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"Stu Megan (Stewart A. Megan, born 1952 in Bristol, England) is now retired, having been a computer software professional since 1968, a career spanning 46 years. He began this career working on early core memory computers such as the LEO Computers LEO III (a room-sized machine that used only switches for control and ferrite rods for memory) to working at Netscape as the System Test Engineering Manager for more recent internet technology products such as Netscape's Directory Server (NDS). Stu emigrated to Canada in 1979, working for a company called GEAC as a system programmer/developer. GEAC built their own hardware and software systems, compilers and were a leading Canadian corporation. Stu then emigrated to the US with GEAC and worked on many system developer projects there. After working at First Interstate IT Services, he moved to Silicon Valley working at many companies including Syntelligence - an Stanford AI company, both in the US and back in UK, he worked for Netscape as Senior QA Manager on Directory Server ( the birth of the internet ) and more. He subsequently began his own QA TestLab Services Consulting Service, initially providing hands on testing and later becoming a QA infrastructure service for small businesses who needed to start their own internal QA. This involved building the environment and then acquiring the resources needed ( people, software, hardware). Stu (Stewart) also worked in the computer game industry for several years, including Sierra's INN network and later Microprose/Spectrum Holobyte where he is credited with working on several games. In his spare time, he has been involved in volunteering on social projects. One of these was the Spacewatch project in Arizona. His time there involved searching for Near Earth Asteroids. Stu also created and ran a supplemental support site, fmogroup.org for the volunteers on the project. By analyzing online images, he discovered among others, the close-approaching asteroids 2004 BV18 on January 19, 2004 and 2004 UH1 on October 23, 2004. He analysed over 10,000 online images during his time on the project and discovered 5 asteroids of note. In July 2004, the asteroid designated 15462 Stumegan was named 'stumegan' in honor of Stewart A Megan's discovery work at the Spacewatch FMO project. The citation states Stewart A. Megan (b. 1952) discovered the Near Earth Object 2004 BV18 in conjunction with the Spacewatch Fast-Moving-Object Project. This find, made using real-time images transferred to volunteers over the Internet, was the subject of much press coverage encouraged others to join the online search. In February 2014, Stu Megan retired after 46 years in the industry, due to health and family issues, which made it impossible for him to continue his business. He is currently working on two novels in his new career as a writer. Sources * Minor Planet Center Citation * Online Spacewatch Volunteer Discovers Close-Approaching Asteroid * Spacewatch FMO Project * CNN Story * Chron Tech News * Meteorite Newsgroup * LA Times * Universe Today * CBS News * USA Today News * AstroBiology News * New York Times Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:Computer programmers "
"London Protocol can refer to one of many treaties signed in London, England: Treaties *Eight Articles of London (1814), secret protocol awarding the territory of modern Belgium and the Netherlands to William I of the Netherlands *London Protocol (1828), statement of war aims of European powers in Greek War of Independence *London Protocol (1829), amendment of protocol of 1828 expanding Greek borders *London Protocol (1830), recognized Greece as an independent, sovereign state *London Protocol (1832), ratified and reiterated terms of Treaty of Constantinople *London Protocol (1852), altered succession of duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to maintain personal union with Denmark. *London Protocol (1862), reiterated terms of Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce *London Protocol (1877), British pledge of neutrality in Russo- Turkish War in exchange for limitation of Russian war aims. *London Protocol (1944), Allied agreement to divide Nazi Germany into three occupation zones after World War II *London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972), international agreement limiting dumping of hazardous waste at sea *London Agreement (2000), reduced requirements to translate patents granted under European Patent Convention Other uses *London Protocol (2004), protocol established at Imperial College London for responding to clinical incidents See also *Treaty of London (disambiguation) "
"Portrait by Antonin Machek Title page of Rapoport's Erekh Millin Solomon Judah Löb HaKohen Rapoport (; June 1, 1786 – October 15, 1867) was a Galician and Czech rabbi and Jewish scholar. Rapoport was known by an acronym "Shir", שי"ר occasionally שיל"ר, formed by the initial letters of his Hebrew name "Sh"elomo "Y"ehuda "R"apoport. Shir literally means "song" in Hebrew. He was one of the founders of the new Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Life He was born in Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. His father, Rabbi Aharon Hayim Rappaport was a renowned scholar, and his primary teacher. Rappaport was also recognized as an illui. See the Hebrew Wikipedia's :He: שלמה יהודה רפפורט He married in 1810 Franziska Freide Heller, the daughter of the well-known Aryeh Leib Heller. He died in Prague. After various experiences in business, Rapoport became rabbi of Tarnopol (1837) and of Prague (1840). He had been "thrown upon his own resources" about 1817, and became the collector of the meat-tax on farmers. Because of his work on Saadia Gaon, see below, he received recognition in the scholarly world and gained "many enthusiastic friends", especially S. D. Luzzatto,Bernfeld, Toledot Shir, p. 33. leading to his appointment as Rabbi. Works He was instrumental in publishing the work Avnei Miluim of his father in law. He wrote both the index, sources and numerous comments. His chief work was the first part of an (unfinished) encyclopaedia "Erekh Millin", 1852. Equally notable were his biographies of Saadia Gaon, Nathan ben Jehiel (author of the Arukh), Hai Gaon, Eleazar Kalir, and others. His early writings were poems and translations. Thereafter his publications showed "evidence of marked critical ability". In 1824 he wrote an article for Bikkure ha-'Ittim on the independent Jewish tribes of Arabia and Abyssinia. His work on Saadia Gaon and his times was published in the same journal in 1829, the first of a series of his biographical works on the medieval Jewish sages. = Ten Sephirot as vowel sounds = Solomon Judah Löb Rapoport notes that according to the Masoretes there are ten vowel sounds. He suggests that the passage in the Sefer Yetzirah, which discusses the manipulation of letters in the creation of the world, can be better understood if the Sephirot refer to vowel sounds. He posits that the word sephirah in this case is related to the Hebrew word ("to retell"). His position is based on his belief that most Kabbalistic works written after Sefer Yetzirah (including the Zohar) are forgeries. Footnotes External links * * Category:19th-century rabbis Category:1786 births Category:1867 deaths Category:Age of Enlightenment Category:Austrian Orthodox rabbis Category:Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) Category:Kohanim writers of Rabbinic literature Category:Orthodox rabbis from Galicia (Eastern Europe) Category:Rabbis of Prague Category:Rabbis from Lviv Category:19th-century biographers Category:Austrian biographers Category:Religious biographers "