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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20White%20Sox%20Radio%20Network | The Chicago White Sox Radio Network is an American radio network airing baseball games from the Chicago White Sox. The English-language flagship is WMVP in Chicago, with Spanish language coverage airing on WRTO (1200). The English language network consists of 19 stations For the 2019 season, the play-by-play announcers were Ed Farmer and Jason Benetti (who joins the broadcast team for national broadcasts and for White Sox's games where Ken Harrelson and Chuck Swirsky fills-in for him); the color commentator was Darrin Jackson. Farmer died on April 1, 2020, after a long-term battle with polycystic kidney disease. Pre-game host Andy Masur substituted for Farmer during 2020's truncated spring training, and was named as Farmer's successor on June 30, 2020, a role that would be temporary due to the team's radio rights expiring at the end of the season.
WSCR's contract with the White Sox expired after the 2015 season. WLS (890) was to be the new White Sox flagship station from the 2016 through the 2021 seasons; however, WLS owner Cumulus Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2017 and entered into a restructuring agreement with certain of its lenders to reduce more than $1 billion in debt. The Bankruptcy Court allowed Cumulus and WLS to end its contract with the White Sox. WGN became the new flagship station of the Chicago White Sox on February 14, 2018. WGN's contract expired after the 2020 season, with WMVP, an ESPN Radio-owned station operated by Good Karma Brands, taking over beginning with the 2021 season, WMVP had previously carried the White Sox for 11 seasons between 1995 and 2005. Shortly thereafter, Len Kasper, formerly the television voice for the Chicago Cubs, was hired as the radio play-by-play announcer for the White Sox. Connor McKnight succeeded Masur as pre-game host and fill-in play-by-play announcer.
Station list
Flagships
Affiliates
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
References
External links
Chicago White Sox
Major League Baseball on the radio
Sports radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polestar%20Xeus | Polestar Xeus is cloud computing software that is manufactured by NKIA Corporation in South Korea and is used to manage IaaS solutions. It provides various functions required for the management of cloud systems, such as reporting on SLA and usage amount for particular users or times, management of construction, performance, events, and statistics for virtual machines, storage, and networks, and resource use policy management, and features a GUI-based drag-and-drop workflow and an API for connection to other cloud systems.
Polestar Xeus is compatible with IaaS solutions including VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xen, and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
NKIA provides Polestar Xeus to the National Computing and Information Agency in South Korea.
References
External links
NKIA Corporate Website
Cloud applications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Berg%20%28composer%29 | Paul Berg was a professor of music and specialist in algorithmic composition at the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He is the author of the AC Toolbox.
External links
page at the Royal Conservatoire
website for the AC Toolbox
papers and systems by Paul Berg
Dutch composers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of The Hague
Place of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TzNIC | TzNIC, or the Tanzania Network Information Center is a non-profit organization and a Public Private Partnership (PPP) established by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) to manage and control the operations of the ccTLD for Tanzania, .tz. It is also responsible for managing the second-level domains that come under .tz. The Tanzania Network Information Center was established on 16 November 2006 with the certificate of incorporation No. 58303. The center was established as company limited by guarantee and not by having a share capital as per the Laws of Tanzania (Chapter 212).
History
In June 1993, three Tanzanians, Prof. Beda Mutagahwa, Bill Sangiwa, and Kitalima Mabula, with the help of Internet Pioneer Randy Bush, began the registration process to set up the .tz ccTLD. In accordance with ISO-3166 standards, the ccTLD was registered through IANA and ICANN. The registration was successful, and with the assistance of the government of United Republic of Tanzania, work for the development of country's Internet began with the Prof. Beda as the Director of the University Computing Center and Randy Bush as the technical contact for the ccTLD. .tz became operational in August 1994. In mid-2005, a committee was set up for the establishing TzNIC as the ccTLD operator. On 30 April 2010, ICANN approved the re-delegation of .tz to TzNIC.
Functions of TzNIC
The important functions performed by TzNIC include the following:
Proper regulation and management of the .tz domain name space.
To meet international standards for the ccTLD management and all the second level domain names related to it.
To register domain names by providing correct guidelines to consumers, and working with associated registries and registrars for the appropriate regulation and management of the registration of the domain names.
Issue regular guidelines about the management and registration of the .tz domain name space.
Issue information and create awareness about the various standard procedures and requirements essential for the domain name registration.
Issue important notices for any alterations or changes to any guidelines, policies, or rules related to the registration of the .tz domain name space.
Structure
The TzNIC members are at the top of the hierarchy, constituting the main portion of the body, followed by the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) and then the Manager. The Manager coordinates the Legal, Financial and Technical Officers and the Office Management Secretary. An Accounts Assistant assists the Financial Officer and a Systems Engineer assists the Technical Officer.
References
2006 establishments in Tanzania
Internet-related organizations
Organisations based in Tanzania
Organizations established in 2006 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ucita | Ucita, or Uçita may refer to :
the place and former chiefdom Uzita (Florida), also called Uçita
as acronym UCITA : Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%2A%20%28programming%20language%29 | F* (pronounced F star) is a functional programming language inspired by ML and aimed at program verification. Its type system includes dependent types, monadic effects, and refinement types. This allows expressing precise specifications for programs, including functional correctness and security properties. The F* type-checker aims to prove that programs meet their specifications using a combination of SMT solving and manual proofs.
Programs written in F* can be translated to OCaml, F#, and C for execution. Previous versions of F* could also be translated to JavaScript.
It was introduced in 2011 and is under active development on GitHub.
History
Versions
Up until version 2022.03.24 F* was written entirely in a common subset of F* and F# and supported bootstrapping in both OCaml and F#. This was dropped beginning in version 2022.04.02.
References
Sources
External links
F* Homepage
F* source code on GitHub
F* tutorial
Functional languages
ML programming language family
.NET programming languages
Microsoft programming languages
Microsoft Research
Dependently typed languages
Automated theorem proving
Programming languages created in 2011
Proof assistants
2011 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/MPQ-2 | The AN/MPQ-2 Close Cooperation Control Unit was a truck-mounted post-World War II automatic tracking radar/computer/communication system ("Q" system) for aircraft command guidance, e.g., missile tracking, and for Radar Bomb Scoring. For ground directed bombing (GDB), an operator would manually plot a target on the "Blind Bombing Plotting Sheet", then use the manual "E6B computer and bombing tables" to plot the release point for striking the target, after which a radar operator used the MPQ to acquire a track of the bomber near an initial point during which allowed ground control of the bomb run to the release point.
Based on the World War II SCR-584 radar developed by MIT and which was used for the "SCR-584-M missile control Receiver and beacon", the MPQ-2 included an "RC-294 Plotter" and its analog computer for converting radar range, azimuth, and elevation to cartesian coordinates, as well as a plotting board for drawing the aircraft track. The AN/MPQ-2 was the basis for the Rome Air Development Center's AN/MSQ-1 & -2 Close Support Control Sets also used in the Korean War, and the MSQ-1A was used for command guidance of the Matador missile.
Locations
Radar Bomb Scoring detachments of the Colorado Springs' 206th Army Air Force Base Unit (organized on June 6, 1945) used MPQ-2s at Kansas City and Fort Worth Army Airfield and in 1946, the 4th launch of a V-2 at White Sands Proving Ground (1946) was tracked by two MPQ-2s. In addition to the CONUS RBS detachments (e.g., Detachments C, K, & N), Detachment 23's AN/MPQ-2 was at the Heston Radar Bomb Scoring Site on November 10, 1950, and after deployment to the Korean War, the three AN/MPQ-2 radars of the 3903rd Radar Bomb Scoring Group RBS detachments were transferred in January 1951 under the operational control of the 502nd Tactical Control Group (TCG). The MPQ-2 guided Martin B-26 Marauders against enemy positions in front of the 25th Infantry Division.", and On February 23, 1951, the 1st Boeing B-29 Superfortress mission controlled by an MPQ-2 was flown,
References
1962 in military history
1965 in military history
Analog computers
Aviation ground support equipment
Cold War military computer systems of the United States
Ground radars
Radars of the United States Air Force
Military equipment introduced from 1945 to 1949 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus%20Mods | Nexus Mods is a site which allows users to upload and download "mods" (modifications) for computer games. It acts as a source for the distribution of original content. It is one of the largest gaming modification websites on the web, and, as of January 2022, had thirty million registered members. Founded in 2001 as a fan site, Nexus Mods was modified into the website TESSource in 2007. After that, the site has expanded to host mod files for many other modifiable PC games. As of June 2022, the Nexus Mods network supported 1733 games, with a single forum and a wiki for site- and mod-related topics. The website's hosting and publication of various mods has been covered in the gaming and computer press.
History
Nexus Mods was founded by Robin Scott and a friend in August 2001 as a fan site for the Bethesda Softworks game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind under the name "Morrowind Chronicles". After the success of Morrowind Chronicles, Scott and the friend he was working alongside founded a company by the name of GamingSource and created the website TESSource, which allowed users to upload their modifications and content for games in The Elder Scrolls video game series. Scott soon became tired with the revenue of the websites being split when he was operating the websites by himself, and made the decision to break away from TESSource in 2007 and founded his own website under the name of TESNexus. Scott made use of the TESSource website with his new venture. This resulted in more than 200 additional games being supported by early 2017.
Scott indicated in 2013 that the Nexus sites would remain free of corporate investment in the foreseeable future, also avoiding direct ads. Revenue instead came from premium memberships, with the site otherwise free.
In December 2015, the website reported a possible security breach of account names, and recommended that its members change their passwords.
Financial information was not breached, as the website uses PayPal for all transactions.
In 2016, following an extensive survey of existing users, the website received its biggest redesign to date. The redesign saw the introduction of a responsive viewport allowing seamless browsing on a mobile device, an intuitive navigation bar and the ability to pin games to the user's profile.
As of April 2021, Nexus Mods has a reported 26 million members. As of 2021, Nexus Mods is the largest gaming modification site on the internet, ranking at #1090 in the Alexa Rankings, with over 4.5 billion downloads since its initial launch.
In June 2021, in a series of announcements in Nexus's developer forums followed by a lengthy public announcement on July 1, Nexus Mods stated that they would no longer be deleting mods at mod authors' request, but instead retaining archival copies for use in a new Collections feature. The initial announcements sparked complaints by numerous mod authors, causing Nexus to allow a one-month grace period for mod authors to either accede to the policy ch |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popping%20%28computer%20graphics%29 | In 3D computer graphics, popping refers to an undesirable visual effect that occurs when the transition of a 3D object to a different pre-calculated level of detail (LOD) is abrupt and obvious to the viewer. The LOD-ing algorithm reduces the geometrical complexity of a 3D object the further it is from the viewer and returns that lost complexity as the viewer gets closer to the 3D object, causing it to pop as it becomes suddenly more detailed. The LOD-ing algorithms can depend on more factors than just distance from the viewer, but it is often the primary factor that is considered. Popping is most obvious when switching between different LODs directly without intermediate steps. Techniques like geomorphing and LOD blending can reduce visual popping significantly by making the transitions more gradual.
LOD Blending
Also known as alpha blending, or alpha compositing this technique reduces popping by displaying both LODs of a 3D model simultaneously and blending them together over a small transition period.
During the blending process an alpha value is specified for each LOD, which determines transparency of objects. At the beginning of the transition, the initial LOD would have an alpha value of 1.0 (fully opaque) and the new LOD would have an alpha value of 0.0 (fully transparent). As the viewer approaches the 3D object and reaches the distance when the LOD change would normally occur, the LOD alpha values would gradually switch until the new LOD has an alpha value of 1.0, at which point the initial LOD would no longer be rendered.
It is important to stress that LOD blending only occurs at the distance that a LOD would normally change and only over a small distance. So if during a simulation the LOD change would occur at the 100 units of distance then the LOD blending process would begin at the 95 units of distance and be complete by 105 units of distance.
LOD blending has two major disadvantages. It is expensive in terms of computing power since both LODs are rendered simultaneously for the blend to occur and can be counterproductive since the reason to use LOD-ing algorithms is to reduce the expense of rendering scenes. The technique is not effective when the viewer is close to the 3D object since the blending process will be obviously apparent and result in a visible ghosting effect.
Geomorphing
Geomorphing is a technique that reduces popping during LOD changes by adding approximations of the 3D model to serve as intermediate steps between two LODs to create a smooth transition. Edge collapses (removing vertices) and vertex splits (adding vertices) are the primary operations to modify the 3D model using this method.
Traditional geomorphing creates a sequence of 3D models between two LODs. The sequence cannot be interrupted once it has begun and no modifications can be done to it until the LOD change is complete. Due to this restriction, traditional geomorphing is not suited to interactive simulations because the process cannot be quick |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20availability%20map | In computer file systems, a block availability map (BAM) is a data structure used to track disk blocks that are considered free (available for new data). It is used along with a directory to manage files on a disk (originally only a floppy disk, and later also a hard disk).
In terms of Commodore DOS (CBM DOS) compatible disk drives, the BAM was a data structure stored in a reserved area of the disk (its size and location varied based on the physical characteristics of the disk). For each track, the BAM consisted of a bitmap of available blocks and (usually) a count of the available blocks. The count was held in a single byte, as all formats had 256 or fewer blocks per track. The count byte was simply the sum of all 1-bits in the bitmap of bytes for the current track.
The following table illustrates the layout of Commodore 1541 BAM. The table would be larger for higher-capacity disks (described below).
The bitmap was contained in 3 bytes for Commodore 1541 format (single-sided) disks because it had 17 to 20 sectors per track (note 3 bytes can hold at least 20 bits). Similarly, the Commodore 1571 used 3 bytes for the bitmap of each track, but the BAM was twice the size because there were twice as many tracks when formatted as double-sided. In contrast, the Commodore 1581 disk drive used 5 bytes for the bitmap because the disk format had 40 blocks per track (note 5 bytes can hold 40 bits).
In the bitmap of any format, a 1 bit indicated the block was available (free), while a 0 bit indicated the block was not available (used), and the bitmap data was stored low-byte first. So the first byte held a map for blocks 0 to 7, the second byte held a map for blocks 8 to 15, and so on. Within a byte, the bitmap was ordered low-bit first. For example, the first byte would represent block 0 with the least significant bit and block 7 with the most significant bit.
Storage devices by Creative Micro Designs, intended for use with CBM computers, also used a Block Availability Map which served the same purpose. However, these devices (FD-2000, FD-4000, and CMD-HD) did not include a count byte, and the bits in each byte were reversed (high-bit first). Although the bits were reversed (compared to CBM formats), the bytes were still stored in the same order (low-byte first).
See also
File Allocation Table (FAT)
Design of the FAT file system
Free space bitmap
References
Computer file systems
Data structures |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesh%20Sitaraman | Ramesh Sitaraman is an Indian American computer scientist known for his work on distributed algorithms, content delivery networks, streaming video delivery, and application delivery networks. He helped build the Akamai content delivery network, one of the world's largest distributed computing platforms. He is currently in the computer science department at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Biography
Ramesh Sitaraman received a B.Tech in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a Ph.D (1993) in computer science from Princeton University under Robert Tarjan. He helped build Akamai's high-performance network for delivering web and media content and is an Akamai Fellow. Currently, he is a distinguished professor in the computer science department at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Research
Sitaraman's early research centered on algorithms for building reliable parallel networks from unreliable components by emulating a virtual overlay network on top of an underlying unreliable parallel network. Later, serving as a principal architect, he helped build the Akamai network, a large overlay network that currently delivers 15-30% of all web traffic using 190,000 servers in 110 countries in over 1,100 networks. He is known for helping pioneer Iarge distributed networks for web content delivery, streaming media delivery, and application delivery on the Internet. His current research is focused on energy efficiency of Internet-scale distributed networks. He is also known for his early work in building large-scale video delivery networks, measuring their performance, and more recently studying the impact of streaming video performance on users.
Recognition
Sitaraman was elected as an ACM Fellow in 2019 "for contributions to content delivery networks, distributed systems, and scalable Internet services". He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2019 "for contributions to content delivery, internet performance and distributed systems".
References
Indian computer scientists
Princeton University alumni
University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellow Members of the IEEE
American computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Alan%20Smith | David Alan Smith may refer to:
David A. Smith (computer scientist) (born 1957), American computer scientist and entrepreneur
David Alan Smith (actor) (born 1959), American actor and writer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maron%20%28TV%20series%29 | Maron is an American sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself. The series premiered on the American cable television network IFC on May 3, 2013. Maron, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Olivia Wingate, Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Duncan Birmingham served as the show's executive producers. Glarum and Jamin were the showrunners. Marons second season premiered on May 8, 2014, and its thirteen-episode third season premiered on May 14, 2015. In November 2015, the series was renewed for a thirteen-episode fourth season. In 2016 the show was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy. On July 11, 2016, Maron announced on his WTF podcast that the series would not have a fifth season, with the season four finale serving as the series finale. The series finale aired on July 13, 2016.
Cast and characters
Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself
Supporting
Josh Brener as Kyle, Marc's assistant
Dave Anthony as himself, Marc's pathetic friend
Andy Kindler as himself, Marc's other pathetic friend
Lucy Davis as Emily, Marc's manager
Nora Zehetner as Jen, Marc's girlfriend
Sally Kellerman as Toni Maron, Marc's mother
Judd Hirsch as Larry Maron, Marc's father
Troy Ruptash as Josh Maron, Marc's brother
Rick Shapiro as Bernie, Marc's eccentric neighbor
Guest
Steve Agee as Himself
Maria Bamford as Herself
Nate Bargatze
Peter Berman
Phil "CM Punk" Brooks as Himself
Bruce Bruce as Himself
Bill Burr as Himself
Louis C.K. as Himself
Colt Cabana as Himself
Wyatt Cenac as Himself
Carly Chaikin as Tina
David Cross as Himself
Whitney Cummings as Herself
Erin Daniels as Female Vet
Dov Davidoff as Himself
Lucy Davis as Emily
Joey Diaz as Bobby Mendez
Andy Dick as Himself
Illeana Douglas as Herself
Mark Duplass as Himself
Dave Foley as Himself
M. C. Gainey
Jeff Garlin
Ralph Garman as Pete (voice)
Gina Gershon as Alexa
Adam Goldberg as Jack Ross
Bobcat Goldthwait as Himself
Dana Gould
Elliott Gould as Himself
Chris Hardwick as Himself
Rachael Harris as Herself
Phil Hendrie as Bill Shepard (a fictionalized version of himself)
Pete Holmes as Himself
Ken Jeong as Himself
Anthony Jeselnik as Himself
Jackie Kashian
Louise Kelly
Robert Kelly as Repairman #3
Johnny Knoxville as Himself
David Koechner as Himself
Jerry Lambert
Ted Lange as Wise Stranger
Denis Leary as Himself
Drew Lynch as Adam
Ken Marino as Himself
Maribeth Monroe
Seth Morris as Jeremy
Tig Notaro as Sydney
Conan O'Brien as Himself
Patton Oswalt as Himself
Brian Palermo
Jimmy Pardo as Himself
Eddie Pepitone as Stu Carbone
Ron Perlman as Mel
Drew Pinsky as Himself
Aubrey Plaza as Herself
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Herself
Caroline Rhea as Herself
Andy Richter as Himself
Rob Riggle
Ray Romano
Adam Scott as Himself
Sam Seder
Sarah Silverman as Herself
Ryan Singer as Himself
Bobby Slayton as Himself
Amy Smart
Jerry Stahl as Himself
Fred Stoller as Himself
Eric Stoltz |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifish | Ifish is a fishing show hosted by Paul Worsteling. It airs on both Network Ten and digital multi-channel One.
See also
Fishing television series
References
External links
Network 10 original programming
10 Bold original programming
Lifestyle (Australian TV channel) original programming
Fishing television series
Recreational fishing in Australia
2009 Australian television series debuts
2010s Australian television series
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatina%20subviridata | Somatina subviridata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Sierra Leone.
References
Moths described in 1901
Scopulini
Moths of Africa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Petrie | Karen Petrie is a British computer scientist specialising in the area of constraints programming. She was named young IT practitioner of the year by the British Computer Society (BCS) in 2004, for work she carried out whilst on placement at NASA. She is currently a professor in the School of Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee.
She is a women in computing activist, who served as chair of BCSWomen from 2008 to 2011, and organised many events for women in computing during this period.
Petrie is responsible for an argument about sexist behaviour in gender-imbalanced groups called "The Petrie Multiplier", which states that with a gender ratio of 1:r, women will receive r2 times as many sexist remarks as men. Proving tight upper and lower bounds remains an open question.
References
External links
British women computer scientists
Living people
1980 births
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
Alumni of the University of Huddersfield
Academics of the University of Dundee
Alumni of the University of Oxford |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larch%20Networks | Larch Network, Ltd. (previously Niram Systems) is company specializing in the design and development of hardware and software for embedded network systems, including network switches and routers, thin client systems and Linux gateways.
Products and services
Larch Network is an exclusive developer of Ethernet switching solutions for selected Marvell customers.
L2/L3 Switches
Larch Networks products come with complete reference designs which include board layout designs, software, manufacturing diagnostic tools, documentation, and other items to assist customers with product evaluation and production.
Thin client / Plug PC
An Open Source Green Server for the Always-On Lifestyle
OpenFlow Switch
The Extendible Linux-based OpenFlow LN-2124OF switch based on Marvell 98DX4122 Packet-Processors and contains the implementation of hardware-based OpenFlow protocol 1.0 standard in OpenFlow-Only mode.
The benefits of this product are:
An introduction of new and utilization of existent hardware capabilities of Marvell Packet-Processors
Acceleration of the development of new features per a customer’s demand
Easy-to-use SDK platform for Marvell’s Packet-Processors product line
Providing universities (professors and students) the powerful platform for study and academic researches.
The underlying hardware is capable of many functions not supported by OpenFlow v1.0 including:
Multiple Lookup cycles
Extensible Matching
Tunneling QoS and Security
Full VLAN support
Bandwidth allocation and policing, etc.
The user can modify and extend the software functionality to utilize additional Hardware functionality not yet in use, implement a substantial subset of OpenFlow v1.3, or add additional application level functionality. In addition, LN2124OF Switch provides unique DualBoot system, that allows coexistence of two different OS in one switch – Linux Based open-source Operation System, and fully managed stacking Ethernet Switch based on Marvell's Routing Operation System (ROS), that contains full features set of Layer2 and Layer3 protocols and is the manufacturing default.
See also
Marvell
Open Networking Foundation
References
External links
Software companies of Israel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XigmaNAS | XigmaNAS is network-attached storage (NAS) server software with a dedicated management web interface (written in PHP). It is free software under the terms of the Simplified BSD license.
XigmaNAS is a continuation of the original FreeNAS code, which was developed between 2005 and late 2011. It was released under the name NAS4Free on 22 March 2012. The name was changed to XigmaNAS in July 2018. On SourceForge, it was elected “'Community Choice' Project of the Month” twice, in August 2015 and March 2017.
Technology
XigmaNAS is an embedded open-source NAS software distribution based on the latest release of FreeBSD. It was developed from the original FreeNAS 7 code and updated to work with current FreeBSD releases. However, "XigmaNAS preserves FreeNAS’s original m0n0wall/PHP architecture and introduces experimental support for the ARM architecture."
XigmaNAS supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems. It includes ZFS v5000, Software RAID (0,1,5), disk encryption, S.M.A.R.T. and email reports etc., with the following protocols: SMB, Samba Active Directory Domain Controller AD, FTP, NFS, TFTP, AFP, rsync, Unison (file synchronizer), iSCSI (initiator and target), HAST, CARP, Bridge, UPnP, and BitTorrent. All of this is configurable by its web interface.
Features
All XigmaNAS versions
Multiple architectures: i386 or amd64 and ARM-based versions
Full Web Management Interface (WebGUI)
Hard drive and volume management
Software RAID
Disk encryption (using cryptographic accelerator card if present)
Partition
MBR, GPT
iSCSI initiator
Filesystems
ZFS v5000, UFS
Ext2, Ext3
FAT, NTFS
Networking
802.1q VLAN tagging
Wireless
Network link aggregation
Wake On Lan
Network Bridge
CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol)
HAST (Highly Available Storage)
Network Protocols
Server Message Block (SMB, one never used version was known as CIFS) (Samba)
Active Directory Domain controller (Samba)
Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) (Netatalk)
Network File System (NFS)
FTP (ProFTPD)
TFTP (tftp-hpa)
rsync (client/server)
Unison
SCP (SSH)
iSCSI target
Extra services
UPnP server (FUPPES)
UPnP server (MiniDLNA)
iTunes/DAAP server (Firefly)
Lighttpd (Webserver)
Iperf Iperf3 Network Bandwidth measure
Syncthing File synchronization application
Transmission BitTorrent client
VirtualBox Virtualbox included and managed by phpVirtualBox and noVNC on GUI
Monitoring
S.M.A.R.T. (smartmontools)
Alert by E-mail
SNMP
Syslog
UPS (NUT)
Installation
XigmaNAS is installable on almost any boot medium including LiveCD optionally with a small USB flash drive for config storage if necessary, both for x86-64 and x86-32 computer platforms up to version 10.3. As of version 11.0, XigmaNAS no longer supports x86-32, but version 10.3 is still getting updates. XigmaNAS can be installed on Compact Flash, USB flash drives , SSD, hard drives or other bootable devices, and supports advanced formatted drives using 4 kB sectors. The software distribution is currently distributed in ISO image ( |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhereverTV | WhereverTV is an Over the Top (OTT) internet television platform provider located in Fort Myers, Florida. The company delivers linear television programming to SmartTVs, digital media receivers, and tablets via the public Internet.
The company has been providing access to free live-streaming TV channels over the internet since 2007 through its Global Interactive Program Guide (officially trademarked as Global IPG) internet TV software, allowing registered users to watch TV online. In 2011, the company began selling subscription services for live television from Morocco and Greece. In 2013, it began selling Arabic TV subscriptions. WhereverTV announced plans to launch two additional services for 2013: a software application aimed at managing US and international channels on portable and stationary internet-connected devices, and a traditional US-based subscription service.
WhereverTV is an alternative to fixed location subscription services such as those offered by cable companies and satellite television providers. Subscribers can personalize their viewing choices, and subscription services and watch from any location with Internet access. The company provides both wireless television and hard-wired access to TV over the internet.
History
The concept for what was to become WhereverTV was created by Mark Cavicchia while he was living in Shanghai, China, after becoming frustrated with the complexities of trying to stream the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament live on AOL by connecting his laptop to a big-screen television. He decided to create a portable channel guide that would work across devices and geographies and allow users to organize and watch TV online anywhere in the world. Upon returning to the United States in 2006, he wrote the patent application for WhereverTV's core technology.
To promote its Global Interactive Programme Guide concept, the Company wrote its own firmware to run on the popular open-source Neuros OSD hardware that was white-labeled and renamed The WhereverTV Receiver. The first public demonstration of the WhereverTV receiver was made on July 9, 2008, at the Consumer Electronics Association's 2008 SINOCES trade show in Qingdao, China. Subsequently, the WhereverTV Receiver debuted at the 2009 International CES trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it was covered by media outlets around the world, including the US, Poland, Israel, Brazil, and the Middle East.
Recognition
WhereverTV was named to 2010 Always-on's On-Media 100, the Top 100 Private Companies that are pioneering the next generation advertising and marketing Internet services. The WhereverTV Receiver was named one of the 30 Most Innovative Products at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. WhereverTV's CEO was also invited to testify at a Federal Communications Commission hearing on Broadband and the Digital Future.
See also
TV Everywhere
Web television
Over-the-top content
Multi-screen video
IPTV
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Americans%20episodes | The Americans is an American television drama series created by Joe Weisberg, which premiered on January 30, 2013, on the cable network FX. Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as U.S. citizens and a married couple.
The series's sixth and final season, consisting of 10 episodes, premiered on March 28, 2018.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2013)
Season 2 (2014)
Season 3 (2015)
Season 4 (2016)
Season 5 (2017)
Season 6 (2018)
Ratings
References
External links
Lists of American drama television series episodes
Lists of American espionage television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPULib | GPULib is discontinued and unsupported software library developed by Tech-X Corporation for accelerating general-purpose scientific computations from within the Interactive Data Language (IDL) using Nvidia's CUDA platform for programming its graphics processing units (GPUs). GPULib provides basic arithmetic, array indexing, special functions, Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT), interpolation, BLAS matrix operations as well as LAPACK routines provided by MAGMA, and some image processing operations. All numeric data types provided by IDL are supported. GPULib is used in medical imaging, optics, astronomy, earth science, remote sensing, and other scientific areas.
A CUDA enabled GPU is currently required to use this library, although there is an OpenCL prototype available. GPULib provides more capabilities depending on the capability of the graphics processing unit (GPU) being used. For example, double-precision calculations and the ability to transfer data concurrently with computations are not provided by all GPUs, but GPULib supports these operations on GPUs which are capable of performing them.
GPULib is provided in the form of a Dynamically Loadable Module (DLM) along with IDL code. Using GPULib does not require knowledge of C or CUDA, though it can be extended if the user is knowledgeable with CUDA. GPULib previously provided bindings for other languages including Matlab, Python, and Java.
The GPULib API documentation is available online.
See also
CUDA – a parallel computing platform and programming model created by Nvidia and implemented by the graphics processing units (GPUs) that they produce
GPGPU – general-purpose computation on GPUs
OpenCL – cross-platform standard supported by both Nvidia and AMD/ATI as well as Intel and others
References
GPGPU libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic%20inverse%20Q%20filtering | Seismic inverse Q filtering is a data processing technology for enhancing the resolution of reflection seismology images. Q is the anelastic attenuation factor or the seismic quality factor, a measure of the energy loss as the seismic wave moves.
Basics
Seismic inverse Q-filtering employs a wave propagation reversal procedure that compensates for energy absorption and corrects wavelet distortion due to velocity dispersion. By compensating for amplitude attenuation with a model of the visco-elastic attenuation model type, seismic data can provide true relative-amplitude information for amplitude inversion and subsequent reservoir characterization. By correcting the phase distortion due to velocity dispersion, seismic data with enhanced vertical resolution can yield correct timings for lithological identification.
However, Wang's outline of the subject is excellent and to follow his path, inverse Q filtering can be introduced based on the 1-D one-way propagation wave equation. He introduce this equation:.
where U(r,w) is the plane wave of radial frequency w at travel distance r, k(w) is the wavenumber and i is the imaginary unit. Reflection seismograms record the reflection wave along the propagation path r from the source to reflector and back to the surface. With this approach Wang assumes that the plane wave U(r,w) has already been attenuated by a Q filter through travel distance r. We must have this in mind when we go to the step of finding a solution of (1.1). It is necessary that the initial U(r,w) either is already created by a forward synthetic Q-filtering process or taken directly from seismic surface data. Wang has introduced this concept in chapter 5 in his book. I think it is necessary to have this in mind also when the inverse theory is developed. Equation (1.1) has an analytical solution given by
Kolsky's attenuation-dispersion model
The wavenumber k(w) is an important variable in the solution (1.2). To obtain a solution that can be applied to seismic k(w) must be connected to a function that represent the way U(r,w) propagates in the seismic media. This functions can be regarded as a Q-model.
The Kolsky Model is used extensively in seismic inverse Q-filtering. The model assumes the attenuation α(w) to be strictly linear with frequency over the range of measurement:
And defines the phase velocity as:
Where cr and Qr are the phase velocity and the Q value at a reference frequency wr.
For a large value of Qr >>1 the solution (1.4) can be approximated to
where
Kolsky's model was derived from and fitted well with experimental observations. A requirement in the theory for materials satisfying the linear attenuation assumption is that the reference frequency wr is a finite (arbitrarily small but nonzero) cut-off on the absorption. According to Kolsky, we are free to choose wr following the phenomenological criterion that it be small compared with the lowest measured frequency w in the frequency band. Those who want a deeper |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20analyzer%20%28AC%20power%29 | From 1929 to the late 1960s, large alternating current power systems were modelled and studied on AC network analyzers (also called alternating current network calculators or AC calculating boards) or transient network analyzers. These special-purpose analog computers were an outgrowth of the DC calculating boards used in the very earliest power system analysis. By the middle of the 1950s, fifty network analyzers were in operation. AC network analyzers were much used for power-flow studies, short circuit calculations, and system stability studies, but were ultimately replaced by numerical solutions running on digital computers. While the analyzers could provide real-time simulation of events, with no concerns about numeric stability of algorithms, the analyzers were costly, inflexible, and limited in the number of buses and lines that could be simulated. Eventually powerful digital computers replaced analog network analyzers for practical calculations, but analog physical models for studying electrical transients are still in use.
Calculating methods
As AC power systems became larger at the start of the 20th century, with more interconnected devices, the problem of calculating the expected behavior of the systems became more difficult. Manual methods were only practical for systems of a few sources and nodes. The complexity of practical problems made manual calculation techniques too laborious or inaccurate to be useful. Many mechanical aids to calculation were developed to solve problems relating to network power systems.
DC calculating boards used resistors and DC sources to represent an AC network. A resistor was used to model the inductive reactance of a circuit, while the actual series resistance of the circuit was neglected. The principle disadvantage was the inability to model complex impedances. However, for short-circuit fault studies, the effect of the resistance component was usually small. DC boards served to produce results accurate to around 20% error, sufficient for some purposes.
Artificial lines were used to analyze transmission lines. These carefully constructed replicas of the distributed inductance, capacitance and resistance of a full-size line were used to investigate propagation of impulses in lines and to validate theoretical calculations of transmission line properties. An artificial line was made by winding layers of wire around a glass cylinder, with interleaved sheets of tin foil, to give the model proportionally the same distributed inductance and capacitance as the full-size line. Later, lumped-element approximations of transmission lines were found to give adequate precision for many calculations.
Laboratory investigations of the stability of multiple-machine systems were constrained by the use of direct-operated indicating instruments (voltmeters, ammeters, and wattmeters). To ensure that the instruments negligibly loaded the model system, the machine power level used was substantial. Some workers in the 192 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphocarpus%20purpurascens | Gomphocarpus purpurascens, is a species of plant endemic to Ethiopia, where it is used medicinally to treat fever.
References
External links
African Plant Database entry
purpurascens
Flora of Ethiopia
Plants described in 1840 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Tynan | Alexandra Tynan is a costume designer best known for her design of the Cybermen in the BBC Television series Doctor Who.
Tynan trained at Belfast College of Art and worked as a costume designer for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre before accepting a staff role at the BBC in 1964.
Doctor Who
Credited as Sandra Reid, Tynan worked on eight Doctor Who serials including William Hartnell's final story, The Tenth Planet, which included the first appearance of the Cybermen, devised by Dr Kit Pedler and his writing partner Gerry Davis. Prior to her Cybermen designs, Tynan had not worked on science fiction before. She redesigned her creations for the 1967 serial The Moonbase.
Tynan also worked on Patrick Troughton's first serial The Power of the Daleks and was responsible for realising the production team's ideas for his "cosmic hobo" look.
Later career
After work on a wide range of programmes, Tynan left the BBC in 1968 and emigrated to Australia. She subsequently became a lecturer in costume, fashion and textiles as well as continuing to work in costume design for television production.
References
External links
Splendid Chaps podcast in which Tynan discusses her experiences on Doctor Who
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British costume designers
BBC people
Alumni of Ulster University
British emigrants to Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingleHop | SingleHop, LLC is an American IT hosting company and services provider based out of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The company has data centers in Chicago, Arizona, and the Netherlands. SingleHop provides bare metal dedicated servers, public and private clouds, as well as managed services to more than 4,000 clients in 114 countries.
Inc. Magazine named SingleHop the 25th fastest-growing U.S. company in 2011. In 2012, the company raised $27.5 million in venture funding from Battery Ventures.
History
In 2003, Zak Boca and Dan Ushman founded the shared hosting platform midPhase. As midPhase became more successful, both Boca and Ushman noticed their customers wanted to grow past the limitations found with shared web hosting. To avoid the limitations found in shared hosting, many customers began to make the move to dedicated server hosting. Unfortunately for Boca and Ushman, midPhase did not provide dedicated hosting, nor could the brand expand to include dedicated server hosting. Therefore, in 2006, SingleHop was started as means to give midPhase's current customers a chance to expand into dedicated servers without moving to a completely new service provider. A year later, midPhase was sold to UK2 Group, and both Boca and Ushman focused on building up SingleHop.
By 2008, the company generated $2.8 million in revenue. In 2011, SingleHop's revenue jumped to $22 million.
In 2012, the company raised $27.5 million from Boston-based Battery Ventures.
On February 28, 2018, SingleHop was acquired by Internap for $132 million in cash.
Product
SingleHop operates an infrastructure-as-a-service and managed hosting services business model. The company provides a variety of IaaS services, and managed services, both backed by high levels of automation.
LEAP, the company's management platform, allows clients to manage IT infrastructure such as bare metal servers and cloud products from a single platform.
Awards and recognition
Inc. Magazine named SingleHop as one of the fastest growing U.S.-based companies in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, the company was ranked #25 on Inc's list of IT Services Companies and the 25th fastest-growing company in the Chicago Metro Area.
References
Information technology companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit%20Seattle | Gigabit Seattle was a fiber-to-the-home / fiber-to-the-business network planned to be deployed in Seattle, Washington. The network comes out of a partnership between the City of Seattle, the University of Washington and digital economic development company Gigabit Squared to deploy a next generation network in the City. The project is the second city project announced by Gigabit Squared as part of its Gigabit Neighborhood Gateway Program, after Gigabit Chicago.
Background
Since 2004, leadership in the City of Seattle pursued affordable, Internet access for residents and businesses with the hope of using a city-sponsored network. The City abandoned one effort in July 2012, and pursued a new strategy – leasing excess capacity on the city-owned fiber to private providers. On October 2, 2012, the City of Seattle issued a Request for Interest to use excess capacity in the City's fiber optic network.
On December 13, 2012, at an event at the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, Mayor Michael McGinn and Gigabit Squared President Mark Ansboury announced the Gigabit Seattle project.
Currently this project is considered to be dead.
Components of the project
The project is made up of three parts: fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-business, a dedicated gigabit to multi-family housing and offices and next-generation wireless cloud services in 12 neighborhoods throughout the city. Gigabit Seattle plans to build out a fiber-to-the-home/fiber-to-the-business network to more than 50,000 households and businesses in 14 demonstration neighborhoods, connected together with excess capacity that Gigabit Seattle will lease from the City’s own fiber network. To provide coverage beyond the 14 demonstration neighborhoods, Gigabit Seattle intends to build a dedicated gigabit broadband wireless umbrella to cover Seattle providing point-to-point radio access up to one gigabit per second, achieved by placing fiber transmitters on top of 38 buildings across Seattle. These transmitters can beam fiber internet to multi-family housing and offices across Seattle, even those outside the twelve demonstration neighborhoods, as long as they are in a line of sight. Internet service would be delivered to individual units within a building through existing wiring. This wireless coverage can provide network and Internet services to customers that do not have immediate access to fiber in the city.
Gigabit Seattle will provide next generation mobile, wireless cloud services in its 14 neighborhoods.
Deployment and services
Gigabit Squared had planned to begin engineering the network in the first quarter of 2013. Pricing and service offerings were not announced, but it has been indicated they would have been competitive with current broadband service offerings in terms of price, though speeds would have likely been faster.
The Gigabit Seattle network was going to be rolled out initially to 14 demonstration neighborhoods:
Area 1 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venafi | Venafi, Inc. is a privately held cybersecurity company that develops software to secure and protect cryptographic keys and digital certificates. Its enterprise key and certificate management and security products are certificate authority (CA) independent and manage security instruments such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) digital certificates and Secure Shell (SSH) keys. Venafi does not sell encryption and it is not a certificate authority.
Venafi reports a customer base of public- and private-sector entities, mostly Global 5000 organizations that operate in a variety of industries. Venafi is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has offices in California and the United Kingdom.
History
Russell Thornton and Ben Hodson, both University of Washington graduates, cofounded Venafi's predecessor company in 1998 after recognizing that a consulting project they worked on had broader a commercial application. The cofounders incorporated the company as IMCentric in Washington State on October 26, 2000.
Seeking an infusion of angel capital, Hodson and Thornton moved the company to Utah where they were joined by Jayson Seegmiller. Hodson led engineering while Thornton and Seegmiller focused on business and operations. An application was filed to conduct business as IMCentric, Inc. in Orem, Utah on March 18, 2003. Thornton filed to change IMCentric's state of incorporation (home state) from Washington to Delaware on April 1, 2004.
In early 2005, the company changed its name from IMCentric to Venafi. It also changed its leadership from Thornton (president and chief executive officer) and Seegmiller (vice president, secretary, and treasurer) to Trell Rohovit (president and chief executive officer), William Clay Epstein (vice president), and Darren Denning (secretary). That year, the company also moved its headquarters to Sandy, Utah.
Jeff Hudson (current chief executive officer) replaced Rohovit in October 2010, and the company moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 2013.
Company name
Venafi is a made-up word created by combining two Latin roots—Vena (vein or root) and Fides (trust or faith). Venafi secures the root of trust—the encryption keys and certificates.
Industry affiliations
Venafi is a participating organization with the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), which issues the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Venafi submitted Cryptographic Keys and Digital Certificate Security Guidelines as a Special Interest Group (SIG) topic for consideration as both a 2015 and 2016 PCI SSC SIG. The topic was selected as a finalist for both a 2015 SIG (1 of 7 finalists, not selected) and a 2016 SIG (1 of 5 finalists, not selected). Venafi is also a member of the Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis group (FS-ISAC).
In July 2012, Paul Turner, then Venafi's vice president of product and strategy, co-authored a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (IT |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para%20sa%20%27Yo%20ang%20Laban%20Na%20Ito | () is a 2013 Philippine television self help drama talk show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Manny Pacquiao and Jean Garcia, it premiered on February 3, 2013 on the network's Sunday Grande line up. On March 23, 2013, it moved to the network's Sabado Star Power sa Gabi line up. The show concluded on April 20, 2013 with a total of 11 episodes.
Overview
The show is dubbed as GMA Network's very first "self-help" drama. It hosted by world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and actress Jean Garcia, the show features real people with parallel life stories but have different endings. The show presented every life story via a short film and starred by some of the network's talents. Also in each episode, Pacquiao will share his own personal challenges and how he survived them with a series of difficult choices.
Following the show's main objective, Pacquiao and Garcia serve as coaches, helping and encouraging people to keep the faith, discover and believe in themselves, look straight, stand up and fight life's challenges.
With the battle cry, "Ang pagbabago ay magmumula sa desisyon mo..." (Change begins in your decision...), the hosts will challenge their guests to fight life's battle. Thus, they ask their guests this question: "Palaban ka ba?" (Are you a fighter?).
Notable episodes
The pilot episode (February 3, 2013) featured the story of two mothers who were abandoned by their husbands and were left to raise their children alone. It is a topic close to Pacquiao's heart because he grew up with the same situation.
The premiere episode (March 23, 2013) of the show for its new timeslot (the show moves from Sundays to Saturdays night timeslot) features the life story of Ivy Bascogin, an 18-year-old girl whose dream of being a teacher was suddenly hindered when her father has to stop from being a tricycle driver because of pneumonia. Meanwhile, her mother only earns five hundred pesos per week as a laundress. Because of poverty, Ivy was unable to continue her studies and chose to work in a small canteen as an all-around helper with a salary of one hundred per day.
This episode (April 20, 2013) serves as the show's farewell episode. Joey de Leon guests as co-host to Jean Garcia. He also reminisces his and his mother's struggle when his father left them, and their reunion after two decades.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of earned a 9.9% rating. While the final episode scored a 12.6% rating.
References
2013 Philippine television series debuts
2013 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine television talk shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution%20in%20the%20Valley | Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made is a nonfiction book written by Andy Hertzfeld about the birth of the Apple Macintosh personal computer. The author was a core member of the team that built the Macintosh system software and the chief creator of the Mac's radical new user interface software. The book is a collection of anecdotes tracing the development of the Macintosh from a secret project in 1979 through its "triumphant introduction" in 1984. These anecdotes were originally published on the author's Folklore.org web site.
Content
The book focuses on the hardware design and software development by the original Macintosh team at Apple Computer, including sometimes technical details of ports and cards and code. It describes the Mac's introduction by Steve Jobs, and improvements made shortly thereafter. Steve Wozniak wrote the foreword.
The author reveals that both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates had first seen the innovative Graphic User Interface at the offices of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), which had prototyped the "desktop computer" concept by 1978.
References
Books about Apple Inc.
2004 non-fiction books
O'Reilly Media books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auger%20%28surname%29 | Auger is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred Auger (1889–1917), French-Algerian World War I flying ace
Anne Auger, French computer scientist
Arleen Auger (1939–1993), American soprano
Athanase Auger (1734–1792), French educator and translator
Antoine-Augustin Auger (1761–1836), French politician
Brian Auger (born 1939), British jazz and rock keyboardist
Claudine Auger (1941–2019), French cinematic actress
Edmond Auger (1530–1591), French Jesuit
Félix Auger-Aliassime (born 2000), Canadian tennis player, brother of Malika
Gerald Auger (born 1978), Canadian actor and producer
Henry Lemaître Auger (1873–1948), Canadian politician
Isabelle Auger (born 1969), Canadian water polo player
John Auger (c. 1678–1718), pirate
Joseph-Oscar Auger (1873–1942), Canadian politician
Langdon Auger, stage name of Scott Langejan, Canadian rap musician
Louis-Mathias Auger (1902–1966), Canadian teacher and politician
Louis-Simon Auger (1772–1839), French journalist and playwright
Ludovic Auger (born 1971), French racing cyclist
Malika Auger-Aliassime (born 1998), Canadian tennis player, sister of Félix
Michel Auger (politician) (1830–1909), Canadian politician, farmer and industrialist
Michel Auger (1944-2020), Canadian crime reporter
Michel C. Auger, Canadian political columnist
Pierre Victor Auger (1899–1993), French physicist and discoverer of the Auger effect
Pierre-Michel Auger (born 1963), Canadian politician
Ryan Auger (born 1994), English footballer
Stéphane Auger (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey referee
Tito Auger (born 1968), Puerto-Rican musician
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase (1661–1732), French naval officer
French-language surnames
English-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Karnic%20language | Eastern Karnic language may be,
The ISO reference name for those purported Ngura "languages" of Australia that do not have sufficient attested data to be established as actual languages,
One of the Eastern Karnic languages of Australia, such as Garlali, Wangkumara and Bundhamara, which have been assigned distinct ISO codes. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema%20Nacional%20de%20Televisi%C3%B3n%20%28Paraguay%29 | Sistema Nacional de Televisión (National Television System), sometimes simply known as SNT, is a Paraguayan television network which reaches almost the entire population of Paraguay. SNT coverage almost all the Región Oriental, where approximately 97% of the population of Paraguay lives. Currently it has 11 repeaters. As of 1999, the channel is owned by Albavisión.
Programming
News
La Mañana de Cada Dia
24 Horas
Pulso Urbano
Sports
SNT Deportes
Slogans
References
External links
Official site
Television channels and stations established in 1965
Television stations in Paraguay
Spanish-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalb%20%28programming%20language%29 |
قلب (), transliterated Qalb, Qlb and Alb, is a functional programming language allowing a programmer to write programs completely in Arabic. Its name means heart and is a recursive acronym in Arabic meaning Qalb: A Language for Programming (, ). It was developed in 2012 by Ramsey Nasser, a computer scientist at the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in New York City, as both an artistic endeavor and as a response to the Anglophone bias in the vast majority of programming languages, which express their fundamental concepts using English words.
The syntax is like that of Lisp or Scheme, consisting of parenthesized lists. All keywords are appropriate Arabic terms, and program text is laid out right-to-left, like all Arabic text. Specifically, the Arabic used is Lebanese Arabic, as is evident by the use of instead of the Modern Standard Arabic . The language provides a minimal set of primitives for defining functions, conditionals, looping, list manipulation, and basic arithmetic expressions. It is Turing-complete, and the Fibonacci sequence and Conway's Game of Life have been implemented.
Because all program text is written in Arabic, and the connecting strokes between characters in the Arabic script can be extended to any length, it is possible to align the source code in artistic patterns, in the tradition of Arabic calligraphy.
A JavaScript-based interpreter is currently hosted on herokuapp and the project can be forked on GitHub.
Hello world
(قول "مرحبا يا عالم")
(قول "Hello, world")
References
Further reading
External links
Artist's statement
قلب REPL
Functional languages
Non-English-based programming languages
Lisp programming language family |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit%20Chicago | Gigabit Chicago is a gigabit-speed networking project in Chicago. It is a partnership of the State of Illinois, the City of Chicago and Gigabit Squared.
Background
Following up on a request for information issued in September 2012, in October, the University of Chicago, in partnership with the State of Illinois and the city, announced a project to bring gigabit-speed fiber to over 4,825 residents, businesses, schools and healthcare institutions in the Chicago's Mid-South Side neighborhoods. Based on neighborhood participation and adoption, it has been reported that next generation broadband access (gigabit-per-second) will be potentially available to as many as 210,000 residents who live in over 79,000 households as well as the 10,000 businesses in the area.
Components
The project consists of a fiber-to-the-home / fiber-to-the-business network as well as an ultra-high speed wireless network.
Deployment and services
The network will initially be deployed to 9 demonstration neighborhoods:
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Woodlawn
Washington Park
South Shore
Greater Grand Crossing
Grand Boulevard
Douglas
Oakland
Hyde Park, Kenwood, Woodlawn and Washington Park will be among the initial neighborhoods for the buildout, getting fiber and wireless capacity in the next year. The other communities will start with wireless capacity, to be built out with fiber in the next 4 years.
Partnership
The State of Illinois awarded $2 million to Gigabit Squared as part of the Illinois Gigabit Communities Challenge. The University of Chicago committed $2 million, and Gigabit Squared will provide $5 million for the Gigabit Chicago project.
The network will be owned and operated by Gigabit Squared.
Financial and Organizational issues
Gigabit Chicago's parent company, Gigabit Squared had its co-founder and president resign early in 2014 after Seattle sued over unpaid bills.
Chicago was also facing issues with Gigabit, as no milestones have been met after $2 million of investment from the city.
References
Economy of Chicago
Metropolitan area networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitas%20Prize%20for%2030%20Minute%20Network%20or%20Syndicated%20Television | The Humanitas Prize for 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television is an award presented to the best written 30-minute network or syndicated television program. The winners are indicated in bold.
1975 (1st)
Good Times:
"The Lunch Money Rip-Off" — John Baskin & Roger Schulman
"My Girl Henrietta" — Bob Peete
Sunshine: "Angel of Doom" — M. Charles Cohen
1976 (2nd)
Doc — Seth Freeman
''M*A*S*H:"The Interview" — Larry Gelbart"Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" — Burt Prelutsky
1977 (3rd)
All in the Family: "Archie's Brief Encounter - Part II" — Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin
M*A*S*H: "Dear Sigmund" — Alan AldaThe Mary Tyler Moore Show: "Ted's Change of Heart" — Earl Pomerantz1978 (4th)All in the Family: "The Brother" — Larry Rhine & Mel TolkinBarney Miller: "Goodbye, Mr. Fish - Part II" — Reinhold Weege
The Jeffersons: "984 W. 124th St., Apt. 5C" — John Baskin & Roger Shulman
1979 (5th)
All in the Family: "Edith Gets Fired" — Teleplay by Harriett Weiss & Patt Shea; Story by Mort Lachman
M*A*S*H: "Point of View" — Ken Levine and David IsaacsTaxi: "Blind Date" — Michael Leeson1980 (6th)M*A*S*H: "Dreams" — Teleplay by Alan Alda; Story by Alan Alda and James Jay RubinfierUnited States: "Uncle Charlie" — Gary Markowitz
WKRP in Cincinnati: "God Talks to Johnny" — Hugh Wilson
1981 (7th)
Archie Bunker's Place: "Tough Love" — Patt Shea and Harriett Weiss
M*A*S*H: "Blood Brothers" — Elias Davis & David PollockWKRP in Cincinnati: "Venus Flytrap Explains" — Hugh Wilson1982 (8th)
Archie Bunker's Place: "Relapse" — Patt Shea & Harriett WeissM*A*S*H: "Where There's a Will, There's a War" — Elias Davis & David PollockOne Day at a Time: "Mrs. O'Leary's Kid" — Paul Perlove
1983 (9th)
Diff'rent Strokes: "Bicycle Man II" — Blake Hunter
It Takes Two: "Death Penalty" — Susan HarrisM*A*S*H: "Who Knew?" — Elias Davis & David Pollock1984 (10th)Family Ties:"Not an Affair to Remember" — Gary David Goldberg & Ruth Bennett"Say Uncle" — Ruth Bennett
Gimme a Break!: "Herbie" — Arthur Julian
1985 (11th)The Cosby Show:"Theo and the Joint" — John MarkusFamily Ties:
"Hotline Fever" — Marc Lawrence
"Remembrance of Things Past - Part II" — Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger
1986 (12th)The Cosby Show:"Denise's Friend" — John Markus"An Early Spring" — Matt Williams
"Truth or Consequences" — John Markus & Carmen Finestra & Gary Kott
Mr. Sunshine — David Lloyd
1987 (13th)
The Cosby Show: "The March" — Gary Kott
Family Ties: "My Back Pages" — Ruth BennettKate & Allie: "Jennie & Jason" — Bob Randall1988 (14th)Frank's Place: "The Bridge" — Hugh WilsonKate & Allie: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" — Teleplay Bob Randall & William Persky; Story by Anne Flett-Giordano (as Anne Flett) & Chuck Ranberg
The Wonder Years: "Pilot" — Neal Marlens & Carol Black
1989 (15th)
Baby Boom: "Guilt" — Nancy Meyers & Charles ShyerThe Wonder Years: "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" — Matthew Carlson1990 (16th)
Why, Charlie Brown, Why? — Charles M. SchulzThe Wonder Years:"The Powers That Be" — David M. Stern"Square Dance" |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20computing%20in%20Canada | Many in Canada share concerns about the current and future roles of women in computing, especially as these occupations increase in importance. As in many nations where computing and information technology are large industries, women in Canada have historically faced underrepresentation in education and industry. As a result, some Canadian women pursuing careers in these fields have had a lack of role models and faced sexism. There are many institutions and initiatives in Canada, however, which seek to increase representation for women in computing fields, as well as the fields of natural science and engineering in general.
Inequalities
In education
As is typical in North America, the enrollment of women in computing disciplines at the post-secondary level is significantly lower than the enrollment of males. According to Statistics Canada, in 2009, there were 33,219 students nationwide enrolled in "Mathematics, computer and information sciences" coursework, with only 9,075 of them being women (27%). This is significantly lower than 3 years earlier (2005/2006), when 37% of women did the same. The decline in the enrollment of women in computer science and related coursework is mirrored in the US.
Another summary published by Statistics Canada shows that this trend is not recent; between 1992 and 2007, the number of annual female university graduates in computer science has remained roughly constant (with a slight increase between 2000 and 2004), whereas the number of male graduates has increased approximately 50% (with the 2004 value almost double that of the 1992 value). Relatively speaking, there were about twice as many male graduates as females in 1992 and three times as many in 2007.
A study looking at enrollment based on program and gender was done at the University of Waterloo in 2010. At Waterloo, the percentage of the undergraduate population studying computer science that were women was only 11.5%, with a slight increase at the Master's (18.4%) and PhD (17.1%) levels. Waterloo, one of the only universities in Canada to have a higher percentage of male students than female students, is an extreme example, but the trend is constant across many computer science departments in the country.
In the workforce
As of 2011, the GDP of the Canadian Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) sector was $62.7 billion and grew at an annualized rate of 3.8% between 2002 and 2011. Meanwhile, the overall economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.9%, reflecting the relative importance of ICT sector in Canada. The percentage of women working in the industry mirrored that of the percentage of women receiving computing education. Statistics Canada reports that in 2012, there were approximately 1,299,300 people employed in the "Professional, scientific and technical services", of which 548,800 were women (42%). This category also includes those working in legal and accounting services (which are typically much more gender balanced), so the actual per |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20L.%20Jackson | Kevin L. Jackson is an American business executive and writer. He served in the US Navy for fifteen years, before becoming a senior business executive in the computer industry. Jackson is currently the CEO & Founder, GovCloud Network, a consultancy formed to assist agencies and businesses leverage the parallel and global nature of cloud computing.
Naval career
Jackson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1979 with a BS Aerospace Engineering. He later graduated from the Naval War College with an MA National Security & Strategic Studies degree and an MSEE in Computer Engineering from the Navy Postgraduate School. Between 1979 and 1994, Jackson was an officer in the United States Navy, where he specialized in space systems engineering, airborne logistics, and airborne command and control. He was an aircraft carrier pilot, and during his time with the Navy he also served at the National Reconnaissance Office, Operational Support Office, which provides global logistical support for the Marine Corps and Navy. He also served at the US Navy Space Technology Program.
Computer industry
Between 1996 and 1999 Jackson served as Chief Technology Officer of Sentel Corporation, which was the winner of the NASA Small Business Innovative Research program under his direction. In 1997 Jackson attended the first annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers on behalf of the company and was featured in the New York Times coverage of the event. In January 1999 Jackson wrote in Speech Technology Magazine: "For the first time in the nearly 40–year history of "wearable" computers, reality can meet society's expectations ... an ideal wearable computer would not only provide a seamless interface for aural and visual communication, but also remain accessible to the user's mouth, ears, and eyes throughout the range of daily activities." After leaving Sentel, Jackson worked as a senior executive in the private sector, including for companies like IBM and JP Morgan Chase. He also served as a vice president for Dataline LLC. In February 2010 Jackson became the General Manager of Cloud Computing Services for NJVC. That year Jackson was named a "Cyber Security Visionary" by US Black Engineer & IT magazine.
Publishing
In 1995-96 Jackson co-produced the interactive CD-ROM Black Wings - A Chronicle of African Americans in Aviation, in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution. The CD covers the contributions that African-Americans have made to aviation in America, with narration from Montel Williams. Since 2008 Jackson has run a cloud-computing blog entitled Cloud Musings by Kevin Jackson. In 2011 the Cloud Computing Journal named Jackson's blog one of the top 100 blogs on cloud computing in the United States. Since March 2011 Jackson has also written the Cloud Musing on Forbes blog for Forbes Magazine, covering the growing use of cloud computing in both the public and private sectors.
In 2011 Jackson co-authored the government training book GovCloud: Imple |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20Data%20Operators | CDO is a command line suite for manipulating and analysing climate data. It provides more than 600 operators for this purpose and is an acronym for Climate Data Operators.
Supported data formats are:
netCDF 3/4
GRIB 1/2
SERVICE
EXTRA
IEG
Scripting interfaces
CDO offers a scripting interface for Ruby and Python.
References
External links
Official Homepage
Documentation
Meteorological data and networks
Climatology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drift%20plus%20penalty | In the mathematical theory of probability, the drift-plus-penalty method is used for optimization of queueing networks and other stochastic systems.
The technique is for stabilizing a queueing network while also minimizing the time average of a network penalty function. It can be used to optimize performance objectives such as time average power, throughput, and throughput utility.
In the special case when there is no penalty to be minimized, and when the goal is to design a stable routing policy in a multi-hop network, the method reduces to backpressure routing.
The drift-plus-penalty method can also be used to minimize the time average of a stochastic process subject to time average constraints on a collection of other stochastic processes.
This is done by defining an appropriate set of virtual queues. It can also be used to produce time averaged solutions to convex optimization problems.
Methodology
The drift-plus-penalty method applies to queueing systems that operate in discrete time with time slots t in {0, 1, 2, ...}. First, a non-negative function L(t) is defined as a scalar measure of the state of all queues at time t. The function L(t) is typically defined as the sum of the squares of all queue sizes at time t, and is called a Lyapunov function. The Lyapunov drift is defined:
Every slot t, the current queue state is observed and control actions are taken to greedily minimize a bound on the following drift-plus-penalty expression:
where p(t) is the penalty function and V is a non-negative weight. The V parameter can be chosen to ensure the time average of p(t) is arbitrarily close to optimal, with a corresponding tradeoff in average queue size. Like backpressure routing, this method typically does not require knowledge of the probability distributions for job arrivals and network mobility.
Origins and applications
When the method reduces to greedily minimizing the Lyapunov drift. This results in the backpressure routing algorithm originally developed by Tassiulas and Ephremides (also called the max-weight algorithm). The term was added to the drift expression by Neely and Neely, Modiano, Li for stabilizing a network while also maximizing a throughput utility function. For this, the penalty was defined as times a reward earned on slot This drift-plus-penalty technique was later used to minimize average power and optimize other penalty and reward metrics.
The theory was developed primarily for optimizing communication networks, including wireless networks, ad-hoc mobile networks, and other computer networks. However, the mathematical techniques can be applied to optimization and control for other stochastic systems, including renewable energy allocation in smart power grids and inventory control for product assembly systems.
How it works
This section shows how to use the drift-plus-penalty method to minimize the time average of a function p(t) subject to time average constraints on a collection of other func |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia%20%28programming%20language%29 | Julia is a high-level, general-purpose dynamic programming language, most commonly used for numerical analysis and computational science. Distinctive aspects of Julia's design include a type system with parametric polymorphism and the use of multiple dispatch as a core programming paradigm, efficient garbage collection, and a just-in-time (JIT) compiler (with support for ahead-of-time compilation).
Julia can be run similar to (interpreted) scripting languages, and does by default with its runtime preinstalled, but source code can also be (separately) compiled optionally for standalone binary executables. Doing such can support all features bundling the runtime (or allows for limited tiny executables or libraries made including for use by other languages such as Python). Such compilation is not needed for speed, but can help with hiding source code.
Julia's Visual Studio Code extension provides a fully-featured integrated development environment with support for debugging, linting, and profiling.
History
Work on Julia began in 2009, when Jeff Bezanson, Stefan Karpinski, Viral B. Shah, and Alan Edelman set out to create a free language that was both high-level and fast. On 14 February 2012, the team launched a website with a blog post explaining the language's mission. In an interview with InfoWorld in April 2012, Karpinski said of the name "Julia": "There's no good reason, really. It just seemed like a pretty name." Bezanson said he chose the name on the recommendation of a friend, then years later wrote:
Julia's syntax is now considered stable, since version 1.0 in 2018, and Julia has a backward compatibility guarantee for 1.x and also a stability promise for the documented (stable) API, while in the years before in the early development prior to 0.7 the syntax (and semantics) was changed in new versions. All of the (registered package) ecosystem uses the new and improved syntax, and in most cases relies on new APIs that have been added regularly, e.g. in Julia 1.6 LTS, and in some cases minor additional syntax added in a forward compatible way e.g. in Julia 1.7.
In the 10 years since the 2012 launch of pre-1.0 Julia, the community has grown. The Julia package ecosystem has over 11.8 million lines of code (including docs and tests). The JuliaCon academic conference for Julia users and developers has been held annually since 2014 with JuliaCon2020 welcoming over 28,900 unique viewers, and then JuliaCon2021 breaking all previous records (with more than 300 JuliaCon2021 presentations available for free on YouTube, up from 162 the year before), and 43,000 unique viewers during the conference.
Three of the Julia co-creators are the recipients of the 2019 James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software (awarded every four years) "for the creation of Julia, an innovative environment for the creation of high-performance tools that enable the analysis and solution of computational science problems." Also, Alan Edelman, professor of applied mathemati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL%20AM | NFL AM (also known as NFL All Morning) is an NFL morning television program on NFL Network. The program premiered on Monday, July 30, 2012. It aired from 6a to 10a ET. On May 8, 2015, the program went on hiatus. Network executives stated that they will perform performance reviews and planned to relaunch sometime during the 2015 NFL preseason. It was subsequently cancelled and replaced by NFL HQ, which was, in turn, replaced with Good Morning Football.
The program featured Rhett Lewis, Erin Coscarelli, LaVar Arrington, Eric Davis, Terrell Davis, Jordan Babineaux, Steve Wyche, Molly Qerim and Mark Kriegel. In July 2014, Coscarelli and Lewis were added to the cast of co-hosts.
References
External links
NFL AM
NFL Network original programming
National Football League television series
Television morning shows in the United States
2012 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
American sports television series
2010s American television talk shows
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%20McLaughlin | Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born 3 September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the Seven Network. McLaughlin previously worked for Fox Sports where she hosted association football shows including Kick Off, Indian Super League and Fox Sports FC, while also being a regular on Fox Sports News.
Career
McLaughlin started her media career with Radio 2 in 2005 before moving to Sky News in Sydney, as a reporter and presenter.
In 2007, she joined Fox Sports where she hosted multiple soccer shows including Kick Off, Indian Super League and Fox Sports FC. She was a regular on Fox Sports News.
In 2013, she joined Network Ten to host the network's coverage of the Big Bash League. She also hosted Ten's coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games and Australian F1 Grand Prix. McLaughlin was also host of the short-lived The Thursday Night Sport Show alongside Sam Mac and Mark Howard, and a fill-in sports presenter on Ten Eyewitness News Sydney.
In January 2016, cricketer Chris Gayle propositioned McLaughlin during a live interview during a Big Bash game. He was sanctioned with a 10,000 fine for inappropriate conduct.
In April 2016, McLaughlin moved to the Seven Network. She was appointed weeknight sport presenter on Seven News Sydney replacing Jim Wilson. She hosted Seven's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as well as the network's coverage of the Australian Swimming Championships and 2017 Rugby League World Cup. She has also filled in as sports presenter on Sunrise and on Seven Morning News.
In 2018, she was appointed host of Seven’s Test Cricket and Big Bash League Coverage alongside James Brayshaw.
Personal life
McLaughlin was born in September 1979 in Sydney to an Anglo-Indian mother and an English father who had migrated to Australia in 1978.
She was raised in Quakers Hill, New South Wales where she attended St Andrew's Primary School and St John Paul II Catholic College.
McLaughlin was married to Australian actor Luke Panic from 2012 to 2014. She is currently in a relationship with British former footballer Ashley Westwood. McLaughlin is an ambassador for the Lung Foundation Australia, having lost a sister to lung cancer.
References
External links
Living people
Television personalities from Sydney
Seven News presenters
1979 births
Australian people of Anglo-Indian descent |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastlink%20Wireless | Eastlink Wireless is a Canadian mobile network operator owned by Eastlink. Its built network serves the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with additional coverage areas provided in New Brunswick, Ontario and Alberta communities as well as Newfoundland.
History
Eastlink spent $25,628,000 for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licenses covering Atlantic Canada, plus smaller communities elsewhere in Canada.
Network
Eastlink has AWS spectrum licenses to serve the entire Atlantic Canada population, plus Grande Prairie, Alberta and several small cities throughout Ontario. Combined, these markets cover a population of 4,886,983. The carrier is using LTE and HSPA+ technology. In March 2022, Eastlink launched a 5G network in partnership with Ericsson. As of January 2023, 5G is available in multiple cities in Atlantic Canada, with the goal of expanding through the entire network.
Products
Smartphones
Eastlink sells multiple Android and iOS devices, from Apple, Samsung, LG, Motorola. Many of these devices support 5G, and all support the carriers LTE network. Eastlink no longer offers mobile broadband hotspots or feature phones directly.
Services
Various services are available at Eastlink Wireless.
Plans
Eastlink offers many plan options such as, Unlimited Data, Rollover Data, Starter Data, and Talk and Text. All Unlimited and Rollover data plans include unlimited minutes and messaging, with the Unlimited Data plans also offering unlimited reduced speed data after the data cap is met. The Starter Data plans offer lower cost plans with smaller amounts of data, and the lowest 250mb plan also has a 100 Outgoing minute limit. The Talk & Text plan offers unlimited minutes and messaging but no mobile data service. Currently, no mobile data only plans are offered.
Device subsidies
Eastlink offers a device subsidy option called the easyTab for customers with a plan costing $40 or more.
Roaming
When in parts of Canada not on Eastlink's network, customers roam domestically at no extra charge on the networks of one of the three major mobile providers in Canada (Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless, and Telus Mobility) as well as on Vidéotron Mobile in Quebec.
References
External links
Mobile phone companies of Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola%20Books | Zola Books is a New York based social eBook retailer that combines a social network, bookseller and recommendation engine. Founded by literary agents and launched in September 2012. the company was described by The Washington Post as "a venture whose strategy is to combine all three of the e-book world’s major market functions — retailing, curation and social-networking — in an ambitious bid to become a one-stop destination for book lovers on the Web".
History
Zola Books was founded 2012 by Joe Regal. Several authors invested in Zola, including Audrey Niffenegger, Gregory David Roberts and Chandler Burr.
Zola Books acquired Bookish.com in January 2014, desiring Bookish.com's algorithmic software, which gave users book recommendations and suggestions. Zola launched "The Everywhere Store," its own e-commerce widget, in October 2015. In 2016, Zola completed a follow-up round of financing, earning $8.5 million.
Corporate affairs
Leadership
Zola Books is led by Co-Founders Joe Regal and Michael Strong. Other key executives are:
Matt Goldfarb, Chief Technology Officer
Anita Perala, Director Product Development
Maryann Regal, Director Customer Service
Products
The site currently sells six eBook exclusives: The Accidental Victim by James Reston Jr., Isaac Marion's The New Hunger, Making Mavericks by surfer Frosty Hesson, The Chemickal Marriage by Gordon Dahlquist, Autumn Leaves by comic Annabelle Gurwitch and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. The company will soon start selling eBooks from a variety of different publishers. The social aspects of the website come from the ability to follow authors, publishers and other readers, read book lists created by them, and see what friends are reading and where they highlight or mark passages in a book. The site also features publishing news, exclusive author Q&As, and a large amount of book reviews. Zola is supportive of independent bookstores and provides them with storefronts on the site and a way for customers to pledge their allegiance to a certain store so that store receives money from all of that customer's purchases on the site.
Miscellaneous
The name Zola comes from the idea of including everything from Z to A on the website and being like Amazon but backwards.
References
External links
Official Website
Book selling websites
Privately held companies based in New York City |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Grier | Jonathan Grier is a computer scientist, consultant, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his work on stochastic forensics and insider data theft. He has also contributed to computer security, digital forensics, and software development.
Grier is a frequent speaker at computer conferences such as Black Hat, ACSAC, and DFRWS. His research has appeared in the Journal of Digital Investigation, SecurityFocus, Digital Forensics Magazine and InformationWeek. His work has been cited by Microsoft Press, IBM Internet Security Systems, Hewlett-Packard, SC Magazine and the FBI National Infrastructure Protection Center.
Grier is an advisor to private clients in computer security, software development and information technology, and conducts training in computer security and forensics for private clients and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.
Research
In 2010, Grier introduced stochastic forensics as an alternative to traditional digital forensics which typically relies on digital artifacts. Stochastic forensics' chief application is investigation of data theft, especially by insiders. Grier was inspired by the statistical mechanics method used in physics.
In 2001, Grier exposed several security flaws in a number of techniques then popular in Common Gateway Interface web applications. This was a contributing factor in the move from flat file databases to modern database management systems.
Other
Grier is a member of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, where he lectures on the intersection of Halakha with computer science and physics.
In 1994, Yeshiva University named Grier a Yeshiva University Distinguished Scholar.
References
American computer scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Infrastructure%20Protection%20Center | The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) was a unit of the United States federal government charged with protecting computer systems and information systems critical to the United States' infrastructure. It was founded in 1998 by President Bill Clinton's Presidential Decision Directive 63. It was originally created as a branch of the FBI.
In 2003, the NIPC was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security. The NIPC was eventually (2002) disbanded, with other federal government organizations taking on its responsibilities. [Homeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296)]
See also
InfraGard
References
Disaster preparedness in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyapunov%20optimization | This article describes Lyapunov optimization for dynamical systems. It gives an example application to optimal control in queueing networks.
Introduction
Lyapunov optimization refers to the use of a Lyapunov function to optimally control a dynamical system. Lyapunov functions are used extensively in control theory to ensure different forms of system stability. The state of a system at a particular time is often described by a multi-dimensional vector. A Lyapunov function is a nonnegative scalar measure of this multi-dimensional state. Typically, the function is defined to grow large when the system moves towards undesirable states. System stability is achieved by taking control actions that make the Lyapunov function drift in the negative direction towards zero.
Lyapunov drift is central to the study of optimal control in queueing networks. A typical goal is to stabilize all network queues while optimizing some performance objective, such as minimizing average energy or maximizing average throughput. Minimizing the drift of a quadratic Lyapunov function leads to the
backpressure routing algorithm for network stability, also called the max-weight algorithm.
Adding a weighted penalty term to the Lyapunov drift and minimizing the sum leads to the drift-plus-penalty algorithm for joint network stability and penalty minimization. The drift-plus-penalty procedure can also be used to compute solutions to convex programs and linear programs.
Lyapunov drift for queueing networks
Consider a queueing network that evolves in discrete time with normalized time slots Suppose there are queues in the network, and define the vector of queue backlogs at time by:
Quadratic Lyapunov functions
For each slot define:
This function is a scalar measure of the total queue backlog in the network. It is called quadratic Lyapunov function on the queue state. Define the Lyapunov drift as the change in this function from one slot to the next:
Bounding the Lyapunov drift
Suppose the queue backlogs change over time according to the following equation:
where and are arrivals and service opportunities, respectively, in queue on slot This equation can be used to compute a bound on the Lyapunov drift for any slot t:
Rearranging this inequality, summing over all and dividing by 2 leads to:
where:
Suppose the second moments of arrivals and service in each queue are bounded, so that there is a finite constant such that for all and all possible queue vectors the following property holds:
Taking conditional expectations of (Eq. 1) leads to the following bound on the conditional expected Lyapunov drift:
A basic Lyapunov drift theorem
In many cases, the network can be controlled so that the difference between arrivals and service at each queue satisfies the following property for some real number :
If the above holds for the same epsilon for all queues all slots and all possible vectors then (Eq. 2) reduces to the drift condition used in the following Lyapu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Center%20for%20Employee%20Ownership | The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is a nonprofit research organization that gathers and disseminates data on employee ownership of the business by which they are employed. The organization was established in 1980 by Corey Rosen, then a staff member in the United States Senate who had become involved in drafting legislation on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).
History
In 1994, sociologist William Foote Whyte, one of the founding members of the NCEO board of directors, described the circumstances preceding the foundation of the NCEO, writing that "in the Reagan landslide of 1980, Senator Gaylord Nelson and Representative Peter Kostmayer lost their seats in Congress... That ended the congressional careers of Corey Rosen, Karen Young, and Joseph Blasi. Although this seemed a severe blow to the employee ownership movement, it did not turn out that way. Corey and Karen transferred their activities to their home in Arlington, Virginia, and established the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)".
Although ESOPs were rare at the time, Rosen asserted that if more people understood them and the benefits they were asserted to provide for companies, more companies would adopt them. By January 1982, the fledgling organization reported having "350 members from unions, businesses, and trade associations". Also in January 1982, the organization sponsored "its first buyout symposium for labor unions". Later in 1982, Rosen published a book titled Employee Ownership: Issues, Resources and Legislation.
Over the course of the following decade, the organization relocated its headquarters to Oakland, California, and developed a substantial library of information and authority within the field. As of 1994, Whyte wrote that the NCEO had come to be recognized as the prime source for information and ideas on employee ownership", and that it was "increasingly well financed by membership and conference fees and research grants". Economic sociologist Joseph Blasi also served for a time on the board during this period.
, the NCEO claims to have more than 3,000 members including both ESOP companies and academics.
Structure and functions
The NCEO is a private, nonprofit, membership-based research and information organization. It was "formed to provide reliable, objective, comprehensive information about employee ownership", and remains "dedicated to providing information about and increasing understanding of employee ownership". The organization "serves as the leading source of accurate, unbiased information on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), broadly granted employee stock options, and employee participation programs", and "functions as a clearinghouse on employee ownership".
The NCEO "does not lobby on behalf of employee ownership; rather, it provides the most extensive library of publications dealing with virtually every facet of employee ownership". The organization thereby "helps encourage more companies to explore employee ownershi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Universe | Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (Zach Callison), who lives with the Crystal Gems—magical, mineral-based aliens named Garnet (Estelle), Amethyst (Michaela Dietz), and Pearl (Deedee Magno Hall)—in the fictional town of Beach City. Steven, who is half-Gem, has adventures with his friends and helps the Gems protect the world from their own kind. The pilot was first shown in May 2013, and the series ran for five seasons, from November 2013 to January 2019. The TV film Steven Universe: The Movie was released in September 2019, and an epilogue limited series, Steven Universe Future, ran from December 2019 to March 2020.
The themes of the series include love, family, and the importance of healthy interpersonal relationships. Sugar based the lead character on her younger brother Steven, who was an artist for the series. She developed Steven Universe while she was a writer and storyboard artist on Adventure Time, which she left when Cartoon Network commissioned her series for full production. The series is storyboard-driven; the show's storyboard artists were responsible for writing the dialogue and creating the action in addition to drawing the storyboards.
The series developed a broad fanbase and has been critically acclaimed for its design, music, voice acting, characterization, prominence of LGBTQ themes, and science fantasy worldbuilding. The series won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Program in 2019, becoming the first animated series to win the award. It also received a Peabody Award for Children's & Youth Programming in 2019. It's been nominated for five Emmy Awards and five Annie Awards. Books, comics and video games based on the series have been released.
Synopsis
Steven Universe is set in the fictional town of Beach City, Delmarva, where the Crystal Gems live in an ancient beachside temple and protect humanity from monsters and other threats. The Gems are ageless alien warriors who project female humanoid forms from magical gemstones at the core of their being. The Crystal Gems comprise Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven—a young, half-human, half-Gem boy who inherited his gemstone from his mother, the Crystal Gems' former leader Rose Quartz. As Steven tries to understand his gradually expanding range of powers, he spends his days accompanying the Gems on their missions, as well as interacting with his father Greg, his best friend Connie, his magical pet lion, and the other residents of Beach City. He explores the abilities inherited from his mother, which include fusion—the ability of Gems to merge their bodies and abilities to form new, more powerful personalities.
The series' first season gradually reveals that the Crystal Gems are fugitives from a great interstellar empire. During their missions they visit ruins that were once important to Gem culture but have been derelict for millenni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Rabbit%20%28TV%20series%29 | Peter Rabbit is a computer-animated comedy television series for preschool children that debuted on the Nick Jr. Channel on December 14, 2012, in the United States and on CBeebies and BBC One on December 25, 2012, in the United Kingdom. It is based on the character of the same name from Beatrix Potter's children’s books. The series debuted on American TV and iTunes on December 14, 2012, with the pilot episode debuting as a Christmas holiday special, titled Peter Rabbit's Christmas Tale, and the show was becoming a regular series on February 19, 2013, in the USA. which was watched by three million viewers in the U.S. The first official DVD of Peter Rabbit was released on May 28, 2013, as a Walmart exclusive. It contains the programmes first eight episodes on a single disc. On October 11, 2013, Nickelodeon ordered a second series of 26 episodes. The series is also on the BBC Alba channel known as Peadar Kinnen. In Wales the series is known as Guto Gwningen dubbed into Welsh on S4C.
A springtime holiday special episode, titled Peter Rabbit's Springtime Tale (with the actual episode titled "The Tale of the Start of Spring"), aired on March 29, 2013, on iTunes in the USA.
Season 1 concluded on October 7, 2014, and the second season started airing for another year and a half until the show concluded on May 6, 2016, and there have been no plans yet to continue the show since then. The programme ran for two series from 2012 to 2016 and was produced for Nickelodeon in the US by Brown Bag Films, Penguin Books and Silvergate Media. The programme still airs reruns on CBeebies in the UK.
The series features and revolves around the titular character Peter Rabbit (voices of Colin DePaula and L. Parker Lucas in the US version and Connor Fitzgerald and Harry Henty in the UK version) and his younger cousin Benjamin Bunny (also called Benjamin Bouncer in this series: voice of Peter Steve Harris in the US version and Danny Price in the UK version) along with newcomer Lily Bobtail (voice of Michaela Dean in the US version and Harriet Perring (series 1) and Poppy Labrosse (series 2) in the UK version). The three rabbits experience many adventures in their woodland home across the lush Lake District: From daring radish raids in Mr. McGregor's garden to outwitting the wily fox Mr. Tod (voice of Mark Huckerby) and the bumbling badger Tommy Brock to helping their family and friends solve all sorts of problems. The programme features educational goals that encourage preschoolers to learn problem-solving and interpersonal skills, being aware, self-efficacy, resilience, positive re-framing and fostering an interest in and respect for nature.
Synopsis
The programme follows mischievous, charming Peter Rabbit and his friends as he overcomes obstacles, outwits predators and avoids danger. Peter wants to grow up to be just like his late father and carries his journal (a guide on how to be a good rabbit) on his adventures with his friends, Cousin Benjamin Bunny and new charact |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/512-bit%20computing | There are currently no mainstream general-purpose processors built to operate on 512-bit integers or addresses, though a number of processors do operate on 512-bit data.
Representation
A 512-bit register can store 2512 different values. The range of integer values that can be stored in 512 bits depends on the integer representation used.
The maximum value of an unsigned 512-bit integer is 2512 − 1, written in decimal as 13,407,807,929,942,597,099,574,024,998,205,846,127,479,365,820,592,393,377,723,561,443,721,764,030,073,546,976,801,874,298,166,903,427,690,031,858,186,486,050,853,753,882,811,946,569,946,433,649,006,084,095 or approximately 1.34078 x 10154, or textualized as over 13.407 Quinquagintillion.
Hardware
The Intel Xeon Phi has a vector processing unit with 512-bit vector registers, each one holding sixteen 32-bit elements or eight 64-bit elements, and one instruction can operate on all these values in parallel. However, the Xeon Phi's vector processing unit does not operate on individual numbers that are 512 bits long.
Some GPUs such as the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Radeon HD 2900XT, the Nvidia GTX 280, GTX 285, Quadro FX 5800 and several Nvidia Tesla products move data across a 512-bit memory bus. Then AMD Radeon R9 290, R9 290X and 295X2 followed.
AVX-512 are 512-bit extensions to the 256-bit Advanced Vector Extensions SIMD instructions for x86 instruction set architecture proposed by Intel in July 2013, and released on 2016 with Knights Landing, and in 2017 on the HEDT and consumer server platform, with Skylake-X and Skylake-SP respectively.
Software
Many hash functions, such as SHA-512 and SHA3-512, have a 512-bit output.
References
Data unit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellowship%20of%20Independent%20Reformed%20Evangelicals | The Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE) is a Reformed Baptist network of churches founded in 2000. There are congregations in the United States and abroad. It provides a platform for fellowship, cooperation, and mission sending. All ministry, cooperation, missions, and meetings are at the initiative of member churches.
Doctrine
The Denomination adheres to the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 and the London Confession of Faith 1644 and also affirm the Solas of the Reformation:
Sola Scriptura - Scripture Alone
Sola Fide - Faith Alone
Soli Deo Gloria - the Glory of God Alone
Solus Christus - Christ Alone
Sola Gratia - Grace Alone
A church elder in the denomination's Campbelltown, Pennsylvania church described his church as "very traditionally-minded", and as "going back to basics and returning to what a traditional church is".
Members
FIRE consists of over 110 churches in the United States and internationally in Brazil, Canada, Spain, West Indies, Israel, Italy, India and Mauritius. While voting membership is restricted to churches, individuals also participate in this network of churches through a provision for individual membership.
Missions
Member churches sponsor missionaries in the Philippines, Spain, France, Mexico, Montenegro, South Africa, Israel, Mozambique, Ireland.
External links
References
Reformed Baptists denominations
Christian organizations established in 2000
2000 establishments in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee%20TV%20Canada | Zee TV Canada is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from Zee TV as well as local Canadian content.
Zee TV is a top rated entertainment channel from India featuring popular drama series which cater specifically to a female audience. Its main focus is on scripted content including serials, soaps and sitcoms. It also airs news, music, religious content and reality shows.
History
Zee TV Canada was licensed by the CRTC on February 12, 2013 as Hindi Women's TV. It officially launched on February 1, 2013 as Zee TV Canada, via Bell Satellite TV, Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable, Optik TV, and Shaw.
On April 2, 2013, Zee TV launched Zee TV HD, a high definition simulcast of the standard definition feed. It is currently available on Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable, SaskTel and Optik TV.
References
External links
ECG's Zee TV Canada listing
Zee TV
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
2013 establishments in Ontario
Hindi-language television in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iana%20Bondar | Iana Bondar (born 19 February 1991) is a Ukrainian former biathlete.
Performances
References
External links
Biathlon.com.ua
IBU.com
IBU Datacenter
1991 births
Living people
B
Universiade medalists in biathlon
Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine
Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade
Sportspeople from Kyiv Oblast |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healingbow | Healingbow is an EP by Eden. It was released in 1993 through Projekt Records.
Track listing
Personnel
Eden
Pieter Bourke – percussion, keyboards, hammered dulcimer, programming
Sean Bowley – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Production and additional personnel
Don Bartley – mastering, engineering
Tim Blake – cello
Julia Bourke – photography, design
Adam Calaitzis – engineering
Julia Bourke – art direction, design
Eden – production
Vanessa Meckes – photography
Chris von Menge – photography
David Thrussell – additional drums on "Healingbow" and "Melancholia"
Brian Westbrook – cello
References
1993 EPs
Eden (Australian band) albums
Projekt Records EPs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Digits | Project Digits is a Microsoft Research Project under Microsoft's computer science laboratory at the University of Cambridge; researchers from Newcastle University and University of Crete are also involved in this project. Project is led by David Kim a Microsoft Research PhD and also a PhD Student in computer science at Newcastle University. Digits is an input device which can be mounted on the wrist of human hand and it captures and displays a complete 3D graphical representation of the user's hand on screen without using any external sensing device or hand covering material like data gloves. This project aims to make gesture controlled interfaces completely hands free with greater mobility and accuracy. It allows user to interact with whatever hardware while moving from room to room or walking down the street without any line of sight connection with the hardware.
Prototype
Prototype of the device was displayed at a conference on user interface technology in Massachusetts on 9 October 2012.
System is created using off the shelf hardware and consumes low power.
The Device uses Infrared-Camera sensor which detects infra-red light and then the data is fed to the software which interprets it to create a 3D model of the human hand. Data changes according to the position of real hand and then so does the 3D representation also. The Infra-red laser beam is used to determine the distance to fingers and thumbs to obtain the accurate orientation of the hands. Further, Infra–red LED’s helps to determine the exact position of the fingertips, as the light bounced back from fingers is captured by the camera. One of the benefits of IR LED is that human eye cannot detect it, hence it does not disturbs the user while using the device. "Ultimately we would like to reduce Digits to the size of a watch that can be worn all the time, We want users to be able to interact spontaneously with their electronic devices using simple gestures and not even have to reach for their devices." Quoted by David Kim Project Leader.
Usability
Digits can be used to control various devices.
User can control mobile phone interface without line of sight interaction. For example, user can twist an imaginary dial to control the frequency of radio and slide an imaginary slider to control the volume of music being played. User can also tap on an imaginary keypad to dial a number without taking out mobile from their pocket.
Using digits, user can play video games without using a controller. For example, user can use hand gestures to pick up objects in game, mimic a virtual gun from their hand and press the barrel etc. This type of gaming interaction has not been achieved yet.
Three Dimensional gesture controls can be used to control tablets and computers, 3D representation of hand can be used to navigate around in operating systems instead of a mouse, user can tap onto virtual keyboard to type, a pinching action can be used to zoom into image or documents etc.
Microsoft might also pa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule | The 2013–14 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 2013 to August 2014. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2012–13 season.
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 12, 2013, followed by Fox on May 13, ABC on May 14, CBS on May 15, and The CW on May 16, 2013.
PBS is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. The CW is not included on weekends, when it does not offer network programming. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since the majority of both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the latter).
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific time (except for some live events or specials). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Note: From February 6 to February 23, 2014, all NBC primetime programming was pre-empted for coverage of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.
Legend
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Note: Us & Them was originally set to air in the spring until Fox decided not to broadcast it. It would instead premiere on Sony Crackle on October 1, 2018.
Saturday
By network
ABC
Returning series:
20/20
ABC Saturday Movie of the Week
America's Funniest Home Videos
The Bachelor
The Bachelorette
Bet on Your Baby
Castle
Dancing with the Stars
Extreme Weight Loss
Grey's Anatomy
Last Man Standing
The Middle
Mistresses
Modern Family
Motive
Nashville
The Neighbors
NY Med
Once Upon a Time
Primetime: What Would You Do?
Revenge
Rookie Blue
Saturday Night Football
Scandal
Shark Tank
Suburgatory
The Taste
Wife Swap
Wipeout
New series:
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Assets *
Bachelor in Paradise *
Back in the Game
Betrayal
Black Box *
The Goldbergs
The Great Christmas Light Fight
Killer Women *
Lucky 7
Mind Games *
Mixology *
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
The Quest *
Resurrection *
Rising Star *
Sing Your Face Off *
Super Fun Night
Trophy Wife
Not returning from 2012–13:
666 Park Avenue
Body of Proof
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Family Tools
Happy Endings
How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)
Last Resort
Malibu Country
Private Practice
Red Widow
Whodunnit?
Zero Hour
CBS
Returning series:
2 Broke Girls
48 Hours
60 Minutes
The Amazing Race
The Big Bang Theory
Big Brother
Blue Bloods
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Elementary
The Good Wife
Hawaii Five-0
How I Met Your Mother
The Mentalist
Mike & Molly
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Person of Interest
Survivor
Two and a Half Men
Undercover Boss
Under the Dome
Unforgettable
New series:
Bad Teacher *
The Crazy Ones
Extant *
Fr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Cafarella |
Mike Cafarella is a computer scientist specializing in database management systems. He is a principal research scientist of computer science at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Before coming to MIT, he was a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2009 to 2020. Along with Doug Cutting, he is one of the original co-founders of the Hadoop and Nutch open-source projects. Cafarella was born in New York City but moved to Westwood, MA early in his childhood. After completing his bachelor's degree at Brown University, he earned a Ph.D. specializing in database management systems at the University of Washington under Dan Suciu and Oren Etzioni. He was also involved in several notable start-ups, including Tellme Networks, and co-founder of Lattice Data, which was acquired by Apple in 2017.
Education
Ph.D., Computer Science, June 2009. University of Washington.
M.Sc., Computer Science, 2005. University of Washington.
M.Sc., Artificial Intelligence, 1997. University of Edinburgh.
B.S., Computer Science, 1996. Brown University.
References
External links
Personal web page at MIT
Profile page at CSAIL
Personal web page at University of Michigan
Michigan Database Group home page
Living people
American computer scientists
Database researchers
University of Washington College of Engineering alumni
Brown University alumni
University of Michigan faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation%20Special%20Interest%20Group | The Aviation Special Interest Group (AVSIG) is a well known aviation message forum. It began life as a computer-bulletin board system on CompuServe Information Service before the start of the Internet proper.
The organisation itself claims to be the world's oldest continually-operated online forum. It was founded by The Aviation Safety Institute's John B. Galipault (1930–1993) and Sandy Trevor on the CompuServe Information Service in 1981. Forum participants represent all areas of the aviation industry, and core discussion ranges from airmanship to regulatory issues. The "Special Interest Group" phraseology in "Aviation Special Interest Group" derives from CompuServe service command line navigation convention where discussion forums were prefaced by SUBJECT/SIG, as in "AVIATION/SIG" or "AVSIG." AVSIG was the first "SIG" discussion site on the CompuServe service. The Aviation Safety Institute moved the AVSIG forum to the web concurrent with its termination of a hosting contract with CompuServe in 2004. AVSIG is the world's oldest continuously-operated online forum and one of a handful of pre-web online discussion forums operating today. The forum is noted for requiring real names for posting to encourage both authenticity and polite discourse. As of February, 2013 the AVSIG forum has registered over 1,300 users.
References
External links
AVSIG Aviation Forum
First Church of Combustion | Flight Today | Air & Space Magazine
KTN - Aviation Special Interest Group - Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Aviation websites
Internet properties established in 2004 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20Rules%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | House Rules is an Australian reality television series broadcast on the Seven Network. The series follows state-based teams of two who renovate each other's homes, with the team receiving the highest score winning an ultimate prize. The series is produced by the team who created the Seven reality show My Kitchen Rules.
House Rules premiered on 14 April 2013 and steadily gained viewers throughout its first season. The show's eighth season premiered on 6 April 2020. Seven did not renew the series for a ninth season at their annual upfronts in October 2020, however suggested the show may return in future.
In October 2021, during Seven’s annual upfronts, it was announced a spin-off series, titled Apartment Rules, would originally air in 2022, however the airdate is currently unspecified.
Format
Teams (mostly couples) from different states must complete rounds of renovations in homes and gardens in a competition to win an ultimate prize. All homes that belong to the contestants are transformed throughout the show.
Format changes
In season 2, Jim Fogarty (judge of the garden rounds in season 1), did not return as Wendy Moore and Joe Snell took over the garden rounds judging. In season 5, two new judges were introduced, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Drew Heath, who both joined Wendy Moore as judges. Judge of seasons 1–4, Joe Snell, did not return. In season 7, Jamie Durie replaced Drew Heath as a new judge. In season 8, Jamie Durie replaced Joh Griggs as series host alongside a new co-host, Abbey Gelmi, Kyly Clarke, and Saul Myers joined Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen as new series judges.
For seasons 1–4, the ultimate prize was having their mortgage paid off. In season 5, the winning team received $200,000. In season 6, the amount of prize money was decided by the first challenge during which the contestants renovated a house which was sold at auction. The $355,000 profit became the prize money. In season 7, the winning contestants won $250,000. In season 8, the winning contestants won $100,000.
The Grand Finals of seasons 1-4, were televised live with the winners decided by a combination of the judges' scores and the viewers' vote. Since season 5, there has not been a Live Grand Final: the team that received highest score from the judges won the series.
Hosts and judges
Judges
At the end of each renovation, the judges review every zone in the house and score each team out of 10 for their efforts. From season 2, judges verdicts were delivered face to face in front of the contestants.
Experts
The role of the experts is to assist and guide the contestants throughout each renovation. They need to make sure the house construction and design flows and also settle any disputes between teams.
Series details
Renovation Phases
Seasons 1–5
Phase 1: Interior Renovation
The six teams travelled around the country to completely renovate each other's homes. Every week, one team handed over their house to their opponents for a complete interior transformation. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Ababil | Operation Ababil ,a series of cyber attacks starting in 2012, targeting various American financial institutions and carried out by a group calling itself the "Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam".
Details Of The Operation
The cyber attacks, or more specifically denial of service attacks, were launched by the Cyber fighters of Izz Ad-Din Al Qassam also known as Qassam Cyber Fighters. The group announced the attacks on September 18, 2012 on Pastebin where they criticized Israel and the United States and justified the attacks as a response to the Innocence of Muslims video released by controversial American pastor Terry Jones. Their targets included the New York Stock Exchange as well as a number of banks including J.P. Morgan Chase. The result of the attacks was a limited disruption of the targeted websites. The attacks ended on Oct 23, 2012 because of the Eid al-Adha holiday at which point they offered to speak to the media through e-mail.
Name of the group and operation
The group’s moniker, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, was a Muslim preacher who lead in the fight against British, French and Jewish nationalist organizations in the Levant in the 1920s and 1930s.
Disputed origins of attacks
On September 21, 2012, the Washington Post reported that the attacks originated not from a hacktivist group but from the government of Iran and cited U.S. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman as one who was a proponent of this idea. Lieberman told C-Span that he believed the Iranian government was sponsoring the group's attacks on US banks in retaliation for Western economic sanctions. An early report by Dancho Danchev found the amateurish "outdated and virtually irrelevant technical skills" of the attack suspicious. But Michael Smith, senior security evangelist at Akamai, found the size of the attacks—65 gigabits of traffic per second—more consistent with a state actor (such as Iran) than with a typical hacktivist denial of service attack which would be less than 2 gigabits/second.
The controversial hacktivist, The Jester, claimed the Qassam Cyber Fighters had help with their attacks from the hacking group Anonymous.
Phase two
On December 10, 2012, the Qassam Cyber Fighters announced the launching of phase two of Operation Ababil. In that statement, they specifically named U.S. Bancorp, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, PNC Financial Services and SunTrust Bank as targets and identified events such as Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 US Presidential Election as reasons for the delay of phase two. This announcement also mentioned disrespect towards the Prophet Mohammed as motivation and denied the involvement of any nation state. It was during this time that media attention increased with one journalist observing, "Operation Ababil stands out for its sophistication and focus, experts say." and allegations of involvement by Iran also increased. On January 29, 2013, an announcement was made that phase two would come to a conclusion due to the removal of the main copy of the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gospel%20Coalition | The Gospel Coalition (TGC) is a network of evangelical and Reformed churches.
History
It was founded in 2005 by theologian D. A. Carson and pastor Tim Keller. TGC describe their mission as being “deeply committed to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures.” The Gospel Coalition, Carson wrote in 2018, is “not a monolith; we are a coalition. What holds us together is our shared commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ.” As TGC describes itself in a promotional video, “We are not united by culture, nationality, or politics, but by the cross of Jesus Christ.” In the resources it produces, TGC seeks to apply Scripture and gospel-centered approaches to contemporary culture, current events, and issues in everyday life. TGC regularly produces articles, videos, podcasts, and events.
In 2020, Julius Kim was appointed TGC president. In 2021, Baptist Pastor Juan Sánchez, of Austin, Texas, became board chairman.
Council
The leadership of The Gospel Coalition includes a group of 40+ active and emeritus members—mostly pastors—who form a Council, “the primary stakeholders who provide leadership and vision for the work of The Gospel Coalition.” A smaller group of representatives chosen by the Council makes up the Board, which sets the direction and provides oversight for TGC's president and staff.
Previous Council members include Mark Driscoll, who left in March 2012 as "part of a major reorganization of his priorities". In March 2014, Joshua Harris stepped down "in light of the ongoing civil suit against his church", and C.J. Mahaney resigned "for a variety of reasons". Darrin Patrick left the Council in April 2016 as a result of disciplinary action taken by his home church.
Beliefs
The organization has an evangelical and Reformed confession of faith. Members are from a broad geographic and denominational spectrum (Anglicans, Baptists, Free Church pastors, Independents, and Presbyterians).
Journal
Themelios is an international peer-reviewed theological journal aimed at theological students and pastors that "expounds and defends the historic Christian faith." The journal began in 1975 and was operated by RTSF/UCCF in the UK, and it became a digital journal operated by TGC in 2008. The editorial team draws participants from across the globe as editors, essayists, and reviewers. Themelios is published three times a year online at TGC website in PDF and HTML.
References
External links
Official website
2005 establishments in the United States
Calvinist organizations established in the 21st century
Calvinist and Reformed denominations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Comedy%20Bang%21%20Bang%21%20%28TV%20series%29%20episodes | Comedy Bang! Bang! is a television series created and hosted by Scott Aukerman that aired weekly on IFC. The show is a spin-off of his podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! which airs on the Earwolf network. Like the podcast, the series features outlandish and farcical humor, often delivered in a deadpan manner. The show stars Scott Aukerman playing a fictional version of himself.
The following is a complete list of Comedy Bang! Bang! episodes.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2012)
Season 2 (2013)
Season 3 (2014)
On October 14, 2013, the show was renewed for a 20-episode third season, which premiered on May 8, 2014.
Season 4 (2015)
The show was renewed for a 40-episode fourth season which premiered on 9 January 2015.
Season 5 (2016)
On May 5, 2015, the series was renewed for a 20-episode fifth season, which premiered on June 3, 2016.
References
External links
Comedy Bang Bang |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Silverman | Brian Silverman is a Canadian computer scientist, the creator of many programming environments for children, and a researcher in cellular automata.
Silverman was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1970s, where he was one of the creators of a tinkertoy computer that played tic-tac-toe. As a student at MIT, Silverman had worked with Seymour Papert, and when Papert founded Logo Computer Systems, Inc. in 1980 to commercialize the Logo programming language, Silverman became its director of research. He later worked as a consulting scientist at the MIT Media Lab, where he ported Logo to "programmable bricks", a precursor to Lego Mindstorms, and where he was one of the developers of the Scratch programming language. He is the co-founder, along with Paula Bonta and Mitchel Resnick, and president of the Playful Invention Company, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, which develops the Programmable Cricket, a spin-off from the Media Lab.
Silverman was part of a team that reverse-engineered the MOS Technology 6502 and Intel 4004 microprocessors and developed transistor-level emulators for them, and that ported Spacewar!, one of the earliest digital computer games, to Java, by writing another emulator for the PDP-1 on which the game was originally written.
He also invented several well-known cellular automaton rules, including Brian's Brain, Seeds, and Wireworld; working with his brother Barry Silverman he recovered the IBM APL\360 sources from tape to a state where they could be run on a mainframe emulator.
Selected publications
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian computer scientists
Cellular automatists
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Programming language designers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonwolwol%20language | Lonwolwol, Raljago, or West Ambrym, is an Oceanic language of Ambrym Island, Vanuatu with fewer than 100 speakers.
References
External links
Database of audio recordings in Lonwolwol (Craig Cove) - basic Catholic prayers
Materials on Lonwolwol are included in the open access Arthur Capell collections (AC1 and AC2) held by Paradisec.
Paama–Ambrym languages
Languages of Vanuatu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SONAPS | SONAPS or Sonaps is a network TV production system by Sony. It allows planning, ingesting, editing and playouting of video material. The main focus are News programs. An essential part of Sonaps is the professional non-linear video editing system XPRI NS. Sonaps can be used with already existing network infrastructure. Standard video format is the Media Exchange Format (MXF).
Sonaps supplies an own nearline archive and interfaces to 3rd party archive systems. Through the MOS (Media Object Server) gateway it can be connected to NRCS (Newsroom Computer Systems) and other network production systems.
References
Sony products
Television technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey%20Bender | Trey Bender is a sportscaster for ESPNU, ESPN Plus, American Sports Network, and a part-time host for Yahoo! Sports Radio.
Broadcasting biography
Bender calls football, basketball, baseball, and swimming for ESPNU, ESPN Plus, ESPN3, and NBC Universal. For six seasons, he called television games for the Kansas Jayhawks where he graduated. Bender also worked in the Chicago and Phoenix markets. He called college sports for Fox Sports Net Arizona and FSN Chicago and called Arizona State Sun Devils baseball as well. For three years, Bender was the voice of the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team and was an anchor on Sporting News Radio. He also is a part-time host for Yahoo! Sports Radio.
Bender's broadcasting career started with the LA Angels minor league baseball team in Boise in 1991. He then moved to Arizona in 1993 as the voice of the Arizona Rattlers as a play-by-play, radio host and radio field reporter. Bender would remain with the AFL through 2002. Additional AFL broadcasts included the AFL playoffs on TNN and play-by-play broadcasts for the Carolina Cobras. Bender would also serve as a play-by-play broadcaster for SportsWest Productions from 1999 until the company folded after the Mountain West Conference entered into a new TV contract with Comcast and CBS Sports to form the Mtn. in 2006. After finishing college football broadcasts with SportsWest in 2005, Bender transitioned back to the radio and served as a play-by-play broadcaster for the Insight Bowl and select Arizona State games on KKNT during the 2005 and 2006 season.
Personal life
Trey Bender is a graduate of the University of Kansas and is the son of Gary Bender, a veteran broadcaster who also graduated from the University of Kansas. Trey's wife, Amy, like Trey and Gary, is also a sportscaster. Their daughter Landry is named after Tom Landry, who was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
References
Living people
Radio personalities from Arizona
People from Lawrence, Kansas
Mass media people from Chicago
Arizona State Sun Devils football announcers
Baseball announcers
Softball announcers
College basketball announcers in the United States
College football announcers
University of Kansas alumni
Arena football announcers
American radio sports announcers
American television sports announcers
American talk radio hosts
Year of birth missing (living people)
Minor League Baseball broadcasters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20High%20Roller | Operation High Roller was a series of fraud in the banking system in different parts of the world that used cyber-collection agents in order to collect PC and smart-phone information to electronically raid bank accounts. It was dissected in 2012 by McAfee and Guardian Analytics. A total of roughly $78 million was siphoned out of bank accounts due to this attack. The attackers were operating from servers in Russia, Albania and China to carry out electronic fund transfers.
Specifications
This cyber attack is described to have the following features:
Bypassed Chip and PIN authentication.
Required no human participation.
Instruction came from cloud-based servers (rather than the hacker's PC) to further hide the identity of the attacker.
Included elements of "insider levels of understanding".
Banks in Europe, the United States and Colombia were targeted.
Impacted several classes of financial institution such as credit unions, large global banks, regional banks, and high-net-worth individuals.
While some sources have suggested it to be an extension of man-in-the-browser attack Operation High Roller is reported to have harnessed a more extensive level of automation distinguishing it from the traditional methods.
See also
Bundestrojaner
Cyber-collection
Duqu
Flame
Guardian Analytics
McAfee
Stuxnet
References
External links
Dissecting operation high roller on McAfee/Guardian Analytics report
Operation high roller on CNN Money
Operation high roller on Fox News report
Operation high roller on Yahoo Finance
Operation high roller revisited
Hacking (computer security)
Cyberwarfare
Hacker groups |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian%20Analytics | Nice Actimize acquired Guardian Analytics, an American privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, California, in August 2020 which provides behavioral analytics and machine learning technology for preventing banking fraud. It was established in 2005 and its products are based on anomaly detection to monitor financial transactions.
In 2012, Guardian Analytics together with McAfee dissected the US$78 million cyber attack titled Operation High Roller. In 2013 Guardian Analytics was listed among the Top 10 Influencers in banking information security. As of September 2016, nearly 430 financial institutions are using Guardian Analytics products to mitigate fraud risk and rely on the company to stop sophisticated criminal attacks.
In June 2020, NICE Ltd. announced the acquisition of Guardian Analytics to "extend NICE Actimize's world-class financial crime and compliance solutions across the entire financial services sector."
Between November 2022 and January 2023, Guardian Analytics was the victim of a data breach, which impacted approximately 150,00 Webster Bank Customers in which sensitive personal information was compromised, including bank account and social security numbers
Services
Guardian Analytics offers fraud prevention services for financial institutions. The general architecture includes two main components. The first component, the risk engine, merges analytics and behavior-based models of a user to create a probabilistic profile of each individual.
The software is transparent to account holders and does not require any action on their side.
Guardian Analytics markets several services, targeting particular types of financial interactions:
Guardian Analytics Online (for retail and business )
Guardian Analytics Mobile
Guardian Analytics ACH (for ODFIs & RDFIs)
Guardian Analytics ACH Real-time (for ODFIs & RDFIs)
Guardian Analytics Wire
Guardian Analytics Wire Real-time
Guardian Analytics Access
Guardian Analytics is marketed as software as a service and can be deployed in the company's SAS 70 Type II certified environment.
FraudDESK
FraudDESK is a fraud monitoring managed service.
See also
Internet fraud
Cyber-collection
Operation High Roller
References
External links
Guardian Analytics on Fox Business News
Guardian Analytics on PBS
Fiserv Offers Guardian Analytics for Financial Institution Clients to Secure Online Banking Channels
Computer security companies
Companies based in Mountain View, California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfbook | Surfbook was an early social networking service created by Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef Everardus van der Meer in the years prior to his death in June 2004. Surfbook was based on technologies whose patents were filed by Van der Meer in 1998 and granted in 2001 and 2002. It allowed users share their information with selected people and approve posts using a "Like" button, and to link to external information.
On February 5, 2013, holders of the patents related to this site (Rembrandt Social Media, LP) filed a lawsuit against Facebook for infringement. In June 2014, Facebook successfully defended itself against the lawsuit after a jury found that Facebook did not infringe the patents, and separately found the patents to be invalid. The plaintiff (Rembrandt Social Media, LP) appealed the verdict, but it was upheld by a federal appeals court in February 2016.
References
Defunct social networking services
Dutch social networking websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Qinjian | Lou Qinjian (; born 21 December 1956) is a Chinese politician and computer scientist who had served as Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu, Communist Party Secretary, Governor of Shaanxi and Deputy Minister of Industry and Information Technology. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Early life and career
Lou Qinjian was born in Tongzi County, Guizhou province, near the Communist revolutionary base of Zunyi. He started working in August 1973 as a rusticated youth in Tongzi and later worked as a teacher. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in August 1975.
IT and engineering
After the Cultural Revolution, in March 1978 Lou was admitted to the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province. After graduating in February 1982, Lou worked at the 15th Research Institute of the Ministry of Electronics Industry as an assistant engineer until 1985. From 1985 to 1988 he enrolled as a graduate student at the 15th Research Institute, earning a master's degree in engineering. Afterwards he continued to work at the 15th Research Institute as an engineer, rising through the ranks to become its director in 1995 and General Manager and President of its affiliated Taiji Computer Corporation. From 1998 to 2003 he returned to study at the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, earning a Ph.D.
In March 2008 Lou Qinjian was appointed Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China, a position he held until 2010.
Shaanxi Province
In August 2010 Lou Qinjian was transferred from the national government to Shaanxi province, where he became a Vice Governor. In December 2012 he was appointed acting governor, replacing Zhao Zhengyong, who was promoted to Communist Party Chief of the province. In January 2013 Lou was elected Governor by the Shaanxi Provincial Congress. On 27 March 2016, he was elevated to Communist Party Chief of Shaanxi, again succeeding Zhao.
Jiangsu Province
In October 2017, Lou was transferred to Jiangsu Province, and appointed as the Party Chief.
Lou is a full member of the 19th Central Committee of the CPC. He has also served as an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee, deputy to the 16th, 17th and 18th National Congress of the CPC, deputy to the 12th Shaanxi Provincial Congress of the CPC, and deputy to the 11th Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress.
Central government
On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.
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1956 births
Governors of Shaanxi
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guizhou
People's Republic of China politicians from Guizhou
Huazhong University of Science and Technology alumni
People from Zunyi
Engineers from Guizhou
Alternate members of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Spalding | Ruth Spalding (30 November 1913 – 26 February 2009) was an actor, director and author. She had a successful career in theater as actor and director, turned to writing television programming and worked in education, where she found time to research and write the life of the 17th-century parliamentarian and lawyer Bulstrode Whitelocke, for which she won a Whitbread prize in 1975.
Career and personal life
Spalding was persuaded by Christopher Hill to edit Whitelocke's massive diary, covering the years 1605 to 1675, which was published by the British Academy. This involved her in journeys to France and Sweden, and long spells at Longleat, where the bulky Whitelocke archive survives. One reviewer described the first volume, which contained the diary and her commentary, as "a wondrous book". But a second volume was a still more heroic achievement, containing some thousand short biographies of Whitelocke's relations, friends and contacts.
Thereafter, she rejoiced in what she called her "deliciously unstructured life", finding her niche somehow in the theatre in the 1930s; in 1937 she was working at the Maddermarket Theatre in Norwich, and in 1939 she produced plays in London for the Religious Drama Society.
During the war she founded the Oxford Pilgrim Players, a co-operative company of actors. They claimed to play "any time anywhere", in Welsh miners' halls, schools, universities, once in a garage, in a hospital, in converted stables, in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, and in East End air-raid shelters. The Pilgrim Players were then incorporated into the Rock Theatre Company, in which Spalding and her husband, Terence O'Brien, both became leading actors and directors. Their performances were acclaimed in glowing terms in the press when Ruth played Ophelia in Hamlet and Portia in The Merchant of Venice, and her husband Shylock, Macbeth and Malvolio. They acted in the plays of Strindberg and George Bernard Shaw; their performances took them to the Comedy Theatre in London, and St Martin-in-the-Fields church; Spalding directed a play in the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, and they played scenes from Shakespeare in Wakefield gaol.
After the war, and with the advent of television, life was more difficult for a touring company, and Spalding moved into education, lecturing, arranging conferences and exhibitions, advising the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds on arts, crafts and social studies. Charles Williams, the poet and playwright, had lodged in the house of Spalding's parents during the war, and became a close friend to and her sister Anne; she wrote a radio programme about him in 1961.
She wrote many BBC feature programmes, and her documentary play on the women's movement, With This Sword (written under the name of Marion Jay), was performed with choir and orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall during the Festival of Britain in 1951. For 14 years, she was general secretary of the Association of Headmistresses, finally retiring to devote herself |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%20Help%20Us%20%28TV%20series%29 | Heaven Help Us is an American fantasy-comedy-drama television series that aired from August 25 until December 3, 1994. It was part of a syndicated package of shows called the Spelling Premiere Network.
Premise
Newlywed couple Doug and Lexy Monroe (John Schneider and Melinda Clarke) die in a plane crash and appear in a hotel room where an angel, Mr. Shepard (Ricardo Montalbán), explains that because of a mix-up they have to return to Earth and help people if they wish to earn a place in heaven.
Cast
Main
John Schneider as Doug Monroe
Melinda Clarke as Lexy Monroe
Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Shepherd
Notable guests
Terence Knox as Police Sgt Jeff Paris
Marina Sirtis as Carolyn Paris
Tom Bosley as Albert
Peter DeLuise as Stumpy
Nicole Eggert as Natalie
Soleil Moon Frye as Louisa
Eric Lutes as Jeff Barnett
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Martin Kitteridge
Episodes
References
External links
1994 American television series debuts
1994 American television series endings
1990s American comedy-drama television series
English-language television shows
First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Television series by Spelling Television
Television series by CBS Studios
Television shows set in Texas
Angels in television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20hand%20strength%20algorithm | Effective Hand Strength (EHS) is a poker algorithm conceived by computer scientists Darse Billings, Denis Papp, Jonathan Schaeffer and Duane Szafron that was published for the first time in the
It has since then been considered as a reference in the realm of poker artificial intelligence and has been the basis of further research such as:
Algorithm
The algorithm is a numerical approach to quantify the strength of a poker hand where its result expresses the strength of a particular hand in percentile (i.e. ranging from 0 to 1), compared to all other possible hands.
The underlying assumption is that an Effective Hand Strength (EHS) is composed of the current Hand Strength (HS) and its potential to improve or deteriorate (PPOT and NPOT):
where:
is the Effective Hand Strength
is the current Hand Strength (i.e. not taking into account potential to improve or deteriorate, depending on upcoming table cards
is the Negative POTential (i.e. the probability that our current hand, if the strongest, deteriorates and becomes a losing hand)
is the Positive POTential (i.e. the probability that our current hand, if losing, improves and becomes the winning hand)
Pseudocode
Hand Strength (HS) will enumerate all possible opponent hand cards and count the occurrences where our hand is strongest (+50% of the cases where we are tied):
HandStrength(ourcards, boardcards) {
ahead = tied = behind = 0
ourrank = Rank(ourcards, boardcards)
for each case(oppcards) {
opprank = Rank(oppcards, boardcards)
if (ourrank > opprank) ahead += 1
else if (ourrank == opprank) tied += 1
else behind += 1
}
handstrength = (ahead + tied / 2) / (ahead + tied + behind)
return handstrength
}
In addition, EHS will consider the hand potential (i.e. its probabilities to improve or deteriorate):
HandPotential(ourcards, boardcards) {
// Hand potential array, each index represents ahead, tied, and behind
integer array HP[3][3] // initialize to 0
integer array HPTotal[3] // initialize to 0
ourrank = Rank(ourcards, boardcards)
// Consider all two card combinations of the remaining cards for the opponent
for each case(oppcards) {
opprank = Rank(oppcards, boardcards)
if (ourrank > opprank) index = ahead
else if (ourrank == opprank) index = tied
else index = behind
HPTotal[index] += 1
// All possible board cards to come
for each case(turn, river) {
// Final 5-card board
board = [boardcards, turn, river]
ourbest = Rank(ourcards, board)
oppbest = Rank(oppcards, board)
if (ourbest > oppbest) HP[index][ahead] += 1
else if (ourbest == oppbest) HP[index][tied] += 1
else HP[index][behind] += 1
}
}
// Ppot: were behind but moved ahead
Ppot = (HP[behind][ahead] + HP[behind][tied] / 2 + HP[tied][ahead] / 2) / (HPTotal[behind] + HPTotal[tied])
// Npot: |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen-Ying%20Tsai | Wen-Ying Tsai (; October 13, 1928 – January 2, 2013) was a Chinese-American pioneer cybernetic sculptor and kinetic artist best known for creating sculptures using electric motors, stainless steel rods, stroboscopic light, and audio feedback control. As one of the first Chinese-born artists to achieve international recognition in the 1960s, Tsai was an inspiration to generations of Chinese artists around the world.
Early life and education
Wen-Ying Tsai was born in 1928 in Xiamen, Fujian, China.
In 1939, he moved to Shanghai, to study chemical engineering at Ta Tung University. In 1949, he moved to Hong Kong, and then moved to the United States in 1950. He attended the University of Michigan, receiving a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) in 1953.
Engineer
Moving to New York City after graduation, Tsai began working as an architectural engineer for clients such as Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Synergetics, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. While working as an engineer by day, Tsai pursued artistic studies at the Art Students League at night, while also taking courses in political science and economics at the New School for Social Research. Tsai also attended modern dance classes with Erick Hawkins. In 1962, he became a US citizen.
Full-time artist
In 1963, Tsai won a John Hay Whitney Fellowship for Painting, after which he decided to leave engineering and devote himself full-time to the arts. After a three-month trip in Europe, he returned to New York and began to make three-dimensional constructions using optical effects, fluorescent paints, and ultra-violet light. These works were later selected for The Responsive Eye, an exhibition curated by William Seitz at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Unsatisfied with his static sculptures, Tsai began to introduce movement using motors. He created Multi-kinetic Wall in 1965, which was exhibited at the Amel Gallery (New York), and also shown in Art Turned On at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Art historian Sam Hunter described the work:
But it was ultimately during a 1965 fellowship at the Edward MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire that Tsai had his "Eureka!" moment. While contemplating the sunlight shimmering in the trees, he had a sudden inspiration to use his engineering background to create art work that replicates natural phenomena. Finding a starting point in the work of constructivist artist Naum Gabo, Tsai decided that "the shimmering was not enough" and that what was needed was a way that the viewer could interact with the work. It was this realization that eventually led him to the idea to use a stroboscope coupled with a feedback control system.
Sam Hunter writes:
During this time, along with international friends including Takis, Tsai was a founding member of the Art Workers' Coalition that sought to implement museum reform and underscore "issues relating to the political and social responsibility of the art community".
In 1968, Tsai wa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard%20Steel | Hard Steel is a 1942 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Betty Stockfeld and John Stuart. It was based on the novel Steel Saraband by Roger Dataller. The film was one of four made by G.H.W. Productions backed by the Rank Organisation. The film follows the rise of an ambitious steel worker as he is appointed to run his local steel mill. He soon outrages the employees with his ruthless behaviour - and his negligence leads to the accidental death of one of the workers. As the Second World War breaks out he realises what he has become, and seeks a chance of redemption.
Cast
References
Bibliography
Murphy, Robert. Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge, 1992.
External links
1942 films
1942 drama films
British drama films
1940s English-language films
Films directed by Norman Walker
Films set in England
Films based on British novels
Films set in the 1930s
Films set in Sheffield
British black-and-white films
Films scored by Percival Mackey
1940s British films
English-language drama films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20data%20analysis | Forensic data analysis (FDA) is a branch of digital forensics. It examines structured data with regard to incidents of financial crime. The aim is to discover and analyse patterns of fraudulent activities. Data from application systems or from their underlying databases is referred to as structured data.
Unstructured data in contrast is taken from communication and office applications or from mobile devices. This data has no overarching structure and analysis thereof means applying keywords or mapping communication patterns. Analysis of unstructured data is usually referred to as computer forensics.
Methodology
The analysis of large volumes of data is typically performed in a separate database system run by the analysis team. Live systems are usually not dimensioned to run extensive individual analysis without affecting the regular users. On the other hand, it is methodically preferable to analyze data copies on separate systems and protect the analysis teams against the accusation of altering original data.
Due to the nature of the data, the analysis focuses more often on the content of data than on the database it is contained in. If the database itself is of interest then Database forensics are applied.
In order to analyze large structured data sets with the intention of detecting financial crime it takes at least three types of expertise in the team:
A data analyst to perform the technical steps and write the queries,
A team member with extensive experience of the processes and internal controls in the relevant area of the investigated company and
A forensic scientist who is familiar with patterns of fraudulent behaviour.
After an initial analysis phase using methods of explorative data analysis the following phase is usually highly iterative. Starting with a hypothesis on how the perpetrator might have created a personal advantage the data is analyzed for supporting evidence. Following that the hypothesis is refined or discarded.
The combination of different databases, in particular data from different systems or sources is highly effective. These data sources are either unknown to the perpetrator or such that they can not be manipulated by the perpetrator afterwards.
Data Visualization is often used to display the results.
References
Jörg Meyer: Forensische Datenanalyse. 1. Edition. Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2012, .
Christian Hlavica, Uwe Klapproth, Frank Hülsberg et al: Tax Fraud & Forensic Accounting. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011, .
External links
Cyber Intelligence
Digital Forensics Trainer
Digital forensics
Tax investigation
Financial crime prevention |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokura%20no%20Ongaku | was a Japanese music television show which aired weekly from April 3, 2004 to September 19, 2014 on the Fuji TV television network.
References
Japanese music television series
Fuji TV original programming
2004 Japanese television series debuts
2014 Japanese television series endings
2000s Japanese television series
2010s Japanese television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp%20reader | In the programming language Lisp, the reader or read function is the parser which converts the textual form of Lisp objects to the corresponding internal object structure.
In the original Lisp, S-expressions consisted only of symbols, integers, and the list constructors ( xi... ) and (x . y). Later Lisps, culminating in Common Lisp, added literals for floating-point, complex, and rational numbers, strings, and constructors for vectors.
The reader is responsible for parsing list structure, interning symbols, converting numbers to internal form, and calling read macros.
Read table
The reader is controlled by the readtable, which defines the meaning of each character.
Read macros
Unlike most programming languages, Lisp supports parse-time execution of programs, called "read macros" or "reader macros". These are used to extend the syntax either in universal or program-specific ways. For example, the quoted form (quote x) operator can be abbreviated as x. The ' operator can be defined as a read macro which reads the following list and wraps it with quote. Similarly, the backquote operator (` ) can be defined as a read macro.
References
Bibliography
John McCarthy et al., LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual, MIT Press, 1962.
David A. Moon, MACLISP Reference Manual, 1974.
Guy Steele, Common LISP: The Language, Second Edition, 1990.
Lisp (programming language)
Parsing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Rodriguez%20Lopez%20Socio-Cultural%20Centre | The Manuel Rodriguez Lopez Socio-Cultural Centre is a centre with library facilities, computer and a large social space dedicated to the poet, writer and chronicler Manuel Rodriguez Lopez, situated in Paradela. The facilities are open to use for the community, and it is the place in which the Manuel Oreste Rodriguez Lopez Literary Contest is held yearly.
History
The centre was unveiled in 2001 by Manuel Fraga Iribarne. This new building is the home to what was the Manuel Rodriguez Lopez house of Culture, inaugurated in 1990.
The Manuel Oreste Rodriguez Lopez Literary Contest has been held there yearly since 1995, reaching the 17th edition in 2012. The prize-giving ceremony is celebrated every December.
Facilities
The centre has a library located on the last floor, which is used as Paradela's library. There is also a hall in which important social events in Paradela are hosted.
Also, there is a room with computers which can be used by the public, and can be used as a social space, with newspapers, cards, board games etc...
References
Buildings and structures in the Province of Lugo
Buildings and structures completed in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20Internet | In transportation, the Physical Internet refers to the combination of digital transportation networks that are deploying to replace actual road networks.
The Physical Internet Initiative promoted research efforts around 2011.
Since around 2018, the initiative site refers to a blog site promoting the marketing term big data.
Initiative 2011 - 2018
In logistics, the Physical Internet is an open global logistics system founded on physical, digital, and operational interconnectivity, through encapsulation, interfaces and protocols. The Physical Internet is intended to replace current logistical models.
Benoit Montreuil organized a project called the Physical Internet Initiative at the Université Laval in Canada around 2011. It applied concepts from internet data transfer to real-world shipping processes.
A project had funding from the National Science Foundation as well as contributions from MHIA and CICMHE.
The Internet does not transmit information: it transmits packets with embedded information. These packets are designed for ease of use in the Digital Internet. The information within a packet is encapsulated and is not dealt with by Internet. The packet header contains all information required for identifying the packet and routing it correct to destination. A packet is constructed for a specific transmission and it is dismantled once it has reached its destination. The Digital Internet is based on a protocol structuring data packets independently from equipment. In this way, data packets can be processed by different systems and through various networks: modems, copper wires, fiber optic wires, routers, etc.; local area networks, wide area networks, etc.; Intranets, Extranets, Virtual Private Networks, etc.
The Physical Internet does not manipulate physical goods directly, whether they are materials, parts, merchandises or yet products. It manipulates exclusively containers that are explicitly designed for the Physical Internet and that encapsulate physical goods within them.
The vision of the Physical Internet involves encapsulating goods in smart, ecofriendly and modular containers ranging from the size of a maritime container to the size of a small box. It thus generalizes the maritime container that succeeded to support globalization and shaped ships and ports, and extends containerization to logistics services in general. The Physical Internet moves the border of the private space to be inside of the container instead of the warehouse or the truck. These modular containers will be continuously monitored and routed, exploiting their digital interconnection through the Internet of Things.
The Physical Internet encapsulates physical objects in physical packets or containers, hereafter termed π-containers so as to differentiate them from current containers. These π-containers are world-standard, smart, green and modular containers. They are notably modularized and standardized worldwide in terms of dimensions, functions and fixtures.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard%20Wars | Blackboard Wars is an American reality documentary television series on the Oprah Winfrey Network that premiered on February 16, 2013, at 9/8c.
Premise
The series encompasses John McDonogh High School, a school stricken with violence and failing academic performance, as they work to transform the school into the best it's been in years. Steve Barr and new principal Marvin Thompson have trained the new staff to maintain a standard for student behavior and daily attendance all the while providing a safe environment. Viewers also see challenges the staff face as their students struggle with a range of emotionally demanding obstacles which includes teenage pregnancy, gang violence, homelessness and drug abuse.
Cast
Dr. Marvin Thompson - Principal
Steve Barr - CEO of charter organization Future is Now Schools.
Ms. Baye Cobb - Math Teacher
Ms. Emily Wilcox - Math Teacher
Ms. Irnessa Marie Campbell - Head of the Math Department
Ms. Neisha Riley - Student Counselor
Episodes
Awards and nominations
2013 CableFAX's Program & Top Ops Awards - Best Show or Series Documentary – Other – NOMINATION
2013 CableFAX's Program & Top Ops Awards - Best Show or Series – Professions – WINNER
Fall 2013 CINE Golden Eagle – Televised Reality Division – Verite/Lifestyle – WINNER
2014 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards – BRONZE MEDAL WINNER
References
External links
2013 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Oprah Winfrey Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wild%20Youth | The Wild Youth is the second EP by Daughter.
Track listing
Personnel
Vocals, bass, guitar, piano – Elena Tonra
Electric guitar, piano, programming, omnichord – Igor Haefeli
Drums, percussion – Remi Aguilella
Management – Matt Brown
Mastered by – Adam Nunn
Producer (additional) – Igor Haefeli
Recorded by, mixed by, producer – Ian Grimble
In media
The song "Medicine" was used on an episode of the American dance competition television show, So You Think You Can Dance?, on August 13, 2013, at the end of episode twenty of the third season (3x20) of CBS television show Person of Interest and in Covert Affairs ep 5x16 "Gold Soundz" during the final scene with Auggie and Annie talking about his leaving with Natasha.
The song "Home" was used in the 2013 movie How I Live Now, as well as Australian drama Wentworth in the final scenes of its third season.
References
Daughter (band) albums
2012 EPs
Glassnote Records EPs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock%20screen | A lock screen is a computer user interface element used by various operating systems. They regulate immediate access to a device by requiring the user to perform a certain action in order to receive access, such as entering a password, using a certain button combination, or performing a certain gesture using a device's touchscreen. There are various authentication methods to get past the lock screen, with the most popular and common ones being personal identification numbers (PINs), the Android pattern lock, and biometrics (e.g. Touch ID and facial recognition).
Depending on the operating system and device type, a lock screen can range from a simple login screen, to an overview screen with the current date and time, weather, recent notifications, playback controls for media being played in the background (typically music), shortcuts to applications (such as the camera), and optionally, the contact information of the device's owner (which can be used in the event that the device is lost or stolen, or during a medical emergency).
Lock screens by platform
Mobile operating systems
Mobile operating system that run on smartphones and tablets typically use a gesture based lock-screen. Phones manufactured by Neonode were unlocked by swiping to the right on its touchscreen. Apple's iOS, used by the iPhone and iPad lines, utilized a similar unlock mechanism until iOS 10, with an on-screen slider slid to the right. Beginning on iOS 5, sliding in the other direction sends the user directly to the camera app. On iOS 7, the slider widget was removed as part of a larger overhaul of the iOS interface, and users could now swipe from any point on the screen. The lock screen also displays a clock, notifications, and provides audio playback controls. iOS 10 made major changes to the lock screen, replacing the sliding gesture with pressing the Home button. Swiping is still used to access the camera, as well as an additional page to the left with widgets. As the iPhone X and iPad Pro do not have physical home buttons, the user must swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen instead.
At first, Android did not use a gesture-based lock screen, electing to require the user to press the phone's Menu button. On Android 2.0, a new gesture-based lock screen was introduced, displaying two icons: one for unlocking the phone, and one for setting the volume mode, activated by dragging the relevant icon to the center of the screen on a curve (similarly to a rotary dial). On Android 2.1, the rotary dial was replaced by two tabs on either end of the screen. Android 3.0 introduced a new design: a ball with a padlock icon is dragged to the outside of a circular area. On 4.0, the option to unlock straight to the camera is provided, while 4.1 adds the ability to unlock into a Google Search screen by dragging up. Android 4.2 makes additional changes to the lock screen, allowing users to add widgets to pages accessible on the lock screen by swiping from the left edge of the screen. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Melen | Roger Douglas Melen (born 1946)
is an electrical engineer recognized for his early contributions to the microcomputer industry, and for his technical innovations.
Dr. Melen was co-founder of Cromemco, one of the earliest microcomputer companies. At Cromemco he developed color graphics systems that were widely used in television broadcast, and in mission planning systems deployed by the United States Air Force. He also developed the first microcomputer systems widely distributed in China. In addition to his work in microcomputer systems and color graphics, Dr. Melen has made significant technical contributions to the development of CCD image sensors, ultrasonic imaging systems, implantable cochlear devices, image processing technology, and vehicular information systems.
He has been recognized as one of the most important inventors and innovators in the history of Silicon Valley.
Early contributions
As a young man, Roger Melen enjoyed ham radio, operating an amateur radio station from his home in Chico, California under the call sign WB6JXU. He attended Chico State College where he received the BSEE degree in 1968. His first published invention, an audio filter he called the "Beatnote Basher," appeared in the amateur radio publication 73 Magazine in 1969. Melen attended graduate school at Stanford University, and there he continued to design projects for the electronic hobbyist, collaborating with a fellow graduate student, Harry Garland, on a series of inventions published as construction projects in Popular Electronics magazine. He received the MSEE degree from Stanford in 1969, and the Ph.D. degree in 1973.
Dr. Melen was invited to join the research staff of the Stanford Integrated Circuits Laboratory in 1972, and was named Associate Director of the laboratory in 1974. Recognizing that charge-coupled device (CCD) technology had greater potential than MOS technology in delivering "full video quality imaging" for solid-state image sensors he worked on the development of CCD image sensors for application to the Optacon reading machine for the blind. He also applied CCD technology to medical ultrasonic imaging systems, and worked on the development of an implantable cochlear device for the profoundly deaf.
He also continued to write for Popular Electronics magazine, which resulted in a meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico that would change the course of his career. In 1974 he submitted a design for a digital camera, called the “Cyclops”, to Popular Electronics. While visiting the editorial office of Popular Electronics in New York to discuss the Cyclops, Melen saw a prototype of the MITS Altair Computer that was also being readied for publication. Recognizing the potential of interfacing the Cyclops digital camera to the Altair, Melen changed his return flight to California to go through Albuquerque to visit Ed Roberts, president of MITS. Roberts was anxious to develop third-party support for the Altair, and encouraged Melen to interface the Cyclo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica%20Dahl | Verónica Dahl is an Argentine/Canadian computer scientist, who is recognized as one of the 15 founders of the field of logic programming.
Early life
Dahl attended college at Buenos Aires University, and graduated from there with a degree in computer science in 1974. As the political conflict in Argentina increased, Dahl attended graduate school in France. In 1977, she was the first graduate at the Université d'Aix-Marseille to receive a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence.
Career
While involved in the research for her doctorate, Dahl became a pioneer in the field of logic programming, developing both the first logic programming database system, and an (also logic-programmed) front end to consult it in a human language (Spanish). Dahl's research and methodologies became multi-disciplinary including Computational Linguistics, Computational Molecular Biology, and Artificial Intelligence. She became an associate professor at Simon Fraser University in 1982, and became a full professor there in 1991. In 1996 she was honoured by the Logic Programming Association as one of the 15 founders of the Logic Programming Field, and has extensively pioneered as well the areas of Logic Grammars and Constraint Handling Rules.
Dahl is a woman pioneer in a male-dominated field. She fought gender inequality while she was a professor at Simon Fraser University, both through mentoring and role modelling, and through concrete actions. After Simon Fraser University refused to reimburse her $17 for childcare expenses while she was delivering a guest speech in Victoria, where she’d traveled with her nursing baby, she went first to her department and then Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) with her protest, which ended with the NSERC changing their policy to make childcare a covered expense for nursing researchers they funded. She proposed and actively promoted the provision of childcare at logic programming conferences, until it was adopted formally into their constitution, and is now routinely offered as a result. She also obtained a change in SFU's legislation when it resulted in her graduate student being timed out for delays caused by life-threatening medical conditions upon birthing twins.
She has developed numerous international research projects and collaborations, most notably with Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Germany and France, and worked with IBM, Vancouver Software Labs, International Artificial Intelligence. In her work with IBM, she obtained a record-breaking research contract. She served as president of the Association of Logic Programming from 2001-2005. She was awarded the prestigious Marie Curie Chair of Excellence 2008-2011 from the European Commission for her pioneering work on Constraint Solving and Language Processing for Bioinformatics. In 2012 she quit her Full Professor position at Simon Fraser University in order to focus on research. SFU awarded her Lifetime Professor Emerits status as from 2013. Her research |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous%20Environmental%20Network | The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) is a coalition of indigenous, grassroots environmental justice activists, primarily based in the United States. Group members have represented Native American concerns at international events such as the United Nations Climate Change conferences in Copenhagen (2009) and Paris (2016). IEN organizes an annual conference to discuss proposed goals and projects for the coming year; each year the conference is held in a different indigenous nation. The network emphasizes environmental protection as a form of spiritual activism. IEN received attention in the news as a major organizer of the fight against the Keystone Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
History
The Indigenous Environmental Network was formed in 1990 to bring to light environmental and economic injustices faced specifically by the indigenous peoples of North America.
Ties to environmental justice movement
The environmental justice movement seeks to address issues of environmental racism, which arises when people of color and other marginalized populations such as indigenous peoples are disproportionately affected by exposure to hazardous environmental conditions; the unavailability of safe, healthy, and affordable food options; and exclusion from participatory involvement in community decision-making.
Indigenous peoples have historically suffered injustice through environmental racism, having faced repeated despoliation of sacred lands as well as over-exploitation of resources by governments and other actors. This includes dumping, establishment of toxic waste sites, or development of environmentally harmful infrastructure (such as pipelines), specifically on Native American reservations and First Nations reserves. Breaches of indigenous autonomy by the U.S. government are often justified by the claim that the development of indigenous lands would increase economic opportunity for localsclaims that are rarely supported by evidence. Indigenous residents and custodians usually see development projects imposed in this manner as an infringement on their right to self-determination and religious freedom.
Past
The Indigenous Environmental Network has focused its activism on improving indigenous communities through grassroots efforts; prioritizing projects that protect the land, air, water, sacred sites, and natural resources. To accomplish the preservation of these assets, the network has organized campaigns, public awareness, and community building activities. The IEN meets locally, regionally, and nationally to promote awareness about issues of social justice, but primarily holds focus in North America.
The increase in toxic waste and nuclear waste storage facilities near indigenous lands was a main concern to the IEN during its beginnings in the early 1990s. After the initial focus on environmental hazards presented by these facilities, the network spread awareness across youth and tribal populatio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%20Valley%20Railway | The Kelvin Valley Railway was an independent railway designed to connect Kilsyth, an important mining town in central Scotland, with the railway network. It connected Kilsyth to Kirkintilloch and thence over other railways to the ironworks of Coatbridge, and to Maryhill, connecting onwards to the Queen's Dock at Stobcross.
The line opened in 1878. The hoped-for passenger traffic never developed, but the coal traffic from Kilsyth to the River Clyde was buoyant for many years. Motor bus competition had greatly reduced the passenger use of the line, and it closed to passengers in 1951. The mineral traffic was also declining and, in 1966, the line closed completely. None of it is active for rail purposes now.
History
Kilsyth
Kilsyth had become an important quarrying and mining centre, as well as having a chemical works and coke ovens. Iron ore extraction was largely controlled by James Baird and his company, Baird Brothers of Gartsherrie. The ore was taking on an increasing importance as the best of the ores in the Monklands were being exhausted.
Kilsyth was close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and Bairds had created an extensive mineral tramway system connecting their pits and the canal, but in the railway age, the remoteness of the nearest main line was a serious disadvantage.
Local promoters set about creating a railway to rectify the problem: the destination for the minerals was to be Coatbridge and Maryhill. Coatbridge was the centre of iron smelting, and it was to be reached by connecting to the Campsie Branch of the North British Railway near Birdston; the Campsie branch later became part of the Glasgow to Aberfoyle Line. From the Campsie branch, the routing was to the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. Maryhill gave access to the River Clyde: the Stobcross Railway was being prepared to serve what became the Queen's Dock on the north bank of the Clyde. Onward shipborne transport from there would obviously be possible. The promoters also hoped that high class residences would be built along the line, creating residential travel to business in Glasgow.
A proposed railway
In 1873 a prospectus was issued for the Kelvin Valley Railway, and considerable local support was generated. The North British Railway agreed to work the line, but the NBR was not enthusiastic about the prospects for the line, and only acquiesced to keep the rival Caledonian Railway out of the area.
The Kelvin Valley Railway was incorporated by Act of Parliament on 21 July 1873, for a line from Kilsyth to Maryhill and a short spur line to the Campsie branch at Birdston. The authorised capital was £90,000.
The independent company failed to generate the subscriptions necessary to construct the line, particularly in the face of the manifest reluctance of the NBR. Baird Brothers already had an extensive mineral tramway network in the Kilsyth area serving their mines and smelters, and they were no strangers to the use of their power to influence events. They threatened to pro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast%20Duplicate%20File%20Finder | Fast Duplicate File Finder is a Windows tool developed by MindGems Inc, available as a freeware version and a full commercial version. It is intended to scan a user's computer for duplicate files, display a list of such files and let the user delete unneeded copies with the purpose of freeing up hard drive space. It is compatible with all Microsoft Windows versions including the latest Windows 8, Windows 7 and all Windows Server operating systems and their corresponding 32 and 64 bit versions.
Reception
The product has received positive reviews. PCWorld.com, as of March 2, 2011, was positive about the speed, Overclocker.com commented on the quality of the results, whilst CNET observed the finding similar files being slower and that the free version was limited compared to the Pro version.
References
External links
Fast Duplicate File Finder
File managers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20draft | The 2013 Major League Baseball draft was held from June 6 through June 8, 2013. The first two rounds were broadcast from Studio 42 of the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Each team received one selection per round, going in reverse order of the 2012 MLB season final standings. In addition, teams could receive compensation draft picks if they had made a qualifying offer to a free agent player from their team, and the player rejected the offer and signed with another team.
Draft order
The Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim all surrendered their first round picks by signing players who had received and rejected qualifying offers from their previous teams: Rafael Soriano, B. J. Upton, Kyle Lohse, and Josh Hamilton, respectively. The Cleveland Indians, whose first round pick was protected as it fell in the top ten, lost their second round pick and a pick in the sandwich round between the second and third rounds for signing two players who received qualifying offers: Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn.
First round
Compensatory round
Competitive Balance Round A
Other notable selections
Notes
Compensation picks
Traded picks
NCAA investigation
The Philadelphia Phillies selected college juniors Ben Wetzler of Oregon State University in the fifth round and Jason Monda of Washington State University in the sixth round of the draft. Both entered into negotiations with the Phillies with the help of a financial adviser, which is against National Collegiate Athletic Association rules. Both also chose to return to college for their senior year. The Phillies reported Wetzler and Monda to the NCAA, which cleared Monda and suspended Wetzler for the first 11 games of the college season.
Player notes
Kyle Crockett, the Cleveland Indians fourth round pick out of the University of Virginia, was promoted to the Indians on May 16, 2014. This made Crockett the first 2013 draftee to reach the major leagues.
Marco Gonzales, the St. Louis Cardinals' first round pick, made his MLB debut on June 25, 2014.
This made Gonzales the first 2013 first round pick to reach the major leagues.
Nate Orf, who went undrafted out of Baylor University in 2013, signed with the Milwaukee Brewers for $500 and worked his way up through their farm system, making his MLB debut with them on July 2, 2018. His first hit two days later turned out to be the game-winning home run and he was carried back out by his teammates for a curtain call.
See also
List of first overall Major League Baseball draft picks
References
External links
Major League Baseball Draft Official Site
2013 Major League Baseball Draft at ESPN
Major League Baseball draft
Draft
Major League Baseball draft
Major League Baseball draft
Baseball in New Jersey
Events in New Jersey
Sports in Hudson County, New Jersey
Secaucus, New Jersey |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%20Earthquake%20Networks%20Center | The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC; ) is an institution under the China Earthquake Administration. Established on October 18, 2004. It is one of the most important hubs of China's earthquake disaster reduction network and the basis of information for the international community. It is responsible for the operational guidance and management of the national seismic network, short-term earthquake prediction, earthquake data collection, report processing, scientific journal management, seismological construction, technological research and operations for emergency response and relief including the State Council of the People's Republic of China's earthquake relief headquarters.
References
Emergency management in China
Seismological observatories, organisations and projects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avira%20%28disambiguation%29 | Avira is a German multinational cybersecurity company.
Avira may also refer to:
23S rRNA (guanine2535-N1)-methyltransferase, an enzyme
Avira Rebecca, Indian filmmaker and script writer
AviraKids, a Russian holding company founded in 2010 specializing in safe gaming and entertainment equipment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadatabad%2C%20Hamadan | Sadatabad (, also Romanized as Sādātābād; also known as Dareh ‘Os̄mān, Darreh ‘Os̄mān, Darreh-ye ‘Os̄mān, Dar Sābān, Dar Sāpān, and Dār Uspān) is a village in Qolqol Rud Rural District, Qolqol Rud District, Tuyserkan County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73, in 21 families.
References
Populated places in Tuyserkan County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadatabad | Sadatabad () may refer to:
Sadatabad, Eqlid, Fars Province
Sadatabad, Shiraz, Fars Province
Sadatabad, Hamadan
Sadatabad, Isfahan
Sadatabad, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
Sadatabad-e Lishtar, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province
See also
Saadatabad (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather%20Central | Weather Central, LP is a private company that provides weather data and production tools to the media industry. It was founded in 1974 by Terry Kelly.
Overview
The company has 180 employees and 70 meteorologists. It is the largest provider of broadcast and interactive web weather solutions for media companies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Philippines. Weather Central has about 400 broadcast television clients in 21 countries worldwide. Weather Central also developed a free application for iPhones and Android devices called MyWeather.
Acquisitions
In 2011, E.L. Rothschild LLC, an investment company, acquired a 70% stake in Weather Central. Nonetheless, the company will continue to operate under CEO and founder, Terry Kelly, as well as current management.
In 2012, Weather Services International, a sister company to The Weather Channel, announced an agreement to acquire Weather Central. Weather Central also launched the Radar 5™, a radar widget built using HTML5.
References
External links
Official Website
Snowfall Information
Weather forecasting
Companies based in Madison, Wisconsin
Software companies established in 1974
Mass media companies established in 1974 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weed%20Country | Weed Country is an American reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. The series premiered on February 20, 2013, during Discovery Channel's programming block titled "Weed Wednesdays". The series followed dealers, growers and patients of the marijuana trade located within the Emerald Triangle, along with the enforcers of the law at the Siskiyou County Sheriff's office.
Cast
Mike Boutin, farmer
Tawni Boutin, farmer and wife of Mike Boutin
Matt Shotwell, a.k.a. Matt Greenwell, owner of Greenwell's Dispensary
Skweeze, Vallejo native and driver of the hooptie car for Matt Greenwell
Nathaniel Morris, cannabis activist and scientist
B.E. Smith, Aaron Smith, cannabis activist
Lieutenant Matt Thomson
Sheriff Jon E. Lopy
Sergeant Mike Gilley
Episodes
Criticism
Much like the Discovery Channel series Moonshiners, Weed Country was criticized as a scripted television show promoted as an unscripted show.
Matt Shotwell, the owner of Greenwell's Dispensary, faced criminal charges in connection with the raid and closure of the dispensary in Vallejo, California; charges against him were dismissed in 2013.
References
External links
2013 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Discovery Channel original programming
American television series about cannabis
Cannabis in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberattack%20during%20the%20Paris%20G20%20Summit | The cyberattack during the Paris G20 Summit refers to an event that took place shortly before the beginning of the G20 Summit held in Paris, France in February 2011. This summit was a Group of 20 conference held at the level of governance of the finance ministers and central bank governors (as opposed to the 6th G20 summit later that year, held in Cannes and involving the heads of government).
Unlike other well-known cyberattacks, such as the 2009 attacks affecting South Korean/American government, news media and financial websites, or the 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia, the attack that took place during the Paris G20 Summit was not a DDoS style attack. Instead, these attacks involved the proliferation of an email with a malware attachment, which permitted access to the infected computer.
Cyber attacks in France generally include attacks on websites by DDoS attacks as well as malware. Attacks have so far been to the civil and private sectors instead of the military.
Like the UK, Germany and many other European nations, France has been proactive in cyber defence and cyber security in recent years. The White Paper on Defence and National Security proclaimed cyberattacks as "one of the main threats to the national territory" and "made prevention and reaction to cyberattacks a major priority in the organisation of national security". This led to the creation of the French Agency for National Security of Information Systems (ANSSI) in 2009. ANSSI's workforce will be increased to a workforce of 350 by the end of 2013. In comparison, the equivalent English and German departments boast between 500 and 700 people.
Attacks in December 2010-January 2011
The attacks began in December with an email sent around the French Ministry of Finance. The email's attachment was a 'Trojan Horse' type consisting of a pdf document with embedded malware. Once accessed, the virus infected the computers of some of the government's senior officials as well as forwarding the offensive email on to others. The attack infected approximately 150 of the finance ministry's 170,000 computers. While access to the computers at the highest levels of office of infiltrated departments was successfully blocked, most of the owners of infiltrated computers worked on the G20.
The attack was noticed when "strange movements were detected in the e-mail system". Following this, ANSSI monitored the situation for a further several weeks.
Reportedly, the intrusion only targeted the exfiltration of G20 documents. Tax and financial information and other sensitive information for individuals, which is also located in the Ministry of Finance's servers, was left alone as it circulates only on an intranet accessible only within the ministry.
The attack was reported in news media only after the conclusion of the summit in February 2011, but was discovered a month prior in January.
Perpetrators
While the nationalities of the hackers are unknown, the operation was "probably led by an Asian country" |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Pickering | David Pickering may refer to:
David Pickering (writer) (born 1958), reference books compiler
David Pickering (rugby union) (born 1960), former Wales international rugby union player |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text%20to%20speech%20in%20digital%20television | Text to speech in digital television refers to digital television products that use speech synthesis (computer-generated speech that “talks” to the end user) to enable access to blind or partially sighted people. By combining a digital television (a television, set-top box, personal video recorder, or other type of receiver) with a speech synthesis engine, blind and partially sighted people are able to access information that is normally displayed visually in order to operate the menus and electronic program guides of the receiver.
User need
Using an audiovisual medium causes problems for certain people with disabilities, notably individuals with sight or hearing loss. These problems can be split between interface accessibility barriers and impediments in using the content itself. Text-to-speech features in television products helps address interface accessibility barriers for blind and partially sighted people who may be unable to use the standard visual interface or even special features such as large fonts, magnifiers, adjustable color schemes, etc.
Digital television solutions are often more complicated products compared to their analog ancestors. The ability to navigate many menus, to see on-screen program information, and to browse electronic program guides or on-screen content listings to find out what is available to watch, is essential to using digital TVs.
Policy makers across the world have recognized the importance of access to (digital) television. Recital 64 of the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) states: "The right of persons with a disability and of the elderly to participate and be integrated in the social and cultural life of the Community is inextricably linked to the provision of accessible audiovisual media services." The initial report of a European Commission study "Measuring progress of eAccessibility in Europe" refers to television as one of a set of fields "that are now essential elements of social and economic life." The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities makes specific reference to television access in Article 30(1) ("Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport"): "States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities: [...] b. Enjoy access to television programmes, films, theatre and other cultural activities, in accessible formats."
History
Text-to-speech software has been widely available for desktop computers since the 1990s, and Moore’s Law increases in CPU and memory capabilities have contributed to making their inclusion in software and hardware solutions more feasible. In the wake of these trends, text-to-speech is finding its way into everyday consumer electronics. In addition to text-to-speech solutions for computers, we now see talking watches and clocks, calendars, thermometers, kitche |
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