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Computer network
A network must be connected with appropriate hardware. This can be wired or wireless. For a simple LAN, computers, media and peripherals are sufficient. WANs (wide area networks) and some large LANs (local area networks) need some additional devices like a bridge, gateway or router to connect different small or large networks.
A network needs a communication protocol (a system for exchanging messages between computing systems.) Microsoft Windows, Linux and most other operating systems use TCP/IP. Apple Macintosh computers used Appletalk in the 20th century, but use TCP/IP now.
Network models
One large network of communication technology would be difficult to implement. As a result, we split up various components of the network into smaller modules or layers. The standard model of a network is the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model set by the International Organization Standard (ISO).
Other network models exist, though they are all split into similar layers. Each layer uses the services that the layer below provides, while providing services for the layer above it. Each layer can only communicate with the same layer on the destination device.
OSI model
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) is a 7-layer network model specified by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) norm and is widely used all around the world. The concept of a seven-layer model was provided by the work of Charles Bachman, Honeywell information Services. Various aspects of OSI design evolved from experiences with the ARPANET, NPLNET, EIN and CYCLADES networks and the work in IFIP WG6.1.
Layer 1
The physical layer defines electrical and physical specifications for devices. It also specifies modulated and baseband transmission.
Baseband
Baseband is digital data in their raw form (in binary, the language understood by the computer in the form of 0s and 1s - 1001 1101 1010 0011). This allows very fast and reliable transmission over short distances; however, the media tend to make the bits interfere with each other, the range of baseband transmission is very limited. It becomes worse with increasing speed. Baseband technology is frequently used on LAN. Typical technology: Ethernet cables
Modulated transmission
In telecommunications, modulation is the process of conveying a message signal, for example a digital bit stream or an analog audio signal, inside another signal that can be physically transmitted. The device that provides modulation of the baseband signal is called a modulator, and the device that provides demodulation of the modulated signal back to baseband is called a demodulator. Today, the modulator and demodulator are integrated into one device called Modem (modulator-demodulator). Frequently used on WAN, WLAN, WWAN.
Typical technology: WI-FI, ADSL, cable TV connection (CATV)
Layer 3
The network layer provides the functional and procedural means of transferring variable length data sequences from a source host on one network to a destination host on a different network using the IP address.
IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. At present there are two versions of protocols in use – IPv4 and IPv6.
Layer 4
The transport layer provides transparent transfer of data between end users, providing reliable data transfer services to the upper layers. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) of the Internet Protocol Suite are commonly categorized as layer-4 protocols within OSI.
Layers 5-7
Commonly united into one layer in simplified network models, its main purpose is to interact with applications, encrypting and establishing dedicated connections if necessary.
Latency
Latency, incorrectly called ping, is a value that measures how much time packets need to travel to their destination. It is measured in milliseconds (ms). The tool that measures latency is called ping, commonly using special ICMP packets which are smaller than standard data packets so they do not weight the network by their presence.
Capacity (bandwidth)
Capacity is a measure of transfer capacity of a network and is measured in bits per second (bps or b/s), today commonly Mbps or Mb/s. It shows us how many data units are transferred each second. At present, the average bandwidth is far higher than is necessary and it is not a limiting factor in most cases.
Broadcast
Broadcast is a special transmission that is not meant for a single device but is addressed to all devices in specific network. It is mostly used to automatically issue IP addresses to devices by a DHCP server and to create an ARP table that maps the network and speeds up the traffic.
John Michael Wright
He settled in England from 1656. He served there as a court painter before and after the English Restoration. A Roman Catholic, he was favoured by the Stuart court. Hired by both Charles II and James II, he saw many of the political experiences of the era. In the last years of the Stuart rule he went back to Rome as part of an embassy to Pope Innocent XI.
Today, Wright is seen as one of the most important British painters of his time. He is important mostly because of the special realism he used in his portraits. Perhaps because of his unusual experiences, he was favoured by people of the highest level of society. This was surprising in an age in which foreign artists were usually more liked. Wright's paintings of royalty and aristocracy are in the collections of many great galleries today.
Freimettigen
Freimettigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The Three Faces of Eve
The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American mystery drama movie directed by Nunnally Johnson and was based on the novel of the same name by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley. It stars Joanne Woodward (in her Oscar winning performance), David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Nancy Kulp, Edwin Jerome and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Jodrell Bank Observatory
The Jodrell Bank Observatory a radio telescope in Cheshire. It picks up radio waves from outer space. Jodrell Bank is mainly used for investigating radio waves from the planets and stars.
It has been used to research meteoroids, quasars, pulsars, masers and gravitational lenses. It was heavily involved in tracking space probes.
The main telescope at the observatory is the Lovell Telescope. It has diameter of 250 ft, and is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory.
The Jodrell Bank Observatory is the base of the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), a "National Facility" run by the University of Manchester. What this means is that radio telescopes can work together to form a long baseline to better collect data from an important phenomenon. There are three other active telescopes at the observatory; the Mark II, and 42 ft and 7 m diameter radio telescopes.
The telescope discovered radio noise from the Great Nebula in Andromeda—the first definite detection of an extragalactic radio source—and the remains of Tycho's Supernova in the radio frequency. At that time, Tycho's Supervova had not been discovered by regular light telescopes.
Turing test
Test setup
A person has a telegraph, and is connected to two communication partners. One of the two correspondents is a machine. The person can ask anything with the telegraph. If the person cannot tell which of the two is the machine more than 50% of the time, then the machine is said to be intelligent.
Later on, people narrowed down the test. A human is unlikely to know everything. Therefore, both the human and the machine would be specialists in some field of knowledge. So would the person asking.
Media
The comic strip Dilbert makes several mentions to the PHB (Pointy Haired Boss) failing the Turing test.
Montello, Wisconsin
Montello is a city in and the county seat of Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,495 at the 2010 census. The Fox River flows through the city. Montello is home to the largest tree in Wisconsin.
Frank Leboeuf
Frank Leboeuf (born 22 January 1968) is a former French football player. He has played for France national team.
Club career statistics
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Sedan
Sedan can mean any of a few things:
Parliament
A parliament is a type of legislature.
The most famous parliament is probably the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is sometimes called the "Mother of all Parliaments". The word "parliament" comes from the French word parler, which means a talk.
The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was founded earlier (930 AD), so it is the oldest legislature in the world still existing. However, the Althing did not function as a legislature for four centuries, and its role as a primary legislature is modern.
Other parliaments
Other parliaments have copied the UK and work similarly. They have three levels - a lower house which makes the law, an upper house which reviews the law (Decides if they like it or not, and suggest changes to it), and a head of state who is mostly for show and who starts and ends each year of parliament. The Prime Minister is almost always the person whose party has the most seats, but if the lower house does not think he is doing a good job they can call a vote of no confidence and ask him to leave his job as Prime Minister or have an election.
Keddie, California
Keddie is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 66 at the 2010 census.
Parliament
The word "parliament"
Sometimes people use the word "parliament" to describe a legislature, even if it is not a real parliament. A "parliament" is a type of legislature which has a Prime Minister.
Keddie, California
Keddie is located at 40.00583°N, -120.95694°W (40.005901, -120.956899).
Keddie was also the site of the Keddie murders, a notorious quadruple homicide.
Parliament
Similar to a congress
A parliament is a lot like a congress but a congress cannot ask the head of the government to leave his job. Also, a congress runs for a number of years according to the country's constitution, but a parliament can be stopped as long as enough members agree. Elections are held after this happens.
Serbia men's national volleyball team
Serbia national volleyball team is the name of Serbia's national volleyball team. The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1991), FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Nikola Grbic, a former player and team captain, is the head coach.
National monument
A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage. The term may also refer to a specific monument status, such as a national heritage site, by reason of their cultural importance rather than age respectively.
National monument status is usually granted to colossal symbols of national identity.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an agency of the United States government. It was established by President Barack Obama in 2011.
Trondheim
is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. With 198,219 inhabitants (as of October 2019), Trondheim is Norway's third largest municipality, as well as the centre of the fourth largest urban area, with a population of about 186,364. As of 2019, the Trondheim Region, a statistical metropolitan area, has a population of 279,234.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
What do they do?
It is responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. They work within banks, credit unions, securities firms, payday lenders, mortgage-servicing operations, foreclosure relief services, debt collectors and other financial companies operating in the United States.
Trondheim
History
The city of Trondheim was founded in 997. It was frequently used as the seat of the king, and was capital of Norway until 1217. In the Middle Ages, Trondheim was the site of several battles, including the battle between King Sverre and Erling Skakke, in 1179. The city has experienced several major fires - the most devastating in 1651 and 1681. The 1651 fire destroyed 90% of the buildings in Trondheim, and the 1681 fire led to a total reconstruction of the city.
The city of Trondheim became a municipality January 1, 1838. The rural municipalities of Byneset, Leinstrand, Strinda and Tiller were joined into Trondheim on January 1, 1964.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Creation
The CFPB's creation was made by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, whose passage in 2010 was a legislative response to the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the eventual Great Recession. The CFPB was established as an independent agency, but this status is being reviewed by the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Leadership
The CFPB is headed by a chief who is appointed by the President for a five-year term. The bureau is also assisted by a Consumer Advisory Council, which is composed of at least six members who are recommended by regional Federal Reserve presidents.
The first director of the CFPB was Ohio politician Richard Cordray who served from 2012 through 2017. The current Director is Kathleen Kraninger since December 11, 2018.
2020 Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court of the United State (SCOTUS), in a 5-to-4 decision, ruled June 29, 2020, that the structure of the CFPB violates the separation-of-powers clause of the constitution since the bill directed that the CFPB director could be removed by the president only for "cause," defined as "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
List of directors
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Khirlepposi
Khirlepposi or Khirleppos' Melesh (Хирлеппоси; Хирлеппуç Мĕлĕш, Hirleppuş Mĕlĕš) is a locality (a village) in Tautovskoye Rural Settlement of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located 6 km west of Alikovo, the administrative center of the district. Population: 245 (2006 est.), mostly females; 539 (1926); 482 (1907); 141 (1859).
Etymology
The name of the village is derived from the Chuvash words "Хирлеп" (the name of the river flowing through the village) and "пусь" ("beginning"). "Мĕлĕш" was the name of the first settler.
Geography
The Khirlep River flows through the village.
Cheboksary–Alikovo–Krasnye Chetai auto route passes near the village.
History
The village was first mentioned in July 1774, when Yemelyan Pugachev passed near it. First school in Khirlepposi opened in 1895.
As the village grew, some of its residents moved out to found new villages in Alikovsky (Small Melesh (or Pavlooshkan'), Toropkasy, New Selo (now it's Azamat), Khitekooshkan', Khoravary) and Krasnochetaisky (Melesh) Districts.
Until 1927, Khirlepposi was a part of Alikovskaya Volost of Yadrinsky Uyezd. On July 1, 1927, the village was incorporated into Alikovsky District and on December 20, 1962 it was transferred to Vurnarsky District. On March 14, 1965, it was returned to Alikovsky District.
Infrastructure
The facilities in Khirlepposi include a club, a library, a first-aid post, and a store.
There are five streets in the village: Tsentralnaya (Тĕп урам, earlier Хăркăн урамĕ), Komsomolskaya (Комсомол урамĕ), Kooperativnaya (Хăркăн урамĕ), Pereulochnaya (Тăкăрлăк урамĕ, earlier Хирлеп кукăрĕ and Турчка кукăрĕ), and Shkolnaya (Ускам урамĕ).
Climate
The climate is moderately continental, with long cold winters and warm summers. Average January temperature is -12.9 C; average July temperature is +18.3 C. Record low of -54 C was recorded in 1979, and the record high was +37 C. Average annual precipitation is up to 552 mm.
Patrícia Gabancho
Patrícia Gabancho Ghielmetti (29 September 1952 – 28 November 2017) was an Argentine-born Spanish journalist and author. She was born in Buenos Aires. Her work and personal life were based in Barcelona, Spain. She wrote books on the history of Catalonia, the city life in Barcelona and on Tango.
Death
Gabancho died on 28 November 2017 in Barcelona of lung cancer at the age of 65.
Pink Panthers
Pink Panthers is the name given by Interpol to an international jewel thief network, made up of 200-250 members from Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
They have operated in many countries and on several continents, and include Japan's most successful robbery amongst their thefts.
Crézançay-sur-Cher
Crézançay-sur-Cher is a commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France. About 59 people lived there in January 2019.
Beaune
Beaune is a commune in Burgundy in the Côte-d'Or department. It is the region's wine capital.
Polar vortex
The polar vortex (alternate names: Arctic cyclone or polar vortice) is a persistent large-scale cyclone located near geographical poles of a planet. On Earth, a polar vortex is usually in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere. The cyclone surrounds the polar highs. Polar storms lie in the wake of the polar front. They strengthen in the winter and weaken near summer. These vortexes span usually between 620 to 1,240 miles. They circulate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
Similar to hurricanes, a Coriolis effect causes the rotation of a polar vortex. The Arctic vortex has two main centers: one is over the Baffin Island, the other is over northeastern Siberia.
Climate change may be increasing Arctic polar vortex stretching events. This would cause more extreme cold in the United States.
Tautovskoye Rural Settlement
Tautovskoye Rural Settlement (Таутовское се́льское поселе́ние; Тавăт ял тăрăхĕ, Tavăt jal tărăkhĕ) is an administrative and municipal division (a rural settlement) of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the central part of the district. Its administrative center is the locality (a village) of Tautovo. Rural settlement's population: 2,532 (2006 est.).
Tautovskoye Rural Settlement comprises eleven rural localities.
The Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetai highway crosses the territory of the rural settlement.
National stadium
Many countries have a national sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadium.
George M. Leader
George Michael Leader (January 17, 1918 – May 9, 2013) was an American politician. He was the 36th Governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 1955 until January 20, 1959. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was born and grew up in York County, Pennsylvania. As of 2013, he was the only person from that county ever to be elected governor of the state. His father was politician Guy Leader.
Leader was born on January 17, 1918 in York, Pennsylvania. He studied at Gettysburg College and at the University of Pennsylvania. Leader was married to Mary Jane Strickler until her death in 2011. Leader died on May 9, 2013 from natural causes in his home in Hershey, Pennsylvania, aged 95.
Hilterfingen
Hilterfingen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Skidmore, Missouri
Skidmore is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 284 at the 2010 Census. The small farming community has a yearly "Punkin' Show".
On July 10, 1981, Ken McElroy was shot to death, by at least two different guns, while sitting in his truck in front of the pool hall in town. Though dozens of people saw the event, all denied seeing anything that would help identify the shooters. He was known as the "Town Bully" for his abuse towards the citizens of Skidmore.
Trondheim Region
The Trondheim Region is a statistical metropolitan area in the counties of Sør-Trøndelag (population: 223,363) and Nord-Trøndelag (23,388) in Norway. It is centered around the city of Trondheim.
1/ km² 2/ Population per km², population data from ssb ; 3/ Orkdal has been added to region due to new road completed
Division of Braddon
The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania. It was set up in 1955 and is named for Sir Edward Braddon, a Premier of Tasmania and one of Tasmania's five original federal MPs. It covers an area of 20,826 km² in the north-western part of Tasmania. It includes the cities of Burnie and Devonport, and various towns including Ulverstone, Penguin and Wynyard.
2021 Canadian federal election
The latest date of the vote was scheduled for October 16, 2023, which is determined by the fixed-date provisions of the Canada Elections Act, which requires federal elections to be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the polling day of the previous election.
However, on August 15, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requested a dissolution of parliament from Governor General Mary Simon. On September 20, Trudeau and the Liberal Party was projected to have won 155 seats, allowing them to form a minority government.
Leadership polls
Aside from conducting the usual opinion surveys on general party preferences, polling firms also survey public opinion on who would make the best Prime Minister:
Nazr Mohammed
Nazr Tahiru Mohammed (born September 5, 1977) is an American professional basketball player. He plays the center position. He is 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and 250 lb (113.4 kg). He is aggressive in offensive rebounding and putbacks. He was on the Knicks, Wildcats, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antionio Spurs, Detroit Pistons, and the Oklahoma City Thunders. He is married to his wife, Mandy Mohammed and has three children, named Sanaa, Nasir, and Amani. He also has a brother named Alhaji Mohammed, who plays for the BC Mures. He had a salary of 352,750 USD annually.
Mohammed was born on September 5, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were from Ghana. He studied at Kenwood Academy and at the University of Kentucky. He is now retired.
Marquis Teague
Marquis Teague (born February 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. He was one of the top rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011.
Teague was born on February 28, 1993 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Nir, Iran
Nir is a city in Iran. It is located in the north west of Iran in the Ardabil Province. it is a part of the Nir County.
Theaceae
The Theaceae is a family of plants in the order Ericales. They contain the genus Camellia, used to make tea. They have around 7 to 40 genera.
Pol Pot
Saloth Sar (better known as Pol Pot; January 25, 1925 – April 15, 1998) was the dictator of Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. Widely regarded as one of the most brutal dictators in world history, he was the leader of a group called the Khmer Rouge, a group of peasant revolutionaries who turned Cambodia into a military dictatorship officially called Democratic Kampuchea. Between 1.7 and 2.2 million Cambodians were killed by his regime. Pol Pot was thrown out of power in January, 1979, when the Vietnamese communists liberated Kampuchea.
Before the war
Pol Pot's family was a good family and connected with the royal family. His brother, Loth Suong, was a palace clerk, and his cousin was a wife to Prince Sisowat Monivong and had a son named Kossarak. His connection helped him get a scholarship to France.
Australia men's national volleyball team
Australia Men's national volleyball team also known as Volleyball Team Australia Men (VTAM) is the national volleyball team of Australia.
Pol Pot
Before the war
His father's name was Pen Saloth and his mother's name was Sok Nem. Pol Pot had eight siblings. His family was thriving, but alone. Pol Pot's childhood was fairly normal. Pol Pot's real name is Saloth Sar. His birthday is either 1925 or May 25, 1928. He grew up in a nice place, and his village was about 2 mi from Kompong Thom's capital city. Kompong Thom was a province of Cambodia. Back then, Cambodia was a colony of France.
In 1949, he went to Paris, France and studied about radio electronics, but got distracted and led astray because of Marxism, which is a form of communism. He didn't study, and his scholarship was taken away. In 1953, he went back to Cambodia and became a communist. The following year, Cambodia became free from France.
Revolution
Pol Pot went to the jungle and created a guerrilla force called the Khmer Rouge (the Khmer are the main ethnic group in Cambodia, and rouge is French for "red", the colour of Communism). The Khmer Rouge was made of mostly teenagers. Guerilla means that they hid and ambushed people rather than be visible and directly attack their enemies. They were the source of Pol Pot's power.
In 1969-1973 the U.S. bombed Cambodian hiding places. They tried to get rid of the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War but only drove them deeper into the countryside. The US also made it so that the peasants ran to cities.
In 1970, the U.S. got rid of Prince Sihanouk and unknowingly made Pol Pot more popular. They also made Prince Sihanouk angry, so he joined Pol Pot, but that alliance only gave Pol Pot an advantage. This created a lot of confusion and only made Pol Pot even more popular.
Government
On April 17, 1975, Pol Pot entered Phnom Penh, the capital, and took control. He planned for a "super great leap forward", inspired by Mao's Great Leap Forward in China. The second in command, Noun Chea, also called Brother Number Two, said later that the mass killing was a mistake. Pol Pot took all the city people and drove them towards fields as forced labour, where they worked without rest. A lot of people died on the way to the fields. Even more died in the fields from hunger, thirst, overwork, and sickness. They would only get a 180-gram can of rice every day, and they were harvesting fruits and rice. Every tenth day was a rest day, and so were the festivals. The government took over anything that had to do with money, which was illegal.
Religion was also illegal. Teenagers had to be part of the army, and children learned how to set land mines and make booby traps. People getting together were not allowed. Only two people or less were allowed to see each other. Marriages were arranged, not because they loved each other, but because they were forced to. They had to marry in big groups. After the Vietnamese and underground Cambodian parties got Pol Pot out of power on 7 January 1979, he went to a zone near Thailand called Pailin and tried to get control of Cambodia again by fighting a ten-year-long guerilla war. Eventually the Khmer Rouge broke up in the early 1990s.
Death
On the evening of April 15, 1998, just 2 days before the anniversary of Khmer Rouge's takeover of Cambodia, on April 17, 1975, Pol Pot died of a possible heart attack in his hut in the jungle. However Thayer believed he killed himself with Valium and chloroquine to avoid trial. On his death face, there were signs of suffering, with his one eye open, tycal sign of suicide by poisoning. Pol Pot was cremated without any ceremony.
Video assistant referee
Video assistant referee (VAR) is a system that helps referees to decide better about players fouls, if a goal was valid, red card decisions, etc. in soccer matches. When the referee is going to review a play on the field at the VAR box, they outline a square with their hands, as if showing the outline of a TV screen. It was used for the first time in the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. It was used for the first time for international matches in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. The first time VAR was used in the FIFA World Cup was in the 2018 World Cup.
In March 2018, the VAR was permanentely written into the Laws of the Game by the International Football Association Board (IFAB).
The referee can review the play on the field by going to the VAR box, listen to the VAR's recommendation, or completely ignore the VAR advice. The referee can only review the play on the field with recommendation of the VAR to prevent the referee from relying on it too much.
Criticism
The VAR system has been criticised by many people, mostly because of how much time is used up in reviews, overly relying on it, and causing confusion. Manager Mauricio Pochettino said "it made everyone confused". He also said that he felt sorry for the fans and for the referee after an FA Cup match.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
DeFuniak Springs is a city of Florida in the United States.
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Company (better known as Tiffany or Tiffany's) is an American luxury goods company. Their main store is in New York City.
Fuel
A fuel is a substance that is changed in some way to produce heat, electricity, or other forms of energy. This is usually by being burnt, although there are exceptions, such as nuclear fuel. Fuel can be divided into two main types: fossil fuels and other fuels.
Fossil fuel
There are several kinds of fossil fuels: Some people do not want us to use fossil fuels because they may pollute the environment. Because all fossil fuels are made out of carbon, burning them makes carbon dioxide. Some people think that too much carbon dioxide in the air may cause a greenhouse effect. Fossil fuels are also non-renewable, or renew extremely slowly (thousands of years). This means that we will eventually run out of fossil fuels.
Other fuels
Other fuels are not made from fossils. Some of these, like nuclear and hydrogen, do not have carbon in them. Others, like wood or ethanol, do have carbon in them. Some examples of these fuels are: These fuels are renewable. This means that we can make more of them if we run out. For instance, if we run out of ethanol, we can grow some more corn and make some more ethanol.
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany sells jewelry, sterling silver, china, crystal, perfumes, watches and personal accessories, as well as some leather goods. Many of these goods are sold through direct-mail as well as at Tiffany stores. Tiffany is particularly known for its diamond jewelry. Tiffany markets itself as an judge of taste and style.
Founded in New York City in 1837, the store sold a wide variety of items as "Tiffany, Young and Ellis" in Manhattan. The name was shortened to Tiffany & Company in 1853 when Charles Tiffany took control. He established the firm's emphasis on jewelry.
Deftones
Deftones is an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. Deftones has five members in the band; the current band members are Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Abe Cunningham, Frank Delgado and Sergio Vega.
DeLand, Florida
DeLand is a city of Florida in the United States.
Deftones
The band was formed in 1988. They released their debut album Adrenaline on October 3, 1995. The song "Elite" from their third studio album, "White Pony" won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2001. The band has been noted for influencing bands like Muse, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, System of a Down, Fightstar, 10 Years as well as many other bands.
On November 4, 2008, the band's bassist Chi Cheng was involved in a car accident which seriously injured him. The band brought in another bassist named Sergio Vega to replace him during his absence. Cheng died on April 13, 2013 after his heart stopped.
Slavic Native Faith
Slavic Naitive Faith is modern pagan religion, which is related to Slavic paganism. It is sometimes called Rodnovery.
Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" is a 1974 song by Los Angeles band Sparks and is the lead single from their fourth studio album Propaganda. It went to number 13 in the United Kingdom and number 40 in Germany. It did not chart in the United States. It was covered by Depeche Mode in 1987.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama movie starring Orson Welles in his first full-length movie. There are rumors that its story is based on the life of the famous businessmen William Randolph Hearst, Howard Hughes, and Samuel Insull. Welles said that his character, Kane, was based on more than one famous person. In F for Fake (1974), he said that Kane was going to be based on Hughes but that Welles became inspired by Hearst.
Welles worked closely with his cinematographer, Gregg Toland, who was in charge of the camera and the lights. Together, they worked on a new style, "deep focus." Usually, if something close to the camera is in focus, everything that is far away is out of focus. In deep focus, every object is in focus at the same time.
Its working title, before the movie was finished, was RKO 281.
Many have called Citizen Kane the best movie of all time. In 1998, it was number one on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years... 100 Movies.
It is in some ways is like The Power and the Glory (1933).
The last living crew member was director Robert Wise. Also known for making The Sound of Music (1965), he died on September 14, 2005.
SpongeBob SquarePants (season 1)
The first season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon from May 1, 1999, to March 3, 2001, and consists of 20 half-hour episodes. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The show features the voices of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, Mary Jo Catlett, and Lori Alan. Among the first guest stars to appear on the show were Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway voicing the superhero characters of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, respectively.
Hillenburg initially conceived the show in 1994 and began to work on it shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996. To voice the character of SpongeBob, Hillenburg approached Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on Rocko's Modern Life. The show was originally to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but the name SpongeBoy was already in use for an art pencil product. Upon finding it out, Hillenburg decided to use the name "SpongeBob". He chose "SquarePants" as a family name as it referred to the character's square shape and it had a "nice ring to it".
Development
Creator Stephen Hillenburg initially conceived SpongeBob SquarePants in 1984, while he was teaching and studying marine biology at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute.
While Hillenburg was there, his love of the ocean began to influence his artistry. He created a precursor to SpongeBob SquarePants: a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone used by the institute to teach visiting students about the animal life of tide pools. The comic starred various anthropomorphic sea lifeforms, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters.
Daniel Quintero
Daniel Quintero Calle (born 26 July 1980) is a Colombian politician. He was the mayor of Medellín since 2020. Quintero was suspended as mayor from 10 May to 21 June 2022 for trying to interfere in the 2022 presidential election.
Who's That Chick?
"Who's That Chick?" is a 2010 song by David Guetta featuring Rihanna. It was originally meant to be on Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud but was not included and was included on Guetta's fourth studio album One More Love. It is based on the 1987 song Who's That Girl by Madonna. It went to the top 10 in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Spain, Israel, Ireland, Iceland, France, Germany, Finland, Norway and Switzerland and topped the single charts in Slovakia and Belgium.
Dorothy A. Brown
Dorothy A. Brown (born September 4, 1953) is an American politician and lawyer. Brown is the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County in the First Judicial District of Illinois since 2000.
In April 2018, while under federal investigation, Brown announced her plans to run for Mayor of Chicago in the 2019 election. In January 2019, the Chicago Board of Elections rejected her petitions and will not be on the ballot in the February 2019 election.
Alikovskoye Rural Settlement
Alikovskoye Rural Settlement (А́ликовское се́льское поселе́ние; Элĕк ял тăрăхĕ, Elĕk jal tărăkhĕ) is an administrative and municipal division (a rural settlement) of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is in the central part of the district. Its administrative center is the locality (a selo) of Alikovo. Rural settlement's population: 4,291 (2006 est.).
Alikovskoye Rural Settlement comprises ten rural localities.
The Cheboksary–Yadrin and the Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetai highways cross the territory of the rural settlement.
The Green Mile (movie)
The Green Mile is a 1999 American drama movie. It was released on December 10, 1999 in the United States. It stars Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and Michael Clarke Duncan. It was directed by Frank Darabont.
Awards
1999 Academy Awards 2000 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films 2000 Broadcast Music Incorporated Film & TV Awards 2000 Black Reel Awards 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 Bram Stoker Awards 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2000 Directors Guild of America 2000 Golden Globe Awards 2000 NAACP Image Awards 2000 MTV Movie Awards 2000 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Awards) 2000 People's Choice Awards 2001 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Award) 2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Fatimah bint Sa'd
Fatimah al-Bariqi. (from Bariq of azdYemen), also known as Bariqiyyah, (born 340 CE) was the mother of Kilab’s half-brothers Taym and Yaqazah (Ibn Ishaq named her Hind bint Harithah al-Bariqiyyah and also say Asma).
Family
Fatimah Sa'dknow as Saad Ibn Uday Ibn Haritha Ibn Amr Mazikiee Ibn Aamr bin Haritha Algtarif bin Imru al-Qais Thailb bin Mazen Ibn Al-Azd Ibn Al-Ghoth Ibn Nabit Ibn Malik bin Zaid Ibn Kahlan Ibn Saba'a ( Sheba ) Ibn Yashjub Ibn Yarab Ibn Qahtan Ibn Hud (prophet) (Eber)).
Yara Shahidi
Yara Sayeh Shahidi (born February 10, 2000) is an American actress, model, and activist.
She is known for her starring role as the oldest daughter Zoey Johnson on the sitcom Black-ish (2014–present) and its spin-off series Grown-ish (2018–present).
Early life and education
Yara Sayeh Shahidi was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Keri Salter and Afshin Shahidi. Her mother, Keri Salter, is of mixed African American and Native Choctaw heritage, and her father, Afshin, is Iranian. The family moved to California for her father Afshin's work when Yara was 4 years old. She is the older sister of child actor and model Sayeed Shahidi and they have a younger brother, Ehsan. Rapper Nas is their cousin. Keri Shahidi states the name Yara means in Persian "Someone who is close to your heart", the name Sayeed means "Blessing", and Ehsan means "To act as though God is watching".
Shahidi graduated in 2017 from Dwight Global Online School. Starting in 2018, Shahidi began college at Harvard University with a plan to major in Interdisciplinary Sociology and African American Studies.
Xbox Live Vision
The Xbox Live Vision is a webcam designed for the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live.
Overview
It also features three camera effects, in which the currently captured video image is overlaid on the dashboard background. The three effects are 'watery', 'edgy', and 'dotty'. The camera uses a standard USB 2.0 connection and is also Windows (XP and newer) and Mac OS X (v10.4.9 and newer) compatible.
The Xbox Live Vision Camera was announced at E3 2006 and released in North America on September 19, 2006, following a 1-month pre-launch period in which Toys "R" Us stores in New York City and Los Angeles sold them to build up hype. It was released in Europe and Asia on October 6, 2006, and November 2, 2006 in Japan.
PC compatibility
The Vision Camera is compatible with Windows XP Service Pack 2 using USB 2.0 connection. It requires a microphone for audio when used on a PC. Drivers are not included with the Vision Camera–you must allow Windows to download them automatically when prompted.
If the Vision Camera is not working and appears as a device in "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" in Device Manager, try the following:
After a few seconds, the device will appear in "Imaging Devices." In "USB Controllers" there will be an entry called "Microsoft Xbox 360 Live Vision Security Method 3." This indicates the camera is installed and ready for use.
Mac OS X 10.4.9 added support for the USB "video class" group of peripherals, including Vision Camera. They work in iChat, Photo Booth and other applications that use Quicktime for video display, such as Skype. Connection over USB2 is also mandatory.
The Vision Camera is also compatible with Sony's PlayStation 3 (requires firmware 1.54).
Other websites
Xbox Live Vision
Öland
Öland is an island on the east coast of Sweden. It has a total area of 1342 km2, making it the second biggest Swedish island. Öland is connected with Sweden via a bridge.
Malcolm Thomas
Malcolm Thomas (born November 8, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.
Thomas was born on November 8, 1988 in Columbus, Missouri. He studied at Crawford High School.
Wilby, Norfolk
Wilby is a village in Quidenham, Breckland, Norfolk, England. It has a church called All Saints.
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City
Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a former UNESCO World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England. The six sites included the Pier Head, Albert Dock, William Brown Street, and other famous landmarks in the city. They are considered the 'supreme example of a commercial port at a time of Britain's greatest global influence'.
The sites were nominated to UNESCO in January 2003. By March 2004, ICOMOS recommended the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City as a World Heritage Site. It was accepted under cultural bases: ii, iii and iv.
In 2012, the proposed construction of Liverpool Waters project caused the sites to be included in the List of World Heritage in Danger. In July 2017, UNESCO warned it might lose its status because of the development plans.
English Heritage argued against the Liverpool Waters development. It thought some of Liverpool's most significant historic buildings would be “severely compromised”.
In July 2021, UNESCO announced that the site had been stripped of its World Heritage status.
Landmass
A landmass is a collection of land, usually separated by an ocean, isthmus, or a canal. Some examples of landmasses are: North America and South America, separated by a canal.
Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Kgalagadi Africa extending 900,000 km² (362,500 sq. mi.), covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa. It has huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains.
The Kalahari Desert is the southern part of Africa, and the geography is a portion of desert and a plateau. The Kalahari supports some animals and plants because most of it is not a true desert. There are small amounts of rainfall and the summer temperature is very high. The driest areas usually receive 110 - 200 mm of rain per year, and the wettest just a little over 500 mm.
Game reserves
The Kalahari has a number of game reserves—the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR, the world's second largest protected area), Khutse Game Reserve and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Animals that live in the region include brown hyenas, lions, meerkats, giraffe, warthogs, jackals and several species of antelope (including the eland, gemsbok, springbok, hartebeest, steenbok, kudu, and duiker), and many species of bird and reptiles. Vegetation in the Kalahari consists mainly of grasses and acacias but there are over 400 identified plant species present (including the wild watermelon or Tsamma melon).
Bushmen
The Bushmen of the Kalahari were hunter/gatherers. They hunted for meat and gathered the food of the desert to eat. They did not keep animals. They moved from place to place to find food and water. They owned very few things because they had to carry everything themselves. Very few people still live this way anywhere in the world.
Settlements within the Kalahari
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Josep Casadevall
Josep Casadevall (born 10 September 1946) is a lawyer from Andorra. He was born in Spain and received his law degree in Madrid in 1978. He is now a judge at the European Court of Human Rights. He represents Andorra.
California Highway Patrol
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is a law enforcement agency of the state of California. The purpose of the CHP is to ensure safety and enforce traffic laws on all California highways and unincorporated areas within the state of California. The CHP promotes traffic safety by inspecting commercial vehicles, as well as inspecting and certifying school buses, ambulances, and other specialized vehicles.
Supinfo
SUPINFO International University, formerly called "École Supérieure d'Informatique", is a renowned graduate engineering school in France. It is in a campus of IONIS Education Group. It has been created in 1965. The school is recognized by the French State since 1972.
It offers a 5-year course in IT.
Silverstein
Silverstein is a Canadian post-hardcore band formed in Ontario, Canada, in 2000. Their name come from a children-book writer, Shel Silverstein.
First three years
After the several changes in the band's line up, Billy Hamilton joined the band. He found out about they needed a bass player while online. In the autumn of 2002, the band signed to their record label - Victory Records. They left Victory Records in 2010 and joined Hopeless Records.
Albums
In January 2003, their first (debut) album was released. The title was When Broken Is Easily Fixed.
In 2005, Silverstein performed on the "Never Sleep Again" tour along with fellow emo band Hawthorne Heights. The next year, 2006, they toured on the "Vans Warped" tour. This is an event in the United States taking place in the summertime. The band's second album, Discovering the Waterfront, has the singles "Discovering the Waterfront" and "Smile in Your Sleep".
Summertime last year, 2007, Silverstein released their third album, Arrivals and Departures. It includes a single named "Still Dreaming". On MySpace, a social networking site, they posted a new song called "Broken Stars". Singer Shane Told has been trained by a vocal coach named Melissa Cross.
In Spring 2009, Silverstein released their fourth full length album, Shipwreck in the Sand.