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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Hou | Chao-Ju Jennifer Hou (September 26, 1964 – December 2, 2007) was a Taiwanese computer scientist and electrical engineer specializing in wireless sensor networks.
Life
Hou was born on September 26, 1964, in Taipei, and studied electrical engineering at National Taiwan University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1987. She came to the US for graduate study in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, earning a master's degree in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1993. Along the way, she also earned a second master's degree in industrial and operations engineering in 1991.
She became an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in 1993. She moved to Ohio State University in 1996, earning tenure there, and moved again to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2001, where she directed the Illinois Network Design and Experimentation (INDEX) group.
She died of cancer on December 2, 2007.
Recognition
Hou was posthumously named an IEEE Fellow in 2008, "for contributions to protocol design and analysis of wireless communications networks". Her fellow certificate was presented to her son at the 2008 Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), which was dedicated to her memory.
References
1964 births
2007 deaths
Chinese electrical engineers
Chinese computer scientists
Chinese women engineers
Chinese women computer scientists
National Taiwan University alumni
University of Michigan alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
Ohio State University faculty
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
Fellow Members of the IEEE |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322%20United%20States%20network%20television%20schedule%20%28morning%29 | The 2021–22 morning network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend morning hours from September 2021 to August 2022. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning and cancelled shows from the 2020–21 season. The daytime schedules for the five major networks that offer morning programming are expected to remain consistent with the prior television season.
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).
Fox doesn’t provide network programming on weekday mornings, therefore are not included in the schedule, The CW however doesn’t provide network programming on weekday and Sunday mornings, therefore are not included in the schedule. On Saturday mornings, all of the networks lease the time to outside producers to produce programming to fulfill E/I programming obligations as mandated by the FCC.
Legend
Schedule
New series are highlighted in bold.
All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (select shows) scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots and The CW which airs its programming block at the same time in all time zones, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Pacific (for selected shows), Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs. Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated station or digital subchannel in their regular timeslot) and any major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.
All sporting events air live in all time zones in U.S. Eastern time, with local and/or afternoon programming after game completion.
Weekdays
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Android%20TV%20devices | The following is a list of devices running the Android TV operating system developed by Google.
Commercial devices
Chromecast with Google TV
Nexus Player (discontinued)
Nvidia Shield TV
Mediabox Maverick (South Africa)
Razer Forge TV (discontinued)
Xiaomi TV, Xiaomi Mi Box, Mi Box S, Mi TV Stick, Xiaomi TV Stick 4K, and Xiaomi TV Box S (2nd Gen).
Nokia Streaming Box, and Nokia Media Streamer (Europe)
Walmart Onn Android TV Box
Realme 4K Smart Google TV Stick and 1080p Smart Android TV Stick (India)
Akari SMARTBOX (Indonesia)
Dynalink Android TV Box
Devices provided by pay TV operators
TVB MyTV SUPER Box (Hong Kong)
TVB Anywhere Android TV Box
Polytron Mola Streaming, and PLAY 2 4K Smart Android TV Box (Indonesia)
IndiHome (Indonesia)
First Media (Indonesia)
MNC Play Vision+ TV (Indonesia)
Nex Parabola NexVidio (Indonesia)
Transvision XStream (Indonesia)
StarHub Go Streaming Box, and StarHub TV+ Box (Singapore)
Verizon Stream TV
TiVo Stream 4K
Foxtel Now Box (Australia)
Vodafone TV (Australia) (discontinued)
Tata Play binge+ (India)
Airtel Xstream Box, Xstream Stick, and Internet TV (India)
DishSMRT Hub (India)
d2h Stream (India)
Globe Streamwatch 2-in-1 Entertainment Box, and Globe Xtreme Prepaid (Philippines)
Sky EVO (Philippines)
Converge VISION Xperience Box (Philippines)
Proximus Android TV Box (Belgium)
unifi Plus Box (Malaysia)
Notes
References
Android (operating system) devices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20roads%20in%20Georgia%20%28country%29 | Georgia's trunk highways form a network of internationally oriented roads that connects the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, home to roughly a third of the national population, with neighboring countries. This is the backbone for a network of domestic trunk roads connecting vital regions with each other and the capital. The total length of the road network in Georgia is in 2021. The roads of "international importance" and "national importance" are managed by the Roads Department (Georoad) of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.
Roads of international importance
The "roads of international importance" are the highest category of roads in Georgia. They are denoted by the prefix ს (Georgian for S), which stands for "საერთაშორისო მნიშვნელობის გზა" (Saertashoriso mnishvnelobis gza, road of international importance). Direction and destination signs in Georgia are in both Georgian and Latin scripts, but the prefix is only displayed in Georgian. Article 3.3 of the law on motor roads defines that:
roads of international importance include roads connecting the administrative, important industrial and cultural centers of Georgia and other countries.
The network of S trunk roads has a total length of approximately which is mostly built as two-lane highway. About kilometers of the central east-west S1 and a limited section of the S12 has been upgraded to expressway or motorway with two lanes in each direction. The S4 and S5 trunk routes also have multiple lanes over a limited length.
The S1 and S10 are partially located in South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, over which the Georgian government exercises no authority. At the de facto boundary lines the roads are closed in both directions.
Roads of domestic importance
The "roads of domestic importance" are the second category of main roads in Georgia with a total length of and connect vital economic, administrative and cultural centers. They are denoted by the prefix შ (Georgian for Sh), which stands for "შიდასახელმწიფოებრივი მნიშვნელობის გზა" (Shidasakhelmts’ipoebrivi mnishvnelobis gza, "road of domestic importance"). The use of the road numbers on direction signs is inconsistent and varies widely, including on trunk Sh roads. The vast majority of routes is relatively short, but some are up to nearly long with an interregional function.
Article 3.4 of the law on motor roads defines roads of domestic importance as:
roads connecting with important industrial and cultural centers of the capital of Georgia, administrative centers of the Autonomous Republics and administrative centers of the municipality, as well as their bypasses and access to them from highways of international and domestic importance;
roads connecting the administrative centers of the Autonomous Republics, the administrative centers of the municipalities, the important industrial and cultural centers of Georgia;
roads connecting airports and ports with the capital of Georgia, administrative centers of au |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational%20Collaboration | Operational collaboration is a cyber resilience framework that leverages public-private partnerships to reduce the risk of cyber threats and the impact of cyberattacks on United States cyberspace. This operational collaboration framework for cyber is similar to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s National Preparedness System which is used to coordinate responses to natural disasters, terrorism, chemical and biological events in the physical world.
Operational collaboration is one of the six pillars of recommendations put forward by the United States Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) for a strategy of layered cyber deterrence. The CSC was established in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to "develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the United States in cyberspace against cyber attacks of significant consequences." Significant work on the development of an Operational Collaboration Framework has also been done by the Aspen Cybersecurity Group, a cross-sector public-private forum composed of government officials, industry-leading experts, and academic and civil leaders organized by the Aspen Institute.
In the US, cyber defense under President Biden has increasingly taken an operational collaboration approach, following a number of large-scale cyberattacks on US federal agencies and businesses including Solar Winds and the Microsoft Exchange hacks. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly, National Cyber Director Chris Inglis and other officials met with executives from 13 companies, including Google, networking vendor Juniper Networks and security firm Mandiant. Mayorkas stated at that time: "This is about taking a spirit of partnership and moving into actual operational collaboration."
Recent operational collaboration initiatives under the Biden administration include CISA's new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a forum for cooperative cyber defense planning with companies at the heart of operating and securing the internet's infrastructure.
Also, the National Security Agency's new Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, a new platform stood up in the summer of 2021 for public-private cyber threat intelligence sharing on adversaries targeting the National Security System (NSS), Department of Defense (DoD) and Defense Industrial Base (DIB).
Overview
Security weaknesses in the computer networks that run critical infrastructure sectors—banking, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, shipping, and more—allow sophisticated actors to attack and disrupt essential elements of society. Many of these sectors depend on the others to function. These interdependencies create a systemic cyber risk where a large-scale attack on one sector could trigger a cascading failure in other key sectors, potentially resulting in significant destabilizing effects on public health, public safety, economic security or |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinxuan%20Group | Xinxuan () Group is a retail business operating in China's livestreaming e-commerce segment. Xinxuan's core business is a multi-channel network, on which livestreamers, also known in China as Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), promote brands and products.
History
Xinxuan Group was founded in 2017 by Xin Youzhi, a popular e-commerce livestreamer on the Chinese short video app Kuaishou. Xinxuan is based in Baiyun District in Guangzhou, in the South of China, where it owns a live broadcast center of 12,000 square meters.
Business segments
Xinxuan Group operates on the following three business segments:
KOL incubation – Xinxuan offers professional trainings for KOLs.
Digital e-commerce – Xinxuan operates an online ecosystem through which both itself and other companies can sell the goods and products promoted by KOLs.
Supply chain management – Xinxuan links with more than 3,000 factories to develop customized products, and provides a channel for more than 5,000 domestic and international brands to market their goods to China's live commerce users.
Statistics
According to iResearch's "China's Livestreaming e-Commerce Industry Report", Xinxuan has over 60 million users and trained 11 KOLs with individual sales records of over RMB 100 million per single live session.
The most successfully marketed products by Xinxuan belong to the categories of beauty and skin care, clothing, food, home & personal care and consumer electronics.
As of end 2021, Xinxuan was reported to employ more than 4,000 people, of which 1,400 are engaged in quality control and KOLs trainings.
References
Companies of China
2017 establishments in China
E-commerce in China |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BA%20EuroFlyer | BA EuroFlyer is a British airline, and a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways. It operates a network of short haul services from its base at London Gatwick Airport. All services operate with BA's full colours, titles and flight numbers. BA EuroFlyer Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, meaning that it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
History
By early 2020, British Airways operated flights to over 50 destinations from its secondary hub at London Gatwick. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, British Airways suspended operations at Gatwick and consolidated all of its operations at London Heathrow. In 2021, in an attempt to reduce operating costs to better compete with low cost carriers such as easyJet, British Airways announced its intention to establish a short-haul standalone business at Gatwick from 2022, similar to its BA CityFlyer operation from London City Airport, which operates under the British Airways name but exists as a separate entity.
BA EuroFlyer commenced operations in March 2022, with flights being operated by mainline BA until the airline received its Air Operators Certificate in December 2022. The airline intends to operate a fleet of 19 Airbus A320 family aircraft to 40 destinations across Europe, North Africa and Western Asia from March 2023.
Destinations
BA EuroFlyer operates 40 destinations from its base at London Gatwick Airport on behalf of its parent company British Airways.
Fleet
Current fleet
, BA EuroFlyer operates the following aircraft:
References
British Airways
2021 establishments in England
Airlines established in 2021 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryggen%20Runic%20inscription%20145 | Bryggen inscription 145 (N B145 in Rundata) is a runic inscription on a wooden stick found among the medieval rune-staves of Bergen. It has four sides, and dates to around the year 1200. It is notable not only for containing a rare Skaldic love poem in the form of a complete dróttkvætt stanza, but also a quote from the classical Latin poet Virgil, illustrating the coexistence of native Norse and Classical education in medieval Norway.
Inscription
The lines §A, §B and §D have all been carved by the same hand, while §C appears to have been executed by another, less experienced rune-carver.
Transliteration from Scandinavian Runic-text Database (Rundata), with minor changes.
Runic transliteration
§A fe=ll · til · friþra=r · þ(e)=llu · fa=rl(e)=gh=ra=r · m(e)=r · a=rla · fiska=ll · festiba=la · fo=rn · byr hama=r
§B no=r=na · þæim (u)ihdi · he=uir þunda=r · þo=rnluþrs · (e)o=lun·buþa=r · g=lo=uma=r · gyghia=rto=uma
§C ka=lt=rs falkha · haldet ⁓ omnia : uinsciþ · amo=r · æþ nos c=(c)itam(m)-- · amori ·
§D ga=ld=rs fasl(e)=gha · haldet ⁓ omnia · uinciþ · amo=r · æþ · nos · c(e)damus · amori ·
Interpretation
Old West Norse and Latin normalization
Note that lundi is emendated from the nonsensical and metrically faulty uihdi of the inscription.
Fell til fríðrar þellu
fárligrar mér árla
fiskáls festibála
forn byrr hamarnorna.
Þeim lundi hefir Þundar
þornlúðrs jǫlunbúðar
glauma gýgjartauma
galdrs fastliga haldit.
Omnia vincit Amor, et nos cedam[us] Amori.
English translation
The first helmingr (half-verse) is relatively straight forward. It translates (with kennings in brackets):
The ancient breeze of the cliff-goddesses [GIANTESSES > DESIRE] fell to me early with respect to the beautiful, dangerous young pine-tree of the fastened fire of the fish expanse [SEA > GOLD > (beautiful, dangerous, young) WOMAN].
Simplified, this means:
Desire for the beautiful, dangerous young woman overcame me a long time ago.
Finally, the Latin quote at the end is from Eclogue X by Virgil, and means "Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to love!".
References
Literature
Marold, Edith. 1998d. Runeninschriften als Quelle zur Geschichte der Skaldendichtung. In Düwel et al. 1998, 667-93.
Bryggen inscriptions
Runic inscriptions
Skaldic poems
Works based on the Eclogues |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20B.%20Rosenberg | Louis Barry Rosenberg (born 1969) is an American engineer, researcher, inventor, and entrepreneur. He researches augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. He was the Cotchett Endowed Professor of Educational Technology at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He founded the Immersion Corporation and Unanimous A.I., and he wrote the screenplay for the 2009 romantic comedy film, Lab Rats.
As a researcher, Rosenberg is known for developing artificial swarm intelligence to amplify the collective intelligence of networked human groups (2014–2023), for his work developing the haptic computer mouse and GUI (1993–1999) and for his work developing augmented reality at Air Force Research Laboratory (1991–1994).
Early life and family
Louis Rosenberg was born in 1969. His parents purchased his first computer in 1980 and he began writing programs. He has said, "If I spelled things wrong it would give me a syntax error and let me try again... that's a helpful feature for someone who is dyslexic."
Rosenberg earned a B.S. (1991), M.S. (1993), and Ph.D. (1994) in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. His daughter, Zoe Rosenberg, is an animal rights activist.
Career
From 1991 to 1994, Rosenberg was a researcher of virtual and augmented reality at Stanford University, NASA Ames Research Center, and Air Force Research Laboratory (formerly Armstrong Laboratory).
In 1993, Rosenberg founded Immersion Corporation, and later served as its CEO until 2000.
In 1999, Logitech released the first haptic-enabled computer mouse using FEELit technology he developed with other researchers at Immersion Corporation. As CEO, he brought the company public on NASDAQ in 1999 and it remains public today trading as "IMMR" as a part of Russell 2000 component.
In 2002, Rosenberg founded Outland Research, a company that developed augmented reality technology.
In 2005, Rosenberg joined the faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), as an assistant professor. Later, he became the Cotchett Endowed Professor of Educational Technology at Cal Poly.
In 2014, Rosenberg founded Unanimous A.I. on the basis of a novel technology known as Artificial Swarm Intelligence, which is based on the decision-making abilities of biological swarms and is utilized to enhance the collective intelligence of networked human groups.
Rosenberg has been a vocal critic of the potential risks that virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence pose to society in recent years. As an author, he has written about these technologies for VentureBeat and Big Think.
Research
In 2014, Rosenberg started research in a relatively new sub-field of AI, now known as, artificial swarm intelligence (swarm AI in short), that aims to amplify the intelligence of human groups using AI algorithms modeled on biological swarms. In 2014, he founded Unanimous A.I., an artificial intelligence company. He has served as the co |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed%20Messages%20%28song%29 | "Mixed Messages" is a song by Australian musical comedian Tom Cardy, released on 30 July 2021 as his debut single and the lead single from his debut EP Artificial Intelligence. The song was written, recorded, and produced solely by Cardy. "Mixed Messages" ranked at No. 17 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2021, becoming Cardy's debut appearance on the countdown.
Background and release
"Mixed Messages" was debuted on TikTok, and released officially on 30 July 2021.
Recording
"Mixed Messages" was recorded in July 2021 in Cardy's home studio during the creation of his debut EP Artificial Intelligence.
Composition
"Mixed Messages" is a comedy song rooted in electropop which discusses themes including "non-sequiturs [and] negging" and makes references to "kicking puppies and punching parents". Triple J's Al Newstead summarised the song as discussing "the relatable feeling of awkward attempts to text your crush [that spirals] into a silly ode to brutalising dad genitalia." It is written in the key of E♭ major with a tempo of 111 beats per minute.
Critical reception
Triple J's Al Newstead cited "Mixed Messages" as "the perfect example" of Cardy's "knack for heightening insightful social observations with gleeful absurdism". Joe Briscoe of David Reviews was favourable towards "Mixed Messages" and its accompanying music video, writing that "it's hard not to laugh at what [Cardy] and Antali have created". He commended the song for bringing comedy music "[into] the spotlight with new vigour".
Music video
The animated music video for "Mixed Messages", directed and animated by Gabriella Antali, was released alongside the single on 30 July 2021. Joe Briscoe of David Reviews praised Antali's animation, saying it "[uses] an old-school comic book style to capture facial expressions and movement in all their characterful, frustrating glory". He continued by saying the video elevated "the song's quirky humour with well-observed details (an unflattering reflection in a phone screen is particularly amusing), building to the surreal twist which is thankfully rendered via euphemistic eggplant".
Personnel
As shown in the liner notes of Artificial Intelligence, the song was created and performed solely by Cardy.
Chart performance
"Mixed Messages" ranked at No. 17 on Triple J's public voted Hottest 100 of 2021, becoming Cardy's debut Hottest 100 appearance.
References
External links
lyrics on genius.com
2021 debut singles
2021 songs
Tom Cardy songs
Animated music videos
Songs written by Tom Cardy |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20of%20mankind | Future of mankind may refer to:
"Future of Mankind", a song from Artificial Intelligence (EP)
"The Future of Mankind", a book by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"The Future of Mankind", a publication by M. Aram
"The Future of Mankind", a publication by Karl Jaspers
See also
Race of the future |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Phillip%27s%2C%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Saint Phillip's, also known as Ffryes, or Simpson is a town in Saint Philip Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
Demographics
Saint Philip's has one enumeration district.
61400 St. Phillips
Census Data
References
Saint Philip Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmila%20Kuncheva | Ludmila (Lucy) Ilieva Kuncheva is a Bulgarian-British computer scientist known for her research on pattern recognition and machine learning, and particularly on systems that combine results from multiple classifiers. She is professor in computer science at Bangor University in Wales.
Education and career
Kuncheva is originally from Sofia, where her father was Head of Control Systems at the Technical University, Sofia. She earned a master's degree from the Technical University in 1983, and completed her Ph.D. in 1987 through the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
She joined the staff of Bangor University in 1997.
Books
Kuncheva is the author of books including:
Fuzzy Classifier Design (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 49, Springer, 2000)
Combining Pattern Classifiers: Methods and Algorithms (Wiley, 2004; 2nd ed., 2014)
Recognition
Kuncheva was named a Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition in 2012, "for contributions to multiple classifier systems".
References
External links
Home page
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Bulgarian women academics
British computer scientists
British women computer scientists
Technical University, Sofia alumni
Academics of Bangor University
People from Sofia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%20Sheen | Jen Sheen is a biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School who is known for her work on plant signaling networks. She is an elected member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Education and career
Sheen's interest in plants followed her childhood on a sugarcane plantation in rural Taiwan. She has a B.S. from National Taiwan University (1980) and earned a Ph.D. in 1986 from Harvard University where she worked with Lawrence Bogorad. Following her Ph.D., she received endowment funds that enabled her to start her own lab at Harvard Medical School in 1987 with flexibility that enabled her to define her own research path. She was promoted to professor of genetics in 2005. Concurrently she has held positions in molecular biology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Research
Sheen is known for her research using plants as model systems to study cell signaling. While a graduate student at Harvard University, she worked on the genetic system of maize with the goal of increasing crop yields. When starting her own lab, she established a model system using plant protoplasts, cells which can be maintained easily in laboratory containers. She then shifted her work to studying protoplasts in Arabidopsis, a plant commonly used as a model system, and Sheen has developed the use of green fluorescent protein in higher plant research. Sheen has used the plant protoplast model system to examine innate immunity, taking advantage of the plant system's ability to provide answers about innate immunity more rapidly than other systems in use. Sheen's research includes investigations into signaling pathways in plants, and has determined how plants sense sugars, and how stressors such as hydrogen peroxide are sensed by plants.
Selected publications
Awards and honors
Sheen was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009. In 2013, she received the Martin Gibbs Medal from the American Society of Plant Biologists who acknowledge Sheen for "her seminal and innovative contributions to the understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying the plant signal transduction cascades that mediate nutrient, hormone, and environmental stress responses and pathogen defenses in plants".
References
External links
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Harvard University faculty
National Taiwan University alumni
Harvard University alumni
21st-century American botanists
American women geneticists
Living people
21st-century American women scientists
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Humanitarians | Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is changing the face of humanitarian response is a 2015 book by Patrick Meier.
The book focusses on how to ethically use digital data when responding to a sudden onset humanitarian emergencies. Content includes use of drones for aerial imagery and effective use of Big Data.
Contents
Digital Humanitarians documents the start of digital Humanitarian Action, and the volunteers who respond to emergencies. It is written from the perspective of Meier who is both a digital humanitarian himself, as well as being an academic in the same area.
Within the book is a best practice guide and various tools and resources to help practitioners navigate big data and use of social media in humanitarian emergencies. The book includes a glossary of digital humanitarian terminology and is written in plain English.
Contents include the important areas of privacy, information veracity and the role of technology in humanitarian response. It documents how traditional humanitarian agencies find the volume of data available them overwhelming, and how issues of data accuracy can steer digital-amateurs in the wrong direction. There is a strong focus on ethics and the safety of people throughout the book. Noting the risk of error, Meier advocates for good regulation of technology.
Included case studies include digital humanitarian responses to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Typhoon Pablo where the Philippines government coordination of digital response was praised, an earthquake in Chile, the Libyan revolution, a fire in Russia, a US superstorm, and political instability in Kyrgyzstan.
The book has a strong emphasis on the value of aerial imagery and the value of unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e. drones) to gather images.
The book includes Meier's commentary on the phycological and emotional impact on digital humanitarians exposed to images and accounts of injuries and unmet needs, with the Boston Marathon bombing used as a case study.
Meier encourages readers to take up digital humanitarianism and gives examples of free and low cost activities that people can do to help others.
Critical reception
Digital Humanitarians is described by the Guardian as a "rousing manifesto urging readers not to feel alone or worthless."
The book was described as "essential reading" for people interested in the intersection of humanitarian response and digital tools by Dimitrinka Atanasova at the London School of Economics.
Writing for the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Lucy Bernholz praised the books encouragement for humanitarian organizations, volunteers and companies to collaborate:
See also
Crisis mapping
References
External links
Official website
2015 non-fiction books
Books about human rights
Current affairs books |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasand%20%28TV%20channel%29 | Pasand TV is a Free-to-air Hindi/Bhojpuri language entertainment channel that was owned by OSM Network. This channel shows some Hindi and Bhojpuri shows that taken from television channels like Sahara One and Mahuaa TV
Current shows
Music shows
Gana Bajanaa
Devotional shows
Dharam Katha
Maai Ke Mahima
Bhakti Dhara
Ram Katha
Hindi television shows
Malini Iyer
Kesariya Balam Aavo Hamare Des
Chacha Chaudhary
Om Namah Shivay
Jap Tap Vrat
Bhojpuri television shows
Sa-Se Sarssatti
Saatho Vanchanwa Nibaib Sajna
Jai Jai Shiv Shankar
E Hai Annapoorna
Former shows
Khandhan
Ganga Jamuna
References
Hindi-language television channels in India
Television channels and stations established in 2021
Hindi-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored%20Ape | Bored Ape Yacht Club, often colloquially called Bored Apes, Bored Ape or BAYC, is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection built on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection features profile pictures of cartoon apes that are procedurally generated by an algorithm.
The parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club is Yuga Labs. The project launched in April 2021. Owners of a Bored Ape NFT are granted access to a private online club, exclusive in-person events, and intellectual property rights for the image.
In 2022, Yuga Labs was valued at US$4 billion. This is due in large part to the sales of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection totalling over US$1 billion as well as high value auction sales from their investor, now defunct FTX. Various celebrities have purchased these non-fungible tokens, including Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, Gwyneth Paltrow and others.
By July 2023, the floor price of Bored Ape NFTs had decreased 88% from its April 2022 peak.
Development and function
According to the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) website, the NFT collection was created by four friends who "set out to make some dope apes, test [their] skills, and try to build something (ridiculous)." Bored Ape NFTs, like other NFTs created and used for digital art purposes aim to provide its owners the "original" artwork. Bored Ape NFTs owners are considered in possession of "a unique unit of data recorded in a digital blockchain, which permanently records its provenance or sales history."
The collection exists on the Ethereum blockchain and contains 10,000 unique NFTs derived from 172 unique assets. The NFTs function dually as a membership card to Yacht Club. Membership to the club includes access to THE BATHROOM (stylized in all caps), a digital graffiti board where users commonly "draw dicks," according to the founder. The NFTs were originally sold for 0.08 ether each, around $190 at the time of their April 2021 launch and were sold out in 12 hours.
As BAYC "has made it clear that NFT holders have full commercialization rights to their ape," Bored Apes differ from other NFTs in that "whoever owns a Bored Ape can spin it into whatever film, music, TV, book, or media project they want."
Founders
Two of the founders of BAYC, going by the pseudonyms "Gargamel" and "Gordon Goner", describe themselves as "literary bros". The two told The New Yorker they initially bonded by arguing about the work of David Foster Wallace. The two of them grew up together in Miami. The other two founders go by the pseudonyms "No Sass" and "Emperor Tomato Ketchup", the latter deriving his alias from the 1996 Stereolab album of the same name. As of July 2023, three out of four founders have left the company.
In February 2022, Gargamel and Gordon Goner's identities were revealed to be Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow, respectively, by BuzzFeed News. Upon this revelation, Nicole Muniz, the CEO of Yuga Labs confirmed BuzzFeeds report. Solano and Aronow went to Twitter, commenting they were doxxed and uploaded im |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manikkawatha | Manikkawatha () is a 2021 Sri Lankan drama serial broadcast on Independent Television Network. The series is directed by Sudath Rohana. It is the live action adaptation of critic's acclaimed novel by Mahinda Prasad Masimbula with the same name. It is produced by Fahim Maujud and music direction is by Navaratne Gamage. The serial stars Jagath Chamila in lead role along with Uma Aseni, Volga Kalpani, Sarath Kothalawala, W. Jayasiri and Priyankara Rathnayake make supportive roles.
Plot
The show is revolves around five main characters: "Ketihami", "Pichchi", "Gunadari", "Tilakaratne" and "Senehalatha" who live in the Ratnapura area, Sabaragamuwa Province. Ketihami is an ideal villager who lives a meager life in harmony with nature. "Pichchi" is the ideal village woman, who is the wife of Ketihami. Pichchihami who was raped by a man in the palace before entangled with Ketihami. Their first born: Gunadari, is a genuine character who faces life with great courage even as a disabled woman. She loves her father dearly. She lost her eyesight when she was a child due to a leopard bite. When she becomes a teenager, she starts to plow the fields at night. The story flows through their lives to battle with changes occur in the country.
Cast and characters
Jagath Chamila as Ketihami
Uma Aseni as Pichchi
Volga Kalpani as Gunadari
Sarath Kothalawala as Hathirihan Rala
W. Jayasiri as Anthraekuruppu Garlis Arachchi
Priyankara Rathnayake as Kirendera, Pichchi's father
Palitha Silva
Niroshan Wijesinghe as Rathu Nilame
Mayura Perera as Konduruhami
Udayanthi Kulatunga as Royna
Sanath Wimalasiri as Kalawaney Punchi Bandara
G. R. Perera as Kottimbulawala Silwatha
Prageeth Rathnayake as Manansingho, Konduruhami's elder son
Madhushan Hathlahawatte
Thilakshani Rathnayake
Aruni Mendis
Janak Premalal
Nayana Hettiarachchi as Salindu, Pichchi's mother
Samantha Kumara Gamage
Saman Ekanayake as Abaddha, the jaggery maker
Roshan Pilapitiya
Mahesh Uyanwatta
Chathuranga Dassanayake
Pavithra Wickramasinghe as Sochchuhami, Hathirihan Rala's wife
Dayasiri Hettiarachchi as Village salesman at Galahitiya junction
Udeni Chandrasiri
Anura Bandara Rajaguru
Richard Abeywardena
Ruwan Wickramasinghe
Samadara Ariyawansa
Rukman Tillakaratne
S. I. Samarakkody
Child cast
Pahandi Nethara as little Gunadari
Nesta Maneth as little Manansingho
Savindi Nirmani
Sanyumi Nimnadi
Production
The writer of the book as well as the teledrama script is Mahinda Prasad Masimbula. He took three years to complete the book, from 2013 to 2016. Later, the book was nominated for the 2016 Swarna Pusthaka Awards as well.
The teledrama marked the comeback of award-winning director Sudath Rohana to direction after eight years. According to the director, the book reveals the great analysis of the socio-economic, political, and cultural changes that took place over a period of one hundred years from 1880 to 1980 in Sri Lanka. To obtain cinematic appearance, the screenplay was revis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fien%20Jarangga | Fientje Salomina Jarangga is a women's rights activist from Papua, Indonesia, who is the coordinator of the Papuan Women's Human Rights Network. She campaigns against domestic violence in Papua.
Activism
Jarangga is the coordinator of the Papuan Women’s Human Rights Network (PWHRN) in Papua. She also coordinates Tiki - the branch of the PWHRN that works with and advocates for survivors of domestic violence. Her style of activism has been described as "persistent" by Dini Djalal from the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, since she worked against cultural norms in Papua to document human rights abuses.
In 2011 she co-wrote a report with Galuh Wandita, which explored the history of violence against women in Papua, over the preceding forty years. In 2021 she spoke out about how there had been no reduction in the gender inequality that Papuan women face since 2008. She has also spoken out about how extractive industries increase violence against women, including denying women access to traditional economic resources.
Jarangga supported a 2019 judicial review to test the legal basis of PEPERA. Fien Jarangga is appointed to become part of an ad hoc law commission for the period 2023-2026, formed by Papua Governor Ridwan Rumasukun to advise the provincial government and legislature on implementation of Special Autonomy Law.
References
External links
Indonesia Forum: “Evaluasi dan Proyeksi Otonomi Khusus Papua”
Year of birth missing (living people)
Papuan people
Indonesian women activists
Indonesian women's rights activists
People from Papua (province)
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female%20Prostitution%20During%20the%20HIV/AIDS%20Crisis%20in%20the%20United%20States | During the US HIV/AIDS Crisis, female prostitutes were seen as vectors of the disease. While there is little reliable data to back up that perception, it can be directly linked to the criminalization of HIV and medical discrimination against prostitutes during the crisis.
This article primarily discusses female prostitutes of the 1980s HIV/AIDS Crisis; to read about male prostitutes, see HIV/AIDS in the United States. In this article, female is used to refer to cis-gender women, and those with vaginal genitalia. This article does not include or represent the experience of the transgender community during the HIV/AIDS Crisis.
Statistics
Laws criminalizing prostitution and societal stigmas against the sex trade made it difficult to collect accurate data about the rates of HIV among women exchanging sex during the HIV/AIDs health crisis. The numbers also likely vary heavily by state due to differences in population density, poverty rates, cultural values, education quality, and other factors. In 1987, the CDC published the results of a study of 2159 women engaged in the sex trade referred to them by law enforcement or medical clinics in coastal states (although only a portion of the data was used). Less than 12% tested positive for HIV, with the results varying from 0% to 57% by state. 76% of those who tested positive were also users of intravenous drugs. This suggests that unsterile needles may have been a greater risk factor than frequent sexual contact for those engaged in sexual labor, but with a lack of reliable data it is impossible to draw any firm conclusions. First hand accounts from those in the sex trade during the crisis are also largely absent. Most of the information about these women comes from court records and news reports from the time.
Media coverage
During the HIV crisis, most media coverage of those in the sex trade was highly sensationalized, which exacerbated the negative public perception of the sex industry. News reports portrayed those arrested for selling sex as what lawyer and author Stephanie Kane called “the mythic prostitute:” they exist only for the purpose of having sex, without any non-sexual emotions or ambitions. When an HIV positive individual was arrested for the exchange of sex, it was vigorously reported, frequently villainizing the individual, and by association all prostitutes, as an active threat to public safety. Racial biases heavily influenced the extent and type of coverage those trading sex would receive from the media. White individuals in the sex trade were more likely to be painted in a semi-sympathetic light and described as mentally ill drug addicts, while those who were black and in the sex trade (and other people of color) were nearly always seen as malicious seducers actively seeking to spread HIV to innocent white women. While black media did not employ the same Jezebel stereotype as mainstream media, it did perpetuate the false dichotomy of ‘evil’ sex workers versus ‘innocent’ clients, a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20workload%20protection%20platform | A cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) is a computer security software aimed at securing (potentially virtual) computer machines. CWPPs are usually agent-based, meaning that a software agent is running permanently within the machine to be protected, collecting security-relevant data and events and sending those to a cloud-based service. The cloud-based service monitors all the machines under its supervision, derives alerts and notifies users about corresponding potential security threats.
Gartner maintains a list of CWPP vendor-based solutions.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCS%20Computer%20Specialist | KCS Computer Specialist–Mandaue City, also known as KCS–Mandaue, was a professional basketball team based in Mandaue, which last played in the Visayas division of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup.
History
The KCS Computer Specialist team was formed in 2013 by Ricky Verdida. The team was named after Verdida's Kiboy's Computer Solution (KJC), an electronics retail chain which sales computer units and components. It competed in barangay-level competitions prior to joining the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup in 2021.
In the inaugural 2021 VisMin Cup season, the KCS Computer Specialist as a team based in Mandaue, Cebu was grouped in the league's Visayas division. They clinched the Visayas division title by outbesting the MJAS Zenith-Talisay City Aquastars in the best-of-three final series. This feat also qualifies them to the Southern Finals. KCS settled for an overall second-place finish after conceding three games to the Basilan Jumbo Plastic in the best-of-five grand finals.
In August 2021, team owner Verdida announced that he would be selling the franchise of KCS Computer Specialist due to financial constraints.
The team held an exhibition game in August 2023 and played against the Northball Basketball team.
External links
KCS Computer Specialist Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Profile
References
2013 establishments in the Philippines
Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup teams
2021 disestablishments in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah%20Sarhadi | Mullah Abdullah Sarhadi () is an Afghan Taliban politician who is currently serving as governor of Bamyan province since 7 November 2021. He belongs to a network of Taliban commanders related to Zabul province. However, he is an ethnic Tajik. Before the fall of Taliban pre-2001, he has also served as commander of the special unites during the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001).
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Taliban governors
Governors of Bamyan Province
People from Zabul Province
Taliban commanders |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashutosh%20Dutta | Ashutosh Dutta is a computer scientist, engineer, academic, author, and an IEEE leader. He is currently a Senior Scientist, 5G Chief Strategist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, APL Sabbatical Fellow, Adjunct Faculty and ECE Chair for EP at Johns Hopkins University. He is the Chair of IEEE Industry Connection O-RAN Initiative and Co-Chair for IEEE Future Networks Initiative.
Dutta has co-authored over 150 articles, three book chapters, and 31 patents awarded. As a computer science expert, he has been affiliated with Internet Real-Time Lab (IRT), and Distributed Computing & Communications (DCC) Laboratory of Columbia University, and works on wireless networking, LTE networks, software-defined networking (SDN), computer communication, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), 5G, Network Security, and mobility management. He is also the co-author of a book entitled Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization: Design, Evaluation and Application that has also been translated to Chinese language.
Dutta is a Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Distinguished Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and has several other leadership positions in these organizations. He also serves as Editor-in-chief for Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, Associate Technical Editor for IEEE Communications Magazine, and Associate Guest Editor for IEEE IOT Journal.
Education
After receiving a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, Dutta immigrated to the United States, earning an M.S. in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, New York. He completed his Ph.D. thesis titled Systems Optimization for Mobility Management under the supervision of Henning Schulzrinne.
Career
Dutta started his career as a Computer Engineer at Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company, India, in 1985, and worked there till 1987. He then held about 8 years of appointment as a Director of IT Operations at Columbia University Computer Science Department, before joining Telcordia Technologies Applied Research in 1997 as a Senior Scientist, where he directed research and development initiatives of VolP and wireless technologies till 2010. During his tenure at Telcordia Technologies, he served as Principal Investigator for KDDI’s IMS project to design and build IMS/MMD network for next-generation networks, and also collaborated with ITSUMO QoS team involved in performance analysis of voice and data traffic in an 802.11b networking environment. As Co-PI, he supervised all operational phases of CERDEC project, and Toyota’s mobile content delivery network in all IP wireless environment.
From 2010 till 2013, Dutta worked with NIKSUN Inc. as CTO Wireless and Executive Director of NIKSUN Innovation Center & Quality Assurance, and then held appointment as PMTS/LMTS/Director of AT&T Labs, Mid |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unpacking | Unpacking may refer to:
Unpacking (linguistics), the separation of the features of a segment into distinct segments
Unpacking (video game), a 2021 puzzle game
Unpacking (computer science), unpacking programming variables
See also
Pack (disambiguation)
Packing (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingena%20laudata | Tingena laudata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Fiordland and Otago. Adults of this species are on the wing in January.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott using specimens collected by Charles Edwin Clarke at Bluecliff in Fiordland and Waitati in January and named Borkhausenia laudata. In 1939 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. laudata. In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. The male holotype specimen, collected at Bluecliff, is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Description
Philpott described this species as follows:
This species is similar in appearance to T. amiculata but is smaller in size and has longer antennal ciliations. The markings and colouration of the forewings is also different.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Fiordland and Otago.
Behaviour
Adults of this species are on the wing in January.
References
Oecophoridae
Moths of New Zealand
Moths described in 1930
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Taxa named by Alfred Philpott
Endemic moths of New Zealand |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hughes%2C%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | John Hughes is a town in Saint Mary Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
Demographics
John Hughes has two enumeration districts.
82500 JohnHughes-B_Neck
82600 JohnHughes-Bishops
Census Data
References
Saint Mary Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlene%20Ren | Charlene Ren, also known as Xiaoyuan Ren, is a Chinese environmental engineer and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of MyH2O, an information platform that uses data to monitor water quality and improve access to clean water resources for rural communities in China.
Early life and education
Ren was born and raised in Beijing. Her parents were both the first in their families to attend college.
As a high school student, she became interested in environmental issues and joined a local chapter of Roots and Shoots, the international youth organization founded by Jane Goodall. Her grandparents live outside the capital, and their experiences with unreliable water quality were an influence on her future field of study.
Ren received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Vassar College and two master's degrees in Environmental Engineering and Technology Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As part of her graduate work, Ren studied rural water monitoring systems in India. This exploration developed into the ongoing MIT/India "Data for Improved Governance" project.
Career
Ren first wrote a business plan for the company that would become MyH2O in 2014 during her postgraduate studies at MIT, with mentorship from engineer John H. Lienard V. She was inspired by the robust network of water quality and sanitation databases that she observed in India while completing her master's degrees. She launched the platform in 2015 with the goal of using similar data collection systems to combat a crisis of poor water quality in rural China.
There are tens of millions of people in China who do not have access to reliably clean drinking water; pollution caused by industrial and agricultural runoff is a significant problem in rural areas. Ren founded MyH2O on the crucial understanding that if environmental pollution is to be remediated, it must first be made visible.
The MyH2O platform collects data on rural water quality and sanitation through a network of youth volunteers. The data collected is shared with policy makers and then used for the provision of clean water resources to rural communities. Data is made available to volunteers and residents via a dedicated mobile app, which also provides resources and guidance about purifying contaminated water. The MyH2O network covers 1,000 villages located across 26 provinces.
Ren emphasizes that beyond the utility of the hard data collected, MyH2O also has the positive effect of empowering residents of rural villages to raise their voices and take action to improve their own circumstances, connecting them in a grassroots network of citizen-scientists.
Advocacy
Ren is a member of the China Youth Climate Action Network. She has worked as an organizer of the International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change. Ren represented China during one of Homeward Bound's leadership events for women scientists, joining the group for a journey to Antarctica. She was named an Echoing Green Fellow in 2016.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Levine | Gary Levine is the co-president of entertainment at Showtime Networks. Previously he served as the president of programming at Showtime, joining in 2001. During his tenure in programming, Showtime developed shows including Billions, Californication, Dexter, Escape at Dannemora, Shameless, and Who Is America?.
Personal life
Levine lives in Los Angeles with his wife, who is a child psychologist. He is also the cantor at his synagogue.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola%20Villarreal | Paola Villarreal (born 5 October 1984) is a Mexican computer programmer who developed the Data for Justice app equipped with an interactive map that compares police operations in white dominated areas and minority neighborhoods in Mexico. Data from the app helped reversed 20,000 racially unbalanced drugs convictions.
Honors
She was named in the BBC 100 Women (inspiring and influential women from around the world) in 2019 for her work in maternal health.
She was listed in the MIT Innovators Under 35 LATAM for 2018.
References
1984 births
Living people
Mexican computer programmers
Mexican computer scientists
Mexican women computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckleys | Buckleys is a town in Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
Demographics
Buckleys has three enumeration districts.
33600 Buckleys-West
33701 Buckleys-East_1
33702 Buckleys-East_2
Census Data
Source:
References
Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asad%20Qureshi%20%28producer%29 | Asad Qureshi, is a Pakistani producer, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Geo Entertainment, a leading entertainment television network of Pakistan.
Asad Qureshi is also a producer at 7th Sky Entertainment.
Career
After graduating from Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Qureshi attended University of Southern California and IESE Business School. As reported by The News, "Asad Qureshi has played an instrumental role in bringing innovation to the Pakistan media industry." Since 2004 he has been the director and founding partner of 7th Sky Entertainment. Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under the banner of 7th Sky Entertainment has been belting out successive hits.
List of TV serials
References
1978 births
Living people
Mass media in Pakistan
7th Sky Entertainment
Pakistani television producers
Pakistani film producers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen%20Simonin | Owen Simonin (born in May 1997 in Bastia), known as Hasheur, is a French entrepreneur, influencer, youtuber and speaker specializing in blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies.
He is considered one of the ambassadors of the cryptocurrency ecosystem in France thanks to his popularization work on his Youtube channel Hasheur.
Biography
Career
As an advocate of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, he created the educational youtube channel, "Hasheur" in 2016. In May 2017, he founded the fintech Just Mining with his brother William Simonin, to make investing in cryptocurrency mining accessible and offer investment solutions (staking, masternodes). At the end of 2017, he released a video, "the scam of the century" to denounce BitConnect, a ponzi scheme that collapsed a few months later. In 2018, he criticizes the Minister of Economy, Bruno Lemaire in a video that calls out the factual errors made by the person concerned during an interview on bitcoin. His response is widely taken up and praised on the networks. In 2018, he co-founded Deskoin, a French cryptocurrency exchange platform, which in 2019 became a partner of the software publisher Global POS allowing more than 25,000 physical points of sale, to accept payment in cryptocurrencies. From 2017 to 2021, he communicates as during the TedX Rive de Moselle, and joins the projects Waltio (taxation of cryptomoins), Ngrave (hardware wallet), Cruxpool (mining pool), and Ternoa (blockchain). In 2021, his two companies Just Mining and Deskoin are registered as a Service Provider on Digital Assets (PSAN) with the Autorité des marchés financiers (France) under the matricules E2021-016 and E2021-017. He also collaborates with Idriss Aberkane, Alexandre Dreyfus, Pierre Person, Romain Lanery, YohViral, and Amixem. Since 2021, he hosts the show "Les Pros de Crypto" at BFM Business and participates in charity events
Awards
In 2020, he was awarded European Influencer of the Year at the Binance Award 2020, a ceremony organized by Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange platform.
References
External links
glosfi
Living people
1997 births
French YouTubers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Crolla | Peter Crolla is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the trackside operations manager at the Haas Formula One team.
Career
Crolla started his career in motorsport in 2004 as a data engineer for Team Dynamics which was competing in the British Touring Car Championship. After one year with the team he moved to Fortec Motorsport which competed in British Formula 3 International Series where he was a race engineer for two years and then became team manager from 2007 to 2010. In 2011 he returned to Team Dynamics as team manager. He stayed there for three years, until Crolla joined McLaren Racing as garage team leader. Seeking a new challenge, Crolla joined the fledging Haas team as race team co-ordinator and the team's 14th employee. He became team manager in September 2017 and is now the race team operations manager overseeing garage operations as well as sporting governance and liasing sporting matters with Michael Masi and the FIA.
References
Living people
British motorsport people
Formula One engineers
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel%20%28hacker%20group%29 | Nickel is an China based hacking group reportedly backed by the Chinese government which primarily targets government organisations.
References
Hacker groups
Cyberattacks
Cyberattack gangs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JData | JData is a light-weight data annotation and exchange open-standard designed to represent general-purpose and scientific data structures using human-readable (text-based) JSON and (binary) UBJSON formats. JData specification specifically aims at simplifying exchange of hierarchical and complex data between programming languages, such as MATLAB, Python, JavaScript etc. It defines a comprehensive list of JSON-compatible "name":value constructs to store a wide range of data structures, including scalars, N-dimensional arrays, sparse/complex-valued arrays, maps, tables, hashes, linked lists, trees and graphs, and support optional data grouping and metadata for each data element. The generated data files are compatible with JSON/UBJSON specifications and can be readily processed by most existing parsers. JData-defined annotation keywords also permit storage of strongly-typed binary data streams in JSON, data compression, linking and referencing.
History
The initial development of the JData annotation scheme started in 2011 as part of the development of the JSONLab Toolbox - a widely used open-source MATLAB/GNU Octave JSON reader/writer. The majority of the annotated N-D array constructs, such as _ArrayType_, _ArraySize_, and _ArrayData_, had been implemented in the early releases of JSONLab. In 2015, the first draft of the JData Specification was developed in the Iso2Mesh Wiki; since 2019, the subsequent development of the specification has been migrated to Github.
Releases
JData Version 0.5
The v0.5 version of the JData specification is the first complete draft and public request-for-comment (RFC) of the specification, made available on May 15, 2019. This preview version of the specification supports a majority of the data structures related to scientific data and research, including N-D arrays, sparse and complex-valued arrays, binary data interface, data-record-level compression, hashes, tables, trees, linked lists and graphs. It also describes the general approach for data linking and referencing. The reference implementation of this specification version is released as JSONLab v1.8.
JData Version 1 Draft 1
The Draft 1 of the JData specification Version 1 was released on June 4, 2019. The major changes in this release include 1) the serialization order of N-D array elements changes from column-major to row-major, 2) _ArrayData_ construct for complex N-D array changes from a 1-D vector to a two-row matrix, 3) support non-string valued keys in the hash data JSON representation, and 4) add a new _ByteStream_ object to serialize generic binary data or binary large object (BLOB). The reference implementation of this specification version is released as JSONLab v1.9.
JData Version 1 Draft 2
The Draft 2 of the JData specification Version 1 was released on July 25, 2019. The major changes in this release include 1) support storage of special matrices via the _ArrayShape_ tag, 2) renamed all _ArrayCompression*_ tags to _ArrayZip*_, 3) add dedicated |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JMesh | JMesh is a JSON-based portable and extensible file format for the storage and interchange of unstructured geometric data, including discretized geometries such as triangular and tetrahedral meshes, parametric geometries such as NURBS curves and surfaces, and constructive geometries such as constructive solid geometry (CGS) of shape primitives and meshes. Built upon the JData specification, a JMesh file utilizes the JSON and Universal Binary JSON (UBJSON) constructs to serialize and encode geometric data structures, therefore, it can be directly processed by most existing JSON and UBJSON parsers. The JMesh specification defines a list of JSON-compatible constructs to encode geometric data, including N-dimensional (ND) vertices, curves, surfaces, solid elements, shape primitives, their interactions (such as CGS) and spatial relations, together with their associated properties, such as numerical values, colors, normals, materials, textures and other properties related to graphics data manipulation, 3-D fabrication, computer graphics rendering and animations.
JMesh File Example
The following mesh (a tetrahedral mesh of a unit cube) contains 8 3-D vertices, 12 triangular faces and 6 tetrahedral elements
The above mesh can be stored in the JMesh/JSON format as
{
"_DataInfo_":{
"JMeshVersion":0.5,
"CreationTime":"19-Dec-2021 11:53:43",
"Comment":"Created by iso2mesh 1.9.5-Rev(http:\/\/iso2mesh.sf.net)"
},
"MeshVertex3":[
[0,0,0],
[1,0,0],
[0,1,0],
[1,1,0],
[0,0,1],
[1,0,1],
[0,1,1],
[1,1,1]
],
"MeshTri3":[
[1,2,4],
[1,2,6],
[1,3,4],
[1,3,7],
[1,5,6],
[1,5,7],
[2,8,4],
[2,8,6],
[3,8,4],
[3,8,7],
[5,8,6],
[5,8,7]
],
"MeshTet4":[
[1,2,4,8],
[1,3,4,8],
[1,2,6,8],
[1,5,6,8],
[1,3,7,8],
[1,5,7,8]
]
}
The optional "_DataInfo_" record can contain additional metadata according to JData specification.
Instead of using dimension-specific mesh data constructs, i.e. MeshVertex3, MeshTri3, and MeshTet4, one can also replace those with the corresponding flexible mesh data containers, MeshNode, MeshSurf, and MeshElem, respectively. It is recommended to add "Dimension": 3 in the "_DataInfo_" metadata header to help parsers correctly process the numerical data in each entry.
Alternatively, according to JMesh and JData specifications, the above JSON-styled 2-D arrays can be stored as a structure using JData annotated N-D array format to add additional binary data type support, as below
{
"_DataInfo_":{
"JMeshVersion":0.5,
"Dimension":3
},
"MeshNode":{
"_ArrayType_":"double",
"_ArraySize_":[8,3],
"_ArrayData_":[0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,1,1]
},
"MeshSurf":{
"_ArrayType_":"uint8",
"_ArraySize_":[12,3],
"_ArrayData_":[1,2,4,1,2,6,1,3,4,1,3,7,1,5,6,1,5,7,2,8,4,2,8,6,3,8,4,3,8,7,5,8,6,5,8,7]
},
"MeshElem":{
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole-Christoffer%20Granmo | Ole-Christoffer Granmo (born 26 August 1974) is a Norwegian computer scientist. Granmo is a professor and director at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) at the University of Agder.
Granmo grew up in Skien and studied at the University of Oslo. He completed his master's degree in computer science in 1999 and PhD in 2004.
In 2018, Granmo published a paper on an artificial Intelligence algorithm based on propositional logic, which he named a Tsetlin machine. Researchers around the world has since started to adopt the technology, and seen promising results for the technology in a variety of fields. In 2022, Granmo was named the decade's researcher in artificial intelligence by Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium (NORA).
References
External links
Ole-Christoffer Granmo publications indexed by Google Scholar.
Profile page for the University of Agder.
Norwegian computer scientists
1974 births
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Agder
People from Skien
University of Oslo alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20singles%20of%202022%20%28Australia%29 | The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales and streams of singles. Fourteen songs topped the chart in 2022, with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topping the chart in a fourth separate year, "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa returning to number one after spending five weeks at number one in 2021, and "Stay" by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber returning to number one as well, after its 14-week stay at number one in 2021. The best-performing song of 2021 in Australia, "Heat Waves" by English band Glass Animals, also returned to number one after six weeks atop the chart in early 2021. As It Was by Harry Styles was the best-performing song of 2022, spending a total of 8 non-consecutive weeks at number one.
Kate Bush's 1985 song "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)" returned to the chart dated 6 June, and topped the chart the following week, after being featured in season 4 of Netflix series Stranger Things. It marks Bush's second number-one single in Australia after "Wuthering Heights" in 1978.
Blackpink became the first K-pop group to top the singles chart with "Pink Venom" debuting atop the chart dated 29 August.
Six artists, Jack Harlow, Joji, Blackpink, Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Kim Petras, reached the top for the first time. Elton John reached the top twice in the same year, with "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" and "Hold Me Closer".
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
2022 in music
List of number-one albums of 2022 (Australia)
References
Australia singles
Number-one singles
2022 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20albums%20of%202022%20%28Australia%29 | The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays (EPs) in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales and streams of albums and EPs. In 2022, 34 albums claimed the top spot, with the first, 30 by Adele, continuing its run from the end of 2021. Meat Loaf returned to number one with his best-selling 1977 debut album Bat Out of Hell following his death in January 2022. Future Nostalgia also returned to the top for a third week in a third consecutive year. Nine artists, the Wiggles, Charli XCX, Machine Gun Kelly, Wet Leg, Future, Daniel Johns, Spacey Jane, Yungblud and Meg Mac, achieved their first number-one album.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
2022 in music
List of number-one singles of 2021 (Australia)
References
2022
Australia albums
Number-one albums |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20hits%20of%202022%20%28Denmark%29 | Tracklisten is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles and tracks in Denmark. Its data, published by IFPI Denmark and compiled by Nielsen Music Control, is based collectively on each single's weekly digital sales.
Chart history
References
Number-one hits
Denmark
2022 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxydates | Oxydates (Old Persian: Waxsu-data) was a Persian nobleman, who served as the satrap of Media under the Macedonian king Alexander the Great () from 330 BC to 328 BC. Before his appointment, Oxydates had for an unknown reason been imprisoned at Susa by his former suzerain, the Achaemenid ruler Darius III (). He was eventually found and released by Alexander, whom he accompanied to Rhagae. It was during that period Oxydates was appointed satrap of Media, thus replacing Atropates. However, he was convicted of misconduct in late 328 BC, and thus lost his office to Atropates. It unknown what happened to Oxydates afterwards. He may have been arrested or executed by Atropates at the instruction of Alexander, or even managed to escape.
Following Oxydates' dismissal, a Mede named Baryaxes rebelled, donning a upright tiara as well as assuming the title of king. He and his supporters were subsequently defeated by Atropates, who delivered them to Alexander at Pasargadae in early 324 BC, where they were executed. Oxydates may have had some sort of connection with the rebels.
References
Sources
Satraps of the Alexandrian Empire
4th-century BC Iranian people
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
People from the Achaemenid Empire |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Glider%20Network | Open Glider Network (OGN) is a project composed of a network of receivers and servers which aims at creating and maintaining a unified tracking platform for gliders, drones and other aircraft. Focused on tracking aircraft equipped with FLARM and OGN trackers, OGN is also open for integration of other flying objects tracking data sources.
This project relies on satellite navigation and Automatic Packet Reporting System.
This project received good attention from Fédération française de vol en planeur (FFVP), European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
References
External links
https://www.glidernet.org/
http://wiki.glidernet.org/
https://flightbook.glidernet.org/
Air traffic management |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KenTrade | The Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) is a state agency established by the National Government of Kenya designated with easing cross-border trade through the establishment, management, and implementation of the first National Electronic Single Window System in the Republic of Kenya.
History
Before the organisation was established, trade facilitation in Kenya was a complex procedure that resulted in difficulties in commercial transactions brought on by, among other things, a convoluted bureaucracy. The intention of the organisation's establishment was the removal of obstacles of this nature in order to improve the administration and logistics of commerce on both the domestic and international levels. The agency was subsequently established through a Legal Notice issued by the government of Kenya in January 2011.
The agency has worked towards achieving its mandate through the establishment of Kenya's first National Electronic Single Window System (also known as "Kenya TradeNet System"), which serves as a single point of entry allowing parties participating in international trade and transport logistics to electronically file documents for processing and approvals and to make payments electronically for fees, levies, tariffs, and taxes payable to the government, on products imported or exported in the country.
By eliminating the time-consuming and expensive process of visiting numerous government agencies to begin trade transactions and unifying majority of the necessary processes into one system, the single link has improved the speed and ease with which trade can be carried out in the country. This has led to a simplification of the process of trade transactions, which has resulted in an increase in the ease and speed with which trade can be carried out in the country.
The National Electronic Single Window System Act was passed in July 2022 to give the agency a firmer foundation in law on which to operate and achieve its mandate.
Location
The headquarters of KenTrade is located in the capital city of Nairobi, at Embankment Plaza in the Upper Hill area of Nairobi.
See also
Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development
References
Government agencies in Africa
Government agencies of Kenya |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Ahmed%20Fadlallah | Omer Ahmed Fadlallah Al-Fahal (born 1956) (Arabic: عمر فضل الله الفحل) is a Sudanese writer, poet, and an expert in e-government systems and projects. He holds a Ph.D. degree in computer science, specializing in information system.
His Life
He was born in the land of Al-Ailafoun in the state of Khartoum on January 1, 1956, on the Blue Nile, specifically east of the Blue Nile and south of Soba in the east. He grew up in the middle of family of religion and knowledge. His father used to narrate poetry and narrated on the authority of Wad Al-Radhi, who had a kinship between him and them. In addition, he has eight brothers. He memorized the Qur'an and poetry when he was young and passed the secondary certificate exams from the homes of Khartoum. He was among the top ten. He joined the University of Khartoum, where he spent one year, then left it for the lack of stability in his studies and traveled to Saudi Arabia, where he completed his university education at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in which he obtained a bachelor's degree in media in 1981. Omar traveled to the United States of America, where he got a master's degree and a doctorate in computer science, specializing in information systems, after that he returned to work in Saudi Arabia until 1991. Omar returned to his homeland Sudan. He was among the founders of the Khartoum Center for Strategic Studies and the National Center For information in Sudan, He moved to the United Arab Emirates and stayed there until 2018, and then he moved to the United States of America.
Educational Stages
Omar started memorizing the Qur'an like his peers in Al-Ailifoun in the retreat of Al-Faki Al-Amin and Dr. Abu Saleh, and then the primary at that time in Al-Alifoun Primary, then Central, High School in Bahri Governmental, Al-Jili High School, he sat in Sudan to get his certificate exam in the old houses of Khartoum, and he has one of the first Sudanese secondary certificates. Omar joined University of Khartoum, his major was Economics but he left it after a year because of instability, however, he received a scholarship at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah his major was Arts of Media and Communication Sciences in 1976, then graduated in 1981 with a bachelor's degree, after he traveled to the United States of America, specifically California, Los Angeles he got his master's and doctorate degree in 1987 at University of California.
Career Life
He started working as a technical documentation specialist at Leighton Company in Saudi Arabia until 1990, then returned to Sudan to work as a Professor at Sudanese universities and founder of a of research and studies institutions and centers until 1999.
He moved to work in the United Arab Emirates in the former Department of Public Works in the capital of UAE in Abu Dhabi, during which he managed documentation of engineering systems and applications. Omar Fadlallah worked as an active member in the management of the Software development life cycle usin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20NFL%20Network%20Exclusive%20Game%20Series%20results%20%282006%E2%80%93present%29 | The following is a detailed list of results and scores from National Football League games aired on NFL Network's NFL Network Exclusive Game Series.
Schedule (Prior to NFL Network Special branding) (2006–2016)
2006 Season
2007 Season
2008 Season
2009 Season
2011 Season
2013 Season
2014 season
2015 season
2016 season
Schedule (As NFL Network Special) (2017–2021)
2017 season
2018 season
2019 season
2020 season
All games played on Saturday.
Week 15 and 16 had games on Saturday. For Week 15, the following two games were flexed: Bills-Broncos, and Panthers-Packers. For Week 16, the following three games were flexed: Buccaneers-Lions, 49ers-Cardinals (Prime Video only), and Dolphins-Raiders.
2021 season
Schedule (As NFL Network Exclusive Game Series) (2022–Present)
2022 season
All games at 9:30 AM ET unless otherwise noted.
2023 season
All games at 9:30 AM ET unless otherwise noted.
Notes
1.Possible games include Falcons/Panthers, Vikings/Bengals, Bears/Browns, Broncos/Lions and Steelers/Colts. Games will be chosen by December 4.
See also
NFL Network Thursday Night Football results (2006–present)
NFL Network Special
Thursday Night Football
References
NFL Network Official Website
NFL.com/Live – NFL Network Run to the Playoffs Online Broadcast
2000s in American television
2000s in North American sport
2000s television-related lists
2010s in American television
2010s in North American sport
2010s television-related lists
2020s in American television
2020s in North American sport
2020s-related lists
National Football League on television results |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Prequalified%20Vaccines | The List of Prequalified Vaccines, published by the World Health Organization, lists vaccines that are found to be safe, effective and of good quality, after undergoing investigation of relevant data, testing and examination of their production sites.
High priority vaccines eligible for WHO prequalification (2018-2020)
References
World Health Organization
Publications established in 1987
Vaccines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Sabertooth%20and%20the%20Magic%20Diamond | Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond () is a 2019 Norwegian-Belgian computer-animated swashbuckler musical comedy film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Marit Moum Aune (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu. Based on the Captain Sabertooth media franchise, the film's script is based on a 1996 Sabertooth play by Terje Formoe. It is produced by Qvisten Animation, and was released in Norway on 27 September 2019.
Voice cast
as Captain Sabertooth
Tobias Santelmann as Langemann
Trond Fausa Aurvåg as Benjamin
as Maga Kahn
Åge Sten Nilsen provides his singing voice
Charlotte Frogner as Sirikit, Maga Khan's Queen
Laila Goody as Aunt Bassa
Jan Martin Johnsen as Tully
Siri Skjeggedal as Sunniva
Leonard Valestrand Eike as Pinky
Ida Valestrand Eike as Marco
Jon Øigarden as Baltazar
as Parrot
Release
Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond was released in Norway on 27 September 2019 by Nordic Film Distribution, and grossed $915,225 in its opening week for a total gross of $2,414,475 by the end of its theatrical run. It was released in other cinemas worldwide which contributed to a total gross of $2,777,947.
References
External links
Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond at TV 2 (in Norwegian)
2019 films
Films directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Norwegian animated films
Norwegian children's films
Belgian animated films
Belgian children's films
2010s children's films
Animated films about monkeys
Animated films about birds
Animated musical films
2010s Norwegian-language films
Pirate films
2010s musical comedy films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20200%20number-one%20albums%20of%202022 | The Billboard 200 is a record chart published weekly by Billboard that ranks the best-performing albums in the U.S. The data is compiled by Luminate based on multi-metric consumption as measured in album-equivalent units, which comprise album sales, digital song sales, and streams on music platforms. Each unit equals one album, or 10 individual digital tracks, or 3,750 ad-supported streams, or 1,250 paid/subscription streams generated by songs from an album.
There were 26 albums that topped the Billboard 200 during the chart's 52 issue weeks. The top-performing album of the year was Un Verano Sin Ti by Puerto Rican rapper-singer Bad Bunny. It topped the chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks and registered the most weeks at number one since Drake's Views (2016). Un Verano Sin Ti became the first album in chart history to spend its first 24 weeks (6 months) in the top two and the first Latin album to top the Billboard Year-End chart. The soundtrack of Disney's 2021 animated musical film, Encanto, marked the sixth time in history an animated film's soundtrack reached number one on the Billboard 200, following The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), Curious George (2006), Frozen and Frozen II (2019).
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album Midnights marked the year's biggest opening week with 1.578 million first-week units, the largest in the last seven years. It instantly became the fastest and best-selling album of 2022, and the biggest selling since Swift's own Reputation (2017); Swift also became the first artist in history to score 11 consecutive number-one debuts on the Billboard 200 chart. Born Pink, the second studio album by South Korean girl group Blackpink, marked the first number-one album on the Billboard 200 by a female group since Danity Kane's second album, Welcome to the Dollhouse (2008). South Korean boy group Stray Kids garnered two number ones on the chart this year, with their EPs Oddinary and Maxident; they became the first act to do so in 2022.
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2022
List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2022
2022 in American music
References
United States Albums
2022 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20Hot%20100%20number%20ones%20of%202022 | This is a list of the songs that placed number one in the United States during 2022. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the US. Its data is compiled by Luminate Data and published by American music magazine Billboard. The chart is based on each song's weekly physical and digital sales collectively, the amount of airplay it receives on American radio stations, and its audio and video streams on online digital music platforms.
"As It Was", the lead single from English singer Harry Styles' third studio album Harry's House (2022), debuted atop the Hot 100 and spent 15 weeks at the top spot—the most for any song in 2022, and the longest reigning number-one song by a soloist in the 64-year history of the chart, surpassing "Candle in the Wind" (1997) by Elton John, "I Will Always Love You" (1992) by Whitney Houston, and "We Belong Together" (2005) by Mariah Carey. "Heat Waves" (2020) by English indie pop band Glass Animals topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100, after reaching number-one on the weekly charts in its 59th week, breaking the record for the longest journey to number one, surpassing the 35-week tally of Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994). With 91 total weeks on the chart, the song dethroned The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" (2020) as the longest-charting song in Hot 100 history.
"Anti-Hero", the lead single from American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's tenth studio album Midnights (2022), was the best-selling song of 2022. It sold 327,000 digital downloads in its third week on the Hot 100, garnering the biggest sales week for a song in over five years, since Swift’s own "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017) sold 353,000 copies in its first week. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (2021) by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the cast of Encanto broke the all-time Hot 100 record for the most credited artists on a number-one song (seven). It is the second chart-topper from a Disney animated film, after "A Whole New World" by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle from Aladdin (1992), and the studio's only song that spent five weeks at number one. English singer Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras became the first publicly non-binary and transgender artists, respectively, to top the Hot 100, after their 2022 single "Unholy" rose to the number-one spot.
Twenty-three acts have reached number one in 2022, with twelve—Gaitán, Castillo, Adassa, Feliz, Guerrero, Beatriz, the Encanto cast, Glass Animals, Tems, Steve Lacy, Smith and Petras—reaching the top spot for the first time. Canadian rapper Drake is the only act to have garnered two number-one songs this year, with his 2022 singles "Wait for U" and "Jimmy Cooks".
Chart history
Number-one artists
See also
List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2022
List of Billboard Global 200 number ones of 2022
List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2022
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022
2022 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Third%20Reich | Computer Third Reich is a 1992 video game published by The Avalon Hill Game Company.
Gameplay
Computer Third Reich is a game in which the strategic warfare of World War II is simulated in the computer version of Rise and Decline of the Third Reich. The game allows two computer or human players simulate World War II in Europe, with one player as the Axis powers and the other as the Allies. The player uses the main screen to decide play options such as deployment limit, type of opponent player, speed of the computer, and which scenario to play. The player uses a mouse to move the counters across the board.
Reception
Wyatt Lee reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "anyone ready to, as von Ribbentrop accused the Polish ambassador in March of '39, conduct diplomacy with a bayonet, should probably consider C3R as a viable option."
Alfred Charles Giovetti for Current Notes called it "a great game for a wargame newcomer to get the flavor of the game" and was happy that the computer takes over the rules and complexity for the player.
Jeff James for Amiga World stated that while the game lacks in amenities such as graphics and sound, this "is adequately compensated for by a solid, uncluttered playing interface and a healthy dose of gameplay".
Richard Mataka for Amazing Computer found that while the game "is easy to learn, it is difficult to master all of the game's subtle strategies" and noted that the game will be different each time it is played.
M. Evan Brooks for Computer Gaming World called the game's AI mediocre.
References
1992 video games
Video games based on board games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%20Mergen | Sophie Mergen is a French language radio and television journalist for RTBF. She specializes in health-related topics and human interest stories for the network.
History
Originally from Schaerbeek, she is a graduate of the School of Journalism at UCLouvain (l’EjL), after earning her baccalaureate in information and communications from Saint-Louis University. She has worked for RTBF since September 2015, doing an internship with the network before becoming a full-time reporter.
The young woman made herself known by being laureate of the Belgodyssée in 2015. A magazine interview explains that winning will help her develop her network and her interview skills while giving her expertise needed to enter a master class in journalism. It also helps bridge the divide between linguistic communities in Belgium.
In 2019 she gave an interview with a hearing impaired person in sign language (which she does not speak), by recording the interview with her smartphone and then having it translated by the Fédération francophone des sourds de Belgique (Francophone Federation of Deaf Belgians), which was also covered as a news story by the network, detailing the process she took.
References
Belgian journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Schaerbeek
Mass media people from Brussels |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon%20%281988%20video%20game%29 | Backgammon is a 1988 computer version of the strategy board game published by Atari UK.
Gameplay
Backgammon is a game in which backgammon is played on the Atari ST. It features ten levels of play, a facility for action replay, and an ability to take back and restore the last move.
This game was part of Atari's Mindgames Series.
Reception
Brian Walker reviewed Backgammon for Games International magazine, and gave it 2 stars out of 5, and stated that "To sum up; the program does not even reach intermediate level. Perhaps it might offer something if you learned the game over a plate of souvlaki and chips on a Greek island and wish to advance your understanding somewhat."
The Games Machine found this game "dull" but conceded that it might be good for improving a player's skills at backgammon, but felt that players would have more fun on a real board.
John Sweeney for Page 6 found that this version of Backgammon was "probably best for beginners" due to the ability to set the difficulty level.
References
1988 video games
Atari ST games
Atari ST-only games
Backgammon video games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed%20Jarrar | Ahmed Jarrar (Arabic: أحمد جرار) Jordanian activist (born in Al Zarq’aa year 1976), Bachelor of Computer Programming from AlZarq’aa University, works as a reporter and news producer at the office of Al-Jazeera Channel, Doha.
Career
In Hazeran / June 2011 during the revolution of Arab Spring, Ahmed Jarrar's car got broken by unknown assailants in front of his house, when working as reporter for Al Jazeera channel in Amman. Later in a press interview, Jarrar admitted that he believed the reason behind the attack was based on his role in Al Jazeera's coverage of events taking place at the time.
Ahmed Jarrar was an active social media member and got involved in many media campaigns, especially the ones related to the Palestinian case including his participation in (Instill a right) and other campaigns organized in Palestinian Land Day.
Awards
Ahmed Jarrar, a reporter on Al Jazeera channel in Amman, won third place in a photography competition organized by Al Jazeera network itself, on its sixteenth year launching anniversary. In response to his victory, Jarrar confirmed that “the beauty of this victory was it being announced at the ceremony held by Al Jazeera in Doha with the attendance of many Al Jazeera stars". The photo for which Ahmed won a rank was taken in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, while covering the famine there. Ahmed was honoured along with Muhammad Al-Najjar from Amman office, who was injured while covering the daily reports of the Syrian revolution in Aleppo for Al Jazeera net platform.
Criticism
Jarrar and other Jordanian activists in Al Jazeera channel were criticised for their silence when hosting the spokesperson of the Israeli occupation army on the channel, especially after him and other journalists including the manager Yaser Abo Helala expressed their criticism towards Gulf countries, mostly Saudi Arabia and the UAE regarding normalization.
References
1976 births
Jordanian activists
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%20%26%20Chelsea%3A%20The%20Lost%20Birthday | Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday is a 2021 computer-animated adventure television comedy television film directed by Cassandra "Cassi Simonds" Mackay and written by the Ann Austen and Nathaniel "Nate" Federman from a story by Charlotte Fullerton.
The 38th entry in the Barbie film series and the third to feature Barbie's family and/or friends after Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures and Barbie: Princess Adventure, it was first released on 16 April 2021 on Netflix in the United States. The film plot centers on Barbie's in-universe youngest sister, Chelsea Roberts, as she goes on a fantasy-themed adventure on a jungle island to save her 7th birthday she thinks is lost whiles with her family on an adventure cruise ship which by one late night crosses the International Date Line. The film release was accompanied by its soundtrack album, Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday and More!, which was released on global music streaming services.
Plot
Chelsea's 7th birth-day cruise is a disaster! First, she can't go into the basket-ball bounce-house be-cause she's too short. Then, she can't go in-to the club be-cause she's too young. And then, on her actual birth-day, she wakes up to find that she's missed it entirely because the ship crossed the International Date Line!
Chelsea is so dis-appointed that she runs away to a jungle island in search of a magical gem that can grant wishes. But the jungle is full of dangers, and Chelsea soon finds her-self lost and alone. But then she meets a talking parrot, a baby elephant, a giraffe and a monkey — and together, they set out to find the gem.
Along the way, they have to face many challenges — including a giant spider, a tiki statue that wakes up a volcano and a cave full of crocodiles. But they also make new friends and learn valuable lessons about team-work, courage and friend-ship.
In the end, Chelsea finds the gem and makes a wish to re-turn to the ship. She wakes up in her tent — surrounded by her sisters — and is so happy to be back with her family. She even catches the Activities Director sabotaging the Lazy River, and he is fired!
Even though Chelsea missed her actual birth-day, she still has a wonderful time with her family and friends. She learns that the most important thing is spending time with the people you love.
Voice cast
The voice cast are as follows:
America Young as Barbie / Darbie
Kirsten Day as Skipper / Snipper
Cassandra Morris as Stacie / Lacie
Cassidy Naber as Chelsea / Kelsie
Greg Chun as George / Dad Elephant / Plant Guy / Alligator
Lisa Fuson as Margaret / Mom Elephant
Laila Berzins as Arlene / Parrot / Seagull
Nakia Burrise as Captain
Jacob Craner as Porter / Giant Flower / Ice Cream Guy / Pool Goer / Vampire
Benjamin Pronsky as Don / Tiki Statue / Engagement Boy / Plant-Based DJ / Spider
Broadcast
Aside its Netflix launch, the film aired on global children's television channels including Cartoonito (Italy), Pop (UK & Ireland), 9Go! (Australia), Neox Kids (Spain), Super R |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20Hot%20100%20number-one%20singles%20of%202022 | This is a list of the Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2022. The Canadian Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of Canada. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming.
Chart history
See also
List of number-one albums of 2022 (Canada)
References
Canada Hot 100
2022
2022 in Canadian music |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfight |
Airfight is an early 3D graphics-based multi-user flight simulator, created on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Control Data Corporation (CDC) PLATO system in the early 1970s.
The software was the first ever 3D flight simulator and the first multi-player flight simulator. The first version was developed by Brand Fortner with Kevin Gorey in the summer of 1974. After its release, it became the most popular game on PLATO until Empire became more popular. This software probably inspired the UIUC student Bruce Artwick to start the company Sublogic, which was acquired and later became Microsoft Flight Simulator.
See also
SGI Dogfight (1985), a Silicon Graphics multi-user flight simulator
References
Further reading
External links
1974 video games
3D graphics software
Multiplayer online games
Combat flight simulators
PLATO (computer system) games
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20S.%20Richards | Dana S. Richards is a writer, mathematics popularizer and Associate Professor in Computer Science at George Mason University.
His research interests include comparisons of protein sequences, Steiner tree algorithms, information dissemination in networks, parallel heuristics, methodology for computationally intractable problems and parallel algorithms for median filters. He is the longtime bibliographer of polymath Martin Gardner.
Education and career
Richards received an M.S. from the University of Virginia in 1976 and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under Chung Laung Liu in 1984.
He was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Virginia, and a Program Director of Theory of Computing at the National Science Foundation (June 1993 through May 1994).
He has written or edited seven books and numerous journal articles. In addition, he is a reviewer for many journals, and has received numerous research awards. He became an Associate Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University in 1994.
Martin Gardner
Dana Richards was a friend of Martin Gardner going back to the 1970s, and in his writing and speaking he often memorialized and popularized Gardner's work.
In 2006 he edited The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems which collected all of Gardner's short puzzles in one volume. He wrote Gardner's obituary in Science and in 2023 he published a comprehensive bibliography of Gardner's works.
Since Gardner's death in 2010 events called Celebration of Mind are held every October which include games, magic and puzzles in the Gardner tradition, and Richards is frequently featured at these events discussing Gardner's life and work.
Books
The Bibliography of Martin Gardner, June, 2023
Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner and Truzzi on Skepticism by Dana Richards, April 28, 2017
Problems in sorting and graph algorithms OCLC 12048476
The colossal book of short puzzles and problems
The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler
Dana Richards, "Martin Gardner: A 'Documentary' ", in The Mathematician and the Pied Puzzler: A collection in tribute to Martin Gardner (1999), ed.
References
External links
official web page
Mathematics popularizers
Recreational mathematicians
University of Virginia alumni
University of Virginia faculty
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
George Mason University faculty
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Panetta | Karen Ann Panetta is an American computer engineer and inventor who is a professor and Dean of Graduate Education at Tufts University. Her research considers machine learning and automated systems. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the National Academy of Inventors.
Early life and education
Panetta became interested in engineering as a child. She was an undergraduate student at Boston University. She majored in computer engineering before moving to Northeastern University for her master's degree in electrical engineering. Panetta remained at Northeastern for her doctoral studies, working on information systems and robotics.
Research and career
In 1994, Panetta joined Tufts University School of Engineering, where she became the first woman to be awarded tenure. Panetta develops signal and image processing algorithms. She is particularly interested in approaches for robot vision and biomedical imaging.
Panetta created an autonomous software that can benefit medical diagnostics. Amongst the pieces of software developed by Panetta, she created a piece that can identify pneumonia caused by COVID-19, and another that can provide detailed information to dentists about areas of the mouth that need attention.
Academic service
Panetta is committed to improving the representation of women in engineering. She was appointed the worldwide director for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Women in Engineering program and editor-in-chief of the Women in Engineering magazine. In 1999, Panetta founded Nerd Girls, a platform dedicated to challenging stereotypes about women scientists. She is the co-author of Count Girls In, a book for families that looks to encourage parents to raise authentic young women.
Awards and honors
2011 Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award
2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring
2013 William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement in Education
2013 IEEE Award for Distinguished Ethical Practices
2020 IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession
2021 Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Selected publications
References
American women computer scientists
American women engineers
American inventors
Women inventors
Tufts University faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerence | Cerence Inc. is an American multinational software company that develops artificial intelligence (AI) assistant technology primarily for automobiles.
History
Cerence was founded in October of 2019, after Nuance Communications decided to turn its automotive division into an independent company. Nuance had provided voice recognition technology to car manufacturers for twenty years prior to the spin-off, and its technology was built into half of the new cars shipped globally in the first six months of 2019. Cerence's first official trading day on the Nasdaq exchange was October 2, 2019. The company assumed control of previously Nuance-held contracts with approximately 60 automakers including BMW, Ford, and Toyota. Since becoming its own entity, Cerence signed new deals to install voice recognition and assistance technology in Fiat Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz vehicles. In January of 2020, LG announced that it would start integrating Cerence’s voice assistant into its in-car infotainment systems.
As of August 2021, Cerence’s AI assistant technology had been installed on over 400 million cars worldwide.
Cerence received an Automotive News PACE Award in September 2021 for Cerence Pay, a technology that allows drivers to pay for fuel via voice commands.
Products
Cerence develops automotive AI products, primarily focusing on voice assistant technology. Its voice assistant technology is not device-specific, and is white-labeled for auto manufacturers. The company's products integrate into a car's operating system and allow drivers to use speech for a variety of actions, for example to control their GPS, entertainment system, and climate settings rather than using manual controls. Cerence's technology also incorporates facial recognition and customized responses to individual drivers. As of 2021, Cerence's speech recognition software recognizes 70 different languages and dialects. The technology can work with other voice assistant and AI devices such as those developed by Apple Inc. and Google. Drivers using the voice technology in their car can make a request and the Cerence software would help route it appropriately to the right system or virtual assistant that can best respond, essentially acting as a "switchboard" to access information from other AI and voice assistants.
The company is also developing technology that provides drivers with the ability to control some in-car systems with brief glances or gestures.
References
External links
American companies established in 2019
Automotive technologies
AI companies
Companies based in Burlington, Massachusetts
Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Corporate spin-offs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sana%20Mustafa | Sana Mustafa is a Canada-based Syrian refugee, author, activist and non-profit founder.
Mustafa co-founded the Network for Refugee Voices (which later became the Global Refugee-Led Network) and co-authored We Are Syrians.
Early life
Mustafa was born in Syria and studied business and marketing at Damascus University.
Arrest, escape from Syria
She was arrested in 2011 during Syria Civil War.
Mustafa visited USA in the summer of 2013 on a U.S. State Department funded a six-week fellowship that took her to Washington D.C. and Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. In July 2013, while she was in USA, her father Ali Mustafa a prominent business person and political activist opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was abducted by the Shabiha. She has not heard from her father since the abduction.
While she was still in USA, she applied for and received asylum. Meanwhile, her mother Lamia Zreik and two sisters fled Syria for Gaziantep, Turkey from where they also applied for asylum to USA.
Education, early life in USA
Mustafa moved into an apartment in Hudson Valley; her plans to join her in USA were thwarted by Donald Trumps' refugee policies. Her older sister Wafa left Turkey for Germany.
In New York City, Mustafa worked in a restaurant, as an Arabic tutor and as a live-in babysitter. She won a scholarship to study political science at Bard College and organized the conference From Surviving to Thriving: Syrian Refugees Speak.
Her mother and younger sister moved to Canada.
Advocacy and writing
In 2017, co-authoring with Naila Al Atrash and Radwan Ziadeh, she wrote We Are Syrians. Her 2019 Ted Talk spoke about the need for inclusion of refugees in policy solutions. Her frustration with the lack of inclusion preceded her co-founding the Network for Refugee Voices and attending the United Nations global refugee summit in 2019. Network for Refugee Voices later became the Global Refugee-Led Network.
In 2020, Mustafa worked as the Associate Director of Partnerships and Engagement at Asylum Access in Canada, in 2022, she was the CEO.
References
External links
Network for Refugee Voices official website
Global Refugee-Led Network official website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Damascus University alumni
Syrian emigrants to Canada
Syrian writers
Syrian activists
Syrian refugees
Bard College alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Incredible | Robert "Bob" Parr, also known as Mr. Incredible, is a fictional character who appears in Pixar's computer-animated superhero film The Incredibles (2004) and its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018). He is a superhero who possesses superhuman strength, durability, and stamina. He is married to Helen Parr, also known as Elastigirl, and has three children named Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack. He is voiced by Craig T. Nelson in the films, while in Mr. Incredible and Pals and the video games, he is voiced by Pete Docter, Richard McGonagle and Jeff Bergman. He was created by writer/director, Brad Bird, and is partly based on Bird's father, with Bird stating, "He’s a little bit like my dad, because my dad was a great guy, really funny and smart, and I love him dearly".
Appearances
Films
The Incredibles
On the day he is set to marry his fiancée Helen (also known as Elastigirl), Bob Parr (also known as Mr. Incredible) rescues Oliver Sansweet from committing suicide by tackling him through a window of a skyscraper currently being robbed by a supervillain called Bomb Voyage. While the two confront each other, a young fan of Mr. Incredible, Buddy Pine, flies in with rocket boots he invented and acts as Mr. Incredible's sidekick "Incrediboy". Bob rejects Buddy as his sidekick, but Bomb Voyage throws a sticky bomb that attaches to Buddy's cape. Bob throws the bomb off of Buddy, but destroys an elevated train track, and Bob prevents the train from falling off. After the wedding, Sansweet and the train passengers sue Bob for their neck injuries. Bob's collateral damage lawsuits, along with similar lawsuits against other superheroes, turn public opinion against them, and the government initiates the Superhero Relocation Program, forcing "supers" to adhere to their secret identities and abandon their exploits.
Fifteen years later, Bob, Helen, and their children Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack live in the city of Metroville and are forced to keep their superpowers a secret. Although, occasionally Bob, along with his best friend Lucius Best or Frozone, will relive "the glory days" of being a superhero by being a vigilante at night.
One day while Bob is working as an insurance adjuster, he sees someone getting mugged and goes to stop it, but his supervisor, Gilbert Huph, threatens to fire him if he does. Losing his temper, Bob injures his advisor by throwing him through walls ultimately resulting in him being fired. After being fired Bob goes home and receives a holographic video message from a woman named Mirage asking him to fight an Omnidroid, a tripod-like robot that has gone rogue. Bob takes up on the offer without telling his family and gets on a flight with Mirage where he is taken to an island called Nomanisan to battle the Omnidroid. Bob battles with the droid and tricks it into destroying its own power source deactivating the robot. After the fight, Bob starts to get into shape by doing strenuous workouts. Bob looks at his old super suit and notices a tear in it. He |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid%20Feedback%20Quantile-based%20Index | The Thyroid Feedback Quantile-based Index (TFQI) is a calculated parameter for thyrotropic pituitary function. It was defined to be more robust to distorted data than established markers including Jostel's TSH index (JTI) and the thyrotroph thyroid hormone sensitivity index (TTSI).
How to determine the TFQI
The TFQI can be calculated with
from quantiles of FT4 and TSH concentration (as determined based on cumulative distribution functions). Per definition the TFQI has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 0.37 in a reference population. This explains the reference range of –0.74 to + 0.74.
Reference range
Clinical significance
Higher values of TFQI are associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired renal function, diabetes, and diabetes-related mortality. In a large population of community-dwelling euthyroid subjects the thyroid feedback quantile-based index predicted all-cause mortality, even after adjustment for other established risk factors and comorbidities.
A cross-sectional study from Spain observed increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes, atrial fibrillation, ischemic heart disease and hypertension in persons with elevated PTFQI.
Serum Concentrations of Adipocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (A-FABP) are significantly correlateted to TFQI, suggesting some form of cross-talk between adipose tissue and HPT axis.
TFQI results are also elevated in takotsubo syndrome, potentially reflecting type 2 allostatic load in the situation of psychosocial stress. Reductions have been observed in subjects with schizophrenia after initiation of therapy with oxcarbazepine and quetiapine, potentially reflecting declining allostatic load.
Despite positive association to metabolic syndrome and type 2 allostatic load a large population-based study failed to identify an association to risks of dyslipidemia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
See also
Thyroid function tests
Thyroid's secretory capacity
Sum activity of peripheral deiodinases
Jostel's TSH index
Thyrotroph Thyroid Hormone Sensitivity Index
References
Chemical pathology
Blood tests
Endocrine procedures
Thyroidological methods
Thyroid homeostasis
Structure parameters of thyroid function
Static endocrine function tests |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%3A%20Big%20City%2C%20Big%20Dreams | Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams is a 2021 computer-animated musical adventure buddy film directed by Scott Pleydell-Pearce, produced by Emory Ronald "Ron" Myrick and written by Christopher Keenan and Catherine "Kate" Splaine.
First released in selected cinemas in the United Kingdom and Ireland on August 20, 2021 before making its debut in the United States on Netflix on September 1, it is the 39th entry in the Barbie film series and the third to feature Barbie's family and/or friends based on Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures after Barbie: Princess Adventure and Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday. The film is accompanied by its eponymous soundtrack which was released on July 1, 2021, on global digital music streaming platforms.
On 1 February 2022, Mattel Television unveiled a CGI-animated serial adaptation and continuation of the film titled Barbie: It Takes Two. The first half of episodes was released in the U.S. on April 8 and other half on October 1.
Official description
This film plot follows Barbie swapping the sunny shores of Malibu for the bright lights of Broadway to attend an exclusive summer performing arts program and meets... another Barbie! They become fast friends and discover they share more than just a name as they explore New York City and all its good-feeling features. As they compete for a coveted once-in-a-lifetime Spotlight Solo from Times Square, the friends discover that competition isn't all about winning, it's about striving to be your best, bringing the best out of others, overcoming doubts and sharing the spotlight.
Plot
Barbie Roberts dreams of being a Broadway star, so she enrolls in a summer program at a prestigious performing Handler Arts Academy in New York City. Her family and friends back home in Malibu wish her well as she arrives at the academy. As Barbie struggles with her luggage, she gets helped by a flexible female student who is from Brooklyn. The academy's custodian informs them that they have showed up a day early, and tells them where the dormitory rooms are.
When Barbie and the girl from Brooklyn find a door with the name "Barbie Roberts" on it, they discover that they have the same name and will be roommates. They give themselves nicknames based on their location to avert future confusions with the two, respectively Malibu and Brooklyn. They bond over their love for music and become fast friends as they hang out and explore New York City.
On the subway, "Malibu" Barbie sees a poster of a popstar named Emmie and is a big fan, but "Brooklyn" Barbie says Emmie is an old childhood friend that she hasn't seen in a long time. The two "Barbie"-named girls then made a pact to not let stardom ruin their friendship. Meanwhile, at the Handler Arts Academy, Emmie appears in disguise so she can be treated like a normal student. Dean Morrison announces that the annual Spotlight Solo will be livestreamed from Times Square. Malibu and Brooklyn meet a costume student named Rafael (who wants to be known simply as Rafa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyi%20Yang | Diyi Yang is a Chinese computer scientist and assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University. Her research combines linguistics and social sciences with machine learning to address social problems like online harassment, as well as user-centered text generation and learning with limited data.
Biography
Diyi Yang attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University for her undergraduate studies, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in July 2013. She received an M.S. (May 2015) and Ph.D. (February 2019) degrees from Carnegie Mellon University Language Technologies Institute. For her dissertation work, Yang developed algorithms for understanding computational social roles by bringing together machine learning techniques with sociology and social psychology. Upon completing her PhD, Yang became an assistant professor at the Georgia Tech College of Computing. In 2022, Yang moved to Stanford University where she now leads the Social and Language Technologies (SALT) Lab.
Recognition
In 2020, Yang was named one of IEEE AI's 10 to Watch, and in 2021, she was awarded Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, Intel Rising Star, and was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 for Science.
References
External links
Official Website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Stanford University Department of Computer Science faculty
Chinese expatriates in the United States
Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
21st-century Chinese women scientists
Chinese women computer scientists
Chinese computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triller%20%28company%29 | Triller, Inc is an American company specializing in online video, social media, and combat sports. It is named after, and is the owner of, the eponymous social networking service Triller; which was launched in 2015 by co-founders David Leiberman and Sammy Rubin.
History
On March 9, 2021, Triller acquired Verzuz.
On April 14, 2021, Triller acquired video streaming service FITE TV, and customer engagement service Amplify.at.
On November 22, 2021, Triller acquired influencer event firm Thuzio.
On December 22, 2021, Triller announced its intention to merge with SeaChange International and go public. Under the terms of the deal, Triller shareholders would own at least 97.7% of the combined company. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. It was later announced that the combined entity would be renamed TrillerVerz Company upon the merger's closure. On June 14, 2022, it was reported that Triller would back out of the merger with SeaChange in order to pursue an IPO without a merger
On February 24, 2022, Triller acquired a majority stake in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
Assets
Streaming services
FITE TV
TrillerTV
Social media
Triller
Cliqz
Combat sports
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Triller Fight Club
Pillow Fight Championship
Other brands and properties
List of other brands and properties owned by Triller, Inc
Thuzio
Verzuz
Amplify.AI
Fangage
Crosshype
Julius
Flipps Media
Metaverz
References
2015 introductions
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Boxing organizations
Internet properties established in 2015
Music industry
Online content distribution
Social networking services
Social media companies of the United States
Streaming media systems
Subscription video streaming services |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D12E | The D12E is a diesel locomotive and currently used on Vietnam Railways network.
History
These were built at Czechoslovakia, then, they give 25 locomotives to Da Nang Locomotive Enterprise and 15 for Hanoi Locomotive Enterprise in 1986. But since 1996, Da Nang Locomotive Enterprise has given 12 D12E locomotives to Hanoi Locomotive Enterprise and Ha Lao Locomotive Enterprise.
Information
Power type: Diesel
Built: 1986 (Czechoslovakia)
UIC: Bo-Bo
Gauge:
Length:
Width:
Height:
Loco weight: 56 t
Transmission: Electric DC - DC
Maximum speed:
Power output: 736 KW
References
Diesel locomotive engines
Transport in Vietnam |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D19Er | The D19Er locomotive or Hữu Nghị locomotive is a diesel locomotive and currently used on Vietnam Railways network. (almost in Northern Vietnam railway network).
History
These locomotives were built by CSR Ziyang company in China in 2006. They build 5 locomotives only. The D19Er locomotive is almost use for freight train and now, there is a line connecting Vietnam with Europe by rail and Vietnam Railways usually use these locomotives.
Information
Manufacturer: CSR Ziyang (China)
Model: SDD3
Built: 2006
Gauge: 1,435 mm (Standard-gauge)
Power Type: Diesel
Loco weight: 108 t
Maximum speed: 120 km/h
UIC: Co'Co'
References
CSR Ziyang Locomotive Co., Ltd. locomotives
Diesel locomotives of Vietnam
Standard gauge locomotives of Vietnam |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Bilibili%20original%20programming | Bilibili is a Chinese video hosting website. It is known for 2channel culture, Japanese anime, manga, and Chinese animation. The site is also hosts user-generated content.
Chinese animation/donghua
Co-production
Original variety/reality/talk show/special
Co-production
Original documentary
Exclusive China distribution
Japanese Anime
Others
Notes
References
Chinese websites
Lists of television series by streaming service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mano%20Po%20Legacy | Mano Po Legacy is a Filipino drama series franchise produced by Regal Entertainment and broadcast by GMA Network.
Overview
See also
Mano Po film series
References
External links
2022 Philippine television series debuts
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Television shows set in the Philippines
Television series by Regal Entertainment |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Tencent%20Video%20original%20programming | Tencent Video, also known as WeTV, is a popular Chinese video platform launched in 2011. A number of original programs developed by the company premiered in 2021.
Drama
Variety
References
Tencent original programming
Lists of television series by streaming service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Mango%20TV%20original%20programming | Mango TV is a streaming platform owned by HBS.
Original drama
Short
Distribution
Variety
Notes
References
Chinese television series
Lists of television series by streaming service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D13E | The D13E is a diesel locomotive model currently used on the Vietnam Railways network. There are two liveries of D13E locomotives, red and white; blue and white.
History
These locomotives were built by Diesel Locomotive Works in Varanasi, India. The D13E - 701 to D13E - 708 were built from 1983 to 1984; The D13E - 709 to D13E - 715 were built from 1984 to 1985 and the D13E - 716 to D13E - 725 were built from 2001 to 2002. In Vietnam, D13E - 716 to D13E - 725 with blue and white livery are popular in the North and D13E - 701 to D13E -715 with red and white livery are popular in the South.
Information
Manufacturer: Diesel Locomotive Works (India)
Built: 1984–2002
Power type: Diesel
Gauge:
Maximum speed:
Engine: DLW ALCO 251D-6 6-cylinder, 4-stroke inline
Power: 1350 hp
Transmission: DC - DC
UIC: Co' Co'
References
Banaras Locomotive Works locomotives
Diesel locomotives of Vietnam
Metre gauge diesel locomotives |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUNEF%20University | CUNEF University is a Spanish private university, located in Madrid and specialising in Business and Economics, Mathematics and Computer Science and Digital Business, Law and Institutions.
History
In 1973, the Higher Banking Council, now called the Spanish Banking Association, founded the university as the University College of Financial Studies. At that time, the institution operated as an affiliated center of the Complutense University of Madrid.
In 2019, it was recognised as an independent university. Its academic trajectory as an independent private university began in the 2021-2022 academic year.
References
External links
Universities in the Community of Madrid
1973 establishments in Spain
Universities and colleges established in 1973 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20A.%20Bender | Michael A. Bender is an American computer scientist, known for his work in cache-oblivious algorithms, lowest common ancestor data structures, scheduling (computing), and pebble games. He is David R. Smith Leading Scholar professor of computer science at Stony Brook University, and a co-founder of storage technology startup company Tokutek.
Early life and education
Bender obtained his PhD in computer science in 1998 from the Harvard University under the supervision of Michael O. Rabin.
Research contributions
After completing his Ph.D., he co-founded Tokutek. He was program chair of the 19th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures (SPAA 2006). The cache-oblivious B-tree data structures studied by Bender, Demaine, and Farach-Colton beginning in 2000 became the basis for the fractal tree index used by Tokutek's products TokuDB and TokuMX.
Awards and honors
In 2012 Bender won the Simon Imre Test of Time award at LATIN. In 2015, his paper "Two-Level Main Memory Co-Design: Multi-Threaded Algorithmic Primitives, Analysis, and Simulation" won the Best Paper award at IPDPS.
In 2016, his paper "Optimizing Every Operation in a Write-optimized File System" won the Best Paper award at FAST.
Selected publications
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References
External links
Home page
Google scholar profile
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American computer scientists
Theoretical computer scientists
Harvard University alumni
Stony Brook University faculty
ENS Fontenay-Saint-Cloud-Lyon alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido%20Wyland | Guido Bruce Wyland (June 5, 1891 – December 8, 1974), referred to in contemporary sources by his given name but listed in modern statistical databases as "Pudge", was an American football player and track athlete. He played professional football, principally as a guard, for the Rock Island Independents from 1917 to 1920. His initial fame came from his accomplishments as a track and field athlete, competing in diverse events, including the 100-yard dash, high and low hurdles, shot put, hammer throw, and discus.
Early years
Wyland was born in 1891 in Minden, Iowa. He was a track and field star at Moline High School. In May 1909, he attended a tri-state track meet as Moline's lone representative. Competing against 60 teams from across Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, he scored 17 points, taking first place in the shot put and hammer throw, second place in the broad jump and 100-yard dash, and third place in the discus throw. Wyland's 17 points gave Moline a share of the team championship, tying with a 17-athlete team from Biggsville High School. In a dual meet against Davenport High School, he scored 41 points, including first-place finishes in the 50-yard dash, 100-yard dash, high and low hurdles, shot put, broad jump, and hammer throw.
Wyland also played center for the Moline High School football team, won all-state honors three times, and led the 1907 team to a state championship.
Wyland then enrolled at the University of Iowa where he competed in both track and football. He played on Iowa's freshman football team in 1914 and the varsity team in 1915 and 1916. He was reportedly the first married player to letter in football at Iowa. He also participated in the Olympic trials in 1916, but the 1916 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War I.
Rock Island Independents
In October 1917, Wyland joined the Rock Island Independents, one of the pioneering teams in professional football. He played for the Independents for four years from 1917 to 1920. Wyland's game totals are not readily available for the 1917 or 1918 seasons. He appeared in 11 games in 1919, playing for the Rock Island team that claimed the national professional football championship.
When the NFL was formed in 1920, the Independents were one of the original participants. On October 3, 1920, the Independents defeated the Muncie Flyers, 45–0, in what (depending on start time) may have been the first ever game between two NFL teams. Wyland started at the guard position in the game. Wyland played nine games during the 1920 Rock Island season.
Family and later years
Wyland married Mary Carpentier in 1911.
After his career as a football player ended, Wyland coached football and track in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Springfield, South Dakota. He later relocated to New Jersey for 18 years, working as a chemist for DuPont. He later returned to the Quad Cities and worked as a chemist at the Rock Island Arsenal.
He died in 1974 at age 83.
References
1891 births
1978 deaths
Rock Island Ind |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20M.%20Jumper | John Michael Jumper is an American senior research scientist at DeepMind Technologies. Jumper and his colleagues created AlphaFold, an artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict protein structures from their amino acid sequence with high accuracy. Jumper has stated that the AlphaFold team plans to release 100 million protein structures. The scientific journal Nature included Jumper as one of the ten "people who mattered" in science in their annual listing of Nature's 10 in 2021.
Education
Jumper was educated at the University of Chicago where he was awarded a PhD in 2017 for research on using machine learning to simulate protein folding and dynamics, being co-supervised by Tobin R Sosnick and Karl Freed. Jumper also studied Physics at the University of Cambridge, where he was on the Marshall Scholarship, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University.
Career and research
Jumper's research investigates algorithms for protein structure prediction.
AlphaFold
AlphaFold is a deep learning algorithm developed by Jumper and his team at DeepMind, a research lab acquired by Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. It is an artificial intelligence program which performs predictions of protein structure.
Awards and honours
In November 2020, AlphaFold was named the winner of the Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) competition. This international competition benchmarks algorithms to determine which one can best predict the 3D structure of proteins. AlphaFold won the competition, out performing other algorithms and making it the first machine learning algorithm to be able to accurately predict the 3D structure of proteins.
In 2021 Jumper was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category "Biology and Biomedicine". In 2022 Jumper received the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences and for 2023 the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for developing AlphaFold, which accurately predicts the structure of a protein. In 2023 he was awarded the Canada Gairdner International Award and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
References
Living people
Computational biologists
Artificial intelligence researchers
Molecular biology
Proteomics
Applications of artificial intelligence
Applied machine learning
Protein folding
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Douyin%20original%20programming | Douyin, also known as TikTok internationally, is a Chinese short video platform owned by Bytedance. Unlike TikTok, Douyin in China also allow users to upload longer form video, including provide original programs started in 2019.
Variety
Short drama
Exclusive
Movie
References
Lists of television series by streaming service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper%20Gamble%27s | Upper Gamble's is a village in Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
Demographics
Upper Gamble's has one enumeration district, ED 16500.
Census Data (2011)
References
Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWW%20%28film%29 | WWW: Who Where Why is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language computer screen thriller film written, directed and filmed by K. V. Guhan and produced by Ramantra Creations. It stars Adith Arun and Shivani Rajashekar while Satyam Rajesh and Priyadarshi play supporting roles. The film's scrore and soundtrack is composed by Simon K. King. WWW is markerted as the first computer screen film in Telugu cinema. The plot follows a few friends from different cities who meet on video conferencing but one of them is threatened to be murdered.
The film was partially reshot in Tamil language with Sathish and Rajkumar replacing Rajesh and Priyadarshi. It was released on 24 December 2021 on the streaming service SonyLIV.
Plot
Four friends—Vishwa, Ashraf, Sadha, and Christy—who live in different cities of India are criminals involved in cybercrime. They hack computers for money in video conferencing.
Mitra, a painter, joins Christy's room as her flatmate. Vishwa then recommends a job for Mitra's brother which makes her happy and both become friends. She explains that her father lost his job because of the false blame of erasing all important data. Vishwa then feels bad as he was the one behind it. Slowly, Vishwa starts loving her and decides to propose. After his proposal, Mitra accepts his love by gifting him a painting. When they are about to meet all flights get cancelled due to the lockdown.
Later they start a video call and decide not to hang up until they meet.
Things change when an unknown man attacks Mitra and Christy. He stabs Christy and ties Mitra to a chair. Vishwa who was seeing it all gets tensed and pleads to the man not to harm them. But the man threatens to kill them if Vishwa doesn't obey his words. He asks Vishwa to reveal his original identity to Mitra. The man then asks to reveal the identity of his friends Sadha and Ashraf but he initially refuses. The man then tries to kill Mitra. Vishwa with no other option left reveals their identity. The man then sends their identity to Khan (a cyber security officer). Vishwa also sends a secret message along with the identity. With that Khan sees that Mitra is in danger so he goes to the location sent to arrest the unknown man.
The man then tells why he was doing this. He reveals that he had developed a game by selling everything he had. It is told that Vishwa hacks the game and sells the data to a big company. He says that his wife had committed suicide and he wanted Vishwa to face the pain that he was facing so he tries to kill Mitra.
Soon, Khan comes to rescue Mitra and Christy and arrests the man. In the end, Vishwa and his friends start working for the police while Mitra and Vishwa get married and are expecting a baby.
Cast
Adith Arun as Vishwa
Shivani Rajashekar as Mitra
Sandeep Bhardwaj as Sandeep
Riyaz Khan as Khan
Satyam Rajesh as Sada (Telugu) / Sathish (Tamil)
Priyadarshi as Ashraf (Telugu) / Rajkumar (Tamil)
Divya Sripada as Christie
Viva Harsha
Vennela Ramarao
Production
The fi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTBC-LP | WTBC-LP was a low-powered television station licensed to Tallahassee, Florida. The station was owned by Temple Baptist Church, Inc. As W65BG, it was affiliated with the religious network ACTS. As WTBC-LP, it was affiliated with FamilyNet, The Worship Network, and the Total Living Network.
On February 15, 2013, the station's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission.
References
External links
Official website (archive link)
Television stations in Tallahassee, Florida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garda%20National%20Cyber%20Crime%20Bureau | The Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau is the branch of the Garda Síochána that investigates computer crime, including providing digital forensics.
History
The unit was established in 1991 as part of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and known as the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit. With the growth in computer crime and the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland report, the unit was re-established in 2017.
Organisation
The unit is divided into Computer Forensics 1 (CFE1) and 2 (CFE2), the Cybercrimes Investigations Unit, the Cyber Intelligence Unit, the Cyber Security Unit and Cyber Safety Unit.
The unit has headquarters in Harcourt Square, Dublin and in 2021 four hubs were established in Cork, Galway, Mullingar and Wexford.
Responsibilities
The unit provides digital forensics capabilities and examines digital media seized in criminal investigations.
It also trains people to be digital first responders who work with local District Detective Units.
It investigates child exploitation cases and tries to identify the makers of child abuse material.
Cases
Park Magic hack
David Young of Cloyne, County Cork was charged with intentionally accessing an information system without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, intentionally hindering or interrupting the functioning of an information system at the Vodafone Ireland data centre at Clonshaugh Business and Technology Park, operating a computer in Cork city with an intent to make a gain for himself and a loss for others and also making a demand with menaces by threatening to release customer information. His mother and a third person were also charged. This followed a two-year investigation by the Bureau. Detective Garda Paul Fitzpatrick testified to the arrest, charge and caution of all involved.
In October 2021 David Young pleaded guilty to the charges.
HSE ransomware attack
After the National Cyber Security Centre had restored the Health Service Executive computers, the bureau began investigating the case.
References
Garda Síochána
Cybercrime in the Republic of Ireland |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth%20Plale | Beth A. Plale is Michael A. and Laurie Burns McRobbie Bicentennial Professor of Computer Engineering at Indiana University. She is known for her work on open science, trust in artificial intelligence, and the policy implications of data science.
Education and career
Plale has a B.Sc. in computer science from the University of Southern Mississippi (1984). She then received an M.B.A. from University of La Verne (1986) and an M.S. from Temple University (1992). In 1998 she earned her Ph.D. from State University of New York Binghamton. Following her Ph.D. she was a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2001, she moved to Indiana University as a tenure track professor. In 2009 she became director of the Data To Insight Center and Executive Director of the Pervasive Technology Institute in 2021.
In 2013, Plale was one of the founding scientists of the Research Data Alliance, a group working to improve open access to data. From 2017 until 2021, Plale was a science advisor at the National Science Foundation.
Selected publications
Awards and honors
In 2004, Plale received an early career award from the United States Department of Energy. In 2006, Plale was named a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery. Plale was a keynote speaker at the 2020 PIDapalooza meeting.
References
External links
Indiana University faculty
University of Southern Mississippi alumni
University of La Verne people
Temple University alumni
Binghamton University people
Living people
21st-century American women scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American scientists
American women computer scientists
American computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kuaishou%20original%20programming | Kuaishou is a Chinese short video sharing platform.
Variety/live streaming
Short drama
Vertical
Movie
Lists of television series by streaming service |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel%20Babylon%20%28music%20programme%29 | Hotel Babylon was a 1996 late night music programme hosted by Dani Behr, and made by LWT for the ITV network's ITV Night Time strand. It was created jointly by the production company Planet 24 & brewer Heineken. The premise of the programme is a mock hotel where musicians and bands visited, and would be invited to play in the hotel's lounge and be interviewed in the adjected bar.
Controversy
Hotel Babylon was noted as one of the first commercially associated programmes on broadcast television in the United Kingdom. This is where not only the sponsor just sponsored the programme which was common on commercial television, but actually have some significant control in way it is directed. This was before the rules on commercial sponsorship and product placement were liberalised in 2011.
Before the programme was about to launch, a fax from the head of the advertising department of Heineken's headquarters in the Netherlands to programme's British producers was leaked to the Independent newspaper. In the fax, it criticised the programme by saying that the programme in question didn't emphasise the company's signature products, that the studio audience was too edgy with not enough "normal people", and had too many "negroes". This caused an outrage both within the programme and outside with noted black MP Bernie Grant asking for an explanation. This led to a heavy cloud over with the programme, and it only broadcast a single series.
References
External links
Hotel Babylon at BFI
Hotel Babylon (music programme)
Hotel Babylon (music programme)
Hotel Babylon (music programme)
Hotel Babylon (music programme)
Hotel Babylon
1996 controversies |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatine%20G%203/3 | The Palatine G 3/3 was a steam-driven, goods train, tender locomotive on the Palatinate network of the Royal Bavarian State Railways.
Description
The four steam engines originally ordered for the ONCF in Morocco were procured in 1919 by Palatine Railways from the firm of Maffei. They stood out at that time because of their high boiler location and a high axle load. Two of these engines had steel fireboxes. As a result of their unusual design they could not be deployed with other engines which led, in 1924, to their early retirement, although they were incorporated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in their first renumbering plan in 1923, being provisionally allocated operating numbers 53 501–504.
References
G 03 3
Railway locomotives introduced in 1919
Maffei locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
Freight locomotives
0-6-0 locomotives |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Network%20%28Serbia%29 | The National Network (; NM) is a political organization created by Vladan Glišić after leaving the Dveri movement. In 2018–2020, the organization was affiliated with the Serbian Patriotic Alliance.
The movement took part in the 2016 parliamentary election as part of the National Alliance coalition, but gained only 0.46% of the vote and did not enter to parliament.
The movement opposes the government of Aleksandar Vucic, and calls for the creation of a united pre-election opposition front.
At the end of 2020, the movement planned to take part in the creation of a broad right-wing coalition of the Serbian opposition, along with the POKS, DSS and SSZ, however, the idea of a coalition is thrown out and the DSS has formed its own coalition with the POKS, called National Democratic Alternative.
National Network signed a cooperation agreement with the far-right Serbian Party Oathkeepers in February 2021.
References
Eurosceptic parties in Serbia
Political parties established in 2015
2015 establishments in Serbia
Monarchist parties in Serbia
Nationalist parties in Serbia
Serb nationalist parties |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m%20a%20Celebrity...Get%20Me%20Out%20of%20Here%21%20%28Australian%20season%208%29 | The eighth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here was commissioned by Network 10 in February 2021. It launched on 3 January 2022 and is hosted by Julia Morris and Chris Brown. It is the second series to be pre-recorded in Australia, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was filmed in Dungay, Australia, where the original British series previously filmed, instead of its usual production location in South Africa. Filming occurred over three weeks in September 2021, with a live grand-finale airing on 30 January 2022.
Teaser
The first teaser trailer, featuring hosts Chris Brown and Julia Morris in a burlesque-style parody of Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life", was released on 20 November 2021.
Celebrities
On 2 January, the first two contestants were revealed by Network 10, prior to the premiere of the first episode, to be celebrity chef and television presenter Poh Ling Yeow and former AFL coach Nathan Buckley. On 3 January, former NRL player and television presenter Beau Ryan was the third celebrity also announced as a contestant prior to the show's premiere. In episode 2, international reality television star Joey Essex entered the camp as an intruder. Essex was previously a contestant on the thirteenth series of the British version of the show in 2013.
In an I'm a Celebrity world first, this season included a "fake celebrity" among the cast - David Subritzky assumed the identity of an influencer and shoe designer with 3.9 million Instagram followers. As part of a secret mission, Poh had to convince her campmates that he was in fact a celebrity.
Results and elimination
Indicates that the celebrity received the most votes from the public
Indicates that the celebrity was immune from the elimination challenge
Indicates that the celebrity was named as being in the bottom 2 or 3.
Indicates that the celebrity came last in a challenge or received the fewest votes and was evicted immediately (no bottom three)
Indicates that the celebrity withdrew from the competition
Note
Tucker trials
The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food. These trials aim to test both physical and mental abilities. Success is usually determined by the number of stars collected during the trial, with each star representing a meal earned by the winning contestant for their camp mates.
The contestants decided who did which trial
The trial was compulsory and the celebrities did not decide who took part
The contestants were chosen by the evicted celebrities
The voting for the trial was of dual origin
Notes
In this trial, while only six celebrities participated, all campmates were able to watch. However, as the campmates stole food from the trial, the 8 and a 1/2 stars they had won were forfeited and no food was received by the celebrities for dinner.
Tottie, as an intruder, had to participate with Davina in The Mile High Club trial as part of her entry into the camp.
Brooke did not participate in this trial because she was medi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyanese%20Antiguans%20and%20Barbudans | Guyanese Antiguans and Guyanese Barbudans are Guyanese people born in or citizens of Guyana.
Statistics
Census Data (2011)
3,669 Guyanese Antiguans and Barbudans are Guyanese citizens
3,267 Guyanese Antiguans and Barbudans use the internet, while 2,687 do not, 84 answered "don't know/not stated".
2,679 Guyanese Antiguans and Barbudans own 0 motor vehicles, 2,259 own one, 622 own two, 123 own three, and 54 own four or more.
3,460 Guyanese Antiguans and Barbudans are covered by insurance.
References |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle%2C%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Carlisle is a village in Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.
Demographics
Carlisle has one enumeration district, ED 41700.
Census data (2011)
Source:
References
Populated places in Antigua and Barbuda
Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20Now%20On%2C%20Showtime%21 | From Now On, Showtime! () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Park Hae-jin, Jin Ki-joo, and Jung Joon-ho. The series, directed by Lee Hyeong-min and Jeong Sang-hee for Samhwa Networks, is about a mysterious magician Cha Cha-woong and a hot-blooded policeman working with ghosts to solve cases based on hidden clues. It premiered on MBC on April 23, 2022, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 20:40 (KST) till June 12, 2022. It is also pre-sold to OTT media services in over 190 countries.
Synopsis
The series is a romantic comedy between Cha Cha-woong (Park Hae-jin), a magician and employer of ghosts, and a passionate but hot blooded female police officer Go Seul-hae (Jin Ki-joo) with supernatural powers.
Cast and characters
Main
Park Hae-jin as Cha Cha-woong, a ghost employer and famous magician.
Seo Dong-hyun as young Cha Cha-woong
Jin Ki-joo as Go Seul-hae, a hot blooded cop with supernatural powers.
Oh Ye-joo as young Go Seul-hae
Jung Joon-ho as General Choi Gum, he protected the Cha Cha-woong family from generation to generation
Supporting
People around Cha Woong
Jung Suk-yong as Deputy Nam Sang-geon
Father Teresa of 'Magic Factory'.
Ko Kyu-pil as Ma Dong-cheol
In charge of power, chief magician. A former gangster with a phoenix-patterned shirt and a gold necklace.
Park Seo-yeon as Kang Ah-reum
In charge of mechanical and electronic equipment, beautiful employee.
Kim Won-hae as Park Soo-moodang / Cha Sa-geum
Cha Woong's shaman grandfather. He has been serving the general god Choi Gum throughout his life.
Cha Mi-kyung as Na Geum-ok
Cha Sa-geum's longtime colleague, she has the 'Immortal Grandma' as her body.
Jang Ha-eun as Cheon Ye-ji, granddaughter of Na Geum-ok.
People around Go Seul-hae
Kim Jong-tae as Ko Young-sik
Kim Jong-hoon as Seo Hee-soo, Go Seul-hae's longtime unrequited love and the police detective team leader.
Police
Jeong Jae-sung as Seo Chang-ho, Hee-soo's father
Choi Moo-in as Min Hong-sik, gag maniac police station chief.
Ahn Jung-kwon as Kim Il-kyung, a sincere and reliable sergeant as Seulhae's senior.
Kim Hee-jae as Lee Yong-ryeol.
He is an adjunct gunner and a patrol partner for Seulhae
Yang Joo-ho as Byeon Tae-sik, a detective at a powerful police station.
Choi Young-woo as An Shi-hoon, youngest detective
Kim Jong-hoon as Hee-su
Others
Ahn Chang-hwan as Tae-chun, it is that will instill intense tension.
Seo Dong-hyun
Ha Sung-kwang
Lee Eun-gyeol
Choi So-yul as Si-eun
Special appearances
Shin Hyun-joon as Grim reaper
Park Seul-gi as MC entertainment information program
Choi Sung-won as Minho
Han Chowon as Aris
Hong Soo-hyun as Virgin ghost
Im Won-hee as God of heaven
Production
Park Hae-jin confirmed main lead in the series in May 2021. Jin Ki-joo was offered main lead opposite Park Hae-jin in July 2021. Jung Joon-ho received offer to appear in the series in August 2021.
Samhwa Networks has signed a supply contract with PCCW, Vuclip in Singapore to sell worldwi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20industry%20of%20Scotland | According to the UK Space Agency, there are 173 space companies currently operating in Scotland as of May 2021. These include spacecraft manufacturers, launch providers, downstream data analyzers, and research organisations.
In 2017/18 it was estimated that the space industry in Scotland employed approximately 8,000 people with an annual growth rate of 12% between 2013 and 2018. London Economics published a report projecting £2billion in income for Scotland's space cluster by 2030. Scottish space industry jobs represent almost 1 in 5 of all UK space industry employment.
Scottish Space Groups
Space Scotland
Space Scotland (formerly Scottish Space Leadership Council) is an industry coordinating body created to promote the Scottish space industry. In conjunction with Scottish Space Academic Forum and The Scottish Government, they have published A Strategy for Space in Scotland 2021. This document describes a plan for the continued development of the Scottish space industry over the next decade.
Space Centres in Scotland
Higgs Centre for Innovation
The Higgs Centre for Innovation was created by the Science and Technology Facilities Council at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh to incubate space startups, provide the sector with facilities for building and demonstrating space technologies, and to give doctoral candidates startup and entrepreneurial experience. The facilities include cleanrooms, cryostats, vibration shaker tables, thermal chambers, and EMC testing facilities. The Higgs Centre is one of four ESA Business Incubation Centres in the UK.
Bayes Centre
The Bayes Centre, at the University of Edinburgh, hosts a coordinating hub for space and satellite data science activities that brings together academia, NGOs, the space industry, and governmental organisations with a focus on commercializing university research.
Spaceports
There are multiple spaceports in varying phases of development in Scotland. Two Scottish spaceports, SaxaVord and Sutherland, are scheduled to have their first launches in 2022.
SaxaVord
SaxaVord Spaceport is located on the isle of Unst, in the Shetland Islands. It is planned to host Lockheed Martin's first rocket launches as well as Edinburgh-based Skyrora's launches.
Sutherland Space Hub
Sutherland spaceport is located in the north of the Scottish mainland. It currently has six launch contracts with rocket maker Orbex which is headquartered in Forres, Scotland.
Space Data Companies
Omanos Analytics
Omanos Analytics, based in Glasgow, combines earth observation data with ground source data to track operations of infrastructure projects such as mining, logging, and rubber plantations. These are monitored for their environmental and community impact, especially in hostile and low-infrastructure regions with the goal of supporting sustainable development.
Ecometrica
Ecometrica, with offices in Edinburgh, has developed an end-to-end environmental SaaS whose purpose is to analyze earth observation data combined |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20Panic | Total Panic is an American television variety series that aired on the cable network Nickelodeon from 1989–1990. The show's working title was going to be Pandemonium before it was determined that the word "Pandemonium" seemed too big and complicated for Nickelodeon's target audience.
Hosts
The show was initially hosted by Molly Scott and Keith Diamond, who was on through July 1989 at the latest. Diamond would ultimately be replaced by Greg Lee, who had previously served as a warm-up comedian for Total Panic. After Total Panic ended its run in 1990, he stayed on Nickelodeon to be an announcer for another show, Outta Here!, which ran through 1991.
Format
Initially running for three hours on Sunday mornings, Total Panic didn't necessarily have a set format week in or week out.
The show did however at is core, encourage audience participation. For example, Total Panic often invited its young audience members to compete in trivia games or Double Dare-esque physical challenges for prizes. One notable game was "Eat-a-Bug", in which the contestants would stand in front of a chroma key screen and attempt catch with their hands, animated flies, wasps, or ladybugs all the while, trying to avoid giant spiders or bumblebees. "Eat-a-Bug" was designed by Dean Friedman and it served as a prototype for the series Nick Arcade, for which Friedman produced a dozen games.
Other recurring segments included previews and reviews of upcoming fourth generation video games and films, celebrity interviews, music videos, cartoons shorts such as Bananaman, and comedy skits.
There was also a segment called "Road Trip", where Total Panic would dispatch a young correspondent to a fascinating locale and event. For instance, one episode featured a road trip to the Boston Museum of Science. Another episode featured Full House star Candace Cameron visiting a Macy's in New York City to help demonstrate chroma key effects in front of a blue screen. And then there was segment that featured Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years visiting Magic Mountain to ride the roller coaster known as Ninja.
All in all, the format of Total Panic was arguably similar to that of Wonderama, which originally appeared on the Metromedia-owned stations from 1955 to 1977. Andy Edelstein in the March 26, 1989 edition of Newsday himself, alluded to the apparent similarities.
Music videos
Total Panic for all intents and purposes, replaced Nick Rocks, which aired on the network from 1984 to 1989, as Nickelodeon's primary outlet to showcase music videos. Incidentally, Total Panic premiered approximately a week after the final episode of Nick Rocks was aired.
Among the videos that were aired on Total Panic was Bobby Brown's "On Our Own", which soundly beat out "Eardrum Buzz" by Wire. Another segment hosted by Greg Lee pitted "Shaking the Tree" by Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour against "Let's Go Round There" by The Darling Buds, for which "Let's Go Around There" wound up winning. The studio audience would in t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonypet%20Albano | Antonio "Tonypet" Taguinod Albano is a Filipino politician. He is the chairman of Radio Philippines Network Inc. from 2007 to 2011. He is the president and CEO of Radio Philippines Network Inc. from 2009 to 2012. He was Vice Governor of Isabela from 2013 to 2019. He currently serves as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st District of Isabela.
Political career
House of Representatives (2019 - present)
He is one of the 70 lawmakers who voted to reject the franchise of ABS-CBN.
References
External links
Official Facebook page
Living people
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Isabela (province)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Chairmen of Radio Philippines Network
Radio Philippines Network people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChaCha20-Poly1305 | ChaCha20-Poly1305 is an authenticated encryption with additional data (AEAD) algorithm, that combines the ChaCha20 stream cipher with the Poly1305 message authentication code. Its usage in IETF protocols is standardized in RFC 8439. It has fast software performance, and without hardware acceleration, is usually faster than AES-GCM.
History
The two building blocks of the construction, the algorithms Poly1305 and ChaCha20, were both independently designed, in 2005 and 2008, by Daniel J. Bernstein.
In 2013–2014, a variant of the original ChaCha20 algorithm (using 32-bit counter and 96-bit nonce) and a variant of the original Poly1305 (authenticating 2 strings) were combined in an IETF draft to be used in TLS and DTLS, and chosen by Google, for security and performance reasons, as a newly supported cipher. Shortly after Google's adoption for TLS, ChaCha20, Poly1305 and the combined AEAD mode are added to OpenSSH via thechacha20-poly1305@openssh.com authenticated encryption cipher but kept the original 64-bit counter and 64-bit nonce for the ChaCha20 algorithm.
In 2015, the AEAD algorithm is standardized in RFC 7539 and RFC 7905 to be used in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2 and in RFC 7634 to be used in IPsec. The same year, it was integrated by Cloudflare as an alternative ciphersuite.
In June 2018, the RFC 7539 was updated and replaced by RFC 8439.
Description
The ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithm as described in RFC 8439 takes as input a 256-bit key and a 96-bit nonce to encrypt a plaintext, with a ciphertext expansion of 128-bit (the tag size). In the ChaCha20-Poly1305 construction, ChaCha20 is used in counter mode to derive a key stream that is XORed with the plaintext. The ciphertext and the associated data is then authenticated using a variant of Poly1305 that first encodes the two strings into one. The way that a cipher and a one time authenticator are combined is precisely identical to AES-GCM construction in how the first block is used to seed the authenticator and how the ciphertext is then authenticated with a 16-byte tag.
The main external difference with ChaCha20 is its 64 byte (512 bit) block size, in comparison to 16 bytes (128 bit) with both AES-128 and AES-256. The larger block size enables higher performance on modern CPUs and allows for larger streams before the 32 bit counter overflows.
Variants
XChaCha20-Poly1305 – extended nonce variant
The XChaCha20-Poly1305 construction is an extended 192-bit nonce variant of the ChaCha20-Poly1305 construction, using XChaCha20 instead of ChaCha20. When choosing nonces at random, the XChaCha20-Poly1305 construction allows for better security than the original construction. The draft attempt to standardize the construction expired in July 2020.
Salsa20-Poly1305 and XSalsa20-Poly1305
Salsa20-Poly1305 and XSalsa20-Poly1305 are variants of the ChaCha20-Poly1305 and XChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms, using Salsa20 and XSalsa20 in place of ChaCha20 and XChaCha20. They are implemented in NaCl and libsodium b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdata.org | Anecdata.org (often shortened to Anecdata) is a citizen science web portal developed by the Community Environmental Health Lab at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. Anecdata.org supports projects in the collection of observational data, primarily in environmental science, biology, and public health. Anecdata was founded in 2014 to provide a data management system for the citizen science projects run by the Community Environmental Health Lab and has since expanded to include more than 200 projects, where more than 8,000 registered users have contributed over 30,000 images and more than 50,000 observations. In addition to the desktop site, there is a corresponding mobile app that can be used to submit observations to existing projects. Anecdata.org also acts as a data repository where data can be stored, discovered, and shared to other users.
Notable Projects
Litter-Free Digital Journal
The Litter-Free Digital Journal is a project from the South Carolina Aquarium hosted on Anecdata.org with a custom app, that encourages participants to track and remove plastics and other litter from both land and water. Users Since the start of the project in 2016, data from more than 7,000 litter cleanups have been entered into the project by more than 1,500 citizen scientists. In 2017, a total of 9,746 pieces of trash were logged and 2,333 total litter pieces in 2018. However, in 2019 the number of litter pieces recorded grew to 32,600 and in 2020, more than doubled, with 74,977 pieces of trash collected and logged. The data from this project has inspired participant activism and has been used to influence public policy in South Carolina, including plastic bag bans.
The Great Green Crab Hunt
The Great Green Crab Hunt project is a citizen science project led by the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Sea Grant and hosted on Anecdata.org. The project aims to support scientists and policymakers in finding solutions to the problems caused by the invasive species, European green crabs. The project uses a mobile app and participants document the number, shell hardness, sex, and size of crabs seen during one hour. Since the project's inception in 2019, more than 100 observations documenting more than 400 crabs have been added to the project.
References
Science websites
Human-based computation
Citizen science
Environmental organizations based in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%20Don%27t%20Talk%20About%20Bruno | "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is a song from Disney's 2021 computer-animated musical feature film Encanto, with music and lyrics written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was released by Walt Disney Records as part of the film's soundtrack on November 19, 2021. The song is an ensemble number performed by some of the film's voice cast members: mainly Carolina Gaitán, , Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz, and a few others in minor roles. A viral sensation, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" has been described as one of the best Disney songs and the studio's biggest crossover success.
Consisting of gossip and anecdotes about Mirabel Madrigal's ostracized uncle, Bruno, whose gift of seeing the future has been associated with misfortune and has left him estranged from the rest of the Madrigal family, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" sees some of the family members and the townsfolk explain to Mirabel why they fear his prophecies. The song suggests that Bruno is villainous, but sheds the narrative styles of conventional Disney villain songs by listing other characters' perspectives of the villain.
Musically, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is a midtempo tune blending Latin music styles such as salsa and guajira with pop, hip hop, dance and Broadway elements, propelled by cha-cha-chá beats, sung by an ensemble, and climaxing in a polyphonic outro.
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" was met with acclaim from music critics, who praised Miranda's craftsmanship and the song's mystery element, catchy rhythm, versatile composition, ensemble of singers, and lyrical personality. A commercial success, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" spent several weeks at number one in Ireland, the United Kingdom and United States, and peaked inside the top five in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is the longest-reigning chart-topper for Disney in the US Billboard Hot 100 history, as well as the studio's first-ever original song to top the UK Singles Chart. It broke the all-time record for the most credited artists (seven) on a Hot 100 chart-topper.
Background and release
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" is a song from 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film, Encanto, by Walt Disney Animation Studios; it is the studio's 60th film. The song is featured as the fourth track on the film's soundtrack, which has been released in 46 languages. It was written and composed by American singer-songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the seven other songs of the soundtrack, and previously worked on Disney's 2016 animated film, Moana and Sony Pictures' Vivo. The song is mainly performed by six of the film's cast members in full verses: Colombian actress and singer Carolina Gaitán (Pepa), Colombian musician Mauro Castillo (Félix), American singer-songwriter Adassa (Dolores), American actor Rhenzy Feliz (Camilo), American actresses Diane Guerrero (Isabela), and Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel), in the order of their appearances in the song; Juan Castano (Osvald |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Billboard%20Adult%20Contemporary%20number%20ones%20of%202022 | Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market, based on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Broadcast Data Systems.
The first number one of the year, in the issue of Billboard dated January 1, was "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John. It was John's 17th Adult Contemporary number one, extending his lead for the most among all artists on the chart, and also set a new record for the longest timespan of AC number ones by an artist, coming more than 48 years after he first topped the listing. The following week "Easy on Me" by Adele returned to the number one spot, having spent three weeks atop the chart in 2021; the song remained at number one for 19 consecutive weeks until it was replaced in the issue dated May 21 as John returned to number one with "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)", a collaboration with Dua Lipa.
In the issue dated December 3, Backstreet Boys topped the chart with their version of the 1980s song "Last Christmas", which remained in the peak position for the rest of the year. The song continued a trend of Christmas-themed tracks topping the AC chart in late November and throughout December, reflecting the fact that adult contemporary radio stations usually switch to playing exclusively festive songs in the period leading up to the holiday. It marked the first time the band had topped the chart since "I Want It That Way" in 1999.
Chart history
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External links
Current Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
2022
Number-one adult contemporary singles
United States Adult Contemporary |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anat%20Bremler-Barr | Anat Bremler-Barr (Hebrew: ענת ברמלר-בר), is an Israeli computer scientist. She is a professor at Tel Aviv University who is known for her contributions in network security, specifically in Denial of Service attacks and scalable protection of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Education and career
Bremler-Barr holds B.Sc. degrees in mathematics and computer science (1994), an LL.B degree in law (1999), and M.Sc (1997), and Ph.D degree in computer science (2002), all from Tel Aviv University.
In 2001, Bremler-Barr co-founded Riverhead Networks, a company that developed an innovative system for the mitigation of Denial of Service attacks, where she served as a chief scientist. Riverhead was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2004. She joined Reichman University in 2003, and was promoted to professor in 2020 and, from 2019 until 2021 she served as the deputy dean of the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science. In 2023 she moved to Tel Aviv University where she is a full professor.
Research
Bremler-Barr is known for her work on network security and improving the reliability of the internet. She has worked on preventing cyberattacks. In 2020, Bremler-Barr worked with Yehuda Afek and Lior Shafir to block the NXNSAttack that exploited a vulnerability in Domain Name Systems.
Select publications
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Living people
Tel Aviv University alumni
Academic staff of Reichman University
Israeli women computer scientists
Tel Aviv University people
1972 births |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda%20Afek | Yehuda Afek (Hebrew: יהודה אפק; September 1952) is an Israeli computer scientist at Tel Aviv University, and is known for his work on network cyber security and fault tolerant distributed computing. Yehuda cofounded Riverhead Networks in 2000, and was the head of the School of Computer Science in Tel Aviv University in 2014–2016.
Biography
Afek was born in Haifa in 1952 to Holocaust survivor parents (Miriam and Menachem Pinkhof) who were among the founders of the Dutch underground Westerweel Group who saved over 300 Jewish youths during the Holocaust until they were captured by the Nazis. They both received the Jewish holocaust rescuer Medal.
Afek studied at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, and in 1970 enlisted in the IDF where he served as a fighter in a special elite operations unit (Sayeret Matkal), a service that was extended due to the Yom Kippur War. In 1978 he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the Technion. In 1978-1980 he worked as an IDF civilian engineer, developing the avionics unit and autopilot of the first successful UAV manufactured by the Israeli Air Force. In 1980-1985 he earned an MSc and PhD respectively, in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 1985 to 1988, he worked as a researcher at AT&T's Bell Laboratories. In 1988 he joined the faculty in the Department of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University, where he is currently a full professor. He also served as head of the School of Computer Science from 2014 to 2016.
In 2000 Afek was the lead founder of Riverhead Networks, a company that provided a mitigation system to distributed denial of service attacks. The Riverhead Guard product
was deployed to tens of thousands of sites, protecting them from multi Gbps attacks. Riverhead was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2004, after which Afek remained CTO and director in Cisco Israel until May 2009.
References
External links
Yehuda Afek's Tel-Aviv University web page and profile.
NXNSAttack: Recursive DNS Inefficiencies and Vulnerabilities, USENIX Security Symposium 2020: 631-648
Diversion and Sieving Techniques to Defeat DDoS attacks NANOG23, Oct 23rd 2001 slides
MPLS-Based Synchronous Traffic Shunt , NANOG28, Jan 3rd 2003, slides
1952 births
Living people
Israeli computer scientists
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Scientists from Haifa
Academic staff of Tel Aviv University |
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