Dec 31

ArtWorks

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ArtWorks is an advanced vector drawing package for RISC OS created by Computer Concepts (now Xara) in 1991. It has been developed by MW Software since 1996.


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  • MW Software
Dec 30

Tigris.org

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Tigris.org is an open source software development community. It hosts software development services such as web hosting, mailing lists, issue tracking, and Subversion revision control. It is hosted by CollabNet, the sponsors of Subversion, and runs CollabNet Enterprise Edition. Subversion itself is hosted on Tigris. Tigris competes with the more well-known SourceForge, although it is primarily focused on projects for collaborative software development.


See also

  • CollabNet
  • GForge
  • Subversion
  • Comparison of free software hosting facilities


External links

  • Tigris.org
Dec 30

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

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The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, or AEJMC, is a major international membership organization for academics in the field, offering regional and national conferences and refereed publications. It has numerous membership divisions, interest groups, publications and websites. Its major journal, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly was formerly titled Journalism Quarterly. It also publishes the quarterly, refereed Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, formerly Journalism Educator, and the refereed Journalism & Mass Communication Mongraphs, formerly Journalism Monographs.

The current editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly is Dan Riffe, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. The current editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator is Dane S. Claussen, Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, Point Park University. The current editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs is Anantha Babbili, College of Mass Communication, Middle Tennessee State University.

In the United States, many university journalism departments — particularly at Midwestern, Western and Southern state universities — evolved into schools or colleges of mass communication or “journalism and mass communication.” In addition to studying practical skills of journalism, public relations or advertising, students also may major in “mass communication” or “mass communication research.” The latter is often the title given to doctoral degrees from such schools, whether the focus of the student’s research is journalism practice, media economics, history, law or media influence.

Departmental structures within such colleges may separate research and instruction in professional or technical aspects of newspaper and magazine publishing, radio, television, and film. Mass communication research topics include media institutions and processes, such as diffusion of information, and media effects, such as persuasion or manipulation of public opinion. Outside of media history and communication law, research methods in mass communication fields have leaned toward empirical research, experimental studies and quantitative methods, such as public opinion polling and content analysis of news media. However, qualitative research, including ethnographic case studies and focus groups, has growing support in some specialties. Critical-cultural theory is less popular than in other “communication studies” programs.

Such programs are accredited by the ACEJMC Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

The International Communication Association (ICA) and National Communication Association (formerly the Speech Communication Association) include divisions and publications that overlap with those of AEJMC, but AEJMC historically has stronger ties to the mass communication professions in the United States.


External links

  • Organization headquarters
  • Directory of AEJMC division sites
Dec 29

Garscadden railway station

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Garscadden railway station is a railway station in Garscadden in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.


Services

The station is served primarily by trains between Dalmuir, Glasgow Central and beyond, via Yoker and on Sundays services starting and terminating in Balloch; there are also peak-hour-only services beginning and terminating at Garscadden, mostly on the Argyle Line (via Glasgow Central Low Level).

Trains operate every 15 minutes from Garscadden to Glasgow City Centre with two going to Glasgow Central Low level and two going to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level. Monday to Saturday daytimes and half-hourly to Queen Street Low Level in the evenings and Glasgow Central Low Level all day on Sundays.


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Dec 27

List of asteroids/90001–91000

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! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”001″| 90001–90100 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”101″| 90101–90200 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”201″| 90201–90300 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”301″| 90301–90400 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”401″| 90401–90500 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”501″| 90501–90600 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”601″| 90601–90700 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”701″| 90701–90800 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”801″| 90801–90900 [ edit]

! colspan=”5″ style=”background-color:silver;text-align:center;” id=”901″| 90901–91000 [ edit]

Dec 26

Distributed energy

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  1. Redirect Distributed generation
Dec 25

Authentication (law)

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Authentication, in the law of evidence, is the process by which documentary evidence and other physical evidence is proven to be genuine, and not a forgery. Generally, authentication can be shown in one of two ways. First, a witness can testify as to the chain of custody through which the evidence passed from the time of the discovery up until the trial. Second, the evidence can be authenticated by the opinion of an expert witness examining the evidence to determine if it has all of the properties that it would be expected to have if it were authentic.

For handwritten documents, any person who has become familiar with the purported author’s handwriting prior to the cause of action from which the trial arose can testify that a document is in that handwriting.

There are several kinds of documents which have generally been deemed to be self-authenticating documents. These include commercial labels, newspapers and other periodicals, and official publications of an arm of the government.

A special category of evidence called an ancient document will be deemed authentic if it can be shown to be more than twenty years old, and found in a place and condition that a document of that age would likely be found.

Dec 23

Pay Lay Ale

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  1. Redirect Adamic language

Mormon temple ceremonies, such as the prayer circle, once used the words “Pay Lay Ale” which the church believed were Adamic words meaning “Oh God, hear the words of my mouth.” The untranslated words are no longer used in temple ceremonies and have been replaced by the English version.

Dec 23

Path length

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In chemistry, the path length is defined as the distance that light (UV/VIS) travels through a sample in an analytical cell. Typically, a sample cell is made of quartz, glass, or a plastic rhombic cuvette with a volume typically ranging from 0.1 mL to 10 mL or larger used in a spectrophotometer. For the purposes of spectrophotometry (i.e. when making calculations using the Beer-Lambert law) the path length is measured in centimeters (rather than in meters).

In a computer network, the path length is one of many possible router metrics used by a router to help determine the best route among multiple routes to a destination. It consists of the end-to-end hop count from a source to a destination over the network.

In physics, the path length is defined as the total distance an object travels. Unlike displacement, which is the total distance an object travels from a starting point, path length is the total distance travelled, regardless of where it travelled.

Dec 22

Cholangiocytes

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Cholangiocytes are the epithelial cells of the bile duct. They are cuboidal epithelium in the small interlobular bile ducts, but become columnar and mucus secreting in larger bile ducts approaching the porta hepatis and the extrahepatic ducts.

These cells modify bile by water reabsorption and through secretion under the influence of secretin and somatostatin.

It’s also been seen that cholangiocytes can transport IgA from plasma into bile

Dec 22

OAIster

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OAIster is a project of the Digital Library Production Service<ref>University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service</ref> of the University of Michigan University Library. Its goal is to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone. OAIster harvests from Open Archives Initiative (OAI)-compliant Digital Libraries, Institutional Repositories, and Online Journals.


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Dec 16

Bromide

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A bromide ion is a bromine atom with charge of −1.

Compounds with bromine in formal oxidation state −1 are called bromides. This can include ionic compounds such as caesium bromide or covalent compounds such as sulfur dibromide.

Bromide compounds, especially potassium bromide, were frequently used as sedatives in the 19th and early 20th century. This gave the word “bromide” its colloquial connotation of a boring cliché, a bit of conventional wisdom overused as a sedative.

One can test for a bromide ion by adding dilute nitric acid (HNO3), then silver nitrate (AgNO3). A cream precipitate forms that disappears in concentrated ammonia solution.

Bromide is present in typical seawater (35 PSU) with a concentration of aroud 65 mg/l, which is around 0.2% of all dissolved salts.

Bromide is needed by eosinophils (white blood cells of the granulocyte class, specialised for dealing with multicellular parasites), which use it to generate antiparasitic brominating compounds by the action of esoinophil peroxidase, an enzyme which preferentially uses bromide. [1]. Bromide is also used in hot tubs and spas as a germicidal agent, using the action of an oxidizing agent to generate hypobromite in a similar fashion to the peroxidase in eosinophils.

In some cases, bromide is available in a liquid form at pharmacies. It has been rumoured (in particular, by British troops during world War II, who believed it was regularly added to their tea) that bromide can reduce incidence of erections for males (see anaphrodisiac), and this was actually its initial pharmacological use. However, such an action is common to all effective sedatives and not known to be especially particular to bromide.


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Dec 15

Framestore CFC

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Framestore CFC is the largest digital visual effects company in Europe. Based in London, it was formed in 2001 by a merger between the Computer Film Company and Framestore, which had previously been separate parts of the Framestore Group of companies. The company works across several different areas of the media: feature films, commercials, music videos, DVD design/authoring and television programmes.

In 2004 the company set up an office in New York’s SoHo district to serve the US advertising market.


History


Computer Film Company

The Computer Film Company was one of the first digital film special effects companies. Founded in London in 1984, CFC developed its own technology of digital film scanning, compositing and output devices. The latest generation of the scanning technology is the Northlight film scanner. Theo Wade Brown was responsible for the scanner’s physical and mechanical design.

CFC was founded by Dr Mike Boudry, who had previously worked on integrated circuit engraving techniques, and significant technical contributions were also made by Wolfgang Lempp (now CTO at Filmlight) and Neil Harris (who was also part of the team to design the Lightworks editing system).

CFC’s achievements in film have been recognized throughout the industry, and have led to CFC being awarded two Scientific and Technical Academy Awards, in 1994 (received by Mike Boudry) for innovation in film scanning and in 1995 for compositing.

In 2000, CFC completed Europe’s first Digital Intermediaten on the stop animation film Chicken Run. The Digital Lab at Framestore is now the largest DI facility in Europe.

Directors who have worked with CFC include
Danny Boyle,
Tim Burton,
Joel Coen,
Neil Jordan,
Stanley Kubrick,
Nick Park,
John Woo
and Robert Zemeckis.

As of 2001, CFC was credited with work on over 140 films.

Framestore-CFC also create the visual effects for Impossible Pictures’ ‘Walking With…’ series. The first; ‘Walking With Dinosaurs’ was greenlit in July 1996. Framestore’s longform department has recently completed ‘Prehistoric Park’ for Impossible pictures and ITV and is working on a project called ‘Primeval’ which aired on ITV1 in 2007.

One of the earliest videos they worked on was the video Take on Me by the band a-ha.


Recent projects

  • The Affair of the Necklace
  • Blade 2
  • Casino Royale
  • Cast Away
  • Chicken Run
  • Enemy at the Gates
  • The 51st State
  • Harry Potter
  • The Mummy Returns
  • Pluto Nash
  • Resident Evil
  • Sexy Beast
  • What Lies Beneath
  • Superman Returns
  • X-Men: The Last Stand
  • Primeval


See also

  • Filmlight


External links

  • http://www.framestore-cfc.com/ Official site
  • IMDB credits: Computer Film Company
Dec 14

Bitmap textures

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Bitmap textures are digital images representing a surface, a material, a pattern or even a picture, generated by an artist or designer using a bitmap editor software such as Adobe Photoshop or Gimp or simply by scanning an image and, if necessary, retouching it on a personal computer.

Textures can be built as a large image, larger than the final destination (such a page, for example) so as to fill the complete area without repeating the image (thus avoiding visible seams). Also bitmap textures can be created to be used as repetitive patterns to fill an infinite area. The borders of these patterns or small textures should be treated to give a seamless appearance when applied to an image, unless, of course, the seam is something to be shown.

When designed for print, textures should be created in high-resolution in order to achieve good results in the final print.

On the other side, if these textures are meant to be used in multimedia, 3d animation or web design, they should be created in a maximum resolution that equals the one of the final display (Tv, computer monitor, movie projector, etc.).

If creating a texture with a computer is not an option, then textures can be obtained by purchasing stock images collections, which are expensive but often of a professional quality.

This article was taken from The Photoshop Roadmap with written permission.


See also

  • Procedural textures


External links

  • Photoshop textures and backgrounds tutorials
  • Photoshop CS Tutorial listings, textures, layouts, and more..

Dec 13

Flame of Hope

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1. The Flame of Hope is a flame that was lit in 1989 as a tribute to Dr. Frederick Banting, who in 1922 discovered insulin, and all the people that have lost their lives to diabetes. The flame will remain lit until there is a cure for diabetes.
The flame is located at Sir Fredrick Banting Square in London, Ontario, Canada.

Source: Canada: A Nation Unfolding

2. The Flame of Hope is a symbol of the Special Olympics. Used much in the same spirit as the Olympic Flame at the Olympic Games, the Flame of Hope is lit during a special traditional ceremony in Athens, Greece in the months running up to the Special Olympics World Games. It is then relayed on foot by Special Olympics athletes and members of law enforcement agencies from around the world; this is the culmination of the Law Enforcement Torch Run program, the main fundraising vehicle for Special Olympics.

At the end of its tour, the Flame is used to light a specially made beacon in the stadium which is to be the central location for those World Games.


See also

  • Olympic Flame
  • Special Olympics
  • Olympic Games
  • Paralympics
Dec 12

SIGTERM

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On POSIX-compliant platforms, SIGTERM is the signal sent to computer programs to request termination. The symbolic constant for SIGTERM is defined in the header file signal.h. Symbolic signal names are used because signal numbers can vary across platforms, however on the vast majority of systems, SIGTERM is signal #15.


Etymology

SIG is a common prefix for signal names. TERM is an abbreviation for terminate.


Usage

SIGTERM is the default signal sent to a process by the kill or killall commands. It causes the termination of a process, but unlike the SIGKILL signal, it can be caught and interpreted (or ignored) by the process. Therefore, SIGTERM is more akin to asking a process to terminate nicely, allowing cleanup and closure of files. For this reason, on many Unix systems during shutdown, init issues SIGTERM to all processes that are not essential to powering off, waits a few seconds, and then issues SIGKILL to forcibly terminate other processes to allow the computer to halt.

Dec 11

Non-conventional literature

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Non-conventional literature (NCL, also called grey literature) comprises scientific and technical reports, patent documents, conference papers, internal reports, government documents, newsletters, factsheets and theses, which are not readily available through commercial channels. NCL specifically does not include normal scientific journals, books or popular publications that are available through traditional commercial publication channels.

NCL can be more difficult to search and access than traditional literature. It is typically not as well cataloged, and not collected by libraries as extensively.

Among academics, publication in “grey literature” has a lower status than publication in peer-reviewed journals.


External links

  • Canadian legal research blog series on grey literature
Dec 10

Tama software

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Tama Software, Ltd. Is a software developer based in Tokyo, Japan. They are best known for their Pepakura Designer software, used to create and print paper models.


External links

  • Tamasoft website

Dec 10

Studio/transmitter link

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A studio-transmitter link (or STL) sends a radio station’s or television station’s audio and video from the broadcast studio to a transmitter in another location.

This is often necessary because the best locations for an antenna are on top of a mountain, where a much shorter tower is required, but where a studio is completely impractical. Even in flat regions, the center of the station’s allowed coverage area may not be near the studio location, so the antenna must be placed several miles or kilometres away.

Depending on the locations that must be connected, a station may choose either a point to point (PTP) link on another special radio frequency, or a newer all-digital wired link via a dedicated T1 or E1 line. Radio links can also be digital, or the older analog type, or a hybrid of the two. Even on older all-analog systems, multiple audio and data channels can be sent using subcarriers.

Stations that employ an STL usually also have a transmitter-studio link (TSL) to return telemetry information. Both the STL and TSL are considered broadcast auxiliary services (BAS).

Dec 09

Scanner art

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Scanner art is art made by placing objects on a flatbed scanner and scanning them. There has been some debate as to whether scanner art is a form of digital photography. As the scanner has very little Depth of Field and a constant light all over the surface, it is very different from photography in fact.

Flat bed scanners lend themselves very well to the making of collage. Whereas previously collage meant the adhering together of essentially flat elements to construct the two dimensional image, scanned elements can be arrayed face down on the glass bed of the scanner to produce imagery. In the hands of an artist scanner collage is no less versatile a technique as any other technique in the visual arts. Almost everything can be placed on a scanner, from parts of body to plants. Some artists do collage afterwards. A few scanned elements are then merged to create new images.


Sources

http://www.scantips.com/begin3.html

Examples of Scanner Art.
http://joebrainardspyjamas.blogspot.com/
This is a site dedicated to daily sharing of new, original scanner art.

Examples :
http://joebrainardspyjamas.blogspot.com/
http://www.chris-staebler.com/scans.html
http://www.yessy.com/jdelaney/Gallery3.html?i=30395
http://j.nadroj.free.fr/scan/index-.html
http://www.suicidepreventionhelp.com/web.html