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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beng%20Chin%20Ooi | Beng Chin Ooi () is a Singaporean computer scientist, currently a Distinguished Professor at National University of Singapore and also the Chang Jiang Professor at Zhejiang University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery and Singapore National Academy of Science. He did his BSc (1985) and PhD (1989) at Monash University.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academic staff of the National University of Singapore
Singaporean computer scientists
Monash University alumni
Fellow Members of the IEEE |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna%20R.%20Maglott | Donna R. Maglott is a staff scientist at the National Center for Biotechnology Information known for her research on large-scale genomics projects, including the mouse genome and development of databases required for genomics research.
Education and career
Maglott earned her Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of Michigan where she worked on the 50S ribosome in the bacterium Escherichia coli. She held an academic position at Howard University; and then moved to the American Type Culture Center in 1986 where she began establishing databases needed for genomic research. She started at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in 1998.
Research
While at Howard University, Maglott worked on protein synthesis during early development of sea urchins. At ATCC, she worked on repositories holding clone and genomic information and began research using genomic tools to investigate information on human chromosomes. In 2000, Maglott worked with Kim D. Pruitt to introduce RefSeq, a web-based resource for gene-based information that is hosted by NCBI and has been updated over the years. She has also been involved in the development of other databases at NCBI including Entrez Gene, ClinVar, STS markers, Conserved CoDing Sequences (CCDS), Map Viewer, RefSeqGene, the NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR), MedGen, and ClinVar. Large-scale genomics projects that Margott has worked on include the rat genome database, and the mouse genome and transcriptome. In 2006, Maglott was a part of the team analyzing the genome of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, which was the first genome obtained for a motile marine invertebrate.
Selected publications
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American medical researchers
University of Michigan alumni
American women geneticists
Bioinformaticians
National Institutes of Health people
American geneticists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaCy | spaCy ( ) is an open-source software library for advanced natural language processing, written in the programming languages Python and Cython. The library is published under the MIT license and its main developers are Matthew Honnibal and Ines Montani, the founders of the software company Explosion.
Unlike NLTK, which is widely used for teaching and research, spaCy focuses on providing software for production usage. spaCy also supports deep learning workflows that allow connecting statistical models trained by popular machine learning libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch or MXNet through its own machine learning library Thinc. Using Thinc as its backend, spaCy features convolutional neural network models for part-of-speech tagging, dependency parsing, text categorization and named entity recognition (NER). Prebuilt statistical neural network models to perform these tasks are available for 23 languages, including English, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Chinese, and there is also a multi-language NER model. Additional support for tokenization for more than 65 languages allows users to train custom models on their own datasets as well.
History
Version 1.0 was released on October 19, 2016, and included preliminary support for deep learning workflows by supporting custom processing pipelines. It further included a rule matcher that supported entity annotations, and an officially documented training API.
Version 2.0 was released on November 7, 2017, and introduced convolutional neural network models for 7 different languages. It also supported custom processing pipeline components and extension attributes, and featured a built-in trainable text classification component.
Version 3.0 was released on February 1, 2021, and introduced state-of-the-art transformer-based pipelines. It also introduced a new configuration system and training workflow, as well as type hints and project templates. This version dropped support for Python 2.
Main features
Non-destructive tokenization
"Alpha tokenization" support for over 65 languages
Built-in support for trainable pipeline components such as Named entity recognition, Part-of-speech tagging, dependency parsing, Text classification, Entity Linking and more
Statistical models for 19 languages
Multi-task learning with pretrained transformers like BERT
Support for custom models in PyTorch, TensorFlow and other frameworks
State-of-the-art speed and accuracy
Production-ready training system
Built-in visualizers for syntax and named entities
Easy model packaging, deployment and workflow management
Extensions and visualizers
spaCy comes with several extensions and visualizations that are available as free, open-source libraries:
: A machine learning library optimized for CPU usage and deep learning with text input.
: A library for computing word similarities, based on Word2vec.
: An open-source dependency parse tree visualizer built with JavaScript, CSS and SVG.
: An open-source named entity visual |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber%20Creek%20Lodge | Timber Creek Lodge is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo cable network, on December 5, 2016. The show follows a group of staff members serving "a slew of elite clientele at an ultra-luxurious" ski lodge located near the village of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Cast
Jamie Murphy, Lodge Manager
Katy Ann Boyd, Lodge Manager
Blake Dubler, Lodgehand
Colston Villanueva, VIP Mountain Host
Cynthia Barker, VIP Mountain Host
Louise Robinson, Head of Housekeeping
Mark Milburn, Senior VIP Mountain Host
Jenna Gillund, Housekeeper/Server
Nikita Williams, Chef
Episodes
References
External links
2010s American reality television series
2016 American television series debuts
2017 American television series endings
Bravo (American TV network) original programming
English-language television shows
Television series by Halcyon Studios |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Nginx%E2%80%93MySQL%E2%80%93PHP%20packages | This is a list of notable NMP (Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP) solution stacks for all computer platforms; these software bundles are used to run dynamic Web sites or servers.
Alternate/similar software stacks
AMP - Apache, MariaDB, Perl/PHP/Python on Windows, macOS, Linux and others
LAPP - Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL, Perl/PHP/Python
LLMP - Linux, Lighttpd, MySQL/MariaDB, Perl/PHP/Python
Lists of software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelancing%20in%20India | Globally, India has the 7th largest freelance workforce globally, following the US and Bangladesh, with over 500,000 individuals working independently in various sectors such as IT and programming, finance, sales and marketing, designing, animation, videography, content and academic writing. By 2020, 50% of workers are expected to go freelance.
Government
There has not been much effort from India's government towards assisting freelancers until recently when it set up the Digital India Platform (DIP), an initiative to digitalize all government documents and where freelancers are hired to perform the tasks. Anyone with computer knowledge, Internet access, and a valid Aadhar card would be eligible to apply for this freelance opportunity. More than 68% of freelancers depend upon social media to find suitable work opportunities
Female Indian freelance workers
Numerous highly educated women, holding masters and doctorate degrees in India who cannot pursue a regular occupation due to family and social obligations. Rather than cutting short their professional careers, these women often turn to freelancing.
Although freelancing offers a flexible career option, the number of Indian women in freelancing remains comparatively smaller than their male counterparts. In a survey conducted by Payoneer, a payments services provider based in New York in 2015, only 22 percent of Indian freelancers are women. Not only this but the same report reveals that women are paid lesser than the men who freelance. While a male freelancer earns $19 per hour on an average, a female freelancer apparently earns $17 per hour for the same project.
Companies and freelancers
The distinct shifts in technology, culture, demographics, and professional needs and goals have driven companies to reassess their human resource policies to accommodate the burgeoning freelance economy. India has seen a significant increase in the freelance community, with a 46% rise in new freelancers from Q1 to Q2 in 2020, as reported by Times of India in 2022. These companies hire freelancers and independent consultants across various levels of management, including positions such as freelance CFOs who contribute to streamlining a company’s finances. According to industry estimates, hiring the services of an outsourced CFO can result in operational savings of 30 to 70 percent. Depending upon the nature of the job, fees can range from Rs. 30,000 to a few lakhs per month.
References
Further reading
Das, Goutam. "Gig work: India now contributes 1 in 4 freelancers" (January 9, 2018). Business Today. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
Employment in India
Outsourcing in India |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Thacker | Charles Thacker may refer to:
Charles M. Thacker (1866–1918), a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
Charles P. Thacker (1943–2017), an American pioneer computer designer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1dio%20Globo | Rádio Globo is a Brazilian contemporary hit radio network, owned by Sistema Globo de Rádio (Grupo Globo's radio division). It was launched on 2 December 1944.
Its journalists anchors are Roberto Canázio and Rosana Jatobá. The company employs more than 200 other journalists.
Until 15 July 2019, Rádio Globo was a full-service network. On that date, the network "flipped" to a Brazilian-style CHR format (also known in the country as "popular radio"), retaining the football broadcasts (branded as "Futebol Globo no Rádio" and simulcast with sister network CBN).
Owned-and-operated stations
Rio de Janeiro: ZYD 471 - FM 98.1 MHz
Programs and Communications
Vai na Fé (Padre Omar)
Café das Seis
RJ: Fernando Ceylão e Mariliz Pereira Jorge
SP: Mariana Godoy e Marc Tawil
Papo de Almoço (Léo Jaime, Fernanda Gentil, Adriane Galisteu, Tiago Abravanel, Marcos Veras)
Tá Rolando Música (Rafa Ferraz)
Redação Globo (Rosana Jatobá)
Zona Mista
RJ: Pop Bola
SP: Rodrigo Rodrigues
Globo Esportivo
RJ: Marcelo Barreto
SP: Oscar Ulisses
Radar do Esporte and Esporte S/A (Carlos Eduardo Eboli)
Convocadas (Fernanda Gentil)
Mundo da Luta (Rhodes Lima)
Em Cartaz (Charles Gavin, Maurício Valladares, Henrique Portugal, Dedé Teicher, Diogo Nogueira)
Sai do Ar (Rafa Ferraz e Thiago Matheus)
Cartola FC (Hugo Lago)
Segue o Jogo (Felipe Andreoli)
Futebol à Manivela and Domingo + Esportivo (Maurício Bastos)
Trilha de Craques and Galera da Bola (Rodrigo Rodrigues)
Revista Rádio Globo (Roberto Canázio)
References
External links
Official website
Globo radio stations
Mass media in Rio de Janeiro (city) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS%20Flood | DNS Flood is a type of denial-of-service attack. It is the process whereby the traffic on a network resource or machine is stopped for some time. The offender sends a great number of requests to the resource or machine so that it might become unavailable to those who might try to reach it. During a DNS flood the host that connects to the Internet is disrupted due to an overload of traffic. It can be referred to as a disruption that causes the work of the resource or machine to halt by not allowing the traffic to land on it.
This attack is mainly done by hackers to benefit from the attacked resource or machine. DDoS attacks have been perpetrated for many reasons, including blackmailing website owners and knocking out websites, including high-profile sites such as large bank websites.
Many methods can and are being adopted to prevent these types of attacks some of which include dropping malformed packages, use filters to avoid receiving packages from sources having potential to attack, timing out half open connections with greater hostility. One can also set SYN, ICMP, and UDP at lower levels to prevent such DDoS attacks from harming one's network.
References
Denial-of-service attacks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20World | Cyber World is a science fiction/cyberpunk anthology edited by Hugo Award-winner Jason Heller and Joshua Viola published on November 8, 2016 (Election Day). It is the second anthology from Hex Publishers, preceded by Nightmares Unhinged, and aims to re-brand the cyberpunk genre.
About
Cyber World: Tales of Humanity's Tomorrow is a science fiction anthology edited by Jason Heller and Josh Viola with twenty short stories by award-winning and bestselling authors, including Saladin Ahmed, Nisi Shawl, E. Lily Yu, Cat Rambo, Matthew Kressel, Paolo Bacigalupi, Minister Faust, Stephen Graham Jones, Alyssa Wong, Keith Ferrell, and many others. Richard Kadrey wrote the book's foreword and Chuck Wendig and Warren Ellis provided blurbs, praising the collection. The book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, who said the book expands the "already-fluid definition of cyberpunk".
The book also features a companion soundtrack primarily composed of music by Klayton, who records as Celldweller, Circle of Dust, and Scandroid. There are also two tracks by Mega Drive.
Release details
2016, United States, Hex Publishers , Pub date November 8, 2016, Trade paperback
References
2016 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
2010s science fiction works |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone%201%20%28Manchester%20Metrolink%29 | Zone 1 of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network is the heart of the system where all of the other lines converge. Its boundaries are broadly equivalent to those of Manchester city centre, and approximately mirror the city's Inner Ring Road. Within Zone 1, first opened in 1992 as the City Zone, trams largely run along semi-pedestrianised streets rather than on their own separate alignment. The original route between the Altrincham and Bury lines ran to Victoria station via Market Street and High Street, and was soon joined by a branch to Piccadilly station by a three-way delta junction. A second route between the South-West and North-Eastern parts of the network was built to ease congestion on the original line. Opened in 2017, the Second City Crossing (2CC) added one additional stop to the network.
City-centre stops
Since 2019, there are ten Metrolink stops in Zone 1, these are:
Cornbrook – a major interchange on the Metrolink system and is also in Zone 2
Deansgate-Castlefield – interchanges with Deansgate railway station, and serves the Manchester Central Convention Complex.
Exchange Square – located in Exchange Square close to the Arndale Centre and Corn Exchange. It is the only stop on the second city crossing between St Peter's Square and Victoria.
Market Street – located in one of the main shopping streets and close to the Arndale Centre.
New Islington – serving the New Islington area.
Piccadilly – interchanges with the main railway station, located in the undercroft beneath the main railway concourse.
Piccadilly Gardens – located in the busiest bus/tram interchange in the city centre.
Shudehill – an interchange station similar to Piccadilly Gardens located near the Northern Quarter, The Printworks and Shudehill bus station.
St Peter's Square – serves the Central Library and Town Hall. Is an interchange between the first and second city crossings.
Victoria – interchanges with the main line station.
Two stations used to serve the city centre but have been closed:
High Street – closed in 1998, unidirectional platform closed after extension of Market Street stop.
Mosley Street – closed in 2013, unidirectional.
Use in ticketing
Metrolink tickets allowing travel to a Zone 1 stop also allow for travel within Zone 1.
Passengers who travel on rail services from the Greater Manchester area into one of the five railway stations of the Manchester station group (Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Victoria, Deansgate and Salford Central) will be issued with a ticket stating the destination as Manchester CTLZ as opposed to Manchester Stns. This allows visitors to use Metrolink trams between stops in Zone 1 for free on the presentation of a Manchester CTLZ rail ticket. The Freedom of the City scheme was introduced in 2005 by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive and retained as part of the new zonal ticketing system introduced in January 2019.
National visitors from outside Greater Manchester wit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Fishing%20Network | World Fishing Network (WFN) is an American television network that offers online and mobile platform dedicated to fishing. It offers a diverse range of programming that includes instruction, tips, tournaments, travel, food boating, and outdoor lifestyle content. The network is accessible to viewers in the United States and the Caribbean through cable, satellite, and telecommunication subscriptions.
History
The channel's roots began in Canada on December 2, 2005, when it was launched under the ownership of Insight Sports. The company expanded the channel in the United States in November 2007 with its launch on Verizon FiOS as a standard definition channel. A few months later, in May 2008, WFN launched a high definition (HD) channel on Dish Network, called "World Fishing Network HD", a channel with a separate schedule from its standard definition counterpart. The HD channel was added to Verizon FiOS that year. Since WFN's launch on Verizon and Dish Network, it has been added to several other television providers such as Charter Communications, and television providers in the Caribbean, including Flow Cable in Jamaica.
On January 10, 2011, WFN announced that it had sold a 50% stake in its U.S. operations to Altitude Sports and Entertainment. In 2011, Altitude Sports and Entertainment purchased a 19.9% interest in the Canadian channel through its division Altitude WFN ULC. Altitude would later purchase the remaining 50% interest in the channel.
On January 14, 2019, World Fishing Network in Canada officially relaunched as Sportsman Channel.
See also
Sportsman Channel (Canadian TV channel)
Extreme Angler TV
References
External links
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Family%20of%20Hip%20Hop | First Family of Hip Hop is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo cable network, on January 15, 2017, and ended on March 19. The show follows the life of the family of late Sylvia Robinson.
Cast
Leland Robinson, Sr.
Leland Robinson, Jr.
Rhondo Robinson, Jr.
Darnell Robinson
Kasin Robinson
LeA Robinson
Antonio Jordan
Eseni Ellington
Shanell "Lady Luck" Jones
Somaya Reece
Sasha Robinson
Broadcast
The series premiered in Australia on Arena on February 27, 2017.
References
External links
2010s American reality television series
2017 American television series debuts
2017 American television series endings
Bravo (American TV network) original programming
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitoring%20as%20a%20service | Monitoring as a service (MaaS) is one of many cloud computing delivery models under anything as a service (XaaS). It is a framework that facilitates the deployment of monitoring functionalities for various other services and applications within the cloud. The most common application for MaaS is online state monitoring, which continuously tracks certain states of applications, networks, systems, instances or any element that may be deployable within the cloud.
References
Cloud computing
As a service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIVA | AIVA (Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist) is an electronic composer recognized by the SACEM.
Description
Created in February 2016, AIVA specializes in classical and symphonic music composition. It became the world's first virtual composer to be recognized by a music society (SACEM).
By reading a large collection of existing works of classical music (written by human composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart) AIVA is capable of detecting regularities in music and on this base composing on its own. The algorithm AIVA is based on deep learning and reinforcement learning architectures. Since January 2019, the company offers a commercial product, Music Engine, capable of generating short (up to 3 minutes) compositions in various styles (rock, pop, jazz, fantasy, shanty, tango, 20th century cinematic, modern cinematic, and Chinese).
AIVA was presented at TED by Pierre Barreau.
Discography
AIVA is a published composer; its first studio album "Genesis" was released in November 2016. Second album "Among the Stars" in 2018.
2016 CD album « Genesis » Hv-Com – LEPM 048427. Track listing "Genesis":
2018 CD album « Among the Stars » Hv-Com – LEPM 048708
Avignon Symphonic Orchestra [ORAP] also performed Aiva's compositions in April 2017.
Example of scores composed by AIVA
This is the preview of the score Op. n°3 for piano solo "A little chamber music", composed by AIVA.
See also
Applications of artificial intelligence
Computer music
Music and artificial intelligence
References
Computer music software
Applications of artificial intelligence
2016 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome%20I.%20Elkind | Jerome Elkind is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. In 1988 he was co-founder of the Lexia Institute.
Biography
Elkind was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his undergraduate degree in 1951 and Sc.D. in 1957. He went on to join BBN Technologies and participated for them in the 1960 Symposium on Principles of Self-Organization. He then was appointed head of the Computer Science Laboratory at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (1971-8). Here he held budgetary responsibility for new projects. He also worked with Bob Taylor on the Xerox Alto. He went on to become Vice President of Systems Integration at Xerox.
Personal life
In 1959, he married engineer Linda Starr Valenstein, daughter of advertising executive Lawrence Valenstein in a Jewish ceremony in Scarsdale.
References
American electrical engineers
Scientists at PARC (company)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20M.A.M.A.%20awards | The 6th Annual M.A.M.A. Awards were held on January 27, 2017. The TV3 Lithuania network broadcast the show live from Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2016.
Nominees
Note: Winners are listed in bold.
Best Female Act
Erica Jennings
Ieva Narkutė
Monika Linkytė
Ingrida Valinskienė
GJan
Best Male Act
Saulius Prūsaitis
Merūnas
Donny Montell
Daddy Was A Milkman
Ironvytas
Breakthrough of the Year
Daddy Was A Milkman
Solo ansamblis
Wolfsome
Sisters Of Wire
Liepa Maknavičiūtė
Best Pop Act
Erica Jennings
Donny Montell
Saulius Prūsaitis
Lemon Joy
Merūnas
Best Rock Act
Freaks On Floor
Colors Of Bubbles
Wolfsome
Sisters On Wire
Movo
Best Alternative Act
Solo ansamblis
Deeper Upper
Without Letters
Sheep Got Waxed
Ministry Of Echology
Best Electronic Act
Daddy Was A Milkman
Black Water
Keymono
Radistai DJs
Deep Shoq
Best Hip Hop Act
Ironvytas
Mad Money
Despotin Fam
Yga
Mesijus & Munpauz
Best Band
Freaks On Floor
Colors Of Bubbles
Lemon Joy
Lilas & Innomine
Leon Somov & Jazzu
Best Live Act
Marijonas Mikutavičius
Leon Somov & Jazzu
Donny Montell
Merūnas
Lilas & Innomine
Best Album
Waves – Freaks On Floor
Muzika – Lietuvai – Merūnas
#BLCK – Donny Montell
Roboxai – Solo ansamblis
Vaikas iš didelės raidės – Saulius Prūsaitis
Best Song
"Norim šokti" – Saulius Prūsaitis
"I've Been Waiting For This Night" – Donny Montell
"Tu privalai skambėt" – Lilas & Innomine
"Lietuvos istorijos repas" – Šventinis Bankuchenas
"Gaila" – Leon Somov & Jazzu
References
2017 music awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobiDB | In molecular biology, MobiDB is a curated biological database designed to offer a centralized resource for annotations of intrinsic protein disorder. Protein disorder is a structural feature characterizing a large number of proteins with prominent members known as intrinsically unstructured (or disordered) proteins. The database features three levels of annotation: manually curated, indirect and predicted. By combining different data sources of protein disorder into a consensus annotation, MobiDB aims at giving the best possible picture of the "disorder landscape" of a given protein of interest.
MobiDB data sources
Curated data and additional annotation
Curated data for MobiDB is obtained from DisProt database giving information and disorder annotation manually extracted from literature. In order to complement disorder annotation, MobiDB features additional annotations from external sources:
UniProt: Annotations from the UniProt database include organism, subcellular location, tissue specificity, function, relevant sites, relevant regions, post-translational modifications, and linear motifs.
Pfam: protein domain annotations are displayed in graphical form and are link-enabled, allowing the user to visit the corresponding Pfam page for further information.
PDB: Secondary structure is extracted from the PDB whenever available, and displayed in graphical form and in 3D.
STRING: Known interactors with evidence in "database" and "experimental" are displayed in a sortable table.
Indirect sources
PDB X-ray: When a crystallographic experiment is done to try and resolve a protein's structure, there are cases where the position of certain residues can not be accurately determined. One of the possible causes of this is that the residue is part of a flexible/disordered region. For this reason missing residues in PDB experiments are considered an indication of intrinsic disorder.
PDB NMR: Deposited files of NMR experiments for protein structure resolution often contain multiple models, representing different conformations of the same protein. By calculating the differences between the positions of each model's residues, one can measure the degree in which this positions change. This change can be interpreted as a measure of how flexible or disordered a protein is. The MOBI web server (from which the name of this database was derived) automates this calculations taking as input a PDB formatted file.
Predictions
A great variety of intrinsic protein disorder predictors have been trained in the last decade. The bulk of them are trained to mimic the nature of the annotations previously described. Since MobiDB currently covers the full set of UniProt sequences, the included predictors need to be extremely fast. Ten predictors currently included (ESpritz in its three flavours, IUPred in its two flavours, DisEMBL in two of its flavours, GlobPlot, VSL2b and JRONN) enable MobiDB to provide disorder annotations for every protein, even when no curated or ind |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic%20Library%20Advancement%20and%20Development%20Network | The Academic Library Advancement and Development Network (ALADN) is a community of practice supporting professionals involved in library development and advancement. The group "is designed to offer networking and mutual problem-solving for professionals involved in advancement and development for academic and research libraries through annual conference, electronic listserv participation (LIBDEV sponsored by ALADN), and personal contacts". Three standing committees and a rotating conference planning group compose ALADN's structure.
ALADN's beginning was rooted in a conference hosted by the University of New Mexico Libraries held March 15-17, 1995, titled "More than Books: Building a Network of Academic and Research Library Development Officers".
ALADN's LIBDEV listserv and its archives are hosted by the University of Florida.
Conferences
References
External links
Call for Proposals, ALADN 2017
ALADN Homepage
Library associations in the United States
Canadian library associations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion%20Autobus | The Orion Autobus is a bus from the Swiss manufacturer "Automobile Factory Orion" from Zurich.
History and technical data
The Orion buses were built between 1899 and 1903 at the Orion factory at Zurich. They offered 12 seats for passengers. The entrance for the passenger compartment is at the rear. The vehicle is equipped with four solid rubber tires.
In August 1904, an automobile course was set up with Orion buses from the Aktiengesellschaft für Automobilverkehr im Kanton Zug from Zug via Hinterburg to Menzingen; An automobile course in the Ägerital was offered, which on 1 November 1905 took over also the post courses. The routes were extended to Zug - Baar - Menzingen and to Zug - Unterägeri - Oberägeri. However, in 1913, the tram canceled the automobile courses because the Orion buses were not yet reliable and with their solid rubber tires on the unpaved road not comfortable - the streetcar promised a quality increase.
An Orion bus was stored in the Swiss Museum of Transport, it was restored by the Orion Club and since 1 April 2000 it has been an exhibit in the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte.
Data
References
Der Omnibus «Orion»
Sandro Sigrist: Elektrische Strassenbahnen im Kanton Zug. Prellbock, Leissigen 1997,
Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte
Orion «Orion»
Transport in the canton of Zug |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20songs%20of%202016%20%28Colombia%29 | This is a list of the National-Report Top 100 Nacional number-one songs of 2016. Chart rankings are based on radio play and are issued weekly. The data is compiled monitoring radio stations through an automated system in real-time.
Number ones by week
References
Number-one songs
Colombia
Colombian record charts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Again%20pledge | The Never Again pledge or NeverAgain.tech is a commitment by information technology workers to work against a United States government database identifying people by race, religion, or national origin, specifically in response to the Trump presidential campaign statements about creating a Muslim registry and deporting millions of illegal immigrants.
The pledge was placed online on December 13, 2016 and had gathered more than 1,300 technology worker signatures two days later, including employees of Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Google, and Microsoft. The online release was intended to anticipate the meeting of Silicon Valley executives with Trump on December 14. The pledge grew out of a Bay Area Tech Solidarity meeting held by Maciej Ceglowski; the lead organizer of the pledge was Leigh Honeywell, with co-organizers Ka-Ping Yee and Valerie Aurora. The name of the pledge, "never again", refers to the historical use of IBM information technology in World War II to enable the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States and the Holocaust and use of Nazi concentration camps in Germany.
Computerworld magazine wrote, and Aurora admitted, that the action of publicly signing the pledge could put tech workers at risk of losing their jobs, especially those with security clearances. Inc. magazine wrote that before the Never Again pledge, only Twitter had stated that it would oppose a Muslim registry, but after the pledge, the list of such American technology companies grew to include Apple Inc., Facebook, Google, IBM, Lyft, Medium, Microsoft, Salesforce.com and Uber. (Inc. maintains A Running List of Tech Companies That Have Pledged Not to Build a Muslim Registry.)
References
External links
American political websites
Internet activism
Internet properties established in 2016 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUDN%20Radio | TUDN Radio (formerly Univision Deportes Radio) is a U.S. Spanish-language sports radio network operated by Uforia Audio Network, a division of TelevisaUnivision. It launched on March 15, 2017 on ten AM and FM radio stations, most of which previously affiliated with the ill-fated Univision America until its 2015 closure. The network features stations in the states of Arizona, California, Texas, Illinois, Nevada, New York and Florida, covering half of the country's Hispanic population.
While its main focus is on soccer, Univision Deportes Radio competed against ESPN Deportes Radio, owned by ESPN Inc., until 2019 which had 40 stations in 14 states.
On July 20, 2019, the network was renamed TUDN Radio, as part of a wider multi-platform relaunch of the Univision Deportes division as TUDN, in partnership with Televisa. With the September 2019 discontinuation of ESPN Deportes Radio, the network picked up some of its former stations (including Los Angeles' KWKW).
Programming
At the launch of the network, its programming lineup consisted of mainly radio versions of select Univision Deportes Network shows, such as Locura Deportiva (which was originally broadcast on Univision América), Contacto Deportivo, and Fútbol Club, as well as original programming including Buenos Días América, El Tiradero, and Tribuna Interactiva. In 2022, the network plans to begin airing Desde el Diamante (From the Diamond), a weekly show devoted to Major League Baseball news.
The network also broadcasts select Liga MX, Major League Soccer, CONCACAF Champions League and UEFA-sanctioned soccer matches. The network started airing Major League Baseball games during the 2021 playoffs, followed by select regular season games (mainly Spanish simulcasts of Sunday Night Baseball), the Home Run Derby, and the All-Star Game from the following season onward as well as select games of the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Local sports
Stations air sport games from local professional teams, including:
Major League Baseball: Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Texas Rangers;
Major League Soccer: FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, LA Galaxy, and Chicago Fire;
National Basketball Association: Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, and Dallas Mavericks;
National Football League: Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and Arizona Cardinals;
National Hockey League: Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings.
On-air talent
Juan Carlos Ávalos
María Fernanda Alonso
Leslie Soltero
Gabriel Sainz
Diego Peña
Luis Manuel Gómez Luna
Gustavo Rivadeneira
Julio César Quintanilla
Antonio Murillo
Miguel Ángel Mendez
Luis Quiñones
Reinaldo Navia
Javier Ledesma
Ramón Morales
Pedro Antonio Flores
Marcelo Salazar
Katya Mercader
Ernesto Tadeo Quijas
Affiliates
All affiliates are owned and operated by Univision unless otherwise noted.
United States
Arizona
KBMB 710 kHz (Phoenix)
California
KRDA-HD2 92.1 MHz (Fresno)
KSOL-HD2 98.9 MHz (San Francisco)
KT |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Show%20Must%20Go%20On%20%28Grimm%29 | "The Show Must Go On" is the 16th episode of season 3 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 60th episode overall, which premiered on March 21, 2014, on the broadcast network NBC. The episode was written by Marc Gaffen and Kyle McVey, and was directed by Paul A. Kaufman.
Plot
Opening quote: "Under such conditions, whatever is evil in men's natures comes to the front."
At a carnival, a ringmaster named Hedig (Carlo Rota) is presenting to the public four Wesen that act as freaks, taking the excuse of magic. One of the Wesen, Max (Sam Witwer), who is also a Blutbad, leaves the carnival when two girls show up as they want to meet him. They invite him for drinks and although he is hesitant, he goes with them. The girls take him to their house and after discussion, he woges into a Blutbad and attacks them.
While attending a dinner with Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) with Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch), Nick (David Giuntoli) is asked by Monroe to be his best man in their wedding while Juliette is asked to be Rosalee's maid of honor and they both agree. However, later that night, Nick tells Juliette that he is concerned about attending the wedding as many Wesen will be attending and they will recognize him as a Grimm.
Wu (Reggie Lee) is finally in service after leaving the psychiatric hospital and Nick and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate the murder of the two girls, finding their tickets to the carnival. They go to the carnival and Nick and Hank discover the Wesen performers, wondering if the Wesen Council could intervene. Back in Europe, Adalind (Claire Coffee) and Meisner (Damien Puckler) continue fleeing from the Verrat and find Sebastien (Christian Lagadec) in a car, badly hurt. A Verrat agent arrives but Adalind uses her abilities to make him kill himself. Sebastian is given a gun and Adalind and Meisner flee from the scene in a car. Viktor (Alexis Denisof) and the Verrat arrive and Sebastien manages to kill most of them but Viktor. He refuses to say where they went and Viktor shoots him, killing him.
While Nick and Hank talk with Hedig, Max loses control of himself and attacks one of the performers, Genvieve (Chryssie Whitehead). Nick and Hank talk with Monroe and Rosalee. They explain that the Council doesn't intervene because the public believes the performers are using magic and illusion although some are against it for exploitation. However, this could also cause the "Umkippen", an act in which a Wesen has forced himself to woge so many times that they can lose control. Monroe and Rosalee decide to go to the carnival for an intervention, which they believe could help the Wesen. However, Rosalee is selected as the replacement for Genvieve for her Wesen part.
Meisner tells Adalind that he has a Resistance agent to take her back to Portland but he will remain in Vienna. While preparing herself, Rosalee discovers that Max is the most affected with the Umkippen, deducing he is the killer. Before the sh |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20accolades%20received%20by%20Moana%20%282016%20film%29 | Moana is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, with Don Hall and Chris Williams as co-directors. Starring the voices of Auliʻi Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, the film focuses on the story of Moana, the strong-willed daughter of the chief in a Polynesian tribe, who is chosen by the ocean itself to reunite a mystical relic with a goddess. When a blight strikes her island, Moana sets sail in search of Maui, a legendary demigod, in the hope of saving her people.
The film had its world premiere at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016 and was released to theaters on November 23, 2016. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported 96% positive film-critic reviews, based on 218 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10 and Metacritic gave a score of 81 out of 100, based on 44 reviews.
Moana have received many nominations and awards, the majority for Best Animated Feature category and for Auliʻi Cravalho performance. At the 44th Annie Awards, Moana received six nominations and won two including Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production and Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production. Also Lin-Manuel Miranda won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "How Far I'll Go", performed by Auliʻi Cravalho.
Accolades
Notes
See also
2016 in film
References
External links
Moana
Moana (2016 film) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20singles%20of%202016%20%28Slovenia%29 | List of the Slovenian number-one singles of 2016 compiled by SloTop50, is the official chart provider of Slovenia. SloTop50 publishes weekly charts once a week, every Sunday. Chart contain data generated by the SloTop50 system according to any song played during the period starting the previous Monday morning at time 00:00:00 and ending Sunday night at 23:59:59.
Charts
Number-one singles by week
Weekly charted #1 songs and highest charted counting among domestic songs only
Number-one singles by month
Monthly charted #1 songs and highest charted counting among domestic songs only
References
Number-one hits
Slovenia
Lists of number-one songs in Slovenia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWJJ-TV | DWJJ-TV, channel 44, is a commercial relay television station owned by GMA Network Inc. Its transmitter is located at Mt. Landing, Jalajala, Rizal. This station primarily caters for audiences from the provinces of Cavite, Rizal, Laguna, and Quezon.
GMA TV-44 Jalajala programs
Balitang Southern Tagalog - flagship news program in Filipino language, simulcast via GMA TV-12 Batangas
See also
List of GMA Network stations
References
Television stations in Rizal
Television channels and stations established in 2011
GMA Network stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20singles%20of%202017%20%28Slovenia%29 | List of the Slovenian number-one singles of 2017 compiled by SloTop50, is the official chart provider of Slovenia. SloTop50 publishes weekly charts once a week, every Sunday. Chart contain data generated by the SloTop50 system according to any song played during the period starting the previous Monday morning at time 00:00:00 and ending Sunday night at 23:59:59.
Charts
Number-one singles by week
Weekly charted #1 songs and highest charted counting among domestic songs only
Number-one singles by month
Monthly charted #1 songs and highest charted counting among domestic songs only
References
Number-one hits
Slovenia
Lists of number-one songs in Slovenia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20Hot%20100%20number-one%20singles%20of%202017 | This is a list of the Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2017. The Canadian Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of Canada. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 10–11 days in advance.
Chart history
See also
List of number-one albums of 2017 (Canada)
References
Canada Hot 100
2017
2017 in Canadian music |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20hits%20of%202017%20%28Denmark%29 | Tracklisten is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles and tracks in Denmark. Its data, published by IFPI Denmark and compiled by Nielsen Music Control, is based collectively on each single's weekly digital sales.
Chart history
References
Number-one hits
Denmark
2017 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20singles%20of%202017%20%28Spain%29 | This lists the singles that reached number one on the Spanish Promusicae sales and airplay charts in 2017. Total sales correspond to the data sent by regular contributors to sales volumes and by digital distributors.
Chart history
References
Spain Singles
Number-one singles
2017 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.P.M.%20Leasing%20Services | O.P.M. Leasing Services, Inc. was a computer leasing company that was involved in one of the biggest corporate scandals at the time it filed bankruptcy in 1981, with fraud of over $200 million.
O.P.M. Leasing Services (OPM stood for Other People's Money) was started in 1970 in Brooklyn by Mordecai Weissman and Myron Goodman. It later moved its headquarters to Manhattan. It grew to be one of the five largest computer leasing companies in the country.
O.P.M. Leasing Services borrowed money to purchase computers that it would then lease to corporate customers. The computers and the assignment of the lease, in turn, would be used as collateral for the loan. Lease payments would be used to service the loan. Lenders included banks, thrifts, insurance companies, and pension funds. Customers who leased the computers included Merrill Lynch, Xerox, American Express, and General Motors, with Rockwell International being the largest. The company expanded rapidly because it offered more generous lease terms to its customers than did its competitors.
The fraud started in 1972 when the company began forging and altering leases, using the same lease as collateral for multiple loans, creating fictitious leases for computers that did not exist, and inflating the value of the lease payments.
The downfall came in February 1981, when it was discovered that a signature on one of the Rockwell International leases was forged. The company filed for bankruptcy the following month. Goodman was sentenced to 12 years in prison and Weissman to 10 years; five other employees were also sent to prison. (Goodman and Weissman had also purchased control of the First National Bank of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana in 1978, which they used to kite checks for O.P.M. In March 1980, O.P.M. Services pleaded guilty in the check-kiting scheme and was fined $110,000.)
The bankruptcy trustee wrote a report on the fraud, criticizing its auditor (Fox & Company), its investment banker (Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb), its law firm (Singer Hutner Levine & Seeman) and Rockwell International. It indicated gross negligence among many of the outside parties and that some of them were aware of the fraud but did not report it, or sometimes abetted it.
References
Further reading
Fenichell, Stephen Other People's Money: The Rise and Fall of OPM Leasing Services. Anchor Books. 1985
Gandossy, Robert P. Bad Business: The OPM Scandal and the Seduction of the Establishment. Basic Books. 1985
Corporate crime
Financial scandals
Pyramid and Ponzi schemes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC%20AC%20454 | The GMC AC 454 is a truck model that the GMC manufactured from 1940 on.
Technical data and history
The GMC AC 454 is a military truck build by the General Motors Company in the USA. It was used in World War II.
The truck has a bridge construction. It has an onboard voltage of 12 volts. In the Swiss army the GMC AC 454 received the designation Lastw. Gl 3.5T 4x2 (off-road truck with 3.5t payload). The Swiss army used about 90 of these trucks.
In 1971 a few GMC AC 454 were rebuilt by Pius Lang from the "Military-Motorfahrer-Gesellschaft des Kantons Zug" with Wood gas generator. The Wood gas generators were mounted on civilian trucks during the Second World War. Such a rebuilt GMC AC 454 is now located in the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte (Zug depot of technical history).
Pictures
References
Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte
Military trucks of Switzerland
Off-road vehicles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getter%20%28disambiguation%29 | A getter is a substance introduced into a vacuum tube to remove traces of gas.
Getter may also refer to:
Getter, a term used in object-oriented programming, also known as accessor
Getter Robo, fictional robot
Getter (name), Estonian feminine given name
Getter (DJ), American DJ
Gettr, a social media site
See also
Get (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity%20%28Grimm%29 | "Synchronicity" is the 17th episode of season 3 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 61st episode overall, which premiered on April 4, 2014, on the broadcast network NBC. The episode was written by Michael Duggan from a story by Duggan and Michael Golamco, and was directed by David Solomon.
Plot
Opening quote: "In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order."
Nick (David Giuntoli) tells Hank (Russell Hornsby) that he is unsure about attending Monroe's (Silas Weir Mitchell) wedding as the Wesen could recognize him as a Grimm and decides to tell him that he can't go because of the risk of getting exposed. In Switzerland, Adalind (Claire Coffee) and Meisner are still running from the Verrat.
Meisner leaves Adalind to go after the Verrat. However, Adalind is intercepted by the Verrat and taken to a car. Then, the Verrat agents are killed by Kelly (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who was told to save her. Meisner takes Adalind and Kelly to a plane that will take them to Portland but he stays behind and notifies Renard (Sasha Roiz) that Sebastien is dead and that he could go into hiding. Nick visits Monroe and Rosalee (Bree Turner) to tell them that he can't attend the wedding because of the risk of exposure. Monroe then suggests using sunglasses during the wedding as the Wesen can identify the Grimms from their eyes. They test the sunglasses and they state that it works.
Back in Vienna, Viktor (Alexis Denisof) is upset about Adalind's escape and has his associate Gregor (Gene Freedman) killed for his failure. He then has Marcus Rispoli (Philip Anthony-Rodriguez) named the new leader of the Verrat and they both deduce that Adalind must have returned to Portland. While on the plane, Kelly has flashbacks of when she had to leave Nick years ago. They land in Portland and steal a man's truck for safety as he threatens to call the police.
They arrive at Nick's house but Nick and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) instantly recognize her. A discussion ensues and it causes the baby to make a tremor and break things in the house. Despite her issues with Adalind, Juliette decides to take care of the baby in the room. While she takes care of the baby, Kelly explains that the baby is so powerful that if she falls into the wrong hands, she will do something evil. Adalind uses her powers to leave the house with the baby and escape in the man's car. Nick deduces that since Adalind mentioned Renard, she would go to his apartment. Adalind arrives at Renard's apartment and presents him with the baby, causing him to smile at the baby.
Reception
Viewers
The episode was viewed by 4.89 million people, earning a 1.4/5 in the 18-49 rating demographics on the Nielson ratings scale, ranking third on its timeslot and second for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind Last Man Standing, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, 20/20, and Shark Tank. This was a 15% decrease in viewership from the previous episode, which was watched by 5.71 million viewers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20energy%20system%20databases | Open energy system database projects employ open data methods to collect, clean, and republish energy-related datasets for open use. The resulting information is then available, given a suitable open license, for statistical analysis and for building numerical energy system models, including open energy system models. Permissive licenses like Creative Commons CC0 and are preferred, but some projects will house data made public under market transparency regulations and carrying unqualified copyright.
The databases themselves may furnish information on national power plant fleets, renewable generation assets, transmission networks, time series for electricity loads, dispatch, spot prices, and cross-border trades, weather information, and similar. They may also offer other energy statistics including fossil fuel imports and exports, gas, oil, and coal prices, emissions certificate prices, and information on energy efficiency costs and benefits.
Much of the data is sourced from official or semi-official agencies, including national statistics offices, transmission system operators, and electricity market operators. Data is also crowdsourced using public wikis and public upload facilities. Projects usually also maintain a strict record of the provenance and version histories of the datasets they hold. Some projects, as part of their mandate, also try to persuade primary data providers to release their data under more liberal licensing conditions.
Two drivers favor the establishment of such databases. The first is a wish to reduce the duplication of effort that accompanies each new analytical project as it assembles and processes the data that it needs from primary sources. And the second is an increasing desire to make public policy energy models more transparent to improve their acceptance by policymakers and the public. Better transparency dictates the use of open information, able to be accessed and scrutinized by third-parties, in addition to releasing the source code for the models in question.
General considerations
Background
In the mid-1990s, energy models used structured text files for data interchange but efforts were being made to migrate to relational database management systems for data processing. These early efforts however remained local to a project and did not involve online publishing or open data principles.
The first energy information portal to go live was OpenEI in late 2009, followed by reegle in 2011.
A 2012 paper marks the first scientific publication to advocate the crowdsourcing of energy data. The 2012 PhD thesis by Chris Davis also discusses the crowdsourcing of energy data in some depth. A 2016 thesis surveyed the spatial (GIS) information requirements for energy planning and finds that most types of data, with the exception of energy expenditure data, are available but nonetheless remain scattered and poorly coordinated.
In terms of open data, a 2017 paper concludes that energy research has lagged |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantage%20College | Vantage College provides interdisciplinary programming, and it is operated by the University of British Columbia exclusively for international students. It charges a program fee that is not funded by the provincial government. It is a first-year program for students that do not meet UBC's English language admission standards.
Controversy
The decision to develop Vantage College attracted criticism from students and faculty at the University of British Columbia for targeting overseas students, being seen as a poor spending decision that fails to significantly benefit the student body at-large.
References
University of British Columbia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProSTEP%20iViP | Prostep ivip is an association with its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. Founded in 1993 as the ProSTEP Association for the Promotion of Product Data Standards and later renamed to ProSTEP iViP Association in 2002, and since May 2017 the association's name has been written as "prostep ivip". Prostep ivip is a globally active, independent association of 180 member companies from industry, IT and research. It is an industry-driven association and its main focuses are on the digital transformation in product creation and production. By designing digital transformation in the manufacturing industry prostep ivip defines and aggregates the requirements of manufacturers and suppliers, intending to define standards and interfaces primarily for the digitalization of the entire product creation process – from idea to implementation.
History
After the end of the ProSTEP Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (German acronym: BMW), the ProSTEP Association was founded in 1993. Leading IT managers at BMW, Bosch, Continental, Daimler, Delphi, Opel, Siemens, Volkswagen and 30 other companies realized that the development of modern processes for efficient product data management was crucial to ensuring the ability of German companies to compete in the global marketplace and that they can address their common aims at best when joining under the neutral umbrella of an association.
The starting point for this endeavor was the joint development of the STEP data format (ISO 10303). In 2002, it merged with the initiative "Integrated Virtual Product Creation (German acronym: iViP)" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German acronym: BMBF), which led to a massive scope extension. Up to today, the prostep ivip association remains committed to developing new approaches to end-to-end process, system and data integration for its members and providing digital support for all the phases of the product creation process.
Organization
40% of today's 180 member companies in prostep ivip are manufacturing companies (manufacturers and suppliers), 40% are IT companies and service providers and 20% are research institutions and other standardization bodies. This tripartism is also reflected within the by-annually elected board of the association: one representative of the manufacturers, one of the suppliers, one of the IT and one of the research institutions. Prostep ivip's Technical Programme, with its currently over 20 running project groups, is governed by the Technical Steering Committee (TSC).
Cooperations
Prostep ivip maintains and continuously expands its network toward like-minded organizations. Examples for these organizations are AIA, ISO, OMG as well as associations like the French GALIA, the Japanese JAMA, the US-based PDES, Inc., the German VDA .
Publications
ProSTEP iViP publishes Standards, Recommendations, White Paper and Best Practices together with its partner organizations. For example:
ISO 10303 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I3C%20%28bus%29 | I3C is a specification to enable communication between computer chips by defining the electrical connection between the chips and signaling patterns to be used. Short for "Improved Inter Integrated Circuit", the standard defines the electrical connection between the chips to be a two wire, shared (multidrop), serial data bus, one wire (SCL) being used as a clock to define the sampling times, the other wire (SDA) being used as a data line whose voltage can be sampled. The standard defines a signalling protocol in which multiple chips can control communication and thereby act as the bus controller.
The I3C specification takes its name from, uses the same electrical connections as, and allows some backward compatibility with, the I²C bus, a de facto standard for inter-chip communication, widely used for low-speed peripherals and sensors in computer systems. The I3C standard is designed to retain some backward compatibility with the I²C system, notably allowing designs where existing I²C devices can be connected to an I3C bus but still have the bus able to switch to a higher data rate for communication at higher speeds between compliant I3C devices. The I3C standard thereby combines the advantage of the simple, two wire I²C architecture with the higher communication speeds common to more complicated buses such as the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).
The I3C standard was developed as a collaborative effort between electronics and computer related companies under auspices of the Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance (MIPI Alliance). The I3C standard was first released to the public at the end of 2017, although access requires the disclosure of private information. Google and Intel have backed I3C as a sensor interface standard for Internet of things (IoT) devices.
History
Goals of the MIPI Sensor Working Group effort were first announced in November 2014 at the MEMS Executive Congress in Scottsdale AZ.
Electronic design automation tool vendors including Cadence, Synopsys and Silvaco have released controller IP blocks and associated verification software for the implementation of the I3C bus in new integrated circuit designs.
In December 2016, Lattice Semiconductor integrated I3C support into its new FPGA known as an iCE40 UltraPlus.
In 2017, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 845 mobile SOC with integrated I3C controller support.
In December 2017, the I3C 1.0 specification was released for public review.
At about the same time, a Linux kernel patch introducing support for I3C was proposed by Boris Brezillon.
In 2021, DDR5 has introduced I3C.
In June 2022, Renesas Electronics introduced the first I3C Intelligent switch products.
Goals
Prior to public release of the specification, a substantial amount of general information about it has been published in the form of slides from the 2016 MIPI DevCon. The goals for this interface were based on a survey of MIPI member organizations and MEMS Industry Group (MIG) members. The results of thi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Law%20of%20Sacrifice | "The Law of Sacrifice" is the 18th episode of season 3 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 62nd episode overall, which premiered on April 11, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Michael Duggan from a story by Duggan and Michael Golamco, and was directed by Terrence O'Hara.
Plot
Opening quote: "The Queen was terrified and offered the little man all the riches of the kingdom, if only he would leave the newborn child alone."
Prince Viktor (Alexis Denisof) has Rispoli (Philip Anthony-Rodriguez) dispatch corrupt FBI Agent and Verrat associate, Weston Steward (C. Thomas Howell) in Portland to retrieve the baby. Adalind (Claire Coffee) and Renard (Sasha Roiz) begin to discuss the baby when Renard is told that Nick (David Giuntoli) is entering the condo. Nick confronts Renard in the hallway but they decide to discuss the matter in his apartment.
While Nick speaks with Renard and Adalind, Kelly - Nick's mother - (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) watches Agent Steward enter in the condo. Nick convinces Adalind to work with them and then leaves. Kelly knocks out Steward but two Verrat agents are going upstairs to get Adalind's baby. Nick warns them, and he and Kelly kill the Verrat agents. They then go with Renard, Adalind and the baby to Monroe's (Silas Weir Mitchell) house for safety. They decide not to tell Adalind of her mother's killing by Kelly in order to avoid any further conflict.
Nick, Renard and Kelly burst into Steward's house. Renard discovers that the last call to Steward was from Vienna and that Rispoli and Viktor are coming to Portland for the baby. The next day, Hank (Russell Hornsby) spies on the airport just as Viktor and Rispoli arrive at Portland and meet Steward. Steward asks them for permission to kill Renard. Later, Viktor visits Renard in the police station and warns that if they don't give them the baby in two hours, Renard, Adalind, and Renard's mother will be killed.
Police officers arrest Kelly at Monroe's house for the murder of Adalind's mother, shocking Adalind. Via phone Renard tells Adalind to come to the station to make a statement and bring the baby. At the station, she names the baby Diana and leaves the baby with Renard while she makes her statement. Adalind confronts Kelly in the room, who claims that she was justified to kill Adalind's mother to save Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) and wants Adalind to understand she had to give up her son and that they have to sacrifice what they love the most. With this, Adalind realizes something is wrong. While they were talking, Renard takes the baby outside and gives it to Viktor. Adalind arrives too late. Renard claims that he did it to protect them, causing Adalind to woge and scream breaking the car's windows.
Viktor and Rispoli arrive at the airport and are intercepted at gunpoint by five Resistance members, demanding the baby. Viktor reluctantly gives them the baby and the Resistance members drive off in the limo. It is revealed |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia%20Healthcare | Acadia Healthcare is an American provider of behavioral healthcare services. It operates a network of over 225 facilities across the United States and Puerto Rico.
Overview
The company was founded in January 2005, and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee. More recently, the company had signed a deal with the Florida healthcare system in order to expand its programs.
In 2022 it opened a new children’s hospital in Chicago, a joint venture facility in Knoxville, and two new Comprehensive Treatment Centers. Revenue for the third quarter of the year was $666.7 million, an increase of 13.5% over the third quarter of 2021. It had a network of 242 behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 10,800 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico. 300 new beds are planned to be opened during the year.
Operations
United States
Acadia operates facilities assisting patients with behavioral problems, PTSD, trauma, eating disorders and substance abuse. In 2022 it had about 22,500 employees and a daily patient census of about 70,000 patients and was said to be the largest pure-play behavioral health company.
United Kingdom
In June 2014, Acadia bought Partnerships in Care, a British provider of mental health and social care services, and acquired the mental health assets of Care UK in May 2015.
The company has been investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK in order to deal with concerns about the impact of its acquisition of Priory Group on competition. It sold 22 behavioral health facilities for £320 million to BC Partners in October 2016.
References
External links
Drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers
Private providers of NHS services
Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Health care companies based in Tennessee
Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luma%20Home | Luma was a Wi-Fi solutions company based in Atlanta, Georgia The company sells Wi-Fi routers using mesh networking to project a consistent Wi-Fi signal throughout private homes as well as a corresponding mobile app for added layers of security and parental controls.
Luma was founded in 2014 by Paul Judge and Mike Van Bruinisse, who had worked together at cybersecurity firms CipherTrust and Purewire. The idea emerged as a response to what was perceived by the founders as poor Wi-Fi consistency throughout private homes and the need for increased security as the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes more pervasive. Judge said, “Cybersecurity must be built into the home network routers directly because IoT devices are vulnerable and users do not have the time to be the CISO [chief information security officer] of their home.”
To date, the company's funding includes $12.5 million from Amazon’s Alexa fund, as well as former Beats by Dre CMO Omar Johnson, Yahoo chairman Maynard Webb and San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York. In November, 2016, Luma announced Alexa integration, allowing it to be controlled by voice commands to Amazon Alexa.
In January 2018, Luma Home was acquired by Newell Brands for a reported $10 million. The brand will operate under First Alert. At least since fall 2019 both the getluma.com and lumahome.com websites are not functional.
See also
Google Wifi
References
American companies established in 2014
Companies based in Atlanta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Laws%20Morning%20Show | The John Laws Morning Show is an Australian weekday talk show on 2SM and the Super Radio Network. It is hosted by radio personality John Laws. The show is in talk radio format where callers discuss news, current affairs, politics and occasionally random topics. Laws also plays music of various genres including country.
Some of his most played songs include ‘El Presidente’ which opens the show, ‘Keeping The Dream Alive’ by Freiheit, which is the backing music to Laws’ introductory commentary, ‘Go West’ by Pet Shop Boys and in 2020 has regularly played ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ by Twisted Sister.
History
After announcing his retirement from commercial radio in June 2007 and broadcasting his final show on Friday 30 November that year, Laws announced his desire to return to talkback in August 2009. Since early 2011 Laws has hosted the John Laws Morning Show weekdays from 9am to 12pm. The show is currently paneled by Jordan Bocock.
Controversy
Due to his strong opinions (especially political views) Laws has been criticised for viewpoints he has expressed on the show. Due to the political nature of the show, it regularly interviews people from all sides of politics including controversial politicians such as Pauline Hanson, leader of right-wing party One Nation. Another feature of the show is that Laws allows callers to express their viewpoint without much interruption, sometimes to allow callers to unwittingly mock themselves (for example: long term unemployed people trying to explain why they are not working) and sometimes allowing politically extreme opinions on his show.
References
Australian talk radio programs
2000s Australian radio programs
2010s Australian radio programs
2020s Australian radio programs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s%20Be%20Friends%20%28film%29 | Let's Be Friends () is a 2005 French film directed and written by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.
Synopsis
Thirty-year-old computer scientist, physicist, bachelor, sickly shy and hypochondriac, Claude Mandelbaum leads a life all the more dull that his last, and only, love story goes back two years. One day, on the occasion of the marriage of his best friend, Daniel, he meets Serge, a divorced fifty-year-old who takes full advantage of his celibacy by chaining the adventures. Shortly after, on the advice of Daniel, Claude resolved to make an appointment in a marriage agency of a particular kind, where it is the women who contact the men. In the waiting room, he falls face to face with Serge, who invites him to have a drink in his home ...
Cast
Jean-Paul Rouve as Claude Mendelbaum
Gérard Depardieu as Serge
Annie Girardot as Madame Mendelbaum
Lionel Abelanski as Daniel
Isabelle Renauld as Sophie
Yves Jacques as Germain
Valérie Benguigui as Eva
Jonathan Lambert as Totof
Élisabeth Vitali as Véronique
Xavier De Guillebon as Philippe
Mar Sodupe as Julia Marquez
Flore Grimaud as Sylvie
Caroline Frank as Manon
Tilly Mandelbrot as Pauline
Cassandra Harrouche as Justine
Virginie Caliari as Barbara
Mimi Félixine as Latifah
Thierry Godard as Mathias
Frédéric Maranber as Jean-Mi
Jacqueline Staup as Tata Muguette
Catherine Hosmalin as Woman speed dating
See also
2005 in film
References
External links
2005 comedy films
2005 films
French comedy films
Films directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
Films scored by Bruno Coulais
2000s French films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Fair%20Wesen | "My Fair Wesen" is the 20th episode of season 3 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 64th episode overall, which premiered on May 2, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Sean Calder from a story by Thomas Ian Griffith and Rob Wright, and was directed by Clark Mathis.
Plot
Opening quote: "No longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan."
Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) is introduced to Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) as yet another Grimm, much to her surprise and Nick (David Giuntoli) states that she will live with them for a short time in order to introduce her to the Wesen world.
In an upscale store, a group of women distract the clerks so they can steal clothes & jewelry. One of them, Cammy (Kiah Stern) almost gets caught then fails to meet them at their rendezvous point. The rest of the girls meet up at a warehouse with a smarmy, controlling guy named Ken (Michael Graziadei) who inspects the merchandise disapprovingly. Cammy eventually shows up there in a panic but Ken is upset at Cammy's late arrival (& for getting detected stealing previously), woges into a Lebensauger and kills her by sucking her blood dry, as the other three cower in silence.
Renard (Sasha Roiz) places Adalind (Claire Coffee) in a hotel suite for safety and at her plea, he decides to stay with her overnight.
Not feeling well with all the Wesen revelation and strange hospitality, Trubel decides to quietly leave, only to be stopped by Nick out on the porch, having anticipated her reaction. He claims that if she doesn't give his help a chance and runs off again, she could land up in jail for the murders she committed. This convinces her to stay and she returns to bed. Next morning he introduces Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) and gets them to proper woge to her to prove that she doesn't need to be afraid of every Wesen.
A couple discover Cammy's body in the woods. Nick and Hank (Russell Hornsby) go to investigate and decide to bring Trubel as a ride-along. Upon seeing the drained blood, distinctive bite mark and no razor used on the body, they decide to look for info/clues at the trailer. There, Hank finds that the characteristics belong to the Lebensauger and Nick remembers Ryan's case, a Wesen they've encountered before. They decide to check the last place where Cammy stayed but before leaving Trubel also finds an entry on a Siegbarste, a Wesen whom she claims killed her foster parents.
Meanwhile, Ken tells one of the girls, Donna (Karissa Lee Staples) to find a replacement for Cammy so as to complete "their little family".
Nick, Hank and Trubel arrive at the house where the owner introduces them to Megan (Mavil Avila), Cammy's roommate. Frustrated that Nick & Hank got no information, while later alone with her, Trubel threatens Megan, who's a Wesen, to reveal anything she knows about Cammy's whereabouts. Megan reveals that Cammy last saw Donna in a square do |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak%20Storm | Zak Storm (also known as Zak Storm: Super Pirate) is a computer animated television series produced by Zagtoon, Method Animation, De Agostini Editore, SAMG Animation, MNC Animation, and Man of Action. It debuted on Canal J in France on 2 December 2016. It debuted in the United States on KidsClick from 30 September 2017 to 7 January 2018, followed by Discovery Family on 14 October 2017. A second season is currently in the works.
Premise
When teenager Zak Storm takes his father's necklace and goes surfing, he is suddenly sucked by a giant wave and ends up in the Bermuda Triangle where he is picked up by a sentient pirate ship called the Chaos with a talking sword named Calabrass. He discovers that the necklace contains a gem called the Eye of Beru, which gives him special powers, and that in order to return home, he needs to become the captain of the Chaos and unite the Seven Seas. He assembles a band of misfits: a ghost boy, an Atlantean princess, a Viking, and a space alien.
Characters
Main
Conrad Zacharie Storm "Zak Storm" is a 13-year-old boy who ends up getting sucked into the Seven Seas of the Bermuda Triangle whilst out surfing. Zak is voiced by Michael Johnston in the English dub, and by Hervé Grull in the French dub.
Chrysta Coraline Lejune "Cece Lejune" Atlantean princess and Zak Storm's first mate, helping him stay grounded and keeping his brash side in check. Cece is voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos in English, and by Marie Nonnenmacher in French.
Crogar, a 15-year-old Viking pirate and the muscle of the Seven Cs, often shouting "Ragnarok!" as a battle-cry. Crogar is voiced by Chris Smith in English, and by Marc Duquenoy in French.
Caramba, a small green alien in a yellow exo-skeleton who serves as the Seven Cs' engineer. He is voiced by Max Mittelman in English, and by Olivier Podesta in French.
Clovis, a 7-year-old Ectoplasmic-spectre-of-awesome (as he calls himself), not a ghost. Clovis is bound to the ship Chaos and supposedly lost his body, leaving him in his ethereal state. Clovis is voiced by Reba Buhr in English, and by Elodie Menant in French.
Calabrass is Zak's magical talking sword that grants Zak his powers, and also serves as his mentor. Calabrass holds the Seven Eyes of the Seven Seas of the Bermuda Triangle, and these Eyes each grant his wielder, Zak, a different elemental power and turn Calabrass into a new weapon. However, for each transformation, he expends energy and needs time to recover. Calabrass is voiced by Kyle Hebert in English, and by Jérôme Wiggins in French.
The Chaos, a living and surprisingly high-tech pirate ship, doesn't speak but counts as a member of the crew and is surprisingly full of personality. Very loyal to his crew, but can be moody at times. Saves Zak from nearly being eaten by the kraken, when he first comes into the triangle, and never lets his Captain down, even when Zak pushes him too far.
Recurring
Skullivar, the undead, dark ruler of his own skeleton army, who wants to take o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpath | In computing, dpath is an internal cmd.exe command on IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows that allows using a set of files with the TYPE command and with input redirection as if they are in the current directory. On Windows it is undocumented and deprecated. dpath differs from the append command in the way it operates. dpath informs programs what directories they should search in order to find computer files. It is then up to the applications to recognize %DPATH%. Using the append command on the other side, programs are able to find files without recognizing that the command is in effect.
History
In DOS the append command allows programs to open data files in specified directories as if they were in the current directory. Since Windows NT this is not working as the cmd.exe introduced command processor extensions and append become redundant. Despite this the executable was and is still available in 32-bit versions of Windows. Anyway, the command relied on %DPATH% environment variable, which can be edited with the dpath command. In the modern Windows installations only the dpath command is working despite the help message still is pointing to the append command.
Syntax
DPATH pathname [;pathname] [;pathname] [;pathname]...
DPATH
DPATH ;
pathname : drive letter and/or folder
; : the command 'DPATH ;' will clear the path
Without parameters the will display the current list of the directories.
Editing %DPATH% environment variable also can be used.
DPATH /? will print the append command help message.
Usage
Input redirection:
C:\>echo hello>c:\test\in.txt
C:\batch>type c:\test\in.txt
hello
C:\>dir /a /b
C:\>set /p var=<in.txt
The system cannot find the file specified.
C:\>set var
Environment variable var not defined
C:\>dpath c:\test;
C:\>set /p var=<in.txt
C:\>set var
var=hello
With TYPE command:
C:\>echo hello>c:\test\in.txt
C:\batch>type c:\test\in.txt
hello
C:\>dir /a /b
C:\>set /p var=<in.txt
The system cannot find the file specified.
C:\>type in.txt
hello
See also
List of DOS commands
References
Further reading
External links
Microsoft TechNet Append article
PATH command on SS64.COM
External DOS commands
OS/2 commands
Windows commands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Women%27s%20Leadership | Young Women's Leadership may refer to the name of one or more schools a part of or related to the Young Women's Leadership Network:
Young Women's Leadership Academy (disambiguation)
Young Women's Leadership School (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So%20Cosmo | So Cosmo is an American reality television series that premiered on February 8, 2017, on the E! cable network. The show follows the personal and professional lives of several young people working for Cosmopolitan, an American magazine for women.
Production
The series was announced on December 13, 2016.
The cast list was announced on February 3, 2017.
On August 19, 2017, a fan asked cast member Evan Betts on Instagram if the show would be returning, he replied "unfortunately not, but that's okay".
Cast
Joanna Coles - Chief Content Officer
Leah Wyar - Executive beauty director
Steven Brown - Bookings director
Tiffany Reid - Senior fashion editor
Diandra Barnwell - Brand coordinator
Evan Betts - Fitness contributor
James DeMolet - Senior fashion editor
Adam Mansuroglu - Fashion editor
Michele Promaulayko - New editor in chief
Matthew Hussey - Relationship contributor
Broadcast
Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on the local version of E! on February 14, 2017.
The show premiered on February 14, 2017 in New Zealand on the E! Network.
The show premiered in United Kingdom in March 2017.
Soundtrack
The theme song is "ARMS CTRL" performed by PANGS.
Episodes
References
External links
2010s American reality television series
2017 American television series debuts
2017 American television series endings
English-language television shows
E! original programming
Television series by Bunim/Murray Productions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar%20National%20Research%20and%20Education%20Network | Qatar National Research and Education Network (QNREN) was initiated in 2013 in Qatar under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (now part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications). QNREN is currently operated and managed by Qatar University.
References
External links
National research and education networks
Universities in Qatar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Inheritance%20%28Grimm%29 | "The Inheritance" is the 21st episode of season 3 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 65th episode overall, which premiered on May 9, 2014, on the broadcast network NBC. The episode was written by Dan E. Fesman and was directed by Eric Laneuville.
Plot
Opening quote: "'No,' said the King. I'd rather die than place you in such great danger as you must meet with in your journey."
Nick (David Giuntoli) and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) dine with Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner), discussing the incoming wedding and let Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) join them. Outside Nick's house, a man (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe) is watching them eating and calls the house. Juliette answers and the man replies that he needs to talk to Nick. Nick takes the call but the man hangs up, seeing he's busy.
The man goes back to a hotel, not knowing he is being watched by Agent Steward (C. Thomas Howell). He arrives at the room of his father, Rolek Porter (Sam Anderson), who is the elderly person seen in the last episode. Rolek sends his son, Josh, to inform Nick of a meeting. Suddenly, a Hundjäger enters the room and attacks Josh until Rolek impales him, killing him and shocking Josh. Rolek is certain that he was a Verrat agent but Josh continues to see just a paranoid person. They leave the room and drive to an abandoned building where Rolek possesses many Wesen weapons, intent on contacting Nick.
Adalind (Claire Coffee) looks to know Juliette's timing at work when Renard (Sasha Roiz) walks in. Renard then has Wu (Reggie Lee) to place surveillance on Adalind. He then shows Nick and Hank (Russell Hornsby) the body of the Verrat agent with marks recognizing him as a member of the Verrat Ahnenerbe, a division that wants to find any valuable objects and tells them to find the men in the room, identifying them as Rolek and Josh. Meanwhile, Josh arrives at Nick's home but finds Trubel instead. She calls Nick but he doesn't answer and she decides to go with Josh.
Josh takes Trubel to the building where Rolek shows her many Grimm weapons that belonged to his family for generations. He will die soon and needs to pass the weapons to Nick since he's the last known Grimm and Josh is not. However, he collapses and they're forced to take him to the hospital. Adalind arrives at Nick's house and retrieves some of Juliette's clothes and hair. She tries to leave when Renard appears, having had Wu track her down. Adalind uses her powers to knock Renard out and leaves the house.
Nick is finally contacted by Trubel, who informs him that Rolek has one of the keys and has to meet him. Nick arrives but Rolek dies before he can tell him the location of the key, which is hiding in his trunk. Steward, posing as a detective, arrives at the hospital with Verrat agents. Hank is attacked by the agents while watching over the trunk when Nick and Trubel arrive. They fight the agents until they escape. They retrieve the trunk and take it to Nick's house to find the k |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWJJ-AM | DWJJ (684 AM) is a radio station owned by Kaissar Broadcasting Network and operated by Double J Ad Ventures, a local media outlet owned by Cabanatuan Vice Mayor Julius Cesar Vergara. The station's studio and transmitter are located at Celcor Compound, Bitas, Cabanatuan.
References
News and talk radio stations in the Philippines
Radio stations established in 1999
Radio stations in Nueva Ecija |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMNeT%2B%2B | OMNeT++ (Objective Modular Network Testbed in C++) is a modular, component-based C++ simulation library and framework, primarily for building network simulators. OMNeT++ can be used for free for non-commercial simulations like at academic institutions and for teaching. OMNEST is an extended version of OMNeT++ for commercial use.
OMNeT++ itself is a simulation framework without models for network protocols like IP or HTTP. The main computer network simulation models are available in several external frameworks. The most commonly used one is INET which offers a variety of models for all kind of network protocols and technologies like for IPv6, BGP. INET also offers a set of mobility models to simulate the node movement in simulations. The INET models are licensed under the LGPL or GPL. NED (NEtwork Description) is the topology description language of OMNeT++.
To manage and reduce the time to carry out large-scale simulations, additional tools have been developed, for example, based on Python.
See also
MLDesigner
QualNet
NEST (software)
References
Computer networking
Computer network analysis
Simulation software
Telecommunications engineering |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiOS | HiOS (), is an Android-based operating system developed by Hong Kong mobile phone manufacturer Tecno Mobile, a subsidiary of Transsion Holdings, exclusively for their smartphones.
HiOS allows for a wide range of user customization without requiring rooting the mobile device. The operating system is also bundled with utility applications that allow users to free up memory, freeze applications, limit data accessibility to applications among others. HiOS comes with features like; Launcher, Private Safe, Split Screen and Lockscreen Notification.
History
In April 2016, Tecno Mobile released HiOS 1.0, based on Android 6.0 "Marshmallow", featuring a launcher and micro-intelligence. The HiOS was first launched on Tecno Boom J8. In March 2017, HiOS 2.0 was released based on Android 7.0 "Nougat", launching on Camon CX and L9 Plus. It also came with launcher, consisting of Hi Search, Hi Theme, Hi Manager and split screen.
In October 2017, HiOS 3.0 was also released based on Android 7.0 as seen in HiOS 2.0, but with improved user interfaces, launching on Phantom 8 and Camon CM. HiOS 3.0 also came with Boomplay Music and Phoenix Browser as primary browsers, it also came with T-Point, Micro Intelligence and Eye Care.
In November 2018, HiOS 4.1 was released based on Android 8.1 "Oreo", launching on Camon 11 and Camon 11 Pro, featuring ZeroScreen, one-hand mode and dual apps. The HiOS 4.1 also came with Gesture Navigation and Face ID.
In April 2019, HiOS 5.0 was released based on Android 9.0 "Pie", launching on Spark 3 and Phantom 9, featuring Smart Panel, AI Read Mode and Intelligent Voice Broadcast. In September 2019, HiOS 5.5 was also released based on Android 9.0 "Pie", launching on Camon 12 and Spark 4, featuring AR Virtual Canvas, Closed Eye Detection, Gesture Call Picker and Fingerprint Reset Password.
In February 2020, HiOS 6.0 was released based on Android 10, launching on Camon 15. The beta version of HiOS 6.0 was released to Tecno Spark 3 Pro on 1 December 2019, featuring system-wide Dark Theme, Social Turbo and Game mode.
In September 2020, HiOS 7.0 was released based on Android 10, launching on Camon 16 series.
In May 2021, HiOS 7.6 was released based on Android 11, launching on Camon 17 series.
In August 2021, HiOS 7.6 was released as an upgrade based on Android 11, on Camon 16 series
See also
XOS (operating system)
References
Mobile operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20V.%20Shaneyfelt | Ted V. Shaneyfelt is an American Computer Scientist and engineer known for producing the user interface on the first dual-mode cellular telephone to be commercially deployed in North America.
Life
In 1986, the University of Hawaii at Hilo awarded Ted Shaneyfelt their first Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. He received his Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering) specializing in free space optical computing in 1995 from the University of California, San Diego. In private industry, Shaneyfelt worked at ASI, Hughes Network Systems, Sony Electronics Inc., MCSI, and POH. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2012. Dr. Shaneyfelt is currently teaching at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Shaneyfelt is currently serving as program committee co-chair of the 2017 IEEE System of Systems Engineering Conference. He also served as the local arrangements chair the 8th IEEE 2013 International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) and also local arrangements chair for the 2014 World Automation Congress WAC: 14th International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA), 10th International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC), 14th International Symposium on Manufacturing and Systems Engineering (ISOMSE), 9th International Symposium on Soft Computing for Industry (ISSCI), 9th International Forum on Multimedia and Image Processing (IFMIP). He is also currently serving as IEEE Membership Development Chair for the Island of Hawaii. He is a candidate for mayor of Hawaii County.
Honors
Elected to the grade of Senior Member - IEEE
Eight Congressional Recognition Awards - U.S. House of Representatives
Team Award - Hughes Network Systems
Commemorative Award for Outstanding Contribution - Hughes Network Systems
First Computer Science Graduate - University of Hawaii at Hilo
References
External links
https://hilo.hawaii.edu/
https://www2.hawaii.edu/~tvs
https://shaneyfelt1.wixsite.com/2020/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaneyfelt/
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo alumni
University of California, San Diego alumni
University of Texas at San Antonio alumni
American computer scientists
Engineers from California
University of Hawaiʻi faculty |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20System/370%20Model%20145 | The IBM System/370 Model 145 was announced September 23, 1970, three months after the 155 and 165 models. It was the fourth member of the IBM System/370 line of computers, and was the first IBM computer to use semiconductor memory for its main memory instead of magnetic core memory. It was described as being five times faster than the IBM System/360 Model 40. First shipments were scheduled for late summer of 1971.
New capabilities
The System/370's basic architecture was described as having been an extension, but not a redesign, from that of IBM's 1964-introduced System/360.
The 370 introduced some new instructions, such as
MOVE CHARACTER LONG (MVCL) and
COMPARE CHARACTER LONG (CLCL),
thereby permitting operations on up to 224-1 bytes (16 MB), vs. the 256-byte limits on the 360's MVC and CLC, but lacked a DAT (Dynamic Address Translation) box.
Virtual memory
Some said about the early members of the IBM System/370 family, looking back, that they were not "the real 370 line" because "neither offered virtual storage capability, which was to be a hallmark of the 370 line."
Unlike the earlier Model 155 and 165 systems, for which an upgrade to virtual memory required the purchase of an expensive upgrade to add a DAT box, the 145's customers had two advantages:
370/145 customers did not have to wait as long for this lack of virtual memory to be remedied
there was no need to buy extra hardware: An upgrade to the 145's microcode through a new microcode floppy disk enabled virtual memory capability.
VM/CMS
Upon gaining virtual memory capability via a microcode update, the 145 could now support the VMF (Virtual Machine Facility) and VM/CMS, a time-sharing system.
See also
List of IBM products
IBM System/360
IBM System/370
Notes
References
IBM System/360 mainframe line
Computer-related introductions in 1970 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus%20Head | "Octopus Head" is the 2nd episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 68th episode overall, which premiered on October 31, 2014, on the broadcast network NBC. The episode was written by series creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf and was directed by Terrence O'Hara.
Plot
Opening quote: "A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, In nothing else he is poor."
Renard (Sasha Roiz) is pronounced dead when a woman (Louise Lombard) enters the room and uses her powers to freeze time. She takes out a red & black snake with two heads, one at each end, and makes each snake bite their respective hearts, which makes Renard's skin get back to normal while the woman's skin turns pale. After finishing their part, the snakes disintegrate to ash while the woman collapses, as time goes back to normal. When the doctor checks on her, Renard suddenly, once again alive, wakes up.
In Vienna, Prince Viktor (Alexis Denisof) is told by Rispoli (Philip Anthony-Rodriguez) that Steward's accounts have been hidden to avoid their involvement with him and he is also informed that Adalind (Claire Coffee) has arrived. She is demanding to get inside the castle to get her daughter back (thinking Viktor has her). He brings her inside and tells her about Renard's shooting before throwing her in a cell. He reveals he doesn't have her daughter, that the resistance she betrayed him for and helped her escape, took her; also that she can "huff & puff" all she likes but the cell was designed to contain Hexenbiests, she won't be escaping it. He is planning on leaving her there until she reveals the people who helped her escape.
Back in Portland, Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) is following Anderson (Brian Letscher) to the hotel as he is checking in. Inside, he disguises himself to resemble the man whose memories he previously stole, by dyeing his hair. She contacts Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) to tell them what she knows before returning to watch him.
In the spice shop, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) are investigating a possible "Verfluchte Zwillingsschwester", a spell used by Hexenbiests to remove the powers of a Grimm. They deduce that Renard may know how it works since he had the antidote.
A man named Ken Vickers (Andrew Stearns) calls Slocombe to meet up with him, not knowing he's dead. Lawrence calls Kent back to meet with him to discuss Slocombe's research and makes a change of his physical appearance before leaving the hotel. Trubel, outside the door, listens to the conversation then follows him to his next victim.
Renard is visited by the mysterious woman, who is revealed to be his mother, Elizabeth Lascelles. He informs her about Adalind's baby and that Steward is responsible for his injury. She's rather delighted to be a grandmother.
Nick and Hank contact Lawrence's supervisor and discover that he suffered an accident a few weeks back and is suffering dementia, the same sym |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20Story | Music Story is a music service website and international music data provider. It curates, aggregates, and analyzes metadata for digital music services.
History
Music Story was launched in 2008 as an online musical encyclopedia inspired by AllMusic. It was founded by Jean-Luc Biaulet and Loïc Picaud, the last of whom is the site's editor-in-chief and has authored books on David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg, Paul McCartney and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Picaud also wrote L'Odyssée du Rock Français, a study of French rock music, and contributed to the reference work Le Rock de A à Z.
The site included artists' biographies, features on various musical genres, and album reviews. Among the contributors and reviewers were music critic Christian Larrède, who has written for the cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles; Stan Cuesta, a musician and journalist specialising in rock and folk, who has also contributed to Mojo, Rolling Stone and Rock & Folk; and Guillaume Belhomme, a jazz musician and author. Along with the French publication Le Guide du CD, the site's album ratings are included in the statistical aggregates compiled by the website Acclaimed Music.
Music Story later developed as an editorial enrichment service for digital music platforms, such as artist biographies, and processing and qualification of metadata. In 2013, the company launched an application programming interface (API). Titled, Music Story Pro, it offers integrated digital music search engines, access to third-party content (audio/video streams, photos, lyrics), and music recommendations. In October 2014, the company's products were featured in Radio 2.0 Paris' music technology event, hosted by Radio France.
In 2015, Music Story carried out a fundraising of €600,000 to further its international development. The initiative was supported by France's Institut pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles. As of May that year, the company's customers included Deezer, Fnac, Amazon, Radio France, Lagardère and Universal.
References
External links
API documentation
Online music and lyrics databases
American music websites
French music websites
Entertainment companies based in California
Internet properties established in 2008
Mass media companies established in 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Partnership%20for%20Democracy | The European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) is a membership-based network of not-for-profit organisations that describes its aim as "supporting democracy around the world".
EPD is composed of nineteen European organisations with activities in over 140 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. It is the most important European network of specialised organisations actively involved in democracy support. EPD Secretariat is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
Creation
The European Partnership for Democracy was created in April 2008 with a strong role played by the Central and Eastern European countries that had become full members states of the European Union in 2004. The newly joined countries had until then had little influence on European Union financial transfers claimed to promote worldwide democracy and human rights. The EPD was initially seen as the European equivalent of the United States federally-funded National Endowment for Democracy, aiming to receive direct funding from the European Commission (EC). According to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "various European political foundations" opposed the direct funding, and the direct funding from the EC was rejected.
According to its status, EPD has the "purpose of making a contribution to, and reinforcing the impact of European endeavours in democracy assistance across the world. In doing so, the organisation is by nature a community of practice bringing together the know-how of European organisations implementing democracy support programmes" (Article 3 of the EPD statutes).
In his historical dictionary of democracy, scholar Norman Abjorensen writes that EPD "was set up to further European democracy assistance across the world, and has operated in about 140 countries, working with civil society organizations, faith-based organisations, media outlets, elections-management bodies, the private sector, political parties, elected institutions at national and local levels, and the security and justice sectors."
Objectives and functioning
EPD has long advocated to put democracy at the center of EU external policies to improve development and cooperation policies outcomes. Building on the expertise of the network, EPD participates in EU level consultations and roadmaps and contributed with policy inputs to the EU Action Plan for Democracy and Human Rights 2020–2024. Another example of EPD strategic position is the adoption of the 2019 Council Conclusions on Democracy by EU member states. EPD's work on supporting democracy within the EU is also significant. In 2020, it brought together 48 European civil society organisations into an input paper aiming at supporting the formulation of the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP), which includes action points on the European Citizens Initiatives, expanded EU Rule of Law mechanism, decentralised funding framework for tackling disinformation and transparency measures to deal with political advertising.
Acting |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CI/CD | In software engineering, CI/CD or CICD is the combined practices of continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) or, less often, continuous deployment. They are sometimes referred to collectively as continuous development or continuous software development.
Comparison
Continuous integration Frequent merging of several small changes into a main branch.
Continuous delivery When teams produce software in short cycles with high speed and frequency so that reliable software can be released at any time, and with a simple and repeatable deployment process when deciding to deploy.
Continuous deployment When new software functionality is rolled out completely automatically.
Motivation
CI/CD bridges the gaps between development and operation activities and teams by enforcing automation in building, testing and deployment of applications. CI/CD services compile the incremental code changes made by developers, then link and package them into software deliverables. Automated tests verify the software functionality, and automated deployment services deliver them to end users. The aim is to increase early defect discovery, increase productivity, and provide faster release cycles. The process contrasts with traditional methods where a collection of software updates were integrated into one large batch before deploying the newer version. Modern-day DevOps practices involve:
continuous development,
continuous testing,
continuous integration,
continuous deployment, and
continuous monitoring
of software applications throughout its development life cycle. The CI/CD practice, or CI/CD pipeline, forms the backbone of modern day DevOps operations.
See also
Continuous integration (CI)
Continuous delivery (CD)
Continuous deployment (CD)
References
External links
Software development |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LineageOS | LineageOS is an Android-based operating system for smartphones, tablet computers, and set-top boxes, with mostly free and open-source software. It is the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016, when Cyanogen Inc. announced it was discontinuing development and shut down the infrastructure behind the project. Since Cyanogen Inc. retained the rights to the Cyanogen name, the project rebranded its fork as LineageOS.
LineageOS was officially launched on 24 December 2016, with the source code available on both GitHub and GitLab. In March 2017, it reportedly had one million users with the OnePlus One being the most popular device.
History
CyanogenMod (often abbreviated "CM") was a popular open-source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. CyanogenMod users can opt-in to report their use of the firmware. In March 2015, Forbes indicated over 50 million people were running CyanogenMod on their phones.
In 2013, the founder, Stefanie Jane, obtained venture funding under the name Cyanogen Inc. to allow commercialization of the project. In her view, the company did not capitalize on the project's success and in 2016 she either left or was forced out as part of a corporate restructure which involved a change of CEO, closure of offices and projects, and cessation of services. The code itself, being both open source and popular, was forked under the new name LineageOS and efforts began to resume development as a community project.
CyanogenMod offered a number of features and options not available in the official firmware distributed by most mobile device vendors. Features supported by CyanogenMod included native theme support, FLAC audio codec support, a large Access Point Name list, Privacy Guard (per-application permission management application), support for tethering over common interfaces, CPU overclocking, root access, soft buttons and other "tablet tweaks," toggles in the notification pull-down (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and satellite navigation), and other interface and performance enhancements. Many of the features from CyanogenMod were later integrated into the official Android code base. CyanogenMod's developers said that it did not contain spyware or bloatware.
Development
Like CyanogenMod, the LineageOS project is developed by many device-specific maintainers and uses Gerrit for its code review process. It also retained the old versioning format, where the major version number corresponds to the place in the alphabet of the first letter of the codename (and of the commercial name for Android versions prior to 10) (for example, Android 7.1, known as Android Nougat, is LineageOS 14.1). Prior to the official launch of LineageOS, many developers from XDA had already developed unofficial versions of LineageOS from the source code. All the released builds are signed with LineageOS' private keys.
Builds were released on a weekly basis until 12 November 2018, when th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Belgian%20historians | This is a list of historians who worked in Belgium and its predecessor states and made contributions to the history of Belgium.
Medieval Belgium
Heriger of Lobbes (c.925–1007), compiler of the Gesta Episcoporum Leodiensium to 667
Anselm of Liège (1008–c.1056), continuator of the Gesta Episcoporum Leodiensium from 667 to 1048
Sigebert of Gembloux (c.1030–1112), author of Chronicon sive Chronographia and Gesta abbatum Gemblacensium
Anselm of Gembloux (died 1136), continuator of Sigebert of Gembloux's Chronicon
Renier of St Laurent (died 1188), author of Triumphale Bulonicum on the siege of Bouillon Castle, 1141
Lambert of Ardres (fl. 1194–1203), author of Historia comitum Ghisnensium
Giles of Orval, continuator of the Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium from 1048 to 1247
Jacob van Maerlant (1230/40–1288/99), author of a world chronicle, the Spiegel Historiael
Jan van Heelu (13th century), author of a Rymkronyk of the 1288 Battle of Worringen
Jean de Hocsem (1278–1348), continuator of the Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium from 1247 to 1347
Jan van Boendale (c.1280–c.1351), author of Brabantsche yeesten and Van den derden Eduwaert (an account of the 1340 Siege of Tournai)
Jacques de Guyse (1334−1399), author of Annales Historiae Illustrium Principum Hannoniae (Annals of Hainaut)
Jean d'Outremeuse (1338–1400), author of La Geste de Liége and Ly Myreur des Histors
Jean de Stavelot
Gilles li Muisis
Edmond de Dynter, author of Chronica ducum Lotharingiae et Brabantiae
Jean Mansel
Jean d'Enghien
Jean de Haynin
Jacques de Hemricourt (1333–1403), author of the Miroir des nobles de Hesbaye
Guillaume de Vottem (died 1403), author of a chronicle of Liège
Jean Froissart (c.1337–c.1405), author of a chronicle of the opening decades of the Hundred Years' War
Wein van Cotthem (c.1390–1457), author of two books of the Brabantsche yeesten
Petrus de Thimo (1393–1474), author of Brabantiae historia diplomatica
Enguerrand de Monstrelet (c.1400–1453), author of a chronicle of the later decades of the Hundred Years' War
Georges Chastellain (died 1475), author of a chronicle of the period 1417–1474
Olivier de la Marche (1425–1502), memoirist and chronicler of the Burgundian Netherlands
Jean Molinet (1435–1507), author of La complainte de Grece
Costen van Halmale (1432/37–1508), initial compiler of the Annales Antwerpienses
Early-modern Belgium
Filips Wielant (1440/1–1520), author of Recueil des Antiquités de Flandre
Remi du Puys (active 1511–1515)
Cornelius Grapheus (1482–1558)
Adrianus Barlandus (1486–1538)
Melchior Barlaeus (died 1540)
Jacobus Lessabaeus (died 1557)
Jacobus Meyerus (1491–1552)
Hubertus Thomas (c.1495–1555)
Joos de Damhouder (1507–1581)
Marcus van Vaernewyck (1518–1569), author of Van die beroerlicke tijden in die Nederlanden en voornamelick in Ghendt 1566-1568 and De historie van Belgis
Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519–1572)
Lodovico Guicciardini (1521–1589)
Joannes Molanus (1533–1585)
Petrus Divaeus (1535–1581)
Jacobu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Fight%20%28Grimm%29 | "The Last Fight" is the 3rd episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 69th episode overall, which premiered on November 7, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Thomas Ian Griffith and was directed by Paul Kaufman.
Plot
Opening quote: "Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires."
After seeing what Adalind (Claire Coffee) was seeing, the dungeon, and not knowing the cause, Nick (David Giuntoli) is taken to the hospital for a checkup. In a warehouse, Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) is confronted by Chavez (Elizabeth Rodriguez), who finally confirms that she is a Grimm. Chavez enquires if Nick is aware of what she is, then explains that her gifts are very valuable and should not be wasted. They reveal themselves to be collaborating with a group to stop any Wesen threat just like her and attempt to recruit her services, offering her a home of people with the same goal. They ask her to think about it, to not disclose their meeting, then let her go just to prove their loyalty.
Nick's girlfriend Juliette drags him to get checked out at the doctors, to make sure there's no lasting damage from Adalind's potion. The ophthalmologist discovers Nick was born with an extra retinal cone, which allows him special vision. (It seems now that his 'Grimm-ness' has been removed, the area that allowed him his 'Wesen-sight' is swollen & suffering the damage.)
In a boxing match, Stan Kingston (Ron Canada) pays three men to beat up a boxer, Clay Pittman (Arlen Escarpeta), when he woges into a bull-like Wesen and beats them right back. One of the guys that got a broken jaw at the batting-assault, threatens to report them if he's not given $25,000 in compensation. When he goes to pick up the money, he's suddenly dragged out the car window and violently attacked. Abe Tucker (James Martin Kelly) then has Clay go to the fight and in an aggressive manner, and superior Wesen power, knocks out his opponent.
In the spice shop, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), Rosalee (Bree Turner) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) are still discussing a solution to Nick's powers when Bud (Danny Bruno) appears and asks about Trubel, as the Wesen community is now confused and all in a panic after the events at the wedding. They tell him to not tell anyone, but that Nick has lost his Grimm-powers.
At a new police murder scene, the victim dragged out of a lake is one Bobby (aka Robert 'Bang-bang' Moore), a petty criminal - the boxing-mad previous blackmailer. Officer Wu again urgently attempts to talk to Nick, which he again evades until later. At the hospital Elizabeth questions her son (Renard) on the whereabouts of her granddaughter which he kind of evades. When Rosalee and Monroe visit Renard, they discuss the 'Nick-no-longer-Grimm' problem and Elizabeth offers to help - “To beat a Hexenbiest like Adalind, you need a Hexenbiest like me.” The three manage to hunt down Adalind's secret storage space and attempt to replica |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyin%27%20on%20a%20Prayer | "Dyin' on a Prayer" is the 4th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 70th episode overall, which premiered on November 14, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Sean Calder and was directed by Tawnia McKiernan.
Plot
Opening quote: "Oh, remember that you fashioned me out of clay! Will you then bring me down to dust?"
Two masked men throw a brick through the spice shop window and flee. Elizabeth (Louise Lombard) picks it up and discovers a Wolfsangel, a trap that symbolizes disregard to inter-marriage between mixed Wesen, in this case Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner). They decide to drop the issue as it can be solved easily.
In their house, Nick (David Giuntoli) and Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) discover that Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) is gone and took all her stuff. Meanwhile, Keith Harrow (Kevin T. Williams) attacks his wife Sara Fisher (Brigid Brannagh) and child David (Jakob Salvati) in their house, all while woging into a Siegbarste and they flee from him. Sara's brother, Ben (David Julian Hirsh), discovers her beating and goes to a synagogue and begins to read an ancient scroll with clay. Nick finds Trubel in the trailer and she tells him about Chavez and the kidnapping and they decide to see if Chavez ever contacts her again.
Later that day, Keith is killed by an enormous creature and his body is discovered to be covered in clay. Nick and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate the murder and the scene is interrupted by Keith's brother Nate (Don Alder), who claims Sara killed Keith. Nick and Hank go with Sara to the hospital to interrogate her while Trubel talks with David. They try to investigate in the trailer but the creature cannot be identified. They are later called by Ben, who confesses to killing Keith and to meet him in the synagogue.
Nick and Hank talk with Ben, who shows them that he freed a Golem using the scroll and the remains left by a rabbi and he only did so because he was destroying the family. Due to the exaggeration of the evidence, they don't arrest him but have the remains tested to know their connection to Keith's clay. Renard (Sasha Roiz) returns to the station since his shooting and Nick and Hank discover that the remains match the clay found. Ben takes Sara and David to their house, where he is attacked by Nate, who wants to know who killed Keith. Sara calls the police and Nate leaves the house.
In Vienna, Adalind (Claire Coffee) and Hofmann (David Ury) continue running upstairs when faces appear in the wall, all repeating that they know where her baby is, causing her to cry but this also prompts the faces to flood the stairs. Monroe also discovers Adalind in the spice shop but Rosalee assures him that it's Elizabeth, who managed to shift her form with the new potion. Nate is killed by the Golem in the street who escapes when he sees Nick, Hank and Ben approaching. Nick also discovers that Ben asked for the Golem to protect David and no |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolting%20Rhymes%20%28film%29 | Revolting Rhymes is a 2016 British computer-animated fantasy comedy drama television film written for the screen and directed by Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, based on the 1982 book of the same name written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Retelling and intertwining five of the six fairy tales from the book, the two-part film was produced by Magic Light Pictures. The film was animated in Berlin (Magic Light Pictures Berlin) and Cape Town (Triggerfish Animation Studios). It aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on PBS in the United States.
The first part was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
Plot
Part 1
An elderly woman named Miss Hunt is sitting by herself in a booth at an empty restaurant when a wolf in a trenchcoat enters and requests sitting with her. Miss Hunt allows the wolf and learns he is waiting for an old friend, revealing that she is waiting to babysit the children in the house across the street. Upon noticing Miss Hunt's book of fairy tales, the wolf expresses disdain for Red Riding Hood and states that Snow White is actually a blonde. He then reveals that he once had two nephews, Rolf and Rex, and begins to tell the story of what happened to them.
Some years earlier, a young Red Riding Hood was selling flowers on the street and sold a sprig of mistletoe to a young princess named Snow White, who dropped it into the grave of her recently deceased mother. Red soon joins Snow White by dropping her own remaining flowers in the grave and comforting Snow, the two quickly become friends. Snow's father, the king, soon finds a new queen, the nasty Miss Maclahose. She brings with her to the castle a magic mirror that always gives an accurate answer to any question asked of it, the mirror constantly telling Maclahose that she is the fairest in the land until Snow grows up and the mirror declares her the fairest. Outraged, Maclahose orders the Huntsman to kill Snow and bring back her heart.
Meanwhile, the adult Red now runs her own flower stall and keeps her savings in a piggy bank at Porkley's Bank. Red and Snow were enjoying themselves in the forest when the Huntsman appears and kidnaps Snow, dropping his pistol which Red picked up while failing to save Snow. At the same time, Rolf has a falling out with his uncle and his search for a meal results in him eating Red's grandmother before putting on her clothes to eat Red. But Red is not disturbed, briefly confusing him before shooting him dead with the pistol – yielding herself a new wolfskin coat which she points out to the wolf while mourning Snow in the forest.
But Snow manages to convince the Huntsman to spare her life, fleeing while he buys a cow heart at a butcher shop and present it to Maclahose, who eagerly devours it. Snow ends up in the city where she becomes a cook and maid for seven former jockeys, who are compulsive and unsuccessful gamblers at horse racing. Meanwhile, Red attempts to withdraw her savin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Technology%2C%20Yadanabon%20Cyber%20City | The University of Technology - Yatanarpon Cyber City (; abbreviated as UTYCC) is located at Yatanarpon Cyber City, Myanmar.
Programs
Bachelor's degree
B.E. (IST) Bachelor of Engineering (Information Science and Technology)
B.E. (CE) Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering)
B.E. (EcE) Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics Engineering)
B.E. (MPA) Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Precision and Automation)
B.E.(AME) Bachelor of Engineering (Materials and Metallurgy)
Master Program
M.E. (Information Science and Technology)
M.E. (Computer Engineering)
M.E. (Electronics Engineering)
M.E. (Materials and Metallurgy)
M.E. (Mechanical Precision & Automation)
Doctorate Program
Ph.D (Information Technology)
Faculties and departments
Faculties
Faculty of Information and Communication Technology
Department of Information Science and Technology
Department of Computer Engineering
Faculty of Electronics Engineering
Faculty of Advanced Materials Engineering
Faculty of Precision Engineering
Academic departments
Department of Myanmar
Department of English
Department of Engineering Mathematics
Department of Engineering Physics
Department of Engineering Chemistry
Supporting departments
Maintenance
Administration
Finance
Student Affairs
References
About Page
Technological universities in Myanmar
Universities and colleges in Mandalay Region |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry%20Luison | "Cry Luison" is the 5th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 71st episode overall, which premiered on November 21, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Michael Golamco and was directed by Eric Laneuville.
Plot
Opening quote: "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."
Elizabeth (Louise Lombard) explains that Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) has to recreate what Adalind (Claire Coffee) did to Nick (David Giuntoli) in reverse in order to get back his powers: make love to Nick having drunk a potion that will make her look like Adalind. Nick and Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) are opposed to the potion but Juliette replies that this can be the only way to retrieve his powers, and Elizabeth adds that they don't know what else Adalind's spell might do - things could get worse for Nick.
A wife named Ava Diaz (Jacqueline Obradors) leaves her house and finds a wolf-like Wesen, who despite his form, tells her he's her friend and gives her a drink. She shatters the glass, waking her husband Gabriel (Julian Acosta) and flees the house in her car. She gets distracted when the Wesen appears in the car and hits a person, crashing the car into a wall.
The next day, Nick and Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) are visited by Bud (Danny Bruno), who offers condolences for Nick's powers. When Nick leaves, Bud explains to Trubel that he told someone that Nick lost his powers and now he contacted someone named Shaw, who plans to give Nick a lesson.
Nick and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate the crash and Wu (Reggie Lee) continues to ask Nick about the recent events happening to him. They visit Ava but due to the hospital visits, they can only speak with Gabriel, who explains that she thought she saw a wolf and she has a mental illness from six months ago. After he guides them through the house, they deduce that she may have seen a Blutbad. After getting her drawing, they show it to Monroe and Rosalee (Bree Turner), who explain that it is a Luison, a cousin of the Blutbaden. Trubel and Bud locate Shaw's house and Trubel threatens him and attacks him with a machete, making him swear that he won't bother anyone again.
In Philadelphia, Josh Porter (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe) is attacked in his home by two Hundjägers and escapes. He calls Nick for help and he replies by telling him to leave Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Adalind is separated from Hofmann and begins experiencing severe hallucinations with Diana just before she arrives back at her cell. Nick, Hank and Monroe decide to inspect Gabriel's house to see if he is a Luison while he is in the courtroom. However, a second Gabriel appears in the house, forcing Monroe to leave the house.
Nick, Hank and Monroe discuss that Gabriel may have a twin and they decide to lure him out. Monroe attacks Gabriel's twin before two more twins appear. Nick and Hank hold them at gunpoint while Monroe states that the Wesen Council could get angry at this. They arrest the qua |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20digital%20albums%20of%202010%20%28Australia%29 | The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly digital sales of albums and EPs.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
2010 in music
ARIA Charts
List of number-one singles of 2010 (Australia)
References
Digital 2010
Australia albums
Number-one albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20digital%20songs%20of%202017%20%28U.S.%29 | The list of number-one digital songs of 2017 in the United States are based upon the highest-selling downloaded songs ranked in the Digital Songs chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a song by an act for a summarized figure.
Chart history
References
External links
Current Digital Songs chart
United States Digital Songs
2017
Number-one digital songs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20C.%20Mann | William C. "Bill" Mann (died August 13, 2004, aged 69) was a computer scientist and computational linguist, the originator of Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) and a president of the Association for Computational Linguistics (1987–1988). He is especially well known for his work in text generation.
He received a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University under Herbert Simon and Allen Newell.
From the mid-1970s until 1990, he was a researcher at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California. From 1990 to 1996, he was a consultant with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, based in Nairobi.
William C. Mann died on August 13, 2004, after a long struggle with leukemia.
Publications
William C. Mann and Sandra A. Thompson, "Rhetorical structure theory: toward a functional theory of text organization", Text 8:243-281 (1988).
Maite Taboada, William C. Mann, "Applications of Rhetorical Structure Theory", Discourse Studies 8:3:567-588 (2006)
Notes
Bibliography
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, "Remembering Bill Mann", Computational Linguistics 31:2:161-171
External links
Bibliography of publications and reports by the creators of RST
Natural language processing researchers
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
2004 deaths |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Miller%20%28television%20executive%29 | Jon Miller (born November 14, 1956) is an American television executive for NBC Sports, a division of NBCUniversal. He joined NBC in 1978, and was named President of Sports Programming in 2011. He is responsible for the creation of the NHL Winter Classic and The National Dog Show among many other events. During his tenure, he has worked with every major sports league in the US.
Early life
Miller was born in Washington DC, but grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. He attended Walt Whitman High School and subsequently earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Career
Early days
Miller started worked as an account executive for WRC-TV in Washington DC in October 1978. While at WRC, he created the George Michael Sports Final, the precursor to the legendary George Michael Sports Machine. After moving to New York to sell national advertising for the NBC Stations Group, he soon joined the NBC Sports & Olympics Sales department. In 1988, he was promoted to Vice President of Programming, Planning & Development for NBC Sports.
Programming
Miller worked for many years under the leadership of Dick Ebersol. Shortly after joining the programming team, NBC lost the rights to Major League Baseball for the first time in 40 years. To help fill the void, Miller created the NBC Sports Ventures unit which aimed to create events that NBC use to generate non-traditional streams of income. Events he has created include:
NHL Winter Classic
American Century Championship
Father/Son Challenge
National Heads-Up Poker Championship
National Dog Show
Collegiate Rugby Championship
In his time at NBC Sports, Miller has been instrumental in acquiring and programming some of the world's top sports properties including the NHL, Notre Dame Football, the French Open, horse racing's Triple Crown, NFL on NBC, MLB, Wimbledon, Premier League, Formula One, NASCAR, The Indianapolis 500, Tour de France, NBA, US Open Golf, PGA Tour, Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, Rugby World Cup and America's Cup. In 2020, Miller led the team that brought the US Open back to NBC after five years on Fox.
Starting in 2021, Miller played in integral role in two important NBC Sports rights deals that combined for $5.15B in just under a year. First, in November 2021, he led the team that renewed the Premier League rights for another six years through the year 2028 for more than $2.7B. Following that, in August 2022, Miller agreed to a rights deal with the Big Ten Conference that runs from 2023 to 2030 and will launch a new football brand for the league. Big Ten Saturday Night is planned to air every Saturday night on NBC starting with the 2023 Football Season. This deal worth $2.45B ended the Big Ten/ABC relationship that dated back to 1966.
References
Living people
1956 births
Businesspeople from Washington, D.C.
Miami University alumni
American television executives
NBC executives
Presidents of NBC Sports
Walt Whitman High School (Maryland) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway%20of%20Tears%20%28Grimm%29 | "Highway of Tears" is the 6th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 72nd episode overall, which premiered on November 28, 2014, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Alan DiFiore and was directed by John Behring.
Plot
Opening quote: "There is no mercy in you. You cut off the heads of men and women and these you wear as a garland around your neck."
Hank (Russell Hornsby) uses a hose to extinguish the flaming Wolfsangel. Inside the house, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) is furious at the Wolfsangel but decides not to report it since they won't stop. Rosalee (Bree Turner) explains that it must be the Secundum Naturae Ordinem Wesen, an ancient organization composed of Wesen that want the Wesen species to be pure and they consider marriage between mixed Wesen a crime against nature. Seeing all this, Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) states that she will take the potion in order to restore Nick's (David Giuntoli) powers.
A couple, Dix (Ricki Bhullar) and Suleka Turner (Khushi Dayal), are driving on the highway when they hit a spike strip and they crash in the woods. A truck that has been following them stops and two Komodo-like Wesen arrive and take Dix but leave Suleka behind since she's pinned by the crash. In Vienna, Prince Viktor (Alexis Denisof) asks Adalind (Claire Coffee) about the people who rescued her. She responds that Kelly and Meisner helped her and Diana escape and Viktor reveals he lost the baby to the Resistance in the airport.
In Nick's house, Elizabeth (Louise Lombard) finishes the antidote and has Juliette inhale the vapor from the hat, transforming her into Adalind. After everyone leaves, Nick and Juliette go upstairs and have sex. After finishing, Juliette goes to the bathroom and experiences severe pain until she returns to her normal form. The next morning, Trubel (Jacqueline Toboni) and Monroe visit them to see if he has his powers back but he is still normal. Nick is then called by Hank to investigate the murder. Trubel is leaving the house when she sees a person named Mann (Daniel Brockley), whom she accuses of working with Chavez and leaves. When she returns, she finds Josh (Lucas Near-Verbrugghe) in the house, who states he had nowhere to go.
Nick and Hank meet with Wu (Reggie Lee) and Deputy Sheriff Janelle Farris (Toni Trucks) in the crash. Nick finds a piece of wood with nails and also discovers an old case from six years ago. They return to the crash and use a metal detector to find a reptilian figure just like the previous case. Nick and Hank go to the trailer and see they're facing a Phansigar, a Wesen that use their tongue to choke victims and sacrifice a couple to Kali every three years. With the materials used in the figure, they deduce that it must take place in a salvage yard. There's only one salvage yard near the highway which was bought by a man named J.P. (Erick Avari) and his sons Sharat (Amitesh Prasad) and Adesh (Tarun Shetty).
Farris confronts J.P. in the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Health%20and%20Medical%20Services | International Health and Medical Services (IHMS) provides primary and mental health care services within the Australian immigration detention network under a contract with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. It is a subsidiary of International SOS.
IHMS traded as International Health And Medical Services Pty Ltd from 24 November 2003 and was initially registered as Sydney International Medical Clinic Pty Ltd in 30 March 2000.
Locations
North West Point Immigration Detention Centre, Christmas Island
Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre
Perth Immigration Detention Centre
Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre
Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
Outside Australian territory
Manus Regional Processing Centre
Nauru Regional Processing Centre
Transit accommodation
Adelaide Immigration Transit Accommodation
Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation
Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation
Standard of care
Concerns have been documented about the standard of care provided. Poor coordination between the Government of Australia and IHMS have been noted to contribute to poor outcomes for people in detention.
There have been questions about deaths in detention related to medical care, particularly:
Hamid Kehazaei
Faysal Ishak Ahmed
References
External links
Health care companies established in 2000
Health care companies of Australia
Immigration detention centers and prisons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Knight%20and%20Me | My Knight and Me is a computer-animated fantasy television series created by Joeri Christiaen. The series is a co-production between TeamTO and Thuristar, in co-production with Canal+ Family and Télétoon+, with the participation of Super RTL and in coproduction with VRT-Ketnet and RTBF-Ouftivi. The series premiered in the US on January 2, 2017, on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in April. It currently airs on Family Channel in Canada. It is based on the animated short film "850 Meters", made by Thuristar and Lunanime.
Premise
The series is set in the Dark Ages, and focuses on Jimmy the Squire, along with his friend, Cat the Princess, and his father, Henri of Orange, a chivalrous knight; as they all embark on fun adventures.
Cast and characters
Main
Jules de Jongh as Jimmy of Orange the Squire, son and squire of Henri of Orange. Jimmy is an unconventional squire, preferring to use his brain and to innovate rather than follow the tried and true-and questionable-brawn methods of other knights and squires. Jimmy is short for James.
Kaycie Chase as Cat the Princess, a tomboy princess who likes to tag along with Jimmy and Henri on their adventures. Despite the disapproval of her elders, she dreams of being a knight one day and is quite acrobatic. Cat has two main outfits, often used in each show. One is her "typical princess" outfit, consisting of a full body dress with a chest plate. The other is her "Princess Knight" outfit, which consists of the same but a much shorter skirt and chain mail legs, which appear nearly the same as the other knights and squires. In one episode she modifies her outfit in homage to the Swan, and is dubbed "Little Swan" by the black rats. Cat is short for Catherine.
David Gasman as Henri of Orange, Jimmy's good-natured but somewhat clueless father. Henri is a supportive father to his eccentric son, though he worries about including Cat on their kingdom-saving adventures. A talented musician, Henri is rarely without his trusty mandolin Mandy and rides into action on his trusty horse Torpedo, and is known for seeking to carry out his duties as a knight without regard for recognition.
Recurring
Jules de Jongh as the Queen, Cat's mother from whom Cat is constantly trying to hide her adventures. Despite her apparent disapproval, the Queen has admitted to being an admirer of the Swan, a black-suited hero from her younger days. It is subsequently revealed that she was in fact the Swan, though she's gotten rusty.
David Gasman as the Knight of Red, a knight who trains the squires in preparation for eventual knighthood; he evokes a stereotypical gym coach and carries a whistle with him everywhere.
Perlin, the kingdom's resident wizard who is a tad absent-minded.
Colbert, a short, bespectacled monk who handles the assignments of the various knights from the Quest Desk. In "Fearless Colbert" it is revealed that he trained as a knight but failed in the role due to his diminutive size, and ended up in his current career after stand |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara%20%282017%20film%29 | Sahara is a 2017 French-Canadian 3D computer-animated adventure film directed by Pierre Coré (in his directorial debut) and distributed by StudioCanal. The film was released on January 18, 2017, and received mixed reviews from critics, praising its visuals, humour, music and choreography but condemning its plot and pacing.
Plot
In the desert, where the animals are called "Dusties", Ajar the cobra and his best friend, Pitt the scorpion, steal a watermelon from a camelcade, only to have it taken by an older cobra named Saladin. The duo are a frequent target of belittling by Saladin and are viewed as outcasts. Ajar, tired of being a "loser", decides they should go into the Oasis, a haven for the rich and highly sophisticated green snakes but is forbidden to the Dusties.
Ajar disguises himself as a green snake and then enters the Oasis. He meets a green snake named Eva, who disguised herself as a Dusty in attempt to escape the Oasis. They are then ambushed by Secretary birds, who chase them to the edge of a cliff. Eva and Ajar jump off the cliff, landing in a river. The disguises wash off in the river, revealing their true identities to one another. Being a Dusty, Ajar is not able to swim and almost drowns, but is saved by Eva, who revives him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Ajar and Eva become friends after that and Ajar falls in love with Eva, but Eva is then captured by Omar, a snake charmer and skinner.
Ajar gives chase, but he and Pitt are captured by Chief-Chief, one of the secretary birds guarding the Oasis. The two are taken to the birds' base, where Chief-Chief and the other birds threaten to kill them. However, Ajar uses Gary, Eva's lazy and dim-witted brother, as a hostage, and they escape on the back of one of the secretary birds. When Pitt accidentally stings the bird, it loses consciousness and the trio continue on the ground.
Meanwhile, Eva meets other snakes that have been caught by Omar, including the coral snake twins, Lulu Belle and Lily Belle, a charming green snake named George, a white snake named Pietra, who dislikes her, but greets her like the others do, and a red python named Rita. The snakes tell Eva of their professions, and Omar then takes them all out, where he plays the flute. Eva tries to escape Omar, but is hypnotized by the sound of the flute and goes back. When the snakes are returned into the basket, Pietra offers Eva a method of escape through a hole in the basket in an attempt to get rid of her. However, both are caught by Omar. He forces them to compete in a dance-off. Eva wins, while Pietra is put into the basket of snakes that are to be skinned.
Gary, Ajar, and Pitt, still on their quest, fall into a cave, where they are greeted by Glow-Worms. The Glow-Worm King gives them directions to find Eva, but then try to lure them in as prey, and the three narrowly escape. Soon after, they climb into a jeep with some tourists, but are discovered and Pitt is separated from the others. They then find a fast-tal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20online%20real%20estate%20databases | This is an alphabetical list of online real estate databases.
Online real estate databases
Assist-2-Sell
Cyberhomes
Homes.com
Housing.com
Lamudi
LoopNet
MyNewPlace
Naked Apartments
NeighborhoodScout
Nestoria
Nuroa
Realtor.com
RealtyTrac
Redfin
Revaluate
Showing Suite
StreetEasy
Trulia
UrbanIndo
Zillow
ZipRealty
Zoopla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir%20Upadhyay | Samir Upadhyay, the founder of Spiralogics Inc, is a Nepalese currently staying in the United States. He has completed his bachelor's in computer science from Southern Arkansas University. He recently produced a Nepali feature film Anaagat starring Priyanka Karki & Arpan Thapa in the lead.
References
Nepalese film producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal%20expressionism | Fractal expressionism is used to distinguish fractal art generated directly by artists from fractal art generated using mathematics and/or computers. Fractals are patterns that repeat at increasingly fine scales and are prevalent in natural scenery (examples include clouds, rivers, and mountains). Fractal expressionism implies a direct expression of nature's patterns in an art work.
Jackson Pollock's poured paintings
The initial studies of fractal expressionism focused on the poured paintings by Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), whose work has traditionally been associated with the abstract expressionist movement. Pollock's patterns had previously been referred to as “natural” and “organic”, inviting speculation by John Briggs in 1992 that Pollock's work featured fractals. In 1997, Taylor built a pendulum device called the Pollockizer which painted fractal patterns bearing a similarity to Pollock's work. Computer analysis of Pollock's work published by Taylor et al. in a 1999 Nature article found that Pollock's painted patterns have characteristics that match those displayed by nature's fractals. This analysis supported clues that Pollock's patterns are fractal and reflect "the fingerprint of nature".
Taylor noted several similarities between Pollock's painting style and the processes used by nature to construct its landscapes. For instance, he cites Pollock's propensity to revisit paintings that he had not adjusted in several weeks as being comparable to cyclic processes in nature, such as the seasons or the tides. Furthermore, Taylor observed several visual similarities between the patterns produced by nature and those produced by Pollock as he painted. He points out that Pollock abandoned the use of a traditional frame for his paintings, preferring instead to roll out his canvas on the floor; this, Taylor asserts, is more compatible with how nature works than traditional painting techniques because the patterns in nature's scenery are not artificially bounded.
The perceived similarities between the processes and patterns involved in Pollock's paintings and those of nature compelled Taylor to posit that the same "basic trademark" of nature's pattern construction also appears in Pollock's work. Since some natural fractals are generated by a process known as "chaos", including fractals in human physiology, Taylor believed that Pollock's painting process might also have been chaotic, and could therefore leave behind a fractal pattern. Taylor's hypothesis seems to be reflected in Pollock's statement "I am nature", which he made when asked if nature was a source of inspiration for his work. Furthermore, Pollock is also quoted as stating "No chaos, damn it", in response to a Time magazine article that referred to his paintings as "chaotic". However, chaos theory was not understood until after Pollock's death, so he could not have been referring to the chaotic systems in nature but rather its common usage to mean disorder. In the famous film f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20F.%20Bacon | David Bacon is an American computer programmer.
Career
Bacon began working as a programmer at age 16 and worked for a startup during his senior year of high school. At Columbia College, Columbia University, he worked first with David E. Shaw on the
NON-VON supercomputer, and then on network algorithms and simulation with Yechiam Yemini, creating the NEST Network Simulator,
which served as the basis for a number of other network simulators including Cornell's REAL and thence LBL's ns simulator.
IBM Research
Bacon spent a large portion of his career at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, starting as a programmer in 1985 working on the Hermes distributed programming language, and eventually becoming a Principal Research Staff Member.
He took a sabbatical in 2009 as a visiting professor of computer science at Harvard.
Much of his work at IBM focused on garbage collection.
In 2009 he was inducted as an ACM Fellow
"for contributions to real-time systems and to object-oriented language design and implementation".
His work on the Metronome hard real-time tracing garbage collector became the basis for the IBM WebSphere Real Time Java virtual machine, which was used in the software for the Navy's DDG 1000 Destroyer. The original research was subsequently selected for the 2013 Most Influential Paper Award of the Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.
His work on garbage collecting cyclic structures in reference counted systems has been used in a number of scripting languages,
including PHP.
In 2013 he published the first garbage collector implemented completely in
hardware,
which was selected as an ACM Research Highlight.
In addition to garbage collection, his work has focused on the implementation of concurrent and object-oriented languages. His thesis work on Rapid Type Analysis (RTA)
has been used in many compilers and analysis frameworks to construct call graphs for object-oriented languages, including Soot and Go. In 2004, his work on high-performance locking for Java appeared on the list of the 50 most influential PLDI papers of all time.
Google
In 2014 he joined Google, where he is now a Principal Engineer, working on the Spanner distributed database system. He is responsible for Spanner's Database engine.
References
External links
Author profile on Google scholar
List of publications on DBLP
List of patents
1963 births
Living people
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Hunter College High School alumni
Columbia College (New York) alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
American computer scientists
American software engineers
Programming language researchers
Google employees
IBM employees
Scientists from New York (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden2ByteCode | Arden2ByteCode is a free Arden Syntax compiler. The compiler translates HL7 International Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Modules (MLMs) to Java Bytecode. The Arden Syntax is a standardized language that can be used to express medical knowledge.
Arden2ByteCode runs on the Java Virtual Machine and can be used on a wide variety of platforms.
Arden2ByteCode is accompanied by Arden4Eclipse a plugin for the eclipse framework that allows easy development of medical logic modules.
History
Arden2ByteCode was developed as a part or the Lower Saxony research network "Design of Environments for Ageing" (GAL). The GAL network was supported by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture through the "Niedersächsisches Vorab" grant programme (grant ZN 2701).
Most of the initial development was done in 2011 by Daniel Grunwald.
After he left the project the work was continued by Hannes Flicka, Mike Klimek and others.
Initially the compiler supported a subset of the standard version 2.5.
Current status
As of 2016 most of version 2.5 is supported. Still missing are the statement and the -trigger.
To test the standard compliance a JUnit-based test framework has been developed and can be used to test other compilers as well.
References
External links
official project website
Compilers
Free compilers and interpreters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna%20Truffaut | Joanna Truffaut is a French Digital transformation advisor and entrepreneur. Truffaut has played an influential role in leading awareness creation and developing free Wi-Fi networks in urban areas in the US and France, and has launched Internet start-ups in the Middle East. She now specializes in advising public institutions, cities and media firms on the opportunities and threats of digital experience and technology in their overall business strategy. Truffaut is an alumna of Institut Mines-Télécom and of Virginia Tech.
Career
In 2001, Truffaut became a member of NYC wireless executive team, a non-profit organization that advocates and enables the growth of free, public wireless Internet access in New York City and surrounding areas, and cofounded by Anthony M. Townsend.
Subsequently, in 2003, Truffaut co-founded Paris Open Network, which aimed to enable the growth of free Wi-Fi networks in the city of Paris. She became a recognised figure in France for the evangelisation of free urban Wi-Fi networks and co-wrote her first book. During that time period in Europe, she worked in the ICT Innovation transfer field for a branch of the French Ministry of Industry and Economy and then for a start-up, Cityneo, which later got bought out by Pure Agency.
After her move to the Middle East, Truffaut founded Ibtikarati, the first start-up platform in the Middle East in 2012, which allowed entrepreneurs to sell their apps through the online portal.
In 2013, she founded Ejaba.com, an online business Q&A platform in the Middle East, that allowed entrepreneurs to ask business related questions to a network of experts against a fee.
Bibliography
Le guide du Wi-Fi et du Bluetooth by Joanna Truffaut, Guy de Lussigny, Bertrand Grossier - Editions Eska, January 2004 -
L’annee des TIC by Joanna Truffaut, Michel Berne – INT – Laboratoire OSTIC, 2005
Territoires et sociétés de l'information en France by Bruno Salgues with Joanna Truffaut contribution - CRITIC, 2003
References
External links
Conference speech on smart government – video in English
Living people
Businesspeople in information technology
French women company founders
21st-century French businesswomen
21st-century French businesspeople
Virginia Tech alumni
1977 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay%20Kutten | Shay Kutten is an Israeli computer scientist who holds the William M. Davidson Chair in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. He is with the Information Systems Group of the William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management. His research involves Network Algorithms, distributed computing, and Network Security.
Education and career
Kutten completed his BA, MSc, and DSc at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His MSc was performed under the supervision of Imrich Chlamtac, and the doctorate under the supervision of Shlomo Moran and Ephraim Korach. After a post doctorate with IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, he stayed there as a research staff member and as the group leader and manager of the network algorithms group and of the network security group he founded. There, he contributed to various IBM products and received several awards. In 1996 he joined the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technion. Kutten served as the program committee chair of EATCS DISC 1998, ACM PODC 2014, and SIROCCO 2010.
References
External links
Home page
Google scholar profile
DBLP
Israeli computer scientists
Academic staff of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Living people
Researchers in distributed computing
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribunal%20%28Grimm%29 | "Tribunal" is the 10th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 76th episode overall, which premiered on January 23, 2015, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by series creators David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf and was directed by Peter Werner.
Plot
Opening quote: "May the God of Vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked."
Monroe's (Silas Weir Mitchell) trial begins and is then purified on the orders of Riken (Brandon Quinn). Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) show to Renard (Sasha Roiz) the evidence they found and he tells them to let Wu (Reggie Lee) find Acker (Will Rothhaar) and talk to him about the Wesenrein. Meanwhile, Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) check into the wedding's guest list and compare it to Trubel's name list to find any connection, finding five mysterious people attending and decide to ask Bud (Danny Bruno).
Back to the tribunal, the Wesenrein begins, first accusing Monroe of two charges: marrying a different Wesen and befriending a Grimm. Monroe woges, hits the guards and escapes into the forest but is quickly caught by Jonah (Nick Krause) but kills one of the members before being brought back to the tribunal. The Wesenrein are shown photos of his wedding and state that a witness testified that saw him with a Grimm. Meanwhile, Wu talks with Acker, putting pressure on him in order to showcase his lies. Acker eventually woges into a Bauerschwein and Nick furiously interrogates him to reveal Monroe's location. He is stopped by Renard, who orders Acker to be jailed.
With Bud's help, Juliette and Rosalee see that a guest brought a woman named Suzanne (Maggie Kemper) and go to her office to question her. Suzanne explains that her brother, identifying him as Acker, could know about it. Bud is kidnapped by a member of the Wesenrein. He is then brought to the tribunal as the key witness. Riken questions him of his involvement with the Grimm and he states that he has helped him a few times. Monroe decides to testify and criticizes the Wesenrein's methods for not seeing what's right and that he declares himself innocent. Riken then asks for vote from the Wesenrein and in a unanimous decision, Monroe is declared guilty and sentenced to death. Wu brings Suzanne to the station where Nick threatens Acker to kill her unless he reveals the location. He eventually reveals that the tribunal is held in Oxbow Park.
Before Monroe is burned at the stake, Nick, Juliette, Hank, Renard, Wu and Rosalee arrive and attack the Wesenrein with Wu arresting most of them while Riken, Jonah and two members flee. Wu kills one of the members while Renard kills the other member. Jonah attacks Juliette but she woges into her Hexenbiest form and uses her powers to explode his head. Riken tries to kill Monroe but Rosalee appears and they both maul Riken to his death. Renard decides to use the excuse of a cult as a way to arrest the member and naming Acker as their lead |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxandria%20inundata | Taxandria inundata is a species of shrub in the Myrtaceae family that is endemic to an area along the south western coast of Western Australia.
The shrub can grow to a height of approximately . It blooms from January to June producing white flowers. Found in water-logged low-lying areas, swamps and lake margins in the South West region of Western Australia where it grows in peaty sandy or clay soils.
It was first formally described by the botanists, John Wheeler and Neville Marchant in 2007, as part of the work A revision of the Western Australian genus Agonis (Myrtaceae) and two new segregate genera Taxandria and Paragonis in the journal Nuytsia.
References
inundata
Myrtales of Australia
Rosids of Western Australia
Trees of Australia
Trees of Mediterranean climate
Plants described in 2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20Do%20Us%20Part%20%28Grimm%29 | "Death Do Us Part" is the 11th episode of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series Grimm and the 77th episode overall, which premiered on January 30, 2015, on the cable network NBC. The episode was written by Jeff Miller and was directed by Constantine Makris.
Plot
Opening quote: "He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began."
Three bloggers enter a seemingly haunted house for their web series. The house was abandoned for five years after the previous couple living there was killed by an electric accident. While investigating, one of them, Raymond Miller (Ray Callaway) is killed by an electric creature. Meanwhile, Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) reveals her form to Renard (Sasha Roiz), who deduces that it may be a side effect of the antidote. Juliette then tells him to call Elizabeth to find a solution.
Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) investigate the case and decide to ask the detective who investigated the death of the owners. He states that they were nearly unrecognizable and they were electrocuted to 200,000 amperes. He also adds that the woman, Patty Donovan (Caren Calderon) was having an affair with a co-worker and her husband Stetson has been a prime suspect since she chose her co-worker over him. After Juliette causes an accident using her powers, Renard takes her to a cafe where he gives her a number in a note to a woman named Henrietta (Garcelle Beauvais) and after she memorizes the numbers, the numbers move over the paper.
Nick and Hank interrogate the suspect's wife, Lily (Rebecca Wisocky), who admits that her husband died 5 years ago. She woges into a Scharfblicke and Nick tells her to reveal more. She reveals that the person on an image of the video is in fact Stetson (Derek Phillips), Patty's husband, who killed Theo for the affair and is also an eel-like Wesen named Matança Zumbido. They find in the trailer that the only way to stop the Matança Zumbido is to pierce the opponent's ear and rub a special paste from a poison in the piercing.
That night, one of the bloggers, Paul (Shaun Brown), sneaks into the house and hides in the closet just as Stetson lures Lily (confusing her as Patty) into the room. Nick and Hank arrive at the house just as Paul is caught. Nick defeats Stetson but before he can arrest him, Lily shoots Stetson, causing him to send an electric wave over the house. Juliette arrives at Henrietta's house and she is greeted by her, saying they have to talk. Later that night, Renard notices blood dripping from his shirt and upon taking it off, he finds that they're dripping from his bullet wounds. He touches them and sees that there's no wound for the blood.
Reception
Viewers
The episode was viewed by 4.85 million people, earning a 1.3/4 in the 18-49 rating demographics on the Nielson ratings scale, ranking third on its timeslot and seventh for the night in the 18-49 demographics, behind Last Man Standing, Undercover Boss, Blue Blood |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampirina | Vampirina is a computer-animated children's television series created by Chris Nee. Based on the Vampirina Ballerina series of books written by Anne Marie Pace and published by Disney-Hyperion, the series premiered on Disney Junior and Disney Channel on October 1, 2017. It features much of the staff that has worked on another program created by Nee, Doc McStuffins. Vampirina received generally positive reviews from critics.
The series ended on June 28, 2021, after 3 seasons and 75 episodes. It later became available to stream on Disney+.
Premise
Vampirina follows the story of Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley who becomes the new kid on the block after she and her family move from Transylvania to Pennsylvania to open a local bed and breakfast called the Scare B&B for visiting ghouls (including vampires) and goblins. The Hauntley family have to learn to do things the "Pennsylvania way", especially when Vee is at school, all while keeping their monster lives a secret from humans so they don't scare them.
Characters
Main
Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley (voiced by Isabella Crovetti) is a physically 8-year-old vampire, but biologically near 200 years old as stated in "Countess Vee". Unlike in the books, in the TV adaptation she and her family have blue skin and super-speed. She is the lead singer and spookylele player of her band, the Ghoul Girls.
Oxana Hauntley (voiced by Lauren Graham) and Boris Hauntley (voiced by James Van Der Beek) are Vee's parents who are the proprietors of the Scare B&B.
Demi Hauntley (voiced by Mitchell Whitfield) is a blue ghost who lives with the Hauntleys. He is Vee and Gregoria's sidekick.
Gregoria (voiced by Wanda Sykes) is a 473-year-old gargoyle who is Vee's sidekick.
Poppy Peepleson (voiced by Jordan Alexa Davis) is Edgar's sister and Edna's daughter who is Vee's best friend. She is the first human who discovers Vee's true identity, but promises not to tell anyone. She's the drummer and the youngest of the Ghoul Girls. She is 8-years-old. In "Double Double Halloween Trouble", she and her family are revealed to be Hispanic. Her first name is probably chosen as a reference to Gothic author Billy Martin's pen name Poppy Z. Brite (cf. her brother's first name being that of Edgar Allan Poe).
Bridget (voiced by ViviAnn Yee) is a very shy and nervous girl who is another one of Vee's friends. She also soon discovers Vee's identity, and like Poppy, promises to keep it secret. She has a pet Sphynx cat named Miss Cuddlecakes. She's the bassist and the smartest of the Ghoul Girls. She is also 9-years-old. She is revealed to be partly Jewish in "Double Double Halloween Trouble".
Edgar Peepleson (voiced by Benji Risley) is Poppy's older twin brother and Edna's son who is Vee's friend. He is a monster enthusiast and runs a vlog called "Weekly Weirdness". In the Season 2 finale episode "Ghoul Guides Save the Day!", he finally learns Vee's secret of her family being vampires, and the fact that monsters are actually real when he visits Vee's |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PO%20KSI | The Professional Association of Designers of Data Processing Systems (), abbreviated PO KSI, (), is a Russian company. Founded as a venture engineering firm in 1990, it performs research and development, producing high tech devices for government and corporate clients.
PO KSI creates microelectronics, digital microcircuitry, electronic optical sensors and scanners, specialty computer systems, digital cartography, photogrammetry, and geographic information systems. The company has completed 26 development projects and four research projects. It has developed and produced over 30 serial devices and systems.
PO KSI registered as a company on 10 April 2000 and employs over 200 people. Most of the firm's employees are graduates of Moscow's National Research University of Electronic Technology.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is the company's primary client, with contracts for 54 million rubles in 2013 and 93 million rubles in 2015. The company has also fulfilled contracts for Russian aerospace company Tupolev for 531 million rubles and the State Scientific Research Testing Institute of Military Medicine for 120.14 mln. Their central office is located at Lazurnaya 3, Andreevka village, District of Solnechnogorsk, Moscow region, 141551.
In December 2016, PO KSI was sanctioned by the United States for aiding the cyber operations of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) by providing the agency specialized training.
Selected projects
ArVid (1990–1997) — ArVid was a data backup solution using a VHS tape as a storage medium. It was one of the first projects of PO KSI. Over 200,000 devices were produced and sold.
DS-300 — DS-300 is an image scanner for stacked paper originals (A5 to A3 format) capable of scanning 300 images per minute. The scanners were chosen by the Russian Federal State Statistics Service to process the results of the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Russian Censuses. The device is also used by Rosobrnadzor during the exam.
Proscan 60030 — The Proscan 60030 is a precision drum scanner for printed copies and lantern slides of topographic and special-purpose maps and city schemes. It provides input with resolution of up to 600 dpi within the frame, geometrical precision. The scanner was developed in 1999 and 2000. More than 200 devices have been produced since 2000.
SIB — SIB is an optical ballot scanner that uses image contact sensors and has a resolution of 200 dpi. PO KSI developed and produced over 10,000 SIB scanners for the Russian government.
OSDCAM — PO KSI has developed digital aerial cameras since 1999. To comply with the Treaty on Open Skies, Russia's Ministry of Defence contracted with PO KSI to produce surveillance equipment fitted on Tu-154 LK-1 and AN-30B planes.
References
External links
Official website
Companies based in Moscow
Electronics companies established in 1990
Engineering companies of Russia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20optimization%20algorithms | Quantum optimization algorithms are quantum algorithms that are used to solve optimization problems. Mathematical optimization deals with finding the best solution to a problem (according to some criteria) from a set of possible solutions. Mostly, the optimization problem is formulated as a minimization problem, where one tries to minimize an error which depends on the solution: the optimal solution has the minimal error. Different optimization techniques are applied in various fields such as mechanics, economics and engineering, and as the complexity and amount of data involved rise, more efficient ways of solving optimization problems are needed. Quantum computing may allow problems which are not practically feasible on classical computers to be solved, or suggest a considerable speed up with respect to the best known classical algorithm.
Quantum data fitting
Data fitting is a process of constructing a mathematical function that best fits a set of data points. The fit's quality is measured by some criteria, usually the distance between the function and the data points.
Quantum least squares fitting
One of the most common types of data fitting is solving the least squares problem, minimizing the sum of the squares of differences between the data points and the fitted function.
The algorithm is given input data points and continuous functions . The algorithm finds and gives as output a continuous function that is a linear combination of :
In other words, the algorithm finds the complex coefficients , and thus the vector .
The algorithm is aimed at minimizing the error, which is given by:
where is defined to be the following matrix:
The quantum least-squares fitting algorithm makes use of a version of Harrow, Hassidim, and Lloyd's quantum algorithm for linear systems of equations (HHL), and outputs the coefficients and the fit quality estimation . It consists of three subroutines: an algorithm for performing a pseudo-inverse operation, one routine for the fit quality estimation, and an algorithm for learning the fit parameters.
Because the quantum algorithm is mainly based on the HHL algorithm, it suggests an exponential improvement in the case where is sparse and the condition number (namely, the ratio between the largest and the smallest eigenvalues) of both and is small.
Quantum semidefinite programming
Semidefinite programming (SDP) is an optimization subfield dealing with the optimization of a linear objective function (a user-specified function to be minimized or maximized), over the intersection of the cone of positive semidefinite matrices with an affine space. The objective function is an inner product of a matrix (given as an input) with the variable . Denote by the space of all symmetric matrices. The variable must lie in the (closed convex) cone of positive semidefinite symmetric matrices . The inner product of two matrices is defined as:
The problem may have additional constraints (given as inputs), also usua |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20Raj | Rio Raj is an Indian actor and video jockey, who has appeared in Tamil language films and television. Often working on shows by network Star Vijay, Raj became known for his role on the soap opera Saravanan Meenatchi, before moving to work in Tamil cinema.
Career
Rio Raj started his career as an actor in Star Vijay's 2013 television drama Kana Kaanum Kalangal Kalloori Saalai, a spin-off of its Kana Kaanum Kaalangal series. He later moved to work with Sun Music as a video jockey, hosting day-time shows such as Kaloorikalam, Suda Suda Chennai, and Free Ah Vidu among others. He later returned to Star Vijay by portraying the lead role in the third season of the drama, Saravanan Meenatchi between 2016 and 2018.
Following a supporting role in Sathriyan (2017), Raj appeared in his first lead role in a feature film through the comedy drama, Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019), produced by actor Sivakarthikeyan. The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic noting he makes a "decent debut". His next film Plan Panni Pannanum, another comedy drama, was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. In October 2020, he participated in Bigg Boss (Tamil season 4). He was listed by the Chennai Times as the ninth most "Desirable Man on Television 2020“.
Filmography
Film
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) contestants
Indian Tamil people
Indian VJs (media personalities)
Male actors in Tamil cinema
People from Erode district
Tamil male actors
Tamil male television actors
Television personalities from Tamil Nadu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial%20colony%20optimization | The bacterial colony optimization algorithm is an optimization algorithm which is based on a lifecycle model that simulates some typical behaviors of E. coli bacteria during their whole lifecycle, including chemotaxis, communication, elimination, reproduction, and migration. The bacterial foraging algorithm (BFA) is a biologically inspired swarm intelligence optimization approach that mimics bacteria's foraging activity to gather the most energy available throughout the search phase. Since its introduction in 2002, it has garnered widespread interest from scholars.
References
Optimization algorithms and methods
Escherichia coli |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOHA%20%28academic%20organisation%29 | Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA) is an international association of universities offering post-graduate level degree courses for humanitarian agencies and relief workers. The association was founded by five European universities in 1993; namely Aix-Marseille Université, University of Bochum, University of Deusto, Université catholique de Louvain and Oxford University. The NOHA Masters programme initiative was launched in 1993 under the auspices of the Erasmus-Socrates Programme with additional financial support from the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). In 2015 the network had expanded to include twelve European and five global partner universities.
References
External links
Universities and colleges in Europe
Organizations established in 1993 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboard%20rendering | Checkerboard rendering or sparse rendering, also known as checkerboarding for short, is a 3D computer graphics rendering technique, intended primarily to assist graphics processing units with rendering images at high resolutions. It is different from tiled rendering, a method of subdividing images in order to render them more efficiently, and from the "checkerboard" method of alternate frame rendering.
Description
While exact implementations tend to vary between developers, the technique generally involves rendering only 50% of any given scene, often rendering it in a grid of 2×2 pixels. A reconstruction filter is then employed to extrapolate the appearance of the unrendered parts of the scene, with the final image then being presented to the viewer as (theoretically) the same as if it had been rendered natively at the target resolution. In some implementations the checkerboard grid will be alternated between frames, with the previous frame's image data being held in memory, and then used to aid with reconstructing the scene.
A similar technique was used in the 1993 video game Doom, which had a "low detail" mode that only rendered every other column of pixels to improve performance. Checkerboarding also bears a resemblance to interlaced video, where every frame is split into two fields, also halving the amount of pixels that has to be rendered or transferred. Checkboard rendering differs by splitting the image using the checkboard pattern instead of splitting it by alternate line. The reconstruction filter used in checkboard rendering is often more complex than the typical deinterlacing process.
Though the technique is usually employed with the goal of reducing the computational resources required to render a scene at higher resolutions, it can also be used as a form of anti-aliasing, with Rainbow Six: Siege being one of the games to use it in this manner.
Implementation
Video games first started making use of the technique in the mid-2010s, often with the goal of making it easier for games to achieve 4K resolution at acceptable framerates. Though the technique does not require any specific hardware support outside of the normal for games produced in this era, the PlayStation 4 Pro included specialised hardware to enable checkerboard rendering to be carried out with much less of a performance loss than might otherwise be the case.
See also
Interlaced video
References
3D rendering |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Tupian%20language | Proto-Tupian (PT) is the reconstructed common ancestor of all the Tupian languages. It consists, therefore, of a hypothetical language, reconstructed by the comparative method from data of the descendant languages.
In Brazil, Tupian historical-comparative studies are being developed mainly by two scientific teams: one from the Laboratório de Línguas Indígenas (LALI) of the University of Brasília, under the coordination of Aryon Rodrigues; and the other one from the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, located in Belém, under the orientation of Denny Moore. These studies provide evidence about the Proto-Tupian economy and culture, suggesting, for example, that they had agriculture.
The most accepted theory is that the Tupian language family originated between the Guaporé and Aripuanã rivers, in the Madeira River basin. There are currently 70 Tupian languages, including Tupi, Paraguayan Guarani, Awetï, Ayvu, etc.
Linguistic homeland
Rodrigues (2007) considers the Proto-Tupian linguistic homeland to be somewhere between the Guaporé and Aripuanã rivers, in the Madeira River basin. Much of this area corresponds to the modern-day state of Rondônia, Brazil. Five of the ten Tupian branches are found in this area, as well as some Tupi–Guarani languages (especially Kagwahiva), making it the probable linguistic homeland of these languages and maybe of its speaking peoples. Rodrigues believes that Proto-Tupian dates back to around 5000 BP.
O'Hagan (2014) proposes that Proto-Tupi-Guarani was spoken in the region of the lower Tocantins and Xingu Rivers. Proto-Omagua-Kokama then expanded up the Amazon River, Proto-Tupinamba expanded south along the Atlantic coast, and the Southern branch expanded up along the Tocantins/Araguaia River towards the Paraná River basin.
Lexicon
This section lists Proto-Tupían reconstructions from Rodrigues and Cabral (2012). Since the reconstructions are highly tentative, the Proto-Tupían forms are all marked by two asterisks.
For a list of Proto-Tupian reconstructions by Nikulin (2020), see the corresponding Portuguese article.
Independent nouns
Proto-Tupian independent nouns:
Human beings
**apʷũ ‘person’/‘who’
**aɨče ‘man’
**pet ‘woman’
**orʲe ‘we, I; he/they’
**ru ‘fellow’
Animals
**ɨčɨ ‘deer’
**ameko ‘jaguar’
**aʔɨ ‘sloth’
**awuru/aworo ‘parrot’
**arat ‘macaw’
**moj ‘snake’
**ɨp ‘fish’
**enem ‘beetle’
**ŋap ‘wasp’
Plants
**mani ‘manioc’
**awa/awai ‘yams’
**ɨčɨpo ‘vine’
**kʔɨp ‘tree, wood’
**kɨče ‘bamboo’
**ɨʔa ‘calabash’
**wetʲɨk ‘sweet potato’
Nature
**ŋʷat ‘sun’
**watɨ ‘moon’
**ɨpʷɨ ‘earth’
**aman ‘rain’
**ičʔɨ ‘river’
**wita ‘stone’
**ʔat ‘day’
Dependent nouns
Proto-Tupian dependent nouns:
Kinship
**amõj ‘grandfather’
**up ‘father’
**čɨ ‘mother’
**aʔɨt ‘son of a man’
**ɨket ‘older sister of a woman’
**kɨpʷɨt ‘brother of a woman’
Parts of the body of animals
**po ‘hand’
**ʔa ‘head’
**ap ‘hair’
**apɨ ‘ear’
**pepʔo ‘wing’
**uwaj ‘tail’
**kaŋ ‘bone’
Parts of plants
**epʷ ‘leaf’
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky%20%26%20Bullwinkle%20%282014%20film%29 | Rocky and Bullwinkle (also known as Another Fine Moose You've Gotten Me Into or The Man In The Iron Moose) is a 2014 American computer-animated direct-to-video short film based on the 1960s animated television series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The short was directed by Gary Trousdale, (who is best known for co-directing Disney's Beauty and the Beast) while Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon were the writers (They also provided the voices of Fearless Leader and the narrator for this short). June Foray reprises her role as Rocky in her final voice role before her death on July 26, 2017, while Tom Kenny voices Bullwinkle. Originally planned as a theatrical short to accompany with Mr. Peabody & Sherman (which is also based on characters from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show), it was released on October 14, 2014, on the Blu-ray 3D of the film.
Plot
Desperate to finally kill Rocky and Bullwinkle and have them as trophy heads for his rumpus room, Fearless Leader assigns his spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale a new mission: to use a robotic female moose to seduce Bullwinkle, and inevitably destroy him (as well as Rocky in the process). Boris controls the robot's actions through the interior.
When Rocky and Bullwinkle return to Frostbite Falls after escaping from a Mayan temple, they are rewarded with a special day of their honor at a town ceremony, in which Bullwinkle is immediately smitten with Boris’ robot disguise. The two spend time together, with Boris constantly attempting to kill Bullwinkle, only to bring himself bad luck to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. Meanwhile, Rocky feels isolated from his best friend and follows them wherever they go, until he discovers Bullwinkle has proposed to the robot moose. The narrator tells us to wait for the next part called "Another Fine Moose You've Gotten Me Into!!" or "The Man in the Iron Moose!"
In "Bullwinkle's Poetry Corner," Bullwinkle reads a poem which is actually a rap song by Eminem (whom he formally introduces by his birth name, Marshall Mathers III), entitled Superman, only to stop reading it after just ten words, due to the fact it had swear words in it (which he had been caught by surprise with). Feeling embarrassed and finding no way to finish the rest (and trying, to no avail, to try and find another work of his to read), Bullwinkle then skips it, ends the sketch early, and says next week he will read "the complete works of Mr. Fifty Cents".
Back in the story arc, Rocky arrives to crash the wedding on a cruise ship, but Bullwinkle and the robot moose have already been wedded and Bullwinkle dances with the robot to Jimmy Soul's If You Wanna Be Happy. Rocky then discovers it was Boris who lured Bullwinkle away with romantic gestures, and tries to stop him only for Natasha to intervene by challenging him to a duel. Boris eventually gets fed up with the act while being hit with a bowling ball and evacuates leaving the robotic br |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%20Global%20Television%20Network | China Global Television Network (CGTN) is one of three branches of state-run China Media Group and the international division of China Central Television (CCTV). Headquartered in Beijing, CGTN broadcasts news in multiple languages. CGTN is under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.
Media regulators, journalist advocacy groups, and others have accused CGTN of broadcasting propaganda and disinformation on behalf of the Chinese government, and airing forced confessions.
History
CGTN grew out of CCTV's all-English channel, known as CCTV-9 or CCTV International, launched in 2000 and renamed CCTV News in 2010. Channels in other languages were launched during the mid and late 2000s. In December 2016, the six non-Chinese language television channels under CCTV International were rebranded to bear the CGTN name. By 2022, CGTN had built a network of social media influencers, according to the Associated Press.
Observers have noted that the "aim [of CGTN] is to influence public opinion overseas in order to nudge foreign governments into making policies favourable towards China’s Communist party" through subtle means. Australian researchers Thomas Fearon and Usha M. Rodrigues argued that CGTN has a "dichotomous role as a credible media competing for audience attention on the world stage, and a vital government propaganda organ domestically."
According to James Palmer at Foreign Policy, the contrasting aims of RT (formerly Russia Today) and CGTN, "mirrors wider strategies: Moscow wants chaos it can exploit, while Beijing wants a stable world order—on its terms". While "RT doesn't mind whether it goes to the far-left or the far-right," Chinese state media is permitted to "act from a very narrow, officially approved scope, and the risk of the political extremes is too much," according to journalist Hilton Yip. On the contrary to CGTN's investments in studios and numerous overseas bureaus, "the actual content is a mix of brutally tedious propaganda and bland documentaries. The audience is always the bosses in Beijing, not the average viewer overseas". Yip also noted the growing disillusionment of journalists in China who "are allowed to do little more than parrot the official line", citing a viral video of a journalist rolling her eyes at another reporter's softball question during a ministerial press conference, which "seemed to speak for many in the country who are tired of the charade that local media has become".
Despite a decade of overseas expansion, the redoubling of efforts by CGTN, and to an extension other state media, to push the party's theories and principles abroad is at odds with boosting China's overseas image. CGTN, along with other Chinese state media outlets, is still widely regarded as "editorially biased and full of propaganda, and they still struggle to attract large audiences", particularly in the age of widespread internet use with social media and nontraditional forms of media where the pub |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual%20Ventures%20I%20LLC%20v.%20Symantec%20Corp. | Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corp., 838 F.3d 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2016) is a 2016 Federal Circuit decision concerning the patent eligibility of a computer-software claimed invention. In a split decision, a three-member panel of the court discussed the current legal status of such patents. The court held all three patents invalid as patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
Background
Intellectual Ventures I LLC ("IV"), a non-practicing entity, owned U.S. Patent Nos. 6,460,050 ("the '050 patent"), 6,073,142 ("the '142 patent"), and 5,987,610 ("the '610 patent"). IV sued Symantec Corp. and Trend Micro Inc. for infringement of various claims of the three patents by selling anti-malware and anti-spam software.
The '050 patent is directed to methods of screening emails and other data files for unwanted content such as spam. The '142 patent is directed to methods of routing e-mail messages based on specified criteria (i.e., rules). The '610 patent is directed to using computer virus screening in the telephone network. All of the patents operate by use of computer software.
Majority opinion of Federal Circuit
Judge Timothy Dyk delivered the majority opinion for the court. Judge Haldane Robert Mayer concurred, but wrote separately. Judge Kara Farnandez Stoll concurred as to two of the patents but considered the third one to be patent eligible.
The '050 patent
A representative claim of the '050 patent is claim 9, which provides:
9. A method for identifying characteristics of data files, comprising:
receiving, on a processing system, file content identifiers for data files from a plurality of file content identifier generator agents, each agent provided on a source system and creating file content IDs using a mathematical algorithm, via a network;
determining, on the processing system, whether each received content identifier matches a characteristic of other identifiers; and
outputting, to at least one of the source systems responsive to a request from said source system, an indication of the characteristic of the data file based on said step of determining.
According to IV, "this method of filtering emails is used to address the problems of spam e-mail and the use of e-mail to deliver computer viruses." The court began by applying the first step of the two-step analysis prescribed in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., the so-called Mayo/Alice methodology, which is to determine whether the claim is based on an abstract idea. The court stated: "We agree with the district court that receiving e-mail (and other data file) identifiers, characterizing e-mail based on the identifiers, and communicating the characterization—in other words, filtering files/e-mail—is an abstract idea" because "it was [a] long-prevalent practice for people receiving paper mail to look at an envelope and discard certain letters, without opening them, from sources from which they did not wish to receive mail |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filly%20Funtasia | Filly Funtasia is a computer-animated fantasy television series created by Jacob and Henrik Andersen for Dracco. The series follows filly Rose and her friends as they attend a magical academy in the royal kingdom of Funtasia. It is based on the Filly toy franchise. The series was originally produced by Dracco Brands, BRB Internacional, Screen 21, and Black Dragon Entertainment, but the latter three companies dropped out of producing the series around 2016, and the former dropped out in 2019. Guangzhou Huamai Animation Studios, B-Water Animation Studios, and Zhaolong Culture joined production much later and managed to complete what the other studios left behind.
After five years of development hell starting from 2014 when Filly Funtasia was originally supposed to premiere, the series finally premiered on March 11, 2019, on Frisbee in Italy. The series also premiered on November 28, 2019, on iQiyi in China.
The show was renewed for a second season that was released on iQiyi on December 25, 2020. In early 2021, an earlier produced English version of the series started streaming on the KidsFlix and MyToonz apps in the United States for three episodes.
On March 3, 2022, the series officially premiered with a finalized English version on Channel 5 in Singapore, with episodes being made available on their meWATCH VOD.
Plot
Filly Funtasia is about the adventures of Rose, a unicorn filly who attends the Royal Magic Academy in the kingdom of Funtasia. Her best friends – Bella, an elf filly, Lynn, a witchy filly, Will, a fairy filly, and Cedric, a royale filly, accompany her as they go to the extraordinary school to improve their magical skills, be it mixing unpredictable potions or casting spells. Rose also has to deal with everyday teenage school life while learning about the magical world around her.
Inside the basement of the academy lives Wranglum, an evil tree-like wizard creature who is trapped inside a "dark mirror", or a crystal prison. Battiwigs, a bat who is Will and Cedric's dorm pet, secretly works for Wranglum as his bumbling minion and carries his master around. Wranglum and Battiwigs plot various schemes to try and steal any crystals from the academy they can so that they can use their magic to rule over Funtasia.
Characters
Main
Rose is the main protagonist and a caring, young unicorn who tries to be good at everything she does.
Bella, short for Isabella is a talented elf who loves nature and finds beauty in everyone.
Lynn is a high-spirited witch from the Witchy Kingdom (Zimsala).
Will, short for Willow is a daring fairy who likes to play pranks, and is friends with Lynn.
Cedric is an intelligent prince, and an inventor.
The villains
Wranglum is the main villain of the series. He is a tree-like wizard creature who is trapped inside a crystal prison that takes the form of a mirror. He is determined to rule Funtasia by any means necessary.
Battiwigs is a bat serving as both Will and Cedric's dorm pet, and undercover as Wranglu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpavriksh | Kalpavriksh is a non-profit organisation based in India with its office in Pune, Maharashtra. The organisation takes up research, networking, education, grassroots work, advocacy and activism in the field of environment, ecology, development, and alternatives. The institute was formed in 1979 when a student-led group began to campaign for Delhi Ridge Forest.
Focus areas
Kaplavriksh organisation works in five major focus areas.
Alternatives
It refers to initiatives proposed in consent with different stakeholders such as civil society organizations, government, individuals, communities, and more. The initiatives carry features such as ecological sustainability, social well-being and justice, direct democracy, economic democracy, and more.
Conservation and livelihoods
This program has its traces from institutes earliest initiatives since the early 1980s. It deals with activities such as field documentation, legal and policy analysis, biodiversity campaigns, protected area update etc.
Environment education
It aims at sustainable use and conservation of natural resources by raising awareness with education to incorporate social equity and ecological sustainability. The goal is to make children sensitive about environment issues besides raising awareness and to develop and implement, decentralised (local) materials and programs for the conservation of the environment.
Urban environment
Its focus is on care and protection of standing trees in urban areas such as river front, public gardens, ridge forests etc. It also monitors several urban development activities that may prove detrimental to trees such as road widening, construction of flyovers, footpath design etc. The institute is also working in collaboration with the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi to provide for tree authority and tree helpline for a better implementation.
Economic and development
The institute investigates research on environmental regulatory regimes that concern the individual's environment and livelihood. They comprise issues related to coastal regulations, forest clearance for projects etc. Right to Information Act, 2005 usage remain central to this focus area.
See also
Ashish Kothari
References
External links
Official website
Climate change in India
Climate change organizations
Environmental organisations based in India
Multidisciplinary research institutes
Environmental research institutes
1979 establishments in Maharashtra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20digital%20albums%20of%202017%20%28Australia%29 | The ARIA Digital Album Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly digital sales of albums and EPs.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
2017 in music
ARIA Charts
List of number-one singles of 2017 (Australia)
References
Digital 2017
Australia digital albums
Number-one digital albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20streaming%20tracks%20of%202017%20%28Australia%29 | The ARIA Streaming Chart ranks the best-performing streaming tracks of Australia. It is published by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation who collects music data for the weekly ARIA Charts.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
2017 in music
ARIA Charts
List of number-one singles of 2017 (Australia)
References
Australia Streaming
Streaming 2017
Number-one Streaming Songs |
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