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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive%20visual%20analysis | Interactive Visual Analysis (IVA) is a set of techniques for combining the computational power of computers with the perceptive and cognitive capabilities of humans, in order to extract knowledge from large and complex datasets. The techniques rely heavily on user interaction and the human visual system, and exist in the intersection between visual analytics and big data. It is a branch of data visualization. IVA is a suitable technique for analyzing high-dimensional data that has a large number of data points, where simple graphing and non-interactive techniques give an insufficient understanding of the information.
These techniques involve looking at datasets through different, correlated views and iteratively selecting and examining features the user finds interesting.
The objective of IVA is to gain knowledge which is not readily apparent from a dataset, typically in tabular form. This can involve generating, testing or verifying hypotheses, or simply exploring the dataset to look for correlations between different variables.
History
Focus + Context visualization and its related techniques date back to the 1970s. Early attempts at combining these techniques for Interactive Visual Analysis occur in the WEAVE visualization system for cardiac simulation in the year 2000. SimVis appeared in 2003, and multiple Ph. D. projects have explored the concept since then - notably Helmut Doleisch in 2004, Johannes Kehrer in 2011
and Zoltan Konyha in 2013. ComVis, which is used in the visualization community, appeared in 2008.
Basics
The objective of Interactive Visual Analysis is to discover information in data which is not readily apparent. The goal is to move from the data itself to the information contained in the data, ultimately uncovering knowledge which was not apparent from looking at the raw numbers.
The most basic form of IVA is to use coordinated multiple views displaying different columns of our dataset. At least two views are required for IVA. The views are usually among the common tools of information visualization, such as histograms, scatterplots or parallel coordinates, but using volume rendered views is also possible if this is appropriate for the data. Typically, one view will display the independent variables of the dataset (e.g. time or spatial location), while the others display the dependent variables (e.g. temperature, pressure or population density) in relation to each other. If the views are linked, the user can select data points in one view and have the corresponding data points automatically highlighted in the other views. This technique, which intuitively allows exploration of higher-dimensional properties of the data, is known as linking and brushing.
The selection made in one of the views doesn't have to be binary. Software packages for IVA can allow for a gradual “degree of interest” in the selection, where data points are gradually highlighted as we move from low to high interest. This allows for an inherent “ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Space%20Network | Universal Space Network, Inc., or USN is an American company specializing in tracking, telemetry, and control of spacecraft. It is a subsidiary of Swedish Space Corporation, with four main sites and cooperative agreements with many others.
USN has been used by commercial satellite operations such as Sirius XM Radio and scientific missions both in low Earth orbit (such as GALEX) and in orbit around the Moon (such as Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter). USN has offered a 50% discount for their services for competitors for the Google Lunar X Prize.
External links
Universal Space Network main site.
Integrating a Global TT&C Network Paper from USN about integration with other networks.
References
Deep Space Network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20home%20design%20software | Virtual home design software is a type of computer-aided design software intended to help architects, designers, and homeowners preview their design implementations on-the-fly. These products differ from traditional homeowner design software and other online design tools in that they use HTML5 to ensure that changes to the design occur rapidly. This category of software as a service puts an emphasis on usability, speed, and customization.
Background
Homeowners, contractors, and architects use virtual home exterior design software to help visualize changes to designs. Since virtual home design suites that use HTML5 are able to rapidly propagate changes to the home design, users can A/B test designs much more efficiently than with previous iterations of online design software.
Virtual home design software has found widespread usage among homeowners who have suffered property damage, as server-side, HTML5-based design software is ideal for homeowners who wish to see what certain products will look like on damaged areas of their houses.
Examples
Several manufacturers use virtual home design software to display their products online. These companies that utilize virtual home design software include GAF Materials Corporation, James Hardie, Exterior Portfolio, and CertainTeed. Some companies, such as Design My Exterior, have built virtual home design software that is not limited to products or brands in order to allow for greater flexibility by the end-user. Design My Exterior also uses ImageMapster in order to generate a greater range of options with less processing time.
Live Home 3D is a virtual home design software for Microsoft Windows and macOS.
Future applications
Several companies are experimenting with virtual reality for architecture. They design virtual homes and allow customers to walk around with the help of a VR headset (such as the Occulus Rift). This way, customers get a realistic, true-to-scale idea of the end result.
References
Computer-aided design software
Architectural design
Interior design |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis%20Communications%20Network | The Genesis Communications Network, often referred to as GCN, is a radio network created in 1998, owned by Ted Anderson. The network currently produces 45 shows, distributed on more than 780 radio stations nationwide. The network is known for talk programming; Alex Jones is its most prominent syndicated personality.
History and programming
Ted Anderson is the owner of Genesis Communications Network. Anderson created the network in 1998 as a way to promote his company, Midas Resources, a precious metals firm. As of September 11, 2015, Anderson's bullion coin representative registration, No. 40389579, was revoked. Further, Anderson was prohibited from being an owner, officer, member, or shareholder of any entity that holds a bullion coin dealer registration in the State of Minnesota for two years.
Based in Minnesota, the network carries "a lot of conspiracy talk radio". "By far the biggest star" on the network is Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist who became one of Genesis Communications Network's first personalities in 1999, after Jones was fired by an Austin radio station. Jones promoted the 9/11 Truth movement and claimed that the Boston Marathon bombing, Washington Navy Yard shooting, and other events "are actually 'false flag' operations" by the U.S. government "or evil 'globalist' forces planning to take over the world." Jones' syndication with the network allowed him to reach a much larger audience; "[a]lmost overnight, he was on a hundred stations."
Legal issues
In May 2018, Genesis Communications Network and Midas Resources were named in a defamation lawsuit brought against Alex Jones and his syndicators. The suit was brought by the families of six victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and an FBI agent who was at the scene. In July 2022, Genesis was dropped as a defendant, with one of the plaintiff's lawyers stating that having Genesis involved at trial would have distracted from the main target: Mr. Jones and his media organization.
Shows and personalities
The network's shows include:
The Alex Jones Show. Hosted by radio personality Alex Jones. As of September 2020, Jones' show aired on 73 affiliate stations
Daliah Wachs
On Air With Doug, Jen and Victoria - GCN is one of two networks that distributes Doug Stephan's morning program.
Home Talk USA with "The Cajun Contractor" Michael King
Free Talk Live
Brokered programming, some for alternative medical products, fills out the rest of the schedules.
Jeff Rense was carried by Genesis Communications Network after the Premiere Radio Networks dropped the show in the late 1990s. GCN took over distribution at that time, and carried the show through August 2009, at which point Rense pulled the show from the network, after he accused fellow Jones of terrorizing his family.
Psychologist Joy Browne hosted her nationally syndicated program on the network in the last few years before her death.
Notes
External links
Official website
Manuel Roig-Franzia, "How Alex Jones, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearwater%20Research | Shearwater Research is a Canadian manufacturer of dive computers and rebreather electronics for technical diving.
History
In 2004, Shearwater Research was founded by Bruce Partridge who produced their products in a spare bedroom at his home. As of 2014, Shearwater was producing thousands of dive computers per year in a manufacturing facility with twenty employees.
From the beginning the company sought to develop products that are simple to use and easy to read underwater.
Shearwater Research began by building controller boards for the Innerspace Systems Corp (ISC) Megalodon rebreathers in 2004. There was a problem with the configuration and by the end of 2005, ISC was no longer offering the Shearwater electronics package. Since that time, the initial issues have been resolved and Shearwater electronics are again available for use on the ISC Megalodons.
Shearwater decompression computers began with an implementation of the Bühlmann decompression algorithm with gradient factors into their Shearwater GF in the Spring of 2006. It was available in either the partial pressure of oxygen with decompression or control versions.
With the release of the Predator in 2009, Shearwater moved away from the older LCD display technology to the use of newer technology OLED displays in their computers. This was the first color OLED diving computer available in the market with a user replaceable battery. Power was a major limiting factor in the development process to include the OLED technology.
With the Predator, Shearwater also introduced bluetooth to allow easier syncing with their desktop software. Their reason for the move to bluetooth was to make a computer that could be used on multiple operating systems. The Predator's two button design has been called "intuitive and easy to use". The top-of-the-line Predator will also allow for up to five breathing gases for the rebreather and up to five bail-out gasses. The user can make gas switches on the computer at any point during the dive.
Shearwater received their certification for ISO 9001-2008 in 2010 and all their products are compliant with CE, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and IC international standards.
In 2011, Shearwater announced that they had licensed a technique to thermally monitor the condition of rebreather carbon dioxide absorbent canisters developed by the United States Navy Experimental Diving Unit. In collaboration with rEvo rebreathers, they were able to show that the thermal canister CO2 monitor would work with Shearwater's Predator dive computer.
Shearwater has continued to develop new ways to calculate decompression in their equipment by releasing an implementation of the Varying Permeability Model (VPM-B/GFS) in 2011. The "GFS" is for Gradient Factor Surfacing and indicates the combination where VPM and GF models are compared and the longer time utilized for the displayed profile.
The Shearwater Petrel has been described as the "Predator with improvements". The Petrel was d |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction%20Flow%20Modeling%20Language | The Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML) is a standardized modeling language in the field of software engineering. IFML includes a set of graphic notations to create visual models of user interactions and front-end behavior in software systems.
The Interaction Flow Modeling Language was developed in 2012 and 2013 under the lead of WebRatio and was inspired by the WebML notation, as well as by a few other experiences in the Web modeling field.
It was adopted as a standard by the Object Management Group (OMG) in March 2013.
Focus
IFML supports the platform independent description of graphical user interfaces for applications accessed or deployed on such systems as desktop computers, laptop computers, PDAs, mobile phones, and tablets. The focus of the description is on the structure and behavior of the application as perceived by the end user.
IFML describes user interactions and control behaviors of front-end of applications belonging to the following domains:
HTML+HTTP based Web applications.
Rich Internet Applications, as supported by the HTML 5 standard.
Mobile applications.
Client-server applications.
Desktop applications.
Embedded Human Machine Interfaces for control applications.
Multichannel and context-aware applications.
IFML does not cater to the specification of bi-dimensional and tri-dimensional computer based graphics.
IFML does not apply to the modeling of presentation issues (layout/look and feel) of an application front-end or to the design of business logic and data components. Although these aspects are not the focus of the language, IFML allows designers to reference external models or modeling artifacts regarding these aspects from within IFML models.
Content of the standard
The IFML specification consists of:
The IFML metamodel (MOF).
The IFML UML profile.
The IFML visual syntax (Defined through Diagram Definition and Diagram Interchange specification).
The IFML XMI model exchange format.
Main modeling concepts
An IFML model consists of one or more view containers (possibly nested).
For example, windows in traditional desktop applications or page templates in
Web applications. A view container can contain view components, which denote
the publication of static or dynamic content, or interface elements for data entry
(such as input forms). A view component can have input and output parameters.
A view container and a view component can be associated with events, that can represent users'
interactions or system-generated occurrences. For example, an event for selecting
one or more items from a list or for submitting inputs from a form. The effect
of an event is represented by an interaction flow connection. The interaction
flow expresses a change of state of the user interface. An event
can also trigger an action, which is executed prior to updating
the state of the user interface; for example, a delete or update operation on
instances of a database. An input-output dependency between elements can be spec |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Uruguay | CX 26 SODRE, also known as Radio Uruguay 1050 AM, is a state-owned Uruguayan Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo. The station broadcasts primarily talk programming.
Some Radio Uruguay programming is aired on the RNU repeater network outside of Montevideo.
References
External links
Radio Uruguay 1050 AM
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio in Uruguay
Mass media in Montevideo
Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay
News and talk radio stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC%20Television%20%28disambiguation%29 | CBC Television is an English-language public television network in Canada.
CBC Television and CBC TV may also refer to:
CBC TV 8, a public television channel in Barbados
Capital Broadcast Center, a satellite television channel in Egypt
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting, a local television station in Nagoya, Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emisora%20del%20Sur | Emisora del Sur ("Station of the South") is a state-owned Uruguayan Spanish-language radio station that broadcasts from Montevideo on 1290 AM and 94.7 FM. It airs primarily musical programming with an emphasis on traditional music.
Some Emisora del Sur programming is aired on the RNU repeater network outside of Montevideo.
In December 2008, Emisora del Sur began broadcasting on 94.7 MHz in Montevideo, after the prior concessionaire Berch Rupenian lost the frequency for his Concierto FM and three other stations in Montevideo and Punta del Este over a series of irregularities. One of the Punta del Este frequencies, 94.3 MHz, was also intended to be transferred to SODRE.
References
External links
Uruguay 1290 AM
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio in Uruguay
Mass media in Montevideo
Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrowiq | SparrowIQ is a packet-based traffic analysis and network performance monitoring solution that provides network managers with near real-time traffic visibility into network usage based on conversations, applications, users and class of service.
The product was developed by Solana Networks (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) to allow smaller businesses to gain access to flow-based network traffic monitoring solutions - normally too complex or unaffordable.
SparrowIQ was awarded the "Best New Product" by the ASCII Group in June 2015 and "Strong Value" award by Enterprise Management Associates in 2013.
Features
SparrowIQ key features
Traffic Forensics for identifying business-relevant versus recreational and unauthorized traffic
Real-time Traffic Alerting for instant notification when bandwidth crosses preset thresholds
Automatic Report Generation and Distribution
References
Network performance
Internet Protocol based network software
Network analyzers
Port scanners |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Espectador%20810 | El Espectador is a Uruguayan radio station, which broadcasts from the city of Montevideo. Its programming is informative and sports. It is considered the first radio station in Uruguay.
In April 2013 an announcement was made regarding the sale of this media company. It was purchased by Magnolio group.
History
In April 1922, the Uruguayan subsidiary of General Electric decided to install a 10-watt power transmitter on the roof of the defunct daily Del Plata, which is how the first regular broadcasts of Radio General Electric began.
As General Electric did not intend to install itself as a broadcasting operator, but as a simple driver of the market, that is why once the test broadcasts end and when the regular broadcasts begin, in 1923, the station changes its name, assuming that of Radio Sud América, its programming would be focused on sports and musical information.
It is in that year that she moved her studies to the then American Methodist College of Ladies at the intersection of Avenida 8 de Octubre and Avenida General Garibaldi.
On May 15, 1931, it changed its name again definitively, changing its name to Radio Espectador, the name of one of the main programs of Radio Sud América, the program: "Radio Diario Espectador". For that year, the newly named Radio El Espectador decided to consolidate itself as a journalistic station and associated its computer services with an international news agency.
With the outbreak of the Second World War, the reporter Esso began to broadcast the computer service, presented by Héctor Amenagual who, through the informational contributions of the United Press International, informed Uruguayans about the most relevant events of said warlike conflict, such as of the taking of Pearl Harbor and the surrender of Japan, of which the station keeps archives. The passing of the war, and the imminent support of Uruguay for the allied side, led to the emergence of anti-Nazi campaigns and editorials in the station, in support of the allied forces.
See also
Sport 890
Selected programs
La Mañana de El Espectador (morning show with Daniel Castro)
Rompkbzas (Variety with Daniel Figares)
Suena Tremendo (Variety with Diego Zas and Juanchi Hounie)
13 a 0 (Sports with Ricardo Piñeyrúa)
810 VIVO (News with Juan Sader)
Dinámica rural (Rural news)
La venganza será terrible (Humor with Alejandro Dolina)
Segundo Intento (Music with Felipe Reyes)
References
External links
810 AM
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio in Uruguay
Mass media in Montevideo
Spanish-language websites
News and talk radio stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Association%20of%20Professional%20Women | The International Association of Women (IAW) is a for-profit professional association and networking platform fully owned by Professional Diversity Network (NASDAQ:IPDN) since 2014.
Founded in 2007 by Matthew Proman, it is the largest business network for professional women in the United States, spanning virtually every industry and profession, with members from diverse backgrounds. In 2013, NAPW.com was voted one of Forbes’ Best 100 Websites for Women.
National conferences (2011-2014)
The Annual NAPW National Networking Conferences was an event held every year in New York City between 2011 and 2014 which presented speakers with varied fields of expertise, who imparted their experiences of business. The 2011 NAPW National Networking Conference featured keynote speaker, Ivanka Trump, Executive Vice President of Development and Acquisitions, The Trump Organization; Herta von Stiegel, Creator, Ariya Capital; Kathy Caprino, Psychotherapist and Executive Coach; Hilary Kramer, Commentator, Nightly Business Report and Valerie Smaldone, Host, NY Lite FM – 106.7.
The 2012 National Networking Conference, Transitions: Take Control of Your Future, was hosted by Star Jones, the organization's National Spokesperson and Chief Development Officer. Featured speakers included Sara Blakely, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Spanx; Randi Zuckerberg, former Marketing Director of Facebook;; Denise Incandela, then President, Saks Direct; Christie Hefner, CEO, Canyon Ranch Enterprises; Janet Rolle, EVP and CMO, CNN Worldwide; Christina Norman, Media Strategist and Editor, Huffington Post; Liza Huber, CEO and Founder, Sage Bears; Heather Freeland, Head of Global Marketing Communications, Facebook; Beth Ann Kaminkow, President and CEO, TracyLocke; Paige Mackenzie, LPGA Tour Professional; Judy Smith, Founder and President, Smith & Company and Kathleen Rice, Nassau County, NY District Attorney.
The 2013 National Networking Conference, Spark. Ignite Your Network, was held on April 26, 2013, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City, hosted by Star Jones with over 1,200 members in attendance, featured keynote speakers included Martha Stewart and Arianna Huffington. The NAPW Power Panel included Lesley Jane Seymour, Editor-in-Chief of More magazine; Desirée Rogers, Chief Executive Officer of Johnson Publishing Company; Monique Nelson, Chief Executive Officer of Uniworld (a division of WPP); and Kim Garst, Chief Executive Officer of Boom Social. Workshop experts included Bonnie Marcus, Founder and Principal, Women's Success Coaching; Danielle Miller, Creator, Naked Branding; Ana Berry, TV Host; Sue Stanek; PhD, Founder, Inspiring Results and Kathleen Barton, MBA, Your Life Balance Coach.
Corporate social responsibility
Created by Matthew Proman and Star Jones in May 2014, the NAPW Foundation is the company's nonprofit philanthropic endeavor designed to support causes that are front burner issues for women. The American Heart Association, of w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Hugglemonster | Henry Hugglemonster is a computer-animated children’s television series produced by Brown Bag Films. The show is designed for children aged 2–8. It is based on the 2005 book I'm a Happy Hugglewug written and illustrated by Niamh Sharkey. The series premiered on Disney Junior in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2013 and in the United States on April 15. It aired in 2015 on the afternoon Disney Junior segment on Disney Channel in United States and Canada. It ended on November 30, 2016
Premise
The series revolves around the daily life of a yellow monster named Henry Hugglemonster and his family, living in a village called Roarsville. Other places characters come from include Growlsberg and Growltown. Henry has a best friend named Denzel Dugglemonster and a monsterette friend named Gertie Growlerstein. Henry's experiences with his family and friends often lead to trouble, so Henry must use his problem-solving skills to find a way to resolve the conflicts he is presented with in his daily life. This gives him the opportunity to learn valuable lessons every day. Every episode features one or more original songs.
Common Sense Media stated that many of the episodes include "basic preschool skills like counting and sequences".
Episodes
Characters
The characters in the series are primarily monsters and their pets (called Monsterpets).
The Hugglemonster family
Henry Alfonzo Hugglemonster (voiced by Lara Jill Miller in the US and Teresa Gallagher in the UK) is a 5-year-old, yellow monster whose horns resemble those of a jester's cap. He never backs down from a problem, because he believes he, his family, and his friends can "always find a way." His favorite sport is huggleball, which is similar to soccer, except that it is legal to carry the ball into the goal, and the ball sticks to the monsters' skin. He is energetic, and is able to do a one-hand hang with his left for at least 40 seconds. He often says "Roarsome!" and his family motto is, "Hugglemonsters always find a way!"
Summer Hugglemonster (voiced by Hynden Walch) is Henry's 7-year-old sister. Her hobbies include putting on plays, singing, dancing, writing, composing music, and cheerleading. She is flexible enough to do a left front split. She is also called Summerling but it is unclear if this is her full forename or a nickname. Her friends include Izzy and Meg.
Cobby Hugglemonster (voiced by Chiara Zanni) is Henry's 8-year-old brother.Henry calls him Cobster. He is an inventor, and his inventions sometimes come in handy in solving problems. Some of his inventions include monster bots, and an Astrobix spaceship models. He is the tallest sibling in the family.
Ivor Hugglemonster (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) is the baby of the family, who is now one year old, but cannot yet talk or fly.
Daddo Hugglemonster (voiced by Tom Kenny in the US and Lewis MacLeod in the UK) is a green monster mailman who can be a bit forgetful at times. His talent is a form of juggling called huggle-juggling, which he |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Mar%C3%ADa%20Uruguay | Radio María Uruguay, also known as CX28, is a radio station in Montevideo, in Uruguay. The station is owned and operated by FADITUR S.A. and broadcasts Catholic radio programming as an affiliate of The World Family of Radio Maria.
The station had previously been Radio Imparcial, a talk outlet. However, in 2018, it was sold by owner Sucesión Walfrido Figueira Morán S.R.L., prompting the end of its programs. The sale attracted questions about violations of Uruguay's broadcasting law, as the number of stations owned, if considered as one group, would have been impermissible.
Other Radio María stations
Radio María Uruguay is also heard on the following stations:
See also
Catholic Media Network
Radio Maria
References
External links
Official Website
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio in Uruguay
Mass media in Montevideo
Catholic radio stations
Catholic Church in Uruguay |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bridge%20%282013%20TV%20series%29 | The Bridge is an American crime drama television series, developed by Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid, that was broadcast on the FX network, and based on the Danish-Swedish series Bron/Broen. The series stars Diane Kruger and Demián Bichir in leading roles, and co-stars Ted Levine, Annabeth Gish, Thomas M. Wright, Matthew Lillard and Emily Rios in supporting roles. The complete series consists of two seasons of 13 episodes each. The series debuted on FX in the United States on July 10, 2013, and the series finale aired on October 1, 2014. The show was developed both in English and Spanish languages.
The American version takes place on the U.S. and Mexican border where a murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juárez (the Bridge of the Americas) bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross (Kruger) who is mentored by Hank Wade (Levine) and Chihuahua State police detective Marco Ruiz (Bichir). The story parallels the investigation by El Paso Times reporters Daniel Frye (Lillard) and Adriana Mendez (Rios). The series was a critical success and received positive reviews throughout its run. After the first season maintained a modest audience that dropped by 42 percent by the second, the series was not renewed for a third season.
Plot
The Bridge follows two police detectives – one Mexican, one from the U.S. – and their joint effort to capture a serial killer who is operating in both countries when an American judge known for anti-immigration views is found dead on the bridge connecting El Paso, Texas, with Juárez, Mexico, menacing both nations along the Texas–Chihuahua border. Detective Sonya Cross, of the El Paso Police Department, works with Chihuahua State Police Detective Marco Ruiz, who knows about the slippery politics of Mexican law enforcement. Ruiz's whatever-it-takes approach doesn't sit well with Cross, who has undisclosed Asperger's syndrome or a similar autism spectrum disorder and a by-the-book attitude when it comes to the job. But the two put their differences aside to solve a string of murders on the border, which is already infected with issues that include illegal immigration, drug trafficking, violence and prostitution. Their investigation is complicated by the rampant corruption and general apathy among the Mexican authorities and the violence of the powerful borderland drug cartels. The show title refers to the Bridge of the Americas that serves as a border crossing between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where the series is set.
Production
FX ordered the series' pilot episode in July 2012. Shooting for the pilot took place on location in the El Paso area and wrapped in December 2012. Critically acclaimed director Gerardo Naranjo, best known for 2011's Miss Bala, directed the pilot.
Work on the remaining twelve season one episodes began in early April 2013. Meredith Stiehm, creator of Cold Case, and Elwood Reid served as the series' executive producers and head writers. The show was co-produced by Shine Ame |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%201902.1 | The IEEE 1902.1-2009 standard is a wireless data communication protocol also known as RuBee, operates within the Low Frequency radio wave range of 30–900 kHz. Although very resistant to interference, metal, water and obstacles, it is very limited in range, usually only suitable for short-range networks. The baud rate is limited to 1,200 kB/s, making it a very low-rate communication network as well. This standard is aimed at the conception of wireless network of sensors and actuators in industrial and military environments. One of the major advantage 1902.1 tags is they are extremely low power and last for years on a simple coin size battery and they can be sealed in a MIL STD 810G package. RuBee tags emit virtually no RF and do not produce any Compromising Emanations, as a result are used in high security facilities. RuBee tags are safe and in use near and on high explosive facilities.
The IEEE 1902.1 is an alternative to other higher-power wireless network of sensors and actuators based on the standard IEEE 802.15.4, such as Zigbee and 6LoWPAN. Other concurrent standards also exist: ISO/IEC 18000-7 DASH7, infrared networking and ultra-wide band networking.
IEEE 1902.1 is unique as it uses a very low frequency and magnetic field modulation (created by a magnetic dipole antenna in the near-field) as the physical mean. Due to its low frequency, RuBee has negligible multipath reflections so the signal can be used to geolocate assets.
The IEEE Working Group on 1902.1 named itself RuBee, after the gem and insect. RuBee stands in contrast to the well-known network certification Zigbee, a related but completely different networking standard.
Network devices
IEEE 1902.1 supports the design of networks constituted by two devices: Controllers and Responders, based on a simplified IEEE MAC layer.
The Controller initiates a command request and the Responder detects the request, processes some functions like measuring pressure, temperature or activating a relay, before sending a Response packet back to the Controller.
Responder devices have four addresses, two of them configurable, and two by fabric design.
Network Power
The maximum power of emission recommended is 10 micro-Watts. This power limits the area of the network to a piconet, between and .
Physical layer
The physical communication mean used is the inductive coupling signaling working in the near field of a 131 kHz magnetic dipole antenna. Inductive coupling power falls cubically with the distance between the Controller and Responder.
Modulation
The recommended modulations are Amplitude-shift keying (ASK), and Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK). The Controller must support both modulations, although the Responder may only support one.
Encoding
On top of the modulation, the IEEE 1902.1 recommends two encoding methods: BMC, Bi-phase Marc Coding, known as a Manchester Encoding technique. This encoding method combined with BPSK is insensitive to a polarity reversal and has a good signal-to-n |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Atlas%20of%20Surface%20Topography%20of%20Proteins | Computer Atlas of Surface Topography of Proteins (CASTp) aims to provide comprehensive and detailed quantitative characterization of topographic features of protein, is now updated to version 3.0. Since its release in 2006, the CASTp server has ≈45000 visits and fulfills ≈33000 calculation requests annually. CASTp has been proven as a confident tool for a wide range of researches, including investigations of signaling receptors, discoveries of cancer therapeutics, understanding of mechanism of drug actions, studies of immune disorder diseases, analysis of protein–nanoparticle interactions, inference of protein functions and development of high-throughput computational tools. This server is maintained by Jie Liang's lab in University of Illinois at Chicago.
Geometric Modeling Principles
For the calculation strategy of CASTp, alpha-shape and discrete-flow methods are applied to the protein binding site, also the measurement of pocket size by the program of CAST by Liang et al. in 1998, then updated by Tian et al. in 2018. Firstly, CAST identifies atoms which form the protein pocket, then calculates the volume and area, identifies the atoms forming the rims of pocket mouth, computes how many mouth openings for each pocket, predict the area and circumference of mouth openings, finally locates cavities and calculate their size. The secondary structures were calculated by DSSP. The single amino acid annotations were fetched from UniProt database, then mapped to PDB structures following residue-level information from SIFTS database.
Instructions of Protein Pocket Calculation
Input
Protein structures in PDB format, and a probe radius.
Searching
Users can either search for pre-computed result by 4-letter PDB ID, or upload their own PDB file for customized computation. The core algorithm helps in finding the pocket or cavity with capability of housing a solvent, with a default or adjusted diameter.
Output
CASTp identifies all surface pockets, interior cavities and cross channels, provides detailed delineation of all atoms participating in their formation, including the area and volume of pocket or void as well as measurement of numbers of mouth opening of a particular pocket ID by solvent accessible surface model (Richards' surface) and by molecular surface model (Connolly surface), all calculated analytically. The core algorithm helps in finding the pocket or cavity with capability of housing a solvent with a diameter of 1.4 Å. This online tool also supports PyMOL and UCSF Chimera plugin for molecular visualization.
Why CASTp is Useful?
Protein science, from an amino acid to sequences and structures
Proteins are large, complex molecules that playing critical roles to maintain the normal functioning of the human body. They are essential not just for the structure and function, but also the regulation among the body's tissues and organs. Proteins are made up of hundreds of smaller units called amino acids that are attached to one another by pep |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll%20automation | Payroll automation refers to the use of computers to produce paychecks and manage benefit payments for a company or community. Often, payroll automation is integrated into the company's enterprise resource planning system that provides an overall view of the company's or community's finances; in addition to payroll, it can manage customer relationships, production, personnel resources, invoicing and accounting.
Payroll activities
Payroll management consists of several stages and procedures that require expertise in financial administration, such as employment contract management.
Payroll management performs the following tasks:
Timekeeping: knowing hours worked, and when (to know when overtime pay applies)
Calculating and paying wages, settlement of tax withholdings
Delivery of wage calculations and certificates to the employees
Compiling statistics for different authorities, and for the purposes of improving activities
Drawing up employment contracts
Providing regulatory reports to the tax agencies and insurance companies
Calculating annual holidays
Managing deductions for employee benefits
The travel costs and travel invoices from the employees are usually processed together with payroll.
Methods
Payroll functions can be automated using software to facilitate the collection, organization and storage of all information required for payroll calculations and regulatory agency reportage requirements. If the payroll software is not purchased as part of a comprehensive business management system, it can usually be combined with the company's existing solutions for accounting, sales ledger, working hour management and recruiting. Information that has been captured in one part of the system can be used by other modules. Hours registered in the work management system, for example, are automatically transferred to the wage calculation system.
Benefits
Effective payroll automation collects all relevant information in one place in electronic format, reducing mistakes by eliminating the need to synchronize and manage otherwise duplicate data sets.
Well planned, modern payroll software provides the following benefits:
It considers collective labor agreements and employer-specific procedures and exceptions.
It provides a breakdown of the allowances and other bases for wages in the report, with dedicated rows for each day, week and month.
It automatically follows the legislated accounting and calculation rules in the calculation of annual holidays.
It manages the drawing up, posting, archiving and reporting of travel invoices.
When combined with work shift management software, it can utilize data concerning working hours, overtime, allowances, holidays and absences.
Related concepts
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Onboarding Automation
Sources and references
Information systems
Payroll |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Statistical%20Institute%20%28Bulgaria%29 | The National Statistical Institute or NSI ( or НСИ) is the Bulgarian state agency responsible for the collection and dissemination of statistical data on the population, economy and environment of the country. It reports directly to the Prime Minister of the country.
The National Statistical Institute was established in 1880 as a Department of the Ministry of Finance. It carried out the first census of the population in 1881. In 1894, the Department becomes part of the Ministry of Trade and Agriculture. In 1910, the agency published its first annual statistical report, "Statistical Yearbook of the Kingdom of Bulgaria".
Historical Review
1880 A Statistical Division was established at the Ministry of Justice (21 January 1880 )
1880 A Statistical Organizational Division was formed at the Ministry of Finance (June 25, 1880)
1880 The beginning of the Population censuses in Principality of Bulgaria was established with the Law of 13 December 1880
1881 The first Population census was conducted on 1 January 1881
1881 The Bulgarian Official Statistical Office was created. The Statistical Division turned into independent Statistical Office
1896 The first Census of the Civil Servants was conducted
1897 A Law on the Statistics Directorate in the Principality of Bulgaria and a Law on Population Census, Housing and Livestock
1897 For the first time a Census of Land Property in Bulgaria was conducted
1907 A Law on the Statistics Directorate General in the Bulgarian Kingdom
1908 Issued a publication “Monthly Statistical Reviews “
1909 The first Census in Industry was carried out
1910 Published the first Statistical Yearbook
1925 Conducted the first Household Budgets Survey
1926 The first General Economic Census was conducted, together with the Population Census during the same year. For first time in
Europe a sampling method for quick aggregation of the results from General Agricultural Farms Census was used
1929 The first specialized magazine of the Statistics Directorate General started. Nowadays it comes out under the name of “Statistics Journal”
1934 The agricultural survey was carried out with using a sample method for the first time in the data collection phase
1946 A Law on the Organization of Statistics in Bulgaria -The Statistics Directorate General passed over to the Council of Ministers. A network of local statistical bodies was created for the first time
1953 A Central Statistical Office at the Council of Ministers as a state authority to manage the overall statistical activity in the country was created
1991 A Law on Statistics – the National Statistical Institute (NSI) was created
1993 A Common Declaration of Statistical Cooperation between the National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria and of the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) was signed
1999 Worked out a Law on Statistics in compliance with EC legislation
2000 A Law on Population, Housing Fund and Agr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amunzi | Amunzi was an African-based social networking service launched on October 24, 2012, owned and operated by XyPNET Limited. The goal of the site was to unite Africans, make it easier for Africans to meet and learn about their different cultures, people, places etc.
Users were required to register before they start using the site, only then can they create personal profiles, add other Amunzi users to their Communities and exchange private messages, update their Boards by sticking blogs, Photos, Music, Links and asking anonymous questions which other users can answer. The site was similar to other social networks in a way that users receive automatic notifications whenever there are updates from their Community members.
The site's name which was coined by Clive Simanansa, the President of Amunzi, originates from a Bantu word, “Munzi” which means Community, Home or Village depending on which context it is being used.
History
Amunzi was founded by Tresford Himanansa II in June 2011, in his bedroom at his parents’ home in Ndola, Zambia. Tresford, an Evelyn Hone College graduate who was President and C.E.O. of Amunzi's parent company XyPNET (a software development, web designing and hosting company), was responsible for all operations of the site and setting the overall direction, product strategy and goals for the website. He led almost the entire design of Amunzi's service and development of its core features, technology as well as infrastructure.
As of June 2012, Amunzi was the third most visited website in Zambia.
By December 2013, the site had 450,000 users.
Website
Features
Amunzi had many features common to Social networking sites, such as Photo Sharing, User Groups and many others
Messaging and Multimedia Sharing
Users were able to exchange private messages on the site. Users can also share Photos, Videos and Music on the site. A user was able to upload a song and share it with their Community members, Videos are hot-linked from YouTube or Vimeo.
Places
The site featured Places on the site, making it easy for its users to find interesting places as well for Businesses to manage their Presence on the site.
Hot, Cool, Funny, and Sorry Buttons
With the understanding that a user will not always Like the content that they see on their boards, Amunzi introduced the Hot, Funny, and Sorry buttons to allow users to express themselves in a more convenient manner on the site. The Hot button was only available to Photo Stickers.
Bible
Users can read and share the bible with their community members and save memory verses. Searching for verses is simplified as members can find verses they do not remember by searching for a particular sentence. Members can also compare verses from different bibles.
Stickers
Stickers are publicly visible, but Amunzers can restrict the stickers to appear only to selected groups of community members. Users can stick to their Boards via the Amunzi website
Chat
Amunzi offered online chat, allowing users to ch |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Plane%20Development%20Kit | The Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) is an open source software project managed by the Linux Foundation. It provides a set of data plane libraries and network interface controller polling-mode drivers for offloading TCP packet processing from the operating system kernel to processes running in user space. This offloading achieves higher computing efficiency and higher packet throughput than is possible using the interrupt-driven processing provided in the kernel.
DPDK provides a programming framework for x86, ARM, and PowerPC processors and enables faster development of high speed data packet networking applications. It scales from mobile processors, such as Intel Atom, to server-grade processors, such as Intel Xeon. It supports instruction set architectures such as Intel, IBM POWER8, EZchip, and ARM. It is provided and supported under the open-source BSD license.
DPDK was created by Intel engineer Venky Venkatesan, who is affectionately known as "The Father of DPDK." He died in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.
Overview
The DPDK framework creates a set of libraries for specific hardware/software environments through the creation of an Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL). The EAL hides the environment specifics and provides a standard programming interface to libraries, available hardware accelerators and other hardware and operating system (Linux, FreeBSD) elements. Once the EAL is created for a specific environment, developers link to the library to create their applications. For instance, EAL provides the frameworks to support Linux, FreeBSD, Intel IA-32 or 64-bit, IBM POWER9 and ARM 32- or 64-bit.
The EAL also provides additional services including time references, generic bus access, trace and debug functions and alarm operations.
Using DPDK libraries one can implement a low overhead run-to-completion, pipeline or staged, event driven, or hybrid model completely in userspace eliminating kernel and kernel to user copy. Hardware assists from NIC/Regex/Accelerators, libraries enhanced to make use of Intelligence Storage Acceleration (ISA) for bulk performance and accessing devices via polling helps to eliminate the performance overhead of interrupt too. Hugepages are used for large memory pool allocation, to decrease the amount of lookups and page management.
The DPDK also includes software examples that highlight best practices for software architecture, tips for data structure design and storage, application profiling and performance tuning utilities and tips that address common network performance deficits.
Libraries
The DPDK includes data plane libraries and optimized network interface controller (NIC) drivers for the following:
A queue manager implements lockless queues
A buffer manager pre-allocates fixed size buffers
A memory manager allocates pools of objects in memory and uses a ring to store free objects; ensures that objects are spread equally on all DRAM channels
Poll mode drivers (PMD) are designed to work without |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledoce | Teledoce Televisora Color, also known as Canal 12 is a Uruguayan free-to-air television network, located in the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo. It is owned by Grupo Disco. Television transmissions commenced in 1962.
History
It was the third and last private free-to-air channel that opened in Montevideo. Studios are located on 1276 Enriqueta Compte y Riqué Street, being the only one of the private ones that was always kept in its original place. Its first director was Raúl Galana, but soon Horacio Scheck took his place. The station's antenna was installed for several years on the roof of the newspaper El País, but for several years it has been located in the Congress Tower, in the Tres Cruces district.
The first slogan was "The Family Channel". It first shows were El Show del Mediodía, presented by comedians Cacho de la Cruz and Alejandro Trotta, and Telecataplúm, which managed to achieve great success in Argentina. The channel's newscast is Telemundo.
In 1980, with the beginning of color television in Uruguay, the channel took the name "Teledoce Televisora Color", but then stopped using that name, becoming simply "Teledoce" and later "La Tele". Since 2003 it broadcasts the event to raise funds for disabled children called Telethon Uruguay together with Channel 10. After a few years, Channel 4, TNU, and finally VTV joined.
Logos through the years
Source:
Programming
Telemundo (1962–present): is the channel's news division. It has three editions from Monday to Friday and one edition on weekends.
Vértigo (1982–present): is a program that is focused on motorsports and shows the details and careers of the sport. It is presented by Fernando Parrado, Nelson Vicente and Gonzalo Mateu.
Americando (1991–present): a program that presents the culture and history of Uruguay. It is presented by the journalist Juan Carlos López.
Esta boca es mía (2008–present): a talk show in which the current issues of the country are covered, such as journalistic and political issues. It is presented by Victoria Rodríguez.
Súbete a mi moto (2013–present): is a program in which each episode visits a different place in Uruguay, combining travel, interviews and humor. It is presented by Rafael Villanueva.
Mundo turf (2014–present): is a program in which the news and horse racing are presented. It is presented by Héctor "Puchi" García.
La receta (2015–present): is a program in which different easy to cook dishes are made for the home. It is presented by Catalina De Palleja.
Desayunos informales (2015–present): is a morning television show, broadcast from Monday to Friday.
Algo que decir (2018–present): is a program presented by Cecilia Bonino and Pablo Fabregat, broadcast every Friday at 10:15 p.m. In each episode, four famous guests are invited, games and interviews are held.
Trato Hecho (2019-present): Uruguayan adaptation of the Dutch game show Deal or No Deal
Quedate en casa (2020–present): presented by Manuela da Silveira and Pablo Fabregat, stories of Uruguayans a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Esquire%20Network | The following is a list of original and syndicated programming that aired on the defunct Esquire Network, also formerly known as the Style Network.
Former programming
Original
Style
The Amandas (2012)
Big Rich Atlanta (2013)
Big Rich Texas (2011-13)
Built (2013)
Chicagolicious (2012-13)
Clean House (2003-11)
Clean House New York (2011)
The Dish (2008-11)
Empire Girls: Julissa and Adrienne (2013)
Giuliana and Bill (2009-13)
Glam Fairy (2011-12)
How Do I Look? (2002-14)
Jerseylicious (2010-13)
Kimora: House of Fab (2013)
Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane (2007-11)
Made in Chelsea (2012)
Mel B: It's a Scary World (2010)
Style Court
Style Exposed
Style Pop
Style Star
Tia & Tamera (2011-13)
Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back (2010-11)
Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (2003)
XOX Betsey Johnson (2013)
Esquire
Brew Dogs (2013)
Esquire 80th Anniversary Special
Esquire's Car of the Year
Friday Night Tykes (2014-17)
Friday Night Tykes: Steel Country
The Getaway (2013-14)
Knife Fight (2013-15)
Team Ninja Warrior (2016)
Acquired
The A-Team
The Agent
Airwolf
Alternate Route
America's Next Top Model
American Ninja Warrior
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Best Bars in America
Bomb Patrol Afghanistan
Boundless
Burn Notice
Car Matchmaker
Chef Roblé & Co.
City Girl Diaries
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Departures
Dress My Nest
Fashion Police
Fashion Star
Flipping Out
Girlfriend Confidential: LA
Going Deep with David Rees
Horseplayers
Hot Listings Miami
House
How I Rock It
The Incredible Hulk (2014-15)
Magnum, P.I.
Miami Vice
Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles
Million Dollar Listing New York
Momster of the Bride
My Friends Call Me Johnny
NCIS: Los Angeles
Next Great Burger
Ninja Warrior
On the Table
Our Big Fat Weight Loss Story
Parks and Recreation
Party Down
Perfect Couples
Peter Perfect
Project Runway
Psych
Quantum Leap
Queer Eye
Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic
Resale Royalty
Risky Listing
Ruby
The Runner-Up
Running in Heels
Running of the Bulls
Sex and the City
The Short Game
Sister, Sister
The Six Million Dollar Man
The Soup
Spotless
Supernanny
Tacky House
Top Chef
This is Mike Stud
Uncorked
Ultimate Style
Weekend Fix
What I Hate About Me
White Collar Brawlers
Wicked Fit
Women We Love
Worst Week
Esquire Network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Affective%20Picture%20System | The International Affective Picture System (IAPS) is a database of pictures designed to provide a standardized set of pictures for studying emotion and attention that has been widely used in psychological research. The IAPS was developed by the National Institute of Mental Health Center for Emotion and Attention at the University of Florida. In 2005, the IAPS comprised 956 color photographs ranging from everyday objects and scenes − such as household furniture and landscapes − to extremely rare or exciting scenes − such as mutilated bodies and erotic nudes.
Normative Ratings
It is the essential property of the IAPS that the stimulus set is accompanied by a detailed list of average ratings of the emotions elicited by each picture. This shall enable other researchers to select stimuli eliciting a specific range of emotions for their experiments when using the IAPS. The process of establishing such average ratings for a stimulus set is also referred to as standardization by psychologists.
The normative rating procedure for the IAPS is based on the assumption that emotional assessments can be accounted for by the three dimensions of valence, arousal and dominance. Thus, participants taking part in the studies that are conducted to standardize the IAPS are asked to rate how pleasant/unpleasant, how calm/excited and how controlled/in-control they felt when looking at each picture. A graphic rating scale, the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), is used for this rating procedure.
Original norms
The official normative ratings for the IAPS pictures were obtained from a sample of 100 college students (50 women, 50 men, presumably predominantly US-American) who each rated 16 sets of 60 pictures. The rating was carried out in groups using paper-and-pencil versions of the SAMs. Pictures were presented for 6 seconds each; 15 seconds were given to rate the picture. /dominance. Average valence, arousal and dominance ratings are available for the overall sample, men, and women.
Normative ratings were also obtained from children ages 7–9 years, 10-12, and 13-14. The rating procedure for children was mildly adapted; among other modifications, children were tested in classrooms, given instructions in a more child-friendly language, and they were allotted 20 seconds to rate each picture instead of 15.
Norms from further studies
Researchers from institutes other than the National Institute of Mental Health have also conducted studies to establish normative ratings for the IAPS in languages other than English and cultures other than US-American culture including Hungarian, German, Portuguese, Indian, and Spanish. One of these studies also included older participants (63–77 years).
Use of the IAPS pictures
IAPS pictures have been used in studies using a variety of psychophysiological measurements such as fMRI,
EEG,
magnetoencephalography,
skin conductance,
heart rate,
and electromyography.
The IAPS has also been used in the psychology laboratory to experimental |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatree | An anatree is a data structure designed to solve anagrams. Solving an anagram is the problem of finding a word from a given list of letters. These problems are commonly encountered in word games like Scrabble or in newspaper crossword puzzles. The problem for the wordwheel also has the condition that the central letter appear in all the words framed with the given set. Some other conditions may be introduced regarding the frequency (number of appearances) of each of the letters in the given input string. These problems are classified as Constraint satisfaction problem in computer science literature.
An anatree is represented as a directed tree which contains a set of words (W) encoded as strings in some alphabet. The internal vertices are labelled with some letter in the alphabet and the leaves contain words. The edges are labelled with non-negative integers. An anatree has the property that the sum of the edge labels from the root to the leaf is the length of the word stored at the leaf. If the internal vertices are labelled as , ... , and the edge labels are , ... , then the path from the root to the leaf along these vertices and edges are a list of words that contain s, s and so on. Anatrees are intended to be read only data structures with all the words available at construction time.
A mixed anatree is an anatree where the internal vertices also store words. A mixed anatree can have words of varying lengths, where as in a regular anatree, all words are of the same length.
Data structures
A number of data structures have been proposed to solve anagrams in constant time. Two of the most commonly used data structures are the alphabetic map and the frequency map.
The alphabetic map maintains a hash table of all the possible words that can be in the language (this is referred to as the lexicon). For a given input string, sort the letters in alphabetic order. This sorted string maps onto a word in the hash table. Hence finding the anagram requires sorting the letters and looking up the word in the hash table. The sorting can be done in linear time with counting sort and hash table look ups can be done in constant time. For example, given the word ANATREE, the alphabetic map would produce a mapping of .
A frequency map also stores the list of all possible words in the lexicon in a hash table. For a given input string, the frequency map maintains the frequencies (number of appearances) of all the letters and uses this count to perform a look up in the hash table. The worst case execution time is found to be linear in size of the lexicon. For example, given the word ANATREE, the alphabetic map would produce a mapping of . The words that do not appear in the string are not written in the map.
Construction
The construction of an anatree begins by selecting a label for the root and partitioning words based on the label chosen for the root. This process is repeated recursively for all the labels of the tree. Anatree construction is non-can |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx%20%28video%20game%29 | Jinx is a platform video game developed by HammerHead and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe exclusively for PlayStation.
Gameplay
The game consists of six different themed realms, each of which has three levels. Before reaching the final level of the game, players will travel through the candy-colored castle of Mamoo City, the waterlogged rainforests of Zonimama, the sand dunes and mock-Egyptian architecture of Pyramidicia, the underwater realm of Aquaquatica, the garish Spookyland, and the pirates' hometown of Buccaneria--all of which will be inhabited by different enemies.
Plot
The titular character in the game is a failed magician who, as the son of an incredibly powerful wizard, has somewhat embarrassingly ended up working as a court jester for King Mamooset XIV. The plot of the game sees Jinx awakening one morning to find that his world has quite literally gone mad. A group of pirates led by the evil Captain Gripply has attacked the world of Ploog using a magical spell that's turned the inhabitants of Jinx's world against one another.
Development
The game was announced in 2002.
Reception
Eurogamer rated the game a 4 of 10 stating "Overall, you'll play worse games than Jinx - it does what it sets out to do; i.e. be a safe, neat, no frills platformer, that is suitable for children. But then there are dozens of better games in the genre on the PSone, and most of them will be available at a fraction of the price. Avoid."
References
External links
2003 video games
3D platform games
Europe-exclusive video games
Fictional jesters
PlayStation (console) games
PlayStation (console)-only games
Single-player video games
Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games set in castles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana%20MetroBus | The Havana MetroBus (), shortened as MB, is a public bus network serving the city of Havana, capital of Cuba. It is the principal public transport network of the Cuban capital and is conceived as a surface subway.
Overview
Formerly known as camellos or camelitos (Spanish for camels and little camels) for their two humps, the fleet of MetroBus, has been modernized, and now uses large modern articulated buses, such as the Chinese-made Yutong, Russian-made LiAZ, or MAZ of Belarus. The stops are usually 800–1,000 metres (2,600–3,300 ft) apart, with frequent buses in peak hours, about every 10 minutes. The network is linked to several suburban rail stations.
Routes
The network consists of 17 main lines, all identified with the letter "P" preceding the number:
P-1: La Rosita - Playa
P-2: Alberro - Vedado
P-3: Alamar - Túnel de Línea
P-4: San Agustín - Playa - Terminal de Trenes
P-5: San Agustín - Centro Habana - Terminal de Trenes
P-6: Reparto Eléctrico - Vedado
P-7: Alberro - Parque de la Fraternidad
P-8: Reparto Eléctrico - Villa Panamericana
P-9: La Palma - CUJAE
P-10: Víbora - Playa
P-11: Alamar - El Capitolio - Vedado
P-12: Santiago de Las Vegas - Aeropuerto - Parque de la Fraternidad
P-13: Santiago de Las Vegas - La Palma - Parque de la Fraternidad
P-14: San Agustín - Parque de la Fraternidad
P-15: Alamar - Guanabacoa - Vedado
P-16: Santiago de Las Vegas - Vedado - Hospital Ameijeiras
P-C: Hospital Naval - Playa (semi-circular coast-to-coast line)
See also
Havana Suburban Railway
References
External links
Metrobus
Havana |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Madame | La Madame is a 2013 Spanish-language series produced by RTI Producciones with collaboration from Sierralta Entertainment Group for the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas and the United States television network UniMás. Alicia Machado stars as the protagonist.
From August 26 to October 9, 2013, UniMás broadcast La Madame on weeknights at 10pm/9c, replacing Clorofomo, and from October 14, 2013, on weeknights at 7pm/6c. The last episode was broadcast on October 31, 2013.
Cast
Main cast
United States broadcast
Release dates, episode name and length, and ratings based on UniMás' broadcast.
Broadcasters
References
2013 telenovelas
RTI Producciones telenovelas
Spanish-language American telenovelas
2013 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings
2013 Colombian television series debuts
2013 Colombian television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic%20Telecommunications%20Service | The Diplomatic Telecommunications Service (DTS) is a system of integrated telecommunications networks that supports foreign affairs agencies in Washington, D.C., and U.S. diplomatic missions abroad. It is administered by the United States Department of State Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTSPO). DTS is a global network of telecommunications sites that is charged with providing a global, reliable, and cost-effective communications network for the U.S. foreign affairs community.
Relay locations
Beltsville Messaging Center, Beltsville, Maryland ()
Brandy Station, Warrenton Training Center, Virginia ()
Network Access Point (NAP) of the Americas, Miami, Florida ()
United States Embassy, Annex A, RAF Croughton, United Kingdom ()
European Communication Research Center, Egelsbach, Germany ()
Opana Radar Site, Hawaii ()
Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy ()
References
External links
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office
United States Department of State
Secret broadcasting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Kooiman | Anna Brooks Kooiman is an American news anchor and television panelist, working for Australia's Network Ten. From 2011 to 2016, she was an anchor and reporter for Fox News based in New York City. Kooiman's last position with Fox News was as co-host on the weekend edition of Fox & Friends. Since then, she has been with News Corp's Australian division as a substitute anchor and panelist on various news programs for Network Ten.
Early life
Kooiman grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where her parents still live and own businesses – Southeast Oasis Pool and the Peppermint Forest Christmas Shop. Of Dutch ancestry, she went to Myers Park High School (2002 graduate), where she played softball and also played with the SouthPark Youth Association.
Career
Kooiman began her online fitness business for moms/mums, Strong Sexy Mammas, in 2019. The company is based in Sydney, Australia. Kooiman teaches a half dozen live classes at boutique fitness studios in Bondi Beach and periodically teaches online classes via Strong Sexy Mammas. Strong Sexy Mammas is primarily a video on demand and education platform for women's fitness. Kooiman taught fitness classes in Charlotte, North Carolina from 2008 to 2011. Kooiman's early work in TV broadcast journalism began with her working as a sideline reporter for Fox Sports during her college years at UNC Wilmington in 2004. After graduation, she continued her work as a reporter, anchor and video journalist for WWAY in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2005. In January 2007 Kooiman moved to Toledo, Ohio, and began working for the local NBC affiliate, WNWO, as morning anchor and reporter. While there, she served as franchise reporter for a partnership with U.S. Marshals that helped catch over 100 fugitives. In May 2008, Kooiman moved back to Charlotte, North Carolina, to work as an anchor/reporter/host for Fox News Rising, a four-hour news and entertainment morning show on the then-FOX affiliate WCCB (as of 2013, WCCB became a CW-affiliated network). While at WCCB-TV, she reported on local news stories, entertainment, weather and traffic.
In December 2011, Kooiman became a New York-based correspondent covering health and fitness as well as general assignment reporting for FNC. She was also host on the weekend morning show.
Kooiman covered terror attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Florida. She was also out in the elements during major weather events like Super Storm Sandy, tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, and the 2016 U.S. blizzard. Kooiman covered the debates for the GOP primary in Detroit. She has also hosted the All American New Year for FNC. Her franchise, "Roadtrip with Anna Kooiman" takes viewers around the United States, checking off bucket list items.
Kooiman left New York City to start a family in September 2016 and moved to Sydney, Australia, with her husband, who is originally from Australia. As part of corporate synergy of 21st Century Fox, Foxtel and Ten Network Holdings, she is a substitute ancho |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry%20of%20binary%20search%20trees | In computer science, one approach to the dynamic optimality problem on online algorithms for binary search trees involves reformulating the problem geometrically, in terms of augmenting a set of points in the plane with as few additional points as possible in order to avoid rectangles with only two points on their boundary.
Access sequences and competitive ratio
As typically formulated, the online binary search tree problem involves search trees defined over a fixed key set . An access sequence is a sequence ... where each access belongs to the key set.
Any particular algorithm for maintaining binary search trees (such as the splay tree algorithm or Iacono's working set structure) has a cost for each access sequence that models the amount of time it would take to use the structure to search for each of the keys in the access sequence in turn. The cost of a search is modeled by assuming that the search tree algorithm has a single pointer into a binary search tree, which at the start of each search points to the root of the tree. The algorithm may then perform any sequence of the following operations:
Move the pointer to its left child.
Move the pointer to its right child.
Move the pointer to its parent.
Perform a single tree rotation on the pointer and its parent.
The search is required, at some point within this sequence of operations to move the pointer to a node containing the key, and the cost of the search is the number of operations that are performed in the sequence. The total cost costA(X) for algorithm A on access sequence X is the sum of the costs of the searches for each successive key in the sequence.
As is standard in competitive analysis, the competitive ratio of an algorithm A is defined to be the maximum, over all access sequences, of the ratio of the cost for A to the best cost that any algorithm could achieve:
The dynamic optimality conjecture states that splay trees have constant competitive ratio, but this remains unproven. The geometric view of binary search trees provides a different way of understanding the problem that has led to the development of alternative algorithms that could also (conjecturally) have a constant competitive ratio.
Translation to a geometric point set
In the geometric view of the online binary search tree problem,
an access sequence (sequence of searches performed on a binary search tree (BST) with a key set ) is mapped to the set of points , where the X-axis represents the key space and the Y-axis represents time; to which a set of touched nodes is added. By touched nodes we mean the following. Consider a BST access algorithm with a single pointer to a node in the tree. At the beginning of an access to a given key , this pointer is initialized to the root of the tree. Whenever the pointer moves to or is initialized to a node, we say that the node is touched.
We represent a BST algorithm for a given input sequence by drawing a point for each item that gets touched.
For example, assume the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20French | Gordon French (March 7, 1935 - October 26, 2019) was an American computer engineer and programmer who played a key role in the Homebrew Computer Club. He died on October 26, 2019, in Roseburg, Oregon.
On March 5, 1975, Gordon French hosted the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club in his garage, in Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California. He attended the first three sessions, but when he was offered a post at the Social Security Administration, he moved to Baltimore.
References
American computer specialists
1935 births
2019 deaths
Portland State University alumni
20th-century American businesspeople |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Drako | Dean Drako is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has started more than five companies. Drako was founder, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks from 2003 to July 2012. Drako is currently President and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, IC Manage and Drako Motors. He is also chairman of Brivo.
He graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MS in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley. As of 2020, Drako is a holder of 53 patents, including patents on video streaming, video storage, video analytics, digital image processing, network security & protocols, digital circuits, biochemical assays, and electric automobiles.
Career history
In 1982, Drako founded his first company, which sold a bulletin board system software package called T-net, used to share messages via modems. Drako used the profits to fund his college education.
In 1992, Drako founded Design Acceleration, Inc, served as its CEO, and sold it to Cadence Design Systems in 1999. Drako was also founder and CEO of Boldfish and Velosel; Boldfish was acquired by Siebel Systems in 2003. In 2003 Drako founded IC Manage, where he continues to be president and CEO.
Drako has written a number of articles on open source, big data, and system on chip design.
Drako is a frequently invited speaker and contributor on the topic of entrepreneurship, including by UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, ISPD, and Forbes.
Barracuda Networks
Also in 2003, Drako founded Barracuda Networks and introduced their email spam and virus appliance product line. Other Barracuda product lines launched during Drako's tenure were: web filters, load balancers, email archiving, and digital PBXs.
Drako executed six acquisitions by Barracuda Networks: In 2007, NetContinuum, an application controller company; in 2008, BitLeap, a provider of cloud-based backup services, and 3SP, an SSL and VPN company; in 2009, Yosemite Technologies, for incremental backup of applications; a controlling interest in phion AG, an Austria-based public enterprise-class firewalls company, and Purewire Inc, a software as a service (SaaS) cloud-based web filtering and security company.
Drako contributed to or supported 16 different open source projects while running Barracuda including Valgrind, Apache, and the Free Software Foundation.
Barracuda was ranked #2 by Glassdoor in 2011, with Drako receiving an 88% approval rating. Drako resigned from Barracuda Networks in July 2012 to found Eagle Eye Networks, while continuing to serve on Barracuda's board of directors until 2014. At the time of Drako’s resignation, Barracuda stated it was profitable, generating hundreds of millions in annual revenue, close to 30% year-over-year growth since inception, and had surpassed 150,000 customers.
IC Manage
In 2003, Drako also co-founded IC Manage, which provides Design & IP Management, Big Data Analytics, and high performance computing Scale Out I/O & Cloud Bursting software. He continues to serve as Presi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullscreen%20%28company%29 | Fullscreen, LLC was an American entertainment company which offered tools, services, and consultation to social media content creators and brands, multi-channel network. It was owned by Otter Media, which is now a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Fullscreen also provided channel management and optimization services for brands and media companies to grow their presence on social media. Fullscreen's clients included NBCUniversal, Fox, Fremantle, JASH, Fine Brothers Entertainment, Mattel, WIGS and more.
History
Fullscreen was founded in January 2011 by CEO George Strompolos. Strompolos hired Ezra Cooperstein as Fullscreen's COO.
Peter Chernin was a strategic partner and advisor since Fullscreen's inception. In May 2011, the Chernin Group officially came on board as an investor. In the fall of 2014, the Chernin Group and AT&T's Otter Media acquired a controlling stake of Fullscreen, aligning with Otter Media's focus on youth media.
In 2014, Fullscreen acquired the companies ScrewAttack and Rooster Teeth. ScrewAttack now operates as a division of Rooster Teeth, continuing their Death Battle and Top10 series. In May 2015, Fullscreen acquired social media creative agency McBeard.
That same year, Fullscreen rebranded itself as Fullscreen Media, consisting of three separate businesses: Fullscreen Creator Network, a management service that works with established and up-and-coming creators; Fullscreen Entertainment, which comprises Fullscreen Live, its subsidiary studio Rooster Teeth, Fullscreen Productions and its original subscription service; and Fullscreen Brandworks, a unit dedicated to branded content run by former Razorfish CEO Pete Stein. In November 2015, Andy Forssell joined the company as COO.
In 2016, Fullscreen launched a subscription video on demand app. In addition to Roku, the subscription service was available for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android phones and tablets, and Google Chromecast devices and was also available via Amazon Channels. The app was available as a free trial to people who have AT&T.
Aside from the talent network, Fullscreen's Video Labs team works with brands and entertainment companies to help them become more successful on YouTube. In September 2016, Fullscreen subsidiary McBeard acquired Video Labs, rounding out the social offerings for the company to include social creative, insights, optimization, and distribution for clients.
Fullscreen is also partnering with Mattel to create its own social influencer network, the first of which will be The Hot Wheels Network.
On November 14, 2017, Fullscreen announced the closure of their video on-demand service as of January 2018.
On April 4, 2018, Fullscreen acquired the influencer marketing firm Reelio
On January 26, 2018, Ezra Cooperstein left Fullscreen for Rooster Teeth, becoming their president.
On September 7, 2018, in a memo to all Fullscreen employees, George Strompolos announced he would be stepping down from the company as CEO and moving into an advi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tum%20Dena%20Saath%20Mera | Tum Dena Saath Mera may refer to:
Tum Dena Saath Mera (2011 TV series), a Hindi language Indian drama series, which aired on satellite television network Life OK.
Tum Dena Saath Mera (2009 TV series), an Indian television series which is currently broadcasting on DD National. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompanionLink | CompanionLink is a contact and calendar synchronization software that syncs data across smartphone and tablet devices, computers, and web-based applications. The software is developed by Portland, OR-based CompanionLink Software, Inc. CompanionLink Software, Inc. also develops DejaOffice—contact management mobile app for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone—and a secure cloud-based sync service called DejaCloud.
CompanionLink Software, Inc. is recognized for developing one of the first 3rd-party synchronization tools for PalmPilot, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android devices. CompanionLink software is best known for the wide range of devices it is compatible with. Wayland Bruns is the founder and current CEO.
History
Wayland Bruns founded CompanionLink, Inc. in 1987. It was originally named JORF Company, becoming Tele-Support Software, Inc. in 1996, and then CompanionLink Software, Inc. in June 2000. As of 2011, the company employed 28 people and reported annual revenues exceeding $2 million.
CompanionLink was one of the first 3rd-party synchronization tools for PalmPilot, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android devices. The company continues to evolve products for current platforms, operating systems, and software.
In August 2010, CompanionLink Software, Inc. released CompanionLink 4.0 with an updated user interface and faster sync support. One year later, in September 2011, CompanionLink 5 was announced after a public beta testing period. The company’s DejaOffice product was released in 2010, followed by DejaCloud in 2012.
Products
CompanionLink syncs contacts, calendars, tasks, and memos between multiple databases and devices through direct USB connection or wireless connection. It works with Microsoft Outlook, Palm Desktop, ACT!, Salesforce CRM, Zoho CRM, Lotus Notes, Google Contacts and Calendar, Google Apps, Outlook Business Contact Manager, Highrise, Groupwise, and Infusionsoft.
DejaOffice is a contact and customer relationship management mobile application designed for business users. It synchronizes contacts, calendars, tasks, and memo apps for Apple, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone smartphones and tablets. DejaOffice comes with its own productivity apps and offers USB, Wi-Fi, and cloud sync options. DejaOffice makes use of the Getting Things Done GTD approach, this allows one to focus attention on taking action on tasks, instead of on recalling them.
Cloud syncing for CompanionLink software is available through DejaCloud. DejaCloud is a business cloud service that keeps multiple databases and devices synchronized using a secure AES-256 encryption.
External links
http://www.companionlink.com/
References
http://www.fwrd.com.au/
Data synchronization
Storage software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attla | Attla may refer to:
George Attla, Alaska Sports Hall of Fame inductee and dog musher
Attla (film), 1979 film about George Attla
Attla, codename of an Intel Corporation computer LAN controller
Attla River, near Ramayapalem in Marripudi Mandal, India
Attla, Dutch launch boat that aided the crew of the USS S-36 (SS-141) submarine as it sank in January 1942 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20Directorate%20of%20Infrastructure%20Networks%20and%20Information%20Systems | The Joint Directorate of Infrastructure Networks and Information Systems (Direction Interarmées des Réseaux d'Infrastructure et des Systèmes d'Information, or DIRISI) is a Communications and information systems organisation of the French Armed Forces.
The DIRISI was created on 1 January 2004 by decree of 31 December 2003.
The staff of the DIRISI is located at Fort de Bicetre in the town of Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val de Marne).
Among its installations is the Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station.
External links
Defence agencies of France
Military communications of France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%20Rockies%20Radio%20Network | The Colorado Rockies Radio Network consists of 34 stations (24 A.M., 10 F.M.) plus two F.M. boosters and 10 F.M. translators in six western states of the US. The English language announcers are Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel and Mike Rice. In addition to in-game duties, Corrigan hosts Rockies Q&A and Rice hosts The Rockies Dugout Show.
Network stations (26 stations)
Flagship
Affiliates
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
See also
List of XM Satellite Radio channels
List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
List of Colorado Rockies broadcasters
References
External links
Colorado Rockies radio affiliates from MLB
Colorado Rockies
Major League Baseball on the radio
Sports radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilized%20inverse%20Q%20filtering | Stabilized inverse Q filtering is a data processing technology for enhancing the resolution of reflection seismology images where the stability of the method used is considered. Q is the anelastic attenuation factor or the seismic quality factor, a measure of the energy loss as the seismic wave moves. To obtain a solution when we make computations with a seismic model we always have to consider the problem of instability and try to obtain a stabilized solution for seismic inverse Q filtering.
Basics
When a wave propagates through subsurface materials both energy dissipation and velocity dispersion takes place. Inverse Q filtering is a method to restore the energy loss due to energy dissipation (amplitude compensation) and to correct the time-shift of the data due to velocity dispersion.
Wang has written an excellent book on the subject of inverse Q filtering, Seismic inverse Q filtering (2008), and discuss the subject of stabilizing the method. He writes:
“The phase-only inverse Q filter mentioned above is unconditionally stable. However, if including the accompanying amplitude compensation in the inverse Q filter, stability is a major issue of concern in implementation.”
Hale (1981) found that the inverse Q filter overcompensated the amplitudes for the later events in a seismic trace. Therefore, in order to obtain reasonable amplitude, the amplitude spectrum of the computed filter has to be clipped at some maximum gain to prevent undue amplitude at later times. On basis of this concept Wang proposed a stabilized inverse Q filtering approach that was able to compensate simultaneously for both attenuation and dispersion.” The unclipped version of Wang’s solution is presented in the wikipedia article seismic inverse Q filtering. The solution is based on the theory of wavefield downward continuation. In this outline here I will compute on a clipped version by introducing low-pass filtering. Both Hale and Wang introduced low-passfiltering as a method for stabilization.
Calculations
We have the equation for seismic inverse Q filtering from Wang:
Time is denoted τ, frequency is w and i is the imaginary unit. Qr and wr are reference values representing damping and frequency for a certain frequency. To demonstrate stability we can simply bypass using a reference frequency and get a more simple equation:
The sum of these plane waves gives the time-domain seismic signal,
On figure 1 is presented the solution of (2/2.b) for a seismic model for different Q-values, which clearly indicates the numerical instability. Number on top of figure 1 corresponds with the Q number, 1=Q1, 2=Q2 etc. The results are close to the results presented in Wang’s book (each trace is scaled individually, so artefacts are stronger on trace 5 than on trace 4). However, Wang also considered phase compensation. Computations here are for amplitude only inversion since the phase compensation is unnecessary to demonstrate instability because it is always stable.
Low-passfilteri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissenbaum | Nissenbaum is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Helen Nissenbaum (born 1954), privacy and computer law scholar
Henry Nissen (born 1948 as Henry Nissenbaum), German/Australian boxer of the 1970s
Jesse Nissenbaum, American singer/songwriter |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20resource | An information resource may refer to:
Resource (computer science), any component of limited availability in a computer system
Web resource, a data source accessible at the World Wide Web
See also
Information source (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Home%20and%20Away%20characters%20%281999%29 | Home and Away is an Australian soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1999, by order of first appearance. They were all introduced by the show's then execution producer John Holmes. The 12th season of Home and Away began airing on 11 January 1999 The first introduction of the year was Nick Smith, played by Matt Juarez in March. Nick's father Ken, played by Anthony Phelan debuted in April. Aleetza Wood began playing Peta Janossi in May. Cameron Welsh arrived as Mitch McColl in July. Bianca Zeboat and lifeguard Shauna Bradley, played by Kylie Watson, were introduced in August. Science teacher Harry Reynolds, played by Justin Melvey arrived in September. Anna Hruby and Stephen James King joined the cast as acting principal Judith Ackroyd and her son, Edward Dunglass, respectively in October.
Nick Smith
Nick Smith first appeared during the episode airing on 18 March 1999, played by Matt Guarez in a guest role and then returned as a regular character in 2000 played by Chris Egan and departed on 9 September 2003. Aaron Puckeridge also played Nick in flashbacks in 2003. For his portrayal of Nick, Egan was nominated for "Best New Male Talent" at the Logie Awards in 2001.
Ken Smith
Peta Janossi
Peta Janossi, portrayed by Aleetza Wood debuted on the series on 27 May 1999 and departed on 14 July 2000. Wood won the role while studying at University. While filming with co-star Zac Drayson, Wood was approached by some fans. "I was filming on location when I first started on Home and Away and there were some English tourists asking Zac for autographs. They then turned to me and they all asked me for my autograph; I had no idea what to do or write. I actually think I was more nervous than they were". Series Producer Russell Webb chose Wood for the role of Peta due to her "fresh-faced" look. For her portrayal of Peta, Wood was nominated for a "Most Popular New Female Talent" award in 2000.
Mitch McColl
Mitch McColl, played by Cameron Welsh debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 15 July 1999. Welsh auditioned for the role with the predicate that it would only be a guest role. In 2000, Welsh was diagnosed with a herniated disc in his back and was ordered to take bed rest. Producers granted Welsh a six-week break but decided to hire Mitchell McMahon to play Mitch in his absence. Welsh said it felt "weird" seeing another actor playing Mitch but as he was involved in a "big storyline" at the time, producers were left with no other option. After his return, Welsh's scenes as Mitch started airing once again from 3 April 2000. In 2005, Welsh filmed a cameo for the serial's 4000th episode, which saw Mitch return for Alf Stewart's (Ray Meagher) birthday. Welsh later became Home and Away's producer. He said that playing Mitch helped give him a better understanding when it came to producing the serial. For his portrayal of Mitch, Welsh was nominated for the "Best New M |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synnefo | Synnefo is a complete open-source cloud stack written in Python that provides Compute, Network, Image, Volume and Storage services, similar to the ones offered by AWS. Synnefo manages multiple Google Ganeti clusters at the backend that handle low-level VM operations and uses Archipelago to unify cloud storage. To boost 3rd-party compatibility, Synnefo exposes the OpenStack APIs to users.
Synnefo is being developed by GRNET (Greek Research and Technology Network), and is powering two of its public cloud services, the service, which is aimed towards the Greek academic community, and the service, which is open for all members of the GÉANT network.
History
In November 2006, in an effort to provide advanced cloud services for the Greek academic and research community, GRNET decides to launch a cloud storage service, similar to Amazon's S3, called Pithos. The project is outsourced and opens for public beta to the members of the Greek academic and research community in May 2009.
In June 2010, GRNET decides the next step in this course; to create a complete, AWS-like cloud service (Compute/Network/Volume/Image/Storage). This service, called ~okeanos, aims to provide the Greek academic and research community with access to a virtualized infrastructure that various projects can take advantage of, e.g. experiments, simulations and labs. Given the non-ephemeral nature of the resources that the service provides, the need arises for persistent cloud servers. In search for a solution, in October 2010 GRNET decides to base the service on Google Ganeti and to design and implement all missing parts in-house.
In May 2011, the older Pithos service is rewritten from scratch in-house, with the intention of being integrated to ~okeanos as its storage service. Moreover, the new Pithos adds support for Dropbox-like syncing.
In July 2011, ~okeanos reaches its public alpha stage. This version (v0.5.2.1) includes the Identity, Compute, Network and a primitive Image service. The alpha release of the new, rewritten Pithos follows shortly after, in November 2011. It is marketed as Pithos+ and the old Pithos remains as a separate service. The new Pithos+, though not integrated to ~okeanos yet, provides syncing and sharing capabilities for files, as well as native syncing clients for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad and Windows.
In March 2012, ~okeanos enters the public alpha2 phase. This version (v0.9) includes a complete integration of the new Pithos as part of ~okeanos and now acts as the unified store for Images and Files. Around this point, in April 2012, the ~okeanos team decides to refer to the whole software stack as Synnefo and starts writing the first version of the Synnefo documentation.
In December 2012, due to interest from other parties to the Synnefo stack, GRNET decides to conceptually separate the ~okeanos and Synnefo projects. Synnefo starts to become a branding-neutral, IaaS cloud computing software, while ~okeanos becomes its real-world application, an IaaS |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekaton%20%28database%29 | Hekaton (also known as SQL Server In-Memory OLTP) is an in-memory database for OLTP workloads built into Microsoft SQL Server. Hekaton was designed in collaboration with Microsoft Research and was released in SQL Server 2014.
Traditional RDBMS systems were designed when memory resources were expensive, and were optimized for disk storage. Hekaton is instead optimized for a working set stored entirely in main memory, but is still accessible via T-SQL like normal tables. It is fundamentally different from the "DBCC PINTABLE" feature in earlier SQL Server versions.
Hekaton was announced at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conference 2012.
References
Databases
Microsoft database software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoundationDB | FoundationDB is a free and open-source multi-model distributed NoSQL database developed by Apple Inc. with a shared-nothing architecture. The product was designed around a "core" database, with additional features supplied in "layers." The core database exposes an ordered key–value store with transactions. The transactions are able to read or write multiple keys stored on any machine in the cluster while fully supporting ACID properties. Transactions are used to implement a variety of data models via layers.
The FoundationDB Alpha program began in January 2012 and concluded on March 4, 2013, with their public Beta release. Their 1.0 version was released for general availability on August 20, 2013. On March 24, 2015, it was reported that Apple has acquired the company. A notice on the FoundationDB web site indicated that the company has "evolved" its mission and would no longer offer downloads of the software.
On April 19, 2018, Apple open sourced the software, releasing it under the Apache 2.0 license.
Main features
The main features of FoundationDB included the following:
Ordered key–value store
In addition to supporting standard key-based reads and writes, the ordering property enables range reads that can efficiently scan large swaths of data.
Transactions
Transaction processing employs multiversion concurrency control for reads and optimistic concurrency for writes. Transactions can span multiple keys stored on multiple machines.
ACID properties
FoundationDB guarantees serializable isolation and strong durability via redundant storage on disk before transactions are considered committed.
Layers
Layers map new data models, APIs, and query languages to the FoundationDB core. They employ FoundationDB's ability to update multiple data elements in a single transaction, ensuring consistency. An example is their SQL layer.
Commodity clusters
FoundationDB is designed for deployment on distributed clusters of commodity hardware running Linux.
Replication
FoundationDB stores each piece of data on multiple machines according to a configurable replication factor. Triple replication is the recommended mode for clusters of 5 or more machines.
Scalability
FoundationDB is designed to support horizontal scaling though the addition of machines to a cluster while automatically handling data replication and partitioning.
Systems supported
FoundationDB supports packages for Linux, Windows, and macOS. The Linux version supports production clusters, while the Windows and macOS versions support local operation for development purposes. Configurations on Amazon EC2 are also supported.
Programming language bindings
FoundationDB supports language bindings for Python, Go, Ruby, Node.js, Java, PHP, and C, all of which are made available with the product.
Design limitations
The design of FoundationDB results in several limitations:
Long transactions
FoundationDB does not support transactions running over five seconds.
Large transactio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20Sports%20%28Ohio%29 | Spectrum Sports is a defunct regional sports network serving Ohio and parts of northern Kentucky, southern Michigan and western Pennsylvania operated by Charter Communications through its acquisition of Time Warner Cable in May 2016. It was broadcast on Channel 311 and 1311 exclusively on Time Warner Cable/Charter systems.
History
The channel began in September 1998 in Columbus, Ohio as a partnership between Insight Communications and Time Warner Inc. (now WarnerMedia) through its then-owned Time Warner Cable unit called "Central Ohio Sport! Television." Similar channels debuted in February 2004 to Dayton and in 2006 to Cincinnati as TWTV and in Cleveland and Akron/Canton, Ohio as NEON. In August 2012 the service replaced four regional part-time sports channels (Central Ohio Sport! Television, TWTV, Time Warner Cable Sports 24, and NE Ohio Network) into a three-zoned statewide sports network that serves 83 of Ohio's 88 counties.
On November 17 and 18, 2015, the network aired Before The League, a documentary series on the history of professional American football in Ohio.
It was the broadcaster of the Columbus Crew, one of the original Major League Soccer franchises; Mid-American Conference college football and basketball including University of Akron, Bowling Green State University, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Kent State University, Miami University, Ohio University, Ball State University, Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, Northern Illinois University, University of Toledo, and Western Michigan University; Wright State Raiders, Dayton Flyers basketball; and the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The channel airs supplemental local shows, smaller collegiate sports, and other minor professional sports within the Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania franchise areas of Time Warner Cable.
In January 2019, the channel was shut down, as part of a larger effort to divert their resources to the new Spectrum News 1 channels. Ohio High School Athletic Association football championships will move to the new channel, which launched November 2018.
Programming
The network held the rights to:
Columbus Crew SC Major League Soccer
Mid-American Conference basketball and football
Ohio High School Athletic Association high school games weekly, playoffs and championships
Miami Redhawks hockey
Dayton Flyers men's basketball
Columbus Clippers and Toledo Mud Hens (International League baseball)
References
Ohio
Defunct local cable stations in the United States
Television stations in Cleveland
Television stations in Columbus, Ohio
Television stations in Cincinnati
Television channels and stations established in 1998
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2019 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Giants%20Radio%20Network | The San Francisco Giants Radio Network is the radio network of the San Francisco Giants. There are 15 stations (six AM, four FM, and five FM translators) in the English-language network, including the flagship KNBR/KNBR-FM (104.5 FM and 680 AM). Six stations (one AM and five FM) carry the team's broadcasts in Spanish, including the Spanish-language flagship KSFN (1510 AM), bringing the total number of radio stations carrying Giants baseball to 21.
The English-language network is identified on-air as the KNBR Northern California Honda Dealers Radio Network.
Announcers include Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, and Mike Krukow on the English-language broadcasts, with Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes, and Marvin Benard handling Spanish-language duties.
Network stations
English-language stations
Gray background indicates FM translator.
Spanish-language stations
See also
List of San Francisco Giants broadcasters
References
External links
Giants radio & television affiliates page
San Francisco Giants
Major League Baseball on the radio
Sports radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland%20Athletics%20Radio%20Network | The Oakland Athletics Radio Network consists of 15 AM stations and 7 FM translators or repeaters in the state of California, including the flagship station, KNEW (960 AM). There is a 4-station Spanish-language network (all AM) with affiliates in italics. The Spanish-language network only airs night & weekend home games.
Network stations
Spanish-language stations are in italics
Flagships
California
Former flagships
Sources:
See also
List of XM Satellite Radio channels
List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
List of Oakland Athletics broadcasters
References
External links
List of affiliates on the Athletics' site
Oakland Athletics
Major League Baseball on the radio
Sports radio networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20of%20Color%20Quilters%20Network | Women of Color Quilters Network (WCQN) is a national organization dedicated to preserving African American quiltmaking.
History
The Women of Color Quilters Network (WCQN) was founded in 1986 by Carolyn L. Mazloomi.
For many years in the early 1980s, Mazloomi had tried unsuccessfully to expand her circle of African American quilters. She eventually placed an advertisement in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine requesting correspondence with other quilters who shared this frustration. She received several responses to this advertisement, and the resulting correspondence led to the formation of the WCQN.
Founding members of the WCQN included Mazloomi, Claire E. Carter, aRma Carter, Cuesta Benberry, Meloydy Boyd, Michael Cummings, Peggie Hartwell and Marie Wilson.
In 1992-1993, a survey of WCQN members, conducted by quilter Sandra German, indicated members had low expectations for fairness, acceptance, and success from traditional or mainstream quilting ventures (e.g., quilt guilds, magazines, contests).
Overview
The objectives of the organization include the fostering and preservation of the art of quilt making among women and men of color, researching quilt history and documenting quilts, and offering authentic, handmade African American quilts and fiber art to museums and galleries for exhibition.
WCQN membership surpassed 1,000 quilters from the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and England.
Many members specialize in narrative quilts on contemporary African-American themes because, as Mazloomi said, "we are a people with many stories to tell."
Exhibitions
WCQN members continue to exhibit their quilts in community venues, local galleries and museums. In 2004, the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas, Texas, sponsored the traveling exhibition, Threads of Faith: Recent Works from the Women of Color Quilters Network.
Hosted by the Michigan State University Museum, WCQN worked with fiber artists from South Africa to deliver a new exhibition entitled Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela in 2014. The exhibit featured textile artworks from many South African quilters to show how Mandela affected South African lives and the lives of African Americans.
The WCQN in conjunction with the Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center toured an exhibit curated by Dr. Mazloomi entitled And Still We Rise: Race, Culture, and Visual Conversations across the United States including to The Bullock Museum for the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth in 2015. The exhibition features pictorial quilts depicting the history of African Americans from 1619 to the present. It was then toured to the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas from July 8, 2017 to September 17, 2017. From October 6 to December 30, 2017 the exhibition toured to The Columbus Museum In Columbus, Georgia. In 2018, from February 6 to May 27, the exhibition was shown at The California Museum in Sacramento.
The Textile Center in Minneapolis, Minneso |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Digital%20Magnetic%20Anomaly%20Map | The World Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map (WDMAM) was first made available by the Commission for the Geological Map of the World in 2007. Compiled with data from governments and institutes, the project was coordinated by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, and was presented by Mike Purucker of NASA and Colin Reeves of the Netherlands. As of 2007, it was considered to be "the first truly global compilation of lithospheric magnetic field observations." and further improvements dated to 2009 relate to the full spectrum magnetic anomaly grid of the United States and also data of global marine magnetic anomaly.
Some of the magnetic anomalies shown in the WDMAM generally relates to the altitude level of . Some of the significant features represented are of the Bangui Anomaly in the Central African Republic, the Chicxulub crater, the Thromsberg anomaly, the Richat Structure, the Atlantic ridge, the Bay of Biscay, the Sunda Arc and the Paris Basin.
Background
WDMAM v1, 2007
In evolving the WDMAM the lithospheric data related to data acquired from satellites, data of aero-magnetic survey and marine survey, in-situ data gathered from field stations and observatories are to be collated analyzed together, and this would need an international joint effort.
The map is the product of years of work, research and coordination by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) and numerous small organizations around the world including GETECH, a project of Leeds University, and Juha Korhonen of the Geological Survey of Finland have also been involved. International collaboration has been the key to the project. Mike Purucker of NASA said of the collaboration: "There are literally hundreds, perhaps thousands, of organisations around the world which hold this kind of data. One should not underestimate the diplomatic efforts needed to secure support and data contributions from these organizations." Diplomacy was needed to acquire data from the Russians, Indians, and Argentinians and so on. It is available through the Commission for the Geological Map of the World.
The map is compiled from a jigsaw of aeromagnetic surveys, incorporating both ground-based, airborne and marine magnetic data, but is incomplete. CHAMP, a German and Russian-built satellite which has been in orbit since 2001, has been of crucial importance to the map compilers. One of its principal achievements is that it has significantly improved the "pre-processing and the corrections applied to the CHAMP satellite measurements in order to obtain 'clean' satellite data compatible with ground data." However, it has some large gaps in data, which is a hindrance to studying trans-national tectonics, and could benefit from further satellite observational additions to improve its coverage.
Several different models were put forward as candidates for WDMAM by groups from NASA, Leeds University, the Geological Survey of Finland, National Geophysical Data Center (N |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandy%E2%80%93Misra%E2%80%93Haas%20algorithm%20resource%20model | The Chandy–Misra–Haas algorithm resource model checks for deadlock in a distributed system. It was developed by K. Mani Chandy, Jayadev Misra and Laura M Haas.
Locally dependent
Consider the n processes P1, P2, P3, P4, P5,, ... ,Pn which are performed in a single system (controller). P1 is locally dependent on Pn, if P1 depends on P2, P2 on P3, so on and Pn−1 on Pn. That is, if , then is locally dependent on . If P1 is said to be locally dependent to itself if it is locally dependent on Pn and Pn depends on P1: i.e. if , then is locally dependent on itself.
Description
The algorithm uses a message called probe(i,j,k) to transfer a message from controller of process Pj to controller of process Pk. It specifies a message started by process Pi to find whether a deadlock has occurred or not. Every process Pj maintains a boolean array dependent which contains the information about the processes that depend on it. Initially the values of each array are all "false".
Controller sending a probe
Before sending, the probe checks whether Pj is locally dependent on itself. If so, a deadlock occurs. Otherwise it checks whether Pj, and Pk are in different controllers, are locally dependent and Pj is waiting for the resource that is locked by Pk. Once all the conditions are satisfied it sends the probe.
Controller receiving a probe
On the receiving side, the controller checks whether Pk is performing a task. If so, it neglects the probe. Otherwise, it checks the responses given Pk to Pj and dependentk(i) is false. Once it is verified, it assigns true to dependentk(i). Then it checks whether k is equal to i. If both are equal, a deadlock occurs, otherwise it sends the probe to next dependent process.
Algorithm
In pseudocode, the algorithm works as follows:
Controller sending a probe
if Pj is locally dependent on itself
then declare deadlock
else for all Pj,Pk such that
(i) Pi is locally dependent on Pj,
(ii) Pj is waiting for Pk and
(iii) Pj, Pk are on different controllers.
send probe(i, j, k). to home site of Pk
Controller receiving a probe
if
(i)Pk is idle / blocked
(ii) dependentk(i) = false, and
(iii) Pk has not replied to all requests of to Pj
then begin
"dependents""k"(i) = true;
if k == i
then declare that Pi is deadlocked
else for all Pa,Pb such that
(i) Pk is locally dependent on Pa,
(ii) Pa is waiting for '''Pb and
(iii) Pa, Pb are on different controllers.
send probe(i, a, b). to home site of Pb
end' Example P1 initiates deadlock detection. C1 sends the probe saying P2 depends on P3. Once the message is received by C2, it checks whether P3 is idle. P3 is idle because it is locally dependent on P4 and updates dependent3(2) to True.
As above, C2 sends probe to C3 and C3 sends probe to C1. At C1, P1 is idle so it update dependent''1(1) to True. Therefore, deadlock can be declared.
Complexity
Consider that there are "m" controllers and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic%20Management%20International | Holistic Management International (HMI) is a not-for-profit organization promoting holistic management in agriculture, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It maintains an international network of educators and "land stewards" who "use holistic management strategies to manage more than 30 million acres around the globe". HMI's mission is to envision and realize healthy, resilient lands and thriving communities by serving people in the practice of Holistic Decision Making & Management.
About
Holistic Management International was founded in 1984 by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield to promote the practice of holistic management on a global level. It was originally called the Center for Holistic Management and later The Savory Center.
HMI has the goal of educating people in ways to manage natural resources in such a way as to build biodiversity, improve natural growth production, enhance land and financial sustainability, and improve the overall land quality for those who use it.
In 1992 it launched the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, based in Zimbabwe. This became a regional office of HMI, but separated in 2010.
Savory left HMI in 2009 to form the for-profit Savory Institute.
In February 2010, PBS broadcast a documentary called First Millimeter: Healing The Earth detailing the work HMI was doing around the world.
Programs
Education and educator training
HMI offers introductory and advanced courses in holistic management practices and an Individualized Certified Educator Training Program.
In October 2011 HMI ran a series of seminars as part of their 'Beginning Farmers and Ranchers' programs in Texas. They were designed to teach women resource management skills.
Whole Farm/Ranch Planning
Beginning farmers in the Northeast learned more about whole farm/ranch planning in a program developed specifically for women and funded by a USDA grant.
This program was expanded to include 6 Northeast states and Texas
Publications
HMI publishes an online journal called In Practice.
Awards and grants
In 2005 HMI was awarded a substantial grant from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for work in Africa.
In 2008 HMI was awarded $329,750 from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to address drought disaster issues in Zimbabwe.
In 2009 HMI was awarded $639,301 for their beginning farmers program.
In 2011 Farm Aid awarded a grant to HMI for $5000 in support of their Beginning Farmers and Ranchers program in Texas. In 2012 $7,500 to help new farmers incorporate environmental, economic and social sustainability through the Whole Farm Planning curriculum.
In 2012 HMI was awarded a $537,101 federal grant from USDA to train first-time women farmers in whole farm planning.
In 2013 HMI was awarded a $60,400 federal grant from USDA Western SARE to train agricultural professionals in Holistic Management® Whole Farm/Ranch Planning.
See also
Resource management
Sustainable agriculture
Systems ecology
Sustainability
References
Exte |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDaylight%20Project | The OpenDaylight Project is a collaborative open-source project hosted by the Linux Foundation. The project serves as a platform for software-defined networking (SDN) for customizing, automating and monitoring computer networks of any size and scale.
History
On April 8, 2013, The Linux Foundation announced the founding of the OpenDaylight Project. The goal was to create a community-led and industry-supported, open-source platform to accelerate adoption & innovation in terms of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). The project's founding members were Big Switch Networks, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, Ericsson, IBM, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, NEC, Red Hat and VMware.
Reaction to the goals of open architecture and administration by The Linux Foundation have been mostly positive. While initial criticism centered on concerns that this group could be used by incumbent technology vendors to stifle innovation, most of the companies signed up as members do not sell incumbent networking technology.
Technical steering committee
For governance of the project, the technical steering committee (TSC) provides technical oversight over the project. The TSC is able to hold voting on major changes to the project. As of June 2022, the TSC includes:
Anil Belur (The Linux Foundation)
Cedric Ollivier (Orange)
Guillaume Lambert (Orange)
Ivan Hrasko (PANTHEON.tech)
Luis Gomez (Kratos)
Manoj Chokka (Verizon)
Robert Varga (PANTHEON.tech)
Venkatrangan Govindarajan (Rakuten Mobile)
Code Contributions
By 2015, user companies began participating in upstream development. The largest, actively contributing companies include PANTHEON.tech, Orange, Red Hat, and Ericsson. At the time of the Carbon release in May 2017, the project estimated that over 1 billion subscribers accessing OpenDaylight-based networks, in addition to its usage within large enterprises.
There is a dedicated OpenDaylight Wiki, and mailing lists.
Technology
Projects
The platform is described as a modular, open-source platform for automating networks. Part of the concept of modularity are over 50 projects, which address & extend the capabilities of networks managed by OpenDaylight. Each project has a formal structure, teams and meetings to discuss releases, functionality and code. Projects include BGPCEP, TransportPCE, NETCONF, YANG Tools, and others.
Releases
Releases are named after the atomic number of chemical elements, including the corresponding number.
Members
Originally there were three tiers of membership for OpenDaylight: Platinum, Gold and Silver, with varying levels of commitment.
As of January 2018, OpenDaylight became a project within the LF Networking Foundation, which consolidated membership across multiple projects into a common governance structure. Most OpenDaylight members became members of the new LF Networking Foundation.
See also
List of SDN controller software
References
External links
Computer networking
Linux Found |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBY-LMF | UBY-LMF is a format for standardizing lexical resources for Natural Language Processing (NLP). UBY-LMF
conforms to the ISO standard for lexicons: LMF, designed within the ISO-TC37, and constitutes a so-called serialization of this abstract standard. In accordance with the LMF, all attributes and other linguistic terms introduced in UBY-LMF refer to standardized descriptions of their meaning in ISOCat.
UBY-LMF has been implemented in Java and is actively developed as an Open Source project on Google Code.
Based on this Java implementation, the large scale electronic lexicon UBY has automatically been created - it is the result of using UBY-LMF to standardize a range of diverse lexical resources frequently used for NLP applications.
In 2013, UBY contains 10 lexicons which are pairwise interlinked at the sense level:
English WordNet, Wiktionary, Wikipedia, FrameNet, VerbNet, OmegaWiki
German Wiktionary, Wikipedia, GermaNet, IMSLex-Subcat and
multilingual OmegaWiki.
A subset of lexicons integrated in UBY have been converted to a Semantic Web format according to the lemon lexicon model. This conversion is based on a mapping of UBY-LMF to the lemon lexicon model.
External references
the UBY web site
UBY project on GitHub
lemonUby (Semantic Web version of UBY)
References
Lexical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiacom | Indiacom (formerly known as Sesa Seat) is an Indian company, engaged in the business of providing local search business data. Indiacom is the brand of Indiacom Limited. It is headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra.
Origin
Indiacom was founded in technical and financial collaboration between Sesa Goa Limited and STET S.p.a. of Italy (a Division of IRI) on 21 January 1988. The initial vision of the company was to add a wider dimension to the information industry in India.
Organisation
The Company has a presence in Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh.
Indiacom has offices in Pune, Hyderabad, Vadodara, Jaipur and Noida. Indiacom operates through its associates in six other cities: Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kolkata and Goa. Members of the core team of Indiacom have been with the company almost since its inception and have witnessed the transition from the traditional print centric media to digital media.
Yellow Pages and data services
Indiacom has gained a good track record for millions of yellow pages telephone directories. It has published for various districts of India on behalf of the union-owned company BSNL. Indiacom continues to publish its own annual business telephone directory yellow pages. The company has now transitioned to various data centric services business lines, by providing business data to search engine multinational companies, navigational companies, and developers.
Web presence
Indiacom.com
Indiacom.com was launched in the year 2003. The website has information on businesses across various cities of India. The website receives more than 500,000 unique visits per month.
HelloGoa.com
Indiacom launched the website www.hellogoa.com in 2005, providing business information regarding hotels, health care, travel, restaurants, and entertainment for Goa.
Mobile applications
Indiacom's first Android application: "Hello Goa"
The Android application "Hello Goa" was launched by the company in 2013. In addition to providing business information for Goa, the app enables a user to obtain directions to a place of business with mapping and navigation features. Businessmen can also add their listings into the Indiacom database through this application.
References
External links
Indiacom Official Website of Indiacom
Hello Goa Android App Indiacom proprietary Android App on Google Play
Yellow pages
Companies based in Pune
Software companies established in 1988
Internet properties established in 2003
1988 establishments in Maharashtra
Software companies of India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupithecia%20sucidata | Eupithecia sucidata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Jamaica.
References
Moths described in 1886
sucidata
Moths of the Caribbean |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipilika | Pipilika () was a search engine operated from Sylhet, Bangladesh. The search engine is no longer operating.
It is the country's first and last Bangla search engine developed by the Computer Science and Engineering students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh as a thesis project. It has ability to search both in Bengali and English language. Pipilika is the country's first and only search engine that can search both Bangla and English. The search engine ran roughly until 2021, but is now completely shut down. It searched and automatically characterized Bangla and English newspapers of the country, blog sites, Bangla Wikipedia and government websites. It prioritized Bangla information over English.
It used to have five categories:
All
News
Blog
Bangla Wikipedia
National E-Infokosh
The Computer Science & Engineering Department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet and Grameenphone IT Limited have jointly innovated the Bangla search engine Pipilika.com.
External links
All the Internet
Wayback machine
References
Defunct internet search engines
Websites which mirror Wikipedia
Online companies of Bangladesh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth%20Wheeler | Gareth Wheeler is a Canadian sports broadcaster and radio host for The Sports Network (TSN) and TSN 1050 Radio, based in Toronto, Ontario. He currently serves as the radio voice of Toronto FC on TSN 1050 for games involving TFC on the TSN family of networks.
Career
Wheeler started his career as an editorial assistant at TSN. His first on-air job was hosting Sportsweek on TV Cogeco in Halton Region and in radio at CHRW while at Western. In 2006, Wheeler was hired as host of the Grill Room, a daily Toronto-based sports talk show on Sun News Network for Quebecor Media. The Grill Room’s regular panel featured Toronto Sun writers and columnists, other sports media personalities, and professional athletes. Wheeler hosted over 1200 episodes of the show, interviewing the well known athletes and personalities in the sports world. Wheeler also served as sports segment host for Sun TV’s daily current affair program, Canoe Live and co-hosted an original fantasy sports program, Fantasy Sports: the 411.
In 2007, he became national soccer columnist for the Toronto Sun and Sun Media with a specific focus on Toronto FC and the Canadian National teams. In 2010, Wheeler covered the FIFA World Cup in South Africa as reporter/columnist for the National newspaper chain while filing daily hits for television.
Wheeler moved back to the TSN family in 2011 as producer and on-air personality for the Drive Home radio show on TSN 1050, Cybulski & Company. He hosted TSN Radio’s national coverage of EURO 2012 and currently hosts and provides play-by-play for Toronto FC soccer, as well as hosts TSN 1050's Game Night. He also is a soccer writer for TSN.ca, and is called upon by various other media to provide sports commentary.
Wheeler is also an in-studio host for TSN 1050's Toronto Raptors coverage and provides colour commentary for the Raptors G-League affiliate, Raptors 905.
Wheeler co-hosts Toronto FC's podcast Come on You Reds! alongside former Toronto FC midfielder Terry Dunfield. He also co-hosts the TSN's Jurassic Pod podcast with Toronto Raptors reporter Josh Lewenberg, looking at the Toronto Raptors and NBA news.
Since 2019, he has regularly provided play-by-play on Canadian Premier League, Canadian Championship, and Canada National Team matches on OneSoccer.
Personal life
Wheeler was born in Burlington, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario, where he won a National Championship as a five-year member of the Western Mustangs Men’s Soccer team and was a Syl Basacco Award winner.
Wheeler has been battling malignant melanoma since 2005. He has become an out-spoken voice for melanoma awareness and sits on the Board of Directors for the Melanoma Network of Canada.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian television sportscasters
Canadian radio sportscasters
Canadian sports talk radio hosts
People from Burlington, Ontario
University and college men's soccer players in Canada
Western Mustangs players
Men' |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten%20Spot | Ten Spot may refer to:
Ten Spot, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Harlan County
10 Spot, a defunct programming block on MTV
Slang for the United States ten-dollar bill, see Slang terms for money |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onie | Onie may refer to:
Onie, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Wetzel County
Open Network Install Environment, an open source software project for computer network switches
People
Rebecca Onie
Onie Wheeler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masking%20%28Electronic%20Health%20Record%29 | In Electronic Health Records (EHR’s) data masking, or controlled access, is the process of concealing patient health data from certain healthcare providers. Patients have the right to request the masking of their personal information, making it inaccessible to any physician, or a particular physician, unless a specific reason is provided. Data masking is also performed by healthcare agencies to restrict the amount of information that can be accessed by external bodies such as researchers, health insurance agencies and unauthorised individuals. It is a method used to protect patients’ sensitive information so that privacy and confidentiality are less of a concern. Techniques used to alter information within a patient’s EHR include data encryption, obfuscation, hashing, exclusion and perturbation.
Confidentiality
The increased access that transpires from introducing EHR's is seen as a large concern to some patients. Masking information is a technique that contributes to establishing the confidentiality of EHR's, as a large amount of sensitive information is contained within these records. History of health outcomes such as drug/alcohol abuse, sexually transmitted infections or abortion during pregnancy are known to lead to social discrimination and cause social harm to the patient, hence the importance of protecting the content within EHR's. Masking limits the access that internal and external individuals can have to a particular record, increasing the protection of its contents. When patients apply for masking of their EHR, health services must meet their needs and alter the system accordingly so that unauthorised individuals can't gain access.
Patient Masking Requests
To increase security of their EHR's, patients can elect to mask their information by signing a form provided by the health service. It is necessary that health services with EHR software notify and educate their patients of data masking capabilities and the advantages and disadvantages of the process. In submitting a request, patients are given the control to specify the physicians and health service staff members that are provided with consent and the right to access their record. Health services must abide by patient masking requests under the Health Records Act and implement data masking techniques within the EHR technology, otherwise major consequences can result. In addition, audit trails can be implemented by health services to track and identify which individuals have accessed a patients EHR over a certain time period.
Unmasking
In patient care, authorised users have the ability to override masking and access restrictions under emergency circumstances. If a patient is in a critical health state and treatment is urgently required, physicians are provided with the right to access all required information within the EHR. This mechanism is known as "breaking the glass." Any unmasking of a patient's EHR is audited, and a sufficient reason for access is generally required.
EHR |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-statistic | In statistics, an L-statistic is a statistic (function of a data set) that is a linear combination of order statistics; the "L" is for "linear". These are more often referred to by narrower terms according to use, namely:
L-estimator, using L-statistics as estimators for parameters
L-moment, L-statistic analogs of the conventional moments
Summary statistics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Regular%20Show%20characters | These characters appear in the American animated television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network.
The series revolves around the daily lives of two 23-year-old friends, Mordecai (a blue jay), and Rigby (a raccoon). They work as groundskeepers at a park, and spend their days trying to avoid work and entertain themselves by any means. This is much to the chagrin of their boss Benson (a gumball machine) and their coworker Skips (a yeti), but to the delight of Pops (a lollipop). Their other coworkers include a pig-nosed green humanoid called Muscle Man (real name Mitch Sorrenstein), and a ghost called Hi Five Ghost.
Overview
Main characters
Mordecai
Mordecai (voiced by J. G. Quintel) is a 23-year-old anthropomorphic blue jay who works as a groundskeeper at The Park. He has been best friends with Rigby ever since childhood. Mordecai is more conscientious, intelligent, responsible, and mature about his actions than Rigby is, which sometimes leads to him opposing Rigby when he is the cause of some kind of chaotic problem, albeit unintentionally. Even though Mordecai dislikes his job, he is often willing to put up with it begrudgingly as opposed to Rigby, who is more open about his hatred towards his job and prone to avoid work as much as possible. However, Mordecai usually sides with his friend, occasionally going along with Rigby's attempts to get out of work and the two generally stick together through their adventures.
Mordecai loves to play video games and is a better player than Rigby, he also demonstrates decent strength, such as carrying large boulders, fighting the death bear, never getting hurt by Rigby's punches, and being able to punch Rigby across an entire room with ease. He can sometimes become caught up in his emotions, often letting them get the better of him. However, he is usually quick to apologize to others if he has hurt them and occasionally takes the lead in fixing a situation.
Mordecai's romantic life is the subject of several episodes, particularly his crush on Margaret Smith, a red-breasted robin who worked as a waitress at a local coffee shop. Mordecai would often hang out with her, along with Rigby and Eileen Roberts. Mordecai had many failed attempts at starting a relationship with her due to either his own nerves or Margaret having a boyfriend at the time. He attempts to date other people in "Yes Dude Yes" and meets CJ. Though the two have a lot in common they part ways at the end of the episode. Mordecai and Margaret finally begin to date in the fourth season until Margaret decides to leave for college, thus ending their relationship and causing Mordecai to go into a depression.
Mordecai later bumps into CJ at a New Year's Eve party and they start dating soon after. CJ and Mordecai's relationship is strained due to CJ seeing Mordecai and Margaret having fun together on several occasions. He eventually decides to take a break from dating in "Dumped at the Altar", after his relationship w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunafly | Lunafly (; sometimes stylized as LUNAFLY) is a South Korean duo, consisting of Yun and Sam. They officially debuted on 27 September 2012 under Nega Network with their self-composed song How Nice Would It Be.
Career
Predebut: New group announcement
On 31 August, label mate JeA, leader of Brown Eyed Girls, tweeted a photo of her and the three Lunafly members on her official Twitter account.
Following the news, on 6 September, Lunafly released their debut album on iTunes worldwide, called Super Hero. It consists of two tracks, oth in English, with the idea of "allowing international fans to fully appreciate their music".
2012: Debut with How Nice Would It Be, Super Hero, Day by Day
Prior to the release of their first domestic single album on 27 September, on 26 September, Lunafly released their first music video for their song "How Nice Would It Be". It was said that Nega Network invested 150 million won (~US$134,078) on their outfits, accessories, hair and makeup styling for the music video, which is considered a lot for a rookie group. The debut would only be digital, as they would not have any broadcast activities. They had a positive response from netizens, who said they gave off an image that contrasted with that of typical Kpop groups.
"How Nice Would It Be" reached 1st on Cyworld‘s music chart.
On 28 September, Lunafly released the music video for the English version of their song "Super Hero". They had already released "Super Hero" on iTunes worldwide on 6 September. Shortly after Lunafly announced that they would be holding their first solo concert in Japan.
After announcing that they were gearing up for their second digital single, Lunafly revealed the single's title to be "Clear Day, Cloudy Day", with a scheduled release date of 5 December. This single would be self-composed.
On 1 December, the group made their appearance at Tokyo's FM Hall in Japan, where they successfully concluded their first overseas solo live. Before proceeding with their performances, Lunafly expressed, "We’re very thankful for being able to hold a solo live concert in Japan just two months after our debut and we’re also very nervous. We've prepared a lot." They played a total of six songs for their Japanese fans, and also promised to work hard so they could be more active in Japan.
On 4 December, Lunafly released the music video of second digital single "Clear Day, Cloudy Day". This song was self-composed by the members. "Clear Day, Cloudy Day" delivers a message of hope to those facing difficulties in the current generation.
On 9 December, Lunafly released the music video for the English version of their song "Day By Day". The song was composed by the members themselves. "Day By Day" was available on iTunes worldwide a day after the release of the video.
2013: First album Fly To Love, music show debut
A contest to decide the fandom name was held from 27 February to 5 March, with the winner being awarded an autographed CD. On 7 March, Lunafly announce |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer%20%28application%29 | Buffer is a software application for the web and mobile, designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, Mastodon, Instagram, Instagram Stories, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, as well as analyze their results and engage with their community. It is owned by remote company Buffer Inc.
The application was designed by a group of European experts in San Francisco, most notably Joel Gascoigne and Leo Widrich. Gascoigne is currently the CEO of Buffer. By August 2021, the team had reached 85 people working remotely from 15 countries in different parts of the world, more than 4.5 million registered users and over $16 million in annual revenue.
History
Buffer began its development in October 2010 in Birmingham, United Kingdom by co-founder Joel Gascoigne, who established the idea of the social media application while he was in the United Kingdom. Once he developed the idea he created a landing page to see if enough people were interested in the product to make it a profitable venture. After reaching a critical mass of registrations, Gascoigne built and designed the first version of the application software over a span of 7 weeks.
On November 30, 2010, the initial version of Buffer was launched. It contained limited features which only allowed access to Twitter. Four days after the software's launch Buffer gained its first paying user. A few weeks after this, the number of users reached 100, and then that number multiplied to 100,000 users within the next 9 months.
In July 2011, the cofounders decided to move the startup venture from the United Kingdom to San Francisco in the United States, and Buffer was converted into an incorporation. Whilst in San Francisco, the cofounders dealt with the San Franciscan startup incubators AngelPad. This was due to the increase in cost after moving from Birmingham. Throughout December 2011, cofounders Joel and Leo were able to secure 18 investors to their company, after being refused by 88% of the people they met with to offer an investment to their company. The investors include Maneesh Arora, the founder of MightyText, Thomas Korte, the founder of AngelPad, and Andy McLoughlin, the co-founder of the software company Huddle.
Due to visa issues with the co-founders, the company's base shifted to Hong Kong in January 2012. Then in August 2012, following more visa issues, it migrated again to Tel Aviv, Israel. In October 2012, Joel Gascoigne reported that "1.5-2% of users are on the paid plan, so we’re currently on a $800,000 annual run rate". In May 2013, the company's base shifted back to the United States, after the co-founders’ visa predicaments were resolved. Around this time Buffer intentionally made its salary calculation algorithm public (along with the calculated salaries of its 13 employees; this number has since grown to exceed 80, almost all of whom opt-in to the salary-publishing culture).
Features
Free features
Buffer allows users to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPID | PPID may refer to:
Peptidylprolyl isomerase D, and enzyme encoded within the PPID gene
Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction in horses.
Computer Science
Private Personal Identifier in Security Assertion Markup Language
Parent process ID. Process identifier of the parent of a process. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irfan%20Essa | Irfan Aziz Essa is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing of the College of Computing, and adjunct professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He is an associate dean in Georgia Tech's College of Computing and the director of the new Interdisciplinary Research Center for Machine Learning at Georgia Tech (ML@GT).
Education
Essa obtained his undergraduate degree in engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1988. Following this, Essa attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his magister scientiae (Master of Science) in 1990 and his Ph.D. in 1995 at the MIT Media Lab. His doctoral research focused on the implementation of a system to detect emotions from changes in your facial expression, which was later featured in the New York Times. He proceeded to hold a position as a research scientist at MIT from 1994 to 1996 before accepting a position at Georgia Tech.
Professional career
Essa's work focuses mainly in the areas of computer vision, computational photography, computer graphics and animation, robotics, computational perception, human-computer interaction, machine learning, computational journalism and artificial intelligence.
After departing MIT, Essa accepted a position as an assistant professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Today, he holds the position of a professor, and continues his research endeavors alongside his teaching career.
Essa has taught various courses over the years on digital video special effects, computer vision, computational journalism and computational photography. In the spring of 2013, Essa taught a free online course on computational photography, on the MOOC platform Coursera. He is affiliated with the GVU Center and RIM@GT, and is one of the faculty members of the Computational Perception Laboratory at Georgia Tech.
In addition to this, Essa has organized the Computational Journalism Symposium both in 2008 and 2013. He is credited, alongside his doctoral student Nick Diakopoulos, with coining the term computational journalism back in 2006, when they taught the first class on the subject.
Most recently, Essa has worked as a researcher / consultant with Google to develop a video stabilization algorithm alongside two of his doctoral students, Matthias Grundmann and Vivek Kwatra, which now runs on YouTube, and allows users to stabilize their uploaded videos in real-time.
Selected bibliography
Kwatra, Vivek, Arno Schödl, Irfan Essa, Greg Turk, and Aaron Bobick. "Graphcut textures: image and video synthesis using graph cuts." In ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 277–286. ACM, 2003.
Kidd, Cory D., Robert Orr, Gregory D. Abowd, Christopher G. Atkeson, Irfan A. Essa, Blair MacIntyre, Elizabeth Mynatt, Thad E. Starner, and Wendy Newstetter. "The aware home: A living laboratory for ubiquitous computing research." In Cooperative buildings. Integrating informati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXVD-TV | DXVD-TV, channel 12, is a relay television station of Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation. Its studios and transmitter are located at Barangay San Agustin Norte, Tandag City.
ABS-CBN TV-12 local programs
TV Patrol North Mindanao (simulcast over TV-2 Cagayan de Oro)
ABS-CBN TV-12 defunct local programs
TV Patrol Caraga
See also
List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels and stations
ABS-CBN stations
Television stations in Surigao del Sur
Television channels and stations established in 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Post | David G. Post (born 1951) is an American legal scholar. Post is an expert in intellectual property law and cyberspace law. Until his retirement in 2014, Post served as Professor of Law at Beasley School of Law of Temple University in Philadelphia.
Education
Post received his B.A. cum laude from Yale College in 1972, his Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale University in 1978, and his J.D. summa cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986.
Career
Post was the director of programs for the American Anthropological Association from 1976 to 1981 and an assistant professor of anthropology at Columbia University from 1981 to 1983.
Post served as law clerk to Ruth Bader Ginsburg twice, once from 1986 to 1987, when Ginsburg was a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and a second time from 1993 to 1994, after Ginsburg had been elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States. In between, from 1987 to 1993, Post practiced law in Washington, D.C. as an associate at the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.
From 1994 to 1997, Post was an associate professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. In 1997, he joined the Beasley School of Law of Temple University in Philadelphia as a professor of law, remaining there until his retirement as the I. Herman Stern Professor of Law in fall 2014.
Post is a fellow of the Center for Democracy and Technology and the New York Law School's Institute for Information Law and Policy, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy blog at The Washington Post. Post was formerly a senior fellow at the Open Technology Institute of the New America Foundation.
Works and views
Post's main area of scholarly interest is intellectual property law and the relationship of complexity theory to the law.
Post wrote In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace (Oxford, 2009). In the book, Post draws a parallel "between the Internet and the natural and intellectual landscape that Thomas Jefferson explored, documented, and shaped." The book earned positive reviews from legal scholars, including Lawrence Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain, and Sean Wilentz. Post also coauthored, with Paul Schiff Berman and Patricia Bellia, another book, Cyberlaw: Problems of Policy and Jurisprudence in the Information Age (West, 2007), currently in its fourth (2011) edition.
Post had authored a number of amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts.
Post was a signatory to an open letter from law professors in 2014 that expressed support for the legal recognition of same-sex marriages but also expressed concern that events (such as the resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich after an outcry over a contribution that Eich had made to an anti-same-sex-marriage effort) "signal an eagerness by some supporters of same-sex marriage to punish rather than to criticize or to persuade those who disagree."
See also
List of law clerks of the Supreme C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Leishman | Gerard Mark Leishman (born 25 May 1956) is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster. He was the breakfast host on the Magic radio network. from 15 April 2015 to 9 December 2022 and is also news editor and presenter of The Daily Report, an agribusiness news show on Country TV. He also hosts a half hour long form interview series called Point of View on Country TV. As of 2023, he is a newsreader and fill-in host for Radio New Zealand.
Career
Leishman has been the producer and presenter of numerous television series, among them Top Town, Tux Wonder Dogs, Jeopardy!, The Great New Zealand Spelling Bee, Mud and Glory, and for 16 years host and co-producer (with his wife Jo Raymond) of The FMG Young Farmer Contest. He has also produced and directed a number of television documentaries, Many of his appearances on screen have been as presenter of entertainment shows and sports broadcasts. He was co-host of Holden Golf World on Sky Sport 1 with Laura McGoldrick. He was the first announcer on the Magic Breakfast radio show, which went first went to air on 15 April 2015 on the Magic radio network. and hosted his final show on 9 December 2022. He had previously presented the afternoon drive show (2006-2015) on The Breeze radio network.
In 2017, Leishman was presented with a Scroll of Honour from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for his contribution to the New Zealand entertainment industry.
Mark Leishman Programme List
1981 - 1984 TV One Continuity TVNZ
1985 - 1987 Today Tonight
1986 - 1989 Telequest (Talent Show Live)
1986 - 1989 Top Town
1988 Round Australia Yacht Race Peter Blake
1988 - 1989 That’s Fairly Interesting
1988 This Week in Brisbane (Expo)
1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games (reporter)
1990 - 1991 Mud n Glory
1992 - 1993 ONE World of Sport (Rugby NZs Big Game)
1992 Jeopardy (120 episodes)
1992 This Week in San Diego (America’s Cup)
1992 The Paradise Picture Show
1993 - 1999 Tux Wonder Dogs & 2004 - 2005 (series 8 - 9) D
1999 Battle of the Ballroom D
2000 Tux Super Dogs Challenge D
2005 - 2006 The Golf Club
2001 - 2016 Young Farmer Contest D
2003 Life in Pacifica (travel series for Travel Channel USA)
2004 The Road to Athens (Olympics)
2005 A Dog’s Life D
2006 The Great NZ Spelling Bee
2008 - 2010 Jim’s Car Show
2010 - 2013 Road to the Young Farmer D
2013 - 2016 Holden Golf World
2008 - 2022 Country TV (news presenter / producer)
2014 - 2022 Point of View (Agri Interview Show )
Documentaries all for Dexterity D
A Friend For Life
Kohi: A Guide To Life
Coming Out of the Dark
Reaching For The Stars
A Different Beat - A Police Dog Story
Communicado Inflight Entertainment for Continental Airlines
Personal life
Leishman married Jo Raymond, at Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru, on 15 December 1990, and the couple have three children. Leishman's brother Phillip (1951–2013) was also a well-known New Zealand television broadcaster.
See also
List of New Zealand televi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands%20of%20the%20Kimberley%20%28Western%20Australia%29 | { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "page", "title": "Western Australian region - Kimberley.map" }
The Islands of the Kimberley are a group of over 2,500 islands lying off the coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The islands extend from the Western Australia–Northern Territory border in the east to just north of Broome in the west.
North-West Kimberley Islands 1970s survey
In 1971, 1972, 1973 a series of biological surveys were carried out.
1971 visit
The list is in the order of visits in August 1971.
Middle Osborn
Fenelon
Borda
South West Osborn
Low rocks
Sir Graham Moore
Louis
North Eclipse
Augustus
Darcy
Champagny
Uwins
Commerson
Coronation
Bigge
Kimberley Islands Biological Survey
A biological survey of 22 of the islands was conducted between December 2006 and December 2010 by the Department of Environment and Conservation, traditional owners, the Australian Museum and the Western Australian Museum.
The partnership with the Kimberley Land Council is important as the islands sampled in this survey are covered by five native title claim groups: Balanggarra, Uunguu, Dambimangari, Mayala and Bardi Jawi. Traditional Owners have strong management rights to the islands through native title and Aboriginal Reserve tenure.
See also
Sortable list of islands of Western Australia
Notes
Further reading
Kimberley coastline of Western Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-Brigade%3A%20The%20Battle%20for%20Kiev%20-%201943 | Fire-Brigade: The Battle for Kiev - 1943 is a computer wargame developed and published by Panther Games in Australia in 1988. The game is set around the historical WWII Eastern Front Battle of Kiev in 1943.
Fire-Brigade was one of the first wargames to take advantage of the new graphical mouse driven interfaces on computers like the Macintosh and IBM PC compatibles. It was also one of the first wargames with network game-play for head to head multiplayer battles.
Gameplay
Fire-Brigade is a turn-based strategic and tactical wargame that allows players flexibility and advanced functions. The player can play either alone against the AI or against another person in any of four scenarios networked via modem or cable. The player can play either as the Germans or the Soviet Union in any of the scenarios. At their command is a comprehensive reporting system and realistic staff support.
Players can set combat, logistics and air commitment support values to direct the allocation of supplies; reinforcements and combat support assets. Gather intelligence on enemy forces and assess information on friendly forces before issuing movement and attack orders to units in either a micro (individual units) or macro level (subordinate headquarters). You can then set the frontage of your unit's formation to either narrow, medium or broad, all while you 'confer' with the games' AI which will use artificial intelligence routines to execute the orders within set variable parameters such as morale, troop quality, fatigue etc.
Players are given a 15 step recommended sequence of play list in the game manual for Fire-Brigade.
Reception
Computer Gaming World called the game "a milestone for computing wargames in terms of sophistication" and "Fire-Brigade is meant for the thinking man, the sophisticated player who wants to learn and make the absolute most out of his computer playing time". A 1991 survey by the magazine of strategy and war games gave it three and a half stars out of five, and a 1993 survey of wargames gave the game two-plus stars. The magazine gave Fire-Brigade a score of 70 out of 100 and ranked the game the "4th Top Sleeper of All Time" in its November 1996 15th anniversary issue.
Mike Siggins reviewed Fire-Brigade for Games International magazine, and gave it 5 stars out of 5, and stated that "Fire Brigade offers plenty of fascinating depth as a game system and creates something of a watershed in simulation design."
The editors of Game Player's PC Strategy Guide gave Fire-Brigade their 1989 "Best PC Military Strategy Game" award. They wrote, "Although numerous games have tried to simulate the war on the Eastern Front, none has succeeded as well as Fire Brigade".
Fire-Brigade forms part of the historical collection of software; hardware; trade and promotional materials that document the history of Apple Inc. and its contributions to the computer industry and society. This collection is housed at Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Awards
Fire-Brigade won |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdependent%20networks | The study of interdependent networks is a subfield of network science dealing with phenomena caused by the interactions between complex networks. Though there may be a wide variety of interactions between networks, dependency focuses on the scenario in which the nodes in one network require support from nodes in another network.
Motivation for the model
In nature, networks rarely appear in isolation. They are typically elements in larger systems and can have non-trivial effects on one another. For example, infrastructure networks exhibit interdependency to a large degree. The power stations which form the nodes of the power grid require fuel delivered via a network of roads or pipes and are also controlled via the nodes of communications network. Though the transportation network does not depend on the power network to function, the communications network does. Thus the deactivation of a critical number of nodes in either the power network or the communication network can lead to a series of cascading failures across the system with potentially catastrophic repercussions. If the two networks were treated in isolation, this important feedback effect would not be seen and predictions of network robustness would be greatly overestimated.
Dependency links
Links in a standard network represent connectivity, providing information about how one node can be reached from another. Dependency links represent a need for support from one node to another. This relationship is often, though not necessarily, mutual and thus the links can be directed or undirected. Crucially, a node loses its ability to function as soon as the node it is dependent on ceases to function while it may not be so severely effected by losing a node it is connected to.
Comparison to many-particle systems in physics
In statistical physics, phase transitions can only appear in many particle systems. Though phase transitions are well known in network science, in single networks they are second order only. With the introduction of internetwork dependency, first order transitions emerge. This is a new phenomenon and one with profound implications for systems engineering. Where system dissolution takes place after steady (if steep) degradation for second order transitions, the existence of a first order transition implies that the system can go from a relatively healthy state to complete collapse with no advanced warning.
Examples
Infrastructure networks. The network of power stations depends on instructions from the communications network which require power themselves. Another example is the interdependence between electric and natural gas systems
Transportation networks. The networks of airports and seaports are interdependent in that in a given city, the ability of that city's airport to function is dependent upon resources obtained from the seaport or vice versa.
Protein networks. A biological process regulated by a number of proteins is often represented |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniKanren | miniKanren is a family of programming languages for relational programming. As relations are bidirectional, if miniKanren is given an expression and a desired output, miniKanren can run the expression "backward", finding all possible inputs to the expression that produce the desired output. This bidirectional behavior allows the user to constrain both the input to the program and the result of the program simultaneously. miniKanren performs an interleaved search which will eventually find any solution that exists, even if any one branch of the search tree is infinitely long and contains no solutions. If no solution exists, miniKanren may search forever if the search tree is infinite.
An example of miniKanren code is evalo, a relational goal that relates expressions to the values that they evaluate to. When evalo is called in miniKanren like so: (evalo q q), it will generate quines, that is, expressions q that when run will evaluate to themselves.
The book The Reasoned Schemer uses miniKanren to demonstrate relational programming, and provides a complete implementation in Scheme. The core of the language fits on two printed pages. The Scheme implementation of miniKanren is designed to be easily understood, modified, and extended.
αleanTAP is a program written in αKanren, an extension of miniKanren for nominal logic. Given a theorem, it can find a proof, making it a theorem-prover. Given a proof, it can find the theorem, making it a theorem-checker. Given part of a proof and part of a theorem, it will fill in the missing parts of the proof and the theorem, making it a theorem-explorer.
There are implementations of miniKanren in Haskell, Racket, Ruby, Clojure, JavaScript, Scala, Swift, Dart and Python. The canonical implementation is an embedded language in Scheme. The Clojure core.logic library was inspired by miniKanren.
The name kanren comes from a Japanese word () meaning "relation".
See also
Logic programming
Tree traversal
References
External links
Official website
Dart implementation
Programming languages
Logic programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animeism | is a Japanese late night anime programming block airing on MBS. The timeslot was established in October 2006 with a Thursday night/Friday morning schedule, until April 2015, when it switched to a Friday night/Saturday morning schedule.
In its current form, the block airs as "Super Animeism" and the hour-long "Animeism" block on Friday night/Saturday mornings.<ref name="Super Animeism Announcement"
History
The block initially launched in October 2006 as a 30-minute programming block in order to broadcast anime titles which were co-produced by MBS, beginning with Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. The programming block later expanded to a one-hour block in April 2011. In April 2012, MBS relaunched the programming block as Animeism. In April 2015, the network reorganised the Animeism block from a Thursday night/Friday morning schedule to a Friday night/Saturday morning schedule, with MBS chief producer Hirō Maruyama stating that the change was done in order to prevent conflicts with Kansai TV's broadcast of noitaminA.
On March 8, 2019, MBS introduced the Super Animeism programming block, which expands the Animeism block by a half-hour starting from July 2019.
On March 23, 2019, it was announced at AnimeJapan 2019 that MBS, Kodansha, and DMM Pictures formed a two-year partnership to co-produce anime titles for the block, adapting works from Kodansha published manga or creating original works into anime, with Domestic Girlfriend being the first title produced through the partnership. The last title under this partnership is Blue Period and as of January 2022, the partnership has completely ended.
Partnership with Amazon Prime Video
From June 2017 to January 2019, Animeism signed a deal with Amazon to stream their series exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide, with Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul and Altair: A Record of Battles becoming the first titles exclusive to Prime Video on June 29, 2017. In January 2019, the streaming deal was no longer in effect worldwide, with other distributors Sentai Filmworks, Crunchyroll and Funimation beginning to license titles from the block. Prime Video only exclusively streams titles in Japan.
Titles
See also
Animated programming blocks in Japan
Notes
References
External links
MBS anime - Animeism - Anime Shower
Mainichi Broadcasting System
2012 establishments in Japan
2012 in Japanese television
Anime television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich%20Chronotype%20Questionnaire | The Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) was created in 1976 by Till Roenneberg and Martha Merrow at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich. The MCTQ samples sleep and circadian rhythm data from more than 25,000 participants.
Questions about work day and free day sleep schedules, work details, and lifestyle provide data to aid in the understanding of how biological clocks work in social life, such as Roenneberg's conclusions of social jetlag. The MCTQ categorizes each participant into one of seven chronotype groups, and utilizes data on participants’ midsleep phase and sleep debt to survey what "type" of sleeper each person is. From these data, the MCTQ offers methods to make up for sleep debt (if any), and offers suggestions on what to do to wake up earlier or sleep later.
This Chronotype Questionnaire is important because it delves into the social aspects of circadian rhythms. By testing behavior rather than directly testing genetic factors, the MCTQ may offer new information regarding how the influences of external factors (like geographic location or seasons) or things such as obesity or social jetlag, may relate to genetic predispositions of circadian rhythms.
References
Circadian rhythm |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn%20Hibban | Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī () (c. 270–354/884–965) was an Arab Muslim polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist, ḥadith critic, evaluator of rijal, compiler and interpreter of hadith. He was a prolific writer and well-versed in numerous Islamic fields such as fiqh (reaching the level of Ijtihad) as well as in the sciences of astronomy, medicine, history and other disciplines.
Biography
Birth
Ibn Hibban was born in 270 AH (884 CE) in Bust or Bost in present-day southern Afghanistan (former name of Helmand province capital was Bost or Bust, its new name is Lashkargah).
Education
Imam Ibn Hibban grew up in the city of Bust, where he spent his childhood and early youth, then left for education. In thirst for knowledge, this imam was travelling countries from Transoxania and reaching far as Egypt. During these intense travels, he had numerous teachers whom he narrated from.
Teachers
He studied Islamic sciences with many prominent scientists of the time, such as:
Al-Nasa'i
Al-Hasan ibn Sufyan
Abu al-Ya'la al-Mosuli
Al-Husayn ibn Idris al-Harawi
Abu al-Khalifa al-Jamhi
Imran ibn Musa ibn Madzhashi'
Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Sufi
Ja'far ibn Ahmad al-Dimashqi
Ibn Khuzaymah
Career
Ibn Hibban became judge in Samarkand for a time and built a Khanqah in the town; and in 340 A. H./951 A. D. he went to his birth town, Bust and built there a madrasah for his students, in which they were given stipends.
Students
His most famous students became leading scholars of their time:
Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
Al-Daraqutni
Al-Khattabi
Ibn Manda
Death
Ibn Faisal died in Bust on a Friday night, eight days before the end of the month of Shawwal in 354 AH. He was buried in his native town Bost or Bust (currently Lashkargah) in present-day southern Afghanistan.
Theology
When returning to Sijistan, after studying in Nishapur with Ibn Khuzaymah, Ibn Hibban was opposed by some of the Hanbalis as he taught that God does not have limits, rejecting their anthropomorphic belief in al-Hadd lillah (limits for God). Furthermore, these local Hanbalis accused him of Zandaqa (heresy) for his statement al-Nubuwwa 'ilmun wa 'amal (prophecy consists of a knowledge and action). Due to this he left for Samarkand, where he became a Judge.
Ibn al-Subki relates an incident between Ibn Hibban and the Hanbalites in his famous book entitled Tabaqat al-Shafi'yya al-Kubra where Abu Ismail al-Harawi said: "I asked Yahya ibn Ammar about Ibn Hibban saying "Did you see him?" He said, "How could I not have seen him, considering that we expelled him from Sijistan? He had a lot of knowledge, but not much religious feeling. He came to us and denied that Allah has limits, so we drove him out of Sijistan." Ibn al-Subki comments on this: "Look at how ignorant this critic is! I wish I knew who is more deserving of criticism! One who affirms limits for his Lord, or the one who denies them?"
One of his enemies, al-Sulaymani (d. 404/1014) claimed that Ibn Hibban owed his appointment to Samanid viz |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20of%20the%20Living%20Carrots | Night of the Living Carrots is a 2011 American computer-animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on the film Monsters vs. Aliens. Following the 2009 short, Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space, the short follows the monster team (minus Ginormica and Insectosaurus) taking on a mutated carrot army that can mind control others. Dr. Cockroach determines that the only way to defeat them and free their victims is for B.O.B. to eat all of the carrots.
The short originally premiered in two parts exclusively on the Nintendo Video video service for the Nintendo 3DS system; the first was released on October 13, 2011, and the second five days later. It eventually received a general release on August 28, 2012 as part of the Shrek's Thrilling Tales DVD and DreamWorks Spooky Stories Blu-ray.
Plot
In a theater, B.O.B. introduces the story in a manner parodying typical horror films, with a recap of the events of "Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space", and tells the audience to be prepared for a story guaranteed to give them nightmares.
The scene then shifts to the twist ending of the previous special. The Zombie Carrot charges at the camera, but is stopped by a gate slamming into it. Ginormica’s father, Carl announces to the children of the Modesto suburbs that a costume contest was starting and the winner would get their weight in candy. B.O.B., dressed as a pirate, takes all the candy. Outside, he's frightened by the zombie carrot, but mistakes it for a child in a costume. Believing the carrot would win the costume contest, he throws it inside where it immediately bites Carl, turning him into a zombie.
The guests flee the Murphy house and the carrot is blasted by Dr. Cockroach's scanner. Carl snaps out of his zombie state and Doc theorizes that the carrot was contaminated by the mutant pumpkins and the curse could only be lifted by eliminating the infected carrot. However, the remains of the carrot replicate themselves into more zombie carrots, reinfecting Carl. Against Cockroach's advice, B.O.B. uses the scanner to blast the carrots and before long, B.O.B., Cockroach and the Missing Link are completely surrounded.
General Monger arrives but falls victim to the zombie carrots. Cockroach, Link and B.O.B. retreat inside the house to create a barricade. B.O.B.'s bungling leads to Link getting infected and both Cockroach and B.O.B. retreat to Ginormica's old room, where a stray zombie carrot seemingly infects B.O.B.; this appears to have no effect however and Cockroach realizes that B.O.B. is immune because he has no brain. Cockroach then tells B.O.B. that the only way to save the day is that he must eat all the carrots.
This causes B.O.B. to have a flashback revealing why he has a fear of carrots; when he was young, he was force-fed carrot puree by General Monger. B.O.B. is unwilling to eat the carrots and escapes through the window to the roof, but when he sees his zombified friends, he decides to eat the zombie carrots.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky%20Ranch | Sky Ranch is a network of amusement parks in the Philippines. Sky Ranch has three branches: in Tagaytay; San Fernando, Pampanga; and in Baguio. The first Sky Ranch amusement park opened in Tagaytay in 2013.
Branches
Tagaytay
The Sky Ranch branch in Tagaytay is situated along Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway, Tagaytay, Cavite which opened in March 2013. It is located inside a property owned by SM Investments Corporation's subsidiary SM Land commercial property division (later merged with SM Prime Holdings, Inc), where several shops and restaurants are also located. It includes kiosks, rides, and the Sky Eye Ferris wheel, which is tall and has 32 gondolas. The amusement park temporarily closed following ash fall caused by the Taal Volcano eruption on January 12, 2020 but reopened almost a week later on January 18.
Pampanga
The Sky Ranch branch in San Fernando, Pampanga is part of the SM City Pampanga shopping mall complex. It also hosts the Pampanga Eye, a tall Ferris wheel.
Baguio
The Sky Ranch branch is located at Luneta Hill, Upper Session Road, Baguio which opened in 2018. Its opening was met with opposition from surrounding universities which expressed concern on noise pollution generated by the park.
Summary
References
External links
Amusement parks in the Philippines
SM Prime
Buildings and structures in Tagaytay
Tourist attractions in Cavite
2013 establishments in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Baguio
Buildings and structures in San Fernando, Pampanga |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20%28Australian%20TV%20network%29 | Speed was an Australian satellite and cable television sports network dedicated to motorsport. The network was owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and launched on 1 November 2010. It is a sister of the now defunct US channel of the same name, although it is no longer corporately connected due to the split of News Corporation, as Fox Sports Australia is included in News Corp and not 21st Century Fox.
On 2 November 2014, Speed closed and was replaced by Fox Sports 5.
History
Speed launched in Australia on 1 November 2010 on Foxtel in both standard and high definition. After months of negotiations and controversy, on 25 March 2011, Speed and Speed HD launched on Austar (the regional Australia subscription television provider).
Content
The following is the list of sports programming which was shown on Speed.
Open wheel
IndyCar Series
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Indy Lights
Auto GP
Toyota Racing Series
NASCAR
NASCAR Sprint Cup
NASCAR Nationwide Series
NASCAR Camping World Cup Series
Touring Cars
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship
NZ V8 SuperTourers
World Touring Car Championship
British Touring Car Championship
DTM
European Touring Car Championship
Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships
Superstars International Series
Summernats
Sportscars
Le Mans 24 Hours
Rolex GRAND-AM Sportscar Series
American Le Mans Series
Australian GT Championship
Bathurst 12 Hour
Continental Tire Series
Dubai 24 Hour
FIA European Truck Racing Championship
24 Hours Nürburgring
Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships
FIA World Endurance Championship
Drag racing
ANDRA Pro Series
Bikes
MotoGP
World Superbike Championship
World Supersport Championship
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
UEM European Superstock 600 Championship
British Superbike Championship
Australian Superbike Championship
Australian FX Superbike Championship
FIM Endurance World Championship
Irish Road Racing Series
FIM Sidecar World Championship
Rally
World Rally Championship
Australian Rally Championship
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
Australasian Safari
British Rally Championship
European Rally Championship
European Rallycross Championship
Targa Tasmania
Targa West
Speedway
FIM Speedway Grand Prix
FIM Speedway World Cup
British Elite Speedway
World Series Sprintcars
Australian Sprintcar Championship
Chequered Flag
FIM Ice Speedway World Championship
Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic
World of Speedway
Motocross
AMA Motocross Championship
Australian Supercross Championship
British Motocross Championship
FIM Enduro World Championship
FIM Motocross World Championship
FIM MX of Nations
FIM Supermoto
MXTV
Magazines
Autospeed
Battle of the Supercars
The Car Show
Car Warriors
Dumbest Stuff on Wheels
GP Racing
Motorsport Mundial
My Ride Rules
SPEED Center
Speedmakers
References
2010 establishments in Australia
2014 disestablishments in Australia
Defunct television channels in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep%20dip%20%28computing%29 | In IT security, a sheep-dip is the process of using a dedicated device to test inbound files on removable media for viruses before they are allowed to be used with other computers.
The name sheep-dip is derived from a method of preventing the spread of parasites in a flock of sheep by dipping the new animals that farmers are adding to the flock in a trough of pesticide.
The term has been applied to IT security since at least the early 1990s, though footbath was also used at the time. A sheep-dip system can be considered a special case of a sandbox, used to test for malware.
This sheep-dip protocol is a normal first line of defense against viruses in high-security computing environments, as it preemptively prevent the spread of viruses brought by new devices. IT security specialists are expected to be familiar with the concept.
The process was originally developed in response to the problem of boot sector viruses on floppy disks. Subsequently, its scope has been expanded to include USB flash drives, portable hard discs, memory cards, CD-ROMs and other removable devices, all of which can potentially carry malware.
See also
Sandboxing
Air gap
References
External links
— Open source active sheep-dip software.
Data security
Cyberwarfare |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20Digest%20Show | Movie Digest Show was Uganda's first movie review television program that aired every Tuesday at 8:30 pm. The first season of the program originally aired on Record TV Network. The second premiered July 2013.
Hosts
Actresses Monica Birwinyo and Irene Asumpta and former Tusker Project Fame 3 contestant Jacob Nsaali were the original hosts of the show from March 4, 2012 until December 10, 2012 on Record TV. It was announced that screenwriter and film director Usama Mukwaya would replace Jacob in May 2013 with the second season airing soon.
See also
Hand in Hand (Ugandan TV series)
Beneath The Lies - The Series
External links
References
Ugandan television series
English-language television shows
2012 Ugandan television series debuts
2010s Ugandan television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Bild | Computer Bild is a German fortnightly computer magazine published by Axel Springer SE. It is published in nine countries, and is one of Europe's best selling computer magazines.
History and profile
Computer Bild was first published in 1996. The editor is Axel Telzerow who has held his position since February 2012, and his predecessor Hans-Martin Burr was in office since October 2006. Previously, the editor since the formation of the magazine was the magazine's founder Harald Kuppek, who left the position in December 2006.
In Germany Computer Bild is published on a fortnightly basis. The magazine has a Polish edition which is part of Axel Springer SE via its subsidiary Axel Springer Polska. It is adapted for each country in which it is published.
Circulation
Computer Bild had a circulation of 1,057,000 copies in 2001. Its Italian edition sold 36,082 copies in 2007. The circulation of the magazine was 686,527 copies in 2010 in Germany. Its circulation was 505,600 copies in Germany in 2012. During the second quarter of 2016 the magazine had a circulation of 236,964 copies in the country.
References
External links
Russian website magazine
Polish website magazine
1996 establishments in Germany
Axel Springer SE
Biweekly magazines published in Germany
Computer magazines published in Germany
German-language magazines
Magazines established in 1996
Magazines published in Hamburg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Recreation%20Database | The National Recreation Database (NRDB) is an online database of Canadian parks and recreation-related information maintained by the Leisure Information Network (LIN), a national non-profit organization with the prime intent of establishing a repository for unpublished “grey” literature contributed by the recreation profession.
The National Research Database makes accessible previously unpublished, sector-related literature and tools to encourage knowledge sharing and development amongst Canadian recreation and leisure practitioners. The repository also serves as an awareness and promotional tool for sharing news and trends in the sector. It is endorsed by the Interprovincial Sport and Recreation Council (the body of federal/provincial/territorial government ministers responsible for recreation, sport and active living).
The NRDB is continuously growing, currently containing 10,000 + documents, with an additional 8,300 + records (program success stories, news, events, job postings, etc.) solicited from recreation, parks, health-promotion and quality of life organizations across the country. Not a typical database, in addition to housing resources it generates the content on virtually every page of the LIN website, specialized RSS feeds for subscribers, and customized content to other partner websites.
The Database is visited by more than 65,000 unique users annually, who download resources valued at over $3.6M including:
Policies and Procedures
Training Manuals
Reports
Conference Presentations
Sample RFPs
Sample Job Descriptions
Toolkits
Surveys
Industry Standards
It is intended that users will contribute as well as retrieve relevant information from the database. Information is available for download at no cost to the user with proper citation.
References
Databases in Canada
Parks in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.%20Lynn%20McNulty | Lt. Col. Frederick “F.” Lynn McNulty (1939–2012) was the first Director of Information Systems Security for the U.S. State Department, a pioneer in the field of cybersecurity, and has been characterized as the “father” of U.S. federal information security. His peers eulogized him as a tireless advocate for the security of the nation. He was an early and persistent champion of information security in government.
Cybersecurity
McNulty played a key role in influencing U.S. national security policy on everything from export controls on commercial encryption products to the deployment of key federal cybersecurity infrastructure. He was repeatedly called to testify on cybersecurity matters by U.S. House and Senate subcommittees. According to SCMagazine.com’s Robert Bigman, McNulty’s contributions to cybersecurity are “woven into the DNA of almost every government information security policy and program,” and his security initiatives became a model within the federal government and served as the basis for The Computer Security Act of 1987. In its June 15, 2012 edition, Federal Computer Weekly identified McNulty as one of the key thought leaders in the field of cybersecurity during the preceding quarter century.
A Fellow of the International Information Systems Security Consortium (ISC)², McNulty was the recipient of the Federal 100 Award and inducted into the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame. His publications include F. Lynn McNulty “Encryption's Importance to Economic and Infrastructure Security”, 9 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 427–450 (1999).
Background & Postscript
Born in Alameda, California, McNulty received his B.A. in international affairs from the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded 2 master's degrees, an M.A. in international affairs from San Jose State and an M.P.A. from George Washington University. A United States Army Reserve officer from 1963 until 1999, Frederick Lynn McNulty was activated for four years during the Vietnam War. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, McNulty worked in information security at the Central Intelligence Agency. He retired from government in 1995. McNulty died of an aggressive lymphoma in 2012. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Honors
In late 2013, the (ISC)² created the McNulty Award, one of its U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Awards (GISLA), in F. Lynn McNulty's honor. The F. Lynn McNulty Tribute GISLA will recognize a member of the U.S. federal information security community who upholds McNulty’s legacy as a visionary and innovator through outstanding service and commitment. The organization shall bestow the first F. Lynn McNulty GISLA in October, 2013. In 2014, F. Lynn McNulty was, himself, posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th annual bestowing of awards for excellence in information security and public policy at the RSA global information security conference in San Francisco, California. His w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimimistis%20illaudata | Antimimistis illaudata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
References
Moths described in 1922
Eupitheciini
Moths of Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettrs | Lettrs is a global mobile application and social network that allows users to compose and send mobile messages privately or publicly. The lettrs app converts mobile voice, data and pictures to digital personal and public messages via its text and mobile delivery inventions.
lettrs is headquartered in New York City and Drew Bartkiewicz is the company’s CEO and co-founder. In 2015, Mark Jung was named the company Chairman. lettrs has a global user base in 174 countries, over 1 million downloads and has been featured in several media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, CBS and NPR.
History
lettrs was established in 2012 by technology entrepreneur Drew Bartkiewicz. Bartkiewicz came up with the idea for the company in 2008 after being inspired by his grandmother’s letter writing and his own experiences during his service in the military. lettrs was officially established the summer of 2012 with the help of his wife, Araceli Bartkiewicz, and children, though it was not launched as a global platform from its beta phase until December 2012.
Bartkiewicz introduced the lettrs mobile application at the PostalVision 2020/3.0 conference in Washington, D.C. in 2013. The Android version was released in July 2014, followed by a re-release of the iOS app in October.
Features
lettrs provides a mobile platform for customers to create and deliver mobile letters in 80 translated languages with a selection of writing themes, proprietary “SocialStamps” and styles. It facilitates both private messaging and public posting of signed, translated and networked mobile-to-mobile letters.
The signature service of lettrs is the translation of letter messages in real time complete with original user signatures and selectable SocialStamps. The lettrs mobile network is able to translate an original digital letter in up to 80 languages. Users may also share open letters and the lettrs stamps across other major social networks.
In December 2014 the company introduced a feature named SocialStamps that allows users to add a customized stamp to a letter. At the feature’s launch, the company offered 47 different stamps with plans to issue new stamps monthly. As part of the release the lettrs 2014 Persons of Note stamps on the lettrs network featured Michelle Phan, Narendra Modi, Bob Woodruff of ABC News and Stanley A. McChrystal.
Users can share letters and the SocialStamps via Facebook and Twitter. lettrs also integrates with Google+ and Instagram so that users may broaden the distribution of their letters beyond the mobile app. Users can also pen open public letters or petitions for supporting causes, persons, or brands.
lettrs conducted its first Hollywood movie integration in April 2015 with Relativity Media. The company released stamps featuring images from the movie Desert Dancer. In May 2015, lettrs released the "Women of Note" stamp collection. It featured 12 notable women including Michelle Obama, Queen Rania of Jordan, Shakira, Michelle Bachelet, Laura Bush, So |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Test%20%28season%206%29 | The sixth and final season of the animated television series Johnny Test originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. The season was announced by Teletoon on June 12, 2012, consisting of 26 episodes, with two segments each. In the United States, the season premiered on Boomerang on April 2, 2013, and on Cartoon Network on April 23. In Canada, it began airing on September 4, 2013, on Teletoon. This season would feature the return of Ashleigh Ball, who departed after Season 4, as the voices of Mary Test and Sissy Blakely. According to the end credits, Warner Bros. still owns its trademark.
Reception
Ratings
According to Nielsen Media Research, numerous episodes of the season ranked first among the network's targeted demographic of boys aged 2–11, 6–11 and 9–14: "Johnny's Super Massive Kart Wheelies 7" on June 4, 2013; "Dial J for Johnny" on January 14, 2014; and "Crash Test Johnny" on February 25, 2014. The 2013 premieres of "Johnny Vets Dukey" on May 7, "Johnny's Rough Around the Hedges" on July 9, and "Johnny in Charge" on November 6 all ranked first for boys aged 6–11 and 9–14, while the premiere of "Johnny Express" on February 18, 2014, only ranked first among boys aged 9–14.
Home media
The season was made available for digital download through the iTunes Store, with the first of a two-part volume consisting of 13 episodes released on September 4, 2013, but it was removed in 2021–2022. The season is available to stream on Netflix.
Accolades
Writer Ethan Banville was nominated for a WGC Screenwriting Award by the Writers Guild of Canada in 2014 for his episode "Stop in the Name of Johnny". The ceremony was hosted at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning's Koerner Hall.
Cast
James Arnold Taylor as Johnny Test
Trevor Devall as Dukey
Ashleigh Ball as Mary Test
Maryke Hendrikse as Susan Test
Episodes
References
Notes
2013 American television seasons
2014 American television seasons
Johnny Test seasons
2013 Canadian television seasons
2014 Canadian television seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Krug | Steve Krug (*1950) is a UX (User Experience) professional based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He is best known for his book Don't Make Me Think about human-computer interaction and web usability, which is in its third edition with over 600,000 copies in print. He also heads a one-man consulting firm called Advanced Common Sense. Krug offers in-house workshops where he teaches do-it-yourself usability testing and provides targeted advice to clients on web usability strategies. Krug published Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems in 2009.
References
External links
Website for Krug's consulting firm
1950 births
Living people
Information architects
People from Massachusetts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediEvil | MediEvil is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by SCE Studio Cambridge and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game is set in the medieval Kingdom of Gallowmere and centres around the charlatan protagonist, Sir Daniel Fortesque, as he makes an attempt to stop antagonist Zarok's invasion of the kingdom whilst simultaneously redeeming himself.
Development began in 1995 at Millennium Interactive in Cambridge under the working title of Dead Man Dan. The visuals are heavily influenced by Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Originally conceived as an arcade-style shooter for platforms such as Windows and the Sega Saturn, Sony's purchase of SCE Cambridge Studio evolved the game into a PlayStation title. The game received mostly positive praise from critics upon release, with praise including its blend of Halloween themed visuals, but was criticised for its controls and cumbersome camera work.
It was released in Europe and North America in 1998, and in Japan in 1999. It was also re-released on the PlayStation Network in 2007. It was followed by a sequel, MediEvil 2, in 2000. The game has also been remade twice in later years; as MediEvil: Resurrection for the PlayStation Portable in 2005 and simply as MediEvil for the PlayStation 4 in 2019.
Gameplay
The game takes place across a variety of levels, many of which require certain objectives to be performed to progress. Sir Daniel Fortesque can use a variety of weapons, consisting of close range weapons such as swords and clubs to long range weapons such as crossbows. Many can be charged for a powerful attack and some, such as the club, can be used to access areas that are otherwise inaccessible. When not possessing any items, Dan is able to rip his arm off and use it for both melee and ranged attacks. Dan can equip a shield alongside weapons for defence, but each type of shield has a limited amount of strength and are therefore best used sparingly. Throughout the game, Dan can visit gargoyle heads of two varieties: green ones offer Dan information while blue ones allow Dan to buy services or ammunition by using the treasures he finds.
Dan's health is determined by a health bar, which reduces when Dan is hit. It will deplete completely if Dan drowns or falls from a great height. If Dan runs out of health, the game will end. Dan can extend his maximum health by collecting Life Bottles, which will automatically refill his health bar if it drops to zero. Also hidden throughout the game are Life Vials and Life Fountains that replenish Dan's health and fill any empty Life Bottles Dan has. In each level, there is a hidden Chalice of Souls which can be collected if the player has dispatched enough enemies (some Chalices are awarded via other means). Certain enemies have no soul and therefore do not count while the levels "The Sleeping Village" and "The Haunted Ruins" include NPCs with "good souls" that will reduce the Chalice percentage if killed. If |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua%20TV%20Show%20Show | Aqua TV Show Show is the alternative title given to the tenth season of the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The tenth season aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The season started on August 11, 2013 with "Muscles" and ended with "Spacecadeuce" on October 20, 2013, with a total of ten episodes. The show is about the surreal adventures and antics of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, who live together as roommates and frequently interact with their human next-door neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski. In May 2015, this season became available on Hulu Plus.
Episodes in this season were written and directed by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro. The theme music was composed by Flying Lotus. Almost every episode in this season featured a special guest appearance, which continues a practice used in past seasons. This season has been released in various forms of home media, including on demand streaming.
Production
Every episode in this season was written and directed by series creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, who have both written and directed every episode of the series. All episodes originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim.
The opening theme entitled "Aqua Teen 24" and the closing theme entitled "Chasing Apples" were both composed by American alternative hip hop producer Flying Lotus, who has worked with Adult Swim several times over the years. Both songs were formally released on the Ideas+drafts+loops mixtape on December 10, 2013, including the instrumental for "Aqua Teen 24".
Cast
Main
Dana Snyder as Master Shake
Carey Means as Frylock
Dave Willis as Meatwad, Carl Brutananadilewski and Ignignokt
Recuuring
Matt Maiellaro as Err
George Lowe as Bruno Sardine
Andy Merrill as Oglethorpe
Mike Schatz as Emory
Guest appearances
John DiMaggio as Master Shake's muscles (credited as "Johnny Dee")
Schoolly D as Himself in "Muscles"
Phillip Tallman as Salesman a in "The Dudies"
Henry Zebrowski as Merlo in "Merlo Sauvignon Blanco"
Lavell Crawford as Unbelievable Ron in "Merlo Sauvignon Blanco"
Matt Besser as Chimp Alien (credited as "Matt Bessar") in "Banana Planet"
Lavell Crawford as Chimp Alien in "Banana Planet"
Curtis Gwinn as Chimp Alien (credited as "Curjay Gwinn") in "Banana Planet"
Wendy Cross in "Working Stiffs"
Dana Swanson in "Working Stiffs"
Jim Florentine as a restaurant manager in "Working Stiffs"
Patrick Byrne in "Working Stiffs"
Josh Warren in "Skins"
Thomas Decoud in "Skins"
Mary Kraft in "Skins"
T.M. Levin in "Skins"
Rob Kutner as in "Skins"
Senor Negotio in "Skins"
Casey Wilson as Freda (credited as "Rose Higdon") in "Freda"
Bobcat Goldthwait as Zingo in "Storage Zeebles"
Mary Mack as Zaffy in "Storage Zeebles"
Bobby Moynihan as Zarfonius in "Storage Zeebles"
Paul Painter as Wise and All-Knowing Bush in "Storage Zeebles"
Paul Rust as |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina%20Katabi | Dina Katabi () (born 1970) is the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and the director of the MIT Wireless Center.
Academic biography
Katabi received a bachelor's degree from the University of Damascus in 1995 and M.S and Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT in 1998 and 2003 respectively. In 2003, Katabi joined MIT, where she holds the title of Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She is the co-director of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing and a principal investigator at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Awards
In 2013, Katabi won the Grace Murray Hopper Award, recognizing her as the outstanding young computer science professional.
In 2012, her work on Sparse Fourier Transforms was chosen as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year by Technology Review.
In September 2013, Katabi was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her work. In 2013 she also became a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
In 2014, on the celebration of Project Mac's 50th anniversary, her work on X-ray vision was chosen as one of the "50 ways that MIT has transformed computer science."
In 2015, Katabi presented her startup idea to President Obama at White House demo day.
In 2017, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to network congestion control and to wireless communications.
In 2017, Katabi was awarded the ACM Prize in Computing, recognizing her as "one of the most innovative researchers in the field of networking, Katabi applies methods from communication theory, signal processing and machine learning to solve problems in wireless networking".
References
External links
Dina Katabi's CSAIL homepage at MIT
MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing
American computer scientists
Syrian emigrants to the United States
Syrian computer scientists
Syrian women scientists
Living people
MIT School of Engineering faculty
MacArthur Fellows
Syrian women computer scientists
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
1970 births
21st-century American women scientists
21st-century American scientists
Sloan Research Fellows
American women academics
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory people
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Barrette | Alexandre Barrette is a French Canadian comedian and TV personality. He hosts several TV game shows seen on the V television network. They include Taxi Payant, the French Canadian version of Cash Cab and Atomes Crochus (Missing Links), the French Canadian version of the Match Game.
References
External links
Official website
Living people
Canadian game show hosts
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Love%20%26%20Lies%20episodes | Love & Lies, a Filipino suspense-action drama television series created by RJ Nuevas, developed by Richard Cruz and produced and broadcast by GMA Network. The series premiered on April 8, 2013 on the network's GMA Telebabad slot and on April 9, 2013 worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV. The concluded its nine weeks run on June 7, 2013 with the total of forty-four episodes.
The forty-five-minute scripted drama follows the life and love Edward Galvez, a fictional Philippine Navy officer, who gets tangled in a web of lies and conspiracies when a mysterious organization suddenly kidnaps his wife. As the protagonist discovers the truth behind the crime, he uncovers a treacherous plot that threatens to turn his world upside-down. The true perpetrators of the crime may be closer to home than he dare think. As he thread to the maze of lies, blackmails, double-dealings, and betrayals, everyone becomes a suspect.
Mark Reyes directed the show, while Leilani Feliciano-Sandoval and Rebya Upalda were the executive producers of the series throughout its nine weeks run, 44 episodes.
Main cast
Richard Gutierrez as Edward Galvez
Bela Padilla as Denise Salvador
Michelle Madrigal as Catherine "Cathy" Galvez
Sid Lucero as Gabriel "Gabby" Romero
Paolo Contis as Emmanuel "Manny" Perez
List of episodes
External links
Official GMA Network website
References
Lists of Philippine drama television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic%20Shell | Classic Shell is a computer program for Microsoft Windows that provides user interface elements intended to restore familiar features from past versions of Windows. It focuses on the Start menu, File Explorer and Internet Explorer — three major components of the Windows shell although it also does some minor tweaks for the Windows Taskbar. In particular, it can serve as a Start menu replacement for Windows 8 and Windows 10 systems.
Developed by Ivo Beltchev, it was first released in 2009, and has been downloaded over ten and a half million times since.
Development by Beltchev has ceased, and the project's source code has been released. Development has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open-Shell.
Features and architecture
Classic Shell is packaged as a suite of three components, all optional and independent of each other:
Classic Start Menu — A re-implementation of the Start Menu, replicating features from several different generations of Windows
Classic Explorer — An add-on to File/Windows Explorer, restoring and extending features present in various Windows releases
Classic IE — An add-on for Internet Explorer 9 and later, it restores the web page title to the window title bar, and various details to the status bar
Classic Shell is programmed in C++. Although it modifies Windows behaviors, it does not do so by modifying or tweaking Windows registry settings or replacing or patching system files — all modifications are done using Windows APIs. It is localized into more than 30 languages, including right-to-left support for Arabic and Hebrew.
Classic Start Menu
Classic Start Menu is a replacement for the Windows Start Menu. Features include:
Customize appearance of the Start button and Start Menu, and menu and submenu items
Show recently, or most frequently used, apps
Show recently opened documents, with sorting, jumplists, and pinning
Highlight newly installed programs
Separate traditional desktop apps from Universal Windows Platform apps
Sort menus alphabetically, by date, or custom order with drag-and-drop
Windows Search integration
Customize settings such as menu opening delay, tooltip timing, sub-menu column style, menu width, icon size, animation, scroll speed, font smoothing, etc.
Skinning to more completely customize the appearance
Scales icons and menu background to higher resolutions and/or pixel density (PPI)
Besides restoring past behavior, there are several new features. These include showing the menu next to the taskbar when it is vertical, multi-monitor support, launching multiple programs at once, custom shutdown-related actions, Universal app launching, expanding any file folder as cascading menus, and additional keyboard shortcuts. The search box can search the system path, can show partial matches, and can show all results inside the menu.
Classic Start Menu can also modify Windows 8's new UI features, such as hot corners only on the desktop without disabling them inside Univ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20enterprise%20law | United States enterprise law is the body of law concerning networks, platforms, utilities, public services (also NPU law) and the regulation of other enterprises or business entities. It is based on federal statutes, state statutes, and case law, that seek to guarantee human rights, particularly economic and social rights.
History
Second Bill of Rights
Regulation
Nationalization
Privatization
History of US antitrust law
Administrative and general laws
The regulation of enterprise is subject to a range of federal and state rules that constitute the economy. First, principles of judicial review set the rules for all bodies exercising public authority
Administrative law
Judicial review
Corporate and bankruptcy laws
Delaware General Corporation Law
New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Securities Act of 1933
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
Labor and employment laws
National Labor Relations Act of 1935
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Civil Rights Act of 1964
WARN Act of 1988
Antitrust and consumer protection
Sherman Act of 1890
Clayton Act of 1914
Networks and public services
Education
1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
1965: Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (Pub. L. No. 89-329)
1974: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
1974: Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 (EEOA)
1975: Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) (Pub. L. No. 94-142)
1978: Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
1980: Department of Education Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 96-88)
1984: Equal Access Act
1990: The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)
1994: Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
2001: No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
2004: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
2005: Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) (Pub. L. No. 109-171)
2006: Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act
2007: America COMPETES Act
2008: Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) (Pub. L. No. 110-315)
2009: Race to the Top
2009: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
2010: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
:Category:United States education case law
Health
Department of Health
1946: Hospital Survey and Construction Act (Hill-Burton Act) PL 79-725
1949: Hospital Construction Act PL 81-380
1950: Public Health Services Act Amendments PL 81-692
1955: Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act PL 84-377
1956: Health Research Facilities Act PL 84-835
1960: Social Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid) PL 86-778
1961: Community Health Services and Facilities Act PL 87-395
1962: Public Health Service Act PL 87-838
1962: Vaccination Assistance PL 87-868
1963: Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Act/Community Mental Health Centers Act PL 88-164
1964: Nurse Training Act PL 88-581
1965: Communi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axinoptera%20turgidata | Axinoptera turgidata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found on Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia.
The wings are a uniform grey with a pale spot on the hindwing margin.
References
Moths described in 1866
Eupitheciini
Moths of Asia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Buchanan%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | William Johnston Buchanan OBE FBCS CEng PFHEA (born 6 March 1961) is a Scottish computer scientist. Buchanan is a professor in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment. He currently leads the Blockpass ID Lab and the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical at Edinburgh Napier University. In 2017, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cyber security.
Along with the love of the City of Edinburgh, Buchanan has deep passion for cryptography and innovation and is quoted with a tagline of, "A Serial Innovator. An Old World Breaker. A New World Creator." Over the years, he has presented a strong viewpoint on the risks of AI and a Big Brother world. Buchanan also shows a great passion for enterprise and education in Scotland, "For a small country, Scotland has a beating heart of innovation and enterprise. The country is known around the world for its inventors and enterprising spirit. But, at the core of this, is a commitment to education at all levels, and in breaking down the barriers in the access to education."
Buchanan teaches Network Security and Applied Cryptography in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University, and his research focus is around digital identity, cryptography and blockchain. This applies into areas of health care and cybersecurity. He is the sole author and creator of ASecuritySite, and which hosts a wide range of cryptography applications, including within public key encryption, symmetric key encryption, digital signatures and key exchange methods. ASecuritySite.com was first released on 15 Feb 2013.
Buchanan was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2017. He was the first person in the UK to received an award for services to Cybersecurity. On receiving it he outlined, "The award of an OBE is recognition for not just my own work but that of the Cyber Academy, and for the role my university, my School and the city has played in supporting that work. We have never had any barriers placed in our way, and have always received the required support, and the freedom, to develop our vision", and "We hope our work can continue to provide both economic and social impacts, and that cyber security can point the way to building new infrastructures which respect the rights of individuals while also protecting our societies."
In January 2018, Buchanan decided to receive his OBE in his home city, and received this from Queen Elizabeth II at Hollyrood Palace in July 2018.
Love of Edinburgh
Buchanan has never hid his love of his home city of Edinburgh, "I stepped foot in Edinburgh many decades ago and immediately fell in love with the place. That first sight of the city will never leave me, and I still adore the way it holds its head high." In April 2018, he presented alongside Richard Demarco in an event entitled, "Building a World-leading City in Arts & Science" and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econocom | Econocom Group SE is a European provider of business-to-business digital services. It was founded in 1974 by Jean-Louis Bouchard as Europe Computer Systèmes (ECS).
History of the group
Inception and early years
1974: Jean-Louis Bouchard founds the group under the name Europe Computer Systèmes (ECS) in France.
1986: Jean-Louis Bouchard sells his stake in ECS France to Société Générale but buys back all the foreign subsidiaries and merges them with Econocom, an American SMB he had recently taken over. The subsidiaries and group are renamed "Econocom".
1986: Econocom Belgium is listed on the secondary market of the Brussels stock exchange.
1993: Acquires Asystel Belgium, making Econocom Distribution the leading IT distributor in the Benelux.
International expansion
1996: Econocom is listed on the primary market of the Brussels stock exchange.
2000: Econocom is listed on the secondary market of the Paris stock exchange. The group diversifies by setting up Econocom Telecom.
2000: Exchange offer for Infopoint.
2001: The group employs 2000 people.
2002: Acquires Comdisco-Promodata in France (administrative and financial IT asset management).
2004: Acquires Signal Service France.
2005: The group concentrates its business in 5 European countries: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Econocom sells off its Swiss subsidiary and closes its financing operations in the United States.
2006: Branches into telecoms by acquiring Avenir Telecom's business division.
2007: Expands its telecoms division and acquires the Carphone Warehouse France's "Business" division. The group doubles its sales force in Italy by acquiring Tecnolease, an Italian IT leasing company.
2008: Acquires Databail, a French IT infrastructure funding company.
2009: Opens a nearshore remote service facility in Rabat, Morocco, which employs 300 multilingual staff.
October 2010: Société Générale sells ECS: Jean-Louis Bouchard buys back the company he set up over thirty-five years before and merges it with Econocom.
2010: Launches "7 Remote Services", an enterprise solution designed to assist companies in migrating their IT estate to Microsoft’s latest operating system.
2011: Véronique di Benedetto, former Deputy Managing Director of ECS, is appointed Deputy Managing Director of the new group and managing director of Econocom France. A graduate of ESCP who began her career as an Account Manager at IBM, Véronique joins the management board, chaired by Jean-Louis Bouchard, along with Jean-Phillippe Roesch and Bruno Lemaistre.
2012: Econocom continues its expansion in the virtualisation sector by acquiring Ermestel, a pioneer in the Spanish market, and acquiring a stake in Centix, a Belgian company specialising in cloud computing solutions.
2012: Acquires Tactem, a provider of telecom expense management solutions.
2012: Acquires France Systèmes, France's leading Apple reseller in the education and research sector, and enhances its IT security offering by buying Ca |
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