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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20KBS%20Drama%20Awards | The 2007 KBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2007. It was held on December 31, 2007 and hosted by Tak Jae-hoon and Lee Da-hae.
Nominations and winners
References
External links
http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/2007award/redcarpet/2007index.html
KBS Drama Awards
KBS Drama Awards
KBS Drama Awards
KBS Drama Awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta%2016 | Delta 16 is a fixed shooter video game from Finnish developer Jyri Lehtonen published by Amersoft in 1985. It was originally released for the Commodore 16 home computer, then ported to Commodore 64 for which it was released free of charge. A total of 101 copies were sold. The game includes an automated firing mechanism that the player can activate.
References
1985 video games
Commodore 16 and Plus/4 games
Commodore 64 games
Fixed shooters
Video games developed in Finland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC%20Network%20Football | SEC Network Football is a live game presentation of SEC football on the SEC Network. These telecasts have many different presenting sponsors, but some include Dr. Pepper, Allstate, and Regions Bank. There are typically 3 telecasts every Saturday during the college football regular season, though beginning in 2015, the SEC Network Alternate channel gets one game, usually during the 4:00 PM time slot. The Noon game is preceded by SEC Nation and succeeded by SEC Now which will also serve as a pregame and postgame show for the 4:00 game. The 7:30 game will be succeeded by SEC Scoreboard.
History
The SEC had won seven straight college football national championships when the SEC Network was announced in May 2013. On March 12, 2014, the SEC Network named Brent Musburger as the lead play-by-play announcer and Jesse Palmer as the lead analyst. It was later announced that Maria Taylor would join them as the sideline reporter. In July 2014, the SEC Network named the rest of their football announcers. Tom Hart would be a play-by-play announcer, paired up with Matt Stinchcomb as the analyst, and Heather Mitts as the sideline reporter. Also, Dave Neal would do play-by-play announcing with Andre Ware as the analyst, both moving from SEC TV. They would be joined by Laura Rutledge as the sideline reporter. The first football game broadcast on the SEC Network was on Thursday, August 28, 2014, when Texas A&M defeated South Carolina 52-28. CBS gets the exclusive first pick of the day's SEC games before ESPN and SEC Network can choose.
Personalities
Current
Tom Hart: (play-by-play, 2014–present)
Taylor Zarzour: (play-by-play, 2017–present)
Dave Neal: (play-by-play, 2014–present)
Jordan Rodgers: (analyst, 2017–present)
Andre Ware: (analyst, 2014–present)
Matt Stinchcomb: (analyst, 2014–present)
Cole Cubelic: (sideline reporter, 2016–present)
Olivia Harlan: (sideline reporter, 2016–present)
Dawn Davenport: (sideline reporter, 2017–present)
Former
Brent Musburger: (play-by-play, 2014–2016)
Jesse Palmer: (analyst, 2014–2016)
Maria Taylor: (sideline reporter, 2014–2015)
Laura Rutledge: (sideline reporter, 2014–2015)
Kaylee Hartung: (sideline reporter, 2016)
Heather Mitts: (sideline reporter, 2014)
Kayce Smith: (sideline reporter, 2015)
Game features
Starting Lineups: The starting lineups for both teams' offense and defense.
SEC Right Now: A studio update where the host updates the viewers on an important game for the SEC that week.
Halftime Report: The halftime report is presented by Auto-Owners Insurance and is shown at halftime of every game.
Studio Update: A studio update where the host informs the viewers of a non-SEC game.
Schedule
2014
August 28:
#21 Texas A&M 52 at #9 South Carolina 28 (6:00 pm ET)
Temple 37 at Vanderbilt 7 (10:50 pm ET)
August 30:
UT Martin 14 at Kentucky 59 (12:00 Noon ET)
Arkansas 21 at #6 Auburn 45 (4:00 pm ET)
Southern Miss 0 at Mississippi State 49 (7:30 pm ET)
August 31:
Utah State 7 at Tennessee 38 (7:00 pm |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind%20Gupta%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Arvind Gupta (born 1961) is an Indo-Canadian computer scientist who was the 13th President of the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the former CEO of Mitacs Canada.
Early life and education
Gupta was born in Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab. Both his parents were academics. His mother was one of the first women to teach mathematics at a college in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Gupta lived in India and spoke Punjabi for his first five years until his family moved to Detroit where his father, a chemistry professor, had started a fellowship at Wayne State University. He then learned to speak English. Within two years, they moved to Timmins, Ontario after his father earned a job as a pollution chemist with a mining company.
He obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario before earning a master's and a PhD at the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Stephen Cook and Alasdair Urquhart. His family knew some of the victims killed in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182.
Academia
Gupta spent 18 years in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University before being recruited by UBC in 2009 as a professor of computer science. In 2012, he joined the federal government's Science, Technology and Innovation Council.
From 2000 until his appointment as President of UBC in 2014, Gupta served as CEO and scientific director of Mitacs Canada, a national non-profit that worked with government and industry to fund student researchers.
In his inauguration, Gupta committed to increasing UBC's focus on research. Gupta resigned abruptly from his position as President of UBC on August 7, 2015, after 13 months of service. The reasons for his resignation were not revealed and caused some public controversies.
In October 2015, the University of Toronto announced Gupta's joining them as a distinguished visiting professor for one academic year.
References
1961 births
Living people
Canadian university and college chief executives
Canadian computer scientists
Indian emigrants to Canada
McMaster University alumni
Presidents of the University of British Columbia
Academic staff of Simon Fraser University
University of Toronto alumni
Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
Academic staff of the University of Toronto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilustrado%20%28TV%20series%29 | Ilustrado (from the Spanish word meaning "enlightened" or "erudite") is a 2014 Philippine television drama period series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by King Mark Baco, it stars Alden Richards. The series is based on the life of Philippine hero José Rizal. It premiered on October 20, 2014 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing My Destiny. The show concluded on November 14, 2014 with a total of 20 episodes. It was replaced by More Than Words in its timeslot.
In March 2016, the series was released on DVD by GMA Records Home Video. The series is streaming on YouTube.
Premise
José Rizal needed to leave his family to fulfill his studies and career abroad, while also suffering from homesickness, and enduring a long-distance relationship with the woman he loved. He comes back home and uses the knowledge and skills he learned abroad to help improve the lives of his family and countrymen.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Alden Richards as José Rizal / Pepe
Supporting cast
Kylie Padilla as Leonor Rivera
Eula Valdez as Teodora "Lolay" Alonso y Mercado
Solenn Heussaff as Nellie Boustead
Jaclyn Jose as Conchita Monteverde
Ricardo Cepeda as Francisco Mercado
Marco Alcaraz as Paciano Mercado
Freddie Webb as Jose Alberto
Polo Ravales as Venchito Monteverde
Lito Legaspi as Padre Amado
Guest cast
Jhiz Deocareza as young José Rizal
Sean Ross as young Venchito Monteverde
Max Collins as Consuelo "Suelo" Ortiga
Wilma Olivar as Betang
Junjun Quintana as Eduardo de Lete
Angelina Kanapi as Teodora Formosa
Raymond Alzona as Antonio
Rhen Escaño as Isidra Monteverde
Sue Prado as Saturnina
Rolly Inocencio as Tiyago
Silay Tan as Lina
Elle Ramirez as Narcisa
Lucho Ayala as José Alejandrino
David Bianco as Charles Kipping
Hazel Faith dela Cruz as Olimpia
Marinela Sevidal as Carmen
Vien King as Chengoy
JC Tiuseco as Antonio Luna
Mike Liwag as Marcelo H. del Pilar
Carlo Cruz as Graciano López Jaena
Jak Roberto as Máximo Viola
Mark Bordalba as Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
Charles Tongol as Dominador Gomez
Cedrick Juan as Valentin Ventura
Timothy dela Paz as Mariano Ponce
Bryan Benedict as Juan Luna
John Spainhour as Rubio Nicolas
Sid Lucero as Andrés Bonifacio
Glaiza de Castro as Gregoria de Jesus
Benjamin Alves as Sebastian
Episodes
Accolades
References
External links
2014 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings
Cultural depictions of Andrés Bonifacio
Cultural depictions of José Rizal
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs shows
Television series set in the 1860s
Television series set in the 1870s
Television series set in the 1880s
Television series set in the 1890s
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20and%20Jonathan | Ken and Jonathan is an Australian daytime television series which aired in 1964. Featuring Ken Delo and Jonathan Daly, it was a game show which aired on the Seven Network. The series featured two segments, Who Do You Trust? and Name that Tune. Their prime-time variety series, The Delo and Daly Show continued its run while the daytime series aired. The series aired in a 60-minute time-slot.
References
External links
1964 Australian television series debuts
1964 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
1960s Australian game shows
Seven Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing%2C%20Sing%2C%20Sing%20%28TV%20series%29 | Sing, Sing, Sing is an Australian music television series that aired from 1962 to 1965 on what would eventually become the Seven Network. Initially hosted by Lionel Long, most of the episodes were hosted by rock-and-roll singer Johnny O'Keefe. The series was produced in Sydney.
References
External links
Sing, Sing, Sing on IMDb
1962 Australian television series debuts
1965 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
Australian music television series
Pop music television series
Seven Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliverance%20Creek | Deliverance Creek is a 2014 American Civil War drama film directed by Jon Amiel and written by Melissa Carter. It premiered on the Lifetime Network on September 13, 2014. It was produced by Nicholas Sparks.
The film has been described as having a hodge-podge of cobbled-together storylines and as a backdoor pilot. For the film, Carter won the Writers Guild of America Award in 2015 for Outstanding Script, in the "Original Long form" category.
Plot
Set two years after the commence of the American Civil War, it is loosely centered around events connected to Belle Gaitlin Barlow. Deliverance Creek, MO is where the union troops pay will be delivered, so a group of union desserters go there to intercept it.
Belle lives in Deliverance Creek with her three children, trying to maintain the farm as her husband Harlan left to fight in the war. She presumes he's dead as she's not heard from him since he left two years ago. Belle is involved with Deputy Nate Cooper.
Jeb Crawford, the neighbor and Cordelia's husband hits on Belle, who effectively blocks him. When he gets home, he complains about their run-in and Cordelia notices the slap mark on his face.
In Arkansas Kessie, a slave, sneaks her husband Moses and kids off the plantation so they don't get separated, as he's on a list to be sold at an upcoming auction. When the owner finds them missing he confronts her, vowing to never free her. Acting quickly, Kessie makes an imprint of the safe key, forges her freedom papers and takes cash from the safe to follow her family.
A school teacher, Belle's sister Hattie talks passionately about participating in the Underground Railroad. She goes to collect the first people to hide, Kessie's family, only to find there are more than there is space for.
Cordelia, who works at the bank, is unsympathetic to Belle's financial difficulties and sends a notice which is tacked to her door. When Belle discovers a few of her calves were wrongly branded by Jeb, she convinces him at gunpoint to return them.
Returning home from town with her kids, Belle detects that someone is on their farm. Approaching the house with a loaded rifle, she soon discovers her brother Jasper and other Union army deserters. Toby, Caleb's actual father, is suffering from a gunshot wound.
Just as Belle is finishing with removing the bullet, Hattie arrives. Hoping to hide Kessie's children there overnight, Belle warns her how dangerous that could be with the men there. Hattie convinces the saloon owner to hide them, which he does in empty barrels.
The desserters burn their coats in the back. Belle hears them conspiring to rob the Union soldier payroll, soon to arrive to the local bank. Nate shows up at Belle's farmhouse. After she explains it's Jasper and other desserters, he tries to get her to leave with the kids, but she refuses. The next morning Caleb is asked to get Toby his breakfast and they interact.
In town, Belle realises they will soon search her premises so she races home. She sends |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafile | Seafile is an open-source, cross-platform file-hosting software system. Files are stored on a central server and can be synchronized with personal computers and mobile devices through apps. Files on the Seafile server can also be accessed directly via the server's web interface. Seafile's functionality is similar to other popular file hosting services such as Dropbox and Google Drive. The primary difference between Seafile and Dropbox/Google Drive is that Seafile is a self-hosted file sharing solution for private cloud applications. In private clouds, storage space and client connection limits are determined exclusively by the users' own infrastructure and settings rather than the terms and conditions of a cloud service provider. Additionally, organizations, whose data privacy policies bar them from using public cloud services can draw on Seafile to build a file sharing system of their own.
History
In 2009, Daniel Pan and other former students of Tsinghua University, Beijing embarked on a project aiming at building a peer-to-peer file sharing software, hence a system that does not rely on a centralized server. Seafile was the name chosen for their software project. The development team decided in 2010 to abandon this initial goal and refocussed on building a file syncing software with a more traditional client-server architecture – the architecture also used by Dropbox and other file hosting service providers.
In 2012, Daniel Pan, Jonathan Xu and other key developers of the project established Seafile Ltd. with the objective to develop and distribute the file hosting software.
At the beginning of 2015, the distribution company Seafile GmbH was founded by Silja and Alexander Jackson to promote Seafile in Germany. Seafile Ltd., which did not take an equity stake in Seafile GmbH, granted usage rights for the Seafile brand and provided funding in the form of an interest free loan to the new company. The partnership was abruptly terminated in July 2016 due to disagreements between the two companies over, among other things, product development and intellectual property rights. An amicable resolution to the dispute was reached in March 2017. The Mainz-based company datamate GmbH & Co. KG has since taken over distribution and support in Europe.
Editions and versions
Seafile has two editions: a free community edition and a professional edition with additional features for enterprise environments.
The community edition is released under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License v3. The professional edition is released under a proprietary license.
Most Seafile installations – community as well as enterprise – are private cloud installations and service a clearly defined user group, i.e., the members of an organisation. There are also some public file hosting services based on Seafile.
Features
The feature set of the community and professional edition vary. Both editions share these features:
Multi-platform file synchronisation
Public l |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Jack%20TV | This is the list of programs that broadcast on Jack TV, a Filipino cable and satellite television network owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation.
Final Broadcast on Jack TV
U.S. TV Series
Sitcom
The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
I Live with Models
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Last Man on Earth
People of Earth
Superstore
You're the Worst
Science Fiction, Superhero, Horror, Action and Drama Series
The 100
American Crime Story
American Horror Story
Arrow
Bates Motel
Chicago Fire
Elementary
Empire
The Flash
Gotham
Legends of Tomorrow
Mr. Robot
NCIS
Suits
Supergirl
Z Nation
Variety/Sketch/Musical
Rebel Music
Saturday Night Live
Reality/Game Shows
Brew Dogs
Best Bars in America
Car Matchmaker
Cosplay Melee
Drop the Mic
Hip Hop Squares
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Sisterhood of Hip Hop
Skin Wars
Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge
So You Think You Can Dance
Survivor (U.S.)
Tattoos After Dark
Undercover Boss
Documentary
Autopsy: The Last Hours of...
Killerpost
Who Do You Think You Are?
Entertainment News
TMZ
Talk Shows
Inside the Actors Studio
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Local Programs
Infotainment Programs
The Big Thing
Hype
Off The Wall
Special Features
Jack TV Preview
Jack TV Playlist
Previously broadcast on Jack TV
International programs
0-9
$25 Million Dollar Hoax
$#*! My Dad Says
24
30 Rock
666 Park Avenue
A
About a Boy
Aliens in America
Allen Gregory
Alphas
American Dad!
American Gladiators
America's Best Dance Crew
Andy Barker, P. I.
Arrested Development
The Art Of
The Avengers
B
Baby Looney Tunes
Back to You
Banzai
The Batman
Batman Beyond
Battleground
Beast Wars: Transformers
Beat the Geeks
Beat TV
Beauty and the Geek
Best Ink
Being Human
Ben 10
Billy & Billie
Blue Collar TV
Bob's Burgers
Bones
Brainiac: Science Abuse
Brand X with Russell Brand
Brickleberry
Burn Notice
C
Camp Lazlo
Chappelle's Show
Cheat!
Chelsea Lately
The Chicago Code
Chozen
Chowder
Chuck
Cinematech
Clipped
The Cleveland Show
The Comedians
Comedy Central Presents
Comedy Inc.
Conan
Constantine
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life
Crank Yankers
D
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
A Day in the Life
Damien
Defiance
Defying Gravity
Distraction UK
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Dr. Katz
Drawn Together
E
The Event
Everybody Hates Chris
F
Family Guy
FilmFakers
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Futurama
G
Glee
The Glee Project
Grimm
Ground Floor
H
Heavy Gear
Heroes of Cosplay
Heroes Reborn
HitRecord on TV
House
I
I Just Want My Pants Back
The Incredible Hulk
Insomniac with Dave Attell
J
Jackie Chan Adventures
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
The Jay Leno Show
The Joe Schmo Show
Just For Laughs Gags
Just for Variety
Just Kidding
Justice League
Justice League Unlimited
K
Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
Kid Notorious
The Killing
King of the Hill
L
Last Comic Standing
Late Night with Conan O |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrivatOS | PrivatOS was an operating system used in the Blackphone from June 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016. It was targeted at users who sought improved privacy and security. It provided encryption for phone calls, emails, texts, and internet browsing. PrivatOS was a modified version of Android, forked from Android 4.4.2, that came with a bundle of security-minded tools. However, in contrast to Android, PrivatOS was not open source. The company that shipped PrivatOS, SGP Technologies is a joint venture between the makers of GeeksPhone, and Silent Circle.
Background
The concept of an encrypted phone had long been an interest of Silent Circle founder and PGP creator, Phil Zimmerman. In a video on Blackphone's website, Zimmerman said,
Features
The company stated its operating system was able to “close all backdoors” which were usually found on major mobile operating systems. Some major features of PrivatOS were anonymous search, privacy-enabled bundled apps, smart disabling of Wi-Fi except trusted hotspots, more control in app permissions, private communication (calling, texting, video chat, browsing, file sharing and conference calls). Geeksphone also claimed the phone would receive frequent secure updates from Blackphone directly.
Reception
Ars Technica praised that the Blackphone's Security Center in PrivatOS gave control over app permissions and liked that PrivatOS came bundled with the Silent Phone, Silent Text, Disconnect VPN and Disconnect Search services. Ars did not like that the phone’s performance was mediocre, using a custom OS meant no Google Play or any of the other benefits of the Google ecosystem, spotty support for sideloaded apps, and reliance on Amazon or other third-party app stores. After a month of using the device, Joshua Drake from Accuvant concluded that Blackphone's security claims were overstated, criticizing the closed-source nature of the OS and a lack of OS or kernel hardening features, but praising its fast patching and added features.
References
Android (operating system) devices
Proprietary operating systems
Secure telephones
Android (operating system) forks
2014 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Hip%20Fracture%20Database | The National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD) is a nationwide audit within the NHS concerning the management and outcomes of patients with hip fractures.
It was initially set up by the British Orthopaedic Association and the British Geriatrics Society, however it is now commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), a consortium of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the Royal College of Nursing which holds the contract to manage and develop the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), as part of the Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme (FFFAP) of the Royal College of Physicians, in association with the BOA, BGS, Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Falls and Fractures Alliance (composed of Age UK and the National Osteoporosis Society).
Design
The NHFD aims to improve the quality and effectiveness of hip fracture care by enabling clinical teams to monitor their performance against agreed clinical standards from the BOA and BGS 'Blue Book' publication, in addition to compliance with NICE Guidance 124 - ‘The Management of Hip Fracture in Adults’.
Data collected includes:
Fracture type
Operation performed
Length of stay
Morbidity and mortality
Reports
The NHFD has reported nationally annually since 2010
In addition, quarterly reports are generated to allow for best practice tariff payments against the following criteria:
Time to orthopaedic ward
Time to surgery
Time to orthogeriatric review
Pre- and post-operative AMTS
Osteoporosis assessment
Falls assessment
References
External links
NHFD
Orthopaedic registries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLANG | FLANG or Flang may refer to:
Flang, a project to add Fortran support to LLVM, a compiler infrastructure project.
Florida Air National Guard (FL ANG), US
See also
FLAG (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Science%20High%20School%20of%20Bicolandia | The Computer Science High School of Bicolandia, also referred to by its acronym CSHSB, is an information and communications technology (ICT) and junior high school in the capital town of Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Founded in 2008, it is a previously university-administered high school under the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture until 2015. At present, the school operates under the Department of Education with a specialized curriculum for ICT.
History
The Computer Science High School of Bicolandia (CSHSB) was founded in 2008 by way of RA 10284. It was initially named as Bicolandia ICT-Oriented High School. A few months later after its foundation, it was renamed to its current name.
The school was initiated by then Congressman of the Third District of Camarines Sur, Luis R. Villafuerte, in collaboration with Central Bicol State University of Agriculture, under the administration of its first University President, Atty. Marito T. Bernales.
Through the help of then Pili Mayor Alexis San Luis, top elementary graduate students across the capital town of Pili, Camarines Sur were invited to take the school's first entrance examination in 2008. The original intake was supposedly the top 70 students of the entrance examination and interview until the school administration decided to add another two slots. 72 students thus formed the pioneer batch of CSHSB.
The school was administered by Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) during its inception. It was initially administered from the university's Institute of Arts and Sciences (now the College of Arts and Sciences), until it was later transferred to the College of Development Education.
In 2009, CSHSB moved into its own building.
The school opened its year levels on a staggered basis, completing all year levels in SY 2011-2012. By the end of that school year, CSHSB produced its first batch of graduates.
In 2015, the administration of the school was transferred from CBSUA to the Department of Education. The school offered junior high school with the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program by the Aquino Administration, starting from SY 2015-2016.
Classes
Admissions
At present, CSHSB is a popular school of choice among elementary graduates from the town of Pili and the rest of Camarines Sur. The school requires passing an entrance examination followed by an interview for all prospective students. The top applicants will comprise the sections of Grade 7 which are the 7-Symbian, 7-Oracle, and 7-Android.
Sections
Except for Grade 10 which has two (2) sections, the other grade levels have three (3) sections each. The current names of each section for all grade levels are listed below.
Curriculum
The school's specialized ICT curriculum provides technical know-how on Computer Programming, Computer Animation, Computer Networking, Computer Troubleshooting, Web Development and other Computer Courses, for its Grade 7 up to Grade 10 students. It has two |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyback | Copyback is a NAND flash memory or SSD operation where data is read from one location in flash memory and written to another location, usually in the same LUN. This data does not need to be sent to the host as the copyback operation does not originate from a read request. Copybacks are closely related to write amplification.
Copyback is part of the ONFI specification.
Copybacks are done for a variety of reasons:
Garbage Collection: Data in flash memory cannot be over-written and must be erased before it can be re-written to. However in NAND flash, erases happen in at the block granularity and a block can have 16-128 pages, some of which may still contain valid data. If a block has valid data, it must be copied back before the block can be erased for reuse by the garbage collector.
Wear Leveling: Wear Leveling sometimes requires data to be internally moved from one block to another to make use of a block with lower program/erase count.
Errors: Data stored in flash memory can incur a variety of errors like retention errors, read-disturb and program-disturb errors which accumulate over time. If the total errors exceed the designed error correction capability, then data will be lost. Thus, the data has to be read, corrected and written somewhere else before the errors are too high.
The copyback operation can either be done by a read and then a write by the controller or as an NAND flash internal copyback operation. However, the internal copyback operation can lead to errors because NAND chips do not have error detection and correction inside them.
References
Solid-state computer storage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datavail | Datavail is a database, application, and analytics service provider based in Broomfield, Colorado. The company provides services for DB2, Oracle, SQL, and MySQL databases. According to Inc., the company is the largest provider of remote database administration services in North America. Scott Frock serves as the company's CEO. Datavail has offices in India, Sri Lanka, and Canada.
History
Datavail was founded as a spin-off from Stratavia in 2008. In November, Datavail moved its headquarters from downtown Denver, Colorado to Broomfield, Colorado. The company managed 7,000 databases for 47 corporate clients that year. In November 2010, Datavail appointed Mark Perlstein as CEO. In 2022, former COO, Scott Frock, was promoted to CEO of the company.
Acquisitions
The company acquired Blue Gecko, a Seattle-based managed service provider, in July 2012. Blue Gecko began operating as a subsidiary of Datavail after the acquisition.
In November 2021, the company acquired Skybridge Global. In January 2017, Datavail acquired Navantis, a Toronto-based company that specializes in Microsoft applications. In March, Datavail acquired Advanced EPM Consulting, Inc., an information technology company. Later that year, in July 2017, Datavail announced the acquisition of Accelatis, an enterprise performance management software platform company.
References
External links
American companies established in 2008
Companies based in Broomfield, Colorado
Database companies
Information technology companies of the United States
Technology companies established in 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Zomaya | Albert Y. Zomaya is currently the Chair Professor of High Performance Computing & Networking and Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow in the School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney. He is also the Director of the Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing. He is currently the Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing and Springer's Scalable Computing and Communications. He was past Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Computers.
Biography and education
Zomaya, an ethnic Assyrian, received his B.S. degree (1987) from Kuwait University in Electrical Engineering and PhD degree (1990) in Control Engineering from Sheffield University, United Kingdom.
Career
Zomaya held the CISCO Systems Chair Professor of Internetworking during the period 2002–2007 and also was Head of school for 2006–2007 in the same school. Prior to his current appointment he was a Full Professor in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Western Australia, where he also led the Parallel Computing Research Laboratory during the period 1990–2002. He served as Associate–, Deputy–, and Acting–Head in the same department, and held numerous visiting positions and has extensive industry involvement. Professor Zomaya received his PhD from the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Sheffield University in the United Kingdom.
Zomaya published more than 1000 scientific papers and articles and is author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books. He is currently the Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing and Springer's Scalable Computing and Communications and serves as an associate editor for 22 leading journals. He was past Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Computers. Professor Zomaya is the Founding Editor of the Wiley Book Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing.
Honors
Zomaya is a Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Distinguished Engineer of the ACM and a Chartered Engineer (CEng). He received the 1997 Edgeworth David Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales for outstanding contributions to Australian Science. He is the recipient of the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing Outstanding Service Award (2011), the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing Medal for Excellence in Scalable Computing (2011), and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2014). His research interests are in the areas of complex systems, parallel and distributed computing, and green computing. In 2019 he was awarded the NSW Premier's Prize for "Excellence in Engineering or Information and Communications Technology". In 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, while in 2022 he became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
Editing career and conferences
Professor Z |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Larus | James R. Larus is an American computer scientist specializing in the fields of programming languages, compilers, and computer architecture. He is currently at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where he has served as the Dean of the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) from 2014 until 2021.
Before joining EPFL, Larus worked as a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research (MSR), where he worked from 1998 until 2013. He was at one point the Director of Research and Strategy for Microsoft's eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) where he helped develop the Orleans cloud computing project. He was also one of the two co-leads on Microsoft's Singularity project.
Prior to working for Microsoft, James was an associate professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Computer Science department.
Education
Larus graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in applied mathematics. He got both a Master of Science and a PhD in computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982 and 1989 respectively.
Publications and Notable Work
Larus is known for the creation of SPIM, a widely distributed MIPS simulator.
He has written many papers and has an h-index of 67. One of his best known papers is his paper on efficient path profiling.
He is also a co-author of the book Transactional Memory, published in 2007 by Morgan & Claypool.
Larus also helped fund and lead the development of the Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP-3T) in effort to provide contact tracing as a way to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.
Achievements
Larus was a Harvard College Scholar, a National Science Foundation Young Investigator, and is an ACM Fellow. He has also won numerous awards for his papers over the years.
References
1958 births
Living people
Harvard University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20DVD%20ripper%20software | This article lists DVD ripper software capable of ripping and converting DVD discs, ISO image files or DVD folders to computer, mobile handsets and media players supported file formats.
General information
Note: Applications with a purple background are no longer in development.
Supported software & hardware, user interface
This table lists the operating systems that different DVD rippers can run on without emulation and/or compatibility layer(s) (e.g.Wine under Linux and/or other operating systems are marked as No, mostly noted, but there may be other applications running under emulation and/or compatibility layer(s) which are not marked). Other minimum system requirements are listed; some features (like High Definition support) may be unavailable with these specifications.
Disabling DRM
Note: As at 2009-12-10 much of the data below is based on available wiki-pages, official website pages & some limited user experience (i.e. where this table reads 'Yes' OR 'No', may be true OR may in fact need to read 'Partial', or 'Obsolete' as many encryption methods may change over time.)
Input files supported
Output files supported
References
External links
DVD rippers
DVD ripper software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20D.%20Gannon | John D. Gannon (1948 – June 12, 1999) was a prominent computer scientist, professor and chair of the department of computer science University of Maryland, at College Park. Gannon was a leading researcher in software engineering, specifically the specification, analysis, and testing of software systems.
Career
Gannon earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Brown University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1975, after which he became an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Maryland that same year. In 1980, he became associate professor of computer science at the University of Maryland and full professor in 1988. In 1995, he became chair of the computer science department.
He served on the board of directors of the Computing Research Association and was chairman of the board for the Graduate Record Examination computer science committee.
He was the program director for software engineering for the National Science Foundation and served on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and ACM Computing Surveys.
Awards
1993 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland
1999 Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery
Legacy
In October 1999, his wife, Nancy Garrison and brother, Rickard Gannon, established the John D. Gannon Memorial Scholarship "in recognition of his many contributions and achievements as a teacher, researcher and professional in the field of computer science."
External links
John D. Gannon Memorial Scholarship
References
American computer scientists
1948 births
1999 deaths
University of Toronto alumni
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Brown University alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIFA%20%28disambiguation%29 | HIFA or Healthcare Information For All is a global healthcare information network
HIFA may also refer to:
Harare International Festival of the Arts
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20in%20Fighting%20Network%20Rings | The year 2003 is the ninth year in the history of Fighting Network Rings, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. In 2003 Fighting Network Rings held 7 events beginning with, Rings Lithuania: Ronin.
Events list
Rings Lithuania: Ronin
Rings Lithuania: Ronin was an event held on January 31, 2003 at the Alytus Sports Hall in Alytus, Alytus County, Lithuania.
Results
Rings Holland: Heroes of the Next Generation
Rings Holland: Heroes of the Next Generation was an event held on March 30, 2003 in Utrecht, Holland.
Results
Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas
Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas was an event held on April 5, 2003 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Results
Rings Lithuania: Explosion
Rings Lithuania: Explosion was an event held on May 10, 2003 at Night Club "COMBO" in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Results
Rings Lithuania: Rampage 2
Rings Lithuania: Rampage 2 was an event held on August 3, 2003 at the Kupeta Bar in Palanga, Lithuania.
Results
Rings Holland: The Untouchables
Rings Holland: The Untouchables was an event held on September 27, 2003 at Vechtsebanen Sport Hall in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Results
Rings Holland: I Have a Dream
Rings Holland: I Have a Dream was an event held on November 30, 2003 in Enschede, Holland.
Results
See also
Fighting Network Rings
List of Fighting Network Rings events
References
Fighting Network Rings events
2003 in mixed martial arts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum%20Films | Hum Films () is a film production and distribution company based in Karachi, Pakistan, working under the Hum Network Limited. It was launched in September 2014, with setting a film Na Maloom Afraad to release domestically on 5 October 2014. The second film, banner released was a romance Bin Roye on 18 July 2015.
Filmography
See also
List of film distributors in Pakistan
References
External links
Film distributors of Pakistan
Films
Mass media companies of Pakistan
Mass media companies established in 2014
Companies based in Karachi
Film production companies of Pakistan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20Network%2C%20LLC | Active Network, LLC, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that provides software as a service for activity and participant management. ACTIVE's management software supports a range of clients including: races, nonprofits, outdoor activities, camps, sports, schools, and universities.
History
ACTIVE was founded in 1998 by Jim Woodman under the name of Active USA as an information source for recreational athletes looking for regional sports information. In December 1999, ActiveUSA and Racegate merged in a deal that brought TicketMaster City Search as a major investor and the combined entity became headquartered in La Jolla, Calif.
ACTIVE underwent a round of mergers and acquisitions in 1999 and 2000 with companies including: LeagueLink, Inc, Eteamz and Sierra Digital (RecWare).
On May 25, 2011, ACTIVE went public at $15 per share under the ticker symbol “ACTV” and completed its initial public offering two days later.
On September 30, 2013, ACTIVE announced it was to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.05 billion, completing the sale on November 15 of the same year, at which time the company's president, Darko Dejanovic, was named CEO.
Following its acquisition, ACTIVE moved its corporate headquarters from San Diego to Dallas.
In March 2015, ACTIVE launched ACTIVEkids.com, a site focused on kid specific events and activities. Following the launch of ACTIVEkids.com, ACTIVE announced a new data insights platform, Activity Cloud, to provide business intelligence to event organizers in May 2015.
In September 2017, Global Payments Inc. completed the acquisition of ACTIVE's communities and sports divisions.
Products
Current
ACTIVE.com – Online race and activity registration portal
ACTIVEkids.com – Online kids events and activity registration portal
IPICO Sports – Race timing chip systems (Purchased February 2015)
Activity Cloud – Data insights for event organizers (Launched May 2015)
ActiveWorks Endurance – Online race management and marketing
ActiveWorks Camps & Class Manager – Online camp management software
ActiveWorks Hy-Tek – Online swim team and meet management software
ActiveNet – Facility and program management software
LeagueOne – League management software
TeamPages – Sports websites for teams and leagues
JumpForward – Collegiate athlete recruiting management (Purchased May 2016)
Maximum Solutions – Recreation management (Purchased January 2017)
Thriva – Online registration software and marketing
RegCenter – Online registration management
Former
ActiveWorks Outdoors – Online campground, hunting and fishing, marina, venue, lodging and golf management (Vista Equity retained ownership during the Global Payments Inc. acquisition of ACTIVE)
FellowshipOne – Church management software (Sold to Ministry Brands in March 2016)
ServiceU – Event, giving and ticketing management (Sold to Ministry Brands in March 2016)
ActiveGolf – Software for online tee time booking and golf operations. (Sold to GolfNow in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Shoreditch | Digital Shoreditch is an industry-led community celebrating and promoting the creative, technical and entrepreneurial talent of London. The collective, established in 2010, is a collaborative network for companies and individuals from across the digital sectors and features year-round meetups, parties, conferences, trade shows, workshops, hackathons, festivals and other events, organised by Digital Shoreditch Ltd.
Festival overview
Digital Shoreditch Festival was created as a platform for organisations across the creative and tech community. A broad spectrum of industry areas are represented in the festival, such as advertising, branding, broadcasting, production, film, music, gaming, design. The purpose of the festivals is for companies and people with ideas to display their products and to connect to potential investors, and to act as a showcase to anyone interested in digital.
History
In 2011, the festival was established by co-founders Kam Star and James Allsopp. The first Digital Shoreditch Festival ran from 3 to 7 May in 2011 and included a programme of meetups, talks, open studios, workshops and a one-day Summit held in Aldgate Conference Centre which attracted 300 participators.
2012
Held from 21 May to 1 June 2012, Digital Shoreditch Festival became the single biggest digital community event in the UK with over 11,900 individuals, press and companies from the UK, Europe and the rest of the World.
2013
In 2013 the festival had over 14,500 participants and 536 session speakers. Participation was from 2,254 companies and 207 media partners and sponsors, making it one of the biggest tech Festival's in Europe in 2013.
2014
Digital Shoreditch held networking events in collaboration with partners to research and understand the needs of the growing, changing community, with the intention of delivering a strongly collaborative and highly responsive festival in 2015.
2015
The most recent festival for Digital Shoreditch took place within Hoxton Square and Shoreditch Town Hall on 11 to 24 May 2015. Numerous partnerships and sponsorships took place within the week from, City University London, Visa, Queen Mary University of London.
Other events
Since 2012, Digital Shoreditch has previewed its festival as part of Hackney House Austin.
References
Festivals in London
Recurring events established in 2010 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubesort | Cubesort is a parallel sorting algorithm that builds a self-balancing multi-dimensional array from the keys to be sorted. As the axes are of similar length the structure resembles a cube. After each key is inserted the cube can be rapidly converted to an array.
A cubesort implementation written in C was published in 2014.
Operation
Cubesort's algorithm uses a specialized binary search on each axis to find the location to insert an element. When an axis grows too large it is split. Locality of reference is optimal as only four binary searches are performed on small arrays for each insertion. By using many small dynamic arrays the high cost for insertion on single large arrays is avoided.
References
External links
(passing mention)
Comparison sorts
Stable sorts
Online sorts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%27s%20Menu | Ben's Menu is an Australian television cooking series which airs on Network Ten. It started on 8 September 2014.
Presented by Ben Milbourne from the fourth season of MasterChef Australia, the show sometimes features a guest, cooking and discussing food recipes. It is filmed at Ben's farmhouse in northwest Tasmania.
References
External links
Network 10 original programming
Australian cooking television series
2014 Australian television series debuts
2017 Australian television series endings
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour%20Television | Bonjour Television Network is an American TV broadcasting company. All of its programmes are aired in the French language.
History
Bonjour Television Network was established in 2013 in Miami, Florida, by Victor J. Romero with the intent of offering programming for French-speaking people in the United States.
The network announced the launch of their first four channels on May 18, 2014: Bonjour Television, Xplore Channel, Bonjour Music and Men's Up.
On September 17, 2014, Bonjour announced the launch of Fight Channel World.
Programming
Bonjour Television offers programmes in the following categories:
Films
Drama
News
Documentaries (Xplore channel)
Reality
Music (Bonjour Music 24/7 channel).
References
External links
Television stations in the United States
Television networks in the United States
French television-related lists
French-language television stations
French-language television networks
Foreign-language television stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demetri%20Terzopoulos | Demetri Terzopoulos is a Greek-Canadian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is currently a Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he directs the UCLA Computer Graphics & Vision Laboratory.
Education
Terzopoulos was educated at McGill University where he was awarded an Honours Bachelor of Engineering degree with Distinction in 1978 and a Master of Engineering degree, advised by Steven W. Zucker, in 1980, both in electrical engineering. He went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was awarded a PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence in 1984 for computer vision research on the computation of visible-surface representations, advised by Shimon Ullman and J. Michael Brady. His university education was fully funded by two NSERC Canada and two Quebec government postgraduate scholarships in addition to two McGill University J.W. McConnell undergraduate scholarships.
Career and research
Following his PhD studies, Terzopoulos was a research scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a program leader at Schlumberger research centres in Palo Alto, California, and Austin, Texas, Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, and Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University, where he held a Lucy and Henry Moses Endowed Professorship in Science. He then moved to UCLA, where he has been Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science since 2005 as well as Distinguished Professor, the University of California's highest distinction for faculty members, since 2012.
Since 2016, Terzopoulos has been Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of VoxelCloud, Inc., a multinational healthcare AI company with offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai. He has held adjunct, visiting, consultancy, part-time, and internship positions at Schlumberger, IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel, Bell-Northern Research, the National Research Council of Canada, Ontario Tech University, Paris Dauphine University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Terzopoulos' research interests are primarily in computer graphics, computer vision, medical imaging, computer-aided design, and artificial intelligence/life. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 scientific publications, including several volumes, spanning these fields, 19 of which have been recognized with outstanding paper awards, and has delivered more than 500 invited talks worldwide about his research,
among them well over 100 distinguished lectures and keynote/plenary addresses.
Terzopoulos has served on review and advisory committees at DARPA (United States), the National Science Foundation (United States), the National Institutes of Health (United States), the National Academies (United States), the Na |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprise%21%20Surprise%21%20%281972%20TV%20series%29 | Surprise! Surprise! is an Australian television series which aired in 1972 on the 0-10 Network (later Network Ten). It was a daytime game show hosted by Tommy Hanlon Jr. who was assisted by Ian Turpie.
A review in The Age felt that the show did not properly utilise Tommy Hanlon Jr's talents, and described the show as being similar to his earlier series It Could Be You.
References
External links
1972 Australian television series debuts
1972 Australian television series endings
Network 10 original programming
1970s Australian game shows
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYJJ-LD | WYJJ-LD (channel 27) is a low-power television station in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with several digital multicast networks (including Court TV on its main channel). The station is owned by Innovate Corp., and maintains a transmitter on Radio Road on Jackson's north side.
Despite sharing call letters and a transmitter site, the television station is not, by any means, related to Trenton-licensed radio station WYJJ (97.7 FM).
History
Although granted a construction permit in late summer 2012, it was still silent, and not ready to go on the air. The construction permit was granted under the call sign W27DR-D, and then WADR-LD starting in May 2013.
In December 2013, DTV America Corporation announced that they would launch WADR-LD and three other stations to carry MyNetworkTV programming, with programming from another network surrounding the MyNetworkTV prime time schedule on weeknights. WADR was selected to carry Soul of the South as a primary affiliation and MyNetworkTV as their secondary affiliation.
The station finally took to the air in January or February 2014 on UHF channel 27. In May 2014, this station changed the call letters to the current WYJJ-LD. The transmitter was located on the south side of Jackson just off U.S. Route 45. DTV America entered a strategic partnership with Forever Communications to operate WYJJ-LD.
Before the station's launch, the Jackson market relied on the second subchannel of CW affiliate WLMT in Memphis for MyNetworkTV and a more close-to-complete complete MeTV schedule. MeTV is now available on WBBJ-DT4, a subchannel of ABC affiliate WBBJ-TV.
Now, with WYJJ-LD on the air, ABC and CBS offered through WBBJ's main channel and DT3 subchannels, respectively, and WJKT being the Jackson-area Fox affiliate, Jackson now offers every major network in their market except for the Ion Television syndicated programming service. In October 2014, a new NBC affiliate signed on in the Jackson TV market via a new television station (WNBJ-LD, channel 39), and is now available on Jackson Energy Authority Cable and Dish Network. Before the sign on of WNBJ, distant NBC affiliates WMC-TV in Memphis and WSMV-TV in Nashville were the default NBC affiliates for Jackson, Tennessee. As for The CW, WLMT remained the default over-the-air CW affiliate, since the area is served by cable-exclusive CW Plus outlet "WBJK" on cable channels 2 and 21, depending on which cable company serves the consumer. WNBJ's DT2 subchannel would launch a CW-affiliated subchannel in 2018.
After the first year
On May 5, 2015, the station's primary affiliation was changed to Antenna TV, with MyNetworkTV programming remaining in the primetime schedule. In June 2015, Doctor TV programming was relocated to a new third digital subchannel; the DT2 subchannel is now occupied by Bounce TV, an African American-oriented digital network. Also in summer 2015, WYJJ-LD became available on the cable system of Jackson Energy Authority (JEA), branded as E |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punit%20Boolchand | Punit Boolchand is a materials scientist, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems (EECS) in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Cincinnati (UC), where he is director of the Solid State Physics and Electronic Materials Laboratory He discovered the Intermediate Phase: an elastically percolative network glass distinguished from traditional (clustered) liquid–gas spinodals by strong non-local long-range interactions. The IP characterizes space-filling, nearly stress-free and non-aging, critically self-organized non-equilibrium glassy networks (such as window glass, ineluctably complex high-temperature superconductors, microelectronic Si/SiO2 high-k dielectric interfaces, and protein folding). His experimental data over a 25-year period (1982–2007) formed the basis for the theory of network glasses developed by James Charles Phillips and Michael Thorpe. The theory was adopted by Corning Inc. and was a substantial factor contributing to the development of Gorilla glass by Corning scientists including John C. Mauro. These networks, although disordered, exhibit many nearly ideal properties that have revolutionized glass science and technology, as part of HD TV and glass covers for devices such as cell phones.
Biography
Boolchand was born in 1944, in Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, in Northern India. He moved to the US in the Fall of 1965, becoming a graduate student at Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH, receiving his PhD in the Fall of 1969. He then joined University of Cincinnati as an assistant professor in the Physics Dept, moving to the Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) in 1987; when the Computer Science Dept was merged into ECE it became EECS.
He also spent time as a visiting scientist at Stanford University and as a visiting professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1995 for Mossbauer studies of chalcogenide glasses that elucidate coordination, cluster formation, and incipient phase separation. He was nominated by the Division of Condensed Matter Physics.
Publications
He has published 45 papers which have received more than 100 citations each. His most cited papers are
Xingwei Feng, W. J. Bresser, and P. Boolchand "Direct Evidence for Stiffness Threshold in Chalcogenide Glasses" Physical Review Letters volume 78, number 23 (June 7, 1977), Which has received 440 references according to Google Scholar
P. Boolchand, D.G. Georgiev " Discovery of the intermediate phase in chalcogenide glasses" Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Material, Volume 3, Issue 3, p. 703–720 Sept 2001(paper received the Boris T. Kolomiets Award). Sept 2001, which has received 371 citations
References
External links
Official lab web page at University of Cincinnati
personal web page at University of Cincinnati
1944 births
Fellows of the American Physical Society
American materials scientists
Living people
S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20%26%20Mim-Mim | Kate & Mim-Mim is a children's computer-animated television series for created by husband-and-wife duo, Scott and Julie Stewart. Produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in season 1 and later by DHX Media in season 2 with FremantleMedia Kids & Family, the first episode premiered on Disney Junior in the United States on December 19, 2014 until July 2, 2017 when Disney Junior lost the rights to air the series. The series also premiered in the United Kingdom on CBeebies on October 30, 2016.
The show focuses on the friendship and adventures of a little girl named Kate and her favorite toy, a plush bunny named Mim-Mim who go on daring adventures in the fictional world of Mimiloo.
Characters
Kate is the main protagonist. She is a 5-year-old girl who wears colored clothes and is best friends with a stuffed bunny named Mim-Mim. Kate is voiced by Maryke Hendrikse in North America and Jessica Hann in the UK.
Mim-Mim, a plush purple bunny, is Kate's best friend. Mim-Mim is voiced by Lee Tockar in North America and by Rob Foster in the UK.
Valerie is Kate's mother. Valerie is voiced by Nicole Oliver in North America and Joanna Ruiz in the UK.
Marco is Kate's father. Marco is voiced by David Godfrey in North America and Charlie Ryan in the UK.
Boomer is a blue creature, and Lily's younger brother. He is voiced by Maryke Hendrikse in North America and Joanna Ruiz in the UK.
Lily is a pink creature, and Boomer's older sister. She is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain in North America and Jess Robinson in the UK.
Gobble is a giant brown badger, voiced by Brian Drummond in North America and Terrence Mann in the UK.
Tack is a orange-yellow creature, he is voiced by Matt Hill in North America and Charlie Ryan in the UK.
Broadcast
Other international broadcasters that have picked up the series include DR (Denmark), SVT (Sweden), Clan (Spain), Panda (Portugal), Super RTL (Germany), Tiji (France), JimJam (Central and Eastern Europe) PBS (Thailand) and Okto (Singapore).
Episodes
Season 1 (2014-15)
Rip Roaring Race (1 September 2014)
The Need for Seed (2 September 2014)
Color Me Happy (3 September 2014)
Kittens and Mittens (4 September 2014)
Tail Tale (5 September 2014)
Mirror Mirror (8 September 2014)
Boomer Size (9 September 2014)
Mim Mim's Moon Mishap (10 September 2014)
Tee Hee Rex (11 September 2014)
Mega Music Maker (12 September 2014)
Lost Island (15 September 2014)
Flight of the Flowers (16 September 2014)
A Case of the Giggles (17 September 2014)
Hiccups and Night Fun (18 September 2014)
Cloud Castle (19 September 2014)
Snow Bowling (22 September 2014)
Valentine Friends (23 September 2014)
A Storybook Ending (24 September 2014)
Balloon Buddies (25 September 2014)
Twinkle Twinkle (26 September 2014)
Snifferific (29 September 2014)
Summer Funday Drive (30 September 2014)
Mega Mim (1 October 2014)
Kate the Great (2 October 2014)
Clean Sweep (3 October 2014)
Princess Kate (17 November 2014)
Lighter than Air (18 November 2014)
Gobble's Gift (19 November 2014)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargon%20Attack | Bargon Attack is an adventure game, originally released in Spain and France in 1992. The cyberpunk game uses stylized art presented in a 2.5D format.
Plot
Adventuregames.com describes the plot:
Gameplay
Mr Bill's Adventure Land describes the gameplay:
Development
Bargon Attack is an adaption of a French cartoon of the same name by Racheed & Marc Brothers, published in 1989 and 1991 in Micro News. It is one of the lesser known Coktel Vision games, and was one of the first to use a new interface that was copied for many later titles from the company. It was one of the first to use FMV technology in cut-scenes. Two versions of the game have been published on PC: 16 & 256 colors. In the latter, the intro is voiced without subtitles.
Reception
Joystick (French) rated the game 94 out of 100, Génération 4 rated it 80%, Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft rated it 78%, Gamezone (Germany) rated it 60%, and Power Play rated it 59%.
Retrospective reviews
Home of the Underdogs said: "Bargon Attack is a fun, campy adventure that would probably appeal to Coktel fans more than anyone else. The game's longer-than-average length and some hunt-the-pixel puzzles also makes for many hair-pulling sessions where you desperately try every inventory object with everything on the screen". Obligement wrote: "In short, no more haggling, Bargon Attack is an average game with a gameplay view and review, graphics somewhat limits and a soundtrack that has probably been forgotten on a bench by a November evening, but it is partially saved with its down-home style, and its totally abstract concept "game adapted from a comic magazine". Try it, you do not risk anything, it's French". The book Science Fiction Video Games by Neal Roger Tringham deemed the game "largely incomprehensible".
Abandondonia wrote: "In the end, this game deserved to be forgotten by history. This is Coktel's Pandora's Box, with nearly every sin an adventure game can make all rolled into this one game. You should get stuck because of tough puzzles, not because of demented design decisions, which you'll drown in when playing this game. Bottom line: avoid this game unless you want to see exactly what adventure games shouldn't do". Mr. Bill's Adventureland said: "I personally recommend this game fairly well. It is good fun, the graphics are well done, the story is the usual save-the-earth basic scenario, the puzzles and connections are very logical (except where the unavailable manual is required or the walkthrough), and it is very satisfying to play when you solve a tricky puzzle or situation. Try to play it without the walkthrough, but you will definitely need to resort to the walkthrough at a few points. Bargon Attack is an interesting and attention holding game that I am sure many people will enjoy and some people will hate".
References
External links
Bargon Attack in 1992 Amiga Joker article
3 reviews from Amiga Joker 11/92, Power Play 8/92, and Power Play 11/92
Review in Joystick (France)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewy%3A%20Esc%20from%20F5 | Chewy: Esc from F5 is a 1995 point-and-click adventure released for MS-DOS compatible operating systems in 1995. A Microsoft Windows version followed in 1997.
Plot
The game is about a cute pink alien called Chewy, who along with his partner Clint goes on a mission to break into the Borxian high security zone called F5, to steal the powerful "Red Glump" so that the Borx can't use it for their evil plans. Chewy's partner Clint manages to steal the glump and escapes with it from the pursuing Borkian starships, but his spaceship gets caught in a wormhole during the chase and crashes on a planet called Earth.
Gameplay
The game is a point-and-click adventure which sees player handle items, interact with characters, and solve puzzles to advance through the story.
Reception
Tap-Repeatedly/Four Fat Chicks gave the game 80/100, writing "There's nothing groundbreaking here, no radical new interface or slick engine, no strikingly addictive gaming paradigms. Just a cool old-school adventure with good puzzles, fun characters and lots of eye candy."
Adventure Classic Gaming gave the game 3 stars, saying "Overall, the combination of simple puzzles, appealing visual style, and the distinct style of humor make Chewy: Esc from F5 a good game for young players who are just getting into adventure gaming".
Home of the Underdogs wrote "Chewy is a fun but sadly unknown cartoon adventure in the style of LucasArts' classic Day of the Tentacle but with plenty of charms on its own. You play Chewy, a cute little alien (and very pink) who is out to rescue his friend who's been captured by the evil Borks. The puzzles, while not as creative as in DOTT, are quite zany (along the way you must capture a ghost, and write a best-selling novel) and fun to solve. Overall, a fun adventure that shouldn't be missed."
References
External links
1995 video games
Adventure games
DOS games
Point-and-click adventure games
ScummVM-supported games
Video games about extraterrestrial life
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Windows games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revitalize%20American%20Manufacturing%20and%20Innovation%20Act%20of%202013 | The Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013 () is a bill that would establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (NMIP) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Under the program, NIST would award grants to establish a network of centers of innovation to improve the competitiveness of domestic manufacturers.
The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.
Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.
The Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013 would amend the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to direct the United States Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Institute (NIST) a Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program. Includes among Program purposes to: (1) improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and increase domestic production; (2) stimulate U.S. leadership in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, and technology; and (3) accelerate the development of an advanced manufacturing workforce.
The bill would require the Secretary to: (1) establish a network of centers for manufacturing innovation, to be known as the Network for Manufacturing Innovation; and (2) award financial assistance to assist in planning, establishing, or supporting such centers.
The bill would direct the Secretary to establish within NIST the National Office of the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program to: (1) oversee the Program, (2) enter into memorandums of understanding with federal agencies whose missions contribute to or are affected by advanced manufacturing, (3) develop and periodically update a strategic plan for the Program, (4) establish procedures to maximize cooperation and coordinate Program activities with those of other federal agencies, (5) establish a clearinghouse of public information related to Program activities, and (6) act as a convener of the Network.
The bill would require the Secretary to ensure that the Office incorporates the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership into Program planning to ensure that the results of the Program reach small- and medium-sized entities.
The bill would establish in the Treasury a Network for Manufacturing Innovation Fund for carrying out the Program.
Congressional Budget Office report
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on July 25, 2014. This is a public domain source.
H.R. 2996 would establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (NMIP) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Under the program, NIST would award grants to establish a network of centers of innovation to improve the competitiveness of domestic manufacturers. H.R. 2996 also would reauthorize |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%20Lyon | Peter Michael Lyon is a UK-based visual artist who has worked in a wide range of 2D and 3D media spanning from traditional oil painting to computer graphics, for the science fiction and fantasy genres. According to his personal website, he has been involved in various works in the computer games industry such as graphic production, teaching and management, with 3D modelling and animation. He is known as a pioneer graphic designer for the Atari and the Amiga in the 1980s and 1990s.
Early life and education
Born in 1950 in north Liverpool, England, Lyon attended St Mary's Roman Catholic College in Crosby. From 1962, he and his family lived in Australia, in the outback town of Penola and in Adelaide where he attended the Croydon Boys Technical High School, returning to St Mary's in the mid-60's. Lyon attended Liverpool College of Art and Design, where his tutors included pop-artist Sam Walsh, Maurice Cockrill R.A. and Mersey poet Adrian Henri. He gained a 2.1 B.A. degree in 1973. A major element of his final portfolio was the fantasy black and white graphic work Calmabloc plus a set of representational paintings.
Career
Role in science fiction fandom
Lyon moved to Leeds in West Yorkshire in 1973 and by the mid-1970s, after working in short-term posts, he set out to develop as an artist and began working on painting techniques (oils, acrylics, airbrushing). A growing involvement in the science fiction (SF) fandom led to the production of a large quantity of cartoons and pictures for many science fiction fanzines of the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1982, he was voted UK fan artist of the year. He also helped organize a number of UK science fiction conventions and ran the art show at Seacon, the world science fiction convention, in 1989. He was also a guest of honour in Glasgow at Albacon III in 1986 alongside Joe Haldeman, John Jarold and Clive Barker. He was twice nominated for British SF Association Awards firstly in 1982 and again in 1987 for his cover work on the first Interzone magazines.
Contribution to 1980s computer games
Lyon taught illustration and computer programming for the BBC Micro at Swarthmore adult college in Leeds during the mid-1980s. He also became a professional freelance artist and worked as a cover illustrator for speculative fiction. In 1986 he joined the emerging computer games industry. Working with Steve Bak at Microdeal, he developed graphics for a string of early games such as The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Goldrunner (1987), Airball (1987), Tanglewood (1988), Leatherneck (1988), and Fright Night (1988). His programming experience allowed him to adapt graphics to the needs of the programmer, maximizing the limited processing and graphics capabilities of 1980s technology. He also worked with such significant early games developers and musicians as Archer Maclean, Rob Hubbard and Chris Sorrell.
Illustrations for Redwall books
In the mid-80's Lyon designed a series of cover illustrations for Brian Jacques’ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixpanel | Mixpanel is an event analytics service company that tracks user interactions with web and mobile applications.
Data collected is used to build custom reports and measure user engagement and retention. Mixpanel works with web applications, in particular SaaS, but also supports mobile apps.
History
Mixpanel was founded by Suhail Doshi and Tim Trefren in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California. It is backed by Y Combinator, and its list of investors includes Andreessen Horowitz, Max Levchin and Keith Rabois. Doshi credits Levchin for Mixpanel's survival and subsequent success.
Mixpanel's second funding round happened in December 2014, a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with $65M raised at a pre-money valuation of $800M.
In April 2018, founder and CEO Suhail Doshi announced he would step down and become chairman of the board. He was replaced as CEO by Amir Movafaghi.
Mixpanel's most recent funding round happened in November 2021, raised a Series C round, a $200 million investment on a $1.05 billion valuation from Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.
In May 2023, Mixpanel launched Mixpanel Marketing Analytics to allow marketers to track event-based analytics.
References
General references
External links
Business intelligence companies
Analytics
Companies based in San Francisco |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20KBS%20Drama%20Awards | The 2006 KBS Drama Awards () was a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2006. It was held on December 31, 2006 and hosted by Tak Jae-hoon, Ryu Si-won and Choi Jung-won.
Nominations and winners
References
External links
http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/2006award/
KBS Drama Awards
KBS Drama Awards
KBS Drama Awards
December 2006 events in South Korea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor%20journalism | Sensor journalism refers to the use of sensors to generate or collect data, then analyzing, visualizing, or using the data to support journalistic inquiry. This is related to but distinct from data journalism. Whereas data journalism relies on using historical or existing data, sensor journalism involves the creation of data with sensor tools. This also includes drone journalism.
Background
Examples of sensor-based journalism (below) date back to the early 2000s and usually involve the use of sensor tools to generate or collect data to be reported on. The way in which the sensors are deployed varies. In some cases, a journalist will learn how to operate and deploy a sensor (see Houston Chronicle) while in others (see WNYC Cicada Tracker), the sensors are built and deployed by the general public. Journalists can also request data from existing sensor networks (see Sun Sentinel example) and remote sensors (see ProPublica example).
Sensors used for reporting can be closed source with expressly stated terms of use or open source, which allows for modification of the sensor downstream of development.
Sensor journalism modules have been taught at Emerson College (around water quality/contamination) and Florida International University (around sea-level rise). San Diego State University planned an air-quality sensor-journalism module for spring 2015.
Examples
Houston Chronicle, In Harm’s Way
A study about toxic chemicals in the air in public parks.
USA Today, Ghost Factories
A series that looked at lead-contaminated soil in neighborhoods around previous U.S. lead factories.
Sun Sentinel, Above the Law
A series about the tendencies of cops to speed.
WNYC Cicada Tracker
A project that revolved around the emergence of Magicicada.
Washington Post, ShotSpotter
A project with 300 acoustic sensors across 20 square miles in D.C.
Planet Money, Planet Money Makes a T-shirt
A project that followed the production of a shirt from beginning to end.
ProPublica, Losing Ground
A study of sea-level rise in Louisiana.
Related
Citizen science
Remote sensing
Crowdsensing
Crowdsourcing
Crowdmapping
Data journalism
Data visualization
Citizen journalism
Environmental monitoring
Open software/hardware
Open source
Open science
Tools and platforms
OpenStreetMap
CartoDB
Xively
OpenSensors.com
Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science
Manylabs
References
External links
Pitt, Fergus (editor). Tow Center report, Sensors & Journalism, 2014.
Fahn, James. "The Promise and Perils of Sensor-Based Journalism," Earth Journalism Network, 2013.
Moradi, Javaun. "What Do Open Sensor Networks Mean for Journalism?," 2011.
Bui, Lilian. "A (Working) Typology of Sensor Journalism Projects," MIT Comparative Media Studies blog, 2014
"Sensor journalism student reflections from Emerson College"
Kishor, Puneet. "A Taxonomy of Sensors," 2014.
"What's In the Air?" project from San Diego State University
King Tide Day project from Florida Int |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stickers%20as%20a%20Service | Stickers as a service (SaaS) is a category of cloud computing services that provides digital stickers to messaging apps and photo editing software.
In this model, the stickers are sold through stores integrated in messaging apps, chat and photo editing software. They can be used as a method to generate revenue besides through in-app advertising as they are non-intrusive.
SaaS offerings may include handling micro payments, sticker shop integration and content management systems with developing apps, and is similar to Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Stickers as a service enables developers to build a full sticker stores into their apps with just a few lines of code.
Stickers
Digital stickers, commonly sold as virtual goods, tend to depict either original or well-known characters. They are used during chat sessions between users and act as large sized emoji to express emotions or as decoration in photographs.
Stickers vary from original characters to popular manga, anime and gaming characters or movie tie-ins. They can be purchased or downloaded for free in apps with sticker stores installed. Limited edition stickers may also be gained via special occasions or achievements.
It is used as an alternative to emoji or emoticons as they are a more expressive form of communication and have a variety of designs and art styles.
Apps that use Stickers
LINE
Kakaotalk
Facebook Messenger
WhatsApp
Instagram (Messages and Stories)
Snapchat (Messages and Stories)
Viber
BlackBerry
PhotoStamped
See also
Virtual economy
Gamification
Purikura
References
External links
Emoji Universe
Emoticons
Online chat
Cloud applications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PREGINET | The Philippine Research, Education, and Government Information Network (PREGINET) is a national research and education network established in the Philippines by the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI). The network provides interconnect between research and higher education institutions in the Philippines, and to other international research networks within the Asia Pacific region. PREGINET also manages the PHOpenIX, the only neutral Internet exchange in the Philippines, allowing neutral peering between local Internet service providers and other commercial institutions.
External links
Official Website
PREGINET PHOpenIX
References
Department of Science and Technology (Philippines)
National research and education networks
Research institutes in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television%20in%20Tokelau | The only television service available in Tokelau is the pay TV network Sky Television. There are no networks that can be viewed free of charge.
In the 2011 census, it was found that a similar percentage of households on each of Tokelau's atolls owned televisions, with figures ranging between 64.9% and 67.9%. However, as of 2011, less than 50% of all households in Tokelau hold a subscription to the service.
References
Television in Tokelau |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etox%20%28disambiguation%29 | Etox may refer to:
Etox, a first Turkish automobile manufacturer
eTOX, a toxicology focused research consortium
ETOX, a German aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology database |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath%20Crashers | Bath Crashers is a television show on the DIY Network that features host and licensed contractor Matt Muenster surprising home owners with a brand-new bathroom.
Like other "crasher" shows on the DIY Network, Muenster and his crew ambush homeowners while they are home improvement shopping, follow them back to their homes, tear apart their bathrooms and help them do a complete bathroom overhaul. Muenster was previously the host of BATHtastic, another DIY Network show.
Episodes
See also
Candice Tells All
Divine Design
Fixer Upper
Flip or Flop
Income Property
Love It or List It
Property Brothers
Take This House and Sell It
Yard Crashers
References
External links
DIY Network Page
Matt Muenster Bio
Home renovation television series
2010 American television series debuts
DIY Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard%20Crashers | Yard Crashers is a television show on the DIY Network that surprises home owners with a brand-new yard. The show is hosted by Matt Blashaw who is a licensed contractor.
Like other "crasher" shows on the DIY Network, Blashaw and his crew ambush homeowners while they are home improvement shopping, follow them back to their homes, tear apart their yards and help them do a complete backyard makeover. They do the complete renovation in two filming days.
The previous host, Ahmed Hassan (2008–2011), was replaced by Matt Blashaw in 2011. Blashaw is also taking a hiatus from the show, hosting HGTV's Vacation House For Free, starting summer 2014. Chris Lambton will temporarily host Yard Crashers.
See also
Bath Crashers
Candice Tells All
Divine Design
Fixer Upper
Flip or Flop
Income Property
Love It or List It
Property Brothers
Take This House and Sell It
References
External links
DIY Network Page
Matt Blashaw Bio
Ahmed Hassan Bio
Home renovation television series
2008 American television series debuts
DIY Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oopsis | Oopsis is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Oopsis albopicta Aurivillius, 1928
Oopsis bougainvillei Breuning, 1976
Oopsis brenneocaudata Fairmaire, 1879
Oopsis excavata Breuning, 1939
Oopsis foudrasi (Montrouzier, 1861)
Oopsis griseocaudata Fairmaire, 1881
Oopsis keiensis Breuning, 1970
Oopsis lycia Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Oopsis marshallensis Gressitt, 1956
Oopsis nutator (Fabricius, 1787)
Oopsis oblongipennis Fairmaire, 1850
Oopsis postmaculata Breuning, 1939
Oopsis ropicoides Breuning, 1939
Oopsis striatella Fairmaire, 1879
Oopsis uvua Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Oopsis variivestris Fairmaire, 1879
Oopsis velata Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Oopsis zitja Dillon & Dillon, 1952
References
Cerambycidae genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia%20Lumia%20730 | The Nokia Lumia 730 is a smartphone developed by Microsoft Mobile and branded as "Nokia" that initially runs Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. It was announced on September 4, 2014 at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin and released in October 2014. It is a successor to the 2013 Nokia Lumia 720 and marketed as a selfie phone.
Display
The phone has a 4.7-inch OLED capacitive touchscreen with a 66.0% screen-to-body ratio and a resolution of 720x1280 pixels (~316 ppi pixel density). The display features Nokia's ClearBlack polarisation filters and is protected by curved Gorilla Glass 3.
Operating Software
The Lumia 730 ships with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.1 operating system coupled with the Lumia Denim firmware update. It is upgradable to Windows 10 Mobile.
Platform
The Lumia 730 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 SoC with a 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and a Qualcomm Adreno 305 GPU. There is 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage; the latter can be expanded with MicroSD cards up to 128 GB in size.
Camera
The Lumia 730 has a 6.7 MP PureView-branded rear camera, sporting a 1/3.4-inch BSI sensor with 1.12 μm pixels and an Carl Zeiss 6-element lens with an f/1.9 aperture. The camera supports 1080p video capture and is complemented by an LED flash. The front camera has a 5 MP sensor with a wide-angle f/2.4 lens and supports 1080p video recording.
Many users reported that after upgrading to Windows 10, the front camera stopped being able to properly focus at normal distances, only focusing properly at very near distances. The problem was not fixed if one downgraded the unit back to Windows Phone 8.1. Newer builds did not solve the problem either once it appeared.
Connectivity
Wireless connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and wireless screen projection via Miracast. Physical connectors include a Micro-USB 2.0 connector for charging and data transfer, as well as a 3.5 mm audio jack. The phone supports two SIM cards.
Other Features
The Lumia 730 includes a variety of sensors, including proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, magnetometer, gyroscope and accelerometer, as well as Microsoft's Motion Data activity tracker based on Qualcomm's SensorCore technology. Due to chipset limitations, however, it does not support passive voice activation for the Cortana digital assistant.
See also
Microsoft Lumia
Nokia Lumia 735
Cortana
Windows 10 Mobile
UWP apps
References
External links
Nokia Lumia 730
Nokia Lumia 730 specification
Lumia 730
Microsoft Lumia
Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagang%20Kapatid%20Foundation | Alagang Kapatid Foundation, Inc. (formerly known as Operation Tulong Bayan) is the corporate social responsibility organization of TV5 Network Inc. Offices are located at the TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong.
History
ABC Development Corporation's (now TV5 Network, Inc.) social responsibility began after the acquisition of the conglomerate to businessman Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco, Jr. in 2004. Cojuangco then organizes its program through the Corporate Affairs department named as Operation Tulong Bayan. However, the project came to a hiatus after the massive layoff of the conglomerate's employees in 2007.
When ABC was acquired in turn by PLDT's MediaQuest Holdings from the joint consortium led by the Cojuangco group and Malaysia-based broadcaster Media Prima Berhad, TV5 organizes its socio-profit organizations named as Alagang Kapatid Foundation, named after TV5's health program with a same name. In coordination with its affiliates under the MVP Group of Companies it was able to initiate relief operations and livelihood programs to some impoverished towns in the country.
Alagang Kapatid Foundation kept is synergies with these affiliates in relief operations, especially when TV5 organizes two telethons in the past two years namely: The Tulong Kapatid telethon of December 10, 2012, when they are able to collect P100 million in 6 hours (18:00 - 24:00 PST) to help the victims of Supertyphoon Pablo (Bopha); and a special live episode of now-defunct The Mega and the Songwriter, entitled Gabi ng Kanta At Biyaya aired on November 10, 2013. This time, they have collected P30 million for the victims of Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan).
Rescue5
Rescue5 is a joint project of Alagang Kapatid Foundation and News5. It is an emergency response unit that has its own mobile units carrying team members trained in disaster and accident situations. It also embarks on community training programs to prepare citizens for emergencies. Through TV5's various platforms. Rescue 5's various initiatives and mandates are further implemented, leveraging the network's ability to educate and spread information to enhance its work and impact on the ground, fulfilling News5's slogan: Higit sa Balita, Impormasyon at Pangyayari, Aksyon! (More than News, Information and Happenings, Action!). Rescue5 has its own hotline and a program on TV5 aired in 2013. Due to its commitment, Rescue5 have given numerous Philippine Quill Awards of excellence and also a rank of reserve unit in the Philippine Air Force.
References
TV5 Network
2004 establishments in the Philippines
Charities based in the Philippines
Foundations based in the Philippines
Organizations established in 2004 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK%20Kid | OK Kid is a German band founded in mid-2012. Their name is made up of the album names OK Computer and Kid A from the band Radiohead.
History
From 2006 to mid 2012, the members of OK Kid were part of a band from the Gießen region called Jona:S. '
In April 2013, the now three man band released their first album titled "OK Kid" in Cologne, produced by Sven Ludwig and Robert Koch, under the label Four Music, a subsidiary of Sony Music. In Spring of 2014, the band released their first EP, "Grundlos".
Their song "Am Ende" was included in one of the official soundtracks of FIFA 14.
Discography
Albums
2013: OK Kid (Four Music Productions)
2016: Zwei (Four Music)
2018: Sensation (Four Music)
2019: Woodkids (Four Music)
2022: Drei (Four Music)
Singles
2013: Kaffee warm (Four Music)
2013: Stadt ohne Meer (Four Music)
2014: Unterwasserliebe (Four Music)
2015: Gute Menschen (Four Music)
2016: Bombay Calling (Four Music)
2016: Ich kann alles (Four Music)
2016: Es ist wieder Februar (Four Music)
2017: Warten auf den starken Mann (Four Music)
2018: Wut lass nach (Four Music)
EPs
2014: Grundlos (Four Music)
References
Living people
German musical groups
Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20seeding | Database seeding is populating a database with an initial set of data. It's common to load seed data such as initial user accounts or dummy data upon initial setup of an application.
Entity Framework
\Migrations\Configuration.cs
public class ApplicationDatabaseInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<DbContext>
{
protected override void Seed(DbContext context)
{
var UserManager = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(context));
var RoleManager = new RoleManager<IdentityRole>(new RoleStore<IdentityRole>(context));
var username = "Alice";
var password = "password123";
var role = "Admin";
// Create role Admin if it does not exist
if (!RoleManager.RoleExists(role))
{
RoleManager.Create(new IdentityRole(role));
}
// Create user Alice
var user = new ApplicationUser() { UserName = username; };
var result = UserManager.Create(user, password);
// Add user Admin to role Admin
if (result.Succeeded)
{
var result = UserManager.AddToRole(user.Id, role);
}
}
}
Entity Framework Core
public class DataSeedingContext : DbContext
{
public DbSet<Blog> Blogs { get; set; }
public DbSet<Post> Posts { get; set; }
protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
=> optionsBuilder
.UseSqlServer(@"Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=EFDataSeeding;Trusted_Connection=True");
protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>(entity => { entity.Property(e => e.Url).IsRequired(); });
#region BlogSeed
modelBuilder.Entity<Blog>().HasData(new Blog { BlogId = 1, Url = "http://sample.com" });
#endregion
modelBuilder.Entity<Post>(
entity =>
{
entity.HasOne(d => d.Blog)
.WithMany(p => p.Posts)
.HasForeignKey("BlogId");
});
#region PostSeed
modelBuilder.Entity<Post>().HasData(
new Post { BlogId = 1, PostId = 1, Title = "First post", Content = "Test 1" });
#endregion
#region AnonymousPostSeed
modelBuilder.Entity<Post>().HasData(
new { BlogId = 1, PostId = 2, Title = "Second post", Content = "Test 2" });
#endregion
#region OwnedTypeSeed
modelBuilder.Entity<Post>().OwnsOne(p => p.AuthorName).HasData(
new { PostId = 1, First = "Andriy", Last = "Svyryd" },
new { PostId = 2, First = "Diego", Last = "Vega" });
#endregion
}
}
Symfony PHP Framework
AppBundle/DataFixtures/ORM/customer.yml (as in Version 1 of hautelook/AliceBundle )
AppBundle\Entity\User:
customer_{1..10}:
username: <username()>
email: <safeEmail()>
plainPassword: theLetterA
roles: [ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN]
enabled: true
Laravel PHP Fram |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody%20McCarthy | Moody McCarthy (born Matthew Patrick McCarthy) is an American stand-up comedian who has made multiple network TV appearances. McCarthy was raised in Syracuse, New York, the 6th of 7 children, and graduated from Corcoran High School in 1984, before attending New York University.
McCarthy married Molly Mandell in 2012.
References
External links
Moody McCarthy website
American stand-up comedians
Living people
1967 births
21st-century American comedians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-performance%20Integrated%20Virtual%20Environment | The High-performance Integrated Virtual Environment (HIVE) is a distributed computing environment used for healthcare-IT and biological research, including analysis of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data, preclinical, clinical and post market data, adverse events, metagenomic data, etc. Currently it is supported and continuously developed by US Food and Drug Administration (government domain), George Washington University (academic domain), and by DNA-HIVE, WHISE-Global and Embleema (commercial domain). HIVE currently operates fully functionally within the US FDA supporting wide variety (+60) of regulatory research and regulatory review projects as well as for supporting MDEpiNet medical device postmarket registries. Academic deployments of HIVE are used for research activities and publications in NGS analytics, cancer research, microbiome research and in educational programs for students at GWU. Commercial enterprises use HIVE for oncology, microbiology, vaccine manufacturing, gene editing, healthcare-IT, harmonization of real-world data, in preclinical research and clinical studies.
Infrastructure
HIVE is a massively parallel distributed computing environment where the distributed storage library and the distributed computational powerhouse are linked seamlessly. The system is both robust and flexible due to maintaining both storage and the metadata database on the same network. The distributed storage layer of software is the key component for file and archive management and is the backbone for the deposition pipeline. The data deposition back-end allows automatic uploads and downloads of external datasets into HIVE data repositories. The metadata database can be used to maintain specific information about extremely large files ingested into the system (big data) as well as metadata related to computations run on the system. This metadata then allows details of a computational pipeline to be brought up easily in the future in order to validate or replicate experiments. Since the metadata is associated with the computation, it stores the parameters of any computation in the system eliminating manual record keeping.
Differentiating HIVE from other object oriented databases is that HIVE implements a set of unified APIs to search, view, and manipulate data of all types. The system also facilitates a highly secure hierarchical access control and permission system, allowing determination of data access privileges in a finely granular manner without creating a multiplicity of rules in the security subsystem. The security model, designed for sensitive data, provides comprehensive control and auditing functionality in compliance with HIVE's designation as a FISMA Moderate system.
HIVE technological capabilities
Data-retrieval: the HIVE is capable of retrieving data from a variety of sources such as local, cloud-based or network storage, sequencing instruments, and from http, ftp and sftp repositories. Additionally, HIVE implements the sophist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hola%20%28VPN%29 | Hola is a freemium web and mobile application which provides a form of VPN service to its users through a peer-to-peer network. It also uses peer-to-peer caching. When a user accesses certain domains that are known to use geo-blocking, the Hola application redirects the request to go through the computers and Internet connections of other users in non-blocked areas, thereby circumventing the blocking. Users of the free service share a portion of their idle upload bandwidth to be used for serving cached data to other users. Paying users can choose to redirect all requests to peers but are themselves never used as peers.
History
In 1998, Ofer Vilenski and Derry Shribman founded KRFTech, a software development tools company. With the profits from the company, they started Jungo in 2000 to develop an operating system for home gateways. In 2006, NDS (Cisco) acquired Jungo for $107 million.
In 2008, Vilenski and Shribman started investigating the idea of re-inventing HTTP by building a peer-to-peer overlay network that would employ peer-to-peer caching to accelerate content distribution and peer-to-peer routing to make the effective bandwidth to target sites much faster. This would make the Internet faster for users and cheaper to operate for content distributors. They started up Hola with $18 million from investors such as DFJ (Skype, Hotmail), Horizons Ventures (Li Ka-shing's venture capital fund), Magma Venture Partners (Waze), Israel's Chief Scientist Fund, and others.
Hola Networks Limited launched its network in late 2012, and it became popular in January 2013 when consumers started using Hola for Internet privacy and anonymity by utilizing the P2P routing for IP masking. "After being around for two months with 80 downloads a day, on January 23, 2013, at 5 PM Israel time, the product was good enough. That was the second it took off and went up overnight to 40,000 downloads a day", Vilenski told Startup Camel.
In May 2015, Hola came under criticism from 8chan founder Fredrick Brennan after the site was reportedly attacked by exploiting the Hola network. In late 2014, Hola had begun selling access to its userbase as exit nodes, under the name Luminati, charging $20 per gigabyte for bandwidth that was actually coming from their free VPN users. This was confirmed by Hola founder Ofer Vilenski who argued that this has always been part of the agreement with Hola's free users when signing up for the service. After Brennan emailed the company, Hola modified its FAQ to include a notice that its users are acting as exit nodes for paid users of Hola's sister service Luminati. Other criticism stemmed from vulnerabilities inherent to the software, which could allow an attacker to deliver malware to Hola users. The Hola browser has also been used for distributed denial of service attacks.
In response to the criticism, Vilenski told Business Insider, "[we have been] listening to the conversations about Hola and while we think we've been clear about what w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabot%20Wealth%20Network | Cabot Wealth Network is an independent investment advisory company based in Salem, Massachusetts. The company's primary service is the publication of 12 investment advisory newsletters, which cover a range of investment styles, with an estimated 225,000 readers. It also publishes the Cabot Wealth Daily website and newsletter. Founded in 1970 by the late Carlton Lutts Jr.
Cabot Growth Investor
The company's flagship advisory, Cabot Growth Investor (formerly Cabot Market Letter), was first published on October 12, 1970, out of the home of Carlton Lutts Jr. Now edited by Michael Cintolo, it is considered a successful veteran newsletter. Most recently, it distinguished itself by anticipating the 2008 recession and then catching the subsequent rebound. The letter leads the other Cabot advisories for most awards, with accolades from Timer Digest, Hulbert Financial Digest and the Specialized Information Publishers Foundation.
Products/services
Cabot produces numerous other paid subscription newsletters that reflect various investment styles: Cabot Stock of the Week, Cabot Top Ten Trader, Cabot Small-Cap Confidential, Cabot Dividend Investor, Cabot Options Trader, Cabot Growth Investor, Cabot Undervalued Stocks Advisor, Cabot SX Cannabis Advisor and others, both of which were acquired from founding publisher Dick Davis in 2008. The company also publishes a free e-newsletter, Cabot Wealth Daily and a number of reports.
Cabot's newsletters are researched and written by a staff of financial analysts who are cited and interviewed by major news outlets about market trends and current topics such as electric cars and the Chinese economy.
Strategy
Cabot combines market timing with a stock selection system based on fundamental and technical factors. Its analysts have developed several proprietary market-timing indicators used to make recommendations, including the Two-Second Indicator and the Cabot Tides.
Cabot conducts its research independently; Timothy Lutts has voiced his disapproval of investment newsletters that accept sponsorship from a business and in return promote its stock.
Recognition
Cabot analysts have received accolades for their picks and timing. In recent years, three analysts were featured by MoneyShow for their stock picking acumen in 2017. Chloe Lutts Jensen was featured as a top woman advisor by Forbes in 2017. For 2018, Mike Cintolo, Chief Analyst of Cabot Growth Investor, was recognized by MoneyShow for having the top pick among all the financial advisors it surveyed with an 81% gain and Crista Huff and Nancy Zambell were featured in the MoneyShow annual Top Stock Picks from Leading Women Advisors for 2019.
References
External links
Investment in the United States
Economics websites
Finance websites
Business newsletters
Financial analysts
Companies based in Salem, Massachusetts
1970 establishments in Massachusetts
Organizations established in 1970 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Php%20architect | php[architect] is a magazine dedicated to PHP programming language. It was founded in 2002 by Marco Tabini and his group The BlueParabola. php[architect] began as a printed magazine, but went digital-only in 2009 due to the high cost of print media. The magazine is headquartered in San Diego, CA. In December 2012, the magazine was acquired by musketeers.me, LLC, and later that year returned to print publication using a print-on-demand system. In October 2021, the magazine was acquired again by the owners of the DiegoDev Group, LLC, Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon. They decided to establish PHP Architect as its own LLC and established PHP Architect, LLC. The company also runs online training courses and conferences and has published numerous manuals and textbooks on PHP programming.
Books
Past Logos
References
External links
Official website
2002 establishments in Virginia
2009 disestablishments in Virginia
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Online magazines published in the United States
Science and technology magazines published in the United States
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2002
Magazines disestablished in 2009
Magazines published in Virginia
Online magazines with defunct print editions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Road%2C%20London | Roman Road is a road in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets entirely on the B119 on the B roads network, and lies on the old Roman road in the Roman Empire called the Pye Road running from the capital of the Iceni at Venta Icenorum (near modern Norwich) to Londinium (modern City of London) and today hosts a street market. Beginning in Old Ford at its eastern end, it passes into Bethnal Green to its western end.
History
There is some debate about whether the Romans marched along what is now the Roman Road, which runs more or less parallel to the Roman road which connected London to Colchester. Roman remains were found in an 1845 dig on the current site of Armagh Road, and there have been further Roman finds since, which seems to justify the name. Early maps show a 'Driftway', or footpath, where the Roman Road now runs in an area that was rural up to the middle of the 19th century (old maps show a windmill near the present Ford Close). Old Ford is the main road and a toll road links Mile End to Hackney (Grove Road).
The Metropolitan Board of Works, set up in 1855 to provide a sewer system for London, was also responsible for improving roads and this was when the Roman Road, as it was called from the start, was built, on the Driftway, extending Bethnal Green Road and Green Street eastwards. It was paid for by local residents and public and private sources. In the 1870s, there were discussions about extending the Roman Road to Stratford, but this was not to be. In the 1930s, Bethnal Green's Green Street was merged into the Roman Road – and all the shop and house numbers were changed accordingly.
East London Federation of Suffragettes
The Roman Road was a centre of Suffragette activity. The headquarters of the East London Federation of Suffragettes, where Sylvia Pankhurst lived, was at 400 Old Ford Road. The Federation did much to help local people, providing food and work. There were many home grown suffragettes such as Mrs Savoy, a brushmaker, who was one of the Deputation of East End women to Downing Street in 1914. Sylvia Pankhurst wrote on Mrs Savoy's death: ‘The streets of Old Ford are colder and greyer with her loss’.
The Suffragette newspaper, Women's Dreadnought was published from 321 Roman Road, printed by Arbers in the Roman Road. They held regular meetings at Bow Baths and ran a stall in the Roman Road market selling the 'Women's Dreadnought' together with the toys they made in their 'Co-operative Toy Industry' at 45 Norman Grove and second hand goods and to raise funds and promote the cause.
The Roman Road saw demonstrations, sometimes violent. On 13 October 1913, Sylvia Pankhurst, banned from appearing at meetings, went in disguise to a Suffragette meeting in Bow Baths. The police were hot on her tails and 'The people held the door against the detectives but policemen sprang onto the platform from behind the curtains. To the shouts of 'Jump, Sylvia, jump!', Sylvia jumped ...into the audience, to se |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEDAS | SPEDAS (Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System) is an open-source data analysis tool intended for Space Physics users. It was developed using Interactive Data Language (IDL).
Overview
SPEDAS is free software that can download and manipulate data from scientific space missions. It contains both a GUI (Graphical User Interface) and a command line mode for advanced users. It offers various tools for performing calculations and transformations of the data and for visualizing the results. Software modules can be developed for SPEDAS, extending its capabilities. It also includes a tool for downloading data from NASA servers using CDAWeb.
SPEDAS evolved from software developed for the THEMIS mission, which was called TDAS (THEMIS Data Analysis Software). In turn, TDAS used IDL code developed previously for earlier missions going back to the 1990s.
SPEDAS was developed by scientists and programmers of the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles's IGPP and other contributors.
Deployment
Three different types of SPEDAS deployment are available:
Source code. The full IDL code for SPEDAS is available as a zip file download. To use this, users must install and license IDL from Exelis.
Save file. IDL save files can run in a free but restricted version of IDL, called IDL Virtual Machine (VM). Users have to download IDL VM from Exelis, install it and register with Exelis before they can use the SPEDAS save file.
Executable file. This distribution contains executable files for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. In this case, users do not have to separately install and download anything else.
Plugins
One of the main goals of SPEDAS is to accommodate the needs of different NASA missions. Towards this goal, its architecture is modular. Users can develop plugins for loading data, for configuration and for specialized calculations or operations on the data.
Version 3.1 of SPEDAS includes plugins for loading data from the following missions or data sets:
THEMIS
MMS
GOES
WIND
ACE
IUGONET
ERG
OMNI
Geomagnetic/Solar indices
Plugins for specialized calculations are:
Generation of GOES overview plots
Generation of THEMIS overview plots
THEMIS particle distribution slices
References
External links
SPEDAS wiki page
SPEDAS blog page
NASA software
UC Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab
Free software
Cross-platform software
Space science
Space physics
NASA |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus4 | Octopus4 is the second studio album by French musical project the Algorithm. It was released on 2 June 2014 through Basick Records.
Track listing
Notes
All track titles are stylised in lowercase, except for "ピタゴラスPythagoras", which is stylised in all caps.
"Synthesizer" is stylised as "synthesiz3r".
Personnel
Rémi Gallego – synthesizer, sequencer, guitar, programming, production, vocals (tracks 6 and 10)
Mike Malyan – drums
Tim Reynolds – mastering
References
2014 albums
The Algorithm albums
Albums produced by Rémi Gallego
Basick Records albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical%E2%80%93electrical%20analogies | Mechanical–electrical analogies are the representation of mechanical systems as electrical networks. At first, such analogies were used in reverse to help explain electrical phenomena in familiar mechanical terms. James Clerk Maxwell introduced analogies of this sort in the 19th century. However, as electrical network analysis matured it was found that certain mechanical problems could more easily be solved through an electrical analogy. Theoretical developments in the electrical domain that were particularly useful were the representation of an electrical network as an abstract topological diagram (the circuit diagram) using the lumped element model and the ability of network analysis to synthesise a network to meet a prescribed frequency function.
This approach is especially useful in the design of mechanical filters—these use mechanical devices to implement an electrical function. However, the technique can be used to solve purely mechanical problems, and can also be extended into other, unrelated, energy domains. Nowadays, analysis by analogy is a standard design tool wherever more than one energy domain is involved. It has the major advantage that the entire system can be represented in a unified, coherent way. Electrical analogies are particularly used by transducer designers, by their nature they cross energy domains, and in control systems, whose sensors and actuators will typically be domain-crossing transducers. A given system being represented by an electrical analogy may conceivably have no electrical parts at all. For this reason domain-neutral terminology is preferred when developing network diagrams for control systems.
Mechanical–electrical analogies are developed by finding relationships between variables in one domain that have a mathematical form identical to variables in the other domain. There is no one, unique way of doing this; numerous analogies are theoretically possible, but there are two analogies that are widely used: the impedance analogy and the mobility analogy. The impedance analogy makes force and voltage analogous while the mobility analogy makes force and current analogous. By itself, that is not enough to fully define the analogy, a second variable must be chosen. A common choice is to make pairs of power conjugate variables analogous. These are variables which when multiplied together have units of power. In the impedance analogy, for instance, this results in force and velocity being analogous to voltage and current respectively.
Variations of these analogies are used for rotating mechanical systems, such as in electric motors. In the impedance analogy, instead of force, torque is made analogous to voltage. It is perfectly possible that both versions of the analogy are needed in, say, a system that includes rotating and reciprocating parts, in which case a force-torque analogy is required within the mechanical domain and a force-torque-voltage analogy to the electrical domain. Another va |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%27s%20Dawn | Here's Dawn is an Australian television series which aired 1964 to 1965 on the Nine Network. A half-hour variety series with emphasis on comedy sketches, it was produced in Sydney and starred Dawn Lake. While popular with viewers, it was not well received by critics. Nevertheless, along with The Mavis Bramston Show and Barley Charlie, it represented an increasing interest by Australian TV stations towards locally produced comedy programming, which had previously been largely neglected.
See also
Take That - First Australian sitcom (1957-1959)
The Passionate Pianist - 1957 TV comedy short
References
External links
''Here's Dawn on IMDb
1964 Australian television series debuts
1965 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
Nine Network original programming
Australian television sketch shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20J.%20Malan | David Jay Malan () is an American computer scientist and professor. Malan is a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and is best known for teaching the course CS50, (abbreviation of Computer Science 50) which is the largest open-learning course at Harvard University and Yale University and the largest Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) at EdX, with lectures being viewed by over a million people on the edX platform up to 2017.
Malan is a professor at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, where his research interests include cybersecurity, digital forensics, botnets, computer science education, distance learning, collaborative learning, and computer-assisted instruction.
Education
Malan enrolled at Harvard College, initially studying government, and took CS50 in the fall of 1996, which was taught by Brian Kernighan at the time. Inspired by Kernighan, Malan began his education in computer science, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science in 1999. After a period working outside of academia, he returned to postgraduate studies to complete a Master of Science degree in 2004, followed by a PhD in 2007 for research into cybersecurity and computer forensics, supervised by Michael D. Smith.
Teaching
Malan is known for teaching CS50, an introductory course in Computer Science for majors and non-majors that aims to develop computational thinking skills, using tools like Scratch, C, Python, SQL, HTML and JavaScript. the course has 800 freshman and sophomore students enrolled at Harvard College each year, making it the largest course there. CS50 is available on edX as CS50x, with over a million views from the lectures. His courses on EdX are known by being taken by people of all ages. All of his courses are freely available and licensed for re-use with attribution using OpenCourseWare, for example at cs50.tv. CS50 also exists as CS50 AP (Advanced Placement), an adaptation for high schools that satisfies the AP Computer Science Principles of the College Board.
Besides CS50, Malan also teaches at Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School. Prior to teaching at Harvard, Malan taught mathematics and computer science at Franklin High School and Tufts University.
Career and research
During 2001 to 2002 he worked for AirClic as an Engineering Manager.
While undergoing his undergraduate studies, Malan worked part-time for the District Attorney's Office in Middlesex County, Virginia as a forensic investigator, after which he founded his own two startups. On the side since 2003, he volunteered as an emergency medical technician (EMT-B) for MIT-Emergency Medical Services (EMS). He continues to volunteer as an EMT-B for the American Red Cross.
Malan founded and was the chairman of Diskaster, a data recovery firm that offered professional recovery of data from hard drives and memory cards, as well as forensic investigations for civil matters.
Malan worked for Mindset Media from |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio%20A%20%281963%20TV%20series%29 | Studio A is an Australian television series which aired from 1963 to 1964 on what would eventually become the Seven Network. A variety series, hosts during the run of the series included the Le Garde twins, Terry O'Neill, and Stuart Wagstaff. It featured music and comedy.
References
External links
Studio A on IMDb
1963 Australian television series debuts
1964 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
Australian variety television shows
Seven Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Phoenix | Apache Phoenix is an open source, massively parallel, relational database engine supporting OLTP for Hadoop using Apache HBase as its backing store. Phoenix provides a JDBC driver that hides the intricacies of the NoSQL store enabling users to create, delete, and alter SQL tables, views, indexes, and sequences; insert and delete rows singly and in bulk; and query data through SQL. Phoenix compiles queries and other statements into native NoSQL store APIs rather than using MapReduce enabling the building of low latency applications on top of NoSQL stores.
History
Phoenix began as an internal project by the company salesforce.com out of a need to support a higher level, well understood, SQL language. It was originally open-sourced on GitHub on 28 Jan 2014 and became a top-level Apache project on 22 May 2014. Apache Phoenix is included in the Cloudera Data Platform 7.0 and above, Hortonworks distribution for HDP 2.1 and above, is available as part of Cloudera labs, and is part of the Hadoop ecosystem.
See also
Apache HBase
Apache Hadoop
References
External links
Official Apache Phoenix homepage
Official Apache Phoenix blog
Free software
Phoenix
Relational database management systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aujas%20Networks | Aujas Cybersecurity – An NSEIT Company, formerly known as Aujas Networks Private Limited, is a global cybersecurity company with a presence in the United States, South Asia, and the Middle East. Aujas offers IRM services that span strategy and advisory, control integration & sustenance, and optimization. The Aujas service portfolio includes services like Identity and Access Management (IAM), Risk Advisory, Security Verification, Security Engineering, Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and Cloud Security Services.
Aujas Cybersecurity helps build and transform cybersecurity postures to enable businesses and mitigate risks. The company's focus is to strengthen security resilience by minimizing the occurrence of attacks, threats, and risks so that you drive change, innovate, and accelerate growth the way you want.
Aujas was founded in 2008 by M Srinivas Rao, along with Sameer Shelke (CEO) and Navin Kotian (COO) . The company was incubated by IDG Ventures as part of its Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program and had also received seed funding from IDG. Aujas has offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Gurugram in India; Dallas, New Jersey, and Cupertino in the US; Ottawa in Canada; Sharjah, UAE and Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Background
Prior to setting up Aujas, Rao was a director at Cisco. In the past, he had worked at companies like Network Solutions, Microland, and Sonata Software. He is currently an independent director at 24x7 Learning Pvt Ltd.
Shelke was Director (service development & solutions) at Fidelity Investments and worked at Cisco, HP, and Microland.
The other co-founder Kotian was the Country Business Manager at IBM Global Services prior to co-founding Aujas and has also served as the Business Manager at Network Solutions India.
Funding
The company raised an undisclosed round of funding from a consortium of venture capital investors led by Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund, IvyCap Ventures, and IDG Ventures India. Proceeds from the Series B round of funding were used by the company to invest in technology, as well as strengthen its presence in North America, South Asia, and the Middle East. In 2008, Aujas received funding of $3 million from IDG Ventures India.
Acquisition
In 2019, NSEIT Limited - a digital native global technology company and a 100% subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India, acquired Aujas Cybersecurity.
Industry Ranking and Awards
In 2013, Aujas was ranked Number 26 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2013, organized by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in India. In 2022, Aujas Cybersecurity won the Microsoft Solutions Sales Champion Award 2022, NASSCOM Enterprise Cloud Adoption Award 2022, and DSCI Excellence Award 2022.
Aujas Cybersecurity has achieved the CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) empanelment as an IT Security Audit Organization.
References
Risk management companies
Companies based in Banga |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT%20en%20Espa%C3%B1ol | RT en Español is a Spanish-language pay television channel of the RT network. RT Spanish was launched in 2009 and is also known as Actualidad RT.
RT Spanish features its own news presenters and programming that differ from the English and Arabic RT channels but also offers translated versions of RT English programming. The channel's focus is on headline news, politics, sports and broadcast specials.
RT Spanish is based in Moscow, and has bureaus in Miami, Los Angeles, Madrid, Managua, Caracas, Havana and Buenos Aires.
Currently RT Spanish has a staff of nearly 200 people, including 35 foreign journalists from Spain, Argentina, the United States, Chile, Nicaragua and Venezuela. It also has journalists from Russia and Serbia who speak Spanish.
History
On 15 June 2006 the Financial Times reported that Russia was considering plans to create a channel in Spanish. This was officially announced in 2007 and the December 28, 2009 began streaming.
Coverage
In Spain you can see on TV Orange, Vodafone and Movistar TV +, Telecable, among others. Also, can you tune into satellite and several subscription television companies in Latin America.7 In Vodafone Spain (ex ONO TV) began broadcasting in December 2010.
During Vladimir Putin's visit to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on July 12, 2014 in Buenos Aires, it was announced that the signal would be available at the Open Digital TV for free. The signal entered on the grid on October 10, 2014, becoming the first media produced outside Latin America to enter the state television network in Argentina, as the Telesur channel (which is another international channel that broadcasts in TDA) occurs in Venezuela and is funded in part by the Argentine government and other Latin Americans. RT reaches not only Argentina but also Venezuela, which since 1 December 2014 in the TDA and transmits through the air on DirecTV, which incorporated it to its channel grid.
Since May 2015, RT is transmitted in high definition in Chile through the GTD group. By mid-2015, at the end of March 2016 Ecuador RT enters through Cable TV Group one of the largest operators in the country. RT Spanish was available in more than 900 private television operators in Latin America and Spain. In addition, national channels of Venezuela and Cuba emit a part of the program of the Russian chain.
On June 9, 2016, the Argentine government of Mauricio Macri, through the Federal System and Public Files Media announced the suspension of the signal RT in the TDA. Victoria Vorontsova, director of the Russian channel broadcast said that the Argentine government had approached the United States and would not be surprised that "at that frequency appear CNN rather than a regional channel." The same happened with the signal of Telesur. Hernán Lombardi, head of the Argentine public media, announced a review of the matter. Martin Sabbatella, former head of AFSCA had stated that failure was due to an alignment of the Argentine government with the United States. F |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Jouannaud | Jean-Pierre Jouannaud is a French computer scientist, known for his work in the area of term rewriting.
He was born on 21 May 1947 in Aix-les-Bains (France).
From 1967 to 1969 he visited the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris).
In 1970, 1972, and 1977, he wrote his Master thesis (DEA), PhD thesis (Thèse de 3ème cycle), and Habilitation thesis (Thèse d'état), respectively, at the Université de Paris VI.
In 1979, he became an associate professor at the Nancy University; 1985 he changed to the Université de Paris-Sud, where he became a full professor in 1986.
He was member of the steering committee of several international computer science conferences: International Conference on Rewriting Techniques and Applications (RTA) 1989-1994, IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science (LICS) 1993-1997, Conference for Computer Science Logic (CSL) 1993-1997, International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP) since 1994, and Federated Logic Conference (FLoC) 1995-1999.
Since 1997, he is member of the EATCS council.
Selected publications
References
External links
Home page at Laboratoire d'Informatique (LIX), École Polytechnique, Palaiseau
French computer scientists
Rewriting systems
Theoretical computer scientists
1947 births
École Polytechnique alumni
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bachelor%20Canada%20%28season%202%29 | The Bachelor Canada (season 2) is the second season of W Network reality television series The Bachelor Canada. The season premiered on September 18, 2014. This season features 28-year-old Tim Warmels, an entrepreneur from Milton, Ontario.
Contestants
Biographical information according to City official series site, plus footnoted additions.
Call-out order
The contestant received a first impression rose
The contestant received a rose during the date
The contestant was eliminated
The contestant was eliminated during the date
The contestant was eliminated outside the rose ceremony
The contestant quit the competition
The contestant won the competition
Episodes (dates)
Week 1
Original airdate: September 18, 2014
No dates for this week. Bachelor Tim Warmels meets the contestants. Natalie and Sachelle both receive roses before the Rose Ceremony.
First Impression Rose: Christine White
Rose Ceremony: Andrea, Jacqueline, Jennifer, Jewel, Kelsey, Raelee, Rebecca, Ritiuska, Sarah and Sharan do not receive a rose and are eliminated.
Week 2
Original airdate: September 25, 2014
One-on-one: Kaylynn. Tim takes Kaylynn on a helicopter ride to Grouse Mountain where they enjoy dinner indoors. Kaylynn talks about her past experiences which impress Tim. They share the first kiss of the season and she receives a rose.
Group Date One: The girls are split up into two groups. Team One: Allison, Dominique, Lisa, Renee, Sachelle. Team Two: April Borgnetta, Jenny, Martha, Rileigh and Trisha. They go dragon boat racing. The winning team gets to spend extra time with Tim while the losing team must leave. Team two wins. They go to the Sun Garden for dinner. Trisha receives the date rose.
Group Date Two: Christine, Natalie, Sonia and April Brockman. Each girl has the chance to pose with Tim for a photo-shoot. Tim fails to connect with Sonia and they mutually agree it would be best for her to go home. April wins the 1-on-1 time.
Cocktail Party: Kaylynn becomes very emotional. Martha tries to cheer her up by saying she has nothing to worry about, Kaylynn takes this as an attack and breaks down.
Rose Ceremony: Renee and Allison are eliminated.
Week 3
Original airdate: October 2, 2014
Located in: Los Cabos
One-on-one: Lisa. Tim takes Lisa to Wild Canyon where they go on a "death swing." Later, they enjoy an outdoor dinner. Lisa receives a rose.
Group Date: Martha, Jenny, Sachelle and April Borgnetta. They watch and then perform traditional folk dancing. Sachelle wins the 1-on-1 time.
Tim cancels the second group date to spend more time with the girls. He also decides he will be sending four girls home instead of two. Some of the girls including Trisha are upset about this.
Rose Ceremony: Martha, Jenny, April Borgnetta and Christine are eliminated.
Week 4
Original airdate: October 9, 2014
Located in: The Bahamas
One-on-one: Natalie. Natalie and Tim enjoy a simple walk through the city. Natalie is extremely nervous and their time together is awkward |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime%20Emmy%20Award%20for%20Outstanding%20Special%20Class%20Writing | The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Writing is an Emmy award honoring writing in special television programming. Both series and specials are eligible for this category.
Winners and Nominees
Winners in bold
Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Special Program
1970s
1974
Lila Garrett and Sandy Krinski - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Mother of the Bride") (ABC)
Art Wallace - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Alone with Terror") (ABC)
Robert J. Shaw - CBS Daytime 90 ("Once in her Life") (CBS)
1975
Audrey Davis Levin - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Heart in Hiding") (ABC)
Ruth Brooks Flippen - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby...") (ABC)
Lila Garrett and Sandy Krinski - The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Girl Who Couldn't Lose") (ABC)
1976
Audrey Davis Levin - First Ladies Diaries ("Edith Wilson") (NBC)
Ethel Frank - First Ladies Diaries ("Martha Washington") (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events - Writing
1980s
1981
Barry Downes - Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
1982
Bernard Eismann - The Body Human ("The Loving Process: Women") (CBS)
Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement - Writers
1980s
1980
Team - The Hollywood Squares (NBC)
1981
Team - The David Letterman Show (NBC)
Betty Cornfield, Mary Ann Donahue, and Edward Tivnan - FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
Team - The Hollywood Squares (NBC)
1982
Team - FYI: For Your Information (SYN)
1983
Team - FYI: For Your Information (SYN)
1984
Team - FYI: For Your Information (SYN)
1985
Helen Marmor - Hong Kong on Borrowed Time (NBC)
Team - Breakaway (SYN)
Team - One to Grow On (NBC)
1986
Catherine Faulconer - Chagall's Journey (NBC)
Jane Paley - ABC Notebook ("War In The Family") (ABC)
Peter Restivo - Soap Opera Special (SYN)
Team - Jeopardy! (SYN)
Team - One to Grow On (NBC)
1987
Team - Jeopardy! (SYN)
Team - One to Grow On (NBC)
John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington - Superior Court (SYN)
Ben Logan - Taking Children Seriously (NBC)
1988
David Forman and Barry Adelman - Soap Opera Digest Awards (NBC)
Team - Scrabble (NBC)
Team - The Wil Shriner Show (SYN)
Outstanding Special Class Writing
1980s
1989
Scott J.T. Frank and Tom Avitabile - When I Grow Up (CBS)
David Forman and Barry Adelman - Soap Opera Digest Awards (NBC)
1990s
1990
Robert Kirk - Remembering World War II ("Pearl Harbour") (SYN)
Glenn Kirschbaum - Remembering World War II ("Hitler: Man & Myth") (SYN)
Team - The Home Show (ABC)
Hester Mundis and Toem Perew - The Joan Rivers Show (SYN)
David Forman and Barry Adelman - Soap Opera Digest Awards (NBC)
1991
Team - Jeopardy! (SYN)
Joan Rivers, Hester Mundis, and Toem Perew - The Joan Rivers Show (SYN)
David Forman and Barry Adelman - Soap Opera Digest Awards (NBC)
1992
Kerry Millerick, Julie Engleman, and Neal Rogin - Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment (Disney Channel)
Team - Jeopardy! (SYN)
Joan Rivers, Hester Mundis, and Toem Perew - The Joan Rivers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20Show%20%28season%207%29 | The seventh season of the American animated comedy television series Regular Show, created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States, and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. The series was renewed for a seventh season on July 25, 2014, ahead of its sixth-season premiere. The previous season contained 31 episodes to accommodate the film, and this season contained 39 episodes.
The first episode of the seventh season, "Dumptown U.S.A.", aired on June 26, 2015, as a "season sneak preview". The seventh season officially premiered on August 6, 2015. Seven holdover episodes from season 6's GASB aired as part of the season.
Development
Production
The series was officially renewed for a seventh season on July 25, 2014, at the San Diego Comic-Con International event. Regular Show and Adventure Time are the first Cartoon Network series to be renewed for a seventh season. Toby Jones announced on June 21, 2015, that the previous season would only contain 31 episodes because of the production of the upcoming movie and that season seven would have 40 episodes, making "Dumptown U.S.A." the season premiere, with the rest of the season officially beginning later in the year. The writer and storyboard artists are Benton Connor, Calvin Wong, Madeline Queripel, Casey Crowe, Toby Jones, Owen Dennis, Minty Lewis, Ryan Pequin, and newcomers Sam Spina, Alex Cline, Nathan Bulmer, and Gideon Chase. For the whole season, the story writers were Quintel, Sean Szeles, Michele Cavin, and Matt Price, who was also the story editor, while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It was the last season for Wong as writer/storyboard artist, as his last episode was "Win That Prize," and he became a supervising director as of the episode "Benson's Pig." It was also the last season for Jones as writer/storyboard artist, leaving the show to become the supervising director for shorts from the Cartoon Network game "OK KO!". Szeles served as supervising producer and Ryan Slater as a producer. This was the last season where John Infantino, previously the supervising director for seasons 2 through 6, wrote for the show (leaving after "The Dome Experiment Special," though "Terror Tales of the Park V" was aired out of order). This was also the last season for writer Michele Cavin (who left at the end of the season to write for Pickle and Peanut, Future-Worm!, and Amphibia).
During a press interview by Bubbleblabber, Quintel confirmed that during the season, a special "wintery-themed" episode would air later in the year and that the season seven finale would be a half-hour special titled "Rigby's Graduation Day Special" that |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raptor%20%28programming%20language%29 | RAPTOR, the Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered
Reasoning, is a graphical authoring tool created by Martin C. Carlisle, Terry Wilson, Jeff Humphries and Jason Moore. The software is hosted and maintained by former US Air Force Academy and current Texas A&M University professor Martin Carlisle.
RAPTOR allows users to write and execute programs using flowcharts. The simple language and graphical components of RAPTOR are designed to teach the major ideas of computer programming to students. It is typically used in academics to teach introductory programming concepts as well.
See also
Other educational programming languages include:
Alice (software)
Flowgorithm
LARP
Visual Logic
Scratch
References
External links
Visual programming languages
Educational programming languages
Free educational software
Pedagogic integrated development environments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20Logic | Visual Logic is a graphical authoring tool which allows students to write and execute programs using flowcharts. It is typically used in an academic setting to teach introductory programming concepts.
See also
Alice
Flowgorithm
Raptor
Scratch
References
External links
Visual programming languages
Educational programming languages
educational software
Pedagogic integrated development environments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Potts%20%28writer%29 | Thomas Potts (1778–1842) was an English lawyer and writer, known as a compiler of reference works.
Life
He was son of Edward Potts (1721–1819) of Glanton near Alnwick, Northumberland. He was a solicitor, and at one time was connected with Skinners' Hall.
In 1803 Potts was residing in Camden Town. Subsequently, he seems to have lived at Chiswick and other places, and to have had chambers in Serjeants' Inn. He died at Upper Clapton on 8 November 1842.
Works
Potts published:
A Compendious Law Dictionary, containing both an explanation of the terms and the law itself, intended for the use of country gentlemen, the merchant, and the professional man, 1803, dedicated to Lord Ellenborough; it was reissued in 1814. In 1815 a new edition was enlarged by Thomas Hartwell Horne.
The British Farmers' Cyclopædia, or Complete Agricultural Dictionary, including every Science or Subject dependent on or connected with improved modern Husbandry, 1806, with 42 engravings, dedicated to the Duke of Bedford. John Donaldson said it was an advance on preceding works.
A Gazetteer of England and Wales, containing the Statistics, Agriculture, and Mineralogy of the Counties, the History, Antiquities, Curiosities, Trade, &c. of the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, with Maps, 1810,. An historical introduction of twenty pages with statistics included mitred abbeys.
Notes
Attribution
1778 births
1842 deaths
English solicitors
English writers
Writers from Northumberland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet%20Show%20TV | Viet Show Television (or Viet Show TV, or VSTV) is a Vietnamese-American television network established in 2008 and operating mainly in California. Viet Show TV's headquarters are located in San Jose, where it produces and broadcasts TV shows for Vietnamese-Americans in the US.
Viet Show TV broadcasts on different channels, both local and nationwide. The audience can enjoy free-to-air programs from VSTV by tuning to channel KTSF 26.6 in northern California and KJLA 57.5 in southern California. Audiences can also watch Viet Show's TV programs through Comcast Cable 238 and DirecTV 2079. North American audiences can watch this channel on the Galaxy 19 satellite.
Viet Show TV, Vietoday TV, and Viet Shopping TV are sister channels under Viet Show Television Corporation.
VSTV network
U.S. and Canada
Galaxy 19 (satellite)
National Wide
DirecTV 2079
Northern California
KTSF 26.6
Comcast Cable 173
Crossing TV 238
San Bruno Cable 382
Southern California
KJLA 57.5
References
Television networks in the United States
Companies based in San Jose, California
Vietnamese-language television networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog%20computing | Fog computing or fog networking, also known as fogging, is an architecture that uses edge devices to carry out a substantial amount of computation (edge computing), storage, and communication locally and routed over the Internet backbone.
Concept
In 2011, the need to extend cloud computing with fog computing emerged, in order to cope with huge number of IoT devices and big data volumes for real-time low-latency applications. Fog computing, also called edge computing, is intended for distributed computing where numerous "peripheral" devices connect to a cloud. The word "fog" refers to its cloud-like properties, but closer to the "ground", i.e. IoT devices. Many of these devices will generate voluminous raw data (e.g., from sensors), and rather than forward all this data to cloud-based servers to be processed, the idea behind fog computing is to do as much processing as possible using computing units co-located with the data-generating devices, so that processed rather than raw data is forwarded, and bandwidth requirements are reduced. An additional benefit is that the processed data is most likely to be needed by the same devices that generated the data, so that by processing locally rather than remotely, the latency between input and response is minimized. This idea is not entirely new: in non-cloud-computing scenarios, special-purpose hardware (e.g., signal-processing chips performing Fast Fourier Transforms) has long been used to reduce latency and reduce the burden on a CPU.
Fog networking consists of a control plane and a data plane. For example, on the data plane, fog computing enables computing services to reside at the edge of the network as opposed to servers in a data-center. Compared to cloud computing, fog computing emphasizes proximity to end-users and client objectives (e.g. operational costs, security policies, resource exploitation), dense geographical distribution and context-awareness (for what concerns computational and IoT resources), latency reduction and backbone bandwidth savings to achieve better quality of service (QoS) and edge analytics/stream mining, resulting in superior user-experience and redundancy in case of failure while it is also able to be used in Assisted Living scenarios.
Fog networking supports the Internet of Things (IoT) concept, in which most of the devices used by humans on a daily basis will be connected to each other. Examples include phones, wearable health monitoring devices, connected vehicle and augmented reality using devices such as the Google Glass. IoT devices are often resource-constrained and have limited computational abilities to perform cryptography computations. A fog node can provide security for IoT devices by performing these cryptographic computations instead.
SPAWAR, a division of the US Navy, is prototyping and testing a scalable, secure Disruption Tolerant Mesh Network to protect strategic military assets, both stationary and mobile. Machine-control applications, running on th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tommy%20Hanlon%20Show | The Tommy Hanlon Show is an Australian television series which aired 1967 to 1968 on the Nine Network. It was a game show similar to Let's Make a Deal, and aired in a daytime half-hour time-slot. As the title suggests, it was hosted by Tommy Hanlon Jr., an American who found popularity with Australian viewers during the 1960s.
Episode status
The exact archival status of the show is not known, given the wiping of the era. Two episodes are held by the National Film and Sound Archive, a nighttime edition and a daytime edition with Mike Dyer hosting as Hanlon was in hospital.
References
External links
1960s Australian game shows
1967 Australian television series debuts
1968 Australian television series endings
Nine Network original programming
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda2%20method | The Lambda2 method, or Lambda2 vortex criterion, is a vortex core line detection algorithm that can adequately identify vortices from a three-dimensional fluid velocity field. The Lambda2 method is Galilean invariant, which means it produces the same results when a uniform velocity field is added to the existing velocity field or when the field is translated.
Description
The flow velocity of a fluid is a vector field which is used to mathematically describe the motion of a continuum.
The length of the flow velocity vector is the flow speed and is a scalar. The flow velocity of a fluid is a vector field
which gives the velocity of an element of fluid at a position and time
The Lambda2 method determines for any point in the fluid whether this point is part of a vortex core. A vortex is now defined as a connected region for which every point inside this region is part of a vortex core.
Usually one will also obtain a large number of small vortices when using the above definition. In order to detect only real vortices, a threshold can be used to discard any vortices below a certain size (e.g. volume or number of points contained in the vortex).
Definition
The Lambda2 method consists of several steps. First we define the velocity gradient tensor ;
where is the velocity field.
The velocity gradient tensor is then decomposed into its symmetric and antisymmetric parts:
and
where T is the transpose operation. Next the three eigenvalues of
are calculated so that for each
point in the velocity field there are three corresponding eigenvalues; , and . The eigenvalues are ordered in such a way that .
A point in the velocity field is part of a vortex core only if at least two of its eigenvalues are negative i.e. if . This is what gave the Lambda2 method its name.
Using the Lambda2 method, a vortex can be defined as a connected region where is negative. However, in situations where several vortices exist, it can be difficult for this method to distinguish between individual vortices
. The Lambda2 method has been used in practice to, for example, identify vortex rings present in the blood flow inside the human heart
References
Vortices
Computational fluid dynamics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Chile%20%28A%E2%80%93C%29 | The information regarding the (Chilean) river names from A-C on this page has been compiled from the data supplied by GeoNames. It includes all features named "Rio", "Canal", "Arroyo", "Estero" and those Feature Code is associated with a stream of water.
Content
This list contains:
Name of the stream, in Spanish language
Latitude and a link to a GeoNames map of the river
Height of the mouth
Other names for the same feature, if any
List
Notes
References
External links
Rivers of Chile
Base de Datos Hidrográfica de Chile
Lists of rivers of Chile |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Chile%20%28D%E2%80%93O%29 | The information regarding the (Chilean) river names from D-O on this page has been compiled from the data supplied by GeoNames. It includes all features named "Rio", "Canal", "Arroyo", "Estero" and those whose Feature Code is associated with a stream of water.
Content
This list contains:
Name of the stream, in Spanish Language
Latitude and a link to a GeoNames map of the river
Height of the mouth
Other names for the same feature, if any
List
Notes
References
External links
Rivers of Chile
Base de Datos Hidrográfica de Chile
Lists of rivers of Chile |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Chile%20%28P%E2%80%93Z%29 | The information regarding the (Chilean) river names from P-Z on this page has been compiled from the data supplied by GeoNames. It includes all features named "Rio", "Canal", "Arroyo", "Estero" and those Feature Code is associated with a stream of water.
Content
This list contains:
Name of the stream, in Spanish Language
Latitude and a link to a GeoNames map of the river
Height (elevation) of the mouth in meters
Other names for the same feature, if any
Notes
References
External links
Rivers of Chile
Base de Datos Hidrográfica de Chile
Lists of rivers of Chile |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizu%20MX4 | The Meizu MX4 is a smartphone designed and produced by the Chinese manufacturer Meizu, which runs on Flyme OS, Meizu's modified Android operating system. It is a previous phablet model of the MX series, succeeding the Meizu MX3 and preceding the Meizu MX5.
It was unveiled on September 2, 2014 in Beijing.
History
Rumors appeared in April 2014, which stated that a successor of the Meizu MX3 was about to be released in August.
Meizu later confirmed that the launch event in Beijing for September 2, 2014
At the Mobile World Congress in March 2015, Meizu has presented the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition, which is an alternative version of the MX4 running on Ubuntu Touch, becoming the second commercially available device on this platform.
As announced, the MX4 was released in Beijing on September 2, 2014.
The MX4 was introduced to the Indian market on May 18, 2015.
Features
Flyme
The Meizu MX4 was released with an updated version of Flyme OS, a modified operating system based on Android KitKat. It features an alternative, flat design and improved one-handed usability.
Hardware and design
The Meizu MX4 features a MediaTek MT6595 system-on-a-chip with an array of four ARM Cortex-A17 and four Cortex-A7 CPU cores, a PowerVR G6200 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.
The MX4 reaches a score of 50,987 points on the AnTuTu benchmark and is therefore almost 106% faster than its predecessor, the Meizu MX3.
The MX4 is available in four different color variants (grey body with black front, champagne gold body with white front and white body with black or white front) and comes with 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of internal storage.
The body of the MX4 features a metal frame and measures x x and weighs . It has a slate form factor, being rectangular with rounded corners.
The MX4 uses a single circular halo button on the front for navigation.
The MX4 features a 5.36-inch IPS multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display with a FHD resolution of 1152 by 1920 pixels. The pixel density of the display is 403 ppi.
In addition to the touchscreen input and the front key, the device has volume/zoom control buttons and the power/lock button on the right side, a 3.5mm TRS audio jack on the top and a microUSB (Micro-B type) port on the bottom for charging and connectivity.
The Meizu MX4 has two cameras. The rear camera has a resolution of 20.7 MP, a ƒ/2.2 aperture, a 5-element lens, laser-aided phase-detection autofocus and an LED flash.
The front camera has a resolution of 2 MP, a ƒ/2.0 aperture and a 4-element lens.
Reception
The MX4 received generally positive reviews.
Android Authority gave the MX4 a rating of 7.0 out of 10 possible points and mentioned that the device has “[a] great screen, super powerful processor and awesome build quality”.
PhoneArena stated that “the Meizu MX4 is a great flagship for those of you on a smaller budget”.
Android Headlines also reviewed the device and concluded that “[all] in all this is easily one of the best phones of the year”. Furthermore, Andr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oricon%20number-one%20singles%20of%201984 | The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 1984.
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
References
1984 in Japanese music
Japan Oricon
Oricon 1984 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DealsTV | DealsTV was a Canadian-English language specialty television channel owned by Capital Networks.
DealsTV was a direct response shopping channel that broadcast infomercials. The channel's programming featured products from a variety of categories including fitness, cooking, clothing, wellness, beauty, electronics, and more.
DealsTV was classified as a teleshopping service by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and, thus, was exempted from requiring a CRTC-issued licence to operate and most other CRTC requirements to which pay TV and specialty channels are subject to.
History
On September 15, 2014, Capital Networks announced that it had launched DealsTV that month on Rogers Cable in both standard and high definition television in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Without any announcement or press coverage, the channel was discontinued in either late 2016 or early 2017, and DealsTV website was shuttered along with its social media accounts.
References
English-language television stations in Canada
Shopping networks in Canada
Defunct television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2014
2014 establishments in Ontario |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say%20It%20with%20Music%20%281967%20TV%20series%29 | Say It with Music is a 1967–1969 Australian TV series which aired on the 0/10 Network (now Network Ten). It was a variety series with music, aimed at a middle-aged audience. The series was produced in Sydney. Hosted by Barry Crocker, regulars included Kathy Lloyd, Helen Zerefos and Neil Williams.
References
External links
Say it with Music on IMDb
Network 10 original programming
1967 Australian television series debuts
1969 Australian television series endings
Black-and-white Australian television shows
English-language television shows
Australian music television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Social%20Cognition%20Network | The International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) was formed in 2003 as a joint enterprise between the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) and the Person Memory Interest Group (PMIG) to act as an umbrella society to advance the international study of social cognition. Among the objectives of ISCON are to advance the understanding of social cognition by encouraging research and the preparation of papers and reports, holding meetings for the presentation of scientific papers, sponsoring or issuing publications containing scientific papers and other relevant material, establishing professional honors and awards to recognize excellence in social cognition research, and cooperating with other scientific and professional societies.
Official journal
The official journal of ISCON is Social Cognition, published bimonthly by Guilford Press.
Conferences
ISCON sponsors the Social Cognition Preconference that precedes the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. It organizes a similar preconference for the tri-annual meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. ISCON also is a sponsor of the annual conference of the Person Memory Interest Group that precedes the annual conference of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology.
Awards
In cooperation with the Personal Memory Interest Group, ISCON honors career contributions to the study of social cognition with the Thomas M. Ostrom Award. Contributions of junior scientists are honored annually with the Early Career Award. Each year, ISCON also gives an award for the Best Social Cognition Paper and recognizes outstanding research by graduate students with the Best Poster Award.
References
External links
Cognition
International scientific organizations
Scientific organizations established in 2003 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Furchester%20Hotel | The Furchester Hotel is a puppet series that aired on CBeebies (the BBC's preschool network). It was the second British-American spin-off of Sesame Street that the BBC had made after Sesame Tree 6 years before. The show ran on CBeebies on 26 September 2014. The show aired in 2016 on Sprout (now Universal Kids) until March 2, 2019.
Plot
The Furchester Hotel is a half-star hotel in England that is owned by a monster family called the Furchester-Fuzz Family. The Furchester-Fuzz Family alongside Elmo and Cookie Monster figure out how to solve different issues that are developed by the guests of the Furchester Hotel.
Characters
Main
Funella Furchester (performed by Louise Gold) is a monster who is the wife of Furgus, the mother of Phoebe, and the aunt of Elmo. Funella is the main proprietor of the Furchester Hotel, welcoming guests and making sure their stay is wonderful in any way she can. She was designed by Ed Christie.
Furgus Fuzz (performed by Andrew Spooner) is a monster who is the husband of Funella, the father of Phoebe, and the uncle of Elmo. He serves as the jack-of-all-trades at the Furchester Hotel and specializes in the hotel's repair needs. Similar to Grover, Furgus takes on several other jobs around the hotel as needed. He was designed by Ed Christie.
Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (performed by Sarah Burgess) is the protagonist of the series. A 7-year-old violet monster who is the daughter of Furgus and Funella and the cousin of Elmo. Phoebe's main duty at the Furchester Hotel is answering the phone. When she gets a monster idea, her pigtail stands on end and she often says "Fuzzawubba!" In "Animal Talk," it is revealed that Phoebe knows many animal languages. In "Phoebe's Key," it is revealed that the key on Phoebe's necklace can unlock all the doors in the Furchester Hotel as well as the hotel safe. She was designed by Ed Christie.
Elmo (performed by Ryan Dillon) is the cousin of Phoebe and the nephew of Furgus and Funella. He took an extended stay at the Furchester Hotel due to his fascination with it. Elmo's father Louie is the brother of Funella.
Cookie Monster (performed by David Rudman) works as the room service worker and a waiter in the Furchester Hotel's dining room. As usual, he eats any cookies that come in his sight. In "Cookie Confusion", it is revealed that Cookie Monster has a British cousin named Biscuit Monster who eats biscuits.
Note: Abby Cadabby was originally going to be cast as one of the main cast in the series, but was cut off just before the main production due to budget reasons.
Recurring
Isabel is a pink furry bell-shaped monster that resembles a call bell. Similar to the Dingers (to whom she is related), Isabel can only communicate through a series of rings. She notifies Funella Furchester whenever an incoming guest is arriving and has a general knowledge of what's happening in the hotel at all times, as well as also cuing the musical breaks during the episodes. Isabel's puppeteers alternate between Shei |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313%20Brazilian%20network%20television%20schedule | The 2012–13 network television schedule for the four major Brazilian Portuguese commercial broadcast networks in Brazil covers primetime hours from March 2012 to February 2013.
The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series or telenovelas (soap operas), and series canceled after the 2011–12 season.
Legend
Schedule
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times are in Brasília time. Add one hour for Atlantic islands time, subtract one hour for Amazon time and two hours for Acre time.
Note: From July 27 to August 12, 2014 all Rede Record primetime programming was pre-empted for coverage of 2012 Summer Olympics.
Lime indicates the #1 most watched program of the season.
Yellow indicates the top-10 most watched programs of the season.
Cyan indicates the top-20 most watched programs of the season.
Magenta indicates the top-30 most watched programs of the season.
Orange indicates the top-40 most watched programs of the season.
Silver indicates the top-50 most watched programs of the season.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
References
Television in Brazil
2012 in Brazilian television
2013 in Brazilian television
Brazilian television schedules |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Food%20Championships%20%28TV%20series%29 | World Food Championships is a television series produced by A&E Television Networks and airing on the Fyi network. The show features competitors at the annual World Food Championships in Las Vegas where top chefs and home cooks compete for a top prize of $300,000.
Cast
Tiffany Derry - Herself - Host (5 episodes)
Ray Lampe - Himself - Guest Judge (5 episodes)
Whitney Miller - Guest Judge (5 episodes)
Jeffrey Saad - Himself - Host (5 episodes)
Ben Vaughn - Guest Judge (5 episodes)
Jodi Taffel - Herself (1 episode)
Season 1
Episode 1: Burger
Competitors compete in regional qualifiers around the world before the best of the best head to Las Vegas. Chefs create a signature burger in the first round. In round two they must create a patty melt with an original twist. In the third round the top 10 contestants compete using a secret ingredient.
Episode 2: Bacon
Chefs participate in three rounds, first creating a signature bacon dish, then reinventing a classic and finally making use of a mystery ingredient.
Episode 3: Sandwich
The chefs create three sandwiches: a signature sandwich, a reinvented classic and sandwich with a mystery ingredient.
Episode 4: Pasta
Contestants produce three noodle dishes: a signature pasta, a classic reinvented and pasta making use of a mystery ingredient.
Episode 5: BBQ
Top BBQ chefs compete in a two-part competition.
Episode 6: Finale
Top competitors from the burger, bacon, sandwich, pasta and BBQ categories compete in a head-to-head competition for the title of World Food Champion.
References
Cooking competitions in the United States
2010s American cooking television series
2010s American reality television series
2014 American television series debuts
Reality cooking competition television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20Lose%20the%20Money | Don't Lose the Money is a 2014 Philippine television game show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Tom Rodriguez, it premiered on September 22, 2014 on the network's morning line up. The show concluded on December 22, 2014 with a total of 66 episodes.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Don't Lose the Money earned an 11% rating. While the final episode scored a 7.9% rating.
References
2014 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine game shows
Philippine television series based on non-Philippine television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachum%20Dershowitz | Nachum Dershowitz is an Israeli computer scientist, known e.g. for the Dershowitz–Manna ordering and the multiset path ordering used to prove termination of term rewrite systems.
He obtained his B.Sc. summa cum laude in 1974 in Computer Science–Applied Mathematics from Bar-Ilan University, and his Ph.D. in 1979 in Applied Mathematics from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
From 1978, he worked at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was hired as a full professor of the Tel Aviv University (School of Computer Science) in 1998.
He was a guest researcher at Weizmann Institute, INRIA, ENS Cachan, Microsoft Research, and the universities of Stanford, Paris, Jerusalem, Chicago, and Beijing. He received the Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automatic Reasoning in 2011.
He has co-authored the standard text on calendar algorithms, Calendrical Calculations, with Edward Reingold. An implementation of the algorithm in Common Lisp is in the public domain, and is also distributed with the book.
See also
New Moon
Lunisolar calendar
Selected publications
Dershowitz, Nachum and Reingold, Edward M., Calendrical Calculations, Cambridge University Press, , 1997
Dershowitz, Nachum 2005. The Four Sons of Penrose, in Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning (LPAR; Jamaica), G. Sutcliffe and A. Voronkov, eds., Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3835, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 125–138.
References
External links
Publications at DBLP
Home page
Nachum Dershowitz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
Video "The Church-Turing Thesis", Nachum Dershowitz on Sixth Israel CS Theory Day, Mar 13, 2013
Israeli computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choaspes%20subcaudata | Choaspes subcaudata, commonly known as the blue awlking, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Asia, Malaysia and Borneo. The species was first described by Baron Cajetan von Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1867.
Subspecies
Choaspes subcaudata subcaudata
Choaspes subcaudata crawfurdi (Distant, 1882) (southern Burma, Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Nias)
References
Coeliadinae
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1867
Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiyara%20cluster | An Aiyara cluster is a low-powered computer cluster specially designed to process Big Data. The Aiyara cluster model can be considered as a specialization of the Beowulf cluster in the sense that Aiyara is also built from commodity hardware, not inexpensive personal computers, but system-on-chip computer boards. Unlike Beowulf, applications of an Aiyara cluster are scoped only for the Big Data area, not for scientific high-performance computing. Another important property of an Aiyara cluster is that it is low-power. It must be built with a class of processing units that produces less heat.
The name Aiyara originally referred to the first ARM-based cluster built by Wichai Srisuruk and Chanwit Kaewkasi at Suranaree University of Technology. The name "Aiyara" came from a Thai word literally an elephant to reflect its underneath software stack, which is Apache Hadoop.
Like Beowulf, an Aiyara cluster does not define a particular software stack to run atop it. A cluster normally runs a variant of the Linux operating system. Commonly used Big Data software stacks are Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark.
Development
A report of the Aiyara hardware which successfully processed a non-trivial amount of Big Data was published in the Proceedings of ICSEC 2014. Aiyara Mk-I, the second Aiyara cluster, consists of 22 Cubieboards. It is the first known SoC-based ARM cluster which is able to process Big Data successfully using the Spark and HDFS stack.
The Aiyara cluster model, a technical description explaining how to build an Aiyara cluster, was later published by Chanwit Kaewkasi in the DZone's 2014 Big Data Guide.
The further results and cluster optimization techniques, that make the cluster's processing rate boost to 0.9 GB/min while still preserve low-power consumption, were reported in the Proceeding of IEEE's TENCON 2014.
See also
Beowulf cluster
Apache Hadoop
Apache Spark
References
Cluster computing
Parallel computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20Australia%3A%20The%20National%20IQ%20Test | Test Australia: The National IQ Test is an Australian television show that aired on the Nine Network on 6 August 2002. The program was hosted by Eddie McGuire and Catriona Rowntree and ranked as the most watched Australian television show for 2002. The program, which allowed viewers to obtain a score on an Intelligence quotient (IQ) test while the show aired, was the first of its kind in Australia. It was also the first time an IQ test was available to an entire continent in one night. McGuire returned to host versions of the show in 2003 and 2010.
Background
The show was based on a similar program that had aired in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, for which the Nine Network had acquired the rights. Professor Con Stough was one of several experts contacted for the development of the show. Stough was instructed to develop a multiple-choice adult IQ test that would be administered on both the internet and television; he was given three months to complete the task. Stough had reservations about working on the program, and only agreed to do so after the Nine Network agreed to several of his caveats, including airing disclaimers stating that IQ test scores were a limited predictor of success. and that many other factors including motivation and creativity may be more important in everyday life, and that test scores would be affected by various factors including anxiety and cultural background.
Content and participation
The show was a three-hour special. Hosts Eddie McGuire and Catriona Rowntree were joined in the studio by seven groups: blondes, builders, teachers, students, identical twins, Kiwis and celebrities Turkan Aksoy, Layne Beachley, Tim Ferguson, Derryn Hinch, John Jarratt, Gina Jeffreys, Sami Lukis, Cindy Pan, Red Symons and Paul Vautin. In the studio the teachers were the group with the highest average result, followed by celebrities; Red Symons had the highest IQ among the celebrities, with 131. The test consisted of 76 questions which were divided into six categories: language, spatial processes, arithmetic, memory, reasoning, and learning. Over 43,000 people registered to take the test online during the show, and over 20,000 completed the test by texting their results via mobile phone. Results were used for several humorous comparisons, such as whether Aussie rules fans were more intelligent than Rugby league fans (both groups scored equally, with 110).
Ranking
The show was the most watched Australian television show in 2002, with 2.779 million viewers. It was the first time a non-sports program took the top spot since Seinfeld did so 1998. As of 2014, it ranked at No. 35 as the most watched television show of all time in Australia.
Later years
Following the program's success, it was held again the following year, where it attracted 1.6 million viewers.
After a seven-year absence, the third airing of the program occurred on 9 November 2010, attracting 1 million viewers. The website that corresponded to the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Wolpert | David Hilton Wolpert is an American physicist and computer scientist. He is a professor at Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of three books, three patents, over one hundred refereed papers, and has received two awards. His name is particularly associated with a theorem in computer science known as "no free lunch".
Career
David Wolpert took a B.A. in Physics at Princeton University (1984), then attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he took the degrees of M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1989).
Between 1989 and 1997 he pursued a research career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, IBM, TXN Inc. and Santa Fe Institute.
From 1997 to 2011 he worked as senior computer scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, and became visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute. He spent the year 2010-11 as Ulam Scholar at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos.
He joined the faculty of Santa Fe Institute in 2011 and became a professor there in September 2013. His research interests have included statistics, game theory, machine learning applications, information theory, optimization methods and complex systems theory.
"No free lunch"
One of Wolpert’s most discussed achievements is known as No free lunch in search and optimization. By this theorem, all algorithms for search and optimization perform equally well averaged over all problems in the class with which they are designed to deal. The theorem holds only under certain conditions that are not often encountered precisely in real life, although it has been claimed that the conditions can be met approximately. The theorem lies within the domain of computer science, but a weaker version known as the “folkloric no free lunch theorem” has been drawn upon by William A. Dembski in support of intelligent design. This use of the theorem has been rejected by Wolpert himself and others.
Limitation on knowledge
Wolpert has formalized an argument to show that it is in principle impossible for any intellect to know everything about the universe of which it forms a part, in other words disproving "Laplace's demon". This has been seen as an extension of the limitative theorems of the twentieth century such as those of Heisenberg and Gödel. In 2018 Wolpert published a proof revealing the fundamental limits of scientific knowledge.
Machine learning
Wolpert made many contributions to the early work on machine learning. These include a Bayesian estimator of the entropy of a distribution based on samples of the distribution, disproving formal claims that the "evidence procedure" is equivalent to hierarchical Bayes, a Bayesian alternative to the chi-squared test, a proof that there is no prior for which the bootstrap procedure is Bayes-optimal, and Bayesian extensions of the bias-plus-variance decomposition. Most prominently, he introduced "stacked generalization", a more sophisticated version of cross-validation that uses held-in / held-out partitions of a data set to combine learning algorithms rather t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotone%20priority%20queue | In computer science, a monotone priority queue is a variant of the priority queue abstract data type in which the priorities of extracted items are required to form a monotonic sequence. That is, for a priority queue in which each successively extracted item is the one with the minimum priority (a min-heap), the minimum priority should be monotonically increasing. Conversely for a max-heap the maximum priority should be monotonically decreasing. The assumption of monotonicity arises naturally in several applications of priority queues, and can be used as a simplifying assumption to speed up certain types of priority queues.
A necessary and sufficient condition on a monotone priority queue is that one never attempts to add an element with lower priority than the most recently extracted one.
Applications
Monotone priority queues arise naturally when arranging events in order of time, such as network timeouts or discrete event simulation. An event can cause some action to be scheduled at some time in the future, but (real or simulated) causality makes attempts to schedule actions in the past meaningless.
In Dijkstra's algorithm for the shortest path problem, vertices of a given weighted graph are extracted in increasing order by their distance from the starting vertex, and a priority queue is used to determine the closest remaining vertex to the starting vertex. Therefore, in this application, the priority queue operations are monotonic.
Similarly, in sweep line algorithms in computational geometry, events at which the sweep line crosses a point of interest are prioritized by the coordinate of the crossed point, and these events are extracted in monotonic ordering.
A monotonic extraction order also occurs in the best-first version of branch and bound.
Data structures
Any priority queue that can handle non-monotone extraction operations can also handle monotone extractions, but some priority queues are specialized to work only for monotone extractions or work better when the extractions are monotone.
For instance, the bucket queue is a simple priority queue data structure consisting of an array indexed by priority, where each array cell contains a bucket of items with that priority. An extract-min operation performs a sequential search for the first non-empty bucket and chooses an arbitrary item in that bucket. For non-monotone extractions, each extract-min operation takes time (in the worst case) proportional to the array length (the number of distinct priorities).
However, when used as a monotone priority queue, the search for the next non-empty bucket can begin at the priority of the most recent previous extract-min operation rather than at the start of the array. This optimization causes the total time for a sequence of operations to be proportional to the sum of the number of operations and the length of the array, rather than (as in the non-monotonic case) the product of these two quantities.
describe a more complicated scheme called |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Snow%20Flurry | Operation Snow Flurry was an operation by the United States Air Force that consisted of B-47 Stratojet bombers flying from South Carolina to England to perform mock bomb drops. Data would be received on the ground from the planes, and this would later be used to track the accuracy of the mock drops. Aircraft involved would then fly to Strategic Air Command airfields in North Africa. In 1958, a B-47 en route from Hunter Air Force Base accidentally dropped an unarmed Mark 6 nuclear bomb over Mars Bluff, South Carolina, although the explosion damaged nearby buildings. Live bombs were carried on board in case the planes had to activate for a wartime situation, but had their fissile nuclear cores removed and could not cause a nuclear detonation.
References
Military operations of the Cold War |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro%20Tyschtschenko | Petro Taras Ostap Tyschtschenko (born 16 April 1943) is a German businessman best known for his work in the European market for the American computer company Commodore International.
Early life
Tyschtschenko's father fled from his former homeland Ukraine to Austria during World War I, and met his wife there. They married in 1941 and had a son, Petro, in 1943. The family later moved to Bavaria in Germany, where Petro went to school and did his armed service in the German Bundeswehr in 1966.
Career
Tyschtschenko first came into contact with Commodore in 1982, when he saw a job advertisement in a newspaper. Salomon+Schimmelmann, a German headhunter company, was looking for a new business administrator for Commodore. Tyschtschenko immediately signed up for a job interview, but was not hired. However, he later received a telephone call from Harald Speyer, the director of Commodore's German market, saying he would want to hire Tyschtschenko as a business administrator and wanted him to start as soon as possible. Tyschtschenko immediately resigned from his current job at the company Addressograph-Multigraph and joined Commodore the next day.
Tyschtschenko later became the director of logistics for the whole European market at Commodore, responsible for the sales and delivery of the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 all over Germany and other European countries. He then became Commodore's global logistics manager. After Commodore bought the new computer start-up company Amiga Corporation, Tyschtschenko's duties expanded to the Amiga line as well.
Commodore Bankruptcy
Petro worked on a bid with Escom, a company he had a previous sales relationship in his role as global logistics director for Commodore. During the Amiga Buyout He worked with Escom and New Star Electronics to bid against Dell and Creative Electronics International. Other parties did not bid such as Commodore Uk and Samsung. New Star Electronics were also doing a deal with Commodore UK and pulled out 48 hours before the bidding process, preventing Commodore Uk from bidding.
Amiga Technologies
Petro became director of Amiga Technologies after the Escom Buy out. The subsidiary company revealed a new Amiga logo and released a hardware and software bundle called the Amiga Magic Pack. This was an Amiga 1200, sold for £400 in a single box, along with two games, the Deluxe Paint AGA painting software, the Wordsworth 2 word processor, and Print Manager. A £500 bundle was released that added a hard drive and more productivity software.
Amiga Technologies licensed its hardware to many companies such as Regent Electronics Corporation who created the Wonder TV A6000.
Petro was insistent that Amiga Technologies should operate as a viable business without asking for additional financial help from Escom.
Amiga Technologies developed the Prototype Amiga Walker
AMIGA International, Inc.
Under Gateway 2000 Petro became president of Amiga International. Amiga International granted the German company Haage & |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny%20Maloney | Bunny Maloney is a computer-animated television series created by Studio Tanuki and directed by Stéphane Stoll. The series is produced by MoonScoop Group, in co-production with France 2 and Telegael Teoranta. It was based on a Flash-animated pilot called The Attack of the Giant Red Octopus (). The series chronicles the adventures of a pink anthropomorphic rabbit named Bunny Maloney and his friends. The series was canceled after one season, due to low ratings and highly negative criticism over the show's inappropriate themes.
In France, Bunny Maloney was broadcast for the first time on June 29, 2009, on the TV channels Canal+ and Canal+ Family during the Cartoon+ programming block. An English dub aired on Kabillion in the United States, but any trace of the show had later been removed, likely due to the series' raunchiness.
The show is currently distributed digitally, on Apple TV's French website.
Synopsis
The series stars the titular Bunny Maloney, who is a pink anthropomorphic rabbit, and he is often blundering and over-confident. He lives in an apartment with his friends Candy Bunny (another pink rabbit, and his girlfriend), and Jean-François (a blue dog-like creature). Sometimes, they are accompanied by a badger called Stan Ookie. They live in Bunnyville, a town that is the target of their sworn enemy, the infamous Professor Débilouman, along with his companion, Modchi.
In almost every episode, as members of Bunnyville's ProtecTeam, they end up having to foil Débilouman's plan aboard their robot, the Bunnyganger-28. As a running gag, Débilouman's submarine (the Tsunami) will sink from missiles (unintentional or not) or by pressing a red button at its control panel.
The series also includes elements akin to Japanese culture - it has elements reminiscent of manga and anime in its design, followed by some manga iconography and instances of text being written with the Japanese language. Some episodes also reference popular culture, like the franchise James Bond.
Characters
Bunny Maloney - A pink rabbit. In spite of being the ProtecTeam's leader, he's a laid-back oaf who often lazes around, or wants to have fun at other times. At his worst, he sometimes has a bit of a temper, and can have mischievous or selfish motives. He usually watches TV, and is a fast food junkie. He owns four pet fish, to which he sometimes interacts with in some episodes.
Candy Bunny - Another pink rabbit, but with a red scrunchie and prominent blush. She is Bunny's girlfriend, who is a bossy, cranky rabbit with a high temper. Candy is frequently angry at Bunny, and only is happy with him if she gets what she wants. She owns a pet called Potchi (who freely roams her apartment), though she barely interacts with him.
Jean-François - A mysterious blue creature who can only speak his own name, having droopy ears and large black, blank eyes. He's the most calm and collected out of all the ProtecTeam, though not much is known about him beyond his frequent presence. Des |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Wi-Fi%20microcontrollers | Wi-Fi microcontrollers enable Wi-Fi connectivity for devices so that they can send & receive data and accept commands. As such, Wi-Fi microcontrollers can be used for bringing otherwise ordinary devices into the realm of the Internet of things.
Wi-Fi microcontroller chips:
References
External links
Texas Instruments Wi-Fi MCU product selector
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox%20500%20series | The Xerox 500 series is a discontinued line of computers from Xerox Data Systems (XDS) introduced in the early 1970s as backward-compatible upgrades for the Sigma series machines.
Although orders for the Xerox 530 were deemed "encouraging" as of January 1974,
the systems had failed to gain traction by the time Xerox sold its Data Systems Division in 1975. The buyer, Honeywell, Inc., continued to support existing 500-series systems until 1984 but discontinued manufacturing.
Binary integer arithmetic is standard on all models; floating-point is optional on the 530, and standard on the 550 and 560. The 560 also supports decimal arithmetic. The 550 and 560 include one or more "system control processors" (CPs) to handle interrupts, diagnostics, clocks, direct I/O, and operator communications. Systems are clusterable, with multiple "basic processors" (BPs), I/O processors (IOPs), and "system control processors" (CPs) sharing busses and memory.
16-bit systems (Xerox 530)
The Xerox 530 system is a 16-bit computer aimed at upgrading the 16-bit Sigma 2 and 3 systems. The 530 was the first system of the line introduced in early 1973.
The 530 supports memory sizes of 8 K to 64 K 16-bit words (16 KB to 128 KB) with a cycle time of 800 ns. The memory protection feature protects the foreground (real-time) program from the background tasks.
When IBM discontinued the 16-bit IBM 1130, Xerox began marketing the 530 as a possible successor,
including mention of Fortan IV, COBOL and RPG. Both the 1130 and Xerox 530 had Indirect addressing and 8-bit relative addressing.
On the IBM 1130/1800 magnetic tape drives were only available as a special feature—RPQ (Request Price Quotation). The Xerox 530 offered a choice of 7-track drives operating at 37.5 inches per second (ips) or nine-track, 75 ips drives.
32-bit systems (Xerox 550, 560)
The Xerox 550 and Xerox 560 systems are 32-bit computers introduced in 1974. The 550 was aimed at real-time applications and intended as an upgrade for the Sigma 5. The 560 was aimed at the general-purpose Sigma 6, 7, and 9 upgrade market.
The systems are microprogrammed and constructed using large-scale and medium-scale integration (LSI and MSI) and magnetic-core memory. They feature independent Input/Output Processors (IOP), and "Direct Control" instructions for direct input/output of a single word via a parallel interface
The 550 and 560 support 16 K to 256 K 32-bit words (64 KB to 1 MB) . Main memory cycle time was 645 ns. Virtual memory and memory protection are standard features.
A 590 system was designed but never built.
Operating systems
The 530 can run either the Basic Control Monitor (BCM) or the Real-time Batch Monitor (RBM) operating systems.
RBM supports a combination of real-time and general-purpose batch jobs running at the same time. An example of this could be RJE to a larger machine while running local computing.
The 550 runs the Control Program for Real-Time (CP-R) operating system, or the CP-V operating |
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