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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbo%27s%20Just%20Desserts | Zumbo's Just Desserts is an Australian baking reality competition television program on the Seven Network. The program was developed by the creators of My Kitchen Rules, and is hosted by Adriano Zumbo and Rachel Khoo, with Gigi Falanga as assistant.
A second season was commissioned in August 2018 with Netflix joining as a co-producer. The second season premiered on 17 November 2019. In May 2019, it was announced that Falanga was not returning for season two.
Background
In February 2016, the title of the program was revealed along with naming Zumbo as host. Khoo was named as co-host in April 2016. In June 2016, Falanga was announced as joining the program as assistant and timekeeper and promos were released, advising the show would air after the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Despite poor ratings for the first season, an international release through streaming service Netflix led to a second season being commissioned as a co-production between Netflix and Seven Studios.
Contestants
Season 1
Season 2
Series details
Broadcast
The series aired after the Seven Network's coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games on 22 August 2016. As of April 2018, the series is streaming on Netflix.
Ratings
Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide).
Season 1
Season 2
References
External links
2016 Australian television series debuts
Australian cooking television series
2010s Australian reality television series
Australian television series revived after cancellation
English-language Netflix original programming
Seven Network original programming
Reality cooking competition television series
Television series by Seven Productions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20W.%20Marek | Victor Witold Marek, formerly Wiktor Witold Marek known as Witek Marek (born 22 March 1943) is a Polish mathematician and computer scientist working in the fields of theoretical computer science and mathematical logic.
Biography
Victor Witold Marek studied mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Warsaw. Supervised by Andrzej Mostowski, he received both a magister degree in mathematics in 1964 and a doctoral degree in mathematics in 1968. He completed habilitation in mathematics in 1972.
In 1970–1971, Marek was a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, where he worked under Dirk van Dalen. In 1967–1968 as well as in 1973–1975, he was a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. In 1979–1980 and 1982–1983 he worked at the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research. In 1976, he was appointed an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warsaw.
In 1983, he was appointed a professor of computer science at the University of Kentucky. In 1989–1990, he was a Visiting Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. In 2001–2002, he was a visitor at the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, San Diego.
In 2013, Professor Marek was the Chair of the Program Committee of the scientific conference commemorating Andrzej Mostowski's Centennial.
Legacy
Teaching
He has supervised a number of graduate theses and projects. He was an advisor of 16 doctoral candidates both in mathematics and computer science. In particular, he advised dissertations in mathematics by Małgorzata Dubiel-Lachlan, Roman Kossak, Adam Krawczyk, Tadeusz Kreid, Roman Murawski, Andrzej Pelc, Zygmunt Ratajczyk, Marian Srebrny, and Zygmunt Vetulani. In computer science his students were V. K. Cody Bumgardner, Waldemar W. Koczkodaj, Witold Lipski, Joseph Oldham, Inna Pivkina, Michał Sobolewski , Paweł Traczyk, and Zygmunt Vetulani. These individuals have worked in various institutions of higher education in Canada, France, Poland, and the United States.
Mathematics
He investigated a number of areas in the foundations of mathematics, for instance infinitary combinatorics (large cardinals), metamathematics of set theory, the hierarchy of constructible sets, models of second-order arithmetic, the impredicative theory of Kelley–Morse classes. He proved that the so-called Fraïssé conjecture (second-order theories of countable ordinals are all different) is entailed by Gödel's axiom of constructibility. Together with Marian Srebrny, he investigated properties of gaps in a constructible universe.
Computer science
He studied logical foundations of computer science. In the early 1970s, in collaboration with Zdzisław Pawlak, he investigated Pawlak's information storage and retrieval systems, which then was a widely studied concept, especially in Eastern Europe. These systems were essentially single-table relational databases, but unlike C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA%20501 | The RCA 501 was a transistor computer manufactured by RCA beginning in 1958.
History
RCA's pioneering work in transistors in other products provided its engineers with the basis needed to design effective use of transistors in early solid-state electronic computer systems as well. After three years of development, RCA introduced by 1959 the all-transistor RCA 501, a medium- to large-scale computer which according to the sales brochures was "the world's most advanced electronic data processing system". It was designed by industrial designer John Vassos, who employed a modular design strategy, framing the computer and its components as a system and not as individual units. He also used color coding to assist the operator to run the machine in an "orderly and fully controlled manner" according to the advertisement.
The Air Force purchased a 501 system in 1959 for $121,698. Other customers included the Navy, Army, State Farm Life Insurance, and General Tire and Rubber Company.
A compatible version of the RCA 501 was sold by English Electric as their model KDP10/KDF8.
Features
The RCA 501 utilized advanced manufacturing techniques such as pluggable card units or printed circuit boards. It also included a centralized operating console, from which the operator could control all aspects of the computer from one location, including starting and stopping of programs. It also used high-speed magnetic-core memory, expandable from 16k to 260k characters. An optional drum memory unit could provide up to 1.5 million characters of storage, and up to 63 magnetic tape units could be installed. The tape drives utilized variable length records, whereby the "data on [the] tape [is] in proportion to the length of the data in each entry."
It weighed about .
See also
List of transistorized computers
History of computing hardware
References
1950s computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking%20Artists%20Network | The Walking Artists Network (WAN) is an international network dedicated to walking as a critical and artistic practice; it reflects the growth and increased interest in walking art. It is based at the University of East London's Centre for Performing Arts Development and contains a network of over 600 members from across the globe, though predominantly based in the United Kingdom. The network maintains an active email discussion community through JISCmail.
Founding
WAN originated in late 2007 when a small group of artists in central London invited ‘all those who are interested in walking as a critical spatial practice’ to its first meeting. It was further developed when Clare Qualmann and Mark Hunter successfully bid for Arts and Humanities Research Council funding in 2011. This facilitated the international development of the network and allowed it to expand membership, develop a website and fund the Footwork research group.:80
Activities
The Walking Artists Network is works 'on the basis of events that having walking at their core (rather than arranging things at which people sit and listen to talking about walking)'.:80 This has resulted in 'a variety of walking based initiatives' that bring 'people together to walk'.:80
Step by Step (2014-2017)
An interdisciplinary seminar series at the University of East London, organized by Clare Qualmann and Blake Morris, that brought together artists and academics whose work engaged with the practice of walking.:80 Notable speakers included Kubra Khademi, Anna Minton and Sara Wookey.
Walking Encyclopaedia (2014)
In 2014 the Walking Artists Network collaborated with Airspace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent, to produce The Walking Encyclopaedia (2014) a gallery exhibition and online archive of walking practices that includes more than 150 walking practitioners and artworks.
Ways to Wander (2015)
In 2015, a collection of walk suggestions, experiences, techniques and case studies by members of the Walking Artists' Network was published by Triarchy Press with the title Ways to Wander. The book was an 'output of the AHRC funded 'Footwork' project, and edited by Qualmann and Claire Hind.
WALKING WOMEN (2016)
In 2016 Qualmann and Amy Sharrocks curated WALKING WOMEN, 'a series of walks talks and workshops that featured over forty women artists working with walking in a variety of media.':80 The event featured two programmes of work at Somerset House, London and Forest Fringe, Edinburgh.
Artists presenting their work included Jennie Savage, Sharrocks, Deirdre Heddon, Kubra Khademi, Louise Ann Wilson, Rosana Cade, The Walking Reading Group on Participation, Monique Besten and Alison Lloyd. The Live Art Development Agency published a guide to WALKING WOMEN following the events. A radio programme featuring artists involved in the programme was broadcast on Resonance FM in July 2016.
Further reading
Hind, Claire and Clare Qualmann. Ways to Wander: 54 intriguing ideas for different ways to take a walk. Axmins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20Rebooting%20Computing | The Task Force on Rebooting Computing (TFRC), housed within IEEE Computer Society, is the new home for the IEEE Rebooting Computing Initiative. Founded in 2013 by the IEEE Future Directions Committee, Rebooting Computing has provided an international, interdisciplinary environment where experts from a wide variety of computer-related fields can come together to explore novel approaches to future computing. IEEE Rebooting Computing began as a global initiative launched by IEEE that proposes to rethink the concept of computing through a holistic look at all aspects of computing, from the device itself to the user interface. As part of its work, IEEE Rebooting Computing provides access to various resources like conferences and educational events, feature and scholarly articles, reports, and videos.
History
IEEE Future Directions Committee established an "IEEE Rebooting Computing" working group in late 2012 with the broad vision of "rebooting" the entire field of computer technology. The activities of this working group are carried out by the IEEE Rebooting Computing Committee, a team of volunteers from ten participating IEEE Societies and Councils, in conjunction with IEEE Future Directions staff members.
The term "rebooting computing" was coined by IEEE Life Fellow, Peter Denning, as part of an early U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored project focused on revamping computer education.
In order to achieve its goal of rebooting computing, IEEE Rebooting Computing hosted four invitation-only summits between 2013 and 2015 in Washington, D.C., and Santa Cruz, California. These summits addressed the future of computing from a holistic point of view.
In 2014, IEEE Rebooting Computing adopted its logo, consisting of an exploding infinity symbol. The logo is intended to suggest the absence of limits for future computing technology.
IEEE Rebooting Computing announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) in March 2015. This led in May 2016 to the formation of the IEEE International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS), which incorporated the previous mission of ITRS in semiconductor device fabrication and expanded it to encompass alternative technologies, computer architectures, and system applications.
In September 2015, IEEE Rebooting Computing announced support for the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI). Established under Executive Order 13072 issued by U.S. President Barack Obama in July 2015, the NSCI calls for a coordinated Federal strategy in high-performance computing (HPC) research, development, and deployment.
In October 2015, the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), an interagency program of the U.S. government, announced a "Nanotechnology-Inspired Grand Challenge in Future Computing". A key document cited by NNI as part of this grand challenge is a white paper, co-sponsored by IEEE Rebooting Computing and ITRS, entitled Sensible Mach |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FindFace | FindFace is a face recognition technology developed by the Russian company NtechLab that specializes in neural network tools. The company provides a line of services for the state and various business sectors based on FindFace algorithm.
Previously, the technology was used as a web service that helped to find people on the VK social network using their photos.
Technology
In 2015 NTechLab algorithm won The MegaFace Benchmark challenge, organized by University of Washington.
In May 2016, NtechLab was admitted to the official testing of biometrics technology by NIST among the three Russian companies. According to the results of testing, the algorithm took the first position in the ranking of the global benchmark Facial Recognition Vendor Test.
In the spring of 2017, NtechLabs algorithm again has been ranked first in the Facial Recognition Vendor Test.
Also in March 2017, NtechLabs FindFace algorithm won in the EmotionNet Challenge automatic emotion recognition competition organized by Ohio State University. 37 development teams took part in the competition, and only 2 of them were able to fulfill the conditions in full.
In the fall of 2017, NtechLab won the facial recognition technology competition organized jointly by NIST and IARPA, in two nominations out of three (“Identification Speed” and “Verification Accuracy”).
In September 2018, the NtechLab algorithm for recognizing pedestrian silhouettes won a prize in the Wider Pedestrian Challenge, a competition for detecting pedestrians and cyclists organized by Amazon and SenseTime.
FindFace employs a facial recognition neural network algorithm developed by N-Tech.Lab to match faces in the photographs uploaded by its users against faces in photographs published on VK, with a reported accuracy of 70 percent. Different sources point to NTech Lab's technology accuracy from 85.081% to 99%.
History
The technology was made public as a web service that helps to find people on the social network VK using their photos in February 2016.
In May 2016 the number of visitors to the service exceeded 1 million people.
In August 2016 NtechLab co-founder Artem Kukharenko, handed over the post of head of the company to Mikhail Ivanov.
In September 2018, the service stopped providing a facility to search people's social profiles, as it was transformed by NtechLab into a line of services for various business sectors .
Application cases
In 2016–2018 NtechLab presented several scenarios for using FindFace technology, which later formed the basis of the company's commercial products:
• In June 2016, the FindFace service was introduced at the Alfa Future People festival: guests of the event could identify themselves with the use of an application, and then obtain the possibility to receive their photos, taken during the event, through their social network profiles. Participation in the experiment was voluntary and did not violate the confidentiality of festival visitors.
• In 2017, NtechLab face recognition |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J.%27s%20Time%20Travelers | A.J.'s Time Travelers is a 1994 children's fantasy series that aired on the Fox television network. The series follows the adventures of teenager A.J. Malloy as he and his crew travel onboard the time-traveling ship Kyros, seeking knowledge across history.
Plot
A.J., a teenage boy, is given a computer disk by an eccentric neighbor inscribed with "SCIENTIA EST POTENTIA" (Latin for "knowledge is power"). When downloaded, A.J. was transported to a time-traveling ship called the Kryos and made captain in the crew's effort to stave off a villain called Warp. Warp sought to capture the Kryos in order to use its knowledge for evil, but could only do so if A.J. failed to answer any of three questions he posed. Episodes included visits to Egyptian court official Imhotep, printing press inventor Johannes Gutenberg, Sir Isaac Newton. One episode also crossed with A.J's life outside the Kryos, where he struggled with a decision to join a high school clique who had snubbed a black friend of his. A.J. is then sent to meet Colonel Benjamin Davis of the Tuskegee Airmen, and better realizes the scenario after seeing the problems of Jim Crow and the Second World War.
Cast and characters
John Patrick White as A.J. Malloy, the Commander
Julie St. Claire as Maria, the Captain
Patty Maloney as B.I.T. (Back in Time)
Wayne Thomas Yorke as Izzy/Mr. Malloy
Larry Cedar as Warp/Ollie
John Crane as The Fly
Jeremiah Birkett as Pulse
Teresa Jones as Mrs. Malloy
Lawsuit
In 1995, children's writer Diane Russomanno sued former partner Gianni Russo and his companies for breach of contract, claiming they had used elements of her "Ricky Rocket" character in the A.J.'s Time Travelers series in violation of a 1994 settlement not to do so. After a three-month trial, the court found in favor of Russomanno, awarding her $54.2 million. The award was later lowered to $14.7 million.
Broadcast history
Because of the lawsuit, the series has a complicated broadcast history. Russo initially obtained financing from the Bakrie Group to produce 40 episodes and Bohbot Media Inc. distributed the series as part of its Amazin' Adventures syndicated block of animated TV shows. It debuted on Sunday, December 4, 1994, on the former Fox Children's Network, but only four episodes aired. Bohbot continued to distribute the series to other outlets.
Media information
A VHS tape containing two episodes of the series (visits to Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill) was distributed by Bridgestone Multimedia Group in 1999. A second tape contained episodes with Leonardo da Vinci and Aristotle.
References
External links
1990s American children's television series
1994 American television series debuts
1995 American television series endings
American children's adventure television series
American children's education television series
American children's fantasy television series
American time travel television series
Cultural depictions of Johannes Gutenberg
Cultural depictions of Thomas Jefferson
Cultura |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8/e | The PDP-8/e was a model of the PDP-8 line of minicomputers, designed by the Digital Equipment Corporation to be a general purpose computer that inexpensively met the needs of the average user while also being capable of modular expansion to meet the more specific needs of advanced user.
Description
The first prototype was built in 1970, and was among the first minicomputers small enough to fit in the back seat of a Volkswagen Beetle Convertible. It originally sold for $6,500 but after 18 months the price was dropped to $4995 to make it the only computer under $5000 available at that time.
The standard -8/e included a processor, core memory, a data terminal, a tape control and drive, a programmers table, a line printer, software operating system and when purchased included installation, training and maintenance as part of the purchase agreement.
The PDP-8/e featured a processor with single-address fixed word length, parallel transfer computer using 12-bit, two's complement arithmetic. The 1.2/1.4 microsecond cycle time provides a computation rate of 385,000 additions per second. It was built to be versatile and has a high capacity input/output that supports more than 60 types of peripherals. It could be used for a variety of tasks, from keeping score at Fenway Park to monitoring stimuli to the brain during brain surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Basic system
The basic PDP-8/E system was a 10.5 x 19 x 24 inch
(6 rack unit) rackmount or table top unit that contained the processor, core memory, front panel controls ("programmer's console"), console terminal interface for use with an external data terminal, and 115 or 230 volt AC power supply.
Peripherals
Processor options
Extended Arithmetic Element - Enables the performance of complex arithmetic at high speeds
FPP-12 Floating Point Processor - Provides a dual-processor capability for faster calculations
Power Fail and Automatic Restart - Restores operation automatically after a power failure and protects the operating program
Real-Time Clocks - Programmable, line frequency, or crystal controlled intervals
MI8-E hardware bootstrap, an array of diodes allowing startup without manually toggling in the bootstrap via the front panel
Mass storage devices
DECtape magnetic tape drives
RX01 8 inch floppy disk drives (256kB)
RK05 hard drive with removable cartridge (2.5 Mb). Left rack in photo
Paper Tape Readers and Punches - Punches up to 50 characters a second, reads up to 300 characters per second
Card Readers - Marked or punched cards read at 300 cards per minute
Display devices
Video and Writing Tablets - Alphanumeric and graphic display point-plot displays; light pens; telephone line transmission
Hard-Copy Devices - incremental plotters; line printers with 64- or 96-characters sets, 165 characters per second or 356 lines per minute
Data communications devices
Synchronous Communications - Modem interface for Bell 201- and 300-series modems or equivalent
Asynchronous Com |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-12 | The PDP-12 (Programmed Data Processor) was created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1969 and was marketed specifically for science and engineering. It was the third in the LINC family and its main uses were for applications in chemistry, applied psychology, patient monitoring and industrial testing. It is the combination of the LINC computer and the PDP-8 and can run programs for either computer. It features a single central processor with two distinct operating modes, each with its own instruction set that allows it to run both computers' programs. PDP-12 Basic System weighed about .
Because it is the combination of two different computers it is very versatile. It can be a laboratory-oriented machine with several facilities for I/O, auxiliary storage, and control and sensing for external equipment or a general purpose computer with a flexible I/O capability that can support multiple peripheral devices. The basic package came with dual LINCtape drives, a scope display and I/O ports for interfacing with external laboratory equipment and peripherals. In addition to a display-based OS other software packages were included for data acquisition and display, Fourier analysis and mass spectrometry.
Operating systems
Although an OS/8 variant named OS/12 was the predominant PDP-12 operating system, there were two prior ones:
LAP6-DIAL (Display Interactive Assembly Language)
DIAL-MS (Mass Storage; this is an 8K version of LAP6-DIAL)
Production and training
Less than a year after its introduction the PDP-12 already had over 400 orders placed and in total 725 units were manufactured before being discontinued in 1972.
Since it was used as laboratory equipment DEC offered a two-week "hands-on" programming course with the purchase of the computer. Classes were held at the main plant in Maynard, Massachusetts or in Palo Alto, California in the US, and also available in Reading in the United Kingdom, Cologne in Germany or Paris, France.
See also
LINC
LINC-8
References
Further reading
Clayton, R. (1970). Comparison of the LINC, LINC-8, and PDP-12 computers. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation, 2(2), 76.
Computing by computer model
DEC minicomputers
12-bit computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone%20to%20Watch%20Over%20Me%20%28TV%20series%29 | Someone to Watch Over Me is a Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes, it stars Tom Rodriguez and Lovi Poe. It premiered on September 5, 2016 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Juan Happy Love Story. The series concluded on January 6, 2017 with a total of 90 episodes. It was replaced by Meant to Be in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Premise
TJ falls in love with Joanna. He and his wife faces their biggest setback when he is diagnosed with Early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Tom Rodriguez as Teodoro Jose "TJ" Agustin Chavez
Lovi Poe as Joanna Mercado-Chavez
Supporting cast
Max Collins as Irene Montenegro-Fernando
Edu Manzano as Gregor "Buddy" Chavez
Jackie Lou Blanco as Cielo Andrada-Chavez
Ronnie Lazaro as Ruben "Estoy" Mercado
Isay Alvarez-Seña as Remedios "Cita" Mercado
Boy 2 Quizon as Paolo
Frances Makil-Ignacio as Cecilia "Cess" Navarro
Ralph Noriega as Jefferson "Jepoy" Mercado
Recurring cast
Luz Valdez as Rose Montenegro
Shyr Valdez as Osang
Camille Torres as Eunice
Maricris Garcia-Cruz as Monique
Espie Salvador as Espie
Caleb Punzalan as Joshua Chavez
Cogie Domingo as Adrian "Ian" Alejandro
Guest cast
Melissa Mendez as Adora Agustin
Johnny Revilla as Irene's father
Lui Manansala as Gracia
Mikael Daez as Dave Fernando
Lance Serrano as Alex
Eugene Runas as Tope
Dido De La Paz as Robert
Aleera Montalla as Lulu
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of Someone to Watch Over Me earned a 17.3% rating. While the final episode scored a 17.1% rating in Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement.
Accolades
References
External links
2016 Philippine television series debuts
2017 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopped%20After%20Hours | Chopped After Hours is an American cooking show on the Food Network, hosted by Ted Allen.
Format
A spin-off of Chopped, this show features a similar format with mandatory ingredients and time restriction. Episodes consist of three segments, each featuring the judges from a different Chopped episode. The judges are given one of that episode's mystery ingredient baskets and must cook a dish that incorporates them. No one is eliminated or declared the winner; instead, the judges and Ted Allen taste each other's dishes and comment on them.
Episodes
All episode titles include the word "and".
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
References
External links
Official site
2010s American cooking television series
2015 American television series debuts
American television spin-offs
English-language television shows
Food Network original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney%20%26%20Co. | Varney & Co., sometimes styled Varney & Company, is an American cable television news and talk show on the Fox Business Network hosted by British-American economic and political commentator Stuart Varney. The show includes market coverage, current events coverage, and interviews and commentary with Wall Street experts.
Hosts
Stuart Varney, host (2010—present)
Lauren Simonetti, news anchor (2015—present)
Susan Li, correspondent, co-anchor (2019—present)
Ashley Webster, guest host, contributor & correspondent (2010—present)
Audience
In February 2015, Varney & Co. reached its highest-rated month since moving to the 11am time slot, averaging 103,000 total viewers, 18,000 of whom were adults ages 25–54. Overall since the time change, the show was up 91% in total viewers and 31% among adults 25–54. On 24 August 2015, the show, which had switched to a three-hour slot from 9 am–12 pm, set the record for Fox Business Network for that block with 230,000 total viewers and 54,000 in the 25–54-year-old demographic. In February 2016, Varney & Co., still in the 9 am–12 pm slot, averaged 159,000 total viewers, up 65% from the same month one year prior.
Guests
Over the years, many other well-known political figures and celebrities have appeared regularly on the show. Notable guests have included:
Nicole Petallides (35 episodes)
Kayleigh McEnany (33)
Sandra Smith, television journalist and reporter (6)
Henrik Fisker, entrepreneur and car designer (3)
Monica Crowley (2)
Scottie Hughes (2)
Melissa Francis, television journalist (1)
Les Gold, pawnbroker (1)
Mary Kissel, journalist (1)
Darcy LaPier, actress (1)
Gina Loudon, author and psychology expert (1)
Marc Siegel, physician (1)
Shmuley Boteach, Orthodox rabbi and writer (1)
Patrick M. Byrne, President and CEO of Overstock.com (1)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, television host (1)
Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist (1)
Megyn Kelly, Fox News reporter and television host (1)
Tony Little, exercise instructor (1)
Andrew Napolitano, judge and Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News (1)
Katherine Schwarzenegger, writer (1)
Jon Taffer, bar consultant and television personality (1)
Abby Wambach, Olympic gold medal professional soccer player (1)
Harvey J. Kaye, historian (1)
Jonathan Greenstein, Judaica expert (1)
Phil Bryant, 64th Governor of Mississippi (1)
Austan Goolsbee, economist (1)
Julie Roginsky, Democratic Party strategist (1)
Robert J. O'Neill, former US Navy SEAL, who shot and killed Osama bin Laden in 2014 (1)
Sam Sorbo, actress (1)
Pete Rose, baseball player (1)
Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (1)
In popular culture
On 8 May 2014, Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report satirized Stuart Varney, showing clips from his show and mocking him for being out of touch.
See also
Countdown to the Closing Bell
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Markets Now
Stossel (TV series)
References
External links
American television talk shows
Fox Business original programming
2012 American televisio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Barone | Antonio Barone (29 September 1939 – 4 December 2011) was an Italian physicist. He was Emeritus Professor of the Federico II University of Naples and Director of the CNR Cybernetics Institute in Arco Felice (Naples), Italy. He is best known for his work on superconductivity and Josephson effect.
Professional life
Antonio Barone studied at Physics Faculty of the Federico II University in Naples. After the degree in Physics (1967) he joined the National Research Council of Italy (C.N.R.) at the Laboratory of Cybernetics in Arco Felice, Naples (1968). In 1977, he became director of the Institute of Cybernetics and held this position until 1991. In 1987, he had the Structure of Matter chair at the Engineering Faculty of the Federico II University in Naples where he definitively moved in 1992. Retired in 2009, he was nominated Emeritus Professor in 2011. Antonio Barone was also member of the Board of Delegates of the Material Research Society and the European Physical Society.
Work on superconductivity and Josephson effect
The initial research activity of Antonio Barone was in the field of nuclear physics and radiation detectors. Superconductors stimulated new approaches to radiation detection and this was the original reason to drive Barone’s interests towards superconductivity. In 1968, the birth of the Cybernetics Laboratory offered him the possibility to work in a joint project USA–Italy and in 1971 he was at the University of Wisconsin Madison to participate in the pioneering studies on the Josephson effect.
The research activity on Josephson junctions opened a wide variety of very stimulating subjects in which Barone was deeply involved. These range from the use of Josephson junctions as neuristors and soliton propagation in “long” Josephson structures, to fluctuations phenomena, from light sensitive junctions and proximity effect to the development of innovative superconducting devices.
He was the co-author of the famous book “Physics and applications of the Josephson effect” (written jointly with G. Paternò). This became rapidly the reference text for the Josephson effect, as documented by thousands of citations and was translated into Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
In 1983, Barone was awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow of the highest academic title of “Doctor of the Physical-Mathematical Sciences,” and later of the Kapitza Prize. He was the first scientist of a western country to receive these prestigious honours.
After the discovery of high-Tc superconductors (HTS) Barone gave significant contributions in this field, reporting original results since June 1987 in the Berkeley conference on “archetype” high-Tc Josephson junctions. Of great impact were the studies on unconventional superconductivity, first developed for “p-wave” superconductors, but definitely very inspiring for the d-wave HTS compounds, and later on the physics of HTS Josephson junctions.
Macroscopic quantum phenomena and “particle detectors” are t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIIT%20%28disambiguation%29 | HIIT is high-intensity interval training.
HIIT may also refer to:
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, a computer science research institute in Helsinki, Finland
Hamdard Institute of Information Technology, a computer science institute at Hamdard University in Karachi, Pakistan
"HIIT", an episode of How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
HIIT Brands, and activeware company acquired by ASOS |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Kemp | Roman Kemp (born 28 January 1993) is a British radio host and television personality. Since 2014, he has presented the national radio network Capital FM and their own breakfast show since 2017. Kemp also presents The One Show on BBC One. In 2019, he finished in third place in the nineteenth series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
Early life
Kemp is the son of actor and musician Martin Kemp and singer Shirlie Holliman. He has an older sister, Harley Moon (b. 1989). The late singer George Michael was his godfather.
Kemp was educated at Berkhamsted School until he was 15 and was in the same year as KSI.
Career
2010s
In November 2014, Kemp joined Capital FM to present Sunday 6–9am. He was promoted to Saturday 5–8pm and Sunday 9pm12am a year later, where he had the chance to interview artists on his show. In February 2016, Kemp became the new face of The Capital Evening Show, weeknights 7–10pm in addition to his Sunday show. In 2017, Kemp began hosting Capital Breakfast from 6am–10am with Vick Hope across London and Saturday 6am–9am across the Network. As a result, he left the evening show. In 2018, Sonny Jay joined Capital Breakfast full-time as a co-presenter. In 2016, Kemp was The X Factor UK'''s digital presenter and social media correspondent. He also co-hosted Nick Kicks on Nicktoons. Since January 2017, he has co-presented 2Awesome on ITV2 with Vick Hope. He also presented The Hot Desk on ITV2. From 2 May 2017, Kemp took over Capital FM London's breakfast show with Hope. He narrated Bromans on ITV2 in 2017, in which his father played Emperor. He appeared in an episode of Len Goodman's Partners in Rhyme. He took part in a celebrity edition of First Dates for Stand Up to Cancer in November 2017.
In November 2017, Kemp was the backstage reporter on Children in Need Rocks the 80s. On 1 March 2018, Kemp hosted the Global Awards alongside Rochelle Humes and Myleene Klass, and returned to present the 2019 Global Awards. On 8 April 2019, Kemp, Hope and Jay became the hosts of the new Capital National Breakfast. In May 2019, it was announced that he would play in the 2019 edition of Soccer Aid, representing the Rest of the World due to his birth in Los Angeles allowing him to be classed as American. Since June 2019, Kemp has appeared in the Channel 4 reality series Celebrity Gogglebox alongside his father. In 2019, Kemp was a contestant on the nineteenth series of the ITV reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in third place. Kemp has also presented London's New Year celebration show twice in 2017 and 2019 alongside performers Nile Rodgers, Chic and Craig David respectively.
2020s
In 2020, Kemp co-hosted a Sunday morning programme with his father, titled Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! on ITV from 14 June 2020. On 19 November 2020, Kemp featured as a guest panellist on the ITV Daytime show Loose Women and was part of the first all male panel in the show's 21-year history. In March 2021, Kemp presented a documentar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Albrecht | Bob Albrecht is a key figure in the early history of microcomputers. He was one of the founders of the People's Computer Company and its associated newsletters which turned into Dr. Dobb's Journal. He also brought the first Altair 8800 to the Homebrew Computer Club and was one of the main supporters of the effort to make Tiny BASIC a standard on many early machines. Albrecht has authored a number of books on BASIC and other computer topics. He is mentioned as one of the "who's who" in Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution.
Career
In 1955 Albrecht was studying for a master's degree when he quit for a job at the Minneapolis-Honeywell Aeronautical Division in Minneapolis, which had entered the computer market in April that year. He was working in a large room of engineers on flight control systems for high-speed jet aircraft using analog techniques. After a few months he was invited to join work on an IBM 650 drum computer, with the intention that he would then promote the use of the computer amongst his erstwhile analog-working co workers.
In 1962, while working for Control Data Corporation as a senior applications analyst, he was asked to give a talk at George Washington High School in Denver. This incident prompted a career change after his interest was triggered by the young learners' response.
People's Computer Company
After Albrecht left his job at Control Data Corporation, he became involved with an educational nonprofit organization called Portola Institute. Albrecht launched his project called People's Computer Company in October 1972. It is not a company but a newsletter that took its name in honor of Janis Joplin's band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. The newsletter operated with a walk-in storefront to teach children "about having fun with computers". A spinoff newsletter was called Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia. Albrecht's computer-book publishing company Dymax also brought computing to the people by teaching young students to program.
References
Further reading
Interview of Bob Albrecht at History of Computing in Learning and Education Virtual Museum Museum, 2015
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American computer specialists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Cutthroat%20Kitchen%20episodes | Cutthroat Kitchen is a reality cooking television show hosted by Alton Brown. It premiered on August 11, 2013, on Food Network, and features four chefs competing in a three-round elimination cooking competition. The contestants face auctions in which they can purchase opportunities to sabotage one another. Each chef is given $25,000 at the start of the show; the person left standing keeps whatever money they have not spent in the auctions. The show is in its fifteenth season as of June 2017.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11
Season 12
Richard Blais became a new recurring judge in Season 12.
Season 13
Season 14
Season 15
Australian airings
References
Lists of American non-fiction television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20Care%20Utah | Take Care Utah is a network of nonprofit organizations and individuals across the state of Utah focused on helping people access health insurance coverage.
Overview
Take Care Utah consists of over 100 enrollment specialists across the state. The network is a program of the Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP), and partnered with United Way of Salt Lake, 2-1-1, and the Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH). The organization provides assistance with signing up for health insurance through the Marketplace (Obamacare), Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). All services are provided free of charge. Many of the people who utilize Take Care Utah's services are referred by 2-1-1 operators who can locate the nearest enrollment specialist to a person's location.
Funding
Take Care Utah's organizations receive funding from several sources, including the competitive Federal Navigator grant which is awarded annually.
Annual Summit
Take Care Utah holds a summit every year in September for all patient navigators and Certified Application Counselors across the state to receive required trainings and set goals.
References
External links
Official website
Health insurance in the United States
2012 establishments in Utah
Non-profit organizations based in Utah |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Cross%20Brazil | Green Cross Brazil is part of Green Cross International network. That was founded by former Soviet Union President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, building upon the work started by the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Green Cross Brazil is an independent non-profit and non-governmental environmental organisation (NGO) working to address the inter-connected global challenges of security, poverty eradication and environmental degradation through a combination of advocacy and local projects. The organisation has projects in partnerships with the Brazilian Government, Sicoob Cooperative Bank, Microsoft, Netafim, Sebrae and Giorgio Armani.
In 2016, Green Cross Brazil started implementing the Water for Peace Programme, part of Giorgio Armani’s Acqua for Life Project. The project target a subdistrict of Mariana, which still suffers the catastrophic consequences of the Bento Rodriguez
With the support of Giorgio Armani, Green Cross is installing rainwater harvesting systems in two of the worst-affected municipalities. The collected water is used for drinking, hygiene and latrines, as well as to irrigate small vegetable gardens at the schools. Green Cross Brazil and its partners are also engaged with local communities, and holding training workshops for teachers on maintenance of water systems and sustainable water practices.
References
External links
Official website
Environmental organisations based in Brazil
Organizations established in 1993 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20TVOKids | This is a list of the children's programming that is currently or has been previously, broadcast on the Canadian television network TVOntario using the TVOKids brand.
Current programming
Original/commissioned programming
16 Hudson (August 21, 2018 – present)
Abby Hatcher (February 11, 2019 – present)
Ainara's Bookshelf (February 2, 2023 – present)
All-Round Champion (2020–present)
Baby Baby (2021–present)
Backyard Beats (2020–present)
Blynk and Aazoo (2019–present)
Book Hungry Bears (2020–present)
Can You Imagine That! (2015–present)
Canada Crew (2017–present)
Creature Mania (2018–present)
Cutie Pugs (December 10, 2018 – present)
Dino Dana (May 24, 2017–present)
Dream It To Be It (September 5, 2023 – present)
Gabby's Farm (2021–present)
Green Squad (September 12, 2023 – present)
How Do You Feel? (November 16, 2020 – present)
How to do Stuff Good (2021–present)
Interstellar Ella (April 17, 2023 – present)
It's My Party! (2018–present)
Leo's Fishheads (March 19, 2020 – present)
Leo's Pollinators (April 22, 2022 – present)
Momolu and Friends (September 5, 2022 – present)
My Home, My Life (2020–present)
Now You Know (2015–present)
Odd Squad (November 26, 2014–present)
Odd Squad Mobile Unit (February 25, 2020 – present)
Opie's Home (2017–present)
PAW Patrol (August 27, 2013 – present)
Ping and Friends (November 10, 2018–present)
Pup Academy (August 26, 2019 – present)
Raven's Quest (January 22, 2018 – present)
Step By Step Let's Dance (September 7, 2021 – present)
Sunny's Quest (September 13, 2022 – present)
Super Mighty Makers (2018–present)
Tee and Mo (March 11, 2018 – present)
Tiny and Tall (October 7, 2023 – present)
The Wacky Word Show (September 30, 2019–present)
A Week to Beat the World (2021–present)
When I Grow Up! (June 28, 2018 – present)
Wild Kratts (January 11, 2011 – present)
Wolf Joe (January 10, 2021 – present)
Zamzoom's Animal Adventures (September 8, 2020 – present)
Zerby Derby (2013 – present)
Acquired programming
Arthur (January 6, 1997 – present)
Big Words, Small Stories (June 7, 2021 – present)
Bing (2016–present)
B.O.T. and the Beasties (August 7, 2023 – present)
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (September 9, 2021–present)
Chuggington (May 2, 2022–present)
Clifford the Big Red Dog (January 9, 2023–present)
Colourblocks (April 17, 2023–present)
The Day Henry Met... (2015–present)
Donkey Hodie (2021–present)
Elinor Wonders Why (2022–present)
Floogals (2016–present)
Go Green with the Grimwades (2022–present)
Hardball (2019–present)
Hero Elementary (July 7, 2020 – present)
Jasmine & Jambo (July 3, 2023 – present)
JoJo & Gran Gran (2021–present)
Kangaroo Beach (June 5, 2023 – present)
Kid-E-Cats (June 5, 2023 – present)
Kit and Pup (2021–present)
Let's Go For a Walk (2021–present)
Let's Go Luna! (May 4, 2019–present)
Messy Goes to OKIDO (June 5, 2023 – present)
Molly of Denali (July 9, 2023 – present)
Number 1 Newton Avenue (2022–present)
Numberblocks (Februa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanium | Tanium is a privately held cybersecurity and systems management company with headquarters in Kirkland, Washington, and its operations center in Emeryville, California.
It was founded July 16, 2007, by father and son David Hindawi and Orion Hindawi, co-founders of information management company BigFix.
Orion Hindawi was named CEO in February 2016, and .
On May 3, 2018, TPG Growth made a $175 million investment in the company.
In 2020, Tanium's valuation was US$10 billion.
References
2007 establishments in California
Companies based in Emeryville, California
Business services companies established in 2007
Computer security companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Murder%3A%20Killer%20Cop | Blue Murder: Killer Cop is a two-part Australian television miniseries based on true events, produced by the Seven Network and premiered on 6 August 2017. It is a sequel to the miniseries Blue Murder which screened in 1995 on the ABC. Set in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s in Sydney, the miniseries continues the story of the life of former Detective Roger "the Dodger" Rogerson. The series is directed by Michael Jenkins and produced by John Edwards for Endemol Shine.
Synopsis
The series follows Roger Rogerson, post Blue Murder (1995), showing how he met his wife Anne and the murder of Jamie Gao that led to his arrest and murder conviction.
Cast
Richard Roxburgh as Roger Rogerson
Dan Wyllie as Michael Hurley
Toni Collette as Anne Melocco
Matt Nable as Detective Mark Standen
Emma Booth as Detective Julie Wienthall
Aaron Pedersen as Detective Joe Kenshell
Toby Schmitz as Internal Affairs Detective Jed Wilson
Justin Smith as Glen McNamara
Steve Le Marquand as Detective Larry Churchill
Lee Shaw as Les Mara
Peter Phelps as Graham 'Abo' Henry
Andrew Ryan as Wayne Crofton
Damian Walshe-Howling as Alan Abrahams
Robert Mammone as James Kinch
Aaron Jeffery as Chris Bronowski
Michael Denkha as Bill Jalalaty
Tony Martin as Arthur "Neddy" Smith
Michael Tran as Jamie Gao
Mark Ferguson (stock footage)
Jack Kelly as Robert 'Dolly' Dunn
Reception
Viewership
The first part of the mini-series achieved a metro ratings audience of 717,000, coming second in its timeslot behind 60 Minutes and ranking seventh of the night.
The second part of the mini-series dropped 200,000 viewers and achieved a metro ratings audience of 516,000, coming third in its timeslot behind This Time Next Year & Have You Been Paying Attention? respectively and ranking 20th of the night.
Reviews
The series has received positive reviews, Denise Eriksen, journalist for The New Daily said "This is a brilliantly written, layered drama, it weaves together many stories of flawed-yet-interesting men into a seamless narrative and features some of Australia’s best actors."
Bridget McManus, writer for The Sydney Morning Herald gave the series 4 out of 5 stars, praising Richard Roxburgh and Toni Collette for their roles in the series saying "Richard Roxburgh slips so effortlessly back into the role, whilst Toni Collette is superb as she nails the strident Sydney accent and strangely sensual frump of the printing shop worker whose heart Rogerson stole".
David Knox, writer for TV Tonight also gave the series 4 out of 5 stars saying "The sequel stands up well, thanks to retaining its links with director Michael Jenkins and Roxburgh. It does adhere to the true crime bio-pic path than look more broadly at an era in NSW law & order, with its leading man promoted to anti-hero".
Accolades
References
External links
2010s Australian drama television series
2010s Australian television miniseries
2010s Australian crime television series
Seven Network original programming
Period televisio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos%20Aires%20Underground%20300%20Series | The 300 Series are a set of underground cars manufactured by Alstom in Brazil for use on the Buenos Aires Underground. They are used on Line H of the network, and more have been introduced on Line D where they operate alongside the similar 100 Series.
History
The 300 Series cars were initially ordered for Line H in 2012 with an initial order of 120 cars at a cost of US$ 216 million. These were to be delivered in 2015 and produced solely in Alstom's plant in São Paulo, unlike the 100 Series which also had components produced in Argentina. These were to be put into service once the Córdoba, Santa Fe and Las Heras stations were opened.
On Line H, the cars replaced the Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel cars which had served on every line of the system, with the exception of Line B, at different times since 1934. When Line H was originally opened, it was not deemed necessary to purchase new stock until it had been extended enough and passenger numbers were at a level where new rolling stock was warranted. Thus the Siemens O&K cars were brought out of retirement temporarily. In July 2016, 36 of the Alstom cars were put into service on Line H, leading to the withdrawal of the Siemens cars, while the remaining cars and those for Line D were put into service gradually until 2017.
In late 2014, the order was expanded by 50% to include an additional 60 cars for Line D to replace the ageing Fiat-Materfer cars built in the early 1980s. Unlike Line H, whose now consist of 300 series cars, for Line D the cars operate alongside the 100 Series, which are also Alstom Metropolis cars and bear similarities.
Characteristics
The cars are designed to work with Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) to ensure a better frequency on the lines. They come installed with security cameras, audio warnings for approaching stations and are accessible to the disabled.
The cars also have air conditioning and a system to prevent cars from stacking atop one another in the event of a collision, as well as being equipped with black boxes in the conductor's cabins.
Gallery
See also
Buenos Aires Underground rolling stock
Alstom Metropolis
Buenos Aires Underground 100 Series
Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series
References
Rolling stock of the Buenos Aires Underground
Alstom multiple units
Train-related introductions in 2015
1500 V DC multiple units |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiredTiger | WiredTiger is a NoSQL, Open Source extensible platform for data management. It is released under version 2 or 3 of the GNU General Public License. WiredTiger uses MultiVersion Concurrency Control (MVCC) architecture.
MongoDB acquired WiredTiger Inc. on December 16, 2014. The WiredTiger storage engine was made available as an optional storage engine in MongoDB 2.8. Early WiredTiger users included Amazon and Connectifier. The WiredTiger storage engine is the default storage engine starting in MongoDB version 3.2. It provides a document-level concurrency model, checkpointing, and compression, among other features. In MongoDB Enterprise, WiredTiger also supports Encryption At Rest.
References
Further reading
Wolpe, Toby (December 16, 2014). "MongoDB snaps up WiredTiger and its storage expert team". ZDNet. Accessed July 8, 2016.
NoSQL
Ordered Key-Value Store |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNeuro | OpenNeuro (formerly known as OpenfMRI) is an open-science neuroinformatics database storing datasets from human brain imaging research studies.
The database is available online.
Neuroimaging researchers, having performed an neuroimaging studies, may upload their data to the site.
Third-party researchers may download the data and use it, e.g., for re-analysis.
OpenNeuro is run by the research group around Russell Poldrack, and they described the system in the scientific article Toward open sharing of task-based fMRI data: the OpenfMRI project from 2013,
and later in OpenfMRI: Open sharing of task fMRI data from 2015.
History
OpenfMRI was predated by two other online neuroimaging databases: fMRI Data Center (fMRIDC) and the 1000 Functional Connectomes Project (FCP), available via the Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse Image Repository.
The fMRIDC collected the same type of data as OpenfMRI, but distributes it via physical media. It no longer accepts data submissions.
FCP collected data from resting-state fMRI studies.
In February 2018 OpenfMRI was officially renamed as OpenNeuro to reflect broader range of accepted data and switched to a new data submission and management platform.
See also
Metascience
References
Neuroinformatics
Metascience
Open science |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DONE | The Data-based Online Nonlinear Extremumseeker (DONE) algorithm is a black-box optimization algorithm.
DONE models the unknown cost function and attempts to find an optimum of the underlying function.
The DONE algorithm is suitable for optimizing costly and noisy functions and does not require derivatives.
An advantage of DONE over similar algorithms, such as Bayesian optimization, is that the computational cost per iteration is independent of the number of function evaluations.
Methods
The DONE algorithm was first proposed by Hans Verstraete and Sander Wahls. The algorithm fits a surrogate model based on random Fourier features and then uses a well-known L-BFGS algorithm to find an optimum of the surrogate model.
Applications
DONE was first demonstrated for maximizing the signal in optical coherence tomography measurements, but has since then been applied to various other applications. For example, it was used to help extending the field of view in light sheet fluorescence microscopy.
References
Algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Bialk | Andrew D. Bialk (born November 16, 1971) is an American animator, storyboard artist and character designer. He is best known for his work as a character designer on the Cartoon Network series Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls. He was also known for portraying a high school student in the music video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
Education
BA, Studio Arts, emphasis animation & Graphic design at the Loyola Marymount University (1989-1993).
Filmography
Television
Film
Music videos
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Animators from California
Loyola Marymount University alumni
1971 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Soulellis | Paul Soulellis (born 1968, Huntington, New York) is an American graphic designer, artist, and educator. His writings and work in the field of experimental publishing and network culture are cited in influential scholarly research. His publications are collected and exhibited worldwide and on the internet. He works in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island.
Biography
Soulellis is the founder of Library of the Printed Web, a physical archive devoted to web-to-print artists' books, zines and other printout matter. The Printed Web project "embraces the fluid movement between material and digital realms that characterizes our age." He curates, designs and publishes print-on-demand publications that have featured the work of over 180 contemporary artists. According to Soulellis, Printed Web artists "'perform publishing' by investigating multiple materialities and design possibilities as their works travel through the network." Soulellis also maintains his own artist's practice centered on independent publishing.
His work is widely held in special artists' books collections at art and research institutions, including Museum of Modern Art, NY; Walker Art Center, MN; Yale University, CT; Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland; The Living Art Museum, Iceland; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Hochschule Hof Bibliothek, Germany; Brooklyn Museum, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and New York Public Library, NY.
Soulellis is a contributing editor at Rhizome, where he curates The Download, "an ongoing series of artist commissions that considers the ZIP file format, the act of downloading and the computer user's desktop as a space for exhibition."
Writing
Writing and curatorial projects by Soulellis
"Digital Publishing, Unzipped," Rhizome, 2015
"The Download 1: Sorry to dump on you like this.zip," Rhizome, 2015
"After the Hookup, An App," Rhizome, 2015
"The Download 2: The Distributed Monument," Rhizome 2016
"The Download 3: Incantations for the Birth of a Network," Rhizome, 2016
"The Download 4: Technologies of Care," Rhizome, 2016
"The Download 5: Dennis Cooper's GIF Novels," Rhizome, 2016.
"The Download 6: A Desktop Lamentation," Rhizome, 2017.
"Occupying Plöger's Library," Exhibition Catalogue for Inherited Lies by Wolfgang Plöger, 2017.
"Urgent Archives," in Public, Private, Secret: On Photography and the Configuration of Self, edited by Charlotte Cotton, Aperture and ICP, 2018.
Publications
Publications by Soulellis
Venetian Suite. Venice: self-published, 2010. Set of 4 unique book objects.
Memory Palace. Rome: self-published, 2011. Unique book object.
273 Relics for John Cage. New York: self-published, 2011. 294 pages, edition of 10 copies.
Weymouths. England: commission by b-side arts festival, 2012. 12 volumes, edition of 20 copies.
The Spectral Lens (Twenty-Six Stories from the Book Machine). New York: self-published, 2012. 140 pages, print-on-demand, 20 copies printed.
530 (Sá veldur sem á heldur). Skagaströnd, I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20open%20file%20formats | An open file format is a file format for storing digital data, defined by a published specification usually maintained by a standards organization, and which can be used and implemented by anyone. For example, an open format can be implemented by both proprietary and free and open source software, using the typical software licenses used by each. In contrast to open formats, closed formats are considered trade secrets. Open formats are also called free file formats if they are not encumbered by any copyrights, patents, trademarks or other restrictions (for example, if they are in the public domain) so that anyone may use them at no monetary cost for any desired purpose.
Open formats (in alphabetical order) include:
Multimedia
Imaging
APNG – It allows for animated PNG files that work similarly to animated GIF files.
AVIF – An image format using AV1 compression.
FLIF – Free Lossless Image Format.
GBR – a 2D binary vector image file format, the de facto standard in the printed circuit board (PCB) industry
GIF – CompuServe's Graphics Interchange Format (openly published specification, but patent-encumbered by a third party; became free when patents expired in 2004)
JPEG – a lossy image format widely used to display photographic images, standardized by ISO/IEC
JPEG 2000 – an image format standardized by ISO/IEC
JPEG XL – an image format designed to outperform and replace existing formats. Especially legacy JPEG. Supports both lossy and lossless compression.
MNG – moving pictures, based on PNG
OpenEXR – a high dynamic range imaging image file format, released as an open standard along with a set of software tools created by Industrial Light and Magic (ILM).
OpenRaster – a format for raster graphics editors that saves layers
PNG – a raster image format standardized by ISO/IEC
QOI – a simple, fast and lossless open source image file format https://qoiformat.org/
SVG – a vector image format standardized by W3C
WebP – image format developed by Google
XPM – image file format used by the X Window System
Audio
ALAC – lossless audio codec, previously a proprietary format of Apple Inc.
FLAC – lossless audio codec
DAISY Digital Talking Book – a talking book format
Musepack – an audio codec
MP3 – lossy audio codec, previously patented
Ogg – container for Vorbis, FLAC, Speex and Opus (audio formats) & Theora (a video format), each of which is an open format
Opus – a lossy audio compression format developed by the IETF. Suitable for VoIP, videoconferencing (just audio), music transmission over the Internet and streaming applications (just audio).
Speex – speech codec
Vorbis – a lossy audio compression format.
WavPack – "Hybrid" (lossless/lossy) audio codec
Video
AV1
Dirac – a video compression format supporting both lossless and lossy compression
Matroska (mkv) – container for all type of multimedia formats (audio, video, images, subtitles)
WebM – a video/audio container format
Theora – a lossy video compression format.
Various
DAE - A 3D model/scene format |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRANE | BRANE (Bombing Radar Navigation Equipment) was an airborne computer designed and built by IBM in the 1950s during the Cold War. BRANE was developed under contract to the United States Air Force for the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress nuclear bomber. At a time when computers were the size of large rooms, in order to build a computer that could function on an aircraft, engineers at IBM solved the problems of size, weight, power, reliability and maintenance by using a modular design; with parts that could be located where space was available and components replaced in-flight when they failed. IBM built a facility in Owego, New York to boost production capacity.
References
External links
On Guard! - 1950s IBM film on the BRANE airborne computer
Cold War military computer systems of the United States
Early computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFS%20Group | DFS ("DFS Group") is a Hong Kong-based travel retailer of luxury products. Established in 1960, its network consists of over 420 locations, including duty-free stores in 12 major airports and 23 downtown Galleria stores, as well as affiliate and resort locations. It is privately held and majority owned by the luxury conglomerate Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), alongside DFS co-founder and shareholder Robert Warren Miller. As of January 11, 1997, DFS Group operates as a subsidiary of LVMH.
DFS is headquartered in Hong Kong SAR and has offices in Australia, Cambodia, mainland China, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macau, New Zealand, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and Vietnam. DFS Group employs over 5,000 people, operating in 14 countries worldwide. In 2017, nearly 160 million travelers visited DFS stores.
History
Beginnings
In 1960, American entrepreneurs Charles Feeney and Robert Warren Miller founded Tourists International, which later became Duty Free Shoppers (DFS), in Hong Kong. Minority owners included Alan Parker with a 20% stake, and Anthony M. Pilaro who held 2.5%. The entrepreneurs anticipated the growing spending power of military servicemen as well as the rise of international travelers from Asia, following vast improvements in international air travel after World War II. In 1962, two DFS stores were opened at the international airports in Hong Kong and Honolulu, the first duty-free shop in the United States.
Expansion and re-branding
In the 1960s and 1970s DFS Group significantly expanded their operation in Eurasia and North America. DFS capitalized on the rising wave of Asian tourists who began to travel further overseas, opening stores in international airports and later in downtown locations where travelers have their purchases delivered before departure. In 1968, DFS opened its first downtown duty-free store in Kowloon, Hong Kong, followed shortly thereafter by Honolulu and eventually expanding to 14 locations all over the world. In 2005, branded halls opened in Okinawa, Japan, launching a new shop-in-shop concept for DFS Gallerias. In 2010, "DFS University" was established for its sales associates.
In 2013 DFS reached 420 locations worldwide and undertook a major branding initiative setting the stage for the next generation of expansion. It re-branded its downtown Galleria Stores “T Galleria” and moved to a strategy of localization for airports, working with local suppliers to increase its mix of “destination” products. In 2015 DFS opened its first transformational wines and spirits duplex store at Singapore Changi Airport, including a Long Bar by Raffles. In the same year, it also launched T Galleria Beauty by DFS, a standalone beauty concept store in Hong Kong and Macau.
In 2016 DFS expanded its operations, opening T Galleria Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia, a significantly extended space at T Galleria by DFS, City of Dreams in Macau, and its first European store, T Fondaco dei Tedeschi in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit%20Sopo%20Jarwo | Adit Sopo Jarwo is an Indonesian computer-animated television series for children. Produced by MD Animation, the series was launched on 27 January 2014 on MNCTV. It has also aired on Global TV.
The show was originally named Adit & Sopo Jarwo, but on 20 March 2017 it was renamed Adit Sopo Jarwo and moved to Trans TV. On 10 September 2017, it resumed broadcast on MNCTV. On 9 April 2021, Adit Sopo Jarwo moved to RTV.
Premise
The show revolves around the adventures of a boy named Adit and his friends Dennis, Mitha, Ucup and Devi, and little sister Adel. Adit is the driving force of the group, pushing his companions to be positive and righteous. However, they often experience disagreements with two adults, the large, lumbering, slow-witted Sopo and his diminutive, conniving boss, Jarwo.
A local administrative official, Haji Udin, mediates between Sopo, Jarwo and Adit, offering sage advice that restores calm.
Characters
Raditya "Adit" Saputra, The son of Pak Surya and Bu Amira and the older brother of Adel, a supporting main character in this story who is always speeding when riding a bicycle, he wearing a wristwatches on his right wrist and wearing a shoes. (born 2002), (born 23 March 1995, based on movie)
Dennis, Adit's best friend, who is afraid of Jarwo (born 2007)
Mita, Adit's female friend (born 2002)
Devi, Adit's female friend (born 2003)
Adelya, Adit's younger sister (born 2012), (born 16 June 2005, based on movie)
Bu Amira Adit's mother (born 28 February 1971 (based on movie, Jakarta)
Pak Surya, Adit's father (born 1978) (born 1970, born in Yogyakarta based on movie)
Sopo, slow-witted, stocky and sometimes unemployed, he often accompanies Jarwo and sometimes works for Baba Chang (born 1983) (born in Brebes based on movie). In "Adit Sopo Jarwo : The Movie" he helps Adit to return to his parents
Jarwo, short, conniving and sometimes unemployed, he works odd jobs and works for Baba Chang (born 1977). He often clashes with Adit, although sometimes cooperates with him. In "Adit Sopo Jarwo : The Movie" he help Adit to meet his parent.
Pak Haji Udin, local neighborhood chief (RW), he frequently mediates problems posed by Sopo and Jarwo (born 1963)
Kang Ujang, meatball vendor who sometimes orders Sopo and Jarwo to wash dirty dishes to settle their debts. Kang Ujang has a Sundanese accent (born 1973)
Pak Dasuki, Karet villager who gives jobs to Sopo and Jarwo (born 1973)
Jarwis, Jarwo's twin brother, he is the opposite of Jarwo (born 1977)
Pak Anas, bad-tempered villager from North Sumatra (born 1968)
Baba Chang, ethnic Chinese man (born 1963)
Li Mei, Baba Chang's daughter (born 1991) her dad gave Birth to her
Madun, Adit's friend, a soccer player (born 2001)
Ucup, a small boy, who is friendly with Adit and Sopo. Shown to usually talk very slowly and with unnecessary details, often quoting religious verses and ends it with suggestions to ask Haji Udin for confirmation. (born 2009)
Mamat, Karet villager (Born 1988)
Kipli, mal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction%20Network%20Services | Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a privately held, multinational company in the payments, financial and telecommunications industries. TNS is the supplier of networking, integrated data, and voice services to many organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of telecommunications network solutions to service providers.
History
1990 – TNS founded in the US to provide services to the point-of-sale/payments industry
1994 – Initial public offering – NASDAQ listed
1995 – TNS' Telecommunications Services division launched
1996 – International offices launched in the UK, Canada and Ireland and TNS' Financial Services division launched
1998 – Acquired AT&T's Transaction Access Service (USA)
1999 – Offices opened in Australia, France and Japan. Processing services launched in the UK. Listed on the NYSE.
1999 – Acquired by PSINet for $705 million (US$1.1 Billion (2019))
2000 – Office opened in Spain
2001 – Management, in conjunction with private equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner LLC, bought back TNS from PSINet
2002 – Office opened in Italy
2003 – Acquired Openet (Italy) and Transpoll Offline (UK)
2004 – Initial Public Offering – NYSE listing
2005 – Acquired Connect Ro (Romania)
2006 – Offices opened in India, Thailand and South Korea. Acquired Comms XL (UK), InfiniRoute Networks Inc. (USA), Sonic Inc. (USA) and JPG Telecom SAS (France)
2007 – Acquired Dialect Payment Technologies (Australia)
2008 – Offices opened in Hong Kong and Singapore
2009 – Acquired Verisign's Communication Services Group (USA)
2013 – Office opened in Taiwan. TNS acquired by Siris Capital Group LLC in a take-private transaction
2015 – Sells Call Authentication assets to Neustar
2016 – Received investment led by Koch Equity Development LLC
2017 – Offices opened in New Zealand and the Philippines
2018 – Acquired Advam
2019 – Acquired Link Solutions (Brazil), OpSiSe (France), and R2G (Chicago)
2021 – Acquired by Koch Equity Development LLC
References
Companies based in Reston, Virginia
American companies established in 1990 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodesk | Eurodesk is an international non-profit association created in 1990. It is a European network of European, national and local information centers for young people and those working with them. It offers youth information on international learning and participation opportunities and is an organisation supported by the Erasmus+ programme (2014–2020). In 2004, Eurodesk – in cooperation with the European Commission - launched the European Youth Portal.
Mission and services
Eurodesk has 39 offices in 37 countries and a network of more than 2.000 multipliers. In those centres/offices the Eurodesk multipliers carry out Eurodesk's mission which is ‘to raise awareness among young people on learning mobility opportunities and encourage them to become active citizens.’ The Eurodesk network provides young people with support and information about actual mobility opportunities in Europe and world-wide. Furthermore, they offer opportunities to participate in European youth dialogues and consultations and develop their own youth projects. It manages a database of opportunities called the “Eurodesk Opportunity Finder” with over 250 programmes open to young people in Europe. Each year, the Eurodesk network carries out a European campaign “Time to Move” aimed to inform young people about such opportunities.
Coordination of Eurodesk
Eurodesk Executive Committee (board of the international association)
Eurodesk Brussels Link (European coordination and services)
National Eurodesk Coordinators (national information services)
Qualified multipliers (local information services)
Eurodesk Brussels Link (EBL) is responsible for the coordination and management of the Eurodesk network. As well as offering monitoring services, acts, publications, and answering services, they ensure the national centres comply with the organisation's objectives and ultimate mission. Besides that, it provides first-hand European information on youth mobility as well as training, information management tools, quality assessment and communication resources to its national and local multipliers. Other tasks of Eurodesk Brussels Link include: supporting the European Commission in developing and maintaining the European Youth Portal, assessing the quality of Eurodesk national centres, regularly adapting European contents and providing technical support.
References
European Union youth policy
Organizations established in 1990
Youth organisations based in Belgium |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USERN | The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (official acronym – USERN) is a non-profit organization and network for non-military scientific investigation and policy-making. USERN was established on January 1, 2016, and the basic statutes of USERN were drafted on January 21, 2015. The official inauguration of the statutes was held on November 10, 2016, the UN Day of Science for Peace and Development.
USERN is an organization dedicated to promoting ethical and professional scientific research and education, as well as advancing science for non-military purposes.
Membership
USERN began its official activity in early 2016, and following the first meeting, has encouraged individuals to become members via the USERN website. However, the USERN website has been criticized for its functionality, as users have frequently experienced difficulties logging in, changing their passwords, or modifying their pages.
USERN Prize
The USERN Prize is an international award annually bestowed to junior scientists or researchers less than 40 years of age for any novel advancement or achievement in scientific education, research, or serving humanity in five scientific fields including medical sciences, life sciences, formal sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.
USERN Prize Awarding Festival
The closing day of congress and awarding the international rewards ceremony of USERN, the universal scientific education and research network prize or USERN prize will be awarded in 10 November the World Science Day for Peace and Development to 5 young scholars under 40 ages in different theoretical sciences (Mathematics and Computer), Physics sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Engineering), Environmental Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences.
USERN Laureates 2016
Floris De Lange (Netherlands) in Social Sciences
For: Expectation sharpens the visual response
Alexander Leemans (Belgium/Netherlands) in Medical Sciences
For: Processing and Visualization in Diffusion Imaging
Jamshid Aghaei (Iran) in Physical Sciences
For: Evaluating Technical Benefits and Risks of Renewable Energy Sources Increasing Penetration in Electrical Networks
Morteza Mahmoudi (Iran/USA) in Biological Sciences
For: Defining the Biological Identity of Nanotherapeutics for High Yield Cancer Therapy
Lucas Joppa (USA) in Formal Sciences
For: Technology for Nature
The Second International USERN Congress
The 2nd international USERN congress was held in Kharkiv, Ukraine on 8 to 10 November 2017.
USERN Laureates 2017
Matjaž Perc (Slovenia) in Social Sciences
For: Transitions Towards Cooperation in Human Societies
Lucina Qazi Uddin (USA) in Medical Sciences
For: Brain Dynamics and Flexible Behavior in Autism and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Maria-Magdalena Titirici (UK) in Physical Sciences
For: The Design of Efficient and Low Cost Electrocatalysts Catalysts Without the Use of Critical Metals
Valentina Cauda (Italy) in Biological Sciences
For: Hybrid Immune-Eluding |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Talented%20Mr.%20Rollins | "The Talented Mr. Rollins" is the third episode of the seventh season of the mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, which premiered on July 5, 2016, on the cable network Freeform. The episode was written by Jonell Lennon and directed by Zetna Fuentes. The episode focuses on the four protagonists trying to find a way to rescue Alison from the psychiatric hospital, and, during the process, they end up making a terrible, huge mistake.
"The Talented Mr. Rollins" was watched by 1.12 million viewers, and garnered a 0.5 demo rating, down from the previous episode.
Plot
Emily (Shay Mitchell) connects the puzzle pieces as she understands Elliott and Mary might be working together. Toby (Keegan Allen) and Yvonne (Kara Royster) get engaged. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) feels like breaking up with Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) because apparently he still loves Hanna (Ashley Benson). Emily reveals her true feelings to Sabrina (Lulu Brud). Aria (Lucy Hale) and Hanna find out about Elliott and Charlotte's love affair. The ladies attempt to rescue Alison (Sasha Pieterse) from the psychiatric hospital to protect her from Uber A's threats, but in the process, Hanna accidentally hits Elliott (Huw Collins) with her car, killing him instantly.
Production
The episode was written by Jonell Lennon and directed by Zetna Fuentes. The episode's title was revealed by Lennon on May 9, 2016, via Twitter. The title is a reference to the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. The table read for this episode occurred on April 25, 2016. Filming started on April 28 and wrapped on May 5, 2016.
Reception
Broadcast and ratings
In the United States, "The Talented Mr. Rollins" was first aired on July 5, 2016, and it achieved a viewership of 1.12 million Americans. The episode garnered a 0.5 rating among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research. After Live +3 DVR ratings, the episode finished in the fifteenth spot in Adults 18–49, finishing with a 0.9 rating among adults aged 18–49, and aired to a total viewership of 1.85 million, placing in the seventeenth spot in viewership.
Critical response
While writing for TV Equals, Mark Trammell gave a favorable review for the episode, saying that it was an "all in all, on okay episode, mostly redeemed by that ending." He also assumed that Elliott wasn't Uber A, saying that Sara Harvey could probably be. Jessica Goldstein of Vulture gave the episode 3 out of 5 stars, and also praised the twist on the plot, commenting: "considering all the gross, sexy-bloody imagery we've had of girls so far this season (and, when you think about it, this entire series), it was mighty satisfying/disgusting to watch blood ooze out of Elliot's sad-guppy mouth," and continued, "it was like we were in a time warp back in high school."
References
External links
"The Talented Mr. Rollins" at Freeform.com
2016 American television episodes
Pretty Little Liars episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GateKeeper%20%28access%20control%20device%29 | GateKeeper is a wireless proximity-based access control and authentication device that allows a user to automatically lock their computer by walking away and unlock it by walking back. The GateKeeper consists of a key fob (the device), a USB dongle to transmit the wireless signal, software to manage user credentials, and additionally, it has a password manager.
GateKeeper Software and Hardware
GateKeeper software uses a dashboard that displays the device's signal strength, allowing users to select or configure lock settings, manage user credentials, and set the range at which the computer detects the device's presence. The GateKeeper software provides the user options to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for computer access by requiring the user to enter a PIN and carry the GateKeeper security token to login. It must be noted that if the USB sensor is ever removed from the computer, the software immediately locks the computer.
GateKeeper Enterprise
The GateKeeper Enterprise software integrates with the GateKeeper hardware, which allows the administrator to control the deployment and management of GateKeepers on the network. The IT administrator can set security policies, gather log data for auditing, conduct productivity analysis, and deploy updates to the client software.
See also
Computer access control
Security information and event management
RFID
Wireless lock
Log management
Computer security
Bluetooth token
References
External links
Computer security software
Computer access control
Access control
Access control software
Identity management systems
Identity management
Key management
Authentication methods
Password authentication
Locks (security device)
Radio-frequency identification
Wireless locating
Security technology
Data security
Bluetooth
Smart cards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F85 | F85 or F-85 may refer to:
BMW X5 (F85), mid-size luxury SUV based on the BMW X5 (F15)
Durango F-85, an early personal computer
HMS Cumberland (F85), Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy
HMS Jupiter (F85), J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
HMS Keppel (F85), anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s
HMS Montclare (F85), passenger ship built for the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, Montreal
Navarra (F85), a Spanish-built Santa Maria-class frigate of the Spanish Navy
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, an American experimental fighter aircraft
Oldsmobile F-85, an American automobile
Spanish frigate Navarra (F85), a Santa Maria-class frigate
Volvo F85, a medium size truck |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo%20Iwama%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Kazuo Iwama (, born January 1, 1951) is a Japanese computer scientist who works at Kyoto University. Topics in his research include stable marriage, quantum circuits, the Boolean satisfiability problem, and algorithms on graphs.
Education and career
Iwama earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Kyoto University in 1973, 1975, and 1980 respectively. He taught at Kyoto Sangyo University from 1978 to 1990, when he moved to Kyushu University. In 1997 he returned as a professor to Kyoto University. Currently he is working as a project professor.
Academic service
Iwama became the founding president of the Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation in 2007.
He was the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Algorithms, in 2008.
Since 2013 he has been editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science.
Awards and honors
Iwama received an honorary doctorate from the University of Latvia in 2008, and was elected to the Academia Europaea in 2012.
Selected publications
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References
External links
Home page
1951 births
Living people
Japanese computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
Kyoto University alumni
Academic staff of Kyushu University
Academic staff of Kyoto University
Members of Academia Europaea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo%20Iwama | Kazuo Iwama may refer to:
, president of the Sony Corporation
, Japanese computer science researcher |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imply%20Data | Imply Data, Inc. is an American software company. It develops and provides commercial support for the open-source Apache Druid, a real-time database designed to power analytics applications.
History
Druid was open-sourced in October 2012 under the GPL license. Over time, notable organizations including Netflix and Yahoo adopted the project into their technology stacks. The increased adoption led the team to change the license of the project to Apache.
In October 2015 the company raised $2 million from Khosla Ventures. and launched its first product, combining Apache Druid and additional open-source components, including a user interface and the PlyQL SQL-like query language, plus enterprise support.
In December 2019 it raised an additional $30 million, suggesting a valuation of $350 million. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Khosla Ventures and Geodesic Ventures.
A Series C round of $70 million, valuing the company at $700 million, was announced in June, 2021, led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Also in November, 2021, Imply announced Project Shapeshift, designed to develop a hardware-abstracting, auto-scaling control plane and SaaS service for Apache Druid; extend the Druid SQL API from querying to ingestion, processing and transformation; and build a serverless and elastic consumption platform.
References
2015 establishments in California
American companies established in 2015
Big data companies
Companies based in Burlingame, California
Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Software companies established in 2015
Software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOTAC | ZOTAC is a computer hardware manufacturer founded and based in Hong Kong. The company specializes in producing video cards (GPUs), mini PCs, solid-state drives, motherboards, gaming computers and other computer accessories. All its products are manufactured in the PC Partner factories in Dongguan City, China.
Aside from its international headquarters in Hong Kong, it also has four offices overseas in Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Germany.
History
ZOTAC was established in 2006 under the umbrella company of PC Partner. Its name was derived from the words "zone" and "tact". A year later, ZOTAC created its first ever video card, the ZOTAC GeForce 7300 GT.
In 2008, ZOTAC became the first hardware company to ship video cards with a factory overclock. In 2015, ZOTAC created a Steam Machine called the NEN. It featured a Nvidia GeForce 960 and an Intel Core i5-6400T Processor.
In 2016, The MAGNUS EN980 debuted at Computex Taipei. It was the first ever Mini PC that was considered "VR ready" by Nvidia, and it featured an Nvidia GTX 980 and an i5 Processor. Also launched is the smallest Mini PC line-up, P Series, and ZOTAC VR GO.
In 2017, Zotac released their GTX 1000 series line including their 1080, 1070, 1060, and also their miniseries including the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini. They also introduced their new brand now known as 'Zotac Gaming'. The first product launched under it was the MEK Gaming PC, which was a Mini ITX desktop. In addition to the MEK Gaming PC and graphic cards, Zotac also released an external enclosure that supported Thunderbolt 3 and could host a graphic card up to nine inches long.
In 2018, Zotac announced their GeForce 20 series graphics cards including the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GeForce RTX 2080 series, and the GeForce RTX 2070 Series. In addition to graphic cards, Zotac also released their new line of ZBOX mini PCs in Q2 2018.
GeForce Series
Zotac's GeForce series includes their slightly modified stock graphic cards and their own Amp! and Amp! Extreme products. Their Amp! and Amp! Extreme series are modified versions of NVIDIA's stock graphics cards that include a modified cooling system, advertised as quieter.
ZBox Mini PC Series
Zotac's ZBox Mini PC Series includes USB 3.0, Wi-Fi, SD card slot, headphone and microphone ports, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, and a VGA port. The ZBox Mini PC Series is meant to be completely portable with ports to external displays.
In January 2019, the Mek Mini was revealed at CES.
See also
NVIDIA
References
External links
PC Partner website
ZOTAC official website
Graphics hardware companies
Motherboard companies
Privately held companies of Hong Kong
Computer hardware companies
Hong Kong brands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encore%20Data%20Products | Encore Data Products is a privately held American manufacturer and supplier of high end audio and video equipment including headphones, amplifiers. The company was founded in 2006 and currently headquartered in Lafayette, Colorado. It is one of the largest manufacturers and supplier of audio and video components in Colorado.
Overview
Encore Data Products was founded in 2006 in Louisville, Colorado by Jeff Burgess. The company target markets are education, health and fitness, hospitality, business and government industries. Encore Data Products is also the sole distributor of the Soundnetic brand of headphones, headsets and earbuds. The company's products enable schools to incorporate audiovisual resources into their lessons, helping students build speaking and listening skills. Certain headphone and headset requirements need to be met for school district and state testing criteria in the United States.
Products
Encore Data Products manufacturers their own brand of headphones and headsets, is an exclusive distributor of the Soundnetic brand, and also distributes products from Hamilton-Buhl, Califone, AVID, and others.
Headphones – Stereo headphones, over-ear headphones, on-ear headphones, earbuds, wireless headphones, headphones for school testing, headphone amplifiers, TRRS headphones, USB headphones, noise-canceling headphone, disposable headphones and earbuds and bulk headphones;
Headsets – school testing headsets, gaming headsets, special education headsets, podcasting and streaming headsets, multimedia headsets, disposable headsets and accessories, tour group and language interpretation systems, listening centers;
Audio Visual Accessories –Chromebook and iPad cases, recorders and media players, portable PA systems and microphones, charging carts and cabinets, AV carts, keyboards and mice, adapters, cases, cables, and extension cords such as the Slim-Straight Headphone Adapter for bulky cases.;
Presentation Equipment – webcams, document cameras, microscope cameras, podcasting and streaming equipment and multimedia headsets;
Classroom Hygiene Products – disinfecting wipes and dispensers, hand and equipment wipes, headphone covers, microphone covers, electronic sanitizers and sanitizing gel.;
References
American brands
Audio equipment manufacturers of the United States
Companies based in Colorado
Lafayette, Colorado
Headphones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon%20X4 | AMD Athlon X4 is a series of budget AMD microprocessors for personal computers. These processors are distinct from A-Series APUs of the same era due to the lack of iGPUs.
"Richland" (2013, 32 nm)
Socket FM2
CPU: Two or four Piledriver-cores
GPU TeraScale 3 (VLIW4)
MMX, SSE(1, 2, 3, 3s, 4a, 4.1, 4.2), AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX(1, 1.1), XOP, FMA(4, 3), CVT16, F16C, BMI(ABM, TBM), Turbo Core 3.0, NX bit
PowerNow!
"Kaveri" (2014, 28 nm)
Socket FM2+, support for PCIe 3.0
Two or four CPU cores based on the Steamroller microarchitecture
AMD Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) 2.0
Dual-channel (2× 64 Bit) DDR3 memory controller
Integrated custom ARM Cortex-A5 co-processor with TrustZone Security Extensions
"Carrizo" (2016, 28 nm)
Socket FM2+, support for PCIe 3.0
Four CPU cores based on the Excavator microarchitecture
Dual-channel (2× 64 Bit) DDR3 memory controller
"Bristol Ridge" (2017, 28 nm)
Socket AM4, support for PCIe 3.0
Four CPU cores based on the Excavator microarchitecture
Dual-channel DDR4 memory controller
MMX, SSE(1, 2, 3, 3s, 4a, 4.1, 4.2), AMD64, AMD-V, AES, AVX(1, 1.1, 2), XOP, FMA(4, 3), CVT16, F16C, BMI(ABM, TBM), Turbo Core 3.0, NX bit
See also
AMD Bulldozer
AMD Piledriver
AMD Accelerated Processing Unit
List of AMD FX microprocessors
References
External links
AMD x86 microprocessors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Organizations%20for%20Youth%20in%20Asia | Catholic Organizations for Youth in Asia (COYA) is a network of Catholic youth organizations in Asia.
History
In 2007 the Youth Desk of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences initiated a meeting of Catholic youth organizations active in Asia. COYA was founded in 2008.
Member organizations
References
Catholic Church in Asia
Catholic youth organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emayla | EMAYLA, also known as Emanuela Bellezza is an Italian-American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, who gained popularity with her original music, after appearing on television networks MTV Très, Univision, RAI, Telefutura and TV Azteca. In 2012, she won a nationwide contest by MTV Très and was chosen by Colombian singer Juanes to sing a duet with him for inclusion on the Deluxe Edition of his album Juanes MTV Unplugged. Emayla won the contest by performing a cover of Juanes' song Fotografia. The album won a Grammy in 2013 as Best Latin Pop Album category. It also won two Latin Grammys: Album of The Year and Best Long Form Music Video. The video of their performance counts over a million and a half views on YouTube. As a result of these achievements, Emayla's song titled Ella Se Va was played in different main radios in Venezuela and reached the top 40 national music charts in the same country.
Early life
Emayla was born in San Remo, a small town in the Italian Riviera (North of Italy) and started taking music lessons when she was three years old. At age seven she took her first piano lesson, at age fifteen her first guitar lesson and at age eighteen her first vocal lesson. She began songwriting as a teenager, and aspired to a music career in Los Angeles.
At age sixteen she wrote her very first song, which was in English and it was called Fly Away. She studied foreign languages in high school and she graduated at the University La Sapienza of Rome in Foreign Languages and Modern Cultures. During the high school and university years, she kept writing songs and she continued her musical studies. At age eighteen, Bellezza joined her first band and started having live performance experience. She participated to various Italian music competitions and festivals with her original songs and she was one of the finalists at Castrocaro and Singing for Life music contest.
In 2007, at age twenty-three, Bellezza decided to move to Los Angeles, California where she attended Musicians Institute and graduated for the Vocal Program in 2009.
Career
In 2009, Emayla song "Stay With Me" was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Song by The Hollywood Music In Media Awards and she was featured on Music Connection magazine where she earned a recognition as Hottest Unsigned Artist of The Year.
In August 2010, Emayla and her band were finalists at the competition called Battle Of The Bands, at the Hard Rock Cafe, in Las Vegas. She was also finalist as a songwriter and singer at the Italian contest called Demo D'Autore, that went live on Italian radio called Radio Rai, which is part of Italian main TV Station, RAI.
She was a finalist in the 2011 John Lennon Songwriting Contest with her own song Esperanza de Amor.
In 2012, besides performing with Juanes at the MTV Unplugged on MTV Tres, Emanuela also performed in duet with singer Franco De Vita at the Gibson Amphitheater and opened for Italian singer Jovanotti, at the El Rey Theatre, in Los Angeles.
In 2013, Emayla rel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis%20zapotecorum | Anolis zapotecorum is a species of anole lizard first found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. The species has keeled ventral scales.
References
External links
Reptile Database
Z
Lizards of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Natural history of Oaxaca
Natural history of Guerrero
Natural history of Puebla
Reptiles described in 2014
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis%20stevepoei | Anolis stevepoei is a species of anole lizard first found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. The species has keeled ventral scales.
References
External links
Reptile Database
S
Lizards of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Natural history of Oaxaca
Natural history of Guerrero
Natural history of Puebla
Reptiles described in 2014
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis%20sacamecatensis | Anolis sacamecatensis is a species of anole lizard first found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. The species has keeled ventral scales.
References
External links
Reptile Database
S
Lizards of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Natural history of Oaxaca
Natural history of Guerrero
Natural history of Puebla
Reptiles described in 2014
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis%20nietoi | Anolis nietoi is a species of anole lizard first found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. The species has keeled ventral scales.
References
External links
Reptile Database
Anoles
Lizards of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Natural history of Oaxaca
Natural history of Guerrero
Natural history of Puebla
Reptiles described in 2014
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis%20immaculogularis | Anolis immaculogularis is a species of anole lizard first found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. The species has keeled ventral scales.
References
External links
Reptile Database
Anoles
Lizards of North America
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Natural history of Oaxaca
Natural history of Guerrero
Natural history of Puebla
Reptiles described in 2014
Taxa named by Gunther Köhler |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Purchase | Helen C. Purchase is a researcher in information visualization, graph drawing, and human–computer interaction. She has held academic appointments at The University of Queensland (1992-2001), The University of Glasgow (2001-2022) and Monash University (2022-present).
Purchase earned a PhD from the University of Cambridge (Peterhouse, 1992).
She has won Teaching Excellence Awards from The University of Queensland (1999) and The University of Glasgow (2011).
Purchase has been a Keynote Speaker at the following conferences:
12e Conférence Internationale Francophone sur l'Extraction et la Gestion des Connaissances (EGC 2012, Bordeaux, France)
7th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication & Interaction (VINCI 2014, Sydney, Australia)
IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT 2018, Madrid, Spain)
International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP 2020, Valletta, Malta)
Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association Conference (SACLA 2020, Virtual from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa)
OxBridge Women in Computer Science Conference (OxWoCS 2020, Virtual from The University of Cambridge, UK)
She is the author of Experimental Human-Computer Interaction (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
References
External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British computer scientists
British women computer scientists
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Academic staff of the University of Queensland
Academics of the University of Glasgow
Graph drawing people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Adventures%20of%20Puss%20in%20Boots%20episodes | The Adventures of Puss in Boots is an American computer-animated web television series. It stars the character Puss in Boots from the DreamWorks Animation Shrek franchise. The series debuted on January 16, 2015, on Netflix, when the first five episodes of the first season were released. The sixth and final season was released on January 26, 2018.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2015)
Season 2 (2015)
Season 3 (2016)
Season 4 (2016)
Interactive special (2017)
Season 5 (2017)
Season 6 (2018)
References
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Shrek (franchise) mass media
Works based on Puss in Boots |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radheshyam%20Sharma | Radheshyam Sharma (5 January 1936 – 9 September 2021) was a Gujarati language poet, novelist, short story writer, critic and compiler from the state of Gujarat, India. He is known in Gujarati literature for his experimental novels Fero (1968) and Swapnatirtha (1979). His other significant works include Aansu Ane Chandaranu (1963), and Gujarati Navalkatha (with Raghuvir Chaudhari; 1974), a work of literary criticism on Gujarati novels. Sharma was awarded the Gujarati literary honours Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, in 2004, and Dhanji Kanji Gandhi Suvarna Chandrak, in 1995.
Life
Radheshyam Sharma was born on 5 January 1936 to Sitaram and Chanchal Bahen, also known as Padmavati, in Vavol, a village in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat. His family came from Rupal village in north Gujarat. Sharma inherited his religious leanings from his father Sitaram, a priest. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Gujarati and Psychology at Gujarat College in 1957, and studied towards a Master of Arts at the Gujarat University School of Languages but did not sit for examination due to writer's cramp. Like his father, a religious storyteller, he also delivered sermons from 1965 to 1983.
Radheshyam Sharma was editor of the religious periodical Dharmalok from 1965 to 1983. He was editor of Akram Vigyan, a religious monthly founded by Dada Bhagwan. He is also associated with the publishing house Akar Prakashan.
Radheshyam Sharma married Sharda Vyas in 1952, and they had three sons. He lived in Ahmedabad.
Sharma died on 9 September 2021.
Works
Radheshyam Sharma's works reflect the new sensitivity and characteristics of contemporary writers.
His first publication was a short story called "Badsoorat". Sharma's short stories are characterized by brevity and unfamiliar subjects. Bichara, his first short story collection, was published in 1969, followed by Pavanpavdi (1977), Radheshyam Sharma Ni Shrestha Vartao (1984), Vartavaran (1986), Pehla Patthar Kaun Marega (1981), and Ghatanalok (2006).
The two novels Fero (1968) and Swapnatirtha (1979) established Radheshyam Sharma among the fiction writers of his generation.
His first anthology of poetry was Aansu Ane Chandarnu (1969). It was followed by Negatives of Eternity (in English) (1974), Sanchetna (1983), Nishkaran (1991), Sanpreshan (2002) and Akashni Uddayan Lipi (2006).
Sharma's critical works are Vaachana (1972), Gujarati Navalkatha (with Raghuveer Chaudhari) (1974), Samprat (1978), Kavitani Kala (1983), Aalokna (1989), Shabda Samaksha (1991), Karta Kruti Vimarsha (1992), Vivechan No Vidhi (1993), Ullekh (1993), Akshar (1995), Navalkatha Nirdesh, Vartavichar (2000), and Sahitya Sanket (2006).
The compilations he has published are Dalal Ni Pratinidhi Vartao (1971), Dhumketu Ni Bhavsrushti (with Mafat Ojha) (1973), Natak Vishe Dalal (1974), Navi Varta (1975), Samkaleen Gujarati Vartao (1986), Indradhanu 101 (1995), Paramparaparak Vartao (2006), Bhupat Vadodaria ni 27 Vartao, Shaksharo Shakshatkar Vol. I-XIII |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20media%20in%20Rwanda | Various television networks, newspapers, and radio stations operate within Rwanda. These forms of mass media serve the Rwandan community by disseminating necessary information among the general public. They are regulated by the self-regulatory body.
Media industry profiles
Newspapers
The New Times is the largest English-language and the oldest in Rwanda. It also owns a newspaper joint in the local language Kinyarwanda, called Izuba Rirashe. The newspaper has been criticized for being "too servile" to the ruling party of Rwanda, and being "excessively optimistic". As such, competitors in the English-language newspaper industry have sprung up in recent years, with the formation of another large-scale English newspaper News of Rwanda in 2011. Other minor newspapers have also been created to counter the pro-establishment role of the newspaper, such as The Rwandan, Rwanda Eye and Business Daily.
Several newspaper publishers also provide Kinyarwanda-language newspapers, including both News of Rwanda and The Rwandan. In June 2018, News of Rwanda closed.
Television
The Rwandan television industry is made 12 TV stations. 84% of TV stations owned by private(10 out of 12) While 8% and 8% are owned by public and Religious organisations respectively. The state-owned Rwandan Broadcasting Agency runs the TV station Rwanda Television (RTV).
Radio
Likewise, radio in Rwanda is mainly conducted through a subsidiary of the RBA, Radio Rwanda. The radio station offers Kinyarwanda, French, Kiswahili and English language services in FM 100.7. As such, it is used to complement other media which mainly provided services in English and Kinyarwanda, the two popular languages in Rwanda. Due to the recent economic development in Rwanda, radio has taken less precedence among other forms of communication, and the government has also focused on improving the television industry in Rwanda.
Book publishers
A major share of the market is controlled by nine indigenous publishers, among which four have opened bookshops in the country. Before the genocide against the Tutsi, there were no publishing houses in Rwanda. The situation improved after the incident, with the first indigenous publisher established in the country, Bakame Editions. Since the turn of the century, major publishers from all across the world such as Oxford University Press and Macmillan Publishers have begun making inroads into the local publishing industry. However, the establishment of publishing houses locally and from abroad has not instituted a healthy reading culture in Rwanda, and local publishers have decried the fact that the younger generation does not often participate in this pastime. Despite the boom in the local publishing industry, a similar spell of growth has yet to be seen in the commercial trading of books. Bookstores remain a rare sight in Rwanda, and the first library in the country was established in 2012 in Kigali.
Legal regulation of media
A statutory authority has been established a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless%20computing | Serverless computing is a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand, taking care of the servers on behalf of their customers. "Serverless" is a misnomer in the sense that servers are still used by cloud service providers to execute code for developers. However, developers of serverless applications are not concerned with capacity planning, configuration, management, maintenance, fault tolerance, or scaling of containers, VMs, or physical servers. Serverless computing does not hold resources in volatile memory; computing is rather done in short bursts with the results persisted to storage. When an app is not in use, there are no computing resources allocated to the app. Pricing is based on the actual amount of resources consumed by an application. It can be a form of utility computing.
Serverless computing can simplify the process of deploying code into production. Serverless code can be used in conjunction with code deployed in traditional styles, such as microservices or monoliths. Alternatively, applications can be written to be purely serverless and use no provisioned servers at all. This should not be confused with computing or networking models that do not require an actual server to function, such as peer-to-peer (P2P).
Serverless runtimes
Serverless vendors offer compute runtimes, also known as Function as a Service (FaaS) platforms, which execute application logic but do not store data. Common languages supported by serverless runtimes are Java, Python and PHP. Generally, the functions run under isolation boundaries, such as, Linux containers.
Commercial offerings
The first "pay as you go" code execution platform was Zimki, released in 2006, but it was not commercially successful. In 2008, Google released Google App Engine, which featured metered billing for applications that used a custom Python framework, but could not execute arbitrary code. PiCloud, released in 2010, offered FaaS support for Python.
Knative and Fission are two Open Source FaaS platforms which run with Kubernetes.
Google App Engine, introduced in 2008, was the first abstract serverless computing offering. App Engine included HTTP functions with a 60-second timeout, and a blob store and data store with their own timeouts. No in-memory persistence was allowed. All operations had to be executed within these limits, but this allowed apps built in App Engine to scale near-infinitely and was used to support early customers including Snapchat, as well as many external and internal Google apps. Language support was limited to Python using native Python modules, as well as a limited selection of Python modules in C that were chosen by Google. Like later serverless platforms, App Engine also used pay-for-what-you-use billing.
AWS Lambda, introduced by Amazon in 2014, popularized the abstract serverless computing model. It is supported by a number of additional AWS serverless tools such as AWS Serverless Applica |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Glassman | Gary Glassman is a documentary filmmaker based in Rhode Island. His company, Providence Pictures, produces films for NOVA, Discovery Channel, History Channel, BBC, and other television networks and programs.
Early life and education
Glassman became interested in film and entertainment at a young age. After spending three years with a European circus, he completed an MFA program in directing at UCLA. He was attracted to documentary filmmaking because "People have amazing stories, and the world's accumulated knowledge is so rich."
Career
His first documentary, Prisoners, is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Glassman started Providence Pictures in 1996, moving to Rhode Island from Paris when his wife took a job at Providence College. Since then, he has become active in the promotion of the city as a center for digital media and other creative industries, including starting the Digital City project in 2013, with Renee Hobbs, founder of the University of Rhode Island Harrington School of Communication and Media.
Glassman's The Bible's Buried Secrets, a 2008 feature on the science series NOVA on PBS, attracted some controversy for its provocative ideas, including the idea of God having a wife. According to the Christian Post, Biblical scholar William G. Dever said some bible literalists may call the film "shocking" but he said the film was the best documentary ever made on the origins of the Israelites and the writing of the first five books of the Bible, and contrasted it positively with several other similar films he was involved with, which he considered to be dishonest. The American Family Association protested the film, urging Congress to stop providing funding to PBS.
Glassman won the 2009 Writers Guild of America Award for best documentary on a subject other than current events for Secrets of the Parthenon, produced for PBS's Nova.
Glassman and Providence Pictures went to the Colosseum in Rome to install a replica of the wooden elevator used by the Romans to move animals into the center of the arena, and produced the documentary Colosseum: Roman Death Trap about the project. It was one of a series of documentaries the company did for NOVA called "Building Wonders".
One of his favorite of his films is Secret of Photo 51, about Rosalind Franklin's importance in the discovery of the DNA double helix that Watson & Crick took credit for.
References
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Providence Pictures
Year of birth missing (living people)
American documentary filmmakers
Living people
Artists from Providence, Rhode Island
Place of birth missing (living people)
UCLA Film School alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoonkyung%20Lee | Yoonkyung Lee is a professor of statistics at Ohio State University, and also holds a courtesy appointment in computer science and engineering at Ohio State. Her research takes a statistical approach to kernel methods, dimensionality reduction, and regularization in machine learning.
Professional career
Lee earned bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science and statistics from Seoul National University in Korea in 1994 and 1996. She completed her Ph.D. in statistics in 2002 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under the supervision of Grace Wahba and Yi Lin, with a dissertation about support vector machines and their applications to microarray and satellite data. She joined the Ohio State faculty in 2002 and was promoted to full professor in 2016.
Recognition
In 2015, Lee was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association "for fundamental and influential research on the multicategory support vector machine; for work at the edge of statistics and computer science and building a bridge between the statistics and machine learning communities; and for editorial and program committee service to the profession."
References
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Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American computer scientists
South Korean computer scientists
South Korean women computer scientists
American statisticians
South Korean statisticians
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University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
Ohio State University faculty
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21st-century South Korean scientists
American women computer scientists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Garota%20da%20Moto | A Garota da Moto is a Brazilian drama television series that premiered on July 13, 2016, on SBT. The series is produced by Mixer and co-produced with Fox Networks Group Brasil and SBT.
Synopsis
Joana is a woman who has a dark past. She has been in extramarital relationship with a millionaire man, as a result of the relationship, the two had a son, Nico. The now millionaire widow, Bernarda, starts chasing Joana not to lose the inheritance. Joana then escapes from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo and starts working as a motorcycle courier in the company "Motópolis". In company she lives with a humorous staff and has a more exultant life. Later, Bernarda and his cronies discover where Joan is and continues to pursue her, leaving her terrified.
Cast
Production
Pre
The first mention of the project was made by Ancine in 2013. The SBT began production with the choice of protagonist. in August 2014 by going to A Garota da Moto was scheduled to debut in 2015, but due to the delay in the release of the budget, which occurred in January 2015, was postponed to 2016. The cost of production was 2.5 million reais paid with public and private investments – by Ancine and Sector Fund audiovisual.
Recordings
The recordings began in August 2015 with Christiana Ubach, Daniela Escobar and Sacha Bali confirmeds in the cast. The recordings was completed in February 2016. To record some scenes, the cast had classes Kung fu. Christiana Ubach had to learn to ride bike to the recordings of his character. Due to lack of time, Ubach had to use body double in most scenes.
Marketing
In March 2016 the newspaper Estadão reported that the premiere take place between April and June. The first teaser took place on April 7, 2016, announcing that the premiere would take place later in June. Later became informed including SBT commercials, the debut only occur in early July.
In may, Andreh Gomez's of site Observatório da Televisão criticized the way the SBT announces commercial the show excess and using "complete calls" missing two months to debut. Daniela Escobar had to go of Los Angeles to the auditorium of the SBT in Osasco, just to make the press conference on 28 June 2016.
Public
"Our theme is always the entertainment and get more real life. The program had change, but the target audience is the same (...) We had very important new [TV] series and we realize that these programs could leverage the audience. It's a programming with action and adventure."
- Gustavo Leme, FOX Networks Group Brazil explaining the reason to put the program on a channel for women over 25 years. Producers of series revealed that the initial idea is to convey A Garota da Moto to the public from 18 to 35 years.
Release
The series premiered on SBT on July 13, 2016. The streaming service Amazon Prime Video purchased rights to broadcast the series in Latin America.
References
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2016 Brazilian television series debuts
2010s Brazilian television series
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Y.%20Yi | Grace Yun Yi is a professor of the University of Western Ontario where she currently holds a Tier I Canada Research Chair in Data Science. She was a professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where she holds a University Research Chair in Statistical and Actuarial Science. Her research concerns event history analysis with missing data and its applications in medicine, engineering, and social science.
Education and career
Yi earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Sichuan University, China, in 1986 and 1989. She moved to Canada and continued her studies with another master's degree from York University in 1996, and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2000 under the supervision of Donald A. S. Fraser. She came to Waterloo as a postdoctoral researcher, and then continued there as an assistant professor in 2001.
Recognition
Yi won the CRM–SSC Prize of the Statistical Society of Canada in 2010.
Her work with Xianming Tan and Runze Li won the Canadian Journal of Statistics Award for 2016.
In 2015 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association "for research excellence in developing statistical theory and methods, particularly in missing and mis-measured data; for important contributions to biostatistics; and for excellence in statistical education and mentoring students." She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. She was elected chair of the ASA Lifetime Data Science Section in 2021.
Selected publications
Cook, R. J., Zeng, L. and Yi, G. Y. (2004), "Marginal Analysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Binary Data: A Cautionary Note on LOCF Imputation." Biometrics, 60: 820–828.
Lindsay, B. G., Yi, G. Y., & Sun, J. (2011). "Issues and strategies in the selection of composite likelihoods." Statistica Sinica, 71–105.
Yi, G. Y., & Cook, R. J. (2002). "Marginal methods for incomplete longitudinal data arising in clusters." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 97(460), 1071–1080.
Lang Wu, Wei Liu, Grace Y. Yi, and Yangxin Huang, "Analysis of Longitudinal and Survival Data: Joint Modeling, Inference Methods, and Issues" Journal of Probability and Statistics, vol. 2012, Article ID 640153, 17 pages, 2012.
Cook, R. J., Kalbfleisch, J. D., & Yi, G. Y. (2002). "A generalized mover–stayer model for panel data." Biostatistics, 3(3), 407–420.
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Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre%20to%20the%20office | Fiber to the office (FTTO) is an alternative cabling concept for local area network (LAN) network office environments. It combines passive elements (fibre optic cabling, patch panels, splice boxes, connectors and standard copper 8P8C patch cords) and active mini-switches (called FTTO switches) to provide end devices with Gigabit Ethernet. FTTO involves centralised optical fibre cabling techniques to create a combined backbone/horizontal channel; this channel is provided from the work areas to the centralised cross-connect or interconnect by allowing the use of pull-through cables or splices in the telecommunications room.
History
FTTO Technology emerged in Germany at the start of the 1980s when fibre based connectivity was extensively explored. FTTO appeared as a response to the growing network complexity.
The aim was to meet the following requirements:
Ethernet based Network
Long life cycle
Scalability, flexibility, sustainability
High reliability and robustness
Redundancy
Security
Low maintenance cost/simple administration
Quick and simple realization
Improved energy efficiency
Less network hierarchy
Technology
FTTO is a hybrid network involving fibre optic cabling (pre-terminated or extractable cables) and copper twisted pair patch cords with 8P8C connectors. In an FTTO environment, fibre is laid up vertically from the central distribution switch right to the office floor, where it runs horizontally to active FTTO switches at the users' workplaces. The final distance of 3–5 m to the end user desk is bridged using standard 8P8C twisted pair patch cords. There are only two network levels: the core and the access with no aggregation or distribution level in between compared to traditional structured cabling networks.
The FTTO switch provides a connection between optical uplinks and electrical downlinks. Typically, the switch has up to five twisted pair ports supporting Power over Ethernet (IEEE 802.3af, 15.4W per Port) and Power over Ethernet Plus (IEEE 802.3at, 30W per Port). Modern FTTO Switches offer speeds of 1 Gbit/s per user port (Gigabit Ethernet). Link aggregation may also be supported. Thus, PCs, laptops, IP Phones, wireless access points, cameras, access control units, building automation devices (including lights control, electricity meters, cooling and HVAC units), and other devices with network interfaces may be connected to the backbone network with Gigabit speeds.
FTTO should not be confused with fibre to the desk (FTTD), which is a concept for structured cabling that is found mostly in military environments as a secure communication technology.
Benefits
Due to the signal transfer qualities of fibre and its electromagnetic interference (EMI) resilience, signals can be transferred over distances longer than 100 m (100 m is the channel limit in traditional structured cabling networks).
Multi-mode fibre cabling covers distances of up to 550 m and single-mode of up to 10 km for Gigabit Ethernet and more. This is i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GigaScience | GigaScience is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 2012. It covers research and large data-sets that result from work in the biomedical and life sciences. The editor-in-chief is Scott Edmunds. Originally, the journal was co-published by BioMed Central and the Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI). In 2016, it left BioMed Central to form a new partnership between the GigaScience Press department of BGI and Oxford University Press. In 2018, GigaScience won the Association of American Publishers' PROSE Award for Innovation in journal publishing in the multidisciplinary category.
GigaDB and GigaGalaxy
In order to host the large data-sets the journal covers, GigaScience has built and integrated its own disciplinary repository: GigaDB. The journal also provides a Galaxy-based platform to analyze data, GigaGalaxy. The journal has tried to promote the use of Galaxy pipelines as publishable research outputs through its 'Galaxy Series' of articles.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed, the Science Citation Index Expanded, CAS, CNKI, EMBASE and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 9.238.
References
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Journal site at BioMed Central
GigaGalaxy
Biology journals
Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals
Academic journals established in 2012
Oxford University Press academic journals
English-language journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon%20ElastiCache | Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed in-memory data store and cache service by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The service improves the performance of web applications by retrieving information from managed in-memory caches, instead of relying entirely on slower disk-based databases. ElastiCache supports two open-source in-memory caching engines: Memcached and Redis (also called "ElastiCache for Redis").
As a web service running in the computing cloud, Amazon ElastiCache is designed to simplify the setup, operation, and scaling of memcached and Redis deployments. Complex administration processes like patching software, backing up and restoring data sets and dynamically adding or removing capabilities are managed automatically. Scaling ElastiCache resources can be performed by a single API call.
Amazon ElastiCache was first released on August 22, 2011, supporting memcached. This was followed by support for reserved instances on April 5, 2012 and Redis on September 4, 2013.
Uses
As a managed database service with multiple supported engines, Amazon ElastiCache has a wide range of uses, including
Performance acceleration
Database limitations are often a bottleneck for application performance. By placing Amazon ElastiCache between an application and its database tier, database operations can be accelerated.
Cost reduction
Using ElastiCache for database performance acceleration can significantly reduce the infrastructure needed to support the database. In many cases, the cost savings outweigh the cache costs. Expedia was able to use ElastiCache to reduce provisioned DynamoDB capacity by 90%, reducing total database cost by 6x.
Processing time series data
Using the Redis engine, ElastiCache can rapidly process time-series data, quickly selecting newest or oldest records or events within range of a point-in-time.
Leaderboards
Leaderboards are an effective way to show a user quickly where they currently stand within a gamified system. For systems with large numbers of gamers, calculating and publishing player ranks can be challenging. Using Amazon ElastiCache with the Redis engine can enable high-speed at scale for leaderboards.
Rate limitation
Some APIs only allow a limited number of requests per time period. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis engine can use incremental counters and other tools to throttle API access to meet restrictions.
Atomic counter
Programs can use incremental counters to limit allowed quantities, such as the maximum number of students enrolled in a course or ensuring a game has at least 2 but not more than 8 players. Using counters can create a race condition where an operation is allowed because a counter was not updated promptly. Using the ElastiCache for Redis atomic counter functions, where a single operation both checks and increments the counter's value, prevents race conditions.
Chat rooms and message boards
ElastiCache for Redis supports publish-subscribe patterns, which enable the creation of chat rooms and message boards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways%20in%20Estonia | Highways in Estonia are the main transport network in Estonia. The Estonian national classification includes several classes of highways:
Main road (põhimaantee) – highway, that connects the capital with other large cities, connects large cities and the capital with major ports, railway points and border crossings.
Basic road (tugimaantee) – highway, that connects towns with other towns and main routes.
Secondary road (kõrvalmaantee) – highway, that connects towns with boroughs, connects boroughs and villages and all of the previous with main- and support routes.
Other than these, the national road classification includes the following categories which may also be referred to as highways in a general sense, with decreasing order of priority (and applicability of the term highway):
Ice road (jäätee) - temporary road made on a frozen body of water for vehicles and pedestrians
Connecting road (ühendustee) – constructed for traffic flow on the intersections/interchanges of highways
Other (muu) – other roads in the list of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Main and support routes are designated with 1-2 digit numbers. Side routes are designated with 4-5 digit numbers, where the first two digits is a county code (11-25 for 15 counties), followed usually by three (rarely two, used for leftover spurs) digits. While there is no official prefix for road numbers in Estonia, T (tee) is used widely unofficially.
In addition to state highways, there are 23 920 km of local roads and around 18 398 km of private and forest roads. The total Estonian road network is estimated to be almost 59 thousand km.
Classification of highways in Estonia
The technical classification of highways is as follows:
Motorway (kiirtee) – Paved highway designated for appropriately fast-traveling motor vehicles, that does not service areas directly adjacent to it. A motorway has at least two lanes in each traveling direction, separated physically. The road must intersect with railways or other roads on separate levels. The road is entered and exited via acceleration and deceleration lanes. A road must confine to the motorway standards, when the expected AADT is 30,000.
I class – Paved highway with at least two lanes in each traveling direction, that intersects with railways or other roads on separate levels. The road is entered and exited via acceleration and deceleration lanes. A road must confine to the I class highway standards, when the expected AADT is 14,500.
II class – Paved highway, which may intersect with other roads at-grade. A road must confine to the II class highway standards, when the expected AADT is 6,000.
III class – Paved highway, which may intersect with other roads at-grade. A road must confine to the III class highway standards, when the expected AADT is 3,000.
IV class – Paved or unpaved highway, which may intersect with other roads at-grade. A road must confine to the IV class highway standards, when the expected AADT is 500.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulisses%20Braga%20Neto | Ulisses M. Braga Neto (born Feb 12 1971) is a Brazilian-American electrical engineer and is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His main research areas are statistical pattern recognition, machine learning, signal and image processing, and systems biology. He has worked extensively in the field of error estimation for pattern recognition and machine learning, having published with Edward R. Dougherty the first book dedicated to this topic. Braga-Neto has also published a classroom textbook on Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning. He has also made contributions to the field of Mathematical morphology in signal and image processing.
Biography
Braga Neto was born in Recife, Brazil in 1971. He received the baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco in 1992, and the master's degree, also in Electrical Engineering, from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in 1994. He received an M.Sc. degree in Mathematical Sciences in 1998 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, in 1998 and 2002, respectively, from Johns Hopkins University. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, under the supervision of Louise Strong and Edward R. Dougherty. He worked at the Recife regional center of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz from 2004 to 2007. He moved back to the U.S. in 2007, when he joined Texas A&M University, where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Work
Braga-Neto invented, with his Ph.D. student Levi McClenny, self-adaptive physics-informed neural networks, which accelerate the convergence of PINNs in the case of difficult (stiff) PDE problems. Braga-Neto introduced, along with Edward R. Dougherty the notion of Bolstered Error Estimation. He also invented the Boolean Kalman Filter algorithm for partially-observed boolean dynamical systems (POBDS). In 2015, Braga Neto published, in collaboration with Edward R. Dougherty, the first book dedicated to the topic of error estimation for pattern recognition and machine learning. He also made contributions to the field of Mathematical Morphology in signal and image processing, particularly on the topic of image connectivity and connected operators.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STC104 | The STC104 switch, also known as the C104 switch in its early phases, is an asynchronous packet-routing chip that was designed for building high-performance point-to-point computer communication networks. It was developed by INMOS in the 1990s and was the first example of a general-purpose production packet routing chip. It was also the first routing chip to implement wormhole routing, to decouple packet size from the flow-control protocol, and to implement interval and two-phase randomized routing.
The STC104 has 32 bidirectional communication links, called DS-Links, that each operate at 100 Mbit/s. These links are connected by a non-blocking crossbar that allows simultaneous transmission of packets between all input and output links.
Switching
The STC104 uses wormhole switching to reduce latency and the per-link buffering requirement. Wormhole switching works by splitting packets into fixed-size chunks (called flits) for transmission, allowing the packet to be pipelined in the network. The first header flit opens a route (or circuit) through each switch in the network, allowing subsequent flits to experience no switching delay. The final flit closes the route.
Since the header flit can proceed independently of the subsequent flits, the latency of the packet is independent of its size. Consequently, the amount of buffering provided by links can also be chosen independently of the packet size. Furthermore, the total buffering requirement is small since, typically, only a small number of flits need to be stored for each link. This is in contrast to store-and-forward switching, where a whole packet must be buffered at each link end point.
Routing
Messages are routed in networks of C104s using interval routing. In a network where each destination is uniquely numbered, interval routing associates non-overlapping, contiguous ranges of destinations with each output link. An output link for a packet is chosen by comparing the destination (contained in the packet's header) to each interval and choosing the one that contains the destination. The benefits of interval routing are that it is sufficient to provide deterministic routing on a range of network topologies and that can be implemented simply with a table-based lookup, so it delivers routing decisions with low latency. Interval routing can be used to implement efficient routing strategies for many classes of regular network topology.
In some networks, multiple links will connect to the same STC104 or processor endpoint, or to a set of equivalent devices. In this circumstance, the STC104 provides a mechanism for grouped adaptive routing, where bundles of links can share the same interval and a link is chosen adaptively from a bundle based on its availability. This mechanism makes efficient use of the available link bandwidth by ensuring a packet does not wait for a link while another equivalent one is available.
An additional ability of interval routing is to partition the network into inde |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20H.%20Anderson%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | James Hampton Anderson is a Kenan Professor in the computer science department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 "for contributions to the implementation of soft-real-time systems on multiprocessor and multicore platforms", and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery in 2013.
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American computer scientists
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American electrical engineers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Calder | Catherine A. "Kate" Calder is an American statistician who works as chair of Statistics and Data Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. She was previously a professor of statistics at Ohio State University. Calder earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Northwestern University in 1999, and completed her Ph.D. in statistics from Duke University in 2003 under the joint supervision of David Higdon and Michael L. Lavine. She joined the Ohio State faculty in 2003, and was promoted to full professor in 2015.
In 2013 she won the Young Investigator Award of the American Statistical Association (ASA), and in 2014 she was elected as a Fellow of the ASA "for outstanding contributions to the development of Bayesian statistical methodology for spatial and spatiotemporal data; for significant multidisciplinary collaborations; for excellence in teaching and mentoring graduate students both in statistics and in other disciplines; and for service to the profession." She was elected to the 2022 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American statisticians
Women statisticians
Northwestern University alumni
Duke University alumni
Ohio State University faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl%20Spirit | Girl Spirit () is a South Korean reality television singing competition that premiered on cable network JTBC on July 19, 2016. The aim of the show is to highlight the talents of the vocalists of twelve lesser-known girl groups that debuted in recent years. It airs every Tuesday at 22:50 (KST).
The contestants are ranked at the end of every episode based on their performances, and their scores will be accumulated over the course of twelve weeks to determine the top four contestants, two from each team. Each week select contestants' songs will be released digitally. The winner will receive a brand new car and the runner-up will get a family vacation to Saipan; both the winner's and the runner-up's final songs will also be released digitally.
Format
Girl Spirit centers around twelve girl group vocalists who have yet to achieve mainstream success. Five "gurus" will judge their performances every week, as well as give them advice. In addition to the gurus, the contestants' performances will also be judged by 100 "listeners" – men and women who are studying music and have dreams of becoming singers themselves – for a total of 105 maximum points. Starting with episode two, the contestants' scores will be accumulated to determine the top 2 from each team, and the other team will also be judging the performances, making the maximum score 111.
There are two separate rounds in every episode. During the first round, each of the gurus, listeners, and opposite team members will have a device which they will use to cast their vote for the contestants whose performances they liked. After the last contestant performs, round two begins and the listeners must vote for the contestant they felt gave the best performance. The weekly rank is determined by the second round of votes. The contestant who comes in first place then chooses the order in which the members of that team will perform on their next episode.
The contestants are given a different theme for every performance. As an "unstated rule," contestants may perform a "pop song" (English language song), as well as have a "wild card" (featured artist) in a performance only once throughout the competition.
Gurus
Tak Jae-hoon
Jang Woo-hyuk (H.O.T.)
Chun Myung-hoon (NRG)
Lee Ji-hye (S#arp)
Seo In-young (Jewelry)
Contestants
Team A
Team B
Episodes
Episode 1: Preliminaries
The twelve contestants were introduced in order of debut, starting with Bo-hyung, who debuted with Spica in January 2012, and ending with Sung-yeon, who debuted with Pledis Girlz in June 2016. Each contestant performed a song with their group followed by a solo song.
Voters: 105
Hyun Seung-hee
Bo-hyung
Episodes 2 and 3: Fight Song
Theme: Songs that inspired the competitors to pursue their dream of becoming singers or helped them during difficult times
Voters: 111
Team A:
Min-jae
Kei
Hyun Seung-hee
Team B:
Uji
Bo-hyung
So-jung (tie)So-yeon (tie)
Episodes 4 and 5: Popular Songs
Theme: Songs that were popular in the first half of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20dams%20and%20reservoirs%20in%20Washington | This is a list of dams and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Washington, and pertinent data. According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, as of 2020 there were 1226 dams in the state. Of 39 counties, King County had the most dams, 125.
The largest dam in Washington, in terms of structural volume, reservoir capacity and electricity production, is the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. The tallest dam is Mossyrock Dam on the Cowlitz River, at . The longest dam is O'Sullivan Dam on Crab Creek, at .
List
Removed dams
Condit Dam, on the White Salmon River in Klickitat County
Elwha Dam and Glines Canyon Dam, on the Elwha River in Clallam County
See also
List of dams in the Columbia River watershed
List of hydroelectric power stations in Washington
Notes
References
External links
Washington State Dams map
Washington
Dams |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edelsbrunner | Edelsbrunner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Herbert Edelsbrunner (born 1958), Austrian-American computer scientist
Founder of Edelsbrunner Automobile München |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiserson | Leiserson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Charles E. Leiserson (born 1953), computer scientist
William Morris Leiserson (1883–1957), labor relations scholar and mediator |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riffle%20%28anonymity%20network%29 | Riffle is an anonymity network developed by researchers at MIT and EPFL as a response to the problems of the Tor network.
Riffle employs a privacy-enhancing protocol that provides strong anonymity for secure and anonymous communication within groups. The protocol is designed using the anytrust model, which ensures that even if colluding servers attempt to compromise the privacy of the group, they cannot do so if at least one server in the group is honest.
Like Tor, it utilizes onion routing. According to MIT's Larry Hardesty, researchers at MIT and the Qatar Computing Research Institute demonstrated a vulnerability in Tor's design.
To achieve its goals, Riffle implements two distinct protocols: the Hybrid Shuffle protocol for sending and Private Information Retrieval (PIR) for receiving.
For sending information, Riffle uses a hybrid shuffle, consisted of a verifiable shuffle and a symmetric-key algorithm. The Hybrid Shuffle protocol consists of a setup phase and a transmission phase. During the setup phase, a slow verifiable shuffle based on public key cryptography is used, while an efficient shuffle based on symmetric key cryptography is used during the transmission phase. Messages sent over Riffle are not forwarded if they have been altered by a compromised server. The server has to attach proof in order to forward the message. If a server encounters unauthenticated messages or different permutations, it exposes the signed message of the previous server and runs the accusation protocol to ensure verifiability without requiring computationally intensive protocols during transmission phases.
For receiving information it utilizes multi-server Private Information Retrieval. All servers in the system share a replicated database, and when a client requests an entry from the database, they can cooperatively access it without knowing which entry they are accessing.
The main intended use-case is anonymous file sharing. According to the lead project researcher, Riffle is intended to be complementary to Tor, not a replacement.
See also
References
External links
Riffle code at GitHub
Secure communication
Anonymity networks
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darktrace | Darktrace is a British cyber security company, established in 2013 and headquartered in Cambridge, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
Darktrace was founded in 2013 in Cambridge, though today its research function has reportedly moved to the Netherlands, in a collaboration with the British intelligence agencies and Invoke Capital, a company owned by Mike Lynch. Lynch was co-founder of Autonomy, sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2011 in a transaction leading to accusations of fraud and to a legal fight over extraditing him to the United States. In its stock market listing registration documents Darktrace rated the potential liability relating to the fallout of the action against Lynch as "low risk".
Many of Darktrace's management personnel, including chief executive Poppy Gustafsson, chief technology officer Jack Stockdale, and chief strategy and artificial intelligence officer Nicole Eagan, were recruited from Autonomy. By the end of 2013, as well as being a wholly owned subsidiary of Invoke Capital, Invoke Capital additionally provided 15 of Darktrace's 40 staff members.
In April 2021, Darktrace listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market value of circa £2.5 billion. The market value reached a peak of £7 billion within months, with a share value peak of £10, but later fluctuated. On 6 March 2022, Darktrace opened with a share value of £6.46, with a market cap of £3.43 billion.
There has been criticism about the company's technology and its founding investor by short-seller Matthew Earl, head of the Shadowfall fund, and analysts Peel Hunt. In January 2022, Earl questioned Darktrace's model and culture, warning clients that the company's model was "watery-thin", based more on sales style than business substance.
In March 2022, Darktrace acquired Cybersprint, a Dutch attack surface management company, for €47.5million.
Report on accounting irregularities
On 31 January 2023, , a New York-based hedge fund and short seller, published a detailed report alleged potential accounting errors at Darktrace, making claims about potential irregularities in contracts with resellers and customers, predominantly dating from before Darktrace’s public listing in 2021. Darktrace has disputed this. Quintessential pointed towards connections between Darktrace and HP Autonomy, the UK software company with which Darktrace shares many ties. Autonomy was accused of irregular accounting practices relating to its $11.7bn sale to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
The company’s share price fell 12 per cent when Quintessential first disclosed its short position on 30 January 2023. The shares then fell a further 8 per cent the following day, after the report was published, down to 200p.
On 18 July 2023, EY concluded its review into the company’s contracts and internal financial processes. EY found a “small number of errors and inconsistencies” with some of the contracts but nothing that would be “material” to D |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20busiest%20railway%20stations%20in%20Europe | Below is a list of the busiest railway stations in Europe. Train stations with more than 30 million passengers per year are shown.
Only data from national networks is shown. Notably, the London stations only include figures on the National Rail network and not journeys on the London Underground network, while the Paris stations include all journeys on the SNCF mainline network and RER, but not the Paris Métro. The number of platforms generally includes only mainline trains; for Paris, that includes Transilien and RER but excludes Métro.
List
See also
List of highest railway stations in Europe
List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain
List of busiest railway stations in North America
Notes
References
Busiest
Busiest railway stations in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba%20%28computer%29 | The Zorba was a portable computer running the CP/M operating system manufactured in 1983 and 1984. It was originally manufactured by Telcon Industries, Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a company specialized in telecommunication equipment manufacturing.
The Zorba was one of the last CP/M computers on the market. By the time it was introduced, the Kaypro and Osborne machines already dominated that market. The introduction of the Compaq Portable, compatible with the IBM PC and running MS-DOS, sealed the fate of the CP/M machines.
History
The Zorba was one of the last 8-bit portable computers running the CP/M operating system. It had features very similar to the Kaypro II. The original sale price was $1,595.
The rights for the Zorba were sold by Telcon for $5 million to MODCOMP (Modular Computer Systems, Inc), a company which specialized in mini-computer manufacturing. Modular Micro Group was created specifically to market the Zorba. The Zorba 7 was sold as the Modular Micros GC-200.
Modular Micro Group sold two different models. The Zorba 7 sold for $1,595. It had a 7" green CRT screen and two 410K floppies. The Zorba 2000 sold for $2,000. It had a 9" green or yellow screen, two 820K floppies, and an available 10 MB hard drive.
Sales were very poor. Within a year, the Zorba computer stock was sold to Gemini Electronics, a company which specialized in selling surplus stocks. The remaining inventory was sold at a price of about $799 per unit.
In all, only about 6,000 Zorba computers were manufactured and sold.
Available software
The Zorba computer came with several video emulations, including Heathkit 19/89, Zenith 19/89, and DEC VT52. This allowed them to run virtually any existing CP/M software.
A "Perfect Software Package" was available for $190. This included the Perfect Writer word processor, the "Perfect Speller" spell checker, the "Perfect Filer" database manager, and the "Perfect Calc" program for spreadsheets.
It could also run the MicroPro Software Package (WordStar, Mailmerge, SpellStar, CalcStar, and DataStar).
Features
The Zorba had a detachable 95-key keyboard with 19 function keys and numeric keypad. It had a Z80A CPU, running at 4Mhz. It came with 64 KB of RAM and 4 KB of ROM (expandable to 16 KB).
The text-only screen had 80 characters × 25 lines.
It came with two serial ports, a parallel port, and an IEEE-488 port.
See also
Personal computer
Timeline of portable computers
References
External links
1984 Telcon Zorba Gemini - Early Vintage Portable Computer - Luggable Laptop CPM PC
Zorba Equipment Preservation Society
Review of the Zorba, InfoWorld magazine, June 6, 1983
Portable computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant%20Clinicians%20Network | Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to health justice and the creation of practical solutions at the intersection of vulnerability, migration, and health. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas with supporting offices in California, Maryland, and Puerto Rico. MCN engages in research, develops tools and resources, and advocates for migrants and underserved populations and the clinicians who serve them. MCN's goal is to improve health care for migrants by providing support, technical assistance, and professional development to clinicians at Federally Qualified Health Centers and other health care delivery sites, in order to ensure “quality health care that increases access and reduces disparities.” In 2019, MCN accounted for over 31,000 technical assistance encounters, 267 health center site visits, and 1,069 trained clinicians. MCN has 53 full-time and part-time staff members, with many of them being bilingual. MCN is featured as a Top Rated Non-Profit based on user reviews at Great Nonprofits as of 2021.
MCN is featured as a Top Rated Non-Profit based on user reviews at Great Nonprofits. Migrant Clinicians Network also received a platinum transparency award from GuideStar. In 2022, MCN received its largest gift yet: five million dollars from philanthropist and writer MacKenzie Scott.
Organizational History
MCN was founded in 1984 by three clinicians who recognized that migrant clinicians required higher levels of support and resources directly related to the care of migrant patients. MCN now serves over 10,000 constituents, with a clinical Board of Directors, External Advisory Board, Institutional Review Board, contract workers, and a staff of 43.
Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award
MCN's Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award, created in 2020, is an award that acknowledges early-career clinicians who have made considerable achievements towards improving the migrant health community. The award is the creation of key MCN leadership to recognize clinicians within the first five years of their career who are generating a positive impact in the health of migrant and mobile populations. The winner receives a one-time $1,000 monetary award and must be nominated by someone other than themselves. The award was named after MCN's husband-and-wife team, and long-time staff Candance Kugel, FNP, CNM, MS, Clinical Systems and Women's Health Specialist, and Founding Medical Director Edward Zuroweste, MD. Informally known as the KZ Award, the first recipient of the award is Caroline Johnson, FNP. Johnson is a clinical director with Proteus, Inc., an Iowa-based 501©3 nonprofit advocacy agency providing training and healthcare services to farmworker populations. A formal awards ceremony was held via Zoom on December 1, 2020.
Programs
Health Network
Health Network is MCN's global bridge case management and patient navigation system for mobile patients. Health Network provides continuity of care and treatment completion f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serafim%20Batzoglou | Serafim Batzoglou is Chief Data Officer at Seer Inc. Prior to that he was Chief Data Officer at insitro, VP of computational genomics at Illumina, and professor of computer science at Stanford University between 2001 and 2016. His lab focused on computational genomics with special interest in developing algorithms, machine learning methods, and systems for the analysis of large scale genomic data. He has also been involved with the Human Genome Project and ENCODE.
Background
Batzoglou did his undergraduate studies at MIT and obtained his PhD in Computer Science from MIT in 2000 under the supervision of Bonnie Berger.
Awards
ISCB Fellow (2020)
ISCB Innovator Award (2016)
Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Career Award in Computer Science, National Science Foundation
Top 100 Young Technology Innovators, MIT Technology Review
Best Paper Award, ISMB (2003)
References
Living people
Stanford University faculty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Greek computer scientists
Human Genome Project scientists
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-bit%20%28disambiguation%29 | 24-bit is a reference to a 24-bit length of data or memory addressing.
24-bit may also refer to :
24-bit color, color data types
A bit depth used in digital audio, see Audio bit depth
ICAO 24-bit address, a unique ID given to aircraft using an Aviation transponder interrogation mode
24-bit hex code, data used in Transponders (aeronautics) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaingBuisson | LaingBuisson is a business intelligence provider across health, care and education, headquartered in Angel, London. It provides insights, data and analysis of market structures, policy and strategy and is the chosen provider of independent sector healthcare market data to the UK Government's Office for National Statistics.
The company was founded in 1986 by the Executive Chairman William Laing, a healthcare economist and commentator on health and social care. Prior to setting up LaingBuisson, he worked at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and was a deputy director at the Office of Health Economics. Henry Elphick was the CEO from 2016-2021 and he and the former Secretary of State for Health, Stephen Dorrell, are non executive directors.
The business provides market intelligence, consulting, data and patient acquisition tools.
Market intelligence includes market reports, journals, events and awards, including the LaingBuisson Awards. Its international business includes market reports, consulting and the 2 journals Healthcare Markets international and the International Medical Travel Journal, of which Keith Pollard is the Editor in Chief It also organises Medical Travel Summits - the conference in Athens in May 2018 was organised in conjunction with Elitour, the Greek Medical Tourism Council.
In 2016, William Laing stepped down as chairman, replaced by former health secretary, Stephem Dorrell.
Consulting includes work for investors and Government. It was awarded a contract by the Department of Health and Social Care in October 2018 to review the NHS-Funded Nursing Care rate, which determines payments by the NHS for nursing home care in England. and has assisted the Competition and Markets Authority in investigations.
References
Health care companies of England
Companies based in the London Borough of Islington
1986 establishments in England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20reptiles%20of%20the%20Netherlands | This list of reptiles of the Netherlands is extracted from the Reptile Database. It applies to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Species not endemic to constituent country in western Europe are indicated by inclusion of their distribution within the kingdom.
Turtles and terrapins
Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pond slider, Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)
Lizards
Slow worm, Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
Sand lizard, Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758
Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
Viviparous lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Snakes
Anguilla bank racer, Alsophis rijgersmaei Cope, 1869 – St. Maarten
Red-bellied racer, Alsophis rufiventris (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) — Saba and Sint Eustatius
Smooth snake, Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768
Barred grass snake, Natrix helvetica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common European adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aruba Island rattlesnake, Crotalus unicolor van Lidth de Jeude, 1887 – Aruba
Baker's cat-eyed snake, Leptodeira bakeri (Ruthven, 1936) – Aruba
Three-scaled groundsnake, Erythrolamprus triscalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Curacao
References
Netherlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JKool | jKool is a software company based in Plainview, NY, that produces software for visualizing and analyzing machine-generated data, including: logs, metrics and transactions in real-time, via a web-based interface. jKool analyzes big data including both data-in-motion (real-time) and data-at-rest (historical). jKool offer its solutions through several channels including IBM Bluemix and as an on-premises offering.
Product
jKool was designed to be a highly scalable, SaaS solution leveraging open-source software that provides real-time streaming analytics for big data and was announced at All Things Open. The technology at jKool was built using open-source software including Apache Spark, Apache STORM, and Apache Kafka sitting on top of the NoSQL database, Apache Cassandra and the search engine Apache Solr, the last two from DataStax. The micro-services platform FatPipes is used as the orchestration layer to control data management, messaging and configuration.
jKool provides analytics and visualization for log files, metrics and transactions and is focused on the needs of the DevOps community also providing monitoring capabilities for DataStax Enterprise.
jKool created a query language suitable for business users called jKQL.
A version of the jKool product has been integrated with the IBM Cloud Marketplace.
References
External links
jKool Official website
jKool Open Source Streaming Collectors
Software companies based in New York (state)
Software companies of the United States
2014 establishments in New York (state)
Software companies established in 2014
American companies established in 2014 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wondery | Wondery is an American podcast network and publisher of numerous award-winning podcasts, including Dirty John, Dr. Death, and The Shrink Next Door. Wondery was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and media executive Hernan Lopez. The company was launched with backing from 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios). In late 2020, it was announced that Wondery had been purchased and is now owned by Amazon Music.
Several of Wondery’s podcasts have been adapted for television, including Dirty John. Wondery has two premium subscription options, Wondery+ and Wondery+ Kids.
History
Founding
Wondery was launched in 2016 by Hernan Lopez, the exiting Fox International Channels CEO with backing from what was then called 20th Century Fox. The stated goal of the network is to curate and create audio shows with a focus on mobile users and audio-on-demand. The company teamed up with ART19 on distribution infrastructure and cross podcast dynamic insertion of ads. Lopez was joined by Jeffrey Glaser, previously head of current programming at 20th Century Fox Television, where he oversaw series including 24, American Dad!, Arrested Development, Bones, Empire, Family Guy, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family and The X-Files. Glaser was appointed president of content.
Funding
In addition to the initial financial backing from 20th Century Fox, Wondery has held multiple funding rounds. The company's series A funding round in March 2018 brought in $5 million from investors including Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Shari Redstone's Advancit Capital venture-capital firms. Lopez announced plans to use the funding to add new original podcasts to the company’s roster. In June 2019, Wondery had a funding round of $10 million which indicates a value of over $100 million. Lopez stated that the funds would be used for international expansion, along with new content and technology. This series B funding was led by Waverley Capital. With the closing of the round, Former National Geographic Partners Chief Executive Declan Moore became Wondery's international programming head.
Growth
Within three years of its founding, Wondery became a top five podcast publisher with 40 million downloads in December 2018 alone. There were six 2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Award nominations for four of the publisher's show with one win: Dr. Death for Most Bingeable Podcast.
In 2018, Wondery began adapting some of its podcasts to television. That year, Bravo released the Dirty John TV series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana. With 2.09 million viewers, Dirty John became Bravo’s most-watched scripted series. Wondery announced plans to adapt other podcasts to TV, including Dr. Death, Over My Dead Body, The Shrink Next Door, WeCrashed, American Sports Story and Joe vs. Carole. That year, Wondery also partnered with several celebrities who launched shows on the platform, including Ellen DeGeneres, Jillian Michaels, and Tina Brown.
In June 2018, Wondery announced the release of its premi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brady%20Ackerman | Brady Ackerman is an American sports commentator in Jacksonville, Florida. He works as an afternoon talk show host 3–7 pm on 1010XL,WJXL radio. He also works on the Gators Sports Network for Florida football. He serves as the co-host on the pre and post game shows as well as the sideline reporter on all Florida football games. In addition to his broadcasting responsibilities he serves as a writer and contributor for Gridiron Now.
Early life and education
Ackerman was born September 10, 1969, in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from Duncan U. Fletcher High School, Neptune Beach Florida in 1987. He attended the University of Florida earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Recreation in 1992.
Sport
Ackerman was a running back for the University of Florida from 1988 to 1992. He received two letters in 1990 and 1991. He had one career touchdown versus Akron in 1990.
Coaching
Ackerman had several stops in his coaching career including on the collegiate level with Valdosta State in Valdosta, Georgia 1994–96 and Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Alabama, in 1997. He also served as an assistant coach in high school at Ed White High School in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1998–1999. He is currently the football coach at Belleview High School in Belleview, Florida 2020-current
Broadcasting
Ackerman began his career with AM 930 WNZS in Jacksonville, Florida, working with Frank Frangie. He then moved to Ocala, Florida, where he worked with AM 900 WMOP. He also worked with AM 1080 WHOO in Orlando, Florida. His television duties included positions with Sports Channel Florida, Sunshine Network and Comcast Sports Southeast. He co-hosted Talkin Football on CBS, a weekly college football preview show with Tony Barnhardt, Bob Neal and Derrick Rackley. He served as a nightly co-host on SEC Tonight a daily sports show on CBS.
Philanthropy
Ackerman hosted the Brady Ackerman Scramble for Kids to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Marion County. The event was held for 10 years from 2002 to 2012 at Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club.
References
Living people
1969 births
American radio sports announcers
Mass media people from Jacksonville, Florida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20portrayals%20of%20the%20Canadian%20Indian%20residential%20school%20system | The list of media portrayals of the Canadian Indian residential school system includes examples of works created to highlight the Canadian Indian residential school system, a network of schools established by the Canadian government and administered by church officials to assimilate Indigenous students.
Film and television
Published texts
Stage
References
First Nations education
Education in popular culture
Lists of mass media
Works about genocide |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit%20and%20Run%2C%20Run%2C%20Run | "Hit and Run, Run, Run" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of the mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars, which aired on July 12, 2016, on the cable network Freeform. The episode was written by Maya Goldsmith and directed by Michael Goi.
The episode revolves around the aftermath of Elliott Rollins' gruesome murder at the hands of Hanna Marin, who asks her friends to hide the body and evidences of the crime. Meanwhile, the mysterious Jenna Marshall returns to Rosewood in the best way possible.
"Hit and Run, Run, Run" yielded 1.25 million viewers, and garnered a 0.6 demo rating, up from the previous episode.
Plot summary
The episode starts with Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Aria (Lucy Hale) and Emily (Shay Mitchell) burying Elliott's dead body. Both Hanna (Ashley Benson) and Alison (Sasha Pieterse) are still traumatized for what happened. During the following events, Aria and Alison try to find a way into the psychiatric hospital, while Spencer, Hanna and Emily cover up the tracks. At the Welby State, Aria and Alison finds a way into Alison's room, and Alison tells Aria a secret about the night Charlotte died. In a flashback, Alison and Charlotte (Vanessa Ray) argue about Alison and Elliott's relationship, and Alison leaves the Church minutes before someone killed Charlotte. When Hanna and Aria go to the woods in order to end up with the car, they find out that the vehicle is missing. Mona (Janel Parrish) then appears driving the car, and she reveals that she had covered up some tracks for them. Spencer and Caleb's (Tyler Blackburn) relationship is on the rocks; and, when Caleb appears, trying to talk with Spencer, he ends up speaking about past events, inserting bad feelings between Spencer and Hanna. Overwhelmed, Spencer goes drinking at the Radley, and she ends up meeting Marco Furey (Nicholas Gonzalez), a gentleman who pays her a drink; later, they begin making out in the elevator but Spencer realizes she is cheating on Caleb and stops.
The next day, the Liars and Mona are at the Radley, talking about what happened the night before. Surprising everyone, Jenna Marshall (Tammin Sursok) suddenly appears; she is surprised when she learns that the girls are there, and reveals that she is back to Rosewood to celebrate Toby and Yvonne's engagement. When Toby (Keegan Allen) arrives at the police station and sees Jenna, he argued with her about her sudden appearance in Rosewood. Jenna responds that she wants to make things right. When Spencer enters the loft, she discovers that Caleb left the place. Aria and Emily arrive at Welby State, and they see cops surrounding Alison's room. Then, Toby asks them to follow him. In Hanna's apartment, he talks about his discovery on the true Elliott Rollins, telling them that he died years ago, adding that the Elliott the girls know is a fraud. Toby reveals that Elliott is missing and vows to find him.
Meanwhile, Hanna and Mona are looking for Hanna's golden bracelet on Elliott's car. They |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e%20Ma%C3%AFmonide | Ecole Maïmonide is a French international secondary school in Casablanca, Morocco. A part of the AEFE school network, it serves the levels collège and lycée (junior and senior high school).
References
External links
Lycée Maïmonide
French international schools in Casablanca
Jewish schools in Morocco
Jews and Judaism in Casablanca |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig%20Zag%20%28RTP%29 | Zig Zag is a Portuguese children's programming block broadcast daily on RTP2, RTP1 and RTP Internacional from Portugal. It airs programming that is targeted for young people (children and teenagers) from ages 3–17. It airs daily on the weekdays from 07:00 to 11:15 WET, and again later on in the day from 16:00 to 20:05 WET. It airs programming in Portuguese.
Broadcast Area
As many other RTP Television Stations, Zig Zag airs internationally in different countries. Note that all of its programming still airs in European Portuguese.
North America
RTP2 ZigZag airs in North America, as part of its international broadcast on RTP Internacional.
United States of America
Canada
South America
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
Uruguay
Chile
Argentina
Peru
Africa
See RTP África, and Portuguese Africa.
Cape Verde
Mozambique
São Tomé and Principe
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Asia
Macau
Others
Europe
Portugal
Others
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific Islands
Programming
RTP2 ZigZag offers a wide range of programming for children and teenagers from ages 3–17.
Fireman Sam (O Bombeiro Sam)
Clifford the Big Red Dog (Clifford, o Cão Vermelho)
Noonbory and the Super Seven (Noonbory e os Super Sete)
Jelly Jamm
The Koala Brothers (Os Irmãos Koala)
Shima Shima Tora no Shimajiro (as aventuras de shimajiro)
FloopaLoo, Where Are You? (Floopaloo, Onde Estás Tu?)
Kody Kapow
Bear in the Big Blue House (O Urso da Casa Azul)
Ella Bella Bingo Bing
Vipo: Adventures of the Flying Dog (Vipo, As Aventuras do Cão Voador) Vipo: Surviving Time Island (Vipo e os Amigos na Ilha do Tempo) Dragon Hunters (Caçadores de Dragões) The Puzzle Place (Puzzle Parque) The Little Prince (O Principezinho) Little Robots (Mini Robôs) YooHoo & Friends (YooHoo e Amigos) Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (A Casa do Mickey Mouse) Wabbit (Bugs!) Peanuts
Peanuts specials The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (O Espetáculo do Charlie Brown e do Snoopy) The Garfield Show (Garfield) Sally Bollywood: Super Detective (Sally Bollywood) The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (As Histórias Épicas do Capitão Cuecas) The Looney Tunes Show ToddWorld (O Mundo de Todd) Maya, the Bee (A Abelha Maia) Vic, the Viking (Vicky) Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (Scooby-Doo!) Boo!
Lola and Virginia (Lola e Virgínia) Sandra, the Fairytale Detective (Sandra, a Detetive de Contos) Contraptus (Engenhocas) Earth to Luna! (O Mundo de Luna!) The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (Rato do Campo e Rato da Cidade) The Tom and Jerry Show (Tom e Jerry [1st season]/O Show de Tom e Jerry [2nd season]) Wild Grinders Chuck's Choice (O Carlos Escolhe) Wolfblood (Sangue de Lobo) Corneil and Bernie (Corneil e Bernie) Thomas & Friends (Thomas e os Seus Amigos) Lunar Jim'' Nutri Ventures – The Quest for the 7 Kingdoms (NutriVentures: Em Busca dos 7 Reinos) Peep and the Big Wide World (O Curioso Mundo de Pio) Shaun the Sheep (A Ovelha Choné) Paper Port (Porto Papel) Powerpuff Girls Z (Supe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Winter | Chris Winter may refer to:
Chris Winter (athlete) (born 1986), Canadian 3,000 meter steeplechase runner
Chris Winter (television presenter) (born 1989), Australian television presenter for Network Ten
Chris Winter (American football) American college football coach |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Wahlburgers%20episodes | Wahlburgers is a reality television series on the A&E network in the United States that aired from January 22, 2014, to July 31, 2019. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the titular chain of restaurants owned by chef Paul Wahlberg and his brothers, Mark and Donnie, as well as their home lives.
Overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2014)
Season 2 (2014)
Season 3 (2015)
Season 4 (2015)
Season 5 (2016)
Season 6 (2016)
Season 7 (2016-17)
Season 8 (2017)
Season 9 (2018)
Season 10 (2019)
References
External links
Episode list at A&E
Lists of American reality television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol%20Slissenko | Anatol Slissenko () (born August 15, 1941) is a Soviet, Russian and French mathematician and computer scientist. Among his research interests one finds automatic theorem proving, recursive analysis, computational complexity, algorithmics, graph grammars, verification, computer algebra, entropy and probabilistic models related to computer science.
Early years
Anatol Slissenko was born in Siberia, where his father served as head of a regiment of military topography. He graduated from the Leningrad State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics in 1963 (honors diploma).
Academic career
He earned his PhD (candidate of sciences, his adviser was Nikolai Aleksandrovich Shanin) in 1967 from the Leningrad Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics, and his Doctor of Science (higher doctorate) in 1981 from the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Moscow.
During 1963–1981 he was with the Leningrad Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (LOMI). From 1967 till 1992 he headed the Leningrad Seminar on Computational Complexity that played an important role in the development of this field in the Soviet Union.
During 1981–1993 he was the head of Laboratory of Theory of Algorithms at the Leningrad Institute for Informatics and Automation of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1993 until 2009 he was a full professor of the University Paris-Est Créteil, France, and since 2009 he remains professor emeritus of this university. He had also been head (and in a way a founder) of Laboratory for Algorithmics Complexity and Logic from 1997 until 2007.
In 1981–1987 he was a part-time professor of the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, and during 1988–1992 he was a professor and head of the Department of Computer Science at Leningrad State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, whose creation he initiated (the teams of the Department were world champions of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest four times). Many mathematicians (among them Yuri Matiyasevich, Dima Grigoriev, E.Hirsch) started their research in his seminars for students.
Slissenko was invited as a speaker at many conferences, in particular at International Congress of Mathematicians in 1983, in Warsaw, Poland.
Research
Among his results one can mention a six-head one-tape Turing machine that recognizes palindromes in real-time, an algorithm (for a kind of pointer machine) that solves in real-time a large variety of string-matching problems (including finding of all periodicities in a compact form), Slissenko graph-grammars (that describe classes of NP-hard problems solvable in polytime), decidable classes of verification of hard-real-time controllers, algorithms for constructing shortest paths among semi-algebraic obstacles, and entropy-like concepts for analysis of algorithms and inference systems.
He collaborated with N.Shanin, S.Maslov, G.Mints and V.Orevkov on automatic theorem proving, and with D.Beauquier D.Grigoriev, D.Bura |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiStage | WikiStage is a video platform and a network of event organisers managed by the non-profit WikiStage Association. It aims to create a collaborative video platform for debate.
Conferences around the world use the WikiStage platform to share their speaker’s videos. To connect talks with those of other speakers, the videos are grouped into a debate according to their topic. The debate wall allows users to watch and vote for short videos from different sources on the topic in question.
In addition to partnering with conferences around the world, WikiStage allows the members of its community to organise WikiStage branded conferences under the WikiStage license for free. The talks filmed at these conferences are then published on the WikiStage website and YouTube to ensure unlimited, free access. A community of over 100 volunteers in 12 countries is spread over 4 continents to curate the video library.
Origin of the Name
According to the founder, the "Wiki" brand was chosen because the organisation follows the objectives and values of other Wiki Projects: to create a library of knowledge through an open and collaborative approach where the users produce the content. WikiStage is an independent organisation and uses the protected trademarks “WikiStage” and “WikiTalk”.
Objectives
The objective of WikiStage is to encourage democratic debate and to bring forward ideas from experts around the world.
The organisation states they “provide a stage for the world's most interesting questions”. With their global network of events and video debate platform WikiStage aims to “improve education and strengthen democratic debate”.
The WikiTalk
The presentations published on WikiStage are called WikiTalks. The short talks of three, six or nine minutes each address a specific topic and cover questions ranging from history and philosophy to genetics, and jazz. Promotional presentations or extreme views in WikiTalks are not allowed.
WikiTalks are typically filmed at conferences, but they can also be recorded with just a camera and a speaker. A recording session of five to ten experts is called a 'WikiCorner' and can be organised by anyone after acquiring a WikiCorner license.
WikiStage Events
The first WikiStage Event took place at ESCP Europe Paris in March 2013 under the motto “Celebrate Curiosity”.
Subsequently, WikiStage spread in other French schools such as Sciences Po, École Centrale Paris and Paris Dauphine University. Up until July 2016, seventy events have been held at institutions like the Chamber of Commerce in Nouakchott, Mauretania, Stanford University and the Worldbank.
WikiStage Events are organised collaboratively under the free license granted by the WikiStage Association. Anyone may request to organise a WikiStage Event. Once the license is granted, the WikiStage Association provides the local organisers with support, toolkits and guides. The local organiser designs the program of the event, records the talks and performances, then edits a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StoredIQ | StoredIQ was a company founded for information lifecycle management (ILM) of unstructured data. Founded in 2001 as Deepfile in Austin, Texas by Jeff Erramouspe, Jeff Bone, Russell Turpin, Rudy Rouhana, Laura Arbilla and Brett Funderburg, the company changed its name in 2005 to StoredIQ. It continued to operate successfully for over a decade until it was acquired in 2012 by IBM. It now serves as a platform for IBM's information life cycle governance, big data governance and enterprise content management technologies.
StoredIQ was awarded five patents by the USPTO. The first, originally filed in 2003, enabled unstructured data in file systems to be manipulated in a similar way to information stored in databases. Subsequent patents only added to StoredIQ's market dominance by building upon the patented actionable file system with further enhancements specific to Enterprise Policy Management and expanding the reach of StoredIQ's management capability all the way to individual desktops.
In 2008 StoredIQ was recognized as "Best in Compliance" by Network Products Guide. At the same time, StoredIQ was being recognized as a "Top 5 Provider" by the prestigious Socha-Gelbmann eDiscovery survey. This incredible breadth of information governance capability is what originally drew the attention of EMC Corporation, StoredIQ's first potential acquirer. Initially a strategic investor in StoredIQ, many experts predicted an inevitable acquisition. However, the company shunned their first suitor, leaving EMC to acquire a competitor.
The company published a whitepaper titled The Truth About Big Data. This promotion combined with StoredIQ's patented technology led to IBM selecting StoredIQ as the basis for some products.
References
Companies established in 2001
Companies based in Austin, Texas
Data management
Data warehousing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinicogenomics | Clinicogenomics, also referred to as clinical genomics, is the study of clinical outcomes with genomic data. Genomic factors have a causal effect on clinical data. Clinicogenomics uses the entire genome of a patient in order to diagnose diseases or adjust medications exclusively for that patient. Whole genome testing can detect more mutations and structural anomalies than targeted gene testing. Furthermore, targeted gene testing can only test for the diseases for which the doctor screens, whereas testing the whole genome screens for all diseases with known markers at once.
Uses
Clinicogenomics is currently used in personalized medicine such as pharmacogenomics and oncogenomics. By studying the whole genome, a physician is able to construct medical plans based on an individual patient's genome rather than generic plans for all patients with the same diagnosis. For example, researchers are able to identify the mutations that cause a particular kind of cancer by studying the genomes of many patients with that cancer type, such as in a study of renal tumors that were previously only diagnosed through morphological anomalies. Furthermore, researchers can identify the medications and treatments that work best on particular cancer-causing mutations, which can then be applied to treat future patients.
Clinicogenomics can also be used in preventative medicine by sequencing a patient's genome prior to a diagnosis in order to identify the known mutations related to medical conditions. In the future, patients could be sequenced at birth and periodically throughout our lives to be cautious of potential health risks and prepare for probable future diagnoses. Through preventative care, patients will be able to change their lifestyles and behaviors to reflect their genetic predisposition to certain conditions. For example, if a woman knows she has mutation in the BRCA1 gene, she can be more proactive about mammograms, Pap smears and other preventative care to help increase her odds of survival despite her likelihood of cancer. By detecting cancer earlier or preventing the development of diseases such as diabetes, health care costs for individuals implementing preventative medicine based on genomic data will decrease.
Challenges
Below are a few of the major challenges facing the usage of clinicogenomics by health care providers today. Other challenges also exist, such as the expense of genome sequence analysis and whether or not insurance companies provide coverage for sequencing.
Physician data sharing
One of the difficulties of genome testing is the amount of data from a sequence and the dozens of formats in which that data can come. This data needs to be standardized and added to electronic health records. It also needs to be in a format that can be utilized by both health care providers for comparisons, second opinions and future study as well as by machines used for processing the data for further analysis.
Patient privacy
One of the concerns of u |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicnet | Vicnet (Victoria's Network) was a business unit of the State Library of Victoria, Australia operating between 1994 and 2014. It was an early Australian internet service provider that provided website space and training. It was Australia's largest web host for community organisations and projects such as Skills.Net and Libraries Online. The State Library of Victoria closed Vicnet on 31 January 2014.
History
The State Library of Victoria and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) established a joint project to build a web-based publishing service and internet access provider for community organisations in 1993.
Vicnet worked with the State and federal government, private providers, the Victorian public library network and community based organisations across Victoria to address Digital Divide issues. Through a range of ICT programs Vicnet drove the roll out of public access internet points across Victoria and in the process connected every library in Victoria to the Internet for public access. To facilitate access, Vicnet staff delivered extensive training/community development programs across Victoria through government funded programs such as the Skills.net program (a program that was responsible for training more than 100,000 Victorians).
Additionally Vicnet developed an online publication platform and an extensive web directory for community and other organizations, as well as for members of the general population. Among many hundreds, Vicnet published and trained in the editing for the first web sites for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix, the Indigenous Flora and Fauna Society, the Council on the Ageing (Victoria), The Age newspaper, and the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.
With government assistance from Multimedia Victoria, Vicnet provided internet access to regional Victorian communities then out of the reach of any internet service, such as Mallacoota and Apollo Bay. With other early internet service providers it formed the Victorian Internet Exchange, an innovative network peering organisation, designed to put pressure on the cost of data.
By 2009, Vicnet was recognised for its work in culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and its digital inclusion services provided for 62 community language groups.
Awards
1999 finalist for Skills.net program in the Global Bangemann Challenge
2009 Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards - Best Diversity Initiative
References
Internet-related organizations
Defunct Internet service providers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGG%20Network | eGG Network (formerly known as Every Good Game) was a Malaysian pay television channel that was launched on 7 June 2016. It is a joint venture of Rocketfuel Entertainment Sdn Bhd. This channel focused on esports and broadcast electronic gaming tournaments live around the world. Its first tournament broadcast was the International Dota 2 Championships 2015.
This channel has been ceased transmission on 23 January 2023, and some of the esports content are moved to Astro Arena and Astro Arena 2.
Final programming
Tournaments
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ELeague
PGL Krakòw Major 2017 Asian Minor
PGL Krakòw Major 2017 CIS Minor
PGL Krakòw Major 2017 Americas Minor
PGL Krakòw Major 2017 European Minor
PGL Krakòw Major 2017
PGL CS:GO Major 2021
FIFA
FIFA Interactive World Cup
Dota 2
Boston Major
The International
Frankfurt Major
Shanghai Major
Manila Major
Dota 2 Asia Championships
Kiev Major
ESL One Genting 2018
NESO Galaxy Battles
League of Legends
World Championship
League of Legends Champions Korea
Garena Premier League
Wild Rift SEA Cup
Hearthstone
World Championship
Heroes of the Storm
World Championship
Street Fighter V
ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
MLBB Southeast Asia Cup
MLBB M2 World Championship
MPL MY/SG Season 8
MLBB All-Stars
M4 WORLD Championship 2022
MPL MY Season 10
PUBG Mobile
PUBG Mobile World League East (PMWL 2020)
PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC 2020)
PUBG Telur Mata Cup 2021
PMPL League 2021
PMPL Fall MY/SG/PH 2022
Original production
360
eGG Scramble
Generasi Gamerz
Jalur 14
360: Stay Home
Arena eSport
Dari Hati 2022
Dongibab
Gemilang Bersama eGG (Merdeka National Day Special 2022)
References
External links
Astro Malaysia Holdings television channels
Defunct television channels
Television stations in Malaysia
Television channels and stations established in 2015
2015 establishments in Malaysia
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2023
Esports television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus%20Sport | Optus Sport is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Optus launched on 13 July 2016. The network was launched after Optus outbid the incumbent Foxtel.
Optus Sport is available for streaming via web browsers on macOS and Windows, apps on compatible smartphones and tablets including iOS and Android. It is also available through apps on selected Smart TVs and home video game consoles.
History
In the beginning of Optus Television, Optus had used sports rights as a key differentiator between it and rival Foxtel. They carried C7 Sport on their subscription television network until March 2002, when Optus replaced them with Fox Sports (Australia), rebranded as 'Optus Sports' until October of that year. In 2009 Optus Television ceased to be offered to new subscribers and the service was eventually ceased.
In July 2010, Malaysian backed Fetch TV launched in Australia, available through Optus. In 2015, new CEO Allen Lew, who had launched parent company Singtel's EPL coverage, laid out a three-year plan (2016–18) for Optus to transition from a Telecommunications provider to a multimedia company, as a 'content aggregator'.
Optus began trialling their own content delivery network in March 2015, and in November 2015 it was announced Optus had purchased the rights for the English Premier League in Australia until the conclusion of the 2018/19 season. In March 2016 it was announced the channels would be available through Fetch TV from Optus (rebranded as 'Yes TV'), as well as through a dedicated app and website, with satellite coverage available for those without appropriate internet speeds or for commercial venues. This announcement also included the fact that one match per round would be sub-licensed to a Free-to-Air channel. It was revealed by SBS that they had traded their FIFA World Cup licence for this sub-licence.
Optus announced pricing for the EPL coverage in May, which was revised after being poorly received by customers, with new pricing, including a period of 'free' coverage, announced in June.
Optus also announced they had done a deal with the Nine Network to share the International Champions Cup rights, with Optus showing all games played outside of Australia. Nine would share the China leg and retain exclusive rights to the Australian matches. This was the first live sport broadcast on the channels, with Manchester United playing Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on 22 July 2016 as the first live event. Optus also added a friendly West Ham United pre-season match, and would later show their unsuccessful Europa League Qualifier against Astra Giurgiu.
Initial controversy
The news that Optus had secured the Premier League rights was not received well by existing supporters. Most were locked into plans with either Foxtel or other telecommunications providers, and were skeptical of how Australia's poor network infrastructure could handle 'live' broadcasts over IPTV. The first three rounds were mired with complaints on social media and in o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Emmy%20Awards | 2016 Emmy Awards may refer to:
68th Primetime Emmy Awards, the 2016 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored primetime programming during June 2015 – May 2016
43rd Daytime Emmy Awards, the 2016 Emmy Awards ceremony that honored daytime programming during 2015
44th International Emmy Awards, the 2016 ceremony that honored international programming
Emmy Award ceremonies by year |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20J.%20Smith%20%28linguist%29 | Professor Johannes Jacobus "Jan" Smith (5 October 1883 − 18 June 1949) was a leading figure in the Afrikaans language movement and the compiler of the first standard Afrikaans dictionary. He was an important member of the committee which first attempted to standardize Afrikaans spelling, and was made the founding editor of Die Huisgenoot, the family magazine of the Nasionale Pers, in which early Afrikaans literature was discussed. He was a professor of languages at Stellenbosch University from 1919 until his retirement in 1945. His nephew was the politician, judge and Afrikaans writer Henry Allan Fagan.
References
Linguists from South Africa
Academic staff of Stellenbosch University
1883 births
1949 deaths
20th-century linguists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20China%20V%20Chart%20number-one%20videos%20of%202016 | The following is a list of the number-one music videos of 2016 on the weekly Billboard China V Chart. The chart ranks weekly most viewed music videos using data from Chinese video-sharing site YinYueTai (YYT).
Chart history
References
YinYueTai
China V Chart
China V Chart
Chinese music industry
V Chart 2016
China Videos 2016 |
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