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A New Way of Life in Shizuoka
Museum of Natural and Environmental History. Shizuoka
Japan - Bountiful bamboo
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As the world's forest resources become depleted, forest
industries are starting to recognise the value of bamboo. Bamboo
is known for its ability to propagate. It grows fast, becoming
fully grown in just three years, whereas a tree of similar size
takes more than 20 years to mature.
There are 500 varieties of bamboo growing wild in Japan. Some
are thick, some are thin - and some have curious joints. They
are different in colour and size.
Bamboo has long been part of the daily lives of the Japanese.
It's used as a rugged construction material, but there are also
delicate musical instruments made of bamboo, and various
traditional crafts using spliced bamboo for creating tableware
and other products. Many traditional toys are also made of
bamboo, such as toy helicopters and kites.
The fast growth of bamboo can also cause problems. Overgrown
bamboo can obstruct sunlight, killing other plants or tree
roots. To grow high-quality bamboo, it is necessary to thin out
the grove.
Traditionally, Japanese have wrapped food in bamboo bark to
prevent spoiling. Now the unique components of bamboo are being
extracted to develop new types of anti-bacterial agents that are
friendly to the environment.
New medical products are also being developed that utilise the
effective components of bamboo leaves. The chemical structure of
bamboo leaves has been found to cleanse blood, help fight
fatigue, and improve kidney and liver functions. A new bamboo
leaf tea has also been developed.
The technique for making round bamboo into flat planks for
building material is also showing progress. Bamboo is hollow
inside and each type differs in diameter and in the spacing of
the joints. Bamboo needs to be flattened into standardised
planks before it can be marketed as a building material.
In the current process, bamboo that has been split in half
vertically is placed into high pressure ovens, then put through
a roller to flatten it out.
The resulting product meets building standards for flooring or
wall materials. Bamboo flooring is resistant against pests and
mould, as well as being flexible.
Bamboo is the symbol of Take-hara City. In Japanese, Take
means bamboo and hara means field. Bamboo lines the city's
main street, it's painted on buses and even designed as
telephone boxes.
The Bamboo Arts Centre exhibits items made from bamboo by local
craftsmen and women. Visitors are impressed by the pipe organ,
which towers seven metres high and contains 270 bamboo pipes.
The sounds are said to be warmer and softer than those from
metal pipes.
Studies on new uses of bamboo have only just begun. Continued
research and development may reveal even better ways to make the
best use of the world's bamboo resources.
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TILT up bamboo shoot;
VS bamboo forests;
TILT up man playing musical instrument made from bamboo;
VS traditional crafts made from bamboo;
Kites;
VS furnishings;
Workers chopping down bamboo in forest;
Taking bamboo away;
VS bamboo-wrapped food;
Bamboo extract cleaning spray;
Bamboo leaves;
Interior factory;
Bamboo leaves being treated;
Extracted bamboo;
VS bottles in factory production line;
VS medical products;
Bamboo leaf tea;
CU bamboo awaiting treatment to be made into standard planks;
Worker puts bamboo into pressure oven;
Plank removed and put into roller to flatten;
VS bamboo flooring;
High shot of main street of Take-hara;
Bamboo shaped phone boxes;
VS crafts in the Bamboo Arts Center;
Bamboo pipe organ;
Bissolve to bamboo forest.
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The beauty and complexity of plankton
Plankton is made up of a diverse collection of microscopic organisms that are unable to swim against the current in large bodies of water. These organisms include bacteria, algae, single-celled animals and even the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. PhotographerRyo Minemizuwon a Nikkei National Geographic Photo Award for his photographs of plankton that he calls Preciousness of Life.Here, a very young diamond squid strikes a threatening pose by raising its arms.
The Secret World of Plankton exhibit on view at Foto Care in New York City from June 21-24 will feature 24 photographs, including three large-scale works, which capture in meticulous detail the beauty and complexity of plankton. Apart from bacteria, these plants, animals and other types of organisms are the most abundant life form on Earth and play a critical role in the marine food chain.Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals that look like flowers, Feb. 2009, in Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan.
The larva of a Limidae, a bivalve creature similar to clams, oysters and scallops, lives behind rocks, May 2016, Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan.Ryo Minemizu comments, Plankton are intriguing and beautiful creatures. They symbolize how precious life is by their tiny existence.
Mantis Shrimp larva has an unusual shell that resembles a balloon, October 2015, in Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan.
Ryo adds, I wanted other people to see them as they are in the sea so it was my motivation from the beginning to shoot plankton underwater, which is quite a challenge… their movements are hard to predict.A long-arm larval octopus, July 2016, Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan.
The larva of a peanut worm, January 2016, in Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan. This is a type of marine benthos, which are organisms that live in either the sediment of the seafloor, sand or under stones.
The final larval stage of certain mollusks have two ciliated flaps. These ciliated flaps are minute hair-like structures, called veligers, and are used for swimming and feeding.
Aglaura hemistoma is a very small jellyfish and has an umbrella diameter that is less than two tenths of an inch.
Why are the shapes and colors of plankton as tiny as a few millimeters so awe-inspiring? It is because the life they embody is in its perfect status, drifting to the flow of the water in a natural environment, says Ryo.Enneagonum hyalinum is a kind of organism that forms colonies developed from a single fertilized egg. They are a sexually mature form of the species capable of reproduction.
According to the photographer, This is most probably a larva of a type of floating octopus. It floats in the sea and has a transparent body in an orange-colored organ called the nucleus.
In the sea where there is nothing to hide behind, being transparent provides protection. This is a juvenile fish of the Acanthuridae family. Its body is so thin and transparent you can see through its skeleton, September 2015, in Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan.
This juvenile ribbonsfish was photographed at night near the Ogasawara Islands, Tokyo, Japan, April 2016.Organisms who cannot swim well try to be carried by the current as far as possible without using their own energy. This strategy is called 'Buoyancy adaptation.' Some develop part of their body so they are easily drifted by the water. Others move by making use of other creatures, observes the photographer.
This larval crab species spends most of its life in the sand and has long spines that are very useful for self-defense.
The distinguishing feature of Arnoglossus yamanakai larval fish is an elongated flag-like appendage, which is developed from the dorsal fin known as an vexillifer and can be used in self-defense.
Grouper larval fish inhabit coral reefs. Their vexillifer that occurs during the floating period has a bulk greater than its body, a very effective buoyancy adaptation.For more information and to RSVP for the opening reception on June 21 at 6:30pm, please visit,The Secret World of Planktonby Ryo Minemizu. Ryo will also teach a photo workshop atFoto Careon June 22.
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Old need not mean the end for countless aging Japanese towns as Alex Kerr fosters sustainable tourism one rejuvenated building at a time.
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East Japan Railway Company | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:38 1 History
00:01:29 2 Lines
00:01:53 2.1 Shinkansen
00:02:49 2.2 Kanto regional lines
00:03:15 2.3 Koshinetsu regional lines
00:03:26 2.4 Tohoku regional lines
00:03:36 3 Train services
00:03:57 3.1 Shinkansen
00:04:33 3.2 Limited express (daytime)
00:05:35 3.3 Limited express (overnight)
00:06:13 3.4 Express
00:06:42 4 Stations
00:07:58 5 Subsidiaries
00:08:28 6 Sponsorship
00:08:51 7 Environmental issues
00:09:20 8 Union issues
00:09:50 9 East Japan Railway Culture Foundation
00:10:19 10 Bids outside Japan
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East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道株式会社, Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本, Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.
International Space Elevator Consortium | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:56 1 History
00:03:05 1.1 Early concepts
00:04:03 1.2 20th century
00:08:36 1.3 21st century
00:13:25 2 In fiction
00:15:09 3 Physics
00:15:18 3.1 Apparent gravitational field
00:17:51 3.2 Cable section
00:20:06 3.3 Cable materials
00:21:23 4 Structure
00:22:04 4.1 Base station
00:23:25 4.2 Cable
00:27:01 4.3 Climbers
00:30:47 4.4 Powering climbers
00:32:27 4.5 Counterweight
00:33:28 5 Launching into deep space
00:34:31 6 Extraterrestrial elevators
00:36:56 7 Construction
00:39:59 7.1 Safety issues and construction challenges
00:41:18 7.2 Economics
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A space elevator is a proposed type of planet-to-space transportation system. The main component would be a cable (also called a tether) anchored to the surface and extending into space. The design would permit vehicles to travel along the cable from a planetary surface, such as the Earth's, directly into space or orbit, without the use of large rockets. An Earth-based space elevator would consist of a cable with one end attached to the surface near the equator and the other end in space beyond geostationary orbit (35,786 km altitude). The competing forces of gravity, which is stronger at the lower end, and the outward/upward centrifugal force, which is stronger at the upper end, would result in the cable being held up, under tension, and stationary over a single position on Earth. With the tether deployed, climbers could repeatedly climb the tether to space by mechanical means, releasing their cargo to orbit. Climbers could also descend the tether to return cargo to the surface from orbit.The concept of a tower reaching geosynchronous orbit was first published in 1895 by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. His proposal was for a free-standing tower reaching from the surface of Earth to the height of geostationary orbit. Like all buildings, Tsiolkovsky's structure would be under compression, supporting its weight from below. Since 1959, most ideas for space elevators have focused on purely tensile structures, with the weight of the system held up from above by centrifugal forces. In the tensile concepts, a space tether reaches from a large mass (the counterweight) beyond geostationary orbit to the ground. This structure is held in tension between Earth and the counterweight like an upside-down plumb bob.
To construct a space elevator on Earth, the cable material would need to be both stronger and lighter (have greater specific strength) than any known material. Development of new materials that meet the demanding specific strength requirement must happen before designs can progress beyond discussion stage. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been identified as possibly being able to meet the specific strength requirements for an Earth space elevator. Other materials considered have been boron nitride nanotubes, and diamond nanothreads, which were first constructed in 2014. In 2018 single-crystal Graphene was also proposed as a potential material.
The concept is applicable to other planets and celestial bodies. For locations in the solar system with weaker gravity than Earth's (such as the Moon or Mars), the strength-to-density requirements for tether materials are not as problematic. Currently available materials (such as Kevlar) are strong and light enough that they could be practical as the tether material for elevators there.
Television | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:59 1 Etymology
00:06:13 2 History
00:06:22 2.1 Mechanical
00:16:39 2.2 Electronic
00:29:18 2.3 Color
00:38:22 2.4 Digital
00:43:55 2.5 Smart TV
00:45:57 2.6 3D
00:47:30 3 Broadcast systems
00:47:39 3.1 Terrestrial television
00:50:25 3.2 Cable television
00:51:50 3.3 Satellite television
00:55:59 3.4 Internet television
00:57:05 4 Sets
00:58:29 4.1 Display technologies
00:58:38 4.1.1 Disk
00:58:57 4.1.2 CRT
01:00:29 4.1.3 DLP
01:01:52 4.1.4 Plasma
01:02:23 4.1.5 LCD
01:03:48 4.1.6 OLED
01:05:30 4.2 Display resolution
01:05:39 4.2.1 LD
01:07:03 4.2.2 SD
01:08:25 4.2.3 HD
01:09:46 4.2.4 UHD
01:10:37 4.3 Market share
01:11:04 5 Content
01:11:13 5.1 Programming
01:12:53 5.2 Genres
01:15:38 5.3 Funding
01:16:49 5.3.1 Advertising
01:19:38 5.3.1.1 United States
01:21:43 5.3.1.2 United Kingdom
01:23:27 5.3.1.3 Ireland
01:23:39 5.3.2 Subscription
01:24:05 5.3.3 Taxation or license
01:27:26 5.4 Broadcast programming
01:27:54 6 Social aspects
01:28:46 6.1 Consumption
01:28:54 7 Negative impacts
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Television (TV), sometimes shortened to tele or telly, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television program (TV show), or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment and news.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of multiple types of archival storage media such as Betamax, VHS tape, local disks, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and cloud digital video recorders has enabled viewers to watch pre-recorded material—such as movies—at home on their own time schedule. For many reasons, especially the convenience of remote retrieval, the storage of television and video programming now occurs on the cloud. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon Video, iPlayer, Hulu, Roku and Chromecast.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of early bulky, high-voltage cathode ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most TV sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, DLP, plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. In the near future, LEDs are expected to be gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have announced that they will increasingly produce smart TVs in the mid-2010s. Smart TVs with integrated Internet and Web 2.0 functions became the dominant form of television by the late 2010s.Telev ...
Suzuki | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:59 1 History
00:04:28 1.1 Leadership
00:04:46 1.2 Timeline
00:05:58 1.2.1 1909–1959
00:08:40 1.2.2 1960–1969
00:12:12 1.2.3 1970–1979
00:17:19 1.2.4 1980–1989
00:23:12 1.2.5 1990–1999
00:27:51 1.2.6 2000–2009
00:32:32 1.2.7 2010–2015
00:37:00 2 Subsidiaries
00:37:10 2.1 Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Formerly iMaruti Udyog Limited/i)
00:41:01 2.2 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
00:46:52 2.3 Pakistani Suzuki Motor Company Limited
00:48:44 2.4 Suzuki Canada Inc.
00:50:56 2.5 Suzuki GB PLC
00:52:10 2.6 Suzuki Motorcycle India, Private Limited
00:52:37 3 OEM deals
00:52:55 3.1 Production Facilities
00:53:53 4 Automobiles
00:54:02 4.1 Current models
00:57:29 4.2 Former models
01:00:01 4.3 Concept automobiles
01:00:14 5 Motorcycles
01:03:36 5.1 Models
01:11:45 5.1.1 Two-stroke engines
01:12:51 5.1.2 Four-stroke engines
01:16:46 5.1.3 Other power sources
01:18:08 5.2 Concept motorcycles
01:18:34 6 All-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
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Suzuki Motor Corporation (Japanese: スズキ株式会社, Hepburn: Suzuki Kabushiki-Kaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. In 2016, Suzuki was the eleventh biggest automaker by production worldwide.
Suzuki has over 45,000 employees and has 35 production facilities in 23 countries, and 133 distributors in 192 countries. The worldwide sales volume of automobiles is the world's tenth largest, while domestic sales volume is the third largest in the country.Suzuki’s domestic motorcycle sales volume is the third largest in Japan.
Electronic television | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:41 1 Etymology
00:07:18 2 History
00:07:27 2.1 Mechanical
00:19:35 2.2 Electronic
00:34:27 2.3 Color
00:45:06 2.4 Digital
00:51:36 2.5 Smart TV
00:53:59 2.6 3D
00:55:46 3 Broadcast systems
00:55:56 3.1 Terrestrial television
00:59:10 3.2 Cable television
01:00:50 3.3 Satellite television
01:05:41 3.4 Internet television
01:06:59 4 Sets
01:08:36 4.1 Display technologies
01:08:46 4.1.1 Disk
01:09:07 4.1.2 CRT
01:10:55 4.1.3 DLP
01:12:30 4.1.4 Plasma
01:13:05 4.1.5 LCD
01:14:45 4.1.6 OLED
01:16:45 4.2 Display resolution
01:16:54 4.2.1 LD
01:18:31 4.2.2 SD
01:20:07 4.2.3 HD
01:21:39 4.2.4 UHD
01:22:40 4.3 Market share
01:23:11 5 Content
01:23:20 5.1 Programming
01:25:18 5.2 Genres
01:28:31 5.3 Funding
01:29:55 5.3.1 Advertising
01:33:13 5.3.1.1 United States
01:35:40 5.3.1.2 United Kingdom
01:37:41 5.3.1.3 Ireland
01:37:54 5.3.2 Subscription
01:38:24 5.3.3 Taxation or license
01:42:21 5.4 Broadcast programming
01:42:52 6 Social aspects
01:43:53 6.1 Consumption
01:44:01 7 Negative impacts
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Television (TV), sometimes shortened to tele or telly, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television program (TV show), or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment and news.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of multiple types of archival storage media such as Betamax, VHS tape, local disks, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and cloud digital video recorders has enabled viewers to watch pre-recorded material—such as movies—at home on their own time schedule. For many reasons, especially the convenience of remote retrieval, the storage of television and video programming now occurs on the cloud. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon Video, iPlayer, Hulu, Roku and Chromecast.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of early bulky, high-voltage cathode ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most TV sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, DLP, plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. In the near future, LEDs are expected to be gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have announced that they will increasing ...
Taipei | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:08 1 Name
00:02:26 2 History
00:04:13 2.1 First settlements
00:05:41 2.2 Japanese rule
00:06:55 2.3 Post-war
00:08:52 3 Geography
00:10:22 3.1 Climate
00:11:34 3.2 Air quality
00:12:25 4 Demographics
00:13:57 5 Economy
00:17:52 6 Culture
00:18:00 6.1 Tourism
00:18:29 6.1.1 Commemorative sites and museums
00:21:10 6.1.2 Taipei 101
00:22:02 6.1.3 Performing arts
00:22:47 6.1.4 Shopping and recreation
00:25:29 6.1.5 Temples
00:26:38 6.2 Festivals and events
00:28:09 6.3 Taipei in films
00:28:24 7 Government
00:29:46 7.1 Garbage recycling
00:30:47 7.2 Administrative divisions
00:31:06 7.3 City planning
00:32:12 8 Transportation
00:33:12 8.1 Metro
00:34:00 8.2 Rail
00:34:39 8.3 Bus
00:35:20 8.4 Airports
00:35:54 8.5 Ticketing
00:36:33 9 Education
00:38:17 9.1 Notable Mandarin language programs for foreigners
00:38:43 10 Sports
00:39:13 10.1 Major sporting events
00:40:31 10.2 Youth baseball
00:41:05 11 Media
00:41:22 11.1 Television
00:42:05 11.2 Newspapers
00:42:29 12 International relations
00:42:43 12.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:42:54 12.2 Partner cities
00:43:18 12.3 Friendship cities
00:43:40 13 In popular culture
00:44:04 14 Gallery
00:44:12 15 See also
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Taipei (; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-pak), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC). Sitting at the northern tip of the island, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 (2015), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name Taipei can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
In English-language news reports the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to Taiwan's national government. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also sometimes pressed into service as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan's government representatives participate in international organizations or Taiwan's athletes participate in international sporting events.
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Taipei (; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-pak), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China. Sitting at the northern tip of the island, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 (2015), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name Taipei can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of the Republic of China and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
In English-language news reports the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to Taiwan's national government. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also sometimes pressed into service as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan's government representatives participate in international organizations or Taiwan's athletes participate in international sporting events.
Television | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:05 1 Etymology
00:06:26 2 History
00:06:35 2.1 Mechanical
00:17:20 2.2 Electronic
00:30:31 2.3 Color
00:39:46 2.4 Digital
00:45:29 2.5 Smart TV
00:47:35 2.6 3D
00:49:11 3 Broadcast systems
00:49:21 3.1 Terrestrial television
00:52:13 3.2 Cable television
00:53:42 3.3 Satellite television
00:57:57 3.4 Internet television
00:59:06 4 Sets
01:00:31 4.1 Display technologies
01:00:41 4.1.1 Disk
01:01:00 4.1.2 CRT
01:02:34 4.1.3 DLP
01:03:59 4.1.4 Plasma
01:04:30 4.1.5 LCD
01:05:59 4.1.6 OLED
01:07:42 4.2 Display resolution
01:07:51 4.2.1 LD
01:09:19 4.2.2 SD
01:10:43 4.2.3 HD
01:12:04 4.2.4 UHD
01:12:56 4.3 Market share
01:13:24 5 Content
01:13:33 5.1 Programming
01:15:17 5.2 Genres
01:18:07 5.3 Funding
01:19:22 5.3.1 Advertising
01:22:17 5.3.1.1 United States
01:24:29 5.3.1.2 United Kingdom
01:26:16 5.3.1.3 Ireland
01:26:29 5.3.2 Subscription
01:26:56 5.3.3 Taxation or license
01:30:24 5.4 Broadcast programming
01:30:52 6 Social aspects
01:31:46 6.1 Consumption
01:31:55 7 Negative impacts
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Television (TV), sometimes shortened to tele or telly, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television program (TV show), or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment and news.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of multiple types of archival storage media such as Betamax, VHS tape, local disks, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and cloud digital video recorders has enabled viewers to watch pre-recorded material—such as movies—at home on their own time schedule. For many reasons, especially the convenience of remote retrieval, the storage of television and video programming now occurs on the cloud. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon Video, iPlayer and Hulu.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of early bulky, high-voltage Cathode ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most TV sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, DLP, plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. In the near future, LEDs are expected to be gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have announced that they will increasingly produce smart T ...
Television industry | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:29 1 Etymology
00:07:03 2 History
00:07:11 2.1 Mechanical
00:19:00 2.2 Electronic
00:33:33 2.3 Color
00:43:53 2.4 Digital
00:50:10 2.5 Smart TV
00:52:28 2.6 3D
00:54:12 3 Broadcast systems
00:54:22 3.1 Terrestrial television
00:57:30 3.2 Cable television
00:59:07 3.3 Satellite television
01:03:48 3.4 Internet television
01:05:02 4 Sets
01:06:34 4.1 Display technologies
01:06:44 4.1.1 Disk
01:07:04 4.1.2 CRT
01:08:43 4.1.3 DLP
01:10:16 4.1.4 Plasma
01:10:49 4.1.5 LCD
01:12:23 4.1.6 OLED
01:14:16 4.2 Display resolution
01:14:25 4.2.1 LD
01:16:00 4.2.2 SD
01:17:32 4.2.3 HD
01:18:59 4.2.4 UHD
01:19:55 4.3 Market share
01:20:24 5 Content
01:20:33 5.1 Programming
01:22:25 5.2 Genres
01:25:30 5.3 Funding
01:26:51 5.3.1 Advertising
01:30:01 5.3.1.1 United States
01:32:23 5.3.1.2 United Kingdom
01:34:20 5.3.1.3 Ireland
01:34:33 5.3.2 Subscription
01:35:02 5.3.3 Taxation or license
01:38:47 5.4 Broadcast programming
01:39:17 6 Social aspects
01:40:17 6.1 Consumption
01:40:25 7 Negative impacts
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Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-A
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Television (TV), sometimes shortened to tele or telly, is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound. The term can refer to a television set, a television program (TV show), or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment and news.
Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but it would still be several years before the new technology would be marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white TV broadcasting became popular in the United States and Britain, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the US and most other developed countries. The availability of multiple types of archival storage media such as Betamax, VHS tape, local disks, DVDs, flash drives, high-definition Blu-ray Discs, and cloud digital video recorders has enabled viewers to watch pre-recorded material—such as movies—at home on their own time schedule. For many reasons, especially the convenience of remote retrieval, the storage of television and video programming now occurs on the cloud. At the end of the first decade of the 2000s, digital television transmissions greatly increased in popularity. Another development was the move from standard-definition television (SDTV) (576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution and 480i) to high-definition television (HDTV), which provides a resolution that is substantially higher. HDTV may be transmitted in various formats: 1080p, 1080i and 720p. Since 2010, with the invention of smart television, Internet television has increased the availability of television programs and movies via the Internet through streaming video services such as Netflix, Amazon Video, iPlayer, Hulu, Roku and Chromecast.
In 2013, 79% of the world's households owned a television set. The replacement of early bulky, high-voltage cathode ray tube (CRT) screen displays with compact, energy-efficient, flat-panel alternative technologies such as LCDs (both fluorescent-backlit and LED), OLED displays, and plasma displays was a hardware revolution that began with computer monitors in the late 1990s. Most TV sets sold in the 2000s were flat-panel, mainly LEDs. Major manufacturers announced the discontinuation of CRT, DLP, plasma, and even fluorescent-backlit LCDs by the mid-2010s. In the near future, LEDs are expected to be gradually replaced by OLEDs. Also, major manufacturers have announced that they will increasin ...
Suzuki | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:08 1 History
00:05:13 1.1 Leadership
00:05:32 1.2 Timeline
00:06:54 1.2.1 1909–1959
00:10:02 1.2.2 1960–1969
00:14:05 1.2.3 1970–1979
00:20:01 1.2.4 1980–1989
00:26:52 1.2.5 1990–1999
00:32:13 1.2.6 2000–2009
00:37:39 1.2.7 2010–2015
00:42:48 1.2.8 2018–present
00:43:23 2 Subsidiaries
00:43:32 2.1 Maruti Suzuki India Limited (Formerly iMaruti Udyog Limited/i)
00:47:56 2.2 American Suzuki Motor Corp.
00:54:38 2.3 Pakistani Suzuki Motor Company Limited
00:56:46 2.4 Suzuki Canada Inc.
00:59:19 2.5 Suzuki GB PLC
01:00:41 2.6 Suzuki Motorcycle India, Private Limited
01:01:12 3 OEM deals
01:01:31 3.1 Production Facilities
01:02:36 4 Automobiles
01:02:46 4.1 Current models
01:06:50 4.2 Former models
01:09:50 4.3 Concept automobiles
01:10:04 5 Motorcycles
01:13:58 5.1 Models
01:23:34 5.1.1 Two-stroke engines
01:24:49 5.1.2 Four-stroke engines
01:29:24 5.1.3 Other power sources
01:30:50 5.2 Concept motorcycles
01:31:23 6 All-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
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Suzuki Motor Corporation (Japanese: スズキ株式会社, Hepburn: Suzuki Kabushiki-Kaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. In 2016, Suzuki was the eleventh biggest automaker by production worldwide.
Suzuki has over 45,000 employees and has 35 production facilities in 23 countries, and 133 distributors in 192 countries. The worldwide sales volume of automobiles is the world's tenth largest, while domestic sales volume is the third largest in the country.Suzuki’s domestic motorcycle sales volume is the third largest in Japan.
Taipei | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:25 1 Name
00:04:06 2 History
00:06:44 2.1 First settlements
00:09:00 2.2 Japanese rule
00:11:11 2.3 Post-war
00:14:15 3 Geography
00:16:33 3.1 Climate
00:18:27 3.2 Air quality
00:19:43 4 Cityscape
00:19:52 5 Demographics
00:22:17 6 Economy
00:28:31 7 Culture
00:28:39 7.1 Tourism
00:29:20 7.1.1 Commemorative sites and museums
00:33:35 7.1.2 Taipei 101
00:34:59 7.1.3 Performing arts
00:36:06 7.1.4 Shopping and recreation
00:40:18 7.1.5 Temples
00:42:04 7.2 Festivals and events
00:44:24 7.3 Taipei in films
00:44:42 8 Government
00:46:48 8.1 Garbage recycling
00:48:28 8.2 Administrative divisions
00:48:54 8.3 City planning
00:50:34 9 Transportation
00:52:05 9.1 Metro
00:53:18 9.2 Rail
00:54:13 9.3 Bus
00:55:15 9.4 Airports
00:56:05 9.5 Ticketing
00:57:01 10 Education
00:59:42 10.1 Notable Mandarin language programs for foreigners
01:00:18 11 Sports
01:01:01 11.1 Major sporting events
01:02:57 11.2 Youth baseball
01:03:46 12 Media
01:04:08 12.1 Television
01:05:13 12.2 Newspapers
01:05:48 13 International relations
01:06:05 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:06:19 13.2 Partner cities
01:06:50 13.3 Friendship cities
01:07:20 14 In popular culture
01:07:53 15 Gallery
01:08:02 16 See also
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Taipei (; Mandarin: [tʰǎipèi]; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-pak), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC). Located in the northern part of the Island of Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 (2015), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name Taipei can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Songshan and Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
In English-language news reports the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to central government of Taiwan. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also frequently pressed into service as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan's governmental representatives participate in international organizations or Taiwan's athletes participate in international sporting events.
Omaha, Nebraska | Wikipedia audio article
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Omaha, Nebraska
00:05:23 1 History
00:07:22 1.1 Pioneer Omaha
00:09:34 1.2 19th century
00:13:22 1.3 20th century
00:20:48 1.4 21st century
00:23:36 2 Geography
00:26:46 2.1 Neighborhoods
00:28:34 2.2 Landmark preservation
00:30:06 2.3 Climate
00:31:49 3 Demographics
00:31:58 3.1 2010 census
00:34:21 3.2 2000 census
00:36:08 3.3 People
00:43:07 3.4 Latinos in Omaha
00:43:17 4 Economy
00:44:58 4.1 Top employers
00:45:12 4.2 Tourism
00:46:37 5 Culture
00:48:05 5.1 Henry Doorly Zoo
00:48:41 5.2 Old Market
00:50:16 5.3 Music
00:53:18 5.4 Popular culture
00:55:56 6 Sports and recreation
00:59:09 6.1 Recreation
01:00:32 7 Government and politics
01:03:20 7.1 Crime
01:05:37 8 Education
01:08:21 9 Media
01:09:48 10 Infrastructure
01:11:42 10.1 Transportation
01:15:55 11 Notable people
01:16:04 12 Sister cities
01:16:33 13 See also
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- Socrates
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Omaha ( OH-mə-hah) is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles (15 km) north of the mouth of the Platte River. Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which includes Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. According to the 2010 census, Omaha's population was 408,958, having increased to 466,893 as of the 2017 estimate. This makes Omaha the nation's 40th-largest city. Including its suburbs, Omaha formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2013, with an estimated population of 895,151 residing in eight counties. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, Nebraska-IA Combined Statistical Area is 931,667, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2013 estimate. Nearly 1.3 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, comprising a 50 miles (80 kilometers) radius of Downtown Omaha, the city's center.
Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the Gateway to the West. Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the World's Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the 19th century, Omaha's central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub. Throughout the rest of the 19th century, the transportation and jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads and breweries. In the 20th century, the Omaha Stockyards, once the world's largest, and its meatpacking plants gained international prominence.
Today, Omaha is the home to the headquarters of four Fortune 500 companies: mega-conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway; one of the world's largest construction companies, Kiewit Corporation; insurance and financial firm Mutual of Omaha; and the United States' largest railroad operator, Union Pacific Corporation. Berkshire Hathaway is headed by local investor Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in the world, according to a decade's worth of Forbes Magazine rankings, some of which have ranked him as high as No. 1. Omaha is also the home to five Fortune 1000 headquarters: Green Plains Renewable Energy, TD Ameritrade, Valmont Industries, Werner Enterprises, and West Corporation. Also headquartered in Omaha are First National Bank of Omaha, the largest privately held bank in the United States; three of the nation's largest 10 architecture/engineering firms: DLR Group, HDR, Inc., and Leo A Daly; the Gallup Organization, of Gallup Poll fame; and its riverfront Gallup University. Enron began in Omaha as Northern Natural Gas in 1930, before taking over a smaller Houston company in 1985 to form InterNorth, which Kenneth Lay moved permanently to Houston, in 1987. First Data, another Fortune 500 company, was founded in Omaha in 1971 and headquartered there until the late 90's. ConAgra Brand ...