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PMC Ltd
PMC may refer to: Computing * Pacific Microelectronics Centre, acquired by Sierra Semiconductor in 1994 to form PMC-Sierra * Parallel model combination, a hidden Markov model-based method for speech recognition * PCI Mezzanine Card, a form factor for computer circuit boards * PMC model, or the Preparata-Metze-Chien model, a system-level fault-diagnosis framework * Polymorphic containers, a feature of the Parrot virtual machine * Portable Media Center, a hard drive-based portable media player * Programmable metallization cell, new memory technology that uses copper nanowires Education * Pine Manor College, Massachusetts, United States * Plymouth College, United Kingdom * Poonch Medical College, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan * Punjab Medical College, now Faisalabad Medical University, Pakistan Hospitals * Palomar Medical Center, California, United States * Parrish Medical Center, Florida, United States Military * Philippine Marine Corps * Popular Mobilization Forces (Iraq) * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra was a global fabless semiconductor company with offices worldwide that developed and sold semiconductor devices into the storage, communications, optical networking, printing, and embedded computing marketplaces. On January 15, 2016, Microsemi Corporation completed the acquisition of PMC-Sierra through Microsemi's subsidiary Lois Acquisition. History Sierra Semiconductor was founded in 1984 in San Jose, California by James Diller. It received funding on January 11, 1984 from Sequoia Capital, and went public in 1991. Pacific Microelectronics Centre (PMC) in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, was spun off from Microtel Pacific Research (the research arm of BC TEL at the time) to develop Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and later SONET integrated circuits (chips). With investment from Sierra Semiconductor, PMC was established in 1992 as a private company focused on providing networking semiconductors, and became a wholly owned, independently operated subsidiary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mess
The mess (also called a mess deck aboard ships) is a designated area where military personnel socialize, eat and (in some cases) live. The term is also used to indicate the groups of military personnel who belong to separate messes, such as the officers' mess, the chief petty officer mess, and the enlisted mess. In some civilian societies this military usage has been extended to the eating arrangements of other disciplined services such as fire fighting and police forces. The root of ''mess'' is the Old French ''mes'', "portion of food" (cf. modern French language">French ''mets''), drawn from the Latin verb ''mittere'', meaning "to send" and "to put" (cf. modern French ''mettre''), the original sense being "a course of a meal put on the table"; cfr. also the modern Italian ''portata'' with the same meaning, past participle of ''portare'', ''to bring''. This sense of ''mess'', which appeared in English in the 13th century, was often used for cooked or liquid dishes in particula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PMC Ltd
PMC may refer to: Computing * Pacific Microelectronics Centre, acquired by Sierra Semiconductor in 1994 to form PMC-Sierra * Parallel model combination, a hidden Markov model-based method for speech recognition * PCI Mezzanine Card, a form factor for computer circuit boards * PMC model, or the Preparata-Metze-Chien model, a system-level fault-diagnosis framework * Polymorphic containers, a feature of the Parrot virtual machine * Portable Media Center, a hard drive-based portable media player * Programmable metallization cell, new memory technology that uses copper nanowires Education * Pine Manor College, Massachusetts, United States * Plymouth College, United Kingdom * Poonch Medical College, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan * Punjab Medical College, now Faisalabad Medical University, Pakistan Hospitals * Palomar Medical Center, California, United States * Parrish Medical Center, Florida, United States Military * Philippine Marine Corps * Popular Mobilization Forces (Iraq) * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Music Channel
PMC (shortened from Persian Media Corporation or Persian Music Channel or Persian Media Channel ) is a free-to-air satellite TV network owned by Persian Media Corporation with its headquarters in Luzern, Switzerland (formerly in Dubai Media City). It was launched in 2003. The network is devoted to Persian music videos from ex-pat Iranian singers, as well as Iranian singers based in Iran. Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish hit songs are also shown on the network. The channel is also widely viewed in Iran, Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and Northern Africa via free-to-air satellite. In March 2017 the broadcasting via Hotbird was discontinued. In April 2017 PMC started a new broadcasting frequency via Astra Astra (Latin for "stars") may refer to: People * Astra (name) Places * Astra, Chubut, a village in Argentina * Astra (Isauria), a town of ancient Isauria, now in Turkey * Astra, one suggested name for a hypothetical fifth planet that became t .... In December 2017 the cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penske Media Corporation
Penske Media Corporation (PMC ) is an American mass media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City. It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including '' Variety'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Women's Wear Daily'', ''Deadline Hollywood'', ''Billboard'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'', '' Boy Genius Report'', '' Robb Report'', '' Artforum'', ''ARTNews'', and others. PMC's Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske. In addition to media publications, Penske Media Corporation owns the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival and is a 50 percent stakeholder in South by Southwest. It is also the owner of Dick Clark Productions which includes the award shows Golden Globe Awards, American Music Awards, Streamy Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards. History 2003–2011: Founding and early years of Penske Media Penske Media Corporation was founded by Jay Penske in 2003. It began as an affinity marketin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panjabi MC
Rajinder Singh Rai (born February 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC, is an English recording artist, rapper, record producer and DJ. He is best known for the worldwide Bhangra 2002 hit " Mundian To Bach Ke", which sold 10 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Among other songs, he gained acclaim with the 2003 release " Jogi". AllMusic has called him "one of the most prominent names in bhangra". Biography Career Rajinder Singh adopted his stage name from the Punjabi language he uses in the music he plays and raps. "One of ismain goals is to fuse the two worlds Hip hop music genres]". Nachural Records signed Panjabi MC following a remix he made of "Ghariah Milan De", a song by Indian Punjabi singer Kuldeep Manak; although the single was taken off the market, Panjabi MC continued making records. The first successful release, however, was " Mundian To Bach Ke" ("Beware of the Boys" in Punjabi): it first appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pine Mountain Club
Pine Mountain Club is an unincorporated community in southwestern Kern County, California. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,422. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Pine Mountain Club as a census-designated place (CDP). It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. Geography Pine Mountain Club has an area of . It ranges from in elevation. The community sits in a deep valley of the San Emigdio Mountains, on the San Andreas Fault. It is surrounded by Los Padres National Forest. The settlement lies between Apache Saddle and Pinon Pines Estates along Mil Potrero Highway. It is west of Frazier Park, Lebec, and Interstate 5. History Founding and development Pine Mountain Club was developed in 1971 by Tenneco. The first announcement was made from Houston, Texas, in April of that year when the company said it would develop "more than 1.1 million acres of land in Arizona and Southern California." Tenneco was the Bakersfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais De La Musique Et Des Congrès
The Palais de la musique et des congrès (official English name: Strasbourg Convention Centre) is a music venue and convention center in the Wacken district of Strasbourg, France, close to the European quarter. It is home to the orchestra, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg since 1975. History In 1962, the historic venue of the philharmonic orchestra, the Palais des Fêtes, was starting to get old. The city also did not have a proper convention center. The mayor, Pierre Pflimlin turned to famed architect, Le Corbusier for a project. Le Corbusier started working on the commission and made drafts and a wooden model but died before he could provide definitive plans. This was the second time Le Corbusier had unsuccessfully tried to build in Strasbourg, after a failed housing project in 1951. The Palais de la musique et des congrès in its first form was built 1973–1975 in a completely different style and shape than what Le Corbusier had envisioned. The hexagonal and compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Tepual Airport
El Tepual International Airport is a commercial and private aviation facility which serves the tourist area of Puerto Montt, Chile. It is one of the most important airports in Chile and is considered a gateway to the Chilean Patagonia. History Located at the center of Northern Patagonia and near the Archaeological site of Monte Verde. The construction of the runway at El Tepual airport was completed in April 1960, and became the site of a great airlift after the a magnitude 9.5 earthquake hit the area on 22 May 1960. The airport with its original terminal was officially inaugurated in 1963. After Augusto Pinochet left Chile's Presidency, a plan was put underway by the new government to make new airport terminals and freeways across the country, so that Chile's smaller cities could have better connections with Santiago. Puerto Montt, along with Calama and other small areas, were among the most benefitted places out of the number of Chilean cities listed on the project. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleozoological Museum Of China
The Paleozoological Museum of China (PMC; ) is a museum in Beijing, China. The same building also houses the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The museum contains exhibition halls with specimens aimed at the public, while the rest of the building is used for research purposes. Building The main building consists of three floors, with the first floor displaying a number of fish and amphibian fossils, along with many Mesozoic reptiles, while reptiles and birds are represented on the second floor, and mammals (including examples of megafauna like Stegodon) on the third floor. Many of the fossil specimens on display are of extinct animals examples of which have only been found within the boundaries of modern-day China, such as ''Sinokannemeyeria''. It also has several examples of the evolutionary precursors to birds, including the holotypes of ''Confuciusornis'' and ''Microraptor'', found on field expeditions to Liaoning. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pune Municipal Corporation
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune, India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis, which is spread over an area of 500 sq. km. and has 3.4 million residents. Established on 15 February 1950, the executive power of the PMC is vested in the Municipal Commissioner, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. The position is held by Dr. Rajendra Bhosale, IAS. The general body of the PMC consists of 162 directly elected councilors, popularly known as "corporators", headed by a mayor. Murlidhar Mohol (BJP) was elected as the mayor and Sunita Wadekar (RPI(A)) as the deputy mayor by the newly elected in April 2021. The land for Pune Municipal Corporation was donated by Late Hon. Shri. Bhausaheb Shirole (Patil) who was second Mayor of Pune city and later became an MLC. The Pune Municipal Corporation has launched an e-Governance initiative. Jurisdictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potato Marketing Corporation Of Western Australia
The Potato Marketing Corporation of Western Australia (PMC) was a statutory corporation created by the Government of Western Australia's ''Marketing of Potatoes Act 1946''. It was charged with managing the supply of fresh table potatoes in Western Australia. The statutory corporation operated to ensure licensed growers supplied potatoes all year round to the WA consumer market. The corporation was self-funded by revenue from licence fees and did not receive financial support from the state government. The agency dictated the varieties and volume in the WA potato market. History The statutory marketing body was created in 1946. The PMC has 78 licensed growers in its books as of 2014. They output 50 000 tonnes of potatoes to the market. In 2004, there were 151 growers. Further consolidation of growers is expected as the market changes due to technology and market pressures. The PMC is remembered for a high-profile dispute with Tony Galati, potato grower and founder of the Spu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
