Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, class, kingdom, etc.

A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms. Above it, each rank is classified within more general categories of organisms and groups of organisms related to each other through inheritance of traits or features from common ancestors. The rank of any species and the description of its genus is basic; which means that to identify a particular organism, it is usually not necessary to specify ranks other than these first two.

Consider a particular species, the red fox Vulpes vulpes: its next rank, the genus Vulpes, comprises all the 'true foxes'. Their closest relatives are in the immediately higher rank, the family Canidae, which includes dogs, wolves, jackals, all foxes, and other caniforms; the next higher rank, the order Carnivora, includes feliforms and caniforms (lions, tigers, bears, hyenas, wolverines, and all those mentioned above), plus other carnivorous mammals. As one group of the class Mammalia, all of the above are classified among those with backbones in the Chordata phylum rank, and with them among all the animals in the Animalia kingdom rank. Finally, all of the above will find their earliest relatives somewhere in their domain rank Eukarya.

Séries+

Séries+ is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel devoted to scripted comedy and dramatic programming. The channel is owned by Corus Entertainment.

History

On May 21, 1999, Alliance Atlantis Communications (AAC) and Premier Choix Networks (a division of Astral Media) were granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a national French-language specialty television service called Canal Fiction, described as a "service devoted to drama."

The channel was launched on January 31, 2000 as Séries+ at 6pm EST.

On January 18, 2008, a joint venture between Canwest and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners known as CW Media purchased AAC and gained AAC's interest in Séries+.

On October 27, 2010, Shaw Communications completed its acquisition of Canwest and Goldman Sachs' interest in CW Media, giving it control of CW Media's 50% interest in Séries+.

On March 4, 2013, Corus Entertainment announced that it would acquire Astral Media's stakes in Séries+ and Historia, as well as several other properties, under separate transactions with the two companies. The purchase was tied to Bell Media's pending takeover of Astral Media; an earlier proposal had been rejected by the CRTC in October 2012 due to concerns surrounding its total market share following the merger, but was restructured under the condition that the companies divest certain media properties. In a separate deal, Corus also acquired Shaw's interests in Séries+ and Historia, giving it full ownership. The deals were approved by the CRTC on December 20, 2013 and Corus officially become the full owner of the channel on January 1, 2014.

203 series

The 203 series (203系) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated in Japan between 1982 and 2011 by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and currently operated by KRL Jabodetabek in Indonesia and Philippine National Railways (PNR) in the Philippines.

Operations

The 203 series sets were on through services between the Joban Line and Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line until they were replaced by E233-2000 series EMUs, and finally withdrawn from services in Japan in September 2011.

Formation

The sets were formed as follows.

Cars 3, 6, and 9 were each fitted with one PS21 pantograph.

Interior

  • Interior view, September 2007

  • Interior view, September 2007

  • Priority seating, November 2010

  • Priority seating, November 2010

    History

    Withdrawal

    The trains were gradually replaced by new E233-2000 series EMUs, and the last set ran in revenue service on 26 September 2011.

    Overseas operations

    Indonesia

    Five former 203 series sets have been sent to KRL Jabodetabek (KCJ) in Jakarta, Indonesia. All trains are in operation in the Jabodetabek area with 8 cars per set, due to the short platforms at most stations in Indonesia.

    SWF (disambiguation)

    SWF is an Adobe Flash file format used for multimedia, vector graphics and ActionScript. It stands for Shockwave Flash Movie. SWF may also refer to:

  • Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF), an AWS product designed to “build, run, and scale background jobs that have parallel or sequential steps”.
  • SWF a proprietary photographic file format used by Seattle_FilmWorks, Inc., a photographic film distribution and processing company.
  • Single White Female, an abbreviation sometimes used in personal advertisements
  • Sitka WhaleFest
  • SWF Seeks Same a 1990 novel by John Lutz
  • Single White Female, a 1992 film based on the book
  • Social welfare function, an economics term
  • South Woodham Ferrers, a town in Essex, UK
  • Sovereign wealth fund, an investment arm of a government
  • Spring Web Flow, a project focusing on rich web applications
  • The Standard Written Form of the Cornish language
  • Stewart International Airport (IATA code), Hudson Valley, New York
  • Südwestfunk, a former southern German public radio station
  • Podcasts:

    developed with YouTube
    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Serious

    by: 5ive

    Yeah, (hahahah) yeah, yeah, yeah
    Boogie down, boogie down
    You gotta get serious
    What, what come on
    Perplexing as I recks the decks so check the flex poetical sex I bring the
    funk to your necks check it
    Second time around better than the first, I quench your thirst, my rhymes
    fill ya till ya burst
    Get serious
    Cause we're gonna do for you, you know it's true we got a second album
    coming through
    Too many people thoght we couldn't go on
    But yo, we're still number one see we shine like the sun
    Hands up in the air,
    Wave 'em like you care
    Feel the funky beat
    EVerybody on your feet
    [Chorus:]
    Get serious
    We got it going on tonight
    Get serious
    Everything will be alright
    All I know is true that I wanna be with you
    You gotta get serious, serious, serious
    Could I be the one that twists thighter than a curl
    Coming through from the mist
    Check my defenition, rhyme composition
    On the double o-5ive mission
    With the aim to please any beef with the rod gone fishing
    Check if you're down tonight
    Put your hands in the air if you feel alright
    Got enough for what you need
    So get serious Baby please
    Hands up in the air,
    Wave 'em like you care
    Feel the funky beat
    Everybody on your feet
    [Chorus]
    Now we've been waiting for so long
    Give me a chance to get it through
    You are the flavour to my song
    That's why I wanna be, wanna be with you
    Stop, clear the stage so we can get busy
    Open up your mind while I hit you with the nitty gritty
    We came to rhyme, we came to get down
    Wo when we rock the mike we bring the funk into your town
    So I drop a rhyme onto the mike while it's mine then you gotta pass it on
    while I rock you with a line
    As we hip we hop we're getting others in the run
    Flicking switches on the buttom of the mike cause we're done
    [Chorus x2]




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