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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars%20and%20Warriors%3A%20Joan%20of%20Arc | Wars & Warriors: Joan of Arc is a historically based computer game. Developed and published by Enlight, it was released in 2004. The player assumes the persona of Joan of Arc and leads the French in their attempt to win the Hundred Years' War. The game combines aspects of real-time strategy and action.
Gameplay
While the game has both action and strategy aspects, action predominates. Playing as Joan or one of several other French commanders, the player uses a variety of weapons to defeat enemy English soldiers. As the game progresses, the player gains combos and special attacks that enable him or her to defeat the English more effectively. The player also controls the French army and directs it in battle. There are eight levels, each featuring multiple objectives.
Development
The game was in development for more than a year.
Reception
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. PC Gamer said that it "deserves the same fate as its namesake".
References
External links
Official website
2004 video games
Cancelled Xbox games
Enlight Software games
Real-time strategy video games
Single-player video games
Video games developed in China
Video games scored by Jason Graves
Windows games
Windows-only games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica%20Cerra | Erica Cerra (born October 31, 1979) is a Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of Deputy Jo Lupo on the Syfy series Eureka, and artificial intelligence A.L.I.E. and her creator Becca on The 100.
Career
Cerra was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is of Italian descent. Captivated by acting from an early age, she first appeared in the Canadian show KidZone then in numerous commercials as a child. She then took a break from acting, because, in her own words; "it was about wanting to be 14....I wanted to be 14 with no responsibility but I always wanted to act again."
Between 2001 and 2006, Cerra had guest roles on several popular and critically acclaimed TV shows including Battlestar Galactica, The L Word and Smallville. Her other roles included parts in The 4400, The Dead Zone, Reaper, Huff and Dead Like Me, as well as the Canadian police procedural Cold Squad, the monster-hunting action series Special Unit 2, and the supernatural thriller series The Collector. She also appeared in major cinematic movie releases Man About Town with Ben Affleck and Rebecca Romijn, and Blade:Trinity with Wesley Snipes.
In 2006, she starred in the music video for the Michael Bublé song "Save the Last Dance for Me". That year also saw her land her most successful role to date, when she was cast as Deputy Jo Lupo in Eureka, a Syfy series which was broadcast between 2006 and 2012. Cerra was one of the stars of the ensemble cast, with her character playing an integral role throughout the series' five seasons.
She has since appeared in various guest roles in series such as Warehouse 13, Sanctuary, Supernatural and Motive. She had a recurring role in the 2014 USA Network series Rush and appeared in the CW series iZombie in 2015.
Erica appeared in the second season finale of the CW series The 100 which aired on March 11, 2015, as a mysterious A.I. called A.L.I.E. She played the main antagonist during the third season and reprised the role in an episode of the fourth season. Cerra also played Becca, the creator of A.L.I.E., in a flashback storyline.
Personal life
Cerra married Raffaele Fiore in November 2010. Cerra gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, in May 2012.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
References
External links
Erica Cerra Gallery
1979 births
Actresses from Vancouver
Canadian film actresses
Canadian people of Italian descent
Canadian television actresses
Living people
21st-century Canadian actresses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20ad%20hoc%20network | A wireless ad hoc network (WANET) or mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a decentralized type of wireless network. The network is ad hoc because it does not rely on a pre-existing infrastructure, such as routers or wireless access points. Instead, each node participates in routing by forwarding data for other nodes. The determination of which nodes forward data is made dynamically on the basis of network connectivity and the routing algorithm in use.
Such wireless networks lack the complexities of infrastructure setup and administration, enabling devices to create and join networks "on the fly".
Each device in a MANET is free to move independently in any direction, and will therefore change its links to other devices frequently. Each must forward traffic unrelated to its own use, and therefore be a router. The primary challenge in building a MANET is equipping each device to continuously maintain the information required to properly route traffic. This becomes harder as the scale of the MANET increases due to 1) the desire to route packets to/through every other node, 2) the percentage of overhead traffic needed to maintain real-time routing status, 3) each node has its own goodput to route independent and unaware of others needs, and 4) all must share limited communication bandwidth, such as a slice of radio spectrum.
Such networks may operate by themselves or may be connected to the larger Internet. They may contain one or multiple and different transceivers between nodes. This results in a highly dynamic, autonomous topology. MANETs usually have a routable networking environment on top of a link layer ad hoc network.
History
Packet radio
The earliest wireless data network was called PRNET, the packet radio network, and was sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the early 1970s. Bolt, Beranek and Newman Inc. (BBN) and SRI International designed, built, and experimented with these earliest systems. Experimenters included Robert Kahn, Jerry Burchfiel, and Ray Tomlinson. Similar experiments took place in the amateur radio community with the x25 protocol. These early packet radio systems predated the Internet, and indeed were part of the motivation of the original Internet Protocol suite. Later DARPA experiments included the Survivable Radio Network (SURAN) project, which took place in the 1980s. A successor to these systems was fielded in the mid-1990s for the US Army, and later other nations, as the Near-term digital radio.
Another third wave of academic and research activity started in the mid-1990s with the advent of inexpensive 802.11 radio cards for personal computers. Current wireless ad hoc networks are designed primarily for military utility. Problems with packet radios are: (1) bulky elements, (2) slow data rate, (3) unable to maintain links if mobility is high. The project did not proceed much further until the early 1990s when wireless ad hoc networks were born.
Early work on MANET
The growth of laptop |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath%20On-demand%20Routing | The Multipath On-demand Routing (MOR) protocol is a protocol to connect nodes in wireless sensor networks. It is an ad hoc routing protocol which is reactive or on-demand, meaning that it establishes routes as needed. The advantage of this approach is obvious if only a few routes are needed, since the routing overhead is less compared to the proactive approach of establishing routes whether or not they are needed. The disadvantage of on-demand establishment of routes is that connections take more time if the route needs to be established.
MOR lessens the disadvantages of on-demand routing in wireless sensor networks by having the likely targets of communication perform an initial broadcast. This allows all recipients to have a route to these nodes.
The main characteristic distinguishing MOR from other ad hoc routing protocols is that it maintains multiple routes to each destination, when available, whereas most other such protocols only keep a single route. There are many advantages to having multiple routes when possible, including
increased reliability
potentially better load balancing
more even energy consumption (a consequence of better load balancing)
Each node in MOR remembers all next-hop nodes that are closer to a given destination for which a route exists. It then sends successive packets to each such node in round-robin fashion. If a next-hop node fails to acknowledge a given packet, the retransmission is attempted to another node, again if possible. This allows automatic and graceful recovery from occasional localized congestion as well as longer-term reasons for node unavailability.
External links
A Reliability Layer for Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Network Routing
Ad hoc routing protocols |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil%20One | Tamil One is a Canadian exempt Category B Tamil language specialty channel.
History
Tamil One was originally owned by Network Television International, who were awarded a license by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a specialty channel called NTI Tamil Service, described as "a national ethnic Category 2 pay television service targeting the Tamil/Tamil-speaking community."
The channel subsequently launched on September 6, 2001, on Rogers Cable as TamilTV.
On February 9, 2001, Peethambaran Koneswaran sold Network Television International to Medianet Canada Ltd. which was operated by Phillip Koneswaran, who subsequently converted NTI into a subsidiary of Medianet Canada. On December 5, 2002, NTI was granted approval for a specialty channel license allowing them to convert TamilTV from a Pay TV service to a regular specialty service.
In September 2006, the channel was re-branded Tamil One.
On February 1, 2008, Medianet Canada sold the channel to Tamil One Inc. (controlled by Subanasiri Vaithilingam).
On August 30, 2013, the CRTC approved Tamil One Inc.'s request to convert Tamil One from a licensed Category B specialty service to an exempted Cat. B third language service.
In June 2016, Tamil One switched to High Definition service on both Rogers and Bell channels respectively.
References
External links
Kalaignar TV
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2001
Tamil-language television in Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwingWiki | SwingWiki may refer to one of the following:
swingwiki.org, a now-defunct Java Swing developer wiki (the domain has been cybersquatted)
swingwiki.com, a now-defunct swing dance information wiki (the domain has been parked)
swing-ev.de, a student organisation for industrial and computer engineering at the Ilmenau University of Technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20exports%20per%20capita | This is a list of countries by exports of goods and services per capita. Unless otherwise stated, all data is based on the information in the Economic Complexity Index.
References
Lists of countries by product exports
Lists of countries by per capita values |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine%20News%20%28radio%29 | Nine News is a radio news service providing the half-hourly radio news bulletins to radio stations across Australia.
History
On 16 September 2009, Macquarie Radio Network shut down its news website, livenews.com.au after two years of existence, citing poor financial returns.
In April 2015, following the merger of Macquarie Radio Network and Fairfax Radio Network, the newsroom of 2UE Sydney was closed and replaced with the 2GB feed. Local bulletins on 3AW, 4BC and 6PR now take the Macquarie National News branding. This branding was retained until the renaming of Macquarie Media as Nine Radio in 2020.
In July, the newsroom shared between 1116 SEN and 3MP 1377 in Melbourne was closed, replaced with the Macquarie National News service from 3AW.
On 1 January 2020, the Macquarie service was replaced by Nine News, which commenced providing the half-hourly radio news bulletins to radio stations across Australia.
Stations
Bold signifies a Nine Radio owned station.
State bulletins
New South Wales
2GB
2UE
Alive 90.5
Eagle FM
GNFM
Hawkesbury Radio
Hope 103.2
SWR 99.9 FM
Victoria
3AW
1116 SEN
3BA
3MP
3NE
Magic 1278
Radio KLFM
Queensland
4BC
4BH
Western Australia
6PR
6IXNational bulletin
New South Wales
Alive 90.5 Baulkham Hills
2AAA Wagga Wagga
2AY Albury-Wodonga
2MIA Griffith
2QN Deniliquin
2WEB Bourke
Victoria
Bay 93.9 Geelong (Weekends only)
Edge FM 102.1 Wangaratta
K Rock 95.5 Geelong (Weekends only)
3CS Colac
3HA Hamilton
3SH Swan Hill
3WM Horsham
3YB Warrnambool
3KND Melbourne
Queensland
Hot Country Queensland Dalby / Goondiwindi / St George / Roma
West FM Charleville
4HI Emerald
4LM Mount Isa
4SB Kingaroy
4VL Charleville
4ZR''' Roma
Northern Territory
104.1 Territory FM Darwin
Former stations
MTR 1377 Melbourne
Sky Sports Radio Sydney / Regional New South Wales (replaced with local newsroom at weekdays)
2CH
References
Nine Radio
Australian news radio programs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard%20protector | A keyboard protector or keyboard cover is a device which is placed on top of a computer keyboard in order to reduce contact with the environment. Keyboards are susceptible to corrosion damage from liquid spills and build up of dust and debris, requiring frequent cleaning and maintenance. The protector serves as a barrier to eliminate ingress from these materials.
Composition
A keyboard protector is usually made from plastic, polyurethane or silicone. It is in the form of a flexible sheet, moulded to fit the key profiles and arrangements on the keyboard.
Working principle
A keyboard protector is placed on top of a keyboard, acting as a physical barrier to the environment. When a key is depressed, the protector material deforms with the key, allowing full key travel and tactile feedback. Some models of have the sides of the protector extend to the underside of the keyboard, which are secured with adhesive tape. When dirty, the protector can be removed and cleaned.
Advantages and inconvenience
Computer users who are unfamiliar with keyboard protectors may take some time to become accustomed, since the keystrokes are dampened and the force needed to depress the keys is different. These factors may also affect their typing speed and accuracy.
Some applications can be a disadvantage, for example laptops and luggables. On laptops, the computer may not close properly with the protector fitted, and can transfer dirt and debris to the display.
Compatibility
Since there are several major types of keyboards in the market, some with different layouts, the compatibility of keyboard protectors is also important in order to have the keyboard fully and well protected. Different keyboards will often feature slightly different key spacing or arrangement, leading to ill-fitting protectors.
References
Computer keyboards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol%20and%20Bath%20Railway%20Path | The Bristol and Bath Railway Path is a off-road cycleway, part of National Cycle Network National Cycle Route 4. It has a wide tarmacked surface, and was used for 2.4 million trips in 2007, increasing by 10% per year.
It was built by the cycling charity Sustrans between 1979 and 1986, which leased a stretch near Saltford, with the help of the then Avon County Council, and using volunteers turned it into its first cycleway.
Route
The path follows the route of the Midland Railway Mangotsfield and Bath branch line, which was closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s in favour of the more direct former Great Western Railway between the cities, from Lawrence Hill in central Bristol to Newbridge in Bath. It passes through the suburbs of Easton, Fishponds, and Staple Hill, then the villages of Mangotsfield, Warmley, Bitton and Saltford, before ending at Newbridge.
Bristol end
The path starts at Trinity Street, Lawrence Hill.
Clay Bottom
A housing development at Clay Bottom (near the B4469) has encroached onto the alignment of the railway, and the cycleway diverts around several houses causing a blind corner. These houses would be in the way of any future use of this section as a guided busway or rail use.
Staple Hill
3.2 miles from the Bristol end, the path reaches Staple Hill station. On the remaining platform there is a modern sculptured seat. The path rises up level with the platform, and then drops back down to the track bed.
A short distance from the station is the entrance to the 0.3-mile-long Staple Hill Tunnel under Staple Hill. The west end of the tunnel is at , the east end at . The path takes up less than half the width of the tunnel, with the rest of the floor uneven rocks. The tunnel is lit all year-round, and despite the warning signs, 24 hours a day. The roof leaks in places, giving the appearance of rain, often when outside it is dry.
Mangotsfield station
Mangotsfield railway station was on the Midland Railway Bristol and Gloucester main line, the junction for the Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line to Bath Green Park railway station. It had six platforms.
The disused Bristol and Gloucester route to Yate now provides a spur from the railway path northwest to the Bristol ring road cycle path and Emersons Green.
The remaining island platforms have railway-related sculptures between them, some depicting waiting passengers. One notable sculpture was that of a suitcase, supposedly belonging to one of the passengers. However, it disappeared in the summer of 2008.
Avon ring road
From 1999 to July 2001 South Gloucestershire Council built a new section of the A4174 Avon ring road along part of the path. While the work was being undertaken the path was diverted away from the old railway line and a new section was added around the ring road, increasing the length by 200 yards. The new section includes two bridges, several tight corners, a hill (South Gloucestershire Council describes it as a 'barely perceptible gradient'), and two |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberSource | Cybersource is a United Kingdom based payment gateway founded in 1994.
In November 2007, Cybersource acquired the U.S. small business payment services provider Authorize.net for $565 million.
On April 22, 2010, Visa Inc. acquired Cybersource for $2 billion.
See also
List of on-line payment service providers
References
Companies based in Foster City, California
Visa acquisitions
American companies established in 1994
Financial services companies established in 1994
1994 establishments in California
2010 mergers and acquisitions
Payment service providers
Online payments
Internet fraud |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germplasm%20Resources%20Information%20Network | Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online USDA National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the National Plant Germplasm System.
GRIN has extended its role to manage information on the germplasm reposits of insect (invertebrate), microbial, and animal species (see sub-projects).
Description
The site is a resource for identifying taxonomic information (scientific names) as well as common names on more than 500,000 accessions (distinct varieties, cultivars etc.) of plants covering 10,000 species; both economically important ones and wild species. It profiles plants that are invasive or noxious weeds, threatened or endangered, giving out data on worldwide distribution of its habitat; as well as passport information. GRIN also incorporates an Economic Plants Database.
The network is maintained by GRIN's Database Management Unit (GRIN/DBMU). GRIN is under the oversight of National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (NGRL) in Beltsville, Maryland, which in 1990 replaced its forerunner, the Germplasm Services Laboratory (GSL), that had formerly run GRIN. Since November, 2015 GRIN has been running on GRIN-Global software produced by a collaborative project between the USDA and the Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Sub-projects
A stated mission of GRIN is to support the following projects:
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)
National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP)
National Microbial Germplasm Program (NMGP)
National Invertebrate Germplasm Program (NIGP)
See also
International Plant Names Index
List of electronic Floras (for online flora databases)
Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Natural Resources Conservation Service
References
External links
The NRCS also maintains the PLANT database
Genetics organizations
United States Department of Agriculture
Biodiversity databases
Online taxonomy databases
Year of establishment missing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniqueness%20Database%20File | In Microsoft Windows system administration, a Uniqueness Database File (UDF) is a text file that enables the administrator to supply the information that must be unique to each computer or each user. Used in conjunction with a single answer file, when Windows XP Professional is deployed to several client computers that require different setup configurations.
External links
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/ntwrkstn/reskit/dep02.mspx?mfr=true
Windows architecture |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalHell | globalHell was a group of hackers, composed of about 60 individuals. The group disbanded in 1999, when 12 members were prosecuted for computer intrusion and 30 for lesser offences.
The members of the group were responsible for over a hundred website defacements, trafficking stolen personal and financial information and illegally accessing numerous teleconferences over which they co-ordinated their efforts. A few of the systems they broke into include those of United States Army, the White House, United States Cellular, Ameritech and the US Postal Service.
Members
MostHateD – sentenced to 26 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release.
Mindphasr – ordered to pay restitution to the U.S. Army and serve six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and to gain approval from future employers to use the Internet.
ne0h – ne0h is a Canadian hacker, featured in Kevin Mitnick's book, "The Art of Intrusion", but ne0h's real identity is unknown.
References
External links
Wired.com news article on globalHell.
ZDNet news article related to the disbandment of gH.
Hacker groups |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Regional%20Transport | London Regional Transport (LRT) was the organisation responsible for most of the public transport network in London, England, between 1984 and 2000. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operational brand of the organisation was London Transport from 1989, but until then it traded as LRT. This policy was reversed after the appointment of Sir Wilfrid Newton in 1989, who also abolished the recently devised LRT logo and restored the traditional roundel.
History
The LRT was created by the London Regional Transport Act 1984 and was under direct state control, reporting to the Secretary of State for Transport. It took over responsibility from the Greater London Council on 29 June 1984, two years before the GLC was formally abolished. Because the Act only received the Royal assent three days earlier, its assets were temporarily frozen by the banks as they had not received mandates to transfer. The headquarters of the new organisation remained at the former London Transport Executive building at 55 Broadway.
On 1 April 1985, the company was re-organised into several companies with London Regional Transport as the holding company. London Buses Limited was formed to manage the bus network and London Underground Limited the London Underground network, as wholly owned subsidiaries of LRT.
In 1985 the operation of some bus services was put out to tender for the first time and, for a number of years, buses bearing a variety of different colour-schemes operated alongside those still operating in the traditional red livery by operators such as Armchair Passenger Transport, Boro'line Maidstone, Capital Citybus, Grey-Green, Harris Bus, Kentish Bus, London Buslines and Metrobus. In response to the competition, LRT established low-cost business units Bexleybus and Westlink. The variety of liveries was found to be confusing to tourists and non-Londoners expecting to find red-painted buses and, after lobbying from the tourist board, in 1997 it became a requirement when contracts were retendered that bus liveries be predominantly red.
In 1987, the computer services division was sold to Cap Gemini for £1.3 million. On 1 April 1989 London Buses was divided into business units, in preparation for privatisation.
In November 1993, the Government deferred the proposed deregulation of buses in London, noting that the sell-off of London Buses business units would continue. Between September 1994 and January 1995, these bus units were sold. Upon the privatisation of British Rail, the Waterloo & City line passed to the London Underground and LRT management on 1 April 1994.
LRT remained in overall control of public transport in London until 2 July 2000 when Transport for London, an agency of the newly created Greater London Authority took over responsibility under the Greater London Authority Act 1999. The transfer of responsibility was staged, with transfer of control of London Underground delayed until July 2003, when Lond |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airwave | Airwave(s) may refer to:
Telecommunication
Radio wave, particularly artificial waves generated for human communication
Airwave (communications network), a mobile communications network dedicated for use by emergency services in Great Britain
AirWave Wireless, a Wi-Fi hotspot provider, acquired by Aruba Networks in 2008
Characters
Airwave (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero universe
Air Wave, three DC Comics superheroes
Airwave, a Decepticon in the Transformers Micromasters subline
Music
Airwaves (Badfinger album), 1979
Airwaves (Badfinger song)
"Airwaves", a song by Kraftwerk from Radio-Activity
Airwaves (Ike & Tina Turner album), 1978
"Airwave", a song by Rank 1
"Airwaves" (Brett Kissel song), from Pick Me Up
"Airwaves", a song by Thomas Dolby from The Golden Age of Wireless
Airwaves, a Welsh 1970s pop-rock band led by musician and songwriter John David
Iceland Airwaves, an annual music festival in Reykjavik
Angels & Airwaves, an American space rock band
Laurent Véronnez, aka Airwave, trance music composer (French page)
Other uses
Airwaves (gum), a brand of chewing gum sold by Wrigley's
Airwaves (TV series), a 1986–1990 Canadian sitcom
Honda Airwave, a 2005–2010 subcompact car
Airwave, a fictional airline in Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Airwave Gliders, an Austrian aircraft manufacturer
Airwave (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
Airwaves (Over the Edge), a set of three role-playing game adventures |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS%20Records | RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.
History
RAS Records was founded in 1979 by Doctor Dread. In his travels to Jamaica he created a network within the reggae artist community there. By the early to mid-1980s, RAS had signed artists such as Black Uhuru, Inner Circle, Culture, Junior Reid, Yellowman, and Freddie McGregor. This allowed RAS to grow significantly throughout the world. To date, the label has also signed artists including Luciano, The Wailers Band, Sizzla and Tony Rebel.
Awards
Over the years, several RAS artists have been nominated for a Grammy Award. In 1996, Bunny Wailer received an award for his tribute album, Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary.
RAS artists
Luciano
The Wailers Band
Junior Reid
Culture
Black Uhuru
Inner Circle
Don Carlos
Yellowman
J.C. Lodge
Freddie McGregor
Sanchez
Israel Vibration
Steel Pulse
Mad Cobra
Mikey Spice
Tiger
Gregory Isaacs
Brigadier Jerry
Pinchers
Eek-A-Mouse
Half Pint
Peter Broggs
See also
List of record labels
References
External links
RAS Records website
Discography at Discogs
American record labels
Record labels established in 1979
Reggae record labels |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullrate | Fullrate A/S was a Danish lower-cost telecommunications flanker brand of YouSee, part of the TDC Group. Founded in 2005, by five former top-employees of Danish competitor Cybercity. Fullrate was founded after Cybercity's acquisition by Norway-based Telenor. Fullrate offers Internet access and phone services (VoIP), to customers all over Denmark.
Fullrate made use of the ADSL2+ with Annex M technology for their lowest-speed services, which enables download bandwidths up to 20Mbit/s and upload bandwidths up to 2Mbit/s. For speeds beyond that, VDSL2 is used
with speeds up to 40 Mbit/s download and 8 Mbit/s upload speeds.
On 20 January 2020, TDC announced that Fullrate would be shut down by Spring 2020 and the customers be migrated to YouSee.
References
External links
Fullrate A/S
Telecommunications companies of Denmark |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doors%20%28computing%29 | Doors is an inter-process communication facility for Unix computer systems. They provide a form of procedure call.
History
Doors were developed by Sun Microsystems as a core part of the Spring operating system, then added to Solaris in version 2.5 as an undocumented internal interface. They became a documented feature in Solaris 2.6. Recent versions of Solaris use Doors in many places, including nscd (the name service cache daemon) and syslog.
A Linux port of Doors was released in 2003, but is only available for version 2.4.18.
Overview
The Doors subsystem is implemented as a user-space library with some kernel support, and relies heavily on threads. It is designed for low overhead, and the Solaris implementation uses some assembly code for maximum efficiency.
Doors are created by server processes (which must use threads) and called by client processes. It is possible for one process to both create and call a door. When creating a door, the server must specify a server procedure, which will be called by the Doors library on behalf of clients. Unlike most remote procedure call systems, each door has only one server procedure. A server can "attach" a door to a file, enabling clients to connect to that door simply by opening that file. The ls -l command will then show the file with a 'type' of "D" (not to be confused with "d" for a directory) — for example:
Clients use door_call() to invoke the door's server procedure, passing a contiguous region of memory and a list of file descriptors as arguments, and getting back another contiguous region and list of file descriptors. Either region may be empty, as may either list. Usually, two C structs will be defined, one for the input data and one for the output data. (Alternatively, tagged unions may be used, allowing a door procedure to provide multiple actions in much the same way as the ioctl system call.) Every file descriptor is accompanied by a flags word. The DOOR_RELEASE flag requests that a file descriptor be closed in the sending process after being duplicated in the receiving process. If a file descriptor that refers to a door is sent, the system records the properties of that door in the flags word.
As well as representing a procedure, or a group of procedures, a door can represent a stateful data object, making it possible to pass references to such objects between processes. Such a door would typically take a tagged union as input data with each tag value denoting a different method.
The Doors system also provides a way for clients and servers to get information about each other. For example, a server can check the client's user or process ID to implement access control.
The Doors library normally creates and manages a pool of threads in the server process to handle calls, but it is possible to override this behavior. The Doors system does not provide any form of synchronization, but servers can use the normal thread-level synchronization primitives. Doors can be used to synchronize |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Venevisi%C3%B3n | This is a list of programs currently, formerly, and soon to be broadcast by Venevisión (made by Venevisión only).
Current programming
Telenovelas
Programming
Shows
News programs
El Informador (1973–1993, 2002–2006)
Noticiero Venevisión (1994–2001, 2006–present)
Frente a la Prensa (1961–1967)
Conversaciones con Alfredo Peña (1994–1999)
Así son las Cosas (1994–2007)
24 Horas (1990–2004)
El Viva (1987–1991, 1998–2002)
Close Up (1981–1989; 2010–present)
Telenovela/drama
En el mar la vida es más sabrosa (2015)
Amor Secreto (2015)
Corazón esmeralda (2014)
Cosita Linda (2014)
De todas maneras Rosa (2013)
El Talismán (2012)
Corazón Apasionado (2012)
Mi ex me tiene ganas (2012)
El árbol de Gabriel (2012)
Válgame Dios (2012)
Natalia del Mar (2011)
La viuda joven (2011)
Sacrificio de Mujer (2011)
Eva Luna (2010)
La mujer perfecta (2010)
Harina de Otro Costal (2010)
Tomasa Tequiero (2009)
Un Esposo para Estela (2009)
Los misterios del amor (2009)
Alma Indomable (2009)
Pobre Millonaria (2008)
La vida entera (2008–2009)
¿Vieja Yo? (2008–2009)
Valeria (2008)
Torrente (2008)
Arroz con Leche (2007–2008)
Somos Tú y Yo (2007–2010)
Amor Comprado (2007-2008)
Aunque mal paguen (2007–2008)
Acorralada (2007)
Voltea pa' que te enamores (2006–2007)
Ciudad Bendita (2006–2007)
Olvidarte Jamás (2006)
Los Querendones (2006)
Con Toda el Alma (2005–2006)
Mi Vida Eres Tú (2005)
Soñar no Cuesta Nada (2005)
El amor las vuelve locas (2005)
Se Solicita Principe Azul (2005)
Nunca te Dire Adios (2005)
Ángel Rebelde (2004)
Sabor a ti (2004–2005)
Amor del Bueno (2004)
Rebeca (2003)
Todo Sobre Camila (2003)
Engañada (2003)
Bésame Tonto (2003)
Cosita Rica (2003–2004)
Las González (2002)
Gata Salvaje (2002–2003)
Lejana Como el Viento (2002)
Mambo y Canela (2002)
Felina (2001)
Cazando a un Millonario (2001)
Guerra de Mujeres (2001–2002)
Mas que Amor... Frenesi (2001)
Secreto de amor (2001)
Maria Rosa, Buscame una Esposaa (2000)
Vidas Prestadas (2000)
Hechizo de Amor (2000)
Muñeca de trapo (2000)
Amantes de Luna Llena (2000–2001)
Vuleve Junto a Mi (2000)
Calypso (1999)
Cuando Hay Pasion (1999)
El País de las mujeres (1999–2000)
Enamorada (1999)
Toda Mujer (1999)
Jugando A Ganar (1998)
Asi es la Vida (1998)
Enseñame un Querer (1998)
La Mujer de mi Vida (1998)
Samantha (1998)
Entre Tu y Yo (1997)
A todo corazón (1997–1998)
Destino de Mujer (1997)
Contra viento y marea (1997)
Amor Mío (1997)
Todo Por Tu Amor (1997)
Sol de Tentación (1996)
Quirpa de Tres Mujeres (1996)
El Perdón De Los Pecados (1996)
Pecado de Amor (1995)
Dulce Enemiga (1995)
Ka Ina (1995)
Como tú, ninguna (1994)
Maria Celeste (1994)
Peligrosa (1994)
Morena Clara (1993)
Rosangelica (1993)
Amor de Papel (1993)
Por Amarte Tanto (1993)
Amor Sin Fronteras (1992)
Cara Sucia (1992)
Macarena (1992)
Bellisima (1991)
Ines Duarte, Secretaria (1991)
La mujer prohibida (1991)
Mundo de Fieras (1991)
Adorable Mónica (1990)
La Rev |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie%20Zombie | Zombie Zombie is a ZX Spectrum computer game developed by Spaceman Ltd (Sandy White and Angela Sutherland), published in 1984 by Quicksilva. It is a development of Spaceman's previous Ant Attack, and uses an updated "Softsolid 3D" isometric graphics engine.
Gameplay
The player is alone in an ancient partially walled city infested with zombies. They must lure the zombies into following the player and then trick them into falling off the edge of tall structures more than three blocks high. The player must get close enough to the zombies to attract their attention into following them, but not so close as to be overwhelmed and become a zombie themselves.
Zombie Zombie includes a helicopter, which can be piloted and used to alter the architecture by lifting and dropping bricks.
City
The city is made of blocks which can be rearranged by the player to make the zombie cull easier. As the city walls are incomplete in places, Your Spectrum recommended that the player's first action was to rebuild the wall, preventing zombies from wandering off in to the outer desert and making the game impossible to complete.
Your Spectrum revealed in another tips article that there was a second hidden city accessed by entering a codephrase.
City #1 contains the phrase "© AS" (Angela Sutherland) and City #2 the phrase "SPACEMAN WAS HERE!" made out of blocks.
Development
Zombie Zombie uses two-channel sound, a then unheard-of feat of a computer equipped with only single-channel 1-bit sound from a tiny speaker. Through the use of the Sinclair Interface 1, the game's two-channel melodies could be played back on a MIDI-equipped synthesizer. Although a wiring diagram was supplied with the game, the interfacing code had been tested on a Yamaha DX7 with a ROM containing bugs - so the circuit would only work on that particular synthesizer. This came to light when Sandy White attempted to demo the game while connected to an unfamiliar synthesizer.
References
External links
1984 video games
Action games
Europe-exclusive video games
Quicksilva games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games about zombies
ZX Spectrum games
ZX Spectrum-only games
Single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galerians%3A%20Rion | is a 2002 computer-animated OVA based on the 1999 PlayStation video game Galerians. Originally released by Enterbrain in Japan in three episodes, Galerians: Rion was later combined into a single feature, licensed for the North America by Image Entertainment, and broadcast on MTV2 on 3 July 2004.
Galerians: Rion is set in the 26th century, and the human residents of Earth are under attack from a supercomputer called Dorothy. Intent on eliminating the human race, Dorothy faces some stiff competition from Rion Steiner, a teenager with superhuman powers.
Plot
A 16-year-old boy named Rion one day wakes up in a hospital observation room. Having no memories of his past or how he got there, a mysterious voice of a girl begs him to save her. While he is trying to escape, he discovers he has psychic powers.
Using this ability he kills off the staff and hospital security. He finds out he needs to take drugs for not losing control; using different drugs gives Rion a different ability.
Rion discovers that in the hospital, they are having human experiments, named "G Project", related to his powers. He also finds out information about himself.
Having finally escaped, he goes home, memories coming back to him, but is interrupted by G Project experiments/monsters and a Galerian named Birdman. He soon finds the girl who called out to him is a childhood friend named Lilia, who is also the daughter of Dr. Pascalle, a colleague of Rion's father, who wants to help Rion destroy an artificial intelligence named Dorothy. Dorothy was a super computer program made to serve humans. However, she started to wonder why she should help humanity. One of her creators, Dr. Steiner, told Dorothy about the existence of God and how humans must serve their creator as she must serve humans. Dorothy responds to this by starting a secret program to create super-humans named Galerians, plotting to use them to kill off humanity and rule Earth being served by her Galerians. Throughout the story, the Galerians are also after Lilia, as she has a virus program implanted in her brain as a safeguard against Dorothy.
Dorothy sends her Galerians after Rion and Lilia. It is up to Rion to kill the Galerians, destroy Dorothy and save humanity. Rion comes face-to-face to the last Galerian, Cain, who is a clone of the real Rion, and he finds out the horrible truth: he himself is a Galerian – a clone of the real Rion who died a while ago. Killing off Cain, Rion confronts and battles Dorothy and uses all his powers to destroy her.
Lying in Lilia's arms, Rion says his last words and dies. In the end, the scene changes. In a completely white area, Rion is seen sitting down with his head low and finally disappears into thin air, symbolizing his death.
Voice cast
DVD release
Galerians: Rion was released on DVD in Japan in three separate volumes on 24 April 2002. The OVA saw a North American DVD release on 6 April 2004 and a UMD release on 25 October 2005. The DVD was packaged with a 14-song |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seva%2C%20Barcelona | Seva is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. The municipality includes a large exclave to the south-west.
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Osona |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit%20Software | Rabbit Software was an English software company which produced video games for home computers such as the ZX Spectrum, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 in the early to mid-1980s. Rabbit's later software packaging was slightly different from that of the other software houses of the time, as the cassettes were encased within an outer red box which made them more distinctive on the shop shelves.
Rabbit went into liquidation around the same time Imagine Software had problems.
Games
Commodore 64
Annihilator
Centropods
Cyclons
Death Star
Escape-MCP
Galleons
Graphics Editor
Lancer Lords
Monopole
Murder
Navarone
Pakacuda
Paratroopers
Potty Painter in the Jungle
Protector
Skramble
Stalag 1
Supercuda
The Colonel's House
Trooper Truck
VIC-20
Alien Soccer
Annihilator
Anti-Matter Splatter
Carrier Attack
The Catch
Centropods
The Colonel's House
Cosmic Battle
Critters
Cyclons
Dam Busta
Dune Buggy
English Invaders
Escape MCP
Frogger
Galactic Crossfire
Grave robbers'HopperJungleKrellLunar RescueMyriadNight CrawlerNight-FlightOrbisPakakudaParatroopersQuackersRabbit ChaseRabbit WriterRace FunSki-RunSkrambleSpace PhreeksSpace StormSuperwormTank-WarZX SpectrumThe BirdsCentropodsDeath StarThe Great Fire of LondonLancer LordsJoustMurderPakacudaParatroopersPhantasiaPotty Painter''
References
Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billiard-ball%20computer | A billiard-ball computer, a type of conservative logic circuit, is an idealized model of a reversible mechanical computer based on Newtonian dynamics, proposed in 1982 by Edward Fredkin and Tommaso Toffoli. Instead of using electronic signals like a conventional computer, it relies on the motion of spherical billiard balls in a friction-free environment made of buffers against which the balls bounce perfectly. It was devised to investigate the relation between computation and reversible processes in physics.
Simulating circuits with billiard balls
This model can be used to simulate Boolean circuits in which the wires of the circuit correspond to paths on which one of the balls may travel, the signal on a wire is encoded by the presence or absence of a ball on that path, and the gates of the circuit are simulated by collisions of balls at points where their paths cross. In particular, it is possible to set up the paths of the balls and the buffers around them to form a reversible Toffoli gate, from which any other Boolean logic gate may be simulated. Therefore, suitably configured billiard-ball computers may be used to perform any computational task.
Simulating billiard balls in other models of computation
It is possible to simulate billiard-ball computers on several types of reversible cellular automaton, including block cellular automata and second-order cellular automata. In these simulations, the balls are only allowed to move at a constant speed in an axis-parallel direction, assumptions that in any case were already present in the use of the billiard ball model to simulate logic circuits. Both the balls and the buffers are simulated by certain patterns of live cells, and the field across which the balls move is simulated by regions of dead cells, in these cellular automaton simulations.
Logic gates based on billiard-ball computer designs have also been made to operate using live soldier crabs of the species Mictyris guinotae in place of the billiard balls.
See also
Unconventional computing
Fluidics
References
Models of computation
Mechanical computers
Reversible computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot%20Race | Chariot Race is a top-down racing game for the VIC-20 home computer published in 1983 by Micro-Antics. Each player attempts to take out the opponent's chariot on the way to the finish. The design, programming, and sound were done by Paul Hope, who died in 2011.
Gameplay
Chariot Race allows two people to play at the same time. Each player races a chariot along the vertically scrolling track while avoiding side walls and oncoming chariots. A player can eliminate the opponent's chariot by pushing it into other chariots or making it crash into the arena walls.
References
1983 video games
VIC-20 games
VIC-20-only games
Top-down racing video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20Shapiro | Linda G. Shapiro is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, a professor of electrical engineering, and adjunct professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington.
Education and experience
Shapiro graduated with a B.S. with highest distinction in mathematics and computer science from the University of Illinois in 1970. She completed her M.S. in computer science from University of Iowa in 1972 and her Ph.D. in computer science from University of Iowa in 1974. She was a faculty member in computer science at Kansas State University from 1974 to 1978 and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1979 to 1984. She then spent two years as director of intelligent systems at Machine Vision International in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has been an IEEE Fellow since 1995, an IAPR fellow since 2000, and has been editor-in-chief of CVGIP: Image Understanding. Shapiro received the Pattern Recognition Society Best Paper Awards in 1989 and 1995.
Research interests
Shapiro's research interests include computer vision, medical image analysis, artificial intelligence, biomedical informatics, pattern recognition, and content-based image retrieval. According to her research laboratory website, her recent research projects include Efficient Convolutional Neural Networks for Mobile Devices, Expression Recognition using Deep Neural Nets, and Digital Pathology: Accuracy, Viewing Behavior and Image Characterization.
Publications
Haralock, Robert M. and L. Shapiro. “Computer and Robot Vision.” (1991).
Robert M. Haralick, Linda G. Shapiro. "Image segmentation techniques." Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, Volume 29, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 100–132, ISSN 0734-189X, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0734-189X(85)90153-7.
L. G. Shapiro and R. M. Haralick, "Structural Descriptions and Inexact Matching," in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. PAMI-3, no. 5, pp. 504–519, September 1981,
References
External links
University of Washington, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Linda Shapiro homepage (accessed October 2013)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Washington faculty
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Computer vision researchers
American electrical engineers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net-Works%20II | Net-Works II is a bulletin board system software package written by Nick Naimo for the Apple II family of microcomputers and originally published in the early 1980s. For a time it was the most popular bulletin board system software for the Apple II, out of the dozen or so released for the platform in the 1980s.
Development and history
Nick Naimo (born 1945 in New York City) developed Net-Works II independently in the early 1980s as a member of Computer Station, a BBS provider based in Missouri. He split amicably from Computer Station to work full-time for Advanced Data Systems, a start-up software developer in St. Louis, Missouri, who developed exclusively for the Apple II. Version 2.2 of Net-Works was released by the company in June 1982. While working at Advanced Data Systems, Naimo also served as city councilman for the suburb of Maplewood, Missouri. Naimo quit Advanced Data Systems sometime in 1982 to work for the IT department of a printing press in St. Louis before relocating in Newburgh, Indiana, to work for Better Business Computers & Systems, a computer store and software publisher based in nearby Vincennes. Net-Works II was one of several applications Naimo wrote for Advanced Data Systems; others included a accounting program for small businesses and an inventory program for retailers.
A year after its introduction, Advanced Data Systems transferred the publishing rights for Net-Works II to High Technology Software Products of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. High Technology Software continued selling Net-Works II into the late 1980s.
Features
Features of Net-Works II included:
Text-based user interface;
Individual usernames and passwords;
Message boards, called forums;
Support for the Thunderware ThunderClock and compatible cards;
Chat mode between the sysop and user;
Administrative tools;
and Applesoft BASIC, Integer BASIC, and binary program downloading.
Reception and popularity
Net-Works II received a rave review in InfoWorld, with John Prather writing that the "combination of the personal computer and software such as Net-Works II may well be responsible for a phenomenon that will be the 80s equivalent of the CB radio of the 70s". He gave top marks to the software's performance, error handling, and ease of use, calling it "an extremely easy-to-use program, both from the standpoint of the sysop and of system users". Author Dean Gengle in his book The Netweaver's Sourcebook (1984) called Net-Works II "the best general-purpose bulletin board system" for the Apple II family. The software package by the mid-1980s was a massive success, with the 1986 edition of Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Software Catalog calling it "the most popular of nearly a dozen Apple II bulletin board programs". In July 1984, roughly sixty BBSes were running Net-Works II, according to Softalk. Writer Matt Yuen wrote that the quality of the Net-Works-based BBSes varied greatly.
The gambling personality Jerry L. Patterson opened a BBS running Net-Works II out o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FATA%20%28hard%20disk%20drive%29 | Fibre Attached Technology Adapted (FATA) or FC-ATA is a type of computer hard disk drive. FATA is simply a low cost ATA or SATA disk drive equipped with a small external converter, that bridges the interface to Fibre Channel (FC). This allows users to use the disk in an enterprise-class disk enclosure, at about half of the cost of a native FC drive (cost per gigabyte of capacity).
See also
ATA over Ethernet (AoE)
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
References
Hard disk computer storage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies%20in%20Natural%20Language%20Processing | Studies in Natural Language Processing is the book series of the
Association for Computational Linguistics, published by
Cambridge University Press.
Steven Bird is the series editor.
The editorial board has the following members:
Chu-Ren Huang, Chair Professor of Applied Chinese Language Studies in the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies and the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University),
Chris Manning, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science in the Department of Linguistics and Computer Science (Stanford University),
Yuji Matsumoto, Professor of Computational Linguistics in Graduate School of Information Science (Nara Institute of Science and Technology),
Maarten de Rijke, Professor of Information Processing and Internet in the Informatics Institute (the University of Amsterdam) and
Harold Somers, Professor of Language Engineering(Emeritus)in School of Computer Science (University of Manchester).
Books Currently in Print
Natural language processing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message%20Understanding%20Conference | The Message Understanding Conferences (MUC) for computing and computer science, were initiated and financed by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to encourage the development of new and better methods of information extraction. The character of this competition, many concurrent research teams competing against one another—required the development of standards for evaluation, e.g. the adoption of metrics like precision and recall.
Topics and exercises
Only for the first conference (MUC-1) could the participant choose the output format for the extracted
information. From the second conference the output format, by which the participants'
systems would be evaluated, was prescribed. For each topic fields were given, which had to be
filled with information
from the text. Typical fields were, for example, the cause, the agent, the time and place of an event,
the consequences etc. The number of fields increased from conference to conference.
At the sixth conference (MUC-6) the task of recognition of named entities and coreference was added.
For named entity all phrases in the text were supposed to be marked as person, location, organization,
time or quantity.
The topics and text sources, which were processed, show a continuous move from military to civil themes, which mirrored
the change in business interest in information extraction taking place at the time.
Literature
Ralph Grishman, Beth Sundheim: Message Understanding Conference - 6: A Brief History. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING), I, Copenhagen, 1996, 466–471.
See also
DARPA TIPSTER Program
External links
MUC-7
MUC-6
SAIC Information Extraction
MUC |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau%20Sentinelles | The Réseau Sentinelles or the French GPs' Sentinelles Network is a network of 1 314 volunteer general practitioners and 116 pediatricians, working throughout the metropolitan regions of France (respectively 2.1% and 4.3% of the total general practitioners and pediatricians in these regions). Its goal is to provide clinical surveillance in France for 10 health indicators. This network, created in November 1984 by Professor Alain-Jacques Valleron, is regulated under the auspices of the mixed research unit U1136 of Inserm and Sorbonne University.
Continuous surveillance of 10 health indicators
This national system of clinical surveillance collects real-time epidemiological data, originating from the participating general practitioners, to be used in analysis, forecasting and redistribution. It is also a part of the surveillance warning system directed by French national agency of public health (Santé publique France) (receiving the CNIL’s favorable recommendation n°471 393).
The 10 health indicators surveyed are 9 infectious diseases:
Influenza-like illness (ILI) since 1984,
Male urethritis since 1984
Mumps since 1985,
Acute diarrhea (gastroenteritis) since 1990,
Varicella zoster since 1990,
Herpes zoster since 2004,
Lyme disease since 209
Pertussis since 2017
Acute respiratory infection since 2017
and 1 non infectious diseases:
Suicide and attempted suicide since 1997
The surveillance system detects, alerts, and predicts future regional and national epidemics specifically for influenza, gastroenteritis and Varicella zoster.
The patient de-identified data is obtained via Internet by the Sentinelles doctors and directly streamed into a Geographic information system (GIS) database. A weekly report, called Sentiweb-Hebdo, is edited every Tuesday on the home webpage of the Sentinelle Network and is emailed to more than 10000 subscribers, including members of the national media. An annual report of the number of cases reported is also edited using the surveillance data. These reports are available for online viewing, and can be accessed on the Sentinelles home webpage in the section titled "documentation/bilans annuels" (or “annual reports and totals”).
Scientific research
The data provided by the Sentinelles Network had provided research in the following domains:
Models of detection and alert systems (Serfling regression methods, Costagliola D. and coll ., Am. J. Public Health, on 1991)
Prediction models of epidemics involving different geographical levels (“Method of analogues”, Viboud C. and coll ., Am J Epidemiol, on 2003).
Field epidemiology
Epidemiological inquiries are regularly performed among the Sentinelles doctors. Their purpose is to maintain the ethical conduct of epidemiological research developed by the “Association des épidémiogistes de langue française”, or the Association of Epidemiologists of the French Language. The order of each inquiry is prespecified in a written protocol. The inquiries are then summarized |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrologica%20X8 | The Electrologica X8 (or EL X8) was a digital computer designed as a successor to the Electrologica X1 and manufactured in the Netherlands by Electrologica NV between 1964 and 1968.
Like its predecessor, the X1, the X8 system included core memory, 27-bit word length, and drum memory as secondary storage (not as primary storage). The memory address was increased from 15 to 18 bits, for a theoretical maximum memory size of 256k words. The X8 included an independent peripheral processor called CHARON (Centraal Hulporgaan Autonome Regeling Overdracht Nevenapparatuur, or Central Coprocessor Autonomous Regulation Transfer Peripherals) which handled I/O. Other features included up to 48 input/output channels designed for low speed devices such as paper tape, plotters and printers. Unlike the X1, the arithmetic unit of the X8 included floating point arithmetic, with a 41-bit mantissa and 12-bit exponent (which adds up to 53 bits rather than 54; the reason is that there are two copies of the mantissa sign bit).
The system is most notable as the target processor for Edsger Dijkstra's implementation of the THE multiprogramming system. This includes the invention of semaphores, enabled by a specific instruction in the X8 instruction set. Semaphores were used not only as a synchronization mechanism within the THE operating system, but also in the request and response data structures for I/O requests processed by the CHARON coprocessor.
References
E.W.Dijkstra, Documentatie over de communicatie apparatuur aan de EL X8, EWD140, undated.
E.W.Dijkstra, Globale beschrijving van de drijvende arithmetiek van de EL X8, EWD145, 6 December 1965.
E.W. Dijkstra, "The structure of the 'THE' multiprogramming system", Communications of the ACM 11(5):341–346, 1968. Dijkstra's manuscript EWD196 Full text (subscription)
External links
The Electrologica X1 and X8 computers
Mainframe computers
Science and technology in the Netherlands
Computer science in the Netherlands
Computers designed in the Netherlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA%20%28disambiguation%29 | SATA (Serial AT Attachment), a computer bus primarily used for connecting storage disks.
SATA or Sata may also refer to:
Airlines
SATA Air Açores, a Portuguese airline based in the Azores
SATA International, the former name of the Portuguese airline Azores Airlines
SA de Transport Aérien, a Swiss airline based in Geneva
People
Genichiro Sata (born 1952), Japanese politician
Ineko Sata (1904–1998), Japanese communist and feminist author of proletarian literature
Michael Sata (1937–2014), politician and President of the Republic of Zambia
Places
Sata, Kagoshima, a Japanese town now merged into Minamiōsumi
Cape Sata, Japan
Såta Nunatak, Antarctica
Sáta, a village in Hungary
Såta, the highest point on the island of Stolmen, Norway
Others
SATA S.p.A. (acronym for "Società Automobilistica Tecnologie Avanzate"), an assembly car plants based in Melfi, Italy.
Sata (food), a traditional dish from the Malaysian state of Terengganu
Japanese oiler Sata, a Notoro-class oiler of the Imperial Japanese Navy
SATA, a brand of mechanic's tools from Apex Tool Group |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Interchange%20Standards%20Association | The Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA) was the organization that supported various other organizations, for the most part, responsible for the development of cross-industry electronic business interchange standards.
DISA served as the Secretariat for ASC X12 and their X12 EDI and XML standards development process. As of January 2016, DISA no longer exists. The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 develops and maintains the most widely implemented EDI standards.
These standards interface with a multitude of e-commerce technologies and serve as the premier tool for integrating e-commerce applications. Through the X12 Committee's standards and active participation in emerging and relevant technical initiatives (XML, ebXML), they foster cross-industry consensus and set the norm for more effective data exchange.
See also
American National Standards Institute
Electronic Data Interchange
External links
Accredited Standards Committee X12
Twitter Video & Gif Downloader Online
Information technology organizations based in North America
Standards organizations in the United States
Data interchange standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkVision | ThinkVision displays are high-end computer monitors manufactured, designed and developed by IBM and Lenovo.
ThinkVision products are built using the design language of other Think devices such as the ThinkPad line of notebook computers and the ThinkCentre or ThinkStation lines of desktops.
ThinkVisions are also one of the preferred brands used by the United Nations
Computer monitors
E series
Affordable, comfortable, wide-angle monitors that deliver sharp visuals in the office or at home.
S series
Mainstream monitors with balanced performance and style, optimal for small and medium business settings and budgets. Typical specifications include a Full HD VA/WVA display with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 combined with a 178° vision angle and to TÜV Low Blue Light certification and a flicker-free display typical for this line in early 2021. The quick-change tilting stand and VESA mount mean this monitor is optimal for most kinds of office environments.
L series
Similar to The S Series but have smaller display sizes in their range
LT series
Marketed to enterprises that need an energy-efficient, fully functional display screen, with good visual quality. Usually has VGA, DVI-D, and DisplayPort connections. The LT-series has swivel, tilt, and lift options, 5 milliseconds response time, and a 1000:1 contrast ratio.
T series
High-performance, ergonomic monitors for business and corporate use, including VoIP and USB hub models. This line comes with a WVA borderless display that reproduces vivid colours and sharp images. VGA, DP and HDMI ports ensure that all connectivity requirements are fulfilled.
P series
Premium performance monitor line, typically boasting the highest resolutions and latest features.
X series
This line have a sleek design and mainstream hi-end functionality – monitors that project a stylish, professional image. This line enables natural colour transitions and effortless work on a variety of demanding tasks, the comfortable angle of vision, high resolution and advanced connection options.
X1 series
Pro series
In January 2014, Lenovo launched the ThinkVision Pro2840m. It was marketed as the "Ultimate Professional 4K Display". Some additions were made to the product: a 28-inch display with 4K resolution (ultra-high definition monitor) supporting an Android platform. It is supposed to be ideal for both home office and entertainment use, according to Lenovo.
Portable monitors
LT series
LT1423p
In January 2013 Lenovo announced the ThinkVision LT1423p, a mobile touchscreen display designed for use with Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. The LT1423p is a 13.3-inch AH-IPS display with 1600x900 resolution. The face of the device is Gorilla Glass in order to make it more durable. Pen-based and multitouch finger-based input are both supported. Wired and wireless versions will both be available. The wireless version, with a suggested price of US$449. will support WiFi and USB 3.0 connections and will have a 10-hour battery lif |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20%28The%204400%29 | "Pilot" is the first episode of season one and the pilot of the science fiction television series The 4400. The episode aired July 11, 2004 on the USA Network. The episode was written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and was directed by Yves Simoneau. Attracting approximately 7.4 million viewers, the episode became basic cable's most watched première since The Dead Zone. "Pilot" introduces the show's premise of 4400 people being abducted in the past, beginning from 1946, and all being returned to the present day in a flash of light at Highland Beach.
A comet suddenly changes trajectory and is heading towards Earth, apparently coming in for a "landing", 4400 people assumed dead or missing reappear. When 4400s begin to exhibit "abilities" Tom Baldwin and Diana Skouris are partnered to investigate them.
Plot
The episode begins on March 3, 1946. A young girl, Maia Rutledge (Conchita Campbell) of Crescent City, California, is with her parents in their car. Although it is raining outside, she persuades her parents to let her play nearby. While she is collecting flowers in the bushes, a light shines down on Maia, and she disappears. The next scene takes place on May 11, 1951 in South Korea. A young black soldier, Richard Tyler (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is being beaten by his fellow officers. One of them remarks, "We treated you like an equal, but that wasn't good enough for you. You had to cross the line." A fellow soldier then drops a photo booth strip on the floor; the pictures are of Richard with a young white woman. Moments later, the same light which abducted Maia shines on Richard, and he vanishes.
In 1979, Orson Bailey (Michael Moriarty), a partner at an insurance firm, is preparing to leave his office to take his wife on a date. As he approaches his car, the light appears and he vanishes as well. Next, teenage cousins Shawn Farrell (Patrick Flueger) and Kyle Baldwin (Chad Faust) are on a beach at night in the year 2001, drinking beers and talking about their personal lives. The light shines on them, and Kyle drops to the ground, alone and unconscious. The episode jumps to the present day with Kyle in a hospital bed, hooked up to a respirator. His father, Tom Baldwin (Joel Gretsch), is comforting him.
Elsewhere, Diana Skouris (Jacqueline McKenzie) receives a call on her cell from Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote) telling her to "Get over here, now!" As Diana arrives at NTAC, Ryland announces that the country is at DEFCON One. Diana asks to be brought up to speed, and an unnamed co-worker tells her that the comet is no longer a fly-by; it is heading toward the earth. Countries around the world begin deploying missiles in an attempt to destroy the comet.
As it enters the atmosphere of Earth, Diana remarks that the comet is slowing down, "as if it's coming in for a landing." As she tells Ryland the co-ordinates of where the comet's trajectory will land it, Dennis states that it is near Mount Rainier, their "back yard." Arriving at the landin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal%20Worldwide | Tribal Worldwide (Formerly Tribal DDB) is a global network of interactive agencies, established in 2000, when the advertising company DDB integrated all its interactive-web properties under the Tribal brand. Tribal Worldwide is part of Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide.
Specialization
Tribal Worldwide specializes in interactive marketing, namely: websites, digital campaigns, digital communication, microsites, online video, web banners and more. Tribal Worldwide has areas of specialty that they call "centers of excellence" in the following areas: planning, gaming, mobile, iTV, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, management consulting, eCommerce, SONAR, and Health & Wellness. Tribal Worldwide also does pro bono work and is affiliated with the Ad Council. Tribal clients have included Pepsi, Lipton, Volkswagen, Neutrogena, Philips, Nokia, McDonald's, Netflix, Hewlett-Packard and Nike among others.
Awards
2009
Cannes - Film Grand Prix (for Carousel)
2008
AdAge Global Agency of the Year
See also
Tribal Worldwide London - UK office
References
External links
Tribal Worldwide official web site
Omnicom Group official web site
Advertising agencies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard-Miami%20Mennonite%20Church | Located on the edge of Howard and Miami counties in Indiana, Howard-Miami Mennonite Church is a historical Mennonite church affiliated with the Evana Network. The first Mennonite settlers were from Holmes County, Ohio, and arrived in Miami county in 1848. From these meager beginnings the church grew and built their first church house in 1871. Major remodeling has occurred six times over the years, the most recent being the addition of a large fellowship hall in 1987. Remodeling of the sanctuary occurred in 1999. Howard-Miami is the oldest Mennonite church in Indiana, having conducted church services starting in 1848
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The church is nestled on three acres of land surrounded by rich corn and soybean fields. The building is wheelchair accessible and features a large sanctuary with beautiful stained-glass artistry behind the stage and a balcony with multiple classrooms. It also has two basements for the children’s ministry, a large entry and fellowship hall with attached kitchen and also a cozy library. Off the fellowship hall is the main office and pastors’ offices. Outside there is a pavilion with roof (added in 2020) and kitchen area and a playground.
Located on the county line between Howard and Miami Counties in rural Indiana, the church sits just one mile South of State Road 18, providing easy access to the nearest cities of Kokomo, Peru, and Marion, all between 15 and 20 miles away.
Ongoing missions
The church currently has mission partners in Slovenia, Uganda, and the United States.
External links
www.HowardMiami.org
Buildings and structures in Howard County, Indiana
Mennonite church buildings in Indiana
Mennonite congregations
Buildings and structures in Miami County, Indiana |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20computing | The terms design computing and other relevant terms including design and computation and computational design refer to the study and practice of design activities through the application and development of novel ideas and techniques in computing. One of the early groups to coin this term was the Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition at the University of Sydney in Australia, which for nearly fifty years (late 1960s to today) pioneered the research, teaching, and consulting of design and computational technologies. This group organised the academic conference series "Artificial Intelligence in Design (AID)" published by Springer during that period. AID was later renamed "Design Computing and Cognition (DCC)" and is currently a leading biannual conference in the field. Other notable groups in this area are the Design and Computation group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Architecture + Planning and the Computational Design group at Georgia Tech.
Whilst these terms share in general an interest in computational technologies and design activity, there are important differences in the various approaches, theories, and applications. For example, while in some circles the term "computational design" refers in general to the creation of new computational tools and methods in the context of computational thinking, design computing is concerned with bridging these two fields in order to build an increased understanding of design.
The Bachelor of Design Computing (BDesComp) was created in 2003 at the University of Sydney and continues to be a leading programme in interaction design and creative technologies, now hosted by the Design Lab. In that context, design computing is defined to be the use and development of computational models of design processes and digital media to assist and/or automate various aspects of the design process with the goal of producing higher quality and new design forms.
Areas
In recent years a number of research and education areas have been grouped under the umbrella term "Design Computing", namely:
Artificial Intelligence in Design
Artificial Architecture
Expert and Knowledge-based Systems
Computational creativity
Computer-Aided Design
Responsive computer-aided design
Digital morphogenesis
Visual and Spatial Modelling
Computational Analogy
Automated Design Systems
Design Support Systems
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Extended Reality (XR) and Hybrid Space
Digital Place-making
Research groups
The main research groups working in this area span from Faculties of Architecture, Engineering and Computer Science. Australia has been a pioneer in this area. For the last five decades the Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition (KCDC), currently known as the Design Lab, at the University of Sydney has been active in establishing this area of research and teaching. The University of Sydney offers a Bachelor of Design Computing () and the University of New So |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EConozco | eConozco was a Spanish language social networking service aimed at professionals in Spain.
History
Launched in 2003, the site had more than 100,000 users in August 2006.
Grupo Galenicom, the parent company of eConozco, was acquired by XING in March 2007. At that time, the site had 150,000 users.
References
Internet properties established in 2003
Internet properties disestablished in 2007
Defunct social networking services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computeractive | Computeractive (sometimes written as Computeract!ve, to reflect the logo) is a fortnightly computer magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom.
History and profile
It was first published in February 1998 by VNU Business Publications, which was bought by Incisive Media in 2007. In February 2013 it was sold to Dennis Publishing. Its sister magazine is The Ultimate Guide series.
Based on fortnightly sales, confirmed by the UK's Audit Bureau of Circulation, Computeractive is the UK's best-selling computer magazine. The iPad app version of the magazine was launched in January 2012. An ebook version of Computeractive is provided by Zmags, although purchasers cannot read the magazine offline.
Future acquired Dennis Publishing and its computing division including Computeractive in 2021.
Contents
The magazine is split into the following sections:
News – summary of recent technology news
Question of the Fortnight – essay on a chosen question
Protect Your Tech – summary of recent security news and latest preventative measures
Letters – letters from readers
Consumeractive – legal help for items bought online
Grow Your Family Tree – tips for making family trees
Best Free Software – reviews of free software
Named & Shamed – warns readers of unsafe programs
Reviews – reviews of consumer hardware and software by the magazine's staff and various freelance journalists.
Workshops & Tips – demonstrates processes which can be done on a device
What's All The Fuss About? – summarises a new technology
Cover Features – special features
Problems Solved – solved reader problems
Reader Support – solves reader problems with software bought from the Computeractive Store
Jargon Buster – explains jargon
Easy When You Know How – special workshop
References
External links
Computeractive homepage
Archived Computeractive magazines on the Internet Archive
1998 establishments in the United Kingdom
Biweekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1998
Mass media in Bath, Somerset |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval%20Computer%20and%20Telecommunications%20Area%20Master%20Station%20Pacific | Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific (NCTAMS PAC) provides operational direction and management to all Pacific Naval Telecommunication System users. In addition to this function, NCTAMSPAC manages, operates, and maintains Defense Communication System and Naval Telecommunication System assets, and offers a full range of ADP and information resource services, maintenance and repair, and communication/electronic and Defense Message System coordination to the United States Navy and other United States Department of Defense (DoD) activities in the Pacific.
History
Before World War II
In May 1888, the United States established a coaling station to service the vessels of the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. King David Kalākaua had granted the U.S. the exclusive rights to enter and develop the area earlier that year.
The U.S. Naval Radio Station in the Pearl Harbor area, the first government station in the islands, began operations on October 1, 1906. This radio station continued its operation until its deactivation in 1916.
On March 3, 1915, the United States Congress passed an Appropriations Act that authorized $400,000 for the construction of a high-powered, long distance radio station at Pearl Harbor. In 1916, this new station, NPM, began operations at Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor. At 0230 on the morning of September 20, 1916, Captain Clark, the first Commandant of the 14th Naval District, sent the following message from the NPM to the Naval Radio Station, Long Beach, California:
"SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, WASHINGTON, D.C. I HAVE THE HONOR TO SEND YOU THE FIRST THROUGH MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON, D.C., FROM PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII RADIO STATION, AND CAN REPORT SATISFACTORY PROGRESS OF THE PLANT. GEORGE R. CLARK SENDS."
A congratulatory message from the Secretary of the Navy arrived 33 minutes later. During the years following World War I, the naval activities in the Pearl Harbor area continued to expand. It soon became obvious that the future expansion of the radio station facilities in the area would not be practical. In 1933, a tract of land at Lualualei was set aside by the territory of Hawaii for use by the U.S. Navy. Seven self-supporting steel towers were erected to a height of at this new site for an antenna system for long wave radio transmitting. The site was officially activated in 1936, and by 1941 twelve transmitters were in operation.
World War II
With the arrival of the major United States Pacific Fleet units at Pearl Harbor naval base in 1939, it became increasingly clear that a new receiver and control station was needed. Therefore, a secluded spot at Wahiawa, some north of Pearl Harbor, was chosen and purchased by the Navy for approximately one million dollars. Construction began on the of land in 1940 and was scheduled to be completed in 1942. During that time, the station at Wahiawa was considered the most important of a number of Naval Radio and Air Stations being constructed as a part of a genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20and%20radio%20stations%20in%20Iloilo%20City | List of radio and television stations in Iloilo City, the Philippines.
Radio stations
FM Stations
88.7 Radyo Bandera Sweet FM (FBS Radio Network; operated by 5K Broadcasting Network, Inc.)
89.5 DWIZ (Aliw Broadcasting Corporation)
92.3 Easy Rock (Manila Broadcasting Company)
Barangay FM 93.5 (GMA Network Inc.)
95.1 iFM (Radio Mindanao Network)
97.5 Love Radio (Philippine Broadcasting Corporation; an affiliate of Manila Broadcasting Company)
RJFM 98.3 (Free Air Broadcasting Network, Inc./Rajah Broadcasting Network; relay from Manila)
99.5 Star FM (People's Broadcasting Service, Inc.; part of Bombo Radyo Philippines)
100.7 XFM (Global Broadcasting System, Inc.; operated by Yes2Health Advertising, Inc.)
105.9 Wild FM (Ditan Communications under UM Broadcasting Network)
107.9 Win Radio (Mabuhay Broadcasting System; operated by ZimZam Management)
AM Stations
DYLL Radyo Pilipinas 585 (Philippine Broadcasting Service)
DYOK Aksyon Radyo 720 (Manila Broadcasting Company)
DYRI RMN Iloilo 774 (Radio Mindanao Network)
DYFM Bombo Radyo 837 (People's Broadcasting Service, Inc.; part of Bombo Radyo Philippines)
DYBQ Radyo Budyong 981 (Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation)
DYDA Ang Dios Gugma 1053 (Global Broadcasting System, Inc.; operated by Deus Amor Est Broadcasting, Inc. and a member of the Catholic Media Network)
DYSI Super Radyo 1323 (GMA Network Inc.)
DZRH 1485 (Pacific Broadcasting System, Inc., an affiliate of Manila Broadcasting Company; relay from Manila)
TV stations
Analog
PTV 2 (People's Television Network)
GMA TV-6 (GMA Network Inc.)
IBC TV 12 (Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation)
GTV 28 (GMA Network Inc.)
TV5 Channel 36 (Cignal TV; operated by TV5 Network Inc.)
One Sports 46 (Nation Broadcasting Corporation; operated by TV5 Network Inc.)
Digital
(PA) 16 All TV Iloilo (Advanced Media Broadcasting System) (Pending)
DYJB-DTV 17 IBC Iloilo (Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation)
DYMB-DTV 18 TV5 Iloilo (Cignal TV; operated by TV5 Network Inc.)
DYZA-DTV 20 A2Z/Light TV (ZOE Broadcasting Network)
DYDY-DTV 23 PTV Iloilo (People's Television Network)
DYRM-DTV 26 BEAM TV (Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media)
DYXX-DTV 29 GMA Iloilo (GMA Network Inc.)
DYOK-DTV 43 DZRH TV (Manila Broadcasting Company)
DYLL-DTV 44 Net 25/INC TV (Eagle Broadcasting Corporation/Christian Era Broadcasting Service International)
(PA) 45 (Baycomms Broadcasting Corporation) (Pending)
Cable & Satellite TV
Sky Cable Iloilo
Cable Star, Inc.
Cignal TV
Iloilo city
Iloilo city |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20N.%20Wegman | Mark N. Wegman is an American computer scientist known for his contributions to algorithms and compiler optimization. Wegman received his B.A. from New York University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined IBM Research in 1975, where he currently serves as head of Computer Science. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (1996) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He became an IBM Fellow in 2007. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2010.
Wegman is best known for being one of the inventors of the Static single assignment form, which is used in the analysis portion of most if not all modern optimizing compilers. This work was recognized by SIGPLAN in 2006 with its Programming Languages Achievement Award. He has also made contributions to algorithms and information theory including universal hashing and the LZMW data compression algorithm.
References
External links
IBM profile
American computer scientists
IBM employees
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellow Members of the IEEE
IBM Fellows
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Living people
IBM Research computer scientists
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamping%20%28graphics%29 | In computer science, clamping, or clipping is the process of limiting a value to a range between a minimum and a maximum value. Unlike wrapping, clamping merely moves the point to the nearest available value.
In Python, clamping can be defined as follows:
def clamp(x, minimum, maximum):
if x < minimum:
return minimum
if x > maximum:
return maximum
return x
This is equivalent to for languages that support the functions min and max.
Uses
Several programming languages and libraries provide functions for fast and vectorized clamping. In Python, the pandas library offers the Series.clip and DataFrame.clip methods. The NumPy library offers the clip function. In the Wolfram Language, it is implemented as .
In OpenGL, the glClearColor function takes four GLfloat values which are then 'clamped' to the range .
One of the many uses of clamping in computer graphics is the placing of a detail inside a polygon—for example, a bullet hole on a wall. It can also be used with wrapping to create a variety of effects.
References
Computer graphics algorithms
Articles with example Python (programming language) code |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrapping%20%28graphics%29 | In computer graphics, wrapping is the process of limiting a position to an area. A good example of wrapping is wallpaper, a single pattern repeated indefinitely over a wall. Wrapping is used in 3D computer graphics to repeat a texture over a polygon, eliminating the need for large textures or multiple polygons.
To wrap a position x to an area of width w, calculate the value .
Implementation
For computational purposes the wrapped value x of x can be expressed as
where is the highest value in the range, and is the lowest value in the range.
Pseudocode for wrapping of a value to a range other than 0–1 is
function wrap(X, Min, Max: Real): Real;
X := X - Int((X - Min) / (Max - Min)) * (Max - Min);
if X < 0 then // This corrects the problem caused by using Int instead of Floor
X := X + Max - Min;
return X;
Pseudocode for wrapping of a value to a range of 0–1 is
function wrap(X: Real): Real;
X := X - Int(X);
if X < 0 then X := X + 1;
return X;
Pseudocode for wrapping of a value to a range of 0–1 without branching is,
function wrap(X: Real): Real;
return' ((X mod 1.0) + 1.0) mod 1.0;
See also text wrapping
Clamping
Computer graphics algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9line%20Galipeau | Céline Galipeau, OC, OQ, is a Canadian news anchor for Radio-Canada. Well known for her comprehensive and insightful coverage from Moscow, she is currently the weekday anchor of the network's flagship newscast Le Téléjournal.
Early life
Galipeau was born in Longueuil, Quebec in 1957. She is the daughter of , a French Canadian diplomat and Pham Thi Ngoc Lang, a Vietnamese refugee from the First Indochina War.
Education
Galipeau earned her master's degree in political science and sociology from McGill University in 1983. She also studied English literature at the Al-Ahliyya Amman University in Jordan / Wrong information since the University was founded in 1990 in 1976 and political science at Birzeit University in the West Bank in 1977.
Career
After a short stint in private TV and radio, Galipeau came to Toronto as a reporter for CBC and Radio-Canada in 1985 until she left for Montreal in 1987. In 1989, she returned to Toronto to become a national reporter. In 1992 she became a correspondent in London. Later, she transferred to Moscow where she covered Boris Yeltsin and the war in Chechnya. In 1997, she moved to Paris. In 2001, she became a foreign correspondent in Beijing. Galipeau won a Gemini Award for her coverage from Moscow.
She returned to Canada in 2003, becoming the weekend anchor for Le Téléjournal. She became the program's weekday anchor in December 2008 following the retirement of Bernard Derome. She was succeeded as weekend anchor by Pascale Nadeau.
Galipeau was named to the National Order of Quebec in June 2009, then to the Order of Canada in June 2013.
References
External links
Radio Canada biography
1957 births
Living people
Canadian television news anchors
Canadian television reporters and correspondents
Canadian people of Vietnamese descent
Quebecers of French descent
Canadian Screen Award winning journalists
McGill University alumni
People from Longueuil
Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Al-Ahliyya Amman University alumni
Birzeit University alumni
Canadian women television journalists
Journalists from Quebec
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation people
Officers of the Order of Canada
20th-century Canadian journalists
21st-century Canadian journalists
20th-century Canadian women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZOE%20Broadcasting%20Network | ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. (ZOE TV or ZBNI) is a Philippine broadcast media arm of the Jesus Is Lord Church. Based in Ortigas Center, Pasig, it operates a network of television and radio stations in Mega Manila, Baguio, Bacolod, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Iloilo and Puerto Princesa. The company also owns its first television station in Metro Manila, DZOE-TV 11 and its DTT companion UHF channel 20, which currently airs the A2Z network, a joint-venture partnership between ZOE and ABS-CBN Corporation through its blocktime agreement.
History
Initial period
The frequency rights of Channel 11 under call letters DWXI-TV in Metro Manila was given to a joint venture of influential religious groups in the 1990s: El Shaddai a Catholic charismatic-based group headed by Mike Velarde and Jesus Is Lord Church an evangelical Protestant group headed by Eddie Villanueva. Conflict of interests started the two groups to contest the full ownership of the station. The Philippine Congress intervened and awarded to Mr. Villanueva and the JIL the right to acquire channel 11. Villanueva paid Velarde for the stocks and assets held by the channel's then-owner Delta Broadcasting System (DBS).
On April 13, 1998, JIL began its broadcast history with channel 11's relaunch as DZOE-TV, with ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. as the new corporate name. It also launched the new station ID and slogan "Give Love, Celebrate Life," which have been the corporate motto for years.
In 1999, Entertainment Network (Enternet), headed by Benito Araneta, and ZOE entered in a channel lease agreement that saw Enternet occupying the station's morning and afternoon block through CNBC Asia. Three years later, disagreements on the contract led to ZOE pulling out Enternet's program block and the latter filing a case on Villanueva.
In 2001, ZOE TV became the first TV station to air the second EDSA Revolution.
In 2004, Villanueva resigned as the company's chair to run in the country's presidential elections. After ending last in the election results, Villanueva returned to ZOE and continues his appearance on various ZOE TV programs.
Channel lease agreements
In April 2005, Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc., a subsidiary of GMA Network, Inc., and ZOE TV entered to an agreement for Citynet leasing the entire TV airtime block of the station in exchange of upgrading ZOE TV's facilities and ZOE distributing its in-house programs to GMA Network's airtime.
On September 1, 2005, channel 11 quietly went off the air as GMA installed, upgraded and rehabilitated the transmitter and studios of ZOE TV. At the same time, Channel 11's 40 kW transmitter in Ortigas was decommissioned in favor of an upgraded 100 kW transmitter facility purchased by GMA located at the GMA Tower of Power site in Brgy. Culiat, Quezon City, with ZOE maintaining transmitter operations for the station (due to current ownership restrictions requiring only one station per broadcaster per frequency). ZOE TV, meanwhile, was |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phraselator | The Phraselator is a weatherproof handheld language translation device developed by Applied Data Systems and VoxTec, a former division of the military contractor Marine Acoustics, located in Annapolis, Maryland, USA. It was designed to serve as a handheld computer device that translates English into one of 40 different languages.
The device
The Phraselator is a small speech translation PDA-sized device designed to aid in interpretation. The device does not produce synthesized speech like that utilized by Stephen Hawking; instead, it plays pre-recorded foreign language MP3 files. Users can select the phrase they wish to convey from an English list on the screen or speak into the device. It then uses speech recognition technology called DynaSpeak, developed by SRI International, to play the proper sound file. The accuracy of the speech recognition software is over 70 percent according to software developer Jack Buchanan. The device can also record replies for translation later.
Pre-recorded phrases are stored on Secure Digital flash memory cards. A 128 MB card can hold up to 12,000 phrases in four or five languages. Users can download phrase modules from the official website, which contained over 300,000 phrases as of March 2005. Users can also construct their own custom phrase modules.
Earlier devices were known to have run on an SA-1110 Strong Arm 206 MHz CPU with 32MB SDRAM and 32MB onboard Flash RAM.
A newer model, the P2, was released in 2004 and developed according to feedback from U.S. soldiers. It translates one way from English to approximately 60 other languages. It has a directional microphone, a larger library of phrases and a longer battery life. The 2004 release was created by and utilizes a computer board manufactured by InHand Electronics, Inc.
In the future, the device will be able to display pictures so users can ask questions such as "Have you seen this person?"
Developer Ace Sarich notes that the device is inferior to human interpreter.
Conclusions derived from a Nepal field test conducted by U.S. and Nepal based NGO Himalayan Aid in 2004 seemed to confirm Sarich's comparisons:
The very concept of using a machine as a communication point between individuals seemed to actually encourage a more limited form of interaction between tester and respondent. Usually, when limited language skills are present between parties, the genuine struggle and desire to communicate acts as a display of good will – we openly display our weakness in this regard – and the result is a more relaxed and human encounter. This was not necessarily present with the Phraselator as all parties abandoned learning about each other and instead focused on learning how to work with the device. As a tool for bridging any cultural differences or communicating effectively at any length, the Phraselator would not be recommended. This device, at least in the form tested, would best be used in large-scale operations where there is no time for language tr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Design%20System | Data Design System AS (DDS) supplies the construction industry with software tools for building information modelling (BIM).
The company was founded in 1984 in Stavanger, Norway. In 2021, the company merged into Graphisoft. in the Nemetschek Group.
DDS is an active member of buildingSMART. DDS has its headquarters at Stavanger, Norway. Other locations include Oslo and Bergen (both in Norway). DDS has several subsidiaries, among them DDS Building Innovation AS and Data Design System GmbH.
The main product line is tools for building services/MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) engineers.
The company distributes DDScad MEP, mainly in continental Europe from its office in Ascheberg, Germany.
The company also develops software tools for the design and production of timber-frame buildings, DDScad Architect & Construction, from its office in Stavanger.
See also
Comparison of CAD editors for AEC
Comparison of CAD, CAM and CAE file viewers
References
External links
Building information modeling
Computer-aided design software
Computer-aided design software for Windows
Software companies of Norway
Software companies established in 1984 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Mahjong | Microsoft Mahjong (formerly Mahjong Titans, Shanghai Solitaire and Taipei) is a computer game version of mahjong solitaire published by Microsoft. The version titled Mahjong Titans was developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 (except Starter and Home Basic editions). It takes advantage of the new graphical user interface (GUI) of Windows Vista, and includes features such as tile set and background choices. (In Windows Vista builds 5219 up to 5259, the game was known as Shanghai Solitaire.) The game did not make it to Windows 8; however, a standalone version, developed by Arkadium and published by Microsoft Studios, can be downloaded from the Windows Store free of charge and played without download on the web.
An older version of the game was known as Taipei and was bundled in Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. That version included 32,767 possible configurations.
Features
The player has a choice of six tile layouts - Cat, Turtle, Crab, Dragon, Fortress and Spider, each a stylized portrayal of the respective object or animal. The background image can be chosen from five different options and there are four tile sets, including traditional Mahjong tiles, variations with fuller coloring or larger print, and an alternative pastel tile set with an entirely different picture theme.
Games are not entirely random. There is always at least one pair within five tiles of the topmost five tiles in the turtle layout and often two pairs. The algorithm for tile organization positions tiles such that they can mostly be paired on the same level, or otherwise a matching tile is available in an accessible position one level down. It does not check to ensure that the matching tile is not positioned beneath its partner. Since every tile has 3 partners this is not enough, by itself, to prove the game is impossible to solve.
The newer version of Microsoft Mahjong has numerous further layouts, improved graphics and sound, Internet features such as a set of daily challenges that reward the user with "badges" when completed, and Xbox Live integration.
See also
List of games included with Windows
References
External links
Oberon Games
2012 video games
Microsoft games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Windows-only games
Windows Vista
Mahjong video games
Casual games
Single-player video games
Oberon Media games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventureland%20%28video%20game%29 | Adventureland is a text adventure video game for microcomputers, released by Scott Adams in 1978. The game has no plot but simply involves searching for thirteen lost artifacts in a fantasy setting. Its success led Adams to form Adventure International, which went on to publish thirteen similar games in the Adventure series, each in different settings.
Gameplay
Adventureland is controlled through the use of written commands. These can consist of a single word, such as those used for player character movement, including north, south, east, west, up, and down. They can also take the form of simple, two-word verb/noun phrases, such as "climb tree". Although the game can recognize about 120 words, the parser only takes the first three letters into account. This means not only that the parser occasionally misidentifies words, but also that commands can be truncated: "lig lam" would be interpreted as "light lamp".
In order to complete the game, the player has to collect the thirteen lost artifacts: A statue of Paul Bunyan's blue ox, Babe, the jeweled fruit, the golden fish, a dragon's egg, a golden net, a magic carpet, a diamond necklace, a diamond bracelet, a pot of rubies, the "royal honey", a crown, a magic mirror, and a "firestone".
Development
Adventureland, Adams' first program, was inspired by the earlier Colossal Cave Adventure, though it is not on the same scale. The source code for Adventureland was published in SoftSide magazine in 1980 and the database format was subsequently used in other interpreters such as Brian Howarth's Mysterious Adventures series.
Adventureland was written for the TRS-80, then ported to other systems, most of which didn't exist in 1978: Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, TI-99/4A, PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Dragon 32/64, and Exidy Sorcerer. A cut-down, three treasure version entitled Adventure 0: Special Sampler was also sold at a lower price.
In 1982, Adventureland was re-released with graphics, thus enabling the player to view visible representations of the scenery and objects.
Reception
Mark Herro for Dragon commented that "I can't recommend ANY version of Scott Adams' Adventure series highly enough. Beg, borrow, or steal a chance to play Adventure!" British print magazine Micro Adventurer praised the VIC-20 version was released as a cartridge as the loading times would be too long otherwise. The screen format and parser were "standard" according to the magazine. It criticized minor controlling features, the non-consistent map and the seemingly random placement of treasures.
References
External links
"Adventureland game walkthrough part 1 commodore 64 version." YouTube, 15 February 2013, accessed 31 October 2020
1978 video games
1970s interactive fiction
Adventure games
Adventure International games
Apple II games
Atari 8-bit family games
BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
Commercial video games with freely available source code
Commodore 64 games
Commodore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20McMillan | Kenneth McMillan may refer to:
Kenneth G. McMillan (born 1942), United States politician (R-IL)
Kenneth L. McMillan, American computer scientist
Kenneth McMillan (actor) (1932–1989), American actor (sometimes credited as Ken McMillan)
See also
Kenneth MacMillan (1929–1992), British ballet dancer and choreographer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky%20Waiters | Wacky Waiters is a platform game written by Eugene Evans for the VIC-20 home computer. It was published by Imagine Software in 1982.
Gameplay
Gameplay involves controlling a waiter from one side of the screen to the other and back again, hopping in and out of lifts, and trying not to spill the drinks tray he is carrying to the beckoning customer on the opposite side of the screen.
References
Gordon Laing: The golden years of gaming, Personal Computer World, 23 June 2001.
1982 video games
VIC-20 games
VIC-20-only games
Platformers
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Single-player video games
Imagine Software games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BankServ | BankServ was a legacy financial services company headquartered in Enterprise, Nevada that developed electronic banking software and operated outsourced data processing centers used by banks and other businesses to move money electronically. BankServ was founded in 1996 and did business with over 400 banks in more than 50 countries, primarily supplying banks with the behind-the-scenes programs used for remote deposit, internet bill payment, mobile payments, wire transfer payments and sending messages over the international SWIFT network.
The company operated offices in Las Vegas, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Houston and London.
History
BankServ was founded by a group of investors led by current CEO Dick David Kvederis, a former senior vice president of Wells Fargo Bank. Kvederis is widely known in the financial industry for helping introduce Direct Deposit during his tenure as chairman of the National Automated Clearing House Association (now NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association) during the 1980s. He was also hired by the U.S. government in 1993 to assist with the transition from a communist to a capitalist financial system in Lithuania.
Originally incorporated under the name Nova Payments, the company now known as BankServ started with the idea of selling check scanners to grocery stores, allowing them to deposit their checks without going to the bank. But in the late 1990s, BankServ's wire transfer business (acquired from Ictus Inc) became its main revenue source, and the idea of grocery store check conversion was abandoned. However, when the United States Congress passed the Check 21 Act in 2003, the legal requirements surrounding remote deposit became less strict, and the company decided to re-enter the business with a flagship product named DepositNow!
Since 2004, BankServ has expanded into the fields of consumer remote deposit, electronic bill payment and credit card processing, and added an international division with the acquisition of the London-based Symtec Corporation. BankServ has received a number of awards, including nominations to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500 list in 2003 and 2004, a list of the fastest-growing privately held corporations in the United States. Most recently, BankServ was nominated to the Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list every year from 2003-2010.1
In January 2004, BankServ acquired Symtec Solutions LTD, a provider of international money transfer and SWIFT financial messaging software headquartered in London, England.
In May 2009, BankServ acquired the assets of Commerciant LP, a Houston-based technology company involved in wireless credit card processing. The company now offers a handheld terminal that can process credit card transactions on the spot over various mobile phone networks.
In 2010, BankServ acquired NetDeposit, one of its main rivals in the remote deposit field, from Zions Bancorporation in a primarily cash transaction. As a result of the acquisition, BankServ's check processi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine%20%28surname%29 | Quine is a Manx surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dan Quine (born 1967) British computer scientist
Don Quine (born 1938), American actor and writer, founder of Professional Karate Association
Edgar Quine (born 1934), Manx politician
John Quine (1857-1940), Manx clergyman, scholar and writer, The Captain of the Parish
Richard Quine (1920–1989), American actor and film director
Robert Quine (1942–2004), American guitarist
Willard Van Orman Quine (1908–2000), American analytic philosopher and logician
William Edward Quine (1847–1922), American physician and academic
See also
Quinn (disambiguation)
Surnames
Surnames of Manx origin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Palmer%20%28TV%20journalist%29 | John Spencer Palmer (September 10, 1935 – August 3, 2013) was an American news correspondent, television broadcaster and news anchor for NBC News.
Career
NBC News
Palmer worked for the NBC network over the course of 40 years, first from 1962 to 1990; then again from 1994 until his retirement in 2002. During his tenure with NBC News, he held several positions, including correspondent stints in Chicago, Paris, and the Middle East; White House correspondent (1979–1982); anchor of the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News (1984-1986 & 1996) and news anchor for The Today Show (1982–1989).
In April 1980, Palmer reported on the failure of Operation Eagle Claw, the mission to rescue the American hostages held by Iran. This earned him the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for excellence in presidential news coverage, becoming the first broadcast journalist to ever receive this prestigious award.
On January 28, 1986, Palmer broke into NBC's regularly scheduled programing from the New York news desk at 11:40 am to report "...we've just witnessed the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger ... there has been a major problem with that launch." As a replay of the launch began to play, Palmer's calm voice over of the footage shown brought the chilling news to the nation ... "In just a few moments you will see an explosion. The Space Shuttle Challenger apparently exploded ... you will see it very clearly on your television sets."
Palmer officially joined the Today cast as news anchor on September 27, 1982, replacing Chris Wallace, who had read the news and served as Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley's Washington co-anchor. The team of Gumbel, Pauley, Palmer, Willard Scott, and Gene Shalit helped take The Today Show to the top of the ratings in 1986, where it stayed until the end of the decade. In the late 1980s, Palmer was the primary substitute co-host of Today on days when Gumbel was away.
Post-Today
After serving as Today news anchor for seven years, Palmer was abruptly replaced by Deborah Norville in September 1989, and was moved to Norville's old position at NBC News at Sunrise. WTVJ, the NBC owned-and-operated television station in Miami, offered Palmer the lead local news anchor chair in late 1989, but Palmer turned down the opportunity. Palmer left NBC News in March 1990 to anchor a syndicated program, Instant Recall. After that show was canceled, Palmer joined the Christian Science Monitor in December 1991 as anchor of Monitor Channel's short-lived World Monitor newscast. He later served as Washington correspondent for Monitor Radio.
In 1994, NBC News Washington bureau chief Tim Russert and NBC News president Andrew Lack invited Palmer to return to the network as a Washington correspondent, and Palmer accepted. He was soon back on familiar ground, serving as White House correspondent for the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News and an occasional substitute news anchor for The Today Show. He retired from NBC News in January 2002.
Palmer was host of The In |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLXR | KLXR (1230 AM) is a radio station based in Redding, California. The station owner is Michael R. Quinn, former owner of KCNR (1460 AM). The station is an affiliate of the Catholic talk network Relevant Radio.
The station was originally licensed as KRDG, changed callsigns to KPAK on December 17, 1982, and finally to KLXR on May 12, 1989. Ownership of KPAK was changed in June 1987 from Martineau Broadcasting to Radio KPAK Incorporated with Franke Clark President and Richard Eisman C.E.O. and sold to Michael R. Quinn on May 12, 1989.
At midnight on January 1, 2018, KLXR went silent. The station returned to the air in 2021 as a Relevant Radio affiliate.
Past ownership
M.C. Allen Productions (KMCA (defunct), KMCA-TV)
Four Rivers Broadcasting (KSYC-FM, KNTK)
Radio KPAK Incorporated KPAK Radio
Previous logo
References
External links
FCC History Cards for KLXR
Relevant Radio stations
LXR |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here%27s%20the%20Plan | Here's the Plan is a 2017 Chilean computer-animated romantic drama short film, written and directed by Fernanda Frick H. The film follows the life of a married cat and dog couple who start off with a dream to open a bakery, only for their lives to drift apart due to a variety of circumstances. The film premiered at the Nashville Film Festival before getting released online several months later.
Plot
Doug and Kat, a dog and cat respectively, have recently gotten married and live in a small and rather old house. At the beginning Doug and Kat explain the "plan": to open their own bakery and "to keep on loving each other a lot, forever." Despite some reluctance about the bakery from Doug, he goes along with the plan too. As they bake cupcakes in their small kitchen, the oven suddenly cracks and breaks. The two decide to search for jobs to pay for the damages; Kat as an ad agency assistant and Doug as a coffee barista. They both promise to quit after they earn enough.
They buy a new oven, but it's too big and doesn't seem to fit their small kitchen. While messing with it, they accidentally break two ceramic dolls of themselves from their wedding. The two decide to work more so that they can renovate their kitchen; Kat joins the ad agency board and Doug gets promoted to manager. They expand their small house, but the constant work has made both of them too tired to bake.
Six years later, Kat finds the still broken ceramic dolls and the two decide that for their anniversary to come home early so that they can bake something together. However, Kat ends up staying late to help an employee. When she arrives, Doug is sitting at the dinner table, sad and with the dolls fixed. When he suggests they quit, Kat refuses as they are financially secure. As Doug leaves upstairs, he accidentally bumps the table and the dolls shatter.
Soon, their marriage begins to lose affection. Kat attempts to cheer up Doug with cupcakes, but he is disappointed by the fact that they were store-bought and decides to break up with Kat. As Doug packs his belongings to go, Kat suddenly remembers her passion for baking and stops him with another "plan" and takes a sledgehammer to the wall. The two embrace with their love restored. Doug and Kat are shown living in their new apartment situated above their newly built bakery. They look out together with them wondering what their new plan will be. After the credits, their ceramic dolls are seen repaired next their wedding photo.
Cast
Alex Small-Butera as Doug, Kat's canine husband.
Lindsey Small-Butera as Kat, Doug's feline wife.
Production
Fernanda Frick came up with the idea for the short after watching movies about marriages. "I began to notice that every time a marriage was shown on screen it seemed as if the worst thing that could happen to you in life was to be married." Frick was disappointed in the stereotypes of married couples; husbands as slobbish pigs and wives as hysterical manipulators. Shows like Parks and Recreation an |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20Development%20Network | The Social Development Network (SDN), formerly of Social Development Unit (SDU) and Social Development Service (SDS), is a governmental body under the Ministry of Social and Family Development of Singapore. It works closely with the community and commercial sectors to foster opportunities for singles to interact in social settings in Singapore. Besides coordinating and facilitating dating activities offered by the private sector, it also serves to educate the public on singlehood issues. Other responsibilities of the SDN include providing the necessary infrastructure and support for the dating industry, as well as to ensure the professionalism of dating agencies through an accreditation council that was formed in 2007.
SDN's initial role in the industry is to organise activities for its members to interact. In 2006, SDU changed focus to accredit and fund private matchmaking and dating services agencies and projects. This was done in the hopes of creating a more vibrant dating scene and of allowing singles to have more options to interact with others of different educational levels.
Initiatives
A census conducted in 1980 revealed that a large number of highly educated women were still unmarried, despite being above 40 years of age. It was also noted that there was an inverse relationship between a person's educational level and the number of children he/she had. Dr Tony Tan—then Minister of Finance and Trade and Industry—attributed this finding to 2 factors: firstly, the cultural attitude among local men, who preferred to marry women with lower educational qualifications than themselves; and secondly, the preference among female university graduates to marry men who were better educated or at least of the same educational level as themselves. The SDU was thus formed in January 1984 to provide opportunities for single men and women to interact socially. Another objective of the unit was to encourage public discussion about the perceived problem of the large number of better-educated women remaining unmarried.
Since it was first established, SDU's target group was limited to university graduates. The government justified this elitist approach by announcing that they had identified graduates—and in particular the females among them—as a group which required assistance in terms of finding lifelong partners. According to the government, non-graduates did not seem to have any difficulty in finding partners. However, the Social Development Service (SDS) was set up a year after the SDU to promote marriages among non-graduates. On 28 January 2009, the SDU and SDS merged to become a single entity, tentatively named SDU-SDS, consolidating their respective resources and exposing their constituent members to the larger, merged database. It was renamed as Social Development Network or SDN on 16 October 2009.
Prior to the founding of the SDU, a Great Marriage Debate had been raging. During a speech made at the National Day rally in 1983, then-Prime Minister |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfine%20Films | Superfine Films is a Manhattan-based film & television production company.
Superfine produces content for major cable networks, including A&E, Lifetime, Discovery, Destination America, Animal Planet, TruTV, Scripps Networks, and others. Some of its shows are Hillbilly Blood on Destination America, Turn & Burn on Discovery, Chasing Nashville on Lifetime, Building Off The Grid for DIY, Rock & Roll Acid Test for Fuse, and Psychic Detectives for Tru TV.
References
External links
Official website
Film production companies of the United States
Television production companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille%20tramway | The Marseille tramway () is a tramway system in Marseille, France. The city's modern tram network now consists of three lines, serving 32 stations and operating over of route. The current, modern Marseille tram network opened on 7 July 2007.
The first horse tramway opened in Marseille on 21 January 1876; electric trams came to Marseille in 1899. Unlike most other French cities, trams continued to operate in Marseille, even as through the 1950s and beyond trams disappeared from most cities around the world. The original tram system continued to operate until 2004, when the last line, Line 68, was closed. Trams remained out of operation for three years between 2004 and 2007, in advance of the effort to renovate the tram network to modern standards.
History
Historical tram network
The first tram, horse drawn, ran in 1876 on Canebière. The electrification began in 1899 and preceded the delivery of new electric tramcars, all similar as to keep a consistent pool of cars. In 1905, a batch of bogie-tramcars was purchased, these were equipped with trailers and were used on suburban lines.
The system comprised purely urban lines and suburban lines, which stretched to outlying villages. Many tram lines joined in the centre of Marseille on the Canebière and harbour, resulting in headways of less than a minute in the city centre.
This huge network was modernised by the constant introduction of newer tramcars, to replace the older ones. In 1938, thirty-three trailers were recovered from Paris. These meant that reversible convoys could be operated. In 1939, the tramway company owned and operated 430 tramcars, 350 trailers and 71 lines.
In 1943 a large project, never realised, was designed. This project planned to build large tunnels in the centre of Marseille. The busiest lines would join into two tunnels.
In 1949 a further modernisation occurred. The first articulated tramcars was designed and built (Algiers tramway possessed articulated SATRAMO tramcars). These were created by joining two older tramcars. These tramcars remained unique until 1985 when Nantes tramway opened.
Marseille city council did not favour keeping its network of trams. Indeed, unorganised development of the car meant that modernisation and expansion of the tram network was hindered. The process of replacing tramways with trolleybuses and buses began after World War II in 1945 and accelerated from 1950. The first closures meant that Canebière was tramway-free from 1955. The last closure occurred on 21 January 1960.
Line 68
Line 68 opened in December 1893 and is the only tramway line to remain in service during the later part of the twentieth century. Line 68 stretched from Noailles to Alhambra, serving La Plaine, the Boulevard Chave, the La Blancarde railway station and Saint-Pierre cemetery. The central terminus is situated in a tunnel. This tunnel, built in 1893, is unique in France and was built to give access to the city centre, avoiding the narrow streets of some of Marsei |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.38 | T.38 is an ITU recommendation for allowing transmission of fax over IP networks (FoIP) in real time.
History
The T.38 fax relay standard was devised in 1998 as a way to permit faxes to be transported across IP networks between existing Group 3 (G3) fax terminals. T.4 and related fax standards were published by the ITU in 1980, before the rise of the Internet. In the late 1990s, VoIP, or Voice over IP, began to gain ground as an alternative to the conventional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). However, because most VoIP systems are optimized (through their use of aggressive lossy bandwidth-saving compression) for voice rather than data calls, conventional fax machines worked poorly or not at all on them due to the network impairments such as delay, jitter, packet loss, and so on. Thus, some way of transmitting fax over IP was needed.
Overview
In practical scenarios, a T.38 fax call has at least part of the call being carried over PSTN, although this is not required by the T.38 definition, and two T.38 devices can send faxes to each other. This particular type of device is called Internet-Aware Fax device, or IAF, and it is capable of initiating or completing a fax call towards the IP network.
The typical scenario where T.38 is used is - T.38 Fax relay - where a T.30 fax device sends a fax over PSTN to a T.38 Fax gateway which converts or encapsulates the T.30 protocol into T.38 data stream. This is then sent either to a T.38 enabled end point such as fax machine or fax server or another T.38 Gateway that converts it back to PSTN PCM or analog signal and terminates the fax on a T.30 device.
The T.38 recommendation defines the use of both TCP and UDP to transport T.38 packets. Implementations tend to use UDP, due to TCP's requirement for acknowledgement packets and resulting retransmission during packet loss, which introduces delays. When using UDP, T.38 copes with packet loss by using redundant data packets.
T.38 is not a call setup protocol, thus the T.38 devices need to use standard call setup protocols to negotiate the T.38 call, e.g. H.323, SIP & MGCP.
Operation
There are two primary ways that fax transactions are conveyed across packet networks. The T.37 standard specifies how a fax image is encapsulated in e-mail and transported, ultimately, to the recipient using a store-and-forward process through intermediary entities. T.38, however, defines a protocol that supports the use of the T.30 protocol in both the sender and recipient terminals. (See diagram above.) T.38 lets one transmit a fax across an IP network in real time, just as the original G3 fax standards did for the traditional (time-division multiplexed (TDM)) network, also called the public switched telephone network or PSTN.
A special protocol is needed for real-time fax over IP (Internet Protocol) since existing fax terminals only supported PSTN connections, where the information flow was generally smooth and uninterrupted, as opposed to the jittery arr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial%20tarsal%20arteries | The medial tarsal arteries are two or three small branches which ramify on the medial border of the foot and join the medial malleolar network.
References
External links
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_17/17-3.HTM
Arteries of the lower limb |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patellar%20plexus | The patellar plexus is a nerve plexus within the subcutaneous tissue overlying and surrounding the patella and ligamentum patellae. It is a fine network of communicating nerve fibres.
It is formed by the anterior division of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, terminal branches of the intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve, terminal branches of the medial femoral cutaneous nerve, and the infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve.
References
Nerves of the lower limb and lower torso
Nerve plexus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windjammers%20%28video%20game%29 | Windjammers is a sports arcade game released by Data East on the Neo Geo arcade system in 1994. The game mechanics are essentially the same as Pong or air hockey, where players continuously shoot the disc at the goal zone of the opponent attempting to score. The game can be played against the computer or in a 2 player versus. Dotemu ported the game to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in August 2017, Nintendo Switch in October 2018, and iiRcade in February 2021. Dotemu would later develop and publish a sequel, Windjammers 2, which was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and Google Stadia on January 20, 2022.
Gameplay
Players choose from one of six playable characters, each with their own unique speed/power ratings and special throws. Players maneuver around their respective sides of the court in any of the eight cardinal directions (allowing for almost fluid movement in any direction). They must act as the defense and offense of their side, blocking the disc from entering the goal zone, and throwing the disc back to the opponent's side in an attempt to score. Players throw the disc back and forth (with the speed of the disc generally increasing with each throw) until one of them scores a point, which causes the disc to be reset by the referee, who throws it to the player who was scored on so that they can serve. There are yellow goal zones, worth three points when hit by the disc, and red goal zones, worth five points. In addition, failing to catch the disc while it is in the air (described below) is considered a "Miss" and gives two points to the opponent. Each of the six court types varies in the size and positioning of the goal zones.
While the opponent holds the disc, the player acts defensively by trying to grab the disc and therefore stopping it from entering their goal zone. In order to stop the disc, the player simply needs to make contact with it, by either walking into it or diving for it with a button press (which is done at almost all times due to the high speeds of the disc). Sometimes, the disc may be launched into the air, due to the opponent, the net, barriers, or sometimes bouncing off the player's back, in which a target will appear on the court showing the landing spot of the disc, which can be caught by standing on said target.
While the player holds the disc, they act offensively by trying to throw it into the goal zone of the opponent. The player cannot move while holding the disc, and cannot hold it for more than a few seconds. The player points with the joystick in the desired direction to throw the disc and presses the primary button. The player can throw it either directly at the opponent's goal zone or attempt to bounce the disc off the walls, or barriers (if in a court that contains them).
When playing against computer opponents, the player plays one match against each character (with the next character's difficulty increasing each time) until all are defeated, thus winning the game. When pla |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Worship%20Network | The Worship Network, or Worship, was a broadcast television service that provided alternative Christian worship-themed programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The network was based in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States, and is available in more than 50 countries. It was owned by The Christian Network, Inc. (CNI), a church which also owned Worship's defunct sister network, Praise TV.
The network was broadcast on a digital subchannel of ION Television's owned and operated stations placed after Ion Plus on a station's digital channel map, usually broadcasting on the -DT4 subchannel. However, ION dropped the network from its stations on January 31, 2010.
History
The Worship Network (launched through CNI) was founded in 1992 by Lowell W. "Bud" Paxson, co-founder of HSN, who later founded the PAX TV network (now ION Television). Paxson, an evangelical Christian since 1985, wanted to "create an atmosphere in the home to inspire and encourage a quiet time to worship God" and from that vision, Worship was launched.
Outlets for the new network increased rapidly. By 1994, there were 50 affiliate stations and Worship had just begun its first European affiliate, in Iceland, and a year later, the number had doubled to 100 affiliates and the network had launched in Asia, in the region of Taiwan. In 1996, the network began satellite broadcasting, via Sky Angel.
When the PAX TV network was launched in 1998, Worship provided overnight programming, and in 2005, PAX TV and Worship struck a deal where the network would be carried on a digital subchannel of PAX TV stations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In 2006, the network had more than 250 broadcast affiliates, and is available on every inhabited continent. In 2006, the network began producing shows in HD (high definition), although it does not broadcast in HD. In 2010, Worship was dropped from digital Ion Television owned-and-operated stations.
The Worship Network ceased updating its Web site and social media in 2013. In January 2015, in a statement mourning Paxson's death, The Worship Network's parent company stated it was still operating the network and would "continue to do our best" to keep it running according to Paxson's vision. Most of the channels that had carried The Worship Network programming in overnights have since flipped to Radiant TV, an unrelated but similarly formatted network produced by WLMB.
Programming
The Worship Network's main program, called "Worship", consisted simply of Bible scriptures displayed on a nature backdrop, while a mix of contemporary Christian worship music, traditional hymns and light classical music played in the background. Interspersed among the videos and music are brief stories of faith, narrated by worship leaders.
From 2005, when the network began their 24/7 digital broadcast, other forms of programming were added to this mix. Newer programs included infomercials featuring Christian products, comedy specials featuring Christian comedians, a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Little%20League%20World%20Series%20Championship%20Game%20broadcasters | Note that this list focuses on the television network(s) and announcers who have broadcast the Little League World Series' World Championship Game.
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Notes
At first, only the World Championship Game was televised under the Wide World of Sports anthology umbrella on ABC. Since the late 1980s, when the tournament was reorganized, both the U.S. and international championships, the "semifinals," have been shown.
ESPN first began covering the games in 1982. With the expansion of ESPN's brand and its family of networks, the total number of games has significantly increased. In 2000, a total of 12 games were televised by ESPN. In addition, the popularity of the game increased the total number of teams from 8 to 16 and ESPN covered all eight U.S. regional championships in 2001 (something they still do today). This was as a result of a second stadium, Volunteer Stadium, which allowed games to take place simultaneously. Also that year, ABC began televising the U.S. Championship Game. That year, ESPN aired a total of 25 games. In 2003, ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 carried a total of 35 games including regional championships. All games aired on any ESPN network are also available via Internet streaming on ESPN3.
1985 - ABC carries the Little League World Series championship game live for the first time on Wide World of Sports. For the first time in baseball history, the home plate umpire wears a miniature camera on his mask.
1990s
Notes
1994 - A three-hour rain delay forced Wide World of Sports to go off the air on many ABC affiliates before the game could be completed. The West Coast however, got to see the remainder of the game live from Williamsport, Pa.
1997 - For the first time, U.S. Regional championship games in Little League Baseball are televised nationally on ESPN2.
2000s
Notes
2002 - Both the U.S. Championship and World Championship Games were televised live during prime time for the first time (6:30 ET). The World Championship Game was aired on tape delay on the West Coast.
In 2006, 28 of the 36 games were televised on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC.
2006 - The World Championship Game was initially supposed to air on ABC. However, a rain delay caused the game to be postponed until following day (Monday, August 28, 2006). As a result, the Championship Game instead, aired on ESPN2.
In January 2007, it was announced that ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC had extended their contract with the Little League organization through 2014.
2010s
2020s
See also
Wide World of Sports
Major League Baseball on ABC
ESPN Major League Baseball
Little League World Series#Little League World Series champions
Little League World Series#Media coverage
Little League World Series on television
References
External links
Tony Gwynn To Be In Broadcast Booth For Little League Baseball World Series
ESPN.com
Little League Chronology
NASO LockerRoom - ESPN Expands Little League World Series Coverage
Baseball announcers
Broadcasters
Baseball on television in the United Stat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K36DU | K36DU, UHF analog channel 36, was a low-power Worship Network-affiliated television station licensed to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States. The station was owned by Richard D. Tatham. K36DU's transmitter was located at the BLM communications site on Goat Hill, approximately north of Lake Havasu City.
History
K36DU was founded on March 4, 1994 with an original construction permit granted to Richard D. Tatham of Lake Havasu City. The station was licensed on April 5, 1996 and converted to Class A status on September 10, 2001. The station surrendered its class A license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 8, 2013, and reverted to a standard low-power license.
K36DU's license was cancelled by the FCC on August 4, 2021, due to the station failing to obtain a license for digital operation by the July 13 deadline.
Programming
The station broadcast mainly television programming from The Worship Network. K36DU also broadcast at least three hours a week of locally produced programming, plus children's programming. In addition to Worship Network programming, the station also displayed a community bulletin board (CBB).
References
Religious television stations in the United States
36DU
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Television channels and stations established in 1996
1996 establishments in Arizona
Defunct television stations in the United States
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
2021 disestablishments in Arizona
36DU |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9%20con%20aroma%20de%20mujer%20%281994%20TV%20series%29 | Café, con aroma de mujer ("Coffee, with the scent of a woman") is a 1994 Colombian telenovela produced by then programming company RCN Televisión on state-owned Canal A. It was created and written by Fernando Gaitán. It was broadcast in several countries throughout Latin America, North America and Europe.
Overview
Teresa Suárez (Margarita Rosa de Francisco), nicknamed "Gaviota" (Spanish for "Gull"), and her mother Carmenza Suárez, work as harvesters and throughout the year they travel to different farmlands across Colombia searching for work. Each October, just prior to the harvest period in the coffee axis, they travel to the hacienda Casablanca in Filandia whose owner, powerful coffee businessman Octavio Vallejo, secures employment for them. One October, Vallejo dies and his family, spread over the world, heads back to Casablanca to attend the funeral. Once back in the hacienda after several years in London, his grandson Sebastián Vallejo (Guy Ecker) meets Gaviota and only with her he is eventually able to overcome his fear of women.
After a few encounters, Sebastián and Gaviota begin a short, but passionate affair that becomes for both of them their first true romantic experience. They keep their romance a secret, specially from his aristocratic family, but eventually he must leave back for London after his grandfather's funeral to finish his college studies. The pair agree to reunite in Casablanca exactly the same date the following year, once he graduates, to finally marry. Shortly after Sebastián's departure, Gaviota finds out she is pregnant. Finding no means to get in contact with him, distrusting his family and with no one else to turn to, she decides to travel to Europe herself to search for him, having been deceived by a network of human trafficking who prey on her naivete by offering her a job as a model but actually hoping to exploit her as a prostitute in Paris.
Sebastián returns to Casablanca the following year to keep his promise and, after searching for her in town, he finds out she went to Europe to work as a prostitute. Disheartened, and influenced by his avaricious cousin Iván Vallejo (Cristóbal Errázuriz), he weds his friend Lucía Sandoval (Alejandra Borrero) who accepts a lifetime in a completely sexless marriage just to be by his side.
Gaviota, having assumed a new identity in Europe as Carolina Olivares, finally returns to Colombia but only manages to arrive at Casablanca the morning after Sebastián and Lucía's wedding ceremony has taken place there. Dismayed by the sudden turn of events, Gaviota looks for her mother and secretly leaves Casablanca for good in order to stay away from Sebastián and to find a better life in Bogotá. Having much difficulty in the huge and unfamiliar city she eventually returns to the world of coffee, this time being employed by Cafexport, the coffee-exporting company owned by the Vallejo family, under her alternate identity as Carolina Olivares. After realising Gaviota's return to Casablanc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS3 | AS3 or AS-3 may refer to:
ActionScript 3.0, ECMAScript
AS3 (networking), Applicability Statement 3, a specification standard by which applications communicate for Electronic Data Interchange
AS-3 Kangaroo, NATO reporting name for Russian Raduga Kh-20 cruise missile.
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3, the third season of television series RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.
Smith & Wesson AS, a 12 gauge select fire shotgun. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Federation%20of%20International%20Music%20Competitions | The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition. It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.
Member organizations by year of membership
1950s
1957 (Founding members)
ARD International Music Competition, Munich
Budapest International Music Competition, (Cello, Conducting & Piano) Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, Budapest
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, Bolzano
Frédéric Chopin International Piano Competition, Warsaw
Geneva International Music Competition, Geneva
Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, Vercelli
Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition, Poznań
Marguerite Long – Jacques Thibaud International Piano and Violin Competition, Paris
Niccolò Paganini International Violin Competition, Genoa
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition, Brussels
1958
Maria Canals International Piano Competition, Barcelona
Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors
International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna
International singing competition of Toulouse
1959
International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch
1960s
1961
Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers, Zwickau
1963
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia International Composition Competition, Rome
1965
Johann Sebastian Bach International Music Competition, Leipzig
Leeds International Piano Competition
1968
José Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, Lisbon
1969
Carl Flesch International Violin Competition, London (last held in 1992)
Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition, Helsinki
1970s
1971
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), Moscow (retracted in 2022)
1973
Grand Prix de Chartres
1974
Jeunesses Musicales International Music Competition, Belgrade
1975
Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition, Terni
Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv
Grand Prix Maria Callas, Athens
1976
Alberto Curci International Violin Competition, Naples
Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, Vevey
Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, Santander
Sion International Violin Competition
Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, Martigny
Verdian Voices International Singing Competition, Busseto
1977
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth
1978
Sydney International Piano Competition
Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition, Zagreb
1979
Épinal International Piano Competition
1980s
1980
Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition, Vienna
The Grzegor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olson | Olson may refer to:
Olson (surname), people with the name Olson
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
Olson (constructor), a former racing car constructor
Olson database, also known as zoneinfo database
"Olson", a song by Boards of Canada.
See also
Morrison v. Olson, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court
Olsen (disambiguation)
Olsson
Oulson
Justice Olson (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure%20Stations%20Scheme | The Secure Stations Scheme is an accreditation scheme operated in the United Kingdom by the Department for Transport.
The scheme was started in 1998 and is open to the operators of any rail network policed by the British Transport Police. Each station is assessed separately; operators may choose to opt in or out of the scheme from time to time and accreditation for stations may lapse.
The criteria for accreditation cover four key areas:
design of the station
management of the station
management of crime levels
passenger perception of security
As of 24 April 2006, there were 252 accredited stations.
As of January 2019 more than 673 stations were accredited by the BTP. The Secure Stations Scheme was relaunched in 2017, with 172 stations being added or reinspected subsequently.
References
External links
Department for Transport - Secure Stations Scheme
gov.uk Scheme guidance notes. Accessed 26 November 2019
Quality
Secure stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS7%20probe | An SS7 probe is a physical device to obtain signalling and/or bearer information from a telecommunications network, such as the PSTN or a corporate telephone system. The probe passively monitors the E1/T1 or SDH/SONET bearer channels, and extracts the signalling information for onward presentation to an application. A passive probe does not affect the network under observation—this is achieved through use of protected monitor points on the network distribution frames.
Applications
The network application may be lawful interception or a revenue-generating application such as missed call. Probes are also extensively used in operational support systems (OSS).
Applications served by probes include solutions for inter-carrier billing, revenue loss (by-pass/phantom traffic and analysis services), fraud prevention, billing, local number portability, quality of service, surveillance (global call trace), maintenance (protocol analysis), traffic engineering (link and trunk forecasting), alarming and SS7, Sigtran and IS-41 monitoring.
Passive monitoring probes provide a network and switch vendor-independent solution for network applications.
Lawful interception
Lawful interception concerns the delivery of calls and data to government approved reception centres. Interception is authorized through a legal framework, such as UK RIPA or US CALEA or Russia SORM.
Technology
SS7 probe technology provides the correct physical interface to the telecommunications network. Opportunities for probing occur in both traditional TDM infrastructure as well as in ATM and IP networks. The different characteristics and infrastructure used for these interfaces is reflected in the types of interfaces to be monitored. These range from E1 or T1 2Mbit/s or 1.5Mbs to SDH and SONET STM-x OC-x multiplexes.
Notes
Privacy of telecommunications
Telephony signals
Electronic test equipment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncacheable%20speculative%20write%20combining | Uncacheable speculative write combining (USWC), is a computer BIOS setting for memory communication between a CPU and graphics card. It allows faster communication than the "uncachable" setting (the alternative to USWC in the BIOS), as long as the graphics card supports write combining (which most modern cards do), allowing data to be temporarily stored in write combine buffers (WCB) and released in burst mode rather than single bits.
See also
Bus (computing)
References
Computer buses
Computer memory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask%20No%20Questions | Ask No Questions is a British game show that originally aired as a regional programme for Yorkshire Television in 1986 on Saturdays, then it became networked for most ITV regions in 1987.
Transmissions
Regional transmissions information
1986
The first series only aired in the Yorkshire region on Saturdays.
1987
The second series aired in the rest of the regions, but it was not networked:
Border, Tyne Tees and Yorkshire: Started on 27 March and finished on 3 June. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 5:15pm.
LWT: Started on 27 March and finished on 28 August. Fridays at 5:15pm. Not all episodes were broadcast.
UTV: Started on 27 March and finished on mid-July. ??? at 5:15pm.
HTV Started on 30 March and finished July. Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:15pm.
Scottish: Started on 9 April and finished in August. at 3:00pm/3:30pm.
Anglia: Started on April and finished on May. ??? at 9:50am.
Grampian: Started on 19 August and finished on 24 September. Wednesday to Friday at 5.10pm before switching to 3.00pm for the last 2 weeks
TVS and Channel Television: Weekly at 3:00pm.
Central, Granada and TSW: Did not air the series.
External links
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1986 British television series debuts
1987 British television series endings
1980s British game shows
ITV game shows
Television series by ITV Studios
Television series by Yorkshire Television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic%20Kalipersad | Dominic Kalipersad ( ;) is a veteran journalist, and one of the most recognizable faces in Trinidad and Tobago. He is the Group Head of News at Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) Limited in Port-of-Spain, where he has taken the flagship television arm, CCN TV6, under his wing.
Kalipersad was previously the Editor In Chief of the Trinidad Guardian newspaper which he modernized from its old broadsheet format into a tabloid.
He was also the Programme Director at Trinidad Broadcasting Company Ltd after serving as News Director there.
Kalipersad is best known as the principal news anchor of Panorama, the 7:00 pm flagship newscast of the now defunct Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), from the late 1970s to early 1990s. He was later Programme Director at the Trinidad Broadcasting Company, and the News Director and anchor at CCN TV6, the position of which he is again the holder.
While heading the Trinidad Guardian for eleven years, he also served at Cable News Channel Three (CNC3) as a news anchor filling in for then news anchor, Carla Foderingham with Shelly Dass.
Kalipersad is widely regarded as the journalist most feared by politicians. He has had explosive interviews with politicians like Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and is even known to have pulled a live interview with Health Minister Jerry Narace off the air. In addition his television commentaries, 'Lord, Put A Hand!', are respected for their biting, incisive, profound style,
In 1990, Dominic Kalipersad was one of the hostages at Trinidad and Tobago Television during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
He famously refused to be specially selected for release in an exchange negotiated between the then NAR government and the hostage-takers, declaring: "I am not leaving unless everyone (his fellow hostages) else leaves!" Ironically, it was a decision that saved his life as, it is reported, the hostage-takers had planned to 'take him out', if he had accepted the deal.
Kalipersad, a BBC-trained professional, broke the story of the assassination of state prosecutor Dana Seetahal SC on May 4, 2014, and was on the air with the story at six o'clock that morning. He remains the longest-serving broadcast journalist still on the air in 2017 and still commanding the respect of modern audiences.
References
Trinidad and Tobago television personalities
Living people
Trinidad and Tobago people of Indian descent
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DZCE-TV | DZCE-TV (channel 48) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the INCTV network. Owned and operated by Christian Era Broadcasting Service International, a broadcast ministry of the Iglesia ni Cristo (an independent Philippine Christian church), the station maintains studio and transmitter facilities located at Milton Hills Subdivision, Redeemer St., Brgy. New Era, Quezon City.
History
The channel was first launched in 2000 as a cable-only television station under the longer name Iglesia ni Cristo Television, carrying the Church's long line of evangelical television programs that had begun in mid-1983 on the People's Television Network and Radio Philippines Network and later on other TV networks in the country. The arrival of Net 25 in 1999, joined by the launch of the cable station, unified all the shows into two stations, one on cable and one on FTA television. In mid-2005, the cable station was relaunched as GEM TV (Global Expansion Media Television), with a mix of religious and secular programs — which includes selected shows from Deutsche Welle and operated with a power of a meager 1 kilowatt.
From September 1 until 7, 2009, GEM TV, along with EBC-owned Net 25, were the only stations airing the live coverage of the wake and funeral of Iglesia ni Cristo's executive minister Eraño Manalo.
On October 9, 2012, GEM TV Channel 49 on Free TV began test broadcasts. On October 31, 2012, coinciding with the birthday of Iglesia ni Cristo's Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo, GEM TV on cable was soon relaunched once again as INC TV, this time expanding into free-to-air television for 18 hours of broadcasts (24 hours on cable), with an improved programming line-up, and a brand new 30 kilowatt transmitter output. INC TV 49 shows religious programs of the Iglesia ni Cristo. During its GEMTV days, it was the first broadcast television network in the Philippines to formally launch in high-definition and in Digital terrestrial television using the ISDB-T system in 2009.
TV Network
Philippines
It is broadcast on both Channel 48 on analog terrestrial TV, and on Channel 49 (or LCN 25.01) on digital terrestrial TV in Metro Manila; and as a digital subchannel in Baguio, Lucena, Naga and Davao, via Net 25 Digital TV. This station is also carried by major cable operators in the country led by SkyCable (in Mega Manila, INC TV carries on Channels 20 and 136), Cablelink, SatLite, G Sat and Cignal.
Worldwide
INCTV reaches TV audiences on the Eastern and Pacific coasts, United States, Alaska and Hawaii and the whole of Asia including Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau (in Portuguese), Taiwan, China as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Monaco, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and the entire continent of Europe.
Events
Recent Events
In time for the INC Centennial Year, new programs were created for the channel. The year 2014, also saw the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok%20%28disambiguation%29 | Grok is a word coined by Robert Heinlein meaning "to know intimately".
Grok may also refer to:
Google Kythe, originally known as Project Grok
Grok, a programming language created by Ric Holt
Grok (JPEG 2000), a graphics library
Grok (web framework), an open-source web framework based on Zope Toolkit technology
Grok Knowledge Base, at Louisiana State University
Grok Magazine, an Australian free student magazine
Grok Ventures, a company owned by Australian entrepreneur Mike Cannon-Brookes
See also
Groklaw, a defunct website
OpenGrok, a source code search and cross reference engine
Grock (1880–1959), Swiss clown and musician
Grook, a form of short aphoristic poem
The Groke, a fictional character from the Moomins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net%2025 | Net 25 (capitalized and stylized as NET25) is a Philippine television network owned and operated by the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DZEC-TV, which is carried on UHF Channel 25 on analog terrestrial TV and UHF Channel 28 on digital terrestrial TV and has carried by major cable operators in the country. The station's broadcast facilities are located at the EBC Building, #25 Central Ave., New Era, Quezon City.
Net 25 reaches TV audiences on the Eastern and Pacific coasts, United States, Alaska and Hawaii and the whole of Asia including Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau (in Portuguese), Taiwan, China, Vietnam (Hotel network) as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Tajikistan, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, Greece, Germany, Monaco, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, the entire continent of Europe, and also reaches to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) via OSN.
History
Net 25 started its operations on July 27, 1999 and was officially launched on April 23, 2000 through a multimedia exhibit dubbed Destination: NET 25.
In late April 2001, Net 25 (along with sister station DZEC-AM) was the only station airing live coverage of the Pro-Estrada Rally (also known as EDSA III) - the rally ended in a failed siege of the Malacañang Presidential Palace on May 1, 2001. When Net 25 became known for blow-by-blow accounts of Philippine Events including Philippine National Elections, Philippine presidential inauguration, the Philippine President's State of the Nation Address and the Iglesia ni Cristo's anniversary event (every July 27 of the year). The programming originally consisted of teleradyo programs such as Liwanagin Natin, Con Todos Recados and Openline, canned programs related to technology, arts, lifestyle, and culture, as well as religious programs from the Iglesia ni Cristo including Ang Tamang Daan.
Net 25 eventually began introducing more original programs such as Spoon, MOMents, and Tribe.
From September 1 until 7, 2009, Net 25 (along with CEBSI-owned GEM TV (now INC TV)) was the only station airing live coverage of the wake and funeral of Iglesia ni Cristo's executive minister Eraño Manalo. Prior to this, during the network's news update, then-Net 25 newscaster Eunice Mariño and then-INC spokesperson Bienvenido Santiago announced that Manalo died at the age of 84.
On November 2011, Net 25 introduced a new station ID introducing the tagline Dito na 'ko (I'm Here), which replaced the old tagline Feed Your Mind, signaling Net 25's thrust to appeal to a more mainstream audience.
On January 4, 2014, Net 25 introduced a new station ID with a simple blue text superimposed on a Philippine eagle-inspired logo.
During the week of July 21-27, 2014, Net 25 was the official broadcaster of the Iglesia ni Cristo centennial celebrations.
In July 2015, due to the onslaught of the INC leadership scandals, Net 25 was relaunched with the slogan I |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DYKU | DYKU (88.7 FM), broadcasting as 88.7 Radyo Bandera Sweet FM, is a radio station owned by FBS Radio Network and operated by Bandera News Philippines. The station's studio and transmitter are located at Door 5, Paula Apartment, M. Jayme St, Jaro, Iloilo City.
History
The station was inaugurated in 1996 as Mellow Touch 88.7 with an easy listening format. In 2000, it rebranded as Radio One 88.7 and switched to a Top 40 format. In January 2010, it went off the air due to transmitter problems. In July 2010, it returned on air as Mellow 887 with an Adult Top 40 format. It went off the air sometime in 2015. On late May 2021, 5K Broadcasting Network took over the station's operations and became part of the Radyo Bandera Sweet FM network.
References
Radio stations in Iloilo City
Radio stations established in 1996
Radio stations disestablished in 2015
Radio stations established in 2021 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uforia%20Audio%20Network | Uforia Audio Network () is the radio broadcasting and music events division of TelevisaUnivision USA. Formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation and Univision Radio, it is the eighth-largest radio broadcaster in the United States, and the largest specifically catering to Hispanic and Latino Americans. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles.
History
Univision, previously known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. (between 2000 and September 22, 2003) and Heftel Broadcasting Corp, was the result of a February 14, 1997 merger of Tichenor Media System, Inc., a private company based in Dallas, Texas, and Heftel Broadcasting, a public company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Tichenor had been in broadcasting since the 1940s. McHenry Tichenor operated a station (KGBS on 1240, later KGBT on 1530) in Harlingen, Texas. In 1950, they added KUNO Corpus Christi, Texas. Later station purchases were KIFN in Phoenix, Arizona; WGMA in Hollywood, Florida; & WACO-AM-FM and TV (construction permit) in Waco, Texas. In 1975, the company (then known as Harbenito radio) added KCOR (AM) and KQXT (FM) in San Antonio.
In 1981, the grandson of the founder, McHenry T. Tichenor, Jr., was named president of the company. He began focusing on its Spanish Language stations; Waco, Hollywood, and Phoenix were sold to their local managers. In 1987 Tichenor bought WOJO, a Spanish-language FM station serving Chicago. In 1984, the company sold KQXT in San Antonio to Westinghouse's Group W Broadcasting and purchased KLAT (AM) in Houston, Texas from Marcos Rodriguez, Sr. and Marcos A. Rodriguez. The KLAT purchase gave Tichenor access to top Spanish Radio talents Chuck Brooks, Ricardo del Castillo (who later became COO, retired and has since passed) and Gary Stone (former President of Univision Radio-retired). In 1985, WIND, Chicago and KYSR AM-FM El Paso were purchased. More stations were purchased in the following years, and the home office moved from Harlingen to Dallas, Texas. Mac Tichenor, Jr.'s brother, Warren (who would later serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations), became general manager of the San Antonio stations in 1991.
Heftel Broadcasting was founded by Cecil Heftel, whose family and in-laws all had been in the broadcasting business. His Heftel Broadcasting in the 1950s and early 1960s was anchored by KIMN in Denver and KGMB AM and KGMB-TV in Honolulu. He added numerous large AM radio stations (KTNQ) and some promising FM stations (KLVE) before selling them in the seventies and eighties. Cecil Heftel was elected as a congressman representing Hawaii's first district in 1976; he would hold that office eleven years before resigning in 1987. During this time, his company was active, buying and selling stations in places like Indianapolis and Chicago. For about a year, Heftel and Scott Ginsburg (Statewide Communications) merged their holdings into H & G Communications.
In the early 90s, Heftel began to expand into more Spanish stations, and took steps to go public |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fe-TV | Fe-TV is a Spanish-language broadcast television network providing Christian programming to the Hispanic community. Based in Harlingen, Texas, the network is an outreach of Faith Pleases God Church, a charismatic megachurch in Harlingen, along with sister network La Familia Network (LFN). In August 2006, the network went off the air for what the Fe-TV website described as rebuilding and expansion. The network expected the downtime to be six months; it turned out to be over a year, as Fe-TV was not seen again until September 2007.
Programming
Fe-TV programming is very similar to that found on major English-language Christian networks: preaching, Biblical instruction, music and talk shows. Most of the ministers appearing on Fe-TV are Spanish speakers; however, a few English-language ministers, such as Joyce Meyer and Benny Hinn, also appear on the network, their words dubbed into Spanish.
External links
Official website
Faith Pleases God Church website
Religious television stations in the United States
Spanish-language television networks in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2005 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20and%20Steve%27s%20Video%20Game%20Explosion | Dave and Steve's Video Game Explosion was a television video-game review show. In November 2001, it began airing on TBS (Turner Broadcasting System) as well as the Burly Bear TV network and later was part of a one-hour time slot.
Dave & Steve were listed on Entertainment Weekly's It List in 2002.
The comedy-based variety show was hosted by two accomplished comedy writers, David Mandel (Cat in the Hat, Eurotrip, Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live) and Steve Lookner (Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live). VGE was produced by Jack Helmuth and Shawn Valine. The main writers were Craig Digregorio (Da Ali G Show) and James Eagan.
Between game reviews the hosts often mocked their sponsor, SoBe, or abused their cheerleader Tiffany Holiday.
The show was produced by the Burly Bear Network (also known as Burly TV), a college television network headed by Lorne Michaels.
References
External links
Full Episodes on YouTube
Tribute & Analysis of the series
Killscreendaily.com
2000s American variety television series
English-language television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFP | AFP most often refers to:
Agence France-Presse, an international news agency
Australian Federal Police
AFP or afp may also refer to:
Media
Advertiser-funded programming, a television funding model
American Family Publishers, a magazine subscription company
, a recording industry association in Portugal
Publications
American Free Press, a weekly newspaper
American Family Physician, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians
Australian Family Physician, a peer-reviewed journal of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Television
AFP (TV series), a 2011 Australian factual television series
AFP: American Fighter Pilot, a 2002 American television reality show
Organizations
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Association for Financial Professionals
Politics
Alliance of the Forces of Progress (Senegal), a social-democratic political party in Senegal
America First Party (disambiguation)
America First Party (1944), an isolationist political party in 1944, renamed the Christian Nationalist Crusade in 1947
America First Party, another name for the Populist Party (United States, 1984) (1984–96)
Americans for Prosperity, a Washington, D.C.-based political advocacy group, one of the most influential conservative organizations in the U.S.
Anarchist Federation of Poland, an anarcho-syndicalist organization that operated in Poland from 1926 to 1939
Australia First Party, a far-right political party in Australia
Australian Federation Party, an Australian political party
Science and medicine
Air-filled porosity, the proportion of a soil's volume that is filled with air at a given time
Alpha-fetoprotein, a molecule produced in the developing embryo and fetus
Antifreeze protein, a class of proteins that protect from ice damage in certain vertebrates, plants, fungi, and bacteria
Antifungal protein, a family of proteins with fungicidal activity
Atypical facial pain
Acute flaccid paralysis, a clinical manifestation characterized by paralysis and reduced muscle tone
Archive of Formal Proofs, a mathematics journal
Technology
Active fire protection
, a German gunboat of World War II, a derivative of the
Automated fiber placement, a method of manufacturing with composite materials
Computing
Advanced Function Presentation
Apple Filing Protocol, an Apple remote file access protocol
Advanced Flexible Processor, a CDC Cyber computer system
People
A.F.P. Hulsewé (1910–1993), Dutch professor
Amanda Palmer (born 1976), sometimes known as Amanda Fucking Palmer, a punk cabaret artist formerly in the duo The Dresden Dolls
Other uses
, a fully funded capitalization system run by private sector pension funds in Chile; See Pensions in Chile
Tapei language (ISO 639-3 code: afp)
See also
American Forces Press Service (AFPS) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC100 | DC100 (also known as DC100A) is a tape cartridge format that was co-developed by Hewlett-Packard and 3M. Introduced in mid-1976, it was developed as a data storage mechanism for the HP 9820 programmable calculator. The DC100 tape cartridge was a scaled-down version of the DC300 cartridge pioneered by 3M, and represents an early version of what is now referred to as the QIC Mini Cartridge. 3M was the exclusive source of DC100 tapes, while drives were manufactured by 3M and several third parties.
History
The DC100 tape cartridge format was used in the HP desktop calculator and computer systems of the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the 9815, 9825, 9845, and HP series 80. HP also used it in their 2640 series of computer terminals. Tape transports were manufactured by 3M, as well as North Atlantic Qantex, Instrumentation Technology Corporation, and Beehive International.
Outside of HP, the format suffered from poor adoption rates four years after its introduction, according to Wayne Green. Bucking this trend, Computer Automation's LSI-2 minicomputers saw compatibility with the DC100 format with the release of the TDCA-100 tape transport system by Telegenix in 1981. In 1984, Irwin Magnetic Systems introduced the Irwin 210 tape backup unit for various platforms that used DC100 tape.
Digital Equipment Corporation's DC150 cartridge, a variation of DC100 with slightly higher capacity, was used in DEC's DECtape II drives. HP later developed the DC200 tape cartridge format on their own; it was based on the design of the DC100 but used thinner tape to increase the amount of data over its predecessor.
Specifications
Notes
Features from 3M
Base plate flatness.
Guide posts (essentially the 5 "axles" in the cartridge) into the base plate with sufficient perpendicularity.
Guide-post surface finish. Too rough, abraded the back of the tape. Too smooth, tape adheres to the guide through stiction, which causes speed flutter on the tape. The right surface treatment was found to be lapidary tumbler, a recipe of abrasive and burnishing compound.
Guide-post perpendicularity had to be right to avoid differential tension on the tape. In the severe case contact between tape and head was lost. The two most critical guide posts in the manufacture fixture, the hub bearing or axle posts, had to be perpendicular to within approximately 1/3° degrees.
Lubrication.
Cartridge’s internal plastic drive belt (critical).
HP improvements on the 3M design
Tape tension is controlled primarily by friction in two rollers that the belt loops around. 3M controlled belt-roller friction (and hence the tape tension) with a very precise amount of STP lubricant on the bearing surfaces. A better design was to use large axles and Teflon-filled plastic for the bearing rollers, which eliminated the need for lubrication.
Minimum tape tension at the head was increased, the drive force to spin the drive puck was less however.
Optical sensing of cartridge in and write protect.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphscape | Morphscape is the first solo album by video game music composer Frank Klepacki, released in 2002 and featuring ten songs.
Track listing
Morphscape
Blaster
Freaks from Within
Cybertek
Mode One
Gonna Rock Yo Body
Cosmic Lounge
Morphunk
Defunkt
Virus
All tracks were written and performed by Frank Klepacki.
References
Frank Klepacki albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic%20pitch%20count%20estimator | In baseball statistics, the basic pitch count estimator is a statistic used to estimate the number of pitches thrown by a pitcher where there is no pitch count data available. The formula was first derived by Tom Tango. The formula is , where PA refers to the number of plate appearances against the pitcher, SO to strikeouts and BB to base on balls.
See also
Pitch count
Batters faced by pitcher
References
Pitching statistics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil%20milling | Pencil milling is a cleanup toolpath generated by computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programs to machine internal corners and fillets with smaller radius tools to remove the remaining material that are inaccessible with larger tools used for previous roughing, semi-finishing, and finishing toolpaths. The name comes from the way that a pencil could naturally be drawn along these corners. It is sometimes called a rolling ball toolpath.
Often a constant step-over passes are derived from single pencil pass to create parallel pencil passes that are very good for cleaning up corners and fillets where excess material remains from a bigger cutter.
Generating pencil toolpaths
There are several alternative algorithms for generating pencil passes. The method most commonly published in the academic literature involves creating tool surface offsets of the model surfaces and intersecting them to find the common line where the cutter would be in contact with two surfaces at once. An example of this implementation uses the ZMap method described by Park, et al.
The industrial method, used in commercial CAM software, differs substantially and works by detecting double-contact points and linking them up into a chain to form a toolpath. A double-contact point is a pair of cutter locations displaced by a tiny distance horizontally, but with a large difference in height or sudden change in contact point. These positions can be located very precisely by binary subdivision, where a cutter location created between a pair of close cutter locations will almost always be continuous with one or the other side.
References
Machining
Computer-aided engineering |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZMap | ZMap may refer to:
ZMap (software), a free and open-source network scanner
ZMap, an algorithm for storing cutter location values
ZMapp, an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta%20%28disambiguation%29 | A siesta is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal.
Siesta may also refer to:
Siesta (film), directed by Mary Lambert
SIESTA (computer program), an ab-initio materials simulation software
Prince Polo, a chocolate bar also sold under the name Siesta
Siesta (poem), a poem by Shampa Sinha
Siesta (album), an album by Zzzaam
Places
Siesta Key, Florida
Siesta Beach, Florida
Siesta Shores, Texas
See also
The Siesta (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightwright | Lightwright is a proprietary software that manages theatrical lighting data and paperwork. Developed and maintained by John McKernon, the Lightwright software combines a relational database with a graphical user interface in support of user generated instrument schedules, channel hookups, and other lighting paperwork from a single spreadsheet/database. It also provides error-checking and lighting-specific data entry shortcuts. In the U.S. professional theater, Lightwright is the industry standard lighting database program. The software is widely used in the production of Broadway and other live entertainment shows, and across a number of educational and arts institutions.
History
Lightwright 1.0 was written in QuickBASIC for MS-DOS and released in August 1988. Lightwright 2.0 was released in January 1995 for both Microsoft Windows and MacOS, and written in Visual Basic and ZBASIC respectively. The subsequent two versions—Lightwright 3.0 (1998) and Lightwright 4.0 (2003)—were maintained using separate code (Visual Basic / ZBASIC) for each operating system. Lightwright 5.0 (2009) was written using RealStudio (now Xojo) for both Windows and Mac, and introduced Data Exchange in support of simplified data sharing between Lightwright and Vectorworks. Lightwright 6.0 (2016) introduced a Consol Link which, through the OSC [Open Sound Control] protocol, provides integration with ETC Eos lighting consoles. Lightwright 6.0 also introduced an Avery label database, with label design and printing capabilities.
See also
Lighting Designer
Stage lighting
References
External links
John McKernon Software
Stage lighting
Stagecraft software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasoft | Datasoft, Inc. (also written as DataSoft and Data Soft) was a software developer and publisher for home computers founded in 1980 by Pat Ketchum and based out of Chatsworth, California. Datasoft primarily published video games, including home ports of arcade games, games based on licenses from movies and TV shows, and original games. Like competitor Synapse Software, the company also published other software: development tools, word processors, and utilities. Text Wizard, written by William Robinson and published by Datasoft when he was 16, was the basis for AtariWriter. Datasoft initially targeted the Atari 8-bit family, Apple II, and TRS-80 Color Computer, then later the Commodore 64, IBM PC, Atari ST, and Amiga. Starting in 1983, a line of lower cost software was published under the name Gentry Software.
Datasoft went into bankruptcy, and its name and assets were purchased by two Datasoft executives, Samuel L. Poole and Ted Hoffman. They renamed the company IntelliCreations and distributed Datasoft games until it closed.
Software
Games
1982
Canyon Climber
Clowns and Balloons
Dung Beetles
Pacific Coast Highway
Shooting Arcade
The Sands of Egypt
1983
Genesis
Juno First, arcade port
Moon Shuttle, arcade port
Nibbler, arcade port
O'Riley's Mine
Pooyan, arcade port
Zaxxon, arcade port
1984
Conan
Bruce Lee
Lost Tomb, arcade port
The Dallas Quest
Mancopter
Mr. Do!, arcade port
Pac-Man, arcade port
Pole Position, arcade port
1985
Alternate Reality: The City
The Goonies
Tomahawk
Zorro
1986
Crosscheck
Mercenary
Mind Pursuit
1987
221B Baker Street
Alternate Reality: The Dungeon
Bismarck
Black Magic
Dark Lord
Force 7
Gunslinger
Saracen
1988
Napoleon in Russia: Borodino 1812 (MS-DOS)
Games under the Gentry Software label
Leap'in Lizards! (1983)
Magneto Bugs (1983)
Maniac Miner (1983)
Maxwell's Demon / Memory Mania (1983)
Rosen's Brigade (1983)
Sea Bandit (1983)
Spiderquake (1983)
Starbase Fighter (1983)
Target Practice (1983)
Education
Bishop's Square / Maxwell's Demon (1982)
Word processing
Text Wizard (1981)
Spell Wizard (1982)
Letter Wizard (1984)
Other software
Micro-Painter (1982)
References
External links
Adventureland Company Profile
Atari 8-bit family
Video game companies established in 1980
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X%20Games%20XII | X Games XII (12) took place on August 3–6, 2006 in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center, Home Depot Center and Long Beach Marine Stadium. It was broadcast on the ESPN networks and ABC.
Results
Moto X Best Trick
Moto X Freestyle
Moto X Step Up
Moto X Super Moto
Rally Super Special
BMX Big Air
BMX Dirt
BMX Freestyle Park
BMX Vert
BMX Vert Best Trick
Men's Skateboard - Vert
Men's Skateboard Vert Best Trick
Men's Skateboard Big Air
Men's Skateboard Street
Women's Skateboard Street
Women's Skateboarding Vert
Other highlights
Shaun White failed to land the 1080 in skate best trick after 17 contest attempts, and 2 past event, injuring his hand on the second post-contest attempt.
Colin McRae was leading at the 4th split when at the jump he flipped the car after landing. McRae still managed to finish 2nd in the Rally event.
References
X Games XII Website at EXPN.com
X Games in Los Angeles
2006 in American sports
2006 in rallying
2006 in multi-sport events
2006 in sports in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Christian%20Churches | The Australian Christian Churches (ACC), formerly Assemblies of God in Australia, is a network of Pentecostal churches in Australia affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, which is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world.
The ACC grew out of the Assemblies of God in Australia, which was founded in 1937 with the merger of Assemblies of God Queensland (AGQ) and the Pentecostal Church of Australia. In 2007, at which time it had over 375,000 members, it assumed "Australian Christian Churches" as its public name, but remained registered as the incorporated Assemblies of God in Australia until 2013. Hillsong Church, the largest church in ACC, separated from the ACC in 2018.
Beliefs
The Doctrinal Basis of Australian Christian Churches contains the central beliefs of the denomination. Its 20 articles are summarized below:
There is only one true God who exists as a Trinity.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and, as the second person of the Trinity, is God.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He convicts and regenerates the sinner and guides the believer into all truth.
The Bible is inspired by God and is "the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct".
The devil is a real being who "seeks to destroy the faith of every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ".
Man was created good by God but, because of voluntary transgression, fell. As a result, men are "separated from original righteousness" (see original sin).
Christ's death on the cross has made full atonement for the world's sins.
Salvation "is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ". In this "new birth", the believer is regenerated, justified, and adopted into the family of God.
The Church is the Body of Christ and consists of all people who accept Christ, regardless of Christian denomination. It is to work to fulfill the Great Commission.
Believer's baptism by single immersion as a declaration to the world of the believer's identification with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection.
Observance of the Lord's Supper as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and death.
Sanctification, "an act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God".
Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate and subsequent experience following conversion which brings empowerment to be an effective witness for Christ. Speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of this experience.
The nine supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit, as recorded in 1 Corinthians 12:8–10, continue to operate in the present day. The Assemblies of God also believes in the ministry gifts (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers), as recorded in Epistle to the Ephesians 4:11–13.
Divine healing of the sick is provided for in the atonement.
The Second Coming of Christ will be a premillennial, imminent and personal return.
Christ will return to establish his millennial reign on the earth.
The wicked "who wilfully reject and desp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20cities%20and%20towns%20in%20Cambodia |
List of municipalities in Cambodia by population
The figures listed in the table below come from the 2018 Commune Database (CDB) of Cambodia, published by the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD). These data are recorded differently to Cambodian census data and significant variations are to be expected between the two due to internal and external migration. The national census does not record population by city, rather by province. The only available method of estimating the population of a city is through the CDB, which is updated every two years.
For instance, the 2018 CDB suggests that 1,474,489 people were living in Phnom Penh municipality, whereas the 2019 census (which only preliminary results have been released for) suggests 2,129,371.
The figures listed in the table below are based on the most recently published Commune Database. However, the population in Phnom Penh and other major urban centers, such as Siem Reap, Battambang, and Sihanoukville will be underestimated; while the population in smaller provincial municipalities, particularly those on the border with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, will be overestimated. The most accurate information is available in the 2019 census, which provides information on the de facto population i.e. the precise population at the time the census was recorded, rather than official data recorded in Commune offices. To date, no information disaggregated by city is available from any census.
The size of municipal populations is based upon the municipal area and there are other smaller urbanized towns in Cambodia with significant populations, which are part of larger districts, such as Poipet in Banteay Meanchey province. It is not really possible to estimate the population of these urban areas using the CDB.
Cities
See also
Administrative divisions of Cambodia
References
Cambodia, List of cities in
Cities |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20analog%20television%20stations%20in%20the%20Philippines | This is a list of analog television stations in the Philippines. Currently, there are two major networks competing for bigger audience share; GMA Network Inc. and TV5 Network, Inc. Most free-to-air networks are popularly known by their flagship channels (e.g. RPN 9 and GMA 7 (Manila) instead of simply Radio Philippines Network and GMA Network respectively). Analog television in the Philippines began to shut down on February 28, 2017, and is scheduled to complete by 2023. Currently, all analog TV stations are still using the NTSC standard.
NTC's Frequency Allocations
These frequencies are used in Philippine Analog Television broadcasting.
Metro Manila (NCR)
Metro Manila
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Abra
Benguet
Mountain Province
Region I (Ilocos Region)
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
La Union
Region II (Cagayan Valley)
Batanes
Cagayan
Isabela
Region III (Central Luzon)
Aurora
Nueva Ecija
Pampanga
*Signals can be seen in some parts of Metro Manila
Tarlac
Zambales
Region IV-A (Calabarzon)
Batangas
*Signals can be seen in some parts of Metro Manila
Quezon
Rizal
*Signals can be seen in some parts of Metro Manila
Region IV-B (Mimaropa)
Occidental Mindoro
Palawan
Romblon
Region V (Bicol Region)
Albay
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Masbate
Sorsogon
Region VI (Western Visayas)
Aklan
Capiz
Iloilo
Negros Occidental
Region VII (Central Visayas)
Bohol
Cebu
Negros Oriental
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
Eastern Samar
Leyte
Western Samar
Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga City
Region X (Northern Mindanao)
Bukidnon
Lanao del Norte
Misamis Occidental
Misamis Oriental
Region XI (Davao Region)
Davao del Norte
Davao del Sur
Region XII (Soccsksargen)
Cotabato
South Cotabato
Region XIII (Caraga Region)
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Sur
BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao)
Lanao del Sur
Maguindanao del Norte
Sulu
See also
Television in the Philippines
List of television stations in Southeast Asia
List of radio stations in the Philippines
References
Philippines
Television stations in the Philippines
Philippine television-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20diplomatic%20missions%20of%20Chile | The Republic of Chile has an extensive network of embassies and consulates around the world to support its foreign policy. Its international presence is listed below, excluding its large array of honorary consulates. Also excluded are trade missions, with the exception of the trade office in Taipei, which functions as a de facto embassy to Taiwan.
Current missions
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Multilateral organisations
Gallery
Closed missions
Africa
See also
Foreign relations of Chile
List of diplomatic missions in Chile
Visa policy of Chile
Notes
References
External links
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Diplomatic missions
Chile |
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