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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20Mason%20%28baseball%29 | Pat Mason was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.
According to All American League data, Pat Mason played in the league during the 1950 season. Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.
In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, New York, that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Pat Mason, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.
Sources
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
Baseball players from Iowa
Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Date of birth missing
Possibly living people
Year of birth missing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard%20%28disambiguation%29 | A motherboard is the main printed circuit board in a computer.
Motherboard may also refer to:
Motherboard cache, the storage component of a motherboard
Motherboard form factor, the specifications of a motherboard
Motherboard (Cyberchase), a character from Cyberchase
Motherboard (website), an online tech news publication by Vice Media
"Motherboard" (Daft Punk song), 2013 song in album Random Access Memories
Motherboard Monitor, a software program for Windows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinoda%20Paliencar | Vinoda Datarama Paliencar is an Indian politician and a former cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa. He is also a former Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Siolim constituency from 2017 to 2022, and belongs to the Goa Forward Party. Paliencar was the Minister for Fisheries and Water Resources Department. He is a classical singer. Paliencar is the in-charge of the OBC wing of the Goa Forward Party.
Early life
Vinoda Paliencar obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Sangeet Visharad) degree in classical music in 1988 from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Miraj. Paliencar is a disciple of Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.
Political career
Paliencar served as a panch of the Siolim-Marna Panchayat. His brother Uday Paliencar had unsuccessfully contested the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Indian National Congress from the Siolim constituency.
Paliencar quit the Indian National Congress to join the Goa Forward Party on 11 October 2016 He contested the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Goa Forward Party from the Siolim constituency and defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's Dayanand Mandrekar who was elected from Siolim for continuous four terms and was considered a political heavyweight. On 12 July 2017, Paliencar was appointed the in-charge of the OBC wing of the Goa Forward Party.
Cabinet Minister
After the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar formed the government after the 2017 Assembly elections with the support of the Goa Forward, Paliencar was sworn in as a cabinet Minister on 14 March 2017. He was allotted the portfolios of Fisheries and Water Resources Department.
After being appointed a cabinet Minister paid a surprise visit to the Water Resources Department's office at Porvorim and found that while some officials were not present in the office, others were sleeping during office hours. A memorandum was served to the erring officials. Paliencar demanded a complete ban on rave parties on Goa's beaches and alleged there the police were turning a blind eye to such parties. Paliencar said in an interview that he was 'pressurized' for his stand against the late night rave parties.
Paliencar introduced a scheme named Nital Goem, Nital Baim under which the Water Resources Department shall provide subsidy up to Rs. 50,000/- for the rejuvenation of wells in Goa.
Stance on Mhadei river
After the controversy resulting out of Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar's letter to the Karnataka BJP President B. S. Yeddyurappa, Paliencar suggested that Parrikar's letter was a political stunt and categorically stated that (we will) not give a single drop of (Mhadei's) water to Karnataka.
Controversy
After visiting the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project site on 13 January 2018, Paliencar while accusing Karnataka of diverting the water of Mhadei river referred to the people of Karnataka as harami. but later admitted that he had used the expletive at the spur of the momen |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Pluggable%20Specification | Open Pluggable Specification (OPS) is a computing module plug-in format available for adding computing capability to flat panel displays.
The format was first announced by NEC, Intel, and Microsoft in 2010.
Computing modules in the OPS format are available on Intel- and ARM-based CPUs, running operating systems including Microsoft Windows and Google Android.
The main benefit of using OPS in digital signage is to reduce downtime and maintenance cost by making it extremely easy to replace the computing module in case of a failure.
Technical specification
A computing module fully enclosed in a 180mm x 119mm x 30mm box
JAE TX25 plug connector and TX24 receptacle
80-pin contacts
Supported interfaces:
Power
HDMI/DVI and DisplayPort
Audio
USB 2.0/3.0
UART
OPS control signals
Pin definition
Succession
The OPS format is planned to be succeeded by the Smart Display Module (SDM) format.
References
Display technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Berkeley%20Software%20Distribution | The History of the Berkeley Software Distribution begins in the 1970s.
1BSD (PDP-11)
The earliest distributions of Unix from Bell Labs in the 1970s included the source code to the operating system, allowing researchers at universities to modify and extend Unix. The operating system arrived at Berkeley in 1974, at the request of computer science professor Bob Fabry who had been on the program committee for the Symposium on Operating Systems Principles where Unix was first presented. A PDP-11/45 was bought to run the system, but for budgetary reasons, this machine was shared with the mathematics and statistics groups at Berkeley, who used RSTS, so that Unix only ran on the machine eight hours per day (sometimes during the day, sometimes during the night). A larger PDP-11/70 was installed at Berkeley the following year, using money from the Ingres database project.
Also in 1975, Ken Thompson took a sabbatical from Bell Labs and came to Berkeley as a visiting professor. He helped to install Version 6 Unix and started working on a Pascal implementation for the system. Graduate students Chuck Haley and Bill Joy improved Thompson's Pascal and implemented an improved text editor, ex. Other universities became interested in the software at Berkeley, and so in 1977 Joy started compiling the first Berkeley Software Distribution (1BSD), which was released on March 9, 1978. 1BSD was an add-on to Version 6 Unix rather than a complete operating system in its own right. Some thirty copies were sent out.
2BSD (PDP-11)
The Second Berkeley Software Distribution (2BSD), released in May 1979, included updated versions of the 1BSD software as well as two new programs by Joy that persist on Unix systems to this day: the vi text editor (a visual version of ex) and the C shell. Some 75 copies of 2BSD were sent out by Bill Joy. A further feature was a networking package called Berknet, developed by Eric Schmidt as part of his master's thesis work, that could connect up to twenty-six computers and provided email and file transfer.
After 3BSD (see below) had come out for the VAX line of computers, new releases of 2BSD for the PDP-11 were still issued and distributed through USENIX; for example, 1982's 2.8.1BSD included a collection of fixes for performance problems in Version 7 Unix, and later releases contained ports of changes from the VAX-based releases of BSD back to the PDP-11 architecture. 2.9BSD from 1983 included code from 4.1cBSD, and was the first release that was a full OS (a modified V7 Unix) rather than a set of applications and patches.
The most recent release, 2.11BSD, was first issued in 1991. In the 21st century, maintenance updates from volunteers continued: patch #481 was released on April 28, 2023.
3BSD
A VAX computer was installed at Berkeley in 1978, but the port of Unix to the VAX architecture, UNIX/32V, did not take advantage of the VAX's virtual memory capabilities. The kernel of 32V was largely rewritten by Berkeley graduate student Özalp Ba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCPartPicker | PCPartPicker is a comparison shopping website that allows users to compare prices and compatibility of computer components on different retailers online. The website was created by Philip Carmichael in 2011. The website was substantially redesigned in February 2015. As of 2023 the site provides localized currencies and links to physical stores in 38 countries. The website is funded through affiliate linking to sites such as Amazon.com. Additional functionality is available, such as providing building guides, sharing build lists, photos, and instruction, alerts for price drops, forums, and filters for automatically adjusting pre-made lists of components. They also make PC hardware reviews and custom build tutorials on their YouTube channel. They are currently located in Austin, TX.
References
External links
Website
Comparison shopping websites
Computing websites |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Network%20Star%20%28season%2013%29 | The thirteenth season of the American reality television series Food Network Star premiered June 4, 2017 on Food Network. Food Network chefs Bobby Flay and Giada de Laurentiis returned to the series as judges.
Contestants
Winner
Jason Smith – Grayson, Kentucky
Runners-up
Rusty Hamlin – Atlanta, Georgia
Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana
Eliminated
Blake Baldwin – Flemington, New Jersey
Nancy Manlove – Texas City, Texas
Toya Boudy – New Orleans, Louisiana
Suzanne Lossia – Detroit, Michigan
Trace Barnett – Brilliant, Alabama
Caodan Tran – Dallas, Texas
Addie Gundry – Lake Forest, Illinois
David Rose – Atlanta, Georgia
Cory Bahr – Monroe, Louisiana (returned to the competition after winning Star Salvation)
Amy Pottinger – Honolulu, Hawaii
Matthew Grunwald – Scottsdale, Arizona
Contestant progress
: Cory did not compete in the mentor challenge.
: Cory was eliminated midway through the finale.
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition and thus became the next Food Network Star.
(RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win.
(HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week.
(IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week.
(LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated.
(OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
Comeback Kitchen
Contestants
Rob Burmeister, Season 12
Danushka Lysek, Season 9
Emilia Cirker, Season 11
Jamika Pessoa, Season 5
Josh Lyons, Season 8
Joy Thompson, Season 12
Matthew Grunwald, Season 11
Contestant progress
{| class="wikitable" align="" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Contestant
! colspan="3" |Week
|-
|1
|2
|3
|-
| style="background:white" |Matthew
| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH
| style="background:limegreen; |WIN| style="background:midnightblue; color:#fff;" |WIN|-low
| style="background:white" |Jamika| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH
| style="background:pink;" |LOW
| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|-
| style="background:white" |Joy| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH
| style="background:limegreen;" |WIN| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|-
| style="background:white" |Danushka| style="background:pink;" |LOW
| style="background:pink;" |LOW
| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|-
| style="background:white" |Rob| style="background:cornflowerblue;" |HIGH
| style="background:limegreen;" |WIN| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT|-
| style="background:white" |Emilia| style="background:pink;" |LOW
| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT| style="background:darkgrey;" |
|-
| style="background:white" |Josh| style="background:lightgrey;" |OUT'| colspan="2" style="background:darkgrey;" |
|}
: Rob was eliminated after the mentor challenge.
: Danushka and Joy were eliminated after the star challenge.
(WIN) The contestant won "Comeback Kitchen".
(WIN) The contestant won the chall |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Sacerdote | Bruce Sacerdote is an American economist and the Richard S. Braddock 1963 Professor in Economics at Dartmouth College, where he "enjoy[s] working with detailed data to enhance our understanding of why children and youth turn out the way they do. [He is] also involved in a series of studies to examine how students make choices about college going and how policy makers might influence that decision-making process."
Background and research
Sacerdote's research focuses on child and youth outcomes, education, law and economics and causal inference. His research has been published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Political Economy. His work has been cited over 12,000 times. In addition to teaching an undergraduate seminar in finance, he is a research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, an affiliated professor for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty in Action Lab and an associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Sacerdote is often sought out by the media, and his opinions have been featured publications such as The New York Times, Time, and New York magazine, as well as in op-eds for The New York Times
He previously served as the chair of the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College.
Education
Sacerdote graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College in 1990 and was class salutatorian. He attended graduate school at Harvard University and graduated in 1997 with a Ph.D. in economics. While at Dartmouth, Sacerdote was affiliated at the Delta Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
References
Living people
Harvard University alumni
Dartmouth College alumni
Dartmouth College faculty
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS%20High%20Sierra | macOS High Sierra (version 10.13) is the fourteenth major release of macOS, Apple Inc.'s desktop operating system for Macintosh computers. macOS High Sierra was announced at the WWDC 2017 on June 5, 2017 and was released on September 25, 2017. The name "High Sierra" refers to the High Sierra region in California. Its name signified its goal to be a refinement of the previous macOS version, macOS Sierra, focused on performance improvements and technical updates rather than features. This makes it similar to previous macOS releases Snow Leopard, Mountain Lion and El Capitan. Among the apps with notable changes are Photos and Safari.
macOS High Sierra is the final version of macOS to support the Unibody iMac and the Polycarbonate Unibody MacBook, as its successor, macOS Mojave, drops support for the late 2009 and final models.
System requirements
All the Macs supporting macOS Sierra support macOS High Sierra.
iMac (Late 2009 or later)
MacBook (Late 2009 or later)
MacBook Air (Late 2010 or later)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2010 or later)
Mac Mini (Mid 2010 or later)
iMac Pro (2017)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010 or later)
macOS High Sierra requires at least 2 GB of RAM and 20.12 GB of available disk space.
It is possible to install High Sierra on many older Macintosh computers that are not officially supported by Apple. This requires using a patch to modify the install image.
Changes
Default wallpaper
The default desktop picture is an image of North Lake in the High Sierra region.
System
Apple File System
Apple File System (APFS) replaces HFS Plus as the default file system in macOS for the first time with High Sierra. It supports 64‑bit inode numbers, is designed for flash memory, and is designed to speed up common tasks like duplicating a file and finding the size of a folder's contents. It also has built‑in encryption, crash‑safe protections, and simplified data backup on the go.
Metal 2
Metal, Apple's low-level graphics API, has been updated to Metal 2. It includes virtual-reality and machine-learning features, as well as support for external GPUs. The system's windowing system, Quartz Compositor, supports Metal 2.
Media
macOS High Sierra adds support for High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), with hardware acceleration where available, as well as support for High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). Macs with the Intel Kaby Lake processor offer hardware support for Main 10 profile 10-bit hardware decoding, those with the Intel Skylake processor support Main profile 8-bit hardware decoding, and those with AMD Radeon 400 series graphics also support full HEVC decoding. However, whenever an Intel IGP is present, the frameworks will only direct requests to Intel IGP. In addition, audio codecs FLAC and Opus are also supported, but not in iTunes.
HEVC hardware acceleration requires a Mac with a sixth-generation Intel processor or newer (late 2015 27-inch iMac, mid 2017 21.5-inch iMac, early 2016 MacBook, late 2016 MacBook Pro or iMac Pro).
Other
Kernel extensions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac%20Pro | The iMac Pro is an all-in-one personal computer and workstation made by Apple Inc. from 2017 to 2021. While it was sold, it was one of four desktop computers in the Macintosh lineup, sitting above the consumer range Mac Mini and iMac, and serving as an all-in-one alternative to the Mac Pro.
Background
In 2013, Apple replaced its tower Mac Pro workstation with a radically-redesigned cylindrical model. The 2013 Mac Pro languished for years without any updates, and Apple later said that its small design and focus on dual graphics-processing unit had been a mistake. In April 2017, Apple convened a roundtable of journalists and executives to restate their commitment to professional Macs. As part of the announcement, Apple said a new monitor and Mac Pro were being developed but would not arrive that year. In June, Apple announced the iMac Pro to fill the gap.
Design
The iMac Pro uses the same chassis as the 27-inch iMac it was sold alongside, but comes in a darker "space gray" finish, with a color-matched Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad. The iMac Pro also has more connectivity options than the iMac, with four Thunderbolt 3 ports, four USB-A ports, a headphone jack, Ethernet port, and SDXC card slot. The iMac Pro uses Xeon-W processors and includes a larger cooling system. The iMac Pro was the first Mac equipped with Apple's T2 chip, a custom Apple co-processor. The T2 handles security, encryption and some video encoding and decoding.
The processor, memory, and storage are not soldered and can be removed. Unlike the 27-inch iMac, the iMac Pro does not have a memory access hatch; memory upgrades require disassembling the display. The solid state drive is user-replaceable, but requires disassembly of the iMac Pro and an Apple Configurator restore after new storage module are installed. The iMac Pro's stand is user-replaceable with a licensed OEM VESA mount kit sold by Apple. The mount uses zinc screws that may be prone to breaking.
Release
The iMac Pro was announced at WWDC on June 5, 2017, and was released in December 2017. Apple billed it as "the most powerful Mac ever made". The configurations included an 8-, 10-, 14-, or 18-core Intel Xeon processor, 5K display, AMD Vega graphics, ECC memory, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
The iMac Pro received minor updates after release. Configuration options for 256GB of memory and a Vega 64X GPU were added on March 19, 2019. Apple discontinued the 8-core model on August 4, 2020, making the 10-core model the base model. The iMac Pro was discontinued on March 5, 2021; Apple continued to sell the computer while supplies lasted. It was delisted from Apple's website and online store on March 19, 2021. An indirect successor, the Mac Studio, was released on March 18, 2022, alongside the Apple Studio Display.
Reception
The iMac Pro was positively received. Jason Snell, writing for Macworld, said that the machine was clearly not for average customers, but filled a niche for users like himself who had drift |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20PHA | A Cyber PHA or Cyber HAZOP is a safety-oriented methodology to conduct a cybersecurity risk assessment for an Industrial Control System (ICS) or Safety Instrumented System (SIS). It is a systematic, consequence-driven approach that is based upon industry standards such as ISA 62443-3-2, ISA TR84.00.09, ISO/IEC 27005:2018, ISO 31000:2009 and NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-39.
The names, Cyber PHA or Cyber HAZOP, were given to this method because they are similar to Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) or the hazard and operability study (HAZOP) studies that are popular in process safety management, particularly in industries that operate highly hazardous industrial processes (e.g. oil and gas, chemical, etc.).
The Cyber PHA or Cyber HAZOP methodology reconciles the process safety and cybersecurity approaches and allows IT, Operations and Engineering to collaborate in way that is already familiar to facility operations management and personnel. Modeled on the process safety PHA/HAZOP methodology, a Cyber PHA/HAZOP enables cyber risks to be identified and analyzed in the same manner as any other process risk, and, because it can be conducted as a separate follow-on activity to a traditional HAZOP it can be used in both existing brownfield sites and newly constructed greenfield sites without unduly meddling with well-established process safety processes.
The method is typically conducted as a workshop that includes a facilitator and a scribe with expertise in the Cyber PHA/HAZOP process as well as multiple subject matter experts who are familiar with the industrial process, the industrial automation and control system (IACS) and related IT systems. For example, the workshop team typically includes representatives from operations, engineering, IT and health and safety as well as an independent facilitator and scribe. A multidisciplinary team is important in developing realistic threat scenarios, assessing the impact of compromise and achieving consensus on realistic likelihood values given the threat environment, the known vulnerabilities and existing countermeasures.
The facilitator and scribe are typically responsible for gathering and organizing all of the information required to conduct the workshop (e.g. system architecture diagrams, vulnerability assessments, and PHA/HAZOPs) and training the workshop team on the method, if necessary.
A worksheet is commonly used to document the Cyber PHA/HAZOP assessment. Various spreadsheet templates, databases and commercial software tools have been developed to support the cyber PHA/HAZOP method. The organization's risk matrix is typically integrated directly into the worksheet to facilitate assessment of severity and likelihood and to look up the resulting risk score. The workshop facilitator guides the team through the process and strives to gather all input, reach consensus and keep the process proceeding smoothly. The workshop proceeds until all zone and conduits have been assessed. The results ar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriah%20Meyer | Miriah Meyer is an American computer scientist and USTAR professor at the University of Utah. She is noted for her pioneering work in data visualization for research applications. She received an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship in 2006 and served as a reporter for The Chicago Tribune. She was named in MIT Technology Reviews TR35 list in 2011 and Fast Company's list of the 100 most creative people in 2012. She was named a 2013 TED Fellow for her work in interactive visualization.
References
Living people
Pennsylvania State University alumni
University of Utah alumni
American computer scientists
American women computer scientists
University of Utah faculty
Computer graphics researchers
Information visualization experts
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women academics
21st-century American women
TED Fellows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20LGBT%20social%20networking%20services | There are a variety of LGBT social networking services. Grindr is the largest and best-known gay mobile app, and was one of the first when it launched in March 2009.
Adam4Adam
Atraf
Blued
DBNA
Delta App
dudesnude
Fridae
Gabile.com
Gaydar
Gays.com
Grindr
GuySpy
Her
Hornet
Jack'd
Manhunt
PlanetRomeo
Recon
Scruff
Sniffies
Squirt.org
Taimi
Defunct
Chappy
Compatible Partners
Gay.com
Gingerbeer
Manjam.com
MiFinder
OUTeverywhere
Rainbow Christians
Trevvy
References
Social networking services
LGBT social networking services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Iwasa | Janet Iwasa is an American data visualization expert and assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Utah.
Early life and education
In 1978, Janet Iwasa was born to parents Mikeko and Kuni Iwasa in Bloomington, Indiana. She was the youngest of three children. Following her father joining the National Institutes of Health, she moved, with her family, to Maryland. She later went on to participate in an internship at the Institute for Genomic Research.
In 1999, she graduated with great honor from Williams College with bachelor's degrees in Biology and Asian Studies. In her junior year at Williams, she worked alongside Professor Robert Savage, studying the formation of segmented patterns in leeches on a cellular level. In 2006, Iwasa obtained a PhD in cell biology at the University of California in San Francisco. She wrote her doctoral thesis on the topic of actin networks.
After watching a molecular animation by Graham Johnson, she began to pursue 3D animation. She began taking animation classes at San Francisco State University. After graduation, she studied animation at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, California; she was the only woman in her class. She applied her skills in animation to biology, using 3D animation as a means to visualize cellular functions and interactions.
Career and research
In 2006, Iwasa began working as a postdoctoral fellow under Jack Szostak with Harvard University and the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2007, Iwasa worked as a teaching assistant at Harvard Medical School, in the "Visualizing Molecular Processes with Maya" course. She also worked with MASSIVE, adapting the video game physics engine to depict processes of nucleation elongation.
In 2008, Iwasa created illustrations and animations for a multimedia exhibit for the Boston Museum of Science titled Exploring Life's Origins.
In 2008, she became a lecturer in Molecular Visualization for the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. Her work with Joan Brugge and Michael Overholtzer furthered her understanding of a newly discovered cellular process called endosis. Iwasa worked alongside researchers at the university to investigate the process.
While working with Tomas Kirchausen, she created an animation on clathrin-mediated endocytosis, researching how clathrin triskelions operated and assembled on the inner surface of the plasma membrane to invaginate an extracellular particle.
In 2010, Iwasa organized and taught a course on visualizing molecular and cellular processes with 3D animation in Porto, Portugal. In 2013, she joined the University of Utah School of Medicine as a research assistant professor for the Department of Cell Biology. She returned to Portugal in 2014 to teach a 3D animation workshop for scientific animation. In 2014, she also completed a project called Molecular Flipbook, a free, open-source software program designed to animate molecules. In 2016, Iwasa released a life-cycle animation on H |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Ryder%20%28comedian%29 | Richard Ryder (born 1966) is a Canadian comedian and broadcaster, best known as a host of programming on Toronto, Ontario radio station Proud FM and national cable television channel OutTV. He is the morning host on Proud FM, and his work for OutTV includes the reality series Knock Knock Ghost and weekly RuPaul's Drag Race commentaries recorded in character as drag queen Wilma Fingerdoo.
He regularly tours throughout Ontario as a performer at LGBT Pride and other LGBT-related comedy events.
References
Living people
Canadian drag queens
Canadian radio hosts
Canadian stand-up comedians
Canadian television hosts
Canadian LGBT broadcasters
Gay comedians
1966 births
Canadian LGBT comedians
21st-century Canadian LGBT people
Canadian gay men |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%20Envoy%20on%20Intelligence%20and%20Law%20Enforcement%20Data%20Sharing | The Special Envoy on Intelligence and Law Enforcement Data Sharing is a British creation of the diplomatic corps at Cabinet level to report on, and facilitate dialogue between the executive branch of government and technology firms, often global in nature, that provide service in the internet realm.
Summary
In July 2014, then-Prime Minister David Cameron expressed frustration with American communications providers for "severely constraining" the tasks of the GCHQ over jurisdiction issues. At the time, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIP) was required, according to Cameron, to "preserve" surveillance schemes used in the UK by state officials. The post was conceived at that time.
Former Ambassador to the US (2007 to 2012) Sir Nigel Sheinwald was appointed to the post on 19 September 2014, shortly before the Rifkind report on the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby had been issued to public view. This role was announced by the PM David Cameron when he set out the government’s plans to introduce emergency legislation to preserve data retention and investigation powers (the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014) in July 2014, however, no mention is made of the post in the legislation.
The post, which is based in the Cabinet Office and reports to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, through the Cabinet Secretary, has as its "overarching objective ... to lead discussions with governments, other key international partners and Communications Service Providers (CPSs) [sic] on ways to improve access to and sharing of law enforcement and intelligence data in different jurisdictions." The Special Envoy regularly updates the Prime Minister and ministerial colleagues on the progress of these discussions and provides comprehensive advice on how best to handle these difficult issues. A public two-page report resulted in June 2015. Sheinwald described his work thus:
Sheinwald remarked on the trouble with the US Wiretap and Stored Communications Acts, and seemed to feel that EU's Mutual Legal Assistance Convention and the US/UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) would be a partial solution to data sharing and jurisdictional problems. He also suggested a "new international framework" to allow "certain democratic countries—with similar values and high standards of oversight, transparency and privacy protection" to act on urgent counter-terrorism requests.
Sheinwald said that the British still struggled to obtain access to data, but since he was appointed, cooperation on the most urgent requests, "particularly in the areas of counter-terrorism and other threat-to-life and child-protection cases" with the US companies had increased. He remarked: "The companies' assistance in these cases has improved, showing the value of active engagement with them. Cooperation remains incomplete, and the companies and governments concerned agree that we need to work on longer term solutions."
One newspaper characterised the report as saying |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason%20Gully%20%28meteorite%29 | Mason Gully is an ordinary chondrite of subclass H5, and is the second meteorite to be recovered using the Desert Fireball Network (DFN) camera observatory. One stone weighing 24.5g was observed to fall by the Desert Fireball Network observatory in Western Australia on 13 April 2010 at 10h36m10s UTC. It was recovered by the DFN on 3 November 2010 by Dr. R. Merle and the Fireball network recovery team, and was found 150m from its predicted fall location based upon the observed trajectory and calculated mass.
Petrography, composition and physical properties
Mason Gully is an ordinary chondrite- a group of meteorites which are frequently found on the Earth's surface and make up a large proportion of the observed meteorite falls. It was identified as belonging to the H chemical class, which has a high siderophile element component (H), typically contains small chondrules, and has an oxygen isotopic signature closest to the terrestrial fractionation line out of all ordinary chondrites. A petrologic type of 5 indicates it has undergone a moderate amount of thermal metamorphism, which has caused some chemical homogenization and resulted in less distinct chondrule edges and secondary mineral growth.
This meteorite shows low levels of terrestrial weathering, consistent with residing in a region of low precipitation for 7 months. The stone was 3 cm in length along the longest axis, approximately 50% fusion crusted, and has a porosity of 10.7%. It exhibits very low levels of shock and is therefore classified as an S1.
Petrogenesis and origin
Mason Gully has an unusually high porosity and different mineralogy when compared to other H5 chondrites. Its porosity comes from intergranular void spaces rather than microscopic cracks, which is likely due to the low shock the rock has experienced. Whilst lithophile elemental abundances are consistent with other H chondrites, the uranium and titanium abundances are noticeably lower. Conversely, heavy refractory elements are enriched relative to the H chondrite group.
The modal ratio of olivine:pyroxene is oddly low for an H5 ordinary chondrite; typical values are ~1.31, and yet modal analyses indicate the ratio for Mason Gully is as low as 0.84. Plagioclase abundance is also lower than typical values, but Fe(Ni)-metal abundances are higher than average for the H5 group.
Metamorphic temperatures were determined based upon the measured oxygen fugacity, using the two-pyroxene and olivine-spinel geothermometry methods. The two-pyroxene approach yielded temperatures between 865 °C - 900 °C, whilst the olivine-spinel approach yielded a temperature of 705 °C. These results are very similar to the H6 Kernouvé implying both samples experienced similar metamorphic temperatures.
The source of the unusual features of the sample relative to other H5 chondrites has yet to be agreed upon. The olivine and pyroxene ratios may result from the metamorphic history of the parent body; reactions between olivines, low-Ca pyroxenes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship%20Troopers%3A%20Traitor%20of%20Mars | Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars is a 2017 Japanese-American adult computer-animated military science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki and Masaru Matsumoto and written by Edward Neumeier. The film is a sequel to Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) and the fifth installment of the Starship Troopers film series. It also marks the return of two original actors; Casper Van Dien reprises his role as Johnny Rico from the first and third films and Dina Meyer reprises her role as Dizzy Flores from the first film.
Plot
After the events of Invasion, Johnny Rico has been demoted to the rank of colonel and relocated to a space station orbiting Mars to train a new batch of troopers. Unfortunately, his squad is incompetent. Mars overall has low support for the war, seeing their planet unaffected by the bug conflict and even suggesting pulling out from the war. Because of their laid-back attitude, the denizens of Mars are unprepared for a full-scale bug invasion. Unknown to everyone, Sky Marshal Amy Snapp executes her plans for power.
Snapp plans to destroy Mars while gaining popular support for doing it. She was well aware of the bug nest growing under Mars for some time but decides to take advantage of the bug attack to gain social and political support to scuttle the whole planet. She stages a fleet attack run on the Arachnid Quarantine Zone (AQZ) as a massive distraction. While no one notices, she plans to capture General Carl Jenkins, then fabricate a story in which the Federation was too distracted in the AQZ to save Mars and had to detonate a Q-Bomb (a planet destroyer whose power was demonstrated in the third film) to cleanse the bug threat, thus blaming Jenkins for the loss of Mars.
During the bug attack, Rico and his team survive the initial assault and manage to land on the Mars surface. While the bulk of the Federation start their attack run on the AQZ, Snapp captures Jenkins and disrupts all communications between Earth and Mars. However, before he was captured, Jenkins telepathically reached out to Carmen Ibanez to return to Mars. Because Ibanez and Jenkins are trusted friends, Carmen redirects her ship back to Mars. Meanwhile, during a bug attack, Rico's troopers are found by a rescue drop ship and everyone makes it on board except for Rico, whom the team presumes dead. When regaining consciousness, Rico sees his dead lover, Dizzy Flores, who died in the first film, who asks him to help stop the Q-Bomb. Unknown to Rico, Dizzy is a telepathic projection from Jenkins. While being beaten and drugged by Snapp, Jenkins manages to telepathically motivate Rico to help stop the Q-Bomb. Snapp then publicly announces the fall of Mars.
Rico's surviving troopers realize he is alive and return to save him. Upon reuniting, the team heads towards the weather control tower to disarm the Q-Bomb. They overload the tower's systems to improvise a massive explosive device to thin out the enemy forces. With the Fed-Net back online, public reception of Snap |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-Czech%20Chamber%20of%20Industry%20and%20Commerce | The German-Czech Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DTIHK) is located in Prague and belongs to the worldwide network of German Chambers of Commerce Abroad. The Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce is the respective umbrella organisation. The DTIHK employs some 40 people and has about 670 voluntary members which makes it the largest bilateral Chamber of Commerce Abroad in the Czech Republic. AHK Services s.r.o. is the chambers service society and a wholly owned subsidiary of the DTIHK.
History
In 1993 the DTIHK was founded as replacement of the Delegation of the German Economy in the Czech Republic. In the beginning, the chamber had 191 member companies. This number doubled until 1998. In the following year, the DTIHK moved to their new offices at Wenceslas Square. In 2010, the service society AHK Services s.r.o. was founded as a wholly owned subsidiary. One year later, the DTIHK signed a cooperation agreement to open a shared regional office in Plzeň with the IHK Regensburg for Upper Palatinate/Kehlheim. In 2013, the chamber celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Organisation
The DTIHK's top body is the General Assembly, which meets once a year and elects eleven board members. Current president of the DTIHK is Milan Šlachta (Representative of Bosch Group in the Czech Republic and Slovakia). The chamber's operational business is led by the CEO and board member Bernard Bauer.
Functions
The DTIHK combines Czech with German business and promotes the politico-economic collaboration of both countries. By means of its subsidiary AHK Services s.r.o., the chamber can also advise and support companies with multiple services when they enter the market in the Czech Republic and Germany. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the DTIHK offers a broad network for German and Czech companies on-site, and represents their interests before politics and the public.
Official Representation of the German Economy
The Chambers of Commerce Abroad are the main actors of German foreign trade promotion on behalf of the federal Republic of Germany. They represent German economic interests in their respective host countries, inform about and promote the business location Germany.
Member-based Organisation
The Chambers of Commerce Abroad connect companies active in bilateral economic relations. Its members add to the chambers impact when communicating with politics, economy and administration about bilateral economic relations. They regularly meet at different events, such as Jour Fixes, Speed Business Meetings, the DTIHK summer party or the Oktoberfest in Prague.
Service Provider for Companies
German and Czech companies obtain support from DTIHK's subsidiary AHK Services s.r.o. when entering the respective country's market. Those services ma take the form of:
market & sales consultation | establishment of a company | investment consulting & legal advice | tax consulting & accounting | HR services | education & training | fair |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20Poulose%20Jacob | K. Poulose Jacob, Professor of Computer Science at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) since 1994, was Vice Chancellor (officiating - 2014) and Pro Vice Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology - 2013 to 2017.
Early education and career
Poulose Jacob joined Cochin University of Science and Technology as a lecturer in 1983 after serving in the R&D group of a company in the computer peripheral manufacturing industry for one year. He has been teaching B.Tech. students at the university since 1980. He was the first PhD in Computer Engineering from the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). He was promoted to Reader in Computer Science in 1989 and subsequently to Professor in 1994.
Poulose Jacob is the founder Director of the School of Computer Science Studies at CUSAT. The MCA program of CUSAT currently administered at the Department of Computer Applications, a constituent of the School of Computer Science Studies, has been well served by his leadership. Two new M.Tech. programs were started in the Department of Computer Science, also a constituent of the School, under his initiative. The Information Technology branch in the undergraduate engineering program was conceived by his team, since adopted at the national level. He initiated the M.Tech. program in the branch of Computer Science & Engineering in the neighboring Mahatma Gandhi University, as the designated convener of the core committee. He initiated and developed several new laboratories at the UG and PG level at CUSAT. The CUSAT intranet as well as the CUSAT website was the result of his initiative and guidance. He has been director of the CUSAT Computer Centre and also initiated the Centre for Information Resource Management (CIRM), which presently supports the entire digital resources in CUSAT.
He was the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and has served as chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Science, as well as chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Applications and the Board of Studies in Engineering. As chairman of the Board of Studies in Defence Science and Technology at CUSAT, he played lead role in tailoring the academic programmes of the Naval Schools under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. He has also served as Dean of the Faculty of Technology and as member of the CUSAT Syndicate. He has been a member of Academic Council of CUSAT continuously since 1994, right up to 2021 creating a record of tenure. He was elected to the university senate, repeatedly for a continuous term of 12 years.
He held additional administrative responsibilities at CUSAT, such as Head of the Department of Computer Applications. He was Director of the Centre for MHO Co-operation, which was managing the 150 million Indian rupee funding assistance from the Dutch Government, for improving standards in identified areas of teaching and research in the university. He was the designated officer to liaise with the funding agency at the Hague and wit |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20Animation%20Recorder | PAR, the Personal Animation Recorder, is an analog video playback device for Amiga computers built by DPS (Digital Processing Systems, Canada) in 1993. It fits into an Amiga's Zorro II/III slot available in the Amiga 2000/3000/4000 models. It's capable of PAL or NTSC full-frame realtime or single-frame playback, using dedicated harddiscs connected to the board's IDE controller. Additional devices for the PAR include the DPS AD-3000 (PAL) video capture board, the DPS Personal TBC IV (NTSC) video capture and time-base-corrector board, and the Sunrize AD-516 audio recording and playback board.
References
Amiga |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro%20Longo%20%28journalist%29 | Alessandro Longo (born 29 October 1976 in Taranto) is an Italian technology journalist and editor-in-chief of the Italian newspapers Agendadigitale.eu and Cybersecurity360.
He has been a regular contributor to La Repubblica (over one thousand articles published), L'espresso and Il Sole 24 Ore, since 2003.
He also wrote a scientific book on Artificial Intelligence in 2020 (second edition 2021) for Mondadori Education, the academic branch of one of the biggest Italian publishers.
Around one hundred of his investigative features have been published on the first pages of La Repubblica and Il Sole 24 Ore over the years.
As technical evangelist he has been hosted since 2002 in some very popular TV programs on Rai 1, Rai 2 and Rai 3 and Striscia la Notizia (one of the most popular TV shows in Italy, with around 3-6 million viewers).
He is also a regular participant in the main Italian-Swiss radio station, Radiotelevisione svizzera (Radio 1).
He wrote the first Italian book on Voice over IP technology in 2005.
Bibliography
Come si fa a telefonare gratis, o quasi, con internet,
''Intelligenza artificiale,
References
External links
Agenda Digitale
FPA
Technology journalists
Technology evangelists
1976 births
Living people
People from Taranto |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badouel%20intersection%20algorithm | The Badouel ray-triangle intersection algorithm, named after its inventor Didier Badouel, is a fast method for calculating the intersection of a ray and a triangle in three dimensions without needing precomputation of the plane equation of the plane containing the triangle.
External links
Ray-Polygon Intersection An Efficient Ray-Polygon Intersection by Didier Badouel from Graphics Gems I
Computational geometry |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM%20SIGHPC | ACM SIGHPC is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing, an international community of students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners working on research and in professional practice related to supercomputing, high-end computers, and cluster computing. The organization co-sponsors international conferences related to high performance and scientific computing, including: SC, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis; the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference; Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC); and PPoPP, the Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming.
History
ACM SIGHPC was founded on November 1, 2011, with the support of ACM SIGARCH. The first chair was Cherri Pancake, who was also the 1999 ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference chair.
During its formation, the SIG was led by a set of volunteer officers:
These officers were replaced by the first elected slate of officers in July 2013, with subsequent elections scheduled every three years.
In addition to elected officers, the SIG is supported by a variety of appointed volunteer leaders who are responsible for membership coordination, creating the newsletter, and other duties needed to operate the SIG; the roles vary as the needs of the SIG change over time. These volunteer leaders are appointed by the SIG chair.
Conferences
ACM SIGHPC co-sponsors the following international conferences related to high performance computing:
The SC Conference, the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis.
Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC)
Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming PPoPP
Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC)
In addition, ACM SIGHPC supports the following conferences with in-cooperation status:
IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers
IEEE Cluster Conference
EuroMPI/USA Conference
Grants and Awards
SIGHPC offers a variety of travel grants to support student participation in its conferences, including a program in partnership with ACM-W that focuses specifically on participation by women. SIGHPC also sponsors an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, given each year for the best doctoral dissertation completed in high performance computing. This award is open to students studying anywhere in the world who have completed a PhD dissertation with HPC as a central research theme.
The SIG also sponsors the Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award. This award is offered once every two years and recognizes a woman in high performance and technical computing during the important middle years of their career for their work in research, education, and/or practice over the five to fifteen years after completi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixture%20of%20experts | Mixture of experts (MoE) is a machine learning technique where multiple expert networks (learners) are used to divide a problem space into homogeneous regions. It differs from ensemble techniques in that typically only one or a few expert models will be run, rather than combining results from all models.
Basic theory
In mixture of experts, we always have the following ingredients, but they are constructed and combined differently.
There are experts , each taking in the same input , and produces outputs .
There is a single weighting function (aka gating function) , which takes in and produces a vector of outputs .
is the set of parameters. The parameter is for the weighting function.
Given an input , the mixture of experts produces a single combined output by combining according to the weights in some way.
Both the experts and the weighting function are trained by minimizing some form of loss function, generally by gradient descent. There is a lot of freedom in choosing the precise form of experts, the weighting function, and the loss function.
Meta-pi network
The meta-pi network, reported by Hampshire and Waibel, uses as the output. The model is trained by performing gradient descent on the mean-squared error loss . The experts may be arbitrary functions.
In their original publication, they were solving the problem of classifying phonemes in speech signal from 6 different Japanese speakers, 2 females and 4 males. They trained 6 experts, each being a "time-delayed neural network" (essentially a multilayered convolution network over the mel spectrogram). They found that the resulting mixture of experts dedicated 5 experts for 5 of the speakers, but the 6th (male) speaker does not have a dedicated expert, instead his voice was classified by a linear combination of the experts for the other 3 male speakers.
Adaptive mixtures of local experts
The adaptive mixtures of local experts uses a gaussian mixture model. Each expert simply predicts a gaussian distribution, and totally ignores the input. Specifically, the -th expert predicts that the output is , where is a learnable parameter. The weighting function is a linear-softmax function:The mixture of experts predict that the output is distributed according to the probability density function:It is trained by maximal likelihood estimation, that is, gradient ascent on . The gradient for the -th expert is
and the gradient for the weighting function is
For each input-output pair , the weighting function is changed to increase the weight on all experts that performed above average, and decrease the weight on all experts that performed below average. This encourages the weighting function to learn to select only the expects that make the right predictions for each input.
The -th expert is changed to make its prediction closer to , but the amount of change is proportional to . This has a Bayesian interpretation. Given input , the prior probability that expert is the right one is , and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM%20SIGOPS | ACM SIGOPS is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Operating Systems, an international community of students, faculty, researchers, and practitioners associated with research and development related to operating systems. The organization sponsors international conferences related to computer systems, operating systems, computer architectures, distributed computing, and virtual environments. In addition, the organization offers multiple awards recognizing outstanding participants in the field, including the Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award, in honor of Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of the C programming language and Unix operating system.
History
In 1965, Henriette Avram started the ACM Special Interest Committee on Time-Sharing (SICTIME), and Arthur M. Rosenberg became the first chair. In 1968, the name was changed to ACM SIGOPS. By 1969, the organization included nearly 1000 members.
Conferences
ACM SIGOPS sponsors the following industry conferences, some independently and some in partnership with industry participants such as ACM SIGPLAN, USENIX, Oracle, Microsoft, and VMWare.
APSYS: Asia-Pacific Workshop on Systems
ASPLOS: International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems
EuroSys: European Conference on Computer Systems
OSDI: USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation
PODC: Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
SOCC: International Symposium on Cloud Computing
SOSP: Symposium on Operating Systems Principles
SYSTOR: ACM International Systems and Storage Conference
VEE: International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments
Hall of Fame
ACM SIGOPS includes a Hall of Fame Award, started in 2005, recognizing influential papers from ten or more years in the past. Notable recipients include:
Leslie Lamport (2013)
Barbara Liskov (2012)
Richard Rashid
Dennis Ritchie (2002)
Journal
ACM SIGOPS publishes the Operating Systems Review (OSR), a forum for topics including operating systems and architecture for multiprogramming, multiprocessing, and time-sharing, and computer system modeling and analysis.
See also
Cloud computing
Computer engineering
Computer multitasking
Computer science
Computing
Kernel
List of operating systems
Operating system
Timeline of operating systems
Virtual machine
References
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Groups
International professional associations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHSIL-FM | XHSIL-FM is a radio station on 99.9 FM in Siltepec, Chiapas. It is part of the state-owned Radio Chiapas state network.
Radio Siltepec, La Señal de la Sierra
Prior to the establishment of a properly licensed radio station, the Chiapas state network established a pirate station in Siltepec, known as Radio Siltepec, La Señal de la Sierra. This station signed on August 2, 2012, on 102.5 MHz and was officially acknowledged by the state network for years despite not holding a concession.
History with concession
On February 22, 2017, the IFT awarded a public concession for the Chiapas state network to build a properly licensed station in Siltepec, with callsign XHSIL-FM and broadcasting on a frequency of 99.9 MHz.
References
Radio stations in Chiapas
Public radio in Mexico
2017 establishments in Mexico |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakata%20Yogam | Sakata Yogam () is a 1946 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Padmanaban. The film stars Kothamangalam Seenu and V. N. Janaki.
Cast
List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan
Male cast
Kothamangalam Seenu
T. R. Ramachandran
Vidvan Srinivasan
T. S. Durairaj
Kali N. Rathnam
Female cast
V. N. Janaki
Mayavaram Pappa
P. A. Periyanayaki
C. T. Rajakantham
Production
The film was produced and directed by R. Padmanaban. P. Neelakantan wrote the screenplay and dialogues. The film was shot at Modern Theatres.
Soundtrack
Lyrics were written by Palavangkudi Sama, S. G. Chellappa Iyer, Udumalai Narayana Kavi and T. K. Sundara Vathiyar. No music composer was credited. 2 songs sung by Kothamangalam Seenu - Bhoomi Iyarkai Kaana Kaana and Kalai Gnaaname Arulvaai became popular.
References
External links
1940s Tamil-language films
Indian black-and-white films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrakat | Intrakat, one of the companies in Greece, established in 1987, is involved in large-scale construction projects, including civil engineering, infrastructure, telecom network, renewable energy, environmental and real estate development projects in both the public and private sectors.
Following the delivery of Paros and Karpathos airports (airport terminal, airside), Intrakat has been awarded in March 2017 by Fraport Greece as the contractor to design and built all the refurbishment, remodelling and expansion works in 14 peripheral airports in Greece.
Intrakat is a member of the Intracom Holdings Group, one of the multinational technology groups in S.E Europe.
References
Construction and civil engineering companies of Greece
Companies listed on the Athens Exchange
Greek brands
Intracom Group |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Oregon%20Trail%20%28series%29 | The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games. The first game was originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974. The original game was designed to teach 8th grade schoolchildren about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley via a covered wagon in 1848.
History
In 1971, Don Rawitsch, a senior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, taught an 8th grade history class as a student teacher. He used HP Time-Shared BASIC running on an HP 2100 minicomputer to write a computer program to help teach the subject. Rawitsch recruited two friends and fellow student teachers, Paul Dillenberger and Bill Heinemann, to help.
The original core gameplay concepts that have been included in every subsequent version are initial supply purchase, occasional food hunting, occasional supply purchase at forts, inventory management of supplies, variable travel speed depending upon conditions, frequent misfortunes, and game over upon death or successfully reaching Oregon.
The game that would be later named The Oregon Trail debuted to Rawitsch's class on December 3, 1971. Although the minicomputer's teletype and paper tape terminals that predate display screens were awkward to children, the game was immediately popular, and he made it available to users of the minicomputer time-sharing network owned by Minneapolis Public Schools. When the next semester ended, Rawitsch printed out a copy of the source code and deleted it from the minicomputer.
MECC
In 1974, the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC), a state-funded organization that developed educational software for the classroom, hired Rawitsch. He retyped the game from a printout of the 1971 BASIC code into the organization's time-sharing network. Then, he modified the frequency and details of the random events that occurred in the game, to more accurately reflect the accounts he had read in the historical diaries of people who had traveled the trail. In 1975, when his updates were finished, he made the game titled OREGON available to all the schools on the timeshare network. The game became one of the network's most popular programs, with thousands of players monthly.
Rawitsch published the source code of The Oregon Trail, written in BASIC 3.1 for the CDC Cyber 70/73-26, in Creative Computings May–June 1978 issue. That year, MECC began encouraging schools to adopt the Apple II microcomputer. John Cook adapted the game for the Apple II, and it appeared on A.P.P.L.E.'s PDS Disk series No. 108. A further version called Oregon Trail 2 was adapted in June 1978 by J.P. O'Malley. The game was further released as part of MECC's Elementary series, on Elementary Volume 6 in 1980. The game was titled simply Oregon, and featured mini |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected%20City%2C%20Florida | The Connected City is a planned community with the intention of having a fiber network infrastructure in place that houses Gigabit internet service. It is located in Wesley Chapel, Florida in Pasco County. The community will include a Saint Leo University Education Center, a wellness district sponsored by Florida Hospital and Tampa General Hospital, and the first Crystal Lagoon in the United States.
The Connected City Corridor was created by Florida Senate Bill 1216 in May 2015 through a private public partnership between Metro Development Group and Pasco County. This bill states that the chosen area will be used as a 10-year "pilot program" for future further implementation in additional counties.
Crystal Lagoon
The Connected City will have the first crystalline public pool lagoon in the United States. Powered by Crystal Lagoons' technology this is a massive pool that uses utilizes environmentally sustainable technologies and minimal chemicals. This public pool lagoon will be 7.5 acres and 4,200 linear square feet in circumference. The average depth will be 8 feet, with a maximum depth of 12 feet. It will have 95% non Epperson residents, a swim-up bar, watersport activities all for money, not free to residents, beaches, and an island.
ULTRAFi
The Connected City will be completely wired for 1 GB internet speeds through a service called ULTRAFi. This service is created by Metro Development Group and is provided by Spectrum, who beat out proposals from fiber internet services such as Verizon FiOS and Gigabit Squared. The infrastructure being installed in the Connected City has the capability to be increased up to 10 GB in the future.
Residential Development
The first residential development within the Connected City is the community of Epperson. Upon completion, it will have around 3,000 homes, all of which will feature ULTRAFi technology and access to the Crystal Lagoon. In total, the Connected City is planned to have around 37,000 homes.
Education
The developer of Connected City, Metro Development Group, has partnered with Saint Leo University to create a state-of-the art education center. The center will utilize ULTRAFi to allow students taking specialized business, computer science, and cyber security online from around the world. The education facility will also house other Universities.
Healthcare
A portion of Connected City will be dedicated to a Wellness District, constructed in partnership with Florida Hospital and Tampa General Hospital. The district will include a hospital, research center, and health care facilities. Telemedicine and at-home health options will also be available for residents to take advantage of.
Transportation
Multimodal transportation networks are currently in development for the Connected City. Self driving and electric vehicles will be provided by Meridian Autonomous Systems. The Meridian Autonomous Vehicle (World Bus by Mobi-Cubed), will be the first self-driving vehicle in the Connected City. Update. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete-time%20proportional%20hazards | Hazard rate models are widely used to model duration data in a wide range
of disciplines, from bio-statistics to economics.
Grouped duration data are widespread in many applications. Unemployment durations are typically measured over weeks or months and these time intervals may be considered too large for continuous approximations to hold. In this case, we will typically have grouping points , where . Models allow for time-invariant and time-variant covariates, but the latter require stronger assumptions in terms of exogeneity. The discrete-time hazard function can be written as:
where is the survivor function. It can be shown that this can be rewritten as:
These probabilities provide the building blocks for setting up the Likelihood function, which ends up being:
This maximum likelihood maximization depends on the specification of the baseline hazard functions. These specifications include fully parametric models, piece-wise-constant proportional hazard models, or partial likelihood approaches that estimate the baseline hazard as a nuisance function. Alternatively, one can be more flexible for the baseline hazard and impose more structure for This approach performs well for certain measures and can approximate arbitrary hazard functions relatively well, while not imposing stringent computational requirements. When the covariates are omitted from the analysis, the maximum likelihood boils down to the Kaplan-Meier estimator of the survivor function.
Another way to model discrete duration data is to model transitions using binary choice models.
References
Survival analysis
Econometric modeling |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appian%20Corporation | Appian Corporation is a cloud computing and enterprise software company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, part of the Dulles Technology Corridor. The company sells a platform as a service (PaaS) for building enterprise software applications. It is focused on low-code development, process mining, business process management, and case management markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
History
Founding and early growth: 1999–2013
Appian was founded in 1999 by Michael Beckley, Robert Kramer, Marc Wilson and Matthew Calkins, who serves as CEO.
In 2001, the company developed Army Knowledge Online, regarded at the time as “the world's largest intranet."
In 2005, the company expanded into financial services and other private markets. It became known for its low-code platform.
In 2010, Appian Cloud was accredited with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) low-level security by the U.S. Education Department. In 2013, it received FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation from the General Services Administration (GSA).
Secondary investments and NASDAQ: 2014–2017
In 2014, the company received $37.5 million in secondary investments from New Enterprise Associates, which was paid out to shareholders. In 2015, transportation company Ryder began using the Appian apps instead of paper processing during the checkout process and internally for truck maintenance records.
In 2016, Vontobel, a global investment firm, started using Appian's Low-Code Platform to improve its business processes.
On May 25, 2017, Appian became a publicly traded company, trading as APPN on the NASDAQ Global Exchange.
Process mining and artificial intelligence: 2018–present
In May 2019, Appian released Appian AI, enabling artificial intelligence capabilities on its platform. In March 2020, the company updated the platform's Artificial intelligence and robotic process automation capabilities. In 2021, the company was named a leader in Digital Process Automation software by Forrester.
In 2022, Appian started highlighting the importance of low-code tools in improving environmental, social & corporate governance (ESG). The company stressed that embedding these tools within operational processes makes it easier for companies to integrate ESG data sources, adapt to regulations, and remain in control of auditability.
In February, the company secured provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to allow its low-code platform-as-a-service “to handle Impact Level 5 controlled unclassified information and national security systems”. This lets defense customers use Appian Government Cloud as well as the Appian Low-Code Platform.
In March, Horizon Power, a Western Australian energy utility, wanted to transfer from manual process to automation and started using Appian's low-code platform to improve internal workflows and processes.
April 2022, process mining, first available in January, was fully integrated into all |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Plot%20to%20Hack%20America | The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election is a non-fiction book by Malcolm Nance about the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It was published in paperback, audiobook, and e-book formats in 2016 by Skyhorse Publishing. A second edition was also published the same year, and a third edition in 2017. Nance researched Russian intelligence, working as a Russian interpreter and studying KGB history.
Nance described the black propaganda warfare known as active measures by RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik News. He recounts Vladimir Putin's KGB rise, and details the myriad links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies. Nance concludes that Putin managed the cyberattack by hacker groups Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear.
The Wall Street Journal placed the book in its list of "Best-Selling Books" for the week of February 19, 2017, at seventh place in the category "Nonfiction E-Books". New York Journal of Books called it "an essential primer for anyone wanting to be fully informed about the unprecedented events surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential election." Napa Valley Register described Nance's work as "the best book on the subject". The Huffington Post remarked Putin had played a Game of Thrones with the election. Newsweek wrote that the problem with disinformation tactics is that by the time they are debunked, the public has already consumed the falsehoods.
Summary
The book is dedicated to U.S. Army officer Humayun Khan and begins with a foreword by Spencer Ackerman. Nance details Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections and describes how, in March 2016, Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers were hacked by someone seeking opposition research on Donald Trump. Nance learnt of a hacker, Guccifer 2.0, who would release hacked DNC materials. Nance gives context including Trump's motivations to run for President after being made fun of at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, his criticism of Barack Obama, and his entry into the 2016 race for the White House.
Nance discusses black propaganda techniques used by the Russian Federation, and characterizes RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik News as agencies of disinformation. He asserts that President Vladimir Putin was intimately involved in the Russian intelligence operation to elect Trump, directing the entire covert operation himself.
In "Trump's Agents, Putin's Assets", Nance delves further into links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies, asserting that multiple agents of Trump were assets for Putin, providing access to Trump. Nance identifies Putin's strategy for electing Trump as American president, referred to as "Operation Lucky-7: The Kremlin Plan to Elect a President", and describes this as a multitask effort involving hacking into the DNC to acquire the personal information of their members, as well as to seek out compromising material known as kompromat.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip%20Prichard | David Prichard, known as Skip Prichard, is an American business executive who serves as president and CEO of OCLC, a global nonprofit computer library service and research organization.
Early life and education
Prichard was born in New Jersey and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Career
Prichard held executive positions with LexisNexis from 1995 to 2003. As vice president, he focused on business information and risk management solutions for corporations, libraries, and other organizations.
Prichard was general manager and senior vice president of sales and marketing at ProQuest Information and Learning, a global publisher and information provider, from April 2003 to October 2005. From October 2005 to April 2007, he served as president and CEO of ProQuest. In February 2006, an accounting irregularity was discovered, creating financial difficulty for the company. In November 2006, ProQuest sold its Business Solutions automotive division to Snap-on Incorporated for $481 million. The proceeds of this transaction were used to repay debt.
Prichard served as COO and then as president and CEO of Ingram Content Group Inc., a print and digital services supplier to the book industry, from August 2007 to June 2012. Prichard was responsible for the $1.5 billion global enterprises that included Ingram Book Group, VitalSource, Coutts Information Services, and Ingram Library Services.
Prichard was named president and CEO of OCLC on July 1, 2013. During his leadership, OCLC has expanded their WorldCat Discovery Services as ProQuest added more than 320 million records, enhancing library discovery. Harvard Business Review noted Prichard as a "standout example" of CEO engagement on social media, writing that he "blogs on leadership and shares insights from his favorite authors – often with no direct benefit to him or his organization." In 2021, Prichard received $2.19 million in total compensation.
In 2017, Prichard published The Book of Mistakes: 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future, based on stories culled from interviews of "over a thousand unbelievably successful people ranging from politicians to news anchors to sports heroes." Prichard said, "I wrote it from the mistake angle because I actually learned as much, if not more, from people talking about their mistakes. All of us make mistakes, and the wisdom from these mistakes is often more valuable than advice from the supersuccessful."
Publications
The Book of Mistakes. 9 Secrets to Creating a Successful Future. [Nashville], Center Street, 2018.
References
External links
'ALA 2017 Spotlight: Four Questions with Skip Prichard'. In: Publishers Weekly, 17 June 2017
1960s births
Living people
OCLC people
Towson University alumni
University of Baltimore School of Law alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro.blog | Micro.blog is a microblogging and social networking service created by Manton Reece.
It is the first large multi-user social media service to support the Webmention and Micropub standards published by the World Wide Web Consortium, and is part of the Fediverse, supporting ActivityPub.
History
Micro.blog has features similar to Twitter or Instagram, and provides for posting status updates, articles, photos, short podcasts, and video. Micro.blog also supports long-form blogging.
It was launched on April 24, 2017, after a Kickstarter campaign that reached its funding target within one day. The service
was built using Jekyll, but later transitioned to Hugo. Users can post using hosted accounts or import RSS feeds from other self-hosted blogs to syndicate them into the network from other websites they run. Users can also import their posts from Twitter, WordPress, Tumblr, and the defunct microblogging service App.net.
Some of the Kickstarter Campaign rewards involved access to a book on Indie Microblogging that Reece committed to writing. A full draft of this now exists (as of 2022-12-22) and is publicly available.
The web hosting service DreamHost supported Micro.blog's Kickstarter campaign, and announced their intent to help customers create independent microblogs hosted at DreamHost that are compatible with Micro.blog.
Philosophy
Micro.blog encourages users to publish under their own domain as part of its
support for the IndieWeb "POSSE" principles—Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. This publishing model involves the end user posting content to their own domain name based site first, then using web standards to syndicate to multiple other social networks and platforms.
Micro.blog supports syndication to Facebook Pages, as well as to Twitter, Facebook, Medium, LinkedIn, Mastodon, and Tumblr accounts. It also supports importing from data exported from WordPress, and supports cross-posting from Instagram to micro.blog.
Micro.blog eschews many of
the common features of Twitter and other microblogging platforms.
For example, Micro.blog does not show
follower counts, does not have
hashtags,
public likes
or trending topics,
does not have equivalents of
retweeting
or quote tweeting,
does not algorithmically recommend users and like
Mastodon, and does not have full-text search
as part of the service
or client apps. Reece says in his book:
"It mirrors a philosophy we have with Micro.blog to launch without follower
counts or public likes."
Unusually, for a social network, Micro.blog's first full time employee
was a Community Manager,
Jean Macdonald,
who—among other things—produces a hand-curated "Discover" section on
Micro.blog.
Reece explains some of this in his book, saying:
"I think more social networks should do things that don’t scale,
prioritizing safety over profit. For example, in Micro.blog the
featured posts in Discover are curated by humans instead of
algorithms."
He also writes:
Micro.blog doesn't make it particula |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20Labs | Body Labs is a Manhattan-based software company founded in 2013. Body Labs is a software provider of human-aware artificial intelligence that understands the 3D body shape and motion of people from RGB photos or videos.
In October 2017, the company was acquired by Amazon.
History
Body Labs was founded by Michael J. Black, William J. O'Farrell, Eric Rachlin, and Alex Weiss who were connected at Brown University and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.
In 2002, Black was researching how to create a statistical model of the human body. While Black was teaching a course on computer vision at Brown University, the Virginia State Police contacted him about a robbery and murder at a 7-Eleven. The police wanted to use computer vision to identify the suspect in a surveillance video. By creating a statistical model, Black's group could vindicate some of the evidence in the case like confirming the suspect's height.
On November 13, 2014, Body Labs announced $2.2 million in Seed funding led by FirstMark Capital, with additional investors including New York Angels and existing investors.
On November 3, 2015, Body Labs announced $11 million in Series A funding led by Intel Capital, with additional investors including FirstMark Capital, Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH, Osage University Partners, Catalus Capital and the company founders.
Products
BodyKit
On March 3, 2015, Body Labs launched BodyKit, a collection of API’s and embeddable components for integrating the human body into apps and tools.
Body Labs Blue
On July 20, 2016, Body Labs launched Body Labs Blue, an API and embeddable Web interface that takes physical measurements and predicts additional digital measurements to help with custom clothing creation.
Body Labs Red
On October 5, 2016, Body Labs launched Body Labs Red, an API for automatically processing 3D scans into a full 3D body model. Additionally, Body Labs announced a partnership with 3dMD to process their 3D scans.
Mosh Mobile App
On Feb. 15, 2017, Body Labs released Mosh on the App Store, an Apple iOS app, the predicts the 3D human pose and shape of a subject and renders 3D effects on them.
SOMA: Human-Aware AI
On June 1, 2017, Body Labs launched SOMA, software that uses artificial intelligence to predict 3D human shape and motion from RGB photos or video.
On July 21, 2017, Body Labs launched SOMA Shape API for 3D model and Measurement Prediction. Shape API allows third party apps to easily connect to the SOMA backend.
References
Amazon (company) acquisitions
Software companies based in New York City
Companies based in Manhattan
Software companies established in 2013
2013 establishments in New York City
American companies established in 2013
2017 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct software companies of the United States
Defunct computer companies based in New York (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliana%20Borcea | Liliana Borcea is the Peter Field Collegiate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. Her research interests are in scientific computing and applied mathematics, including the scattering and transport of electromagnetic waves.
Education and career
Borcea is originally from Romania, and earned a diploma in applied physics in 1987 from the University of Bucharest. She came to Stanford University for her graduate studies in Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics, earning a master's degree in 1992 and completing her doctorate in 1996, under the supervision of George C. Papanicolaou.
After postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, she joined the Rice University department of Computational and Applied Mathematics in 1996, and became the Noah Harding Professor at Rice in 2007. In 2013 she moved to Michigan as Peter Field Collegiate Professor. She served on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM).
Recognition
She was recognized as the AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer for 2017, selected "for her distinguished scientific contributions to the mathematical and numerical analysis of wave propagation in random media, array imaging in complex environments, and inverse problems in high-contrast electrical impedance tomography, as well as model reduction techniques for parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations." She is a member of the 2018 class of SIAM Fellows. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.
References
External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Romanian mathematicians
American women mathematicians
University of Bucharest alumni
Stanford University alumni
Rice University faculty
University of Michigan faculty
Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
20th-century women mathematicians
21st-century women mathematicians
20th-century American women scientists
21st-century American women
20th-century American women academics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20%28play%29 | Network is a play by Lee Hall, adapted from the 1976 film of the same name which had an Academy Award–winning screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky and was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Production history
The play premiered in the Lyttleton Theatre at the National Theatre in London on 13 November 2017 (following previews from 4 November) and ran until 24 March 2018. The production was directed by Ivo Van Hove and starred Bryan Cranston as Howard Beale.
The play featured set and lighting design by Jan Versweyveld, video design by Tal Yarden, costume design by An D'Huys, music by Eric Sleichim and sound design by Tom Gibbons. It was produced in association with Patrick Myles, David Luff, Ros Povey and Lee Menzies and supported by Marcia Grand for the memory of Richard Grand.
The play also featured a live onstage television studio and an onstage restaurant titled Foodwork, where audience members could enjoy a three-course meal while watching the play.
The production premiered on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre, with previews beginning on 10 November 2018 and officially opening on 6 December 2018. Originally, the production was scheduled to run for 18 weeks only to March 17, but extended multiple times before closing on 08 June 2019, the day before Cranston won the Tony. Originally, the transfer was scheduled to play the Cort Theatre, but following the early closure of Gettin' the Band Back Together, producers announced that the play would open at the Belasco Theatre. Cranston reprises the role of Howard Beale alongside Tatiana Maslany in her Broadway debut as Diana Christensen and Tony Goldwyn as Max Schumacher.
Plot
The plot closely follows that of the 1976 film but uses stage devices and audio visual technology to immerse the audience as participants. The audience becomes part of the play both as diners and a studio audience. The distance between fact and fiction is reduced, mimicking the blurring of truth and fiction in contemporary news media.
Reception
The London production of the play received mostly rave reviews, singling out Cranston's performance.
Cast and characters
Awards and nominations
Original London production
Original Broadway production
References
External links
English plays
Plays based on films
2017 plays
Plays by Lee Hall (playwright)
Plays set in New York City |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upgrade%20%28film%29 | Upgrade is a 2018 cyberpunk action film written and directed by Leigh Whannell and starring Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, and Harrison Gilbertson. Upgrade follows a technophobe who is implanted with a chip that allows him to control his body after a mugging left him paralyzed. The film was produced by Jason Blum, under his Blumhouse Productions banner.
After premiering on 10 March 2018 at South by Southwest, Upgrade was released on 1 June 2018 in the United States by OTL Releasing and Blumhouse Tilt, and on 14 June in Australia. The film received positive reviews from critics, who called it "one part The Six Million Dollar Man, one part Death Wish revenge fantasy", and praised its dark humor and action sequences.
Plot
In 2046, Grey Trace, an auto mechanic, lives with his wife Asha who works for Cobalt, one of the companies contributing to human-computer augmentations. Grey asks Asha to help him return a refurbished car to his client Eron Keen, a renowned tech innovator. While visiting his home, Eron reveals his latest creation, a chip called STEM that can manage a human’s motor functions.
Returning home, Grey and Asha's self-driving car malfunctions and crashes. Four men kill Asha and shoot Grey in the neck, severing his spinal cord. Grey returns home months later as a wheelchair-using quadriplegic, under the care of his mother, Pamela. Asha's death and the inability of Det. Cortez to identify their attackers causes Grey to sink into depression. After a suicide attempt, he is visited by Eron, who convinces him to accept a STEM implant.
Grey regains control of his limbs and Eron has Grey sign a non-disclosure agreement, requiring Grey to pretend to still be paralyzed. While looking through a drone video feed of his wife's murder, Grey hears STEM speak in his mind. STEM says it can help Grey get revenge and quickly identifies one of the assailants, Serk Brantner, from the video.
Grey breaks into Serk's home and finds proof Serk was "upgraded" through a secret military experiment, also connecting Serk to a local bar called the Old Bones. Serk arrives and attacks Grey, but STEM convinces Grey to temporarily give up control of his body, allowing STEM to turn Grey into a lethally efficient fighting machine, killing Serk with little effort. Cortez later sees drone footage of Grey’s wheelchair approaching Serk’s house, but his paralysis negates him as a suspect.
Eron has tracked STEM's movements and berates Grey for his vigilantism. Grey reveals STEM is speaking to him, which surprises Eron, who demands that Grey stop his investigation.
Grey proceeds to the Old Bones and finds Tolan, another of the assailants. Grey allows STEM to torture Tolan to death, first getting the name of the assailants' ringleader, Fisk. Leaving the bar, Grey stumbles, and STEM informs him that Eron is attempting to shut them down remotely. STEM directs Grey to a nearby hacker, Jamie, who manages to remove STEM's input guard, then leaves just as Fisk arrives. Grey, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taehoon%20Oh | Taehoon Oh is a computer graphic specialist, game designer and developer. He is a co-founder and COO at Studio Roqovan, formerly known as Reload Studios. He was a lead artist and was one of the pioneer developers of the Call of Duty game franchise. He is also one of the co-founders of the non-gaming virtual reality subdivision of Studio Roqovan called Rascali, launched in September 2015.
Career
Oh is the owner of Stunt Corgi & serves as chief operating officer at Reload Studios, which he founded in 2014 with James Chung and later renamed as Studio Roqovan. There, in 2016, he developed a new game, World War Toons, a first-person multiplayer shooter game compatible with 3D VR (Virtual Reality) and PSVR.
While working for Infinity Ward (the original COD developers) from 2004 to 2014, Taehoon as a senior and lead artist designed over 50 vehicles and 100 weapons used in Call of duty’s different versions including Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call Of Duty Ghost.
In 2007, he won the global game art competition for the game Dominance War, and he served as a judge in various gaming competitions.
Early life
Oh's early education took place in South Korea. His gaming interest was developed when his father bought him an Apple II personal computer.
Awards
World Champion of global games art competition held in 2007 for the game Dominance war.
References
External links
Taehoon Oh webpage
Interview Taehoon Oh on KBS
Call of Duty official webpage
Living people
Game artists
American game designers
Fantasy artists
South Korean emigrants to the United States
Video game artists
Video game developers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOC%20%28software%29 | NOC is an open-source operations support system for telecommunications service providers. It can maintain network inventory, manage virtual circuits, maintain distributed DNS configuration and manage IP address blocks.
NOC Project is mentioned in the Configuration management and backup tools section of the 2019 GEANT SIG-NOC Tools Survey among other tools used by the community.
See also
Comparison of open-source configuration management software
Infrastructure as code (IaC)
Infrastructure as Code Tools
References
Python (programming language) software
Network management
Software using the BSD license |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Feir | John Feir is a Filipino comedian and actor. He is known for his work on Encantadia, Alyas Robin Hood and Pepito Manaloto. He is currently working as an exclusive talent of GMA Network.
Career
John started his TV career as part of a production team in various shows such as Lunch Date, SST, and Nut's Entertainment. In 1996, he got his break in the variety show That's Entertainment as Belli Flori.
Filmography
Television
Movies
References
External links
Filipino male comedians
Filipino male film actors
Filipino male television actors
Living people
GMA Network (company) people
GMA Network personalities
Tagalog people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Male actors from Manila
Comedians from Manila |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20greenways | Ireland's greenways are off-road routes for walkers, cyclists and other non-motorised transport in Ireland, which are often created as rail trails on abandoned sections of the Irish rail network. In the Republic of Ireland, several greenway initiatives have been centrally funded by the Irish government. In Northern Ireland, greenways are typically part of the collective British National Cycle Network (NCN).
Examples
There are a number of greenways (including several rail trails) in Ireland. Notable examples include the:
Boyne Greenway ()
Carlingford Lough Greenway (Carlingford to Omeath, ).
Grand Canal Cycleway ()
Great Southern Trail, comprising the Limerick Greenway and North Kerry Greenway, was long as of 2021
Great Western Greenway ()
Royal Canal Greenway ()
Waterford Greenway (, which opened in March 2017
Under construction
Ireland
A number of greenways have been proposed to be built (or are under construction or partially opened) in the Republic of Ireland. For example, in 2018, a section (from Athry to Cloonbeg) of the proposed Connemara Greenway was opened. In County Kerry, the Tralee-Fenit Greenway was partially completed as of 2021. Some sections of the Dublin-Galway Greenway, proposed ultimately to be a 'coast-to-coast' greenway and rail trail, have been partially opened.
Other examples include the Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway, some sections of which opened in 2015. and Cork Greenway. Progress on the proposed South Kerry Greenway was subject to planning challenges and decisions as of late 2021.
Northern Ireland
In 2016, Derry City and Strabane District Council in partnership with Donegal County Council, Sustrans Northern Ireland and the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) secured funding to construct 46.5 km of greenway and segregated cycling routes linking Derry in Northern Ireland to Muff and Buncrana in County Donegal. The project team was established in 2017, and the plan was to complete construction works by 2021. The project, funded by INTERREG VA and administered by the Special European Union Programmes Body, was titled the 'North West Greenway Network'. As of late 2021, work on some sections of the North West Greenway Network had reputedly begun, while other sections of the proposed cycleway have reportedly met with planning objections and land use issues.
References
External links
European Greenway Association and Greenways Inc (archived)
Website about the Deise greenway
Tralee Fenit Greenway
Existing Cycling Facilities Maps (2013) National Transport Authority of Ireland
Proposed strategic greenways in Greater Dublin (2013) irishcycle.com
Parks in the Republic of Ireland
Pedestrian infrastructure in the Republic of Ireland
Road infrastructure in the Republic of Ireland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons%20of%20Math%20Destruction | Weapons of Math Destruction is a 2016 American book about the societal impact of algorithms, written by Cathy O'Neil. It explores how some big data algorithms are increasingly used in ways that reinforce preexisting inequality. It was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction but did not make it through the shortlist. The book has been widely reviewed,
and won the Euler Book Prize.
Overview
O'Neil, a mathematician, analyses how the use of big data and algorithms in a variety of fields, including insurance, advertising, education, and policing, can lead to decisions that harm the poor, reinforce racism, and amplify inequality. According to National Book Foundation:
She posits that these problematic mathematical tools share three key features: they are opaque, unregulated, and difficult to contest. They are also scalable, thereby amplifying any inherent biases to affect increasingly larger populations. WMDs, or Weapons of Math Destruction, are mathematical algorithms that supposedly take human traits and quantify them, resulting in damaging effects and the perpetuation of bias against certain groups of people.
Reception
The book received widespread praise for elucidating the consequences of reliance on big data models for structuring socioeconomic resources. Clay Shirky from The New York Times Book Review said "O'Neil does a masterly job explaining the pervasiveness and risks of the algorithms that regulate our lives," while pointing out that "the section on solutions is weaker than the illustration of the problem". Kirkus Reviews praised the book for being "an unusually lucid and readable" discussion of a technical subject.
In 2019, the book won the Euler Book Prize of the Mathematical Association of America.
References
External links
Presentation by O'Neil on Weapons of Mass Destruction, September 20, 2016, C-SPAN
2016 non-fiction books
Books about race and ethnicity
English-language books
American non-fiction books
Data activism
Crown Publishing Group books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Microsoft%20Surface%20accessories | The Microsoft Surface touchscreen Windows computers and interactive whiteboards designed and developed by Microsoft. Since its release in 2012, there have been various Surface accessories over the years. Most prominently, are the Surface keyboard covers and the Surface Pen, which were both introduced at launch. While the keyboard covers have all been sold independently of the Surface devices, the initial release of the Surface and Surface Pro had bundle options, which bundled the black Touch Cover. The Surface Pen has been included with all Surface line and Surface Pro line devices up until the release of the fifth-generation Surface Pro, where Microsoft decided to unbundle the Surface Pen.
Accessories
Surface Touch Cover
The original touch cover came with 80 touch sensors and was pressure sensitive. With the release of the Surface 2 a Touch Cover 2 was announced which increased the number of sensors to 1,092 and added backlit keys while being thinner than the original Touch Cover. In addition, the Touch Cover 2 also supported key gestures and was backwards compatible with the first generation Surface devices. Microsoft never made another Touch Cover after the release of the Surface Pro 3.
It is compatible with the Surface 2.
Type Cover
With the release of the first generation Surface Pro, Microsoft launched the Type Cover which has tactile keys. It was upgraded along with the second generation Surfaces to the Type Cover 2 which substituted the plastic material for the felt-like material found on the Type Covers. The Type Cover 2 is thinner and features back-lit keys. With the release of the Surface Pro 3, a newer cover called the Surface Pro 3 Type Cover was released to fit the bigger screen. The Surface Pro 3 Type Cover features a second magnetized strip that can be rested against the screen to prop the keyboard up at an angle. The Surface Pro 3 Type Cover has a touchpad with glass beads replacing the felt-like material used in previous generations. When the Surface 3 was announced, a smaller version, the Surface 3 Type Cover was released. Both Surface 3 and Pro 3 Type Covers have a loop to house the Surface Pen.
On October 6, 2015, Microsoft updated the Surface Pro Type Cover with a new teal color in addition to the existing black, red, blue, and bright blue colors. Also introduced was a function lock light, separated keys, and a 40% larger touchpad than previous models. A "Fingerprint ID" version was also announced but is only available in the color black. Both are backwards compatible with the Surface Pro 3, though both are designed for the Surface Pro 4. A Signature Type Cover designed out of grey Alcantara was announced on April 12, 2016.
With the launch of the fifth-generation Surface Pro, Microsoft expanded the Surface Pro Signature Type Cover line to include burgundy, cobalt blue, and platinum with a release date of June 15, 2017.
|Surface Pro 3Surface Pro 4Surface Pro (5th generation)Surface Pro 6
Power Cover
A Power Cover, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola%20Kampung%3A%20The%20Movie | Bola Kampung: The Movie is a 2013 Malaysian Malay-language 3D computer-animated science fantasy film co-directed by Ah Loong and Chong Tee Chua, based on the animated series Bola Kampung produced by Animasia Studios and Young Jump Animation. The movie was a moderate commercial success, released on March 21, 2013 in Malaysia and April 2013 in Indonesia. It is the first Malaysian animated film to be produced in 3D stereoscopic format.
Plot
Amanda, a young princess of the virtual world game Kingdom Hill, was sent to Kampung Gong Lech to find the legendary "Solar Warrior", a savior to the crisis his Kingdom.
Unfortunately, the princess had lost her memory when she arrived in Kampung Gong Lech. Iwan, the hero Bola Kampung mistake him for a supposed cousin came to visit during the school holidays. Princess Amanda then happy spending her days in the village of Iwan and his colleagues did not know that the evil villain of the virtual game world have sent assassins after him.
As time passed, Princess Amanda slowly regains her lost memories. Solar Warrior his quest for an end when she realized that she was looking for a hero chosen is drunk all together. Unfortunately, he was captured by the assassin and had to return to the Kingdom Hill.
John and his friends hatched a plan to help Princess Amanda and save his kingdom from evil villains. However, Kumar, a young scientist The village notice something has gone terribly wrong with the virtual game. He believes the cause of the threat to the Kingdom Hill is vicious virus that has invaded the game for a few days.
With no other options at hand, Iwan, drunk and Azizul enters cyberspace Kingdom Hill hoping to save Princess Amanda and destroy Lord Vilus before its too late.
Voice cast
Ezlynn as Iwan
Afdlin Shauki as Sabok
Harris Alif as Azizul
Aznil Nawawi as Lord Vilus
Marsha Milan Londoh as Amanda
Aizat Amdan as Mat
Baki Zainal as Santokh
Adilla Shakir (Dilly MixFM) as Nasha
Meester Bones as Kumar
Douglas Lim as Szeto
Harun Salim Bachik as Tok Ayah
Mamat as Mid
Meester Bones as Mud
Rahhim Omar as King
Deanna Yusoff as Queen
Production
The movie was revealed by Animasia Studios Managing Director, Edmund Chan in 13 March 2012. About 14 popular Malaysian celebrities lend their voices for their respective characters in the movie, among them are Ezlynn, Afdlin Shauki, Aznil Nawawi, Baki Zainal, Deanna Yusoff and Rahhim Omar. Vocalist of the Malaysian rock band, Hujan, Noh Salleh also involved.
Animasia Studio spent MYR6 million for the production of the film.
Release and reception
Originally slated for the end of 2012 release, the movie was officially released on March 21, 2013.
See also
Bola Kampung
References
External links
2013 films
2013 3D films
Malay-language films
Malaysian animated films
2013 computer-animated films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Welch | Chuck Welch, also known as the CrackerJack Kid or Jack Kid, was born in Kearney, Nebraska in 1948. He wrote "Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology", with a foreword by Ken Friedman, which was published and edited by University of Calgary Press in 1995. The Eternal Network and the Crackerjack Kid were mentioned in a review of mail art titled "Pushing the Envelope" in 2001, and the archivist and curator Judith Hoffberg wrote about him in her publication Umbrella. His awards include a Fulbright Grant and NEA Hilda Maehling Fellowship.
Chuck Welch chose the pseudonym "CrackerJack Kid" because as a mail artist he went to the mail box each day never knowing what surprise he was going to find inside. Welch was first exposed to mail art through the exhibition Omaha Flow Systems curated by Ken Friedman at the Joslyn Art Museum in Nebraska in 1973, and he became actively involved in fluxus mail art in 1978. Welch was a member of Ray Johnson‘s New York Correspondance School, also spelled "New York CorresponDance School". Both Welch and Johnson were in regular contact. Johnson kept mailing to Welch's daughter and referred to her as CrackerJack's Kid, and she became a mail artist, too. Welch participated in the exhibition Flux Flags in Budapest, Hungary in 1992. In 1997 he had a solo exhibition in Guy Bleus ' E-Mail Art Archives, Center for Visual Arts in Hasselt, Belgium. He wrote about Fluxus and Ray Johnson, as well as about global art zines.
Mail art networking
In a letter to mail artist Anna Banana, Welch wrote the treatise "Welch | Mail Art Archiving: Not Necessarily By the Letter." Some CrackerJack Kid (Chuck Welch) correspondence is archived in the Oberlin College library's mail art collection. There was great dissension among mail artists about the mail art, performance art, xerographic art, and email art rules, origins and guidelines which sometimes were seen as too exclusionary, non-democratic, subversive, or elitist. Matt Ferranto wrote that "Some take a conceptual view of mail art. Chuck Welch, a prolific mail artist known as "The Crackerjack Kid" and editor of Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology, contends that 'information, communication aesthetics, and cultural motivation determine whether an artwork or artist fit within the complex Mail Art and Networking movements." Conversely, others like Kornelia Röder, the co-editor of East Europe in International Network, explain the movement in political terms. "Mail art does not mean the personal correspondence between two persons," writes Röder, but rather is 'the communication with art to projects arranged concretely which are often motivated by the socio-political context.'"
Welch on mail art as a democratic forum
The Village Voice remarked on the "mail art melée" which arose when the curator of a mail art show at Franklin Furnace did not include all the submissions to the exhibition. Matt Ferranto quoted Welch in reference to the medium's usual revolutionary stance and its art historical im |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-tigi%20Mobile | X-Tigi Mobile is a Hong Kong-based smartphone manufacturer that was founded in 2006, the company has research & development center and factory located in China. X-Tigi service network is available in most African countries (especially Kenya and Ghana) since it entered the African market in 2009.
X-Tigi mobile phones were known for power-bank phones that could last weeks in Africa. In 2017, the company launched its first 4G LTE smartphone—Inspire 3, that supports fingerprint reader at the back in Africa.
In 2017, X-Tigi is now in partnership with over 10,000 retailers in Africa (especially Kilimall, Jumia), competing with the share value of Samsung and Tecno, Infinix.
X-Tigi Kenya
X-Tigi started business in Kenya since 2009, meanwhile some new flagship smartphones with specification of 64GB ROM plus 4GB RAM such as X-Tigi A1 plus were launched, which made X-Tigi brand compete with the share value of Samsung and Tecno, Infinix in Kenya.
In 2016, X-Tigi started cooperation with Jumia Kenya, which made X-Tigi goods reachable online in Kenya.
X-Tigi Ghana
X-Tigi entered into Ghana in 2007, then its rapid expanding makes X-Tigi Ghana one of the famous mobile brands in Ghana.
X-Tigi Offices have been established in at least 3 cities up to 2017 in Ghana.
X-Tigi Cote d'ivoire
X-Tigi started business in Cote d'ivoire since 2010, and X-Tigi brand became in partnership with Jumia Cote d'ivoire in 2016, which makes X-Tigi goods both available online and offline in Cote d'ivoire market.
X-Tigi Tanzania
X-Tigi first showed its brand in Tanzania in 2016, and then grow fast with offices established in main cities such as Dar es salaam, Mwanza, Arusha, etc.
X-Tigi in other African countries
In the past ten years, X-Tigi Mobile has set its brand shown in many other African countries, namely, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Togo, Senegal, Cameroon, Benin, Rwanda and so on, with more than 30 million handsets sold.
References
External links
X-Tigi A1 Plus First Impressions – Performance Specs at a Budget
5 Things to Love About the All New X-TIGI A1 Plus
"Jumia by the Numbers: Smartphones Account for 45% of All Items Sold on Jumia, Infinix Top Brand in 2015",Jumia, Kenya. Retrieved 2016-05-25
"Meet the X-Tigi Inspire 3"techweez.com. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
"How to watch 3D movies on the X- TIGI Vision6",Tuko News,Kenya. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
"X-TIGI Vision 6 Review; Virtual Reality Experience at a Budget",androidafrica.co.ke. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
"XTIGI S1550 Smartphone Launches Online in Kenya",www.kenyabuzz.com. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
Mobile phone companies of Hong Kong
Chinese companies established in 2005
Hong Kong brands
Electronics companies established in 2005
2005 establishments in Hong Kong |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makers%20Empire%203D | Makers Empire 3D is a 3D modeling computer program made by Makers Empire. It is designed to introduce 4-13 year old students to Design Thinking and engage them in STEM learning via 3D design and 3D printing. The 3D app is optimized for touch screens but can be used with and without a mouse on all major platforms.
It is available as a freeware version, Makers Empire 3D, and a paid subscription version for primary, elementary and middle schools, which includes additional features designed to help educators integrate 3D design and printing into their teaching practice.
The school subscription version includes over 150 lesson plans aligned to US Common Core standards, Next Generation Science standards, the National Curriculum (UK), and the Australian Curriculum, professional development, training and support for teachers, built in student assessment, a class management tool, analytics, and a school implementation plan.
Schools use Makers Empire to teach Design & Technology Curriculum, to teach Design Thinking and to improve students' critical thinking, problem-solving, resilience and perseverance. Students in schools have used Makers Empire in countless projects to solve problems both within their school community and beyond.
In 2017, Makers Empire partnered with Polar3D.
A notable Makers Empire project is the 'Ollie Customizer' for the Sphero Ollie.
Makers Empire was the recipient of a Bronze Award at the 2015 IMS Global Learning Impact Awards. Three of the company founders also took part in the MassChallenge business accelerator in Boston the same year.
Makers Empire is a NewSchools portfolio company and has been favorably reviewed by Common Sense Education and 3D Insider, amongst others. Makers Empire was also described as a "compelling example" of 3D printing in the 2015 Horizon Project report, an initiative by the New Media Consortium.
In late 2017, it was reported that Makers Empire had attracted $1 million in funding.
In 2018, Makers Empire was part of two large-scale rollouts of 3D printing in schools. The company partnered with Polar 3D and GE for the GE Additive Program, which delivers 3D technology to six hundred schools around the world. The company also partnered with the Education Department (South Australia) to equip 100 SA schools with a professional development program focused on 3D printing in schools. The partnership with the Education Department (SA) follows on from a pilot program with 23 schools in 2016 and a rollout to 50 schools in 2017, 100 schools in 2018 and a final 100 schools in 2019. In total, 270 schools in SA were part of the project.
In 2018, Makers Empire was selected to be part of Microsoft's first Australian accelerator program, ScaleUp, which helps start-ups fast-track their growth by linking them with potential customers, Microsoft partners and technical guidance Makers Empire also announced a partnership with Dubai education consultancy, Ibtikar, to deliver 3D technology to over 200 primary schools in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATINUM%20%28cybercrime%20group%29 | PLATINUM is the name given by Microsoft to a cybercrime collective active against governments and related organizations in South and Southeast Asia. They are secretive and not much is known about the members of the group. The group's skill means that its attacks sometimes go without detection for many years.
The group, considered an advanced persistent threat, has been active since at least 2009, targeting victims via spear-phishing attacks against government officials' private email addresses, zero-day exploits, and hot-patching vulnerabilities. Upon gaining access to their victims' computers, the group steals economically sensitive information.
PLATINUM succeeded in keeping a low profile until their abuse of the Microsoft Windows hot patching system was detected and publicly reported in April 2016. This hot patching method allows them to use Microsoft's own features to quickly patch, alter files or update an application, without rebooting the system altogether, this way, they can maintain the data they have stolen while masking their identity.
In June 2017, PLATINUM became notable for exploiting the serial over LAN (SOL) capabilities of Intel's Active Management Technology to perform data exfiltration.
PLATINUM's techniques
Once in control of a target's computer, PLATINUM actors can move through the target's network using specially built malware modules. These have either been written by one of the multiple teams working under the Platinum group umbrella, or they could have been sold through any number of outside sources that Platinum has been dealing with since 2009.
Because of the diversity of this malware, the versions of which have little code in common, Microsoft's investigators have taxonomised it into families.
The piece of malware most widely used by PLATINUM was nicknamed Dispind by Microsoft. This piece of malware can install a keylogger, a piece of software that records (and may also be able to inject) keystrokes.
PLATINUM also uses other malware like "JPIN" which installs itself into the %appdata% folder of a computer so that it can obtain information, load a keylogger, download files and updates, and perform other tasks like extracting files that could contain sensitive information.
"Adbupd" is another malware program utilised by PLATINUM, and is similar to the two previously mentioned. It is known for its ability to support plugins, so it can be specialised, making it versatile enough to adapt to various protection mechanisms.
Intel Exploit
In 2017, Microsoft reported that PLATINUM had begun to exploit a feature of Intel CPUs. The feature in question is Intel's AMT Serial-over-LAN (SOL), which allows a user to remotely control another computer, bypassing the host operating system of the target, including firewalls and monitoring tools within the host operating system.
Security
Microsoft advises users to apply all of their security updates to minimize vulnerabilities and to keep highly sensitive data out of large networ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage%20%28French%20TV%20channel%29 | Voyage was a French television channel devoted to discovery and escape through travel which had been owned by the Fox Networks Group since 2004.
The headquarters of Voyage occupies the former headquarters of La Cinq, at 241 Boulevard Pereire in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.
History
Voyage was launched on Canal Satellite on 31 May 1996. The channel was acquired in May 1997 by Pathé, which sold it in 2004 to Fox International Channels. Following Disney's takeover of Fox Networks Group, the channel ceased broadcasting on December 31, 2020.
References
External links
Defunct television channels in France
French-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1996
1996 establishments in France
Disney television networks
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
2020 disestablishments in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellern | Skellern is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anna Skellern (born 1985), Australian actress
David James Skellern (born 1951), Australian engineer and computer scientist
Eileen Skellern (1923–1980), English psychiatric nurse
Peter Skellern (1947–2017), English singer-songwriter and pianist
Victor Skellern (1909–1966), British ceramics designer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime%20Emmy%20Award%20for%20Outstanding%20Emerging%20Media%20Program | The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Emerging Media Program is presented to integrated interactive experiences for linear television programming. According to Emmy rules, this includes "excellence in the combined, overall interactive media execution for an existing program or series, containing programming and features that extend the program experience beyond passive viewing, often across multiple platforms." Examples include behind-the-scenes content, commentary, story and character extensions, and social audience interaction or input that drives the program forward.
In 2017, Primetime Emmy Award categories were renamed and reclassified. Outstanding Original Interactive Program honors work not related to an existing television program or series. Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program and Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Unscripted Program recognize interactive experiences for both scripted TV and documentary, nonfiction, reality and reality-competition programs. Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming encourages pioneering interactive experiences, based on "exceptional distinctiveness, inventiveness, and relevance of the submitted work in expanding and redefining the conventions of interactive media experiences."
Listed below are winners and nominees for all interactive media categories. Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media awards were bestowed for multiplatform storytelling, social TV experience, and user experience/visual design.
Winners and nominations
2000s
2010s
2020s
References
Interactive Program |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Journal%20of%20Data%20Warehousing%20and%20Mining | The International Journal of Data Warehousing and Mining (IJDWM) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering data warehousing and data mining. It was established in 2005 and is published by IGI Global. The editor-in-chief is David Taniar (Monash University, Australia).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
References
External links
Academic journals established in 2005
English-language journals
Quarterly journals
Data Warehousing and Mining, International Journal of
Computer science journals
Data warehousing
Data mining |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th%20Street%20%28German%20TV%20channel%29 | 13th Street is a German pay television channel owned by the NBCUniversal subsidiary of Comcast through its NBCUniversal International Networks division. The channel is devoted to the genres thriller & crime and shows series, feature films as well as short films.
13th Street is also promotes young directors. The station awards the short film prize Shocking Shorts Award every year as part of the Munich Film Festival (Filmfest München) and has co-financed nearly 40 short films.
History
As part of repositioning of NBC/Universal channels, 13th Street was renamed 13th Street Universal on 14 March 2011.
Programming
Current
American Crime (2015–present)
Body of Proof (2017–present)
Broadchurch (2015, 2017–present)
Bull (2017–present)
Cape Town (2016–present)
Chance (2017–present)
Chosen (2015-2016, 2018–present)
Criminal Minds (2010–present)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (Criminal Minds: Team Red) (2013–present)
Culpa - Niemand ist ohne Schuld (2017–present)
Dead Again (Dead Again - Auf Mörderjagd) (2016–present)
(Frauenhandel - Kampf gegen das Kartell) (2014–present)
Gourmet Detective (Mord à la carte) (2016–present)
Jane Doe (Deckname Jane Doe) (2014–present)
Law & Order True Crime (2018–present)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2017–present)
McBride (Ein Fall für McBride) (2014–present)
NCIS (Navy CIS) (2009–present)
NCIS: Los Angeles (Navy CIS: L.A.) (2011–present)
Numbers (Numb3rs - Die Logik des Verbrechens) (2011–present)
Perry Mason (2016–present)
Slasher (2016–present)
Stonemouth (Stonemouth - Stadt ohne Gewissen) (2016–present)
The Art of More (The Art of More - Tödliche Gier) (2016–present)
The Loch (Loch Ness) (2017–present)
Thorne (Tom Thorne) (2015–present)
Former
Airwolf (2001-2002, 2004–2005)
Dragnet (Polizeibericht) (2006-2009)
Human Trafficking
Intelligence (2014–2016)
Kojak (1999–2004, 2006–2009)
Prime Suspect (Heißer Verdacht) (2007-2010)
Republic of Doyle (Republic of Doyle - Einsatz für zwei) (2013-2015)
T. J. Hooker (2007-2008)
Tatort (2007-2009)
Distribution
13th Street is available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via the pay-TV package Sky as well as in Germany via the digital program offerings of cable operators Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia, Tele Columbus and Primacom as well as the digital package of the Kabelkiosk. In addition, 13th Street can be received via the IPTV offer Telekom Entertain and Vodafone. In Switzerland, the channel can be received via the cable network operator UPC Switzerland, with numerous smaller cable network operators as well as via the program platform Teleclub, in Austria via UPC Austria and A1 TV.
Since 19 July 2011, the station broadcasts in HD standard at Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia was unveiled on 15 March 2012. Since 17 January 2013, the HD version can be received via the Sky Deutschland platform.
Audience share
Germany
References
External links
NBCUniversal networks
Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Germany
Television stations in Germa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mala%20Oru%20Mangala%20Vilakku | Mala Oru Mangala Vilakku () is a 1959 Indian Tamil-language film directed by S. Mukherjee. The film stars V. Nagayya, N. N. Kannappa and Madhuri Devi.
Plot
Cast
List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan and from Thiraikalanjiyam.
Male cast
V. Nagayya
N. N. Kannappa
Duraisamy
Narayanapillai
Female cast
Madhuri Devi
Kamini
V. Saradambal
Production
The film was produced by actress Madhuri Devi under the banner Radhakrishna Films. The director was S. Mukherjee, her husband, who also wrote the story. A. L. Narayanan wrote the dialogues. Cinematography was handled by C. J. Mohan Rao.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by C. N. Pandurangan while the lyrics were penned by Villiputhan and Era. Pazhanichami.
References
External links
1950s Tamil-language films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC%20APC%20character%20set | NEC APC is an 8-bit character set developed by NEC for the NEC APC, a CP/M-86 and MS-DOS-compatible personal computer in 1983. These were a contemporary competitor for the IBM PC, although eclipsed by fully PC-compatible computers.
Character set
� Not in Unicode, these are combinations of solid and dotted box lines and a mirror-image phi
See also
NEC PC-9800 series
References
Further reading
APC
NEC personal computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Lens | Google Lens is an image recognition technology developed by Google, designed to bring up relevant information related to objects it identifies using visual analysis based on a neural network. First announced during Google I/O 2017, it was first provided as a standalone app, later being integrated into Android's standard camera app.
Features
When directing the phone's camera at an object, Google Lens will attempt to identify the object by reading barcodes, QR codes, labels and text, and show relevant search results, web pages, and information. For example, when pointing the device's camera at a Wi-Fi label containing the network name and password, it will automatically connect to the scanned Wi-Fi network. Lens is also integrated with the Google Photos and Google Assistant apps. The service is similar to Google Goggles, a previous app that functioned similarly but with less capability. Lens uses more advanced deep learning routines in order to empower detection capabilities, similar to other apps like Bixby Vision (for Samsung devices released after 2016) and Image Analysis Toolset also known as IAT (available on Google Play);
During Google I/O 2019, Google announced four new features. The software will be able to recognize and recommend items on a menu. It will have the ability to also calculate tips and split bills, show how to prepare dishes from a recipe and can use text-to-speech.
Availability
Google officially launched Google Lens on October 4, 2017, with app previews pre-installed into the Google Pixel 2, not yet widely available for other devices. In November 2017, the feature began rolling out into the Google Assistant for Pixel and Pixel 2 phones A preview of Lens has also been implemented into the Google Photos app for Pixel phones. On March 5, 2018, Google officially released Google Lens to Google Photos on non-Pixel phones. Support for Lens in the iOS version of Google Photos was made on March 15, 2018. Beginning in May 2018, Google Lens was made available within Google Assistant on OnePlus devices as well as being integrated into camera apps of various Android phones. A standalone Google Lens app was made available on Google Play in June 2018. Device support is limited, although it is not clear which devices are not supported or why. It requires Android Marshmallow (6.0) or newer. On December 10, 2018, Google rolled out the Lens visual search feature to the Google app for iOS. In 2022, Google Lens gradually replaced the reverse image search functionality of Google Images, first by replacing it in Google Chrome and later by making it officially available as a web application.
References
Lens
2017 software
Augmented reality |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thansit%20railway%20station | Thansit is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
It comes under Lahe village of Shahapur taluka of Thane District in Maharashtra. Atgaon is the previous stop and Khardi is the next stop.
Background
Thansit railway station was the first cabin station in Mumbai Division of Central Railway, and was originally used only for operational halt of trains due to longer distance between and stations. The people demanded it be converted into an official station, to give benefits to nearby villages around the station. It was declared as an official railway station on 15 February 2018.
References
Railway stations in Thane district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division
Kalyan-Igatpuri rail line |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbermali%20railway%20station | Umbermali (formerly known as Oombermali, station code: OMB) is a railway station on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network.
It comes under Shirol village of Shahapur taluka of Thane District in Maharashtra. Khardi is the previous stop and Kasara is the next stop.
Background
Umbermali railway station was the second cabin station in Mumbai Division of Central Railway, and was originally used only for operational halt of trains due to longer distance between and stations. The people demanded it be converted into an official station, to give benefits to nearby villages around the station. It was declared as an official railway station on 15 February 2018.
References
Railway stations in Thane district
Mumbai Suburban Railway stations
Mumbai CR railway division
Kalyan-Igatpuri rail line |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20GNU%20Core%20Utilities%20commands | This is a list of commands from the GNU Core Utilities for Unix environments. These commands can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems.
List
See also
List of Unix commands
GNOME Core Applications
List of GNU packages
List of KDE applications
List of Unix daemons
List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
Unix philosophy
util-linux
References
External links
GNU Core Utilities homepage
Rosetta Stone For *Nix – configurable list of equivalent programs for *nix systems.
The Unix Acronym List – explains the names of many Unix commands.
The UNIX System Homepage
Unix programs
System administration |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hame%2C%20Debar | Hame (, ) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Hame had 19 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 15
Albanians 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 135 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Albanians 135
References
External links
Villages in Debar Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spas%2C%20Debar | Spas (, ) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Spas had 3 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 32 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Albanians 32
References
External links
Villages in Debar Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seloku%E1%B8%B1i | Selokuḱi (, ) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Selokuḱi had 16 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 16
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 104 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Albanians 104
References
External links
Villages in Debar Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARINC%20629 | The ARINC 629 computer bus was introduced in May 1995 and is used on aircraft such as the Boeing 777, Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 as well as the Airbus A320 series.
The ARINC 629 bus operates as a multiple-source, multiple-sink system; each terminal can transmit data to, and receive data from, every other terminal on the data bus. This allows much more freedom in the exchange of data between units in the avionics system. ARINC 629 has the ability to accommodate up to a total of 128 terminals on a data bus and supports a data rate of 2 Mbit/s.
The ARINC 629 data bus was developed by the Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) to replace the ARINC 429 bus.
The ARINC 629 data bus was based on the Boeing DATAC bus.
References
Computer buses
Avionics
Computer-related introductions in 1995
ARINC standards
Serial buses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARINC%20717 | ARINC 717 defines a digital flight data recorder, with its inputs and outputs. It replaces the older ARINC 573 characteristic, which was based on analog inputs. It allows for more data and real-time recording.
Digital Expandable Flight Data Acquisition and Recording System (DEFDARS) flight recorder output signals include the following:
Primary Output – ARINC 717 Harvard biphase encoding
Auxiliary Output – ARINC 429 (DITS) bi-polar encoding
ARINC 747 defines an alternate solid state recorder that can be used with an ARINC 717 installation.
DEFDARS includes the following component functions
Digital Flight Acquisition Unit (DFAU)
Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR)
Accelerometer
Flight Data Entry Panel (optional) for entry of flight data
History
Started in 1979.
Last revision, -15, June 6, 2011
References
ARINC standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%20Preakness%20Stakes | The 1956 Preakness Stakes was the 81st running of the $135,000 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 19, 1956, and was televised on the CBS television network in the United States. Fabius, who was jockeyed by William Hartack, won the race by one and three quarter lengths over runner-up Needles. Approximate post time was 5:46 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a fast track in a final time of 1:582/5 The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 30,714. This is recorded as the second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1956. It was also the first year Pimlico Race Course began recording attendance figures.
Payout
The 81st Preakness Stakes Payout Schedule
The full chart
Winning Breeder: Calumet Farm; (KY)
Winning Time: 1:58 2/5
Track Condition: Fast
Total Attendance: 30,714
References
External links
1957
1956 in horse racing
1956 in American sports
1956 in sports in Maryland
Horse races in Maryland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Black-Eyed%20Susan%20Stakes | The 2016 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 92nd running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 20, 2016, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey Luis Saez, Go Maggie Go won the race by a two and one-half lengths over runner-up Ma Can Do It. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:51 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club supplied a purse of $250,000 for the 92nd running. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:51.81. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day record attendance of 47,956. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was a record crowd for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day and the sixth largest for a thoroughbred race in North America in 2016.
Payout
The 92nd Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Payout Schedule
$2 Exacta: (5–4) paid $ 202.20
$2 Trifecta: (5–4–10) paid $ 1,486.60
$1 Superfecta: (5–4–10-2) paid $ 6,212.30
The full chart
Winning Breeder: Mike Tarp; (KY)
Final Time: 1:51.81
Track Condition: Fast
Total Attendance: Record of 47,956
See also
2016 Preakness Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Stakes "top three finishers" and # of starters
References
External links
Official Black-Eyed Susan Stakes website
Official Preakness website
2016 in horse racing
Horse races in Maryland
2016 in American sports
2016 in sports in Maryland
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadine%20Maxwell | Bernadine Maxwell (died May 31, 1988) was an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. She was born in Topeka, Kansas.
According to All American League data, Bernadine Maxwell played in the league in its 1948 season. Additional information is incomplete because there are no records available at the time of the request.
In 1988 was inaugurated a permanent display at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York that honors those who were part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Bernadine Maxwell, along with the rest of the girls and the league staff, is included at the display/exhibit.
Sources
1988 deaths
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
Baseball players from Kansas
Sportspeople from Topeka, Kansas
Date of birth missing
Place of death missing
Year of birth missing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%20Black-Eyed%20Susan%20Stakes | The 2017 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes was the 93rd running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. The race took place on May 19, 2016, and was televised in the United States on the NBC Sports Network. Ridden by jockey Nik Juarez, Actress won the race by a head over runner-up Lights of Medina. Approximate post time on the Friday evening before the Preakness Stakes was 4:50 p.m. Eastern Time. The Maryland Jockey Club supplied a purse of $300,000 for the 93rd running. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:51.87. The Maryland Jockey Club reported a Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day record attendance of 50,339. The attendance at Pimlico Race Course that day was a record crowd for Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Day and the sixth largest for a thoroughbred race in North America in 2017.
Payout
The 93rd Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Payout Schedule
$2 Exacta: (10–5) paid $ 240.20
$2 Trifecta: (10–5–6) paid $ 3,898.60
$1 Superfecta: (10–5–6-8) paid $ 16,579.20
The full chart
Winning Breeder: Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc.; (KY)
Final Time: 1:51.87
Track Condition: Fast
Total Attendance: Record of 50,339
See also
2017 Preakness Stakes
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes Stakes "top three finishers" and # of starters
References
External links
Official Black-Eyed Susan Stakes website
Official Preakness website
2017 in horse racing
Horse races in Maryland
2017 in American sports
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
2017 in sports in Maryland
May 2017 sports events in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top%20Wing | Top Wing is a Canadian computer-animated television series created by Matthew Fernandes of Industrial Brothers. It was produced in-house by Industrial Brothers in connection with 9 Story Media Group. In Canada, the series debuted on Treehouse on January 6, 2018. Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the show outside of Canada, and it premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on November 6, 2017. In the UK, the main cast's voices are dubbed with British voice actors, replacing their original Canadian voices.
On May 22, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 1, 2019. Since May 31, 2019, new episodes moved to the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States.
Description
Taking place on Big Swirl Island, an island inhabited by birds and other animals, Top Wing follows four eager young birds—Swift, Brody, Penny, and Rod—who work together at Top Wing Academy as new cadets to earn their wings by helping their community. With the help of mentor Speedy, the cadets take on different missions for their rescue skills and also help those in need, all while learning important lessons.
Characters
Main
Swift (voiced by Jonah Wineberg in Season 1 and Tristan Mercado in Season 2 in the US, and William Romain in the UK) is a blue jay, who is the leader of Team Top Wing and really great at flying high up in the sky. His signature color is orange, and his vehicles are the Flash Wing jet and the Zip Flash jet-copter.
Rod (voiced by Ethan Pugiotto in the US, and Freddie Howson in the UK) is a rooster who's ready to drive around the island with his all-terrain vehicle. He's also the comic relief cadet. His signature color is red, and his vehicles are the Road Wing roadster and the Rooster Booster motorcycle.
Brody (voiced by Lucas Kalechstein in the US, and Leni Hamilton in the UK) is a puffin who loves to fly with the waves, over and on. His signature color is green, and his vehicles are the Splash Wing boat and the Splash Diver boat and submarine hybrid.
Penny (voiced by Abigail Oliver in the US, and Mili Patel in the UK) is a penguin who is an expert at undersea life in her submarine and the only female cadet. Her signature color is pink, and her vehicles are the Aqua Wing submarine and the Aqua Runner submarine.
Speedy (voiced by Colin Doyle in the US, and Brad Kavanagh in Seasons 1 to 2 in the UK) helps out the Top Wing cadets. He is their ace instructor. He pilots the HQ Command Flyer.
Bea (voiced by Bryn McAuley in the US, and Charlotte Reynard in the UK) is the female chief mechanic who helps out at HQ with Speedy.
Chirp and Cheep are two baby chicks who are seen with the Top Wing cadets. Chirp has two pink feathers on her head, while Cheep has two blue feathers on his head. They can only say their own names.
Recurring
Rhonda (voiced by Raven Dauda in the US, and Fiona Clarke in the UK) is the owner of The Lemon Shack.
Oscar (voiced by Joseph Motiki) is a blue octopus.
Farmer Treegoat (voiced by Jonat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei%20A.%20Efros | Alexei "Alyosha" A. Efros is a Russian-American computer scientist and professor at University of California, Berkeley. He is widely recognized for his contributions to computer vision and his work has been referenced in media outlets including Wired, BBC News, The New York Times, and the New Yorker.
Biography
Efros was born in St. Petersburg, USSR. His father is Alexei L. Efros, then a physics professor at the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute. His family emigrated to the United States when he was 14 to accommodate his father's career and the family settled in Salt Lake City in 1991. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1997 and attended University of California, Berkeley for his PhD, advised by Jitendra Malik, graduating in 2003. He then spent a year as a research fellow at the University of Oxford to work with Andrew Zisserman. He joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, where he remained until 2013 when he joined the faculty at UC Berkeley. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. He received the 2016 ACM Prize in Computing.
References
Living people
American computer scientists
Machine learning researchers
Russian emigrants to the United States
University of Utah alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Carnegie Mellon University faculty
UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty
Computer vision researchers
Recipients of the ACM Prize in Computing
1975 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCN%20London | OCN London is a UK national not for profit awarding body organisation that creates and awards qualifications. OCN London stands for Open College Network London Region, however it is popularly known as 'OCN London' in the UK. The awarding body collaborates in partnership with educators, training providers, charities and employers. They have been assisting numerous private and public organisations for over 25 years. The organisation focuses practical academic needs for non traditional learners and paves their way to higher education in the UK.
Accreditation & recognition
The Awarding Body is nationally recognized and it also runs its own courses. The awarding body courses are accredited, approved and recognized by Ofqual and QAA. Given the Awarding Body has Ofqual regulated status. The UK qualification provider is also recognized in the international stage and its qualifications can be compared, evaluated and recognized to foreign equivalency.
University partnership
OCN London and London South Bank University have a formal partnership agreement signed in 2015.
London South Bank University (LSBU) and OCN London formalized an existing partnership, where LSBU staff participated in OCN London panels to validate Access to HE Diploma courses. LSBU staff have also served on the OCN London Advisory Board and have participated on the board of trustees.
Board of trustees
Tracy Ferrier, who is the Head of Skills for the British Council, is one of the board members for OCN London.
OCN London Accredited Providers
Aylesbury College
Barnet and Southgate College
College of North West London
Croydon College
Epping Forest College
Hope UK
References
Non-profit organizations based in Europe
Education in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Adams%20Scoops | Scott Adams Scoops is a compilation of video games designed by Scott Adams and published by U.S. Gold for a variety of home computers: Pirate Adventure, Strange Odyssey, Voodoo Castle, and Buckaroo Banzai.
Development
The compilation features text–only versions of four games designed by Scott Adams and previously published by Adams' Adventure International: Pirate Adventure (1979), Strange Odyssey (1979), Voodoo Castle (1979), and Buckaroo Banzai (1985). Buckaroo Banzai (co-written with Philip Case) is based on the 1984 film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and was previously only released for the TI-99/4A.
Reception
Scott Adams Scoops received mixed to negative reviews. Peter Sweasey from ZX Computing Monthly rated the game as "Grim". A reviewer for Computer and Video Games considered Buckaroo Banzai to be their least favorite game by Scott Adams.
References
External links
1987 video games
Adventure games
Square Enix video game compilations
Video games developed in the United States
ZX Spectrum games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowshowitz | Mowshowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abbe Mowshowitz (born 1939), American computer scientist
Deborah Mowshowitz, American biochemist
Zvi Mowshowitz (born 1979), American Magic: The Gathering player |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink%20Master%3A%20Angels | Ink Master: Angels is a spin-off of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master that premiered on October 3, 2017 on the Paramount Network. The series follows season 8 competitors Ryan Ashley Malarkey, who won that season, Kelly Doty, Gia Rose, and Nikki Simpson as they travel around the nation going head-to-head with some of the country's top local artists who are competing to earn a spot on a future season of Ink Master.
Overview
Three local artists compete with one being eliminated in each round. The first round served as a two-hour elimination tattoo where the artists must tattoo a body part in the style and subject of their choice in order to impress the Angels. For round two, two artists had four hours to tattoo a subject the city's known for. Originally, Season 1 featured the local artist picked the Angel they want to face on the day of the face off. But starting with Season 2, it is revealed that the winner of the second round will face a random Angel. The Angel and the local artist will then draw white skulls that will determine who gets one of the two human canvases before the six hour process begins where they have to tattoo a subject inspired by a certain theme in the human canvas and or city. The Angels, the eliminated local artists, and the audience each get one vote following the conclusion of the tattooing. And if the local artist gets the most votes and successfully takes down an Angel, they will earn a spot on Ink Master.
Production
On June 5, 2017, Spike ordered a second Ink Master spin-off focusing on Season 8's female competitors which includes winner Ryan Ashley Malarkey, and finalists Kelly Doty, Nikki Simpson and Gia Rose. A 10-episode second season was commissioned on November 17, 2017 that aired on March 27, 2018 on Spike's rebranded channel Paramount Network. However, Rose did not return for the second season, leaving just the trio of Malarkey, Doty, and Simpson.
Cast
Judges
Ryan Ashley Malarkey
Kelly Doty
Gia Rose (season 1)
Nikki Simpson
Special appearances
Former Ink Master competitors who appeared in episodes.
Season 1
Episode 1
DJ Tambe, co-winner of Ink Master (with Bubba Irwin) season 9, and, coach (of contestant Josh Payne) and master challenge winner of season 10
Joey Hamilton, winner of season 3
Cleen Rock One, runner-up on season 5 and season 7, and contestant on season 9
Noelin Wheeler, contestant on season 9
Big Ceeze, contestant on season 6
Episode 3
Tatu Baby, contestant on Ink Master season 2 and season 3
Episode 8
Sarah Miller, runner-up on Ink Master season 2 and contestant on season 7
Season 2
Episode 2
Sarah Miller, runner-up on Ink Master season 2 and contestant on season 7
Episode 4
Katie McGowan, contestant on Ink Master season 6 and runner-up on season 9
Matt O'Baugh, contestant on season 6 and runner-up on season 9
Episode 5
Frank Ready, contestant on Ink Master season 10
Episode 6
Daniel Silva, contestant on Ink Master season 10
Episode 8
Duffy Fortner, contestant |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaniswami | Palaniswami is an Indian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Edappadi K. Palaniswami (born 1954), Indian politician
Marimuthu Palaniswami, Australian computer scientist
Surnames of Indian origin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-86RK | The Radio-86RK () is a build-it-yourself home computer designed in the Soviet Union. It was featured in the popular Radio () magazine for radio hams and electronics hobbyists in 1986. The letters RK in the title stands for the words Radio ham's Computer (). Design of the computer was published in a series of articles describing its logical structure, electrical circuitry, drawings of printed circuit boards and firmware. The computer could be built entirely out of standard off-the-shelf parts. Later it was also available in a kit form as well as fully assembled form.
Predecessors
The Radio-86RK is the successor of earlier build-it-yourself computer of the same designers, the Micro-80, and has limited compatibility with it. Its description was also published in a series of articles in the Radio magazine in the early 1980s. But its complex design, consisting of several modules and containing about 200 chips, lack of printed circuit board drawings and most importantly lack of chips on sale made the assembly of the computer hard to accomplish. Micro-80 computers were assembled by only a few enthusiasts.
Assembly process
To assemble the computer, it was required to acquire the necessary electronic components, to make two printed circuit boards and mount all components on them. It was mostly a single board computer, as the second board served only as the base to mount the keyboard keys. The main board used a single large connector for power, keyboard, tape recorder and even video output. Hence it was easy to disconnect the board and work on both sides of it outside the case.
Next, the firmware has to be written in two erasable ROM chips using a chip programmer. Also a power supply unit, a keyboard and a computer case were to be made. The computer used a normal domestic TV set connected to a composite video input as a display. As most Soviet TVs of the time did not have video inputs, it was necessary to install a special module or modify the TV's electronics to implement it. The approximate cost of all required components was about 260 rubles.
The circuitry of the Radio-86RK contains only 29 chips and was relatively easy to assemble. However, finding the chips to buy was difficult, as they were scarce and sold in small volumes in major cities of the USSR. It was particularly difficult to find the KR580VG75 video chip, which was produced only in small quantities. This led to the development of a replacement video circuit which contained 19 chips on a separate board, and was similar to the display module of the Micro-80 computer.
The editorial board of Radio magazine received a large amount of mail in response to the publication. In almost every letter, readers noted how difficult it was to find the necessary electronic components. The editorial board published an appeal to the Soviet electronics industry, proposing they begin producing Radio-86RK kits commercially. By the end of the 1980s manufacturing of computer cases, keyboards and main boards f |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MayaQuest%3A%20The%20Mystery%20Trail | MayaQuest: The Mystery Trail (also known as "MayaQuest Trail") is an educational computer game created by MECC and inspired by the actual MayaQuest Expedition. It is a spin-off title of The Oregon Trail series, featuring the lands of Mexico where the Mayan People once lived. While travelling across the lands by bicycle, the player learns all about the ancient culture and history of the indigenous people. The game also contains some Spanish language for additional learning.
Plot
For many years the Earth has been protected from incoming meteors by a space network. An incoming meteor in a satellite's path causes a shuttlecraft to be accidentally shot down to the Mexican jungles on Earth with only part of the new laser firing codes transmitted to the Meteor Defense Network. The player is sent to cycle through the jungles to find and recover the code pieces with a limited time before a meteor shower impact.
Gameplay
The game has two modes: Adventure mode and Explore mode. In the Adventure mode, the player has a limited number of days to find four code pieces for the Meteor Defense Network before a meteor shower impact can occur. The player will receive objectives from the Mexican station commander and has to complete them as quickly as possible. In the Explore mode, the player travels around the Mayan ruins to answer the questions of interested contacts before the rainy season begins.
When traveling around Mexico, the player will cycle on a road to the chosen destination. The player must maneuver the bike in a 3D scrolling road environment without going off the edge while avoiding pot holes, logs and other obstacles along the way. Otherwise the player suffers an injury or breaks the bike. If the bike is damaged, the player has the option to get it fixed for a price in one or two places, or else the player must walk, which takes more time. If the player is injured, there are options to rest (which takes up time) or continue in one or more ways.
In a destination, the player can move around by clicking the mouse pointer where it changes to an arrow icon. If the player finds something interesting, the pointer will change into a magnifying glass. The player can also use an overworld map of the destination to travel around quicker. In some places, the player will navigate a maze-like area with a compass and a map. The player also has the option to immediately escape from the maze.
Development
The game makes use of over 1,500 photos and videos that were taken during Dan Buettner's expedition. His team consisted of his brother Steve, two anthropologists and a photographer. By February 1995, users could log into the Internet or Prodigy to vote where the team should go. The expedition followed a route based on the popular chosen routes and places and worked with scientists at the historic sites. Online users also got access of the team's progress thanks to the high-tech equipment they brought with them. They updated their website with their daily findings. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itel | Itel may refer to:
Hitachi Data Systems, founded as Itel
Itel Mobile, a brand of Transsion Holdings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathearn%20stop | Strathearn stop is a tram stop under construction in the Edmonton Light Rail Transit network in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It will serve the Valley Line, and is located in 95 Avenue, between 87 and 89 Streets, in Strathearn. The stop was scheduled to open in 2020; however, it is now scheduled to open on November 4, 2023.
Around the station
Strathearn
Idylwylde
References
External links
TransEd Valley Line LRT
Future Edmonton Light Rail Transit stations
Valley Line (Edmonton) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throne%20of%20Fire | Throne of Fire is an action strategy video game. It was designed by Mike Singleton, developed by Consult Computer Systems, and published by Melbourne House. The game was released for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum in 1987. Throne of Fire is set in the Burning Citadel, located around the rim of a volcano.
The game focuses on three princes in the Burning Citadel where they and their men-at-arms fight to the death to gain the Throne of Fire after their father's death. Throne of Fire received positive reviews from industry critics, with some reviewers speaking positive of the graphics while other criticized the lack of difficulty in the single player mode, instead recommending playing with two players.
Gameplay
Throne of Fire is an action strategy game. Set in the Burning Citadel, located around the rim of a volcano, the player assumes the role of one of the three princes of the recently deceased King Atherik: Alorn the Lion Prince, Cordrin the Sun Prince, and Karag the Wolf Prince. As one of the princes, the player can play against two computer players or a second player and a computer player, who play the role of the other two princes. Each prince and their men-at-arms must fight the other princes and their army to the death. The player must also fight against the King's Guard, the protectors of the Throne of Fire. Weapons with their own strengths and weaknesses can be found around the castle, along with magical objects that can increase or decrease a character's strength.
Each army group are distinguished by color, with Prince Alorn and his men as red, Cordrin as yellow, Karag as purple, and the King's Guard as green. The castle has one hundred rooms to enter through. If any characters enters a room, their group color will light up the room. Each of the princes starts with nine men-at-arms. Reinforcements will join the side of whoever last visit Gate Rooms. If no one entered a Gate Room before the man-at-arms appears, they will join the King's Guard.
Once the player enters the Throne Room with their prince, they become the king and takes control of the King's Guard. The other players lose the ability to control their men-at-arms, with their men staying in their rooms to defend themselves. If the new king dies, the King's Guard will return to being neutral and the other princes regain their men.
Development
Throne of Fire was designed by Mike Singleton, known for designing other fantasy games such as Lords of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, and Dark Sceptre. It was developed under Consult Computer Systems, who worked on the programming, graphics, and music and was published by Melbourne House. This was the first game Singleton made in association with Melbourne House. Jim Bagley was given the position of programmer for the game, the first game he ever worked on. The game was released in April 1987 on the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. A Commodore 64 port was also planned, but was never released, as development had taken longer than expected and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity%20in%20open-source%20software | The open-source-software movement is commonly cited to have a diversity problem. In some ways it reflects that of the general gender disparity in computing, but in general is assumed to be even more severe. The same can be extended to the racial and ethnic diversity of the movement. "Diversity" in this article uses the academic Critical Theory definition.
The topic has been and continues to be the subject of significant controversy within the open-source community.
Background
Open source software (OSS) is a non-traditional model of software development, where source code is created by a number of virtual volunteers and can be modified by other members of the community. The number of developers working on an OSS project can range from few to thousands but often in many projects, only developers deemed trustworthy by the project maintainers will have the privilege of making additions to the main repository.
The software developed is freely available for use and the number of users varies from few to many millions. Over time, as OSS has continued to grow and offer new solutions to everyday problems, an increasingly diverse user base has continued to evolve. With time and growing usage of OSS projects as new solutions, brings an increasingly diverse user base. In comparison, since the creation of OSS in early 1990's, the community of OSS developers has remained dominated by young men.
Obstacles for inclusion
Hostile Culture
A common criticism levelled at the open source community is that critiques of code contributed to projects have a tendency to become personal attacks. In GitHub's 2017 survey, 50% of the 5,500 respondents claimed they had witnessed toxic interactions while working on open-source projects, and that 18% of them had suffered through a negative interaction. Dismissive responses, conflict, and unwelcoming language were cited as the third, fourth, and sixth biggest problems with open-source respectively.
An oft-repeated sentiment throughout the community is that conflict isn't widespread, but rather quite visible, due to the public nature of forums and mailing lists. The figures, however, make this idea questionable. Some members of the community have cited the community's toxicity as the main reason for open-source's diversity problem.
Gender Bias
In 2017, 3 million "pull requests" were examined from 330,000 GitHub users, 21,000 of those were women, and found code written by women to be accepted more often (78.6%) than code written by men (74.6%). In the cases of developers who were not insiders of a project and those whose gender was assumed identifiable by username or profile picture, code by men was approved at higher rates. The presence of gender bias and its effect on lack of gender diversity within OSS communities is believed true by the researches involved in this project.
Gender diversity
The more recent entering of women into the OSS movement has been suggested as the cause of their underrepresentation in the fie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showplace | Showplace is a 3D computer graphics program. It was released in the 1990s by Pixar with versions for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. The Mac version was co-developed by Phil Beffrey and Dana Batali. Version 1.0 sold for US$995. It would create a basic primative model, from which the user could change model surfaces and set lighting and camera angles. Version 2.0, which cost $495–695, provided additional modeling tools for users call Clip Objects Library and require Pixar's Renderman for render images. Users can import model from other software by use file RIB format.
Features
Version 1.0:
42 Clip Object library
Import objects using RIB format
Requires 32 bit QuickDraw, math coprocessor
LabelMaker utility for creating Looks
4 kinds of lights (ambient, sun, point, spot light)
Unlimited number of lights
Background rendering
Export TIFF and PICT images
Version 1.1
Upgrade for Mac Quadra 700 and 900
CD version ($695 US)
Version 2.0 features
18 plugins for basic geometry shapes
Import Adobe Illustrator 3.0+ files, DXF files
Create 3D type from outline fonts
Lathe curves while creating 3D objects
Glimpse
Professional Look browser
3 node version of NetRenderMan
MacRenderMan standard render
In 1992 Valis group create PrimeRIB object library and PickTure (345$ US) and 3 shader libraries (345$ US) for Showplace.
It was discontinued when Pixar chose to concentrate on film production instead of application development.
Universal Scene Description
Pixar's Universal Scene Description (USD) software tool included many Showplace features, such as importing models, creating basic primative models and applying transformations. Transformations include organizing, rotating and scaling models, adding lights, adjusting and changing lighting and changing model materials. USD is designed to work with the modern 3D animation pipeline. Unlike Showplace, Pixar uses USD to create 3D animated movies. USD uses an internal OpenGL renderer. Pixar released an open source version of Universal Scene Description on 2016-07-26.
References
3D graphics software
Pixar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offspring%20%28season%207%29 | The seventh and final season of Offspring, an Australian drama television series, premiered on Network TEN on 28 June 2017.
On 4 November 2016, the series was renewed for a seventh season set to air in 2017. Production for the series began in March 2017 in Melbourne.
Cast
Main
Asher Keddie as Nina Proudman
Kat Stewart as Billie Proudman
Richard Davies as Jimmy Proudman
Deborah Mailman as Cherie Butterfield
Jane Harber as Zara Perkich Proudman
Linda Cropper as Geraldine Proudman
Alexander England as Harry Crewe
Alicia Gardiner as Kim Akerholt
T.J. Power as Will Bowen
Supporting
Ash Ricardo as Kerry Green
Shannon Berry as Brody Jordan
Lawrence Leung as Elvis Kwan
Sarah Peirse as Marjorie Van Dyke
Cate Wolfe as Jess
Isabella Monaghan as Zoe Proudman-Reid
Adrienne Pickering as Kirsty Crewe
David Roberts as Phil D'Arabont
Neil Melville as Drew Crewe
Guest
Osher Günsberg as The Bachelor Australia host
Episodes
Viewership
References
2017 Australian television seasons
Television works about intersex |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20awards%20and%20nominations%20received%20by%20Tamannaah%20Bhatia | The following is a list of awards, nominations and honours received by Tamannaah Bhatia throughout her acting career.
Honours
Awards and nominations
Ranking
IMDb
Social Networks
Times of India
Notes
See also
Tamannaah Bhatia filmography
References
External links
Tamannaah Bhatia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent%20Robinson | Dr. Brent Robinson (1951–1996, born Charles Brent Robinson) was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and author. He was a Fellow of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, and wrote books such as Microcomputers and the Language of Arts (English, Language and Education), and works relating to information technology use by teachers. He created the Journal of Information Technology For Teacher education, in which he was also a researcher. His major interests were in teacher education, and he was formerly Vice President of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.
His family had a tradition: every male in the family were to be named Charles, as a first name. Brent Robinson, however, preferred to be referred to by his middle name. He produced a number of notable works, such as Education Technology: Leadership Perspective.
Literary research
Literary personification was a key research focus for Dr Robinson. He hired a professional writer to play a character who featured in a novel, and then encouraged eighth grade students to write to this character with questions and comments. This however, was done via email communication. Brent was featured in a Cambridge University publication surrounding IT usage in the classroom, when information technology was just coming into fruition.
Personal life
Brent was born in Winchester in 1951. He had a daughter named Charlotte. He married Suzanne D Cowling in 1982, however at a later unknown date, he divorced her.
Death
Robinson died on a Channel ferry on 14 September 1996, according to his family. He was 45.
References
Fellows of Hughes Hall, Cambridge
1951 births
1996 deaths
20th-century British writers
Academics of the University of Cambridge
20th-century British male writers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20MTV%20%28European%20TV%20channel%29 | Club MTV, formerly MTV Dance, is a European pay television music channel from Paramount Networks EMEAA that was separated from the UK channel on 27 May 2014. The network mainly broadcasts music videos from the electronica and techno genres, and is commercial free.
History
The channel was launched as MTV Dance on 27 May 2014, then became Club MTV from 1 June 2020. On 2 August 2015, it was removed from Sky Italia.
On 1 October 2017, MTV Dance ceased broadcasting in Benelux.
On 4 October 2018, the channel was removed on Numericable along with MTV Rocks following Comedy Central launch in France.
In 2019, the channel disappeared in Portugal being substituted by MTV Live HD.
The channel was rebranded as Club MTV from 1 June 2020. VIMN EMEA applied for a new licence for the channel on 7 April 2020.
On 1 March 2021, Club MTV expanded its broadcast area to the Middle East and North Africa through beIN Network.
On 1 July 2021, Club MTV, MTV Hits and Spike Russia ceased broadcasting in Russia and CIS countries.
From 2023 onwards, Club MTV started adding more hits of the 2010s to the channel's playlist and started repeating the songs, e.g.: Miguel's Sure Thing is played almost every hour.
On 1 August 2023, the channel replaced the Australian feed of Club MTV.
Format
Club MTV plays a selection of dance, trance, clubhouse, electronica, drum and base, rap, r'n'b, hip-hop, techno and house music. The channel does not carry advertising.
Availability
The channel is registered with RRTV in the Czech Republic, where it is registered to broadcast in Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Iceland, Kosovo, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, South Africa, South Sudan, Cameroon, Cape, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Central African Republic, Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. However, the channel may not be available in all countries listed.
Logos
References
Dance music television channels
MTV channels
Television channels and stations established in 2014
Television channels in North Macedonia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riksv%C3%A4g%201 | Riksväg 1 was 1945 to 1962 the trunk road between Helsingborg and Stockholm. Its importance as a trunk road have nowadays been replaced by the international E-road network E4 which partly runs in parallel with Riksväg 1. In 1960 the complete distance of Riksväg 1 was 588 kilometers, while the corresponding distance of the E4 today is 561 kilometers.
The older parts of the road between Markaryd and Vaggeryd is nowadays advertised as the scenic and tourist route Riksettan.
The northernmost parts between Södertälje and Stockholm was also called Södertäljevägen. Through Salem Municipality and past the lake Bornsjön it is now called Bergaholmsvägen. An older stretch south of Stockholm was Göta highway, which still partly exist.
See also
Tourist route Riksettan
Göta highway
Grännavägen
Södertäljevägen
External links
The full stretch of former Riksväg 1 marked in OpenStreetMap.
Roads in Sweden |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Network%20for%20Safe%20Communities | The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) is a research center at City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The NNSC works with communities to reduce violence, minimize arrest and incarceration, and increase trust between law enforcement and the public. Working in partnership with cities around the country the NNSC provides advising on implementing evidence-based violence reduction strategies. Additionally, the NNSC provides guidance on how to build trust between law enforcement and the communities it serves, facilitates connections between practitioners within and across jurisdictions, and serves as a resource for knowledge about violence prevention and reduction strategies.
History
The National Network for Safe Communities was founded as the Center for Crime Prevention and Control in 2005. In 2009 it was re-launched as the National Network for Safe Communities under the direction of David M. Kennedy and John Jay College President Jeremy Travis.
The National Network's efforts are an outgrowth of the success of Operation Ceasefire, a Boston-based youth homicide intervention led by David M. Kennedy in the 1990s. Operation Ceasefire was responsible for a 63 percent reduction in youth homicide victimization and is now implemented in dozens of cities as the NNSC's Group Violence Intervention (GVI). The NNSC has used GVI's framework to develop strategies to address overt drug markets, intimate partner violence, prison violence, and individual gun violence. In 2014 the U.S. Department of Justice awarded a three-year $4.75 Million grant to create the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice (NI), and named the National Network as the lead organization. In 2016 the NNSC partnered with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to create the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP), which facilitates conversation among prosecutors across the nation. The NNSC has also begun to explore violence prevention work in an international context.
The work of the National Network has been widely recognized and has been awarded for its strategies. The NNSC was awarded the Ford Foundation’s Innovations in American Government Award twice (in 1997 & 2007), and received the Webber Seavey Award given by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (in 1999 & 2008) twice. The NNSC also won the Herman Goldstein International Award for Problem Oriented Policing twice (in 1998 &2016) and was selected as a finalist on two other occasions (in 2006 & 2009).
Strategies
The NNSC uses focused deterrence and problem-oriented policing strategies to identify a particular serious crime problem and design a strategy to respond to it. The National Network’s process recognizes that a small minority of individuals drive the majority of serious violence, therefore law enforcement needs to employ a similarly concentrated response. The NNSC’s strategies rely on partnerships between law enforcement, community leaders, and socia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unieuro | Unieuro S.p.A. is the largest Italian retailer of consumer electronics and household appliances by number of outlets, with a network of 460 stores throughout Italy.
The company, which reported net revenues of €1.66bln for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2017, debuted on the Italian Stock Exchange, by listing on STAR Segment, on April 4, 2017 under the UNIR ticker.
History
In 1967, Unieuro S.p.A. was born in Alba, in the province of Cuneo - with the opening of a warehouse in which clothing and linens were sold - whose founder Paolo Farinetti (father of Oscar Farinetti, in turn founder of Eataly), gives the warehouse this name in honor of Altiero Spinelli, thinking that Europe would soon unite and become a single large market. The introduction of household appliances initially took place via catalog in the early seventies, while the first four warehouses dedicated exclusively to housewares and household appliances date back to 1986.
In the same years, Unieuro continued to expand and, in the nineties, also landed in Liguria. The expansion then also takes place through franchising and, in 1995, the Trony brand was acquired, then sold to the G.R.E. S.p.A. purchasing group. In the second part of the nineties, numerous sales points were opened, including Rome in 1999, and Triveneta S.p.A. was acquired. The expansion continues and Unieuro becomes present in a large part of the national territory.
In 2002, the Farinetti family sold Unieuro to the British group Dixons Group Plc, which from then on would control it 100% for approximately eleven years, until 2013.
In the autumn of 2013, as part of a process of consolidation of the consumer electronics market currently underway in Italy, Dixons Retail Plc signed an agreement with SGM Distribuzione S.r.l. for the sale to the latter of the Unieuro S.p.A. chain, which will become Unieuro S.r.l.
In parallel - a brand revitalization campaign is launched which, starting from 25 June 2014, will lead to the adoption of the Unieuro brand in all of the brand's sales points. The Marco Polo Expert brand is abandoned and the company leaves the Expert Italy S.p.A. consortium. Consortium.
At the same time, the headquarters moved to Forlì, where SGM Distribuzione was already present.
In 2015, the new Unieuro continues its territorial expansion with the acquisition, by Dixons Travel S.r.l., of eight stores located in the Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa and Rome-Fiumicino airports.
In 2016 the merger between SGM Distribuzione S.r.l. took place. and Unieuro S.r.l., which led to the birth of the current Unieuro S.p.A.
On 4 April 2017 the company was listed on the stock exchange, and began a campaign of acquisitions of chains and stores throughout Italy.
In June 2017, Unieuro S.p.A. also announced and completed the acquisition of e-commerce operator Monclick S.r.l. and of further 21 direct stores from Andreoli S.p.A. in Central Italy.
In October 2017, It was reported that Unieuro entered into a contract to acquire Cer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griftlands | Griftlands is a roguelike deck-building game with role-playing story elements in a science fiction setting with Moebius-like cyberpunk artstyle, developed and published by Klei Entertainment. It was initially released in early access for Microsoft Windows in June 2019; the full version of the game was released for Windows, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2021.
Gameplay
Griftlands is a roguelike deck-building game with elements of role-playing and digital card games. The player starts a game by selecting one of the predefined characters, each a mercenary seeking fame and fortune in on a planetary world that is home to an antagonistic peacekeeper body, pirates, and dangerous creatures. While the layout of the world is the same each game, the events, missions, and other elements within it are procedurally generated on starting a new game.
The game is broken up between moving about on an overworld map and engaging in conversation trees to gain quests or shop, and card-based encounters. At the start of the game, the player's character is given two pre-defined decks of cards, one representing those to be used in combat encounters, and another to be used in negotiations. As the player progresses in the game, they can gain new cards for either deck from quest rewards or through shops, upgrade existing cards to more potent versions, or have cards removed from either deck. Additionally, players can earn special implants called grafts for their character that have persistent effects throughout the rest of the game. The player can also purchase limited use item cards for either deck from vendors, as well as enlist computer-controlled allies to assist in negotiation and battle.
If an encounter results in combat, then the player takes turn with the computer opponent. Each turn, the player is drawn a hand from their combat deck, and has a number of action points available to use to play cards, which have different action point costs. Combat cards represent a mix of offensive skills to attack the opponent, and defensive skills as to block attacks. The player is informed through the game's interface of what attacks their opponents will do, so they may prepare appropriately. Once the player has used their action points, they discard all remaining cards in their hand, and the opponent's turn is resolved. If the player's character health drops to zero, the game is over. Alternatively, the player can attack to kill their opponents in the same way, but may also try to simply overpower them, allowing the opponent to flee if they take enough damage. This choice may have future impacts on mission availability and rewards.
Negotiations play out similarly to combat, though these are between the player character and a single foe. The goal in negotiations is to wear the opponent's resolve to zero before the player character's. Here, cards represent friendly negotiations which generally do not have ill effects, hostile commentary which ma |
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</script>STANAG 4427 on Configuration Management in System Life Cycle Management is the Standardization Agreement (STANAG) of NATO nations on how to do configuration management (CM) on defense systems. The STANAG, and its supporting NATO publications, provides guidance on managing the configuration of products and services. It is unique in its full life cycle perspective, requiring a Life Cycle CM Plan, and in its approach to contracting for CM, using an ISO standard as the base, and building-up additional requirements (as opposed to the classical tailoring-down).
History
STANAG 4427 is NATO’s agreement on how to do configuration management on defense systems. Edition 1 was originally promulgated in 1997 and updated with Edition 2 in 2007. The first iteration of the Standardization Agreement was entitled Introduction of Allied Configuration Management Publications (ACMPs), and it called on ratifying nations to use seven NATO publications (ACMP 1-7) as the agreed upon contractual clauses for configuration management.
In 2010, NATO undertook to review and revise the STANAGs and ACMPs with two major assignments: make the NATO guidance useful and extend the guidance through the full project life cycle. This work resulted in the promulgation of STANAG 4427 Edition 3, Configuration Management in System Life Cycle Management, in 2014. As of 2017, it has been ratified by 19 nations.
Overview
With Edition 3, NATO published three new ACMPs: ACMP-2000, Policy on Configuration Management; ACMP-2009, Guidance on Configuration Management; and ACMP-2100, Configuration Management Contractual Requirements. This trio of publications uses a civil standard as the platform (ISO 10007), requires the acquirer to prepare and maintain a Life Cycle CM Plan for the system, to use a combination of governance and insight that is required to achieve the specific system objectives, and to build-up contractual requirements based on defined needs, rather than boilerplates.
NATO publications covered by STANAG 4427 Edition 3
ACMP-2000 Ed. A Ver. 2 – Policy on Configuration Management Promulgated
ACMP-2009 Ed. A Ver. 2 – Guidance on Configuration Management Promulgated
ACMP-2100 Ed. A Ver. 2 – Configuration Management Contractual Requirements
ACMP-2009-SRD-10 Ed. A Ver. 1 – Nato CM Training Package Promulgated
ACMP-2009-SRD-40 Ed. A Ver. 1 – Predefined Levels of CM Requirement Build-Up
ACMP-2009-SRD-41 Ed. A Ver. 2 – Examples of CM Plan Requirements
ACMP-2009-SRD-51 Ed. A Ver. 1 – Nci Agency CM Tools Promulgated
SRD-2009-49 Ed. A Ver. 1 – NATO-UU Configuration Management Contract Scoping Tool
References
Copies of NATO Configuration Management publications are available, for free, at the NATO S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Rocks%20%28European%20TV%20channel%29 | MTV Rocks Europe was a European pay television music channel from Viacom International Media Networks Europe that was launched on 27 May 2014, replacing the British version of MTV Rocks in Europe.
History
On 17 November 2015, MTV Rocks Europe was removed from CanalSat.
On 1 October 2017, the European versions of MTV Rocks, MTV Dance and MTV Hits ceased broadcasting in Benelux.
On 4 October 2018, the channel was removed from Numericable along with MTV Dance Europe following the launch of Comedy Central France.
In 2019, the channel disappeared in Portugal.
On 2 May 2020, it was removed from Sky Italia.
The channel closed along with VH1 Classic Europe in October 2020 and was replaced by MTV 90s, after its British equivalent had closed three months earlier. MTV 90s was first launched on 27 May 2016 in the UK and Ireland as a temporary rebranding of MTV Classic UK until 24 June 2016.
The last video to be broadcast on MTV Rocks Europe was "Bullet Holes" by Bush.
Programmes
Biggest! Hottest! Loudest!
Supermassive Anthems!
Rocks Rated!
100% Anthems
Ultimate Rock Playlist!
This Week's Rock Solid Playlist
Smells Like The 90s!
References
External links
TV Guide
MTV Rocks Europe - presentation, screenshots
Společnost MTV Networks získala licenci pro tři další kanály
MTV channels
Television channels and stations established in 2014
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondru%20Pengal | Moondru Pengal () is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. S. Prakash. The film stars R. S. Manohar and Girija.
Cast
List adapted from the database of Film News Anandan
Male cast
R. S. Manohar
T. S. Balaiah
S. A. Asokan
T. S. Durairaj
Female cast
Girija
P. K. Saraswathi
M. N. Rajam
Production
The film was produced under the banner JayaSri Lakshmi Pictures and directed by R. S. Prakash. P. X. Rangasami wrote the screenplay and dialogues. Cinematography was done by Veerabahu while the editing was done by N. V. Javeri. Ammaiyappan was the art director while P. S. Gopalakrishnan was in charge of choreography. Still photography was done by R. N. Nagaraja Rao.
Soundtrack
Music was composed by K. V. Mahadevan while the lyrics were written by Kambadasan, M. P. Sivan, Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass and Udumalai Narayana Kavi. Playback singers are Jikki, T. V. Rathnam, R. Balasaraswathi, A. P. Komala, A. G. Rathnamala, P. Leela, Udutha Sarojini, T. A. Mothi and Sirkazhi Govindarajan
References
External links
Indian black-and-white films
Films scored by K. V. Mahadevan
1950s Tamil-language films
Films directed by R. S. Prakash
Films scored by Ashwatthama |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minor%20planets%3A%20495001%E2%80%93496000 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEADE | The Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados (Statewise System for Data Analysis Foundation), known as Fundação SEADE (SEADE Foundation), is an independent public agency sponsored by the São Paulo state in Brazil. It is linked to São Paulo's Planning and Management Office (Secretaria de Planejamento e Gestão). It is a national reference center for producing and disseminating socioeconomic and demographic analysis. SEADE performs direct research and data gathering using information from other sources, compiling a huge dataset and publishing it for free. Those datasets allow picturing several aspects of the socioeconomic reality and historical evolution of the São Paulo state, its regions, and municipalities.
Its extensive and diverse product line helps public administrators, businesses, journalists, academics, and other citizens learn about São Paulo's social/economic evolution. It allows impact assessment of public policies over its 645 municipalities.
History
The SEADE Foundation's origins remounts to the late XIX century with the creation of the Repartição da Estatística e Arquivo do Estado (State Division for Statistics and Files) in March 1892.
In 1936, the Convenção Nacional de Estatística (National Statistics Convention), endorsed by all Brazilian states, regularly established the mandatory publication of standardized statewide statistical annuaries. The Departamento Estadual de Estatística – DEE (State Statistics Department) was created to produce these reports. Regulated by an October 1938 decree, the DEE took over the services of the Repartição da Estatística e do Arquivo. It became the new central organization for statistics for the São Paulo state.
In 1950, the DEE was replaced by the Departamento de Estatística do Estado de São Paulo – DEESP (São Paulo's Statistics Department).
In 1976, the DEESP was incorporated by the Coordenadoria de Análise de Dados – CAD (Data Analisis Coordinating Body). The CAD was responsible for the Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados Estatísticos, created in 1975. In 1978, Law #1,866, from December 4, created the Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados – SEADE. The following year, its statutes were approved by decree #13,161 when the Foundation got its current juridic form and operating rules.
External links
Official Homepage
Canal do Empresário: Investment planning: Government agencies: SEADE
Decree # from October 1938: Reorganizes the Repartição de Estatística e Arquivo do Estado
Law #1,866 from december 4 - Authorization for the creation of the SEADE Foundation by the executive branch
decree #13,161 - Approval of the SEADE Foundation operational statutes
Convenção Nacional de Estatística (National Statistics Convention)
Repartição da Estatística e Arquivo do Estado (State Division for Statistics and Files)
Organisations based in São Paulo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVSD-LD | KVSD-LD (channel 26) is a low-power religious television station in San Diego, California, United States, owned and operated by the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located on Woodson Mountain.
On July 27, 2022, Word of God Fellowship, parent organization of Daystar, announced its intent to purchase KVSD-LD from D'Amico Brothers Broadcasting for $1.3 million, pending approval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The deal includes a time brokerage agreement (TBA) prior to closing.
References
Daystar Television Network affiliates
VSD-LD
Television channels and stations established in 1999
VSD
1999 establishments in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%20D.%20Richards | Julian Daryl Richards is a British archaeologist and academic. He works at the University of York, and is director of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), and Internet Archaeology. He is also the director of the Centre for Digital Heritage at the university, and contributed to the founding of The White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities. His work focuses on the archaeological applications of information technology. He has participated in excavations at Cottam, Cowlam, Burdale, Wharram Percy, and Heath Wood barrow cemetery.
Career
Richards studied archaeology and anthropology at the University of Cambridge, after switching from history. He began his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic in 1980, researching burial rituals among pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons. His doctoral thesis was titled "An investigation of the significance of form and decoration in Early Anglo-Saxon funerary urns" and was completed in 1985.
In the 1970s or 1980s Richards was a volunteer in the excavations of Viking Age settlements around the Coppergate Shopping Centre in York. He then spent time at the University of Leeds, before returning to York in 1986 to lecture about Anglo-Saxon and Viking archaeology at the University of York.
Richards lectured at the University of York, concentrating on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age archaeology, particularly mortuary behaviour and settlement evolution, in England. In that capacity he published Viking Age England in 1991, and has worked at Cottam, Cowlam, Burdale, Wharram Percy, and Heath Wood barrow cemetery. , he is re-examining a winter camp used by the Great Viking Army at Torksey, Lincolnshire, stretching over .
Another concentration of Richards is the intersection of archaeology and technology. In 1985 he co-edited a textbook on archaeological computing, Current Issues in Archaeological Computing, a focus of subsequent books and papers. He is the director of the Archaeology Data Service, a digital archive of archaeological research, and the co-director of Internet Archaeology, an electronic peer-reviewed journal. He is also the director the Centre for Digital Heritage at the University of York. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1991 and is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA).
Selected works
References
Bibliography
External links
List of publications on ResearchGate
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British archaeologists
Academics of the University of York
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Alumni of Staffordshire University
Anglo-Saxon archaeologists |
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