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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament%20Golf%20%281988%20video%20game%29 | Tournament Golf is a 1988 video game published by Computer Sports Network for DOS.
Gameplay
Tournament Golf is a game in which using a modem, players could compete in a nationwide golf tournament each week. It is played using Mean 18.
Reception
David S. Stevens reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "For those tired of competing against just the computer, CSN can provide plenty of stiff competition on some of the world's most challenging golf courses. That is something that neither family, time, nor ability would allow us to experience in 'the real world.'"
Reviews
PC Resource
References
1988 video games
DOS games
DOS-only games
Golf video games
Multiplayer online games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in California
Video games set in Scotland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed%20Mob |
Seed Mob, also known simply as Seed, is an Indigenous youth climate network in Australia.
History
Seed, established in 2014, is Australia's first Indigenous youth climate network . It is led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. It was initially a branch of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, but became independent in 2020.
It was co-founded by Amelia Telford, who is currently its national director, and Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, who is CEO of political activist group GetUp!.
Campaigns
In 2015, Seed, in an alliance of 13 environmental groups, was successful in campaigning for Australia's four largest banks to rule out funding the Adani coal mine in Queensland.
Seed has been campaigning against Origin Energy's plans to do gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory. It produced a film about the campaign called Water is Life in 2019.
References
External links
Climate change organisations based in Australia
Youth-led organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containerization%20%28computing%29 | In software engineering, containerization is operating system-level virtualization or application-level virtualization over multiple network resources so that software applications can run in isolated user spaces called containers in any cloud or non-cloud environment, regardless of type or vendor.
Usage
The containers are basically a fully functional and portable cloud or non-cloud computing environment surrounding the application and keeping it independent of other environments running in parallel. Individually each container simulates a different software application and runs isolated processes by bundling related configuration files, libraries and dependencies. But, collectively, multiple containers share a common operating system kernel (OS).
In recent times, the containerization technology has been widely adopted by cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and IBM Cloud. Containerization has also been pursued by the U.S. Department of Defense as a way of more rapidly developing and fielding software updates, with first application in its F-22 air superiority fighter.
Types of containers
OS containers
Application containers
Security issues
Because of the shared OS, security threats can affect the whole containerized system.
In containerized environments, security scanners generally protect the OS but not the application containers, which adds unwanted vulnerability.
Container management, orchestration, clustering
Container orchestration or container management is mostly used in the context of application containers. Implementations providing such orchestration include Kubernetes and Docker swarm.
Container cluster management
Container clusters need to be managed. This includes functionality to create a cluster, to upgrade the software or repair it, balance the load between existing instances, scale by starting or stopping instances to adapt to the number of users, to log activities and monitor produced logs or the application itself by querying sensors. Open-source implementations of such software include OKD and Rancher. Quite a number of companies provide container cluster management as a managed service, like Alibaba, Amazon, Google, Microsoft.
See also
Docker (software)
Kubernetes
Open Container Initiative
Virtual machines
Further reading
Journal articles
Books
Gabriel N. Schenker, Hideto Saito, Hui-Chuan Chloe Lee, Ke-Jou Carol Hsu, (2019) Getting Started with Containerization: Reduce the operational burden on your system by automating and managing your containers, Packt Publishing,
Jeeva S. Chelladhurai, Vinod Singh, Pethuru Raj (2014), Learning Docker, Packt Publishing,
References
Cloud computing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Coldwater | Ian Coldwater is an American computer security specialist, hacker, and speaker specializing in Kubernetes and cloud native security. They are a security architect at Twilio, and co-chair the Kubernetes special interest group Kubernetes SIG Security.
Career
Coldwater started working in tech in their thirties, starting in DevOps before focusing on security. They began specializing in hacking and hardening Kubernetes containers, working as an independent penetration tester before joining Heroku as a lead platform security engineer. As of 2021, they work as a security architect at Twilio. Along with Tabitha Sable, they co-chair the Kubernetes special interest group, Kubernetes SIG Security. They are also on the governing board of the Open Source Security Foundation.
Coldwater has spoken at conferences including DEF CON, Black Hat, KubeCon and CloudNativeCon, RSA Conference, Velocity, and devopsdays. In 2020, they received the Top Ambassador award from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation for spreading interest in the area.
Hacking Kubernetes, published by O'Reilly Media, credits Coldwater and Duffie Cooley for co-developing the "canonical offensive Kubernetes one-liner". In 2020, Coldwater and Brad Geesaman presented a talk at RSA 2020 titled "Advanced Persistence Threats – The Future of Kubernetes Attacks", in which they demonstrated bypassing Kubernetes audit logs and other attacks. In 2021, Coldwater, with expertise from Chad Rikansrud, became the first person in history to escape a container on a mainframe.
Personal life
Coldwater lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Politically, they identify as an anarchist. Coldwater is non-binary, and uses they/them pronouns.
See also
Kelsey Hightower
References
External links
21st-century American LGBT people
American anarchists
American computer scientists
American software engineers
Computer security specialists
InfoSec Twitter
Living people
Non-binary computer scientists
Open source people
People from Minneapolis
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley%20Carhart | Lesley Carhart aka hacks4pancakes is the principal incident responder and threat analyst at industrial cyber security company Dragos.
They were described as one of the top 10 influencers in cybersecurity in 2019 through to 2020 by GlobalData research.
They are involved with and comment on a broad range of cybersecurity topics including industrial control systems, the Solar Winds hack, ransomware attacks, smart device insecurity, remote working, multi-factor authentication, and the 2021 Microsoft Exchange Server data breach.
They are active in the information security community, offering career advice and involved in conferences, including organizing PancakesCon.
References
External links
Personal site
People associated with computer security
Computer security specialists
People in information technology
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
InfoSec Twitter |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20children%27s%20television%20on%20ITV | This is a timeline of children's programming on the British ITV network and ITV Digital Channels. The timeline starts in 1980 when ITV launched its first branding for children's programming, although programmes for children had been broadcast on ITV from the earliest years of the network.
1980s
1980
6 June – The final edition of Magpie is broadcast on ITV. The magazine format show, intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter ends after twelve years on the air.
29 December – ITV launches its first branded children's slot when it launches Watch It!. The programmes are broadcast on weekdays between 4:15pm to 5:15pm and even though the block is produced by ATV, the links are presented live by the duty continuity announcer in each ITV region.
1981
No events.
1982
3 April – The final edition of Saturday morning programme Tiswas is shown on ITV. It had been aired, albeit originally as a regional programme made by ATV, since 1974.
1983
3 January – Children's ITV is launched, replacing Watch It!. Programmes begin 15 minutes earlier, at 4pm, the extra fifteen minutes being filled by a repeat of one of the pre-school programmes shown at lunchtime the same day. The slot is presented on a national basis and programmes are linked by an in-vision presenter. The links are pre-recorded in advance in a small studio at a London facility called Molinare, using a single locked-off camera and the presenter, usually from the world of children's television, changes on a monthly basis.
1 February – ITV's breakfast television service TV-am launches and children's programmes are a major part of the service, especially at the weekend.
1 April – Roland Rat makes his first appearance on TV-am. Created by David Claridge and launched by TV-am Children's editor Anne Wood to entertain younger viewers during the Easter holidays. Roland is generally regarded as TV-am's saviour, being described as "the only rat to join a sinking ship".
April – No. 73 launches nationally as ITV's Saturday morning children's show. It had been shown the previous year as a regional programme by TVS.
1984
13 October – TV-am launches a new Saturday morning children's series called the Wide Awake Club. The live programme replaces pre-recorded shows such as Data Run and SPLAT.
1985
14 September – Wide Awake Club is extended and now runs for two hours, from 7:30am until 9:25am.
3 October – Roland Rat, the puppet rodent who saved an ailing TV-am transfers to the BBC. With only a week until October half term was due to start, TV-am launches Wacaday, a spin-off of the existing and successful Saturday morning programme, Wide Awake Club.
1986
3 May – The first edition of Get Fresh is broadcast. It alternates with No. 73 as ITV's Saturday morning children's magazine series for the next two years.
1987
1 June – Live presentation of Children's ITV is launched and are presented by former Central announcers Gary Terzza and Debbie Shore.
1988
March – No. 73 is broadcast for the final time |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction%20malleability%20problem | The transaction malleability problem is a vulnerability in blockchain which can be exploited by altering a cryptographic hash, such as the digital signature used to identify a cryptocurrency transaction. Transaction malleability is considered to be one of the largest ongoing threats to blockchain technology, as it can compromise financial transactions such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions, and cause other issues in the network.
Discovery
The transaction malleability problem became known to the Bitcoin community in 2011.
In February 2014, Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox revealed that they had been targeted by an exploit in Bitcoin protocol called "Transaction Malleability". At the time, Mt. Gox was the world's largest bitcoin exchange, handling approximately 70% of all bitcoin transactions. The company reportedly lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin due to this bug. After failing to attract enough investors to offset its losses, Mt. Gox suspended withdrawals, and closed its website. The company soon filed for bankruptcy with CEO Mark Karpelès resigning.
Shortly after Mt. Gox's announcement, it was revealed that Silk Road 2.0 had lost $2.7 million worth of Bitcoin due to an unknown hacker who exploited transaction malleability.
A 2014 study published by Christian Decker and Roger Wattenhofer found that no major transaction malleability exploitations had occurred prior to the MT. Gox attack.
Applications and threats
Transaction malleability can be used to alter the unique ID of a monetary transaction before it is confirmed. For example, it is possible for a hacker to fool computer systems into erroneously sending multiple transactions by manipulating the TX ID of a bitcoin transaction.
References
Blockchains |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antropora | Antropora is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Antroporidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
Antropora absidata
Antropora acicularis
†Antropora ampla
†Antropora arborescens
†Antropora biglobosa ()
Antropora commandorica
Antropora compressa
Antropora cruzeiro
Antropora curvirostris
†Antropora daishakaensis
†Antropora duplex
†Antropora elliptica
†Antropora elongata
Antropora erecta
Antropora erectirostra
Antropora fenglingiana
†Antropora forata
†Antropora gadhavii
Antropora gemarita
Antropora granulifera
†Antropora guajirensis
Antropora hastata
†Antropora hataii
†Antropora lecointrei
Antropora levigata
†Antropora lowei
Antropora minor
†Antropora minuta
†Antropora navalis
†Antropora octonaria
†Antropora oculifera
†Antropora ogivalis
†Antropora parvicapitata
Antropora paucicryptocysta
†Antropora pyriformis
†Antropora ramaniaensis ()
†Antropora striata
Antropora subvespertilio
†Antropora transversa
Antropora typica
References
Bryozoan genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate%20of%20current%20cost%20or%20pricing%20data | A certificate of current cost or pricing data is a signed statement from a bidder stating that, to the best of the bidder's knowledge and belief, the costs or pricing data which they have submitted in a tender are accurate, complete and current at the time. A form for such submission is available in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at section 15.406-2.
The US Truth in Negotiations Act 1962 ("TINA") requires that contractors submitting bids should supply certified cost or pricing data before an agreement on price for most negotiated procurements for government contracts worth more than $750,000 for prime contracts awarded before July 1, 2018, and $2 million for prime contracts awarded on or after July 1, 2018. Initially, TINA only applied to the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, and NASA.
Certified cost or pricing data may not be obtained for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. Other exceptions are stated in FAR 15.403-1(b) or may be adopted under a waiver requested by the contracting officer in exceptional circumstances. If certified cost or pricing data has been requested by the Government and submitted by an offeror, but an exception is later found to apply, the data should not be considered to be "certified".
The requirement for a certificate of cost or pricing data may also apply to sub-contractors at any tier in the supply chain.
References
Government procurement in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrintNightmare | PrintNightmare was a critical security vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Windows operating system. The vulnerability occurred within the print spooler service. There were two variants, one permitting remote code execution (CVE-2021-34527), and the other leading to privilege escalation (CVE-2021-1675). A third vulnerability (CVE-2021-34481) was announced July 15, 2021, and upgraded to remote code execution by Microsoft in August.
On July 6, 2021, Microsoft started releasing out-of-band (unscheduled) patches attempting to address the vulnerability. Due to its severity, Microsoft released patches for Windows 7, for which support had ended in January 2020. The patches resulted in some printers ceasing to function. Researchers have noted that the vulnerability has not been fully addressed by the patches. After the patch is applied, only administrators account on Windows print server, will be able to install printer drivers, as part of the vulnerability related to the ability of non-administrators to install printer drivers on the system, such as shared printers on system without sharing password protection.
The organization which discovered the vulnerability, Sangfor, published a proof of concept in a public GitHub repository. Apparently published in error, or as a result of a miscommunication between the researchers and Microsoft, the proof of concept was deleted shortly after. However, several copies have since appeared online.
See also
BlueKeep
EternalBlue
References
2021 in computing
Computer security exploits
Windows administration |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutspiel | Hutspiel was a theater-level war game created in 1955 on an analogic computer by the Operations Research Office, a civilian military research center conducted by the Johns Hopkins University. The game was played by two people, red and blue, representing a war simulation between NATO and USSR forces. The game was designed to study the use of tactical nuclear weapons and air support in Western Europe in the case of Soviet invasion.
References
1955 video games
Cold War video games
Mainframe games
Military combat simulators
Video games developed in the United States
Video games set in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20children%27s%20television%20on%20other%20British%20TV%20channels | This is a timeline of UK children's programming on non-BBC and ITV channels.
1980s
1982
1 November – S4C launches and programming for children is included as part of its remit with its programming block named Clwb S4C.
2 November – Channel 4 launches and programming for children is included as part of its remit.
1983
No events.
1984
1 September – The Children's Channel launches. It broadcasts during the daytime hours, timesharing its cable slot with evening only services.
1985
20 July – Sky Channel launches a weekend morning children's programming block called Fun Factory.
1986
1 September – The DJ Kat Show launches on Sky Channel as a weekday children's programming block. It airs at breakfast and in the late afternoon.
1987
No events.
1988
No events.
1989
March – The Children's Channel starts broadcasting free-to-air on Astra 1A, airing from 5am to 10am on weekdays and from 5am to 12pm on weekends, time-sharing with Lifestyle.
1990s
1990
17 September – S4C's children's block is renamed from Clwb S4C to Slot Meithrin.
1991
Following the launch of the Astra 1B-satellite, The Children's Channel's hours expand and it is now on the air until 5pm each day.
1992
The Children's Channel launches an early evening block showing programming of greater interest to older children and teenagers. The segment, simply called TCC, airs from 5pm to 7pm.
1993
1 September
The start of Sky Multichannels sees the launch of Nickelodeon. It is on air each day between 7am and 7pm.
The Children's Channel hours are cut back to 6am to 5pm to allow The Family Channel to share its space. This day also sees it become a pay television channel.
17 September – Cartoon Network Europe launches, broadcasting from London. Broadcasting as a free-to-air channel, it is twinned with TNT and ran from 5am until 7pm.
1994
11 September – After nine years on the air, the final edition of the children's programming block Fun Factory is broadcast.
Live presentation launches on Nickelodeon and is branded as Nick Alive!.
1995
May – Flextech completes its acquisition of The Children's Channel when it acquired the remaining 25.1% stake in Starstream for £15m. By that time, the channel is known on air as TCC and the year also sees the launch of a block of programmes for pre-school children called Tiny TCC, which airs each day between 6am and 9am.
1 October – The Disney Channel launches. It is on the air as a premium channel as part of the Sky Movies package and airs between 6am and 10pm.
31 December – Sky One's children's programming block The DJ Kat Show is axed after almost a decade on the air due to low viewing figures.
1996
August – Cartoon Network begins broadcasting for an extra two hours until 9pm, with TNT's hours moving to 9pm until 5am.
2 October – Fox Kids launches. It broadcasts each day between 6am and 7pm and airs live-action and animated comedy, drama and action-adventure programmes for children of all ages, Fox Kids also broadc |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision%20transformer | A Vision Transformer (ViT) is a transformer designed for computer vision. Transformers were introduced in 2017, and have found widespread use in Natural Language Processing. In 2020, they were adapted for computer vision, yielding ViT. The basic structure is to break down input images as a series of patches, then tokenized, before applying the tokens to a standard Transformer architecture.
The attention mechanism in a ViT repeatedly transforms representation vectors of image patches, incorporating more and more semantic relations between image patches in an image. This is analogous to how in natural language processing, as representation vectors flow through a Transformers, they incorporate more and more semantic relations between words, from syntax to semantics.
ViT has found applications in image recognition, image segmentation, and autonomous driving.
Architecture
The basic architecture, used by the original 2020 paper, is as follows. In summary, it is a BERT-like encoder-only Transformer.
The input image is of type , where are height, width, channel (RGB). It is then split into square-shaped patches of type .
For each patch, the patch is pushed through a linear operator, to obtain a vector ("patch embedding"). The position of the patch is also transformed into a vector by "position encoding". The two vectors are added, then pushed through several Transformer encoders.
Classification
The above architecture turns an image into a sequence of vector representations. To use the vector representation for downstream applications, one needs to add some network modules on top of it.
For example, to use it for classification, one can add a shallow MLP on top of it that outputs a probability distribution over classes. The original paper uses a linear-GeLU-linear-softmax network.
Vision Transformers
Transformers found their initial applications in natural language processing tasks, as demonstrated by language models such as BERT and GPT-3. By contrast the typical image processing system uses a convolutional neural network (CNN). Well-known projects include Xception, ResNet, EfficientNet, DenseNet, and Inception.
Transformers measure the relationships between pairs of input tokens (words in the case of text strings), termed attention. The cost is quadratic in the number of tokens. For images, the basic unit of analysis is the pixel. However, computing relationships for every pixel pair in a typical image is prohibitive in terms of memory and computation. Instead, ViT computes relationships among pixels in various small sections of the image (e.g., 16x16 pixels), at a drastically reduced cost. The sections (with positional embeddings) are placed in a sequence. The embeddings are learnable vectors. Each section is arranged into a linear sequence and multiplied by the embedding matrix. The result, with the position embedding is fed to the transformer.
As in the case of BERT, a fundamental role in classification tasks is played by the class to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Vechev | Martin Vechev is a professor at the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich working in the fields of programming languages, machine learning, and security. He leads the Secure, Reliable, and Intelligent Systems Lab (SRI), part of the Department of Computer Science. He is known for his pioneering works in machine learning for code (BigCode), where he introduced statistical programming engines trained on large codebases, reliable and trustworthy artificial intelligence, where he introduced abstract interpretation methods for reasoning about deep neural networks to enable the verification of large machine learning models, and quantum programming, introducing the first high-level programming language and system Silq.
Vechev has received the ACM SIGPLAN Robin Milner Young Researcher Award in 2019 and a highly-visible ERC Starting Grant, which helped shape the area of machine learning for code. In 2016, his Ph.D. student Veselin Raychev received an Honorable Mention for the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award and in 2021 his Ph.D. student Gagandeep Singh received the ACM SIGPLAN Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Vechev has also co-founded the deep tech start-ups LatticeFlow, DeepCode, and ChainSecurity.
Early life and education
Martin Vechev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he attended the Sofia High School of Mathematics (SMG) from 1991 to 1994. He received a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University in 2001 and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Cambridge in 2008. Prior to starting at ETH Zurich in 2012, Vechev was a Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York, USA in the period 2007-2011.
Career
He has been in a group at ETH Zurich that has resulted in the creation of popular systems:
JSNice, DeGuard, and DeBIN, statistical deobfuscators for javascript, Android apps, and binary executables.
ETH Robustness Analyzer for Neural Networks (ERAN), a sound, precise, and scalable robustness verifier for deep neural networks based on abstract interpretation.
Silq, the first high-level programming language for quantum computing with a strong static type system
PSI Solver, an exact inference engineer for probabilistic programs
ELINA, a state-of-the-art library for numerical abstract domains for static analysis
Securify and VerX, static analyzer and automated verifier for Ethereum smart contracts
SyNET, NetComplete, NetDice: systems for deterministic and probabilistic verification and synthesis for computer networks
He has also co-founded the deep tech start-ups:
LatticeFlow, building the world’s first platform for delivering robust and trustworthy AI systems.
DeepCode, the first AI-based code review system, acquired by the security unicorn Snyk in 2020.
and ChainSecurity, smart contract security audits based on formal mathematical guarantees, acquired by PwC Switzerland in 2020.
Awards
ACM SIGPLAN Robin Milner Young Researcher Award in 2019 for major contributions to the area of pro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula%20Diehr | Paula K. Hagedorn Diehr is an American biostatistician whose research topics generally concern health systems and ageing, and have included work on spatial variability and longitudinal data, health care utilization, mental health, insurance, diagnosis, and prediction of healthy life expectancies. She is a professor emerita of biostatistics, with a joint appointment in health systems and population health, at the University of Washington.
Education and career
Diehr graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1963. She went to the University of California, Los Angeles for graduate study, earning a master's degree and Ph.D. in biostatistics there. Her 1970 doctoral dissertation, The Mixture Problem in Tiny Samples, was supervised by Wilfrid Dixon. She joined the University of Washington faculty in 1970.
Recognition
Diehr was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1994, a Fellow of the Association for Health Services Research in 1996, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1997.
In 2013 Harvey Mudd College gave her their HMC Outstanding Alumni Award.
References
External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American statisticians
American women statisticians
Harvey Mudd College alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
University of Washington faculty
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Rohl | Andrew Rohl (born 1966) is a computational chemist, computer scientist and data scientist. He is an expert in the application of supercomputing and computer simulation technologies in materials chemistry, particularly the computer simulation of surfaces.
Rohl graduated from The University of Western Australia in 1987 with 1st Class Honours in Physical and Organic Chemistry. He completed a D. Phil in inorganic chemistry at Oxford University in 1991. He undertook postdoctoral work at the Royal Institution of Great Britain modelling the interactions between organic molecules and inorganic surfaces. This project required the development of the computer code MARVIN for modelling periodic surfaces, and this code is still in widespread use. A second postdoc at Oxford University followed.
Rohl was appointed a professor of Computational Science at Curtin University in 2007 and a John Curtin Distinguished Professor in 2019. He was seconded as executive director of the high-performance computing facility iVEC between 2004 and 2012 and Director of the Curtin Institute for Computation 2015–2020. He is a research director of the ARC Industrial Training Centre for Transforming Maintenance through Data Science and currently Head of the School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Curtin University.
Honors and awards
Inaugural Dennis Moore Orator 2013
WAITTA 2014 Achiever of the Year
Fellow, Australian Computer Society (elected 2017)
References
External links
Andrew Rohl research supervisor information
Andrew Rohl staff information page
1966 births
Living people
University of Western Australia alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Academic staff of Curtin University |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typequick | Typequick Pty Ltd (stylised TYPEQUICK) is an Australian courseware company specialising in the development of computer-based touch-typing tutor systems of the same name. The first Typequick program was developed by Noel McIntosh's AID Systems in conjunction with Blue Sky Industries in 1982, as a tool for teaching typing skills among users of new micro computers. The Sydney-based company of the same name was founded by McIntosh in 1985, after buying out the founders and acquiring the software.
The company has released products in multiple languages including English and Dutch, and sold particularly well in Japan. The company's Kewala's Typing Adventure saw the typing course re-envisioned as an adventure game aimed at a younger demographic.
History
(1982–1985) Development and release of first Typequick program
Typequick is a Sydney-based touch-typing software originally developed by Noel McIntosh's AID Systems in conjunction with Blue Sky Industries in 1982. Back in 1965, McIntosh had served as UNIVAC Operations Research Consultant for Europe, where he taught about the training possibilities of computers. Additionally, as an IBM employee for many years, McIntosh became familiar with their series of microcomputers. By the 80s, personal computers were just becoming mainstream, and very few people needed or had proper typing skills. Having recently purchased an Osborne computer and unable to find suitable software to teach keyboard etiquette, the closest being IBM's Typing Tutor, he decided to devise his own.
Writer of the system's teaching technique, McIntosh's company AID Systems subsequently commissioned Ross Mitchell of Blue Sky Industries to program Typequick into C programming language. McIntosh's aim was to speed up the learning process, thereby teaching apprehensive tech novices how to use keyboards more efficiently and confidently, while helping experienced touch-typists improve their accuracy and speed; a secondary use of the software was in helping established users unlearn poor habits like two-fingered hunt and pecking (searching for individual keys and hitting them with index fingers).
McIntosh launched the product in February the following year at a 1983 Sydney computer show. An offer by computer entrepreneur Adam Osborne for sole rights was rejected. Similarly a licensing deal with Digital Equipment Corporation was unsuccessful due to their DEC Rainbow computer having a short shelf life. In August 1983, The Sydney Morning Herald reported the program was being marketed "in association with" Pitman Publishers; this branding would continue until at least March the following year. However, this relationship of Pitmans adding their seal of approval to Typequick's products was short-lived when Pitmans decided to create their own product.
Typequick began a market penetration into the United States, picking up distributors to work with the dealers. McIntosh visited the US in October 1983 to demonstrate the product for major software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20Health%20System | Northeast Health System, a network of hospitals, was formed by three upstate New York hospitals. In 2011, Northeast merged with two other health systems to form St. Peter's Health Partners.
Member hospitals
Albany Memorial Hospital,
St. Peter's Hospital (Albany, New York),
Samaritan Hospital (Troy, New York),
Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (Schenectady).
The Northeast Health Foundation announced their new name and will be doing business as
"Samaritan Hospital and The Eddy Foundation".
In 2011, Northeast Health System, St. Peter’s Health Care Services, and Seton Health merged to form St. Peter's Health Partners.
References
Hospital networks in the United States
Catholic hospital networks in the United States
Catholic health care |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techstorm | TechStorm is a pay TV channel that carries Asian esports and tech-centric content. It debuted on StarHub and Singtel in 2019 and 2020 respectively The channel is owned and operated by TechTV Network Pte Ltd in Singapore. It was founded by Singaporean Debbie Lee.
It partnered with Nanyang Technological University in adopting automatic content recognition (ACR) technology.
Programming
Programming seen on TechStorm includes:
Gamerz
Innovation Nation
Meet The Drapers Show
Nintendo Quest
Shark Tank Australia
Storm Bytes –original production
References
Esports television
Television channels and stations established in 2019
Television stations in Singapore |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentis%20Hall | Prentis Hall is a historic building located on the Manhattanville campus of Columbia University at 632 West 125th Street. It houses the university's department of music and the Computer Music Center, as well as facilities for the School of the Arts. It is one of three historic buildings that survived in the university's Manhattanville plan, the others being the Studebaker Building and the Nash Building.
History
Prentis Hall was built from 1909 to 1911 as a pasteurization and bottling plant for the Sheffield Farms–Slawson–Decker Company. Designed by Frank A. Rooke, who designed several other buildings for Sheffield Farms, the building costed $500,000 to construct and could process 75,000 quarts of milk per day. The building is noted for its façade of white glazed terracotta, which is ornately designed in a French style. Its walls are brick with steel frame covered with concrete. The entire building was built to be vermin-proof and fire-proof. Its bottling room had a 27-foot ceiling with a skylight and large dome.
It was acquired by Columbia in 1949 as part of a $12,000,000 expansion plan for its School of Engineering and Applied Science, and since the 1950s has hosted the university's Computer Music Center. During the Manhattan Project, Prentis Hall housed the Heat Transfer Research Facility, which performed may critical heat flux tests in order to determine the temperature a nuclear reactor would melt down. The building was investigated, along with Pupin Hall, in either 1967 or 1977 by the Energy Research and Development Administration for possible radiation contamination.
Prentis Hall houses the RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer, the first programmable music synthesizer, which takes up an entire office wall. It was moved from RCA by to the university by Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky, who helped design the instrument, and pioneers of electronic music.
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Harlem
Industrial buildings and structures in Manhattan
Columbia University campus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba%20Pasopia | Toshiba Pasopia is a computer from manufacturer Toshiba, released in 1981 and based around a Zilog Z80 microprocessor. This is not to be confused with the Toshiba Pasopia IQ, a similar named line of MSX compatible computers.
There are two models, the PA7010 and the PA7012. PA7010 comes with T-BASIC, a version of Microsoft BASIC. PA7012 comes with the more powerful built-in operating system - OA-BASIC developed by Toshiba, capable of sequential file access and automated loading of programs.
The keyboard has 90 keys, a separate numeric keypad and eight function keys. The machine could be expanded with disk drives, extra RAM and offered a RS-232 and a parallel printer port.
In 1982 the machine was sold on the American market as Toshiba T100. It had an optional LCD screen (with 320 x 64 resolution) that fitted into the keyboard. Two CRT monitors were available: a 13" green monochrome, and 15" RGB color.
1982 models came with T-BASIC version 1.1.
The machine supported cartridge-type peripherals called PAC, RAM packs with battery backup, Kanji ROM packs and joystick ports. Pascal and OA-BASIC cartridges were on sale.
In 1983 Toshiba released the Pasopia 5 and Pasopia 7, intended as successors to the original Pasopia.
A dedicated magazine, named "Oh! Pasopia" was published in Japan between 1983 and 1987.
See also
Toshiba Pasopia 5
Toshiba Pasopia 7
Toshiba Pasopia 16 (IBM PC compatible)
Toshiba Pasopia IQ (MSX compatible)
References
Pasopia
Z80-based home computers
Computer-related introductions in 1981 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba%20Pasopia%205 | The Toshiba Pasopia 5 is a computer from manufacturer Toshiba, released in 1983 and based around a Z80 microprocessor. Also known as PA7005, it was released only in Japan, intended as a low price version of the original Toshiba Pasopia.
The keyboard has 90 keys, a separate numeric keypad and eight function keys. The machine could be expanded with disk drives, extra RAM and offered a RS-232 interface and a parallel printer port.
The machine is compatible with the original Pasopia.
See also
Toshiba Pasopia IQ
Toshiba Pasopia
Toshiba Pasopia 7
Toshiba Pasopia 16
References
Pasopia
Z80-based home computers
Computer-related introductions in 1981 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD-2 | TD-2 was a microwave relay system developed by Bell Labs and used by AT&T to build a cross-country network of repeaters for telephone and television transmission. The same system was also used to build the Canadian Trans-Canada Skyway system by Bell Canada, and later, many other companies in many countries to build similar networks for both civilian and military communications.
The system began with the experimental TDX, completed in November 1947, carrying television and telephone between Boston and New York City. TD-2 was a minor improvement on TDX, moving to the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz band set aside in 1947 for common carrier use. The system had six channels, and using frequency-division multiplexing, each could carry up to 480 telephone calls or a television signal. The first TD-2 link between New York and Chicago opened on 1 September 1950, followed by a Los Angeles-San Francisco link on 1 September. The two coasts were linked in 1951.
Equipment improvements in 1953 increased capacity to 600 calls per channel. Looking to further improve throughput, Bell Labs introduced the TH system, which operated in a higher band, around 6 GHz. It also added polarization to the signals allowing two channels per band. This allowed it to carry 1,200 calls per channel, but required the use of horn antennas to retain polarization. After considerable research, Bell developed an antenna that worked for both TD-2 and TH, but these improvements also helped TD-2 and increased its capacity again to 900 calls, delaying a widespread rollout of TH which was added only to the busiest links.
Bell Canada began building a similar TD-2 system, the Skyway, which went into service 1958. The Canadian railway companies then built a second line using TH. By the late 1960s, almost all of the population of North America was linked using TD-2 and TH. Television signals moved to satellite distribution in the 1970s and 80s, and the network was mostly used for telephone from that time. During the late 1980s and especially 1990s, the installation of fibre optic lines replaced the microwave networks. Portions of the system remain in use today, but the majority of the sites are abandoned.
History
High-frequency experiments
Radio telephone systems had been experimented with as early as 1915, the year after AT&T bought Lee de Forest's patents on the audion vacuum tube. Experiments were carried out between Arlington, Virginia, Hawaii and Paris. After being interrupted by World War I, such experiments began again and led to the creation of a permanent link between New York City and London in 1927. This system operated at 60 kHz, using the behaviour of lower-frequency radio waves to follow the curvature of the Earth to provide over-the-horizon performance.
Around the same time, the first experiments with MHz frequency radios were showing the ability to use ionospheric scatter to provide long-distance radio propagation at these higher frequencies. A new link between New York and London started i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoKyoto | ExoKyoto is a database written in C++ that includes over 3,500 confirmed exoplanets as well as more than 120,000 stars. The database is led by Professor Yosuke Yamashiki of the Graduate School of Advanced Leadership Studies, at Kyoto University. ExoKyoto is particularly useful to visualize the habitable zone of different stars and compare their planets with the Solar System in terms of irradiance. Together with the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, the NASA Exoplanet Archive, the Open Exoplanet Catalogue, and the Exoplanet Data Explorer, ExoKyoto is a popular exoplanet database that is widely used.
See also
NASA Exoplanet Archive
References
Databases in Japan
Astronomical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Anthony%20Micchelli | Charles Anthony Micchelli (born December 22, 1942) is an American mathematician, with an international reputation in numerical analysis, approximation theory, and machine learning.
Biography
As the youngest of four children, he was born into an Italian-American family in Newark, New Jersey. After graduating from Newark's East Side High School, he attended Rutgers University, where he graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then became a graduate student at Stanford University. After taking a course on Chebyshev polynomials taught by Gábor Szegő, he became interested in approximation theory. Micchelli graduated in 1969 with a PhD from Stanford University. His PhD thesis Saturation Classes and Iterates of Operators was supervised by Samuel Karlin.
Influenced by Gene Golub and recognizing the growing importance of computers and numerical analysis, Micchelli accepted a postgraduate invitation at the University of Uppsala's computer sciences department. On his return to Stanford University he met IBM researcher Theodore J. Rivlin, who was visiting Karlin and Golub. Rivlin recruited Micchelli to become a researcher for the mathematical sciences department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. There Micchelli did research from 1970 to 2000 and was a visiting professor at more than twenty universities in various countries, including in Israel, Sweden, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Chile, the United States, Spain, Canada, and Singapore. In 2000 he retired as an emeritus of IBM and became a professor of mathematics at the University at Albany, SUNY. He retired in 2016.
Micchelli is the author or co-author of more than 275 research publications and is on the list of ISI's Highly Cited Researchers. He has made contributions to the theory of total positivity, multivariate splines, refinability, geometric modeling, wavelets, interpolation by radial functions, neural networks, and machine learning theory. In 1974 I. J. Schoenberg presented a new approach to Micchelli's theory of cardinal L-splines. In 1983 Micchelli was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Warsaw.
Through his numerous research stays at universities, conferences, invitations and even family trips, Micchelli has traveled throughout the world many times, At a mathematical congress, at the Oberwolfach Institute, he began his relationship with the University of Zaragoza (UNIZAR) through a meeting with Professor Mariano Gasca from UNIZAR's department of applied mathematics. Micchelli was on sabbatical at UNIZAR for the academic year 1988–1989 and with Gasca was the co-director in 1989 of a NATO Advanced Study Institute on Computation of Curves and Surfaces in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife from July 10 to 21, 1989. Since then, especially in the 1990s, Micchelli has repeatedly visited and contributed academically to UNIZAR, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1994.
Starting an organizat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/842%20%28compression%20algorithm%29 | 842, 8-4-2, or EFT is a data compression algorithm. It is a variation on Lempel–Ziv compression with a limited dictionary length. With typical data, 842 gives 80 to 90 percent of the compression of LZ77 with much faster throughput and less memory use. Hardware implementations also provide minimal use of energy and minimal chip area.
842 compression can be used for virtual memory compression, for databases — especially column-oriented stores, and when streaming input-output — for example to do backups or to write to log files.
Algorithm
The algorithm operates on blocks of 8 bytes with sub-phrases of 8, 4 and 2 bytes. A hash of each phrase is used to look up a hash table with offsets to a sliding window buffer of past encoded data. Matches can be replaced by the offset, so the result for each block can be some mixture of matched data and new literal data.
Implementations
IBM added hardware accelerators and instructions for 842 compression to their Power processors from POWER7+ onward. In addition, POWER9 and Power10 added hardware acceleration for the RFC 1951 Deflate algorithm, which is used by zlib and gzip.
A device driver for hardware-assisted 842 compression on a POWER processor was added to the Linux kernel in 2011. More recently, Linux can fallback to a software implementation, which of course is much slower. zram, a Linux kernel module for compressed RAM drives, can be configured to use 842.
Researchers have implemented 842 using graphics processing units and found about 30x faster decompression using dedicated GPUs. An open source library provides 842 for CUDA and OpenCL. An FPGA implementation of 842 demonstrated 13 times better throughput than a software implementation.
References
Lossless compression algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba%20Pasopia%2016 | Toshiba Pasopia 16 or PA7020 (also known as T300 in the U.S. and PAP in Europe) is an IBM PC compatible computer from manufacturer Toshiba, released in 1982 and based around a Intel 8088-2 microprocessor running at 6 MHz.
Details
The operating system was MS-DOS 2.3 with CP/M-86 as an option. The machine included GW-BASIC, communication (Pap.Com) and graphics (Pap.Graph) software.
The computer came with two 5.25" disk drives and supported an optional 8087 co-processor.
Two graphic cards were available: a Color Graphic Card with 128KB and 8 colors; an Extended Graphic Card with 256KB of memory and 16 colors out of 256.
Several graphics modes are possible: , , and .
The European PAP model had a SCART connector with RGB output. A green monochrome monitor was also available. Possible peripherals for this model are extra 5.25" disk drives, a hard disk, a RS-232 interface and a printer. The keyboard has 103 keys.
Other models
Toshiba Pasopia 1600
An expanded model, the Toshiba Pasopia 1600 (PA7030) was released in 1984. The basic specifications are the same as the base model, but the CPU is an Intel 8086-2 running at 8 MHz, and graphic memory was expanded to 384 KB. The machine is smaller and the number of expansion slots was reduced to two. A mouse and JS-WORD came as standard equipment, along with a screen editor software. Several types of floppy and hard drives were available.
Pasopia 1600 TS100 / 300
Another variation was the Pasopia 1600 TS100 / 300 with a 80286 CPU running at 8 MHz and 704 KB of RAM. It came with MS-DOS 2.11, two 5.25" floppy disk drives (TS100 version) or a single 5.25" floppy disk drive and a 20 MB hard drive (TS300 version). After this, Toshiba starts the J-3100 series of personal computers.
See also
Toshiba Pasopia
Toshiba Pasopia 5
Toshiba Pasopia 7
Toshiba Pasopia IQ
References
Pasopia
Computer-related introductions in 1982
IBM PC compatibles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VM%20Software | VM Software was a software company whose product line focused on mainframes running IBM's VM/CMS operating system.
History
VM Software was formed under that name in 1981. They had 11 products named VMxxxxx, with features that complemented the systems-oriented capabilities that IBM's software provided. With the 1987 arrival of IBM's 9370 mid-range mainframe, VM added VMCenter II to its product line.
The chain of acquisitions by which the company changed names and ownership is VM Software, Systems Center Inc, Sterling Software, Computer Associates. VM Softwares mailing address, under Systems Center and Sterling remained 1800 Alexander Bell Drive but addressed as "VM Software Division."
Product summary
Among their offerings were:
VMAccount - facilitating chargeback
VMArchive - facilitated queue-based user-initiated saving and restoring of individual or groups of files
VMBackup - intended for doing full system saves, but permitting user-initiated queued file restores.
VMBatch''' - more features than IBM's CMSBATCH''
See also
Connect:Direct
References
History of software
Defunct software companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan%3A%20The%20Tunisian%20Campaign | Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign is a 1986 video game published by Cases Computer Simulations. It is the third in a series of computer wargames written for the ZX Spectrum by Robert T. Smith, following the similarly styled Arnhem and Desert Rats.
Gameplay
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign is a game in which players have the option of playing four scenarios on a tactical level, or the entire 1943 campaign in Tunisia on a strategic level.
Reception
H. E. Dille reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Vulcan is a fine game for novice and intermediate level wargarners, or anyone with a particular passion for this period. The improvements made to the operating system are logical and appreciated, although long term re-playability is still an issue. Bottom line: Nothing truly innovative, but recommended nonetheless."
Phillipa Irving concluded in Crash issue 39, "This is Spectrum wargaming at its very best; complex in operation, wide in scope, and easy to use".
Reviews
Sinclair User - May, 1987
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) - Dec, 1987
Computer and Video Games - Aug, 1987
Computer Gamer - Jun, 1987
Amiga Format - Nov, 1989
Your Sinclair - Apr, 1987
Computer Gaming World - Dec, 1991
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - Nov, 1989
References
1986 video games
Amiga games
Amstrad CPC games
Atari ST games
Computer wargames
DOS games
Turn-based strategy video games
Video games about Nazi Germany
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games set in Tunisia
World War II video games
ZX Spectrum games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni-Play%20Horse%20Racing | Omni-Play Horse Racing is a 1989 video game published by SportTime.
Gameplay
Omni-Play Horse Racing is a game in which a horse racing system is featured with 128 horses in its database.
Reception
Johnny L. Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Omni-Play Horse Racing is an excellent simulation of the Sport of Kings. The number of variables factored into each race and the entertainment value provided put this product into the 'Winner's Circle"."
Brian Walker reviewed Omni-Play Horse Racing and A Day at the Races for Games International magazine, and gave it a rating of 10 out of 10, and stated that "if stable management is your game then HR just shades it over ADAR."
Reviews
All Game Guide - 1998
Compute's Amiga Resource - Apr, 1990
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) - Sep, 1989
Commodore User - Jan, 1990
Zzap! - Sep, 1990
References
External links
Review in Compute!
1989 video games
Amiga games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
Horse racing video games
Racing video games
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prizm | Prizm may refer to:
Casio Prizm, a series of graphing calculators
Claritas Prizm, a marketing database used in the United States
Geo Prizm, a car by Chevrolet
Prizm Outlets, a shopping center in Nevada, US
Prizm Project, a human rights education program for young women
FDB Prizm, a medical device database maintained by First Databank
Probing Radio Intensity at high-Z from Marion, a radio astronomy experiment run by the South African National Antarctic Programme
See also
Prism (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Living%20Forest | The Living Forest () is a 2001 Spanish 3D computer-animated fantasy film directed by Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez, based on the novel of the same name by popular Spanish writer Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, with a script by Gómez. The film was released in Spain on 3 August 2001 by Buena Vista International. It won Best Animated Film at the 16th Goya Awards in 2001 and the White Camel award at the Sahara International Film Festival in 2003.
References
External links
2001 films
2001 3D films
2001 fantasy films
2001 computer-animated films
2000s children's fantasy films
2000s children's animated films
2000s Spanish-language films
Spanish 3D films
Spanish computer-animated films
Spanish children's films
Spanish animated fantasy films
3D animated films
Animated films based on children's books
Films based on Spanish novels
Animated films based on novels
Films about trees
Films set in forests
2000s Spanish films
Spanish animated feature films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating%20point%20%28disambiguation%29 | Floating point is a method for approximating real numbers in computer-based arithmetic
"Floating point" may also refer to:
Floating Point, a jazz music album by John McLaughlin
Floating Points, a British electronic music DJ and producer
Floating Point Systems, an Oregon-based minisupercomputer vendor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba%20Pasopia%20IQ | The Toshiba Pasopia IQ are a series of MSX compatible machines released by Toshiba between 1983 and 1985. This is not to be confused with a different computer line (unrelated to MSX) with the similar name of Toshiba Pasopia.
HX-10 series
The HX-10 was released in the fall of 1983. There is only one ROM cartridge slot, but there's an optional expansion slot available. Several models exist (D, DP, DPN, F, E and S), targeting different markets. For example, the HX-10DPN is equipped with an RGB 21-pin terminal, but other connections (RF, composite video) are non existing; the HX-10S only has 16KB of RAM.
HX-20 series
The HX-20 was released in the fall of 1984 is equipped with 64KB of RAM. It has a monaural / stereo sound selector switch. Like with the HX-10 series, several models exist (HX-21, HX-22, HX-23). The later models have a RGB 21-pin video output. The HX-23 is compatible with the MSX2 and comes with 64KB of VRAM. The HX-23F is equipped with a RS-232 interface and comes with 128KB of VRAM.
HX-30 series
The HX-30 was MSX compatible and released in 1985, with 16KB of RAM, with latter models coming with 64KB, a RGB 21-pin video output and Programmable sound generator stereo output.
The HX-33 model has 128kB of VRAM and was MSX2 compatible with integrated keyboard. The next model, HX-34, added a floppy disk drive.
Model list
The following table present a condensed model list of the MSX compatible computers released by Toshiba.
See also
Toshiba Pasopia
Toshiba Pasopia 5
Toshiba Pasopia 7
Toshiba Pasopia 16
References
Pasopia
MSX microcomputer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%20%28supercomputer%29 | Leonardo is a petascale supercomputer located at the CINECA datacenter in Bologna, Italy. The system consists of an Atos BullSequana XH2000 computer, with close to 14,000 Nvidia Ampere GPUs and 200Gb/s Nvidia Mellanox HDR InfiniBand connectivity. Inagurated in November 2022, Leonardo is capable of 250 petaflops (250 quadrillion operations per second), making it one of the top five fastest supercomputers in the world. It debuted on the TOP500 in November 2022 ranking fourth in the world, and second in Europe.
Architecture
The system is constructed as three separate "modules". The first, known as the "booster module", consists of 13,824 Nvidia A100 GPUs, grouped four per node, for a total of 3,456 nodes. This module will be capable of 240.50 LINPACK petaflops, and is expected to be online by autumn 2022. The second module, called the "data centric module", is made up of 1,536 Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs, and will be capable of 8.97 LINPACK petaflops. These two computing modules will be complemented by a "front-end & service module", and backed by two storage systems; 5 PB of high IOPS storage with 1 TB/s bandwidth and 100 PB of high capacity storage with bandwidth. The components will be joined up by a 200 Gb/s InfiniBand interconnect.
Booster Module
The 3,456 individual nodes which make up the "booster module" are custom BullSequana X2135 "Da Vinci" blade servers, each composed of:
1x Intel Xeon 8358 CPU, with 32 cores running at 2.6 GHz
512 GB RAM DDR4 3200 MHz
4x NVidia custom Ampere GPU, 64GB HBM2
2x NVidia HDR InfiniBand network adapters, each with two 100 Gb/s ports
Each node is expected to deliver 89.4 TFLOPs peak.
Data Centric Module
The "data centric module" consists of 1536 nodes, each comprising a BullSequana X2610 compute blade with:
2x Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs, with 56 cores
512 GB RAM DDR5 4800 MHz
1x NVidia HDR InfiniBand network adapter, with one 100 Gb/s port
8 TB NVM storage
Front-end & Service Module
This module is responsible for login handling, visualisation and system service and management. It consists of 16 nodes, each having:
2x Ice Lake CPUs, with 32 cores
512 GB RAM
1x NVidia HDR InfiniBand network adapter, with two 100 Gb/s ports
6 TB disk storage in RAID-1 configuration
16 additional nodes are also equipped with:
2x NVidia Quadro RTX8000 48GB (for visualisations)
6.4 TB NVMe disk array
Storage
Leonardo will have access to two storage tiers:
A "fast" tier based on 31x DDN Exascaler ES400NVX2 appliances, each with 24x 7.68 TB NVMe SSDs
A "capacity" tier based on 31x DDN EXAScaler SFA799X appliances, with 82x 18 TB HDD SAS 7200 rpm and two JBOD expansions per appliance, each with 82x 18 TB HDD SAS 7200 rpm
Funding
Leonardo is part of the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, and receives €120 million in funding from the EU. This is matched by a further €120 million from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
Bologna Technopole
The building |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayyid%20Husayn%20Ahlati | Sayyid Husayn Ahlati or Akhlāṭī (died 1397) was a Persianate Kurdish Muslim occultist, lettrist and personal physician-alchemist to Sultan Barquq who played a pivotal role in the intellectual network which developed a renaissance of occultism in Islam in the late 14th century. Ahlati is also accredited as the author of the geomantic manual Risāla-yi Surḫāb.
Life
Ahlati was a occulist from Ahlat or Tabriz who moved to Mamluk Cairo because of the growing Occulist studies there. Becoming an important figure in the growing studies, he became a worry for anti-occulists like Ibn Khaldun and Ibn al-Qayyim who sharpened their criticism on Ahlati but failed to convince Barquq.
Disciples and students of Ahlati include ibn Turk, Ḥasan Abarqūhī, al-Ḥāǧǧ Ḥasan, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, Shams al-Din al-Fanari and Šayḫ Badr al-Dīn al-Simāwī. He moreover influenced Jalal al-Din Davani and Mir Damad.
References
1397 deaths
Year of birth unknown
14th-century Kurdish people
14th-century Persian-language writers
People from Tabriz
Muslim occultists
Scholars from the Mamluk Sultanate
People from Ahlat |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories%20from%20the%20Heart | Stories from the Heart is a Philippine television drama romance anthology broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on September 13, 2021 on the network's Afternoon Prime line up replacing Ang Dalawang Ikaw. The series concluded on January 7, 2022, with a total of 85 episodes. It was replaced by Little Princess in its timeslot.
Cast and characters
Loving Miss Bridgette
Beauty Gonzalez as Bridgette "Bridge" de Leon
Kelvin Miranda as Marcus M. Villareal
Bing Loyzaga as Stella Morales-Villareal
Lloyd Samartino as Manolo Villareal
Adrian Alandy as Luther Tamayo
Polo Ravales as Tristan Enriquez
Tart Carlos as Elsa Manalo
Pamela Prinster as Abegail "Abby" Mendoza
Nikki Co as Waxee Galang
Shanicka Arganda as Nina Torrente
Julie Lee as Miriam Solano
Noel Colet as Samuel Solano
Never Say Goodbye
Klea Pineda as Joyce Kintanar
Jak Roberto as Bruce Pelaez
Lauren Young as Victoria Flores-Pelaez
Snooky Serna as Susan Kintanar
Max Eigenmann as Jackilyn "Jack" Kintanar
Kim Rodriguez as Lily Pelaez
Shermaine Santiago as Darla Delos Reyes
Mosang as Corazon "Nay Cora" Santos
Herlene Budol as Alana Santos
Luke Conde as Edwin Cabrera
Phytos Ramirez as Joshua Quinto
Art Acuna as Bernard Flores
Love on Air
Khalil Ramos as Joseph Garcia / DJ Jojo
Gabbi Garcia as Wanda Dimaano / Miss Wonderful
Kate Valdez as Joana "Joan" Sevilla
Yasser Marta as Ignacio Boy Logronio / Nacho Bautista / Iggy Boy
Kiray Celis as Meanne Rivera
Jason Francisco as Rommel Montella
Anjo Damiles as Vincent Rivera
Psalms David as Zimba Dimaano
Sunshine Cruz as Deborah Gutierrez
The End of Us
Carmina Villarroel as Maggie Corpuz
Zoren Legaspi as Jeffrey Guevara
Ariella Arida as Eunice Uytengco
Johnny Revilla as Hermes Concepcion
Karel Marquez as Wendy Corpuz
Andrew Gan as Javier Uytengco
Episodes
Production
Principal photography for Never Say Goodbye commenced in June 2021. While filming for Loving Miss Bridgette began on July 21, 2021 on Tanay, Rizal.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People in television homes, the pilot episode of Stories from the Heart earned a 6.1% rating.
References
External links
2021 Philippine television series debuts
2022 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine anthology television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Una%20Europa | Una Europa is an international network of European research-intensive universities. Launched in early 2019, the alliance is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and connects eleven universities, nine of which are in the European Union. Taken together, the participating universities teach almost 500,000 students with over 75,000 staff.
The network was formed in response to the European Commission's European Universities Initiative launched in 2017, which aims to create several transnational alliances of universities across Europe. The proposal for Una Europa was selected by the European Commission for funding in its first call in 2019, and became operational the same year. Some of Una Europa's initiatives have received additional funds from the European Union's Horizon programmes (previously known as the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development) intended to foster cooperation in the European Research Area.
The network's ultimate goal is an integrated multinational university that enables student and staff mobility between its member institutions. This involves the creation of shared professorships, transnational double degrees, doctoral programs, and research projects. The cooperation will focus on five main areas: cultural heritage, data science and artificial intelligence, European studies, public health, and sustainability.
Members
See also
List of higher education associations and alliances
References
External links
una-europa.eu
College and university associations and consortia in Europe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston%20Airlines | Heston Airlines is a Lithuanian charter airline. It launched in 2021 and is based and headquartered in Vilnius.
Operations
Heston Airlines does not maintain a scheduled route network but offers passenger and cargo charter flights on behalf of other airlines as well as ACMI operations.
Shortly after starting operations, Heston Airlines took over its first three Airbus A330 long-haul aircraft.
Fleet
As of June 2023, the Heston Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:
See also
List of airlines of Lithuania
References
External links
Airlines of Lithuania
Airlines established in 2016
2016 establishments in Lithuania |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Lives%20Matter%20%28disambiguation%29 | Black Lives Matter is a political and social movement protesting racism and police brutality against black people.
Black Lives Matter may also refer to:
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, an organization dedicated to activism activities in the Black Lives Matter movement
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
"Black Lives Matter", a 2020 single by BeBe Winans
"Black Lives Matter", a 2020 single by Dax (rapper)
Street art
Black Lives Matter Plaza, a pedestrian street in Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Capitol Hill, Seattle), Washington, United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Cincinnati), Ohio, United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Indianapolis), Indiana, United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Portland, Oregon), United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Salt Lake City), Utah, United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Santa Cruz, California), United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Seattle City Hall), Washington, United States
Black Lives Matter street mural (Springfield, Massachusetts), United States
See also
BLM (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie%20Revol | Nathalie Revol (born 1967) is a French computer scientist known for her research on computer arithmetic, including floating-point arithmetic and interval arithmetic. She is a researcher for the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA), associated with the arithmetic and computing project of the Laboratoire de l'Informatique du Parallélisme at the École normale supérieure de Lyon.
Education and career
Revol studied computer science at the École nationale supérieure d'informatique et de mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble (ENSIMAG) from 1987 to 1990, earning an engineering diploma in 1990. From 1989 to 1990, she also studied applied mathematics at Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, earning a Master of Advanced Studies in 1990. She defended her doctoral dissertation, Complexite de l'evaluation parallele des circuits arithmetiques [Complexity of the parallel evaluation of arithmetic circuits], in 1994 through the Grenoble Institute of Technology, under the joint supervision of Jean-Louis Roch and Jean Della Dora.
After a temporary research position at ENSIMAG, she became an associate professor at Lille University of Science and Technology in 1996. In 2002, she took her present position as a researcher for INRIA, and since 2020 has been a researcher "hors classe".
Contributions
Revol chaired the working group that produced the IEEE 1788 standard for interval arithmetic. With Fabrice Rouillier, she developed the MPFI library for arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic.
She is a coauthor of the book Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic (Birkhäuser, 2010; 2nd ed., 2018).
References
External links
Home page
1967 births
Living people
French computer scientists
French women computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-Micro%20Systems | Mini-Micro Systems, a trade magazine, was a computer industry monthly magazine published by Cahners Publishing.
History
The magazine's Mini-Micro Systems title originated in 1976; previously it was named Modern Data. Some of their material was picked up by other computer periodicals. Publication of Mini-Micro ceased in 1989.
When computer periodicals were more numerous, The New York Times noted that the 1968-originated Modern Data title benefited from both a change in title and that they successfully "homed in exclusively on the mushrooming small computer field."
References
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Professional and trade magazines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangal%202 | Dangal 2 is an Indian Hindi entertainment channel that was owned by Enterr10 Television Network. This channel shows repeated programmes from Hindi Entertainment Channel Dangal and acquired shows from old Hindi Entertainment Channel Imagine TV. It is a free to air channel. It was launched on 2 April 2022.
Current shows
Former programming
Acquired series
Re-aired series
Original Programming
Comedy series
References
External links
Official facebook page of Dangal 2
Hindi-language television channels in India
Television channels and stations established in 2022
Hindi-language television stations
Television stations in New Delhi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam%20Deck | The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer developed by Valve and released on February 25, 2022. The device uses Valve's Linux distribution SteamOS, which incorporates the namesake Steam storefront. SteamOS uses Valve's Proton compatibility layer, allowing users to run Windows applications and games. In addition to handheld use, the Steam Deck can be connected to a TV or monitor through a docking station and be used like a desktop computer or home video game console. In desktop mode, users can install Linux-based third-party applications.
History
Valve's Steam Machine series of gaming computers using Linux-derived SteamOS was introduced in 2015, which worked their way into the conception of the Steam Deck. Valve quietly pulled back on it by April 2018, but stated they remained committed to providing some type of open-hardware platform. Steam Deck designer Scott Dalton said "there was always kind of this classic chicken and egg problem with the Steam Machine", as it required the adoption of Linux by both players and game developers to reach a critical interest in the machines to draw manufacturers in making them. The lack of Linux game availability during the lifetime of Steam Machines led Valve to invest development into Proton, a Linux compatibility layer to allow Windows–based games to be run on Linux without modification. Some of the early prototypes of Valve's Steam Controller, also released in 2015, included a small LCD screen within the middle of the controller which could be programmed as a second screen alongside the game that the user was playing. One idea from this prototype was to include the Steam Link, a device capable of streaming game content from a computer running Steam to a different monitor, here routing that output to the small LCD on the controller. This was later considered by Valve a very early concept behind the Steam Deck. Further, their experience with trying to convince other manufacturers to produce Steam Machines led Valve to realize that it was better to develop all their hardware internally. Dalton said, "More and more it just became kind of clear, the more of this we are doing internally, the more we can kind of make a complete package." Rumors that Valve was working on a portable gaming unit had emerged in May 2021, based on updates made within the Steam code pointing towards a new "SteamPal" device, and comments made by Gabe Newell related to Valve developing games for consoles. Ars Technica had been able to confirm that new hardware was in development at Valve.
Valve revealed the Steam Deck on July 15, 2021. The Deck, existing in three different models based on internal storage options, was shipped starting in February 2022 in North America and Europe, with other regions to follow throughout the year. However, due to its popularity, some pre-order purchasers were informed that later shipments of the 64 GB model and 256 GB NVMe models would be in Q2 2022 and the 512 GB NVMe model by Q3 2022. Valve informed pr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udung%20Adatang | Udung Adatang is an Oron Village in Udung Uko local government area of Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria.
References
Places in Oron Nation
Villages in Akwa Ibom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20You%20Stranger | Love You Stranger is a 2022 Philippine television drama mystery romance series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by King Mark Baco, it stars Gabbi Garcia and Khalil Ramos. It premiered on June 6, 2022 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing Mano Po Legacy: Her Big Boss. The series concluded on August 11, 2022 with a total of 40 episodes.
Cast and characters
Lead cast
Gabbi Garcia as Lerma Jane "LJ" Escalante
Khalil Ramos as Benedict "Ben" Mallari
Supporting cast
Gil Cuerva as Tristan Dela Paz
Andrea Del Rosario as Lorraine Escalante
Tonton Gutierrez as Alfonso "Alfie" Dela Paz
Carmi Martin as Patricia "Patty" Salazar-Dela Paz
Maey Bautista as Apple Escalante
Kim De Leon as Diego David
Lexi Gonzales as Coleen Castro
Dindo Arroyo as Mayor Bienvenido "Boying" Chavez
Bodjie Pascua as Larry Advincula
Alex Medina as Bill
Ces Quesada as Edna Malabanan
Nor Domingo as Rodolfo
Lui Manansala as Norma
Soliman Cruz as Pete Escarlan
Angeli Nicole Sanoy as Bunny
Dennis Padilla as Luciano
Guest cast
Pen Medina as Harry
Dentrix Ponce as young Ben
Kyle Ocampo as young LJ
Levince Sotto as young Tristan
Wendell Ramos as Javier Escalante
Production
Principal photography commenced on February 16, 2021.
Ratings
According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Nationwide Urban Television Audience Measurement People Overnight Ratings, the pilot episode of Love You Stranger earned a 6.5% rating.
References
External links
2022 Philippine television series debuts
2022 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Television shows set in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20William%20Clenshaw | Charles William Clenshaw (15 March 1926, Southend-on-Sea, Essex – 23 September 2004) was an English mathematician, specializing in numerical analysis. He is known for the Clenshaw algorithm (1955) and Clenshaw–Curtis quadrature (1960). In a 1984 paper Beyond Floating Point, Clenshaw and Frank W. J. Olver introduced symmetric level-index arithmetic.
Biography
Charles William Clenshaw attended the local high school in Southend-on-Sea from 1937 to 1943. In 1946 he graduated with a degree in mathematics and physics from King's College London. There in 1948 he graduated with a PhD in mathematics. From 1945 to 1969 he was a mathematician at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Bushy Park, Teddington. There from 1961 to 1969 he was a senior principal scientific officer and headed the numerical methods group in NPL's mathematics division. In 1969 he resigned from NPL and accepted an appointment as professor of numerical analysis at Lancaster University. He and Emlyn Howard Lloyd (1918–2008), professor of statistics, strengthened the mathematics department, and the department's numerical analysis group became one of best in the UK. The mathematics department hosted the first four summer schools in numerical analysis sponsored by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Clenshaw did research in approximation theory based on Chebyshev polynomials, software development supporting trigonometric functions, Bessel functions, etc., and computer arithmetic systems. His PhD students include William Allan Light (1950–2002).
Upon his death, Clenshaw was survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter, and ten grandchildren. Sgt. Ian Charles Cooper Clenshaw (1918–1940), one of Charles William Clenshaw's brothers, was officially the first RAF pilot to be killed in the Battle of Britain.
Selected publications
(over 380 citations)
(over 240 citations)
(over 1110 citations)
(over 100 citations)
References
1926 births
2004 deaths
Alumni of King's College London
Academics of Lancaster University
English computer scientists
20th-century English mathematicians
21st-century English mathematicians
Approximation theorists
Numerical analysts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juhan%20Kivir%C3%A4hk | Juhan Kivirähk (born 2 July 1957 in Tallinn) is an Estonian sociologist.
Kivirähk is the older brother of writer Andrus Kivirähk. In 1980 he graduated from Tartu State University in economic cybernetics. From 1984 until 1988, he studied at the Estonian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Socioeconomic Problems.
He is one of the founders of two Estonian poll companies: AS Emor (established in 1990) and OÜ Uuringukeskus Faktum (established in 2002). 1998-2002 he was the vice-director of the poll company Turu-uuringute AS. He has also worked on International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS).
Awards
2001: Order of the White Star, V class.
References
Living people
1957 births
Estonian sociologists
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
University of Tartu alumni
People from Tallinn |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda%20Lunardi | Leda Maria Lunardi is a Brazilian-American electrical engineer whose research concerns electronics, photonics, and optoelectronics. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University.
Education and career
Lunardi is from a large Brazilian family, part of the first generation of her family to go to college. She followed a pre-medical track in high school, but after developing an aversion to the internals of human bodies, changed her focus, switching to physics on the advice of a teacher. She studied physics at the University of São Paulo, earning a bachelor's degree in 1976 and a master's degree in 1979. She completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Cornell University in 1985.
She joined AT&T Bell Labs in 1986, and worked for AT&T until moving to JDS Uniphase in 1999. In 2003, she returned to academia as a professor at North Carolina State University. From 2005 to 2007 she served as a program director for Electrical, Cyber and Communication Systems at the National Science Foundation.
Book
With Alice C. Parker, Lunardi is co-editor of the book Women in Microelectronics (Springer, 2020), with chapters written by researchers in this area detailing their lives and research.
Recognition
Lunardi won the Achievement Award of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society in 2000. She was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2002, "for contributions to the development of high-performance 1.55 um monolithically integrated photoreceiver for optical communication".
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American electrical engineers
American women engineers
Brazilian engineers
Brazilian women academics
Brazilian emigrants to the United States
University of São Paulo alumni
Cornell University alumni
Scientists at Bell Labs
North Carolina State University faculty
Fellow Members of the IEEE
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20North | Contact North () is a distance education network in the Canadian province of Ontario, with 112 online learning centres throughout the province. Based principally in Sudbury and Thunder Bay, the network partners with Ontario's 24 public colleges, 22 public universities and 250 public literacy and essential skills and training providers to help Ontarians in over 600 communities across the province participate in education and training opportunities without leaving their own community.
The organization's student portal helps students and prospective students across the province find information on more than 18,000 online courses and more than 1,000 online programs offered by Ontario's public high schools, colleges and universities.
Contact North also acts as an advocate, catalyst and facilitator of innovation in online and distance learning, as well as assisting in the creation and development of distance education programs in other provinces and countries.
History
In 1986, Contact North was established by the Ontario government to provide fully bilingual access to courses and programs offered by colleges, universities and high schools to residents of Ontario's northern communities. Contact North remains primarily funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
In 1992, through funding from the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, almost every secondary school in Northern Ontario was equipped with Contact North audiographic teleconferencing equipment. This equipment gave all schools electronic access to more than 100 other schools in communities across Northern Ontario and beyond. It also allowed high school students a chance to tour museums, galleries, and other organizations electronically, which the student would not otherwise get a chance to visit. Some of these places include Art Gallery of Ontario, located in Toronto, and the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.
In 2007, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities announced the launch of a distance education network to provide access to post-secondary education opportunities for residents of small and rural communities across Southern Ontario. The new network was developed to operate under a model similar to Contact North, and Contact North was asked to help in facilitating the startup of the project. Originally called the Eastern and Southern Ontario Distance and Education Network, the new network became elearnnetwork.ca.
In the fall of 2009 Contact North unveiled elearntube.ca as a video-sharing website for partnered colleges and universities to post media.
Education and training partners
Contact North works with 44 colleges and universities across Ontario. Through a combination of audioconference, videoconference and e-learning technologies, students access programs and courses offered by these partner institutions at its online learning centres. Contact North also supports the delivery of fully online courses by these institutions through a variety of supp |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census%20of%20Fatal%20Occupational%20Injuries | The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, or the CFOI Program is a Federal/State cooperative program that publishes data on fatal cases of work-related injuries for all States, Territories, and New York City. The CFOI has detailed information on those who died at work due to a traumatic injury. CFOI data include all fatalities that occurred in the reference year that were the result of a workplace injury, regardless of when the injury occurred.
State data presenting the number and frequency of work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatal injuries are available from two BLS programs: the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and the BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). SOII provides estimates for nonfatal cases of work-related injuries and illnesses from participating States and Territories that are recorded by employers under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping guidelines. CFOI publishes data on fatal cases of work-related injuries for all States, Territories, and New York City.
History
The Bureau of Labor Statistics collects nationwide information on work-related fatalities in its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) which was conducted for the first time in 1992. Each work-related fatality is identified, verified, and profiled using multiple source documents; these diverse data sources include death certificates, workers’ compensation records, and reports to Federal and State agencies. Cross-referencing these documents provides detailed information about each work related fatality including worker characteristics, equipment involved, circumstances of the event, and details of the injury. The detailed data are then aggregated and used to promote safety efforts by employers, employees, and others.
Dangerous Jobs
Dangerous occupations are identified by analyzing fatality rates. Fatality rates depict the risk of incurring a fatal work injury for workers in a given employment group (usually occupation), expressed as the proportion of fatalities per standard measure (usually per 100,000 workers). This allows risks to be compared among different employment groups. To produce a fatality rate, the number of fatal work injuries in a given occupation is divided by the number of employed persons in that occupation, and multiplied by 100,000.
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is the source for the employment measures. The advantages of using the CPS for employment data are that it is timely, the occupational classifications are the same as those used by CFOI, and the sampling universe covers the same population measured by CFOI. However, the CPS is based on a sample that, of necessity, has sampling errors; small occupational groups will have large sampling errors, or may go unreported.
Occupations with very few fatalities or low employment are removed from annual fatality rate analyses because annual fluctuations in their fatality rates are too large for meaningful analysis. Ins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiplotus%20cirrhosus | Semiplotus cirrhosus is a species of cyprinid in the genus Semiplotus. It inhabits Myanmar and has a maximum length of among males. It is considered harmless to humans and is classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List.
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Myanmar
IUCN Red List data deficient species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiplotus%20manipurensis | Semiplotus manipurensis is a species of cyprinid in the genus Semiplotus, that inhabits Manipur, India. Unsexed males have a maximum length of . It is classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List and is considered harmless to humans.
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of India
IUCN Red List data deficient species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SADC%20Regional%20Trunk%20Road%20Network | The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network or SADC RTRN is a trans nation road network across Southern Africa. The projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with the Southern African Development Community. They aim to promote trade and alleviate poverty in Africa through highway infrastructure development and the management of road-based trade corridors.
Background
The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network (SADC RTRN) is a system of numbered roads in Southern Africa. The core of the network is the reference roads, which are major trans-regional routes. East-west oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 0. North-south oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 5. Intermediate roads connect two reference roads and also have two-digit numbers. Branch, link and connecting roads are less important routes, and are identified with a three-digit number.
Table of roads
The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network (SADC RTRN) is a system of numbered roads in Southern Africa. The core of the network is the reference roads, which are major trans-regional routes. East-west oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 0. North-south oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 5. Intermediate roads connect two reference roads and also have two-digit numbers. Branch, link and connecting roads are less important routes, and are identified with a three-digit number.
Reference roads
East–west
North–south
Intermediate roads
Branch/link/connecting roads
Review of the Regional Trunk Road Network
See also
Other intercontinental highway systems: Asian Highway Network, International E-road network and Arab Mashreq International Road Network
Trans-African Railway
References
International road networks
Road transport in Africa
Southern African Development Community |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia%20Koomson | Valencia Joyner Koomson is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Tufts University School of Engineering. Koomson is also the principal investigator for the Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab at Tufts University.
Background
Koomson was born in Washington, DC, and graduated from Benjamin Banneker Academic High School. Her parents, Otis and Vernese Joyner, moved to Washington DC during the Great Migration after living for years as sharecroppers in Wilson County, North Carolina. Her family history can be traced back to the antebellum period. Her oldest known relative is Hagar Atkinson, an enslaved African woman whose name is recorded in the will of a plantation owner in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Career
Koomson attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1998 and a Masters of Engineering in 1999. Koomson subsequently earned her Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 2000, followed by her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the same institution in 2003.
Koomson was an adjunct professor at Howard University from 2004 to 2005, and during that period was a Senior Research Engineer at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI). She was a Visiting Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Boston University in 2008 and 2013, respectively. Koomson joined Tufts University in 2005 as an assistant professor, and became an associate professor in 2011. In 2020, Koomson was named an MLK Visiting Professor at MIT for the academic year 2020/2021.
Research
Koomson's research lies at the intersection of biology, medicine, and electrical engineering. Her interests are in nanoelectronic circuits, systems for wearable and implantable medical devices, semiconductors, and advanced nano-/microfluidic systems to probe intercellular communication. Koomson has co-authored several book chapters and other publications, and holds a patent for a system and method for measuring phase delay and amplitude of an optical signal in animal tissue. During her time as a researcher at USC, she performed research on the design of radiation-hardened analog/mixed signal VLSI systems in CMOS for military and space applications.
Her Advanced Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab continues to do research into the design and implementation of innovative high-performance, low-power microsystems, with a focus on the integration of heterogeneous devices/materials (optical, RF, bio/chemical) with silicon circuit architectures to address challenges in high-speed wireless communication, biomedical imaging, and sensing. Recently, Koomson has focused on addressing racial bias in medical devices and algorithms, including the pulse oximeter device that became widely used by the public during the Covid-19 Pandemic. She's been addressin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Kyiv | The Kyiv Trolleybus is a trolleybus network in Kyiv, the largest trolleybus network in the world in terms of line length, and the largest in Ukraine in terms of length and number of cars. The network was opened on November 5, 1935.
History
Pre-History
In June 1914, a London firm proposed to Kyiv Mayor I. M. Dyakov to build a "railless" tram (of course, this was a trolleybus). It was said that the construction of a trolleybus will cost 5 times cheaper (although funds for road repairs and asphalt were not taken into account). But due to lack of experience with such lines and the war, the talk of a trolleybus in Kyiv began only in 1935, after the transfer of the capital of the Ukrainian SSR from Kharkiv. According to the first project, the trolleybus was to follow the route of the former tram No 2, via III International Square – Khreshchatyk – Lenina Street – Pirohova Street – Tarasa Shevchenka Boulevard – Cominterna Street – Railway Terminal. Then a delegation was sent to Moscow. The issue with the supply of rolling stock was resolved; Moscow agreed to send the carcass of the trolleybuses, and Kyiv had to assemble them at the Dombalya Plant (now KZET). Routes were to open on the anniversary of the October Revolution, but numerous changes to the project caused delays.
Before World War II
The first trolleybus line in Kyiv and Ukraine (the second in the USSR) was opened on November 5, 1935, at 5:00 pm. The one-way fare was 25 kopecks. 4 LK-5 trolleybuses were on the route: Dombalya Plant – Krasnoarmeyska Street – Lva Tolstoho Square – Krasnoarmeyska Street – Dombal Plant. At the same time, a trolleybus depot for 100 vehicles was located on the territory of the plant, which served as one of the final ones. At the end of 1935, it was promised to open the second stage of the trolleybus system. From Lva Tolstoho Square, the trolleybus was to be extended along Khreshchatyk, Lenina Street, Pirohivska Street, Shevchenko Boulevard, and Cominterna Street to the railway station. It is true that they did not meet the deadline, but on June 2, 1936, from 19:00, citizens already had the opportunity to take a trolleybus to the railway station.
At the beginning of 1937, the first trolleybuses manufactured by YAZ (Yaroslavl Automobile Plant) arrived in Kyiv. They were named YATB-1. This allowed to increase the production on the already existing route and to provide rolling stock on the lines that were to open this year. However, due to the fact that trolleybuses were made quickly, factory defects had to be eliminated already in Kyiv. For the first time, every second trolleybus broke down on the route every day. Subsequently, trolleybuses of the YATB-2 type began to arrive. They were of better quality, so a certain problem with the rolling stock was resolved, given the following changes in traffic.
On October 5, 1937, the third stage was completed. It ran from the Bessarabka to the III International Square, thus the trolleybus completely covered Khreschatyk and tr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone%20Digital%20Leaders | Backbone Digital Leaders is a digital strategy firm that specializes in online advocacy, social networking, and constituency development. It was founded by communications expert Jess Moore Matthews and provided digital strategy services for Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote, and Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Action organizations advocating for fairness and against voter suppression in the United States.
History
Chirlane McCray hired Matthews as her digital director. From there, Matthews became chief content officer for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and supported his presidential campaign as well as the presidential campaign of Senator Elizabeth Warren. Matthews founded Backbone as an organization of Black women and nonbinary activists that was established to support voting rights and training for digital activists.
Services
Backbone offers online digital strategy and training in social media marketing, micro-targeted advertising, email campaigns, grassroots fundraising, and multi-platform organizing. Advisors include Bree Newsome Bass, Erica Buddington, Maya Rupert, and Stacy Lynch.
External links
Backbone Digital Leaders - Company website
References
Black-owned companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Heritage | Ryan P. Heritage is a United States Marine Corps major general who serves as the Commander of the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command and Marine Corps Forces Space Command since July 7, 2021 and as Commanding General (CG) of MARCOR INFOCOM since October 1, 2022. Previously, he served as the commander of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Heritage earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from George Washington University in 1990. He later received a master's degree in military studies from the Marine Corps Command and Staff College at Marine Corps University and a second master's degree in national security and strategic studies from the Army War College.
In March 2023, Heritage was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commandant for information of the Marine Corps.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Elliott School of International Affairs alumni
Marine Corps University alumni
United States Army War College alumni
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
United States Marine Corps generals
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denham%20Hitchcock | Denham Hitchcock is an Australian journalist and broadcaster.
He is perhaps best known for his work with the Seven Network where he was a senior reporter for Sunday Night and 7NEWS Spotlight.
In January 2023, Hitchcock announced he had resigned from Seven.
Career
Hitchcock started his media career as a junior researcher for Channel 7’s current affairs program, Today Tonight, in 1994. Soon after, he was elevated to the position of researcher/producer on Today Tonight and then The Times.
Hitchcock went on to become a producer and part-time news reporter for the Seven Early Morning News, the 6pm Seven News bulletin, and later an executive producer for the 11AM program.
In 2010, Hitchcock was awarded the coveted position of US Correspondent for the Nine Network.
In 2011, he provided 24-hour coverage on the death of Osama bin Laden. He covered the Typhoon Haiyan for the channel by hiring a private plane to fly into the devastated area. He was sent to Vatican City for the 2013 papal conclave, and was reporting live on the streets in New York during the Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Hitchcock has covered a series of mass shootings in the United States including the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where 25 people were killed.
In 2014 Hitchcock left the Nine Network and returned to Australia to work for Channel Seven’s program, Sunday Night.
In 2017, he went to Mexico to confront a plastic surgeon, whose negligence led to the death of several patients including an Australian woman. The same year, he flew to Colombia to report on the controversial arrest and imprisonment of an Australian woman by the name of Cassandra Sainsbury, accused of being a cocaine drug mule.
Hitchcock has traveled to Iraq and Syria twice to report on the rise and fall of the ISIL.
In 2020, the Sunday Night program was discontinued by the Seven Network Hitchcock was retained to create hour long documentaries to fill the current affairs void left behind. The first report was on the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.
Hitchcock has written many articles for major Australian newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Telegraph. He has also compiled several reports for the world's largest men's magazine, Men's Health, including a visit to a traditional kickboxing camp in Thailand, and later completing a five-day fast.
In January 2023, Hitchcock announced on his Instagram page that he had resigned from the Seven Network. He stated: “I have resigned from the Channel Seven network. This is normally where people say they need to spend more time with their family, and that is certainly true, my girls are everything to me, but there’s other reasons..." before stating his intention to sail around the Pacific Islands.
In May 2023, it was announced that he would be presenting a television documentary for Sky News Australia entitled Who murdered Marea? which would explore the unsolved 2003 murder of former charity shop worker Marea Yann.
Personal life
In 2008, H |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutterball%20Alley | Gutterball Alley is a Canadian television game show, which aired on The Comedy Network in 2001 and 2002. Inspired by The Man Show and Japanese game shows, the series featured contestants performing various gross-out stunts, such as bobbing for bull testicles in a vat of milk, jumping into a bathtub filled with maggots or drinking grape juice from grapes squeezed by a fat man sitting on them, for money.
The series was hosted by Wade McElwain and Johnny Gardhouse. The game segments were interspersed with comedy sketches featuring Terry McGurrin and Angelo Tsarouchas, as well as bonus round segments where contestants could win additional money by bowling in their underwear.
The program was the subject of a complaint to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, following a 2002 episode in which the contestants were challenged to guess at the various "genital origami" shapes being made by guests Simon Morley and David Friend of Puppetry of the Penis. The council concluded that the depictions of penises in the episode did not contravene its policies around nudity, as it was relevant and appropriate within the narrative context, but it found The Comedy Network culpable for not running a viewer advisory around the use of four-letter words in the dialogue.
29 episodes of the show were produced over two seasons.
Bob Sorger received a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for Best Direction in a TV Series at the 3rd Canadian Comedy Awards in 2002.
References
External links
2000s Canadian game shows
2000s Canadian comedy television series
2001 Canadian television series debuts
2002 Canadian television series endings
CTV Comedy Channel original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikukia%20flavicaudata | Sikukia flavicaudata is a species of cyprinid in the genus Sikukia. It inhabits the Mekong basin in Laos and Yunnan, China. Unsexed males have a maximum length of . It occurs in large rivers, is considered harmless to human,. and is classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List.
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of China
Fish of Laos
IUCN Red List data deficient species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockpoint%20P.D. | Rockpoint P.D. is a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on The Comedy Network in 2003. Filmed primarily in Langley, British Columbia, the series centred on the police department in the fictional city of Rockpoint.
The cast included Randy Schooley, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Simon Hayama, Jennifer McLean, D. Neil Mark and Boyan Vukelic. Dave Aitken, a former Langley police officer, served as a script consultant alongside his work in the same role for the drama series Cold Squad.
Only one season of 13 episodes was produced, and premiered in January 2003. The full series was rerun in fall.
References
External links
2000s Canadian sitcoms
2003 Canadian television series debuts
2003 Canadian television series endings
CTV Comedy Channel original programming
Television shows filmed in British Columbia
Television shows set in British Columbia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogstate%20Brief%20Battery | The Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) is a computer-based cognitive assessment used in clinical trials, healthcare, and academic research to measure neurological cognition. It was developed by Cogstate Ltd.
Assessment
The 15-minute assessment consists of four cognitive and neuropsychological tests: Detection, Identification, One Card Learning, and One Back. Each test measures functions in areas such as attention, visual learning, and working memory, and is designed specifically for repeated assessment.
Application
The assessment has been used to measure change in patients with mild cognitive impairment. and dementia, sports-related concussions, fatigue, and alcohol use, and schizophrenia. It can be taken by adults and children, and has minimal practice effects
In 2019, Cogstate and Eisai announced a partnership to make the test available outside the United States, for use in health care and other markets.
References
Psychological tests and scales
Psychological testing
Psychiatric assessment
Cognitive impairment and dementia screening and assessment tools |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinilabeo%20binhluensis | Sinilabeo binhluensis is a species of cyprinid of the genus Sinilabeo. It inhabits Vietnam and is considered harmless to humans. It has been assessed as "data deficient" by the IUCN Red List.
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
IUCN Red List data deficient species
Fish of Vietnam
Fish described in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin-Yi%20Cai | Jin-Yi Cai (; born 1961) is a Chinese American mathematician and computer scientist. He is a professor of computer science, and also the Steenbock Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research is in theoretical computer science, especially computational complexity theory. In recent years he has concentrated on the classification of computational counting problems, especially counting graph homomorphisms, counting constraint satisfaction problems, and Holant problems as related to holographic algorithms.
Early life
Cai was born in Shanghai, China. He studied mathematics at Fudan University, graduating in 1981.
He earned a master's degree at Temple University in 1983, a second master's degree at Cornell University in 1985, and his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1986, with Juris Hartmanis as his doctoral advisor.
Academic career
He became a faculty member at Yale University (1986-1989),
Princeton University (1989-1993), and SUNY Buffalo (1993-2000),
rising from Assistant Professor to Full Professor in 1996.
He became a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2000.
Awards
Cai was a Presidential Young Investigator, Sloan Research Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. He received a Morningside Silver Medal, and a Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists. He was jointly awarded the Gödel Prize in 2021, an award in theoretical computer science for his work in the paper titled: Complexity of Counting CSP with Complex Weights. He was also awarded the Fulkerson Prize in Discrete Mathematics awarded by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathemtical Programming Society.
He was elected a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (2001), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007), and a foreign member of Academia Europaea (2017). He was named to the 2023 class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, "for contributions to computational complexity theory, especially in the areas of complexity dichotomy".
References
1961 births
Living people
Mathematicians from Shanghai
American computer scientists
Chinese computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
Fudan University alumni
Temple University alumni
Cornell University alumni
Yale University faculty
Princeton University faculty
University at Buffalo faculty
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Members of Academia Europaea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20World%20Between%20Us%20episodes | The World Between Us is a 2021 Philippine television drama romance series broadcast by GMA Network. It aired on the network's Telebabad line up and worldwide via GMA Pinoy TV from July 5, 2021 to January 7, 2022, replacing First Yaya and was replaced by the season return of I Can See You.
Series overview
Episodes
References
Lists of Philippine drama television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky%20Media | Sky Media may refer to:
Sky Media, the advertising arms of Sky UK and Sky Ireland
A former name of Sky (New Zealand)
Sky Media Group, an Estonian radio station network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinibarbus%20babeensis | Spinibarbus babeensis is a species of cyprinid of the subfamily Spinibarbinae. It inhabits Vietnam. It is considered harmless to humans and is classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List.
References
babeensis
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Fish described in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiways%20U7%20ion | The U7 ion is a concept car from the Chinese start up Aiways which was first shown at the Shanghai Auto Show in 2019.
It was used to demonstrate Aiways’ artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and included a self-learning robot with voice recognition capabilities that could move around the car's interior via a roof rail and offer the passengers assistance. The concept car also offered a mobile console with touchscreen which could be moved around the cabin, refrigerator, air purifier and heated and cooled cup holders.
Aiways have not yet announced plans to put the U7 ion into production.
References
Aiways
Concept cars |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moessner%27s%20theorem | In number theory, Moessner's theorem or Moessner's magic
is related to an arithmetical algorithm to produce an infinite sequence of the exponents of positive integers with by recursively manipulating the sequence of integers algebraically. The algorithm was first published by Alfred Moessner in 1951; the first proof of its validity was given by Oskar Perron that same year.
For example, for , one can remove every even number, resulting in , and then add each odd number to the sum of all previous elements, providing .
Construction
Write down every positive integer and remove every -th element, with a positive integer. Build a new sequence of partial sums with the remaining numbers. Continue by removing every -st element in the new sequence and producing a new sequence of partial sums. For the sequence , remove the -st elements and produce a new sequence of partial sums.
The procedure stops at the -th sequence. The remaining sequence will correspond to
Example
The initial sequence is the sequence of positive integers,
For , we remove every fourth number from the sequence of integers and add up each element to the sum of the previous elements
Now we remove every third element and continue to add up the partial sums
Remove every second element and continue to add up the partial sums
,
which recovers .
Variants
If the triangular numbers are removed instead, a similar procedure leads to the sequence of factorials
References
External links
Number theory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru%20%28spyware%20company%29 | Candiru is a Tel Aviv-based technology company offering surveillance and cyberespionage technology to governmental clients.
Candiru offers cyberespionage tools that can be used to infiltrate computers, servers, mobile devices, and cloud accounts. Its specialty appears to be infiltration of computers, particularly those running Windows OS.
The company has been described as secretive, with Haaretz describing it as "one of Israel’s most mysterious cyber warfare companies". It does not have a website and requires employees to sign non-disclosure agreements and not to reveal their place of employment on LinkedIn. The company recruits heavily from the IDF's intelligence unit Unit 8200.
The company is named after the candiru, an Amazonian parasitic fish notorious for its apocryphal ability to invade and parasitise the human urethra. The company also uses a silhouette of the candiru fish as its logo.
Corporate profile
Overview
Candiru was founded by Eran Shorer and Yaakov Weizman in 2014 as Candiru Ltd. Its chairman and largest shareholder is Isaac Zach, who is also a founding funder of the NSO Group. Additionally, Candiru was reportedly financially backed by Founders Group, which was co-founded by Omri Lavie, who is also one of the founders of NSO Group. Candiru is thought to be Israel's second-largest cyberespionage company after NSO Group, and it has been suggested that Candiru may seek to merge with NSO Group.
The company has frequently relocated its offices and – though still known under its original name Candiru – has also undergone multiple changes of its registered name (including to Grindavik Solutions, LDF Associates, Taveta, D.F. Associates, Greenwick Solutions, Tabatha, and, finally, Saito Tech (current registered name)).
Corporate history
Candiru was founded by Eran Shorer and Yaakov Weizman in 2014 as Candiru Ltd.
According to information from court filings of a lawsuit filed against Candiru by a former senior employee, the company had 12 employees at the end of 2015, 70 employees by the end of 2018, and had since grown to a 150 employees. During the first year after its founding, the company had no clients, but by the beginning 2016, the company had a number of deals in the advanced stage with clients from Europe, former Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf, Asia, and Latin America. According to the plaintiff, the company grossed $10 million worth in sales in 2016, and nearly $30 million in 2017, though the figures appear to refer to multi-year deals. In another part of the lawsuit, the plaintiff indicates that the company's 2018 revenues were worth about $20 million. A document appended to the lawsuit suggests that the company was in negotiations with potential clients from over 60 countries with a total value of $367 million. According to information from the lawsuit provided to the court by the defendant (Candiru), the company collaborates with intermediaries in target countries that help complete the deals and earn a 15% commission |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th%20PMPC%20Star%20Awards%20for%20Television | The 34th PMPC Star Awards for Television honors the best in Philippine television programming from 2019 until 2020,
as chosen by the Philippine Movie Press Club. The ceremony is held virtually on October 17, 2021, and to be broadcast on STV at 6:00 pm. The ceremony is hosted by Sanya Lopez and Alfred Vargas.
The nominations were announced by the Press on July 19, 2021.
Winners and Nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Networks
Programs
Personalities
Special Awards
Ading Fernando Lifetime Achievement Award
Boy Abunda
Excellence in Broadcasting Lifetime Achievement Award
Korina Sanchez
German Moreno Power Tandem Award
Seth Fedelin and Andrea Brillantes
Most major nominations
Most major wins
Performers
References
See also
PMPC Star Awards for TV
2020 in Philippine television
PMPC Star Awards for Television
2020 in Philippine television |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinibarbus%20maensis | Spinibarbus maensis is a species of cyprinid of the subfamily Spinibarbinae. It inhabits Vietnam and is considered harmless to humans. It has been classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List.
References
maensis
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Fish described in 2007 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinibarbus%20nammauensis | Spinibarbus nammauensis is a species of cyprinid of the subfamily Spinibarbinae. It inhabits Vietnam and is considered harmless to humans. It has been classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List.
References
nammauensis
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Fish described in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinibarbus%20ovalius | Spinibarbus ovalius is a species of cyprinid of the subfamily Spinibarbinae. It inhabits Vietnam and is considered harmless to humans. It has been classified as "data deficient" on the IUCN Red List.
References
ovalius
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Vietnam
Endemic fauna of Vietnam
Fish described in 2001 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane%20Hoffman | Jane S. Hoffman (born July 20, 1964) is an American public policy expert and author on consumer affairs and the environment, and, most recently, on big tech companies and private data. She has served many roles in government and civics, including at the United Nations and New York City and state governments.
Early life
Hoffman grew up in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey, the daughter of David Steiner and Sylvia Steiner, a Jewish affairs power couple. Her father is a real estate developer, owner of Steiner Studios (the largest movie studio complex in the eastern United States), and was president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, among other communal roles. She has two sisters and one brother.
Hoffman graduated with a B.S. in communication from Northwestern University, where she was later a trustee. She also studied labor relations at the London School of Economics.
Career
Hoffman worked as a Salomon Brothers analyst, and as a show producer for Cable News Network, before switching to a public career. She worked for the United Nations where coordinated events with the New York City government, followed by a complementary position as New York City deputy commissioner to the United Nations at the start of the Giuliani administration. She then moved to the city's Commission of Consumer Affairs, spending three years as assistant commissioner, before being appointed its commissioner in 2000 for the remainder of Giuliani's term in office.
In 2002, Hoffman ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York State . She was a leading contender for the position, but abandoned the campaign for health reasons. Later, she ran New York State's reform program for public authorities and was on city commissions for public advocacy and cultural affairs.
In 2007, Hoffman founded a private civic organization, the Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy. It brought focus to sustainability and conservation, and sponsored a presidential debate.
In 2008, she and her husband wrote Green: Your Place in the New Energy Revolution, an environmental book proposing a United States renewable energy policy. The book was excerpted in Scientific American. Publishers Weekly called it an "accessible and surprisingly entertaining, ... informed overview."
In 2020, Hoffman was made fellow of Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative and served as a senior fellow for 2021 and 2022. She served as co-chair of gender equity for the fellows. She is a trustee or director of many civic institutions.
In September 2020, Hoffman penned an op-ed for the New York Daily News titled Put your money where your anti-racist mouth is: Creating a social inequality index.
In April 2022, Post Hill Press published her second book, Your Data, Their Billions: Unraveling and Simplifying Big Tech, which explains how websites use and sell everyday tech users' data and how they can protect themselves from major tech companies.
Personal life
She married Michael Hoffman, an investment banker with T |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cheap%20Seats | The Cheap Seats is an Australian comedy panel television show on Network 10, which first premiered on 20 July 2021. The Cheap Seats features selected clips of the previous week's news and television shows accompanied with humorous commentary delivered by the hosts. The show returned for a second season on 26 April 2022, and a third season on 9 May 2023.
Hosts
The Cheap Seats is hosted by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. Segments are co-hosted by presenters including Mel Tracina on entertainment and Titus O'Reily on sport, however since May 2023, O'Reily has taken an extended break from the show for an undisclosed period of time.
Recurring segments
Entertainment: Mel Tracina talks about events which occurred in entertainment during the week.
Sport: Rotating guests, formerly including correspondent Titus O'Reily, talk about events that occurred in sport during the week.
Across the Ditch: Unusual news from New Zealand.
Sexy Politics: a compilation of unintentional sexual innuendos made by politicians.
What's on What's on in the Warehouse: The hosts comment on out of context clips from the show What's on in the Warehouse, created by Australian pharmacy chain Chemist Warehouse to promote its products.
Pacific Update Update: The hosts comment on clips from the TVNZ news show, Pacific Update.
Crop This!: Unusual tidbits from the world of gardening, usually featuring reports by Seven News reporter, Penny McKinlay.
Mel's markets: Funny news relating to the financial market.
Pencil it in: The hosts highlight strange and unusual events taking place across Australia
Crime Time: Lighthearted and funny clips of minor crimes across Australia.
House of Bracewellness: The hosts comment on clips from the Seven Network morning lifestyle show, House of Wellness.
Reporter of the Week: Introduced in 2023, Mel and Tim recognise a reporter who has been funny, surprising, or overly dedicated in the past week.
Episodes
Season 1 (2021)
Season 2 (2022)
Season 3 (2023)
Awards and nominations
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|Most Popular New Talent
|Melanie Bracewell
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|2023
|Logie Awards of 2023
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|The Cheap Seats
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References
External links
Production website – Working Dog
2021 Australian television series debuts
2020s Australian comedy television series
English-language television shows
Network 10 original programming
Television shows set in Melbourne |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Joseph%27s%20Health%20%28Syracuse%2C%20New%20York%29 | St. Joseph's Health Center is a not-for-profit hospital network anchored by St. Joseph's Hospital (Syracuse, New York).
History
In March 1860 the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia came to Syracuse in response to a request to teach at Assumption School, and at St. Joseph’s School in Utica. Later that year, they became a separate community, the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse. In 1869 they opened St. Joseph Hospital. The school of nursing opened in 1898.
In 1969, on its 100th anniversary, St. Joseph's Hospital changed its name to "St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center" to reflect the greater scope of services provided.
In 2004 the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse merged with two other Franciscan congregations to form the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. In 2015, St. Joseph’s Health was acquired by Trinity Health, one of the nation’s biggest health systems. On July 1, the sisters transferred sponsorship of St. Joseph Health to Trinity Health's Catholic Health Ministries.
Present day
St. Joseph’s Health is a non-profit regional health care system based in Syracuse, N.Y.
In February 2019 St. Joseph’s Health Cardiovascular Institute opened an office on Oneida Health’s campus in Oneida. St. Joseph's Home Health Care provides care for adults and children with physical and mental health care needs and assure continuity of care for patients discharged from the hospital. St. Joseph's Health At Home is based in Liverpool, New York; among its services is a Military and Veterans Health Care Program.
In June 2022 it was announced that St. Joseph’s Health would consolidate its administrative functions with Albany's St. Peter's Health Partners to create a single regional operation.
Affiliates
In 2014 Lewis County General Hospital affiliated with St. Joseph's Health.
In 2017 Rome Memorial Hospital became an affiliate of St. Joseph's Health for easier access to specialty care; it retains its own separate identity. (In 2021 Rome Memorial Hospital adopted Rome Health as its new name to more accurately reflect the scope of services provided.)
In 2017 Auburn Community Hospital signed an agreement with St. Joseph's Health and the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) which let them share services while each maintaining their own identity and independence. This includes retaining the name "Auburn Community Hospital" (ACH).
References
External links
St. Joseph's Health website
"Kaufman Hall Advises St. Josephs Syracuse on Joining Trinity Health System", Kaufman Hall
Hospital networks in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20Critics%27%20Choice%20Real%20TV%20Awards | The 2nd Critics' Choice Real TV Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association and NPACT, which recognizes excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, were held on June 29, 2020. The nominations were announced on June 8, 2020.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Programs
Personality
Achievement
Most major nominations
Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work and per network:
Most major wins
References
2020 television awards
2020 in American television
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The Italian–Slovenian border is a land border between the Republic of Italy and the Republic of Slovenia.
Path
The border starts in the Alps at the tripoint connecting the Austria–Italy border and the Austria–Slovenia border. It ends at the Adriatic Sea.
Road crossings
SS54 / 202
SS54 / 203
SR646 / 401
SS54 / 102
SP14 / 402
Road 402 between Podsabotin and Nova Gorica, both in Slovenia, goes through Italy for 1.6 km (1.0 mi). It was built after the 1975 treaty for Yugoslav usage without border control, but with fences and two bridges over it.
Several streets in Gorizia (Italy) and Nova Gorica, which lie next to each other.
A34 / H4
SP6 / 617
SR58 / A3 / E61 + E70
SP10 / 205
SS14 / E61 / 7
SP13 / 627
SS15 / H5
SP14 / 406
Sources:
History
Until 1991, it was the border between Italy and Yugoslavia. When Slovenia gained independence in 1991, it became the Italian–Slovenian border. The border has been an EU internal border since 2003 and a Schengen border since 2007.
Between 1920 and 1947 the border between Italy and Kingdom of Yugoslavia went further east. The definition of the border between Italy and Yugoslavia dates back to the Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947. Some changes were made in 1954 (when the Free Territory of Trieste was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia), 1975 (Treaty of Osimo, some adjustments) and 2017 (slight change to reflect current course of a river).
References
European Union internal borders
Borders of Slovenia
Borders of Italy
International borders |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestle%20Peter%20Pan%202021 | Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on August 21, 2021, in Kawasaki, Japan, at the Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki. The event aired live on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. This was the thirteenth event in the Peter Pan series and the third promoted under the "Wrestle Peter Pan" name. This edition was also the first to take place outside of Tokyo.
The event featured twelve matches. In the main event, Konosuke Takeshita defeated Jun Akiyama to win the KO-D Openweight Championship. Other prominent matches saw Daisuke Sasaki defeat Yuki Ueno to win the DDT Universal Championship, Chris Brookes and Jun Kasai defeat Shunma Katsumata and Mao in a hardcore match and the debuts of 18-year old Ilusion and 13-year old El Unicorn.
Production
Background
Since 2009, DDT began annually producing shows in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan held in the summer, following the promotions financial success of the first event. This led to the event becoming DDT's premier annual event and one of the biggest event on the independent circuit of Japanese wrestling. Since 2019, the event was renamed "Wrestle Peter Pan".
Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 was officially announced on March 28, 2021 with the event taking place at the Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki on August 21, 2021. The venue is a 6,000-seat high school football stadium built on the site of the Kawasaki Stadium used by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) for its annual Anniversary Show from 1991 to 2001. The event aired live worldwide on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, other wrestling promotions began to cancel or postpone their shows in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. At the end of February 2020, DDT began holding shows with no audience and only essential staff present. DDT's sister promotion Pro Wrestling Noah began holding shows behind closed doors in an empty TV studio under the "NOAH TV" name, with the shows being streamed on Wrestle Universe. The 2020 Wrestle Peter Pan event was originally to take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama solely on June 7, 2020, but in May, DDT began relocating their production to the Shinjuku Face. On April 23, DDT announced that the 2020 Wrestle Peter Pan would be postponed, due to the pandemic, following Japan's State of Emergency declaration, then, on May 16, the event was rescheduled to take place on June 6 and June 7, with the event being moved to the DDT TV Show Studio in Tokyo, without an audience.
Storylines
The event featured professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
In December 2020, comedian p |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd%20Critics%27%20Choice%20Real%20TV%20Awards | The 3rd Critics' Choice Real TV Awards, presented by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association and NPACT, which recognizes excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, were held on June 21, 2021. The nominations were announced on June 2, 2021.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Programs
Personality
Achievement
Most major nominations
Programs that received multiple nominations are listed below, by number of nominations per work and per network:
Most major wins
References
2021 television awards
2021 in American television
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June 2021 events in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20van%20Raaij | Willem Frederik (Fred) van Raaij (born 1944) is a Dutch psychologist and professor.
He studied psychology and data analysis at the Leiden University and worked at the University of Twente (1970-1972), the Catholic University Tilburg (1972-1976 and 1977-1979) and the University of Illinois (1976-1977). He was then professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam (1979-2000) and Tilburg University (from 2000).
His field of study is economic psychology with a specialisation in (marketing) communication, consumer financial behaviour, environmentally friendly consumer behaviour and energy saving in households. He is the founder (1981) and first editor of the Journal of Economic Psychology. He received an honorary doctorate from the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland in 2006.
He was chairman of the GVR (Genootschap voor Reclame - Association for Marketing Communication) and board member of the SWOCC (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Commerciële Communicatie - Foundation for Scientific Research on Commercial Communication) at the University of Amsterdam.
Most cited articles
Van Raaij WF, Francken DA. Vacation decisions, activities, and satisfactions. Annals of Tourism Research. 1984 Jan 1;11(1):101-12. (Cited 507 times, according to Google Scholar. )
Van Raaij, W.F. and Verhallen, T.M., 1983. A behavioral model of residential energy use. Journal of economic psychology, 3(1), pp.39-63. (open access) (Cited 497 times, according to Google Scholar. )
Francken, D.A. and Van Raaij, W.F., 1981. Satisfaction with leisure time activities. Journal of leisure Research, 13(4), pp.337-352.(Cited 437 times, according to Google Scholar
Van Houwelingen, J.H. and Van Raaij, W.F., 1989. The effect of goal-setting and daily electronic feedback on in-home energy use. Journal of consumer research, 16(1), pp.98-105. (Cited 433 times, according to Google Scholar. )
Van Raaij, W.F., 1986. Consumer research on tourism mental and behavioral constructs. Annals of Tourism Research, 13(1), pp.1-9. (Cited 315 times, according to Google Scholar. )
References
Dutch psychologists
1944 births
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus%20atroviridis | Amorphophallus atroviridis is a plant in the family Araceae believed to be endemic to central Thailand, though collection data from Kew Botanical Gardens does not specify locality or distribution. Its name is derived from Latin, with "atro-" translating to "dark", and "viridis" meaning "green", which is likely in reference to the plant's foliage. A. atroviridis has markedly dark emerald-blackish green foliage compared to other species in the genus and has a striking pink margin about the leaf, making it an attractive ornamental plant. The species can be cultivated under temperate conditions or indoors, so long as temperatures are maintained between 5 - 35 °C (40 - 95 °F) and the plant receives sufficient light and is in well-draining soil.
References
atroviridis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vida%20Dujmovi%C4%87 | Vida Dujmović is a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician known for her research in graph theory and graph algorithms, and particularly for graph drawing, for the structural theory of graph width parameters including treewidth and queue number, and for the use of these parameters in the parameterized complexity of graph drawing. She is an associate professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Ottawa.
Education
Dujmović studied telecommunications and computer science as an undergraduate at the University of Zagreb, graduating in 1996. She came to McGill University for graduate study in computer science, earning a master's degree in 2000 and completing her Ph.D. in 2004. Her dissertation, Track Layouts of Graphs, was supervised by Sue Whitesides, and won the 2005 NSERC Doctoral Prize of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
Career
She was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Carleton University, a CRM-ISM Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University, and a postdoctoral researcher again at Carleton University before finally becoming an assistant professor at Carleton University in 2012. She moved to the University of Ottawa in 2013, and became an associate professor there in 2018.
References
External links
Home page
Living people
Canadian computer scientists
Canadian mathematicians
Canadian women computer scientists
Canadian women mathematicians
Academic staff of Carleton University
Yugoslav emigrants to Canada
Graph theorists
McGill University alumni
Researchers in geometric algorithms
Academic staff of the University of Ottawa
University of Zagreb alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nona%20%282021%20film%29 | Nona is a 2021 American computer-animated short film written and directed by Louis Gonzales, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Starring Wilma Bonet as the title character, the short focuses on Nona who desires to watch her wrestling show, but is interrupted by an unexpected visit from her young granddaughter. The tenth short film in the SparkShorts series, the short was released on September 17, 2021, on Disney+.
Plot
Nona tunes in to her favorite television show, E.W.W. Smashdown Wrestling, a pastime she shared with her late husband. She suddenly hears a knock on the door and discovers her granddaughter Renee has been dropped off by her son. She tries to continue watching the show, but Renee gets in the way.
Nona tries to distract Renee with crayons, Legos and her dog, but Renee keeps finding ways to get in Nona's way of watching television. Eventually, Renee catches what Nona is watching and tries to emulate what she sees by jumping from the stairs. Nona rushes up to catch her and accidentally knocks over the television; damaging it. Due to the lost connection Nona had to watching E.W.W. Smashdown Wrestling with her late husband, Nona breaks down in tears. Seeing how sad she is, Renee emulates a wrestler for her and they enter a fantasy sequence of the two of them wrestling against each other. Nona and Renee laugh together.
In a post-credits scene, Nona is on the couch with a sleeping dog and Renee on top of her as the latter's favorite show Kitty Kitty Dance Party plays. Nona tries to reach for the remote, but it falls to the floor, frustrating her.
Cast
Wilma Bonet as Nona
Devon Libran as Wrestling Announcer
Development
On July 21, 2021, it was reported that Louis Gonzales would write and direct a CGI animated short film titled Nona. In September 2021, Gonzales described the short as "The story itself at its core is a grandmother and her grandchild bonding over wrestling". Gonzales' own grandmother visited him during his childhood and talked passionately about wrestling.
He also "found it exciting to be presenting a grandmother that is not like the grandmas we're used to seeing." During the short's development, he discovered that his ideas were "pulling from [my] family. Like it was always my life –my people, my loves that kept coming back into the story, and kept feeding it".
Music
Cristy Road Carrera composed the music for Nona. The score was released on September 17, 2021.
Track listing
Release
Nona was released on September 17, 2021, as a Disney+ exclusive film.
Reception
Bill Desowitz of IndieWire gave a positive review, saying Nona "leads to a satisfying compromise". Jon Hofferman, writing for Animation World Network, also gave a positive review, saying the short "combines childhood memories, family life, and wild takedown action".
See also
A Spark Story, a documentary focused on the production of Nona.
References
External links
2020s animated short films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet%20Kozyra | Janet Kozyra is a heliophysicist who works on solar superstorms. She has used data from Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE), to show that Earth interacts with solar energy during solar storms.
Education and career
Kozyra earned a B.S. (1979), an M.S. (1981), and a Ph.D. (1986) from the University of Michigan. Following her Ph.D. she joined the faculty at the University of Michigan as an assistant research scientist. In 2005, Kozyra was named the George Carignan Collegiate Research Professor. In 2014, Kozyra retired from her position at the University of Michigan. As of 2020, Kozyra is at the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA).
Selected publications
Awards and honors
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2005)
References
Fellows of the American Geophysical Union
University of Michigan alumni
Space scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Engelman | Carl Engelman (October 21, 1929 – November 26, 1983) was an American computer scientist. Carl is best known as the creator of MATHLAB. He was employed by Mitre Corporation and Symbolics.
He was a visiting professor at the University of Turin through a grant provided by National Research Council (Italy).
References
1929 births
1983 deaths
20th-century American mathematicians
American computer scientists
Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Act%20%28European%20Union%29 | The Data Act is a European Union legislative proposal that aims to create a framework which will encourage data sharing. The European Commission was expected to formally present the act in the fourth quarter of 2021. Notwithstanding, the proposal was formally issued on 23February 2022.
European (harmonised) standards may be drafted by the European Standardization Organizations (ESOs) following standardisation requests from the European Commission in order to support the application of the requirement that 'products shall be designed and manufactured, and related services shall be provided, in such a manner that data generated by their use are, by default, easily, securely and, where relevant and appropriate, directly accessible to the user'. In addition, European standards and technical specifications in the meaning of Article II of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 on European Standardisation may also support the issuing of "standard" contracts or transparency on how data will be used.
A draft of the proposed act had earlier been leaked on 2 February 2022, and was swiftly opposed by industry.
If implemented in its proposed form the Act would impact on data rights current under Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (the Database Directive).
See also
Data Governance Act
General Data Protection Regulation
Artificial Intelligence Act
Digital Services Act
Digital Markets Act
European Health Data Space
References
External links
European Parliament Legislative Train Schedule
European Commission Press, background to Data Act: Commission proposes measures to boost data sharing and support European data spaces
European Digital Strategy
Policies of the European Union
Data laws of Europe
Database law
Draft European Union laws
European Union regulations
Open digital policy proposals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo-Duk%20Chung | Woo-Duk Chung (born 1980) is a South Korean inventor. He is known for developing a wearable computer and a smartphone application software for accessing electricity market information.
Early life
Childhood
He became familiar with computers in the second grade of elementary school, and graduated the elementary school in Canada. During high school years, he set up a one-person venture company and developed a software that enabled switching between operating systems.
University
In September 2001, while being an undergraduate student of the Seoul National University, he developed a wearable computer that could easily be used in mobility and introduced it to the general public. This was intended to overcome the cumbersome aspects of the laptops and the low performance of the PDAs. Then in the 2002-2003 period, he worked on building a tablet computer. In the following years, he studied electricity market at the graduate school of the same university.
Career
Korea Power Exchange
While participating in the development of the Korean Energy Management System (K-EMS) as a researcher, he developed a free iPhone application in September 2010 that enabled the users to browse various information related to the electricity market, such as the status of real-time electricity supply and demand, transmission and distribution network information, wholesale electricity market price, introduction of the K-EMS, and 10 years' worth of historical grid operation data. It was the first of its kind in South Korea, and the general public could easily check to see if the overall electricity supply was dwindling. He then participated in the designing of the Future Electricity Market Operating System. After being promoted to the senior manager role, he became responsible for the international affairs of the company, working with organizations such as the World Bank.
Electric vehicles
With the experience of driving a Chevrolet Bolt EV since 2018 at hand, he has been active in EV-themed online communities and published a thesis on analyzing the car's battery degradation trends using the accumulated driving data. Building upon the answers and shared information provided to the said communities, he published a reference book and wrote a series of opinion columns at a news outlet.
Wearable computer
Features
CPU, RAM, and OS used in the system are all desktop computer parts to preserve the performance characteristics as much as possible, but a miniature form factor industrial motherboard was used in order to enhance portability. A self-designed power supply unit let the system use conventional batteries. Total cost to build was approximately KRW 2 to 2.5 million (US$1,740 to 2,170). It was able to run Microsoft Office, display TV broadcast, and play 3D video games such as Quake III Arena and Max Payne. It could also connect to Internet wirelessly via mobile phone.
Showcases
TV & radio appearances
Awards and nominations
Literary works
References
South Korean inventors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create%20with%20Garfield | Create with Garfield is a 1986 educational computer game based on Jim Davis' Garfield comic strip, developed by Ahead Designs and published by Development Learning Materials. It was released for Apple II, Commodore 64 and IBM PC. A deluxe edition was released in 1987; it featured two disks (one containing additional character and prop sprites), improved printer drivers and a shortcut for returning to a previous screen. It is the first video game based on Garfield comics to be released. A companion disk was released in 1989.
Content
The game allows players to make Garfield cartoons with pieces of artwork featuring characters, props, backgrounds, and text. The game functions with a drag-and-drop system used by a keyboard, mouse or joystick. Cartoons can be printed and/or saved to disk.
Reception
Eric Holroyd, in a review for the Australian Apple Review, recommended the game for Garfield fans, especially if mixed with the similar game Teddy Bear-rels of Fun, claiming that "The added bonus of mixing and matching the two will give endless hours of fun for you, your family and your friends".
References
External links
on GameSpot
on Giant Bomb
1986 video games
Apple II games
Commodore 64 games
DOS games
Video games based on Garfield
Children's educational video games
Video games developed in the United States
Single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaim%20New%20York | Reclaim New York is a government watchdog group in New York State. It was founded in 2013 by hedge fund manager and computer scientist Robert Mercer, his daughter Rebekah Mercer, and Breitbart co-founder Steve Bannon, to track what they saw as excessive public spending. They were soon joined by conservative lawyer and legal activist Leonard Leo, and Bush-administration veteran Tom Basile.
Reclaim New York describes itself as a non-partisan good government group. Most leadership roles have been filled by individuals with connections to the Republican party or other conservative groups. It has been accused by state Democrats and liberal groups of being a vehicle for the Mercers to achieve their political goals. As per its tax filings, Mercer provides nearly all of Reclaim New York's funding. It shared office space in New York City with data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which also received investments from the Mercer family. Reclaim New York downsized its operations in 2019, which was attributed by its opponents to its lack of success in influencing state politics.
Reclaim New York used a strategy of filing Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for information about government spending, in order to publicize the difficulty of obtaining public documents and uncover spending it felt to be wasteful, abusive, or fraudulent. It makes these requests itself and trains citizens to make their own requests. In 2014 it filed 250 requests with various government groups in Long Island, and more in the rest of the state. It sued at least 11 government groups including the Elmont School District and Peekskill City School District for failing to comply with their requests.
In its suit against a village in Rockland County, the village asked that it not be required to pay Reclaim New York's legal fees, citing its wealthy donors compared to the village budget. The judge agreed what the village called the "Mercer Mercy Rule".
Reclaim New York has sponsored other initiatives in the state. It opposed various bills in the state legislature and the renaming of the Tappan Zee Bridge after Governor Mario Cuomo. On Long Island, it has criticized a wind power initiative in East Hampton and tax rates on Long Island. It was also part of the unsuccessful effort to stop a new hospital from being built in Utica.
, Reclaim New York's board of directors includes:
Rebekah Mercer: Chairman, Director, and Treasurer
Jennifer Mercer: Secretary and Director
Leonard Leo: Director
References
External links
Conservative political advocacy groups in the United States
Organizations established in 2013
2013 establishments in New York (state) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jase%20%26%20Lauren | Jase & Lauren is an Australian breakfast radio show hosted by Jason Hawkins and Lauren Phillips on KIIS 1011 in Melbourne. The show is also syndicated on the KIIS Network on Saturday morning. A daily podcast of the morning's show is also produced.
History
In July 2021, Australian Radio Network announced that Lauren Phillips would join co-host Jason 'Jase' Hawkins from 9 August 2021 on the KIIS 101.1 breakfast program. Hawkins had previously co-hosted with Polly 'PJ' Harding on the breakfast program Jase & PJ. Following the departure of Harding on July 23 2021, the show was relaunched with Lauren Phillips.
On 30 July 2021, a one-hour popup show was heard on the air a week before the official launch. Jase and Lauren introduced new friends of the show. Clint Stanaway replaces Sacha Barbour Gatt as the shows newsreader, Christian Petracca will provide weekly contributions.
In December 2022, Alice James was announced as new executive producer of the program, replacing Luke James.
Segments
Tradie Trivia: Each morning, Jase & Lauren will pit the two players from different professions against each other when they challenge them to answer five general knowledge questions.
$5K Word Play: A word association game. The caller selects Jase, Lauren or Clint to play. If Jase, Lauren or Clint match 5 words specified by the caller from a range of topics the caller wins $5,000.
Team members
Current team members
Jase and Lauren have two content producers, two audio producers and a digital producer.
Past team members
References
External links
Jase & Lauren
KIIS 101.1
Australian talk radio programs
2020s Australian radio programs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lose/Lose | Lose/Lose is a shoot-'em-up and art video game developed by Zach Gage and released in 2009 for MacOS as part of his master's thesis show, "Data", at Parsons School of Design's MFA program. Styled after games like Galaga, the player controls a spaceship and can shoot at aliens in their path, each representing a random file on the player's computer. Destroying an alien causes the file to be deleted, potentially corrupting the player's operating system, while dying causes the game itself to be deleted. The aliens do not attack and only act as dangerous obstacles. The game received notoriety for its potentially harmful game mechanic, and was classified by Symantec as malware.
Reception
Stephen Totilo of Kotaku called Symantec's decision to classify the game as dangerous "the power [...] to suggest a game can have real-world consequences", deeming it "a victory for Gage". Bitmob of VentureBeat called the game scary, saying that "in 3 seconds, I need to reinstall Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament 2004 and replace several icons". They suggested that people not download the game, saying that "the fact that it has a leaderboard, a disturbing twist to the game and simplicity makes it all the more alluring", and stated that the game would "really scar you".
Kieron Gillen of Rock, Paper, Shotgun said that he was "a fan of using your PC's files as part of the game", and remarked that "people are not playing it for obvious reasons". Michael Conroy of Wired UK called the game "the sort of computer game that most people will be too afraid to install".
References
2009 video games
Art games
Windows games
Indie games
Science fiction video games
Shoot 'em ups
MacOS games
Video games about extraterrestrial life
Video games developed in the United States
Video games designed by Zach Gage
Single-player video games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th%20News%20and%20Documentary%20Emmy%20Awards | The 40th News & Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), honoring the best in American news and documentary programming in 2018. The ceremony took place on September 24, 2019, at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York, United States. The nominations were announced on July 25, 2019, with CBS's news magazine 60 Minutes leading the nominations with 23 and PBS being the most nominated network with 47 nominations.
NBC News's chief foreign affairs correspondent and MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports host Andrea Mitchell received the Lifetime Achievement Award for "her groundbreaking 50-year career covering domestic and international affairs.".
Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on July 25, 2019.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Andrea Mitchell
News Programming
Programming in Spanish
Documentary Programming
Craft
Regional News
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
References
External links
News & Documentary Emmys website
News and Documentary Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Awards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Sheehan | Anne Sheehan is a geologist known for her research using seismometer data to examine changes in the Earth's crust and mantle.
Education and career
Sheehan has a B.S. from the University of Kansas (1984) and earned her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. Following her Ph.D, she was a postdoc at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and the University of Nevada, Reno. In 1993 she moved to the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was promoted to professor in 2006.
In 2014 Sheehan was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union who cited her "for developing methods to image the Earth using seismometer arrays, to explain deformation processes of mountains, oceanic, and continental plates."
Research
Sheehan's research centers on the Earth's crust and mantle with a focus on formation of the lithosphere and the impact of Induced seismicity. She uses field data collected from seismic instruments deployed in a variety of locations including oceanic lithosphere near the Bermuda Rise and the East Pacific Rise, the subduction zone near New Zealand, and the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. Her research on the impact of induced seismicity describes the process by which earthquakes occur following fluid injection. While Sheehan was working with ocean-bottom seismometers in New Zealand she realized that small waves detected by the instruments could be expanded to outfit cargo ships with instrumentation to detecting tsunamis. This research would benefit coastal communities in the path of tsunamis formed after earthquakes at the seafloor.
Selected publications
Awards and honors
Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2014)
EarthScope Distinguished Lecturer (2013)
New Zealand Geophysics Prize, Geoscience Society of New Zealand for papers in 2016 and 2019
References
External links
Fellows of the American Geophysical Union
University of Kansas alumni
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
University of Colorado Boulder faculty
Living people
Women geologists
American seismologists
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Block%20%28season%2017%29 | The seventeenth season of Australian reality television series The Block, titled The Block: Fans v Faves, premiered on 8 August 2021 on the Nine Network. Hosts Scott Cam and Shelley Craft, site foremen Keith Schleiger and Dan Reilly, and judges Neale Whitaker, Shaynna Blaze and Darren Palmer, all returned from the previous season.
Production
Applications for the seventeenth season of the series opened in August 2020 until 27 September 2020, looking for couples aged between 18 and 65 years old being sought by casting agents. Filming is expected to be a 10–12 week shoot period from late February 2021 In September 2020, the seventeenth season of The Block was officially confirmed at Nine's 2021 upfronts. In October 2020, it was reported that 5 properties on Bronte Court in Hampton, Victoria, were in the process of being purchased by Nine. In December 2020, it was confirmed that Bronte Court will be the next location for renovation, Nine Network acquired five houses in the area for $11.5 million combined.
In July 2021, it was officially confirmed the season will be Fans vs Faves, although this is the second time the title Fans vs Faves will be used, this is actually the third season to have returning contestants versus new contestants (seasons 8 & 10 respectively). Season 8 was the first time the series was titled Fans vs Faves.
Mitch & Mark won the series with their house selling for over $4.04m. All houses sold on auction day with all teams profiting well over $295k.
Contestants
This season introduces 3 new couples (dubbed "Fans") and 2 returning couples (dubbed "Favourites"/"Faves"). The couples selected were as follows: Of the new "Fans" Josh & Luke Packham have previously participated on Love Island Australia.
Notes
Cheating Scandal
Schedule Scandal
Two of the teams — House 3's Tanya and Vito and House 4's Josh and Luke — had a photo of the production schedule, which meant they knew exactly when certain rooms would be called, and the dates of challenge days. Josh and Luke said that they received the photo but wouldn't say from where, and after denials, Tanya and Vito revealed that Tanya had sent the photo to Luke. Tanya said that she received the photo from a former tradesperson on The Block. Having the production schedule was a massive advantage. When the photo was brought to Scott Cam's attention, he wiped the schedule clean and said they would pick rooms at random to complete for the rest of the season. Scott Cam punished Tanya and Vito and Josh and Luke by deducting two points per team, effectively ruling them out from winning Basement Week. There was considerable anger among fans, who thought that this punishment should have been harsher.
In the final episode of the show, during the final interviews, Tanya was questioned about the cheating scandal once again. She again said that she hadn't taken the photograph and showed a text feed between her and a supposed ex-tradie from The Block. Her partner Vito was supporting and also denie |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20K.%20Anderson | Gregory K. Anderson is a United States Army major general who serves as commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division since September 9, 2022. He was the Director of Operations and Cyber of the United States Africa Command from July 2021 to August 2022. He previously was the deputy director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the United States Central Command from June 2019 to June 2021.
References
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
United States Army generals
United States Army personnel of the Iraq War
United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Acevedo | Victor Acevedo (born Victor Carl Acevedo) is an American artist best known for his digital work involving printmaking and video. He was introduced to computer graphics in 1980 while attending Gene Youngblood's survey class
(based on his book Expanded Cinema) at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Career
Since 2007 his primary focus has been working with video and producing (electronic) visual music works. As part of his ongoing practice, he selects still images from his videos and issues them as signed limited edition prints. More recently he has begun experimenting with minting works on the Blockchain. His hybrid imagery tends to combine figuration with geometrical abstraction and sometimes it's pure abstraction.
Acevedo is considered a desktop computer art pioneer as he was an early adopter of pre-Windows personal computer software to create fine art in the early 1980s. He has shown his work in over 135 group and solo art exhibitions in the U.S. and Internationally since 1982.
The arc of Acevedo’s career is noteworthy in that it begins in his student phase in 1977 with analog media painting and drawing and then shifts starting in 1983 over a 4-year period to exclusively digital media.
To date, the three main periods of Victor Acevedo’s oeuvre could be described as the
following:
1977 to 87: Analog Art: traditional media, painting, drawing and film
1983 to 2007: Digital Art: archival ink jet prints and digital photo prints
2007 to present: Visual Music: Digital Video and Digital Prints
Early influences
Acevedo's early influences were Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, M.C. Escher, Salvador Dalí and R. Buckminster Fuller. A deep study of their work and ideas, led him to the genesis of his space-frame & polyhedral graphical metaphor. It is a kind of 'geometrical Surrealism' and it was quite evident in his early period analog media work. This interplay of geometry and a kind of Neo-Surrealism content carries over to both his digital print and video work.
In 1979, Acevedo was inspired by his reading of Fritjof Capra's book The Tao of Physics, which explores the parallels between modern physics and Eastern mysticism. In the chapter called Emptiness and Form there is a discussion of the ‘void’. It is a domain which is totally empty yet simultaneously full and brimming over with the potentiality of being. This mirrors the behavior of sub-atomic particles or wave phenomena in relation to an underlying field as described in Western physics. He has spoken publicly of the notion that this concept is scalable to the realm of human beings and their interactions with the environment and each other and non-human (animal) entities. With this understanding, Acevedo would embed periodic geometrical structures into his images to serve as a metaphor for this field. They functioned as a substrate for his figurative subjects. He would call this metaphor the ‘void matrix.’
Acevedo's graphic visualization of this 'void matrix' structural field |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20French%20films%20of%202021 | A list of French-produced films scheduled for release in 2021.
Films
Notes
External links
French films of 2021 at the Internet Movie Database
Lists of 2021 films by country or language
2021
Films |
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