text: bombs. he specialized in neutron physics, and did pioneering work in gaseous diffusion for isotope separation. he was dean of the school of engineering and applied science at columbia university from 1950 to 1969. after the war, feynman declined an offer from the institute for advanced study in princeton, new jersey, despite the presence there of such distinguished faculty members as albert einstein, kurt godel and john von neumann. feynman followed hans bethe, instead, to cornell university, where feynman taught theoretical physics from 1945 to 1950. during a temporary depression following the destruction of hiroshima by the bomb produced by the manhattan project, he focused on complex physics problems, not for utility, but for self - satisfaction. one of these was analyzing the physics of a twirling, nutating dish as it is moving through the air. his work during this period, which used equations of rotation to express various spinning speeds, proved important to his nobel prize – winning work, yet because he felt burned out and had turned his attention to less immediately practical problems, he was surprised by the offers of professorships from other renowned universities. the manhattan project was a research and development undertaking during world war ii that produced the first nuclear weapons. it was led by the united states with the support of the united kingdom and canada. from 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of major general leslie groves of the u. s. army corps of engineers. nuclear physicist robert oppenheimer was the director of the los alamos laboratory that designed the actual bombs. the army component of the project was designated the manhattan district ; ` ` manhattan'' gradually superseded the official codename, development of substitute materials, for the entire project. along the way, the project absorbed its earlier british counterpart, tube alloys. the manhattan project began modestly in 1939, but grew to employ more than 130, 000 people and cost nearly us $ 2 billion ( about $ 22 billion in 2016 dollars ). over 90 % of the cost was for building factories and to produce fissile material, with less than 10 % for development and production of the weapons. research and production took place at more than 30 sites across the united states, the united kingdom, and canada. in the late 1980s, according to " richard feynman and the connection machine ", feynman played a crucial role in developing the first massively parallel computer, and in finding innovative uses for it in numerical computations, in building neural networks, as well as physical simulations using cellular automata ( such as turbulent
text: edison's research and helped merge those companies under one corporation to form edison general electric company which was incorporated in new york on april 24, 1889. the new company also acquired sprague electric railway & motor company in the same year. from 1997 to 2004, dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. during the same period, rival pc vendors such as compaq, gateway, ibm, packard bell, and ast research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. dell surpassed compaq to become the largest pc manufacturer in 1999. operating costs made up only 10 percent of dell's $ 35 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at hewlett - packard, 25 percent at gateway, and 46 percent at cisco. in 2002, when compaq merged with hewlett packard ( the fourth - place pc maker ), the newly combined hewlett packard took the top spot but struggled and dell soon regained its lead. dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. compaq, who had previously held the third place spot among pc manufacturers during the 1980s and early - mid 1990s, initiated a successful price war in 1994 that vaulted them to the biggest by the year end, overtaking a struggling ibm and relegating apple to third place. apple's market share further struggled due to the release of the windows 95 operating system, which unified microsoft's formerly separate ms - dos and windows products. windows 95 significantly enhanced the multimedia capability and performance of ibm pc compatible computers, and brought the capabilities of windows to parity with the mac os gui. cork city is at the heart of industry in the south of ireland. its main area of industry is pharmaceuticals, with pfizer inc. and swiss company novartis being big employers in the region. the most famous product of the cork pharmaceutical industry is viagra. cork is also the european headquarters of apple inc. where over 3, 000 staff are involved in manufacturing, r & d and customer support. logitech and emc corporation are also important it employers in the area. three hospitals are also among the top ten employers in the city ( see table below ). the original usb 1. 0 specification, which was introduced in january 1996, defined data transfer rates of 1. 5 mbit / s " low speed " and 12 mbit / s " full speed ". microsoft windows 95, osr 2. 1 provided oem support for the devices. the first widely used version
text: - domestic markets after the manufacturer starts mass production. in 1984, the company produced the first computer of its own design - - the ` ` turbo pc'', sold for us $ 795 - - containing an intel 8088 - compatible processor running at a speed of 8 mhz. pc's limited advertised the systems in national computer magazines for sale directly to consumers, and custom assembled each ordered unit according to a selection of options. this offered buyers prices lower than those of retail brands, but with greater convenience than assembling the components themselves. although not the first company to use this model, pc's limited became one of the first to succeed with it. the company grossed more than $ 73 million in its first year of trading. celestial games is an independent video game development company based in johannesburg, south africa that started in 1994. they published two pc titles then closed their doors in 2001. in 2010, they reopened the company to work on a hd version of their most successful title, " toxic bunny ". the list price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price ( msrp ), or the recommended retail price ( rrp ), or the suggested retail price ( srp ), of a product is the price at which the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell the product. the intention was to help to standardise prices among locations. while some stores always sell at, or below, the suggested retail price, others do so only when items are on sale or closeout / clearance. the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, signed on february 2, 1848, by american diplomat nicholas trist and mexican plenipotentiary representatives luis g. cuevas, bernardo couto, and miguel atristain, ended the war, gave the u. s. undisputed control of texas, and established the u. s. – mexican border of the rio grande. as news of peace negotiations reached the state, new call to arms began to flare among the people of the state. but as the mexican officials in chihuahua heard that general price was heading back to mexico with a large force comprising several companies of infantry and three companies of cavalry and one division of light artillery from santa fe on february 8, 1848, angel trias sent a message to sacramento pass to ask for succession of the area as they understood the war had concluded. general price, misunderstanding this as a deception by the mexican forces, continued to advance towards the state capital. on march 16, 1848 price began negotiations with angel trias, but the mexican leader responded with
text: near adelaide. since 2005 it was operated by the australian department of defence. from 1997 to 2004, dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. during the same period, rival pc vendors such as compaq, gateway, ibm, packard bell, and ast research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. dell surpassed compaq to become the largest pc manufacturer in 1999. operating costs made up only 10 percent of dell's $ 35 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at hewlett - packard, 25 percent at gateway, and 46 percent at cisco. in 2002, when compaq merged with hewlett packard ( the fourth - place pc maker ), the newly combined hewlett packard took the top spot but struggled and dell soon regained its lead. dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. hasbro interactive acquired the merged company in 1998, and what had been spectrum holobyte ceased to exist when the development studio in alameda, california was closed in 1999. hasbro subsequently sold all the assets of the various hasbro interactive studios to infogrames, including the atari brand itself. ville saint - pierre is a small neighbourhood of the city of montreal, quebec, canada, located in the borough of lachine. it was a separate town until it merged with lachine in 1999. in 2002, the amalgamated city of lachine merged into montreal. the company produced several titles with small development teams. this proved fatal with the rising standards of full priced games. with falling sales and important figures leaving the company, software 2000 filed for bankruptcy in 2002. gjensidige nor was a norwegian bank and insurance company that was in existence between 1999 and 2003. the company was created when the two savings banks sparebanken nor ( bank ) and gjensidige ( insurance ) were merged in 1999. in 2002 norwegian savings banks were allowed to become public limited company and was listed on the oslo stock exchange. in 2003 the company was merged with den norske bank to form dnb nor, while the original insurance company gjensidige was demerged and again became a separate company in 2005. street & racing technology ( commonly called srt ) is a high - performance automobile group within fiat chrysler automobiles. srt began as ` ` team viper'' to develop the dodge viper. it later merged with ` ` team prowler'', the developers of the plymouth prowler, to become specialty vehicle
text: the east of the town and has a capacity of 4, 000 with 370 seated. thabiso nkoana ( born 28 october 1992 ) is a south african footballer who plays for ajax cape town as a striker. dudley road was a football ground in wolverhampton in england. it was the home ground of wolverhampton wanderers between 1881 and 1889, and was used during the first season of the football league. the 2015 afl grand final was an australian rules football match contested between the hawthorn football club and the west coast eagles at the melbourne cricket ground on 3 october 2015. it was the 119th annual grand final of the australian football league ( formerly the victorian football league ), staged to determine the premiers for the 2015 afl season. the match, attended by 98, 632 spectators, was won by hawthorn by a margin of 46 points, marking the club's third consecutive premiership and thirteenth vfl / afl premiership victory overall. hawthorn's cyril rioli was awarded the norm smith medal as the best player on the ground. the rabat ajax football ground is the training ground of maltese football team rabat ajax f. c. and is located in the town of mtarfa. bantu mzwakali ( born 9 november 199 ) is a south african football midfielder for premier soccer league club ajax cape town and the south africa u20. abderrahim achchakir ( born december 15, 1986 ) is a moroccan footballer who plays for far rabat and the morocco national team. he was a member of the morocco national team at the 2013 africa cup of nations in south africa. born in owerri, nigeria, kanu began his career at nigerian league club federation works, before moving to iwuanyanwu nationale. after a notable performance at the u - 17 world championships he was signed by dutch eredivisie afc ajax in 1993 for €207, 047. he made his ajax debut the following year and went on to score 25 goals in 54 appearances. kanu also came on as a sub in ajax's 1995 champions league final win over ac milan. sander westerveld ( born 23 october 1974 ) is a dutch former professional football goalkeeper who is the goalkeeping coach of south african premier soccer league club ajax cape town. mosset park is a football ground in the town of forres in the north - east of scotland, which is the home ground of highland football league side forres mechanics f. c.. it is located on lea road in the north of the town and has a
text: focus is an album by american jazz saxophonist chico freeman featuring arthur blythe recorded in 1994 and released on the contemporary label. the british five pound ( £5 ) coin is a commemorative denomination of the pound sterling. its obverse has featured the profile of queen elizabeth ii since the coin's introduction in 1990. two different portraits of the queen have graced the coin, with the latest design by ian rank - broadley being introduced in 1998. the coin has no standard reverse ; instead it is altered each year to commemorate important events. variant obverses have also been used on occasion. in 2007, the united states mint began releasing a set of half - ounce $ 10 gold coins under the first spouse program with engravings of portraits of the first ladies on the obverse. when a president served without a spouse, a gold coin was issued that bears an obverse image emblematic of liberty as depicted on a circulating coin of that era and a reverse image emblematic of themes of that president's life. this is true for the coins for thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, martin van buren, and james buchanan's first ladies, but not the coin for chester a. arthur's first lady, which instead depicts suffragette alice paul. enon is a census - designated place ( cdp ) in chesterfield county, virginia, united states, just east of chester. the population as of the 2010 census was 3, 466. it has the zip code 23836 and gps coordinates 37. 3504000, −77. 3254000. dollar coins have not been very popular in the united states. silver dollars were minted intermittently from 1794 through 1935 ; a copper - nickel dollar of the same large size, featuring president dwight d. eisenhower, was minted from 1971 through 1978. gold dollars were also minted in the 19th century. the susan b. anthony dollar coin was introduced in 1979 ; these proved to be unpopular because they were often mistaken for quarters, due to their nearly equal size, their milled edge, and their similar color. minting of these dollars for circulation was suspended in 1980 ( collectors'pieces were struck in 1981 ), but, as with all past u. s. coins, they remain legal tender. as the number of anthony dollars held by the federal reserve and dispensed primarily to make change in postal and transit vending machines had been virtually exhausted, additional anthony dollars were struck in 1999. in 2000, a new $ 1 coin, featuring sacagawea, ( the sacagawe
text: revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at hewlett - packard, 25 percent at gateway, and 46 percent at cisco. in 2002, when compaq merged with hewlett packard ( the fourth - place pc maker ), the newly combined hewlett packard took the top spot but struggled and dell soon regained its lead. dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. compaq, who had previously held the third place spot among pc manufacturers during the 1980s and early - mid 1990s, initiated a successful price war in 1994 that vaulted them to the biggest by the year end, overtaking a struggling ibm and relegating apple to third place. apple's market share further struggled due to the release of the windows 95 operating system, which unified microsoft's formerly separate ms - dos and windows products. windows 95 significantly enhanced the multimedia capability and performance of ibm pc compatible computers, and brought the capabilities of windows to parity with the mac os gui. cork city is at the heart of industry in the south of ireland. its main area of industry is pharmaceuticals, with pfizer inc. and swiss company novartis being big employers in the region. the most famous product of the cork pharmaceutical industry is viagra. cork is also the european headquarters of apple inc. where over 3, 000 staff are involved in manufacturing, r & d and customer support. logitech and emc corporation are also important it employers in the area. three hospitals are also among the top ten employers in the city ( see table below ). the original usb 1. 0 specification, which was introduced in january 1996, defined data transfer rates of 1. 5 mbit / s " low speed " and 12 mbit / s " full speed ". microsoft windows 95, osr 2. 1 provided oem support for the devices. the first widely used version of usb was 1. 1, which was released in september 1998. the 12 mbit / s data rate was intended for higher - speed devices such as disk drives, and the lower 1. 5 mbit / s rate for low data rate devices such as joysticks. apple inc.'s imac was the first mainstream product with usb and the imac's success popularized usb itself. following apple's design decision to remove all legacy ports from the imac, many pc manufacturers began building legacy - free pcs, which led to the broader pc market using usb as a standard. ( miss ) understood is the seventh studio album by japanese singer - songwriter a
text: ##u jataka bandi ". u me aur hum ( " you, me and us " ) is a 2008 indian romantic drama film produced and directed by ajay devgan under ajay devgan films and eros international. the film, devgan's first as a director, stars him alongside his wife kajol in their seventh film together. karan khanna, isha sharvani, sumeet raghavan and divya dutta also star in the film. written by devgan himself and three other writers, the film was released on 11 april 2008 in around 450 cinemas ( with 150 of them being digital screens ). the film is plagiarized from the similar 2004 film, " the notebook ". diya aur toofan is a 1995 hindi language indian feature film directed by k. bapaiah, starring mithun chakraborty, madhoo, suresh oberoi, mohnish bahl and kader khan. this film is a remake of the 1979 kannada movie " seetharamu ". femina miss india 2018 date 19 june 2018 presenters karan johar & ayushmann khurrana entertainment madhuri dixit, kareena kapoor & jacqueline fernandez venue dome, sardar vallabhbhai patel indoor stadium, mumbai entrants 30 placements 12 winner anukreethy vas tamil nadu ← 2017 2019 → the lord lewis prize is awarded by the royal society of chemistry for distinctive and distinguished chemical or scientific achievements together with significant contributions to the development of science policy. the recipient receives a medal, a certificate and a prize of £5, 000. the leroy p. steele prizes are awarded every year by the american mathematical society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. since 1993 there has been a formal division into three categories. anthropology is the study of humans and their societies in the past and present. its main subdivisions are social anthropology and cultural anthropology, which describes the workings of societies around the world, linguistic anthropology, which investigates the influence of language in social life, and biological or physical anthropology, which concerns long - term development of the human organism. archaeology, which studies past human cultures through investigation of physical evidence, is thought of as a branch of anthropology in the united states, while in europe, it is viewed as a discipline in its own right, or grouped under other related disciplines such as history. in the humanities, one sense of culture, as an attribute of the individual, has been the degree to
text: national party by leabua jonathan. he was prime minister from 1965 until the coup of 1986. the party's leader is malcolm turnbull and its deputy leader is julie bishop. the pair were elected to their positions at the september 2015 liberal leadership ballot, bishop as the incumbent deputy leader and turnbull as a replacement for tony abbott, whom he consequently succeeded as prime minister of australia. now the turnbull government, the party had been elected at the 2013 federal election as the abbott government which took office on 18 september 2013. at state and territory level, the liberal party is in office in three states : colin barnett has been premier of western australia since 2008, will hodgman premier of tasmania since 2014 and mike baird premier of new south wales since 2014. adam giles is also the chief minister of the northern territory, having led a country liberal minority government since 2015. the party is in opposition in victoria, queensland, south australia and the australian capital territory. the uap had been formed as a new conservative alliance in 1931, with labor defector joseph lyons as its leader. the stance of lyons and other labor rebels against the more radical proposals of the labor movement to deal the great depression had attracted the support of prominent australian conservatives. with australia still suffering the effects of the great depression, the newly formed party won a landslide victory at the 1931 election, and the lyons government went on to win three consecutive elections. it largely avoided keynesian pump - priming and pursued a more conservative fiscal policy of debt reduction and balanced budgets as a means of stewarding australia out of the depression. lyons'death in 1939 saw robert menzies assume the prime ministership on the eve of war. menzies served as prime minister from 1939 to 1941 but resigned as leader of the minority world war ii government amidst an unworkable parliamentary majority. the uap, led by billy hughes, disintegrated after suffering a heavy defeat in the 1943 election. politically, robert menzies and the liberal party of australia dominated much of the immediate post war era, defeating the labor government of ben chifley in 1949, in part over a labor proposal to nationalise banks and following a crippling coal strike led by the australian communist party. menzies became the country's longest - serving prime minister and the liberal party, in coalition with the rural based country party, won every federal election until 1972. mactavish was a millionaire and one of canada's leading corporate lawyers. he was a chief liberal party strategist and fundraiser and was an
text: japanese government's 1950 corporate credit rearrangement act, anti - zaibatsu legislation. between 1953 and 1955, four of these corporations and a newly formed corporation decided to merge to form fuji heavy industries. these companies were : fuji kogyo, a scooter manufacturer ; coachbuilders fuji jidosha ; engine manufacturers omiya fuji kogyo ; chassis builders utsunomiya sharyo and the tokyo fuji dangyo trading company. in the shrinking pc industry, dell continued to lose market share, as it dropped below lenovo in 2011 to fall to number three in the world. dell and fellow american contemporary hewlett packard came under pressure from asian pc manufacturers lenovo, asus, and acer, all of which had lower production costs and willing to accept lower profit margins. in addition, while the asian pc vendors had been improving their quality and design, for instance lenovo's thinkpad series was winning corporate customers away from dell's laptops, dell's customer service and reputation had been slipping. dell remained the second - most profitable pc vendor, as it took 13 percent of operating profits in the pc industry during q4 2012, behind apple inc.'s macintosh that took 45 percent, seven percent at hewlett packard, six percent at lenovo and asus, and one percent for acer. the macintosh, however, was expensive, which hindered its ability to be competitive in a market already dominated by the commodore 64 for consumers, as well as the ibm personal computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses. macintosh systems still found success in education and desktop publishing and kept apple as the second - largest pc manufacturer for the next decade. in the 1990s, improvements in the rival wintel platform, notably with the introduction of windows 3. 0, then windows 95, gradually took market share from the more expensive macintosh systems. the performance advantage of 68000 - based macintosh systems was eroded by intel's pentium, and in 1994 apple was relegated to third place as compaq became the top pc manufacturer. even after a transition to the superior powerpc - based power macintosh ( later renamed the powermac, in line with the powerbook series ) line in 1994, the falling prices of commodity pc components and the release of windows 95 saw the macintosh user base decline. in 1979, the launch of the visicalc spreadsheet ( initially for the apple ii ) first turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a business tool. after the 1981
text: saint anne. before mary's conception, anne had been barren and was far advanced in years. mary was given to service as a consecrated virgin in the temple in jerusalem when she was three years old, much like hannah took samuel to the tabernacle as recorded in the old testament. some apocryphal accounts state that at the time of her betrothal to joseph, mary was 12 – 14 years old, and he was thirty years old, but such accounts are unreliable. sao jose dos campos (, meaning saint joseph of the fields ) is a major city and the seat of the municipality of the same name in the state of sao paulo, brazil. one of the leading industrial and research centers with emphasis in aerospace sciences in latin america, the city is located in the paraiba valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, sao paulo ( from the city ) and rio de janeiro ( ). it is the main city of the metropolitan region of vale do paraiba e litoral norte. a native of sao jose dos campos is called a " joseense " ( ). port blair ( pronunciation ( help info ) ) is the capital of the andaman and nicobar islands, a union territory of india situated in the bay of bengal. it is also the local administrative sub - division ( tehsil ) of the islands, the headquarters for the district of south andaman, and is the territory's only notified town. it houses the headquarters of the andaman and nicobar police and the andaman and nicobar command, the first integrated tri - command of the armed forces of india. the mountrail county courthouse in stanley, north dakota was built in 1914 and served mountrail county as its courthouse continuously since then. it was designed by architects buechner & orth in what can be termed academic revival architecture and / or late 19th and 20th century revivals architecture. it was listed on the national register of historic places in 1978 ; a area was included in the listing. each state and major mainland territory has its own parliament — unicameral in the northern territory, the act and queensland, and bicameral in the other states. the states are sovereign entities, although subject to certain powers of the commonwealth as defined by the constitution. the lower houses are known as the legislative assembly ( the house of assembly in south australia and tasmania ) ; the upper houses are known as the legislative council. the head of the government in each state is the premier and in each territory the chief minister. the queen
text: brother, the crown prince liu xi, but was unsuccessful and killed by later zhao. abdullah bin mutaib bin abdullah al saud ( born 13 october 1984 ) is a saudi show jumping rider and a member of house of saud. liu ju ( ; 128 – 91 bc ), formally known as crown prince wei ( [UNK] 太 子 ) and posthumously as crown prince li ( [UNK] 太 子, literally " the unrepentant crown prince " ) was a western han dynasty crown prince. he was the eldest son and the heir apparent to his father, emperor wu of han, until his death at age 38 during the political turmoil in 91 bc. contrary to his less - than - flattering posthumous name, liu ju was generally regarded by historians as a well - mannered, benevolent, morally upright man who, by circumstances out of his control, was forced into an uprising against his father's army and died as a consequence of the rebellion. very little is known about the future consort dowager zhao's background. it is known that she was considered very beautiful and was favored by liu yan. in 920, she gave birth to his third son liu hongdu — who would effectively become his oldest son since liu hongdu's older brothers liu yaoshu ( 劉 [UNK] [UNK] ) and liu guitu ( 劉 [UNK] [UNK] ) would both die early. during liu yan's " dayou " era ( 928 - 942 ), she would receive the imperial consort title " zhaoyi " ( 昭 [UNK] ). abdul rahman bin saud bin abdulaziz al saud ( 19 november 1946 – 29 july 2004 ) was a member of saudi royal family, house of saud. liu piguang ( ; died 154 bc ) was the ninth son of liu fei and grandson of emperor gaozu of han. when liu ze, prince of qi, died without an heir in 165 bc, emperor wen of han divided the qi territory in the land among the living sons of liu fei. in 164, piguang was named prince of jinan and received part of the former qi land. in 154 bc, he joined the rebellion of the seven states initiated by liu pi, prince of wu. piguang was defeated and killed in battle with generals dou ying and zhou yafu. his land was returned to han and his title was abolished. loekman hakim was born in cianjur, west java, indonesia, on december 30, 1975, to eman sulaeman and iis martini. lo
text: 1889. the new company also acquired sprague electric railway & motor company in the same year. from 1997 to 2004, dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. during the same period, rival pc vendors such as compaq, gateway, ibm, packard bell, and ast research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. dell surpassed compaq to become the largest pc manufacturer in 1999. operating costs made up only 10 percent of dell's $ 35 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at hewlett - packard, 25 percent at gateway, and 46 percent at cisco. in 2002, when compaq merged with hewlett packard ( the fourth - place pc maker ), the newly combined hewlett packard took the top spot but struggled and dell soon regained its lead. dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. compaq, who had previously held the third place spot among pc manufacturers during the 1980s and early - mid 1990s, initiated a successful price war in 1994 that vaulted them to the biggest by the year end, overtaking a struggling ibm and relegating apple to third place. apple's market share further struggled due to the release of the windows 95 operating system, which unified microsoft's formerly separate ms - dos and windows products. windows 95 significantly enhanced the multimedia capability and performance of ibm pc compatible computers, and brought the capabilities of windows to parity with the mac os gui. cork city is at the heart of industry in the south of ireland. its main area of industry is pharmaceuticals, with pfizer inc. and swiss company novartis being big employers in the region. the most famous product of the cork pharmaceutical industry is viagra. cork is also the european headquarters of apple inc. where over 3, 000 staff are involved in manufacturing, r & d and customer support. logitech and emc corporation are also important it employers in the area. three hospitals are also among the top ten employers in the city ( see table below ). the original usb 1. 0 specification, which was introduced in january 1996, defined data transfer rates of 1. 5 mbit / s " low speed " and 12 mbit / s " full speed ". microsoft windows 95, osr 2. 1 provided oem support for the devices. the first widely used version of usb was 1. 1, which was released in september 1998. the 12 mbit / s data rate was intended for higher - speed
text: air took in 56 percent of all ultrabook sales in the united states, although being one of the higher - priced competitors, though several ultrabooks with better features were often more expensive than the macbook air. the competitive pricing of macbooks was particularly effective when rivals charged more for seemingly equivalent ultrabooks, as this contradicted the established " elitist aura " perception that apple products cost more but were higher quality, which made these most expensive ultrabooks seem exorbitant no matter how valid their higher prices were. compaq, who had previously held the third place spot among pc manufacturers during the 1980s and early - mid 1990s, initiated a successful price war in 1994 that vaulted them to the biggest by the year end, overtaking a struggling ibm and relegating apple to third place. apple's market share further struggled due to the release of the windows 95 operating system, which unified microsoft's formerly separate ms - dos and windows products. windows 95 significantly enhanced the multimedia capability and performance of ibm pc compatible computers, and brought the capabilities of windows to parity with the mac os gui. the american brass company was an american brass manufacturing company based in connecticut and active from 1893 to 1960. the company's predecessors were the wolcottville brass company and the ansonia brass and battery company. it was the first large brass manufacturing firm in the united states, and for much of its existence was the largest brass manufacturer in the country. it was purchased by the anaconda copper company in 1922, and merged into anaconda's other brass manufacturing concerns ( losing its identity and name in the process ) in 1960. ikco dena is a family car manufactured by iran khodro ( ikco ) auto company ; it was unveiled in april 2011, but mass - production only began in 2015. its price range will be between usd $ 12, 000 and usd $ 13, 000, depending on the specific model and accessories. dena will replace the ikco samand in non - domestic markets after the manufacturer starts mass production. in 1984, the company produced the first computer of its own design - - the ` ` turbo pc'', sold for us $ 795 - - containing an intel 8088 - compatible processor running at a speed of 8 mhz. pc's limited advertised the systems in national computer magazines for sale directly to consumers, and custom assembled each ordered unit according to a selection of options. this offered buyers prices lower than those of retail brands, but with greater convenience than assembling
text: highest indian civilian award of padma shri. he died on 10 july 2010, falling to a cardiac arrest. the bharat ratna ( hindi pronunciation : ( bhaːrət rətnə ) ; jewel of india ) is the highest civilian award of the republic of india. instituted in 1954, the award is conferred ` ` in recognition of exceptional service / performance of the highest order'', without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. the award was originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature, science, and public services, but the government expanded the criteria to include ` ` any field of human endeavour'' in december 2011. the recommendations for the bharat ratna are made by the prime minister to the president, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year. recipients receive a sanad ( certificate ) signed by the president and a peepal - leaf - - shaped medallion ; there is no monetary grant associated with the award. bharat ratna recipients rank seventh in the indian order of precedence. upon independence in august 1947, the title of viceroy was abolished. the representative of the british sovereign became known once again as the governor - general. c. rajagopalachari became the only indian governor - general. however, once india acquired independence, the governor - general's role became almost entirely ceremonial, with power being exercised on a day - to - day basis by the indian cabinet. after the nation became a republic in 1950, the president of india continued to perform the same functions. ashok kumar mago is an indian born american business person and the founder chairman of greater dallas indo american chamber, now known as ( us - india chamber of commerce ) who is known for his involvement of the senate india caucus. he was awarded the padma shree, the fourth highest civilian award, by the government of india, in 2014, for his services to the trade and industry. milkha singh ( birthdate, 8th oct 1935 ), also known as the flying sikh, is an indian former track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the indian army. he was the only indian athlete to win an individual athletics gold medal at a commonwealth games until krishna poonia won the discus gold medal at the 2010 commonwealth games. he also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 asian games. he represented india in the 1956 summer olympics in melbourne, the 1960 summer olympics in rome and the 1964 summer olympics in tokyo. he was awarded the padma shri, india's fourth - highest civilian
text: obtained through the promotion on select models, such as hewlett - packard ( in the u. s. and canada on select models ), and acer ( in europe on selected ultrabook models ). during these promotions, the windows media center add - on for windows 8 pro was also offered for free. from 1997 to 2004, dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. during the same period, rival pc vendors such as compaq, gateway, ibm, packard bell, and ast research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. dell surpassed compaq to become the largest pc manufacturer in 1999. operating costs made up only 10 percent of dell's $ 35 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at hewlett - packard, 25 percent at gateway, and 46 percent at cisco. in 2002, when compaq merged with hewlett packard ( the fourth - place pc maker ), the newly combined hewlett packard took the top spot but struggled and dell soon regained its lead. dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. death to spies ( ) is a stealth third - person shooter pc game set in world war ii and produced by 1c company and russian studio haggard games. the game was released on october 17, 2007 on pc and then later to valve's digital distribution system, steam, on march 12, 2008. ensign manufacturing company, founded as ensign car works in 1872, was a railroad car manufacturing company based in huntington, west virginia. in the 1880s and 1890s ensign's production of wood freight cars made the company one of the three largest sawmill operators in cabell county. in 1899, ensign and twelve other companies were merged to form american car and foundry company. gjensidige nor was a norwegian bank and insurance company that was in existence between 1999 and 2003. the company was created when the two savings banks sparebanken nor ( bank ) and gjensidige ( insurance ) were merged in 1999. in 2002 norwegian savings banks were allowed to become public limited company and was listed on the oslo stock exchange. in 2003 the company was merged with den norske bank to form dnb nor, while the original insurance company gjensidige was demerged and again became a separate company in 2005. t - mobile us traces its roots to the 1994 establishment of voicestream wireless pcs as a subsidiary of western wireless corporation. spun off from parent western wireless on may 3, 1999, voicestream
text: chris pavlou who is an expert in treasury and risk management took over as special administrator of the legacy entity in april 2015 until december 2016. the legacy entity is pursuing legal action against former major shareholder marfin investment group. heneage finch, 1st earl of nottingham, pc ( 23 december 162018 december 1682 ), lord chancellor of england, was descended from the old family of finch, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of sir heneage finch, recorder of london, by his first wife frances bell, daughter of sir edmond bell of beaupre hall, norfolk. the james w. clise house is a house located within marymoor park in redmond, washington, united states, listed on the national register of historic places. each state and major mainland territory has its own parliament — unicameral in the northern territory, the act and queensland, and bicameral in the other states. the states are sovereign entities, although subject to certain powers of the commonwealth as defined by the constitution. the lower houses are known as the legislative assembly ( the house of assembly in south australia and tasmania ) ; the upper houses are known as the legislative council. the head of the government in each state is the premier and in each territory the chief minister. the queen is represented in each state by a governor ; and in the northern territory, the administrator. in the commonwealth, the queen's representative is the governor - general. the commonwealth parliament also directly administers the following external territories : ashmore and cartier islands ; australian antarctic territory ; christmas island ; cocos ( keeling ) islands ; coral sea islands ; heard island and mcdonald islands ; and jervis bay territory, a naval base and sea port for the national capital in land that was formerly part of new south wales. the external territory of norfolk island previously exercised considerable autonomy under the norfolk island act 1979 through its own legislative assembly and an administrator to represent the queen. in 2015, the commonwealth parliament abolished self - government, integrating norfolk island into the australian tax and welfare systems and replacing its legislative assembly with a council. macquarie island is administered by tasmania, and lord howe island by new south wales. in the u. s., the issuance of birth certificates is a function of the vital records office of the states, capital district, territories and former territories. birth in the u. s. establishes automatic eligibility for american citizenship, so a birth certificate from a local authority is commonly provided to the federal government to obtain a u. s.
text: and a newly formed corporation decided to merge to form fuji heavy industries. these companies were : fuji kogyo, a scooter manufacturer ; coachbuilders fuji jidosha ; engine manufacturers omiya fuji kogyo ; chassis builders utsunomiya sharyo and the tokyo fuji dangyo trading company. in the shrinking pc industry, dell continued to lose market share, as it dropped below lenovo in 2011 to fall to number three in the world. dell and fellow american contemporary hewlett packard came under pressure from asian pc manufacturers lenovo, asus, and acer, all of which had lower production costs and willing to accept lower profit margins. in addition, while the asian pc vendors had been improving their quality and design, for instance lenovo's thinkpad series was winning corporate customers away from dell's laptops, dell's customer service and reputation had been slipping. dell remained the second - most profitable pc vendor, as it took 13 percent of operating profits in the pc industry during q4 2012, behind apple inc.'s macintosh that took 45 percent, seven percent at hewlett packard, six percent at lenovo and asus, and one percent for acer. the macintosh, however, was expensive, which hindered its ability to be competitive in a market already dominated by the commodore 64 for consumers, as well as the ibm personal computer and its accompanying clone market for businesses. macintosh systems still found success in education and desktop publishing and kept apple as the second - largest pc manufacturer for the next decade. in the 1990s, improvements in the rival wintel platform, notably with the introduction of windows 3. 0, then windows 95, gradually took market share from the more expensive macintosh systems. the performance advantage of 68000 - based macintosh systems was eroded by intel's pentium, and in 1994 apple was relegated to third place as compaq became the top pc manufacturer. even after a transition to the superior powerpc - based power macintosh ( later renamed the powermac, in line with the powerbook series ) line in 1994, the falling prices of commodity pc components and the release of windows 95 saw the macintosh user base decline. in 1979, the launch of the visicalc spreadsheet ( initially for the apple ii ) first turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a business tool. after the 1981 release by ibm of its ibm pc, the term personal computer became generally used for microcomputers compatible with the ibm pc architecture ( pc
text: 0. 92, but it ended in a forced landing after over - revving damaged the engine. the mach number is named after austrian physicist and philosopher ernst mach, and is a designation proposed by aeronautical engineer jakob ackeret. as the mach number is a dimensionless quantity rather than a unit of measure, with mach, the number comes " after " the unit ; the second mach number is " mach2 " instead of " 2mach " ( or machs ). this is somewhat reminiscent of the early modern ocean sounding unit " mark " ( a synonym for fathom ), which was also unit - first, and may have influenced the use of the term mach. in the decade preceding faster - than - sound human flight, aeronautical engineers referred to the speed of sound as " mach's number ", never " mach 1 ". he studied mathematics and physics at the charles university in prague, and after graduating he became an assistant to professor ernst mach. after obtaining his doctorate in prague in 1873 / 1874 he came to zagreb ( at the time also part of austria - hungary ) and founded the physics cabinet at the faculty of philosophy in 1875. speed racer, also known as mach gogogo ( japanese : マッハ gogogo, hepburn : mahha gogogo ), is a japanese media franchise about automobile racing. mach gogogo was originally serialized in print in shueisha's 1966 shonen book. it was released in tankobon book form by sun wide comics, and later re - released in japan by fusosha. adapted into anime by tatsunoko productions, its 52 episodes aired on fuji tv from april 1967 to march 1968. the anime was later re - broadcast on tokyo mx from july 1 to september 25, 2008. josef mach ( 25 february 1909 in prostejov – 7 july 1987 in prague ) was a czech actor, screenwriter and film director. magbass is a farming town in tonkolili district in the northern province of sierra leone. magbass is located about 55 miles from freetown. the town is home to the magbass sugar complex, one of the largest sugar producing plantation in west africa. the factory provides employment for a number of people within tonkolili district and across sierra leone. the fresnel number ( " f " ), named after the physicist augustin - jean fresnel, is a dimensionless number occurring in optics, in particular in scalar diffraction theory. the gudermannian function
text: several universities, commercial organisations and government bodies. the ground station is at the institute for telecommunications research, part of the university of south australia, near adelaide. since 2005 it was operated by the australian department of defence. from 1997 to 2004, dell enjoyed steady growth and it gained market share from competitors even during industry slumps. during the same period, rival pc vendors such as compaq, gateway, ibm, packard bell, and ast research struggled and eventually left the market or were bought out. dell surpassed compaq to become the largest pc manufacturer in 1999. operating costs made up only 10 percent of dell's $ 35 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with 21 percent of revenue at hewlett - packard, 25 percent at gateway, and 46 percent at cisco. in 2002, when compaq merged with hewlett packard ( the fourth - place pc maker ), the newly combined hewlett packard took the top spot but struggled and dell soon regained its lead. dell grew the fastest in the early 2000s. hasbro interactive acquired the merged company in 1998, and what had been spectrum holobyte ceased to exist when the development studio in alameda, california was closed in 1999. hasbro subsequently sold all the assets of the various hasbro interactive studios to infogrames, including the atari brand itself. ville saint - pierre is a small neighbourhood of the city of montreal, quebec, canada, located in the borough of lachine. it was a separate town until it merged with lachine in 1999. in 2002, the amalgamated city of lachine merged into montreal. the company produced several titles with small development teams. this proved fatal with the rising standards of full priced games. with falling sales and important figures leaving the company, software 2000 filed for bankruptcy in 2002. gjensidige nor was a norwegian bank and insurance company that was in existence between 1999 and 2003. the company was created when the two savings banks sparebanken nor ( bank ) and gjensidige ( insurance ) were merged in 1999. in 2002 norwegian savings banks were allowed to become public limited company and was listed on the oslo stock exchange. in 2003 the company was merged with den norske bank to form dnb nor, while the original insurance company gjensidige was demerged and again became a separate company in 2005. street & racing technology ( commonly called srt ) is a high - performance automobile group within fiat chrysler automobiles. srt began as ` ` team viper'' to develop the dodge

Question: What company did the company that initiated a successful price war among PC manufacturers in 1994 merge with in 2002?
Answer: Hewlett Packard