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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-buffer | In computer graphics, A-buffer, also known as anti-aliased, area-averaged or accumulation buffer, is a general hidden surface mechanism suited to medium scale virtual memory computers. It resolves visibility among an arbitrary collection of opaque, transparent, and intersecting objects. Using an easy to compute Fourier window (box filter), it increases the effective image resolution many times over the Z-buffer, with a moderate increase in cost.
The A-buffer method is a descendant of the well known Z-buffer, which provides good quality results in moderate time.
Uses
In 3-D image synthesis system, the balance between the quality and the cost of computation has always been needed. Using a full object-precision visible-surface algorithm at each pixel is expensive. A-buffer method provides moderate quality results in moderate cost of computation.
A-buffer helps in using visibility techniques and supports all conceivable geometric modeling primitives: polygons, patches, quadrics, fractals, and so forth. It also helps to handle transparency and intersecting surfaces (and transparent intersecting surfaces).
Strategy
Carpenter's A-buffer algorithm addresses this problem by approximating Catmull's per-pixel object-precision area sampling with per-pixel image-precision operation performed on a sub-pixel grid. Polygons are first processed in scan-line order by clipping them to each square pixel they cover. This results in list of clipped polygon fragments corresponding to each square pixel. Each fragment has 4 by 8 bit mask of parts of the pixel it covers.
The bit-mask for a fragment is computed by xoring together masks representing each of the fragment's edges. When all polygons intersecting a pixel have been processed, the area-weighted average of the colors of the pixel's visible surfaces is obtained by selecting fragments in depth-sorted order and using their bit masks to clip those of farther fragments.
The bit masks can be manipulated efficiently with Boolean operations. For example, two fragment bit masks can be added together to determine the overlap between them. The A-buffer algorithm saves only a small amount of additional information with each fragment. For example. It includes the fragment's z extent, but no information about which part of the fragment is associated with these z values. Thus, the algorithm must make assumptions about the sub-pixel geometry in cases in which fragment bit masks overlap in z.
References
Computer graphics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINOS%20%28optimization%20software%29 |
MINOS is a Fortran software package for solving linear and nonlinear mathematical optimization problems. MINOS (Modular In-core Nonlinear Optimization System) may be used for linear programming, quadratic programming, and more general objective functions and constraints, and for finding a feasible point for a set of linear or nonlinear equalities and inequalities.
MINOS was first developed by Bruce Murtagh and Michael Saunders, mostly at the Systems Optimization Laboratory in the Department of Operations Research at Stanford University. In 1985, Saunders was awarded the inaugural Orchard-Hays prize by the Mathematical Programming Society (now the Mathematical Optimization Society) for his work on MINOS. Despite being one of the first general-purpose constrained optimization solvers to emerge, the package remains heavily used. MINOS is supported in the AIMMS, AMPL, APMonitor, GAMS, and TOMLAB modeling systems. In addition, it remains one of the top-used solvers on the NEOS Server and in GAMS.
Operation
Ideally, the user should provide gradients of the nonlinear functions. (This is automatic in most of the modeling systems mentioned above.) If some or all of the gradients are not provided, MINOS will approximate the missing ones by finite differences, but this could be slow and less reliable. If the objective function is convex and the constraints are linear, the solution obtained will be a global minimizer. Otherwise, the solution obtained may be a local minimizer.
For linear programs, a two-phase primal simplex method is used. The first phase minimizes the sum of infeasibilities. For problems with linear constraints and a nonlinear objective, a reduced-gradient method is used. A quasi-Newton approximation to the reduced Hessian is maintained to obtain search directions. The method is most efficient when many constraints or bounds are active at the solution.
For problems with nonlinear constraints, a linearly constrained Lagrangian method is used. This involves a sequence of major iterations, each of which solves (perhaps approximately) a linearly constrained subproblem. The subproblem objective is an augmented Lagrangian, and the subproblem constraints are linearizations of the nonlinear constraints at the current point.
MINOS is intended for large sparse problems. There is no fixed limit on problem size. Most working storage is contained in one double-precision array (which should be sufficiently large). The source code is suitable for all scientific machines with a Fortran compiler.
References
Further reading
External links
Systems Optimization Laboratory, Stanford University Systems Optimization Laboratory (SOL).
MINOS 5.5 - Description - Distributors of the software.
Mathematical optimization software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical%20closeness | Hierarchical closeness (HC) is a structural centrality measure used in network theory or graph theory. It is extended from closeness centrality to rank how centrally located a node is in a directed network. While the original closeness centrality of a directed network considers the most important node to be that with the least total distance from all other nodes, hierarchical closeness evaluates the most important node as the one which reaches the most nodes by the shortest paths. The hierarchical closeness explicitly includes information about the range of other nodes that can be affected by the given node. In a directed network where is the set of nodes and is the set of interactions, hierarchical closeness of a node ∈ called was proposed by Tran and Kwon as follows:
where:
is the reachability of a node defined by a path from to , and
is the normalized form of original closeness (Sabidussi, 1966). It can use a variant definition of closeness as follows: where is the distance of the shortest path, if any, from to ; otherwise, is specified as an infinite value.
In the formula, represents the number of nodes in that can be reachable from . It can also represent the hierarchical position of a node in a directed network. It notes that if , then because is . In cases where , the reachability is a dominant factor because but . In other words, the first term indicates the level of the global hierarchy and the second term presents the level of the local centrality.
Application
Hierarchical closeness can be used in biological networks to rank the risk of genes to carry diseases.
References
Graph theory
Graph algorithms
Algebraic graph theory
Networks
Network analysis
Network theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishneet%20Arora | Trishneet Arora was born on 2 November 1993 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He is the founder and chief executive officer of TAC Security, a cyber security company. He was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 2018 Asia list and Fortune India 40 Under 40 2019 List of India's Brightest Business Minds.
Career
Arora founded TAC Security, a cyber security company that provides protection to corporations against network vulnerabilities and data theft. Some of his clients are Reliance Industries, Central Bureau of Investigation, Punjab Police (India) and Gujarat Police.
Arora's company mainly provides vulnerability assessment and penetration testing services. According to Arora, there has been an increase in the number of attacks against portals of companies.
Trishneet's enterprise reached a turning point in 2016 when it secured pre-series 'A' funding from prominent investor Vijay Kedia.
In November 2022, Trishneet was invited by US Vice President Kamala Harris to discusses cyber security at a gathering of young business leaders in New Mexico.
Awards and recognition
Biographical film
Film-maker Sunil Bohra is working on a biographical film about Arora. Hansal Mehta will be directing the movie and currently working on the story. Trishneet Arora rejected the script and later sold rights for book to Author Cyrus Gonda.
Biography
Cyrus Gonda authored the biography Trishneet Arora (2023) in "The Magic of Leadership" series. The book tells Arora's story from the time he decided to drop out to his first stint as an entrepreneur.
Personal life
Trishneet also invest in startups as an angel investor. In 2020 invested in online gaming company Oneiric.
References
External links
Official Facebook
1993 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Ludhiana
English-language writers from India
Indian technology writers
Punjabi people
Chief executives of computer security organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-gap%20malware | Air-gap malware is malware that is designed to defeat the air-gap isolation of secure computer systems using various air-gap covert channels.
Operation
Because most modern computers, especially laptops, have built-in microphones and speakers, air-gap malware can be designed to communicate secure information acoustically, at frequencies near or beyond the limit of human hearing. The technique is limited to computers in close physical proximity (about ), and is also limited by the requirement that both the transmitting and receiving machines be infected with the proper malware to form the communication link. The physical proximity limit can be overcome by creating an acoustically linked mesh network, but is only effective if the mesh network ultimately has a traditional Ethernet connection to the outside world by which the secure information can be removed from the secure facility. In 2014, researchers introduced ″AirHopper″, a bifurcated attack pattern showing the feasibility of data exfiltration from an isolated computer to a nearby mobile phone, using FM frequency signals.
In 2015, "BitWhisper", a covert signaling channel between air-gapped computers using thermal manipulations, was introduced. "BitWhisper" supports bidirectional communication and requires no additional dedicated peripheral hardware.
Later in 2015, researchers introduced "GSMem", a method for exfiltrating data from air-gapped computers over cellular frequencies. The transmission - generated by a standard internal bus - renders the computer into a small cellular transmitter antenna.
In 2016, researchers categorized various "out-of-band covert channels" (OOB-CCs), which are malware communication channels that require no specialized hardware at the transmitter or receiver. OOB-CCs are not as high-bandwidth as conventional radio-frequency channels; however, they are capable of leaking sensitive information that require low data rates to communicate (e.g., text, recorded audio, cryptographic key material).
In 2020, researchers of ESET Research reported Ramsay Malware, a cyber espionage framework and toolkit that collects and steals sensitive documents like Word documents from systems on air-gapped networks.
In general, researchers demonstrated that air-gap covert channels can be realized over a number of different mediums, including:
acoustic
light
seismic
magnetic
thermal
radio-frequency
physical media
See also
Air gap (networking)
BadBIOS
References
Further reading
Types of malware |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Access%20License | The Network Access License (NAL) is mandatory for telecommunication equipment that is exported to or sold in China. This license applies to telecommunication equipment that is connected to the public telecommunication network.
For receiving the Network Access License, an application has to be submitted at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in Beijing. Among others, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is responsible for the Chinese regulation and development of the Internet, wireless, broadcasting, communications and production of electronic and information goods, and the promotion of the national knowledge economy.
History
In 2001, the Chinese authorities published the first three product categories requiring NAL. Since then, about 25 product categories including about 300 different kinds of telecommunication devices have been added to the product catalogue. Furthermore, the NAL products are categorized in basic and high-end equipment.
In August 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued 495 network access licenses for telecom equipment.
In 2014, there are only 14 test laboratories that are authorized for the testing of the telecommunication equipment. Most of these test laboratories are specialized on product categories.
Application process
The application process is a 4-step process and include:
Submission of application documents
Product tests
Factory inspection
License issue
The length of time required to obtain an NAL varies according to the product for which the license is sought. Based on current regulations, it usually takes 20 days for testing and 60 days for processing an application. Nevertheless, for some products it may take longer.
See also
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China MIIT
Standardization Administration of China SAC
Electronic information industry in China
Ministries of China
References
Certification marks
Export and import control
Economy of China
Safety codes
Foreign trade of China
Organizations based in Beijing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%20%2B%20Y%20sorting | In computer science, sorting is the problem of sorting pairs of numbers by their sums. Applications of the problem include transit fare minimisation, VLSI design, and sparse polynomial multiplication. As with comparison sorting and integer sorting more generally, algorithms for this problem can be based only on comparisons of these sums, or on other operations that work only when the inputs are small integers.
It is unknown whether this problem has a comparison-based solution whose running time is asymptotically faster than sorting an unstructured list of equally many items. Therefore, research on the problem has focused on two approaches to settle the question of whether such an improvement is possible: the development of algorithms that improve on unstructured sorting in their number of comparisons rather than in their total running time, and lower bounds for the number of comparisons based on counting cells in subdivisions of high-dimensional spaces. Both approaches are historically tied together, in that the first algorithms that used few comparisons were based on the weakness of the cell-counting lower bounds.
Problem statement and history
The input to the sorting problem consists of two finite collections of numbers and , of the same length. The problem's output is the collection of all pairs of a number from and a number from , arranged into sorted order by the sum of each pair. As a small example, for the inputs and , the output should be the list of pairsof one element from and one element from , listed in sorted order by their sums of pairsOne way to solve the problem would be to construct the pairs to be sorted (the Cartesian product of the two collections) and use these pairs as input to a standard comparison sorting algorithm such as merge sort or heapsort. When the inputs have length , they form pairs, and the time to sort the pairs in this way is . In terms of its big O notation, this method is the fastest known algorithm for sorting. Whether a faster algorithm exists is an open problem, posed by Elwyn Berlekamp prior to 1975.
A variant of the problem sorts the sumset, the set of sums of pairs, with duplicate sums condensed to a single value. For this variant, the size of the sumset may be significantly smaller than , and output-sensitive algorithms for constructing it have been investigated.
Applications
Steven Skiena recounts a practical application in transit fare minimisation, an instance of the shortest path problem: find the cheapest two-hop airplane ticket between two given cities, from an input that describes both the cost of each hop and which pairs of hops may be combined into a single ticket. Skiena's solution consists of sorting pairs of hops by their total cost as an instance of the sorting problem, and then testing the resulting pairs in this sorted order until finding one that is allowed. To generate the sorted pairs in this order, Skiena uses a priority queue of pairs, initially containing only a singl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix%20heap | A radix heap is a data structure for realizing the operations of a monotone priority queue. A set of elements to which a key is assigned can then be managed. The run time of the operations depends on the difference between the largest and smallest key or constant. The data structure consists mainly of a series of buckets, the size of which increases exponentially.
Prerequisites
all keys are natural numbers;
max. key - min. key C for constant C;
the extract-min operation is monotonic; that is, the values returned by successive extract-min calls are monotonically increasing.
Description of data structure
The three most important fields are:
of size , with 0 as the lowest index, stores the buckets;
of size , with 0 as the lowest index, store the (lower) bounds of the buckets;
, holds for each element in the heap the bucket in which it is stored.
The above diagram shows the data structure. The following invariants apply:
key in : the keys in are up or down through the value in or limited.
and for : the sizes of the buckets increase exponentially.
It is important to note the exponential growth of the limits (and thus the range that a bucket holds). In this way the logarithmic dependence of the field quantities is of value C, the maximum difference between two key values.
Operations
During initialization, empty buckets are generated and the lower bounds are generated (according to invariant 2); running time .
During insert, a new element is linearly moved from right to left through the buckets and the new element with is stored in the left bucket to that ; running time .
For decrease-key, first the key value is decreased (checking for compliance with the invariants). Then, the field is used to locate the element and it is iterated to the left, if necessary, analogously to the insert operation. The running time is (amortized).
The extract-min operation removes an element from bucket and returns it. If the bucket is not yet empty, the operation is terminated. If, however, it is empty, the next larger non-empty bucket is searched, its smallest element tracked and is set to k (monotonicity is required for this). Then, according to the invariants, the bucket boundaries are redefined and the elements removed to the newly formed buckets; running time (amortized).
If displayed, the field is updated.
References
B.V. Cherkassky, A.V. Goldberg, C. Silverstein: Buckets, Heaps, Lists and Monotone Priority Queues (Abstract), in: Proceedings of the Eight Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. January 1997, pp. 83-92.
Heaps (data structures) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Verhoef | Christopher (Chris) Verhoef (born 1962) is a Dutch computer scientist, and Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Biography
Born in Kedichem in 1962, Verhoef received his PhD in computer science at the University of Amsterdam in 1992 under supervision of Jan Bergstra with the thesis "Linear unary operators in process algebra."
Verhoef had done his graduate work at the Programming Research Group of the University of Amsterdam, where in 1990 he had published his first report "On the register operator." Early 1990s he joined the Department of Mathematics and Computing Science of Eindhoven University of Technology. One of his first research interests was the Algebra of Communicating Processes, an "algebraic theory to describe processes that can communicate." This field was initially developed by Jan Bergstra and Jan Willem Klop in 1982. With Alban Ponse and Bas van Vlijmen, Verhoef initiated the first two International Workshops on the Algebra of Communicating Processes in 1994 and 1995.
In 1996/97 he returned to Programming Research Group of the University of Amsterdam, where he started focussing on Reverse engineering, the "theory and practice of recovering information from existing software and systems." In 1997 he co-chaired the Fourth IEEE Computer Society Working Conference on Reverse Engineering.
Since early 2000s Verhoef is Professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. His research interests further extend in the fields of the structured operational semantics, and IT Portfolio Management.
Selected publications
Articles, a selection.
Verhoef, Chris. "A congruence theorem for structured operational semantics with predicates and negative premises." Nordic Journal of Computing 2.2 (1995): 274-302.
Aceto, Luca, Wan Fokkink, and Chris Verhoef. Structural operational semantics. BRICS, Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, 1999.
Lämmel, Ralf, and Chris Verhoef. "Semi‐automatic grammar recovery." Software: Practice and Experience 31.15 (2001): 1395-1438.
Klint, Paul, Ralf Lämmel, and Chris Verhoef. "Toward an engineering discipline for grammarware." ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) 14.3 (2005): 331-380.
Eveleens, J. Laurenz, and Chris Verhoef. "The rise and fall of the chaos report figures." IEEE software 27.1 (2010): 30-36.
References
External links
Chris Verhoef at uva.nl
Homepage (with many articles).
Dutch computer scientists
1962 births
Living people
University of Amsterdam alumni
Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Academic staff of the Eindhoven University of Technology
People from Leerdam
20th-century Dutch scientists
21st-century Dutch scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Socialist%20Network | The International Socialist Network (ISN or IS Network for short) was a short-lived revolutionary socialist organisation in Britain. It was formed as a split from the Socialist Workers Party in 2013 following the alleged rape scandal concerning former National Secretary, Martin Smith.
According to the group's Autumn 2014 Discussion Bulletin, it was "a tendency within Left Unity". The ISN also participated in unity talks involving other organisations, some of which are involved in Left Unity, including Workers Power, Socialist Resistance, Anti-Capitalist Initiative and Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century (RS21). It published regular 'internal' bulletins that are also publicly available, and one issue of a proposed journal, 'Cactus'.
The ISN voted to disband at a national meeting in May 2015 and encouraged members to join other socialist organisations.
References
External links
Left Unity
RS21
2013 establishments in the United Kingdom
2015 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
International Socialist Tendency
Political parties established in 2013
Political parties disestablished in 2015
Defunct socialist parties in the United Kingdom
Socialist Workers Party (UK) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equitel | Finserve Africa Limited (doing business as Equitel) is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Kenya. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings and is using the Airtel Kenya network as its carrier.
Overview
The Equitel brand was hailed by Equity Group as the "next big thing", as part of an overhaul dubbed "Equity 3.0". The move was to give Equity Bank the opportunity to continue its mission of furthering financial inclusion and innovative service offerings for all Kenyans by presenting their financial services offering on to a single platform which will make banking services more accessible, flexible convenient and more affordable. Airtel Kenya on their part stated that the partnership would increase their revenue by up to 10%.
The brand made Equity Bank the first financial institution in Africa to offer a full banking suite through an MVNO.
History
Equity Bank, through its subsidiary Finserve Africa Limited, received its MVNO Licence on 11 April 2014, along with Tangaza Money and Zioncell Kenya. All which would run on Airtel Kenya's network, a move that was opposed by the Consumer Federation of Kenya, Safaricom and Telkom Kenya
For the bank, the move was aimed at lowering their transaction costs by up to 47% as well as an added revenue stream by providing money transfer and other telco services to their 14.3 million customers.
Due to the requirement to have a SIM card to access the service, users would therefore need an additional mobile phone or Dual SIM phone. Equity Bank overcame this challenge by adopting the use of 0.1 millimetres thick ultra-slim SIM cards from Taisys Solutions, using technology originally developed in China. The ultra-slim SIM cards are placed at the back of normal SIM cards therefore tackling this challenge effectively. This ultra-slim SIM cards would also come with Near Field Communication (NFC) capability that enables them to be swiped on the point of sale devices or ATM thus converting a mobile phone into a credit or debit card.
Market leader Safaricom wrote to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) challenging the use of ultra-slim SIM cards stating that they could expose their subscribers to intercepted communication and financial fraud on M-Pesa service. Despite this, Finserve Africa were granted a one-year trial period through the 0763xxxxxx prefix.
On 22 September 2014, Safaricom stated that it would review its legal commitments to M-Pesa customers who opt to use the Equitel overlay SIM cards. In addition, the CCK required Finserve Africa to make a written undertaking to compensate mobile phone subscribers for any losses they may incur during the one-year trial of its thin SIM, putting to test the company’s assertion that the technology is safe.
On 14 October 2014, Equity Bank Kenya started issuing ordinary SIM cards for telecommunication and mobile banking services to its 8.7 million customers across the country.
In August 2018, Equity Group spun off its fintech arm into Finserv |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy%20W.%20Rozenblit | Jerzy W. Rozenblit is a University Distinguished Professor and Raymond J. Oglethorpe Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, Arizona. He also holds a joint appointment as Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. From 2003 to 2011 he served as the ECE Department Head. During his tenure at the University of Arizona, he established the Model-Based Design Laboratory with major projects in complex systems design hardware software codesign, modeling, and computer-aided minimally-invasive surgical training. He presently serves as Director of the Life-Critical Computing Systems Initiative, a research enterprise intended to improve the reliability and safety of technology in life-critical applications.
Background
Rozenblit grew up in Wroclaw, Poland, and received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the Wroclaw University of Technology specializing in systems science and control engineering. He had spent time in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands prior to emigrating to Detroit, Michigan, where he completed his MSc and PhD in computer science at Wayne State University. In 1986, he joined the University of Arizona as a junior faculty, where he has worked ever since.
Rozenblit has been active in professional service in capacities ranging from editorship of Association for Computing Machinery, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Society for Computer Simulation Transactions, program and general chairmanship of major scientific conferences. Among several visiting assignments, he was a Fulbright Program Senior Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Systems Science at Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria, Research Fellow at the United States Army Research Laboratory, Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Munich and University of Perugia. He served as a research scientist and visiting professor at Siemens AG and Infineon AG Central Research and Development Laboratories in Munich, where he was instrumental in the development of design frameworks for complex, computer-based systems.
Accomplishments
Rozenblit is one of the founders of the area known as the engineering of computer-based systems (ECBS). His key contributions are seminal works in model-based design that established the theoretical basis of ECBS and bringing ECBS principles to practice in a number of significant engineering applications, namely VLSI design and manufacturing embedded systems design and testing, computer-assisted surgery (clinical medicine), and national security.
Specific technical innovations of his approach include the development of heuristics for design space search (a problem well known and proven to be NP-complete). The developed heuristics that use a rule-based approach to reduce the search complexity from exponential to polynomial and allow for rapid construction of simulatable design models.
Leveragi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20Engineering%20Database | The Traffic Engineering Database is a database used to store traffic engineering information when setting up a link with RSVP-TE.
References
Transportation engineering
Road traffic management
Surveillance
Intelligent transportation systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwitchUp | SwitchUp is an online coding and computing programing platform. Students use the website to research online and offline programming courses by reading alumni reviews, connecting with mentors in the forum, taking an online quiz, and reading industry studies. SwitchUp only accepts reviews from verified alumni and has a verification process.
History
SwitchUp, was started after Jonathan Lau, an MIT alum, attended a Coding Bootcamp in Boston. He launched SwitchUp with a small team, and left the first code bootcamp review on the site.
SwitchUp aims to add transparency to the technology education industry. The website was launched in August 2014.
Product
As of October 2020, the site had over 20,000 reviews of 1000 different programming bootcamps and courses across 30 different countries. Switch guides students on a career path, recommends bootcamps, and aggregates alumni reviews.
Research Publications and Rankings
SwitchUp regularly publishes industry research and bootcamp rankings. They also put out data science, cyber security, and web design rankings.
They also offer scholarship information and listings for bootcamps that accept the GI Bill.
In a job outcomes study conducted by researchers published on Dec 1, 2016, the following trends were found:
63% of graduates reported increase in salary
80% of graduates reported they were 'satisfied' or 'very satisfied'
Average class size is 30 students with a 1-to-3.8 student instructor ratio
A one-tailed paired-difference test showed that the increase in salary was statistically significant at the 95% level
SwitchUp also published the 2018 best coding bootcamp rankings on December 31, 2018.
See also
Code.org
Codecademy
Team Treehouse
Udacity
Dev Bootcamp
References
External links
SwitchUp
Computer programming
American review websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ello%20%28social%20network%29 | Ello was an online social networking service created by Paul Budnitz and Todd Berger in March 2014. It was created as an ad-free alternative to existing social networks. It has pivoted from its earlier Facebook-like incarnation toward a Pinterest-like website showcasing art, photography, fashion and web culture.
The Ello service claims several notable distinguishing intentions as a social network such as never selling user data to advertisers or third parties, never showing advertisements, and not enforcing a real-name policy. In 2018, Ello was acquired by Talenthouse.
History
Ello began as a private social network consisting of seven artists and programmers. After a year of the social network being private, the creators redesigned the website and launched Ello to the public. Seed funding of $435,000 from the venture capital investor FreshTracks Capital in January 2014 helped sustain the company initially. This decision earned some criticism when the network achieved wider popularity.
Ello launched on March 19, 2014, complete with a manifesto that claimed to distinguish it from other social networks like Facebook. The site promised it would never sell user data, proclaiming "You Are Not a Product". The social network service officially launched on April 3, although membership registration was only by invitation.
Ello gained added attention in September 2014, when numerous members of the LGBTQ community left Facebook following the controversial enforcement of its real-name policy, thought to be intended to exclude drag queens in San Francisco. At its peak, the social network was processing more than 30,000 signup requests an hour. It is estimated that 20% of sign ups remain active on the site one week after registration.
In October 2014, Ello reorganized itself as a benefit corporation and raised a further $5.5 million in venture capital. In 2015 Ello launched its iPhone app, which has many similarities to the original website, including format. In 2016, Wired writer Charley Locke noted that the user base of Ello has shifted from early adopters of new social media to artists and other creative people. In 2018, Talenthouse acquired Ello for an undisclosed amount.
As of July, 2023, the Ello social network is no longer available.
Features
Ello has several features already built, including an emoji autocomplete, NSFW settings and hashtag implementation, and is planning on adding others such as private messaging.
Revenue
Ello is free to use, but was exploring a freemium model to finance future activities. It is also selling specially branded T-shirts in a partnership with Threadless to generate revenue. Additionally, the social network introduced a 'Hire Me' button in August 2016, followed by a 'Buy' and 'Collaborate Button' soon after that. The 'Hire Me' and/or 'Collaborate' buttons enable users to be contacted by other community members, to either collaborate or offer their services. The 'Buy button' can be added to any post, and direct |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias%20Nipkow | Tobias Nipkow (born 1958) is a German computer scientist.
Career
Nipkow received his Diplom (MSc) in computer science from the Department of Computer Science of the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt in 1982, and his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1987.
He worked at MIT from 1987, changed to Cambridge University in 1989, and to Technical University Munich in 1992, where he was appointed professor for programming theory.
He is chair of the Logic and Verification group since 2011.
He is known for his work in interactive and automatic theorem proving, in particular for the Isabelle proof assistant; he was the editor of the Journal of Automated Reasoning up to January 1, 2021. Moreover, he focuses on programming language semantics, type systems and functional programming.
In 2021 he won the Herbrand Award "in recognition of his leadership in developing Isabelle and related tools, resulting in key contributions to the foundations, automation, and use of proof assistants in a wide range of applications, as well as his successful efforts in increasing the visibility of automated reasoning".
Selected publications
References
External links
Home page
German computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich
1958 births
Living people
Technische Universität Darmstadt alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Discovery%20Family | This is a list of television programs currently and formerly broadcast by the U.S. cable television channel Discovery Family.
Current programming
An asterisk (*) indicates that the program had new episodes aired on Discovery Family.
Acquired programming
Animated series
Programming from Hanna-Barbera
Programming from Warner Bros. Animation
Programming from various WBD networks
Programming from Netflix
Repeats of ended series
The Hub Network
Discovery Family
Former programming
This is a list of programs that have formerly aired on Discovery Kids (1996–2010), The Hub Network (2010–2014), and Discovery Family (2014–present).
Former programming by Discovery Kids
Original programming
Animated series
Live-action series
Preschool series
Short-form programming
Specials
Acquired programming
Animated series
Live-action series
Preschool series
Programming from PBS Kids
Programming from Animal Planet
Programming from TLC
Blocks
Former programming by The Hub Network
An asterisk (*) indicates that the program had new episodes aired on Discovery Family.
Original programming
Animated series
Live-action series
Specials
Acquired programming
Animated series
Live-action series
Programming from Cartoon Network
Programming from Warner Bros. Animation
Programming from Hasbro
Programming from Animal Planet
Blocks
Former programming by Discovery Family
Original programming
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%20Cupcakes | "Pink Cupcakes" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on November 5, 2014 on the cable network FX. It was written by Jessica Sharzer and directed by Michael Uppendahl. In this episode, Stanley (Denis O'Hare) and Elsa (Jessica Lange) have their own ideas on getting rid of Bette and Dot (Sarah Paulson) as Dandy (Finn Wittrock) finds his first victim.
Plot
Stanley introduces himself to Elsa as a WBN television agent, offering to give her a show of her own. Elsa turns down his offer when she finds out that it is television.
Jimmy arrives at Dell's trailer to retrieve him as Ethel asked, but he instead finds Desiree. The two bond and nearly have sex before Desiree tells Jimmy she is intersex.
Stanley has a fantasy about killing the twins with poisoned pink cupcakes and presenting them to the museum, but in reality Dot refuses cupcakes for both of them because they needed to keep their figure.
Dandy finds his way into a gay bar, where he finds Dell having a drink with a male prostitute named Andy. Dandy leads Andy into the bus by paying him $100, but insists he is not gay. Dandy offers that they strip naked facing away from each other. When Andy turns around, Dandy stabs him, and begins to dismember him, disposing of his limbs in a tub of acid.
Regina Ross, Dora's daughter, calls from the Barbizon after her mother missed their weekly phone call. Gloria initially puts her off, saying that Dora is too busy to call. As they are about to hang up, Gloria recalls that Regina used to live with them and played with Dandy, and asks what she thought about Gloria as a mother. Regina recalls that Gloria was never really there as a mother, and Gloria defends herself, saying she raised Dandy how she was raised growing up.
Elsa drives away from Jupiter with the twins under the pretense of taking them to get new outfits, but instead takes them to Mott Manor. She offers them to Gloria, who previously offered to buy them to please Dandy.
Reception
Reviews
The episode received positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the episode has an approval rating of 79% based on 14 reviews. The critical consensus reads: ""Pink Cupcakes" provides essential character developments, the first time for many, while also fulfilling the gore quota."
Matt Fowler from IGN wrote: "[The episode] played fast and loose with show reality this week by giving us a horrific death that was immediately recalled. Sort of an empty fake out, really. But that didn't stop the rest of the episode from raising the stakes of the series – from Elsa's new malicious form of "mentoring" Bette and Dot, to Dell's secret homosexual life, to Dandy's new determination to be a pristine killing machine." Emily L. Stephens of The A.V. Club gave "Pink Cupcakes" a B rating, writing: "Everyone in the orbit of Fräulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities sustains themselves on a fantasy, and in tonight's episo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullseye%20%28American%20Horror%20Story%29 | "Bullseye" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on November 12, 2014, on the cable network FX. It was written by John J. Gray and directed by Howard Deutch. In this episode, Elsa (Jessica Lange) prepares to work in television by starting a new act and the sisters settle in their new home.
Plot
Elsa brings out an old spinning wheel and begins throwing daggers at it to prepare for her upcoming TV show. The night of her birthday party, she learns of the troupe's suspicions of her involvement with Bette and Dot's disappearance. Elsa reminds them that none of them would be here without her, and they should be grateful for her saving them. To prove their loyalty, Elsa demands that one of them be strapped to the wheel while she does her routine. Paul reluctantly volunteers, and Elsa purposefully hits him in the gut and refuses to call a doctor.
Dandy declares his love for the twins and wants to marry them. Dot learns of a pair of conjoined twins that have been separated for the first time and thinks Dandy could pay for the surgery.
Stanley pressures Maggie into leading Jimmy to a barn and killing him. However, she suggests Ma Petite instead, but she can't go through with it. She begs Jimmy to leave town with her immediately, but Stanley confronts her angrily, telling her they need the hands of Jimmy no matter what.
Jimmy goes to dandy’s house to see if what Paul said was true. Meanwhile, Ethel brings Elsa a piece of the cake she made her for her birthday, explaining that it is bad luck for her not to have some of her own cake. Elsa confides in Ethel that she believes her parents had her only to fill the loss of her older sister but that she only reminded them of the loss. Elsa confesses that she had to make her own family because of it and that she is the sister she was never able to meet. However, Ethel responds by ominously warning Elsa that if she finds out that she is lying and did wrong by the twins she will kill her with her own hands. Ethel then tells her to make a wish, of which she does wishing to be loved before blowing out the candle.
Reception
Ratings
"Bullseye" was watched by 3.65 million viewers and was the highest rated cable broadcast of the night. The episode received a 1.8 ratings share among adults 18–49, down 0.3 from the previous week's episode.
Reviews
The episode received mixed to positive reviews from television critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the episode has an approval rating of 54% based on 13 reviews. The critical consensus reads: "Though the various subplots are growing too abundant, the progressive unraveling of each characters' sanity in "Bullseye" still thrills."
Matt Fowler of IGN wrote: ""Bullseye" wasn't bad at all, but it was sort of a flatliner when it came to providing thrills. The spinning wheel bit made for an interesting gambit, but it still seemed like it could have gone further. And while I like the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20of%20Strength | "Test of Strength" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the anthology television series American Horror Story, which premiered on November 19, 2014, on the cable television network FX. It was written by Crystal Liu, directed by Anthony Hemingway and focuses on the camp girls planning revenge on Dell (Michael Chiklis).
Plot
The twins leave Dandy after Dot learns that he read her diary, and Dandy becomes furious.
Upon returning to the freak show, Jimmy confronts Elsa for selling the twins. Still, they tell Jimmy he misunderstood and lie for Elsa, eventually blackmailing her for 50% of the box office returns in the process.
After caring for Paul, Penny returns home to tell her father that she is moving out, but he knocks her out and has his "artist friend" tattoo her face and head and give her a forked tongue.
Stanley sees Dell at the gay bar and threatens to out him unless he delivers him the body of a freak. While trying to kill Amazon Eve, Dell underestimates her size and strength and is beaten up by her. Jimmy later tells Dell that he knows Dell is his father, and they bond. Later that night, Dell sneaks into Ma Petite's tent and brings her a pretty dress. She tries it on, and he hugs her until he crushes her, breaking her spine in the process. He delivers the body to Stanley, who sells it to the Museum of Morbid Curiosities, where Ma Petite's body is shown on exhibition.
Reception
Reviews
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the episode has an approval rating of 46% based on 13 reviews. The critical consensus reads: "While the season's suspense is building nicely, "Test of Strength" is basically a filler episode that does nothing more than tease future tragedy."
Erik Adams of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C rating, writing: "It's sloppy, but that's to be expected from an episode of American Horror Story that tosses seven or eight of its proverbial chainsaws into the air without any noticeable concern for juggling them. Not to mention the rendition of a Nirvana song that would be written roughly forty years after the episode takes place. What really irks me about "Test Of Strength" is how it left me feeling: Numb." Matt Fowler of IGN wrote: "Test of Strength" may have mostly been power plays and backstabbing, but it was tight, focused and really helped Dell feel like a more present character... Of course, part of me is crediting this episode for feeling "tight" just because it came in at a normal episode length and not one of FX's new-fangled hour and twenty minute dawdle-fests. This wasn't a scary episode, as not much directly involving the carnival is, but it was effective."
Ratings
"Test of Strength" was watched by 3.91 million viewers and was the highest rated cable broadcast of the night. The episode received a 2.0 ratings share among adults 18–49, up 0.2 from the previous week's episode.
References
2014 American television episodes
American Horror Story: Freak Show episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20cell%20%28computing%29 | The memory cell is the fundamental building block of computer memory. The memory cell is an electronic circuit that stores one bit of binary information and it must be set to store a logic 1 (high voltage level) and reset to store a logic 0 (low voltage level). Its value is maintained/stored until it is changed by the set/reset process. The value in the memory cell can be accessed by reading it.
Over the history of computing, different memory cell architectures have been used, including core memory and bubble memory. Today, the most common memory cell architecture is MOS memory, which consists of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) memory cells. Modern random-access memory (RAM) uses MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) as flip-flops, along with MOS capacitors for certain types of RAM.
The SRAM (static RAM) memory cell is a type of flip-flop circuit, typically implemented using MOSFETs. These require very low power to keep the stored value when not being accessed. A second type, DRAM (dynamic RAM), is based around MOS capacitors. Charging and discharging a capacitor can store a '1' or a '0' in the cell. However, the charge in this capacitor will slowly leak away, and must be refreshed periodically. Because of this refresh process, DRAM uses more power. However, DRAM can achieve greater storage densities.
On the other hand, most non-volatile memory (NVM) is based on floating-gate memory cell architectures. Non-volatile memory technologies including EPROM, EEPROM and flash memory use floating-gate memory cells, which are based around floating-gate MOSFET transistors.
Description
The memory cell is the fundamental building block of memory. It can be implemented using different technologies, such as bipolar, MOS, and other semiconductor devices. It can also be built from magnetic material such as ferrite cores or magnetic bubbles. Regardless of the implementation technology used, the purpose of the binary memory cell is always the same. It stores one bit of binary information that can be accessed by reading the cell and it must be set to store a 1 and reset to store a 0.
Significance
Logic circuits without memory cells are called combinational, meaning the output depends only on the present input.
But memory is a key element of digital systems. In computers, it allows to store both programs and data and memory cells are also used for temporary storage of the output of combinational circuits to be used later by digital systems.
Logic circuits that use memory cells are called sequential circuits, meaning the output depends not only on the present input, but also on the history of past inputs.
This dependence on the history of past inputs makes these circuits stateful and it is the memory cells that store this state.
These circuits require a timing generator or clock for their operation.
Computer memory used in most contemporary computer systems is built mainly out of DRAM cells; since the layout is much smaller than SRAM, it can be more densely |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling%20in%20Greater%20Manchester | Cycling for transport and leisure enjoys popularity in Greater Manchester and the city also plays a major role in British cycle racing. The Bee Network was launched in 2018. The University of Manchester is home to the Manchester Cycling Lab.
Since 2014, Manchester has been upgrading many key thoroughfares into the city centre to include dedicated cycle lanes which are segregated from buses including Oxford Road, Chorlton Cycleway, the reconfiguration of other major junctions and creation of low traffic neighbourhoods.
Utility cycling
Cycling is a significant mode of transport for people commuting to work in Manchester. Current figures suggest that around 2% of all trips in Manchester are made by bike (2023) .
Transport for Greater Manchester aspire to "achieve at least a 300% increase in the levels of cycling across the city region by 2025" and have produced a corresponding cycling strategy.
Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign is a volunteer-run group. Another pressure group for Greater Manchester is Walk Ride GM, which advocates for better environments and facilities for pedestrians as well as cyclists.
The Manchester Cycle Forum enables people with an interest in cycling to meet councillors and council staff from Manchester City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester staff, and representatives from various cycling and transport organisations to discuss cycling-related issues in the city. Meetings take place quarterly.
Manchester Friends of the Earth coordinate the 'Love Your Bike' campaign, which promotes cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport. One of its activities is the 'Bike Friday' scheme, monthly rides from outer districts into the city centre. These are aimed at encouraging commuters to cycle in to work, benefiting from the added safety and sociability of riding in a group.
In 2015, Manchester was described as a "terrible cycling city" by Helen Pidd, the North of England editor of the Guardian newspaper.
Chris Boardman was appointed Cycling and Walking Commissioner for Greater Manchester in 2017 by mayor Andy Burnham. His remit includes overseeing projects to enhance the region's cycling network and increase the number of people who travel by bike.
He was replaced by Dame Sarah Storey in 2022
Bicycle hire
In June 2017 Mobike started a bicycle-sharing scheme across the city allowing users to hire bikes via its app. Riders paid a deposit and were then charged 50p per 30 minutes. The scheme was suspended in September 2018 due to the high level of vandalism caused to many of the bicycles.
A 2013 study by TfGM into the possibility of a bike hire scheme had suggested that an initial scheme should focus on a concentrated portion at the centre of the conurbation, including Manchester city centre, Salford Quays, Oxford Road and Hulme.
The new bike hire scheme known as Beryl, started in November 2021 as a public trial with 250 cycles on Oxford Road. By the summer of 2022 they plan to have 1,500 bikes across Manch |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundless%20%28Canadian%20TV%20series%29 | Boundless is a Canadian reality documentary series shown on Travel+Escape Channel and the Esquire Network. The series follows Simon Donato and Paul Trebilcock as they compete in the toughest endurance races on the planet.
Series
The series covers Donato and Trebilcock as they compete in eight endurance events worldwide over five months, and arose from the documentary film Go Death Racer, produced by the same team. The first season of ten episodes premiered in February 2013 on the Travel+Escape Channel in Canada and was also shown on the Esquire Network in the United States later that year. The show was renewed for a second season in 2014. The third season completed broadcasting on Esquire on June 14, 2016; the series was then canceled. Boundless was later made available on Outside TV.
References
External links
Official Website, archived from the original on March 13, 2017
Boundless on Facebook
2010s Canadian reality television series
2013 Canadian television series debuts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%20Finney | Hal Finney may refer to:
Hal Finney (baseball) (1905–1991), Major League Baseball catcher
Hal Finney (computer scientist) (1956–2014), game developer and cryptographer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBC%20Drama%20Awards | The MBC Drama Awards () is an awards ceremony presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually in December.
Unlike its counterparts in KBS and SBS, MBC's highest honor of the ceremony, the "Grand Prize" (), has been determined through viewer's votes in 2014, 2015 and 2016, not by professional judges. The process has been widely criticized.
Categories
Grand Prize (대상) is given to the best actor/actress of the year.
Drama of the Year (올해의 드라마)
Top Excellence in Acting Award (최우수상)
Excellence in Acting Award (우수상)
Golden Acting Award (황금 연기상)
Top 10 MBC Drama Stars is awarded to actors who have shown talent, hard work, and star power during the year.
Best Supporting Actor is given to the actor that showed the most talent and presence in a supporting role.
Best New Actor/Actress (신인상)
Best Young Actor/Actress (아역 연기상)
Writer of the Year (올해의 작가상)
Producer's Award (프로듀서상) or PD Award (방송 3사 드라마 PD가 뽑은 올해의 연기자상) is given to the best actor/actress, as determined by PDs from all three broadcasters.
Popularity Award (인기상) or Netizen Popularity Award (네티즌 인기상)
Best Couple Award (베스트 커플상) is given to the best drama couple/s as voted by the netizens.
Viewer's Favorite Drama of the Year (시청자가 뽑은 올해의 드라마)
Family Award (가족상)
Special Award (특별상)
Achievement Award (공로상)
Best Character Award (최고의 캐릭터상)
Best Villain Award (최고의 악역상)
Fighting Spirit Acting Award (투혼 연기상)
Comic Character Award (코믹 캐릭터상)
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Note: 2014~2016, the Daesang has been determined through viewer's votes.
Drama of the Year
Top Excellence in Acting Awards
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Actor in a Miniseries
Best Actress in a Miniseries
Best Actor in a Special Project Drama
Best Actress in a Special Project Drama
Best Actor in a Serial Drama
Best Actress in a Serial Drama
Best Actor in a Weekend Drama
Best Actress in a Weekend Drama
Best Actor in a Soap Opera
Best Actress in a Soap Opera
Best Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Best Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Best Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama
Best Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama
Best Actor in a Daily Drama
Best Actress in a Daily Drama
Best Actor in a Daily/One-Act Drama
Best Actress in a Daily/One-Act Drama
Excellence in Acting Awards
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Actor in a Miniseries
Best Actress in a Miniseries
Best Actor in a Special Project Drama
Best Actress in a Special Project Drama
Best Actor in a Serial Drama
Best Actress in a Serial Drama
Best Actor in a Weekend Drama
Best Actress in a Weekend Drama
Best Actor in a Soap Opera
Best Actress in a Soap Opera
Best Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Best Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama
Best Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama
Best Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama
Best Actor in a Short Drama
Best Actress in a Short Drama
Best Actor in a Daily/One Act Drama
Best Actress in a Daily/One Act Drama
Best Supporting Awards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mylopoulos | John Mylopoulos (born 12 July 1943) is a Greek-Canadian computer scientist, Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada, and at the University of Trento, Italy. He is known for his work in the field of conceptual modeling, specifically the development an agent-oriented software development methodology. called TROPOS.
Biography
Born in Greece in 1943, Mylopoulos in 1966 received his Bachelor of Engineering from Brown University. In 1970 he received his PhD from Princeton University under supervision of Theodosios Pavlidis with the thesis, entitled "On the Definition and Recognition of Patterns in Discrete Spaces."
In 1966, he started his academic career as Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, where he in 1971 he was appointed Professor in Computer Science. In 2009, he was also appointed Professor of Computer Science at the University of Trento.
In 1986, Mylopoulos was elected President of the Greek Community of Toronto. He served for 2 years until 1988.
Mylopoulos was awarded the Peter P. Chen Award for outstanding contributions to the field of conceptual modeling in 2010. In 2012 he also received an honorary doctorate from the RWTH Aachen University in recognition of "his excellent and distinctive contributions on the methodology of conceptual modeling as a basis for databases, software technology and artificial intelligence, as well as its interdisciplinary applications.".
Work
Mylopoulos' research interest ranges from information modelling techniques, specifically semantic data models, to knowledge based systems and information system design and to the field of requirements engineering." Borgida et al. (2009) summarized, that Mylopoulos made four mayor contributions in these fields:
Selected publications
L. Chung, B. Nixon, E. Yu, J. Mylopoulos. Non-functional requirements in software engineering, Springer, 2000.
Anne Banks Pidduck, John Mylopoulos, Carson C. Woo. Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2002.
Dieter Fensel, Katia Sycara, John Mylopoulos eds. The Semantic Web. ISWC 2003, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
Lyytinen, K., Loucopoulos, P., Mylopoulos, J., and Robinson, W., (eds.), Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective. Springer-Verlag, 2009.
Manfred A. Jeusfeld, Matthias Jarke and John Mylopoulos eds., Metamodeling for Method Engineering. Cambridge (USA): The MIT Press, 2009.
Articles, a selection:
Mylopoulos, John, et al. "Telos: Representing knowledge about information systems." ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS) 8.4 (1990): 325-362.
Mylopoulos, John, Lawrence Chung, and Brian Nixon. "Representing and using nonfunctional requirements: A process-oriented approach." Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on 18.6 (1992): 483-497.
Castro, Jaelson, Manuel Kolp, and John Mylopoulos. "Towards requirements-driven information systems engineering: the Tropos project." Information systems 27.6 (2002): 365-389.
Bresciani, Paolo, et al. "Tropos: An agent-oriented software development meth |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RJMetrics | RJMetrics is an American software company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers big data analytics to small and midsize businesses.
History
RJMetrics was founded in 2008 by Jake Stein and Robert J. Moore. The company had over 300 customers as of September 2014.
Funding
RJMetrics was a bootstrapped company until it received its first round of funding in 2012. The seed round was $1.2 million and came from Red Swan Ventures, Vision Ventures, SoftTech VC, Zelkova Ventures, Lerer Ventures, and SV Angel. In May 2013, RJMetrics received its Series A funding of $6.25 million from Trinity Ventures and SoftTech VC.
In September 2014, RJMetrics received its Series B funding of $16.5 million from SoftTech VC, Trinity Ventures, and August Capital. To-date, the Series B funding is one of the biggest rounds of funding received by a Philadelphia-based IT startup.
Acquisition
In August 2016, Magento acquired RJMetrics, and Stitch, Inc. was spun out as an independent company, with the same investors as RJMetrics.
Platform
RJMetrics is a software as a service business intelligence platform. In July 2014 RJMetrics announced the v2 release of its product and rebranded as an analytics platform. The release included improvements to every major part of the software.
Analytic Warehouse: Built on Amazon Redshift
Transformation Cluster: Built on top of Hadoop
Visualization Interface: Allows users to perform cohort analysis, calculate repeat event probability, and combine data from multiple sources
Data journalism
RJMetrics has received a significant amount of press for their data journalism. Notable coverage includes:
The Wall Street Journal covering RJMetrics’ analysis of Crunchbase
Fast Company covering RJMetrics’ analysis of Airbnb
Forbes covering RJMetrics’ analysis of the ALS ice bucket challenge
TechCrunch covering RJMetrics’ analysis of the Biz Stone's Jelly App
In 2012, comedian Daniel Tosh covered RJMetrics' analysis of Chatroulette
References
External links
Official Website
Data visualization software
Marketing analytics
Companies based in Philadelphia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20E.%20Stickel | Mark E. Stickel (June 22, 1947 – April 13, 2013) was a computer scientist working in the fields of automated theorem proving and artificial intelligence. He worked at SRI International for over 30 years, and was Principal Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Center.
Stickel's research included Theory Resolution, Associative-Commutative (AC) Unification, and the development of the Prolog Technology Theorem Prover (PTTP) and SNARK, SRI's New Automated Reasoning Kit.
He was elected fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence in 1992 and received the Herbrand Award for his contributions to automated deduction in 2002.
References
1947 births
2013 deaths
American computer scientists
SRI International people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours%20spin-offs | Neighbours is a long-running Australian television soap opera created by television executive Reg Watson. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel 10 Peach. Since its inception, several spin-offs have been produced, including books, music, DVDs and internet webisodes. Several annuals and books by pulp fiction writer Carl Ruhen were released in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Barry Crocker's version of the theme tune was the first music release from the show, which also has included a Christmas album and the show's love theme. Two potential television spin-offs have reached the pilot stage, while five DVD box sets of Neighbours episodes from the beginning have been released. In 2013, Neighbours launched their first webisode series Steph in Prison. Several other webisode series' has since been released, with the most recent series SheilaTV becoming available from December 2018. Other merchandise includes official video and board games, stationary and clothing.
Books
Several fictional and non-fiction books about the show and its cast and characters have been released. During the 1980s, pulp fiction writer Carl Ruhen penned nine tie-in books. In 2005, four novellas based on characters from Neighbours were released. The books were available to buy at Australia Post outlets and on the internet. Three of the four books focussed on the post-Ramsay Street lives of Felicity (Holly Valance) and Michelle Scully (Kate Keltie), Libby Kennedy (Kym Valentine) and Darren Stark (Todd MacDonald), and Jack Scully (Jay Ryan) and Nina Tucker (Delta Goodrem). The fourth novel centred on Liljana (Marcella Russo) and David Bishop's (Kevin Harrington) early relationship. Of the books, a spokeswoman said "It's different to what happens in the show; it's more like a fantasy of what happens, might have happened, in the show, they would take about an hour to read if you're a quick reader".
Fiction
Non-fiction
Home media
Episodes of Neighbours have been released on several VHS and DVDs starting in 1989. In 2012, three DVD box sets featuring the early episodes of Neighbours were released in Germany. From April 2012, Shock Entertainment began releasing DVD box sets of Neighbours episodes in broadcast order from the beginning. As of October 2014, five box sets have been released.
VHS
DVD
Internet
Neighbours''' official website is located at http://tenplay.com.au/channel-eleven/neighbours and is part of Tenplay, the official website of Network Ten and its sister channels One and Eleven. The website contains information on the cast and characters, news, interviews, photos and a catch-up service. UK broadcaster Channel 5 launched Holy Soap in June 2010 as the official UK website for both Neighbours and Home and Away. The website contained information about the cast and character profiles, and exclusive interviews. It also allowed viewers to watch full episodes of the shows. After the closure of Holy Soap, Channel 5 mov |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative%20Effectiveness%20Research%20Translation%20Network | The Comparative Effectiveness Research Translation Network (CERTAIN) is a learning healthcare system in Washington State focused on patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative effectiveness research (CER), leveraging existing healthcare data for research and healthcare improvement, incorporating patient and other healthcare stakeholder voices into research, and facilitating dissemination and implementation of research evidence into clinical practice.
Funding
In 2010, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded CERTAIN a $10.8 million grant to develop the network infrastructure, and in 2011, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) awarded CERTAIN a $2.5 million grant to broaden the network to include additional clinical disciplines and healthcare stakeholder groups. In 2013, an additional AHRQ grant of $735,830 allowed CERTAIN to build a platform for collecting patient-reported outcomes and engage with healthcare stakeholders to conduct research prioritization activities.
Organization
CERTAIN is a network of diverse healthcare providers and organizations participating in continuous evaluation of healthcare delivery and learning to improve patient care.
CERTAIN emerged from experience creating the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP), a clinician-led, performance benchmarking and quality improvement (QI) registry for surgical and interventional procedures CERTAIN serves as a partner for research and development to SCOAP, utilizing SCOAP's QI registry to answer CER questions and develop quality improvement programs. CERTAIN is a program of the Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SORCE) within the Department of Surgery University of Washington School of Medicine.
Programs and research
CERTAIN runs a suite of programs and projects in tracking and benchmarking quality of healthcare delivery; leveraging healthcare data for multiple purposes like clinical quality improvement, health system evaluations and research; automating data extraction from electronic medical records and incorporating other sources of information like payer data; providing a mechanism for patients to "tell their story" related to healthcare so that the system comes to understand the real impact of healthcare interventions and so researchers focus on the things that matter most to patients; engaging stakeholders from across the healthcare spectrum in forums, advisory groups and partnerships; running innovative research studies and generating new evidence; and driving continuous healthcare improvement by moving evidence back into practice.
Leadership
Medical Director: David Flum, MD, MPH
Associate Director: Danielle C. Lavallee, PharmD, PhD
Associate Medical Director of the Surgical Outcomes Research Center: Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor: Giana Davidson, MD, MPH
Professor: Larry, Kessler, ScD
Associate Director, Research and Training: Erika Wolff, PhD
Associate Director, Administration: Sarah Jones
Refer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim%20Abdool%20Karim | Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, MMed, MS(Epi), FFPHM, FFPath (Virol), DipData, PhD, DSc(hc), FRS is a South African public health physician, epidemiologist and virologist who has played a leading role in the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic. His scientific contributions have impacted the landscape of HIV prevention and treatment, saving thousands of lives.
Career
Karim is a professor at both the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and Columbia University in the United States. He was involved in the study.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Karim was chosen to lead a 45-person Ministerial Advisory Committee. The committee was intended to guide the South African government's response to the pandemic, and included several other medical experts. He was elected to be the Vice President for Outreach and Engagement of the International Science Council from 2021 to 2024 at the ISC General Assembly on 14 October 2021.
Education
A second-generation South African of Indian heritage, he was born in 1960 in Durban and attended primary school in the Durban city centre before his family was forcibly relocated under apartheid’s racial Group Areas Act from Durban to Chatsworth, a racially segregated township in the south of the city. After completing high school in Durban in 1977, he attended the University of Natal’s medical school. Unable to afford university fees, he had to scrap his original plan to study engineering when he could only secure scholarship funding to study medicine. Despite this setback, he obtained a student loan whilst at medical school to concurrently study computer science and statistics via correspondence at the University of South Africa. Under the mentorship of pediatrician Professor Jerry Coovadia, he conducted his first research project as a third-year medical student, leading to his first publication, a paper in the International Journal of Health Services. This publication highlighted several racial disparities in health status during apartheid.
Medical Training
In 1984, he completed his Internship at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, followed by an MRC research fellowship. He then joined the Department of Virology at the University of Natal in 1986, to start his doctoral research on Hepatitis B viral infection. He trained in Virology when it was not a recognized medical specialty but was subsequently awarded an Honorary Fellowship in Virology by the College of Medicine of South Africa in recognition of his seminal contributions in this discipline.
In mid-1987, he went to New York on a Rockefeller fellowship to pursue a master's degree in Epidemiology at Columbia University. In January 1988, he returned briefly to South Africa to marry Quarraisha Khan, a molecular biologist. During 1988, he also studied health economics at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and methods of epidemic investigations at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, USA. He returned to South Africa at the end of 1988 to contribute throu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%20Liverpool%20City%20Council%20election | Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1971.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Ward results
This data is compared with the election results for 1968, when the councillors were elected for a three-year term.
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
Abercromby
Aigburth
Allerton
Anfield
Arundel
Breckfield
Broadgreen
Central
Childwall
Church
Clubmoor
County
Croxteth
Dingle
Dovecot
Everton
Fairfield
Fazakerley
Gillmoss
Granby
Kensington
Low Hill
Melrose
Netherfield
Old Swan
Picton
Pirrie
Prince's Park
Sandhills
St. Domingo
St. James
St. Mary's
St. Michael's
Smithdown
Speke
Tuebrook
Vauxhall
Warbreck
Westminster
Woolton
References
1971
Liverpool City Council election
City Council election, 1971
Liverpool City Council election |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netropolitan%20Club | Netropolitan Club was a social network created by composer and performer James Touchi-Peters, which launched September 15, 2014, and shutdown in November of 2014. It was designed for use exclusively by wealthy people. The website has a sign-up fee of U$9.000,00 and an annual fee of U$3.000,00 for renewing one's membership.
Shutdown after two months
After only approximately two months the site was deemed a failure.
Distinguishing features
Touchi-Peters founded Netropolitan Club so that wealthy people could have a place to network with other wealthy people, and share their activities as well as discuss their first world problems without alienating poorer people or engendering a backlash. With this goal in mind, the Netropolitan Club had the following distinguishing features:
High membership fees (U$9.000,00 to join, U$3.000,00 to renew annually), that served to automatically filter out people who are not wealthy.
Members were required to be over 21 and to use their real names.
There was no third-party advertising. Members were to be able to post in an upcoming Classified Ads system, but were not allowed to solicit from other members in private messages.
The entire club was inaccessible to the public Internet. Efforts were made to enhance privacy and security, and names of members were not revealed to the outside world.
Activity was monitored to protect members from abuse or unpleasant situations, and there were Member Services Associates available online to help members at any time.
Media coverage
Netropolitan Club has been covered in International Business Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Express Tribune, NPR, Inc., and the Huffington Post. A CNN commented that it sounded like "an elaborate ruse in an age when Facebook, Twitter and a host of other social networks are free".
References
American social networking websites
Defunct social networking services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Shah | Julie Shah (née Arnold) is an Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the Interactive Robotics Group at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Early life and education
Shah was born and raised in New Jersey where she attended a small New Jersey charter school with her future husband Neel Shah. She attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for her Bachelor of Science, Master's degree and PhD.
Career
Upon completing her doctoral degree, Shah was immediately offered an assistant professor position in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro). Prior to accepting the role, she was encouraged to spend an academic year away from MIT as a postdoctoral fellow with Boeing Research and Technology in Seattle to develop real-world applications. In her first year as an assistant professor, Shah co-taught a course called Real Time Systems and Software and co-founded the Interactive Robotics Group at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). By 2014, Shah collaborated with graduate student Been Kim and associate professor of statistics Cynthia Rudin to augment unsupervised machine learning in computers. As a result of her efforts, she was recognized by the MIT Technology Review TR35 list as one of the world’s top innovators under the age of 35.
During her time at MIT, Shah continued her research on human-robot collaboration and transition of results to real world applications. As a result, she became a 2016–17 Perrin Moorhead Grayson and Bruns Grayson Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Upon returning to MIT, Shah earned the 2018 Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Automation from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. In 2019, she received tenure from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering as their Boeing Career Development Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
References
Notes
External links
Living people
American aerospace engineers
American women academics
American women engineers
MIT School of Engineering faculty
21st-century women engineers
1982 births
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfishing | Catfishing is a deceptive activity in which a person creates a fictional persona or fake identity on a social networking service, usually targeting a specific victim. The practice may be used for financial gain, to compromise a victim in some way, to circumvent a legal enforcement, as a way to intentionally upset a victim, or for the perpetrator's enjoyment. Public awareness surrounding this practice has increased in recent years, which can be partially attributed to multiple celebrities falling victim to the practice.
History
Etymology
The modern term originated from the 2010 American documentary Catfish. The documentary follows Nev Schulman, the executive producer, as a victim of catfishing. He had cultivated a friendship with what he thought was an 8-year-old girl from the Midwestern United States and her family. The woman with whom he had been communicating was actually a 40-year-old housewife. In the documentary, the woman's husband makes a comparison between the woman’s behavior and a mythical use of catfish in shipping of live cod.
The myth is that cod were shipped with catfish in the same tanks in order to keep the cod active, ensuring the quality of the cod, whereas when shipped alone the cod would become pale and lethargic. This myth originated in the fiction writing of Henry Nevinson (1913, Essays in Rebellion) and Charles Marriott (1913, The Catfish).
The term catfishing has become more widely known throughout the subsequent decade, thanks to a television series which followed the main star of the movie, Yaniv (Nev) Schulman, helping other people investigate their possible catfish situations.
The term also spiked in popularity during an incident involving University of Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o in 2013.
Practice and sociology
Catfishing is used by participants to disassociate from their everyday identities, possibly shielding themselves from moral obligation or responsibility. This is attributed to the online disinhibition effect, by which online users feel more comfortable sharing information, some of which may be untrue, on an online forum than through in-person communication.
While catfishing, an internet user uses a fake identity to persuade another person to believe they are the person they portray. This often is used for relationships, such as the scenario in the movie Catfish. The person catfishing uses another person's photos and life facts to make them appear as a real person. Often, the person who this identity has been molded from does not know that their pictures and name are being used—that their identity was used to create these fake relationships online. The person uses catfishing in order to appear as a better version of themselves by using a fake identity. Their primary reason to appear as a fake person is to befriend the other person for a relationship, sexual reasons, or financial gain.
Some online users have used catfishing to explore their gender and/or sexual identities. Known this way as a ty |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis%20Horowitz | Ellis Horowitz is an American computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Horowitz is best known for his computer science textbooks on data structures and algorithms, co-authored with Sartaj Sahni. At USC, Horowitz was chairman of the Computer Science Department from 1990 to 1999. During his tenure he significantly improved relations between Computer Science and the Information Sciences Institute (ISI), hiring senior faculty, and establishing the department's first industrial advisory board. From 1983 to 1993 with Lawrence Flon he co-founded Quality Software Products which designed and built UNIX application software. Their products included two spreadsheet programs, Q-calc and eXclaim, a project management system, MasterPlan, and a floating license server, Maitre D. The company was sold to Island Graphics.
Education
B.S. (Mathematics) Brooklyn College, 1964.
M.S. (Computer Science) University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1967.
Ph.D. (Computer Science) University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1969.
Peer-to-peer systems
Horowitz has been actively engaged as an expert witness testifying in numerous peer-to-peer file sharing legal cases. Generally, he has represented the copyright owner, including individual record companies, the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Motion Picture Association of America.
His testimony has been cited numerous times in various decisions and orders, in particular:
Horowitz was cited in the Arista Records LLC v. Lime Group LLC case.
His testimony was also cited in RIAA versus MP3tunes.
In several BitTorrent cases including MPAA versus isoHunt.
More recently, Horowitz has represented Universal Music Group (UMG) and others against the music streaming service Grooveshark.com. Summary judgment was awarded to UMG, with the decision citing Horowitz' expert reports.
Distance education
In 1999, Horowitz was appointed Director of Information Technology and Distance Education in USC's Viterbi School of Engineering. Part of his responsibilities included their satellite-based closed circuit instructional network. He renamed the organization USC's Distance Education Network (DEN) and moved course delivery from satellite to the Web. DEN currently offers numerous graduate level courses leading to master's degrees, primarily in computer science and electrical engineering. In 2000 he received an outstanding distance education educator award from R1edu.org.
Selected publications
Ellis Horowitz has published numerous technical articles and several books, including:
1975.
1984.
2007.
References
External links
1944 births
Living people
People from New York City
Brooklyn College alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
American computer scientists
Computer science writers
University of Southern California faculty
American textbook writers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark%20Clearinghouse | The Trademark Clearinghouse is a database of validated and registered trademarks established by ICANN to assist trademark holders prevent infringing behavior in the Domain Name System. In combination with the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS), it is the second significant attempt by ICANN to handle the "Trademark Dilemma". The first attempt was the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy.
The Trademark Clearinghouse is not a trademark office. Rights holders who register their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse must still register with their country's trademark office. The primary purpose of the Trademark Clearinghouse is to maintain a global database of verified trademarks for the Domain Name System.
The Trademark Clearinghouse is strictly for second-level domain names. Other mechanisms exist to protect trademark in the new gTLDs themselves. All new gTLD registries are required to use the Trademark Clearinghouse and URS for protection of Second-level domains.
History
One of the initial tasks of ICANN when it was formed was to deal with the so-called "Trademark Dilemma", which is determining the appropriate balance of rights between domain name holders and trademark owners. So in December 1999 ICANN launched the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy. Starting in 2008 ICANN began a new program to launch many more new Generic top-level domains. As part of this program ICANN envisioned a replacement program for the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy.
On March 6, 2009 ICANN commissioned 18 intellectual property experts from around the world entitled the Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT). They produced a report on May 29, 2009 with numerous recommendations to protect intellectual property rights holders. Most importantly, the report recommended an Intellectual Property Clearinghouse be created in concert with a Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS).
The recommendation of the Intellectual Property Clearinghouse became the basis for the Trademark Clearinghouse and together with the URS eventually replaced the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy.
On May 28, 2010 ICANN published the Trademark Clearinghouse Proposal. The proposal emerged from an ICANN meeting held in Nairobi between the 7th and 12 March 2010. In the proposal both the Trademark Clearinghouse and the Universal Rapid Suspension program were proposed as possible replacements for the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy.
In November 2012 ICANN organized meetings in Los Angeles and Brussels to consider the implementation of the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domains. The outcome of these meetings was a straw man proposal for the Trademark Clearinghouse.
In March 2013 the Trademark Clearinghouse launched.
Controversy
The new gTLD program initially faced heavy criticism from many brand owners. Specifically, the Association of National Advertisers created an organization called Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Ov |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Human%20Rights%20Network | As a non-profit NGO founded in 1997, the Vietnam Human Rights Network (VNHRN) – named Mạng Lưới Nhân Quyền Việt Nam in Vietnamese - consists of several human rights activists and organizations committed to the defense and promotion of human rights and civil liberties entitled to all Vietnamese citizens. To fulfill its mission, the Network focuses its operations on the rights set forth by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent international human rights instruments. Members of the VNHRN are present in many countries worldwide, and its headquarters are in Orange County, California, U.S.A.
Formation of the VNHRN
Toward the end of the 1990s, the increasing repression of dissidents by the Vietnamese authorities at home and the collapse of many communist dictatorial regimes in Eastern Europe, encouraged many Vietnamese human rights activists worldwide to come together for collective actions. As a result, on November 1, 1997, a founding convention was held in Santa Ana, California, gathering a consortium of activists representing various human rights organizations worldwide. After two days of deliberation, they decided to establish the Vietnam Human Rights Network. A By-laws was adopted to serve as the basis for the organization’s operation. By 2000 the VNHRN obtained its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Since its founding, the VNHRN has held up to now (2021) fifteen Conventions gathering participants from many countries to go over past operations, assess the human rights situations in Vietnam and the world, and layout the general directions and future activities.
Organization
As a network, participating organizations are entirely equal in their standing and votes. The only condition is that they work together on joint projects while retaining their identity as individual organizations with their activities. For coordination purposes, VNHRN consists of three central bodies: the Coordinating Committee, The Supervisory Board, and the Advisory Board.
Typical Activities
Three main goals of VNHRN’s activities are:
Information and Education
Producing Human Rights Newsletter.
Establishing a website on the Internet to rapidly disseminate human rights news and developments
Translating and publishing the International Human Rights Code, documents and writings on human rights for dissemination both inside Vietnam and in the Diaspora.
Organizing human rights seminars and conferences in Montreal (Canada), Sydney (Australia), Munich (Germany), Paris (France), Washington DC, New York (NY), Orlando (FL), New Orleans (LA), Houston and Dallas (TX), Westminster, Los Angeles, San Jose, Sacramento, and San Diego (CA), Seattle and Tacoma (WA), Denver (CO), etc ...
Publishing Annual Human Rights Reports (since 2009).
Seeking International Support
Cooperating with international human rights organizations such as American and Chinese, Burmese and Tibetan NGOs, as well as with the United Nations Human |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN%20Indonesia | Cable News Network Indonesia (known as CNN Indonesia and abbreviated as CNN ID) is a 24-hour Indonesian free-to-air television news channel owned by Trans Media in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery under CNN license. Broadcasting from Trans Media studios in South Jakarta, the local franchise presents national and international content, focusing on general news, business, sports and technology.
Programs are aired 24 hours daily via digital terrestrial TV networks, pay TV providers Transvision and IndiHome nationwide; and live streaming services for overseas viewers.
History
Businessman Chairul Tanjung announced the birth of a strategic partnership between the then CNN brand owner Turner Broadcasting System unit of Time Warner (both Turner and Warner are part of what is now Warner Bros. Discovery) and Trans Media to launch a CNN-branded channel in Indonesia. CNN Indonesia began as an online portal, , on 20 October 2014 with Yusuf Arifin as editor in chief. It made its soft launching as a news channel in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the country's Proclamation of Independence on 17 August 2015; official launch of the local franchise was held in conjunction with Trans Media's 14th anniversary on 15 December 2015. CNN Indonesia are exclusive on TransVision until TVRI DKI Jakarta trying to Limited Free-to-air trial and then moved to 40 UHF TransMedia Jakarta multiplexer.
Programmes
As of 2023, the majority of CNN Indonesia's programming is locally produced. Some of the channel's news programmes are simulcast either through Trans Media's free-to-air networks Trans TV and Trans7, most notably Redaksi which previously aired on Trans7 themselves and now it was moved and productions of the program which was redirected to CNN Indonesia.
Overseas broadcasting
CNN Indonesia is available as a free-to-air channel in Malaysia and Singapore based in Johor Bahru and Singapore by free-to-air terrestrial antenna. CNN Indonesia is the only Indonesian free-to-air TV channel to broadcast free-to-air outside Indonesia.
Presenters
Current
Alfian Rahardjo (ex-sportscaster Trans TV and news anchor Trans7)
Ayu Rahmawati (ex-news anchor TVR Parlemen)
Benny Dermawan (ex-news anchor Trans7)
Bram Herlambang (ex-news anchor MetroTV and Trans7)
Daniar Achri (ex-news anchor tvOne, TVRI, RTV, Kompas TV and Trans7)
Dea Kartika (ex-journalist detik.com)
Desi Anwar (ex-news anchor RCTI dan MetroTV)
Elvira Khairunnisa (ex-news anchor tvOne)
Farhannisa Nasution (ex-news anchor SCTV)
Ferdi Ilyas (ex-journalist Trans7)
Fredy Cahya (ex-news anchor SCTV)
Frida Lidwina (ex-news anchor MetroTV and TVRI, also as a news anchor of CNBC Indonesia)
Heranof Al Basyir (ex-news anchor MetroTV)
Iqbal Kurniadi (ex-news anchor Trans TV, also as a news anchor of CNBC Indonesia)
Lianita Ruchyat (ex-news anchor Trans7)
Maggie Calista (ex-news anchor MetroTV)
Mayfree Syari (ex-news anchor NET.)
Miladia Rahma (ex-news anchor Trans7)
Monica Khonado (ex-news anchor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic%20heterogeneity | Semantic heterogeneity is when database schema or datasets for the same domain are developed by independent parties, resulting in differences in meaning and interpretation of data values. Beyond structured data, the problem of semantic heterogeneity is compounded due to the flexibility of semi-structured data and various tagging methods applied to documents or unstructured data. Semantic heterogeneity is one of the more important sources of differences in heterogeneous datasets.
Yet, for multiple data sources to interoperate with one another, it is essential to reconcile these semantic differences. Decomposing the various sources of semantic heterogeneities provides a basis for understanding how to map and transform data to overcome these differences.
Classification
One of the first known classification schemes applied to data semantics is from William Kent more than two decades ago. Kent's approach dealt more with structural mapping issues than differences in meaning, which he pointed to data dictionaries as potentially solving.
One of the most comprehensive classifications is from Pluempitiwiriyawej and Hammer, "Classification Scheme for Semantic and Schematic Heterogeneities in XML Data Sources". They classify heterogeneities into three broad classes:
Structural conflicts arise when the schema of the sources representing related or overlapping data exhibit discrepancies. Structural conflicts can be detected when comparing the underlying schema. The class of structural conflicts includes generalization conflicts, aggregation conflicts, internal path discrepancy, missing items, element ordering, constraint and type mismatch, and naming conflicts between the element types and attribute names.
Domain conflicts arise when the semantics of the data sources that will be integrated exhibit discrepancies. Domain conflicts can be detected by looking at the information contained in the schema and using knowledge about the underlying data domains. The class of domain conflicts includes schematic discrepancy, scale or unit, precision, and data representation conflicts.
Data conflicts refer to discrepancies among similar or related data values across multiple sources. Data conflicts can only be detected by comparing the underlying sources. The class of data conflicts includes ID-value, missing data, incorrect spelling, and naming conflicts between the element contents and the attribute values.
Moreover, mismatches or conflicts can occur between set elements (a "population" mismatch) or attributes (a "description" mismatch).
Michael Bergman expanded upon this schema by adding a fourth major explicit category of language, and also added some examples of each kind of semantic heterogeneity, resulting in about 40 distinct potential categories
. This table shows the combined 40 possible sources of semantic heterogeneities across sources:
A different approach toward classifying semantics and integration approaches is taken by Sheth et al. Under their |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soumen%20Chakrabarti | Soumen Chakrabarti (সৌমেন চক্রবর্তী) is an Indian computer scientist and professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. He is known for his work on
The CLEVER Web page ranking system based on hyperlinks, related to PageRank.
Focused crawlers, which are Web crawlers guided by page topic classifiers.
Keyword search on graph databases, later popularized by Facebook graph search.
Named entity disambiguation in Web text.
He is author of an early book on Web search and mining.
He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2014.
He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Indian National Science Academy.
He is among the distinguished alumni of IIT Kharagpur.
References
External links
Soumen Chakrabarti's Home Page
1969 births
Living people
Engineers from Maharashtra
Place of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Science
Engineers from West Bengal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical%20Jewish%20Press | Historical Jewish Press is an online archive of historical newspapers written and published by Jews. The database enables, through digitization, virtual access to the Hebrew press in most of its years of existence, starting from mid 19th Century to mid 20th Century, along with the Jewish press in Yiddish, Judeo-Arabic, English, French, Ladino, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian and more. The site is a project of the Tel Aviv University and the National Library of Israel.
External links
Historical Jewish Press website
National Library of Israel
Israeli digital libraries
Jewish newspapers
Mass digitization |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%20Divas | Hollywood Divas is an American reality television series that premiered on October 8, 2014, on TV One cable network. The show chronicles the lives of five African-American actresses. The series highlights the ups and downs of the actresses trying to navigate their career, family and relationships, all while attempting to stay relevant in an unpredictable entertainment industry known for overlooking black talent. The premiere episode was the highest-rated episode ever for a TV One show with 1.2 million viewers, and the most watched episode for any show on the network.
The series premiered on October 8, 2014. On December 18, 2014, TV One picked up the series for a second season, which premiered on July 15, 2015. The third season premiered on July 6, 2016.
Synopsis
The first season focuses on the lives of actresses Paula Jai Parker, Elise Neal, Golden Brooks, Countess Vaughn and producer, former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Lisa Wu. All five ladies get together to write, film and produce their own project called The White Sistas while dealing with drama.
In the second season, more drama unfolds concerning ownership rights of The White Sistas when the ladies try to get a deal for the project. The season ends with a showdown at the reunion with Lisa, Golden and Countess confronting Paula and her husband.
In the third season, Elise departed the show and Malika Haqq joined the cast, befriending Paula and pursuing an acting career. Lisa starts dating and tries to mend things with Paula. Paula gets the part she's been waiting for in Ray Donovan. Countess starts singing again but her friendship with Golden takes a rocky turn. Golden starts a swimsuit line and also receives a dream role that doesn't go well. The end of the season features a fiery reunion battle between Countess and Golden.
Paula Jai Parker
Golden Brooks
Countess Vaughn
Lisa Wu
Elise Neal (seasons 1–2)
Malika Haqq (season 3)
Episodes
Season 1 (2014)
Season 2 (2015)
Season 3 (2016)
References
External links
African-American reality television series
2010s American reality television series
2014 American television series debuts
English-language television shows
Television shows set in Los Angeles
TV One (American TV channel) original programming
2016 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Databricks | Databricks, Inc. is an American enterprise software company founded by the creators of Apache Spark. Databricks develops a web-based platform for working with Spark, that provides automated cluster management and IPython-style notebooks. The company develops Delta Lake, an open-source project to bring reliability to data lakes for machine learning and other data science use cases.
History
Databricks grew out of the AMPLab project at University of California, Berkeley that was involved in making Apache Spark, an open-source distributed computing framework built atop Scala. The company was founded by Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, Ion Stoica, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, and Reynold Xin.
In November 2017, the company was announced as a first-party service on Microsoft Azure via integration Azure Databricks.
In June 2020, Databricks acquired Redash, an open-source tool designed to help data scientists and analysts visualize and build interactive dashboards of their data.
In February 2021 together with Google Cloud, Databricks provided integration with the Google Kubernetes Engine and Google's BigQuery platform.
Fortune ranked Databricks as one of the best large "Workplaces for Millennials" in 2021.
At the time, the company said more than 5,000 organizations used its products.
In August 2021, Databricks finished their eighth round of funding by raising $1.6 billion and valuing the company at $38 billion.
In October 2021, Databricks made its second acquisition of German no-code company 8080 Labs. 8080 Labs makes bamboolib, a data exploration tool that does not require coding to use.
In response to the popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT, in March 2023, the company introduced an open-source language model, named Dolly after Dolly the sheep, that developers could use to create their own chatbots. Their model uses fewer parameters to produce similar results as ChatGPT, but Databricks had not released formal benchmark tests to show whether its bot actually matched the performance of ChatGPT.
Databricks acquired data security startup Okera in May 2023 to extend its data governance capabilities. The next month, it acquired an open-source generative AI startup MosaicML for $1.4billion.
In October 2023, Databricks acquired data replication startup Arcion for $100 million.
Funding
In September 2013, Databricks announced it raised $13.9 million from Andreessen Horowitz and said it aimed to offer an alternative to Google's MapReduce system. Microsoft was a noted investor of Databricks in 2019, participating in the company's Series E at an unspecified amount. The company has raised $1.9 billion in funding, including a $1 billion Series G led by Franklin Templeton at a $28 billion post-money valuation in February 2021. Other investors include Amazon Web Services, CapitalG (a growth equity firm under Alphabet Inc.) and Salesforce Ventures.
Products
Databricks develops and sells a cloud data platform using the marketing term "lake |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%20MBC%20Drama%20Awards | The 2011 MBC Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2011. It was held on December 30, 2011 and hosted by Jung Joon-ho and Lee Ha-nui.
Nominations and winners
(Winners denoted in bold)
References
External links
http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/event/2011mbc/
MBC Drama Awards
MBC Drama Awards
MBC Drama Awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero%20AAC%20Codec |
Nero AAC Codec is a set of software tools for encoding and decoding Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format audio, and editing MPEG-4 metadata. It was developed and distributed by Nero AG, and is available at no cost for Windows and Linux for non-commercial use. The codec was originally part of Nero Digital, but was later released as a stand-alone package.
Nero's AAC encoder has been very competitive when tested against other encoders in scientific listening tests, for a time, second only to Apple's AAC encoder.
In 2006, Chip Magazine (Germany) found that AAC files encoded with the Nero AAC encoder would consume as little as half of the space on a portable music player when compared to MP3 files of similar audio quality.
Components and Capabilities
The current package is labeled version "1.5.1.0", but contains the following three utilities:
The encoder and decoder support MPEG-4 AAC LC, HE-AAC (AAC LC + SBR), and HE-AACv2 (LC + SBR + PS) Audio Object Types. Sample rates up to 96 kHz, and multichannel audio up to six channels (5.1 surround) are supported.
The metadata utility can read and write Nero Digital, iTunes, and Memory Stick format tags to MPEG-4 containers.
These command-line tools are commonly used by shell scripts and programs like ABCDE, Exact Audio Copy and foobar2000 to convert audio to AAC.
History
The codec was originally part of Nero Digital, a complete MPEG-4 Audio/Video solution. The ASP/AVC (video) codec was developed by a French company called Ateme. Nero built an in-house team to develop the AAC (audio) codec that included Ivan Dimkovic, Menno Bakker, and others. Dimkovic was the author of the PsyTel codec, and the Nero AAC codec is said to be based on this work. Menno Bakker was the developer of FAAC, one of the earliest widely available AAC encoders, and also what would become its companion decoder, FAAD. The Nero AAC codec became a stand-alone package around 2006, although still called Nero Digital Audio until 2009. Nero apparently still uses the codec in its products. Neither Dimkovic nor Bakker currently work at Nero, and development of the codec has stalled, but the software is stable and remains a reliable, and high-quality, option for AAC encoding.
See also
Fraunhofer FDK AAC
FAAC
References
External links
Nero AAC at HydrogenAudio Knowledgebase
Download page at ReallyRareWares
Audio codecs
Cross-platform software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neosciadella | Neosciadella is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Neosciadella brunnipes Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella cordata Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella fulgida Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella immaculosa Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella inflexa Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella multivittata Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella obliquata Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella quadripustulata Dillon & Dillon, 1952
Neosciadella spixi Dillon & Dillon, 1952
References
Acanthocinini |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20dissemination | Data dissemination is the distribution or transmitting of statistical, or other, data to end users. There are many ways organizations can release data to the public, i.e. electronic format, CD-ROM and paper publications such as PDF files based on aggregated data. The most popular dissemination method today is the ‘non-proprietary’ open systems using internet protocols. Data is made available in common open formats.
Some organizations choose to disseminate data using ‘proprietary’ databases in order to protect their sovereignty and copyright of the data. Proprietary data dissemination requires a specific piece of software in order for end users to view the data. The data will not open in common open formats. The data is first converted into the proprietary data format, and specifically designed software is provided by the organization to users.
Dissemination formats and standards
Under the Special Data Dissemination Standard, the formats are divided into two categories: "hardcopy" and "electronic" publications
Some examples of Hardcopy publications:
yearbook
panorama of municipalities
monthly review
trends
pocketbook
periodical
Some examples of electronic copy publications:
CD Rom
Webpage
PDF
Downloadable Databases for private use in 3rd party software applications
Standards
Standards have been developed in order to provide an internationally accepted statistical methodology for the dissemination of statistical data. The ‘International Organization for Standardization’ (ISO) are one such international standard-setting body made up of representatives from various national standards organizations. They created the SDMX standard widely used around the world. SDMX stands for ‘Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange’. It is commonly used in national and international statistical and economic data sharing systems. This standard is for the exchange of essential social and economic statistics, for example between European national agencies and Eurostat and the European Central Bank. SDMX is used for the dissemination of multi-dimensional aggregated data.
The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) was created by the DDI Alliance. DDI is an open metadata specification and covers the full data life cycle from planning through to dissemination and archiving data. It is most popularly used for social statistics micro data but is not limited to this subject area. There are some examples online where these two standards are in use in proprietary data form.
Some examples of proprietary data dissemination online
Public Transport Victoria Online Portal
Health Workforce Australia Online Portal
Cancer Council Victoria Online Portal
Catholic Education Office Canberra Online Portal
Department of Workplace and Pensions UK Online Portal
Australian Bureau of Statistics Table builder Table Builder Online Portal
King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Centre Online Portal
References
Data transmission
Logistics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Henderson | D. Austin Henderson is a Canadian computer scientist who pioneered work in email,
virtual desktops, computer-supported collaboration, and human computer interaction.
He chaired one of the first SIGCHI CHI conferences in 1985.
He was chair of ACM SIGCHI, the special interest group in computer-human interaction from 1991 to 1993
He is an inductee of the CHI Academy.
References
External links
Austin Henderson's home page
Human–computer interaction researchers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25%20Gigabit%20Ethernet | 25 Gigabit Ethernet and 50 Gigabit Ethernet are standards for Ethernet connectivity in a datacenter environment, developed by IEEE 802.3 task forces and and are available from multiple vendors.
History
An industry consortium, 25G Ethernet Consortium, was formed by Arista, Broadcom, Google, Mellanox Technologies and Microsoft in July 2014 to support the specification of single-lane 25-Gbit/s Ethernet and dual-lane 50-Gbit/s Ethernet technology. The 25G Ethernet Consortium specification draft was completed in September 2015 and uses technology from IEEE Std. 802.3ba and IEEE Std. 802.3bj.
In November 2014, an IEEE 802.3 task force was formed to develop a single-lane 25-Gbit/s standard, and in November 2015, a study group was formed to explore the development of a single-lane 50-Gbit/s standard.
In May 2016, an IEEE 802.3 task force was formed to develop a single-lane 50 Gigabit Ethernet standard.
On June 30, 2016, the IEEE 802.3by standard was approved by The IEEE-SA Standards Board.
On November 12, 2018, the IEEE P802.3cn Task Force started working to define PHY supporting 50-Gbit/s operation over at least 40 km of SMF.
The IEEE 802.3cd standard was approved on December 5, 2018.
On December 20, 2019, the IEEE 802.3cn standard was published.
On April 6, 2020, 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium has rebranded to Ethernet Technology Consortium, and it announces 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) specification.
On June 4, 2020, the IEEE approved IEEE 802.3ca which allows for symmetric or asymmetric operation with downstream speeds of 25 or 50 Gbit/s, and upstream speeds of 10, 25, or 50 Gbit/s over passive optical networks.
25 Gigabit Ethernet
The IEEE 802.3by standard uses technology defined for 100 Gigabit Ethernet implemented as four 25-Gbit/s lanes (IEEE 802.3bj). The IEEE 802.3by standard defines several single-lane variations.
25GBASE-T, a 25-Gbit/s standard over twisted pair, was approved alongside 40GBASE-T within IEEE 802.3bq.
50 Gigabit Ethernet
The IEEE standard defines a Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) in Clause 133 which after encoding gives a data rate of 51.5625 Gbit/s. 802.3cd also defines an RS-FEC for forward error correction in Clause 134 which after FEC encoding gives a data rate of 53.125 Gbit/s. It is not possible to transmit 53.125 Gbit/s over an electrical interface while maintaining suitable signal integrity so four-level pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM4) is used to map pairs of bits into a single symbol. This leads to an overall baud rate of 26.5625 GBd for 50 Gbit/s per lane Ethernet. PAM4 encoding for 50G Ethernet is defined in Clause 135 of the 802.3 standard.
Availability
, 25 Gigabit Ethernet equipment is available on the market using the SFP28 and QSFP28 transceiver form factors. Direct attach SFP28-to-SFP28 copper cables in 1-, 2-, 3- and 5-meter lengths are available from several manufacturers, and optical transceiver manufacturers have announced 1310 nm "LR" optics intended for reach distances of 2 to 10 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oricon%20number-one%20singles%20of%201985 | 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 1985.
Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
References
1985 in Japanese music
Japan Oricon
Oricon 1985 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZmEu%20%28vulnerability%20scanner%29 | ZmEu is a computer vulnerability scanner which searches for web servers that are open to attack through the phpMyAdmin program,
It also attempts to guess SSH passwords through brute-force methods, and leaves a persistent backdoor. It was developed in Romania and was especially common in 2012.
It is apparently named after Zmeu, a dragon-like being in Romanian folklore.
References
Computer security software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom%20TV | Shalom TV may refer to:
Jewish Broadcasting Service, a non-profit national Jewish television network
Shalom (TV channel), an Indian Malayalam Christian television channel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20%282013%20film%29 | Web is a 2013 documentary film directed by Michael Kleiman.
The documentary follows several Peruvian families as they gain computer and Internet access for the first time through the One Laptop per Child program. It also includes interviews with people such as author Clay Shirky, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, Dennis Crowley of Foursquare, Scott Heiferman of Meetup, and One Laptop founder Nicholas Negroponte. Kleiman spent ten months living in Peru, dividing his time in the towns of Antuyo in the mountains and Palestina in the Amazon rainforest.
Web premiered and won the Sundance Now Audience Award at the 2013 DOC NYC Film Festival.
References
2013 films
Documentary films about the Internet
2013 documentary films
One Laptop per Child
American documentary films
Films shot in Peru
Internet in South America
Articles containing video clips
2010s English-language films
2010s American films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freakatorium%20%28album%29 | Freakatorium is the fifth album by American drummer Keith LeBlanc, released on March 9, 1999 by Blanc Records.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
Keith LeBlanc – drums, drum programming, percussion, keyboards, vocals, producer, mixing (2, 3, 6, 8-10, 12)
Skip McDonald – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, harp, mixing (8)
Michael Mondesir – bass guitar (4)
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13)
Technical personnel
Darren Grant – mixing (6, 8)
Adrian Sherwood – mixing (1, 3-5, 7, 9, 11-13), remix (13)
Release history
References
1999 albums
Keith LeBlanc albums
Albums produced by Keith LeBlanc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20wild%20card%20round%20broadcasters | The following is a list of the national television and radio networks and announcers who have covered the Major League Baseball wild card games throughout the years. It does not include any announcers who may have appeared on local radio broadcasts produced by the participating teams.
Television
2020s
Wild card series
Wild card game
2020 wild card series
Notes
ABC was scheduled to air at least four of the 24 possible daytime games in the 2020 season's one-time only expanded eight-series wild card round, that the networks of ESPN will air. Not only did this mean that ABC would be airing Major League Baseball games of any kind since Game 5 of the 1995 World Series, but it would mark the first time since NBC's final game in 2000, that a Major League Baseball game had aired on any broadcast network other than Fox. The first game to definitely air on ABC on September 29, would be the #6 seed Houston Astros against the #3 Minnesota Twins from Target Field in Minneapolis. The following day, ABC would air the #6 Miami Marlins against the #3 Chicago Cubs from Wrigley Field in Chicago. Karl Ravech provided play-by-play commentary for the Houston-Minnesota game with analysts Eduardo Pérez and Tim Kurkjian. Meanwhile, Jon Sciambi, Chipper Jones, and Jesse Rogers called the Miami-Chicago Cubs game on September 30. ESPN also planned on utilizing ABC afternoon window on Friday (October 2). On October 2, ABC cut away from their broadcast Miami-Chicago Cubs game during the top of the 9th inning to deliver a special report on U.S. president Donald Trump being taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment. The conclusion of the game was shifted to ESPN.
Beginning with the 2022 postseason, MLB allowed Sportsnet, the home network of the Toronto Blue Jays, to produce their own broadcasts of the team's games in Canada rather than a mere simulcast of the American network feed or an MLB International-produced broadcast.
2010s
Radio
2020s
Wild card series
Wild card game
2020 wild card series
2010s
References
External links
Searchable Network TV Broadcasts
Your 2020 MLB Wild Card announcing schedule
+Wild Card Game
Wild Card Game
ESPN announcers
ESPN Radio
Turner Sports
ABC Sports |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STV%20Not%C3%ADcias | STV Notícias is a 24-hour television news channel of the Mozambican television network STV (Soico Televisão), the first private Mozambican network which also owns the influential Mozambican newspaper O País (The Nation). It airs in the Portuguese language and it is available in cable and satellite. In Satellite it is available in Southern Africa, including Angola and parts of Europe, including Portugal.
References
24-hour television news channels
Television channels and stations established in 2014
Television channels in Mozambique |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes%20%26%20Icons | Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American diginet television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Usually carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, the network airs classic television series from the 1950s through the 2000s, with a focus on action/adventure, westerns, crime dramas, sci-fi, and superhero programming.
H&I operates from Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois, and is essentially an offshoot of MeTV – the general classic TV digital networks also owned by Weigel.
History
Heroes & Icons was soft-launched with limited advanced promotion on September 28, 2014, as a diginet of Weigel-owned stations WWME-CD (channel 23.2) and WCIU-TV (channel 26.4) in Chicago, and WMLW-TV (channel 49.3) in Milwaukee. Heroes & Icons was created at the request of the affiliates of Weigel's existing networks, to increase their programming options.
The network also launched in the South Bend, Indiana market, along with the major cable providers in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets (including Comcast Xfinity, RCN and Time Warner Cable) using existing carriage. Weigel opted to soft launch H&I in order to fine-tune its schedule, along with adding additional programming to the fledgling network. With the network having settled on a more stabilized schedule, Weigel moved the Heroes & Icons affiliation in Milwaukee to the third subchannel of CBS affiliate WDJT-TV (channel 58) on March 5, 2015, with This TV – which previously occupied the 58.3 space – moving to WMLW-DT3 in its place. Fox Television Stations expanded its relationship with Weigel beyond Movies!, adding it to eleven of their stations in the fourth quarter of 2015. A list of 2019 Nielsen ratings published by Variety indicated that Heroes & Icons averaged 196,000 viewers in prime time, up 18% from the 2018 average.
Programming
H&I's program schedule features a mix of police procedurals, westerns, science fiction, superhero and action/adventure-themed programs. The network also carries a three-hour block of children's programming on Sunday mornings to fulfill FCC mandated E/I obligations.
Since 2016, a prominent staple in H&I's lineup is the airing of five live action classic Star Trek series (The Original Series, Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise) Sunday through Friday evenings.
Weekdays feature a western block in the morning, followed by the "Day Shift" binge block of various crime dramas and action/adventure shows through the afternoon (a different show every day), a three-hour block of Walker, Texas Ranger early evenings, and the Star Trek block primetime through late evenings.
Weekends feature a morning superhero block, with programs such as Adventures of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.
A military block airs Saturday nights, with war themed programs such as Black Sheep Squadron, Combat!, Rat Patrol, and Tour of Duty
Affiliates
, Heroes & Icons has current affiliation agreements wit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasons%20of%20Love%20%28TV%20program%29 | Seasons of Love is a 2014 Philippine television drama romance anthology broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on October 6, 2014, on the network's Telebabad line up replacing My BFF. The show concluded on October 30, 2014, with a total of 16 episodes.
Chapters
"My Soulmate, My Soulhate"
"I Do, I Don't"
"First Dance, First Love"
"BF for Hire, GF for Life"
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Seasons of Love earned a 16.7% rating. While the final episode scored a 14.7% rating.
References
External links
2014 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine anthology television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBNM-LD | WBNM-LD (channel 50) is a low-power television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Word Broadcasting Network, and operated by South Central Communications. Its transmitter is located in northeastern Floyd County, Indiana just off Indiana State Road 111 just west of Sellersburg.
History
The station's construction permit was granted on April 13, 1989, under the callsign W49AX. The calls were changed to W50CI in December 1998. The station signed on for the first time on June 7, 1994, as an over-the-air outlet of The Box, and remained with that network until WBXV-LP took over MTV2. W50CI became affiliated with the Home Shopping Network in the early 2000s. In 2013, the main channel became a translator of WBNA, with HSN moving to its second subchannel. W50CI-D became a Buzzr affiliate in March 2017, becoming the second television station in Kentucky to affiliate with that station over two years after the LD2 subchannel of Bowling Green Antenna TV affiliate WCZU-LD.
Programming
WBNM-LD airs the Buzzr network on its main channel with Digi-TV, Sonlife Broadcasting Network, Dabl, Decades, GEB Network, America's Voice, GetTV, Retro TV, and The Family Channel on its subchannels. Subchannel 50.07, in particular, is a split channel with GEB Network airing from midnight to noon and America’s Voice airing from noon to midnight. Subchannels 50.01, 50.02, 50.03, 50.08, 50.09, and 50.10 transmit in a 4:3 480i standard-definition picture with subchannels 50.04, 50.05, and 50.07 transmitting in a 16:9 480i widescreen standard-definition picture.
References
BNM-LD
Television channels and stations established in 1994
Low-power television stations in Kentucky
Buzzr affiliates
NewsNet affiliates |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escher%20Stra%C3%9Fe%20station | Escher Straße is one of a few elevated stations on the Cologne Stadtbahn network. It is served by line 13, also known as Gürtellinie (Belt Line). The halt is located on the Cologne Belt at Parkgürtel in the Cologne district of Nippes (Bilderstöckchen).
See also
List of Cologne KVB stations
External links
station info page
Cologne KVB stations
Nippes, Cologne |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%2010 | Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It is the direct successor to Windows 8.1, which was released nearly two years earlier. It was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015, and later to retail on July 29, 2015. Windows 10 was made available for download via MSDN and TechNet, as a free upgrade for retail copies of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 users via the Windows Store, and to Windows 7 users via Windows Update. Windows 10 receives new builds on an ongoing basis, which are available at no additional cost to users, in addition to additional test builds of Windows 10, which are available to Windows Insiders. Devices in enterprise environments can receive these updates at a slower pace, or use long-term support milestones that only receive critical updates, such as security patches, over their ten-year lifespan of extended support. In June 2021, Microsoft announced that support for Windows 10 editions which are not in the Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) will end on October 14, 2025.
Windows 10 received generally positive reviews upon its original release. Critics praised Microsoft's decision to provide the desktop-oriented interface in line with previous versions of Windows, contrasting the tablet-oriented approach of Windows 8, although Windows 10's touch-oriented user interface mode was criticized for containing regressions upon the touch-oriented interface of its predecessor. Critics also praised the improvements to Windows 10's bundled software over Windows 8.1, Xbox Live integration, as well as the functionality and capabilities of the Cortana personal assistant and the replacement of Internet Explorer with Microsoft Edge. However, media outlets have been critical of the changes to operating system behaviors, including mandatory update installation, privacy concerns over data collection performed by the OS for Microsoft and its partners, and adware-like tactics used to promote the operating system on its release.
Microsoft initially aimed to have Windows 10 installed on over one billion devices within three years of its release; that goal was ultimately reached almost five years after release on March 16, 2020, and Windows 10 is now the most used version in virtually all countries. By January 2018, Windows 10 surpassed Windows 7 as the most popular version of Windows worldwide. And its market share peaked at 82.5% in December 2021, shortly after the introductions of its successor, and , it is estimated to have a 71% share of Windows PCs, still three times its successor Windows 11's share of 24% (and 18 times Windows 7's 4% share). The share has been declining from a January 2022 peak of 82%, since Windows 11's release, which is now the second most popular Windows version in many countries. Windows 10 has an estimated 49% share of all PCs (the rest being other Windows editions and other operating systems such as macOS and Linux), and an estimated 21% share of all devices (including mobile, tablet and c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingldOut | SingldOut was an online dating platform that claimed to use genetic testing to identify potential relationship matches. The company marketed its intention to bridge the gap between digital networking and biological compatibility. The service used the professional networking site LinkedIn as well as DNA testing company Instant Chemistry. Jana successfully wrote, orchestrated and implemented a highly targeted Public Relations campaign that resulted in national and international media acclaim valued at over $2M in earned media exposure. Jana Bayad launched the site in July 2014. It was shut down in November 2015.
Methodology
Upon registering with SingldOut, members were sent a DNA test kit. To assess the biological compatibility of its members, SingldOut claimed to examine immune system genes, saying that they play a role in attraction, as well as serotonin transporter genes, claiming these play a role in determining how someone might react in certain situations. Results from the DNA test were then posted on the user's profile and compared with the results of other users.
The company credited genetic testing with the ability to “identify up to 40 percent of the chemistry of attraction between two people.”
References
Online dating services of the United States
Applied genetics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20School%20of%20Computational%20Science%20%26%20Engineering | The School of Computational Science & Engineering is an academic unit located within the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). It conducts both research and teaching activities related to computational science and engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. These activities focus on "making fundamental advances in the creation and application of new computational methods and techniques in order to enable breakthroughs in scientific discovery and engineering practice."
History
The School of Computational Science & Engineering was founded in 2005 as the Computational Science and Engineering Division. It was elevated to "school" status in March 2010, and Richard Fujimoto was appointed as the school's founding chair. The creation of the school represented a continuation of the College of Computing’s efforts to define and delineate the field of computing into focused bodies of study, emphasizing computational science and engineering as an academic discipline as well as highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the field. Under Fujimoto's leadership as founding chair, the school quickly grew to 13 tenure-track faculty and $8.8 million in research expenditures by 2013. In July 2014, David Bader became the second chair of the department, and Fujimoto returned to the faculty as Chair Emeritus. During Bader's tenure as chair, the school's graduate student enrollment more than doubled, and annual research expenditures increased from $4.3 million to $7.5 million. Bader also launched a strategic partnership program to allow companies to work directly with CSE faculty and graduate students. In 2019, he announced that he would not seek another term as chair and would return to the faculty and research. Haesun Park, who had previously served as the school's associate chair, was named chair in August 2020.
Degrees offered
The School of Computational Science & Engineering offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees in several fields. These degrees are technically granted by the School's parent organization, the Georgia Tech College of Computing, and often awarded in conjunction with other academic units within Georgia Tech.
Doctoral degrees
Ph.D. in Computational Science & Engineering
Ph.D. in Bioengineering
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Ph.D. in Machine Learning
Master's degrees
M.S. in Computational Science & Engineering
M.S. in Analytics
M.S. in Bioengineering
M.S. in Computer Science
Bachelor's degrees
B.S. in Computer Science
Research
The faculty and students of the school lead and conduct a variety of research in areas including High-performance computing, data science, visual analytics, scientific computing and simulation, computational bioscience and biomedicine, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. As of the 2020 fiscal year, the school had $24.9 million in active funding for research and 74 active research projects. The school has ident |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum%20of%20Human%20Anatomy%20Luigi%20Rolando | The Museum of Human Anatomy Luigi Rolando () is a museum of human anatomy that was founded in 1739 with headquarters in Torino, Italy. It is part of the museum network of the University of Turin and moved to its current location in the Building of the Anatomical Institutes () in 1898.
History
The study of anatomy in Turin began in 1563, with the arrival in town of Savona scholar Angelo Visca, but it was only in 1739 that it was the first collection of anatomical preparations, commissioned by Giovanni Battista Bianchi Carlo Emanuele III for forming the University Museum. Of that collection remain a valuable statue in plaster of a pregnant woman, a decomposable model of the brain in wood and ivory, and some waxes.
In 1830, thanks to the work of Luigi Rolando, the collection was increased by new finds and opened to the public for the first time. These expansions included some of what is now the Museo Egizio of Turin.
Between 1837 and 1898, under the direction of Carlo Giacomini, the collection is still being expanded with the addition of anatomical specimens in alcohol and dry. The spread of the evolutionary theory of Charles Darwin encourages the development of anthropological collections and primatological.
In 1898, with the completion of the building of anatomical studies, the museum was moved to its permanent headquarters.
Collections
The museum, in addition to the collection of purely anatomical features, also contains anthropological collections, phrenological, primatological, artistic and period instruments. There is also a library and an archive of documents and photographs.
The museum contains a collection of 200 human wax models.
References
Museums in Turin
Science museums in Italy
Human anatomy museums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor%20Kochetkov | Igor Viktorovich Kochetkov (born 13 May 1970) is a Russian gay rights activist who heads the Russian LGBT Network.
Kochetkov has been active in the opposition to the 2013 Russian law that bans promotion of homosexuality to minors. He has blamed the law for legitimizing and increasing violence against gays.
In September 2013, Kochetkov along with other Russian human rights activists met with US President Barack Obama in Saint Petersburg.
Along with Alexey Davydov he was named one of the world's 100 top thinkers in 2013 by the magazine Foreign Policy "for fighting Russia's state-sponsored homophobia".
Kochetkov was along with Frank Mugisha, Sunil Babu Pant and ILGA nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian Labour Parliamentarians Anette Trettebergstuen and Håkon Haugli.
References
1970 births
Living people
Gay politicians
Russian LGBT rights activists
Russian gay men
Yabloko politicians
People listed in Russia as media foreign agents
Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Herzen University alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invoxia | Invoxia is a French consumer electronics company known for the design and development of innovative smart devices that use artificial intelligence, such as the first GPS tracker on the market to use LoRa technology (introduced in 2017), the first connected speaker outside the Amazon ecosystem to use the Alexa voice system and a line of GPS trackers for preventing bike theft and monitoring pet activity. For the B2B market, it provides fleet tracking and asset management services. It also provides industrial IoT services including hardware design and development and the training and integration of neural networks.
Invoxia was founded in 2010 by the French serial entrepreneur Éric Careel (also Withings, Sculpteo and Zoov) and Serge Renouard.
Invoxia is backed by Newfund since 2012. In 2013, Invoxia took control of the ancestral telephone manufacturer Swissvoice.
In October 2015, Amazon announces Invoxia as a recipient of the Alexa Fund to integrate Alexa voice services into Triby.
Products
NVX 610: a smart desktop and conference IP phone
NVX 620 a smart desktop and conference IP phone
NVX 220 a smart desktop IP phone
AudiOffice a smart desktop and conference dock
VoiceBridge: a device to merge landline and mobile
Triby
Triby IO
GPS Tracker a multipurpose GPS tracking unit operating on SIGFOX and LoRaWAN networks
Bike Tracker a GPS tracking unit designed for locating bicycles
LongFi GPS Tracker that operates on the decentralized Helium Network
Smart Dog Collar a biometric monitoring collar for dogs, with heart and respiratory rate measurement capability
Awards
Invoxia was awarded the CES Best Innovation Award 2012 for its Smart Office Phone at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.
Invoxia won the 2012 Red Dot Design Award for the NVX 610 VoIP Phone.
Invoxia was awarded two CES Innovation Awards in 2016 in the categories "Portable Media Players and Accessories" and "Wireless Handsets."
Invoxia was awarded the CES Innovation Award in 2019 in the "Wearable" category for its Pet Tracker.
Invoxia was awarded the CES 2020 Innovation Award for its Bike Tracker.
Invoxia was awarded two CES Innovation Awards in 2022 in the categories "Wearable Technologies" and "Health and Wellness" for its Smart Dog Collar.
Further reading
Newfund.fr
Usinenouvelle.com
Lesechos.fr
References
Electronics companies established in 2010
Telecommunications companies of France
Electronics companies of France
Consumer electronics brands
Home automation companies
French companies established in 2010
French brands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Travis | Larry E. Travis (June 5, 1929 – August 14, 2017) was a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Computer Sciences as the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He had a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin as early as 1964 (two years before his Ph.D.) until 1994. He got his Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles in 1966, with a dissertation titled as: A Logical Analysis of the Concept of Stored Program: A Step Toward a Possible Theory of Rational Learning.
Selected publications
Whitsitt, A.J. and Travis, L.E., 1996. Traffic route generation and adaptation using case-based reasoning. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 3(3), pp. 181–204.
Stead WW, Haynes RB, Fuller S, Friedman CP, Travis LE, Beck JR, Fenichel CH, Chandrasekaran B, Buchanan BG, Abola EE, Sievert MC. Designing medical informatics research and library—resource projects to increase what is learned. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1994 Jan 1;1(1):28-33.
West, D.M. and Travis, L.E., 1991. The computational metaphor and artificial intelligence: A reflective examination of a theoretical falsework. AI magazine, 12(1), pp. 64–64.
West, David M., and Larry E. Travis. "From society to landscape: Alternative metaphors for artificial intelligence." AI Magazine 12, no. 2 (1991): 69-69.
Travis, L.E., 1977. Data base system for AI applications. ACM SIGART Bulletin, (61), pp. 40–41.
Travis, L.E., 1963. The value of introspection to the designer of mechanical problem solvers. Behavioral Science, 8(3), pp. 227–233.
Travis, Larry E. "In defense of artificial intelligence research." Communications of the ACM 5, no. 1 (1962): 6–7.
References
External links
Personal Webpage
In Mathematics Genealogy Project
1929 births
2017 deaths
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
People from Chase County, Nebraska |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AH34 | Asian Highway 34 (AH34) is an east–west route of the Asian Highway Network, running 1,033 km (642 miles) from Lianyungang, China, through four provinces: Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, ending at in Xi'an, Shaanxi.
China
: Lianyungang - Zhengzhou - Xi'an.
Junctions
Zhengzhou
Xi'an
References
External links
Treaty on Asian Highways with routes
Asian Highway Network
Roads in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScotRail%20%28British%20Rail%29 | The ScotRail trading name was adopted on 22 September 1983, under manager Chris Green, British Railways Scottish Region to provide a distinctive brand for the British Rail network in Scotland.
Services
ScotRail was responsible for all passenger services that operated wholly within Scotland. It also operated services across the English border to Carlisle, and from 5 March 1988, took over operation of the Caledonian Sleeper services to London Euston. Services from south of the border via the East Coast and West Coast Main Lines remained the responsibility of InterCity.
Infrastructure
The Ayrshire Coast Line was electrified in September 1986, as was the North Berwick Line in July 1991.
Rolling stock
During its tenure, much of Scotland's locomotive hauled passenger carriage fleet was replaced by Class 150, Class 156 and Class 158 diesel multiple units. It also introduced cascaded Class 305s as well as new Class 318 and Class 320 electric multiple units.
Liveries
When formed in 1983, customised versions of the existing British Rail liveries were adopted, with passenger locomotives and coaching stock painted in a lightly modified version of the InterCity Executive livery. The red stripe was replaced with a saltire blue stripe, and the InterCity name was replaced with the ScotRail name. Most locomotives carried the standard InterCity Executive livery but with ScotRail branding. Diesel and Electric multiple units carried normal versions of the Regional Railways livery. In the SPT area, rolling stock was painted in Strathclyde Orange and Black.
References
Further reading
British Rail brands
Railway companies established in 1983
Railway companies disestablished in 1997
Railway companies of Scotland
Rail transport in Scotland
1983 establishments in Scotland
1997 disestablishments in Scotland
British companies established in 1983
British companies disestablished in 1997 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20J.%20Kettinger | William J. (Bill) Kettinger (born ca. 1955) an American computer scientist and is the William S. Lee Distinguished Professor in Management Information Systems at Clemson University, known for his work in the field of business process modelling and business process reengineering.
Biography
Kettinger received his bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in 1976, and his master's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1979. At the University of South Carolina in 1991 he received an MS with the thesis, entitled "A Model of Research Communication and Media Selection and Use", and in 1992 his PhD with the thesis entitled "Inter-organizational Computer-based Communication."
Kettinger started his academic career as researcher at the Bureau of Governmental Research and Service of the University of South Carolina. At the universities Management Science Department Moore School of Business appointed assistant professor in 1993, associate professor in 1999 and full professor in 2006.
At the University of South Carolina Kettinger held administrative positions as Associate Director of the Institute of Information Management from 1982 to 1984; Assistant Dean for Information and Technology Resources at the College of Business Administration from 1989 to 1993; Director of the Center for Information Management and Technology Research (CIMTR) from 1993 to 2004; and PhD Coordinator at the Management Science Department from 2001 to 2006.
Selected publications
Varun Grover and William J. Kettinger (eds.), Business Process Change: Reengineering Concepts, Methods and Technologies, IDEA Group Publishing Inc, 1995.
Varun Grover and William J. Kettinger (eds.), Process Think: Winning Perspectives For Business Change in the Information Age, IDEA Group Publishing Inc, 2000.
Donald A. Marchand, William J. Kettinger and John D. Rollins, Making the Invisible, Visible: How Companies Win with the Right Information, People and IT. John Wiley Publishing, 2001.
Donald A. Marchand, William J. Kettinger and John D. Rollins. Information Orientation: The Link to Business Performance, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Articles, a selection:
Kettinger, William J., and Choong C. Lee. "Perceived service quality and user satisfaction with the information services function*." Decision sciences 25.5‐6 (1994): 737-766.
Grover, Varun, et al. "The implementation of business process reengineering." Journal of Management Information Systems (1995): 109-144.
Kettinger, William J., James TC Teng, and Subashish Guha. "Business process change: a study of methodologies, techniques, and tools." MIS Quarterly (1997): 55-80.
References
External links
Faculty Profile - Bill Kettinger at memphis.edu.
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American computer scientists
Information systems researchers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20X | Windows X may refer to:
X Window System, a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on UNIX-like computers
An implementation of the X server for Microsoft Windows; see
Windows 10, a Microsoft operating system
See also
Windows key
Windows XP
Windows 9x
List of Microsoft Windows versions
Windows (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20MBC%20Drama%20Awards | The 2012 MBC Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2012. It was held on December 30, 2012, and hosted by actor Kim Jaewon and actress Son Dam-bi.
Nominations and winners
(Winners denoted in bold)
References
External links
http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/event/2012mbc/
MBC Drama Awards
MBC Drama Awards
MBC Drama Awards
December 2012 events in South Korea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20Driven%20Executive | The Event Driven Executive (EDX) is a computer operating system originally developed by IBM for the control of research laboratory devices and experiments. It included an application programming language known as EDL and HCF, a Host Communication Facility.
Background
IBM's Research Division opened the San Jose Research Laboratory (SJRL) in 1956, in building 025 on the IBM plant site in San Jose, California. Dr. Henry M. Gladney established the first laboratory automation project in 1968, with an IBM 1800 computer. Various instruments in chemistry and physics laboratories throughout the SJRL were linked to the 1800 for control, data acquisition and processing. (Note that this was a long time before instrumentation came with embedded chips and microprocessors and the output from a sophisticated research instrument was likely to be a strip of chart paper with squiggly marks on it or perhaps punched paper tape.)
Dr. Gladney became the manager of the Research Computing Facility (RCF) and, when Research moved to Building 028 in 1970, he established a new department in the RCF, the Laboratory Automation Group, which was tasked to transition to a new sensor-based computer, the IBM System/7 produced in Boca Raton, Florida. Robert W. Martin was appointed as first line manager of the group with a staff consisting of Ray Aylsworth, Donald L. Raimondi, and Gerd Hochweller, a post-doctoral fellow on assignment from Germany.
LABS/7 – the precursor to EDX
The System/7 was a much smaller machine than the 1800 and was intended to be co-located in individual research labs along with the instruments it would service. Multiple System/7s were to be hosted, large scale computing purposes, by the IBM System/360 “mainframe” which served the SJRL as a whole.
The System/7 was somewhat unusual, especially, from a programmer's perspective, in its lack of supporting software. Its basic human input/output interface was a teletype keyboard and printer along with a paper tape reader punch. It had a hard disc drive for data storage along with digital and analog input/output and process interrupt all of which could be used for lab instrument interface, data acquisition and instrument control. What it did not have was any sort of operating system or high level programming facility, only a basic assembler language program. Another way of putting it would be to say that, as delivered, it was not very user friendly, if the users were to be research scientists and engineers, i.e. non-programming professionals.
It was clear from the start that, in order to provide a successful System/7 based environment for laboratory automation in the SJRL, it would be necessary to develop a real-time, sensor-based, multitasking and multiprogramming operating system, an associated application development facility which provided not only an appropriate high level application programming language with requisite special features, e.g. sensor I/O, but also a communication interface to the large scale |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%20Ink | Epic Ink is an American reality television series that premiered on August 20, 2014 on A&E Network. The series features a group of talented tattoo artists and their love of tattooing pop culture at their Oregon-based shop, Area 51 Tattoo. Episodes aired on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. EST.
Premise
The series follows Area-51 Tattoo owner Chris 51 and his "out-of-this-world" team of tattoo artists as they bring pop-culture (movies, comics, cartoons, sci-fi and fantasy) to life as living body art in eye-popping ink. Their specialties are hyperrealistic tattoos that are what they like to call, "geek-chic".
Opening introduction by narrator:
Tattoo artists
Chris 51 - Shop owner, one of the most well-respected tattoo artists, specializing in pop culture and alien art tattoos. Chris imagined and co-created the show, casting all his friends for the roles.
Heather Maranda - Self-taught tattoo artist, specializing in cartoony/bright-color hyper-realistic tattoos
Jeff Wortham - Comic book art, sci-fi and cartoon tattoos, travels the globe to tattoo at sci-fi conventions
Chris Jones - Hailing from Wales, nominated for three consecutive Tattoo Industry Awards for Best UK Male, specializes in hyper-realistic and portrait tattoos
Josh Bodwell - A "walking encyclopedia" of sci-fi trivia, specializes in sci-fi/futuristic, realism and portraiture tattoos.
Caroline Russell - Shop manager/receptionist, not a "geek" on pop culture like the others and serves as the "nerd translator" between the "geeks" and "normal" people
Episodes
See also
List of tattoo TV shows
References
External links
of Epic Ink
Area 51 Tattoo (Epic Ink) official website
A&E (TV network) original programming
Television series set in tattoo shops
2010s American reality television series
2010s American documentary television series
2014 American television series debuts
2014 American television series endings
Television shows set in Oregon
Television shows filmed in Oregon
Television series by Matador Content |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVTN-LD | WVTN-LD is a low-powered television station that is licensed to and serving Corbin, Kentucky. The station is owned by Victory Training School Corporation, and is broadcasting religious programming. The station is independent, but it also shows programming from the Daystar Television Network from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m. ET. Its transmitter is located in southwestern Laurel County along Kentucky Route 312 off of Interstate 75 northwest of Corbin. WVTN-LD shares their studios and broadcasting facilities with sister radio station WVCT. The facilities are located at 968 West City Dam Road in Keavy, Kentucky.
The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 22 in the Corbin and Williamsburg areas in Whitley, western Knox and southern Laurel counties.
History
WVTN-LD's construction permit was granted in 1989 as W48BD, and it first went on the air on August 1, 1993. It has been airing religious programming ever since. It changed its call sign to WVTN-LP on October 25, 1999, and to WVTN-LD on August 9, 2019.
Coverage area
With its 5,000 watts of effective radiated power, Its signal can be picked up in areas of Laurel, Whitley, Knox, McCreary, Rockcastle and parts of Clay, Bell, Jackson and Pulaski counties of eastern Kentucky. The signal may travel as far south as Jellico, in northern Campbell County, Tennessee. Overall, the station's over-the-air signal covers portions of the Lexington and Knoxville TV markets, but it can not reach either of those cities due to limited signal coverage as a low-powered station.
References
External links
Query the FCC's TV station database for WVTN-LD
The Gospel Eagle WVTN-LD Official Site
CBDS RecNet Database - Technical Information on WVTN-LD
VTN-LD
Television channels and stations established in 1993
1993 establishments in Kentucky
Low-power television stations in Kentucky
Corbin, Kentucky |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20L.%20Best | Michael L. Best is an American computer scientist and international development specialist. He is professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he holds a joint appointment with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing. He is Executive Director of the Institute for People and Technology(IPaT) and Director of the Technologies and International Development Lab. Best served as founding director of the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society established in 2015.
Working in the areas of ICT4D, he is co-founder and editor-in-chief emeritus of journal Information Technologies and International Development and leads the "Global Computing" column for Communications of the ACM. He has published on various topics such as formative work in ICT sustainability, rural access, and ICTs for peacebuilding in conflict stressed environments.
His work has done much to promote ICT4D as an academic discipline having founded the area's most significant journal (ITID) and helped to lead its largest conference (ICTD).
Early life and education
Best was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended UCLA for undergraduate studies in computer science and engineering, where for his senior thesis he developed, on a Connection Machine, a massively parallel algorithm for the graph coloring problem. After graduating with a BS in 1989 he joined Thinking Machines Corp in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he worked on various projects, including parallel programming languages, message passing I/O, and network simulation for the CM 5 supercomputer.
Best attended graduate school at the MIT Media Lab, receiving an MS under the supervision of Ken Haase. His PhD work, supervised by Pattie Maes, applied evolutionary theory to problems in text analysis and retrieval.
ICT4D and Georgia Tech
Upon graduating with his PhD in 2000, Best joined the Media Lab as a research scientist and the Center for International Development at Harvard University as a research fellow. He went on to direct the eDevelopment Group at the MIT Media Lab as well as Media Lab Asia, at the time an MIT Media Lab collaborative research initiative in India. He has served as fellow or faculty associate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University since 2003.
In 2008, Best joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor. In 2011 he received tenure and was promoted to associate professor and then to full professor. He directs the Technologies and International Development Lab (TID Lab), where he has supervised many global projects, in particular in Africa and South Asia. The TID Lab is a multi-disciplinary research collaborative combining social and computer sciences with policy and design. At Georgia Tech he has received substantial recognition for his work including the Ivan Allen Faculty Legacy Award (2009), People & Technology Award (2011), and Stephen A. Denning Faculty Award for Global Engagement ( |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20Bucket%20Challenge | The Book Bucket Challenge is an online challenge where people share the names of ten books that inspired them on their social networking pages, or donate books to the needy and share photos of this with friends on social networking sites. The challenge originated in India. It is named after the Ice Bucket Challenge, and went viral on social media during August and September 2014.
Significance
As an alternative to the Ice Bucket Challenge, the Book Bucket Challenge served the dual purpose of highlighting water scarcity and spreading the usefulness and joy of reading. The book bucket challenge focuses on raising awareness of the importance of literacy and the value in reading books.
Rules
Anyone can participate in this challenge by simply listing the names of 10 books that inspired them on their social networking page and challenging others to do the same. The program also involves donating books to a nearby library or to the needy and uploading photos of all these on social networking pages and challenging others to do the same.
History
The Book Bucket Challenge started off by One Library Per Village (OLPV), an NGO based in Kerala working towards promoting Digital Literacy in villages. The Book Bucket Challenge by now has already spread to other nations, like Canada, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
References
External links
2010s fads and trends
Projects established in 2014
Challenges
Health-related fundraisers
Internet memes introduced in 2014
Viral videos
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Literacy in India
2014 establishments in India
Charity events
Internet memes introduced from India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hero%20of%20Color%20City | The Hero of Color City (also known as The Hero of Colour City in the UK) is a 2014 computer-animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Frank Gladstone and written by Jess Kedward, J.P. McCormick, Kirsty Peart, and Rich Raczelowski. The film stars the voice talents of Christina Ricci, Sean Astin, Owen Wilson, E.G. Daily, Jessica Capshaw, Rosie Perez, Tara Strong, Craig Ferguson, Wayne Brady, Jess Harnell, and David Kaye. Original songs and score by Zoë Poledouris and Angel Roché Jr. The film follows Yellow, a yellow crayon and her gang of other crayons who find themselves living in a crayon box to save the unfinished drawings and her dinosaur-like trash can, The Great Waste.
The Hero of Color City was released in a limited theatrical engagement on October 3, 2014 by Magnolia Pictures, followed by releases on streaming and video platforms.
This film was panned by critics.
Synopsis
Every night when Ben goes to bed, his crayons come to life and set out to Color City. Yellow, a timid crayon afraid of everything, accidentally summons two unfinished drawings known as King Scrawl and his sidekick Gnat. The crayons are forced to act quickly in order to save their town before their colors fade forever.
Cast
Christina Ricci as Yellow, a yellow crayon who loves to live in color city
Tara Strong as Yellow's singing voice
Rosie Perez as Red, a red crayon who also loves to live in color city
Jeremy Guskin as Professor Heliotrope/White/Grey/Orange
Jess Harnell as Green, a green crayon who likes to draw stuff
Wayne Brady as Blue, a blue crayon who also likes to draw stuff
Sophia Eraklis as Purple, a purple crayon
Zoë Bright as Madame Pink, a pink crayon
Sean Astin as Bumble Bee
Owen Wilson as Ricky, a fire-breathing dragon and the leader of the drawings. He is seen at the end of the film with Yellow and his assistant Duck.
E.G. Daily as Ben/Mom/Tutti Frutti/Neon Lime
Jessica Capshaw as Duck, a duck and Ricky's assistant
Craig Ferguson as Gnat, a gnat who is King Scrawl's advisor
David Kaye as Black/King Scrawl
Robin Howard as Tangerine/Periwinkle/Aquamarine
John D. Eraklis as Navy Blue
Frank Gladstone as Refried Bean/Astronaut
Tom Lowell as Brown
Laura Lane as Horse
Zoe Bright as Opera Singer
Josh Gladstone as Cow
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a rating of 29%, based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 4.40/10. On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 33 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
Release
The Hero of Color City had a limited release on October 3, 2014. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 2, 2014.
References
External links
2014 films
2014 3D films
2014 computer-animated films
English-language Chinese films
English-language Indian films
2010s American animated films
American children's animated adventure films
American children's animated fantasy films
American 3D films
American children's animated musical films
American fantasy adventure films
Ame |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComputerCop | ComputerCop (stylized ComputerCOP) is content control software developed by the Bohemia, New York-based company ComputerCop Software. The software offers the ability for users to scan content on a computer (such as files, images, video, and web browser history) for objectionable content, along with a key logging component that allows parents to be notified if certain words are being typed. Upon its original release, the software was endorsed by NYPD detective Bo Dietl, and was originally branded as Bo Dietl's One Tough Computer Cop (in reference to his autobiographal film One Tough Cop). It initially only contained scanning software; later versions dropped Dietl's endorsement and branding, but also added a keylogger.
The software, which is intended to promote children's internet safety, is not generally sold to the public, but is sold directly to local law enforcement agencies and police departments in bulk with custom branding and endorsements, and then distributed to the public at no charge as a form of outreach.
The software gained infamy in October 2014 following the release of a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit digital rights group, which alleged that ComputerCop was privacy-invasive due to a number of security flaws, including the storage and transmission of key logging output in a non-encrypted format. The reports resulted in varying responses from agencies who planned to, or had distributed the software, although they continued to endorse the software for its public safety benefits.
Operation
ComputerCop is distributed on a CD-ROM, and consists of two software components; a content scanner, and a key logger. The scanner can be run directly off the CD, and performs a scan of the system's hard drive for files containing objectionable content, and a user's web browsing history for objectionable websites. While it can scan the content of file names and documents for keywords relating to such content, it cannot scan the content of images themselves.
The software comes with a second component known as "KeyAlert", which is designed to monitor the use of websites and online chat services; when installed on the computer, it scans and logs keyboard input by the computer's user, searching for and logging the use of strings related to objectionable content and user-specified keywords. It can also provide e-mail notifications whenever such activity is detected. Logged data is stored on the computer's hard drive; on the Windows version, it is stored as unencrypted plain text. The OS X version does encrypt logging data with a password.
Distribution
The ComputerCop software is marketed directly to district attorneys and law enforcement agencies as a semi-white-label product. Its packaging can be branded with an agency's logo, and an introductory video featuring an official from the agency can be played upon insertion of the disc—either provided by the agency itself, or filmed by ComputerCop Software. The software is purchas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20%28American%20TV%20series%29 | Kingdom (previously titled Navy St.) is an American drama television series created by Byron Balasco. The series premiered on October 8, 2014 on the Audience Network and concluded on August 2, 2017. It stars Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Jonathan Tucker, Nick Jonas, and Joanna Going. Season one consists of ten episodes.
On October 17, 2014, DirecTV announced that the series was renewed for an additional 20 episodes, 10 of which aired in 2014 & 10 in 2015. On July 7, 2016, it was renewed for a third season which premiered on May 31, 2017. On April 1, 2017, it was announced that the third season would be the final season of the series.
Summary
Alvey Kulina owns and operates a mixed martial arts gym called Navy St. Gym in Venice, California, with his girlfriend, Lisa. He helps people work out and trains fighters along with his sons, Nate and Jay. Jay has a drug and alcohol problem, but puts it aside to start fighting again and Nate is dealing with personal issues as well. Ryan Wheeler used to be a great fighter who left Alvey when he got big until he was sent to prison after brutally assaulting his father. After Ryan's release, Alvey wants him to fight again and be his trainer as it would be good publicity for the gym. Lisa is initially opposed to this, as she and Ryan used to be engaged, but eventually accepts it for the sake of the gym. Alvey's estranged ex-wife, Christina, is a drug addict and sex worker, with sporadic contact with Kulina and her sons. Fighting is a way of life in this family both in and out of the ring.
Cast
Main cast
Frank Grillo as Alvey Kulina, Jay and Nate's father. Owner of the gym Navy St., he's a retired MMA fighter who now trains MMA fighters at his gym.
Kiele Sanchez as Lisa Prince, Ryan's ex-fiancée and Alvey's girlfriend, She runs the business side of the gym and also manages Jay as a fighter.
Matt Lauria as Ryan Wheeler, an ex-convict who starts training to be a fighter again after being released from prison. He used to be engaged to Lisa and is still in love with her.
Jonathan Tucker as Jay Kulina, Alvey and Christina's older son and Nate's older brother. Seen as the screw up in the family by Alvey. Starts fighting again when Lisa begins to manage him. Jay is the loud mouth, obnoxious, but protective Kulina brother.
Nick Jonas as Nathaniel "Nate" Kulina, Alvey and Christina's younger son, an upcoming fighter who after an attack is put on the backbench. He is also a closeted gay man.
Joanna Going as Christina Kulina, Alvey's ex-wife and the mother of Jay and Nate. She's a former drug addict and sex worker, which has a negative impact on Jay.
Natalie Martinez as Alicia Mendez, an upcoming fighter and Lisa's new client (season 2).
Recurring cast
Juliette Jackson as Shelby, Lisa's friend who runs the front desk at Navy St. Gym (seasons 1–3)
Paul Walter Hauser as Keith, Ryan's friend and roommate at the half-way house turned housemate after Ryan moves into Keith's home (seasons 1–3)
Mac Brand |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20ThinkPad%20600 | The IBM ThinkPad 600 series was a series of notebook computers introduced in 1998 by IBM as the immediate predecessor to the T-series which still exists today under Lenovo ownership. Three models were produced, the 600, 600E, and 600X; the series was succeeded in 2000 by the ThinkPad T20 series.
Features
The 600 series was designed to be a more portable version of the 770 series, featuring slimmer dimensions and a weight of around 5 pounds (2.3 kg), by using lightweight but strong carbon fiber composite plastics. The 600 series also introduced the new UltraSlimBay (not to be confused with the UltraBay Slim as found on the later T40/T60 series), as well as easily interchangeable RAM and hard drives; all 600 series machines shipped with 32 or 64 MB of RAM integrated on the motherboard from the factory.
The 600 series originally shipped with either Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, with later models shipping with Windows 98 or Windows 2000; all 600 models could also run Windows 3.x, OS/2 Warp 4, Windows Me, or Windows XP as well as various Linux distributions. None of the 600 series models included wireless adapters or Ethernet ports as an option, but these could be added through a third-party PCMCIA/CardBus card.
One common problem of the 600 series was a battery defect, where the battery would discharge rapidly or otherwise have a poor battery life; use of a third-party battery as well as a BIOS update can help alleviate this problem.
Models
ThinkPad 600 - First model shipped, featured either a Pentium MMX at 233 MHz or a Pentium II at 233, 266 or 300 MHz. This model had the option of either a 12.1" SVGA TFT display, a 13.0" XGA HPA display, or a 13.3" XGA TFT display, and shipped with an external floppy drive, a built-in CD-ROM drive, and a choice of a 3.2 GB, 4.0 GB, or a 5.1 GB hard drive. The 600 also had infrared, USB 1.0, and a modem as standard features, and shipped with either 32 MB or 64 MB of RAM (upgradeable to 288 MB/320 MB using PC66 SODIMMs)
ThinkPad 600E - Featuring a Pentium II processor at either 300 MHz, 366 MHz, or 400 MHz, all models of the 600E featured at 13.3" XGA TFT display as standard. This model shipped with an external floppy drive, built-in CD-ROM, either a 4.0 GB, 6.4 GB or 10 GB hard drive, and 32 MB or 64 MB of RAM on the motherboard (upgradeable to 288 MB/320 MB/512 MB using PC66 SODIMMs). The 600E also was the first of the 600 series to offer a DVD-ROM drive as an option, as well as a TV output port (using a special dongle that was supplied to provide composite and S-Video ports).
ThinkPad 600X - The final model of the 600 series, featuring a Pentium III at either 450 MHz, 500 MHz, or 650 MHz (with SpeedStep technology) and a 13.3" XGA TFT display as standard. This model shipped with a 6 GB or 12 GB hard drive, a Mini-PCI Modem, either a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and 64 MB of RAM on the motherboard (upgradeable to 512 MB using PC100 SODIMMs).
Comparison
References
ThinkPad 600
600 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Block%20%28season%2010%29 | The tenth season of Australian reality television series The Block, titled The Block: Triple Threat, premiered on Tuesday, 27 January 2015 on Nine Network. Scott Cam (host) and Shelley Craft (Challenge Master) returned from the previous season, as did the three judges: Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer.
The Block producer Watercress has lodged an application with Stonnington City Council to extend, reconfigure and renovate a rectangle-shaped, 1970's style, three-level block of flats it bought four months ago for $5.7 million. The Block is located at 27 Darling Street in South Yarra which will be transformed into four north-facing townhouses – some able to enjoy city views from upper levels.
Darren and Deanne Jolly from former The Block: Glasshouse are back to challenge former fan favourites Bec and George Douros and Perth's Kim Owen and Matt Di Costa for one spot for returning players in the 2015 competition.
Six teams of new players will contest a number of challenges, before being whittled down to a final three, who will then go on to renovate an apartment block in South Yarra, with the surviving fan favourite couple.
Former contestant Dan Reilly also returned from seasons 5 and 6, but this time as apprentice foreman, or 'foreboy' under Keith Schleiger. He was a qualified carpenter, and became a qualified builder before he applied for the role. He was also brought in to ease the workload on Keith Schleiger, who was reported to be sick and exhausted by the end of the last series.
Former Contestants
The Block: Triple Threat will see the return of three former block couples in challenges for one spot as this season's contestants
Green: This couple won the challenge and became the returning Block couple on The Block: Triple Threat
Red: This couple failed to win the elimination challenge and did not become the returning Block couple.
Challenge Contestants
The Block: Triple Threat will introduce six new teams that will go head to head to receive one of three spots in the competition
Green: This couple won the challenge and became a Block couple on The Block: Triple Threat
Red: This couple failed to win the elimination challenge and did not become a Block couple.
Contestants
The Block-Open House
The Block-Open House is a new format (replacing unlocked) shown once a week which shows former contestants fixing and/or renovating rooms and areas of peoples home into modern looks. It was unsuccessful with ratings and was cancelled after seven episodes.
Score history
Results
Room reveals
This season of The Block had a new room judging. Alongside The Block judges, each week three real estate buyers also judged the rooms and the winner received money towards their apartment
Judges' scores
Colour key:
Highest Score
Lowest Score
Auction
Ratings
Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the live and same day average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Champs%20%28podcast%29 | The Champs is a comedy podcast hosted by Neal Brennan, Moshe Kasher, and until 2013 DJ Douggpound (Doug Lussenhop of the Tim and Eric Show). It is part of the All Things Comedy podcast network.
Kasher said the following of the podcast in a 2011 interview with SanDiego.com: "It’s Doug dropping sound effects and beats over me and Neal kind of hosting an hour of ridiculous chat. We have a rotating black guy guest, there’s a different black guest every week." Guests of the show have included actor/comedians Wayne Brady and David Alan Grier, as well as musician Questlove, adult film star Lexington Steele and professional basketball player Blake Griffin. The show has strayed from its guest format on occasion with guests such as comedian and actor Bobby Lee, former pornographic actress Sasha Grey, former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco and actor Aziz Ansari. In 2014 The Champs was named "Best Podcast" as part of LA Weekly "Best of L.A." issue.
The podcast ended on February 28, 2016 due to the difficulties of finding and scheduling guests in a timely manner. Questlove was the show's final guest.
See also
List of The Champs episodes
References
External links
Comedy podcasts
All Things Comedy
2011 podcast debuts
2016 podcast endings
Audio podcasts
American podcasts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20most%20common%20surnames%20in%20Germany |
List of the most common surnames in Germany
Data updated to 12 February 2021.
Müller, occupation (miller)
Schmidt, occupation (smith)
Schneider, occupation (tailor)
Fischer, occupation (fisherman)
Weber, occupation (weaver)
Meyer, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
Wagner, occupation (wainwright)
Becker, occupation (baker)
Schulz, occupation (medieval mayor)
Hoffmann, occupation (steward or courtier)
Schäfer, occupation (shepherd)
Koch, occupation (cook)
Bauer, occupation (farmer or peasant)
Richter, occupation (judge)
Klein, trait ("small", "short" )
Wolf, perhaps derived from forename (e.g. Wolf, Wolfgang, etc.) or trait ("wolf-like")
Schröder, occupation (tailor or wine shipper)
Neumann, trait ("new")
Schwarz, trait ("black-haired")
Zimmermann, occupation (carpenter)
Braun, trait ("brown-haired") or forename (Brunhold)
Krüger, occupation (innkeeper)
Hofmann, occupation (steward or courtier)
Hartmann, forename
Lange, trait ("tall")
Schmitt, occupation (smith)
Werner, forename
Schmitz, occupation (smith)
Krause, trait ("curly haired")
Meier, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
Lehmann, occupation/class (vassal)
Schmid, occupation (smith)
Schulze, occupation (medieval mayor)
Maier, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
Köhler, occupation (charcoal-maker)
Herrmann, forename
König, house name ("king")
Walter, forename
Mayer, occupation (originally a manorial landlord, later a self-employed farmer)
Huber, occupation (farmer)
Kaiser, house name ("emperor")
Fuchs, trait ("fox hunter" or "fox-like")
Peters, forename
Lang, trait ("tall")
Scholz, occupation (medieval mayor)
Möller, occupation (miller)
Weiß, trait ("white-haired" or "white-skinned")
Jung, trait ("young")
Hahn, "rooster", or possibly a condensation of Johannes
Schubert, occupation (shoemaker), derived from Middle High German Schuochwürhte
Vogel, house name ("bird")
Friedrich, forename composed of Old High German fridu ("peace") and rîhhi ("prince")
Keller, occupation (winemaker)
Günther, forename
Frank, tribe (Franks)
Berger, house name ("mountain")
Winkler, occupation (grocer)
Roth, trait ("red-haired")
Beck, occupation (baker) or house name ("stream")
Lorenz, forename
Baumann, occupation (farmer or peasant)
Franke, tribe (Franks)
Albrecht, forename
Schuster, occupation (shoemaker)
Simon, forename
Ludwig, forename
Böhm, nation (Bohemian)
Winter, related to winter
Kraus, trait ("curly-haired")
Martin, forename
Schumacher, occupation (shoemaker)
Krämer, occupation (grocer, huckster or chandler)
Vogt, occupation (bailiff)
Stein, house name ("rock")
Jäger, occupation (hunter)
Otto, forename
Sommer, related to summer
Groß, trait ("big")
Seidel, perhaps derived from forename (e.g. Siegfried, Sieghart, etc.)
Heinrich, forename
Brandt, related to fire
Haas, house name ("hare")
Schreiber, occupation ( |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elemento | () is a 2014 Philippine television docudrama horror anthology broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on October 10, 2014 on the network's Telebabad line up. The show concluded on October 31, 2014 with a total of 4 episodes.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Cast and characters
"Si Esperanza, Ang Rebeldeng Manananggal"
Glaiza de Castro as Esperanza
Valerie Concepcion as Lucida
Maria Isabel Lopez as Esperanza's mother
"Ang Masayahing Kapre na si Itim"
Raul Dillo as Itim
Bodjie Pascua
Ping Medina
Irma Adlawan
Lou Veloso
Joshen Bernardo
Kyle Ocampo
Milkah Nacion
Micko Laurente
"Pandora, Ang Diwata ng Wawa"
Solenn Heussaff as Pandora
Carlos Agassi as James
"Apoy ni Bambolito"
Mike "Pekto" Nacua as Bambolito
Kristofer Martin
Bela Padilla
Rochelle Pangilinan
Eula Valdez
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of earned a 16.1% rating. While the final episode scored a 14.3% rating.
References
External links
2014 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
GMA Integrated News and Public Affairs shows
Philippine anthology television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-root%20isolation | In mathematics, and, more specifically in numerical analysis and computer algebra, real-root isolation of a polynomial consist of producing disjoint intervals of the real line, which contain each one (and only one) real root of the polynomial, and, together, contain all the real roots of the polynomial.
Real-root isolation is useful because usual root-finding algorithms for computing the real roots of a polynomial may produce some real roots, but, cannot generally certify having found all real roots. In particular, if such an algorithm does not find any root, one does not know whether it is because there is no real root. Some algorithms compute all complex roots, but, as there are generally much fewer real roots than complex roots, most of their computation time is generally spent for computing non-real roots (in the average, a polynomial of degree has complex roots, and only real roots; see ). Moreover, it may be difficult to distinguish the real roots from the non-real roots with small imaginary part (see the example of Wilkinson's polynomial in next section).
The first complete real-root isolation algorithm results from Sturm's theorem (1829). However, when real-root-isolation algorithms began to be implemented on computers it appeared that algorithms derived from Sturm's theorem are less efficient than those derived from Descartes' rule of signs (1637).
Since the beginning of 20th century there is an active research activity for improving the algorithms derived from Descartes' rule of signs, getting very efficient implementations, and computing their computational complexity. The best implementations can routinely isolate real roots of polynomials of degree more than 1,000.
Specifications and general strategy
For finding real roots of a polynomial, the common strategy is to divide the real line (or an interval of it where root are searched) into disjoint intervals until having at most one root in each interval. Such a procedure is called root isolation, and a resulting interval that contains exactly one root is an isolating interval for this root.
Wilkinson's polynomial shows that a very small modification of one coefficient of a polynomial may change dramatically not only the value of the roots, but also their nature (real or complex). Also, even with a good approximation, when one evaluates a polynomial at an approximate root, one may get a result that is far to be close to zero. For example, if a polynomial of degree 20 (the degree of Wilkinson's polynomial) has a root close to 10, the derivative of the polynomial at the root may be of the order of this implies that an error of on the value of the root may produce a value of the polynomial at the approximate root that is of the order of It follows that, except maybe for very low degrees, a root-isolation procedure cannot give reliable results without using exact arithmetic. Therefore, if one wants to isolate roots of a polynomial with floating-point coefficients, it is often bet |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult%20centres | Catapult centres are a network of nine organisations set up by Innovate UK in the United Kingdom, to promote research and development (R&D) and to exploit market opportunities. Catapult centres promote R&D and innovation through business-led collaboration between scientists, academics, engineers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders and Government. They receive grants from public funds but are also expected to seek commercial funding. The first tranche of Catapults were established in 2011.
History
In 2010, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under Lord Mandelson (subsequently formed into the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and then merged into the current Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) commissioned a report on technical innovation from Hermann Hauser, an entrepreneur who had been active in information technology since 1978. The report recommended the establishment of a number of Technology and Innovation Centres to help bridge the gap between fundamental research and commercialisation. The UK Government subsequently funded Innovate UK (then the Technology Strategy Board and now part of UK Research and Innovation) to establish what became known as the Catapult Network, setting up a total of nine centres between 2011 and 2018.
The Catapults individually receive core grant funding from Innovate UK, approved for a five-year period, with a long-term funding split set out through a "thirds" model, to ensure neutrality and independence. The thirds model was recommended to reduce the Catapults' reliance on any part of the innovation ecosystem, with the ambition set out that one-third of funding comes from core grant funding, one-third comes from commercial funding, and one-third comes from collaborative (public and private) research & development funding.
Centres
The established Catapult Network is made up of nine separate centres that operate as independent, private, not-for-profit businesses, brought together through collaboration, joint projects and a shared purpose:
Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult – Established in October 2012 – headquartered at Guy's Hospital, London and at subsequent locations including Stevenage, Braintree and Edinburgh.
Connected Places Catapult – Established in April 2019, as the result of a merger of the Transport Systems and Future Cities Catapults, located in London, Milton Keynes and Birmingham.
Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult – Established in 2016 – in Newport, South Wales and at subsequent locations including Durham, Bristol and Glasgow.
Digital Catapult – Established in June 2013 – in Kings Cross, London and at subsequent locations including North East Tees Valley, Bristol and Belfast.
Energy Systems Catapult – Established in April 2015, headquartered in Birmingham.
High Value Manufacturing Catapult Established in October 2011 – comprising seven existing manufacturing technology and innovation centres, including:
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane%20Richard | Stéphane Richard (born 24 August 1961) is a French businessman who has been serving as chief executive officer and chairman of the worldwide mobile phone network Orange since 2011. In December 2021, he resigned as both chairman and chief executive of the group and he will be replaced by January 31, 2022.
Early life
The son of a mining engineer and grandson of a shepherd, Richard was born in Caudéran in the Gironde department in Aquitaine (South-West France), on 24 August 1961. He studied at HEC Paris and École nationale d'administration in Strasbourg.
Career
Richard made his fortune from his involvement in the leveraged buyout of Nexity, a property development subsidiary of Compagnie Générale des Eaux, the group he joined in 1992.
French government
From 2007 until 2009 Richard was Chief of Staff to Christine Lagarde, then French Minister for the Economy, Industry, and Employment.
Orange
Richard joined Orange in September 2009, becoming Deputy Chief Executive. He was appointed Chief Executive of Orange S.A. on 1 March 2011. In 2019, Orange voted to renew his mandate. A popular chief executive, Richard is credited with improving revenues and market share in the competitive French telecoms market and restoring relations with unions after a spate of suicides shook the company.
In late 2021, Richard announced his intention to stay in his position for a fourth term after his mandate ends in May 2022. When he was given a one year-suspended prison sentence in a fraud case in France unconnected to the company, he handed in his resignation in November 2021.
In November 2021, he was sentenced for complicity in fraud and misuse of public funds in the Crédit Lyonnais arbitration case and he announced that he resigns from his position as CEO of Orange S.A.
Other activities
Corporate boards
Nexity, Member of the Board of Directors
Non-profit organizations
GSMA, Chairman (since 2019)
European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Member
Fondation Orange, President of the Board of Directors
Controversy
Legal issues
In 2007 news media reported rumors of an imminent arrest warrant for tax fraud. By early 2019, French state prosecutors called for Richard to be sentenced to three years in jail — with half the time suspended — as well as a €100,000 fine and a five-year ban on any work for the state. Richard denied the allegations, saying he was doing his job and only played a secondary role in an arbitration process in which businessman Bernard Tapie was awarded 403 million euros ($491.62 million) as part of a state-funded settlement. The trial ended with Richard being cleared of any wrongdoing.
In June 2021, a French prosecutor proposed penalties similar to the ones pronounced two years earlier.
Israel activities
In June 2015, Richard said in Egypt that he would like to withdraw the Orange brand from Israel as soon as possible, but that the move would take time. “Our intention is to withdraw from Israel. It will take time” but “for sure we will do it, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20S.%20Daya%20Sagar | Behara Seshadri Daya Sagar also known as B. S. Daya Sagar (born in 1967 in India) is an Indian mathematical geoscientist specializing in mathematical morphology. He is a professor of computer science at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore. He is known as a specialist in mathematical morphology, fractal geometry. chaos theory, and their applications in geophysics, geographical information science, and computational geography. The Indian Geophysical Union awarded him the Krishnan Medal in 2002. He is the first Asian to receive the Georges Matheron Lectureship in 2011. In 2018, he received the IAMG Certificate of Appreciation by the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences for his work on the
Handbook of Mathematical Geosciences. In 2020, Sagar was selected as an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer (DL) to represent the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society. He, with Frits Agterberg, Qiuming Cheng, and Jennifer McKinley, led the monumental project on the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences to the completion. The first edition of two-volume 1756-page Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences was published on 21st June 2023 by Springer International Publishers.
Education
Sagar was educated at St. Anthony's School, Visakhapatnam, Government High School-Samalkota, and Government Arts College-Srikakulam, India. He graduated with BSc in 1987 from Shree Durga Prasad Saraf College of Arts and Applied Sciences, Sriramnagar, an affiliated college of Andhra University. Subsequently, he received MSc and PhD degrees from the Andhra University College of Engineering-Visakhapatnam, India, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. His PhD thesis is on 'Applications of Remote Sensing, Mathematical Morphology, and Fractals to Study Certain Surface Water Bodies'.
Career
After receiving his doctorate, Sagar worked in Andhra University College of Engineering as a research associate (1994–95 and 1998–98) of CSIR, and as a research scientist/principal investigator (1997-7) in the Scheme for Extramural Research for Young Scientists funded by Ministry of Science and Technology. From 1998 to 2001, he worked as a research scientist at the Centre for Remote Imaging Sensing and Processing (CRISP) of the National University of Singapore. He was appointed Associate Professor of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University (MMU), Malaysia in 2001 and was also a Deputy Chairman of the Centre for Applied Electromagnetics (2003–07) there. During 2007–13, he was an associate professor at the Indian Statistical Institute-Bangalore centre, and since 2009, he has been acting as founding head of SSIU, a unit established in 2009 as a constituent unit of its Computer and Communication Sciences Division. Since 2013, he has been a professor, and currently a professor of higher administrative grade at the Indian Statistical Institute. In April 2023, he took the charge as Head of the Indian Statistical Institute-Bangalore Centre.
Research
Sagar's research contrib |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScratchJr | ScratchJr is a visual programming language designed to introduce programming skills to children ages 5–7. The app is considered an introductory programming language. It is available as a free app for iOS, Android and Chromebook.
ScratchJr is a derivative of the Scratch language, which has been used by over 10 million people worldwide. Programming in Scratch requires basic reading skills, however, so the creators saw a need for another language which would provide a simplified way to learn programming at a younger age and without any reading or mathematics required.
History
ScratchJr was developed by a collaborative team including Marina Umaschi Bers at Tufts University, Mitchel Resnick at the MIT Media Lab, and Paula Bonta and Brian Silverman at the Playful Invention Company. The project was given a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation and raised additional funds on the Kickstarter platform. The initial release was launched in July 2014 for iPad; an Android version was released in March 2015 and a Chromebook app followed in March 2016. There is also a version called PBS Kids ScratchJr, which was released in partnership with PBS Kids in 2015. This version has sprites and backgrounds drawn from popular children's animated series such as Nature Cat and Wild Kratts.
User interface
Children create code in objects called sprites - which can be characters or other objects. ScratchJr comes with a library of sprites, and sprites can be edited or new ones created using the "Paint Editor".
Code is created by dragging blocks into a coding area and snapping them together. All the blocks are completely icon-based (no text other than for values) which is how children can use this language before they can read. Blocks are connected from left to right, like words, contradicting the top to bottom connections that the original Scratch language uses. The main coding area is displayed at the bottom of the screen, with the stage in the center, the scene on the right, and the sprites on the left. Sprites are unique to each scene.
The user interface is much simpler than that of Scratch. Both the number of categories of programming blocks and the number of blocks within each category have been reduced, so that only most basic ones were retained.
In addition to sprites, kids can add backgrounds to projects, to give them a setting and atmosphere. Each background is treated like a page in a book, and has its own set of sprites. A project can have a maximum of 4 backgrounds.
Use in school settings
ScratchJr is an app for developing computational thinking skills in elementary classrooms, especially in settings with pre-reading students such as Pre-K to 2nd grade.
It is used in a plethora of schools including many classrooms across Massachusetts. For instance, it is utilized by Kindergarten classrooms at the Eliot-Pearson Children's School in Medford, affiliated with the Tufts University, and in the Jewish Community Day School in Watertown, Boston. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yottabyte%20LLC | Yottabyte LLC was a software-defined data center (SDDC) company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan. Yottabyte also operates three physical data centers throughout the United States. Yottabyte software enables companies to build virtual data centers from industry standard server, storage, and networking gear and software.
History
Yottabyte was founded in 2010. Its founders include Greg Campbell (Vice President of Technology), Paul E. Hodges III (President and CEO), and Duane Tursi. The Yottabyte concept originated when Campbell and Hodges were sitting in a conference room tossing around ideas. Campbell (CTO) developed the Yottabyte software architecture. .
Yottabyte LLC was named a "Cool Vendor in Compute Platform" by Gartner in 2016, and was a runner up for the Virtualization Trailblazers in 2015 by Tech Trailblazers.
In September 2016, Yottabyte partnered with the University of Michigan to accelerate data-intensive research. The project, known as the Yottabyte Research Cloud, gives scientists access to high-performance, secure and flexible computing environments that enables the analysis of sensitive data sets restricted by federal privacy laws, proprietary access agreements, or confidentiality requirements.
In May 2017, Yottabyte brought Michael J. Aloe on board as Senior Vice President of Sales & Operations. Aloe was announced as Chief Operations Officer (COO) in May 2018.
See also
Cloud storage
Computer data storage
Software-defined data center
Storage virtualization
References
Cloud platforms
Cloud computing providers
2010 establishments in Michigan
Companies based in Oakland County, Michigan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20automated%20transit%20networks%20suppliers | This is a list of well-known automated transit networks suppliers.
List of operational ATN systems
Currently, five advanced transit networks (ATN) systems are operational, and several more are in the planning stage.
GRT stands for Group Rapid Transit which use larger capacity vehicles. Morgantown PRT and the ParkShuttle are quasi-PRT system because they lack some PRT features such as 100% on-demand service.
Commissioning pending
List of automated transit networks (ATN) suppliers
The following table summarizes several well-known automated transit networks (ATN) suppliers based on a comprehensive list from 2020.
Boeing Vertol's successors are not marketing the Morgantown PRT system and are no longer making transit vehicles .
CabinTaxi is not undergoing further development but a US firm holds rights to the patents and is marketing the system.
The Alden staRRcar system was the basis of the Morgantown PRT. However it also developed separate models.
The Cabtrack test track used battery powered vehicles but the production model was planned to have power supplied by a bus-bar in the guideway
Vehicles in "dual mode" systems can use the specialized guideway or ordinary roads.
Spartan Superway is a non-commercial, ongoing research program staffed by multi-disciplinary students organised by the engineering department of San Jose State University.
See also
Shweeb, a human powered suspended PRT design, which has a rideable prototype track in Rotorua, New Zealand.
References
Private transport |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Wa%20%28band%29 | Ben Wa was an American electronic band from Oakland, California comprising Anthony "House" Chaba (programming and bass guitar) and Eric Ware (programming and keyboards), who had worked together before in bands such as Limbomaniacs, Big Janitor, and MCM & the Monster.
After releasing a four track EP 1 full of breaks and electro in 1998 they began recording their debut album Devil Dub featuring guest musicians such as guitarists Buckethead and M.I.R.V., drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia and turntablist DJ Disk, plus Scientist live on stage for the release party in January 1999. Chaba and Ware had met Scientist when opening for Bill Laswell's Praxis in San Francisco.
Reviews for Devil Dub were positive with URB calling it "one of the most crucial records of any genre released this year" and Michelle Goldberg of Metro Silicon Valley stating: "The lazy pace is lulling, but like Tricky's music, it's more edgy and creepy than ethereal." Rick Anderson of Allmusic gave 4,5 out of 5 stars, writing: "This is remarkably pleasant stuff." Noah Wayne of online music magazine Splendid wrote: "It's campy, it's twisted, it's dub!"
Two of their tracks, "Re-Dub" and "Ephedream", were included on Laswell's releases Reanimator: Black Market Science and Tetragrammaton - Submerge. They also contributed tracks to a few other dub compilations.
Another EP called Elektro-Krazy followed in 2000, again concentrating on breaks and electro and described on Epitonic as "the gap between Detroit techno and funky dance floor breaks in a most ingenious way". Their next album Disciples Of Retro-Tech was released in 2001 as a double vinyl and single compact disc, featuring explorations of pure electro and synth-pop terrain. Stephen Cook of Allmusic wrote: "The hybrid mix is so inventive that suspect pastiche and old-school chic absolutely do not figure into it". He gave the album 4 out of 5 stars. Daiv Whaley of music newspaper Hear/Say concluded his review: "This is cool, accessible music for every child of man and machine. File under 'electro-funk,' file under 'fantastic.'"
Discography
EP 1 (12" EP on Black Hole Records, 1998)
Devil Dub (CD album on Black Hole Records, 1998)
Elektro-Krazy (12" EP on Malvado Records, 2000)
Retro-Tech EP (12" EP on Stray Records, 2001)
Disciples Of Retro-Tech (Double vinyl and single CD album on Stray Records, 2001)
Devil Dub
Devil Dub is the 1999 debut album by San Francisco Bay Area band Ben Wa consisting of "Dr. Ware" and "House"(Limbomaniacs, Tommy Guerrero, Buckethead's Giant Robot, MCM & the Monster).
After forming in 1997, contributing to several compilations and releasing an EP in 1998, Devil Dub was the first full-length release by the duo. House sums up:
Guest musicians finally included avant-garde guitarist Buckethead, drummer Brain (with Primus at this time) and DJ Disk (from the Invisibl Skratch Piklz).
A critics from URB magazine called it "one of the most crucial records of any genre released this year".
Track listing
Person |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%20MBC%20Drama%20Awards | The 2013 MBC Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2013. It was held on December 30, 2013 and hosted by actor Lee Seung-gi and actress Han Ji-hye.
Nominations and winners
(Winners denoted in bold)
References
External links
IMBC
MBC Drama Awards
MBC Drama Awards
MBC Drama Awards
December 2013 events in South Korea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronja%2C%20the%20Robber%27s%20Daughter%20%28TV%20series%29 | is a Japanese cel-shaded computer-animated television series, based on the novel Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter) written by Astrid Lindgren. Produced by Polygon Pictures, Studio Ghibli, NHK Enterprises and Dwango, the series is directed and storyboarded by Gorō Miyazaki, with Hiroyuki Kawasaki handling series composition and writing the scripts, Katsuya Kondō designing the characters, Toshio Suzuki providing the title logo and Satoshi Takebe composing the music. Miyazaki stated, "Ronja, the Robber's Daughter is not only a story about a young girl growing into adulthood, but also a story of love, growth, and the bond between parent and child and their friends. We aim to create a story that can be enjoyed by everyone, from children to adults." Kazuyoshi Saito wrote, produced and performed all the instruments on "Player" for Mari Natsuki to sing as the ending theme song. It is Studio Ghibli's first television series.
UK-based distributor Serious Lunch has acquired the worldwide distribution rights, except for Japan and Scandinavia. It sought English-language broadcasters and brought the series to potential backers at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Amazon began streaming the series on its Amazon Prime streaming service on January 27, 2017. GKIDS released the series in the United States on August 20, 2019 (distributed by Shout! Factory), and additional licenses were sold in China (UYoung Media) and Taiwan (PTS). The English dub is narrated by Gillian Anderson.
Storyline
Ronja, the only child of a bandit chief, grows up among a clan of robbers living in a castle in the woodlands of early-Medieval Scandinavia. When Ronja grows old enough she ventures into the forest, exploring and discovering its wonders and dangers like the mystical creatures that dwell there. She learns to live in the forest through her own strength, with the occasional rescue by her parents. Ronja's life begins to change, however, when she happens upon a boy her own age named Birk, who turns out to be the son of the rival clan chief.
Characters
aka Birk Borkason
Episode list
Reception
Critical reception of Sanzoku no Musume Rōnya was mostly positive. The series was praised in reviews by The Guardian, Collider The Daily Dot, Slate, iDigitalTimes, Starburst, Mir Fantastiki, among others. Meanwhile, Swedish journalist Yukiko Duke, The Onion's The A.V. Club and Polygon published negative reviews. The show was praised for its visual beauty and being faithful to the original novel, but criticized for slow pacing.
Awards
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| 2015
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| Asian Television Awards — Best 2D Animated Programme
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| 2016
| International Emmy Awards — Kids: Animation
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References
External links
Polygon Pictures site
2014 anime television series debuts
2015 Japanese television series endings
Animated series based on novels
Fantasy anime and manga
Japanese children's animated fantasy television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genicular%20arteries | The genicular arteries (from Latin geniculum, "knee") are six arteries in the human leg, five of which are branches of the popliteal artery, that anastomose in the knee region in the patellar network or genicular anastomosis. They supply blood to the patella, together with contributions from the descending genicular artery, anterior tibial recurrent artery, and descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery.
The descending genicular artery also known as the highest genicular artery is the only genicular artery to arise from the femoral artery and has the most superior or proximal origin of all six genicular arteries.
Popliteal branches
Five genicular arteries branch from the popliteal artery to form a network around the knee, the genicular anastomosis. The anastomosis provides collateral circulation in the event of damage to the region.
Inferior or distal to the origin of the descending genicular artery are two superior genicular arteries:
Medial superior genicular artery
Lateral superior genicular artery
The middle genicular artery is a small branch of the popliteal artery that originates inferior or distal to both the superior genicular arteries as well as the sural arteries.
Inferior or distal to the origins of the superior and middle genicular arteries are the two inferior genicular arteries:
Medial inferior genicular artery
Lateral inferior genicular artery
Femoral branch
The descending genicular artery is the only one to branch from the femoral artery.
References
Arteries of the lower limb |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRCF-CD | WRCF-CD (channel 29) is a low-power, Class A television station in Orlando, Florida, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Melbourne-licensed Univision outlet WVEN-TV (channel 43). Both stations share studios on Douglas Avenue in Altamonte Springs, while WRCF-CD's transmitter is located in unincorporated Bithlo, Florida.
Even though WRCF-CD operates a digital signal of its own, the low-power broadcasting radius only covers the immediate Orlando area. Therefore, in order to reach the entire market, it is simulcast in 720p high definition on WVEN-TV's seventh digital subchannel (43.7) from the same transmitter site.
Sale to Univision
On May 8, 2017, LocusPoint Networks agreed to sell WRCF-CD to Univision Communications' Univision Local Media for $2.5 million. The sale was completed on August 14.
On October 13, 2021, Entravision Communications announced that it was ceding control of WVEN-TV and WRCF-CD back to Univision along with the UniMás affiliation then held by WOTF.
Technical information
Subchannel
Sometime in 2019, WRCF-CD upgraded its channel into 1080i 16:9 high definition. It has previously been offered in 480i 4:3 standard definition.
Logos
References
External links
UniMás network affiliates
RCF-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in Florida
Low-power television stations in Florida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20JPMorgan%20Chase%20data%20breach | The 2014 JPMorgan Chase data breach was a cyberattack against American bank JPMorgan Chase that is believed to have compromised data associated with over 83 million accounts—76 million households (approximately two out of three households in the country) and 7 million small businesses. The data breach is considered one of the most serious intrusions into an American corporation's information system and one of the largest data breaches in history.
The cyberattack
The attack—disclosed in September 2014—was discovered by the bank's security team in late July 2014, but not completely halted until the middle of August. The bank declared that login information associated with the accounts (such as social security numbers or passwords) was not compromised but names, email and postal addresses, and phone numbers of account holders were obtained by hackers, raising concerns of potential phishing attacks.
The attack targeted nine other major financial institutions alongside JPMorgan Chase. As of October 9, the only other company believed to have had data stolen is Fidelity Investments but investigators reported that the attack attempted to infiltrate the networks of banks and financial companies such as Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, E*Trade, Regions Financial Corporation and payroll-service firm Automatic Data Processing (ADP).
Indictments and extradition
US federal indictments were issued against four hackers in the massive fraud in November 2015. Two Israelis indicted, Gery Shalon and Ziv Orenstein, were arrested in Israel and will be extradited to the U.S. according to Israel's Justice Ministry.
American hacker Joshua Samuel Aaron had also been part of the indictments.
References
External links
https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/792651/download
https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/792656/download
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/file/632156/download
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1092376/download
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1092381/download
Cyberattacks on banking industry
2014 scandals
Corporate scandals
Data breaches in the United States
2014 data breach
Bank fraud |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese%20language%20and%20computers | The Vietnamese language is written with a Latin script with diacritics (accent tones) which requires several accommodations when typing on phone or computers. Software-based systems are a form of writing Vietnamese on phones or computers with software that can be installed on the device or from third-party software such as UniKey. Telex is the oldest input method devised to encode the Vietnamese language with its tones. Other input methods may also include VNI (Number key-based keyboard) and VIQR. VNI input method is not to be confused with VNI code page.
Historically, Vietnamese was also written in , which is mainly used for ceremonial and traditional purposes in recent times, and remains in the field of historians and philologists. There have been attempts to type chữ Hán and chữ Nôm with existing Vietnamese input methods, but they are not widespread. Sometimes, Vietnamese can be typed without tone marks, which Vietnamese speakers can usually guess depending on context.
Fonts and character encodings
Vietnamese alphabet
Character encodings
There are as many as 46 character encodings for representing the Vietnamese alphabet. Unicode has become the most popular form for many of the world's writing systems, due to its great compatibility and software support. Diacritics may be encoded either as combining characters or as precomposed characters, which are scattered among the Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, and Latin Extended Additional blocks. The Vietnamese đồng symbol is encoded in the Currency Symbols block. Historically, the Vietnamese language used other characters beyond the modern alphabet. The Middle Vietnamese letter B with flourish (ꞗ) is included in the Latin Extended-D block. The apex is not included in Unicode, but may serve as a rough approximation.
Early versions of Unicode assigned the characters and for the purpose of placing these marks beside a circumflex, as is common in Vietnamese typography. These two characters have been deprecated; and are now used regardless of any present circumflex.
For systems that lack support for Unicode, dozens of 8-bit Vietnamese code pages have been designed. The most commonly used of them were VISCII, VSCII (TCVN 5712:1993), VNI, VPS and Windows-1258. Where ASCII is required, such as when ensuring readability in plain text e-mail, Vietnamese letters are often encoded according to Vietnamese Quoted-Readable (VIQR) or VSCII Mnemonic (VSCII-MNEM), though usage of either variable-width scheme has declined dramatically following the adoption of Unicode on the World Wide Web. For instance, support for all above mentioned 8-bit encodings, with the exception of Windows-1258, was dropped from Mozilla software in 2014.
Many Vietnamese fonts intended for desktop publishing are encoded in VNI or TCVN3 (VSCII). Such fonts are known as "ABC fonts". Popular web browsers lack support for specialty Vietnamese encodings, so any webpage that uses these fonts appears as unintelligible mojibake on system |
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