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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e%20Fran%C3%A7ais%20de%20Tenerife | Lycée Français International de Tenerife "Jules Verne" () is a French international school in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. A part of the Mission Laïque Française (MiLF) network, it serves maternelle (preschool) through lycée (senior high/sixth form). It offers the "bachibac" (Spanish bachillerato and French baccalaureate).
It was formerly the Collège français Julio-Verne - Mlf.
Notes
External links
Lycée Français de Tenerife
Lycée Français de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
French international schools in Africa
French international schools in Spain |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Elbakyan | Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan (, born 6 November 1988) is a Kazakhstani computer programmer and creator of the website Sci-Hub, which provides free access to research papers without regard for copyright. According to a study published in 2018, Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature.
Elbakyan has been described as "Science's Pirate Queen". In 2016, Nature included her in their list of the top ten "people who mattered" in science. Since 2011, she has been living in Russia.
Youth
Elbakyan was born in Almaty, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (then called Alma-Ata in the Soviet Union), on 6 November 1988. She identifies as "multiracial having ... Armenian, Slavic and Asian roots." Alexandra was raised by a single mother, who was an accomplished computer programmer.
Alexandra started programming at the age of 12, making web pages in HTML and later writing in PHP, Delphi, and Assembly languages. She attempted to create a Tamagotchi powered by artificial intelligence. She performed her first computer hack at the age of 14; using SQL injection, she obtained access to all logins and passwords of her home internet provider. Later, she discovered there were more vulnerabilities of the cross-site scripting type. She reported these issues to the internet provider, hoping to get a job with them, but this did not happen. Instead, the provider cut off her internet access. Alexandra wrote in her blog that she first hacked a publisher's website when she was 16. The publisher was MIT Press, which published online books on neuroscience, but they were locked behind a paywall that she could not afford. Alexandra wrote a PHP program that exploited a vulnerability on the website to download paywalled books without payment.
Studies
In 2009, she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the Kazakh National Technical University, specializing in information security. She studied the possibility of using EEG brainwaves for authentication instead of using a password. While working on her thesis, Elbakyan discovered the paywall problem with accessing journal articles, as her university did not have access to many publications related to her work.
Alexandra became interested in developing brain–computer interfaces and in 2010 she joined the University of Freiburg to work on such a project, which eventually led to her summer internship in neuroscience at Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. The same year, Elbakyan spoke at the Humanity+ Summit at Harvard on the topic "Brain-Computer Interfacing, Consciousness, and the Global Brain". Elbakyan's idea was to develop a new kind of brain-machine interface that would merge human and machine qualia. She also participated in the Towards a Science of Consciousness conference that was held in Tucson, Arizona with the poster "Consciousness in Mixed Systems: Merging Artificial and Biological Minds via Brain-Machine Interface".
From 2012 to 2014, she was a master's student at Hig |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen%20Synapse%202 | Frozen Synapse 2 is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Mode 7 Games. It is a sequel to the 2011 video game Frozen Synapse. The player is in charge of a security force in a cyberpunk metropolis. The game was announced in February 2016 for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The developers were initially targeting a late 2016 release, but the game eventually shipped on September 13, 2018 for Windows only.
Gameplay
Single player modes
City Game
This is the main story mode. The city map and buildings are randomly generated, and for story purposes some buildings include the same features in every playthrough, with the only difference being unit placement and the position of additional props, such as trees. The player can make alliances with other factions and take contracts from them. For example, some factions may ask you to help them in battle or deliver something. The player can buy additional units in the mercenary market and put them into customizable squads. The main objective of story is to stop the terrorist organization Sonata.
Tutorials
The tutorials section teaches the game basics, and includes tutorial videos for each aspect of the game mechanics.
Story missions
This game mode only includes the story missions, and does not focus on the factions or resource management in the strategic layer.
Skirmish
Skirmishes are matches against the computer on randomly generated city-themed maps.
Multiplayer modes
Extermination: A randomized match in which the players gain points by eliminating the other team's units. The game ends when one team is entirely defeated or when a round limit is reached. Generation includes the same unit setup for both teams.
Bomb defusal: New to Frozen Synapse 2, in this game mode one team has a unit carrying a bomb. The bombing team must plant the bomb at one of two locations before time runs out (by default 16 turns). After the bomb is planted, the defusing team attempts to defuse the bomb within 5 turns while the bombing team protects it. Typical scenario generation gives the bombing team more support units, while the defusing team is given more offensive units.
Charge: Two teams each choose a vertically oriented zone on the map, which the attacker must then advance across in 6 turns and hold for 3 seconds. The player who chose the farthest zone becomes the attacking team, while the other player defends.
Dispute: Two teams compete to gather packages and deliver them to a dropoff zone in the corner of the map. The winner is the either the last team standing or the team that gathered the most packages when the turn timer ran out.
Hostage: In this mode, one player has civilians located in the middle of map, standing in green and yellow zones. In the green zone the player can control their civilians, while in yellow, they become controlled by the computer. To win, the civilian-controlling player must bring at least one civilian to a safe zone before the end of the 12th turn, while the hostage-taking player mu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large%20deformation%20diffeomorphic%20metric%20mapping | Large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping (LDDMM) is a specific suite of algorithms used for diffeomorphic mapping and manipulating dense imagery based on diffeomorphic metric mapping within the academic discipline of computational anatomy, to be distinguished from its precursor based on diffeomorphic mapping. The distinction between the two is that diffeomorphic metric maps satisfy the property that the length associated to their flow away from the identity induces a metric on the group of diffeomorphisms, which in turn induces a metric on the orbit of shapes and forms within the field of Computational Anatomy. The study of shapes and forms with the metric of diffeomorphic metric mapping is called diffeomorphometry.
A diffeomorphic mapping system is a system designed to map, manipulate, and transfer information which is stored in many types of spatially distributed medical imagery.
Diffeomorphic mapping is the underlying technology for mapping and analyzing information measured in human anatomical coordinate systems which have been measured via Medical imaging. Diffeomorphic mapping is a broad term that actually refers to a number of different algorithms, processes, and methods. It is attached to many operations and has many applications for analysis and visualization. Diffeomorphic mapping can be used to relate various sources of information which are indexed as a function of spatial position as the key index variable. Diffeomorphisms are by their Latin root structure preserving transformations, which are in turn differentiable and therefore smooth, allowing for the calculation of metric based quantities such as arc length and surface areas. Spatial location and extents in human anatomical coordinate systems can be recorded via a variety of Medical imaging modalities, generally termed multi-modal medical imagery, providing either scalar and or vector quantities at each spatial location. Examples are scalar T1 or T2 magnetic resonance imagery, or as 3x3 diffusion tensor matrices diffusion MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging, to scalar densities associated to computed tomography (CT), or functional imagery such as temporal data of functional magnetic resonance imaging and scalar densities such as Positron emission tomography (PET).
Computational anatomy is a subdiscipline within the broader field of neuroinformatics within bioinformatics and medical imaging. The first algorithm for dense image mapping via diffeomorphic metric mapping was Beg's LDDMM for volumes and Joshi's landmark matching for point sets with correspondence, with LDDMM algorithms now available for computing diffeomorphic metric maps between non-corresponding landmarks and landmark matching intrinsic to spherical manifolds, curves, currents and surfaces, tensors, varifolds, and time-series. The term LDDMM was first established as part of the National Institutes of Health supported Biomedical Informatics Research Network.
In a more general sense, diffeomorphic mapping i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixonic | Pixonic is a video game developer based in Limassol, Cyprus. Following the company's establishment in 2009, its initial focus was on developing and publishing social network games. In 2013, Pixonic concentrated its efforts on the mobile device market. The company is best known for producing War Robots (formally known as Walking War Robots).
Company history
Elena Masolova founded Pixonic in 2009. The firm's initial focus was on the development and publishing of games for social platforms. Despite the success of Domovyata, one of Pixonic's first social network games, the company began publishing games for mobile devices. In 2011, Pixonic received a $5 million investment as part of its "C" round, after which it launched its first mobile game – Robinson. The project went on to become Pixonic's first success in the mobile segment.
In 2013, Philipp Gladkov became Pixonic's CEO. Gladkov internally restructured the firm, and turned its focus to mobile games. In the same year, Pixonic launched War Robots, which had monthly revenue of more than $1.3 million.
On 30 September 2016, Mail.ru (now VK) Group acquired 100% of the company's shares for $30 million.
On 30 May 2019, Mail.ru has brought all its games brands (including Pixonic) under the My.Games name.
On 6 April 2020 Pixonic launched beta-testing of their next game Dino Squad.
On 29 September VK sold its gaming division My.Games to LETA Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in software-related startups. In December 2022, My.Games announced it is pulling out of Russia.
References
External links
Games
Video game companies established in 2009
Mobile game companies
Video game development companies
2016 mergers and acquisitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%27s%20Got%20Talent%20%28season%203%29 | Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The third season premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2009 and ended on 22 April 2009. The Grand Finale followed the same format as the 2008 one: acts were eliminated in pairs, as well as each judge picking their favourite act to reappear on the show once more. Mark Vincent won the season, while Jal Joshua became the runner-up.
On the grand finale, international opera singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent series one, Paul Potts performed live in the studio. The season was won by Opera Singer, Mark Vincent, who received $250,000.
The "Order" columns lists the order of appearance each act made for every episode.
Semi-finalists
Semi-final summary
Buzzed Out | Judges' choice
| |
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Semi-final 3
Semi-final 4
Finals summary
Reception
Viewership
References
Australia's Got Talent
2009 Australian television seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%203090 | The IBM 3090 family is a family of mainframe computers that was a high-end successor to the IBM System/370 series, and thus indirectly the successor to the IBM System/360 launched 25 years earlier.
Announced on 12 February 1985, the press releases did not explicitly mention that the two models, Model 200 and Model 400, were backwardly compatible with the 370; instead, they were simply positioned as replacements for the IBM 3033. The IBM 3090/200 version was rated at 18 MIPS and 31,000 UNIX Dhrystones. This was true of the entire line, which expanded with the release of the Model 120E, 150, 150E, 180, 180E, 200, 200E, 300, 300E, 400, 400E, 600E, 600J, and 600S 3090 were described as using "ideas from the ... IBM 3033, extending them ... It also took ... from the ... IBM 308X."
The 400 and 600 were respectively two 200s or 300s coupled together as one system and could run in either single-system image mode or partitioned into two systems.
Models and features
Cooling
By the late 1970s and early 1980s, patented technology allowed Amdahl mainframes of this era to be completely air-cooled, unlike IBM systems that required chilled water and its supporting infrastructure. The eight largest of the 18 models of the ES/9000 systems introduced in 1990 were water-cooled; the other ten were air-cooled.
Enterprise Systems Architecture/370
On February 15, 1988, IBM announced Enterprise Systems Architecture/370 for 3090 enhanced ("E") models and for 4381 model groups 91E and 92E. In additional to the primary and secondary addressing modes that System/370 Extended Architecture (S/370-XA) supports, ESA has an AR mode in which each use of general register 1-15 as a base register uses an associated access register to select an address space. In addition to the normal address spaces that S/370-XA supports, ESA also allows data spaces, which contain no executable code.
Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM)
On February 15, 1988, IBM announced
Processor Resource/Systems Manager (PR/SM) for 3090 enhanced ("E") models This feature allows the operator to define and assign resource to a virtual machine known as a logical partition (LPAR). Initially there was a 4-LPAR limit for uniprocessors and an 8-LPAR limit for multiprocessors, but newer machines support more.
Remote service capabilities
A modem for "remote service capabilities" was standard; IBM recommended their IBM 3864 model 2.
Vector facility
On October 1, 1985, IBM announced an optional vector facility for the IBM 3090; such a facility had not been previously available in the System/370 architecture, thus bringing integrated supercomputer capabilities to the mainframe line. IBM entered into partnerships with several universities to promote the use of the 3090 in scientific applications, and efforts were made to convert code traditionally run on Cray computers. Along with the vector unit, IBM introduced their Engineering and Scientific Subroutines Library and a facility to run programs written for |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal%20floating%20point | Hexadecimal floating point may refer to:
IBM hexadecimal floating point in the IBM System 360 and 370 series of computers and others since 1964
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Illinois ILLIAC III computer in 1966
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SDS Sigma 7 computer in 1966
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SDS Sigma 5 computer in 1967
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Xerox Sigma 9 computer in 1970
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Interdata 8/32 computer in the 1970s
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Manchester MU5 computer in 1972
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Data General Eclipse S/200 computer in ca. 1974
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Gould Powernode 9080 computer in the 1980s
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the HEP computer in 1982
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SEL System 85 computer
Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SEL System 86 computer
See also
Hexadecimal
Floating-point arithmetic
References
Floating point
16 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20of%2010%20%28Philippine%20game%20show%29 | Power of 10 is a 2009 Philippine television game show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Janno Gibbs, it premiered on May 10, 2009 on the network's Sunday primetime line up. The show concluded on December 27, 2009 with a total of 34 episodes.
Host
Janno Gibbs
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Power of 10 earned a 24% rating.
References
2009 Philippine television series debuts
2009 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine game shows
Philippine television series based on American television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian-Russian%20Friendship%20Society | The Austrian-Russian Friendship Society (ORFG) is a networking society that hosts meetings between Austrians and Russians in areas such as agriculture, politics, education and culture.
The ORFG Network allows its members to participate in discussions with decision makers in the Russian Federation, providing a forum questions regarding visa applications and mediation of business contracts.
Next to the headquarters in Palais Kaiserhaus in Vienna, the society also has representation in Graz, as well as in Moscow and Krasnodar. A Salzburg branch opened in 2013.
Organization
The ORFG represented by a presidium and an extended board. Dr. Richard Schenz has been president of this society since November 2015.
The ORFG currently has around 400 members in the form of personal, business and student memberships and another 4.500 interested people.
Since the founding of the club the ORFG has worked closely with the Russian embassy. The ambassador of the Russian Federation in Austria, currently Dmitrij Ljubinskij, is honorary president of the society.
Areas of activity
Education, Culture and Tourism
The ORFG is currently discussing further integration which should enable to subsequent acquisition of Russian university graduates.
The ORFG offers information concerning cooperation and exchanges and assists in areas such as customs and visa applications. In addition to those services, the society also promotes the Platform RSPO, whose tagline is "Russischsprachiges Personal in Österreich" ("Russian speaking staff in Austria").
Economics and Politics
The club initiates travel for delegations to Russia and presents in event spaces in Russian regions
At the quarter-annual Jour Fixes there are guest speakers who hold discussions on Economics, Politics, Education and Culture from Austria and Russia - such as the Secretary of State for Integration (Staatssekretär für Integration) Sebastian Kurz and the President of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin.
Related events are hosted within this form for further networking and related interests.
Origins of the ORFG
The Soviet society has organized long trips abroad provides for the economic and cultural exchanges between both countries. However, the society ceased to exist after the Fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. For nine years there were no such exchanges between Russia and Austria.
A six-member committee was formed in 2000, which became the foundation of the ORFG, where these relationships began to strengthen. The first president was the General Secretary Florian Stermann. Businesses in both Russia and Austria profited from trade between these two countries. Austrian to Russia exports increased from 654 million to 2.97 billion Euros between 2000 and 2008.
Russia is Austria's most important gas supplier. In return, Austria provides Russia with engineering products, equipment and motor vehicles.
The Beginnings of Austria-Russian relationships
In the 16th century the first relationships between both countrie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Henzel | David Henzel is a German entrepreneur and writer. He is the co-founder of MaxCDN, a Los Angeles based content delivery network.
Personal life
David Henzel was born in Germany and moved to the United States in 2009.
Career
Before he co-founded a content delivery network, Henzel started a variety of other businesses, including technology startups, e-commerce and a small store chain.
In 2002, he founded RMS, an information technology and services company. In 2009, he co-founded MaxCDN, a content delivery network (CDN) provider, based in Los Angeles with Christopher Ueland.
In 2013, MaxCDN was listed as the fifth largest CDN by Datanyze.com.
Henzel writes blogs for Huffington Post, FastCompany, and Inc., as well as for his own blog covering content delivery networks and entrepreneurship.
In 2017, he started an online course named Managing Happiness on how to eliminate stress and struggles in daily life.
In 2018, he acquired TaskDrive that provides lead research for companies.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American Internet company founders |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor%20Web%20Enablement | Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) is a suite of standards developed and maintained by Open Geospatial Consortium. SWE standards enable developers to make all types of sensors, transducers and sensor data repositories discoverable, accessible and usable via the Web.
SWE Standards include:
Sensor Observation Service
Sensor Planning Service
Observations and Measurements
Sensor Model Language
SensorThings API
References
Open Geospatial Consortium
Internet Standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear%20Uge | Dear Uge is a Philippine television comedy anthology broadcast by GMA Network. Starring Eugene Domingo and Divine Aucina, it premiered on February 14, 2016 on the network's Sunday Grande sa Hapon line up replacing Wowowin. The show concluded on February 13, 2022. It was replaced by The Best Ka! on its timeslot.
Premise
Urbana Genoveva Esperanza hosts a web show titled as Dear Uge where she features love stories. Joining her in the show is her feeling charming sidekick, Devine.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Eugene Domingo as Urbana Genoveva "Uge" Esperanza
Divine Aucina as Divine
Recurring cast
Skelly Clarkson as Hercules
Jessah Nicole as Mercy
Dave Bornea as Diego
Tery Gian
Euwenn Aleta
Jo Berry as So Very
Jelai Andres
Atak Arana as Kata / Kerry
Jak Roberto as Berto
Aaron Yanga as Darak
Production
Principal photography was halted in March 2020 due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The show resumed its programming on August 23, 2020.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Dear Uge earned a 15% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2016 Philippine television series debuts
2022 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine anthology television series
Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Z3 | The Samsung Z3 is a smartphone produced by Samsung. It is the second smartphone to be shipped with the Tizen operating system (after the Samsung Z1). The phone was released on October 21, 2015.
The phone was succeeded by the Samsung Z2 in August 2016.
References
Samsung mobile phones
Tizen-based devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2015
Discontinued smartphones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee%20Clean%20Water%20Network | The Tennessee Clean Water Network is an environmental group located in the state of Tennessee in the United States whose principal focus has been the preserving the quality of the state's public water resources including its drinking water and its waterways.
In 2016 the group published a press release directed at the State of Tennessee's Department of Environment and Conservation Division of Water Resources, claiming that the division, under the direction of the state's governor, Bill Haslam, had shown a significant drop-off in the number of penalties for businesses committing clear acts of water pollution. The state issues a certain number of permits to businesses to pollute local water, and if those permit levels are exceeded, the state has the option to enforce a penalty, which it had largely decided not to do.
In 2014 the group announced plans to file a lawsuit against a Kingsport, Tennessee ammunition plant over its continued pollution of local drinking water.
References
Environmental organizations based in Tennessee
Environmental organizations established in 1998
Organizations based in Knoxville, Tennessee
Water in Tennessee
Water supply and sanitation in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean%20Farmers%20Network | The Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN) was formed in 2004 following exploratory discussions amongst farmer organizations in 2002. It is a regional network of Farmers' Associations and Non-governmental organizations in the Caribbean, with its headquarters in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Members of CaFAN presently consist of farmer associations from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts/Nevis; St Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname.
CaFAN's major focus is to support training for and information sharing amongst Caribbean farmers. It organises training workshops, study tours and other information sharing. It produces a regular newsletter and supports a weekly radio programme that is broadcast to the region’s farmers online. It has been active in mobilising resources from a variety of donor organizations including:
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
The Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee (COLEACP)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN)
Oxfam GB
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
References
Farmers' organizations
International organizations based in the Americas
Agricultural organizations based in the Caribbean |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ford%20Road%20Show%20Featuring%20Bing%20Crosby | The Ford Show Featuring Bing Crosby was a 5-minute CBS network radio show broadcast from 1957 to 1958. It included an opening theme, one or two songs by Bing Crosby, commercials by Ken Carpenter, closing theme, and on occasion a guest such as Rosemary Clooney.
Overview
These were not live programs but were taped segments put together by Crosby's editor, Murdo MacKenzie. Bill Morrow wrote the scripts and produced the show; and Ken Carpenter was the commercial announcer. The music was taken from the substantial library of songs recorded with Buddy Cole and His Trio.
The Ford Road Shows were not confined to Bing Crosby exclusively. The advertising technique, devised by the ad agency J. Walter Thompson was to keep Ford cars in front of the public by radio “saturation.” Thus, five-minute segments were sponsored for news and commentary as well as for entertainment. The other Ford Road Shows featured Rosemary Clooney, chit chat by Arthur Godfrey and news by Edward R. Murrow. The Ford sponsorship covered 21 shows a week for a total of $3.5 million. Rosemary Clooney's Road Shows also employed Buddy Cole and His Trio, which later led to a merger of Crosby and Clooney's shows into the Crosby-Clooney programs of 1960-62. The 5-minute programs were scattered through the program day, five days a week. Crosby's program was aired on CBS twice on Sunday, then Monday-Wednesday-Friday and on alternate weeks, Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday.
It is believed that 286 of these shows were produced for the series, which started Monday, September 2, 1957 and ended Sunday, August 31, 1958.
References
American variety radio programs
1957 radio programme debuts
1958 radio programme endings
Bing Crosby |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace%20Sport%20Stars | Trace Sports or Trace Sport Stars is a global entertainment television channel about the lives of sports stars.
The channel can be viewed on streaming platforms such as Binge Networks.
References
External links
Television stations in Mumbai
Sports television in Singapore
Television channels and stations established in 2008
2008 establishments in India
Television channels in North Macedonia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific%20Island%20Farmers%20Organisation%20Network | The Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON) serves as an umbrella organisation for national farmer organizations in the Pacific island region. It is based in Nadi, Fiji and has membership of organisations from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, as well as a Melanesian regional organisation. Although operating informally since 2009, its first formal foundation meeting was held in April 2013 in Nadi, when 13 organisations were represented and PIFON became operational as a legal entity in its own right.
Purpose
PIFON was established to provide support to the small national farmer organisations in the region through coordinating capacity building, sharing success stories, and supporting regional exchanges of expertise, thus potentially enabling smallholder farmers to play an important role in agricultural value chains. The founder members noted that while farmer organisations had in the past depended on a high level of donor support, this support had often been sporadic. Moreover, because of their limited resources the organisations had been unable to clearly articulate their needs. It was therefore considered important to develop business activities to promote farmer organisation sustainability, while not detracting from their core values and objectives.
Activities and support
PIFON carries out three broad types of activities: to enhance sustainability of national members; to provide practical information to enable farmers to carry out income-generating activities; and to support members in promoting sustainable production practices. Within the Pacific region it has identified opportunities for farmers to supply growing urban and tourism markets, expand tree crop exports, and exploit niche product exports based on fairtrade and organic certification.
Since its establishment PIFON has received support from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the European Commission and Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA). It has also signed a partnership agreement with the Pacific Community (SPC).
International relations
Starting in 2022, PIFON also cooperates with the Slovak NGO Servare et Manere as part of the Tree of Peace program. During the expedition of this organization focused on the South Pacific region, one of the Trees of Peace was planted in Fiji. About 35 people attended the event on Wailoko Road in Sabeto, Nadi, Fiji's third-largest conurbation. The Executive Director of PIFON, Kyle Stice, was awarded a Memorial Medal of Tree of Peace for his contribution to the planting of the memorial tree.
See also
Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO)
References
Farmers' organizations
International organizations based in Oceania
Agricultural organisations based in Fiji |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantic%20Freddie | Frantic Freddie is a 1983 platform game for the Commodore 64 written by Kris Hatlelid and Gregor Larson and published by Commercial Data Systems.
Gameplay
The player uses a joystick to control the eponymous Frantic Freddie, a telephone line engineer. Each level takes place on a single screen, each with five full-width platforms connected by telegraph poles. Freddie runs along the platforms; he cannot pass through the telegraph poles but may climb up and down either side of them. The goal of the game is to collect the pots of gold resting on the platforms, as well as optional bonus items which scroll through the playing area. Each level is patrolled by three to five monstrous "Greeblies" that Freddie must avoid, lest he lose a life.
The game has a total of sixteen playable levels punctuated by animated intermission sequences.
The 17th level has a game breaking bug, as this level mistakenly has all poles removed. This means that Freddie can't reach the platforms above him, making this level impossible to clear.
The Greeblies, at the top of the screen, have now taken the form of Freddie, and since they can't reach Freddie, because of the missing poles, this is the end of the game. The player is forced to reset/turn off the system.
Soundtrack
The game's synthesized soundtrack mingles arrangements of popular and ragtime songs:
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
"Boogie Fever" (The Sylvers)
"The Easy Winners" (Scott Joplin)
"Don't Bring Me Down" (Electric Light Orchestra)
"Kodachrome" (Paul Simon)
"A Fifth of Beethoven" (Walter Murphy)
"Pine Apple Rag" (Scott Joplin)
"Elite Syncopations" (Scott Joplin)
"Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin)
"The Sycamore" (Scott Joplin)
Reception
The game was positively received by Your Commodore who said it was "A stunning graphics and music game worth playing." It was given a 4 out of 5 star rating.
Reviewing a budget release of the game in 1988, Pete Connor of ACE described Frantic Freddie as "a pretty tired game" that promised only "a modicum of fun".
Legacy
An unlicensed fangame sequel for the Commodore 64, Frantic Freddie II, was released in 2019.
References
Commodore 64 games
Commodore 64-only games
Platformers
1983 video games
Video games developed in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Force%20Data%20Systems%20Design%20Center | The Air Force Data Systems Design Center (AFDSDC) was activated on 26 Oct 1967. The unit was located at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C. Its mission was to analyze, design, develop, program, test, implement and maintain all automated data processing systems; incorporate HQ USAF-approved integration and interface requirements in assigned automated data systems; develop and maintain general purpose software required by assigned systems; and develop and recommend standards covering programming languages and documentation requirements for automated data systems. The AFDSDC moved to Gunter AFS in 1971 and has since gone through a number of transformations including: Headquarters Air Force Teleprocessing Center (1984); Headquarters Standard Information Systems Center (1985); Headquarters Standard Systems Center (1986); Headquarters Standard Systems Group (1995); 554th Electronic Systems Wing (2006), Enterprise Information Systems Directorate (July 2010), Business and Enterprise Systems (September 2011).
References
Centers of the United States Air Force |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylobacter%20defluvii | Ancylobacter defluvii is a bacterium from the family of Xanthobacteraceae.
References
External links
Type strain of Ancylobacter defluvii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Hyphomicrobiales
Bacteria described in 2014 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baguadao | Baguadao (八卦道 "Way of the Eight Trigrams") or Eight Trigram Teaching (八卦教) is a network of Chinese folk religious sects, one of the most extended in northern China. The tradition dates back to the late 17th century Ming dynasty, and was heavily persecuted during the following Qing dynasty when affiliated sects organised an uprising in 1813, led by Lin Qing. Affiliated sects appeared under various names, but during the latter half of the 18th century they adopted Bagua Jiao as their common designation.
The founder, or early influential leader of Baguadao was Liu Zuochen (†~1700), and the Liu family of Shandong maintained the leadership of the sect for decades. Baguadao networks were the first folk religions to develop "civil and martial work methods as one" (文武功法合一 wénwǔ gōng fǎ hé yī), and continue in contemporary Meihua (Plum Flower) practices.
History
Little is known about the early history of the sect. In 1719 Liu Ruhan, a county magistrate by purchase in Shanxi was dismissed because his father Liu Zuochen was a member of the Shouyuandao (收元道 "Way to Attain the Origin"), possibly an early name for Baguadao prosecuted by imperial authority as part of the White Lotus heterodoxy. With probability, Liu Zuochen was the founder of Baguadao, after having changed his original name Li Tingyu. At first he had only three disciples: a man surnamed Qin from Qingfeng County, of whom nothing is known; Gao Yunlong of Shangqiu, in Henan, who founded the Ligua (Li Trigram) subdivision; and Wang Qingrong from Heze, in Shandong, who founded the Zhengua (Zhen Trigram) subdivision. The Liu family held the role of the highest masters within the Baguadao for four generations.
Historians reconstruct that Liu Zuochen died around 1701, and Liu Ruhan his son became the new head master of the Baguadao. By the 1730s the sect had developed its characteristic structure, with branches corresponding to the eight trigrams each led by a leader subordinate to Master Liu, two assistants for every leader of a trigram, and cohorts of believers. During the first year of Qianlong (1736) Liu Ruhan died and his son Liu Ke became the new leader of the Baguadao, which under his guidance grew extensively.
In 1748, the thirteenth year of Qianlong, the leadership passed to Liu Shennguo, Liu Ke's son. In 1772 the then leader of the Zhengua subdivision named Wang Zhong was arrested in Shandong and the book in his possession, Xunshu ("Book of Instruction"), was found to contain references to the overthrowing of the "barbarian" Manchu dynasty. Wang Zhong was executed for refusing to reveal the name of the leader of Baguadao, but another member later confessed that he was one of the Lius in Shan County of Shandong. After investigation, Liu Shengguo was arrested and executed. The authorities discovered the vast network of Baguadao sects, with branches named after the eight trigrams of cosmology.
Even after the arrest of Liu Shengguo the holy significance of the Liu family did not diminish, an |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike%3A%20The%20Quest%20for%20Gold | Klondike: The Quest for Gold is a Canadian documentary television series, which aired in 2003 on The History Network. It follows the journey of five modern-day people as they recreate the journey made over 100,000 people during the Klondike Gold Rush. They are supplied with 1897 period-appropriate clothing and gear, and make the journey from Dyea, Alaska to Dawson City, Yukon. They are provided with three months of food, mining equipment, and a knockdown boat, all totaling 3000 pounds, carried on their shoulders or in period-appropriate backpacks.
It is part of the "Quest" series from producer Jamie Brown, which also included Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West (2001), Quest for the Bay (2002), and Quest for the Sea (2004).
Cast
Sebastien Racine: 19 years old, youngest of the group
Dave Delnea: 22 years old, expedition photographer
Andria Bellon: Granddaughter of Klondike can-can girl
Rick Unrau: Jack of all trades
Joe Bishop: 41 years old, songwriter and oldest of the group
Tlingit Aboriginal Pack Men "Packers" were hired to assist carrying the gear.
Ron Chambers: Bush guide
Ralph James: Descendant of a Packer
Ron Altin: Descendant of a Packer
Episodes
References
External links
2000s Canadian documentary television series
Historical reality television series
History (Canadian TV network) original programming
2003 Canadian television series debuts
2003 Canadian television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Ohio%20restaurant%20machete%20attack | On February 11, 2016, Mohamed Barry, a native of Guinea who was a permanent resident in the United States and had been working in computer programming and information technology, entered the Nazareth Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, and began to attack customers with a machete, injuring four. Barry was killed as he attempted to attack police officers with his machete. Four years prior to the incident, he had been investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for making radical statements. The attack was investigated as a possible instance of lone-wolf terrorism. In 2017, the White House said it was a terrorist attack.
Attack
Barry first entered the restaurant at about 5:20 p.m. and spoke to an employee. The nature of that conversation has not been revealed by investigators. However, NBC News reported that Barry asked the employee where the restaurant's owner was from. According to restaurant owner Hany Baransi, the employee told Barry that Barsani is from Israel. Barry left the restaurant afterwards and returned half an hour later, armed with a machete.
Barry immediately swung his machete to attack Debbie and Gerald Russell, both 43, who were sitting in a booth near the front of the restaurant. He then moved on to the next table of people and then attacked Bill Foley, a musician performing at the restaurant and a friend of Baransi's. Neil McMeekin, at the 2nd table attacked, was able to get Barry off of Foley by hitting him with a chair. Shafi Ali, an immigrant from Dubai and an employee of Nazareth Restaurant, then drove Barry off with a metal baseball bat. Foley, the Russells, and Neil McMeekin all suffered injuries from the attack. About twenty people were inside the restaurant at the time of the attack.
Barry fled the scene in a white Toyota Corolla and collided shortly thereafter with a Mercedes. The driver of the Mercedes called 9-1-1, explaining that he had just gotten into an accident and that the other driver had a large knife. During the police pursuit, officers ran a routine search on the license plate number of the car Barry was driving; the search triggered an alert instructing the pursuing officers to contact the local terrorism task force.
The officers tried to execute a PIT maneuver to force his Toyota off the road, but it was unsuccessful. A second PIT maneuver succeeded, and the vehicle crashed into a street curb. As officers approached the vehicle, Barry emerged and lunged at them with the machete and a filet knife, yelling "Allahu Akbar!" He was first tasered by officers, but when this did not stop him, they fired their guns. Barry was shot repeatedly and died of a bullet wound in his neck.
Barry was 30 at the time of his death. A native of Guinea in West Africa, he had arrived in the U.S. in 2000. At the time of the attack, he was in the U.S. legally on a green card. He had worked in computer programming and information technology.
FBI investigation
Although he did not have any encounters with Columbus police, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CareOne%20LLC | CareOne LLC is a network of approximately 55 post-acute nursing and assisted living facilities primarily located in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Daniel E. Straus is the founder, chairman and CEO of the organization, and his daughter Elizabeth Straus is Executive Vice President.
History
Straus became involved in the healthcare industry in 1984 through leading Multicare Companies, Inc., a group of assisted living facilities in New Jersey. Multicare was purchased by Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. in 1997. Straus then founded CareOne LLC in 1999.
Overview
CareOne LLC has approximately 55 nursing and assisted living centers in the US across several northeastern states. Approximately 35 facilities are located in New Jersey, making it the largest assisted living company in the state. CareOne LLC admits and discharges over 20,000 patients annually, per company figures.
CareOne LLC has also been nationally recognized for several successful fundraising efforts, including the Queen of Heart Ball for breast cancer research and the Valerie Fund, which benefits families of children with blood cancer. To date, CareOne LLC has raised over $5 million in philanthropic efforts.
References
Health care companies established in 1999
Health care companies based in New Jersey
1999 establishments in New Jersey |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20Emmy%20Awards | 2014 Emmy Awards may refer to:
66th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 2014 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored primetime programming during June 2013 – May 2014
41st Daytime Emmy Awards, the 2014 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored daytime programming during 2013
35th Sports Emmy Awards, the 2014 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored sports programming during 2013
42nd International Emmy Awards, the 2014 ceremony that honored international programming
Emmy Award ceremonies by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Emmy%20Awards | 1996 Emmy Awards may refer to:
48th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 1996 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring primetime programming during June 1995 – May 1996
23rd Daytime Emmy Awards, the 1996 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring daytime programming during 1995
24th International Emmy Awards, honoring international programming
Emmy Award ceremonies by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Emmy%20Awards | 1997 Emmy Awards may refer to:
49th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 1997 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring primetime programming during June 1996 – May 1997
24th Daytime Emmy Awards, the 1997 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring daytime programming during 1996
25th International Emmy Awards, honoring international programming
Emmy Award ceremonies by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Emmy%20Awards | 1998 Emmy Awards may refer to:
50th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 1998 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring primetime programming during June 1997 – May 1998
25th Daytime Emmy Awards, the 1998 Emmy Awards ceremony honoring daytime programming during 1997
26th International Emmy Awards, honoring international programming
Emmy Award ceremonies by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPIPE | NetPIPE (Network Protocol-Independent Performance Evaluater) is a protocol independent performance tool that visually represents the network performance under a variety of conditions. It has modules for PVM, TCGMSG, and the 1-sided message-passing standards of MPI-2 and SHMEM.
See also
Netperf
Nuttcp
Iperf
External links
NetPIPE old web site
Computer network analysis
Network performance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Voice%20Indonesia%20%28season%202%29 | The second season of the Indonesian reality talent show The Voice Indonesia premiered February 26, 2016 on the RCTI network in the 9:00 p.m, slot immediately following Tukang Bubur Naik Haji The Series. This is the first aired by RCTI, after the previous broadcaster Indosiar dropped the show after its first one season due to poor ratings. Television personality and Indonesian Idol host Daniel Mananta was appointed as the show's new host, with Ari Lasso, Agnez Mo, Kaka "Slank", and Judika selected as coaches. Coach Ariel "Noah" served as an advisor for all teams during the knockout rounds. The winner of the knockout rounds received a 1 billion rupiahs recording contract with Universal Music Indonesia and a Toyota Yaris AT. The show aired Fridays and Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. Starting on April 1, the show aired every Friday at 9:00 p.m.
On June 20, 2016, Mario G. Klau from Team Kaka "Slank" was announced as the winner, making him the first-ever stolen artist to win the entire Indonesian season.
Auditions
The open call auditions were held in the following locations:
Format
The series consists of four phases:
The Blind Auditions
Four judges/coaches, all famous musicians, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the contestants' performance to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer then the singer chooses which coach they want to work with.
Battle round
Each team of singers was mentored and developed by their coach. In the second stage, the coaches have two of their team members battle against each other by singing the same song, with the coach choosing which team member will advance to the next stage. However, the contestant who loses the battle round can be stolen by other coach. Like the Blind auction, If two or more coaches attempt to steal a single contestant, the contestant chooses which coach they will work with.
Knockout round
Like the battle round, each team of singers was mentored and developed by their coach prior to the round beginning. The Knockout Round determines which three artists from each team will advance to the final round of competition, the Live Shows. In this round, after an artist performs, he or she will sit in one of three seats above the stage. The first three artists performing from each team will sit down, but once the fourth artist performs, the coach has the choice of replacing the fourth artist with any artist sitting down, or eliminating them immediately. Once all artists have performed, those who remain seated will advance to the Live Shows.
Live performance shows
In the final phase, the remaining contestants will compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience will help to decide who moves on. When one team member remains for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale, where the winner is selected.
Teams
Color Key
Blind auditions
The blind aud |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiyas%20Tests | Qiyas Tests belong to the ETEC (education & Training Evaluation Commission)
ETEC stated that 334,515 students performed the test either remotely or at computerized sites in both science and theoretical tracks with a statistic as the following:
Total of male testees: 147.869 Remotely: 91.774 Computerized sites: 56.095 Total of female testees: 186.646 Remotely: 125.851
Computerized sites: 60.795
Moreover, ETEC mentioned that the percentage of distinguished students in SAAT for this year amounted to 6.4% assuring that those testees with a distinguished performance in GAT and SAAT shall receive the Excellence Award at ETEC’s International Conference.
Furthermore, ETEC clarified that SAAT auditing process went through several stages starting from AI report for sensitive readings of normal and abnormal clicks and then human review to ensure the quality and level of sensitivity. After that, checking for violations by auditors and supervisors, and finally reviewing the examination committee and taking the appropriate decision according to the test Regulations, stating that the violations that require canceling the test include using the mobile phone for the purpose of cheating by calling, taking pictures or any other prohibited action due to the test regulations.
In addition, ETEC stated that the percentage of violations requiring cancellation of the test was 0.7% of the total number of testees while the percentage of those who had technical issues that required additional verification was 0.35%, the percentage of those who required completing verification of their identities was 1.9%, and the percentage of violations requiring additional review was 1.4%.
It is worth mentioning that ETEC has achieved a great success in conducting remote SAAT which attracted a number of countries to benefit from this experience which was reviewed by the World Bank in a specialized symposium. Such success was achieved in cooperation with various government entities in where ETEC was able to provide the platform in a record time following the highest and most precise international standards.
ETEC invites everyone to make use of its full range of support services via the following channels:
ETEC application, available to download from both Apple Store and Google Store
Call Center: 920033555
Contact Us form via the ETEC website
Twitter: @Eteccare
Qiyas Tests
Test general aptitude
Test general aptitude for academics
Test general aptitude in English
Test grades science faculties - students
Achievement test theory for colleges - students
Acceptance of scientific disciplines - Students test
Acceptance of theoretical disciplines - Students test
Test skills in English
Arabic language test for non-children
Test goals
It is a test that measures the student's ability of analytical and logical reasoning, mainly testing the following:
The ability to reading comprehension.
The ability to recognize logical relationships.
The ability to resolve issues based on |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%20Creators%20Network | The Job Creators Network (JCN) is a conservative U.S. advocacy group founded by Bernie Marcus, the co-founder and former CEO of Home Depot.
The organization has received significant funding from the Mercer Family Foundation, the Marcus Foundation, and Phil Anschutz.
Activities
The Job Creators Network was originally founded in 2010 under the name The Job Creators Alliance. JCN launched a "Bring Small Businesses Back" (BSBB) campaign in 2016. In April 2016, JCN hosted a BSBB event in Orlando featuring Frank Luntz, Mike Gallagher, and a panel of small business owners.
Throughout 2017, JCN advocated for tax cuts through a campaign dubbed “Tax Cuts Now”, and offered the group's support to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which offered temporary tax cuts to individuals and permanent tax cuts to corporations. The Tax Cuts Now campaign included a bus tour that made stops across the country. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich penned an op-ed supporting the campaign in USA Today with Brad Anderson, former CEO of Best Buy and a member of JCN.
JCN launched another bus tour in 2018, with the goal of promoting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan joined JCN at stops on the tour, including one hosted at a small business in Clinton, Wisconsin. The organization delivered thousands of petitions to Ryan in support of the legislation.
In February 2019, the group put up a billboard in New York City's Times Square blaming U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Amazon's decision to abandon the building of the company's second headquarters in Queens. After the congresswoman tweeted that the billboard was "wack", JCN put up two more billboards, one saying "Hey AOC, saw your wack tweet", the other, "Hey AOC, this billboard cost about $4,000. But you cost NY 25,000 jobs and $4,000,000,000 in annual lost wages."
In May 2021, JCN filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association after the league decided to move the All Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in protest over Georgia’s voting laws. JCN highlighted this lawsuit in a series of Times Square billboards, including one criticizing MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, saying he has “no balls, all strikes.” A judge ruled against JCN and the lawsuit was dropped.
JCN regularly distributes a “Defender of Small Business” award to members of Congress. Recipients include Missouri Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer and Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn.
The organization runs the "Information Station" website, which offers "explainer" type videos and articles from a pro-business perspective.
Political Advocacy During COVID 19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, JCN oversaw campaigns on both healthcare policy and business policy. JCN hosted a petition on its “Healthcare for You” website for doctors to show their support for the drug hydroxychloroquine, which had not been approved by the FDA for coronavirus treatment. The organization pledged to deliver the petitions to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20mammals | In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 783 data deficient mammalian species. Of all evaluated mammalian species, 14% are listed as data deficient.
The IUCN also lists 30 mammalian subspecies as data deficient.
Of the subpopulations of mammals evaluated by the IUCN, four species and/or subpopulations have been assessed as data deficient.
This is a complete list of data deficient mammalian species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have data deficient subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.
Primates
There are 20 species and 26 subspecies of primate evaluated as data deficient.
Gibbons
Subspecies
Yunnan lar gibbon
Lemurs
Species
Subspecies
Ranomafana bamboo lemur
Tarsiers
Old World monkeys
Species
Osman Hill's mangabey
Subspecies
New World monkeys
Species
Subspecies
Cetartiodactyls
Cetartiodactyla includes dolphins, whales and even-toed ungulates. There are 61 species, one subspecies, and three subpopulations of cetartiodactyl evaluated as data deficient.
Non-cetacean even-toed ungulates
Cetaceans
There are 45 species, one subspecies, and three subpopulations of cetacean evaluated as data deficient.
Oceanic dolphins
Species
Subpopulations
Long-finned pilot whale (1 subpopulation)
Risso's dolphin (1 subpopulation)
Beaked whales
Species
Subpopulations
Cuvier's beaked whale (1 subpopulation)
Other cetaceans
Species
Subspecies
Pygmy blue whale
Marsupials
Carnivora
Species
Afrosoricida
Pilosa
Subpopulations
Silky anteater (1 subpopulation)
Eulipotyphla
There are 83 species in the order Eulipotyphla evaluated as data deficient.
Shrews
Erinaceids
Long-eared gymnure
Talpids
Lagomorpha
Rodents
There are 380 rodent species evaluated as data deficient.
Hystricomorpha
There are 82 species in Hystricomorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Tuco-tucos
Chinchilla rats
Dasyproctids
Neotropical spiny rat species
New World porcupines
Other Hystricomorpha species
Myomorpha
There are 245 species in Myomorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Murids
Cricetids
Nesomyids
Spalacids
Dipodids
Mouse-like hamsters
Noble mouse-like hamster
Tsolov's mouse-like hamster
Castorimorpha
Lined pocket mouse
Oaxacan pocket gopher
Sciuromorpha
There are 50 species in Sciuromorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Sciurids
Dormice
Anomaluromorpha
Pel's flying squirrel
Cingulata
Bats
There are 191 species and one subspecies of bat evaluated as data deficient.
Megabats
Microbats
There are 171 species and one subspecies of microbat evaluated as data deficient.
Old World leaf-nosed bats
Species
Subspecies
Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat
Horseshoe bats
Vesper bats
Long-fingered bats
Sac-winged bats
Free-tailed bats
Leaf-nosed bats
Slit-faced bats
Mouse-tailed bats
Macinnes's mouse-tailed bat
Disc-winged bats
Thyroptera devivoi
LaVal's disk-winged bat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers%20in%20Human%20Behavior | Computers in Human Behavior is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering human-computer interaction and cyberpsychology. It was established in 1985 and is published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Matthieu Guitton (Laval University). In 2020, the journal launched a companion gold open access peer-reviewed title, Computers in Human Behavior Reports.
Abstracting and indexing
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 6.829.
References
External links
Elsevier academic journals
Human–computer interaction journals
Academic journals established in 1985
Bimonthly journals
English-language journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector%20Mergou | Inspector Mergou is an Algerian computer-animated series produced by Not Found Prod Algerie in 2014, . It is considered the first Algerian computer-animated series ever made.
Description
The Inspector "Mergou" is an Algerian private investigator who works on social crimes. He faces puzzles and solves them without revealing the answers to the audience, thereby encouraging them to participate in the game and identify the culprit from several suspects. Participation in the game is done by sending the answer via SMS. At the beginning of the next episode, the inspector "Mergou" reveals the identity of the culprit.
References
External links
NOT FOUND PROD
2010s Algerian television series
2014 Algerian television series debuts
2015 Algerian television series endings
Algerian animated television series
Computer-animated television series
Echorouk TV original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYNET%20%28surveillance%20program%29 | SKYNET is a program by the U.S. National Security Agency that performs machine learning analysis on communications data to extract information about possible terror suspects. The tool is used to identify targets, such as al-Qaeda couriers, who move between GSM cellular networks. Specifically, mobile usage patterns such as swapping SIM cards within phones that have the same ESN, MEID or IMEI number are deemed indicative of covert activities. Like many other security programs, the SKYNET program uses graphs that consist of a set of nodes and edges to visually represent social networks. The tool also uses classification techniques like random forest analysis. Because the data set includes a very large proportion of true negatives and a small training set, there is a risk of overfitting. Bruce Schneier argues that a false positive rate of 0.008% would be low for commercial applications where "if Google makes a mistake, people see an ad for a car they don't want to buy" but "if the government makes a mistake, they kill innocents."
Participation and partnerships
NSA directorates participating:
Signals Intelligence: S21, S22, SSG
Research: R6
Technology: T12, T14
It has partnerships with TMAC/FASTSCOPE, MIT Lincoln labs and Harvard.
Controversy
The SKYNET project was linked with drone systems, thus creating the potential for false-positives to lead to deaths.
According to NSA, the SKYNET project is able to accurately reconstruct crucial information about the suspects including their social relationships, habits, and patterns of movements through graph-based visualization of GSM data. However, scholars criticize that current security literature conflate statistical discrepancies with behavioral abnormalities and that the anomaly detection methodology SKYNET perpetuates the self/other binary. For example, Al-Jazeera's bureau chief in Islamabad, Ahmad Zaidan, was wrongly identified as the most probable member of al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood on their records.
See also
Global surveillance
References
National Security Agency operations
Intelligence agency programmes revealed by Edward Snowden
Drone warfare
Extrajudicial killings
Targeted killing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cluster%20management%20software | List of software for cluster management.
Free and open source
HA
Apache Mesos, from the Apache Software Foundation
Kubernetes, founded by Google Inc, from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Heartbeat, from Linux-HA
Docker Swarm
Red Hat cluster suite
OpenShift and OKD, from Red Hat
Nomad, from HashiCorp
Rancher, from Rancher Labs
TrinityX from ClusterVision Solutions
Corosync Cluster Engine
OpenSVC
K3s (“Lightweight Kubernetes“), from Rancher Labs
non-HA
oneSIS
OpenHPC
OpenSAF, founded by Motorola, from OpenSAF Foundation, implements Service Availability Forum
Rocks Cluster Distribution
Stacki, from StackIQ
YARN, distributed with Apache Hadoop
xCAT
Warewulf
Foreman
Proprietary
Amazon Elastic Container Service
Borg, used at Google
Bright Cluster Manager, from Bright Computing
CycleCloud, from Cycle Computing acquired By Microsoft
IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms, from IBM
Microsoft Cluster Server, from Microsoft
Twine, from Facebook
HPE Performance Cluster Manager - HPCM, from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Dell/EMC - Remote Cluster Manager (RCM)
Aspen Systems Inc - Aspen Cluster Management Environment (ACME)
Evidian SafeKit
IBM PowerHA system mirror
Veritas Cluster Server
See also
Comparison of cluster software
References
Cluster computing
Cluster management software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperledger | Hyperledger (or the Hyperledger Project) is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools that the Linux Foundation started in December 2015. IBM, Intel, and SAP Ariba have contributed to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. It was renamed the Hyperledger Foundation in October 2021.
History and aims
In December 2015, the Linux Foundation announced the creation of the Hyperledger Project. The founding project members were announced in February 2016, with ten further members and the governing board announced a month later on March 29. On May 19, Brian Behlendorf was appointed the project’s executive director.
The project’s objective is to advance cross-industry collaboration by developing blockchains and distributed ledgers, focusing on improving the systems’ performance and reliability (compared to cryptocurrency designs) so they can support global business transactions by major technological, financial, and supply chain companies. The project integrates independent open protocols and standards in a framework for use-specific modules, including blockchains with their own consensus and storage routines, and services for identity, access control and smart contracts. There was some debate about whether the Hyperledger would develop its own bitcoin-type cryptocurrency, but Behlendorf clearly stated the Hyperledger Project would never build its own cryptocurrency.
In early 2016, the project began accepting proposals for incubation of codebases and other technologies as core elements. One of the first proposals was for a codebase combining previous work by Digital Asset, Blockstream's libconsensus and IBM's OpenBlockchain. This was later named Fabric. In May, Intel's distributed ledger, named Sawtooth, was incubated.
In January 2018, Hyperledger released the production-ready Sawtooth 1.0. In January 2019, the first long-term-support version of Hyperledger Fabric (v1.4) was announced.
Daniela Barbosa was named executive director of Hyperledger Foundation in October 2021.
Members and governance
Early members of the initiative included blockchain ISVs, (Blockchain, ConsenSys, Digital Asset, R3, Onchain), well-known technology platform companies (Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC, NTT DATA, Red Hat, VMware), financial services firms (ABN AMRO, ANZ Bank, BNY Mellon, CLS Group, CME Group, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Deutsche Börse Group, J.P. Morgan, State Street, SWIFT, Wells Fargo, Sberbank), business software companies like SAP, academic institutions (Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Blockchain at Columbia, UCLA Blockchain Lab), systems integrators and others (Accenture, Calastone, Wipro, Credits, Guardtime, IntellectEU, Nxt Foundation, Symbiont, Smart Block Laboratory).
The governing board of the Hyperledger Project consists of ten members chaired by Robert Palatnick, (managing director and chief technology architect for DTCC), and a fifteen-membe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2061000-4-5 | IEC 61000-4-5 is an international standard by the International Electrotechnical Commission on surge immunity. In an electrical installation, disruptive surges can appear on power and data lines. Their sources include abrupt load switching and faults in the power system, as well as induced lightning transients from an indirect lightning strike (direct lightning is out of scope in this standard). It necessitates the test of surge immunity in electrical or electronic equipment. IEC 61000-4-5 defines test set-up, procedures, and classification levels.
In particular, it standardizes the required surge voltage and current waveforms for laboratory testing, with the "1.2/50-8/20 μs" impulse being the most frequently used surge waveform. Although this standard is designed for testing equipment as a whole at system level, not for individual protection devices, in practice this surge waveform is often also used for rating Transient Voltage Suppressors (TVS), Gas Discharge Tubes (GDT), Metal Oxide Varistors (MOV), and other surge protection devices.
The current version is Third Edition (2014), amended in 2017.
Test Setup
Two major components are defined in this standard: two types of Combination Wave Generators (CWG) and various Coupling/Decoupling Networks (CDN) depending on the test level and type.
First, a Combination Wave Generator is a standardized impulse generator (sometimes also referred to as a lightning surge generator), it's used for producing simulated, standard voltage and current surges under laboratory conditions. Subsequently, the surge is transmitted into a port of the Device-Under-Test (DUT) via a coupling network. Finally, to prevent surges from reaching other devices via the power system during the test, a decoupling network is also inserted between the power line and the DUT.
Surge Waveforms
The Combination Wave Generator is required to have an output floating from ground, and be capable of generating both positive and negative impulses. Its repetition rate should be at least one impulse per 60 seconds.
The surge is defined by the Combination Wave Generator's open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current waveforms, characterized by front time, duration, and peak values. With an open circuit output, the surge voltage is a double exponential pulse in the form of . With a short circuit output, the surge current waveform is a damped sine wave. The ratio between the peak open-circuit voltage and the peak short-circuit current is 2, giving an effective output impedance of 2 Ω.
Usually, the voltage waveform has a 1.2 μs front time and a 50 μs duration, and the current waveform has a 8 μs front time and 20 μs duration. This is the most commonly used surge waveform for most applications, often referred to as a "1.2/50-8/20 μs" surge.
Alternatively, for outdoor telecommunication networks that experience a higher surge level, the standard also defines a more energetic generator with a 10/700 μs voltage waveform and a 5/320 μs current |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland%20Computing%20Center | The Holland Computing Center, often abbreviated HCC, is the high-performance computing core for the University of Nebraska System. HCC has locations in both the University of Nebraska-Lincoln June and Paul Schorr III Center for Computer Science & Engineering and the University of Nebraska Omaha Peter Kiewit Institute.
The center was named after Omaha businessman Richard Holland who donated considerably to the university for the project.
Both locations provide various research computing services and hardware. The retrofitted facilities at the PKI location include the Crane Supercomputer which “is used by scientists and engineers to study topics such as nanoscale chemistry, subatomic physics, meteorology, crashworthiness, artificial intelligence and bioinformatics” and Anvil, the Holland Computing Center's "Cloud" based on the OpenStack Architecture. Other resources include "Rhino" for shared memory processing and "Red" for LHC grid computing.
Active resources
Crane
The Crane Supercomputer is HCC's most powerful supercomputer and is used as the primary computational resource for many researchers within the University of Nebraska system across a variety of disciplines. When it was implemented in 2013, Crane was ranked 474 in the TOP500. As of May 2019, Crane is composed of 548 nodes offering a total of 12,236 cores, 68,000 GB of memory, and 57 Nvidia GPU's. Crane has 1.5 PB of available Lustre storage (1 PB = 1 million gigabytes).
In 2017, Crane received a major upgrade, adding nodes with the Omnipath InfiniBand Architecture.
Rhino
Rhino is the latest addition to HCC's Resources, taking the place of the former Tusker super computer, using nodes from both Tusker and Sandhills. At its creation in June 2019, Rhino was composed of 112 nodes offering a total of 7,168 cores, 25,856 GB of memory. The cluster has 360 TB of Lustre storage available.
Red
Red is the resource for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's US CMS Tier-2 site. Initially created in August 2005, the cluster initially contained 111 nodes with 444 AMD Opteron 275 or AMD Opteron 2216 processors and 100TB of storage. Over time, Red has grown to 344 nodes with 7,280 cores mixed between Intel Xeon processors and AMD Opteron processors and 7 PB of storage using the Hadoop Distributed File System.
Red's primary focus is the CMS project in Switzerland, including the recent discovery of the LIGO gravitational wave discovery.
Attic
Attic is HCC's near-line data archival system for researchers to use either in aggregation with the computing resources offered, or independently. Attic currently has 1 PB of available data storage backed up daily at both Omaha and Lincoln locations.
Anvil
Anvil is HCC's cloud computing resource, based on the OpenStack software. Anvil allows researchers to create virtual machines to do research or test concepts not well suited to a cluster environment or where root access is needed. Anvil currently has 1,500 cores, 19,400 GB of memory, and 500 TB of availab |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne%20M.%20Cohoon | Joanne Louise McGrath Cohoon (c. 1954 – February 14, 2016) was an American sociologist noted for
her research on gender imbalance in computing.
Biography
Cohoon received a B.A. in philosophy from Ramapo College in 1976. She received a M.A. in student personnel administration in higher education from Columbia University Teachers College in 1979 and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Virginia in 2000.
She was a research assistant professor at the University of Virginia from 2000 to 2003. From 2004 to 2016 she was a senior research scientist with the National Center for Women & Information Technology. In 2005 she became an adjunct research professor in the department of sociology at the University of Virginia, and in 2010 she was an associate professor in the department of science, technology and society, also at the University of Virginia. In 2016 Cohoon was promoted to professor.
Cohoon, who had metastatic breast cancer, died on February 14, 2016, at the age of 61.
Career
Cohoon researched the gender imbalance in computing, and focused on putting this knowledge into practice. She wrote a paper showing evidence that culture and social structures contribute to fewer women in the field of computing technology. At NCWIT she was a key senior research scientist and the co-founder of Extension Services for Undergraduate Programs (ES-UP), a nationwide program that provides customized consultation to undergraduate computing programs to help them increasing women's participation. She was also active in the Pacesetters program: a fast-track program where committed corporate, entrepreneurial, and academic leaders work across organizational boundaries to accelerate change that improves the meaningful participation of technical women in their organizations.
Awards
In 2015 she won the A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award for her work in developing practices that increase women in computing. Since her death, NCWIT has named a plenary at their annual Summit after Joanne. At this plenary, leading social science researchers speak on wide-ranging and thought-provoking topics related to women's participation in computing and technology.
References
External links
University of Virginia: Johann Cohoon, Department of Science, Technology and Society
University of Virginia faculty
2016 deaths
People from Brooklyn
Ramapo College alumni
Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
University of Virginia alumni
1950s births
American women sociologists
American sociologists
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channing%20Dungey | Channing Nicole Dungey (born March 14, 1969) is an American television executive and the first black American president of a major broadcast television network. In 2020, she was announced as the new chairwoman and CEO of Warner Bros. Television Studios.
Early life
Dungey was born in Sacramento, California, to Don and Judith Dungey. She is the oldest of two daughters; her younger sister is actress Merrin Dungey. Dungey graduated from Rio Americano High School in 1986. In 1991, Dungey graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Career
Dungey began her career in entertainment as a development assistant for producers J. Todd Harris and Joseph M. Singer. She later joined Warner Bros. as a production assistant, where she helped develop and supervise a number of commercially successful films including The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Heat (1995), The Matrix (1999), and The Devil's Advocate (1997). Dungey joined ABC Studios in the summer of 2004 and worked as head of drama. Dungey was hired as president of ABC Entertainment on February 17, 2016, replacing Paul Lee. This appointment made her the first Black executive to run a major network's entertainment division. Dungey oversaw the development of ABC Studios shows such as Scandal,How to Get Away with Murder, Nashville, Quantico, Army Wives, and Once Upon a Time. She was president of the division during the second cancellation of Roseanne on May 29, 2018. Dungey previously defended Roseanne over racially controversial jokes made on the show. She was ABC Entertainment's president when a Black-ish episode was pulled from the schedule. Dungey noted ABC executives disagreed with the creative direction of the episode, wherein the writers touched on NFL players kneeling during the American national anthem to protest police brutality and show support for Black human rights.
On November 16, 2018, Dungey left her role as President of the ABC Entertainment Group in advance of management changes triggered by Disney's takeover of 21st Century Fox. Karey Burke, head of original programming for Disney's Freeform cable channel, took Dungey's position as head of ABC Entertainment. On December 17, 2018, it was reported that Netflix had hired Dungey as their new vice president of original content. While at Netflix Dungey reported to Cindy Holland, Netflix's vice president of original content. She worked with fellow ABC alums Shonda Rhimes and Kenya Barris at Netflix. She left Netflix in October 2020.
On October 19, 2020, it was announced that Dungey would succeed Peter Roth in the position of chairwoman of Warner Bros. Television Group, reporting to Ann Sarnoff. This role makes her one of few Black executives in a Hollywood television studio.
On May 4, 2021, the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League announced that Dungey and her spouse Scott Power had joined the women's soccer team's ownership group.
Personal life
Married to Scott Power since 2003, Dungey serves on the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich%20Edson | Rich Edson (born August 2, 1981, in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is the State Department Correspondent for Fox News Channel and a former Washington Correspondent for Fox Business Network.
He holds a Master of Science in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York, New York and a dual degree in history and journalism from Rutgers College of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. During his college years, Edson announced Rutgers sports on WRSU-FM and interned for Saturday Night Live. Edson grew up in Dumont, New Jersey and attended Dumont High School, where he met his future wife as a member of the marchingband.
References
External links
Rich Edson – Fox News
Living people
1981 births
21st-century American journalists
American television reporters and correspondents
Dumont High School alumni
Fox News people
People from Dumont, New Jersey
People from Ridgewood, New Jersey
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STELLA%20%28programming%20language%29 | STELLA (short for Systems Thinking, Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation; also marketed as iThink) is a visual programming language for system dynamics modeling introduced by Barry Richmond in 1985. The program, distributed by isee systems (formerly High Performance Systems) allows users to run models created as graphical representations of a system using four fundamental building blocks. STELLA has been used in academia as a teaching tool and has been utilized in a variety of research and business applications. The program has received positive reviews, being praised in particular for its ease of use and low cost.
History
While working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960s, Jay Wright Forrester developed the earliest understanding of system dynamics which he argued could only be understood using models. Dartmouth College systems science professor Barry Richmond founded High Performance Systems in 1984. With the financial support of Analog Devices, Inc. and technical support from Apple Computer, he developed STELLA (short for Structural Thinking, Experimental Learning Laboratory with Animation) at his company. He presented the prototype for the visual programming language in 1985 at the System Dynamics Society's annual conference in a paper entitled "STELLA: Software for Bringing System Dynamics to the Other 98%".
Within that paper, Richmond mused on the study of system dynamics: "If this stuff really is so great, then why hasn't the field 'taken off'?" Steve Peterson, a colleague of Richmond's, reflected after his death in 2002 that Richmond held the belief that modeling was a tool everyone should be using and that that notion was reflected in Richmond's work. He quoted a 1994 paper in which Richmond described STELLA as "quite unique, quite powerful, and quite broadly useful as a way of thinking and or learning. It's also capable of being quite transparent–leveraging the way we learn biology, manage our businesses, or run our personal lives".
Functionality and features
STELLA's approach to modeling systems shares some similarities with a precursor, the DYNAMO simulation language. DYNAMO explicitly defined "stocks" (reservoirs) and "flows" (inputs and outputs) as key variables in a system, a vocabulary that STELLA shares. Within STELLA, users are presented with a graphical user interface in which they may create graphical models of a system using four fundamentals: stocks, flows, converters, and connectors. Relationships between converters (which convey transforming variables) and other elements may be drawn with converters. Users are able to input values for stocks, flows, and converters (including a variety of built-in functions). STELLA does not differentiate between external and intermediate variables within a system; all of them are represented with converters.
The software produces finite difference equations that describe the graphical model and allows users to select a numerical analysis method to apply |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon%20Network%20Amazone | Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark () was a Cartoon Network themed waterpark located at 888 Moo 8, Na Jomtien, Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, 15 kilometers away from South Pattaya. The park recreated an atmosphere of the Amazon rainforest with attractions and activities such as water slides, themed dining options, an artificial sea, rafting, flowriding and live shows, all featuring Cartoon Network characters like: Ben 10 and his aliens, Adventure Time's Finn and Jake, The Powerpuff Girls, and Johnny Bravo.
The park halted operations on 24 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, and announced in 2021 that it would cease operating as the Cartoon Network Amazone. It has since been rebranded as the Columbia Pictures Aquaverse, themed to Sony Pictures properties.
History
Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark was operated by Amazon Falls Company Limited. The waterpark's construction began in 2012 by the main road in Na Jomtien close to Bang Saray beach. The waterpark's opening date was scheduled in the Fourth quarter of 2013, but was postponed due to delayed construction. In August 2014 the park was opened only for annual pass members and invited guests. On Friday, October 3, 2014, Cartoon Network Amazone opened to the public.
Zones and Attractions
Cartoon Network Amazone Waterpark was divided into six zones. There were three zones with water slides including the Omniverse Zone, Adventure Zone, and Cartoonival Zone, which comprised eighteen slides in total. The three zones without water slides, were Mega Wave, Riptide Rapids, and Surf Arena. All slides were supplied by Polin Waterparks.
Omniverse Zone
The largest zone of the park included six water slides inspired by characters from Ben 10.
Humungaslide - A dual-lane raft slide inspired by Ultimate Humungousaur. It sent 2 riders through twists and turns, then dropped them from 8 meters high at a speed of 51 km/h.
Intergalactic Racers - A multi-lane slide inspired by Bloxx. Four riders would lie headfirst on mats racing each other from series of bumps, twists and serpentine tubes to the final open flume.
Goop Loop - The ride started in Goop's enclosed capsule where a trap door released below the feet, dropping the rider into a 12-meter free-fall, then propelling them into a 360-degree loop.
XLR8-TOR - A pipe-style water slide that plunged riders from a height of 18 meters.
Alien Attack - Two people took rafts through a 110-meter long water slide. It was divided into three parts, each denoting a different character theme. Each of them consisted of twists and turns connected by large space shuttles.
The Omnitrix - The ride started as four riders riding a raft through a long twisted tube into a 23-meter tall sphere, featuring digital projection and surround sound. It was inspired by Ben 10's famous alien device.
Adventure Zone
The Adventure Zone housed three water slides, featuring characters from Adventure Time and Johnny Bravo.
Jake Jump - Jake's huge yellow slide. 2 riders ride a dua |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20birds | As of December 2020, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 46 data deficient avian species. 0.47% of all evaluated avian species are listed as data deficient.
No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient avian species evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.
Procellariiformes
Gruiformes
Owls
Passerines
Caprimulgiformes
Other bird species
See also
Lists of IUCN Red List data deficient species
List of least concern birds
List of near threatened birds
List of vulnerable birds
List of endangered birds
List of critically endangered birds
List of recently extinct birds
References
Birds
Data deficient birds
Data deficient birds |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20ridge%20networks | Linear ridge networks are found in various places on Mars in and around craters. These features have also been called "polygonal ridge networks," "boxwork ridges", and "reticulate ridges." Ridges often appear as mostly straight segments that intersect in a lattice-like manner. They are hundreds of meters long, tens of meters high, and several meters wide. It is thought that impacts created fractures in the surface, these fractures later acted as channels for fluids. Fluids cemented the structures. With the passage of time, surrounding material was eroded away, thereby leaving hard ridges behind.
It is reasonable to think that on Mars impacts broke the ground with cracks since faults are often formed in impact craters on Earth. One could guess that these ridge networks were dikes, but dikes would go more or less in the same direction, as compared to these ridges that have a large variety of orientations. Since the ridges occur in locations with clay, these formations could serve as a marker for clay which requires water for its formation. Water here could have supported past life in these locations. Clay may also preserve fossils or other traces of past life.
These ridges could be formed by large impacts that produced fractures, faults, or dikes made up of melted rock and/or crushed rock (breccia). One formation mechanism proposed by Quinn and Ehlmann in 2017 was that sediment was deposited and eventually the sediment underwent diagenesis which caused a loss of volume and fractures. After erosion exposed the fractures, they were filled with minerals possibly by acid-sulfate fluids. More erosion removed softer materials and left the more resistant ridges behind. If the impact-caused dike is made of purely melted rock from the heat of the impact, it is called a pseudotachylite .
Also, hydrothermalism may have been involved due to the heat generated during impacts. Strong evidence for hydrothermalism was reported by a team of researchers studying Auki Crater. This crater contains ridges that may have been produced after fractures formed with an impact. Using instruments on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter they found the minerals smectite, silica, zeolite, serpentine, carbonate, and chlorite that are common in impact-induced hydrothermal systems on Earth. Other evidence of post-impact hydrothermal systems on Mars from other scientists who studied other Martian craters.
Because ridges seem to be found in older crust only, it is believed that they occurred early in the history of Mars when there were more and larger asteroids striking the planet.
These early impacts may have caused the early crust to be full of interconnected channels.
These networks have been found many regions of Mars including in Arabia Terra (Arabia quadrangle), northern Meridiani Planum, Solis Planum, Noachis Terra (Noachis quadrangle), Atlantis Chaos, and Nepenthes Mensa (Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle).
A somewhat different ridge formation has been d |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%20Somebody%20Waits%20for%20Me | "Where Somebody Waits for Me" is the sixteenth episode of Pretty Little Liars' sixth season, and the 136th episode overall. It first aired on the Freeform network in the United States on February 16, 2016. The episode was directed and written by executive producer and frequent collaborator Joseph Dougherty. In the episode, new relationships cause confusion and tense moments. The Liars start to investigate Sara Harvey, while themselves being investigated by Detective Tanner.
Upon its initial airing, the episode yielded 1.36 million viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, up from the previous episode, and received generally mixed reviews from critics, who criticized its pacing and felt that its writing was mostly sluggish and reminiscent of the show's weakest episodes.
Plot
As the girls continue to be targeted by the new 'A', they must deal with the consequences of their lies and the jeopardy they have put their loved ones in. Hanna (Ashley Benson) deals with the repercussions of quitting her job and, despite finding comfort with Jordan (David Coussins), she begins to worry that her new relationship is in danger when the new 'A' begins to hint at her to end her relationship. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) discover a file on Yvonne's phone containing Veronica's (Lesley Fera) medical records and Spencer becomes worried that her mother is keeping secrets from her regarding her health, which could possibly jeopardize her campaign.
Liam (Roberto Aguire) surprises Aria (Lucy Hale) in Rosewood and Aria admits to Liam the truth about Ezra's new book after he reveals to her the writing is too similar to her own. Alison (Sasha Pieterse) explains to Spencer that she and Elliott (Huw Collins) are more than just friends, but they cannot reveal their relationship as it would be deemed "inappropriate". Spencer confronts Mona (Janel Parrish), who tells her that she had Yvonne leave her phone on purpose because she wanted Spencer to find the file. Emily (Shay Mitchell) is devastated when she discovers that her eggs have been destroyed, as well as countless others, after a freezer "malfunctioned", but she believes that the new 'A' had something to do with it.
Detective Tanner (Roma Maffia) tells Emily she finds it suspicious that homicides only occur when the girls are in town and reveals her intentions of digging deeper into the murder of Charlotte DiLuarentis. Hanna, Emily and Aria investigate the mysterious alleyway to which the ladder in Sara's room leads to and uncover a secret passage that leads to somewhere out the back of the hotel. Ezra (Ian Harding) returns and reveals to Aria that the night of Charlotte's death, he saw Aria's parents who asked him not to tell her that they were getting close again and after a few drinks, he went home, stating his innocence. He also gives Aria the next three chapters of his book which incidentally she has already written for him. The episode ends with Spencer discovering Melissa's suitcase is broken wi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyr%20%28operating%20system%29 | Zephyr () is a small real-time operating system (RTOS) for connected, resource-constrained and embedded devices (with an emphasis on microcontrollers) supporting multiple architectures and released under the Apache License 2.0. Zephyr includes a kernel, and all components and libraries, device drivers, protocol stacks, file systems, and firmware updates, needed to develop full application software.
History
Zephyr originated from Virtuoso RTOS for digital signal processors (DSPs). In 2001, Wind River Systems acquired Belgian software company Eonic Systems, the developer of Virtuoso. In November 2015, Wind River Systems renamed the operating system to Rocket, made it open-source and royalty-free. Compared to Wind River's other RTOS, VxWorks, Rocket had a much smaller memory needs, especially suitable for sensors and single-function embedded devices. Rocket could fit into as little as 4 KB of memory, while VxWorks needed 200 KB or more.
In February 2016, Rocket became a hosted collaborative project of the Linux Foundation under the name Zephyr. Wind River Systems contributed the Rocket kernel to Zephyr, but still provided Rocket to its clients, charging them for the cloud services. As a result, Rocket became "essentially the commercial version of Zephyr".
Since then, early members and supporters of Zephyr include Intel, NXP Semiconductors, Synopsys, Linaro, Texas Instruments, DeviceTone, Nordic Semiconductor, Oticon, and Bose.
, Zephyr had the largest number of contributors and commits compared to other RTOSes (including Mbed, RT-Thread, NuttX, and RIOT).
Features
Zephyr intends to provide all components needed to develop resource-constrained and embedded or microcontroller-based applications. This includes, but is not limited to:
A small kernel
A flexible configuration and build system for compile-time definition of required resources and modules
A set of protocol stacks (IPv4 and IPv6, Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), LwM2M, MQTT, 802.15.4, Thread, Bluetooth Low Energy, CAN)
A virtual file system interface with several flash file systems for non-volatile storage (FatFs, LittleFS, NVS)
Management and device firmware update mechanisms
Configuration and build system
Zephyr uses Kconfig and devicetree as its configuration systems, inherited from the Linux kernel but implemented in the programming language Python for portability to non-Unix operating systems. The RTOS build system is based on CMake, which allows Zephyr applications to be built on Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.
Kernel
Early Zephyr kernels used a dual nanokernel plus microkernel design. In December 2016, with Zephyr 1.6, this changed to a monolithic kernel.
The kernel offers several features that distinguish it from other small OSes:
Single address space
Multiple scheduling algorithms
Highly configurable and modular for flexibility, with resources defined at compile-time
Memory protection unit (MPU) based protection
Asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP, based o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Next%20%3A15 | The Next :15 is an American reality television series that premiered on February 10, 2016, on the TV One cable network. The show chronicles the next chapter in the careers of six reality television veterans.
Cast
Tiffany Pollard former cast member of Celebrity Big Brother, Flavor of Love, I Love New York, New York Goes to Hollywood, and New York Goes to Work.
Benzino former cast member of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars.
Jennifer Williams former cast member of Basketball Wives.
Claudia Jordan former cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Celebrity Apprentice, and Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars.
Laura Govan former cast member of Basketball Wives LA.
Karamo Brown former cast member of The Real World: Philadelphia.
Episodes
See also
15 minutes of fame
References
External links
2010s American reality television series
2016 American television series debuts
English-language television shows
Television shows set in Los Angeles
TV One (American TV channel) original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RocksDB | RocksDB is a high performance embedded database for key-value data. It is a fork of Google's LevelDB optimized to exploit multi-core processors (CPUs), and make efficient use of fast storage, such as solid-state drives (SSD), for input/output (I/O) bound workloads. It is based on a log-structured merge-tree (LSM tree) data structure. It is written in C++ and provides official language bindings for C++, C, and Java. Many third-party language bindings exist. RocksDB is free and open-source software, released originally under a BSD 3-clause license. However, in July 2017 the project was migrated to a dual license of both Apache 2.0 and GPLv2 license. This change helped its adoption in Apache Software Foundation's projects after blacklist of the previous BSD+Patents license clause.
RocksDB is used in production systems at various web-scale enterprises including Facebook, Yahoo!, and LinkedIn.
Features
RocksDB, like LevelDB, stores keys and values in arbitrary byte arrays, and data is sorted byte-wise by key or by providing a custom comparator.
RocksDB provides all of the features of LevelDB, plus:
Transactions
Backups and snapshots
Column families
Bloom filters
Time to live (TTL) support
Universal compaction
Merge operators
Statistics collection
Geospatial indexing
and others: List of RocksDB features that are not in LevelDB.
RocksDB is not an SQL database (although MyRocks combines RocksDB with MySQL). Like other NoSQL and dbm stores, it has no relational data model, and it does not support SQL queries. Also, it has no direct support for secondary indexes, however a user may build their own internally using Column Families or externally. Applications use RocksDB as a library, as it provides no server or command-line interface.
History
RocksDB was created at Facebook by Dhruba Borthakur in April 2012, as a fork of LevelDB with the initial stated goal of improving performance for server workloads.
Integration
As an embeddable database, RocksDB can be used as a storage engine within a larger database management system (DBMS). For example, Rockset uses RocksDB mostly for analytical data processing.
Alternative backend
The following projects have been started to replace or offer alternative storage engines for already-established database systems with RocksDB:
ArangoDB
ArangoDB has added RocksDB to its previous storage engine ("mmfiles"). Starting with ArangoDB 3.4, RocksDB will be the default storage engine in ArangoDB.
Cassandra
Cassandra on RocksDB can improve the performance of Apache Cassandra significantly (3-4 times faster in general, 100 times faster in some use-cases). The Instagram team at Facebook developed and open-sourced their code, along with benchmarks of their performance results.
MariaDB
MariaDB can use the MyRocks storage engine (which is forked from RocksDB) since MariaDB 10.2.5 (Alpha status) and stable since MariaDB 10.2.16 in 2018.
MongoDB
The MongoRocks project provides a storage module for MongoDB w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20Reed%E2%80%93Solomon%20encoding | Binary Reed–Solomon coding (BRS), which belongs to a RS code, is a way of encoding that can fix node data loss in a distributed storage environment. It has maximum distance separable (MDS) encoding properties. Its encoding and decoding rate outperforms conventional RS coding and optimum CRS coding.
Background
RS coding is a fault-tolerant encoding method for a distributed storage environment. Suppose we wish to distribute data across individual devices for improved storage capacity or bandwidth, for example in a hardware RAID setup. Such a configuration risks significant data loss in the event of device failure. The Reed-Solomon encoding produces a storage coding system which robust to the simultaneous failure of any subset of nodes. To do this, we adding additional nodes to the system, for a total of storage nodes.
Traditional RS encoding method uses the Vandermonde matrix as a coding matrix and its inverse as the decoding matrix. Traditional RS encoding and decoding operations are all carried out on a large finite domain.
Because BRS encoding and decoding employ only shift and XOR operations, they are much faster than traditional RS coding. The algorithm of BRS coding is proposed by the advanced network technology laboratory of Peking University, and it also released the open source implementation of BRS coding. In the actual environment test, the encoding and decoding speed of BRS is faster than that of CRS. In the design and implementation of distributed storage system, using BRS coding can make the system have the characteristics of fault tolerant regeneration.
Principle
BRS encoding principle
The structure of traditional Reed–Solomon codes is based on finite fields, and the BRS code is based on the shift and XOR operation. BRS encoding is based on the Vandermonde matrix, and its specific encoding steps are as follows:
1、Equally divides the original data blocks into blocks, and each block of data has -bit data, recorded as
where , .
2、Builds the calibration data block ， has a total of blocks:
where , .
The addition here are all XOR operation，where represents the number of bits of "0" added to the front of the original data block .Thereby forming a parity data block . is given by the following way:
where .
3、Each node stores data, nodes store the data as .
BRS encoding example
If now , there ， ， . The original data block are , where , The calibration data for each block are ，where .
Calculation of calibration data blocks is as follows, the addition operation represents a bit XOR operation:
, so
, so
, so
BRS decoding principle
In the structure of BRS code, we divide the original data blocks into blocks. They are . And encoding has been block calibration data blocks, there are .
During the decoding process, there is a necessary condition: The number of undamaged calibration data blocks have to be greater than or equal to the number of the original data blocks that missing, if not, it can |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBQ%20Blitz | BBQ Blitz is an American cooking-themed television series that airs on Food Network. It is presented by chef and former American football player Eddie Jackson, who had most recently come to prominence as the winner of the eleventh season of the Food Network series Food Network Star. The series features Jackson traveling to different locations within the United States and overseeing a cooking competition between three participants, with the winner receiving a prize of $5,000 as well as "BBQ bragging rights".
BBQ Blitz premiered on October 9, 2015.
References
External links
2010s American cooking television series
2015 American television series debuts
Cooking competitions in the United States
English-language television shows
Food Network original programming
Reality cooking competition television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ%20Duke | TVNZ Duke (), formerly Duke and stylized as TVNZ DUKE or DUKE, is a New Zealand television channel run by state broadcaster Television New Zealand. It screens programming targeted at a male audience. It was launched on 20 March 2016 to replace TVNZ's popup channel that was used to air the Wimbledon Championships. Initially advertised as a male-skewed channel, this branding was later dropped.
TVNZ Duke offers a schedule of programmes which include comedy, drama, documentaries, movies, music (under the DUKEbox Music banner) and sport. It initially broadcast between the hours of 6pm and midnight, and occasionally screened live sport events outside these hours; On average, it currently broadcasts from 10.30am until late on weekdays and from 7am until late on weekends. The channel is available on Freeview channel 6 and channel 23 on Sky. Some programmes are also available on the streaming service TVNZ+.
TVNZ Duke started broadcasting in 1080i HD on terrestrially channel 13 on 11 January 2018; the online live stream of the channel had already been streaming up to 720p.
Programming
Local series
The Moment
Banter
NZ Hunter Adventures
Misadventures
Wild Kai Legends
Short & Wide
Quizmas
The Inside Word
Dog Squad
Motorway Patrol
Spiky Gold Hunters
Southern Pro Wrestling
Late Night Big Breakfast
Sports rights
Formula E (Live and Weekly Highlights Shows)
Licensed from Sky Sport :
AFL Aussie Rules Football (Live, Delayed and Highlights)
Licensed from Spark Sport :
Wimbledon Tennis Championships (Live, Highlights, Match of the Day)
Heineken Champions Cup (Two matches per week in weekend morning)
World Rally Championship (Live and Replays)
FIH
2022 Women's and 2023 Men's World Cups
Men's and Women's Hockey Pro Leagues (Live coverage for NZ matches only)
Cricket
Men's Super Smash
Women's Super Smash
TVNZ Duke+1
TVNZ Duke+1 is a one-hour timeshifted channel that was launched on Freeview on 17 November 2020. TVNZ Duke+1 is available on Channel 12 on Freeview via UHF and Sky channel 504.
References
External links
TVNZ
Television channels in New Zealand
English-language television stations in New Zealand |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Brandst%C3%A4dt | Andreas Brandstädt (born 17 January 1949 in Arnstadt, East Germany) is a German mathematician and computer scientist.
Life and work
He graduated from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany, with a Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in stochastics in 1976 and a habilitation (Dr. sc. nat.) in complexity theory in 1983.
Since 1974 he worked there in the group of his academic teacher Gerd Wechsung.
From 1991 to 1994, he was the professor for Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics,
at the University of Duisburg, Germany,
and from 1994 to 2014 he was the professor for Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Rostock, Germany.
He was a visiting professor at the universities of Metz, Amiens, and Clermont-Ferrand (France) and at the University of Primorska in Koper
(Slovenia). He was Invited Speaker at various conferences in Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Brasil, Canada, China, France, Greece, India, Israel, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
Brandstädt is an active researcher in graph algorithms, discrete mathematics, combinatorial optimization, and graph theory. A frequently used tool in his papers is tree structure of graphs and hypergraphs such as for hypertrees, strongly chordal graphs and chordal graphs.
He frequently took part in program committees such as Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (and four times was a co-organizer of this
conference) and is member of the Editorial Board of Discrete Applied Mathematics.
Selected bibliography
Andreas Brandstädt, Graphen und Algorithmen, Teubner-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1994,
Andreas Brandstädt, Van Bang Le, and Jeremy P. Spinrad Graph Classes: A Survey, SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications, Philadelphia, PA, 1999, second edition 2004
Andreas Brandstädt, Van Bang Le, and Jeremy P. Spinrad Graph Classes: A Survey, SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications, Philadelphia, PA, 1999, 2nd edition 2004
Andreas Brandstädt, Feodor Dragan, Victor Chepoi, and Vitaly Voloshin, Dually chordal graphs, SIAM J. Discrete Math. Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 437–455, 1998
Andreas Brandstädt, Feodor Dragan, and Ekkehard Köhler, Linear time algorithms for Hamiltonian problems on (claw,net)-free graphs, SIAM J. Comput. Vol 30 No. 5, pp. 1662–1677, 2000
Andreas Brandstädt, Van Bang Le, and R. Sritharan, Structure and linear-time recognition of 4-leaf powers, ACM Transactions on Algorithms Vol. 5, Issue 1, Article No. 11, 2008
Andreas Brandstädt and Raffaele Mosca, Dominating Induced Matchings for P7-Free Graphs in Linear Time, Algorithmica Vol 68, pp. 998–1018, 2014
References
External links
Andreas Brandstädt's Home Page
20th-century German mathematicians
21st-century German mathematicians
Living people
1949 births
Theory of computation
Graph theorists
German computer scientists
People from Arnstadt
University of Jena alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee%20Live | Zee Live is an IP division of Zee Entertainment Enterprises that aims to create programming for all age groups in India. Currently under its umbrella are 3 productions – Arth – A Culture Fest in culture, Supermoon in music and comic, and Zee Educare in education. Swaroop Banerjee now heads Zee Live.
Divisions
Arth – A Culture Fest
The first season of Arth was held on 1 and 2 December 2018, at P C Chandra Garden, Kolkata and on 8, 9 & 10 December 2018, at IGNCA, New Delhi, and the second season was held on 4 & 5 January 2020, at Swabhumi, Kolkata and 21, 22 and 23 February, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.
Supermoon
Supermoon brings entertainment acts from around the world to India.
Zee Educare
Zee Educare is an alternate career festival for students.
Season 1 of the festival took place on 20th and 21st April 2019, and Season 2 on 23rd and 24th November 2019.
Zee Educare also hosts a nation-wide talent hunt titled "Big Break" where the top 5 entries are given an opportunity to perform live at the festival. The winner of the Big Break wins Rs 50,000 and the top 5 are given the opportunity to open for the headliner.
References
External links
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Mass media companies of India
Entertainment companies of India
1980 establishments in India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Joy%20Winans | Deborah Joy Imani Winans (born September 6, 1983) is an American actress and singer, and member of the musical Winans family. She starred as Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.
Life and career
Winans was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Carvin and Deborah Kerr Winans. She graduated with a BFA degree from Wayne State University. She spent a month in Moscow at the Moscow Art Theatre School for additional training, and received an MFA degree in acting from the California Institute of the Arts. In 2014, she began her acting career appearing in Fragile World, a small film. Later she was cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical film Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett. Winans later made her stage debut in the musical Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story.
In 2015, Winans was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf. She plays Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee, the youngest daughter in the family, who is also the Minister of Music. The series also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim Hawthorne.
Winans welcomed her first child, son Terrence David Williams, with husband Terrence Williams in October, 2021.
Filmography
References
External links
Living people
American television actresses
Actresses from Detroit
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American women singers
African-American actresses
Wayne State University alumni
Musicians from Detroit
1983 births
California Institute of the Arts alumni
American stage actresses
21st-century American singers
20th-century African-American women singers
21st-century African-American women singers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHHH | LHHH may refer to:
Hármashatárhegy Airport, a non-public airport in Hármashatár-hegy, Hungary with the ICAO code LHHH
Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, a reality show on the American television network VH1
LHHH (local bumping with bridging), a form of tone shifting ('bumping') found in Chichewa tones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20radio | Islamic radio is a category of radio formats that focus on transmitting programming with an Islamic message. Radio stations can be public, private and non-profit (or some form of Community radio).
These radio stations typically focus on Islamic religious programming, such as reading of the Quran, talk radio-style programming (sometimes including live radio call-in shows), or long-form "preaching and teaching" programs with news programming with associated topics that can have an economic or a political angle to Muslim community. In recent years during Ramadan, many UK cities with Muslim populations have set up Radio Ramadan stations that operate exclusively during Ramadan. These stations feature a variety of broadcasts including Quran recitation and Islamic music known as Nasheeds.
Many secular radio stations devote some of their weekend programming to religious programming; for example, during Friday prayers or Eid Mubarak, Ramadan.
See also
Islam
Religious Broadcasting
Christian radio
References
Religious radio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%20%28technology%29 | Bird is an interactive input device designed by Israel-based startup, MUV Interactive, which develops technology for wearable interfaces. Bird connects to computers to make any surface an interactive 3D environment. The device features remote touch, touchpad swipe control, gesture control, touchscreen capabilities, voice command recognition, a laser pointer, and other advanced options.
History
Rami Parham, CEO and founder of MUV Interactive, established the company in 2011 with his brother and aimed to create an advanced way of interacting with connected devices. Parham founded MUV Interactive in Herzliya, Israel with COO Yuval Ben-Zeev.
In 2013, MUV Interactive raised seed funding from investors, including the OurCrowd funding platform, for the development of Bird. Pre-orders for Bird began in 2015, and the device shipped to thousands worldwide the following year. Bird is currently used in corporate, educational, and personal settings.
Technology
Bird is a device that is worn on the index finger and allows users to engage and interact with their digital content. The wearable device uses motion sensing technology to turn a TV or projected image into an interactive display – from up close like a touchscreen or remotely. Up to five Bird devices can be used on the same surface. The device operates through ten different sensors, including accelerometer, motion, and proximity sensors. Algorithms analyze the data including the wearer's position in space, pointing direction, hand posture, voice commands, and pressure levels from the sensors in real time. Bird's sensors accurately detect data up to 100 feet away from the interactive area.
Bird's various features allow the user to interact with the display in diverse ways. Remote touch is used to control content remotely like a remote mouse from up to 100 feet away. The device's touchpad allows the user to scroll up, down, left, and right. Bird's gesture control allows a user to control content using large hand gestures to make presentations more engaging. The touch feature turns any surface into a touchscreen. Bird can also be used as a smart controller for smart appliances including smart light bulbs and thermostats and as a control for drones using gestures.
References
Wearable devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20population%20in%201989 | This is a list of countries by population in 1989, providing an overview of the world population before the fall of the Iron Curtain.
While the population data is almost exclusively dated 1989, political developments before the summer of 1990 are taken into account, including Yemeni unification and Namibian independence but not German reunification which was finalised only in October, the breakup of Yugoslavia and dissolution of the Soviet Union took place two years later, and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia three years later.
The numbers given in Aktuell '91 are fully compatible with the data given by the U.S. Census Bureau, where they can be compared, as the US Census Data refers to modern national borders instead of 1989 borders. Similar remarks apply to 1990 estimates in the List of countries by past and future population which also only apply to modern-day national borders. See also Soviet Census (1989) and 1990 United States Census for comparison.
See also
List of countries
List of countries by area
List of countries and dependencies by area in 1989
List of countries by past and future population
List of countries by population
List of countries by population in 1900
List of countries by population in 2000
List of countries by population in 2005
List of countries by population in 2010
List of continents by population
List of religious populations
World population
Human geography
United Nations
References
External links
1989
1989-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloVe | GloVe, coined from Global Vectors, is a model for distributed word representation. The model is an unsupervised learning algorithm for obtaining vector representations for words. This is achieved by mapping words into a meaningful space where the distance between words is related to semantic similarity. Training is performed on aggregated global word-word co-occurrence statistics from a corpus, and the resulting representations showcase interesting linear substructures of the word vector space. It is developed as an open-source project at Stanford and was launched in 2014. As log-bilinear regression model for unsupervised learning of word representations, it combines the features of two model families, namely the global matrix factorization and local context window methods.
Applications
GloVe can be used to find relations between words like synonyms, company-product relations, zip codes and cities, etc. However, the unsupervised learning algorithm is not effective in identifying homographs, i.e., words with the same spelling and different meanings. This is as the unsupervised learning algorithm calculates a single set of vectors for words with the same morphological structure. The algorithm is also used by the SpaCy library to build semantic word embedding features, while computing the top list words that match with distance measures such as cosine similarity and Euclidean distance approach. GloVe was also used as the word representation framework for the online and offline systems designed to detect psychological distress in patient interviews.
See also
ELMo
BERT
Word2vec
fastText
Natural language processing
References
External links
GloVe
Deeplearning4j GloVe
Computational linguistics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact%20Hub%20Accra | Impact Hub Accra is a co-working space located in Accra, Ghana. The hub recently joined the Impact Hub (Global Network) through the Africa Seed Program. Impact Hub Accra main mission is to support inclusive growth in Ghana through the creation of a social innovation ecosystem by developing programs, providing workspace, access to capital and connecting entrepreneurs focused on solutions to regional challenges. Impact Hub Accra is seeking to build a globally integrated entrepreneurial community that promotes high impact developments in West Africa.
Memberships
Impact Hub Accra is a member of the Impact Hub (Global Network) which has 86 open Impact Hubs with 15,000 and more members across 5 Regions.
Partnerships
US Governments Broadcasting Board of Governors - Digital Innovation Lab.
Danish Government (CKU) - §Creative Economy Incubator.
Facebook & Internet.org, H4BC, WordPress - Hack For Big Choices Africa.
US Embassy Ghana - Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.
Unreasonable Institute(now called Uncharted) - Unreasonable Labs Ghana.
Semester at Sea - Design Thinking and Local Innovation Workshops.
Steele Family (Patrick Steele) - Seed Funding to Secure Hub space.
Accomplishments
The hub is known to hold and support programmes that develop Ghanaian youth. It is best known for some popular entrepreneurial events in the city of Accra such as hackathons, pitch contests, training and workshops for startups. It currently hosts Ghana's first digital innovation lab.
Impact Hub Accra hosted Global Shapers Accra Hub's Shaping Davos event ahead of the 2016 World Economic Forum. Impact Hub Accra recently hosted the first Health Innovation challenge in Ghana termed "Health Hack Accra" that was open to entrepreneurs to create solutions to four health challenges that was identified for the hackathon sponsored by Merck Group. Impact Hub Accra was the venue for Seedstars Accra organised by Seedstars World that seek to find the next big entrepreneur or startup out of Africa and the World at large.
References
External links
Impact Hub
Impact Hub Accra
Buildings and structures in Accra
Community centres |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20relief%20model | A global relief model, sometimes also denoted as global topography model or composite model, combines digital elevation model (DEM) data over land with digital bathymetry model (DBM) data over water-covered areas (oceans, lakes) to describe Earth's relief. A relief model thus shows how Earth's surface would look like in the absence of water or ice masses.
The relief is represented by a set of heights (elevations or depths) that refer to some height reference surface, often the mean sea level or the geoid. Global relief models are used for a variety of applications including geovisualization, geologic, geomorphologic and geophysical analyses, gravity field modelling as well as geo-statistics.
Measurement
Global relief models are always based on combinations of data sets from different remote sensing techniques. This is because there is no single remote sensing technique that would allow measurement of the relief both over dry and water-covered areas. Elevation data over land is often obtained from LIDAR or inSAR measurements, while bathymetry is acquired based on SONAR and altimetry. Global relief models may also contain elevations of the bedrock (sub-ice-topography) below the ice shields of Antarctica and Greenland. Ice sheet thickness, mostly measured through ice-penetrating RADAR, is subtracted from the ice surface heights to reveal the bedrock.
Spatial resolution
While digital elevation models describe Earth's land topography often with 1 to 3 arc-second resolution (e.g., from the SRTM or ASTER missions), the global bathymetry (e.g., SRTM30_PLUS) is known to a much lesser spatial resolution in the kilometre-range. The same holds true for models of the bedrock of Antarctica and Greenland. Therefore, global relief models are often constructed at 1 arc-minute resolution (corresponding to about 1.8 km postings). Some products such as the 30 and 15 arc-second resolution SRTM30_PLUS/ SRTM15_PLUS grids offer higher resolution to adequately represent SONAR depth measurements where available. Although grid cells are spaced at 15 or 30 arc-seconds, when SONAR measurements are unavailable, the resolution is much worse (~20-12 km) depending on factors such as water depth.
Public data sets
Data sets produced and released to the public include Earth2014, SRTM30_PLUS and ETOPO1.
ETOPO 2022
The 2022 ETOPO version is the most recent global relief model with several scans at 1 arc-min, 30 arc-sec, and 15 arc-sec resolutions.
Earth2014 (2015)
The Earth2014 global relief model, developed at Curtin University (Western Australia) and TU Munich (Germany). Earth2014 provides sets of 1 arc-min resolution global grids (about 1.8 km postings) of Earth's relief in different representations based on the 2013 releases of bedrock and ice-sheet data over Antarctica (Bedmap2) and Greenland (Greenland Bedrock Topography), the 2013 SRTM_30PLUS bathymetry and 2008 SRTM V4.1 SRTM land topography.
Earth2014 provides five different layers of height data, including Earth's |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20600-lb%20Life | My 600-lb Life is an American reality television series that has aired on the TLC television network since 2012. Each episode follows a year in the life of morbidly obese individuals, who usually begin the episode weighing at least , and documents their attempts to reduce their weight to a healthy level. Update episodes, called "Where Are They Now?", feature one or more previous patients, picking up a year or more after their original episodes aired.
Patients are placed under the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan (often referred to as "Dr. Now"), who first has them attempt losing weight on their own by following a strict diet, and then depending on the patient's progress may offer gastric bypass surgery or sleeve gastrectomy to further assist in weight loss.
Concept
This series was originally a five-part miniseries involving four morbidly obese patients. Because of its popularity, new episodes were filmed, including a "Where Are They Now?" retrospective in Season 4 that follows up on previous patients to track their weight-loss journey months or years after bariatric surgery.
In Season 1, patients were filmed over seven years (2004–2011). Beginning with Season 2, patients were filmed for only one year. In Season 8, certain patients' stories were filmed for only six months.
Beginning with Season 5, new episodes were two hours long instead of one hour. This was previously done with "Melissa's Story" (which was in two parts) and "Lupe's Story". Recap episodes titled "Supersized" and "Extended", which include additional facts and footage respectively, also aired during this season.
Subject outcomes
Fifteen patients have died since appearing on the show.
Henry Foots, who was featured in season one of the show, died of an illness unrelated to his weight on May 16, 2013.
Sean Milliken, who was chronicled on the fourth season of the show, died on February 17, 2019, from cardiac arrest due to an infection from poor hygiene, after having gained over 150 lbs during the previous four weeks. He was 29 years old.
James King, a participant in the show's fifth season, died on April 3, 2020, from multiple organ failure due to his obesity at age 49.
LB Bonner, who was featured on the sixth season of the show, died by suicide on August 2, 2018, at the age of 30.
Lisa Fleming, also a sixth season participant, died of an undisclosed illness on August 23, 2018, which was unrelated to her weight, at the age of 50.
Rob Buchel, also featured in season six, suffered a fatal heart attack on November 15, 2017, during the filming of the show, while staying in a skilled nursing facility in Houston. Buchel's death was the first during the patient's respective episode. Buchel was 41 years old at the time of his death.
Kelly Mason, a participant in the show's seventh season, died on February 15, 2019, from heart failure at the age of 41. Mason's death was the second in the series to be featured during the patient's respective episode.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Divers%20Alert%20Network%20publications | Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a group of not-for-profit organisations dedicated to improving diving safety for all divers. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina, USA in 1980 at Duke University to provide 24/7 telephonic hotline diving medical assistance. Since then the organisation has expanded globally and now has independent regional organisations in North America, Europe, Japan, Asia-Pacific and Southern Africa.
DAN publishes research results on a wide range of matters relating to diving safety and medicine and diving accident analysis, including annual reports on decompression illness and diving fatalities. Most are freely available on the internet, many of these at the Rubicon Research Repository.
This list includes publications where one or more authors are staff or members of one of the DAN affiliates, where a large part of the data is from one of the DAN Databases, or where the research was funded by DAN.
Alert Diver
DAN publishes a periodical for members in print and online. Alert Diver is currently published quarterly. Back issues are often available on the DAN website.
Annual reports on decompression illness and diving fatalities
Dovenbarger, JA (1988); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1987).
Dovenbarger, JA (1989); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1988).
Dovenbarger, JA (1991); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1989).
Dovenbarger, JA (1992); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1990). Also includes: Flying After Diving data from 1987 to 1990, Fatality Investigation Protocol, Autopsy Protocol, and occupational fatality data.
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1993) Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1991). Also includes: Fatality Investigation Protocol, Autopsy Protocol, and occupational fatality data.
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1994); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1992). Also includes: Fatality Investigation and Autopsy Protocol.
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1995); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1993).
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1996); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1994).
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1997); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1995).
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1998); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1996).
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM (1999); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1997).
Dovenbarger, JA; Uguccioni, DM; Vann, RD (2000); Report on Decompression Illness and Diving Fatalities (based on data collected in 1998).
Vann, RD; Uguccioni, DM (2001) Rep |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampelopsis%20cordata | Ampelopsis cordata, commonly called heartleaf peppervine, heart-leaf peppervine, or heart leaf peppervine, is a vine found in the U.S. states Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. It grows in open woodlands, flood plains, and river banks.
References
cordata
Flora of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic%20Choc%20%21 | Chic Choc ! was a Canadian French-language TV magazine for teenagers which aired on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) for three non-consecutive seasons (2007, 2009 and 2010), hosted by Aboriginal singer-composer-producer Christian Laveau and actress Mélanie Napartuk, and directed by Québec-born but Ontario-based TV produced/director Léa Pascal. The show shown the teenage life of young Aboriginal teenagers of Quebec, by going through interviews, testimonials and short biographies. In 2008, the show won a Prix Gémeaux for Multiculturalism, however, original producer Attraction Images (then called Cirrus Communications), who first created the show along with TV producer Léa Pascal (they formed Nikan Productions to manage the rights), lost interest to do a second season, causing the show to go on hiatus. But a year later, Christian Laveau, one of the two hosts, decided to self-produce the show through his Wendake, Quebec-based company, Andawa Productions, and thus, retrieved the rights from Attraction Images in order to do so. The now redesigned show returned on the-air in 2009 and was renewed a second year in 2010, this time with co-executive producer Joanne Couture. The show then ended permanently, but the show website (www.chicchoc.tv) remained active. After Chic Choc ended, Laveau remained active in television production through Andawa Productions and produced a TV documentary series named La Vie est Hockey (Life Is Hockey), still for APTN, which aired in 2013. Also in 2013, he recorded an album of original Aboriginal-language songs called Sondawka with the help of musician-producer Gilles Sioui.
External links
Information about Chic Choc
Official website
Show's Information from original producer Attraction Images
Information about Christian Laveau
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network original programming
2007 Canadian television series debuts
2010 Canadian television series endings
French-language television programming in Canada
First Nations television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opyl | Opyl () is a Melbourne-based company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange that applies artificial intelligence to improving clinical trial efficiencies. The company has two key platforms: Opin (www.opin.ai) a global clinical trial recruitment platform and service as well as TrialKey a Saas software as a service platform (www.trialkey.ai) that predicts and designs optimized clinical trial protocols (plans), reducing the risk of failure and improving a return on investment in new and emerging medicines, devices, and diagnostics..
Opyl (ASX:OPL) is a rebrand and strategic realignment from a former company known as ShareRoot (ASX:SRO), a US-based martech platform that secured rights to user-generated content on social media, predominantly used by big brands that collaborated with influencers.
Before going public in 2016, ShareRoot had previously participated in 500 Startups batch 8 and raised a round of angel investing.
ShareRoot was rebranded to Opyl in 2020 to work on technology to support the health and life sciences sector.
Opyl launched its first AI-enabled digital health platform Opin.ai in May 2020, recruiting patients into clinical trials via precision social media and digital platform that is HIPAA certified and compliant, providing a patient-led experience, and changing the way trials are traditionally recruited via doctor-led referrals. Opin is a global multi-language clinical trial recruitment platform that leverages social media and digital communities to find, engage with and recruit participants for clinical trials and studies. Opyl's second AI-enabled platform is TrialKey, a clinical trial protocol design and prediction software (Saas) that is in advanced development and preparing to launch as decision support for investors and fund managers in the lifesciences sector and then later with a second launch to clinical operations and CRO (contract research organisations).
References
Companies based in Melbourne
Australian companies established in 2013 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livin%27%20Lozada | Livin' Lozada is an American reality television series starring Evelyn Lozada and her daughter, Shaniece Hairston. It premiered on July 11, 2015, on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as part of its Saturday-night reality lineup.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2015)
Season 2 (2016)
References
2010s American reality television series
2015 American television series debuts
English-language television shows
Oprah Winfrey Network original programming
2016 American television series endings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televista%20TV | Televista TV is a Nigerian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Consolidated Media Associates. The network broadcasts programs, including several produced by the network itself, aimed at Nigerian and English speaking audience in Nigeria and around the world – featuring a mix of news programming, local drama, reality television series and telenovelas (both English-dubbed versions of Colombian, Filipino, Brazilian, Latin America and other imported telenovelas produced in Spanish-speaking countries).
Televista Digital Media, which distributes original programming content across digital and mobile platforms including iROKOtv while sourcing for the best content from all around the world to a demographic that includes Housewives and students to the less obvious (middle management to top management executives).
External links
- TelevistaTV's Facebook Page
TelevistaTV on Twitter
TelevistaTV's Instagram
Television stations in Lagos |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertstown%20railway%20line | The Robertstown railway line was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. It opened on 9 December 1914 from a junction with the Morgan line at Eudunda running 21.6 kilometres via Point Pass to Robertstown. The line was used by both passenger and freight trains, though the regular passenger service on the line was withdrawn on 23 September 1962. Grain trains serving the Robertstown silos were among the last traffic to use the line in its later years. Train Tour Promotions ran the last passenger train using locomotive 804 on 20 May 1989, with the last freight train being a grain train on 21 February 1990. The line formally closed on 25 September 1990. The line was lifted in the years following, with all stations on the line being demolished. The only significant railway remnants left are the former Robertstown station sign and the former goods crane. The goods crane has collapsed, though there are plans to restore it.
References
Closed railway lines in South Australia
1914 establishments in Australia
Railway lines opened in 1914
Railway lines closed in 1990 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno%20Rumble%20%28season%202%29 | Reno Rumble: East v West is the second season of Australian reality television series Reno Rumble, it aired on the Nine Network. Unlike the first season which pit former contestants from The Block against former contestants from House Rules, this season had state based rookie teams from either the East or West side of Australia competing against each other. It was hosted by Scott Cam and Shelley Craft and judged by Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan. It premiered Monday 21 March 2016. The first episode was available online (9Now & Facebook page) one day ahead of its premiere on Sunday 20 March 2016. Homebase is set at Pipemakers Park, Maribyrnong River.
Due to unexpected low ratings, from Monday 4 April only 2 episodes a week aired and was pushed back an hour to 8:30 pm timeslot. The season was won by Lisa & John who received $100,000.
Format
Each week each individual team withinTeam West (red) and Team East (blue) are allocated two rooms to deliver at the end of each week. The homeowners give each individual team a brief for their rooms. The whole team (red or blue) with the highest score are the weeks winning team and avoid elimination, the lowest scoring individual team in the losing team will be eliminated.
Contestants
Nine has announced the 6 teams that will compete on Reno Rumble: East v West.
Elimination history
Weekly results
The team was on the winning team
The team had immunity
The team were eliminated
The team won the series
The team came in second place in the series.
Results
Week 1
Episodes 1 to 4
Airdate — 21 to 27 March 2016
Team West Homeowner — Sarah - she has been fighting a rare cancer, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, for seven years and is now in remission
Team East Homeowner — Maddy - she is Sarahs best friend, who helped raise $180,000 for her treatment which has cured Sarahs cancer
Description — Each team must deliver two rooms at the end of the week with the lowest scoring individual team on the losing team being eliminated. The team captain on the winning team will receive immunity for week 2. After results were announced, scotty announced there will be no elimination for week 1.
Colour key:
– Immunity
– Eliminated
– Advanced to Grand Final
– Winning Team
– Losing Team
Week 2
Episodes 5 to 7
Airdate — 28 March to 4 April 2016
Team West Homeowner — Chris & Kate - They have witnessed the heartache and loss of road trauma firsthand working in emergency services. They are huge supporters and close friends of Christine & David whom they nominated for their home to be renovated on the show
Team East Homeowner — Christine & David - This married couple have gone through heartbreak losing two daughters (Wendy & Melissa) in a car accident and another (Nicky) due to severe injuries from a car accident. They now care for Nicky's son, Blake, and focus on giving him a great future
Description — Due to no elimination in week 1, this week will have the first elimination.
Week 3
Episodes 8 & 9
Airdate — 5 to 11 A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Wesal%20TV | Al Wesal TV is a Saudi-based Sunni Islamic educational channel television network. The production of this channel is based on the teachings of Quran-o-Sunnah. A team of Islamic scholars monitors the material presented on its programs. Each program of Wesal Urdu TV is previewed according to authentic references of Quran-o-Hadees. In 2015, it launched its Urdu language TV channel.
Controversy
The channel is a topic of controversy. It was accused of preaching Salafism and spreading anti-Shia rhetoric throughout the network. In 2014, a channel's host praised suicide bombing that killed at least 47 Houthis, prompting Saudi Arabia's Culture and Information Minister to announce the closure of the channel.
External links
Website in Arabic
Facebook page in Arabic
Website in Urdu
Facebook Page in urdu
Youtube Account in Urdu
References
Urdu-language television channels |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Boucher%20Owens | Barbara Boucher Owens is an American computer scientist noted for her leadership in computer science education. She was the Chair of SIGCSE from 2007 to 2010 and an elected member of the SIGCSE Board for 16 years from 1997 to 2013.
Education
Boucher Owens received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1965. She received a Master of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology from The University of Texas at Austin in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Applications to Education from New York University in 1977.
Career and research
Boucher Owens started her career at IBM in 1967 in the area of computer assisted instruction. She began her teaching career in 1970 at Brooklyn College as an Instructor in Psychology and founded their Department of Computer Science in 1971, teaching there until 1977. She was an Instructor of Computer Science at City University of New York (CUNY) in 1979. She has been a faculty member at Mercy College in Computer Science from 1982 to 1988. She became an associate professor at St. Edward's University in Computer Science in 1989 and was promoted to Professor of Computer Science in 1996. In 1999 she became an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Southwestern University, and retired as an Emeritus Professor in 2012.
Boucher Owens is one of the co-founders of the Computing Educators Oral History Project.
Awards and honors
Boucher Owens notable awards include the following awards.
SIGCSE Award for Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community (2016).
ACM Distinguished Educator (2012).
References
American women computer scientists
American computer scientists
Living people
Ohio Wesleyan University alumni
University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
New York University alumni
Mercy College (New York) faculty
Computer science educators
Brooklyn College faculty
American women academics
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodata | Autodata Limited is a British multinational that specialises in automotive data and software. Autodata provides automotive technical information to professionally service, maintain, and repair cars, light commercial vehicles, and motorcycles. It's best known for providing the automotive aftermarket with OE manufacturer data.
History
Autodata was established in 1972 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in the UK, producing printed car manuals for owners and enthusiasts to work on their own vehicles. These publications became popular during the 1970s and 1980s, allowing the business to expand internationally.
Although the owners’ manuals continued to be printed up until early 1990s, Autodata had already started to focus the business towards the professional market, producing numerous publications for workshops and garages. Instead of focussing on one vehicle with each book, the books would cover hundreds of vehicles, but for one task or item, such as carburettors or replacing timing belts. This soon led to Autodata growing internationally, with the professional technical data and guidance becoming used across Europe, the United States and Australasia.
In 1991 Autodata produced its first electronic media in the form of workshop technical information on floppy disk. This soon moved to CD, which continued in production until 2014.
In 2004 Autodata Australia Limited was founded to support the increasing interest and operations across Australia and New Zealand. This allowed for much more focus on the research and development of region specific products.
In 2006, alongside the CD product, Autodata launched its first online product to accommodate for the rate of change and increased complexity within automotive technology.
In 2007 Autodata Germany was created, employing permanent staff near Stuttgart. This also became an important hub for the company with many OEM (Original equipment manufacturer) organisations based in the region.
Autodata France was created in 2011, with offices just outside Bordeaux, to support what was becoming one of the biggest country-specific markets for Autodata. In 2015 Autodata France included a new company set-up, as Autodata purchased one of its biggest distributors in Europe, SFTA.
In May 2014, with much interest, Autodata was purchased by Bowmark Capital and Five Arrows for £150 million. In the same year Autodata opened access to a new API (Application programming interface) based product, allowing organisations to build their own solutions, powered by the databases of Autodata.This was further developed, until being officially launched in 2016. in 2014 also officially launched a new online system, largely powered by their own API product.
In 2015 Autodata moved all customer using older online and CD product onto the new online system.
In 2016 Autodata expanded further by purchasing its official distributor in Finland and the Baltic region; Autodata OY.
Automobile
References
Publishing companies of the United Kingdom
A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champion%20of%20the%20Raj | Champion of the Raj is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Level 9 Computing and published by Personal Software Services. It was released exclusively in the United Kingdom for the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles in 1991. It is the thirteenth and final instalment in the Strategic Wargames series. The game revolves around European imperialism and colonialism in India. Six factions–British, French, Mogul, Sikhs, Gurkhas, and Marathas–fight to gain overall control of India.
The core of the gameplay is focused on strategy, in which the player must conquer all territories of India through diplomatic or offensive means. It also contains action sequences, including traditional elephant racing and big-game hunting. Critics praised its colourful graphics and storyline, but strongly disliked the long load times and frequent disk swapping.
Gameplay
Champion of the Raj is a turn-based strategy game which revolves around colonialism in India. Before starting the game, the player must pick a player-character and the respective faction they wish to side with. The choices include a viceroy of the British East India Company, a consul of the French East India Company, a Mogul emperor, a Maharajah of the Maruthrad, chief of the Gurkhas, or a Maharajah of the Sikhs. At the beginning of the game, the player-character is kidnapped by an assassin and is imprisoned inside a prison cell. A woman soon frees the player, and informs them of their task to either conquer India or persuade rival political factions to unite through diplomacy. The game begins in the year 1800, when the Mogul empire lost control of India. The majority of the game is presented through an in-game headquarters screen which displays a map of India, a book detailing information about individual Indian states, and a group of icons which allow the player to issue commands.
If the player wishes to take over a territory through diplomatic means, they must initiate dialogue with the local leader. If the player has a high enough popularity, the local leader may invite them to a sporting event, such as an elephant race or a game hunting session, which will give the player an opportunity to unite that territory under their faction. If the player's popularity is not high enough, they may hold a Durbar festival in an attempt to impress the local leaders. If diplomacy fails, the player has the option to invade any territory by force. Soldiers can be hired through payments of gold; however, if the player does not have a sufficient amount of gold at the end of the turn, a rebellion may start. Rebellions will sometimes initiate lethal encounters with assassins, in which the player must defend themselves through sword combat. Additionally, the player can bring assassins to their side by successfully launching an attack on their temple. The game ends once either all of the territories are united, or the player-character is assassinated.
Reception
The game received mixed reviews upon release. Go |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Otvorena%20mre%C5%BEa | Radio Otvorena Mreža or ROM is the first Bosnian nonprofit radio station, broadcasting from Sarajevo.
Radio Otvorena Mreža began broadcasting in February 2012.
History and programming
As a community radio, station focuses on NGO news, contemporary pop music, talk shows and national news.
The holder of a broadcasting license for a non-profit community radio, Radio Otvorena Mreža is an association of citizens NGO Otvorena Mreža. Commonly called ROM, radio has a 9 transmitters and broadcasting stations across Bosnia and Herzegovina, which provides extensive local coverage. Radio also available via Internet, as well as through programs of partner radio stations in the region (cooperation with the Naxi radio from Belgrade, Radio Cafe 075 from Netherlands etc.).
Radio Otvorena Mreža together with TV Pink BH produces two TV shows, morning program Udri Muški and TV show about humanitarian actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina called "Hrabri ljudi".
TV shows Centralni Dnevnik hosted by Senad Hadžifejzović and Face to Face produced by Face TV from Sarajevo are also broadcast on this radio.
Frequencies
The program is currently broadcast at 10 frequencies:
Sarajevo
Banja Luka
Srebrenica
Tuzla
Mostar
Jajce
Bihać
Konjic
Trebinje
Zenica
References
External links
Otvorena Mreža Official website
Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Otvorena Mreža in Facebook
See also
List of radio stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Radio stations established in 2012
Mass media in Sarajevo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban96%20Radio%20Network | Urban 96 Radio Network is an English speaking commercial radio station with headquarters in Lekki, Lagos. The station broadcasts an urban contemporary radio format, playing a variety of music genres including R&B, hip hop, pop with a blend of culture and style. The radio network first launched her Lagos dial on the 96.5 frequency with OAPs getting on-air on 1 April, It was a trending topic on Twitter on that day. It is owned and operated by Alphavision Multimedia, subsidiary of CMA Group and It is one of the most popular private media group in Nigeria.
The station served a record-breaking 400,000 listeners on the first month of test transmission and targets a core audience in the 14-34 age group.[2]
The Big Switch Party
Alphavision Multimedia threw her ‘Big Switch’ party that doubled as official launch of her 96.5 Lagos dial. The event took place on 8 July 2016 at Lekki Coliseum Rooftop in Lagos. DJ Neptune began his set at 7PM, with the OAPs taking turns to climb the stage, introduce themselves and shows they host on the 96.5 dial in an improvised radio studio accompanied by electrifying performances from Mayorkun, Reekado Banks, Skales, Solidstar, Saeon, Adekunle Gold, AjeButter22, Mr. 2kay, Viktoh, Endia, Yung L, Niniola and more. The event was streamed live to audience and users of the Urban96 android, iOS app and urban96.tv website with the official hashtag getting over 7,040,964 impressions on social media.
Programming and shows
From Akon's 'Stadium Live Show,' The Baka Boyz, Full Throttle Show to OAPs handling three hours shift during crucial times of the day with the weekly 'Urban World 40,' Top 40 countdown.
Oreka Godis, Tyeng Gang (Urban Breakfast)
Abiola 'Abby' Oyebade (Urban Xtra, Urban Superstar Top 10)
Segun Emdin (Early Urban Drive, Touchdown 10)
Efe 'Fay Fay' Odudu (Sunny Side Up Weekends, Bangin; in My Head)
DJ Neptune (Urban Party Mix, Urban Club Mix, Urban Power Mix)
Big Tak, Shedy (Traffic - The Urban Drive, Urban World 40)
Sulaiman Ladani (Urban Afterdark, Bangin' in My Head)
Kingsley 'Tage' Obike (Rise and Shine, Urban Breakfast Weekend)
Muna (The Saturday Show, The Sunday Show)
OAPs and team
Tajuddeen Adepetu
Olamide Adedeji
Jonathan James Lyomghang
Tyeng Gang
DJ Neptune
Oreka 'Rhecks' Godis
Abiola 'Abby' Oyebade
Efe 'Fayfay' Odudu
Kingsley 'Tage' Obike
Segun Emdin
Kingsley Ladani
Munachi 'Muna (rapper)' Abii
Dro Ameh
Urban96 TV
In March 2016, Urban96FM launched a TV channel of the same name, Urban96TV. The station launched as Africa's first and premium digital only 24/7 TV channel. The channels can also be watched via dedicated iOS and Android apps, as well as her website. In May, Urban96 TV began syndicating TV content beginning with 'Urban96 Sing Along' show on ONTV Nigeria hosted by Fay Fay. The TV channel plays non-stop music videos 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and also feature some exclusive content. Urban96 TV is aimed at a younger target audience.
See also
List of radio stations in Lagos
Refe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20Age%3A%20The%20Great%20Egg-Scapade | Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade is a 2016 computer-animated television special, produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Ricardo Curtis. It premiered on Fox during the Easter season. Most of the actors reprise their roles from the previous installments except Aziz Ansari, whose role as Squint was replaced by Seth Green. This Easter special takes place between Continental Drift and Collision Course.
Plot
Five years after the events of the fourth film and four months before the events of the fifth film, Manny and his crew get ready for Easter. While Ellie struggles to make the decorations single-handedly, Manny and Diego try to watch some hawk fights between a hawk and different animals. Crash and Eddie unsuccessfully attempt to prank Peaches, starting the first April Fools' Day. Peaches wants to spend Easter with her friends. Scrat has excavated in the underground from the Death Valley to the new herd's Valley, and has found his acorn again. He once again loses his acorn, when it becomes a tree. In the meantime, Sid decides to look after eggs for the owners of them, much to the scorn of Manny and Diego.
Meanwhile, pirate hare Squint has been living in his home hole for the past three months with his lazy rabbit brother, Clint and his mother. After getting back on his feet, the pirate sees Manny and his group as he plans to have his revenge for what he did to Captain Gutt and his ship. Squint confronts them, demanding a new ship, but is unsuccessful. However, he decides to frame Sid for stealing the eggs when he falls asleep. In order to prove his innocence, Manny and Diego help Sid look for them, and Clint lends a hand by giving them a map to the eggs, which have been painted by Squint to camouflage them. When they retrieve the eggs and see through their disguise, they find they are one egg short, with Squint telling them that if they don't make a ship for him by the next day, the egg will be scrambled.
Clint leads his brother into an ambush by Manny, Sid, and Diego. They find the egg when it's revealed to be painted into an acorn and has been taken by Scrat. When Manny washes the paint off, a disappointed Scrat throws the egg off a cliff and the gang manage to retrieve it. Squint battles with Sid to get the egg, but the ice cracks, signaling Sid to defeat Squint with the help of Crash and Eddie's latest prank, which is also a trap set up by Sid. After that, the mammoth family decide to spend Easter together and Sid suggests that Clint be the Easter Bunny by painting eggs every year and hiding them.
Meanwhile, Scrat has a basket of acorns and sees a chocolate fountain that he covers his acorns with but falls in. Squint uses Scrat's acorn basket as a ship, but it sinks, and Scrat is unable to stop him due to being covered in chocolate from the chocolate fountain that dries up like cement.
Voice cast
Ray Romano as Manny
John Leguizamo as Sid
Denis Leary as Diego
Taraji P. Henson as Ethel
Queen Latifah as Ellie
Gabriel Iglesias as Chol |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia%20Ratnasamy | Sylvia Ratnasamy (born 1976) is a Belgian–Indian computer scientist. She is best known as one of the inventors of the distributed hash table (DHT). Her doctoral dissertation proposed the content-addressable networks, one of the original DHTs, and she received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award in 2014 for this work. She is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Life and career
Ratnasamy received her Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Pune in 1997. She began doctoral work at UC Berkeley advised by Scott Shenker during which time she worked at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, CA. She graduated from UC Berkeley with her doctoral degree in 2002.
For her doctoral thesis, she designed and implemented what would eventually become known as one of the four original Distributed Hash Tables, the Content addressable network (CAN).
Ratnasamy was a lead researcher at Intel Labs until 2011, when she began as an assistant professor at UC Berkeley. In recent years, Ratnasamy has focused her research on programmable networks including the RouteBricks software router and pioneering work in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). In 2016, she co-founded Nefeli Networks to commercialize NFV technologies.
Personal
Her father is noted chemist Paul Ratnasamy.
Awards
Grace Murray Hopper Award
Sloan Fellowship
ACM SIGCOMM Test-of-Time Award (2011)
ACM SIGCOMM Rising Star Award (2017)
References
1970s births
Living people
Internet pioneers
Women inventors
Women Internet pioneers
Computer systems researchers
Belgian women computer scientists
Belgian people of Indian descent
University of California, Berkeley faculty
Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni
Belgian expatriates in India
Belgian expatriates in the United States
21st-century Belgian women scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20TV%20Limited | Local TV (formerly Made Television) is a local television network in the United Kingdom, operating eight stations serving the Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, North Wales, Teesside and Tyne and Wear areas, under the Talk TV name.
Overview
In September 2012, the broadcast regulator Ofcom awarded two licences to Made Television to broadcast local TV services in the Bristol and Cardiff areas. Three months later, the company was granted a third licence to serve the Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead areas, followed in February 2013 by a licence for the Leeds area.
In November 2013, the company gained a fifth local TV licence to serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside areas.
Made in Bristol was the first of the company's channels to launch, at 8pm on Wednesday 8 October 2014, followed a week later by its sister station in Cardiff. Made in Leeds began broadcasting on Thursday 6 November 2014 and Made in Tyne & Wear launched six days later. The stations launched an on-demand service, OnView, in March 2015 followed in August by live streaming.
In 2016, the company bought two independently run local TV stations: Bay TV Liverpool, shortly after it went into administration in August, followed by Walsall-based Big Centre TV in October. Bay TV was reopened and relaunched as 'Made in Liverpool' at 6pm on Wednesday 19 October 2016, followed by the relaunch of Big Centre as 'Made in Birmingham' on Tuesday 8 November 2016.
Two further stations launched during the spring of 2017 – Made in Teesside for the Middlesbrough area on Thursday 30 March 2017 followed by Made in North Wales for Mold and surrounding areas on Wednesday 26 April 2017.
On Thursday 25 May 2017, all Made channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK and Ireland version of factual entertainment channel TruTV as part of a supply agreement with Sony Pictures Television. The stations simulcast TruTV in two daily blocks from 1pm to 5pm and 9pm to 1am (8pm to midnight on Tuesdays to accommodate America's Got Talent). From November 2017, the Made channels began simulcasting CBS Reality for 11 hours a day.
In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations, local programming was cut and studio production of daily news and magazine programmes was centralised at Made's Leeds and Birmingham stations. Around forty staff across the network were reportedly made redundant.
Following the cutbacks, the network began producing two weekday programmes - Made TV News (broadcast from Leeds) and The Big Daily (initially produced from Birmingham), both including local and networked content. Both programmes were axed in February 2018 and replaced by separate rolling blocks of pre-recorded local news, sport and features
On 2 January 2018, Made Television ceased broadcasting its localised services in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Tyne & Wear on digital satellite. They were replaced by a single, generic Made Television feed featuring a daily three-hour |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s%20TV | That's TV is a national television network in the United Kingdom, broadcasting via Sky, Freesat, Freeview, and Virgin Media. That's TV started off as the owner of a number of local television licences in several conurbations, but even though regional news can still be found via these services, these channels simulcast the classic hits and television schedule of the national That's TV channel for most of the day. That's Television Ltd is owned by That's Media Ltd, which is based at The Flint Glass Works in the Ancoats neighbourhood of Manchester.
History
In September 2012, the broadcast regulator Ofcom announced That's TV had been awarded a licence to broadcast local TV service for Oxfordshire. Two months later, the company won a second licence for the Southampton and Portsmouth areas, in conjunction with newspaper publishers Newsquest and Johnston Press. That's Solent began broadcasting on 26 November 2014 while a soft launch of That's Oxford took place on 17 April 2015.
Prior to the launch of the Solent station, That's TV gained a further three licences in the south of England in June 2014 for the Guildford, Reading and Salisbury areas, followed a month later by a Basingstoke licence. In June 2015, a ninth licence was gained to serve the Carlisle area, in partnership with the CN Group.
The local TV licences for the Manchester and Preston/Blackpool areas were initially awarded to YourTV in February 2013, but both services failed to launch within the two-year timeframe permitted by the regulator. That's TV took a controlling stake in YourTV in March 2015 with the licences subsequently re-awarded. A soft launch of That's Manchester took place on 31 May 2015, followed by That's Lancashire on 24 August.
The founder of That's TV, Esther Rantzen, became the group's vice president when it opened its first station in Portsmouth and was lined up to present a weekly magazine programme. In May 2015, Rantzen resigned from the company along with former Meridian Broadcasting executive Mary McAnally.
In March 2016, Ofcom placed three of the stations – Manchester, Oxford and Solent – on notice over persistent technical issues.
In October 2016, it was announced That's TV had bought the licence for the York local TV service, formerly held by 'Hello York'. The group also bought out Cambridge TV.
On 2 January 2017, five That's TV stations (Cambridge, Lancashire, Manchester, Oxfordshire, Solent) started to simulcast Talking Pictures TV for six hours each day. In August 2017, That's TV bought Norfolk station Mustard TV.
In May 2018, That's TV agreed to acquire the assets of STV's STV2 channel launching on the 15th of October. In August 2018, That's TV bought Estuary TV's channel slots, covering North and North East Lincolnshire and the rest of the Lincolnshire area.
In July 2019, That's TV announced the closure of 13 of its 20 studios in order to downsize to seven regional production centres producing content for its 20 local stations. The remaining centres w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20arthropods | As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 2875 data deficient arthropod species. 30% of all evaluated arthropod species are listed as data deficient.
The IUCN also lists 17 arthropod subspecies as data deficient.
No subpopulations of arthropods have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient arthropod species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.
Arachnids
Branchiopoda
Streptocephalus kargesi
Millipedes
Maxillopoda
Maxillopoda includes barnacles, copepods and a number of related animals. There are 22 species in the class Maxillopoda assessed as data deficient.
Sessilia
Armatobalanus nefrens
Balanus aquila
Calanoida
There are 19 species in the order Calanoida assessed as data deficient.
Diaptomids
Temorids
Epischura massachusettsensis
Harpacticoida
Thermomesochra reducta
Xiphosura
Malacostracans
Malacostraca includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and many others. There are 1130 malacostracan species and 17 malacostracan subspecies assessed as data deficient.
Isopods
Echinodillo cavaticus
Styloniscus sp. nov.
Decapods
There are 1128 decapod species and 17 decapod subspecies assessed as data deficient.
Parastacids
Gecarcinucids
Atyids
Species
Subspecies
Cambarids
Potamonautids
Pseudothelphusids
Potamids
Palaemonids
Species
Subspecies
Trichodactylids
Spiny lobsters
Lobsters
Slipper lobsters
Reef lobsters
Other decapod species
Insects
There are 1702 insect species assessed as data deficient.
Blattodea
Miriamrothschildia zonatus
Orthoptera
There are 50 species in the order Orthoptera assessed as data deficient.
Acridids
Tettigoniids
Phaneropterids
Other Orthoptera species
Hymenoptera
There are 316 species in the order Hymenoptera assessed as data deficient.
Colletids
Melittids
Apids
Halictids
Andrenids
Megachilids
Mantises
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 87 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as data deficient.
Pyralids
Swallowtail butterflies
Lycaenids
Nymphalids
Skippers
Other Lepidoptera species
Beetles
There are 377 beetle species assessed as data deficient.
Geotrupids
Longhorn beetles
Click beetles
Erotylids
Scarabaeids
Other beetle species
Odonata
Odonata includes dragonflies and damselflies. There are 868 species in the order Odonata assessed as data deficient.
Platystictids
Chlorogomphids
Argiolestids
Chlorocyphids
Isostictids
Platycnemidids
Megapodagrionids
Gomphids
Cordulegastrids
Corduliids
Calopterygids
Coenagrionids
Euphaeids
Macromiids
Lestids
Aeshnids
Libellulids
Polythorids
Other Odonata species
See also
Lists of IUCN Red List data deficient species
List of least concern arthropods
List of near threatened arthropods
List of vulnerable arthropods
List of endangered arthropods
List of critically endangered arthropods
List of recently extinct arthropods
References
Arthropods
Data deficient arthropods
Data deficient a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20molluscs | In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 1988 data deficient mollusc species. Of all evaluated mollusc species, 27% are listed as data deficient.
The IUCN also lists 40 mollusc subspecies as data deficient.
No subpopulations of molluscs have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient mollusc species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN.
Gastropods
There are 1526 species and 37 subspecies of gastropod evaluated as data deficient.
Vetigastropoda
Teinostoma fernandesi
Teinostoma funiculatum
Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora includes the majority of land snails and slugs. There are 392 species and 32 subspecies in the order Stylommatophora evaluated as data deficient.
Partulids
Subulinids
Species
Subspecies
Opeas nothapalinus crenatum
Pseudoglessula leroyi fasciata
Achatinellids
Endodontids
Charopids
Helicarionids
Orthalicids
Euconulids
Rhytidids
Streptaxids
Species
Subspecies
Zonitids
Pupillids
Polygyrids
Species
Subspecies
Helminthoglyptids
Species
Shasta sideband (Monadenia troglodytes)
Subspecies
Camaenids
Lauriids
Vertiginids
Bradybaenids
Species
Subspecies
Euhadra scaevola mikawa
Helicids
Hygromiids
Enids
Other Stylommatophora
Species
Subspecies
Idaho banded mountain snail (Oreohelix idahoensis idahoensis)
Carinated striate banded mountain snail (Oreohelix strigosa goniogyra)
Littorinimorpha
There are 565 species and one subspecies in the order Littorinimorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Strombids
Ophioglossolambis violacea
Pomatiids
Hydrobiids
Cochliopids
Bithyniids
Species
Subspecies
Gabbiella humerosa tanganyicensis
Moitessieriids
Assimineids
Pomatiopsids
Lithoglyphids
Amnicolids
Stenothyrids
Iravadiids
Truncatellids
Sorbeoconcha
There are 97 species and one subspecies in the order Sorbeoconcha evaluated as data deficient.
Batillarids
Batillaria mutata
Pleurocerids
Melanopsids
Semisulcospirids
Oasis juga (Juga laurae)
Thiarids
Pachychilids
Paludomids
Species
Subspecies
Cleopatra bulimoides pauli
Architaenioglossa
There are 106 species and one subspecies in the order Architaenioglossa evaluated as data deficient.
Neocyclotids
Cyclophorids
Species
Subspecies
Chamalychaeus itonis nakashimai
Pupinids
Diplommatinids
Aciculids
Viviparids
Ampullariids
Lower Heterobranchia species
Cycloneritimorpha
There are 30 species and two subspecies in the order Cycloneritimorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Helicinids
Species
Subspecies
Pleuropoma zigzac ponapense
Pleuropoma zigzac zigzac
Hydrocenids
Neritids
Hygrophila species
There are 197 Hygrophila species evaluated as data deficient.
Physids
Acroloxids
Planorbids
Lymnaeids
Chilinids
Latiids
Latia lateralis
Neogastropoda
There are 113 species in the order Neogastropoda evaluated as data deficient.
Turrids
Marginellids
Buccinids
Muricids
Conids
Eupulmonata
Archaeopulmonata
Salinator sanchezi
Salinator swatowensis
Bivalvia
There are 171 species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20amphibians | As of January 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1193 data deficient amphibian species. 16% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as data deficient.
No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient amphibian species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.
Salamanders
There are 50 salamander species assessed as data deficient.
Lungless salamanders
Asiatic salamanders
Mole salamanders
Salamandrids
Frogs
There are 1044 frog species assessed as data deficient.
Water frogs
Robber frogs
Robust frogs
Dancing frogs
Alsodids
Shrub frogs
Cryptic forest frogs
True toads
Fleshbelly frogs
Glass frogs
Batrachylids
Litter frogs
Screeching frogs
Hemiphractids
Cycloramphids
Poison dart frogs
Mantellids
Ceratobatrachids
Fork-tongued frogs
Narrow-mouthed frogs
True frogs
Australian water frogs
Puddle frogs
Hylids
African reed frogs
Tongueless frogs
Pyxicephalids
Shovelnose frogs
Odontophrynids
Ptychadenids
Southern frogs
Saddleback toads
Hylodids
Other frog species
Gymnophiona
There are 99 species in the order Gymnophiona assessed as data deficient.
Scolecomorphids
Indotyphlids
Ichthyophiids
Dermophiids
Typhlonectids
Siphonopids
Caeciliids
Rhinatrematids
Other Gymnophiona species
See also
Lists of IUCN Red List data deficient species
List of least concern amphibians
List of near threatened amphibians
List of vulnerable amphibians
List of endangered amphibians
List of critically endangered amphibians
List of recently extinct amphibians
References
Amphibians
Data deficient amphibians
Data deficient amphibians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20fishes | In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 3191 data deficient fish species. A data deficient species is one which has been categorized by the IUCN as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. Of all evaluated fish species, 21% are listed as data deficient.
The IUCN also lists 12 fish subspecies as data deficient.
Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 34 species subpopulations have been assessed as data deficient.
This is a complete list of data deficient fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have data deficient subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.
Cartilaginous fishes
Chondrichthyes includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish. There are 475 species and three subpopulations of cartilaginous fish evaluated as data deficient.
Angelsharks
Rays and skates
There are 253 species and one subpopulation in the order Rajiformes evaluated as data deficient.
Narkids
Eagle rays
Guitarfish species
Whiptail stingrays
Narcinids
Species
Subpopulations
Apron ray (Discopyge tschudii) (1 subpopulation)
Butterfly rays
Skates
Urotrygonids
Potamotrygonids
Urolophids
Torpedinids
Skates
Anacanthobatidae
Other Rajiformes species
Ground sharks
There are 110 species and one subpopulation of ground shark evaluated as data deficient.
Hammerhead sharks
Scoophead (Sphyrna media)
Requiem sharks
Species
Subpopulations
Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) (1 subpopulation)
Hemigaleids
Houndsharks
Catsharks
Proscylliids
Carpet sharks
Squaliformes
There are 67 species and one subpopulation in the order Squaliformes evaluated as data deficient.
Oxynotids
Centrophorids
Species
Subpopulations
Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus) (1 subpopulation)
Echinorhinids
Bramble shark (Echinorhinus brucus)
Squalids
Somniosids
Dalatiids
Etmopterids
Chimaeras
There are 20 Chimaera species evaluated as data deficient.
Chimaerids
Rhinochimaerids
Bullhead sharks
Other cartilaginous fish species
Lampreys
Ray-finned fishes
There are 2682 species, 12 subspecies, and one subpopulation of ray-finned fish evaluated as data deficient.
Salmoniformes
Species
Subspecies
Coregonus sardinella baunti
Subpopulations
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) (31 subpopulations)
Silversides
Toothcarps
There are 75 species and two subspecies of toothcarp evaluated as data deficient.
Pupfish species
Aplocheilids
Rivulids
Nothobranchiids
Species
Subspecies
Aphyosemion cameronense haasi
Aphyosemion celiae winifredae
Poeciliids
Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes includes carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. There are 610 species and two subspecies in the order Cypriniformes evaluated as data deficient.
Hillstream loaches
True loaches
Cyprinids
Species
Subspecies
Osteobrama cotio peninsularis
Rhodeus atremius suigensis
Psilorhynchids
Suckers
Bonefishes
Gasterosteiformes
Osmeriformes
Catfishes
There are 439 cat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaSights | AlphaSights is an information services company, specializing in connecting clients with experts, sometimes referred to as an expert network. The company's clients include professionals operating in management & strategy consulting, investment management, private equity, corporate and professional services firms with interests in a range of markets including technology, industrials, consumer goods, telecommunications, utilities, financial services, healthcare, consumer services, basic materials, and oil and gas.
AlphaSights is headquartered in London and has offices in New York, Hamburg, Dubai, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Founders
The company was founded in 2008 and incorporated in 2009 in London by Max Cartellieri and Andrew Heath. They met at Stanford Business School in California, but each founded different companies before founding AlphaSights. Cartellieri co-founded Ciao AG, a leading European price comparison website, backed by Munich-based venture capital investor Acton Capital Partners and ultimately acquired by Microsoft. Andrew Heath co-founded GoIndustry, an online marketplace that trades surplus industrial goods all over Europe, now part of GoIndustry DoveBid.
Growth and expansion
AlphaSights opened its second office in New York City and third office in Hong Kong in 2011 before opening further offices in Dubai in 2013, San Francisco in 2015, Seoul, Hamburg and Shanghai in 2016. In 2013, the company was named the third fastest-growing company headquartered in the UK by The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 and has appeared on the list every year since, placing 11th in 2014, 21st in 2015, 41 in 2016 and 81 in 2017. In April 2017, AlphaSights was named as one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies headquartered in Europe by the Financial Times.
References
External links
Official website
Consulting firms established in 2008
Research and analysis firms
Companies based in the City of London
Privately held companies based in London
Business intelligence companies
Knowledge markets
Research and analysis firms of the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20insects | In July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 1702 data deficient insect species. Of all evaluated insect species, 28% are listed as data deficient.
No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.
Blattodea
Miriamrothschildia zonatus
Orthoptera
There are 50 species in the order Orthoptera assessed as data deficient.
Acridids
Tettigoniids
Phaneropterids
Other Orthoptera species
Hymenoptera
There are 316 species in the order Hymenoptera assessed as data deficient.
Colletids
Melittids
Apids
Halictids
Andrenids
Megachilids
Mantises
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera comprises moths and butterflies. There are 87 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as data deficient.
Pyralids
Swallowtail butterflies
Lycaenids
Nymphalids
Skippers
Other Lepidoptera species
Beetles
There are 377 beetle species assessed as data deficient.
Geotrupids
Longhorn beetles
Click beetles
Erotylids
Scarabaeids
Other beetle species
Odonata
Odonata includes dragonflies and damselflies. There are 868 species in the order Odonata assessed as data deficient.
Platystictids
Chlorogomphids
Argiolestids
Chlorocyphids
Isostictids
Platycnemidids
Megapodagrionids
Gomphids
Cordulegastrids
Corduliids
Calopterygids
Coenagrionids
Euphaeids
Macromiids
Lestids
Aeshnids
Libellulids
Polythorids
Other Odonata species
See also
Lists of IUCN Red List data deficient species
List of least concern insects
List of near threatened insects
List of vulnerable insects
List of endangered insects
List of critically endangered insects
List of recently extinct insects
References
Insects
Data deficient insects
Data deficient insects
Data deficient insects |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data%20deficient%20reptiles | As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 910 data deficient reptile species. 18% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as data deficient.
Of the subpopulations of reptiles evaluated by the IUCN, two species subpopulations have been assessed as data deficient.
This is a complete list of data deficient reptile species evaluated by the IUCN. Species which have data deficient subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.
Turtles and tortoises
Species
Subpopulations
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) (2 subpopulations)
Lizards
There are 419 lizard species evaluated as data deficient.
Anguids
Diplodactylids
Chameleons
Anoles
Gekkonids
Wall lizards
Skinks
Spectacled lizards
Sphaerodactylids
Night lizards
Worm lizards
Neotropical ground lizards
Dragon lizards
Phrynosomatids
Varanids
Liolaemids
Other lizard species
Snakes
There are 480 snake species evaluated as data deficient.
Pseudoxyrhophiids
Typhlopid blind snakes
Vipers
Dipsadids
Shield-tailed snakes
Elapids
Calamariids
Lamprophiids
Indo-Australian water snakes
Colubrids
Keelbacks
Burrowing asps
Dawn blind snakes
Thread snakes
Gerrhopilids
Other snake species
See also
Lists of IUCN Red List data deficient species
List of least concern reptiles
List of near threatened reptiles
List of vulnerable reptiles
List of endangered reptiles
List of critically endangered reptiles
List of recently extinct reptiles
References
Reptiles
Data deficient reptiles
Data deficient reptiles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal-phenolic%20network | A metal-phenolic network (MPN) is a supramolecular coordination compound that is derived from metal ions and polyphenols. MPNs adsorb to a wide variety of surfaces due to noncovalent forces. Possible applications of MPN-based materials include drug delivery, bioimaging, biotechnology, controlled-release fertilizers, and electrocatalysis.
References
Materials
Polyphenols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecordTV%20Cabo%20Verde | RECORD TV is a channel of RecordTV in Cape Verde. It is the first Brazilian based channel to have its own version in Cape Verde. The network was launched on 31 March 2007.
The channel was created as part of a government project to end the local terrestrial television monopoly in Cape Verde (excluding RTP África) in January 2007. The station was the highest-ranked of the three national bids, receiving a 70% rate, ahead of TIVER (57%) and RTI (54%).
Its station is in the west of the city in the northern part of Cidadela in Praia and located off the road linking with Ribeira Grande and Porto Mosquito and the Circular Road. Nearly a kilometer west is the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde.
The network may have now recently broadcasting sports programs from Cape Verde apart from football (soccer).
The network first broadcast the 2011 federal elections, the parliamentary and the presidential.
Programming
Balanço Geral
CV no Ar
Eco Musical
Ponto de Vista (Point of View)
Fala Cabo Verde
Record Shopping
Tudo a Ver (ALl for To)
Contacto Directo (Direct Contact, also known as Contato Direito)
Pikinotes Sabe Tcheu
Fala Cabo Verde
Its own version equivalent to Fala Brasil is titled Fala Cabo Verde. The Capeverdean version of the news program is the main news broadcast. It is aired Weeknights (Monday to Friday) at 19h30. It is reported by Silvana Gomes and coordinated by Elisabete Dias.
Eco Musical
Edneia Barros presents the daily format of the Cape Verdean version of Eco Musical. It shows exclusive interviews of main celebrities in Capeverdean Music and highlights of what happens in showbiz.
The songs are aired on Eco Top with the best music videos which is part of the multicultural program.
Coverage
With national coverage in open signal, Record TV Cabo Verde transmits in the city of Praia and other islands of the archipelago. It serves up to 89% of the population and about 75–80% of the area of the nation. Signals goes as far into the ocean up to around 50 km distant as it is heard on several ferry boats, but not merchant ships. Here are a list of signals that currently cover in Cape Verde:
Up to 2014, analogue signals into Santo Antão were aired from Mindelo on channel 32. Sal had a single analogue signal. From Monte Verde's towers, Santa Luzia, the islets of Raso and Branco and the shoreline areas of São Nicolau receives transmitters to the areas, the east of São Nicolau receives its signals from Monte Curral near Espargos as the island has a transmitter but does not broadcasts Record Cabo Verde. West Fogo's analog signal spreads into northeast Brava and the northern islets. The rest of the island has its own signal at Nossa Senhora do Monte, first at channel 21, changed to channel 24.
Boa Vista remains an island without its own signal, its broadcasts are from nearby Santa Maria. Tarrafal de Monte Trigo has no signals received there, Topo da Coroa has no single transmitter located in the vicinity. While due to its high elevation, Chã das Ca |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20of%20Executive%20Women | The Network of Executive Women (NEW) is a women's leadership organization serving the retail, consumer goods, financial services and technology industries. It represents more than 13,000 members from 900 companies, 100 corporate partners and 22 regions in the U.S. and Canada.
Leadership
Sarah Alter was named president and CEO of NEW in June 2017. She was previously a vice president of Discover Financial Services and Quill.com.
Other NEW leaders include: Board Chair Monica Turner of Procter & Gamble; Vice Chair Abbe Luersman of Ahold Delhaize, Immediate Past Chair Lisa Walsh, Atlantic Street Capital Advisors, LLC; Treasurer Dagmar Boggs of Coca-Cola; and Secretary Elizabeth Marrion of Accenture.
Research and insights
NEW conducts independent research and partners with other organizations to help companies achieve gender equality and inclusion. NEW released "The Female Leadership Crisis: Why Women Are Leaving (and What We Can Do About It)" in February 2018 with Mercer & Co and Accenture.
Regional groups
The Network of Executive Women has 22 regional groups in the United States and Canada that provide local events, outreach and services to the communities where NEW members and supporters live and work.
Atlanta
Carolinas
Chicago
Cincinnati
Denver
Florida
Greater Philadelphia
Idaho
Mid-Atlantic
Nashville
New England
New York Metro
North Texas
Northern California
Northwest Arkansas
Pacific Northwest
Phoenix
Southern California
South Texas
Toronto
Twin Cities
Western Michigan
History
NEW founders held organizational meetings in Atlanta, New York and elsewhere in 2000–2001, and the Network of Executive Women was incorporated April 1, 2001. Five thousand dollars in seed money was provided by The Minute Maid Company (then CEO Don Knauss was an early Champion; Ahold USA CEO Bill Grize was one of the first retail leaders to lend his support).
NEW held a kick-off meeting at the FMI Midwinter Executive Conference, January 22, 2001, and NEW's first official meeting was held April 2, 2001 in New York City. On June 1, 2001, NEW held its second official meeting and elected its first Board and Officer slate.
References
External links
Network of Executive Women
Business organizations based in the United States
Women's political advocacy groups in the United States
Gender equality |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno%20%28company%29 | Juno was a vehicle for hire operating in the United States. It is owned by Gett. It operates mobile apps on the Android and iOS operating systems.
Compared to its competitors, Juno took a smaller commission from every ride, as part of a strategy to attract and retain happier drivers. Juno initially had an equity structure that planned to give drivers fifty percent of the founder's equity by 2026, but this program was discontinued in 2017 when Juno was acquired by Gett.
History
Juno was founded by Talmon Marco, who served as the company's chief executive officer. The company headquarters is in New York City.
Information on Juno became public in February 2016, following an unheralded and unannounced beta testing of a software app to 2000 drivers in New York City. Information leaked, and the company began granting interviews by 16 February 2016.
Juno had intended to operate without press for several months.
Juno launched its ride sharing services in New York City in 2016.
Juno was acquired by Gett in 2017, for $200,000,000.
Juno ceased all transportation operations on 18 November 2019.
Juno sought an order to tap $1 million of a $4.5 million loan from its parent company to fund a bankruptcy liquidation on 20 November 2019.
In February 2020, Juno received court approval in Delaware for a Chapter 11 settlement with its unsecured creditors and parent company.
Product
Juno is a bankrupt ride hailing app, making its own proprietary navigation software to do so. The company, which was primarily used in New York City, ceased operations in November of 2019, with customers told to use the app Lyft instead. Juno's parent company, Gett, is also a ride-sharing company, however, is primarily focused in Israel.
References
External links
Juno website
Privately held companies of the United States
Ridesharing companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move%20assignment%20operator | In the C++ programming language, the move assignment operator = is used for transferring a temporary object to an existing object. The move assignment operator, like most C++ operators, can be overloaded. Like the copy assignment operator it is a special member function.
If the move assignment operator is not explicitly defined, the compiler generates an implicit move assignment operator (C++11 and newer) provided that copy/move constructors, copy assignment operator or destructors have not been declared. The parameter of a move assignment operator is an rvalue reference (T&&) to type T, where T is the object that defines the move assignment operator. The move assignment operator is different than a move constructor because a move assignment operator is called on an existing object, while a move constructor is called on an object created by the operation. Thereafter, the other object's data is no longer valid.
Overloading move assignment operator
To overload the move assignment operator, the signature of the function must be:T& operator=(T&& data)To successfully overload the move assignment operator, the following conditions must be met:
Check if the object calling the operator is not calling the operator on itself.
The current object's data is de-allocated.
The object that is being moved from must have its data marked as nullptr (or something to signify the move)
The operator must return a reference to "*this".
Consider the following move assignment operator for a simple string class:class String {
public:
String& operator=(String&& other) noexcept {
// If we're not trying to move the object into itself...
if (this != &other) {
delete[] this->data_; // Free this string's original data.
this->data_ = other.data_; // Copy the other string's data pointer into this string.
other.data_ = nullptr; // Finally, reset the other string's data pointer.
}
return *this;
}
private:
char* data_;
};
References
C++
Operators (programming)
Assignment operations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amie%20Stepanovich | Amie Stepanovich is a lawyer specializing in cybersecurity, privacy law and drone surveillance. She is the executive director of Silicon Flatirons, a research center at University of Colorado Boulder.
Education
Stepanovich attended Florida State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in communications. She received her Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School in May 2010. There, she served as editor-in-chief of the New York Law School Media Law & Policy journal. Upon graduation, she served as a law clerk at the Legal Aid Society, the Media Law Resource Center, and T-Systems North America, Inc. Stepanovich passed the New York State bar examination in July 2010.
Career
Drone Related Advocacy
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20160311003246/https://www.accessnow.org/author/amie-stepanovich/
New York Law School alumni
Florida State University alumni
American women lawyers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Bentley | Jon Bentley may refer to:
Jon Bentley (computer scientist) (born 1953), American computer scientist
Jon Bentley (TV presenter) (born 1961), English television presenter
See also
John Bentley (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNKI | CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure; ) is a private-owned publishing company in China since 2014. CNKI maintains high annual database subscription fees due to its de facto monopoly status on journal search and collection in China. Due to steep annual subscription fee raises, many elite Chinese universities and research institutions, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University, have stopped subscribing to CNKI.
CNKI owns a system called "China Integrated Knowledge Resources System," including journals, doctoral dissertations, masters' theses, proceedings, newspapers, yearbooks, statistical yearbooks, e-books, patents and standards. In January 2013, CNKI became the second designated DOI agent in mainland China, after the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
In May 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China launched an antitrust investigation into CNKI for anti-competitive practices. In June 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced a cybersecurity review on CNKI "to prevent national data security risks, safeguard national security, and protect public interests."
History
In August 1997, the China Academic Journals Electronic Publishing House (CAJEPH) was established under the governance of National Press and Publication Administration of China. The operation was run by Tsinghua University.
In June 1998, an earlier version of CNKI, Chinese Academic Journal (CD Edition) was officially released. Later, Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co., Ltd (TKNT), CAJEPH and Tsinghua Tongfang Optical Disc Co., Ltd. (TTOD) collaborated to deliver the CNKI project.
In May 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China launched an antitrust investigation into CNKI.
In June 2022, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced a cybersecurity review on CNKI.
In March 2023, CNKI announced that access for universities and research institutions outside of China will be terminated. However, the following list of universities still have access to CKNI through their university library portals:
University of Durham
University of Surrey
SOAS University of London
澳門科技大學
澳門城市大學
International Medical University
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
香港理工大學 (HK Polytechnic University)
Bangor University/威尔士班戈大学
Arden University
Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma
香港浸会大学 (HK Baptist University)
东吴大学
Sapienza Università di Roma
University of Nottingham
The University of Tennessee
马来亚大学
Thammasat University
Dhurakij Pundit University
The University of sydney
University of Edinburgh
University of York
British Library
Newcastle University
Universiti Malaya (Pilot)
RMIT University
References
Academic publishing companies
Chinese digital libraries
Commercial digital libraries
1996 establishments in China
Scholarly search services |
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