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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafomap | Grafomap is a Latvia-based design company that combines OpenStreetMap data with design filters, allowing people to create map posters of places in the world.
History
The company and team is located in Latvia while the posters and maps are printed and shipped from Los Angeles as well as Riga. Grafomap was founded in 2016 by Rihards Piks and Karlis Bikis.
According to co-founder Rihards Piks, the start-up is inspired by Snazzy Maps. It is a Word Press plugin that colored the maps for contact pages of websites. The idea transformed into creating maps in real for people who would like to use the maps as wall posters and highlight areas of personal importance to them. This focus on memories of individuals to be used as an interior art form became the driving force of the company's business model.
The start-up has been featured in numerous mainstream fashion, art and business outlets like The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, Launching Next, The Coolector, Simply Grove, PSFK and Product Hunt for their maps focusing on regions of sentimental value and the mapping as a decor per se.
References
External links
Companies of Latvia
Design companies
Design companies established in 2016
Latvian companies established in 2016 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Anokye | Mr. Joe Anokye is a Telecommunication Executive well versed in a wide range of Telecommunication Operations Management, Telecommunication Networks, National Security, and Cyber Security platforms in both public and private sectors. As a talented and accomplished Technology Executive, he has a proven ability to successfully direct and manage major and key information technology, telecommunications, and technology support services operations from inception to completion.
He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the current Director General of the National Communications Authority of Ghana.
Education
Anokye holds a Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD USA.
In August 2019, he was awarded a Certificate of Senior Executives in National and International Security Programmes from the prestigious John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education,USA.
Career
Between 1994 through 1997, Mr. Anokye worked as Senior Network Engineer at the United States Postal Service (USPS) Headquarters, Washington DC. His team of network engineers designed, installed, and maintained the USPS Wide Area Network and Local Area Network.
Beginning September 1997, when he was employed at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GFSC), through the end of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program in July 2011, Mr. Anokye supported forty-nine (49) Space Shuttle Missions: from the 87th mission (STS-86) in September 1997, to the 135th mission (STS-135) which was last Space Shuttle mission in July 2011. His team, the NASA (Ground) Communications System (NASCOM) was the central nervous system that managed the terrestrial communications between ground stations, mission control centers, and other elements of spacecraft ground segments. Established in 1964, NASCOM also interfaced with the Deep Space Network (DSN), and provided worldwide, near real-time, transmission of commands, telemetry, voice, and television signals. NASCOM managed the NASA Global Mission Telecommunication Wide Area Network out of Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Mr. Anokye received the employee of the year award in the year 2007 from the NASA Information Technology Services (UNITeS) contract at Marshal Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville - Alabama, for outstanding technical services to the NASA Mission Telecommunications Network. He worked at NASA GSFC until January 2016 when he returned to Ghana.
Mr. Anokye was a premier Cisco Technical Instructor from the year 1999 through 2016 in the Washington D.C, USA Metropolitan Area. Having attained Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineer Number 6642 (CCIE #6624) in the year 2000, he taught and mentored many Telecommunications, Network, and Systems engineers. Many of his trained network engineering professionals work with Government, Security and C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Philippine%20Broadcasting%20Service | These are the list of programs produced and/or distributed by the Presidential Broadcast Service thru its radio networks: Radyo Pilipinas, Radyo Pilipinas Dos, Radyo Pilipinas Tres, Radyo Pilipinas World Service, Republika FM1 and Capital FM2.
Radyo Pilipinas
Note: Not all programs that are broadcast nationwide via satellite from its Manila station.
Radyo Pilipinas News Nationwide (2017–present)
Radyo Pilipinas Network Balita Ngayon (2017–present, hourly news update)
Radyo Pilipinas Express Balita (2017–present, mid-hourly news update)
Ronda Pilipinas (2017–present)
Bangon, Bayang Mahal! (2022, 2023-present)
Radyo Pilipinas Live (2022–present)
Mike Abe Live (2022–present, also simulcast on PTV and IBC)
Mark In, Mark Out (2022–present)
Fight News Weekly (2023–present, hookup from RP2)
Game On: Isyu at Balita (2023–present, hookup from RP2)
PSC Hour (2020–2022, 2023, 2023–present, hookup from RP2)
Malacañang Press Briefing (hookup from PTV and IBC)
Doctor On Board (2018–present)
Serbisyo Pilipinas (2020–present)
Agenda ng Bayan (2016–present)
Otro Cinco (2022–present)
Sentro Balita (2020, 2022–present, hookup from PTV)
Ulat Bayan Weekend (2020–present, hookup from PTV)
Salaam Radio (2017–present)
Mabuhay Pilipinas (2017–present)
Go Agri (2022–present)
Meet the Press On Air (2017–present)
Celebrating Life (2017–present)
PBS News Now (2023–present)
Regional Roundup (2019–present)
Sports News Roundup (2022–present)
Home EcoNanay (2017–2020, 2022–present)
Usap-Usapan (2016–2017, 2022–present)
AT: Adulting in Tandem (2023–present)
Global Pinoy Konek (2023–present)
Oras Para sa Musika (2023–present)
Para sa Masa (2023–present)
Usaping Legal (2023–present)
Pulso ng Pilipino (2023–present)
Inside Malacañang (2023–present)
Kalinga Hatid ng Red Cross (2017–present)
Erwin Tulfo on-air with Niña Corpuz (2023–present)
Tinig ng Kababaihan (2023–present)
Punto Asintado Reload (2023–present), also simulcast on PTV
Radyo Pilipinas Dos
Ronda Pilipinas (hookup from RP1)
Radyo Pilipinas News Nationwide (2017–present, hookup from RP1)
Headlines Ngayon (hourly news update)
Sports News Roundup (2017–present)
Sports 918 (2017–present)
Headline Sports (2022–present)
Game On: Isyu at Balita (2017–present)
Floorball on Focus (2023–present)
Motorsports Paddock (2019–present)
Talk NBA (2017–present)
Post Game (2017–present)
Football Connection (2019–present)
Fight News Weekly (2022–present)
Sports and Science (2018–present)
PSA Forum (2022–present)
Spiker's Net (2022–present)
Isport Lang! (2018–present)
Hoop Talk (2022–present)
Top Sports Stories of the Week (2022–present)
Chess and Billiards On Air (2022–present)
Celebrating Life (2020–present, hookup from RP1)
Cycle Lane (2022–present)
Dancesport Pilipinas (2022–present)
Sports Stars of Yesteryears (2022–present)
Sports Calendar for the Week (2022–present)
Sports Lockdown (2022–present)
LGU Sports Corner (2022–present)
PSC Hour (2019–2022, 2023–present)
P |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SelfCAD | SelfCAD is an online computer-aided design software for 3D modeling and 3D printing, released in 2016. It is browser-based and cloud-based. SelfCAD is a polygon mesh based design program.
While SelfCAD is suitable for the everyday user, of all ages, it has been specifically designed for students and the classroom setting. Despite this, one of SelfCAD's unique attributes is its real-world authenticity. In other words, the step up from SelfCAD to higher level engineering design programs is easier for those with SelfCAD experience.
History
SelfCAD was founded in New York City in 2015 by Aaron Breuer, its CEO. He designed the namesake software and launched it in 2016.
Since 2016, SelfCAD has been consistently updated and enhanced with new features. In June 2017, SelfCAD partnered with MyMiniFactory for a direct connection to its 3D model repository. As of November 2017, the software is used in over 100 schools and had a 3D model catalogue of 25,000 objects.
Update 2.9 added Animation among other important features such as Loft and Revolve. Update 2.9.1 released in February 2020 added Multiple Viewports and Backface Culling.
For future updates, SelfCAD promises to implement Rendering among other features.
SelfCAD organized contests through MyMiniFactory where the participants won prizes for their 3D models made in SelfCAD. The last contest was held in December 2019. The first prize was $500.
Features
SelfCAD is an online CAD Software as a Service that allows users to model, sculpt and slice for 3D design and 3D printing. As it is browser-based, no downloads are required. Work can be saved in the cloud, but there is also an offline mode.
The software has a shallow learning curve and can be self-taught in five hours. It is supported on Windows 7, 8 and 10, Mac and Linux with browser support for Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
SelfCAD is said to be easy to operate and user-friendly. The software features numerous creation and modification tools, as well as inbuilt automatic shape, screw, nut, spiral and image generators. Another notable feature is an inbuilt slicing tool. In addition to partnering with
MyMiniFactory to provide a database of already completed 3D printable designs, SelfCAD has a comprehensive library of objects and parts. The software also boasts the ability to import models in STL and OBJ format from other 3D design programs.
Given that SelfCAD is designed for students and use in the classroom setting, the company places more emphasis on roll-out in the education sector. For example, according to their webpage, their so-called 'SelfCAD for Education' program offers additional features and support for schools and educators. Some of these features include: access to their special online storage database, additional safety and security measures, and additional support for teachers.
To export designs to stl a paid subscription is required.
References
External links
Computer-aided design software
Software companies based in New |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Norman | Arthur Norman may refer to:
Arthur Norman (industrialist) (1917–2011), British industrialist
Arthur Charles Alfred Norman (1858–1944), British architect
Arthur Norman (computer scientist), British computer scientist
Arthur St. Norman (1878–1956), South African long-distance runner |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz%205 | Schweiz 5 is a privately owned TV channel in German-speaking Switzerland.
Programming
References
External links
Television stations in Switzerland
Television channels and stations established in 2004
2004 establishments in Switzerland
German-language television stations
Mass media in Aarburg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S1%20%28Swiss%20TV%20channel%29 | S1 is a privately owned TV channel in German-speaking Switzerland.
Programming
References
External links
Television stations in Switzerland
Television channels and stations established in 2013
2013 establishments in Switzerland
German-language television stations
Mass media in Zürich |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Wilkes%20%28disambiguation%29 | Maurice Wilkes (1913–2010) was a computer scientist at the University of Cambridge.
Maurice Wilkes may also refer to:
Maurice Wilks (1904–1963), automotive and aeronautical engineer
Maurice Canning Wilks (1910–1984), Irish landscape painter
See also
Maurice Wilk (died 1963), American violinist
Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004), Nobel laureate and physicist |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedlam%20%281982%20video%20game%29 | Bedlam is a TRS-80 based text adventure game written for the TRS-80 by Robert Arnstein and released by Tandy Corporation in 1982. It was ported to the TRS-80 Color Computer. The object of the game is to escape a lunatic asylum. There are several ways to escape but only one random exit is active each time the game is loaded.
Gameplay
The game is text only. Players move through the asylum by typing simple instructions using a verb-noun command such as, "go north" or "get the key". There are NPCs such as Houdini and Picasso that can be either helpful or an obstacle.
References
External links
Bedlam, a site dedicated to the game along with a web-based emulator to play the actual game.
An article from the Dallas Observer which includes a discussion of the manual's cover art.
1980s interactive fiction
1982 video games
Adventure games
TRS-80 games
TRS-80 Color Computer games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in psychiatric hospitals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal%20Gunj | Bilal Ganj or Bilal Gunj is a residential neighbourhood and an automobiles market in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Bilal Ganj market is situated close to the shrine of the Sufi saint Data Ganj Baksh (Ali Hujwiri).
References
Populated places in Lahore District
Data Gunj Bakhsh Zone
Bazaars in Lahore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migo%20%28company%29 | Migo (Traditional Chinese: 熱鬧點) is a technology company that "provides affordable data services for emerging markets". Its content delivery network distributes digital products and services to mass market consumers at the local corner store through Migo Download Stations (MDS).
As of May 2022, Migo had 1,400 MDS in Indonesia covering an estimated population of 25 million Indonesians. Migo aims to grow 10 times and cover up to 100 million people in Java, the world's most populous island, and launch in the Philippines by end of 2022.
Migo was founded by Barrett Comiskey who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2016 for inventing electronic ink and co-founding the E Ink Corporation. Electronic ink is the technology used in the display of e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle.
Migo launched in Indonesia in June 2020. It has existing partnerships for Entertainment content, Education content and Distribution:
For Entertainment content: GoPlay (the streaming service owned by Indonesian decacorn Gojek), Genflix (one of the first OTTs to launch in Indonesia), Vision+ (MNC's premium OTT), MD Pictures, Starvision, Sushiroll, SBS, JTBC, KBS Media, CJ ENM, Lionsgate
For Education content: EdTech providers such as Zenius and Sekolahmu and government bodies like the Ministry of Education and Research and Technology (Kemendikbud)
For Distribution: Sampoerna Retail Community
In September 2021, Indonesian media conglomerate MNC Group, through its subsidiary MNC Vision Networks, invested $40M in Migo Indonesia to accelerate Migo Indonesia's rollout.
In May 2022, Migo announced it had acquired its millionth customer.
Until February 2023, Migo ran its R&D, Engineering and Supply Chain center in Taipei, with its Indonesian commercial operations based in Jakarta. Migo also has a support center in Manila.
Investors
Migo is backed by sovereign wealth fund Temasek, YouTube's co-founder and former CTO Steve Chen, Founder of Farallon Capital Management's Asian business Raymond Zage, Indonesia Stock Exchange commissioner Pandu Sjahrir, Provident Capital, members from the family of Hysan Development in Hong Kong, Vickers Venture Partners, and Singaporean businessman Koh Boon Hwee.
References
Technology companies established in 2009
Indonesian companies established in 2009 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas%20Leaks | The Bahama Leaks are 1.3 million internal files from the company register of the Bahamas. After the release of the Panama Papers in 2016, an unknown source handed over internal data from the national corporate registry of the Bahamas to Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer, who analyzed them with the help of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). At the same time, ICIJ, Süddeutsche Zeitung and other media partners published detailed reporting before they published an online database of offshore entities.
The files provided data on 175,888 shell companies and trusts that were established in the Bahamas between 1990 and 2016. The 38 gigabytes of data showed that "several current and former heads of state and government and high-ranking politicians, including former EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes; Colombia’s former mining minister Carlos Caballero Argáez; Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar; and Angola’s vice-president, Manuel Domingos Vicente were respectively are directors, secretaries, or presidents of Bahamian companies".
The files were later published as part of a larger set by Distributed Denial of Secrets. The Bahamas Attorney General accused the group of hacking their corporate registry, though this was disputed by the group, the ICIJ and Frederik Obermaier.
Offshore leaks database
Combined with documents from the Panama Papers and others leaked offshore documents, for the first time a free, online and publicly-searchable database of offshore companies was made available to the public. The Offshore Leaks Database contains information about 500,000 entities linked to 200 countries and territories.
See also
Distributed Denial of Secrets
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Offshore Leaks
Panama Papers
Paradise Papers
References
2016 in the Bahamas
2016 in economics
2016 scandals
News leaks
Offshore finance
Investigative journalism
Tax investigation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Cybersecurity%20and%20Communications%20Integration%20Center | The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is part of the Cybersecurity Division of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It acts to coordinate various aspects of the U.S. federal government's cybersecurity and cyberattack mitigation efforts through cooperation with civilian agencies, infrastructure operators, state and local governments, and international partners.
It is also responsible for coordinating the national response to significant cyber incidents in accordance with the National Cyber Incident Response Plan (NCIRP).
The NCCIC consists of four branches:
NCCIC Operations & Integration (NO&I)
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT)
National Coordinating Center for Communications (NCC)
According to the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), their mission is to "reduce the risk of systemic cybersecurity and communications challenges in our role as the Nation’s flagship cyber defense, incident response, and operational integration center."
History
NCCIC was created in March 2008, and it is based on the requirements of National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23 (NSPD-54/HSPD-23), reporting directly to the DHS Secretary. The NCC is tasked with protecting the U.S. Government's communications networks. The Center monitors, collects and shares information on systems belonging to NSA, FBI, DoD, and DHS.
The first Director appointed to head the Center was Rod Beckstrom, an entrepreneur and co-author of The Starfish and the Spider. On March 5, 2009, Beckstrom tendered his resignation as the Director of the National Cybersecurity Center. According to The Washington Post, Beckstrom resigned, "...due to a lack of resources and because there were efforts underway to fold his group – as well as the division Reitinger is joining – into a facility at the NSA." On March 11, 2009, Phil Reitinger, then at Microsoft, was appointed to the position.
On October 30, 2009, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano opened NCCIC. It combined two DHS organizations: the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications (NCC). It also integrates the efforts of the National Cybersecurity Center (NCC), the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), and private-sector partners of DHS.
US President's Cyber Security Policy Review
In June 2009, the White House published a Cyber Security Policy Review; however, the NCCIC was not explicitly mentioned in that document.
National Program Office
In coordination with the United States Department of Commerce, the White House cybersecurity office announced on January 7, 2011, that it will create an office within the commerce department that is devoted to helping the development of technologies or |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafisat%20Yusuf%20Mohammed | Nafisat Yusuf Mohammed is a feminist from Somaliland, advocate for the participation of Somaliland women in politics and executive director of NAGAAD Network.
Biography
Nafisat heads NAGAAD, a women's non-governmental organization based in Hargeisa. NAGAAD was founded in 1997 as an umbrella organization of 46 women's groups in Somaliland to advocate for women's rights and empowerment from a common united front.
In February 2017, Nafisat made a presentation at the University College London Development Planning Unit (DPU) where she highlighted economic, social, financial and cultural barriers that holds Somaliland's women back from participating in politics.
Nafisat has also emphasized the need for expansion of female education in Somaliland to improve the limitations that have been imposed on females by the lack of economic opportunities. She stated that females "only operate small businesses, you won't find many rich business women here", "but this could change as enrollment in higher education is improving".
References
Somaliland politicians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic%20Trader%20%281980%20video%20game%29 | Galactic Trader is a 1980 video game published by Cybernautics.
Contents
Galactic Trader is a game in which the player was a general during the war, but now only commands a small ship that trades goods across the galaxy.
Reception
Glenn Mai reviewed Galactic Trader in The Space Gamer No. 38. Mai commented that "Overall, a good game despite its flaws. Although the [...] price tag might be a bit high, I must recommend this game for anyone who likes playing games against the computer."
References
External links
Review in Creative Computing
1980 video games
TRS-80 games
TRS-80-only games
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi%20B.%20Robbins | Naomi Robbins (née Bograd), also known by her initials NBR, is an American statistician, expert in data visualization, graphical data presentation consultant and author. She is the author of Creating More Effective Graphs, a reference book on the graphical representation of data.
Education, early life and career
Naomi Bograd was born to Samuel Bograd and his wife.
Robbins did her undergraduate studies at Bryn Mawr College,
and graduated in 1958 with honors in mathematics. By 1961, when she joined the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, she was already a member of the technical staff of Bell Labs. In 1962, she earned a master's degree from Cornell University with a thesis On a sequential process inspection scheme with an application to a detection problem. She later received a teaching assistantship at Cornell.
Robbins completed her studies with a Ph.D. from Columbia University
in 1971. Her dissertation was Some characteristics of Page's procedures for detecting a change in a location parameter.
She continued to work for many years at Bell Labs in Whippany, New Jersey before going into private practice as a statistical consultant.
Robbins also served as the 2015 chair of the Section on Statistical Graphics of the American Statistical Association. In 2016, she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Personal life
In 1962, she married Edward L. Robbins, an optometrist, originally from Jersey City, New Jersey. They have two kids, Joyce and Richard. Naomi and Edward live in Wayne, New Jersey.
References
External links
NBR, Robbins' business
Twitter account
1937 births
Living people
American statisticians
Women statisticians
Information visualization experts
Bryn Mawr College alumni
Cornell University alumni
Columbia University alumni
Fellows of the American Statistical Association |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion%20Corwell-Shertzer | Marion Corwell-Shertzer (July 1, 1926 – February 22, 2016) was an American creative professional.
For her work on educational programming for the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, according to Michigan Women Forward, she may be the first woman in the United States to write, produce, and star in her own syndicated television series. She was the first woman to be in management the Ford Motor Company public relations staff, getting hired in 1966. Eight years later, Shertzer was promoted, becoming the highest-ranking woman at Ford as their personal planning manager.
She also spent time as a member of the Michigan Women's Commission, the Andrews University Board of Trustees, and president of American Women in Radio and Television.
Biography
Early life
Marion Peterson was born on July 1, 1926, to Andrew Peterson and his wife. She attended Battle Creek Academy as a child.
Peterson spent a year in Tokyo in 1951 through the University of California. She also attended Michigan State University and received MA and BA degrees in Communication Arts. She later received an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Andrews University. Corwell-Shertzer completed other work in Human Relations at the University of Chicago and Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She was later accredited by APR, the Public Relations Society of America.
Career
Known professionally as Marion Corwell, she spent 1954 to 1962 working for the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, where she was involved in the directing, acting, producing or writing of almost 200 educational programs, which were broadcast on television around the nation. According to Michigan Women Forward, she may be the first woman in the United States to write, produce, and star in her own syndicated television series. After this, she was director of school relations at Dearborn Public Schools. While working there, in 1964 she founded the Detroit chapter of the National School Public Relations Association, serving as the chapter's first president for two years.
Corwell found work at the Ford Motor Company in 1966, when she was hired to work in management in their public relations department, making her the first woman to do so. Eight years later, Shertzer was promoted, becoming the highest-ranking woman at Ford. Serving as Ford's personnel planning manager, she promoted gender neutral job titles, a move that was repeated across the American auto industry. She later became electronics communication planning manager.
In 1968 Corwell joined the Andrews University Board of Trustees, and the next year she began a one-year term as the president of American Women in Radio and Television. During her eight years on the Michigan Women's Commission, she held public "Speak-Out" forums for women to discuss abuse and other problems they experienced. She left Andrews University in 1978, concluding ten years as the board's only female member. Corwell-Shertzer held role on the Defense A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeNSS | The South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) is a consortium of ten universities in the UK. All pioneers and world leaders in social-science research, knowledge production and training, the universities cooperate under ESRC to provide funding, expertise and an arena for Social Science and Economics researchers; their ESRC funding was announced in August 2016 after SeNSS's 2015 foundation. In 2016, SAGE Publishing revealed that it would begin a partnership with SeNSS.
Member institutions
SeNSS members are:
City, University of London
University of East Anglia
University of Essex (the co-ordinating institution)
Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Kent
University of Reading
University of Roehampton, London
Royal Holloway, University of London
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
Activities
The SeNSS is funded by the ESRC and provides funding for PhD students in the social sciences, training and workshops as well as a yearly conference. SeNSS also provides post-doctoral fellowships, placements and researcher support; SeNSS started accepting applicants in 2017.
SeNSS focuses on providing inter-disciplinary research training through engaging its scholars with expertise drawn from different scholarly fields.
References
College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom
Social sciences organizations
Scientific organisations based in the United Kingdom
2015 establishments in the United Kingdom
Scientific organizations established in 2015
South East England |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn%20Busby | Kathryn Ann Busby is an American film executive, who has been senior vice president of development at Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT), executive vice president of TriStar Television, and most recently President of Original Programming at Starz, announced in November 2021. Sometimes credited as Kathy Busby, she is also a film producer. She was elected chair of the board of directors of BAFTA Los Angeles as of 2019, and in January 2022 was announced as chair of BAFTA's inaugural North America Board.
Biography
Education and early work
Busby graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in Visual and Environmental Studies. She worked in the record industry for several years as an executive at LaFace Records, Paisley Park Records, and MCA Records in London, UK.
Television career
Beginning a career in television, Busby was director of comedy development at Universal Television from 1996 to 1999.
From 1999 to 2005 she was senior vice president and head of development at Carsey-Werner, where she developed such television series as Whoopi, The Tracy Morgan Show, Game Over, and Grounded for Life. She was subsequently supervising producer for The Aisha Tyler Show and senior vice president of production at New Line Cinema, where she was executive producer on the 2008 film Sex and the City and senior executive on Rush Hour 3 (2007).
Busby worked for four years with Turner Broadcasting from 2010, as vice president of comedy development and vice president of TNT and TBS Originals, working on such shows as Black Box, Wedding Band and Sullivan & Son. In 2014, she joined Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks, where she was senior vice president of development, initiating and overseeing the sourcing, development and early production of original series around the world.
As senior vice president of the boutique production unit Gemstone Studios, she spearheaded the development and production of drama series such as Absentia, and oversaw the development of such projects as the local-language original series Ultraviolet and the series Carter (starring Jerry O'Connell and Sydney Poitier Heartsong), until in January 2020 being named executive vice president of TriStar Television, a division of SPT.
In November 2021, it was announced that Busby would be leaving the Sony television label to become President of Original Programming at Starz.
In January 2022, Busby was elected Chair of the inaugural BAFTA North America Board.
Other activities
Also a filmmaker, Busby's work includes having directed, produced and co-written the short film Max and Josh (2006), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and the 2004 comedy short My Purple Fur Coat (winner of a Best Children's Short award at the Houston Black Film Festival). She co-authored with Neena Beber the original screenplay Her Gal Friday, which was optioned at ABC's Freeform channel.
Busby is on the Los Angeles board of directors for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (B |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Angelico | Maria Angelico is an Australian actress, writer and producer from Melbourne, Victoria. Angelico is best known for her portrayal of Julia Bechly in the TV series Sisters on Network Ten. She is also known for portraying Miss Tan in The InBESTigators.
Career
Angelico made her onscreen acting debut on Blue Heelers as teenager Jassy Kennedy in 2001 and appeared again in that series as Bianca Amalti in 2004. She continued working professionally as an actor throughout her teenage years.
In 2002, Angelico received a place in the inaugural Scholarship course at the Melbourne Theatre Company and studied at the Susan Batson studio in New York, then undertook vocal and dialect training.
In 2010-2011 Angelico completed the Part Time Acting program at 16th Street Actors Studio, in Melbourne.
In 2015, Angelico wrote, produced and starred in the web series Movement: the web series about a woman named Sophia who needs to sort out her life after making bad decisions and attempting to stay in control, won the 2016 Spotlight on Melbourne WebFest award and was selected for the digital creators showcase at TriBeCa film festival 2016. She appeared as Florence in the web series Other People’s Problems in 2017. Angelico starred in the lead role of Daphna in the stage play Bad Jews which toured nationally in Australia during 2015–2016.
In 2017, Angelico starred as Julia Bechly in the TV drama series Sisters on Network Ten.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web series/Video Games
Theatre
Awards and nominations
Screen writing
References
External links
Maria Angelico’s actor biography at CPM
Social media https://www.instagram.com/mariagloriagraceangelico/?hl=en
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian television actresses
Australian film actresses
Australian screenwriters
Australian stage actresses
21st-century Australian actresses |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Elizabeth%20Community%20Hospital | Saint Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed campus located in Red Bluff, California. The hospital is part of the Dignity Health network. It has a level-III trauma emergency department.
On November 14, 2017, several victims of the Rancho Tehama shootings were taken to Saint Elizabeth's emergency department for treatment.
Awards
Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospital in the Nation for seven consecutive years.
References
External links
Hospitals in California
Hospital networks in the United States
Trauma centers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic%20tramway%20of%20Grenoble | The Historic Tramway of Grenoble was a urban and suburban electric tramway network from the Grenoble region of France, created in 1894 and operated by the société grenobloise de tramways électriques, which has today entirely disappeared. At this time of industrial and demographic growth, the old Hippomobile modes of transportation, fiacres and horsebus, established since the end of the 18th century, were no longer sufficient to ensure smooth transport in cities. The urban and suburban lines developed continuously until the 1920s. At this point there were three main operators: the , which operated the urban lines; the , which served from Grenoble, the Left Bank of the Isère up to Froges as well as the valley of l'Oisans; and the , which linked the center of Grenoble to Chapareillan and serves the whole Right Bank in the valley of Grésivaudan. With the rise of the bus, the trolleybus and the private car, ridership and profits declined and the tramways were replaced by buses. The last line was closed in 1952 after 52 years of service, and the current tramway of Grenoble was only launched 35 years later in 1987.
See also
Grenoble tramway
Trams in France
List of town tramway systems in France
Transport in Grenoble
Tram transport in France
Grenoble |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akram%20Aldroubi | Akram Aldroubi is an American mathematician known for his work in sampling theory, harmonic analysis, and their applications to signal and image processing as well as biomedical data analysis.
Education
Aldroubi received a diplôme in electrical engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, in 1982. He studied mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, earning his master’s in 1984 and his doctorate in 1987.
Career
After Carnegie, Aldroubi worked as a researcher at the National Institutes of Health. He moved to the Department of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University in 1997 where he currently holds a position of professor. He has worked on sampling theory, wavelets, frame theory and their applications to signal and image processing.
In 2009, he was awarded the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to continue teaching and conduct research. In 2014, Aldroubi was inducted as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society for "contributions to modern harmonic analysis and its applications, and for building bridges between mathematics and other areas of science and engineering."
Bibliography
References
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
Vanderbilt University faculty
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne alumni
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
National Institutes of Health faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American mathematicians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20Billboard%20Tropical%20Songs%20of%202016 | The Billboard Tropical Airplay chart ranks the best-performing tropical songs of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems based collectively on each single's weekly airplay.
Chart history
References
United States Tropical Songs
2016
2016 in Latin music |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committees%20for%20the%20Defense%20of%20the%20Republic | The Committees for the Defence of the Republic (), or CDR, previously named Committees for the Defense of the Referendum, are a network of committees that function on a local, regional and national level in Catalonia. Its initial purpose was to facilitate the Catalan independence referendum. After the referendum, they adopted the new objective to fight for the Catalan Republic, and publicly called for violent protests and civil disobedience. The Committees for the Defense of the Republic have also made acts of sabotage, blocking railway lines and the Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport.
The CDR was created in September 2017 as voluntary groups founded by a diverse collective of popular associations. Their initial goal was to collaborate with the implementation of the Catalan independence referendum (1-O) which had been suspended by the Spanish Constitutional Court. After the referendum, the Committees promoted demonstrations against the Spanish police and organized several actions during the general strike of October 2017.
On June 17 2021, Spanish Guardia Civil (National Guard) concluded an investigation that defined the CDR as a "criminal organisation with terrorist purposes [and] capacity of assault, occupation and seize of institutional Catalan buildings and infrastructures."
Arrests
On September 23 2019, the Civil Guard arrested 9 members of the CDR in Barcelona. The members had been monitored for more than a year under Operación Judas, and were arrested on terrorism and possession of explosives charges. The charge claimed that the group planned attacks as a result of the Trial of Catalonia independence leaders, and 7 were ultimately charged with belonging to a terrorist group, manufacturing and possessing firearm, and conspiracy to cause criminal damage.
References
External links
Committees for the Defense of the Republic - Twitter account
International CDR - Twitter account
2017 in Catalonia
Autonomism
Catalan independence movement |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenQASM | Open Quantum Assembly Language (OpenQASM; pronounced open kazm) is a programming language designed for describing quantum circuits and algorithms for execution on quantum computers. It is designed to be an intermediate representation that can be used by higher-level compilers to communicate with quantum hardware, and allows for the description of a wide range of quantum operations, as well as classical feed-forward flow control based on measurement outcomes.
The language includes a mechanism for describing explicit timing of instructions, and allows for the attachment of low-level definitions to gates for tasks such as calibration. OpenQASM is not intended for general-purpose classical computation, and hardware implementations of the language may not support the full range of data manipulation described in the specification. Compilers for OpenQASM are expected to support a wide range of classical operations for compile-time constants, but the support for these operations on runtime values may vary between implementations.
The language was first described in a paper published in July 2017, and a reference source code implementation was released as part of IBM's Quantum Information Software Kit (Qiskit) for use with their IBM Quantum Experience cloud quantum computing platform. The language has similar qualities to traditional hardware description languages such as Verilog.
OpenQASM defines its version at the head of a source file as a number, as in the declaration: OPENQASM 3;
The level of OpenQASM's original published implementations is OpenQASM 2.0. Version 3.0 of the specification is the current one and can be viewed at the OpenQASM repository on GitHub.
Examples
The following is an example of OpenQASM source code from the official library. The program adds two four-bit numbers.
/*
* quantum ripple-carry adder
* Cuccaro et al, quant-ph/0410184
*/
OPENQASM 3;
include "stdgates.inc";
gate majority a, b, c {
cx c, b;
cx c, a;
ccx a, b, c;
}
gate unmaj a, b, c {
ccx a, b, c;
cx c, a;
cx a, b;
}
qubit[1] cin;
qubit[4] a;
qubit[4] b;
qubit[1] cout;
bit[5] ans;
uint[4] a_in = 1; // a = 0001
uint[4] b_in = 15; // b = 1111
// initialize qubits
reset cin;
reset a;
reset b;
reset cout;
// set input states
for i in [0: 3] {
if(bool(a_in[i])) x a[i];
if(bool(b_in[i])) x b[i];
}
// add a to b, storing result in b
majority cin[0], b[0], a[0];
for i in [0: 2] { majority a[i], b[i + 1], a[i + 1]; }
cx a[3], cout[0];
for i in [2: -1: 0] { unmaj a[i],b[i+1],a[i+1]; }
unmaj cin[0], b[0], a[0];
measure b[0:3] -> ans[0:3];
measure cout[0] -> ans[4];
References
External links
Programming languages
Quantum computing
Quantum programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20Computation%20Language | Quantum Computation Language (QCL) is one of the first implemented quantum programming languages. The most important feature of QCL is the support for user-defined operators and functions. Its syntax resembles the syntax of the C programming language and its classical data types are similar to primitive data types in C. One can combine classical code and quantum code in the same program.
The language was created to explore programming concepts for quantum computers.
The QCL library provides standard quantum operators used in quantum algorithms such as:
Controlled-not with many target qubits,
Hadamard operation on many qubits,
Phase and controlled phase.
Quantum algorithms for addition, multiplication and exponentiation with binary constants (all modulus n)
The quantum fourier transform
Syntax
Data types
Quantum - qureg, quvoid, quconst, quscratch, qucond
Classical - int, real, complex, boolean, string, vector, matrix, tensor
Function types
qufunct - Pseudo-classic operators. Can only change the permutation of basis states.
operator - General unitary operators. Can change the amplitude.
procedure - Can call measure, print, and dump inside this function. This function is non-invertible.
Built-in functions
Quantum
qufunct - Fanout, Swap, Perm2, Perm4, Perm8, Not, CNot
operator - Matrix2x2, Matrix4x4, Matrix8x8, Rot, Mix, H, CPhase, SqrtNot, X, Y, Z, S, T
procedure - measure, dump, reset
Classical
Arithmetic - sin, cos, tan, log, sqrt, ...
Complex - Re, Im, conj
Examples
The basic built-in quantum data type in QCL is the qureg (quantum register). It can be interpreted as an array of qubits (quantum bits).
qureg x1[2]; // 2-qubit quantum register x1
qureg x2[2]; // 2-qubit quantum register x2
H(x1); // Hadamard operation on x1
H(x2[1]); // Hadamard operation on the first qubit of the register x2
Since the qcl interpreter uses qlib simulation library, it is possible to observe the internal state of the quantum machine during execution of the quantum program.
qcl> dump
: STATE: 4 / 32 qubits allocated, 28 / 32 qubits free
0.35355 |0> + 0.35355 |1> + 0.35355 |2> + 0.35355 |3>
+ 0.35355 |8> + 0.35355 |9> + 0.35355 |10> + 0.35355 |11>
Note that the dump operation is different from measurement, since it does not influence the state of the quantum machine and can be realized only using a simulator.
Like in modern programming languages, it is possible to define new operations which can be used to manipulate quantum data. For example:
operator diffuse (qureg q) {
H(q); // Hadamard Transform
Not(q); // Invert q
CPhase(pi, q); // Rotate if q=1111..
!Not(q); // undo inversion
!H(q); // undo Hadamard Transform
}
defines inverse about the mean operator used in Grover's algorithm (it is sometimes called Grover's diffusion operator). This allows one to define algorithms on a higher level of abstraction and extend the library of functions available for programmers.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misra%E2%80%93Gries%20summary | In the field of streaming algorithms, Misra–Gries summaries are used to solve the frequent elements problem in the data stream model. That is, given a long stream of input that can only be examined once (and in some arbitrary order), the Misra-Gries algorithm can be used to compute which (if any) value makes up a majority of the stream, or more generally, the set of items that constitute some fixed fraction of the stream.
The term "summary" is due to Graham Cormode. The algorithm is also called the Misra–Gries heavy hitters algorithm.
The Misra–Gries summary
As for all algorithms in the data stream model, the input is a finite sequence of integers from a finite domain. The algorithm outputs an associative array which has values from the stream as keys, and estimates of their frequency as the corresponding values. It takes a parameter which determines the size of the array, which impacts both the quality of the estimates and the amount of memory used.
algorithm misra-gries:
input:
A positive integer
A finite sequence taking values in the range 1,2,...,
output: An associative array with frequency estimates for each item in
:= new (empty) associative array
while is not empty:
take a value from
if is in keys():
[] := [i] + 1
else if |keys()| < - 1:
[] := 1
else:
for each in keys():
[] := [] - 1
if [] = 0:
remove from keys()
return
Properties
The Misra–Gries algorithm uses O((log()+log())) space, where is the number of distinct values in the stream and is the length of the stream. The factor accounts for the number of entries that are kept in the associative array . Each entry consists of a value and an associated counter . The counter can, in principle, take any value in {0,...,}, which requires ⌈log(+1)⌉ bits to store. Assuming that the values are integers in {0,...,-1}, storing them requires ⌈log()⌉ bits.
Every item which occurs more than / times is guaranteed to appear in the output array. Therefore, in a second pass over the data, the exact frequencies for the −1 items can be computed to solve the frequent items problem, or in the case of =2, the majority problem. With the same arguments as above, this second pass also takes O((log()+log())) space.
The summaries (arrays) output by the algorithm are mergeable, in the sense that combining summaries of two streams and by adding their arrays keywise and then decrementing each counter in the resulting array until only keys remain results in a summary of the same (or better) quality as compared to running the Misra-Gries algorithm over the concatenation of with .
Example
Let k=2 and the data stream be 1,4,5,4,4,5,4,4 (n=8,m=5). Note that 4 is appearing 5 times in the data stream which is more than n/k=4 times and thus should appear as the output of the algorithm.
Since k=2 and |keys(A)|=k |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Facebook%20Watch%20original%20programming | Facebook Watch is a service that provides streaming of videos hosted by Facebook and access to "Facebook Original" series, shows that receive funding from Facebook. The service officially launched as Facebook Watch on August 10, 2017.
For short-form videos, Facebook originally had a budget of roughly $10,000-$40,000 per episode, though renewal contracts have placed the budget in the $50,000-$70,000-range. Long-form TV-length series have budgets between $250,000 to over $1 million. The Wall Street Journal reported in September 2017 that the company was willing to spend up to $1 billion on original video content through 2018. In April 2023, Meta announced that they were scaling back on originals entirely, having already stopped developing scripted originals in 2020.
Original programming
Drama
Comedy
Continuations
Docu-series
Animation
Game show
Live sports
News programs
Reality show
Talk show
Exclusive international distribution
These television shows, even though Facebook lists them as Facebook Watch originals, are shows that have been aired in different countries, and Facebook has bought exclusive distribution rights to stream them in other various countries. They may be available on Facebook Watch in their home territory and other markets where Facebook Watch does not have the first run license, without the Facebook Watch Original label, some time after their first-run airing on their original broadcaster.
References
External links
Facebook-related lists
Facebook Watch
Facebook Watch |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock%20Jr.%20%28TV%20series%29 | Sherlock Jr. is a 2018 Philippine television drama crime series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Rechie del Carmen, it stars Ruru Madrid in the title role. It premiered on January 29, 2018 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Super Ma'am. The series concluded on April 27, 2018, with a total of 63 episodes. It was replaced by The Cure in its timeslot.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Premise
Jack and Irene are happily in love with each other. When Irene's motivation is to expose the truth, she finds herself in trouble along with her friend, Lily. Jack and Irene's dog, Serena investigates to find the truth about what happened to Irene and Lily.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Ruru Madrid as Sherlock "Jack" Jackson Jr.
Supporting cast
Gabbi Garcia as Lily Pelaez
Serena as Siri
Mikee Quintos as Siri's voice
Ai-Ai delas Alas as Perla Calubaquib-Nuñez
Tonton Gutierrez as Lawrence Carazo
Andre Paras as Elpidio "Pido" Lumabao III
Roi Vinzon as Conrado "Rado" Nuñez
Sharmaine Arnaiz as Lorraine Pelaez
Rochelle Barrameda as Carolina Almendraz-Carazo
Matt Evans as Dindo Carazo
William Martinez as Mr. Castro
Kate Valdez as Jenny Nuñez
Sofia Pablo as Caray Nuñez
Alyana Asistio as Diosdada "Diosa" Mamaril
Guest cast
Janine Gutierrez as Irene Manansala
Carlo Gonzales as Bernardo Matias
Camille Canlas as Desiree
Hiro Peralta as Bart Lopez
Prince Villanueva as Ron
Analyn Barro as Liz
Nicole Kim Donesa as Cassandra "Sandeng" Lopez / Cass
Paolo Contis as Albert
LJ Reyes as Meryl
Aaron Yanga as Jerry
Melanie Marquez as Louella De Villa
Marc Abaya as Carl
Mika dela Cruz as Michelle
Lia Valentin as Sophie
Kiel Rodriguez as Bert
Bing Davao as Kap
Mosang as Nene
Jana Victoria as Eden
Xyruz Cruz as Mike
Rich Asuncion as Patricia
Rafael Rosell as Gregor Jackson
Sophie Albert as Erika
Marco Alcaraz as Mark
Rob Rownd as Sherlock Jackson Sr.
Valeen Montenegro as Mylene / Audrey Velasco
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of Sherlock Jr. earned an 11.4% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2018 Philippine television series debuts
2018 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine crime television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20census-designated%20places%20in%20Kansas%20by%20population | Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States that is divided into 105 counties and contains 44 census-designated places (CDPs). All population data is based on the 2010 census.
Census-Designated Places
See also
List of counties in Kansas
List of census-designated places in Kansas
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResNet | ResNet may refer to:
Residential network, a computer network provided by a university to serve residence halls
Residual flow network, in graph theory
Residual neural network, a type of artificial neural network
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), an organization responsible for home energy ratings |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wtfast | wtfast is a Canadian company that provides an optimized gaming network, also known as the Gamers Private Network (GPN), for MMO, FPS, and MOBA gamers. It is a platform that online gamers use to access gaming servers with an uninterrupted connection. The company is operated by AAA Internet Publishing, Inc. with headquarters in Kelowna, British Columbia.
History
The company was initially founded by Rob Bartlett in 1997, as AAA Internet Publishing Inc. to provide internet and technology services. However, the trademark name wtfast was registered in December 1, 2009, and the company has since operated under that name to provide lag reduction services for MMO games. In 2014, it was the top ten finalist of BCIC New Ventures Competition. In 2015, it was the top five national finalist for the TELUS and The Globe & Mail Small Business Competition. In 2016, wtfast was the finalist of Sir Richard Branson's Extreme Tech Challenge. Since 2017, some of the notable company partners include ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Linksys, HiNet, and ASI Networks.
References
External links
Online video game services
Companies based in Kelowna
Video game companies established in 2009
2009 establishments in British Columbia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20self | A virtual self is a virtual concept of self in philosophy, sociology and artificial intelligence.
virtual self, in Virtual Human Interaction Lab
Virtual Self may refer to:
The Virtual Self, book by journalist Nora Young on social media and digital information 2012
Alias of Porter Robinson
Virtual Self (EP) by Virtual Self, 2017 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Beaumont | Professor Adam Beaumont (born August 1972) is a businessman, angel investor, trustee and digital entrepreneur. He is the CEO of telecommunications provider aql, a visiting professor of cyber security at the University of Leeds and the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia to the Northern Powerhouse and the Isle of Man.
Early life and education
Beaumont was state educated. He was born in Stockport, England.
He has a PhD in Physical Chemistry and a BSc in Colour and Polymer Chemistry from the University of Leeds.
Career
After completing his PhD, Beaumont began his career at age 24 with a three-year stint as the University of Leeds' youngest lecturer in physical chemistry, including quantum mechanics and thermodynamics.
He then spent some time in secure mobile communications for the Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA), an agency of the Ministry of Defence. Beaumont was involved in building the agency's first cyber teams.
Beaumont founded telecommunications platform company aql in 1998, and is the company's CEO.
In 2008, he purchased the Salem Chapel, a 1791 Grade II listed building in the heart of Leeds. Over several years, he restored the building and turned it into the main data hub in the North. The restored chapel houses aql's head office, and has hosted the launch of government initiatives, including the Northern Powerhouse concept and the first Northern Powerhouse Partnership report.
He is a founder and board member of IXLeeds, the UK’s first and only fully independent internet exchange outside London.
In 2015, Beaumont founded not-for-profit investment platform NorthInvest. As an angel investor, he invests between £20,000 and £400,000 in early-stage tech companies, such as CBiS Education, Deekit, ID Health, Memento VR, Gravity Industries, handi and jet-drone company hydra. Northinvest raised over £2m for startups in Q1 2020 and over £9m across that year.
After aql bought Isle of Man-based communications provider BlueWave Communications in 2015, Beaumont became the company's CEO.
Beaumont is active overseas, leading the founding delegation to create UK:Estonia TechLink. More recently he led a delegation of northern business leaders on an April 2017 trade mission to San Francisco as part of the government's Northern Powerhouse initiative.
In January 2018, he helped launch Transport for the North's Strategic Transport Plan to transform transportation in the North of England over the next 30 years.
Honours and other endeavours
Beaumont was appointed a visiting professor of cyber security at the University of Leeds in October 2017. He is also a governor of Leeds City College. He is a patron of Leeds Community Foundation and the major supporter of Child friendly Leeds
In June 2017, Beaumont was appointed as a Trustee of the Eden Project. He is also a Non Executive Director of the Eden Project International Board - responsible for Eden projects in China, Ireland, Dubai, US. He is a key driver of Eden Project North,
Beaumo |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoHive | CoHive, formerly known as EV Hive is a former coworking space based in Indonesia, providing flexible workspace, business services and networking for entrepreneurs and startups.
The company counts several venture capital funds among its investors, including East Ventures, Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), Insignia Ventures, Intudo Ventures and Jacumen Investments. The company announced its bankruptcy and its closure in 2023.
History
CoHive was founded in 2015, when it was originally known as EV Hive (East Ventures' Hive). It started as a part-time initiative from funding firm East Ventures to provide a working place for its portfolios. Soon after that, it realized that the initiative actually similar to a business model called co-working space, and decided to continue the initiative.
In the beginning, EV Hive only had two locations in South Jakarta and one in BSD City.
On 15 May 2017, EV Hive announced the acquisition of pre-series A funding of US$0.8 million as well as the appointment of Carlson Lau as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jason Lee as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Ethan Choi as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).
In September 2017, EV Hive received additional funding from Insignia Venture Partners and other investors including Intudo Ventures, East Ventures and SMDV. In November, the company announced a merger with Clapham Collective, a coworking space in Medan, as well as the opening of the first EV Hive branch in Medan. By then, the company had nine locations in Jakarta, Tangerang and Medan.
In June 2019, EV Hive rebranded as CoHive. At the same time, it also announced that it raised US$13.5 million in a new round of funding led by Korea's Stonebridge Ventures. Right now, CoHive is present in 31 locations covering approximately 65,000 square meters in Jakarta, Medan, Yogyakarta, and Bali, including an 18 storeys building that can house up to 2,700 members.
Closure
CoHive declared bankruptcy on January 18, 2023 and announced the closure of its business on February 7, 2023. The company stated that the bankruptcy is caused by the long term effect of COVID-19 pandemic, the high availability of office space, and the lack of financing opportunities.
References
Service companies of Indonesia
Real estate companies established in 2015
Indonesian companies established in 2015
Defunct companies of Indonesia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SafeToNet | SafeToNet is a British cyber-security company headquartered in London, with offices in Cologne and Toronto. The company uses artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioural analytics to help safeguard children by detecting threats such as cyberbullying, sextortion, abuse and aggression.
History
SafeToNet was founded by Richard Pursey, Sharon Pursey, Georgina Pursey, Jack Pursey and Ted Hailey in October 2013, and its products were first launched in July 2017. In June 2018, SafeToNet acquired AI startup VISR, and raised $13 million in Series A private placement led by London-based venture capital firm, West Hill Capital.
Awards and recognition
Awards
November 2016 - Pride of Reading's "Entrepreneur of the Year" to co-founder and CEO Richard Pursey
November 2016 - Winner of KPMG's "Best British Mobile Start-Up" competition for South West England
November 2016 - SafeToNet wins BT Infinity Lab 'mobile innovation' competition
March 2017 - Winner of KPMG’s "Best British Mobile Start-Up" competition at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
September 2017 - GoIgnite Global Call's "Consumer Experience AI" award
October 2017 - "Rising Star Award" by Women in Business to Co-founder Sharon for her work with SafeToNet
November 2017 - Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards for "Best Use of Technology"
Recognition
March 2017 - Featured in RealBusiness publication's "The 50 most disruptive UK companies in 2017: The Future 50"
June 2017 - Featured in Businesscloud UK's "101 tech start-up disrupter's list" for 2017
Recognised by Cisco as one of the UK and Ireland's top 50 cyber security start-ups (the Cisco50 programme)
February 2018 - SafeToNet won the GSMA D-Lab competition cyberbullying prevention software
SafeToNet is one of 5 companies worldwide to be a member of the Go-Ignite accelerator (a consortium of Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, Singtel and Orange)
Relationship between the SafeToNet Foundation and SafeToNet Ltd.
SafeToNet Foundation is a registered UK charity, SafeToNet Ltd is a commercial enterprise and funds the SafeToNet Foundation. Both are concerned with safeguarding children in the Digital Context. While SafeToNet does this using technology and applications, the SafeToNet Foundation does this through education, information, finding projects and research. The SafeToNet Foundation also works with subject matter experts to rehabilitate any victims of cyber abuse.
References
External links
SafeToNet Foundation Official Website
Software companies of England
Software companies established in 2013
Companies based in the London Borough of Southwark
2013 establishments in England
British companies established in 2013
Child safety |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20machine%20learning | Automated machine learning (AutoML) is the process of automating the tasks of applying machine learning to real-world problems.
AutoML potentially includes every stage from beginning with a raw dataset to building a machine learning model ready for deployment. AutoML was proposed as an artificial intelligence-based solution to the growing challenge of applying machine learning. The high degree of automation in AutoML aims to allow non-experts to make use of machine learning models and techniques without requiring them to become experts in machine learning. Automating the process of applying machine learning end-to-end additionally offers the advantages of producing simpler solutions, faster creation of those solutions, and models that often outperform hand-designed models.
Common techniques used in AutoML include hyperparameter optimization, meta-learning and neural architecture search.
Comparison to the standard approach
In a typical machine learning application, practitioners have a set of input data points to be used for training. The raw data may not be in a form that all algorithms can be applied to. To make the data amenable for machine learning, an expert may have to apply appropriate data pre-processing, feature engineering, feature extraction, and feature selection methods. After these steps, practitioners must then perform algorithm selection and hyperparameter optimization to maximize the predictive performance of their model. If deep learning is used, the architecture of the neural network must also be chosen by the machine learning expert.
Each of these steps may be challenging, resulting in significant hurdles to using machine learning. AutoML aims to simplify these steps for non-experts, and to make it easier for them to use machine learning techniques correctly and effectively.
AutoML plays an important role within the broader approach of automating data science, which also includes challenging tasks such as data engineering, data exploration and model interpretation and prediction.
Targets of automation
Automated machine learning can target various stages of the machine learning process. Steps to automate are:
Data preparation and ingestion (from raw data and miscellaneous formats)
Column type detection; e.g., boolean, discrete numerical, continuous numerical, or text
Column intent detection; e.g., target/label, stratification field, numerical feature, categorical text feature, or free text feature
Task detection; e.g., binary classification, regression, clustering, or ranking
Feature engineering
Feature selection
Feature extraction
Meta-learning and transfer learning
Detection and handling of skewed data and/or missing values
Model selection - choosing which machine learning algorithm to use, often including multiple competing software implementations
Ensembling - a form of consensus where using multiple models often gives better results than any single model
Hyperparameter optimization of the learning alg |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoughton%20Public%20Library | The Stoughton Public Library is part of the Old Colony Library Network (OCLN), a cooperative of libraries located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. In addition to books and print materials, the library offers patrons access to eBooks and databases through the OCLN, as well as lending museum passes to area museums and zoos, coordinating free tutoring for adults in Basic Literacy and English to Speakers of Other Languages, and housing local historical and genealogical materials in the Stoughton Collection. Established in 1874, the library is currently temporarily located at 529 Washington Street, Stoughton, MA. The permanent location, at 84 Park Street, is undergoing a large-scale renovation to expand the library's current space from 22,000 square feet to 31,058 square feet and is projected to re-open in May 2018.
History
March 12, 1874 was the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Stoughton Public Library, preceding the opening of the library on March 17 at its original location in Morton Square. Wales French was the first to hold the position of librarian. In 1881 the Board applied to businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for funding for a dedicated library building and was denied.
The library moved three times and by 1900 was located inside Stoughton Town Hall. In 1902 the Board of Trustees requested private donations to build a library. Lucius B. Clapp, a local farmer, selectman, and library trustee, anonymously donated $25,000 to cover the cost of the building. A donation from Henry L. Pierce was used to purchase books. The architect, Walter Atherton, was trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and had been raised on the lot adjacent to the land purchased from his family to be used for the library. The library, a brick Georgian Revival, was dedicated on June 30, 1904. The building housed the library as well as the Stoughton Historical Society at 6 Park Street.
In 1969 a modern library was built to meet the needs of the town at nearby 84 Park Street. The old building was renamed the Lucius Clapp Memorial and continued to house the Stoughton Historical Society. The new 22,000 square foot building with a 96,000 book capacity acquired the name Stoughton Public Library.
In May 2011 Stoughton residents approved a $14 million renovation to the library. The funding includes $7 million in a matching grant from the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program. The renovated space will increase the size of the library to 31,058 square feet and will include improvements to make it accessible to patrons with disabilities as well as adding a cafe on the second floor. Boston-based architecture firm Finegold Alexander Architects designed the renovated space.
References
Public libraries in Massachusetts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersex%20%28mixtape%29 | Cybersex is the second commercial mixtape by American singer Blackbear, released on November 27, 2017, by Beartrap, Alamo Records, and Interscope Records. It was preceded by two official singles; "Playboy Shit" featuring Lil Aaron and "Up In This" with Tinashe.
Background
Blackbear released his fifth extended play (EP), Salt on April 2, 2017. He released his third solo studio album Digital Druglord on April 20 to critical acclaim, charting at No. 19 on the Canadian Albums Chart and at No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard 200. While touring as a supporting act on American rock band Fall Out Boy's The Mania Tour in North America, Blackbear began writing and recording his next musical project.
Promotion
Blackbear first revealed Cybersex on his SoundCloud bio during July which many people did not see until his official reveal on August 13, 2017.
Singles
The first single, "Playboy Shit", featuring American rapper Lil Aaron, was released on October 6, 2017 exclusively on PornHub. "Playboy Shit" was later released for digital download and streaming on October 13. "Up In This", with American singer Tinashe was released as the second single on October 26.
Promotional singles
The first promotional single, "Bright Pink Tims", featuring American rapper Cam'ron, was released on October 20. On November 13, he released the second promotional single, "Gucci Linen", featuring American rapper 2 Chainz.
Track listing
Credits were adapted from iTunes and Tidal.
Notes
signifies a co-producer
Every song is stylized in lowercase letters. For example, "Playboy Shit" is stylized as "playboy shit".
Personnel
Credits were adapted from Tidal.
Performers
Blackbear – primary artist
Tinashe – primary artist
Ne-Yo – primary artist
2 Chainz – featured artist
Cam'ron – featured artist
Lil Aaron – featured artist
Machine Gun Kelly – featured artist
FRND – featured artist
T-Pain – featured artist
Rick Ross – featured artist
THEY. – featured artist
Paul Wall – featured artist
Riff Raff – featured artist
Technical
Blackbear – engineer
Maddox Chhim – mixing engineer
Production
Jesse "Corparal" Wilson – producer
Rad Cat – co-producer , producer
Aaron Zuckerman – producer
Tarro – producer
Judge – producer
Wax Motif – co-producer
FRND – producer
Good Intent – producer
Hot Sugar – producer
Ayo – producer
Keyz – producer
Blackbear – producer
J. Hill – producer
Charts
References
2017 albums
Blackbear (musician) albums
Interscope Records albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Smith%20%28biographer%29 | Alexander Smith (fl. 1714–1726) was a compiler of volumes of biographies. Presumed to be a nom de plume, but the details of the real authors are unknown.
Biography
"Captain Alex. Smith" is known only for his/her compilations created during the reign of George I, which suggest that he was better known as a frequenter of police-courts and taverns than in military circles. It is not improbable that his industry was stimulated by the success obtained by Theophilus Lucas from his ‘'Lives of the Gamesters,’' published in 1714. The works issued in Captain Alexander Smith's name were:
‘A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the most notorious Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifts, and Cheats of both Sexes in and about London and Westminster’ (2nd edit. London, 1714, 12mo, supplementary volume, 1720, 12mo; another edit., 2 vols. 1719, 12mo; 1719–20, 3 vols. 12mo); this curious work, which commands a high price, commences with a humorous account of Sir John Falstaff, and gives details, frequently no less mythical, about the Golden Farmer, Nevison, Duval, Moll Cutpurse, and a score of other notorious persons. The life of the highwaywoman Joan Bracey appears to come from this one source.
The supplement of 1720 includes a ‘Thieves' Grammar.’
‘Secret History of the Lives of the most celebrated Beauties, Ladies of Quality, and Jilts, from Fair Rosamond down to this Time,’ London, 1715, 2 vols. 12mo.
‘Court of Venus, or Cupid restored to Sight,’ London, 1716, 2 vols. 12mo.
‘Thieves' New Canting Dictionary of the Words, Proverbs, Terms, and Phrases used in the Language of Thieves,’ London, 1719, 12mo.
‘The Comical and Tragical History of the Lives and Adventures of the most noted Bayliffs in and about London and Westminster … discovering their stratagems and tricks, wherein the whole Art and Mistery of Bumming is fully exposed,’ London, 1723, 8vo; 3rd edit. 1723. This shilling brochure had a great sale, mainly on account of the extreme coarseness of the drolleries, which reaches its climax in the account of the indignities inflicted upon a bailiff caught within the liberties of the Mint (this is effectively utilised in the opening chapters of Ainsworth's ‘Jack Sheppard’).
‘Memoirs of the Life and Times of the famous Jonathan Wild, together with the Lives of modern Rogues … that have been executed since his death,’ London, 1726, 12mo (with cuts).
‘Court Intrigue, or an Account of the Secret Memoirs of the British Nobility and others,’ London, 1730, 12mo.
[Smith's Works in British Museum Library; Lowndes's Bibl. Man. (Bohn), p. 2417; Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica; Allibone's Dict. of Engl. Lit.]
References
External links
Smith, Alexander at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
18th-century biographers
18th-century English writers
English biographers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash%20Cowboys%20%282017%20TV%20series%29 | Cash Cowboys is a new reality show airing on Pop (U.S. TV network) produced by Associated Television International, currently airing on Pop TV and premiered on Saturday, November 4 at 11:00 a.m. ET/PT on Pop TV.
Cash Cowboys is a reality television show about, the Huwas, a Colorado-based family of farmers, modern cowboys and entrepreneurs. The Huwas are a busy family with many hobbies they participate in together while also running numerous family businesses including a large land reclamation company reclaiming land that has been destroyed by naturally occurring disasters and more. Stemming from generations of farmers, the Huwas have obtained a unique skill set they apply to reclaiming and protecting Americas land.;
References
2017 Canadian television series debuts
2010s Canadian reality television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu%20the%20Vampyre%20%28video%20game%29 | Nosferatu the Vampyre is an action game based on the film of the same name and runs on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers. It was developed by Design Design and published by Piranha Software in 1986.
Plot
An estate agent named Jonathan Harker explores a castle to find some important papers, while his wife Lucy pursues the vampire that dwells in the castle.
Gameplay
The game consists of three different stages. In each stage the player takes the role of a different character; Jonathan in the first stage, Van Helsing (along with Jonathan and Lucy) in the second stage and Lucy in the third stage. The castle rooms are displayed in an isometric view. The player can pick up four different items including one weapon (such as a gun), one tool (for example a lamp) and a healing item (like food).
Reception
The game was praised for its excellent detailed graphics and animation while being comparable to The Great Escape.
References
External links
1980s horror video games
1986 video games
Action games
Amstrad CPC games
Commodore 64 games
Gothic video games
Works based on Nosferatu
Piranha Software games
Single-player video games
Video games about vampires
Video games based on Dracula
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games set in castles
Video games with isometric graphics
ZX Spectrum games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programmes%20broadcast%20by%20Discovery%20Kids%20%28India%29 | This is a list of television programs currently and formerly broadcast by Discovery Kids in India.The channel was launched on 7 August 2012.
Current programming
Bunty Billa Aur Babban
Fukrey Boyzzz
Kisna
Mr. Bean Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
Roll No 21 Former programming
1001 Nights Adiboo Adventures Adventure 8: Zoo Games Animal Atlas Art Ninja BatwheelsBindi the Jungle Girl Akbar and Birbal Angry Birds Blues Angry Birds Stella Angry Birds Toons Bablu Dablu Bandbudh Aur Budbak Bump Bunty Billa Aur Babban Care Bears Chaplin & Co ChimpuiClassmate Spell Bee Clifford the Big Red Dog Dex Hamilton: Alien EntomologistDick 'N' Dom Go WildDino DanDiscovery School Super League Dinofroz DokiFinding Stuff Out Gadget Boy G.I. Joe: Renegades Haddi mera Buddy Howzzattt Kim Insectibles Legend of Enyo Little Krishna Luv Kushh Little Singham Maya the BeeMister MakerMystery Hunters India Molly of Denali The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog Nature Cat The Monster Kid The New Woody Woodpecker Show Piggy Tales Pinkalicious & Peterrific Nils Holgersson Oscar's Oasis Papyrus Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood Sally Bollywood
Shaktimaan: The Animated Series Sheikh Chilli and Friendz Smaashhing Simmba Sunny Bunnies Sheik
Tenali Raman The Adventures of Chuck and Friends The Adventures of Tintin
The Amazing Spiez! The Woody Woodpecker Show Tiny Toon Adventures The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) Tom and Jerry Tales Transformers: Animated Transformers: Armada Transformers: Cybertron Transformers: Cyberverse Transformers: Energon Transformers: Prime Transformers: Rescue Bots Wild KrattsWild Tales Zak Storm''
References
Lists of Indian television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20Wood | Gavin James Wood is an English computer scientist, a co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Polkadot and Kusama.
Early life
Wood was born in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom. He attended the Lancaster Royal Grammar School. He graduated from the University of York with a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Computer Systems and Software Engineering in 2002 and completed his PhD entitled "Content-based visualisation to aid common navigation of musical audio" in 2005.
Career
Before working on Ethereum, Wood was a research scientist at Microsoft. He was one of the founders of the Ethereum blockchain, which he has described as "one computer for the entire planet," with Vitalik Buterin, Charles Hoskinson, Anthony Di Iorio and Joseph Lubin during 2013–2014. Wood proposed and helped develop Solidity, a programming language for writing smart contracts. He also released the paper defining the Ethereum Virtual Machine, the runtime system for smart contracts in Ethereum, in 2014. He also served as the Ethereum Foundation's first chief technology officer. Wood left the Ethereum Foundation in January 2016.
Wood founded Parity Technologies (formerly Ethcore), which developed a client for the Ethereum network and creates software for companies using blockchain technology, with Jutta Steiner, who also previously worked at the Ethereum Foundation. The company released the Parity Ethereum software client, written in Rust, in early 2016. He held the title of chief web officer at Parity in 2018.
He founded the Web3 Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on decentralised internet infrastructure and technology, starting with the Polkadot network. In comparison to Bitcoin's proof of work mechanism, Polkadot relies on proof of stake mechanism and allows developers to create their own blockchain that can talk to other ledgers, forming a system of parachains. Developers can decide what kind of transaction fees to charge and how fast to confirm blocks of transactions across the digital ledgers. In 2019, he founded Kusama, an early stage experimental development environment for Polkadot.
Charity
Amid 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Wood donated $5.8 million in cryptocurrency to support Ukraine.
Publications
Ethereum: A Secure Decentralised Generalised Transaction Ledger
Polkadot: Vision for a Heterogenous Multi-Chain Framework
References
Living people
British technology company founders
People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Alumni of the University of York
People associated with Ethereum
People from Lancaster, Lancashire
Chief technology officers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetitia%20Mikail | Laetitia Aida Mikail (born mid-1980s) is a Monégasque lawyer and Director at the Junior Chamber of Economics of Monaco where she is responsible for business network events. As a result of her success, in the autumn of 2017, she was appointed to serve for the next three years on Monaco's Conseil Strategique pour l’Attractivité (Strategic Council for Attractiveness) which is involved in planning the country's future economic development.
Biography
Born in Monaco in the mid-1980s, Laetitia Aida Mikail studied law at Keele University in Staffordshire, England, graduating in 2006. She went on to complete a course in Legal Practice at Oxford University (2006–07). She joined the law firm Moores Rowland in 2014 where she serves mainly foreign clients in matters of tax, trusts and company administration.
In 2017, she has achieved unexpected success as the director responsible for networking events with the Junior Chamber of Economics. In March 2017, she began her assignment by launching a meeting on the art market and auctioning at the Villa Sauber, one of the exhibition venues of the New National Museum of Monaco. It attracted over a hundred enthusiasts in the presence of the Monaco diplomat Henri Fissore and Pierre Médecin, the country's branding expert.
References
1980s births
Living people
Monegasque women in business
Monegasque lawyers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Google%20Pixel%20smartphones | The following is a comparative list of smartphones belonging to the Google Pixel line of devices, all using the Android operating system.
See also
Comparison of Google Nexus smartphones
List of Google Play edition devices
References
Computing comparisons
Google hardware
Pixel smartphones, Comparison of
Comparison
Lists of mobile phones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314%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, from September 2013 to August 2014. 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.
Legend
Schedule
Monday-Friday
NOTE: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ended its second run on February 6, 2014, with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premiering on February 17, 2014.
NOTE: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ended on February 7, 2014, with Late Night with Seth Meyers premiering on February 24, 2014.
Saturday
By network
ABC
Returning series
ABC World News Now
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Nightline
CBS
Returning series
Late Night with David Letterman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Up to the Minute
FOX
Returning series
Animation Domination High-Def
Encore Programming
NBC
Returning series
Last Call with Carson Daly
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Mad Money
Saturday Night Live
Today With Kathie Lee and Hoda
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
New series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
References
United States late night network television schedules
Late
Late |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consular%20Consolidated%20Database | The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) is a database used by the Bureau of Consular Affairs under the United States Department of State, that has over 290 million passport records, 184 million visa records, and 25 million records of U.S. citizens living overseas, and adding 35,000 visa cases a day.
History
Size estimates
Privacy Impact Assessments
A number of Privacy Impact Assessments have been conducted for CCD. The list below is not necessarily comprehensive.
Qualitative history
Some CCD records date back to the mid-1990s. Since February 2001, CCD has stored photographs of all visa applicants in electronic form. Since 2007, CCD has been storing ten-print scans.
On July 19 or 20, 2014, after a software update, CCD started having significant performance issues. On July 23, CCD was brought back online with limited capacity. The Department of State worked with Microsoft and Oracle to restore the old level of performance. Due to issues with CCD, visa caseload processing was slowed down, disrupting travel experiences of people around the world. The system was processing at normal rates as of August 2, but the problem was declared fully fixed a month later.
A Congressional Research Service report about visa issuances, published November 18, 2015, discussed the CCD at some length.
In April 2016, it was revealed that an internal review by the U.S. Department of State of its cyber-defenses had found that CCD was at risk of being compromised, though no breach had been detected.
Linked databases
The following are the two main databases linked with CCD:
Automatic Biometric Identification System (IDENT; formerly ABIS) managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)
The Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs additionally uses data from the Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS) to augment the data in CCD when processing visa cases.
The 2015 Privacy Impact Assessment for CCD gives a lengthy list of systems within the Department of State that are connected to CCD. The 2008 PIA lists a number of databases with which there is bi-directional data flow, along with the type of data in each, but the list may be outdated.
See also
E-Verify
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements
Consular Lookout and Support System
References
United States Department of State
Consular affairs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20Museum%20of%20Western%20Virginia | The Science Museum of Western Virginia is a science museum located in Roanoke, Virginia. Exhibit themes include the environment and its health, healthy bodies, computer coding, the scientific method of engineering, and science through toys and amusements. The museum also features a maker space and a garden with a variety of plants with a focus on agriculture.
In partnership with Virginia Tech, the Science Museum of Western Virginia sponsors the annual Virginia Science Festival.
History
The museum was chartered in January 1970 as the first science museum in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Originally housed in the 400 square foot basement of Cherry Hill, a multi-cultural center in South Roanoke, it moved in 1976 to the abandoned Tinker Creek School, a 3,000 square-foot building built during World War I. In 1983 the museum moved into the Center in the Square, a renovated large five-story warehouse in the city's downtown market district that opened as a multi-cultural center with other museums and non-profit organizations.
References
External links
Science Museum of Western Virginia
Science museums in Virginia
Museums in Roanoke, Virginia
Museums established in 1970 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMix | vMix is a software vision mixer available for the Windows operating system. The software is developed by StudioCoast PTY LTD. Like most vision mixing software, it allows users to switch inputs, mix audio, record outputs, and live stream cameras, videos files, audio, and more, in resolutions of up to 4K. The software is also capable of serving image magnification (IMAG) and projection needs in many instances, with various configurable external output and display options.
vMix is available in multiple editions ranging in price and available features. Current editions include Basic, Basic HD, SD, HD, 4K, and Pro. Users can upgrade from one edition to another for the difference between the original edition purchased and the one you wish to upgrade to. Updates are provided for free for 1 year with a purchase of any edition, after 1 year users can opt to purchase additional years for US$60.
vMix heavily takes advantage of the GPU, and relies on graphics libraries such as Direct3D, making the software exclusive to the Windows operating system, though it can be run through Boot Camp. StudioCoast has previously indicated that the software performs best on dedicated Nvidia video cards.
Features
vMix Call
With the release of version 19, vMix Call is available, marking the first time a software vision mixer has been released with built in video-conferencing. With vMix call, any third party with access to a web browser (on any platform including mobile) can connect remotely to the vMix software. This allows the operator to incorporate the call into a live production in the same way that they would with any other source. The number of simultaneous calls varies by version with 1 caller available on the HD level, 4 with 4K and 8 calls on the pro level. vMix call is not available with Basic or Basic HD versions.
vMix Social
vMix Social allows operators to incorporate social media content and comments from Twitter, Facebook, Twitch and YouTube Live and IRC Channels. Content can be queued from any web browser and integrated with animated titles within vMix.
vMix Replay
Instant replay for up to 8 HD cameras allowing users to playback clips at speeds from 5-400%. Also supports 2 channels of 4K Replay and High Frame Rates (Up to 240fps).
GT Graphics Engine
With the release of version 22, vMix includes a new graphics engine for visuals and overlays, dubbed "GT Graphics Engine". Accompanying the new engine is a more comprehensive titling application called "GT Title Designer" which supports more robust functions than the original title designer (which is still included) and also supports animations. Version 22 also brought the release of a proprietary codec aimed at streamlining post-production: "vMix Video Codec", it has been described as having "similar quality to ProRes but with very low CPU usage."
SRT Support
The release of vMix 23 includes full support for Secure Reliable Transport or SRT, making it the first live video production software to do so.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20main%20unit | In an electrical power distribution system, a ring main unit (RMU) is a factory assembled, metal enclosed set of switchgear used at the load connection points of a ring-type distribution network. It includes in one unit two switches that can connect the load to either or both main conductors, and a fusible switch or circuit breaker and switch that feed a distribution transformer. The metal enclosed unit connects to the transformer either through a bus throat of standardized dimensions, or else through cables and is usually installed outdoors. Ring main cables enter and leave the cabinet. This type of switchgear is used for medium-voltage power distribution, from 7200 volts to about 36000 volts.
The ring main unit was introduced in the United Kingdom and is now widely used in other countries. In North American distribution practice, often the equivalent of a ring main unit is built into a pad-mounted transformer which integrates switches and transformer into a single cabinet.
Categories
Ring main units can be characterized by their type of insulation: air, oil or gas. The switch used to isolate the transformer can be a fusible switch, or may be a circuit breaker using vacuum or gas-insulated interrupters. The unit may also include protective relays to operate the circuit breaker on a fault.
See also
Ring circuit
References
Medium Voltage Ring Main Unit - Lucy Electric
MV RMU SafeRing catalogue – ABB
Distribution Automation Handbook // Elements of power distribution systems – ABB
RM6 Ring main Unit catalogue – Schneider Electric
MV RMU SafeRing catalogue – ABB
http://chiragtec.com/images/Gas-Insulated%20Ring%20Main%20Unit%20-%20SafeRing/1.1%20-%20RMU%20Catalogue.pdf
Electrical systems
Electric power systems components
Electric power distribution |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditi%20Avasthi | Aditi Avasthi is an Indian entrepreneur who founded and is CEO of Embibe, an artificial intelligence educational technology platform, based in Bangalore. She has been the recipient of many awards including being selected as a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum in 2021. She was also ranked among BBC's top 100 Women in 2017. In 2018, she was chosen the 'Woman Of The Year’ by Vogue in 2018.
Early life and education
Avasthi was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India on 10 December 1981. She is the daughter of Arun Kumar and Veena Avasthi. She had studied in multiple schools in India.
Avasthi received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Thapar University in 2003, and received her MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2010.
Career
Following her schooling in India, Aditi started her career at Tata Consultancy Services where she collaborated in the growth of new business initiatives in the UK. While at Tata Consultancy Services, she won AIMA Young Leaders project, although her nomination for the award was initially rejected as she was too young.
After her MBA, she joined Barclays as Deputy Chief of Product and Strategy Head for their mobile banking division in Africa. Later moving to Delaware, USA, in the year 2012, she worked at Barclaycard as the Director of Corporate Development in Mobile Commerce Business for an year. At Barclays, Avasthi contributed to overall mobile business strategy, and also led the design of the business cases on the monetization of mobile commerce.
In 2012, she founded Embibe, with $700,000 funding gathered from angel investors, and she received further investments from Kalaari Capital and Lightbox Ventures during the following year. which is a personalized engine for education based on a knowledge graph that connects all grades' curriculum and learning context together, so students can achieve their targeted learning outcomes. The platform also provides services based on the Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced. Later she conducted a successful corporate round with Reliance Industries in 2018. In April 2018, Reliance Industries Limited announced an investment of $180 million in Embibe.
Avasthi commented on her business, "Running my own business and being able to breathe life into my vision of disrupting the education system using data science and technology makes me more determined to achieve my goals. Patience, persistence and being able to multi-task come naturally to me as well as most women so that is a big advantage when starting from scratch."
Awards
[[40 Under 40|Fortune'''s 40 Under 40]], in 2015
Business Impact Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Digital Disruptor
BBC 100 Women for addressing illiteracy in 2017
40 Under 40 by Business World 2017
Vogue Woman of the Year, under the category Young achiever, in 2018
CEO of the Year, Edtechreview, February 2018
AICRA, January 2019
Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Indian Education Congress/ Entrepr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%E2%80%93computer%20interaction | Animal–Computer Interaction (ACI) is a field of research for the design and use of technology with, for and by animals covering different kinds of animals from wildlife, zoo and domesticated animals in different roles. It emerged from, and was heavily influenced by, the discipline of Human–computer interaction (HCI). As the field expanded, it has become increasingly multi-disciplinary, incorporating techniques and research from disciplines such as artificial intelligence (AI), requirements engineering (RE), and veterinary science.
A central theme of ACI research is establishing how user-centred design approaches and methods from HCI can be adapted to design for animals. Accordingly, many studies seek to adopt 'animal-centred' approaches to design and research.
In an ACI Manifesto (2011), Mancini defines one aim of ACI as understanding "the interaction between animals and computing technology within the contexts in which animals habitually live, are active, and socialise with members of the same or other species, including humans". She additionally proposes three core design goals for the field: enhancing animals' quality of life and wellbeing; supporting animals in the functions assigned to them by humans; and supporting human-animal relationships. Accordingly, some ACI research has given considerable attention to questions of animal ethics, welfare, consent and power.
Applications
Much ACI work focuses on technologies to support communication and relationships between animals and humans. Researchers have investigated digital technologies for dogs, including systems for remote communication with dogs left at home, wearable interactive devices for them, and interfaces for working dogs. They have also explored technology for interactions with other domestic animals, including cats. An increasing focus in the ACI community is investigating the wider context of these technologies and the impact they have beyond the individual animals that use them, from security and privacy considerations of pet wearables, the effect they may have on humans living with these animals, the context they are deployed in, to supporting veterinary science, and animal behavior research.
Animal Internet Technologies
Recent work in ACI has focused on how internet connected technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), can support animals. This includes technologies such as remote video call devices for dogs to call their owners, speculative technologies for dogs to sense their owners and technologies to support dog-to-dog interactions mediated by the internet. Much of this work has focused on how to incorporate interspecies design into the process and what the user experience and what interactive internet systems look like with animal users.
Conferences
The ACI community has organised its flagship conference, the International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction, as a yearly stand-alone event since 2016 with its proceedings published in the ACM Digital Librar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyoukou | is a supercomputer developed by and PEZY Computing, based around ExaScaler's ZettaScaler immersion cooling system.
It was deployed at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences, the same floor where the Earth Simulator is located. Amid the scandal regarding the development grant, it was removed from JAMSTEC in April 2018.
System
Gyoukou is based on ExaScaler's ZettaScaler-2.x technology which features liquid immersion cooling system using Fluorinert.
Each immersion tank can contain 16 Bricks. A Brick consists of a backplane board, 32 PEZY-SC2 modules, 4 Intel Xeon D host processors, and 4 InfiniBand EDR cards. Modules inside a Brick are connected by hierarchical PCI Express fabric switches, and the Bricks are interconnected by InfiniBand.
Each PEZY-SC2 module contains 2048 processing elements (1 GHz design), six MIPS64 control processors, and 4 DDR4 DIMMs (64GB per module as of November 2017).
Performance
With partial configuration, Gyoukou was ranked 69th at 1,677.1 teraflops on the June 2017 TOP500 ranking.
After upgrade to full scale (equivalent of 19.5 immersion tanks) using newer ZettaScaler-2.2 system, it ranked 4th at 19,135.8 teraflops on the November 2017 TOP500 ranking. At the time of benchmarking, 1984 out of 2048 cores of each PEZY-SC2 were used at 700 MHz clock.
Gyoukou has high energy efficiency, and it ranked 5th at 14.173 gigaflops/watt on the November 2017 Green500 energy efficiency ranking. at the time benchmarked as 19,860,000 "cores" (after an upgrade).
Notes
External links
ExaScaler Inc.
PEZY Computing K.K.
Supercomputers
Supercomputing in Japan
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual%20neural%20network | A Residual Neural Network (a.k.a. Residual Network, ResNet) is a deep learning model in which the weight layers learn residual functions with reference to the layer inputs. A Residual Network is a network with skip connections that perform identity mappings, merged with the layer outputs by addition. It behaves like a Highway Network whose gates are opened through strongly positive bias weights. This enables deep learning models with tens or hundreds of layers to train easily and approach better accuracy when going deeper. The identity skip connections, often referred to as "residual connections", are also used in the 1997 LSTM networks, Transformer models (e.g., BERT, GPT models such as ChatGPT), the AlphaGo Zero system, the AlphaStar system, and the AlphaFold system.
Residual Networks were developed by Kaiming He, Xiangyu Zhang, Shaoqing Ren, and Jian Sun, which won the ImageNet 2015 competition.
Formulation
Background
The AlexNet model developed in 2012 for ImageNet was an 8-layer convolutional neural network.
The neural networks developed in 2014 by the Visual Geometry Group (VGG) at the University of Oxford approached a depth of 19 layers by stacking 3-by-3 convolutional layers.
But stacking more layers led to a quick reduction in training accuracy, which is referred to as the "degradation" problem.
A deeper network should not produce a higher training loss than its shallower counterpart, if this deeper network can be constructed by its shallower counterpart stacked with extra layers. If the extra layers can be set as identity mappings, the deeper network would represent the same function as the shallower counterpart. It is hypothesized that the optimizer is not able to approach identity mappings for the parameterized layers.
Residual Learning
In a multi-layer neural network model, consider a subnetwork with a certain number (e.g., 2 or 3) of stacked layers. Denote the underlying function performed by this subnetwork as , where is the input to this subnetwork.
The idea of "Residual Learning" re-parameterizes this subnetwork and lets the parameter layers represent a residual function .
The output of this subnetwork is represented as:
This is also the principle of the 1997 LSTM cell computing , which becomes during backpropagation through time.
The function is often represented by matrix multiplication interlaced with activation functions and normalization operations (e.g., Batch Normalization or Layer Normalization).
This subnetwork is referred to as a "Residual Block". A deep residual network is constructed by stacking a series of residual blocks.
The operation of "" in "" is approached by a skip connection that performs identity mapping and connects the input of a residual block with its output. This connection is often referred to as a "Residual Connection" in later work.
Signal Propagation
The introduction of identity mappings facilitates signal propagation in both forward and backward paths.
Forward Propagation
If |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia%20North | Delia North is a South African statistician and a leader in statistics education in South Africa. She is the dean of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
North was educated at the University of Natal. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and mathematical statistics with honours in mathematical statistics there, as well as a master's degree and Ph.D. in probability theory. She began her teaching career at the University of Natal in 1982, and remained with the university through its 2004 merger with the University of Durban-Westville to become the University of KwaZulu-Natal, when she became the leader of the combined statistics unit in the merged university.
She has been chair of the Education Committee of the South African Statistical Association since 2003, and she served as vice-president of the International Association for Statistical Education (the education branch of the International Statistical Institute) from 2007 to 2011.
North is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
South African statisticians
Women statisticians
Statistics educators
University of Natal alumni
Academic staff of the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Elected Members of the International Statistical Institute |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS%20Television%20%28disambiguation%29 | CBS is an American television network.
CBS Television may also refer to:
CBS Broadcast Center, the studio center and home of CBS News in New York City
CBS Studio Center, a television and motion picture production facility in Los Angeles
CBS Studio Building, the music recording venue in New York City
Paramount Global Distribution Group, the global television distribution division
CBS Media Ventures, a television distribution division
CBS Studios, a television production division
CBS Films, the motion picture division
CBS Home Entertainment, the home video entertainment division
See also
CBS (disambiguation)
Paramount Global |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys%20Vergara | Gladys Elena Vergara Gavagnin (1928 – 5 July 2016) was a Uruguayan astronomer and professor, known for her calculations on eclipses, made during a time when computers were not capable of them. The asteroid 5659 Vergara is named in her honor.
Career
Vergara studied physical sciences and astronomy, at a time when both fields were inaccessible for women. She was part of the first generation of students of the Astronomy Department founded by Dr. Cernuschi in the University of the Republic's . In 1952, she was one of the founders of the Association of Astronomy Aficionados. She was secretary of the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute.
On 18 July 1968, Chilean astronomers Carlos Torres and S. Cofré discovered, at the Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station in Chile, a new main belt asteroid that was provisionally designated 1968 OA1. After Vergara's death, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named the asteroid 5659 Vergara.
Gladys Vergara was secretary of the directing council of the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute, according to the resolution approved by the First National Antarctic Convention, held in Montevideo from 24 to 27 April 1970. The dictatorship of 1973 dismissed her and she was unemployed until the return of democracy in 1985. Vergara was a professor of Astronomy of the .
Vergara was the Director of the Observatory of Montevideo, a professor at the Surveying Institute of the , and a professor at the Batlle y Ordóñez Institute when it was the Women's Institute.
Vergara encouraged her students to buy a 10 cm Unitron refracting telescope that was used to inaugurate the Observatory of the Women's Institute of Secondary Education, Batlle y Ordóñez Institute (IBO), of which she was one of the founders in January 1976.
She was one of the founders of the National Committee of Astronomy of Uruguay.
At the Faculty of Engineering she was a classmate of Lic. Professor Esmeralda Mallada, in whose honor the asteroid 16277 Mallada was named.
Gladys Vergara died in Montevideo on 5 July 2016.
References
1928 births
2016 deaths
20th-century astronomers
21st-century astronomers
Place of birth missing
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay)
Uruguayan astronomers
Women astronomers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiano%20Vigna | Sebastiano Vigna (born 1967) is a professor of computer science at the University of Milan. He created the xorshift+ and xoroshiro128+ pseudorandom number generators. Xorshift128+ is used in the JavaScript engines of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. In 1991, he received a laurea in Mathematics and in 1996 a Ph.D. in computer science; both from the University of Milan. He developed UbiCrawler, a web crawler, in a collaboration with others.
He worked extensively on graph algorithms such as HyperBall. He used this algorithm, together with researchers from Facebook and others, to compute the degrees of separation on the global Facebook network, which resulted in an average distance of 4.74.
References
1967 births
Living people
Italian computer scientists
Academic staff of the University of Milan
University of Milan alumni
Network scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Hayes | Dennis Hayes may refer to:
Dennis Hayes (businessman) (born 1950), founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products
Dennis Hayes (musician), American bass guitarist
Dennis Hayes (professor) (born 1950), professor of education
Dennis Courtland Hayes (born 1951), executive at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
See also
Denis Hayes (born 1944), environmental advocate and proponent of solar power
Denis A. Hayes (1860–1917), American labor union leader
Dennis K. Hays (born 1953), United States Ambassador to Suriname |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Pulse%20%28French%20TV%20channel%29 | MTV Pulse was a musical pop/rock television channel owned by MTV Networks France, launched in November 2005 only for France, dedicated to young adult (15–35 years) audience. MTV Pulse broadcast pop and rock music videos (also metal, punk, soul, alternative rock, etc.), live performances, interviews and special programs entirely dedicated to this musical universe.
The clips were broadcast in a more commercial format and from the currents of alternative music.
From April 9, 2013, the channel was available in HD.
MTV Pulse ceased broadcasting in France on 17 November 2015, along with MTV Base and MTV Idol, to be replaced by French version of MTV Hits and the new My MTV service.
External links
MTV Pulse France - presentation, screenshots
MTV channels
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015
Defunct television channels in France
2005 establishments in France
2015 disestablishments in France
Music organizations based in France |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-1%20%28Cercan%C3%ADas%20Madrid%29 | The C-1 is a rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from Príncipe Pío station in western Madrid to Madrid Barajas Airport Terminal 4, through the city center of Madrid. The C-1 shares tracks for the majority of its length with services and (thus of which serving as a complementary line) while it also shares large parts with , and . The service has existed in its current form since 2011, when it opened.
Infrastructure
Like the rest of Cercanías Madrid services, the C-1 runs on the Iberian gauge mainline railway system, which is owned by Adif, an agency of the Spanish government. All of the railway lines carrying Cercanias Madrid services are electrified at 3,000 volts (V) direct current (DC) using overhead lines. The C-1 operates on a total length of , which is entirely double-track. The trains on the line call at up to 11 stations, using the following railway lines, in order from north to south:
List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station served by C-1 in order from west to east; the station's service pattern offered by C-1 trains; the transfers to other Cercanías Madrid lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.
References
Cercanías Madrid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee%20Ganga | Zee Ganga is a Bhojpuri general entertainment channel. It was launched by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) as Big Ganga in 2013 but later acquired by ZEEL and they rebranded it as Zee Ganga in 2021. It is the only Bhojpuri channel on DD Free Dish which delivers original content for their viewers.
History
On 14 January 2013, Reliance launched a new Bhojpuri channel called Big Magic Bihar & Jharkhand. Later on 15 August 2014, It was rebranded as Big Magic Ganga. On 1 January 2016, it was again renamed to Big Ganga.
In November 2016, ZEE acquired the two channels of RBNL - Big Magic and Big Ganga. On 20 September 2021, the channel was rebranded as Zee Ganga with introduction of few original Bhojpuri fiction and non-fiction contents.
Former broadcast
Original series
Acquired series
Banoo Main Teri Dulhann
Kasamh Se
Bahuriya No. 1
Qubool Hai
Kumkum Bhagya
Tashan-e-Ishq
Maayka
Zindagi Ki Mehek
Kaala Teeka
Sarojini – Ek Nayi Pehal
Kehu Aapan Ba
Piyaa Albela
Doo Duni Ke Paanch
Gangaa
B. D. O. Bitiya
Sasural Wali Mai
Begusarai (TV series)
Litti Chokha (TV series)
Vikram Aur Muncha
Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal
Police Files
Sajanwa Piyari Ke Rakhiha Laaj
Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo
Jeet Gayi Toh Piya Morey (TV series)
Satrangi Sasural
Doli Armaano Ki
Jogira Sa Ra Ra
Tenali Rama (TV series)
Music programming
Big Top 20
Chhapra Express (TV series)
Bhojpuriya Beats
Horror/supernatural series
Brahmarakshas
Trikaali – Abhishaap Ya Vardhaan
Naag Kanyaka
Daayan
Trikaali – Abhishaap Ya Vardhaan Season 2
Mythological series
Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev
Chakradhari Ajay Krishna
Baal Krishna
Santoshi Maa
Mahadevi (TV series)
Sankat Mochan Jai Hanuman
Divya Shakti
Jai Durga Maiya
Nimiya Ke Darr Maiya
Maa Shakti
Hum Hai Bajrangi
Grah Nakshatr Aur Aap
Bhagawat (TV series)
Vishwas Ke Ooper Aastha
Prabhu Se Preet Lagai
Jai Bolenath
Shaktipeeth Ke Bhairav
Mast Malang Bole Baba Ke Bam
Bhakti Samrat
Jai Sri Krishna
Yantra Express
Bhakti Sagar
Ram Charan Sukh Dayi
Reality/non-scripted shows
Big Bahuriya
Big Memsaab (season 1 to 8)
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bhojpuri
Mureta Maidaan
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Rang Purvaiya
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs Bhojpuri
Hindustan Ka Big Star
Roj Hoi Khoj (season 1 to 4)
Entertainment Ke Mela
Rasoi Ki Rani Season 4
Chef vs Fridge
Birha Muqabla
Loksamrat Birha Ke Bahubali
Raag Chunavi
Comedy series
Bagal Wali Jaan Mareli
Anthology series
Ganga Gaurav
Sister channel
Zee Biskope
Zee Biskope is a Bhojpuri free-to-air movie channel launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd.
References
Bhojpuri-language television
Television channels and stations established in 2021
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Television stations in New Delhi
2013 establishments in Delhi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bates%20%28technology%20executive%29 | John Bates is a British computer scientist, and businessman. He has started several technology companies in the UK. Bates is CEO at ECM/DMS vendor SER Group.
Education
Bates received his PhD in mobile and distributed computing (computer science) at the University of Cambridge computer laboratory in 1993. His PhD advisor was Jean Bacon.
Career
Earlier on, he was a lecturer and Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge until 2000. At Cambridge, he led several research projects, often in collaboration with industry, and designed and taught courses covering operating systems, distributed systems, software engineering and mobile computing.
Bates is an entrepreneur in the software industry, focusing on areas such as event-driven architectures, smart environments, business activity monitoring and Internet of Things.
In 2011 Wall Street and Technology magazine named him as one of the "10 innovators of the decade". In 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Institutional Investor named him in its "Tech 50" of disruptive technologists.
Bates has published 2015 a book entitled Thingalytics: Smart Big Data for the Internet of Things.
Apama
Bates was co-founder, President and CTO of Apama, the pioneering streaming analytics company.
IONA Technologies
Bates has been CTO of IONA Technologies Limited since December 2009 and its Executive Vice President since 2011.
Terracotta, Inc
He has been CTO of Terracotta, Inc. since October 2013. He was a member of the Technology Council at C5 Capital Ltd.
Progress Software
He was a vice president of Progress Software since 3 May 2011 and served as its Divisional general manager. He was CTO of Progress Software Corp. from 2009 to 2013 and its Decision Analytics Business Line Leader from 2012 to 2013.
Software AG
He was the chief marketing officer at Software AG (alternate name Software Aktiengesellschaft) from 2014 to 2015. He was CTO of Intelligent Business Operations & Big Data at Software AG since October, 2013. He served as Head of Industry Solutions at Software AG.
PLAT.ONE Inc.
He served as CEO of PLAT.ONE Inc. from October, 2015 to February, 2017.
TestPlant / Eggplant
He has been the CEO of TestPlant Limited from February, 2017 to January, 2021.
Sage
Since May 2019 Bates is an Independent Non-Executive Director and is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee.
SER Group
Bates was named CEO in January 2022.
References
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
British computer scientists
English engineers
Living people
Members of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Armenia%20TV%20and%20Armenia%20Premium | This is a list of television programs which are currently, formerly, or are soon to be broadcast on Armenia TV and Armenia Premium.
Current programming of Armenia TV
News and information
News Hour
Sharp Angle (2012-present)
Sharp Angle: Special Incidents (2014-present)
Dramas
Flight (2016-2019)
What Name Shall I Give This Love? 2 (2017-2018)
Pomegranate Seed (2017-2019)
Brothers (2017, repetition)
Born without address (2019-2020)
A Found Dream (2019)
Mountain Girl (2020-2021)
Swear (2021-2022)
Blind World (2022-2023)
Sitcoms
Domino (2015-2017)
Game shows
3/OFF (2017-2018)
Sing If You Can (2019-2021)
Reality/other
What? Where? When? (2002-present)
The Voice of Armenia (2012-2014, 2017)
R-Evolution (2013-present)
Comments (2014-present)
Nane (2014-present)
Duty Section (2014-present)
01-99 (2014-present)
Prescription (2017-present)
Post Factum (2017-present)
Formula Club (2017-present)
Broadcast Queen (2017-present)
Know more (2019-present)
Noah's number (2023-present)
Former/reran programming of Armenia TV
Family Moments (1998-2000)
Boomerang (1999-2003)
Discovery (2000-2008)
Evening with Hakob Rubinyan (2000)
Bernard Show (2001-2009)
Blitz (2002-2007)
Kargin Haghordum (2002-2009)
Exclusive (2003-2008)
Yo-Yo (2004-2009)
My Big fat Armenian Wedding (2004-2008)
Blef (2005-2008)
Neighbours (2006-2010)
P.S Club (2006-2008)
Dil kam No Dil (2006-2008)
Furor (2006)
One Film Story (2006-2007)
Unhappy Happiness (2007-2010)
The Prisoners of Fate (2007-2008)
Super Duet (2007)
Kargin Multer (2007)
National Star (2007)
Yere1 (2008-2014)
32 Teeth Club (2009-2013)
Masquerade (2009-2010)
The Swollen Madmen (2009)
Our Alphabet (2009)
Fort Boyard (2009)
Kargin Serial (2010-2013)
Where is my Man? (2010-2011)
Our Yard (2010)
Hard Life (2011-2013)
What Name Shall I Give This Love? (2011-2012)
Money is Required (2011)
Don't lie to Me (2012)
Tnpesa (2013-2015)
Own Enemy (2013-2015)
Out of the Braces (2013)
Full House (2014-2019)
Brainiest (2015-2017, 2019)
The Leaders (2015-2017)
Eyes of the Armenian (2015)
The Azizyans (2017-2020)
Crime and Punishment
Armenian's eyes
Armenians by Origin
The Blbulyans (2021-2023)
Special Current programming of Armenia Premium
Dramas
Countdown (2017-2018)
Children's programming
Children of the Orchestra (2017-2018)
Comedy shows
Stand Up (2016-2021)
Sitcoms
Golden School (2017-2018)
Coocoorooz (2019)
Comedy shows
Stand Up (2016-2021)
Game shows
Sing If You Can (2019-2021)
Special Former/reran programming of Armenia Premium
Change (2016-2017)
Ancient Kings (2016-2017)
The Desirable Groom (2016-2017)
The Azizyans (2016-2020)
The Million in a Trap (2017)
To a Dream (2017)
To the Landing (2017)
Purgatory (2017)
The Deer Path (2017)
Bought Happiness (2017)
References
External links
Armenia TV |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20Sunday | Sports Sunday is an Australian sports television program currently broadcast on the Nine Network at 10.00am Sunday mornings. The show is hosted by journalist Roz Kelly, with a roster of rotating panelists including former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, radio host Gus Worland and journalist Sean Maloney.
The weekly show features discussions and debates on the previous week's sporting news and events, along with guest interviews and other sporting highlights from both Australia and internationally.
History
The show aired its debut episode on 5 March 2017, and was a replacement for the long running Wide World of Sports program after host Ken Sutcliffe's retirement in 2016. The debut season was hosted by television presenter Emma Freedman.
It was announced on 8 February 2018 that host Emma Freedman had left the Nine Network to take up a position at the NRL-based channel Fox League. James Bracey replaced Freedman as host from 2018.
Journalist Roz Kelly took over the hosting role from Bracey in May 2022, following his appointment to sports presenter of Sydney's nightly Nine News bulletin.
Nick McArdle is the primary fill in host whenever Roz Kelly is unavailable.
Current regular panelists
Mark Bosnich
Casey Dellacqua
Craig Foster
Sam Groth
Sean Maloney
Mark Taylor
Todd Woodbridge
Gus Worland
Former hosts and panelists
Emma Freedman (host, 2017)
Peter FitzSimons (regular panelist, 2017-2021)
Neil Breen (regular panelist, 2017-2020)
Shane Crawford (regular panelist, 2017-2021)
Michael Slater (regular panelist, 2017-2018)
James Bracey (host, 2018-2022)
See also
List of Australian television series
List of programs broadcast by Nine Network
References
External links
Nine's Wide World of Sport
2017 Australian television series debuts
English-language television shows
Australian sports television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-2%20%28Cercan%C3%ADas%20Madrid%29 | The C-2 is a rail service of the Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from Guadalajara to Chamartín.
Infrastructure
Like the rest of Cercanías Madrid services, the C-2 runs on the Iberian gauge mainline railway system, which is owned by Adif, an agency of the Spanish government. The C-2 operates on a total length of , which is entirely double-track. The trains of the C-2 service call at up to 19 stations, using the following railway lines, in order from west to east:
List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station served by the C-2 in order from west to east; the station's service pattern offered by C-8 trains; the transfers to other Cercanías Madrid services; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.
References
Cercanías Madrid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-3%20%28Cercan%C3%ADas%20Madrid%29 | The C-3 is a line and rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from El Escorial northwest of Madrid to Aranjuez south of Madrid. The C-3 shares tracks for half of its length with Madrid commuter rail service line while it also shares significant parts with lines , and . The line has been in operation since 1980, with its current incarnation in operation since 22 September 2011.
On 5 November 2018, the C-3a service was introduced as a separation of former extended C-3 services terminating at either El Escorial or Santa María de la Alameda. The C-3a designation was formerly used for the now-closed Pinto–San Martín de la Vega branch line (es:Línea Pinto-San Martín de la Vega) branching off from Pinto to Parque Warner Madrid and San Martín de la Vega, which operated between 2002 and 2012.
List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station served by line C-3 in order from northwest to south; the station's service pattern offered by C-3 trains; the transfers to other Cercanías Madrid lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.
References
Cercanías Madrid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-5%20%28Cercan%C3%ADas%20Madrid%29 | The C-5 is a line and rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from Móstoles El Soto to Humanes, passing through the cities of Móstoles, Alcorcón, Madrid, Leganés and Fuenlabrada. C-6 is merged to this line in 1991.
List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station served by line C-5 in order from west to south; the station's service pattern offered by C-5 trains; the transfers to other Cercanías Madrid lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.
References
Cercanías Madrid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-7%20%28Cercan%C3%ADas%20Madrid%29 | The C-7 is a line and rail service of Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs from Alcalá de Henares to Fuente de la Mora. It's composed of two sections: the western side is a loop around Madrid and its western suburbs, ending at Fuente de la Mora station, while the eastern side (from Atocha) runs to Alcalá de Henares.
Infrastructure
Like the rest of Cercanías Madrid lines, the C-7 runs on the Iberian gauge mainline railway system, which is owned by Adif, an agency of the Spanish government. All of the railway lines carrying Rodalies de Catalunya services are electrified at 3,000 volts (V) direct current (DC) using overhead lines. The C-7 operates on a total line length of , which is entirely double-track. The trains on the line call at up to 24 stations, using the following railway lines, in order from west to east:
List of stations
The following table lists the name of each station served by line C-7 in order from west to east; the station's service pattern offered by C-10 trains; the transfers to other Cercanías Madrid lines; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Madrid Metro fare zone system.
References
Cercanías Madrid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D810 | D810 may refer to:
Nikon D810, a full-frame digital single-lens reflex camera
Dell Latitude D810, a laptop computer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20Telecommunications%20Company%20of%20Esfahan | Mobile Telecommunication Company of Esfahan (شرکت مخابرات سیار اصفهان, Shirkat-e Mixabrat-e Siyar-e Esfehan, MTCE) also known as Espadan was a mobile network operator in Iran.
Following the agreements reached during the Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani's visit to Malaysia in 1994, and according to the laws of attracting and supporting foreign investment, in 29 May 2001 the license for launching the first prepaid mobile telephone network in Iran with an initial capacity of 20 thousand subscribers was granted to Celcom for 15 years, and the Malaysian Technology Resources Industry Company received permission to use GSM 24.18 Mbit/s bandwidth within the Isfahan province.
In 2005 Celcom sold its stakes to TM International(Telekom Malaysia).
In 2008 MTCE bought the WiMAX license from Iranian Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA).
In 2011 MTCE went broke and deactivated all sim cards following merger with Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran.
Sim cards
Sim cards numbers had 0931 as prefix.
Shareholders
Axiata Group Berhad (49%) | Telecommunications Company of Esfahan (49%) | Iran Telecom Industries (2%)
References
Mobile technology
2001 establishments in Iran
Iranian companies established in 2001
Telecommunications companies established in 2001
Telecommunications companies of Iran
Mobile phone companies of Iran |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo%20Radial%20Colombiano | Grupo Radial Colombiano (Spanish: Colombian Radio Group, GRC) was a Colombian radio network founded in 1979 by brothers Miguel and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, heads of the Cali Cartel. In 1984, the Rodríguez brothers transferred their stocks in the network to journalists and executives after the media published their links to the network.
GRC, which at its peak had 28 stations, would be sold in 1989 to a religious group, later becoming Colmundo Radio.
References
1979 establishments in Colombia
1989 disestablishments in Colombia
Radio stations in Colombia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20R.%20Rosenblatt | Joan Raup Rosenblatt (April 15, 1926 – December 5, 2018) was an American statistician who became Director of the Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She was president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics in 1976.
Early life and education
Joan Eliot Raup was born in 1926, the daughter of two professors:
Robert Bruce Raup, an educational psychologist at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Clara Eliot, an economist at Barnard College.
At her birth, her mother became the first woman at Barnard to obtain a maternity leave.
Raup chose statistics over mathematics, another possibility for her, because of its greater real-world applicability.
She lived at home while attending Barnard College, and graduated in 1946.
She began graduate study in mathematical statistics at the University of North Carolina in 1948.
In 1950 she married another mathematical statistician and federal employee,
David Rosenblatt; they had no children.
She completed her Ph.D. in 1956; her dissertation, supervised by Wassily Hoeffding, was On a Class of Non-Parametric Tests.
Career
Raup worked as an intern at the National Institute of Public Affairs from 1946 to 1947, and as a statistical analyst at the Bureau of the Budget from 1947 to 1948.
On completing her Ph.D. in 1956, Rosenblatt was hired by Churchill Eisenhart, director of statistics at the National Bureau of Standards (the predecessor institution to the National Institute of Standards and Technology).
She became assistant chief of statistical engineering there in 1963, chief in 1969, deputy director of applied mathematics in 1978, deputy director of computing and applied mathematics in 1988, and director in 1993.
She retired in 1995.
Recognition
In 1967, the year after her husband, Rosenblatt was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
and, since 1987, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She won the Federal Women's Award, an honor limited to five women per year, in 1971. In 1976 she won the Department of Commerce Gold Medal. She was given the Presidential Meritorious Executive Rank Award in 1982.
References
1926 births
2018 deaths
Eliot family (America)
American statisticians
Women statisticians
Barnard College alumni
University of North Carolina alumni
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Fellows of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Department of Commerce Gold Medal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster%20Island%20%282017%20film%29 | Monster Island (released as Isla Calaca in Mexico) is a 2017 English-language Mexican computer animated horror comedy film directed by Leopoldo Aguilar. The film was produced by Ánima Estudios and animated by India's Discreet Arts Production.
The film was first released in the United Kingdom on 21 July 2017, and later in Mexico on 14 September 2017. The film was released in the United States on 1 September 2017 on home media and VOD platforms.
Plot
A teenage boy journeys to a monstrous-like island to find his true form after discovering he's not a human being.
Voice cast
Spanish-language cast
Memo Aponte as Lucas
Octavio Rojas as Nicolas
Pepe Toño Macías as Norcutt
Alicia Barragán as Veronica
Ángela Villanueva Vargas as Carlotta
Luis Daniel Ramírez as Fergus
Ricardo Tejedo as Giraldo
Alan F. Velazquez & Gerardo Alonso as Shiro and Kuro
English-language cast
Phillip Adrian Vasquez as Lucas
Roger L. Jackson as Nicolas
Johnny Rose as Norcutt
Alicia Barragán as Veronica
Katie Leigh as Carlotta / Patrick's Mom
Eric Larsen as Peter / Ant Monster
Michael Robles as Cameron
Nancy Sullivan as Dina / Old Lady / Teacher
Jenifer Beth Kaplan as Melanie / Cameron's Mom / Patrick
Joey Camen as Shiro / Fergus / Mayor's Assistant
Wally Wingert as Kuro / Lagoon Monster
Chuck Kourouklis as Durgo / Dock Master
Erik Brada as Giraldo / Mongo
Luis Daniel Ramírez Santiago as Watson
Anthony Budai as Mayor
Production
In an interview with El Universal, director Leopoldo Aguilar said the purpose of the film's story is to help the audience understand their roots and learn to accept them. "Lucas is a teenager who lives this path, [and] he makes a trip to accept himself as the monster he is," Aguilar stated. "I think everyone at that age went through that process - to know what place we occupy in the world and try to discover ourselves," he added. Producer and Ánima COO José C. García de Letona mentioned about the film's "comedy and action" tone, in comparison to the Leyendas franchise. "It has elements to differentiate from the Leyendas, and this one, since it is a film designed for something global and[...] the public that we want to reach, there's not much suspense," stated Aguilar.
Animation
The film was animated entirely in computer-generated imagery, done by India's Discreet Arts Productions which has previously collaborated with Anima Estudios' previous films including Guardians of Oz and Top Cat Begins.
Music
The film's original music was composed by Kevin Smithers.
Release
To date, the film has been released in Mexico, United States, and the United Kingdom, as well as Asian territories including China and South Korea.
The release in China marked a new first for production company Ánima Estudios, to which Leopoldo Aguilar stated that the film's story was created for a global setting, and not Mexico where the film was produced. "Narratively[,] we wanted a funny story[...] that walks a lot without locating it in a place in Mexico[.] [I]t can be anywhere in the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Voice%20Kids%20%28Polish%20TV%20series%29 | The Voice Kids is a Polish reality and talent show that premiered on January 1, 2018, on the TVP 2 television network. The Voice Kids is a part of the internationally syndicated show The Voice and based on the reality singing competition launched in the Netherlands as The Voice Kids. The show was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol.
Format
There are four phases in the competition. Stage one is the blind auditions; stage two is the battle rounds, stage three is the sing off, and stage four is the final live performance. Contestants are aged eight to fifteen (from season 4 contestants are aged eight to fourteen).
The rules of the competition are similar to those of The Voice of Poland. During the blind auditions, each coach selects and mentors 18 contestants. In the battle stage, participants are divided into three groups and challenge participants from other teams. Each battle results in one winner, but coaches do not name a loser. Battle stage winners go to the sing-off stage where the coaches select nine finalists—three from each team. The nine finalists perform live and the winner is selected by the viewing audience using SMS voting. The winner receives a scholarship and the possibility to release a song with Universal Music Polska.
The Voice Kids is produced by Rochstar.
Selection process
For the first season, the blind auditions began August 19, 2017, and concluded on August 23, 2017. Children who auditioned were between eight and fifteen years of age.
Coaches
The original coaches for this talent show were Tomson and Baron of Afromental, Edyta Górniak, and Dawid Kwiatkowski. Górniak did not return for the second season and was replaced by Cleo. All coaches from second season returned for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons. On July 26, 2023, it was announced that Natasza Urbańska would replace Dawid Kwiatkowski in the seventh season of the show.
Timeline
Gallery
Line-up of coaches
Hosts
Key
Main presenter
Backstage presenter
Contestant
Timeline
Gallery
Coaches and finalists
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Series overview
Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.
Seasons' summary
Season 1 (2018)
The first edition of The Voice Kids premiered on January 1, 2018. The judges were Edyta Górniak, Tomson and Baron, and Dawid Kwiatkowski. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan and Adam Zdrójkowski. The winner was 13-year-old Roksana Węgiel from Team Edyta, who later won Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for Poland with the song "Anyone I Want to Be".
Season 2 (2019)
The second edition of The Voice Kids premiered on January 1, 2019. The judges were Dawid Kwiatkowski, Tomson and Baron, and Cleo. The show was hosted by Tomasz Kammel, Barbara Kurdej-Szatan, and Jaś Dąbrowski. The winner was 14-year-old Anna Dąbrowska from Team Cleo.
Season 3 (2020)
The third edition of The Voice Kids premiered on January 1, 2020. All three coaches and main host fro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Institute%20for%20Public%20Networks | The Russian Research Institute for the Development of Public Networks (RIPN) is a Russian institution that operates in two main areas:
the development of computer networks for organizations of science and education,
Development of basic elements of the infrastructure of the Russian segment of the Internet.
History
The institution was created by the State Committee of the RSFSR for Science and Higher Education, the Institute of Atomic Energy (IAE). IV Kurchatov and the Information and Computing Center of the IAE them. IV Kurchatov in 1992 and registered as a non-profit organization.
Until 2001, it was the only registrar of .ru domain names . In 2000, after the beginning of the creation in the zone .ru of the distributed domain name registration system, established the registrar RU-NIC ( RU-CENTER ) and from 2001 ceased signing new domain registration contracts. Earlier signed agreements on registration and support of domains operated until January 1, 2005, and to continue the maintenance of domains, the owners had to transfer them to one of the accredited domain name registrars without fail.
In 2004 the non-profit organization became autonomous, having transformed from the Institution "Russian Research Institute for the Development of Public Networks" to the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Russian Research Institute for the Development of Public Networks" (ANO "RIPN").
Projects of RIPN
RIPN is the operator of the inter-departmental Russian backbone network ( Russian Backbone Network, RBNet ), which provides connection to the Internet of regional scientific and educational networks. Regional networks are connected through the RBNet network nodes located in all the Federal Districts of Russia (usually 1-2 nodes per district). The main elements of the RBNet network were laid during the implementation of the Interdepartmental Program "Creation of a national network of computer telecommunications for science and higher education" in 1995-2001.
RIPN develops and supports the Technical Center of the Russian national top-level domain .ru, including the Registry of second-level domains in the .ru domain, registration systems and DNS . A total of about 2.5 million second-level domains are registered in the .ru domain (as of November 2009 ).
RosNIIROS has become the founder of Internet traffic exchange points in Moscow ( MSK-IX ), St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok. Since 2013, the management of MSK-IX and regional traffic exchange points has been consolidated into JSC "Center for Interaction of Computer Networks" MSK-IX ". RIPN retains its strategic participation in the project through a 100% subsidiary of ANO "CVKS" MSK-IX ".
RIPN actively cooperates with the Association of Scientific and Educational Organizations - users of electronic data networks - RELARN , provides for the association RELARN a non-profit scientific and educational network RELARN-IP, covering, in the main, the organ |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSky%20Network | The OpenSky Network is a non-profit association based in Switzerland that provides open access of flight tracking control data. It was set up as a research project by several universities and government entities with the goal to improve the security, reliability and efficiency of the airspace. Its main function is to collect, process and store air traffic control data and provide open access to this data to the public. Similar to many existing flight trackers such as Flightradar24 and FlightAware, the OpenSky Network consists of a multitude of sensors (currently around 2000, mostly concentrated in Europe and the US), which are connected to the Internet by volunteers, industrial supporters, academic, and governmental organizations. All collected raw data is archived in a large historical database, containing over 23 trillion air traffic control messages (November 2020). The database is primarily used by researchers from different areas to analyze and improve air traffic control technologies and processes.
The main air traffic control communication technologies currently used by the OpenSky Network are the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Mode S and since late 2018 also FLARM. All technologies provide immediate and detailed aircraft information over the publicly accessible 1090 MHz radio frequency channel using software-defined radio receivers.
Aircraft Tracking Data
Currently, the network tracks and displays several thousand flights at any given time. The OpenSky Network offers access to its data through a variety of means, including several APIs and an Impala shell. Data from the OpenSky Network is free for research done in academic and governmental institutions. Commercial licenses are also available, as are branded software-defined receiver kits. A comparison in February 2017 found that it still had significantly less coverage than both FlightAware and Flightradar24 in February 2017. However, a separate study found its data quality to be superior.
History
The OpenSky Network started in 2012 as a research project between armasuisse (Switzerland), University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), and the University of Oxford (UK). In 2015, the OpenSky Network association was founded in order to guarantee the continuous development of the network towards a completely open air traffic control sensor network with worldwide coverage. By November 2022, data from the OpenSky Network has been used in over 350 academic publications. The community gathers in a yearly workshop or symposium, which, since its 7th iteration in 2019, publishes academic proceedings.
See also
FlightAware
Flightradar24
Flight tracking
References
External links
OpenSky Network Live Air Traffic
Aviation websites
Internet properties established in 2015
Flight tracking software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg%20Schieb | Jörg Schieb (born 25 November 1964 in Osnabrück) is a German journalist and author of reference books for programming and application software.
Since the 1980s, when home computers and PCs got common, he writes books and posts about this topic for computer magazines. Schieb regularly appears in the German TV channel WDR Fernsehen, e.g. in the Aktuelle Stunde news broadcast. However, he also informs about IT topics in other broadcasts, like Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, and Tagesschau24. Schieb blogs for the WDR, and from 2011 to 2014, he contributed to the ARD Ratgeber: Internet broadcast, which is no longer on air.
References
External links
Homepage
1964 births
German journalists
German podcasters
German non-fiction writers
Living people
Writers from Osnabrück |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon%20Network%20Shorts%20Department | Cartoon Network Shorts Department is the channel's artist development program for animated pilots that are created at Cartoon Network Studios. It was inaugurated and started in 2013 through online uploading of six titles, on May 21 for a short period, which three of them has been greenlit for a TV series at the start of the program.
The short Mushroom and the Forest of the World was nominated for an Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Format Children's Program.
List of pilots
United States
International
Since 2016, the program has begun to expand to other countries where Cartoon Network Studios accept to commission (but not produce) those local short pilots, and the first title to be noticed in this process is Lasso & Comet.
See also
Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program - the Nickelodeon counterpart of the program.
Notes
References
External links
CN Minis playlist on YouTube
Shorts Department on Cartoon Network Studios website
Cartoon Network
American animated short films
2013 establishments |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo%20Guizzardi | Giancarlo Guizzardi (born 1975 in Vitoria, Brazil) is a Brazilian–Italian computer scientist specializing in conceptual modeling, enterprise modeling, applied ontology and ontology-driven information systems. He is a professor in the University of Twente in Italy and a senior researcher and founding member of the Ontology & Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO) in Vitoria, Brazil.
Work
He is known for his approach towards Conceptual Modeling, which advocates that, if Conceptual Modeling is about representing conceptualizations of reality to support human understanding communication and problem-solving, it must rely on foundations that take formal ontology in philosophy, cognitive science and linguistic seriously.
He has been, for the past two decades, an active promoter of the so-called field of “Ontology-Driven Conceptual Modeling”, in general, and of the role of philosophy for Information Systems Engineering, in particular. He frequently gives keynote addresses as well as interviews on these topics.
He defended his PhD thesis in 2005 in the University of Twente. His thesis, entitled Ontological Foundations for Structural Conceptual Models, lays the foundation of what came to be known as the Unified Foundational Ontology and the OntoUML language.
Collaborations
He has an active history of collaboration with Nicola Guarino. In fact, an initial fragment of OntoUML was considered to be an evolution of the OntoClean methodology, the first methodology for ontological analysis in computer science, proposed by Guarino and Chris Welty.
References
Brazilian computer scientists
Italian computer scientists
1975 births
People from Vitória, Espírito Santo
University of Twente alumni
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Oxford%20Club | The Oxford Club is an independent financial research publisher and a private network of investors and entrepreneurs, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. It has more than 120,000 members in 100 countries. The Oxford Club also hosts financial seminars, symposiums, and overseas investment excursions.
The Oxford Club publishes investment research services which includes monthly newsletters highlighting investment recommendations, as well as trading services. Their research is provided by Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist at the Oxford Club, as well as Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld, Quantitative Analyst Nicholas Vardy, and Chief Trends Strategist Matthew Carr. Carr's investment research has also been published in outlets including Cannabis Tech and InvestingNews.com.
History & Background
In the mid-1980s, Bill Bonner, the Founder of The Agora, took over The Passport Club – an international businessman’s club founded in the early 1970s. In 1989, Bonner hired recent Thunderbird MBA graduate Julia Guth as Membership Director. Her job was to expand the Club’s services and local chapter participation.
Around the same time, an investment and business publisher in Florida launched a financial newsletter called The Oxford Club, which grew to 10,000 readers worldwide. In 1991, the publishing company sold its interest to Bonner, who welcomed these new Members into his own club and changed the name from The Passport Club to The Oxford Club. Mark Nestmann, an international wealth-protection and privacy expert, became Financial Editor of the monthly Oxford Club investment newsletter, The Oxford Communiqué. In these early days of the Club, all communications were delivered by mail only.
In 1998, The Board of Governors and Executive Committee established The Chairman's Circle, the highest level of distinction and benefits for the Club's most involved and committed Members. The same year, The Oxford Club holds its first annual Investment University Conference.
In 2003, CEO & Executive Publisher, Julia Guth sets up a nonprofit to begin charitable works around our Rancho Santana community in Nicaragua.
In 2007, Alexander Green took over as the Club's Investment Director. Marc Lichtenfeld joins The Oxford Club as an expert on healthcare, biotech and income investing.
In 2020, The Oxford Club’s publication of its products expanded to Japan, creating a new Oxford Club Japan website with three services translated into Japanese.
In 2022, The Oxford Club launched its first-ever chat room-based trading service for Chairman’s Circle Members, open from 9:30am-10:30am ET Monday through Friday.
Awards and recognition
The Oxford Group, of which The Oxford Club is the flagship member, has been recognized as one of the Baltimore Metro Area Top Workplaces in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 by the Baltimore Sun. The award recognizes the entire Oxford Group, which includes the Oxford Club and other publications.
References
Companies based in Bal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kambal%2C%20Karibal%20episodes | Kambal, Karibal (International title: Heart & Soul / ) is a 2017 Philippine television drama series starting Bianca Umali and Miguel Tanfelix. The series premiered on GMA Network's GMA Telebabad evening block and worldwide on GMA Pinoy TV on November 27, 2017 to August 3, 2018, replacing the second season of Alyas Robin Hood.
NUTAM (Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement) People in Television Homes ratings are provided by AGB Nielsen Philippines. The series ended, but its the 35th-week run, and with a total of 178 episodes. It was replaced by Onanay.
Series overview
Kambal, Karibal is divided into two seasons. The first season features the original story, and ends with a teaser revealing that it was Raymond who had ended up on the island, and Allan and Geraldine find their twins. The second season included the new characters of Selya, Darren and Valerie. As a result, the following week though shows otherwise. Now, since this extension was only until May, we actually see a conclusion or semi-closure towards the characters. The series was then extended for the 3rd time, adding the twist of Cheska's return and the addition of Cheska's real mother, Maricar. This is where the second season starts. According to GMA, if the series wasn't extended for the 3rd time (when season 2 starts), the ending of the series would have been a body swap between Crisan and Crisel, living happily together, starting over a new life But due to the series' extension, a new twist was added.
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Season 1 (2017-2018)
November 2017
December 2017
January 2018
February 2018
March 2018
April 2018
May 2018
Season 2 (2018)
May 2018
June 2018
July 2018
August 2018
References
Lists of Philippine drama television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Bury | Brian Frederick Bury (born 14 June 1937) is an Australian former radio and television personality and weather presenter, best known for his tenure on the Nine Network's breakfast show Today as weathermen from the program's inception in 1982 until 1990. He subsequently went into radio before retiring in 2003
Career
Bury begain his career in radio broadcasting before the move into television. He approached television executive Bruce Gyngell in a car park during a chance encounter in Sydney, in an attempt to gain employment. Bury was subsequently hired as a booth announcer on Channel 9. His first job was to introduce a religious program called I Challenge The Minister hosted by Sir Alan Walker.
Bury is best known for being the original Today weather presenter. With his unique delivery of the weather forecasts and his colourful outfits, his quirky nature ensured he became one of the network's most popular stars. However, Bury claims Channel 9 management had difficulty accepting his style, preferring a more traditional and serious approach to delivering the weather reports. This was despite Bury regularly receiving positive feedback from viewers.
Bury often filled in for Mike Walsh on the network's lunchtime variety program, The Mike Walsh Show. He lists Harry Secombe as his favourite guest, and lists Eartha Kitt as his least favourite guest due to an incident when Kitt punched him in the breastbone.
After more than 30 years with the station, Channel 9 fired Bury. In a 2015 interview, Bury admits he was "hurt" by the decision. After his time at Channel 9, Bury had stints at both Channel 7 and Ten before he relocated to South East Queensland where he returned to radio, hosting an afternoon show on Brisbane's 4BC, which he did up until his retirement in 2003.
Personal life
Bury is married to his wife Margaret, who he originally met on a blind date. They married in 1962 and have two adult children Ann and Matthew, and a number of grandchildren.
In 2015, their granddaughter Natasha took her own life at the age of 15. Bury said the tragedy brought their entire family closer and made them realise they needed to live life while enjoying every moment. Bury said in a 2015 interview that his son and his friends were forming a foundation to undertake research into why young people take their own lives. Bury's son Matt subsequently established the SQUAD Foundation with the aim of preventing other families going through the pain of losing a family member to suicide.
In 2009, Bury suffered a two-metre fall while presenting at the inaugural Gold Coast Area Theatre Awards at the Gold Coast Arts Centre where he fell from the stage into the audience. He was uninjured and joked that he would do anything for attention, before continuing his hosting duties.
References
Living people
1937 births
Australian television presenters
Australian radio presenters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Hardin | Johanna Sarah (Jo) Hardin is an American statistician who works as a professor of mathematics at Pomona College. Her research involves high-throughput analysis for human genome data.
Education and career
Hardin is a Pomona graduate, earning a bachelor's degree there in mathematics in 1995. She initially planned to do actuarial science, but was led to statistics by a faculty mentor, Donald Bentley.
She went to the University of California, Davis for her graduate studies, earning a master's degree in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2000.
Her dissertation, supervised by David Rocke, was Multivariate Outlier Detection and Robust Clustering with Minimum Covariance Determinant Estimation and S-Estimation.
After postdoctoral studies at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle University, she returned to Pomona in 2002 as a faculty member.
She considers John Crowley, her postdoctoral supervisor, to be her "closest mentor".
Recognition
In 2015 she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
She won the Waller Education Award of the American Statistical Society in 2007, and
Pomona's highest faculty honor, the Wig Distinguished Professor award for excellence in teaching, in 2016.
References
External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American statisticians
Women statisticians
Pomona College alumni
Pomona College faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
University of California, Davis alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekondi%20College | Sekondi College is a co-educational second cycle school in Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. It has a science and computer laboratories and other facilities.Its current location is in Inchaban, a suburb of Selondi
History
It was founded in the year 1951 by Mr. Joseph w. Acquah at Essaman Ekuasi.
Anthem
Below is the anthem of Sekondi College
Arise all ye of Afric’s birth
Whose heritage doth envy scythe
Sing ye the joy of Sekco dear
Pay ye your vows your loyalty
Chorus
Hail boys (Hail boys)
Cheer girls (Cheer girls)
For our mother Sekco dear
All generations yet to come
Shall by your labours judge you right
If good they’ll say and praises give
If not they’ll censure and condemn
Tis yours to save ye gallant youth
Tis yours to cheer oh pretty maids
If Sekco dear should ever stand
For liberty for hope for you
Our Father God which at in Heaven
Oh! Come our aid our school to bless
Inspire us with Thy spirit bold
That we may live in godliness.
Notable staff
One of its staff, S. K. Riley-Poku, who was headmaster of the school between 1966 and 1969 later became the Minister for Defence in the Limann government between 1979 and 1981.
Notable alumni
Anthony Benin - active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2012–)
Nana Ato Dadzie - Chief of Staff of Ghana Jerry Rawlings Administration (1997 – 2001)
Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng - first black person to perform open heart surgery
Kofi Koduah Sarpong - Ghanaian administrator and CEO of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation
References
Schools in Ghana
Sekondi-Takoradi
Education in the Western Region (Ghana) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3%20Girls%203 | 3 Girls 3 is a 1977 American variety television show that ran for four episodes on the NBC network, starring Debbie Allen, Ellen Foley, and Mimi Kennedy. All three were unknown talents at the time, and this "overnight stardom" line was the premise of the show.
Creation
Television writer Kenny Solms came up with the concept of the show in about 1973, wanting to highlight the "Cinderella" aspect of overnight stardom using unknown actors. He collaborated with writing partner Gail Parent, with whom he had many writing credits for shows including The Carol Burnett Show, and had created The Tim Conway Show. They came up with a script called Chorus Line, and pitched it to ABC. ABC wanted to use established stars instead of unknowns, which was counter to the premise of the show, so the project went dormant. In April 1976, CBS demonstrated interest in the show, but wanted to retool it for one actress (Diahann Carroll) instead of three. Solms and Parent then went to the remaining United States television network, NBC, who bought the proposed show in September 1976. Solms and Parent auditioned over 250 women in Los Angeles and 50 more in New York for the lead roles.
Run and reception
The one-hour show debuted on March 30, 1977, and television critic John J. O'Connor of The New York Times and other critics gave highly positive reviews of the show. O'Connor called it "easily the freshest, liveliest and most exciting premiere of a series that television has concocted in years."
The opening episode also received respectable ratings. Moreover, the episode announced that the show would be returning, but NBC had already decided it would pull the plug. The second episode was not aired the following week, reportedly because the network did not like the show's concept, or alternatively because NBC claimed that improved ratings for C.P.O. Sharkey, a show the network had originally intended to replace, led to the cancellation.
After getting many complaints, NBC announced that the three remaining episodes would be aired in June. The summer-season ratings were not good, and the show was not picked up for further episodes.
References
External links
NBC original programming
1977 American television series debuts
1977 American television series endings
1970s American variety television series
1970s American comedy television series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage%20Envy | Massage Envy Franchising LLC is an American massage and skin care national franchisor, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Massage Envy franchise network is the largest provider of therapeutic massages and skin care in the United States, and has more than 1,100 independently owned and operated franchise locations, as of 2022. Massage Envy was established in 2002 and began franchising in 2003.
Corporate overview
Massage Envy is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Its network of franchised locations is the largest provider of therapeutic massages and skin care in the United States. The Massage Envy franchise network uses a membership-based business model, Massage Envy's franchisees are collectively the largest American employer of massage therapists and estheticians. In addition to massage therapy, facials, skin peels, and microderm infusion, Massage Envy franchises offer stretch therapy and skin care products.
Beth Stiller is the current chief executive officer of Massage Envy Franchising. Joseph "Joe" Magnacca previously served as chief executive officer from early 2016 until late 2019. Beth Stiller previously held the chief commercial officer position, from April 2016 until Joe Magnacca's departure in 2019. Kathy Collins became chief marketing officer in July 2018.
History
Massage Envy was founded in 2002 and started franchising in 2003. By late 2008, Massage Envy franchisees collectively employed more than 8,000 professionals at 420 independently owned and operated locations in 36 U.S. states. The Massage Envy franchise network expanded its membership-based business model in 2009 by adding facials and other spa services. There were approximately 650 franchised locations by late 2010. Forbes ranked Massage Envy number 20 on their 2012 list of "Top 20 Franchises for the Buck". According to the magazine, franchises required an initial investment averaging $455,505 and made over $1 million in annual sales in 2010. Massage Envy partnered with Susan G. Komen for the Cure for a campaign called "Massage for the Cure", which raised over $1.4 million by August 2010.
There were more than 1,100 locations in 49 U.S. states, as of March 2022. The Massage Envy franchise network expanded its skin care products and service offerings in 2017 to include Image Skincare and PCA Skin as well as non-surgical procedures such as chemical peels and microderm abrasion. The company also announced plans for its franchisees to remodel more than 700 locations, and to launch new body stretch, facial, and massage services over the next few years. In late 2017, Entrepreneur reported there were 1,189 franchises, with startup costs ranging from $434,800 to approximately $1 million.
Sexual Assault Complaints
In November 2017, BuzzFeed reported that over 180 women had "filed sexual assault lawsuits, police reports, and state board complaints against Massage Envy spas, their employees, and the national company" over allegations of sexual misconduct. The women also accused Massage Envy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge%20Nocedal | Jorge Nocedal (born 1952) is an applied mathematician, computer scientist and the Walter P. Murphy professor at Northwestern University who in 2017 received the John Von Neumann Theory Prize. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020.
Nocedal specializes in nonlinear optimization, both in the deterministic and stochastic setting. The motivation for his current algorithmic and theoretical research stems from applications in image and speech recognition, recommendation systems, and search engines. In the past, he has also worked on equilibrium problems with application in robotics, traffics, and games, optimization applications in finance, as well as PDE-constrained optimization.
Biography
Nocedal was born and raised in Mexico. He obtained a B.Sc. in physics from the National University of Mexico in 1974. From 1974 to 1978, Nocedal studied at Rice University, where he obtained a PhD in mathematical sciences under the supervision of Richard A. Tapia. Prior to joining Northwestern University in 1983, Nocedal spent three years (1978–1981) as an assistant professor at the National University of Mexico and two years (1981–1983) as a research assistant at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. Nocedal joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences department at Northwestern University in 1983. He held this appointment until 2012, before joining the Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences department, where he served as the David and Karen Sachs Professor and Chair from 2013 to 2017.
Contributions
Nocedal is well-known for his research in nonlinear optimization, particularly for his work on L-BFGS and his textbook Numerical Optimization.
In 2001, Nocedal co-founded Ziena Optimization Inc. and co-developed the KNITRO software package. Nocedal was a chief scientist at Ziena Optimization Inc. from 2002 to 2012 before the company was subsequently bought by Artelys in 2015.
Awards and honors
Nocedal has won numerous awards in the fields of nonlinear optimization, applied mathematics and operations research. In 1998, he was an invited speaker to the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin. He was named an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in 2004. He received the George B. Dantzig Prize in 2012 and the Charles Broyden Prize in 2009. He was also named a SIAM Fellow in 2010. In 2017, he received the INFORMS John Von Neumann Theory Prize. Nocedal was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for contributions to the theory, design, and implementation of optimization algorithms and machine learning software.
References
External links
Nocedal's home page at Northwestern
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University
Publications from Google Scholar
1952 births
Rice University alumni
Applied mathematicians
Northwestern University faculty
20th-century Mexican mathematicians
21st-century Mexican mathematicians
Expatriate academi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concise%20Command%20Language | Concise Command Language (CCL) was the term used by Digital Equipment Corporation for the Command-line interpreter / User interface supplied on several of their computing systems; its successor was named DIGITAL Command Language (DCL).
CCL provides the user with an extensive set of terminal commands.
The first system to include CCL was DEC's PDP-10.
History
The PDP-6 monitor came with a simple set of commands. To compile and run a FORTRAN program, one would
.R F4 --- invoke the FORTRAN compiler
*DTA1:PROG3=DTA2:PROG3,SUB3A,SUB3B --- specify binary output and source input
.R LOADER 30 --- invoke the loader, allocate 30K of memory
*DTA1:PROG3 --- specify binary object to load
*SYS:/S --- let the loader find the appropriate subroutine libraries
.SAVE DTA1:PROG3 --- write the executable to DTA1
(The DOT is a monitor prompt and the Star/Asterisk is an application prompt)
The PDP-10 had CCL. Key to its improvements over its predecessor were:
multi-step commands: .EX PROG3,SUB3A,SUB3B
would check to see if any of the 3 needed to be recompiled (and did so if necessary)
run the object program loader (including needed subroutine libraries)
start running the program
advanced command file: .EX @RUNPROG3.CMD
would run the command(s) in the .CMD file
Commands
The following table contains a list of CCL commands.
References
Command shells |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20%28supercomputer%29 | Sierra or ATS-2 is a supercomputer built for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for use by the National Nuclear Security Administration as the second Advanced Technology System. It is primarily used for predictive applications in stockpile stewardship, helping to assure the safety, reliability and effectiveness of the United States' nuclear weapons.
Sierra is very similar in architecture to the Summit supercomputer built for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The nodes in Sierra are Witherspoon IBM S922LC OpenPOWER servers with two GPUs per CPU and four GPUs per node. These nodes are connected with EDR InfiniBand. In 2019 Sierra was upgraded with IBM Power System AC922 nodes.
Sierra is composed of 4,474 nodes, 4,284 of which are compute nodes. Each node has 256GB of RAM, 44 IBM POWER9 cores spread across two physical sockets, and Four Nvidia Tesla V100 GPUs, each providing 16GB of VRAM. This gives the complete system 8,948 CPUs, 17,896 GPUs, 1.14 PB of RAM, and 286 TB of VRAM.
Sierra has consistently appeared on the Top500 list, peaking at #2 in November 2018 and currently at #6 on the June 2023 Top500 list. Only 4.6 petaflops of its performance come from its CPUs, with the large majority (120.9 petaflops) coming from the Tesla GPUs.
See also
Trinity (supercomputer) – ATS-1, the first Advanced Technology System
OpenBMC
References
External links
GPGPU supercomputers
IBM supercomputers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NNSA Advanced Technology Systems
Petascale computers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg%20data%20mining | Cyborg data mining is the practice of collecting data produced by an implantable device that monitors bodily processes for commercial interests. As an android is a human-like robot, a cyborg, on the other hand, is an organism whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical/electronic device that relies on some sort of feedback.
Implantable cybernetics and biomechatronics are on course to be proliferated among the global population within the twenty-first century as the markets for implantable electronics are already huge and growing. The global market for artificial cardiac pacemakers (PMs) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) was approximately €8 billion in 2015, and is growing at 10% per year. Over 350 million people worldwide experience endemic diseases, diabetes, cardiac and renal failure, hearing disorders, and neurological disorders, thus making implantable technologies specific to these uses susceptible to increasingly higher demand. However, for the millions of cyborgs already equipped with body-enhancing technologies, namely PMs and ICDs, the data mining of these technologies pertains to broader topics of data sovereignty, data ownership rights, privacy and security, and medical research and development.
Implantable technologies and their general uses
According to European Directive 90/385/EEC, an "active implantable medical device" is any device that is intended to be used for human beings in the: 1) diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of disease or injury; 2) investigation, replacement, or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process; and 3) control of conception. The implantable device is to be totally or partially introduced, surgically or medically, into the human body, and is intended to remain after the procedure.
According to one definition of the term cyborg, basic technologies, such as implantable medical devices, that humanity has physical attachments with have already made humans into cyborgs. These technologies are responsible for enhancing people's cognitive abilities, or more importantly, keeping them alive. The three most common implantable technologies are cochlear implants, PMs, and ICDs. Cochlear implants aid in the process of hearing, and are used by more than 200,000 patients worldwide. PMs and ICDs keep people alive through the measurement of bodily voltage levels, measurement of regular and irregular heartbeats, and the delivery of electric impulses when irregularities are sensed in order to keep the person alive. There are about 3 million people worldwide with pacemakers, and each year 600,000 pacemakers are implanted. The data collected from these technologies, however, is not owned by the person whose body the technology is in, but rather the company who owns the intellectual property to that technology, as well as other third-parties.
Intellectual property, data brokerage, and the third-party doctrine
Intellectual property and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reade%20Brower | Reade Francis Brower is a media owner known for owning a majority of the newspapers in Maine during his tenure as owner of MaineToday Media. His network of owned papers was described by The Maine Monitor as a "near-monopoly".
Personal life
Brower grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts, to his adopted parents Carmel and Richard. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and graduated in 1978 with a degree in marketing. As of 2018, he is married to Martha McSweeney Brower (). They were married in 1985.
Career
Prior to owning newspapers, Brower was an entrepreneur who started several companies, including an auto catalog and direct-mail company that advertised to 600,000 Maine households each week. In 2015, Brower bought MaineToday Media from financier S. Donald Sussman. He continued purchasing Maine newspapers; in 2017, he was the owner of 24 papers in Maine, including four of the state's seven daily newspapers. In 2018, he had acquired six of the seven daily papers in the state (the exclusion being the Bangor Daily News).
On March 30, 2023, he announced he was looking to sell or take on investors to Masthead Maine, the successor to MaineToday. On March 31, Bangor Daily News reported that he owned five dailies and 25 weeklies, and six specialty publications. He was 66 at the time. On July 10, 2023, Bangor Daily News reported that Brower had sold the five daily newspapers and 17 weeklies he owned to the National Trust for Local News, a non-profit.
MaineStay Media
He also owns 6 weeklies that were not included in the 2023 sale: The Ellsworth American (Ellsworth), The Mount Desert Islander (Bar Harbor), The Courier-Gazette (Rockland), The Republican Journal (Belfast), The Camden Herald (Camden), and The Free Press (Camden). Those six papers had united under the company MaineStay Media in 2022.
Notes
References
External links
MaineStay Media
Living people
1950s births
People from Westborough, Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
21st-century American newspaper people
Businesspeople from Maine
American newspaper chain owners |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris%20Thomas | Cris Thomas (also known as Space Rogue) is an American cybersecurity researcher, white hat hacker, and award winning
best selling author. A founding member and researcher at the high-profile hacker security think tank L0pht Heavy Industries, Thomas was one of seven L0pht members who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (1998) on the topic of government and homeland computer security, specifically warning of internet vulnerabilities and claiming that the group could "take down the internet within 30 minutes".
Subsequently, Thomas pursued a career in Cyber Security Research while also embracing a public advocacy role as a cyber security subject-matter expert (SME) and pundit. Granting interviews and contributing articles, Space Rogue's advocacy has served to educate and advise corporations, government, and the Public about security concerns and relative risk in the areas of election integrity, cyber terrorism, technology, the anticipation of new risks associated with society's adoption of the Internet of things, and balancing perspective (risk vs. hype).
Career
Cyber Security
A founding member of the hacker think tank L0pht Heavy Industries, Thomas was the first of L0pht's members to leave following the merger of L0pht with @Stake in 2000, and the last to reveal his true name. Thomas was one of seven L0pht members who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (1999). Testifying under his internet handle, Space Rogue, the testimony of Thomas and other L0pht members served to inform the government of current and future internet vulnerabilities to which federal and public channels were susceptible. The testimony marked the first time that persons not under federal witness protection were permitted to testify under assumed names.
While at the L0pht Thomas created The Whacked Mac Archives and The Hacker News Network. In addition he released at least one security advisories detailing a flaw in FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit.
Thomas continued a career in Cyber Security Research at @Stake, Guardent, Trustwave (Spiderlabs), Tenable, and IBM (X-Force Red). Selected to serve as a panelist during a 2016 Atlantic Council cyber risk discussion series, and a webinar speaker for the National Science Foundation's WATCH series, Thomas has embraced a public advocacy role as a cyber security subject-matter expert (SME) and pundit, granting interviews and contributing articles to educate the public about security concerns and relative risk. Topics include election integrity, cyber terrorism, technology, password security, the anticipation of new risks associated with society's adoption of the Internet of things, and balancing perspective (risk vs. hype).
In response to a 2016 United States Government Accountability Office report revealing the nation's nuclear weapons were under the control of computers that relied on outdated 8" floppy disks, Thomas argued that the older computers, data storage systems, programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golic%20and%20Wingo | Golic and Wingo was an American sports-talk radio show that was hosted by Mike Golic, Sr., his son Mike Jr. and co-host Trey Wingo that aired on the ESPN networks. The show was carried on ESPN Radio and simulcast on television on ESPNEWS since April 2, 2018 (prior to this, it was simulcast on ESPN2), and acted as the morning show for both the radio and television sides of the production. Outside of a few radio stations that were able to move or decline carriage of the show for their own local morning productions (or for daytime-only operations, may not be able to carry), Golic and Wingo was effectively a compulsory element of the ESPN Radio schedule, which all affiliates of the network were required to carry and was the premier morning show on ESPN.
The show started on November 27, 2017, and succeeded Mike & Mike, with Golic's previous co-host, Mike Greenberg leaving the show on November 17, 2017 for a morning show on ESPN called Get Up! (which premiered on April 2, 2018) after an 18-year run together.
ESPN announced that Golic and Wingo would be ending on July 31, 2020. Mike Golic retired from ESPN Radio after the final Golic and Wingo show on July 31, 2020. At the time, there was no show announced for Trey Wingo (he is no longer at ESPN as of September 4, 2020), while Mike Golic Jr. joined Chiney Ogwumike for their new late afternoon radio show, Chiney & Golic Jr., which started on August 17, 2020.
As for the Golic and Wingo show itself, it was replaced with Keyshawn, JWill & Zubin, which also debuted August 17, 2020.
References
ESPN Radio programs
ESPN2 original programming
American sports radio programs
Radio programs on XM Satellite Radio
Simulcasts
Television series based on radio series |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee%20Sarthak | Zee Sarthak (formerly Sarthak TV) is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel broadcasting in Odia language. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It broadcasts Odia programming, such as family dramas, comedies, reality shows, crime shows and telefilms. It was initially Sarthak TV and owned by Sitaram Agrawal since 2010. In 2015, it was taken over by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.
Programming
Drama series
Dubbed series
Reality shows
Notable former broadcasts
Original series
Remake series
Dubbed series
Reality shows
Channels
References
External links
Television stations in Odisha
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Television stations in Bhubaneswar
Odia-language television channels
Companies based in Bhubaneswar
Television channels and stations established in 2010
2010 establishments in Orissa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick%20Millane | Rick P. Millane is a New Zealand electrical and computer engineer currently Professor at University of Canterbury and an Elected Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand. A cited expert in his field, his research involves structural biology, molecular imaging and computational imaging.
Education
He earned his bachelor's degree and Ph.D. at University of Canterbury.
Recent publications
Millane RP. (2017) The phase problem for one-dimensional crystals. Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 73(2): 140-150
Millane RP., Zhang N., Enevoldson E. and Murray JE. (2017) Analysis of mountain wave 3D wind fields in the Andes derived from high-altitude sailplane flights. Technical Soaring in press
Popp D., Loh ND., Zorgati H., Ghoshdastider U., Liow LT., Ivanova MI., Larsson M., Deponte DP., Bean R. and Beyerlein KR. (2017) Flow-aligned, single-shot fiber diffraction using a femtosecond X-ray free-electron laser. Cytoskeleton
Wojtas DH., Ayyer K., Liang M., Mossou E., Romoli F., Seuring C., Beyerlein KR., Bean RJ., Morgan AJ. and Oberthuer D. (2017) Analysis of XFEL serial diffraction data from individual crystalline fibrils. IUCrJ 4: 795-811
R. P. Millane, M. E. Fitzsimons, M. Qi and A. Haider (2006) Analysis of Gravel River Beds using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning. SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6316
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Fellows of the American Physical Society
New Zealand engineers
Academic staff of the University of Canterbury
Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
James Cook Research Fellows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial%20Operating%20System | Commercial Operating System (COS) is a discontinued family of operating systems from Digital Equipment Corporation.
They supported the use of DIBOL, a programming language combining features of BASIC, FORTRAN and COBOL. COS also supported IBM RPG (Report Program Generator).
Implementations
The Commercial Operating System was implemented to run on hardware from the PDP-8 and PDP-11 families.
COS-310
COS-310 was developed for the PDP-8 to provide an operating environment for DIBOL. A COS-310 system was purchased as a package which included a desk, VT52 VDT (Video Display Tube), and a pair of eight inch floppy drives. It could optionally be purchased with one or more 2.5 MB removable media hard drives. COS-310 was one of the operating systems available on the DECmate II.
COS-350
COS-350 was developed to support the PDP-11 port of DIBOL, and was the focus for some vendors of turnkey software packages.
Pre-COS-350, a PDP 11/05 single-user batch-oriented implementation was released; the multi-user PDP 11/10-based COS came about 4 years later. The much more powerful PDP-11/34 "added significant configuration flexibility and expansion capability."
See also
Comparison of operating systems
Timeline of operating systems
Notes
References
DEC operating systems
Time-sharing operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCitations | OpenCitations (established in 2010) is a project aiming to publish open bibliographic citation information in RDF. It produces the "OpenCitations Corpus" citation database in the process.
Datasets
OpenCitations publishes the following datasets which encompass bibliographic data, citation metadata, and in-text reference data. The datasets can be accessed via SPARQL, a REST API, as dumps on Figshare, as individual bibliographic entities, or using OSCAR (OpenCitations RDF Search Application) or Lucinda (The OpenCitations RDF Resource Browser).
OpenCitations Corpus
The OpenCitations Corpus (OCC) is an open repository of scholarly citation data. The repository is released under the CC0 public domain to ensure that the scholarly citation data is open to all.
As of March 19, 2022, the OCC has ingested the references from 326,743 citing bibliographic resources and contains information about 13,964,148 citation links to 7,565,367 cited resources.
OpenCitations Indexes
The OpenCitations Indexes are collections of citations, which treat citations as first-class data objects that include citation metadata, as well as identifiers to the citing and cited works. For example, COCI is the OpenCitations Index of Crossref open DOI-to-DOI citations. A 2021 comparison with other citations tools found that COCI was the smallest in coverage, and a 2020 study found that 54% of the citation links in Web of Science were also in COCI.
Open Biomedical Citations in Context Corpus
The Open Biomedical Citations in Context Corpus (CCC) is a database of citations providing in-text references, extending OpenCitations records with in-text reference pointer information.
See also
Initiative for Open Citations
References
External links
Open access (publishing)
Open science
2010 establishments
Citation indices |
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