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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingemar%20Cox | Ingemar J. Cox is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Computer Science at University College London, where he is Head of the Future Media Group, and he is Professor in the Machine Learning department at the University of Copenhagen. Between 2003 and 2008, he was Director of UCL's Adastral Park Campus.
He has been a recipient of a Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship (2002–2007). He received his B.Sc. from University College London and Ph.D. from Oxford University. He was a member of the technical staff from 1984 until 1989 at AT&T Bell Labs at Murray Hill, where his research interests were focused on mobile robots.
In 1989 he joined NEC Research Institute in Princeton, New Jersey, as a senior research scientist in the computer science division. At NEC, his research shifted to problems in computer vision and he was responsible for creating the computer vision group at NECI. He has worked on problems to do with stereo and motion correspondence and multimedia issues of image database retrieval and watermarking. In 1999, he was awarded the IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award (Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Area) for a paper he co-authored on watermarking. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Chief Technical Officer of Signafy, Inc., a subsidiary of NEC responsible for the commercialization of watermarking. Between 1996 and 1999, he led the design of NEC's watermarking proposal for DVD video disks and later collaborated with IBM in developing the technology behind the joint Galaxy proposal supported by Hitachi, IBM, NEC, Pioneer and Sony. In 1999, he returned to NEC Research Institute as a Research Fellow.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the IET, the British Computer Society, and the Association for Computing Machinery. He is a member of the UK Computing Research Committee. He was founding co-editor in chief of the IEE Proc. on Information Security. He is co-author of a book entitled Digital Watermarking and its second edition Digital Watermarking and Steganography, and the co-editor of two books, Autonomous Robots Vehicles and Partitioning Data Sets: With Applications to Psychology, Computer Vision and Target Tracking. In 2019, Cox received the Tony Kent Strix award. As of October 2020, he has a Google h-index of 78 and an i10-index of 191, and has had 44,433 citations made of his work. He has 49 patents and 299 publications.
References
Academics of University College London
British computer scientists
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petkov%C5%A1ek%27s%20algorithm | Petkovšek's algorithm (also Hyper) is a computer algebra algorithm that computes a basis of hypergeometric terms solution of its input linear recurrence equation with polynomial coefficients. Equivalently, it computes a first order right factor of linear difference operators with polynomial coefficients. This algorithm was developed by Marko Petkovšek in his PhD-thesis 1992. The algorithm is implemented in all the major computer algebra systems.
Gosper-Petkovšek representation
Let be a field of characteristic zero. A nonzero sequence is called hypergeometric if the ratio of two consecutive terms is rational, i.e. . The Petkovšek algorithm uses as key concept that this rational function has a specific representation, namely the Gosper-Petkovšek normal form. Let be a nonzero rational function. Then there exist monic polynomials and such that
and
for every nonnegative integer ,
and
.
This representation of is called Gosper-Petkovšek normal form. These polynomials can be computed explicitly. This construction of the representation is an essential part of Gosper's algorithm. Petkovšek added the conditions 2. and 3. of this representation which makes this normal form unique.
Algorithm
Using the Gosper-Petkovšek representation one can transform the original recurrence equation into a recurrence equation for a polynomial sequence . The other polynomials can be taken as the monic factors of the first coefficient polynomial resp. the last coefficient polynomial shifted . Then has to fulfill a certain algebraic equation. Taking all the possible finitely many triples and computing the corresponding polynomial solution of the transformed recurrence equation gives a hypergeometric solution if one exists.
In the following pseudocode the degree of a polynomial is denoted by and the coefficient of is denoted by .
algorithm petkovsek is
input: Linear recurrence equation .
output: A hypergeometric solution if there are any hypergeometric solutions.
for each monic divisor of do
for each monic divisor of do
for each do
for each root of do
Find non-zero polynomial solution of
if such a non-zero solution exists then
return a non-zero solution of
If one does not end if a solution is found it is possible to combine all hypergeometric solutions to get a general hypergeometric solution of the recurrence equation, i.e. a generating set for the kernel of the recurrence equation in the linear span of hypergeometric sequences.
Petkovšek also showed how the inhomogeneous problem can be solved. He considered the case where the right-hand side of the recurrence equation is a sum of hypergeometric sequences. After grouping together certain hypergeometric sequences of the right-hand side, for each of those groups a certain recurrence equation is solved for a rational solution. These rational solutions can be |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Gadiot | Alan Peter Gadiot Nava (; born 2 January 1985) is a British actor. Gadiot is best known for his role as James Valdez in the USA Network show Queen of the South and for his role as Shanks in Netflix's series One Piece . He also played Cyrus in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Adam in Showtime’s Yellowjackets. Additionally, Gadiot portrays Tom Westfall in the second season of NBC's Quantum Leap.
Early life
Peter Gadiot was born in England, raised in East Grinstead, West Sussex, and educated in London. His father is Dutch, and his mother is Mexican. He speaks both English and Spanish fluently. He has one older brother.
Gadiot is a naturalized Mexican, and a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Career
Gadiot trained classically at Drama Centre London and has appeared in numerous stage productions. His past credits include MTV's Hot Mess, the British series My Spy Family (2010) and a British horror film 13Hrs (2010), also known by the name Night Wolf.
In 2013, Gadiot made his American network debut as Cyrus, the handsome and mysterious Genie, in ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. That same year, Gadiot starred opposite Léa Seydoux in a short film (campaign) Prada: Candy for the fragrance Prada Candy L’Eau, directed by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola. He also appeared in three episodes of the British series Fresh Meat, a Channel 4 dramedy with a large cult following and starred in the German horror film The Forbidden Girl (2013).
Gadiot went behind the camera to write, direct and produce the short film 12–17, released in 2014. The short film is about young men who would deceive younger girls into falling in love with them before emotionally blackmailing them into becoming prostitutes (loverboys). The short film is called 12–17 because that’s the age of most girls who are trafficked.
Furthermore, Gadiot played in 2014 also the recurring role of Caesar in the series Matador and after that the role of Ka in the Canadian-American miniseries Tut (2015).
In 2016, Gadiot went back to the theater and played the lead role of Petruchio in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington DC.
From 2016 to 2021, Gadiot starred as James Valdez in the crime drama series Queen of the South, produced for USA Network, an adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel La Reina del Sur. Gadiot won the 2017 Imagen Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television for his presentation of James Valdez in USA Networks Queen of the South. In 2021, the fifth and final season of Queen of the South was broadcast on USA Network.
Beside his role in Queen of the South, Gadiot played Mister Mxyzptlk in The CW's Supergirl in the second season (2017). And Gadiot starred in the Rock ’n Roll miniseries All You Need Is Me (2018), which is released on Studio+ and Canalplus. Gadiot played the lead guitarist Stephen.
In the drama film Another Girl, released in 2021, Gadiot played Dave Hastings, the hot, marrie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data3 | Data#3 Limited (DTL) is a publicly traded information and communications technology (ICT) company. Data#3's head office is located in Brisbane, but the business operates across Australia.
Data#3's official listing date on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) was 23 December 1997. The company's three lines of business include software, infrastructure and services.
Data#3's was founded in 1977 and established by Powell, Clark and Associates (PCA).
References
External links
Official site
Information technology companies of Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESDS | ESDS may refer to:
Economic and Social Data Service, in the United Kingdom
Entry Sequenced Data Set
See also
ESD (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus%20Research%20Resource%20Centers | The Caucasus Research Resource Centers program (CRRC) is a network for training, research, support and resource centers. The network was established from 2002 onwards in the capitals of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, in partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Eurasian Partnership Foundation, USAID and local universities.
The CRRC’s primary aim is to improve research on social sciences and public policy analysis in the Southern Caucasus region. The program is characterised by the establishment of a network for scholars, researchers, and practitioners, dedicated to strengthening the research capabilities and integration of the various research methods used in academia, as well as fostering engagement with the regional research community. The CRRC’s regional office is devoted to assisting the different country-based centers in establishing effective partnerships among regional scholars, policy practitioners, social science research professionals, as well as representatives from governmental and non-governmental sectors.
In 2004, CRRC began the largest coordinated data collection effort in the South Caucasus region known as the Caucasus Barometer. The Caucasus Barometer is a regular nationwide survey in Georgia, Armenia and, in previous years, Azerbaijan that covers a wide range of, socioeconomic and political issues in the region. With a sample size of about 6,000 people, the Caucasus Barometer available online to the public on the CRRC’s website. In addition to the Caucasus Barometer, the CRRC conducts multiple other surveys, focus groups, and other research projects in the Southern Caucasus region.
Fellowship Programs
The CRRC offers fellowship programs. The Junior Fellowship program was established in 2004 to promote and facilitate first-hand research experience for regional novice researchers within the CRRC team. Fellows also receive rigorous training and contribute to the integration of the South Caucasus region into global academic circles. The Junior Fellowship Program has been in operation in Georgia since 2009, in Azerbaijan since 2011, and in Armenia since 2013. Before 2013, the Armenian office facilitated a long-standing homegrown traditional fellowship program.
CRRC’s International Fellowship program provides the opportunity for researchers from all over the world to j,oin CRRC centers in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for at least 10 weeks. During this time, international fellows analyze regional issues addressing key public policy challenges. They are also encouraged to contribute to CRRC’s research and to work on their independent research.
Libraries and computer resources for the public
Each CRRC center has a library and a computer laboratory. These resources provide the public and researchers with a range of information resources such as textbooks, reference materials, and journals. The computer laboratories provide access to online journals and databases related to social sciences.
Extern |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai%20Keong%20Toh | Chai Keong Toh is a Singaporean computer scientist, engineer, industry director, former VP/CTO and university professor. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the University of California Berkeley, USA. He was formerly Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering & Technology) of Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) Singapore. He has performed research on wireless ad hoc networks, mobile computing, Internet Protocols, and multimedia for over two decades. Toh's current research is focused on Internet-of-Things (IoT), architectures, platforms, and applications behind the development of smart cities.
Early life
Born in Singapore, Toh studied in Singapore Polytechnic and then received his university education in the United Kingdom. He subsequently moved to live and work in the United States. He studied at King's College, Cambridge under a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, and received his Ph.D. in computer science from University of Cambridge, UK in 1996 and his undergraduate EE degrees at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1991.
Industry, public sector and universities
From 2002 to 2004, Toh was the Director of Research, Communication Systems, at TRW Systems Corporation (now Northrop Grumman Inc) in Carson, California. After his PhD in 1996, he joined Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. At Hughes, he co-led the DARPA TTO DAMAN (Deployable and Adaptive Mobile Ad Hoc Networks) Program. Earlier on, he worked as an engineer at Advanced Logic Research Computers, Archive Corporation, and served on the technology advisory board of Convergence Corporation (acquired by Amazon).
Since 2011, he has been appointed the Tsing Hua Honor Chair Professor of Computer Science (Taiwan). He has also been an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong, China (2004–2009), Honorary Professor at the University of Essex, UK (2013–2015), Honorary Professor at the University of Haute Alsace, FRANCE (2013), and Advisory Professor of Computer Science at Technical University of Valencia, SPAIN. Earlier on, he was a tenured Chair Professor at the University of London (2004–2006) and on the faculty at University of California, Irvine and at Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 2014, Toh was appointed as Assistant Chief Executive (Engineering And Technology), of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in 2014. He was concurrently the Chief Engineering & Technology Officer (CETO) of IDA. He left Infocomm Media Development Authority (formerly known as IDA) and joined Singapore Power Telecom Ltd as VP and CTO.
Inventions and awards
Toh was as an IEEE Expert Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society from 2002 to 2003. He is also listed among the top 20 authors in Wireless/Mobile Networks in the world by THOMSON Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for technical papers published from 1995 to 2005. His GoogleScholar.com and Harzing.com Publish or Perish total citation exceeds 20,000. Subsequently, he returned to United |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash%20tree | In computer science, hash tree may refer to:
Hashed array tree
Hash tree (persistent data structure), an implementation strategy for sets and maps
Merkle tree
See also
Hash trie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash%20tree%20%28persistent%20data%20structure%29 | In computer science, a hash tree (or hash trie) is a persistent data structure that can be used to implement sets and maps, intended to replace hash tables in purely functional programming. In its basic form, a hash tree stores the hashes of its keys, regarded as strings of bits, in a trie, with the actual keys and (optional) values stored at the trie's "final" nodes.
Hash array mapped tries and Ctries are refined versions of this data structure, using particular type of trie implementations.
References
Functional data structures
Hashing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperscale%20computing | In computing, hyperscale is the ability of an architecture to scale appropriately as increased demand is added to the system.
This typically involves the ability to seamlessly provide and add compute, memory, networking, and storage resources to a given node or set of nodes that make up a larger computing, distributed computing, or grid computing environment. Hyperscale computing is necessary in order to build a robust and scalable cloud, big data, map reduce, or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run large distributed sites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM Cloud or Oracle. Companies like Ericsson, AMD, and Intel provide hyperscale infrastructure kits for IT service providers. Companies like Scaleway, Switch, Alibaba, IBM, QTS, Digital Realty Trust, Equinix, Oracle, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, SAP, Microsoft and Google build data centers for hyperscale computing. Such companies are sometimes called "hyperscalers."
Dell Technologies are one of the companies that supply Hyperscale Cloud Server technologies to these Hyperscalers, models include HS5610 and HS5620, designed specifically for the Hyperscaler.
See also
Software-defined networking
Software-defined storage
References
Computer industry
Digital media
Technology strategy
Computing culture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerris%20%28software%29 | Gerris is computer software in the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Gerris was released as free and open-source software, subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or any later.
Scope
Gerris solves the Navier–Stokes equations in 2 or 3 dimensions, allowing to model industrial fluids (aerodynamics, internal flows, etc.) or for instance, the mechanics of droplets, thanks to an accurate formulation of multiphase flows (including surface tension). Actually, the latter field of study is the reason why the software shares the same name as the insect genus.
Gerris also provides features relevant to geophysical flows:
ocean tide
tsunamis
river flow
eddies in the ocean
sea state (surface waves)
Flow types #1 to #3 were studied using the shallow-water solver included in Gerris, case #4 brings in the primitives equations and application #5 relies on the spectral equations for generation/propagation/dissipation of swell (and/or wind sea): for this purpose Gerris makes use of the source terms from WaveWatchIII.
Lastly, one can note that the (non-hydrostatic) Navier–Stokes solver was also used in the ocean to study:
fluvial plumes
internal waves
hydrothermal convection
On the contrary Gerris does not allow the modeling of compressible fluids (supersonic flows).
Numerical scheme
Several methods can be used to provide a numerical solution to partial differential equations:
finite differences
finite volumes
finite elements
Gerris belongs to the finite volumes family of CFD models.
Type of grid
Most models use meshes which are either structured (Cartesian or curvilinear grids) or unstructured (triangular, tetrahedral, etc.). Gerris is quite different on this respect: it implements a deal between structured and unstructured meshes by using a tree data structure, allowing to refine locally (and dynamically) the (finite-volume) description of the pressure and velocity fields. Indeed the grid evolves in the course of a given simulation owing to criteria defined by the user (e.g. dynamic refinement of the grid in the vicinity of sharp gradients).
Turbulent closure
Gerris mainly aims at DNS; the range of Reynolds available to the user thus depends on the computing power they can afford (although the auto-adaptive mesh allows one to focus the computing resources on the coherent structures). According to the Gerris FAQ the implementation of turbulence models will focus on the LES family rather than RANS approaches.
Programming language, library dependencies, included tools
Gerris is developed in C using the libraries Glib (object orientation, dynamic loading of modules, etc.) and GTS. The latter brings in facilities to perform geometric computations such as triangulation of solid surfaces and their intersection with fluid cells. Moreover Gerris is fully compliant with MPI parallelisation (including dynamic load balancing).
Gerris does not need a meshing tool since the local (and time dependent) r |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki%20Jerome | Kiki Jerome is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. The role was originated by Kristen Alderson in 2013 when Kiki was introduced as the troublesome girlfriend of Morgan Corinthos (Bryan Craig) having gotten him involved in a dangerous gambling ring. Alderson had previously appeared in the series as Starr Manning, a role she originated on One Life to Live. The character was written into the series as the illegitimate daughter of Franco (originally James Franco) in 2009. Upon her introduction, Kiki's mother Ava Jerome (Maura West) reveals that she is the biological daughter of Dr. Silas Clay (Michael Easton). In 2015, Alderson vacated the role and was replaced by Hayley Erin, who exited the role in late 2018. Erin returned for a one-episode guest appearance in 2019.
The character of Kiki has been quite polarizing for viewers and critics specifically because of the character's lack of development. Many believed Kiki, who initially comes off as a scheming bad girl, had become too much like Starr Manning. Some viewed the recast as a chance to reset the character while others questioned if the character was needed at all. The recast has led to viewers and critics alike re-evaluating the role with many still divided about the need for the character. However, TV Source Magazine specifically praised the writing for Kiki's downward spiral after her father's murder and her mother's recent betrayal with Morgan.
Alderson was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. Erin's portrayal later received a nomination in the category in 2018, before garnering the award in 2019.
Storylines
Kiki is introduced as the girlfriend of Morgan Corinthos (Bryan Craig) who has gotten into trouble with gambling debt. When Morgan's brother Michael (Chad Duell) forces Morgan to go back home to Port Charles, Kiki follows and moves in with Morgan and Michael. While they initially get off on the wrong foot, Kiki softens toward Michael when she learns why he is so protective of Morgan. Kiki is shocked when her mother Ava Jerome (Maura West) confesses that her father, Franco (Roger Howarth) is very much alive. In addition, Kiki is also shocked to learn that Ava is a member of the powerful Jerome crime family that is challenging Michael and Morgan's father Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) for his territory. After they kiss, Michael and Kiki are led to believe they are cousins. Noticing the attraction, Morgan convinces Kiki to marry him in the summer of 2013 only for it to be revealed that Kiki is the biological daughter of Dr. Silas Clay (Michael Easton). To divert his new bride's attention, Morgan resorts to buying Kiki expensive gifts. The marriage quickly implodes when Kiki learns that Morgan knew about her paternity before they married and she files for an annulment. Despite the fact that she is now dating Michael, Kiki is furious to discover Morgan and Ava are having an affai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetOwl | NetOwl is a suite of multilingual text and identity analytics products that analyze big data in the form of text data – reports, web, social media, etc. – as well as structured entity data about people, organizations, places, and things.
NetOwl utilizes artificial intelligence (AI)-based approaches, including natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), and computational linguistics, to extract entities, relationships, and events; to perform sentiment analysis; to assign latitude/longitude to geographical references in text; to translate names written in foreign languages; and to perform name matching and identity resolution.
NetOwl's uses include semantic search and discovery, geospatial analysis, intelligence analysis, content enrichment, compliance monitoring, cyber threat monitoring, risk management, and bioinformatics.
History
The first NetOwl product was NetOwl Extractor, which was initially released in 1996. Since then, Extractor has added many new capabilities, including relationship and event extraction, categorization, name translation, geotagging, and sentiment analysis, as well as entity extraction in other languages. Other products were added later to the NetOwl suite, namely TextMiner, NameMatcher, and EntityMatcher.
NetOwl has participated in several 3rd party-sponsored text and entity analytics software benchmarking events. NetOwl Extractor was the top-scoring named entity extraction system at the DARPA-sponsored Message Understanding Conference MUC-6 and the top-scoring link and event extraction system in MUC-7. It was also the top-scoring system at several of the NIST-sponsored Automatic Content Extraction (ACE) evaluation tasks. NetOwl NameMatcher was the top-scoring system at the MITRE Challenge for Multicultural Person Name Matching.
Products
The NetOwl suite includes, among others, the following text and entity analytics products:
Text Analytics
NetOwl Extractor performs entity extraction from unstructured texts using natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), and computational linguistics. Extractor also performs semantic relationship and event extraction as well as geotagging of text. It is used for a variety of data sources including both traditional sources (e.g., news, reports, web pages, email) and social media (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, chats, blogs). It runs on a variety of Big Data analytics platforms, including Apache Hadoop and LexisNexis’s High-Performance Computer Cluster (HPCC) technology. It has been integrated with a number of 3rd party analytical tools such as Esri ArcGIS and Google Earth/Maps.
Identity Analytics
NetOwl NameMatcher and EntityMatcher perform name matching and identity resolution for large multicultural and multilingual entity databases using machine learning (ML) and computational linguistics approaches. They are used for applications such as anti-money laundering (AML), watch lists, regulatory compliance, fraud detection, etc.
See also
Knowle |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL%20Passion | RTL Passion (stylized as RTL PASSION) is a German pay television channel launched on 27 November 2006 and owned by RTL Group and Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH. Its programming is focused towards female audiences with soap operas, telenovelas and television dramas.
The channel gained a new logo and graphics package on 11 November 2015. The new logo is square-less, but it is different to the Croatian version.
The logo was changed again, on 15 September 2021, along with other sister channels, RTL Living and the main parent channel RTL.
Programming
Current programming
A.D. The Bible Continues (A.D.: Rebellen und Märtyrer) (2016-2017)
Alles was zählt (All That Counts) (2008–present)
Arctic Air (2015)
Atlantis (2014–present)
Arvingerne (Die Erbschaft) (2017–present)
Azul (Azul - Paradies in Gefahr) (2007-2010)
Christine. Perfekt war gestern! (Christine. Perfect Was Yesterday!) (2017–present)
Club der roten Bänder (Club Of The Red Belts) (2016–present)
D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires (2005) (Die drei Musketiere) (2011–2012)
Dawson's Creek (2016–present)
Der Lehrer (The Teacher) (2017–present)
Doc meets Dorf (Doc Meets Village)(2017–present)
Downton Abbey (2018–present)
Dynasty (Der Denver-Clan) (2012-2014)
Falcon Crest (2008-2009, 2013-2014)
Glee (2012–present)
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Good Times, Bad Times) (2006–present)
Heartless (2018–present)
Hotel (2011-2013)
Jamaica Inn (Riff-Piraten) (2015–present)
Matchball (2008)
Mercy (2013-2015)
Mistresses (2016–present)
Party of Five (2016–present)
Providence (2016–present)
Once Upon a Time (Once Upon a Time - Es war einmal...) (2012–present)
Outlander (Outlander - Die Highland-Saga) (2015–present)
Rosa salvaje (Die wilde Rose) (2008, 2010-2011)
Royal Pains (2014-2017)
Salomé (2008-2011)
Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Geständnisse einer Edelhure) (2009-2013)
Sekretärinnen - Überleben von 9 bis 5 (Secretaries - Survive From 9 To 5) (2017–present)
Small Island (2014–present)
Sous le soleil (St. Tropez) (2006-2009)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Tess) (2011-2013)
The Collection (2017–present)
The Hollow Crown (2017–present)
The Paradise (2013–present)
The Smoke (2014-2017)
The Starter Wife (The Starter Wife - Alles auf Anfang) (2014–present)
Thirtysomething (Die besten Jahre) (2016–present)
Titans (Titans - Dynastie der Intrigen) (2008-2011)
Unter uns (2006–present)
Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) (2006–present)
Vicious (2014-2017)
War & Peace (Krieg und Frieden) (2017–present)
Westerdeich (2008-2009)
Wildfire (2010-2012)
Your Family or Mine (2018–present)
Logo
Audience share
Germany
References
External links
Television stations in Germany
Television stations in Austria
Television stations in Switzerland
German-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Women's interest channels |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff%20Dougherty | Geoff Dougherty is a Chicago journalist noted for founding two local news organizations, and for his work as a computer-assisted/quantitative journalist.
Career
Chi-Town Daily News
In 2005, Dougherty founded the nonprofit Chicago Daily News, an online-only news organization devoted to hyperlocal coverage of Chicago neighborhoods. The name echoed that of the Chicago Daily News, a newspaper which had folded in 1978 and had been held in high regard by him. He even used Craigslist to advertise for writers. The organization shortly changed its name to Chi-Town Daily News. In 2007, it received $340,000 in funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to build a network of trained citizen journalists to cover their Chicago neighborhoods.
The news organization won national attention for its business model and journalism, including coverage in The Washington Post. and Boston Globe. Chi-Town Daily News attracted some criticism from traditional journalists, who argued that citizen journalism would encourage news organizations to lay off full-time, professional reporters in favor of unpaid volunteers incapable of producing high-caliber journalism. Chi-Town Daily News closed in September 2009, citing a lack of available philanthropic funds to continue operations.
Chicago Current
In 2010, Dougherty and a group of former Chi-Town Daily News reporters launched Chicago Current, an insider political paper modeled after Politico.
Computer-Assisted Reporting
Before launching the two online newspapers, Dougherty was the computer-assisted reporting editor at the Chicago Tribune, where he undertook investigations on coal mining and food safety.
Earlier, he served as computer-assisted reporting editor at the Miami Herald, where he played a key role in the paper's investigation into the flawed presidential election of 2000, and the subsequent effort to examine and analyze all of the discarded ballots in Florida.
U.S. News & World Report
Dougherty is now a journalist for U.S. News & World Report, performing quantitative analysis on health care-related topics. In 2015, he and Steve Sternberg reported on increased procedural complication rates for surgeries at low-volume hospitals. This led Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and the University of Michigan Health System to impose policies of minimum volume for certain procedures.
Education
Dougherty received his MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where is currently a PhD candidate. He has received a student award from The Mary B. Meyer Memorial Fund.
References
Journalists from Chicago
American male journalists
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20virtualization%20platform | A network virtualization platform decouples the hardware plane from the software plane such that the host hardware plane can be administratively programmed to assign its resources to the software plane. This allows for the virtualization of CPU, memory, disk and most importantly network IO. Upon such virtualization of hardware resources, the platform can accommodate multiple virtual network applications such as firewalls, routers, Web filters, and intrusion prevention systems, all functioning much like standalone hardware appliances, but contained within a single hardware appliance. The key benefit to such technology is doing all of this while maintaining the network performance typically seen with that of standalone network appliances as well as enabling the ability to administratively or dynamically program resources at will.
Server virtualization history
Server virtualization, a technology that has become mainstream, originally gained popularity when VMware entered the market in 2001 with its GSX server software. This technology gave IT organizations the ability to reduce the amount of rack space required to accommodate multiple servers and reduced the cost of powering and cooling data centers by consolidating server based applications onto a single piece of hardware. One of the problems with server virtualization is in how applications are networked together. Within a server virtualization environment, applications are interconnected by what is referred to as a virtual switch, which is very different from high-performing hardware-based network switches offered by the likes of Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems. Virtual switches are software-based switches and rely on the movement of packets up and down a software stack which relies on the same CPUs which are being used to drive the applications. Because of this software approach to switching, networking applications such as firewalls and routers, which require high levels of throughput and low levels of latency, were not ideal to operate within a server virtualized environment, while applications less sensitive to throughput and latency such as email and file sharing were ideal.
Network virtualization history
Initially, network virtualization only involved the separation of the control plane and the forwarding plane (management and packet transmission) within networking devices like switches. This has shifted to include the totality of virtualizing a network, including how the network is programmed, administered, and deployed, be it hardware, software, or management and packet transmission.
Network virtualization platforms
6WIND Virtual Accelerator – Provides high performance virtual networks from the underlying hardware acceleration and was pioneered on using fast path software and DPDK technologies
VMware / Nicira NVP – Separates virtual networks from the underlying hardware and was pioneered by Nick McKeown, Scott Shenker, and Martin Casado in 2007.
Embrane Heleos – Virtual appli |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian%20Project%20%28software%29 | The Guardian Project is a global collective of software developers, designers, advocates, activists, and trainers who develop open-source mobile security software and operating system enhancements. They also create customized mobile devices to help individuals communicate more freely and protect themselves from intrusion and monitoring. The effort specifically focuses on users who live or work in high-risk situations and who often face constant surveillance and intrusion attempts into their mobile devices and communication streams.
History
Guardian Project was founded by Nathan Freitas in 2009 in Brooklyn, NY. Since it was founded, Guardian Project has developed more than a dozen mobile applications for Android and iOS with over two million downloads and hundreds of thousands of active users. It has also partnered with prominent open source software projects, activists groups, NGOs, commercial partners and news organizations to support their mobile security software capabilities.
In November 2014, "ChatSecure + Orbot" received a top score on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's secure messaging scorecard, along with Cryptocat, TextSecure, "Signal / RedPhone", Silent Phone, and Silent Text. "Jitsi + Ostel" scored 6 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's secure messaging scorecard. They lost a point because there has not been a recent independent code audit.
In March 2016, Guardian Project announced a partnership with F-Droid and CopperheadOS with the goal of creating "a solution that can be verifiably trusted from the operating system, through the network and network services, all the way up to the app stores and apps themselves".
Funding
Guardian Project has received funding from Google, UC Berkeley with the MacArthur Foundation, Avaaz, Internews, Open Technology Fund, WITNESS, the Knight Foundation, Benetech, ISC Project and Free Press Unlimited.
Through work on partner projects like the Tor Project, Commotion mesh and StoryMaker, the Project has received indirect funding both from the US State Department (through the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Internet Freedom program) and from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through HIVOS).
Projects
Active
Orbot: A Tor client for Android. Tor uses Onion Routing to provide access to network services that may be blocked, censored or monitored, while also protecting the identity of the user requesting those resources. Often Orbot is installed with orWall, an app which takes the lead on the firewall and then add the required iptables rules for traffic shaping in order to allow Orbot traffic, and force the selected applications to be redirected to the Orbot TransPort. Instead of Orbot, AFWall+, available on F-Droid and Google Play app repository, is an alternative choice recommended for re-routing outbound traffic back through the local Tor port, even with iptables rules, and with a virtual private network like OpenVPN. Finally, NetCipher SDK is the app developed |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacemaker%20%28software%29 | Pacemaker is an open-source high availability resource manager software used on computer clusters since 2004. Until about 2007, it was part of the Linux-HA project, then was split out to be its own project.
It implements several APIs for controlling resources, but its preferred API for this purpose is the Open Cluster Framework resource
agent API.
Related software
Pacemaker is generally used with Corosync Cluster engine or Linux-HA Heartbeat.
See also
High-availability cluster
Red Hat cluster suite
References
External links
ClusterLabs, the home of Pacemaker.
Cluster computing
Free software programmed in C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Idol%20%28season%2013%29 | The thirteenth season of American Idol, styled as American Idol XIII, premiered on the Fox television network on January 15, 2014. Ryan Seacrest returned as host for his thirteenth season. Keith Urban was the only judge from the twelfth season to return. Former judge Jennifer Lopez, who returned after a one-season absence, and Harry Connick Jr. both joined the judging panel following the departures of Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, and Nicki Minaj, although Jackson remained as a mentor, replacing Jimmy Iovine.
On May 21, Caleb Johnson was announced the winner, with Jena Irene as the runner-up.
Changes from previous seasons
There were a number of major changes this season. On May 9, 2013, Randy Jackson announced that he would no longer serve as a judge. On May 30, 2013, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj both also announced they would not return to the judging panel. On August 1, 2013, it was confirmed that Keith Urban would return as a judge for another season. Executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick were succeeded by Per Blankens, previously of Idol, the Swedish version of American Idol. On June 25, 2013, it was confirmed that producers Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager would join Blankens as executive producers of the show. Bill DeRonde replaced Warwick as the director of the audition episodes and Louis J. Horvitz also replaced Gregg Gelfand as a director of the live show. Fox television executive Mike Darnell, who helped launch American Idol in 2002, left as programming head of Fox, and Fox Sports executive David Hill was hired to oversee the series. Rickey Minor returned to the show as musical director after having left at the end of the ninth season.
In August 2013, it was reported that Jennifer Lopez would be returning as an American Idol judge. On August 22, 2013, it was reported that Jimmy Iovine would not return as the in-house mentor this season, and that he would be replaced by Randy Jackson. On August 30, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Harry Connick Jr. had signed a deal to join the judges panel and that Simon Fuller had held a party the night before with all three judges to toast the forthcoming announcement. On September 3, 2013, Lopez and Connick Jr. were officially announced as judges for this season. It was also later reported that alumni Adam Lambert and Chris Daughtry would assist in mentoring the contestants.
In a rules change from past seasons, semifinalists from the twelfth season who had not made it into the top 10 would be eligible to audition again, provided they met all of the other requirements. This season, the viewers were also able to vote for their favorite contestants via Google Search. American Idol teamed up with Facebook to present "on-air visualizations" showing real-time East Coast voting developments, including live "demographic voting trends and relative contestant rankings." Voting could also start as soon as the performance shows began this season, and real time vote rankings were shown whi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotios%20Zaharoglou | Fotios Zaharoglou () is a Greek computer scientist. He received his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1986,
his MS in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1987, and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego in 1993. His work on the applications of topology to the theory of distributed computing along with Maurice Herlihy, Michael Saks and Nir Shavit, was awarded the 2004 Gödel Prize.
References
External links
Bibliography of Fotios Zaharoglou
Theoretical computer scientists
Gödel Prize laureates
Greek computer scientists
Living people
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKN | NKN may refer to:
National Knowledge Network
North Korean Navy
Philanthropedia, formerly known as the Nonprofit Knowledge Network
Supreme National Committee (Polish, Naczelny Komitet Narodowy) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android%20Studio | Android Studio is the official integrated development environment (IDE) for Google's Android operating system, built on JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA software and designed specifically for Android development. It is available for download on Windows, macOS and Linux based operating systems. It is a replacement for the Eclipse Android Development Tools (E-ADT) as the primary IDE for native Android application development.
Android Studio was announced on May 16, 2013, at the Google I/O conference. It was in early access preview stage starting from version 0.1 in May 2013, then entered beta stage starting from version 0.8 which was released in June 2014. The first stable build was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0. At the end of 2015, Google dropped support for Eclipse ADT, making Android Studio the only officially supported IDE for Android development.
On May 7, 2019, Kotlin replaced Java as Google's preferred language for Android app development. Java is still supported, as is C++.
Features
The following features are provided in the current stable version:
Gradle-based build support
Android-specific refactoring and quick fixes
Lint tools to catch performance, usability, version compatibility and other problems
ProGuard integration and app-signing capabilities
Template-based wizards to create common Android designs and components
A rich layout editor that allows users to drag-and-drop UI components, option to preview layouts on multiple screen configurations
Support for building Android Wear apps
Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, enabling integration with Firebase Cloud Messaging (Earlier 'Google Cloud Messaging') and Google App Engine
Android Virtual Device (Emulator) to run and debug apps in the Android studio.
Android Studio supports all the same programming languages of IntelliJ (and CLion) e.g. Java, C++, and more with extensions, such as Go; and Android Studio 3.0 or later supports Kotlin, and "all Java 7 language features and a subset of Java 8 language features that vary by platform version." External projects backport some Java 9 features. While IntelliJ states that Android Studio supports all released Java versions, and Java 12, it's not clear to what level Android Studio supports Java versions up to Java 12 (the documentation mentions partial Java 8 support). At least some new language features up to Java 12 are usable in Android.
Once an app has been compiled with Android Studio, it can be published on the Google Play Store. The application has to be in line with the Google Play Store developer content policy.
Version history
The following is a list of Android Studio's major releases:
System requirements
These features includes requirements for IDE + Android SDK + Android Emulator.
Windows: x86_64 CPU architecture; 2nd generation Intel Core or newer, or AMD CPU with support for a Windows Hypervisor;
macOS: ARM-based chips, or 2nd generation Intel Core or newer with support for Hypervisor.F |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StockPickr | StockPickr was a social networking service and virtual community for sharing stock picks, financial analysis, research, news, and commentary. The website was founded by James Altucher in 2006 and acquired by TheStreet.com in 2007 for $10 million.
It included an Internet forum, a blog, and he makeup of 90,000 stock portfolios, including 800 of professional investors including Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Mark Cuban.
Users were able to rate portfolios, see recommended similar portfolios and get advice of stocks within similar portfolios to help assemble their own.
The website launched in beta version in September 2006 and in final in November 2006. By January 2007, the website had over 10,000 portfolios posted, and over 2,500 registered users.
By August 2007, the website had over 100,000 users, 10 million monthly page views, and was named one of the 50 Best Websites of 2007 by Time.
In April 2007,TheStreet.com acquired the website for $10 million.
References
2007 mergers and acquisitions
American social networking websites
Defunct social networking services
Internet properties established in 2006 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20Crime%20Unit%20%28Hellenic%20Police%29 | The Cyber Crime Unit (; which can be literally translated as Electronic Crime Prosecution or roughly Cyber Crime Prosecution) of the Hellenic Police, for which legislative responsibility remains with the Ministry of Citizen Protection, was officially founded in 2004 with Greek Presidential Decree 100/2004 Government Gazette 69/Α/3-3-2004. In 2011 with Presidential Decree 9/2011 Government Gazette 24/Α/21-2-2011 was the establishment of the Authority of Financial Police and Cyber Crime Subdivision (), of Police Directorate level, commenced operation in August 2011 comprises the Financial Police Subdivision and the Cyber Crime Subdivision. It was reformed in 2014 with Article 17 of Section 2 of Law 4249/2014 Government Gazette 73/Α/24-3-2014 in which renamed Cyber Crime Division (), including the foundation and structure of Cyber Crime Subdivision of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki. Although it is still continues to be commonly known to as Cyber Crime Unit or Cyber Crime Center. The legislation for the Cyber Crime Division has amended with the Article 31 of the Presidential Decree 82/2020 Government Gazette 183/A/23-9-2020.
History
Cyber crime law enforcement part of the Hellenic Police was introduced in 1995 in the line of duty carried out by police officers with information technology skills, among whom there was then police officer Manolis Sfakianakis who would later be appointed the first Head of the Cyber Crime Unit commenced in the Head’s post in the time of Unit's founding on 3 March 2004 renewing the term of office until 17 February 2016, following the appointment in of George Papaprodromou as the next Head from 27 May 2016 to 2 November 2018. The Cyber Crime Unit initially acquired IT equipments funded by private individual sponsors and consisted of around four police officers where it has since been staffed by personnel around eighty covering different competencies including civilian personnel qualified with university degree and postgraduate studies. In the context of education to its officials, it has provided programmes of training and certification services at various times, such as the programmes CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) and CISA (Certified Information Security Auditor), of the act Cyber Crime Division Personnel Training, of the Operational Programme Public Sector Reform 2014-2020.
Sectors
The Office of the Public Prosecutor of Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (Court of Cassation; Areios Pagos) has been issued Encyclical 02/2019 on 22 May 2019 sets out the Cyber Crime Division’s terms of service and area of responsibility aimed specifically at what cases must submit to Cyber Crime Division. As of January 2020, the Cyber Crime Division () in Athens, and alongside its branch the Cyber Crime Subdivision at the Northern Greece () in Thessaloniki, operating 24/7 service is further divided into five Departments:
1. Department of Administrative Support and Information Management
2. Department of Innovative Actions and S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago%20Metro%20Line%204A | Santiago Metro Line 4A is one of the seven lines that currently make up the Santiago Metro network in Santiago, Chile. It has six stations and of track. The line intersects with Line 2 at La Cisterna, and with Line 4 at Vicuña Mackenna, both being its termini. It will also intersect with the future Line 9 at Santa Rosa station and acts as a link between these two lines. Its distinctive colour on the network line map is light blue.
In 2015, Line 4A accounted for only 3.1% of all trips made on the metro system with a daily ridership of 56,400; it is the least used line in the system since it does not serve the city centre, as well as being the shortest line in the system.
History
Line 4A was originally conceived as a branch of Line 4, but due to the considerably low demand compared to the Puente Alto service, it was separated from Line 4 and inaugurated as a different service. It was inaugurated by President Michelle Bachelet and opened to the public on August 16, 2006. It runs between La Cisterna station and Vicuña Mackenna station.
On November 29, 2010 Santiago Metro workers struck, halting the service for 17 days. The strike caused major over-crowding on bus services as passengers used them as an alternative to their daily metro rides.
Echeverría: The Ghost Station
Echeverría metro station, built but never opened to the public, is located between La Cisterna station and San Ramón station on the junction of Blas Vial street and Maria Vial in the commune of La Cisterna.
The station remains partially built, with the platforms and footbridge across the highway already finished.
The station has never been completed due to the low density of residents in this area, although it could be finished and opened to the public if the population density increased.
Extensions
The line may be extended in the future to Del Sol station to connect with Line 5. The trench where the extension would run has already been built between the two lanes of the Autopista Vespucio Sur highway, ready for the extension to be laid down if the population were to increase in that part of the city. If built, the extension would serve the communes of La Cisterna, Lo Espejo, Cerrillos and Maipú.
Stations
Stations running from east to west
Line 4A Data Sheet
Communes:
La Florida
La Granja
San Ramón
La Cisterna
Track:
Américo Vespucio Sur Avenue: 6 stations
Construction Method: Open-cut and at-grade.
Opening Date: August 2006
See also
List of metro systems
Rail transport in Chile
Transantiago
References
External links
Metro S.A.
UrbanRail.net/Santiago
Santiago Metro Map
Tarjeta Bip! contactless cards
Santiago Transit Authority, Transantiago
Santiago Metro Wikipedia page, in Spanish |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripteridia%20rotundata | Tripteridia rotundata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Guinea.
References
Moths described in 1906
Tripteridia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RallyPoint | RallyPoint is a privately held American company founded in 2012 by military veterans Yinon Weiss and Aaron Kletzing at Harvard Business School. The company is a professional network serving the US military and its veterans, and has been called "LinkedIn for the military,". The community allows current military members and veterans to connect, explore career opportunities both inside and outside the military, and engage on topics important to the military.
In April 2012, RallyPoint won $10,000 for placing as runner-up in the Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition and on October 23, 2012, RallyPoint won $100,000 from MassChallenge after competing against over 1,300 other ventures. The company raised private funding after both of these events.
RallyPoint was launched out of the Harvard Innovation Lab at the Harvard Business School, and is currently headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
History
The company's two co-founders, Yinon Weiss and Aaron Kletzing, first met in Iraq in a remote combat outpost northwest of Baghdad in 2008. Several years later, the two ran into each other again as students this time at Harvard Business School.
Company
Website
RallyPoint is a professional network available to all US military members and veterans, described by Forbes as "LinkedIn on steroids for members of the military."
Information of users and connections is sorted based on the military structure, such as rank, specialty, duty position, and duty location.
According to the Huffington Post, RallyPoint is "solving two problems by creating both an easy-to-use professional network within the military, as well as the most technologically advanced employer-to-servicemember matching network in the country."
References
External links
American companies established in 2012
Professional networks
American social networking websites
Software companies based in Massachusetts
Privately held companies based in Massachusetts
Companies based in Boston
Software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%20Overs | Cheryl Overs founder and former first director of the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria, the Scarlet Alliance in Australia and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects. Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1957 and educated at University High School and La Trobe University. Overs set up organisations, oversaw events and authored texts that established the place of sex workers rights within the global response to HIV/AIDS.
Biography
In 1981 Overs joined a group of feminist lawyers lobbying for decriminalisation and destigmatisation of sex work and protesting violence and discrimination against sex workers. By 1984 that group evolved into a membership based sex workers group named the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria (PCV) which was based on the English Prostitutes Collective. As first director of the PCV Overs led the successful campaign for law reform in Victoria and oversaw the development of innovative programmes for sex workers including peer education, needle and syringe exchange, and the Ugly Mugs List, a tool for preventing violence against sex workers. These were models for international adaptation and replication. In 1988 the PCV hosted the Prostitution and the Aids Debate Conference in Melbourne which led to the formation of the national federation of sex workers' organisations, the Scarlet Alliance.
After attending the International AIDS Conference in Canada in 1989 Overs moved to Europe to advocate for sex workers rights in the nascent global response to HIV/AIDS. This included working as an advisor to the Global Program on Aids at the World Health Organization and contributing to International Aids conferences and publications such as Harvard Aids Institute's ‘Aids in the World’ She is the author of several articles and monographs that set out the sex workers rights movement's positions on health and human rights. These include 'Making Sex Work Safe'; 'Understanding Sex Work'; 'Sex Workers, Part of the Solution' and 'Only Rights Can Stop the Wrongs' and "Sex Work and the New Era of HIV Prevention and Care'
In 1992 Overs met Brazilian sexuality activist Paulo Henrique Longo and they founded the International Network of Sex Worker Projects (NSWP). Overs was the first director of the NSWP which was based in France before hubs were established in Brazil and South Africa. The NSWP supported new sex worker organisations, led global advocacy on sex work issues, created the first information clearing house and international discussion group on sex work and sent delegations of sex worker advocates to attend conferences and other key events such as the Beijing Women's Conference, World Social Forums and the International AIDS Conferences.
Since 2000 Overs has continued advocating for health and human rights working with various UN and civil society agencies in more than twenty countries including Ethiopia, India, UK, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mongolia and Brazil.
In 2009 Overs joined Monash University where she contributed to the establishme |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell%20Networking | Dell Networking is the new name for the networking portfolio of Dell. In the first half of 2013, Dell started to rebrand their different existing networking product brands to Dell Networking. Dell Networking is the new name for the networking equipment that was known as Dell PowerConnect, as well as the Force10 portfolio.
History
Dell used to be mainly a so-called box-shifter: they produced computers that could (only) be bought directly from Dell, but they didn't offer complete solutions. With the acquisition of Perot Systems, Dell entered the, more profitable, services market and also expanded on the software and system-management-market by acquiring KACE Networks, Quest Software, AppAssure and Credant Technologies. Other notable acquisitions include storage systems like EqualLogic, thin-client producer Wyse and firewall/security producer SonicWall.
Networking
In 2011, Dell took over high-end network-equipment producer Force10 Networks, which mainly produced multi-layer switches for data center environments, bringing Dell to the market for enterprise and datacenter class network equipment. Before that point, Dell did not produce their own network equipment: the switches that were sold under the brand PowerConnect were products designed and built for Dell by 3rd parties such as Broadcom and Marvell Technology Group. Dell also offered existing products from other suppliers with PowerConnect branding, such as the B-series for Brocade (Ethernet) switches or J-series for Juniper switches. But by buying Force10 and later network-security provider SonicWall, the company now had its own intellectual property networking systems and stopped selling most J- and B-series switches, but continued to offer the legacy PowerConnect products made by Broadcom and Marvell with some overlap in the Force10 products.
In 2013, Dell begun the process to fully integrate these two product lines and rebrand the entire portfolio into Dell Networking, all running on Dell Networking Operating System (instead of FTOS and Powerconnect firmware). All new networking products were to be marketed under the new name Dell Networking with a standardized naming-convention: Dell Networking -. Most existing PowerConnect products kept their existing names until they went end of sales (EOS), when they would be replaced by new Dell Networking products or be rebranded to the new naming convention.
Product families
The Dell Networking products will come in several families. The new naming system will partially follow the existing Force10 naming system: E-series for chassis-based modular (core) switches, C-series for chassis-based datacenter-access switches, S-series rack switches and Z-series for distributed core-switches.
Z series: Datacenter distributed core switches: 3 models, the original Z9000, 2 RU high with 32 x 40 Gbit/s QSFP+ Ethernet ports and its follow up Z9500, 3RU high with up to 132 x 40Gb QSFP+ slots. and the Z9100 including 100 Gb interfaces.
C series: Chassis based c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone%20Tracy%20%28miniseries%29 | Cyclone Tracy is a 1986 Australian drama mini series about Cyclone Tracy. In 1986, the Nine Network and PBL created the mini-series based on the events during the cyclone. Michael Fisher, Ted Roberts and Leon Saunders wrote the series, and it starred Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann, who played the lead characters of Steve and Connie. Tony Barry also featured amongst the cast.
Cast
John Russell Waters as Narrator
Chris Haywood as Steve Parry
Nicholas Hammond as Harry Nelson
Tracy Mann as Connie Hampton
Linda Cropper as Joycie
Tony Barry as Mick Brennan
Aileen Britton as Big Caroline
Caroline Gillmer as Little Caroline
Jack Webster as Bobbie
Paul Pryor as Hilton
Nicholas Papademetriou as Theo
Noel Hodda as Tony
Brendon Nolan as Army Officer
Charito Ortez as Sandy Brennan
Gerry Skilton as Wayne Churchill
Stella Stefanidis as Mrs Kanderakis
Roger Cox as Doc
Johann Huang as Billy Hong
Kate Ritchie as Molly
Kendall Monaghan as Megan
Lorraine Mafi-Williams as Alice Blue
Graham Moore as Dreamboy
Cecil Parkee as Benjamin
David Slingsby as Hawthorne
Saxon Cheng as Tom
Creon Cheng as Jimmy
Brian Roberts as Trevor Roberts
Barry Langrish as Nugget
Allan Penney as Ferret
Sheb Wooley as Ben Miller
Sinan Leong as Lindy Hong
Ray Chong as Mr Hong Snr.
Ruth Chong as Mrs Hong Snr.
Justin Lo as Bobby Hong
Brendin Lo as Gavin Hong
Robert Leong as Baby Hong
Tony Blackett as Hastings
Dan Holliday as Rook
Lyndon Harris as Naval Operator
David Downer as Mr. Renmark
Susan Leith as Nurse Lyndoch
Mary Regan as Sister Kingston
Stan Penrose as Patient 1
Peter Bellamy as Patient 2
Susan Edmonds as Nurse 1
Tasman Duffy as Injured Boy
Ken Radley as Ambulanceman
Alister Barnes as Man
Myfanwy Morgan as Wife
David Wilson as Sergeant
Glen Keenan as Young Cop
Home media release
The mini-series was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in December 2005. The DVD is compatible with all region codes and includes special features such as newsreel footage of the devastation and a documentary titled On A Wind And A Prayer.
References
External links
Cyclone Tracy at Australian Screen Online
English-language television shows
1980s Australian television miniseries
1986 Australian television series debuts
1986 Australian television series endings
1986 television films
1986 films
Cyclone Tracy
Films directed by Kathy Mueller
Films directed by Donald Crombie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantab%20Capital%20Partners | Cantab Capital Partners is a hedge fund based in Cambridge, England, co-founded by Dr. Ewan Kirk and Erich Schlaikjer. Cantab operates quantitative funds using computer models to drive investment decisions. As of Feb 2015 Cantab had $4.5 billion in assets under management, after launching with $30 million in 2006. The firm takes its name from Cantabrigia, the medieval Latin name for Cambridge. It is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority. Cantab Capital Partners was acquired by GAM in 2016 and is since part of GAM Systematic.
Funds
Cantab's stated investment philosophy is that algorithmic trading can help to overcome cognitive biases inherent in human-based trading decisions, by exploiting persistent statistical relationships between markets. Taking a multi-asset, multi-model approach, the majority of Cantab's traded instruments are liquid futures and forwards, across currencies, fixed income, equity indices and commodities.
Cantab manages two investment funds: the CCP Quantitative Programme (launched 2007, with $30m) and the CCP Core Macro Programme (launched 2013). Both are computer-based algorithmic trading systems, also known as automated trading, black-box trading, algo trading or systematic trading.
In January 2013, Goldman Sachs became a minor investor in Cantab. Kirk is a former Goldman partner; Schlaikjer is a former Managing Director and European Chief Technology Officer of Goldman's Quantitative Strategies Group. Cantab is reported to have been granted access to Goldman's technology infrastructure.
Performance
At the end of December 2014 Cantab's leading fund, the CCP Quantitative Fund, had gained 39.3% over the previous 12 months. The fund gained 13 percent over January 2015 alone. These gains brought the fund to an annualized return of 11.38 percent since inception in March 2007; the Quantitative fund now has $3.5bn in assets under management.
The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported that Cantab's 2014 results took place in the context of renewed investor interest in computer-traded funds and commodities-based funds.
Fee structure
Cantab’s Core Macro Programme is notable for its fee structure, charging a 0.5 per cent management fee and 10 per cent of profits. Industry-standard fees among hedge funds are often 2 percent of assets and 20 percent of profits. Although algorithm-based hedge funds tend to offer lower fees, made possible by their technological infrastructure, The New York Times reported that Cantab had "...lowered the fees to a point that not everybody can afford to do. Some industry experts, such as Robert Leonard of Credit Suisse, believe that such commission levels are unsustainable.
Employees
Cantab is largely staffed by mathematicians and scientists, many of whom have ties to nearby University of Cambridge. In a 2013 interview with the Financial Times, Kirk said “We have made a commitment to investors that we have no plans to be bigger than 80 professionals."
Cantab Capital I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSE%20approach%20to%20econometrics | The LSE approach to econometrics, named for the London School of Economics, involves viewing econometric models as reductions from some unknown data generation process (DGP). A complex DGP is typically modelled as the starting point and this complexity allows information in the data from the real world but absent in the theory to be drawn upon. The complexity is then reduced by the econometrician by a series of restrictions which are tested.
One particular functional form, the error-correction model, is often arrived at when modelling time series. Denis Sargan and David Forbes Hendry (with his general-to-specific modeling) were key figures in the development of the approach and the one way the approach has been extended is through the work on integrated and cointegrated systems by Robert F. Engle, Clive Granger, and Søren Johansen. Another commonly used functional form is distributed lag or autoregressive distributed lag.
David F. Hendry is considered to be the principal architect of the LSE approach. The methodology is often referred to as general-to-specific modelling, "Gets modeling" or "Hendry's methodology".
The software package OxMetrics implements this process via the PcGive module Autometrics
In the 1970s, when the LSE approach was in its infancy, Edward E. Leamer was an early critic of model discovery methodologies.
The approach evolved to include: multiple reduction path searches, indicator saturation, COMFAC testing, and cointegrated vector autoregressive structures.
Economists often associated with "Hendry's methodology" include Clive Granger, Robert F. Engle, Søren Johansen, Grayham Mizon, Jennifer Castle, Hans M. Krolzig, Neil Ericsson, and Jurgen Doornik.
References
Econometrics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet%20Design | Packet Design is an Austin, Texas-based network performance management software company credited with pioneering route analytics technology. This network monitoring technology analyzes routing protocols and structures in meshed IP networks by participating as a peer in the network to passively “listen” to Layer 3 routing protocol exchanges between routers for the purpose of network discovery, mapping, real-time monitoring and routing diagnostics.
The company maintains offices in San Jose, CA, Austin, TX, Dubai, UAE, and Pune, India. In June 2018, Ciena announced it would acquire Packet Design LLC and the transaction closed July 2, 2018.
History
Packet Design, Inc. was co-founded in 2003, by Judy Estrin and Bill Carrico, network computing executives who have started seven companies together during their careers. Estrin served as chief technology officer of Cisco Systems from 1998 to 2000, immediately prior to founding the company.
Packet Design was acquired by Lone Rock Technology Group, the private equity firm of former NetQoS CEO, Joel Trammell, in March 2013. With the acquisition, Packet Design, Inc. became Packet Design, LLC and Scott Sherwood was named as CEO.
For a number of years, Hewlett Packard offered OEM-licensed versions of Packet Design's products integrated alongside their HP Network Node Manager called HP Route Analytics Management Software (RAMS).
Packet Design terminated the agreement and RAMS customers now receive support from Packet Design.
References
External links
Packet Design's Website
Networking software companies
Networking hardware companies
Companies based in Santa Clara, California
2003 establishments in California
Defunct software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid%20control%20prototyping | Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) is a type of simulation methodology that allows for the rapid evaluation of control systems, especially for large machinery. It can test and evaluate algorithms as well as associated components such as sensors, actuators, pumps etc. The system requires some type of mock up, usually a scaled down version of the system to be tested, plus high powered computer simulation software. Rapid Control Prototyping has gained popularity thanks to its ability to accelerate product development and reduce their time-to-market. The approach also helps mitigate design risks, thanks to their early identification.
Methodology
The methodology seeks to rapidly address experimental activities in order to quickly identify and correct potential issues. If necessary, design iterations can be made using computer-assisted simulations. RCP mainly focuses on control system development (by opposition to the plant itself) and may be complementary with other techniques, such as HIL, PIL, or PHIL.
Using Rapid Control Prototyping for product development requires implementing some sort of mockup (often downscaled) of the system under study as well a control system. The control system hardware often differs from the final hardware, as the latter may not yet be available (or clearly defined) at the time of prototyping. In fact, generic control hardware with superior flexibility and performance is often preferred over the final hardware, which is often cost-optimized for a specific application and use. This use of generic control hardware during the early development phase may even be considered as a definition of Rapid Control Prototyping, distinguishing it from design methodologies that exclusively involve the final hardware, possibly with several iterations.
Fields of application
Rapid Control Prototyping is involved in various fields of engineering, for instance:
Mechatronics, robotics
Power electronics, motor drives, motion control
Automotive, aerospace
Military
Rapid control prototyping hardware
Although the control system involved in RCP may theoretically be of any kind, RCP often requires specific programmable digital control hardware. The latter generally features the following characteristics:
Superior computing performance over the final hardware, offering more flexibility during the control software design and testing phase.
Superior hardware flexibility, as genericity imposes compatibility with multiple applications and reusability across several product developments.
Generic mechanical design, for the same reasons as above.
Possible use in coordination with computer simulation software, notably through well-known and modeled system dynamics.
Possible use together with automated code generation tools, often directly from the same computer simulation software.
As a matter of fact, these characteristics have been somewhat only enabled by recent advances in embedded computing and computer-assisted design, which explains the stil |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo%20Kahani | Geo Kahani (Urdu: ) is an entertainment channel of Geo network, broadcasting in Urdu. Title song of channel is sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Some of the most popular dramas are Naagin, Champa Aur Chambeli and Kiran. Geo Kahani began its transmission in the U.K. from 11 August 2017, ending the four-year run of Geo Tez. The channel closed in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2020. It launched in the United States on 1 June 2020, exclusive to Dish Network.
Programming
List of programs broadcast by Geo Kahani
References
External links
Geo TV
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Television stations in Karachi
2013 establishments in Pakistan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrawsCymru | TrawsCymru is the brand name for a network of regional bus services in Wales, sponsored by the Welsh Government. It was introduced as a replacement for the TrawsCambria network.
History
Launch plans
In 2010, the Welsh Assembly ran a consultation on improvements to the existing TrawsCambria network. In 2011, a programme of improvements for TrawsCambria services X40 (Carmarthen - Pencader - Lampeter - Aberaeron - Aberystwyth) and 704/T4 (Newtown - Brecon/Merthyr) was announced.
Under these plans services T4 & X40 and T4, and the network as a whole, were to be re-launched under the new TrawsCymru brand. Service X40 was to be re-numbered TC1 and T4 would have become TC4, along with extension south to Cardiff. During 2012, these two routes were to receive new Optare Tempos equipped with coach style seating, greater luggage space, real time information and WiFi.
The plans for re-numbering T4 were dropped, but the new vehicles and extension to Cardiff were introduced. The six additional WAG-funded Optare Tempos with leather seats, free WiFi and tables operate alongside the existing three Optare Tempos that had previously worked the T4 service.
The X40 was originally scheduled to be replaced by TrawsCymru service T1/TC1 from 1 April 2012 under a contract until 31 March 2020 on offer. However it later emerged that Arriva Buses Wales intended to stop operating the X40 service, along with its share of route 550, from 26 February. Instead Arriva introduced services branded Cymru Express on a fully commercial basis in place of the former TrawsCambria X40.
Change of plan
Because of the commercial CymruExpress, the TC1 TrawsCymru service could not be introduced. The six new buses that had been ordered to operate the TC1 were thus placed into store. These were longer than the new vehicles for the TC4, so were later taken out of storage and put to use on the T4 service, to increase capacity. They replaced three of the vehicles that had been ordered for the TC4, which joined the remaining three unused vehicles which had been intended for the TC1 in store. In August 2013, the Welsh Government launched an express bus service between Cardiff Central station and Cardiff Airport. This was branded as a TrawsCymru route, given the number T9. Five of the six TrawsCymru buses were taken out of storage to operate this service, later being joined by the sixth.
Arriva's CymruExpress services ceased on 21 December 2013, meaning a TrawsCymru service between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen was once again a possibility. Interim contracts to continue bus services on the route were let pending the introduction of a TrawsCymru service.
Review
In July 2013, it emerged that Welsh Transport Minister, Edwina Hart, had commissioned a review of the TrawsCymru network. This was to be undertaken by Director of the Bevan Foundation, Dr Victoria Winckler.
This outcome of this review was published by in February 2014, defining the purpose of TrawsCymru as a network of medium-to-long-dista |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swipp | Swipp was a privately held company based in Mountain View, California that provided a social intelligence platform that captures, aggregates, and reports real time sentiment data via consumer and commercial applications built on their platform.
Swipp referred to the aggregated data as the "Swipp Index" as it aggregated multiple social data points in near real-time, and gave a global view of the data source (location, gender, age), trending information, over-time reporting, and other data points when available.
Swipp took a crowd-informed view on a topic and displayed it in conjunction with topic based reference data from Freebase. The resulting assemblage Swipp referred to as "Social Intelligence" – "Social" because it extracts data from Swipp-based social expression touch-points embedded across the internet and connected applications, and "Intelligent” because it merges that social expression data with factual data from sources such as Freebase.
History
The company was founded by Don Thorson (CEO), and Charlie Costantini (CSO) in 2011; Ramani Narayan (CTO) joined in 2012.
The company received $500K seed funding in early 2011 and a subsequent $3 million in a later institutional round in May 2012, both from Old Willow Partners. Swipp came to market on January 23, 2013, globally launching their platform, consumer and commercial applications. Swipp received an additional $2 million in institutional investment from its original investors in April 2013.
The company's last Tweet was sent in late 2013 and the company went defunct shortly thereafter.
See also
Silicon Valley
Sentiment analysis
Big data
References
Companies based in Mountain View, California
Companies established in 2011
Privately held companies based in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Word%20Network | The Word Network, also known as The Word, is a religious broadcasting network. The Word is the largest African-American religious network in the world. It was founded in February 2000 by Kevin Adell who also owns WFDF, a local urban-talk radio station, and WADL, a television station serving the Detroit television market. The network is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. The network is also available as streaming content
Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, YouTube Red, and via smartphone apps. The network is also available on cable and satellite in several countries, and on over-the-air television.
History
Adell planned a national network for African-American religious ministries in the 1990s, and launched The Word Network on February 14, 2000 on DirecTV.
Following its launch, broadcast was extended to all major television cable platforms in the United States. The network then moved to satellite broadcast. The network claims that it reaches viewers in 200 countries.
In May 2012 the network completed a multimillion-dollar expansion that included new technology, production facilities with a television studio, editing suites, green rooms, conference room, a call center, and a fulfillment center. Facilities were also opened on the West Coast, in Orange, California.
In January 2015 Adell purchased former Radio Disney affiliate WFDF-AM 910 in Detroit for $3 million.
Current over-the-air affiliates of the network are KVVV-LD Channel 15.1 in Houston, Texas, WADL Channel 38.5 in Mount Clemens, Michigan near Detroit, WBQP-CD Chantilly 12.3 in Pensacola, Florida, and WCTU-LD Channel 46.3 in Pensacola.
In 2019, the network faced boycott calls from African-American clergy after the network's white owner, Kevin Adell, shared a racially charged meme, in which Adell was depicted as a pimp surrounded by black pastors.
Programming
The Word Network provides religious programming shows and hosts that include
Let the Healing Begin – Bishop Greg Davis,
The Heather Lindsey Show – Heather Lindsey,
The Shift – Dr. Taketa Williams,
The Tim and Brelyn Show-Tim & Brelyn Bowman,
The Empowerment Encounter-Dr. Jamal Bryant,
The Gospel According to Dorinda-Dorinda Clark Cole,
Man up-KD Bowe,
Power to the People-Dr. Jamal Bryant,
Rising Stars with Dorinda-Dorinda Clark Cole,
The First Word and Rejoice in The Word-Bishop George Bloomer, Greg Davis Live-Bishop Greg Davis, Medina Pullings Live-Dr. Medina Pullings, The Breaking Room-Dr. Zina Pierre, Fresh Wind-Evangelist Sandra Riley, Prophetic Power-Prophetess Teresa Cox, The Threshing Floor-Dr. Juanita Bynum, Word Network Church- Lexi Allen, Dr. Mark Chironna-Dr. Mark Chironna, The Miraculous- Prophet Brian Carn, Spiritual Encounter-vangelist Neechy, Just for You-Evangelist Sandra Riley, Straight To the Point with Rev. W.J. Rideout, You're Season of Change with David Alexander Bullock, Coming Home with Gerald & Tammi & Friends-Gerald & Tammi Haddon, Your Time for Miracles with Bishop Clarence McClendon, King |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EK%20Channel | EK Channel is a Philippine weekly showbiz-oriented show that aired on ABS-CBN hosted by Ogie Diaz, Rica Peralejo, Angelika dela Cruz and Marvin Agustin. The show was a competitor to rival network GMA Network's Startalk. which as aired from June 19, 2004, to January 29, 2005, replacing S2: Showbiz Sabado and was replaced by Entertainment Konek.
Hosts
Ogie Diaz
Rica Peralejo
Dominic Ochoa
Angelika dela Cruz
Marvin Agustin
Guest Hosts
Toni Gonzaga
Jose Javier Reyes
See also
List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
Philippine television talk shows
ABS-CBN original programming
2004 Philippine television series debuts
2005 Philippine television series endings
Entertainment news shows in the Philippines
Filipino-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompuMath%20Citation%20Index | CompuMath Citation Index is an indexing service published by Thomson Reuters, and was first available in 1982 as an Institute for Scientific Information database. Coverage of the index included the literature pertaining to pure and applied mathematics, computer science, mathematical physics, econometrics, statistics, systems analysis, biometrics, psychometrics, and computer related medical fields.
References
External links
Bibliographic databases in computer science
Publications established in 1982
Thomson Reuters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Control%20%26%20Systems | Data Control & Systems was a company formed by Rob Nursten in Zimbabwe (1994) and became commercially operational in 1995. The company was originally a subsidiary of UUNet Internet Africa which he started in South Africa with the demand for internet services.
History of Internet service in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe may have been one of the later additions to the digital world, but this was by no means anything short of a technical advancement that has since changed the country. Delving into the history of data Control is to look back to the very founding of the first global ISPs. For this reason alone it is an important chapter of global history that needs to be documented. Data Control won an award from "Best Of The Planet Awards 1996 IN THE CATEGORY OF WWW INTERNET PROVIDERS" 2ask.com. This was a major achievement for an African company, never mind a Zimbabwean company. Data Control & Systems was the first internet service provider in Zimbabwe. They provided a technological first in Southern Africa, being the Sister company of UUnet Internet Africa born in South Africa. The main directors of the company were Clint Nursten and his father, Rob Nursten. The Network Administration was handled by Clint Sim and Scott Nursten who was also responsible for the security systems at both the host and network levels. Scott also provided web design and various programming applications for the commercial side of the company. He then went on to start s2s Ltd, a major provider of security and networking consultancy in the United Kingdom with his brother Dale Nursten.
The company set out to provide Internet access to the whole of southern Africa from 1994 onwards. Its domain name was harare.iafrica.com which used leased line access from South Africa through the Zimbabwean Posts & Telecommunications Company aka P.T.C. Eventually Data Control & Systems changed name to Internet Unlimited and was then bought out by Econet Wireless and named Ecoweb Internet. During the period of the company being named Internet Unlimited, the domain name was internet.co.zw and has remained as that domain up until 2002. As of 2005, the company provided internet access to over 50,000 Zimbabweans and many international tourists through lower level internet cafes and client computers.
Technical management and support
Server hardware and software
The ISP was based upon the Red Hat Linux 5 operating system which was the fastest at that time and Microsoft Windows NT 3.51. Later, it was upgraded to Windows NT 4 and Red Hat Linux 6 and, a radius server was implemented by Clint Sim, their administrator at that time. Unfortunately, Clint and his wife who were fatally injured in a car accident in 2004, survived by their two sons. The computer servers' hardware was based upon Dual Intel Pentium processor boards with 64 MB of RAM linked to RAID ARRAYS of SCSI disks. This type of hard drive was chosen for its independent processor usage which presented performance enhancements over the use of IDE dis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Croods%3A%20A%20New%20Age | The Croods: A New Age (also known as The Croods 2) is a 2020 American computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to The Croods (2013) as well as the second film in The Croods franchise, it was directed by Joel Crawford (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Paul Fisher, Bob Logan, Dan and Kevin Hageman, based on a story by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders (who directed the previous film). The film features the returning voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. The film also makes new additions to the cast, including Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann and Kelly Marie Tran. The film follows The Croods, Guy and their pets Belt, Chunky and Douglas, as they discover an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs. Unfortunately, they must also learn to live with the Bettermans, a family with a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder.
A sequel to The Croods was first announced in April 2013, with directors Sanders and DeMicco returning to helm the film. Its development continued through 2014 and 2015 until its cancellation in November 2016 due to the doubts in response to Universal's acquisition of DreamWorks. However, the project was revived in September 2017 with Crawford replacing Sanders and DeMicco as director in the following month. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, most of the final results from the animating process were done from the crew's homes.
The Croods: A New Age was theatrically released in the United States on November 25, 2020. It grossed $216 million worldwide against its $65 million budget and received mostly positive reviews, with critics calling it "a decent-enough follow-up" and praising the cast and animation. The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Plot
The Croods, including Guy and their pets, Chunky and Douglas. They are still on a quest to find a suitable place to settle while battling dangerous creatures. Grug, the family patriarch, is increasingly concerned about the budding romance between Guy and his daughter, Eep, fearing they might leave the rest of the family behind.
Their journey takes an unexpected turn when Grug discovers a massive wall and leads the family to a paradise-like land on the other side. However, they are soon captured by the land's owners, Phil and Hope Betterman, who were friends with Guy's parents and are now technologically advanced, well-mannered, and somewhat condescending toward the Croods. Phil and Hope hope to persuade Guy to stay with them, believing he would be better off, and devise a plan to get him to leave the Croods.
Grug's time with the Betterman family becomes uncomfortable as he is manipulated by Phil, who believes that Guy should stay with them in exchange for Eep staying with her family. Hope also tries to manipulate Ugga, Grug's wife, but |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Cohen%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Jacques Cohen is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems at Brandeis University. There he served as the TJX/Feldberg Chair in Computer Science. He has performed research in algorithms, parsing and compiling, memory management, logic and constraint logic programming, and parallelism. Cohen has published extensively, frequently with undergraduate and graduate students.
Pioneering many aspects of modern computer science, Cohen's work includes experimentation, education, and research, directed and carried out at many institutions of higher learning, including Brandeis University, Brown University, MIT, Wellesley College, and French universities in the cities of Marseilles, Grenoble, and Nancy.
In 1997, the Association for Logic Programming recognized Cohen as one of the fifteen "Founders of Logic Programming".
Biography
In Belo Horizonte, Cohen attended the Engineering School of the State University of Minas Geraes. He graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering and a medal for having attained the best grades awarded in the preceding several years. Shortly after his graduation, Cohen was granted a Brazilian government scholarship for pursuing graduate studies in the USA.
At that time, Cohen decided to become a structural engineer. In the mid 1950s Cohen attended the Master’s program at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Cohen continued graduate study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he pursued a doctorate in Structural Design. His doctoral dissertation involved energy minimization using Raleigh-Ritz methods to determine Fourier series coefficients defining shapes of buckling columns made of thin-walled plates. This particular topic enabled Cohen to learn a great deal of assembly language programming and the solution of systems of non-linear equations resulting from the energy minimization process.
During his long career in Boston, Cohen interacted closely with Jean van Heijenoort, his colleague in the Philosophy department at Brandeis who imbued Cohen with his passion for mathematical logic.
Early career
After graduating from Illinois, Cohen returned to Brazil and practiced programming on the Burroughs 205, an early electronic computer. In the early 1960s, Cohen obtained a summer position at the Bull computer company in Paris (also known as Groupe Bull) where he was assigned to the operations research group, programming in Algol 60. Cohen was invited to participate as a researcher in the compiler group in the Applied Mathematics Institute at the University of Grenoble. He was hired as a member of the National French Research Center (CNRS).
As members of the compiler group, Cohen and his colleagues were encouraged to test the compiler being developed by writing all sorts of programs, especially recursive ones. It was in Grenoble that he became interested in syntax-directed compilers. It was a unique opportunity to participate in the meetings of the IFIP g |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-channel%20network | A multi-channel network (MCN) is an organization that works with video platforms to offer assistance to channel owners in areas such as "product, programming, funding, cross-promotion, partner management, digital rights management, monetization and sales, and audience development," in exchange for a percentage of the ad revenue from the channel.
Name origin
The term "multi-channel network" (MCN) was coined by former YouTube employee and Next New Networks co-founder Jed Simmons. It has since become standard vocabulary in the YouTube ecosystem.
At the time of YouTube's acquisition of Next New Networks (2011), the word "Network" had a confusing meaning inside of YouTube considering its engineering culture. Prior to 2011 many names were used to describe YouTube channel companies, including Online Video Studio (OVS), Internet Television Company (ITC), YouTube Network or simply Network. Due to confusion both in the market and internally, YouTube senior executive Dean Gilbert wanted to clarify what a YouTube "Network" meant. Simmons, whose background was from cable TV and Turner Broadcasting (home of CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network et al.) hoped to distinguish companies who actively owned, managed and programmed original channels on YouTube from those that aggregated channels and creators but did not focus on channel programming and content. The Multi Channel Network name was chosen for those who actively managed AND programmed channels to emulate cable TV programming companies such as Turner, Discovery, Disney, Comcast and MTV Networks that owned and operated multiple channels ("multi-channel"). The MCN name was born within YouTube and its ecosystem.
Sub-networks of MCNs are known as SubMCNs, Virtual Networks, Proprietary Networks, Content Distribution Networks, SMCNs, VNs, PNs, or CDNs.
Purpose
An MCN works by a company setting up an account with YouTube CMS (the system used for ContentID), the company adds anyone who signs a contract with them to their CMS, allowing users (and the CMS account owner) to use monetization, block and track policies. Monetization allows for videos to generate revenue, Block prevents access to videos and Track allows content owners to see the analytics of re-uploads and copyright infringing content. Some MCN partners can block videos by country (e.g., if a video is uploaded with a banned or unlicensed logo).
MCNs have been described as a means to "negate the hassle involved when seeking out your own advertising opportunities on the site." Advertisers who work with MCNs can pay for services including overlay adverts, product placement and in show sponsorships, aiming to gain repeated exposure, endorsement by YouTube personalities, and increased audience engagement, especially compared with television advertisements which are often ignored or skipped.
Benefits
The benefits and drawbacks of partnering with a multi-channel network have been discussed by several high-profile YouTube creators, including Hank Green, Fre |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20rail%20transport%20in%20Togo | Rail transport in Togo began in 1905.
German colonial period
The basics of the rail network in Togo were laid during the German colonial period. The lines built in the then German Togo (Togoland) served mainly to facilitate the export of agricultural products.
The long Lomé–Aného railway was the first to be built in Togoland. It went into service in 1905. The used for that line set the standard for future Togo railway construction.
On 27 January 1907, the birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Togo's second railway, the long line from Lomé to Kpalimé, was opened.
The protectorate's third line, between Lomé and Atakpamé, was constructed from 1908, and completed to its full length of in 1913. It branched off the Lomé–Kpalimé railway at a point from Lomé, and was the only line in Togo to be extended during the subsequent French mandate.
At the end of the German colonial period, Togo had a long rail network. Its rail vehicle fleet consisted of 18 tank locomotives, 20 passenger coaches and 202 goods wagons.
As the rail network at that time was laid out in the shape of a star focused on Lomé, its assets were able to be used very economically, with vehicle maintenance centralized at Lomé in a main workshop.
The operating personnel, including the mechanics, were mainly indigenous, and were predominantly Ewe people. The train drivers, however, were always German, and the operating language was German. The staff consisted of 768 locals and 26 Europeans.
French mandate
After World War I, Togo was divided between the United Kingdom and France, in the ratio of 1:2 . The entire rail network was in the part of the territory that was to be administered by France from then onwards, under a League of Nations mandate.
During the post war period of military occupation, which lasted until 1922, the rail network was run under the name Togoland Military Railway (TMR). Train operation was in the hands of the neighboring railway of the Gold Coast, the Gold Coast Government Railways. For that reason, new rolling stock procured at that time was sourced mainly from the British Empire. Only after 1922 did the rail network receive its French language name: Chemins de fer du Togo (CFT).
As Togo was "only" a mandated territory that had not permanently secured its international legal assignment to France, the French colonial authorities held back on making investments in Togolese railways. Only in the 1930s did France resume development of the railway network it had taken over from the Germans. In 1934, the long extension of the Lomé–Atakpamé railway to Blitta was opened. However, the planned further extension to Sokodé was abandoned due to lack of funds, even though its construction had already begun.
In 1946, Togo became a United Nations Trust Territory. Simultaneously, the CFE procured new locomotives, which were the last steam engines to join the fleet. By 1964, trains on the network were being hauled solely by diesel locomotives. However, the old German c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia%20Asha%20platform | The Nokia Asha platform is a mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for low-end borderline smartphones, based on software from Smarterphone which was acquired by Nokia. The platform inherits UI similarities mostly from MeeGo "Harmattan", and replaces Series 40 on Nokia's low-end devices. The user interface design team was headed by Peter Skillman, who had worked previously on webOS and the design of MeeGo for the Nokia N9.
It is the successor to the Meltemi project which Nokia was developing as a Linux platform to replace Series 40, but was cancelled in July 2012.
The first phone based on the platform is the Nokia Asha 501, and were followed by the Asha 500, Asha 502 Dual SIM, and Asha 503, all announced at Nokia World in October 2013. Another phone, the Nokia Asha 230 was announced on 24 February 2014, comes pre-installed with Asha platform 1.4.
Apps for the platform are either made using Java ME, or as web apps, which are rendered by the Nokia Xpress browser which uses the Gecko rendering engine. The mobile operating system lacks true multitasking but the radio and music app can run in background mode (which is advertised as multitasking), while swiping to fastlane apps will actually close down previously opened applications instead of minimising them.
It features a notification centre, named Fastlane, which is accessible by swiping to the left of the home screen.
The platform is supplemented by the Nokia X software platform, Nokia's customised version of Android, seen on the Nokia X, which draws cues from the Asha platform, including the Fastlane notification centre.
In a company memo released in July 2014, Microsoft announced that as part of cutbacks, they would cease development of the Asha, Series 40, and X range entirely, in favor of solely producing and encouraging the use of Lumia Windows Phone products.
Meltemi
A much rumoured project, "Meltemi" was the codename of a new Linux-based operating system for low-end handsets. This was first reported in June 2011, during the N9's announcement and before the Lumia's debut. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop also reportedly referenced the Meltemi name as well as "Clipper".
It was reported in June 2012 that the Meltemi project was cancelled. Reasons have been variously reported due to restructuring efforts, focusing on Series 40 Asha devices, fundings, or the start of a new project that would become the Asha platform. An insider's report claimed that a device running Meltemi OS was almost ready before it was cancelled.
In December 2014, pictures of a working Meltemi prototype device were leaked on the internet. The interface is clearly based on that of MeeGo Harmattan on the N9.
In the book Operation Elop, the authors called the Meltemi project "one of the biggest secrets during Elop's era at Nokia", a project Nokia never officially confirmed that existed. The authors further explain that Meltemi originated as a research project in 2010 under then-CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo; t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets%20%26%20Lies%20%28Australian%20TV%20series%29 | Secrets & Lies is an Australian drama television series that first screened on Network Ten on 3 March 2014, and was subsequently aired in other countries.
Plot
The series follows the story of a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime suspect in his murder. Not content to let the police do their work, and becoming increasingly frustrated at being questioned repeatedly, he decides to try to find the real killer as his marriage, his kids, his reputation, and his sanity are all at stake; a decision exacerbates his life.
Cast
Main
Martin Henderson as Ben Gundelach
Anthony Hayes as Detective Ian Cornielle
Diana Glenn as Christy Gundelach
Adrienne Pickering as Jess Murnane
Philippa Coulthard as Tasha Gundelach
Piper Morrissey as Eva Gundelach
Damon Gameau as Dave Carroll
Hunter Stratton Boland as Thom Murnane
Recurring and guest
Mouche Phillips as Vanessa Turner
Damien Garvey as Stuart Haire
Steven Tandy as Kevin Gresham
Barbara Lowing as Elaine Gresham
Hugh Parker as Dr Tim Turner
Ben Lawson as Paul Murnane
Mirrah Foulkes as Nicole
Episodes
Release
The series first screened on Network Ten on 3 March 2014.
It aired in the Republic of Ireland on RTÉ TWO HD from 30 March 2014, and in Canada on the CBC in July 2014. It premiered in the Netherlands on RTL 4 on 24 August 2014. Started in the UK on 23 September 2014 on Channel 5 and in France from 26 January to 2 February 2015 on France2.
It has also aired on SVT (Sweden), TV2 (Norway), Vitaya (Belgium), as well as Netflix in both Canada and the U.S.
Reception
Secrets and Lies has been acclaimed by critics and audiences. Denette Wilford of The Huffington Post has stated: "As for Secrets & Lies, so much great stuff is happening on this show – the writing, the directing and the acting; it manages to be completely authentic without trying too hard. It's riveting stuff, from the whodunit aspect to the family crap the Gundelachs are facing, which everyone can relate to." Lucy Mangan from The Guardian wrote in a review of the series; "Yes, we have seen its like before, in Broadchurch, but the opener more than holds its own against ITV's surprise hit." Many other critics have praised the performances, writing and direction of the series.
Awards and nominations
U.S. version
On 4 February 2014, the production company behind this version announced that a US version with the same title was in the works for ABC and would be co-produced with ABC Studios with a series penalty if the project is held back or not greenlighted by the network. The series premiered in the U.S. on 1 March 2015. Ryan Phillippe stars in this adaptation. On May 7, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season which was later premiered on September 25, 2016.
References
External links
Network 10 original programming
2010s Australian drama television series
Serial drama television series
2014 Australian television series debuts
2014 Australian television series endings
Television shows set in Brisban |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUCH%20TV | SUCH TV is a television network based in Pakistan.Head office of Such TV in Islamabad. It is a news and current affairs TV channel with an aim of bringing unbiased and factual information. It is on the centrist/left-of-center of the political spectrum with a pro-nationalist outlook and generally supported to Shia Community in Pakistan.
SUCH TV started broadcasting on 23 March 2010. Such TV will display broadcast to the public, keeping in view its principles and conducts of electronic media.
Protest and Notice
Media workers staged a demonstration on November 29, 2016 outside the Punjab Assembly in protest at the suspension of two TV channels’ licenses and a fine on another by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). Office-bearers and members of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Punjab Union of Journalists, Lahore Press Club, Electronic Media Reporters Association, and Electronic News Cameramen Association gathered at Charing Cross at around 3 PM. From there, they marched on the Punjab Assembly gate and staged a sit-in there.
PEMRA had, on November 19, issued notices to Neo TV, Din News, and Such TV for telecasting irresponsible contents and, on Nov 26, suspended the licenses of Neo TV and Din News for some period. A fine of Rs1 million each was also imposed on the three channels.
Programs
Aaj Ka Such
Such Baat
Chalain dekhtain hain
News Hour
Such Savera
Goya
Awam Ka Such
Aaj Kay Akhbar
Sada E Kashmir
Sehat Zindagi
Football Pulse
Gilgit Baltistan Affairs
Asal Baat
Play Field
Talk @ 7
Controversies
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Kanwal Shauzab has taken anchor Batool Rajpoot hostage at her home, asking her to delete the interview that she conducted with the lawmaker.
Journalist Hamid Mir tweeted that he received a message from the journalist who told him about the incident.He shared screenshots of the messages from the journalist. In one message, she said Kanwal’s husband was also present and that Kanwal was ‘literally fighting’ with her.
“She is not letting me leave her house”, Batool wrote to Hamid Mir. “She says delete the interview and go”.
In response, Kanwal Shauzab posted a video on Twitter in which she denied she had kidnapped Batool and attempted to explain the incident.
The MNA said that Batool had asked a question which Kanwal did not want to answer.
Batool termed the claims as a publicity stunt, and said that Batool had gone to her home and harassed her, denying the allegation that the journalist had been forcibly detained.
The exchange has been criticized by journalists and members of the press, who termed the exchange ‘reprehensible’ and ‘condemn-able’.
See also
List of news channels in Pakistan
References
External links
Television channels and stations established in 2010
2010 establishments in Pakistan
Pakistan
Television stations in Pakistan
Television stations in Islamabad |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical%20Tree | is a vertically scrolling platform game developed by Konami for the MSX home computer, and published in 1984. Konami published a Brazilian Portuguese version, Árvore Mágica, in 1985.
Konami included Magical Tree in the 1998 anthology Konami Antiques MSX Collection, Vol. 2 for PlayStation.
Gameplay
The player character is an "Indian brave" stereotype who wears a tanned vest and trousers, and a headband with a feather. The player ascends a magical tree by hopping from branch to branch and climbing vines and ladders—while also dodging larvae, owls, and lightning bolts. The player can jump and dangle from branches. He earns points by gathering apples, arrows, daggers, and coronets.
The tree is tall. A gauge tracks the player's altitude, and at the conclusion of each level the game informs the player how much further to climb to reach the goal: A castle on the treetop. The ascent is divided into nine game levels; the player character dances at the conclusion of each level.
When the player clears the ninth level, a curtain opens to reveal the castle at the top of the tree. Smiling from the crenels of the castle's parapet are a young woman in a purple frock, and a man wearing a war bonnet. After the end sequence, the game then continues at the base of the tree.
See also
Spider-Man (1982)
Ice Climber (1985)
References
External links
1984 video games
Konami games
MSX games
Windows games
Platformers
Virtual Console games
Virtual Console games for Wii U
Video games about magic
Video games about plants
Video games based on Native American mythology
Works about trees |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NET%20%28Indonesian%20TV%20network%29 | NET (an initialism of News and Entertainment Television, stylized as NET.) is an Indonesian free-to-air television network that was launched on 26 May 2013. It replaced Spacetoon on terrestrial television. The channel's programming is focused towards family and young viewers.
History
In 2012, PT Net Mediatama Indonesia was established. In March 2013 the company acquired PT Televisi Anak Spacetoon (Spacetoon) by purchasing 95% of its shares before the company was wholly acquired in May 2013. On 18 May 2013, NET started its trial broadcast using Spacetoon's frequencies on terrestrial television, limiting the latter broadcast to pay television.
Programming previously aired by Spacetoon was broadcast on a programming block called "NET Playground" or "NETTOON" that aired Mondays to Fridays afternoon until the block ceased to air a year later, and returned in 15 December 2018 to broadcast Cartoon Network shows, previously carried by Trans TV from 2016 to 2018.
On 3 April 2015, NET officially became the main sponsor of the football club Persija Jakarta for two years, during the 2015 Indonesia Super League. The following day, the network was announced as major sponsor of Persija's rival Persib Bandung, also for two years.
NET. received a Suspension on Debt Payment Obligation (PKPU) claim from 25 November 2020 by Bambang Sutrisno. Bambang withdrew the PKPU on 4 December 2020 after NET. paid the Rp2.5 billion debt. Another PKPU claim, this one from PT Seribu Layar Sinema, was withdrawn in January 2021 after NET. paid the Rp13.7 billion debt.
Presenters
Current
Adam Suryanagara
Aiptu Zakaria "Jacklyn Choppers"
Ajeng Suseno
Angie Ang
Anjana Demira
Devina Bertha
Indah Setyani
Louise Ayu (former RCTI and Sindonews TV anchor and reporter)
Maria Anatasya
Rahma Hayuningdyah
Rani Sutari
Vannico Soekarno (former Trans TV anchor)
Former
Adit Dipo
Alice Callista
Amanda Hajj (now at Kompas TV)
Anggi Pasaribu (now at iNews and MNC News)
Anjana Demira
Annisa Pagih (now at CNN Indonesia, Trans7 and Trans TV)
Anton Pradhana
Ari Sanjaya
Aris Satya (now at SEA Today)
Astrid Satwika
Azizah Hanum (now at SCTV)
Ben Kasyafani
Caroline Soerachmat (now at SEA Today)
Chelzea Verhoeven
Dea Githa
Dilla Hantika
Esther Cramer
Farhana Khalid
Farid Zaidt
Febi Purnamasari
Frianti Ishana
Imelda Fransisca
Isabella Fawzi
Jacklyn Choppers
Marissa Anita (now at SEA Today)
Masyitha Baziad
Mayfree Syari (now at CNN Indonesia, Trans7 and Trans TV)
Nadia Soekarno
Natasya Helviana
Nia Nurhasanah
Panji Suryono (now at Moji)
Peter Ngantung
Rahma Hayuningdyah
Rahma Landy (now at SEA Today)
Ranggani Puspandya
Sakti Al-Fattah
Shahnaz Soehartono (now at Trans TV and SEA Today)
Shara Virrisya
Sheila Purnama (now at Indosiar and Ajwa TV)
Shinta Zahara (now at CNBC Indonesia)
Syarifah Rahma (now at CNBC Indonesia)
Taufik Effendi
Teuku Aditya
Tita Hayati
Tommy Fadjar
Tomy Ristanto (now at Polri TV)
Twinda Rarasati
Wulan Juliani
Zacky H |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Flessas | Andy Flessas (aka andyRobot) is an American robotics designer and computer animator, and proprietor of the company andyRobot. He invented RoboScreen, a robotically controlled video display, and is the author of RobotAnimator software.
Early life and education
Flessas started studying robotics in the mid-1990's. He trained at ABB's robotic training school. He also trained at KUKA training institute. He has a BA degree in Film Animation from Columbia College Chicago 1991.
Flessas designs advanced robotics motion planning software systems and proprietary hardware for ABB, KUKA, and YASKAWA robots.
Career
Flessas started Casino Arts corporation in 2002 and renamed it to andyRobot in Jan. of 2019. Flessas developed RoboScreen, which was awarded a United States Patent in 2009. The RoboScreen, developed with ABB Robotics, was first used by Bon Jovi in 2009. It was used at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in 2013. It was used by Japanese pop stars Kis-My-Ft2 in 2013.
andyRobot created a robotic piano system for Lady Gaga in 2016. NIKE commissioned andyRobot to create an advanced robotics system in NYC for the 2016 NIKE Innovation Summit.
Flessas also is the creator of RobotAnimator, a plug-in for Autodesk Maya which enables computer animators to generate robotic choreography using the software. Andy also received a United States patent for a collection of Robotic Entertainment Elements primarily a robotic staircase, and robotic video projectors. He also has a patent in South Korea for RoboScreen.
In 2014 WIRED magazine referred to him as "The Robot Whisperer".
In 2015 NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) licensed andyRobot's Robot Animator robotics software for use on the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission.
In 2017 VERIZON featured andyRobot robotic systems in its television commercial regarding remote robotic surgery using 5G networks.
andyRobot created the first large format entertainment robotics system on a deep ocean vessel "Quantum of the Seas" in 2014, "Anthem of the Seas" in 2015, and "Ovation of the Seas" in 2016 for Royal Caribbean International. andyRobot licensed his proprietary robotics technologies to international pop music producer Deadmau5.
In 2019 APPLE featured andyRobot robotic systems in its "Introducing iPhone 11 Pro" launch commercial.
In 2019 MTV used andyRobot patented RoboScreen robotic video displays on its MTV Video Music Awards 2019.
In 2019 andyRobot collaborated with Bloomingdale's in New York City to create holiday themed window displays featuring robots placing ornaments on holiday trees, a robot band, and an interactive karaoke attraction.
References
External links
http://www.abb.us/cawp/seitp202/00003c1a485b0d4b85257b1d005a40bd.aspx
Reuters
http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/267c7fac23827b0fc125783e0046f69e.aspx
Wall Street Journal video interview
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20of%20the%20North | Norm of the North is a 2016 American computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Trevor Wall in his directorial debut, and written by Daniel R. Altiere, Steven M. Altiere, and Malcolm T. Goldman. The film features the voices of Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Colm Meaney, Loretta Devine, Gabriel Iglesias, Michael McElhatton, and Bill Nighy, and is an international co-production of the United States, India, and Ireland. The UK version of the film features the voice of James Corden instead of Michael McElhatton. It was produced by Splash Entertainment and Telegael, and distributed by Lionsgate.
Norm of the North was theatrically released on January 15, 2016. It was panned by critics and audiences alike, who consider it one of the worst animated movies ever made. It grossed $30.5 million against a budget of $18 million and spawned three direct-to-video sequels: Norm of the North: Keys to the Kingdom, released February 12, 2019; Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure, released June 11, 2019; and Norm of the North: Family Vacation, released February 25, 2020.
Plot
Norm, a polar bear, is the son of the King of the Arctic. In his youth, he realizes his ability to speak to humans, a trait shared only by his grandfather. Because of this, he is made an outcast from the other animals, only being accepted by Socrates, a wise seagull, and Elizabeth, a female polar bear whom Norm is in love with.
Years later, Norm's grandfather has become the world's most famous polar bear and human tourists are filling the Arctic. Socrates shows Norm and three Arctic lemmings a luxury condo that has been installed on the ice. Inside this condo is Vera, a representative for wealthy developer Mr. Greene. After Norm saves Vera from an avalanche, she tells him to find an actor to play a polar bear for their campaign. Norm denies this, but soon falls in love with Vera much to the jealousy of the lemmings. When his grandfather embarrasses him in front of the sea lions, Norm chases a boy named Pedro who then discovers Norm. But just before Pedro and Norm could get together, Norm is tranquilized and taken away from the Arctic leaving Pedro saddened about what happened and the Lemmings are also taken as well much to the horror of his grandfather.
The next morning, they wake up in New York City. Norm freaks out by this, but discovers Vera who has come to New York City as well. The Lemmings discover a filming Studio and they go in. However a man wearing some white glasses tries to attack Norm by struggling and strangling him in ropes. Norm manages to regain his strength and takes off the white glasses and is shocked by discovering that the disguise was Pedro. After hearing that Pedro works at the filming Studio, the two become friends and Norm apologizes for chasing him.
In the city, Norm pretends to be an actor and auditions for Pedro's commercial and is taken to dinner by Vera. The two celebrate and are succeeded by all of the hosts. During a public incident in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sunday%20Guardian | The Sunday Guardian is an Indian Sunday newspaper, founded by journalist and politician M. J. Akbar, and currently owned by iTV Network. It was launched on 31 January 2010 from New Delhi and is printed in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. The 40-page newspaper is divided into two sections of 20 pages each: The Sunday Guardian and Guardian 20. Together, they offer a mix of news, investigation, opinion, entertainment, lifestyle and issues of human interest.
The newspaper is now a part of iTV Network, which also runs the India News and NewsX channels.
Content
It was the first to report about the controversy surrounding the allotment of coal blocks in November 2011. The news item "CBI did not probe fodder allegations against Bihar CM" (29 September 2013) was picked up by other media outlets and created a stir in Patna.
This newspaper was the first to report that there existed a note by the National Investigation Agency saying that Lashkar-e-Tayyiba terrorist David Headley had mentioned Ishrat Jahan’s name as an LeT terrorist. A few other widely discussed news reports include Congress chalks out anyone but Modi strategy (5 January 2014), "PMO unconcerned about scientist deaths" (26 October 2013), "Ragging, harassment a ‘tradition’ at Naval Academy" (19 May 2013).
The "Comment & Analysis" pages of the newspaper start with M.J. Akbar’s weekly column "Byline". The pages also have columns by senior jurist and Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani, strategic affairs expert M.D. Nalapat, security expert V. Balachandran, veteran journalists Saeed Naqvi and Virendra Kapoor, scholars Monika Chansoria, Debotri Dhar and Raziuddin Aquil and academic Vivek Gumaste. Former Pakistan ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom Maleeha Lodhi is also a columnist. Nora Chopra’s writes a diary on politics and politicians in the "Covert" section. Cricket expert Dileep Premachandran gives his insight in "Sports Guardian". "Business Guardian" features stock broking tips from financial expert Rajiv Kapoor.
Notable columnists
M.J. Akbar
M.D. Nalapat
References
External links
Sunday newspapers
2010 establishments in Delhi
English-language newspapers published in India
Newspapers published in Delhi
Newspapers established in 2010 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Boy%20Allan | is an educational video game developed by Asmik Corporation for the Family Computer Disk System, and published by Sunsoft in 1987.
Super Boy Allan is the second installment in Sunsoft and Asmik's Intelligence Game trilogy. It is preceded by Adian no Tsue (1986), and followed by Chitei Tairiku Orudora (1987).
In the game, Allan Colada journeys from his home in the foothills into the mountains to retrieve a remedy for his sister Leela's fever.
Gameplay
To progress through most game screens, the player must push, kick, or pull logs to clear a path to the exit, as well as to solve arithmetic equations and inequality statements involving fractions.
The mechanics of the log-pushing puzzles are comparable to those in the Eggerland video game franchise, which in turn derive from Sokoban (1982). However, by using a rope (which are in limited supply), Allan can also pull a log away. Kicking a log toward an enemy defeats the enemy.
The design of the game world is patterned on Nintendo's action-adventure game The Legend of Zelda (1986).
See also
Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983)
List of video games published by Sunsoft
References
1987 video games
Educational video games
Top-down video games
Asmik Ace Entertainment games
Famicom Disk System games
Famicom Disk System-only games
Sunsoft games
Video games developed in Japan
Single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday%20All%20Stars | Sunday All Stars is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on June 16, 2013 on the network's Sunday Grande sa Hapon line up replacing Party Pilipinas. The show concluded on August 2, 2015 with a total of 107 episodes. It was replaced by Sunday PinaSaya in its timeslot.
Overview
Sunday All Stars replaced Party Pilipinas, which was put off-air by the network management due to issues involving its production teams.
The show held its pilot episode on June 16, 2013 with the cast members forming four celebrity teams: Tropang Trending, Ligang iLike, InstaGang and Tweet Hearts. Each team had celebrity leaders rotating each month. The judges will then access their performances determining who gave the best production per week. Criteria for judging includes conceptualization, execution and entertainment value. Home viewers are given a chance to choose who their best team is via online and SMS voting. Voting starts from 12:00 PM of Monday up to the shows airing on Sundays at 1:45 PM. The remaining points will come from the show's segment "Kalerki-Oke" which is done live.[5]
The show had one of the most talked about episode wherein a guy did his wedding proposal to his girlfriend live on stage towards the end of Tropang Trending's performance.
In April 2014, the management decide to reformat the program from the usual competition to a straight-up musical variety show as a homage to their timeslot predecessors, SOP and Party Pilipinas. It also reduced its broadcast time to at least 90 minutes.
Cast
Janno Gibbs
Regine Velasquez-Alcasid
Ogie Alcasid
Jaya
Co-hosts and performers
Featuring
Addlib
Junior New System
Philippine Island Assassin
SexBomb Girls
Teams
Insta Gang
Team color: blue
Former team leaders
Christian Bautista
Glaiza de Castro
WinWyn Marquez
Mark Herras
LJ Reyes
Kris Lawrence
Aljur Abrenica
Rochelle Pangilinan
Kyla
Mark Bautista
LJ Reyes
Kyla
Ligang iLike
Team color: yellow
Former team leaders
Jolina Magdangal
Kris Bernal
Louise delos Reyes
Aljur Abrenica
Kyla
Aicelle Santos
Mark Bautista
Alden Richards
Winwyn Marquez
Andrea Torres
Sef Cadayona
Derrick Monasterio
Kris Bernal
Tropang Trending
Team color: green
Former team leaders
Mark Bautista
Mark Herras
Rochelle Pangilinan
Rachelle Ann Go
Jay R
Max Collins
Rocco Nacino
Rodjun Cruz
Max Collins
Frencheska Farr
Yassi Pressman
Kris Lawrence
Mark Bautista
Tweet Hearts
Team color: red
Former team leaders
Jennylyn Mercado
Julie Anne San Jose
Sef Cadayona
Alden Richards
Rodjun Cruz
Mark Herras
Jay R
Louise delos Reyes
Kris Bernal
Rochelle Pangilinan
Christian Bautista
Rocco Nacino
Results
Team colors
Cycle 1
Notes
Jolina Magdangal passed the role to Kris Bernal as the leader of Ligang iLike due to her doctor's health advice. Bernal will be the substitute leader of the team for two weeks and until Magdangal's recovery.
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Cycle 4 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doremikko | is a music video game developed by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System, and published in 1987.
The software's retail package included a musical keyboard-like input device for playing and composing music with various synthesized instruments. The 36-key keyboard comprises three-octaves.
The game's title alludes to the first three solfège syllables, do, re, and mi.
See also
List of Family Computer Disk System games
List of Konami games
References
1987 video games
Famicom Disk System games
Famicom Disk System-only games
Japan-exclusive video games
Konami games
Music video games
Video games developed in Japan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence%20%28American%20TV%20series%29 | Intelligence is an American cyber-themed action-adventure television series. The series aired on CBS in the United States, and premiered on January 7, 2014.
On May 10, 2014, CBS cancelled the series after one season. The series was created by Michael Seitzman, who serves as an executive producer along with Tripp Vinson and Barry Schindel, for ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios.
Production
The series was originally scheduled to premiere on February 24, 2014.
Plot
Gabriel Vaughn is an ex-United States Army Delta Force operator and a high-tech intelligence operative enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain. With this implant, Gabriel is the first human ever to be connected directly into the globalized information grid. He can get into any of its data centers and access key intel files in the fight to protect the United States from its enemies. Lillian Strand, the Director of the United States Cyber Command who supports Gabriel and oversees the unit's missions, assigns United States Secret Service Special Agent Riley Neal to protect Gabriel from outside threats, as well as from his appetite for reckless, unpredictable behaviors and disregard for protocols. Meanwhile, Gabriel takes advantage of his chip to search for his wife, CIA officer Amelia Hayes, who disappeared years ago after being sent by the CIA to infiltrate and prevent the Lashkar-e-Taiba from carrying out a terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Josh Holloway as Vaughn, an ex–Delta Force operator implanted with a chip that allows him to access the Global Information Grid.
Marg Helgenberger as Strand, Director of the U.S. Cyber Command.
Meghan Ory as U.S. CyberCom Special Agent Neal, an ex–Secret Service agent assigned to protect Gabriel from external threats.
Michael Rady as U.S. CyberCom Special Agent Chris
John Billingsley as Cassidy, the neuroscientist responsible for creating the microchip that was implanted in Gabriel's brain.
P. J. Byrne as Cassidy, son of Shenendoah Cassidy and one of the scientists working on the Clockwork Project.
Recurring cast
Tomas Arana as , Director of National Intelligence.
Lance Reddick as , Director of Central Intelligence
Peter Coyote as , father of Lillian Strand
Zuleikha Robinson as , Gabriel's wife and a former CIA field officer.
Faye Kingslee as , a Chinese national who is also implanted with a stolen chip similar to the one in Vaughn. However her chip is more advanced, allowing her to do things Gabriel cannot such as enter his mind. Grace Huang played Mei Chen in the pilot.
Episodes
Cultural references
In episode 13, it was revealed that the name "Clockwork" was based on the 1879 short story "The Ablest Man in the World" by Edward Page Mitchell. The story is about a man who was mute and mentally handicapped and grew up in a mental asylum. His life was changed when a scientist replaced his brain with a clockwork device that intended to make the patient—who has become a Russian baron |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automsoft | Automsoft is a provider of database historian and data visualization software for the process industries. Founded in 1997, Automsoft has headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and the UK and US. Automsoft's primary focus is on database scalability based on object database technology and open standards. Currently the company is privately owned, with no external investors.
History
Founded in 1997, Automsoft sought to address a gap in the market process data historian market by writing a product using object database technology OODBMS.
Automsoft joins the OPC Foundation as a charter member.
2000 Automsoft adds FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance to their suite of products.
2001 Automsoft achieves ISO 9001 quality management certification.
2002 Automsoft secures €6 million in funding from IDG Ventures Europe with Pentech Ventures and also wins technical innovation award at Ireland's leading technology event for its RAPID Pharma product for the pharmaceutical market.
2003 Automsoft secures multimillion-pound contract with US biotech giant Genzyme Corporation and ex-Elan Corporation CEO Donal Geaney to chair Automsoft.
2005 Automsoft rapidHistorian software used to find out what happened to oil platform Thunder Horse after Hurricane Dennis hit.
2005 & 2006 Automsoft secures patents on its database technology.
2009 Automsoft showcase their green innovations in clean-tech in Palo Alto California and also achieve OPC Unified Architecture compliance.
2011 Automsoft and Power Analytics announce a partnership to provide solutions for the smart grid environment.
2013 Automsoft chosen as a 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Winner.
References
External links
Official website
Companies based in Dublin (city)
Software companies established in 1997 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis%20%28TV%20series%29 | Crisis is an American action thriller drama television series that was aired on NBC from March 16 to June 21, 2014 as part of the 2013–14 United States network television schedule and the mid-season entry. The series was created by Rand Ravich for 20th Century Fox Television. The series stars Dermot Mulroney, Rachael Taylor, Lance Gross, James Lafferty, Max Martini, Michael Beach, Stevie Lynn Jones, Halston Sage, Max Schneider, Joshua Erenberg, and Gillian Anderson. Crisis premiered on March 16, 2014.
On May 9, 2014, midway through its first season, NBC canceled Crisis. The network broadcast the remaining episodes starting May 25, with the two-hour series finale airing on June 21.
Premise
During a school trip, students of Ballard High School, attended by the children of Washington, D.C.'s elite, including the President's son, are the victims of an ambush. A national crisis begins and Secret Service agent Marcus Finley finds himself at the center of it on his first day on the job. FBI agent Susie Dunn also discovers her "niece", the daughter of CEO Meg Fitch, is among the kidnapped children.
Cast
Main
Dermot Mulroney as Francis Gibson, an ex-CIA analyst who was betrayed by the government
Rachael Taylor as FBI Special Agent Susie Dunn
Lance Gross as Secret Service Special Agent Marcus Finley, a rookie who was betrayed by his partner
James Lafferty as Mr. Nash, teacher at Ballard High School
Max Martini as Koz, a mercenary hired by Gibson
Michael Beach as William Olsen, Director of the FBI
Stevie Lynn Jones as Beth Ann Gibson, the daughter of Francis, with whom she has a strained relationship
Halston Sage as Amber Fitch, Susie's biological daughter but raised by Meg as her own
Max Schneider as Ian Martinez, Beth's best friend
Gillian Anderson as Meg Fitch, the CEO of an international IT company and Susie's older sister
Recurring
David Andrews as Secret Service Special Agent Hurst, head of the White House protective detail. He was working for Gibson under duress, until being shot and killed by Kyle DeVore, who believed that Hurst had betrayed him.
John Allen Nelson as President DeVore
David Chisum as Noah Fitch, husband of Meg Fitch
Adam Scott Miller as Kyle DeVore, the president's teenage son
Brandon Ruiter as Luke Putnam, one of the teenagers abducted and Kyle's friend
Shavon Kirksey as Sloan Yarrow, another of the abducted teenagers and Amber's best friend
Rammel Chan as Jin Liao, one of the teenagers who believes Kyle is the reason for everyone being kidnapped
Jessica Dean Turner as Dutton, a Communications Gunwoman and Maryland State Police officer working for Gibson
Mark Valley as Gabe Widener, Director of the CIA
Rod Hallett as Dr. Jonas Clarenbach, a scientist who once worked in the pharmaceuticals division at Meg's company, and is also Meg's former lover
Joshua Erenberg as Anton Roth, an advanced student from the school who is saved from the initial ambush by Agent Finley
John Henry Canavan as Morgan Roth, a scien |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemax%20%28video%20game%20developer%29 | Cinemax is an independent Czech video game developer and publisher. The studio was founded by Lukáš Macura. The studio focuses on computer, mobile and console games.
Developed games
1997 – Gooka
1998 – The Hussite
1999 – In the Raven Shadow
2001 – State of War
2005 – Evil Days of Luckless John
2005 – Necromania: Trap of Darkness
2005 – Daemonica
2006 – Gumboy: Crazy Adventures
2007 – Gumboy: Crazy Features
2007 – State of War 2: Arcon
2008 – Gumboy:Tournament
2009 – Puzzle Rocks
2009 – Numen: Contest of Heroes
2009 – Inquisitor
2010 – Sokomania
2010 – Snakeoid
2012 – Decathlon 2012
2012 – Retro Decathlon 2012
2012 – Gyro13
2013 – 247 Missiles
2013 – hexee—smash the match
2014 – Wormi
2014 – Sokomania 2: Cool Job
2014 – The Keep
2019 - Jim is Moving Out!
2023 - Bzzzt
TBA - Automatica: Programmable Battle Droids
TBA - Brahman: The Gate of Salvation
References
External links
Games by Cinemax
Published games
Cinemax on Slovak server abcgames.cz
Video game companies of the Czech Republic
Video game companies established in 1997
Czech companies established in 1997 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo%20Tez | Geo Tez () is a Pakistani pay television news channel that was launched in 2013 by GEO network. It broadcasts in Urdu, and its programming consists of headlines aired every fifteen minutes with a mix of entertainment programs acting as fillers.
Geo Tez premiered its first Urdu-language animated series, Burka Avenger, which would later become viral both on the Internet and on television. The channel broadcasts short stories, breaking news, headlines and documentaries. It has replaced the defunct GEO English news channel, which has closed in October 2013.
Geo Tez was launched in the UK on Sky Digital in May 2013, and closed in August 2017.
Programmes
Burka Avenger
Doodh Patti Aur Khabar
Tezabi Tottay
References
External links
Geo TV
Television networks in Pakistan
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Television stations in Pakistan
Television stations in Karachi
2013 establishments in Pakistan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh%20Valley%20Health%20Network | Lehigh Valley Health Network is a healthcare network based in the Allentown, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The healthcare network serves eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. Its flagship hospital is Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, located on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown.
History
LVHN has 981 licensed-acute beds on its three campuses. In 2007, there were 50,070 admissions, 14,319 inpatient surgeries, 453,477 outpatient visits, 14,841 outpatient surgeries, 119,017 ER visits, and 3,184 births in network hospitals.
LVHN operates the third largest heart surgery program in Pennsylvania with more than 1,200 open-heart procedures performed each year. Pennsylvania's first Level One Trauma Center was at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest and this trauma center remains the only Level I trauma center in the Lehigh Valley with additional qualifications in pediatric trauma. The LVHN Cancer Center is the fourth largest in Pennsylvania and cares for more than 2,400 new patients each year.
In fiscal year 2014, LVHN's operating income increased by $9 million to $42 million. Acute admissions were up more than 2 percent to 55,000. Also up were emergency room visits, which increased 7 percent to 190,000. In 2014, the not-for-profit LVHN increased its community benefit - a combination of free care, reduced-cost care, education and other efforts that make up the foundation of the network's not-for-profit status - by 8 percent to $354 million. That supported more than 11,000 free flu shots distributed at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township and Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, and a dental van that provides free care to more than 1,000 children yearly. The benefit also helps to cover the growing differential between health care costs and how much Medicaid and Medicare are willing to reimburse.
Merger with Pocono Health System
In May 2015, the parent companies of Pocono Health System and Lehigh Valley Health Network announced they have agreed to merge. The planned merger was approved by both corporations' boards of directors in separate meetings. The merger is expected to be finalized early in 2016 following "due diligent" discussions of respective service delivery and financial issues, negotiation of final merger documents and government regulatory approvals.
On January 1, 2017, a full asset merger of Pocono Health System and flagship hospital, Pocono Medical Center, by Lehigh Valley Health Network was completed. Pocono Health System is now LVHN-Pocono and Pocono Medical Center now Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono.
Locations
Tracing its roots back to Allentown Hospital, founded in 1899, LVHN has grown to include nine regional hospital campuses, physicians practices and groups, clinics, testing, and imaging centers, health centers and urgent care locations. The hospital campuses are:
Lackawanna County
Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City, 330 Main St., Dickson City
Lehigh County
Lehigh Valley Hosp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LYS-16 | LYS-16 was an early microcomputer based on the IMP-16 making it one of the first 16 bit microcomputers. It was designed and made by members of the Lysator academic computer club at Linköping University, Sweden
It was introduced in April 1975 and the first computers were delivered in December the same year. Two batches were made by Lysator before the production was handed over to ATEW in Flen who continued to produce it until May 1978. About 1000 units were made. For display it used an ordinary TV and for storage a tape recorder. A rudimentary operating system was available.
References
External links
The Lys-16 Microcomputer
Lys-16 image archive
Early microcomputers
Computer-related introductions in 1975 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Trammell | Joel Trammell is an American businessman and entrepreneur. Trammell works in CEO education and software.
Trammell is the former CEO of Black Box Network Services, and the founder and chairman of Khorus Software, which equips CEOs with strategy-execution software. He is also the author of The CEO Tightrope, published by Greenleaf Book Group in 2014. He has authored two additional books, The Manger’s Playbook (2021) and The Chief Executive Operating System (2023).
Education
Trammell received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1987. Trammell served on the board of directors for The Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation for the 2013–2014 year.
Career
After college, Trammell went on to be an instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power School for four years. From 1990 to 1995, Trammell served as CEO for UST Computers, then co-founded HomeSmart. In 1999, Trammell and his wife, Cathy Fulton, co-founded NetQoS, a developer of network and application performance management software. He served as CEO until the company was acquired by CA Technologies in 2009 for $200 million. After NetQoS, Trammell founded Cache IQ, a developer of network resident caching solutions for file-based storage. Cache IQ was acquired by NetApp Inc. in November 2012. In 2011, he co-founded Lone Rock Technology Group LLC., where he serves as a managing partner. Trammell founded Khorus Software in 2013, a business management software company made specifically for CEOs to align organizations, execute strategy, and deliver predictable results. The company officially launched in February 2014 and Trammell serves as chairman.
Trammell served as a board member for Rise School of Austin and Austin Technology Council, where he serves as Chairman Emeritus. He is also a managing partner at Lake Austin Advisors. He served as a board member at Black Box Network Services until November 2017, when he was selected as CEO.
Trammell contributes to Forbes and Entrepreneur with advice for current and aspiring CEOs, as well as sharing his leadership experiences on his blog, The American CEO. He has authored three books, The CEO Tightrope (2014), The Manager's Playbook (2021), and The Chief Executive Operating System (2023). At the Austin Chapter of Rice Alliance, Trammell teaches a yearly 9-week long CEO training program.
Personal life
Joel Trammell is married to Cathy Fulton, with whom he co-founded NetQoS in 1999. They have three children and reside in Austin, Texas. Joel and Cathy are investors at BridgingApps, an Easter Seals Houston program which provides disabled children with communication and educational technology and training. Trammell enjoys playing tennis, and applies the lessons learned from the game to his entrepreneurship. In 1999, he won the "Player of the Year" award, for his sportsmanship and playing level from the Capital Area Tennis Association. In 2005, Joel and his tennis partner, Jonas Lundblad, won the USTA Men's 30 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco%20Bytesaver | The Bytesaver, introduced by Cromemco in 1976, was the first programmable memory board for the MITS Altair and S-100 bus microcomputer systems. The Bytesaver had sockets for 8 UV-erasable EPROMs providing up to 8 Kbytes of storage. The EPROMs could be programmed by the Bytesaver, or read as computer memory. In the history of microcomputer systems, the Bytesaver was the first viable alternative to the use of punched paper tape for storing programs, and has been called “a great advance in microcomputer technology”.
Background
The Altair 8800, which began the personal computer revolution, was introduced in January 1975 with no hardware or software support for floppy disk or hard disk storage. When Paul Allen travelled to the MITS factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico to demonstrate what would become Microsoft BASIC, he brought with him a punched paper tape of the code that he and Bill Gates had developed. According to Allen, the 7168 byte program took 7 minutes to load from a Teletype Model 33 paper tape reader.
To reduce the time required to load software, and to support a more convenient storage medium than paper tape, Cromemco developed the first programmable solid-state storage system for the Altair microcomputer. Cromemco called it the "Bytesaver" and introduced it in the February 1976 issue of Byte magazine. With the Bytesaver the time to load Microsoft 8K Basic was reduced from 7 minutes to less than one second.
Technology
The Bytesaver used solid-state UV erasable EPROMS that provided up to 8K bytes of program or data storage. The original Bytesaver could support either the type 2704 or 2708 EPROM. The Bytesaver came with one 2704 EPROM containing a program called “Bytemover” to facilitate EPROM programming. The EPROMS to be programmed were selected from the front panel switches of the Altair computer.
A switch on the Bytesaver card was used to turn on or off the EPROM programming voltage. With this switch off there was no chance for accidental programming of the memory. Once programmed the information was retained in the EPROMS, but the memory chips could be erased by removing them from the Bytesaver and placing them under an ultraviolet light.
Cromemco also offered a 3K Control Basic interpreter, developed by Li-Chen Wang. This very compact Basic was supplied on three 2708 EPROMS that could plug into the Bytesaver.
Product family
The original Bytesaver, introduced in 1976, was called the 8K Bytesaver since it could store up to 8K bytes of information using eight 2708 EPROMS. One limitation of early S-100 bus microcomputer systems was the 64 Kbyte address space. Cromemco introduced the concept of bank-switching to the S-100 bus which allowed memory to be place in one of 8 banks of 64 Kbytes, thus expanding the effective address space to 512 Kbytes. The Bytesaver II succeeded the 8K Bytesaver in 1978, and supported memory bank switching.
For applications that required a ROM memory card, but did not require the ability to program th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%20no%20Mah%C5%8D | is a Japanese role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer Disk System, and released in Japan on 24 July 1987. The game's music was composed by Nobuo Uematsu.
Gameplay
Players explore an Egyptian town and ruins from a first-person perspective. The game combines role-playing game elements with an adventure game-like interface. Players may purchase items from shops, though some shopkeepers must be defeated in battle before trading. Battles are turn-based, with options to fight, use items, or flee. Players accumulate experience points by succeeding in battle and "level up" after gaining enough experience, which increases their stamina. Randomly encountered battles with enemies may happen at any time, including when paused to examine the inventory.
Plot
The player character, Daisuke Kusano, is the son of an archaeologist who disappeared while searching for the Tears of Isis, artifacts once owned by Cleopatra. During the man's excavation for the Tears, demons appeared and abducted him. The boy soon learns that he must find the Tears in order to save his father. Over the course of the adventure, Daisuke visits the Great Sphinx of Giza, the Temple of Kom Ombo, a tower of sand, and an underground labyrinth. At the end of the game, he discovers that the demons had been disguised as the kindly shopkeeper. Daisuke receives the last Tear of Isis upon defeating the demons, which summons the ghost of Cleopatra, who releases Daisuke's father from imprisonment.
Development
Nobuo Uematsu composed the music for the game. When developing the game for both the Famicom and the Famicom Disk System (FDS), there were technical differences such as a smaller amount of memory on the FDS which led to a more difficult process creating the same graphics.
Reception
Famitsu appreciated the game's graphics and animations, and called the characters "cute". ITmedia Gamez also complimented the game's animations, though felt that too much of the disk's capacity was devoted to these animations at the cost of game length. However, the reviewer thought it was not a bad game, even though it was short, and compared it favorably to The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, an adventure gamebook.
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External links
1987 video games
Cultural depictions of Cleopatra
Famicom Disk System games
Famicom Disk System-only games
Japan-exclusive video games
Square (video game company) games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Nobuo Uematsu
Video games set in Egypt |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving%20Santa | Saving Santa is a 2013 British computer-animated comedy film created and written by Tony Nottage and directed by Leon Joosen, produced by Tony Nottage, Terry Stone and Nick Simunek. The film was released direct-to-video.
Plot
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa, twice.
Voice cast
Martin Freeman as Bernard D. Elf
Tim Curry as Neville Baddington
Noel Clarke as Snowy
Tim Conway as Santa
Pam Ferris as Mrs. Clause
Ashley Tisdale as Shiny
Joan Collins as Vera Baddington
Chris Barrie as Blitzen
Nicholas Guest as Chestnut
Richard Steven Horvitz as Orange Haired Elf and Chestnut
Rebecca Ferdinando as Valley Girl Elf
Craig Fairbrass as The Mercenary
Terry Stone as Mercenary
Alex Walkinshaw as Reporter
Release
It was released in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2013 on Blu-ray and DVD by The Weinstein Company and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Reception
The film received negative critical reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of based on critical reviews.
See also
List of Christmas films
Santa Claus in film
References
External links
2013 films
2013 comedy films
2013 computer-animated films
2010s Christmas comedy films
British Christmas comedy films
British computer-animated films
Animated Christmas films
Animated films about time travel
Gateway Films films
2010s English-language films
2010s British films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Privacy%20Association | The European Privacy Association (EPA) is a Brussels-based lobbying group, founded in 2009. Its stated goal is "to enhance data protection and Internet freedom as fundamental principles of democracy."
, Karin Riis-Jørgensen is chairwoman of the EPA. Former EP member Pat Cox is among its founders.
EU lobbying watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has asserted that EPA "is working to represent industry interests in the debate on data protection in Europe" and "to promote industry-friendly legislation" as a front group for the IT industry. It has been called an example of an astroturfing organisation that "disguises as an independent thinktank". EPA's Policy and Scientific Committee director, Paolo Balboni, has denied the astroturfing allegation in a letter to the editor of the Financial Times.
In 2013, CEO filed a complaint against EPA because the association had not listed any corporate sponsors in the EU Transparency Register, claiming that it had only ten natural persons as members; EPA then admitted that Microsoft, Google and Yahoo are among its members.
According to EPA, the Transparency Register closed the case in June 2013.
The organisation changed its status in the Transparency Register from "Think-tank" to the "Trade, business & professional associations", because a think-tank is not allowed to have corporate members.
Research
EPA members have published a number of scientific papers in international law journals.
Privacy by Design & Anonymisation Techniques in Action: Case Study of Ma3tch Technology
Balboni, P. & Macenaite, M. (2013) Privacy by design and anonymisation techniques in action: case study of Ma3tch technology, Computer Law & Security Review: The International Journal of Technology Law and Practice 29 (2013), pp. 330–340.
Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) Activities in the Cloud Environment: A European Legal Perspective. Balboni, P., & Pelino, E. (2013). Law enforcement agencies' activities in the cloud environment: a European legal perspective. Information & Communications Technology Law, 22(2), 165-‐190. doi: 10.1080/13600834.2013.821812
Legitimate Interest of the Data Controller New Data Protection Paradigm
Legitimacy Grounded on Appropriate Protection* Paolo Balboni; Daniel Cooper; Rosario Imperiali; Milda Macenaite. International Data Privacy Law 2013; doi: 10.1093/idpl/ipt019
See also
DCI Group
European Digital Rights
References
Cross-European advocacy groups
Information technology organizations based in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreLogo | LibreLogo is an integrated development environment (IDE) for computer programming in the programming language Python, which works like the language Logo using interactive vector turtle graphics. Its final output is a vector graphics rendition within the LibreOffice suite. It can be used for education and desktop publishing.
History
Logo toolbar and interpreter was programmed by László Németh, and help with integration was provided by András Tímár. It was released as an extension to LibreOffice before code was merged into LibreOffice 4.2.3.3 main code in 2014.
The lightweight implementation (1,400 lines in Python-PyUNO) uses the embedded Python to give a simplified programming interface to the vector graphics of LibreOffice for graphic design and education (including teaching of word processing).
Installation
LibreLogo is embedded in every version of LibreOffice after 4.2.3.3, released in 2014. It can also be installed as an extension for earlier versions.
Its main UI is a toolbar in Writer ().
Usage
Touching the up arrow on the Logo toolbar activates the turtle, then the source code is typed directly onto the same page. The graphic is in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format and can be copied and pasted into other documents.
The syntax of LibreLogo is similar to UCBLogo. It supports the ¨word syntax for strings, the 'word' notation, and importantly, recursion. Commands can be entered in the toolbar, or compiled and run from the Writer page.
Hello world example
Here is a "Hello, World!" program example.
circle 10cm
fillcolor 'blue' pencolor 'red' pensize 2 circle 5cm
forward 200 right 89 circle 5
repeat 88 [ forward 200 right 89 ] fill
repeat 9 [ label 'Hello, World!' right 20 ]
repeat 100 [ penup position any pendown pensize random 10 fillcolor any square 20 + random 100 ]
Gallery
See also
References
Bibliography
Berlin 2012 Libre Office Conference
External links
Language description on the official wiki (en) other languages supported
ebook- Text book for Secondary School students (hu) Supported by Hungarian government.
Tutorial College level notes
Free software
Vector graphics editors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Lanka%20Ecotourism%20Foundation | Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation (abbreviated SLEF) is a national association of Sri Lanka that aims to create a wide network of ecotourism actors throughout the country. The organization focuses on developing the economic and social development of rural communities through tourism.
SLEF supports local communities to take part in community based tourism and conservation projects. The organization has been founded in 1998 by Palitha Gurusinghe, who is a member of Advisory Board of The International Ecotourism Society and a famous presenter in Ecotourism and Community Based Tourism.
Objectives
Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation aims to use tourism as a tool to support the social and economic development or rural communities throughout Sri Lanka. The foundation has been leading poverty alleviation programs through ecotourism and is motivating local communities to take part in community based ecotourism and nature conservation projects.
The main objective of SLEF is the promotion of a sustainable form of tourism within Sri Lanka in order to position the country as one of the best ecotourism destinations in South Asia. To do so, the foundation urges on community and private sector participation, infrastructure improvements and regional cooperation.
According to SLEF, ecotourism could limit environmental degradation while promoting cooperation between private and public sectors in Sri Lanka. Ecotourism is also viewed as a way to reduce poverty in the tourism generating areas of the island, contribute to economic growth, raise employment and allow the promotion of natural and cultural sites conservation.
Projects
Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation is currently leading several community based ecotourism projects throughout Sri Lanka. The foundation provides tours within its ecotourism network through its company Sri Lanka Ecotours.
SLEF is promoting community based ecolodges and has launched an ecolodge project in order to educate those who are planning to build this type of tourist accommodation in or around protected areas, for them to do so with a minimum impact on the environment.
SLEF is also addressing the climate change issues while promoting sustainable energies. The foundation supports small and medium scale Sri Lankan entrepreneurs in Capacity Building/Training on renewable energy systems, with an emphasis on the solar energy.
SLEF is providing a compilation of Eco-labeling, Accreditation and Certification Programmes for Small and Medium Enterprises within the Tourism Sector in Sri Lanka. The foundation is leading training programmes to educate enterprises about Community Camping, Renewable Energy Sources, Forests and Wildlife, Ecolodges and Community Based Ecotourism Projects in Sri Lanka.
Awards and recognition
SLEF has been awarded the 2010 presidential award for “Outstanding Contribution for Tourism in Sri Lanka”, giving the foundation a great national recognition.
SLEF has received two awards during the Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEAP%20%28software%29 | Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms in Python (DEAP) is an evolutionary computation framework for rapid prototyping and testing of ideas. It incorporates the data structures and tools required to implement most common evolutionary computation techniques such as genetic algorithm, genetic programming, evolution strategies, particle swarm optimization, differential evolution, traffic flow and estimation of distribution algorithm. It is developed at Université Laval since 2009.
Example
The following code gives a quick overview how the Onemax problem optimization with genetic algorithm can be implemented with DEAP.
import array
import random
from deap import creator, base, tools, algorithms
creator.create("FitnessMax", base.Fitness, weights=(1.0,))
creator.create("Individual", array.array, typecode='b', fitness=creator.FitnessMax)
toolbox = base.Toolbox()
toolbox.register("attr_bool", random.randint, 0, 1)
toolbox.register("individual", tools.initRepeat, creator.Individual, toolbox.attr_bool, 100)
toolbox.register("population", tools.initRepeat, list, toolbox.individual)
evalOneMax = lambda individual: (sum(individual),)
toolbox.register("evaluate", evalOneMax)
toolbox.register("mate", tools.cxTwoPoint)
toolbox.register("mutate", tools.mutFlipBit, indpb=0.05)
toolbox.register("select", tools.selTournament, tournsize=3)
population = toolbox.population(n=300)
NGEN = 40
for gen in range(NGEN):
offspring = algorithms.varAnd(population, toolbox, cxpb=0.5, mutpb=0.1)
fits = toolbox.map(toolbox.evaluate, offspring)
for fit, ind in zip(fits, offspring):
ind.fitness.values = fit
population = offspring
See also
Python SCOOP (software)
References
External links
Articles with example Python (programming language) code
Evolutionary computation
Free science software
Python (programming language) scientific libraries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrowband%20ISDN | N-ISDN (Narrowband Integrated Services Digital Network) was an attempt to replace the analog telephone system with a digital one. Unfortunately, the standardization process was too long and regarding to the technology progress in this area, once the standard was finally agreed, it was obsolete.
It generally uses 64 kbit/s channel as the basic unit of switching.
It has a circuit switching orientation.
Its major contribution was Frame Relay.
It describes telecommunication that carries voice information in a narrow band of frequencies.
N-ISDN basic rate is too low so for home as for business today. N-ISDN may be partly saved, but by an unexpected application: Internet access. Various companies now sell ISDN adapters that combine the 2B + D channels into a single 144 kbit/s digital channel. Many Internet providers also support these adapters. So the people can access the Internet over a 144 kbit/s digital link, instead of a 28.8 kbit/s analog modem link and for affordable price that may be a niche for N-ISDN for the next few years.
N-ISDN is also known as Normal-ISDN.
Narrowband refers to data communication and telecommunications tools, technologies and services that utilize a narrower set or band of frequencies in the communication channel. These utilize the channel frequency that is considered flat or which will use a lesser number of frequency sets.
Narrowband is typically implemented in telecommunication technologies to carry voice data on a limited number of frequency sets. The size of the message sent via a narrowband technique utilizes lesser bandwidth than the cumulative bandwidth of the underlying channel.
Narrowband is also used in sending audio spectrums that consume a restricted range of frequencies. The US FCC has allocated a specific range of frequency for mobile radio services based on narrowband that spans from 50cps to 64kbit/s.
References
Telecommunications standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell%20Networking%20Operating%20System | DNOS or Dell Networking Operating System is a network operating system running on switches from Dell Networking. It is derived from either the PowerConnect OS (DNOS 6.x) or Force10 OS/FTOS (DNOS 9.x) and will be made available for the 10G and faster Dell Networking S-series switches, the Z-series 40G core switches and DNOS6 is available for the N-series switches.
Two version families
The DNOS network operating system family comes in a few main versions:
DNOS3
DNOS 3.x: This is a family of firmware for the campus access switches that can only be managed using a web based GUI or run as unmanaged device.
DNOS6
DNOS 6.x: This is the operating system running on the Dell Networking N-series (campus) networking switches. It is the latest version of the 'PowerConnect' operating system, running on a Linux Kernel. It is available as upgrade for the PowerConnect 8100 series switches (which then become a Dell Networking N40xx switch) and it also is installed on all DN N1000, N2000 and N3000 series switches. It has a full web-based GUI together with a full CLI (command line interface) and the CLI will be very similar to the original PowerConnect CLI, though with a range of new features like PVSTP (per VLAN spanning tree), Policy Based Routing and MLAG.
DNOS9
DNOS 9.x: TeUTg on NetBSD.
Only the PowerConnect 8100 will be able to run on DNOS 6.x: all other PowerConnect ethernet switches will continue to run its own PowerConnect OS (on top of VxWorks) while the PowerConnect W-series run on a Dell specific version of ArubaOS.
The Dell Networking S- xxxx and Z9x00 series will run on DNOS where the other Dell Networking switches will continue to run FTOS 8.x firmware.
OS10
OS10 is a Linux-based open networking OS that can run on all Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) switches. As it runs directly in a Linux environment network admins can highly automate the network platform and manage the switches in a similar way as the (Linux) servers.
Hardware Abstraction Layer
Three of the four product families from Dell Networking are using the Broadcom Trident+ ASICs, but the company doesn't use the APIs from Broadcom: the developers at Dell Networking have written their own Hardware Abstraction Layer so that DNOS 9.x can run on different hardware platforms with minimal impact for the firmware. Currently three of the four DN switch families are based on the Broadcom Trident family (while the 4th - the E-series- run on self-developed ASICs); and two of them are running DNOS 9.x (S- and Z- series) and if the product developers want or need to use different hardware for new products they only need to develop a HAL for that new hardware and the same firmware can run on it. This keeps the company flexible and not dependent on a specific hardware-vendor and can use both 3rd party or self designed ASICs and chipsets.
The underlying OS on which DNOS 9.x, runs, is based on NetBSD (while the DNOS 6.x runs on a Linux kernel), an implementation which is often used in embe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20chi-square%20estimation | In statistics, minimum chi-square estimation is a method of estimation of unobserved quantities based on observed data.
In certain chi-square tests, one rejects a null hypothesis about a population distribution if a specified test statistic is too large, when that statistic would have approximately a chi-square distribution if the null hypothesis is true. In minimum chi-square estimation, one finds the values of parameters that make that test statistic as small as possible.
Among the consequences of its use is that the test statistic actually does have approximately a chi-square distribution when the sample size is large. Generally, one reduces by 1 the number of degrees of freedom for each parameter estimated by this method.
Illustration via an example
Suppose a certain random variable takes values in the set of non-negative integers 1, 2, 3, . . . . A simple random sample of size 20 is taken, yielding the following data set. It is desired to test the null hypothesis that the population from which this sample was taken follows a Poisson distribution.
The maximum likelihood estimate of the population average is 3.3. One could apply Pearson's chi-square test of whether the population distribution is a Poisson distribution with expected value 3.3. However, the null hypothesis did not specify that it was that particular Poisson distribution, but only that it is some Poisson distribution, and the number 3.3 came from the data, not from the null hypothesis. A rule of thumb says that when a parameter is estimated, one reduces the number of degrees of freedom by 1, in this case from 9 (since there are 10 cells) to 8. One might hope that the resulting test statistic would have approximately a chi-square distribution when the null hypothesis is true. However, that is not in general the case when maximum-likelihood estimation is used. It is however true asymptotically when minimum chi-square estimation is used.
Finding the minimum chi-square estimate
The minimum chi-square estimate of the population mean λ is the number that minimizes the chi-square statistic
where a is the estimated expected number in the "> 8" cell, and "20" appears because it is the sample size. The value of a is 20 times the probability that a Poisson-distributed random variable exceeds 8, and it is easily calculated as 1 minus the sum of the probabilities corresponding to 0 through 8. By trivial algebra, the last term reduces simply to a. Numerical computation shows that the value of λ that minimizes the chi-square statistic is about 3.5242. That is the minimum chi-square estimate of λ. For that value of λ, the chi-square statistic is about 3.062764. There are 10 cells. If the null hypothesis had specified a single distribution, rather than requiring λ to be estimated, then the null distribution of the test statistic would be a chi-square distribution with 10 − 1 = 9 degrees of freedom. Since λ had to be estimated, one additional degree of freedom is |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mga%20Basang%20Sisiw | (International title: Lost Children / ) is a 2013 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based on a 1981 Philippine film of the same title. Directed by Ricky Davao, it stars Renz Valerio, Bianca Umali, Kimberly Faye, Hershey Garcia and Miko Zarsadias. It premiered on June 3, 2013, on the network's Afternoon Prime line up replacing Unforgettable. The series concluded on November 1, 2013, with a total of 110 episodes. It was replaced by Villa Quintana in its timeslot.
Premise
The series chronicles the story of five siblings – Justin, Faye, Shine, Cha and Mickey – and their long and painful journey to rebuild their once happy family.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Renz Valerio as Justin Santos
Bianca Umali as Feline "Faye" Santos
Kimberly Faye Fulgar as Sunshine "Shine" Santos
Hershey Garcia as Charity "Cha" Santos
Miko Zarsadias as Michael "Mickey" Santos
Supporting cast
Raymond Bagatsing as Froilan Santos
Lani Mercado as Olivia Santos
Maxene Magalona as Victoria "Vicky" Santa Maria
Gardo Versoza as Efren Rodrigo
Mike Tan as Gregorio "Rigor" Manalastas
Caridad Sanchez as Lagring
Maricris Garcia as Cecilia "Cecile" Reyes
Guest cast
Jaya as Sally
Joko Diaz as Tony
Background
The television series is a re-imagining of Agustin dela Cruz's blockbuster classic flick Mga Basang Sisiw (a Pinoy idiomatic expression which means pitiful/hopeless/in dire condition). Produced and released by BSH Films in 1981, the movie stars Julie Vega, Janice de Belen, Cheche Perez de Tagle, Sheryl Cruz, Niño Muhlach and Helen Vela, who also served as producer.
Production and development
In April 2013, GMA Network announced that they would adapt Mga Basang Sisiw into a soap opera, posing the theme: "No matter how bad life seems, someone always shares and understands one's confinement in such a desperate state." Head writer Richard Cruz enhanced the original plot by adding twists, subplots and additional characters. The series was executive produced by Kaye Atienza-Cadsawan and directed by Ricky Davao. The creative team was composed of Afternoon Prime Head, Roy Iglesias; Creative Consultant, Kit Villanueva Langit; Program Manager, Hazel F. Abonita; Headwriter, Richard Dode Cruz; writers, Luningning Ribay and Christine Novicio; and Brainstormers, Gilda Olvidado and Liberty Trinidad.
The series features eleven regular speaking roles. The majority of the ensemble cast was assembled in March/April 2013. Lani Mercado and Raymond Bagatsing were the first two actors to be chosen. The role of Vicky Santa Maria was originally offered to LJ Reyes who declined, so it was given to Maxene Magalona – her first "anti-hero" role. Magalona described her role as "super villain" and further stated "later in the series, it will be shown why my character is behaving that way, cold and cruel. [...] people will also sympathize with my character when they understand why she's acting that way." Gardo Versoza, veteran actress Caridad Sanchez and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed%20MAC-16 | The MAC-16 (or LEC-16) was a 16-bit minicomputer introduced in 1969 by Lockheed Electronics. One main selling point of the MAC-16 was a dedicated context switching system that completed operations in two machine cycles. Several improved versions were introduced, including the MAC Jr., Sue, and System III, but the company dropped support for all of these in the late 1970s.
The MAC-16 was designed to support various high-performance military and civilian roles, and thus spent a considerable amount of time on guaranteeing high speed context switching to support real-time computing. A switch to and from an interrupt handler took only 2 cycles. The original MAC-16 operated with a 1 μS cycle time using core memory and TTL integrated circuits. Lockheed advertised the machine with the slogan "In by 12:34:45.000000, out by 12:34:45.000002". The system featured 64 interrupt levels, allowing considerable flexibility in software design.
Like any machine based on a 16-bit instruction register, the original MAC-16 was able to address up to 64 kilo-words (kW, 128 kB) of RAM. At the time, RAM was provided in the form of hand-wired core memory, which cost about $1 per word. Most MAC-16 machines thus featured considerably less than 64 kW, and 8 kW systems were common as this was all that was needed to support a Fortran compiler. Third-party memory expansion products were available for about half the cost of the Lockheed parts.
One well-known role for the MAC-16 was Lockheed's winning entry for the Federal Aviation Administration's "ARTS II" air-traffic control system. The original ARTS (Automated Radar Terminal System) was based on Univac mainframe computers, which were tube-based systems of enormous size and cost, far too expensive to be used at smaller airports. ARTS II was introduced to address the needs for smaller airports. Lockheed's entry was based on the MAC-16 and a large display system delivered by Plessey, providing on-screen symbology and altitude data for up to 256 aircraft. Ironically, after Lockheed won the ARTS II contest, Burroughs underbid Lockheed, and the ARTS II was based on Burroughs systems.
MAC-16s were found in numerous other roles, including the control systems for the Fermilab accelerators.
References
Citations
Bibliography
External links
Old-engineering.tumblr.com: "Funny, it doesn't look like a Lockheed." — Lockheed advertisement for the MAC-16.
Minicomputers
Computer-related introductions in 1969
Products introduced in 1969
16-bit computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%20scheduling%20problem | The driver scheduling problem (DSP) is type of problem in operations research and theoretical computer science.
The DSP consists of selecting a set of duties (assignments) for the drivers or pilots of vehicles (e.g., buses, trains, boats, or planes) involved in the transportation of passengers or goods, within the constraints of various legislative and logistical criteria.
Criteria and modelling
This very complex problem involves several constraints related to labour and company rules and also different evaluation criteria and objectives. Being able to solve this problem efficiently can have a great impact on costs and quality of service for public transportation companies. There is a large number of different rules that a feasible duty might be required to satisfy, such as
Minimum and maximum stretch duration
Minimum and maximum break duration
Minimum and maximum work duration
Minimum and maximum total duration
Maximum extra work duration
Maximum number of vehicle changes
Minimum driving duration of a particular vehicle
Operations research has provided optimization models and algorithms that lead to efficient solutions for this problem. Among the most common models proposed to solve the DSP are the Set Covering and Set Partitioning Models (SPP/SCP). In the SPP model, each work piece (task) is covered by only one duty. In the SCP model, it is possible to have more than one duty covering a given work piece.
In both models, the set of work pieces that needs to be covered is laid out in rows, and the set of previously defined feasible duties available for covering specific work pieces is arranged in columns. The DSP resolution, based on either of these models, is the selection of the set of feasible duties that guarantees that there is one (SPP) or more (SCP) duties covering each work piece while minimizing the total cost of the final schedule.
See also
Crew scheduling
Deadheading (employee)
References
Algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasury%20Varieties | Treasury Varieties was an American syndicated weekly 30-minute radio program that aired on the Mutual network from 1948 to 1953. The program was sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department to promote the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds. The show featured the music of entertainers backed by a studio orchestra, notably Henry Jerome and His Orchestra, who, over the life of the program, had the longest run. Frank H. Walldecker (1909–1995) was the announcer. Regulars with the Jerome Orchestra included Hal Burton (singer), Morrie Allen (singer), Joe Grimm (Joe Grimaldi) (singer), the Glee Club, and the Three Jays.
Other entertainers (1949) included Bob Chester and His Orchestra, featuring Bobby Breen (singer).
Extant recordings of radio broadcasts
63035: May 28, 1948, Mutual
"The Third Man Theme," Frank H. Waldecker (1909–1995) (announcer), Hal Barton (vocal), Joe Grimm (Joe Grimaldi) (vocal), Maurie Allen (vocal), The Three Jays. 29:50
2313: January 21, 1950, Mutual
Larry Fotine and His Orchestra, Johnny Goodfellow (vocal)
Note: The indexing is that of J. David Goldin (born 1942) , Newtown, Connecticut: RadioGOLDINdex,
Note: Marr Sound Archives
References
1940s American radio programs
1950s American radio programs
American music radio programs
American variety radio programs
Mutual Broadcasting System programs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Chess%20%28film%29 | Computer Chess is a 2013 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Andrew Bujalski. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, and subsequently screened at such festivals as South by Southwest and the Maryland Film Festival.
It is Bujalski's second black-and-white film, and was shot with analog videocameras. It is more improvisatory than his previous films, with only an eight-page treatment for a script. Bujalski also cast nonprofessional actors who were knowledgeable in computer technology.
Plot summary
In 1980, an annual gathering of teams of idiosyncratic nerds compete in a nondescript California hotel to see which of their computer programs can best the others at computer chess. A grandmaster (Gerald Peary) presides as master of ceremonies with a videographer and microphone in tow. Clunky, primitive personal computers are carted from room to room. Bad haircuts, dorky shirts, "birth control glasses", and other social impedimenta are ubiquitous. Bull sessions on the dystopian possibilities of artificial intelligence are pursued. The Pentagon's interest in the goings-on is intimated. The only female geek (Robin Schwartz) in attendance is repeatedly hailed and “welcomed” by the MC.
Simultaneously at the same hotel, a human potential movement group (the “seekers”) has occasional run-ins with the geeks, generating awkward and humorous moments. A painfully shy young computer programmer (Patrick Riester) attracts the interest of a swinging older couple (Cyndi Williams and Chris Doubek). The twin threads of “spiritual” exploration and cybernetic innovation imply an unspoken and implicit hidden connection. In a startling scene, a prostitute — apparently solicited by the young programmer — reveals herself to be infinitely more than expected.
Cast
Patrick Riester as Peter Bishton
Wiley Wiggins as Martin Beuscher
Myles Paige as Michael Papageorge
Robin Schwartz as Shelly Flintic
Gerald Peary as Pat Henderson
Gordon Kindlmann as Tom Schoesser
Reception
The movie has an approval rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "With its delightfully retro production design, Computer Chess is an inventive, intelligent, and humorous comedy that celebrates the eccentricity and uniqueness of its subject." In The Village Voice, Aaron Hillis wrote that it was "the funniest, headiest, most playfully eccentric American indie of the year." Mike D'Angelo of The A.V. Club raved that the film was "the year’s most singular and adventurous movie to date, to the point where it feels not so much original—a word that conveys a strong sense of craft—as it does “isolated,” as in a mutant strain of a virus. What's more, it's fun, generating pleasure not from canned jokes or clichéd plot twists but simply from a sense of unhindered freedom."
References
External links
Interview with the director at Motherboard
2013 films
2013 in chess |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank%20algorithm%20in%20biochemistry | The PageRank algorithm has several applications in biochemistry. ("PageRank" is an algorithm used in Google Search for ranking websites in their results, but it has been adopted for other purposes also. According to Google, PageRank works by "counting the number and quality of links to a page to determine a rough estimate of how important the website is," the underlying assumption being that more important websites are likely to receive more links from other websites.)
Application in analyzing protein networks
The relative importance-measuring property of the PageRank link analysis algorithm could be used to identify new possible drug targets in proteins. A PageRank-based algorithm could identify important protein targets in the pathogen organism better than a method considering only the number of incoming edges (in-degree) of a node in the metabolic network. The reason for this is that some already known, important protein targets do not have a high degree (are not hubs) and also, perturbing some hubs could result in unwanted physiological effects.
Description
The clinical use of most antibiotics result in a mutation of the pathogen organism leading to their resistance against the drug. Therefore, development of new drugs is always needed. A potential first step in developing new drugs against currently threatening diseases (e.g. tuberculosis) is to find new drug targets in the causative agent of the disease, i.e. the pathogen microorganism, let it be either a bacterium, or a protozoan parasite. After finding the target protein in the bacterium (or protozoan parasite), one could design small molecular drug compounds that bind to the protein and inhibit it.
Public availability of biological network data makes the process of searching for new drug targets easier than it was before. By using the available metabolic networks, it is possible to find important nodes with link analysis algorithms, like PageRank. In a recently published paper, biochemical reactions are treated as nodes of the metabolic network. In this directed network, reaction A has a directed edge towards reaction B if the product of the former enters the latter reaction as a substrate or co-factor.
To select important nodes that could serve as drug targets, we might think of selecting high in-degree nodes (hubs; nodes with many incoming edges). It was shown however[2], that targeting hub proteins with many vital functions may unintentionally harm the living cell as well. A PageRank-based scoring method could detect important nodes that are not hubs and therefore might be better drug targets.
The PageRank of a node A is the stationary limit probability distribution that the random walker is at node A. In its original application, the personalization vector w captured the personal interest of a web-surfer: interesting websites to a surfer appeared with a higher probability in the distribution given in vector w. In this metabolic network, w is personalized to proteins; w is l |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda%20conditions | In programming jargon, Yoda conditions (also called Yoda notation) is a programming style where the two parts of an expression are reversed from the typical order in a conditional statement. A Yoda condition places the constant portion of the expression on the left side of the conditional statement.
Yoda conditions are part of the coding standards for Symfony and WordPress.
Origin
The name for this programming style is derived from the Star Wars character Yoda, who speaks English with a non-standard syntax (e.g., "When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not."). Thomas M. Tuerke claims to have coined the term Yoda notation and first published it online in 2006. According to him, the term Yoda condition was later popularized by Félix Cloutier in 2010.
Example
Usually a conditional statement would be written as:
if ($value == 42) { /* ... */ }
// Reads like: "If the value equals 42..."
Yoda conditions describe the same expression, but reversed:
if (42 == $value) { /* ... */ }
// Reads like: "If 42 equals the value..."
Advantage
Error detections
Placing the constant value in the expression does not change the behavior of the program (unless the values evaluate to false—see below). In programming languages that use a single equals sign (=) for assignment expressions and not for comparison, a possible mistake is to assign a value unintentionally instead of writing a conditional statement.
if (myNumber = 42) { /* ... */ }
// This assigns 42 to myNumber instead of evaluating the desired condition
Using Yoda conditions:
if (42 = myNumber) { /* ... */ }
// A syntax error this is and compile it will not
Since 42 is a constant and cannot be changed, this error will be caught by the compiler.
Boolean myBoolean = null;
if (myBoolean == true) { /* ... */ }
// This causes a NullPointerException in Java Runtime, but legal in compilation.
// This happens because Java will try to call myBoolean.booleanValue() on a null Object.
Avoiding some types of unsafe null behavior
Yoda conditions help with unsafe behavior in some situations.
String myString = null;
if (myString.equals("foobar")) { /* ... */ }
// This causes a NullPointerException in Java
With Yoda conditions:
String myString = null;
if ("foobar".equals(myString)) { /* ... */ }
// This resolves to false without throwing a NullPointerException
Criticism
Yoda conditions are criticized for compromising readability by increasing the cognitive load of reading the code.
Some programming languages (such as Swift, Kotlin and versions of Python below 3.8) do not allow variable assignments within conditionalsfor example by requiring that assignments do not return a value, or by defining as part of their grammar the invariant that conditions cannot contain assignment statementsin which case this error is impossible to encounter (that is, it would be detected as a syntax error by the parser prior to a program ever being allowed to enter into runtime). Many compilers produce a warning for |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd%20Critics%27%20Choice%20Television%20Awards | The 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards ceremony, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA), honored the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2012, to May 31, 2013, and was held on June 10, 2013, at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California. The nominations were announced on May 22, 2013. The ceremony was hosted by comedian and actress Retta, and was live-streamed on Ustream. Bob Newhart received the Critics' Choice Television Icon Award.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:
Shows with multiple wins
The following shows received multiple awards:
Shows with multiple nominations
The following shows received multiple nominations:
Presenters
References
2013 television awards
2013 in American television
003
2013 in Los Angeles
June 2013 events in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream%20PetHouse | Dream PetHouse is a defunct mobile simulation social network game created by Zynga. This game was available for users to download starting on February 2, 2012. The game was similar to other games that focus on building, such as Zynga Dream Zoo. In Dream PetHouse, users could collect and care for cute animals. A free version of the game was available to users, but to speed up advancement in the game, a user could pay real money to buy digital fruit, seeds or coins. This type of game is known as a freemium. The height of Dream PetHouse's popularity was in June, 2012, when according to Daily Active User (DAU) metrics, there were about 400,515 daily users. Using DAU metrics, Dream PetHouse had about 12,602 daily users in April, 2013. On May 21, 2013, Zynga announced that it would cease supporting this game on June 28, 2013. The server was finally shut down on July 4 or 5.
References
2012 video games
Android (operating system) games
Zynga
IOS games
Video games developed in the United States
Virtual pet video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Otto%20%28academic%29 | Frank Otto (October 7, 1936 – July 26, 2017) was an American educator, pioneer in computer-assisted language learning (CALL), entrepreneur, and the founding executive director of CALICO (the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium).
Early academic career
Otto received his PhD in 1960 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his program there he conducted dissertation research in the area of foreign languages in the elementary school. With support from publisher Heath de Rochemont, a division of D.C. Heath, he investigated alternative approaches to staffing foreign language programs. His projects involved working with the publisher’s efforts to broadcast their Parlons Français program to over two million schoolchildren in the Midwest from a DC-3 airplane flying overhead. In addition to his degree in Educational Administration and Curriculum Development, Otto also received his state certification as a teacher of Spanish, History, and English.
Upon graduation from Wisconsin, he took a faculty position at Ohio State University in one of the first programs in foreign language education in the United States. During his time at Ohio State, Otto worked with such well-known figures in Foreign Language Education as Dr. Edward Allen and Dr. Paul Pimsleur. Pimsleur on more than one occasion agreed with Otto's opinion that foreign language instruction was eventually "going to wind up on the computer!”
In 1972 Otto accepted the position to serve as Director of the Language Institute at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico. He also worked with the US embassies in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Columbia not only throughout Latin America but also in Asia, mainly in the Philippines. During that time in his career he also served on the Advisory Committee on Learning Technologies for the Developing World established by the Institute for International Research of the US Agency for International Development.
Brigham Young University
Following his work in Central and South America, Otto was recruited by Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1975 to help develop a program in ESL (English as a second language). While at BYU he participated in the development for the TICCIT system. of what could well be the first interactive multimedia program for teaching Spanish online.
During his time at BYU, Otto was instrumental in the founding of CALICO (the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium). As an important part of his work with CALICO, he also served as the founding editor of the CALICO Journal.
Entrepreneurship
Following his service at BYU and for CALICO, Otto retired and devoted full-time to his company CALI for the development of ELLIS, which stands for "English Language Learning Instruction System" as an allusion to Ellis Island, the port of entry for millions of immigrants to the United States of America. ELLIS was later purchased by Pearson Learning and is still available today from |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well%20test%20%28oil%20and%20gas%29 | In the petroleum industry, a well test is the execution of a set of planned data acquisition activities. The acquired data is analyzed to broaden the knowledge and increase the understanding of the hydrocarbon properties therein and characteristics of the underground reservoir where the hydrocarbons are trapped.
The test will also provide information about the state of the particular well used to collect data. The overall objective is identifying the reservoir's capacity to produce hydrocarbons, such as oil, natural gas and condensate.
Data gathered during the test period includes volumetric flow rate and pressure observed in the selected well. Outcomes of a well test, for instance flow rate data and gas oil ratio data, may support the well allocation process for an ongoing production phase, while other data about the reservoir capabilities will support reservoir management.
Scope and definitions
There are many flavours of well tests and various ways to categorize test types by its objectives, however two main categories only by objectives, these are productivity tests and descriptive tests.
According to The Lease Pumper's Handbook of Oklahoma Commission on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells, there are four basic well test types: potential tests, daily tests, productivity tests, and gas oil ratio tests, the latter three in the broader productivity test category.
Test objectives will change throughout the different phases of a reservoir or oil field, from the exploration phase of wildcat and appraisal wells, through the field development phase and finally through the production phase, which may also have variations from the initial period of production to improved recovery by the end of the field lifecycle time.
Exploration phase
Professionals working with reservoir modelling may get information about the rock permeability from core samples. Other sources of information to the model are well log data and seismic data, but such data are complementary only, and for example, seismic data is insufficient to interpret whether a structural trap has been sealed. Information from well tests will supplement the amount of information with flow rate data, pressure data, and other, which is needed to build a rich reservoir model. The main objective in the exploration phase is to assess the size of a reservoir and state with a given certainty whether it has the properties for commercial exploitation and shall contribute to accounting for available reserves.
Well testing taking place before permanent well completion is referred to as drill stem testing or formation testing - depending on the technology used.
Field development phase
The reservoir model is further developed to support the field development planning and to advise for the optimal location for extra production wells to be drilled. Descriptive well tests are designed and performed in the new wells.
Field production phase
Flow test
This test has also been called daily test and may ha |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportbox | SPORTBOX is a Mongolian cable television network and Pay television, focusing on sports-related programming including live and recorded event telecasts, and other original programming.
Programming
SCORE NEWS: Daily sports news program delivering the latest sports news and highlights. (Monday - Saturday) 14:00, 19:00
Cycling World:Weekly cycling competition's reviews, latest and most updated news around bike community (every Thursday)
Tennis weekly:ATP and WTA all competition results, review and highlights. (every Tuesday)
4-4-2:Weekly football news and highlights, review. (every Monday and every Friday)
U DRIVE: Motorsport news
MAGIC POOL:Mongolian pool and pocket billiard news and competitions review.
World of sports:
Official broadcasting
NBA:
Formula One:
FIA Formula E Championship:
IJF - International Judo GranPrix and Grand slam's:
Television companies of Mongolia
National Basketball Association on television
Cable television companies
Television channels and stations established in 2011 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake%20in%20Grass | Rake in Grass is a three-person independent video game developer based in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2000. The studio makes computer, mobile, and console games. It was nominated for an award in artistic contribution to Czech video game output in 2012.
Games
Troll (2003)
Jets'n'Guns (2004)
Undercroft (2006)
Styrateg (2006)
Fireman's Adventures (2006)
King Mania (2007)
Larva Mortus (2008)
Archibald's Adventures (2008)
Archmage (2008)
Be a King: Lost Lands (2009)
Crystal Cave Classic (2009)
Westbang (2009)
Be a King 2 (2010)
Northmark: Hour of the Wolf (2012)
Loot Hunter (2014)
Rampage Knights (2015)
Jets'n'Guns 2 (2020)
Silent Sector (2021)
References
External links
Studio in Czech computer game database
Video game companies of the Czech Republic
Video game companies established in 2000
Czech companies established in 2000 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netchain%20analysis | Netchain analysis is a theoretical concept integrating supply chain management and network analysis which was introduced by Lazzarini, Chaddad and Cook in 2001. While supply chain analysis focuses on vertical and network analysis on horizontal interdependencies across companies, netchain analysis incorporates both type of interdependencies into one concept. Netchain analysis emphasizes value creation and coordination mechanism sources corresponding to different kind of interdependencies. In practice, netchain analysis is often used in a more general way referring to the perspective that takes into account chain and network characteristics as well. However, it differs in the focus and in the tools used from network science.
Netchains
Netchain is a set of networks consisting of horizontal ties between firms within a particular industry or group, which are sequentially arranged based on vertical ties between firms in different layers. In practice, the phrase netchain is often used in a more general way referring to a system which has chain and network characteristics as well. From that point of view, the perspective is even more important than the object itself.
In the more practical perspective netchain is used instead of "chain and network". The simplest situation is for companies to form a supply chain or network in which they are selling product to each other. The phrase netchain captures two main aspects of collaborations. Chain reflects the hard aspect, where products and money is flowing (chain) and network reflects the soft aspect, the network of people having informal relationships.
The usual representation of netchains shows the horizontal and the vertical interdependencies across companies as well. Specific networks with mainly horizontal interdependencies are sequentially arranged based on their vertical ties between firms in other networks.
Interdependencies in netchains
Three kind of organizational interdependencies can be distinguished to examine the relationships of companies. Pooled interdependence is a mutual, weak and indirect connection of several entities. Sequential interdependence occurs, when the output of one unit is necessary for the next other unit to operate. Reciprocal interdependence combines pooled the previous two resulting in strong, direct relationships. Netchain analysis builds on the phrases above and focuses mainly on all type of interdependencies.
Examples
Buyer-supplier relationships
Probably the simplest netchain is the one examining buyer-supplier relationships. Traditional supply chain management focuses on sequential interdependencies between a specific buyer and supplier, however the relationships among suppliers can be important as well. Usually, suppliers and buyers are connected via sequential dependencies, whereas suppliers depend on each other reciprocally. Supplier associations and knowledge exchange groups provide good examples for reciprocal interdependencies among suppliers.
Interorga |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUIDE%20International | GUIDE (Guidance for Users of Integrated Data-Processing Equipment) was a users' group for users of IBM computer systems.
GUIDE was formed in 1956; it was incorporated in 1970 as a non-profit organization under the name of GUIDE International Corporation. At its peak GUIDE had a membership of around 2,000 companies and institutions. As of 1990, GUIDE was the largest IBM users' group with 2850 members. Its membership included fifty percent of the Fortune 1000 companies.
"GUIDE's principal purposes are to contribute to the improvement of data processing products and services and to provide a forum for the development, exchange and dissemination of information concerning large data processing equipment and systems." "GUIDE's principal activity is the sponsorship of week-long conferences held three times each year."
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In 1994 in Europe GUIDE merged with the European arm of SHARE, another major IBM users' group forming GSE (Guide Share Europe).
In the US GUIDE ceased operation in September 1999. Although the groups did not merge, many of GUIDE's activities and projects were taken over by SHARE, and GUIDE suggested to its members that they join SHARE. In August 2000, SHARE took over the guide.org domain name.
See also
COMMON
References
External links
Index of GUIDE International Records, 1970-1992 at Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
GUIDE SHARE EUROPE
IBM user groups
User groups
Organizations established in 1956
Organizations disestablished in 1999 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endeavour%20%28supercomputer%29 | Endeavour is a shared memory supercomputer at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division at NASA Ames Research Center. It was named after the Space Shuttle Endeavour, the last orbiter built during NASA's Space Shuttle Program.
Built in February 2013 as a replacement for the Columbia supercomputer, it consists of two nodes across three SGI UV 2000 racks with 1,536 Intel Xeon E5-4650L “Sandy Bridge” processors for a theoretical processing capability of 32 teraflops. Its global shared-memory environment allows for one processor to access the memory of other processors in the cluster as needed, giving users the ability to run jobs larger and more data-intensive than could be achieved on other NASA systems limited by processor memory. At the time it was installed, Endeavour had more processing power than what remained of Columbia at its decommissioning (approximately 30 teraflops across 40 SGI Altix 4700 racks), but in only ten percent of the physical space.
It is currently one of two systems owned and operated by the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division, along with Pleiades, NASA's flagship supercomputer based on SGI ICE architecture and several generations of Intel Xeon processors.
References
NASA supercomputers
Ames Research Center
X86 supercomputers
One-of-a-kind computers
SGI supercomputers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasanabad-e%20Yek%2C%20Saadatabad | Hasanabad-e Yek (, also Romanized as Ḩasanābād-e Yek; also known as Ḩasanābād and Ḩasanābād-e Qomastān) is a village in Saadatabad Rural District, Pariz District, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 212, in 47 families.
References
Populated places in Sirjan County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadatabad%20Rural%20District | Saadatabad Rural District () is in Pariz District of Sirjan County, Kerman province, Iran. It is administered from the city of Hamashahr.
At the National Census of 2006, its population was 5,790 in 1,341 households. There were 2,175 inhabitants in 682 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,057 in 1,657 households. The largest of its 94 villages was Korran, with 533 people.
References
Sirjan County
Rural Districts of Kerman Province
Populated places in Kerman Province
Populated places in Sirjan County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEG | VEG may refer to:
Covenant of Free Evangelical Congregations in the Netherlands, a Reformed denomination in the Netherlands
Geisenheim Alumni Association, an alumni network in Germany
Volkseigenes Gut, a state-owned farm in the German Democratic Republic
.veg, file extension for projects in Vegas Pro
See also
Vegetable |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic%20network%20formation | Strategic network formation defines how and why networks take particular forms. In many networks, the relation between nodes is determined by the choice of the participating players involved, not by an arbitrary rule. A "strategic2 modeling of network requires defining a network’s costs and benefits and predicts how individual preferences become outcomes.
Introduction
A strategic network formation requires that individuals create relations that are beneficial and drop those that are not. One of the most well-known examples in this context is the marriage network of sixteen families in Florence, which showed how the Medici family gained power and took control of Florence by creating a high number of inter-marriages with the other families. “Thus, decisions about profitable relations are not a situation of choice, but a situation of strategic interaction – an aspect that is best covered by Game Theory”. In these kinds of settings, the nodes are usually called players, where {1, 2,… } is a set of players that have formed links in a network. Social Networks have diverse settings, however the simplest ones can be described by an undirected graph whereas more complicated situations are represented by directed graphs. There are fundamental differences in the way these games are modeled depending on their graph structure. If a link exists between player and player it is noted as . In cases of undirected networks, is considered equal to . A network represents a list of all the links between players. In a more formal setting, a network is defined as a set of unordered pairs {}, with element of .The set of all possible graphs on the set of players is denoted with . The benefits that they receive from the network are represented by utility functions. That is, the payoff to a player is represented by a function : , where () represents the net benefit that i receives if network is in place. To model strategic network formation the notion of network games is used. A network game is a set of linked players and their utility functions.
Modeling network formation
Network games can be modeled in different ways. Some of the modeling methods that separate the utility allocation from the network formation process are extensive form games, simultaneous move games, and pairwise stability.
Extensive-form game modeling
If a network is modeled according to the extensive form game concept then the players of the network first propose to create links one after the other and afterwards they make decisions to create a link or not. In such settings, a couple of players decide to either form a link or not by being aware of all the previous players’ decisions and by making predictions for the decisions of the following players.
Simultaneous-move game modeling
In simultaneous move game settings, all the players declare at the same time to whom they want to link. Even though these sorts of games are easy to understand and analyze, their drawback is that |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Karenina%20%282013%20TV%20series%29 | Anna Karenina is a 2013 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based on a 1996 Philippine television series of the same title. Directed by Gina Alajar and Gil Tejada Jr., it stars Krystal Reyes, Barbie Forteza and Joyce Ching. It premiered on June 3, 2013 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Indio. The series concluded on September 20, 2013 with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by Kahit Nasaan Ka Man in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Krystal Reyes as Anna Karenina "Anna" Serrano / Elisa Caluya / Anna Karenina "Anna" Monteclaro
Barbie Forteza as Anna Karenina "Karen" Zamora / Anna Karenina "Karen" Villarama
Joyce Ching as Anna Karenina "Nina" Fuentebella / Anna Karenina "Nina" Barretto
Supporting cast
Sandy Andolong as Carmela Cruz-Monteclaro
Juan Rodrigo as Xernan Monteclaro
Valerie Concepcion as Ruth Monteclaro-Barretto
Neil Ryan Sese as Abel Barretto
Derrick Monasterio as Aldrin Monteclaro Barretto
Hiro Peralta as Brian Manahan
Julian Trono as Brix Manahan
Yasmien Kurdi as Margarita "Maggie" Monteclaro
Ana Roces as Dahlia "Daisy" Manahan
Maybelyn Dela Cruz as Anaida "Nayda" Serrano
Maureen Larrazabal as Suzana "Suzie" Zamora-Isidro
Alicia Mayer as Bridgette Cruz-Fuentebella
Jhoana Marie Tan as Carla Monteclaro Barretto
Kathleen Hermosa as Rebecca “Becky” Serrano
Allan Paule as Lucas Fuentebella
Yul Servo as Ricardo “Kadyo” Isidro
Guest cast
Thea Tolentino as Maria Angela "Angel" dela Cruz / fake Anna Karenina Monteclaro
Isabel Granada as Alona Villarama
Gabriel Roxas as Dindo / Dindi
Chromewell Prince Cosio as Peter Calzado
Dino Guevarra as Andres dela Cruz / fake Brent Dizon
Mymy Davao as Onay
Rhen Escaño as Geleen
Nicole Dulalia as Candice
Yassi Pressman as Jenna Vera
Teejay Marquez as Benjie
Alicia Alonzo as Zenaida "Zeny" Cervantes
Sunshine Dizon as Perlita Mendoza, a crossover character from Mundo Mo'y Akin
Shermaine Santiago as Glenda Caluya
Aifha Medina as Rochelle
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Anna Karenina earned a 22.5% rating. While the final episode scored a 34.3% rating.
References
External links
2013 Philippine television series debuts
2013 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine teen drama television series
Television series about teenagers
Philippine television series based on Philippine television series
Television series reboots
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking%20in%20Kosovo | Banking in Kosovo has been developing significantly since the country declared its independence in 2008. Banking in Kosovo is made up of a network centered on the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK) with the nodes being commercial banks and other micro financial institutions.
History
The banking network of the country was devastated during the Kosovo War. As a new country Kosovo has gone through state building institutions and public reforms. The country's banking network system has been developed from scratch.
Structure
The Kosovo banking network system is an informal and complex network in a sense that it ensures the flow of financial transactions and macroeconomic stability in the country including the Central Bank and other micro financial institutions. The central hub of the network is considered to be the Central Bank of Kosovo (CBK) which is a successor of the Banking Payments and Authority of Kosovo established in June 2008. It is an independent legal entity and reports directly to the Kosovo Assembly. The Central Bank is considered as a central hub because all other micro financial institutions are connected to the Central Bank and are under its supervision.
The nodes of the Kosovo Network Banking system are the mainly commercial banks and other micro financial institutions. The Kosovo network banking system is compounded of eight commercial banks, ten saving and credit association, 12 micro-finance institutions four other non-banking financial institutions and eight insurance companies.
On the other hand, the commercial banks and other micro financial institution have their own network as well. Each commercial bank has its headquarters in the capital in Pristina. They also have regional headquarters in the regions and branches in other cities. Kosovo administratively has six regions: Pristina (capital city), Mitrovica, Gjilan, Prizren, Ferizaj, and Peja. Each and every institution has regional base/branches in their respective regions. There are several independent networks of the banks and other micro financial institution within the Kosovo Banking Network System, and they are all connected to the Central Bank. Each banking network has its own central hub the headquarters and its nodes other banks across the country and they are directly linked to their central hub. In addition, they are interconnected among themselves and they form cluster within the network. There is not much data about the characteristics of the network such as degree distribution and other statistical interpretations.
Centrality of the network plays a crucial role in the Kosovo Banking, as each network depends on their central hub respectively the central bank or the bank's headquarters.
Eight different Bank's networks form a complex network of Kosovo Banking Network System. An interbank network is also present and functional in Kosovo, as the ATMs are functional for foreign transactions and withdrawal of cash among banks.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochi%20Birch | Xochi Birch OBE () is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder of several companies since 1999, most notably the online social networking website Bebo, with her husband Michael Birch. She and Michael also founded several domains, with support from Paul Birch and Morgan Sowden.
Life and career
Xochi and Michael Birch launched Bebo in 2005. By 2007 the site had over 45 million registered users and was the sixth most popular site in the UK, bigger than AOL, Amazon.co.uk and bbc.co.uk. They sold Bebo to AOL in March 2008 for $850 million. Their combined 70% stake yielded a profit of $595 million from the deal. The Bebo franchise quickly declined under its new owners and fell into bankruptcy; in 2013 the couple bought Bebo back for $1 million.
Following their sale of Bebo, the two started five separate companies they run in parallel. Their current project is The Battery, an exclusive members club in San Francisco, with their vision stated as “to create a culture where inspiration is embraced, diverse communities come together and egos are checked at the door.”
Birch is a supporter of the non-profit organization charity:water, having given over $4 million to the organization. For her 40th birthday she asked people to donate to charity:water instead of giving her a gift; the campaign raised more than $20,000.
Xochi has repeatedly spoken at the Dublin Web Summit, alongside other industry veterans such as Kevin Rose, Kevin Lynch and Robert Scoble.
Personal life
Birch was raised in California to a father of Mexican heritage. She met British-born Michael in a pub in London while she was studying abroad. In 1994, after they were married, she moved to London and worked as a computer programmer; she quit in 1999 so they could start their own business. For several years she and Michael lived from paycheck to paycheck while they started companies and waited for one to become successful. She and Michael moved back to the Bay Area in 2002.
In 2014 she and Michael bought a run-down pub and manor house in the small village of Woolfardisworthy, Torridge in North Devon.
Awards
In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Birch was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to technology and online services". On 11 February 2016 she received her OBE at Buckingham Palace.
References
External links
Bebo.com About page for Xochi Birch
Xochi Birch's Bebo Profile
BBC interview with Michael and Xochi Birch
Businesspeople from California
American computer programmers
Living people
21st-century American businesspeople
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
American people of Mexican descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American businesswomen |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharifabad%2C%20Pariz | Sharifabad (, also Romanized as Sharīfābād) is a village in Saadatabad Rural District, Pariz District, Sirjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 18, in 6 families.
References
Populated places in Sirjan County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamashahr%2C%20Kerman | Hamashahr (), formerly Saadatabad (سعادت اباد), also Romanized as Sa‘ādatābād, is a city in Pariz District of Sirjan County, Kerman province, Iran, and serves as the administrative center for Saadatabad Rural District. In 2011, the village of Saadatabad was merged with the villages of Deh Now, Dowlatabad, Hoseynabad-e Do, and Yahyaabad in the establishment of the new city of Hamashahr.
At the 2006 census, its population (as the village of Saadatabad) was 1,942 in 389 households. Its population (as the total of its constituent villages) was 3,176 in 679 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,800 people in 790 households, by which time Saadatabad had merged with other villages to establish the new city of Hamashahr. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,311 people in 1,038 households.
References
Sirjan County
Cities in Kerman Province
Populated places in Kerman Province
Populated places in Sirjan County |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascades%20in%20financial%20networks | Cascades in financial networks are situations in which the failure of one financial institution causes a cascading failure in another member of the financial network. In an extreme this can cause failure of the whole network in what is known as systemic failure. It can be defined as the discontinuous value loss (e.g. default) of the organization caused by the discontinuous value loss of another organization in the network. There are three conditions required for a cascade, there are; a failure, contagion and interconnection.
Diversification and integration in the financial network determine whether and how failures will spread. Using the data on cross-holdings of organizations and on the value of organizations, it is possible to construct the dependency matrix to simulate cascades in the financial network.
Diversification and integration
Elliot, Golub and Jackson (2013) characterize the financial network by diversification and integration. Diversification means to which extent assets of the one organization are spread out among the other members of the network, given the fraction of the assets of the organization cross-held by other organizations is fixed. Integration refers to the fraction of the assets of the organization cross-held by other organizations given the number of the organizations cross-holding is fixed.
Using random network, the authors show that high integration decreases the percentage of first failures; and as the network approaches complete integration the percentage of the first failures approaches zero. However, the integration increases the percentage of organizations that fail due to higher interconnection. In addition, up to some threshold, diversification does increase the percentage of discontinuous drops in value. Yet after the threshold level, the diversification decreases the percentage of failures: the authors say the following with respect to diversification: “it gets worse before it gets better”.
Intuitively, the higher the threshold value for the discontinuous drop in the organization’s value the higher the percentage of failures is.
The authors conclude that the financial network is most susceptible to cascades if it has medium diversification and medium integration.
Models
Without Failure Costs
Eliot, Golub and Jackson (2013) provide an empirical method how to model cascades in financial networks. They assume that organizations in the network can cross hold assets of other organizations in the network. Also, they assume that players outside of the network can hold assets of the organizations in the network. They call the letter outside shareholders. Their model starts with the following assumptions (all notations are borrowed from Elliot, Golub and Jackson (2013)):
There are n organizations that form a set N=[1,...,n]
There are m "primitive" assets (e.g. factors of production)
Market price of an asset k is
is a share of the asset k that an organization i holds
D is then n by m matrix
is a fr |
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