FACTOID # 142: Americans consume the sixth-most spirits, the eighth-most beer and the 18th-most wine. They’re also likely to view heavy drinkers as undesirable neighbors.
 
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.ac
nic .AC Domain Registry
Introduced 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Ascension Island Network Information Centre (run by Internet Computer Bureau)
Sponsoring organization Cable and Wireless (Ascension Island)
Intended use Entities connected with Ascension Island
Actual use Various uses, sometimes connected to education and academia; a few sites actually on Ascension Island
Registration restrictions 2nd-level registrant must have professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd level registrant must be resident on Ascension Island
Structure Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at third level beneath various 2nd-level labels
Documents Terms & Conditions; Rules
Dispute policies Dispute Resolution Policy
Web site NIC.AC

.ac is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom. Registration for this domain is open to anyone. Image File history File links Nicac. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... Cable and Wireless is a British telecommunications company. ... Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Georgetown Status Dependency of St Helena Official language(s) English Administrator Michael Hill Area  - Total  - % water 222nd 35 sq. ... A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... Anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Georgetown Status Dependency of St Helena Official language(s) English Administrator Michael Hill Area  - Total  - % water 222nd 35 sq. ...


.ac is also a second level domain for academic establishments in a number of countries; see .ac (second level). The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about host names and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. ... . ...


Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted according to the following instructions. Example of Arabic IDN Example of Chinese IDN An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that (potentially) contains non-ASCII characters. ...


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The American Council on Education, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
ACE is a federally registered trademark of the American Council on Education and may not be used or reproduced without the express written permission of the American Council on Education.
Register now for ACE's 2008 Annual Meeting, February 9–12 in San Diego.
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ACE researchers pursuing this objective are interested in evaluating whether designs proposed for economic policies, institutions, or processes will result in socially desirable system performance over time.
ACE researchers are exploring a variety of ways to address this objective ranging from careful consideration of methodological principles to the practical development of programming, visualization, and validation tools.
News items of possible interest to ACE researchers are collected by the moderator and posted in batched html-document form at the ACE Website during the regular academic year (August-May) as time permits and the news warrants.
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