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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sqlmap
sqlmap is a software utility for automated discovering of SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applicatons. Usage The tool was used in the 2015 data breach of TalkTalk. In 2016, the Illinois Board of Election was breached using the tool, combined with Acunetix and DirBuster. References External links Computer security software Free security software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Agrabad%20Ward
North Agrabad () is the No. 24 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Double Mooring Thana, Bangladesh. Population Data References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Pathantuli%20Ward
North Pathantuli () is a No.23 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Double Mooring Thana, Bangladesh. Size The area of North Pathantuli ward is 0.58 square kilometers. Population Data According to the 2011 census, the total population of North Pathantuli ward is 31,175. Among them, 16,795 are male and 14,380 are female. Total families are 6,669. References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Agrabad%20Ward
South Agrabad () is a No.27 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Double Mooring Thana, Bangladesh. Size Population Data References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagmaniram%20Ward
Bagmaniram () is the No.15 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Chawkbazar Thana and Kotwali Thana, Bangladesh. Size Population Data References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chawkbazar%20Ward
Chawkbazar () is the No.16 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Chawkbazar Thana, Bangladesh. Size Population Data References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Pahartali%20Ward
South Pahartali () is the No.01 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Hathazari Model Thana, Bangladesh. Size Population Data References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS%20Sonoma
macOS Sonoma (version 14) is the latest major release of macOS, Apple's operating system for Macintosh computers. The successor to macOS Ventura, it was announced at WWDC 2023 on June 5, 2023, and released on September 26, 2023. It is named after the wine region located in California's Sonoma County. The first developer beta was released on June 5, 2023, and macOS Sonoma entered public beta on July 11, 2023. macOS Sonoma is the first version of macOS to be exclusive to Macs with Retina display, as it drops support for the 21.5-inch 2017 iMac. New features macOS Sonoma includes a number of new features and improvements, mainly focused on productivity and creativity: Widgets have been completely revamped. They are no longer constrained to the Notification Center—instead they can be placed anywhere on the screen, and the widget picker has been redesigned to resemble the iPadOS version of it. The lock screen has been redesigned to include a date and time similar to iOS and iPadOS. The power buttons have become a context menu. Video-conferencing apps can overlay the presenter's webcam video on top of screen sharing. App icons have been made more rounded. The Spotlight search bar has been made more rounded, and its width has been decreased. Safari changes: Browsing profiles enable separate sets of bookmarks, extensions, and cookies, which can be used to separate, for example, a personal setup from a work one. Password sharing lets multiple people have access to the same collection of website passwords, and update them as needed, with changes syncing across all enrolled devices. Safari web apps let the user add any website to the Dock and open it in a simplified Safari interface, just like an app. A similar feature is available in Google Chrome. This feature is somewhat different from progressive web apps since it does not require additional work from website developers. Messages changes: More precise search filters: for example, the contact name can be combined with a search term to look for the term within a specific conversation. Catch-up lets the user quickly jump to the first unread message in a conversation. iMessage stickers have a new selection interface. Apple TV now has a sidebar instead of a top bar. Game mode optimizes gaming performance by prioritizing gaming tasks and allocating more GPU and CPU capacity to the game. New slow-motion screen savers of different locations worldwide. When logged in, they transform into the desktop wallpaper. Smoother animations for several areas such as the notification panel and the lock screen. Users can react with their hands and animations will pop up based on the hand gesture. AV1 hardware decoding has been introduced on devices with AV1 hardware decoding support such as Apple M3 family. Print Center, a utility application returning from Mac OS X Tiger, was reintroduced for managing print jobs, viewing different printer queues, and pausing or deleting print jobs. Gaming Alongside
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%20Great%20Journey%20in%20Nagoya%202023
NOAH Green Journey in Nagoya 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah. It took place on June 17, 2023, in Nagoya, Japan, at the Nagoya Congress Center. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. Ten matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show, and three of Noah's five championships were on the line. The main event saw Jake Lee defeat Takashi Sugiura to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other top matches included Real (Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley) defeating Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura to retain the GHC Tag Team Championship, and Hayata defeated Dante Leon to retain the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Production Background The event will feature ten professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Event The preshow contained three bouts which were broadcast live on Noah's YouTube channel. The first match started with the confrontation between the team of Akitoshi Saito, Seiki Yoshioka and Stallion Rogers, and Muhammad Yone, Alejandro and Super Crazy, solded with the victory of the initial trio as a result of six-man tag team action. Next up, Kongo stablemates Hi69 and Hajime Ohara battled in singles competition with the victory of the latter. The third preshow bout saw Kaito Kiyomiya, Amakusa and Super Crazy picking up a victory over GHC National Champion El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Yoshinari Ogawa and Kai Fujimura. In the first main card bout, Hideki Suzuki defeated Shuhei Taniguchi in singles action. Next up, Daiki Inaba and Atsushi Kotoge defeated Naomichi Marufuji and Eita. In the sixth bout, Jack Morris, Tadasuke and Yo-Hey defeated Sean Legacy, Chris Ridgeway and Daga in six-man tag team action. Next up, Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Kenoh and Manabu Soya. In the eighth bout, Hayata defeated Dante Leon to secure the second consecutive title defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship in that respective reign. In the semi main event, Timothy Thatcher and Saxon Huxley defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura to secure their first defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship. In the main event, Jake Lee defeated Takashi Sugiura to secure the third consecutive defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship in that resepctive reign. Results Notes References External links Pro Wrestling Noah official website Pro Wrestling Noah CyberAgent 2023 in professional wrestling May 2023 events in Japan Pro Wrestling Noah shows Sports competitions in Nagoya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla%20Chiasserini
Carla Fabiana Chiasserini is an Italian communications engineer specializing in wireless networks, edge computing, and power management for networked devices. She is a professor in the Electronics and Telecommunications Department at the Polytechnic University of Turin. Education and career Chiasserini studied electronic engineering at the University of Florence, earning a laurea in 1996. She completed a Ph.D. at the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2000, and in the same year joined the university as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2006 and to full professor in 2018. Chiasserini is editor-in-chief of the journal Computer Communications, published by Elsevier. Recognition Chiasserini was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2018 class of fellows, "for contributions to energy efficiency and cooperation in wireless networks". References External links Home page Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Italian electrical engineers Italian women engineers Women electrical engineers University of Florence alumni Polytechnic University of Turin alumni Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Turin Fellow Members of the IEEE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilet%20Matias%3A%20Attorney-at-Law
Lilet Matias is an upcoming Philippine television drama legal series to be broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Adolf Alix Jr., it stars Jo Berry in the title role. It is set to premiere in 2024 on the network's Afternoon Prime line up. Cast and characters Lead cast Jo Berry as Lilet Matias Supporting cast Camille Prats Sheryl Cruz as Patricia Bobby Andrews Jason Abalos Rita Avila Yvette Sanchez Glenda Garcia Teresa Loyzaga EA Guzman Ariel Villasanta Joaquin Domagoso Zonia Mejia as Trixie Hannah Arguelles Guest cast Martin del Rosario Joyce Ching Production Principal photography commenced on June 3, 2023. References Filipino-language television shows GMA Network drama series Television shows set in the Philippines Philippine legal television series Upcoming drama television series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchlaish%20Ward
Panchlaish () is the No. 03 Ward of Chattogram City Corporation and a part of Bayazid Thana, Bangladesh. Population data According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, the ward had a population of 68,794. The average household size was 4.8. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 64.3%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. References Chittagong Wards of Chattogram City Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford%20Green%20Wheel
The Bedford Green Wheel is a network of traffic free paths and quiet routes for cyclists and walkers in and around Bedford, England. This network included 'spokes' linking into the town centre. The network links parks, nature reserves, countryside and homes. This project was announced as part of Bedford Borough Council's Green Infrastructure Plan 2009. The Cycling Campaign for North Bedfordshire promotes and encourages the use of the Bedford Green Wheel. References Cycleways in England Sustainable transport Transport in Bedford
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angadia
Angadia is a traditional banking system that has been prevalent in the Indian subcontinent for centuries. Angadia refers to a trusted network of individuals who specialize in the secure transportation of valuable goods, including cash, jewelry, and important documents. It originated in the state of Gujarat. Angadia services facilitate trade and commerce in the region. In exchange for their services, they charge a nominal fee. The system relies on a network of couriers, known as Angadias, who operate with utmost integrity and trustworthiness. Angadia system is legal in India. The business of angadias generally involves people from the Gujarati, Marwari, and Malbari communities. History Historically, Angadias were primarily employed by merchants, businesses, and individuals who required a secure means of transferring funds or valuable assets. Traditionally, Angadias operated on a cash-based system, providing a reliable and confidential mode of transferring money. This made them particularly valuable in a society where formal banking services were not easily accessible or lacked the level of trust required for high-value transactions. Angadias can be classified into distinct groups based on their specialized services. One category is dedicated to serving diamond traders, facilitating the transportation of rough and uncut diamonds from Gujarat to Mumbai's export houses. Another category focuses on the safe transportation of gold and silver. A third category assumes the responsibility of securely delivering substantial amounts of currency and diverse goods to and from Gujarat. Prior to the late 1980s, Angadias used to travel with their consignments on horse carriages to Mumbai Central railway station. Due to security concerns and attacks by criminal gangs, they now receive police escort with two police vans accompanying them. Delivery personnel from different companies often travel together for safety reasons. Operations The Angadia system operates on a strong foundation of trust and close-knit relationships. Clients entrust their valuables to the Angadia couriers, who meticulously handle and transport the goods with the highest level of security. These couriers are known for their discretion, professionalism, and dedication to delivering the entrusted items safely and promptly. In recent years, the Angadia system has faced some challenges due to increased regulatory scrutiny and the emergence of formal banking channels. However, it continues to thrive in certain sectors and regions where the need for secure and confidential financial services remains high. Angadias transports high-value goods and cash between Mumbai and Gujarat on a daily basis. It is estimated that these individuals handle several hundred crore rupees worth of goods and cash in their operations. Various estimates suggest that the combined value of goods and cash transported by Angadias annually ranges between ₹70,000 crore and ₹1 trillion. As of 2017, Approximately 200 an
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa%20Deelman
Ewa Deelman is an American computer scientist specializing in distributed computing and cloud computing for applications in scientific computing. Her contributions include leading the design of the Pegasus scientific workflow management system, used by the LIGO scientific collaboration to detect gravitational waves from binary black holes. She is a research professor of computer science in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and a principal scientist at the Information Sciences Institute, both part of the University of Southern California. Education and career Deelman majored in mathematics at Wells College, a women's college in Aurora, New York, graduating in 1987. After a master's degree in computer science in 1991 from the State University of New York at New Paltz, she went to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for continued study in computer science, earning her Ph.D. in 1997. Her dissertation, Performance Optimization of Parallel Discrete Event Simulation of Spatially Explicit Problems, was supervised by Bolesław Szymański. After three years as a research software developer at the University of California, Los Angeles, she moved to the Information Sciences Institute in 2000, becoming a research director there in 2016 and a principal scientist in 2018. In 2003, she added an affiliation as research assistant professor of computer science at the University of Southern California; she was promoted to associate professor in 2009 and full professor in 2016. Recognition Deelman was the 2015 recipient of the HPDC Achievement Award, given with an invitation for a keynote address at the International ACM Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing, "for her significant influence, contributions, and distinguished use of workflow systems in high-performance computing". She was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2018 class of fellows, "for contributions to scientific workflow management". She was named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019, "particularly for the design and optimization of scientific workflows in distributed and high-performance environments". References External links Home page Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists American women computer scientists Wells College alumni State University of New York at New Paltz alumni Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni University of Southern California faculty Fellow Members of the IEEE Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20E.%20Caspersen
Danish computer scientist Michael Edelgaard Caspersen (born in 1960 in Svenborg, Denmark) has spent his academic life furthering computer science education, at all levels. His research interests are computing education, programming didactics, programming methodology, and object-oriented programming. He is best known for his work on computing education research and development, particularly his work to promote informatics as a fundamental discipline for all. Michael has developed novel pedagogical approaches to teaching programming and program development, and his consistent and thorough use of hypothesis testing during his research has set a standard for the field. He was one of the first to use cognitive load theory in this research. Michael has served pivotal roles in developing informatics education in Danish high schools and, by personal invitation of the Minister of Education, at the primary and lower secondary levels. He also has provided leadership within the ACM and on various groups in Europe to improve computing/informatics education throughout Europe. Education Michael was born in Svendborg, Denmark. He went to Nordre Skole for primary and lower secondary school and to Svendborg Statsgymnasium for upper secondary school. He earned an M.Sc. in computer science from Aarhus University. At Aarhus University, Michael was exposed to world-class computing education; new ideas of programming methodology developed by Dijkstra found their way into the first-year course, as did relational algebra and the semantics of programs. This educational experience had a profound impact on Michael's perspective on computing and devotion to computer science education, leading to his PhD thesis. Personal life Michael E. Caspersen is married to Susanne Caspersen; they have two children, Christina and Christopher, and four grandchildren, Filippa, Lucca, Asta, and Petra. Leadership roles: Education in Computer Science / Informatics Michael has been a major force for improving education in computing at all levels on a national and international scale. Founding member and first chair of the Danish CS Educators' Association (1995-2000). Founding member of the Scandinavian Pedagogy of Programming Network established in 2004, leading to publication of a book, a novel and innovative collection of contributions that address all aspects of teaching programming. Chair or co-chair five Danish Ministerial groups on various aspects of computing. Co-chair of the Committee on European Computing Education (CECE), which was created to foster further development of informatics education at all levels in Europe. Second Chair (the first chair was Dame Wendy Hall) of the coalition Informatics for All, which was formed in 2018; its members are the ACM Europe Council, the CEPIS Education Committee, Informatics Europe, and IFIP (2023-) Member of the Digital Council of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV), and a member of its Steering Committee for Science & Engi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroGPT
ZeroGPT is a software tool that supposedly determines whether a text was created using an AI programme like ChatGPT. It is based in Hamburg, Germany. ZeroGPT is an Artificial Intelligence Detection Software, but it's worth noting that there's ongoing debate about the accuracy of such tools. History ZeroGPT is tasked with identifying the content's origin. It determines whether the written text was produced by a human brain, an AI system, or one of the OpenAI tools already in existence, such as ChatGPT or Google Bard. Effectiveness Although ZeroGPT claims to have a 98% accuracy rate, one test of the software found that it flagged only 81% of a fully AI-generated text. OpenAI also noted this lower accuracy in their comments on the software. When fed part of the United States Constitution it was flagged as 96% AI. References AI software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%20Pires%20da%20Silva
Abel Pires da Silva (; born 24 May 1976) is an East Timorese computer scientist and politician. From March 2022 to July 2023, he was Minister of Public Works in the VIII Constitutional Government of East Timor led by Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak. At the age of 41 he was one of the youngest members of the National Parliament. Additionally, he served as the National Parliament's Chair of the Infrastructure Permanent Committee, Chair of the Timor-Leste and Japan Friendship Group, Inaugural Chair of the Young Parliamentarians Group, Secretary of the Timo-Leste Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and an active member of the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR). Early life and education Seran Toza Lialuli was born on the Foho Taroman mountain in southwest East Timor. During this time, the country was under Indonesian annexation, driving many residents to seek refuge in the wild. When Silva joined in the Catholic primary school, which demanded a Christian name, he changed to his current name. He moved to Dili at the age of 14, where he excelled in a computer course and graduated at the top of his class. Silva continued his education in Diponegoro University in Semarang with scholarship from the then Provincial Government of Timor-Timur, where he earned a BA in Engineering. It is during his study at this university that he became very active in the Timor-Leste's resistance movements. Merely 3 months after arriving in Semarang, he joined the resistance movement as a sworn member of Resistência Nacional dos Estudantes de Timor-Leste (National Resistance of East Timorese Students) – RENETIL adopting a clandestine name, nom de guerre of "Lalehan Novembro" (LANOVE) or "November Sky" He received most of his political trainings in this Timor-Leste's formal resistance organisation. In early 1997 at the age of 20 years old, he was entrusted by his fellow sworn members (membro jurados) to take the responsibility as their Vice-Responsável Principal to lead RENETIL's branch in Semarang city until Timor-Leste restored its formal independence in 2002, following the referendum in 1999. This video is one of many public demonstrations participated and/or led by Abel Lanove in Jakarta demanding for Timor-Leste's rights for self-determination. He received his first Australia Awards scholarship in 2005 and enrolled at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne to pursue a master's degree in information technology. Then, in 2009, he received a second scholarship and attended The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra from July 2010 to July 2014, earning his PhD in information systems with the highest possible thesis examination result of degree award without revisions, according to the ANU's Research Awards Rules. Academic publications In collaborations with his academic mentor, Professor Emeritus Walter Fernandez, Abel Pires da Silva has published a number of academic articles in prestigious and leading conferences in the Informat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshman%20Tamil
Lakshman Tamil is a researcher and professor known for his contributions to the fields of wireless communication, telemedicine, machine learning, and quality of life technology. He is also known for his role as a director of University of Texas at Dallas' Quality of Life Labs and advancements in AI for cancer screening. Career Tamil has supported and/or founded several companies for translating research into commercial application. He has been involved with startups including Yotta Networks, Spike Technologies, HygeiaTel, and MedCognetics. Awards and honours 2020, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of Texas at Dallas faculty University of Rhode Island alumni Indian Institutes of Technology alumni Madurai Kamaraj University alumni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%20Internet%20Investment%20Fund
The China Internet Investment Fund (CIIF; ), is a China Government Guidance Fund. The fund focuses on the internet sector including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and other services that are in line with national strategies and help develop the digital economy of China. Notable companies that the fund has golden share ownership in include ByteDance, Sina Corporation, SenseTime and Kuaishou. Background On 22 January 2017, CIIF was established as a 100 billion yuan fund by the Cyberspace Administration of China and Ministry of Finance to support investments in the internet sector. An initial 30 billion yuan funding came from firms including ICBC, China Mobile, China Unicom and CITIC Guoan Group. ICBC, China Development Bank and Agricultural Bank of China would provide financial services and a 150 billion yuan line of credit. The aim of the fund was to turn China into a major player in internet technology and to facilitate Premier Li Keqiang’s Internet Plus strategy. CIIF makes use of golden shares that enable it to exercise significant control over companies it invested in despite low ownership. For example, it holds a 1% stake in a subsidiary of ByteDance and appoints one of the three board members of that unit, which holds key licenses for ByteDance's domestic short-video business. Another example is Sina, where it acquired a 1% stake for only 10.7 million yuan ($1.5 million). In January 2023, CIIF acquired golden shares in two local divisions of the Alibaba Group that control Youku and UCWeb. Notable Investments ByteDance CloudWalk Technology Kuaishou SenseTime Sina Corporation References External links Chinese companies established in 2017 Companies based in Beijing Financial services companies established in 2017 Government-owned companies of China Investment management companies of China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K10plus
K10plus is the union catalog of the German library networks GBV (Common Library Network) and SWB (Southwest German Library Network). It combines the catalogs of the majority of academic libraries in Germany. K10plus combines the former union catalogs of GBV and SWB covering 10 of 16 states of Germany, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and other research institutions such as those of Leibniz Association, Helmholtz Association and Max Planck Society. As of March 2023, K10plus contained around 80 million bibliographic records, representing over 200 million physical and digital library assets from more than 1000 libraries. Large parts of K10plus are exported regularly into WorldCat and make up roughly 10% of it. K10plus-Zentral is an extension of K10plus with bibliographic data aggregated from other sources such as public libraries, PubMed, JSTOR, arXiv etc. As of March 2023, it contained around 231 million records. The database is run with Solr and can be integrated in various search portals. Technology The union catalog is managed with the database management system CBS (Controlled Bibliographic Service) originally developed in the 1980s in the Netherlands and acquired by OCLC in 2002. CBS and K10plus use a custom internal data format called PICA+ but extensions of CBS exist to support MARC21. The CBS data models used in GBV and SWB have been integrated to the common K10plus format. The format consists of bibliographic records and authority records with metadata about publications (main level) and two levels of local and copy records with information about individual library holdings. Records can be linked for authority control and to model connections such as book series. Database records are mainly edited by member libraries with the cataloging client "WinIBW" and exported to various local library systems, OPACs and search portals, including K10plus-Zentral. Records can be accessed via APIs such as SRU and have been made available as (Linked) Open Data. History In June 2014 a collaboration between the Library Service Centre Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) and the head office of the Common Library Network (VZG) was decided and announced by their managing directors at the 103rd German Library Congress in Bremen. A formal contract was signed in September 2015. K10plus went live in March 2019. Both institutions used the CBS database software CBS. Bibliography External links Official Website (in German only) K10plus OPAC (search interface) Library catalogues Databases in Germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Marczak
Bill Marczak is a senior research fellow at digital watchdog Citizen Lab, a co-founder of Bahrain Watch, and a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, from which he received his PhD in computer science under Vern Paxson. Marczak's work focuses on threats to Internet freedom, by both rogue and state actors, including surveillance, spyware, and censorship tools. His work has been featured in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, and on Larry King. Marczak's work has uncovered several instances of states using spyware for clandestine operations at odds with rights to privacy and freedom. References American computer scientists Computer surveillance Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBT%20Technologies
GBT Technologies Inc. is an American technology company that designs mobile chips and software products. It is also active in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), mesh networks, and artificial intelligence. It is based in Santa Monica, California, United States. History It was established in 2009 as Gopher Protocol Inc. In 2018, GBT Technologies acquired check authentication and response software from Electronic Check Services and Central State Legal. In 2019, the company changed its name to GBT Technologies Inc. In 2020, Mansour Khatib became the new CEO of the company. He led the company's transformation into an intellectual property firm. In 2022, GBT secured USPTO patents for a 3D biometric computer vision system and an obscured feature recognition system. Patents Semiconductor Design Multi-Dimensional Semiconductor (3D chip) Tracking Mobile Database Sharing (IOT) References Companies traded over-the-counter in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58th%20Primetime%20Creative%20Arts%20Emmy%20Awards
The 58th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2005, until May 31, 2006, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented on August 19, 2006, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. A total of 79 Creative Arts Emmys were handed out across 67 categories. The ceremony preceded the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, held on August 27. The miniseries Elizabeth I led all programs with five wins, followed by Baghdad ER and Rome with four wins each and the 78th Annual Academy Awards with three wins. For overall program fields, awards went to Baghdad ER, Before the Dinosaurs, Dance in America: Swan Lake with American Ballet Theatre, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, High School Musical, I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me, Rome: Engineering an Empire, The Simpsons, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, The XX Olympic Winter Games – Opening Ceremony, and Two Days in October. HBO led all networks with 17 wins. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2005–2006 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted. Programs Performing Animation Art Direction Casting Choreography Cinematography Commercial Costumes Directing Hairstyling Lighting Direction Main Title Design Makeup Music Picture Editing Sound Editing Sound Mixing Special Visual Effects Stunt Coordination Technical Direction Writing Notes References External links 58th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Emmys.com Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website 058 Creative Arts 2006 in American television 2006 in Los Angeles 2006 awards in the United States 2006 television awards August 2006 events in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa%20de%20los%20Caminos%20de%20Hierro%20del%20Norte%20de%20Espa%C3%B1a
The Compañia de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España (CCHNE), known simply as Norte, was a Spanish railway company founded on December 29, 1858. Its network was one of the most extensive in Spain, until it was nationalized in 1941, and integrated into the Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE). History Origins and founding The origins of Norte lie on the construction of the Madrid-Hendaye railway, designed to link the Spanish capital with the French border. The history of this line can be divided into two parts: From 1845 to 1855; many projects were presented but did not materialize in any construction. In 1856 the construction of the railway line from Madrid to Irun, or the Northern Railway, finally began. This line would become the base for the northern network of Spain, with 633 kilometres. The construction of the line was finished eight years later, after which it was dedicated to its exploitation, managing to increase it with multiple annexations until 1941, when it was absorbed by the State. People in Biscay were very interested in building a railway line that would connect them with the capital, since it was developing the ferrous metallurgy in the area and needed good transportation. Thus, in 1843 the blast furnaces of Santa Ana de Bolueta were inaugurated and a bit later the companies that were the origin of Altos Hornos de Vizcaya were also inaugurated. On August 16, 1845, a provisional Royal Order was approved, granting the representatives of the Provincial Council, the City Council and the Royal Board of Commerce, the construction of the line from Madrid to Valladolid, Burgos and Bilbao. Then, following the coast, through Deva, to reach Irun, with the condition that the interests of the localities affected by the route, especially Alava, were taken into account. This law was known in Madrid as the Basque Concession. The change in railway policy in 1851 obliged the Biscayans to adapt to the condition of payment on behalf of the State, by means of a second concession. In 1854 the Espartero-O'Donnell Government was formed and convened the Constituent assembly, from which the General Railway Law of June 3, 1855 was passed, the Northern line being divided into three sections: Madrid – Valladolid, through Avila and Medina del Campo Valladolid – Burgos Burgos – France, through Miranda de Ebro. In November, the license for the Valladolid-Burgos section was given to the Pereire, and in July 1856 the concession of the other two sections: Madrid–Valladolid and the one from Burgos to the French border, was given to the Sociedad de Crédito Mobiliario Español, having to pass through Miranda de Ebro, Vitoria, Alsasua, Tolosa and San Sebastián. This law also granted an authorization to Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante (MZA) for the construction of a railway from Zaragoza through Tudela and Pamplona to connect in Alsasua with the Northern Railway. Thus, the three sections of the Northern Rail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Brand%20Database
The Global Brand Database is a free-of-charge comprehensive online database developed and maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It is a global resource for trademark information, providing users access to a vast collection of international trademark records. The database offers valuable insights and search tools to assist trademark owners, professionals, and researchers protect and managing trademarks worldwide. It helps in trademark clearance searches, brand monitoring and enforcement activities, potential conflicts identification, tracking trademark applications tracking and registrations, and taking necessary legal actions to safeguard intellectual property rights. Researchers and policy-makers also use the database by accessing trademark data for analysis, policy development, and academic research. History The Global Brand Database was officially launched in 2011. It was designed to provide a single platform for searching and retrieving trademark records from various national and international databases. It rapidly hosted 10 million records. In 2017, the database covered 30 millions entries. Over the following years, the database continued to evolve and expand its functionalities to meet the growing demands of trademark users. In 2019, WIPO announced that the database could be used to search for figurative marks based on new artificial Intelligence technology. Features and Functionality The Global Brand Database offers a range of features and tools to assist users in searching and exploring trademark information. Some key features include: Extensive Coverage The database provides access to a vast collection of trademark records from national and international trademark offices. It covers trademarks registered under the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks, the emblems under 6ter and the geographical indications under Lisbon, INNs (International Nonproprietary Names) from WHO, the EUIPO collection, as well as national trademark offices from different countries. Users can search for trademarks registered in multiple jurisdictions, making it a valuable resource for global brand protection. Multilingual Search Interface The Global Brand Database supports multiple languages, allowing users to perform searches using keywords, trademark names, owners' names, and other relevant criteria in their preferred language. This multilingual capability enables users to search for trademarks using local or international terminology, enhancing the usability and effectiveness of the database. Advanced Search Options Users can utilize advanced search options to refine their queries and retrieve specific trademark records. The database offers various search filters, including trademark class, status, owner's name, and filing date, among others. These filters help users narrow their searches and locate relevant trademarks more efficiently. Image Search One of the notable features of the Global Brand Database is its
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Design%20Database
The Global Design Database is a comprehensive online database developed and maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It serves as a global resource for industrial designs, providing users with access to a vast collection of international design records promoting transparency, efficiency, and accessibility in the design system. The database offers valuable tools and search functionalities to assist designers, researchers, intellectual property professionals, and policy-makers in exploring industrial designs worldwide, tracking of design registrations, finding potential conflicts, giving access to design data for analysis, policy development and academic research. History The Global Design Database was officially launched in 2015. It was designed to provide a centralized platform for searching and retrieving design records from various national and international databases. In the following years the database continued to evolve and expand its functionalities to meet the growing demands of design users. As of June 2023, it contains over 15 millions records. Features and Functionality The Global Design Database offers a range of features and tools to assist users in searching and exploring design information. Some key features include: Extensive Coverage The database provides access to a vast collection of design records from national and international design offices. It covers industrial designs registered under the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, as well as national design offices from different countries. Users can search for designs registered in multiple jurisdictions, making it a valuable resource for global design protection. Multilingual Search Interface The Global Design Database supports multiple languages, allowing users to perform searches using keywords, design titles, applicants' names, and other relevant criteria in their preferred language. This multilingual capability enhances the usability and effectiveness of the database, enabling users to search for designs using local or international terminology. Advanced Search Options Users can utilize advanced search options to refine their queries and retrieve specific design records. The database offers various search filters, including design classification, status, applicant's name, and filing date, among others. These filters help users narrow down their searches and locate relevant designs more efficiently. Detailed Design Information Users can access comprehensive information for each design record through the Global Design Database. Each record provides details such as the design title, applicant's name and address, registration and expiration dates, design classification, status, and associated documents. Users can review the design's legal status and download relevant documents for further analysis and reference. See also Design infringment Industrial design right WIPO Lex Global Brand Database PATENTSCOPE R
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patentscope
PATENTSCOPE is a global patent database and search system developed and maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It provides free and open access to a vast collection of international patent documents, including patent applications, granted patents, and related technical information. History In 2001, WIPO launched PATENTSCOPE as an online service to provide free access to international patent documents. The database initially focused on the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications, which are international patent applications filed under the PCT system. In 2008, it was transformed into a search system for not only published PCT applications, but also national and regional patent collections. In 2009 it counted with 9 data collections. In 2013, with the addition of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and China’s national patent collections the database past the 30 million record mark. In 2014, Espacenet, Patentscope and Depatisnet were the main multinational patent databases offered by patent authorities which are available to the public free of charge. Chemical search was made available in 2016, allowing non-chemists to also search for chemical information. Over the years, the scope of PATENTSCOPE expanded to include additional patent collections from various countries and regions, making it a global resource for patent information.In 2018, WIPO implemented an AI tool for translating patent documents held in PATENTSCOPE. In 2020, during COVID-19 pandemic, WIPO launched a new search functionality to facilitate the location and retrieval of information useful to develop new technologies that could fight against the pandemic. As of June 2023, the database included 111 million patents documents, including 4.6 millions published international patent applications. Features and functionalities PATENTSCOPE offers a range of features and functionalities to assist users in searching and retrieving patent-related information. Some of the key features of the database include: Comprehensive coverage PATENTSCOPE provides access to millions of patent documents from around the world. It is the official publication reference site for published PCT applications. It includes patent applications, granted patents, and related technical information from national and international patent offices. The database covers a broad range of technology fields, allowing users to search for patents in their specific areas of interest. Multilingual search interface One of the notable features of the database is its multilingual search interface. Users can perform searches using keywords, patent numbers, inventors' names, and other relevant criteria in multiple languages. The database supports a range of languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. Advanced search options PATENTSCOPE offers advanced search options to help users refine their queries and retrieve precise results. Users can appl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Adjepong
Eric Adjepong is an American chef, television personality, and author. He was a finalist on the television series Top Chef: Kentucky season 16. He has appeared on multiple Food Network television shows, including as host of Alex vs. America. Early life and education Eric Adjepong was born and raised in the Bronx neighborhood in New York City and is of Ghanian-descent. He was the first member of his family to be born outside of Ghana, his parents immigrated to the United States in the 1980s. He has a degree in culinary arts and nutrition from Johnson & Wales University, and a master’s of public health degree in international public health nutrition from the University of Westminster. Adjepong is married to Janell Mack since 2016, and together they have a daughter. Career Adjepong's culinary interest are in the American South, West African, Caribbean, and South American cuisines. He co-owns with his wife Janell, "Pinch and Plate" in Washington, D.C., a catering company which also hosts pop-up meals. In 2018, Adjepong made it to the Top Chef: Kentucky finale, where he competed against two other chefs: Kelsey Barnard Clark of Alabama, and Sara Bradley of Kentucky. He ambitiously announced his meal for the series finale would, “tell the story of the transatlantic slave trade and how those flavors migrated to the South”, which highlighted both underrepresented cuisine and history. After becoming a finalist on season 16 of Top Chef: Kentucky, Adjepong competed on season 17 of Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. and several other Food Network shows, like Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions. He has been a food competition judge on the television series, the Great Soul Food Cook-Off, Supermarket Stakeout, Guy's Grocery Games, and Chopped. In 2020, he had plans to open a counter service restaurant called "On the Double" in the Union Market food hall, however it was greatly delayed. Since January 2022, Adjepong is the host of Alex vs. America, a Food Network show on its third season starring chef Alex Guarnaschelli competing against a series of guest chefs with a focus on a single culinary genre. Publications References External links Podcast: Episode 54: Eat with an Open Mind with Eric Adjepong (April 2023) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from the Bronx Johnson & Wales University alumni Alumni of the University of Westminster Chefs from Washington, D.C. Top Chef contestants American people of Ghanaian descent African-American chefs African-American television personalities American television chefs American chefs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink%20Charging
Blink Charging Co. is an American electric vehicle charging network operator headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. A smaller EV charging network in the United States, it has over 51,000 chargers globally. History Blink was incorporated October 3, 2006, as New Image Concepts, Inc. (a shell company) to provide consulting services around personal appearance and entertainment. On November 20, 2009, it changed its name to Car Charging Group, Inc. in a merger with Car Charging, Inc. before settling on Blink after acquisition of the titular asset in 2013. In March 2023, Blink was one of three EV charger suppliers chosen by the U.S. Postal Service as part of its electric vehicle fleet upgrade; Blink will supply up to 41,500 EV chargers. Acquisitions Blink Network In October 2013, the Blink network was acquired from ECOtality after its chapter 11 bankruptcy. SemaConnect In June 2022, Blink acquired SemaConnect. Envoy Technologies In April 2023, Blink announced its subsidiary Blink Mobility, LLC, purchased electric vehicle sharing platform developer, Envoy Technologies. References External links Electric vehicle infrastructure developers Electric vehicle industry Companies based in Florida Companies listed on the Nasdaq
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine%20Tambour
Madeleine Tambour, born December 18, 1908, in Paris and died in deportation to the Ravensbrück camp on March 4, 1945, was a French actress, active in the French Resistance within several networks including André Girard's Carte network and several networks of the Special Operations Executive. Biography Family background Madeleine Anne Marie Tambour is the daughter of Alcide Tambour and Anne-Marie Aubin born in 1873. She has an older sister named Germaine. Resistance The family apartment located at 38 avenue de Suffren, Paris XVe, served as a mailbox and clandestine home for a large number of agents of the Special Operations Executive at the end of 1942 and the beginning of 1943, starting with Andrée Borrel and Francis Suttill at their arrival in France. Her sister Germaine is the secretary of André Girard, founder of the "Carte" network, which wants to be independent of Free France and for this reason obtains the support of the Special Operations Executive (section F of the SOE). In 1942, Madeleine Tambour was contacted by resistance fighter Andrée Borrel (Denise) who asked her and her sister to shelter many resistance fighters. Arrest, internment and deportation On April 22, 1943, Germaine and Madeleine Tambour were arrested by the Abwehr. Despite the intervention of several resistance fighters, in particular Françis Suttill, Armel Guerne, Jean Worms and Jacques Weil, to have them released, Madeleine Tambour and her older sister were interned in the prisons of Fresnes, Romainville and Compiègne. They were finally deported to the Ravensbrück camp in April 1944. Death Madeleine is identified under the registration number 27551 KZ. She died in Ravensbrück, executed by gas, like her sister, on March 4, 1945. Acknowledgement A plaque affixed to the facade of the building at 38, avenue de Suffren pays homage to him, as well as to his sister Germaine and to Marie-Louise Monnet. Decoration Medal of the French Resistance posthumously (decree of March 11, 1947) Sources and external links Richard Seiler, La tragédie du réseau Prosper, avril-août 1943, Pygmalion, 2003. Henri Noguères, Histoire de la résistance en France de 1940 à 1945, Famot, 1982. Jean Lartéguy et Bob Maloubier, Triple jeu, l'espion Déricourt, Robert Laffont, 1992. Dimitri Vicheney, Une page de la Résistance dans le XVe arrondissement. Les réseaux du S.O.E. article in Bulletin de la société historique et archéologique du XVe arrondissement de Paris, numéro18, automne 2001, p. 5-17. Notes 1908 births 1945 deaths People who died in Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp prisoners Recipients of the Resistance Medal Special Operations Executive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nita%20Patel%20%28engineer%29
Nita Kantilal Patel is an American electrical engineer, the 2023 president of the IEEE Computer Society. She works for Otis Worldwide as senior director of engineering for the Lead Design Center–Farmington, where her work involves the development of internet of things platforms. Education and career Patel comes from a family of physicians and businesspeople; she has described herself as the "black sheep of the family" for pursuing engineering instead. She was a student at Southern Methodist University, where she earned bachelor's degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering in 1995, and a master's degree in computer engineering in 1998. Before working for Otis, she worked in Texas on Bradley Fighting Vehicle systems for Texas Instruments, in Oklahoma on NEXRAD weather radar technology for RS Information Systems, and in New Hampshire on long-wave infrared military imaging for L3 Insight Technology. Personal life Patel married Alex Relyea, whom she met when both were students at Southern Methodist. Both Patel and Relyea are active in organizing chess tournaments, and Patel is listed as a national chess arbiter by FIDE. She is also active in Toastmasters International. Recognition Patel was named New Hampshire Engineer of the Year in 2011 by the New Hampshire engineering societies. She was the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Larry K. Wilson Transnational Award, "for distinguished contributions to IEEE global activities through the creation, development, and implementation of the inaugural IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference, a comprehensive, multi-year strategic business plan, and for expanding the global reach of the IEEE Women in Engineering mission to inspire, engage, and advance women in technology". References External links Home page Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American electrical engineers American women engineers Women electrical engineers Southern Methodist University alumni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred%20Racing%20on%20Fox%20Sports
Thoroughbred Racing on Fox Sports is the de facto title for a series of horse races events whose broadcasts are produced by Fox Sports, for Fox, Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 television networks in the United States. The flagship program for the series is America's Day at the Races. History 1998–2000 Fox Sports first began covering thoroughbred racing in 1998 with a multi-year deal for the Santa Anita Derby. Fox Sports expanded its coverage in 1999 through a partnership with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. Fox aired 11 races as part of the partnership, branded as NTRA Champions on Fox. The partnership did not return in 2001. 2014–2020 Fox Sports returned to horse racing in 2014 with a two-year agreement with The Jockey Club for up to 10 races on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes. In 2016, Fox Sports reached an agreement with the New York Racing Association (NYRA) for coverage of 40 summer races from Saratoga Race Course on Fox Sports 2. The races were branded as Saratoga Live. In 2017, the Fox Sports expanded its NYRA races to include races from Aqueduct Racetrack and Belmont Park, branded as Aqueduct Live and Belmont Park Live respectively. In August 2017, the NYRA extended its summer agreement with Fox Sports through 2020. In November 2018, the NYRA and Fox Sports reached a new agreement that made Fox Sports the year-round television home for NYRA races from Saratoga and Belmont, featuring more than 600 hours of horse racing. In 2019, the NYRA and Fox debuted America's Day at the Races, which has become their flagship horse racing show. Also in 2019, through its partnership with the NYRA, the Fox network began airing the Travers Stakes, its first horse race since NTRA Champions on Fox races in 2000. Also through its partnership with the NYRA, in 2020, Fox Sports 1 began airing the Saudi Cup. 2021–present In March 2021, Fox Sports and the NYRA announced an extension to their rights deal through 2030. As part of the agreement, Fox Sports will air 700 hours of coverage each year from Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course. The Travers Stakes will continue to air on Fox. Fox also acquired a 25% stake in NYRA Bets. In 2022, Fox Sports reached an agreement with the NYRA for the rights to the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the horse racing triple crown, through 2030. Recently, Fox has aired more races on its main network. In 2022, Fox aired the Jim Dandy Stakes. In 2023, Fox aired the Wood Memorial Stakes and reached an agreement with the Breeders' Cup Challenge to air the Fourstardave Handicap. Beginning July 22, 2023, Fox aired 6 straight weeks of races branded as Fox Saratoga Saturday. See also List of Thoroughbred Racing on Fox Sports commentators References External links Fox Sports original programming Fox Sports 1 original programming Fox 1998 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings 2014 American television series debuts 1990s American television series 2010s American television seri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina%20Thottan
Marina Kuriakkose Thottan is a computer scientist specializing in the performance, management, and security of computer networks and smart grids. She is a principal research scientist at Amazon Web Services. Education and career Thottan has a Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, completed in 2000. Her dissertation, Fault Detection and Prediction for the Management of Computer Networks, was supervised by Chuanyi Ji. She became a researcher for Bell Labs in 1999, and became vice president of network and security research there before moving to her present position at Amazon. Book With Kenneth C. Budka and Jayant G. Deshpande, Thottan is coauthor of the book Communication Networks for Smart Grids: Making Smart Grid Real (Springer, 2014). Recognition Thottan is a Bell Labs Fellow. She was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2018 class of fellows, "for leadership in high-speed internet-protocol networks". References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists American women computer scientists Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni Scientists at Bell Labs Amazon (company) people Fellow Members of the IEEE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal%20Canal
Tal Canal is a Portuguese social networking site where users can share content, such as links, text, images, and videos, which other users can vote on and comment on. The content is posted in user-created communities called "Canais" (Portuguese for channels), which are centered around a topic. It's similar to Reddit in its use and features. Besides the communities there are other features, such as games, a news aggregator, chat rooms, and a chatbot. History Tal Canal was created by Tânia Carvalho and André Santos, who together form the company "Icónica – Digital Design". The social network was launched in April 2022. The name of the social network was inspired by the Portuguese television programme "O Tal Canal", created by Herman José and broadcast by RTP. Overview Canais A user shares content by posting it in the communities called "canais", where other users will vote and comment on it. The "canais" focus on a particular topic, with the users being able to choice which "canais" they wish to see, and also being able to create one. The posts are voted with positive and negative votes, with the balance of the votes being called "carma". A user with a negative "carma" may have their posts and comments rejected depending on the "canais". Other features There is a section where games can be played on the site. One of the games included is "Quina", which is similar to Wordle, where players try to guess a five-letter European Portuguese word in nine attempts. A news section where news articles from Portugal on different subjects such as sports, politics, technology, among others, are aggregated. A chatroom section, called "Chat da Treta", to chat with a random user. A chatbot, called "Chat Genial", that is similar to ChatGPT. It can generate text and images, as well as interpret prompts in Portuguese and English, with a limit of twenty prompts per day. See also Reddit References External links Official website Official channel for information on "Tal Canal" Portuguese social networking websites 2022 establishments in Portugal Internet properties established in 2022 Portuguese-language websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkered%20Past%20%28TV%20programming%20block%29
Checkered Past is a programming block on Adult Swim featuring Cartoon Network cartoons from the 1990s and 2000s that premiered on August 28, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. EDT, running weekday evenings. It contains shows such as Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd n Eddy, and others from the pre-2010 era, all programs on the block are rated TV-PG due to creative differences and sensibilities for children's television in today’s standards. On October 31, 2023, Checkered Past launched on the new 24/7 Adult Swim channel in Latin America [] Shows References Adult Swim original programming Cartoon Network programming blocks Nostalgia television in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peiying%20Zhu
Peiying Zhu is a communications engineer whose work has involved the development of 4G, 5G, and 6G cellular networks. Educated in China and Canada, she works in Canada as senior vice president of wireless research for Huawei. Education and career Zhu has a master's degree from Southeast University in China, earned in 1985. She completed a Ph.D. at Concordia University in Canada in 1993. Her dissertation, Motion analysis from a sequence of range images, was jointly supervised by Tony Kasvand and Adam Krzyzak. She worked for Nortel until 2009, becoming a Nortel Fellow and director of advanced wireless access technology. In 2009, she moved to Huawei, where she is Huawei Fellow and senior vice president of wireless research. She is also director for industry outreach in the IEEE Communications Society. Recognition Zhu was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2018 class of fellows, "for leadership in wireless communications systems". She is also a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Chinese electrical engineers Chinese women engineers Canadian electrical engineers Canadian women engineers Women electrical engineers Southeast University alumni Concordia University alumni Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow Members of the IEEE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromolecular%20Crystallographic%20Information%20File
The Macromolecular Crystallographic Information File (mmCIF) also known as PDBx/mmCIF is a standard text file format for representing macromolecular structure data, developed by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) and the Protein Data Bank It is an extension of the Crystallographic Information File (CIF), specifically for macromolecular data, such as proteins and nucleic acids, incorporating elements from the PDB file format. mmCIF is intended as an alternative to the Protein Data Bank (PDB) format and is now the default format used by the Protein Data Bank. mmCIF was designed to address limitations of the PDB format in terms of capacity and flexibility, especially with the increasing size and complexity of macromolecular structures being determined. The format is part of the larger Crystallographic Information Framework, a system of exchange protocols based on data dictionaries and relational rules expressible in different machine-readable manifestations, including, but not restricted to, the original Crystallographic Information File and XML. Example An example of the mmCIF file format is key-value style is: _cell.entry_id 4HHB _cell.length_a 63.150 _cell.length_b 83.590 _cell.length_c 53.800 _cell.angle_alpha 90.00 _cell.angle_beta 99.34 _cell.angle_gamma 90.00 _cell.Z_PDB 4 External links International Union of Crystallography wwPDB: mmCIF Resources PDBx/mmCIF conversion service References Chemical file formats Computer file formats Crystallography Bioinformatics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterographa%20rotundata
Enterographa rotundata is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen in the family Roccellaceae. This species was discovered in Brazil, growing on the smooth bark of trees in the Brazilian Caatinga forest. It has round (lichen structures where spores are produced), a feature that sets it apart from most of its kind. Taxonomy Enterographa rotundata was first formally described by lichenologists Marcela Cáceres, Edvaneide Leandro de Lima, and André Aptroot in 2012. Its type specimen was discovered by the second author on the bark of a tree in the Catimbau National Park, in the Pernambuco state of Brazil, at an altitude of approximately . The species name rotundata is derived from the Latin word , which translates to "round", a fitting descriptor for the species' distinct round . Description The Enterographa rotundata lichen has a crust-like thallus (lichen body), which is often very thin, making it appear almost non-existent. Its colour varies from pale pinkish to pale brownish, and it adheres closely to the surface of the tree bark. Its is from the green algal genus Trentepohlia. Enterographa rotundata is distinguished by its round or slightly ellipsoidal ascomata, the sexual reproductive structures of lichen, which are dark brown to black in colour. The ascomata are 0.1–0.2 mm wide with a raised, ochraceous white margin approximately 0.05 mm wide. Each ascus, the spore-bearing structure within the ascomata, typically contains eight hyaline . These are narrowly (club-shaped), 50–60 by 3.5–5.0 μm in size, and surrounded by a gelatinous sheath. One of the notable characteristics of Enterographa rotundata is its lack of detectable substances, which is relatively unusual for a lichen. It has been observed to have no reactions with the standard chemical spot tests (UV−, C−, P−, and K−); the lack of substances has been confirmed by thin-layer chromatography. Habitat and distribution Enterographa rotundata is primarily found on the smooth bark of trees in the Caatinga forest, a unique dry forest biome found only in Brazil. In this environment, it coexists with other lichen species such as Dirinaria leopoldii, Lecanora leprosa, L. leproplaca, Pertusaria ventosa, Phaeographis ventosa, and Ramboldia haematites. Similar species Enterographa rotundata is one of very few Enterographa species with round apothecia. It bears a superficial resemblance to Enterographa lecanoracea and Enterographa mesomela, both of which, however, have distinguishing features. E lecanoracea is characterised by larger ascomata, while E. mesomela has a grey-green thallus and slightly shorter ascospores. Other species such as E. anguinella, E. batistae, E. byssoidea, and E. perez-higaredae also have typically round apothecia but differ in their ascomata size, chemistry, and habitat. For instance, E. batistae has the smallest ascomata, E. byssoidea is recognised by its apothecium margin, and E. perez-higaredae is known for the presence of psoromic acid. The
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaDev
AlphaDev is an artificial intelligence system developed by Google DeepMind to discover enhanced computer science algorithms using reinforcement learning. AlphaDev is based on AlphaZero, a system that mastered the games of chess, shogi and go by self-play. AlphaDev applies the same approach to finding faster algorithms for fundamental tasks such as sorting and hashing. Development On June 7, 2023, Google DeepMind published a paper in Nature introducing AlphaDev, which discovered new algorithms from scratch that outperformed the state-of-the-art methods for small sort algorithms. For example, AlphaDev found a faster assembly language sequence for sorting 5-element sequences. Upon analysing the algorithms in-depth, AlphaDev discovered two unique sequences of assembly instructions called the AlphaDev swap and copy moves that save a single assembly instruction each time they are applied. For variable sort algorithms, AlphaDev discovered fundamentally different algorithm structures. For example, for VarSort4 (sort up to 4 elements) AlphaDev discovered an algorithm 29 assembly instructions shorter than the human benchmark. AlphaDev also improved on the speed of hashing algorithms by up to 30% in certain cases. In January 2022, Google DeepMind submitted its new sorting algorithms to the organization that manages C++, one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and after independent vetting, AlphaDev's algorithms were added to the library. This was the first change to the C++ Standard Library sorting algorithms in more than a decade and the first update to involve an algorithm discovered using AI. In January 2023, DeepMind also added its hashing algorithm for inputs from 9 to 16 bytes to Abseil, an open-source collection of prewritten C++ algorithms that can be used by anybody coding with C++. It is estimated that these algorithms are used trillions of times every day. Design AlphaDev is built on top of AlphaZero, the reinforcement-learning model that DeepMind trained to master games such as Go and chess. The company's breakthrough was to treat the problem of finding a faster algorithm as a game and then train its AI to win it. AlphaDev plays a single-player game where the objective is to iteratively build an algorithm in the assembly language that is both fast and correct. AlphaDev uses a neural network to guide its search for optimal moves, and learns from its own experience and synthetic demonstrations. AlphaDev showcases the potential of AI to advance the foundations of computing and optimize code for different criteria. Google DeepMind hopes that AlphaDev will inspire further research on using AI to discover new algorithms and improve existing ones. Algorithm The primary learning algorithm in AlphaDev is an extension of AlphaZero. Encoding assembly programming into a game In order to use AlphaZero on assembly programming, the authors created a Transformer-based vector representation of assembly programs designed to capture th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli%C3%A9cer%20%C3%81vila
Eliécer Ávila Cicilia (born in 1985 in Puerto Padre, Las Tunas, Cuba) is a Cuban computer scientist and dissident. Founder and former president of the Cuban political party Somos Más. Known in Cuba for leading an incident in 2008 while he was a student at the University of Information Science (UCI), in which he asked a series of questions (according to Eliécer, “of great concern for young Cubans”) to the then president of the National Assembly of Popular Power, Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada. UCI (Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas, "University of Informatic Sciences") Incident Students' Q&A session with Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada Eliécer Ávila was widely known in Cuba as a result of his intervention on January 28, 2008, at the University of Information Science of Cuba (UCI), where the then president of the National Assembly of the Popular Power of Cuba, Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, had given a round of questions and answers after a talk with computer science students. Eliécer took his turn after another student, Alejandro Rafael Hernández Real, of whose intervention the final fragment was also included in a video that was spread clandestinely within Cuba. Eliécer asked four questions during his speech, delving into their economic and political implications, such as the quality of public transport, misinformation in the population, the rule of law of the Cuban people and the lack of Internet connectivity. The answers given by Alarcón were widely criticized by the Cuban population, both inside and outside Cuba, once the video was broadcast. It was said that Alarcón did not respond to any of the questions that were put to him, and rather addressed at length problems that existed in the period prior to 1959. Especially criticized was Alarcón's justification for regulating the departure of Cubans abroad: “If the 6 billion people in the world were allowed to travel, they would create a tremendous entanglement in the airs.” Video recordings of Eliécer's questions and Alarcón's respective answers were copied and widely disseminated hand-by-hand among the Cuban population through USB flash drives. The video also received a great deal of international attention, especially from the Cuban exile community. Several Cuban-in-exile opinion outlets have speculated that Ricardo Alarcón's political replacement in 2013 and his subsequent low profile were caused by his responses at this particular conference. Declarations on Cuban state-run mass media After the video had a great impact both inside and outside of Cuba, an unusual political debate arose among the Cuban population and rumors began to emerge regarding his personal situation and an alleged imprisonment and punishment for political reasons. In response to these rumors, on February 11, 2008, the state news agency Cubadebate conducted an interview with five young people who had participated in the conference with Alarcón, including Eliécer. The students interviewed denied having suffered negative reper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Blanton
Shawn (Ronald) Blanton is an American computer engineer and electrical engineer, Associate Department Head for Research and Joseph F. and Nancy Keithley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests include integrated system testing, testable design, and test methodology development. Education Blanton obtained a B.S. degree in Engineering feomy Calvin College in 1987. He obtained an M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Arizona in 1989. In 1995, Blanton received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. John P. Hayes was his doctoral adviser. Awards and honors Blanton received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 1997, and IBM Faculty Partnership Awards in 2005 and 2006. He is an IEEE Fellow. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American electrical engineers Fellow Members of the IEEE Carnegie Mellon University faculty University of Michigan alumni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oset%20and%20Rynningeviken%20Nature%20Reserve
Oset and Rynningeviken Nature Reserve () is a nature reserve in Örebro County in Sweden. It is part of the EU-wide Natura 2000-network. References Nature reserves in Sweden Natura 2000 in Sweden Tourist attractions in Örebro County Geography of Örebro County Protected areas established in 2015 2015 establishments in Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector%20database
A vector database management system (VDBMS) or simply vector database is a database used for storing high-dimensional vectors such as word embeddings or image embeddings. Vector databases are typically used to conduct Semantic Similarity Search useful when building product recommenders, Image/Audio/Video Similarity Search, and anomaly detection. A vector database can be used to implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), in which relevant information is automatically added into the context window of a large language model. List of vector databases References Machine learning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Availability%20and%20Transparency%20Act%202022
The Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (Cth) (DAT Act) is an Act of the Australian Parliament that authorises and regulates access to data held by the Australian Government. The Australian Parliament passed the Act into law in March 2022. The Act came into effect on 1st April 2022. The Act creates a public-sector data sharing scheme that permits Australian Government (Commonwealth) bodies to share their data with other Commonwealth bodies, Australian state or territory government bodies, or Australian universities; these entities must be accredited, before they can obtain and use the data. The Act requires that any sharing of data under the scheme must: be for one or more of the permitted data sharing purposes; be consistent with data sharing principles; and within a data sharing agreement. The Act specifically precludes sharing of data under the scheme for law enforcement-related purposes or national security purposes. If the shared data includes personal information, privacy protections also apply. The Act permits sharing of data under the scheme for three purposes only: delivery of government services; informing government policy and programs; and research and development. The Act establishes a National Data Commissioner to be the regulator of this data sharing scheme. External links Office of the National Data Commissioner Acts of the Parliament of Australia 2022 in Australian law March 2022 events in Australia Political history of Australia References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%3A%20Skipper%20and%20the%20Big%20Babysitting%20Adventure
Barbie: Skipper and the Big Babysitting Adventure is a 2023 computer-animated adventure comedy television film directed by Steve Daye and written by Daniel Bryan Franklin. The film debuted on Netflix in the United States on 16 March. The 42nd and latest entry in the Barbie film series and the 5th to feature Barbie's family and/or friends, this is also the first production in the Barbie media franchise since Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams not to feature the Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts character. The film plot centers on Barbie's in-universe young sister, Skipper Roberts, striving to perfect her babysitting skills whiles having to deal with the enmity between her and her rival, Tammy Bounceaway from Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures. This film also aired on POP in the UK and Ireland on 2 April and had a home video release in Germany through Swiss retailer Weltbild. Premise "Barbie's younger sister, Skipper, was touted as a babysitting expert, but when her babysitting business hits a snag, she takes a summer job at a water park and tries out different first jobs with some new friends. Skipper uses babysitting skills to save a nearly-collapsed birthday party at the park. The success renews Skipper's confidence in her babysitting business and she and her new friends start a babysitting squad." Plot The film begins with Skipper's imagination of saving the children of Malibu from "evil Stacie" and her friends, Nayva and Chantal. She leads her superhero team to confront "evil Stacie". Skipper then flings "evil Stacie" into the sky and disappears. Minutes after, she failed to quietly move of the scene and the children wake up, and have a food fight; when their parents come to pick them up they see the food all over Skipper's living room they and begin leaving negative reviews of Skipper's babysitting service, leading other parents to cancel their previous scheduled appointments. Skipper asks Barbie if she would help her recover her ailing business, but Barbie says no. Skipper decides to go see Ken at the beach, where he will be on call as a junior lifeguard all summer. Skipper then hears a girl singing , making her want to get to know her where she revealed her name as Joy. Tammy, from Dreamhouse Adventures, comes and shoves customers away to the front of the queue and barks orders at Joy to serve her a specialized smoothie to her taste, which Skipper to exception of. Joy forgets to put the lid on a smoothie blender properly, which ended up sputtering all over and got Joy fired, pleasing Tammy as she walked out of the scene. Later, Skipper caught up with her on her skateboard and Joy showed her appreciation to speaking up for her, though she knew her former job would give her no recording contract as she loves to sing. As Skipper loves to DJ, the girls began bonding over their shared love of music and lack of summer jobs. A guy with a sandwich board directs them to the Oceans Extreme water park for summer jobs. When Skipper and Joy go for job interviews, th
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Fuehring
Alan Fuehring (born January 12, 1990) is an American sportscaster covering the New York Islanders for MSG Networks. He is also the lead play-by-play broadcaster of the Bridgeport Islanders, New York's American Hockey League affiliate. Early life Fuehring was born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in nearby Morton, Illinois. Broadcasting career Fuehring studied sports communication at Bradley University from 2008 to 2012, where he also served as an announcer for the baseball, softball, volleyball, men's soccer and women's basketball programs. He also volunteered with the school's student radio station and interned with the local AHL hockey team, the Peoria Rivermen. Following graduation, he joined FOX Sports as a production assistant in Charlotte, North Carolina covering motorsports for NASCAR Race Hub on FS1, formerly Speed Channel. At age 23, he was hired by the Peoria Rivermen as their first play-by-play broadcaster in the SPHL. Fuehring spent the 2013-14 season with the Rivermen and the next two seasons with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, the New York Rangers' affiliate at the time. During his time in Greenville, South Carolina, he was honored as a finalist for the 2016 ECHL Broadcaster of the Year. Fuehring joined the Bridgeport Sound Tigers as their radio play-by-play broadcaster and public relations manager in August 2016. He called the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic in Utica, New York for Sirius XM NHL Radio. During the 2020-21 NHL season, Fuehring filled in for Chris King on select games as the New York Islanders play-by-play broadcaster on ESPN Radio New York Fuehring was part of the Chicago Blackhawks broadcast team during the 2021-22 season. He filled in for John Wiedeman on the Blackhawks' WGN radio broadcast on October 30, 2021 against the St. Louis Blues. Fuehring also sat in for Pat Foley on three Blackhawks' television games including his NBC Sports Chicago debut on January 1, 2022 against the Nashville Predators. Since April 2022, Fuehring has worked as a play-by-play announcer and host for MSG Networks working alongside analysts Butch Goring and Thomas Hickey. References 1990 births Living people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math%20house
Isfahan Mathematics House (Persian:خانه ریاضیات اصفهان) is a non-formal education institute in Iran, focusing primarily on statistics, biology, physics, maths, AI, computer programming courses. Established 1998 mainly priority of the Isfahan mathematics house is to offer students training. References External links https://mathhouse.org/ Isfahan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChongLuaDao
ChongLuaDao () is a Vietnamese non-profit cybersecurity organization that helps clients verify the legitimacy of websites and block access to dangerous ones to keep them safe while using the internet. This non-profit project was started by a group of Vietnamese computer security specialist, including Hieu Minh Ngo, a former hacker who is now a technical expert for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Le Phuoc Hoa, Nguyen Hoang Thang, and Nguyen Hung. Beginning After serving his time in U.S. federal prison for stealing persons' personally identifiable information, hacker Hieu Minh Ngo (also known as HieuPC) left for Vietnam in August 2020. Hieu is considered "one of the most prolific identity thieves ever to grace a federal prison". Returning to Vietnam in the wake of a surge in cybercrime, he has teamed up with a number of other professionals in information security to launch a nonprofit project aimed at preventing cybercrime, alerting users to bad websites, and protecting them from malicious content. Hieu claims that Scam Fighter is a project he has cherished during his time in the US. These are all purportedly part of HieuPC's "rehabilitation" efforts, along with several other community initiatives. A group of programming and information security specialists composed the core team of the project, including Nguyen Manh Luat, Nguyen Hung, Le Phuoc Hoa, Pham Tien Manh, Tran Dai Chi, and Hieu Minh Ngo. The project team has so far included roughly 30 people. Additionally, Duong Ngoc Thai, a former Google engineer and leader of the security and application encryption team, serves as the project's confidential data security counsel for its customers. Launch and development The non-profit ChongLuaDao officially started operations on December 27, 2020. The "ChongLuaDao" project, including the website and the plug-in extension, is formally launched by February 2021, with server infrastructure operated by Vietnix Hosting. The plug-in extension has more than 3,500 downloads, more than 70,000 views, and has added more than 1,000 scam websites to the denylist as a result of more than 1,400 user reports in just one day after introduction. They also teamed up with Anti-Phishing Working Group to share data on cyberthreats. As of October of the same year, the average monthly traffic to the website of ChongLuaDao to test the reliability of another website was about 35,000. They continued to release apps for Android and deploy application development for IOS after the plug-in extension's success on web browser platforms. The application was created using machine learning techniques and often updated datasets that were derived from community contributions. Their chatbot debuted on Facebook Messenger in September. Through this, Facebook users may instantly assess the trustworthiness and security of a website on their phone while chatting live with automated software. Hieu Minh Ngo announced the establishment of the ChongLuaDao Social Enterprise Limited Li
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%20Came%20From%20the%20Desert%20%28film%29
It Came From the Desert is a 2017 film directed by Marko Mäkilaakso. It is based on the video game of the same name developed for Amiga computers in the 1980s. Production The film is based on a 1980s video game, which, according to the director, "in turn was motivated by the giant creature feature craze infesting 1950s Hollywood." Reception Empire sees in this film an example of what can be called the "Nordic genre invasion" The Hollywood News praised the film in the following terms: "Camp, cheesy and oddly charming, It Came From the Desert is a rare modern b-movie that is an absolute viewing pleasure. It's such an entertaining watch that it should be watched with as big an audience as possible for maximum fun." A comparable assessment can be found in various reviews See also Them! References External links Overview at Blu-Ray.com 2017 films 2017 action films 2017 horror films 2010s action horror films Finnish action films 2010s British films 2010s Canadian films 2010s English-language films Canadian action horror films Live-action films based on video games Films about ants Giant monster films Films directed by Marko Mäkilaakso Finnish horror films British action horror films
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Lester
Alan Lester is a British historian, historical geographer and author who has worked for Sussex University since 2000. He is known for his research on imperial networks, colonial humanitarianism and imperial governance. Lester gave the Distinguished Historical Geographer Lecture at the 2022 Association of American Geographers annual conference. He is co-editor of the Manchester University Press Studies in Imperialism research monograph series. He has been described as “the pioneer of the idea” of “a key concept much used in recent ‘new imperial history’ writing … that of the imperial network” Lester has written of his concern at the recent politicisation of imperial history, and critiqued Nigel Biggar's representation of colonialism. Works Lester, Alan (1996). From Colonisation to Democracy: A New Historical Geography of South Africa. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-0-7556-2600-7. Lester, Alan; Binns, Tony; Nel (2000). South Africa Past, Present and Future. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0582356269. Damodaran, Vinita; Winterbottom, Anna; Lester, Alan, eds (2015) .The East India Company and the Natural World. ISBN 978-1-349-49109-4. Lester, Alan (2023-06-02). "The British Empire in the Culture War: Nigel Biggar's Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: 1–33. doi:10.1080/03086534.2023.2209947. ISSN 0308-6534. References Academics of the University of Sussex Historians of the British Empire British historical geographers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324%20Canadian%20network%20television%20schedule
The 2023–24 network television schedule for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in Canada covers primetime hours from September 2023 through August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2022–23 television season, for Canadian, American, and other series. The schedule is being affected by strikes undertaken by the Writers Guild of America (which began on May 2 and ended on September 27) and SAG-AFTRA (which began on July 14 and is still ongoing). Citytv was first to announce its fall schedule on June 6, 2023, followed by Global on August 22, 2023, CBC Television on August 23, 2023, and CTV on September 13, 2023. Legend Grey indicates encore programming. Blue-grey indicates news programming. Light green indicates sporting events/coverage. Light purple indicates movies. Red indicates Canadian content shows, which is programming that originated in Canada. Light yellow indicates the current schedule. Schedule New series to Canadian television are highlighted in bold. All times given are in Canadian Eastern Time and Pacific Time (except for some live events or specials, including most sports, which are given in Eastern Time). Subtract one hour for Central time for most programs (excluding CBC). Airtimes may vary in the Atlantic and Mountain times and do not necessarily align with U.S. stations in the Mountain time zone. Add one half-hour to Atlantic Time schedule for Newfoundland time. (See also: Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting) Dates (e.g., (9/13)) indicate the first month and day of a program in its regular timeslot, and also the premiere date. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday By network CBC Returning series: Heartland Moonshine Murdoch Mysteries Plan B Run the Burbs SkyMed Son of a Critch Sort Of Victoria New series: Allegiance Animal Control BlackBerry Bones of Crows One More Time Wild Cards Not returning from 2022–23: Pretty Hard Cases Strays Workin' Moms Citytv Returning series: America's Got Talent American Idol The Bachelor Bachelor in Paradise Bachelor in Paradise Canada Bob's Burgers (on-demand with Star) Canada's Got Talent Chicago Fire Chicago Med Chicago P.D. Dateline NBC Dancing with the Stars (on-demand with Disney+) Family Guy (on-demand with Star) The Great North (on-demand with Star) Hell's Kitchen Hockey Night in Canada Hudson & Rex Jimmy Kimmel Live (late night) The Jennifer Hudson Show (daytime) Law & Order Lopez vs Lopez Law & Order: Organized Crime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Poker Face (Citytv+) Quantum Leap The Simpsons (on-demand with Star) New series: FBOY Island Krapopolis The Golden Bachelor The Irrational Found Grimsburg St. Denis Medical We Are Family Not returning from 2022–23: American Auto Grand Crew Young Rock CTV/CTV 2 Returning series The $100,000 Pyramid 9-1-1: Lone Star Alert: Missing Persons Unit The Amazing Race The Amazing Race Ca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate.io
Gate.io is a global cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain platform established in 2013. It has ranked within the top 10 worldwide in terms of trading volume, as reported by Reuters. History 2013 Gate.io was founded by Dr. Lin Han in April 2013. Due to the cryptocurrency restriction imposed by the regulators of China starting from September 2017, Gate.io moved its operation out of the country, progressively serving the global market. 2019-2021 The livestream platform, Gate.io Live, was also launched on 14 October 2019. It allowed Gate.io to have real-time interaction with its users. Users can comment, send queries and participate in the live activities hosted on Gate.io Live. Its split-screen function also allows users to trade while they are watching the sessions. In 2019, it launched the Gate SAFU fund, which acts as a safety net and insurance fund for user assets. Gate.io released its Proof of Reserves in 2020, a technical proof around providing users with a method to check their collateral, including their total assets on the platform. It is a combination of a mathematical algorithm and a financial audit built on a hack-proof algorithm. Gate.io passed the Trusted Volume Test by Coin Metrics in July 2020, whereby aspects of the test range include volume correlation, web traffic analytics and qualitative features. Gate.io enlisted Hacken in 2020 to meet the requirements in obtaining the Crypto Exchange Ranks (CER) certificate by strengthening its security mechanisms and company practices, including a bug bounty program and penetration test audits. Subsequently in August 2020, Gate.io also received the top position based on cybersecurity score from CER.live, a cybersecurity ranking and certification platform who verifies the balances and liabilities of crypto exchanges worldwide. The venture capital arm of Gate.io, Gate Ventures, was also established in September 2021. Gate Ventures focuses on early stage investments of decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem and applications, as well as providing financing, operational resources and industry expertise. In its initial stages, Gate Ventures launched a fund worth $100 million to support projects in the industry. Gate Ventures later launched another fund worth $200 million to support more alternative layer 1 and layer 2 protocols in November 2022. In January 2021, Gate.io launched its startup accelerator, Gate Labs, with the goal of supporting entrepreneurs with industry support, best practices and resources. 2022-2023 In 2022, Gate.io launched Gate Learn, a platform for learning in the field of cryptocurrency investments. In October 2022, Gate.io and the City of Busan starterted setting up and managing the Busan Digital Asset Exchange. Gate.io also pledged $100 million via the Gate SAFU Fund that aims to support the crypto industry in December 2022. Gate Group has partnered with Visa to launch a crypto card available to selected countries in the European Economic Area in March 20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Dirty%20Linen%20episodes
Dirty Linen is a Philippine drama television series broadcast by Kapamilya Channel. It aired on the network's Primetime Bida evening block, Jeepney TV, A2Z and TV5 and worldwide via The Filipino Channel from January 23 to August 25, 2023, replacing the reruns of Flower of Evil. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2023) Season 2 (2023) References Dirty Linen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20day%20against%20violence%20and%20bullying%20at%20school%20including%20cyberbullying
The International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying is a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) holiday celebrated every year on the first Thursday of November. This International Day was designated by the member states of UNESCO in 2019 and it was first held in November 2020. According to UNICEF, one in three young people in 30 countries have been a victim of online bullying (2019 poll) and half of students aged 13 to 15 experience peer violence around school (2018 report). The UNESCO International day remind people that violence in schools violates the right of children and adolescents to education, health and well-being. The aim is to call on the international community, civil society (including parents, pupils and teachers), the tech industry, the education community and the education authorities to take part in the fight against violence and bullying at school. Celebration 2022 The 2022 edition emphasized the role of teachers in making schools safe places for everyone. An International seminar on the role of teachers in preventing and addressing school violence and bullying called "Not on my watch" was organized at UNESCO headquarters. See also School violence Bullying Cyberbullying Bullying in teaching Anti-bullying legislation References United Nations days School violence Harassment and bullying Cyberbullying UNESCO November observances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMERIBOR
The American Interbank Offered Rate (AMERIBOR), or simply Ameribor, is a reference rate for corporate borrowing costs for periods between 30 and 270 days. It is based on short-term funding data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. History Introduced by Richard Sandor, who is known for creating interest-rate futures in the 1970s, Ameribor is determined on the American Financial Exchange. This is a platform where banks lend through mutual credit lines. Ameribor serves as a competitive alternative to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), which only provides an overnight rate. Ameribor is favored by smaller banks as it accurately represents the fund trading costs for banks outside the Federal Reserve's primary dealers. These banks often lack access to repo markets. References Reference rates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Generations
Battle of the Generations is a Canadian television game show that premiered on CTV Television Network on June 19, 2023. Hosted by Lilly Singh, the series is a trivia competition in which members of four generations — baby boomers, generation X, millennials and generation Z – compete to answer trivia questions about their respective historical eras with a prize of $25,000 for the winner of each episode. The series is produced by Bell Media Studios, Motion Content Group and Unicorn Island Productions. References 2023 Canadian television series debuts 2020s Canadian game shows English-language television shows CTV Television Network original programming Television series by Bell Media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20MOVEit%20data%20breach
A wave of cyberattacks and data breaches began in June 2023 after a vulnerability was discovered in MOVEit, a managed file transfer software. Background MOVEit is a managed file transfer software developed by Ipswitch, Inc., a subsidiary of Progress Software. Methodology A vulnerability in MOVEit allows attackers to steal files from organizations through SQL injection on public-facing servers. The transfers are facilitated through a custom web shell identified as LemurLoot. Disguised as ASP.NET files used legitimately by MOVEit, LemurLoot can steal Microsoft Azure Storage Blob information. Discovery According to cybersecurity firm Mandiant, the MOVEit vulnerability began being used on May 27, 2023. Responsibility According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the breaches are being conducted by Cl0p, a Russian-affiliated cyber gang. Impact On June 3, the Government of Nova Scotia estimated that as many as 100,000 present and past employees were impacted by the breach. On June 5, various organizations in the United Kingdom, including the BBC, British Airways, Boots, Aer Lingus, and payroll service Zellis were breached. On June 12, Ernst & Young, Transport for London, and Ofcom separately announced that they had been affected, with Ofcom announcing that personal and confidential information was downloaded. On June 15, CNN reported that the United States Department of Energy was among multiple United States government organizations affected by the MOVEit vulnerability. The following day, it was reported that the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles and Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services were hit, affecting millions of residents. A running total maintained by cybersecurity company Emsisoft showed that more than 2,500 organizations were known to have been impacted as at October 25, 2023 with more than 80 percent of those organizations being US-based. Response The MOVEit team has worked with industry experts to investigate the May 31 incident. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),, CrowdStrike, Mandiant, Microsoft, Huntress and Rapid7 have assisted with incident response and ongoing investigations. Cyber industry experts have credited the MOVEit team for its response and handling of the incident by quickly providing patches, as well as regular and informative advisories that helped support rapid remediation. References 2023 in computing Progress Software Computer security exploits Cyberattacks Data breaches Hacking in the 2020s Software bugs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%20Network%20of%20People%20Affected%20by%20Mining
Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (Spanish: Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería, REMA) is a Mexican group that campaigns for political change and ecological conservation and against open-pit mining. Two founders of the group were murdered within two years of the organization being founded. Description The group is part of the Mesoamerican Movement Against the Mining Extractive Mode, known as M4. The group campaigns to end open-pit mining. History The organization was founded in June 2008 in the Temacapulin village of Jalisco. Founders included Mariano Abarca and Bety Cariño. In 2009, Abarca was assassinated Cariño was murdered in 2010. At the time, the group was protesting against Blackfire Exploration's work at its La Revancha mine. In 2022, the group was critical of the limitations of the nationalisation of Mexico's lithium, noting the reform did not take control of existing mines. The group predicted that Canadian and U.S. corporation would be the main beneficiaries of the reforms. References External links Official website Environmental organizations based in Mexico Organizations established in 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection%20AI
Inflection AI, Inc. is a technology company which has developed a machine learning and generative artificial intelligence hardware and apps, founded in 2022. The company is structured as a public benefit corporation and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. History The company was founded by entrepreneurs Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan in 2022. The company has collaborated with Nvidia to develop hardware for generative artificial intelligence. In June 2023, the company raised $1.3 billion USD. Products The first product in wide release by Inflection AI is a chatbot, Pi, named for “personal intelligence,” that is intended to function as an artificial intelligence-based personal assistant. Among the user experience goals that the company has stated for the Pi product are: providing an experience of emotional support for human users, in which the chatbot should be able to maintain an interactive text-based dialogue with a human user that includes elements of kindness, a diplomatic tone about sensitive topics, and humor. Comparisons and contrasts have been drawn between the Pi chatbot and ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI. References 2022 establishments in California AI companies Companies based in Palo Alto, California Public benefit corporations based in California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oceanian%20countries%20by%20life%20expectancy
This is a list of Oceanian countries by life expectancy at birth. World Bank Group (2021) Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2021. The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Oceania. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year. United Nations (2021) Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN for 2019 and 2021. By default, the list is sorted by 2021. WHO (2019) Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019. Charts See also References Life expectancy Oceania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BQY
BQY can refer to: Kata Kolok, a sign language from Bali, Indonesia, by ISO 639-3 code .BQY, a file format used by the data compression software ShrinkIt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Ball%20%28event%29
Red Ball, is an annual charity fashion event for AIDS Awareness and in honor of World AIDS day held in Denver, Colorado. It is put on by the nonprofit Colorado Health Network (Formerly The Denver Colorado AIDS Project) to "Ignite Awareness for World AIDS Day". Held once a year, the event typically coincides with World AIDS Day or AIDS Awareness Week. The red theming of the event is inspired by the red AIDS awareness ribbon. Local and national designers have presented at the event, and are encouraged to incorporate red into their collections. Student designers in the fashion program at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design often present designs as well. History In 2013 the event drew close to 1,000 guests. During the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic, the event moved online as a series of short videos, featuring new and returning designers. That year, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design held a "Red Ball Exhibition" at the college's Rotunda Gallery, featuring garments and photography from students and faculty that had been created for the Red Ball. References HIV/AIDS activism Annual events in Colorado Fashion events in the United States Events in Denver Events in Colorado Charity events in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Business%20Network
The Catholic Business Network Singapore (CBN) is a registered society in Singapore that was established in 2008 under the supervision and instruction of Archbishop Nicholas Chia. The vision of the society is to bring together Catholic business owners and working professionals who aim to live out their Christian faith while fulfilling their roles as employers, colleagues, and employees. Affiliated with Caritas Singapore, CBN operates as a non-profit organisation which relies mostly on donors and sponsorships for funding. The official launch of Catholic Business Network was held on 30 October 2008 at Oxford Hotel's Skylight Cafe. CBN hosts regular networking and fellowship gatherings that include motivational talks from speakers and leaders in the business world. Furthermore, CBN participates in coordinating and endorsing fundraising endeavors and occasions, such as the annual CBN Golf for Charity tournament. References 2008 establishments in Singapore Non-profit organisations based in Singapore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeverX
LeverX is an international system integrator headquartered in Miami. The company specializes in software engineering services and SAP implementation and customization. History The LeverX was founded in 2003 and quickly established itself as an SAP Preferred Vendor in 2004. In 2011, The LeverX created an additional brand called Emerline, which specializes in custom software engineering and IT consulting. The Emerline brand allowed LeverX to separate its SAP services from its other IT services. LeverX expanded its presence internationally by 2022, with physical offices operating in the US, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,Bulgaria, and The United Arab Emirates. In 2023 LeverX moved its headquarters from Mountain View, California, to Miami. Overview LeverX is a systems integrator that provides SAP implementation services and custom software development. LeverX has clients in North America, Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East. LeverX is an SAP Global Strategic Supplier and works in over 30 industries, including Transportation, Logistics, Industrial and manufacturing engineering, and healthcare. LeverX conducts business in North America, Western and Eastern Europe, MENA, and Central Asia. Dr. Victor Lozinski is the co-founder and Chairman of the board at LeverX. Born in Latvia in August 1960, Victor holds a Master's and Doctorate degree from Riga Technical University in Latvia and a Dr.-Ing from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Before founding LeverX in 2003, Dr. Lozinski occupied several technical and product leadership positions in consulting and product management at SAP SE, SAP Germany, and SAP America. Partners and customers Among LeverX's partners are Cideon, SAP and DSC. The company is also a member of the SAP AppHaus Network. LeverX is an SAP Partner, AWS Consulting Partner, Google Cloud Partner and Microsoft Solutions Partner. Events LeverX is an official participant and sponsor, as well as a presenter, in international tech and business events that include the following: SAPinsider, the United States, Sapphire Barcelona 2023, SAP Sapphire 2023, Team Leaders / Komandu Lyderiai, LeverX Innovation Forum 2019, 2022. References Engineering software companies Companies established in 2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Mickey%20Mouse%20Funhouse%20episodes
Mickey Mouse Funhouse is an American computer-animated television series created by Phil Weinstein and Thomas Hart. The series debuted with a special on July 16, 2021, and was followed by the official premiere on Disney Junior on August 20. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2021–2022) Season 2 (2022–2024) Season 3 (2024–2025) References Mickey Mouse Funhouse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Spidey%20and%20His%20Amazing%20Friends%20episodes
Spidey and His Amazing Friends is a computer-animated superhero children's television series produced by Marvel Studios Animation (formerly Marvel Animation) and Atomic Cartoons that premiered on Disney Junior on August 6, 2021. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2021–22) Every episode was directed by Darren Bachynski, with storyboards provided by Stephanie Blakey. Season 2: Glow Webs Glow/Web-Spinners (2022–23) Shorts Note: The shorts are titled Meet Spidey and His Amazing Friends. Season 1 (2021) Season 2 (2022-23) References Lists of American children's animated television series episodes Lists of Canadian children's animated television series episodes Lists of Spider-Man television series episodes Lists of Marvel Comics animated series episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%20Reddit%20API%20controversy
In April 2023, the discussion and news aggregation website Reddit announced its intentions to charge for its application programming interface (API), a feature which had been free since 2008, causing a dispute. The move forced multiple third-party applications to shut down and threatened accessibility applications and moderation tools. On May 31, Apollo developer Christian Selig stated that Reddit's pricing would force him to cease development on the app. The resulting outcry from the Reddit community ultimately led to a planned protest from June 12 to 14 in which moderators for the site would make their communities private or restricted posting. Following the release of an internal memo from Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and defiance from Reddit, some moderators continued their protest. Alternate forms of protest emerged in the days following the initial blackout. Upon reopening, users of r/pics, r/gifs, and r/aww voted to exclusively post about comedian John Oliver. Multiple subreddits labeled themselves as not safe for work (NSFW), affecting advertisements and resulting in administrators removing the entire moderation team of some subreddits. A Reddit spokesperson said the removals were due to a violation of Reddit's Content Policy and Moderator Code of Conduct, which prohibits moderators from incorrectly marking a community as NSFW. Some moderation teams were eventually reinstated while some others were not. The protest has been compared to a strike. The third iteration of r/place was covered with various messages attacking Huffman, including the final result. Background Reddit is a news aggregation and discussion website. Posts are organized into "subreddits", individualized user-created boards moderated by users. In 2008, Reddit introduced its application programming interface (API), granting developers access to the site's corpus of posts and comments. Developers have used Reddit's free API to develop moderation tools and third-party applications; the API has also been used to train large language models (LLMs), including ChatGPT and Google's chatbot Bard. Subreddit moderators have leveraged their subreddits en masse in the past to protest decisions that Reddit has made. In the self-described "Great Reddit Blackout of 2015", users publicly disagreed with the company over the termination of Victoria Taylor, a Reddit employee who held Ask Me Anythings (AMAs) and was vital to r/IAmA. In 2021, Reddit hired Aimee Knight, whose father, David Challenor, was convicted earlier that year for raping and torturing a 10-year-old child, resulting in another blackout. API changes On April 18, 2023, Reddit announced it would charge for its API service amid a potential initial public offering. Speaking to The New York Times Mike Isaac, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said, "The Reddit corpus of data is really valuable, but we don't need to give all of that value to some of the largest companies in the world for free". In spite of those changes, Huffman said that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkie%20%28video%20game%29
Pinkie is a 1994 platform video game developed by Data Design Interactive and originally published by Millennium Interactive for the Amiga. A Super Nintendo Entertainment System version was released by Piko Interactive in 2018. In the game, the player assumes the role of Pinkie, who is tasked with collecting dinosaur eggs through the galaxy to prevent their extinction. The player controls Pinkie and his "Pinkie Pod" vehicle across 50 levels featuring their own variety of enemies and obstacles divided into five planets. The Pinkie Pod can perform various actions, and the player can obtain upgrades to augment its features. Pinkie began production in January 1993 on the Amiga platform when co-designers Stuart Green and Scott Williams discussed what they liked in games, settling to make a game that was playable as Mario with puzzles and "everything in there". The game was developed primarily on the Amiga, although it was being made simultaneously for other systems, which led the team with a "console-ish" thought process and designed it to be console-orientated. The music was scored by Darren Wood and the record label Station 2 Station. Versions for Amiga CD32, Game Gear, and Sega Mega Drive were planned but never released. It garnered average reception from the Amiga gaming press. Gameplay Pinkie is a side-scrolling platform game with puzzle elements reminiscent of Super Mario World and James Pond 3 in which the player assumes the role of Pinkie, who is tasked with collecting dinosaur eggs through the galaxy to prevent their extinction. The player controls Pinkie and his "Pinkie Pod" vehicle across 50 levels featuring their own variety of enemies and obstacles divided into five planets, each one represented by an overworld map that expands after completing a level. Pinkie must collect two out of three eggs placed on pre-determined spots in order to complete a level. Pinkie can jump over enemies to stun them temporarily when outside of his pod vehicle, but can only take one hit before losing a life. When using the Pinkie Pod, the player is invulnerable and perform various actions such as elevate to reach higher platforms, attack enemies, dive underwater, and store collected eggs. Between levels, the player can obtain upgrades for the Pinkie Pod to augment its features. After completing each level on a planet, a boss must be fought to progress further. Development Pinkie was created by Data Design Interactive, a British game developer which had previously worked for publisher Millennium Interactive on the Commodore 64 and Game Boy versions of James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod, and level design for James Pond 3. It was co-produced by Stewart Green and Tony Hackett. Green also served as game designer, scenario writer, and character designer alongside Scott Williams, who worked as designer and programmer on Krusty's Super Fun House (1992). Williams conceived the game's concept and acted as programmer, with Antonio Argentieri and Simon Prytherch provid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darnell%20Ferguson
Darnell Ferguson (born 1987) is an American chef, television personality, and restaurateur. He is the co-host alongside chef Anne Burrell of Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America (season 25). He has also appeared on HGTV’s Home Town Takeover, The Big Holiday Food Fight, as well as the Food Network’s Chopped, Supermarket Stakeout, Tiny Food Fight, Guy’s Grocery Games, and Tournament of Champions. Ferguson is the former owner of restaurants, "Super Chefs", and "Tha Drippin Crab" in Louisville, Kentucky. Biography Darnell Ferguson was born in 1987, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. In high school, Ferguson was inspired by Emeril Lagasse's television cooking series, Emeril Live, and spent a year of high school enrolled in vocational cooking school. He attended Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky. Ferguson was selected with a group of 20 student chefs who cooked for Team USA in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. When he returned to the United States, he started getting arrested for selling drugs and went to jail six times. During his last visit to jail, Ferguson vowed to never return again and joined a church. He was evicted and lived in his car for sometime, before starting a pop-up restaurant in Louisville in 2012. His television career began in 2015, after an appearance first on the local news and later on The Rachel Ray Show where he talked about his journey from selling drugs to owning restaurants. During The Rachel Ray Show television appearance Ferguson met his hero, Emeril Lagasse. The 25th season of Food Network's reality television series, the Worst Cooks in America premiered on January 1, 2023 with Ferguson as one of the hosts alongside chef Anne Burrell. See also Russell, Louisville References External links 1987 births Living people African-American businesspeople African-American chefs American restaurateurs Chefs from Ohio Chefs from Kentucky People from Philadelphia People from Columbus, Ohio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike%20Force%20Harrier
Strike Force Harrier is a 1986 combat flight simulation video game designed by Rod Hyde and published by Mirrorsoft for the 8-bit home computers. 16-bit ports were released later. Gameplay The game simulates the flying of the British attack aircraft Harrier jump jet, known for its vertical takeoff and landing. The objective is to attack an enemy base 250 miles away, filled with MiG fighters, SAM sites, and tanks. The game can't be cleared in one go, each sector must be cleared to establish landing, refuelling, and rearming bases for the land forces. A HUD displays essential information on the cockpit window. A radar screen plots the position and any enemies nearby. Red traces warn of missiles requiring evasive action. Reception Amtix called the game better than Skyfox and Spitfire 40. They summarized the game as "[a] simply superb fight simulation with loads of potential." Crash said that "Though by no means the best on the Spectrum, Strike Force Harrier is quite reasonable. As a flight sim, this is pretty good." Computer and Video Games reviewed the BBC Micro version and concluded: "A classy, polished and highly addictive simulation, this is a game to keep." When reviewing the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum versions they said that "Strike Force Harrier is set to become a classic of its type on all formats." Zzap!64 summarized: "Not a brilliant flight simulator, but one of the more exciting on the market." See also Harrier Combat Simulator, a 1987 video game by the same designer and publisher, simulating the same aircraft References External links Strike Force Harrier at Lemon64 Strike Force Harrier at Spectrum Computing Strike Force Harrier at the Hall of Light Strike Force Harrier at Atari Mania 1986 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Atari ST games BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games Combat flight simulators Commodore 64 games DOS games Mirrorsoft games Single-player video games ZX Spectrum games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Henson
Martin Henson may refer to: Martin Henson (computer scientist) Martin Henson (photographer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriram
Shriram may refer to: Shriram Iyer, Indian singer Shriram Krishnamurthi, professor of computer science at Brown University Shriram Lagoo (1927–2019), Indian film and theatre actor, and ENT Surgeon Shriram Pal (born 1960), Indian politician Shriram Sharma, Indian author and freedom fighter Ajay S. Shriram, chairman and Sr. Managing Director of DCM Shriram Ltd M. J. Shriram, Indian singer and actor Ram Shriram (born 1956), Indian-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist Shriram Sonkar (born 1962), Indian politician See also Shriram Group, Indian conglomerate headquartered in Chennai Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (SBKK) is an Indian cultural institution Sriram (disambiguation) Shrirampur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuejie%20Chi
Yuejie Chi is an electrical engineer and computer scientist whose research concerns non-convex optimization and compressed sensing algorithms in the foundations of machine learning and statistical signal processing. Educated in China and the US, she works in the US as Sense of Wonder Group Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in AI Systems at Carnegie Mellon University. Education and career Chi graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 2007. She went to Princeton University for graduate study in electrical engineering, earning a master's degree in 2009 and completing her Ph.D. in 2012. Her dissertation, Exploitation of Geometry in Signal Processing and Sensing, was supervised by Robert Calderbank. After completing her Ph.D., she joined the Ohio State University faculty. In 2017 she moved to Carnegie Mellon University as associate professor and the inaugural Robert E. Doherty Early Career Development Professor, later becoming the Sense of Wonder Group Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in AI Systems. Recognition Chi was a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, sponsored through the Office of Naval Research. She was the inaugural winner of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award of the IEEE Signal Processing Society, in 2019, "for contributions to high-dimensional structured signal processing". She was named as the 2021 Goldsmith Lecturer of the IEEE Information Theory Society, and as a 2022 Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. She was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2023 class of fellows, "for contributions to statistical signal processing with low-dimensional structures". References External links Home page Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American electrical engineers American women engineers American computer scientists American women computer scientists Chinese electrical engineers Chinese women engineers Chinese computer scientists Chinese women computer scientists Women electrical engineers Tsinghua University alumni Princeton University alumni Ohio State University faculty Carnegie Mellon University faculty Fellow Members of the IEEE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet%20over%20fiber
Ethernet over fiber is a networking technology that delivers Ethernet bandwidth ranging up to 400 Gbit/s using optical fiber lines. Such wired transmission method extends connectivity over long distances and provides greater immunity from electromagnetic interference (EMI) since copper-based Ethernet connections are being limited by a maximum length of 100 meters and are easier to affect by surrounding EMI. Background Ethernet over fiber has emerged as a preferred medium in situations that require long-distance communication and a high level of immunity from electromagnetic interference (EMI). With fiber-optic cables, data can be transmitted over much greater distances compared to copper-based Ethernet cable. Ethernet over fiber-optic cable (10BASE-F Ethernet) has been a technology with specifications dating back to the early 1980s. Initially, fiber-optic cables were primarily used to connect repeaters when the distance between them exceeded the limitations of ThickNet cable. The initial specification, known as Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link (FOIRL), outlined the process of linking two repeaters using fiber-optic cable, allowing for connections of up to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in length. References Ethernet standards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise%20Extender
IBM Enterprise Extender (EE) is a standard internet transport protocol for IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) High Performance Routing traffic over IP. Enterprise Extender is analogous to, but independent of, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). EE and TCP traffic can be carried over the same connections. Enterprise extender was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force and the APPN Implementers' Workshop, and standardized in 1997 in Internet RFC 2352. Enterprise Extender traffic is transmitted as UDP datagrams. It is integrated with Systems Network Architecture in z/OS systems, and implemented in software, such as IBM Personal Communications of Windows (PCOM), or hardware such as Cisco routers with the SNA Switching Services feature (SNASw), in remote systems. References External Links RFC 2353 APPN/HPR in IP Networks Enterprise Extender: Concepts and Considerations SHARE 2012 Winter Technical Conference Session 10821 Network software Transport layer protocols Systems Network Architecture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwaaqo%20University
Barwaaqo University (BU) is a non-profit women's university in Somaliland. It’s a member of the Abaarso Network, along with the Abaarso School of Science and Technology and Kaabe Schools. The university is Somaliland's first residential women's university. The campus is located near Baliga Cas, around 30 kilometers North of Hargeisa. History Ava Ramberg and Jonathan Starr co-founded BU in Fall 2017. The first class graduated in Spring 2021. His Excellency President Muse Bihi Abdi delivered the first Commencement address. Campus Campus is around 87 acres. Facilities on campus are divided into two quadrangles: the student one and the faculty one. Outside these two quadrangles are the community school, soldier buildings, and a mosque. The architect who designed the faculty quadrangle and the community school is Stephen Finney. He had previously designed the buildings of Kaabe in New Hargeisa. Academics BU offers the following three degrees: Bachelor of Education – English Studies Bachelor of Education – Montessori Specialisation Bachelor of Arts in English for International Communication For the 2022–2023 academic year, the actual cost of tuition, room, and board for was USD 3,000. Organisations and private donors provide scholarships. Admissions To receive a place at BU, prospective students must sit an entrance exam, submit an essay, and provide a high-school certificate. Student life Students live on campus in one of several houses. Up to four students share each of the current 36 student dorm rooms. Students participate in clubs and sports. Among the clubs are the Islamic Club and the Xisaab (Maths) Club. Among the sports are Running and Basketball. Students also participate in community service. For example, Barwaaqo Gives Back is a volunteer programme which happens over school breaks (summer, winter, and Ramadan). Students apply and are placed at a school in their city. To date, students have collectively worked in all six regions of Somaliland. Student body As of Spring 2023, students from all six regions of Somaliland as well as students from abroad make up the student body. Typically, the number of students enrolled is approximately 130 students. See also Education in Somaliland List of universities and colleges in Somaliland List of women's colleges References Universities in Somaliland 2017 establishments in Somaliland Women's universities and colleges
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Gabby%27s%20Dollhouse%20episodes
Gabby's Dollhouse is an American live-action/computer-animated/interactive preschool television series created by Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey for Netflix. The series was released on Netflix on January 5, 2021, Nick Jr. Channel on May 1, 2023, and on Nickelodeon on June 5, 2023. In May 2023, the series was renewed for an eighth season which premiered on August 7, 2023. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2021) Season 2 (2021) Season 3 (2021) Season 4 (2022) Season 5 (2022) Season 6 (2022) Season 7 (2023) Season 8 (2023) Season 9 (2023) Notes References External links Gabby's Dollhouse at Netflix Gabby's Dollhouse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha%20Devroye
Natasha Devroye is a Belgian and Canadian information theorist known for her research on the channel capacity of cognitive radio communications. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. Education and career Devroye grew up in Montreal. Attracted to both mathematics and electrical engineering in high school, she chose to study engineering because of its higher admission standards at McGill University, where she graduated in 2002. At McGill, she specialized in communications, with a bachelor's thesis supervised by Fabrice Labeau. She went to Harvard University for graduate study in engineering, completing her Ph.D. in 2007 with the dissertation Information Theoretic Limits of Cognition and Cooperation in Wireless Networks supervised by Vahid Tarokh. After another year of postdoctoral research at Harvard, she joined the University of Illinois Chicago as an assistant professor in 2009. She was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and full professor in 2020. Recognition Devroye was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2023 class of fellows, "for fundamental contributions to the theoretical understanding of cognitive, two-way, and relay networks". Personal life Devroye is the daughter of Montreal-based Belgian computer scientist and mathematician Luc Devroye. Her husband, Jakob Eriksson, is a computer scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago. References External links Devroye lab Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Information theorists Belgian electrical engineers Belgian women academics Canadian electrical engineers 21st-century Canadian engineers Canadian women engineers Women electrical engineers McGill University alumni Harvard University alumni University of Illinois Chicago faculty Fellow Members of the IEEE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ended%20Amazon%20Prime%20Video%20original%20programming
These original Amazon Prime Video shows have either completed their runs or stopped producing episodes. A show is also assumed to have ended if there has been no confirmed news of renewal at least one year after the show's last episode was released. Original programming Drama Comedy Animation Adult animation Anime Kids & family Non-English language scripted French German Hindi Japanese Portuguese Spanish Tamil Other Unscripted Docuseries Reality Variety Co-productions These shows have been commissioned by Amazon in cooperation with a partner network. Continuations These shows have been picked up by Amazon for additional seasons after having aired previous seasons on another network. Specials Regional original programming Drama Comedy Animation Kids & family Unscripted Docuseries Reality Co-productions Continuations Notes References Amazon Amazon Amazon (company)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna%20Fokke
Luna Noa Fokke (born 9 March 2001) is a Dutch field hockey player. Personal life Luna Fokke was born and raised in Leidschendam. She currently lives in Utrecht, where she studies computer science. Career Domestic hockey In the Netherlands' domestic league, the Hoofdklasse, Fokke represents Kampong. Under–18 In 2018, Fokke was a member of the Netherlands U–18 team that won gold at the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship in Santander. Junior national team Fokke made her debut for the junior national team debut in 2022 at the FIH Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom. At the tournament she won a gold medal. Later that year she represented the team again at the EuroHockey Junior Championship in Ghent, where she won a bronze medal. Senior Following her success in the national junior teams, Fokke was called up to make her senior international debut in 2022. She made her first appearance in a 2021–22 FIH Pro League match against England. In 2023, she was named in the national squad. She has since appeared in season four of the FIH Pro League. International goals References External links 2001 births Living people Dutch female field hockey players Female field hockey forwards People from Leidschendam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Henry%20Winston%20%28disambiguation%29
Patrick Henry Winston (1943–2019) was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Patrick Henry Winston may also refer to: Patrick Henry Winston (North Carolina), (1820–1886), lawyer and state legislator Patrick Henry Winston Jr. (1847–1903), his son, polymath lawyer and newspaper editor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Centre%20for%20Artificial%20Intelligence
The National Centre for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) is a government agency in India that works for the advancement and application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. It operates under the purview of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, and works to promote AI research, development, and implementation across various sectors in the country. References Artificial intelligence associations Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) Information technology organisations based in India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neterion
Neterion, founded as S2io in September 2001, was an American technology company. It provided networking hardware, notably to IBM and Hewlett-Packard. In 2010, Neterion was acquired by Exar for . Reference Defunct technology companies based in California Computer hardware companies External links Neterion Official Website Archived on 26 January, 2009
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20for%20Supercomputing%20Research%20and%20Development
Introduction The Center for Supercomputing Research and Development (CSRD) at the University of Illinois (UIUC) was a research center funded from 1984 to 1993. It built the shared memory Cedar computer system, which included four hardware multiprocessor clusters, as well as parallel system and applications software. It was distinguished from the four earlier UIUC Illiac systems by starting with commercial shared memory subsystems that were based on an earlier paper published by the CSRD founders. Thus CSRD was able to avoid many of the hardware design issues that slowed the Illiac series work. Over its 9 years of major funding, plus follow-on work by many of its participants, CSRD pioneered many of the shared memory architectural and software technologies upon which all 21st century computation is based. History The UIUC began computer research in the 50’s, initially for civil engineering problems, and eventually succeeded by cooperative activities among the Math, Physics, and Electrical Engineering Departments to build the Illiac computer series. This led to founding the Computer Science Department in 1965. By the early 80’s, a time of world-wide HPC expansion arrived, including the race with the Japanese 5th generation system targeting innovative parallel applications in AI. HPC/supercomputing had emerged as a field, commercial supercomputers were in use by industry and labs (but little by academia), and academic architecture and compiler research were expanding. This led to formation of the Lax committee. to study the academic needs of focused HPC research, and to provide commercial HPC systems for university research. When HPC practitioner Ken Wilson won the Nobel physics prize in 1982, he expanded his already strong advocacy of both, and soon several government agencies introduced HPC R&D programs. As a result of this, the UIUC Center for Supercomputing R&D (CSRD) was formed in 1984 (with funding from DOE, NSF, and UIUC, as well as DoD Darpa and AFOSR), under the leadership of 3 CS professors who had worked together since the Illiac 4 project – David Kuck (Director), Duncan Lawrie (Assoc. Dir. for SW) and Ahmed Sameh (Assoc. Dir for applications), plus Ed Davidson (Assoc. Dir. for hardware/ architecture) who joined from ECE. Many graduate students and post-docs were already contributing to constituent efforts; full time Academic Professionals were hired, and other faculty cooperated. A total of up to 125 people were involved at the peak, over the 9 years of full CSRD operation The UIUC administration responded to the computing and scientific times. CSRD was set up as a Graduate College unit, with space in Talbot Lab. UIUC President Ikenberry arranged to have Gov. Thompson directly endow CSRD with $1M/year to guarantee personnel continuity. CSRD management helped write proposals that led to the Beckman gift of a $50M building, the establishment of NCSA, and a new CSRD building (now CSL). The CSRD plan for success took a major departure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SevenRooms
SevenRooms is a New York City-based restaurant technology company. It develops a cloud-based data platform used by restaurants, hotels, and other venues to take reservations, manage bookings, and collect guest information. The company was founded in 2011. History and timeline SevenRooms was founded in 2011 by Joel Montaniel, Allison Page, and Kinesh Patel. The name SevenRooms was reportedly inspired by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's seven rooms theory, considered a metaphor for undiscovered places. Montaniel became CEO, Page became the company's chief product officer, and Patel became chief technology officer. Early backers included investment fund BoxGroup, restaurateur Thomas Keller, and the family behind the Nathan's Famous hot dog chain. In December 2017, the company announced its first institutional funding round and $8M fundraise led by Comcast Ventures. In April 2018, the company introduced integration with Instagram to use their ‘Reserve’ action button. Followed by integration with Google in October 2018 to offer restaurant reservations via Google Search, Maps and Assistant. In May 2018, the company partnered with private event management company Tripleseat to integrate private event data with SevenRooms' platform. In October 2018, the company received investment from Amazon’s Alexa Fund, becoming the first restaurant reservations company to receive investment from the fund. In March 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported on the challenge SevenRooms faced trying to integrate its system with that of the table-booking service OpenTable. In June 2020, the company raised $50 million in a series B at an undisclosed valuation, led by Providence Strategic Group. On March 21, 2018, SevenRooms announced a partnership with Tripadvisor, that enables all non-U.S.-based hospitality operators to accept reservations via TripAdvisor. In November 2021, the company partnered with the London department store Harrods to deploy its software at 14 Harrods food and beverage outlets. In 2022, the company received press coverage for its "Fresh Start" policy of giving new hires two weeks of paid vacation before they start, while also mandating that every employee take five consecutive days of vacation twice per year. Services SevenRooms' hospitality technology platform is used by restaurants, hotels, and other venues to “take online reservations, manage bookings, and gather guest feedback from guests about their visits”. The profiles store data such as diner preferences and amount spent, to help the businesses customize customer service for future visits. Its platform integrates with restaurants' existing point of sale systems. The company also issues research reports about third-party and direct booking online reservation systems, to help hospitality businesses improve the guest experience. References Hospitality companies Hospitality services
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet%20Abbaso%C4%9Flu%20%28businessman%29
Mehmet Abbasoğlu is a Turkish and British business executive, CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Grubu, an energy infrastructure group in Turkey, with the largest fuel distribution network and the highest market share in the fuel market of the country. Biography He completed his studies at Macalester College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics, Economics, and Business from 1989 to 1992. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Harvard Business School, which he obtained from 1994 to 1996. Abbasoğlu began his professional career in 1992 as an investment banker at Dain Bosworth in the US. In 1996, he relocated from New York to London, where he continued his career as an associate executive and vice president at Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers International till 2002. From 2002 to 2007, he acted as a director and advisor to the Board at Turkcell and Çukurova Holding. Between 2007 and 2016, he served as an executive director and managing director at J.P. Morgan, Macquarie Capital Advisers and Societe Generale, respectively. In 2016, Abbasoğlu joined Vitol, a global energy and commodity trading company, to oversee the acquisition process of Petrol Ofisi.  Since September 2022, he has been serving as the CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Group, leading the company's strategic direction and operational management. Abbasoğlu also holds positions as the chair of the Board of Directors of E-Power Enerji A.Ş., OfisFinans Finansman A.Ş., PO Finans ve Teknoloji A.Ş. and Rune Technologies Bilişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., all wholly owned subsidiaries of the Petrol Ofisi Group. He is a collector of contemporary art, and a member of the Board of Directors of SAHA Association. He is also an honorary member of the Marmara Sailing Club. Abbasoğlu is married and has two children. References Turkish businesspeople British businesspeople Harvard Business School alumni Macalester College alumni British people of Turkish descent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20television%20stations%20in%20Sacramento%2C%20California
The Sacramento area is a capital in the state of California. All but one of the major U.S. television networks are directly owned by the networks; the one exception is MyNetworkTV affiliate KQCA, which is owned by Nexstar Media Group and The CW affiliate KMAX, which is owned by CBS News and Stations in a duopoly with KOVR. Television stations that primarily serve the Sacramento area include: References Television stations in Sacramento, California Sacramento-related lists Lists of television channels in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora%20Bilotta
Eleonora Bilotta is an Italian researcher into complex systems and human–computer interaction, including educational entertainment, personal robots, and the use of chaos theory, cellular automata, and dynamical systems in the synthetic design of music and jewelry, especially focusing on the chaotic behavior of Chua's circuit. Bilotta was born in 1958 in Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of Italy. She is employed as a professor of general psychology at the University of Calabria, where she also coordinates a course on complex systems, and co-directs a research group on evolutionary systems. Before joining the University of Calabria as a researcher and then professor, she was an instructor at the Magna Græcia University of Catanzaro. With Pietro Pantano, she is the author of the books A Gallery of Chua Attractors (World Scientific, 2008) and Cellular Automata and Complex Systems: Methods for Modeling Biological Phenomena (IGI Global, 2010). References External links 1958 births Living people People from Catanzaro Italian psychologists Italian women psychologists Complex systems scientists Women systems scientists Cellular automatists Academic staff of the University of Calabria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number-one%20songs%20of%202011%20%28Russia%29
The list of number-one singles in Russia in 2011 includes songs that topped the Top Radio Hits chart at the end of each of the weeks of 2011. The list is compiled based on TopHit data. It is worth noting that 2011 was the first year when TopHit began publishing radio charts for Russia and Ukraine, separate from the general CIS chart. The data was updated every Monday. Dima Bilan became the first leader of the chart with the song "Ya prosto lyublyu tebya", he spent five weeks at the top. On February 7 and 14, Alexandra Stan took the first place with the song "Mr. Saxobeat". For more than a month, the singer Yolka held the lead with the song "Provans", in total, the singer spent 8 weeks in the first place. Another leader of the year in terms of the number of weeks at the top was Gradusy with the song "Golaya" (7 weeks). Summer hits include the songs "Wet" by Snoop Dogg (leader of June), "Loca People" by Sak Noel (who topped the chart in July–August) and "Na bolshom vozdushnom share" by Yolka (spent the remaining weeks of August at the top). In October, the first place was for the song "Love You like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez. The last chart in 2011 was headed by Nyusha with the song "Vyshe" (6 weeks of leadership). A total of 13 songs topped the chart that year. Chart history Number-one artists References Russia 2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20DreamWorks%20Dragons%3A%20The%20Nine%20Realms%20episodes
DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms is an American computer-animated television series in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise produced by the DreamWorks Animation under DreamWorks Animation Television for Peacock and Hulu. The series was released on December 23, 2021, while season two was released on May 5, 2022. The third season was released on August 18, 2022, while the fourth season was released on November 17, 2022. The fifth season was released on March 2, 2023. The sixth season was released on June 15, 2023. The seventh season was released on September 14, 2023. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2021) Season 2 (2022) Season 3 (2022) Season 4 (2022) Season 5 (2023) Season 6 (2023) Season 7 (2023) References External links Lists of American children's animated television series episodes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels%20Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer (born 11 May 1945) is an Austrian academic who served as a professor at the University of Tübingen until 2019. Research career In 2017, Birbaumer's study claimed that a brain-computer interface (BCI) device, applied via an electrode cap, enabled four ALS patients to communicate binary responses. This drew considerable attention due to its implications for quality of life. However, the study's replicability was questioned, leading to a German Research Foundation (DFG) investigation, which found the research data incomplete and the results flawed. As a result, Birbaumer's work was retracted, his funding revoked, and he was dismissed from the university. He relocated to Italy. Despite the controversy, Birbaumer and his colleague Chaudhary received public support from several scientists. Notably, the BCI technology, which was first demonstrated successfully in a tetraplegic patient in 2006, was applied in Birbaumer's research to a patient without any voluntary muscle control for the first time. The BCI was implanted in 2019 into the brain of a 34-year-old man with locked-in syndrome. After several trials, researchers decoded "yes" or "no" signals into sentences. The study, which spanned 462 days, was meticulously documented. Seward Rutkove, Chair of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, affirmed the BCI's efficacy but questioned its practicality due to cost and limited applicability. In March 2022, Birbaumer published a new study in Nature Communications that builds on his prior work. Birbaumer and Chaudhary also claimed to have won lawsuits supporting the integrity of their PLOS report, showcasing the use of a BCI in a patient devoid of voluntary muscle control. In April 2022, DFG and Birbaumer settled the legal dispute. References 1945 births Living people Austrian academics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procom%20Technology
Procom Technology, Inc., was an American computer storage products manufacturer based in Orange County, California, and active from 1987 to 2005. The company initially produced a wide range of standalone magnetic and optical data storage products for the IBM PC and compatibles and the Macintosh before honing in on platform-agnostic network-attached storage (NAS) products. Toward the end of their existence, they were most well known for their CD Tower series of CD-based NAS devices. The company's intellectual property was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2005 for $50 million. History Procom Technology was founded by Alex Razm'joo, Nick Shahrestany, Frank Alaghband, and Alex Aydin, in Irvine, California, in 1987. All four founders were Iranian-born immigrants who had worked various computer industry jobs while studying at the University of California, Irvine. Both Razm'joo and Shahrestany previously worked for CMS Enhancements, another data storage product firm based in Irvine. The four founded Procom with $40,000 in start-up capital. In August 1987, they released their first product, an external 5.25-inch floppy disk drive intended for use with IBM's new PS/2 line of personal computers, which replaced the IBM PC's 5.25-inch floppy disk format of choice with the new 3.5-inch floppy disk format, invented by Sony in 1982. The product was fairly successful, and by 1988 the company posted $2.5 million in annual revenue. In the late 1980s, the company released a family of external hard drives that combined with software for the Macintosh and IBM PC and compatibles allowed data to be stored and transferred between them. The company's revenue reached $12 million in 1989 and $18 million in 1990. In 1991, the company employed 125 from their office in Irvine and posted sales of $28 million. In 1992, the company moved its headquarters within Irvine to a larger 62,000-square-foot warehouse and shortly thereafter announced their intentions to go public. The company backed out of their initial public offering that year, however. Procom enjoyed a reputation for its breadth of data storage products in the early 1990s, the majority comprising hard-drive based network-attached storage (NAS) devices. In 1994, the company debuted the CD Tower line of CD-based NASes, intended for corporate clients whose networks frequently accessed and copied large amounts of data and software from CD. All drives in CD Tower units were SCSI-based; the initial lineup comprised a 7-drive unit, a 21-drive unit, and a 49-drive unit. In late 1995 or early 1996, Procom introduced the CD Tower Rax, a 56-drive unit with all hot-swappable components (barring the two redundant power supplies). The latter cost $69,000 in 1996. By late 1996, Procom had expanded internationally, with offices in France, Germany, and Canada, and employed 200 people in total. In 1997, five years after their first IPO went nowhere, the company filed to go public again on the Nasdaq. The IPO was a success, the company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended%20artificial%20intelligence
Blended artificial intelligence (Blended AI) refers to the blending of different artificial intelligence techniques or approaches to achieve more robust and effective solutions. It involves integrating multiple AI models, algorithms, and/or technologies to leverage their respective strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. Background In the context of machine learning, blended AI can involve using different types of models, such as generative AI, decision trees, neural networks, and support vector machines. By combining their results, predictions are more accurate and reliable. This blending of models can be done through techniques like ensemble learning, where multiple models are trained independently and their predictions are combined to make a final decision. Blended AI can also involve combining different AI techniques or technologies, such as natural language processing, computer vision, and expert systems to tackle complex problems that require a multi-dimensional approach. For example, in a sales scenario AI could be used for lead generation and gathering information from social media such as LinkedIn posts, or understanding a prospect’s hobbies and interests. Another blended AI could achieve customer profiling including past interactions and purchasing habits, by them, their industry and growth areas. Blended AI could be used to do predictive analytics to look at historical sales data, market trends, and external factors to generate accurate sales forecasts. This method is highly important to gauge and increase "efficiency, revenue and productivity". Lastly, another could integrate all the information into the CRM to build and maintain better prospect and customer profiles. The goal of blended AI is to leverage the strengths of different AI techniques and technologies, allowing them to complement each other and create more powerful and comprehensive AI solutions. By combining multiple approaches, blended AI aims to achieve better performance, higher accuracy, improved robustness, and enhanced capabilities in solving diverse and challenging problems. References External links F5: How AI can be blended into IT automation security  - Intelligent CIO Africa A New Artificial Intelligence (AI) Study Proposes A 3D-Aware Blending Technique With Generative NeRFs Google blends AI with art to create these fantastic casual games The Perfect Blend: How to Successfully Combine AI and Human Approaches to Business Artificial intelligence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Godfrey%20Cunningham
George Godfrey Cunningham ( – 23 September 1860) was a Scottish writer, compiler, and translator. Biography After publishing a poem ("A Choice") in Alexander Whitelaw's The Casquet of Literary Gems (1828), Cunningham's first full work was Foreign Tales and Traditions (1829), published by Blackie, Fullarton & Company. It was a collection of translations of several European stories, mostly German Romanticist literature, which was popular in Britain in the 1820s. This included five stories from Grimms' Fairy Tales, that were heavily based on the earlier translations by Edgar Taylor. His Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen (1834–1837) aimed to teach English history through biographies of its leading figures. It was patronised by royalty and Henry Brougham, and though it initially won praise, the biographies of its later volumes were less well connected, and began to rely heavily on extracts from the subjects' memoirs. By 1838, Cunningham was living in Glasgow. On 2 August 1843, he married Isabella Crawford Laurie (1812–1903) in St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh. On 18 March 1845, their only son, also named George Godfrey Cunningham (1845–1904), was born. Around 1846, they moved from Glasgow to Redcol (also spelled Redcoll or Redcoal) in Gladsmuir parish, East Lothian, where Cunningham was one of twenty-seven landowners in that parish eligible to vote for their member of parliament. They continued to live at Redcol until at least 1852, but by 1855 had moved to Hillside Crescent in Edinburgh, before finally moving to Windermere in Cumbria by 1859. He was a shareholder of the Bank of London, partner of the publishing firm Fullarton & Co., and a member of the Camden Society, Percy Society, Royal Geographical Society, and Granger Society. In 1854, he chaired a meeting of the shareholders of the Caledonian Railway and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, to get the two companies to stop lowering their fares in a price war which was negatively affecting the value of both companies. His Gazetteer of the World (1850–1856) was considered his greatest and principal work, and he was in the process of preparing an improved edition of it at the time of his death. In addition to his main works, he wrote short biographies of his friend Reverend John Morell Mckenzie, Church of Scotland minister John Brown Patterson, and seventeenth century Church of England cleric Jeremy Taylor. Cunningham died on 23 September 1860 at Elleray Bank, Windermere. Bibliography Foreign Tales and Traditions (1829) 2 volumes Tales from the German (1854) second edition of first volume German Stories (1855) second edition of second volume Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen from Alfred the Great to the Latest Times (1834–1837) 8 volumes A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen (1849–1852) 8 volumes (revised edition) The English Nation; or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen (1863–1868) 8 volumes (revised edition) Parliamentary Gazetteer of Scotland (18
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hive%20%28ransomware%29
Hive (also known as the Hive ransomware group) was a ransomware as a service (RaaS) operation carried out by the eponymous cybercrime organization between June 2021 and January 2023. The group's purpose was to attack mainly public institutions to subsequently demand ransom for release of hijacked data. In January 2023, following a joint US–German investigation involving 13 law enforcement agencies, the United States announced that the FBI had "hacked the hackers" over several months, resulting in seizure of the Hive ransomware group's servers, effectively shuttering the criminal enterprise. The Hive ransomware group had extorted over $100 million from about 1,500 victims in more than 80 countries when dismantled by law enforcement. The investigation continues, with the US State Department adding a $US10 million bounty for information linking Hive ransomware to any foreign government. Method of operation Hive employed a wide variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), creating significant challenges for defense and mitigation. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), it functioned as affiliate-based ransomware, using multiple mechanisms to compromise business networks, including phishing emails with malicious attachments to gain access, and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) once a network was infiltrated. Using locker malware and operating as a RaaS platform, Hive used Double Extortion techniques, in which operators install locker malware to take the data of a victim entity, then encrypt it so that it becomes useless to the victims for conducting business. Group operators then threaten to publish the stolen data on its dark web Tor site – HiveLeaks – unless the ransom is paid. The group has also used "triple extortion" tactics, seeking to extort money from anyone affected by a data disclosure of the victim organization's data. The Hive mainly targets energy, healthcare, financial, media, and education sectors, and became notorious for attacking and crippling critical infrastructure. According to cybersecurity firm Paloaltonetworks in late 2022, the ransomware drops two batch scripts: hive.bat, which tries to delete itself, then shadow.bat, which deletes any shadow copies of the system. It then adds a .hive extension to encrypted files, along with its ransom note, entitled "HOW_TO_DECRYPT.txt", which lists instructions for preventing data loss. A generated login credential is included to instigate online communications between the victim and Hive hackers, labelled as its "sales department". A Tot link directs the victim to a login page submit the provided credentials, which opens a chat room. History Emergence and growing profile Hive ransomware first became apparent in June 2021. Two months later, ZDNet reported that Hive had attacked at least 28 healthcare organizations in the United States, including clinics and hospitals across Ohio and West Virginia. In August 2021, the FBI released urgent updates warning of the ri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesh%20Sidi
Teslem Andala Ubbi (born 30 May 1994), better known as Tesh Sidi, is a Sahrawi-Spanish computer engineer and politician. Having been an activist for Sahrawi independence, she was elected as an MP in the Congress of Deputies as number three on the lists of Sumar for Madrid after being nominated by Más Madrid, with whom she had previously attempted to run with for the 2023 Madrilenian regional election. Early life Tesh Sidi was born in the Sahrawi refugee camps located on Tindouf, Algeria on 30 May 1994. She was raised with her grandmother in Mauritania between the ages of four and seven following a Bedouin lifestyle, with her later returning to Tindouf. She moved to Alicante at the age of 12 to live with a foster family with whom she had already spent several summers, with her leaving her foster family at the age of 18 to work and study on her own. She studied a degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Alicante while working as a waitress or shop assistant during the 2008 Spanish financial crisis, with friends helping her to be able to pay for the degree. She moved to Madrid after grauduating, finding work during the computing boom. She obtained a loan to pursue a Master in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence at the European University of Madrid, which she later finished. Early career After the outbreak of the Western Saharan clashes in 2020 as part of the Western Sahara conflict, Tesh started to get more interested and aware about her origins and the Saharawi cause and got involved in activism for the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people, assuming the presidency of the Saharawi Association in Madrid. She later created SaharawisToday, a digital communication platform specialized in the Sahrawi conflict. Tesh Sidi participated in the 16th Congress of the POLISARIO Front as a congresswoman, in addition to covering the process for her media outlet. Tesh is not part of the leadership or militancy of the Polisario Front, but she still considers that the organization "represents all Sahrawis". Political career Tesh joined Más Madrid's list as number 11 for the 2023 Madrilenian regional election. However, she was finally rejected by the Electoral Commission of Madrid due to a problem in the electoral census in which she appeared registered in Málaga instead of Madrid. Tesh justified herself by saying that she was registered "by mistake" in the Málaga register while trying to register her mother, who came to Spain after having an accident in which a wall fell and broke both her legs, also indicating that Citizen Services office in Madrid told her that her register in Madrid was correct. She was later announced as number three on the lists of Sumar for Madrid on behalf of Más Madrid, in a move considered a nod to the pro-Sahrawi movement in Spain and Yolanda Díaz distancing herself from Pedro Sánchez's pro-Moroccan position. If elected she would be the first Sahrawi woman to be represented in the Congress of Deputies and the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn%20Beck
Carolyn L. Beck is an American industrial and systems engineer whose research interests include network controllability, model order reduction, and the mathematical modelling of infectious diseases and related phenomena. She is a professor of industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Education and career Beck grew up in Pasadena, and studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, graduating in 1984. Next, she started a four-year stint with Hewlett-Packard in Santa Clara, California, from 1985 to 1989, at the same time earning a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1986. She returned to Pasadena as a doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology, and completed her Ph.D. in electrical engineering there in 1997. After postdoctoral research at the Lund Institute of Technology and an assistant professorship at the University of Pittsburgh, she moved to the University of Illinois in 1999, as an assistant professor of general engineering. She moved to the university's Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering when it was formed from the merger of two previous departments. Recognition Beck was elected as an IEEE Fellow, in the 2023 class of fellows, "for contributions to model reduction and to the analysis of epidemic processes over networks". She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Control Systems Society for 2024–2026. References External links Home page Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American industrial engineers American women engineers 21st-century American engineers Systems engineers Women systems engineers California Polytechnic State University alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni California Institute of Technology alumni University of Pittsburgh faculty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Fellow Members of the IEEE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20L.%20McMillan
Kenneth L. McMillan is an American computer scientist working in the area of formal methods, logic, and programming languages. He is a professor in the computer science department at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Admiral B.R. Inman Centennial Chair in Computing Theory. Career McMillan received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992, under Edmund M. Clarke. He is credited to have invented symbolic model checking during his thesis work, which won him the 1992 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award, the highest doctoral dissertation prize awarded by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He also won the 1998 ACM Paris Kanellakis Award for Theory and Practice jointly with Randal Bryant, Edmund Clarke, and E. Allen Emerson for work on symbolic model checking. McMillan subsequently worked at Bell Labs, Cadence Berkeley Labs, and was a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, Redmond before joining the faculty of University of Texas at Austin in 2021. Research McMillan pioneered several influential research areas in formal methods. His initial work on symbolic model checking based on binary decision diagrams culminated in the creation of the SMV/nuSMV family of model checkers. He also pioneered techniques based on Craig interpolation in model checking infinite-state systems. He is also known for his work on Constrained Horn Clause (CHC) solving and the IVy distributed system verification tool. Awards 2014 - POPL Most Influential Paper Award 2010 - LICS Test of Time Award 1998 - CMU Allen Newell Medal 1998 - CAV Award 1998 - ACM Paris Kanellakis Award 1996 - SRC Technical Excellence Award 1992 - ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Service McMillan currently serves on the steering committee of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification (CAV). References American computer scientists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20University
Computer University may refer to: Computer University, Bhamo, Kachin State, Myanmar Computer University, Hpa-An, Kayin State, Myanmar Computer University, Kalay, Sagaing Region, Myanmar Computer University, Loikaw, Kayah State, Myanmar Computer University, Magway, Magway Region, Myanmar Computer University, Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar University of Computer Studies (Maubin), Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar Computer University, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar Computer University, Meiktila, Mandalay Region, Myanmar Computer University, Monywa, Sagaing Region, Myanmar Computer University, Myeik, Sagaing Region, Myanmar Computer University, Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar Computer University, Pakokku, Magway Region, Myanmar Computer University, Pyay, Bago Region, Myanmar Computer University, Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar University of Computer Studies (Taungoo), Bago Region, Myanmar Computer University, Thaton, Mon State, Myanmar University of Computer Studies, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar