The Broadbus® B-1™ Video Server is the world’s first high-density, highly scalable DRAM-based server built to support today’s VOD and SVOD services, as well as the future demands of Television-On-Demand. The solid-state DRAM architecture enables the B-1 to simultaneously ingest and stream massive amounts of video content. And its modular chassis-based design provides a scalable migration path from current VOD and SVOD applications to the fast-approaching TOD future.The patented, DRAM-based streaming server technology at the heart of the Broadbus B-1 system scales to 80 Gbps of output through independent Gigabit Ethernet ports — the highest density in the industry. It has the capacity to support up to 19,200 MPEG-2 streams per B-1. And its solid-state design requires no moving parts, increasing its reliability and lowering its total cost of ownership.By separating its DRAM video streaming and RAID content storage structures, the B-1 permits independent configuration and low-cost upgradeability for additional streams and storage. This truly decoupled design means that stream counts and storage modules can scale to meet the exact needs of cable operators and that modules can be hot-swapped, minimizing downtime for expansion or maintenance.Existing hard disk-based VOD servers are optimized for streaming content to customers. B-1 DRAM-based video servers are designed to ingest hundreds of channels of both library content and broadcast television while simultaneously redistributing thousands of streams with zero-latency. Our Stream Commander™ software manages the propagation of content to and from near-term storage libraries virtually eliminating content replication.

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A record 245 million mobile phones were shipped worldwide in Q4 2005. Total annual volume hit an all-time high of 810 million units, up from 681M in 2004. 2005 was the Year of the Megavendor, as global scale became more important than ever. Sony Ericsson and LG sold over 50 million devices each during 2005, to join an elite club containing just three other members. Samsung went one better, exceeding 100 million units for the first time. Nokia and Motorola both finished the year with strong performances, while BenQ-Siemens remained flat. Strategy Analytics expects 930 million units for the full-year 2006, rising steadily to 1 billion in 2007.

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الأردن يواجه عقبة التمويل في مشروع"السكك الحديدية "

عمان - في الوقت الذي يسير فيه مشروع شبكة السكك الحديدية الإقليمية التي تربط دول منطقة الشرق المتوسط نحو التطبيق "سورية، العراق، السعودية" يواجه الأردن عقبات مالية وتمويلية لمواكبة هذا المشروع - بحسب مدير عام مؤسسة سكة حديد العقبة حسين كريشان

وقال كريشان إن المشكلة في مجاراة المشروع الجديد تكمن في ان السكك الحديدة في الاردن غير مطابقة للخطوط النظامية القياسية الأكثر استعمالا في العالم والتي يصل عرضها 1435 ملم، حيث يبلغ اتساع الخطوط المستعملة في الأردن 1050 ملم

ويشير كريشان الى "أن البنية التحتية لخطوط السكك الحديدية في الأردن تحتاج إلى استبدال بالكامل حتى يستطيع الأردن السير في مشروع ربط السكك الحديدة الإقليمية"، مضيفا "أن الأردن دون تغيير هذه المقاييس لن يستطيع السير في هذا المشروع" حيث "أن هذا النظام بات أقل انتشارا في العالم وتتجه معظم الدول لاستبداله بخطوط سككية قياسية"

وأضاف إن السير في هذا المشروع والذي يعتبر خط سكة حديد عمان الزرقاء جزءا منه يحتاج إلى تمويل "كبير جدا" لأنه سيتم تغيير وإنشاء خطوط سكك حديدية بالمقياس العالمي الذي تطبقه الدول المجاورة، مبينا أن خط عمان الزرقاء سيكون على هذا المقياس.وأوضح "أن أهم العقبات التي تواجه السكك الحديدية هو التمويل، خصوصاً تنفيذ البنية التحتية علما بأن تكلفة إنشاء الخطوط الحديدية عالية جدا ويلزم إيجاد استثمار لإنشاء السكك الحديدية وتطويرها بالتعاون مع القطاع العام"

وأشار إلى أن وزارة النقل الأردنية كانت قد اتفقت من خلال اللجان التي تم تشكيلها مع الدول العربية المجاورة على مواصفات مشتركة للخطوط الحديدية في هذه الدول لكي تتمكن من الربط السككي بكل سهولة حيث تم الاتفاق على أن تكون هذه الخطوط من النوع القياسي وبسرعة تصل إلى 160 كيلو متر في الساعة لقاطرات الركاب و100 كيلو متر للبضائع و الحمولة المحورية "22.5 إلى 25" طن وأن تكون المواصفات للخطوط العالمية حسب المواصفات الدولية "UIC".ومن المتوقع أن تقوم الحكومة - بحسب تصريحات سابقة لوزير النقل سعود نصيرات - بإعادة طرح عطاء خط سكة حديد عمان الزرقاء خلال الشهرين المقبلين وذلك بعد أن رفض العرض المالي للمرحلة الأولى من العطاء الذي أحيل في تشرين ثاني (نوفمبر) الماضي وتقدم له تجمع واحد فقط هو "تجمع مصري هولندي تركي"

يذكر أن السعودية كانت قد وقعت في 29 تشرين الثاني ( نوفمبر) الماضي اتفاقية مع تحالف يضم 4 شركات للإشراف على تنفيذ سكة حديد تمتد من منطقة الحديثة على الحدود السعودية الأردنية إلى مدينة الرياض.وقد أكد وزير المالية السعودي إبراهيم العساف آنذاك "بأن الخط الجديد محلي سعودي وليس هناك ما يمنع ربطه مستقبلا مع شبكة إقليمية، مشيرا إلى أن "مشروع الربط الإقليمي لسكك الحديد في منطقة شرق المتوسط لا تزال في مراحلها الأولى".إلى ذلك كان وزير النقل السوري مكرم عبيد قد كشف في 9 كانون الأول (ديسمبر) الماضي عن بدء سورية بتنفيذ مشروع سكة حديد جديدة يمتد من دمشق إلى الحدود السورية الأردنية بطول 200 كم وذلك كجزء من مشروع خط سكة الحديد الشرق أوسطي.وكانت الحكومة الأردنية ممثلة بوزارة النقل -بحسب كريشان- قد طرحت عطاء دراسة مخطط شمولي للسكك الحديدية في الأردن لربطها من الشمال إلى الجنوب ومن الشرق إلى الغرب وربط الأردن بكافة الدول العربية المجاورة بحيث سيقوم المستشار الذي يحال عليه العطاء بيان أولوية التنفيذ لهذا المشروع على مراحل

Below is a list of all the skyscrapers included in the current version this collection.This thread is probably a good place to post additions or eventual corrections.I'm looking for buildings above 200 meters, either completed or under construction.Burj Dubai, DubaiTaipei 101, TaipeiBusan Lotte Tower, BusanShanghai World Financial Center, ShanghaiAbraj Al Bait, MakkahInternational Commerce Centre, Hong KongPetronas Towers, Kuala LumpurSears Tower, ChicagoJin Mao Tower, ShanghaiFreedom Tower, New YorkTrump International Hotel & Tower, ChicagoTwo International Finance Centre, Hong KongCITIC Plaza, GuangzhouShun Hing Square, ShenzhenEmpire State Building, New YorkPrincess Tower, Dubai23 Marina, DubaiCentral Plaza, Hong KongBank of China Tower, Hong KongBank of America Tower, New YorkEmirates Office Tower, DubaiAlmas Tower, DubaiTuntex Sky Tower, KaohsiungAon Center, ChicagoThe Center, Hong KongThe Torch, DubaiJohn Hancock Center, ChicagoFederation, MoscowNajd Tower, DubaiRose Tower, DubaiShimao International Plaza, ShanghaiRyugyong Hotel, PyongyangQ1 Tower, Gold CoastBurj al Arab, DubaiWaterview Tower, ChicagoNina Tower 1, Hong KongChrysler Building, New YorkNew York Times Tower, New YorkBank of America Plaza, AtlantaUS Bank Tower, Los AngelesOcean Heights, DubaiMenara Telekom, Kuala LumpurJumeirah Emirates Tower Hotel, DubaiAT&T Corporate Center, ChicagoShard London Bridge, LondonJP Morgan Chase Tower, HoustonPlot 12, MoscowBaiyoke Tower II, BangkokTwo Prudential Plaza, ChicagoKingdom Centre, RiyadhAhmed Abdul Rahim Al Attar Tower, DubaiBurj Dubai Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments, DubaiFirst Canadian Place, TorontoEureka Tower, MelbourneComcast Center, PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Plaza, HoustonYokohama Landmark Tower, Yokohama311 South Wacker Drive, ChicagoSEG Plaza, ShenzhenAmerican International Building, New YorkKey Tower, ClevelandPlaza 66, ShanghaiOne Liberty Place, PhiladelphiaMövenpick Dubai Pearl, DubaiColumbia Center, SeattleTomorrow Square, ShanghaiCheung Kong Centre, Hong KongTrump Building, New YorkBank of America Plaza, DallasUOB Plaza One, SingaporeRepublic Plaza, SingaporeOUB Centre, SingaporeBright Start Tower, DubaiCitigroup Center, New YorkHong Kong New World Tower, ShanghaiScotia Plaza, TorontoMag 218 Tower, DubaiWilliams Tower, HoustonRenaissance Tower, Dallas21st Century Tower, DubaiAl Faisaliyah Center, Riyadh900 North Michigan, ChicagoSunTrust Plaza, AtlantaBank of America Corporate Center, CharlotteBocom Financial Towers, ShanghaiMet 3, MiamiTriumph Palace, Moscow120 Collins Street, MelbourneTrump World Tower, New YorkShenzhen Special Zone Press Tower, ShenzhenWater Tower Place, ChicagoAon Center, Los AngelesBank of Shanghai Headquarters, ShanghaiCanada Trust Tower, TorontoMarina Pinnacle, DubaiKhalid Al Attar Tower 2, Dubai110 Collins Street, MelbourneTransamerica Pyramid, San FranciscoGE Building, New YorkChase Tower, ChicagoCommerzbank Tower, FrankfurtTwo Liberty Place, PhiladelphiaDiamond of Istanbul, IstanbulPark Tower, ChicagoMesseturm, FrankfurtSorrento, Hong KongUS Steel Tower, PittsburghEmirates Marina Serviced Apartments & Spa, DubaiRinku Gate Tower Building, IzumisanoThe Harbourside, Hong KongLangham Place Office Tower, Hong Kong80 South Street, New YorkCapital Tower, SingaporeHighcliff, Hong KongOsaka World Trade Center, OsakaRialto Towers, MelbourneNaberezhnaya Tower, MoscowOne Atlantic Center, AtlantaChelsea Tower, DubaiTorre Repsol, MadridKLI 63 Building, SeoulCentral Park, PerthTorre de Cristal, MadridCitySpire Center, New YorkOne Chase Manhattan Plaza, New YorkMid Town Tower, TokyoState Tower, BangkokChase Tower, IndianapolisConde Nast Building, New YorkMetLife Building, New YorkBloomberg Tower, New YorkJR Central Office Tower, NagoyaAl Fattan Marine Towers, DubaiShin Kong Life Tower, TaipeiCity Gate, Ramat GanChifley Tower, SydneyMenara Maybank, Kuala LumpurTokyo City Hall, TokyoCitigroup Centre, SydneyThe Tower, DubaiWoolworth Building, New YorkIDS Tower, MinneapolisMellon Bank Center, PhiladelphiaJohn Hancock Tower, BostonShenzhen Broadcasting Center Building, ShenzhenFour Seasons Hotel & Tower, MiamiManulife Plaza, Hong KongSunshine 60 Building, TokyoChase Center, DallasPanglin Plaza, ShenzhenDeutsche Bank Place, SydneyMoscow State University, MoscowNTT Docomo Yoyogi Building, TokyoCommerce Court West, TorontoEmpire Tower, Kuala LumpurRoppongo Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo30 Hudson Street, Jersey CityBank of America Center, HoustonBank of America Center, San FranciscoOne Worldwide Plaza, New York225 South Sixth, MinneapolisWells Fargo Center, MinneapolisTorre Sacyr Vallehermoso, MadridWashington Mutual Tower, SeattleOne Canada Square, LondonTemasek Tower, Singapore191 Peachtree Tower, AtlantaPark Place, DubaiThree First National Plaza, ChicagoWachovia Financial Center, MiamiThe Harbourfront Landmark, Hong KongShinjuku Park Tower, TokyoHeritage Plaza, HoustonThe Arch, Hong KongCarnegie Hall Tower, New YorkPalace of Culture and Science, Warsaw1100 Lousiana, HoustonChicago Title & Trust Building, ChicagoWorld Tower, SydneyBear Sterns World Headquarters, New YorkAXA Center, New YorkOne Penn Plaza, New YorkTime Warner Center, New York1251 Avenue of the Americas, New YorkPrudential Tower, BostonTwo California Plaza, Los AngelesGas Company Tower, Los AngelesMLC Centre, SydneyTrade Tower, South KoreaCosco Tower, Hong KongGolden Business Center, Shenzhen60 Wall Street, New YorkOne Astor Plaza, New YorkGovernor Phillip Tower, SydneyRSA Battle House Tower, MobileThe Belcher's, Hong KongEmpire Tower, BangkokOne Liberty Place, New YorkGoldman Sachs Headquarters, New YorkBank of China Tower, Shanghai20 Exchange Plaza, New YorkJR Central Hotel Tower, NagoyaSeven World Trade Center, New YorkCenterpoint Energy Plaza, HoustonTwo Union Square, SeattleBell Atlantic Tower, PhiladelphiaThree World Financial Center, New YorkShinjuku Mitsui Building, TokyoJP Morgan Chase Tower, DallasTorre Mayor, Mexico CityShenzhen World Trade Centre, ShenzhenARCO Center, Los AngelesContinental Center I, HoustonBourke Place, MelbourneTorre Espacio, MadridToronto Dominion Bank Tower, TorontoShinjuku Center Building, TokyoCarlton Centre, JohannesburgWorld Finance Centre, ShenzhenRaffles Square, ShanghaiErnst & Young Tower, SydneyMarriott Renaissance Center, DetroitTimes Square Tower, New YorkOlympia Centre, ChicagoParque Central Torre Este, CaracasParque Central Torre Oeste, CaracasOne Mellon Center, PittsburghFullbright Tower, Houston777 Tower, Los AngelesSt. Luke's Tower, TokyoWestin Peachtree Plaza, AtlantaWells Fargo Tower, Los AngelesEmirates Crown, DubaiSeattle Municipal Tower, SeattleThe Summit, Hong KongFountain Place, DallasAurora Place, SydneyFigueroa at Wilshire, Los AngelesMetropolitan Tower, New YorkTelstra Corporate Building, MelbourneRepublic Plaza, DenverOne Shell Plaza, HoustonHopewell Centre, Hong Kong1801 California Street, DenverTerminal Tower, ClevelandShiodome City Center, TokyoJP Morgan Chase World Headquarters, New YorkPetro-Canada Centre, CalgaryGeneral Motors Building, New YorkAl Seef Tower, DubaiSun Hung Kai Centre, Hong KongTorre Ejecutiva Pemex, Mexico CityShangri-La Hotel, Hong KongMetropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, New YorkDentsu Headquarters Building, TokyoVictoria Towers, Hong KongBank of America Tower, Los AngelesPaul Hastings Tower, Los AngelesWells Fargo Center, DenverAct Tower, Hamamatsu500 Fifth Avenue, New YorkOne Shell Square, New OrleansGeorgia Pacific Tower, AtlantaMenara Maxis, Kuala LumpurWorld Finance Tower, ShanghaiIBM Building, Chicago345 California Center, San FranciscoMelbourne Central Office Tower, MelbourneAmericas Tower, New York1400 Smith Street, HoustonPromenade II, AtlantaShinjuku Sumitomo Building, TokyoGrosvenor House West Marina Beach, DubaiTour Montparnasse, ParisSolow Building, New YorkBangunan AMFinance, Kuala LumpurLe Reve, DubaiOne International Finance Centre, Hong KongHSBC Bank Building, New York55 Water Street, New York277 Park Avenue, New YorkShinjuku Nomura Building, TokyoTrammell Crow Tower, DallasThree Allen Center, HoustonMetro Plaza Tower, Hong Kong1585 Broadway, New YorkMarina Heights Tower, DubaiRandom House Tower, New YorkJing Guang Center, BeijingWestendstraße 1, FrankfurtFour Seasons Hotel, New YorkWarsaw Trade Tower, Warsaw111 South Wacker, Chicago181 West Madison, ChicagoNumber One Dubai Marina, DubaiMarina Crown, DubaiBay Wellington Tower, TorontoHyatt Center, ChicagoOne Houston Center, HoustonBell South Building, AtlantaBertelsmann Building, New YorkCitibank Plaza, Hong KongMay House, Hong KongMcGraw-Hill Building, New YorkOne Magnificent Mile, ChicagoLincoln Building, New YorkFour Seasons Place, Hong Kong1000 rue de la Gauchetière, MontréalParamount Plaza, New YorkStar Tower, Seoul33 South Sixth, MinneapolisR.R. Donnelley Building, ChicagoOne Williams Center, TulsaShanghai Sen Mao International Building, ShangaiBerjaya Times Square, Kuala LumpurTrump Tower, New YorkMillennium Tower, ViennaFirst City Tower, Houston333 Lockhart Road, Hong KongOCBC Centre, SingaporeHearst Tower, CharlotteIzumi Garden Tower, TokyoCiticorp Building, New YorkBP Tower, ClevelandRiparian Plaza, BrisbaneMain Tower, FrankfurtORC 200, OsakaGolden Bell Mansion, ShanghaiSompo Japan Head Office Building, TokyoShangri-La Hotel, Dubai1700 Pacific Avenue, Dallas25 Canada Square, LondonEight Canada Square, London

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