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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko%20Miyata | is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Ibaraki Christian University Junior College.
Filmography
TV series
Films
References
External links
Profile at Tarento Database
Japanese actresses
1969 births
Living people
Actors from Ibaraki Prefecture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Sung-kyung | Kim Sung-kyung (born February 15, 1972) is a South Korean television personality and actress. Kim joined the broadcasting network SBS in 1993 as a news presenter, notably as the weekend anchor for the SBS Eight O'Clock News. She left SBS in 2002 to go freelance, and also became a planning director for the "edutainment" company SangSang and I in 2007. Kim made her acting debut in 2014 (her older sister is actress Kim Sung-ryung), and has appeared in Korean dramas such as City of the Sun (2015).
News/variety programs
Acting
Television series
Film
References
External links
1972 births
Living people
South Korean television personalities
South Korean actresses
South Korean television actresses
Hongik University alumni
Yonsei University alumni
Actresses from Seoul |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHM-FM | XHM-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Located on 88.9 MHz, XHM-FM is owned by Grupo ACIR and currently broadcasts news and talk programming, along with blocks of Spanish-language rock from the 1980s and 1990s, as "88.9 Noticias".
History
The concession for 88.9 FM in Mexico City was issued in October 1962, to Santiago Ontañon Núñez, but it was not until the 1970s that the station began operations, known initially as "Un Oasis en FM" and later morphing into contemporary music-formatted "Sonido 89". The station's concession was given to Nuñez along with the concession for XHMM-FM, but the latter was later given to another concessionaire.
The mid-1980s saw tumult for the station. Not long after becoming "Radio Metrópoli" and seeing its format move to 99.3 FM, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake severely damaged the station's studios and forced it off the air for a month. Sonido 89 would return in October 1985, but the decade of change continued; Ondas de Alegría, the group that owned XHM, was dissolved that same year, with ARTSA taking control of XHM and its sister stations. After a brief year as "Fórmula Melódica", XHM finally found a format that stuck, soft adult contemporary "Azul FM", in 1989, with both hits and lesser-known songs in English, French and Italian. The station's signature program in the Azul FM era was "Luna Azul", hosted by Jorge Lapuente. The station also featured programs dedicated to jazz, blues and Brazilian music.
In 1995, XHM, XHPOP-FM and XHDFM-FM were sold to Grupo ACIR, which did not make drastic changes until November 3, 2003, when XHM changed to an all-news format as "88.9 Noticias, Información que Sirve". The newly relaunched XHM featured ACIR's Panorama Informativo newscast, sports programming, other talk programs focused on finances, health and lifestyle, as well as traffic and weather reports every 15 minutes. The "Azul" format was later revived as an Internet-only station, without hosts or commercials.
On July 5, 2013, the all-news format ended in favor of a mix between news and talk and music in Spanish from past decades, which was officially launched on July 15 as "Siempre 88.9". Several of the hosts on 88.9 Noticias were moved to other ACIR radio stations in Mexico City, but the main newscast, the sports programs, a lifestyle nightly show and the traffic reports remained. Musical programming on weekdays was scaled down in mid-2015, only airing between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, while still airing almost all day on weekends.
In January 2018, ACIR restored the 88.9 Noticias brand to XHM, though it retains musical programming on weekends and overnights.
References
Radio stations in Mexico City
Grupo ACIR |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthedes | The Aesthedes was a computer graphics or computer-aided design (CAD) system designed and developed in the 1970s and 1980s by Claessens Product Consultants (now Cartils) in Hilversum, Netherlands.
The Aesthedes was introduced to the market in 1984 by D.P.G. Claessens (1922–2019) who, after studying monumental art at the State Academy of Art in Amsterdam, studied Industrial Design.
He started a Product Development company in 1960, Claessens Product Consultants (now Cartils) in Hilversum, with clients such as Heineken, Amstel, Bijenkorf, Philips, Douwe Egberts, Friese Vlag, Bols, etc. In the mid-1960s, he started experimenting with electronic equipment to support his design work.
A growing need within his company for such equipment that did not exist before led to the development of the Aesthedes. The vision of Dominique Claessens was that a designer should be able to start immediately, without knowledge of computers. Meeting the need of designers to be able to use their creative brain, without being hindered by switching to the cognitive part of their brain, a keyboard was developed that matched the layout of the creative designer's desk. Everything had to be within reach and no overlapping of windows, for example. For that reason, the Aesthedes has 6 screens. 3 Data screens (below) showing project data, RGB values of the layer and the last 10 commands executed.
The computer was launched commercially in 1985 from Aesthedes offices in Hilversum, London, Cologne and Los Angeles. The first version was equipped with ten Motorola 68000 microprocessors, three 20” full colour, high-resolution screens and three small data display screens. It was unique at the time for being able to manipulate B-splines (a type of curve) in real time and to produce camera ready (i.e. ultra-high resolution) finished artwork for use in offset printing or other printing processes, including photogravure.
The 3 screens above are from left to right the "Zoom screen" on which a drawing can be zoomed up to 100x, the "Creation" screen in the middle where the total image of all layers is on top of each other and the right screen on which the current working layer can be seen and on which any animations can be seen.
The 3 color monitors show 16 million colors at a resolution of 512 x 512. There are 64 layers available on which you can work with a canvas of 64000 x 64000 pixels.
One of the earliest customers in the Netherlands for an Aesthedes CAD system was the state printer, SDU, which uses the machine to design various hard-to-forge works, including parts of the Dutch 25-guilder note Jaap Drupsteen (the "robin"). Aesthedes was also used extensively in the design of Heineken and Amstel beer bottle labels. Its launch customer in the UK was Marks & Spencer, which used it to design signage and food packaging. The supermarket Asda and design agencies such as Michael Peters & Partners and Holmes & Marchant were among other early customers. The Apple Macintosh revolutionized the g |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPI%20Ltd | HPI is a British vehicle history checking service founded in 1938 and part of UK automotive data business cap hpi.
The company was started to prevent the wrongful sale of hire-purchase cars and was the first organization of its kind. HPI works alongside the police, DVLA, finance and insurance companies to generate detailed vehicle history reports for consumers in the second-hand car market. The report, called HPI Check, informs consumers whether a vehicle has outstanding finance, been stolen, written off as a total loss, has a mileage discrepancy (clocked), had a plate change, been cloned, or has an outstanding logbook loan. The HPI Check can be performed on any vehicle that is registered in the UK with the DVLA, including caravans and quad bikes. In 2008, HPI were acquired by Solera. HPI Headquarters are currently situated in Leeds.
HPI Check
HPI Check is a vehicle history check service provided by HPI (formerly known as Hire Purchase Information) in the UK. HPI originated the vehicle history check in 1938. The HPI Check produces a report that provides information about a vehicle's history, mainly if it has outstanding finance, or if it is written off, stolen or clocked. You can also see all the specs, tax checks and other basic vehicle data.
References
External links
New campaign urges used car buyers to 'check it not regret it.'
Mileage discrepancy could affect 2.5m vehicles in the UK
Car clocking warning as mileage cheating hits an all-time high
Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1938
Service companies of the United Kingdom
Driving in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology%20Education%20and%20Literacy%20in%20Schools | Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) is a program that pairs high schools with software engineers who serve as part-time computer science teachers.
The program was started in 2009 by Microsoft software engineer Kevin Wang, but after Wang's divisional president learned about the program, Microsoft incubated the program. TEALS' goal is to create self-perpetuating computer science programs within two or three years by having the software engineers teach the teachers. Volunteers undergo a three-month summer class that teach them about making lesson plans and leading classes. Afterwards, software engineers visit classrooms four or five mornings a week for the entire school year to teach computer science concepts to both students and teachers.
TEALS volunteers are not required to be Microsoft employees and can have formal degrees or be self-taught in computer science. TEALS offers support for three classes: Introduction to Computer Science, Web Design, and AP Computer Science A.
History
Kevin Wang graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. To pursue his teaching passion, he declined several industry job offers. Wang taught in the Bay Area for several years, and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he received a Master of Education. He became a computer science teacher at Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley, California, teaching grades seven–twelve for three years. He convinced fellow Microsoft employees and other acquaintances to teach computer science at other schools. After joining Microsoft, Wang started volunteering to teach the morning computer science class at Issaquah High School, a nearby high school, in 2009.
In 2009, Wang founded Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS), a program that aims to bring software engineers to high school classrooms to teach computer science part-time. He thought that he would have to resign from Microsoft to oversee the program's significant expansion. Wang sold his Porsche 911 to bankroll the program. After the vice president of Wang's Microsoft division discovered TEALS, the vice president took him to the divisional president who recommended he work full-time at Microsoft on managing TEALS. According to CNN, Microsoft chose to "incubate" TEALS for three primary reasons. First, the program fit with Microsoft's philanthropic goals. Second, Microsoft founder Bill Gates had an enduring desire to advocate for learning. Third, the software industry had a shortage of engineers. In a 2012 interview with GeekWire, Wang said TEALS has two long-term goals. The first is to give every American high school student the opportunity to take an introductory computer science course and an AP Computer Science course. The second is to have the same proportion of students taking AP Computer Science as those taking AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics.
TEALS is part of YouthSpark, a Microsoft i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKANOW | IKANOW is an American data analytics company based in Reston, Virginia that harvests and analyzes structured and unstructured data. Founded in 2010, while doing intelligence work in Afghanistan and Iraq, IKANOW created an open analytics platform using open source technologies. IKANOW also performs threat analytics to help organizations assess their current risk levels, provide security, and increase situational awareness. According to SC Magazine, a magazine for IT security professionals, leveraging analytics platforms such as IKANOW's creates intelligence that security leaders can use in their decision platform. IKANOW provides analytical services regarding cyber security to Fortune 500 companies, service providers, and government agencies.
Overview
IKANOW was founded in 2010 by Chris Morgan and Dave Camarata, who previously worked with the United States Department of Defense and Intelligence Community for over a decade.
IKANOW became an open source big data platform provider that assists businesses with understanding big data.
The company developed an open-source and Big Data analytics platform, named IKANOW Community Edition, formerly Infinite.e, to analyze and build data-driven applications.
IKANOW's white paper Beyond The Kill Chain: How Information Security Platforms Must Evolve For Today's CISO was featured in Cyber Defense Magazine. IKANOW Community Edition has been used to perform sentiment analysis testing on the largest publicly available set of emails from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission investigation of the Enron financial scandal.
References
American companies established in 2010
2010 establishments in Virginia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20J.%20Schoelkopf | Robert J. Schoelkopf III (born January 24, 1964) is an American physicist, most noted for his work on quantum computing as one of the inventors of superconducting qubits. Schoelkopf's main research areas are quantum transport, single-electron devices, and charge dynamics in nanostructures. His research utilizes quantum-effect and single-electron devices, both for fundamental physical studies and for applications. Techniques often include high-speed, high-sensitivity measurements performed on nanostructures at low temperatures. Schoelkopf serves as director of the Yale Center for Microelectronic Materials and Structures and as associate director of the Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering. Since 2014, Schoelkopf is also the Director of the Yale Quantum Institute.
Biography
Schoelkopf was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of art dealer and Hudson River School expert Robert J. Schoelkopf II. Schoelkopf received his A.B. in physics from Princeton University, cum laude, in 1986, and his Ph.D. from Caltech in 1995. From 1986 to 1988 he was an electrical/cryogenic engineer in the Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where he developed low-temperature radiation detectors and cryogenic instrumentation for future space missions. He came to Yale as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Daniel Prober in 1995.
Moving to Yale University, he was from 1995 to 1998 a lecturer and associate research scientist, advancing to assistant professor in 1998, and professor of applied physics and physics in 2003. He was later awarded the titles Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics and William A. Norton Professor of Applied Physics and Physics.
Schoelkopf was a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia in 2008. He has been an invited lecturer at universities and professional organizations throughout the United States and in Canada and Europe. Schoelkopf was a semi-finalist for Discover magazine's Technological Innovation of the Year in 1999. His other honors include NASA's Technical Innovator Award. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.
He became the William A. Norton Professor at Yale in 2013 and the Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics.
Schoelkopf was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015. His other honors include Fellow in the American Physical Society and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Research
Robert Schoelkopf focuses his research on the development of superconducting devices for quantum information processing, which might eventually lead to revolutionary advances in computing.
In 2007, a team of scientists led by Schoelkopf and Steven Girvin made a major breakthrough in quantum computing when it engineered a superconducting communication "bus" to store and transfer information between distant quantum bits, or qubits |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Richards%20%28business%20executive%29 | Stephen D. Richards is a New Zealand-born technology industry business leader who rose through the ranks of Computer Associates International, to become the Executive Vice President responsible for Worldwide Sales. His role in the company's 35 day month accounting scandal led to his resignation;
he was the second CA executive to be indicted and sentenced
As part of the Harvard Business School curriculum, A Letter from Prison by Professor Eugene Soltes briefly details the history of the case and Stephen Richards insights into the financial management practices that saw him imprisoned.
Early life and family
Stephen Donald Richards was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand on February 7, 1965 and is the oldest of three siblings. He attended Upper Hutt College, and spent two years at Hawthorne Adventist High School before attending Avondale College where he studied business. He graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Business degree. Richards has been married twice, and has five children.
Career
After graduating from Avondale College with a degree in Business Administration he spent a short period of time at Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young), and then began his career at Computer Associates beginning at the helpdesk in Sydney, Australia as a Telephone Support Technician in 1988, Post-Sales Technician in 1989, Pre-Sales Consultant in 1990, Sales Executive in 1991, State Manager (Queensland) 1992, Managing Director (New Zealand) 1993, Managing Director (Australia and New Zealand) 1995, Senior Vice President – Sales (North East, South East, South Central US and Pacific Rim) 1998, Senior Vice President – Sales North America 1999, and Executive Vice President responsible for Worldwide Sales in New York in 2000. He remained in that position until his resignation in 2004.
He was subsequently CEO of MetiLinx and then Vertigo Software in California from 2004-2006.
Charges
Indicted on fraud charges in 2004, along with Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar, he was subsequently sentenced to seven years in jail in 2006. Beginning in 2007 he spent 44 months in Taft Correctional Institution in Taft, California, before being re-sentenced to time served in 2010.
Step by step
On September 22, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed securities fraud charges against Computer Associates International, Inc., and three executives; Sanjay Kumar – CEO and Chairman, Stephen Richards – Executive Vice President, Ira Zar – Chief Financial Officer and Steven Woghin – General Counsel. Although widely blamed, no charges were ever filed against the founder and CEO Charles Wang.
"The Commission's complaint against Computer Associates alleges that, based on this conduct, the company violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), Sections 10(b), 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A) and 13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), and Rules 10b-5, 12b-20, 13a-1 and 13a-13 thereunder. The Commission's complaints against defendants Kumar, R |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowdroid | SlowDroid is the first denial of service attack which allows a single mobile device to take down a network server requiring minimal bandwidth.
The attack has been created for research purposes by Enrico Cambiaso and Maurizio Aiello for the IEIIT Institute of the National Research Council of Italy and released as an Android application.
SlowDroid behavior is similar to other Slow DoS Attacks such as Slowloris, since it creates many connections with the victim in order to saturate the resources of the listening daemon application.
One difference is on sent payload, which in case of SlowDroid is not compliant to a specific protocol: instead of sending a forged HTTP request, an endless sequence of spaces is sent instead. This characteristic makes SlowDroid able to target different protocols with the same payload.
Another difference is on sending: during the data sending phase, instead of sending a sequence of characters as Slowloris does, SlowDroid sends a single character, hence reducing the bandwidth amounts.
Finally, the main difference is on implementation: SlowDroid has been implemented to be executed on the Android mobile operating system platform.
SlowDroid was initially published on the Google Play Store. Due to developers terms of service, the application has been removed by the store.
SlowDroid can also be used as a botnet and it was used also by the Anonymous group of hacktivists.
SlowDroid was mentioned in an official European Commission document and it was presented in scientific conferences.
See also
Slowloris (computer security)
Trinoo
Stacheldraht
Denial of service
LAND
Low Orbit Ion Cannon
High Orbit Ion Cannon
References
Denial-of-service attacks
Android (operating system) software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Astry | Diana Astry, (baptized 2 January 1671 – 4 December 1716) was an English diarist and compiler of a recipe book containing 375 recipes acquired from a number of sources including family and friends.
Biography
Astry lived at the Great House, Henbury, Gloucestershire, with her parents, Sir Samuel and Lady Elizabeth Astry, and her siblings, Elizabeth, Ann, Arabella, Luke and St John. Her father died in 1704, and in 1707, when their widowed mother married Sir Simon Harcourt, Diana Astry and her sister Arabella moved to Pendley, Hertfordshire.
In 1708, Astry married Richard Orlebar. She was an heiress with a fortune of £7000 who inherited even more money when her mother died 20 days after the wedding. The couple moved back to Henbury until the completion of their home, Hinwick House at Podington in Bedfordshire, in 1714. Diana Orlebar died childless two years later. Richard Orlebar, who was High Sheriff for Bedfordshire in 1720, was buried beside his wife in St Mary the Virgin, Podington when he died in 1733.
Recipe book and notebook
Most of the 375 recipes Astry collected, before and just after her marriage, are of a practical nature, including general culinary, pickling, preserving, and medicinal entries. The sources of the recipes and tips are acknowledged and reflect not only the lifestyle of the upper middle classes in England and housekeeping knowledge required to run a country house, but also Astry's wide circle of influential friends and acquaintances.
The book includes recipes for 239 food dishes, 52 wines or cordials, 21 medicinal remedies, 25 pickles and 38 preserves. Among the sources mentioned are: Lady Drake, Lady Churchill, Lady Holt, Lady Torrington (whose recipe for "orange water" included "2 leaves of gold"), Lady Terret, Lady Chick(h)eley and Lady Fane. Where only initials have been recorded, the source may be a housekeeper; like the Orlebars’ Hannah French. Three men have contributed recipes: Mr Clark – "To make red strake sider"; Captain Rider – "An orange pudding"; and Dr Culpeper – "Dr Stephens' water (for use in childbirth)". Culpeper's recipe was one of many for "Dr Stephens' water" circulating in seventeenth-century texts.
Astry's vellum-bound recipe book is mostly written in her hand, although the writing deteriorates towards the end and a few recipes are written by another. The recipes are not in any particular order though there are more medicinal recipes towards the end, including for the plague and dog bite. The cordial with more than 80 herbs and spices "will cost 50 shillings a quart to make it".
"Her recipes are vague as to quantity...and timing...and rich in content. A good soup is made with a leg of beef, veal, mutton, a cock, lean bacon, a pigeon, cheese, ginger, mace, cloves, onions, carrot, turnip, horseradish, anchovies and sweet herbs". A venison pasty takes a side of venison, 14lb of flour, 6lb butter, 10 eggs + 6 whites. There are recipes for freshwater fish: carp, pike, eels, lamprey and tench. Sugar of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Faithful%20Husband | My Faithful Husband is a 2015 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Joyce E. Bernal, it stars Jennylyn Mercado and Dennis Trillo. It premiered on August 10, 2015 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing The Rich Man's Daughter. The series concluded on November 13, 2015 with a total of 70 episodes. It was replaced by Beautiful Strangers in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Premise
Emman and Mel meet each other and become good friends. Mel finds out that she is pregnant with Dean's child and Emman claims the responsibility to be the child's father and offer to marry Mel. When Dean comes back to Mel's life, Mel gets confused about her feelings, and her weakness leads her to spend a night with Dean.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Jennylyn Mercado as Melanie "Mel" Fernandez-Dela Paz
Dennis Trillo as Emmanuel "Emman" Dela Paz
Supporting cast
Mikael Daez as Dean Montenegro
Louise delos Reyes as Mylene Fernandez-Sanreal
Snooky Serna as Mercedes "Cedes" Dela Paz
Rio Locsin as Carmen Beltran (Fernandez)
Ricky Davao as Arnaldo Castro
Nonie Buencamino as Lorenz Castro
Timmy Cruz as Elvira "Elvie" Castro
Lloyd Samartino as Artemio Fernandez
Kevin Santos as Dodong
Jerald Napoles as Mars
Jade Lopez as Doyee Dela Paz
Julia Lee as Adelle
Aaron Yanga as Dante Dela Paz
Jazz Ocampo as Carla Dela Paz
Rexcy Evert as Janet
Recurring cast
Lynn Ynchausti-Cruz as Charito Montenegro-Castro
Rich Asuncion as Soling
Lance Serrano as Benjo
Enzo Pineda as Arnel
Coleen Perez as Michelle
Mega Unciano as Ricky
Zofia Quinit as Andrea "Ningning" F. Dela Paz
Kim Margarette Belles as Aliyah Tanya "Ali" F. Montenegro
Guest cast
Rodjun Cruz as young Arnaldo
Yasmien Kurdi as young Mercedes
Neil Ryan Sese as Dr. Pitargue
Andrea Torres as Samantha "Sam" Fuentebella-Montenegro
Mike Tan as Bradley "Brad" Sanreal
Pinky Aseron as Rina Angeles
Ronnie Henares as Amiel Montenegro
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of My Faithful Husband earned a 17.6% rating. While the final episode scored a 19.9%
rating. The series had its highest rating on September 10, 2015 with a 20.7% rating. For its entire run, it had an average rating of 17.78%.
Accolades
References
External links
2015 Philippine television series debuts
2015 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploit%20kit | An exploit kit is a tool used for automatically managing and deploying exploits against a target computer. Exploit kits allow attackers to deliver malware without having advanced knowledge of the exploits being used. Browser exploits are typically used, although they may also include exploits targeting common software, such as Adobe Reader, or the operating system itself. Most kits are written in PHP.
Exploit kits are often sold on the black market, both as standalone kits, and as a service.
History
Some of the first exploit kits were WebAttacker and MPack, both created in 2006. They were sold on black markets, enabling attackers to use exploits without advanced knowledge of computer security.
The Blackhole exploit kit was released in 2010, and could either be purchased outright, or rented for a fee. Malwarebytes stated that Blackhole was the primary method of delivering malware in 2012 and much of 2013. After the arrest of the authors in late 2013, use of the kit sharply declined.
Neutrino was first detected in 2012, and was used in a number of ransomware campaigns. It exploited vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, the Java Runtime Environment, and Adobe Flash. Following a joint-operation between Cisco Talos and GoDaddy to disrupt a Neutrino malvertising campaign, the authors stopped selling the kit, deciding to only provide support and updates to previous clients. Despite this, development of the kit continued, and new exploits were added. As of April 2017, Neutrino activity ceased. On June 15, 2017, F-Secure tweeted "R.I.P. Neutrino exploit kit. We'll miss you (not)." with a graph showing the complete decline of Neutrino detections.
From 2017 onwards, the usage of exploit kits has dwindled. There are a number of factors which may have caused this, including arrests of cybercriminals, improvements in security making exploitation harder, and cybercriminals turning to other method of malware delivery, such as Microsoft Office macros and social engineering.
Overview
Exploitation process
The general process of exploitation by an exploit kit is as follows:
The victim navigates to a website infected by an exploit kit. Links to infected pages can be spread via spam, malvertising, or by compromising legitimate sites.
The victim is redirected to the landing page of the exploit kit.
The exploit kit determines which vulnerabilities are present, and which exploit to deploy against the target.
The exploit is deployed. If successful, a payload of the attacker's choosing (i.e. malware) can then be deployed on the target.
Features
Exploit kits employ a variety of evasion techniques to avoid detection. Some of these techniques include obfuscating the code, and using fingerprinting to ensure malicious content is only delivered to likely targets.
Modern exploit kits include features such as web interfaces and statistics, tracking the number of visitors and victims.
See also
References
Malware toolkits
Spyware
Computer security exploits |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizu%20MX5 | The Meizu MX5 is a smartphone designed and produced by the Chinese manufacturer Meizu, which runs on Flyme OS, Meizu's modified Android operating system. It is a previous phablet model of the MX series, succeeding the Meizu MX4 and preceding the Meizu MX6.
It was unveiled on June 30, 2015 in Beijing.
History
Rumors appeared in May 2015, which stated that the upcoming device would most likely feature a MediaTek Helio X10 System on a chip, a Full HD display and a 3100 mAh battery. Furthermore, it was mentioned that the new device will be announced in June.
On June 4, 2015, it was reported that the upcoming Meizu device was certified by the Chinese telecommunication authority TENAA, the Chinese equivalent to the American Federal Communications Commission. According to this specification, the device should feature 3 GB of RAM and a 5.5-inch Full HD screen.
Release
As announced, the MX5 was released in Beijing on June 30, 2015.
Pre-orders for the MX5 began after the launch event on June 30, 2015.
Sales in India began on August 26, 2015.
Features
Flyme
The Meizu MX5 was released with an updated version of Flyme OS, a modified operating system based on Android Lollipop. It features an alternative, flat design and improved one-handed usability.
Hardware and design
The Meizu MX5 features a MediaTek Helio X10 system-on-a-chip with an array of eight ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores, a PowerVR G6200 GPU and 3 GB of RAM.
The MX5 reaches a score of 53,330 points on the AnTuTu benchmark and is therefore approximately 12% faster than its predecessor, the Meizu MX4.
The MX5 is available in four different color variants (grey body with black front, champagne gold body with white front and silver body with black or white front) and comes with 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of internal storage.
Unlike its predecessor, the Meizu MX5 has a full-metal body, which measures x x and weighs . It has a slate form factor, being rectangular with rounded corners and has only one central physical button at the front.
Unlike most other Android smartphones, the MX5 doesn't have capacitive buttons nor on-screen buttons. The functionality of these keys is implemented using a technology called mBack, which makes use of gestures with the physical button. The MX5 further extends this button by a fingerprint sensor called mTouch.
The MX5 features a 5.5-inch AMOLED multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display with a FHD resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels. The pixel density of the display is 403 ppi.
In addition to the touchscreen input and the front key, the device has volume/zoom control buttons and the power/lock button on the right side, a 3.5mm TRS audio jack on the top and a microUSB (Micro-B type) port on the bottom for charging and connectivity.
The Meizu MX5 has two cameras. The rear camera has a resolution of 20.7 MP, a ƒ/2.2 aperture, a 6-element lens, laser-aided phase-detection autofocus and an LED flash.
The front camera has a resolution of 5 MP, a ƒ/2.0 aperture and a 5-e |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Tallinn | The Tallinn tram network (Trammiliiklus Tallinnas) is the only tram network in Estonia. Together with the four-route trolleybus network (et), the four tram lines (currently allocated into five routes), with a total length of 19.7 km (12.2 miles) arranged in a roughly cross-shaped layout, provide a backbone for the public transport network in the Estonian capital. All the routes meet up at Hobujaama in the city centre. Trams are unidirectional, one-sided and single-person operated, and much of the network runs on segregated track.
The network is operated by Tatra KT4 and KTNF6 types (the latter being former KT4s that have been extended with the addition of a low-floor middle section) and, since 2014, CAF Urbos AXLs.
The trams, trolleybuses and motorbuses in Tallinn are operated by the transport operator Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS. This enterprise emerged on 19 July 2012 when Tallinna Autobussikoondis, the motorbus company was merged with Tallinna Trammi- ja Trollibussikoondis.
History
The first tramline in the city, which at that time and until 1917 was known as Reval, was opened in 1888 and was a horsecar line. The network was built using a gauge, and it operated on the principal streets crossing the city, Narva Street, Pärnu Street and Tartu Street (Narva maantee, Pärnu maantee & Tartu maantee), using carriages imported from Belgium. By 1902 the total length of the lines in operation was .
In 1915, two local companies, the Russian-Baltic Shipyard and AS Böckler and Co., constructed a steam tramway in order to transport workers from the city centre to its factory at the city's Kopli quarter. This used a single track gauge line, which made it suitable for also transporting heavy cargo to the harbour. The gauge used corresponded with the standard Russian gauge, and the passenger carriages used were of Russian provenance, purchased second-hand from Saint Petersburg. Later, the steam engines were progressively replaced with internal combustion units.
During World War I, the horse-drawn trams ceased operation in 1918, leaving just the steam tramcars running to Kopli. The 1920 Treaty of Tartu signaled Soviet acceptance of Estonian independence, and on 13 May 1921 the rest of the Tallinn tram network reopened. Horses were made redundant, however, as all the tramcars were now modified to use petrol/gasoline engines. By then, only two horse-drawn carriages survived, and were in severe disrepair.
On 28 October 1925, electric trams were introduced, initially on the line along Narva Street. A 600 V DC power supply was used. Six years later, the broad gauge track on the route to Kopli was replaced with gauge, which was now standard across the network. After this, the line, which hitherto had been operated by a combination of steam- and petrol-powered trams, used only petrol-powered trams.
By 1940, the city tram network extended to , including the stretch of former steam tram track to Kopli. However, the return of war in 1939, and the savage confl |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%20Center%20for%20Neuroengineering | The Rice Center for Neuroengineering is an interdisciplinary research center, founded in 2014, housed within Rice University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The center is funded by an NSF IGERT grant, DARPA, the W.M. Keck Foundation, and Texas Instruments. Partner Institutions include Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center, and the Gulf Coast Consortia. Facilities are located on the Rice University campus and in the Texas Medical Center.
The center's research centers on the fundamental understanding of coding and computation in the human brain, as well as developing technology to treat and diagnose neural disease. Individual faculty research includes integrating neural circuits at the cellular level, analyzing neuronal data in real-time, and manipulating healthy or diseased neural circuit activity and connectivity using nano electronics, optics, and emerging photonics technologies.
The center's mission is to "provide an environment that will foster collaboration between researchers, scientists, doctors and clinicians—and ultimately maximize research impact by working across traditional boundaries."
Notable faculty
The center's faculty include medical doctors, electrical and computer engineers, computer scientists, bioengineers, and neural scientists and engineers. Among notable members of the faculty are:
Behnaam Aazhang, Rice University
Richard Baraniuk, Rice University
David Eagleman, Baylor College of Medicine
Naomi Halas, Rice University
References
Rice University
Neurology organizations
Computer science institutes in the United States
Medical research institutes in Texas
Neuroscience research centers in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Fuccillo | William Bruce "Billy" Fuccillo Sr. (January 9, 1956 – June 17, 2021) was an American car dealer who ran a network of car dealerships called the Fuccillo Automotive Group.
Biography
Fuccillo was born in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York in 1956. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1978 with a degree in marketing. Following college, he worked at various car dealerships. In 1989, he went out on his own and opened his first dealership. Over time, the business grew to over 25 dealerships in New York and Florida selling a variety of brands. His trademark saying is "it's HUGE!", which is often drawn out in his advertisements. Tom Park, Fuccillo's production director and the straight man in many of the company's commercials until 2018, remarked that Fuccillo had originally ad libbed the line in response to the strong turnout to a sales event, and that the two liked it so much that they used it as their trademark from that point onward.
Fuccillo died in his Florida home on June 17, 2021, after months of declining health and battling a long-term illness. Park died almost exactly one year later.
References
1956 births
2021 deaths
American automobile salespeople
Syracuse University alumni
People from Suffolk County, New York
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
Businesspeople from New York (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20438001%E2%80%93439000 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISpot | iSpot is a website developed and hosted by the Open University with funding from the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) network with an online community intended to connect nature enthusiasts of all levels.
Registered users upload images of wildlife observations, identify species, and discuss their findings with other members. This is intended to provide opportunities to learn more about the wildlife they have observed, and also provides a database of observations which is made available for scientific analysis.
The site also provides some online identification tools.
Purpose
The natural history observational skills required for accurate species identification in the field are neglected in formal education at all levels. iSpot is intended to help solve this problem by combining learning technology with crowdsourcing to connect beginners with experts.
Communities
The communities as of 2015 include the original UK and Ireland, Southern Africa, Hong Kong, Chile (Spanish language) and Global, which covers everywhere else. These communities can link to their own taxonomic lists, or use the default Catalogue of Life list.
In mid 2014 the global iSpot community exceeded 42000 registered participants.
Function
In a 2015 study it was found that over 94% of observations submitted to iSpot are identified to some level, (>80% at species level), and that 92% of a representative sample of the identifications could be externally verified. Most observations were given an initial identification within an hour of posting. Identification is refined as other members review and agree with an existing identification, or propose an alternative. There is no time limit to this process.
Database
The number of observations uploaded with photographic records exceeds 500 000 as of May 2015.
Observations are classified taxonomically according to the standard chosen by the community. The taxonomic classification follows the standard principles for zoological and botanical classification, with some modifications to make it easier for the lay-person. One such modification is the allocation of taxa to groups.
The groups used on iSpot are:
Amphibians and Reptiles
Birds
Fish
Fungi and Lichens
Invertebrates
Mammals
Other organisms
Plants
Observations are geographically located in decimal degrees to any precision input by the contributor, and where applicable, the position is derived from the EXIF of the lead photograph. The location details can also be input and edited manually. The location can be displayed on Google Maps. In some cases where the exact location must be hidden for conservation security, the map will display a rectangle surrounding the actual location. The location is then truncated to two decimal places, and this represents a corner of the rectangle.
On-site reputation
iSpot uses a unique reputation system to motivate and reward participants and as a tool to grade identifications of observations.
Reputation points specific to one of the eight taxonomic groups |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Knightly | Edward W. Knightly is an American professor and the department chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He joined the Rice University faculty in 1996. He heads the Rice Networks Group.
Education
Knightly received his PhD and MS from the University of California at Berkeley and his BS from Auburn University, in 1996, 1992 and 1991, respectively. He is the Sheafor-Lindsay Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University.
Research
Knightly's research revolves around networked systems, mobile wireless networks, and security. He focuses on protocol design, performance evaluation and urban-scale testbeds. His research group, the Rice Networks group, was the first to create a multi-user beam-forming WLAN system demonstrating multi-user MIMO in the wireless networking standard IEEE 802.11ac. Current research involves unused Ultra High-Frequency TV spectrum bands to deliver high-speed internet to rural areas, and millimeter wave bands to deliver high-speed WLAN access.
Technology For All
The Rice Networks Group has deployed, operates, and manages a large-scale urban wireless network in a Houston under-resourced community. This network, Technology For All (TFA) Wireless, is serving over 4,000 users in several square kilometers and employs custom-built programmable and observable access points. Knightly sits on the Advisory Board of this organization. In 2011, they installed the first residential deployment of Super Wi-Fi, which uses longer wavelengths to penetrate typical wireless barriers. The network is the first to provide residential access in frequencies spanning from unused UHF TV bands to legacy WiFi bands (500 MHz to 5 GHz).
In 2016, a video of Knightly’s work was featured during the White House’s announcement of a new $400 million Wireless Initiative, intended to maintain United States leadership in the development of wireless technology.
Awards and honors
Knightly is a 2001 Sloan Fellow, a 2009 IEEE Fellow and the recipient of an NSF Career Award. He was elected as an ACM Fellow in 2017. He has chaired several conferences in his field, including the ACM Sigmobile International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), the IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (SECON) and ACM MobiSys: The Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services. In 2017, he received the award for Research on New Opportunities for Dynamic Spectrum Access by the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance. He serves as an at-large editor for IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
References
External links
Rice Networks Group
Auburn University alumni
Rice University faculty
Living people
University of California, Berkeley alumni
American electrical engineers
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure%20Time%20%28season%208%29 | The eighth season of Adventure Time, an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward, premiered on Cartoon Network on March 26, 2016, and concluded on February 2, 2017, and was produced by Frederator Studios and Cartoon Network Studios. It follows the adventures of Finn, a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and size at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess.
Tom Herpich, Steve Wolfhard, Jesse Moynihan, Laura Knetzger, Kris Mukai, Lyle Partridge, Graham Falk, Charmaine Verhagen, Sam Alden, Pendleton Ward, Seo Kim, Somvilay Xayaphone, Hanna K. Nyström, Ako Castuera, Aleks Sennwald, Polly Guo, Kent Osborne, and Adam Muto storyboarded and wrote the season. The miniseries Islands, which follows Finn, Jake, BMO (voiced by Niki Yang), and Susan Strong (voiced by Jackie Buscarino) as they leave Ooo and travel across the ocean to solve the mystery of Finn's past, aired during this season. It also features guest animators Alex and Lindsay Small-Butera (who worked on "Beyond the Grotto") and James Baxter (who worked on "Horse and Ball").
The season debuted with the episode "Broke His Crown", which was watched by 1.13 million viewers marking a slight decrease from the previous season finale, "The Thin Yellow Line", which was seen by 1.15 million viewers. "Islands Part 8: The Light Cloud," the eighth-season finale, was watched by 1 million viewers, making it the lowest-rated Adventure Time season finale at the time. Critical reception to the season was mostly positive, with The A.V. Club writer Oliver Sava expressing pleasant bemusement that the show's quality had not suffered despite this season being its eighth. Critics were also complimentary towards the Islands miniseries: In April 2017, Common Sense Media awarded the miniseries "The Common Sense Seal", and at the 69th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2017, the Islands episode "Imaginary Resources" won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. Several compilation DVDs that contain episodes from the season have been released, and a set containing the entire season was released on September 4, 2018.
Development
Concept
The series follows the adventures of Finn the Human, a human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape, grow, and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo, where they interact with the other major characters, including: Princess Bubblegum, The Ice King, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lumpy Space Princess, BMO, and Flame Princess. Common storylines revolve around Finn and Jake discovering strange creatures, dealing with the antagonistic, but misunderstood, Ice King, and battling monsters in order to help others. Multi-e |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20Show%20%28season%208%29 | The eighth and final season of the American animated comedy television series Regular Show (promoted as Regular Show in Space) created by J. G. Quintel, originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. Quintel created the series' pilot using characters from his comedy shorts for the canceled anthology series The Cartoonstitute. He developed Regular Show from his own experiences in college. Simultaneously, several of the show's main characters originated from his animated shorts The Naïve Man from Lolliland and 2 in the AM PM. The series was renewed for an eighth season on July 7, 2015. The season ran from September 26, 2016 to January 16, 2017 and was produced by Cartoon Network Studios.
Taking place shortly after the last season finale, Mordecai and Rigby along with rest of the park itself eventually wind themselves in space, where they must learn to adapt to their newfound surroundings all while getting into the same comedic antics as with the previous seasons. The season later progress to being narrative-driven once the crew ends up confronting Pops’s brother Anti-Pops, a cataclysmic being, forcing them to uncover the truth behind Pops’s past.
The series finale included a reference to Quintel's original short “The Naive Man from Lolliland,” in which Pops' original design is created. The episodes ""Can You Ear Me Now?" and "The Ice Tape" features the final voice performances of both John Cygan who died on May 13, 2017 and David Ogden Stiers, who died on March 3, 2018.
Development
Production
The series was renewed for an eighth season on July 7, 2015, along with many other Cartoon Network shows. Regular Show is one of two Cartoon Network series ever to get an eighth season, the other being Adventure Time. The release date was announced at San Diego Comic-Con, and the season premiered on September 26, 2016. The writers and storyboard artists for season 8 are Benton Connor, Madeline Queripel, Casey Crowe, Owen Dennis, Minty Lewis, Ryan Pequin, Sam Spina, Gideon Chase, Alex Cline, and newcomer Sean Glaze. In March 2016, Kacie Hermanson was announced as the new main character designer for the season, replacing long-time designer Ben Adams, who left the show after the sixth episode of the season to work on Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer for Disney XD. Calvin Wong served as supervising director for the season. The story writers for the season are Quintel, Sean Szeles, Gina Ippolito, Patrick Baker, and Matt Price, who is also the story editor, while being produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Szeles also served as supervising producer, while Ryan Slater served as producer. A former writer and storyboard artist Andres Salaff briefly returned to work on the final episode.
After production on the series wrapped up, several crew members continued to work with Quintel on his next series, Close Enough.
Episodes
References
Regular Show seasons
2016 American television seasons
2017 American television seasons
Alien visitation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SICOM%20Radio | SICOM Radio is the state radio network of the Mexican state of Puebla. It broadcasts on 8 transmitters in the state with most content originating from the state capital in Puebla. It and SICOM Televisión form part of the (Information and Communication System, SICOM).
History
XHCOM received its permit in 1997. The state received the original permits for the seven other stations in 2002. The repeaters branded as their locality name and FM (for instance, Puebla FM, Tehuacán FM, Acatlán FM) until the system was renamed (State Telecommunications System, SET). In 2023, the original SICOM name was restored after a state government study found that eight out of ten residents surveyed across 21 municipalities continued to call the state network SICOM.
Transmitters
References
Radio stations in Puebla
Mass media in Puebla (city)
Public radio in Mexico |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Cyber%20Security%20Centre%20%28Ireland%29 | The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is a government computer security organisation in Ireland, an operational arm of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The NCSC was developed in 2013 and formally established by the Irish government in July 2015. It is responsible for Ireland's cyber security, with a primary focus on securing government networks, protecting critical national infrastructure, and assisting businesses and citizens in protecting their own systems. The NCSC incorporates the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE).
The NCSC is headquartered at 29/31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.
Mandate and organisation
The mandate for the NCSC includes;
activities to reduce the vulnerability of critical systems and networks within the state to incidents and cyber-attacks;
effective response when such attacks occur;
responsibility for the protection of critical information infrastructure;
establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships with national and international partners.
Threats identified to Ireland's critical infrastructure and government networks include: lone individuals, activist groups, criminal groups, terrorist groups, and nation states seeking to gather intelligence or to damage or degrade infrastructure. Incidents arising through extreme weather, human error and hardware or software failure also pose significant risks to individuals, businesses and public administration.
Work relating to the National Cyber Security Centre, and any records associated with the security of ICT systems in the state and outside it, are exempt from being disclosed under freedom of information (FOI).
Richard Browne was appointed as the NCSC's director in January 2022, having served as acting director for the previous 18 months.
Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE)
The Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE) was established in late 2011 (prior to the official formation of the NCSC) within the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and includes secondees from other government agencies. The main role of CSIRT-IE is to provide a 24/7 expert emergency response to computer security incidents across all public sector bodies, as well as to provide advice to reduce threat exposure. CSIRT-IE engages in emergency planning with government agencies overseen by the Office of Emergency Planning (OEP) within the Department of Defence and the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning, chaired by the Minister for Defence. CSIRT-IE shares information with the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA).
Outlining the future core aspects of the work of the NCSC, the government's National Cyber Security Strategy 2015-2017 states that the NCSC is to seek formal international accreditation for a Government CSIRT (g/CSIRT), expected in 2016, and accreditation will be sought for a formal National CSIRT (n/CSIRT), while also developing a capacity in the ar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Science%20Citation%20Database | The Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) is a bibliographic database and citation index managed by Clarivate in partnership with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Created in 1989, it is the first non-English database available within Web of Science. The CSCD contains journals in the topics of natural science, engineering technology, medicine, and additional technology and science areas. The database has almost 17 million citations and indexes 300,000 articles published between 1998 and the current time from thousands of journals. Its network version was created in 2002 and allows users to inquiries through two methods: "source literature and citation search"..
It stores 1,200 China-based academic publications which in aggregate have 2million entries. According to Jingfeng Xia, CSCD is "the earliest database in China" and "is widely recognized as one of the best databases for Chinese scientific literature". In a 2005 article in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Loet Leydesdorff and Jin Bihui found that CSCD is "integrated by a maze of university-based journals". They continued, "In summary, one could say that the Chinese Science Citation Database exhibits the characteristics of transdisciplinary integration in the production of scientific knowledge more than its Western counterparts. In addition to intellectual organization a layer of institutional integration provides a focus on the priorities of the economy and the state that is absent in the international database."
See also
Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index
References
External links
CSCD Web of Sciences
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Citation indices
Science and technology in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEX-FM | XEX-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 101.7 MHz from atop the World Trade Center Mexico City, XEX-FM broadcasts the contemporary hit radio format taken from the Los 40 network. The vast majority of the songs played on-air are in English.
History
XEX-FM came to air on October 1, 1975, becoming the third FM station in the Radiópolis/Televisa Radio system. It began with a pop music format as "Stereo 102", but most of its history has been marked by constantly changing formats. In the early 1980s it was "Radio Romántica", then "Estelar FM" (both with romantic music), followed in 1988 by a return to pop music in English and Spanish as "Estéreo 102" and later "Yo 102"; this was when the station began to see ratings success.
In 1994, it experimented with the name "Kiss FM", which failed to catch on. In 1996, after the brief return of Stereo 102, XEX became "Vox FM".
In 2002, Televisa Radio and Spain's PRISA began a partnership under which the Los 40 Principales brand, also present in Spain and other Latin American countries, came to Mexico for the first time. In turn, Televisa Radio and Grupo Radiorama signed an agreement, allowing the much larger Radiorama to syndicate the format to its stations for wider coverage across Mexico.
References
Radio stations established in 1975
Radio stations in Mexico City
1975 establishments in Mexico |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Cyber%20Security%20Centre%20%28United%20Kingdom%29 | The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is an organisation of the United Kingdom Government that provides advice and support for the public and private sector in how to avoid computer security threats. Based in London, it became operational in October 2016, and its parent organisation is GCHQ.
History
The NCSC absorbed and replaced CESG (the information security arm of GCHQ), the Centre for Cyber Assessment (CCA), Computer Emergency Response Team UK (CERT UK) and the cyber-related responsibilities of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). It built on earlier efforts of these organisations and the Cabinet Office to provide guidance on Information Assurance to the UK's wider private sector, such as the "10 Steps" guidance released in January 2015. In pre-launch announcements, the UK government stated that the NCSC would first work with the Bank of England to advise financial institutions on how to bolster online defences.
The centre was first announced in November 2015 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. The existing Director General Cyber of GCHQ, Ciaran Martin, leads the new centre, and GCHQ's current Technical Director of Cyber Security, Dr Ian Levy, assumed the same role at the NCSC. A detailed paper on the creation of the NCSC, including a description of its structure and future challenges, written by the then Director of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, who is widely credited with establishing the centre, was published by the Royal United Services Institute in February 2019.
The centre was dedicated by the Queen on 14 February 2017. Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced an investment of £1.9 billion and an initiative to embed 100 people from industry into the NCSC on secondment.
In April 2016, the Ministry of Defence announced that a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) "to protect the MOD's cyberspace from malicious actors" with a budget of over £40 million will contribute to this initiative. It is located at MoD Corsham.
In October 2017, technical director Ian Levy was targeted by email prankster James Linton with a fake industry event; however, Levy correctly identified the unexpected headers and worked with him to put out a security blog about the incident.
On 1 October 2020 Lindy Cameron, formerly director-general of the Northern Ireland Office, took over from Ciaran Martin as CEO.
List of chief executives
Ciaran Martin (3 October 2016 to 31 August 2020)
Lindy Cameron (1 October 2020 to present; was Acting CEO (1 September 2020 to 30 September 2020))
See also
UK cyber security community
National Cyber Security Centre (disambiguation) in other countries
National Cyber Force
National Protective Security Authority
GovAssure
Cyber Assessment Framework
References
External links
"New National Cyber Security Centre set to bring UK expertise together" – UK Government press release, March 2016
"10 steps to cyber security" – NCSC, November 2018
2016 establishments i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20McNab | Christopher Ross McNab (born March 10, 1980) is an author, computer hacker, and founder of AlphaSOC. McNab is best known for his Network Security Assessment books, which detail practical penetration testing tactics that can be adopted to evaluate the security of networks in-line with CESG CHECK, PCI DSS, and NIST SP 800-115 standards.
He is not to be confused with Chris McNab, Welsh author, survivalist and military expert.
During 2012 and 2013, McNab undertook incident response work on behalf of organizations in California and Nevada targeted by Alexsey Belan (currently on the FBI Cyber’s Most Wanted list). In 2011, McNab worked closely with the Attorney General of Guatemala under a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project to secure the computer networks that underpin the legal system within the country.
Bibliography
References
Living people
1980 births
British writers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizu%20MX2 | The Meizu MX2 is a smartphone designed and produced by the Chinese manufacturer Meizu, which runs on Flyme OS, Meizu's modified Android operating system. It is a previous model of the MX series, succeeding the Meizu MX and preceding the Meizu MX3. It was unveiled on November 27, 2012 in Beijing.
History
Images of the Meizu MX successor leaked on November 16, 2012. According to this leak, the MX2 no longer has the 3:2 display aspect ratio like the predecessor.
Further leaked images confirming the widescreen display aspect ratio and 4.4-inch display appeared on November 21.
Release
The Meizu MX2 was officially launched in Beijing on November 27, 2012.
The MX2 became available on the China Unicom network on January 23, 2013.
Features
Flyme
The Meizu MX2 was released with an updated version of Flyme OS, a modified operating system based on Android Jelly Bean. It features an alternative, flat design and improved one-handed usability.
Hardware and design
The Meizu MX2 features a Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad system-on-a-chip with an array of four ARM Cortex-A9 CPU cores, a Mali-400MP4 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.
The Meizu MX2 reaches a score of 12,194 points on the AnTuTu benchmark.
The MX2 is available in two different colors (black with white and full-white) and comes with 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of internal storage.
The body of the MX2 measures x x and weighs . It has a slate form factor, being rectangular with rounded corners.
The MX2 uses capacitive buttons for menu navigation.
The MX2 features a 4.4-inch IGZO multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display with an HD resolution of 800 by 1280 pixels. The pixel density of the display is 343 ppi.
In addition to the touchscreen input and the front key, the device has volume/zoom control buttons and the power/lock button on the right side, a 3.5mm TRS audio jack on the top and a microUSB (Micro-B type) port on the bottom for charging and connectivity.
The Meizu MX2 has two cameras. The rear camera has a resolution of 8 MP, a ƒ/2.4 aperture, autofocus and an LED flash.
The front camera has a resolution of 1.2 MP and a ƒ/2.2 aperture.
Reception
The MX2 received positive reviews.
FoneArena concluded that “the MX2 stands out from the crowd with a consistently beautiful hardware and software experience that you don’t see on many Android devices these days” and praised the build quality as well as the superb performance of the device.
See also
Meizu
Meizu MX
Meizu MX3
Meizu MX5
Comparison of smartphones
References
External links
Meizu MX2 GSMArena page Meizu
Android (operating system) devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2012
Meizu smartphones
Discontinued smartphones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiomatic | Audiomatic, India’s first podcast network, launched in April, 2015. The podcasts are either weekly or fortnightly, and offer content in genres such as food, science, culture, current affairs, entertainment and humour.
Among their podcasts are: The Real Food Podcast, The Intersection, Ask Aakar Anything and Our Last Week. The Real Food Podcast is hosted by food writer Vikram Doctor, who explores ingredients and Indian food habits and obsessions. The Intersection is a science and culture-based podcast, which is hosted by journalists Samanth Subramanium and Padmaparna Ghosh. The podcast offers a mix of science, culture and history. Ask Aakar Anything is hosted by journalist and columnist Aakar Patel. The programme is an opinion-based podcast and features Aakar Patel answering questions posed by the show’s listeners. Our Last Week is a comedy podcast that is hosted by stand-up comic Anuvab Pal and actor and director Kunaal Roy Kapur. The show features observational comedy and follows a conversational format.
Reception
According to an interview of one of the founders in the Mumbai-based daily Mid-Day, Audiomatic garnered 80,000 listeners in the first three weeks of its launch. Audiomatic has been praised for the high quality of production that its podcasts feature. Dustin Silgardo, in Mint Lounge, business newspaper Mint’s weekend edition, said that the music is used cleverly in the background and also noted that the “nuanced observations” on Our Last Week are “refreshing”. The Intersection has been particularly praised for its quality of research and for its ability to create a narrative. The New Indian Express appreciated the “heavy dose of wit and charm” that the podcast features.
References
External links
Infotainment
Podcasting companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetworkDem | NetworkDem (ReteDem) is a social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy.
The faction was launched in July 2015 by a group of social democrats, who had supported Giuseppe Civati in the 2013 leadership election (in the event, he came third with 14.2% of the vote), but disagreed with his decision to leave the PD in May 2015. They notably included Paolo Gandolfi, Sergio Lo Giudice, Lucrezia Ricchiuti, Daniele Viotti and Sandra Zampa. However, most former Civatiani joined Civati's Possible (Luca Pastorino, Elly Schlein, Andrea Ranieri, etc.) or decided to stay in the PD without joining any faction (Felice Casson, Walter Tocci, etc.), or joined the Italian Left (Corradino Mineo). Some left the PD in 2017 through Article One.
In the run-up of the 2017 leadership election NetworkDem endorsed Andrea Orlando of Remake Italy for party leader.
References
External links
Official website
Democratic Party (Italy) factions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20de%20Peltrie | Tony de Peltrie is a Canadian computer-animated short film from 1985. The short shows the first animated human character to express emotion through facial expressions and body movements, which touched the feelings of the audience. The film was produced from 1982 to 1985 at the French-speaking University of Montreal, Quebec, and Canada.
The four team members, Pierre Lachapelle (including production), Philippe Bergeron, Pierre Robidoux and Daniel Langlois, are all credited as directors.
Plot
Philippe Bergeron described the character animation with the words: "…Tony de Peltrie, about a piano player who is recollecting his glory days (…) Tony is not all that life-like in appearance, but the animation is so realistic that by the end of the short, you are really feeling for him.“
The film portrays the last part of Tony's career, as seen from his own perspective. Now alone and nostalgic, he recollects his past in a dreamlike state before it all fades away. The emotions of the story range in a melancholy way from joyful memories to the sad ending.
Production
The four co-directors were young programmers and started the computer animation on their own. Daniel Langlois had trained as a designer and computer animator for movies and was an artist and programmer in the team. The face and body were sculpted by Langlois in clay and re-modeled according to the desired feeling of the expressions. Every time a new network of black lines with control points was drawn on the faces, which were required for the animation.
For the software development and interactive creation, the team worked with the 3-D interactive graphics program Taarna and the mainframe computers CDC CYBER 835, 855. To calculate an image with the mainframe computers then, took five minutes. The computer monitor was a GRID TECHNOLOGIES ONE / 25S screen with a 24er card that had a range of 16 million colors. The image resolution of the monitor was 512 x 512 pixels. The images were calculated with four times the resolution so that no staircase effect emerged. For conversion of the face and body from analog to digital, a GRADICON digitizer was used, and for the rehearsal and filming a Bolex 16 mm and an Animation Oxberry 35 mm camera.
Publication
On the 12th SIGGRAPH Film & Video Show in San Francisco in July 1985, Philippe Bergeron and Pierre Lachapelle presented the film Tony de Peltrie for the first time. Bergeron gave at the conference the lecture: "Controlling Facial Expressions and Body Movements in the Computer Generated Animated Short Tony De Peltrie".
Reception
Critics and audiences were enthusiastic about Tony de Peltrie. It received more than 20 awards worldwide and garnered coverage in hundreds of magazines. In the week after the show in San Francisco, Time magazine concluded a two-page article about the Festival with the words:
John Lasseter, one of the festival’s judges commented:
Economic success
Typically, the success of a film is calculated in US dollars, which are paid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Kempkens | Alex Kempkens (born Alexander Kempkens, 24September 1942) is a German photographer, photojournalist and computer artist. He also writes articles and curates exhibitions. Kempkens is an autodidact.
Life
Early life
Born in Linz am Rhein, Germany, Kempkens grew up during the Second World War in Scheuren. From 1947 he lived in Gerresheim and received his first camera in 1951. At the age of 14 he began an apprenticeship as a high voltage electrician at the Mannesmann tube rolling mills in Düsseldorf. In addition to his work as a high voltage electrician, he took photos with a Voigtländer camera, which he had received from his mother. He completed a course for photo lab work at the community college and bought some simple laboratory equipment. From 1962, his photographs were shown at the Photokina for the German Youth Photo Prize.
Kempkens attended night school, but left before graduating in October 1966, to start a two-year internship as a photojournalist with Jürgen Retzlaff at the Düsseldorfer Nachrichten. In the second year of voluntary service, he worked at the Neuss city desk.
From 1965 onwards Kempkens traveled regularly to Prague where he mixed with Czech climber friends he had met in 1964 in the Tatra Mountains. On1 May 1967 he was back in Prague and photographed the 1 May Parade as a reporter. Instead of photos of tanks and marching soldiers his photos showed young soldiers as Blues players as they walked with their girlfriends together in the parade. It was spring in Prague and the young soldiers showed that to them the Prague Spring already lived. A photo was published in the Düsseldorf Nachrichten after his return.
In August 1968, he traveled with Jochen M. Raffelberg, who was also a volunteer with the Düsseldorf Nachrichten, to Biafra. Their report about the Biafra war received national attention. Five of the photographs were published on 2September 1968 as a double page spread in Der Spiegel magazine under the title "A nation is dying".
Munich
In November 1968, Kempkens moved to Munich, where on 1December he became a photojournalist at the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). In January 1970, he joined the newly established newspaper Tz in Munich. From the autumn of 1971, he worked as a freelance photojournalist in Munich. In the summer of 1972 Kempkens was an assistant at advertising photographer Jan Keetman and subsequently also worked as a commercial photographer.
In 1973, he added architectural photography to his portfolio and from spring of 1975, Endoscopy photography for Architectural models. His endoscopy photos from the model of the new planned building for the German Parliament in Bonn, 1975, by the architectural firm Behnisch & Partner were published in 1976 the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The art critic of the newspaper, Doris Schmidt wrote a one-sided discussion of the planned new building of the Bundestag in Bonn. In the caption to the endoscope photos, she noted: This is the first time that a newspaper has published endoscopic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom%20Detective%20Club | is an adventure game duology developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System. The first entry, was released in 1988, followed by a prequel released the next year titled In both games, the player takes on the role of a young man solving murder mysteries in the Japanese countryside.
The duology was the first writing project for Yoshio Sakamoto, before he found greater success and recognition with Metroid. The games were inspired by Enix's 1983 adventure game The Portopia Serial Murder Case, horror films by Italian director Dario Argento, and detective novels by Japanese writer Seishi Yokomizo. Both games were only released in Japan and received positive reception from critics.
Nintendo revisited the series on the Super Famicom with a remake of The Girl Who Stands Behind and an episodic Satellaview broadcast featuring a new story, BS Tantei Club: Yuki ni Kieta Kako. In 2021, Nintendo released new remakes of The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind for the Nintendo Switch, developed by Mages. The remakes were localized and released outside Japan.
Gameplay
In Famicom Detective Club, the player chooses commands from a menu such as Ask, Examine, Take, Show, and Go to interact with the environment and characters. Character dialogue is displayed in a message box at the bottom of the screen. Commands are only listed in situations when they can be used. Some commands like Examine or Take place a cursor over the scene which the player can direct to an item or area to interact with. At certain points in the story, the player is asked to answer questions, and must scroll through letters to write out an answer. The player may save their progress to return to the game later when the option is listed in the command menu.
Plot
The Missing Heir
The story begins with a man, Amachi, discovering the fallen protagonist on the ground near a cliff. The protagonist discovers that he has lost his memory, and after recuperating, he revisits the cliff and meets a young girl named Ayumi Tachibana. He learns from Ayumi that he is an assistant detective investigating the death of Kiku Ayashiro, and heads over to the nearby Ayashiro estate located in Myoujin village. The Ayashiro family owns a huge plot of land passed down from generation to generation, but there is a strange saying in the village that the dead will return to life to kill anyone who attempts to steal the treasure of the Ayashiro family. As the protagonist investigates the mysterious death of Kiku Ayashiro, he discovers the terrifying connection between this saying and the serial killings which take place.
The Girl Who Stands Behind
Three years before the events of The Missing Heir, The protagonist, a 15-year-old boy, escapes his orphanage to look for his parents. Two police officers chase after the protagonist until Shunsuke Utsugi, a private detective respected by the police, takes him in as an assistant.
A few months later, Utsugi and the protagonist are called to inve |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desoutter%20Tools | Desoutter Industrial Tools founded in Great Britain in 1914, now headquartered in France, is an industrial manufacturer providing Process Control & Data Analysis Software, as well as electric and formerly pneumatic assembly tools. Products and services are sold in more than 170 countries through 20 business units. Desoutter Tools is active in fields such as Aerospace, Automotive Industry, Light Assembly and Heavy Vehicles, Off-Road, General Industry.
The French companies Georges Renault in 1989 and Seti-Tec in 2011, the British Pivotware in 2015, German Nexonar in 2022, American Tech-motive in 2005 and the Swedish Scan Rotor in 2004 have been integrated in the Desoutter Tools company.
History
Origin
Marcel Desoutter, one of the five Desoutter brothers, was an aviator. When he lost a leg in an aircraft crash, he was fitted with an "uncomfortable wooden replacement". His brother Charles helped him regain his mobility by designing a prototype for a new artificial leg made of duralumin. It was the first ever metal leg. Lighter and easier to manoeuvre than wooden legs, Marcel was flying again by the following year.
This innovation was met with interest from other persons needing a lighter artificial leg; and it resulted in the founding of the Desoutter Company, headed by Marcel Desoutter.
Product lines
From the outset, Desoutter needed to develop specific pneumatic tools to ensure that the aluminium components of the artificial limbs were drilled efficiently.
Adjust to the numerous developments in its production, the company acquired expertise in this field that in the 1950s they decided to make it their sole business.
Logo
The original idea for this symbol was accredited to Charles Cunliffe who headed Desoutter’s Advertising department for many years after the Second World War. This was a period of growth, particularly owing to the development of a new range of products. Their launch was accompanied by a novel advertising campaign presenting diminutive figures in worker's overalls, but with the heads of horses.
This horsepower concept was developed in many of the brand's advertisements for about twenty years. The managing board at the time even decided that it was the embodiment of the company's identity.
In 1973, the horse's head was combined with the Desoutter logo script, which was a facsimile of Louis Albert Desoutter's signature, one of the company's founders.
To mark the centenary of the brand, the emblem recently adopted a more contemporary graphic design.
Products
References
Further reading
Flight magazine, 29 March 1913
Flight magazine, 2 May 1929
Flight magazine, 25 April 1952 (Obituary)
Flight magazine, 13 January 1955
Jackson, A J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2. Putnam, 1973
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume15. Oxford University Press, 2004
External links
Mechanization in Industry, Harry Jerome, 1934
Design for Industry, Volumes 48–49
Machinery & Production Engineering Volume 77, Issu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Farach-Colton | Martin Farach-Colton is an American computer scientist, known for his work in streaming algorithms, suffix tree construction, pattern matching in compressed data, cache-oblivious algorithms, and lowest common ancestor data structures. He is a Distinguished Professor of computer science at Rutgers University, and a co-founder of storage technology startup company Tokutek.
Early life and education
Farach-Colton is of Argentine descent, and grew up in South Carolina. While attending medical school, he met his future husband, with whom he now has twin children. He obtained his M.D. in 1988 from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and his Ph.D. in computer science in 1991 from the University of Maryland, College Park under the supervision of Amihood Amir.
Research contributions
After completing his Ph.D., he went on to work at Google and co-founded Tokutek. He was program chair of the 14th ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA 2003). The cache-oblivious B-tree data structures studied by Bender, Demaine, and Farach-Colton beginning in 2000 became the basis for the fractal tree index used by Tokutek's products TokuDB and TokuMX.
Awards and honors
In 1996, Farach-Colton was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. In 2021, he was inducted as a SIAM Fellow "for contributions to the design and analysis of algorithms and their use in storage systems and computational biology" and as an ACM Fellow "for contributions to data structures for biocomputing and big data" In 2022, he was inducted as an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to data structures for storage systems". In 2012 he won the Simon Imre Test of Time award at LATIN. In 2016, his paper "Optimizing Every Operation in a Write-optimized File System" won the Best Paper award at FAST.
Personal life
Farach-Colton is an avid Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and received a bronze medal at the 2015 World Master Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship. He received his black belt from Russell Kerr in 2018. Farach-Colton has served on several charity boards including the Ali Forney Center and Lambda Legal, and was on the board of The Trevor Project.
Selected publications
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References
External links
Home page
Google scholar profile
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American people of Argentine descent
American LGBT scientists
American computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
University of Maryland, College Park alumni
Rutgers University faculty
LGBT people from South Carolina
LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people
American LGBT academics
Argentine computer scientists
Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
21st-century American LGBT people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy%20Horne | Troy Horne is an American pop/rock musician who has starred in the Broadway show Rent, NBC’s The Sing Off, Star Search and the ION Networks Firebrand TV. He has been featured as a spokesperson and musical guest for personal development giant Nightingale Conant . Additionally, Troy has toured the world with his band Moses alongside Steve Miller (musician) and Gov’t Mule. Troy became a creative leader and band member of the a cappella band known as The House Jacks. He co-founded Colorado School of Acting; Colorado's only trade school for the performing arts Troy is featured on Forbes Magazine and on ESPN's 2011 Monday Night Football musical opener. He's also profiled on MTV and ReverbNation,
Music career
Troy Horne takes delight in creating music. In 1998 he founded the Troy Horne band and was later featured in Forbes Magazine with Freedom Zone record label founder and owner Jim Milligan during the Levi's Steve Miller Gov’t Mule Tour. In 2000, Troy's music was featured in the movie All About You (Faith Filmworks) which was written and directed by Christine Swanson and produced by Michael Swanson. The following year Troy created music for the film Thug Angel – A Tupac Shakur Documentary produced by QD3 entertainment. The music has created ongoing appreciation and recognition of his musical work.
Troy is a current member of the House Jacks and has also produced music for coach Tony Dungee's audio version of his book captioned Uncommon in 2009. From 2007 to 2008 Troy was featured in the hit musical Rent as Tom Collins. It was during his time in this production that the idea for a school that teach others how to become professional actors was born. Later in 2009 Troy and his wife Elizabeth Karsell Horne founded Colorado School of Acting, Colorado's first and only state certified vocational school of actors. Later in 2011, Troy Horne was featured in NBC’s The Sing Off (Season 3) in the ground-breaking a cappella hip hop group Urban Method.
Discography
Troy Horne has a catalogue of musical recordings which have been featured on music platforms including IMDb and RiverbNation. The table below chronicles some of the musical contributions included in his discography:
His current album captioned I AM comes with a message of empowerment and personal celebration for the world.
Personal life
Troy Horne married Elizabeth Karsell Horne in 2002. The marriage has produced three children.
See also
Rock music
Pop music
Country rock
References
External links
American pop musicians
American rock musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%20University%20Electrical%20and%20Computer%20Engineering | The Rice University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of nine academic departments at the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University. Ashutosh Sabharwal is the Department Chair. Originally the Rice Department of Electrical Engineering, it was renamed in 1984 to Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Research
Rice ECE Faculty perform research in the following areas: Computer Engineering; Data Science, Neuroengineering; Photonics, Electronics and Nano-devices, and Systems. Rice has a long history in digital signal processing (DSP) dating back to its inception in the late 1960s.
Computer Engineering faculty have a research focus in analog and mixed-signal design, VLSI signal processing, computer architecture and embedded systems, biosensors and computer vision, and hardware security and storage systems, including applications to education. Biosensors and mobile wireless healthcare are growing application areas in embedded systems research. Smartphones with imaging devices are leading to new areas in computer vision and sensing. In the area of computer architecture, research interests include parallel computing, large-scale storage systems, and resource scheduling for performance and power.
Data Science faculty integrate the foundations, tools and techniques involving data acquisition (sensors and systems), data analytics (machine learning, statistics), data storage and computing infrastructure (GPU/CPU computing, FPGAs, cloud computing, security and privacy) in order to enable meaningful extraction of actionable information from diverse and potentially massive data sources.
Neuroengineering faculty are members of the Rice Center for Neuroengineering, a collaborative effort with Texas Medical Center researchers. They develop technology for treating and diagnosing neural diseases. Current research areas include interrogating neural circuits at the cellular level, analyzing neuronal data in real-time, and manipulating healthy or diseased neural circuit activity and connectivity using nano electronics, optics, and emerging photonics technologies.
Photonics, Electronics and Nano-device researchers focus on nanophotonics and plasmonics, optical nanosensor and nano-actuator development, studies of new materials, in particular nanomaterials and magnetically active materials; imaging and image processing, including multispectral imaging and terahertz imaging; ultrafast spectroscopy and dynamics; laser applications in remote and point sensing, especially for trace gas detection; nanometer-scale characterization of surfaces, molecules, and devices; organic semiconductor devices; single-molecule transistors; and applications of Nanoshells in biomedicine.
Current Rice ECE Systems research spans a wide range of areas including image and video analysis, representation, and compression; wavelets and multiscale methods; statistical signal processing, pattern recognition, and learning theory; distributed signal processing and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Longevity | Human Longevity, Inc. is a San Diego-based venture launched by Craig Venter and Peter Diamandis in 2013. Its goal is to build the world's most comprehensive database on human genotypes and phenotypes, and then subject it to machine learning so that it can help develop new ways to fight diseases associated with aging. The company received in investments in its Series A offering in summer 2014 and announced a further $220 million Series B investment offering in April 2016. It has made deals with drug companies Celgene and AstraZeneca to collaborate in its research.
Overview
While it is conducting research, the company is offering a wellness service known as "Health Nucleus," which offers customers a range of medical tests such as a full genome sequencing and tests for early indications of cancers, Alzheimer's and heart disease. This testing is meant to help people catch diseases earlier than otherwise possible and to identify risk factors for diseases later in life.
At the start of 2017, the company hired Cynthia Collins from GE Healthcare, and Venter became Executive Chair. The company's chief operating officer, Mark Winham, left the company in mid-2017, and Collins and the company's chief medical officer, Brad Perkins, left in December. Venter stepped back into the CEO role, but announced in May 2018 that he was leaving the company to return to the J. Craig Venter Institute. Venter was sued for allegedly 'stealing trade secrets' at Human Longevity. The case has been dismissed.
In November 2019, Human Longevity closes $30 million financing from Emerging Technology Partners (ETP) and other leading healthcare investors to renew its commitment to longevity and precision health.
In November 2019, C. Thomas Caskey, MD, FACP, FACMG, FRSC and Professor, Molecular & Human Genetics at the Baylor College of Medicine, joined the company as Chief Medical Officer.
In January 2020, Human Longevity published a ground-breaking study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study titled, “Precision medicine integrating whole-genome sequencing, comprehensive metabolomics, and advanced imaging”, showed that by integrating whole-genome sequencing with advanced imaging and blood metabolites, clinicians identified adults at risk for key health conditions.
In June 2020, Human Longevity launched a proprietary program called 100+ longevity program. The program claims to combine the most advanced technologies with a dedicated medical team to help people achieve their healthiest and longest life. See also, How to Live to 100 With Great Quality of Life
In June 2022, Human Longevity announced an IPO through SPAC with an evaluation of 1 billion dollars. See also, Human Longevity plans to go public in $1 bln blank-check deal
See also
Altos Labs
Calico
SENS Research Foundation
Life extension
References
External links
Genetics organizations
Human genome projects
Biogerontology organizations
Life extension organizations
Biotechn |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromonospora%20echinofusca | Micromonospora echinofusca is an endophytic actinomycete.
References
External links
LPSN
Type strain of Micromonospora echinofusca at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Micromonosporaceae
Bacteria described in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromonospora%20fulviviridis | Micromonospora fulviviridis is an endophytic actinomycete.
References
Further reading
External links
LPSN
Type strain of Micromonospora fulviviridis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Micromonosporaceae
Bacteria described in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromonospora%20inyonensis | Micromonospora inyonensis is an endophytic actinomycete.
References
Further reading
External links
LPSN
Type strain of Micromonospora inyonensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Micromonosporaceae
Bacteria described in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromonospora%20peucetia | Micromonospora peucetia is an endophytic actinomycete.
References
External links
LPSN
Type strain of Micromonospora peucetia at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Micromonosporaceae
Bacteria described in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Autobots | The Autobots () is a 2015 Chinese computer-animated motorsports comedy film directed by Zhuo Jianrong. It was released on July 4, 2015. The film received heavy criticism for its plot, animation quality, characters, and being a direct plagiarism and knockoff of Pixar’s Cars 2.
Production
The production company and filmmaker stated that it was an independently produced film, while several critics and people who watched the film accused it of being copied from Disney and Pixar's Cars franchise (with the characters looking like those from Cars). Shen Lu, Katie Hunt, and Anna Hsieh of CNN stated that the Chinese title of the film was similar to the mainland Chinese title of Cars ().
Copyright infringement lawsuit
In July 2016, The Walt Disney Company filed a copyright case through the Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court and on December 29, 2016, the court ruled in favor of Disney, fining Bluemtv and G-Point $190,000 and ordering them to cease copyright infringement.
Cancelled sequel
A sequel for the film, The Autobots 2, was scheduled for release in summer 2017. However, the sequel was canceled due to The Walt Disney Company winning a copyright case. The latest information about the sequel announcement is from 2016.
References
External links
2015 animated films
2015 films
2015 computer-animated films
Chinese animated films
Chinese auto racing films
Animated films about auto racing
Animated films about automobiles
Films involved in plagiarism controversies
Cars (franchise)
2010s American films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Series%20of%20Fighting%2023%3A%20Gaethje%20vs.%20Palomino%20II | World Series of Fighting 23: Gaethje vs. Palomino II was a mixed martial arts event to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on Fight Network in Canada.
Background
The main event was a rematch for the WSOF Lightweight Championship between champion and Arizona native Justin Gaethje making his third defense of his title against challenger Luis Palomino. Their first fight at WSOF 19 ended in a TKO victory for Gaethje.
The co-main event featured the tournament final fight for the inaugural WSOF Light Heavyweight Championship between middleweight champion David Branch and Teddy Holder.
This event also was the debut of Chael Sonnen on commentary.
The fight between Estevan Payan and Isaac Vallie-Flagg was canceled after Vallie-Flagg sustained an elbow injury.
Results
Tournament bracket
See also
World Series of Fighting
List of WSOF champions
List of WSOF events
References
Events in Phoenix, Arizona
World Series of Fighting events
2015 in mixed martial arts
2015 in sports in Arizona |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Network%20of%20National%20Human%20Rights%20Institutions | The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) is a membership international not-for-profit association (AISBL) under Belgian law. In 2013 it established its Permanent Secretariat in Brussels bringing together National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from across the wider European region.
Formerly known as European Group of National Human Rights Institutions (European Group of NHRIs, the Group), ENNHRI has been actively working in the field of promotion and protection of human rights in wider Europe for 15 years. ENNHRI essentially assists in the establishment and accreditation of European NHRIs, coordinates the exchange of information and best practices among its members, facilitates capacity building and training, engages with international and regional mechanisms for protection and promotion of human right and intervenes on legal and policy developments in Europe.
ENNHRI is one of four regional networks within the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), supported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The other three groups are: Network of African National Human Rights Institutions, Network of National Institutions in the Americas and Asia Pacific Forum.
History
The ICC (now GANHRI), or as often referred to, the global network of NHRIs was established in 1993.
The NHRIs of the European region, however, first met in 1994 under the auspices of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The following meeting took place in Copenhagen, where the European Coordinating Group was set up in order to enhance the cooperation with OHCHR, the Council of Europe and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR). A third meeting was, consequently held in context of roundtable with Council of Europe in 2000 in Strasbourg. The turning point for the formalisation of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions, was its fourth meeting in Dublin where the members approved the Group's Rules of Procedure and agreed to meet annually in the margins of ICC Annual meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
The European Group of NHRIs aspired to establish a Permanent Secretariat for many years. After receiving a start-up grant form UN OHCHR in 2013, the European Group of NHRIs recruited a Secretary General to establish a Permanent Secretariat in Brussels. In May 2013 the Group, agreed on the constitution and changed the name to the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI). The constitution became formal as ENNHRI's statutes on incorporation later that year as an International Not-for-profit Association (AISBL) under Belgian law.
ENNHRI Strategic planning meeting supported by OSCE-ODIHR with the participation of majority members took place in November 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. The outcomes of the meeting, ENNHRI's Strategic Plan 2014-16 and Operational Plan 2014 were afterwards formal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline%20Communications | Redline is a multinational wireless communications network designer and manufacturer headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It also maintains offices and operations in Florida, California, Romania and Oman.
Redline Communications develops and sells wide-area industrial networks that operate over wide geographic areas. Redline sells wireless terminals that provide TCP/IP transport for fixed, portable and full-motion terrestrial and seaborne deployments as well as software, tools and services.
Redline Communications’ products and technologies are used in a variety of markets and industries, including Oil and Gas, Military, Government and Telecom Service providers. The company's networks are sold directly to end customers, and its wireless terminals are sold indirectly though resellers.
History
Redline was founded in 1999. Redline's first product, the AN-50 point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridge, was launched in February 2002.
In October 2007, Redline Communications was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. While Redline's value grew quickly in its earlier years, growth tapered off shortly after their 2007 IPO, with shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange falling from a 2007 high of $6.50 to under $0.30 by 2009.
With the discovery of accounting irregularities in April 2010, Redline’s stock was cease-traded. In August 2010 it restated its revenues for the four years 2006 to 2009. Also in 2010, Redline Communications, along with KPMG LLP, its accountants at the time, was served with a class action lawsuit by investors alleging Redline overstated profits and downplayed costs in its financial statements. The case settled in Sept 2011 and in November 2011 the Ontario Superior Court approved the agreement of a $3.1 million payment by Redline Communications and $500,000 by KPMG, neither of which admitted liability.
Eric Melka, formerly president of Redline shareholder Telemedia Inc., became the company’s permanent CEO in January 2011, replacing the management team and reducing overall staff. The company’s market emphasis shifted to oil and gas which by the end of 2012 represented 50% of the company’s revenue. Melka's departure was announced in October 2012, citing health reasons. In December 2013, Robert Williams was appointed Redline CEO.
On September 9, 2014, Redline Communications announced its purchase of the assets of PureWave Networks for $2 million.
In July 2022, Redline Communications was acquired by Aviat Networks and delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Patents and technology
Redline products are based on a Universal Wireless Technology (UWT) platform, a technology based on OFDM and developed by Redline. It serves as the foundation for a product family that operate both point-to-point and point-to multipoint to distribute high-capacity low-latency IP communications across wide areas and wide spectrum ranges.
Awards and recognition
Redline was ranked 88th on the Branham Group Inc's list of 2015 Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akeron%20MP | The Akeron MP (Akeron Moyenne Portée), formerly known as MMP (Missile Moyenne Portée; English: Medium-Range Missile), is a French fifth generation, network-enabled, anti-tank guided missile system. Featuring both fire-and-forget and command guidance operating modes, it also integrates third party target designation for indirect firing scenarios through its lock-on after launch capability for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) use.
Entering French service from 2017 onwards, the Akeron MP was developed by MBDA France and is intended as a replacement for the MILAN and American-made FGM-148 Javelin. It is designed for dismounted infantry (being man-portable) as well as for integration on combat vehicles and has a firing range of up to 5 km.
A long-range, air-launched missile of the same family, the Akeron LP (Akeron Longue Portée), is also in development. It is intended to equip the upcoming French Eurocopter Tiger MkIII.
Origins
The MMP programme originated in 2009 to develop a successor to MBDA's forty-year old MILAN. This was particularly in response to a French urgent operational requirement which had also led to the purchase of the US-made Javelin in 2010, rather than additional MILAN missiles; 260 Javelins were ordered because of the missile's fire-and-forget capability. MBDA's improved MILAN-ER offer was rejected because it lacked such a feature. The UK, previously a major user of the MILAN system, had also converted to Javelin.
In 2011, the requirement set by the French Army called for a multipurpose precision strike capability to equip the frontline units as well as special operation forces. The missile to be procured had to be able to destroy ground targets, fixed or moving, from light vehicles up to the latest generation MBTs, as well as personnel whether dismounted or protected behind fortifications. The firing officer had to be protected during the engagement, therefore requiring ease of operation, fire and forget guidance and a capability to fire the missile from confined spaces.
After competing against the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Javelin and Rafael Spike, an order was placed in December 2013 by the French DGA to begin equiping the French Army with the MMP in 2017. Tests began in early 2014, with warhead tests against MBT armour and were pursued in April with launches in a test tunnel to confirm missile safety for the operating crew. MMP was displayed at Eurosatory 2014.
The first firing trial of the MMP was carried out by the DGA in its Bourges facilities on 3 February 2015, with the missile hitting a fixed target at a range of over 4,000 meters.
The development programme had been funded privately by MBDA, and scheduled to be completed by 2017. On 29 November 2017, the DGA announced the delivery of a first batch of 20 firing posts and 50 MMP missiles after a successful operational evaluation firing campaign held by the French Army. The first units will be used for training ahead of deployment in 2018. Initial plans are for the delivery |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registration%20Data%20Access%20Protocol | The Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) is a computer network communications protocol standardized by a working group at the Internet Engineering Task Force in 2015, after experimental developments and thorough discussions. It is a successor to the WHOIS protocol, used to look up relevant registration data from such Internet resources as domain names, IP addresses, and autonomous system numbers.
While WHOIS essentially retrieves free text, RDAP delivers data in a standard, machine-readable JSON format. In order to accomplish this goal, the output of all operative WHOIS servers was analyzed, taking a census of the labels they used. RDAP designers, many of whom are members of number or name registries, strove to keep the protocol as simple as possible, since complexity was considered one of the reasons why previous attempts, such as CRISP, failed. RDAP is based on RESTful web services, so that error codes, user identification, authentication, and access control can be delivered through HTTP.
The biggest delay in getting RDAP done turned out to be the bootstrap, figuring out where the server is for each top level domain, IP range, or ASN range. IANA agreed to host the bootstrap information in suitable registries, and publish it at a well-known location URLs in JSON format. Those registries started empty and will be gradually populated as registrants of domains and address spaces provide RDAP server information to IANA. For number registries, ARIN set up a public RDAP service which also features a bootstrap URL, similar to what they do for WHOIS. For name registries, ICANN requires RDAP compliance since 2013.
Number resources
RDAP databases for assigned IP numbers are maintained by five Regional Internet registries. ARIN maintains a bootstrap database. Thanks to the standard document format, tasks such as, for example, getting the abuse team address of a given IP number can be accomplished in a fully automated manner.
Name resources
RDAP databases for registered names are maintained after ICANN agreement. Name resources are much slower, as the number of registries under ICANN is huge. In addition, as the GDPR became enforceable, in May 2018, the problem of personal data divulged via WHOIS or RDAP slowed adoption further. To solve the conflict between GDPR and ICANN policies ICANN published a temporary specification according to which all contact details need to be redacted for privacy reasons if they fall under the GDPR, unless the contact explicitly allows publication. This includes email addresses, however the registrar has to offer an anonymized email address or a web form to allow forwarding of information to contacts. The registry RDAP/WHOIS response has to contain a notice that these options to contact the contacts are only available in the registrar RDAP/WHOIS.
To keep RDAP information accurate, registrars have to send a yearly Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) notice to the registrant contact. This is commonly done via e |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese%20Canadian%20Bank | The Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB), now defunct, was a bank based in Beirut in Lebanon, which maintained a network of 35 branches in Lebanon and a representative office in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The bank was established in 1960 as Banque des Activities Economiques SAL and was a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada Middle East from 1968 to 1988, when it became a privately owned Lebanese bank. LCB provided corporate, retail, and investment products, and maintained extensive correspondent accounts with banks worldwide, including several U.S. financial institutions. In 2009, LCB's total assets were worth more than $5 billion.
In 2011, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and US Treasury and other US government authorities took legal action against LCB alleging that LCB had helped launder hundreds of millions of dollars monthly for a drug trafficking network between South America and the Middle East and Europe, via West Africa, a network which also helped the funding of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations and money laundering for the narcotics community. Hezbollah denied these claims. The US Treasury Department banned LCB from dealing in dollars, resulting in a merger of the bank with the Lebanese subsidiary of Société Générale bank. In 2013, LCB agreed to pay $102 million in settlement of the action.
On July 11, 2008, American Express Bank and the Lebanese Canadian Bank was sued, in New York, for being the correspondent bank to the Yousser Company for Finance and Investment and the Martyrs Foundation. In addition, Canadian citizens filed the first civil action against the Lebanese Canadian Bank as victims of Hezbollah rocket attacks in a Canadian court.
On 3 March 2011 it was announced that LCB was to merge with French bank Société Générale. The sale was effected by a transfer of most of the bank's assets to the Lebanese subsidiary of Société Générale, Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL).
See also
List of banks in Lebanon
Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL)
References
Banks established in 1960
Banks disestablished in 2013
Defunct banks of Lebanon
2013 disestablishments in Lebanon
1960 establishments in Lebanon
Companies based in Beirut |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Nizhny%20Novgorod | The Nizhny Novgorod tram network (Нижегородский трамвай) (formerly Gorky tram network) comprises 16 tramlines and uses a standard Russian broad gauge. Trams have been operating in Nizhny Novgorod since 1896, but services were interrupted for a few years following the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Internet rumours that the city tram network was to be progressively run down surfaced a few years ago: they were emphatically and officially denied.
History
Three tram companies
The history of trams in Nizhny Novgorod begins with an informal competition involving three companies. On 15 May 1895 the firm Hartmann & Co signed a contract with the city to build two lines. Later in the summer of the same year Siemens & Halske also concluded a contract. A third company building a tramline was Podobedow & Co. Siemens won the race, with a tramline ready for use on 20 May 1896 and formally opened on 21 June. This line, which led to the showground being used for the vast All-Russia Exhibition, was closed down again after the exhibition ended in October. However, a year later, after the tracks and overhead power lines had been removed, the line was reconstructed, except that it now stopped slightly short of the former exhibition site.
It was also on 21.June 1896 that Hartmann & Co opened their two Metre gauge lines both of which linked Minin-Pozharsky (Малой Покровским) Square with what has since been renamed Gorky Square. However, the two lines followed different routes. There was a line through the upper town (Grand Kremlin / citadel) and a line through the lower (river shore level) town. Together they therefore formed a closed "circle" tramline, except that at the end points the altitude differences were far too extreme for a continuous line: for passengers/pedestrians the terminus stations were therefore connected using large elaborate elevators (lifts), known as the Kremlewski Elevator and the Poklavinsky Elevator.
The third of the companies, Podobedov & Co., already had experience of constructing a temporary "on-ice" tram line at St. Petersburg, and they brought their expertise to Nizhny Novgorod for a 750 mm narrow gauge line serving the 1896 exhibition site itself. The vehicles included a special tramcar for the Royal family.
Crossing the river and an ownership changes in 1897
It was not till 16 June 1897 that Siemens built the first tram crossing of the Oka River, using a pontoon bridge. This was as part of a broad gauge line linking the city's Moscow line terminus with what is today known as Skobe. Initially the Siemens line over the bridge was extended along the right bank of the Oka, but this ran parallel with the Hartmann & Co "lower town" line near the river shore and the Siemens extension was dismantled by order of the city authorities.
In 1897 the Hartmann & Co system was renamed "Russian Company for electric trams and lighting" ("Русскому обществу электрических дорог и электрического освещения", known today as Ni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumferential%20Road%201 | Circumferential Road 1 (C-1), informally known as the C-1 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the first and innermost beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some , it connects the districts of Ermita, Intramuros, San Miguel, Quiapo, Sampaloc, Santa Cruz, Binondo, San Nicolas, and Tondo in Manila.
History
The development of a major road network in Manila was first conceived in the Metropolitan Thoroughfare Plan of 1945, predicting that the metropolis in the 1940s will expand further to the shorelines of Laguna de Bay. The plan proposed the laying of circumferential roads 1 to 6 and radial roads 1 to 10.
Route description
Recto Avenue
Between its northern terminus at the Manila North Harbor and Mendiola Street, C-1 is known as Recto Avenue. It begins at the intersection with Mel Lopez Boulevard (R-10) at the border between Tondo and San Nicolas and runs the entire length of Recto Avenue passing through Binondo, Santa Cruz, Quiapo, and Sampaloc up to the intersection with Mendiola Street and Legarda Street (R-6). LRT Line 2 currently runs above the avenue from Alonzo Street eastwards.
Legarda Street
C-1 turns south on Legarda Street in Quiapo by the San Sebastian Church until it meets Nepomuceno Street by the National Teachers College.
Nepomuceno Street
C-1 then merges with Nepomuceno Street briefly until it meets P. Casal Street at the intersection with Arlegui Street.
P. Casal Street
Between Arlegui Street and Ayala Bridge, which crosses the Pasig River and Isla de Convalecencia, C-1 is known as P. Casal Street. It passes the Technological Institute of the Philippines campus in Quiapo and enters San Miguel after crossing the Estero de San Miguel. It intersects with General Solano Street and Carlos Palanca Sr. Street, which provides access to the Malacañang Palace complex and the commercial area of Quiapo, respectively, before reaching the Ayala Bridge.
Ayala Boulevard
Between the Ayala Bridge and Taft Avenue in Ermita, C-1 is known as Ayala Boulevard. It runs through the Concepcion and Arroceros Streets, passing the Philippine Normal University and the Technological University of the Philippines campuses before intersecting with Taft Avenue to become Finance Road.
Finance Road
In the northeast section of Rizal Park by the National Museum of Fine Arts and National Museum of Anthropology (the former Finance Building), C-1 becomes the short Finance Road until it merges with Padre Burgos Avenue near the intersection with Maria Orosa Street.
Padre Burgos Avenue
Padre Burgos Avenue carries C-1 between Rizal Park and Intramuros all the way to its terminus at Roxas Boulevard and Bonifacio Drive, both components of R-1.
References
Routes in Metro Manila |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoderDojo | CoderDojo is a global volunteer-led community of free programming workshops for young people (not to be confused with Code Ninjas who is also a coding business that refers to their locations as dojos). The movement is a grassroots organisation with individual clubs (called "Dojos") acting independently. A charity called the CoderDojo Foundation operates out of Dublin, Ireland, and supports the various clubs by providing a central website and other support services. Supporters of CoderDojo believe it is part of the solution to addressing the global shortage of programmers by getting young people more involved with ICT learning. The movement has seen significant growth since its founding. The CoderDojo Foundation estimates 1,250 Dojos spread across 69 countries, with a growth rate of several new Dojos every week.
History
Founded in July 2011 by James Whelton and Bill Liao, the first Dojo took place in NSC Cork, Ireland, on 23 July. James and Bill were self-taught programmers and wanted to create a space where young people could learn code in a social environment. In less than one year, the CoderDojo movement was spread across Ireland and other cities like London in England, and San Francisco in the United States.
In May 2017, Raspberry Pi foundation merged with CoderDojo.
Press Coverage
CoderDojo received positive reviews from newspapers including BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The Irish Times and TechCrunch.
In 2015, Salesforce announced a partnership and a grant of $200,000 to CoderDojo in order to help "support 14 CoderDojo code clubs – or Dojos – globally, with each of them being run by Salesforce.com "champions".
CoderDojo Girls
Many CoderDojo volunteers focus on improving the extreme shortage of women in technology by using specific strategies to engage girls. In particular, challenging the socially accepted idea among young women that the world of the computer sciences is "not for them". Some Dojos have even chosen to run special CoderDojo Girls sessions to encourage young women to participate in computer science. There has been some success with attracting girls into Dojos through making female mentors visible to newcomers.
CoderDojo Foundation
Established in mid-2013 by cofounder James Whelton, the CoderDojo Foundation is focused on supporting, scaling, and empowering the CoderDojo Community. With a small core team of 6 people based in Dogpatch Labs, Dublin, Ireland, the Foundation advises new and existing Dojos, develops resources to assist Dojos, and manages international partnerships and events on behalf of the Community.
The focus is on scaling the CoderDojo movement to make coding clubs even more accessible for young people all over the world. The foundation has a stated target of encouraging 100,000 children to code regularly and having 1,500 Dojos spread across 60 countries.
See also
Ghana Code Club
References
External links
CoderDojo official website
Computer programming
Computer clubs
Irish educational websites
Recipients |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Lunnis | Los Lunnis is a Spanish children's television show produced by TVE and broadcast by La 2 from 15 September 2003 and Clan since 2010 after the change on La 2's programming. It was also broadcast on the weekends in La 1 until 2011. Its characters are puppets moved and interpreted by puppeteer actors.
The authors of the original idea are the TVE screenwriters Carmina Roig and Daniel Cerdà. Both conceived it, first under the supervision of the director of TVE Catalonia, Paco Freixinet, and later under the former head of news programmes, Valentín Villagrasa. Thanks to the song "Los Lunnis y los ninos nos vamos a la cama", composed by Cerdà and Jaume Copons, the program gained popularity. Currently, the show is composed of the following blocks: Lunnis and their friends, The Musical Rocket, Lunnipedia, and UNICEF.
Plot
The Lunnis are extraterrestrial beings that live in the world of Luna Lunera. There they have to resolve all type of plots and problems, some caused by the pirate Lucanero, who wants to steal the Big Magic Book of the witch Lubina. In March 2009, begins a new stage in which it changes the appearance of the Lunnis, the world of the Lunnis and the disappearance of the majority of the characters.
Beside the characters, the space was presented by the singer Lucrecia, between his première and 2008, accompanied, during the first season by Àlex Casademunt.
Broadcast
It is broadcast in Mexico by Canal 5 of Televisa, and in Chile by the Canal Regional de Concepción.
From September 2007, it was broadcast in Italy by Rai 2.
In Brazil, it is aired on Futura.
In Portugal, the show was aired on RTP.
Awards and other participations
The episode "Lulanieves" written by Daniel Cerdà and made by Joan Albert Planell wins the 1st Prize of the «Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano 2005»., in the section of fiction for readers from birth to 6 years.
One of the puppets, Lucho, was the Spanish spokesperson at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
In 2006 it is chosen by the organisation of the Emmys as the best European children's show, thus being nominated for the prize. Besides it was shortlisted for the Japan Prize 2006 that celebrated to finals of the month of October of that same year in Shibuya.
In 2007 the Lunnis collaborated with the General Direction of Traffic in a campaign of traffic education that was issued with the aim to teach to the boys norms of behaviour, as much as pedestrians, like users of car. The title of the series of 13 episodes was "The Lunnis: Traffic Security " and received in Hamburg, the World Media Festival silver prize, in the section of preschool education.
Discography
Nos vamos a la cama (Sony 2003)
Vacaciones con Los Lunnis (Sony 2004)
Navidad con Los Lunnis (Sony 2004)
¡Despierta ya! (Sony 2004)
Cumple Cumpleaños (Sony & BMG 2005)
Dame tu Mano, La Canción del Verano (Sony & BMG 2007)
La Fiesta del Verano (Sony & BMG 2008)
Mis amigos del mundo (Sony & BMG 2008)
Los Lunnis con María Isabel (Universal 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deroplatys%20cordata | Deroplatys cordata is a species of praying mantis in the family Deroplatyidae.
This "dead leaf mantis" species is native to Southeast Asia.
See also
List of mantis genera and species
References
corodata
Mantodea of Southeast Asia
Insects described in 1798 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace%20and%20Collaborative%20Development%20Network | Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN) is an online network, used to foster connections, share information and inspire the work of those in social change. It was founded by Craig Zelizer, a professor at Georgetown University, in 2007. The network currently has 35,000 members from over 180 countries and territories.
History and Purpose
Founded in 2007, PCDN originally started as a platform to connect people working in international development and peacebuilding. In 2015, it launched PCDN 3.0 and expanded to cover the broader social changemaking fields which includes peacebuilding, international development, social entrepreneurship, social impact, gender mainstreaming and many other related areas. The 3.0 platform provides additional ways for members to receive information, locate fellow members, search for job, find relevant opportunities and provide more space for engagement.
PCDN is a membership driven platform. Membership can be individual or organizational. As a member, users can create a profile, contribute to discussions, create blog posts, chat with fellow members, or post information about jobs, research, questions, conferences and events. There are also a large number of guides available to members to help members be successful in their careers. Guides include topics such as careers, funding, research, social media/tech, and practice.
PCDN has office space at Washington, DC’s 1776 , a start-up incubator.
The network attracts more than 100,000 unique visitors each month and over 300,000 website hits a month.
References
American social networking websites
Internet properties established in 2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twixt%20animation%20system | Twixt was a 3D computer animation system originally created in 1984 by Julian Gomez at Sun Microsystems.
It featured keyframes and tweening in a track-based graphical interface, and was capable of realtime wireframe playback. An Apple Macintosh port, called MacTwixt, was the first known 3D animation software to be released for the Macintosh, and was used by Apple's Advanced Technology Group (including future Pixar principals John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Galyn Susman) to create the 1988 short film Pencil Test. Twixt was maintained until 1987 by Cranston/Csuri Productions, and used in their animated television and advertising projects.
References
3D animation software
1984 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMF%20Pure | TMF Pure was a digital TV channel of MTV Networks Benelux.
The channel launched together with three other digital channels of MTV Networks on 1 May 2005. This channel, TMF NL and TMF Dance were among the first digital theme channels in the Netherlands. On 1 August 2006 TMF Pure was renamed MTV Brand New. This digital channel emits, unlike TMF Pure, non-stop video clips from the alternative rock genre. Besides videos, there are also live performances on MTV Brand New. Since 1 August 2007 the station went on air again, along with two new thematic channels: Nick Hits and Nicktoons. TMF Pure sent nonstop music videos from the genres R&B, rap and hip-hop and came back because The Box (which is focused on the same genre) ceased. After the reintegration of TMF Pure, MTV Brand New continued. All channels of TMF Nederland closed on 31 December 2011.
References
Music television channels
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels in Flanders
Television channels in Belgium
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
Music organisations based in the Netherlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMF%20Dance | TMF Dance (formerly TMF Party) was a digital theme channel part of MTV Networks Benelux.
The channel, along with the channels TMF Pure, TMF NL, and Nick Jr., launched on 1 May 2005. The purpose of the TMF Dance was to play a nonstop mix of dance music. On 31 December 2011 all TMF channels, including TMF Dance, were closed down due to MTV strengthening its own brand.
References
Music television channels
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels in Flanders
Television channels in Belgium
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
Music organisations based in the Netherlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%20with%20Brody | Sex with Brody is an American talk show that premiered on July 10, 2015, on E! television network. Announced in April 2015, the show features television personality Brody Jenner, actress Stevie Ryan, and relationship therapist Dr. Mike Dow as they discuss various topics related to sex and relationships.
The four-episode series is a call-in talk show based on podcast series The Brody Jenner Podcast With Dr. Mike Dow launched in January. Every episode features a celebrity guest who joins the conversation and shares their personal experience.
Episodes
Reception
The series has received negative reviews from television critics. Amy Amatangelo of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the show for being too misogynistic. Amatangelo said, "If you want to listen to Brody Jenner talk about his sex life while intermittently insulting and degrading women, then Sex With Brody is for you. For the rest of us, there are plenty of other TV shows out there."
David Hinckley, writing for New York Daily News, said that the show "has some funny one-liners, along with stray pieces of useful information from Dr. Mike." However, he also added, "But the real goal of any sex-talk show, let’s be honest, is cheap thrills. Its hosts or callers creating “Dude, I can’t believe someone said that on TV!” moments." Hinckley went on to write that the show was done better 30 years prior by sex therapist Dr. Ruth.
Broadcast
Sex with Brody premiered on July 10, 2015, in the United States on the E! cable network at 10:30/9:30pm ET/PT, following the infotainment series The Soup. The show aired every week on Friday nights and concluded on July 31, 2015. The series was additionally broadcast on local versions of the network worldwide; the series premiered in Australia and New Zealand on August 2 on E!, and on July 19, 2015 in the United Kingdom.
References
External links
2010s American television talk shows
2015 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
English-language television shows
E! original programming
Television shows set in Los Angeles
Sex education television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilli%20Aaj%20Tak | was a 24-hour Hindi news television channel covering Delhi owned by TV Today Network. It was a sister channel of . initially began as a news bulletin on a public television station in India and turned to an independent channel after the carrier did not renew its contract.
The channel suspended on 30 June 2020 due to financial problems created by COVID-19 lockdown in India.
See also
List of television stations in India
References
External links
India Today Group
Defunct television channels in India
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apna%20%28New%20Zealand%29 | Apna is a New Zealand radio network targeted towards ethnic minorities. The radio network broadcasts on 990 AM in Whangārei, Auckland and Hamilton, and plays Bollywood music alongside cultural features and discussions.
Apna networks serve Indian, Fijian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Punjabi communities. The radio network is one of the only media outlets serving the Fijian population. Many of its hosts knew or worked with Radio Sargam presenter Anirudh Diwakar, who is crediting with inspiring Apna's "Fiji style" Hindi radio format.
The radio network has not participated in independent TNS New Zealand audience surveys, unlike its large multi-station competitors New Zealand Media and Entertainment, MediaWorks New Zealand. However, the station has commissioned research which suggests it had up to 80,000 listeners.
History
Language
Journalist and media commentator Thakur Ranjit Singh has been critical of Apna presenters using pidgin, slang and Fiji Hindi rather than speaking the standard Hindi language. In December 2012, he wrote that the station was using the term "Daago mama", a shortened version of the saying "miyan ke kitchen, bappa ke jamin, ka bole mausa, Daago mama". Translated, the term meant "husband's kitchen, father's land, what say uncle, urging mother's brother". Singh argued the saying was colloquial and informal, and was not considered "appropriate" or "suitable" for a radio station. He accused Apna of compromising the language with "linguistic engineering".
Privacy complaints
In 2010, the Broadcasting Standards Authority upheld a complaint against Apna over a dating segment, and ordered the network to pay $500 to the complainant for breach of privacy. The Apna Ne Bana Di Jodi segment allowed people to put forward personal match-making messages including their age, gender, ethnicity, religion and contact details. The complainant was featured in one of the segments, but said he had never submitted his details and had received harassment after the broadcast. The network informally apologised and promised to stop receiving dating listings via email. However, the authority found the telephone number was disclosed in a "highly offensive manner".
In April 2015, the Broadcasting Standards Authority upheld a complaint against Apna for broadcasting details of a disputed business dealing between the station and the complainant's company. It related to a Hindi language segment in March 2014 in which a host named the company, alleged it owned money from a contract in 2011, and alleged the money was now long overdue. The host asked "any families of this business... listening to Radio Apna" to tell the company director to contact the station as soon as possible. The host also said the station would provide options for the account to be settled.
The authority found the broadcast of those details was a misuse of airtime and the station neglected its obligation to protect the privacy of the complaint. The authority ordered the station to pay $10 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Tarana | Radio Tarana is a New Zealand radio network, broadcasting in Auckland. It broadcasts a mixture of music, information, news, sports, culture, events coverage and lifestyle features.
The station was the first commercial full-time New Zealand radio station targeting migrant communities. According to the 2014 TNS New Zealand radio survey, it remains the highest-rating ethnic broadcaster in the country.
Robert Khan set up the station in 1996 for Auckland's Indian and Hindi-speaking community. It now targets a broad range of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Fijian migrants around New Zealand. The network aims to foster mutual understanding between different migrant groups with diverse interests, religions and ethnic origins. This is done in part through the coverage of religious festivals, international news events and local political issues.
Tarana broadcasts in Auckland on 1386 AM, reaching a weekly audience of 32,000 in the Auckland market during a survey in 2014. Radio agency The Radio Bureau claims these listeners have "significant spending capacity" and "high disposable incomes". With nationwide coverage through online streaming, digital radio, mobile devices, satellite radio and an estimated 22,000 weekly web browsers, it claims to reach a total audience based on about 80,000.
History
Tarana began broadcasting on 15 June 1996 at 5.00pm, to showcase popular Hindi songs from the 1950s to now, including Bollywood music, popular tracks and new remixes. This includes live music and local music tracks. Other programmes include local news and sports bulletins, interviews, and discussions on local contributors covering issues affecting local migrant communities.
Tarana has supported community events and activities, and provided on-air event listings, birthday announcements, and death notices. It has sponsored the Indian Republic Day Show, Festival of India, Diwali Mela, India Independence Day Show, and similar events. The events it organised around the country in 2014 attracted more than 400,000 people. With a broad range of programming blocks, the station has tried to reach a range of age groups, social backgrounds and other segments of the audience.
Language use
Radio Tarana broadcasts in a combination of Hindi and New Zealand English. It was set up specifically to promote the Hindi language and serve Hindi-speaking communities. Many of its hosts are proficient in the Hindi language, experts in language usage, or advocates for its continued use in New Zealand. Some of the hosts have worked for overseas media outlets like Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Fiji, Radio Navtarang, Radio Sargam, Mirchi FM and the BBC. Many are prominent community figures or have been master of ceremonies at local community events.
Journalist and media commentator Thakur Ranjit Singh, the former publisher of Fiji Daily Post, has been critical of Radio Tarana's extensive use of Hindi. In 2012, he wrote Tarana had used and promoted a high quality of t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHJX-FM | XHJX-FM is a radio station in Querétaro, Querétaro. Broadcasting on 88.7 FM, XHJX is the local transmitter for Radio Fórmula programming.
History
XEJX-AM 1450, later 1250, signed on air on October 11, 1941, after receiving its concession on July 8 of that year. General Ramón Rodríguez Familiar, a former governor of the state of Querétaro, obtained the concession through the company Radio Emisora Queretana, S. de R.L. In 1949, the company added a new station, XENA-AM 1450 (now XHNAQ-FM 104.9).
In 1962, XEJX and XENA moved to new facilities in Querétaro, inaugurated by Governor Manuel González Cossio, known as the Edificio Desarrollo Radiofónico (Radio Development Building). The building later came to serve as the company's namesake. The station was known as "Radio Dólar", referring to the then-exchange rate of one U.S. dollar for 12.5 pesos. In the 1980s, the station became "La Divertida 1250", but the Radio Dólar name returned in 1988 only to disappear again in 1993.
Later on, the station turned toward various other formats: talk Antena 1250 and later grupera-formatted Radio Lobo Querétaro, a franchise of the Celaya station.
In 1999, three months after changing formats to romantic music, Desarrollo Radiofónico (later renamed Multimundo Radio) sold XEJX to Organización Radio Fórmula, which changed its format to Radio Fórmula programming. XEJX carried the Segunda Cadena of Radio Fórmula with some local programs.
In 2012, XEJX began direct operation from Mexico City, and the FM station launched. On April 11, 2014, 1250 AM went off the air permanently.
References
Spanish-language radio stations
Radio stations in Querétaro
Radio Fórmula |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCRF%20%28disambiguation%29 | Policy and charging rules function (PCRF) is the software node designated in real-time to determine policy rules in a multimedia network.
PCRF may also refer to:
Palestine Children's Relief Fund
Public Cause Research Foundation
Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%20Cycle | Hollywood Cycle is an American reality documentary television series that premiered on July 7, 2015, on E! television network. The reality show chronicles both the professional and personal lives of several instructors, including Nichelle Hines, Aaron Hines, and Nick Hounslow, as well as the trainees, who all work at the indoor cycling studio Cycle House in Los Angeles.
Episodes
Broadcast
In Australia, the series premiered on the local version of E! on July 15, and July 12, 2015, in the United Kingdom.
References
External links
2010s American television talk shows
2015 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
English-language television shows
E! original programming
Television shows set in Los Angeles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Minsk | The Minsk tram () network is organised into 10 routes, integrated with the city's trolleybus, Metro and bus services. It uses a Russian broad gauge, which remains the standard in the former soviet union.
Trams, initially using horse traction, have been operating in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, since 1892. At that time the entire territory was part of the Russian empire. Services were interrupted for a few years following the 1917 Russian Revolution and again during the Second World War.
Minsk used horse trams for longer than many other cities, but a programme of tram electrification took place during the 1920s.
Network
The focus of the network is two sets of lines crossing through the city centre, with a small ring/loop section in the central district. There are five terminus turning loops at the ends of the lines (one of which splits shortly before reaching its western end points). There are also three terminus-style turning loops positioned approximately mid-way along a couple of the lines: these serve additional, shorter, routes.
Tram fleet
In recent years the network has been operated mainly by trams from the local manufacturer, Belkommunmash. Before that, most of the vehicles came from the Latvian RVR company, some of which have been rebuilt. The RVR-6 was introduced to the network in 1966 and by 1981 was said to have become the only tram type in regular use. 24 Tatra T6B5 trams were acquired in 1991, followed in 2003, by ten twenty year old GT8M tramcars from the city of Karlsruhe: the Germans handed over the trams for free, stating that this was cheaper than paying to scrap them, while the Belarusians were confident of being able to undertake cost-effectively the principal modification, which involved adapting the axles for the wider Russian gauge.
The local Belkommunmash company is currently completing development of a low-floor fourth generation tram for the city: the first examples are currently in service on a test basis.
History
Horse trams
The history of the tram network starts with the opening of a horse tram on 22 May 1892, following two years of construction by the "Company for city and suburb horse-railways in Minsk". This came in the wake of massive population growth, from 5,500 in the 1860s to 91,000 by the end of the century, and after several decades during which horse-drawn omnibus services had proliferated across the booming city. Horse trams were already well established in other major Russian cities, and were considered safer and more comfortable than the horse omnibuses at a time when city streets were generally unpaved. By 1900 a horse-tram line connected two of the principal main-line rail stations, and a slow process now began creating a wider network centred on this. In 1909 the network was taken over by the "Russian Company of Urban and Suburban trams" and in 1913 it was transferred into the ownership of the city authorities.
Between May 1918 and 7 August 1921 the trams stopped, thanks to the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumferential%20Road%206 | Circumferential Road 6 (C-6), informally known as the C-6 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together will form the sixth and outermost beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines once it is completed.
The road would link Metro Manila with the provinces of Bulacan in the north, Rizal in the east, and Cavite in the south, passing through the cities of Pasig, Taguig, and Muntinlupa.
Conceived of during the Marcos administration, was originally intended to be a long circumferential expressway linking the North Luzon Expressway in San Jose del Monte and the South Luzon Expressway in Muntinlupa passing through Rodriguez, San Mateo, Antipolo and Taytay in Rizal, and extending to Bacoor, Imus, Kawit and Noveleta in Cavite.
Route description
Taguig
C-6 in Taguig is a four-lane road which was built in 2009 along the shore of Laguna de Bay. It was constructed as a two-lane road which runs for approximately from M.L. Quezon Street at Lower Bicutan, Taguig to the Napindan Bridge over the Pasig River on the city's border with the municipality of Taytay, Rizal. The road project was approved in 2002 as the Taguig Road Dike intended to run for from the South Luzon Expressway towards Rizal and also to serve as a flood control for the city. In February 2017, the road was widened to four lanes and has been renamed by the Department of Public Works and Highways as the Laguna Lake Highway.
The road is planned to link to the proposed Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike.
See also
List of roads in Metro Manila
References
Proposed roads in the Philippines
Roads in Bulacan
Roads in Cavite
Roads in Rizal
Routes in Metro Manila |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Long%20Term%20Investors | The European Long-Term Investors Association (ELTI) aisbl represent a European-wide network of National Promotional Banks and Institutions (NPBIs) . As of May 2020, the association gathers 31 European long-term financial institutions from 23 Member States across the European Union and Turkey.
Membership
The Full Members of ELTI are generally national official financial institutions . The European Investment Bank (EIB) has the status of a permanent observer. ELTI also includes Associate Members notably multilateral financial institutions, regional financial institutions and non-banking institutions.
As of May 2020, ELTI's 23 full members and 8 associate members include:
Full members
Austria: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank Aktiengesellschaft (OeKB)
Belgium: (SFPI/FPIM).
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB)
Croatia: Croatian bank for reconstruction and Development (HBOR)
Czech Republic: Ceskomoravska zarucni a rozvojova banka (ČMZRB)
France: la Banque publique d’investissement (Bpifrance)
France: Caisse des dépôts et consignations (CDC)
Germany: KfW Bankengruppe (KfW)
Greece: National Bank of Greece (NBG)
Hungary: Hungarian Development Bank (MFB)
Ireland: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI)
Italy: Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)
Latvia: The Latvian Development Finance Institution (ALTUM)
Lithuania: JSC Public Investment Development Agency (VIPA)
Luxembourg: Société Nationale de Crédit et d’Investissement (SNCI)
Malta: Bank of Valletta (BOV)
Malta: Malta Development Bank (MDB)
Netherlands: Invest-NL
Poland: Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)
Portugal: Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento, S.A.(IFD)
Slovakia: Slovak Investment Holding (SIH)
Slovenia: Slovenska izvozna in razvojna banka (SID)
Spain: Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
Associate Members
Bulgaria: Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria (FMFIB)
Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
Germany: NRW.BANK
Greece: Consignment Deposits and Loans Fund (CDLF)
Lithuania: UAB Investicijų ir verslo garantijos (INVEGA)
Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA)
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
Turkey: Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A.S. (TSKB)
Permanent Observer
The European Investment Bank (EIB)
References
European investment banks
Organizations related to the European Union
International banking institutions
Finance in the European Union |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grangemouth%20branch%20railways | The Grangemouth branch railways served Grangemouth docks on the Firth of Forth, Scotland, connecting the docks to the main line railway network. The first line was opened in 1860. The docks and the branch line developed considerably, and a second branch line was opened in 1911. Grangemouth docks was exceptionally busy during World War I, supplying the Grand Fleet.
The 1911 branch line closed in 1991, but the original section remains in use today for freight traffic.
History
The Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790, connecting the River Clyde at Bowling with the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth. As well as having a basin at Grangemouth, the canal company constructed facilities for transshipping from canal boats to sea-going vessels at Grangemouth. Much of the traffic was minerals and manufactured goods for export, including coastwise trade.
First railways
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opened its main line in 1842, passing through Falkirk. To obtain access from the Edinburgh direction on to the Scottish Central Railway towards Stirling and Perth, the E&GR encouraged a nominally independent Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway to build a line from Polmont to a junction near Larbert, via Grahamston (then a town in its own right, a little to the north of Falkirk). In fact the E&GR took over the SMJR company before the line was built. The line opened on 1 October 1850.
The first branch line
It was the Forth and Clyde Canal which took the initiative to build a railway branch line into its harbour facility at Grangemouth. It built a single line from just east of Grahamston station to the harbour; the line opened in 1860 for goods, and for passengers on 1 November 1861. It was worked by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Taken over by the Caledonian Railway
On 20 June 1867 the Forth and Clyde Navigation Act was passed, authorising the Caledonian Railway to acquire the Forth and Clyde Canal, as well as the Monkland Canal and the Forth and Cart Canal, and the railway branch line from Grahamston (Falkirk) to Grangemouth, as well as the Drumpeller Railway.
The capital value of the Forth and Clyde Canal was £1,141,333. The purchase price was calculated to guarantee the F&CC shareholders 6.5% on their shareholding, a little higher than their recent dividend level. As part of the authorising arrangements, the North British Railway(NBR)was given running powers over the branch line, and reciprocal powers were given to the Caledonian over the line from Grangemouth Junction to Larbert Junction. (NBR had promoted a branch line from Bo'ness to Grangemouth, and dropped the scheme on being given the running powers.) The line was operated by a manager responsible to the two railways companies jointly, and both companies ran passenger trains to Grangemouth. The Caledonian was now a canal and harbour owner, and did much to improve the facilities offered by those assets. Indeed, the improved waterway services abstracted some traffic from |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%20behavior%20analytics | User behavior analytics (UBA) or User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), is the concept of analyzing the behavior of users, subjects, visitors, etc. for a specific purpose. It allows cybersecurity tools to build a profile of each individual's normal activity, by looking at patterns of human behavior, and then highlighting deviations from that profile (or anomalies) that may indicate a potential compromise.
Purpose of UBA
The reason for using UBA, according to Johna Till Johnson from Nemertes Research, is that "security systems provide so much information that it is tough to uncover information that truly indicates a potential for a real attack. Analytics tools help make sense of the vast amount of data that SIEM, IDS/IPS, system logs, and other tools gather. UBA tools use a specialized type of security analytics that focuses on the behavior of systems and the people using them. UBA technology first evolved in the field of marketing, to help companies understand and predict consumer-buying patterns. But as it turns out, UBA can be extraordinarily useful in the security context too."
Distinction between UBA and UEBA
The E in UEBA extends the analysis to include entity activities that take place but that are not necessarily directly linked or tied to a user's specific actions but that can still correlate to a vulnerability, reconnaissance, intrusion breach or exploit occurrence.
The term "UEBA" was coined by Gartner in 2015. UEBA tracks the activity of devices, applications, servers and data. UEBA systems produce more data and provide more complex reporting options than UBA systems.
Difference with EDR
UEBA Tools differ from Endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities in that UEBA is an analytic focus on the user whereas EDR has an analytic focus on the endpoint.
See also
Behavioral analytics
Network behavior anomaly detection
User activity monitoring
References
External links
ABC's Of UBA
Software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowry%20Solutions | Lowry Solutions provides RFID services, barcode and wireless networking services, bar coding equipment, automatic label applicators, software, custom labels, ribbons and supplies.
Headquartered in Brighton, Michigan, it is partnered with companies such as Zebra, Honeywell, Motion Computing, Panasonic and Paragon Labeling.
History
In 1974, Richard Lowry founded a business called Lowry & Associates. The original company served as a manufacturers representatives firm that sold intel. Some of the items in the companies portfolio included single board computers, memory cards, power supplies, analog to digital I/O and Intel microprocessor development systems. Most of the computers in those days were used for test and measurement applications in R&D and manufacturing environments. Lowry & Associates had the exclusive regional rights to Intel systems products in its founding in 1974.
Spartan Stores in Grand Rapids, MI, was Lowry's first bar code sale. The company saw what Lowry's team was doing in the digital printing graphics environment and was asked by Spartan if they could provide them with a bar code printer. At the time, Lowry & Associates was reselling Printronix printers.
Between the years 1994 and 1996, Lowry grew from a regional company to national sales coverage by acquiring 4 regional VAR companies; two of those VAR Company's also had label conversion manufacturing capability. In 1996, Lowry consolidated all manufacturing operations into their 40,000 square foot plant in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
In 1996 Lowry began manufacturing a line of label applicators and automated print and apply systems which they still sell today under the Paragon Brand name. They offer their customers a choice of Zebra, Sato and Datamax print engines.
In January 2014, Lowry Computers became Lowry Solutions.
In May 2015, Lowry Solutions was awarded the AIT-V Contract. It was one of three companies that will provide automatic identification technology data communications, software, hardware, documentation and associated services under a $181 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
In 2023, Lowry Solutions Inc. was named the 2022 top workplaces that are based in Livingston.
References
Electronics companies of the United States
Companies based in Michigan
Radio-frequency identification
Radio-frequency identification companies
Electronics companies established in 1974
1974 establishments in Michigan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20P%C3%A9rez%20%28software%20developer%29 | Fernando Pérez is a Colombian-American physicist, software developer, and free software advocate. He is best known as the creator of the IPython programming environment, for which he received the 2012 Free Software Award from the Free Software Foundation and for his work on Project Jupyter for which he received the 2017 ACM Software System Award . He is a fellow of the Python Software Foundation, and a founding member of the NumFOCUS organization.
Life and career
Fernando Pérez was born in Medellín, Colombia, and has BSc in Physics from University of Antioquia and a PhD in particle physics from University of Colorado Boulder, where he worked on numerical simulations in Lattice QCD. He moved to California in 2008, where he currently works as an associate professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Statistics. Previously, he was a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and associate researcher at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). Pérez was named Faculty Director at BIDS stating July 2024.
Pérez began working on IPython as a side project in 2001, and is a co-founder of Project Jupyter, which evolved from IPython in 2014.
References
External links
Colombian physicists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Python (programming language) people
Free software people
Open source advocates |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tut%20%28miniseries%29 | Tut is a Canadian-American miniseries that premiered on U.S. cable network Spike on July 19, 2015. The three-part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Development
Tut was first announced by Spike in May 2014. The miniseries marks a return by the network towards scripted programming, and in particular, "event" series that cater to a "balanced" audience (in contrast to the remainder of Spike's programming at the time, which has typically skewed towards a male audience). Such event series have also been recently popular among other networks, such as History. Tut is produced by Muse Entertainment, best known for its other miniseries The Kennedys and The Pillars of the Earth.
Cast
Main cast
Avan Jogia as Tutankhamun, the young Pharaoh of Egypt
Ben Kingsley as Ay, the Grand Vizier.
Nonso Anozie as General Horemheb, Tutankhamun's savvy and power hungry military strategist.
Sibylla Deen as Ankhesenamun, the calculating and conniving sister-wife of Tutankhamun
Alexander Siddig as Amun, the High Priest, a major political figure who holds great influence in Tutankhamun's inner sanctum.
Kylie Bunbury as Suhad, a beautiful and endearing girl of Mitanni descent, who unknowingly saves Tutankhamun's life and develops a strong bond with the Pharaoh.
Peter Gadiot as Ka, King Tutankhamun's close confidant and seemingly loyal friend.
Iddo Goldberg as Lagus, an Egyptian soldier who develops a special bond with Tutankhamun.
Alistair Toovey as Nahkt, Ay's stepson.
Steve Toussaint as Tushratta, king of the Mitanni.
Supporting cast
Kaizer Akhtar as young Tutankhamun.
Silas Carson as Pharaoh Akhenaten, the father of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun.
Steve Chusak as Paranefer, Akhenaten's servant.
Alexander Lyras as General Yuya.
Geoffrey Burton as Dagi, chief physician of the Egyptians.
Leon Lopez as Sete.
Daniela Lavender as Herit.
Ismail Kanater as the Priest of Sobek.
Episodes
Reception
The series has garnered mixed reviews, with a score of 46 on review aggregator Metacritic and 37% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Brian Lowery of Variety writes, "King Tutankhamun left behind a treasure trove of trinkets, but his nickname is all that's really required to serve as the cornerstone for Tut, the miniseries that unearths the Boy King in order to turn his short life into historical melodrama. Featuring Ben Kingsley as Tut's scheming vizier, surrounded by young actors often photographed as if this were a shampoo commercial, there are modest pleasures relating to the various palace intrigues, but only marginal momentum to drag an audience across three nights, provided they know enough about history to realize the title character won't be available for a sequel."
Robert Bianco of USA Today exclaims, "Tut miniseries is overstuffed melodrama." While, Keith Uhlich of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Spike network's three-night miniseries about the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun inspires no devotion."
References
External l |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofilo%20F.%20Gonzalez | Teofilo Francisco Gonzalez Arce (born January 26, 1948 in Monterrey, Mexico) is a Mexican-American computer scientist who is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In 1972, Gonzalez was one of the first students who earned a bachelor's degree in computer science (Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales) in Mexico, at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
He completed his Ph.D. in 1975 from the University of Minnesota under the supervision of Sartaj Sahni. He taught at the University of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1976, at the Pennsylvania State University from 1976 to 1979, at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education from 1979 to 1980, and at the University of Texas at Dallas from 1980 to 1984, before joining the UCSB computer science faculty in 1984. He spent Sabbatical Leaves at Utrecht University (1990) in the Netherlands and the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. Professor Gonzalez became a Fellow of IASTED in 2009.
Gonzalez is known for his highly cited pioneering research in the hardness of approximation; for his sub-linear and best possible approximation algorithm (unless P = NP) based on the farthest-first traversal for the metric k-center problem (k-tMM clustering); and for introducing the open-shop scheduling problem as well as algorithms for its solution that have found numerous applications in several research areas as well as for his research on flow shop scheduling, and job shop scheduling algorithms. He is the editor of the Handbook on Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics first edition, second edition and he is co-editor of Volume 1 (Computer Science and Software Engineering) of the Computing Handbook Set.
Selected publications
References
External links
Home page
IASTED Web Page
Google scholar profile
1948 births
Living people
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni
American academics of Mexican descent
Mexican emigrants to the United States
American computer scientists
Mexican computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
University of Oklahoma faculty
Pennsylvania State University faculty
Academic staff of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
University of Texas at Dallas faculty
University of California, Santa Barbara faculty |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vingle%20%28social%20network%29 | Vingle is a social networking website.
Digital markrting
|Digital marketing Digital Marketing Courseis a broad term that encompasses all marketing efforts that use electronic devices or the internet. It includes a wide range of tactics and channels to connect with customers where they spend much of their time: online. Here are some key components and strategies of digital marketing:
Website: Your website is often the cornerstone of your digital presence. It should be well-designed, user-friendly, and optimized for search engines (SEO).
Search Engine Optimization (SEO): The process of optimizing your website to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs), increasing organic (non-paid) traffic to your site.
Content Marketing: Creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and engage a target audience. This can include blog posts, videos, infographics, and more.
Social Media Marketing: Promoting your brand and content on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and others.
Email Marketing: Using email to communicate with your audience. This can include newsletters, promotional emails, and personalized messages.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising: A method of driving traffic to your website by paying a publisher every time your ad is clicked. Google Ads is a common platform for PPC.
Affiliate Marketing: A performance-based marketing strategy where you reward affiliates (partners) for driving traffic or sales to your business.
Online Advertising: Beyond PPC, this includes display advertising, retargeting, and social media advertising.
Influencer Marketing: Collaborating with influential people in your industry to promote your products or services.
Analytics: Collecting and analyzing data to understand the effectiveness of your digital marketing efforts and make data-driven decisions.
Mobile Marketing: Tailoring your marketing efforts for mobile devices, including mobile-optimized websites and mobile apps.
Video Marketing: Using videos to promote your products or services, often on platforms like YouTube.
Online PR: Building relationships with online journalists and bloggers to gain online press coverage.
Chatbots and AI: Using artificial intelligence and chatbots to provide customer service and engage with website visitors.
Local SEO and Marketing: Optimizing your online presence for local searches, crucial for brick-and-mortar businesses.
E-commerce Marketing: Strategies for promoting and selling products online, often through platforms like Shopify or WooCommerce.
Digital marketing is a dynamic field that continually evolves as technology and consumer behavior change. It allows businesses to reach a global audience, target specific demographics, and measure the success of their campaigns with greater precision than traditional marketing methods. Successful digital marketing requires a well-thought-out strategy, consistent effort, and a willingness to adapt to changing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20video%20game%20museums | This list of video game museums shows video game museums in the world.
Video game museums
Online video game museums
See also
List of museums
Video game
List of computer museums
References
External links
Internet Arcade – web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s
Software Library: MS-DOS Games
Lists of museums by subject
Virtual museums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programmes%20broadcast%20by%20Zee%20Zindagi | The following is a list of programmes that were broadcast by Zee Zindagi, also known as Zindagi TV.
Current programming
Zindagi Originals
Acquired series
Above dramas listed are not aired by Zindagi channel when it is used to air on Television platform. However, these dramas are broadcast by ZEE5 without any prior advertisement.
Former programming
References
External links
Official website of Zindagi TV
Zee Zindagi
Zee Zindagi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20%26%20Olly | Tom & Olly is an Australian radio and comedy duo made up of Tom Bainbridge and Oliver Morris. They are currently hosting mid-dawns across the Hit Network.
They began their commercial radio career in January 2015 with the Southern Cross Austereo radio network, working with Hit104.9 The Border in Albury-Wodonga until December 2016, where they left Southern Cross Austereo.
Radio career
Tom & Olly have hosted various radio programs since 2013.
SYN Media
While at Melbourne's SYN Media in 2013 and 2014, Tom & Olly hosted several seasonal programs. Their first, Class Captains was nominated for two awards at the 2014 SYN Awards, and the show won Best Seasonal Program. Class Captains was made up of twelve episodes drawing inspiration from various VCE subjects such as English, History, Chemistry and the final exams, however Tom & Olly did advise their listeners that "their advice may not be the best".
‘’Afternoon Breakfast Show’’ was described as a show perfect for the breakfast radio addicts and was the show that saw Tom & Olly launch ‘’The Campaign’’. ‘’The Campaign’’ was an online petition signed by Tom & Olly listeners in an attempt-of-sorts to get the guys on commercial radio. ‘’The Campaign’’ even saw Melbourne’s Gold 104.3 "offer" the guys a job on their station when the receptionist hung up the phone. However the boys were up for a "river change" and chose to begin their commercial career in Albury instead.
Friends of Tom & Olly was a show that was "out to seek the true meaning of friendship" by interviewing a regular listener throughout the course of the hour-long program and Spring Radio Carnival was Tom & Olly's fourth and final program hosted on SYN Media before heading to Star FM for their commercial breakfast program.
Star FM
Tom & Olly began their commercial radio career in February 2015 at 104.9 Star FM (now hit104.9), with ‘’Star FM’s Tom & Olly’’. The team they replaced had topped the radio ratings last published. Some stunts the show held included a house-warming party for all their listeners, stripping at the Albury premiere of Magic Mike XXL, and setting a panther loose inside the studio. A fairy party was held at McDonald's for Olly's birthday and, trying to rival Spotify, the two set up the Tom & Olly Streaming Service (TOSS). The show has had various regular segments over its time, including "Worst Shirt Wednesday", "Phone-O-Bonanza" and "The O.C. Club". "Domestic Goddess Bainbridge", while not a weekly segment, is the only segment to have lasted since the show's beginning.
Tom & Olly have interviewed a few notable figures on their show, including three-time AFL premiership player & Brownlow Medal recipient Jason Akermanis, former Killing Heidi lead singer Ella Hooper, Hamish & Andy's Andy Lee and Albury mayor Henk van de Venk.
On 19 December 2016, Tom & Olly announced on their Facebook page that it would be their final week on the newly rebranded hit104.9. The duo were replaced by Riley-Rose & Seamus in February 2017.
Tri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconuts%20Media | Coconuts Tabloid Media is a multi-national media company across Hong Kong that publishes a network of local city websites and documentary videos online. The company serves ten cities and countries across South East Asia, namely Bangkok, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bali and Yangon, covering local news and cultural trends. Coconuts Media is using social media and video platforms to increase its reach. In addition to English, the company produces content in Thai and Bahasa Indonesia.
The core focus of operations is articles including local news and reviews, original features, aggregated content, event guides, restaurant reviews and translations in an often humorous voice.
In total, Coconuts produces over 100 stories per weekday across the eight countries where it operates.
Coconuts Media employs around 40 staff members as of August 2016, half of which are in editorial.
In 2015, it had a reported total monthly reach of 14.6 million unique readers across all platforms.
Coconuts Media received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 SOPA Awards for Excellence for "Hidden in Plain Sight", a look at the legions of street children in Bangkok.
In 2016, Coconuts Hong Kong Managing Editor Laurel Chor won a SOPA for Excellence in Feature Photography in Category B for a profile of Mui Thomas, a young Hong Kong woman with harlequin ichthyosis, a very rare and debilitating skin disease.
Coconuts Media acquired the Bangkok print and online lifestyle magazine BK Magazine in 2021.
History
Coconuts Media is said to have been inspired by US-based blogs such as the Gothamist network and New York's Gawker, as well as BuzzFeed and Vice. The company was founded by American journalist and entrepreneur Byron Perry, out of his Bangkok apartment in September 2011, with Perry reportedly self-publishing nearly all the articles himself in the first months.
Perry started his career in journalism as the Editorial Fellow for San Francisco Magazine before moving on to a copy editor position at the Hollywood trade magazine Variety in Los Angeles. At Variety, he covered movie premieres; wrote the "Players" column on actor castings and "Tenpercenteries" column on talent agency signings; and attended the 2008 Academy Awards as part of Variety’s coverage team. After a brief stint as the Siam Reap Reporter for Cambodia’s English-language newspaper of record, The Phnom Penh Post, Perry moved to Thailand to work for Ensign Media as Executive Editor for the real estate trade magazine Property Report and yachting magazine Helm. After a year and a half at Ensign Media, Perry launched Coconuts Media in 2011.
Coconuts Media launched its first international branch in Manila in November 2012, ahead of further expansion into Singapore in August 2013. One month later, it launched a regional office in Hong Kong.
Coconuts TV
Coconuts Media produces in-house and freelance videos as Coconuts TV, with an average of 20,000 to 30,000 views per video. Aside from short repo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM%20Conway | FM Conway is a UK-based civil engineering contractor specialising in highways and other infrastructure work.
History
Founded in 1961 by Francis (Frank) Michael Conway, it has a network of asphalt and aggregate recycling manufacturing plants serving London and the south of England, as well as a Thames-side wharf. The company was based in Dartford, Kent, but moved its headquarters to Sevenoaks in 2016.
In February 2020, FM Conway was suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failure to pay suppliers on time. It was reinstated in August 2020 after process improvements."
In the year ending 31 March 2022, FM Conway had revenues of £478.1m, up from £338.2m in 2021, with much of the growth due to the March 2021 acquisition of Toppesfield, which brought an addition £80m of turnover. Pre-tax profit was down 13% to £17.2m (2021: £19.8m). Twelve months later (March 2023), the firm's turnover topped £500m, reaching £535m due to inflation and new work wins.
In May 2023, FM Conway bought Essex-based drainage contractor Flowline out of administration, saving 164 jobs.
Projects
In February 2022, FM Conway and subcontractors Freyssinet and Taziker Industrial were set to start work on the restoration of Hammersmith Bridge in west London.
In October 2023, FM Conway undertook repairs to London's Millennium Bridge during a three-week closure.
References
Companies based in Kent
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom
1961 establishments in England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland%20Goes%20Digging | Roland Goes Digging (in France, Roland fait des Petits Trous) is a 1984 computer game for the Amstrad CPC series of home computers. It was distributed by Amsoft, on cassette tape for CPC464 and Amstrad's proprietary 3" disk format, for CPC664 and CPC6128 users. The game was developed by regular Amsoft contributors Gem Software and featured Amstrad's CPC mascot Roland, who also appears in other games in the Roland Series, such as Roland in the Caves, Roland in Time and Roland in Space.
The game is a clone of Space Panic, with the player guiding Roland along a series of platforms that are reached by ladders; all the while avoiding aliens that prove fatal if he touches them. According to the game's inlay, Roland is employed on a building site that is infested with these aliens and he has been "offered a bonus ... to clear the building of the space squatters". He does this by digging holes in the platforms, into which the aliens will drop, and then dispatching them with his shovel while they are prone. Empty holes are also useful to Roland as a means of accessing lower levels without the use of a ladder.
External links
Roland Goes Digging at the CPC Wiki
1984 video games
Amstrad CPC games
Amstrad CPC-only games
Platformers
Video game clones
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Amsoft games
Gem Software games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20Egyptological%20Bibliography | The Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) is an online database of printed publications in the field of Egyptology, published by the Griffith Institute, Oxford.
The OEB is the successor of the Annual Egyptological Bibliography (AEB), which appeared in print until 2001.
Annual Egyptological Bibliography
One of the initial goals of the International Association of Egyptologists (IAE) at its foundation in 1947 was to produce overviews of literature relevant to Egyptology, to aid Egyptological research. Jozef M.A. Janssen, a Dutch Egyptologist at Leiden University, was asked to publish a yearly list of titles with abstracts. The first volume appeared in 1948. Volumes 1 (1947)-30 (1976) were published by Brill, volumes 31 (1977)-35 (1981) by Aris & Phillips Ltd.
After Janssen’s death in 1963, Dutch Egyptologist M.S.G.H. Heerma van Voss assumed the task of AEB Editor-in-Chief, with the help of a number of assistant editors. He was succeeded by Jac. J. Janssen (1967–1978), L.M.J. Zonhoven (1979–1984), and W. Hovestreydt (1984–2008).
In the 1980s, yearly volumes of Preliminary Egyptological Bibliography were also published.
Due to budget cuts at Leiden University, The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) took responsibility for the AEB in 1992. Volumes 36 (1982)-53 (2001) were published by NINO. Hovestreydt together with H.S. van den Berg developed a digital administration of the bibliographical information, which led to the publication in 2001 of the CD-ROM Egyptological bibliography 1822–1997 (which included the digitized information of C. Beinlich's Bibliographie Altägypten 1822–1947), and the AEB Online website in 2007.
Move to Oxford
Starting from 2009, the AEB was transferred to Oxford and renamed to the Online Egyptological Bibliography. No more print volumes were published. In 2011, the German bibliography Aigyptos was incorporated.
External links
Egyptology
Online databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomviz | tomviz is an open source software platform for reproducible volumetric visualization and data processing. The platform is designed for a wide range scientific applications but is especially tailored to high-resolution electron tomography, with features that allow alignment and reconstruction of nanoscale materials. The tomviz platform allows graphical analysis of 3D datasets, but also comes packaged with Python, NumPy, and SciPy tools to allow advanced data processing and analysis. Current version is 1.10.0.
In 2022 the tomviz platform was used to enable 3D visualization of specimens during an electron or cryo-electron tomography experiment. Tomviz is built with multi-threaded data analysis pipeline runs dynamic visualizations that update as new data is collected or reconstruction algorithms proceed. Scientists can interactively analyze 3D specimen structure concurrent with a tomographic reconstruction after or during an experiment.
References
3D graphics software
3D imaging
Data visualization software
Image processing software
Graphics software
Physics software
Science software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidRun | SolidRun is an Israeli company producing Embedded systems components, mainly mini computers, Single-board computers and computer-on-module devices. It is specially known for the CuBox family of mini-computers, and for producing motherboards and processing components such as the HummingBoard motherboard.
Situated in Acre, Israel, SolidRun develops and manufactures products aimed both for the private entertainment sector, and for companies developing processor based products, notably components of "Internet of Things" technology systems.
Within the scope of the IoT technology, SolidRun's mini computers are aimed to cover the intermediate sphere, between sensors and user devices, and between the larger network or Cloud framework. Within such a network, mini computers or system-on-module devices, act as mediators gathering and processing information from sensors or user devices and communicating with the network - this is also known as Edge computing.
History
SolidRun was founded in 2010 by co-founders Rabeeh Khoury (formally an engineer at Marvell Technology Group) and Kossay Omary. The goal of SolidRun has been to develop, produce and market components aimed for integration with IoT systems.
The company today is situated in Acre in the Northern District of Israel, and headed by Dr. Atai Ziv (CEO).
The major product development line aimed at the consumer market is the CuBox family of mini-computers. The first of which was announced in December 2011, followed by the development of the CuBox-i series, announced in November 2013. The most recent addition to the CuBox line has been the CuBoxTV (announced in December 2014), which has been marketed primarily for the home entertainment market. A further primary product developed by SolidRun is the Hummingboard, an uncased single-board computer, marketed to developers as an integrated processing component.
SolidRun develops all of its products using Open-source software (such as Linux and OpenELEC), identifying itself as a member of the OSS community and a promoter of Open-source software platforms.
The products developed by SolidRun are classed into a number of families, based upon the processor maker. Each family offers a range of mini-computers, SOM's & and networking solutions - currently divided into NXP's i.MX 6, i.MX 8 and LX2160A processor families, Marvell Armada and Octeon families, and Texas Instruments Sitara family. Every processing family offering different advantages with different application capacities.
IoT and industrial products
SOMs
A compact system-on-module ARM based processing board, with a Freescale i.MX 6 system-on-chip & networking, power management and storage capabilities. At , the MicroSoM is aimed for device and system developing, as an all rounded modular processing component.
The SOM varies between 4 models ranging in performance, especially in regard to processing. The Single-core and Dual-Light-core SOMs house a Vivante GC880 GPU, 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDAP | RDAP may refer to:
Residential Drug Abuse Program
Registration Data Access Protocol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You-Dong%20Liang | You-Dong Liang () is a mathematician and educator, best known for his contributions in geometric modeling and the Liang-Barsky algorithm.
Education and teaching
You-Dong Liang was born on July 19, 1935, in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
Liang pursued his graduate degree in Fudan University, where he worked under the supervision of Professor Su Buqing and specialized in geometric theory. After graduating in 1960, he joined the mathematics teaching faculty at Zhejiang University, where he actively promoted the development of geometric design and graphics. From 1984–1990, he was the chairman of the mathematics department, and on several occasions, was a visiting scholar and visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, University of Utah, and University of Berlin.
Liang helped form the Computational Geometry Collaborative Group in China. As the leader of this group, Liang supported the collaboration of scholars in geometric design and computational graphics. Liang was awarded the “Chinese Geometric Design and Calculation Contribution Award” in 2009.
Contributions, papers, and awards
Liang has worked on computer-aided geometric design and computer graphics research. In 1984, Liang developed the Liang–Barsky algorithm, which has applications in computer graphics. Liang made further improvements on this algorithm in 1992.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Liang proposed a series of theories and methodologies in geometric continuity. In 1991, Liang supervised the completion of "Generated Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling Research" and was awarded the Chinese National Science Third Prize. During these years, Liang received other honors, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences Award and the “European Graphics Conference” Best Paper Award. Liang has published more than 50 papers, including "A New Concept and Method for Line Clipping", "Some Theorems on Geometrical Objects", "Curve and Surface Geometry Continuity", and "An Analysis and Algorithm for Polygon Clipping."
References
Mathematicians from Fujian
Geometers
1935 births
Living people
University of Utah faculty
People from Fuzhou
Educators from Fujian
20th-century Chinese science writers
Writers from Fuzhou
People from the Republic of China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSN | JSN may refer to:
Jesuit Schools Network
Council for Mass Media in Finland (Finnish: )
National Salvation Junta (Portuguese: )
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, American football player |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filago%20pyramidata | Filago pyramidata, the broadleaf cottonrose or broad-leaved cudweed, is a European plant species in the sunflower family. It is native to the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Middle East, plus Great Britain, the Low Countries, and Germany. It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America (British Columbia, Oregon, California) and Australia (South Australia, Victoria), Pakistan, and other places.
Filago pyramidata is an annual plant up to tall, covered with woolly hairs. It produces flower heads in dense clumps of 8-16 heads, each containing several small flowers.
References
External links
line drawing from Flora of Pakistan: Asteraceae II, Vol. 210, (Fig. 31, A-E)
Cretan Flora
Online Atlas of the British & Irish flora
Online Flora of Malta
Flowers of India
Plant Biodiversity of South-Western Morocco
Gnaphalieae
Flora of Europe
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshwork | Meshwork may refer to:
Mesh work
Mesh networking
Trabecular meshwork, an area of tissue in the eye
Meshwork (album), 1995 album by German band X Marks the Pedwalk |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPlates | GPlates is open-source application software offering a novel combination of interactive plate-tectonic reconstructions, geographic information system (GIS) functionality and raster data visualisation.
The GPlates software platform comprises the GPlates desktop software, command line tools, GPlates Python library (pyGPlates), GPlates web service and web application, a high-level Python encapsulation package GPlately, a plate tectonic toolkit PlateTectonicTools and a data server which serves plate reconstruction model datasets from the cloud. GPlates also supports integration with GeoServer and PostGIS databases.
By incorporating this technology stack, GPlates simplifies and streamlines data processing, integration, analysis, and visualisation to ease the workload for geoscientists. The software can be used to create new plate reconstruction models or optimize existing models.
History
GPlates was conceived in 2002 by the following committee:
Dietmar Müller [committee chair] (University of Sydney)
Stuart Clark (University of Sydney)
Mike Coffin (ORI/IFREE)
Mike Gurnis (Caltech)
Lawrence Lawver (PLATES/UTIG)
Louis Moresi (Monash University/VPAC)
Tim Redfield (PGP/NGU)
Walter Roest (GSC)
Trond Torsvik (PGP/NGU)
The first GPlates prototype ("GPlates 0.5") was released in 2003. The first stable version GPlates 1.0.0 was released in 2010. The latest release is GPlates 2.3 and was released in September 2021.
In 2012, the GPlates team won the NeCTAR/ANDS #nadojo competition. And in the same year, the GPlates team started the development of GPlates Portal and Web Service. In 2014, the GPlates Web Portal and Web Service were launched.
In 2016, the first public version of pyGPlates was released. The pyGPlates beta revision 28 was released on 8 August 2020. This is the first version which supports Python3. The latest pyGPlates release is 0.36 and was released in May 2022.
In 2022, the first version GPlately was released. The latest GPlately release is 1.0.0 and was released in April 2023.
After keeping source code on Apache Subversion and SourceForge for nearly 20 years, the GPlates source code was moved to GitHub on 1 August, 2023.
Functionality
GPlates enables both the visualization and the manipulation of plate-tectonic reconstructions and associated data through geological time:
Load and save geological, geographic and tectonic feature data.
Assign feature data to tectonic plates.
Reconstruct feature data to past geological times.
Query and edit feature properties and geometries.
Modify reconstructions graphically.
Visualize vector and raster data on the globe or in one of the map projections.
Visualize sub-surface 3D scalar fields as isosurfaces or 2D cross-sections.
Export reconstructed data as a time-sequence of exported files.
Use plate polygons (with dynamic boundaries and deformation) to calculate velocity fields.
Contributors
GPlates is developed by an international team of scientists and professional software develo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieu%20Minh%20Ngo | Ngo Minh Hieu (also known as Hieu PC, born 8 October 1989) is a Vietnamese cyber security specialist and a former hacker and identity thief. He was convicted in the United States of stealing hundreds of thousands of persons' personally identifiable information and in 2015 was sentenced to 13 years in U.S. federal prison. After his early release from prison in 2020, Hieu returned to Vietnam and was recruited by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) under the Ministry of Information and Communications as a technical expert.
Computer crimes
Ngo Minh Hieu is a Vietnamese national. He was born in Gia Lai, Vietnam, on October 8, 1989.
In his late teens, he traveled to New Zealand to study English at a university there. By that time, he was already an administrator of several dark web hacker forums, and between his studies, he discovered a vulnerability in the school’s network that exposed payment card data. “I did contact the IT technician there to fix it, but nobody cared so I hacked the whole system,” Hieu recalled. “Then I used the same vulnerability to hack other websites. I was stealing lots of credit cards.” Hieu said he decided to use the card data to buy concert and event tickets from Ticketmaster, and then sell the tickets at a New Zealand auction site called TradeMe. The university later learned of the intrusion and Hieu’s role in it, and the Auckland police got involved. Hieu’s travel visa was not renewed after his first semester ended, and in retribution ,he attacked the university’s site, shutting it down for at least two days.
From 2007 to 2013, he operated a "massive international hacking and identity theft scheme from his home in Vietnam" in which he stole personally identifiable information (such as names, Social Security numbers, and bank account data) of 200 million U.S. citizens. Hieu obtained this data by hacking companies' databases, then advertised and offered (on two websites he operated, which were later shuttered) the stolen information for purchase by other cybercriminals. Hieu was also able to obtain data from Court Ventures, an Experian subsidiary, by "posing as a private investigator operating out of Singapore."
Hieu made nearly $2 million from his scheme. The Internal Revenue Service has confirmed that 13,673 U.S. citizens, whose stolen PII was sold on Hieu’s websites, have been victimized through the filing of $65 million in fraudulent individual income tax returns.
Prosecution, sentence, and release
In February 2013, Hieu entered the United States territory and was arrested after U.S. Secret Service investigators lured Hieu to Guam "to consummate a business deal with a man he believed could deliver huge volumes of consumers' personal and financial data for resale." He subsequently pleaded guilty to federal crimes: (1) wire fraud, (2) identity fraud, (3) access device fraud, and (4) four counts of computer fraud and abuse. Hieu had been facing more than 42 years in federal prison, but his sentence was lightened |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Godfred | Aaron Godfred is a film, television and digital producer. He was the SVP of development at VENN.tv a television network for gamers, streamers and esports fans. At VENN Aaron oversaw gaming and esports shows including Dare Package, The Sushi Dragon Show with Sushi Dragon, Grey Area, Looking for Gains, Origin Stories, Facecheck and more.
Prior to VENN, Aaron was the Director of Gaming and Public Figures at Fullscreen, a WarnerMedia company, and led the content department at Omaze, a leading fundraising company offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences with celebrities, athletes, musicians and more where he produced award-winning digital content.
Aaron spent the first decade of his career as a producer and creative working for Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment, Marvel, Endeavor, M3 Creative and many others. He also produced cult classic independent film John Dies At The End.
Early life
Aaron was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He attended Linfield College and University of Oregon, where he received his MBA and a Regional Emmy for his short film, Oregon’s War At Home.
Background
Aaron went to Linfield College where he earned a bachelor's degree in international business. He also got an MBA with a sports marketing concentration at the University of Oregon. He started out filming his friends while snowboarding. Possibly the deciding factor in Godfred's decision to have a career in film came about as a result of a project he undertook while still at graduate school. He took a documentary filmmaking course where he produced Oregon's War At Home which was a documentary about the Vietnam War. The film won a Northwest Regional Emmy.
In 2008, he founded the production company Montauk Project Films. Further into his career, he worked for Endeavor Talent Agency, which had represented actors like Matt Damon and Seth MacFarlane. Working long hours there, he decided to pursue the creative side of filmmaking and wrote the script for what would be his first feature film. The script was for Little Blue Pill, a comedy which starred Aaron Kuban, Gerold Wunstel, Trevor Coppola and Jonathan Ahdout. Among the other films he has been producer or co-producer of is the 2010 horror comedy John Dies at the End that starred Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes. He joined Leo/Hartmann Productions to work on production of Jerry The Movie which is a documentary about Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia. He is also the writer of Don't Get Excited which was set to begin production in 2012.
In February 2014, he was one of the panel of judges at the Southern California Business Film Festival.
He is a member of the Silicon Beach club surf group which is a group of techs who surf in Southern California.
Personal life
Aaron is married to author and entrepreneur, Melody Godfred.
Film work
Director
Little Blue Pill (2010)
The Break In (2009)
Producer
Jerry: The Movie (documentary) (2015)
Little Blue Pill (2010)
The Break In (short) (2009)
Oregon's War at Home and the Man W |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule%20%28late%20night%29 | These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, from September 2015 to August 2016. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.
Legend
Schedule
Monday-Friday
Saturday
By network
ABC
Returning series
ABC World News Now
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Nightline
CBS
Returning series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
New series
CBS Overnight News
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Not returning from 2014-15:
CBS Summer Showcase
Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Up to the Minute
FOX
Returning series
Encore Programming
Home Free
Sunday Sitcom Series
New series
Party Over Here
NBC
Returning series
Last Call with Carson Daly
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Mad Money
Saturday Night Live
Today With Kathie Lee and Hoda
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
References
United States late night network television schedules
Late
Late |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Magic | Big Magic is an Indian free television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel was launched on 4 April 2011 as Big Magic by Reliance Broadcasting Network. In 2016, it was acquired by Zee.
This channel was earlier set to launch in Zee Josh. But now this channel will be rebranded as Zee Tv Hum.
History
The channel was launched as Big Magic on 4 April 2011 by Reliance Broadcast Network, with the tagline "Har Pal Chatpata". Its programming consisted of sitcoms, mythology shows, animation series, weekend and festive specials events. It was acquired in November 2016 by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited.
Programming
This is a list of programming currently and formerly broadcast by the channel.
References
External links
Hindi-language television channels in India
Television channels and stations established in 2011
2011 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Comedy television channels in India
Hindi-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine%20Ochoa | Josephine Jasmine Ochoa (born December 8th, 1992) is an American model and businesswoman. She appeared on fashion and beauty platforms such as Univision Network's Nuestra Belleza Latina, L.A Fashion Week, LA Swim Week, Miami Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Central America. She was crowned the Miss of Guatemala in 2014 and became the organization's Creative Director in 2015.
Ochoa is the founder of the non-profit organization Mission Guatemala, which helps children with low resources in Guatemala by collecting donations for school supplies, hygiene products and food.
Early life
Ochoa was born on December 8, 1989, in Los Angeles, California, United States to immigrant parents. She is of Guatemalan descent. Her father works as a painter for the contemporary artist Retna. She saw modelling as an avenue to take her family out of poverty and competed in the regional competition for Miss Guatemala US before winning the crown.
Career
She was invited to Central America's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, where she walked for several designers and represented Los Angeles. Ochoa was the first Guatemalan figure to appear at Fenway Park Stadium as a special guest of El Mundo Media and local community organization, Casa Guatemala, at the Xfinity Latino Family Festival. Ochoa has worn many couture pieces, including, Walter Mendez, Alejandro Fajardo, Giovanni Scutaro, Willfredo Gerardo and Glaudi Johana. The artist Retna was inspired by Ochoa and her work with such organizations as Beautify Earth and named her muse, creating urban billboard artwork in her likeness. The artwork can be seen in West Hollywood (Sunset and San Vicente).
Ochoa has been featured in such published work like Univision, Belleza y Moda, Primer Impacto, Iconos Magazine, El Mundo Boston, Soy502.com, To the Point Magazine, People en Espanol, TV y Notas, La Prensa, Nuestro Diario, and Adelante Magazine.
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2014
Ochoa competed in Miss Guatemala US 2013 and won the title. After winning Miss Guatemala US 2013, she competed in Univision's Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty). Ochoa was the first runner-up, and won the title "Fan Fave".
Ochoa's mother voiced her opinion about the network's apparent disregard for the voting polls. "I’m talking legally, this is pure cheating", she said. Ochoa told Huffington Post Voces that she was happy for Aleyda Ortiz NBL 2014 Winner. "You hear everything here: yes, many expected me to be the winner, but Aleyda also had her fans, and the public voted. I am very glad that people can imagine a crown on my head, it means I did a good job," she said.
Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016
Ochoa was chosen by the producers to compete in the first "All-Star" season of Nuestra Belleza Latina. The Nuestra Belleza Latina 2016 season premiered on February 28, 2016, and after several elimination rounds, she made it to the Top 12 girls and entered the Mansion of Beauty. On May 1, 2016, Ochoa was eliminated from the competition for not r |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20geological%20features%20on%20Pluto | This is a list of named geological features on Pluto, identified by scientists working with data from the New Horizons spacecraft. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially approved the first 14 names on 8 August 2017 (announced 7 September 2017), with additional names following in each subsequent year, but many of the names listed on this page are still informal. The IAU has determined that names will be chosen from the following themes:
Names for the underworld from the world's mythologies
Gods, goddesses, and dwarfs associated with the underworld
Heroes and other explorers of the underworld
Writers associated with Pluto and the Kuiper belt
Pioneering space missions and spacecraft
Scientists and engineers associated with Pluto and the Kuiper belt
Cavi
A cavus is a hollow or steep-sided depression. The following is a list of official and unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Colles
A collis is a low hill. Plutonian colles are named after spacecraft that operated in Earth orbit. The following is a list of official and unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Craters
Plutonian craters are named after scientists and other people associated with the study of Pluto. The following is a list of official and unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Dorsa
A dorsum is a ridge. Plutonian dorsa are named after underworlds in mythology. The following is a list of official and unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Fluctūs
A Fluctus is a terrain covered by outflow of liquid. Plutonian fluctūs are named after travellers to the underworld. The following is a list of official and unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Fossae
A fossa is a ditch-like feature. Plutonian fossae are named after figures associated with underworld myths. The following is a list of official and unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Lacūs
A lacus is a small plain, derived from the word . The following is a list of names chosen by the New Horizons team.
Lineae
A linea is an elongated marking. Plutonian lineae are named after space probes.
Maculae
A macula is a dark spot. Plutonian maculae are named after underworld creatures from fiction and mythology. The following is a list of names chosen by the New Horizons team. Names that have been officially approved are labeled as such.
Montes
A mons is a mountain. Plutonian montes (mountain ranges) are named after explorers and adventurers. The following is a list of names chosen by the New Horizons team. Names that have been officially approved are labeled as such.
a.
b.
Paludes
A palus (literally ) is a small plain. Paludes on Pluto are named after historic explorers. The following is a list of names chosen by the New Horizons team. Names that have been officially approved are labeled as such.
Plana
A planum is a plateau or high plain. One (Sputnik Planum) was initially identified on Pluto; but it has since been recognized to be |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20geological%20features%20on%20Charon | The geological features of Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, are being mapped by scientists using data from the New Horizons spacecraft. The team has given provisional names to the most prominent.
, only some of the names have been officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, which has agreed that names for features on Charon should come from the following:
Destinations and milestones of fictional space and other exploration.
Fictional and mythological vessels of space and other exploration.
Fictional and mythological voyagers, travellers and explorers.
Authors and artists associated with space exploration, especially Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
Some features discovered by the New Horizons mission have been given provisional names based on various science fiction and fantasy franchises, including Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Alien, Firefly, and Macross. These names remain unofficial until accepted by the IAU.
On 11 April 2018, the IAU announced that several of the feature names had been officially recognized.
Terrae
A terra is an extensive landmass or highland. Charon's only highland region is named after a fictional destination.
Dorsa
A dorsum is a ridge. Charon's only dorsum is named after an author.
Maculae
A macula is a dark spot. Charonian maculae are being named after fictional destinations.
Plana
A planum is a plateau or an elevated plain, Charon's only planum is named after a fictional destination.
Montes
A mons is a mountain. Montes on Charon are being named after authors and artists.
Chasmata
A chasma is a deep, elongated, steep-sided depression. Charonian chasmata are being named after vessels in fiction.
Craters
Craters on Charon are named after characters associated with science fiction and fantasy.
See also
Geology of Charon
List of geological features on Pluto
References
External links
Official list of Charon's features (IAU)
Map of Charon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket%20PC%202000 | Pocket PC 2000 (marketed as Pocket PC) was the first member of the Windows Mobile family of mobile operating systems that was released on April 19, 2000, and was based on Windows CE 3.0. It is the successor to the operating system aboard Palm-size PCs. Backwards compatibility was retained with such Palm-size PC applications.
Pocket PC 2000 was intended mainly for Pocket PC devices, however several Palm-size PC devices had the ability to be updated also. Furthermore, several Pocket PC 2000 phones were released (under the name Handheld PC 2000), however at this time, Microsoft's "Smartphone" hardware platform had not yet been created.
At this time, Pocket PC devices had not been standardized with a specific CPU architecture. As a result, Pocket PC 2000 was released on multiple CPU architectures, such as SH-3, MIPS, and ARM. The only resolution supported by this release was 240 x 320 (QVGA). Removable storage card formats that were supported were CompactFlash and MultiMediaCard. Infrared (IR) File beaming capability was among the original hardware features.
Aesthetically, Pocket PC 2000 was similar in design to the then-current Windows 98, Windows 2000, and the yet-to-be-released Windows Me desktop operating systems. This initial release had multiple built-in applications, many of them similarly branded to match their desktop counterparts, such as Microsoft Reader, Microsoft Money, Pocket Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player. A version of Microsoft Office called Pocket Office was also bundled and included Pocket Word, Pocket Excel and Pocket Outlook. Notes, a note-taking app saw its first release and would be supported by most later versions of Windows Mobile. Mainstream support for the operating system ended on September 30, 2005, and extended support ended on October 9, 2007.
History
Microsoft long knew of the importance and potential of mobile computers, and in the 1990s had made previous attempts to capture the market. It released in 1993 Windows for Pen Computing, a software used to add pen computing functions to mobile computers running Windows 3.1. The software's potential for success was hampered by its ponderous base code and the fact that handwriting recognition technology at the time had practical limitations. Microsoft then sought to develop a device called WinPad, which would have been used to wirelessly access and synchronize data between it and desktop machines, as well as other WinPads, but its operating system's large consumption of resources caused the company to redesign as Microsoft at Work, an embedded operating system for office machines, with similar synchronization functions. However, its delayed, costly development and device manufacturers subsequently abandoning it led to the project's cancellation. During that time, Microsoft also began work on a project to develop a device used to communicate with paging systems, and its operating system was to be used in set-top boxes, but that project proved to be too ambitio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyPhone | The MyPhone (stylized as my|phone) is a Philippine mobile phone and multimedia brand designed and marketed by MySolid Technologies & Devices Corp. that use Google's Android mobile operating system. The first-generation MyPhone was announced in January 2007. Since then MyPhone has annually released new MyPhone models and updates.
History
Solid Group Inc., incorporated as United Paracale Mining Co. on October 9, 1993, and renamed to its current name in June 1996, is the company behind the MyPhone brand. Between 2005 and 2006, the "MyPhone" trademark was planned and successfully registered on January 3, 2007. The group owns the brand through MySolid Technologies and Devices Corporation.
In 2010, the father of Solid Group's CEO, David Lim owned a mobile phone manufacturer which makes phones branded as "Amoy Solid". His father tasked his younger brother Jason to help sell the product due to being good in working with electronic gadgets in the Lim family. According to David, the Amoy Solid won't make much sales in the Philippines and remarked that “Just from the way it (the brand) sounds, nobody wanted it,”, He however took note of the phones' dual SIM feature and suggested to rename the brand. Amoy Solid is rebranded as My|Phone.
On January 3, 2007, Solid Group registered the MyPhone trademark with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Solid Group originally presented the brand to the market in September 2007. MyPhone was the country's first mobile phone brand to offer dual active SIM functionality. The MyPhone brand developed into a significant part of Solid Group, accounting for approximately half of the company's revenue in 2011.
On May 18, 2016, the company unveiled its line of ISDB-T-capable smartphones and tablets, thus becoming the third local smart device vendor to offer the feature.
On November 7, 2016, MyPhone expanded into mobile app development and digital content, touting itself as "The Multimedia Company". MyPhone has also announced the AGILA lock screen app to be bundled with select smartphone models, allowing local businesses to display advertising on phones similar to Amazon's practice of "special offer" ads embedded on discounted devices.
Production and design
The mobile phones also include pre-installed applications and features designed by Filipino software developers. MyPhone mobile phones are reportedly manufactured in China in 2011. The most popular application pre-installed in MyPhone mobile phones as of the same year is the Catholic prayer app.
Market share
In a study made by International Data Corporation, MyPhone is the third biggest brand in the Philippines in terms of unit shipments in 2014 MyPhone is also distributed in Hong Kong to cater to Overseas Filipino Workers in the Chinese territory.
Issues
Trademark case vs. Apple Inc.'s iPhone
Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Solid Group over the MyPhone name claiming that MyPhone is "confusingly similar" to its iPhone brand and that it would "likely to deceive or |
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