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Task Force (other)
A task force is a group set up to focus on a specific goal. Task force may also refer to: * Chevrolet Task Force, a GM line of trucks from 1955-1959 * Falklands Task Force, the United Kingdom military forces assembled to retake the Falkland Islands from Argentina in 1982 * Task Force (band), a Hip Hop group from Britain * ''Task Force'' (film), a 1949 military film about Naval aviation, starring Gary Cooper * Task Force Games, a game company started in 1979 by Allen Eldridge and Stephen Cole * Task Force Harrier EX, a vertical scrolling shooter video game for the Sega Genesis * Task Force Talon, a top-secret U.S. military branch in the 2005 Atari game ''Act of War: Direct Action'' * Task Force X, a fictional organization in DC Comics * Task Force X (Justice League Unlimited episode), a cartoon * Task Force 72, an organization of model boat builders * Task Force 1942, a PC game * ''Task Force'', an Apple IIGS game by Visual Concepts in 1990 * Einsatzgruppen, death force of Naz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Task Force X (Justice League Unlimited Episode)
''Justice League Unlimited'' is an American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous ''Justice League'' animated series. ''Justice League Unlimited'' debuted on July 31, 2004, on Toonami and ended on May 13, 2006. It was also the final series set in the long-running DC animated universe, which started with '' Batman: The Animated Series'' in 1992. Unlike its predecessor's two/three-part episode format, ''Justice League Unlimited'' consists entirely of single episodes, except for the first season finale. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2004–2005) Season 2 (2005) Season 3 (2006) References {{DC Animated Universe Justice League Unlimited Justice League Unlimited ''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Task Force
Victor Vancier (born December 25, 1956), commonly referred to by his Hebrew name, Chaim Ben Pesach ( he, חיים בן פסח) is an American political activist and the founder and director of the United States-based Kahanist organization, Jewish Task Force (JTF) and the former National Chairman of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in the United States. In 1987, he was convicted on charges related to a series of terrorist bombings conducted during his time with the JDL to protest Soviet treatment of Jews. He served over five years in federal prison for his involvement in 18 bombings in New York and Washington. Activities and imprisonment Pesach was the National Chairman of the Jewish Defense League, but resigned in December 1978 after he went to jail for bombing Egyptian targets in an effort to stop the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. After his release and upon the completion of his probation in July 1983, Rabbi Meir Kahane again appointed Pesach to be National Chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Research Task Force
The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) is an organization, overseen by the Internet Architecture Board, that focuses on longer-term research issues related to the Internet. A parallel organization, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), focuses on the shorter term issues of engineering and standards making. The IRTF promotes research of importance to the evolution of the Internet by creating focused, long-term research groups working on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, architecture and technology. Unlike the IETF, the task force does not set standards{{Cite IETF, rfc=4440, sectionname=Differences between IRTF and IETF Groups, autolink=yes, section=2.1, title=IAB Thoughts on the Role of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) and there is no explicit outcome expected of IRTF research groups. Organization The IRTF is composed of a number of focused and long-term research groups. These groups work on topics related to Internet protocols, applications, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and all its participants are volunteers. Their work is usually funded by employers or other sponsors. The IETF was initially supported by the federal government of the United States but since 1993 has operated under the auspices of the Internet Society, an international non-profit organization. Organization The IETF is organized into a large number of working groups and birds of a feather informal discussion groups, each dealing with a specific topic. The IETF operates in a bottom-up task creation mode, largely driven by these working groups. Each working group has an appointed chairperson (or sometimes several co-chairs); a charter that describes its focus; and what it is expected to produce, and when. It is open to all who want to particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also ' task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the implementation of the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish question" () in territories conquered by Nazi Germany, and were involved in the murder of much of the intelligentsia and cultural elite of Poland, including members of the Catholic priesthood. Almost all of the people they murdered were civilians, beginning with the intelligentsia and swiftly progressing to Soviet political commissars, Jews, and Romani people, as well as actual or alleged partisans throughout Eastern Europe. Under the direction of Heinrich Himmler and the supervision of SS- Reinhard Heydrich, the operated in territories occupied by the Wehrmacht (German armed forces) following the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the invasion of the Soviet Union in Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Concepts
Visual Concepts Entertainment is an American video game developer based in Novato, California. Founded in May 1988, the company is best known for developing Sports video game, sports games in the ''2K'' franchise, most recently ''NBA 2K'' and ''WWE 2K'', and previously ''NFL 2K'' and ''College Hoops 2K8, College Hoops 2K''. Visual Concepts was acquired by Sega in May 1999 and sold to Take-Two Interactive in January 2005. The acquisition of the company led Take-Two Interactive to open their 2K (company), 2K label which Visual Concepts became part of, on the day following the acquisition. Visual Concepts operates nine studios (in Agoura Hills, Austin, Budapest, Foothill Ranch, Novato, Parksville, San Jose, Seoul and Shanghai.) As of December 2018, the company employs more than 350 people. History Visual Concepts was founded in 1988 by Video game programmer, programmer Scott Patterson and brothers Greg and Jeff Thomas, and was originally based in a small office above a bank in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Task Force 1942
''Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific'' is an MS-DOS video game released by MPS Labs (MicroProse) in 1992. The game is a surface naval simulation which allows the player to operate single ships or a task force made up of ships, from the United States Navy (USN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), or the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the South Pacific during WWII. It was designed to run under PC DOS or MS-DOS, version 5.0 or higher. The specific historical setting was the series of ferocious naval engagements fought around the largest island in the Solomon Islands chain, Guadalcanal, in 1942. Gameplay The player can fight either for the US Navy and its ANZAC allies, or the Imperial Japanese Navy. The player can start a single engagement (historical battle or battle made from the editor) or play in the campaign mode. Campaign mode takes place on the Guadalcanal campaign. The player is given full control over the naval forces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Task Force 72 (model Boat Builders)
{{Use dmy dates, date=August 2022 Task Force 72 is an international association of Radio controlled model boat builders, all building in the common scale (ratio) of 1:72 (1 inch in 1:72 equals 72 inches or 6 feet in real life). History Task Force 72 originated in Australia in 1994, when a number of individuals building radio controlled models came together to form a voluntary association. The name derives from the military term for a group of warships operating to a common purpose, a task force, and the scale of the ship models being built (1:72). In the years since, the association has grown from a small number of model builders to several hundred currently active and former members located in Australia, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and several other countries. At this time the largest grouping of members is located within Australia, although it is hoped to grow membership internationally. Annual Regatta The Association holds an annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Task Force X
The following is a list of fictional government agencies, comic book organizations that have been published by DC Comics and their imprints. A Agency The Agency was formed by Amanda Waller to serve as a small, quasi-independent branch of Task Force X. It performed global operations which were vital to the security of American interests. Valentina Vostok brought former NYPD Lieutenant Harry Stein into the Agency as an operative. Adrian Chase (the Vigilante) and Christopher Smith (Peacemaker) were contract operatives for the Agency. Agency in other media The Agency appears in '' Batman: The Enemy Within''. As in the comics, it is led by Amanda Waller herself and its known members include Iman Avesta (voiced by Emily O'Brien), Vernon Blake (voiced by Christian Lanz), Mario Fernandez (voiced by Robert Clotworthy), Roger Harrison (voiced by John Eric Bentley), and an assortment of other unnamed agents (variously voiced by Mark Barbolak, John Eric Bentley, J.B. Blanc, Matthew Mercer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Task Force Talon
''Act of War: Direct Action'' is a real-time strategy game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Atari. The game was released in March 2005 and features a detailed story written by Dale Brown, a retired captain of the US Air Force and a bestselling author. An expansion pack called '' Act of War: High Treason'' was released in March 2006 in Europe and Australia. The original game and expansion were later released as ''Act of War: Gold Edition'', on 28 September 2007 in Europe. In September 2015 Eugen Systems released ''Act of Aggression'' which is considered a spiritual successor to ''Act of War''. Gameplay The game includes a combination of pre-rendered cut-scenes and over an hour of live action film. Live action was shot in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the summer of 2004. Pre-rendered cut-scenes were done using machinima technique, wherein one person plays while being recorded from different angles (with all interface elements hidden). The recorded video is then post- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
