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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%20Mouse%3A%20The%20Computer%20Game | Mickey Mouse: The Computer Game, also known as just Mickey Mouse, is an action game developed and published by Gremlin Graphics in 1988 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.
Plot
Mickey Mouse needs to find and destroy the four evil witches who have stolen Merlin's wand. To do so he must reach the top of each tower of the enchanted castle. After that, Mickey can defeat the evil Ogre King to free Disneyland from an evil spell.
Reception
The game received mostly positive reviews:
ACE: 790/1000 (ST)
Commodore Computing International: 50% (C64)
Commodore User: 8/10 (C64)
Computer & Video Games: 7/10 (C64), 8/10 (ST)
The Games Machine: 65% (C64), 85% (CPC), 89% (ST), 87% (ZX)
Zzap!64: 85% (Amiga), 72% (C64)
Reviews
Jeux & Stratégie #54
References
External links
Mickey Mouse: The Computer Game at MobyGames
1988 video games
Amiga games
Amstrad CPC games
Atari ST games
Commodore 64 games
Disneyland
Mickey Mouse video games
Video games about witchcraft
ZX Spectrum games
Gremlin Interactive games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilnam%20Chon | Kilnam Chon (Hangul: 전길남; born 3 January 1943) is a South Korean computer scientist. As a result of his contributions, South Korea became the second country in the world to have the IPv4 network (the Internet), after the United States.<IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2013>
Born in [Japan], in 1943. He graduated from Osaka University with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1965, and then a Ph.D. in systems engineering from UCLA in 1974. He worked as a computer system designer at Rockwell International and a member of technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory until 1979. After returning to South Korea at the age of 36 in 1979, he worked as a researcher at the Korea Institute of Electronics Technology which became Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute later. From 1982 to 2008, he was a professor of computer science at KAIST.
Chon produced many talents in the System Architecture Lab (SA Lab) he directed.
In May 1982, he helped develop IPv4 network (the internet) between Seoul National University and the Korea Institute of Electronics Technology. As a result, South Korea became the second country in the world to be largely connected to the Internet, after the United States, and he is called "the father of Korean Internet".<IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2013. In addition, on 23 April 2012, he was inducted into the Internet Society's Internet Hall of Fame in their Global connectors category.
He retired from KAIST in 2008 and became a professor emeritus there. Afterwards, he became a visiting professor at Tsinghua University in 2008. He was a professor at Keio University's Shonan Fujisawa campus in their policy and media research department.<https://cosmos.kaist.ac.kr>
Research fields
His research fields include the Internet, systems engineering, and human-computer interactions.
Awards
23 April 2012 Internet Hall of Fame, Global connectors
23 June 2003 World Technology Summit World Technology Awards Communication Technology Individual Award
1997 Ministry of Information and Communication of South Korea Information Culture Center National Medal
1996 Scientist of the Year Award, Korea Science Journalists Association
1980 Presidential Award (Gilin National Medal) Mountain Climbing.
See also
Internet Hall of Fame
Read more
3 February 2005 I look back on Internet history.
4 April 2005 KAIST Professor Kilnam Chon's passion for 20 years
13 October 2013 KAIST Professor of 20 years, Korea's Father of the Internet Kilnam Chon
References
External links
Home page
1943 births
Living people
People from Osaka
Zainichi Korean academics
South Korean computer scientists
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Osaka University alumni
Academic staff of KAIST
Academic staff of Keio University
Academic staff of Peking University
Internet pioneers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty%20Civilian%20Shore%20Wireless%20Service | The Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service (ACSWS) was a radio service and network of wireless stations operated by the British Royal Navy based at Irton Moor, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England from 1939 to 1956.
History
In 1912 the Royal Navy built Wireless Telegraphy Station at Scarborough, England in 1912. At the outbreak of World War I its main responsibilities was signals intelligence. After World War I it was primarily involved with monitoring diplomatic communications.
In 1932, a proposal was made to close Scarborough, and to transfer operations to Flowerdown, Hampshire; fortunately this decision was reversed and in 1935 our interception of the German Navy was restarted. At the beginning of August 1939, Y Service, the organisation responsible for intercepting enemy and neutral radio transmissions, were prepared for war. Scarborough intercepted German Naval and Naval Air communications, and controlled a Direction-Finding network.
It was during this period that the civilians working in Sigint for the Admiralty became known as the Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service (ACSWS), and the complement soon became a mix of both civilian and service personnel, augmented during the war years by members of the Women's Royal Naval Service. During May 1941, the station at Scarborough played a key role in the location and subsequent destruction of the German battleship Bismarck. The following is an extract from a review of ‘Y Work’, written by Lt. Cmdr. WR Rodger, Officer in Charge, Scarborough, 15 November 1945:
Post World War II the Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service role was monitor and collect communications of the Soviet Armed Forces a role it maintained through the cold war period. In 1965 the Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service's role and functions was amalgamated within Government Communications Headquarters, (GCHQ) where it was renamed the Composite Signals Organisation the wireless station at Scarborough became CSOS Irton Moor. Now known as GCHQ Scarborough.
See also
GCHQ
References
Sources
Archives, The National. "TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO (93): Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service: formation". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives UK, ADM 1/10004, 1938-1939.
A short history of Sigint in Scarborough | GCHQ Site". www.gchq.gov.uk. Government Communications Headquarters, UK, 2018.
External links
Admiralty departments
Admiralty during World War II
1939 establishments in the United Kingdom
1965 disestablishments in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ID3v1%20genres | ID3 is a metadata container most often used in conjunction with the MP3 audio file format. It allows information such as the title, artist, album, track number, and other information about the file to be stored in the file itself.
The ID3v1 series, in particular, stores genre as an 8-bit number (therefore ranging from 0 to 255, with the latter having the meaning of "undefined" or "not set"), allowing each file to have at most one genre out of a fixed list.
Genre definitions 0-79 follow the ID3 tag specification of 1999. More genres have been successively introduced in later Winamp versions.
ID3v1 defined genres
Specification
Extension by Wisdexnamp
References
ID3Genres
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTM%20Nieuws | VTM Nieuws is the name of the daily news broadcasts on the Flemish television network VTM. The bulletins were the first competition to VRT NWS Journaal, the news programmes broadcast by the VRT.
History
VTM Nieuws was first broadcast on 1 February 1989, the same night that VTM itself launched. As VTM's popularity grew, so did that of its news bulletins, with VTM Nieuws becoming a formidable competitor to Het Journaal throughout the 1990s. In its early years, VTM Nieuws was known for its relative innovations: its main bulletin, broadcast at 7pm, was presented by two newscasters, which was hitherto unheard of within Flanders; it was also the first Flemish news programme to broadcast a bulletin in the afternoon, and to have its newscasters present from within the newsroom.
At the turn of the century, however, viewing figures began to decline, due to modernisation efforts by the VRT. In 2004, VTM Nieuws was renamed to Het Nieuws, as part of a major rebranding exercise: a new studio was built, featuring a large videowall; all bulletins were now presented by one newscaster, and several new on-screen faces were introduced. This led to a rise in ratings, although the effect wore off after a few years.
In 2013, Het Nieuws was renamed back to VTM Nieuws, bringing with it a new logo and studio; a new editorial direction was also introduced, with more attention being paid to political, international and cultural news. Following this rebrand, the popularity of the broadcasts once again increased.
On 3 February 2020, production of VTM Nieuws moved from its former base in Vilvoorde to a new building in Antwerp, shared with journalists from Het Laatste Nieuws. Together, they have approx. 400 employees. VTM Nieuws can also use the expertise of the journalists of Het Laatste Nieuws, if they need to.
Presenters
Current presenters
Stef Wauters (2004–present)
Cathérine Moerkerke (2004-2013, 2015, 2019–present)
Freek Braeckman (2017–present)
Birgit Herteleer (2021–present)
Former presenters
Birgit Van Mol (1998–2021)
Dany Verstraeten (1989–2023)
Danny Huwé (1989)
Mark Demesmaeker (1991-2004)
References
External links
https://nieuws.vtm.be
Flemish television shows
Belgian television news shows
1989 Belgian television series debuts
VTM (TV channel) original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIVA-GIS | DIVA-GIS is a free geographic information system software program used for the analysis of geographic data, in particular point data on biodiversity. The software was first designed for application to the study of wild potatoes in South America.
Development
DIVA-GIS was developed as a joint project by the International Potato Center in Peru, the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California at Berkeley, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, and the FAO. DIVA-GIS has a wide range of tools for evaluation of mapping and modeling of habitats. There is a command-line version of the program that has been developed, AVID-GIS.
Formats
DIVA-GIS can process data in all standard GIS formats, including data from ESRI's ArcGIS programs. The program runs on Windows and OS X. DIVA raster files generated may be imported and exported into R or the modeling program Maxent.
References
External links
Cross-platform software
Free GIS software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAINE%20Linux | CAINE Linux (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Italian Linux live distribution managed by Giovanni "Nanni" Bassetti. The project began in 2008 as an environment to foster digital forensics and incidence response (DFIR), with several related tools pre-installed.
Purpose
CAINE is a professional open source forensic platform that integrates software tools as modules along with powerful scripts in a graphical interface environment. Its operational environment was designed with the intent to provide the forensic professional all the tools required to perform the digital forensic investigate process (preservation, collection, examination and analysis). CAINE is a live Linux distribution so it can be booted from removable media (flash drive) or from an optical disk and run in memory. It can also be installed onto a physical or virtual system. In Live mode, CAINE can operate on data storage objects without having to boot up a supporting operating system. The latest version 11.0 can boot on UEFI/UEFI+Secure and Legacy BIOS allowing CAINE to be used on information systems that boot older operating systems (e.g. Windows NT) and newer platforms (Linux, Windows 10).
Requirements
CAINE is based on Ubuntu 18.04 64-bit, using Linux kernel 5.0.0-32. CAINE system requirements to run as a live disc are similar to Ubuntu 18.04. It can run on a physical system or in a virtual machine environment such as VMware Workstation.
Supported platforms
The CAINE Linux distribution has numerous software applications, scripts and libraries that can be used in a graphical or command line environment to perform forensic tasks. CAINE can perform data analysis of data objects created on Microsoft Windows, Linux and some Unix systems. One of the key forensic features since version 9.0 is that it sets all block devices by default to read-only mode. Write-blocking is a critical methodology to ensure that disks are not subject to writing operations by the operating system or forensic tools. This ensures that attached data objects are not modified, which would negatively impact digital forensic preservation.
Tools
CAINE provides software tools that support database, memory, forensic and network analysis. File system image analysis of NTFS, FAT/ExFAT, Ext2, Ext3, HFS and ISO 9660 is possible via command line and through the graphic desktop. Examination of Linux, Microsoft Windows and some Unix platforms is built-in. CAINE can import disk images in raw (dd) and expert witness/advanced file format. These may be obtained from using tools that are included in CAINE or from another platform such as EnCase or the Forensic Tool Kit.
Some of the tools included with the CAINE Linux distribution include:
The Sleuth Kit – open source command line tools that support forensic inspection of disk volume and file system analysis.
Autopsy – open source digital forensics platform that supports forensic analysis of files, hash filtering, keyword search, email and web artifacts. A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th%20Japan%20Record%20Awards | The 59th Japan Record Awards was held on 30 December 2017. The Tokyo Broadcasting System Television network televised the show live from the New National Theatre Tokyo in Tokyo. Radio broadcast was through TBS Radio. The broadcast ran from 18:30 (JST) to 22:00 (JST). Yūki Amami and Shinichiro Azumi hosted the ceremony for the second time. The nominations and award winners were announced by TBS on 16 November 2017.
The 59th Japan Record Award went to idol group Nogizaka46 for their song "Influencer". This was the second consecutive win for an artist under the Sony Music Entertainment Japan label (after Kana Nishino in 2016). Tsubaki Factory won the Best New Artist Award.
The average audience rating for the second part (19:00 to 22:00) was 14.4%, down 0.1% from the previous year's broadcast.
Presenters
Yūki Amami
Shinichiro Azumi (TBS Announcer)
Progress announcers
Ai Etō (TBS Announcer)
Yumi Furuya (TBS Announcer)
Radio relay host
Kengo Komada (TBS Announcer)
Nominees and winners
Grand Prix
"Influencer"
Artist: Nogizaka46
Lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto
Composition: Shinya Sumida
Arranger: Apazzi
Producer: Yasushi Akimoto
Management company: Nogizaka46 LLC
Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment Japan
Excellent works Award
Also the Grand Prix nominations
Kana Nishino – "Te o Tsunagu Riyuu"
AKB48 – "Negaigoto no Mochigusare"
AAA – "Life"
Keyakizaka46 – "Kaze ni Fukaretemo"
Nogizaka46 – "Influencer"
Hiroshi Miyama – "Otoko no Ryuugi"
Kiyoshi Hikawa – "Otoko no Zesshou"
Sekai no Owari – "Rain"
Daichi Miura – "Excite"
Ai – "Kira Kira feat. Kanna"
Best New Artist Award
Tsubaki Factory
New Artist Award
Also the Best New Artist nominations
Tsubaki Factory
Takuya Nagazawa
Nobu
Unione
Special Award
Yū Aku
Namie Amuro
Yōko Oginome and Tomioka High School Dance Club – "Dancing Hero (Eat You Up)"
Yuzu
Akiko Wada
Best Singer Award
Yoshimi Tendo
Recommendation Award
Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association
Konomi Mori
Special Honour Award
Miyako Ootsuki
Achievement Award
Yukihiko Itō (composer)
Ryūtarō Konishi (music reporter)
Jun Suzuki (composer)
Kyōhei Tsutsumi (composer)
Shōhei Mozu (lyricist)
Reiko Yukawa (music critic)
Special Achievement Award
Hirooki Ogawa (composer)
Hiroshi Kamayatsu (singer)
Jun Kitahara (composer)
Kōmei Sone (composer)
Masaaki Hirao (composer)
Tooru Funamura (composer)
Peggy Hayama (singer)
Composer Award
Katsuhide Sugiyama – "Zutto, Futari de" (singer: Leo Ieiri)
Lyricist Award
Hideaki Tokunaga – "Baton" (singer: Hideaki Tokunaga)
Arranger Award
Yasutaka Nakata – "Ryō Star", "Harajuku Iyahoi" (singer: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu)
Best Album Award
Suchmos – The Kids
Excellence Album Award
Keisuke Kuwata – Garakuta
Kumiko with Kazemachi Review – Déraciné
Ren Takada – Night Riders Blues
Hiromi Uehara x Edmar Castañeda – Live In Montreal
Planning Award
Yutaro Miura – I'm Home
Hanawa – Ogifu-san
The KanLeKeeZ – G.S. meets The KanLeKeeZ
Seiko Matsuda – Seiko Jazz
Walt D |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20exfiltration | Data exfiltration occurs when malware and/or a malicious actor carries out an unauthorized data transfer from a computer. It is also commonly called data extrusion or data exportation. Data exfiltration is also considered a form of data theft. Since the year 2000, a number of data exfiltration efforts severely damaged the consumer confidence, corporate valuation, and intellectual property of businesses and national security of governments across the world.
Types of exfiltrated data
In some data exfiltration scenarios, a large amount of aggregated data may be exfiltrated. However, in these and other scenarios, it is likely that certain types of data may be targeted. Types of data that are targeted includes:
Usernames, associated passwords, and other system authentication related information
Information associated with strategic decisions
Cryptographic keys
Personal financial information
Social security numbers and other personally identifiable information (PII)
Mailing addresses
United States National Security Agency hacking tools
Techniques
Several techniques have been used by malicious actors to carry out data exfiltration. The technique chosen depends on a number of factors. If the attacker has or can easily gain physical or privileged remote access to the server containing the data they wish to exfiltrate, their chances of success are much better than otherwise. For example, it would be relatively easy for a system administrator to plant, and in turn, execute malware that transmits data to an external command and control server without getting caught. Similarly, if one can gain physical administrative access, they can potentially steal the server holding the target data, or more realistically, transfer data from the server to a DVD or USB flash drive. In many cases, malicious actors cannot gain physical access to the physical systems holding target data. In these situations, they may compromise user accounts on remote access applications using manufacturer default or weak passwords. In 2009, after analyzing 200 data exfiltration attacks that took place in 24 countries, SpiderLabs discovered a ninety percent success rate in compromising user accounts on remote access applications without requiring brute-force attacks. Once a malicious actor gains this level of access, they may transfer target data elsewhere.
Additionally, there are more sophisticated forms of data exfiltration. Various techniques can be used to conceal detection by network defenses. For example, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) can be used to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications to provide a malicious actor with sensitive data. A timing channel can also be used to send data a few packets at a time at specified intervals, in a way that is even more difficult for network defenses to detect and prevent.
Preventive measures
A number of things can be done to help defend a network against data exfiltration. Three main categories of preventive measures may be the most |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Al%20Olama | Omar Sultan Al Olama (عمر سلطان العلماء) is Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence in the United Arab Emirates. He was appointed in October 2017 by the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The UAE was the first country to hire a minister for artificial intelligence.
Early life and education
Al Olama was born on 16 February 1990 in Dubai. He has a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Management from the American University in Dubai, and a Diploma in Excellence and Project Management from the American University in Sharjah.
Career
Al Olama’s responsibilities as Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence include creating and fostering international efforts in responsibly governing Artificial Intelligence and reflecting the UAE’s vision on ethical use of AI.
Before his ministerial position, Al Olama worked in several sectors including the banking sector, telecommunications, private enterprises and government. Between February 2012 and May 2014, Al Olama was member of the corporate planning at the UAE’s Prime Minister’s Office. From November 2015 to November 2016, he was Deputy Head of Minister’s Office at the UAE’s Prime Minister’s Office. Between December 2015 and October 2017, he was Secretary General of the World Organization of Racing Drones. In November 2017, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation. Since July 2016, AlOlama has been the Managing Director of the World Government Summit.
During his work in the Future Department at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, AlOlama participated in developing the UAE Centennial 2071 strategy. He also participated in developing the UAE 4th Industrial Revolution Strategy that aims to promote the UAE’s status as a global hub for the 4th Industrial Revolution and develop a national economy based on knowledge, innovation and future technologies. Prior to his appointment, he worked on developing the UAE’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy.
Memberships
In November 2017, Al Olama was appointed as a member of the ‘Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and Society’ Council (working group), part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) – Davos.
UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
In October 2017, the UAE Government launched the ‘UAE Artificial Intelligence Strategy’. It covers education, transportation, energy, space and technology.
First AI Summer Camp
On 1 July 2018, Al Olama inaugurated the first UAE AI Summer Camp. 2,200 applications from university students and government executives were received in just 24 hours.
References
Government ministers of the United Arab Emirates
Artificial intelligence
1990 births
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDR%20paper%20computer | The WDR paper computer or Know-how Computer is an educational model of a computer consisting only of a pen, a sheet of paper, and individual matches in the most simple case. This allows anyone interested to learn how to program without having an electronic computer at their disposal.
The paper computer was created in the early 1980s when computer access was not yet widespread in Germany, to allow people to familiarize themselves with basic computer operation and assembly-like programming languages. It was distributed in over copies and at its time belonged to the computers with the widest circulation.
The Know-how Computer was developed by and Ulrich Rohde and was first presented in the television program WDR Computerclub in 1983. It was also published in German computer magazines mc and .
The original printed version of the paper computer has up to 21 lines of code on the left and eight registers on the right, which are represented as boxes that contain as many matches as the value in the corresponding register. A pen is used to indicate the line of code which is about to be executed. The user steps through the program, adding and subtracting matches from the appropriate registers and following program flow until the stop instruction is encountered.
The instruction set of five commands is small but Turing complete and therefore enough to represent all mathematical functions:
inc *register*: Add 1 to the register.
dec *register*: Subtract 1 from the register.
jmp *line*: Jumps to the specified line.
isz *register*: Checks if the register is zero. If so, skips a line. If not, continues normally.
stp: Stops the program.
In the original newspaper article about this computer, it was written slightly differently (translation):
+ = Add 1 to the contents of data register XX and increase (program step) by 1
- = Subtract 1 from the contents of data register XX and increase (program step) by 1
(J) = (Jump) to (line) XX
0 = Check if the content of the data register XX is equal to 0. If so, then increase (program step) by 2; if no(t), then increase (program step) by 1
Stop = Stop
An emulator for Windows is available on Wolfgang Back's website, but a JavaScript emulator also exists. Emulators place fewer restrictions on line count or the number of registers, allowing longer and more complex programs.
The paper computer's method of operation is nominally based on a register machine by Elmar Cohors-Fresenborg, but follows more the approach of John Cedric Shepherdson and Howard E. Sturgis in their Shepherdson–Sturgis register machine model.
A derived version of the paper computer is used as a "Know-How Computer" in Namibian school education.
See also
Digi-Comp I
Digi-Comp II
Geniac
CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation
Turing Tumble
Little man computer
References
Further reading
(NB. Javascript implementation of a paper computer)
Computers
German inventions
1983 in computing
Models of computation
Educational abstr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisi%20Hai%20Tanhai | Aisi Hai Tanhai () is a Pakistani television serial aired on ARY Digital Network on 8 November 2017 and ended on 21 March 2018. It is written by Mohsin Ali, produced by Fahad Mustafa, Dr.Ali Kazmi and directed by Badar Mehmood. In this serial Sami Khan has played a lead role which was based on a love story with Sonya Hussain and Nadia Khan. Aisi Hai Tanhai talks about how social media can become a curse for some one's life and destroy everything.
Plot
Pakeeza Islam (Sonya Hussain) is a college student who lives with her single mother Khadija (Saba Hameed) and older sister Kinza (Nadia Khan). She falls in love with her classmate Hamza (Sami Khan) and soon they are engaged. Meanwhile, Kinza is married into a respectable family. One day, Hamza challenges Pakeeza to prove the love and trust she has for him. She takes revealing pictures on her phone and the next day offers for Hamza to take a look. He feels ashamed and denies the offer. Immediately afterward, goons forcefully steal Pakeeza's phone and shoot her in the process. Hamza rushes her to the hospital, where she recovers fully but expresses concern over the contents of her phone.
The goons leak Pakeeza's photos all over social media, where they go viral. Hamza's friends hold him responsible for this and Hamza goes to lengths to ensure that Pakeeza's family remains oblivious. His close friend Ramsha (Sadia Ghafar) is in love with him and feels jealous of his relationship with Pakeeza. To sabotage their engagement, she forwards Pakeeza's photos to Hamza's mother. This causes Hamza's parents to break off their son's engagement. Pakeeza's family learns the truth about her viral photos when Kinza's husband divorces her. In retaliation, Khadija feeds her poison. As Pakeeza is admitted to the hospital in critical condition, Khadija leaves and informs everyone that Pakeeza committed suicide. This devastates Kinza and Hamza, while Ramsha feels guilty for her sabotage. Pakeeza is shifted to another ward in the meantime, where Dr. Saad (Kamran Jilani) takes interest in her case and takes it upon himself to try and heal her. When Khadija returns to the hospital, she is told that there is a deceased patient in the ward Pakeeza had been in, causing her to believe that Pakeeza is dead.
While she is in a coma, Pakeeza is raped by a hospital custodian and this goes unnoticed by the rest of the staff. She eventually awakens, much to Dr. Saad's delight, and begins to recover slowly. In the meantime, Hamza marries Kinza as he feels responsible for ruining Pakeeza and her family's reputation. Dr. Saad offers Pakeeza shelter in his home after she is discharged and learns that she is pregnant. The hospital custodian is arrested, while Pakeeza is distraught over the trauma she has faced. Dr. Saad begins to receive threats for helping her and to protect him, she leaves to stay in a women's shelter. There she is shunned once it is discovered that she is pregnant. Now homeless, Pakeeza travels to a local shrine and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EASN%20Association | The European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN) is an international non-profit association dedicated to the advancement of the European aeronautics sciences and technologies. The establishment of EASN goes back to 2002 and it was based on two subsequent support actions funded by the European Commission while it was founded as an open, self-funded and self sustainable association in 2008. Specifically, the EASN Association is the Association of the European Academia active in supporting aviation research, facing the fragmentation of Academia and disseminating the new knowledge and breakthrough technologies incubated through aviation research. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the EASN Association encounters members across 28 European countries with the number constantly increasing.
Overview
On 6 May 2008 the EASN Association was officially established by 22 distinguished personalities of the European Aeronautics research community, with the encouragement of the European Commission and the support of several university professors throughout Europe. The mission of the Association is to contribute to the advancement of the aeronautics sciences and technologies and support the education and research in Europe. The tools for accomplishing the above objectives include among others the organization of scientific events, research forums and collaboration with other networks and associations.
In 2017, the Association counted approximately 350 effective members Europe-wide. These effective members are individuals mainly from European universities active in aviation research. Furthermore, the Association has a number of about 50 associate members which are highly-ranked entities, such as Universities, University Departments, Research Establishments, SMEs, Industries and Laboratories. Among the Association’s associate members top universities are included such as KU Leuven, Polytechnic University of Milan, Warsaw University of Technology, University of Stuttgart, Politecnico di Torino, RWTH Aachen University etc., Research Establishments such as the German Aerospace Center (DLR) , Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA), Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA) etc. and European manufacturers such as Airbus.
Furthermore, the Association is connected with 15.000 researchers across 28 European countries while has strong links with other networks.
References
External links
EASN Association Website https://www.easn.net/
Aeronautics organizations
European Group
European Union and science and technology
Engineering university associations and consortia
Higher education organisations based in Europe
Science and technology in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrechtella%20tricuspidata | Ebrechtella tricuspidata is a species of crab spiders belonging to the family Thomisidae.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
Ebrechtella tricuspidata tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775) - Palearctic realm
Ebrechtella tricuspidata concolor (Caporiacco, 1935) - Karakorum
Distribution
This species is widespread in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan). It is not found in Great Britain.
Habitat
These medium-sized crab spiders inhabit dry meadows and sunny forest edges, waiting for prey well camouflaged in flower and foliage.
Description
Ebrechtella tricuspidata can reach approximately a body length of in females, while males are smaller, reaching a body length of . The cephalothorax (Prosoma) is light green in females, with sometimes indeterminate reddish markings on the back of the whitish-yellowish abdomen. These reddish markings usually consist of two broad rear-connected bands. Also legs are light green.
Males are clearly different-looking (sexual dimorphism). They have light brown cephalothorax with bright median stripe and the first two pairs of legs, while the bottle-shaped abdomen (Opisthosoma) is usually pale green, laterally with dark brown markings.
Biology
Adults from both sexes can be found in May and June.
Gallery
References
Thomisidae
Spiders described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly%20Yeh | Molly Yeh (born May 22, 1989) is an American cookbook author and blogger who is the host of the Food Network cooking show Girl Meets Farm.
Early life
Yeh was born and raised in Glenview, Illinois, to Jody (née Shinbrod) and clarinetist John Bruce Yeh. Her mother is Jewish and her father is Chinese. She has an older sister, Jenna, who is a chef, as well as a younger half sister, Mia.
Yeh attended Glenbrook South High School
and the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, where she was a member of two percussion ensembles—The Rattan Trio and Beat 3—which won consecutive gold medals (2004 and 2005) in the junior division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. She kept journals from a young age which turned into her blog in 2009.
After high school, she moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School, where she was editorial assistant and writer at The Juilliard Journal and in 2011 earned a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion.
Career
After Yeh and her husband Nick Hagen moved to his family farm outside East Grand Forks near the North Dakota/Minnesota border in 2013, Yeh began devoting more time to her food blog, which included personal stories about her life on the farm. The blog gained attention in part due to Yeh's artistic food photography becoming popular on Pinterest; in 2015 she was named "Food Blogger of the Year" by Saveur. In October 2016, Yeh published her first book, Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm (Rodale Books), for which she won the Judges' Choice IACP Cookbook Award in 2017. Like her blog, the book combines Yeh's recipes and food photography with autobiographical stories.
Yeh began hosting her cooking show Girl Meets Farm on Food Network which debuted on June 24, 2018. The series is recorded at Yeh's farm and features Midwestern cuisine as well as elements from her Chinese and Jewish heritage. Her eleventh season of Girl Meets Farm launched on September 4, 2022. In November 2018, she was a guest co-host on From the Top, a podcast showcasing young classical musicians. Yeh had previously appeared on the show twice as a teenager, in 2004 and 2007. She hosted the Food Network competition shows Ben and Jerry's Clash of the Cones in 2021 and the eighth season of Spring Baking Championship which premiered on February 28, 2022.
In 2022, Yeh opened Bernie's, a café restaurant in East Grand Forks, Minnesota specializing in Midwestern dishes with Scandinavian and Jewish influences.
Personal life
In 2014, Yeh married fellow Juilliard music major Nick Hagen a year after the couple moved to East Grand Forks, Minnesota where Hagen is a fifth-generation farmer.
In November 2018, Yeh announced that she and her husband were expecting their first child. On March 30, 2019, Yeh gave birth to a daughter, Bernadette Rosemary Yeh Hagen, named after her husband's great-great-grandfather Bernt (who started the Hagen farm) and her own great-great-grandfather, Bernard. In September 2021, Yeh an |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza%20Edwards | Eliza Edwards (1779–1846) was a human computer and daughter of Mary Edwards.
Early life and education
Edwards was born in Ludlow to Mary and John Edwards.
Career
Eliza was a human computer who took on the job of her mother Mary Edwards, working on the Nautical Almanac. She lost her job in 1829, during the formation of the Nautical Almanac Office. She was paid by the Board of Longitude.
References
1779 births
1846 deaths
Human computers
People from Ludlow
British women mathematicians
19th-century English mathematicians |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YI%20Technology | YI Technology, also known as Xiaoyi () in Mainland China markets, is a company that manufactures cameras and computer vision technologies. Some of the company's popular camera models include the YI 1080p Home Camera, and the YI Outdoor Security Camera. YI Technology was originally backed and branded by Xiaomi, but in October 2016, YI split off from Xiaomi, dropping the "Xiaomi Yi" branding.
Since its founding YI Technology has gone on to produce a wide range of indoor and outdoor security cameras and has shipped products to over 186 countries and created the sub-brand "Kami" in late 2018.
History
YI Technology was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
In 2018, YI Technology partnered with Google to produce the YI Horizon VR180, Google's first VR180 marketplace camera.
On Nov 7, 2018, YI Technology launched the sub-brand "Kami" and released the Kami Indoor Camera.
Products
Notable products include:
YI Halo Camera (discontinued)
YI 360 VR Camera (discontinued)
YI 1080p Home Camera
YI Dome X Camera
YI Outdoor Security camera
YI Lite Action Camera
YI 4K Action Camera
YI M1 Mirrorless Camera (discontinued)
YI Nightscape Dash Camera
YI Smart Dash Camera
YI PTZ 1080p Outdoor camera
Kami Indoor Camera
Kami Outdoor Camera
Recognition
YI Technology has received a number of awards in mainland China and abroad. Some awards include the 2017 Red Dot Award for Product design, and the 2018 DISTREE EMEA Smart Tech Diamond Award.
See also
Home Security
Edge Computing
Security Cameras
Google Nest
Ring
References
External links
Chinese brands
Consumer electronics brands
Technology companies established in 2014
Chinese companies established in 2014
Technology companies of China
Security companies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Market%20District%20%28Little%20Rock%2C%20Arkansas%29 | The River Market District (also known as River Market Entertainment District or simply as the River Market) is a city park and network of walkways along the banks of the Arkansas River at Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Lined by bars, shops, restaurants, nature, public artwork, and the five historic missions, the River Market is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right.
Landmarks
At its heart is the Ottenheimer Market Hall, built in 1996 as part of the city's urban revitalization project, capitalizing on the river frontage. It was refurbished in 2014 to house a number of vendors. The city's weekly farmers' market is held here at the market pavilion. Also within the district at its eastern end is the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, built in 2004; the Cox Creative Center; the Museum of Discovery; the Bobby L. Roberts Library of Arkansas History & Art; Riverfest Amphitheater; Riverfront Park and the Arkansas River Trail.
Transportation
Both of Little Rock's two historic streetcar lines, the Green Line and the Blue Line runs through the district.
See also
List of restaurant districts and streets in the United States
References
External links
1996 establishments in Arkansas
Downtown Little Rock, Arkansas
Entertainment districts in the United States
Farmers' markets in the United States
Restaurant districts and streets in the United States
Tourist attractions in Little Rock, Arkansas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jia%20Shen | Jia Shen is an American technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of RockYou, a company that developed games and widgets for social networks, such as Myspace and Facebook. At RockYou, Jia led the company to acquire over 400 million users and raise over $140 million in investment.
In 2014, Shen founded the company PowerCore, which creates smart toys and branded merchandise for brands, such as Battle Tails, Mino Monsters, and Business Fish.
Most recently Shen leads the Asian efforts of Game Closure, the creator of EverWing on the Instant Games platform in Facebook Messenger and a launch partner on the LINE Quick Games platform.
During Shen's career, one of the biggest mistakes was the largest password compilation of all time leaked online.
References
American chief executives
Video game businesspeople
Entertainment industry businesspeople
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA-8 | NOAA-8, known as NOAA-E before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use in the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). It was first of the Advanced TIROS-N series of satellites. The satellite design provided an economical and stable Sun-synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the atmosphere of Earth, its surface and cloud cover, and the near-space environment.
Launch
NOAA-8 was launched on an Atlas E launch vehicle on 28 March 1983 from Vandenberg Air Force Base at Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 (SLW-3W).
Spacecraft
The NOAA-8 satellite had a mass of . The satellite was based upon the DMSP Block 5D satellite bus developed for the U.S. Air Force, and it was capable of maintaining an Earth-pointing accuracy of better than ± 0.1° with a motion rate of less than 0.035 degrees/second.
Instruments
Primary sensors included the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/2) for global cloud cover observations, and the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) suite for atmospheric temperature and water profiling. Secondary experiments consisted of a Space Environment Monitor (SEM) measuring proton and electron fluxes, and the Data Collection and Platform Location System (DCPLS) for relaying data from balloons and ocean buoys for the Argos system. A search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) system was also included on NOAA-8. The TOVS suite consists of three subsystems: the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder 2 (HIRS/2), the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU), and the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU).
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/2)
The NOAA-8 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/2) was a four-channel scanning radiometer capable of providing global daytime and nighttime sea-surface temperature and information about ice, snow, and clouds. These data were obtained on a daily basis for use in weather analysis and forecasting. The multispectral radiometer operated in the scanning mode and measured emitted and reflected radiation in the following spectral intervals: channel 1 (visible), 0.55 to 0.90 micrometer (µm); channel 2 (near infrared), 0.725 µm to detector cutoff around 1.1 µm; channel 3 (IR window), 3.55 to 3.93 µm; and channel 4 (IR window), 10.5 to 11.5 µm. All four channels had a spatial resolution of 1.1 km, and the two IR-window channels had a thermal resolution of 0.12 Kelvin at 300 Kelvin. The AVHRR was capable of operating in both real-time or recorded modes. Real-time or direct readout data were transmitted to ground stations both at low (4 km) resolution via automatic picture transmission (APT) and at high (1 km) resolution via high-resolution picture transmission (HRPT). Data recorded on board were available for processing in the NOAA central computer facility. They included global area coverage (GAC) data, with a resolution of 4 km, and local ar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA-9 | NOAA-9, known as NOAA-F before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use in the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). It was the second of the Advanced TIROS-N series of satellites. The satellite design provided an economical and stable Sun-synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the atmosphere of Earth, its surface and cloud cover, and the near-space environment.
Launch
NOAA-9 was launched on an Atlas E on 12 December 1984 at 10:42:00 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base at Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 (SLW-3W), California.
Spacecraft
The NOAA-9 satellite had a mass of . The satellite was based upon the DMSP Block 5D satellite bus developed for the U.S. Air Force, and it was capable of maintaining an Earth-pointing accuracy of better than ± 0.1° with a motion rate of less than 0.035 degrees/second.
Instruments
Primary sensors included:
An Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR/2) for global cloud cover observations,
A TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) suite for atmospheric temperature and water profiling. The TOVS suite consists of three subsystems: the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder 2 (HIRS/2), the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU), and the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU).
An Earth radiation budget experiment (ERBE),
A Solar Backscattered UltraViolet radiometer (SBUV/2).
The secondary experiment was a Data Collection and Platform Location System (DCPLS). A Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System (SARSAT) system was also carried on NOAA-9. A Space Environment Monitor (SEM) measuring proton and electron fluxes.
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/2)
The AVHRR/2 was a four-channel scanning radiometer capable of providing global daytime and nighttime sea-surface temperature and information about ice, snow, and clouds. These data were obtained on a daily basis for use in weather analysis and forecasting. The multispectral radiometer operated in the scanning mode and measured emitted and reflected radiation in the following spectral intervals: channel 1 (visible), 0.55 to 0.90 micrometer (µm); channel 2 (near infrared), 0.725 µm to detector cutoff around 1.1 µm; channel 3 (IR window), 3.55 to 3.93 µm; and channel 4 (IR window), 10.5 to 11.5 µm. All four channels had a spatial resolution of 1.1 km, and the two IR-window channels had a thermal resolution of 0.12 Kelvin at 300 Kelvin. The AVHRR was capable of operating in both real-time or recorded modes. Real-time or direct readout data were transmitted to ground stations both at low (4 km) resolution via automatic picture transmission (APT) and at high (1 km) resolution via high-resolution picture transmission (HRPT). Data recorded on board were available for processing in the NOAA central computer facility. They included global area coverage (GAC) data, with a resolution of 4 km, and local area c |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA-10 | NOAA-10, known as NOAA-G before launch, was an American weather satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for use in the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). It was the third of the Advanced TIROS-N series of satellites. The satellite design provided an economical and stable Sun-synchronous platform for advanced operational instruments to measure the atmosphere of Earth, its surface and cloud cover, and the near-space environment.
Launch
NOAA-10 was launched on an Atlas E launch vehicle on 17 September 1986 at 15:52 UTC from Vandenberg Air Force Base at Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 (SLW-3W), California, United States.
Spacecraft
The NOAA-10 satellite had a mass of . The satellite was based upon the DMSP Block 5D satellite bus developed for the U.S. Air Force, and it was capable of maintaining an Earth-pointing accuracy of better than ± 0.1° with a motion rate of less than 0.035 degrees/second.
Instruments
Primary sensors included: 1) an Advanced very-high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR/2) for global cloud cover observations, 2) a TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) suite for atmospheric temperature and water profiling. The TOVS suite consists of three subsystems: the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder 2 (HIRS/2), the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU), and the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU). 3) an Earth radiation budget experiment (ERBE), and 4) a Solar Backscattered UltraViolet radiometer (SBUV/2). The secondary experiment was a Data Collection System (DCS). A Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System (SARSAT) system was also carried on NOAA-10. A Space Environment Monitor (SEM) measuring proton and electron fluxes.
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/2)
The AVHRR/2 was a four-channel scanning radiometer capable of providing global daytime and nighttime sea-surface temperature and information about ice, snow, and clouds. These data were obtained on a daily basis for use in weather analysis and forecasting. The multispectral radiometer operated in the scanning mode and measured emitted and reflected radiation in the following spectral intervals: channel 1 (visible), 0.55 to 0.90 micrometer (µm); channel 2 (near infrared), 0.725 µm to detector cutoff around 1.1 µm; channel 3 (IR window), 3.55 to 3.93 µm; and channel 4 (IR window), 10.5 to 11.5 µm. All four channels had a spatial resolution of 1.1 km, and the two IR-window channels had a thermal resolution of 0.12 Kelvin at 300 Kelvin. The AVHRR was capable of operating in both real-time or recorded modes. Real-time or direct readout data were transmitted to ground stations both at low (4 km) resolution via automatic picture transmission (APT) and at high (1 km) resolution via high-resolution picture transmission (HRPT). Data recorded on board were available for processing in the NOAA central computer facility. They included global area coverage (GAC) data, with a resolution of 4 km, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberflashing | Cyberflashing involves sending obscene pictures to strangers online, often done through Bluetooth or AirDrop transfers between devices.
The first mainstream coinage of the term occurred around 13 August 2015, after a female commuter was AirDropped two pictures of a penis. The case was reported to the British Transport Police who indicated that as the pictures were declined, insufficient data was recorded by the receiving phone and could not provide suitable evidence.
Methodology
An appropriately equipped device can seek out any active peers within about 10 meters. The harassing individual can make an initial connection with any device that is open to all users. A photo can then be sent with a preview of the photo being shown to the device's owner at the same time as a request to allow the connection. Therefore, the harassment (the "flashing") can occur before a specific connection is authorized.
Incidents
On August 13, 2017, the New York Post reported that at least two women were sent nude pictures while commuting. A HuffPost reporter in the UK was also sent more than 100 sexual pictures while commuting. This case was reported to the British Transport Police, and when these news stories were published, several women indicated to the publications that they had suffered similar harassment. However, UK police forces indicate very few complaints about these actions despite "a growing awareness" of it occurring. This indicates a wide level of under-reporting and thus few arrests and prosecutions.
In Australia, May 2018, it was reported that cyber-flashing was increasingly common as a prank used by children, popular due to its ease in targeting multiple individuals very rapidly in a fairly unidentifiable fashion.
In Israel, May 2022, an AnadoluJet flight aborted its takeoff at Ben Gurion Airport after pictures of airplane crashes were distributed among passengers via AirDrop.
Legal issues
As with other technological-based abuses, such as deepfake pornography, revenge porn, and upskirting, there was no specific pre-existing law designed to criminalize and prevent cyber-flashing. This means that many police forces were and are required to fall back on more generalized crimes such as harassment and outraging public decency.
In New South Wales, Australia, The Crimes Amendment (Intimate Images) Bill 2017 was implemented to make it an offense to "intentionally record or distribute, or threaten to record or distribute, an intimate image of a person without their consent". This legislation would cover cyber-flashing by its prohibition on distributing intimate images without consent.
In the UK there has been criticism that "upskirting laws" under consideration would not cover cyber-flashing, as well as other forms of image-based abuse, such as revenge porn. The proposed laws also have a stronger intent prohibition, and it is unclear whether it would cover non-harassment circumstances as well as issues where the receiver of the images has not consente |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandawali%20-%20West%20Vinod%20Nagar%20metro%20station | Mandawali - West Vinod Nagar is a metro station located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. It was a part of Phase III of the Delhi Metro Network's expansion. The station was opened on October 31, 2018.
Station Layout
Layout
Exits
Connections
Bus
Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 85, 85EXT, 349A, 391, 534, 534A, 534C, 624A, 624ACL, 624BLnkSTL, 740, 740A, 740B, 740EXT, AC-534 serves the station from nearby Ras Vihar bus stop.
See also
Delhi
List of Delhi Metro stations
Transport in Delhi
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Delhi Suburban Railway
Delhi Monorail
Sanjay Lake
Mayur Vihar
Delhi Transport Corporation
East Delhi
New Delhi
National Capital Region (India)
List of rapid transit systems
List of metro systems
References
External links
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
Delhi Metro Annual Reports
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
Railway stations in India opened in 2018
Delhi Metro stations
Railway stations in East Delhi district |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayur%20Vihar%20Pocket%20I%20metro%20station | Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 is a metro station located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. It as part of Phase III of the Delhi Metro Network. The station was opened on 31 December 2018.
History
The construction of this station started in 2013 and it was completed around mid 2018.
Station layout
Facilities
This station has facility of electronic rickshaws.
Connections
St. John's Model School and Pocket 3 market are nearest.
South Indian temple Sree Guruvayurappan Temple is the main attraction near pocket 1 station. We have jeevan anmol hospital. Phase 1 police station and Kukreja hospital accessible from here.
References
External links
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
Delhi Metro Annual Reports
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
Railway stations in India opened in 2018
Delhi Metro stations
Railway stations in East Delhi district |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20Capital%20Radio | This is a timeline of Capital London, from its initial period as an Independent Local Radio station for Greater London to the present day CHR network serving most of the UK.
1970s
1970
Radio Capital, later to become Capital London, was formed in early 1970 by Nicholas Vincent-Brown, David Maule-ffinch and one other friend Tony Parmiter with the intent to apply for London's Independent Local Radio general entertainment licence. In late 1970, future brothers-in-law Vincent-Brown and Maule-ffinch's father-in-law, Barclay Barclay-White, became involved. By the time the consortium applied to the IBA, Radio Capital's board also included Richard Attenborough, George Martin, Bryan Forbes and Peter Saunders (impresario).
1973
February – Capital London is awarded the licence to provide London's general entertainment service. Michael Bukht is appointed programme controller, Aidan Day Head of Music and Ron Onions Head of News. The chief engineer is Gerry O'Reilly.
16 October – At 5am, Capital London begins broadcasting a music-based general entertainment service to the London area. Launching eight days after the news and information service of LBC, Capital becomes the UK's second Independent Local Radio station. It broadcasts on 95.8 MHz from the Croydon transmitter and 557 kHz (539m) MW from London Transport's Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea. The medium-wave frequency and location were temporary sites as the then new high-powered medium-wave station at Saffron Green, Barnet, was incomplete. Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel is the first record to be played on the station. Launch presenters include Kenny Everett, Tommy Vance, David Symonds, Roger Scott, Dave Cash, Joan Shenton, Monty Modlyn, Tony Myatt, Nicky Horne, Robin Houston, Allan Hargreaves, Marsha Hunt, Tim Rice, Susan Stranks, Brian Rust, Robin Ray, Kerry Juby, Gerald Harper, Humphrey Burton, Simon Jenkins, Simon Prebble, Sue Denny, Sarah Ward, Don Blake, Sean Kelly, and Tricia Ingrams.
1974
January – The station changes its music policy following a slow start, moving away from light music to a more pop-based format.
Kenny Everett hosts the flagship breakfast show.
2 September – Michael Aspel joins the station to host the weekday mid-morning programme from 9am-12pm.
November –
Capital closes its in-house newsroom for financial reasons. 12 people are made redundant.
Robin Houston and Tricia Ingrams leave and join LBC.
1975
The IBA finally opens the station's permanent transmission facilities at Saffron Green which allows both LBC and Capital Radio to move up the dial. Capital moves to 1548 kHz medium wave (194 m).
May – Graham Dene replaces Kenny Everett as presenter of the breakfast show, as Kenny himself moves to weekends and Rod McKenzie joins the station.
1976
December – Capital London launches the Capital Radio Helpline – a joint partnership with BT, Thames Television and LWT.
Capital London launches the Flying Eye, a traffic spotting light aircraft, carrying live |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20Magic | A timeline of notable events relating to Magic 105.4, a commercial radio station operated by Bauer Radio, and the former Magic Network broadcast on AM stations in the north of England.
1990s
1990
9 July – Melody Radio launches as an easy listening music service in London.
17 July – Magic 828 launches as a MW oldies station in Leeds.
1997
February – Emap launches a network of Magic stations on its MW frequencies across the north of England. Playing soft adult contemporary music, they replace regional oldies stations Great North Radio and Great Yorkshire Gold. Magic 1161 and Magic 990, 1305 & 1548 launch on the 12th, followed one week later by the north east stations Magic 1152 and Magic 1170
17 March – The Magic brand is rolled out across the north west.
1998
June – Emap purchases Melody 105.4 FM.
December – Melody Radio is renamed Magic 105.4 FM.
1999
No events.
2000s
2000
No events.
2001
13 September – Magic launches a spin-off television channel.
December – EMAP decides that it is more economical for north of England Magic stations to share off-peak programmes and begins networking with the London station Magic 105.4 between 10am-2pm, and 7pm-6am, although there are local commercial breaks, and local news on the hour. During these hours the station is simply known as Magic.
2002
No events.
2003
January – Due to a sharp decline in listening, Emap ends the networking of London station Magic 105.4 on the north of England Magic stations and a regional northern network is created with programmes broadcast from Magic 1152 in Newcastle. During networked hours, local adverts are aired, as well as local news on the hour.
September –
Live evening programmes on Magic 105.4 are replaced by automated output.
Richard Skinner leaves for a while. He had been mid-morning presenter for Magic since 1997.
2004
No events.
2005
12 September – Neil Fox joins Magic 105.4 as the station's breakfast presenter.
2006
July – The Magic AM network is revamped to appeal to an older audience. The changes see the introduction of more networking with only the 4 hour breakfast show remaining local. As part of the revamp, Dave Lee Travis and Eamonn Holmes join the station to present weekend shows.
2007
September – After a year with the station, Graham Dene leaves Magic 105.4. He is replaced as drivetime host by Steve Priestley.
2008
29 January – Bauer completes the purchase of EMAPs radio, television and consumer media businesses, purchasing the assets for £1.14bn.
September – Singer Kim Wilde joins the station to present a Sunday lunchtime show.
2009
Steve Priestley leaves.
2010s
2010
9 January – Boyzone singer Ronan Keating joins the station to present a Sunday afternoon show.
2011
No events.
2012
23 March – Tony Blackburn and Mike Read are signed to appear on Magic Network.
April – The weekend breakfast show on the north of England Magic Network stations stops being a local show and is replaced by a networked programme. Consequently, only the we |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointless%20%28Australian%20game%20show%29 | Pointless was an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It was broadcast by Network 10 and hosted by Mark Humphries.
It began airing from 23 July 2018 until 10 May 2019. Pointless was filmed at Network 10 Studios in Pyrmont, a suburb in Sydney's inner-city.
History
In May 2018, Endemol Shine Australia were looking for local contestants from New South Wales to audition for Pointless. It was confirmed that the Nine Network, Seven Network, ABC, SBS and Foxtel had not purchased the rights to the show, leaving Network 10 as the likely broadcaster.
In late June it was announced that an Australian version of Pointless would air on Network 10, replacing Family Feud.
In February 2019, various entertainment websites speculated that the show had been cancelled due to poor ratings, and that a replacement was yet to be announced. On 15 March 2019, Network 10 confirmed that Pointless was cancelled, to be replaced with a new game show, Celebrity Name Game, hosted by Grant Denyer, and based on the US game show of the same name. This lasted until May 2020.
Gameplay
The format of the show is similar in nature to the British version albeit with reduced and abbreviated rounds and fewer contestants.
The object of the game is for contestants to provide answers that are not only correct but also as obscure as possible, with each game consisting of teams of two contestants. The Australian version commences with three teams compared to the four teams that participate in the British game. Before each show, 100 people are given 100 seconds to provide as many answers as they can to a series of general knowledge questions as part of a pre-conducted survey, and in each round, contestants are asked these same questions. These questions are set into categories, with the contestants given rules regarding what they are searching for in terms of answers, more importantly what answers will be accepted for the question given. If the answer is correct, the team scores one point for each participant that gave it during the survey; if none of the surveyed participants gave an answer listed for the question and a contestant gives it, the team scores zero points for providing a "pointless" answer. If the answer is incorrect, the team scores the maximum of 100 points.
The format of the show consists of an elimination round in which teams must achieve as low a score as possible, with those who achieve the highest score being eliminated from the game. Following this round, the two surviving teams compete against each other in a "head to head" round to find the lowest scoring answer in a series of questions, with the winning team moving on to the final round. Prior to the final round, every pointless answer given adds $500 to the cash jackpot, and eliminated teams making their first appearance are eligible to appear again in the next consecutive game. Teams who have appeared twice or reached the final round cannot return. The team that reaches |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTDMX-TDT | XHTDMX-TDT (channel 6) is a television station in Mexico City, an owned-and-operated station of the Monterrey-based Multimedios Televisión network. Owned by Grupo Multimedios through the subsidiary company Televisión Digital, S.A. de C.V., it broadcasts from the Canal Once tower on Cerro del Chiquihuite.
History
XHTDMX was awarded in the IFT-6 television station auction of 2017, held by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT). Multimedios paid Mex$425,929,000 for the concession.
The station began testing on 12 April 2018, making it the first of the six Multimedios stations won in the auction to broadcast, and activated its second and third subchannels on 4 July. Multimedios programming officially launched programming on the main signal the night of 14 August 2018 with the launch of the second season of the network's inter-network dance competition program, Bailadísimo, and began to have the full network programming schedule on-air as of 27 August.
Multimedios is building studio facilities in Mexico City in the former home of the Novedades newspaper to begin local program production in the capital (including a local branch of Multimedios' Telediario news division); the network had previously used a small bureau to cover national news events in the capital. The American cable/satellite version of Multimedios carries the noon-1 p.m. and 7 p.m.-8 p.m. segments of XHTDMX's Telediario broadcasts, along with Futbol al Dia and Multimedios Deportes. The network's Thursday night interview series SNSerio also has begun to originate most weeks from XHTDMX's studios to take advantage of a larger possible guest pool.
In August 2023, the IFT authorized XHTDMX-TDT to move to channel 27, which had been left vacant by the shutdown of XHTRES-TDT the year before.
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
The 6.2 and 6.3 subchannels use MPEG-4 compression.
The 6.4 subchannel, authorized to carry the MVS TV channel from MVS Comunicaciones, launched on November 5, 2018. In 2019, it was changed to MPEG-2 compression.
Repeater
XHTDMX-TDT has two operating repeaters. One is on RF channel 12 at Tultepec, State of Mexico, broadcasting with 7 kW ERP. Another, on channel 11, was authorized for Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, also with 7 kW ERP, in August 2019. The repeaters were required to move to channel 27 alongside the main transmitter.
References
2018 establishments in Mexico
Television channels and stations established in 2018
Television stations in Mexico City
Canal 6 (Mexico) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Vale%20Presents | Night Vale Presents, formerly known as Commonplace Books, is a production company and independent podcast network founded in 2015 by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. In 2016 Night Vale Presents expanded into a network hosting original podcasts other than Welcome to Night Vale. Night Vale Presents is partnered with Public Radio Exchange.
The network started off with only fiction podcasts, but later expanded to include nonfiction and commentary podcasts as well. Notable podcasts in the network include Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, and Sleep with Me.
Overview
Notes
Current shows
Conversations with People Who Hate Me
Night Vale Presents' first non-fiction podcast, Conversations With People Who Hate Me, premiered on July 30, 2017. It is a weekly discussion-based podcast featuring Dylan Marron talking with people who have sent him hateful comments online, or mediating conversations between others who have had arguments online including celebrity guests.
Good Morning Night Vale
Good Morning Night Vale is an aftershow for Welcome to Night Vale featuring Night Vale voice actors Meg Bashwiner, Symphony Sanders, and Hal Lublin breaking down and discussing every episode of the show.
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Night Vale Presents announced in January 2019 that they had added the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, previously presented by Panoply, to the network's roster. Hosted by Vanessa Zoltan and Casper Ter Kuile since its inception in May 2016, the podcast attempts to read the Harry Potter books as a sacred text, exploring the characters and context of one chapter per episode through a different central theme.
I Only Listen to The Mountain Goats
I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats, features conversations between Joseph Fink and musician John Darnielle of the band The Mountain Goats. Each episode features a new cover of a Mountain Goats song by a different artist. The first season, focusing on the band's album All Hail West Texas, aired from September 27, 2017, to April 5, 2018. An album featuring all the covers from the first season was released the day after the finale digitally and on vinyl. Season two, focusing on the band's then-upcoming album In League with Dragons premiered on April 4, 2019.
It Makes A Sound
It Makes A Sound aired from September 2017 to January 2018 and detailed an amateur radio host's love of a local musician named Wim Faros and her hopes of revitalizing her hometown. The podcast was created, written, and narrated by Jacquelyn Landgraf. A soundtrack album based on the first season was released called Win Faros: The Attic Tapes was released on January 30, 2019.
Our Plague Year
On March 13, 2020, a new weekly podcast created by Joseph Fink called Our Plague Year was launched with the intent to help assuage anxieties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9
Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9 is a horror podcast hosted by Jeffrey Cranor and Cecil Baldw |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd%20Japan%20Record%20Awards | The 22nd Japan Record Awards ceremony was held on 31 December 1980 at the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, and was broadcast live in Japan through the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television network. The broadcast ran from 19:00 (JST) to 20:55 (JST).
The 22nd Japan Record Award went to Aki Yashiro for "Ame no Bojō" (ja), and Best Vocal Performance went to Harumi Miyako for "Ōsaka Shigure" (ja).
Presenters
Main host
Keizō Takahashi
Progress announcers
Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer)
Yoshiko Nakada
Nominees and winners
Japan Record Award
"Ame no Bojō" (ja)
Artist: Aki Yashiro
Lyricist: Yū Aku
Composer: Keisuke Hama
Arranger: Koji Ryuzaki
Best Vocal Performance Award
Harumi Miyako – "Ōsaka Shigure"
Best New Artist Award
Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" (ja)
New Artist Award
Best New Artist Award nominations.
Yoshimi Iwasaki – "Anata Iro no Manon" (ja)
Naoko Kawai – "Yankee Boy" (ja)
Toshihiko Tahara – "Hattoshite! Good" (ja)
Seiko Matsuda – "Aoi Sangoshō" (ja)
Kazuko Matsumura – "Kaettekoi yo" (ja)
Special General Public Award
Momoe Yamaguchi
Best Song Award
Japan Record Award nominations.
Aki Yashiro – "Ame no Bojō" (ja)
Sachiko Kobayashi – "Are kara Ichinen Tachimashita"
Harumi Miyako – "Ōsaka Shigure" (ja)
Hiromi Iwasaki – "Ginga Densetsu" (ja)
Mayumi Itsuwa – "Koibito yo" (ja)
Kenji Sawada – "Sakaba de Dabada" (ja)
Hideki Saijo – "Santa Maria no Inori" (ja)
Monta & Brothers – "Dancing All Night" (ja)
Hiroshi Itsuki – "Futari no Yoake" (ja)
Mizue Takada – "Watashi no Piano" (ja)
Best Album Award
Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Gyakuryū (ja)
Yellow Magic Orchestra – Solid State Survivor
Tatsuro Yamashita – Moonglow
Lyricist Award
Also known as the Yaso Saijō Award.
Tetsuya Takeda – "Okuru Kotoba" (ja) (singer: Kaientai)
Composer Award
Also known as the Shinpei Nakayama Award.
Yoshinori Monta – "Dancing All Night" (ja) (singer: Monta & Brothers)
Arranger Award
Tsugutoshi Gotō – "TOKIO" (ja) (singer: Kenji Sawada)
Special Award
Ichimaru
Takao Saeki
Ichirō Fujiyama
Planning Award
Nippon Columbia
King Records
EMI Music Japan
Long Seller Award
Los Indios & Silvia – "Wakaretemo Suki na Hito" (ja)
Achievement Award
Awarded by the Japan Composer's Association
Player Award
Tasuku Sano (saxophonist and clarinetist)
Kazuo Tanaka (drummer)
Raymond Conde (clarinetist)
Kiichi Tazawa (pianist)
Achievement Award
Sō Nishizawa (lyricist)
TBS Award
Awarded by the sponsoring organization.
Kaientai
References
External links
1980
Japan Record Awards
Japan Record Awards
Japan Record Awards
Japan Record Awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computec | Computec Media GmbH is a German computer media company headquartered in Fürth. It is a subsidiary of the Swiss Marquard Media Group. The company publishes multiple magazines and websites related to computers, video gaming and media.
History
Computec Media was founded in 1989 by Christian Geltenpoth who led the company until 2005. In 1999, the company tried to establish itself in the United States but had to cancel its operations after only ten months.
From 1998 to 2013, it was traded in the General Standard of the Frankfurt stock exchange. In 2005, the Swiss Marquard Media AG became the company's major stock holder and on 1 October 2013 it bought the remaining stocks via a squeeze-out. Computec Media was delisted and transformed into a GmbH. In 2014 the company bought the Linux- and Raspberry-Pi-related magazines of Medialinx and in 2016 the mobile phone news website Areamobile.de.
Computec Media was the publisher of a number of now-defunct magazines, such as SEGA Magazin, PC Action, Play Time, Amiga Games, Mega Fun and XBG Games.
Subsidiaries
Golem Media GmbH Berlin, Germany
Publications
Buffed
Games Aktuell
gamesworld.de
gamezone.de
Golem.de
Linux-Magazin
LinuxUser
N-Zone
PC Games
PC Games MMORE
PC Games Hardware
Play⁵
Raspberry Pi Geek
videogameszone.de
References
External links
Computec Media
Marquard Media AG
1989 establishments in West Germany
Publishing companies of Germany
Companies based in Bavaria
German companies established in 1989 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALCRI | Visual Analytics for Sense-making in Criminal Intelligence Analysis (VALCRI) is a software tool that helps investigators to find related or relevant information in several criminal databases. The software uses big data processes to aggregate information from a wide array of different sources and formats and compiles it into visual and readable arrangements for users. It is used by various law enforcement agencies and aims to allow officials to utilize statistical information in their operations and strategy. The project is funded by the European Commission and is led by Professor William Wong at Middlesex University.
Features
Automatic search
VALCRI can automatically search numerous databases using dedicated search engines. Previously, investigators would need to employ an average of 73 SQL queries and wait up to three days to find the right cases. The tool utilizes machine learning mechanisms to screen through masses of unstructured data to identify similarities between cases, and performs associative searching to comes up with reports based on the search criteria of users.
Data visualization
VALCRI can present data and information in visual formats such as maps, timelines, dispersion diagrams, and process charts. This creates an analyst dashboard that is designed to be integrated within the workforce and allow for investigative reasoning based on database information. The visualizations are interactive and encourage cooperative input from human analysis.
VALCRI also employs algorithms such as PCA, MDS, and t-SNE to embed data points into graphical representations. This feature allows for the statistical and mathematical calculation of similarity and correlation levels between different crime data sets through different algorithmic models which each have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Concerns
Legal and ethical challenges
During the development of VALCRI, an Independent Ethics Board (IEB) and Security, Privacy, and Legal Group (SEPL) was created to monitor potential ethical challenges and roadblocks that the project would introduce. With the specialists in these boards, there were numerous concerns that were identified in respect to potential ethics and legality issues.
One issue that was identified by these boards was potential complications with human privacy. With the advent of a comprehensive database system that would be able to share billions of different data points for law enforcement, VALCRI faces potential roadblocks in navigating through different regional policies and laws regarding data privacy and security. This potential issue has been addressed in VALCRI by creating a dedicated group supervising data management policy in the software.
Cognitive and sense-making bias
VALCRI's data analysis capabilities offer criminal analysts a wider set of data points to base their conclusions on. Vienna University of Technology's research based on 120 case studies introduces the risk of cognitive and sense-making bias playing a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20box | A rainbow box is a data visualization technique for overlapping sets. Rainbow boxes are an alternative to Euler and Venn diagrams.
The first figure shows rainbow boxes displaying the properties of amino acids. In rainbow boxes, the elements are shown in columns (e.g. the amino acids), and each set is represented by a rectangular box (e.g. the groups of amino acids sharing a given property). Each box covers the columns corresponding to the elements belonging to its set. When the elements of a given set are not displayed in contiguous columns, a “hole” is present in the box of the set (in the amino acids example on the right, the "Polar" box has three holes). The column order is computed using a heuristic optimization algorithm, in order to minimize the number of holes.
A specific color is associated with each column, ranging across the spectrum, and a box's color is the mean of the colors of the columns it covers. Boxes are stacked vertically, the largest boxes being at the bottom. Custom colors may also be defined, depending on the data.
Rainbow boxes were initially presented at the International Conference Information Visualisation (iV) in 2016, and then published in 2017 the Journal of Visual Language and Computing. A user study involving 78 students in biology compared rainbow boxes to Euler diagram for the visualization of amino acids properties. Results showed that rainbow boxes lead to significantly fewer errors and lower response times. A majority of students also preferred rainbow boxes.
References
Visualization (graphics)
Diagrams |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Japan%20Record%20Awards | The 23rd Japan Record Awards ceremony was held on 31 December 1981 at the Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, and was broadcast live in Japan through the TBS Television network. The broadcast ran from 19:00 (JST) to 20:54 (JST). Keizō Takahashi hosted the ceremony for the thirteenth time.
The 23rd Japan Record Award went to Akira Terao for "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja). "Ruby no Yubiwa" also won the Gold Award as well as the Lyricist, Composer, and Arranger Awards. Best Vocal Performance went to Hiromi Iwasaki for "Sumire Iro no Namida" (ja), and Best New Artist went to Masahiko Kondō for "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" (ja).
Presenters
Main host
Keizō Takahashi
Progress hosts
Kentaro Watanabe (TBS announcer)
Keiko Takeshita
Nominees and winners
Japan Record Award
"Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja)
Artist: Akira Terao
Lyricist: Takashi Matsumoto
Composer: Akira Terao
Arranger: Akira Inoue
Best Vocal Performance
Hiromi Iwasaki – "Sumire Iro no Namida" (ja)
Best New Artist
Masahiko Kondō – "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" (ja)
New Artist Award
Best New Artist Award nominations.
Masahiko Kondō – "Gin Gira Gin ni Sarigenaku" (ja)
Takayuki Takemoto – "Terete Zin Zin"
Yūko to Yayoi – "Otōsan"
Yutaka Yamakawa – "Hakodate Honsen" (ja)
Hiroyuki Okita – "Hamidashi Champion"
Gold Award
Japan Record Award nominations.
Miyuki Kawanaka – "Anata Hitosuji"
Shinichi Mori – "Inochi Ataete"
Masako Mori – "Kanashimi Honsen Nihonkai" (ja)
Hiroshi Itsuki – "Jinsei Kakurenbo" (ja)
Kenji Sawada – "Stripper" (ja)
Hiromi Iwasaki – "Sumire Iro no Namida" (ja)
Hideki Saijo – "Sentimental Girl" (ja)
Chanels – "Machikado Twilight" (ja)
Toshiyuki Nishida – "Moshimo Piano ga Hajiketa nara" (ja)
Akira Terao – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja)
Golden Idol Award
Seiko Matsuda – "Kaze Tachinu" (ja)
Tahara Toshihiko – "Good Luck Love" (ja)
Naoko Kawai – "Smile For Me" (ja)
Yoshie Kashiwabara – "Hello Goodbye" (ja)
Best Album Award
Off Course – We Are (ja)
Yumi Matsutoya – Mizu no Naka no Asia e (ja)
Eiichi Ohtaki – A Long Vacation
Best Ten Albums
Off Course – We Are (ja)
Tatsuro Yamashita – On the Street Corner 1
Yasuko Agawa – Sunglow
Southern All Stars – Stereo Taiyō-zoku (ja)
Yumi Matsutoya – Mizu no Naka no Asia e (ja)
The Venus – Love Portion No.1
Miyuki Nakajima – Ringetsu
Eiichi Ohtaki – A Long Vacation
Creation – Lonely Heart (ja)
Lyricist Award
Takashi Matsumoto – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja) (singer: Akira Terao)
Composer Award
Also known as the Shinpei Nakayama Award.
Akira Terao – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja) (singer: Akira Terao)
Arranger Award
Akira Inoue – "Ruby no Yubiwa" (ja) (singer: Akira Terao)
Special Award
Utako Matsushima
Planning Award
Masayoshi Takanaka, Kitty Films, Polydor Records – Niji Densetsu
King Records – Uta wa Ikiteiru
Saori Yuki, Toshiba EMI – Shōwa Tsuyasho
Long Seller Award
Yujiro Ishihara – "Brandy Glass" (ja)
George Yamamoto – "Michi no Kuhitori Tabi" (ja)
Tetsuya Ryu – "Okuhida Bojō" (ja)
References
External links
1981
Japan Recor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowemimo%20Abiodun | Sowemimo Abiodun Alex (born 25 December 1986) is the Chief Executive Officer of CapitalMetriQ Swift Bank, InfoMetriQ Data Network, iNet Telecommunications, and Vapour Paints. He was the founder of PagePedia, a global data system of information profiling application. In March 2019, he received the "Most Promising Youth Award" from the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the World Youth Forum. Additionally, he serves as the president of Africa Emerging Generation of Innovators.
Early life & career
Sowemimo received the 2019 SDGs #9 honors in industry, innovations, and infrastructure alongside Alicia Keys during the High-Level Segment of the 74th UN General Assembly. He holds a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Information Technology Management from the ICON University of Management Science & Technology.
He has led various companies involved in web design and development projects and has expertise in building, auctioning, and selling premium web domains. He has authored books and received awards and certifications in Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and chatbots.
He has served as an ambassador, representing over 200 million youths in 16 West African countries at various governance levels and conferences.
References
1986 births
Living people
Nigerian company founders |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20Thing%20I%20Ever%20Made | The Best Thing I Ever Made is an American cooking television series that aired on Food Network. It featured a rotating lineup of chefs demonstrating how to prepare their favorite recipes. The series is a spin-off of The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
The Best Thing I Ever Made officially premiered on October 16, 2011 and concluded on February 10, 2013, after three seasons. In 2013, the series won a Daytime Emmy Award (along with fellow Food Network series Trisha's Southern Kitchen) for Outstanding Culinary Program.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Notes
References
External links
2010s American cooking television series
2011 American television series debuts
2013 American television series endings
American television spin-offs
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program winners
English-language television shows
Food Network original programming
Food reality television series
Reality television spin-offs
Television series by Authentic Entertainment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena%20Asins | Elena Asins (Madrid, 2 March 1940 – Azpirotz, Navarra, 14 December 2015) was a prominent visual artist, writer, lecturer and critic. Her plastic language was based on computer systematic calculation. Asins pioneered the convergence between theoretical computer science and the minimal and geometrical tendencies of the 1960s. She belongs to the first generation of artists using computers to generate art.
Life and career
Asins' artistic research was initially linked to the experimental circles that emerged in Spain during the final decades of the Francoist dictatorship. Among these groups was the Cooperativa de Producción Artística y Artesana (Cooperative of Art and Crafts), where fine arts formed a whole with poetry, linguistics, music, and architecture. The Centro de Cálculo (Computer Center) of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, active between 1966 and 1982, was another important group where Asins pioneered the genre of Computer art. To her initial experiences in Spain, Elena Asins extended her artistic and intellectual research in centers such as the University of Stuttgart, Columbia University and the New School for Social Research in New York. In these institutions, she studied the theoretic computational aesthetic of Max Bense, the linguistic theories of Noam Chomsky, the music of Mozart and mystical texts from the Old and New Testament to Wittgenstein's philosophy
In conversation with art historian Joan Robledo-Palop, the artist explains the foundation of her aesthetic: I work on white paper with black lines or on black paper with white lines; these have been my first works. It was a work where I was searching for myself, but it was so long ago that I almost cannot recall. I started working with abstraction when I was 23 years old. Additionally, what interests me is the essence of the structure, to have in my hand the base of all possible construction. Naturally, colors do not give you this kind of understanding; that is something that is provided by a structure, which let's say is a way of organizing the world. The organization of elements that produce a world; it produces an aesthetic. It is a play in a Wittgensteinian sense that reveals the truth or the logic of things.
Awards and reception
In 2006, Elena Asins received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from the Government of Spain, and in 2011 the National Award for Plastic Arts. In 2011, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid presented the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist entitled Elena Asins: Fragmentos de la memoria. In 2017, the exhibition traveled to the Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.
Monumental works
Since the 1980s, Asins devoted an important effort to public sculpture. Examples of her work are permanently installed in the Museo al Aire Libre (Fuengirola, Malaga), Vitoria (Alava), Berantevilla (Alava), and Zarautz (Gipuzkoa), where she created Canons 22, one of her most monumental works installed in front of the seascape.
Collections
Asins' w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20Access%20Networks | Hybrid Access Networks refer to a special architecture for broadband access networks where two different network technologies are combined to improve bandwidth. A frequent motivation for such Hybrid Access Networks to combine one xDSL network with a wireless network such as LTE. The technology is generic and can be applied to combine different types of access networks such as DOCSIS, WiMAX, 5G or satellite networks. The Broadband Forum has specified an architecture as a framework for the deployment of such converged networks.
Use cases
One of the main motivations for such Hybrid Access Networks is to provide faster Internet services in rural areas where it is not always cost-effective to deploy faster xDSL technologies such as G.Fast or VDSL2 that cannot cover long distances between the street cabinet and the home. Several governments, notably in Europe, required network operators to provide fast Internet services to all inhabitants with a minimum of 30 Mbps by 2020.
A second use case is to improve the reliability of the access link given that it is unlikely that both the xDSL network and the wireless network will fail at the same time.
A third motivation is the fast service turnup. The customer can immediately install the hybrid network access and use the wireless leg while the network operator is installing the wired part.
Technology
Several techniques are defined by the Broadband Forum to create Hybrid Access Networks. To illustrate them, we assume that the end user has an hybrid CPE (Customer-premises_equipment) router that is attached to both a wired access network such as xDSL and a wireless one such as LTE. Other deployments are possible, e.g., the end user might have two different access routers that are linked together by a cable instead of a single hybrid CPE router.
The first deployment scenario is where the network operator provides a hybrid CPE router to each subscriber but no specialised equipment in the operator's network. There are two possible configurations for IP addresses. A first deployment scenario is to allocate different IP addresses to the wired and wireless interfaces. In this case, the hybrid CPE router needs to load-balance intelligently the packets over the two networks. In particular, it must ensure that all packets belonging to a given TCP connection are sent over the same interface. A second deployment scenario is to allocate the same IP address to both the wired and the wireless networks and configure the routing in these networks to ensure that packets are correctly routed.
The second deployment scenario is where the network operator provides a hybrid CPE router to each subscriber and installs a Hybrid Aggregation Gateway (HAG) inside its access networks. The Hybrid Aggregation Gateway plays an important role in balancing the packets sent by and destined to the hybrid CPE router over the two access networks. Two technologies have been defined and deployed to enable hybrid CPE routers to interact with Hybri |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid%20%28web%20decentralization%20project%29 | Solid (Social Linked Data) is a web decentralization project led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, originally developed collaboratively at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project "aims to radically change the way Web applications work today, resulting in true data ownership as well as improved privacy" by developing a platform for linked-data applications that are completely decentralized and fully under users' control rather than controlled by other entities. The ultimate goal of Solid is to allow users to have full control of their own data, including access control and storage location. To that end, Tim Berners-Lee formed a company called Inrupt to help build a commercial ecosystem to fuel Solid.
History
Two decades after Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, he outlined the design issues of what later became the Solid project in drafts he wrote for the World Wide Web Consortium. Berners-Lee became increasingly dismayed at seeing his invention being abused, such as when Russian hackers interfered with the 2016 US elections, when the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal became public, when Facebook in 2012 conducted psychological experiments on nearly 700,000 users in secret, and when Google and Amazon applied for patents on devices that listen for emotional changes in human voices.
Berners-Lee felt that the Internet was in need of repair and conceived the Solid project as a first step to fix it, as a way to give individual users full control over the usage of their data. The Solid project is available to anyone to join and contribute, although Berners-Lee advises that people without coding skills should instead advocate publicly for changing the Internet.
In 2015, MIT received a gift from Mastercard to support the development of Solid. Berners-Lee's research team collaborated with the Qatar Computing Research Institute and Oxford University on Solid.
In 2018, Berners-Lee took a sabbatical from MIT to launch a commercial venture based on Solid, named Inrupt. The company's mission is "to provide commercial energy and an ecosystem to help protect the integrity and quality of the new web built on Solid."
In 2018, a process of open standardization through the World Wide Web Consortium started for the Solid specifications.
In December 2021, Inrupt raised $30 million from Series A investments.
Design
There are a number of technical challenges to be surmounted to accomplish decentralizing the web, according to Berners-Lee's vision. Rather than using a centralized spoke–hub distribution paradigm, decentralized peer-to-peer networking is implemented in a manner that adds more control and performance features than traditional peer-to-peer networks such as BitTorrent. Other goals are for the system to be easy to use, fast, and allow for simple creation of applications by developers.
Solid's central focus is to enable the discovery and sharing of information in a way that preserves priv |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Peng | Victor Peng (born 1960) is a Taiwanese-American technology executive and the President of Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group at AMD. He was the CEO of Xilinx, an American technology company that supplies programmable logic devices before it was acquired by AMD.
Career
Peng began his engineering career at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1982. Then, from 1996 to 2008, he held several executive positions successively at Silicon Graphics, MIPS Technologies, Tzero Technologies, ATI and later AMD. He joined Xilinx in January 2008 and returned to AMD in 2022.
From 1998 to 2004, Peng led the development of graphics processing units (GPUs) and multimedia products at MIPS Technologies. He joined ATI in 2005 before it was acquired by AMD. Then, he served as corporate Vice President of the graphics products group (GPG) silicon engineering at AMD. He also led AMD's central silicon engineering team supporting graphics, console game products, CPU chipset and consumer business units. Peng was also corporate Vice President of the graphics products group (GPG) silicon engineering at AMD until 2008.
Peng successively held several C-level executive positions at the Programmable Products Group at Xilinx. He was responsible for the development and delivery of Xilinx programmable platforms including silicon and enabling technologies. He led the Programmable Platforms Development from November 2008 until April 2012. The following year, Peng served as the company Senior Vice President of programmable platforms group. From July 2014 to April 2017, Peng served as Senior Vice President and General manager of products at Xilinx, Inc. He was Chief Operating Officer at Xilinx from April 2017 and was appointed member of the board of directors in October of the same year. On January 29, 2018, he was appointed the fourth company CEO and succeeded Moshe Gavrielov as part of an official succession plan. In February of 2022, Peng rejoined AMD as President, Adaptable and Embedded Computing Group with AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx.
Peng received a Bachelor of Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University. He holds four U.S. patents about engineering apparatus and methods from his work at Act-Rx Technology Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation.
References
External links
Official page
Victor Peng Biography
21st-century American businesspeople
American people of Chinese descent
American chief executives
American chief executives of manufacturing companies
1960 births
Living people
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
Cornell University alumni
American technology chief executives
Chief executives in the manufacturing industry |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Guangxi | Chen Guangxi (; 1903–1992) was a Chinese engineer, computer scientist, and professor who founded the discipline of computer science at the Harbin Institute of Technology.
Early life
Chen Guangxi was born in Tongcheng, Anhui Province on May 21, 1903, with his ancestral hometown in Shangyu, Zhejiang. His father was a former Qing dynasty government official.
In May 1920, Chen left China to study and work in France. In 1922, Chen graduated as an agricultural machinery student and obtained a degree in agricultural mechanics. In 1929, he graduated from the School of Engineering of the University of Leuven, Belgium with degrees in Process Manufacturing, Civil Engineering and Mining Engineering. In 1930 he graduated from the Graduate School of Geology and obtained a degree in engineering geology.
Chen returned to war-torn China in October 1930. He found a faculty place to teach mathematics in a middle school in Beijing after one year of unemployment. He successively worked as a lecturer at National Labour University, a course interpreter in the Chinese Northeast Navy in Qingdao, a physics and chemistry teacher in Kaifeng and a math teacher in Beijing Fu Jen Catholic University high school successively. In September 1933, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Fu Jen Catholic University. In September 1938, he was promoted to professor by Fu Jen.
In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, Ministry of Education of the Chinese Nationalist Government newly founded the National Peking Senior Industrial Vocational School and appointed Chen Guangxi as principal. In late 1949, upon the establishment of Communist China, Chen joined a design institute in the Ministry of Machinery Industry and worked as the chief engineer.
Chen paid close attention to electronic computers were introduced in western countries in early 1950s. In 1957, he left for Harbin. At Harbin Institute of Technology, Chen initiated the first electronic computer discipline in China.
Research career
Analog computer
In 1958, Chen and his team developed the first-ever structural analog computer in China. The machine could speak a few words and play chess. This intelligent chess-playing computer could calculate 40,000 times per second, was capable of logical reasoning, and could complete specific tasks of judgment.
Magnetic core
In 1963, Professor Chen presided over the development of ultra-small magnetic core, the precondition for the development of megacomputers. Later, under the guidance of Chen, the team carried out the magnetic core molding experiment of "rolling into a belt and rubbering into a core" and achieved success. This method was cutting-edge, was quickly promoted in China. The molding technology supported the development of high-speed large-capacity memory and the manufacturing of transistor computers and small-scale integrated circuit computers. This project was a major contribution to the development of computer technology in China.
Faul |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSU%20Sports%20Radio%20Network | The LSU Sports Network is the radio and television network of the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers men's and women's sports teams. It consists of eleven television stations, two regional cable networks, and several radio stations throughout the state of Louisiana and surrounding states. Its headquarters are located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and it is owned by LSU Sports Properties.
WDGL 98.1 FM (Eagle 98.1) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the flagship station for football, men's basketball and baseball. WBRP 107.3 FM (Talk 107.3) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the flagship station for women's basketball and softball.
On-air personalities
Current
As of the 2017–18 season:
Former "Voice of the Tigers"
John Ferguson – Play-by-play commentator (men's basketball, football) (1946–1958, 1961–1987)
J.C. Politz – Play-by-play commentator (men's basketball, football) (1959–1960)
Jim Hawthorne – Play-by-play commentator (baseball, men's basketball, football) (1979–2016)
Former LSU radio analysts
Walter Hill – Analyst (football) (1961–1986)
Former LSU Radio sideline reporters
Jordy Hultberg (2002–2010)
Programming
History
The LSU Athletic Department and LSU Sports Properties produces in-house weekly television and radio coaches shows. Sports covered are baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, football, gymnastics and softball. Starting during 1999–2000 season, all coaches shows have been streamed live and made available on-demand on LSUsports.net. LSU was among the first universities to offer such a subscription-based service to its fans through what is now called the "Geaux Zone". Internet-only shows such as "The Dot TV Show" and "Tiger Talk" have also been offered as a supplement to the 30-minute coaches TV shows. In 2016, LSU began free streaming on-demand live game broadcasts and live video of certain non-game action like coaches’ television shows, news conferences and special presentations on LSUsports.net.
Coach's shows
Radio
The Brian Kelly Show
The Matt McMahon Show
The Nikki Fargas Show
The Paul Mainieri Show
LSU Sixty
Fresh Take with Coach O
Television
Inside LSU Football with Ed Orgeron
Inside LSU Basketball with Will Wade
Inside Lady Tigers Basketball with Nikki Fargas
Inside LSU Baseball with Paul Mainieri
Inside LSU Gymnastics with D-D Breaux
Inside LSU Softball with Beth Torina
Radio stations
The stations listed below broadcast both men's and women's sports.
Satellite Radio
In a partnership with LSU Sports Properties, SiriusXM simulcasts all LSU football games and various other sports on their regional play-by-play channels: 190, 191 and 192.
Over the air television stations
Pay-per-view television
TigerVision
TigerVision was the LSU Athletics Department in-house pay-per-view television broadcast channel providing live coverage of select non-network-televised LSU Tigers football games and also LSU Tigers basketball games and LSU Tigers baseball games from 1982 through 2013. Broadcasts were offered only |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20presidents%20of%20NBC%20Entertainment | The following is a list of presidents of the entertainment division for the NBC television network.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohaib%20Kazi | Zohaib Kazi () is a Pakistani musician, composer, lyricist, and record producer. Kazi started his media career at Hum Network Limited before serving as an associate producer at Coke Studio Pakistan from 2009 to 2017. In 2012, Kazi released a digital album Butterfly in Space, but received a widespread acclaim and recognition with his 2016 conceptual album Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher which was also released as a graphic novel. The album gained a world-wide recognition, and was nominated for Best Music Album at 15th Lux Style Awards.
In 2017, Kazi partnered with Patari to produce his second album Fanoos, containing songs from regional artists across Pakistan. Fanoos was met with a positive response and earned him another Best Music Album nomination at the 17th Lux Style Awards. One song from the album, "Takht Hazar", was nominated for Best Song of the Year, with Kazi accredited as a producer. In 2018, Kazi was announced as a lead producer for the eleventh series of Coke Studio with musician Ali Hamza.
Discography
Albums
Butterfly in Space (2012)
Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher (2015)
Fanoos (2017)
Singles
"Bijuri" ft. Devika Chawla (2011)
"Naraaz Mausam" ft. Devika Chawla (2012)
"Alvida" ft. Zoe Viccaji (2013)
"Bolo" ft. Zoe Viccaji (2013)
Other works
Lounge Nirvana (2012)
Coke Studio Explorer (2018)
Coke Studio Pakistan (season 11) (2018)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Zohaib Kazi at Coke Studio
Living people
Musicians from Karachi
People from Sindh
Pakistani musicians
Pakistani record producers
Pakistani music people
Pakistani music video directors
Pakistani composers
Pakistani male songwriters
Pakistani songwriters
Pakistani guitarists
Hum TV people
21st-century guitarists
1984 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostwriter | Hostwriter is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that serves as an open network to help journalists to easily collaborate across borders. It connects journalists for the purpose of seeking and offering help, whether in the form of story collaboration, local advice or accommodation.
Hostwriter was founded in Hamburg, Germany, in 2013 by German journalists Tamara Anthony, Tabea Grzeszyk and Sandra Zistl. Because these co-founders knew the difficulties journalists faced when trying to network across their city, or even their country, they built a platform that would make it easier.
The idea for the organization grew from co-founder Tabea Grzeszyk's experience using CouchSurfing for her trip to Turkey, Lebanon and Syria in 2010. She thought it would be useful if a journalist covering a story could not just travel to a different region or country, but could, at the same time, make contact with local journalists who could answer questions and make the research process easier or add a local perspective to the research.
Co-founder Tamara Anthony says the key idea is that journalists "collaborate rather than compete," and that through collaboration, journalists can serve "as a door opener" for colleagues from outside their region. Co-founder Sandra Zistl said the network is especially important to independent journalists and documentary filmmakers, particularly in countries without a "journalistic infrastructure" that ensures the freedom of the press.
The organization's office is located in Berlin, and the platform itself has more than 3,800 journalists from 136 countries worldwide (as of November 2018).
Programs
Hostwriter offers several programs for journalists at all career levels.
Training Programs
Hostwriter's mission is to improve cross-border collaborations among journalists. The organization provides training in cross-border journalism, following the guidelines laid out in Brigitte Alfter's book, Handbuch zum Cross-Border-Journalismus (Handbook for Cross-Border Journalism). Hostwriter also organizes events such as panel discussions at the New York Times Athens Democracy Forum and the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
The Agora Project
With funding from Advocate Europe, Hostwriter teamed up with Armenian Changemakers on the Agora Project, which established a temporary newsroom for ten young journalists from Croatia, Spain, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, and Portugal. The journalists collaborated on stories about the biggest challenges facing Europe ahead of the 2017 European elections, including migration and citizenship rights, political polarization, and the threat robots pose to human jobs. The resulting stories were posted in The Agora Project Dossier in late 2017. According to an article by MediaShift, the reporters covered stories about a variety of issues including immigration, automation, and populism. "In Serbia, Stefan Janjić spoke to young men about the role of religion in an area of rece |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appen%20%28company%29 | Appen Limited (formerly known as Appen Butler Hill) is a publicly traded data company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the code APX.
Appen provides or improves data used for the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence products. Data types include speech and natural language data, image and video data, text and alphanumeric data and relevance data to improve search and social media engines.
Locations
The company's global headquarters is in Chatswood, New South Wales, 10 kilometres north of the central business district of Sydney, Australia. The United States headquarters is in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, and there are also US offices in San Francisco, California and Detroit, Michigan. Appen also has offices in Beijing, China; Cavite, Philippines; Exeter, England; and Tokyo, Japan.
Operations
At the end of 2017, revenues were AUD 166.6 million and the company had more than 350 full-time employees and over 1,000,000 approved flexible workers in the Appen crowd. Tasks are performed in more than 180 languages and 130 countries.
Most of the company's revenues are earned offshore and clients include eight of the top ten largest technology companies.
Appen's customers use machine learning for a variety of use cases including automatic speech recognition (ASR), computer vision, increasing conversions in eCommerce, delivering more meaningful and personalized advertising, enhancing social media feeds or improving customer service capabilities with tools like chatbots and virtual assistants.
For machines to demonstrate artificial intelligence, they need to be programmed with human-quality training data that helps them learn.
History
Appen was founded in Sydney in 1996 by linguist Dr. Julie Vonwiller. She was joined by her husband Chris Vonwiller who left his job at Telstra in 2000 to join Appen full-time and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Appen.
In 2011, Appen merged with the Butler Hill Group, which was based in Ridgefield, Connecticut and Seattle, Washington and originally founded by Lisa Braden-Harder in 1993. Lisa was a member of the pioneering team in grammar checking technology at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center before the Butler Hill Group and stayed on as CEO until 2015. After the merger, the combined business became Appen Butler Hill and expanded its business scope to include language resources, search and text.
In 2012, Appen acquired Wikman Remer, a firm based in San Rafael, California, which developed tools and platforms for employee engagement, online moderation and curation.
Appen Butler Hill was re-branded as Appen in 2013, and it went public on the ASX on January 7, 2015, led by Lisa Braden-Harder.
In July 2015 Mark Brayan joined Appen as CEO until January 8th, 2023. As of January 9th, 2023 Armughan Ahmad joined as CEO and President. [28]
In October 2016 Appen acquired a UK based transcription services company called Mendip Media Group (MMG)
Appen also ac |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg%20%28play-by-mail%20game%29 | Cyborg is a play-by-mail game that was published by Integral Games beginning in 1981.
Gameplay
Cyborg was a game in which players control computer complexes two hundred years after a devastating war.
Reception
W.G. Armintrout reviewed Cyborg in The Space Gamer No. 49. Armintrout commented that "I recommend Cyborg as a good game with these provisions: (1) be prepared to spend some time keeping track of what you own and what you know, and (2) expect an error occasionally."
References
20th-century role-playing games
American games
American role-playing games
Multiplayer games
Play-by-mail games
Role-playing games introduced in 1981
Role-playing games introduced in the 1980s
Science fiction games
Science fiction role-playing games
Space conquest games
Space opera role-playing games
Strategy games
Tabletop games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match%20Day | Match Day may refer to:
Match Day (series), a football video game franchise
Match Day (video game), a football computer game, the first in the series
Match Day (medicine), the day the United States' National Resident Matching Program announces medical residency placements for medical students
Matchday programme, a British and Irish sporting tradition |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Castleberry | Ed ‘Eddie’ Castleberry (1928–2009) was a pioneering newscaster, columnist and air personality at the Mutual Black Network, which produced 5-minute news spots that were broadcast on affiliated radio stations, MBN was later taken over by rival Sheridan Broadcasting Company in 1978 and by 1990 SBN had over 150 affiliates and grossed $15million annually.
Early years
Born in Alabama, he attended Birmingham’s Miles College, a HBCU, for a year before induction to the U.S. Navy. After returning home to Birmingham in 1950 he auditioned for and was subsequently hired by radio station WEDR.
Castleberry stood out as an on-air personality jock, one of the nation’s first Thirteen, black disc jockeys who played R & B, talked jive and played popular blues music. They didn’t talk down to their audience and spoke in ‘street’ vernacular, they read the mail on air and spoke for the community. White DJ’s emulated them as they brought a fresh voice to radio. Other black DJs sought to assimilate the white radio announcers and frowned on ‘slang; Castleberry and his cohort spoke to the man in the street as populists, repeating the language. He also broke new talent, broadcast live man in the street interviews and during news broadcasts promoted new products that did not make national programs. He created the entertainment departments at MBN and SBN news networks and was both a music director and program director at radio stations.
Career
Ed began in the newsroom of WEDR in Birmingham, Ala at the first black-programmed radio station (white-owned) which had problems with the KKK in 1949. The locals kept taking down the broadcast antenna to deter broadcasting. Program director Shelly (the Playboy) Stewart felt that ‘mass’ communication came before ‘class’ and stuck with the R & B format, which gained traction in the black community. Unlike other negro themed stations at the time, the voices heard did not sound like typical radio (read: white) announcers, but had the deeper voices that would come to dominate the speaking stream with the advent of Black appeal radio. Castleberry was one deep voice that became associated with the format and the station's mail began to reflect that popularity in 1950.
His radio stations over the years spanned the south, the Midwest and the northeast. Starting as a disc jockey at WEDR and WJLD (Birmingham, AL), he moved in the circuit covered by WQOK (Greenville, SC), WMBM (Miami, FL), WCIN (Cincinnati, OH), WABQ (Cleveland, OH), WVKO (Columbus, OH), WHAT (AM) (Philadelphia, PA), WEBB and WJZ-TV (Baltimore, MD), and WASH (DC).
In 1972 he debuted at the Mutual Black Network where he remained for 14 years, producing the five minute news spots that played in all major markets and hosted a news and variety show where he interviewed celebrities, showing a side of them that didn’t get aired on the larger networks but was important to his audience.
The Mutual Broadcasting System launched the first black all-news network using leased lines in New |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Ninja%20Warrior%20%28season%202%29 | The second season of the sports entertainment reality competition series Australian Ninja Warrior premiered on 8 July 2018 on the Nine Network. The season was hosted by Rebecca Maddern, Ben Fordham & Freddie Flintoff.
Rounds
Episode 1
Heat 1
Episode 2
Heat 2
Episode 3
Heat 3
Episode 4
Heat 4
Episode 5
Heat 5
Episode 6
Heat 6
Episode 7
Semi-final 1
Episode 8
Semi-final 2
Episode 9
Semi-final 3
Episode 10
Semi-final 4
Episode 11
Grand final, stage 1
Episode 12
Grand final, stage 2
Obstacles by episode
Viewership
References
2018
2018 Australian television seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BatiBUS | BatiBus was a network protocol for building automation that was introduced in 1989 and has since been succeeded by KNX. It was a relatively simple low-cost protocol that did not rely on dedicated chips.
The system was run by the BatiBus Club International (BCI), which was founded by the Swiss company Landis & Gyr and the French companies AIRELEC, Electricité de France and Merlin Gerin (who originated the concept). Predominately used in France and captured by French Electrical Standard NF C 46620, it provided layers 1, 2 and 7 of the OSI model. Approximately 500,000 BatiBus network units were installed, mainly in France.
BatiBus communicated over twisted pair lines and in topologies that could be divided into several segments. Each segment was powered with a 15 volt power supply rated at 150 milliamps. A device (node) could be reached at one of 240 possible addresses. In addition, 16 group addresses could be established under which all nodes in a group could be reached. The nodes avoided data collisions via CSMA/CA and had data flow controls. The maximum data transfer rate was 4800 bits/s.
References
Network protocols
Building automation |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMSR | TMSR may be used as an acronym in:
Electricity networks
Ten Minute Spinning Reserve
Entertainment
Tera Mera Saath Rahe, 2021 Indian television drama series
Tera Mera Saath Rahen, 2001 Indian drama film
The Most Serene Republic, Canadian indie rock music group
Medicine
Targeted Muscle and Sensory Reinnervation, an approach in Neuroprosthetics
Nuclear power (Thorium Molten Salt Reactor)
TMSR research project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
TMSR-LF1 prototype in the Chinese province of Gansu
ThorCon nuclear reactor TMSR-500 being developed for Indonesia
Sports
Team Moto Sport Racing, a Spanish motorcycle racing group founded in 1995
United States Navy
Torpedoman's Mate Seaman Recruit, a now-disestablished rating
Acronyms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark%20Seal | {{Infobox video game
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| alt = Japanese arcade flyer with the title "Dark Seal"
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| developer = Data East
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| title = 1990/1992
| Arcade (Dark Seal) Arcade (Dark Seal II)
| ZeeboSwitch (Gate of Doom)Switch (Wizard Fire)PS4 (Gate of Doom)Windows (Gate of Doom)Windows (Wizard Fire)PS4 (Wizard Fire) }}
| genre = Role-playing, beat-'em-up
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Arcade, Zeebo, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
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and are isometric role-playing beat-'em-up video games released for arcade by Data East in 1990 and 1992 respectively. The first game was localized in English under the title Gate of Doom and the second one as Wizard Fire'.
Gameplay
The players control characters from an isometric perspective and must traverse levels while fighting enemies, avoiding traps, and collecting items as well as spells. The game features two-player cooperative play.
Ports
Like multiple other Data East games, the games were ported to the Zeebo by Onan Games and published by G-Mode in Brazil in 2010. Wizard Fire was also included in the 2010 Wii compilation Data East Arcade Classics by Majesco Entertainment.
Then in 2018, FTEGames ported both Gate of Doom and Wizard Fire to the Nintendo Switch's eShop as well as Gate of the Doom to the PlayStation 4 as part of their Johnny Turbo's Arcade series of Data East arcade game ports branded with the character of Johnny Turbo, the Turbo Duo mascot and alter-ego of FTEGames founder Johnny Brandstetter. Ports of both games for Steam, GOG, and Wizard Fire for PS4 were later released in 2021, developed and published by 612 Entertainment and Ziggurat Interactive respectively. FTEGames also lists ports for the Xbox One as under development.
Both Dark Seal and Dark Seal II have been ported to the Evercade system as part of the Data East Arcade 1 collection cartridge.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Dark Seal on their July 15, 1990 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month. Game Machine also listed Dark Seal II on their June 15, 1992 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
Both games received positive reviews. Leisure Line magazine reviewed the original game and rated it 10+ out of 10. The sequel was considered a noteworthy improvement overall.
Retrospectively, the original arcade games have been unfavorably compared to the side-scrolling RPG beat-'em-up Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom'', which was published by Capcom in 1993.
References
External links
Official websites of the FTEGames ports of and
1990 video games
Video game franchises
Data East video games
Arcade video games
Role-playing video games
Beat 'em ups
Marvelous Entertainment franchises
Nintendo Switch games
PlaySt |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Knowledge%20Channel | This is a list of programs broadcast by Knowledge Channel, a digital free-to-air and cable channel owned by ABS-CBN.
Current programming
Original programming
Musikantahan (2022) - Music
Animahenasyon (2010-2022) - Movies
Teacher Celine (2022) - Math
Agham Aralin (2010) – Science
Agos (2013) – Health
AgriCOOLture (2015) – Technology and Livelihood Education
Art Smart (2019) – Arts
Carlos' Blog (2013) – English
Census of Population (2016) – Araling Panlipunan
Disaster Preparedness (2020) - General Information
Ekonomiks (2013) – Araling Panlipunan
Estudyantipid (2007) – Araling Panlipunan
Faculty Room (2010) – Teacher's Program
Gab To Go (2010) – English
Ibang Klase (2011) – Alternative Learning System
Travel Around The World (2010) - AP
K-High (2010) – Math and Science
K-High: Math Matters (2014) – Math
K-Hub (2011) – Science
Dok Ricky, Pedia (2014) - Health
Kada Tropa (2011) – Alternative Learning System
Kasaysayan TV (2001) – Araling Panlipunan
Knowledge Factory (2019) – General Information
Knowledge on the Go (2017) – General Information
Kuwentong Kartero (2012) – Health
Kuwentong Pambata (2013) – Filipino
MathDali (2016) – Mathematics
Mi Isla (2010) – Science
Generation Math (2000) - Math
Pamana (2001) – Araling Panlipunan
Pamilyang Masigasig (2013) – Technology and Livelihood Education
Payong K-Lusugan (2016) – Health
Puno ng Buhay (2012) – Science
Ready, Set, Read! (2020) – English
Science Says (2019) – Science
Weather Wizards (2018) – Science
Wikaharian (2019) – Filipino
Wow! (2011) – Araling Panlipunan
Bayan E-skwela (2022) - Parent Teacher Activity Time & Math
World History (2022) - Araling Panlipunan
Team Lyqa (2022) - English & Filipino
Scribbr (2022) - English Filipino and Math
Ser Ian's Class (2022) - Araling Panlipunan
Lahi PH (2022) - English
Kwentoons (2015) - Cartoons And Math
From Lines to Life (2012) - Filipino
Art Smart With Teacher Precious (2022) - English
K-High Science (2013) - Science
Noli Me Tangere (1992) - Filipino
Basic Geography (1989) - AP
Numberbender (2022) - Math
Khan Academy (2023) - Math
ABS-CBN/ETV
Art Jam (2006) – Arts
ATBP: Awit, Titik at Bilang na Pambata (1999) – Filipino
Basta Sports (2007) – Physical Education
Bayani (1999) – Araling Panlipunan
Busog Lusog (2008) – Health
Epol/Apple (1999) – English
Hiraya Manawari (1999) – Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao
I Got It! (2011) – General Information
Kulilits (2011) – General Information
Math-Tinik (1999) – Math
Pahina (2001) – Filipino
Salam (2007) – Araling Panlipunan
Sining sa Lipunan (2004) – Arts
Sine'skwela (1999) – Science
Why Not? (2011) – Health
Acquired programming
PTV (Constel, 1995–1998)
Chemistry in Action – Science
Constel English – English
Constel Literature – English
Physics in Everyday Life – Science
Science Made Easy – Science
NBN/RPN (Eskwela ng Bayan, 2002–2003)
Alikabuk (2002) – Filipino
Karen's World (2002) – English
Solved (2002) – Math
Why? (2002) – Science
Others
1001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Sonshine%20Media%20Network%20International | This is a list of programs currently and originally aired on SMNI.
Current programming
A New Me: Story of Hope and Victory
ACQ Classics (2013) - A Throwback Timeless messages of the Appointed Son.
A Day in the Life of the Appointed Son - A 30-minute Activities of the Appointed Son of God.
Caravan of Love (2017)
Give Us This Day (2003–present) - a nightly show featuring fellowship with the Appointed Son of God, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, singing and sharing of victory reports from viewers and Kingdom citizens around the world.
Gospel of the Kingdom (2003) - a daily preaching program of Pastor Quiboloy featuring The King is Coming Tours from around the world (also aired on KCTV, KCNS, KIKU-TV, KVMD, WSKY, WJYS, Trinity Broadcasting Network and Joytv).
Highest Praise (2003) – music videos featuring Kingdom Original Music by the Kingdom Musicians.
Ito ang Buhay (This is Life) (2017) - a 1-hour program featuring Exclusive Interviews of Pastor Apollo.
Kingdom Victories & Updates (formerly known as Kingdom Upclose) (2003) - recent church happenings, including the activities of Pastor Quiboloy.
Newsline World (2006, 2011–present) (formerly Newsline) - SMNI's English late night newscast, aired live every 10pm.
SMNI Newsblast (2016) - SMNI News Channel's primetime news program in Filipino language.
SMNI Newsbreak (2016) - SMNI News Channel's hourly news updates in Filipino language.
Powerline (2003–present) - a one-and-a-half-hour Filipino-language program of Pastor Quiboloy, where he discusses religious issues and answers queries.
Quiet Moments (2003)– an hour of instrumental praise and worship combined with scenic views from the Garden of Eden Restored.
Sounds of Worship (2003) - this program airs the live Thanksgiving and worship presentation held in Davao City and different parts of the world.
Spotlight (2017) - a program where Pastor Quiboloy and his companions discusses religious issues and answers queries.
The Passion of the Christ (2011) - airs during Holy Week only (also aired on TV5 for the Tagalog dubbed and censored version).
Specials
Christmas from the Heart (2003–present) - a Christmas program produced for the benefit of the Children's Joy Foundation, whose goal is "To Feed, To Clothe, and To Send to School Millions of Children in the Philippines".
Straight from the Heart (2004-present)
Original programming
Batang Kaharian (lit. Kingdom Child) (2003-2022) – a 30-minute religious education program for children sponsored by the Children's Joy Foundation
Daily Light – an hour of instrumental praise and worship combined with scenic views
Eagle's Eye - a 1-hour of the Appointed Son of God featuring The Life Story of Miracles of the Father Almighty.
Generation K (2003-2020) - a youth-oriented program produced in cooperation with the Keepers Club International
I Am the Way – a 30-minute program of discussion of the Kingdom Doctrines based on the preaching of Pastor Quiboloy
International Hour - a program that features bib |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membranome%20database | Membranome database provides structural and functional information about more than 6000 single-pass (bitopic) transmembrane proteins from Homo sapiens, Arabidopsis thaliana, Dictyostelium discoideum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Escherichia coli and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. Bitopic membrane proteins consist of a single transmembrane alpha-helix connecting water-soluble domains of the protein situated at the opposite sides of a biological membrane. These proteins are frequently involved in the signal transduction and communication between cells in multicellular organisms.
The database provides information about the individual proteins including computationally generated three-dimensional models of their transmembrane alpha-helices spatially arranged in the membrane, topology, intracellular localizations, amino acid sequences, domain architecture, functional annotation and available experimental structures from the Protein Data Bank. It also provides a classification of bitopic proteins into 15 functional classes, more than 700 structural superfamilies and 1400 families, along with 3D structures of bitopic protein complexes which are also classified to different families.
The second Membranome version provides 3D models of more than 2000 parallel homodimers formed by TM α-helices of bitopic proteins from different organisms which were generated using TMDOCK program. The models of the homodimers were verified through comparison with available experimental data for nearly 600 proteins. The database includes downloadable coordinate files of transmembrane helices and their homodimers with calculated membrane boundaries. Membranome 3.0 version incorporates models generated by AlphaFold 2.
The database website provides access to related webservers, FMAP and TMDOCK which have been developed for modeling individual alpha-helices and their dimeric complexes in membranes. The database and webservers were used in experimental and bioinformatics studies of bitopic membrane proteins
References
Model organism databases
Biological databases
Single-pass transmembrane proteins
Protein classification |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20plan | Data plan refers to data quotas from a telecommunications or data hosting contract. Data plans are offered by internet service providers. These include mobile data plans, offered on cellular networks, from cellular telephony companies, and those from conventional fixed land line links, amongst other forms of offered data communications. Network data hosting servers also offer plans based on data served, such as for websites.
Reasons for data caps/plans
Data plans are primarily designed by network carriers to limit the maximum amount of bandwidth offered for either cellular or cable services. This allows the network to facilitate more customers at a time while having less overall stress on its network. Cellular and satellite networks especially require these systems due to the high upfront costs of towers or satellite transmitters, costing up to three-hundred-fifty thousand dollars for one tower.
Cellular/satellite data plan formatting
Data plans, sometimes also referred to as data caps, are usually created by a binding contract between the telecommunications carrier and the user of their service. This contract outlines a maximum amount of usable data, usually highlighted in either megabytes or gigabytes, allotted per month for the user. In most cases companies will allow a user to surpass the amount of data allowed in the contract, however, will have to pay a per-gigabyte fee, ranging anywhere from five to fifteen U.S. dollars.
Popularization of unlimited plans
Unlimited data plans have seen a large increase in usage by consumers since their initial introduction by U.S. network T-Mobile. These plans, instead of setting an overall maximum for the user, have an amount set-up that, when surpassed, will slow the speed of the network for that user. Unlimited plans typically cost significantly more than the traditional shared data plans, which is a major reason that carriers have set large boundaries and fees. The limits imposed on unlimited plans are designed to fight against attempts to misuse the network, such as a DDoS attack, but are more commonly reasoned as a method to increase the number of people that can use one tower simultaneously.
Data speed changes
When a network is near reaching peak capacity data speeds may be slowed down by carriers as part of most major telecomm contracts. This, as stated previously, allows for more people to be utilizing one tower, reducing needed capital for the company. Since speed changes are allowed at the company's will, the user has no official guarantee of speed on most major networks.
Costs brought upon by additional data
In many cases both the user and carrier have to incur additional costs when a user utilizes more of a given data package, which has helped in the proliferation of data caps and other forms of shared data plans. Most of the charges that the carrier has to incur for additional data usage is partially or fully given to the user of the network.
Users
Users are required to pay flat-ra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pure%20Wargame | The Pure Wargame, Vol. 1: Death From Above is a 1995 video game developed and published by Quantum Quality Productions for MS-DOS compatible computers.
Gameplay
The Pure Wargame is a wargame which focuses on airborne assaults that happened during World War II.
Reception
Next Generation gave it three stars out of five and stated, "Even war gaming newbies should be able to get into Death From Above with no trouble. There's some question, however, about whether or not they'll want to. For someone unfamiliar with the wargaming experience, this one can be overwhelming."
Reviews
PC Gamer Vol. 2 No. 7 (1995 July)
Computer Gaming World (Jul, 1995)
References
1995 video games
Computer wargames
DOS games
DOS-only games
Quantum Quality Productions games
Turn-based strategy video games
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%20Commander%20%28video%20game%29 | Tank Commander is a video game developed by Big Red Software and published by Domark for DOS.
Gameplay
Tank Commander is a game that features modem and network play.
Reception
Next Generation gave the PC version of the game two stars out of five; although positively commenting game's visuals, the magazine considered the title as inferior to MicroProse's M1 Tank Platoon. Ted Chapman of Computer Game Review dubbed it "fiendishly addictive".
Reviews
PC Gamer Vol. 2 No. 8 (August 1995)
Computer Gaming World (July 1995)
PC Games - May 1995
MikroBitti - August 1995
PC Player - May 1995
Pelit - May 1995
PC Team (May 1995)
Power Play (April 1995)
References
1995 video games
Big Red Software games
Domark games
DOS games
DOS-only games
Multiplayer video games
Tank simulation video games
Third-person shooters
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative%20Observer%20Program | The NOAA Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) is a citizen weather observer network run by the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Over 8,700 volunteers from the fifty states and all territories report at least daily a variety of weather conditions such as daily maximum and minimum temperatures, 24-hour precipitation totals, including snowfall, and significant weather occurrences throughout a day that are recorded via remarks in observer logs. Some stations also report stream stage or tidal levels.
Daily observations are reported electronically or over the phone, and monthly logs are submitted electronically or via the mail. Many stations are located in rural areas but the network also includes long-term stations in most urban centers. Observation locations include farms, in urban and suburban areas, National Parks, seashores, and mountaintops. Volunteers are trained by local NWS offices who provide rain gauges, snowsticks, thermometers, or other instruments. Data is initially received and analyzed by local NWS offices then ultimately stored and analyzed by NCEI, which also does final data quality checks. The program began with act of Congress in 1890 and grew out a network of observers developed by the Smithsonian Institution. It was a backbone of the U.S. climatological observation network and remains an important network in providing long-term observations of particular locations.
The Cooperative Weather Observer network consists of manual observations of only a few variables and consists of daily summaries rather than being continuous (i.e. real-time). Because of these limitations and other sensor limitations, as well as to attain a denser network of observations, there has been a move to supplement the coop program using automated weather stations since the 1990s. NWS sponsored programs include the Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) and Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). The coop network predates but grew to supplement significant surface weather observation sites typically located around major airports. Mesonets also supplement these major weather stations and may be official or unofficial, possess varying degrees of rigor, may be temporary or used for specific research project goals, and some (typically for temporary research projects) are even mobile.
See also
Significant Weather Observing Program (SWOP)
Skywarn
Spotter Network
Safecast (organization)
Snow gauge
References
External links
NWS National Cooperative Observer Program (NWS)
Cooperative Observer Network (NCEI)
Cooperative Observer's Network Observation Forms (Climate.gov)
Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Training Materials (NWS Chief Learning Office)
National Weather Service
Meteorological data and networks
Citizen science |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brat%20TV | Brat TV is a digital media network that is available on YouTube. Launched in 2017, the network features original shows and is geared toward Generation Z.
Brat TV's flagship web series is Chicken Girls, which spawned a subsequent film entitled Chicken Girls: The Movie. Brat has also produced shows starring teenage stars from Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, such as Jules LeBlanc, Anna Cathcart, Francesca Capaldi, and Emily Skinner. A linear version of the channel is also available through advertising-supported over-the-top media services.
History
Brat was launched in 2017 by television writer Rob Fishman and Darren Lachtman as an online network featuring scripted content, streaming for free on YouTube. The company originally received $2.5 million in seed funding. Fishman saw a gap in the online market for high-quality teenage shows available for free on digital platforms. Fishman noted how the selected social media celebrities all brought their own established audiences to Brat's shows, describing them as "under-leveraged media property". The name of the network was inspired by the "Brat Pack" movies of the 1980s.
On September 5, 2017, Brat premiered Chicken Girls, which is Brat's longest-running series.
The most viewed episode on Brat is the ninth episode of season one of Mani, titled "I'm the Captain Now". It stands at over 20 million views as of February 1, 2021. The episode originally premiered on December 6, 2017.
In addition to teenage internet celebrities, Brat's content would also star people who have worked with Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
In 2018, Brat premiered 3 shows that were different than its usual single-camera shows: Brat Chat which was a talk show hosted by Indiana Massara and Darius Marcell that premiered in June, The Talent Show which was a competition series to find Brat's next star (it was hosted by Casey Simpson. The usual set of judges consisted of Sofie Dossi, Bryce Xavier, and Jordyn Jones) that was released in August, and Hotel Du Loone which was a multi-cam sitcom that (like Brat Chat) was released in June. A film based on Chicken Girls was released in 2018 as part of a deal with Studio L, a digital content division of Lionsgate Before the film's release, Brat and Lionsgate amicably canceled their partnership. The film was designed to provide an alternative to what had been covered in the series and premiered in June.
Chicken Girls: The Movie was released in June 2018, which ended up becoming Brat's most popular project of all time at over 37 million views as of January 15, 2022.
In December 2018, Brat premiered the Brat Holiday Spectacular starring Mackenzie Ziegler, Jules LeBlanc, Indiana Massara, Sofie Dossi, Aliyah Moulden, Emily Skinner, and Michelle Johnson.
In March 2019, Brat premiered Spring Breakaway starring Jules LeBlanc, Lilia Buckingham, and Anna Cathcart, William Frankline-Miller, Kianna Naomi, David Banks, Claire Montgomery, Allen Perada and Colleen Elizabeth Miller.
In August 2019, Brat p |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI%20Now%20Institute | The AI Now Institute (AI Now) is an American research institute studying the social implications of artificial intelligence and policy research that addresses the concentration of power in the tech industry. AI Now has partnered with organizations such as the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), Data & Society, Ada Lovelace Institute, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, New York University Center for Data Science, Partnership on AI, and the ACLU. AI Now has produced annual reports that examine the social implications of artificial intelligence. In 2021-2, AI Now’s leadership served as a Senior Advisors on AI to Chair Lina Khan at the Federal Trade Commission. Its executive director is Amba Kak.
Founding and mission
AI Now grew out of a 2016 symposium spearheaded by the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The event was led by Meredith Whittaker, the founder of Google's Open Research Group, and Kate Crawford, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research. The event focused on near-term implications of AI in social domains: Inequality, Labor, Ethics, and Healthcare.
In November 2017, AI Now held a second symposium on AI and social issues, and publicly launched the AI Now Institute in partnership with New York University. It is claimed to be the first university research institute focused on the social implications of AI, and the first AI institute founded and led by women. It is now a fully independent institute.
In an interview with NPR, Crawford stated that the motivation for founding AI Now was that the application of AI into social domains - such as health care, education, and criminal justice - was being treated as a purely technical problem. The goal of AI Now's research is to treat these as social problems first, and bring in domain experts in areas like sociology, law, and history to study the implications of AI.
Research
AI Now publishes an annual reports on the state of AI, and its integration into society. Its 2017 Report stated that, "current framings of AI ethics are failing", and provided ten strategic recommendations for the field - including pre-release trials of AI systems, and increased research into bias and diversity in the field. The report was noted for calling for an end to "black box" systems in core social domains, such as those responsible for criminal justice, healthcare, welfare, and education.
In April 2018, AI Now released a framework for algorithmic impact assessments (AIA Report ), as a way for governments to assess the use of AI in public agencies. According to AI Now, an AIA would be similar to environmental impact assessment, in that it would require public disclosure and access for external experts to evaluate the effects of an AI system, and any unintended consequences. This would allow systems to be vetted for issues like biased outcomes or skewed training data, which researchers have already identified in algorithmic systems deployed across the country.
Its 202 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapered%20floating%20point | In computing, tapered floating point (TFP) is a format similar to floating point, but with variable-sized entries for the significand and exponent instead of the fixed-length entries found in normal floating-point formats. In addition to this, tapered floating-point formats provide a fixed-size pointer entry indicating the number of digits in the exponent entry. The number of digits of the significand entry (including the sign) results from the difference of the fixed total length minus the length of the exponent and pointer entries.
Thus numbers with a small exponent, i.e. whose order of magnitude is close to the one of 1, have a higher relative precision than those with a large exponent.
History
The tapered floating-point scheme was first proposed by Robert Morris of Bell Laboratories in 1971, and refined with leveling by Masao Iri and Shouichi Matsui of University of Tokyo in 1981, and by Hozumi Hamada of Hitachi, Ltd.
Alan Feldstein of Arizona State University and Peter Turner of Clarkson University described a tapered scheme resembling a conventional floating-point system except for the overflow or underflow conditions.
In 2013, John Gustafson proposed the Unum number system, a variant of tapered floating-point arithmetic with an exact bit added to the representation and some interval interpretation to the non-exact values.
See also
Logarithmic number system (LNS)
Symmetric level-index arithmetic (SLI)
References
Further reading
. Previously published in:
Computer arithmetic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NARCIS | NARCIS (National Academic Research and Collaboration Information System) of the Netherlands was an online portal for searching Dutch scientific research publications and data. As of July 2018, NARCIS indexed 268,989 data sets and 1,707,486 publications, including a significant proportion of open access works.
It started in 2004 as a project of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Information Centre of the Radboud University of Nijmegen (METIS), Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, and Vereniging van Universiteiten. Since 2011 the (DANS) operated NARCIS from headquarters in The Hague. In 2015, it was decided to replace the Digital Author Identifier used until then with the International Standard Name Identifier or ORCID. As of 3 July 2023, the portal has been decommissioned.
See also
Open access in the Netherlands
References
Further reading
External links
Official site
(includes NARCIS)
Science and technology in the Netherlands
2004 establishments in the Netherlands
Dutch digital libraries
Open access (publishing)
Online databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20TV%20One%20%28Pakistan%29 | TV One Global is one of the main entertainment channels in Pakistan. The channel launched on 15 September 2005 and provides programmes in many genres. This is the list of programming currently, Upcoming and formerly broadcast by TVOne Pakistan.
Current programming
Acquired Programming
Harjai
Drama
Susralies
Motia Sarkar
Mor Moharan
Dil Bhatkay
Aye Mohabbat
Khawaja Naveed Ki Adaalat (Season 2)
Comedy
Mochi Gate
Anthology
Shehar Ki Raatein
The Songs Of Love
Non-scripted/Reality Shows
Family Ronaq
Jumma Mubarak
What The Fun
Morning Star with Azfar Rehman
The Mazedaar Show (Season 2)
To Be Honest (Season 3)
The Big Pick
Upcoming Shows
Drama
Do Boond Pani
Formerly broadcast
Anthologies
Boltay Afsanay
Doosra Sach
Kahani Pyaar Ki
One Films
Teledrama
Teletheatre
Telecinema
Zindagi Dhoop Chuhan
Comedy/Sitcoms
3rd Umpire
Aqal Bari Ya Bhains
Baar Baar Beo
Bhatti & DD
Behind The Scene
Colony 52
Chicken Cabinet
Enaaya
Funkari
Gudgudee
Get Set Go
Hulla Ray
Haan Ji Haan
Joey
Mirza Aur Shamim Aara
Munni Ka Dhabba
Naya Kar Yaar
Sabir Ali Aur Betiyan
Susralies
Udhaam Family
Horror/supernatural
Chanar Ghati
Dhund
Drama series
Aadat
Aania
Aye Mohabbat
Aas
Adhuri Kahani
Aik Haath Ki Taali
Aik Thi Paro
Ajnabi Shehr Kay Ajnabi Raaste
Anjanay Nagar – historical drama written by Haseena Moin.Cast: Zainab Ahmad, Asad Malik, Yamina Peerzada, Kiran Tabeir and Shamil Khané Set in the 1940s during British Raj in Murree,
Angoori
Anhoni
Amar Bail
Bhinak
Band Khirkyon Kay Peechay
Bewafa Hum Na They
Connections
Chakrees
Dastaar E Anaa
Dil Bhatkay
Dil-e-Majboor
Dil Manay Na
Dil Na Umeed To Nahi
Dil Hi Tou Hai
Direct Line
Faslay Hain Darmiyaan
Ghughi
Hotel
House Of Commons
Haroon Piya Tou Teri
Husun Ara Kaun
Hum Paridnay
Ideals
Imam Zamin
Ishq Pagal Karay
Ishq Samandar
Jaltay Gulab
Jalti Rait Per
Juda Na Hona
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
Kuch To Hota Hai
Karamat-e-Ishq
Kasak Rahay Ge
Kaun Sitare Choo Sakta Hai
Kaanton Say Aagay
Khamosh Mohabbat
Khanabadosh
Kharashain
Khelo Pyaar Ki Baazi
Khuda Gawah
Khushboo Ka Safar
Khuwabzaadi
Laaj
Manchali
Mann Pyasa
Mann Se Poocho
Maryam Periera
Manzil Na Janay Kahan
Mazung De Meena Sheena
Mein Sitara
Mera Maan Rakhna
Meray Dil Meray Musafir
Mor Moharan
Mohabbat Hogai Tum Se
Mohabbat Khel Tamasha
Munkir
Muthi Bhar Chaawal
Naqqar E Khuda
Nindiya Kaun Jalti Jaye
Naulakha
New York Se New Karachi
Noori
Parizaad
Pyaar Ka Pagalpan
Pyar Ho Jaane Do
Ro Raha Hai Dil
Rockstar
Raat Aur Raaz
Samandar
Saiyaan Way
Sathiyaa
Seep
Seeta Bagri
Shaggo
Shatranj
Sipahi Maqbool Hussain (Mini-series)
Tere Anjani Say
Tanha Dil
Taan
Tu Jo Nahi
Tumhari Zofeen
Tumhe Yaad Karte Karte
Ussay Bhool Ja
Yeh Junoon
Wafa Ka Mausam
Wafa Lazim To Nahi
Yeh Pyar Hai
Yaqeen
Zara Si Bhool
Zard Patay Say Yeh Dil
Zindagi Aur Kitne Zakham
Special Programming
Ishq Ramazan
Rooh e Ramazan
Non-scripted/Reality shows
Aap Ka Sahir
Andaz Apna Apna
Brand Power
Blockbuster Movies
Business Review
Bolo Tou Jeeto Gay
Dholak
Deen Dialogue
E On One
Expert On One
Entertainment Wor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory%20Hazard%20Assessment%20Algorithm%20for%20Humans | The Auditory Hazard Assessment Algorithm for Humans (AHAAH) is a mathematical model of the human auditory system that calculates the risk to human hearing caused by exposure to impulse sounds, such as gunfire and airbag deployment. It was developed by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to assess the effectiveness of hearing protection devices and aid the design of machinery and weapons to make them safer for the user.
In 2015, the AHAAH became one of the two metrics used by the U.S. Department of Defense to approve the Military Standard (MIL-STD) 1474E for regulating maximum noise level exposure from military systems. It is also used by the Society of Automotive Engineers to calculate the hazard of airbag noise and by the Israeli Defense Force for impulse noise analysis.
Overview
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) typically occurs when the auditory system experiences an elevation of hearing thresholds due to exposure to high-level noise, a phenomenon known as a temporary threshold shift (TTS), and does not return to normal threshold levels. The damage to the auditory system can vary depending on the type of noise exposure. Unlike the continuous background noise often found in industrial environments, the impulse noise produced by weapons and firearms demonstrates a very high pressure level within a very short duration of time, typically around a few milliseconds. As a result, near-field peak levels measured close to the muzzle of a weapon can range from 150 dB for handheld weapons and over 180 dB for heavy artillery. By comparison, noises from industrial settings were measured to have peak levels of 113 to 120 dB.
In order to protect soldiers from hearing loss, the U.S. Army adhered to the Military Standard (MIL-STD) 1474, which defined the maximum noise levels permitted to be produced by military systems. However, human volunteer studies demonstrated that the standard used since 1997, the MIL-STD-1474D, overestimated the hazard associated with impulse noise exposure. The subsequent overprotection of the ears based on inaccurate evaluations of hearing loss risk was believed to potentially hamper verbal communication between military personnel on the battlefield and reduce situational awareness. The AHAAH was developed to more accurately assess the hazard to the human ear from impulse noise by incorporating the acoustic and physiological characteristics of the ear in its analysis, which were not accounted for in previous metrics. The AHAAH model and an equivalent A-weighted energy method, LAeq100ms were included in the revised MIL-STD-1474E.
Development
The AHAAH model was first developed in 1987 by the U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory (HEL), which later became part of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), to investigate the complex interactions between the outer, middle, and inner ears and understand the process behind hearing loss on the level of the cochlea. Originally designed to function as an electro-acoustic model of the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassner | Lassner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andy Lassner (born 1966), American television producer
David Lassner (born 1954), American computer scientist and academic administrator
Jacob Lassner, American academic and writer
See also
Lasser |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Galaxy%20E%20series | The Samsung Galaxy E Series market out of two smartphones:
References
Samsung Galaxy
Android (operating system) devices
Samsung mobile phones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unoma%20Ndili%20Okorafor | Unoma Ndili Okorafor is a Nigerian computer scientist and entrepreneur. Okorafor founded Working to Advance African Women, a non-profit that supports the education of African women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in 2007. She is the chief executive officer at Herbal Goodness and Fairview Data Technologies. She is the fifth child of Frank Nwachukwu Ndili, the first Nigerian nuclear physicist and the 7th Vice-Chancellor (President) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Early life and education
Okorafor was born in Nigeria. She studied computer and electrical engineering at the University of Lagos, graduating in 2008. She moved to Texas for her graduate studies, earning a master's degree at Rice University in 2001 and a PhD from Texas A&M University in 2008. At Texas A&M University she was a Sloan Foundation Scholar. Okorafor married Ekpe Okorafor and has three children. Her PhD, Secure Integrated Routing and Localization in Wireless Optical Sensor Networks, was supervised by Deepa Kundur. She then joined Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she completed an Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship. She also completed the Social Entrepreneurship program at INSEAD.
Career
Okorafor has worked at Texas Instruments, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. In 2007, whilst completing her PhD, Okorafor founded Working to Advance African Women (WAAW). WAAW is a 501(c) not-for-profit which promotes STEM education to African women. She launched the program with savings she made as a graduate student. WAAW runs 13 programs in Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Malawi, Togo, Nigeria and South Africa. They have over one hundred volunteer university fellows and reach several thousand girls a year. Alongside educating young women, Okorafor works with communities and families to ensure that no one tries to stop girls choosing STEM subjects.
Okorafor is a visiting professor at the African University of Science and Technology, where she teaches courses on computer science. She is the chief executive officer at Herbal Goodness, Fairview Data Technologies, and Radicube Technologies.
Awards and honors
2018 - One of OkayAfrica's Top 100 Women in 2018
2016 - ITU and UN Women GEM Tech Award
2013 - Anita Borg Social Change Agent Award
2010 - Crans Montana Leaders Forum "Future World leader"
References
African computer businesspeople
Nigerian chief executives
Nigerian scientists
Rice University alumni
Texas A&M University alumni
University of Lagos alumni
African-American engineers
1974 births
Living people
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechGig.com | TechGig.com is a competitive programming and technology community website owned by Times Internet.
Overview
TechGig was founded in 2010 by Times Business Solutions(A Division of Times Internet) as technology community website on competitive programming, technology jobs, webinars and tech news. Programmers can take up skill tests and mock interviews in C, C++, C#, Java, .Net, MySQL, Linux, Unix, Ajax, Python, LAMP, JSON and other technologies. TechGig launched a recruitment platform where companies can hire candidates based on their test results. The usual contest formats are – coding, MCQs, skill tests, whitepapers, and business case studies. As of July 2018, it has an active community of 2.5 million developers.
Competitive programming
Code Gladiators is an annual coding competition started in 2014 to identify the best coders in India. Themes of the 2018 contest were Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Alexa, Big Data, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, E-commerce, Mobility, and Internet of Things. The total bounty for 2018 contest was INR 7.5 million.
Geek Goddess is a coding contest for women programmers. The themes of 2018 contest were UI, IoT and Data Science with a total prize money of INR 0.75 Million.
Virtual Campus League is an Inter–college coding contest to identify the best programmers & tech enthusiast students across India.
Records
In 2017, TechGig Code Gladiators has been declared as the largest programming event by the Guinness World Records. The Guinness officials stated that TechGig had 81,641 unique submissions from programmers and the previous record was set in 2012 by Baidu which had 30,634 entrants.
The Code Gladiators competition had won the Limca Book National Record twice - for their 2015 and 2016 editions.
References
External links
TechGig Official Website
Programming contests |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poa%20cuspidata | Poa cuspidata, commonly called early bluegrass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to the eastern United States, where its range extends from Appalachian regions into the Coastal Plain, where it is less common. In the Appalachian mountains, it is a common species found in forest openings.
Poa cuspidata derives its common name from its early flowering period, which begins in March with the very first spring wildflowers. Within its range, other Poa generally bloom later in the spring season.
Description
Poa cuspidata is a rhizomatous perennial. Its culms are loosely tufted and range from in height. Its leaf blades are wide and its leaf sheaths are pubescent, especially at their base. The plant has a loose and nodding panicle, with branches that bear three or four flowered spikelets.
References
cuspidata |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny%20Bunnies | Sunny Bunnies (Polish: Słoneczne Zajączki) is a computer-animated children's television series produced by Digital Light Studio (for its first 6 seasons and part of the 7th) and Animation Café (season 7 onwards). The show consists of seven full seasons, with 26 episodes each. The seventh season was launched on February 17, 2022, and is airing on YouTube. Sunny Bunnies is broadcast in more than 160 countries internationally, and its YouTube channel launched in April 2016 with management support from DHX-owned online kidsnet WildBrain.
Plot
The Sunny Bunnies are a group of magical bunnies that inhabit the sun. In each episode they appear in seemingly randomly chosen locations, ranging from the local park and various other places throughout the world, and on two separate occasions, beyond. During these endeavors, the characters are usually at odds with each other and clash, leaving a trail of chaos and destruction in their wake. As opposed to most other preschool-oriented shows, Sunny Bunnies heavily utilizes absurdist humor and slapstick to drive its comedy. At the end of every episode, a number of "bloopers" are featured, either showing something happening during the production of the episode or a clip from the episode itself. The series puts heavy focus on the characters, their personalities, their semi-dysfunctional relationship with one another, and their dynamics, like Turbo's straight man persona clashing heavily with Hopper's hyperactive and often foolish actions for example.
Characters
Main
Turbo (the orange bunny, voiced by Dmitri Davidovich) is the overprotective, short-tempered and occasionally arrogant designated leader of the other bunnies. He is caring, intelligent, and self-confident, but a little bossy and controlling to his friends. He usually serves as the straight man to the madcap antics of the others, especially those generated by Hopper. He is 5 years old.
"Big" Boo (the pink bunny, voiced by Dmitri Davidovich) is 6 years old. He often takes care of the others. He is the largest bunny in the group, and loves ice cream, to the point that in some episodes, he's rarely seen without it. Sometimes he seems a bit stupid, but he is actually smart and kind, although a bit distracted at times.
Iris (the purple bunny, voiced by Svetlana Tsimokhina) is one of the most intelligent bunnies. She has a younger sister named Shiny, and they tend to do everything together. She always wears a large pink bow (with white dots) and doesn't like when her bow gets lost or stolen. Iris understands magic and is 4 years old.
Shiny (the light blue bunny, voiced by Svetlana Tsimokhina) is a kind-hearted and rather sensitive bunny. She always wears a flower in her hair. Shiny is sisters with Iris, and spends her time playing with her. She is 3 years old. She is the only bunny to have hair resembling that of a human.
Hopper (the green bunny, voiced by Svetlana Tsimokhina) is 2 years old. Despite his cute demeanor, he is the most mischievous, shor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamilya%20Roces | Roces (International title: Family Jewels / ) is a 2018 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Joel Lamangan, it stars Carla Abellana, Gabbi Garcia, Sophie Albert, Shaira Diaz and Jasmine Curtis-Smith. It premiered on October 8, 2018 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Inday Will Always Love You. The series concluded on December 14, 2018 with a total of 50 episodes.
The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Premise
Roces family have wealth and power. They are the owners of the biggest jewelry business in the country. While the patriarch has three families and when he suffers from a heart attack, his families rush to his side. The lives of three women and five sisters get complicated as their lives intertwined.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Carla Abellana as Crystal Rose Austria Roces-Javellana
Gabbi Garcia as Jade Austria Roces
Sophie Albert as Amber Bolocboc Roces-Gomez
Shaira Diaz as Amethyst "Amy" Renacia Roces
Jasmine Curtis-Smith as Pearl Renacia Quirante
Supporting cast
Roi Vinzon as Rodolfo "Rod" Gardamonte Roces
Gloria Diaz as Natalia Austria-Roces
Snooky Serna as Camilla Vera-Austria
Elizabeth Oropesa as Violeta "Violet/Violy" Bolocboc
Rocco Nacino as Hugoberto "Hugo" Ponciano Javellana
Andre Paras as Gareth Austria
Christian Bautista as Ralph Gomez
Mika dela Cruz as Donnatella "Donna" Rosales
Manolo Pedrosa as Hilario "Gil" Figueroa
Recurring cast
Jim Pebanco as Val
Arianne Bautista as Kate
Julia Lee as Stella
Frances Makil-Ignacio as Marilou "Lulu" Lucero
Katrina Halili as Maria Eloisa "Maisa" Renacia Quirante / Maisa Sampaguita
William Lorenzo as Virgil Quirante / Vermont
Guest cast
Ana Roces as Lily Renacia
Mike Tan as young Rodolfo
Tony Mabesa as Manolo
Jules dela Paz as Yves
Angel Guardian as Zara
Jana Trias as Betsy
Renerich Ocon as Elvie
Allysa del Real as Tiffany / Tiff
Michael Angelo Lobrin as Winston Go
Leonora Caño as Diane
Nicole Donesa as Bebe
Kristof Garcia as Tristan
Jon Romano as Lando Macaraeg
Karlo Duterte as Gordon
Production
Teresita Marquez was cast to portray Amber Roces, and later backed out during pre-production due to the show's "sensitive" scenes. Sophie Albert was hired as her replacement.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of Roces earned a 7.4% rating.
References
External links
2018 Philippine television series debuts
2018 Philippine television series endings
Philippine comedy-drama television series
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%2010%20Mobile%20version%20history | Windows 10 Mobile is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on November 20, 2015, and was made generally available on March 17, 2016. In October 2017, Microsoft announced that it would pause the active development of Windows 10 Mobile, and future development will be limited to maintenance releases and security patches. The last feature update is the Fall Creators Update. The last version of Windows 10 Mobile reached the end of life on January 14, 2020. Development for Windows 10 Mobile has completely ceased since then.
Version history
Version 1511 (November Update)
Windows 10 Mobile November Update, also known as version 1511 and codenamed "Threshold 2", is the first major update to Windows 10 Mobile and the only one in a series of updates under the "Threshold" codenames. It carries the build number 10.0.10586. It was released to the public on November 12, 2015.
The update reached end of service on January 9, 2018.
Version 1607 (Anniversary Update)
Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update, also known as version 1607 and codenamed "Redstone 1", is the second major update to Windows 10 Mobile and the first in a series of updates under the "Redstone" codenames. It carries the build number 10.0.14393. The first preview was released on February 19, 2016. It was released to the public on August 16, 2016.
The update reached end of service after the release of build 14393.2551 on October 9, 2018.
Version 1703 (Creators Update)
Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update also known as version 1703 and codenamed "Redstone 2", is the third major update to Windows 10 Mobile and the second in a series of updates under the "Redstone" codenames. It carries the build number 10.0.15063. The first preview was released to Insiders on August 17, 2016. It was released to the public on April 25, 2017.
The update reached end of service after the release of build 15063.1868 on June 11, 2019.
Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update)
Windows 10 Mobile Fall Creators Update, also known as version 1709 and codenamed "Redstone 3", is the third major update to Windows 10 Mobile and the third in a series of updates under the "Redstone" codenames. It carries the build number 10.0.15254. Despite sharing the same codename and version number with the PC version of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update ("Redstone 3"), the update is still in build part of the "Redstone 2" branch. The first preview was released to Insiders on April 14, 2017. It was released to the public on October 24, 2017.
The update reached end of service after the release of build 15254.603 on January 14, 2020.
See also
Windows 10 PC version history
Windows Phone version history
References
History of Microsoft
Lists of operating systems
Software version histories
Mobile operating systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazeltine%202000 | The Hazeltine 2000 is one of the first general-purpose "smart" computer terminals, introduced in October 1970 at a price of $2,995 (). While earlier terminal systems included "smart" editing features, notably the IBM 2260, the Hazeltine 2000 was the first that used a standard RS-232 interface and sent its control sequences in the data stream. It could be attached to any contemporary minicomputer or mainframe that had a serial port and used ASCII-standard character sets.
One advanced feature of the design was the concept of "batch mode" that cached data being typed by the user and sent it all at once to the host. The system also had two display intensities, foreground and background (bright and dim). Data sent in background mode was independent and not sent back to the server. This allowed forms to be sent as text in background mode and then switch the terminal to foreground mode for data entry. This was used to create on-screen forms that could be filled out and cleared without having to re-send the background layout.
The base model displayed 27 lines of 74 characters, uppercase only, while an expansion added lowercase and 80-by-25 layout. In 1974 the expanded version became the only model and the price was lowered. The basic system was reimplemented several times using newer electronics as they became available during the 1970s. The Hazeltine 1500 was a lower-cost version introduced in 1977. The development team was unhappy with the support they received from the corporation, and the division was spun off to form Esprit Systems.
Description
Basic system
The system was an all-in-one unit with a 12" diagonal green phosphor screen with a 8.5" by 5.75" display area. The system weighed and required at least of depth on a desk, and drew a massive 350 W in operation. It required 30 seconds to "warm up", and continually ran a fan to cool the system. Later models first grew to before falling to .
In contrast to most glass terminals of the era, the 2000 offered only RS-232, lacking the common current loop based on the Teletype Model 33 that was widely used as an ad hoc terminal in the 1970s. Switches on the back of the case allowed the speed to be set to all common speeds between 110 and 9600 bit/s. A second switch, "CA", added additional characters to sent data in order to turn around the communications channel in half-duplex modems like the WE202C. This also had the side-effect of reducing the speeds; when turned on the highest speed was 1200 bit/s, but it also supported a wider variety of speeds below that to match the variety of speeds seen with these modems, adding 150 and 600 bit/s.
The system also had outputs for a printer, cassette storage, and the video signal so it could be mirrored on up to three additional screens. The connectors were complex, HDR panel mounts based on those used in avionics, Hazeltine's primary business. The RS-232 was connected via a hard-wired cable with a 25-pin connector at the end, not a rear-panel port.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StackPath | StackPath is an American edge computing platform provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its founding team was led by Lance Crosby, who also co-founded SoftLayer Technologies, acquired by IBM in 2013.
Acquisitions
MaxCDN (CDN), 2016
Staminus (DDoS mitigation), 2016
Fireblade (WAF), 2016
Cloak (VPN), 2016
Highwinds Network Group (CDN and VPN), 2017
Server Density (Monitoring)
Subsidiaries
MaxCDN
NetDNA, LLC was founded in 2009 as a content delivery network (CDN) with a focus on enterprise customers. The company was founded by David Henzel and Christopher Ueland in Los Angeles.
In 2010, NetDNA partnered with Wowza to launch the HDDN.com brand, a CDN for streaming video.
By 2010, the MaxCDN brand was created as a simpler CDN for both small and large businesses. MaxCDN, LLC operated as a division of NetDNA, LLC.
In 2011, Ben Neumann was CEO of NetDNA. In 2011, NetDNA completed a funding round with Chelsea Management in Los Angeles.
In 2013, NetDNA rebranded the company and its services as MaxCDN, conslidating other services such as HDDN.com under the same name, with the original NetDNA enterprise service rebranded as MaxCDN Enterprise.
MaxCDN was acquired by StackPath in 2016.
Divestitures
In 2019, StackPath sold its VPN lines of business, including IPVanish (acquired as part of the Highwinds Network Group) and Encrypt.me (the new brand of Cloak), to J2 Global.
In August 2023, Stackpath sold its CDN line of business (primarily approximately 100 select enterprise customer contracts as well as other assets) to Akamai following its decision to cease its content delivery network operations. The transaction did not include the acquisition of StackPath personnel or technology.
Investors
StackPath has received funding from investors including Abry Partners, Juniper Networks, and Cox Communications.
Founders
StackPath was founded May 5, 2015, by Lance Crosby, Greg Bock, Steven Canale, Ryan Carter, Paul Drew, Kenji Fukasawa, Jason Gulledge, Andrew Higginbotham, James Leaverton, Andrew Maten, Dawn Mumm, Nick Nelson, and Josh Reese.
References
Content delivery networks
Companies based in Dallas
Internet technology companies of the United States
American companies established in 2015
Internet security
DDoS mitigation companies
Cloud infrastructure
Cloud computing providers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwab%20Network | Schwab Network (originally TD Ameritrade Network) is an over-the-top (OTT) broadcast channel streaming financial news and education content. It was launched on October 24, 2017, as a free service with four hours of live original programming. From the outset, expanded hours beyond 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM were envisioned. By February 2018, the network was airing from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM from its Chicago headquarters. Investors can tune in for real-time business updates and growth forecasts delivered by CEOs, analysts and investors alongside veteran TD Ameritrade traders.
In November 2018, the TD Ameritrade Network announced Nicole Petallides, former Fox Business anchor and New York Stock Exchange floor reporter, would join the network as an on-air host corresponding from Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Petallides joined a group of hosts including Oliver Renick, former Bloomberg Businessweek co-anchor, and a lineup of veteran traders from TD Ameritrade.
Schwab Network also offers translated programming for investors in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Notes
External links
Business mass media in the United States
Streaming television in the United States
2017 introductions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal%20Point%20Data%20Risk | Focal Point Data Risk, LLC (commonly known as Focal Point) is an IT risk management consulting firm based in Tampa, FL. Focal Point was formed in January 2017 as the result of a merger between Sunera, APTEC, LLC, and ANRC LLC.
The company provides a range of cybersecurity, risk management, cybersecurity workforce development, and enterprise technology implementation services.
In 2017, Focal Point named former Cisco executive Brian Marlier as Chief Executive Officer.
Focal Point publishes the annual Cyber Balance Sheet Report, covering Board-level cyber issues.
History
Focal Point was originally founded as Sunera in April 2005 by former KPMG partners and executives. Sunera focused its original service offerings on IT controls testing, vulnerability assessments, internal audit, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
In 2014, Sunera was acquired by Cyber Risk Management, a company formed by Norwest Equity Partners, Halyard Capital, and partners of Sunera.
Cyber Risk Management acquired ANRC, a cyber security training provider, in 2014, and APTEC, LLC, an identity and access management solutions integrator in 2015.
On February 6, 2015, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the expansion of the company’s Tampa headquarters. This expansion brought 41 new jobs between 2015 and 2018.
References
Computer security companies
Accounting firms of the United States
Consulting firms established in 2005
Software companies established in 2005
Companies based in Tampa, Florida
Companies based in Florida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla%20Truck | Tesla Truck may refer to:
Tesla Semi, big rig, class-8 semi-trailer-tractor-unit
Tesla Cybertruck (Cybrtrk), pickup truck, light truck grade
See also
Tesla (disambiguation)
Battery electric truck
Electric truck |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asawa%20Ko%2C%20Karibal%20Ko | (International title: Silent Shadow / ) is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Mark Sicat dela Cruz, it stars Kris Bernal, Thea Tolentino and Rayver Cruz. It premiered on October 22, 2018 on the network's Afternoon Prime and Sabado Star Power sa Hapon line up replacing Ika-5 Utos. The series concluded on March 2, 2019 with a total of 114 episodes. It was replaced by Dragon Lady in its timeslot.
The series is originally titled as The Betrayed Wife and later Mag-asawa, Magkaribal. The series is streaming online on YouTube.
Premise
Rachel meets Nathan, a gay man who later marries her due to family's pressure. Unhappy and trapped, Nathan plots his fake death and later undergoes to a sexual reassignment and face surgery in another country. Years later, Rachel meets Gavin and falls for him. Gavin has a wife, Venus whom Rachel will eventually find out to be her former husband.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Kris Bernal as Rachel Santiago-Bravante
Thea Tolentino as Venus Hermosa-Bravante / Nathan Bravante / Catriona
Rayver Cruz as Gavin Corpus
Supporting cast
Lotlot de Leon as Lupita Santiago
Devon Seron as Maya Santiago
Jean Saburit as Veronica delos Santos-Bravante
Ricardo Cepeda as Lorenzo Bravante
Maricris Garcia as Allison "Alice S." Bravante
Matthias Rhoads as Daniel Lindberg
Phil Noble as Krissy
Analyn Barro as Tina Santos-Santiago
Caprice Cayetano as Nicole Belle Bravante
Guest cast
Jason Abalos as Nathan Bravante / Catriona
Rob Sy as Arnold dela Cruz
Alma Moreno as Sarah Corpus
Juancho Trivino as David Santiago
Ranty Portento as Andrew
Alvin Maghanoy as young Nathan Bravante
Adrian Pascual as teen Nathan
Ameera Johara as Janice
Mela Franco Habijan as Mela
Althea Ablan as young Allison Bravante
Stanley Abuloc as Kyle Bravante
Geraldine Villamil as Marie
Xyruz Cruz as Paolo
Chrome Prince Cosio as Frank
David Uy as Stanley
Rob Moya as Gio
Andrew Gan as Julio
Karlo Duterte as Ben
Mike Liwag as a restaurant manager
Kiel Rodriguez as Marasigan
Production
Principal photography commenced on September 13, 2018.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of earned a 6.6% rating.
Accolades
References
External links
2018 Philippine television series debuts
2019 Philippine television series endings
2010s LGBT-related drama television series
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine LGBT-related television shows
Television shows set in the Philippines
Transgender-related television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trek-80 | Trek-80 is a text-based video game written by Steve Dompier in 1976 and sold by Processor Technology for their Sol-20 computer and suitable S-100 bus machines.
Trek-80 combines features of the seminal Star Trek game by Mike Mayfield with the unrelated Trek73. In contrast to the originals, which were designed to run on teletypes, Trek-80 used the VDM-1 video card to produce a character-based real-time display.
Compatible 3rd party versions of the VDM-1 became the de facto display for most early S-100 bus machines, as well as the TRS-80. A version known as Invasion Force was sold by Tandy for the TRS-80.
An unrelated Trek-80 for the TRS-80 was sold by Judges Guild, but this was a port of the original Mayfield game with few changes.
Gameplay
Dompier's Trek-80 was mostly based on Mike Mayfield's original version, with only minor changes in the underlying gameplay concepts. The game took place in a section of the galaxy divided into "quadrants", each of which held a particular number of stars, enemy ships and starbases where the player could repair and refuel. The main difference in layout was that Trek-80s quadrants had 10-by-10 sectors within them, compared to the original 8-by-8 layout.
In the original Star Trek, the display was linear and turn-based. Players would normally start the game by issuing the LRS (long range scan) command to scan the immediate surrounding quadrants and then fly to a selected one using the WARp drive. On arrival, they would use the SRS (short range scan) to display the sectors in the quadrant and begin moving and firing at any targets. SRS was normally used multiple times in combat as the ships maneuvered.
The basic action is the same in Trek-80, but the display is no longer linear and takes place in real-time. The LRS and SRS displays are always visible and update as the game proceeds. Other displays, like the status of the ship and various help texts, were displayed around the screen, eliminating the need to constantly issue commands related to inquiring about basic status. Instead of, for instance, warping to another quadrant by specifying a range, in Trek-80 one simply starts warping in a selected direction, watches the display until they arrive, and then presses ESCcape to end movement. Likewise, when one fired a torpedo, the other ships continued to move while it flew, and it could be detonated early by the player pressing ESC.
Other changes to the original game included two types of Klingon ships. One was the traditional ship which the player would shoot at, while the Battle Cruiser could only be destroyed by dropping an antimatter pod in the quadrant and then manually detonating it when it approached the Cruiser. It also added space mines that destroy everything in a quadrant if hit, and "unknown" objects that could be explored. Dompier also added basic sound effects which could be heard by placing an AM radio near the computer, a technique he had pioneered during demonstrations for the Homebrew Computer C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae%20Young%20Classic | The Mae Young Classic was a women's professional wrestling tournament and WWE Network event produced by WWE, an American-based professional wrestling promotion. The event was named in honor of the late Mae Young, a WWE Hall of Famer who is considered one of the pioneers of women's professional wrestling. The tournament was contested by wrestlers from WWE's NXT brand and wrestlers from the independent circuit. The winner received the Mae Young Classic Trophy.
To date, there have only been two tournaments. The first was held in the summer of 2017 and was won by Kairi Sane. The second was held in 2018 and was won by Toni Storm—the final of the second tournament was held at WWE's first-ever all female pay-per-view, Evolution. As a result of both tournaments, many competitors from the independent circuit were signed by WWE to compete on their NXT brand, with some from the second tournament being signed to the upstart NXT UK brand. A 2019 tournament was planned but fell through.
History
At a press conference during the weekend of WrestleMania 33, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE announced that a women's tournament would be taking place in the summer of 2017, with a total of 32 wrestlers competing. It was also announced that the tournament would be involve wrestlers from WWE's NXT brand and wrestlers from the independent circuit and would air on the company's online streaming service, the WWE Network. The event was named in honor of the late Mae Young, a WWE Hall of Famer who is considered one of the pioneers of women's professional wrestling. The inaugural tournament was won by Kairi Sane.
In April 2018, a second tournament was announced, and like the first, it also featured wrestlers from WWE's NXT brand and those from the independent circuit and also aired on the WWE Network. It was also held in the summer, but the final was scheduled for WWE's first-ever all female pay-per-view, Evolution on October 28. The winner of the second tournament was Toni Storm.
In August 2019, WWE executive and NXT head Triple H confirmed that a 2019 edition of the Mae Young Classic was being planned. In October, WWE listed tickets for sale for November 2–3; however, the posting was later removed and the 2019 tournament never happened.
Prize
The winner of the Mae Young Classic was awarded the Mae Young Classic Trophy, made in the likeness of the event's logo for that respective year. Kairi Sane was also awarded a match for the NXT Women's Championship for winning the 2017 tournament; however, Toni Storm did not receive a championship match for winning the 2018 tournament.
Events and winners
References
Recurring events established in 2017 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAMA%20Network%20Open | JAMA Network Open is a monthly open access medical journal published by the American Medical Association covering all aspects of the biomedical sciences. It was established in 2018 and the founding editor-in-chief is Fred Rivara (University of Washington). The journal is funded by article processing charges and most articles are available under a Creative Commons license. Article titles and abstracts are translated into Spanish and Chinese. According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 13.353, ranking it 15th out of 172 journals in the category "Medicine, General & Internal". Additionally, it ranks 5th among purely open access journals in that subject category.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in CINAHL, Emerging Sources Citation Index, and Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.
See also
List of American Medical Association journals
References
External links
General medical journals
American Medical Association academic journals
Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals
Monthly journals
Academic journals established in 2018
English-language journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Launceston | The Launceston tramway network served the city of Launceston, Tasmania in Australia from 1911 until 1952.
History
Launceston Municipal Tramways, a subsidiary of the Launceston City Council, began operating on three routes on 4 August 1911 from Brisbane Street in the Launceston central business district to King's Bridge (Cataract Gorge), David Street (Newstead) and McKenzie Street (Mowbray).
Further lines opened to Sandhill (South Launceston) on 27 October 1911, High Street (East Launceston) on 17 January 1914 and Cataract Hill (Hillside Crescent, West Launceston) on 15 May 1915. The King's Bridge line was extended to Trevallyn on 16 July 1912, and the Mowbray line to Racecourse (Mowbray Heights) on 26 January 1916.
The King's Wharf line opened on 24 February 1919 to serve Bass Strait steamers. The Sandhill line was extended in 1929 to Carr Villa Cemetery. The Mowbray, Newstead and High Street lines were lengthened 1937, with the network reaching its maximum of 13.8 miles. The King's Wharf line closed in December 1947 when the steamer Taroona began berthing at Beauty Point because of the Tamar River silting. It had only operated on days ships berthed since 1932.
The Trevallyn trams were replaced by diesel buses in March 1947, with the rest of the network gradually replaced by trolleybuses from December 1951. The Newstead line was the last closed on 13 December 1952.
Rolling stock
For the commencement of operations, 14 single-truck trams were bodied locally by J&T Gunn with Brush Electrical Engineering, Loughborough supplying the trucks. By 1927 a further 12 had been delivered. In 1930 three drop centre bogie trams were bodied at the Invermay Road depot.
Single-truck tram number 13 has been preserved by the Tasmanian Transport Museum while bogie tram number 29 is with the Launceston Tramway Museum.
Depots
The original four road depot was located on Invermay Road. After the 1929 Tasmanian floods it was relocated to the corner of Howick and Wellington Streets in 1932. It remains in use as a Metro Tasmania bus depot.
References
Launceston
Launceston, Tasmania
Trams in Tasmania
3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia
1911 establishments in Australia
1952 disestablishments in Australia
History of transport in Tasmania |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELeague%20CS%3AGO%20Premier%202018 | ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 was the sixth season of ELEAGUE that started on July 21, 2018, and ended on July 29, 2018. It was broadcast on the U.S cable network TBS. The season featured eight teams from across the world competing in a season. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch and YouTube Gaming, but when on television, a limited broadcast appeared on Twitch and YouTube.
Results
The finals pitted Astralis, which won the ELEAGUE Major 2017, and Team Liquid. Astralis defeated Team Liquid 2–0 and did not drop a single map in the tournament to win the championship.
Format
The format was similar to that of ELEAGUE Season 2. All eight teams were invited based on their top eight HLTV.org ranks from May 21, 2018. The seeding was the reorganized once the event came around to better reflect the teams' rankings.
The group stage featured two groups of four teams, with each group being a standard GSL format. All matchups wete best of three series. The highest seed in the group played against the lowest seed and the other two teams played against each other. The two winners and two losers then played against each other. The winner of the winner's match moved on to the Playoffs and the loser of the winners match played a third match against the winner of the losers match. The loser of the losers match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams in the group will play in a decider's match; the winner of the match will get a spot in the Playoffs and the loser will head home. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs.
The Playoffs consisted of the four teams. Teams will play in a single elimination, best of three bracket and will keep playing until a winner is decided. Each group winner will face off against a group runner-up in the semifinals.
Teams
Eight teams were invited to the Premier. In parentheses are the HLTV.org ranks from May 21, 2018.
Broadcast Talent
Host
Alex "Machine" Richardson
Interviewer
Sue "Smix" Lee
Commentators/Analysts
James Bardolph
Anders Blume
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia
Jason "moses" O'Toole
Janko "YNk" Paunović
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Playoffs
Final standings
The final standings, prize money distribution, and teams' rosters and coaches are shown below. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.
References
2018 esports television series
2018 first-person shooter tournaments
Counter-Strike competitions
International esports competitions hosted by the United States
Sports competitions in Atlanta
ELeague competitions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via%20Carpathia | Via Carpathia (also Via Carpatia) is a planned transnational highway network connecting Klaipėda in Lithuania with Thessaloniki in Greece. It is currently planned to open in 2025.
The Polish part of Via Carpatia has been named in 2021 after late President Lech Kaczyński.
History
The route was initially agreed upon in 2006 by Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2010, this group was joined by Romania, Bulgaria and Greece who signed the so called Łańcut Declaration.
On 22 June 2017, Poland and Ukraine signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of the road. Signatories indicated the road could be part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
Construction commenced in individual sections along the road with the entire road expected to open in 2025.
The sections known to be under construction or completed are:
Branch 1:
4 sections (184 kilometers) of S19 Expressway and 96 kilometers of S61 Expressway in Poland
Parts of the M30 motorway in Hungary. The Hungarian section opened to public in October 2021 by completing the missing link between Miskolc and the Slovakian border.
R4 expressway in Slovakia
Western part of A6 motorway in Romania (from Calafat to Lugoj)
New Europe Bridge over Danube, from Calafat, Romania to Vidin, Bulgaria
Parts of Botevgrad-Vidin expressway in Bulgaria
Parts of Struma motorway in Bulgaria
Branch 2:
A1 motorway in Romania (from Arad to Bucharest)
A0 motorway south half-ring in Romania (from Bucharest West to Bucharest East)
A2 motorway in Romania (from Bucharest to Constanța)
Route description
The road will run in a general north-south direction through central Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. Its northern terminus is the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda. It will then cross the country eastward, pass through eastern Poland, eastern Slovakia and the Hungarian and Romanian border. It will continue in western Romania and western Bulgaria before entering Greece. Its southern terminus is the Greek port city of Thessaloniki. A fork in the south may continue eastwards through Romania to the Black Sea port town of Constanța.
See also
Three Seas Initiative
European route E79
New Europe Bridge
Rail-2-Sea
References
External links
European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) Via Carpatia
Roads in Europe
Motorways in Poland
Motorways in Romania
Motorways in Bulgaria
Highways in Hungary
Motorways in Greece
Projects of the Three Seas Initiative |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Propria | Data Propria is a company formed in 2018. It is managed by Cambridge Analytica's former head of product, Matt Oczkowski, and employs at least three other former Cambridge Analytica staffers including Cambridge Analytica's former chief data scientist, David Wilkinson. It reportedly worked on the 2020 Donald Trump presidential campaign.
Notable clients
In May 2018, Bruce Rauner, the Governor of Illinois, was reported to be using Data Propria in his re-election campaign.
Circa May–June 2018, Data Propria was reported to be electioneering for Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. Company president Matt Oczkowski and parent company part-owner Brad Parscale denied the accuracy of these reports, despite having claimed, in front of reporters, that Data Propria was working on that campaign. An anonymous source additionally confirmed Data Propria's involvement with the campaign.
In June 2018, Oczkowski and Parscale confirmed that Data Propria had signed a contract with the Republican Party's governing body (the RNC), to assist the party in the 2018 midterm US elections.
Data sources
In June 2018, Data Propria was sent an open letter by U.S. Representatives Michael F. Doyle, Frank Pallone, and Jan Schakowsky. The letter asked Data Propria to confirm the provenance of its datasets, and especially whether they contain material improperly acquired from Facebook by Aleksandr Kogan or Cambridge Analytica.
See also
Emerdata
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
2020 United States presidential election
References
Technology companies established in 2018
Cambridge Analytica
Big data companies
Political campaign technology
Consulting firms established in 2018
2018 establishments in Texas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20Data%20Protection%20Bill%202018 | The Personal Data Protection Bill is a Pakistani law that attempts to protect personal data from misuse by corporations and governments. The implementation of GDPR by the European Union impacted the Cyber Law policymakers of Pakistan, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication.
They proposed a bill to protect the personal data of Pakistani citizens. According to this bill, "A Bill to protect people against the violation of their privacy by processing of personal data. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the processing, obtaining, holding, usage and disclosure of data relating to individuals while respecting the rights, freedoms and dignity of natural persons with special regard to their right to privacy, secrecy and personal identity and for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto." With regards into processing, obtaining, holding, usage and disclosure of data, rights should be involved with matters by freedom and dignity and happiness.
Scope
This Act applies to:
any person who processes; and
any person who has control over or authorizes the processing of, any personal data in respect of commercial transactions.
The Act is limited to persons established in Pakistan (resident for greater than 180 days) whose personal data is processed by an establishment or others who use equipment in Pakistan for processing personal data for purposes other than transit through Pakistan.
Punishment
The penalty for violations is up to 2 years imprisonment and up to a PKR 5 Million fine.
Execution
A commission is to be formed within six months of enactment.
See also
Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 (India)
References
Pakistani legislation
Privacy legislation
Information technology in Pakistan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius%20Sports | Genius Sports is a sports data and technology company that provides data management, video streaming and integrity services to sports leagues, bookmakers and media companies.
In April 2021, Genius Sports completed a business combination agreement with a special purpose acquisition company dMY Technology Group, Inc. II to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
History
Genius Sports was formed in 2016 following a merger between Betgenius, a technology and data supplier to the betting industry, and SportingPulse International, a sports data and software business.
In 2017, Genius Sports acquired Data Project, a volleyball technology provider. In September, the PGA Tour launched a new Integrity Program to "maintain integrity and prevent mitigate betting-related corruption in PGA Tour competitions." Genius Sports was selected to support the PGA Tour through bet monitoring and educational services.
In May 2018, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) announced a landmark new statistics initiative for its 1,100 Members alongside Genius Sports. The deal aimed to modernise how NCAA Schools and Conferences harness game statistics to engage fans, drive performance levels and manage their operations. In July 2018, Genius Sports Group was acquired by Apax Partners. In November, Football DataCo, the rights holder of all the professional football leagues in England and Scotland, announced its new integrity strategy alongside Genius Sports and Perform Group. This agreement marked the first time two technology companies had combined to help protect a sport against match-fixing.
In May 2019, Genius Sports struck a deal with the NASCAR stock-car racing association to become the exclusive provider of NASCAR data to licensed sportsbooks around the world. Also in May, Genius Sports announced a deal with Football DataCo to be the official supplier of live data to the global sports betting industry for the Premier League, English Football League and Scottish Professional Football League, replacing the leagues’ previous supplier, Perform Group, which instead agreed to be acquired by investment firm Vista Equity Partners. The multi-year deal will commence with the start of the leagues’ 2019/20 seasons. In July, FIBA, the world governing body of basketball, announced a long-term extension of its 15-year partnership with Genius Sports, providing statistics collection, distribution and competition management to its member leagues and federations. In July and August, Genius Sports partnered with the German Football Association and Superliga Argentina to help protect their competitions from match-fixing and betting-related corruption. In October, Genius Sports announced the acquisition of Oppia Performance, an automated video production and streaming company.
In April 2021, Genius Sports partnered with the National Football League to act as their exclusive distributor of live NFL data and statistics to bookmakers and media companies. This multi-year partn |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nactus%20soniae | Nactus soniae is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Réunion. It is probably extinct as this species has been described based on subfossil remains and DNA data. It is named after Sonia Ribes-Beaudemoulin, the curator of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, who organized expeditions to collect fossils on Réunion Island.
References
Nactus
Reptiles described in 2008 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acinetobacter%20dijkshoorniae | Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae is a bacterium from the genus of Acinetobacter.
References
External links
Type strain of Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Moraxellaceae
Bacteria described in 2016 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Levy%20%28mathematician%29 | Rachel Levy (born 1968) is an American mathematician and blogger. She currently serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the North Carolina State University Data Science Academy. She was a 2020-21 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, serving in the United States Senate and sponsored by the American Mathematical Society. From 2018-2020 she served as deputy executive director of the Mathematical Association of America(2018-2020). As a faculty member at Harvey Mudd College from 2007-2019 her research was in applied mathematics, including the mathematical modeling of thin films, and the applications of fluid mechanics to biology.
This work was funded by The National Science Foundation, Research Corporation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and US Office of Naval Research.
She now focuses on mathematics education, data science, and undergraduate mathematics research. She served as vice president for education of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), and as editor-in-chief of SIAM Undergraduate Research Online (SIURO), an online publication of SIAM for undergraduate research in applied mathematics.
She currently serves on the following advisory boards:
National Academies Roundtable on Data Science Postsecondary Education
Charles A. Dana Center Launch Years Consensus Panel
Education Advisory Board of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
Mathematics Advisory Group (MAG) of Transforming Postsecondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE)
She was a co-founder of the BIG Math Network and the Math Modeling Hub.
She coined the acronym VITAL for faculty who are visitors, instructors, TAs, adjuncts and lecturers.
Education and career
Levy did her undergraduate studies at Oberlin College, completing a double major in English and Mathematics in 1989. She then earned a master's degree in Educational Media and Instructional Design in 1996 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, another master's degree in applied mathematics from North Carolina State University, and a PhD in 2005 from North Carolina State University. Her dissertation, Partial differential equations of thin liquid films: analysis and numerical simulation, was supervised by Michael Shearer.
She taught mathematics to secondary school and beginning college students from the time she was an undergraduate until her return to graduate school. After postdoctoral research at Duke University, she joined the Harvey Mudd College faculty from 2007 to 2019. At Harvey Mudd College, she was promoted to Professor of Mathematics and served as Associate Dean for Faculty Development. She was the Iris and Howard Critchell Assistant Professor from 2011 to 2012.
Contributions and publications
Levy co-authored Math Modelling: Computing and Communicating, a practical handbook for high school students with experience with computation and an interest in math modelling. (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2018) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Aryanpur%20Progressive%20English%E2%80%93Persian%20Dictionary | The Aryanpur Progressive English–Persian Dictionary, in six volumes, is an English–Persian dictionary written by Abbas Arianpour Kashani and Manouchehr Arianpour Kashani published with Computer World, a publication company in Tehran, Iran.
References
Iranian books
English dictionaries
Persian dictionaries |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20and%20Security%20%28Botswana%29 | The Ministry of Defence and Security of Botswana aims to provide safety, protection and promote human rights and rule of law via the implementation of pertinent policies and programming in order to achieve peace and tranquility. The ministry oversees the following departments:
Botswana Defence Force
Botswana Prison Service
Attorney General's Chambers
Botswana Police Service
List of ministers Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security (Botswana)
Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security
Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse (2008–2010)
Lesego Motsumi* (2010–2011)
Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse (2012–2014)
Shaw Kgathi (2014–2019)
Kagiso Mmusi (2019–2022)
*She is identified as the Acting Minister of Defence, Justice and Security in various sources.
Ministry of Defence and Security
Kagiso Mmusi (2022–)
See also
Politics of Botswana
Government of Botswana
Ministry of defence
List of current defence ministers
List of female defence ministers
References
Botswana
Government ministries of Botswana |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clistopyga%20crassicaudata | Clistopyga crassicaudata is a species of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae which was first described in 2018. It is found in Peru and was one of seven new species found in a narrow zone of vegetation between the Amazon rainforest and the Andes. It received attention in the news due to the size of the female stinger/ovipositor.
References
Pimplinae
Hymenoptera of South America
Invertebrates of Peru
Insects described in 2018 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix%3A%20The%20Secret%20of%20the%20Magic%20Potion | Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion () is a 2018 French computer-animated adventure family comedy film co-directed by Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy. A sequel to 2014's Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods, the screenplay by Astier is based on the Asterix comic book characters created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. This is the first Asterix production not to feature Roger Carel as the voice of Asterix, due to his retirement and later death. Asterix is instead voiced by Christian Clavier, who previously played the character in Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.
The film was released in France on 5 December 2018 by SND. Icon Film Distribution released the film's English dub in Australia starting 30 May 2019.
Plot
In the forest outside the village of indomitable Gauls, the druid Getafix falls from a tree, breaking his foot. Worried about his mortality, he resolves to find a successor to inherit the secret recipe of his magic potion which imbues the user with superhuman strength. He is escorted to a meeting of his fellow druids by Asterix and Obelix, while a creative young village girl named Pectine has stowed away in his cauldron. The meeting is disrupted by Getafix's nemesis, Sulfurix (Demonix in the English dub), who wreaks havoc before being chased away. Getafix then travels throughout Gaul to meet with aspiring young druids in his quest for a successor. He is accompanied by Chief Vitalstatistix and the village's other men, with the exception of Cacofonix, who remains behind with the village women and a reserve supply of magic potion to repel attacks by Roman legionaries.
Sulfurix offers Julius Caesar the chance to secure the recipe and is assisted by Senator Tomcrus, who plots to attack the village until it runs out of potion. Sulfurix recruits the unwitting Teleferix (Cholerix), a promising young druid, and teaches him magic in order to impress Getafix. Asterix uncovers their plot but is captured before he can warn the others. Sulfurix burns down the sacred forest of the druids, while Getafix chooses Teleferix as his successor. News soon reaches the Gauls that Cacofonix and the women have run out of magic potion.
Getafix has Obelix, Pectine and Teleferix help him source most of the ingredients for the potion. However, Sulfurix steals them and freezes Obelix with a spell. Getafix returns home for his reserve ingredients, but finds them squandered by his fellow druids vying to make their own concoctions. Sulfurix orders Teleferix to make the potion, but a key ingredient is missing. Sulfurix inadvertently augments the incomplete mixture with his fire magic, consumes the resultant potion and attacks both the Gauls and the Romans.
Pectine brings the leftover ingredients to Getafix, who instructs her to make the potion and reveals the missing ingredient is a drop of Magic Potion from a previous batch, secretly stored with the handle of his golden sickle. Getafix then battles Sulfurix and is saved by A |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Next%20Boy/Girl%20Band%20Thailand | The Next Boy/Girl Band Thailand is a Thai reality television series on the Channel 7 television network. It was premiered on 3 June 2018. The show is the Thailand version of The Next Boy/Girl Band Netherlands.
The series was licensed by the Kantana Group.
Host
Natthaya Boonchompaisarn (Grace The Face Thailand season 3)
Bank Sangnimnuan (Bank The Face Men Thailand)
Producer
Season 1
Contestants
Winner
Bands
The Next Boyband
The Next Girlband
References
External links
The Next Boy/Girl Band Thailand on IMDb
2018 Thai television series debuts
2010s Thai television series
Thai reality television series
Thai music television series
Thai-language television shows
Music competitions in Thailand
Channel 7 (Thailand) original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Basketball%20Tournament%202018 | The Basketball Tournament 2018 was the fifth edition of The Basketball Tournament, a 5-on-5, single elimination basketball tournament broadcast by the ESPN family of networks. The tournament involved 72 teams; it started on June 29 and continued through August 3, 2018. The winner of the final, Overseas Elite, received a two million dollar prize.
Format
The tournament started with a field of 72 teams, organized into four regions of 18 teams, all of which were seeded. The 18 teams in each region consisted of: nine teams selected based on fan popularity per the tournament's website, four teams selected via at-large bids, four teams accepted via buy-in of a $5000 fee, and the returning regional winner from the 2017 tournament.
Dunk contest
The Puma Hoops Dunk Contest was held during the Super 16 round, on July 27, with six contestants. There were four celebrity judges: Dominique Wilkins, Terry Rozier, God Shammgod, and Instagram personality @dunk. The contest winner was Marcus Lewis of Illinois BC, with Derek Cooke of Team Fredette as the runner-up; they were awarded prizes of $40,000 and $10,000, respectively.
Venues
The Basketball Tournament 2018 took place in eight locations. Orange dots mark the locations of the two regional pods, red dots mark regional locations, the blue dot marks the Super 16 and quarterfinal location, and the green dot marks the semifinal and finals location.
Alumni Teams
Multiple teams in the tournament were comprised mostly or exclusively of alumni of a particular school. These teams are listed below.
Additionally, team We Are D3, the 13th seed in the West region, consisted of alumni from NCAA Division III programs.
Schedule
Games televised on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU, with game replays available on ESPN3.
Bracket
All times Eastern. Source:
Northeast Region – Brooklyn, NY
Northeast Regional Final
Midwest Regional – Columbus, OH
Midwest Regional Final
South Regional – Richmond, VA
South Regional Final
West Regional – Los Angeles, CA
West Regional Final
Semifinals – Baltimore, MD
Semifinals
Championship
Awards
Source:
References
Further reading
External links
2018 TBT Semifinal - #7 Eberlein Drive VS #2 Team Fredette
2018 TBT Semifinal - #3 Golden Eagles VS #1 Overseas Elite
2018 TBT Championship - #7 Eberlein Drive VS #1 Overseas Elite
The Basketball Tournament
2018–19 in American basketball
July 2018 sports events in the United States
August 2018 sports events in the United States
Basketball competitions in Atlanta
Basketball competitions in Baltimore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti%20Perseus | Perseus was a vacuum tube (valve) computer built by Ferranti Ltd of Great Britain. It was a development of the Ferranti Pegasus computer for large-scale data processing. Perseus, which was one of Ferranti's computer systems that included Orion and Sirius, was the company's first production machine marketed towards commercial users. The system used the automatic checking method. Two were sold, both to overseas insurance companies in 1959.
Design
Perseus has two components that functioned independently of each other. The first was the central computer – the processing unit that handled data processing and commercial work. The second was the unit for printing from half-inch magnetic tape. The design aim of Perseus was to enable large-scale data-processing, rather than scientific computing. It used the same electronic technology as the Ferranti Pegasus, similarly engineered. The envisaged applications would involve vast amounts of file data, for which 1/2" magnetic tape was provided. The word length was 72 bits, with 160 words of random-access memory provided by single-word nickel acoustic delay lines. Unlike Pegasus with its magnetic drum, further internal store was provided by 864, 16-word delay lines. Large-scale data input was provided by punched card readers available for both round- and rectangular-hole cards. Data output was via magnetic tape to an off-line unit equipped with 300 lines per minute Samastronic line printers.
References
Bibliography
Vacuum tube computers
1950s computers
Perseus
Early British computers |
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