Tapestry (CHFI)
Tapestry was the title of a Canadian, syndicated FM radio program of the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s, hosted by Charlotte O'Dell (Dulmage, 2011). The program, produced by CHFI-FM Toronto, consisted of folk, soft rock, and pop music selections, interspersed with O'Dell's musings and readings of poetry and prose. Episodes were thematic (e.g., the moon, Christmas), and aired between 11:00 PM and 12:00 AM on CHFI, and also on stations such as CKLM Windsor and CKXM Edmonton.
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CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 98.1 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. CHFI's studios are located at the Rogers Building at Bloor and Jarvis at the northeastern corner of downtown Toronto, while its transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.
CHFI is the most listened to station in the Toronto market according to the Numeris ratings (while occasionally sharing the top spot with Bell Media owned Hot AC station CHUM-FM). CHFI-FM is one of three AC stations in Toronto, along with CKDX-FM in York Region and CKLH-FM in Hamilton.
History
The station was launched in 1957, and was the first commercial FM outlet in Toronto to provide its own distinct programming rather than simulcasting an AM station. CHFI also initially provided a special Muzak-like background music service for offices and retail outlets in the city.
The station was acquired in 1960 by Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting Ltd., the company now known as Rogers Radio. In 1962, an AM counterpart, CHFI, which later became highly successful Top 40 music station CFTR, was added.
CFTR (AM)
CFTR is a radio station serving the Greater Toronto Area. Owned by Rogers Media, it broadcasts an all-news format branded as 680 NEWS. CFTR's studios are located at the Rogers Building at Bloor and Jarvis in downtown Toronto, while its 8-tower transmitter array is located on the southern edge of Lake Ontario at Oakes and Winston Road (near the QEW and Casablanca Road) in Grimsby.
History of CFTR
The station launched in 1962 on 1540 kHz as CHFI-AM, simulcasting the beautiful music of CHFI-FM, one of Canada's first FM radio stations. Since 1540 was a clear-channel frequency assigned to stations in the United States and the Bahamas, CHFI-AM was authorized to broadcast only during the daytime. In 1963, it sought to pay CHLO in St. Thomas, Ontario to move from 680 to another frequency to free up 680 for CHFI-AM's use. No deal was finalized, but, by 1966, the stations reached an agreement to share 680, and CHFI-AM moved to twenty-four hour operation at that frequency.
In 1971, it changed its call letters to CFTR, a tribute to Ted Rogers, Sr., radio pioneer and father of controlling shareholder Ted Rogers.
Tapestry
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom. Tapestries are mostly found in high quality museums. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible. In tapestry weaving, weft yarns are typically discontinuous; the artisan interlaces each coloured weft back and forth in its own small pattern area. It is a plain weft-faced weave having weft threads of different colours worked over portions of the warp to form the design.
Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as linen or cotton. The weft threads are usually wool or cotton, but may include silk, gold, silver, or other alternatives.
Etymology
First attested in English in 1467, the word tapestry derives from Old French tapisserie, from tapisser, meaning "to cover with heavy fabric, to carpet", in turn from tapis, "heavy fabric", via Latin tapes (GEN tapetis), which is the latinisation of the Greek τάπης (tapēs; GEN τάπητος, tapētos), "carpet, rug". The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀲𐀟𐀊, ta-pe-ja, written in the Linear B syllabary.
Apache Tapestry
Apache Tapestry is an open-source component-oriented Java web application framework conceptually similar to JavaServer Faces and Apache Wicket. Tapestry was created by Howard Lewis Ship, and was adopted by the Apache Software Foundation as a top-level project in 2006.
Tapestry emphasizes simplicity, ease of use, and developer productivity. It adheres to the Convention over Configuration paradigm, eliminating almost all XML configuration. Tapestry uses a modular approach to web development, by having a strong binding between each user interface component (object) on the web page and its corresponding Java class. This component-based architecture borrows many ideas from WebObjects.
Notable Features
Hello World Example
A minimal, templated, Tapestry application needs only three files:
Class Transformation
Tapestry uses bytecode manipulation to transform page and component classes at runtime. This approach allows the page and component classes to be written as simple POJOs, with a few naming conventions and annotations potentially triggering substantial additional behavior at class load time. Tapestry versions 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 used the Javassist bytecode manipulation library. Subsequent versions replaced Javassist with a new bytecode manipulation layer called Plastic which is based on ObjectWeb ASM.
Tapestry (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
"Tapestry" is the 15th episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 141st overall. It was originally released on February 15, 1993, in broadcast syndication. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Federation starship Enterprise. Ronald D. Moore was credited with writing the episode, but the basis of the story was a collaborative effort from the writing crew. "Tapestry" was directed by Les Landau, with the title coming from executive producer Michael Piller.
In this episode, Q (John de Lancie) allows a supposedly deceased Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) to re-visit a pivotal event in his youth that he since regrets. Picard changes the past, but upon returning to the present he finds that it made him the man he became. He returns once more to the past and returns it to the way it originally took place. Picard wakes up in the present, unsure if the events took place or if it was as a result of his injury.
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