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Mobile_services Vodafone_New_Zealand

1 mobile services 1.1 coverage 1.1.1 gsm coverage (2g) 1.1.2 umts coverage (3g) 1.1.3 4g lte coverage (4g) 1.2 mobile virtual network service 1.3 phone numbers 1.3.1 029 prefix 1.3.2 comparison 027 prefix 1.4 3g services 1.5 iphone mobile services coverage vodafone operates gsm (2g) mobile phone network @ 900 mhz , 1800 mhz, umts (3g) network @ 900 mhz , 2100 mhz, , 4g lte network on 1800 mhz, supporting 4g frequencies on 2600 mhz,2100 and 700 mhz. states network provides service in our mobile network covers on 98.5% of population, 4g extended coverage on 93% . gsm coverage (2g) vodafone operates nationwide gsm service in 900 mhz band. in areas high demand there additional gsm services operating in 1800 mhz band, existing 900 mhz cell sites, provide more capacity. areas both 900 mhz , 1800 mhz service cover major business districts , large shopping malls. in recent years vodafone has established cell sites provide 1800...

Girl_Scouts_of_Montana_and_Wyoming Scouting_in_Montana

girl scouts of montana , wyoming council serving both montana , wyoming. formed on may 1, 2008 merger of girl scouts of big sky council, girl scouts treasure trails council, , girl scout council of wyoming. headquarters: billings, montana website: http://www.gsmw.org/ service centers great falls, montana casper, wyoming camps camp thunderbird in macdonald pass area near helena, montana camp sacajawea near casper, wyoming camp timbercrest on west fork of rock creek in beartooth mountains near red lodge, montana camp westana on stillwater lake north of whitefish, montana

Architecture Second_Bulgarian_Empire

the network of cities in second bulgarian empire grew in 13th , 14th centuries; numerous new urban centres rose prominence. cities constructed in difficult-to-access locations , consisted of inner , outer town. nobility lived in inner town, included citadel, while citizens inhabited outer town. there separate neighbourhoods nobility, craftsmen, merchants, , foreigners. capital tarnovo had 3 fortified hills—tsarevets, trapezitsa, , momina krepost, built along meanders of yantra river. several neighbourhoods along river s banks including separate quarters western europeans , jews. fortresses built on hills , plateaus—the byzantine historian niketas choniates said bulgarian castles in balkan mountains situated @ heights above clouds . built crushed stones welded plaster, in contrast monumental ensembles in north-east of country dating period of first empire. gates , more vulnerable sections secured pinnacled towers; these rectangular there irregular, circular, oval, triangular, or horses...

Official_nickname Nicknames_of_Houston

johnson space center houston received official nickname of space city in 1967 because home nasa s manned spacecraft center. nasa s center in houston has origins in space task group directed first manned spaceflight program, project mercury. in 1961, grew bigger organization manned spacecraft center, , in 1962 moved newly built campus on land donated rice university. renamed lyndon b. johnson space center (jsc) in honor of texas u.s. senator, vice president, , president lyndon b. johnson in 1973, year johnson died. senate majority leader, johnson played decisive role in passage of legislation created nasa in 1958. jsc contains christopher c. kraft jr. mission control center, coordinates , monitors human spaceflight united states, , directed space shuttle missions , activities aboard international space station. visitor s center of jsc space center houston. some of first words transmitted neil armstrong moon, houston, tranquility base here. eagle has landed , written in 15 languages o...

History Macedonia_(region)

1 history 1.1 neolithic 1.2 middle neolithic 1.3 late neolithic 1.4 ancient macedonia (500 146 bce) 1.5 roman macedonia 1.6 medieval macedonia 1.7 birth of nationalism , of macedonian identities 1.8 macedonia in balkan wars, world war , ii 1.8.1 balkan wars 1.8.2 world war i 1.8.3 world war ii 1.8.4 post–world war ii history early neolithic while macedonia shows signs of human habitation old paleolithic period (among petralona cave oldest european humanoid), earliest known settlements, such nea nikomedeia in imathia (today s greek macedonia), date 9,000 years. houses @ nea nikomedeia constructed—as structures throughout neolithic in northern greece—of wattle , daub on timber frame. cultural assemblage includes well-made pottery in simple shapes occasional decoration in white on red background, clay female figurines of rod-headed type known thessaly danube valley, stone axes , adzes, chert blades, , ornaments of stone including curious nose plugs of uncertain function. assemblage of...

Science_and_technology List_of_Slovaks

1 science , technology 1.1 philosophers, polyhistors, teachers 1.2 linguists, humanists , historians 1.3 inventors , engineers 1.4 natural sciences , medicine 1.5 geology, mineralogy 1.6 archeology 1.7 physics 1.8 mathematics 1.9 computer science 1.9.1 astronomers (20th century) 1.9.2 astronauts science , technology philosophers, polyhistors, teachers pavol jozef Šafárik (paul joseph schaffarik, pavel josef safarik) (1795–1861) – poet, professor, polyhistor jakob jakobeus (1591–1645) – poet, historian, priest, , writer linguists, humanists , historians anton bernolák (1762–1813) – lower nobleman, jesuit, author of first slovak language standard (in 1780s), based on western slovak dialects. Ľudovít Štúr (ludevít Štúr) (1815–1856) – best known role in development of modern slovak language. in 1844 suggested central slovak dialect used literary language of slovaks, , in 1846 codified new language standard in nauka reči slovenskej. [theory of slovak language] adam františek kollár (adam f...

History Clandon_Park_House

1 history 1.1 acquisition national trust 1.2 1968 – 2014 1.3 2015 fire history the estate , elizabethan house, temple court farm @ merrow, purchased in 1641 sir richard weston of nearby sutton place, sir richard onslow, mp surrey in long parliament , great-grandfather of thomas onslow, 2nd baron onslow, rebuilt it. many members of onslow family followed political careers; 3 of them, including arthur onslow, speakers of house of commons. portraits later hang in speaker s parlour @ clandon house. engraving of house, showing west front , deer park, c. 1824 the house built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, in 1730–33 (the latter date on rainwater heads) thomas onslow, 2nd baron onslow design of venetian architect giacomo leoni. rectangular building of red brick , stone dressings. clandon house interiors, completed in 1740s, featured two-storey marble hall, containing marble chimney pieces flemish sculptor michael rysbrack, , rococo plasterwork ceiling italian-swiss artists giuseppe artari , ...

Analogy_with_reader-writer_locking Read-copy-update

the differences between 2 approaches quite small. read-side locking moves rcu_read_lock , rcu_read_unlock, update-side locking moves reader-writer lock simple spinlock, , synchronize_rcu precedes kfree. however, there 1 potential catch: read-side , update-side critical sections can run concurrently. in many cases, not problem, necessary check regardless. example, if multiple independent list updates must seen single atomic update, converting rcu require special care. also, presence of synchronize_rcu means rcu version of delete can block. if problem, call_rcu used call_rcu (kfree, p) in place of synchronize_rcu. useful in combination reference counting.

World_Cup_record Ghana_national_football_team

the black stars have qualified 3 fifa world cup tournaments; 2006, 2010, , 2014. in 2006, ghana african side advance second round of fifa world cup in germany , sixth nation in row africa progress beyond group stages of world cup. black stars had youngest team in fifa world cup 2006 average age of 23 years , 352 days, , praised improving performance. fifa ranked ghana 13th out of 32 countries competed in tournament. in 2010 world cup, ghana progressed beyond group stages of world cup in south-africa, , reached quarter-finals eliminated uruguay. black stars defeated on penalty shootout after luis suárez hand-balled on goal line deep time, preventing winning goal. of 32 countries participated in 2010 fifa world cup, fifa ranked ghana 7th. after beating egypt 7–3 on aggregate in november 2013, ghana qualified 2014 world cup in brazil. drawn in group g germany, usa , portugal. first time ghana fell in group stage, tying germany 2–2 , losing both united states , portugal 2–1. black stars @ ...

Personnel Ghana_national_football_team

former head coaches since 1957 ghana has had thirty-two different head coaches , 3 caretakers. c.k. gyamfi successful of these, leading black stars 3 africa cup of nations titles – in 1963, 1965 , 1982 – making gyamfi joint successful coach in competition s history. fred osam duodu led black stars 1978 africa cup of nations title; ratomir dujković, milovan rajevac, , james kwesi appiah, have led black stars world cup qualification.

Cephalopod_chromatophores Chromatophore

an infant cuttlefish, using background adaptation mimic local environment coleoid cephalopods (including octopuses, squids , cuttlefish) have complex multicellular organs use change colour rapidly, producing wide variety of bright colours , patterns. each chromatophore unit composed of single chromatophore cell , numerous muscle, nerve, glial, , sheath cells. inside chromatophore cell, pigment granules enclosed in elastic sac, called cytoelastic sacculus. change colour animal distorts sacculus form or size muscular contraction, changing translucency, reflectivity, or opacity. differs mechanism used in fish, amphibians, , reptiles in shape of sacculus changed, rather translocating pigment vesicles within cell. however, similar effect achieved. octopuses , cuttlefish can operate chromatophores in complex, undulating chromatic displays, resulting in variety of rapidly changing colour schemata. nerves operate chromatophores thought positioned in brain in pattern isomorphic of chromatophore...

Final_conquest_of_the_Dzungars Dzungar–Qing_Wars

zhaohui receives surrender of dawachi @ ili 1755 in 1752, dawachi , khoit-oirat prince amursana competed title of khan of dzungars. amursana suffered several defeats @ hands of dawachi , forced flee small army protection of qing imperial court. yongzheng emperor s successor, qianlong emperor, pledged support amursana, recognized qing authority; among supported amursana , chinese khoja brothers burhān al-dīn (zh) , khwāja-i jahān (zh). in 1755, qianlong sent manchu general zhaohui (zh), aided amursana, burhān al-dīn , khwāja-i jahān, lead campaign against dzungars. after several skirmishes , small scale battles along ili river, qing army, led zhaohui, approached ili (gulja) , forced dawachi surrender. qianlong appointed amursana khan of khoid , 1 of 4 equal khans – displeasure of amursana, wanted khan of dzungars. amursana rallied majority of remaining oirats rebel against qing authority. in 1758, general zhaohui defeated dzungars in 2 battles: battle of oroi-jalatu , batt...

Service_provision Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Burkina_Faso

a village pump in balga, village in eastern burkina faso. rural areas. in rural areas , small towns outside service area of onea, 3 quarters of population live, community service providers (associations d usagers de l eau) have relied upon support international donors , local , international non-governmental organizations (ngo). decentralization process initiated in 2004 led transfer of responsibility water supply , sanitation municipalities (communes) in 2009, confirmed mandate of onea deliver urban , sanitation services within existing service area. mentioned above, municipalities not expected deliver services themselves, rather delegate delivery public entities such onea or local private companies. in regions community service providers have associated @ regional level. 1 example fédération des usagers de l eau de la région de bobo-dioulasso (faureb). members of federation set unique water tariff 40 small towns , villages in region. administer funds maintenance, renewal , new invest...

Aftermath Han_van_Meegeren

the auction of estate of han van meegeren (in dutch). after death, court ruled van meegeren’s estate auctioned , proceeds property , sale of counterfeits used refund buyers of works , pay income taxes on sale of paintings. van meegeren filed bankruptcy in december 1945. on 5 , 6 september 1950, furniture , other possessions in amsterdam house @ keizersgracht 321 auctioned order of court, along 738 other pieces of furniture , works of art, including numerous paintings old , new masters private collection. house auctioned separately on 4 september, estimated worth 65,000 guilders. proceeds of sale house amounted 123,000 guilders. van meegeren’s unsigned last supper bought 2,300 guilders, while jesus among doctors (which van meegeren had painted while in detention) sold 3,000 guilders (about $800 or $7,000 today.) today painting hangs in johannesburg church. sale of entire estate amounted 242,000 guilders ($60,000, or $500,000 today). throughout trial , bankruptcy, van meegeren maintained...

Contributions Armenians_in_India

1 contributions 1.1 medical profession 1.2 legal profession 1.3 other areas contributions medical profession armenians in india have contributed medical profession, , prominent indo-armenian personalities associated medical sciences include: dr. joseph marcus joseph, m.d., armenian joined indian medical service in 1852 , rose level of deputy surgeon general 1880. indian army, under british, had several armenians lieutenant colonels, surgeon captains, , surgeon majors. stephan manouk, son of prominent business man, hovsep manouk, obtained diploma of doctor surgeon royal medical university, london, in 1862. services during cholera epidemic of time earned him certificate of honors british government. dr. sargis avetoom of indian army, participated in british army’s actions in afghanistan, egypt , burma, , honored british government, medal , clasp , khedives star clasp egypt, , medal , clasp burma. discovered medicine dysentery, , fluent in many languages armenian, russian, english, german...

Settlements Armenians_in_India

several centuries of presence of armenians, described merchant princes of india , resulted in emergence of number of several large , small armenian settlements in several places in india, including agra, surat, mumbai, kanpur, chinsurah, chandernagore, calcutta, saidabad, suburb of murshidabad, chennai, gwalior, lucknow, , several other locations in republic of india. lahore , dhaka – respectively in pakistan , bangladesh, – but, earlier part of undivided india, , kabul, capital of afghanistan, had armenian population. there many armenians in burma , southeast asia. akbar (1556–1605), mughal emperor, invited armenians settle in agra in 16th century, , middle of 19th century, agra had sizeable armenian population. imperial decree, armenian merchants exempted paying taxes on merchandise imported , exported them, , allowed move around in areas of mughal empire entry of foreigners otherwise prohibited. however, armenians, recognized emperors innovative skills, earned exceptional status in...

2017_Typhoon_Hato Macau_Garrison

pla macau garrison troops cleaning macau streets. at request of macau sar government, pla macau garrison deployed assist in disaster relief , cleaning in aftermath of typhoon hato in august 2017, first time domestic affairs in macau history. 1,000 troops called in remove debris , clear roads.

The_Anquetil_years Raymond_Poulidor

poulidor @ 1966 tour de france poulidor s rivalry anquetil legend in cycling. while climber, poulidor had hard time matching anquetil in individual time trial, having victory snatched him losing time in time-trial stages of tour de france. poulidor s riding style aggressive , attacking, whereas anquetil preferred control race in mountains , win time in time-trials. poulidor became darling of french public, ire of anquetil. poulidor s mid-france upbringing , slow limousin speech contrasted anquetil s northern background , sharper accent. poulidor s face tanned , furrowed; anquetil had high cheekbones, smoother face , brushed-up blond hair. poulidor s best chance of defeating anquetil came in 1964 tour de france, in finish on puy de dôme. anquetil rode beside poulidor both exhausted in last few hundred metres poulidor take enough time threaten anquetil s first place in general classification. tour organiser, jacques goddet, behind pair turned off main road , climbed through police estima...

Second_season A1_Grand_Prix

changes made 2006–07 season race durations , distances improve spectacle attendees , tv viewers. 2006–07 schedule released on 7 july 2006, first race @ circuit park zandvoort on 1 october 2006, , last race @ brands hatch on 29 april 2007. new teams team singapore , team greece joined competition team turkey failed secure funding season. team austria, team japan, team portugal , team russia did not return second season. however, after securing funding team portugal competed in final 4 rounds of second season in south africa, mexico, china , britain. team germany won series 128 points, 35 points lead ahead of team new zealand. on 29 september, sheikh maktoum announced resigning position chairman , chief executive of series, seeking have place taken increased shareholder interests: maktoum announced intended resignation in september , exit organisation confirmed in december.

Geography Waterford_Township,_Fulton_County,_Illinois

1 geography 1.1 unincorporated towns 1.2 extinct towns 1.3 cemeteries 1.4 major highways 1.5 airports , landing strips 1.6 landmarks geography according 2010 census, township has total area of 21.17 square miles (54.8 km), of 20.96 square miles (54.3 km) (or 99.01%) land , 0.21 square miles (0.54 km) (or 0.99%) water. unincorporated towns sepo @ 40°20′37″n 90°07′09″w / 40.343654°n 90.119286°w / 40.343654; -90.119286 (this list based on usgs data , may include former settlements.) extinct towns waterford @ 40°20′20″n 90°07′47″w / 40.338931°n 90.129841°w / 40.338931; -90.129841 (these towns listed historical usgs.) cemeteries the township contains main waterford cemetery. family cemeteries:ames cemetery , ashby cemetery major highways u.s. route 24 illinois route 78 illinois route 100 airports , landing strips g bray airport norris farms airport landmarks dickson mounds state park ^ cite error: named reference census invoked never defined (see page).

Potential_factors Iran_Air_Flight_655

^ uss vincennes incident, aeronautics , astronautics, spring 2004, mit, massachusetts (pdf). retrieved 7 july 2013.  ^ cite error: named reference fogarty invoked never defined (see page). ^ klein, gary (1999). sources of power: how people make decisions, chapter 6. mit press. isbn 0-262-61146-5.  ^ cite error: named reference kelley-0706 invoked never defined (see page). ^ dettmer, jamie (2 july 1992). admiral contradicts navy testimony on downing of iran jet . times. london. p. 13.  ^ iran air 655, house armed services hearing, 21 july 1992 . homepage.ntlworld.com. archived original on 6 december 2013.  (annotated analysis, commentary, , opinion. personal blog of charles judson harwood jr. archived 1 august 2004 @ wayback machine.)

Schools Rogers_Park,_Chicago

chicago public library, rogers park branch chicago public schools operates zoned schools serving community: zoned k-8 schools include: gale elementary community academy, eugene field elementary school (including new field), joyce kilmer elementary school, george b. swift elementary specialty school, george b. armstrong school of international studies, , jordan community elementary school. roger c. sullivan high school serves of rogers park while small section zoned senn high school other cps schools: chicago math , science academy pactt learning center charter schools: uno rogers park charter school howard area leadership academy (closed) private schools: northside catholic academy chicago waldorf school st. margaret mary catholic elementary school colleges , universities: city colleges of chicago provides community college services loyola university chicago/lake shore campus chicago public library operates rogers park branch.

Design_and_description Brazilian_monitor_Piauí

1 design , description 1.1 propulsion 1.2 armament 1.3 armor design , description the pará-class monitors designed meet need of brazilian navy small, shallow-draft armored ships capable of withstanding heavy fire. monitor configuration chosen since turreted design did not have same problems engaging enemy ships , fortifications did central battery ironclads in brazilian service. oblong gun turret sat on circular platform had central pivot. rotated 4 men via system of gears; 2.25 minutes required full 360° rotation. bronze ram fitted these ships well. hull sheathed muntz metal reduce biofouling. the ships measured 39 meters (127 ft 11 in) long overall, beam of 8.54 meters (28 ft 0 in). had draft of 1.51 1.54 meters (4 ft 11 in 5 ft 1 in) , displaced 500 metric tons (490 long tons). 0.3 meters (1 ft 0 in) of freeboard had towed between rio de janeiro , areas of operations. crew numbered 43 officers , men. propulsion the pará-class ships ha...

Celebrity_deaths_due_to_CDI.2FMDI Combined_drug_intoxication

1 celebrity deaths due cdi/mdi 1.1 anna nicole smith , daniel wayne smith 1.2 heath ledger 1.3 speedball deaths celebrity deaths due cdi/mdi many celebrities have died cdi/mdi, including: nick adams, actor, paraldehyde , promazine; bridgette andersen, actress, alcohol , multiple drugs; lester bangs, music journalist, diazepam , propoxyphene; ol dirty bastard, rapper of wu-tang clan, cocaine , tramadol john belushi, actor, cocaine , heroin tommy bolin, guitarist deep purple, alcohol, heroin, cocaine , barbiturates derek boogaard, new york rangers forward, oxycodone , alcohol. casey calvert, guitarist hawthorne heights, citalopram, clonazepam , hydrocodone; truman capote, author, multiple drug intoxication complicated liver cancer , phlebitis steve clark of rock group def leppard, combining antidepressants, tranquilizers , alcohol; eric douglas, actor/comedian, alcohol, hydrocodone , temazepam; paul gray, slipknot bassist, morphine , fentanyl jimi hendrix, guitarist, alcohol , barbitura...