20data%20analysis | Symbolic data analysis (SDA) is an extension of standard data analysis where symbolic data tables are used as input and symbolic objects are made output as a result. The data units are called symbolic since they are more complex than standard ones, as they not only contain values or categories, but also include internal variation and structure. SDA is based on four spaces: the space of individuals, the space of concepts, the space of descriptions, and the space of symbolic objects. The space of descriptions models individuals, while the space of symbolic objects models concepts.
References
Further reading
External links
Symbolic Data Analysis: Conceptual Statistics and Data Mining
An introduction to symbolic data analysis and its Application to the Sodas Project by Edwin Diday
R2S: An R package to transform relational data into symbolic data
Data analysis
Computational statistics
Statistical programming languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAVCOMMSTA | Naval Communications Station may refer to:
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Naples, Italy
NAVCOMMSTA Diego Garcia
NAVCOMMSTA Canberra at HMAS Harman
NAVCOMMSTA Puerto Rico at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico
NAVCOMSTAPHIL, United States Naval Communications Station San Miguel, Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeobit | Zeobit LLC (stylized ZeoBIT) was a technology and software company formed in 2009 by CEO Slava Kolomiychuk and located in Sunnyvale, California. The company specialized in computer security software and internet security. As of December 2016, it is no longer in business.
Zeobit is best known for the bundled utility software MacKeeper. The software has received mixed reviews with reviewers being very divided as to the effectiveness of the product.
History
Zeobit LLC was incorporated in September 2009 in the US State of California by Slava Kolomiychuk. Zeobit has a management headquarters in Sunnyvale, California and partnership offices in Europe and Asia that house developers and the customer support. In March 2010 their first product, MacKeeper (for macOS) was released and in September 2010 PCKeeper (for Microsoft Windows) was released.
On May 13, 2010, the first beta version of MacKeeper, version 0.8, was released.
On October 4, 2010, PCKeeper (MacKeeper's equivalent for Windows PCs) (version 1.1.48) was released.
On October 26, 2010, Zeobit released MacKeeper 1.0.
On January 30, 2012, MacKeeper 2.0 was released with updates in security, data control, cleaning and optimization.
In 2014, a Pennsylvania woman filed a class action lawsuit against Zeobit LLC, claiming that the company's computer security program identifies problems that don't exist and generates false error messages to scare users into purchasing an upgrade. (see Holly Yencha, et al. v. Zeobit LLC, Case No. 2:13-cv-00578, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.) According to the complaint filed in US District court, "Once installed, MacKeeper prompts the user to conduct a diagnostic scan", the MacKeeper class action lawsuit says. "This scan purportedly detects errors that lead to the problems identified in Zeobit's marketing materials (i.e., performance issues, security and privacy threats)—problems that MacKeeper is supposedly designed to fix." However, the Zeobit class action lawsuit alleges that after the diagnostic scan is completed, MacKeeper reports that it identified thousands of issues that cause the computer to be in "critical" condition. While the trial version of MacKeeper purports to "fix" a limited number of the issues, customers are encouraged to purchase a full, registered version of the security software to fully repair the computer. Yencha alleges that neither the free trial nor the full versions of MacKeeper perform reliable diagnostic testing of the computer. "Instead, Zeobit intentionally designed MacKeeper to invariably and ominously report that a user's Mac needs repair and is at-risk due to harmful (but fabricated) errors, privacy threats, and other computer problems, regardless of the computer's actual condition", the class action lawsuit alleges. The Class Action was settled in 2015 with no admission of wrongdoing and customers were given refunds.
Products
MacKeeper
MacKeeper is utility software for macOS that cla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer%20System%20Ten | The Singer System Ten was a small-business computer manufactured by the Singer Corporation. The System Ten, introduced in 1970, featured an early form of logical partitioning.
The System Ten was a character-oriented computer, using 6-bit BCD characters and decimal arithmetic.
In the early 1960s, The Singer Sewing Machine Company had a dominant share of the world market in domestic and small industrial sewing machines. By 1962, its chain of retail stores were selling their machines, fabrics, haberdashery and patterns – everything for the housewife who made clothes and furnishings. There were 175 retail stores in the U.S., and many in Europe as well. Like many chains of small retail stores with a wide product range, stock control and stock swapping were critical to cash flow and profits. Under the leadership of its CEO, Donald P Kircher, Singer therefore approached several computer manufacturers, inviting them to bid for the design and manufacture of computers which could connect to the several tills in each store, and act as the central point for collecting real-time information on stocks and sales. IBM and NCR, then the world’s largest computer companies, rejected the offer to bid, and so did some others. The only company to take up the challenge was Friden, an American company based in San Leandro, California which made desktop calculators and accounting machines based on punched paper tape. Singer accepted Friden’s bid.
In 1965, Singer bought out Friden, setting it up as Singer Business Machines. It then designed a computer, originally called the Business Data Processor (BDP) and soon renamed the System Ten. In 1969, Singer Business Machines created a subsidiary, the Advanced Systems Division, in each Western European country to launch and market the Singer System Ten. Newly appointed Managers and Directors were trained in the technology and the marketing strategy, and the Singer System Ten was launched throughout Europe on 2 April 1970.
The design of the System Ten was revolutionary, because of the special requirements of what are now called "point of sale" systems. The machine had no operating system that scheduled the use of the processor: instead, it would have up to 20 'partitions' each of which had dedicated memory of up to 10 kilobytes, and a common area that all partitions could access, limited initially to 10K in the earlier models but expanded up to 100K in later ones. The system was called the System Ten because it performed all of its computations in decimal, as opposed to its counterparts which operated in binary. (It was never called "System 10", with or without a hyphen, although many countries tried to rename it. In Spain, the complaint was that "System Ten" means "Hold the system!").
Each partition in turn would handle up to 10 I/O devices, depending on the partition type. For devices such as terminals, printers, card readers and punches, a Multi-Terminal IOC (input-output channel) was installed, which ran at about 20 kbit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridiano | Meridiano (in English, meridian) may refer to
Meridiano, São Paulo
Diario Meridiano, a Venezuelan sports newspaper
Meridiano Televisión, a Venezuelan sports network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diario%20Meridiano | Meridiano (Diario Meridiano) is a Venezuelan national daily sports newspaper owned by Bloque De Armas, which also owns the sports network Meridiano Televisión.
References
See also
List of newspapers in Venezuela
Meridiano
Meridiano
Sports mass media in Venezuela
Sports newspapers
Newspapers established in 1969 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Popple | James Popple (born 1964) is
CEO of the Law Council of Australia.
He is also
an Honorary Professor in the College of Law and the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University,
and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.
He was
President of the ANU's Postgraduate and Research Students' Association (1990–91);
associate to High Court Justice Mary Gaudron (1995);
Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Australia (1996–98);
a senior executive in the Australian Attorney-General's Department (1998–2010);
the first Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner (2010–14);
a Senior Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2015–17);
a Principal Reviewer at CPM Reviews Pty Ltd (2018);
a member of the Australian Anti-Dumping Review Panel (2018–21);
a member of the ACT Remuneration Tribunal (2018–22);
Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018–21);
and Official Secretary to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021–22).
He has been a member of the Council of Burgmann College, ANU since 1985.
As part of his PhD research at the ANU (1993), he developed a legal expert system called SHYSTER.
References
External links
:
:
1964 births
Living people
People from Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian lawyers
21st-century Australian lawyers
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Law
Australian computer scientists
Artificial intelligence researchers
Australian public servants
Australian chief executives
Australian National University alumni
Academic staff of the Australian National University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20region%20merging | Statistical region merging (SRM) is an algorithm used for image segmentation. The algorithm is used to evaluate the values within a regional span and grouped together based on the merging criteria, resulting in a smaller list. Some useful examples are creating a group of generations within a population, or in image processing, grouping a number of neighboring pixels based on their shades that fall within a particular threshold (Qualification Criteria).
For example, with 10 values of x (1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 3.2, 4.9, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6, 9, 10) within a range of 0 < x < 10, there can be a statistical region-merging algorithm that defines a merging criteria that can be applied to merge the given values into a smaller number of values.
For the given values, if the merging criterion is merely a threshold check which states that the distance of the selected values should be within 0.3 range and an average should be applied, then the result of the above values of x will be:
(1.7 + 1.8 + 1.9) / 3 = 5.4 / 3 = 1.8
3.2 = 3.2 / 1 = 3.2
4.9 = 4.9 / 1 = 4.9
(5.1 + 5.2 + 5.3) / 3 = 15.6 / 3 = 5.2
5.6 = 5.6 / 1 = 5.6
9 = 9 / 1 = 9
10 = 10 / 1 = 10
Thus, the resultant set will be 1.8, 3.2, 4.9, 5.2, 5.6, 9, 10. Note the result on SRM varies, based on the order in which the values are evaluated by the algorithm.
A major use of SRM is in image processing where higher number color palettes in an image are converted into lower number palettes by merging the similar colors' palettes together. The merging criteria include allowed color ranges, minimum size of a region, maximum size of a region, allowed number of platelets, etc.
There are several implementations available of SRM for color image segmentation:
Java, Matlab, Python, and a demo applet.
SRM has been used in many image applications, like ClickRemoval and Volume Catcher.
See also
Region growing
References
Image segmentation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundsella%20pedata | Edmundsella pedata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Description
This species has a distinctive pink-purple coloration over its entire body. In the Mediterranean it can grow to about 20 mm long, while specimens in the Atlantic Ocean may grow to 50 mm. The cerata have white rings at the tip and occur in bunches which are joined together at their bases. The extremities are an opaque white in colour. Normally, the digestive gland is red.
Distribution
Edmundsella pedata is found as far north as Trøndelag, Norway, around the entire British Isles, and down to the Mediterranean. Although it is a common species, it is seldom found in abundance.
Habitat
This species occurs, often solitary or in pairs, in sublittoral areas on hard substrate such as somewhat exposed rocky surfaces.
Diet
This sea slug eats Eudendrium (a kind of Hydrozoa). The exact species has been unclear, but in Denmark it is reportedly E. ramosum. It also lays a thin white egg ribbon or thread on the Eudendrium.
References
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
External links
Flabellinidae
Gastropods described in 1815 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperman | Paperman is a 2012 American black-and-white computer-cel animated romantic comedy short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Directed by John Kahrs, it blends traditional and computer animation, and features the voices of Kahrs and Kari Wahlgren in the leading roles.
The film was released on November 2, 2012 alongside Wreck-It Ralph. It earned positive reviews from critics and audiences, who particularly praised the animation and its storyline. At the 85th Academy Awards, it won Best Animated Short Film, the first short film produced by Disney to win an Academy Award since It's Tough to Be a Bird won at the 42nd Academy Awards in 1970. At the 40th Annie Awards, it won Best Animated Short Subject.
Plot
A young accountant named George is standing on an elevated train platform in the 1940s in New York City, holding a folder, when he is hit by a flying piece of paper. The paper is chased by a young woman named Meg who lost it to a gust of wind from a passing train. The same thing happens to George when a subsequent gust of wind from another incoming train dislodges one of the papers from his folder and blows it into Meg's face, leaving a lipstick-smudged kiss imprinted on the paper, much to his amusement when George retrieves it. He is entranced by the lipstick mark and Meg's beauty, and therefore misses her boarding the departing train. The two exchange looks as she departs.
George arrives at work, despondent, gazing at the lipstick-marked paper on his desk. He looks out the window and is surprised to find Meg in the building across the street, working in an office with an open window. After failing to get her attention by waving his arms, much to the annoyance of his boss, George begins folding airplanes from a stack of papers on his desk, throwing them out the window one by one in an attempt to get her to notice him. Unfortunately, his efforts are met with varying levels of failure, as well as disparaging looks from his boss. In desperation, having used all of the paper on his desk to no success, he uses the lipstick-marked paper, although this fails as well when a gust of wind tugs it from his hands. Meg then leaves the office, and George, rebuffing his boss, dashes from his desk. Rushing across a street of busy traffic, he fails to see which way she went, and only finds the final lipstick-marked paper airplane. Angered, he throws it hard and it soars into the sky.
It turns out many of the paper airplanes have collected in a nearby alley, and when the lipstick-marked paper airplane lands among them, they begin to stir and fly from the ground, seeming to come alive, and set off in pursuit of George. A cloud of paper airplanes forces him toward a nearby train station and onto a train, much to his confusion. Meanwhile, the lipstick-marked paper airplane sets off in pursuit of Meg, finding her at a flower stand. Recognizing the lipstick-marked paper, she chases the airplane to another train station and aboard a different train. They're |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Beck%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Frank Beck (28 December 1930 – 3 February 2020) was a British computer scientist who pioneered the application of user-interface hardware including the touchscreen, the computer-controlled knob and the video wall while working at CERN during the 1970s.
Early life
He was born as Franz Beck in Vienna, Austria to Friedrich and Edith Beck, a Jewish couple who worked in a family-owned business. At the age of 8, shortly before the outbreak of World War II he escaped to London, England with his mother. His father stayed behind, escaping to France, where he survived for three years before being sent to Auschwitz and murdered. On arrival in England, Franz anglicized his name to Frank, and, like thousands of other children, was evacuated from London during hostilities.
After leaving school, he was conscripted into the Royal Air Force where he worked as a wireless mechanic, and learned about electronics. When his National Service ended he worked at the GEC research labs while studying mathematics at Chelsea Polytechnic (now King's College) and Birkbeck College. At this time he became interested in the emerging science of computer programming, and became a programmer on his employer's HEC computer, a commercially available machine. He then moved to the Central Electricity Generating Board where he did engineering calculations on their English Electric DEUCE computer. In 1958 he married Margaret Louise Hammel (1934–2003, known as Louise). Frank and Louise's sons Simon and Stephen were born in 1961 and 1962.
CERN, Argonne and the Fermilab
In 1962, he was invited to apply for a position as a mathematician at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, and the family moved there. In 1967 Beck was invited to work at the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago in the United States, and the family moved to La Grange, Illinois . At Argonne Beck did some pioneering work on pattern recognition devices for bubble-chamber photographs. The machines for doing this involved interactive human interfaces.
Activity at CERN in the meantime focussed on the construction of the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS), and in 1972 Beck was invited back to Europe to design and build the SPS control room and its hardware and software in the environment of a revolutionary multicomputer control system being constructed by a group under Michael Crowley-Milling. In 1973 he published a CERN document, along with his colleague Bent Stumpe, outlining the concept for a prototype touchscreen as well as a multi-function computer-configurable knob, both of which found their way onto the consoles of the finished control room. The CERN touchscreen was arguably the first practical device of its kind and used a matrix of transparent capacitative pads above a cathode-ray tube.
Beck began post-graduate studies at the Université Louis-Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. His doctoral thesis, presented in 1976, was an expanded version of the 1973 CERN paper, this time also describing the control philosophy, which allowed s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telikin | Telikin is a brand of touch-screen computer marketed primarily to senior citizens and those who may be uncomfortable or unable to access a traditional keyboard and mouse computer. The home screen features a panel of application buttons in large text on the side for quick access to news, video chat, email and Web The Telikin line of All-In-One desktop computers is developed and distributed by Venture 3 Systems based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania and founded by Fred Allegrezza. Venture 3 Systems launched the Telikin on Black Friday 2010.
Models
Three models are available:
Telikin Elite Silver 22" Touch Screen Computer
21.6” (16:9), 1920 x 1080 Touch Panel
Intel Quad Core processor
4 GB DDR3 Memory
32 GB Solid State drive
3W Stereo speakers with SRS technology
1.0 MP webcam with microphone
6 USB ports: 4 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0
4 in 1 memory card reader (optional)
1 HDMI out
Wireless 802.11 b/g/n
Large Print Keyboard and Mouse
Telikin Touch, 18.6" Touch Screen Computer
18.6 inch LCD touch screen
Intel Quad Core Processor
4 GB SDRAM
16 GB Solid State Drive
1.3 MP webcam with microphone
6 USB ports: 4 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0
4 in 1 memory card reader
Wireless 802.11 b/g/n
Built-in stereo speakers
Wired keyboard and mouse
Telikin Freedom, 15.6" Touch Screen Laptop Computer
15.6 inch IPS LCD touch screen
Intel Quad Core Processor
4 GB DRAM
32 GB Solid State Drive
1.3 MP webcam with microphone
3 USB ports: 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB-C
SD card reader
Wireless 802.11 b/g/n
Built-in speakers
Wired mouse
Software
The operating system of the Telikin is a distribution of Tiny Core Linux, which is covered under the GNU General Public License (the GPL), and includes drivers for the specific hardware platforms of the Telikin. In addition, the Telikin computer contains other copyrighted software also covered by the GPL or the GNU Lesser General Public License (the LGPL), such as news, video chat, e-mail, and web browsing. The Application System and User Interface for Telikin are original works. These works are not Open Source.
A large print paperback manual accompanies each model which details how to connect the computer account setup, and use of applications.
References
External links
Companies based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Personal computers
Computer-related introductions in 2010 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20Request%20Block | A Service Request Block (SRB) is a data structure of MVS/370 and successor versions of IBM mainframe operating systems employed mainly, but not exclusively, by the Start Input/Output interface.
An SRB may be considered, in the abstract, to be a highly optimized Task Control Block (TCB), one which has few, if any, associated resources other than access to the processor itself. All system resources which are utilized under an SRB must be accessed through the use of "branch entries", some of which are new entries to traditional system services which were formerly accessed exclusively using SVC instructions (which an SRB may not employ for any purpose other than abnormally terminating itself in which case SVC 13, ABEND, may be used, however the "branch entry" to ABTERM is really more appropriate).
When employed by the Start Input/Output interface, an SRB is always paired with an Input/Output Supervisor Block (IOSB).
When otherwise employed, an SRB facilitates inter-address-space communication in general, and inter-application communication in particular.
SRBs may also be employed for intra-address-space processes, where the highest possible performance is required, and in this case the necessary resources are first acquired under a TCB (usually the "job step" TCB), before the SRBs are SCHEDULEd (i.e., are presented to the system dispatcher to compete for processor resources).
It is conceivable that an address space may have but one TCB (again, the "job step" TCB) but tens or hundreds or even thousands of SRBs, with the SRBs performing almost all of the work in the address space, and the TCB merely synchronizing the SRBs and responding to communications from the system operator.
For purposes of such synchronization, the TCB will usually issue a WAITR, SVC 1, specifying a list of Event Control Blocks (ECBs; one ECB per SRB, plus one for the system operator), and each SRB will indicate its completion to the TCB by using a "branch entry" to the POST system service (which is normally SVC 2, but in this special case would be a call to the address contained in CVT0PT01), and specifying the ECB which is associated with its SRB, and possibly a "message" to the TCB. The "message", should it be present, is often placed in the lowest 24 bits of the ECB, and which is otherwise unused. The highest eight bits are used by the system.
Disk device access and network device access is available to SRBs using the "improved control interval processing" feature of VSAM and the "fast path" feature of VTAM, respectively.
History
With the introduction of MVS/370 and successor systems, a whole new environment was introduced: the Service Request Block (SRB), which generally has a higher priority than any TCB, and, indeed, which itself has two distinct priorities: a Global SRB (priority over all local address space SRBs and TCBs) and a Local SRB (priority over only the local address space TCBs); and MVS's dispatcher must manage all of these with absolute consistency acro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA%20APC | The VIA APC is a low-cost ($49) single-board computer from VIA Technologies designed to run the Android operating system. It has been available for purchase since July 2012. Since January 2013 enhanced versions are available for purchase at a higher price.
The APC Paper version, housed in a recycled cardboard case resembling a book, won a Design and Innovation Award at Computex 2013.
Technical details
See also
References
External links
VIA Technologies
Single-board computers
Linux-based devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner%20Date%20%28video%20game%29 | Dinner Date is a short, experimental first-person computer game made by Dutch game designer Jeroen D. Stout. It was first released digitally through Stout Games own website. Four months later (March 1, 2011) it was released on Steam. Just like some other indie games (e.g. Dear Esther or The Graveyard) its status as a video game has been disputed, as it requires minimal interaction and the few small choices you make are of no consequence to the story. It does, however, give the player the opportunity to eat, drink and smoke whenever the player wants to, as long as the time isn't up.
Gameplay and plot
The game is a 25 minute long story exploring the subconsciousness of protagonist Julian Luxemburg as he sits by his dinner table set for two, waiting in vain for his date Meiko to arrive. As the night progresses, his thoughts continue to unfold more and more and we learn about the worries that trouble him; these worries aren't necessarily related to being stood up. Stout himself said in an interview; "It’s about exploring the mindset of someone who’s being stood up. Playing through the eyes of [the protagonist], you can go through the experience without the complete emotional damage." He further described the game as "...a space to explore the 'things you can’t tell your friends'."
Development
The game was written solely by designer Jeroen D. Stout who also provided the voice acting for the protagonist's subconscious. The score was composed exclusively for the game by Than van Nispen tot Pannerden.
Reception
Dinner Date received mixed reviews, with GameZone saying "As an intellectual experiment, Dinner Date is interesting and even profound. As a meta-narrative about the social constructs that confront the modern man, it fascinates. As a game, it barely qualifies.", captioning a common opinion among game critics that Dinner Date is more of an interactive art piece than a game.
References
External links
http://stoutgames.com/:introduction
http://store.steampowered.com/app/94000/
2010 video games
Video games developed in the Netherlands
Windows games
Windows-only games
Art games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisection%20%28software%20engineering%29 | Bisection is a method used in software development to identify change sets that result in a specific behavior change. It is mostly employed for finding the patch that introduced a bug. Another application area is finding the patch that indirectly fixed a bug.
Overview
The process of locating the changeset that introduced a specific regression was described as "source change isolation" in 1997 by Brian Ness and Viet Ngo of Cray Research. Regression testing was performed on Cray's compilers in editions comprising one or more changesets. Editions with known regressions could not be validated until developers addressed the problem. Source change isolation narrowed the cause to a single changeset that could then be excluded from editions, unblocking them with respect to this problem, while the author of the change worked on a fix. Ness and Ngo outlined linear search and binary search methods of performing this isolation.
Code bisection has the goal of minimizing the effort to find a specific change set.
It employs a divide and conquer algorithm that
depends on having access to the code history which is usually preserved by
revision control in a code repository.
Bisection method
Code bisection algorithm
Code history has the structure of a directed acyclic graph which can be topologically sorted. This makes it possible to use a divide and conquer search algorithm which:
splits up the search space of candidate revisions
tests for the behavior in question
reduces the search space depending on the test result
re-iterates the steps above until a range with at most one bisectable patch candidate remains
Algorithmic complexity
Bisection is in LSPACE having an algorithmic complexity of with denoting the number of revisions in the search space, and is similar to a binary search.
Desirable repository properties
For code bisection it is desirable that each revision in the search space can be built and tested independently.
Monotonicity
For the bisection algorithm to identify a single changeset which caused the behavior being tested to change, the behavior must change monotonically across the search space. For a Boolean function such as a pass/fail test, this means that it only changes once across all changesets between the start and end of the search space.
If there are multiple changesets across the search space where the behavior being tested changes between false and true, then the bisection algorithm will find one of them, but it will not necessarily be the root cause of the change in behavior between the start and the end of the search space. The root cause could be a different changeset, or a combination of two or more changesets across the search space. To help deal with this problem, automated tools allow specific changesets to be ignored during a bisection search.
Automation support
Although the bisection method can be completed manually, one of its main advantages is that it can be easily automated. It can thus fit into existing test aut |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caridad%20Sanchez | Caridad Yuson Sanchez-Babao (born August 1, 1933 in Mandaue) is a Filipino actress, mostly seen on GMA Network. In 1977, she played the role of Nanay Idad in the revival TV drama series based from the very successful radio soap opera (first heard over DZRH in 1949) Gulong ng Palad as a household mother of Luisa.
Early life and career
Caridad Sanchez is her real and stage name. Both her father, Marcos F. Sanchez, and mother, Sofia Yuson, are from Mandaue, Cebu. She comes from a big family of 15 children, and she is the youngest. She dreamt to become a lawyer before she become an actress.
As a professional actress she did Visayan films and then starred in many TV shows in supporting roles in the early 1960s to the 1970s. She honed her acting skills working with big stars such as Dolphy, Nida Blanca, and Fernando Poe Jr. She was later cast in bigger roles in the late 1970s. She became a TV household favorite as Nanay Edad in Gulong ng Palad, a classic radio serial turned TV soap on the old BBC 2. She then made acting comebacks in multiple sitcoms and weekly drama anthologies. She appeared as John Lloyd Cruz's grandmother in Tabing Ilog, a show for younger viewers. In 2001 she starred in Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka as Judy Ann Santos's grandmother and in 2003-2004 she played a major role as Joel Torre's mother in Sana’y Wala Nang Wakas on ABS-CBN. In 2005-2015 she appeared on TV shows and movies with GMA Network.
She is remembered for playing supporting roles in dramas and comedies. She is currently retired from acting.
Personal life
She was married to Vicente Babao and they two had children named Cathy Babao, who was a grief educator, counselor, and columnist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Alexander Joseph Babao. She was widowed at the age of 47 after Vicente died from heart attack and raised their children alone. Cathy described her parents are "both very passionate people with strong beliefs."
In 1998, she lost her four-year-old grandson, Migi, who died from heart surgery.
Sanchez is the aunt of ABS-CBN broadcaster Julius Babao and the aunt-in-law of his wife, Christine Bersola-Babao.
Health
In an Instagram post on September 17, 2020, Sanchez's daughter, Cathy Babao, disclosed the actress' battle with dementia which was diagnosed in late 2015. However, Alexander Joseph disputed his sister's claims, explaining that Sanchez only has a "mild cognitive handicap that goes with aging" and is physically fit under his care. He also called out his sister for violating their mother's privacy.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
1936 births
Living people
Actresses from Cebu
Filipino television actresses
Filipino television personalities
People from Mandaue
Actresses from Quezon City
Visayan people
GMA Network personalities
ABS-CBN personalities |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McVoy | McVoy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Carl McVoy (1931–1992), American pianist
Larry McVoy (born 1962), American computer programmer
See also
McAvoy
McCoy (surname) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miiverse | Miiverse was a social network for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, created by Nintendo System Development and Hatena, and powered by the Nintendo Network. Integrated into many games, Miiverse allowed players to interact and share their experiences by way of handwritten messages or drawings, text, screenshots, and sometimes game videos in dedicated communities. It was available via any web browser, and a dedicated app version originally planned for tablets and smartphones. All users who signed up for a Nintendo Network ID were automatically given a Miiverse profile per account, represented by the Mii avatar connected to said Nintendo Network ID.
Miiverse was announced on June 3, 2012, during a pre-E3 2012 Nintendo Direct event; the service initially launched on the Wii U on November 18, 2012, and was later made available for the Nintendo 3DS on December 9, 2013. A web-based portal was opened on April 25, 2013.
Miiverse was discontinued on November 8, 2017 at 10:00 PM PST. The service never launched on the Nintendo Switch. However, games such as Splatoon 2, Splatoon 3 and Super Mario Maker 2 include a community messaging feature that is reminiscent of Miiverse's handwritten message/drawing function.
Features
Miiverse allowed users to seamlessly share accomplishments, comments, and hand written notes with other users. Miiverse was integrated into the system menu of the Wii U and 3DS, but social interactions would also occur within supported games and applications. A user was able to suspend any game (except for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS on original models of Nintendo 3DS) to access Miiverse functions via the Home menu, and then return to the game at the point it was left. Posts were divided up into various 'communities' dedicated to specific games, series, applications, or interests, and players could post the current screenshot from the currently running game to attach to their posts. Certain games, such as Sonic Lost World, allowed players to share in-game items with other players via Miiverse. Other games, such as Mario Kart 8, offered pre-made stamps that could be used in Miiverse posts.
Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata stated that Miiverse would be monitored through software as well as a human resource team in order to ensure that the content shared by users was appropriate and that no spoilers were shared. In addition, posting friend codes on the service was not allowed.
Updates
In February 2013, the Miiverse Code of Conduct was updated and no longer allowed players under the age of 13 years to directly send or receive friend requests within Miiverse. On April 4, 2013, Miiverse was updated to group communities by category, such as "Wii U Games" and "Virtual Console".
On April 25, 2013, Miiverse became available on Internet-enabled PCs and smartphones in beta form, in which some features were not yet supported. However, users could browse communities, write text comments, and like posts (with a "Yeah!"). On April 26, an update brought |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango%2024 | Mango was Poland's first all-day teleshopping channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. It was launched on March 1, 2002. In July 2020, it was announced that the broadcasting of Mango 24 would be ended on July 31, 2020 as a TV Channel now Mango 24 Is a Teleshopping block on TVN TVN7 Canal+ Domo and Canal+ Kuchnia
References
External links
Defunct television channels in Poland
Television channels and stations established in 2002
2002 establishments in Poland
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
2020 disestablishments in Poland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoxia%20inundata | Tomoxia inundata is a species of beetle in the genus Tomoxia of the family Mordellidae. It was described by Wickham in 1914.
References
Beetles described in 1914
Tomoxia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early/Mid%202012%20statewide%20opinion%20polling%20for%20the%202012%20United%20States%20presidential%20election | Statewide polls for the 2012 United States presidential election are as follows. The polls listed here, by state, are from January 1 to August 31, 2012, and provide early data on opinion polling between a possible Republican candidate against incumbent President Barack Obama.
Note that some states had not conducted polling yet or no updated polls were present from January 1 to August 31, 2012.
Alabama
9 electoral votes(Republican in 2004) 62%–38% (Republican in 2008) 60%–38%
Arizona
11 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 55%–44% (Republican in 2008) 53%–45%
Three way race
Arkansas
6 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 54%–45% (Republican in 2008) 59%–39%
California
55 electoral votes(Democratic in 2004) 54%–45% (Democratic in 2008) 61%–37%
Colorado
9 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 52%–47% (Democratic in 2008) 54%–45%
Three way race
Connecticut
7 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 54%–44% (Democratic in 2008) 61%–38%
Florida
29 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 52%–47% (Democratic in 2008) 51%–48%
Three way race
Georgia
16 electoral votes(Republican in 2004) 58%–41% (Republican in 2008) 52%–47%
Illinois
20 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 55%–45% (Democratic in 2008) 62%–37%
Indiana
11 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 60%–39% (Democratic in 2008) 50%–49%
Iowa
6 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 50%–49% (Democratic in 2008) 54%–44%
Maine
4 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 53%–45% (Democratic in 2008) 58%–40%
Maryland
10 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 56%–43% (Democratic in 2008) 61%–38%
Massachusetts
11 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 62%–37% (Democratic in 2008) 62%–36%
Four Way race
Michigan
16 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 51%–48% (Democratic in 2008) 57%–41%
Minnesota
10 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 51%–48% (Democratic in 2008) 54%–44%
Missouri
10 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 53%–46% (Republican in 2008) 49%–49%
Three way race
Montana
3 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 59%–39% (Republican in 2008) 49%–47%
Three way race
Nebraska
5 electoral votes(Republican in 2004) 66%–33% (Republican in 2008) 57%–42%
Second congressional district
Nevada
6 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 51%–48% (Democratic in 2008) 55%–43%
Three-way race
New Hampshire
4 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 50%–49% (Democratic in 2008) 54%–45%
Three way race
New Jersey
14 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 52%–46% (Democratic in 2008) 57%–42%
New Mexico
5 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 50%–49% (Democratic in 2008) 57%–42%
Three way race
New York
29 electoral votes (Democratic in 2004) 58%–40% (Democratic in 2008) 63%–36%
North Carolina
15 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 56%–44% (Democratic in 2008) 50%–49%
Three way race
North Dakota
3 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 63%–36% (Republican in 2008) 53%–45%
Ohio
18 electoral votes (Republican in 2004) 51%–49% (Democratic in 2008) 52%–47%
Oklahoma
7 electoral votes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelet%20Tree | The Wavelet Tree is a succinct data structure to store strings in compressed space. It generalizes the and operations defined on bitvectors to arbitrary alphabets.
Originally introduced to represent compressed suffix arrays, it has found application in several contexts. The tree is defined by recursively partitioning the alphabet into pairs of subsets; the leaves correspond to individual symbols of the alphabet, and at each node a bitvector stores whether a symbol of the string belongs to one subset or the other.
The name derives from an analogy with the wavelet transform for signals, which recursively decomposes a signal into low-frequency and high-frequency components.
Properties
Let be a finite alphabet with . By using succinct dictionaries in the nodes, a string can be stored in , where is the order-0 empirical entropy of .
If the tree is balanced, the operations , , and can be supported in time.
Access operation
A wavelet tree contains a bitmap representation of a string. If we know the alphabet set, then the exact string can be inferred by tracking bits down the tree. To find the letter at ith position in the string :-
Input:
- The position i in the string of which we want to know the letter, starting at 1.
- The top node W of the wavelet tree that represents the string
Output: The letter at position i
if W.isLeafNode return W.letter
if W.bitvector[i] = 0 return access(i - rank(W.bitvector, i), W.left)
else return access(rank(W.bitvector, i), W.right)
In this context, the rank of a position in a bitvector is the number of ones that appear in the first positions of . Because the rank can be calculated in O(1) by using succinct dictionaries, any S[i] in string S can be accessed in time, as long as the tree is balanced.
Extensions
Several extensions to the basic structure have been presented in the literature. To reduce the height of the tree, multiary nodes can be used instead of binary. The data structure can be made dynamic, supporting insertions and deletions at arbitrary points of the string; this feature enables the implementation of dynamic FM-indexes. This can be further generalized, allowing the update operations to change the underlying alphabet: the Wavelet Trie exploits the trie structure on an alphabet of strings to enable dynamic tree modifications.
Further reading
Wavelet Trees. A blog post describing the construction of a wavelet tree, with examples.
References
External links
Trees (data structures)
Succinct data structure
String data structures |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veeraraghavan | Veeraraghavan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Avinash Veeraraghavan (born 1975), Indian artist
Malathi Veeraraghavan (1962–2020), Indian and American network engineer
Natteri Veeraraghavan (1913–2004), Indian physician, microbiologist, and medical researcher
P. S. Veeraraghavan (born 1948), Indian scientist and aerospace engineer
Surnames of Indian origin |
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