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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmabunt%C3%BCs | Emmabuntüs is a Linux distribution derived from Debian (previously Ubuntu) and designed to facilitate the restoration of computers donated to humanitarian organizations like the Emmaüs Communities.
The name Emmabuntüs is a portmanteau of Emmaüs and Ubuntu.
Features
This Linux distribution can be installed, in its entirety, without an Internet connection as all of the required packages are included within the disk image. The disk image includes packages for multiple languages and also optional non-free codecs that the user can choose whether to install or not.
Emmabuntüs says one gigabyte of RAM is required for the distribution's supported releases.
An installation script automatically performs some installation steps (user name, password predefined). The script allows you to choose whether or not to install non-free software and whether or not to uninstall unused languages to save disk space.
Emmabuntüs includes browser plug-ins for data privacy.
There are three dock types to choose from to simplify access to the software and are defined by the type of user (children, beginners and "all").
Desktop environment
The desktop environment is Xfce with Cairo-Dock. LXQt is also included.
Applications
Multiple applications are installed that perform the same task in order to provide a choice for each user that uses the system. Here are some examples:
Firefox web browser with some plug-ins and extensions: uBlock Origin, Disconnect, HTTPS Everywhere
E-mail readers: Mozilla Thunderbird
Instant messaging: Pidgin, Jitsi
Transfer tools: FileZilla, Transmission
Office: AbiWord, Gnumeric, HomeBank, LibreOffice, LibreOffice for schools, Kiwix, Calibre, Scribus
Audio: Audacious Media Player, Audacity, Clementine, PulseAudio, Asunder
Video: Kaffeine, VLC media player, guvcview, Kdenlive, HandBrake
Photo: Nomacs, GIMP, Inkscape
Burning discs: Xfburn
Games: PlayOnLinux, SuperTux, TuxGuitar
Genealogy: Ancestris
Education: GCompris, Stellarium, TuxPaint, TuxMath, Scratch
Utilities: GParted, Wine, CUPS
Releases
See also
List of Linux distributions § Ubuntu-based
References
External links
Emmabuntüs – A Distro Tailor-made For Refurbished Computers
Linux Voice 2 : Linux for humanitarians
Linux Format 216 : A Distro for All Seasons
Full Circle 128 : Review Emmabuntüs DE2 - Stretch 1.00
LinuxInsider : Emmabuntüs Is a Hidden Linux Gem
Debian
Debian-based_distributions
Ubuntu derivatives
X86-64_Linux_distributions
Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media
Linux distributions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo%20Network%20Service%20Database | Nintendo Network Service Database (NSD), formerly known as Wii no Ma, was a Japanese company. Originally created by Nintendo to provide digital entertainment as a service for Wii owners, the company has since been renamed.
Until its liquidation, Nintendo Network Services handled all Nintendo Network operations, including programming and server maintenance inside Nintendo's in-house projects through its Nintendo Network Business & Development division and throughout various other external online software infrastructures. Lastly, the company also cooperated in developing third party online infrastructures compatible with Nintendo consoles and the Nintendo Network.
History
Wii no Ma
was a video-on-demand service channel run by Nintendo in co-operation with Dentsu to produce the programs and advertisements. Wii no Ma was viewable by those with a Wii and an Internet connection and it featured family-oriented content, such as cartoons, brain-training quizzes, cookery, educational shows, and other programs produced exclusively for Nintendo. Broadcast began in Japan on May 1, 2009. In 2010, several trademarks were filed for the name.
The channel's interface was built around a virtual living room, where up to eight Miis could be registered and interact with each other. The virtual living room contained a TV which took the viewer to the video list. Celebrity "concierge" Mii's occasionally introduced special programming.
The senior executive at Fuji Television stated that if plans to make the Wii the centerpiece of the living room took off in a meaningful way, it would be the stuff of television producers' nightmares.
A DSiWare application called Dokodemo Wii no Ma could be downloaded free for Japanese users of the Nintendo DSi, and allowed them to download programs from Wii no Ma on the Wii onto the DSi, and then play them back. It also allowed users to download coupons onto the DSi, which can be scanned off the screen at a store.
2012 renaming
Nintendo ceased operation of the Wii no Ma Channel on April 30, 2012, renaming the company Nintendo Network Service Database.
In 2018, Nintendo Network Services was liquidated.
Other
Netflix Video on demand
See also
Nintendo Video
St.GIGA's Satellaview
References
Nintendo services
Service Database |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ%20Ashford | TJ Ashford is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. The role was originated in 2012 by Krys Meyer when TJ was introduced as the troubled teenage son of Shawn Butler (Sean Blakemore)'s deceased best friend, Tommy, whom Shawn had killed in combat.
The rebellious teenager attracts the attention of the good girl Molly Lansing (Haley Pullos). The two start dating in secret and Molly's mother Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) initially disapproves of the romance but she and Shawn eventually let the teens continue to see each other. In 2013, the couple splits because of TJ's jealousy over Molly's friendship with Rafe Kovich (Jimmy Deshler). After Rafe's interference and TJ's one-night-stand with Taylor DuBois (Samantha Logan), the couple reconciles. In 2014, TJ's estranged mother Jordan (Vinessa Antoine) arrives and TJ starts college in the fall. He struggles to rebuild his relationship with Jordan, and eventually does, but disapproves of her lying to him.
Storylines
TJ Ashford (Krys Meyer) travels to Port Charles from Baltimore, Maryland, arriving on Shawn Butler (Sean Blakemore)'s doorstep when his mother, Jordan Ashford, sends him away, having decided she can't handle raising him. He is given the choice of living with Shawn or attending military school. At first, Shawn is reluctant to take him in until TJ reminds Shawn of his part in his father Tommy's death. Shawn moves TJ in with him at Kelly's Diner and enrolls him in Port Charles High, where he befriends Molly Lansing (Haley Pullos). Molly offers to tutor TJ when she realizes he has trouble reading.
Later TJ is arrested for stealing a car and joyriding and Molly's mother, attorney Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), manages to get the charges dropped. Shawn thinks Molly will be a good influence on TJ and encourages them to spend time together. In exchange for tutoring him, TJ agrees to help Molly make more friends by creating a fake social media account for her. He also throws a wild party which ends with Molly's house being destroyed and her passing out from alcohol poisoning. TJ admits to throwing the party without her knowledge and Alexis forbids them from seeing each other. However, TJ and Molly start dating in secret after the party in February 2012. In the summer of 2012, Molly and TJ's secret romance is discovered her by sister Kristina (Lindsey Morgan), but Molly convinces her to keep quiet. However, Alexis discovers the truth on the 4th of July when she discovers TJ half naked in Molly's bedroom and bans them from seeing one another again, although TJ was only changing clothes so he and Molly could spend the day at the lake swimming. After much begging, and Shawn's support, TJ and Molly get their parents' blessing to continue seeing each other. When TJ (now Tequan Richmond) and Molly are faced with death when the town's water supply is poisoned, they make a bucket list and contemplate making love for the first time. TJ celebrates with Molly |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomonas%20perometabolis | Thiomonas perometabolis is a bacterium in the genus Thiomonas.
References
External links
Type strain of Thiomonas perometabolis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Comamonadaceae
Bacteria described in 1997 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming%20Together%20%28advertisement%29 | Coming Together is a 2-minute ad created and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company and launched on the night of January 14, 2013, on several cable networks.
Message
The reasons the ad argues Coca-Cola cares about consumer health include that they are now offering over 180 low- and no-calorie beverages. It also notes that "All calories count, no matter where they come from."
Reactions
According to USA Today's Nanci Hellmich, "Critics say the company is doing damage control to combat the widespread belief that sugary beverages contribute to obesity." Anna Lappe was quoted in The Guardian as saying, "This feel-good PR blitz is just another example of the company trying to protect brand goodwill amidst growing public concern about its most profitable products: sodas." On her blog, Food Politics, Marion Nestle wrote, "The ad is an astonishing act of chutzpah, explainable only as an act of desperation to do something about the company’s declining sales in the U.S. and elsewhere." Additionally, public health lawyer Michele Simon wrote, "They are downplaying the serious health effects of drinking too much soda and making it sound like balancing soda consumption with exercise is the only issue, when there are plenty of other reasons not to consume too much of these kinds of products." She also "...dismissed the ads as pure public relations and noted that the industry faced an onslaught of public health efforts to curb consumption of sugary sodas, like efforts around the country to impose taxes on high-sugar drinks and Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s move to restrict the sizes of sodas sold in movie theaters and other spots in New York City." In the aforementioned blog post, Professor Nestle asserted that "If Coke really wanted to help prevent obesity, it would STOP:
Targeting its “drink more Coke” marketing to kids.
Targeting marketing to low-income minorities.
Lobbying and spending a fortune to defeat soda taxes and caps on soda sizes.
Fighting attempts to remove vending machines from schools.
Pricing drinks so the largest sizes are the best value.
“Bribing” health professions organizations to shut up about research linking sweetened beverages to poor diets and weight gain.
Pushing Coke sales in developing countries where rates of obesity and related conditions are skyrocketing."
With regard to the ad's assertion that "all calories count, no matter where they come from," critics have pointed out that "calories from soda are entirely empty calories from added sugar and contain no nutritional value." This led The Atlantic's Ruth Faden to declare that this specific assertion was "inappropriately misleading," as well as claiming that there is "considerable research" linking sugary drinks to obesity. It was also highlighted in a story by the Medill School of Journalism, which quoted Brenda Murray, a bariatric dietitian, who said, “They’re saying a calorie is just a calorie. But it’s not the amount of calories you take in, it’s the kind of calories, too." The ad |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Stillinger | Frank H. Stillinger (born August 15, 1934) is an American theoretical chemist and a namesake of the Lubachevsky–Stillinger algorithm. He has recently collaborated with research groups as a senior scientist at Princeton University.
Stillinger graduated from the University of Rochester in 1955; he earned a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry from Yale in 1958. In September 1959 he joined the Research Area of Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ. Following the U.S. Justice Department's divestiture order for Bell Labs, Stillinger transferred to Lucent Technologies in 1996 and later to Lucent's spinoff, Agere Systems, where he worked until 2001. Since late 1996 Stillinger has been a Visiting Senior Scientist at Princeton University.
Stillinger's research career has concentrated on condensed matter phenomena, both thermodynamic and kinetic. This research has included creation and computer simulation of molecular interaction potentials for water, silicon, and spontaneous-chiral-symmetry-breaking substances. These and other productive research topics have generated over 400 reviewed publications, involving more than 130 coauthors.
Awards and honors
Elliott Cresson Medal, Franklin Institute (1978)
Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (1984)
Joel Hildebrand Prize, American Chemical Society (1986)
Irving Langmuir Award, American Physical Society (1989)
Peter Debye Award, American Chemical Society (1992)
Onsager Medal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (2002)
Theoretical Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society (2013)
Selected publications
F. H. Stillinger, Energy Landscapes, Inherent Structures, and Condensed-Matter Phenomena. Princeton (2016).
References
1934 births
Living people
21st-century American chemists
Princeton University faculty
University of Rochester alumni
Yale University alumni
Fellows of the American Physical Society |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery%20as%20a%20service | Recovery as a service (RaaS), sometimes referred to as disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), is a category of cloud computing used for protecting an application or data from a natural or human disaster or service disruption at one location by enabling a full recovery in the cloud. RaaS differs from cloud-based backup services by protecting data and providing standby computing capacity on demand to facilitate more rapid application recovery. RaaS capacity is delivered in a cloud-computing model so recovery resources are only paid for when they are used, making it more efficient than a traditional disaster recovery warm site or hot site where the recovery resources must be running at all times.
The term "recovery as a service" (RaaS) is considered to be part of the nomenclature of cloud computing, along with infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).
RaaS architectural models
RaaS architectural models vary depending on the location of the primary or source production application or data.
To-cloud RaaS: To-cloud recovery is when the source application is in the users' primary private datacenter and the cloud is being used as a backup or recovery target.
In-cloud RaaS: In-cloud recovery is when both the source and recovery sites are in the cloud.
From-cloud RaaS: From-cloud recovery is when the primary or production application or data is in the cloud and the backup or recovery target site is a private datacenter.
Recovery testing with RaaS
Sandboxes are a common feature of RaaS solutions. A RaaS sandbox is a pool of infrastructure resources in which a test copy of the RaaS protected application can be deployed and tested. The sandbox copy is restricted from accessing the network and is only accessible to the system administrator. It is used to test the RaaS recovery process without disrupting the running application. Because the sandbox is cloud, the resources are created on demand, paid for while used, and discarded when the recovery testing is completed.
In the marketplace
Because more corporations are moving their technical infrastructure to cloud services, the need for backup continues to grow. Companies which rely on large cloud service providers such as Microsoft are often unaware that they are responsible for backing up and recovering their data.
As this awareness grows, the market for disaster recovery as a service is expected to grow. The worldwide market for disaster recovery as a service approached 2 billion dollars in 2017, and some experts predict it will reach 13 billion dollars by 2023.
References
As a service
Cloud storage
Data recovery |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATN%20Sony%20TV | ATN Sony TV is a Canadian exempt Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). It broadcasts programming from SET Asia as well as Canadian content.
ATN Sony TV is a general interest family entertainment channel. Programming consists of comedies, dramas, reality series, talk shows, lifestyle programs, Bollywood films and more.
Programming
A list of Notable shows airing on ATN Sony TV:
Beyhadh
C.I.D.
Crime Patrol Dial 100
Crime Patrol Satark
Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 9
The Drama Company
Vighnaharta Ganesha
Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai
History
ATN Sony TV was licensed by the CRTC on November 14, 2012 as South Asian Television Canada Channel 2. It officially launched on January 21, 2013 as ATN Sony TV.
On March 18, 2019, the CRTC approved Asian Television Network's request to convert ATN Sony from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Discretionary third language service.
References
External links
SET Asia
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2013
2013 establishments in Ontario
Hindi-language television in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung%20Ae-ri | Jung Ae-ri (; born August 11, 1960) is a South Korean actress.
Career
Jung Ae-ri made her acting debut after she was chosen at the KBS talent audition in 1978. In 1980, she moved to another network, MBC. She rose to stardom in the 1984 drama Love and Truth, for which she won the Daesang ("Grand Prize") at the MBC Drama Awards and Best TV Actress at the Baeksang Arts Awards. After she got married in 1985, Lee immigrated to the United States and temporarily retired from acting. She returned to Korea in 1988 and resumed her career. Lee has since had a prolific career and remains active on television.
In 1997, she received much acclaim for a local stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire, including the Best Actress award at the Seoul Theater Festival. Jung was again praised for 2010's The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (also known as The Most Beautiful Farewell), a stage remake of Noh Hee-kyung's 1996 TV series. One review called her performance "stirring" and "incendiary," and that "it transcends the trite plot and elevates it above its television predecessor. Her portrayal is one that resonates long after the curtains are drawn."
Other activities
In 2007, the Inter-Parliamentarians for Social Service honored Jung for giving aid as a sponsor to starving children in Korea and overseas. She has been particularly active in her volunteer work in orphanages since 1989.
Personal life
After 20 years of marriage, Jung and her first husband divorced in 2005. They have one daughter, Ji-hyun. Jung remarried in 2011 to Ji Seung-ryong, a businessman who studied theology at Yonsei University.
Filmography
Television series
Films
Theater
Book
Awards
References
External links
South Korean film actresses
South Korean television actresses
South Korean stage actresses
1960 births
Living people
People from South Jeolla Province
Best Actress Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspire%20TV%20%28Australian%20TV%20channel%29 | Aspire TV was an Australian advertorial datacasting channel launched on 21 May 2013, owned by Southern Cross Austereo and Brand Developers. The channel operated a full-time format of mostly US produced paid programming and, to a lesser extent, other paid program content including religious programming. Though datacasting was intended by the Labor government of the time to broadcast telecourses and other non-commercial content, without any legislative restriction on its use, most Australian broadcasters have utilized the datacasting services for teleshopping instead. For the most part however, the general public has ignored these datacasting teleshopping channels, resulting in their swift discontinuation.
Aspire TV ceased broadcasting in Tasmania and Darwin on 29 August 2015 in order to accommodate for the launch of Racing.com; and in Spencer Gulf, SA and Broken Hill, NSW via SGS/SCN on 1 July 2016.
On the same day, SCA switched its primarily affiliated Ten-affiliated stations to the Nine Network. Consequently, SCA's then new Nine-affiliates' channel listing was reshuffled to place Nine on channels 5 and 51, 9HD on channel 50, 9Gem on channel 52, 9Go! on channel 53, 9Life on channel 54, TBA on channel 55 and Aspire TV on channel 56. As a result, TVSN, which was previously broadcast on channel 54, moved to rival network WIN Television on channel 84.
In Northern NSW, Aspire TV ceased broadcasting via Ten Northern NSW on 31 August 2017, due to WIN Television taking over ownership of NRN. In Southern NSW, Regional Victoria and Regional Queensland, Aspire TV ceased broadcasting on 31 July 2021 to accommodate for the launch of Sky News Regional.
The logo and on-air graphics for Aspire TV were designed by Lucid Edge and Splash Agency respectively.
See also
List of digital television channels in Australia
References
Defunct television channels in Australia
Southern Cross Media Group
English-language television stations in Australia
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
Home shopping television stations in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishop%20TV | ishop TV is an Australian free-to-air television channel and a digital advertorial datacasting service that was launched on 30 April 2013. The channel is owned by Seven West Media (formerly Prime Media Group) and Brand Developers, broadcasting infomercials and home shopping. The channel appeared on the Prime multiplex on 22 April 2013.
When sister channel 4ME on channel 64 was closed after its operator Brand New Media went into administration, channel 64 was re-purposed as a feed of ishop TV. The extra feed was later removed in June 2016. This channel broadcast on channel 65 from its launch until the last day of November 2022, when it was moved to channel 67 to fit 7Bravo on channel 65. It is only available in Seven regional areas excluding Southern Cross Austereo/WIN Corporation affiliates and Regional QLD and also not Seven metro areas.
See also
List of digital television channels in Australia
Seven West Media
7 Regional
4ME
References
Prime Media Group
Seven Network
Digital terrestrial television in Australia
Television channels and stations established in 2013
English-language television stations in Australia
Home shopping television stations in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20World%20Evolving%20Network%20Models | Evolving networks are dynamic networks that change through time. In each period there are new nodes and edges that join the network while the old ones disappear. Such dynamic behaviour is characteristic for most real-world networks, regardless of their range - global or local. However, networks differ not only in their range but also in their topological structure. It is possible to distinguish:
Random networks
Free- scale networks
Small-world networks
Local-world networks
One of the main feature which allows to differentiate networks is their evolution process. In random networks points are added and removed from the network in a totally random way (model of Erdős and Rényi). Evolution of free scale networks is based on the preferential attachment – nodes connect to nodes that have already possessed a large number of links. In result hubs (nodes that have the largest number of edges) are created and networks follow power law of distribution (model of Barabási and Albert's). In opposite, in small world networks there are no hubs, and nodes are rather egalitarian and locally grouped in smaller clusters. These kind of networks are described by Watts and Strogatz (WS) model. All aforementioned models assume that newly added points have a global information about the whole network. However, in case of large systems, such knowledge is rather rare. This strongly limits nodes’ possibilities of connection choice. As a result, decisions about links are made rather in a local world than in the whole network. Networks which consider this locality are called local-world networks and were first described by the Li and Chen model (2003). The local world model was extended inter alia by Gardeñes and Moreno (2004), Sen and Zhong, Wen et al. or Xuan et al.
World Evolving Network Model of Li and Chen (2003)
The model starts with the set of small number of nodes and the small number of edges . There are M nodes that were selected randomly from the whole global network, so that they constitute a so-called “local world” for new coming nodes. Thus, every new node with m edges connects only to m existing nodes from its local world and does not link with nodes which are in the global system (the main difference from the BA model). In such case, the probability of connection may be defined as:
Where and the term "Local-World" refers to all nodes, which are in interest of newly added node at time t. Thus, it may be rewritten:
while the dynamics are:
In every time t, it is true that , so that two corner solutions are possible: and .
Case A. Lower bounded limit
A new node connects only to nodes from the initially chosen local world M. This identifies that in network growing process, preferential attachment (PA) selection is not efficient. The case is identical with BA scale free model, in which network grows without PA. The rate of change of the i th node’s degree may be written in the following way:
Thus, above proves that in the lower bound |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Muir | Brad Muir is an American computer game designer and programmer. He was a designer on Brütal Legend, and the project leader of Iron Brigade, Brazen, and Massive Chalice.
Career
Brad Muir started his career as a programmer at Outrage Entertainment and as a gameplay programmer at Raven Software. He joined Double Fine Productions as a programmer on Psychonauts. He was then the game designer on Double Fine's next game, Brütal Legend, before becoming the project lead on Iron Brigade. His next role as project lead would be on Brazen, the 2011 prototype was included as a bonus as part of Double Fine's public two week prototype session, known as Amnesia Fortnight 2012. He then was the project leader on Massive Chalice, a tactical strategy game that was crowd funded through Kickstarter in 2013. In December 2015, he left Double Fine Productions and joined Valve.
Recognition
Brütal Legend, for which Muir was the lead multiplayer designer, won the "Best Strategy/Simulation Game" award in the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
Credited works
Video games
2003 Alter Echo, programmer (Outrage Entertainment)
2004 X-Men Legends, gameplay programmer (Raven Software)
2005 Psychonauts, programmer (Double Fine)
2009 Brütal Legend, designer (Double Fine)
2011 Iron Brigade, project lead (Double Fine)
2012 Brazen, project lead (Double Fine)
2013 Dota 2, programmer (Valve)
2015 Massive Chalice, project lead (Double Fine)
2018 Artifact, programmer (Valve)
References
External links
Double Fine website
American video game designers
American video game programmers
Living people
Valve Corporation people
Video game directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Double Fine people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farpoint%20Convention | Farpoint is an American science-fiction convention held since 1993 in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The convention is fan-run, differentiating it from larger, profit-making ventures. Typical programming includes panel discussions, a competitive masquerade, fan videos, an art show, filking and celebrity guest appearances. It is a successor convention to ClipperCon(1984-1989) and OktoberTrek (1990-1992). The most recent Farpoint was held on February 8–10, 2019.
Locations and Dates
*Attendance does not include dealers and guest numbers
**Convention was not held
History
From 1993 to 1997 the convention was held in the Hunt Valley Inn. In 1998 the convention was held in the Baltimore Omni. After 1998, the convention went back to the Hunt Valley Inn until 2008. Farpoint was created by Beverly Ott Volker in early 1993. This convention was successor to other Beverly Volker creations such as Clippercon and Oktobertrek. The convention started in October 1993, which had over 1,300 attendees. The convention continued in October until October 2000 when the committee decided to move the convention to February. This decision caused there to be no 2001 convention because it would only be a four-month span without the convention. The date change coincided with the committee decision to feature fan interests prominently alongside the celebrity guests. Farpoint programming was moved into individual tracks that focus on fans' many interests: Authors/Writing, Science, New Media (fan-created podcasting/film/webcomics), Media (movies and television), Live Performances (theater/music/comedy), Costuming and Cosplay (Masquerade) and Youth/Children. In 2003, the convention was nicknamed "SnowPoint" because the guests, attendees, and committee found themselves locked in the Hunt Valley Inn due to a massive amount of snow. This was also Beverly Volker's last convention, as she died the May of that year. Due to rising prices, in 2009, Farpoint moved to the then Crowne Plaza of Baltimore North, currently named the Radisson Hotel North Baltimore. Due to issues with the hotel changing management so often in the past 5 years, and other issues with the hotel, the Convention moved again after the 2017 convention.
In 2018, the convention moved back to the Hunt Valley Inn, which itself has technically undergone yet another name change with ownership back to Marriott, and is now known as the Delta Hotels by Marriott Baltimore Hunt Valley. Most convention goers will still call it the Hunt Valley Inn. With the move back to the "Hunt Valley Inn", the normal weekend Farpoint usually was scheduled for in February, President's day weekend, was already taken by another customer in a multi-year contract, moving Farpoint to another weekend in February. As the convention continues to thrive, Farpoint may be able to regain their normal February weekend and take advantage of that three day weekend on President's Day.
References
External links
Farpoint Convention Official Website
Farpoint Conve |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baycomms%20Broadcasting%20Corporation | Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine broadcast media company. It was a radio network which operated a number of stations across regional areas in the Philippines under the Brigada News FM branding. It currently serves as the licensee for majority of the stations owned by Brigada Mass Media Corporation after the latter's acquisition in 2013.
The network never had a Bay Radio station in Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao during its existence.
History
Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1992 by Ernesto Yabut, with DWTY 93.5 in Olongapo City & DXBY 89.9 in Zamboanga City.
Financial struggles would later hound the network as within the late 2000s, a number of Bay Radio stations were either sold to other networks or continue with operation cuts. Among those were DXRK Cagayan de Oro, which was sold to Hypersonic Broadcasting Center in 2011 & became Magnum Radio 99.9, and DXYM General Santos, which became the nucleus of Brigada News FM in 2009.
In February 2013, Baycomms was acquired by Brigada Mass Media Corporation from the group of the network's founder Ernesto Yabut. Soon, its stations started carrying the brand Brigada News FM.
On June 24, 2021, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11555 which renewed Baycomms's legislative franchise for another 25 years. The law granted Baycomms a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate, and maintain for commercial purposes and in the public interest, radio and television broadcasting stations, including digital and pay television system, through microwave, satellite or whatever means, as well as the use of any new technology in television and radio systems, with the corresponding technological auxiliaries and facilities, special broadcast and other program and distribution services and relay stations in the Philippines.
List of stations
AM stations
FM stations
References
Philippine radio networks
Radio stations in the Philippines
Mass media companies of the Philippines
Mass media companies established in 1992
Mass media companies disestablished in 2013
Companies based in Olongapo
Philippine companies established in 1992
2013 disestablishments in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eich%20%28surname%29 | Eich is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brendan Eich (born 1961), American computer programmer
Carsten Eich (born 1970), German runner
Daniel Eich (born 2000), Swiss judoka
Günter Eich (1907–1972), German author
Hans Eich (born 1949), West German sprint canoeist
Marina Anna Eich (born 1976), German actress
Peter Eich (born 1963), German footballer
Walter Eich (1925–2018), Swiss footballer
William Eich, American judge
See also
Icke
German-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20K.%20Franklin | Matthew Keith "Matt" Franklin is an American cryptographer, and a professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis.
Education and employment
Franklin did his undergraduate studies at Pomona College, graduating in 1983 with a degree in mathematics, and was awarded a master's degree in mathematics in 1985 by the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia University in 1994, under the joint supervision of Zvi Galil and Moti Yung. Prior to joining the UC Davis faculty in 2000, he worked at Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, and AT&T Labs.
From 2009 to 2014, Franklin was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cryptology.
Research contributions
Franklin is particularly known for the Boneh–Franklin scheme, a cryptography scheme he developed with Dan Boneh that uses the mathematics of elliptic curves to automatically generate public and private key pairs based on the identities of the communicating parties. In 2013, he and Boneh were winners of the Gödel Prize for their work on this system.
Selected publications
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References
External links
Home page at UC Davis
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American computer scientists
American cryptographers
Public-key cryptographers
Pomona College alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Columbia University alumni
University of California, Davis faculty
Gödel Prize laureates
Scientists at PARC (company)
Scientists at Bell Labs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Tor%20onion%20services | This is a categorized list of notable onion services (formerly, hidden services) accessible through the Tor anonymity network. Defunct services and those accessed by deprecated V2 addresses are marked.
Archive and Index
archive.today - Is a web archiving site, founded in 2012, that saves snapshots on demand
Demonoid - Torrent
KickassTorrents (defunct) – A BitTorrent index
Sci-Hub – Search engine which bypasses paywalls to provide free access to scientific and academic research papers and articles
The Pirate Bay – A BitTorrent index
Z-Library – Many instances exist
Commerce
Agora (defunct)
AlphaBay (defunct)
Atlantis (defunct)
Black Market Reloaded (defunct)
Dream Market (defunct)
Evolution (defunct)
Hansa (defunct)
Sheep Marketplace (defunct)
Silk Road (defunct)
The Farmer's Market (defunct)
TheRealDeal (defunct)
Utopia (defunct)
Communications
OpenPGP
Messaging
Briar (software) – uses onion services as address when message medium is internet
Cryptocat (defunct)
Keybase
Ricochet (software) - uses Tor network by default for message sending and receiving
TorChat (defunct)
Email providers
Bitmessage.ch (defunct)
Guerrilla Mail
Proton Mail
Riseup
SIGAINT (defunct)
Tor Mail (defunct)
Events
Debian Conference
DEF CON
File storage
ProtonDrive
Freedom Hosting (defunct) – Formerly the largest Tor-specific web host, until the arrest of its owner in August 2013.
Financial
Blockchain.info (V2)– A popular bitcoin blockchain explorer service
Helix (defunct)
Government
Central Intelligence Agency
National Police and Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands – An official hidden service about darknet market takedown operations
Hidden services directories, portals, and information
1.1.1.1 - DNS by Cloudflare
The Hidden Wiki – ambiguously forked
DarkWeb Directory - https://dark.breakgo.cl/>
News, index and document archives
BBC News
BuggedPlanet (V2)
BuzzFeed News (V2)
Current Time TV
DeepDotWeb (defunct)
Deutsche Welle
Die Tageszeitung – German daily
Doxbin (defunct)
It's Going Down
ProPublica
Radio Free Asia (V2)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The Guardian
The New York Times
Operating systems
Debian (static Web content and package repositories)
DivestOS - Security and privacy-focused LineageOS fork.
Qubes OS – Security-focused desktop operating system
Whonix – Debian-based security distribution
Whistleblowing / Drop sites
SecureDrop and GlobaLeaks software is used in most of these whistleblowing sites. These are a secure communications platform for use between journalists and sources. Both software's website is also available as an onion service. Websites that use secure drop are listed in a directory.
2600: The Hacker Quarterly
ABC News
Aftenposten
Al Jazeera Media Network
Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Law
CBC News
CNN International
Dagbladet
Distributed Denial of Secrets
Financial Times
Forbidden Stories
HuffPost
Lawrence Lessig
NRK
Politico
Reut |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudh%20and%20Rohilkhand%20Railway | Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was an extensive railway network in the North India, mostly north of the Ganges, starting from Benares and subsequently up to Delhi.
History
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was formed in 1872 with the assets of the Indian Branch Railway Company and the government guarantee. It had its headquarters at Lucknow. It built lines from Lucknow to Hardoi, Lucknow to Barabanki and Moradabad to Chandausi in 1872 and extended the last to Bareilly in 1873 It built a line from Varanasi to Lucknow in 1874, with an extension to Fyzabad known as Fyzabad Loop.
The 4 miles long Broad gauge line from Burhwal to Bahramghat was opened on 1 April 1872 opened as part of the Bahramghat branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway the line got closed around 1943. The 17 miles long Burwhal-Barabanki metre gauge line was opened 1 April 1872 as part of the Bahramghat branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway. Upon conversion to mixed gauge, the metre gauge track formed part of the Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway, which was managed as part of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged into the East Indian Railway on 1 July 1925 but this section of the Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway was worked by the Bengal and North Western Railway and was transferred to the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1 January 1943. The 2 miles long metre gauge line from Benares Cant. to Benares City was opened between 15 March to 1 April 1899 as the Benares City branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway. The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was absorbed by the East Indian Railway on 1 July 1925 but this line was worked by the Bengal and North Western Railway and its successors from opening and was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953.
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway built the Dufferin Bridge over the Ganges in 1883 with Frederick Thomas Granville Walton as Chief Engineer, and its line was connected to East Indian Railway Company’s line at Mughalsarai. It extended its main line from Moradabad to Saharanpur in 1881-86 and a branch line was opened from Lakhsar to Haridwar in 1883. The Lucknow-Rae Bareilly extension was completed in 1893.
The main line of Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway used to run from Varanasi to Saharanpur via Lucknow, Hardoi Bareilly, Chandausi and Moradabad. With the opening of the Bareilly-Moradabad link via Rampur in 1894, the main line distance was shortened and the route via Chandausi came to be known as Chandausi chord. A branch line linked it to Aligarh. The Ghaziabad-Moradabad link was established in 1898. The Varanasi-Luknow link via Rae Bareilly shortened the main line further. In 1888, the Government of India took over the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway making it a state railway. In 1925, it was merged with East Indian Railway Company.
System mileage was of broad gauge of wide metre gauge.
Locomotives
By the end of 1877 the company owned 88 steam locomotives, 331 coaches and 2244 goods wagons.
Conversion to b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikakin | , professionally known as Hikakin (Japanese: ヒカキン), is a Japanese YouTuber and businessman who is the co-founder of UUUM, a Japanese multi-channel network. A video of his Super Mario Bros. beatbox went viral in 2010, reaching over 3.8 million views by mid-September of that year. He, alongside fellow Japanese YouTuber Megwin, quit their day jobs in 2012 to focus entirely on their channels. He also collaborated with Gille, appearing in her promotions for her single "Try Again", where it is stated that he is one of the most popular Japanese YouTubers.
Career
1989-2007: From his upbringing to the launch of his YouTube channel
He was born on April 21, 1989 in Myoko Kogen-machi, Nakakubi-gun, Niigata Prefecture (now Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture) as the second son. His older brother (eldest son) is also a YouTuber, Seikin, and as a child he was an unusual boy in the corner of the classroom. Growing up in the snowy Joetsu region, his dream as an elementary school student was "to compete in the Olympics in ski jumping," and he continued ski jumping until high school. When he was in elementary school, he participated in the "Hamonepu League," a corner of the variety show "Riki no Dinchi Gogo Gogo! a variety show that aired on Fuji Television network at the time, he developed an interest in human beat box.
After graduating from Myoko Kogen Minami Elementary School (now Myoko Municipal), Myoko Kogen Junior High School (now Myoko Municipal Myoko Kogen Junior High School), and then Niigata Prefectural Arai High School, he began live performances and other activities in Joetsu. Then, in December 2006, he established his own official channel "HIKAKIN" on YouTube. He says that he initially started it for the purpose of viewing videos of foreign beat boxers, but he started posting videos because he thought that if he posted his own videos, people would watch them. He started posting videos soon after he opened the site, but few of the videos from that time remain, as he later deleted them himself. The oldest video in existence is a beatbox that he shot in his bathroom in 2007 (he was a senior in high school at the time). In 2015, a remake of this beatbox video was posted as "2015 ver.", which was filmed in the same environment and clothing as at the time.
2008-2014: Rise to fame
In 2008, he graduated from Niigata Prefectural Arai High School and moved to Tokyo. Thereafter, he earned his living while working at Yoshiike, a supermarket in Tokyo where many people from Niigata Prefecture happened to have job offers to the high school. He had no savings because he did not have his own bank account at the time, and moved to Tokyo with only 20,000 yen given to him by his parents. The supermarket where he worked had a company dormitory, and rent was deducted from his monthly salary, so he had no trouble finding a place to live. From then on, he shot many beatbox videos using a cheap microphone in the bathroom of the company dormitory at night or in his own room, c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLA-NET | HLA-NET is a network targeted to the study of Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) from a populational point of view. The network was initiated by COST Action BM0803 in January 2009. Currently HLA-NET activities are being coordinated by a subcommittee of the scientific committee of the European Federation for Immunogenetics.
The project
HLA-NET defined guidelines for the description of HLA typings concerning both the characterisation of the sample (including anthropological information) and the reporting of the typing data (including technical details to avoid misuse in the future). The guidelines also include rules for the validation of samples and suggests minimal requirements for data analysis. The HLA-NET portal provides an interface to software implementing these guidelines.
The genetic system
Structure of the HLA region
Medical relevance
Particularities of HLA data
HLA-NET guidelines
Population description
HLA-NET main recommendations for population characterization have been published. Most notably, outdated racial/ethnical and meaningless terms have to be replaced by an acceptable terminology to describe populations (i.e. geographical and cultural criteria).
An electronic population questionnaire for field studies is available on the HLA-NET portal.
Obtaining and reporting data
HLA-NET defined standards for producing high quality data for HLA genotyping and proposed guidelines for reporting typing ambiguities. A best suitable format for optimal allelic and haplotypic HLA frequency estimations, based on the list of allele pairs that account for the genotyping information, has been published. Other formats that allow to express ambiguities without simplifying the data can also be used.
Validation of data sets
Samples are used to provide allele frequency estimates for populations. For HLA loci, the presence of ambiguities and that of putative recessive-like undetected alleles require the assumption of Hardy–Weinberg. HLA-NET explicitly requests that frequency estimates, for alleles or haplotypes, be validated by checking their conformity with Hardy–Weinberg expectations. If Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium is rejected then the frequencies can not be taken as representative of the population. The causes for deviation should be looked for and, if possible, addressed. In any case, non Hardy–Weinberg frequencies should never be used as valid population estimates.
Data analysis
HLA-NET results
Besides the guidelines above, the HLA-NET network made contributions in the following areas:
HLA map of Europe
The most fine grained map of HLA distribution in the pan-European region is a result of cooperation with the AHPD – Analysis of HLA Populations Data – component of the International Histocompatibility Workshops. Besides the well-known pan-European gradients, originally reported by Cavalli-Sforza, local differentiations emerge, most notably the Alps appear as a genetic barrier to gene flow across Europe.
Usability of registry data
Registries have |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Found%20The%20Gown | I Found The Gown is an American wedding dress shop reality series airing on TLC as part of that network's Friday evening "wedding block" of programming. The series films at "VOWS Bridal Outlet", a discount wedding dress shop in Watertown, Massachusetts in suburban Boston which has existed since 1992.
Show
The program mainly chronicles two aspects: the owners of VOWS, Rick and Leslie DeAngelo searching for discounted and discontinued dresses in back rooms and department store warehouses to sell, and the brides that come to the store searching for the deeply discounted dress of their dreams and the experience of the shop. Generally the name-brand designer gowns sell for 50-80% off their original pricing.
The show premiered on August 24, 2012, and was renewed for a second season, which began on April 19, 2013.
Reception
Tom Conroy of Media Life Magazine called the show painless and inoffensive but cited its apparent appeal to audiences as inexplicable.
References
External links
Wedding television shows
TLC (TV network) original programming
2010s American reality television series
2012 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings
Wedding dresses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20Identity%20System | Personal Identity System (PIS) was established in 1947 to register all Pakistani citizens. The Personal Identity System was replaced by the National Database and Registration Authority in 1972.
After the independence of Pakistan, Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan launched the Personal Identity System (PIS) program to registered, managed and issued all national identification cards to the citizens of Pakistan and Muslim refugees settling in Pakistan.
Civil registries
Databases in Pakistan
Government databases
Government of Liaquat Ali Khan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot%20Chicken%20%28season%207%29 | The seventh season of the stop-motion television series Robot Chicken began airing in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim on April 6, 2014, with the episode DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise and contained a total of 20 episodes. The first of the regular season 7 episodes aired on April 13, 2014.
Episodes
References
2014 American television seasons
Robot Chicken seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana%20Open%20Data%20Initiative | Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI) was started in January 2012 by the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) in partnership with the Web Foundation (WF), to make Government of Ghana data available to the public for re-use. The establishment of GODI is meant to promote efficiency, transparency and accountability in governance as well as to facilitate economic growth by means of the creation of Mobile and Web applications for the Ghanaian and world markets. The project was scheduled for completion in 2014 and aimed to create a sustainable Open Data ecosystem for Ghana. GODI was launched with a 100 data sets categorized as political, legal, organizational, technical, social or economic. The vision of GODI is to develop an open data community involving the Government of Ghana, civil society organizations, industry, developer communities, academia, media practitioners, and the citizenry, to interact with one another with the aim of developing an open data portal to bring about transparency, accountability and efficiency in government.
History
At the close of 2011, the president of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Prof. J.E. Mills, signed the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global initiative started by the United States government. The OGP is a new multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. In the spirit of multistakeholder collaboration, the OGP is overseen by a steering committee of governments, civil society organizations, academia and the developer community.
Prior to Ghana signing onto the OGP, the World Wide Web Foundation (WF) had conducted feasibility studies in Ghana and Chile as special case studies for developing countries and published the report in February 2011. On the basis of the feasibility report, the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), an agency of the Ministry of Communications, which was created by an Act of Parliament to oversee and implement government policy on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), began discussions with the WF in April 2011 on how to develop an open government portal in Ghana.
NITA over the last three years has been deploying a massive government network dubbed the GovNET across the country and data centers which will be repositories of Government data. NITA has also been mandated to engage the citizenry with government by providing e-Services platforms to serve the citizenry with services like online passport application, business and birth and death registration which NITA is executing with 11 pilot e-service platforms.
On the initial signing of the OGP commitment by the embassy of Ghana in the US in September 2011, NITA intensified its discussions with the WF on developing a national plan to create an open data portal where government could make its data available in a format that civil society organizations (CSOs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport%20%28surname%29 | Lamport is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Allan A. Lamport, Mayor of Toronto
Felicia Lamport (1916–1999), American poet and satirist
Leslie Lamport, American computer scientist
Paul H. Lamport (1907–1984), American businessman
Stephen Lamport, British diplomat
William Lamport (1615–1659), Irish Catholic adventurer
William H. Lamport (1811–1891), American politician
William James Lamport, co-founder of the Lamport and Holt shipping line |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampson%20%28surname%29 | Lampson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Butler Lampson (born 1943), computer scientist
Sir Curtis Lampson, 1st Baronet (1806–1885), businessman and 1st Baronet of Rowfant
E. W. Lampson (1904–1997), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Elbert L. Lampson (1852–1930), American politician
Elmar Lampson (born 1952), German composer and academic
Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn (1880–1964), British diplomat
Nick Lampson, (born 1945), American politician
See also
Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895), English poet
Godfrey Locker-Lampson (1875–1946) British politician
Oliver Locker-Lampson (1880–1954) British politician |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LC9%20%28band%29 | LC9 () was a South Korean pop boy band formed by Nega Network. The group initially consisted of six members until member E.Den left to pursue his studies. Their name, LC9, means League of Competition #9. They debuted on May 9, 2013, with "MaMa Beat" on Mnet M! Countdown. The music video was released on the same day.
On January 23, 2016, the group's label announced that LC9 disbanded. Their contract wasn't renewed back on December 21, 2015, which led the group to an end.
History
2013–15: Career beginnings
Around April, Nega Network announced that they would be debuting a male group, currently nicknamed Brown Eyed Boys inspired by their fellow label seniors Brown Eyed Girls. After a series of teasers introducing each of the members, they made their official debut as LC9 on May 9, 2013, with their first mini album Skirmish, with the title track "MaMa Beat" featuring label-mate Gain. On the same day, LC9 held their debut stage on Mnet M! Countdown.
2016: Disbandment
On January 23, 2016, Nega Network revealed that the group's contract ended on December 21 of the previous year. None of the members renewed their contracts, and LC9 dissolved as a result.
Members
Former
Rasa – leader, vocals, rapper
J-Hyo – vocals, rapper
King – vocals
Jun – rapper
AO – vocals, rapper
E.Den – rapper
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
Videography
Music videos
References
External links
2013 establishments in South Korea
2015 disestablishments in South Korea
Musical groups disestablished in 2015
Musical groups established in 2013
Musical groups from Seoul
South Korean boy bands
South Korean dance music groups |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology%20of%20diabetes | Globally, an estimated 537 million adults are living with diabetes, according to 2019 data from the International Diabetes Federation. Diabetes was the 9th-leading cause of mortality globally in 2020, attributing to over 2 million deaths annually due to diabetes directly, and to kidney disease due to diabetes. The primary causes of type 2 diabetes is diet and physical activity, which can contribute to increased BMI, poor nutrition, hypertension, alcohol use and smoking, while genetics is also a factor. Diabetes prevalence is increasing rapidly; previous 2019 estimates put the number at 463 million people living with diabetes, with the distributions being equal between both sexes icidence peaking around age 55 years old. The number is projected to 643 million by 2030, or 7079 individuals per 100,000, with all regions around the world continue to rise. Type 2 diabetes makes up about 85-90% of all cases. Increases in the overall diabetes prevalence rates largely reflect an increase in risk factors for type 2, notably greater longevity and being overweight or obese. The prevalence of African Americans with diabetes is estimated to triple by 2050, while the prevalence of whites is estimated to double. The overall prevalence increases with age, with the largest increase in people over 65 years of age. The prevalence of diabetes in America is estimated to increase to 48.3 million by 2050.
Diabetes mellitus occurs throughout the world, but is more common (especially type 2) in the more developed countries. The greatest increase in prevalence is, however, occurring in low- and middle-income countries including in Asia and Africa, where most patients will probably be found by 2030. The increase in incidence in developing countries follows the trend of urbanization and lifestyle changes, including increasingly sedentary lifestyles, less physically demanding work and the global nutrition transition, marked by increased intake of foods that are high energy-dense but nutrient-poor (often high in sugar and saturated fats, sometimes referred to as the Western pattern diet). The risk of getting type 2 diabetes has been widely found to be associated with lower socio-economic position across countries.
The WHO estimates that diabetes resulted in 1.5 million deaths in 2012, making it the 8th leading cause of death. However another 2.2 million deaths worldwide were attributable to high blood glucose and the increased risks of associated complications (e.g. heart disease, stroke, kidney failure), which often result in premature death and are often listed as the underlying cause on death certificates rather than diabetes.
The burden of diabetes (both type 1 and 2) has a possibility to lead to complications of multiple body systems including nephropathy, neuropathy and retinopathy. About half of patients with type 2 diabetes die due to cardiovascular disease and 10% from kidney failure. A study done on Gomel city population with radiation exposure after the Cherno |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Center%20for%20Biomedical%20Ontology | The National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO) is one of the National Centers for Biomedical Computing, and is funded by the NIH. Among the goals of the NCBO are to provide tools for discovery and access of biomedical ontologies, which are a type of controlled vocabulary designed to allow the expression of complex relationships in machine-readable form.
The NCBO has facilities at Stanford University, the Mayo Clinic, the University of Victoria, and the University at Buffalo.
Among the products associated with the NCBO are the Open Biomedical Ontologies.
References
External links
NCBO Web Site
Bioontology wiki
National Institutes of Health
Medical and health organizations based in California
Medical research institutes in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar%20National%20Broadband%20Network%20%28Qnbn%29 | Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn) is a shareholding company owned by the Government of Qatar. It was set up in 2011 by the Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology (ictQATAR) as one of the region’s first government initiatives giving full support for Qatar’s fiber optic network rollout.
Role
In line with Qatar National Vision 2030 and Qatar ICT Strategy 2015, Qnbn develops a broadband infrastructure to provide an ICT infrastructure for homes, government, businesses and key sectors across the economy.
Qnbn signed agreements with state licensed telecommunication operators in Qatar to bring fiber broadband to the country, and plans to achieve maximum coverage of households and businesses. Qnbn promotes excellence in broadband infrastructure at QITCOM 2014, on 26-28 May 2014 at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC).
Regulation/License
ictQATAR issued an Authorization to Qnbn on July 14, 2011 followed by a 25-year license in July 2012 to provide Qatar with fiber optic broadband throughout the country, offering wholesale broadband fiber optic infrastructure services to licensed network service providers and operators.
Qnbn focuses upon the deployment of a passive dark fiber network infrastructure, providing equal and open access to telecommunication service providers, on a wholesale basis, and owners and operators of private networks, on a retail basis, thereby enabling end users to efficiently leverage high speed fiber in Qatar.
References
External links
Official Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn) website
ictQATAR's official website
Qatar National Vision 2030
Mass media companies of Qatar
Mass media companies established in 2011
Qatari companies established in 2011 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dockland%20Settlements | The Docklands Settlements were a network of amenity centres in deprived areas of London, intended to meet the social and spiritual needs of the local population at a time when there was no public provision of such services. The settlements originated in 1894 with the foundation of the Malvern Mission in Canning Town, by the staff of Malvern College. Under the leadership of Reginald Kennedy-Cox and others, during the first half of the 20th century the Malvern Mission was greatly expanded. Renamed "Dockland Settlement No. 1", it became the hub from which subcentres were established throughout east London, and in several provincial cities. After the Second World War and the expansion of the Welfare State, the focus of activities changed; in the 1950s Dockland Settlement No. 1 became the Mayflower Centre, with overtly Christian aims. Other settlements continued to serve their communities (some of which were now far more prosperous) with a variety of social, sporting and cultural facilities, and were still functioning well into the 21st century.
Origins and early years
In 1894, as part of a general movement in which English public schools and universities promoted social and religious work in deprived areas of London, the Malvern Mission was established at Vincent Street in Canning Town by Malvern College. The objective of these missions, was stated as "to carry on the church's work amongst her people from both a religious and a social point of view and to be a centre of religious influence and social good". A secondary purpose was to promote in boys and young men from more privileged backgrounds a sense of social responsibility towards the less fortunate. Among the Malvern schoolboys who spent part of their holidays working at the Malvern Mission was Reginald Kennedy-Cox, who would eventually devote his entire life to the work.
Vincent Street in Canning Town was by repute, in 1894, one of the worst streets in London. It was here, on a plot of ground provided by a supporter, that an iron mission church, St Alban and the English Martyrs, was built. The Revd G. F. Gillett was appointed as the first Missioner. The church became a centre for a number of clubs and societies meeting a variety of practical and spiritual needs. In 1905 Kennedy-Cox, who had achieved success as a playwright with several plays on the London stage, resumed his volunteer work at the mission. In 1907 he decided to commit himself fully to the venture, gave up his theatrical career became a full-time mission staff member. Life in the early years of the mission was described as follows:
"In those days the Mission consisted of a few dilapidated slum dwellings where the helpers lived and worked, and a tin-roofed chapel in charge of a clergyman known as the missioner. Each night the local lads would come in, and after some frolicing turn out the gaslight and have a free for all, breaking the furniture in the process; gradually, however, they came to respect the Mission and the volunta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Data%20Partnership | The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a new multilateral initiative introduced by the United States Government that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance by means of Open Data Platforms. In the spirit of multi-stakeholder collaboration, OGP is overseen by a steering committee of governments, civil society organizations and the developer community.
References
Open data |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DalesBus | DalesBus is a network of bus services, which operate in and around the Yorkshire Dales, England. The network is managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company – a volunteer-run subsidiary of the Yorkshire Dales Society.
History
Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company has managed the DalesBus network of bus services since 2007. Initially, the company managed the operation of a single service between Ilkley and Skipton via Bolton Abbey, but has since grown significantly.
Services are funded by a number of organisations, including the National Trust, West Yorkshire Metro and Yorkshire Dales National Park, with additional support and funding from local community groups. These popular services carry increasing numbers of passengers, with over 30,000 passengers using the network in 2019/20.
Most services operate at weekends and on bank holidays, from Easter until late October, with some services operating year-round. Operated by low-floor single or double-deck buses, the network links major centres of population, such as Harrogate and York, with the Yorkshire Dales, allowing for walking or enjoyment without the need for a car.
Services and operators
As of 2022, the following services are operated under the DalesBus brand.
Controversy
In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council withdrew English National Concessionary Travel Scheme payments for some of these services, regarding them as only for "tourist use" and therefore outside of statutory provision. In the following year, Lancashire County Council made the decision to follow suit, citing similar reasons to do so.
DalesBus Ramblers
DalesBus Ramblers organise a varied programme of free guided walks in the Yorkshire Dales. All of the walks are accessible by bus or train, and are open to the general public.
In popular culture
In August 2016, route 830 (operated by Arriva North East), which runs between Richmond and Ingleton via Hawes, was the subject of an episode of television series BBC Four Goes Slow entitled All Aboard! The Country Bus. The episode saw a series record average audience of 800,000.
Notes
References
External links
Dales & Bowland CIC and (The) Yorkshire Dales Society on Companies House
website
Bus operators in North Yorkshire
Bus transport brands
Transport in Yorkshire
Yorkshire Dales |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninetology%20Pearl%20Mini | The Ninetology Pearl Mini (I5350) is an entry level smartphone powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon (1.0 GHz) processor and runs on the Android Ginger Bread 2.3 Operating System, with dual SIM capabilities. The device is manufactured by Ninetology in collaboration with Qualcomm and Tune Talk.
The phone is offered sealed with a default SIM card from a Malaysian mobile virtual network operator(Tune Talk).
History
Release
The Ninetology Pearl Mini (I5350) was announced at a launch event themed 'Experiencing Differences with The Youth's Spirit,' during the month of April, 2013.
Feature
Hardware
The Ninetology Pearl Mini I5350 runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.0 GHz single core processor. It has a 3.5" inch HVGA capacitive display screen(196ppi pixel density) with a resolution of 320 X 480, capable of displaying up to 262K colors. Its dimensions are: 115.3 mm (H) X 62.0 mm (W) X 11.8 mm (T) and weighs 108 grams.
It possesses a 2.0 megapixel rear camera with a 4x zoom feature and a scene mode function.
The battery has a capacity of Li-Ion 1300mAh.
Additional storage is available via a MicroSD card socket, which is certified to support up to 32 GB of additional storage.
Software
The Ninetology Pearl Mini I5350 is running on the Android Gingerbread Operating System and is preloaded with a variety of applications:
Web: Native Android Browser
Social: Facebook, YouTube
Media: Camera, Gallery, FM Radio, Music Player, Video Player,
Personal Information Management: Calendar, Detail Contact Information
Utilities: Calculator, Alarm Clock, Google Maps, AirAsia, Voice Recorder, Tune Talk
Reception
According to Business Times Malaysia, Ninetology had secured 25,000 units from dealers in less than 45 days since the launch date of the Pearl Mini.
References
External links
http://ninetology.com/malaysia/products_smartphones_pearlmini_details.html
Smartphones
Mobile phones introduced in 2013
Android (operating system) devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazard%20%28surname%29 | Lazard is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Allen Lazard (born 1995), American football player
Daniel Lazard (born 1941), French computer scientist
Frédéric Lazard (1883–1948), chess master
Gilbert Lazard (1920-2018), French linguist and Iranologist
Gustave Lazard (1876–1949), French chess master, problemist and organizer
Justin Lazard (born 1967), actor and model
Luckner Lazard (1928–1998), Haitian painter and sculptor
Michel Lazard (1924-1987), French mathematician who introduced Lazard's universal ring
Naomi Lazard (1928–2021), American poet
Sasha Lazard, American singer
Sidney H. Lazard (1930–2015), American bridge player
Simon Lazard (1828–1898), Franco-American banker
French-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharoni%20%28typeface%29 | Aharoni is a Hebrew language typeface created by Tuvia Aharoni for Ludwig & Mayer as a Hebrew version of Erbar-Grotesk, and later used by the Monotype Corporation and Kivun Computers Ltd, known best for its use in Microsoft Windows. Versions of it have been included in Windows 2000, XP, XP SP2, Server 2003, Server 2008, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
References
External links
Microsoft Typography - Aharoni
Hebrew typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1935 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindowsWear | WindowsWear is a retail visual merchandising database and community, founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City. WindowsWear is a current and archival collection of retail and visual displays dating back to 1931. The collection provides retailers, designers, brands and creative professionals with photos for competitive research, inspiration and trend ideas over the years as they look to create visuals for today's retail environments. At Berkeley College's Manhattan campus, WindowsWear has a museum called the WindowsWear Museum, featuring fashion windows and in-store displays. The company also offers window display tours in New York City, an annual awards event for retailers, and workshops covering visual merchandising, store design, trends, and concepts.
History
WindowsWear was founded by Jon Harari, Michael Niemtzow, former colleagues at Lehman Brothers, and Raul Tovar. The team includes photographers stationed in various countries and cities. WindowsWear launched its company in November 2012, with Elle as a launch partner. WindowsWear has funding from investors at companies such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital, Coach, Inc., eBay, and Nomura Securities.
Users
WindowsWear is used by retailers, designers and universities such as The University of Alabama, Berkeley College, EBC Hochschule, FIT,
Genesee College, George Brown, Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, The Planning and Visual Educational Partnership, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Seneca College, Sheridan College and Université du Québec à Montréal.
References
External links
Official website
2012 establishments in New York City
Companies based in New York City
American companies established in 2012
Internet properties established in 2012 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monodrama%20Theater | Monodrama Theater, also known as Mono-Drama Theatre, was a late night television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network weekdays at 11pm ET from May 1952 to December 1953.
Production background
The series consisted of a single actor or actress performing in front of a black curtain, or bare stage, with recorded music cues, in an example of monodrama. Some sources suggest this series, produced by Lawrence Menkin (1911-2000), also aired episodes of One Man's Experience and One Woman's Experience, both also produced by Menkin. Filming took place at a tiny studio at 515 Madison Avenue.
In 1953, in a series of episodes of Monodrama Theater, actor Jack Manning performed a one-man show of Hamlet. His performance took place over the course of two weeks in 15-minute-long segments. Jack Gould, a television critic for the New York Times, praised Manning's performance as Hamlet, calling him "inventive, versatile and, above all, natural." Gould also noted of Manning at the time that, "He knows his Shakespeare and truly catches the meaning of the lines."
In April 1954, DuMont filled the 11pm ET time slot with The Ernie Kovacs Show, which ran until April 7, 1955.
Preservation status
As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1953-54 United States network television schedule
List of late-night American network TV programs
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)
Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980)
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964)
External links
Monodrama Theater at IMDB
DuMont historical website
DuMont Television Network original programming
1952 American television series debuts
1953 American television series endings
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows
Lost television shows
Monodrama
1950s American late-night television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cainiao | Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Limited (), formerly known as China Smart Logistics Network, is a Chinese logistics company launched by Alibaba Group, jointly with eight other companies, on 28 May 2013. As of May 2018, Cainiao was one of the largest unicorn companies in China, valued at 100 billion yuan.
Cainiao ensures delivery within 24 hours to any region of China. The company also shares resources with other logistics companies.
Accidents and incidents
On 8 January 2022, Aviastar-TU Flight 6534, a Cainiao leased Tupolev Tu-204 caught fire during pushback for a flight from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tolmachevo Airport. None of the 8 occupants on board were injured, but the aircraft was written off.
References
External links
Logistics companies of China
Chinese companies established in 2013
Alibaba Group
Companies based in Hangzhou
2013 establishments in Hong Kong |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infosec%20Standard%205 | HMG Infosec Standard 5, or IS5, is a data destruction standard used by the British government.
Context
IS5 is part of a larger family of IT security standards published by CESG; it is referred to by the more general Infosec Standard No.1. IS5 is similar to DOD 5220.22-M (used in the USA).
Requirements
IS5 sets a wide range of requirements—not just the technical detail of overwriting data, but also the policies and processes that organisations should have in place, to ensure that media are disposed of securely. IS5 also touches on risk management accreditation, because secure reuse and disposal of media is an important control for organisations handling high-impact data. It's not sufficient just to sanitise media; the sanitisation should also be auditable, and records must be kept.
IS5 defines two different levels of overwriting:
Baseline overwriting of data involves one pass, overwriting every sector of the storage medium once with zeros.
Enhanced overwriting involves three passes; each sector is overwritten first with 1s, then with 0s, and then with randomly generated 1s and 0s.
Regardless of which level is used, verification is needed to ensure that overwriting was successful.
Apart from overwriting, other methods could be used, such as degaussing, or physical destruction of the media. With some inexpensive media, destruction and replacement may be cheaper than sanitisation followed by reuse. ATA Secure Erase is not approved. Different methods apply to different media, ranging from paper to CDs to mobile phones.
The choice of method affects reusability. Four different outcomes are considered:
Reuse of media in a similarly secure environment;
Reuse of media in a less-secure environment (accredited at a lower IL);
Reuse anywhere (i.e. an untrusted or unknown environment);
Destruction.
Stricter requirements apply to data with a stronger protective marking or IL. In some cases, media at or above IL4 / CONFIDENTIAL may have to be handled at a secure site, such as a List X site.
References
Classified information in the United Kingdom
Computer security in the United Kingdom
Information assurance standards
IT risk management |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20Agroecology%20Network%20Alternative%20Spring%20Break | Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a program based in UC Santa Cruz that provides a cultural exchange for students and contemporary Maya communities in Tzucacab, Yucatán, Mexico. The purpose of the program is give students exposure to a distinct way of life. Alternative Spring Break accepts applications in the Winter Quarter, then travels to the Yucatán during Spring Break.
History
ASB is an Action Education International Field Course hosted by the Community Agroecology Network (CAN). CAN is a non-profit community-based organization founded in 2002, headquartered at the base of campus of University of California, Santa Cruz. The organization was created in response to the coffee crisis that occurred in Central America and in Mexico in the 80’s; it seeks to confront injustice by providing alternative and community based approaches to sustainable living. Community Agroecology Network seeks to maintain rural livelihoods and sustainable food systems using the Freirean approach of Subject-Subject relationship. Paulo Freire is a Brazilian philosopher and activist whom, until his untimely death in 1997 worked internationally towards social change. His works, including Pedagogy of the Oppressed, focus on popular education and liberation of the historically oppressed. CAN’s approach to maintain their principles confronting injustices include incorporating the philosophy of Freire into ASB. CAN’s programs include Participatory Action Research, Trade Innovations, and Action Education. ASB has been active since 2008.
Functions
ASB is an Action Education International Field Course under CAN that offers students at UC Santa Cruz a cultural exchange experience with contemporary Maya families in Tzucacab, Yucatán, México. During ASB, students from UC Santa Cruz stay with a host family, the families provide the students a place to stay throughout the week while they participate in activities with the rest of the group of students. On one of the first days, the students participate in a Mayan ceremony called Wajikol. Wajikol, which means “the bread of the milpa”, is a ceremony to give thanks to the earth for the harvest. Other activities include visiting Mayan ruins, such as Chichen Itza and the wonders of Yucatán’s cenotes. Cenotes are underground water caves where rainfall accumulates. Cenotes were once believed to be the gateway into the afterlife, and were used as the site for sacrificial offerings.
Geographical Reach
Community Agroecology Network works alongside communities in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Mexico and offers Field Study and Field Courses in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is offered in Yucatán, Mexico. Tzucacab is located in the Tzucacab Municipality in the state of Yucatán, with a population of about 14,000 in 2010. A little more than half of Tzucacab is employed in the agriculture sector. Similar trips are offered to Costa Rica in July to learn about the agroecology and sustainable developmen |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mga%20Kuwento%20ni%20Lola%20Basyang%20%28TV%20program%29 | Basyang () is a 2007 Philippine television drama fantasy anthology broadcast by GMA Network. Starring Manilyn Reynes and Paul Salas, it premiered on February 4, 2007. The show concluded on August 12, 2007 with a total of 26 episodes.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Overview
The show is a program designed specifically to appeal to children. It is a weekly anthology aimed at entertaining children through a retelling of Severino Reyes' classic folktales and seeks to rekindle their interest in the richness of Filipino literature. All the episodes featured live-action twist adaptations of Pinoy folktales in costume by many well-known actors, teleplays by Gina Marissa Tagasa, Agnes de Guzman, Dinno Erece and Adrian Ho, and are directed by Argel Joseph and Don Michael Perez.
Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang is a series of short stories written by "Lola Basyang", pen name of Severino Reyes, founder and editor of the Tagalog magazine Liwayway. The original magazine stories have been adapted several times for comics, television, film, and published in book form. GMA Network bought the rights for the TV serialization of Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang.
Episodes
Season 1
Ang Mahiwagang kuba (The Enchanted Hunchback)
Ang Prinsipeng Unggoy (The Monkey Prince)
Ang Parusa ng Duwende (The Dwarf's Punishment)
Ang Binibining Tumalo sa Mahal Datu (The Maiden Who Defeated the Datu)
Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin (The Enchanted Violin)
Ang Prinsipeng Mahaba ang Ilong (The Prince with A Long Nose)
Ang Sumpa ng Higanteng si Amok (The Curse of Amok the Giant)
Ang Walong Bulag (The Eight Blind Men)
Ang Prinsipeng Duwag (The Cowardly Prince)
Akong Ikit
Maria Alimango
Si Sultan Saif (Sultan Saif)
Ang Prinsipe ng mga Ibon (prince of the birds)
Season 2
Si Pedrong Walang Takot (Fearless Pedro)
Ang Gwapong Sastre (The Handsome Tailor)
Ang Palasyo ng mga Duwende (The Palace of the Dwarves)
Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Maria (The Brother of the Three Marias)
Ang Hukbo ni Padre Pedro (The Legion of Father Pedro)
Ang Plautin ni Periking (The Flute of Periking)
Anting-anting (The Amulet)
Ang Mahiwagang Balabal (The Enchanted Cape)
Ang Dragon sa Ilog Lingwa (The Dragon in Lingwa River)
Pandakotyong
Ang Kastilyong Bakal (The Iron-made Palace)
Prinsesang Kalbo (The Bald Princess)
Ang Pitong Hilo (The Seven Idiots)
Accolades
References
External links
2007 Philippine television series debuts
2007 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine anthology television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninetology%20Outlook%20Pure | The Ninetology Outlook Pure (T8700) tablet is powered by a Cortex A9 dual core (1.0 GHz) processor and is running on the Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Operating System, with 3G capabilities. The device is a result of collaboration between Clixster, Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Bhd (ANGKASA) and Ninetology.
History
Release
The Ninetology Outlook Pure (T8700) was announced on at a launch event organized by Clixster on 16 May 2013 and was released to the public for purchase in June.
Feature
Hardware
The Ninetology Outlook Pure (T8700) has a Cortex-A9 dual core 1.0 GHz processor and a 7.0" inch HD LCD capacitive (196 ppi pixel density) display screen with a resolution of 1024 X 600. It possesses a dimension of 192.4 mm (H) X 122.5 mm (W) X 10.5 mm (T) and weighs 330 grams.
The Ninetology Outlook Pure (T8700) supports 3G and WiFi capabilities and has a rear camera with a 2.0 megapixel camera, followed by a 0.3 MP front-facing camera.
The battery has a capacity of Li-Ion 3000mAh.
Additional storage is available via a MicroSD card socket, which is certified to support up to 32 GB of additional storage.
Software
The Ninetology Outlook Pure is running on the Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 Operating System and is preloaded with a variety of applications:
Web: Native Android Browser
Social: Facebook, YouTube
Media: Camera, Gallery, FM Radio, Music Player, Video Player,
Personal Information Management: Calendar, Detail Contact Information
Utilities: Calculator, Alarm Clock, Google Maps, AirAsia, Voice Recorder, Tune Talk
Gaming: Diamond Dash, Subway Surfer
References
External links
http://ninetology.com/malaysia/products_tablets_outlook_pure_details.html
Smartphones
Tablet computers introduced in 2013
Android (operating system) devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Server%202012%20R2 | Windows Server 2012 R2, codenamed "Windows Server Blue", is the seventh version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was unveiled on June 3, 2013, at TechEd North America, and released on October 18 of the same year. It is the successor to Windows Server 2012, and is based on the Windows 8.1 codebase.
Windows Server 2012 R2 removed support for processors without CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, LAHF and SAHF.
A further update, formally designated Windows Server 2012 R2 Update, was released in April 2014. It is a cumulative set of security, critical and other updates. Windows Server 2012 R2, like previous versions of Windows Server before it and versions after it, is only compatible with 64-bit processors.
Windows Server 2012 R2 was succeeded by Windows Server 2016, which is derived from the Windows 10 codebase.
Features
The following features are introduced in Windows Server 2012 R2:
Automated Tiering: Storage Spaces stores most frequently accessed files on fastest physical media
Deduplication for VHD: Reduces the storage space for VHD files with largely similar contents by storing the similar contents only once
Windows PowerShell v4, which now includes a Desired State Configuration (DSC) feature
Integrated Office 365 support (Essentials edition)
User interface changes reflecting Windows 8.1, including visible Start button.
UEFI-based virtual machines
Upgrades from driver emulators to synthetic hardware drivers to minimize legacy support
Faster VM deployment (approximately half the time)
Internet Information Services 8.5: Support for logging to Event Tracing for Windows and the ability to log any request/response headers. To improve scalability, if IIS is configured with 100 or more web sites, by default it will not automatically start any of them. Alongside this, a new "Idle Worker Process Page-Out" configuration option has been added to application pools to instruct Windows to page-out the process if it has been idle for the idle time-out period (by default, 20 minutes).
Server Message Block: Performance and event logging quality improvements, support for Hyper-V Live Migration over SMB, bandwidth prioritization management, and the ability to remove SMB 1.0 support
Windows Deployment Services: Support for managing WDS via PowerShell.
Windows Defender is available in a Server Core installation, and is installed and enabled by default.
IP Address Management (IPAM): Extended to support role-based access control, allowing for fine-grained control over which users can view or change configurations for DHCP reservations, scopes, IP address blocks, DNS resource records, etc. Additionally, IPAM can integrate with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 to have coordinated IP policy across both physical and virtual environments. The IPAM database can be stored in a SQL Server instance instead of Windows Internal Database.
Group Policy has a new "Policy Cache" |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20Drama | True Drama was a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, broadcasting drama programming as part of the CSC Media Group's True brand of channels. True Drama was originally scheduled to launch on 24 April 2013, but the launch was delayed until 4 June 2013, when it replaced True Entertainment +1 on Sky channel 237. It moved to channel 183 there on 17 June 2013, swapping places with AIT International. It launched on Freesat on 21 July 2014 along with Tiny Pop +1, replacing Flava and Bliss on the platform.
The channel was mainly focused on classic American drama series and made-for-television films. It closed on 30 September 2016 and was replaced by True Entertainment +1.
References
CSC Media Group
English-language television stations in the United Kingdom
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2016
Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Television stations in Ireland
Sony Pictures Television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upwave | Upwave, formerly Survata, is a marketing analytics company based in San Francisco, California. It is the leading Analytics Platform that provides software and data to plan, measure and optimize brand marketing. Upwave rebranded from Survata in September 2020. Upwave’s data has been featured in outlets such as Forbes, CBS News, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and USA Today. The company rebranded from Survata to Upwave in September 2020.
History
Upwave was founded by Chris Kelly, former McKinsey consultant and Matrix Partners analyst, who started the company in response to the difficulty he had as a buyer of marketing analytics. Upwave was a member of the Summer 2012 Y Combinator class.
In June 2013, they raised a $1.5 million seed round from PivotNorth Capital and Uncork Capital, and in June 2015 Upwave raised an additional $6 million in a Series A round led by Ridge Ventures, with participation from Bloomberg Beta, and Initialized Capital led by Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan. In July 2018, Upwave announced a 14 million Series B led by Conductive Ventures, a venture firm funded by Panasonic.
Acquisitions
In April of 2021 Upwave spun out its legacy Instant Insights business.
Pro Bono
Upwave provided pro bono campaign measurement to gauge the overall performance and gather real insights for two Ad Council Campaigns. From August - October 2020 Upwave measured the effectiveness of the Emmy Award winning “Love Has No Labels” campaign. In early 2021 Upwave partnered with Ad Council again, to measure their covid-19 vaccine awareness campaign.
References
Further reading
External links
Market research companies of the United States
Polling companies
American companies established in 2012
Companies based in San Francisco
Y Combinator companies
2012 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News%20Light | News Light is the morning news program produced by ZOE Broadcasting Network in the Philippines broadcast on Light TV. Originally an evening news program, it aired from May 2, 2011 to November 29, 2019. It was relaunched on March 4, 2019, as part of the Light TV Radio block, and the news program was retitled from News Light sa Umaga.
News Light currently broadcasts on free-to-air television via Light TV Channel 33, and on radio via DZJV 1458 Radyo CALABARZON and DWZB 91.1 FM in Palawan.
The program presents local, global, sports, and other human-interest stories in the light of the gospel. It aims to deliver top stories and headlines, offering viewers an alternative view of the news. The program also aims to deliver complete, balanced, and fair news within 30 minutes.
News Light is one of the two flagship news programs produced by ZOE Broadcasting Network, along with Balitang A2Z, which airs on A2Z.
Segments
Balitang Abroad
Sports Light
Good News, Good Vibes
Personalities
As News Light (since 2023), formerly from News Light sa Umaga (2019-2020, 2020-2023)
Anchors
Annie Bico-Cristobal
Ace Cruz
Fill-in-Anchors
Rose Ann Sibag
Reporters
Mico Agustin
Giselle Crazo
Christopher Tirambulo
Billy Torres
Jomar Villanueva
Former Anchors
Daniel Castro
Ar Vargas
Christian Mitra
Sarah Lagsac-Arsenio
Liam Eustaquio
Aida Gonzales
As News Light (2011-2019)
Former Anchors
Phoebe Dela Cruz-Cabral
Former Fill-in-Anchors
Sarah Lagsac
Christian Mitra
Ace Cruz
Former Anchors/Reporters
Sheryl Hermosa
Jenna Serrano
Cel de Guzman
Joash Bermejo
Rhema Penaflor
Issa Esteban
Ivy Catucod
Raissa Puno-Diaz
Ron Dulay
Preciouc Pacho
Mark Makalalad
Amos Manalastas
Famila Nicor
Karen Garucha
Ar Vargas
Jeffrey Batlangao
Cecil Legaspi
Jaymie Dela Rosa
Xandra Cabigquez
Jamie Pancho
Glenn Batrina
Annie Bico
Lusset Cunanan
Ace Cruz
Christian Mitra
See also
ZOE Broadcasting Network
References
Philippine television news shows
2011 Philippine television series debuts
2019 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
Flagship evening news shows
Philippine radio programs
2019 radio programme debuts
2023 radio programme endings
Light TV original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf%20%28payment%20platform%29 | Leaf is a platform technology by Leaf Holdings, Inc. that serves as a central hub for small business commerce. The Leaf platform consists of a tablet computer built specifically for Point of Sale (POS), and a cloud-based software tool for business management, analytics, and customer engagement. Leaf is designed to help retail stores, restaurants, and other small businesses improve the speed and ease of checkout, and to help business owners obtain better insight into, and control over their operations.
The company has no active website and is apparently defunct.
History
Leaf was founded in January 2011 by Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro and is financially backed by angel investors. Schwarzkopf graduated from Babson College with a degree in entrepreneurship in 2010 and a vague idea of how he wanted to revolutionize the way local companies do business in a world increasingly shifting to the cloud. Since then, he has led Leaf from an idea on a napkin through the introduction of its built-for-business tablet in late 2012, to a platform that processes more than $30 million a year in payments. Leaf started in the Boston metro market and recently revealed plans to move into more than 12 US markets in 2013.
Technology
The Leaf platform is made up of three distinct pieces that work together to serve as the hub for small business commerce: The LeafPresenter, LeafBusiness, and the Leaf App Store.
The LeafPresenter is an Android-based tablet built specifically for retail POS and is designed to replace traditional cash registers. With technology including a magnetic stripe card reader, near field communication (NFC), Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV), and front and rear-facing cameras, it is capable of accepting payments via traditional credit cards, gift cards, next-generation payment methods such as PayPal or LevelUp, and a number of mobile wallets. By taking an agnostic approach to payment acceptance, the company allows merchants to work with the payment processors of their choice.
LeafBusiness is an online analytics and management portal that provides merchants with insights into their business. The portal is accessible from any device (tablet, smartphone, personal computer), and includes inventory management, employee management, analytics and reporting tools for merchants.
The Leaf App Store is designed to supplement and extend the core features in Leaf's technology platform by allowing third-party developers to create applications that run on the LeafPresenter and integrate with LeafBusiness. For example, developers could create customized apps that cater to specific business needs or vertical markets such as payroll and inventory management, restaurant reservation systems or salon appointment tools.
References
Software companies established in 2011
Cloud communication platforms
American companies established in 2011 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuncer%20%C3%96ren | Tuncer Ören (born c. 1935 in İstanbul) is Turkish Canadian systems engineer, professor emeritus of Computer Science at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Director, The McLeod Modeling and Simulation Network (M&SNet) of the SCS. He is known for his contributions to the methodology of modelling and simulation.
Biography
Ören received his MA in Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul, and his PhD in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona, under A. Wayne Wymore.
Őren started his working life in the industry in 1963 as Systems Engineer for IBM Türk in Istanbul, where he coordinated effort in the textile industry, and in education. In 1970, he started his academic career as assistant professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Ottawa, where in 1981 he became full professor. he has been visiting professor at National Space Activities Commission of Brazil, Sao Jose dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil in 1971; at the Institute of Systems Sciences, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria in 1983; at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey in 1983 and 1991; at the University of Vienna, Austria in 1984–85; and at the Université Paul Cézanne – Aix Marseille 3, Marseille since 2004.
Őren has been awarded SCS Modeling and Simulation Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement Award, and the "Information Age Award" from the Turkish Ministry of Culture.
Publications
Ören has published over 475 publications. Books, a selection:
1979. Simulation and model-based methodologies: an integrative view. With M.S. Elzas, and B.P Zeigler. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
2000. Theory of Modeling and Simulation: Integrating Discrete Event and Continuous Complex Systems With H. Praehofer, T.G. Kim. San Diego, CA: John Wiley.
Articles, a selection:
1984. "Concepts and criteria to assess acceptability of simulation studies: a frame of reference", in Communications of the ACM 24 (4), 180-189
2000. "Concepts for advanced simulation methodologies" With B.P. Zeigler in: Simulation 32 (3), p. 69-82
2001. "Advances in Computer and Information Sciences: From Abacus to Holonic Agents." Turk J Elec Engin Vol 9 (1) p. 63–70
2006. "Prospective Issues in Simulation Model Composability: Basic Concepts to Advance Theory, Methodology, and Technology", with Levent Yilmaz in: Modeling and Simulation Journal Online
References
External links
Dr. Tuncer Ören at vuottawa.ca
Google Scholar profile
Living people
Canadian people of Turkish descent
Canadian computer scientists
Systems engineers
Academic staff of the University of Ottawa
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimpleScreenRecorder | SimpleScreenRecorder is a Qt-based free screencast software made for Unix operating systems, which handles similar tasks FFmpeg/avconv and VLC does.
Features
SimpleScreenRecorder captures a video-audio recording of the entire computer screen or part of it, or record OpenGL applications directly. The program reduces the frame rate of the video if the computer its running on is too slow, and is fully multi-threaded. The program can pause and resume recording by pressing a hotkey. The program also shows statistics about the computer's performance during recording. The program allows users to select options for the screen capture such as 'Follow the cursor' and 'Record the cursor'. SimpleScreenRecorder can output video and audio into many final file container formats. These video and audio encodings are also customizable. The resolution and frame rate of the resulting video may be set prior to recording, as may the audio quality of the video.
See also
Comparison of screencasting software
Screencast
References
External links
Recording desktop or gaming audio
Recording Steam games
Project website on Github
Graphics-related software for Linux
Free screencasting software
Video software that uses Qt |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multichannel%20television | A multichannel television service, also known as simply a television provider, is a type of service provider who distributes television programming to its customers for a subscription fee. Subscription television providers distribute television channels that offer different types of programming, typically including local television stations within their market (including, where applicable, state broadcasters), specialty channels that are distributed solely through multichannel television providers, and pay television services that offer premium content such as feature films and other original programming.
Subscription television services can be distributed to customers through various means, including wireline media such as cable and fiber-optic wire, direct broadcast satellite, and using internet protocols—either over a private network maintained by the provider, or as an "over-the-top" service streamed over the public internet. Equipment is provided to customers in order to receive the service, usually featuring one or more proprietary set-top boxes or some other equipment to decrypt the provided signals. Digital multichannel services typically feature an electronic program guide that can be used to browse available channels, and offer digital video recorders (DVR), which can record programmes to an internal hard drive for later viewing, as well as other interactive features such as access to streaming video services, and other video on demand and pay-per-view services.
Multichannel television is typically sold in bundles, consisting of service tiers with different channels added at each level, along with themed packages of channels that can be added to the service, typically covering specific niches or genres such as children's programming, sports, and individual premium services. Some providers may offer an "A la carte" option, where customers can purchase additional channels outside of bundles. A television provider may offer other services, such as broadband internet and home phone, and provide incentives to customers for subscribing to them all as a bundle; these are referred to as a "triple play".
Programming
Multichannel television programming is often divided between free-to-air channels, specialty channels not carried FTA (colloquially referred to as "cable channels" in the United States), and pay television (or "premium") services. Some countries may have "must-carry" rules requiring television providers to carry specific FTA channels and other services, including local stations and national networks (such as state and/or public networks), and other networks of crucial public interest (such as public affairs networks). Most specialty networks are funded by advertising and carriage fees paid by the television provider for the privilege to distribute the channel to its subscribers. Specialty channels can either target a general population similarly to FTA networks, or aim to serve specific demographics or niches.
Digital multichann |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic%20Health%20Science%20Networks | Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) are membership organisations within the NHS in England. They were created in May 2013 with the aim of bringing together health services, and academic and industry members. Their stated purpose is to improve patient outcomes and generate economic benefits by promoting and encouraging the adoption of innovation in healthcare. In 2019 the AHSNs were issued with a fresh five-year licence to continue their work.
Background and history
A report in 2008 by Lord Ara Darzi noted that the NHS was poor at innovating, and suggested wider collaboration between industry, education and all aspects of healthcare. The NHS is one of the world's largest employers and with the UK's spending on healthcare at over £140b in 2010 or 9.6% of national GDP, it is a key component of the national economy. There is a generally recognised need to improve the NHS's ability to identify and adopt innovation.
AHSNs were first proposed by name in the 2011 report "Innovation Health and Wealth" by Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of NHS England, and launched by the Prime Minister, David Cameron. A request for expressions of interest was issued in June 2012 and, on 23 May 2013, the 15 designated AHSNs were announced. They are regional, with non-overlapping territories covering the whole of England.
AHSNs take their place in the "fragmented, cluttered and confusing" landscape of NHS innovation. As part of the "Sunset Review" a number of initiatives closed in 2013 including the NHS National Innovation Centre, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, and Health Innovation and Education Clusters (HIECs). There is still a range of active initiatives including NHS Innovation Hubs, NHS Supply Chain Innovation and NHS Improvement.
Funding
Core funding comes from NHS England and work was "in hand to identify the funding" when expressions of interest were invited. A briefing paper assumed funding to be in the region of £2 per head of population served. With a population averaging 3m people, a typical AHSN might have expected roughly £6m per AHSN per year. These figures reflect early expectations but were neither clarified nor confirmed with the designation announcement.
When contracts were signed with NHS England in November 2013, the 15 AHSNs shared around £60 million of funding.
Operation and activity
Although their purpose is clear, the structure and approach of individual AHSNs is a matter for local decision. This is apparent in the contrasting approaches taken and the variety of opinions expressed by network founders.
As membership organisations, AHSNs do not have any direct authority over their members, but the Innovation Health and Wealth report states: "all NHS organisations will aspire to be affiliated to their local AHSN where the AHSN will operate as a gateway for the NHS on innovation and working with the life sciences industry on the evaluation, commercialisation and rapid adoption of health technologies". The |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Willard | Dan Edward Willard (died January 21, 2023) was an American computer scientist and logician, and a professor of computer science at the University at Albany.
Education and career
Willard did his undergraduate studies in mathematics at Stony Brook University, graduating in 1970. He went on to graduate studies in mathematics at Harvard University, earning a master's degree in 1972 and a doctorate in 1978. After leaving Harvard, he worked at Bell Labs for four years before joining the Albany faculty in 1983.
Contributions
Although trained as a mathematician and employed as a computer scientist, Willard's most highly cited publication is in evolutionary biology. In 1973, with biologist Robert Trivers, Willard published the Trivers–Willard hypothesis, that female mammals could control the sex ratio of their offspring, and that it would be evolutionally advantageous for healthier or higher-status females to have more male offspring and for less healthy or lower-status females to have more female offspring. Controversial at the time, especially because it proposed no mechanism for this control, this theory was later validated through observation, and it has been called "one of
the most influential and highly cited papers of 20th century evolutionary biology".
Willard's 1978 thesis work on range searching data structures was one of the predecessors to the technique of fractional cascading, and throughout the 1980s Willard continued to work on related data structure problems. As well as continuing to work on range searching, he did important early work on the order-maintenance problem, and invented the x-fast trie and y-fast trie, data structures for storing and searching sets of small integers with low memory requirements.
In computer science, Willard is best known for his work with Michael Fredman in the early 1990s on integer sorting and related data structures. Before their research, it had long been known that comparison sorting required time to sort a set of items, but that faster algorithms were possible if the keys by which the items were sorted could be assumed to be integers of moderate size. For instance, sorting keys in the range from to could be accomplished in time by radix sorting. However, it was assumed that integer sorting algorithms would necessarily have a time bound depending on , and would necessarily be slower than comparison sorting for sufficiently large values of . In research originally announced in 1990, Fredman and Willard changed these assumptions by introducing the transdichotomous model of computation. In this model, they showed that integer sorting could be done in time by an algorithm using their fusion tree data structure as a priority queue. In a follow-up to this work, Fredman and Willard also showed that similar speedups could be applied to other standard algorithmic problems including minimum spanning trees and shortest paths.
Since 2000, Willard's publications have primarily concerned self-verifying theori |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20Victims%20of%20Finland%201914%E2%80%931922 | War Victims of Finland 1914–1922 ( ) is a database that contains the names and information of more than 35,000 Finnish war dead between 1914 and 1922. The database was opened in 2002 and it is published by the National Archives of Finland.
The registry contains victims of World War I (1914–1918), the Finnish Civil War (1918) and the so-called Kinship Wars (1918–1922). About 97 per cent of the names are casualties of the civil war or its aftermath. Persons in the registry can be searched by surname, first name, date of birth, occupation, place of census registration, place of residence, place of death, and by the cause of death. The research version of the database has more information than the simplified internet version.
External links
War Victims of Finland 1914–1922 Internet Database (Finnish, Swedish, English)
Online person databases
Finnish Civil War |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Symposium%20on%20Fundamentals%20of%20Computation%20Theory | FCT, the International Symposia on Fundamentals of Computation Theory is a biennial series of conferences in the field of theoretical computer science. It was established in 1977 for researchers interested in all aspects of theoretical computer science, and in particular algorithms, computational complexity, formal and logical methods. FCT was previously held at the following institutions.
See also
Conferences in theoretical computer science.
The list of computer science conferences contains other academic conferences in computer science.
References
External links
FCT steering committee.
FCT proceedings information in DBLP.
FCT 2015 web site.
FCT 2013 web site.
FCT 2011 web site.
FCT 2009 web site.
FCT 2007 web site.
FCT 2005 web site.
FCT 2001 web site.
Theoretical computer science conferences
Recurring events established in 1977 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20expansion%20solution | In probability theory, the spectral expansion solution method is a technique for computing the stationary probability distribution of a continuous-time Markov chain whose state space is a semi-infinite lattice strip. For example, an M/M/c queue where service nodes can breakdown and be repaired has a two-dimensional state space where one dimension has a finite limit and the other is unbounded. The stationary distribution vector is expressed directly (not as a transform) in terms of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix polynomial.
References
Markov processes
Queueing theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly%20Sword%20%28film%29 | Heavenly Sword is a 2014 computer-animated action-adventure fantasy film based on the 2007 video game of the same name, developed by companies Sony and Ninja Theory. It was released digitally, and theatrically in selected regions.
Plot
It is foretold that a human savior will wield the Heavenly Sword. In the past, the Raven Lord would go to war with anyone just to gain power. But when humanity was at its wits end, a warrior descended from the Heavens. He challenged and defeated the Raven Lord with the Heavenly Sword. When the fight ended, the warrior disappeared, leaving behind his sword. Men would fight anyone tooth and nail just to wield the Heavenly Sword's unearthly power. Eventually, the Heavenly Sword was entrusted to the ancient clan of nomadic warriors to ensure that man does not use it for evil purposes.
From here, the film's plot follows that of the game quite loosely. The film begins with Nariko, who is a part of that very same clan that were entrusted with the Heavenly Sword. She is known as the failure of the clan, including her father. She is skilled in fighting but her father, Shen, does not recognize her skills since she is a female.
When King Bohan's assassins invade the clan's fortress, Nariko demonstrates her skills by killing many assassins and rescuing Kyo. Bohan knows the clan guards the Heavenly Sword and came to get it since it is the only sword that can kill him. Shen sees her skills and gives her the Heavenly Sword to protect. She is to travel west, while her father and the remaining clan members travel east.
While escaping some of Bohan's soldiers, the bridge fell. Waiting on the other side is Bohan. He wants her to hand the sword over or be killed like her father and Kai, her sister. Nariko never knew that Kai was her sister. Apparently, on the night of Nariko's birth, Shen left the fortress to impregnate many women to correct his mistake: having Nariko. Months later, Kai was born, another failure.
But there is another surprise. Two days before Christmas, one of the women Shen impregnated gave birth to a son, unbeknownst to him. The woman faked her own death and escaped to a fishing village in the north. The son is the chosen one. Bohan spent twenty long years searching for him.
When Nariko was about to give the sword to Bohan, she changed her mind. Since she has nothing to live for, she grabbed the sword and jumped down the ravine.
As the year of the Firehorse began years ago, Nariko was born. No one knew that firstborn child would be a daughter instead of a son. Disappointed in having a daughter, Shen sent Nariko to live far away, in the forest. Prophet Takashi took this opportunity to train her to become a warrior in secrecy.
As Nariko wakes up, she finds that she is in front of a campfire. The person who fished her out is Kai. Kai knew that Nariko is her sister but didn't say anything because Shen didn't want to be Kai's father. They decide to travel north to find their brother.
As they traveled, Nariko |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBC%20Radio%20Network | The Trinidad Broadcasting Company (TBC) Radio Network is a network of radio stations in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana owned and operated by Guardian Media Limited. It is headquartered at 22-24 St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Radio Stations in Trinidad and Tobago
95 The Ultimate One
The Vibe CT 105.1 FM
Sangeet 106.1 FM
Freedom 106.5
Slam 100.5
Sky 99.5
Defunct Radio Stations
Radio Trinidad
Radio Stations in Guyana
Mix 90.1FM
External links
Network History ANSA McAL
Network history Re Diffusion
Mass media in Trinidad and Tobago
Mass media companies of Trinidad and Tobago
Radio networks
Radio in Trinidad and Tobago |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon%20Desert%20Trail | The Oregon Desert Trail is a network of trails, cross country travel and two-track dirt roads across the Oregon High Desert. The trail is approximately 750 miles long, with termini located near Bend, Oregon, and near the Idaho border at Lake Owyhee State Park.
The route is on existing trails and across tracts of public land—mostly Bureau of Land Management, much of it wilderness study area. The west end of the trail is on the northern border of Oregon Badlands Wilderness and heads south. It meanders widely to take in public land throughout southeastern Oregon: Diablo Peak, Fremont National Forest, Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Steens Mountain, the Pueblo Mountains, the Trout Creek Mountains, and the Owyhee River Wilderness. It passes through the tiny cities of Christmas Valley, Paisley, Plush, Frenchglen, Fields, McDermitt, Rome, and Adrian. The trail runs South East from Central Oregon, towards Lakeview. It touches on the Oregon-Nevada border at of Denio, Nevada and again at McDermitt, Nevada. The route zigzags eastward to within of the southeastern state corner while following the West Little Owyhee River downstream and then turns northward as it merges to form the Owyhee River. The trail's ends are west-northwest to east-southeast (96° true) of each other by . The route was developed by the Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA).
The Oregon Desert Trail is set apart from other similar trails, such as the Pacific Crest Trail, in that it: offers more solitude - there is little to no traffic on the route, one must rely on their own navigational skills - there is no dedicated signage, and it is a very dry trail with extended water carries and water caches necessary. This trail is not recommended for beginners, as it is difficult and requires extensive planning, has limited access to water, limited resupply locations, and requires hikers to rely on their navigational skills.
Bikes are allowed on parts of the trail, but are not practical in some areas and are not allowed in wilderness areas. Sections can be paddled, explored on skis, horseback, or biked.
History
The Oregon Desert Trail was envisioned by the nonprofit organization, Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA), as a way for people to connect to the landscape.
The first thru-hike was made in the summer of 2013 by 33-year-old Bend resident Sage Clegg and took just under six weeks. During her hike Clegg reported trail conditions to ONDA, and gathered information to help make the route traversable for other trail users.
Route
The ODT is divided into four geographical regions as defined by ONDA's ODT guide: Central Oregon Volcanic (101 miles), West Basin and Range (269 miles), East Basin and Range (163 miles), and Owyhee Canyonlands (213 miles), and is marked with GPS waypoints. There are two termini of the trail; the west terminus in the Badlands, and the East terminus in the Owyhee Canyonlands, in Lake Owyhee State Park. The trail can be hiked in either direct |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desti | Desti is a travel guide app and a spin-off of SRI International that uses SRI's CALO artificial intelligence technology (the basis for Apple's Siri) to help users plan trips. The app went to public beta in November 2012.
The company's app allows users to search a destination and filter by a variety of categories, and save the result as a collection. Desti was a finalist in the 2013 SXSW Accelerator. As of early 2013, Desti had raised around $2 million in seed funding, primarily from Horizons Ventures.
References
IOS software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SciTech%20-%20Our%20World%20Tomorrow | SciTech - Our World Tomorrow () is the title of two separate but related German-Arabic science television series, one airing on the ONTV (Egypt) television network, the other airing on Oman TV.
The series is a cooperation between the German Federal Foreign Office, ONTV (Egypt) and Sultanate of Oman Television. The topics of the series deal with research and inventions in various fields such as energy, transport, environment and technology, with focus on Arabic-German collaborations. The series, hosted by the German journalist Constantin Schreiber in Arabic, is produced in Egypt, Oman and Germany and is broadcast monthly. A new feature in the second season is a talk (Arabic: لقاء الخبراء) in which experts and decision makers are interviewed.
The launch ceremony in Muscat was held in June 2012, under the auspices of Dr. Abdullah al Harrasi, chairman of the public authority for radio and television as well as the former German ambassador Angelika Storz-Chakarji. In Egypt, the series was launched on April 19, 2012.
References
External links
Official Website (English)
Official Website (Arabic)
Arabic television series
Science education television series
2010s Egyptian television series
2012 German television series debuts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollhunters%3A%20Tales%20of%20Arcadia | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (or simply Trollhunters) is an American computer-animated fantasy streaming television series created by Guillermo del Toro and produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and Double Dare You Productions for Netflix, based on the 2015 novel Trollhunters by del Toro and Daniel Kraus. It follows the story of James "Jim" Lake Jr., a teenage boy who finds a mysterious amulet and stumbles across a secret realm inhabited by trolls and other magical creatures. Soon afterward, he and his friends are charged with protecting the world from the dangerous monsters that lurk in the shadows of their small suburban town.
The first two episodes of the series premiered on October 8, 2016, at the New York Comic Con. The first season was released worldwide on Netflix on December 23, 2016. The second season premiered on December 15, 2017, and the third and final season premiered on May 25, 2018.
Since its release, Trollhunters has been widely praised as an ambitious and boundary-pushing animated series. The series was nominated for nine Daytime Emmy Awards in 2017, winning more than any other animated or live-action television program that year. In its first three seasons, it has also received or been nominated for a BAFTA Award, several Annie Awards, Kidscreen Awards, Golden Reel Awards, and a Saturn Award. The show has also spawned several original children's books and has been adapted into a series of graphic novels by Marc Guggenheim and Richard Hamilton, released by Dark Horse Comics.
Anton Yelchin was part of the series through the first two seasons, as he had recorded enough dialogue to complete them before his sudden death. Yelchin was also able to provide a portion of dialogue for the final season, while the remaining portions of dialogue were recorded by Emile Hirsch.
Following the show's success, Guillermo del Toro announced that Trollhunters would be the first chapter in a trilogy of television series, collectively titled Tales of Arcadia. The story was continued in a science fiction inspired follow-up series entitled 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, and the trilogy concluded in a fantasy series entitled Wizards: Tales of Arcadia. It also premiered on Pop in the UK on September 3, 2018.
A full-length feature film, titled Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, was released on July 21, 2021.
Synopsis
Part 1
When Jim Lake Jr. finds the Amulet of Daylight under a canal from the remains of a dead body, he embarks on an adventure of a lifetime protecting Arcadia from villains with the help of his human friends Toby and Claire, and his troll friends, Blinky, AAARRRGGHH!!!, and Draal. But can he really keep his secret from the rest of the town?
Part 2
With Jim trapped in the Darklands, his friends race to rescue him. With Jim out of the Darklands, he faces repercussions for his actions by going in. Blinky deals with old family wounds as the rest of Trollmarket deals with a possible mole among them. Things are not made easier when St |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looloo | looloo was a review and place discovery social networking application for iOS and mobile site based in the Philippines. Launched on November 21, 2012, its primary function was to allow users to explore and discover restaurants, bars, hotels, salons, spas, and other places of interest through crowd-sourced reviews layered with the social dimension of being able to follow, recommend, and credit other users.
History
looloo was founded by Odell Ramirez, with the goal of developing a way for Filipinos to “discover the best dining, entertainment, and travel destinations within Metro Manila.”
Official work on the iPhone app and website began in March 2012. The nine months between then and launch were spent developing the actual product and building a place database from scratch, which involved team members physically mapping and geographically tagging establishments in areas in and around Metro Manila.
In January 2013, two months after launch, the looloo iOS app peaked at number 1 on the Philippine App Store for Top Free Apps and number 1 under the Social Networking category. The following month, expansion to other major cities in the Philippines began, including Cebu City, Baguio, Tagaytay, Bacolod, Iloilo, Davao, and other major cities in several provinces of the country.
The app has been featured in nationwide publications and news outlets, both online and offline, such as The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, ABS-CBN News, GMA News Online, Yummy Magazine, Appetite Magazine, FOOD Magazine, and Esquire Philippines.
As of December 2013, looloo had more than 90,000 registered users and exceeded 100,000 user-submitted reviews. It was ranked as the no.1 most downloaded free app under the Food & Drink Category in the App Store (iOS).
iOS App and Website
Review
Users of the looloo iOS app can review any of the places listed in app's place database. Its default setting detects nearby places for the user to review but a search function is available as well, should users decide to submit reviews for places not within their immediate vicinity.
Users provide a star rating of 1 to 5 for places they review. The review may or may not contain additional details such as text or a photo as a complement to the star rating given. All reviews submitted are then available for viewing on the looloo mobile site. The app gives the user the ability to share his or her review on Facebook or Twitter as well.
With each review, users may also send a direct recommendation to their “looloo friends”—fellow app users they follow and that follow them back.
Explore
Through the use of iOS devices’ location-based hardware, the looloo iOS application is able to detect a device's location when using the Explore feature and display places in the user's immediate vicinity or in areas users may search for. Places are depicted as pins on a map or in a list, with their corresponding average star ratings. Explore filters may also be applied to identify places nearby, o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashwe.com | Rashwe.com is a Lebanese citizen initiative. It is a web portal created by Rabih G. Sfeir for the purpose of collecting data on bribery in Lebanon.
The initiative was officially launched on December 18, 2012. Pre-launch works on the website (logo design, web pages design and web development) were started around a year earlier. First data posted on the website reflects claims of briberies for the period from December 18, 2012, to February 28, 2013. The data was not meaningful enough to derive any inferences. The founder is still working and pushing hard to get media and publicity exposure and reach out to a large Lebanese audience in order to get a meaningful data and a steady stream of claims. The website has received a fair amount of media coverage notable newspapers (around five local newspapers).
Corruption in Lebanon
Lebanon is among the most corrupt countries in the world. Transparency International issues a yearly Index measuring corruption perception in 176 countries and according to the 2012 index, Lebanon ranks 128th among 170 countries. Within the MENA region, Lebanon ranks only better to the countries where there is political and security turmoil (Syria, Libya...). It is believed that around these ranks, corruption costs around 10% of GDP. In addition to that, Global Financial Integrity issues a report on illicit financial flows from Developing Countries and Lebanon had $21 billion illicit outflow during a 10-year period ending in 2010.
So between $3 and $4 billion is the approximated yearly cost of corruption in Lebanon which means around $1,000 per Lebanese citizen as a cost paid yearly.
Ultimate Target
The initiative of rashwe.com aims to eradicate the cost of corruption and briberies and make sure that citizens pay less and less on this corrupt practice. The founder strongly believes that once you have statistical numbers and studies, it is much easier to show the problem and thus induce more people to tackle such issues.
Once a meaningful data is available, politicians should adopt strong and firm initiatives to bring down the numbers and thus reflect on the well-being of the citizens. By bringing down corruption, costs of affecting business drops, and this will reflect on prices and services in Lebanon.
This initiative was financed so far (19 June 2013) solely by the founder. This is also a non governmental initiative and the founder is keen to maintain confidentiality of the claimants in addition to that they can keep their names anonymous. He also believes that the identity of the claimants is irrelevant once the data reflects large number of claims.
Given a new competition from a well funded source, www.sakkera.com, rashwe.com is currently not updated and on halt.
References
External links
Sakker El Dekkene https://www.sakkera.com/
Organizations established in 2012
2012 establishments in Lebanon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%20Chill | Moscow Chill () is a 2007 Russian thriller film co-written and directed by Chris Solimine.
Plot
American computer hacker Ray Perso is brought to Russia. His client is a Russian oligarch sitting in jail. He orders him to track down and steal the money that is hidden in the "International Bank Transfer System". Unexpectedly, Ray falls in love with a girl named Maya. Having successfully breached the system Ray realizes that he has become a pawn in someone else's game, and now the fate of people Perso cares about hangs solely upon him.
Cast
Norman Reedus as Ray Perso
Konstantin Yushkevich as Vasya
Slava Schoot as Dolphin
Kseniya Buravskaya as Maya
Alexander Lenkov as Mitya
Aleksandr Yakovlev as Ivan
Valery Marionov as Eel
Yuriy Dumchev as Carp
Vladimir Kuleshov as Dubinsky
References
External links
Moscow Chill review by Greg Wright - Christian Cinema
2007 films
English-language Russian films
2000s Russian-language films
Films set in Moscow
2007 thriller films
2000s English-language films
Russian multilingual films
Russian thriller films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop%20Star%20%28season%201%29 | The first season of Survival Audition K-pop Star () premiered on December 4, 2011, airing every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm under the Good Sunday programming block on SBS, until April 29, 2012. The first winner was Park Ji-min, who chose to sign with JYP Entertainment.
The three judges for this season were Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment and former member of the popular South Korean act Seo Taiji & Boys, Park Jin-young, singer/songwriter and founder of JYP Entertainment, and Korean pop icon BoA, from SM Entertainment.
Singer, Yoon Do-hyun, and entertainer, Boom, hosted the live competition from March 4, 2012 to April 29, 2012 when the winner is crowned. Yoon Do-hyun has also been narrating through the entire process.
Contestants from the Top 10 of Season 1 returned for a special Dream Stage - Best of the Best episode on April 14, 2013, competing with contestants of Season 2 for the title of Overall Champion.
Process
Audition applications + Preliminary auditions (July – October 2011)
Preliminary auditions were held from around the world in countries such as China, United States, and Brazil. Auditions were also held in Europe.
First round: Talent Audition – Check for talents and skills (Airdate: December 4–18, 2011)
Second round: Contact Audition + Ranking Audition – Audition and help with a chosen judge, and ranking by judges (Airdate: December 18, 2011 - January 1, 2012)
Third round: Casting Audition – Being cast by one of three companies for a two-week training session (Airdate: January 8 - February 5, 2012)
Fourth round: Battle Audition – Competing for a spot in the Top 10 to advance to the live competition (Airdate: February 12–26, 2012)
Fifth round: Stage Audition – Judges score and viewers voting during live competition to decide the final winner (Airdate: March 4 - April 29, 2012)
Judges
Yang Hyun-suk : YG Entertainment CEO, producer, singer
Park Jin-young : JYP Entertainment Executive producer, singer, songwriter
BoA : SM Entertainment singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer
Top 10
Park Ji-min : Born 1997, from Daejeon, Winner, debuted in duo 15& under JYP Entertainment, now under Warner Music Korea as Jamie
Lee Ha-yi : Born 1996, from Bucheon, Runner-up, debuted as soloist LEE HI under YG Entertainment but left in 2019, now under AOMG
Baek A-yeon : Born 1993, from Seongnam, eliminated April 22, 2012 (8th Live), debuted as soloist under JYP Entertainment, currently under Eden Entertainment
Lee Seung-hoon : Born 1992, from Busan, eliminated April 15, 2012 (7th Live), debuted in boy group WINNER under YG Entertainment
Lee Michelle : Born 1991, from Paju, eliminated April 8, 2012 (6th Live), debuted as a soloist under DIMA Entertainment
Park Jae-hyung : Born 1992, from United States, eliminated April 1, 2012 (5th Live), debuted in band DAY6 under JYP Entertainment
Yoon Hyun-sang : Born 1994, from Suwon, eliminated March 25, 2012 (4th Live), debuted as soloist under LOEN Entertainment
Baek Ji-woong : Born 1990, fr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrivateCore | PrivateCore is a venture-backed startup located in Palo Alto, California that develops software to secure server data through server attestation and memory encryption. The company's attestation and memory encryption technology fills a gap that exists between “data in motion” encryption (TLS, email encryption) and “data at rest” encryption (disk encryption, tape encryption) by protecting “data in use” (random access memory). PrivateCore memory encryption technology protects against threats to servers such as cold boot attacks, hardware advanced persistent threats, rootkits/bootkits, computer hardware supply chain attacks, and physical threats to servers from insiders. PrivateCore was acquired by Facebook (now Meta Platforms) on 7 August 2014.
History
PrivateCore was founded in 2011 by security veterans from VMware and Google with seed funding from Foundation Capital. PrivateCore “virtualizes” physical security and enables service providers and enterprises to deploy servers processing sensitive data in outsourced environments while maintaining security around data in use.
The company's memory encryption technology has been spurred by a number of industry trends including the increasing sophistication of hackers, a larger number of servers in outsourced environments, larger amounts of sensitive data being placed in persistent memory, and x86 virtualization technology which can increase the environment attack surface.
PrivateCore was acquired by Facebook, a deal that was announced on 7 August 2014.
Technology
PrivateCore's focus is securing data-in-use on x86 servers. The company has taken advantage of recent microprocessor innovations including larger microprocessor caches and hardware cryptographic acceleration technology that enable more effective methods of encrypting memory while maintaining acceptable application performance. The technology approach goes beyond previous academic research efforts such as TRESOR.
PrivateCore assumes that the only element that needs to be trusted in a system is the Central Processing Unit (CPU). The firm uses Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips and Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT) to provide remote server attestation. PrivateCore also supports the cryptographic hardware acceleration provided by Intel AES-NI technology.
PrivateCore technology is positioned as being most applicable to outsourced or hosted environments where the enterprise cannot have trust in the computing infrastructure.
Products
The PrivateCore vCage product portfolio comprises vCage Manager and vCage Host. vCage Manager validates the integrity of x86 servers running Linux as well as the vCage Host. vCage Host installs on bare-metal servers and provides a hardened hypervisor based on KVM that can secure server random access memory (RAM) with AES encryption. vCage Host does this by loading a secure hypervisor into the CPU cache and acting as a gateway to encrypt memory paging in and out between the CPU cache and RAM. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20E.%20Gilbert | Juan E. Gilbert (born February 27, 1969) is an American computer scientist, researcher, inventor, and educator. An advocate of diversity in the computing sciences, Gilbert's efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the computing disciplines have been recognized by professional engineering organizations and the United States government.
Gilbert was awarded the first Presidential Endowed Chair at Clemson University on November 9, 2012. According to one author, Gilbert's efforts "in large part" in 2012 led Clemson to have 10 percent African American computer science professors, and 10 percent of the African American computer science doctoral students in the United States.
Education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000 (Computer Science); dissertation: "Arthur: An Intelligent Tutoring System with Adaptive Instruction"
Honors and awards (selected)
Computing Research Association's A. Nico Habermann Award, 2018.
Named one of Ten Tech Innovators by The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013.
Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science, and Diversifying Computing, 2013.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman's Award for Advancement in Accessibility, 2012.
Named one of the 2012 The Root 100 Black Influencers and Achievers.
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, 2012.
Hamilton, Ohio Booker T. Washington Community Center Academic Excellence Award, 2012.
Miami University Bishop Medal Alumni Award, 2012.
February 2012 Named "Dr. Juan Gilbert Month" by Hamilton, Ohio City Council.
Recipient of the Hamilton, Ohio City Council Key to the city, 2012.
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III Grand Award Winner for Audiovisual Communication, " Prime III: The world's first all-accessible, electronic voting system", 2012.
Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, National Science Foundation.
Clemson University Board of Trustees 2011 Award for Faculty Excellence.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011–present.
ACM Distinguished Scientist, 2010–present.
Named 1 of the 50 Most Important African Americans in Technology, 2008–2013.
Fellow, African Scientific Institute (ASI), 2011–present.
Academic Keys Who's Who in Sciences Academia.
Clemson University Board of Trustees 2010 Award for Faculty Excellence.
References
External links
"HXR Lab", The Human-Experience Research Lab at the University of Florida.
"Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D.", Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., home page.
"Prime III", Prime III: One Machine, One Vote for Everyone.
"Virtual Traffic Stop", The Virtual Traffic Stop.
"AADMLSS", African-American Distributed Multiple Learning Styles System.
"Applications Quest, LLC", Applications Quest, LLC.
1969 births
Living people
21st-century African-American academics
21st-century Amer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loza%20%28surname%29 | Loza is a surname with multiple etymologies. Notable people with the surname include:
Boris Loza (born 1960), Canada-based Russian cybersecurity expert
Dmitry Loza (1922–2001), Soviet-Ukrainian colonel
Efrain Loza (1939–2017), Mexican footballer
Halina Buyno-Łoza (1907–1991), Polish actress
Jamar Loza (born 1994), Jamaican footballer
Kyle Loza (born 1986), American freestyle motocross rider
Melissa Loza, Peruvian model
Mieczysław Łoza (1916–1982), Polish actor
Petro Loza (born 1979), Ukrainian Greek-Catholic bishop
Remedios Loza (1949–2018), Bolivian politician
Rito Romero Loza (1927–2001), Mexican wrestler
Rodolfo Loza (born 1933), Argentine boxer
Santiago Loza (born 1971), Argentine film director
Stanisław Łoza (1573–1639), Polish Roman Catholic prelate
Steven Loza (born 1952), American musicologist
Verónica Loza (born 1973), Uruguayan artist and singer
Yuri Loza (born 1954), Russian musician
See also
Polish-language surnames
Spanish-language surnames
Ukrainian-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Griffo | Jack Davis Griffo (born December 11, 1996) is an American actor. He starred as Max Thunderman on the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans (2013–2018). Griffo also had starring roles in the network's original movies The Thundermans Return, Jinxed, and Splitting Adam, and the Netflix original series Alexa & Katie.
Career
Acting
Griffo first made appearances as an extra in 2011, on the television series Kickin' It and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures. He followed this up with several guest appearances on television series such as See Dad Run and Jessie.
From 2013 to 2018, Griffo starred in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans, where he played Max Thunderman, the twin brother who strived to become a supervillain (his twin sister Phoebe is played by Kira Kosarin). In the same year, Griffo starred alongside Ciara Bravo in the Nickelodeon original film Jinxed.
Griffo starred alongside Isabela Moner, Tony Cavalero, and Jace Norman in the Nickelodeon original movie Splitting Adam, which aired in February 2015. He played the role of Billy, the boyfriend of Fin Shepard (Ian Ziering)'s daughter Claudia Shepard (Ryan Newman), in the Syfy original movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!, which premiered on July 22, 2015. In 2016, Griffo guest-starred in the season 7 finale of NCIS: Los Angeles as a military cadet named McKenna.
In 2017, Griffo played the role of Sebastian in the inspirational family drama film Apple of My Eye (originally titled And Then There Was Light). That same year, he was cast as Noah in the indie drama film Those Left Behind. In August 2017 Griffo was added to the cast of the Netflix original series Alexa & Katie, playing the recurring role of Dylan. He guest starred in School of Rock, Knight Squad, and SEAL Team. In 2020, Griffo starred as Sean Davis in the action film The 2nd alongside Ryan Phillippe. In 2020, he had a minor role in the Lifetime original movie The Christmas High Note.
Music
Griffo has a YouTube channel where he posts music covers. As of November 2019, the channel has over 178,000 subscribers and over 8.60 million views. Griffo released a single, "Hold Me", with his friend Kelsey, on October 17, 2011. The music video for "Hold Me" was released on October 29, 2011, and received over 4 million views. He released his solo debut single, "Slingshot", on November 13, 2013, which features Douglas James. The music video for "Slingshot" was released on Griffo's YouTube channel on January 14, 2014, and has received over 1.8 million views.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Griffo has been nominated for five Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite TV Actor, the first in 2014, the second in 2015, the third in 2016, the fourth in 2017, and the fifth in 2018.
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
21st-century American male actors
21st-century American singers
American child singers
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male pop singers
American male singers
American male television actors
Child |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Opie | Christopher Ryan Opie (born 22 July 1987) is a British cyclist. Outside of racing, Opie has been a contributor and presenter for the Global Cycling Network.
Career
Born in Truro, Cornwall, Opie grew up on a small beef and dairy farm. He attended Kea Primary and Penair Secondary Schools in Truro. He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and progressed to lead the British National Junior RR Series in 2005.
In 2006, Opie raced in France for UC Aubenas and he battled with a slight eating disorder and, in 2007, with Glandular Fever, but returned to racing in 2008, when he was based in the Netherlands and Belgium. He returned from the Netherlands to ride for Pendragon Sports/Le Col/Colnago in 2010, and when the team wound up at the end of the 2011 season he was signed by Nigel Mansell's .
After Mansell decided to end his financial support of Team UK Youth, Opie signed for for the 2014 season. After one season with the team he was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the team for the 2015 season. Opie announced his retirement from competition in May 2018 immediately before his final race, the last round of that year's Tour Series in Salisbury. Opie's retirement was a financial decision, following the bankruptcy of one of the team sponsors which led to a halving of riders' salaries.
In January 2019, Opie joined Global Cycling Network as a presenter. However the transition away from racing was not without difficulty and as Opie described himself, led to a minor breakdown suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Opie decided to make a return to racing in 2020, with the team, despite there being no races held during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal life
Opie and his wife Meike have two children together. He is the brother-in-law of Dutch former racing cyclist Remco van der Ven.
Major results
2010
1st GP Al Fatah
Tour of Libya
1st Stages 4 & 5
2012
6th Ster van Zwolle
2013
Tour Series
1st Round 8 – Canary Wharf & Round 10 – Aylsham
2nd Overall Tour of the Reservoir
1st Stage 1
2014
2nd National Circuit Race Championships
2nd Circuit of the Fens
2nd Ipswich and Coastal Grand Prix
3rd Otley Grand Prix
3rd Wales Open Criterium
4th Eddie Soens Memorial
4th Grand Prix des Marbriers
5th Colne Grand Prix
2015
1st Stockton Grand Prix
2nd Perfs Pedal Race
2nd Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic
3rd Overall Totnes-Vire Stage Race
1st Stage 2
3rd Chepstow Grand Prix
7th Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
2016
1st Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
1st Stage 2 Tour de Korea
2nd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
8th Grand Prix de Denain
2017
7th Ronde van Drenthe
2018
8th PWZ Zuidenveld Tour
References
External links
Tour Series blog #7: Chris Opie in Woking, Cycling Weekly 15 June 2011
1987 births
Living people
English male cyclists
Sportspeople from Truro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Daily%20Edition | The Daily Edition was an Australian afternoon entertainment show on the Seven Network which was first broadcast on 17 June 2013 and ended on 26 June 2020. The show featured a combination of live breaking news, as well as live interviews with various personalities and entertainment updates, and aired between 2pm and 3pm on weekdays.
History
The show premiered on Monday 17 June 2013 and initially aired from 3pm to 4:30pm with hosts Sally Obermeder, Monique Wright and Kris Smith.
In its first episode, retired newsreader Ian Ross was the first studio guest of the show and singer Robin Thicke was interviewed in a pre-recorded package. The first episode rated 71,000 across the metro audience, well behind rival program Nine News Now at 136,000 viewers. Its midnight replay was watched by 80,000 viewers. The second episode on 18 June rose to 90,000 viewers, closing the gap on the Nine Network's offering which rated 107,000 viewers. A midnight replay gathered 50,000 viewers.
On 19 August 2013, The Daily Edition was reduced to finish at 4pm, due to Seven Afternoon News moving to 4pm. However a week later, The Daily Edition moved to an earlier timeslot of 2pm to 3pm allowing the show to go live, instead of being prerecorded by 45 minutes. It stayed in this timeslot until the end of its run.
On 27 January 2014, The Daily Edition received new graphics and a new logo. In January 2015, Kris Smith resigned from the show to focus on his new fitness business. Monique Wright also left in the same year following her maternity leave and returned to focus on her co-hosting duties on Weekend Sunrise. In November 2016, Sarah Cumming took over from Sally Obermeder whilst she was on maternity leave with her second child by surrogate. She remained a permanent co-host upon Obermeder's return from maternity leave in September 2017, but left the show herself in November 2017. In December 2018, Tom Williams resigned from the Seven Network to pursue a career outside of television. Ryan Phelan replaced Williams as co-host from January 2019. The show received a new set in February 2020.
On 19 June 2020 it was announced that despite solid ratings, The Daily Edition would be canceled due to ongoing economic pressures at the Seven Network. Prior to the final episode going to air on 26 June 2020, Ryan Phelan was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault following a complaint made to police by his girlfriend. He was subsequently sacked by the Seven Network on 22 June 2020. Original co-host Tom Williams returned to co-host the final three episodes with Obermeder. The show's time slot was used for The Chase UK, which was already on Seven at 3pm, since November 2013, beginning 29 June 2020.
Presenters
References
Seven Network original programming
2013 Australian television series debuts
2020 Australian television series endings
Australian television news shows
English-language television shows
Television shows set in Sydney |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic%20Arctic%20Cooperation%20Network | The Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN) is a non-governmental organization in Iceland creating stronger linkages through inclusive multi-stakeholder membership and network, for the facilitation of cooperation concerning the Arctic region.
The Icelandic government passed a "Governmental Policy Plan for the Economy and Community" called Iceland 20/20. The Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, established in 2013, is a part of the implementation process of this policy and the result of a collaboration between the members of the IACN; Eything - a regional body for cooperation between the municipalities in north-east Iceland; the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Iceland), the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Iceland); and the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (Iceland).
Recent additional members include the Centre for Gender Equality; the Fisheries Science Centre at the University of Akureyri; the Husavik Academic Centre; Arctic Services; the Icelandic Met Office; the Marine Research Institute; the Icelandic Maritime Administration; the University Centre of the Westfjords; and the Greenland Centre, also in the Westfjords of Iceland.
IACN's first director is Embla Eir Oddsdóttir.
The Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network is one of four founders of the Icelandic-Arctic Chamber of Commerce. The other three are the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland; The Icelandic Chamber of Commerce; and the Federation of Icelandic Industries.
The network is based in the research centre Borgir, in Akureyri, Iceland.
References
Organizations based in Iceland
Arctic
Arctic research
2013 establishments in Iceland
Networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudaw%20Media%20Network | Rudaw Media Network (), is a major media broadcaster in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Rudaw Media Network, headquartered in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, operates as a global media powerhouse with correspondents strategically positioned across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
This multi-faceted media outlet delivers content in various languages, including English, Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkish.
History
Rudaw Media Network originated as a weekly print newspaper distributed in the Kurdistan Region and Europe, the network initially garnered international attention through its European edition, catering to the burgeoning diaspora communities of that era. In a noteworthy commitment to environmental sustainability, Rudaw transitioned from print to a fully digital format, discontinuing its newspaper publication.
The network's diverse portfolio includes a weekly newspaper in the Sorani dialect, boasting a circulation of 3,000, a Kurmanji version circulated in Europe, a comprehensive website available in Kurdish, English, Arabic, and Turkish, and a satellite TV station. Rudaw Media Network is funded and supported by Rudaw Company, with a primary mission to disseminate news and information concerning Kurdistan and the broader Middle East region.
In the present day, Rudaw Media Network has expanded its reach to include a radio news channel broadcasting on shortwave throughout the Middle East. Furthermore, its live stream is accessible to global audiences online. Notably, in 2023, the network introduced its podcast portal, featuring a diverse array of podcasts spanning topics such as culture, news, politics, economics, and technology.
Rudaw Research Center
Rudaw Research Center is headquartered in Erbil city, and was launched in 2016. It has partnered with various institutions such as the Wilson Center for Middle East, JSTOR, Seed Foundation, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Vision Education and several international institutions.
It hosts the annual Erbil Forum, bringing together a wide-ranging network of policymakers, decision makers and academics alike to discuss pertinent issues.
Awards
Rudaw’s digital portal is the recipient of multiple awards, including the prestigious recognition by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers for extending its reach to 100 million engagement on social media in 2017.
Rudaw Media Network's Majeed Gly was awarded the Ricardo Ortega Memorial Prize for broadcast media by the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) at its headquarters in New York.
For her outstanding work at Rudaw Media Network, Shahyan Tahseen was recognized as one of the "Highly Commended Rising Stars" by the global media network FIPP at their world congress in Las Vegas, USA. FIPP has more than 500 member companies in over 60 countries, and the award recognized "outstanding work in the global media industry.
In 2023, Rudaw Media Network won the International Business Awards' Gol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Values%20Network | The American Values Network (AVN) is a progressive Christian lobbying organization in the United States, based in Washington, D.C. AVN was founded in 2010.
AVN is a politically active organization that works with other religious organizations to promote faith-based, compassionate policies on nuclear non-proliferation, the Arms Trade Treaty, climate change, government budgets, and universal health care. AVN says it promotes Christian values and counters hypocrisy on the Christian right.
Overview
The President of AVN is Burns Strider, with Eric Sapp as the Executive Director and Rachel Johnson as Programs Director. AVN also sponsors a National Advisory Committee, whose members include Reverend Leah Daughtry, Don Fowler, Brenda Gullett, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Gloria Williamson. It is affiliated with the American Values Network Educational Foundation and the Mississippi Values Network.
According to Strider, AVN was formed to "build a national organization committed to grass-roots building, networking, communicating, and activating a mainstream and authentic voice that would organize and speak out for progressive policy and issues from a faith and values perspective." AVN works alongside similar progressive faith groups such as Sojourners, Faith and Public Life, and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good.
Organized as a 501(c)(4), AVN can participate in issue-based organizing, advertising, and lobbying and raises its funds through non-tax deductible donations.
Issues
AVN has been active in the issues of nuclear non-proliferation, the Arms Trade Treaty, climate change, caring for the poor in government budgets, universal health care, and countering hypocrisy on the Christian right.
Nuclear Non-proliferation
AVN has criticized the American government for spending $700 billion on what they call "a nuclear weapons system designed for Cold War threats." Emphasizing the lack of a direct threat from Russia and the potentially wasted funds from the nuclear arms program, they have called on the government to either cut "pork barrel nuclear projects" or re-direct funds from some weapons, such as ballistic nuclear submarines, in order to support American troops with more effective technology.
In 2010, AVN worked to support the New START treaty, a bilateral treaty which reduced the number of strategic nuclear missile launchers in the United States and Russia by half. AVN's "Daisy Ad" highlights the risk of nuclear weapons. It accumulated tens of thousands of views on YouTube and garnered press coverage in NPR, Politico, Huffington Post, and The New York Times.
The Arms Trade Treaty
AVN is a strong supporter of the Arms Trade Treaty, the multilateral treaty negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations in 2012 that aims to regulate the international trade in conventional weapons. AVN created seven YouTube videos for Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Michael Enzi (R-WY), James Inhofe (R-OK), Jef |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita%20City | Lolita City was a child pornography website that used hidden services available through the Tor network. The site hosted images and videos of underage males and females ranging up to 17 years of age (18 is the minimum legal age in many jurisdictions, including the US, for a person to appear in pornography). The website was hosted by Freedom Hosting, a defunct Tor based web hosting provider.
Background
As a hidden service, Lolita City operated through the .onion pseudo top-level domain and could be accessed only via the Tor network. Like adult pornography sites, Lolita City featured and promoted specific models whom fans could follow. Some of the photographers were professionals, others were hobbyists. The site included softcore and hardcore images, and the subjects ranged from near-newborns and toddlers to 17-year-olds and included both boys and girls. As of June 2013, the website hosted about 1.4 million pictures. Videos had been available on the site since November 2012.
2011 anti-child porn operation by Anonymous
In October 2011, the hacktivist collective Anonymous launched "Operation Darknet", in an attempt to disrupt the activities of child porn sites accessed through hidden services. Anonymous published in a pastebin link what it claimed were the user names of 1,589 members of Lolita City, including membership time, and number of images uploaded. Anonymous said that it had found the site via The Hidden Wiki, and that it contained over 100 gigabytes of child pornography. Lolita City was taken offline for a short time in a denial-of-service attack by Anonymous.
References
Underground culture
Defunct Tor hidden services
Child pornography websites
Internet properties established in 2010
Internet properties disestablished in 2013 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%CC%A3 | X̣ (minuscule: x̣) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, taken from an X with a dot below the letter. It is hard to render in computers because it is not used in the most common languages. It is used in many First Nations languages of the Pacific Northwest including Nuu-chah-nulth, Nłeʔkepmxcin/Nlha7kápmx (Thompson), and Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa).
References
Latin letters with diacritics
Phonetic transcription symbols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure%20Time%20%28season%206%29 | The sixth season of Adventure Time, an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward, premiered on Cartoon Network on April 21, 2014 and concluded on June 5, 2015, and was produced by Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios. The season follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and size at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess.
The season was storyboarded and written by Andy Ristaino, Cole Sanchez, Tom Herpich, Steve Wolfhard, Seo Kim, Somvilay Xayaphone, Graham Falk, Derek Ballard, Jesse Moynihan, Masaaki Yuasa, Adam Muto, Kent Osborne, Lyle Partridge, Bert Youn, Madeleine Flores, Jillian Tamaki, Sam Alden, Sloane Leong, Brandon Graham, and David Ferguson. The season also featured Yuasa and Ferguson as guest animators for the episodes "Food Chain" and "Water Park Prank", respectively. This season was the last to feature Sanchez and Ristaino as storyboard artists; the former took a directing job on the mini-series Long Live the Royals (although he eventually returned to the series as a supervising director for its eighth season), and the latter became an Adventure Time background designer.
The season premiered with two episodes, "Wake Up" and "Escape from the Citadel", which together were viewed by 3.32 million viewers. This marked a significant increase in ratings from the previous season finale. The season concluded with the two-part finale "Hot Diggity Doom" and "The Comet", which was viewed by 1.55 million viewers. Beginning with this season, Adventure Time moved from its long-held Monday timeslot, with many episodes instead airing on Thursdays. A number of sixth-season episodes also aired internationally before they were broadcast domestically. The season was met with largely positive critical reception. The episode "Food Chain" was nominated for several Annie Awards, as well as an Annecy International Animated Film Festival Award. The episode "Jake the Brick" won a Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, and Tom Herpich won an Emmy for his work on "Walnuts & Rain". Furthermore, "The Diary" and "Walnuts and Rain" were nominated for Annie Awards, and the show itself won a Peabody Award. In addition, several compilation DVDs that contain episodes from the season have been released. The full season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 11, 2016.
Development
Concept
The season follows the adventures of Finn the Human, a human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape, grow, and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, wherein they interact with the other major characters, including: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rural%20Channel | The Rural Channel (often abbreviated as TRC) is a Canadian English language specialty television channel and subscription streaming service broadcasting rural lifestyle programming with a particular emphasis on agriculture and equine programming.
The channel is owned by Ag-Com Productions and launched on May 29, 2013.
History
On August 13, 2008, Ag-Com Productions Ltd. was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch The Rural Channel, described at the time of license as a "national, English-language Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to serving the interests and needs of individuals and families living outside of major cities in smaller and rural communities across Canada, with a focus on the agriculture industry."
Originally intending to launch the channel in 2011, Ag-Com Productions delayed the launch until 2013 for Shaw Direct to launch its new satellite. The channel officially launched on May 29, 2013 exclusively on Shaw Direct in standard definition. A few weeks later in June, the channel launched a high definition channel simulcasting the standard-definition feed on EastLink. The channel has since launched on several other television service providers, including Telus and Access Communications.
In late 2020, Ag-Com launched TRC Go, an online subscription service streaming The Rural Channel live.
Programming
Programming on The Rural Channel has remained consistent from its initial launch to current day, focusing on a mix of agriculture news and information, general rural lifestyle, and equine programming. A sample list of programs that aired during its first few months of operation included The Prairie Farm Report, Market Journal, Downunder Horsemanship TV, Monty Roberts Backstage Pass, The Parelli Program, John Lyons, Motorz, James Cluer’s Wine Route, and programming from FEI.
A sample of current day programming on the channel, as of June 2022, includes Sunup TV, World Of Horse Breeds TV, Great Western Guest Ranches, Jonathan Field, Agweek TV, The Jet Set, Mad Dog & Merrill Midwest Grill’n, Cook Like A. Champion, Cris Cox Horsemanship, Today’s Homeowner Television, and programming from Global Champions Tour. The Prairie Farm Report, an Ag-Com Productions' series remains on the air since the channel's launch.
References
External links
Television channels and stations established in 2013
English-language television stations in Canada
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Television stations in Saskatchewan
Agricultural television stations
Internet television streaming services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microconsole | A microconsole is a home video game console that is typically powered by low-cost computing hardware, making the console lower-priced compared to other home consoles on the market. The majority of microconsoles, with a few exceptions such as the PlayStation TV and OnLive Game System, are Android-based digital media players that are bundled with gamepads and marketed as gaming devices. Such microconsoles can be connected to the television to play video games downloaded from an application store such as Google Play.
Origins
Microconsoles came about in the early 2010s, shortly after the rise of mobile gaming on smartphones and tablet devices from 2008. These units were seen as a means to marry the idea of home video game consoles with smartphone and tablet gaming, taking advantage of the large library of games already available for the Android operating system. While OnLive's MicroConsole brought the name "microconsole" to the field, the term "microconsole" was more widely adapted to describe these units as a whole as it mirrored the concept of microcomputers of the 1970s and 1980s compared to mainframes and minicomputers. Just as microcomputers represented low-cost, less powerful, and smaller form-factor versions of their larger equivalents, microconsoles tend to be similarly available at lower cost using cheaper computation hardware and packaged in smaller systems. In some cases, these packages were small enough to be encased into handheld controllers.
In late 2010, cloud gaming startup OnLive released MicroConsole, a television adapter and wireless gamepad that connects the company's video game streaming service to televisions. VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi described the device as representing the company founder's "vision to turn the video game industry upside down" as an inexpensive console providing "high-end games on low-end hardware" that could eliminate the cycle of regular consumer hardware upgrades. The MicroConsole TV adapter was produced at a loss. OnLive's MicroConsole made the company an early leader in the nascent microconsole field.
Amidst a "new war for TV" in the consumer electronics industry, an inexpensive and simple Android-based video game console designed for televisions called Ouya was announced for crowdfunding in July 2012. The Ouya was an overnight success and raised $8.5 million. Significant interest in low-cost Android console gaming followed Ouya's success, spurred by the mobile games industry growth. The industry began to refer to the resulting consoles as alternative consoles, or microconsoles.
Polygon reported that Android "consoles" were best-in-show at the January 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, citing devices like the MOGA Pro, Green Throttle Games Atlas controller, Nvidia Shield, and news of Valve's Steam Machine, a non-Android console. Following Ouya's success, other similar set-top Android gaming devices were announced as direct competitors, including the GameStick in early 2013, GamePop in May 2013, and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollet | Chollet or de Chollet is a French-language surname. Notable people with the name include:
Derek Chollet, American diplomat
François Chollet, French software engineer and artificial intelligence researcher
Jean-Baptiste Chollet (1798–1892), French musician and singer
Leroy Chollet (1924–1998), American basketball player
Louis Chollet (1815–1851), French organist and composer
Marcel de Chollet (1855–1924), French-Swiss painter
Maribel Chollet (born 1971), Mexican politician
French-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat%20Matrix%20%28database%29 | The Threat Matrix is an intelligence-based measure and thorough assessments database program that Pakistani government officials and military science circles use in evaluating perceived external and internal threats that challenge the national security of Pakistan. Development began in 2011 under the government of Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. The program identifies the military's operational priorities and goes beyond in comprehensively describing both existential and non-existential threats to the country. The Threat Matrix program is viewed to become a permanent fixture of the national security policy of Pakistan.
The database's comprehensive existence was revealed by political scientist Dr. Farrukh Saleem in his work published in The News International in 2013, but it was earlier mentioned by the ISPR in a press briefing given to media. In his published thesis Saleem critically opined that the source of all existential threats has always been a state actor(s), not a non-state on, the armed forces.
Program overview
Conventional threats vs. sub-conventional threats
The Threat Matrix has two defined dimensions: conventional threats and sub-conventional threats. Conventional threats are external threats to national security from outside the country, and sub-conventional threats refer to internal threats to national security from within the country. In January 2013, Major-General Asif Salim of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) briefed the news media on new recent studies conducted by Pakistan military.
According to the ISPR, the armed forces were programmed for conventional warfare but the current situation necessitated change, as the Forces fighting on the front-line in the tribal regions are now being program according to the requirements of sub-conventional warfare. In an interview military scientist, Talat Masood noted that before the new doctrine, India was viewed as "No. 1 enemy", but for the first time, it has been realised that Pakistan faces the real threat from within, a threat that is concentrated in areas along western borders. The conflict in the northwest is closely tied to the War in Afghanistan, with factors like militant insurgency and future US pullout in Afghanistan having an intertwined effect on the conflict in Pakistan. According to Lieutenant-General Khalid Rabbani, commander of the XI Corps in Peshawar, the withdrawal of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan since 2014 may trigger some challenging ramifications for Pakistan in terms of the threat matrix of Afghanistan: "If they are leaving and giving a notion of success to the Taliban of Afghanistan, this notion of success may have a snowballing effect on to the threat matrix of Afghanistan."
Along with the challenges posed at the western front, India still retains an important focus in threat assessments and Pakistan's civil-military foreign policy doctrine. According to an Express Tribune editorial, the potential threat of arch-rival India in the eas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWBY | RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced 3D computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntresses") to protect their world from monsters called Grimm. The name RWBY is derived from the four main protagonists' forenames: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, and their respective thematic colors (red, white, black and yellow).
Following several promotional trailers, the first episode was screened at Rooster Teeth's convention, RTX, and premiered on their website on July 18, 2013. Subsequent episodes were released weekly, first to Rooster Teeth subscribers and then to YouTube a week later. Following Oum's death in 2015 during the production of the third season (stylized as volumes), there was an overall shift in the series production and release schedule. Despite the death of its creator, the remaining crew members confirmed their intention to continue the series. Following the eighth volume, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Volume 9 premiered on Crunchyroll on February 18, 2023.
The first three volumes of RWBY earned acclaim, with praise going towards its animation and soundtrack; it became an instant viral hit after the airing of its pilot. The series has been dubbed in Japanese and broadcast by Tokyo MX, in partnership with Warner Bros. Japan, and has spawned several spin-off media, such as the video games RWBY: Grimm Eclipse and RWBY: Arrowfell, the animated series RWBY Chibi and RWBY: Ice Queendom and the two-part direct-to-video film Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen.
Synopsis
Background
The story takes place in the fictional world of Remnant, composed of four kingdoms (Vale, Mistral, Atlas and Vacuo), that are invaded by malevolent monsters known as the "Creatures of Grimm". Prior to the events of the series, the world was overseen by two opposing deities, the God of Light and the God of Darkness. Humanity was obliterated by the gods, due to the actions of Salem, a vengeful woman cursed with immortality for trying to manipulate them into reviving her beloved Ozma. Ozma was subsequently reincarnated by the Gods to guide a new human race toward harmony and after succeeding, summon the gods back for judgement using four relics, the Staff of Creation, the Sword of Destruction, the Crown of Choice and the Lamp of Knowledge, leading to an endless conflict between him and Salem. The discovery of the element, Dust, triggered a technological and industrial revolution for humanity.
The deity brothers themselves were born in the Ever After, a world that is the setting of the fairy tale The Girl Who Fell Through the World. They were created by the world's Great Tree to help it make the Ever After, with their first creations being the Curious Cat and the Jabberwalker, the brothers' differences and arguments forced the Tree to send them out of the Ever After, where |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Oxlade | Chris Oxlade (born 1961) is an author, editor and illustrator of children's information books. He has written over 200 titles.
According to data from the Public Lending Right, Oxlade was the 100th most borrowed children's author from UK public libraries in 2011-2012.
References
External links
Chris Oxlade's website
1961 births
Living people
Children's non-fiction writers
English children's writers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BN%20Televizija | BN Televizija or BN TV is a Bosnian commercial television channel based in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. BN TV is part of RTV BN television network company which was founded on 5 May 1998. It mainly broadcasts in the Serbian language using the Cyrillic alphabet. BN Televizija is a 24-hour channel with news, political and entertainment programs. RTV BN is currently the highest rated TV channel in the Republika Srpska entity and it is one of leading commercial TV channels in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Current line-up
News program
Dnevnik - main news, sport and weather information every day at 16:00 (Dnevnik 1), 19:30 (Dnevnik 2) and around 22:30 (Dnevnik 3)
Novosti - short news, runs in 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00h
Danas u Srpskoj - (Today in Srpska) regional news from major cities of Republika Srpska (broadcast at 18:00, Monday to Friday)
Talk shows
Globalno () - a political talk show dealing with "global topics from a domestic perspective" hosted by Boris Malagurski. Airs Wednesdays at 8:50 PM.
Crno na bijelo () - a political talk show with guests hosted by Suzana Rađen – Todorić. Airs Tuesdays at 9:00 PM.
Puls - a political talk show with guest and various topics from BiH society. Airs Thursdays at 9:00 PM.
Granica () - a talk show from Serbian TV station Happy TV.
Ćirilica - talk show with guests hosted by Milomir Marić, made by Serbian Happy TV.
Entertainment
Jutarnji program - Mosaic morning show (broadcast at 06:00, Monday to Friday)
BN koktel - folk music show with guests
Kao kod svoje kuće
Bez maske
Subotom u 3
Nedeljno popodne
Balkanske prevare - controversial reality television show from Serbian RTV Pink
Ništa lično
Foreign series/shows
Larin izbor - Croatian soap opera (Season 2 in cooperation with OBN Televizija)
Ruža vjetrova - Croatian soap opera (Season 2 in cooperation with OBN Televizija)
Veliki Brat VIP 5 - reality television show made in cooperation with OBN Televizija
Prevrtljivo srce (Hercai) - Turkish drama/romance show
See also
BN Music
BN Radio
References
External links
Official website
Mass media in Bijeljina
Television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Television channels in North Macedonia
Television channels and stations established in 1998 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundless%20Informant | Boundless Informant (stylized as BOUNDLESSINFORMANT) is a big data analysis and data visualization tool used by the United States National Security Agency (NSA). It gives NSA managers summaries of the NSA's worldwide data collection activities by counting metadata. The existence of this tool was disclosed by documents leaked by Edward Snowden, who worked at the NSA for the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Those disclosed documents were in a direct contradiction to the NSA's assurance to United States Congress that it does not collect any type of data on millions of Americans.
History
Intelligence gathered by the United States government inside the United States or specifically targeting US citizens is legally required to be gathered in compliance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) and under the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA court).
NSA global data mining projects have existed for decades, but recent programs of intelligence gathering and analysis that include data gathered from inside the United States such as PRISM were enabled by changes to US surveillance law introduced under President Bush and renewed under President Obama in December 2012.
Boundless Informant was first publicly revealed on June 8, 2013, after classified documents about the program were leaked to The Guardian. This report contained a Top Secret heat map produced by the Boundless Informant program summarizing data records from 504 separate DNR and DNI collection sources or SIGADs. In the map, countries that are under surveillance are assigned a color from green to red (which does not correspond to intensity of surveillance).
As this map shows that almost 3 billion data elements from inside the United States were captured by the NSA over a 30-day period ending in March 2013, Snowden stated that this tool was collecting more information on Americans located within the United States than on Russians in Russia. Snowden stated that he had raised concerns about this with his superiors at the NSA beginning in October 2012, specifically with two superiors in the Hawaii regional base of the NSA Threat Operations Center and two superiors in the Technology Directorate of the NSA, Snowden claims that he brought up these concerns through the Dissent Channel.
Snowden added that coworkers often were "astonished to learn" about this detail and did not wish to know any more about the program, and that until April 2012 he often asked these colleagues "What do you think the public would do if this was on the front page?" Vanee Vines, an NSA spokesperson, stated that "After extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention."
The first publication about Boundless Informant was followed by screenshots from this program showing charts with details about the data that |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnimatLab | AnimatLab is an open-source neuromechanical simulation tool that allows authors to easily build and test biomechanical models and the neural networks that control them to produce behaviors. Users can construct neural models of varied level of details, 3D mechanical models of triangle meshes, and use muscles, motors, receptive fields, stretch sensors and other transducers to interface the two systems. Experiments can be run in which various stimuli are applied and data is recorded, making it a useful tool for computational neuroscience. The software can also be used to model biomimetic robotic systems.
Motivation
Neuromechanical simulation enables investigators to explore the dynamic relationships between the brain, the body and the world in ways that are difficult or impossible through experiment alone. This is done by producing biologically realistic models of the neural networks that controls behavior, while also simulating the physics that controls the environment in which an animal is situated. Interactions with the simulated world can then be fed back to the virtual nervous system using models of sensory systems. This provides feedback similar to what the real animal would encounter, and makes it possible to close the sensory-motor feedback loop to study the dynamic relationship between nervous function and behavior. This relationship is crucial to understanding how nervous systems work.
History
The application was initially developed at Georgia State University under NSF grant #0641326. Version 1 of AnimatLab was released in 2010. Work has continued on the application and a second version was released in June 2013.
Functionality
AnimatLab allows users to develop models of varied levels of details due to the types of models available. Neurons may be simple firing rate models, integrate-and-fire models, or Hodgkin–Huxley models. Plugins for other neuron models can be written and used. Hill-type muscles, motors, or servos can be used to actuate joints. Adapters between neurons and actuators are used to generate forces. Adapters between mechanical components (joints, body segments, muscles, etc.) provide feedback to the control system. Stimuli, such as voltage clamps, current clamps, and velocity clamps (for joints) can be added to design experiments. Data can be recorded from different component of the system, and viewed in graphs or exported as a comma separated values file for easy analysis along with a GUI for interaction.
Neural modeling
A variety of biological neuron models are available for use. The Hodgkin–Huxley model, both single- and multi-compartment integrate-and-fire models, and various abstracted firing-rate models are available. This is a valuable feature because the purpose of one's model and its complexity decide which features of neural behavior are important to simulate.
Network construction is graphical, with neurons dragged and dropped into a network and synapses drawn between them. When a synapse is drawn, the us |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanc | Vanc may refer to:
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 1973), Polish tennis player
D-alanine—D-serine ligase, an enzyme
Vancomycin, an antibiotic
Vertical Ancillary Data Space |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Numbers%20%28website%29 | The Numbers is a film industry data website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The company also conducts research services and forecasts incomes of film projects.
History
The site was launched in 1997 by Bruce Nash.
On March 21, 2020, the Numbers released a statement that because of movie theater closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, "We don't expect much box office reporting in the short term" and did not report the usual daily box office estimates due to lack of box office data from film studios.
See also
Box Office Mojo
Lumiere
References
External links
The Numbers Bankability Index
1997 establishments in California
Companies based in Beverly Hills, California
Film box office
American film websites
Internet properties established in 1997
Online film databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20in%20Syria | Women in Syria constitute 49.9% of Syria's population. According to World Bank data from 2021, there were around 10.6 million women in Syria. They are active participants not only in everyday life, but also in the socio-political fields. Syrian women and girls still experience challenges in their day-to-day lives, for example in the area of law and health care.
History
In the 20th century, a movement for women's rights developed in Syria, made up largely of upper-class, educated women. In 1919, Naziq al-Abid founded Noor al-Fayha (Light of Damascus), the city's first women's organization, alongside an affiliated publication of the same name. She was made an honorary general of the Syrian Army after fighting in the Battle of Maysaloun, and in 1922, she founded the Syrian Red Crescent. In 1928, Lebanese-Syrian feminist Nazira Zain al-Din, one of the first people to critically reinterpret the Quran from a feminist perspective, published a book condemning the practice of veiling or hijab, arguing that Islam requires women to be treated equally with men. In 1930, the First Eastern Women's Congress was hosted in Damascus by the Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union.
In 1963, the Ba'ath Party took power in Syria, and pledged full equality between women and men as well as full workforce participation for women.
In 1967, Syrian women formed a quasi-governmental organization called the General Union of Syrian Women (GUSW), a coalition of women's welfare societies, educational associations, and voluntary councils intended to achieve equal opportunity for women in Syria.
The year 2011 marked the beginning of the Syrian Civil War, which saw many civilians fall victim to attacks targeting hospitals, schools, and infrastructure. Extremist rebel groups, such as Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS, have enforced strict policies restricting the freedoms of women in territories they control.
After the outbreak of civil war, some Syrian women have joined all-female brigade units in the Syrian Arab Army, the Democratic Union Party, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, taking on roles such as snipers, frontline units, or police.
Legal rights
While Syria has developed some fairly secular features during independence in the second half of the 20th century, personal status law is still based on Sharia and applied by Sharia Courts. Syria has a dual legal system which includes both secular and religious courts. Marriage contracts are between the groom and the bride's father, and Syrian law does not recognize the concept of marital rape.
Syrian family law thus has a large impact on the legal rights of women. Public law states that all Syrian citizens are equal. However, family law has judicial primacy in defining women's personal status. In certain cases, family law can invalidate constitutional law. Although there were efforts to secularize the legal system of most Arab states in the 1920s, family law is still heavily influenced by religion and has an impact on the private |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal%20Eid | Gamal Eid (; born 1964) is a leading Egyptian human rights activist and lawyer. He is the executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the most prominent organization dealing with the defense of freedom of opinion, belief and expression in the Arab world. He founded the ANHRI in 2003. He graduated from the College of Law in Ain Shams University.
As an attorney who specializes in human rights, Eid has represented several detainees in the custody of the State Security Investigations Service (SSI), which was dissolved in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. He has served as the defense for most human rights cases in Egypt. Eid was arrested on numerous occasions himself and was allegedly tortured by security officials. In 2004 he joined Kefaya, a grassroots movement that was founded to lobby the government of former president Hosni Mubarak.
Eid also specializes in internet issues. He stated that the internet has had an "immeasurable" effect on the documentation of human rights violations and the ability to hold government officials accountable.
Awards
In 2011 Eid was awarded the Leaders for Democracy award by the Project of Middle East Democracy.
References
1964 births
Ain Shams University alumni
20th-century Egyptian lawyers
Egyptian human rights activists
Living people
21st-century Egyptian lawyers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xojo | The Xojo programming environment and programming language is developed and commercially marketed by Xojo, Inc. of Austin, Texas for software development targeting macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, the Web and Raspberry Pi. Xojo uses a proprietary object-oriented language.
History
In 1996 FYI Software, founded by Geoff Perlman, bought CrossBasic, which had been marketed by its author Andrew Barry as a shareware product. CrossBasic got its name from its ability to compile the same programming code for the classic Mac OS and the Java virtual machine (although the integrated development environment was Mac only). A public beta was released in April 1996. The CrossBasic name was trademarked by another company, so the product was renamed REALbasic.
Prior to version 2, the Java target was dropped and later replaced with a Windows target and database support. The option to compile for Linux was added in 2005 and the integrated development environment (IDE) was ported to Windows and as a free public beta for Linux platforms. The new IDE employed a redesigned user interface.
In 2004 REAL software announced the "Made with REALbasic Showcase" program to highlight applications created with the product. In 2009, a migration assistant was launched to help move code from Visual Basic. In 2010, to combat the perception that it was similar to the original BASIC, it was renamed Real Studio.
The company announced Real Studio Web Edition, allowing developers to compile web applications without the knowledge of multiple web technologies.
On June 4, 2013 the company officially changed their name to Xojo, Inc. and Real Studio was renamed Xojo. Also on this date they released Xojo 2013 Release 1 which included an all-new user interface, full support for Cocoa on OS X, improved support for web applications, all new documentation and a new Introduction to Programming Using Xojo textbook that was designed for beginners to learn the fundamentals of object oriented programming. Xojo, Inc. calls it "the spiritual successor to Visual BASIC".
The Xojo IDE is currently available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, 32-bit x86 Linux, and can compile 32-bit and 64-bit applications for Windows (Windows XP and higher), macOS (running on Intel or Apple silicon Macs using the Cocoa frameworks), x86 Linux, iOS, Android, the web, and Raspberry Pi. Xojo is self-hosted: the Xojo IDE is built with the current release of Xojo. The 2015r3 release includes 64-bit support for Desktop, Web and Console targets as well as a new platform, Raspberry Pi.
Xojo added many new features in 2018 and 2019, including support for macOS and iOS light/dark modes, a GraphicsPath for drawing Bézier curves, and a new DateTime class.
In 2020, Xojo introduced a new web framework, which is a ground-up re-write that adds modern-looking new controls, support for Bootstrap themes, two layout modes and more. The new web framework takes advantage of all that modern web browsers have to offer, providing a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Snowden | Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is a United States and naturalized Russian citizen who was a computer intelligence consultant and whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was an employee and subcontractor. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.
In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, after previous employment with Dell and the CIA. Snowden says he gradually became disillusioned with the programs with which he was involved, and that he tried to raise his ethical concerns through internal channels but was ignored. On May 20, 2013, Snowden flew to Hong Kong after leaving his job at an NSA facility in Hawaii, and in early June he revealed thousands of classified NSA documents to journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Barton Gellman, and Ewen MacAskill. Snowden came to international attention after stories based on the material appeared in The Guardian, The Washington Post, and other publications.
On June 21, 2013, the United States Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property, following which the Department of State revoked his passport. Two days later, he flew into Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, where Russian authorities observed the canceled passport, and he was restricted to the airport terminal for over one month. Russia later granted Snowden the right of asylum with an initial visa for residence for one year, which was subsequently repeatedly extended. In October 2020, he was granted permanent residency in Russia. In September 2022, Snowden was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin, and on December 2, 2022 he swore the oath of allegiance.
A subject of controversy, Snowden has been variously praised and condemned for his leaks. Snowden has defended his actions as an effort "to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them." His disclosures have fueled debates over mass surveillance, government secrecy, and the balance between national security and information privacy, something that he has said he intended to do in retrospective interviews.
In early 2016, Snowden became the president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a San Francisco–based nonprofit organization that aims to protect journalists from hacking and government surveillance. He also has a job at an unnamed Russian IT company. In 2017, he married Lindsay Mills. "I have to lay my head down in Moscow on a pillow at night," he told an Israeli audience in November 2018, "but I live on the internet and every other city in the world." On September 17, 2019, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20powerline%20sensor | A Wireless powerline sensor hangs from an overhead power line and sends measurements to a data collection system. Because the sensor does not contact anything but a single live conductor, no high-voltage isolation is needed. The sensor, installed simply by clamping it around a conductor, powers itself from energy scavenged from electrical or magnetic fields surrounding the conductor being measured. Overhead power line monitoring helps distribution system operators provide reliable service at optimized cost.
Communication
In the photos on the right, an antenna on the sensor transmits data to a communication device attached to a nearby utility pole. The communication device gets power from the 240 volt utility line in a residential neighborhood. The device has two antennas. One antenna collects data from the sensors, and the other antenna forwards the data to the electrical utility control center over cell phone service.
In some systems, powerline sensors may transmit information on the high voltage conductor itself rather than by transmission of a radio signal.
Measurements
The primary purpose of a powerline sensor is to measure current, however, some sensors can either directly measure or derive other data such as:
Conductor temperature
Ambient temperature
Inclination or the amount of line sagging
Wind movement
Electric fields
Power Generation
Distribution and Consumption of electricity
See also
Energy management system
List of wireless sensor nodes
Sensor node
Supervisory control and data acquisition
Wireless sensor network
References
6. Patel N., Kumar S. (2017),. "Enhanced Clear Channel Assessment for Slotted CSMA/CA in IEEE 802.15. 4", Springer
Wireless Personal Communications, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp 4063–4081. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11277- 017-4042-5
External links
A Wireless Sensors Suite for Smart Grid Applications
Power Line Monitoring for Energy Demand Control
Specifications for a commercially available product
Electric power distribution
Wireless sensor network
Electric power transmission systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Philanthropy%20Forum | The Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) is an initiative of the World Affairs Council which acts as a peer-learning network of philanthropists — grant-makers and social investors — committed to advancing equity and opportunity in the developing world. Its community of donors and social investors work on international causes through strategic philanthropy, operating on principles that overlap with those of impact investing.
Launched in 2001 by President and co-founder Jane Wales in partnership with leading Silicon Valley philanthropists, the forum has been the first of its kind that brings together philanthropists interested in funding projects intended to have a global impact. Its members believe that individuals are not only capable of advancing human security, environmental stewardship, and improved quality of life, but that they must.
The history of the GPF suggests that groups of such investors are willing to take risks that most entrepreneurs and companies cannot. For example, while continental Africa, as a whole, is gaining more investment, a newly created Africa Philanthropy Forum based in the GPF model will be guided by a core cadre of philanthropists dedicated to the APF's goals of creating further investment and development opportunities for Africa's future.
"This work is not for sissies," said Acumen Fund founder Jacqueline Novogratz in reference to the work that GPF members do in philanthropy and impact investing. The problems GPF tackles in health, environment, education and poverty are ubiquitous and persistent. These are incredibly complex problems requiring profound patience coupled with ingenuity in the way resources are mobilized to solve them.
The GPF holds an annual international conference, which is invitation only and open to philanthropists, family foundations, senior staff of larger-staffed foundations, and social investors. GPF connects donors to issues, effective strategies, potential co-funding partners and to agents of change from around the world. Notable GPF Conference speakers have included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jordan's Queen Rania, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto; Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai and Muhammad Yunus, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin; former prime minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation President, Jeff Raikes; Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin; and Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas; entrepreneurs and philanthropists Steve and Jean Case; Nigeria's Tony Elumelu; former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet
References
External links
Global Philanthropy Forum official website.
Global policy organizations
Philanthropic organizations based in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20Independent%20Data%20Format | The System Independent Data Format (SIDF) is a file system specification for removable media that was designed to achieve storage interoperability and to allow data interchange among software and hardware platforms. The data format was originally developed in 1990 by Tom Bogart while at Novell. In 1992, the System Independent Data Format (SIDF) committee, an industry consortium, was formed by Tallgrass Technologies to enhance the format. The SIDF committee included most data backup and archival software vendors at the time. In 1993, the specification was submitted to ECMA and adopted as an international standard by ECMA in December, 1994.
See also
List of archive formats
Comparison of archive formats
References
Computer file formats
Computer storage media
Ecma standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFS%20Senneterre | CFS Senneterre, initially called RCAF Station Senneterre prior to 1967, was a long-range radar and Ground Control Intercept station, part of the Pinetree Line radar defence network, situated north of Val-d'Or, Quebec. Situated atop Mount Bell, east of the town of Senneterre, Quebec, construction started in 1950. By 1953 the 34 AC&W Squadron became operational. From 1968 to 1973 Senneterre was the backup to CFB North Bay, the regional command post; in the event it was incapacitated by a nuclear strike, Senneterre was designated an Alternative Command Post (ALCOP). In 1988 the station was deemed no longer necessary as a long-range radar, and closed.
Post closure
After closure in 1988 some of the facilities were sold to private interests. At the operations site:
Telebec purchased the southmost radar building and erected a cell phone tower .
The height finder building has been demolished for unknown reasons.
The operations building was demolished after a fire in the early 1990s.
The SAGE Annex is intact and privately owned.
The northmost standing radar building is intact and privately owned.
The TX and RX communications buildings have been repurposed by a local firearms club as indoor target ranges.
References
Sennet
Senneterre
Military history of Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio%2010 | Studio 10 is an Australian morning talk show on Network 10. The show is hosted by Angela Bishop, Narelda Jacobs and Tristan MacManus and airs between 10am and noon on weekdays and a highlights show airs between 10am and noon on weekends. Studio 10 is broadcast live from Network 10 Studios in Pyrmont, a suburb in Sydney's inner-city.
History
On 9 June 2013, Network 10 announced a new mid-morning show to replace The Circle which it cancelled the year previously. Ita Buttrose was the first presenter of the show to be named, and her appointment drew much media attention as she was 71 years of age at the time. It was later announced Joe Hildebrand, Sarah Harris and Jessica Rowe would also be presenters on the new show. After a viewer competition, the show's name was announced in July 2013 to be Studio 10. The show would be filmed from Network 10's Sydney studios in front of a live studio audience. It was later announced it would premiere on 4 November 2013 as part of Ten's brand new morning lineup which also included the short-lived breakfast show Wake Up.
On 11 November 2013, Buttrose served as a guest on Network 10's then breakfast show, Wake Up. Network 10 had planned to transport her from Wake Up's Manly studio to Ten's Pyrmont studios by water taxi across Sydney Harbour in time for Studio 10 and film her journey with an overhead helicopter. However, due to poor weather Buttrose's water taxi became stranded, meaning she missed most of Studio 10.
In December 2013, Studio 10 began airing on Saturday and Sunday mornings. These editions of the show contain highlights of both Studio 10 over the past week. On 25 December 2013, Studio 10 became the first Australian morning or breakfast television show to air on Christmas morning. This edition of the show was pre-recorded in full with all new content. The Christmas Day edition of the show has become an annual tradition and now includes their yearly Christmas clip (a video where the cast mimes to a Christmas song).
On 10 March 2014, Studio 10 interviewed Justin Lyons, the cameraman who was with Steve Irwin when he died in 2006. The interview made headlines around the world with Irwin's last words revealed as "I'm dying".
The final half-hour of the show was originally known as Studio 10 You with a focus on health and beauty, however that branding was later dropped.
A separate edition of the show airs in Perth, with a mix of local content as well as interviews, segments and features from the East Coast version.
In November 2015, Buttrose announced she would appear on the show just two mornings a week from 2016 to spend more time with her grandchildren, with Denise Drysdale to join the panel for the remaining three shows.
On 24 July 2017, Studio 10 expanded to 3.5 hours, finishing at noon.
In March 2018, Rowe resigned as panelist citing a desire to spend more time with her children. However, it was reported at the time that the network was planning on removing her from the show. These reports came fr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20awards%20and%20nominations%20received%20by%20Psych | Psych is an American comedy-drama television series which was broadcast from 2006 until 2014. Created by Steve Franks, the series aired on USA Network for eight seasons with a total of one-hundred and twenty one episodes. Psych stars James Roday, Dulé Hill, Maggie Lawson, Timothy Omundson, Kirsten Nelson, and Corbin Bernsen, with Roday and Hill earning award nominations for their respective roles.
Psych received awards from: the Independent Investigations Group, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the People's Choice Awards and the Imagen Foundation. The series also received nominations for several other awards, including four ALMA Awards, two Creative Arts Emmy Awards, eight Image Awards, one People's Choice Award, and one Satellite Award. In total, Psych received thirty-one award nominations in its eight-year tenure. The show has been recognized in terms of awards for its first episode, "Pilot"; its musical team; the series itself; and actor James Roday. Roday and Hill also lead in nominations, with nine.
ALMA Awards
The American Latino Media Arts Awards (ALMA Awards) highlight the best American Latino contributions to music, television, and film. The awards are meant to promote fair and accurate portrayals of Latinos, and are organized by the National Council of La Raza. The ALMAs were originally held in 1987 as the "BRAVO Awards". They became televised in 1995, and are currently aired by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). James Roday was nominated for his acting four times between 2008 and 2012 (no awards ceremony was held in 2010) without a single win.
Artios Awards
The Artios Awards are annually presented by the Casting Society of America and recognize the "originality, creativity and the contribution of casting to the overall quality of a project". The awards honor members of the Casting Society, and have been awarded yearly since 1985. Casting for theatrical, film, and television performances are all eligible. The show was nominated once, for pilot episode casting, and lost.
ASCAP Awards
The ASCAP Awards are presented annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and honor achievements in film and video game music and television theme music and scores. Psych was twice honored for its music, both times recognizing composers Adam Cohen and John Robert Wood.
Emmy Awards
Awarded since 1949, the Primetime Emmy Award is an annual accolade bestowed by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizing outstanding achievements in American prime time TV programming. Awards presented for more technical and production-based categories (like art direction, casting, and editing) are designated "Creative Arts Emmy Awards." Psych was nominated twice for creative arts awards, honoring both the show's music and an interactive video game. The series lost both awards.
EWwy Awards
First presented in 2008, the EWwy Awards are presented annually by Entertainment Weekly and Hulu. The EWwy |
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