Grooveshark University was a free, semester-long program offered by software engineers at Grooveshark.com to intermediate programmers at the college level and beyond. Grooveshark offered the initiative to help programmers gain the experience needed to develop their own technological innovations.
Enrollment was by application only, and was not limited to college students.
History
Grooveshark University was developed to help ease new interns into Grooveshark's work environment. Gradually, the program grew into a hub for idea creation, technical learning, and prototype development, as Grooveshark saw "potential for other ideas developed in Gainesville to grow into full-fledged businesses."
Grooveshark University was part of an ongoing process to promote innovation in the Gainesville, Florida area. The program's mission was to provide an environment where interested developers, young and old, can hone their skills or work with other developers to create new projects and pursue great ideas.
Classes
The GSU lectures focused on a variety of different technical topics, including: mobile and web development, web standards, and specific programming languages like Python. Weekly sessions were held in the evening at Santa Fe College's downtown Center for Innovation and Economic Development.
Meetings typically included presentations by Grooveshark developers and group discussions for networking with other programmers.
Students
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and experienced developers have taken part in Grooveshark University. Grooveshark said it looked for individuals "with a lot of raw potential" when choosing participants for the program.
The program is selective. In the first semester, 25 of 50 original applicants were accepted as students, and of that group, fewer than 15 students completed the first semester. The application process screened for personality as well as skill, and favored candidates who were comfortable working with other people.
Students of Grooveshark University were encouraged to create their own projects outside of the weekly lectures. Graduating students have produced projects such as
:
* A side-scroller game
* Reign.ws, a web-based RPG
* A Halo Reach application for Android
* A music mashup site
* A Chrome web extension for YouTube and Grooveshark
* A geolocation service aggregator
* A Twitter-based music recommendation service
* A LED banner notification system
Enrollment was by application only, and was not limited to college students.
History
Grooveshark University was developed to help ease new interns into Grooveshark's work environment. Gradually, the program grew into a hub for idea creation, technical learning, and prototype development, as Grooveshark saw "potential for other ideas developed in Gainesville to grow into full-fledged businesses."
Grooveshark University was part of an ongoing process to promote innovation in the Gainesville, Florida area. The program's mission was to provide an environment where interested developers, young and old, can hone their skills or work with other developers to create new projects and pursue great ideas.
Classes
The GSU lectures focused on a variety of different technical topics, including: mobile and web development, web standards, and specific programming languages like Python. Weekly sessions were held in the evening at Santa Fe College's downtown Center for Innovation and Economic Development.
Meetings typically included presentations by Grooveshark developers and group discussions for networking with other programmers.
Students
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and experienced developers have taken part in Grooveshark University. Grooveshark said it looked for individuals "with a lot of raw potential" when choosing participants for the program.
The program is selective. In the first semester, 25 of 50 original applicants were accepted as students, and of that group, fewer than 15 students completed the first semester. The application process screened for personality as well as skill, and favored candidates who were comfortable working with other people.
Students of Grooveshark University were encouraged to create their own projects outside of the weekly lectures. Graduating students have produced projects such as
:
* A side-scroller game
* Reign.ws, a web-based RPG
* A Halo Reach application for Android
* A music mashup site
* A Chrome web extension for YouTube and Grooveshark
* A geolocation service aggregator
* A Twitter-based music recommendation service
* A LED banner notification system
Adewale Temitope Mosinmiloluwa (born May 29, 1996), professionally known as T.Ollyvar , is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer from Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria in West Africa.
His major feature of singing is Afropop, Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B and Afrobeats, which he began in 2020 with his debut single track Baybie (Afrobeats) released on YouTube on September, 2020 but was classified as an "unofficial" song due to been sang over a copyright sampled beat instrumental from a beat producer, Skool Beatz
Early Life
Temitope was born on May 29, 1996 in Ondo State, Nigeria.
Temitope was also a part of the band boys during his secondary school days. He lived most of his early years in Ondo State including his primary school education up till secondary school.
In 2018, He recorded a rap song with a music associate, Mightyn, titled “Chronicle” while he was in Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State.
T.Ollyvar took up music fully in 2019, considering it has a career when he recorded his debut single “Baybie”, original beat by Skool Beatz which marks his first "official" debut single on January, 2021. and made an official release of his 2018 rap song with Mightyn official in June, 2021.===
*"Chronicle" (2017)
*"Baybie" (2020)
*"Hold Me" (2021)
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*"Truds" (2021)
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*"Feelings" (2021)
His major feature of singing is Afropop, Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B and Afrobeats, which he began in 2020 with his debut single track Baybie (Afrobeats) released on YouTube on September, 2020 but was classified as an "unofficial" song due to been sang over a copyright sampled beat instrumental from a beat producer, Skool Beatz
Early Life
Temitope was born on May 29, 1996 in Ondo State, Nigeria.
Temitope was also a part of the band boys during his secondary school days. He lived most of his early years in Ondo State including his primary school education up till secondary school.
In 2018, He recorded a rap song with a music associate, Mightyn, titled “Chronicle” while he was in Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State.
T.Ollyvar took up music fully in 2019, considering it has a career when he recorded his debut single “Baybie”, original beat by Skool Beatz which marks his first "official" debut single on January, 2021. and made an official release of his 2018 rap song with Mightyn official in June, 2021.===
*"Chronicle" (2017)
*"Baybie" (2020)
*"Hold Me" (2021)
*
*"Truds" (2021)
*
*
*
*"Feelings" (2021)
Ultra Products, a division of the Systemax group of companies, is a US-based computer parts manufacturer, importer and distributor.
The company's main focus is on PC accessories, and offers computer memory, computer cases and power supplies, custom cooling solutions and uninterruptible power supplies.
The company attracted attention in PC publications when they produced the first modular computer power supply, the Ultra X-Connect.
The history of Ultra Products dates back to 1991 with the Fletcher, Ohio based PC builder, MidWest Micro. Ultra was the brand name for MidWest Micro's white-box personal and laptop computers sold through their Infotel computer product distribution division. In late 1997, Global Industrial Products purchased Infotel and the MidWest Micro and continued to sell product under the Ultra brand name. In 1999, Global changed its name to Systemax and Global Industrial became a division of the Systemax corporation. The Ultra Products brand name was expanded to include LCD monitors.
In 2002, Systemax was an exclusive U.S. importer of Chieftec brand computer cases. The cases were used for Systemax builds and to DIY users through Systemax's Tiger Direct retail outlet, but in order to move the quantity of product required to import to maintain exclusive distribution rights, Systemax would have to sell to other retails; retailers in direct competition with Tiger Direct. So later in 2002 ChieftecUSA was born.
In 2003, Tiger Direct used the Ultra brand to sell computer memory and low-end graphics cards. By mid-2003, the product line expanded to light kits, hard drive, memory and CPU coolers and flash memory card readers. This proved to be successful and the decision was made to put the brand out into the retail channel. It was determined to use the existing ChieftecUSA channels to distribute product, so in late 2003 ChieftecUSA became Ultra Products and could not only be purchased at Tiger Direct, but also Fry's Electronics, Micro Center as well as a number of other retail and mail order computer components dealers.
Although technical support is often handled through the Fletcher, Ohio facility, a number of support issues are actually still handled in the Tiger Direct call center in Miami, Florida.
In November 2006, Ultra Products received United States Patent Number 7,133,293 for the modular interface Ultra uses on its X-Connect line of power supplies. The patent was filed for in September 2004.
In August 2007, the technical support forums at Ultra Product's website was closed and a statement that they were "under construction" was made on the portal page, yet the link to the forums had been completely removed from the main page's navigation.
On April 4, 2008, Ultra Products filed a complaint against Antec, Inc., Channel Well Technology Co. Ltd., Channel Well Technology Co. U.S.A., Inc., Corsair Memory, Inc., Enhance Electronics Co. Ltd., E-Power Technology/PCMCIS, SPI Electronic Co. Ltd., FSP Group USA Corp., Koolance USA, Mushkin, Inc., OCZ Technology, Sea Sonic Electronics Co. Ltd., Silverstone Technology, Inc., Spire-Bytecom Fanner Corporation, Tagan Technology Co. Ltd., Tagan Technology Co., Thermaltake Technology Co. Ltd., Thermaltake, Inc., Topower Computer Industrial Co. Ltd., Topower Computer U.S.A., Inc., Zalman Technology Company Ltd. and Zalman USA, Inc. for patent infringement claiming that the defendant's modular power supply product infringed on the patent Ultra filed for back in 2004.
The company's main focus is on PC accessories, and offers computer memory, computer cases and power supplies, custom cooling solutions and uninterruptible power supplies.
The company attracted attention in PC publications when they produced the first modular computer power supply, the Ultra X-Connect.
The history of Ultra Products dates back to 1991 with the Fletcher, Ohio based PC builder, MidWest Micro. Ultra was the brand name for MidWest Micro's white-box personal and laptop computers sold through their Infotel computer product distribution division. In late 1997, Global Industrial Products purchased Infotel and the MidWest Micro and continued to sell product under the Ultra brand name. In 1999, Global changed its name to Systemax and Global Industrial became a division of the Systemax corporation. The Ultra Products brand name was expanded to include LCD monitors.
In 2002, Systemax was an exclusive U.S. importer of Chieftec brand computer cases. The cases were used for Systemax builds and to DIY users through Systemax's Tiger Direct retail outlet, but in order to move the quantity of product required to import to maintain exclusive distribution rights, Systemax would have to sell to other retails; retailers in direct competition with Tiger Direct. So later in 2002 ChieftecUSA was born.
In 2003, Tiger Direct used the Ultra brand to sell computer memory and low-end graphics cards. By mid-2003, the product line expanded to light kits, hard drive, memory and CPU coolers and flash memory card readers. This proved to be successful and the decision was made to put the brand out into the retail channel. It was determined to use the existing ChieftecUSA channels to distribute product, so in late 2003 ChieftecUSA became Ultra Products and could not only be purchased at Tiger Direct, but also Fry's Electronics, Micro Center as well as a number of other retail and mail order computer components dealers.
Although technical support is often handled through the Fletcher, Ohio facility, a number of support issues are actually still handled in the Tiger Direct call center in Miami, Florida.
In November 2006, Ultra Products received United States Patent Number 7,133,293 for the modular interface Ultra uses on its X-Connect line of power supplies. The patent was filed for in September 2004.
In August 2007, the technical support forums at Ultra Product's website was closed and a statement that they were "under construction" was made on the portal page, yet the link to the forums had been completely removed from the main page's navigation.
On April 4, 2008, Ultra Products filed a complaint against Antec, Inc., Channel Well Technology Co. Ltd., Channel Well Technology Co. U.S.A., Inc., Corsair Memory, Inc., Enhance Electronics Co. Ltd., E-Power Technology/PCMCIS, SPI Electronic Co. Ltd., FSP Group USA Corp., Koolance USA, Mushkin, Inc., OCZ Technology, Sea Sonic Electronics Co. Ltd., Silverstone Technology, Inc., Spire-Bytecom Fanner Corporation, Tagan Technology Co. Ltd., Tagan Technology Co., Thermaltake Technology Co. Ltd., Thermaltake, Inc., Topower Computer Industrial Co. Ltd., Topower Computer U.S.A., Inc., Zalman Technology Company Ltd. and Zalman USA, Inc. for patent infringement claiming that the defendant's modular power supply product infringed on the patent Ultra filed for back in 2004.
The Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2013 is also known as . It was presented to the 113th Congress by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). The bill, along with others such as Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 and The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013, are aimed at improving over-crowded federal prison system and reducing re-entry, or Recidivism, of non-violent offenders.
The bill was first introduced on November 7, 2013.
The original Library of Congress text read:
History
It was originally read twice and referred to The Senate Committee on the Judiciary who had it on its Executive Business agenda for February 13, 2014. It was held over by the Chairman. New legislation, authored by U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Cornyn (R-TX), was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan vote of 15-2. This 50+ page amendment, known as ALB14155, contains elements of both the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2013 and S. 1783, the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013, introduced by Senator Cornyn, along with Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
During March and April 2014, further work on several sections of the text was done. The United States Sentencing Commission scheduled a public hearing and vote for April 10, 2014 to consider a reduction in the base level offense of certain drug convictions. The decision was unanimous by the Commission in favor of the reductions which impacts potentially 70% of the drug offense prison population. The chair of the Commission issued a statement on the same day saying that "This modest reduction in drug penalties is an important step toward reducing the problem of prison overcrowding at the federal level in a proportionate and fair manner," said Judge Patti B. Saris, chair of the Commission. "Reducing the federal prison population has become urgent, with that population almost three times where it was in 1991."
The bill was first introduced on November 7, 2013.
The original Library of Congress text read:
History
It was originally read twice and referred to The Senate Committee on the Judiciary who had it on its Executive Business agenda for February 13, 2014. It was held over by the Chairman. New legislation, authored by U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and John Cornyn (R-TX), was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a bipartisan vote of 15-2. This 50+ page amendment, known as ALB14155, contains elements of both the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2013 and S. 1783, the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013, introduced by Senator Cornyn, along with Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).
During March and April 2014, further work on several sections of the text was done. The United States Sentencing Commission scheduled a public hearing and vote for April 10, 2014 to consider a reduction in the base level offense of certain drug convictions. The decision was unanimous by the Commission in favor of the reductions which impacts potentially 70% of the drug offense prison population. The chair of the Commission issued a statement on the same day saying that "This modest reduction in drug penalties is an important step toward reducing the problem of prison overcrowding at the federal level in a proportionate and fair manner," said Judge Patti B. Saris, chair of the Commission. "Reducing the federal prison population has become urgent, with that population almost three times where it was in 1991."