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"Lightolier is a company that manufactures and sells a wide array of lighting fixtures. It was founded in 1904 by Bernhard Blitzer under the name of New York Gas and Appliance Co. When electric lighting started to be more widely accepted, the name was changed to Lightolier, a contraction of the words light and chandelier. In 2007, Philips Royal Electronics announced that it would acquire the Genlyte Group which would make Lightolier a part of Philips. In its early years, the company specialized in fancy decorative chandeliers, then made a shift to the high-end design and architectural markets in the 1920s. In the 1960s Lightolier introduced the first track lighting system, designed by the late Anthony C. Donato (a vertically integrated track, unlike the horizontal tracks of today). During this same period Lightolier began importing European designs, including that of Gaetano Sciolari.http://www.roomscape.net/gaetano-sciolari- biography_10104#.XIcrbChKjIU Also notable is the success of the Lytegem series, designed by Michael Lax, that has a place in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Lightolier is also known for its advanced reflector designs, and was the first lighting company to introduce digital lighting systems in the early 1990s. The company is also Sustaining Member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, a founding member of the American Lighting Association, an ally of the EPA Green Lights program, and a Partner of the Lighting Research Center. The company currently has manufacturing operations in: *Fall River, MA (Track and Recessed Downlights, also Corporate Headquarters) *Wilmington, MA (Fluorescent fixtures) (Closed as of November, 2012) *Edison, NJ (Downlights/Distribution) *Fontana, CA (Fluorescent and Recessed Linear fixtures) *Camargo, Mexico (Track and Recessed Downlights) And Distribution Centers in: *Norwich, CT *Atlanta, GA *Elgin, IL *Carrollton, TX *Compton, CA Divisions of Lightolier *Translite Sonoma - maker of decorative lighting fixtures. *Exceline - maker of decorative glass and metal lighting fixtures. *Ardee Lighting - maker of architectural accent lighting fixtures. References External links *Lightolier Category:Fall River, Massachusetts Category:Companies based in Massachusetts Category:Lighting brands Category:American companies established in 1904 "
"The UNIVAC 1050 was a variable word-length (one to 16 characters) decimal and binary computer. Instructions were fixed length (30 bits - five characters), consisting of a five-bit "op code", a three-bit index register specifier, one reserved bit, a 15-bit address, and a six-bit "detail field" whose function varies with each instruction. The memory was up to 32K of six-bit characters. Like the IBM 1401, the 1050 was commonly used as an off-line peripheral controller in many installations of both large "scientific computers and large "business computers". In these installations the big computer (e.g., a UNIVAC III) did all of its input-output on magnetic tapes and the 1050 was used to format input data from other peripherals (e.g., punched card readers) on the tapes and transfer output data from the tapes to other peripherals (e.g., punched card punches or the lineprinter). UNIVAC 1050-II console A version used by the U.S. Air Force, the U1050-II real-time system, had some extra peripherals. The most significant of these was the FASTRAND 1 Drum Storage Unit. This physically large device had two contra-rotating drums mounted horizontally, one above the other in a pressurized cabinet. Read-write heads were mounted on a horizontally moving beam between the drums, driven by a voice coil servo external to the pressurized cabinet. This high-speed access subsystem allowed the real-time operation. Another feature was the communications subsystem with modem links to remote sites. A Uniservo VI-C tape drive provided an audit trail for the transactions. Other peripherals were the card reader and punch, and printer. The operator's console had the 'stop and go' buttons and a Teletype Model 33 teleprinter for communication and control. External links *UNIVAC 1050 documents at bitsavers.org * YouTube Video: "UNIVAC 1050-II" 1050 "
"A Woman of the Iron People is an anthropological science fiction novel by American writer Eleanor Arnason, originally published in 1991. It is a first contact story between peoples from a future Earth and an intelligent, furred race of people who live on an unnamed planet far from Earth. Along with White Queen, A Woman of the Iron People won the inaugural James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1991. The later paperback edition consisted of two separate volumes, In the Light of Sigma Draconis and Changing Women, split at the natural dividing point of the novel. Plot A Woman of the Iron people is divided into two parts. The first primarily deals with Lixia's growing understanding and involvement with life on the planet. Soon after arriving on the planet she meets Nia and starts to pick up the language of gifts, which is a sort of trade language, from her. They leave their current location and journey west, meeting Derek and the Voice of the Waterfall along the way. The second part of the novel deals primarily with the question of intervention. The various factions of humans, most of whom are still in space, disagree as to how much the humans should intervene on the planet. Questions are raised about the policy of intervention. Characters *Nia is the eponymous woman of the Iron People and a native of the alien planet. *Li Lixia is a human from the expeditionary force to the planet; the bulk of the novel is written from her viewpoint. *Derek is another human from the expeditionary force. He joins up with Nia and Lixia early on. *The Voice of the Waterfall is a male of the same species as Nia. He joins Nia and Lixia when the spirit of his waterfall tells him to follow. Sources * Arnason, Eleanor. A Woman of the Iron People. 1991: William and Morrow Company, Inc. New York. * The James Tiptree, Jr. Award * "Precious Metals: Eleanor Arnason's A Woman of the Iron People" by John Garrison, March 29, 2004, Strange Horizons External Links *2012 Review by Jo Walton, including this little poem: :If there is a space ship :A story is therefore science fiction. :Unless it also contains the holy grail, :The presence of a space ship is sufficient :For everyone to acknowledge a story as science fiction. :Aiya, this is not very difficult, people! Category:1991 American novels Category:1991 science fiction novels Category:American science fiction novels Category:James Tiptree Jr. Award- winning works Category:Novels by Eleanor Arnason Category:Novels set on fictional planets "