Samantha912/NLP_A2_WTH huggingface dataset:
The Pommerman Challenge is a multi-agent game to test autonomous artificial intelligence systems.

Game structure 
Two-agent team compete against each other on an 11 x 11 board. Each agent can observe only part of the board, and the agents cannot communicate. The goal is to knock down the opponents. Agents place explosives to destroy walls and collect power-ups that appear from those walls, while avoiding death. Game objects can move unpredictably or be moved by an agent.

Play 
The game involves real-time decision making. Agents must choose moves in about .1 seconds.

Algorithms 
The real-time requirement limits the use of compute-heavy techniques such as Monte Carlo tree search. The branching factor at each move can be as large as 1,296, because all four agents act in each step, choosing among six possibilities. The agents choose by accounting for explosions, which have lifetimes of 10 steps. Explosions derail tree search techniques, as searchews with less than 10 levels ignore explosions while deeper searches consider too many choices (given the branching factor).

A hybrid approach uses a limited-depth tree search followed by exploring a deterministic/pessimistic scenario. Limiting the depth keeps the search tree small. The deterministic approach can predict far in the future, by omitting branching. "Good" actions are often those that perform well under pessimistic scenarios, particularly if safety is important. Identifying the worst sequence of positions for an object can suggest where to move it.

After generating pessimistic scenarios, the agent quantifies the survivability of each move, notionally the number of positions in which the agent can then remain safely (without encountering other agents).

Competitions 
3 competitions were organized with slightly changing rules during 2018–2019.

Online - FFA 
This round was a warm-up online event, where each competitor controlled only one agent. Results:
 1st: Agent47Agent by  Yichen Gong
 2nd: aiKiller by Márton Görög

NeurIPS 2018 - Team 
The first Pommerman competition with in-person finals. Results:

 1st: hakozakijunctions by Toshihiro Takahashi
 2nd: eisenach by Márton Görög
 3rd: dypm by Takayuki Osogami

The 3 best performing solutions used online tree search.

NeurIPS 2019 - Team Radio 
The second competition with in-person finals improved communication between teammate agents. Results:
 1st: Márton Görög
 2nd: Paul Jasek
 3rd: Yifan Zhang

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Applications of artificial intelligence
Philippe Tisson (8 March 1903 – 2 January 1990) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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1903 births
1990 deaths
French male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for France
Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing
Frankweiler is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Its sister city is Cullman, Alabama, United States.

References

Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Palatinate Forest
Südliche Weinstraße
Palatinate (region)
A Romance of the Halifax Disaster (1918) is a rare novella by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel Frank McKelvey Bell based on the Halifax Explosion of 1917. Bell, after the explosion, had assisted in the medical rescue. His experiences during this time allowed him to write about the physical trauma suffered by Haligonians. Rather than focusing on medical professionals, though, Bell positions his narrative as a romance between a young volunteer and an injured soldier. In the disaster's aftermath, Bell was the chair of the medical relief committee.

Background
Haligonian publisher Gerald Weir released the small novella which is today relegated to rare book collections and archival holdings; original copies are worth several hundred dollars apiece. Much of the interest surrounding this book likely arises from the rare photographs which appear on every other page, as well as a detailed list of the dead and a fold out map which are included at the end of the novella.

Plot summary
Vera Warrington and Tom Welsford enter the narrative while floating and flirting on the Saint Lawrence River. Years later, Vera is engaged to the wealthy William Lawson and has not heard from Tom. Shortly before the explosion, Tom returns to Halifax, Nova Scotia, for orthopaedic surgery for a war wound. Tom is still in hospital when the disaster occurs. As a volunteer with the Voluntary Aid Division, Vera darts to the hospital only in time to witness Will's death and her liberation from the marriage which was to occur later that day. Now free, Vera finds Tom in a hospital bed and accepts his proposal: the last line of the book belongs to Vera, agreeing to marriage.

See also
Barometer Rising

1918 Canadian novels
Canadian novellas
Canadian romance novels
Culture of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Novels set in Nova Scotia
The Indian Famine Codes, developed by the colonial British in the 1880s, were one of the earliest famine scales.

Types of Food insecurity 
The Famine Codes established three levels of food insecurity: near-scarcity, scarcity, and famine. "Scarcity" was defined as three successive years of crop failure, crop yields reaching one-third or one-half of the normal levels, and significant population distress. "Famine" included additional criteria such as a surge in food prices exceeding 140% of the "normal" value, mass migration of people in search of food, and widespread mortality.

Indian Famine Commission 
To address the issue of famine in India, an Indian Famine Commission was established to develop strategies for prevention and mitigation. In 1880, the commission's secretary drafted the Indian Famine Code, which served as the cornerstone of famine prevention measures until the 1970s. Subsequent famine codes were developed, such as the Indian Famine Code (Bihar), which shared similar principles with the original code and served as a foundation for multiple famine codes and scales. These codes and scales aimed to assess the severity and magnitude of famine. The Indian Famine Code was among the earliest attempts to forecast and subsequently prevent famine by implementing specific steps and interventions mandated for governments to mitigate the risks associated with food scarcity.

References 

1880s in India
1880s in British India
Anatomidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Anatomidae was raised to the rank of subfamily to the rank of family in a study by Geiger & Jansen (2004). Bouchet & Rocroi placed it in the superfamily Scissurelloidea. This was disputed in 2008 by Yasunori Kano  who does not believe that Anatomidae should be separated from Scissurellidae and actually states that it is the subfamily Anatominae. He suggests that this result was induced by contamination or mislabelling.

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera 
Genera within the family Anatomidae include:
 Anatoma Woodward, 1859
 Sasakiconcha Geiger, 2006
Genera brought into synonymy
 Hainella Bandel, 1998: synonym of Anatoma Woodward, 1859
 Schizotrochus Monterosato, 1877: synonym of Anatoma Woodward, 1859
 Thieleella Bandel, 1998: synonym of Anatoma Woodward, 1859

References 

 

 Geiger D.L. (2012) Monograph of the little slit shells. Volume 1. Introduction, Scissurellidae. pp. 1-728. Volume 2. Anatomidae, Larocheidae, Depressizonidae, Sutilizonidae, Temnocinclidae. pp. 729-1291. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs Number 7.
The  is a seaport on the Sea of Japan coast of Yamagata Prefecture, to the west of the city center of Sakata at the mouth of the Mogami River in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, Japan. It is classified as a  and as a   by the Japanese government.

History

The Port of Sakata is located at the mouth of the Mogami River and has existed since the Kamakura period. Sakata City was developed during the Edo period, as one of the most important ports of call on the Kitamaebune trading routes of coastal from Osaka to Hokkaido, rivaling Sakai in revenue. This region thrived off of its safflower and rice trade and developed a thriving relationship with Kyoto City.  This trade also brought about the development of a thriving entertainment district in the downtown area. This included many high-class restaurants and even a maiko teahouse called Somaro.

Much of the trade was under the control of the local Homma clan, which became the largest landowners in Japan during Meiji period. During the Meiji period, the port facilities were gradually improved and enlarged, with international shipping routes established by Nippon Yusen in 1885, and a lighthouse established in 1895. The port received the designation of “major port” from the Japanese government on January 19, 1951. In 1957, Sakata was designated a port for the import of timber. The first timber ship from the Soviet Union called on the port in 1958. A 10,000 ton quay was completed in 1962.
In 1966, development began on Sakata North Port, which opened in 1974. A thermal power plant was completed in 1977, with the part of the power for an aluminum mill by Sumitomo Light Metals nearby. The aluminum mill closed in 1982.
In 2004, Japan's first offshore wind power plant started operation off of the Sakata North Port.

From 2017, The Port of Sakata has begun to welcome international cruise ships into its port.  This included the Neo Costa Romantica in 2017 and two visits by the Diamond Princess in 2018. This port has welcomed the MSC Splendida vessel on September 16, 2019, and will host return visits by the Diamond Princess in the future.

Access

The Port of Sakata is located approximately 10 to 20 minutes by car from the city center of Sakata City.  While there are no public transportation options to and from the port, taxis and privately arranged bus services are available for when cruise ships visit the port area.

The port itself is located in the industrial sector of Sakata City, walking through this area is not recommended due to this.

References

External links

 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 
Port of Sakata home page 

Transport in Yamagata Prefecture
Sakata
Buildings and structures in Yamagata Prefecture
Dewa Province
Sakata, Yamagata
Svetlana Parkhomenko and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Katrina Adams and Zina Garrison won in the final 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Final

Top half

Bottom half

References
 1988 Virginia Slims of Florida Doubles Draw

Virginia Slims of Florida
1988 WTA Tour
Matua Banglara is a town in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. It is located at 33° 16' 45N 73° 19' 25E with an altitude of 442 metres (1453 feet).

References 

Union councils of Islamabad Capital Territory
German submarine U-641 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.
She was laid down on 19 November 1941 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as yard number 617, launched on 6 August 1942 and commissioned on 24 September 1942 under Oberleutnant zur See Horst Rendtel.

Design
German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-641 had a displacement of  when at the surface and  while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of  for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of  for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two  propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to .

The submarine had a maximum surface speed of  and a maximum submerged speed of . When submerged, the boat could operate for  at ; when surfaced, she could travel  at . U-641 was fitted with five  torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one  SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and one twin  C/30 anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty.

Service history
The boat's short service career began on 24 September 1942 for training with 5th U-boat Flotilla, followed by active service on 1 March 1943 as part of the 7th U-boat Flotilla. It ended ten months later when she was sunk in the North Atlantic.

In four patrols she sank no ships.

Wolfpacks
U-641 took part in thirteen wolfpacks, namely:
 Neuland (4 – 6 March 1943)
 Ostmark (6 – 11 March 1943)
 Stürmer (11 – 20 March 1943)
 Seewolf (21 – 30 March 1943)
 Mosel (19 – 24 May 1943)
 Trutz (1 – 16 June 1943)
 Trutz 2 (16 – 29 June 1943)
 Geier 1 (30 June – 14 July 1943)
 Leuthen (15 – 24 September 1943)
 Rossbach (24 September – 9 October 1943)
 Borkum (18 December 1943 – 3 January 1944)
 Borkum 2 (3 – 13 January 1944)
 Rügen (13 – 19 January 1944)

Fate
U-641 was sunk on 19 January 1944 in the North Atlantic in position ; depth charged by Royal Navy corvette . There were no survivors.

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Bibliography

External links

German Type VIIC submarines
1942 ships
U-boats commissioned in 1942
U-boats sunk in 1944
U-boats sunk by depth charges
U-boats sunk by British warships
World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
Submarines lost with all hands
World War II submarines of Germany
Ships built in Hamburg
Maritime incidents in January 1944
Brandy Burre (born September 27, 1974) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Theresa D'Agostino on the HBO series The Wire.

Burre was born in Sandusky, Ohio. She earned her master's degree in acting at Ohio University, and has performed on the stage in addition to her work in film and television.

In 2014, documentary filmmaker Robert Greene collaborated with Burre to produce the critically acclaimed film Actress, a portrayal of her tumultuous return to acting after several years dedicated to building a family.

References

External links

1974 births
Living people
People from Sandusky, Ohio
Ohio University alumni
21st-century American actresses
Erwin Glonnegger (19 May 1925, Aulendorf - 6 February 2016, Ravensburg) was a German writer and game designer for the company Ravensburger; he was the inventor of the game Concentration.

References

External links
Biographical documentary on Glonnegger

1925 births
2016 deaths
People from Aulendorf
People from the Free People's State of Württemberg
German male writers
Writers from Baden-Württemberg
Ravensburger games
German game designers
Pauw & Witteman was a Dutch late-night talk show, hosted by Jeroen Pauw and Paul Witteman. It was generally focused on current affairs and politics. It was broadcast every weekday at 11 pm on Nederland 1. It was initially co-produced by Dutch public broadcasters NPS and VARA, and subsequently produced solely by VARA.

During summer (in July and August) Pauw & Witteman were replaced by Knevel & Van de Brink, a talk show hosted by Andries Knevel and Tijs van den Brink, produced by the Dutch evangelical broadcasting company EO.

Notable episodes
On January 11, 2008, crime reporter Peter R. de Vries challenged Joran van der Sloot on live television regarding his honesty of his involvement in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. After the telecast of the show ended, studio and audience cameras recorded Van der Sloot throwing a glass of red wine into De Vries' face.

References

External links

Dutch television talk shows
NPO 1 original programming
Hellerud was a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna. It is also a traditional neighbourhood located within this area to the south of Tveita and Haugerud and north of Oppsal. It borders on the forest of Østmarka.

 

Neighbourhoods of Oslo
"Hot Revolver" is a song by American recording artist Lil Wayne, released March 17, 2009, it was intended to be the second single from his seventh studio album, Rebirth (2010). The song, produced by American production duo Cool & Dre, features uncredited guest vocals from Dre. The song was originally intended to be included on Rebirth, however for unspecified reasons it was left off the final track listing. An extended version of the song with an extra verse from Wayne later leaked online on March 26, 2009. A re-recorded version of the song was later included as a bonus track on Wayne's tenth studio album I Am Not a Human Being II (2013), featuring no Auto-Tune and a new verse from Wayne.

Background
Despite speculation that the song featured fellow Cash Money artist Kevin Rudolf, it was confirmed that the featured artist on the song was indeed Dre of production duo Cool & Dre. As the song was not featured on Rebirth, the single cover became the album artwork.

Samples
The song contains a vocal sample from the Green Day song "Basket Case" with the line "Do you have the time to listen to me whine?"
The bass line is also fairly similar to Green Day's song "Whatsername"

Track listing
iTunes Digital download
"Hot Revolver (Main)" — 3:11

Charts

Certifications

Notes

References

2009 singles
Lil Wayne songs
Songs written by Lil Wayne
Cool & Dre songs
Song recordings produced by Cool & Dre
Songs written by Dre (record producer)
2009 songs
Universal Motown Records singles
Cash Money Records singles
Nauru has one government-owned radio station and two television stations, one of which is government owned. The island has telephone service under country code 674. The island's Internet service is provided by CenPacNet. The country's ccTLD is .nr.

Telephones 

In 1994, there were 2,000 telephone land lines in use. There were 450 mobile cellular phones in use at the time. There were adequate local and international radiotelephone communications provided via Australian facilities. There is one satellite earth station, provided by Intelsat.

Telephone numbers in Nauru 
The country code is +674, and the international call prefix is 00. There are seven other numbers in the system, with the format of numbers being +0067433724411.

Telephone ranges 
In August 2011, Criden Appi, the Director of Telecommunications (Regulatory), said that Nauru advises "only 556xxxx, 557xxxx, 558xxxx are in use for mobiles and there are no landlines in service". In the ranges, X=0-9, and Y=0-9.

Mobile telephone number ranges

Fixed line area codes

Special Numbers

Radio and television 
As of 1998, there was 1 FM station, and no shortwave or AM stations. The FM station, Radio Nauru FM 105, is owned by the government. In 1997, there were 7,000 radios. 

As of that year, there were 500 television sets. There are two television stations. One station is government-owned Nauru Television and mainly rebroadcasts British Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Television New Zealand, while the other is a private sports network.

Internet 

The country's ccTLD is .nr. Internet service in the country is provided by CenPacNet. Domains must be paid, and can be ordered from CenPacNet. The original configuration of the .nr TLD domain was performed by Shaun Moran of Australian ComTech Communications in 1998 as part of the first Internet connectivity on the island. There was a lengthy process with IANA to get the .nr domain approved and assigned at the time. The setup of .nr was done in 2002 by Franck Martin using specific custom code.

Internet censorship 

In 2015, the Nauruan government blocked websites including Facebook as part of a crackdown on Internet pornography, especially child pornography. Opposition MP Matthew Batsiua has said that the Facebook ban is actually intended to stifle criticism of the government. The ban has now been lifted as of 2018.

References 

 
Nauru
Nauru
Trichiotinus piger, the hairy flower chafer or bee-like flower scarab, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

Adult chafers eat the leaves and flowers of many deciduous trees, shrubs and other plants, but rarely cause any serious damage. Chafer beetles also act as pollinators for many species of flowering trees.

Grubs of this species, which reach 40–45 mm long when fully grown, live in the soil and feed on plant roots, especially those of grasses and cereals, and are occasional pests in pastures, nurseries, gardens, and in grassy amenity areas like golf-courses. The grubs can be found immediately below the surface, usually lying in a characteristic comma-like position. The grubs sometimes attack vegetables and other garden plants, such as lettuce, raspberry, strawberry and young ornamental trees. Chafer grubs feed below ground for 3–4 years before changing into adult beetles.

References

External links
 Bugguide.net

Cetoniinae
Beetles described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
Allopentarthrum is a genus of true weevil. It contains the following species:

 Allopentarthrum elumbe (Boheman, 1838)

Cossoninae
Saint Terence (Terentius, Terentianus) is any of several Christian figures:

Terence (Terentianus) was, according to his legend, an officer in the Roman Army during the 1st century.  He witnessed the death sentencing of Saints Peter and Paul.  He became a convert, and was martyred himself, possibly also with his son.  His feast day is 26 June.
Terence was a 1st-century bishop of Iconium.  He may have been the Tertius mentioned by Saint Paul the Apostle in Romans 16.22  (although the Wiki article has different feast days),  He was martyred.  His feast day is 21 June.
Terentian (d. 118), Bishop of Todi and saint
Terence, martyred at Carthage during the time of Decius, along with Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius, Zeno, Alexander, and Theodore.  Theodosius I transferred their relics to Constantinople.
Terence of Pesaro (d. ca. 251 AD), patron saint of Pesaro.
Fidentius and Terence, martyrs c. 305
Terence of Imola
Bishop-Martyr Terence Albert O'Brien (1600-1651)

References

See also
Saint Terentianus

Terence
Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers is a 1998 album by double bassist Ray Brown, accompanied by his trio, pianist Geoffrey Keezer and drummer Gregory Hutchinson, with singers Diana Krall, Etta Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nancy King, Marlena Shaw, and Kevin Mahogany. Guitarist Russell Malone and saxophonists Antonio Hart and Ralph Moore also played.

Track listing
 "I Thought About You" (James Van Heusen) feat. Diana Krall – 5:22
 "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell) feat. Etta Jones – 3:38 
 "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans) feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater – 5:34
 "Little Boy" (Madeline Hyde and Francis Henry) feat. Diana Krall – 2:27
 "But Beautiful" (James Van Heusen) feat. Antonio Hart / Nancy King – 5:41
 "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) feat. Marlena Shaw – 3:23
 "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael) feat. Kevin Mahogany / Russell Malone – 6:01
 "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater / Ralph Moore – 6:20
 "No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) feat. Etta Jones / Russell Malone – 4:21
 "Imagination" (James Van Heusen) feat. Marlena Shaw – 7:21
 "The Party's Over (Jule Styne feat. Kevin Mahogany – 3:40
 "The Perfect Blues (Ray Brown) feat. Antonio Hart / Nancy King – 5:15

Personnel

Performance
 Ray Brown – double bass
 Geoff Keezer – piano
 Gregory Hutchinson – drums
 Antonio Hart – alto saxophone
 Russell Malone – guitar

References

1998 albums
Ray Brown (musician) albums
Telarc Records albums
CMTS may refer to: 

 U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System, an inter-agency committee authorized to coordinate policies affecting the U.S. Marine Transportation System
 Cable modem termination system, a piece of equipment which is used to provide high speed data services to cable subscribers
William Oates may refer to:
William C. Oates (1835–1910), Confederate colonel during the American Civil War
William Oates (Irish cricketer) (1852–1940), Irish first-class cricketer
William Oates (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1942), English cricketer
William Oates (cricketer, born 1929) (1929–2001), English first-class cricketer
William Wilfred Oates of Burns & Oates, British publishing house

See also
William Oats (1841–1911), Australian mining captain and politician