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The name is widely used by both market consumers and commercial businesses. Services that Spectrum offers include cable television, internet access, internet security, managed services, mobile phone, and unified communications. The Spectrum brand name was first introduced in 2014. Prior to that, these services were marketed primarily under the ...
An even number is an integer that is "evenly divisible" by two, that is divisible by two without remainder; an odd number is an integer that is not even. (The old-fashioned term "evenly divisible" is now almost always shortened to "divisible".) Any odd number n may be constructed by the formula n = 2k + 1, for a suitable integer k.
The first public dial-up BBS was developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, members of the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists' Exchange (CACHE). According to an early interview, when Chicago was snowed under during the Great Blizzard of 1978, the two began preliminary work on the Computerized Bulletin Board System, or CBBS. [7]
On 29 May 2007, the World Chess Network was bought by the Internet Chess Club. It was then merged with Chess Live, another Internet chess server acquired by Internet Chess Club from GamesParlor. The result of the acquisition and merger was the formation of World Chess Live, a new Internet chess server that merged features of both services. [7]
The earliest predecessor of Commonwealth Edison was the Isolated Lighting Company, established in early 1881 by George H. Bliss as a subsidiary of Thomas Edison's company to sell small Edison-patented generators and lighting systems, each serving one building or several nearby buildings.
The Chicago Sun-Times claims to be the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city. That claim is based on the 1844 founding of the Chicago Daily Journal, [4] which was also the first newspaper to publish the rumor, now believed false, that a cow owned by Catherine O'Leary was responsible for the Chicago fire. [5]
Singer Katy Perry has topped the Official Subscription Plays Chart with three songs during the 2010s. Rihanna has reached number one with four songs, more than any other artist. British singer Adele has spent 23 weeks at the top of the chart this decade, longer than any other act. Ed Sheeran has spent 10 weeks at number one so far during the 2010s.
Benson began to emerge as a football stand-out in the eighth grade while attending Abell Junior High School in Midland, Texas under coach Chris McKinney. Benson attended Robert E. Lee High School in Midland and finished his high-school playing career with 8,423 rushing yards (the most in Texas 5A history, largest classification at the time and the fourth-most in Texas high school football ...