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2. The Shipping News - Wikipedia

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   The Shipping News is a novel by American author E. Annie Proulx and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, [1] the U.S. National Book Award, as well as other awards. [2] It was adapted as a film of the same name which was released in 2001.

3. Hamming code - Wikipedia

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   Hence the rate of Hamming codes is R = k / n = 1 − r / (2 r − 1), which is the highest possible for codes with minimum distance of three (i.e., the minimal number of bit changes needed to go from any code word to any other code word is three) and block length 2 r − 1.

4. International Code of Signals - Wikipedia

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   Standard chart of "International Flags and Pennants" of the International Code of Signals (also known as "Pub. 102") "The purpose of the International Code of Signals is to provide ways and means of communication in situations related essentially to safety of navigation and persons, especially when language difficulties arise."

5. Serial shipping container code - Wikipedia

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   The Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) is an 18-digit number used to identify logistics units. In order to automate the reading process, the SSCC is often encoded in a barcode , generally GS1-128 , and can also be encoded in an RFID tag.

6. Upper Lakes Shipping Company - Wikipedia

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   The Upper Lakes Shipping Company was a Canadian shipping company that maintained a fleet of lake freighters on the North American Great Lakes from 1931 to 2011. [1] The company was privately owned. In February 2011 the company sold its fleet to Algoma Central .

7. Free (band) - Wikipedia

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   Free was the only advertised band who would not perform for free (despite their name) for the ailing Phun City festival in July 1970. Promoter Mick Farren said that when they learned there would be no payment, they left "without even getting out of the car."