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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Jonathan%20Winters%20Show | The Jonathan Winters Show is the first of two American television network Variety show television programs to be hosted by comedian Jonathan Winters. The television series was broadcast from October 1956 to June 1957 on NBC.
Synopsis
This Jonathan Winters Show was aired at the beginning of prime time, from 7:30 to 7:45 PM Eastern time on Tuesday nights, to round out the half-hour containing NBC's evening newscast, which was at the time, like all similar programs, likewise only 15 minutes long. This program replaced the Tuesday night broadcast of The Dinah Shore Show, which, since 1951, was broadcast on both Tuesday and Thursday nights and reduced in October 1956 to Thursday nights only. Although network evening newscasts were not expanded to a half hour until 1963, the 1956-57 season was the last one in which the American networks aired 15 minute long entertainment programs to complete filling the time slot. This series holds the distinction of being the first television program to use videotape. A song performed by Your Hit Parade regular Dorothy Collins introduced the new format on October 23, 1956. Winters' show was also one of the first weekly series to broadcast In color.
Format
This early Jonathan Winters Show consisted of an opening monologue by Winters, a musical number by a guest star, and a closing comedy sketch by Winters, which might also include the guest star.
Cast
In addition to host Winters, announcer Don Pardo was also on the program through March 1957, frequently appearing with Winters in the sketches also. In that month, he was replaced by Wayne Howell in this role. Regular musical support was provided by the Eddie Safranski Orchestra.
References
Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
External links
Two public domain episodes at the Internet Archive
1956 American television series debuts
1957 American television series endings
NBC original programming
1950s American sketch comedy television series
1950s American variety television series
Black-and-white American television shows
English-language television shows |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus%20%28cipher%29 | In cryptography, Nimbus is a block cipher invented by Alexis Machado in 2000. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected.
The algorithm uses a 128-bit key. It operates on blocks of 64 bits and consists of 5 rounds of
encryption. The round function is exceedingly simple. In each round the block is XORed with a subkey, the order of its bits is reversed, and then it is multiplied mod 264 by another subkey, which is forced to be odd.
Nimbus was broken by Vladimir Furman; he found a differential attack using only 256 chosen plaintexts.
References
Broken block ciphers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%20%28cipher%29 | In cryptography, Q is a block cipher invented by Leslie McBride. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected.
The algorithm uses a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits. It operates on blocks of 128 bits using a substitution–permutation network structure. There are 8 rounds for a 128-bit key and 9 rounds for a longer key. Q uses S-boxes adapted from Rijndael (also known as AES) and Serpent. It combines the nonlinear operations from these ciphers, but leaves out all the linear transformations except the permutation. Q also uses a constant derived from the golden ratio as a source of "nothing up my sleeve numbers".
Q is vulnerable to linear cryptanalysis; Keliher, Meijer, and Tavares have an attack that succeeds with 98.4% probability using 297 known plaintexts.
References
Broken block ciphers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPSBabel | GPSBabel is a cross-platform, free software to transfer routes, tracks, and waypoint data to and from consumer GPS units, and to convert between GPS data formats. It has a command-line interface and a graphical interface for Windows, macOS, and Linux users.
GPSBabel is part of many Linux distributions including Debian and Fedora, and also part of the Fink and Homebrew systems for getting Unix software on macOS.
Applications
Many contributors to OpenStreetMap use GPSBabel to convert GPS track data from proprietary formats to the GPX format OpenStreetMap requires.
GPSBabel is popular in the Geocaching community because it enables people with incompatible GPS units to share data.
Geographic information system (GIS) applications such as QGIS and Grass use GPSBabel for many import and export operations and processing.
Photographers frequently use GPSBabel for geotagging images, associating location with photographs. This relies on GPS data loggers, either external or internal to the camera.
GPSBabel enables owners of many different brands of GPS units to view their GPS data in several popular consumer map programs, such as Google Earth and Microsoft Streets & Trips.
Notes
References
"GPS Running Log", Make Magazine, vol. 7, pp. 117–118.
Further reading
External links
GpsPrune can also act as a frontend
Free GIS software
Free software programmed in C
Satellite navigation software
Free software programmed in C++
Software that uses Qt |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta%20Persistence | Jakarta Persistence (JPA; formerly Java Persistence API) is a Jakarta EE application programming interface specification that describes the management of relational data in enterprise Java applications.
Persistence in this context covers three areas:
The API itself, defined in the jakarta.persistence package ( for Jakarta EE 8 and below)
The Jakarta Persistence Query Language (JPQL; formerly Java Persistence Query Language)
Object/relational metadata
The reference implementation for JPA is EclipseLink.
History
The final release date of the JPA 1.0 specification was 11 May 2006 as part of Java Community Process JSR 220. The JPA 2.0 specification was released 10 December 2009 (the Java EE 6 platform requires JPA 2.0). The JPA 2.1 specification was released 22 April 2013 (the Java EE 7 platform requires JPA 2.1). The JPA 2.2 specification was released in the summer of 2017. The JPA 3.1 specification, the latest version, was released in the spring of 2022 as part of Jakarta EE 10.
Entities
A persistence entity is a lightweight Java class with its state typically persisted to a table in a relational database. Instances of such an entity correspond to individual rows in the table. Entities typically have relationships with other entities, and these relationships are expressed through object/relational mapping (ORM) metadata. This metadata may be specified directly in the entity class file by using annotations or in a separate XML descriptor file distributed with the application.
Example
An example entity class with ORM metadata declared using annotations (import statements and setters/getters are omitted for simplicity).
@Entity
public class Person {
@Id
private long id;
private String firstName;
private String lastName;
private int age;
}
The @Entity annotation declares that the class represents an entity. @Id declares the attribute which acts as the primary key of the entity. Additional annotations may be used to declare additional metadata (for example changing the default table name in the @Table annotation), or to create associations between entities.
Query Language
The Jakarta Persistence Query Language (JPQL; formerly Java Persistence Query Language) makes queries against entities stored in a relational database. Queries resemble SQL queries in syntax but operate against entity objects rather than directly with database tables.
Motivation
Prior to the introduction of EJB 3.0 specification, many enterprise Java developers used lightweight persistent objects provided by either persistence frameworks (such as Hibernate) or data access objects (DAO) instead of by using entity beans. This is because entity beans, in previous EJB specifications, called for much complicated code and imposed a heavy resource footprint, and they could be used only on Java EE application servers because of interconnections and dependencies in the source code between beans and DAO objects or persistence frameworks. Thus, many of the fe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPA | JPA may refer to:
Jacksonville Port Authority
Jakarta Persistence API, a Java programming language API
Japanese Poolplayers Association
Joint Personnel Administration
Joint Powers Authority
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Juice Products Association
Juvenile Protective Association
Public Service Department (Malaysia) (in ) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviceNet | DeviceNet is a network protocol used in the automation industry to interconnect control devices for data exchange. It utilizes the Common Industrial Protocol over a Controller Area Network media layer and defines an application layer to cover a range of device profiles. Typical applications include information exchange, safety devices, and large I/O control networks.
History
DeviceNet was originally developed by American company Allen-Bradley (now owned by Rockwell Automation). It is an application layer protocol on top of the CAN (Controller Area Network) technology, developed by Bosch. DeviceNet adapts the technology from the Common Industrial Protocol and takes advantage of CAN, making it low-cost and robust compared to the traditional RS-485 based protocols.
In order to promote the use of DeviceNet worldwide, Rockwell Automation has adopted the "open" concept and decided to share the technology to third-party vendors. Hence it is now managed by ODVA, an independent organization located in North America. ODVA maintains specifications of DeviceNet and oversees advances to DeviceNet. In addition, ODVA ensures compliance to DeviceNet standards by providing conformance testing and vendor conformity.
ODVA later decided to bring DeviceNet back to its predecessor's umbrella and collectively refer to the technology as the Common Industrial Protocol or CIP, which includes the following technologies:
EtherNet/IP
ControlNet
DeviceNet
ODVA claims high integrity between the three technologies due to the common protocol adaptation, which makes industrial controls much simpler compared to other technologies.
DeviceNet has been standardized as IEC 62026-3.
Architecture
Technical Overview
Define the OSI seven-layer architecture model the physical layer, data link layer and application layer
Network in addition to the signal, but also including power, self-powered support network function (generally used in small devices, such as photo detectors, limit switches or proximity switches, etc.) [2]
Allows three bit rates: 125 kbit/s, 250 kbit/s and 500 kbit/s, the main trunk under different bit rates (trunk) is inversely proportional to the length and bitrate
Flat cable network can be used
Single network can have up to 64 nodes, node address (called MAC ID in DeviceNet) by 0–63. Usually the default address for a new out of the box device is 63
Duplicate node address detection function
Supports master-slave and end-to-end (peer-to-peer) communication architecture, but most of the equipment is operating in the former network architecture
Multiple network allows a single master function
Can be used in high-noise environments
Physical layer
Nodes are distributed along a DeviceNet network by the means of a trunkline-dropline topology. This topology allows for ease in wiring and access to the network from multiple taps. In addition, nodes can be easily removed and added to reduce production downtime, increase network flexibility, and decrease |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Indian%20Warpath | The Great Indian Warpath (GIW)—also known as the Great Indian War and Trading Path, or the Seneca Trail—was that part of the network of trails in eastern North America developed and used by Native Americans which ran through the Great Appalachian Valley. The system of footpaths (the Warpath branched off in several places onto alternate routes and over time shifted westward in some regions) extended from what is now upper New York to deep within Alabama. Various Native peoples traded and made war along the trails, including the Catawba, numerous Algonquian tribes, the Cherokee, and the Iroquois Confederacy. The British traders' name for the route was derived from combining its name among the northeastern Algonquian tribes, Mishimayagat or "Great Trail", with that of the Shawnee and Delaware, Athawominee or "Path where they go armed".
History
The age of the Great Indian Warpath is unknown. Many of the trails were first broken by animals traveling to the salt licks in the region, especially by the herds of buffalo in the Valley of Virginia. These animal trails were later used by Native Americans. Certainly the trails were used for commerce, trading and communication between tribes before the land was explored by Europeans. In Virginia during November 1728, William Byrd II commented while passing a branch of the Indian trail what would later be called the Great Wagon Road in what would eventually be Henry County, Virginia, that "The Indians, who have no way of traveling except on the Hoof, make nothing of going 25 miles a day, and carrying their little Necessities at their backs, and Sometimes a Stout Pack of Skins into the bargain."
While archaeology shows that the Valley of Virginia was inhabited before the arrival of the Europeans, by the 18th century most of the region was abandoned. Only smaller villages and settlements of different tribes occupied the valley, which was used as a hunting ground, a travel route, and a warpath between the two great clusters of Eastern Indians in the 17th and 18th centuries.
European settlers
In the north, the line of the Seneca Trail formed the boundary of "the frontier" by the time of the French and Indian War (1756–63). When King George III issued a proclamation in 1763 forbidding further settlement beyond the mountains and demanding the return of settlers who had already crossed the Alleghenies, a line was designated roughly following the Seneca Trail.
Route
Alabama
In the south, the GIW began at the Gulf of Mexico in the Mobile area and proceeded north by northeast, bisecting another trail known as the Upper Creek Path and crossing the Tennessee River near Guntersville. It then followed roughly the same route as the Tennessee upriver until reaching the vicinity of the modern Bridgeport. There it crossed the Tennessee once again at the Great Creek Crossing just below the foot of Long Island on the Tennessee, intersecting another path, the Cisca and St. Augustine Trail, which ran from the area of St. August |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd%20Sturmfels | Bernd Sturmfels (born March 28, 1962 in Kassel, West Germany) is a Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley and is a director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig since 2017.
Education and career
He received his PhD in 1987 from the University of Washington and the Technische Universität Darmstadt. After two postdoctoral years at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Research Institute for Symbolic Computation in Linz, Austria, he taught at Cornell University, before joining University of California, Berkeley in 1995. His Ph.D. students include Melody Chan, Jesús A. De Loera, Mike Develin, Diane Maclagan, Rekha R. Thomas, Caroline Uhler, and Cynthia Vinzant.
Contributions
Bernd Sturmfels has made contributions to a variety of areas of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, discrete geometry, Gröbner bases, toric varieties, tropical geometry, algebraic statistics, and computational biology. He has written several highly cited papers in algebra with Dave Bayer.
He has authored or co-authored multiple books including Introduction to tropical geometry with Diane Maclagan.
Awards and honors
Sturmfels' honors include a National Young Investigator Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship. In 1999 he received a Lester R. Ford Award for his expository article Polynomial equations and convex polytopes. He was awarded a Miller Research Professorship at the University of California Berkeley for 2000–2001. In 2018, he was awarded the George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics.
In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
References
Further reading
External links
Homepage at Berkeley
1962 births
Living people
Scientists from Kassel
20th-century German mathematicians
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
University of Washington alumni
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty
Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Mathematics popularizers
Technische Universität Darmstadt alumni
Algebraic geometers
Combinatorialists
Sloan Research Fellows
Algebraists
Cornell University faculty
21st-century German mathematicians
Academic staff of Max Planck Society
Max Planck Institute directors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Virtual%20Border%20Watch | The Texas Virtual Border Watch is a pilot program created by the State of Texas that allows individuals with internet access to observe and report on the Texas–Mexico border via their computers. On June 1, 2006, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced 5 million dollars to be used with the voluntary participation of private land owners to install the cameras.
The trial version of the Texas Virtual Border Watch received 2,780 reports of suspicious activity before November 2008. The site has attracted participation from individuals around the world, including Australian pub patrons. Users range from those who want to help stop illegal drug traffic and illegal immigration across the border to those simply looking for "something to do".
From November 2008 to February 2009, the program has been credited for four busts yielding 1,500 pounds of marijuana, and 30 incidents where illegal immigrants were repelled.
It is funded by the Texas governor's criminal justice office, at a cost of $2 million in its first year. The Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition (TBSC) instituted the program with BlueServo Inc. to provide the free service.
See also
Illegal drug trade
Homeland security
References
External links
Statement from Texas Governor's Office about Virtual Border Watch Program
Mexico–United States border |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Aspnes | James Aspnes is a professor in Computer Science at Yale University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992. His main research interest is distributed algorithms.
In 1989, he wrote and operated TinyMUD, one of the first "social" MUDs that allowed players to build a shared virtual world.
He is the son of David E. Aspnes, Distinguished University Professor at North Carolina State University.
Awards
Dijkstra Prize, 2020.
Dylan Hixon '88 Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences, Yale College, 2000.
IBM Graduate Fellowship, 1991–1992.
NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1987–1990.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1987.
References
External links
James Aspnes's Home Page at Yale
Year of birth missing (living people)
MUD developers
Living people
Carnegie Mellon University alumni
Yale University faculty |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Blasingame | Jim Blasingame is an American small business expert, radio talk show host, author, syndicated columnist, keynote speaker, and president of Small Business Network, Inc., a media company serving small business. He is the creator and former host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show The Small Business Advocate Show, which focused on small business and entrepreneurship issues. He is the author of several books including, The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed, The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance, Three Minutes to Success, and Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas.
Career
After more than 20 years as an employee/manager/executive of big businesses, including multi-year tenures with Sears and Xerox, Blasingame founded his consulting firm in 1989 to focus on supporting small business CEOs.
In 1997, Blasingame founded a media company, Small Business Network, Inc. (SBN).
The company's initial medium was radio as Blasingame began broadcasting his nationally syndicated weekday radio program The Small Business Advocate Show, in November 1997. Two months later, in January 1998, he began simulcasting his program on the Internet. For over 23 years, Blasingame conducted over 1,000 live interviews annually with business experts on topics relevant to challenges and opportunities of 21st century small businesses. These live radio interviews resulted in the production of 10 separate Internet podcasts every weekday and 2,600 annually.
On November 19, 1999, Blasingame added another media channel, this time for his writing, with the launch of The Small Business Advocate Newsletter, which has been distributed every Sunday since its founding. In 2002, Blasingame published his first book Small Business is Like a Bunch of Bananas (SBN Books), and in 2006, his second book Three Minutes to Success (SBN Books), which have sold over 90,000 copies combined. His next two books have won numerous awards and sold approximately 100,000 copies each: The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed (SBN Books 2018) and The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance (SBN Books 2014).
Blasingame is a syndicated newspaper columnist and is a contributing columnist to BizJournals.com, Forbes.com, NASDAQ.com, and American Express OPEN.com. His blog at JimsBlog.biz. He has made TV appearances on Fox Business and MSNBC, and has been quoted in such publications as Fortune Small Business, CNN, New York Enterprise Report, U.S. News & World Report and the Los Angeles Times.
Awards and recognition
2018 Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal for his fourth book, The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed
2018 International Book Awards for The 3rd Ingredient: The Journey of Analog Ethics into the World of Digital Fear and Greed
2014 Independent Book Publisher Award (IPPY) for his third book, The Age of the C |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii%20Public%20Radio | Hawaiʻi Public Radio (HPR), is a network of listener-supported, public radio stations broadcasting two streams on fifteen frequencies across the state of Hawaii. It is a member of National Public Radio (NPR). The stations originate from studios at The Hawaii Public Radio Plaza on Kaheka Street, near the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu. HPR-1 focuses on news and information by day, with jazz and other music in the evening and the BBC World Service overnight. HPR-2 is mostly classical music, with some hours supplied by Classical 24.
History
The network's original station, KHPR 88.1 FM, signed on the air in Honolulu on November 13, 1981. It mostly played classical music with NPR news shows, originally operating with a staff of two, General Manager Cliff Eblen and Music Director Bob Miller. Operating from rented space at the University of Hawaii, it moved to its current studios in July 1987. A year later, HPR became a true statewide network with the sign-on of a station in Maui, reaching listeners on Maui and Hawaii Island.
HPR's programming choices increased in October 1989, with a second program stream on KIPO 89.3 FM. KIPO began broadcasting jazz and folk music. In August 2000, expansion continued with the addition of KANO 91.1 (Hilo), broadcasting KHPR's classical music and news program stream to East Hawaiʻi Island. In 2010, two new boosters were installed on Mt. Kaʻala on Oʻahu's North Shore, beaming both KHPR 88.1 and KIPO 89.3 at the terrain-shielded North Shore, as well as at the south and east shores of Kauaʻi (June). The following year, expansion of the KIPO signal to Maui was implemented and KIPM 89.7 went on the air in the spring. KIPH 88.3, serving Hāna, Maui, began service shortly after.
With these infrastructure additions, statewide coverage of two streams became possible, and in the spring of 2012, the two HPR program streams were rebranded as HPR-1 and HPR-2.
On February 13, 2013, KHPH 88.7 (Kailua-Kona) brought HPR programs to the many terrain-shielded pockets along West Hawaiʻi, including Waimea. That same year, KIPL 89.9 (Līhuʻe) went on the air, making available HPR-2ʻs news, talk, and international music available to the majority the remaining areas of Kauaʻi island.
Programming
HPR-1 offers news and talk by day, a variety of music programming in the evening and BBC World Service overnight. The daytime schedule includes NPR's weekday shows: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here and Now, On Point and Fresh Air. Also on the schedule is HPR's own weekday news and current affairs program The Conversation. Weeknights feature Evening Jazz and Bridging the Gap, an eclectic music program; both music shows produced in-house. Saturday programming includes This American Life, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, The Moth Radio Hour and Radiolab, as well as locally produced Brazilian Experience, showcasing Brazilian music. Sundays feature a mix of spirituality programming (On Being and New Dimensions), ideas (TED Radio Hour) as w |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTUH | KTUH (90.1 MHz) is a non-commercial, student-run, listener-supported station in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is owned by the University of Hawaii and it broadcasts a freeform radio format. Programming originates from studios on the campus at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. It runs 24 hours a day, all year round. The station holds periodic fundraisers on the air and also accepts donations on its website.
KTUH has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 7,000 watts. The transmitter is along Telephone Road on Mount Tantalus in Honolulu. Programming is also heard on 95-watt FM translator K216GH on 91.1 MHz in Waialua. KTUH is found on Oceanic Spectrum Cable digital channel 866 for the entire state of Hawaii.
Programming
Shows are divided into consecutive three-hour blocks with a distinct musical theme per block. They are usually hosted by University of Hawaii students or, occasionally, faculty members, alumni or members of the community.
As a diversified representative station in a multicultural environment, many musical genres are heard over the course of each week. They include Jazz, Hawaiian, Latino Sounds, Hip-Hop, Punk, Alternative Rock, Metal, Goth, Reggae, Electronic, Alternative Country, World Music and more.
History
KTUH was Hawaii's first non-commercial FM station. It signed on the air on . It was originally heard on 90.5 FM and was powered at only 10 watts. The station was originally on the air from 6:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Studios were in Room 206 in Hawai'i Hall. It played a mix of classical music, jazz and progressive rock.
In 1971, KTUH was the first station in Hawaii to experiment with quadrophonic stereo broadcasts. In 1972, the station began broadcasting 24/7. In August 1973, KTUH engineers installed an FM translator atop Leahi Hospital in Kaimuki. The station was off the air for three months in 1974 and two months in 1977 as it made transmitter adjustments.
KTUH was originally only heard on campus and in surrounding neighborhoods. It increased its power to 100 watts in 1985 and switched to 90.3 FM, moving one spot down the dial. In 1996, it began accepting underwriting sponsorships to add money to the station budget. In July and August 2001, the station was off the air for several weeks to increase power to 3,000 watts. It also began live streaming on its website.
On March 19, 2016, it switched to its current frequency at 90.1 FM. That was coupled with a power boost to 7,000 watts and an increase in height above average terrain (HAAT) to 501 meters (1,644 ft) That gives KTUH island-wide coverage on Oahu and some reception on Moloka'i.
References
External links
KTUH's official website
KTUH FM Honolulu - Alumni
TUH
Radio stations established in 1969
1969 establishments in Hawaii
TUH |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20holography | Digital holography refers to the acquisition and processing of holograms with a digital sensor array, typically a CCD camera or a similar device. Image rendering, or reconstruction of object data is performed numerically from digitized interferograms. Digital holography offers a means of measuring optical phase data and typically delivers three-dimensional surface or optical thickness images. Several recording and processing schemes have been developed to assess optical wave characteristics such as amplitude, phase, and polarization state, which make digital holography a very powerful method for metrology applications
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Digital recording and processing of holograms
Off-axis configuration
In the off-axis configuration, a small angle between the reference and the object beams is used to prevent overlapping of the cross-beating contributions between the object and reference optical fields with the self-beating contributions of these fields. These discoveries were made by Emmett Leith and Juris Upatnieks for analog holography, and subsequently adapted to digital holography. In this configuration, only a single recorded digital interferogram is required for image reconstruction. Yet, this configuration can also be used in conjunction with temporal modulation methods, such as phase-shifting and frequency-shifting for high sensitivity measurements in low light.
Phase-shifting holography
The phase-shifting (or phase-stepped) digital holography process entails capturing multiple interferograms that each indicate the optical phase relationships between light returned from all points on the illuminated object and a controlled reference beam of light. The optical phase of the reference beam is shifted from one sampled interferogram to the next. From a linear combination of these interferograms, complex-valued holograms are formed. These holograms contain amplitude and phase information of the optical radiation diffracted by the object, in the sensor plane.
Frequency-shifting holography
Through the use of electro-optic modulators (Pockel cells) or acousto-optic modulators (Bragg cells), the reference laser beam can be frequency-shifted by a tunable quantity. This enables optical heterodyne detection, a frequency-conversion process aimed at shifting a given radiofrequency optical signal component in the sensor's temporal bandwidth. Frequency-shifted holograms can be used for narrowband laser Doppler imaging.
Multiplexing of holograms
Addressing simultaneously distinct domains of the temporal and spatial bandwidth of holograms was performed with success for angular, wavelength, space-division, polarization, and sideband multiplexing schemes. Digital holograms can be numerically multiplexed and demultiplexed for efficient storage and transmission. Amplitude and phase can be correctly recovered.
Super-resolution in Digital Holography
Super-resolution is possible by means of a dynamic phase diffraction grating for increasing synthetically the aperture of th |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive%20Corporation | Archive Corporation was a computer tape drive manufacturer, based in Costa Mesa, California, that was acquired by Conner Peripherals in 1993.
History
The company was founded in 1980 and based out of Costa Mesa, California. The company employed 3,367 in 1990 and reached revenues of US$293 million in that year, up from $79 million in 1986.
Of particular note are the Archive DDS tape drives produced for Silicon Graphics that could also read and write Digital Audio Tapes: the Archive Python 4320 and the Archive Peregrine 4326 (rebranded under Conner or Seagate).
Prior to this, Archive was a leading vendor of the very popular quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) format which was a popular distribution format for Unix workstations and servers. For example, software for the Sun-3 (running the Motorola 68K family) and the Sun-4 (based on SPARC processors) was most commonly distributed on QIC media before CD-ROMs became more cost-effective. Archive was better known for their QIC drives.
Conner Peripherals acquired Archive in 1993.
Acquisitions
In 1989, Archive acquired Maynard Electronics. The MaynStream brand of tape drives and software was maintained.
In March 1990, Archive acquired Cipher Data Products for $118 million. This included Cipher's subsidiary Irwin Magnetic Systems.
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1980 establishments in California
1993 disestablishments in California
1993 mergers and acquisitions
Companies based in Costa Mesa, California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%20Chrobak | Marek Chrobak is a full professor at University of California, Riverside. He is known for his work competitive analysis of online algorithms, particularly for the k-server problem, on information dissemination in ad-hoc radio networks, and on graph drawing.
In automata theory, Chrobak is known for his contributions to the study of finite automata over a one-letter alphabet. In particular, "Chrobak normal form" for nondeterministic finite automata is known.
Chrobak obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Warsaw University in 1985.
References
External links
Bibliography of papers on online algorithms
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of California, Riverside faculty
University of Warsaw alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichon | Hŭich'ŏn () is a city in the southern part of Chagang Province, North Korea. The population is 168,180 (2008 data).
History
The region surrounding the city became Huichon County in 1896. It was originally part of North Pyongan province during the Japanese colonial era. The county was originally divided into nine myons and 35 dongs at the time of the establishment of the newly created Chagang Province in January 1947, but the part of the eastern regions of the county break out of the administrative division to form Tongsin County in 1952. In October 1967, the county was promoted to city status. Huichon was formerly a small village. Since the Korean War and an influx of government investment, it has become a base for electronics and machinery production for North Korea. The region was particularly affected by the North Korean famine of the 1990s. Today, Huichon hosts the main University of Telecommunications of North Korea.
Administrative divisions
Hŭich'ŏn is divided into 21 tong (neighbourhoods) and 12 ri (villages):
Transportation
Hŭich'ŏn is served by an express highway to Pyongyang and by the Manpo Line railway.
Huichon has a trolleybus line, which received new Chollima-321 trolleybuses in 2019 or 2020.
Economy
The major industries are automotive and machinery manufacturing, including the Huichon Machine Tool Factory, Huichon Silk Mill and Huichon Hard Glassware Factory. Because of its strategic inland location, Hŭich'ŏn is also a site for ordnance manufacturing.
Huichon Machine Tool Factory
The Korea General Machinery Trading Corporation operates the Huichon Machine Tool Factory, North Korea's government-run manufacturer of heavy-duty machine tools for domestic use and for export (although most exports are blocked by UN embargoes).
The factory group was founded in 1955 and is involved in machine tool production processes including steel-making, casting, processing, assembly, painting and packing. Products are produced on a serial basis and a small lot basis; its output of precision machine tools includes an assortment of spline-grinding machines and industrial lathes.
The creation of the complex was firstly discussed in a March 1951 Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee meeting. Kim Il Sung said "In the course of the war, I have learned a bloody lesson that we should produce our own munitions and weapons. I keenly feel that we must have a solid machine-building industry in a far-sighted way." Two locations were cited for this purpose: Tokchon and Huichon.
Once built, the factory became a model for the machine-building industry of the country. Machine factories have been built in Taean, Ragwon, Tokchon, Ryongsong, Kusong and other parts of the country were built on the Hŭich'ŏn model. According to questionable DPRK government figures, (as of 1998) machine-building industry in North Korea had increased 1690 times compared with the pre-liberation figure, and its self-sufficiency in machinery was already 98 per cent.
Huichon Silk |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package-merge%20algorithm | The package-merge algorithm is an O(nL)-time algorithm for finding an optimal length-limited Huffman code for a given distribution on a given alphabet of size n, where no code word is longer than L. It is a greedy algorithm, and a generalization of Huffman's original algorithm. Package-merge works by reducing the code construction problem to the binary coin collector's problem.
The coin collector's problem
Suppose a coin collector has a number of coins of various denominations, each of which has a numismatic value unrelated to its denomination. The coin collector has run out of money and needs to use some of his coin collection to buy something of cost N. He wishes to select a subset of coins from his collection of minimum numismatic value whose denominations total N.
The binary version of this problem is that all denominations are powers of 2, that is, 1, 1/2, 1/4, etc. dollars.
Description of the package-merge algorithm
Assume that the largest denomination is 1 dollar, and that N is an integer. (The algorithm works even if these assumptions do not hold, by trivial modifications.) The coin collector first separates his coins into lists, one for each denomination, sorted by numismatic value. He then packages the smallest denomination coins in pairs, starting from the pair of smallest total numismatic value. If there is one coin left over, it will be the coin of highest numismatic value of that denomination, and it is set aside and ignored henceforth. These packages are then merged into the list of coins of the next smallest denomination, again in order of numismatic value. The items in that list are then packaged in pairs, and merged into the next smallest list, and so forth.
Finally, there is a list of items, each of which is a 1 dollar coin or a package consisting of two or more smaller coins whose denominations total 1 dollar. They are also sorted in order of numismatic value. The coin collector then selects the least value N of them.
Note that the time of the algorithm is linear in the number of coins.
Reduction of length-limited Huffman coding to the coin collector's problem
Let L be the maximum length any code word is permitted to have.
Let p1, …, pn be the frequencies of the
symbols of the alphabet to be encoded. We first sort the symbols so that pi ≤ pi+1. Create L coins for each symbol, of denominations 2−1, …, 2−L, each of numismatic value pi. Use the package-merge algorithm to select the set of coins of minimum numismatic value whose denominations total n − 1. Let hi be the number of coins of numismatic value pi selected.
The optimal length-limited Huffman code will encode symbol i with a bit string of length hi. The canonical Huffman code can easily be constructed by a simple bottom-up greedy method, given that the hi are known, and this can be the basis for fast data compression.
Performance improvements and generalizations
With this reducti |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Hirschberg | Daniel S. Hirschberg is a full professor in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. His research interests are in the theory of design and analysis of algorithms.
He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1975. He supervised the PhD dissertation of Lawrence L. Larmore.
He is best known for his 1975 and 1977 work on the longest common subsequence problem: Hirschberg's algorithm for this problem and for the related string edit distance problem solves it efficiently in only linear space. He is also known for his work in several other areas, including Distributed Algorithms. In Nancy Lynch's book Distributed Algorithms she gives details of an algorithm by Hirschberg and J. B. Sinclair for leader election in a synchronous ring. Lynch named this algorithm the HS algorithm, after its authors.
Selected publications
References
External links
Dan Hirschberg's Webpage at UCI
American computer scientists
Living people
Princeton University alumni
University of California, Irvine faculty
Researchers in distributed computing
Theoretical computer scientists
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirschberg%E2%80%93Sinclair%20algorithm | The Hirschberg–Sinclair algorithm is a distributed algorithm designed for leader election problem in a synchronous ring network. It is named after its inventors, Dan Hirschberg and J. B. Sinclair.
The algorithm requires the use of unique IDs (UID) for each process. The algorithm works in phases and sends its UID out in both directions. The message goes out a distance of 2Phase Number hops and then the message heads back to the originating process. While the messages are heading "out" each receiving process will compare the incoming UID to its own. If the UID is greater than its own UID then it will continue the message on. Otherwise if the UID is less than its own UID, it will not pass the information on. At the end of a phase, a process can determine if it will send out messages in the next round by if it received both of its incoming messages. Phases continue until a process receives both of its out messages, from both of its neighbors. At this time the process knows it is the largest UID in the ring and declares itself the leader.
References
Distributed algorithms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent%20Empire | The Benevolent Empire is a term used to describe the network of Protestant reform societies that were prominent in the United States between 1815 and 1861. These organizations existed to spread Christianity and promote social reform.
History
The Benevolent Empire was dedicated to various causes, including temperance and abolition. There were efforts to reform bankruptcy laws, the prison system, insane asylums, and labor laws. Educational reform was also a priority; reformers wanted to end school corporal punishment and provide teachers with better training and better curriculum. Voluntary societies were also created to suppress immoral behaviors such as gambling and dueling. They pushed for Blue laws in order to stop non-religious activities on Sundays. Other societies existed to help women trapped in prostitution. Societies built orphanages and provided job placement and child care programs to the urban poor.
The Benevolent Empire was inspired by the revivalism of the Second Great Awakening. For evangelical Christians, participation in benevolent societies was a way to pursue disinterested benevolence—the idea that true Christians give up self-love in favor of loving others. The belief in perfectionism also promoted the creation of reform organizations. Perfectionism is the belief that Christians can attain a higher level of sanctification or holiness by devoting themselves completely to loving God and their neighbors. Another belief encouraging benevolent societies was Postmillennialism—the belief that Christ's return would take place after the world had enjoyed a thousand years of peace (the Millennium). Ministers taught that Christians had a responsibility to improve the world to prepare it for Christ's return.
The benevolent societies were voluntary organizations and officially interdenominational. In practice, however, these societies were mainly led, staffed and funded by Congregationalists of the Hopkinsian school, New School Presbyterians and evangelical Episcopalians. These societies were organized with a board of directors (typically headquartered in New York) that provided national leadership and various auxiliary societies spread throughout the country. The auxiliaries collected money and distributed the works of the society. The boards of directors for the different societies often overlapped and held their annual meetings in May.
Examples of societies within the Benevolent Empire include:
American Bible Society
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
American Home Missionary Society
American Sunday School Union
American Temperance Society
American Tract Society
References
Further reading
19th-century Protestantism
Protestantism in the United States
Christian revivals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal%20pair | In computer science, a maximal pair within a string is a pair of matching substrings that are maximal, where "maximal" means that it is not possible to make a longer matching pair by extending the range of both substrings to the left or right.
Example
For example, in this table, the substrings at indices 2 to 4 (in red) and indices 6 to 8 (in blue) are a maximal pair, because they contain identical characters (abc), and they have different characters to the left (x at index 1 and y at index 5) and different characters to the right (y at index 5 and w at index 9). Similarly, the substrings at indices 6 to 8 (in blue) and indices 10 to 12 (in green) are a maximal pair.
However, the substrings at indices 2 to 4 (in red) and indices 10 to 12 (in green) are not a maximal pair, as the character y follows both substrings, and so they can be extended to the right to make a longer pair.
Formal definition
Formally, a maximal pair of substrings with starting positions and respectively, and both of length , is specified by a triple , such that, given a string of length , (meaning that the substrings have identical contents), but (they have different characters to their left) and (they also have different characters to their right; together, these two inequalities are the condition for being maximal). Thus, in the example above, the maximal pairs are (the red and blue substrings) and (the green and blue substrings), and is not a maximal pair.
Related concepts and time complexity
A maximal repeat is the string represented by a maximal pair. A supermaximal repeat is a maximal repeat never occurring as a proper substring of another maximal repeat. In the above example, abc and abcy are both maximal repeats, but only abcy is a supermaximal repeat.
Maximal pairs, maximal repeats and supermaximal repeats can each be found in time using a suffix tree, if there are such structures.
References
External links
Project for the computation of all maximal repeats in one ore more strings in Python, using suffix array.
String (computer science)
Formal languages |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KQDK-CD | KQDK-CD (channel 33) is a low-power, Class A television station in Denver, Colorado, United States. It is a translator of Cheyenne, Wyoming–licensed Christian Television Network (CTN) owned-and-operated station KQCK (channel 39). KQDK-CD's transmitter is located near East Iliff Avenue and South Emporia Avenue (near SH 83) in southeastern Denver; its parent station maintains studios on Yates Street in Westminster.
History
The station was founded on October 30, 1990. In 2008, under Equity Media Holdings ownership, KQDK became an affiliate of the Retro Television Network (RTN). On January 4, 2009, a contract conflict between Equity and Luken Communications (which had acquired RTN in June 2008) resulted in many RTN affiliates losing the network's programming. As a result, Luken moved RTN's operations to its headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and dropped its affiliations on all Equity-owned affiliates, including the then-KQDK-CA, immediately. RTN would eventually sign with KCDO-TV that May. KQDK then switched its affiliation to AMGTV, and later to @SportsTV.
KQDK was sold at auction to Valley Bank on April 16, 2009. Valley Bank, in turn, filed to sell KQDK and KQCK to an ownership group connected to Fusion Communications on September 9.
In January 2010, VasalloVision announced that it would affiliate with parent station KQCK. KQDK-CA was acquired by Casa Media Partners in April 2012. The station switched its affiliation to MundoFox on August 13, 2012. Concurrent with the launch of the station's digital signal, on February 12, 2013, the station modified its call sign to KQDK-CD. In late 2014, KQDK dropped MundoFox for the Christian Television Network. Casa Media Partners filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 14, 2015. On April 12, 2017, CTN's parent company, the Christian Television Corporation, agreed to purchase KQDK-CD outright for $750,000; CTN had earlier agreed to purchase sister station KQCK. The sale was completed on June 30, 2017.
Sometime in 2019, KQDK-CD's city of license was moved from Aurora, Colorado to Denver.
Technical information
Subchannels
This station rebroadcasts the subchannels of KQCK.
Analog-to-digital conversion
KQDK-CD shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 39, on February 12, 2013. The station flash-cut its digital signal into operation on its pre-transition UHF channel 39.
References
External links
Equity Media Holdings
QDK-CD
Television channels and stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in Colorado
Christian Television Network affiliates
QDK-CD |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDemu | CDemu is a free and open-source virtual drive software, designed to emulate an optical drive and optical disc (including CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs) on the Linux operating system.
, CDemu is not available in the official repositories of Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora Linux for any release, but it is available via official PPA for Ubuntu and COPR for Fedora Linux.
Components
CDEmu consists of:
a kernel module implementing a virtual SCSI host bus adapter,
libmirage which is a software library for interpreting optical disc images,
a daemon which emulates the functionality of a SCSI optical drive+disc,
textmode and GTK clients for controlling the emulator.
The software is portable to other operating systems supported by GLib, with the exceptions of the kernel module and the clients which rely on d-bus communication.
History
CDemu was originally designed by Robert Penz and Justus Schwartz as a patch for MPlayer that allowed mounting .CUE/.BIN files. After the patch was completed, they realized the simplicity, and wrote a module for Linux kernel.
Originally, CDemu was named Virtual CD, but this name had been previously trademarked, and the owners of the trademark requested that they not use the name.
As of June, 2007, development on CDemu 0.8 ceased and a rewrite was developed instead. Most of this work was done by Rok Mandeljc. This new version of CDemu took another approach to the emulation by doing as much as possible in userspace. As of June 2008 it is considered to be mostly stable.
Status
As of version 2.0.0 CDemu supports the following image formats:
.mds and .mdx format
.dmg and .cdr format
Blindwrite .b5t/.b6t format
DiscJuggler's .cdi format
Easy CD Creator .cif format
Roxio / WinOnCD .c2d format
Error Code Modeller .ecm container format
gBurner .gbi format
.iso format and its compressed forms, .cso and .isz
.nrg format
PowerISO .daa format
.udf format
Raw images (.img, .bin, .ccd, .cue, .sub and .toc)
GZip and Xz archives
The emulator endeavors to follow the MMC-3 standard for SCSI optical drives as closely as possible, ensuring realistic and accurate emulation.
Optical media emulated by CDemu can be mounted within Linux.
CDemu has the support for CD subchannels, CD-Text, ISRC，MCN and ECC/EDC, DPM/RMPS. There is also some support for a limited number of encrypted and compressed image formats.
The developers are working on supporting as many major formats as they can, and they encourage users to submit patches to this end.
See also
Alternative Linux programs that are available in the repositories of Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora Linux:
AcetoneISO
References
External links
Official website
Disk image emulators
Third-party Linux kernel modules
Optical disc-related software that uses GTK |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETX%20%28form%20factor%29 | ETX, standing for Embedded Technology eXtended, is an integrated and compact computer-on-module (COM) form factor, which can be used in a design application much like an integrated circuit component. Each ETX COM integrates core CPU and memory functionality, the common I/O of a PC/AT (serial, parallel, etc.), USB, audio, graphics, and Ethernet. All I/O signals as well as a full implementation of ISA and PCI buses are mapped to four high-density, low-profile connectors on the bottom side of the module.
ETX boards are available with AMD Geode, VIA, Intel Atom, Pentium, Celeron and Core Duo processors.
XTX offers a 75% pin-compatible upgrade path to ETX standard. XTX drops the ISA bus and adds PCI-Express, SATA, and LPC.
COM Express was released in 2005 from PICMG.
History
The Embedded Technology eXtended (ETX) specification, first developed by Kontron (formerly *JUMPtec) in early 2000.
In April 2006, the members of the ETX Industrial Group released the next generation of the ETX 3.0 specification. The ETX Industrial Group is an independent association of companies that work to exchange knowledge about ETX. Membership is open to companies which develop and produce ETX modules. Members include Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH, congatec AG, Advantech, MSC Vertriebs GmbH, ADLINK Technology Inc., Avalue Technology Inc., SECO Srl, Arbor Technology Corp., Axiomtek Co., Blue Chip Technology, AAEON Technology Inc., AEWIN Technologies IBase, Honeywell – CMSS and Portwell.
3.0 specification
The ETX 3.0 Specification is compact form factor, 95 × 114 mm (3.7 × 4.4 inches) in size. It extends the original ETX standard and adds two Serial ATA (SATA) interfaces. This is done without changing any of the ETX pin designations, making new modules pin-to-pin compatible with previous versions.
Modules designed according to the ETX 3.0 specification integrate two SATA ports via two slim line connectors designed onto the top side of the CPU Module in the vicinity of X4. The module or carrier board ETX connectors do not require any changes to use the faster SATA hard drives.
Mandatory features:
Connector X1: PCI bus, USB Audio
Connector X2: ISA BUS
Connector X3: VGA, LCD, Video, COM 1, COM2, LPT/Floppy, IrDA, Mouse, Keyboard
Connector X4: IDE 1, IDE 2, Ethernet, miscellaneous
SATA: Two ports via connector on the top side (as of version 3.0)
External links
ETX Specification V3.02
ETX Design Guide
ETX 3.0: SATA integration overview - PC/104 and Small Form Factors
Motherboard form factors
Computer hardware standards |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSHJ | KSHJ (1430 kHz) is a Catholic religious radio station in Houston, Texas. It is part of the Guadalupe Radio Network, and is owned by La Promesa Foundation. Some programming from EWTN Radio is also on the schedule. The studios and offices are located in Southeast Houston.
KSHJ broadcasts at 5,000 watts by day. But to protect other stations on AM 1430, it reduces power to 1,000 watts at night. A directional antenna is used at all times. The transmitter is off Pleasantville Street in the Pleasantville neighborhood of Houston. Programming is also heard on an FM translator, 96.1 K241CO.
Translator
History
KCOH is born; Looking Glass Studios come to life
The station began broadcasting in 1948 as KCOH Radio. Its studios were in the M&M Building (now University of Houston-Downtown campus). It moved to the historic 3rd Ward "Looking Glass Studio" on Almeda Rd. in 1953. Through most of its decades on the air, KCOH was programmed to the African-American community in Houston, with R&B, gospel, talk, news and blues. In 2013, KCOH programming and call sign moved to AM 1230 KQUE, when AM 1430 was sold to La Promesa.
KCOH programs included "Gospel Melody Time", "Person to Person", "Roex Health Update", "Confessions", "Making Memories", "Sports Rap", "Passion Zone", "This is for Grown Folks", "Person to Person Saturday Morning", and "Just us Oldies". In addition, KCOH was the Houston affiliate carrying University of Oklahoma football and men's basketball games.
In 2007, the station asked for donations from Houston's African American community; the owners threatened to sell the station to radio brokers.
In 2008, the Houston Press named the station as the "best radio station."
Sale to La Promesa; flip to Catholic radio
In November 2012, the Midland, Texas La Promesa Foundation acquired the station, and announced plans to launch programming in February 2013 through the Catholic-oriented Guadalupe Radio Network. The purchase by La Promesa was consummated on February 28, 2013 at a price of $2.141 million.
On October 19, 2016, La Promesa Foundation consummated a deal which sees them acquire translator K241CO, licensed to Kerrville, Texas, from Wendelynn Tellez, and physically move the facility to a transmit site near Senate Ave. and U.S. Highway 290 in Jersey Village, Texas to rebroadcast 1430. The translator was successfully moved to the new site in Jersey Village, and was licensed on April 27, 2017. The translator was subsequently moved to Houston effective January 24, 2018.
References
External links
KSHJ's Official Website
FCC History Cards for KSHJ
Radio stations established in 1948
SHJ
SHJ
1948 establishments in Texas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UM.SiteMaker | UM.SiteMaker is a web-based program, originated at the University of Michigan, that lets non-technical people make highly customized websites and web-databases. It has been used to make sites that serve a wide variety of purposes, including:
UM.SiteMaker was developed jointly by the University of Michigan and Global Village Consulting (Vancouver, BC), who maintain the generic version of the program under the name GVC.SiteMaker. The source code and executable files are available from SourceForge, under the Educational Community License. It was recognized by Campus Technology magazine as the winner of its 2006 Innovators Award, in the area of "the Web". In 2015, the developers announced that they were retiring the software by the end of the year.
UM.Sitemaker Features
File repository
Version control
Workflow (roles for Editors and Contributors)
Integration with many media types (QuickTime, RealMedia, Flash, etc.)
Access control at the file and section levels
WYSIWYG editing
Data Tables for creating web forms and online databases (without knowledge of programming or database administration)
Technical Summary
UM.SiteMaker is a Java application written using WebObjects frameworks. It can be deployed on various platforms, and is database independent
Authentication can be handled within the application or by using a WebISO that places the UserID into the REMOTE_USER header parameter (e.g., Cosign, Pubcookie, CAS)
Access groups to protect files and sections (pages) are created by site owners, and can either be local to a particular website, or they can refer to an LDAP source (including recursive resolution of nested groups)
Data Tables created by users are objects in the application, and do not represent tables in the underlying database
References
Web development software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interconnect%20User%20Part | Interconnect User Part (IUP) is a national specific Signaling System 7 protocol for interconnect between public telephone networks in the United Kingdom. This protocol was formerly known as BTNUP.
It is specified in document PNO-ISC/SPEC/006 which is published by the NICC as ND1006:2007/05 .
Signaling System 7
Integrated Services Digital Network |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTUP%20%28AM%29 | WTUP (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a black-oriented news format, with programming from the Black Information Network. Licensed to Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, the station serves the Tupelo area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC.
History
WTUP was the second broadcast radio station in Tupelo, Mississippi (the first was WELO). The station signed on as a full-service AM providing music, news and weather for Tupelo. WTUP originally broadcast with 1,000 watts at 1380 on the dial, only during the daytime. About 1959, when WELO vacated 1490 to switch to 580, WTUP switched to the 1490, in order to broadcast 24 hours. WTUP switched to a full-time contemporary Top 40 music format in about 1958 and was very successful with the younger audience, competing with WELO and its full-service format. In 1956, when hometown phenom Elvis Presley returned to Tupelo to perform at the annual Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show, Jim Reese (who was the general manager of WTUP) was the MC for the concerts. WTUP employees Charlie Watts and Ron Brandon were responsible for recording interviews with Elvis, actor Nick Adams, and Elvis' parents, as well as recording both the afternoon and evening concerts. A tape of the interviews and concerts was found at Graceland in Memphis after Elvis's death, and later released to the public by RCA on what would have been Elvis' 50th birthday.
At one time, WTUP and WELO were sister stations.
The station participates in Tupelo's annual Race For The Cure fundraising marathon for the American Cancer Society.
WTUP changed formats a few times, eventually being purchased by Clear Channel Communications and 'flipped' to a sports radio format. The station broadcast professional sports teams like the St. Louis Cardinals and the Memphis Grizzlies in addition to local sports institutions such as Saltillo High School football, Tupelo High School basketball and baseball, and Mississippi Mudcats arena football. At one point, WTUP was broadcasting more than 200 live, local sports events annually.
In 2009, following a purchase of the radio station by URBan Radio Broadcasting, WTUP returned to an oldies music format and resumed "The Top Dawg" branding.
In July 2016, WTUP changed their format to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WBVV.
On August 13, 2018, WTUP dropped the simulcast with WBVV and flipped to alternative rock as "Alt 107.7", utilizing a new FM simulcast on translator W299CS (107.7 FM). As with all iHeart alternative stations, the station carried The Woody Show in morning drive.
On February 22, 2021, WTUP changed their format to black-oriented news, branded as "Tupelo's BIN 107.7", with programming from the Black Information Network.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WTUP
TUP (AM)
IHeartMedia radio stations
Black Information Network stations
All-news radio stations in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexlet | Hexlet may refer to:
Soddy's hexlet, in geometry a chain of six spheres, each of which is tangent to both of its neighbors and also to three mutually tangent given spheres
Hexlet (computing), a group of 128 bits in computing
See also
Hextet |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BKM%20algorithm | The BKM algorithm is a shift-and-add algorithm for computing elementary functions, first published in 1994 by Jean-Claude Bajard, Sylvanus Kla, and Jean-Michel Muller. BKM is based on computing complex logarithms (L-mode) and exponentials (E-mode) using a method similar to the algorithm Henry Briggs used to compute logarithms. By using a precomputed table of logarithms of negative powers of two, the BKM algorithm computes elementary functions using only integer add, shift, and compare operations.
BKM is similar to CORDIC, but uses a table of logarithms rather than a table of arctangents. On each iteration, a choice of coefficient is made from a set of nine complex numbers, 1, 0, −1, i, −i, 1+i, 1−i, −1+i, −1−i, rather than only −1 or +1 as used by CORDIC. BKM provides a simpler method of computing some elementary functions, and unlike CORDIC, BKM needs no result scaling factor. The convergence rate of BKM is approximately one bit per iteration, like CORDIC, but BKM requires more precomputed table elements for the same precision because the table stores logarithms of complex operands.
As with other algorithms in the shift-and-add class, BKM is particularly well-suited to hardware implementation. The relative performance of software BKM implementation in comparison to other methods such as polynomial or rational approximations will depend on the availability of fast multi-bit shifts (i.e. a barrel shifter) or hardware floating point arithmetic.
Overview
In order to solve the equation
the BKM algorithm takes advantage of a basic property of logarithms
Using Pi notation, this identity generalizes to
Because any number can be represented by a product, this allows us to choose any set of values which multiply to give the value we started with. In computer systems, it's much faster to multiply and divide by multiples of 2, but because not every number is a multiple of 2, using is a better option than a more simple choice of . Since we want to start with large changes and get more accurate as increases, we can more specifically use , allowing the product to approach any value between 1 and ~4.768, depending on which subset of we use in the final product. At this point, the above equation looks like this:
This choice of reduces the computational complexity of the product from repeated multiplication to simple addition and bit-shifting depending on the implementation. Finally, by storing the values in a table, calculating the solution is also a simple matter of addition. Iteratively, this gives us two separate sequences. One sequence approaches the input value while the other approaches the output value :
Given this recursive definition and because is strictly increasing, it can be shown by induction and convergence that
for any . For calculating the output, we first create the reference table
Then the output is computed iteratively by the definition
The conditions in this iteration are the same as the conditions for the input. Similar |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradedoubler | Tradedoubler is a global affiliate marketing network and a provider of performance marketing and technology solutions.
The Tradedoubler network was the first affiliate network which operates across Europe. Today it consists of more than 3,000 advertisers (brands) and over 180,000 publishers (websites) worldwide.
In addition to classical affiliate marketing, the company offers other performance marketing and technology solutions in support of the entire customer journey. For this reason, Tradedoubler is also known as "The Performance Group".
Besides the affiliate network of Tradedoubler, the Performance Group includes a proprietary influencer network (Metapic), an app marketing agency (Appiness), a lead generation business (LeadsLab), a voucher website (Copacoupona), and an offer for email marketing campaigns.
Tradedoubler was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, by Felix Hagnö and Martin Lorentzon in September 1999. Since 2014, Matthias Stadelmeyer is leading the company as president and CEO.
In addition to the Swedish headquarters, Tradedoubler has 15 offices in several countries and operates in over 80 countries worldwide. Since 2005 Tradedoubler AB has been listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Products/services
In the core business of affiliate marketing Tradedoubler offers the following products and services:
Public Affiliate Network: Global affiliate network with over 180,000 publishers (websites) and more than 3,000 advertisers (brands).
Tradedoubler PVN: White-label solution for the self-management of affiliate partners and affiliate programs.
Grow by Tradedoubler: Performance marketing solution for small businesses, startups, and accelerators.
Additionally, Tradedoubler offers various performance marketing solutions:
metapic: Influencer network that allows brands to work with more than 60,000 digital creators in influencer marketing.
Onbaz: Metapic has integrated Onbaz into the influencer network to offer live video shopping for its brands and digital creators.
zezam: Link-in-bio technology to help creators share product recommendations.
Appiness: App marketing agency with a focus on performance-based App User Acquisition and in-App sales generation.
LeadsLab: Lead generation for B2B and B2C businesses.
tryforyou: Product testing platform with more than 50,000 independent product testers.
Copacoupona: Voucher website with daily updates of the best offers and vouchers.
R-Advertising: Marketing agency for email marketing.
Locations
Tradedoubler has 15 offices with more than 320 employees in 12 countries:
Stockholm, London, Paris, Mougins, Aix-en-Provence, Munich, Berlin, Madrid, Milan, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Sydney, Warsaw, and Rotterdam.
History
In 1999 the company was established in Sweden by Martin Lorentzon and Felix Hagnö as the first affiliate network which operates across Europe with the idea to offer performance-based affiliate marketing solutions. Only two years after the foundation of Tradedoubler, the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pango%20%28disambiguation%29 | Pango in computing is a library for rendering internationalized texts.
Pango may also refer to:
Pango, an Israeli car parking payment company that created the Pango Mobile Parking App
PANGO, party-affiliated non-governmental organization
Pango, a clone of the 1982 Pengo video game
Pango Rhum, a brand of rum from Rhum Barbancourt
Pango, a penguin-like monster from the mobile game My Singing Monsters
Pango, an alternate Spanish spelling of Bangka (boat), traditional Filipino outrigger canoes
Pango, Vanuatu, a village in Vanuatu
See also
Pago Pago (pronounced "pango pango"), the de facto capital of American Samoa
Pangolin, a scaly anteater somewhat resembling a large armadillo
Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak Lineages (PANGOLIN), a software tool to implement the PANGO nomenclature |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADlvio%20Meira | Sílvio Romero de Lemos Meira (Taperoá, Paraíba, 2 February 1955) is a Brazilian computer scientist, professor and entrepreneur in the area of software engineering and innovation. Currently, he is an emeritus professor at the Centre of Informatics of the Federal University of Pernambuco. Additionally, he also is the chairman of the Porto Digital - the biggest Brazilian tech park - and is member of the board of directors in several companies. Meira is also founder and chief scientist at tds.company.
He is co-founder of the Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems, where he served as chief scientist for 12 years.
References
External links
1955 births
Living people
People from Paraíba
Brazilian computer scientists
Brazilian columnists
Brazilian male bloggers
Software engineering researchers
Academic staff of the Federal University of Pernambuco
Commanders of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
Alumni of the University of Kent |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLAT | KLAT (1010 AM "TUDN Radio Houston") is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Latino Media Network; under a local marketing agreement, it is programmed by former owner TelevisaUnivision's Uforia Audio Network, and airs a Spanish-language sports radio format from the TUDN Radio Network. The station serves as the Spanish language flagship radio station of the Houston Astros baseball team and the Houston Rockets basketball team and also airs Houston Dynamo FC soccer games.
KLAT has studios and offices located at 5100 Southwest Freeway in Uptown Houston. The transmitter site is on West Little York Road in northwest Houston. By day, KLAT broadcasts at 5,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1010 AM, a Canadian clear-channel frequency, KLAT must reduce power at night to 3,600 watts.
History
Early years as KODA
On July 31, 1961, the station signed on as KODA. It was put on the air by Paul Taft of the Taft Broadcasting Company (no relation to Taft Broadcasting of Cincinnati, Ohio). Taft already owned an FM station, 99.1 KODA-FM, airing a beautiful music format. But few people had FM radios in those days, so an AM station was added to make the format available to more Houston residents. KODA was a daytimer during its early years, so it was required to go off the air between sunset and sunrise, while KODA-FM broadcast around the clock.
At first, KODA and KODA-FM simulcast the same beautiful music, competing with ABC-owned 1320 KXYZ, which also played easy listening music. But beginning in 1967, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned AM-FM combos in most cities from simulcasting around the clock, so most of the day, KODA began airing a slightly different format, adding middle of the road vocals to the mostly instrumental playlist.
Even though 1320 KXYZ was owned by ABC, that station stopped carrying ABC newscasts; they could only be heard on 1360 KWBA (now KWWJ), based in nearby Baytown, Texas. So the AM version of KODA began airing ABC News each hour.
"La Tremenda"
In 1978, Group W Westinghouse Broadcasting purchased KODA-AM-FM from Taft and, the following year, re-sold the AM station. The call sign changed to KLAT in 1979, as the format flipped to popular Spanish-language Regional Mexican music, branded as "La Tremenda." The name La Tremenda 1010 (which translates to "The Tremendous 1010") was a slogan created by the station's new owners, Marcos Rodriguez, Sr. and his son, Marcos A. Rodriguez, operating as the Spanish Broadcasting Corporation.
In 1984, KLAT obtained FCC authorization for round-the-clock operation, giving KLAT Class B status. Unfortunately in late 1979, a fire caused the Harris MW-5 transmitter to melt down. The MW-5 used a step up transformer to raise the three phase input power (at 240 volts) to 17,000 volts. The primary wiring had been bundled closely to the secondary wiring and tightly lashed together. When an insulation breakdown allowed the input wiring to arc, the high temperatures a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20state%20machine | A liquid state machine (LSM) is a type of reservoir computer that uses a spiking neural network. An LSM consists of a large collection of units (called nodes, or neurons). Each node receives time varying input from external sources (the inputs) as well as from other nodes. Nodes are randomly connected to each other. The recurrent nature of the connections turns the time varying input into a spatio-temporal pattern of activations in the network nodes. The spatio-temporal patterns of activation are read out by linear discriminant units.
The soup of recurrently connected nodes will end up computing a large variety of nonlinear functions on the input. Given a large enough variety of such nonlinear functions, it is theoretically possible to obtain linear combinations (using the read out units) to perform whatever mathematical operation is needed to perform a certain task, such as speech recognition or computer vision.
The word liquid in the name comes from the analogy drawn to dropping a stone into a still body of water or other liquid. The falling stone will generate ripples in the liquid. The input (motion of the falling stone) has been converted into a spatio-temporal pattern of liquid displacement (ripples).
LSMs have been put forward as a way to explain the operation of brains. LSMs are argued to be an improvement over the theory of artificial neural networks because:
Circuits are not hard coded to perform a specific task.
Continuous time inputs are handled "naturally".
Computations on various time scales can be done using the same network.
The same network can perform multiple computations.
Criticisms of LSMs as used in computational neuroscience are that
LSMs don't actually explain how the brain functions. At best they can replicate some parts of brain functionality.
There is no guaranteed way to dissect a working network and figure out how or what computations are being performed.
There is very little control over the process.
Universal function approximation
If a reservoir has fading memory and input separability, with help of a readout, it can be proven the liquid state machine is a universal function approximator using Stone–Weierstrass theorem.
See also
Echo state network: similar concept in recurrent neural network
Reservoir computing: the conceptual framework
Self-organizing map
Libraries
LiquidC#: Implementation of topologically robust liquid state machine with a neuronal network detector
References
Artificial neural networks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation%20World%20Network | Animation World Network (often just "AWN") is an online publishing group that specializes in resources for animators, with an extensive website offering news, articles and links for professional animators and animation fans.
Content
Specifically, AWN covers animator profiles, independent film distribution, major animation studio activities, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies, as well as current events in all fields of animation.
AWN also publishes print magazines. The magazines are Animation World, dedicated to animation in general, and VFX World, which focuses on special effects and computer-generated imagery.
History
In 1995, Ron Diamond partnered with Dan Sarto and founded the Animation World Network. A year after Toy Story debuted, Sarto and Diamond produced their first issue. "Back then there weren't many people publishing on the Internet, but we decided to go online and bypass print altogether; not just for cost reasons but because animators are always ahead of the curve when it comes to exploring new technologies," Diamond said.
References
External links
Internet properties established in 1996
Websites about animation
Animation magazines
Online mass media companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-based%20mathematics%20education | Computer-based mathematics education (CBME) is an approach to teaching mathematics that emphasizes the use of computers.
Computers in math education
Computers are used in education in a number of ways, such as interactive tutorials, hypermedia, simulations and educational games. Tutorials are types of software that present information, check learning by question/answer method, judge responses, and provide feedback. Educational games are more like simulations and are used from the elementary to college level. E learning systems can deliver math lessons and exercises and manage homework assignments.
See also
ALEKS, a computer-based education system that includes mathematics among its curricula
Computer-Based Math, a project aimed at using computers for computational tasks and spending more classroom time on applications
Mathletics (educational software), a popular K-12 mathematics learning program from 3P Learning
Mathspace, a similar program for students aged 7-18, founded in Australia in 2010
Sokikom, a team-based math learning game
References
Mathematics education
Educational math software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Sommerville | Ian Sommerville may refer to:
Ian Sommerville (software engineer) (born 1951), British computer scientist and author
Ian Sommerville (technician) (1940–1976), British electronics technician and computer programmer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Crane%20%28journalist%29 | Ed Crane has been reporting on radio and television since 1979. He has been an anchor for the CBS radio and television networks and was also an anchor for the network's AM flagship in New York City, WCBS.
Career
Crane graduated from Northwestern University. He started his career in 1979, working at WIFR-TV in Rockford, Illinois. In 1982, after working for WBBM in Chicago, he joined the CBS Radio Network where, for 18 years, he presented hourly newscasts as well as the World News Roundup and special reports. He went on to be a reporter and presenter for MarketWatch in the early 2000s and occasionally presented the CBS News TV broadcast Up to the Minute. Crane has also reported for WCBS-TV in New York City, and anchored for WCBS-AM, New York.
He is a recipient of the Chicago Headline Club Award. Crane's rich journalistic background is complemented by some interesting acting credits, including the role of Newscaster #6 in the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate with Denzel Washington, and Interviewer in the 2006 movie The Hoax, starring Richard Gere.
Crane is an avid golfer and a wine enthusiast. On February 11, 2008, he relocated from Long Island, New York, to Sacramento - being joined by his wife Barbara and his son P.J. - to broadcast the morning news on the highly rated NewsTalk 1530KFBK.
As of 2015 Ed Crane is working as a political consultant and is the co founder with Patrick Dorinson of thelibertyplaybook.com and President of California-based Ed Crane Media
References
External links
Ed Crane's WCBS Newsradio biography.
Ed Crane's KFBK NewsTalk Information.
American reporters and correspondents
American television journalists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American male journalists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Yen | John Yen is Professor of Data Science and Professor-in-Charge of Data Science in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. He currently leads the Laboratory of AI for Cyber Security at Penn State. He was the founder and a former Director of the Cancer Informatics Initiative there.
Yen's current research goals are (1) using AI and big data to address challenges in cybersecurity, facilitated by scalable analytics and machine/deep learning, and developing theories and methods to model,
simulate, and predict the behaviors and impacts of cyber attacks using distributed machine learning in cloud,
(2) advance the frontier of Artificial intelligence by solving grand challenges in cybersecurity.
Yen has been a Principal investigator or co-Principal investigator of several multimillion-dollar research projects. Sponsors of his research projects include National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, and Department of Energy. He is the lead inventor of a novel Artificial Intelligence architecture R-CAST, which empowers AI (agents) with a computational representation of a shared mental model, inspired by Recognition-primed decision, for supporting decision making of a human-AI team with advanced AI capabilities such as anticipating information needs of
teammates (human or AI) based on the current decision making context, and proactively offering relevant information to
the teammate who needs it. This AI technology, developed with research funding from Army Research Lab, has been granted
a U.S. patent and successfully applied to a real-world dynamic cyber-physical domain.
Yen received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. His thesis advisor is Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic. Between 1986 and 1989, he was the main architect at USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) for an AI architecture that pioneers a knowledge-level integration of a descriptive logic knowledge representation scheme with production rules. Before joining IST in 2001, he was a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Center for Fuzzy Logic, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems at Texas A&M University. He was the Vice President of Publication for IEEE Neural Networks Council, now IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. Yen received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1992. He is an IEEE Fellow.
Yen received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1980, and M.S. degree in Computer Science from University of Santa Clara in 1982.
Books
Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter-Terrorism, by Robert L. Popp, John Yen, 2006 (Amazon)
Fuzzy Logic: Intelligence, Control, and Information, by John Yen and Reza Langari, 1998 (Amazon)
See also
Recognition-primed decision
References
External links
Dr. John Yen
Cancer Informatics Initiative, Penn State
Selected Publica |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGTK%20%28AM%29 | WGTK (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Louisville, Kentucky. It is owned by the Word Media Group with the license held by the Word Broadcasting Network, Inc. It airs a conservative talk radio format, calling itself "970 The Answer", similar to many talk stations carrying the Salem Radio Network. Its studios and offices are on Corporate Campus Drive in Louisville.
It is powered at 5,000 watts, using a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is on Hamburg Pike in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Programming is also heard on 50-watt FM translator W228EO at 93.5 MHz in Louisville.
Programming
On weekdays, WGTK runs nationally syndicated Salem Radio Network talk shows: Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Sebastian Gorka and Charlie Kirk. In addition, it carries shows hosted by Michael Medved, Ben Shapiro and Bill O'Reilly.
Weekends feature some specialty shows as well as repeats of weekday programs. WGTK had aired a local midday show with former WHAS host Joe Elliott but that was discontinued in the fall of 2015. The station begins most hours with Townhall Radio News. WGTK is the radio home of University of Louisville Cardinals football as well as men's and women's basketball.
History
Early years
In 1927, the station began as WFIW in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. In 1932, WFIW was bought by George Norton Jr., and its transmitter was moved to Louisville, with the call letters being changed to WAVE. WAVE was originally on AM 940 and was an NBC Red Network affiliate. It carried NBC's schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio". After the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) took effect, WAVE moved to AM 970.
In 1948, it added the first TV station in Kentucky, WAVE-TV. Because WAVE (AM) had been a long-time NBC Radio affiliate, WAVE-TV primarily carried NBC programs.
MOR and oldies
As network programming shifted from radio to TV during the 1950s, WAVE began airing a full-service MOR format, which later shifted to oldies. In 1988, WAVE was sold to Radio One (unrelated to the company now known as Urban One that eventually bought stations in the Louisville market in the late 1990s). Because the TV station kept the WAVE call sign, the AM station changed call letters to WAVG; this was necessitated by Federal Communications Commission rules at the time, since repealed.
In the fall of 1989, the station dropped local programming and began running a satellite-fed syndicated oldies format. On September 4, 1990, WAVG switched to an adult standards format.
In 1991, WAVG was sold to Sunnyside Communications. On January 8, 1997, Sunnyside announced it would sell WAVG to Pulitzer, then-owners of WLKY-TV, which announced plans to flip the station to an all-news format, with AP News Radio programming and simulcasts of WLKY's TV newscasts. The changeover took place at noon on June 16. At the same time, the WAVG call letters and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante%20%28video%20game%29 | is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Irem in Japan and Europe, and published in North America by Data East. It is considered as a spiritual sequel to Irem's earlier Kung-Fu Master (1984).
Plot
The game takes place in downtown New York City. The game's plot involves a lone, professional martial artist who became a vigilante to fight an evil gang called the Skinheads ruled by a man known as the Giant Devil, in order to protect his "turf" and save a female hostage named Madonna, who was kidnapped by them.
Gameplay
Players control the titular character using punches and kicks to defeat the Skinheads in a 2D platform manner, while sometimes picking up and using nunchaku against them. If players get hurt while holding nunchuku, they become unarmed. There are five stages in order of appearance: a street, a junkyard, the Brooklyn Bridge, a back street scene and on top of a building that is under construction. Skinheads with Mohawk or spiked hairdo attack the vigilante with knives, chains, motorbikes, guns and other kinds of weapons. They will also choke him if he lets them get too close.
Development
An arcade sequel to Kung-Fu Master called Beyond Kung-Fu: Return of the Master was developed by Irem and underwent location testing in 1987, but was shelved after it underperformed. The Kung-Fu sequel was then revamped into Vigilante, after Irem decided to give the game a more Americanized setting, which was released in 1988.
Ports
The arcade game was later ported to several different home computers and consoles. The Master System version was published exclusively in North America and Europe by Sega, and is one of several games in the console to include an FM sound switch for enhanced music quality. In the Master System version, Madonna was renamed "Maria" and the Skinheads were called the "Rogues".
The ones for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Amiga and the Amstrad CPC were reprogrammed by Emerald Software and published by U.S. Gold mostly in Europe. The MSX version was ported and published by Korean company Clover.
The TurboGrafx-16 version was ported and published in Japan on January 14, 1989 by Irem and published in North America by NEC the same year. This port matches the arcade more than other ports. The TurboGrafx-16 version was later re-released globally for Nintendo's Virtual Console for the Wii in February 2007 for North America, Japan, and Europe, with the exception of Australia on July 6, but was delisted in March 2012 before it returned in September 2013. It was also released for the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on February 10, 2015, in North America on September 14, 2017 and in Europe on October 5.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Vigilante on their April 15, 1988 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
Your Sinclair gave the arcade game a positive review, stating it was "a pretty good game" with "loads" of enemies, "crunchingly realistic" sound effects, "bea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20L.%20Scott | Michael Lee Scott (born 1959) is a professor of computer science at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
Education and teaching
Scott received a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985. He joined the faculty at Rochester the same year as an assistant professor of computer science. Scott was chair of the computer science department from 1996 until 1999, when he was succeeded by Mitsunori Ogihara. He served again as interim chair from July to December 2007 and from July to December 2017.
In 2001, Scott received the University of Rochester’s Robert and Pamela Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching.
Scott published the text Programming Language Pragmatics in 2000. A second edition was published in 2005, a third in 2009, and a fourth in 2015. Translations have been made to Greek and simplified Chinese.
Research
In 2006, Scott and John Mellor-Crummey were awarded the Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing for a paper they wrote in 1991, "Algorithms for Scalable Synchronization on Shared-Memory Multiprocessors."
In 2005, Scott, along with William Scherer III and Doug Lea developed a set of algorithms to handle lock-free concurrent exchanges and synchronous queues. These algorithms are included in the Java 6 concurrency library.
In 2006 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Personal
Scott is a Unitarian Universalist. He served as secretary of the New York State Convention of Universalists from 1991 to 1999 and as President from 2001 to 2005. In June 2004, he spoke at the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly in favor of electronic voting machines, so long as they retained a paper backup.
Bibliography
References
External links
Michael Scott's personal webpage
Programming Language Pragmatics
Algorithms for scalable synchronization on shared-memory multiprocessors
1959 births
American computer scientists
Researchers in distributed computing
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Living people
University of Rochester faculty
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Dijkstra Prize laureates |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMD | MMD may refer to:
Science and technology
Molar mass distribution, in a polymer
MultiMarkdown, a markup language
Multiple dispatch, a feature of some programming languages
MMD, a loudspeaker parameter of the Thiele/Small model equivalent
MDIO Manageable Devices, target devices that are being managed by the Management Data Clock in Management Data Input/Output (MDIO)
Mass median diameter, in particle-size distribution
Organisations
Mercury Musical Developments, an arts organisation in the United Kingdom
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, a Zambian political party
Microwave Measurements Division, of Anritsu corporation
Multimedia Displays, a company of TPV Technology
Other uses
2500 in Roman numerals
Merchant Mariner's Document
Mid Manair Dam, a dam located in Telangana, India
MikuMikuDance, a free 3D dance animation program
Minami-Daito Airport (IATA code)
Municipal Market Data, a yield curve of AAA-rated bonds issued by U.S. states
Murder mystery dinner
Michelle Marquez Dee (born 1995), Filipino actress, beauty pageant titleholder and the daughter of Miss International 1979, Melanie Marquez
See also
Mini-Micro Designer 1 (MMD-1), a type of single-board computer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content%20engineering | Content engineering is a term applied to an engineering specialty dealing with the complexities around the use of content in computer-facilitated environments.
Content authoring and production, content management, content modeling, content conversion, and content use and repurposing are all areas involving this practice. It is not a specialty with wide industry recognition and is often performed on an ad hoc basis by members of software development or content production or marketing staff, but is beginning to be recognized as a necessary function in any complex content-centric project involving both content production as well as software system development mainly involving content management systems (CMS) or digital experience platforms (DXP).
Content engineering tends to bridge the gap between groups involved in the production of content (publishing and editorial staff, marketing, sales, human resources) and more technologically oriented departments such as software development, or IT that put this content to use in web or other software-based environments, and requires an understanding of the issues and processes of both sides.
Typically, content engineering involves extensive use of embedded XML technologies, XML being the most widespread language for representing structured content. Content management systems are a key technology often used in the practice of content engineering.
Definition
Content engineering is the practice of organizing the shape and structure of content by deploying content and metadata models, in authoring and publishing processes in a manner that meets the requirements of an organization’s Content Strategy, and its implementation through the use of technology such as CMS, XML, schema markup, artificial intelligence, APIs and others.
Purpose and goal
In very general terms, content engineering practices aim to maximize the ROI of content through content reuse and improving efficiency of content marketing, content operations, content strategy.
Content engineering can help address content challenges that fairly typical organizations face:
Siloed content supply chains
Duplicate content in a myriad of formats
Inefficient content authoring workflows
Chunky, unstructured content
Outdated technology
Technology in place does not match needs
Inability to reuse content across channels (multi-channel content)
Metadata and schema are not used
Lack of standards for metadata
Lack of findability of content for internal and external use
Poor SEO performance
Inability to implement personalization
The role of a content engineer
Content engineers bridge the divide between content strategists and producers and the developers and content managers who publish and distribute content. But rather than simply wedging themselves between these players, content engineers help define and facilitate the content structure during the entire content strategy, production and distribution cycle from beginning to end.
With equal parts |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Nemenman | Mark Nemenman (, ) (6 November 1936, Minsk, Belarus - 20 September 2022, San Mateo, California) was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. He was one of the main developers of the AKI language (in Russian АКИ - АвтоКод ИНЖЕНЕР - Engineer's Autocode) in 1964, before BASIC became known. He led the development of system software for Minsk-32, the most popular of Minsk family of computers.
He was awarded Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1970, received his Ph.D. in 1975 (scientific advisor - Andrey Ershov), Professor since 1984.
Nemenman authored more than 70 papers and 5 books. He is the father of two sons, one of whom is theoretical physicist Ilya Nemenman.
Books
Nemenman, Tsagelsky, Matyushevskaya Autocode for engineering problems solving on Minsk 2 Minsk, 1965
Nemenman Programming in AKI Minsk, 1972
Kushnerev, Nemenman, Tsagelsky Programming for Computer Minsk-32 Moscow, 1973
Belokurskaya, Kushnerev, Nemenman Minsk 32 Dispatcher Moscow, 1973
Lopato, Nemenman, Pykhtin, Tikmenov Personal-professional Computers Moscow, 1988
Belokurskaya, Emelyanchik, Nemenman Personal Computers ES. Abacus Package Moscow, 19
External links
Biography (in Russian)
Documents from Andrey Ershov Archive
Minsk family of computers
Nemenman, Mark oral history (transcript) / (video recording) by Computer History Museum
1936 births
20th-century Belarusian Jews
21st-century Belarusian Jews
Living people
Scientists from Minsk
Belarusian Jews
Belarusian computer scientists
Computer programmers
American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
Soviet computer scientists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Animated | Re-Animated is a 2006 American live-action/animation fantasy-comedy television film that aired on Cartoon Network on December 8, 2006. It was the first original production on the genre for the network. It was released on DVD on September 11, 2007, and serves as a pilot for the follow-up series Out of Jimmy's Head, which premiered on September 14, 2007. It was panned by critics upon release.
The film's animation was produced by Renegade Animation, which previously produced Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi for Cartoon Network.
Plot
Middle school student Jimmy Roberts is often bullied and belittled by his peers. During his class trip to Gollyworld, an amusement park themed around animated cartoon characters created by the deceased animator Milt Appleday, Jimmy misses out on many of the attractions. On the suggestion of Jimmy's friend Craig, the popular students tell him to search for Appleday's frozen brain in the ride "Tux's Arctic Adventure". Jimmy unwillingly goes there and bumps into Milt's middle-aged, clumsy son Sonny, who is attempting to retrieve the brain. Jimmy quickly flees and is hit by an oncoming attraction: "Crocco's Train". He is sent to an on-premises hospital, where Milt's brain is transplanted into his head. He survives the operation with his personality intact, but he can now see all of Appleday's characters in real life.
With the help of his crush, Craig's sister Robin, Jimmy learns that Sonny unwittingly ruined the characters' popularity through his own ideas. When Jimmy is hired as the new president of Appleday Pictures, replacing Sonny, mascot character Golly Gopher believes Jimmy can quickly make him a star again. With Milt's creativity and imagination, Jimmy becomes immensely popular but no longer has time for school or his friends.
Meanwhile, Sonny deceives Jimmy's father into letting him rent out a room in Jimmy's house. Sonny has dinner with the Roberts family while scheming to remove Milt's brain from Jimmy's head. He devises a plan to modify Crocco's Train to include several dangerous devices that will decapitate Jimmy. However, he yells this plan out loud, and Yancy, Jimmy's alien sister, catches on.
Robin attempts to point out to Jimmy that the cartoons are taking advantage of him, but he denies this. He leaves for his television debut, and Sonny takes her hostage. At the studio, Jimmy tells Golly that being president hasn't gotten him what he really wanted. Furious, Golly scolds him for being a pushover. Jimmy realizes Robin was right and denounces his position on-air. He then finds out Sonny has tied Robin to the train tracks. Golly apologizes for his anger and temporarily changes Jimmy into a cartoon knight in shining armor. Jimmy goes inside the train and destroys the engine, saving Robin. He then dresses up as Milt to momentarily distract Sonny by appealing to his affection for his father. Yancy teleports Jimmy to safety. Robin and Jimmy return to Craig's house, and they mend their "friendship". However, since the party |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeharu%20Umezaki | is a Japanese video game producer. He worked previously as a programmer and producer for Konami and was also CEO of the now-defunct Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe branch. His works include the Nintendo Entertainment System versions of Contra and Life Force, the Legend of the Mystical Ninja series, Rakugakids, and some games in the Castlevania series. He currently leads Good Feel Co., Ltd., which is a Japanese video game developer that developed Wario Land: Shake It!, a game that was released for the Wii in 2008.
Works
Nintendo Entertainment System
Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū - Programmer
Life Force - Director/Programmer
Contra - Director/Programmer
Blades of Steel - Director/Programmer
Gradius II - Director/Programmer
Super C - Director/Programmer
Moai-kun - Director
Super NES
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja - Director/Programmer
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! - Programmer
Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu - Producer/Planner
Gokujō Parodius! ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～ - Producer
Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame - Producer/Programmer
Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius - Producer
Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake - Producer
Nintendo 64
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon - Producer
Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama: Tōkon! Marutama Machi - Producer
Rakugakids - Producer
Castlevania - Executive Producer
Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku - Executive Producer
Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness - Executive Producer
Game Boy Color
Ganbare Goemon: Mononoke Douchuu Tobidase Nabe-Bugyou! - Executive Producer
Tokimeki Memorial Pocket: Culture Hen - Executive Producer
PlayStation
Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius: Forever With Me - Producer
Ganbare Goemon: Oedo Daikaiten - Executive Producer
PlayStation 2
Goemon: Bouken Jidai Katsugeki - Executive Producer
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Executive Producer
Game Boy Advance
Konami Krazy Racers - Executive Producer
International Superstar Soccer Advance - Chief Producer
Nintendo DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Executive Producer
Wii
Wario Land: Shake It! - Senior Producer
Kirby's Epic Yarn - Senior Producer
Wii U
Yoshi's Woolly World - Senior Producer
References
1960 births
Japanese video game producers
Konami people
Living people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20preview | A free preview (also called a free preview weekend and sometimes referred to under the portmanteau "freeview") is a stunt programming concept in which a pay television service or channel tier is exhibited without signal encryption to customers of a multichannel television provider (cable, satellite, IPTV or over-the-top MVPD) at no cost for an extended time period.
Such events, which typically run anywhere from two days to one month on average, are held mainly to incentivize subscribers into purchasing the service that is being transmitted during the applicable timeframe.
Background
History
The free preview concept was originated in the early 1970s by Home Box Office (HBO). By 1973, within a year of its November 1972 launch, HBO was carried on 14 cable systems around the country, located in New York and Pennsylvania. The channel had an exceptionally high churn rate as subscribers would sample the service for a few weeks, eventually become tired of seeing the same films being repeated over and over, and then ultimately cancel their subscriptions. Realizing the struggles it was facing because of this, HBO partnered with a cable system in Lawrence, Massachusetts to allow subscribers to view the service's programming for free on channel 3. After one month, HBO was moved to channel 6, where it would be scrambled. The preview proved popular among the cable provider's subscribers, helping to increase subscriptions for HBO.
HBO continued the concept an expanded it other cable systems in 1977. Soon, other premium cable services (such as Showtime and The Movie Channel) began offering periodic free previews themselves in order to attract new subscribers.
Concept
Free previews are generally used to increase subscribership of a premium channel, out-of-market sports package or a higher-end programming tier by allowing access to a service typically encrypted from viewing by customers who do not subscribe to it during the preview period. Although any subscription television service around the world can hold such an event, free previews most commonly occur with pay television providers in the North American countries of the United States and Canada. For commercial-free services, these events may feature appeals to the audience between programs to order the service, usually by phone or the internet. Television providers typically offer the premium services at discount rates or with extended periods of free service (generally one or three months, before standard pricing applies thereafter) for new subscribers during the preview period, often with installation fees normally incurred for subscribing to the service at any other time waived.
These preview events typically run during the weekend, as people who tend to work or attend school during the week are more likely to be at home to watch. As such, free previews originally ran only on Saturdays and Sundays until the early 1990s (although HBO occasionally held single-day free previews during the work week thro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recreation%20in%20Huntington%2C%20West%20Virginia | Huntington is home to eleven parks located in the neighborhoods of Huntington. An amusement park is also adjacent to the city.
Walking/Biking trails
The 18-mile network of recreational trails, popularly known as the PATH, has been in development since 2007.
Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District
Altizer Park
Located in the Altizer area of Huntington at the easternmost end of Altizer Avenue.
It has a baseball field adjacent to it. It also features a trampoline and an orange rocket ship for children to play on.
Camp Mad Anthony Wayne
Camp Mad Anthony Wayne is located on Spring Valley Drive. Named for "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who was a frontier army general, it contains vast open grounds, swings and sliding boards, hiking trails, a disc golf course, numerous picnic tables, an open campfire circle, and a lodge. The facility sleeps 28 and contains a bathroom and shower facilities. It is host to two large wood-fired fireplaces.
Part of the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The eight historic buildings are the camp lodge building (1931), four nearly identical gable roofed, stone, rustic vernacular cottages dated to 1942; a gable-roofed, stone, rustic vernacular caretaker's house and two associated outbuildings, dated to 1944. The camp lodge building is a gable-roofed, brick, rustic vernacular building.
Harris Riverfront Park
After years of sluggish usage from the general public of Huntington and the Tri-State area, Harris Riverfront Park has seen a renewed interest in recent years from local citizens, city government, media and local businesses. The public land continues to host a number of concert and music events, recently re-introduced a free open-air movie showing, and has been included in citywide construction of additional surveillance cameras which will provide free public-access wireless internet connections.
The park is situated between the city flood wall and the Ohio River, and is noted for its scenic riverview and grassy recreational area.
Harveytown Park
Harveytown Park is one of the newest parks in the Harveytown district. It features currently six picnic tables, one of which is handicap accessible, an electrical outlet, a grill, water fountain, and restrooms.
Construction on Phase I of the new park began on October 28, 2003. The financing and coordination was a joint effort between the city of Huntington, HUD CDBG funds, and the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District. During Phase I, the initial park site was cleared and prepared, underground utilities were installed, a main entrance and parking lot was constructed, and the picnic shelter was installed. The shelter was unique in that it was both aesthetically pleasing and functional.
Possible expansion plans include a skateboard facility, bicycle trails and tennis courts.
McClelland Park
McClelland Park is located along the Ohio River near St. Mary's Hospital. It is named after James L. McClelland, the Greater Huntington Pa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy%20Exactly%21 | Copy Exactly! is a factory strategy model developed by the computer chip manufacturer, Intel, to build new manufacturing facilities with high capacity practices already in place. The Copy Exactly! model allows factories that successfully design and manufacture chips to be replicated in locations globally.
Information
The Copy Exactly! methodology focuses on matching the manufacturing site to the development site. Matching occurs at all levels for physical inputs and statistically-matched responses (outputs). This process enables continuous matching over time by using coordinated changes, audits, process control systems, and joint fab management structures. Physical inputs such as equipment configuration, chemical purity, facilities, and equipment hookups derive from the same specifications. In-line processes or equipment monitors that predict product performance, yield, or reliability must match at all levels. Originally, the Copy Exactly! procedure was for tool sets and process, but Intel has since encompassed the entire fabrication plant into the strategy model in recent years.
Similar uses
A123 Systems, a US company that makes lithium-ion batteries, has recently repatriated its manufacturing operations after years of producing in South Korea and China. To facilitate the move, the company also used a "copy exactly" strategy. South Korean operations were replicated on a larger scale in the United States with the help of a team of South Korean engineers who were familiar with the production process.
See also
Tacit knowledge
References
McDonald, C. J. Copy EXACTLY! "A paradigm shift in technology transfer method". Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference and Workshop, IEEE/SEMI, 1997 Cambridge, MA. IEEE, 414–417.
Intel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Wei%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Li Wei (; born June 8, 1943) is a Chinese computer scientist and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2002, he became President of Beihang University.
Education
Li graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Peking University in 1966. He then studied at the University of Edinburgh obtaining a PhD in computer science in 1983 supervised by Gordon Plotkin.
Career
After graduation, he was funded by the EPSRC at Newcastle University and the University of Edinburgh as Senior Programmer. He was also a visiting professor at the Saarland University.
He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997.
Research interests
Li is mostly engaged in the applied research of Computer Software and Theory and Internet, including programming language, software development, artificial intelligence, and integrated circuit design.
Achievements
Li did some of the first work on structural operational semantics of concurrent programming languages such as Ada and Edison, including a theory of translation between such languages with methods for proving the correctness of translations.
1992, building release logic theory solved the incompleteness of information and fallibility of knowledge and nonmonotonicity of inference.
1998, first advocated research on Data Mining Technology。
References
1943 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Chinese computer scientists
Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peking University alumni
Academic staff of Beihang University
Presidents of Beihang University
Scientists from Beijing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIS%20%28file%20format%29 | RIS is a standardized tag format developed by Research Information Systems, Incorporated (the format name refers to the company) to enable citation programs to exchange data. It is supported by a number of reference managers. Many digital libraries, like IEEE Xplore, Scopus, the ACM Portal, Scopemed, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Rayyan, Accordance Bible Software, and online library catalogs can export citations in this format. Citation management applications can export and import citations in this format.
Format
The RIS file format—two letters, two spaces and a hyphen—is a tagged format for expressing bibliographic citations. According to the specifications, the lines must end with the ASCII carriage return and line feed characters. Note that this is the convention on Microsoft Windows, while in other contemporary operating systems, particularly Unix, the end of line is typically marked by line feed only.
Multiple citation records can be present in a single RIS file. A record ends with an "end record" tag with no additional blank lines between records.
Example record
This is an example of how the article "Claude E. Shannon. A mathematical theory of communication. Bell System Technical Journal, 27:379–423, July 1948" would be expressed in the RIS file format:
TY - JOUR
AU - Shannon, Claude E.
PY - 1948
DA - July
TI - A Mathematical Theory of Communication
T2 - Bell System Technical Journal
SP - 379
EP - 423
VL - 27
ER -
Example multi-record format
This is an example of how two citation records would be expressed in a single RIS file. Note the first record ends with and the second record begins with :
TY - JOUR
AU - Shannon, Claude E.
PY - 1948
DA - July
TI - A Mathematical Theory of Communication
T2 - Bell System Technical Journal
SP - 379
EP - 423
VL - 27
ER -
TY - JOUR
T1 - On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem
A1 - Turing, Alan Mathison
JO - Proc. of London Mathematical Society
VL - 47
IS - 1
SP - 230
EP - 265
Y1 - 1937
ER -
Tags
The tag must appear first and the tag must appear last. Most tags must appear at most once, but the author, keyword, and URL tags can be repeated.
Each name must be formatted as a comma-separated list of last name, first name (including middle names, can be initials), and suffix, in that order, and must not be longer than 255 characters. Unless otherwise specified, each date must be formatted as a slash-separated list of 4-digit year, 2-digit month, 2-digit day, and other info (e.g. season); unused fields may be omitted if they are at the end.
Many strings have limits on what characters they can contain (e.g. any ASCII character, just alphanumerics, or just digits) or their length (often limited to 255 characters). These are only sometimes noted in the table below; see the linked sources to double-check, particularly and the pages in RIS Format Specifications.
There are two major versions of the RIS specification, one from 2001, and |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20algorithms%20in%20economics | Genetic algorithms have increasingly been applied to economics since the pioneering work by John H. Miller in 1986. It has been used to characterize a variety of models including the cobweb model, the overlapping generations model, game theory, schedule optimization and asset pricing. Specifically, it has been used as a model to represent learning, rather than as a means for fitting a model.
Genetic algorithm in the cobweb model
The cobweb model is a simple supply and demand model for a good over t periods. Firms (agents) make a production quantity decision in a given period, however their output is not produced until the following period. Thus, the firms are going to have to use some sort of method to forecast what the future price will be. The GA is used as a sort of learning behaviour for the firms. Initially their quantity production decisions are random, however each period they learn a little more. The result is the agents converge within the area of the rational expectations (RATEX) equilibrium for the stable and unstable case. If the election operator is used, the GA converges exactly to the RATEX equilibrium.
There are two types of learning methods these agents can be deployed with: social learning and individual learning. In social learning, each firm is endowed with a single string which is used as its quantity production decision. It then compares this string against other firms' strings. In the individual learning case, agents are endowed with a pool of strings. These strings are then compared against other strings within the agent's population pool. This can be thought of as mutual competing ideas within a firm whereas in the social case, it can be thought of as a firm learning from more successful firms. Note that in the social case and in the individual learning case with identical cost functions, that this is a homogeneous solution, that is all agents' production decisions are identical. However, if the cost functions are not identical, this will result in a heterogeneous solution, where firms produce different quantities (note that they are still locally homogeneous, that is within the firm's own pool all the strings are identical).
After all agents have made a quantity production decision, the quantities are aggregated and plugged into a demand function to get a price. Each firm's profit is then calculated. Fitness values are then calculated as a function of profits. After the offspring pool is generated, hypothetical fitness values are calculated. These hypothetical values are based on some sort of estimation of the price level, often just by taking the previous price level.
See also
References
J H Miller, 'A Genetic Model of Adaptive Economic Behavior', University of Michigan working paper, 1986.
J Arifovic, 'Learning by Genetic Algorithm in Economic Environments', PhD Thesis, University of Chicago, 1991.
J Arifovic, 'Genetic Algorithm Learning and the Cobweb Model ', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%20Pool | Cool Pool, also marketed as 3D Ultra Cool Pool, is a 3D pool computer game by Sierra Attractions, and the ninth game in the 3D Ultra Series. It has an online playing feature. This game offers classic pool games such as eight-ball, but it also includes its own fantastical pool games such as Chameleon Ball and Mad Bomber, which use elements that cannot exist in real life such as color changes and explosions. This game also allows online play one on one against other players and offers text based chat during play.
A successor to the game, called Maximum Pool, was released for Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast in 2000.
On 16 August 2007 Sierra shut down the public pool game servers used by Cool Pool. "Online Forever" is a project started at PAuth.com which aims to keep Cool Pool running online, though that has since also shut down.
With the help of a patch, the game will see the public pool rooms now being hosted by members of the community. Both Cool Pool can be patched to see these pool room servers.
References
External links
1999 video games
Cue sports video games
Sierra Entertainment games
Windows games
Windows-only games
Dynamix games
Video games developed in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoman | The Sarcoman is an entertainment robot made by Sarcos that can be remotely controlled by a human operator (for example, a comedian trained to operate it) or computer-controlled for automated shows.
The system was used by Ford at all of their 1995 auto shows and exhibitions.
References
External links
Sarcoman's webpage (archived at the Wayback Machine)
Sarcoman Videos (archived at the Wayback Machine)
Entertainment robots
Robots of the United States
1995 robots
Bipedal humanoid robots |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand%20%28programming%20language%29 | Strand is a high-level symbolic language for parallel computing, similar in syntax to Prolog.
Artificial Intelligence Ltd were awarded the British Computer Society Award for Technical Innovation 1989 for Strand88.
The language was created by computer scientists Ian Foster and Stephen Taylor.
Implementations
Felix Winkelmann's web site - Strand, Felix Winkelmann's GitLab repository
Further reading
Foster, Ian; Stephen Taylor: Strand: new concepts in parallel programming. .
Concurrent programming languages
Prolog programming language family |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial%20peer | A dial peer, also termed addressable call endpoint, initiates or obtains calls within a telephone network.
See also
VoIP
Session Initiation Protocol
Foreign exchange station
Foreign exchange office
Off-premises extension
Private line automatic ringdown
External links
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic468.html
http://www.packetizer.com/voip/h323_vs_sip/
http://www.w3.org/TR/ws-gloss/
Telephony |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas%20Raudys | Šarūnas Raudys is head of the Data Analysis Department at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics in Vilnius, Lithuania. Within the department, he is guiding the data mining and artificial neural networks group. His group's research interests include multivariate analysis, statistical pattern recognition, artificial neural networks, data mining methods and biological information processing systems with applications to analysis of technological, economical and biological problems.
Education
USSR Doctor of Sciences, Institute of Electronics and Computer science, Riga, 1978.
Ph.D. Computer science, Institute Physics and Mathematics, 1969.
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, 1963.
Panevezys, the first secondary school, 1958.
Selected publications
S. Raudys. (2001) Statistical and Neural Classifiers: An integrated approach to design. Springer. London. 312 pages.
S. Raudys and Jain K. (1991). Small sample size problems in designing Artificial Neural Networks. - Artificial Neural Networks and Statistical Pattern Recognition, Old and New Connections, I.K. Sethi and A.K. Jain (Eds), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V, 33-50.
S. Raudys. (1984) Statistical Pattern Recognition: Small design sample problems. A monograph, (a manuscript) Institute of Mathematics and Cybernetics, Vilnius, 480 pages, 30 copies distributed around the world.
S. Raudys, (1978) Optimization of nonparametric classification algorithm. Adaptive systems and applications. Nauka, Novosibirsk, (A.Medvedev Ed.), 57-62.
S. Raudys. (1976) Limitation of Sample Size in Classification Problems, Inst. of Physics and Mathematics Press, Vilnius. 186 pages.
References
Lithuanian schoolteachers
Living people
Kaunas University of Technology alumni
Academic staff of Vilnius University
21st-century Lithuanian educators
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Armiger | Richard Armiger is a professional architectural model maker and the founder of Network Modelmakers. He is the Director of House Portrait Models, a brand established in 1998 within the studio to market handcrafted ‘model portraits’ of private homes and estates.
His architectural models have been published worldwide and examples can be found in museums in the UK and internationally, including the permanent collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Architecture Room at the annual Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show, and regularly at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
Armiger’s architectural consultancy models, for John Pawson, Zaha Hadid, Grimshaw Architects, and the late Jan Kaplický have appeared frequently in architectural exhibitions worldwide.
The 2009 Design Museum's exhibition David Chipperfield - Form Matters, contained a selection of his models, including Sir David's shortlisted Tate Modern entry.
Early career and education
Armiger attended the Maryland Institute College of Art near Roland Park, studying painting and sculpture. In Britain, he studied industrial design model making at the University for the Creative Arts thereafter settling in England in 1983.
Prior to establishing Network Modelmakers London, he was mentored by the Boston, USA designers at Cambridge Seven Associates. The architects and graphic designers at Cambridge Seven, in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller, designed the USA pavilion at Montreal’s Expo 67, their highest profile project from that era. [9]
In the UK, his first employer was the Festival of Britain chief architect Sir Hugh Casson of Casson Conder and Partners. Further design experience was gained at the BBC, Wolff Olins, and at the timber model shop within the Arup engineering consultancy.[9]
Architectural competition models
Many London-based architects commission his models for projects of international stature and for architectural design competition. The tally of Armiger's models of design competition projects won by Nicholas Grimshaw Architects alone is significant:
Caixa Art Gallery, A Coruña, Spain
National Space Centre, Leicester, England
Southern Cross station, Melbourne, Australia
Enneus Heerma Bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frankfurt Exhibition Hall, Germany
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Missouri, USA
In 2006, Armiger and his team developed a model measuring 4 meters square that became the winning entry for Singapore's Gardens by the Bay competition, won jointly by Grant Associates landscape designers and Wilkinson Eyre architects.
Crossrail models and consultancy
As consultant Model Coordinator to Crossrail, Richard Armiger helped clarify the project's complexity to the Parliamentary Select committee and other design laymen.
Models for Modernists and contemporary architects
Le Corbusier
Jan Kaplický
David Chipperfield
Models of historic buildings
Westminster Abbey
Notable projects
Museum projects
Villas and manorial homes
Other selected projects by locale
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20What%27s%20New%2C%20Scooby-Doo%3F%20episodes | What's New, Scooby-Doo? is an American animated mystery-comedy series. The show was broadcast from September 14, 2002, to July 21, 2006, on Kids' WB, a Saturday morning children's programming block on The WB Television Network. This is the ninth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise, and features the main characters - Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo - investigating appearances of supernatural creatures.
Series overview
Episodes
Season 1 (2002–03)
Season 2 (2003–04)
Season 3 (2005–06)
Home media
References
Lists of Scooby-Doo television series episodes
Lists of American children's animated television series episodes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2008 | F2008 may refer to:
Ferrari F2008, a Formula One car
Fortran, a programming language |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20Data%20Exchange%20System | RDES (the Regional Data Exchange System on food and agricultural statistics in Asia and Pacific countries) is a unitary statistical information system which includes a database on food and agricultural statistics and the web portal of APCAS (Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics) countries under the FAO/Japan cooperative regional project (GCP/RAS/184/JPN). RDES had operated from March 2003 to 2011. The concept of RDES is succeeded to the CountrySTAT project, FAOSTAT.
Database
RDES was designed to contribute to member nations' capacity building and policy analysis through the development of the food and agricultural statistical framework in APCAS countries. It is especially expected to role-play the database on food and agricultural statistics for users, such as policy-makers, decision-makers, researchers, etc.
Time scale
The calendar year is recommended as time scale of the RDES, due to the difference of the crop year in each country.
Definitions
Definitions of the data should be FAO definitions. The unit of the crop production data are production (metric ton), area harvested (hectare), and yield (kilogram per hectare).
Data items
Most data of RDES are crop production and livestock data. Although it depends on the background of food production in each country, the major 19 agricultural products in this region are registered as the basic data items: rice, wheat, maize, cereals, cassava, potatoes, pulses, groundnuts, soybean, seed cotton, sugar cane, tea, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chicken, milk total, and hen eggs.
Other data for food security that are required by users, such as other crops and livestock, land area, population, prices, fisheries, etc. are provided by each countries on the basis of its situation.
The database functions of RDES has been strengthened with the CountrySTAT technology. RDES with CountrySTAT was launched on 1 November 2006.
Web Portal
RDES is the gateway to agricultural statistics in APCAS countries. There are pages for each country, which contain not only agricultural statistics but also show the country profile, contact address, and hyperlinks for statistics in each country.
RDES also shows the external hyperlinks to related databases, organizations, and associations for agricultural statistics and food security Information, such as the FAOSTAT, UNSTAT, WFP, etc.
Participating nations
RDES is organizing in cooperation with most APCAS member nations: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Though some other APCAS countries (Australia, Japan (Donor), Malaysia, the Republic of Korea and the United States of America) are not the participants, but RDES is also organized with their cooperation.
External links
RDES Home Page (closed)
FAO Statistics Home Page
CountrySTAT Web site
FAOSTAT Web site
Agricultural organizations
Agricultur |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20College%20of%20Computing | The College of Computing is a college of the Georgia Institute of Technology, a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia. It is divided into four schools: the School of Computer Science, the School of Interactive Computing, the School of Computational Science & Engineering, and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. The College of Computing's programs are consistently ranked among the top 10 computing programs in the nation. In 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Computer Science graduate program #6 in the U.S. In 2016, Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal ranked the College #5 in the world.
The College of Computing has its roots in the creation of an interdisciplinary Master of Science in Information Science at Georgia Tech in 1964. The college still emphasizes an interdisciplinary focus in the structure of its degree programs, among which is a Bachelor of Science in Computational Media that is offered jointly with Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
History
Early years
Georgia Tech's College of Computing traces its roots to the establishment of an Information Science degree program established in 1964. In 1963, a group of faculty members led by Dr. Vladimir Slamecka and that included Dr. Vernon Crawford, Dr. Nordiar Waldemar Ziegler, and Dr. William Atchison, noticed an interdisciplinary connection among library science, mathematics, and computer technology. The group drafted an outline for a masters-level program that would combine elements from each of these disciplines. The Georgia Tech administration accepted the plan to establish a Master of Science in Information Science which was first offered in 1964 under the School of Information Science. Dr. Slamecka, who had spearheaded the effort, was named the school's first chair.
In 1970, the school began offering a minor degree program for all Georgia Tech students, and was renamed to the School of Information and Computer Science (ICS). Two years later in 1972, ICS expanded to offer an undergraduate degree for students. It also partnered with Emory University to create a joint graduate program in Biomedical Information and Computer Science, the first partnership of its kind.
In 1979, ICS's first director and primary founder, Dr. Slamecka, retired from the position after 15 years. Dr. Ray Miller, IBM's Assistant Director of Mathematical Sciences, was hired in his place. Under Miller, the School of Information and Computer Science began a trend which began to move away from information science and towards computer science.
College
In John Patrick Crecine's 1988 reorganization of the Institute, the School was broadened as the College of Computing, one of the school's five (and as of 1998, six) colleges. The move toward elevating the school to the status of an academic unit was partly in response to Carnegie Mellon University's creation of their School of Computer Science, and as a result, Georgi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20switch | In broadcast programming, a hot switch or hotswitching is where the ending of one television show leads directly into the start of the show in the next time slot without a television commercial break. The concept is used to reduce the chances that people will switch to another TV network during the commercial break and allow the cold open of the new show to attract viewers; sometimes however, this will cause a commercial break right after the opening credits. It can also be called "seamless" broadcasting and is frequently used during television marathons and back-to-back airings of episodes of the same series. The technique is also used by many local network affiliates in the United States to seamlessly transition from a local newscast to a network newscast.
Examples
In December 1992, for the premiere of The Jackie Thomas Show, a hot switch was used where the end of an episode of Roseanne had the Connor family watching the new show on television, and then the new show began. To see if this worked, ABC paid ACNielsen for a minute by minute ratings report, and found that most viewers stayed with the new show for the entire pilot episode.
References
Television terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Berton | John Andrew Berton Jr. is an American computer graphics animator and visual effects supervisor. His most recent completed project is Bedtime Stories. He also worked in India, supervising effects on the film Krrish 3. In the fall of 2013, he joined the faculty of Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Education and early career
Berton holds a B.A. in Communications and Film from Denison University, where he was also a writer-performer for a small radio comedy troupe called Pith. After a brief stint as a disc jockey, he joined the acclaimed Computer Graphics Research Group (CGRG) computer graphics program at Ohio State University, later known as ACCAD (The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design). There he earned an M.A. in Art Education/Computer Graphics. This led to artistic and experimental work at Cranston/Csuri Productions, an Ohio-based early CG company founded in 1981.
In 1986 Berton joined Mental Images, a software company that also had a production division to help develop their renderer. Together with Rolf Herken, Axel Dirksen, Hans-Christian Hege, Robert Hödicke, Wolfgang Krüger, Ulrich Weinberg and Roger Wilson, he created an animated film (also called mental images) that was well received at SIGGRAPH, NICOGRAPH and Prix Ars Electronica.
ILM work
Many of Berton's best known films were made during his tenure at Industrial Light and Magic, which began in 1990. These include Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (also 1991), The Mummy (1999), and Men in Black II (2002), among others. By 1992 he was a CG department manager, by 1997 a digital effects supervisor, and in 1998 a visual effects supervisor. Many of the films on which Berton worked have received awards and nominations in visual effects categories, including the 1991 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the 1993 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Jurassic Park. Berton's last film for ILM was Men in Black II, in which he also had a cameo role as an alien postal worker. He has also appeared as himself in several programs and featurettes about computer graphics.
Independent work
Since leaving ILM, Berton has been digital effects supervisor on I, Robot (2004) and visual effects supervisor on the 2006 film Charlotte's Web. Producer Jordan Kerner explains that Berton was hired for Charlotte's Web because the filmmakers needed someone "who had been involved with field that had a tremendous amount of fully 3-D, computer-generated characters who have to convey thoughts and emotions." The film's visual effects were produced by five different companies, but it was Berton, according to Kerner, who "drew those elements together."
After Charlotte's Web Berton worked with Director/Screenwriter David Goyer on a proposed stereographic thriller for Walt Disney Pictures, followed by supervising the visual effects on Bedtime Stories, also for Walt Disney Pictures. This film, directed by Adam Shankman, stars Ada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Zemankova | Maria Zemankova (born 6 January 1951 ) is a Computer Scientist who is known for the theory and implementation of the first Fuzzy Relational Database System. This research has become important for the handling of approximate queries in databases. She retired from the Intelligent Information Systems Division at the National Science Foundation in July 2020. She is the first (1992) recipient of the SIGMOD Contributions Award for her work in the conception of initiatives in research on scientific databases and digital libraries. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1983 from Florida State University for her work on Fuzzy Relational Database Systems.
References
Living people
1951 births
Florida State University alumni
American women computer scientists
American computer scientists
21st-century American women |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATV%20Offroad%20Fury%204 | ATV Offroad Fury 4 is a racing video game developed by Climax Racing and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2. It was released on October 31, 2006 in North America, on March 27, 2008 in Australia, and one day later in Europe.
Gameplay
ATV Offroad Fury 4 sees the introduction of new vehicles such as dirt bikes, trophy trucks and dune buggies, alongside existing quad bikes; this allows the game to include up to 50 Championship Modes. In addition to improved graphics, it also has an additional 60 tracks and improved online gaming.
In terms of in-game controls, more tricks are possible while the player is on an MX motorcycle, but none can be performed while the player is controlling a Trophy Truck or Dune Buggy. Similar to the risk of being thrown off an ATV or motorcycle during the game, Trophy Trucks and Dune Buggies are vulnerable to rollovers, after which the player's vehicle will be automatically reset back on its wheels, as it is when thrown off of an ATV or motorcycle. The game also offers tutorials on how to drive Trophy Trucks and Dune Buggies.
Similar to NASCAR Thunder 2004 is the introduction of rivals. All opponents have an icon above them; when a player hits an opponent, the opponent's icon will turn red and the opponent will be more aggressive towards the player.
The game has a "Story Mode" where players compete in events around the world and are required to complete a certain number of events to move on.
ATV Offroad Fury 4 includes more mini-games, such as "Ice Hockey" (introduced in ATV Offroad Fury 2), "Scavenger Hunt", "King Of The Hill", "Bowling", and "Ring of Fire".
PSP version
A loose adaptation for the PlayStation Portable was released at the same time titled ATV Offroad Fury Pro. This game uses the same physics engine and offers the same vehicles as 4, but features completely different race tracks, some exclusive vehicles, mini-games, and soundtrack. It features both ad hoc (local area network) or Infrastructure (web) multiplayer modes. This game also includes new vehicle classes known as snowmobiles and rally cars, which are exclusive to this game.
Eight "Classic" tracks can be unlocked by synchronizing own Save File with an ATV Offroad Fury Pro save via USB Link with a PlayStation Portable. These tracks appear in previous games in the series, and must be unlocked through Pro before unlocking them in 4.
Reception
ATV Offroad Fury 4 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
References
External links
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ATV Offroad Fury
Multiplayer and single-player video games
MX vs. ATV
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation Portable games
Racing video games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20social%20network | Mobile social networking is social networking where individuals with similar interests converse and connect with one another through their mobile phone and/or tablet. Much like web-based social networking, mobile social networking occurs in virtual communities.
Many web-based social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, have created mobile applications to give their users instant and real-time access from anywhere they have access to the Internet. Additionally, native mobile social networks have been created to allow communities to be built around mobile functionality.
More and more, the line between mobile and web is being blurred as mobile apps use existing social networks to create native communities and promote discovery, and web-based social networks take advantage of mobile features and accessibility.
As mobile web evolved from proprietary mobile technologies and networks, to full mobile access to the Internet, the distinction changed to the following types:
Web-based social networks being extended for mobile access through mobile browsers and smartphone apps
Native mobile social networks with dedicated focus on mobile use such as mobile communication, location-based services, and augmented reality
While mobile and web-based social networking systems often work symbiotically to spread content, increase accessibility, and connect users, consumers are increasingly spending their attention on native apps compared to web browsers.
History
The evolution of social networking on mobile networks started in 1999 with basic chatting and texting services. With the introduction of various technologies in mobile networks, social networking has reached an advance level over four generations.
1999–2004
Technologies used in this generation are application-based, pre-installed on mobile handsets. Features include text-only chat via chat rooms. The people who used these services were anonymous. The services of this generation's mobile social networks can be used on a pay-as-you-go or subscription-to-service basis.
2004–2006
The introduction of 3G and camera phones added many features such as uploading photos, mobile search for person based on profile, and contacting/flirting with another person anonymously. Regional distributions of these features include Japan, Korea, Australia, Western Europe and US. The applications are mostly useful for dating purposes. The services of this generation's mobile social networks can be used on a pay-as-you-go or subscription-to-service basis.
2006–2008
The experiments for this generation mobile social networks started in 2006. It was adopted widely in 2008/2009. This generation brought tremendous changes and made mobile social networks as a part of daily life. The features include a richer user experience, automatic publishing to web profile and status updates, some Web 2.0 features, search by group/join by interests, alerts, location-based services and content sharing (especially music). Technologies i |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme%20Regis%20branch%20line | The Lyme Regis branch line was a railway branch line connecting the seaside town of Lyme Regis with the main line railway network at Axminster, running through picturesque rural countryside on the Dorset - Devon border.
It opened in 1903; penetrating difficult topography, the line was very steeply graded and sharply curved; on summer weekends high passenger levels were carried, with through carriages from London on many services. The line achieved high levels of interest among railway enthusiasts in later years because a veteran type of steam engine, the Adams 'Radial' Tank 4-4-2T locomotive, was used to handle this traffic; this engine class survived long after the type had been superseded in its original area of use in the London suburbs.
With the decline in usage of rural lines, the branch closed in 1965.
Origins
In earlier times, Lyme Regis had been a busy sea port, but as larger vessels came into use, its business declined. In the nineteenth century, railway travel gained importance, and a number of schemes to construct a railway were promoted; these included a line from Bridgwater (on the Bristol Channel) to Lyme Regis, and another connecting Bridport and Axminster or Chard Junction, serving Lyme Regis en route.
On 19 July 1860, the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) opened its main line between Yeovil and Exeter, giving the area rail transport to London; a horse bus operated between Lyme Regis and Axminster. Over the following years, a Lyme Regis Railway company got as far as cutting the first sod on 29 September 1874, but got no further due to lack of funds.
The hilly terrain and sparse population militated against the financial viability of these projects, and a petition in 1898 with 1,630 names inviting the LSWR to build a branch line to Lyme Regis prompted no result.
The Light Railway Act came into force in 1896, encouraging the development of more modest—and cheaper—railway schemes, and on 15 June 1899 local promoters, now encouraged by the LSWR obtained a Light Railway Order, and Arthur C Pain was appointed engineer of the new company, called the Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway.
The Act authorised a share capital of £55,000, supplemented by £24,000 in loans. A contract for the construction of the railway was let to Baldrey and Yerburgh of Westminster, for a tender price of £36,542; Arthur C Pain was appointed the company's engineer.
The LSWR subscribed £25,000 to the cost of the construction, and agreed to manage and work the line in perpetuity. It was to take up to 55% of receipts for expenses, plus 4% on the cost of works it provided; the owning company would take the balance unless that proved inadequate to pay 4% on the shareholders' £55,000, in which case the LSWR would rebate 10% on through traffic.
Construction began on 19 June 1900. The line generally followed contours, and there was only one major structure, the Cannington Viaduct. During its construction the west abutment and the adjacent pier slipped b |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric%20level-index%20arithmetic | The level-index (LI) representation of numbers, and its algorithms for arithmetic operations, were introduced by Charles Clenshaw and Frank Olver in 1984.
The symmetric form of the LI system and its arithmetic operations were presented by Clenshaw and Peter Turner in 1987.
Michael Anuta, Daniel Lozier, Nicolas Schabanel and Turner developed the algorithm for symmetric level-index (SLI) arithmetic, and a parallel implementation of it. There has been extensive work on developing the SLI arithmetic algorithms and extending them to complex and vector arithmetic operations.
Definition
The idea of the level-index system is to represent a non-negative real number as
where and the process of exponentiation is performed times, with . and are the level and index of respectively. is the LI image of . For example,
so its LI image is
The symmetric form is used to allow negative exponents, if the magnitude of is less than 1. One takes or and stores it (after substituting +1 for 0 for the reciprocal sign since for the LI image is and uniquely defines and we can do away without a third state and use only one bit for the two states −1 and +1) as the reciprocal sign . Mathematically, this is equivalent to taking the reciprocal (multiplicative inverse) of a small magnitude number, and then finding the SLI image for the reciprocal. Using one bit for the reciprocal sign enables the representation of extremely small numbers.
A sign bit may also be used to allow negative numbers. One takes sgn(X) and stores it (after substituting +1 for 0 for the sign since for the LI image is and uniquely defines and we can do away without a third state and use only one bit for the two states −1 and +1) as the sign . Mathematically, this is equivalent to taking the inverse (additive inverse) of a negative number, and then finding the SLI image for the inverse. Using one bit for the sign enables the representation of negative numbers.
The mapping function is called the generalized logarithm function. It is defined as
and it maps onto itself monotonically and so it is invertible on this interval. The inverse, the generalized exponential function, is defined by
The density of values represented by has no discontinuities as we go from level to (a very desirable property) since:
The generalized logarithm function is closely related to the iterated logarithm used in computer science analysis of algorithms.
Formally, we can define the SLI representation for an arbitrary real (not 0 or 1) as
where is the sign (additive inversion or not) of and is the reciprocal sign (multiplicative inversion or not) as in the following equations:
whereas for = 0 or 1, we have:
For example,
and its SLI representation is
See also
Tetration
Floating point (FP)
Tapered floating point (TFP)
Logarithmic number system (LNS)
Level (logarithmic quantity)
References
Further reading
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External links
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20%28radio%20network%29 | Heart is a British radio network and brand of 13 adult contemporary local stations operated by Global throughout the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming. Ten of the Heart stations are owned by Global, while the other three are operated under franchise agreements. The national version of the network is widely available on Global Player, Freeview, Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media and Digital One DAB.
The Heart radio stations have a combined reach of 8.5 million listeners as of September 2023, making it the third most-popular radio network and the biggest commercial radio brand in the UK after BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. The total reach for all Heart-branded stations is over 11.1 million.
History
Launch
Heart began broadcasting in the West Midlands on 6 September 1994 as 100.7 Heart FM, becoming the UK's third Independent Regional Radio station, five days after Century Radio in North East England, and Jazz FM North West.
The first song to be played on 100.7 Heart FM was Something Got Me Started by Simply Red. Its original format of "soft adult contemporary" music included artists such as Lionel Richie and Tina Turner. Reflecting this, its early slogan was 100.7 degrees cooler!
Heart 106.2 began test transmissions in London in August 1995, prior to the station launch on 5 September. This included live broadcasts of WPLJ from New York City.
In 1996 the Heart programming format saw the "soft AC" music replaced with a generally more neutral rock "n" roll playlist. Century 106 in the East Midlands became the third station of the Heart network in 2005 after GCap Media sold Century. Chrysalis' radio holdings were sold to Global Radio in 2007.
When GCap Media was taken over by Global Radio in 2008, it announced plans to dissolve the 41-station One Network, with one station (Power FM) becoming part of the Galaxy network, four stations (BRMB, Beacon Radio, Mercia FM and Wyvern FM) forming a West Midlands regional network, seven stations joining Capital FM to form The Hit Music Network and the remaining 29 stations forming the Heart Network.
Heart East Midlands was sold to Orion Media, along with the West Midlands network of local stations, due to the same competition concerns that had forced its earlier sale to Chrysalis.
Network restructuring
Between June and September 2010, Global Radio merged the majority of the 33 Heart stations to create a smaller network of 18 local and regional stations, in line with new OFCOM guidelines on local output requirements. Two Hit Music Network stations were also closed and merged with Heart stations.
Stations in Gloucestershire, Kent, London, the West Midlands, the East Midlands and Wiltshire were unaffected by the changes. Heart Cymru, serving Gwynedd and Anglesey, moved its studios from Bangor to Wrexham but retained its extended local output of 10 hours on weekdays and 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Heart North West and Wales retained an opt-out on 96.3FM (the North Wales Coas |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1949 Pacific hurricane season was the first hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific hurricane database. Six tropical cyclones were known to have existed during the season, of which the first formed on June 11 and the final dissipated on September 30. Another tropical cyclone had formed within the basin in 1949, but was included in the Atlantic hurricane database, had it been classified operationally in the Eastern Pacific basin, would have tallied the overall season to seven tropical cyclones. In addition, there were two tropical cyclones that attained hurricane status, but none of them reached major hurricane intensity (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale). Tropical Storm Three threatened the Baja California Peninsula, while an unnumbered hurricane crossed into the Atlantic, later becoming the 1949 Texas hurricane.
Season summary
Tropical cyclones were recorded in the Eastern Pacific best track database for the first time in 1949. Although official records began in the Eastern Pacific during this year, the season saw the first officially recorded Atlantic-Pacific crossover tropical cyclone. This season was also beginning of a cool phase for the Pacific decadal oscillation.
Only six tropical cyclones were observed in the Eastern Pacific during this season, which is well below the 1949–2006 average of 13 per year. Of the six tropical cyclones, two only attained hurricane status. In addition, none of the tropical cyclones became a major hurricane, which is Category 3 or greater on Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. Although it is an oddity for no major hurricanes to occur during a season since the satellite era began, nearly all hurricane seasons during this time period lacked a major hurricane. However, it is likely that other tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific basin in 1949 went operationally unnoticed, due to lack of modern technology such as satellite imagery. In addition to the six tropical cyclones, another tropical cyclone developed in the Eastern Pacific basin, but was included in the Atlantic basin hurricane database, rather than the Eastern Pacific. Most of the seven tropical cyclones did not differentiate in intensity during the duration, with the exception of Hurricane Six. The first two tropical cyclones of the season formed in quick succession during mid-June, however, the months of July and August went dormant in terms of tropical cyclogenesis. The last five tropical cyclones, including the additional storm, also developed in a quick sequence, all of which forming from in a span of 17 days. By October 1, all tropical cyclonic activity had completely ceased.
Systems
Tropical Storm One
The first tropical storm of the season formed 75 mi (120 km) south-southwest of Puerto Vallarta on June 11. Tropical Storm One headed out to sea without intensifying further than 50 mph (80 km/h). Heading west-northwestward, the storm dissipated on July 12, centered roughly halfway between Socorro Island and Cabo San Lu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1940 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1940. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. During this season, there is a former typhoon that crossed into central north Pacific.
Systems
Hurricane One
Late on June 17, west-northwest of Acapulco and close to the coast of Mexico, an area of thunderstorms formed into a tropical cyclone. The system was very small, and eventually became a hurricane. It headed west-northwest or northwest, and was last detected early on June 18. A ship in the eye measured a pressure of .
Tropical Storm Two
On July 20, a tropical depression was observed southwest of Acapulco. Historical Weather Maps show this depression near 17N 102W. It intensified into a tropical storm on July 21, tracked northwest, and dissipated on July 24. A depression/remnant low was tracked until July 26. The low was last seen near 24N 129W on the 27th. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Tropical Cyclone Three
On July 29, a tropical cyclone was noticed. It traveled west-northwest or northwest, and dissipated sometime after July 30. A ship reported a pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Four
South of Acapulco, a tropical cyclone was spotted on August 3. Historical Weather Maps (HWM) show a low on August 2 near 11N 109W. It rapidly tracked to the west-northwest, and was last seen on August 5. The low is carried on HMW until August 9 near 17N 135W. It is possible that this system retained tropical storm-force winds until approximately August 7. A ship reported a pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Five
On September 4, a tropical cyclone was reported. It moved westward, and was lost track of on or after September 5. The lowest reported pressure was .
Hurricane Six
A tropical cyclone was detected on September 22. The next day, it had intensified into a hurricane. By September 24, the hurricane was close to the Revillagigedo Islands. After that, no further observations were reported. A ship reported a pressure of in association with this hurricane.
Tropical Cyclone Seven
A tropical cyclone existed well out to sea from October 6 to 11. It traveled northwesterly, and had a lowest recorded pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Eight
Another tropical cyclone existed from October 26 to 28 off the coast of Central America. A ship recorded a pressure reading of .
Tropical Cyclone Nine
A tropical cyclone well southwest of Manzanillo was tracked from November 1 to 3. Due to a blocking area of high pressure, it took an unusual southwesterly track. Its lowest recorded pressure was .
Other system
Around October 21, a former typhoon that had previously impacted Wake Island crossed into the central north Pacific. It headed eastwards north of Midway Island. It gradually wheeled around to the southwest. It dissipated just east of Midway around October 22.
See also
1940 Atlantic hurricane season
1940 Pacific typhoon season |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1941 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1941. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. 1941 season was the last season before Monthly Weather Review stopped publishing temporarily due to World War II.
Systems
Tropical Storm One
On July 3, a tropical cyclone was spotted, and a pressure of was reported. It possibly headed northeast, towards Cape Corrientes, as a tropical cyclone was spotted in that direction on July 6. However, it is possible that these observations were actually of two different tropical cyclones.
Tropical Cyclone Two
A tropical cyclone was spotted on July 15, south of Mexico. The next day, another cyclone was spotted further to the west. On July 18, weather possibly associated with a tropical cyclone was reported south of Cabo San Lucas. It is unknown whether either one of these two latter observations are of the same system as reported on July 15.
Possible Tropical Cyclone Three
On July 21, a possible tropical cyclone was detected.
Tropical Cyclone Four
On August 16, a tropical cyclone formed well off the coast of Mexico. It tracked generally northwest, and dissipated in the central Pacific north-northeast of the Hawaiian Islands on August 24. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Hurricane Five
A tropical storm was first reported on September 8. The storm quickly intensified, becoming a mid-level tropical storm the next day. Subsequently, the storm attained its lowest reported pressure of . It slowly moved northwestward, and entered the Gulf of California. After slamming into the southern portion of Baja California Sur, when winds were measured at . The hurricane was last observed on September 12.
Strong winds and heavy rain lashed the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula for 48 hours, lasting until late September 12. The wind destroyed poorer sections of La Paz and nearby villages. Two villages, Santiago and Triunfo, were completely destroyed. The torrential rains damaged many highways across the peninsula and left thousands homeless. The tuna canning industry declined rapidly in San José del Cabo.
The port town of Cabo San Lucas was washed away and mostly destroyed due to flooding Furthermore, "great loss of life" was reported. Initially following the system, activity among surrounding areas of the village ceased. As of 1966, this tropical cyclone is regarded as one of the worst storms to affect the city. Meanwhile, one of the town's suburbs was forced to relocate inland.
Throughout the peninsula, 15 people were killed, and many were injured. According to press reports from Mexico City, the hurricane was considered the worst system to affect the state since the dawn of the 20th century. Moisture from this hurricane passed into the southwestern United States, where it caused rain of up to in the mountains and deserts of California. From September 16 to 22, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1938 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1938. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. However, 1938 saw an unusually active season, with numerous tropical cyclones forming in January and a hurricane struck Northern California in February, killing five people. On August 18, Cyclone Mokapu caused record August rainfall, and a record low pressure when it struck Hawaiian Islands. It brought down power lines and damages into a plantation.
Systems
Tropical Cyclone One and Two
Two tropical cyclones existed in January, one near the International dateline and another near the Revillagigedo Islands.
Hurricane Three
A hurricane hit Northern California in early to mid-February, killing five.
Possible Tropical Storm Four
A tropical storm possibly existed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 2.
Tropical Cyclone Five
On June 15, a tropical cyclone was observed. It was moving northwestward. A pressure reading of was reported in association with this tropical cyclone.
Tropical Cyclone Six
On June 20, a tropical cyclone was observed west of Manzanillo. Two days later, it was observed again south of the entrance to the Gulf of California. The tropical cyclone was not observed after June 22. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Tropical Cyclone Seven
Southeast of Acapulco, a tropical cyclone existed on June 25. It was moving northwestward, and its lowest reported pressure was .
Tropical Cyclone Eight
On July 28, a tropical cyclone caused gales in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Tropical Cyclone Nine
A tropical cyclone existed on August 1. It moved west, and was last detected on August 2. The lowest pressure reading was of .
Tropical Cyclone Ten
A tropical storm was detected on August 4. It was moving westwards. A ship recorded a pressure of .
Tropical Depression Eleven
On August 18, a tropical depression formed close to the Revillagigedo Islands. By the next day, it had move to a location west-southwest or west of Cabo San Lucas. A ship reported a pressure reading of . The cyclone dissipated by late August 19.
Cyclone Mokapu
On August 18 and 19, a severe storm struck the Hawaiian Islands. It caused gales, broke August rainfall records, and a record low pressure of . The storm also downed power lines and damaged crops and trees at a plantation. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center calls this event the "Mokapu Cyclone" and speculates that it might have been caused by a tropical cyclone.
Possible Tropical Depression Thirteen
On September 1, a possible tropical depression formed south of Cape Corrientes. Without strengthening, it moved into the Gulf of California, from which it made landfall on September 3.
Tropical Cyclone Fourteen
In the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed on September 4. It moved along the coast of Mexico, staying offshore, and dissipated on September 13 while off the west coast of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1937 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1937. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. 1937 season was mostly inactive season, as there is no known tropical cyclones in September during this season. In May, a tropical cyclone struck Acapulco, cutting that city off from the outside communication for four days, causing buildings in the city to be damaged, and caused a woman's death.
Systems
Tropical Cyclone One
On May 25, a tropical cyclone was detected south of Acapulco. The cyclone headed northwards, made landfall directly at Acapulco that day. Weather associated with this tropical cyclone made it to Gulf of Mexico, where they became a depression in the Bay of Campeche on May 27. However, this depression never developed into anything.
This tropical cyclone destroyed telephone and telegraph lines leading into Acapulco, cutting that city off from the outside world for four days. Numerous buildings in the city were damaged. Several fishing boats were missing, and a woman was killed when a telephone pole was blown down on her.
Possible Tropical Cyclone Two
On June 16, while west of the Revillagigedo Islands, a ship encountered a possible westward-moving tropical cyclone. The ship reported a pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Three
On June 23, a tropical cyclone was spotted developing south of Acapulco. It had fully formed by June 24, and moved northward. It then turned to the north-northeast and approached the Gulf of California, where it subsequently dissipated on June 26. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Hurricane Four
On August 31, a hurricane was observed west of the Revillagigedo Islands. A ship measured a central pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Five
On October 24, a tropical cyclone formed well south of the Revillagigedo Islands. It rapidly headed northeast, and had approached land somewhere between Manzanillo and Cape Corrientes by October 27. At that point, the cyclone fell apart and ceased to exist. A ship reported a pressure of .
See also
1937 Atlantic hurricane season
1937 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1937 in Mexico
Pacific hurricane seasons
1930s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1936 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1936. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. There are numerous damaging tropical cyclones during the season, and half of tropical cyclones during the season became hurricanes.
Systems
Tropical Storm One
Just off the coast of Guatemala, a tropical storm was reported on June 8. It headed north, and sometime after June 9 made landfall. It crossed the isthmus, and it emerged into the Gulf of Honduras. The system then became the first tropical storm of the 1936 Atlantic hurricane season. This cyclone's lowest measured pressure while located in the Pacific Ocean was . This tropical storm caused heavy rains over parts of Central America, especially the Yucatán and British Honduras.
Possible Tropical Cyclone Two
On June 22, there was a possible tropical cyclone some ways south of Acapulco. A ship reported a pressure reading of .
Hurricane Three
About or before 5 August, a tropical cyclone formed southwest of Cape Corrientes. It tracked along the coast and reached hurricane intensity for a time. It entered the Gulf of California and moved up its entire length, weakening as it went north-northwestward. The tropical storm made landfall near the head of the Gulf of California on 8 August and dissipated inland. The lowest pressure reported was . On 8 August in consequence of this tropical storm, San Diego, California, recorded a maximum wind velocity of from the south and a temperature of . The wind whipped tender plants west of San Diego but did little other damage in California. Remnants of this tropical cyclone contributed locally heavy rain over parts of southern California and Arizona on 9 August. A wind and rain storm struck central and southeast Arizona on 8 August, causing $15,000 in damage. Floods washed out railroad tracks near Tucson, and the storm blocked highways and disrupted railway, bus, and airline schedules. In Phoenix, winds swept roofs away and uprooted trees. Two persons suffered injury as the storm demolished their home.
Hurricane Four
On August 17, a hurricane was located south of Cabo San Lucas. It rapidly moved north along the Pacific side of the Baja California peninsula. It was last detected in a much weakened state on August 18. The lowest pressure reading was .
The hurricane caused serious damage to fishing vessels. Two that had sought refuge in Magdalena Bay were driven aground. Another, the Enterprise, was destroyed on Tosco Point. Its crew of twelve were rescued by the Panama Pacific liner California.
Hurricane Five
A tropical cyclone formed near Cape Corrientes on September 8. It moved north, intensified into a hurricane, and made landfall near Cabo San Lucas late on September 9. It had dissipated by September 10. The lowest pressure reading reported for this system was .
Possible Tropical Cyclone Six
From September 24 to |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1935 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1935. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. This season saw three tropical cyclones and ended early in August.
Systems
Tropical Storm One
A tropical storm caused gales in Manzanillo on July 1.
Tropical Cyclone Two
On August 5, a tropical cyclone formed just off the coast of Mexico. It generally moved west-northwest, and was last seen August 9. The storm caused gales, and a ship reported a pressure reading of .
Tropical Cyclone Three
South of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed on August 17. It remained poorly organized and moved slowly, making landfall on August 20. It had moved back off shore by August 21. It headed northwest, passing west of Cabo San Lucas, and hugged the Pacific coast of the Baja California Peninsula. It rapidly weakened as it headed north, and its remnants made landfall near Point Conception, California, on August 26 and dissipated after that.
The tropical cyclone destroyed many buildings in Salina Cruz on August 20. It also blew down trees and downed power lines. No casualties were reported. The tropical cyclone remnants also caused rainfall of up to in parts of California and Arizona.
See also
1935 Atlantic hurricane season
1935 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1935 in California
Pacific hurricane seasons
1930s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1934 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1934. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Possible Tropical Cyclone One
A possible tropical cyclone, with a ship-reported pressure of , was located southwest of Acapulco from July 8 to 9.
Possible Hurricane Two
On July 18, a possible hurricane existed north of Cape Corrientes.
Hurricane Three
Somewhere south of Acapulco, a tropical cyclone formed on September 16. It headed along the coast, not strengthening much until September 18. It was a hurricane by September 19. For the next three days, it slowly moved through the area south of the Gulf of California. It had weakened to a depression by September 22, whence it made landfall on the Baja California Peninsula and dissipated. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
This hurricane caused death and destruction throughout the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula. A large number of people were killed, and many were injured. The hurricane left twenty thousand people homeless and reduced to hunger. Damage was particularly heavy in La Paz, Triunfor, San Antonio, San Bartolo, Miraflores, San José del Cabo, and Cabo San Lucas. Electricity and water utilities were severely disrupted. The hurricane destroyed the area's tomato crop, and severely disrupted sugarcane plantations. It also destroyed a recently finished highway between La Paz and San Bartolo, and flooded mines near San Antonio and Triunfo. The total damage was estimated at 500,000,000 pesos (1934 MXP). The Mexican government sent aid to the affected area, along with the International Red Cross.
Hurricane Four
On October 14, well off the coast of Mexico, a tropical storm was noticed. It headed north towards the Gulf of California, and dissipated October 16. The cyclone was a hurricane, and a ship reported a pressure of .
See also
1934 Atlantic hurricane season
1934 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1934 in Mexico
Pacific hurricane seasons
1930s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1933 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1933. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Tropical Cyclone One
On May 30, a tropical cyclone existed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Shortly after its discovery, it dissipated off the coast of Guatemala. A ship reported gales and a pressure of .
Possible Tropical Cyclone Two
Sometime in June, a possible tropical cyclone existed south of the Mexican coast.
Possible Tropical Cyclone Three
A possible tropical cyclone was reported between Salina Cruz and Acapulco July 7. It had moved closer to Acapulco by July 8. This system might have been associated with the remnants of the Atlantic's second tropical cyclone.
Possible Tropical Cyclone Four
Another possible tropical cyclone existed in the same area on July 29.
Tropical Storm Five
A tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on August. It moved along the coast, becoming at least a tropical storm, and dissipated in the Gulf of California on August 19 or 20. A ship reported an uncorrected barometer reading of .
Possible Tropical Cyclone Six
A possible tropical cyclone existed on September 13. It was located well west of Manzanillo.
Hurricane Seven
A "tropical hurricane" was tracked well northeast of Hawaii between October 7 and 9.
See also
1933 Atlantic hurricane season
1933 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1933 in Mexico
Pacific hurricane seasons
1933 in Hawaii
1930s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1932 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1932. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Hurricane One
A tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 18. It moved along the coast, became a hurricane, and was last seen June 21. The lowest pressure was an uncorrected . This hurricane was reported to have winds of 130 mph.
Tropical Storm Two
On August 21, tropical cyclone was heading northwestward south of the Revillagigedo Islands. A ship at the fringes of the cyclone measured a pressure of .
Hurricane Three
Between August 25 and 27, a "tropical hurricane" formed offshore southern Mexico, and moved north-northwest into southwest Mexico east of Manzanillo before dissipating.
Hurricane Four
Somewhere southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed on September 24. It paralleled the coast, and intensified into a hurricane on September 25. It then recurved, and made landfall near Mazatlán late during the night of September 26 and 27, while still a hurricane. It dissipated inland over the mountains of Mexico. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was . The hurricane caused about $5,000,000 (1932 USD) in damage.
Hurricane Five
On September 26, a hurricane was spotted south of Acapulco. It headed along the coast, and entered the Gulf of California sometime on or after September 28, wherein it moved north-northwest and dissipated, with its remnants continuing into the Southwestern United States.
Powerful winds in Mazatlán were attributed to this system. Over a four-day period ending October 1, those remnants caused heavy rain of up to in the mountains of Southern California. Over a seven-hour period, fell at Tehachapi. That total by itself is enough to make this tropical cyclone one of California's wettest tropical storm. Those rains also caused flash flooding on Tehachapi and Agua Caliente Creeks, which killed fifteen people.
See also
1932 Atlantic hurricane season
1932 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1932 in Mexico
Pacific hurricane seasons
1930s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1931 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1931. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Possible Tropical Cyclone One
On July 3, a tropical cyclone possibly existed south of Acapulco. A ship measured a pressure of .
Possible Tropical Cyclone Two
In the western part of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a possible tropical cyclone existed on July 10. A ship reported a pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Three
On July 21, a tropical cyclone began forming southwest of Manzanillo. It had completely formed by July 23. It moved along the coast, and entered the Gulf of California. It was last observed on July 25. This cyclone produced gales, and the lowest reported pressure was .
Tropical Cyclone Four
On July 26, a tropical cyclone existed midway between Acapulco and Salina Cruz. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Tropical Cyclone Five
In the central Pacific east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands, a ship encountered a tropical cyclone on August 30 and 31. It produced gales, and a pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Six
South of the coast of Mexico, a tropical cyclone formed on September 6. It paralleled the coast, entered the Gulf of California, and dissipated by September 14.
This system sank an American steamship called the Colombia (losses unknown). On land, the area around Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur was severely devastated. More than 100 people were killed on land, mostly due to drowning.
In Santa Rosalía itself, fifty were killed. Numerous small craft were sunk, with at least eight people going down with them. A merchant ship called Perkins was damaged in the storm, with two people were washed overboard. On land, connections with the El Boleo copper mine were destroyed, with the mine itself flooded, causing $500,000 (1931 USD) in damage. Hundreds were left homeless. In the aftermath, there was a shortage of food and medicine, and troops were dispatched to maintain order.
Tropical Cyclone Seven
The next tropical cyclone was a slightly weaker and faster-moving clone of the previous one. On September 14, it formed at around the same location as the first, and took a similar path. It dissipated September 18 in the Gulf of California.
Tropical Cyclone Eight
A tropical cyclone existed from September 20 to on or just after September 24. It formed well south of the Mexican coast. It moved northwestward, and dissipated off the coast of the Baja California Peninsula.
Tropical Cyclone Nine
On September 26, a tropical cyclone formed south of the Mexican coast. It moved generally northwards, and dissipated in the Gulf of California sometime after September 29.
See also
1931 Atlantic hurricane season
1931 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1930 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1930. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Hurricane One
On June 4, a tropical cyclone formed south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It paralleled the coast, became a hurricane, and approached the coast. On June 11, it made landfall north of Mazatlán and dissipated inland. Some damage in Mazatlán was reported.
Tropical Cyclone Two
From August 18 to 20, a tropical cyclone existed in the waters west of Manzanillo. A ship reported a pressure of .
Hurricane Three
On October 3, a tropical cyclone formed near the Revillagigedo Islands. It slowly moved northeasterly, became very intense, and made landfall north of Mazatlán on October 4 or October 5. Once inland, it greatly increased in speed, and dissipated October 7, while over Arkansas. A ship in the eye of the hurricane reported a pressure of , low enough to make this the most intense Pacific hurricane in Mexican waters known at the time.
This hurricane hassled a number of ships. One of them needed to be repaired at a cost of $10,000 (1930 USD), and another had its cargo damaged.
Hurricane Four
On October 9, a tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Eventually becoming a hurricane, it moved up the coast as far as Acapulco. It was last seen on October 11. The lowest pressure reported was .
This hurricane caused damage in Acapulco. Many buildings were demolished by the storm, and roads and telegraph lines were destroyed. Damage to property was heavy, but no one was killed or injured.
Hurricane Five
On October 16, a tropical cyclone existed somewhere between Acapulco and Cape Corrientes. Two days later, it made landfall near La Manzanilla, Jalisco as a hurricane near with a pressure of . It or its remnants managed to cross the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and enter the Bay of Campeche, where they dissipated on October 20.
See also
1930 Atlantic hurricane season
1930 Pacific typhoon season
1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1930s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1930 in Mexico
Pacific hurricane seasons
1930s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1929 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1929. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Hurricane One
A "tropical hurricane" made a clockwise loop near Johnston Island between March 20 and 24.
Tropical Cyclone Two
A tropical cyclone existed from May 29 to June 1. Starting from a location southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, it traveled west-northwestward not far off the Mexican shore. A ship recorded its lowest known pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Three
A cyclone existed southwest of Acapulco on June 16 and 17. It produced gales, and a ship reported a pressure reading of .
Hurricane Four
On August 2, a tropical cyclone formed near the Mexican coast. It eventually became a hurricane, and was last seen on August 6. The lowest pressure reported in association with this system was .
Possible Tropical Cyclone Five
On August 21 and 22, a ship encountered a possible tropical cyclone at a location far from land and almost in the central Pacific basin. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Tropical Cyclone Six
On August 28, this cyclone moved along the coast, and passed over the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula around August 31.
Hurricane Seven
On September 10, a tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It moved along the coast, and was a hurricane by September 13. It moved along the Pacific side of the Baja California Peninsula, and became a remnant off its northern coast on September 16. Its remnants subsequently moved inland, and dissipated around September 18. The lowest pressure measured in association with this tropical cyclone was .
This tropical cyclone inflicted gale or hurricane-force winds along parts of the coast of Mexico, including Manzanillo, Acapulco, and Mazatlán. On September 18, its remnants caused rain of up to in mountainous parts of Southern California. An unseasonal warming was also attributed to this cyclone. It was also responsible for the strongest September winds ever recorded in San Diego up to that time.
Somewhere between Manzanillo and Acapulco, a tropical cyclone might have existed on September 19.
Tropical Cyclone Nine
On September 23, a tropical cyclone was located southeast of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It was last observed the next day. A ship reported a pressure of .
Other systems
In March 20 until March 22, there is a cyclone of "near tropical in nature" west of Hawaiian Islands, and with pressures as low as . It is unknown whether that cyclone is a tropical cyclone or subtropical cyclone.
See also
1929 Atlantic hurricane season
1929 Pacific typhoon season
1920s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1920s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
Pacific hurricane seasons
1920s Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1927 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1927. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Tropical Cyclone One
A tropical cyclone moved along the coast of Mexico from June 14 to 18. It had gale-force winds and a minimum reported pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Two
A tropical storm existed off the coast of Mexico during late June. The initial low pressure area formed near the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 23, moving west-northwest near the coast into July 1.
Tropical Cyclone Three
A small tropical cyclone was detected on July 1. Its lowest reported pressure was , and was moving along the coast of Mexico.
Tropical Cyclone Four
A ship encountered a tropical cyclone on July 5. The ship reported a pressure of . The cyclone was moving west-northwest.
Tropical Cyclone Five
On July 28, a tropical cyclone moved eastward in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Tropical Cyclone Six
Roughly southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed on August 7. It moved along the coast and dissipated south of the entrance to the Gulf of California on August 10.
Hurricane Seven
On September 6, a tropical cyclone formed south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. It moved along the coast, and by September 8 it was west of Manzanillo. It entered the Gulf of California on September 10, and it made landfall or dissipated the next day. The lowest reported pressure was .
The tropical cyclone caused much damage and destruction. The cyclone drove huge waves ashore along the coast, and destroyed rail lines linking Mexico City with the Pacific coast. Some ships were also missing and presumed sunk. Shipping was badly damaged. Some of the ships initially reported sunk were later accounted for. The worst hit areas were Manzanillo and Salina Cruz. Salina Cruz was reduced to ruins. A sudden plunge in the barometer provided enough warning for emergency evacuations in those cities, which were credited with keeping the death toll below that which was initially reported.
In Mazatlán, one person was killed by being swept over the sea wall. Acambaro, Guanajuanto was flooded. In the aftermath, displaced refugees attempted to cross the border and enter Nogales, Arizona.
Hurricane Eight
A "tropical hurricane" formed well southwest of Mexico on September 7, dissipating on September 10.
Cyclone Nine
A tropical cyclone formed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on September 11. It moved northwest and was last observed on September 12.
Hurricane Ten
In the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone was detected on September 25. It moved along the coast and was last seen on September 30. The lowest reported pressure was ; a ship reported a maximum windspeed of .
Tropical Depression Eleven
A tropical depression existed south of Acapulco on October 19 and 20.
See also
1927 Atlantic hurricane season
1927 Pacific typhoon season
1920s North Indian Ocean cyclone |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1928 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1928. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Tropical Cyclone One
A weak tropical cyclone existed south of the Gulf of California was spotted on May 24. It moved westward, and was last seen on May 27. The lowest pressure reported was .
Tropical Cyclone Two
A tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Tehuantepec produced gales on June 5. The lowest reported pressure was .
Hurricane Three
A hurricane existed south of Cape Corrientes on July 28 and 29. The lowest reported pressure was a reading of .
Hurricane Four
A tropical cyclone was noticed just south of the Mexican coast on August 6. This system might have formed south of Costa Rica three days earlier. Wherever it formed, this tropical cyclone intensified into a hurricane, and paralleled the coast. It passed south of the Gulf of California on August 10. The hurricane passed northwestward of Cabo San Lucas on September, and dissipated on August 11 while over the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula. The lowest pressure reported in association with this hurricane was .
This hurricane brought gale or hurricane-force winds to several areas of the Mexican coast. An American steamer, the William A. McKenney, had its cargo and structure damaged by the hurricane. Repairs were attempted during the storm, and 14 members of its crew were washed overboard and drowned.
Tropical Cyclone Five
On September 1, a tropical cyclone formed well south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. It moved west-northwest and was last seen on September 3. A ship reported a pressure reading of .
Hurricane Six
About 200 miles west-southwest of Acapulco, a tropical cyclone formed on September 17. It slowly moved northwestward. It had intensified into a hurricane by September 18. On September 21, the hurricane weakened and recurved to the east-northeast. It made landfall north of Mazatlán and became a remnant over Mexico. Its remnants had crossed Mexico by September 22 and entered the Gulf of Mexico south of Brownsville, Texas. They never developed into anything, and had dissipated by the end of the month. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was .
Tropical Cyclone Seven
From September 20 to 22, a tropical cyclone existed south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Hurricane Eight
On October 7, at a location well south of the entrance to the Gulf of California, a hurricane existed. It was moving northwest. A ship measured a central pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Nine
On October 16 and 17, a ship encountered a tropical cyclone well south of the southern Tip of the Baja California Peninsula. The ship reported a pressure of .
See also
1928 Atlantic hurricane season
1928 Pacific typhoon season
1920s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seaso |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1926 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1926. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.
Systems
Tropical Storm One
A tropical storm existed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec on June 13. The lowest reported pressure was .
Hurricane Two
Well south of Mexico, a tropical cyclone formed on July 5. It moved northwestward, and was last observed on July 9 while located south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. It was a hurricane, and the lowest reported pressure was .
Tropical Cyclone Three
Far from land, a tropical cyclone was reported on July 21. It had gale-force winds and a minimum reported pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Four
On August 8, a tropical cyclone began forming. It was definitely extant on August 11, and was last seen on August 15. It caused gales and had a lowest reported pressure of .
Tropical Cyclone Five
Another tropical cyclone was observed from August 22 to 23. It had a lowest reported pressure of and also caused gales.
Tropical Cyclone Six
A tropical cyclone existed from September 14 to 16, during which time it moved along the coast. The lowest reported pressure was . It caused heavy rain.
Tropical Cyclone Seven
A tropical cyclone moved along the coast from Manzanillo, to Mazatlán, to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, from September 24 to 26. It had gale-force winds, a lowest reported pressure of , and caused heavy rainfall.
Tropical Storm Eight
A tropical cyclone formed south of Acapulco on October 2. The next day, it was a tropical storm. It pretty much hung around in the same area, and dissipated near the western Gulf of Tehuantepec on October 11. The lowest reported pressure was .
See also
1926 Atlantic hurricane season
1926 Pacific typhoon season
1920s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
1920s Australian region cyclone seasons
References
1920s Pacific hurricane seasons
Pacific hurricane seasons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | The 1925 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1925. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. 1925 season was the first Pacific hurricane season that was covered in detail by Monthly Weather Review, and this season included the most intense November Pacific hurricane on record until beaten by Hurricane Kenneth in 2011.
Systems
Tropical Cyclone One
A small tropical cyclone existed in the Gulf of Tehuantepec from June 3 to 6. It had gale-force winds, and its lowest reported pressure was .
Hurricane Two
Off the coast of Mexico, a hurricane existed from July 7 to 10. The lowest reported pressure was .
Tropical Cyclone Three
A tropical cyclone existed from July 17 to 22.
Tropical Cyclone Four
On July 31 and August 1, a tropical cyclone was encountered by a steamer called the West Calera. This tropical cyclone headed west-northwest and stayed south of the Hawaiian Islands. It brought gales to Honolulu from August 1 to 4. It also brought heavy surf to Oahu and the Big Island. That surf flooded a warehouse at Honuapo. It also flooded houses in Honuapo and Punaluu Beach, and collapsed flumes at Hutchinson Plantation. On Oahu, Fort Kamehameha was flooded. Lawns at Diamond Head and Kahala were damaged, as were houses on the northern side of Oahu.
Tropical Cyclone Five
A tropical cyclone existed on August 16. It had gale-force winds. The lowest reported pressure was .
Hurricane Six
Far from land, on September 27 to 28, the same ship that encountered the July 31 to August 4 cyclone encountered a hurricane east of the Hawaiian Islands. That ship reported a pressure of .
Hurricane Seven
South of the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a tropical cyclone formed. It headed west-northwest. On October 24, it re-curved to the north, and made landfall near Cabo Corrientes on October 25. The next day, it dissipated inland. The lowest pressure reported in association with this hurricane was . It caused rain throughout coastal areas near where it hit. This hurricane also damaged many houses, and blew down trees in mountainous areas. Roads were damaged, and telegraph lines were downed. In Puerto Vallarta, 270 houses were destroyed while 200 families were left homeless. Three people died and many were injured.
Hurricane Eight
A ship encountered a strong tropical cyclone near Acapulco on November 10. On November 11, it was near Manzanillo. It was not seen after that. This tropical cyclone was initially reported to have a pressure of uncorrected). However, a later report attributes a pressure of . Even in HURDAT, the modern "best track" database, there was no November tropical cyclone this intense until Hurricane Kenneth in 2011, which broke this record. This hurricane also caused heavy rains to coastal areas of Mexico.
Tropical Cyclone Nine
A tropical cyclone existed from December 22 to 26.
See also
1925 Atlantic hurricane season
1925 Paci |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Garman | John Royer "Jack" Garman (September 11, 1944 – September 20, 2016) was a computer engineer, former senior NASA executive and noted key figure of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. As a young specialist on duty during the final descent stage on 20 July 1969 he dealt with a series of computer alarms which could have caused the mission to be aborted.
Early life
Garman was born September 11, 1944, in Oak Park, Illinois, and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics and a specialty in Computing.
NASA career
In 1966, at age 21, Garman was hired by NASA. He chose to specialize in onboard computing and was assigned to the Apollo Guidance Program Section where he worked with MIT, supervising the design and testing of the Apollo Guidance Computer.
During the Apollo missions Garman worked in a support role, advising flight controllers in Mission Control on the operation of spacecraft computer systems. A few months before the Apollo 11 mission he suggested that simulation supervisors at Mission Control test how flight controllers might react to a computer error code. Guidance officer Steve Bales responded to the simulated error by calling an abort, which was found to be a needless reaction for that particular code.
Gene Kranz told Garman: 'I want you to study and write down every possible program alarm whether they can happen or not.' Garman made a handwritten list of every computer alarm code that could occur along with the correct reaction to each of them and put it under the plexiglass on his desk.
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A design oversight with the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle's rendezvous radar led to a near-abort during the Apollo 11 landing, according to engineer Don Eyles.
The radar's Coupling Data Units (CDU), which provided the interface between the radar's hardware and the LM's onboard guidance computer, were powered by a 28-volt 800 Hz power supply, and a separate 28-volt 800 Hz power supply sent energy to the radar's Attitude, Translation, and Control assembly (ATCA) (which physically oriented the Lunar Module). The two power supplies were supposed to operate in phase lock with each other. However, likely due to inexact language in the LM's design documentation, the system was constructed such that while the two power supplies would always operate at the same frequency and in a fixed phase relationship, no provision was made to ensure the two supplies were aligned and putting out the same phase at the same time.
When the LM's rendezvous radar (which tracked the still-orbiting Command/Service Module (CSM)) was powered up during Apollo 11's descent (a step designed to lessen the crew's workload in case of an abort), the radar's CDUs were energized and took stock of the state of the attached ATCA assembly. By chance, the power-up happened at a moment when the CDU's 800 Hz power supply happened to produce energy that wasn't phase aligned with the ATCA's power (a power-up a fraction o |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s%20News%20Channel | Florida's News Channel (FNC) was a regional cable news network available on Florida's cable television systems (e.g. Comcast, GTE, TCI Cable, AT&T Broadband, and Continental Cablevision) that operated from 1998 to 2003. FNC's viewers were the first to see virtual reality news environments with customized local scenery in each of Florida's seven major television markets.
FNC created nightly newscasts for a black audience. These newscasts were hosted by anchors Gordon Graham, Val Bracy, and Karla Winfrey.
Frank Watson served as FNC's vice president and general manager. Partners included Willie E. Gary, Evander Holyfield, Cecil Fielder, Marlon Jackson, and Alvin James.
Comcast dropped FNC due to lack of viewer interest. The legal dispute between FNC's management and Comcast was settled in 2005.
References
Defunct local cable stations in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 1998
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2003
1998 establishments in Florida
2003 disestablishments in Florida
Defunct mass media in Florida |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20SC | Future SC is a Cayman Islander football club, which currently plays in Cayman Islands' Premier League.
Current roster
External links
caymanactive.com
caribbeanfootballdatabase.com
Football clubs in the Cayman Islands
Association football clubs established in 1998
1998 establishments in the Cayman Islands |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon%20at%20the%201968%20Summer%20Olympics | Cameroon competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
Medalists
References
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968
1968 in Cameroonian sport |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopla | Hoopla or Hupla may refer to:
HOOPLA!, a periodical devoted to Object-Oriented Programming techniques
Hoop-La (1933), starring Clara Bow
Houp La! (1916), a musical comedy
Hoopla, an informal version of the ring-tossing game, Quoits
The Hoopla, an Australian news and opinion website
Hoopla!, former name of Malthouse Theatre, a Melbourne theatre company
Hoopla (album), a 1999 album by the rapper Speech
Hoopla (digital media service), a digital media service provided to public libraries
Hoopla Software in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California
Miles Hoopla, a cancelled Second World War bomber aircraft
See also
Hupla language, a Papuan language
Hoopa (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underfunded | Underfunded is a comedy-drama made-for-TV movie that aired the United States cable television channel USA Network on November 8, 2006 at 10 PM EDT.
It stars Mather Zickel as Darryl Freehorn, an agent in the Canadian Secret Service (CSS).
Plot
Caught between a constricting budget and an inane American Intelligence Community, Canadian Secret Service agent Darryl Freehorn works as a liaison with the U.S. State Department to solve international conspiracies and busts American prescription drug smugglers. Freehorn is frequently met with skepticism by American officials when he introduces himself as an agent of the CSS, to which he always responds with "We have one, too." Costar Joanna Canton plays Naomi Lutz, a smitten assistant to Freehorn bucking for a job as a full-blown agent. Occasionally over-enthusiastic and she cites her knowledge of the West Wing on NBC as her qualification for a trip to Washington, D.C.
See also
InSecurity
References
External links
USA Network: Underfunded
Canuck spy agency 'Underfunded' Ottawa Sun
CSIS goes to Hollywood Maclean's
Underfunded, eh? Vancouver Sun
USA Network original programming
2000s American comedy-drama television series
Films directed by John Fortenberry
2000s spy comedy films
American television films
2006 films
2006 comedy films
2000s English-language films |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20Broadcasting%20System | Korean Educational Broadcasting System () or EBS is a South Korean educational public broadcaster and radio network covering South Korean territory, and the only major South Korean radio and television network without a separate regional service. It was established as KBS 3 and KBS Educational Radio in the 1980s, and became an independent corporation in 1990.
Funding
Though nominally a public broadcasting entity, EBS gets most of its yearly budget from advertisements and sales revenue. In 2012, 72.1% of its revenue came from textbook sales, publications and ad revenues on its TV Radio and internet platforms, while the rest came from TV license fees (EBS gets 3% of the total License Fee being collected by the Korean Broadcasting System) and government grants.
Channels
EBS1 — EBS' main terrestrial channel for premium documentaries, preschool and youth program. (Channel 10.1)
EBS2 — EBS' second terrestrial channel. (Channel 10.2)
EBS FM — A EBS' radio channel, the station focuses mainly on language learning. The actual CSAT listening comprehension examinations are broadcast on this station annually at 8:40 AM and 1:10 PM on the day of the CSAT.
EBS Plus 1 (subscription television) — The channel focuses greatly around the high school test curriculum and offers programming to complement and amplify the student's in-school education.
EBS Plus 2 (subscription television) — The main focus of this channel is "lifelong" learning, with various programs for younger and older viewers.
EBS English (subscription television) — This is the network's English education channel, covering kids from kindergarten to grade 12.
EBS Kids (subscription television) — EBS' children's channel; formerly a simulcast of EBS Plus 1.
EBS offers one pay-television channel, EBS America, in the United States. Its programming centers around Korean culture, language education, and children's shows.
Logos
Programming
Originally-produced
Teletoon Advance
Bboongbboong-E ()
Piwi-chan! 3D Anime Series ()
Chiro ()
EBS News 12 ()
EBS Evening News ()
Jisik Channel e (Knowledge Channel e; )
The EBS space ()
Oops! Ikooo ()
Tayo the Little Bus ()
Titipo Titipo ()
Janghak Quiz ()
Ding-Dong-Dang kindergarten ()
Miniforce (최강전사 미니특공대)
GO! GO! Giggles ()
English Café ()
Vroomiz ()
Boni and Hani ()
Solver ()
Brian's English Adventure ()
Cocomong ()
Pororo the Little Penguin ()
Robocar Poli ()
Semi and the Magic Cube ()
Super Wings ()
Tickety Toc ()
Road Diary ()
Flowering Heart ()
Larva in New York ()
Giant Peng TV ()
Imported series
All foreign cartoons are dubbed in Korean.
The Magic School Bus ()
Arthur ()
Animaniacs ()
Cyberchase ()
Denver, the Last Dinosaur ()
Bill Nye the Science Guy ()
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonla%2C%20Uttar%20Pradesh | Aonla is a town, also a proposed district and a municipal board in Bareilly district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Proposed district consists of three tehsils:1. Aonla2. Bisauli3. Dataganj
Name
The name Aonla may be derived from the aonla tree, Phyllanthus emblica.
History
Aonla was a stronghold of the Kateharia Rajputs by at least the 14th century. By the time of Akbar it was the seat of a pargana. It is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari as a pargana in the sarkar of Budaun, producing a revenue of 690,620 dams for the imperial treasury and a force of 400 infantry and 50 cavalry to the Mughal army. The pargana of Aonla survived almost completely unchanged until the 20th century, although c. 1835 it was expanded by the addition of 14 villages from the Ajaun pargana, including Ajaon itself.
Aonla's period of greatest importance, however, was during the 1700s. In 1730, the Rohilla leader Ali Muhammad Khan had the local Katehria ruler, Duja Singh, assassinated; Ali Muhammad Khan then took over Aonla and made it his capital. Aonla served as the capital of the Rohilla confederation for more than a quarter of a century, and many Rohilla leaders were buried here. According to local tradition, the city had no fewer than 1,700 mosques at its height. After the Rohillas moved their capital to Bareilly, Aonla quickly lost its importance, and its many monuments fell into ruin. In 1813 it was made the seat of a tehsil, and it grew to become an important town again, with thriving commerce and a large export of grain.
Around the 20th century, Aonla was described as a very dispersed town with four distinct quarters, separated by cemetery fields and old ruined mosques. The first quarter was Aonla Khas, also called Ganj or Qila. The name "Qila" was derived from the eponymous brick fort where the Rohillas had held court. The qila, entered from the street by a plain and unimposing gate, consisted of two separate yards. In the outer yard was the open-pillared diwan-khana or audience hall, and in the inner yard were several buildings which had previously served as the tehsil office and police station but, by the early 20th century, had fallen into decay. Across the street from the qila was the mosque of Bakhshi Sardar Khan. Another mosque was that of Fateh Khan Khansaman, which had 12 domes but was in disrepair at the time. The largest mosque in the quarter was called the Begam's mosque. The Aonla Khas quarter had two main streets, each lined with brick houses; the largest house belonged to the respected family known as the Aonla Hakims.
The second quarter was called Pakka Katra, after the high brick wall that surrounded it. Pakka Katra was densely populated and served as the main business center of the town. On the south side of this quarter was a large walled enclosure containing the tomb of Ali Muhammad Khan, maintained by his descendant, the Nawab of Rampur State. Outside the enclosure there was an ornate masonry tank with steps leading down to the water, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Paulos | Eric Paulos is an American computer scientist, artist (working in new media art), and inventor, best known for his early work on internet robotic teleoperation and is considered a founder of the field of Urban Computing, coining the term "urban computing" in 2004. His current work is in the areas of emancipation fabrication, cosmetic computing, citizen science, New Making Renaissance, Critical Making, Robotics, DIY Biology, DIY culture, Micro-volunteering, and the cultural critique of such technologies through New Media strategies.
Dr. Paulos is the founder and director of the Hybrid Ecologies Lab, an associate professor in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department at UC Berkeley, director of the CITRIS Invention Lab, Chief Learning Officer for the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, and faculty within the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM).
Previously, Dr. Paulos held the Cooper-Siegel Associate Professor Chair in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he was faculty within the Human-Computer Interaction Institute with courtesy faculty appointments in the Robotics Institute and in the Entertainment Technology Center. At CMU he was also director of the Living Environments Lab. Prior to CMU, Eric was senior research scientist at Intel Research at one of the Intel Research Lablets in Berkeley, California where he founded the Urban Atmospheres research group – challenged to employ innovative methods to explore urban life and the future fabric of emerging technologies across public urban landscapes. His areas of expertise span a deep body of research territory in urban computing, sustainability, green design, environmental awareness, social telepresence, robotics, physical computing, interaction design, persuasive technologies, and intimate media. Eric is a regular contributor, editorial board member, and reviewer for numerous professional journals and conferences. His published work is primarily in the areas of Robotics, Urban Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer supported cooperative work, and Ubicomp. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley where he helped launch a new robotic industry by developing some of the first internet tele-operated robots including Space Browsing helium filled blimps and Personal Roving Presence devices (PRoPs).
Eric is also the founder and director of the Experimental Interaction Unit and a frequent collaborator with Mark Pauline of Survival Research Laboratories. Eric's work has been exhibited at the InterCommunication Center (ICC) in Japan, Ars Electronica, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, the Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF), SFMOMA, the Chelsea Art Museum, Art Interactive, LA MOCA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the ZKM, Southern Exposure, and a performance for the opening of the Whitney Museum's 1997 Biennial Exhibition.
Born and raised in California, Eric received a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Compute |
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