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How Texas Instrument's Became A Global Leader in the Semiconductor Industry
Texas Instruments is a global leader in the electronics industry specializing in analog and embedded chip semiconductors. Let's take a look at the company's history which spans almost 100 years to find out how Texas Instruments got to where it is today.
Written by Cascade Team June 7, 2022
Texas Instruments is the leading supplier of semiconductors, specializing in the production and research of analog products and embedded chips.
Texas Instruments makes products that help electronic designers and manufacturers develop new applications, especially digital ones, in the industrial, automotive, and communications industries.
2021 Statistics Highlighting Texas Instrument's Success
Sales revenue of $18.3 billion
Net Income of $7.8 billion
Operating profit of $9.0 billion
More than 31,000 employees
15 manufacturing sites worldwide
The product portfolio contains over 80,000 products for over 100,000 customers.
Spent over $1.6 billion in research and development
Let's dive deep into the history of Texas Instruments to understand how it became the world's largest supplier of semiconductors.
The Birth of Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments started as a small oil and gas exploration service called Geophysical Service Inc. (GSI) in 1938.
The company used signal processing technology to devise a clever technique to search for oil underground.
The revolutionary spirit of those early days continues to define Texas Instruments to this day and has been the force behind many of the firm's ground-breaking innovations that have shaped the lives of people the world over.
Let's take a look at how it all began.
An Electronic Firm is Born
GSI mainly provided seismographic data for the petroleum industry. In 1941, the firm was acquired by Eugene McDermott, Cecil Green, Erik Jonsson, and H.B. Peacock.
By this time, WWII was well underway, and the company had to step up to meet the country's needs during wartime.
GSI soon received a contract from the U.S. Navy to create a device that aircraft could use to detect submarines.
Oil exploration is what GSI did best, so it went back to the drawing board and reinvented oil-detecting technologies to create a submarine detection device.
The new devices could be loaded onto low-flying aircraft and detect the magnetic waves generated by submarines below the ocean's surface.
Necessity is the mother of invention, and by the time the war ended, the company was no longer just an oil exploration service. It was now a full-fledged electronics firm.
Lieutenant Patrick Haggerty, who the Navy tasked to manage GSI's contract, officially joined the new electronics firm as the head of the manufacturing division.
Afterward, the only way to stay ahead of the competition was to adapt wartime technology for peaceful purposes such as producing consumer goods. GSI had shown that it could reinvent products as the need arose.
So, the first thing that GSI did was to reinvent itself as Texas Instruments in 1951 to reflect its service diversification far beyond the oil and gas exploration sector.
The following year, Texas Instruments purchased a license to start producing germanium transistors. Within two years, the company had initiated mass production.
Still, the research team at Texas Instruments was busy experimenting with a new kind of transistor that would be resistant to higher temperatures.
A critical breakthrough came in 1954 when lead researcher Gordon Teal produced the first silicon transistor.
Haggerty was well aware of the high demand for transistors and soon established the Texas Instruments semiconductor division. The new division set to work on developing the world's first transistor radio.
It was the first time that transistors had been used to produce radios and the new technique had two main benefits.
Firstly, it reduced the radio's power consumption to make it work longer. Secondly, the use of transistors helped reduce the size of the radio so that people could easily carry it in a purse or pocket.
Texas Instruments named the new device the 'Regency Radio' and strategically released it around Christmas time when people tuned in to listen to special Christmas broadcasts and shows.
The move paid off, and the new pocket-sized radio was instantly successful. People loved that they could fit their radio into a pocket and hear their favorite shows wherever they went, which was a novelty back then.
This was reflected in the sales figures. While Texas Instruments had only managed to bring in sales worth $6.4 million in 1949, it was now clocking in sales at $92 million ($1.1 billion today after adjusting for inflation), cementing its position as the leading electronics manufacturer in the U.S.
TI Invents the First Integrated Circuit
In 1958, when Haggerty took over as President, Jack Kilby, a researcher at Texas Instruments co-invented the first integrated circuit.
Kilby found a way to create an entire circuit in a single step. The new circuit consisted of all the necessary components such as transistors, capacitors, resistors, and wires soldered onto a single circuit made out of silicon.
Haggerty quickly realized that the integrated circuit was the next big thing, but his firm did not have the required funds to start mass-producing the new product.
It was the height of the Cold War, and the U.S. was engaged in an arms race with the Soviet Union.
The U.S. Air Force needed a company to supply integrated circuits to produce the latest missile to close the 'missile gap' with the USSR.
TI was already a prominent supplier of semiconductors to the U.S. military and was well known for its services during WWII.
So, when they launched a new missile program, the U.S. Air Force awarded the contract to Texas Instruments for further research and development of integrated circuits which scientists could incorporate into computers for ballistic missile guidance systems.
By 1962, the U.S. had successfully deployed the first intercontinental ballistic missile, which was only possible with the help of the integrated circuits delivered by Texas Instruments. Dubbed the Minuteman missile, it has remained a mainstay of the American nuclear arsenal to the present day.
But Haggerty and his team of researchers knew that the integrated circuits had a massive range of applications and could also be used to produce consumer goods. In 1964, Texas Instruments collaborated with Zenith Radio Corporation to create a hearing aid.
The new device was among the first to be built with an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit had all the circuit components on a single silicon crystal which was more compact and helped reduce the size of the new hearing aids.
Previously, hearing aids had been bulky devices with a separate battery and microphone, but the new hearing aids had an in-built microphone and internal receiver.
Texas Instruments EdTech Innovation Strategy: The First Pocket-size Calculator
The hearing aids were just the start, and Haggerty soon commissioned Jack Kilby to start working on producing an affordable electronic calculator using integrated circuit technology.
By 1967, Kilby successfully designed a prototype for the new hand-held calculators that weighed just under 45 ounces.
It would take another five years of meticulous testing and refinement for the final product to take shape. Nevertheless, the team at Texas Instruments persevered, and in 1972, their efforts finally bore fruit with the creation of the TI Datamath pocket calculator.
Kilby and the team had worked hard to upgrade the integrated circuit technology to produce the new calculators using a single integrated circuit, which drastically reduced the manufacturing cost.
It helped Texas Instruments sell the new calculators at an affordable price so that students all over the U.S. could purchase them regardless of their socioeconomic background.
The company sold close to 3 million calculators within a year of its release, and sales grew exponentially from that point onwards, with 17 million calculators sold in 1973.
By 1975, calculator sales had crossed the 45 million ($241.8 million after adjusting for inflation) mark.
The new portable calculators were super handy and soon replaced the older desktop calculators and the analog slide rule calculators.
The TI Datamath had an eight-digit LED display and eighteen keys, including ten-digit keys, a decimal point key, four arithmetic function keys, a clear entry key, and a clear key.
The calculator also had an in-built battery that provided power for 4-6 hours and could be fully recharged in ten hours.
The Datamath calculator was Texas Instruments' first foray into educational technologies.
Two years later, Texas Instruments introduced the first scientific calculator, an upgraded version of the Datamath but with trigonometric and hyperbolic functions.
Over the years, the company has produced a range of other educational products, each more advanced than the last, to meet the needs of students in a rapidly digitizing educational environment.
Key Takeaway 1: Foster a Culture of Innovation by Recruiting the Best Talent
Since its inception, Texas Instruments has worked hard on recruiting the best talent.
The strategy helped Texas Instruments create a workplace that encouraged a culture of innovation and pushed its employees to test the boundaries of engineering and technology.
As a result, lead researchers at the company were able to develop groundbreaking inventions like the integrated circuit- a chip that changed the world. The invention was highly versatile, and scientists fitted it into specialized computers in missile systems and spacecraft.
Texas Instruments's top leadership also worked in tandem with the researchers to create products that would have mass appeal, such as portable radios and digital calculators, none of which would have been possible without a healthy focus on innovation.
Innovation Keeps Texas Instruments At the Forefront
From its earliest days, Texas Instruments' focus has always been on research and development.
This culture of innovation would serve the company well in the years to come, with many ground-breaking inventions along the way.
Texas Instruments Goes to the Moon
In 1967, Texas Instruments had successfully launched the first solid-state radar unit, yet another application of the revolutionary integrated circuit technology but for space exploration.
Using integrated circuits helped Texas Instruments reduce manufacturing costs and also helped the company build a radar that was smaller and more reliable.
The new radar units could be used in ground-based and airborne radar and communication systems.
In 1969, the Apollo 11 mission to the moon was possible thanks to Texas Instruments semiconductors and radar units.
The First Microcomputer Enhances Brand Appeal
In 1970, Texas Instruments invented the first single-chip microprocessor, also known as the first microcomputer.
The biggest advantage of this tiny microprocessor was that it could be used to make a host of computer-controlled appliances such as digital calculators and watches.
Texas Instruments had already seen much success with the release of its Datamath Calculator, and with the introduction of the microprocessor, the company was ready to produce more digital appliances.
In 1976, the company released its first digital watch for just $20, which threw the rest of its competitors for a loop and helped Texas Instruments gain a significant chunk of the electronic watch market.
Defence contracts remained a strong source of revenue even as Texas Instruments successfully marketed reliable and inexpensive digital products for the consumer market.
In the 70s, the demand for semiconductors such as microprocessors and integrated circuits soared worldwide and in the domestic market.
Defense electronics was an exceptionally lucrative market with a high demand for semiconductors, and Texas Instruments was able to capitalize on that to achieve semiconductor sales worth $1 billion by 1973 ($6.5 billion today after adjusting for inflation).
But Texas Instruments was just getting started and, in 1974, started producing the Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) chips.
These chips were an early precursor to the RAM chips now commonly used in all computers.
The production of the DRAM chips caused another boom in demand for semiconductors, and the company was able to clock in sales worth $2 billion in 1977 and $3 billion in 1979 ($11.9 billion today after adjusting for inflation).
Texas Instruments EdTech Marketing Strategy for Young Learners
The Speak and Spell was an electronic hand-held child computer produced by Texas Instruments.
A team of engineers at Texas Instruments. began developing the child computer in 1976 as part of Texas Instruments.'s research into speech synthesis.
The final version included Texas Instruments.'s solid-state speech technology that stored speech in solid-state format.
The body was made using lightweight plastic painted in bright colors like orange and yellow to appeal to small children and make learning more fun.
The new computer also had space for more cartridges or freely exchangeable ROM libraries.
The extra cartridges were sold separately and could be inserted through the battery receptacle to load more word games or word libraries into the computer for additional learning.
It was the first time an educational toy used speech stored in solid-state format instead of the usual tape recorders.
The Speak and Spell was part of an educational toy series by Texas Instruments.
The company soon released the Speak and Read and the Speak and Math. Texas Instruments sold the products in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan and marketed to children aged seven and above.
The team at Texas Instruments had designed this computer to help children learn to correctly spell over 200 commonly misspelled words.
Even the most basic version had three games called Mystery Word, Secret Code, and Letter. The extra cartridges held separate word lists specific to the toy's regional variations.
For instance, cartridges for the British toys contained slightly different word lists with words more commonly used in British English, while the American version had words more commonly used in the U.S. The word lists were also made using recommendations made by educators in each country.
The Speak and Spell computers were a resounding success, and children everywhere loved the new toy. It was so popular it was even featured in the 1982 classic children's movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Soon afterward, the company released a special game in honor of the movie called the E.T. Fantasy Module. The player had to correctly spell ten words after hearing them spoken by the computer to win. The game asked children to spell words like universe, creature, and geranium.
The Speak and Spell initiative was part of Texas Instruments's long-standing commitment to producing the finest educational technology for students of all ages.
The company's calculator line was also going strong, and Texas Instruments released the first solar-powered calculator in the early 1980s.
The initial version had a panel of ten small solar panels under the display bar. The solar panels removed the need for traditional batteries and extended the life of Texas Instruments calculators indefinitely so that they could be used for years.
Key Takeaway 2: Invent Products with Multiple Applications
Texas Instruments has a demonstrable history of inventing products that are broad-based and can be incorporated into multiple systems to create new devices that can be used in diverse applications from missile systems and space exploration to educational tech and home appliances.
Texas Instruments's silicon transistors, integrated circuits, solid-state radars, and microprocessors are just a few examples of Texas Instruments. products that revolutionized the electronics industry.
These are not single-use products with few applications but products that can be incorporated to make any electronic device in the world.
Texas Instruments Acquisition Strategy In The Late 20th Century
The 90s and early 2000s were a turbulent time in Texas Instruments's history marked by a significant restructuring of the company's organization. Yet, the drive for innovation remained strong.
Texas Instruments produced a series of new products with various applications in multiple industries such as food safety, automobiles, and the cellphone industry.
The Birth of Digital Signal Processors
In 1982, Texas Instruments developed the first single-chip Digital Signal Processor (DSP), which could convert analog signals into digital form in real-time.
In 1994, Texas Instruments released the first multimedia video processor, which was the first processor made using multiple DSP chips. DSP chips were also needed to produce T.V. sets, internet modems, and cell phones.
So, Texas Instruments was aware that the DSP chip market was going to grow significantly in the next five years, so it invested heavily in producing more advanced DSP chips.
In 1997, the company succeeded in producing a specialized DSP chip that could be used to detect biochemical signals.
There was high demand for the new DSP chip from makers of portable devices used to detect pathogenic bacteria and other pathogens in food and water. For instance, the DSP chips were needed in analog-to-digital converters in sensors in greenhouses.
The sensors would pick up biochemical analog signals such as humidity level, and the DSP chips would convert the analog signals into digital binary data in real-time.
The digital data would then feed into a computer that automatically activates the output system depending on the input data.
For example, the computer would activate the sprinklers if the humidity level was too low. In this way, DSP chips enabled the production of devices that could be used to remotely monitor conditions without the need for human intervention.
Texas Instruments.'s investment in the R&D of DSP chips paid off, and the company soon controlled around 45% of the market share in the DSP market.
By 1997, total revenue from the sale of DSP chips exceeded $1.4 billion ($2.5 billion today after adjusting for inflation).
The company supplied chips to meet multiple industrial needs, such as the production of automobile brake systems, stereophonic sound systems, and computer modems.
The 1990s - A Decade of Strategic Acquisitions
In 1996, a veteran Texas Instruments employee Tom Engibous took over the reins as President and CEO.
Engibous knew that things needed to change if Texas Instruments was to remain ahead in the electronics industry, so the first thing he did was to develop an aggressive acquisition and divestiture plan.
The company wanted to streamline its operations to better focus on the emerging DSP market. Hence, the company acquired Spectron Microsystems, Adaptec Inc., Oasix Corp, and Arisix Corp, which were more aligned with its DSP focus. The company also acquired GO DSP and Amati Corporations.
Texas Instruments also sold several of its other businesses, including Defense Systems & Electronics, Mobile Computing, Inspection Equipment, the Chemical Operations department, the Telecommunications Systems division, and the Power Semiconductor unit.
In 1998, it sold its memory chip division to Micron Technologies Inc. for $880 million ($1.6 billion today after adjusting for inflation).
The sale of these low-margin businesses helped free up funds for more strategic acquisitions.
In 1999, Texas Instruments acquired Butterfly VLSI Ltd. for approximately $50 million ($86.8 million today after adjusting for inflation) and Telogy Networks for $457 million ($793 million today after adjusting for inflation).
These new acquisitions helped the company develop more advanced DSP chips, such as a chip that could provide better Internet access. It also helped the company increase its market share in the DSP market to 48%, an increase of 3% from 1996 to 1999.
By 2000, Engibous's efforts had paid off, and the company was in a far better financial position, with revenues hitting the $11.8 billion mark ($19.8 billion today) and a profit of $2.7 billion ($4.5 billion today after adjusting for inflation).
Texas Instruments also retained its traditionally dominant position in the semiconductors industry, and Texas Instruments released close to 200 new analog products in 1999.
Texas Instruments Successful Expansion Strategy for Educational Technology
The 90s was also when Texas Instruments churned out one amazing calculator after another and expanded the number of products it offered as part of its educational technology series.
In 1990, the company released the first-ever graphing calculator, the legendary TI-81, which was ideal for algebra and pre-calculus classes.
Four years later, Texas Instruments released the CBL™ Data Collection device, which helped students collect empirical data for math and science courses. The device helped foster solid primary research and analysis skills in a generation of young students.
Similarly, Texas Instruments introduced another research tool in the form of the first calculator with a built-in Computer Algebra System (CAS) which combined complex mathematics software in a small hand-held calculator.
By the time the 90s came to a close, Texas Instruments had also launched multiple upgraded versions of its TI-81 graphing calculator. The TI-83 Plus graphing calculator released in 1999 had Flash™ ROM technology which gave the new calculator six times the memory power compared to older versions.
The TI-83 Plus was very user-friendly and helped students perform data plotting as well as graph and compare functions.
Key Takeaway 3: Strategic Acquisitions Help Scale Up
Texas Instruments has evolved over the years to become a broad-based conglomerate with expertise in several areas such as defense electronics, microchip processing, and mobile computing, to name a few.
But the company soon decided that it wanted to focus solely on its latest invention, which was the digital signal processor. The DSP and other semiconductors could have multiple applications across industries, so demand for these products was expected to grow exponentially in the years to come.
Texas Instruments realized early on that further research and development were needed in the semiconductors and DSPs field to customize the products for specific applications and industries.
Hence, the company embarked on a strategic acquisition plan to acquire businesses that were more closely aligned with Texas Instruments's new DSP focus.
Texas Instruments Digital Transformation Strategy In 21st Century
Texas Instruments has been making digitalization possible ever since it developed the first digital signal processor.
The company restructured itself by shedding non-core business divisions to solely focus on its DSP and semiconductor sector because it knew well ahead of the competition that digitalization was the future.
A Semiconductor Powerhouse in the Making
Texas Instruments continued with its strategic acquisition plan in line with its renewed DSP focus. Over the course of ten years, the company continued to acquire businesses that would help it become a semiconductor powerhouse, specializing in analog and DSP products.
In 2000, Texas Instruments acquired Burr Brown Corporation in a stock-for-stock acquisition for $7.6 billion ($12.8 billion today after adjusting for inflation). The acquisition gave Texas Instruments access to expertise in developing better analog products such as data converters and amplifiers.
In 2006, Texas Instruments acquired Chipcon for $200 million (close to $0.3 billion today after adjusting for inflation). The move helped Texas Instruments expand its analog portfolio. The company could now offer its customers complete short-range wireless solutions for consumer, home, and building automation applications.
Texas Instruments also acquired Luminary Micro in 2009. Luminary Micro specialized in the development of microcontroller chips so the acquisition helped Texas Instruments expand its ARM®-based microcontroller catalog.
Finally, Texas Instruments acquired National Semiconductor for $5.6 billion ($7.2 billion today after adjusting for inflation) in 2011. National Semiconductor was an industry leader in the production of high-performance analog integrated circuits.
These circuits were also very user-friendly and could be incorporated into multiple electronic systems. They also had the advantage of being energy-efficient using far less power compared to other analog circuits.
In 2010, National Semiconductor reported sales of $1.42 billion ($1.8 billion today after adjusting for inflation). Hence, Texas Instruments knew that the acquisition of National Semiconductor was a sound investment for multiple reasons.
Firstly, National Semiconductor had a solid consumer base in the industrial power market. Secondly, the acquisition would help Texas Instruments add almost 12,000 analog products to its existing analog portfolio which already consisted of over 30,000 products.
The strategic acquisition of these businesses helped Texas Instruments tap into the design expertise, portfolios and consumer base of each of these companies. Combined with its own design expertise and products, Texas Instruments was able to provide customers with a portfolio of unmatched depth.
The company could now offer clients a product for almost any kind of industrial or consumer application. The complementary portfolios of its acquisitions helped Texas Instruments fuel growth for the next ten years until it became the undisputed leader in the semiconductors industry.
Analog Products Make Digitalization Possible
Texas Instruments's transition from a broad-based conglomerate to an analog and embedded processing company began in the early 90s when it decided to reinvent itself as a semiconductor powerhouse.
That journey culminated in 2012, with over 70% of Texas Instruments's revenue coming from analog and embedded processing which are the best semiconductor markets in the world.
Analog chips are found in almost every electronic device in the world. Together, millions of customers use analog and embedded processing technologies in extremely diverse applications from computing and automation to industrial and consumer industries.
Today, Texas Instruments has four main business divisions: analog products, embedded processing, digital light processing, and educational technologies.
Texas Instruments is the world's largest supplier of analog semiconductors, which convert real-world data such as temperature and sound into digital data.
Around 55% of Texas Instruments's portfolio consists of customized analog products that are tailored to the customer's needs and specific applications. The remainder consists of high-performance standard products and commodity standard products.
Embedded Processors Help Digitize Systems
Furthermore, Texas Instruments offers a wide range of embedded processors, including microcontrollers (MCUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), and ARM®-based microprocessors (ARM MPUs).
It helps its customers build cost-effective embedded systems using its digital signal processors and ARM-based microprocessors.
Texas Instruments is a one-stop platform that provides technology and software such as embedded processors to customers that can be used on multiple projects by combining code in different ways. Hence, the company provides technological support and expertise to help its customers digitize their systems faster than ever before.
For instance, Texas Instruments produces custom DSP for customers so that they do not have to design their own hardware from scratch. It produces application-specific DSPs to be used in various industries, such as wireless infrastructure and digital cameras.
Around 80% of the company's DSP revenue comes from cell phone manufacturers. The cell phone industry requires a combination of analog products and DSPs to create specialized analog-to-digital converters.
The converters are the first step toward digitalizing any device or operating system, so Texas Instruments essentially provides the building blocks to industries that want to digitally transform their operations and products.
The company also continues to produce digital light processors (DLP), which use optical semiconductors to digitally manipulate light.
Hence, the DLP devices were initially used in projectors and H.D. televisions. However, Texas Instruments is constantly working to find new applications for its DLP products, which can also be used in 3D scanning and direct imaging products.
TI's Innovation Strategy brings Hi-Tech Into the Classroom
Texas Instruments's commitment to producing high-quality educational technology continues to this day.
In recent years the company. In 2011, Texas Instruments released the TI-Nspire, which were full-color graphing calculators that were connected to a digital classroom system that helped teachers supervise student work in real-time.
Two years later, it launched the TI-Nspire graphing calculator apps for Apple devices such as the iPad.
In 2016, Texas Instruments released the TI-Innovator™ Hub, which is a tiny pocket-size box with an in-built microprocessor. Students can easily connect their TI-84 Plus C.E. or TI-Nspire™ CX graphing calculators to the microprocessor to learn coding and engineering design.
Previously, this technology was only available to engineers, but Texas Instruments has brought it into the classroom to train a new generation of students who can come up with smart solutions such as low-cost 3D printing.
In 2017, Texas Instruments launched the TI-Innovator robotic rover to help students get a taste of advanced robotics.
The rover is actually an application of the TI-Innovator™ Hub, and the process is the same.
Students just have to plug in their graphing calculators into the microprocessor, which translates the code into the rover to control its movements.
TI's Digital Transformation Strategy KickStarts Industrial Digitalization
In 2012, CEO Rich Templeton laid out a strategy to increase Texas Instruments.'s semiconductor penetration in the industrial sector.
He was confident that Texas Instruments's analog and embedded processing technology could help industries produce better digital devices, from smart home thermostats to self-regulating motors.
These smart devices would automatically adjust to new stimuli, but they would also learn to use less power in their operations over time through the power of A.I. and machine learning.
That vision has been translated into Texas Instruments.'s present Industrial 4.0 strategy that aims to kick start the digitalization of systems across industries such as robot and tool control, environmental control, EDGE Computing, machine vision, autonomous guided vehicle, and industrial communication.
The strategy involves:
Creating innovative analog and embedded processing products for diverse industrial needs
Creating user-friendly design tools such as fully tested system reference designs, software, and development tools
Providing product and systems expertise to help customers use Texas Instruments. software across multiple projects and use analog products and microprocessors in brand new applications
Texas Instruments's portfolio contains products with long life cycles and multiple applications so that customers can use them in creative ways to create new cutting-edge products.
The latest products also use less power than earlier products because Texas Instruments is aware that products with low power consumption are sought after by customers across industries.
Texas Instruments also provides design support and online training so that customers can get their products up and running and ready to market in as little time as possible.
Key Takeaway 4: Reinvent Yourself To Meet Consumer Needs
Over the years, Texas Instruments has demonstrated that it can continuously reinvent itself to align with consumer demands.
First, the Texas Instruments leadership revamped the entire organization from an oil and gas exploration service into an electronics company because Texas Instruments knew that its products were highly sought after in diverse markets from defense electronics to consumer goods.
As Texas Instruments entered the 21st century, it realized that the time was ripe for another transition. Digitalization was going to be the future, so the company decided to shed its other businesses to focus on becoming an analog and embedded processing company.
Today, it provides highly advanced products that can be used to make digital products in the industrial and automotive sectors.
Texas Instruments Today & Key Strategic Takeaways
Today, Texas Instruments stands tall as an analog and embedded processing giant almost 100 years after it first started out as a small-time oil and gas exploration company.
Due to its lifelong commitment to innovation, the company has been able to flourish in a rapidly changing global environment.
Let's take a look at Texas Instruments's mission and values that fueled the company's growth and helped it become the undisputed leader of the American electronics industry.
Texas Instrument's Mission
Texas Instruments makes analog and embedded chips to manufacture reliable products that can help customers solve real-world problems and thrive in an ever-evolving world.
It aspires to make technology smaller, more efficient, reliable, and affordable through effective engineering processes and continuous innovation.
Texas Instrument's Values
Following are the five core values that shape everything Texas Instruments does:
Results-oriented
The company wants to create a work culture that values the ability to do the right thing and allows people to put ideas and thoughts on the table.
Texas Instruments aims to create innovative products that can deliver results for customers and penetrate new markets to stay ahead of the competition.
Texas Instruments' Growth by Numbers
Strategies to Learn from Texas Instruments Journey
Texas Instruments's journey has the following strategic takeaways to offer:
1. Innovate Like Your Life Depends On It
Nothing beats innovation and quality products. Without advanced and reliable products, no company can hope to retain customers.
Texas Instruments's history is littered with multiple inventions thanks to its robust culture of innovation.
The company is always studying its surroundings to develop new ways of solving real-world problems.
Texas Instruments calls it engineering progress, and this attitude has helped the company create products with long life cycles that can be incorporated into all kinds of electronic devices.
2. Attract & Retain Top Talent
Texas Instruments has worked hard to create a workplace environment that is open, non-hierarchical and encourages employees to think outside the box.
The strategy has helped Texas Instruments attract and retain the brightest researchers of the day, from Gordon Teal to Nobel Prize winning Jack Kilby, who invented the revolutionary integrated circuit.
The focus has always been on making sure different voices are heard to incorporate new ideas into the design process.
3. Always Focus On Your Core Business
Texas Instruments understands the value of strategic acquisitions and divestitures.
The company has always worked hard to acquire business that will help it focus on its core business with laser precision.
Strategic acquisitions have helped the company gain access to capital and expertise that will fuel innovation and help it refine its existing technology to create better products for its customers.
4. Customer Satisfaction is the Key to Success
Nothing trumps customer satisfaction. Texas Instruments's strategy has always been to create products that satisfy consumer needs. It has done this in two main ways.
Firstly, the company has always created products with multiple uses and can be incorporated into many devices and operating systems.
Secondly, the company creates products that use less power as sustainable products are the need of the hour for all customers and industries.
Texas Instruments has come a long way from being an oil exploration firm to becoming the world's largest supplier of semiconductors. Its intense focus on innovation has helped the company manufacture products such as integrated circuits and microcomputers. These products have revolutionized the production of all manner of goods, from digital watches and calculators to the latest autonomous guided vehicles. Furthermore, Texas Instruments's production of analog-to-digital converters, microprocessors, and DSPs helps the company lead the digital transformation of countless industries.
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The technical barriers of Titanium sponge are not high, and the Titanium sponge production concentrated large companies including AVISMA, OSAKA, Toho, UKTMP, ATI, TIMET, ZTMC, Zunyi Titanium, and others. At present, the gap in product quality between companies is still significant.
Titanium Sponge are mainly used to produce Titanium, which widely used in aerospace, ships, weapons, chemicals, petroleum, electric power, As the demand increases rapidly for downstream industries, the demand for Titanium Sponge will correspondingly increase. The increased consumption of titanium sponge is expected to increase during the remaining years of the forecast period of 2018-2023. Titanium sponge industry will usher in a stable growth space.
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Congratulations on purchasing a bag of "Mr Salty" Pretzels. Correctly used, these salty snacks should provide minutes of healthy enjoyment, however, in order to derive optimum pleasure, and minimal injury, we do recommend that the following procedure is studied and followed.
This is a relatively simple procedure, but care needs to be taken nonetheless, so follow the steps carefully.
1. Take hold of the TOP of the bag at EITHER SIDE between FOREFINGER AND THUMB, taking care not to slash your wrists open on the surprisingly sharp plastic edges.
2. Draw the edges of the bag apart with a smooth firm motion.
3. If you SHOULD LOSE YOUR GRIP on the bag, take extreme care not to smack yourself in the face with your flailing hand as this can result in OBVIOUS BRUISING.
Instead, you are advised to throw yourself into the safe haven of the COMFORTABLE CHAIR until the hand-danger is passed. On NO ACCOUNT throw yourself into the safe haven of THE FLOOR, THE TELEVISION, THE DOGS, THE WINDOW, THE OVEN, THE LIGHTFITTINGS or THE ROTATING BLADES OF A NEARBY HELICOPTER as severe injury and embarrassment may result.
If you have an open bag of pretzels before you, you may now proceed to step 2. Otherwise, simply repeat step 1 until full openness is achieved.
1. Set the bag upon your lap, making sure it is reasonably stable.
2. GENTLY insert one hand into the bag. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO WITHDRAW EYES FROM TELEVISION IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SAFELY. You may prefer to wait until a commercial break or other interval in the action. You should also ensure that you are not over-excited by the sporting events in progress before attempting this manoeuvre.
3. CLOSE YOUR FINGER AND THUMB over a single pretzel. DO NOT attempt to select MULTIPLE PRETZELS. Not only is this an extremely advanced manoeuvre and highly risky in itself, but it will unnecessarily complicate step 3 and will almost certainly lead to brain injury, death and further embarrassment. If you FAIL to secure a pretzel, open the finger and thumb, then close again in a different position - although STILL WITHIN THE BAG - until a pretzel is secured.
4. WITHDRAW HAND FROM BAG taking care not to break pretzel, drop pretzel, lacerate hand on edges of bag, grind pretzel into own eye, smack head on door jamb, press thigh against red-hot coals, or drive meat skewers through fleshy parts of upper arm.
With the pretzel now secured in the hand, the operation is nearly complete. However, you cannot afford to let your guard down.
1. Delicate hand-eye co-ordination is required. KEEPING YOUR EYES FIXED ON THE PRETZEL, first WITHDRAW your hand. Should the pretzel DROP at this point, you will have to repeat step 2.
2. RAISE PRETZEL TOWARDS face - avoiding eyes, ears, nostrils, hotline to Moscow and Nuclear Button in the process.
4. PLACE PRETZEL JUST INSIDE MOUTH. Do not attempt to force pretzel in. Pretzel should fit easily inside, and need not be entirely encased in mouth orifice. If pretzel does not fit easily, check that mouth is open and that pretzel is in mouth, rather than ear. A small mirror may be helpful.
5. RELEASE PRETZEL AND WITHDRAW FINGERS FROM MOUTH. Failure to perform this easily-overlooked step can lead to crippling injuries. If you are in any doubt, consult mirror once more. Pretzel will probably be just visible inside mouth and FINGERS SHOULD BE WELL CLEAR before step 4 commences.
You are nearly ready to enjoy your pretzel - however the last step is by far the most dangerous, and EXTREME CARE should be taken. Inexperienced eaters of pretzels may care to practice without pretzels in order to have confidence in steps 1 to 3 before proceeding to the pretzel "fire fight" which is step 4.
1. Begin to move jaws up and down in a rhythmic fashion. AT LEAST 20 ITERATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED. "MR SALTY" CANNOUT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR INJURY, WOUNDING, DEATH, INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS OR WARFARE RESULTING FROM FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS DIRECTIVE.
2. As pretzel structure begins to break down, guide resulting substance to rear of mouth. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BREATHE - BUT DO NOT LINGER AT THIS POINT EITHER. All your concentration must now be brought to bear on guiding the pretzel safely down the oesophagus, without inhaling and without passing out due to lack of oxygen.
3. As pretzel remnants reach back of throat, swallow quickly THEN RE-COMMENCE BREATHING.
Congratulations - you may now repeat from step 1, until bag is empty or belly is full.
1. PRETZELS TASTE "PLASTICKY" - You are eating the bag.
2. PRETZELS TASTE "FURRY" AND DOGS ARE YELPING - You are eating the dogs.
4. FINGERS CANNOT GRASP PRETZEL - Bag is closed or is empty.
5. PRETZELS ARE ALL OVER FLOOR. Bag is upside down, or has been opened with undue force. Deploy dogs and request fresh bag.
6. PRETZELS CANNOT BE SEEN - Light is off or eyes are closed.
9. I AM LYING ON THE FLOOR AND DOGS ARE STARING AT ME - You have attempted to breathe while chewing and / or have failed to chew pretzel thoroughly.
10. SIRENS ARE GOING OFF, MR RUMSFELD IS SHOUTING AND MR CHENEY IS CLUTCHING AT HIS CHEST - You have confused bag of pretzels with nuclear alert. Go back to watching television.
NB :If you are not President of the United States of America, the most powerful individual in the Western World and controller of the World's largest nuclear arsenal and/or you have two brain cells to rub together, you can safely ignore these instructions.


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Hubble Dates Black Hole's Last Big Meal
About 6 million years ago, when our very remote ancestors began to evolve away from chimpanzees, our Milky Way galaxy's hefty black hole was enjoying a sumptuous feast. It gulped down a huge clump of interstellar hydrogen.
Date: Jan 7 11:17 2017
RE: Our black hole
Our Galaxy's Black Hole is Spewing Out Planet-size "Spitballs"
Every few thousand years, an unlucky star wanders too close to the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The black hole's powerful gravity rips the star apart, sending a long streamer of gas whipping outward. That would seem to be the end of the story, but it's not. New research shows that not only can the gas gather itself into planet-size objects, but those objects then are flung throughout the galaxy in a game of cosmic "spitball."
Sgr A*
Sagittarius A*: NASA X-ray Telescopes Find Black Hole May Be a Neutrino Factory
While the Sun produces neutrinos that constantly bombard the Earth, there are also other neutrinos with much higher energies that are only rarely detected. Scientists have proposed that these higher-energy neutrinos are created in the most powerful events in the Universe like galaxy mergers, material falling onto supermassive black holes, and the winds around dense rotating stars called pulsars.
Using three NASA X-ray telescopes, Chandra, Swift, and NuSTAR, scientists have found evidence for one such cosmic source for high-energy neutrinos: the 4-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of our Galaxy called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*, for short). After comparing the arrival of high-energy neutrinos at the underground facility in Antarctica, called IceCube, with outbursts from Sgr A*, a team of researchers found a correlation. In particular, a high-energy neutrino was detected by IceCube less than three hours after astronomers witnessed the largest flare ever from Sgr A* using Chandra. Several flares from neutrino detections at IceCube also appeared within a few days of flares from the supermassive black hole that were observed with Swift and NuSTAR.
Title: A star disrupted by a stellar black hole as the origin of the cloud falling towards the Galactic center
Authors: Jordi Miralda-Escude
We propose that the cloud of gas moving on a highly eccentric orbit around the central black hole in our Galaxy, reported by Gillessen et al., is produced by a wind from photoevaporating debris orbiting around a star with a small circumstellar disk. The disk is tidally truncated to less than 1 AU at the peribothron passage, and a cloud like the observed one is recreated by the wind at every orbit. The star-disk system, which may have been producing the cloud for hundreds of orbits in the past, is proposed to have formed when the star flew by a stellar black hole and was tidally disrupted and deflected to its present orbit. Encounters of low-mass stars with stellar black holes are likely to occur at the location of this cloud, because of the high density of stellar black holes expected to have migrated to the Galactic center by mass segregation. The rate of these encounters at a small enough impact parameter to disrupt the star may reasonably be ~ 10^{-6} per year. The flyby should have spun up the star and pulled out a substantial fraction of its mass as tidal debris, part of which fell back onto the star and created a small disk. Since then, the disk may have expanded by absorbing angular momentum from the star up to the tidal truncation radius. Thereafter, the strong tidal perturbation of the outer disk edge at every peribothron may create gas streams moving out to larger radius that can photoevaporate and generate the wind that produces the cloud at every orbit. The model predicts that when the cloud is disrupted at the next peribothron passage in 2013, a smaller unresolved cloud will follow the star on the same orbit that will gradually grow. An increased infrared luminosity from the disk may also become detectable during the peribothron passage.
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Has our black hole been blowing bubbles?
Our galaxy is a relatively quiet neighbourhood with the supermassive black hole at its heart gently dozing: or is it?
The recent discovery of huge gamma-ray emitting 'bubbles' around the Milky Way is challenging this assumption and posing a new puzzle: just where do these bubbles come from?
Philipp Mertsch and Subir Sarkar of Oxford University's Department of Physics recently reported in Physical Review Letters a model that could explain the origins of these strange phenomena.
The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
Star tracked as it orbits the Milky Way's black hole
Over a period of 16 years, astronomers tracked stars as they orbited the Milky Way's central region, which is thought to harbour a colossal black hole. One star, called S2, was observed over its complete 15.8-year-long orbit. The star approached the black hole to within one light day, which is only about five times the distance between Neptune and the Sun. (Courtesy of ESO)
Astronomers believe they have come up with concrete proof for the existence of black holes.
Ever since Albert Einstein came up with his general theory of relativity, black holes has been central to our knowledge of the Universe.
Now experts say they have shown that the theoretical phenomenon, whose gravitational pull is thought to hold galaxies together, exist "beyond any reasonable doubt".
The team of scientists spent 16 years studying the existence of a super massive black hole thought to be at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
While the black hole itself is invisible to the eye, the team proved its existence by tracking the motions of 28 stars circling around it.
Just as swirling leaves caught in a gust of wind can provide clues about air currents, so the stars' movements reveal information about forces at work at the galactic centre.
There is a giant black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a study has confirmed.
German astronomers tracked the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way, using the European Southern Observatory in Chile.
The black hole is four million times heavier than our Sun, according to the paper in The Astrophysical Journal.
Two separate telescopes in Chile picked up the same black hole flare recently, allowing them to see for the first time what it looks like when superheated gas orbits the black hole's event horizon as it is being devoured. The black hole in question is the Milky Way's own supermassive Sagittarius A*, with a mass of about four million times that of the Sun.
Title: Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way's Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits
Authors: A. M. Ghez, S. Salim, N. N. Weinberg, J. R. Lu, T. Do, J. K. Dunn, K. Matthews, M. Morris, S. Yelda, E. E. Becklin, T. Kremenek, M. Milosavljevic, J. Naiman
We report new precision measurements of the properties of our Galaxy's supermassive black hole. Based on astrometric (1995-2007) and radial velocity (2000-2007) measurements from the W. M. Keck 10-meter telescopes, a fully unconstrained Keplerian orbit for the short period star S0-2 provides values for Ro of 8.0+-0.6 kpc, M_bh of 4.1+-0.6x10^6 Mo, and the black hole's radial velocity, which is consistent with zero with 30 km/s uncertainty. If the black hole is assumed to be at rest with respect to the Galaxy, we can further constrain the fit and obtain Ro = 8.4+-0.4 kpc and M_bh = 4.5+-0.4x10^6 Mo. More complex models constrain the extended dark mass distribution to be less than 3-4x10^5 Mo within 0.01 pc, ~100x higher than predictions from stellar and stellar remnant models. For all models, we identify transient astrometric shifts from source confusion and the assumptions regarding the black hole's radial motion as previously unrecognised limitations on orbital accuracy and the usefulness of fainter stars. Future astrometric and RV observations will remedy these effects. Our estimates of Ro and the Galaxy's local rotation speed, which it is derived from combining Ro with the apparent proper motion of Sgr A*, (theta0 = 229+-18 km/s), are compatible with measurements made using other methods. The increased black hole mass found in this study, compared to that determined using projected mass estimators, implies a longer period for the innermost stable orbit, longer resonant relaxation timescales for stars in the vicinity of the black hole and a better agreement with the M_bh-sigma relation.
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In an incredible exposé on Dr. Phil yesterday a woman had reached out to the Texan psychologist about her being born for a wealthy man by her parents for money and to be used as a sexual servant. Her abuse began as an infant. She recalls being sexually abused before she could even talk.
This is exactly what PizzaGate is. It's been going on for a long time per David Icke and others that have been telling us. I cried watching this episode, just as I did when I was reading the Podesta e-mails. It is so horrific and the things that were done to this woman and other children are so sickening that it is beyond words.
Here is the Dr. Phil interview. It may be taken down but there are other copies of it on YouTube that you can check out. We owe it to these people to show them love and support for the hell they have been through and continue to live through to this day. This woman appearing on this show is a huge blow to the Cabal as this information was never supposed to come out and their Agenda 21 plans were supposed to have been completed already.
Right! After all, Oprah is in on this she's one of them, for all her enlightenment crap, she's right on board, and everyone knows she's Dr. Phil's mentor ect. I'm also curious to know why he did this interview. Just one more question in a whole pile of them I guess!
I don't know why Dr Phil did this interview and not MSM. He is not taken seriously any more by many Americans.
Once again Jonathan, I thank you for your fabulous work. As this information gets out, everybody will know it's true and the revolution of Love will pick up even more steam. Much love to you.
I heard the same video…this was worse than that in my opinion..
Don't think I'll watch that – too disturbing – but thanks for posting this. I heard an audio clip of what was allegedly Podesta torturing some child a few weeks ago. Pretty disturbing stuff. This crap needs to end.
I am so glad that this woman (and the many others) came forward. Their stories need to be told and experiences acknowledged. That being said, I don't trust Dr. Phil as far as I can throw him and the cynical side of me wonders what his end-game is here. Either way, her story is being heard and in the mainstream too. I hope this helps wake people up. Thank you for sharing.
Distasteful as this information can be, it serves to inform those who have looked away from the severe abuses inherent in the global elite's form of "culture". Look with compassion upon those who have suffered and request Heaven's assistance in righting all wrongs.


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February 25, 2019 July 9, 2020 Labour Hub Editors
Is it difficult being a Jew in the Labour Party? No
By Cllr Sue Lukes
People increasingly ask me if I find it difficult being a Jew in the Labour Party. Oddly, nobody asked me before Jeremy Corbyn became leader, although I have been a member for more than 30 years.
The fact is, until recently, it was difficult. Not because of anti-semitism, which I have only once experienced, in the 1980s. It was because I felt that, in the New Labour years, my Jewish values were often in conflict with a leadership that favoured the rich over the poor, or the racist over the stranger whom we should welcome.
Why did I stay? Because I stood for the principles on which the party was founded, because in Islington I found fellow members and an MP, Jeremy Corbyn, who embodied my values of social justice, and because no other party could make the real social changes we desperately needed.
So, when that MP became leader, and hundreds of thousands of like-minded people tripled our membership, I felt inspired to stand for the council, proud to represent my party and the ward that has been my home for so long.
I know we have much to do, to safeguard our local services and rebuild the country once we get a Labour government. I know those holding power will not give it up easily, in and out of our party.
The anti-semitism allegations were initially a surprise, one that hurt precisely because so many of us had been fighting racism for so long, often with no support from some "old guard" MPs. The party sorted out a dysfunctional disciplinary system, originally not set up to tackle hate speech and social media, and got on top of it.
We can't stop people sending abuse to MPs, but we can chuck them out of the party if we know who they are, and we do. In fact, the overwhelming majority of complaints referred to the party involve people who are not actually members.
For me, being Jewish is not a free pass. I expect my members and residents to hold me to account if I cosy up to warmongers or privatisers rather than helping the vulnerable or poor.
So, is it difficult being a Jew in today's Labour Party? No, it is where we can be "a light unto the nations" and where we must be to pursue social justice. Join me in doing that.
CLLR SUE LUKES
Labour, Highbury East
This piece first appeared as a letter to the Islington Tribune
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10m customers affected by Dixons Carphone hacking
When Dixons Carphone approached the UK Information Commissioner's Office to report a suspected data breach in June, it was believed that around 1.2 million customers were affected. But with the assistance of the National Cyber Security Centre, investigations have revealed the incident to be ten times worse than thought.
Extensive forensic analysis has found that more than 10 million customer accounts have been compromised. Hackers appear to have accessed a vast amount of personal data including names, postal and delivery addresses and email addresses.
No sign of fraud. Yet.
When speaking to the press, Dixons Carphone management has been keen to stress that there is no sign of sensitive financial data like credit details being stolen. They also point out that there have not been any reports of fraud associated with the hacking as yet.
But with so many customer records having been exposed, there is always a risk that they will be used for fraudulent purposes at some point in the future. It is also important to note that although criminals would prefer to steal credit card details, they can still begin the process of identity theft using names and address data.
The actual hacking took place last year, so it seems unlikely that the criminals plan to use the data they accessed.
100,000 shoppers at risk
Dixons Carphone has also been keen to downplay another aspect of the ongoing data security investigation. A second, possibly unrelated, breach of the corporate payment processing system resulted in more than 5.9 million payment card details being stolen.
Analysis of the breach reveals that the vast majority (5.8m) of the exposed cards are protected by Chip and PIN technologies, making them virtually impossible to clone. A further 105,000 older cards are not as well protected and may still be used fraudulently.
There is also no sign that these card details were successfully exported from the Dixons Carphone systems – just that they have been accessed illegally by an unknown third party.
Will there be a massive GDPR fine?
The General Data Protection Regulation recently came into force, specifying potentially huge fines for any business that fails to properly protect personal information. If the breach is sufficiently extreme, these fines could reach €20m or more.
Because these incidents took place before GDPR came into force, Dixons Carphone are facing a maximum fine of £500,000. Still a significant penalty, but nowhere near as devastating.
I'm a Dixons Carphone customer – am I safe?
Dixons Carphone has made it quite clear that the security failings which led to the breach have now been addressed. They have also added new security measures to further strengthen their defences against future attack.
Will they fall victim to hackers again? It's hard to know for sure. The embarrassment caused by this incident will help to ensure that Dixons Carphone treat customer data with greater care in future however.
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Reading a compass is one of those skills we divers are often too embarrassed to admit has got us beat. Many of us prefer to rely on the dive guides. Follow these easy steps to become more comfortable with your compass.
Step 1: Note that most compasses have numbers marked every 30 degrees. Many substitute East for 90, South for 180, West for 270 and North for 0/360.
Step 2: Rotate the compass back and forth to make it level. The card, the only moving part, should remain stationary and aimed north. Then aim your lubber line toward your target.
Step 3: Count the tick marks from left or right of the closest cardinal point to your desired direction. The number it lands on is your heading. Repeat this step to be sure the card is still pointing north and accurate.
Step 4: For a straight out-and-back dive, find your return course by adding or subtracting 180 from your original heading. Use the number that gives you a result between zero and 360. Test: Walk 10 steps in your original heading and then 10 steps in your return course. You should end up in the same spot.
Step 5: To make a right turn, add 90 to your original heading, or subtract 90 for a left turn. If the resulting number is negative, add 360 to maintain a number between zero and 360. Test: Take four right-angle turns, walking 10 feet in each direction, and you should end up at the same spot. If possible, write your headings on a slate. Rounding off to the nearest 10 degrees will simplify addition and subtraction. Over the short distances typical in recreational diving, an error of 5 degrees or so won't matter.
Step 6: Before your dive, move the compass until the card points north and aim the lubber line in the desired direction and mark your heading. At depth, check your buoyancy and swim forward with the lubber line pointed in the direction of your heading. For your return, take your reciprocal heading and you will find yourself back where you began.


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Top historic sites in Milan
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Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) is the third largest church in the world and it took nearly six centuries to complete. History Saint Ambrose built a new basilica on this site at the beginning of the 5th century, with an adjoining basilica added in 836. When fire damaged both buildings in 1075, they were rebuilt as the Duomo. In 1386, Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo began construction of the cathedral. In 1389, a ...
Founded: 1386 | Location: Milan, Italy
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy"s oldest active shopping mall and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the center of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. It was designed in 1861 and built by architect Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1877. The structure consists of two glass-vaulted arcades intersecting ...
Founded: 1865-1877 | Location: Milan, Italy
Royal Palace of Milan
The Royal Palace of Milan (Palazzo Reale di Milano) was the seat of government of the city for centuries. Today it serves as a cultural centre and home to expositions and exhibitions. Originally designed with a structure of two courtyards, the palace was then partially demolished to make room for the Duomo. The palace is located to the right of the facade of the cathedral opposite the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. T ...
Founded: 13th century | Location: Milan, Italy
Sforza Castle
Sforza Castle was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest citadels in Europe. Extensively rebuilt by Luca Beltrami in 1891–1905, it now houses several of the city"s museums and art collections. History The original construction was ordered by local lord ...
La Scala (official name Teatro alla Scala) in Milan is one of the most famous opera houses in the world. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778. Most of Italy"s greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have appeared at La Scala. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world and is home to the La Scala Theatre Chorus, La Scala T ...
Pinacoteca di Brera
The Pinacoteca di Brera is the main public gallery for paintings in Milan. It contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings. The convent on the site passed to the Jesuits (1572), then underwent a radical rebuilding by Francesco Maria Richini (1627–28). When the Jesuits were disbanded in 1773, the palazzo remained the seat of the astronomical Observatory and the Braidense National Library foun ...
Basilica of San Lorenzo
The Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore was originally built in Roman times and is one of the oldest churches in Milan. The basilica was built between the late fourth and early fifth centuries. The exact date is uncertain, as are the name of who commissioned it and the circumstances of its foundation. What is certain is that at the time of its construction the basilica was the largest, centrally planned building in the Wes ...
Founded: c. 364 AD | Location: Milan, Italy
The Colonne di San Lorenzo or Columns of San Lorenzo is a group of ancient Roman ruins, located in front of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in central Milan. The colonnade, consisting mainly of 16 tall Corinthian columns in a row, now fronts an open square. In the 4th century, the columns were moved here, after removal from a likely 2nd century pagan temple or public bath house structure. South of the columns, on ...
Founded: 300-400 AD | Location: Milan, Italy
Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio
One of the most ancient churches in Milan, Basilica of Sant"Ambrogio was built by St. Ambrose in 379–386, in an area where numerous martyrs of the Roman persecutions had been buried. The first name of the church was in fact Basilica Martyrum. In the centuries after its construction, the edifice underwent several restorations and partial reconstructions, assuming the current appearance in the 12th Century, when ...
Founded: c. 1080 AD | Location: Milan, Italy
Santa Maria delle Grazie
Santa Maria delle grazie ('Holy Mary of Grace') is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. The church contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory of the convent. The refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan forms an integral part of this architectural complex, begun in 1463 and reworke ...
Porta Sempione
Porta Sempione is a city gate of Milan. The gate is marked by a landmark triumphal arch called Arco della Pace ('Arch of Peace'), dating back to the 19th century, although its origins can be traced back to a gate of the Roman walls of Milan. A gate that roughly corresponds to modern Porta Sempione was already part of Roman walls of Milan. At the time, the gate was meant to control an important road lea ...
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books and manuscripts. Some major acquisitions of complete libraries were the manuscripts of the Benedictine monastery ...
Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio
The Basilica of Sant"Eustorgio was for centuries an important stop for pilgrims on their journey to Rome or to the Holy Land, because it was said to contain the tomb of the Biblical Magi or Three Kings. Probably founded in the 4th century, its name refers to Eustorgius I, the bishop of Milan to whom is attributed the translation of the supposed relics of the Magi to the city from Constantinople in 34 ...
Founded: 4th century AD | Location: Milan, Italy
Cimitero Monumentale di Milano
The Cimitero Monumentale is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan, the other one being the Cimitero Maggiore. It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments. Designed by the architect Carlo Maciachini (1818–1899), it was planned to consolidate a number of small cemeteries that used to be scattered around the city into a single location. Officially opened in 1866, it has since then been filled ...
Basilica of San Simpliciano
The Basilica of San Simpliciano is the second oldest church in the form of a Latin cross, first erected by Saint Ambrose. It is dedicated to Saint Simplician, bishop of Milan. The site of the present church was occupied in the 3rd century AD by a pagan cemetery. There St. Ambrose began the construction of the Basilica Virginum ('Basilica of the Virgins'), which was finished by his successor Simplicianus ...


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O mar de Wadden ou mar Frísio (Wattenmeer em alemão, Waddenzee em neerlandês, Waadsee em frísio, Wattensee em baixo-alemão e Vadehavet em dinamarquês) é um mar situado entre as ilhas Frísias e o mar do Norte por um lado e as costas neerlandesa, alemã e dinamarquesa por outro. Formado por planícies marítimas, é muito pouco profundo, inclusivamente durante a maré baixa, quando consiste em grandes planícies arenosas interrompidas por canais de drenagem que evacuam a água (de facto, é possível atravessá-lo a pé, do continente às ilhas ou vice-versa). Há também grandes correntes. Tem cerca de 450 km de comprimento e entre 5 e 30 km de largura, com uma área de cerca de 10.000 km².

Em 26 de junho de 2009 o mar Frísio foi declarado Património Mundial pela UNESCO.

Ligações externas

Corpos de água dos Países Baixos
Corpos de água da Alemanha
Frisio
Patrimônio Mundial da UNESCO na Alemanha
Patrimônio Mundial da UNESCO nos Países Baixos
Fronteira Alemanha-Países Baixos
Sítios Ramsar da Dinamarca
Sítios Ramsar dos Países Baixos
Sítios Ramsar da Alemanha
Sítios Natura 2000 dos Países Baixos
Frísia

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Q: javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Target Unreachable, identifier bean resolved to null I'm getting this error message just when I try to deploy my application through eclipse as I do a build and install the packages by weblogic console my app works fine, but everytime I deploy my app from eclipse my server up normally but I get this message when I try access any page, please if someone can help me I will be really thankful. Below follows my server log.
I'm using weblogic 12 C
CDI for beans manage.
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        generoService = serviceLocator.lookupRemoteEJB(GeneroService.class);
        canalService = serviceLocator.lookupRemoteEJB(CanalService.class);
        categoriaService = serviceLocator.lookupRemoteEJB(CategoriaService.class);
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A: I had the same problem for WL 12.1.3: Try to deploy it as exploded archive via eclipse (Standard is virtual application).
Right-Click on the Server -> Properties -> Expand the Topic WebLogic -> Publishing -> Click "Publish as an exploded archive" and apply the changes

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What it's like to follow Red Bull X-Alps from start to finish.
For 13 days, Race reporter Tarquin Cooper followed the race from start to finish, chasing athletes from Salzburg's cobbled streets to the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, via a few crazy hairpin bends and some steep mountain ascents. Below, he shares so
The misery of the Gaisberg
To see all the athletes at the start, knowing the enormity of what lay ahead was humbling. The atrocious weather conditions on the Gaisberg just drove it all home – how unbelievably epic this race is. A wet and cold Pascal Purin summed up the feeling on the top: "It can only get better," he said.
Running with the Running Man
It isn't the Red Bull X-Alps until you've seen the legendary Romanian Running Man in action. All morning of Day Two, I waited in a valley north of Spittal an der Drau for someone who'd been running non-stop for almost 24 hours – the incredible Toma Coconea. Like an escapee rider of the Tour de France, he was reveling in his time at the front. And then he appeared, grinning from ear to ear. He gave the thumbs up before disappearing once again.
The landings at Lermoos
The Turnpoint in Lermoos in the heart of the Tiroler Zugspitz Arena was one of the most spectacular of all the Turnpoints and the scene of lots of race action. First it was Chrigel who came in, reporting that it was one of the toughest flights of his entire Red Bull X-Alps career.
When Gaspard Petiot landed he punched the air with delight. Clearly it had been emotional for him as well.
Then they came thick and fast – Guschlbauer, Outters, Neynens, Takats, Nübel and van Schelven. Athletes may have grumbled about being forced to land but for fans, it was quite the spectacle.
Driving the wrong way down a 7km tunnel – three times
Taking the wrong turn on the motorway was always going to happen. But making the same mistake not once, but three times, on a 7km long tunnel? The first time I didn't even realize I'd gone wrong, the second time I chose to disagree with Brenda (my Google navigator) and the third time I finally realized my mistake, but still managed to take the wrong road. It was past midnight and after 01:00 before I was on the right way again.
The phone reception
Definitely a regular low moment – trying to find and maintain a 4G reception for Facebook Lives was a daily battle.
After hiking up a mountain south of Turin with Paul Guschlbauer for almost four hours, I was almost set for the 08:30 bulletin, until I lost my reception. Then my luck seemed to turn and it came back! But in the few minutes I spent setting up, I'd lost Paul – literally. He was only about 50m ahead but the mist came down and I couldn't see him and I was unable to catch up with him.
Unfortunately, I'd already hit the button so the entire Facebook Live consisted of me panting out of breath into the phone as I tried to reach him.
I arrived in Peille two days early.
Maurer famously beat the organizers to Peille when he first won the race in 2009 and also made it before our social team in 2015. So I was pretty anxious to avoid the same fate. So when the office team gave the order: "Don't stop," while driving south I didn't take my foot off the gas until I was overlooking Monaco. I then had one of those awful moments of realization: no one was there.
What the office meant was, 'don't stop until you get to Turin', which is where Chrigel was. I had a cup of tea, and got back in the van and drove the four hours back.
Playing cat and mouse with Chrigel in Menton.
Trying to locate Chrigel on the last day was like a scene from a Bourne film, watching his position on a GPS grid, driving around narrow city streets, trying to work out where he'd appear. I took a guess, rounded a corner, jumped out the van and he appeared a few moments later. "My supporters haven't even found me," he said, impressed. I beamed with pride.
Watching Benoit Outters land at Peille.
If there was one standout highlight of the race, it was watching Benoit land at Peille. Seeing him come in and hug his family and friends – it doesn't get much more emotional than this.
Arriving at the wrong beach in Rocquebrune
...just minutes before Outters and Maurer were due to finish. I literally sprinted for my life across Monaco to make it for the Facebook Live.
I could see the beach below, but not the path to get there. Eventually I found some steps and made it with seconds to spare.
We'll have more "Lessons Learned" for you in the next few weeks!
This is what a paraglider pilot packs for adventure
Red Bull X-Alps athletes at Dolomitenmann


Scanturf / Scangreen - New round of Scanturf-trials!
In spring 2013, new Scanturf-trials will be established at Landvik (Norway), Tystofte (Denmark) and Ylistaro (Finland). So far thirteen new varieties/breeding lines have been entered into the testing program by the breeding companies/agents DLF-Trifolium, Barenbrug and Euro Grass.


monte wrote: How hard would it be to connect up tracks between the Overland and Port Davey tracks so there's a semi-official north-south traverse from Penguin to Cockle Creek?
The topic below might give some indication, more or less . Good Christmas reading, enjoy .
Very few details but might start from their base at Abbotts Peak then head down into the Styx Valley. Any ideas?
There has been on-and-off talk for some years about connecting the Snowy Range to kunanyi via the Maydena Range. Possibly that?
Yeah I thought it might be a snowy range traverse but I hadn't considered joining it up to kunanyi.
It's an idea mooted by Bob Brown and perhaps others for over a decade. There are many positives to the idea of a walk starting in Hobart using many existing tracks and trails.
stepbystep wrote: It's an idea mooted by Bob Brown and perhaps others for over a decade. There are many positives to the idea of a walk starting in Hobart using many existing tracks and trails.
Yeah I could see how it would be an interesting trip. Hell of a lot of plantation timber between Mt Lloyd and the Maydena Range that would need to be disguised though.
Tassy has a North/South ( or South/North ) walk.
Its time for a East/West ( or West/East ) walk.
Up north it could be 260km !
And nothing stays the same forever !
Paul wrote: Tassy has a North/South ( or South/North ) walk.
I agree. There should be a walk from Eddystone Pt to West Pt.
Well thank you Mr Walker for agreeing.
Be a sensible idea to keep extending the 'Latrobe-Wynyard' bike path for touring the north. The necessity for infrastructure in reserves (other than the route) would be minimal v's a walk project and the effect on small towns complementary, v's FIFO 'communities' /more bike parks.
Nuts wrote: Be a sensible idea to keep extending the 'Latrobe-Wynyard' bike path for touring the north. The necessity for infrastructure in reserves (other than the route) would be minimal v's a walk project and the effect on small towns complementary, v's FIFO 'communities' /more bike parks.
The only information I could find on this path was dated 2010 and implied they were waiting for funding. I assume they are still waiting.The planned coastal route makes a lot of sense along there.
It could connect up to the Scottsdale Rail Trail bike/walk path and that can be connected to Blue Tier bike and walk trails, that can be connected across to Eddystone Pt.
"For the entire network (the coastal pathway), which is close to 100 kilometres, we believe it's going to be in the area of $22 million"
Benefits from a vast cycle touring contingent in terms of regional economy, and about to grow many-fold with the ease of electrics. Benefits to local taxpayers in safer travel and recreation. Positives all round!
No doubt even this would make a walking route, for those prepared to get involved in suggestions including dictates for unnecessary, mandatory reserve-based infrastructure by moralless proponents.
Looks like some people are suggesting Ben Lomond as Tasmania's next 'iconic' walk - according to the Examiner.
This one looks very interesting but are they pie in the sky thought bubbles?
This proposal seems to follow an easement as well as bypassing interesting territory like the Granite Tor Wilderness and Tyndalls.
Didn't hear much more on that one? The submission /extension closed on the 11th January so I expect we'll all be well informed soon..
I've heard a couple of rumours about this one. I think they want to go over the Granite Tor area.
Not a fan of the idea - that would stuff up Inglis, Pencil Pine Bluff and a big swathe of wild country. They need to get the hordes out of Cradle-St Clair instead of adding to the pressure at the northern end.
Just a point of clarification. It sounds like Destination West Coast via The Mercury have ended up with a garbled history.
Innes' survey was for a track. And a pack track was made by others. Never a railway line. Historic railway cuttings? There certainly is some benched track up Inglis but there is a lot more rough alpine path and thick scrub further west. Beyond Granite Tor it is easier to walk down the Brougham River than follow the track.
A lot of inaccuracies slipped into the history of the Mole Creek Track from the 1920s onwards and have been repeated so often that they have become the received wisdom.
But why build new? There, re-imagine the P-C Trail. 'Regional' & 'Sensitive'.


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