SMART Agents are a new form of software agent that interface with other agents forming an artificial ... simple programming building blocks. The key concept of SMART is that each individual agent does not have ... that may appear to exhibit intelligence. Intelligent agent s have been around for a long time in various forms. The term Intelligent Agent can refer to any agent that exhibits some amount of intelligence and there is no requirement that the agent have the ability to work with other agents. Therefore a SMART Agent is a specific type of Intelligent Agent where the emphasis is on how the agents communicate with each other rather than any one agent achieving a significant amount of intelligence ... building blocks. Each SMART Agent can be programmed to achieve specific data processing functionality ... to achieve things that each individual agent can not. A SMART system can be built using any programming ... agent can appear smarter by using other agents to accomplish various tasks. In the TV Series, Agent 86 played the leading agent and took all the credit, while Agent 99 did all of the real work. Agent 99 never even had a real name. She was always just referred to as 99 . See also Intelligent agent Cognitive agent Cognitive architecture s Cognitive radio a practical field for implementation Cybernetics ... using a single vocabulary Fuzzy agent s IA implemented with adaptive fuzzy logic Intelligence Multi agent system and multiple agent system multiple interactive agents Reinforcement learning Semantic ... reality Software agent References How to add a footnote NOTE Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers ... members fellows personal 34686.php rsnz.org Characteristics of an intelligent agent Note Haag 3 ... links http groups.yahoo.com group absintelagent Abstract Intelligent Agent Yahoo eGroup http www.aaai.org AITopics html agents.html Intelligent Agent from MIT Encyclopedia http www.bridgeport.edu ... Smart Agent Category Artificial intelligence fr Agent intelligent ja ru ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Agent Pink is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the United States armed forces U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War . The name comes from the pink stripe painted on the barrels to identify the contents. It was one of the so called rainbow herbicides that included the more infamous Agent Orange . Agent Pink was only used during the early testing stages of the spraying program before 1964. Agent Pink s only active ingredient was 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2,4,5 T , one of the common phenoxy herbicide s of the era. It was later learned that a Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins dioxin , tetrachlorodibenzodioxin 2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo para dioxin TCDD , is produced as a byproduct of the manufacture of 2,4,5 T, and was present in any of the herbicides that used it. Since Agent Pink consisted entirely of 2,4,5 T it contained many times the level of dioxin found in Agent Orange, which also contained 2,4 D , in which there was lower dioxin contamination. See also Joker venom Smilex Rainbow Herbicides Category Herbicides Category Defoliants Category Military equipment of the Vietnam War Sci stub de Agent Pink fr Agent rose ko ja pl Agent Pink ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Selfref Wikipedia s designated agent can be found at wikimedia Designated agent . Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the United States , known as the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act OCILLA , creates the potential role of designated agent for any ISP Internet service provider who files a designated agent registration with the United States Copyright Office in Washington D.C. More information can be found in the OCILLA article. DEFAULTSORT Designated Agent Category United States copyright law Internet stub Law term stub ... more details
Senior Agent is a rank used by several law enforcement agencies within the United States . In particular, in the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Enforcement Division ref http www.wlf.state.la.us Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Bot generated title ref , it is a rank below Sergeant , yet above Special agentAgent . This rank has no rank insignia. Agents who complete two 2 years of satisfactory or exceptional service are promoted to the rank of Senior Agent. Usage in other agencies or countries may vary. See also Special Agent officer References Reflist Category Law enforcement in the United States Law enforcement stub ... more details
For the rock band Agent Blue band File Cacodylic acid tetrahedral.png thumb Cacodylic acid and its sodium salt are components of Agent Blue Agent Blue CH3 2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid is one of the rainbow herbicides that is known for its use by the United States during the Vietnam War . The purpose of Agent Blue was narrow leaf plants and trees grass, rice, bamboo, banana, etc. Operation Ranch Hand, was military code for spraying of herbicides from U.S. Air Force aircraft in Southeast Asia from 1962 through 1971. ref Major William A. Buckingham, Jr. ref It was sprayed on rice paddies and other crops in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of valuable crops. Agent Blue is a mixture of two arsenic containing compounds, sodium cacodylate and cacodylic acid . Agent Blue is chemically unrelated to the more infamous Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the war. As rice is incredibly durable, and difficult to destroy with conventional explosives, and does not burn, the weapon of choice was herbicides. Agent Blue affects plants by causing them to dry out. As rice is highly dependent on water to live, using Agent Blue on these paddies can destroy an entire field and leave it unsuitable for further planting. Approximately convert 1.25 e6USgal m3 of Agent Blue were used in Vietnam during the war, destroying convert 500000 acre km2 of crops. ref Stellman, Jeanne et al. The Extent and patterns of usage of Agent ... quantities of the chemical named Agent Blue are still used on lawns and crops throughout the USA ... & 124 Agent Blue and the Business of Killing Rice by Gerard Greenfield & 124 ZNet Article publisher ... sent out. ref Major William A. Buckingham, Jr. Agent Blue and White are the least effective ... plant s before harvesting. So common and so profitable is the original commercial form of Agent Blue ... of the Vietnam War Sci stub de Agent Blue fr Agent bleu ko ja pl Agent Blue fi Agent ... more details
Agent Purple is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the United States armed forces U.S. military in their Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War . The name comes from the purple stripe painted on the barrels to identify the contents. It was one of the so called rainbow herbicides that included the more infamous Agent Orange . Agent Purple and Orange were also used to clear brush in Canada . Agent Purple is chemically similar to the better known Agent Orange, consisting of a mixture of the herbicides 2,4 D and 2,4,5 T . It was later discovered that during the manufacture of 2,4,5 T that Agents Orange and Purple were contaminated with varying levels of tetrachlorodibenzodioxin TCDD , a Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins dioxin that is a toxic and persistent substance. Agent Purple is reputed to have three times the Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins dioxin levels of Agent Orange, 45 parts per million as opposed to 13 parts per million in Agent Orange. ref Stellman, Jeanne et al. The Extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam. Nature. Vol. 422 17 April 2003 pp 681 687. ref Agent Purple was produced at the Hercules Chemical Plant in Jacksonville, Arkansas. This plant is adjacent to Little Rock AFB. The affluent was delivered to the Little Rock AFB Fire Department and was burned in training fires. ref Confidential Air Force sources ref Agent Purple was used only in the earliest stages of the spraying program, between 1962 and 1965 as well as in earlier tests conducted by the US military outside of Vietnam. ref Agent Orange ... CFB Gagetown in Canada arose, quantities of Agent Purple and Agent Orange were also sprayed there in a testing ... of National Defence ref ref http www.cbc.ca news background agentorange Agent Orange and Agent Purple ... Defoliants Category Military equipment of the Vietnam War sci stub weapon stub de Agent Purple fr Agent pourpre ko it Agente Porpora ja pl Agent Purple ... more details
Agent Green is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the United States armed forces U.S. military in its Herbicidal Warfare program during the Vietnam War . The name comes from the green stripe painted on the barrels to identify the contents. It was one of the so called rainbow herbicides that included the more infamous Agent Orange . Agent Green was only used between 1962 and 1964, during the early testing stages of the spraying program. Agent Green was mixed with Agent Pink and used for crop destruction. A total of 20,000 gallons of Agent Green were procured. ref Young Alvin. The History, Use, Disposition and Environmental Fate of Agent Orange. Springer. 2009. pg. 174 ref Agent Green s only active ingredient was 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2,4,5 T , one of the common phenoxy herbicide s of the era. It was later learned that a Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins dioxin , tetrachlorodibenzodioxin 2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo para dioxin TCDD , is produced as a side effect of the manufacture of 2,4,5 T, and was thus present in any of the herbicides that used it. Owing to Agent Green s consisting entirely of 2,4,5 T, along with the similar Agent Pink , it contained many times the level of dioxin found in Agent Orange. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum is also referred to as Agent Green . Agent Green is a phrase currently used to refer to at least two different fungi, called mycoherbicides. The United States government wants to use these fungi in its War on Drugs. What they have in common is that they are both being promoted by the US led United Nations Drug Control ... they are used. The chemicals, such as Agent Green were used most infamously in Vietnam as a part of Operation ... attributed to dioxin poisoning, dioxin being a prime contaminant of Agent Green. The mistakes ... decidedly Agent Green, one of the Rainbow Herbicides. See also Fusarium oxysporum Joker venom Smilex ... equipment of the Vietnam War Sci stub de Agent Green fr Agent vert ko ja pl Agent Green ... more details
In economics , game theory , decision theory , and artificial intelligence , a rational agent is an agent which has clear preferences , models uncertainty via expected values , and always chooses to perform the action that results in the Optimization mathematics optimal outcome for itself from among all feasible actions. Rational agents are also studied in the fields of cognitive science , ethics , and philosophy, including the philosophy of practical reason . A rational agent can be anything that makes decisions, typically a person, firm, machine, or software. The action a rational agent takes depends on the preferences of the agent the agent s information of its environment, which may come from past experiences the actions, duties and obligations available to the agent the estimated or actual benefits and the chances of success of the actions. In game theory and classical economics , it is often assumed that the actor s, people, and firms are rational. However, the extent that people and firms behave rationally is subject to debate. Economists often assume the models of rational choice theory and bounded rationality to formalize and predict the behavior of individuals and firms. Rational agents sometimes behave in manners that are counter intuitive to many people, as in the Traveler s dilemma . Artificial intelligence has borrowed the term rational agents from economics to describe autonomous programs that are capable of goal directed behavior. Today there is a considerable overlap between AI research, game theory and decision theory. Rational agents in AI are closely related to intelligent agent s , autonomous software programs that display intelligence. NOTOC References ... Artificial intelligence Russell Norvig 2003 See also Economics Homo economicus Agent economics Bounded rationality Rational choice theory Game theory Software Intelligent agent Software agent Category ... theory Category Humans Category Reasoning cs Racion ln agent is Skynsamur gj randi ru ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2007 Chemical warfare vert Nettle agents or urticants are a variety of chemical warfare agent that produces corrosive skin and tissue injury upon contact, resulting in erythema , urticaria , intense itch ing and a hive like rash. Most nettle agents, such as the best known and studied nettle agent, phosgene oxime , are often grouped with the vesicant blister agent chemical agents. However, because nettle agents do not cause blister s, they are not true vesicants. Category Chemical weapons weapon stub de Nesselstoff ... more details
An agent of record AOR is an individual or a legal entity with a duly properly executed in line with the prevailing legal norms and regulations contractual agreement with an insurance policy owner. The agent of record has a legal right to receiving commissions from the respective insurance policy. Individual or a Legal personality legal entity authorized to represent an insured party in the purchase, servicing, as well as maintenance of insurance coverage with a suitably designated insurer. The majority of insurance companies will not disclose any information or discuss an insured party s account with any agent other than the duly nominated agent of record. An insured party wishing to change insurance agent s must submit a revised agent of record nomination letter ref http bluestarbenefits.wordpress.com 2007 06 22 agent of record letter Agent of record letter ref to the respective insurer authorizing said insurer to release the insured party s information and to discuss the insured party s coverage with the newly nominated agent. Relevant documents may be executed via hard copy documents or, alternatively, electronically in jurisdictions where electronic execution is recognized as legally possible. Applications may be made electronically, as well as in physical form. Agent of record letter can in some cases be used as an insurance sales tool, though some question its legality. ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1G1 12937881.html Agent of Record letters can lock in business accounts ref Given the importance of rapidly growing body of electronic records and documentation, the challenge of authentication abounds. Disambiguation Sometimes the acronym agent of record is used interchangeably with the acronym agent of records . The former has meaning in the context of insurance, specifically where an individual is represented by parties other than him herself. The latter is a methodology that provides user with the functionality to record instances of abuse , bullying and harassment ... more details
Agent architecture in computer science is a blueprint for software agent s and intelligent control systems, depicting the arrangement of components. The architectures implemented by intelligent agent s are referred to as cognitive architecture s. ref http hri.cogs.indiana.edu publications aaai04ws.pdf Comparison of Agent Architectures ref Kinds of Agent architectures Reactive Architectures Subsumption architecture subsumption Deliberative Reasoning architectures Procedural Reasoning System Procedural Reasoning System PRS Layered Hybrid architectures 3T AuRA GRL architecture GRL ICARUS InteRRaP TouringMachines Cognitive architecture s Soar cognitive architecture Soar ACT R LIDA cognitive architecture LIDA PreAct Cougaar PRODIGY See also Action selection Cognitive architecture Real time Control System References reflist DEFAULTSORT Agent Architecture Category Software architecture Category Robot architectures compu AI stub ja ... more details
Incoming links date February 2012 A road agent can mean Another name for highwayman , a criminal engaged in stagecoach robbery in the mid to late 19th century American West. ref ...the road agent was not always a gentleman who could be trusted to leave the driver or passengers alive as long as they handed over their valuables ... Charles Edward Chapel 2002 Guns of the Old West An Illustrated Guide , Courier Dove Publications, ISBN 0486421619 ref Road Agent professional wrestling , a professional wrestling liaison between the wrestlers and management Two movies entitled Road Agent . The first directed by Charles Lamont was released in 1941, but was subsequently renamed Texas Road Agent upon re release in 1953, as RKO had released another movie of the same name directed by Lesley Selander the previous year ref http www.imdb.com title tt0034114 plotsummary Road Agent 1941 Plot summary ref ref http www.imdb.com title tt0045093 Road Agent 1952 ref In New England towns, the road agent is an elected or appointed official in charge of maintaining town roads, comparable to a director of public works in larger towns and cities. A bubble topped car created by Ed Roth . Disambiguation cleanup date January 2012 ... more details
unreferenced date January 2011 Land agent may be used in at least three different contexts. Traditionally, a land agent was a managerial employee who conducted the business affairs of a large estate house landed estate for a member of the landed gentry of the United Kingdom, supervising the farming of the property by farm labourers and or tenants and collecting rents or other payments. In this context a land agent was a relatively privileged position and a senior member of the estate s staff. The older term, which continued to be used on some estates, was Steward office steward , and in Scotland a land agent was usually referred to as a Factor Scotland factor . Today the term estate manager or similar is more common. A land agent may also be a real estate agent who specializes in land and farm sales. Land and farm sales differ drastically from sales of houses. Therefore, there is the need for specialization. This usage is found in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Finally, a land agent can be an agent of the oil and mining industry who negotiates with landowners for mineral and surface rights for the potential extraction of those minerals. This usage is primarily found in the United States. Category Real estate in the United Kingdom Category Real estate farm stub ... more details
Orphan date April 2012 Unreferenced date November 2010 Infobox VG title Agent Armstrong image File Agent armstrong psx.jpg 250px caption Agent Armstrong PAL front cover PS1 developer King of the Jungle company King of the Jungle publisher Virgin Interactive released PlayStation vgrelease EU September 18, 1997 vgrelease JP December 4, 1997 Microsoft Windows vgrelease EU 1999 genre Action platformer modes Single player ratings vgratings ELSPA 3 USK 16 platforms PlayStation console PlayStation , Microsoft Windows media CD ROM requirements input Gamepad , Keyboard computing Keyboard Agent Armstrong is an action platformer video game for PlayStation console PlayStation and Microsoft Windows developed by King of the Jungle company King of the Jungle and published by Virgin Interactive . This game makes its stateside debut as a side scrolling shooter in the life of Contra and Metal Slug . External links http uk.gamespot.com ps action agentarmstrong Agent Armstrong at GameSpot moby game id agent armstrong name Agent Armstrong GameFAQs type console psx num 572612 name Agent Armstrong Category 1997 video games Category PlayStation games Category Windows games action videogame stub ja ... more details
Image Microsoft Agent test page.png right thumb Microsoft provides examples on its website for the use of Agent. Microsoft Agent is a technology developed by Microsoft which employs animated characters ... users. Thus it is an example of an embodied agent . It comes preinstalled as part of Microsoft Windows Windows 2000 2000 through Windows Vista it is not part of Windows 7 . Microsoft Agent ... used an early version of Agent technology internally referred to as Microsoft Actor. It was the code used in initial version of the Office Assistant in Office 97. Microsoft Agent was subsequently ... characters and interactions. Microsoft Agent replaced the original Microsoft Bob code in Office 2000, although this use did not include Agent s much touted speech synthesis or speech recognition recognition capabilities or any of the four Microsoft Agent characters. Instead the Office team created ... of Microsoft Agent was quietly released on MSDN in 1998. Microsoft recently announced that Microsoft has decided to discontinue development of Microsoft Agent technologies. Beginning with Windows 7, Microsoft Agent will not be included or supported in future versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. We encourage Microsoft Agent application developers and redistributors to evaluate their activities ... the SDK. Technology Microsoft Agent characters are stored in files of the .ACS extension, and can ... systems to improve the quality and accuracy of both engines. Microsoft provides four agent characters for free, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Agent website. These are called Peedy, Merlin ... Assistant s and with Windows XP as search assistants. New Agent characters can also be created using Microsoft s development tools, including the Agent Character Editor. Agents can be embedded ... Office 2000 and up are the only ones who have Agent software pre loaded on their computers ... Microsoft Agent Peedy.png Peedy the Parrot Image Microsoft Agent Merlin.png Merlin the Wizard Image ... more details
intelligence , an intelligent agent IA is an autonomous entity which observes through sensors and acts upon an Environment biophysical environment using actuators i.e. it is an Software agentagent and directs its activity towards achieving goals i.e. it is rational choice theory rational ... very complex a reflex machine such as a thermostat is an intelligent agent, ref According to the definition ... SimpleReflex.png thumb right 408px Simple reflex agent Intelligent agents are often described ... agents are sometimes called abstract intelligent agent s AIA Citation needed date October ... from economics , rational agent . Intelligent agents in artificial intelligence are closely related to agent economics agent s in Agent based computational economics economics , and versions of the intelligent agent paradigm are studied in cognitive science , ethic s, the philosophy of practical ... social simulation s. Intelligent agents are also closely related to software agent s an autonomous ... intelligent agent may be used to refer to a software agent that has some intelligence, regardless if it is not a rational agent by Russell and Norvig s definition. For example, autonomous programs used ... and improve through interaction with the environment embodied agent embodiment learn quickly from large ..., forgetting, etc. Structure of agents A simple agent program can be defined mathematically as an agent ... action the agent can perform or to a coefficient, feedback element, function or constant that affects eventual actions math f P ast rightarrow A math Agent function is an abstract concept as it could ... first1 Tomas title Design of Agent Based Models location Repin publisher Bruckner Publishing year ... agent , instead, maps every possible percept to an action. We use the term percept to refer to the agent s perceptional inputs at any given instant. In the following figures an agent is anything that can ... agent Image Model based reflex agent.png thumb right 408px Model based reflex agent Image Model ... more details
An autonomous agent is an intelligent agent operating on an owner s behalf but without any interference of that ownership entity. An intelligent agent , however appears according to a multiply cited statement in a no longer accessible IBM white paper as follows blockquote Intelligent agents are software entities that carry out some set of operations on behalf of a user or another program with some degree of independence or autonomy, and in so doing, employ some knowledge or representation of the user s goals or desires. blockquote Such agent is a system situated in, and part of, a technical or natural environment, which senses any or some status of that environment, and acts on it, over time, in pursuit of its own agenda. Such agenda evolves from drive theory drives or programmed objective goal goals . The agent acts to change part of the environment or of its status and influences what it sensed. Non biological examples include intelligent agent s, autonomous robot s, and various software agent s, including artificial life agents, and many computer virus es. Biological examples are not yet defined. References Stan Franklin Franklin, Stan and Graesser, Art 1997 http www.msci.memphis.edu franklin AgentProg.html Is it an Agent, or just a Program? A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents , Intelligent Agents III, Berlin Springer Verlag, 21 35, cite book last Sun first Ron authorlink Ron Sun coauthors title Duality of the Mind A Bottom up Approach Toward Cognition publisher Lawrence Erlbaum date September 1, 2001 location New Jersey pages 304 url http www.questia.com library book duality of the mind a bottom up approach toward cognition by ron sun.jsp isbn 978 0585394046 External links http www.inl.gov adaptiverobotics autonomousbehaviors index.shtml Autonomous Robot Behaviors http distributed software.blogspot.com 2006 06 requirements for materializing.html Requirements for materializing Autonomous Agents See also Autonomous robot Intelligent agent Multi agent system Software agent ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Agent to the Stars title orig translator image image caption author John Scalzi illustrator cover artist Mike Krahulik country language English series genre Science Fiction publisher Subterranean Press release date August, 2005 english release date media type Print hardback pages 286 isbn 13 978 1596060203 preceded by followed by Agent to the Stars is a novel by John Scalzi . It tells the story of Tom Stein, a young Hollywood agent who is hired by an alien race to handle the revelation of their presence to humanity. Scalzi started Agent to the Stars in 1997 as his practice novel, to see if he could write a novel. He published it as a shareware novel on his web site in 1999, requesting that readers send him 1 if they liked the story. ref cite web url http www.scalzi.com agent title Agent to the Stars An Online Novel accessdate 2011 12 22 ref After five years, during which he reports he made about 4,000, he stopped asking for further donations. After the publication of Scalzi s second book, Old Man s War , by Tor Books , a limited edition of Agent to the Stars was published in 2005 by Subterranean Press , with a cover by Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade webcomic Penny Arcade fame. Tor later released a trade paperback edition in November, 2008, and a mass market edition in December, 2010. ref cite book last Scalzi first John title Agent to the Stars publisher Tor Books year 2010 month December isbn 978 0 7653 5700 7 ref An audiobook version narrated by Wil Wheaton was released on December 7, 2010. References Reflist External links http www.scalzi.com agentAgent to the Stars An Online Novel http www.unshelved.com archive.aspx?strip 20060716 Unshelved Book Club on Agent to the Stars Category 1997 novels 1990s novel stub John Scalzi ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 for the similar role in Canada Indian Agent Canada In United States history, an Indian agent was an individual authorized to interact with Native Americans in the United States Native American tribes on behalf of the U.S. government . Indian agents Notable individuals who served as Indian agents include the following Leander Clark , agent for the Sac people Sac and Meskwaki Fox in Iowa beginning in 1866 John Clum , Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory Benjamin Hawkins , agent to the Creek people and other southern Indians under President George Washington Luther Kelly Yellowstone Kelly , Indian Agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation Arizona Territory under President Theodore Roosevelt , 1904 1909 Valentine McGillycuddy , Indian agent of Red Cloud Agency James McLaughlin Indian agent James McLaughlin active 1876 1923, Spirit Lake Tribe Devils Lake Agency 1876 1881 , Standing Rock Indian Reservation Standing Rock Sioux Agency 1881 Return J. Meigs, Sr. , agent to the Cherokee in Tennessee from 1801 to 1823 Henry Schoolcraft , agent to the Ojibwe in Michigan in the 1820s and 1830s O. M. Wozencraft , Indian Agent in California, 1850 1852 See also Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian agency police External links commonscat United States Indian agents http digital.library.okstate.edu encyclopedia entries I IN004.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Indian Agencies US gov stub NorthAm native stub Category Indigenous affairs ministries Category Native American history Category United States Indian agents Category Cherokee Nation 19th century sv Indianagent ... more details
Public company Public companies typically use transfer agents to keep track of the individuals and entities that own their stock s and bond finance bond s. Most transfer agents are bank s or trust companies , but sometimes a company acts as its own transfer agent. Transfer agents perform three main functions Issue and cancel certificates to reflect changes in ownership. For example, when a company declares a stock dividend or stock split , the transfer agent issues new shares. Transfer agents keep records of who owns a company s stocks and bonds and how those stocks and bonds are held whether by the owner in certificate form, by the company in book entry form, or by the investor s brokerage firm in street name. They also keep records of how many shares or bonds each investor owns. Act as an intermediary for the company. A transfer agent may also serve as the company s paying agent to pay out interest, cash and stock dividends, or other distributions to stock and bondholders. In addition, transfer agents act as proxy agent sending out proxy materials , exchange agent exchanging a company s stock or bonds in a merger , tender agent tendering shares in a tender offer , and mailing agent mailing the company s quarterly, annual, and other reports . Handle lost, destroyed, or stolen certificates. Transfer agents help shareholders and bondholders when a stock or bond certificate has been lost, destroyed, or stolen. See Also Stock transfer agent References reflist http www.sec.gov answers transferagent.htm U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission answers page Note this article was originally based on public domain text from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website DEFAULTSORT Transfer Agent Category Financial markets econ stub kk pl Agent transferowy ru ... more details
Agent White is the code name for a powerful herbicide and defoliant used by the United States armed forces U.S. military in its Herbicidal warfare program during the Vietnam War . The name comes from the white stripe painted on the barrels to identify the contents. It was one of the so called rainbow herbicides that included the more infamous Agent Orange . Agent White is a 4 1 mixture of 2,4 D and Picloram also known as Tordon 101 . Unlike the more infamous Agent Orange , Agent White did not contain Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins dioxin , which was a contaminant in the defoliants that included 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxyacetic acid 2,4,5 T . However, it appears the Picloram was contaminated with hexachlorobenzene HCB and nitrosamine s, both known carcinogen s. Agent White was a proprietary product of the Dow Chemical Company. Around 1985, Dow Chemical was forced to re certify Picloram after having greatly reduced the amounts of both contaminants. Agent White was often used when Agent Orange was not available, including for several months after the use of Agent Orange was halted in April 1970. Approximately convert 5.4 e6USgal m3 of Agent White was used in Vietnam between 1966 and 1971. ref Stellman, Jeanne et al. http stellman.com jms Stellman1537.pdf The extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam. Nature. Vol 422. pg 681 ref In addition the US Military tested Agent White, Tordon 101 and Picloram in varying concentrations at test sites in the US and Puerto Rico in the 1960s. ref Agent Orange Herbicide Tests and Storage in the U.S. http www.publichealth.va.gov exposures agentorange outside vietnam usa.asp Veterans Administration Website Retrieved ... Picloram Revised Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment date June 2003 cite news title Agent ... War Category Defoliants Category Herbicides de Agent White fr Agent blanc ko it Agente Bianco ja pl Agent White ... more details
A process agent law agent is a representative upon whom court papers may be served. They typically represent carriers or freight forwarder s, as a process agent can act to serve as a point of contact and a legal address for contract purposes in a country where the actual entity does not have an office. In the United States U.S. , every motor carrier registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA must have an agent for each state. Consequently, commercial firms can act as a process agent in any state for a fee to comply with the regulation. Under English court procedure rules, it is necessary to serve papers to start proceedings correctly. If a party does not have an address within England, the procedure for serving these papers is lengthy and complicated. It is therefore customary to appoint a process agent and agree that service at the address of the agent will constitute proper service for the purpose of the court procedural requirements. A process agent will also receive any documentation if a company has any legal action brought towards them. In the United States U.S. , Process agent is more commonly referred to as agent for service of process, registered agent or registered agent for service of process , and occasionally as resident agent . The role of a process agent is a vitally important service for many businesses dealing with suppliers or tenders in the UK. Process agents accept service of notices, proceedings or documents on behalf of their overseas clients in situations where, usually because of contractual obligations, it is not possible for them to be served abroad. A process agent can act in a broad capacity for this company including but not limited to acting as a process agent for court actions, receiving documents in connection with arbitration proceedings and receiving notices under contracts where an independent party is needed ... agent to receive formal notices should the borrower default on the loan. External links http business.timesonline.co.uk ... more details
Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Image AgentRickMason.jpg 250px caption The Agent. comic color background ff8080 character name The Agent real name Rick Mason publisher Marvel Comics debut Marvel Graphic Novel Rick Mason, The Agent 1989 creators alliance color background ffc0c0 alliances S.H.I.E.L.D. aliases powers The Agent Rick Mason is a character arts fictional character featured in some Marvel Comics publications. Fictional character biography The Agent is the son of prolific weapons designer Phineas Mason, better known in supervillain circles as the Terrible Tinkerer Tinkerer . The Agent is a highly skilled covert operations specialist and has completed missions for the governments of many nations including United States America , Israel , Japan , and the United Kingdom . His upbringing in New York City ref Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z ref brought him into contact with many criminals due to his father s occupation. Ill at ease with wrong doers, the Agent sought a path in life other than aiding others in perpetrating crimes. Becoming a mercenary the Agent worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. though was later hired by the United Kingdom British government to prevent the super team China Force from overthrowing their rule of Hong Kong. Returning to S.H.I.E.L.D. ... backed rebels. The Agent discovered that one of his former teachers, Teng Yun Suan, was responsible for both of these incidents. Yun Suan met his death at the Agent s hands. The Agent remained on good ... comics Corporation used this to their advantage and kidnapped the Agent to force the Tinkerer to work for them. Despite his escape, the Agent has since met his apparent death at the hands of a super ... links Marvelwiki Agent Rick Mason Agent http www.marvunapp.com Appendix agentrm.htm References reflist DEFAULTSORT Agent Comics Category Comics characters introduced in 1989 Category Fictional characters ... Category Marvel Comics superheroes Marvel hero stub tl Agent komiks ... more details
Refimprove date January 2010 Other uses A double agent , commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent , is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization ... by the target the threat of execution is the most common method of turning a captured agent working for an intelligence service into a double agent working for a foreign intelligence service or a double agent into a Double agent Re doubled agent re doubled agent . It is unlike a defector , who is not considered an agent as agents are in place to function for an intelligence service and defectors ... , seventeenth century Englishman Yi Sunsin The Japanese Double agent Plot Yoshira , sixteenth century ... World War II Mathilde Carr , a French resistance agent who turned for the Germans. Roman Czerniawski ... who worked for the British Christiaan Lindemans King Kong Dutch agent who turned for the Germans .... Juan Pujol alias Garbo Juan Pujol Garcia Garbo British double agent in German spy service .... Sebold , German agent working for the FBI Cold War Aldrich Ames , worked for the CIA and worked for the Soviet .... John Cairncross , British agent working for the Soviets worked at Bletchley Park and gave information to the KGB. Anthony Blunt , British agent working for the Soviets. Guy Burgess , British agent working for the Soviets Worked for MI5 and gave information to the KGB, later defected. Donald Duart Maclean , British agent working for the Soviets. Kim Philby , British agent working for the Soviets. George Blake , British agent working for the Soviets. Oleg Gordievsky , later defected to the United Kingdom. Matei Pavel Haiducu , Romanian secret agent who defected to France. Robert Hanssen ... his own standing in the IRA. Robert Nairac British Military Intelligence Agent against the IRA ... Lejarza El Lobo , Spanish agent working for the Basque separatist ETA . Katrina Leung , worked for both ... an Egyptian double agent. Managed to become celebrated as a hero in each country for his alleged ... more details
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