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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSON | MSON may refer to:
Malone School Online Network, of which the Casady School is part
Multiple sclerosis associated optic neuritis, a kind of Optic neuropathy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Terracotta%20Ceramics%20Museum | The Terracotta Museum, in La Bisbal d'Empordà, is a museum of pottery and industrial ceramics that was opened in 1991.
The museum is part of the Museums Network of the Costa Brava and the Territorial Network of Museums of the Counties of Girona.
The building
The museum is located in the old Terracotta ceramic factory, the oldest of La Bisbal d'Empordà. It was founded in 1928, but the building was built in 1922. The factory definitively stopped its industrial activity in 1984, and three years later it was acquired by the city council and was renovated to install the museum.
The integration into the exhibition of some of the elements of the production process (rafts, chimneys, ovens ...) makes the building one of the most outstanding objects of the Museum.
History
Ceramics has been the most emblematic activity of La Bisbal d'Empordà. One of the main economic engines of the city has been set up as a result, increasing to an important percentatge the employment of the local population. On the other hand, we are faced with an activity that starts from time backwards (the first documentary news that gives the reason of the potter's office in La Bisbal was in 1511). The museum was opened in 1991 with a temporary exhibition hall and in 1998, after the remodeling, the permanent exhibition was opened to the public. In 2010, the museum closed doors to do another rehabilitation, which ended in 2015.
Exhibition
The Terracotta Museum has a collection of up to 11,000 pieces, including about 3,000 from all over the Iberian Peninsula and ceded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The exhibition has four thematic axes about ceramics, pre industrial ceramics, industrial development and a tribute to its creators. You can also visit the old furnaces and chimneys of the Terracotta factory.
Areas
Ceramics: The development of the ceramics industry depends to a large extent on the environmental conditions of the area where this activity is carried out. The massif of Les Gavarres is the natural area that traditionally has provided La Bisbal raw materials and, after all, has made the development of its industry possible. Ceramic objects, both glazed and tile, are, in all their simplicity and everyday life, one of the human manifestations that best explain the changes and historical evolution. They appear in all civilizations and in all historical times.
Pre-industrial ceramics: Tile and pottery are two handicraft activities related to a rural, agrarian and subsistence economy model. The pieces of railing are made by hand, following an identical work process in which only the mold of wood is changed that must form. La Bisbal pottery is characterized by being baked, cooked only once in wood furnaces and with three main types of finish: the Rustic or matte, smoked and glazed or glazed.
Industrial ceramics: The use of machines in the ceramic industry revolutionized the traditional production system, and caused that some typical tasks of the potter, which often represe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TER%20Occitanie | TER Occitanie or liO Train is the regional rail network serving the region of Occitanie, southern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER Languedoc-Roussillon and TER Midi-Pyrénées, after the respective regions were merged.
Network
The rail and bus network as of May 2022:
Rail
Bus
8: Rodez – Laissac – Sévérac-le-Château – Millau
13: Longages-Noé – Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze
14: Montréjeau-Gourdan-Polignan – Luchon
See also
Réseau Ferré de France
List of SNCF stations in Occitanie
References
External links
Official Site (SNCF)
TER |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu%20Yangtze%20Metropolitan%20Belt%20intercity%20railway | Jiangsu Yangtze Metropolitan Belt intercity railway system is a network of 8 regional railways surrounding southern parts of Jiangsu province, China. It is a plan for the gradual implementation of a regional rail system across the region. The system involves Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Taizhou, Nantong, it aims to form a convenient, fast, safe and efficient intercity rail transportation network.
Intercity railway routes
Operational lines
Shanghai–Nanjing intercity railway
Line S1 (Nanjing Metro) and Line S9 (Nanjing Metro) (together forms the Nanjing–Gaochun intercity railway)
Line S3 (Nanjing Metro) (Nanjing–He County intercity railway)
Line S8 (Nanjing Metro) (Nanjing–Tianchang intercity railway)
Lines under construction or planned
Line S6 (Nanjing Metro) (Nanjing–Jurong intercity railway)
Line S5 (Nanjing Metro) (Nanjing–Yizheng–Yangzhou intercity railway)
Line S1 (Wuxi Metro) (Wuxi–Jiangyin intercity railway)
Line S2 (Wuxi Metro) (Wuxi–Yixing intercity railway)
Suzhou–Wuxi Shuofang Airport intercity railway
References
High-speed railway lines in China
Rail transport in Jiangsu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai%20Suburban%20Railway | Shanghai Suburban Railway (上海市域铁路) is a network of regional railways radiating or surrounding the city of Shanghai, China. It is a plan for the gradual implementation of a regional rail system across the metropolitan area. The system will eventually connect with Jiangsu Yangtze MIR and Hangzhou Greater Bay Area network.
Overview
Routes
Operational lines
Jinshan railway (Operated by China Railway Shanghai Group)
Lines under construction
Airport Link line (机场联络线) (construction started on June 28, 2019, opening in 2024)
Jiamin line (嘉闵线) (Construction started on June 28, 2021, opening in 2027)
Lianggang Express line (两港快线) (construction started on January 4, 2022, opening in 2025)
Demonstration Area line (示范区线) (construction started on July 13, 2022, opening in 2028)
Planned lines
Fengxian line (奉贤线)
Jiaqingsongjin line (嘉青松金线)
Nanfeng line (南枫线)
Baojia line (宝嘉线)
Caofeng line (曹奉线)
East West Link line (东西联络线)
Pudong railway (浦东铁路) (currently only freight single track non-electrified line, closed for passenger service)
On July 2, 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on the issuance of the "Multi-level Rail Transit Plan in the Yangtze River Delta Region". The plan proposed that by 2025, the Yangtze River Delta on the track will be basically completed. The operating mileage of arterial railways is about 17,000 kilometers, of which high-speed railways are about 8,000 kilometers, forming a three-hour inter-regional traffic circle between the Yangtze River Delta and neighboring urban agglomerations and provincial capitals. The operating mileage of intercity railways is about 1,500 kilometers, and the intercity traffic circle between neighboring big cities in the Yangtze River Delta and Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Ningbo and surrounding cities forms a 1-1.5 hour intercity traffic circle. The operating mileage of urban (suburban) railways is about 1,000 kilometers. The Shanghai metropolitan area and the Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, and Ningbo metropolitan areas form a 0.5-1 hour commuting traffic circle.
By 2035, the Yangtze River Delta will be built on high-quality modern tracks, and the Yangtze River Delta will become a network of trunk railways, inter-city railways, urban (suburban) railways, urban rail transit facilities, zero transfers in hubs, and excellent operational service quality. Rail transit is a model area for networked, integrated, intelligent, and green development of rail transit, and rail transit comprehensively leads and promotes the development of regional integration.
References
Rail transport in Shanghai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM/UA%20Premiere%20Network | The Premiere Network, or MGM/UA Premiere Network, was an ad hoc television network created by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, which announced plans to launch in 1984, originally set for an October launch. By 1991, the name was shortened to simply the MGM Premiere Network.
Background
In 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television was renamed MGM/UA Television Distribution after the merger with United Artists the previous year. In 1984, MGM/UA TV launched an ad hoc TV network, MGM/UA Premiere Network, with movies.
The MGM/UA Premiere Network along with MCA TV's Universal Pictures Debut Network came as a response to the weakened network television market for films in packages. To put things into perspective, virtually all movies in the early 1980s played on the cable television services before being made available for network showings. Thus, this resulted in the audience for many movies on network television diminishing dramatically.
The service was expected to broadcast 24 movies in double-runs once a month for two years. These films had never previously been shown on network television.
The package would be sold on a barter basis over a two-year period, where MGM received 10½ minutes of advertising time within a two-hour movie telecast in prime time, while its stations would retain 11½ minutes. After this particular run, the movies featured on the Premiere Network could be marketed to cable television for an exclusive six month long run. They would then go back to the stations for purchase on a cash basis.
The plan was estimated to bring a total of $72 million to the studio on the initial 24 films involved, whereas had those films had gone directly to syndication, the total revenue would have been no more than $30 million. Another $500,000 would have been added to the four or five million dollars the film might have generated in its first cable airing. Based on various assumptions, MGM/UA believed that they could gross $24 million in total from the Premiere Network run, $12 million from the pay TV window, and $1.2 million per title in the stage three syndication phase.
According to MGM/UA television president Lawrence E. Gershman, the plan was born "out of necessity" to offset a disturbing drop in revenues. MGM/UA initially spent $1 million to promote the Premiere Network. In the past, the major networks turned some of MGM/UA's films down flat, while in other cases, they had offered fees that Gershman considered too low. Gershman added that the three networks were just not buying pictures in groups anymore, so they had to get revenue from somewhere else.
Distribution and affiliation agreements
By the summer of 1984, the network had signed affiliation agreements with eight television stations in large markets. 100 television stations were signed as affiliates by October 1984, with the planned launch pushed back and set for November 10 of that year. Among these stations were WPIX in New York, KTLA in Los Angeles and WGN in Chicago. Other statio |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20%28The%20Deuce%29 | "Pilot" is the first episode of the American television drama series The Deuce. It premiered on September 10, 2017, on premium cable network HBO; the pilot was released in advance on HBO streaming service HBO Go on August 25. The episode was written by creators and showrunners George Pelecanos and David Simon, and was directed by Michelle MacLaren.
Plot
In 1971, Brooklyn bartender Vincent "Vinnie" Martino (James Franco) is beaten by muggers while he is performing a cash drop for his employer's bar. Vinnie's identical twin brother, reckless gambler Frankie (Franco), owes money to several mobsters and bookies. Fed up with his unfaithful wife, Andrea (Zoe Kazan), Vinnie leaves his family and decides to focus on his bar.
Pimp C.C. (Gary Carr) recruits Lori (Emily Meade), a new arrival from Minnesota, as a prostitute. C.C's prized possession is Ashley (Jamie Neumann), who is in love with C.C. and becomes jealous of Lori. Eileen "Candy" Merrell (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a prostitute and single mother, chooses to work without a pimp. She explains the realities of the sex trade to a nervous teen trying to lose his virginity, and later visits her son in the suburban home where he lives with Candy's mother. Another pimp, Larry Brown (Gbenga Akinnagbe), manages sweet-natured sex worker Darlene (Dominique Fishback), who is injured by a regular client during a rape role play and later stays out until sunrise watching a movie with an elderly client.
College student Abigail "Abby" Parker (Margarita Levieva) is arrested for buying drugs. At the station, she meets officer Chris Alston (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.), who is versed on the players in the streets. The arresting officer, Flanagan (Don Harvey), lets her go without charge and takes her to Vinnie's bar, but Abby becomes attracted to Vinnie. She arrives for her exam the following morning, but leaves the building. At his hotel, Vinnie witnesses C.C. wounding Ashley with a knife after she refuses to work in the rain.
Production
In August 2015, it was reported that HBO had picked up two David Simon pilots, one of which being The Deuce, which would star James Franco and be directed by Breaking Bad regular Michelle MacLaren. In September, Maggie Gyllenhaal was cast as a Times Square hooker in the pilot, which was set to begin filming in the fall of that year. In preparation for the project, she consulted with former prostitute and porn star Annie Sprinkle. “She had some very simple helpful insights... How many people do you fuck a night, what do you do if it’s really cold.” Gyllenhaal also went to the set of a porn shoot in Los Angeles, having been invited by a former adult film star who was working craft services for the shot. Of the project, Simon said "We’re interested in what it means when profit is the primary metric for what we call society. In that sense, this story is intended as neither prurient nor puritan. It’s about a product, and those human beings who created, sold, profited from and suffered with tha |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTV%20Ethiopia | LTV Ethiopia is an Ethiopian satellite television channel owned and started by Gemechis Buba. It was created for the purpose of spreading the Ethiopian culture to the world through its programming and to fill the lack of private channels in Ethiopia.
History
LTV Ethiopia was launched in June 2016. After several month of test broadcasting, regular programming commenced in the spring of 2017. Soon after launching, LTV was named as one of the four channels implicated by the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority for operating in the country without a proper local license.
Programming
LTV Show - Interviews of prominent Ethiopians
Made in Ethiopia - showcasing the best in Ethiopian creation
LTV News - New Program focused on the current events
Ethio Planet - Documentary style nature program
Niud
Let's go with Meti - travel program hosted by Meti
Lebamoch
Diplomacy
Wedefit
Ownership
LTV Ethiopia is a US-based company owned by Dr. Gemechis Buba.
References
2017 establishments in Ethiopia
Television channels and stations established in 2017
Television channels in Ethiopia
Satellite television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG%20UX | LG UX is an Android-based mobile operating system developed and maintained by LG Electronics independently of Google exclusively for its smartphones.
There are different versions for each LG phone, and each version has variants according to the regions in which the phone is sold, such as China, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Indonesia, India, Taiwan and Turkey.
The original name of LG UX is Optimus UI, renamed to the current name with the launch of the LG G4 and the release of LG UX 4.0, with older versions retroactively renamed to LG UX.
Version history
Devices running LG UX
High-end Phones
LG Wing
G Series
LG G4
LG G4 Beat
LG G4 Stylus
LG G Vista 2
LG G5
LG G5 SE
LG G6
LG G6+
LG G7 ThinQ
LG G8 ThinQ
LG G8S ThinQ
LG G8X ThinQ
LG Velvet
V Series
LG V10
LG V20
LG V30
LG V30+
LG V30 Signature Edition
LG V35 ThinQ
LG V40 ThinQ
LG V45 ThinQ
LG V50 ThinQ 5G
LG V60 ThinQ
Mid to Low-end Phones
K Series
LG K62
LG K61
LG K52
LG K51
LG K42
LG K41
LG K31
LG K22
LG K10
LG K8
LG K7
LG K5
LG K4
LG K3
LG K20 Plus
LG K10 (2017)
LG K8 (2017)
LG K4 (2017)
LG K3 (2017)
Q Series
LG Q6
LG Q7
LG Q8 2017
LG Q8 2018
X Series
LG X Screen
LG X Cam
LG X Charge
LG X Style
LG X Power
LG X Power 2
LG X Mach
LG X Max
LG X5
LG X Skin
LG X Venture
Stylus (Stylo) Series
LG G Stylo
LG Stylus 2
LG Stylus 2 Plus
LG Stylus 3
LG Stylus 3 Plus
LG Stylus 4
LG Q Stylo
LG Stylo 5
Other Series
LG Magna
LG Bello 2
LG Zero
LG Ray
Tablets
LG G Pad X
LG G Pad III 8.0
LG G Pad III 10.1
LG G Pad IV 8.0
LG G Pad 5 10.1
References
LG Electronics
Android (operating system) software
Custom Android firmware |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstine | Goldstine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adele Goldstine (1920–1964), American computer programmer
Herman Goldstine (1913–2004), American mathematician and computer scientist
Israel Goldstine (1898–1953), New Zealand politician
Susan Goldstine, American mathematician
See also
Goldstein (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frissons%20TV | Frissons TV is a Canadian French language commercial-free Category B television channel owned by IO Média. Frissons TV broadcasts programming focusing on the horror genre. Programming primarily includes classic and modern films, along with scripted television series.
History
Before the launch of Frissons TV, a horror channel called SCREAM, was launched in 2001 by Corus Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis with the similar horror genre. The channel was rebranded to Dusk in 2009, but was later shut down and replaced by ABC Spark in 2012.
A year after Dusk ceased operations, in 2013, another attempt at a horror-based channel when Sylvain Gagné, owner of IO Média inc., announced plans to launch Frisson TV while having plans to launch a similar channel in English, called Terror TV. It was listed on the CRTC's List of Exempt Category B and Exempt Third-Language Services since 2013, a list identifying launched Category B television services without a CRTC-granted broadcasting licence due to a limited number of subscribers. This is despite the channel ever officially launching.
While focusing on the launch of Terror TV, it was decided to simultaneously launch a similar channel in French called Frissons TV, as both would be complementary to each other. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval for Frissons TV was granted on April 2, 2014, describing the service as "a national, French-language specialty Category B service devoted to horror feature films, horror series as well as other programming such as magazine shows dedicated to the phenomenon of horror."
The same month of Frissons TV's CRTC-approval, Sylvain Gagné, through Callisto Television Corp. issued a press release announcing the launch of Terror TV in August or September of that year; however, the channel did not launch as intended. With successive attempts to launch Terror TV failing, Frissons TV was thought to be abandoned as it was initially thought to only be viable with an English language counterpart, however, further research by Callisto Television Corp. found that Frissons TV would be viable after all without Terror TV. In July 2017, IO Média inc. announced that it had reached a deal with Vidéotron to launch the service on September 1, 2017, in high definition. The channel launched its standard definition feed on December 15, 2017, when it was launched on several of BCE's platforms, including Bell Fibe and Bell Aliant Fibe.
In 2020, Frissons TV started producing its own original content and solicited the help of Montreal based horror film festival Cabane a Sang, to build a spinoff series of the festival. The 12 episode series was hosted by Frank Appache and Martin Richard, who helm Cabane a Sang Film Festival.
References
External links
Official site
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2017
French-language television networks in Canada
Anime television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%20I%20BASIC | Level I BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language that shipped with the first TRS-80, the TRS-80 Model I.
Background
Tandy employee Steve Leininger had written the first draft of the NIBL (National Industrial Basic Language) BASIC interpreter for the SC/MP while employed at National Semiconductor
. Unable to take that source code with him, he initially hired a consultant to write an interpreter. When that contractor failed to deliver, he adapted Li-Chen Wang's public domain version of Tiny BASIC for the original prototype of the TRS-80 Model I. This required only 2 KB of memory for the interpreter, leaving an average of another 2 KB free for user programs in common 4 KB memory layouts of early machines.
During a demonstration to executives, Tandy Corporation's then-President Charles Tandy tried to enter his salary but was unable to do so. This was because Tiny BASIC used 2-byte signed integers with a maximum value of 32,767. The result was a request for floating-point math for the production version.
This led to the replacement of the existing 16-bit integer code with a version using 32-bit single-precision floating-point numbers. Leininger further extended the language to support input/output routines (keyboard, CRT, and reading and writing from cassettes). The language fit within 4 KB of ROM.
In a presentation announcing the TRS-80, Leininger said, "What we did, we went back through the Wang Basic and completely tore out about 60 per cent of it, the integer overhead and all that kind of stuff."
Further Development
When the TRS-80 was introduced, three versions of BASIC were announced:
Level I BASIC
Level II BASIC - developed by Microsoft and using 12 KB of ROM to add string handling, error handling, trigonometric and other dedicated functions
Level III BASIC - also developed by Microsoft, offering disk commands
The Level I language was not available for the TRS-80 Model II but briefly re-surfaced as the baseline package for the TRS-80 Model III in 1981, selling for $699 compared to the $999 system with Model III BASIC (another Microsoft product). The language was identical to the Model I version but with the addition of two commands, the LLIST and the LPRINT, to output to a printer.
Language features
Level I BASIC supported the following keywords:
Commands: NEW, RUN, LIST, CONT (to continue or resume a program from a breakpoint)
Statements: PRINT, INPUT, READ, DATA, RESTORE, LET
Print modifiers: AT, TAB
Structure: GOTO, GOSUB, ON-GOTO, ON-GOSUB, RETURN, IF-THEN (but no ELSE), FOR-TO-STEP/NEXT, STOP, END
Graphics: CLS, SET, RESET, POINT()
Functions: ABS(), INT(), RND(), MEM
Math: + - * /
Relational operators: < > = <= => <>
Logical operators: * (AND) + (OR)
Like Palo Alto Tiny BASIC on which it was based, Level I BASIC did not tokenize keywords like Microsoft BASIC but used abbreviations to reduce the amount of memory used by keywords, such as F. for FOR, G. for GOTO, P. for PRINT, and T. for THEN.
The language s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20University%20Center%20for%20Data%20Science | The NYU Center for Data Science (CDS) is a degree-granting graduate institute and research center at New York University. It was established in 2013 by computer scientist Yann LeCun. CDS offers a M.S. in Data Science and, as of 2017, it was one of the first universities in the U.S. to offer a Ph.D. in Data Science.
CDS's director is Julia Kempe.
History and background
In 2011, New York University launched a university-wide initiative in Data Science and Statistics under the leadership of Gerard Ben Arous, who was the director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and NYU's Vice Provost for Science and Engineering at the time. Yann LeCun was invited to chair the working group, and they eventually recommended the creation of a multidisciplinary data science center in response to the growing demand for data scientists in academia, industry, and government. CDS was publicly announced in 2013, with Yann LeCun as its founding director.
Today, CDS is the focal point for all data science research initiatives at the university. The center is highly interdisciplinary, and collaborates with several departments and schools across the university.
CDS offers degrees in data science at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels.
Research
The center has been engaged in a range of research projects across several fields in the humanities and the sciences.
It is also part of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment, a five-year $37.8 million cross-institutional partnership with Berkeley Institute for Data Science and the University of Washington that aims to advance data-intensive scientific discovery.
The center also holds multiple speaker series throughout the year, like the Text-as-Data & NLP seminars, Math and Data seminars, and the Moore-Sloan Research Lunch seminars.
Notable faculty
Full-Time
Julia Kempe
Arthur Spirling
Richard Bonneau
Vasant Dhar
Juliana Freire
Panos Ipeirotis
Yann LeCun
Foster Provost
Claudio Silva
Eero Simoncelli
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Pascal Wallisch
References
External links
Official website
New York University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec%20Rasizade | Alec (Alirza) Rasizade () is a retired Azerbaijani-American professor of history and political science, who specialized in Sovietology, primarily known for the typological model (or "algorithm" in his own words), which describes the impact of a drop in oil revenues on the process of decline in rentier states by stages and cycles of their general socio-economic degradation upon the end of an oil boom. He has also authored more than 200 studies on the history of international relations, Perestroika reforms and breakup of the USSR, oil diplomacy and contemporary politics in the post-Soviet states and autonomies of Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Education and scholarship
Rasizade was born in Nakhchivan in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1947 and graduated from the history department of Baku State University in 1969, then graduated and received a PhD in history from Moscow State University in 1974, and the doctor of history degree from the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1990. He subsequently worked as a professor of history at Azerbaijan State University from 1974 to 1980, and a senior research fellow at Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences from 1981 to 1990.
Upon the demise of the USSR in 1991, Rasizade emigrated to the United States as a visiting professor of history at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Furthermore, as a Fulbright professor, he taught Soviet history in the 1990s at Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, SAIS, Monmouth and other universities. After obtaining a PhD in history from Columbia University in 1995, he worked at its Harriman Institute. In 2000, Rasizade was invited to Washington to work at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, whereupon in 2004 he moved to the newly established Historical Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences, where wrote his most significant works until retiring upon its closure in 2013.
He occasionally participates in academic, educational, social, analytical and legislative events, discussions, panels, peer reviews, interviews, broadcasts and hearings as an expert in post-Soviet affairs. He is also an advisory or editorial board member in a number of the world's leading academic journals in his field of regional studies and an emeritus professor of Baku State University.
Significant studies
Rasizade's academic contribution to Sovietology may be divided into four general categories: Caspian oil boom, Russia, Azerbaijan and Central Asia. His ideas and conclusions for each of these major studies are summarized in the following theses:
1) Having an insider knowledge of Caspian oil reserves, Rasizade precisely calculated and predicted in his writings the exact end of the second Baku oil boom of 2005–2014, notwithstanding the geopolitical euphoria of the 1990s in Western capitals based on exaggerated estimates by American academia, Azerbaijani government and Caspian oil consortium.
2) On Russia, he wrote that Putin's Bonapartism was a natural result of the 1990s turmoil, w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicko%20van%20Someren | Dr. Nicholas Nicko van Someren PhD, FREng, FBCS (born 1967) is a British computer scientist, cryptographer and entrepreneur. He is known for having founded ANT Software, and nCipher, as well as for previous roles as chief security architect at Juniper Networks and chief technology officer at Good Technology and the Linux Foundation, where he ran the Core Infrastructure Initiative. He is currently the chief technology officer at Absolute Software Corporation.
Education and early life
Van Someren attended King College Choir School in Cambridge, UK before receiving a scholarship to Oakham School in Rutland. He went on to study as an undergraduate in Computer Science at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he subsequently earned a PhD.
Van Someren credits his interest in business to his father, who ran a business from their home when he was young. While still at school van Someren took summer jobs with Acorn Computers and acquired an interest in cryptography by reading about public key encryption in Scientific American.
Businesses
In 1992 Nicko van Someren and his brother Alex van Someren, along with two friends, founded ANT Software to build networking hardware. While with ANT, van Someren wrote the first version of the Fresco web browser which helped the company move from being primarily a hardware company to a software company. ANT went public on the London Alternative Investments Market in March 2005. In February 2013 ANT was acquired by Espial Group.
In 1996 van Someren, along with his brother Alex co-founded nCipher to build high speed cryptographic accelerators and hardware security modules. nCipher went public on the London Stock Exchange on October 2000, at the time valuing the company at around £450 million. In October 2008 nCipher was acquired by Thales Group.
Van Someren joined Good Technology as CTO in 2011, and remained with Good until its acquisition by BlackBerry Limited in 2015.
In 2019, van Someren joined Absolute Software Corporation as CTO.
Accomplishments
In 2008 Dr. van Someren was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK.
Work in computer security
Van Someren has published numerous papers in the field of computer security. In 1998 he co-authored a paper with Adi Shamir introducing the concept of key finding attacks. A statistical key finding attack was used by van Someren to locate the signature verification keys used by Microsoft to validate the signatures on MS-CAPI plug-ins. One of these key was later discovered to be referred to as the NSAKEY by Microsoft, sparking some controversy.
References
1967 births
Living people
British computer scientists
Modern cryptographers
Members of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Chief technology officers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbors%20from%20Hell%20%28American%20Horror%20Story%29 | "Neighbors from Hell" is the third episode of the seventh season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on September 19, 2017, on the cable network FX. The episode was written by James Wong, and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.
Plot
Ally is wracked with guilt for killing Pedro. Kai comes to her aid and offers his protection. Harrison and Meadow berate Ally for her actions, labeling her as a racist.
A truck drives through the neighborhood dispersing an unknown chemical. The next day, dozens of dead birds are sprawled across their lawn. The drivers of the chemical truck wear masks with smiling faces. Afterwards, similar faces appear on front doors throughout the neighborhood.
Oz is gifted a guinea pig, which he names Mr. Guinea, as a so-called peace offering by Harrison and Meadow. Ally believes this to be an attempt to drive a wedge between her and Oz as she does not allow pets. Ally, Ivy, and Oz return home from dinner to discover Mr. Guinea being microwaved and subsequently exploding. Ally confronts and threatens the Wiltons. They deny their involvement.
Kai unlocks the Wiltons' dark secrets in individual interrogative sessions. Meadow feels neglected and lonely while Harrison secretly wishes she was dead. Afterwards, Meadow disappears and Harrison blames Ally.
Reception
"Neighbors from Hell" was watched by 2.25 million people during its original broadcast, and gained a 1.2 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, "Neighbors from Hell" holds a 73% approval rating, based on 11 reviews with an average rating of 6.75 out of 10.
Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4 out of 5, comparing it to the ending of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. He said "The season took a subtle turn this episode. The convergent plots are beginning to make sense. The patterns that once seemed crazy, are now proven to be insane but no less credible. [...] American Horror Story: Cult presents a wonderfully twisted version of every liberal’s paranoia, which mirror those of conservatives."
Contrary to Sokol's positive review, Kat Rosenfield from Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a C+, and criticized the episode's lack of subtlety. However, she still praised the Wiltons, commenting that they are "such a joy in their own right." Vulture'''s Brian Moylan gave the episode a 3 out of 5, indicating a mixed review. While he enjoyed that everything was coming together in this episode, he also heavily criticized the character of Ally, calling her "the snowflake social justice warrior that Breitbart is always shouting about."
Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a 6.5 out of 10, with a mixed review. He said "And here, in Cult's third chapter, Ally's reactions to things, even the crazy things, are just too unbelievable. The fact that she seemingly goes nuts in exactly'' the way her tormentors want her to is fiercely dumb." He also criti |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geonoma%20undata | Geonoma undata is a species of medium-sized palm tree native to North and South America. It grows in the understory of tropical forests at high altitudes. This species has highly variable traits depending on its geographic location and several subspecies exist as a result.
Taxonomy
Geonoma undata is a neotropical species most closely related to G. lehmannii, G. orbignyana, G. talamancana, and G. trigona. In fact, G. undata is nearly indistinguishable from the species G. lehmannii and G. orbignyana. The epithet name undata comes from the Latin term for "wavy" or "wave-like".
Description
This plant is a medium-sized, solitary palm that reaches a maximum height of 9-10 meters and has a trunk 10 cm wide in diameter at maturity. The leaves are approximately 2.5 m long and can be divided or undivided. If leaves are divided, they tend to be irregularly pinnate with the base of pinnate leaflets being diagonal to the stem rachis. The protective leaf sheath that surrounds leaf bases has a notable reddish tint.
One key feature that distinguishes this species from its relatives is the morphology of its prophylls. In palms, a prophyll refers to the first bract, or leaf-like structure, holding the inflorescence. Geonoma undata has a prophyll with unequally spaced ridges and a densely matted surface which is unique to the species. The prophyll margins typically have irregular spiny projections. Prophyll length is highly variable and can be up to 50 cm long.
This species has a highly branching inflorescence below the plant leaves. There can be second and third order branching. As seen in other species of the genus Geonoma, the flowers of G. undata are imperfect and very small. They are located in pits which are organized in a spiral arrangement on rachillae. Staminate and pistillate flowers occur in clusters of three with one pistillate flower, and two staminate flowers in each cluster. Staminate flowers fall off after maturity while the pistillate flowers remain on the plant. The staminate flowers have six stamen with short anthers curling at maturity. The perianth of both staminate and pistillate flowers is composed of three sepals and three petals. However, there is a difference between male and female flowers. In staminate flowers, the sepals are distinct, narrow and rounded at the apex. The petals are basally connate and the anthers have valvular dehiscence. Meanwhile, pistillate flowers exhibit basal connation in both sepals and petals. The pistil is composed of three carpels, an elongate style, and three stigmas. Neither pistillate nor staminate flowers emerge very far out from the pit in which they are located. The pistillate receptacle is anywhere between 12 and 47 cm long and has a reddish tone when the flower is developing fruit.
The fruit of G. undata is classified as a drupe, and a single inflorescence bears many drupes. The fruit size is 5 to 15 mm long and about 12 mm in diameter. The surface of the fruit is bumpy and black when ripe. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly%20Whidden | Holly Whidden is the co-creator and executive producer of The Bold Type, a scripted show based loosely on her life and time at Cosmopolitan. Whidden also serves as executive producer of A+E Networks American Beauty Star alongside Ashley Graham (model). She served as an executive producer on E! Network's docu-series So Cosmo. She is the daughter of Tom Whidden.
Previously, Whidden was an executive at Hearst Magazines where she oversaw the entertainment division. Hearst is the largest publisher of monthly magazines globally and owns titles including ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Esquire magazine, Men's Health, Women's Health (magazine), Cosmopolitan, Town & Country (magazine), Elle Decor, HGTV Magazine, Food Network Magazine, and Oprah Magazine.
References
American producers
https://deadline.com/2018/08/american-beauty-star-lifetime-christie-brinkley-leah-wyar-yu-stai-ashley-graham-1202445411/ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Crane%20%28engineer%29 | Ronald "Ron" C. Crane (June 1, 1950 - June 19, 2017) was an American electrical engineer recognized for designing the EtherLink, the first network interface controller for the IBM PC. He has been credited as the co-founder of 3Com and the co-inventor of the Ethernet.
Biography
Crane graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his bachelor's degree in 1972 and from Stanford University for his master's degree in 1974, both in electrical engineering. In 1973, while pursuing his doctorate degree at Stanford, Crane joined the TCP/IP protocol research team, headed by Vint Cerf. Subsequently, when a "Birth of the Internet" plaque was installed on Stanford grounds in 2005, Ron Crane was mentioned as well as his colleague Bob Metcalfe as being fundamental contributors to the birth of the Internet.
Crane left Stanford in 1974, accepting a master's instead of his planned doctorate degree, and worked at the Xerox Systems Development Division, a spinoff of Xerox PARC, where he was responsible for enhancing the original Ethernet transmission system. Crane joined Robert Metcalfe at 3Com as the fourth employee and co-founder in 1979. It was here at 3Com that Crane developed the 3C100, the first Thick Ethernet transceiver for the IBM PC, which went on to be the first major product offered by 3Com.
Crane founded LAN Media Corporation in 1992. It was later acquired by SBE Incorporated in 2000, which was in turn acquired by Neonode in 2007.
In 2006, Crane endowed a professorship at MIT to support energy-related research.
Crane died on June 19, 2017, from complications of an aggressive form of prostate cancer. A memorial event was held at The Computer History Museum and attended by over 100 esteemed colleagues, friends, and family. Bob Metcalfe gave the closing speech.
In 2019 a book entitled "The 3Com story" was published, that in part documents Crane's contributions to networking and 3Com.
For more information of Ron C. Crane's technical accomplishments please visit:
https://www.ithistory.org/honor-roll/mr-ron-c-crane
https://www.sigcis.org/node/627
https://ethernethistory.typepad.com/my_weblog/2017/08/in-memory-of-ron-crane.html#comments
References
American electrical engineers
Internet pioneers
MIT School of Engineering alumni
Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
Scientists at PARC (company)
1950 births
2017 deaths |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Researchgruppen | Researchgruppen is a Swedish network of independent journalists founded 2009. The organisation behind the network is Seppuku Media Ekonomisk Förening. The group's members have been described as people belonging to the autonom extreme left. In a radio documentary for Sveriges radio the group members are also said to have a history with violence.
Awards
2014: Six members of the network was nominated a Guldspade
2014: Stora Journalistpriset
References
Swedish journalists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZCast | EZCast is a line of digital media players, built by Actions Microelectronics, that allows users to mirror media content from smart devices, including mobile devices, personal computers, and project to high-definition televisions.
History
The first generation of EZCast was developed in 2013, shipped 1 million units within a year, and accumulated more than 2 million EZCast app users worldwide. The latest device in the family, called EZCast 4K, was launched in November 2016 which supports 4K HEVC video streaming.
EZCast technology is built into a dongle that interacts with EZCast app to stream content from smart devices, and it works across Android, ChromeOS, iOS, macOS, Windows and Windows Phone.
EZCast SDK has been released to enable third party development on Android and iOS.
In 2018 became possible to voice control EZCast 2 and EZCast 4K devices using Google Assistant.
References
Electronics companies of Taiwan
Wireless display technologies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tihu%20College | Tihu College, established in 1963, is a general degree college situated in Tihu, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Gauhati University.
Departments
Science
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
Physics
Mathematics
Zoology
Arts
Assamese
English
Sanskrit
History
Education
Economics
Philosophy
Political Science
Geography
Commerce
Commerce
Computer Science
B.C.A
References
External links
http://www.tihucollege.org
Universities and colleges in Assam
Colleges affiliated to Gauhati University
Educational institutions established in 1963
1963 establishments in Assam |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anandha%20Kannan | Anandha Kannan (23 March 1973 – 16 August 2021) was a Singaporean actor and television host, popularly known for his theatre works and shows broadcast in Singapore and Sun Network.
Early life and family
Anandha Kannan was born on 23 March 1973 in Singapore to Govindaraju and Vasanthakumari.
Kannan married Rani Kanna and have one daughter.
Career
Kannan’s career started with Vasantham as an actor and host. During his teenage years, he acted in radio dramas like Siruvar Medai and hosted TV shows like Siruvargal Naangal. He had a keen interest in the theatre scene from a young age and became famous for performing in Ravindran Drama Group’s (RDG) productions and later in local television dramas. In 1988, his role as one of the main characters in RDG’s Kudubathin Araigal earned the appreciation of many theatergoers. He won the Best Actor Award for Indian Cultural Month in 1990. He gave the prize money to RDG to enable it to produce more plays.
Kannan moved to Chennai and joined Sun Music as a video jockey in the 2000s. It brought him fame and helped him broaden his audience base. He acted in a children’s drama called Sindubad on Sun TV which earned him many young fans. He also acted in Tamil films like the science-fiction Adhisaya Ulagam ( 2012). On Vasantham, Kannan hosted programmes such as Maalai Mathuram, Amali Thumali, Oorkuruvi and Suvai and the gameshow Savaal Singapore (2013 to 2018) which is a Tamil version of We Are Singaporeans. In 2011, he won the Best Host award at the station’s awards show Pradhana Vizha. He also received the International Youth Icon award at the World Universities Tamil Conference in 2013. With the support of the National Arts Council, Kannan went to India in 2017 to study Tamil folk theatre from the renowned teacher Na Muthuswamy.
He started AK Theatre Ltd, a non-profit organisation, in 2013 to keep Indian culture alive among the younger generation. It produces performances that celebrate traditional Tamil forms of theatre such as Koothu, karagam, kummi, parai and villupattu. He also organised cultural and language festivals, stage productions, workshops and competitions free of charge, to benefit many students of folk arts. AK Theatre launched the Anandha Koothu, a diploma course in Indian musical theatre, in affilia-tion with the University of West London in 2019 to encourage youngsters and young adults. It is an internationally accredited art enrichment programme on traditional arts and theatre forms.
He also acted as lead in Mullum Malarum with his co-host Prajin and Ithanai Naalai Engirunthai with Manochitra but both were never released to audiences. He also made guest appearance in Venkat Prabu movie Saroja. He was also famous for being brand ambassador of Naturals Spa & Salon.
Filmography
Television
Awards and recognitions
Awarded as "International Youth Icon" at World Universities Tamil Conference 2013.
Television Actors Guild Award (South India) for "Best Actor"
Tamil Sudar Award, AK Th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node-locked%20licensing | Node-locked licensing is a software licensing approach in which a license for a software application is assigned to one or more hardware devices (specific nodes, such as a computer, mobile devices, or IoT device). Typically any numbers of instances are allowed to execute for such license.
This form of licensing is used by software publishers to ensure the license is only run on particular hardware devices.
Every node is identified by a unique hardware ID (device fingerprint) which needs to be obtained or entered during the pairing process (usually product setup or first license validation).
This licensing model is also known as:
Single Use License
Device License
Machine Based License
Named Host License
See also
Software metering
License manager
License borrowing
Floating licensing
References
Software licenses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnika%20Seth | Karnika Seth (born May 31, 1976) is an Indian lawyer, writer, educator, and policymaker. She specializes in cyber law, intellectual property law, media law, and the protection of women and children. She is one of the co-founders of the law firm Seth Associates and manages its Corporate & Cyber laws practice.
Work contribution
Seth is a proponent of net neutrality on the internet and advocates the principles of openness, fairness, and equal access to the internet. She spearheads the mission of promoting online safety, particularly among women and children, and is the author of the guidebook Protection of Children on Internet. She was consulted by UNICEF on laws combatting child online abuse to bring out a useful guidebook Child online protection in India in 2016 & other forums. She has actively voiced the need for India to sign a Cybercrime convention and strengthen its law enforcement to combat cybercrimes .She is empanelled advisor to the office of Controller of Certifying Authorities, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India and National Internet Exchange Of India.
Educator
As an educator, She actively trains law enforcement on Cyber laws & Electronic Evidence and is the Visiting Faculty to the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal the National Police Academy, Hyderabad, Central Bureau of Investigations and the National Investigation Authority and other bodies.
Publications
She authored a comprehensive reference book titled Computers, Internet & New Technology Laws, published by Lexis Nexis in 2012 that elucidates the recent developments in cyber law across India, United States and Europe. Her book, Protection of Children on Internet, released in 2015 is one of the most significant contributions to child safety on the Internet. She writes extensively on protecting children from bullying, trolling and other crimes.
Writer
She writes extensively on key cyber law issues for legal Journals and newspapers, and regularly speaks at national and International forums on significant issues impacting the cyberworld.
As a policymaker, she participates in Working Group Discussions in ICANN discussion forums that makes policies to strengthen next generation internet. and actively associates with activities of International Telecommunication Unions, IETE, ITU APT, Data Security Council of India, ICMEC, UNICEF, and other international and national bodies.
Her views on reforming Cyber laws in India have been solicited by the Indian Parliament and Ministry of Information Technology in India and the e-committee of the Supreme Court of India. She regularly contributes her views on strengthening cyber laws in India through print, electronic media and television.
Awards and honors
Karnika Seth was conferred with the Law Day Award in 2012 from the Chief Justice of India. Seth again received the Law Day Award on the occasion of Law Day In 2015. She is the recipient of the Digital Empowerment Award for the year 2015 conferred by the Broadb |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20busiest%20airports%20by%20passenger%20traffic%20%282000%E2%80%932009%29 | The world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by total passengers (data from Airports Council International), defined as passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct-transit passengers. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the world's busiest airport every year since 2000; with all airports combined London has the world's busiest city airport system by passenger count. As of 2016, seven countries have at least two airports in the top 50; the United States of America has 16, China has 8 (including Hong Kong), and the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India and Spain have two airports each.
2009 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2008 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2007 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2006 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
Notes
Includes figures for Bangkok International Airport from 1 January 2006 to 27 September 2006.
2005 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2004 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2003 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2002 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2001 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
2000 statistics
Airports Council International's final full year figures are as follows:
See also
List of busiest airports by international passenger traffic
List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
List of busiest airports by aircraft movements
List of the busiest airports in the United States
List of the busiest airports in Europe
References
External links
Airports Council International Statistics and Data Centre
Busiest airports by passenger traffic
Passenger traffic 2000-2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC-TV%20%28Paraguayan%20TV%20channel%29 | The ABC TV, or just ABC, is a television cable station network in the City of Asunción, capital of Paraguay. The content is based on local, regional and world news, culture, sports, music, variety and investigative journalism; available on cable and satellite in all Latin America. It's part of The Grupo ABC Comunicaciones along with the newspaper ABC Color, ABC Cardinal 730AM and ABC FM 98.5. The television studios is headquartered in the historic center of the City, on Yegros street 745 & Herrera, with entrance to the TV Studios on Iturbe street.
History
It was launched in August 2017, in the midst of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the newspaper ABC Color. To this day, it is one of the most watched news channels in paraguayan cable and satellite due to the quality of the news, reports and investigations that are carried out and has reporters and journalists for his newspaper, radio and TV all across the country.
Actual programming
Monday to Friday
Madrugada ABC
La Primera Mañana
ABC Noticias Primera
A La Gran 730
Cardinal Deportivo
ABC Noticias Mediodía
Ensiestados
Factor Clave
Crimen & Castigo
ABC Noticias Central
Peligro de Gol
Mesa de Periodistas
ABC Motor 360
Enfoque Cooperativo
Líderes
Saturdays
Contacto Ciudadano
No Tiene Nombre
Enfoque Económico
ABC Noticias Mediodía
Cardinal Deportivo
Poli Depo Rtivo
Grandes Documentales
Espacio de Tendencias
Empresas & Empresarios TV
ABC Rural
Otro Level
Pase Total
Un mundo alucinante
El Quincho del Rock
Sundays
Entre Gallos y Medianoche
ABC Rural
Medalla Milagrosa - Mi cooperativa al día
Empresas & Empresarios
Música Viva
El Quincho del Rock
Grandes Documentales
Espacios & Tendencias
Pase Total
Un mundo alucinante
Expediente Abierto
Periodística Mente
EN Detalles
Líderes
Actual Journalists, TV Figures and Hosts
Nelson Rivera
Juan Martín Figueredo
Rodolfo López
Luis Martínez
Nilda Vera
Sara Moreno
Javier Panza
Enrique Vargas Peña
Guillermo Domaniczcky
Diego Marini
Letizia Medina
Ariel Palacios
Mabel Rehnfeldt
Pablo Guerrero
Rubén Darío Orué
Federico Arias
Bruno Pont
Daniel Chung
Ariel Marecos
Yennyfer Caballero
Darío Ibarra
Denisse Hutter
Gladys Benítez
Fiona Aquino
Iván Leguizamón
Osvaldo Cáceres
Giuliana Tewes
Federico Galeano Estigarribia
Carlos Ortega
Viviana Benítez
Marcos Cáceres
Edgardo Romero
Manuel Ferreira
Roberto Sosa
Prince Otto
Víctor Florentín
Maripili Alonso
Luis López
Gabo Baierling
Marta Escurra
Magdalena Benítez
Sergio Resquín
Carlos Benítez
See also
Television in Paraguay
Trece
Telefuturo
C9N (in spanish)
Sistema Nacional de Televisión
GEN (in spanish)
NPY (in spanish)
Unicanal
Paravisión
Television stations in Paraguay
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Spanish-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AskSam | askSam, from askSam Systems, was a "free form" database desktop application that competed with a number of other personal information manager (PIM) applications.
It was noted for organizing disparate information such as email messages, documents, text files, spreadsheets, addresses, web pages into dynamic folders, and allowing these to be easily searched, and the results exported to spreadsheets or as a report.
The last version was askSam 7, released in July 2008.
History
The Florida company askSam Systems was formed in 1985 and located in Perry, Florida. The earliest versions of askSam were for DOS, but later versions were for Microsoft Windows. As well as the base desktop version, there were Professional versions with a more powerful search, and networked versions. A web-publishing option was also available with "askSam Electronic Publisher".
When 4.0 was released in 2001, so was web publisher package AskSam Web Publisher 4.0, described as "letting you make the database searchable in any browser."
By 2004, the competitive landscape included "names like ADM, ... BrainStorm, Chandler, Enfish, InfoSelect, iRider, Lookout, Onfolio, TheBrain and Zoot.". Asksam was ahead of its time in many ways, and today applications like Roam Research, Craft.do, Logseq, and Obsidian are beginning to fill the ability Asksam had for hyperlinked rapid note retrieval, though still unmatched for reporting.
In 2014 personal information manager MyInfo added support for importing text-delimited AskSam files.
See also
Chandler
Lotus Agenda
Lotus Organizer
MyInfo
References
Personal information managers
Discontinued software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilaw | Multilaw is an international professional services network of independent law firms. It was established in 1990 and comprises over 90 member firms in more than 100 countries. Multilaw has been ranked as an Elite network for the 8th year running by Chambers Global Guide 2022. In March 2017, at the Lawyer European Awards, Multilaw was named "2017 Global Network of the Year".
Member firms
Multilaw member firms are individually selected for admission and all member firms are subject to an appraisal every three years. Multilaw has received recognition from Chambers and Partners for its "Business and corporate relationships frequently embracing ever-changing combinations of nations, continents, cultures, languages and laws."
Governance
Multilaw is governed by a management committee and a board of directors consisting of representatives from three regions: EMEA, Asia Pacific and Americas with Adam Cooke as the Executive Director. Multilaw operates from its global headquarters in London, UK.
Carmo Sousa Machado of Abreu Advogados Lisbon, Portugal is the current Multilaw chairperson.
References
External links
Companies based in the City of London
Business services companies established in 1990
Professional networks
International law organizations
1990 establishments in England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical%20science | Historical science may refer to:
History, the study of the past as it is described in written documents
Auxiliary sciences of history
Any science that draws its data from records of past events, as opposed to "experimental" or "operational" science
See also
History of science |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20prehistoric%20life%20of%20Washington |
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Washington.
Paleozoic
†Alternifenestella
†Alternifenestella vagrantia – type locality for species
†Coeloclemis
†Coeloclemis urhausenii – type locality for species
†Dybowskiella
†Dyscritella
†Dyscritella iwaizakiensis
†Dyscritellina
†Fistulamina – tentative report
†Fistulipora
†Fistuliramus
†Fistuliramus pacificus – type locality for species
†Hayasakapora
†Hayasakapora erectoradiata – or unidentified comparable form
†Hyolithellus
†Kutorgina
†Mackinneyella
†Mackinneyella stylettia – type locality for species
†Meekoporella
†Meekoporella inflecta – type locality for species
†Micromitra
†Nematopora
†Neoeridotrypella
†Neoeridotrypella missionensis – type locality for species
†Nevadia
†Pamirella
†Pamirella oculus – type locality for species
†Parapolypora
†Pinegopora
†Pinegopora petita – type locality for species
†Polypora
†Polypora arbusca – type locality for species
†Polyporella
†Pseudobatostomella
†Rhombopora – tentative report
†Rhombotrypella
†Rhombotrypella kettlensis – type locality for species
†Sakagamiina – type locality for genus
†Sakagamiina easternensis – type locality for species
†Stenopora
†Streblotrypa – tentative report
†Tabulipora
†Tabulipora colvillensis – type locality for species
†Wjatkella
†Wjatkella nanea – type locality for species
Mesozoic
†Anchura
†Anchura falciformis
†Canadoceras
†Canadoceras newberryanum
†Canadoceras sp.
†Desmophyllites
†Desmophyllites diphylloides
†Dieneroceras
†Dieneroceras dieneri – or unidentified comparable form
†Epigondolella
†Epigondolella abneptis
†Gaudryceras
†Gaudryceras denmanense – or unidentified comparable form
†Homolsomites
†Homolsomites mutabilis
†Hoplitoplacenticeras
†Hoplitoplacenticeras sp.
†Inoceramus
†Inoceramus subundatus
†Inoceramus vancouverensis
†Juvenites
†Juvenites septentrionalis – or unidentified comparable form
†Neophylloceras
†Neophylloceras ramosum – or unidentified comparable form
†Olcostephanus
†Olcostephanus pecki – or unidentified comparable form
†Owenites
†Owenites koeneni
†Pachydiscus
†Pachydiscus buckhami
Palaeocypraea
†Palaeocypraea suciensis – type locality for species
†Pentzia
†Pentzia hilgardi
†Perissitys
†Perissitys brevirostris
†Pseudocymia – tentative report
†Pseudocymia cahalli
†Pseudoxybeloceras
†Pseudoxybeloceras lineatum – or unidentified comparable form
†Sucia – type locality for genus
†Sucia suavis – type locality for species
Cenozoic
References
Washington
Prehistoric life |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20prehistoric%20life%20of%20Iowa | This list of the prehistoric life of Iowa contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Iowa.
Precambrian
The Paleobiology Database records no known occurrences of Precambrian fossils in Alabama.
Paleozoic
Selected Paleozoic taxa of Iowa
†Acidaspis
†Actinocrinites
†Actinocrinites gibsoni
†Actinocrinites lowei
†Agassizodus
†Agassizodus variabilis
†Aglaocrinus
†Amplexus
†Anataphrus
†Anomphalus
†Archaeogastropod
†Arctinurus
†Athyris
†Athyris fultonensis – or unidentified comparable form
†Atrypa
†Atrypa reticularis
†Atrypa reticularus
†Aviculopecten
†Bellerophon
†Bembexia
†Bothriocidaris
†Bumastus
†Calymene
†Camarotoechia
†Camarotoechia chouteauensis
†Camarotoechia tuta
†Cardiola
†Catenipora
†Ceratocephala
†Ceratopsis
†Ceraurus
†Charactoceras
†Cheirurus
†Chomatodus
†Chomatodus inconstans
†Chonetes
†Chonetes glenparkensis
†Chonetes illinoisensis
†Chonetes logani
†Chonetes multicosta
†Chonetes ornatus
†Cleiothyridina
†Cleiothyridina incrassata – or unidentified comparable form
†Cleiothyridina sublamellosa
†Climacograptus
†Coenites
†Composita
†Composita humilis – tentative report
†Composita trinuclea
†Conocardium
†Coolinia
†Cornulites
†Crania
†Crotalocrinites
†Curtognathus
†Cyathocrinites
†Cyclonema
†Cyphaspis
†Cypricardinia
†Cyrtolites
†Cyrtospirifer
†Cyrtospirifer whitneyi
†Cystodictya
†Dalmanites
†Decadocrinus
†Deiphon
†Deltaherpeton – type locality for genus
†Dentalium
†Dicoelosia
†Dimerocrinites
†Diplograptus
†Diplograptus modestus – or unidentified comparable form
†Discosorus
†Earlandia
†Edestus
†Edmondia
†Eldredgeops
†Eldredgeops rana
†Ellesmeroceras
†Encrinurus
†Endoceras
Eocaudina
†Eodictyonella
†Eophacops
†Eospirifer
†Eospirifer radiatus
†Eucalyptocrinites
†Euomphalus
†Favosites
†Fenestella
†Flexicalymene
†Goniatites
†Gravicalymene
†Greenops
†Grewingkia
†Gyroceras
†Hallopora
†Halysites
†Harpidium
†Heliophyllum
†Hexagonaria
†Hindia
†Holopea
†Huronia
†Hyolithes
†Icriodus
†Idiognathodus
†Iniopteryx
†Iniopteryx rushlaui
†Iocrinus
†Isotelus
†Kayoceras
†Kionoceras
†Krausella
†Leptopora
†Lingula
†Manticoceras
†Marsupiocrinus
†Meristella
†Meristina
†Michelia
†Michelinoceras
†Murchisonia
†Mycterops
†Mystrocephala
†Naticopsis
†Naticopsis depressa – type locality for species
†Neospirifer
Nucula
†Odontopleura
†Onychodus
†Orthoceras
†Oulodus
†Ozarkodina
†Pachyphyllum
†Paladin
†Palmatolepis
†Peachocaris
†Pentamerus
†Pentremites
†Periechocrinus
†Petalodus
†Phacops
†Phillipsia
†Pinnocaris
†Plaesiomys
†Platyceras
†Platycrinites
†Platystrophia
†Plectodonta
†Pleurocystites
Pleurotomaria – tentative report
†Plicochonetes
†Poleumita
†Polygnathus
†Polygnathus parawebbi
†Polygnathus xylus
†Posidonia
†Proetus
†Ptyctodus
†Rhynchodus
†Rigidella
†Scutellum
†Scytalocrinus
†Septemchiton
†Sigournea – type locality fo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBS%20TV%20%28Ethiopia%29 | Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS TV) is an Ethiopian free to air television network. Launched in 2008, the network is based in Ethiopia with correspondents both in United States at its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. EBS TV broadcasts programs in mostly Amharic. EBS TV is the first private channel launched in Ethiopia.
EBS TV focuses various entertainments related subjects such as talk shows, game shows, movies, dramas and others. EBS TV is known for the production of the first local late night talk show, Seifu on EBS, hosted by Seifu Fantahun. The channel is available via Nilesat 7°W position and it is also being distributed on DStv as of March 2017.
TV channels
EBS Cinema
EBS Cinema is a channel that focuses on only Ethiopian films, dramas and sitcoms and it is available via Ethiosat.
EBS Musika
EBS Musika or music is a channel that broadcast only music content like pop, rap and classical music and its available via Ethiosat.
EBS HD
EBS HD is the main channel that broadcasts news, sports, entertainment, economy and culture content and it is available via Ethiosat.
History
EBS TV is the first privately run television network in Ethiopia. It also operates two other channels EBS Musika and EBS Cinema which can both, along with EBS TV, be found on Roku TV and NSS 12 Satellite 11105 V 45000.
In 2018, EBS TV was able to acquire a local broadcasting license. The company had to split into two separate entities, EBS Television Ethiopia Plc and EBS Television Global, in order to get the local broadcasting permit. As of April 2018 EBS is prepared a live transmission studios for the news and sports programs at its current headquarters located on Bawa Building, around Unity University in Gerji.
Programming
News and business
What's new (news)
Ethio business (business news) EBS Sport (sport news) Talk shows
Helen Show (serious matter show)
Seifu on EBS (entertainment show) Tech Talk (related to technology)
Lifestyle shows
Semonun Addis Discover Ethiopia Chef Yohanis Tizitachin Ketimirt Alem Fashion (ሽክ)20-30 (ሀያ ሰላሳ)
Kehiwot Seleda (ከህይወት ሠሌዳ)
Ye Adey Gize (የአደይ ጊዜ)
Discover Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያን እንወቅ)
Addis Hiwot Game shows and weekend programs
Kidamen Keseat (ቅዳሜን ከሰዓት)
Ehudin Be EBS (እሁድን በኢቢኤስ)
Yebeteseb Chewata (የቤተሰብ ጨዋታ)
Mirtu Gebeta (ምርጡ ገበታ)
Music
Sound Pulse EBS Musika EBS Music EBS Music Reggae & Afro Beat Dramas
አደይ (tragedy drama)''
በሰንቱ (comedy drama)
ሞጋቾቹ (drama)
ዘመን (drama)
ራኬብ (drama)
ጎረቤታሞቹ (comedy,drama)
የእግር እሳት (comedy)
ደምብ (drama)
የተቀበረው (drama)
ወላፈን (drama)
የራስ ጥላ (drama)
ከተዘጋው ዶሴ (drama)
References
Television channels in Ethiopia
Television channels and stations established in 2008
Television stations in Maryland
Satellite television
Pay television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rada%20Mihalcea | Rada Mihalcea is a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on natural language processing, multimodal processing, and computational social science.
Career
Mihalcea has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Southern Methodist University (2001) and a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Oxford University (2010). In 2017 she was named Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at University of Michigan, Computer Science and Engineering. In 2018, Mihalcea was elected as new VP for the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). She is a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, where she also leads the Language and Information Technologies (LIT) Lab.
Mihalcea has published over 220 articles since 1998 on topics ranging from semantic analysis of text to lie detection.
In 2008, Mihalcea received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) She is an ACM Fellow (since 2019) and AAAI Fellow (since 2021).
Mihalcea is an outspoken promoter of diversity in computer science. She also supports an expansion of the traditional analysis of educational success, which tends to focus on academic behaviour, to include student life, personality and background outside of the classroom. Mihalcea leads Girls Encoded, a program designed to develop the pipeline of women in computer science as well as to retain the women who have entered into the program.
Awards
AAAI Fellow, 2021 "for significant contributions to natural language processing and computational social science".
ACM Fellow, 2019 "for contributions to natural language processing, with innovations in data-driven and graph-based language processing".
Sarah Goddard Power Award, 2019.
Carol Hollenshead Award, 2018.
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2009. Awarded by President Barack Obama.
Research
Mihalcea is known for her research in natural language processing, multimodal processing, computational social sciences. In a collaboration she leads at the University of Michigan, Mihalcea has created software that can detect human lying. In a study of video clips of high profile court cases, a computer was more accurate at detecting deception than human judges.
Mihalcea's lie-detection software uses machine learning techniques to analyze video clips of actual trials. In her 2015 study, the team used clips from The Innocence Project, a national organization that works to reexamine cases where individuals were tried without the benefit of DNA testing with the aim of exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals. After identifying common human gestures, they transcribed the audio from the video clips of trials and analyzed how often subjects labeled deceptive used various words and phrases. The system was 75% accurate in identifying which subjects were deceptive among 120 videos. That puts Mihalcea’s algorithm on par with the most commonly accepted |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpak%20Bhattacharyya | Pushpak Bhattacharyya is a computer scientist and a professor at Computer Science and Engineering Department, IIT Bombay. He served as the director of Indian Institute of Technology Patna from 2015 to 2021. He is a past president of Association for Computational Linguistics (2016–17), and Ex-Vijay and Sita Vashee Chair Professor He currently heads the Natural language processing research group Center For Indian Language Technology (CFILT) lab at IIT Bombay.
Education
He completed his undergraduate studies from IIT Kharagpur (B. Tech.) and Masters from IIT Kanpur (M.Tech). He finished his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay in 1994.
Research
His research areas are Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Psycholinguistics, Eye Tracking, Information Retrieval, and Indian Language WordNets - IndoWordNet. A significant contribution of his research is Multilingual Lexical Knowledge Bases like IndoWordNet and Projection. He is the author of the text book ‘Machine Translation’. He has led government and industry projects of international and national importance and has received faculty grants from IBM, Microsoft, Yahoo and the United Nations.
He has published more than 350 research papers covering all major areas of NLP in top journals and conferences and has guided more than 300 students for their PhD, masters and undergraduate research. Automatic Sarcasm Detection, Multilingual Computation, Indian Language Neural Machine Translation and Indowordnet are some of his research trail blazers. Three monographs co-authored by him titled 'Investigations in Computational Sarcasm' (Springer, with Dr. Aditya Joshi), 'Cognitively Inspired Natural Language Processing- An Investigation Based on Eye Tracking' (Springer, with Dr. Abhijit Mishra) and 'Machine Translation and Transliteration of Low Resource Related Languages' (CRC Press Taylor and Francis group, with Dr. Anoop Kunchukuttan) describe cutting edge research in NLP and ML. Prof. Bhattacharyya has executed sponsored and consultancy projects for various ministries and top industries and startups, with amount running into tens of crores.
Awards
Patwardhan Award of IIT Bombay for Technology Development
VNMM award of IIT Roorkee for Technology Development
Fellow of National Academy of Engineering
Eminent Engineer awardee of Institution of Engineers
References
External links
Homepage
Publications
NPTEL Lectures on NLP
CFILT
1962 births
Living people
Artificial intelligence researchers
Machine learning researchers
Indian computer scientists
Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Academic staff of IIT Bombay
IIT Kanpur alumni
IIT Kharagpur alumni
IIT Bombay alumni
Indian Institute of Technology directors
Natural language processing researchers
Presidents of the Association for Computational Linguistics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Broadcasting%20Corporation | Family Broadcasting Corporation, formerly known as LeSEA Broadcasting, is an American Christian television network. Founded by Lester Sumrall in 1972, Family Broadcasting Corporation is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, and broadcasts Christian and family programming. Peter Sumrall, son of Lester Sumrall, served as its president and chief executive officer from 2002 to 2015. His son, Drew Sumrall, now serves in the same position.
National channels
World Harvest Television (WHT)
World Harvest Television (WHT), channel 367 on DirecTV, focuses mostly on direct televangelism, carrying hosts such as Sid Roth, Joseph Prince, Joyce Meyer, and James Robison. Program time not filled by televangelists is filled with infomercials; WHT does air some limited entertainment programming, consisting mainly of a block with The Real McCoys and the public-domain episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies in the afternoons, along with non-religious E/I programs and a few syndicated programs such as Sports Stars of Tomorrow and Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford on Saturdays, along with Israeli Basketball Premier League games. WHT is available in over 21.2 million homes across the country on DirecTV, as well as on the Sky Angel Faith Package; a video stream of the channel is available on the Internet.
Family Entertainment Television (FETV)
Family Entertainment Television (FETV), channel 323 on DirecTV, channel 82 on Dish Network, channel 245 on Verizon Fios, channel 578 on AT&T U-Verse, Frndly TV, and Sling TV offers viewers a mix of religious and family-friendly programming. FETV provides such programming as Perry Mason, The Lone Ranger, Hazel, and Bewitched as well as a selection of televangelists in the morning time slots.
Family Movie Classics (FMC)
Family Movie Classics (FMC) is an American cable and satellite television network owned by the Family Broadcasting Corporation. The network features classic movies. FMC launched on October 28, 2021 on Dish Network to 9 million subscribers. In 2022, streaming services Frndly TV and Philo added the movie service to their offerings.
FBC-owned TV stations
WHMB-TV
Originally acquired by Family Broadcasting Corporation in 1972, WHMB-TV 40 is the longest, continually operated Christian television station in the United States. WHMB reaches the entire Indianapolis, Indiana television market covering over one million households.
WHME-TV
On September 10, 1977, WHME-TV 46 South Bend came onto the airwaves with mostly religious programming, as well as some family programming. Today, WHME is Family Broadcasting Corporation's headquarters, housing a number of separate divisions. Its programming is a blend of religion, local sports, and family entertainment.
KWHE
KWHE TV 14 covers the major population centers of Hilo, Maui, Kona, and Honolulu, with Christian and family programming. The station is carried on Oceanic Cable channel 11 and on Hawaiian Telcom channel 14.
Former television stations
KWHB
Purchased by Fa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trece%20%28Paraguayan%20television%20network%29 | Trece is a Paraguayan free-to-air television network launched in 1981. It is the head station of the JBB Group, which as of 11 January 2016 adopted this name. Channel 13 was the second television station to start nationwide broadcasts.
It also airs on the DTT service at channel 27 UHF since October 2017.
History
On February 11, 1981, the station is signed on by businessman Bo Parodi, becoming the first television channel to broadcast entirely in color.
References
External links
Television stations in Paraguay
Television channels and stations established in 1981
Spanish-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%203.0 | Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence is a 2017 non-fiction book by Swedish-American cosmologist Max Tegmark. Life 3.0 discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of life on Earth and beyond. The book discusses a variety of societal implications, what can be done to maximize the chances of a positive outcome, and potential futures for humanity, technology and combinations thereof.
Summary
The book begins by positing a scenario in which AI has exceeded human intelligence and become pervasive in society. Tegmark refers to different stages of human life since its inception: Life 1.0 referring to biological origins, Life 2.0 referring to cultural developments in humanity, and Life 3.0 referring to the technological age of humans. The book focuses on "Life 3.0", and on emerging technology such as artificial general intelligence that may someday, in addition to being able to learn, be able to also redesign its own hardware and internal structure.
The first part of the book looks at the origin of intelligence billions of years ago and goes on to project the future development of intelligence. Tegmark considers short-term effects of the development of advanced technology, such as technological unemployment, AI weapons, and the quest for human-level AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). The book cites examples like Deepmind and OpenAI, self-driving cars, and AI players that can defeat humans in Chess, Jeopardy, and Go.
After reviewing existing issues in AI, Tegmark then considers a range of possible futures that involve intelligent machines or humans. The fifth chapter describes a number of potential outcomes, such as altered social structures, integration of humans and machines, and both positive and negative scenarios like Friendly AI or an AI apocalypse. Tegmark argues that the risks of AI come not from malevolence or conscious behavior per se, but rather from the misalignment of the goals of AI with those of humans. Many of the goals of the book align with those of the Future of Life Institute, of which Tegmark is a co-founder.
The remaining chapters explore concepts in physics, goals, consciousness and meaning, and investigate what society can do to help create a desirable future for humanity.
Reception
One criticism of the book by Kirkus Reviews is that some of the scenarios or solutions in the book are a stretch or somewhat prophetic: "Tegmark's solutions to inevitable mass unemployment are a stretch." AI researcher Stuart J. Russell, writing in Nature, said: "I am unlikely to disagree strongly with the premise of Life 3.0. Life, Tegmark argues, may or may not spread through the Universe and 'flourish for billions or trillions of years' because of decisions we make now — a possibility both seductive and overwhelming." Writing in Science, Haym Hirsh called it "a highly readable book that complements The Second Machine Age's economic perspective on the near-term implications of recent accomplis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20%282017%20film%29 | Deep is a 2017 English-language Spanish-Belgian-Swiss computer-animated science fiction adventure film directed by Julio Soto Gurpide with a screenplay by Soto Gurpide, Jose Tatay, Salva Rubio from a story by Soto Gurpide and Tatay. Inspiration for the film came from Julio's deep sea diving experiences.
Plot
In a post-apocalyptic future the planet was subjected to an ecological catastrophe, and as a result the Earth was flooded. At the same time, sea inhabitants also suffered a catastrophe. The Kraken managed to save several inhabitants and formed a safe place to live with them, which is a colony located in the deep sea of the Atlantic Ocean.
Kraken's grandson, Deep, considers life to be boring, but shows an interest in objects made by humans. He also involves his friends: anglerfish Evo and shrimp Alice. Soon one of Deep's "pranks" accidentally endangers the inhabitants of his home and encloses them by stones. Deep learns from Kraken that only the white whale Nathan can help them, and tells his grandson the necessary landmarks to identify where Nathan can be found. Deep, Evo and Alice set out to find Nathan.
After passing several landmarks, the friends get to the Titanic, where they find the vampire squid Norma. She makes them listen to her musical performance, and tells them that in order to find Nathan, they need to get to Broadway. The heroes leave the ship with difficulty, since Norma would not let them go.
Along the way, Deep is attacked by the Moray eel Maura, but immediately after hearing from him that he has friends, she admits that she is lonely. Deep adds Maura to the team, despite the fact that Alice and Evo are against taking a predator that almost ate them on the first night.
Having reached the Brooklyn Bridge, the friends find themselves surrounded by crabs, where their leader, the yeti crab Rico, challenges them to a dance battle. Alice's performance strikes Rico, and he falls in love with her. After that, the heroes pass the Brooklyn Bridge onto the streets of flooded New York City. They enter the radiation zone and overcome a number of zombie piranhas.
The characters have a disagreement when it becomes apparent they are lost, and everyone accuses Deep of taking them on a dangerous journey. They meet the penguin Darcy and his assistants: the walrus Luigi and the dolphin Ralph. While Darcy and Luigi distract the main characters by watching the film about the project "Ark-1" and "Ark-2" (which are spacecraft that saved humans and ground animals respectively, by leaving the Earth and settling another planet), they discuss the plan to freeze them and leave the Earth on the "Ark-3" (which is for aquatic animals).
When the heroes are placed in a trap, they finally met Nathan, who is chained, and immediately learn of Darcy's plan to freeze everyone, including Maura, who had not fallen into the trap. Deep, Alice and Evo manage to disable the cell without letting it freeze, and then get out of the locked cell and join Maura in bat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20National | Office National is an Australian network of independent office supply stores. It is the dealer brand of Office Brands, and the name dates back to 1999, with the formation of Office National Limited (which later became Office Brands). The head office is located in Pymble, a suburb of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
History
Office Brands began as Office National Limited, which was formed by a merger between Office Force, Office Network, and A.P.T.
The company later launched two brands in Australia: Office Products Depot in 2003, and O-Net in 2009, a white-label brand that allowed for smaller independent stores to operate under the larger company without losing their existing brand.
Office National Limited underwent a name change in 2009, becoming Office Brands to reflect the two new additions to the company. The dealer brand became known as Office National from then on, retaining the name from the 1999 merger and adopting the slogan “Above & Beyond.”
Business and products
Office National primarily sells general office supplies, but also other office-related goods such as furniture and promotional materials. Locations also typically offer custom printing.
Achievements
Office National’s parent company, Office Brands, is the largest independent office supply group in Australia.
Office National did well in recent Stationery News Reseller and Supplier of the Year Awards. The 2016 winner in the metropolitan category was Office National Canning Vale, and the list of finalists for the 2017 awards includes five Office National locations.
See also
List of companies of Australia
References
External links
Office National
Office Brands
Retail companies established in 1999
Consumer electronics retailers of Australia
1999 establishments in Australia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway%20Masters | Broadway Masters is an online streaming network bringing Broadway Masterclasses to PC and mobile devices worldwide. The company and first season was created in 2016 by online producer Marcus Lovingood and Broadway performer and choreographer Paul McGill.
The Program
The Broadway Masters program features major theatrical performers including Taye Diggs (RENT, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Anthony Rapp (RENT, If/Then), Laura Osnes (Grease!, Cinderella), Jon Rua (Hamilton, In the Heights), Nick Adams (Priscilla..., Wicked), Lindsay Mendez (Wicked, Godspell), Kurt Froman (Movin' Out, BLACK SWAN, NYC Ballet), Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In the Heights), Charlotte D'Amboise(Chicago, A Chorus Line), and a final interview with series director McGill, the series provides insight into the journey of making it on Broadway. Each go into depth about their path in the business, lessons and hardships they faced along their journey, and advice they would give to aspiring theater actors.
References
Streaming software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTN%20%28TV%20channel%29 | NTN is a Ukrainian-language TV broadcaster based in Ukraine. It is a general entertainment channel transmitting daytime programming, sports, and other entertainment programs. It is available as a live stream.
The channel is part of GDF Media Limited, owned by Dmytro Firtash.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, from February 24 to April 17, 2022, the TV channel broadcast the United News marathon around the clock. There was no advertising on the air. In 2022, Inter Media Group was announced to be launched on new international channel NTN International in May 2022.
References
Television stations in Ukraine
Television channels and stations established in 1996
Ukrainian brands
Ukrainian-language television stations in Ukraine
Russian-language television stations in Ukraine |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TER%20Normandie | TER Normandie is the regional rail network serving the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2016 from the previous TER networks TER Basse-Normandie and TER Haute-Normandie, after the respective regions were merged.
Network
Five types of services are distinguished by TER Normandie:
Krono+: fast long distance connections
Krono: long and medium distance connections
Citi: frequent suburban services
Proxi: local services
Seasonal services in summer
The rail and bus network as of May 2022:
Rail
Bus
Krono (fast) bus services:
Villedieu-les-Poêles – Mont-Saint-Michel
Caen – Le Mans
Rouen – Pont-Audemer
Rouen – Caen
Granville – Rennes
Caen – Rennes
Rouen – Louviers – Évreux – Verneuil-sur-Avre
Proxi (local) bus services:
Fécamp – Bréauté
Gisors – Serqueux – Dieppe
Briouze – Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
Argentan – Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
Yvetot – Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Alençon – Surdon
Trouville-Deauville – Dives-Cabourg
Argentan – Flers
Lison – Granville
Seasonal services:
Pontorson – Mont-Saint-Michel
Bréauté – Étretat
Bayeux – Colleville-sur-Mer – Arromanches-les-Bains
See also
Réseau Ferré de France
List of SNCF stations in Normandy
References
External links
Official Site (SNCF)
Rail transport in Normandy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule%20%28daytime%29 | The 2017–18 daytime network television schedule for four of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2017 to August 2018. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2016–17 season.
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Fox (as the network does not air a daytime network schedule or network news), MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule consists mainly of syndicated reruns).
Legend
New series are highlighted in bold.
Schedule
All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs. Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated station or digital subchannel in their regular timeslot) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.
Monday-Friday
Notes:
CBS owned-and-operated and affiliate stations have the option of airing Let's Make a Deal at either 10:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m. Eastern, depending on the station's choice of feed.
(*) - While Megyn Kelly Today and Kathie Lee & Hoda are technically considered part of Today, they are also promoted as their own distinct programs.
‡ The Chew aired its last original episode on June 15; reruns of the program would continue to air until September 7, 2018.
† The Robert Irvine Show aired its last original episode on May 25; reruns of the program would continue to air until September 7, 2018. Its replacement would be reruns of The Jerry Springer Show, which ended production after the 2017–18 season.
Saturday
Sunday
By network
ABC
Returning series:
ABC World News Tonight
The Chew
General Hospital
Good Morning America
The View
CBS
Returning series:
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS Evening News
CBS This Morning
Let's Make a Deal
The Price is Right
The Talk
The Young and the Restless
The CW
Returning series:
The Robert Irvine Show
NBC
Returning series:
Days of Our Lives
NBC Nightly News
Today
Megyn Kelly Today
Kathie Lee & Hoda
The More You KnowT |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule%20%28late%20night%29 | These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, starting September 2017. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.
Schedule
Monday-Friday Overnights
Saturday overnights
By network
ABC
Returning series
ABC World News Now
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Nightline
CBS
Returning series
CBS Overnight News
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Late Show with James Corden
FOX
Returning series
Encore Programming
NBC
Returning series
Last Call with Carson Daly
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Saturday Night Live
Today With Kathie Lee and Hoda
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Not returning from 2016-17:
Mad Money
References
United States late night network television schedules
Late
Late |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TER%20Hauts-de-France | TER Hauts-de-France is the regional rail network serving the French administrative region of Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is owned and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais and TER Picardie, after the respective administrative regions were merged.
Network
Four types of services are distinguished by TER Hauts-de-France:
Krono+ GV: fast connections, including high speed lines
Krono: fast connections between cities
Citi: frequent suburban services
Proxi: local services
To which summer seasonal (saisonnières) services are added, under the auspices of "éTER" operations.
The rail and bus network as of April 2021:
Rail
Bus
See also
Réseau Ferré de France
List of SNCF stations in Hauts-de-France
References
Rail transport in Hauts-de-France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch%20Network | The Antioch Network (internally referred to as The Network) was an extension of branch campuses, study centers, and initiatives spun out of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. The Network was the precursor of Antioch College's university system, eventually renamed as Antioch University.
Formation of The Network
Antioch College's expansion beyond its Yellow Springs campus began in the late 1950s. Expansion accelerated in earnest in the mid-1960s when Antioch College President James P. Dixon encouraged the establishment of a series of branch campuses and centers (part of the University Without Walls movement) with the idea of extending the impact of Antioch’s innovative educational ideas. In addition to locations founded by Antioch faculty, some schools, especially those which sought to serve historically marginalized and underserved communities such as Juarez–Lincoln University, were added to the Network in order to operate under Antioch College's accreditation. The Network's branches reached beyond traditional college-age students into the realm of adult learners. More than 40 Antioch affiliated "learning communities" were created into the early 1970s by faculty, as well as by outside community groups, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs.
One of the earliest expansions was Antioch College's pioneering international program, Antioch Education Abroad (AEA), established in 1957.
In February 2016, Antioch University sold AEA to Carleton College which took over operation of the study abroad programs in Cameroon, Europe, and India. Carleton was fortunate to retain the excellent leadership of the programs' faculty directors, all of whom are now members of the faculty at Carleton.
The Antioch Graduate School of Education in Putney, Vermont (or Antioch-Putney), was the first campus established with the 1964 purchase of the Putney School of Education. The Graduate School of Education evolved over the years with different names and locations (it moved to Harrisville, Vermont and then Keene, New Hampshire) and became what is now known as Antioch University New England.
The Antioch School of Law was a notable campus founded in 1972 and operated until 1988 when it was absorbed into the University of the District of Columbia.
Challenges and Contraction
While Antioch College and the branches shared common core educational principles, significant cultural and structural differences resulted in a lack of cohesion. Unlike the College, the branches did not have a system of academic tenure. While the Antioch College was a residential liberal arts college, the branches differed significantly with a student body of commuting adult learners. Additionally, Antioch College was governed under a robust model of shared governance, but many of the branches were formed without the input or oversight of ComCil (the core governing body) resulting in a general lack of support for these external enterprises. Academic standards also varied widely among the branche |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberdimension%20Neptunia%3A%204%20Goddesses%20Online | is a Japanese action-adventure game developed by Compile Heart and Tamsoft and published by Idea Factory International. Despite the title, the game is a single-player game with an online cooperative multiplayer option. This is the first Neptunia game to use Unreal Engine 4, as well as the first spin-off game to be released on the PlayStation 4 rather than the PlayStation Vita. It is also the first game that Erin Fitzgerald is not reprising her role as Noire in the English dub, due to the complications with the SAG Contract, and is replaced by Erica Mendez.
Setting
A world known as Gamindustri (ゲイムギョウ界 Geimugyō-kai, a pun on ゲーム業界 Gēmu gyōkai, which is literally "game industry" in Japanese) protected by the divine aegis of the four CPUs (Console Patron Units, the goddesses) and their sisters, the CPU candidates. Most of the game takes place inside "4 Goddesses Online" a recurring fictional multiplayer online role-playing game that has been referenced throughout the series.
The setting of the game is the fantasy land of Alsgard, a vast world surrounded by verdant and gorgeous ocean.
Plot
The four CPUs were able to receive an early access code for the newest installment of the popular online game, "4 Goddesses Online", which uses the real forms of the CPUs as official models. Each CPU logs into the game with their own motives for playing the game.
Upon entering the game, they were approached by the guardian spirit, Bouquet, who is one of the game's non-playable characters that is equipped with the game's advanced artificial intelligence. They were told that they are the Chosen Ones that are tasked to save Alsgard from the Demon King Jester by awakening the four divine Goddesses of legend.
Characters
Unlike the previous Tamsoft-made action games for the series, only the four CPUs, Neptune, Noire, Blanc and Vert, and their sisters Nepgear, Uni, Ram and Rom are the only ones playable, along with the four divine goddesses in the later parts of the story.
Development
The game was announced in March 2016. In March 2017, the game was announced for an October 2017 release in English-speaking regions.
Reception and sales
The game was the third best-selling video game in Japan during its debut week, selling 42,508 copies.
References
External links
Official website
2017 video games
Action role-playing video games
Compile Heart games
Hyperdimension Neptunia games
PlayStation 4 games
Unreal Engine games
Video games about video games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games featuring female protagonists
Windows games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11/9%20%28American%20Horror%20Story%29 | "11/9" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of the anthology television series American Horror Story. It aired on September 26, 2017, on the cable network FX. The episode was written by John J. Gray, and directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton. Adina Porter was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for this episode.
Plot
November 2016
At the local polling place for the election, Ivy with her wife Ally, Winter and her friends, Dr. Vincent, the Wiltons, Beverly Hope, her cameraman R.J., and Beverly's rival Serena Belinda cast their vote. Kai carries Gary, whose hand appears recently amputated, to the polling booths. After both he and Kai vote for Trump, Gary emerges from the booth and raises his freshly severed stump in exclamation.
The day after the election, Harrison, a fitness trainer at a gym, is maltreated by his boss Vincenzo "Vinny" Ravoli. He then returns home and discovers from a despondent Meadow that the bank has foreclosed on their house. The next day, Harrison's frequent client Kai consoles him after he divulges his financial dilemma. In the midst of more verbal abuse by Vinny, Harrison is urged by Kai to stand up for himself and pins Vinny under barbells, crushing his chest before killing him with a dumbbell to the head. Meadow catches Harrison and Kai dismembering Vinny's body. Harrison introduces Kai to Meadow as "someone to believe in".
December 2016
Kai turns his attention to Beverly, who was sent to a psychiatric rehabilitation center thirty days earlier for attacking a teenager after being humiliated in her live broadcasts by male hecklers. Kai finds her slashing the tires of Bob Thompson's car, after the latter trimmed her reports in favor of Serena's. Kai outlines his plan for world domination and offers her "equal power". To convince the reporter, Kai and the Wiltons murder Serena and her cameraman Cole. Beverly confronts them at his house, but she declares her allegiance to Kai's cult afterwards as well as R.J., allowing the reporter to republish her live broadcast on Vinny's murder.
November 2016
On Election night, Ivy handcuffs Gary in the grocery's basement with the help of Winter after he groped her during the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton presidential rally earlier that day. Ivy's retaliation costs Gary his chance to vote in the election. Upon discovering his sister's involvement with Ivy, Kai finds Gary in the basement and offers him a hacksaw to sever his chained hand, leading to the events at the beginning of the episode.
Reception
"11/9" was watched by 2.13 million people during its original broadcast, and gained a 1.1 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
The episode has been critically acclaimed. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, "11/9" holds a 100% approval rating, based on 16 reviews with an average rating of 8.19 out of 10.
Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4 out of 5, saying "The episode may not be enough to conver |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Poverty%20Clock | The World Poverty Clock is a tool to monitor progress against poverty globally, and regionally. It provides real-time poverty data across countries. Created by the Vienna-based NGO, World Data Lab, it was launched in Berlin at the re:publica conference in 2017, and is funded by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The clock seeks to address a gap in development data around social progress indicators, starting with poverty numbers, and tries to align them with economic and demographic indicators like Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and population clocks and forecast respectively, which already have real-time and forward looking estimates.
Methodology
The World Poverty Clock uses publicly available data on income distribution, stratification , production, and consumption, provided by different and multiple international organizations, most notably the UN, WorldBank, and the International Monetary Fund. These organizations compile data provided to them by governments in each country. In a few cases, governments fail to provide data. The World Poverty Clock uses models to estimate poverty in these countries, covering 99.7% of the world’s population. It also models how individual incomes might change over time, using IMF growth forecasts for the medium-term complemented by long-term “shared socio-economic pathways” developed by the Institute of International Applied Systems Analysis near Vienna, Austria, and similar analysis developed by the OECD.
References
Measurements and definitions of poverty |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20stations%20in%20Paraguay | Television in Paraguay is most important among the country's mass media. Television programming is dominated by telenovelas, series, and news programming. Private and government-run channels coexist at the national, regional, and local levels. Cable channels are also beginning to appear, most of which are exclusive to the companies that operate them.
Local channels
Others
Personal Sports (Red Albirroja S.A.)
Tigo SAT Network
Tigo Sports (Teledeportes Paraguay S.A.)
Tigo Max (Teledeportes Paraguay S.A)
One Sports (Gala Producciones Paraguay S.A.)
One Max (Gala Producciones Py S.A.)
Tigo Movies
Tigo Cinema & Series PPV
Tigo Music
External links
Paraguay
Television stations in Paraguay
Mass media companies of Paraguay |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television%20in%20Paraguay | Television in Paraguay is most important among the country's mass media. Television programming is dominated by telenovelas, series, and news programming.
Local channels
Most viewed channels
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC%20White%20Paper | NBC White Paper is a documentary television series on the NBC television network lasting from 1960 to 1989. Producer Arthur Zegart was nominated for an Emmy Award for the series in 1962.
References
External links
Museum of Broadcast Communications
NBC original programming
1960s American documentary television series
1970s American documentary television series
1980s American documentary television series
1960 American television series debuts
1989 American television series endings
Cultural depictions of Jawaharlal Nehru |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Gerardo%20Piattini%20Velthuis | Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis (Buenos Aires, Argentina March 28, 1966). He is a computer scientist with diverse research in the field of systems and software engineering, founder of the Alarcos Research Group.
Biography
Piattini was born as the first child of three brothers, in Buenos Aires (Argentina) whose parents are Carlos Piattini and Ans Velthuis. He later moved to Rome (Italy) and studied at the Liceo Cervantes Secondary School in Rome, where he finished in 1983.
In 1989, he finished his bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 1994. After working in several companies and being associate professor at the Complutense University, and at the Universidad Carlos III (UC3M) in Madrid, in 1997 he joined the university of Castilla la Mancha (UCLM). The same year he founded and managed Alarcos Research Group. Additionally, since 2002, he works as a professor of the UCLM University in the fields of Languages and Computer Systems.
In 2008, he was among the fifteen best researchers in the world in the field of systems and software engineering in the independent study Top scholars, in the area of systems and software engineering (2004-2008).
In 2010, he received the Award "Gabriel Alonso de Herrera" for his research career (2010), awarded by the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha.
In 2012, he received the National Award to the Professional Career of the Computer Engineer (2012). Federation of Associations of Computer Engineers of Spain.
In 2016, he received the Spanish National Award on Computing Science 'ARITMEL' 2016, for having made outstanding scientific contributions in the area of computer engineering.
He has worked as a consultant in the Ministry of Industry and Energy, and in the Ministry of Public Administration.
Career
Research
His career began in the field of the database design and advanced databases, and later, in the field of the quality of information systems, where he has led and participated in various research projects. He is the director and founder of the Alarcos Research Group, specialized in the quality of information systems.
He has been Director of the Joint Research and Development Center UCLM-INDRA and the Institute of Technologies and Information Systems (ITSI) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Coordinator of the Area of Computer Science and Information Technology of the National Agency for Evaluation and Forecasting (ANEP)
University Management
In the field of university management, he held various positions at the local level. In the University of Ciudad Real (UCLM) he was the Director of the Departmental Section of Computer Science.
At the University of Castilla-La Mancha, he served as deputy director of the Department of Computer Science between 2000 and 2005. In addition to this, he worked as an employer, between 2003 and 2011, of the Ínsula Barataria Foundation for the promotion of the Knowledge Society. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihab%20Ilyas | Ihab Francis Ilyas (born May 13, 1973) is a computer scientist who works in data science. He is currently a professor of computer science in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He also leads the Knowledge Platform team at Apple Inc. Ihab is the holder of the Thomson Reuters-NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Data Cleaning at the University of Waterloo.
Ilyas co-founded Tamr Inc., a start-up focusing on large-scale data integration and cleaning, with Andy Palmer and Michael Stonebraker, a Turing Award winner. Ilyas was the CEO of Inductiv Inc., an artificial intelligence start-up that uses machine learning to automate the task of identifying and correcting errors in data, which he co-founded with Theodoros Rekatsinas at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Christopher Ré at Stanford University. Inductiv was acquired by Apple Inc. in May 2020.
Education and career
Ilyas was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. After completing bachelor's and master's degrees at Alexandria University in 1995 and 1999, respectively, he earned a PhD at Purdue University in 2004 under the supervision of Walid Aref and Ahmed K. Elmagarmid.
After his doctoral studies, Ilyas accepted a position in 2004 as a tenure-track professor at the University of Waterloo's David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science.
Research contributions
Ilyas is best known for the development of database systems and data science, with emphasis on data quality, data cleaning, managing uncertain data, machine learning for data curation, and rank-aware query processing.
Since 2009, he has focused research on data quality and the technical challenges in building data-cleaning systems. He and his research group introduced novel practical algorithms and system prototypes, which circumvent limitations of previous data-cleaning solutions that either focus narrowly on single types of data errors or ignore real-life considerations that prevent their adoption.
With Theodoros Rekatsinas, Christopher Ré, and Xu Chu, he introduced HoloClean, an open-source statistical inference engine to impute, clean and enrich data.
Awards and honours
Ilyas received a Government of Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2008, a provincial program that funds new leading researchers at publicly funded Ontario universities to build a research team. He was named an IBM Canada Advanced Studies Fellow from 2006 to 2010.
Ilyas held a Cheriton Faculty Fellowship at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science from 2013 to 2016 and he received the Google Faculty Award in 2014.
He was named an ACM Distinguished Scientist in 2014, and an ACM Fellow in 2020 for his contributions to data cleaning and data integration. He was also named IEEE Fellow in 2022 for his contributions in data cleaning, data integration and rank-aware query processing Since 2018, Ilyas has held the Thomson Reuters-NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Data Cleaning. In 2020, he was named a faculty affiliate |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Houk | Nancy Houk is an American astronomer who led the effort to establish a comprehensive database of stellar temperatures and luminosities.
Education
After earning her Doctorate in Astronomy from Case Western Reserve University in 1967, Nancy Houk was a postdoctoral student at Case Western and the Kapteyn Laboratory in the Netherlands.
During her undergraduate years at the University of Michigan, Houk researched at the Maria Mitchell Observatory, a memorial to Maria Mitchell, America's first woman professional astronomer.
Career
Houk joined the Astronomy Department at the University of Michigan in 1970 as a Research Associate, followed by promotions to Research Associate in 1973, the Associate Research Scientist in 1977, then Research Scientist in 1985.
Research
Houk led the effort to establish a comprehensive database of stellar temperatures and luminosities. Houk's photographic observations of stars were made using the University of Michigan 0.61-m Curtis Schmidt telescope located at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO). CTIO, established in 1960, is a campus of astronomical telescopes located east of La Serena, Chile at an altitude of 2200 meters. CTIO is part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO). The telescope that Houk used was moved from Portage Lake Observatory in Michigan to CTIO in 1966. Houk began her observations in 1971. By 2014, the project had assembled five volumes covering the sky from the south celestial pole to +5° declination, consisting of 162,900 stars in total.
The plates images are spectral images, taken with an objective prism at the front of the telescope. The images provide information about the physical properties of stars such as their composition of atomic elements and molecules, mass, temperature, rotational properties, age, distance, spectra classification and more. Houk used this data to construct the fundamental diagram used in astrophysics called the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram that forms the basis of modern astrophysics.
Astronomical Photographic Data Archive
Houk retired in 2001 and donated half her plate collection which surveyed the entire southern hemisphere night sky to the Astronomical Photographic Data Archive (APDA) in 2004. The other half of her collection resides in Japan. APDA, located at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, plans to digitize her photographic plates.
Publications
Her research is published in 5 volumes of the Michigan Spectral Catalog where the first set of HR diagrams are presented from her data. The publications resulting from her research, and conferences where she presented her results are listed below:
2007 Astronomical Journal, 134, P.1089 Sowell, J. R.; Trippe, M.; Caballero-Nieves, S. M.; Houk, N. H-R Diagrams Based on the HD Stars in the Michigan Spectral Catalogue and the Hipparcos Catalog
2007 Astronomical Journal, Volume134, P.1072 Caballero-Nieves, S. M.; Sowell, J. R.; Houk, N. Galactic Distributions and Statistics of the HD Sta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLVO%20%28FM%29 | WLVO (95.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian music format as an affiliate of the K-Love network. Licensed to serve Providence, Rhode Island, United States, it serves the Providence metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1955 under the call sign WPFM, and from 1966 until 2017 operated under the ownership of Brown Broadcasting Service (a non-profit organization run by Brown University students but independent of the university) as alternative rock radio station WBRU (now an Internet radio station). The station is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation.
History
WJAR-FM (1948–1953)
The first occupant of 95.5 FM in Providence was WJAR-FM, owned by The Outlet Company along with WJAR (920 AM, now WHJJ) and starting in 1949, longtime NBC affiliate WJAR-TV (then on channel 11, now on channel 10). WJAR-FM signed on in May 1948 as a full-time simulcast of the AM station; its transmitter location in Rehoboth, Massachusetts was shared with WJAR-TV, which went on the air the following year. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cancelled the WJAR-FM license at Outlet's request on January 19, 1953.
WPFM (1955–1965)
A construction permit for a new station on 95.5 FM was issued to Plantations Broadcasting Corp. on May 25, 1955; it went on the air June 5, 1955, as WPFM. In 1958, the station was acquired by Golden Gate Corp. for $10,000; at the time, Golden Gate's president, Harold C. Arcato, also had interests in WRIB (1220 AM, now WSTL) and WNET (channel 16, now WNAC-TV channel 64). WPFM began broadcasting 24 hours a day on September 1, 1958; Arcato stated that it was the first FM radio station in New England to operate full-time. During the 1960s, the station had affiliations with the QXR Network and the CRB Network.
WBRU (1966–2017)
Golden Gate Corp. purchased WHIM (1110 AM, now WPMZ) and WHIM-FM (94.1 FM, now WHJY) in 1964, under the condition that it sell WPFM and its one-third stake in WLKW (990 AM, later known as WALE). In 1965, WPFM was sold to Brown Broadcasting Service for $30,000; the new owners changed the call letters to WBRU. The station, which had been off the air, resumed broadcasting February 21, 1966; the first program to be transmitted from the new station was a panel show which discussed the Peace Corps. In 1969, WBRU adopted a progressive rock format; in 1988, it shifted from album-oriented rock to alternative rock.
Sale to Educational Media Foundation; switch to K-Love
In March 2017, the station's board of directors passed a resolution to begin seeking a buyer for the station, after 50 years of being owned and operated by the independent non-profit Brown Broadcasting Service, Inc. organization. Several alumni of the station opposed the resolution.
On August 25, 2017, it was announced that Brown Broadcasting Service had sold the 95.5 FM license to Educational Media Foundation, a Christian music broadcaster, which planned to take over the frequency on September 1. WBRU itself w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20wettest%20tropical%20cyclones | This is a list of the wettest tropical cyclones, listing all tropical cyclones known to have dropped at least of precipitation on a single location. Data is most complete for Australia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Yap, Chuuk, and the United States, with fragmentary data available for other countries. The French region of Réunion holds several world records for tropical cyclone and worldwide rainfall due to rough topography of the island and its proximity to the Indian Ocean.
Overall wettest
Gallery
See also
Extratropical cyclone
List of the most intense tropical cyclones
List of the wettest tropical cyclones by country
List of the wettest tropical cyclones in the United States
List of tropical cyclone records
Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology
Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting
Tropical cyclogenesis
Wettest known locations
Notes
References
Tropical cyclone meteorology
Wettest
Tropical cyclones wettest |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20%26%20Onion | Apple & Onion is an American animated television series created by George Gendi for Cartoon Network. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, the series premiered on February 23, 2018, and aired a total of 76 episodes over two seasons, broadcasting its final episode on December 7, 2021. It focuses on its titular characters, an anthropomorphic apple and spring onion, who have a childlike view of the world, and their adventures in a predominantly food item-inhabited settlement.
Episodes
Characters
Apple (voiced by George Gendi) is an anthropomorphic apple who values his friendship with Onion. He comes to the city hoping to start a new life. He has a much more carefree attitude than Onion and always comes up with strange new ideas.
Onion (voiced by Richard Ayoade) is a tall anthropomorphic onion who resembles a scallion. He is polite and timid and Apple is his best friend. He comes to the city hoping to make new friends the same day as Apple. Onion often works on bringing Apple's ideas to life as well as being the voice of reason of the duo.
Falafel (voiced by Sayed Badreya) is Apple and Onion's Egyptian landlord, who lets them stay in the shack on top of his building. The show's plot often revolves around Falafel's financial issues or him being overworked. Has a pet rooster named Ferekh for companionship.
Burger (voiced by Eugene Mirman) is a friend of Apple and Onion and a regular at Pizza's Diner. Burger originally appears as slovenly, but later cleans himself up and gets a job at a fast food stand.
Hot Dog (voiced by Paul Scheer) is a friend of Apple and Onion and a regular at Pizza's Diner who is an aspiring actor.
French Fry (voiced by Tasha Ames) is a friend of Apple and Onion and a regular at Pizza's Diner. The pilot featured French Fry as Onion's girlfriend, but the series instead focuses on her being friends.
Cotton Candy (voiced by Nicole Byer) is a friend of Apple and Onion and a regular at Pizza's Diner.
Beef Jerky (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) is a jailed criminal and an acquaintance of Apple and Onion.
Apple's Mum (voiced by Penrose Anderson) & Dad (voiced by Adam Buxton) are Apple's carefree parents. They are seen in "A New Life"
Onion's Mum (voiced by Penrose Anderson) & Dad (voiced by Stephen Fry) are Onion's proper parents. They are seen in "A New Life", with Onion's Dad visiting Apple and Onion in "Rotten Apple".
Pizza (voiced by Keith Ferguson in episodes 1–10 and Danny Jacobs in episodes 11–76) is a slice of pizza who owns a diner alongside his mother who loves balloon rides. Pizza appears to be overworked in many episodes bearing a sluggish mood.
Patty (voiced by Dawnn Lewis) is a Jamaican patty who runs the dollar store where Apple and Onion work. She is very strict about finances and honesty (to the point where she practically takes revenge on those who have lied to her, as in "Patty's Law").
Lemondrop (voiced by Naomi Hansen) is a young candy lemon.
Hoagie (voiced by Danny Jacobs in Lift, George Gendi in |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Winslow%20of%20the%20Navy%20%28radio%20program%29 | Don Winslow of the Navy was an American old-time radio juvenile adventure serial. It was broadcast on the Blue Network from October 19, 1937, until May 26, 1939, and was revived for a second run from October 5, 1942, until January 1, 1943.
Format
Don Winslow of the Navy was based on the comic strip of the same name, which was created by Frank V. Martinek. The title character was a commander in U.S. Naval Intelligence who "conducted a never-ending war through many of the chapters with a diabolical crime czar identified simply as the Scorpion." In addition to the Scorpion, he "fought other subversive types whose scheming could lead to control of the universe."
Joel H. Spring, in his book, Images of American Life: A History of Ideological Management in Schools, Movies, Radio, and Television, pointed out the significance of the program beyond the level of entertainment: "The popular Don Winslow of the Navy carried a patriotic message in its programs ..." Moreover, he noted that the Scorpion was more than just an opponent in a story; the creed for the program's Squadron of Peace for listeners specified that the battle against Scorpion "represents the battle between Good and Evil."
The program's scripts, which contained much naval terminology, were checked for authenticity by the U.S. Navy.
Critical reaction
In 1937, the trade publication Radio Daily described Don Winslow of the Navy as "... one of the best and most wholesome in the action and thrill category for juvenile listeners."
In contrast, a reviewer for another trade publication, Billboard, panned a later episode of the program in the magazine's October 17, 1942, issue. The review said, in part:Don Winslow of the Navy is introduced with a big build-up, airplane motors roaring, shouts like "Stand by for action and adventure," "All hands on deck for Don Winslow," salutes for the men of the Navy Air Corps 00 but what a letdown when the guy finally makes his appearance. [The program] was disappointingly unexciting and quiet.
Personnel
The title role was played by Bob Guilbert in the 1930s version, and Raymond Edward Johnson had the role in the 1940s version. Lieutenant Red Pennington was played by Edward Davison (1930s) and John Gibson (1940s). The supporting cast included Ruth Barth, Betty Lou Gerson, Betty Ito, and Lenore Kingston.
The director was Ray Kremer. Albert Aley and Al Barker were writers.
Squadron of Peace
Listeners of Don Winslow of the Navy could join its Squadron of Peace club, which enabled them to aid Winslow in his missions. The club's creed began and ended as shown in this excerpt: "I consecrate my life to Peace and the protecting of all my Countrymen wherever they may be. ... Love your country, its flag and all the things for which it stands. Follow the advice of your parents and superiors and help someone every day."
Promotions
In 1938, Kellogg's Wheat Krispies, which sponsored Don Winslow of the Navy, came out with a newly designed package as a tie-in with the progr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermicro | Super Micro Computer, Inc., dba Supermicro, is an information technology company based in San Jose, California. It has manufacturing operations in the Silicon Valley, the Netherlands and at its Science and Technology Park in Taiwan. Founded on November 1, 1993, Supermicro is one of the largest producers of high-performance and high-efficiency servers. It also provides server management softwares, and storage systems for various markets, including enterprise data centers, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, 5G and edge computing.
Supermicro's stock trades under the ticker symbol SMCI on the Nasdaq exchange. Its fiscal year 2023 revenues were $7.1 billion and employs over 5,000 globally.
History
In 1993, Supermicro began as a 5 person operation run by Charles Liang alongside his wife and company treasurer, Chiu-Chu Liu, known as Sara. Prior to founding Supermicro, Liang earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Liang holds several patents for server technology and was previously the president and chief design engineer of Micro Center Computer, a motherboard design and manufacturing company, from July 1991 to August 1993.
International expansion, initial public offering
In 1996, the company opened a manufacturing subsidiary, Ablecom, in Taiwan, which is run by Charles's brother, Steve Liang and Bill Liang. Charles Liang and his wife own close to 31 percent of Ablecom, while Steve Liang and other members of the family own close to 50 percent. In 1998, Supermicro opened a subsidiary in the Netherlands.
In 2006, Supermicro pleaded guilty to a felony charge and paid a $150,000 fine due to a violation of a United States embargo against the sale of computer systems to Iran. In a plea agreement, it was acknowledged that Supermicro became aware of the investigation in February 2004 and set up an export-control program that same year.
On March 8, 2007, Supermicro raised $64 million in an initial public offering, selling 8 million shares at $8 a share.
In 2009, Supermicro sold about $720 million worth of computer servers and related products and employed almost 1,100 people.
In May 2010, Supermicro further expanded into Europe with the opening of its system integration logistics center in the Netherlands.
In January 2012, Supermicro opened its Taiwan Science and Technology Park, totaling $99 million in construction costs.
Headquarters
In September 2014, Supermicro moved its corporate headquarters to the former Mercury News headquarters in North San Jose, California, along Interstate 880, naming the campus Supermicro Green Computing Park. The main building was designed by Warren B. Heid in the modernist style, which was common for commercial buildings in the 1960s, and built by the Carl N. Swenson Company. During the time it served as the Mercury Newss headquarters, the main building was expanded from to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20Communications%20Network%20LLC | Information Communications Network LLC () is a leading provider of broadband services for the carrier marketplace and owner of the largest open access fiber-optic network in Mongolia.
Information Communications Network LLC /ICNC/ was established in 2006 to operate the state owned national backbone network, to ensure secure and reliable operation and maintenance of the network and to provide interoperability and interconnection services to telecoms operators while playing a major role in the ongoing development of Mongolia’s infrastructure.
Information Communications Network LLC operates and maintains 70 percent of the national fiber-optic network, which are routed across 17’421 kilometers, 21 provinces and 283 villages of Mongolia. ICNC offer co-location services to mobile operators and telecoms service providers on their facilities and towers throughout Ulaanbaatar city, 21 provinces and 373 villages of Mongolia.
Information Communications Network LLC is an active sector member of the International Telecommunication Union and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity.
References
External links
www.icn.mn|
Telecommunications companies of Mongolia
Organizations based in Ulaanbaatar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Kallinger | Christian Kallinger (born 13 June 1982) is a professional Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
1982 births
Living people
Austrian darts players
21st-century Austrian people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Immortal%20Grand%20Prix%20episodes | Immortal Grand Prix is an anime series co-produced simultaneously by Cartoon Network and Production I.G. The opening theme is "Go for It!" by GRAN RODEO while the ending theme is "Believe Yourself" by Exige. The ending theme for Toonami is "Strings" by Tommy Guerrero.
Episode list
Season 1 (2005–06)
Season 2 (2006)
References
Immortal Grand Prix |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20McClure | Sam McClure (born 7 July 1991) is an Australian sports journalist who works for the Nine Network, The Age, 3AW and Sports Entertainment Network.
Career
McClure began his media career at 3AW as a broadcasting assistant in 2011, before moving into the role of a news reporter at the station and presenting a regular sports news segment alongside Gerard Healy on the program Sports Today. He later became a sports writer for The Age newspaper in Melbourne.
In 2015, McClure stated on 3AW that English football club Manchester United were interested in purchasing Australia's most supported Association football club Melbourne Victory, following the City Football Group's acquisition of Melbourne Heart Football Club (now Melbourne City) earlier that year, quoting that there were 'rumblings out of Manchester'. Both Manchester United and Melbourne Victory (via social media) stated that the rumors were false and a statement by chairman Anthony Di Pietro said this was unfounded and never occurred in any shape.
In 2017, McClure moved radio networks and became a reporter on 1116 SEN breakfast program Garry, Tim and Hamish, where he works alongside Garry Lyon, Tim Watson, and Hamish McLachlan. McClure became a regular football reporter on the Seven Network, featuring on Saturday afternoon pre-match program The Kick, and presenting Footy Central, a Friday and Saturday post-match report. He also briefly appeared alongside Tim Watson, Wayne Carey, and Luke Darcy on Talking Footy.
In 2021, McClure won the 2020 Quill award for the sports news category in relation to a contentious investigative report into the Adelaide Football Club's infamous 2018 pre-season training camp. The reward was later annulled after the report was retracted.
Personal life
McClure studied a Bachelor of Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne. He is the son of late sports journalist Geoff McClure, also a reporter for The Age. Like his father, McClure is a Carlton Football Club supporter.
References
1991 births
Living people
Australian sports journalists
People educated at Xavier College |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Star%20Videoke | All-Star Videoke is a Philippine television game show broadcast by GMA Network. The show is a revival of the 2002 karaoke game show All-Star K!. Hosted by Betong Sumaya and Solenn Heussaff, it premiered on September 3, 2017 on the network's Sunday Grande sa Gabi line up replacing Hay, Bahay!. The show concluded on March 25, 2018 with a total of 28 episodes. It was replaced by Lip Sync Battle Philippines in its timeslot.
Hosts
Betong Sumaya
Solenn Heussaff
Guest host
Iya Villania
Kalye-oke babe
Arianne Bautista
Episodes
Color key
Notes
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of All Star Videoke earned an 8.9% rating. While the final episode scored a 7.4% rating. The show got its highest rating on November 5, 2017 with an 11.1%. rating.
References
External links
2017 Philippine television series debuts
2018 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Karaoke television series
Philippine game shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth%20Channel | Truth Channel (formerly known as Ang Dating Daan Television or ADDTV) is a Philippine religious television network. It is the flagship television network of the Members Church of God International (MCGI), together with UNTV News and Rescue, the network's carrier on free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT). It broadcasts 24 hours a day on Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Channel 38 (617.143 MHz) in Metro and Mega Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Laguna, Cavite and some parts of Tarlac.
Its studios in the Philippines are located at the UNTV Building, 907 Brgy. Philam, EDSA Quezon City and at the ADD Convention Center, Brgy. Sampaloc, MacArthur Highway Apalit, Pampanga. It also has a broadcast facility in South America, a garage transformed into a makeshift studio in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, shared with MCGI's own international TV channels TV Verdade, TV La Verdad and The Truth Channel.
Its digital transmitter is located at Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway in Antipolo, Rizal. The 16-storey UNTV Broadcast Center along EDSA Philam is currently under construction to serve as its new headquarters by 2018, and it operates 24-hours a day, with the exception of Mondays, where the channel is offline from midnight to 4 am.
Truth Channel is known for its broadcast of Itanong mo kay Soriano, a talk show in Bible Exposition format popularized by Ang Dating Daan (ADD), the longest-running religious program in the Philippines, hosted by international radio and television evangelist Bro. Eli Soriano, together with broadcast journalist UNTV-BMPI CEO, Kuya Daniel Razon.
The segment has spontaneous question and answer format where live audience ask questions to the host. The religious program airs in four languages namely Filipino, English, Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles.
Digitalization
On September 3, 2017, Truth Channel formally ceased its test broadcast which began in the last quarter of 2014 as Ang Dating Daan Television (ADDTV) and officially launched its broadcast on digital terrestrial television, using Japan's Integrated Service Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T), the sole digital television (DTV) standard in the Philippines for its transition from analog to digital broadcast. on UHF Channel 38 as its frequency, together with the flagship station UNTV.
On the same date, an exclusive ceremonial switch-on led by then-MCGI Assistant Overall Servant Brother Daniel Razon was held at the MCGI Headquarters in Apalit, Pampanga during the "Thanksgiving of God's People" (Tagalog: Pasalamat ng Buong Bayan ng Dios) international gathering of the Members Church of God International.
Truth Channel revamped its programming line-up and introduced a new station identification (ID) and on-screen graphics to reflect major changes. It also launched its slogan "Truth Above All" where it emphasize "Truth" as the TV channel's core value based on Bible verse .
History
During UNTV's 9th anniversary celebration in 2013, Kuya Daniel Razon |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20Fry%20Club | Small Fry Club is a children's television program that was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network. It debuted on March 11, 1947, with the title Movies for Small Fry and ended on June 15, 1951. Initially a weekly program, it grew in frequency to five days per week and in 1948 was aired seven days a week.
The program is notable for having been "the first networked children's show".
Format
As the original title implied, Movies for Small Fry featured films and cartoons for children. Bob Emery (who referred to himself as "Big Brother") provided off-screen voiceovers for the material. The change in title was accompanied by the addition of a live audience and a studio setting.
Small Fry Club "promoted good behavior and healthy habits." In addition to films and cartoons, entertainment included demonstrations, songs, puppets, and actors in animal suits who performed short sketches.
Dressed in a suit and wearing glasses, Emery often played the banjo and sang, "... beginning each show with a rendition of 'The Grass Is Always Greener in the Other Fellow's Yard,' a song from the 1920s about being satisfied with what you have and not being envious of others." The song set the tone for Emery's teaching children in the audience about "good manners, self-discipline, and respect for others."
The program was produced by Emery and his wife, Kay. It was sponsored by American Pipe Cleaner Company and Fischer Baking Company.
Promotion
Complementing the program, an actual Small Fry Club existed for youngsters who watched the show. Among other activities, they could submit artwork and written material and participate in contests. More than 10,000 children had joined the club by the end of 1947. Three years later, the number of members had reached 150,000.
Boston sequel
After DuMont ended Small Fry Club, Emery began a similar program, The Big Brother Bob Emery Show, on WBZ-TV in Boston. It ended with his retirement in 1968.
References
1947 American television series debuts
1951 American television series endings
1940s American children's television series
1950s American children's television series
Black-and-white American television shows
American television shows featuring puppetry
DuMont Television Network original programming
English-language television shows
Local children's television programming in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permuted%20congruential%20generator | A permuted congruential generator (PCG) is a pseudorandom number generation algorithm developed in 2014 by Dr. M.E. O'Neill which applies an output permutation function to improve the statistical properties of a modulo-2n linear congruential generator. It achieves excellent statistical performance with small and fast code, and small state size.
A PCG differs from a classical linear congruential generator (LCG) in three ways:
the LCG modulus and state is larger, usually twice the size of the desired output,
it uses a power-of-2 modulus, which results in a particularly efficient implementation with a full period generator and unbiased output bits, and
the state is not output directly, but rather the most significant bits of the state are used to select a bitwise rotation or shift which is applied to the state to produce the output.
It is the variable rotation which eliminates the problem of a short period in the low-order bits that power-of-2 LCGs suffer from.
Variants
The PCG family includes a number of variants. The core LCG is defined for widths from 8 to 128 bits, although only 64 and 128 bits are recommended for practical use; smaller sizes are for statistical tests of the technique.
The additive constant in the LCG can be varied to produce different streams. The constant is an arbitrary odd integer, so it does not need to be stored explicitly; the address of the state variable itself (with the low bit set) can be used.
There are several different output transformations defined. All perform well, but some have a larger margin than others. They are built from the following components:
RR: A random (input-dependent) rotation, with output half the size of input. Given a 2b-bit input word, the top b−1 bits are used for the rotate amount, the next-most-significant 2b−1 bits are rotated right and used as the output, and the low 2b−1+1−b bits are discarded.
RS: A random (input-dependent) shift, for cases where rotates are more expensive. Again, the output is half the size of the input. Beginning with a 2b-bit input word, the top b−3 bits are used for a shift amount, which is applied to the next-most-significant 2b−1+2b−3−1 bits, and the least significant 2b−1 bits of the result are output. The low 2b−1−2b−3−b+4 bits are discarded.
XSH: An xorshift operation, x ^= x >> constant. The constant is chosen to be half of the bits not discarded by the next operation (rounded down).
XSL: A simplified version of xorshift, folding the value in half by XORing the high half into the low. The folded value is used for subsequent rotations.
RXS: An xorshift by a random (input-dependent) amount.
M: A multiply by a fixed constant.
These are combined into the following recommended output transformations, illustrated here in their most common sizes:
XSH-RR: An xorshift mixes some high-order bits down, then bits 63–59 select a rotate amount to be applied to bits 27–58.
(64→32 bits) count = (int)(x >> 59); x ^= x >> 18; return rotr32((uint32_t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram%20husband | An Instagram husband is an unacknowledged photographer who composes social media posts for someone else, usually a romantic partner. On Instagram, a photo-sharing social networking service known for carefully curated posts and elaborately staged amateur photo shoots, an Instagram husband is the individual who operates the camera at the direction of the photo's subject. With the rise of social media influencer culture, the quotidian task of taking photos for a partner or friend, for some, escalates into an obligation similar to a job. The term "husband" is used without regard to gender or sexual orientation.
The concept was introduced by a 2015 viral video that joked at the misery of men reluctantly assisting their partners in unending, impromptu photo shoots to share on social media. Since then, some of those types of social media creators have professionalized as influencers, earning an income from their social media followings. Accordingly, some professionalized Instagram husbands have adopted the moniker while joining in their partner's business.
History
In 2015, a viral video by comedian Jeff Houghton coined the term, receiving over 7 million views as of 2019. The video satirically blames the rise of "Instagram and influencer culture" for turning taking photos of their partners into a "full-time job". Houghton theorized that the video was popular due to identifying something that had become common in relationships but had not been given a word yet.
In 2016, a gig economy marketplace made a limited offer allowing people to hire Instagram husbands for New York Fashion Week. A writer for Harper's Bazaar who hired one found the experience awkward at first, as the photographer didn't know her, and she found it hard to explain what she wanted.
Analysis
The Atlantic characterized the role of an Instagram husband as shifting from a negative one to a positive one. At first, it was considered trivial or pointless to take photos of one's spouse. But as the monetary value of having a large social media following has grown, photography for social media posts can be an integral part of an online business. For serious influencers, their romantic partner can be responsible for photo editing, captions, planning photo shoots, and even the business side of things such as reviewing contracts, talking to brands and other business partners, and attending events. The services of a romantic partner are typically almost free, compared to expensive rates for things like professional photographers or an administrative assistant.
An editor for Racked hired a professional Instagram husband to take photos of her at an event. Despite planning to hire a 'husband', she noted that the person that showed up to work for her was a woman.
Jeff Houghton, the creator of the original viral video, connected the use of the photo shoot for average people to the rise of social media. He claimed that social media platforms allow anyone to play the role of a model or influencer if |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20imaging | Computational imaging is the process of indirectly forming images from measurements using algorithms that rely on a significant amount of computing. In contrast to traditional imaging, computational imaging systems involve a tight integration of the sensing system and the computation in order to form the images of interest. The ubiquitous availability of fast computing platforms (such as multi-core CPUs and GPUs), the advances in algorithms and modern sensing hardware is resulting in imaging systems with significantly enhanced capabilities. Computational Imaging systems cover a broad range of applications include computational microscopy, tomographic imaging, MRI, ultrasound imaging, computational photography, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), seismic imaging etc. The integration of the sensing and the computation in computational imaging systems allows for accessing information which was otherwise not possible. For example:
A single X-ray image does not reveal the precise location of fracture, but a CT scan which works by combining multiple X-ray images can determine the precise location of one in 3D
A typical camera image cannot image around corners. However, by designing a set-up that involves sending fast pulses of light, recording the received signal and using an algorithm, researchers have demonstrated the first steps in building such a system.
Computational imaging systems also enable system designers to overcome some hardware limitations of optics and sensors (resolution, noise etc.) by overcoming challenges in the computing domain. Some examples of such systems include coherent diffractive imaging, coded-aperture imaging and image super-resolution.
Computational imaging differs from image processing in a sense that the primary goal of the former is to reconstruct human-recognizable images from measured data via algorithms while the latter is to process already-recognizable images (that may be not sufficient in quality) to improve the quality or derive some information from them.
History
Computational imaging systems span a broad range of applications. While applications such as SAR, computed tomography, seismic inversion are well known, they have undergone significant improvements (faster, higher-resolution, lower dose exposures) driven by advances in signal and image processing algorithms (including compressed sensing techniques), and faster computing platforms. Photography has evolved from purely chemical processing to now being able to capture and computationally fuse multiple digital images (computational photography) making techniques such as HDR and panoramic imaging available to most cell-phone users. Computational imaging has also seen an emergence of techniques that modify the light source incident on an object using known structure/patterns and then reconstructing an image from what is received (For example: coded-aperture imaging, super-resolution microscopy, Fourier ptychography). Advances in the development |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia%20Earhart%3A%20The%20Lost%20Evidence | Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence is a 2017 documentary broadcast by the US television network History that purported to have new evidence supporting the Japanese capture hypothesis of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Its main piece of evidence, a photograph purportedly showing the two still alive after their 1937 disappearance, was soon proven to have been published in 1935, and subsequent showings of the documentary were cancelled.
Background
In 1937, famous aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan embarked upon a planned circumnavigation of the Earth via largely equatorial routes. Departing from Miami on June 1, Earhart and Noonan completed multiple legs of their journey without incident. They arrived at Lae, New Guinea on June 29. On July 2, the pair took off on the longest and most dangerous leg of the trip, from Lae to Howland Island, a tiny island in the Central Pacific. They never arrived, and a search effort was unable to locate the pair or their airplane, the Electra.
Historical claims and response
The "lost evidence" in question was a photograph found in the National Archives at College Park of Jaluit Atoll in the South Seas Mandate, the Japanese mandate for the Marshall Islands. The photograph includes two European-looking people. The documentary, through a forensic analyst who specialized in facial recognition, posited that it was "very likely" to be a picture of a captured Earhart and Noonan. The Lost Evidence also says that a barge in the background might possibly contain a plane, and that plane might possibly have been the Electra. The photograph was from the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and prepared for the 1944 invasion of the Marshall Islands during World War II. The documentary suggested that a ship seen in the background flying a Japanese flag might be the Kōshū Maru, a Japanese military naval vessel, that would have been involved in transporting the captives. It suggests that perhaps the Kōshū Maru transported them to Saipan, where they died in custody. The documentary also cited existing evidence for the Japanese capture hypothesis, such as locals who claimed to have witnessed a plane crash at Mili Atoll. It also suggested that the US government might have known about the capture and covered this knowledge up.
Two days after publication of The Lost Evidence, Japanese historian and blogger Kota Yamano investigated the issue, and published a blog entry that showed the original source of the photograph that the ONI had used: a travel book , which was first published in 1935. Earhart and Noonan's final flight was in 1937, so a 1935 photo would be unrelated to Earhart and Noonan's disappearance. In an interview with The Guardian, Yamano criticized the work behind the documentary, saying "I find it strange that the documentary makers didn't confirm the date of the photograph or the publication in which it originally appeared. That's the first thing they should have done." Ya |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasodara%20C%C3%B3rdova | Yasodara Córdova (born 1980), also known as Yaso, is an activist, coder, designer and researcher. Her work has focused on technologies to improve the democratic process, using open data, online identity, and privacy approaches. She is currently a research fellow at the Digital Harvard Kennedy School, and affiliate to the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard. She has been part of several Ministries in Brazil, the United Nations and the W3C. As an activist, she is co-founder and advisor of multiple initiatives around Internet hacktivism.
Career
Córdova studied Industrial Design at the Federal University of Brasilia, completed an MBA at the Fundação Getúlio Vargas and earned a MPA at Harvard Kennedy School in 2022. She is a self taught developer. Since 2006, she worked in the Brazilian public news agency Agência Brasil, first as datavis designer and developer, later as product and then project manager. Her team managed to make the agency a reference for new ways of information interaction, using hypervideo tutorials, newsgames and citizen journalism. Her team won two consecutive times the Vladimir Herzog Award, for human rights and Journalism in Brazil, in the categories Internet (webdocumentary "Nação Palmares") and Cultural Illiteracy (series of articles "O Analfabetismo, a exclusão pelas letras"). She also participated in three other works ("Terra Invadida", "Terra Dividida", "Usinas do Rio Madeira: problema ou solução") that were finalists in the Caixa award of social journalism editions of 2007 and 2008.
In the subsequent period, from a position in the United Nations' UNESCO, Córdova developed and pushed forward several public participation processes within several Ministries in the Brazil Government led by the Workers' Party. In the Secretariat of Digital Culture at the Ministry of Culture, she developed software for the public consultations of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet and for The Copyright Law reform. At the same Secretariat she worked on projects for multimedia access and archiving, using technologies for decentralization.. This work was presented at the International Symposium of Public Policies for Digital Collections. Afterwards, under the Secretariat for Legislative Affairs of the Ministry of Justice she developed the public participation platform for the Ministry. This work led her to join the Youth National Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, where she expanded her work on public participation delivering the specifications of the Participatory Observatory for Youth, which once implemented received the prize A Rede.
From 2012 to 2016 Córdova joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as project leader, participating in the Web Payments Task Force and being Co-Chair of the Working Group on Best Practices for Data on the Web, which produced the W3C Recommendation "Data on the Web Best Practices", the "W3C Data Quality Vocabulary" and the "W3C Dataset Usage Vocabulary" under her guidance. During this |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENN%20TV | Ethiopian News Network (ENN TV) was an Ethiopian television channel based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The channel was launched in 2016 on Nilesat. It was the first private station based in Ethiopia to be focused on news and politics outside of the national broadcaster EBC. ENN TV faced criticisms by several organizations for alleged use of misinformation and propaganda manipulation which led the channel to official closure on June 29, 2018.
Allegations
The channel was accused by several organizations, including Ethiopian Commercial Bank and Ethio telecom for lack of sponsorship and remaining non-commercial activity. ENN TV also criticized by the government press conferences and communications, notably from Foreign Affairs, and revoked the right to broadcast to certain events. They also self-proclaimed that the channel have been in dispute with Oromia Region and Addis Ababa administrations. Many media critics blamed it for the use of propaganda model and photograph manipulation – those said involved in the 2014–2016 Oromo protests event. The Ethiopian Broadcasting Agency stated that the channel was refused to broadcast the speech of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in aftermath of bombing at Meskel Square rally on June 23, 2018.
Programming
ENN Music – Variety of international and Ethiopian music
ODAA (ኦዳ) - Political discussions
Fit le Fit (ፊት ለፊት) – Free political discussions
Ye Ligoch Tera (የልጆች ተራ) – Programs for children
Taitu (ጣይቱ) – A roundtable discussion among women focusing women's issues
ENN News – General News
YOP – Talent show (Idol format)
DAGUU - Press Digest Program
Red Sea – Horn affairs political analysis program
Semonegna – Current affairs political analysis program
References
Television channels in Ethiopia
Television channels and stations established in 2016
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2018
24-hour television news channels
Defunct television networks
Television controversies in Ethiopia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%20Hero | Zero Hero may refer to:
Zero Hero, a music collaboration group consisting of Darren Styles and Stonebank
Zero Hero, a television show on Singaporean network Okto
Zero Hero, a Singaporean variety show starring Marcus Chin
"Zero Hero", a 1978 song by Roogalator
The Zero Hero, a 1983 episode of the animated version of The Little Rascals
"Zero Hero", a 1962 short segment from Episode 2 of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series
The Tale of the Zero Hero, a book in the Are You Afraid of the Dark? series by John Peel
"Zero Hero", the first episode of Hairy Jeremy
"Zero Hero", a poem by Barry McSweeney
Zero Hero, a Disney comic by Carl Barks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Labour%20Network | The English Labour Network was formed in 2017 to encourage the British Labour Party to recognise and embrace the distinct political identity of England, and to thereby strengthen support for the party throughout the country. The group has called for the Labour Party to publish an English manifesto to reflect the many political challenges centered on England. The English Labour Network's formation reflects the lack of an English focus within Labour, with no equivalent to the Scottish Labour Party, Welsh Labour and the Labour Party in Northern Ireland.
Founding supporters include John Denham, Jon Cruddas, Liam Byrne and Shabana Mahmood.
See also
Campaign for an English Parliament
English devolution
English Liberal Democrats
English nationalism
References
External links
2017 establishments in England
Labour Party (UK) factions
Organisation of the Labour Party (UK)
Political advocacy groups in England
2017 in British politics
Political organizations established in 2017
Politics of England
Devolution in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroBilt%20Corporation | MicroBilt Corporation is a credit reporting company and alternative credit data provider. Since its founding in 1978, it has grown by acquisition to challenge its larger rivals. Its PRBC consumer credit subsidiary offers consumers the ability to self-report on the bill paying habits as a means of positively impacting their credit score. MicroBilt’s other subsidiaries focus on business credit and services to sub-prime lenders. Many of the company's products are designed to help businesses accurately assess risk on consumers who otherwise have thin traditional credit files. In doing so, credit can be extended to consumers where it couldn't before opening a new customer base to a company and new opportunities to a consumer.
Products
MicroBilt offers a wide range of data products and services across the lending cycle from originations and underwriting through collections and debt recovery. Their products are available as APIs and through custom web portals. Among the company’s best-known products are:
iPreview – Advanced verification solution, offering a refined ‘first look’ at application data for lenders and financial services companies looking to prescreen leads effectively.
iPredict Advantage – An automated decisioning platform that leverages traditional and alternative credit data to assess consumer risk during lending assessments.
Risk Verification Database (‘rVd’) – A prescreening product used to verify consumer identity and banking information in advance of lending and other business transactions.
Instant Bank Verification (‘IBV’) – A real-time consumer financial data aggregator used to assess a consumer’s ability to repay a loan.
Bank Account Verify Advantage (‘BAV’) – Helps lenders reduce underwriting risk by leveraging a consumer’s reported banking and loan history together to more precisely identify qualified borrowers and better predict loan payment default and was developed through current customers interviews and competitor products.
MLA – The Military Lending Act (MLA) mandates special requirements for lenders extending credit to active duty military personnel, their family members and dependents, National Guard members, and members of a reserve component of the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps.
Acquisitions
Bloomberg's Company overview of MicroBilt, based on data independently collected by Standard & Poor's, lists the following acquisitions and incorporations:
2002 – MergTech assets
2004 – incorporated MicroBilt Merchant Services and MicroBilt Financial Services
2005 – Profit Systems Software, Credit Data Systems Inc, Eclectic Data Systems Inc.
2005 – incorporated ComplyTraq LLC incorporated
2008 – acquired PRBC
2010 – incorporated MicroBilt UK Ltd
2010 – acquired CL Verify ("CLV"), formerly DP Bureau, a leading supplier of credit-related information to short term lenders
MicroBilt Merchant Services
The merchant services provided by MicroBilt Merchant Services are accredited by Visa. This subsidiary also support |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanjung%20Priok%20Access%20Toll%20Road | Tanjung Priok Access Toll Road is a toll road that provides direct access to or from Tanjung Priok Port, which is part of Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2 road network in Jakarta, Indonesia. This 11.4 km highway is part of the Jabodetabek toll road network system connected to the Jakarta Outer Ring Road and Jakarta Inner Ring Road. The toll road was inaugurated on 15 April 2017.
Sections
East Section (E)1- Rorotan to Cilincing (3,4 km)
East Section(E)2- Cilincing to Jampea (2,74 km)
East Section (E)2A- Cilincing to Simpang Jampea (1,92 km)
North-South Section (NS) Link- Yos Sudarso to Simpang Jampea (2,24 km)
North-South (NS) Direct Ramp- (1,1 km)
Construction
The Tanjung Priok access toll road project is funded through JICA loans with a total investment of Rp 4.5 trillion and a construction budget of Rp 3.5 trillion. The project was originally scheduled for completion by the end of 2015, but certainly not achieved. The first phase of the loan agreement was on March 31, 2005 with a value of Rp 2.236 trillion, while phase 2 was done on March 29, 2006 with a value of Rp 2.263 trillion. Due to the old planning and auction process, price increases and loan budgets are insufficient to finance the project, eventually a breakthrough by creating new packaging. From the new packaging:
Section E1 is conducted by SMCC-Hutama Karya JO, contract value Rp 662.5 Billion
E2 Section implemented by Kajima-Waskita Karya JO, contract value Rp 1.04 trillion
E2A Section implemented by Obayashi-Jaya Construction JO, contract value Rp 1.06 trillion.
Section NS Yos Link is implemented by SMCC-Hutama Karya JO, contract value Rp 489B.
The NS Direct Ramp section is implemented by Tobishima-Wijaya Karya JO, the contract value is Rp 255 billion
Section E1, which started its operation on March 30, 2010, officially operates without tariff on April 17, 2011, while the other section is still under construction.
Further Expansion
There were plans to build the Section West 1 Priok of West Priok toll road with Jampea-Kampung Bahari and Section West 2 Kampung Bahari of Tanjung Priok Port which was scheduled to be implemented in 2020, however this project wasn't considered as urgent as sections E1, E2, and NS due to the current operating sections are considered sufficient to meet the needs of roads in the region at this time.
Opening
Tanjung Priok Access Toll Road was inaugurated to the public after it was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on April 15, 2017. The toll road is managed temporarily by PT Jalantol Lingkarluar Jakarta (JLJ) on Kebon Bawang-Rorotan and PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada at segment of Kebon Bawang-SS Plumpang before being managed permanently by PT Hutama Karya. After inaugurated by President Joko Widodo, this toll road was free for a month.
Exits
See also
Jakarta Inner Ring Road
Jakarta Outer Ring Road
Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2
References
Toll roads in Jakarta
North Jakarta |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDK%20%28community%29 | MDK (also МДК) is the most popular community in social network VK.com with more than 8.3 million followers (as of June 2017). By May 2016, MDK grew into a network of communities with a total monthly audience of about 20 million people.
Most of the entries in the group are funny pictures, Internet memes and demotivators on issues of the day. The content is created by users and the community administration.
History
The community was founded in April 2011 by Roberto Panchvidze and Dmitry Aladyshev under the name Mudakoff (). Roberto Panchvidze is the official person at the community, he began to run online communities at age 18, while studying in Moscow in the Institute of Psychology at the RSUH.
In January 2013, MDK launched a brand application for iOS. On the day of release, the application immediately became the second most popular free application in the iOS App Store after the game Shark Dash. At that time, MDK had more than 1.6 million followers.
In February 2013, Nikolay Kononov interviewed anonymous MDK creators who disclosed information about the audience (about 500 thousand visitors per day) and communities' network revenues (1.5-2 million rubles per month).
In July 2013, one of the founders of MDK de-anonymized and gave an interview to Hopes & Fears, from which it became known that MDK has about ten communities, with 20 to 30 employees working on them. According to Roberto Panchvidze, MDK has 12 million unique visitors a month. Pavel Durov called this publication paid journalism.
On June 28, 2013 moderators of VK.com for the first time temporarily blocked MDK, which had almost 3 million subscribers. The formal reason was the substitution of content in the group advertised by MDK — for the same reason many large communities blocked MDK. The social network acknowledged that MDK is not to blame for what had happened, but blamed the community for not monitoring advertised groups.
In July 2013, the social network Odnoklassniki invited Panchvidze to create a community in their social network, similar to MDK in VK.com, but "nicer". Also MDK was responsible for the creating and running the car community Fixter and the Igroteka community. Entering Classmates meant becoming less dependent on VK.com. However, in August of the same year MDK stopped its cooperation with Odnoklassniki, accusing the latter of failing preliminary arrangements to pay for video ads display, as well as using unauthorized content in their own similar communities — Accidents and Games@Mail.Ru. At that time, the monthly audience of MDK equaled 12 million people.
In October and November 2013, MDK was at the center of scandals caused by publications about the bus explosion in Volgograd and the plane crash in Kazan.
In December 2013, Rospatent approved the MDK application to register the trademark. Obtaining it would the community to more effectively fight with communities and companies using their name, and also starting from 2014 to launch branded souvenirs and clothi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleutelstad%20FM | Sleutelstad FM is a Dutch local radio channel in Leiden, Netherlands. Sleutelstad FM plays music from the 70s to present day trends. This programming also includes information and music at the local and regional stage. Sleutelstad FM plays music from various musicians from Leiden and the surrounding area.
Sleutelstad FM also broadcasts of the international news at every hour provides an update on local news every half hour. The broadcasts can be listened via the internet or apps such as TuneIn.
Radio stations in the Netherlands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPTA%20Key | The SEPTA Key card is a smart card that is used for automated fare collection on the SEPTA public transportation network in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It can be used throughout SEPTA's transit system (bus, trolley, subway, high speed line), and on Regional Rail.
History
Before the Key System, SEPTA's fare collection was almost entirely manual. Monthly and Weekly passes were sold by a cashier at a SEPTA sales office. Tokens for bus, trolley and subway fare could be purchased from a vending machine at some stations, however exact change was required. Paper tickets and passes were used on Regional Rail. In 2012, SEPTA announced the Key project. In 2014, SEPTA began deploying the new hardware necessary for the system at each station.
The initial rollout of the key card on transit services began with an early adoption program starting on June 13, 2016. Sale of Key Cards was opened to the public on February 9, 2017. As of June 1, 2017, weekly and monthly TransPasses (for urban transit, distinct from the TrailPasses for SEPTA Regional Rail) were no longer available in the old format, and users of those passes had to have a Key Card. However, the sale of weekly TransPass at third-party locations continued until July 30th, 2018. The sale of monthly TransPasses at third-party locations also ended in July 2018.
Sales of paper weekly/monthly TransPasses at all Regional Rail stations, token sales at most Regional Rail stations and token sales at all transit sales offices ended by April 30, 2018; however, token sales at third-party locations continued until July 15. Tokens then continued to be sold in bulk to social service agencies, as work continued to implement a new method for those organizations to provide SEPTA fares to their clients. Also in April 2018, SEPTA launched the external retail network for Key Cards, allowing cards to be purchased and reloaded at businesses across the Philadelphia area. On August 1, 2018, SEPTA stopped issuing or honoring paper transfers; the only way to use the reduced transfer fee is through the SEPTA Key card.
On August 1, 2018, SEPTA began an early adoption program for SEPTA Key on Regional Rail from select Zone 4 stations for Monthly Zone 4 TrailPass holders. On October 1, SEPTA expanded the program to include select Zone 3 stations for Monthly and Weekly TrailPass holders. The SEPTA Key program extended to Zone 1 and Zone 2 TrailPass holders on May 1, 2019. Weekly TrailPasses were available only on SEPTA Key starting the week of August 12th for Zones 3 and 4 and the week of September 9th for Zones 1 and 2, marking the end of paper Weekly TrailPass sales. Monthly TrailPasses were available only on SEPTA Key starting in October for Zones 3 and 4 and in November for Zones 1 and 2, marking the end of paper Monthly TrailPass sales.
On July 13, 2020, the Travel Wallet feature launched on Regional Rail, replacing tickets and cash, along with the Cross County Pass on a SEPTA Key card. The sale of Monthly Cro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20Woodroffe | Noel Woodroffe is the Senior Elder (pastor) of Elijah Centre and President of Congress WBN, an international, faith-centered non-profit organization, with an extensive church network. Congress WBN now has churches in more than 120 nations.
Church Planting
Woodroffe started Elijah Centre on December 23, 1990, in the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The church had spread across the globe in major cities in both developed and developing countries, with a number of satellite sites, referred to as Embassies.
Elijah Centre's primary base is in Trinidad, with Woodroffe as the Senior Elder, and Graham Taylor as the Associate Pastor. The mandate of Elijah Centre is “Preparing the way, Preparing the people, Restoring all things” and seeks to bring all people into maturity, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:13).
NorthGate College
Woodroffe also started NorthGate College in 1999. NorthGate College is located in St. Augustine, Trinidad, and is an expression of the non-profit organization, Congress WBN in the sphere of education. NorthGate College claims that it "seeks to engineer a quality learning environment that goes far beyond an academic experience."
In 2014, the school won an award from US-based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) initiative Cubes in Space for the Top Design Category. NorthGate College's watchwords are Purpose, Accuracy and Destiny; discover your life's purpose, determine to accomplish it without error, fulfill your destiny. To date there are NorthGate schools in Jamaica, Kenya, Uganda, United States and Zambia.
In speaking on the Principles for Nations Development, Woodroffe has identified five key steps that a nation can undertake to enter into the knowledge economy: Long-Term Vision, Curriculum Design and Educator Training, Disconnection from Past Experiences, Mobilization of Artists and Establishment of Strategic Functional Leadership.
Bibliography
The Ultimate Warrior: Avoiding Defilement (1994).
Governmental Prayer: The Warfare Expression of the Apostolic (1998).
Understanding the Prophetic Dimension (1998).
The Present Reformation of the Church (1998).
A Developed Prophetic Perspective (2010), with Scott Webster.
Understanding the Apostolic (2019).
References
External links
Congress WBN
Elijah Centre
NorthGate College
Kingdom Community Network
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Christian religious leaders in Trinidad and Tobago
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20MSNBC | This is a list of programs broadcast by MSNBC. MSNBC is an American news cable and satellite television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events. The network, which was founded as a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit (which is now the Comcast-owned NBCUniversal), was launched on July 15, 1996.
Current programming
Weekday programs
Weekend programs
MSNBC on Peacock programs
Special
Dateline Extra
MSNBC Documentaries
Sky News on MSNBC
Former programming
Weekday programs
The Abrams Report
Alan Keyes Is Making Sense
Buchanan & Press
Connected: Coast to Coast
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
The Cycle
Donahue
Dr. Nancy
The Dylan Ratigan Show
The Ed Show
For the Record with Greta
Hardball with Chris Matthews
Imus in the Morning
Jansing and Company
Martin Bashir
Morning Joe First Look
The Most with Alison Stewart
MSNBC at the Movies
MTP Daily (moved to NBC News NOW)
The News with Brian Williams
Now with Alex Wagner
Race for the White House
The Reid Report
Rita Cosby: Live & Direct
Ronan Farrow Daily
The Savage Nation
Scarborough Country
The Site
Time and Again
Tucker
Up Late with Alec Baldwin
Verdict with Dan Abrams
With All Due Respect
Weekend programs
AM Joy
Disrupt with Karen Finney
Hugh Hewitt
Jesse Ventura's America
Kasie DC
LockupMelissa Harris-PerrySaturday Night Politics with Donny DeutschTaking the HillThe Week with Joshua JohnsonUp with David GuraWeekends with Maury and Connie''
See also
History of MSNBC: 1996-2007
History of MSNBC: 2008-2015
MSNBC Live Streaming
Notes
References
Lists of television series by network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych%3A%20The%20Movie | Psych: The Movie is a 2017 American made-for-television comedy film based on the USA Network dramedy series Psych. The film follows the Psych characters three years later in San Francisco, since the series finale in 2014. The movie aired on December 7, 2017, on the USA Network. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Kirsten Nelson, and Corbin Bernsen all reprised their roles from the series, with frequently recurring actors Kurt Fuller and Jimmi Simpson also appearing. The film was directed by series creator Steve Franks, who co-wrote the script with Roday. Franks has stated his hope to make five more sequels in what would become the Psych film series.
Plot
As shown in the series finale, Shawn, Gus, and Juliet relocated to San Francisco, where they remain three years later. After Juliet's SFPD partner Sam Sloane is shot, Shawn and Gus attempt to find out who was responsible and why it happened. They soon learn that a mysterious organization is threatening the reputation, safety, and well-being of Juliet. At first, Juliet is reluctant to allow anyone to help her out with her problem, but an unpleasant development connected with her partner's shooting convinces her she needs Shawn's help.
Meanwhile, Shawn refuses to get married until he can locate his grandmother's engagement ring, which he had taken without permission from his dad's house, and which had been stolen from him while he was in the act of proposing to Juliet in San Francisco three years earlier. His efforts to retrieve the ring land him in hot water with a major fencer of stolen goods in the Bay Area.
Chief Vick, up for consideration for a position as police commissioner, is not aware that her daughter has started committing crimes. Gus, meanwhile, lands in trouble with his boss as a result of Shawn bringing his business to Gus's workplace. While working around all of these complications, the group encounters old friends, discover surprising pieces of information, and come to some major determinations about their futures.
Cast
James Roday as Shawn Spencer
Dulé Hill as Burton "Gus" Guster
Timothy Omundson as Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter
Maggie Lawson as Juliet "Jules" O'Hara
Kirsten Nelson as Chief Karen Vick
Corbin Bernsen as Henry Spencer
Zachary Levi as Thin White Duke
Ralph Macchio as Nick Conforth
Jimmi Simpson as Mary Lightly
Julianna Guill as Dr. Butterfly McMillan
Jazmyn Simon as Selene
Robert LaSardo as El Proveedor
Kurt Fuller as Woody Strode
Charlotte Flair as Heather Rockrear
Sam Huntington as Sam Sloane
John Cena as Ewan O'Hara
Mena Suvari as Allison Cowley
Sage Brocklebank as Buzz McNab
Nathan Mitchell as Black Gentleman Ninja
Production
Once production on the dramedy series Psych wrapped, series creator Steve Franks immediately had the idea to bring the Psych universe back in movie form later on. On May 8, 2017, USA Network confirmed that a TV movie would be produced. Franks directed the movie and co-wrote it with series star Jame |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao%20Zhuangxian | Yao Zhuangxian (, born 1969), also known as Johnson Yau, is a Taiwanese computer game producer, working in Softstar Entertainment as the general manager of Softstar Technology Beijing. He was best known for developing The Legend of Sword and Fairy (also known as Chinese Paladin) series, earning him the nickname "Father of Sword and Fairy" (仙劍之父) or "Saint Yao" (姚仙).
Career
Yao was born in Hualien County in eastern Taiwan, living in the countryside during his childhood. He graduated from the National Taipei Institute of Technology. In 1989, as a college student, with the interest in computer technologies, Yao developed Richman, a Monopoly-like digital board game that was published by Softstar. This marked the beginning of his long association with the company.
In the summer of 1995, when Yao was 26, the game The Legend of Sword and Fairy developed by his project team, the "Crazy Boys Production Group" (狂徒創作群), was published in Taiwan, and all the 10 thousand copies were sold out during the first day. The game became a runaway hit overnight and broke the record of role-playing games in the history of Taiwan electronic games.
In 2000, Yao took the initiative to move to Mainland China, founded Softstar Technology in Beijing with several collaborators, which was the subsidiary of the parent company Softstar Entertainment.
Works
Richman (1989)
Richman 2 (1992)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy (1995)
Richman 3 (1996)
Richman 4 (1998)
New Legend of Sword and Fairy (2001)
Paladin's Inn (2001)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 2 (2003)
Chinese Paladin 3 (2003)
Chinese Paladin 3 Gaiden: Wen Qing Pian (2004)
Chinese Paladin 4 (2007)
Chinese Paladin Online (2009)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 (2011)
Chinese Paladin: Xiao Yao You (2012)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5 Prequel (2013)
New Legend of Sword and Fairy: Online (2013)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 6 (2015)
The Legend of Sword and Fairy 7 (2021)
References
Living people
1969 births
People from Hualien County
Taiwanese computer programmers
Video game designers
National Taipei University of Technology alumni
The Legend of Sword and Fairy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizu%20M6%20Note | The Meizu M6 Note is a smartphone designed and produced by the Chinese manufacturer Meizu, which runs on Flyme OS, Meizu's modified Android operating system. It is the company's latest model of M series.
There is an improved variant, named M6s, it has a 5.7 inch display (and more specs).
See also
Meizu
Meizu M3 Max
Meizu M5
References
External links
Official product page Meizu
Mobile phones introduced in 2017
Meizu smartphones
Discontinued smartphones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-topological%20order | In the field of computer science, a pre-topological order or pre-topological ordering of a directed graph is a linear ordering of its vertices such that if there is a directed path from vertex u to vertex v and v comes before u in the ordering, then there is also a directed path from vertex v to vertex u.
If the graph is a directed acyclic graph (DAG), topological orderings are pre-topological orderings and vice versa. In other cases, any pre-topological ordering gives a partial order.
References
Graph algorithms
Sorting algorithms
Directed graphs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Student%20Film%20Association | The National Student Film Association is a charity based in the United Kingdom that supports and promotes student filmmaking through various networking and educational programmes. The organisation was founded in 2009 by a group of film students from five different Universities, looking to connect students studying film courses from various institutions across the country. In 2015 it became a charity, promoting cooperation and collaboration between student film societies, festivals and filmmakers at a national level.
History
On 16 June 2009, students from five Universities (Bristol, Cambridge, Cambridge School of Art, London South Bank and UCA) formed the National Student Film Association with the sole purpose of connecting student filmmakers.
Later that year the organisation formed a partnership with Screentest, the largest student film festival in the UK, holding its first annual general meeting during the event on 28 February 2010. The festival has held a number of competitions in association with BAFTA and the BFI as well as sponsoring student festivals including the No Limits Film Festival.
Following a short interval period, filmmakers Rowan M. Ashe, Rebecca Graffy and original founding member Franzi Florack, revived the NSFA with the mission to establish it as a national charity and it was awarded charitable status by the Charity Commission on 12 November 2015.
Screentest
Screentest is the officially endorsed film festival of the NSFA, allowing it to use the title The National Student Film Festival. Established in 2004 at the University of Bristol, the festival is periodically hosted by numerous universities across the country. It is currently hosted by the London South Bank University.
See also
BAFTA
National Union of Students (United Kingdom)
Student television in the United Kingdom
References
External links
Screentest: The UK'S National Student Film Festival
Charities based in London
Film organisations in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Train%20eXpress | Great Train eXpress is a planned higher-speed commuter rail network in the Seoul Capital Area project consisting of three separate lines, named GTX A, GTX B and GTX C, and scheduled for completion in 2025.
GTX A
Groundbreaking for GTX Line A was held on December 27, 2018, with service expected to commence in 2023. However, the project has been officially delayed due to land compensation issues and the discovery of archeological ruins dating from the Joseon period. The Suseo-Dongtan section is now scheduled to be completed in 2023 and the rest of the line to open in 2024. Samseong Station being even further delayed and will remain closed after the rest of GTX A opens until 2028. As of October 2021, the project was only about 20% complete, leading to speculation that GTX A is more likely to be completed around 2024 or 2025 or even later. Approximately 30 kilometers of the line are expected to share the same rail as the SRT, and a further 9 km towards the western end of the route are expected to be completely underground.
GTX B
Construction of GTX Line B is expected to start in 2023.
GTX C
Construction of GTX Line C is expected to start in 2022. According to the latest plans and following the selection of a preferred bidder for the construction of this line, 2 additional stations, Indeogwon Station and Wangsimni Station are likely to be added to the line.
Additional plans for GTX D and other lines
Plans for a Line D were announced in 2021 by the previous government. However, the proposed route faced a lot of opposition, and has not been approved yet. The new government of Yoon Seok-youl has pledged to build 3 new lines (Line D, E and F), for which the routes have not been decided yet, but which would likely include plans for a longer Line D than the one announced by the previous government.
Criticism
Critics argue that GTX project would increase the social and economic centripetal force towards Seoul leading to increased primacy and the collapse of other provincial cities.
Notes
References
Higher-speed rail
Rapid transit in South Korea
Rail transport in Seoul
Proposed railway lines in Asia
Proposed public transport in South Korea
Underground commuter rail
Proposed transport infrastructure in South Korea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walta%20TV | Walta TV is an Ethiopian television network owned and operated by Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C.
Walta TV is available on three satellites, originally on Eutelsat 7 West A but also on Belintersat 1 and on the Ethiosat platform.
History
Walta TV was launched on April 7, 2017. As of 2017, it was one of five channels in Ethiopia to be officially licensed by the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority. Before the launch of its own channel, Walta mostly provided its locally produced news and documentaries for the national broadcaster EBC (formerly ETV). It is also one of the few private channels to be available on the Ethiopia-based satellite platform Ethiosat to be found on Eutelsat 8 West B.
Programming
Walta TV has essentially the same format as EBC as programming is mostly geared towards news focusing on political and social issues within Ethiopia.
References
Television channels in Ethiopia
Mass media in Addis Ababa
Television channels and stations established in 2017
24-hour television news channels
Satellite television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrimes%20Act%20in%20Tanzania | The Tanzania Cybercrimes Act of 2015 was enacted by the National Assembly of Tanzania in April 2015, and signed into law by the fourth president of the United Republic of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on 25 April 2015. The law makes provisions for criminalizing offences related to computer systems and Information Communication Technologies; provides for investigation, collection, and use of electronic evidence in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar except to article 50 which do not operate in Zanzibar. The Law further criminalizes and penalizes a number of cyber activities such as data espionage, publication of child pornography, publication of pornography, publication of false, deceptive, misleading or inaccurate information, production and dissemination of racist and xenophobic material, initiating transmission of or re-transmission of unsolicited messages and violation of intellectual property rights and other types of cybercrimes. This law came after significant impacts such as financial loss, fraud and cyber bullying to the public and other stakeholders.
Enforcement
The official statistics about the trend of cybercrimes in Tanzania are hard to find but some Tanzania government officials have claimed reduction of the high rate of cybercrime, theft or fraud in the country since the government enacted the legislation in 2015. As a result of the law, statements from government officials in the news media claim that the number of suspected criminals arrested has rapidly increased. However a section of the media and activists have complained that the law gives power to the police than the common citizen
Challenges
Perceived Suppression of Freedom of Expression
Several complaints about the enforcement of Tanzania Cybercrimes law have been expressed by Tanzania civil society groups, scholars development partners, and the opposition parties in Tanzania. Specifically, the opposition political parties in Tanzania have voiced their concern about the government's use of the law to suppress the fundamental rights on freedom of expression and using the law to target the opposition political parties. Several instances have been reported on people being arrested for expressing their opinions on social media, for example one citizen deemed to have insulted the president of Tanzania through social media. Another case that underscores the perception of suppression of freedom of expression by the government is the arrest and subsequent charging under the Cybercrimes law, of a Tanzanian web based social forum founder for failing to reveal the identities of the commenters on his forum.
Common Citizen's Awareness of the Law
After enacting the law, the government embarked on various awareness campaigns. Despite of the efforts, a common citizen in Tanzania may have heard of the law because several cases frequently feature in the news media. However, the majority of cyber crime incidents go unreported to the police.
Proposals for Review
There have been attempts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceless%20%282007%20film%29 | Faceless is a 2007 Austrian/British science-fiction film directed by Manu Luksch that is constructed entirely from CCTV surveillance camera images, obtained under European data protection legislation. It is part of what film theorist Elizabeth Cowie describes as a 'multi-platform project that [Luksch] developed between 2002 and 2008, exploring London as "the most surveilled city on earth"'.
Plot summary
In a society is governed by the New Machine, individuals have lost their faces, and the RealTime calendar has destroyed their understanding of history or the future. A woman (the protagonist, played by Luksch) wakes up one day to discover she has a face; subsequently, she receives an anonymous letter that reveals the existence of her past life, and her child. Panicking, she enlists the help of Spectral Children to evade Overseers and confront the authority of the New Machine. In the film's ambivalent conclusion, she appears to defeat the New Machine by unveiling the power of the human face and recovering temporality.
Cast
Tilda Swinton as narrator
Manu Luksch as She
William Trevitt as He
Aadam K. Ahmed as Their Child
Production
Material and process
Faceless is constructed entirely from surveillance camera images that Luksch obtained over several years by exercising her rights under the UK Data Protection Act 1998. The film was made under Luksch's Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers, and its scenario (of a world populated by faceless individuals) and plot derive from the legal and material properties of these images. The filmmaker performed on London streets under CCTV cameras, then sent formal letters to the relevant camera operators demanding a copy of any recordings in which she appeared. The operators were obliged to supply copies after anonymising third parties in the images by redacting their faces, in return for a statutory fee of £10. On account of this accompanying legal superstructure, Luksch describes these images as 'legal readymades'. Christian Andersen and Søren Bro Pold note that, in the process of obtaining CCTV material, 'Luksch took advantage of the legal framework around rights to individual data.The production process stretched over several years, since the acquisition of images under the Data Protection Act proceeded extremely slowly – many of the data requests were met with negative responses, as 'either the surveillance camera, or the recorder, or the entire CCTV system in question was not operational.' Andersen and Pold note that '[i]n its exploitation of the mechanisms of surveillance, the film expresses a strong criticism of not just the legal framework around visual surveillance but also how it is handled in everyday practice.'
SoundtrackFaceless has no spoken dialogue – a natural consequence of the prohibition of audio surveillance in the UK. Instead, the story is told by a voice-over narrator. The film's soundtrack is almost entirely non-diegetic, comprising electronic and industrial elements composed in 5.1 surround |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWN | IWN may refer to:
Israel Women's Network
Indigenous Women's Network
International Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors
Inland Waterway News |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20and%20Fair%20Election%20Network | Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) is the first-ever network of civil society networks in Pakistan dedicated to strengthening democracy through methodically-enacted observation and oversight of electoral, parliamentary, and governance processes. As many as 20 regional networks of over 500 tehsil-level civil society organizations are part of FAFEN, establishing its unmatched outreach to communities of people belonging to all classes, ethnicities, and religions across Pakistan. FAFEN’s work since its inception in 2006, has made it one of the most credible voices in the country for responsive, transparent, accountable, and efficient electoral, legislative, and local governance.So far, FAFEN has observed the General Elections in 2008, 2013 and 2018, Local Government Elections in 2015, and Legislative Assembly Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan in 2009 and 2015, with active support of its partner organizations as well as duly accreditation from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). FAFEN has earned an excellent reputation among various stakeholders, including the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and has been recognized as an authentic organization among political parties, civil society organizations, international community, academia, and the media. After the General Elections 2013 various political parties levelled multiple charges of rigging, on which the Supreme Court of Pakistan had formed a Judicial Commission to investigate the matter. FAFEN was the only civil society organization, which was summoned by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to share its election observation findings.
Citizens’ Observation for Electoral Transparency
FAFEN has trained and mobilized hundreds and thousands of citizens to observe various processes of elections in Pakistan. During elections, the trained and non-partisan citizen election observers report back various processes of the election on a specified format. These remarkable men and women brave security odds, scorching temperatures and rugged terrains to provide objective and independent information about the quality of the electoral process to the Pakistani citizens as well as the international community.
General Elections 2008
To observe the General Elections 2008, FAFEN began training long-term observer coordinators in 264 (out of 272) National Assembly constituencies in September 2007. FAFEN's observation of February 18, 2008 general election was helped by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which accredited 20,000 domestic national election observers to observe all processes of the election all over the country. The Network's strategy was for 16,000 paired stationary observers to monitor a random sample of about 8,000 (out of 64,000) polling stations all day, collecting detailed information about voting, counting, and compilation of results.
On the Election-Day, thousands of Pakistani men and women observed female and male polling booths a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GO64 | GO-64! was an early software emulation of the Commodore 64 computer, with a copyright date of 1988 for version 2.0.
The name most likely comes from the ability for the Commodore 128 computer to switch to a hardware emulation of the Commodore 64 by typing GO64 at the BASIC prompt and pressing the return key.
This software was created by Christopher P. Zura and Cliff Dugan of Software Insight Systems Inc.
It allowed the use of some software and hardware designed for Commodore 64 computers on Amiga computers.
It required a minimum of 512kb of RAM to operate, but 1024kb of RAM was required to make use of all features. If a 68020 CPU was installed, it could operate at speeds exceeding the speed of a real Commodore 64, according to the developers.
This software does not operate on versions later than 1.3 of the Amiga Kickstart, and so does not operate on the Amiga 3000, Amiga 500 plus, Amiga 600, Amiga 4000 or Amiga 1200.
Amiga emulation software
Commodore 64 emulators |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20Network%20Union | Community Network Union (Cantonese: 社區網絡聯盟) is a political alliance consisting of three localist community-based political groups. It was formed in August 2017 with six community groups, including Sha Tin Community Network, Tuen Mun Community Network, Kwai Tsing Bonding, Tsuen Wan Community Network, Lam Tin Community Network and Tin Shui Wai Community Network, in hopes of winning 15 seats in 2019 District Council election.
After its spokesman Ventus Lau, also the president of the Sha Tin Community Network, was barred from running in the March 2018 Legislative Council by-elections for his perceived "pro-Hong Kong independence" stance, three of the members of the alliance, Kwai Tsing Bonding, Tsuen Wan Community Network and Tuen Mun Community Network quit the alliance in February 2018.
Membership
Kwai Tsing Bonding (quit in 2018)
Lam Tin Community Network
Sha Tin Community Network
Tin Shui Wai Community Network
Tsuen Wan Community Network (quit in 2018)
Tuen Mun Community Network (quit in 2018)
References
Political parties in Hong Kong
Political party alliances in Hong Kong
Political parties established in 2017 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Stevens | Rick Stevens is a professor of computer science at the University of Chicago and associate laboratory director for Computing, Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) at Argonne National Laboratory.
Early life and education
Stevens started programming at the age of 14 with IBM computer. From 1978 to 1980, Stevens attended Michigan State University where he majored in physics and computer science, before moving to Western Michigan University where he got his B.S. in applied mathematics and philosophy in 1984. Following it, he moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he passed both M.S. and Ph.D. courses in applied mathematics, computer science and physics all in one year of studying. From 1986 to 1990, Stevens was enrolled into a Ph.D. program at the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of Northwestern University.
Career
While studying at Michigan State University, Stevens served as applications programmer at its College of Natural Science. He then moved to McPartlin & Associates where he worked for one year as analyst and programmer, and following it, held the same position at Western Michigan University for a duration of a year as well. From 1982 to 1985, Stevens was a president of Auriga Software Company, and from 1982 to 1983 and 1983 to 1984 was a resident associate with Argonne National Laboratory and systems programmer with Western Michigan University. From 1985 to 1991, he was promoted to manager at the Advanced Computing Research Facility and in 1991 became associate division director of Argonne National Laboratory. In between those years, he also served as a leader of the Computing and Communications Futures Laboratory and was a director of the High-Performance Computing and Communications Program.
Honors and recognitions
Stevens was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003 and since then is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Computer Society, an ACM Fellow and a member of the Association for Automated Reasoning and the Association for Symbolic Logic.
References
External links
20th-century births
Living people
American computer scientists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Morrison | Emma Morrison is a Ghanaian television personality and media professional.
She started her media career, working with TV3 Network Limited when the station was established in 1997 as a news reporter and a newscaster.
Early life
She was born on 5 June and is the third child of her mum and the seventh of her dad. Her dad has 13 children, 11 girls and two boys.
Her dad is the late Jacob Herbert Morrison and her mother is Victoria Morrison.
Education
Morrison started her education in the United Kingdom, where she attended Dollis Junior High School and Childshill School both in North West London.
She continued at Goldfields Preparatory School when she relocated to Ghana. She attended Wesley Girls' High School and Tarkwa Secondary School.
She is a product of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
Career
She started her media work with TV3 in 1997 as a reporter/newscaster, rising through the ranks to become the general manager for news and sports at TV3.
She later assumed a role as the editor of Joy News TV.
She is currently the group head of business programming, radio, TV, IM at Multimedia Group Ltd and doubles as consultant, executive producer for News Generation. Emma Morrison joins Gold Fields Ghana as corporate affairs head.
Awards
She has won some awards like the Newscaster of the Year, TV Personality of the Year, and her news programme News 360 won TV News Programme of the Year. In April 2019 she was proclaimed the Corporate Personality of the Year at the Glitz Ghana Women of the Year Honors.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct%20methods%20%28electron%20microscopy%29 | In crystallography, direct methods is a set of techniques used for structure determination using diffraction data and a priori information. It is a solution to the crystallographic phase problem, where phase information is lost during a diffraction measurement. Direct methods provides a method of estimating the phase information by establishing statistical relationships between the recorded amplitude information and phases of strong reflections.
Background
Phase Problem
In electron diffraction, a diffraction pattern is produced by the interaction of the electron beam and the crystal potential. The real space and reciprocal space information about a crystal structure can be related through the Fourier transform relationships shown below, where is in real space and corresponds to the crystal potential, and is its Fourier transform in reciprocal space. The vectors and are position vectors in real and reciprocal space, respectively.
, also known as the structure factor, is the Fourier transform of a three-dimensional periodic function (i.e. the periodic crystal potential), and it defines the intensity measured during a diffraction experiment. can also be written in a polar form , where is a specific reflection in reciprocal space. has an amplitude term (i.e. ) and a phase term (i.e. ). The phase term contains the position information in this form.
During a diffraction experiment, the intensity of the reflections are measured as :
This is a straightforward method of obtaining the amplitude term of the structure factor. However, the phase term, which contains position information from the crystal potential, is lost.
Analogously, for electron diffraction performed in a transmission electron microscope, the exit wave function of the electron beam from the crystal in real and reciprocal space can be written respectively as:
Where and are amplitude terms, the exponential terms are phase terms, and is a reciprocal space vector. When a diffraction pattern is measured, only the intensities can be extracted. A measurement obtains a statistical average of the moduli:
Here, it is also clear that the phase terms are lost upon measurement in an electron diffraction experiment. This is referred to as the crystallographic phase problem.
History
In 1952, David Sayre introduced the Sayre equation, a construct that related the known phases of certain diffracted beams to estimate the unknown phase of another diffracted beam. In the same issue of Acta Crystallographica, Cochran and Zachariasen also independently derived relationships between the signs of different structure factors. Later advancements were done by other scientists, including Hauptman and Karle, leading to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985) to Hauptman and Karle for their development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures.
Comparison to X-Ray Direct Methods
The majority of direct methods was developed for X-ray diffraction. However, electron d |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20Shore%20Ship%20Buffer | The Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer (SSSB) is a real-time data link buffer system supporting data exchange between naval forces, including airborne assets, and their associated air defence ground environment units.
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