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Blum–Shub–Smale machine

In computation theory, the Blum–Shub–Smale machine, or BSS machine, is a model of computation introduced by Lenore Blum, Michael Shub and Stephen Smale, intended to describe computations over the real numbers.


Adam Pally

From April 2011 to May 2013, Pally starred as Max Blum, one of the lead characters on the ABC ensemble comedy series Happy Endings, alongside Eliza Coupe, Elisha Cuthbert, Zachary Knighton, Damon Wayans, Jr., and Casey Wilson.

Ashley Foy

Representing TSC Eintracht Dortmund together with Blum, she was the 2008 German National Champion in Junior Ice Dancing and finished 13th overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships.

Blüm machine gun

The large surplus of 7.62×54mmR machine guns and ammunition available in the Soviet Union after the end of World War II made the Blüm guns obsolete for training purposes.

Blum-Viollette proposal

The proposal suggested that a minority of Algerians obtain full French citizenship while still allowing them to be subject to Muslim law on some social issues (such as marriage/divorce, custody, inheritance).

Brad Blum

Blum helped to lead a start up company called "Cereal Partners Worldwide" (CPW) in Switzerland; they had partnered up with Nestlé for an equal interest in the company, 50/50.

Blum's legacy with General Mills is most noted for three things: one, he is credited for being the person for putting the first female athlete on a Wheaties box (Mary Lou Retton), two, Blum is also regarded to be responsible for putting Walter Peyton on a Wheaties box which made Peyton the first African American athlete to do so, and lastly, the invention of a new cereal for General Mills; Cinnamon Toast Crunch, General Mills' most profitable brands.

Carl Blum

Carl Wilhelm August Blum (Berlin, 1786 - Berlin 2 July 1844) was a German singer, librettist, stage actor, director, guitarist and opera and song composer.

David Blum

Blum is married to television writer and producer Terri Minsky.

Deborah Blum

Blum is the eldest of four daughters born to entomologist Murray S. Blum and his wife Nancy Ann Blum, an educator and writer.

Deepsky

Its two founding members, Giaquinta and Blum, met originally at the University of New Mexico.

Delator

See Owen J. Blum, OFM Peter Damian Letters 31-60 (Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 1990), 49 ("being an informer and delator of my brother's crimes")

Ed Blum

Ed Blum is the director and producer of Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006), a low budget British movie starring Ewan McGregor and Sophie Okonedo, filmed entirely on Hampstead Heath.

Edward Blum

Edward Blum (c. 1867 – March 26, 1944) was an architect, born in Paris, who designed apartment and office buildings, many in New York City.

:For the lawyer Edward Blum, see Bush v. Vera

Erkki Korhonen

Continuing his studies in piano, vocal accompaniment and conducting with such names as György Sebök, Dimitri Bashkirov, Tamas Vásáry and Hartmut Höll, he specialised in opera coaching and worked under Max Epstein, Ubaldo Gardini and Alberto Zedda as well as Marc Belfort, Tamas Blum and Ralf Weikert at the Zurich Opera.

Heinrich Blum

Heinrich Blum (name sometimes written in Czechized form Jindřich Blum) (January 16, 1884, in Soběšice, today part of Brno – 1942) was a Czech architect.

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers is a book written by Dr. Mark Scholz and Ralph Blum.

Israel national basketball team

Mickey Berkowitz, Tal Brody, Motti Aroesti, Mike Schwartz, Hanan Keren, Shlomo Blum, Shamuel Nachmias, Barry Leibowitz, Avigdor Moskowitz, Itamar Marzel, Jonathan Zacks, Boaz Yanai (Coach: Abraham Hemo)

Joseph Deharbe

Bishop Blum of Linsburg introduced it officially into his diocese the same year; the following year the bishops of Trier and Hildesheim did likewise for their dioceses.

Julian Beck

Beck was born in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan in New York City, the son of Mabel Lucille (née Blum), a teacher, and Irving Beck, a businessman.

Lost in Yonkers

Produced by Emanuel Azenberg and directed by Gene Saks, the cast included Jamie Marsh as Jay, Irene Worth as Grandma, Mercedes Ruehl as Bella, Kevin Spacey as Louie, Lauren Klein as Gert, Danny Gerard as Arty, and Mark Blum as Eddie.

Rainer Blüm

Rainer Blüm is a German citizen from Bensheim who has pleaded guilty to producing and selling forged philatelic material, including cancellations and expertizing certifications.

Rakuten.com Shopping

Founder Scott Blum sold his stake to SoftBank in 1999 for $195 million just before the company first filed to go public.

Ray Bonneville

Bonneville has "shared the stage with blues heavyweights B.B. King, Muddy Waters, J.J. Cale, and Robert Cray, and has performed on the stages of South by Southwest and Folk Alliance" (Blum, NPR).

Richard Blum

Richard Manitoba (Richard Blum, born 1954), American musician with the MC5 and The Dictators

Robert Frederick Blum

A Daughter of Japan, drawn by Blum and William Jacob Baer, was the cover of Scribner's Magazine for May 1893, and was one of the earliest pieces of color printing for an American magazine.

Ron Blum

After Titans kicker Joe Nedney missed a short field goal, he was given another chance when Blum flagged Steelers cornerback Dewayne Washington for running into the kicker.

Blum's career is highlighted by a very controversial call in the divisional round playoff game between Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans in January 2003.

Silvestre Dangond

By pure coincidence and through friend in common, manager and promoter Carlos Blum, Dangond officially met accordionist Juancho De la Espriella during a serenata (De la Espriella was grouped with singer Peter Manjarrez).

Studia Neoaristotelica

The board of editorial advisors include David Oderberg, Paul Richard Blum, David Clemenson, Rolf Darge, Petr Dvořák, Costantino Esposito, Edward Feser, James Franklin, Michael Gorman, Jorge J.E. Gracia, Daniel Heider, Rafael Hüntelmann, Gyula Klima, Sven K. Knebel, Simo Knuutila, Ulrich G. Leinsle, Pavel Materna, Uwe Meixner, Roberto Hoffmeister Pich, Edmund Runggaldier, Stanislav Sousedik, Jacob Schmutz, and others.

Sugartooth

Rather than find a new drummer, Hutner and Blum decided to use a drum machine and hired the Dust Brothers to produce the album.

The Blum Store

By the end of the summer of 1976, The Blum Store--"the working girl's Neiman Marcus"—had joined a growing list of American department stores that had gone out of business.

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum

-- Title Case not used for subtitle in authoritative English translations -->(original German title: Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann) is a 1974 novel by Heinrich Böll.

The Waikikis

Composers such as Jo van Wetter, Willy Albimoor, Hans Blum and Michael Thomas (Martin Böttcher) created songs like "Hawaii Tattoo", "Carnival of Venice", "Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken", "Aloha Parade", "Honolulu Parade" and "Waikiki Welcome".

Virgil Blum

Virgil Clarence Blum was born on March 27, 1913 in Defiance, Iowa, one of twelve children of John and Elizabeth Blum.

Xavier Blum Pinto

Xavier Blum Pinto (born 1957 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian artist.

Zadvydas v. Davis

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by the Washington Legal Foundation on behalf of the government in the Zadvydas case and by the Legal Immigration Network, Inc., the American Association of Jews from the former USSR, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and Carolyn Patty Blum, et al., on behalf of Kim.


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