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Koan (other)
A kōan is a type of text or utterance in Zen Buddhism. Koan may also refer to: Japan * Kōan (Kamakura period), a Japanese era (1278-1288) * Kōan (Muromachi period), a Japanese era (1361-1362) * Emperor Kōan, the 6th emperor of Japan * Kōan (公安), an abbreviation for any of the following public security agencies: ** Public Security Intelligence Agency ** Public Security Examination Commission, part of the Ministry of Justice ** National Public Safety Commission (Japan) Music * Koan (program), an algorithmic music software package * KOAN Sound, a glitch-hop duo * ''Koan'', an album by Stephan Micus * ''Koan'', a musical composition by James Tenney Radio and television stations * KOAN-LP, a television station in Anchorage, Alaska * KOAN (AM), a radio station in Anchorage, Alaska * KVNT, a radio station (1020 AM) licensed to serve Eagle River, Alaska, which held the call sign KOAN from 2009 to 2013 Other uses * Hacker koan, a humorous anecdote written by hackers about comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōan
A (; , ; ko, 화두, ; vi, công án) is a story, dialogue, question, or statement which is used in Zen practice to provoke the "great doubt" and to practice or test a student's progress in Zen. Etymology The Japanese term is the Sino-Japanese reading of the Chinese word (). The term is a compound word, consisting of the characters "public; official; governmental; common; collective; fair; equitable" and "table; desk; (law) case; record; file; plan; proposal." According to the Yuan dynasty Zen master Zhongfeng Mingben ( 1263–1323), originated as an abbreviation of (, Japanese —literally the "official correspondence; documents; files" of a "government post"), which referred to a "public record" or the "case records of a public law court" in Tang dynasty China. / thus serves as a metaphor for principles of reality beyond the private opinion of one person, and a teacher may test the student's ability to recognize and understand that principle. Commentaries in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Micus
Stephan Micus (; born 19 January 1953) is a German musician and composer, whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan, India, South America, and other countries. With the exception of his album ''The Music of Stones'' (1989), he plays all the instruments on his recordings, combining styles from different countries and using the instruments in unprecedented ways in each of his pieces. He often uses layers of a single instrument to create unusual combinations of sounds. He is one of the few ECM Records artists whose records are not produced by Manfred Eicher. He has mixed instruments from around the world, or used whatever was at hand: stones, ordinary flowerpots tuned with water, and his voice—singing improvised syllables over ten years before others made this approach fashionable. Micus has played bagpipes, Japanese bamboo flute, rabab, steel drums, and zither. Discography * 1976 - ''Archaic Concerts'' (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Warwick
, mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020–21) , chancellor = Baroness Ashton of Upholland , vice_chancellor = Stuart Croft , students = 27,278 , undergrad = 15,998 , postgrad = 9,799 , city = Coventry , country = England, UK , coor = , campus = Semi-Urban (West Midlands/Warwickshire), The Shard ( WBS), London , colours = Blue, white, purple , free_label = Newspapers and magazines , free = '' The Boar'', ''Perspectives'' , website warwick.ac.uk , logo_size = 180px , administrative_staff = 4,033 , academic_staff = 2,610 , academic_affili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Public Security (China)
The Ministry of Public Security () is a government ministry of the People's Republic of China responsible for public and political security. It oversees more than 1.9 million of the country's law enforcement officers and as such the vast majority of the People's Police (). The MPS is a nationwide police force; however, counterintelligence and so-called "political security" remain core functions. The ministry was established in 1949 (after the Chinese Communist Party's victory in the Chinese Civil War) as the successor to the Central Social Affairs Department and was known as "Ministry of Public Security of the Central People's Government" until 1954. Grand General Luo Ruiqing of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was its first minister. As the ministry's organization was based on Soviet and Eastern Bloc models, it was responsible for all aspects of national security; ranging from regular police work to intelligence, counterintelligence and the suppression of anti-commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacker Koan
The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities, including Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Carnegie Mellon University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It was published in paperback form in 1983 as ''The Hacker's Dictionary'' (edited by Guy Steele), revised in 1991 as ''The New Hacker's Dictionary'' (ed. Eric S. Raymond; third edition published 1996). The concept of the file began with the Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) that came out of early TX-0 and PDP-1 hackers in the 1950s, where the term hacker emerged and the ethic, philosophies and some of the nomenclature emerged. 1975 to 1983 The Jargon File (referred to here as "Jargon-1" or "the File") was made by Raphael Finkel at Stanford in 1975. From that time until the plug was finally pulled on the SAIL comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOAN (AM)
KOAN (1080 AM) is a commercial radio station in Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned by Tetyana Sevvina Robbins through licensee Falcon Broadcasting LLC. KOAN is managed by Alaska Integrated Media, a company of six radio stations; three owned by AIM ( KZND-FM, KMVN, KVNT) and three managed by the company ( KLEF, KYKA, KOAN). Its studios are located on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage, and its transmitter is located in South Anchorage. KOAN is an Alaskan clear-channel Class A station, broadcasting with 10,000 watts with a non-directional antenna. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator K236CG at 95.1 MHz. Programming Hot Talk 1080 aired a talk radio format, with mostly syndicated programs, many from the Salem Radio Network. Weekday hosts include Dennis Prager, Larry Elder, Todd Schnitt, Alex Jones and Brian Kilmeade. It used to be the home station of “Last Frontier Evangelism Radio,” a Christian talk show hosted by self-designated, controversial Christian � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOAN-LP
KNIK-LP (channel 6) is a Low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power television station in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, which is currently dark (broadcasting), silent. The station was one of very few low-power television stations that operated predominantly as a radio station by way of the fact that many FM radio receivers can tune in a VHF channel 6 television audio carrier at 87.75 MHz. This technique is made more potent due to a formerly unforeseen interpretation of deregulatory language in FCC low-power television station regulations: Sec. 73.653 Operation of TV aural and visual transmitters. The aural and visual transmitters may be operated independently of each other or, if operated simultaneously, may be used with different and unrelated program material. This means that KNIK-LP need not broadcast any particular image so long as it broadcasts a video signal and that the audio and video need not be technically synchronized. History KNIK-LP started unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tenney
James Tenney (August 10, 1934 – August 24, 2006) was an American composer and music theorist. He made significant early musical contributions to plunderphonics, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, process music, spectral music, microtonal music, and tuning systems including extended just intonation. His theoretical writings variously concern musical form, texture, timbre, consonance and dissonance, and harmonic perception. Biography James Tenney was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and grew up in Arizona and Colorado. He attended the University of Denver, the Juilliard School of Music, Bennington College (B.A., 1958) and the University of Illinois (M.A., 1961). He studied piano with Eduard Steuermann and composition with Chou Wen-chung, Lionel Nowak, Paul Boepple, Henry Brant, Carl Ruggles, Kenneth Gaburo, John Cage, Harry Partch, and Edgard Varèse. He also studied acoustics, information theory and tape music composition under Lejaren Hiller. In 1961, Tenney co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOAN Sound
KOAN Sound ( ; named after the word ''kōan'') is an English electronic music production duo from Bristol, consisting of Will Weeks and Jim Bastow. A track from the ''Max Out EP'' is titled "One Hand Clap" – a reference to a well-known ''kōan'' with the implied answer of silence. They initially gained recognition as dubstep producers, with earlier popular tracks including "Akira". Some of their many types of music includes glitch hop, neurohop, and Drum & Bass. The duo have since released music on various labels including Inspected Records and Owsla, and have worked with a number of other artists, including producer Asa and singer Ed Sheeran. Career The duo cite bands such as Rage Against the Machine and Incubus as early influences. In 2005 the duo began to explore electronic music through artists such as The Prodigy and Noisia. On 23 May 2011, KOAN Sound released the ''Max Out EP''. The release was seen by many as a turning point in their production, gradually moving a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōan (Kamakura Period)
was a after '' Kenji'' and before '' Shōō.'' This period spanned the years from February 1278 through April 1288. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1278 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kenji'' 4. Events of the ''Kōan'' era * August 15, 1281 (''Kōan 4, 7th day of the intercalary 7th month''): Battle of Kōan -- The second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled, as a large typhoon – famously called a ''kamikaze'', or divine wind – destroys much of the combined Chinese and Korean fleet and forces, numbering over 140,000 men and 4,000 ships. * November 27, 1287 (''Kōan 10, 21st day of the 10th month''): In the 14th year of Go-Uda''-tennō''s reign (後宇多天皇14年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Fushimi is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).Titsingh, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koan (program)
Koan is a generative music engine created by SSEYO, a company founded by Pete Cole and Tim Cole. The Koan technology is now owned by Intermorphic Limited, co-founded by the Cole brothers in 2007. Architecture and engine The SSEYO Koan Interactive Audio Platform (SKIAP) consisted of the core Koan generative music engine (the SSEYO Koan Generative Music Engine. or SKME), a set of authoring tools (SSEYO Koan Pro and SSEYO Koan X), a set of stand-alone Koan Music players (SSEYO Koan Plus, SSEYO Koan File Player and SSEYO Koan Album Player), and a plug-in for internet browsers such as Internet Explorer and Netscape. Development of the Koan engine started in 1990, when SSEYO was founded, and by 1992, the first version entered beta testing. Distributed by Koch Media, the first edition of Koan was publicly released in 1994, followed by the Koan Pro authoring tool in 1995. Later that year, SSEYO brought Koan to the attention of Brian Eno, who quickly showed great interest in the produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
