Computer

A computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem.

Conventionally, a computer consists of at least one processing element and some form of memory. The processing element carries out arithmetic and logic operations, and a sequencing and control unit that can change the order of operations based on stored information. Peripheral devices allow information to be retrieved from an external source, and the result of operations saved and retrieved.

The first electronic digital computers were developed between 1940 and 1945 in the United Kingdom and United States. Originally they were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers (PCs).^[1] In this era mechanical analog computers were used for military applications.

Modern computers based on integrated circuits are millions to billions of times more capable than the early machines, and occupy a fraction of the space.^[2] Simple computers are small enough to fit into mobile devices, and mobile computers can be powered by small batteries. Personal computers in their various forms are icons of the Information Age and are what most people think of as "computers". However, the embedded computers found in many devices frommp3 players to fighter aircraft and from toys to industrial robots are the most numerous.

Weather

Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.^[1] Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere,^[2][3] just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the average atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time.^[4] When used without qualification, "weather" is understood to be the weather of Earth.

Disgraced baseball legend Pete Rose to star in reality show chronicling his impending wedding to Playboy mode

Former Major League Baseball superstar Pete Rose has signed on to film a reality show with TLC.

 The controversial player, who was banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame after accusations surfaced that he bet on the games he played in and managed, has begun production on five episodes set to air later this air.

 The show, which has the working title The Pete Rose and the Kiana Kim Family Project, will chronicle the 71-year-old's impending wedding to fiancee Kiana Kim, a 30-something Playboy model .










Baseball Legend: Pete Rose will star in a reality show about his impending nuptials to Playboy model Kiana Kim


 The cameras promise to trail Rose taking the family to visit the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and cover Kim getting a breast reduction.

 'We’re not a traditional family,' says Kim. 'We are a total modern-day family, mixing the cultures, the ages, the different backgrounds together.'

 'I didn’t even know who Pete Rose was when I first met him. It’s kind of a crazy story, but at the core of every family is love and it’s what TLC wants to show.

 Rose also said that the show will afford him the opportunity to clear up misconceptions that he believes the public has about him.

 'People will get a chance to see what kind of personality I have — and she has,' he said. '... we go through the same things everybody else does: taking the braces off, making sure they get their education and they go to basketball practice or acting class.'


 The happy couple: The age gap has concerned Pete's adult children

Raccoon

Raccoons (lat. Procyon) - genus of carnivorous mammals of the family coonskin. Members of the genus - the inhabitants of America. In Eurasia, and in particular, in Russia only been introduced species - a raccoon-poloskun.



In Russia, the raccoon was originally known for skins, called "genettovymi fur" because animal with a striped tail like Genet. Later this name became "genotype" or raccoon. English name raccoon, borrowed and some other languages, comes from pouhatanskogo language - one of the languages ​​of the American Indians, where a raccoon named ärähkun, from ärähkuněm, which means "hand scraped", in many European and Asian languages ​​raccoon literally called "bear-poloskun "," washing bear. " Latin (Greek origin) name Procyon means "before-dog", "before the dog", also called the star Procyon in the constellation Canis Minor.