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Widmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Widmer, inventor of 8b/10b encoding * Arthur Widmer (1914–2006), American film special effects pioneer * Carolyn Ladd Widmer (1902–1991), academic dean at the University of Connecticut * Daniel Widmer, Swiss curler * Edward L. Widmer (born 1963), historian, speechwriter, and librarian * Eric Widmer (born 1940), American scholar and educator * Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer (born 1957), Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg * Gianni Widmer (1892–1971), flight pioneer * Kurt Widmer (1940–2023), Swiss baritone * Marise Widmer, American rower * Markus Widmer, Swiss curler * Pierre Widmer (1912–1999), French Mennonite pastor * Samuel Widmer (1948–2017) Swiss physician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author * Sigmund Widmer (1919–2003), Swiss politician * Silvan Widmer (born 1993), Swiss footballer See also * Widmer Brothers Brewery Widmer Brothers is a brewery founded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8b/10b Encoding
In telecommunications, 8b/10b is a line code that maps 8-bit words to 10-bit symbols to achieve DC balance and bounded disparity, and at the same time provide enough state changes to allow reasonable clock recovery. This means that the difference between the counts of ones and zeros in a string of ''at least'' 20 bits is no more than two, and that there are not more than five ones or zeros in a row. This helps to reduce the demand for the lower bandwidth limit of the channel necessary to transfer the signal. An 8b/10b code can be implemented in various ways with focus on different performance parameters. One implementation was designed by K. Odaka for the DAT digital audio recorder. Kees Schouhamer Immink designed an 8b/10b code for the DCC audio recorder. The IBM implementation was described in 1983 by Al Widmer and Peter Franaszek. IBM implementation As the scheme name suggests, eight bits of data are transmitted as a 10-bit entity called a ''symbol'', or ''charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marise Widmer
Marise Widmer is a retired American lightweight rower. She won a gold medal at the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal, Canada, with the lightweight women's eight; this was the only year that this boat class competed at World Rowing Championships. At the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel The Hazewinkel is a 2000-meter rowing and regatta course belonging to Sport Vlaanderen in Heindonk, municipality of Willebroek, near Mechelen, Belgium. The site consists of a finish tower, boathouses, a cafeteria, and eight basic huts that ho ..., she won a silver medal with the lightweight women's four. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for the United States 21st-century American women {{US-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widmer Brothers Brewery
Widmer Brothers is a brewery founded in 1984 in Portland, Oregon, by brothers Kurt and Robert Widmer. It is part of the Craft Brew Alliance, Inc., the 12th largest brewing company in the United States in 2017. Details In 1986, the Widmer Brothers introduced their " Hefeweizen" beer – an American variant on a traditional Hefeweizen, which is usually characterized by distinctive yeast flavors. Instead, the Widmer brew was an unfiltered version of their existing wheat beer (Weizenbier), and used Cascade hops. Subsequently, this style of "American Hefeweizen" and the custom of serving wheat beer with a slice of lemon have both spread. In November 2007, Redhook Ale Brewery and Widmer Brothers officially announced plans to merge, forming a new company called Craft Brewers Alliance, which was later renamed as Craft Brew Alliance in 2012. The merged company retained both the Redhook and Widmer brands. The two had already been working closely for several years through a licensing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvan Widmer
Silvan Dominic Widmer (born 5 March 1993) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club Mainz 05, whom he captains, and the Switzerland national team. Club career Widmer began his playing career at SV Würenlos and FC Baden before he moved on to FC Aarau where he rose through their youth ranks, soon playing regularly for Aarau's reserve team. He eventually made his league debut on 23 July 2011 against FC Winterthur, starting the match. He scored his first Swiss Challenge League goal in a 2–2 home draw against FC St. Gallen on 21 November 2011. He signed with Udinese in the summer of 2012, but remained at Aarau for the 2012–13 season. On 12 July 2018, Widmer signed with Basel for a club record €5.5 million. Under trainer Marcel Koller, Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter-fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmund Widmer
Sigmund Widmer (born 30 July 1919 in Zürich, died 11 August 2003 in Visp) was a Swiss historian, writer and LdU politician who served as mayor of the city of Zürich. Early life and education Born in Zürich to Bertha Gizella, née Oechslin, and Huldreich, Sigmund Widmer was a citizen of the city of Winterthur, raised in Zürich, and as a child, he also spent some time in the family of Ruth Guggenheim Heussler. He was educated as a primary school teacher in Zürich, and later studied History and German philosophy at the University of Zurich and at the University of Geneva from 1944 to 1948. Widmer habilitated as Dr. Phil., and worked in Zürich as a secondary school teacher (''Mittelschullehrer'') between 1949 and 1954. Political career From 1950 to 1954 he was a delegate of the LdU political party in the legislative assembly (''Gemeinderat'') of the city of Zürich, and from 1954 to 1982 as a member of the executive city council (''Stadtrat'') as head of the ''Hochba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Widmer
Samuel Widmer (24 December 1948 – 18 January 2017)Menge, Oliver"«Kirschblüten»-Guru Samuel Widmer gestorben" ''Aargauer Zeitung'', January 18 2017 was a controversial Swiss physician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author, who used Psychedelic psychotherapy, psycholytic substances in therapy and harbored liberal opinions about polygamy and other forms of free love. Widmer was a medical specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy FMH (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum), employed in his own medical practice. He lived and worked in Lüsslingen near Solothurn (Schweiz). He was a specialist in Psychedelic psychotherapy and had special permission from the BAG (Eidgenössisches Bundesamt für Gesundheitswesen), to use MDMA and LSD in psycholytic psychotherapy from 1988 to 1994. Along with Peter Baumann (psychiatrist), Peter Baumann, he was one of the founders of the ECBS (Europäisches Collegium für Bewußtseinsstudien) and the SÄPT – "Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Widmer
Pierre Widmer (1912–1999) was a French Mennonite pastor, editor of the journal ''Christ Seul''. Early life Born in Brognard, France, in the department of Doubs near Montbéliard, Pierre Widmer was raised in a Mennonite family. Widmer attended the Mennonite church at Montbéliard as a young man and was baptised there. He attended the École Normale in Besançon, where he developed a love for poetry. In 1936, Widmer married Hélène Sommer, the daughter of Pierre Sommer, a man of great enthusiasm for the Mennonite church. He was the best known itinerant French Mennonite preacher, responsible for the first French Mennonite conferences, founder and editor of the journal ''Christ Seul'' (Christ Alone). In Widmer's youth, the Mennonites were a small community in France (about 4,000 people) living in isolated rural communities in Alsace, Lorraine and the Pays de Montbéliard. They were the descendants of the Swiss Anabaptist communities which fled to France during the 16th century Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Widmer
Markus Widmer is a Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ... curler. At the national level, he is a 1997 Swiss men's champion curler and a 1990 Swiss junior champion curler. (Note: before 2002 line-ups shows in ''reverse'' order: lead, second, third, skip) Teams References External links * Living people Swiss male curlers Swiss curling champions Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Widmer
Kurt Widmer (28 December 1940 – 31 May 2023) was a Swiss baritone and voice teacher, who appeared and recorded internationally. He focused on concert singing, especially of oratorios from the Romantic music, Romantic period. His recordings cover a repertoire from medieval mass to world premieres, such as song cycles by György Kurtág, and received international awards. He taught at the City of Basel Music Academy from 1968, influencing notable soloists including Nuria Rial and his son, Oliver Widmer. Career Born in Wil, Canton of St. Gallen, Widmer first studied to be a teacher at the Lehrerseminar in Rorschach, Switzerland, Rorschach, and taught in Bronschhofen. He then studied violin and voice at the Zurich University of the Arts, Zürich Conservatory with Ria Ginster, and took master classes with Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann and her husband Paul Lohmann in Lucerne and Wiesbaden. From 1966, Widmer performed in concert in Switzerland and internationally, with a focus on o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Widmer
Arthur Widmer (July 25, 1914 in Washington, D.C. – May 28, 2006 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film special effects pioneer. He invented the "Ultra Violet Traveling matte process", an early version of what would become known as Chroma key, bluescreen. At the age 16 he entered University of Michigan and graduated in 1935 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. Career Arthur Widmer began his career at Kodak in 1935, as a researcher in Rochester, New York. He learned much, and being seen as a creative thinker was attached on a three-year stint in 1943 as one of the Kodak researchers assigned to the Manhattan Project in Berkeley, California and Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an analytical chemist developing methods of uranium analysis, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. Post World War II, and having spent so much time at Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 1947 he sought warmer climes than Rochester and moved to Kodak's Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood office with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Widmer
Gianni Widmer (April 25, 1892 in Trieste, then in Austro-Hungarian Empire – October 30, 1971 in Milan, Italy) (Slovenian: Ivan Vidmar, German: Johann Widmer) was an Italian civil and military aviator of Slovenian descent, a pioneer of airmail. He was interred at the cemetery of S. Anna in Trieste. Noted achievements On September 24, 1911 he flew from Venice to Trieste across the Adriatic Sea in 1h 15 min.''Flying'', a magazine of the Flying Association, 1912, vol. 1p.13/ref> There is a monument to Gianni Widmer in San Marino on the mountain of Monte Carlo (Fiorentino commune) to commemorate his landing there on April 16, 1913. It was authored by sculptor Carlo Reffi, inscription by Pietro Franciosi. It is the second monument to an aviator (the first one being to Alberto Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont (self-stylised as Alberto Santos=Dumont; 20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer
Gabrielle Oberhänsli-Widmer (born 16 June 1957, Menziken, Switzerland), is Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg. Biography She studied the French and Hebrew languages at Zürich, Florence, Avignon, Lausanne and Lucerne, earning all three levels: Licentiate, Doctorate and Habilitation. She continued her studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After these, she worked as lecturer, adjunct professor and ''privatdozent'' in Hebrew language, Medieval French literature and history of religions. She was visiting scholar for Jewish studies at the University of Jena (1999-2000) and at the University of Bern (2003-2004). Since 2004, she has been professor and head of department for Jewish studies at the university of Freiburg, Germany. From 2008 to 2015, she was head of the Faculty of Oriental Studies Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology. In recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
