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Isaac de Forcade de Biaix

Isaac de Forcade de Biaix, aka Isaak de Forcade de Biaix, aka Isaac von Forcade de Biaix, aka Isaac von Forcade, aka Peter Isaac von Forcade, aka Isaak von Forcade (c. 1703,  in Pau, Béarn – 21 January 1775, in Potsdam, Prussia), was a Royal Prussian colonel, Hofmarschall  to the Prince of Prussia and recipient of Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite. He was a descendant of the noble family of Forcade in Béarn, born as a Roman Catholic, but emigrated to Brandenburg-Prussia at a young age, where he joined the Huguenot community in Berlin.

He is referred to in some historical sources, as Isaac Quirin von Forcade, Marquis de Biaix, As with his uncle and first cousin, there is no evidence that he was ever a Marquis. Biaix was never, at any time in its history, a marquisate, but instead a noble manor in Pau (see also Manorialism).

Military career
Historical sources related to the research of noble families in France erroneously state that he was a major general, as does the 25 July 1748 Catholic baptismal record for a niece, Elizabeth-Christine de Casamajor, at Saint-Martin's church in Pau, France. In reality, his first cousin, Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix was the Prussian major general in 1748.

Early Military Career in Prussia

 * 1722, entered into Prussian military service, in the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, at the time commanded by his uncle Jean de Forcade de Biaix, presumably immediately after his arrival from Béarn.
 * May 1735, received the command of a newly created Grenadier Company in the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment in which he had served since his earliest days in Prussia.
 * May 1738, received command of an Alexander von Friedeborn Musketeer Company in Cüstrin.
 * 17 June 1738, a captain, transferred to the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment (aka the Prince of Prussia Regiment after 1742) under the command of Major General Christian Reinhold von Derschau.
 * Between 1738 and 1742, the different units of the regiment were garrisoned in Berlin-Spandau, Bernau, Strausberg, Altlandsberg and Oranienburg.

First Silesian War (1740–42)
He fought near Glogau Fortress (29 December 1740 – 2 January 1741), near Breslau (30 December 1740 – 3 January 1741), Ohlau (9 January 1741), the Siege of Neisse (15 – 22 January 1741), in skirmishes between Nossen and Lindenau (‘’2 March 1741’’), at Göding (‘’10 March 1742’’), and at the Siege of Brno (‘’31 March – 3 April 1742’’) in Moravia.

 * 11 June 1742, as a captain, awarded Prussia's highest military order of merit for heroism, Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite.

Second Silesian War (1744–45)

 * 28 June 1744, the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment, under the command of Prince Augustus William of Prussia since 10 November 1742, is renamed as The Prince of Prussia Regiment.

He fought with his unit at the Siege of Prague (2–18 September 1744), Beraun (6 September 1744), Selmitz (19 November 1744), Prague (25 November 1744), and the Battle of Hohenfriedberg (4 June 1745).

 * 28 August 1745, promoted to major and de:Obristwachtmeister, in the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment, since 10 November 1742 under the command of Prince Augustus William of Prussia.

He fought at the Battle of Soor (30 September 1745), Schönefeld near Leipzig (29 November 1745), Meißen (9 December 1745), and at the Battle of Kesselsdorf (15 December 1745).

 * Between 1746 and 1755, the different units of the regiment were garrisoned in Berlin-Spandau, Strausberg, Altlandsberg and Oranienburg.
 * 29 May 1756, promoted to lieutenant colonel, in the Prince of Prussia Infantry Regiment.

Seven Years' War (1754–63)
Fought at the Siege of Pirna (11 September – 14 October 1756).

 * March 1757, promoted to colonel.

He fought at the Battle of Reichenberg near Kratzau (21 April 1757), the Battle of Prague (6 May – 20 June 1757), Witkow Mountain (Góra Witków, Ziskaberg) near Wittgendorf (9 May 1757), Angelka (3 June 1757), White Mountain (, Weißen Berg) near Prague (20 June 1757), Wellemin (3 July 1757), on Löbau (8 August 1757), Hirschfeld (Reinsberg) near Reinsberg (17 August 1757), Burkersdorf (20 August 1757), Dittersbach auf dem Eigen and Kiesdorf auf dem Eigen (25 August 1757), the Battle of Moys (7 September 1757), Barschdorf  (26 September 1757), the Battle of Breslau  (22 November 1757), the Battle of Leuthen (5 December 1757), and at the Siege of Breslau  (7–20 December 1757).

Retirement

 * In the Winter of 1757, due to his ailing condition his request for retirement was granted.
 * By 1764, the entire regiment was garrisoned in Potsdam, where it remained until 1794.
 * 1765, appointed by the King as Hofmarschall to the Prince of Prussia, Crown Prince Frederick William II of Prussia.
 * 1770, Provisor of the Berlin Freemason's African Owner-Builder Lodge (Afrikanische Bauherrenloge), Tricopherius and liaison to the Protector of the Prince of Prussia.

In all, he served the Royal house for 52 years, during which time he fought in the First Silesian War, the Second Silesian War and the Seven Years' War.

Coat of arms
The family motto of the Prussian branch is "In Virtute Pertinax".

Coat of arms: An escutcheon with the field divided into four parts. Left half: argent tincture, a gules lion holding a sinople eradicated oak tree between its paws; azure tincture charged with three or mullets; Right half: a gules castle with three towers on an argent tincture; sinople tincture charged with three argent roses below it. A Grafenkrone (Count's coronet) as helmut on top of the escutcheon, crested with a or fleur-de-lis. Two or lions supporting the escutcheon. Motto: "In Virtute Pertinax".

Heraldic symbolism: The lion symbolizes courage; the eradicated oak tree symbolizes strength and endurance; the towers are symbols of defense and of individual fortitude; the mullets (5-star) symbolizes divine quality bestowed by god; the rose is a symbol of hope and joy; the fleur-de-lis is the floral emblem of France; the coronet is a symbol of victory, sovereignty and empire. A count's coronet to demonstrate rank and because the family originally served the counts of Foix and Béarn during the English Wars in the Middle Ages.

Parents
Isaac de Forcade, Seigneur de Biaix, (* September 1659, Biaix in Pau, Béarn; bap. 13 September 1659, Morlaàs, Béarn; † 27 October 1737, Biaix in Pau, Béarn), attorney, Jurat in Pau, Legislator at the Parliament of Navarre  in Pau, and his third wife Claire de Lalanne  (oo 7 June 1694 Rontignon; † 22 March 1734, Biaix in Pau, Béarn.)

The French-language entry in a Stettin parish register for his 1738 marriage is one of only two known documents that establish his parental lineage. In this document, he states that he is a native of Pau, in Béarn, and that his parents were Jean de Forcade and Therèse de Lalande.

Although few documents exist to prove his parental line, his obituary notice published on the occasion of his death in 1775, which includes a curriculum vitae, begins by explaining that he was the nephew (Bruderssohn) of Lieutenant General Jean de Forcade de Biaix. According to detailed genealogical records, his uncle, Jean de Forcade de Biaix, had nine brothers, but did not have another brother by the same name who could have married a Therèse de Lalande. Instead, and because of the later use of de Biaix name as part of his surname in some historical sources in Prussia and France, he is thought to be the youngest son of Jean de Forcade de Biaix's eldest brother, Isaac de Forcade, Seigneur de Biaix and his third wife Claire de Lalanne, where his 1703-1704 birth fits neatly into a gap between the recorded baptisms for two other children, baptized 19 July 1703 and 13 April 1708.

The Roman Catholic parish register for Pau for time period around his birth may have originally recorded his birth and baptism, but records for 1704, with the exception of a handful of entries for the month of January, have been lost from the original register. The years surrounding 1704 are very chaotically recorded. What the parish register does clearly show, however, is that there was no married couple named Jean de Forcade and Therèse de Lalande, as named in his marriage record in Stettin, bearing children in Pau during the ten years before or after 1704.

This parish register, however, does record the baptism of an Isaac de Biaix, baptized 24 December 1707, son of, Jacques de Biaix and his wife Jeanne de Harpère.

Kurt von Priesdorff, in his ten volume work de:Soldatisches Führertum, claims without citing evidence or sources, that Isaac Quirin de Forcade, Marquis de Biaix was the son of Lieutenant General Jean de Forcade de Biaix and his wife Juliane, Freiin von Honstedt. Other scholarly works make the same claim, citing Priesdorff as their source. In the absence of proof to the contrary, and considering Priesdorff's privileged access to sources for his scholarly work, this possibility should not be completely ruled out, despite Isaac de Forcade de Biaix's 1738 marriage record citing his birthplace in Pau, Béarn as proof to the contrary.

Marriages
Isaac de Forcade de Biaix married on 16 July 1738 at the French Reformed Church in Stettin, with Anna Elisabeth de Cantenius, the daughter of Martin de Cantenius and his wife Sophie Dorothea Friedeborn.

He married a second time on 21 February 1763 with the widow Katharina von Eickstedt, née Catherine von Vieregg (baptized 26 April 1726, Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; † 29 April 1795,  Rothenklempenow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), the daughter of ''Georg IX. von Vieregg (1688-1753) and Margarethe Dorothee von Vieregg'' (1696-1766).

The Fiefs of Barsekwitz and Gollin
Anna Elisabeth de Cantenius acquired the fiefs of Barskewitz and Gollin, both mesne-fiefs (Afterlehne) of the Order of Saint John from the von Borck family in 1731 for 28,000 Reichsthaler and was ennobled on 3 September 1737  by King Frederick William I of Prussia with them. Gollin was a farming village, a dependency of Barskewitz (present day Barzkowice), now both suburbs of Gmina Stargard Szczeciński in Stargard County.

The Vassal Table of 1756 for the district lists him as the head of the household at his wife's properties.

A detailed inventory of the fiefs in 1784 states that, in addition to its many features and assets, Barskewitz also included a church belonging to the Jacobshagen Synod, itself a branch of the church in Pansin.

Following her death, the court in Sonnenburg ruled on 24 January 1765, that as her heir, the Lordship of her two fiefs passed to him.

His own last will and testament dated 7 April 1772 did not name any male children as heirs. In this will, he bequeathed that Gollin remain the property of his second wifeKatharina von Eickstedt. He further stipulated that Barskewitz be transferred upon his death to his eldest step-son, Ernst Friederich von Eickstedt, hereditary Herr of Hohenholz and Plossow, for an annual payment of 24,000 Reichsthaler, but only for the period of his lifetime. Furthermore, that upon the death of the preceding, it would again be transferred to his nephew, Captain Sir Friederich Wilhelm Sigismund von Aschersleben, Knight of the Order of Saint John, or his male heirs, and that should he no longer be living and not leave any male heirs, the property would subsequently transfer to the Canon (Domherr) Friedrich von Itzenplitz (believed to be his daughter's husband) and his male heirs, in exchange for the payment of the same amount.

The Vassal Table of 1802 shows that Barskewitz and Gollin were still owned by the von Itzenlitz family, the owner shown with the occupation of Landrat in the Kurmark. The 1 January 1862 directory of the Pomeranian Knighthood shows that the property was jointly owned by the Countess von Itzenplitz in Berlin and her husband, a von Meding, the retired Oberpräsident of the Geheimrat to the King of Prussia.

Children
An entry in the evangelical parish register for St. Jacob's church in Stettin, dated only as between Advent 1760 (30 November 1760) and Advent 1761 (29 November 1761), states that an "…unmarried noble daughter of Colonel Forcade, age 27 years…" was buried.

His marriage with Anna Elisabeth Cantenius is said to have been childless, thus extinguishing his branch of the family.

A step-daughter from his second marriage much later in life, Louise von Eickstedt (* 7 November 1749, Skanderborg, Denmark; † 10 July 1821), married a Canon (Domherr) in Havelberg Friedrich von Itzenplitz, Erbherr auf Gross- und Klein-Behnitz, Jerchel (1740-1772).

Other Family

 * Uncle: Jean de Forcade de Biaix (1663-1729), was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General. He was the Regimentschef of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, Commandant of the Royal Residence in Berlin, Gouverneur militaire of Berlin and Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
 * First Cousin: Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix (1698-1765), was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General and one of King Frederick the Great's most active and most treasured officers. He was Regimentschef of the 23rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, recipient of the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order of merit, the Pour le Mérite, Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle,  Canon of Havelberg, Castellan of Neuenrade in the County of Mark, Lord Seneschal of Zinna,   President of the prestigious Ober-Collegium Sanitatis in Berlin and Lieutenant Governor of Breslau.

Literature

 * Fahrenkrüger, Johann Anton: Nathan Bailey's Dictionary English-German and German-English — Englisch-Deutsches und Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch. Gänzlich umgearbeitet. Zweiter Theil. Deutsch-Englisch. Zehnte, verbesserte und vermehrte, Auflage., Friedrich Frommann, Leipzig und Jena 1801 (in German and English)
 * Lehmann, Gustaf: Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite. Auf Allerhöchsten Befehl Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs, bearbeitet im Königlichen Kriegsministerium durch Gustav Lehmann, wirklichen geheimen Kriegsrat und vortragenden Rat im Kriegs-Ministerium, Erster Band: 1740-1811, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1913 (in German)
 * Lehmann, Gustaf: Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite. Auf Allerhöchsten Befehl Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs, bearbeitet im Königlichen Kriegsministerium durch Gustav Lehmann, wirklichen geheimen Kriegsrat und vortragenden Rat im Kriegs-Ministerium, Zweiter Band: 1812-1913, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1913, (in German)

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Computer lab

Here are a few rough guidelines for setting up computer labs from a couple of people who have set up and administered a number of computer labs all over the world:

 * 1) Physically place the computers in one of the following patterns:
 * 2) In a U shape so that the teacher can see all the screens at the same time. This has many advantages including:
 * 3) All wires and cables are away from the students, so nothing is pulled by mistake (and purposeful removal is more obvious)
 * 4) The teacher can see what is happening on each screen. (catch the mistake before it is learned wrong)
 * 5) Maximizes space available and can be expanded easily to UU.
 * 6) Easy maintenance and access to each computer when updating or imaging.
 * 7) In a U shape, but have additional computers within the center.
 * 8) In a traditional classroom style, with students facing the front of the class.
 * 9) Use Cloning software such as Ghost, DeployStudio, or Clonezilla.  Make one computer exactly how you want the lab to be and then clone it to all of the other computers, updates, programs, special files and all.  That way if something gets messed up simply reclone the computer and you don't have to worry about it.  Any problem solved simply by reimaging the system.
 * 10) * You can also use Deep Freeze or similar software to allow systems to be reset simply by rebooting the computer.
 * 11) Because of the cloning software, don't permit students store things on the hard drive, instead tell them to bring in their own portable disks such as a USB flash drive.  This means if there is a problem with a computer, you don't have to worry about saving peoples stuff before re-cloning it, as cloning will erase the stored files.
 * 12) Use a virtual CD/DVD drive such as the open source solution MagicDisc to load interactive educational CD/examples. This allows original CDs to be kept safe without scratches or loss.
 * 13) Assign every computer, monitor, printer, etc. its own ID such as C01, C02, C03 for computers and P01, P02 for printers. This will be the same ID given on the network. This makes it very easy to identify each piece of equipment and track problems.
 * 14) Assign each student a simple unique ID for tracking purposes S100, S101, S102... Names are spelled differently and can be the same, so do not use them.
 * 15) Before students can use a computer, they must sign in with their ID. The ID of the computer, date and time can be tracked automatically by the computer.  You can also supplement tracking by a paper log to detect purpose.   This allows for tracking problems and creating statistical reports...
 * 16) Locks.  Locks are a very small, but critical part of any lab that you don't spend 100% of the time monitoring.  Depending on location and visibility, the locks don't even have to be tough, just enough semblance of security so you don't loose mice, headsets, or anything else you don't want to replace all of the time.

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Said Tayeb Jawad

Said Tayeb Jawad (, born 1958) is an Afghan politician, businessman, academic, and diplomat. He is the Chief Executive officer of Capitalize LLC, Global Political Strategist and Senior Counselor at APCO Worldwide, and the Chairman of the American University of Afghanistan, a prominent private, liberal arts, not-for-profit, co-education University.

As CEO of Capitalize LLC, a strategic consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., he leads a dynamic team of international business experts, advising companies and investors on renewable energy, electrical vehicle infrastructure, defense, security, market entry, commercial opportunities, and development strategies in the United States, Central Asia, and the Gulf regions.

As diplomat, he has served as the last ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation, from 2021 to 2022. From 2017 to 2020, Jawad served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From December 2003 to September 2010, Jawad served as Ambassador to the United States. He was also the non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina. From 2002 to 2003, he was chief of staff to President Hamid Karzai.

As an academic, Jawad joined Harvard University's Future of Diplomacy Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in the John F. Kennedy School of Government as the inaugural Fisher Family Fellow. In February 2011, he became Diplomat-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Foundation for Afghanistan. He is also a Global Political Strategist at APCO Worldwide and a member of Advisory Board of the Concordia Summit.

Background
Said Tayeb Jawad was born in the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. He received higher education at Lycée Esteqlal and at the School of Law and Political Sciences in Kabul University. In 1980, shortly after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, he left the country and went into exile in Germany, where he studied law at the University of Münster.

In 1986 he settled in the United States, where he earned his MBA from the Golden Gate University in San Francisco and worked for a number of prominent law firms, including as a legal consultant at Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, a San Francisco Embarcadero law firm.

As Afghan Ambassador to the United States, he re-established the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C. and developed it into one of the most responsive and successful missions in Washington. He managed Afghanistan's diplomacy at a critical time with its key strategic partner through extensive interaction with the White House, State Department, Pentagon, U.S. Congress, U.S. media and academia; and initiated Afghanistan's diplomatic relations with Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

He is fluent in several languages, including Persian, Pashto, English, German and French. He is married to Shamim Jawad, Founder and President of Ayenda Foundation, a charitable organization that works on projects for women and children in Afghanistan.

Return to Afghanistan
Jawad went back to Afghanistan in March 2002. He worked for Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office and became his press secretary. By June, in addition to trying to coordinate the loya jirga, or grand council, for thousands of delegates and journalists, Jawad had become Karzai's Chief of Staff.

Until late 2003 he served as the President’s Press Secretary, Chief of Staff as well as the Director of the Office of International Relations at the Presidential Palace. Jawad has worked closely with President Karzai in formulating strategies, implementing policies, building national institutions and prioritizing reforms in Afghanistan. He also worked with the U.S. and Afghan military experts to help reform the Ministry of Defense, disarm local warlords and rebuild the Afghan National Army. Jawad was instrumental in drafting Afghanistan's foreign investment laws; he served as President Karzai's principal liaison with the constitutional commission throughout the drafting of the Constitution of Afghanistan. As Chief of Staff he accompanied the President and managed all foreign trips and state visits. He observed cabinet meetings and participated in the National Security Council meetings.

Ambassador to the United States
On December 4, 2003, Jawad assumed his official duties as Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States and non-resident ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, making him Afghanistan's 19th top representative to the U.S. since diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in 1934.

As part of his role as Afghanistan's envoy to the U.S., Jawad has worked closely with two presidential administrations on U.S. strategy towards Afghanistan; developed close links to members of the U.S. Congress; hosted numerous visits of high-level ministers and President Karzai; appeared in newspaper, magazine, radio and television interviews; spoken before audiences at universities, think tanks, charitable organizations and community groups; and received awards and commendations for his work for Afghanistan.

Jawad has appeared numerous times in major American and international papers and television shows. He also regularly lectures and speaks at prominent universities and think tanks. According to the Washington Times Jawad has maintained a high profile for Afghanistan, even as most public attention since 2003 has been focused on the Iraq War.Washington Times: Afghan Progress

In late 2009 there were rumours that Jawad would be appointed foreign minister of AfghanistanMondiaal Nieuws Nieuwe regering, maar oude gewoonten in AfghanistanTolo TV: Afghan people want removal of present cabinet members but Karzai appointed Zalmai Rasul instead.

Jawad has participated in hundreds of conferences and forums related to Afghanistan and the region. Jawad is an avid polo player and a member of the Capitol Polo Club in Maryland. He played in the Green Cup and is a member of the United States Polo Association. Jawad has participated in many significant conferences and forums related to Afghanistan and the region in the past decade.

Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On January 2, 2017, Jawad was selected to serve as Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom. On June 27, 2017, Jawad presented his Letter of Credentials to HM Queen Elizabeth II and officially took office as Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ambassador Jawad's focus since the beginning of his tenure has been to strengthen political ties between the two countries and convey a message of gratitude to the British Armed forces for their continuous support and sacrifices in Afghanistan.

Under Jawad's leadership, the Embassy of Afghanistan in London, hosted unprecedented First Afghanistan-UK Business Conference on 17 September 2018 in London, where more than 100 businessperson attended and discussed business opportunities in Afghanistan. Further, the First Afghan British Business Forum a platform for Afghan-led businesses to connect, to expand and to strengthen their business networks in London was initiated under his leadership. In 2019, The 2nd Afghanistan-UK Business Conference, where five cabinet Ministers participated, was initiated to build on the success of the conference. The aim of the conference was to enhance trade and commerce between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan, while promoting Afghanistan’s growing business environment. “At this conference, along with British businessmen who want to invest in Afghanistan, we have also invited Afghan government officials to answer the British businessmen's questions,” Jawad said.

Political views
Having lived in Europe and the USA for more than 25 years, Jawad is familiar with western views on society and politics. He has been supportive of the American War on Terror and of involvement of women in Afghan politics. Jawad has said that the biggest concern that Afghans have about the international presence is that it might be short-lived.

Jawad has been loyal to President Karzai. He publicly defended Karzai against allegations of corruption and said that he is the most hard-working president Afghanistan has ever had. Nevertheless, in October 2009 he was the first Karzai aide to suggest that a run-off between Karzai and his challenger Abdullah Abdullah was very likely after allegations of election fraud. He said that a power sharing agreement between Karzai and Abdullah would be a good political solution but said he doubted that it would bring more skillful people to the government and that a coalition government meant sacrificing merits.

Jawad and his wife have worked several times with former first lady Laura Bush in promoting awareness of rights for Afghan woman and children. However Jawad criticized the Bush administration sometimes on using so much aerial bombing, resulting in civilian casualties, Jawad has expressed his gratitude to the US and foreign military powers in Afghanistan on a large number of occasions. Towards President Obama, who was less supportive of Afghan President Karzai, Jawad was more critical: "When the new administration came in there were a lot of changes and sometimes there was an oversimplification of the issues. Now the Obama administration is realizing you cannot just get rid of a democratically elected president of a country because you don't really like him." he said to United Press International. Further Jawad has voiced opposition to President Obama's plan to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan starting summer 2011. Jawad stressed the importance of continued international presence to avoid a situation as in the early 90s.

Jawad has stressed that too much of the international aid and military effort had bypassed the Afghan government which makes it impossible to build competent government and security. Jawad also has said that eradication of poppies is not the best solution to the Afghan narcotics problem. In May 2005 Jawad signed a memorandum of understanding for the city of light, a large reconstruction plan for the center of Kabul.

Jawad has criticized Pakistan for not doing enough to stop the Taliban insurgency. Although he recognizes that new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari seems much more committed to battling terrorism than his predecessor, General Pervez Musharraf. But, according to Jawad, Pakistan's army still appears to be more preoccupied with the country's traditional nemesis, India.

In November, 2013, Jawad participated with the Loya Jirga in Kabul to discuss and offer his insights on the status and terms of the Bilateral Security Agreement, the Presidential elections and political transition, as well as the international community's level of economic assistance, military engagement and jurisdiction for operating foreign troops in the country up to and post-2014. He is also a longstanding member of India-Pakistan- Afghanistan Dialogue, a track one and half confidence building forum among diplomats and former intelligence officials.

Awards, Honorary Degrees and International Conferences
Awards and honorary degrees granted to Jawad include the Constitutional Loya Jirga Service, Medal, Government of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, 2003; Award of Merit for Rebuilding a Nation, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C, 2004, Honorary Doctorate Degree in Organization Leadership, Argosy University, Washington, D.C. 2007, theSpecial Award for Improving the Quality of Life, Washington, DC, 2007 and the Global Citizen Award, Roots of Peace, Washington, D.C., 2008.

In his role as Senior Political and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Ambassador Jawad was a key participant in the US Afghanistan Dialogue at Camp David, which was hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry on March 23, 2015. Jawad attended the event as part of the Afghan Delegation, which consisted of Afghanistan's President, Chief Executive Officer, and other high ranking Government officials.

Ambassador Jawad was selected by the U.S Department of Commerce to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa. He attended and contributed to the Forum in Amman, Jordan from 21–23 May 2015.

Ambassador Jawad attended the fifth anniversary of the Concordia Summit held in New York City on October 1 and 2, 2015. The Concordia Summit convened the world's preeminent leaders and decision makers to address the world's most pressing global challenges and emphasised the need for effective cross-sector collaboration to lead to a more prosperous and sustainable future. Jawad attended and contributed to the Summit as an active Concordia member.

Ambassador Jawad has attended and been a key contributor to various Halifax International Security Forums, most recently the one which convened on the 20–23 November 2015. The forum served as a platform for various international leaders, diplomats, and security professionals to comment on and assess the change in the increased threat level in the global landscape.

The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) hosted Ambassador Jawad at their headquarters in Rome, as an honored guest and key contributor to their Assembly of Parties. He contributed to the Organization's internal review regarding the best platform to approach rule of law and development in various countries, including work specifically in Afghanistan.

Ambassador Jawad participated in the NATO Summit on Afghanistan on July 8 and 9, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland, along with Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and President Ashraf Ghani. At this summit, NATO reaffirmed its commitment to and confirmed funding for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces until at least the end of 2020.

As Senior Political and Foreign Policy Advisor, Ambassador Jawad accompanied the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah, to the World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey, May 23 and 24, 2016.

Ambassador Jawad also participated at the London Conference on Afghanistan on December 4, 2014, in London, United Kingdom, where the conference provided a platform for the government of Afghanistan to set out its vision for reform and for the international community to demonstrate enduring solidarity and support for Afghanistan.

On April 30, 2019, Jawad received the 2019 Diplomat of the year award.

In 2022 Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad received the distinction and honorary title of Academician in a ceremony hosted at the State Duma by the Russian Municipal Academy.

Publications

 * Afghanistan: Realities of War and Rebuilding. Ilead Academy, 2006. ISBN 978-0-9774211-1-4
 * The First Flamenco in Samangan, published in English, Persian and Pashto by Amiri Publications, Kabul, 2020. ISBN 978-9936-652-51-4
 * Be a Provider of Relief, not an Inquisitor of Belief (Dari). Amiri Publications, Kabul, 2019

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Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal

The Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal is a ferry slip within Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang. Situated at Butterworth, this docking facility is used for the state's ferry service between the city and George Town, which lies across the Penang Strait.

In addition to ferry services, the ferry terminal is located adjacent to both Penang Sentral and the Butterworth railway station. This allows ferry commuters to choose between bus and train transportation modes to various destinations within the city, as well as Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

History
The Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal was constructed to replace Mitchell's Pier, which had been built at the start of the 20th century. In the past, Mitchell's Pier was the landing point for the cross-strait ferries that linked Butterworth with George Town.

The present-day ferry terminal was named after the then Sultan of neighbouring Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim. He was also twice elected as the King of Malaysia (Malay: Yang di-Pertuan Agong) - between 1970 and 1975, and between 2011 and 2016.

In 1988, the Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal suffered structural failure due to overloading and collapsed, claiming the lives of 32 people.

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Cookbook:Hot Fudge

| Desserts

Hot fudge is a chocolate sauce for putting on ice cream.

Ingredients

 * ½ cup (120 ml) milk
 * 1 ½ cups (350 g) white granulated sugar
 * 1 ½ tablespoons cocoa
 * 1 dash salt
 * ¾ tablespoon butter
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla

Procedure

 * 1) Mix milk, sugar, cocoa and salt in a saucepan and bring to a full rolling boil.
 * 2) Turn off heat and add butter and vanilla.
 * 3) Let rest for a couple minutes until butter is melted. Beat with a spoon and serve.

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Baumea riparia

Baumea riparia is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae that is native to Western Australia.

The robust grass-like sedge is rhizomatous and perennial, it typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.6 m and colonises easily. It blooms between August and October producing brown flowers.

It found in swamps and on the margins of brackish lakes and creeks in the Peel, South West and Great Southern where it grows in black peaty-sand soils.

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Ananias Charles Littleton

Ananias Charles (A. C.) Littleton (December 4, 1886 – January 13, 1974) was an American accounting scholar and professor of accounting at the University of Illinois. He is known as prominent educator, and for his work on the history of accounting.

Biography
Born in Bloomington, Illinois to Robert and Mary Sholtey Littleton, Littleton attended Bloomington High School. He took his studies at the University of Illinois, where he obtained his B.A. in 1912, his M.A. in 1918, and eventually his Ph.D. in 1931. In 1919 he obtained his C.P.A. license for the state of Illinois.

After high school, Littleton had started working for the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company as station agent and telegraph operator, before returning to the university. After receiving his B.A. in 1912, he worked as accountant for Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co. from three years, before starting his academic career in 1915 at the University of Illinois. He started as instructor, became assistant professor in 1920, associate professor in 1925, and was professor in 1931. From 1919 to 1921 he served as assistant dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and was assistant director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research of the College of Commerce from 1921 to 1942. He retired in 1952.

Littleton was editor-in-chief of The Accounting Review from 1944 to 1947. He was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 1955.

Selected publications

 * Littleton, Ananias Charles. Accounting evolution to 1900. Univ of Alabama Pr, 1933.
 * Littleton, Ananias Charles. Structure of accounting theory. No. 5. Amer Accounting Assn, 1953.
 * Littleton, Ananias Charles, and Vernon Kenneth Zimmerman. Accounting theory, continuity and change. Prentice-Hall, 1962.
 * Paton, William Andrew, and Ananias Charles Littleton. An introduction to corporate accounting standards. No. 3. American Accounting Association, 1970.

Articles, a selection:
 * Littleton, Ananias Charles. "Value and price in accounting." Accounting Review (1929): 147–154.
 * Littleton, Ananias Charles. "Value or cost." Accounting Review (1935): 269–273.

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baakas

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) box; a rectangular container, used for storing things, usually having a lid.

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Juan Echeverría

Juan Antonio Echeverría Rodriguez (born 9 October 1991) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who generally plays as a prop represents Uruguay internationally. He was included in the Uruguayan squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan for the first time and also marked his first World Cup appearance.

Career
He made his international debut for Uruguay against Paraguay on 26 April 2014. He was also part of the Uruguayan team which won the 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup.

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Phaedropsis simplalis

Phaedropsis simplalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Brazil.

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Park Sang-hee (tennis)

Park Sang-hee (박상희; born 17 October 1995) is a South Korean former tennis player.

Park has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 619, achieved on 22 May 2017. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 540, achieved on 19 June 2017. In her career, she won two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Park made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Korea Open, when she received a wildcard alongside Jeong Su-nam into the doubles tournament.

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Sarah Attar

Sarah Attar (سارة عطار; born August 27, 1992) is a Saudi-American track and field athlete who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the first two female Olympians representing Saudi Arabia. She also competed in the marathon at the 2016 Olympics.

Attar has lived in the United States her entire life, but has dual US-Saudi citizenship through her father, who was born in Saudi Arabia. She was invited to participate in the Olympics despite her not having met the standard Olympic qualifying times, which were waived by the International Olympic Committee.

Early life and education
Attar was born and raised in Escondido, California, United States. Her mother, Judy, is an American national hailing from California, and her father, Amer, is a Saudi Arabian national who went to college in the United States and married her mother in 1984. She has dual US-Saudi citizenship.

She graduated from Escondido High School, in Escondido, in 2010. She competed for the school in cross country running.

She then attended Pepperdine University, a Christian university in Los Angeles County, California, near Malibu, where she earned a B.A. in studio arts, having won the Rex Hamilton Memorial Art Scholarship. Attar was one of eight athletes from Pepperdine to be selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with Roxanne Barker, who was on the South African team and others. She ran in two college meets for Pepperdine in March 2012, finishing 12th in a 1,500-meter heat in the Cal State Fullerton Ben Brown Invitational in 5:30.51, and 29th in the 3,000 meters in the Spring Break Invitational in 11:37.41.

After graduating from Pepperdine in 2014, she became a landscape photographer. In 2015, she moved to Mammoth Lakes, California, to train full-time with distance runners including Olympian Deena Kastor, the wife of her coach Andrew Kastor.

She has lived in the United States her entire life, and though she does not speak Arabic she travels to Saudi Arabia about once a year to visit relatives.

Representing Saudi Arabia
Attar was named one of the first two women to compete for Saudi Arabia in the Olympics, on their Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The other woman representing Saudi Arabia was judoka Wojdan Shaherkani.

Prior to June 2012, the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee had banned the Kingdom's females from competing at the Olympics, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had threatened to ban Saudi Arabia from the Olympic Games unless it allowed its women to compete. The IOC decided that Saudi Arabia's female competitors did not have to meet Olympic qualifying standards.

Attar was expected by Saudi Arabia to wear running outfits that complied with Islamic law. Photographs of her in her typical clothing, wearing a tank top, shorts, and with her hair not covered by a head scarf, were deleted from the internet, including from her university's track and cross country website. She and her mother put together a head-and-neck covering for her to compete in, along with long sleeves and long pants. Attar lives and trains in the United States, without wearing a hijab or abaya covering her.

Saudi Arabian scholar Ali Al-Ahmed, who has published studies on women's sports in Saudi Arabia, opined: "The presence of female athletes [in the 2012 Olympics] made things worse, because it allowed Saudi Arabia to escape criticism." However, conservative Saudi religious clerics strongly opposed and issued rulings against Saudi women participating in spectator sports, maintaining that it may lead to corrupt morals, loss of virginity, and lesbianism.

2012 Olympic Games
During the Opening Ceremonies' Parade of Nations, Attar and Shaherkani, the only two females in the Saudi Arabian delegation, were forced to walk behind their male teammates, unlike women in delegations from other Islamic nations.

Attar competed in the women's 800 metres, without having met the Olympic qualifying time. She had competed at the distance only once, during high school, but not since she had attended college. She said: "The 800 was a good option because I wouldn’t be out there getting lapped in the 5,000 or something."

Attar competed in Heat 6 of the women's 800m qualifying heats on August 8, 2012. She finished last, with a time of 2:44.95, far behind Janeth Jepkosgei's heat-winning 2:01.04. She finished more than half a minute slower than her nearest competitor, who crossed the finish line 150 meters ahead of her. Hundreds of spectators stood and applauded Attar as she crossed the finish line.

Her participation in the Olympics was mentioned by only one Saudi Arabian paper, which was criticized for doing so.

2016 Olympic Games
Attar competed for Saudi Arabia in the 2016 Olympic Games in the marathon. She again received a wild card entry, in which she did not have to meet the standard Olympic qualifying time. Her best marathon time was 3:11:27 at the 2015 Chicago Marathon, 26 minutes slower than the Olympic qualifying time. The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee website did not name her or the other women who would represent the Kingdom.

She ran fully covered, wearing long sleeves and long pants as she had in 2012, but this time wearing a baseball cap instead of a headscarf. She completed the marathon in 132nd place out of 133 women who finished, in a time of 3:16:11, which was 52 minutes behind the Kenyan winner Jemima Sumgong.

Post 2016 Olympics
In 2018, Sarah improved her personal best in the Marathon, at the Chicago Marathon, running 3:07:16, and the half marathon, at the Houston Half Marathon, in 1:26:47, both national records for the respective distances.

Sponsorship
Attar was previously sponsored by Oiselle, an American running apparel company that promotes and supports female athletes.

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Talk:Cyril Harrison (businessman)

Notability
Notability is judged by looking at the depth of coverage in independent, reliable, secondary sources and this article has very few of those. Theroadislong (talk) 13:18, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

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User:Hannahapz

About Me
Having always been an "anonymous" editor, never an established user, I found myself wanting to start collecting all of my edits. So I recently created my account in August 2020!

I'm obsessed with science and technology, writing, editing other people's writing, and seeking new information. I love love love collecting and disseminating knowledge, and in particular transferring knowledge from one society, culture, or generational era to another to enhance communal intelligence. I hope that my fluency in English, French, Ukrainian and Russian will help immensely! My work centers around three types of data - big data, open data, and high dimensional data. I am a lifelong learner and every few years find myself doing something completely novel and exciting. I have a hyperactive, obsessive, and (oxymoronically) impermanent attention, which helps (but sometimes hinders... I guess if you're a half-glass empty kind of soul).

An ode to the beginning of my adventures in the Wiki World My brain quells with the possibilities of endlessness To all the knowledge around me I drink; Emptying my glass and pouring another, For my friend is thirstier methinks!

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acchiappare

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to catch, to grab, to seize
 * 2)  to catch by surprise
 * 3)  to strike, to hit
 * 4)  to catch (an illness)

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Physiotherapy Assessment/Respiratory

Observation
Cyanosis

Cyanosis is when areas of the body take on a blue-ish tinge. This occurs mainly around the lips but can also be seen in the fingers.

Chest shape

Clubbing

Breathing rate and depth

Auscultation
It's important to auscultate both before your treatment and after. This is so that you can tell if your treatment has made a difference. Obviously, if the patient is coughing up loads of purulent sputum after you've gone through the Active Cycle of Breathing, then you know that you're been effective. However, when the results aren't that apparent, it would help to listen and hear improved air entry throughout, substantially decreased added sounds, etc.

Spirometry
Spirometry (meaning the measuring of breath) is the most common of the Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs), measuring lung function, specifically the measurement of the amount (volume) and/or speed (flow) of air that can be inhaled and exhaled. Spirometry is an important tool used for assessing conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, and COPD.

Spirometric maneuvers include slow vital capacity (SVC), forced vital capacity (FVC), tidal volume (TV) and maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV). The measurement of forced vital capacity is the most commonly performed maneuver, sometimes in conjunction with slow vital capacity and/or tidal volume. A plethysmograph can be used to measure functional residual capacity (FRC).

Results are usually given in both raw data (liters, liters per second) and percent predicted - the test result as a percent of the "predicted values" for the patients of similar characteristics (height, age, sex, and sometimes race and weight). The interpretation of the results can vary depending on the physician and the source of the predicted values. Generally speaking, results nearest to 100% predicted are the most normal, and results over 80% are often considered normal. However, review by a doctor is necessary for accurate diagnosis of any individual situation.

The spirometry test is performed using a device called a spirometer, which comes in several different varieties. Most spirometers display a volume-time curve, showing volume (liters) along the Y-axis and time (seconds) along the X-axis. Some spirometers also produce a graph called a flow-volume loop, which graphically depicts the flow of air compared to the total volume inspired or expired. Flow is listed along the Y-axis and volume along the X-axis. Flow-Volume loop showing successful FVC maneuver. Positive values represent expiration, negative values represent inspiration. The trace moves clockwise for expiration followed by inspiration. (Note the FEV1, FEV1/2 and FEV3 values are arbitrary in this graph and just shown for illustrative purposes, they must be recorded as part of the experiment).

The basic FVC test varies slightly depending on the equipment used. Generally, the patient is asked to take the deepest breath they can, and then exhale into the sensor as hard as possible, for as long as possible. It is sometimes directly followed by a rapid inhalation (inspiration), in particular when assessing possible inspiratory obstruction or restriction. Sometimes, the test will be preceded by a period of quiet breathing in and out from the sensor (tidal volume), or the rapid breath in (forced inspiratory part) will come before the forced exhalation. During the test, soft nose clips may be used to prevent air escaping through the nose. Filter mouthpieces may be used to prevent the spread of germs, particularly for inspiratory maneuvers.

The maneuver is highly dependent on patient cooperation and effort, and is normally repeated at least three times to ensure reproducibility. Since results are dependent on patient cooperation, FEV1 and FVC can only be underestimated, never overestimated.

Sometimes, to assess the reversibility of a particular condition, a bronchodilator is administered before performing another round of tests for comparison. This is commonly referred to as a reversibility test, or a post bronchodilation test (Post BD), and is an important part in diagnosing asthma versus COPD.

The most commonly used guidelines for spirometric testing and interpretation are set by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

Spirometry can also be part of a bronchial challenge test, used to determine bronchial hyperresponsiveness to either rigorous exercise, inhalation of cold/dry air, or with a pharmaceutical agent such as metacholine or histamine.

Due to the patient cooperation required, spirometry can only be used on children old enough to comprehend and follow the instructions given (typically about 4-5 years old), and only on patients who are able to understand and follow instructions - thus, this test is not suitable for patients who are unconscious, heavily sedated, or have limitations that would interfere with vigorous respiratory efforts. Other types of lung function tests are available for infants and unconscious persons.

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User:LazyQuasar

I have been drafted by the greenSpace faction of Wikipedia to be the underboard troll for Wikimedia. My efforts here at WikiBooks will support that role as well as accomplish a myriad of subgoals. See my account page at wikipedia.org mirwin for further information.

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dierlijk

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  animal, relating to fauna
 * 2) made of animal(s) (parts), such as furs and edible species
 * 3)  beastly, subhuman, inhumane, etc.
 * 4)  instinctive, primitive

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Italy men's national under-16 basketball team

The result was procedural close. Nominated at Articles for deletion/Ethiopia men's national under-16 basketball team; no need for separate AfDs. (non-admin closure)  J 947(c) (m) 03:31, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Italy men's national under-16 basketball team

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See Articles for deletion/Ethiopia men's national under-16 basketball team  Schwede 66  19:16, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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adunare

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to assemble or gather (people); to muster; to round up

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) gathering, assembly, meeting
 * 2) crowd, amassment
 * 3) aggregation, collection
 * 4) addition

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Pandinurus pallidus

Pandinurus pallidus, is a species of scorpion native to Africa.

Distribution
This species is native to Somalia.

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Illmaculate

Gregory Poe (born February 4, 1986), better known by his stage name Illmaculate (a.k.a. Illmac), is an American battle rapper and hip hop artist from St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. He attended Roosevelt High School in Portland.

Career
At age 17, he won the 2004 Scribble Jam freestyle rap competition,   making him the youngest winner in the competition's history. He is a member of the Sandpeople group. With rhyme partner The Saurus, he competed in and won the 2006 and 2007 World Rap Championships, and the 2006 Spin the Mic competition.

In 2007, Vibe magazine named him one of the Best MySpace Rappers in America.

His 2007 album The Rain Check Mixtape is hosted by DJ Vlad, and includes appearances by 40 Cal. and Copywrite. Illmaculate also features with Sapient of Debaser in the track "The Truth" on Bliss n Eso's album Flying Colours and on the 'Turn It On Remix' from Justice & Kaos's Turn It On EP.

In 2011, he battled Bender at World Domination II, an event hosted by King of the Dot's Organik.

In April 2012, he performed at the Star Theater in Portland as an opening act for the group Slaughterhouse.

On August 22, 2015, Illmaculate defeated Pat Stay in a title match at KOTD's World Domination 5 event on a 3-2 judges decision, making him the new KOTD Champion.

Albums

 * The Rain Check Mixtape (December 25, 2007)
 * Police Brutality (April 12, 2009)
 * The Green Tape (April 12, 2011)
 * Skrill Walton EP (November 1, 2011)
 * Skrill Talk LP (April 17, 2012)
 * CHRON: Legacy (December 17, 2012)
 * Clay Pigeons LP (March 11, 2014)
 * Only and Ill (September 18, 2015)
 * Still Standing (October 28, 2016)
 * The Red Tape (January 1, 2017)
 * Only and Ill 2 (May 25, 2018)
 * Sprng (June 16, 2020)
 * Smmr (September 22, 2020)
 * Atmn (January 21, 2021)

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Hobie 17

The Hobie 17 is an American catamaran that was designed by John Wake as a single-handed racer and first built in 1985.

The design was accepted as an International Sailing Federation International class in 1990.

Production
The design was built by Hobie Cat in the United States from 1985 until 2004–2005, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Hobie 17 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass with a foam sandwich core. It has a catboat rig or optional sloop rig, with a rotating mast. The dual hulls each have nearly plumb stems, vertical transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by a tiller and retractable centerboards. The boat initially was designed to displace 315 lb and can be equipped with a trapeze.

The design has a draft of 1.50 ft with the centerboard extended and 0.42 ft with it retracted, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

The boat has a beam of 7.92 ft, but can be equipped with hiking/trapezing "wings", giving a beam of 11.58 ft.

Early versions were delivered at the 315 lb weight, but suffered durability issues and the hulls were thickened, giving a weight of 330 to 350 lb.

Variants

 * Hobie 17
 * The base model is cat rigged and designed to be sailed by one person. The design has a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 74.0.

 * Hobie 17 Sport
 * This model has a jib and a Portsmouth Yardstick racing average handicap of 74.5.

Operational history
Upon introduction the boat immediately became a commercial success and racing fleets were quickly started in North America, Europe and Australia.

The International Hobie Class Association describes the boat's sailing characteristics: "the 17 is a heavy air machine. The added leverage of the wings for trapezing makes the 17 go upwind like no other catamaran, and the main is easily depowered with a 6:1 downhaul, the mast rotator, 2:1 outhaul and a 7:1 mainsheet. Downwind, the boat is pitchpole resistant (not “proof”) and a bit underpowered, which makes working the waves a high priority. Downwind, the boat is sailed at 90° to the apparent wind. The 17 is uncomfortable to race in under 7 knots of breeze, since most of the time you'll be sitting on the forward wing tube. Weight is kept as far forward as possible while keeping the bow tips out of waves and to keep from pitchpoling. In very light air downwind, racers will often stand out on the bow, holding on to the bridle wire to keep the sterns out of the water. Raising the windward rudder downwind is a common practice."

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HMS Dublin (1912)

HMS Dublin, together with HMS Chatham (1911) and HMS Southampton (1912), was a Town-class cruiser (1910) light cruiser of the Chatham subgroup, each costing an average £334,053.

Design and description
Dublin displaced 5400 LT at normal load. The ship had an overall length of 457 ft, a beam of 49 ft and a draught of 16 ft. She was powered by four Parsons steam turbine sets, each driving one shaft, which produced a total of 25000 shp and gave a maximum speed of 25.5 kn. The engines were powered by 12 Yarrow boilers. The ship carried a maximum of 1240 LT of coal and an additional 260 LT of fuel oil that was sprayed on the coal to increase its burn rate. At full capacity, she could steam for 4460 nmi at a speed of 10 kn. The ship's complement was 475 officers and ratings.

Her main armament consisted of eight BL 6 in Mk XI guns in single pivot mounts, protected by gun shields. Four Vickers quick-firing (QF) three-pounder guns were fitted in the superstructure. The ship also mounted two submerged 21 in torpedo tubes. A QF three-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun was added in 1915 on the centreline on a mount between the funnels and the mainmast.

The ship's nickel steel waterline armor belt was 2 in thick and was backed by the 1 in thick side of the hull. Her deck was generally .375 in thick, but increased to .75 in over the machinery spaces, and 1.5 in over the steering gear.

Operational history
Dublin was laid down on 11 April 1911 by Wm. Beardmore & Company in Dalmuir (near Glasgow) Scotland. Dublin was launched on 30 April 1912 and completed in March 1913. She was initially assigned to the 1st Battle Squadron in 1913 and then to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron in July 1913, operating in the Mediterranean. She was then reassigned to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron from September 1913 to the end of 1914.

Pursuit of Goeben
Captain John Kelly pursued the German cruiser SMS Goeben to Messina (off the north coast of Sicily) on 4 August 1914 just prior to the outbreak of the First World War. On 6 August after having completed coaling, Dublin left Malta at 14:00 to join Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge's squadron. At 20:30 she received orders to obtain Goeben's course and sink her during the night, by torpedoes if possible. Observing at a distance, Kelly expected to engage around 03:30 but Goeben had unexpectedly altered course to the north. The chase was lost as a daylight attack would be suicidal; Goeben’s largest guns could accurately fire explosive shells up to 10 mi away.

Gallipoli and torpedoing
In February 1915, Dublin was sent to the Dardanelles and subsequently assisted HMS Implacable (1899)'s landing assault upon Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915 at X Beach. She was then sent to Brindisi in May 1915. While taking part in a sweep off the Albanian coast, and whilst escorted by French and Italian destroyers, Dublin was hit and damaged by a torpedo from the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine U-4 on 9 June 1915. Dublin was able to get underway at 17 kn and to return to Brindisi but was out of action for several months and had to return to the UK for refit.

In home waters
Dublin served in the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron alongside  Southampton, HMS Birmingham (1913) and HMS Nottingham (1913) with the Grand Fleet from 1916 to 1919. Now under Captain Albert Charles Scott (later Vice Admiral; HMS Dublin 1916-1918), she participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. During the subsequent night actions, Dublin fired 117 6-inch shells and, along with Southampton, attacked and sank a destroyer. Both ships, however, sustained severe damage. Three crew members were killed and 27 wounded when Dublin received five 5.9 shell inch hits from the cruiser SMS Elbing and eight 4.1-inch shell hits from SMS Stuttgart (possibly also SMS Frauenlob and SMS Hamburg). Subsequent repairs to Dublin were not completed until 17 June.

On 3 May 1917 in the North Sea, Dublin with the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney (1912) and four destroyers (Nepean, Obdurate, Pelican, Pylades), left Rosyth for a sweep between the mouths of the Forth and the Humber. The following day, during an action in the North Sea, Dublin observed the Zeppelin L 43 about 17 miles away to the east at 10:25, rapidly approaching a strange vessel. Both cruisers promptly made for the enemy, opening fire on it at extreme range. At 10:54 Dublin saw the track of a torpedo passing ahead of her. At 11:12 a submarine was sighted and at 11:15 another one was spotted, which fired two torpedoes at her. At 11:20 she sighted a third submarine, which she engaged with her guns and on which she dropped a depth-charge. The Zeppelin made a direct attack: making for the stern of Dublin and rising hastily as it flew, it endeavoured to obtain a position vertically above the cruiser in order to drop bombs on her - an attempt which was foiled by Dublin's hurried swerve to starboard.

Post-war career
Dublin was commissioned for the 6th squadron at the Africa Station from January 1920 until 1924, though she served for a short time in April with the 3rd squadron in the Mediterranean until being sent to the Reserve at Nore in 1924. She was sold for scrapping to J.J. King at Troon in July 1926, but she ran aground on the way to the breakers. She was refloated in July 1927 and broken up later that year.

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Talk:Don Kirshner

Songwriters Hall of Fame
Don Kirshner was awarded a lifetime acheivement award the week of June 22, 2007 when the red carpet interview was uploaded to You Tube here:  Information came from Artisan News. --leahtwosaints (talk) 15:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * added, without the youtube link.<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:16, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Don Kirshner's daughter
This article mentions that the final season of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was "mostly hosted by Kirshner's son and daughter." But at the end it says he's survived by his wife and two sons. Anyone know what happpened to the daughter?

Can anyone write a personal life section? --<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 00:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

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rinnegare

Etymology
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to renounce (a doctrine, faith or ideal)
 * 2) to disown
 * 3) to deny knowing (a person)
 * 4) to deny (a feeling)
 * 1) to deny (a feeling)

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Pastel de nata

Pastel de nata (: pastéis de nata; )) is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, optionally dusted with cinnamon. Outside Portugal, they are particularly popular in other parts of Western Europe, Asia and former Portuguese colonies, such as Brazil, Mozambique, Macau, Goa and East Timor. The Macanese variant has been adopted by KFC and is available in regions such as mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand. In Indonesia, this pastry is especially popular in Kampung Tugu, Jakarta, a culturally Portuguese (Mardijker) enclave.

History
Pastéis de nata tarts are pastries inspired by an original recipe called Pastéis de Belém, which were created before the 18th century by Catholic monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in the civil parish of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, in Lisbon. At the time, convents and monasteries used large quantities of egg-whites for starching clothes, such as friars and nuns' religious habits. It was quite common for monasteries and convents to use the leftover egg yolks to make cakes and pastries, resulting in the proliferation of sweet pastry recipes throughout the country.

In the aftermath of the Liberal Revolution of 1820, following the dissolution of religious orders and in the face of the impending closure of many convents and monasteries, the monks started selling pastéis de nata at a nearby sugar refinery to bring in revenue. In 1834, the monastery was closed and the recipe sold to the sugar refinery, whose owners in 1837 opened the Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém. The descendants own the business to this day.

Since the opening of Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém, the original recipe that inspired pastel de nata varieties is kept in a secret room. The Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém is, therefore, the only place on earth that produces the original pastry that inspired many variations commonly known as "pastéis de nata"; the shop is located just a short three-minute walk from the Jerónimos Monastery. The shop offers both takeout and sit-in services and sells over 20,000 pastéis a day. Usually the tart is sprinkled with canela (cinnamon), and often accompanied with a bica (a strong espresso coffee).

In 2009 The Guardian listed pastéis de Belém as one of the 50 "best things to eat" in the world. In 2011, following the result of a public vote, the pastry was announced as one of Portugal's Seven Wonders of Gastronomy, further cementing it as one of the country's most popular national dishes.

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Lunar Boom Town/Begillion resource harvesting

Bagillion is a large multinational corporation which harvests readily materials from the regolith. It's primary product is He3 which requires it to move millions upon millions of cubic meters of regolith per year. Naturally, it is more profitable to turn some of the moved material into other products after the He3 is extracted than not.

Slag remaining after materials processing is sintered (heated until it clumps together in a mold) into paving blocks and used to create roads.

Construction is currently under on the equatorial belt highway and the nearside Pole to Pole freeway. These highways are intended to support widespread lunar settlement on generous land grants recently issued by the U.N. Extraterrestial Settltement Agency. The Equatorial Belt Highway is intended to allow solar road trains to follow the sun around the moon as they transport critical cargo.

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 * Materials Processing for Self Replicating Systems for Earth


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chemistry

 * Shale oil
 * Tight oil
 * Shale oil extraction
 * Pyrolysis
 * Petroleum
 * Oil shale
 * Oil refinery
 * Cracking (chemistry)
 * Kerogen
 * Hydrogenation
 * Thermal dissolution
 * Asphalt
 * Diesel fuel
 * Kerosene
 * Gasoline
 * Naphtha

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Honolulu Civil Beat

Honolulu Civil Beat is a nonprofit online news organization covering the U.S. state of Hawaii. It specializes in investigative reporting, watchdog journalism and in-depth enterprise coverage.

History
Pierre Omidyar launched Civil Beat in May 2010 with a subscription paywall. Its founding editor was Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Temple, former editor and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News. When Temple left to take a position at The Washington Post in 2009, journalist Patti Epler was promoted to executive editor.

In 2012, as part of an investigation of municipal law enforcement, Civil Beat sued the City and County of Honolulu for access to public records. In 2013, Huffington Post launched a Hawaii issues and travel-oriented site in partnership with Civil Beat. HuffPost Hawaii staff share office space with the Civil Beat staff.

In 2016, the publication became a non-profit and its paywall was dropped.

The organization has also provided national pool journalists for visits by President Barack Obama and his family, conducted research and enterprise reporting on Hawaii's homeless population and its high mortality rate, and questioned the high cost to taxpayers of remediation of Kahoolawe island.

Journalists and editors at Civil Beat have traveled to other U.S. held territories and military installations in the Pacific, reporting on current and historical events about immigration and other issues.

Operation
Civil Beat has a board of directors that includes publisher Pierre Omidyar.

Civil Beat gets revenue from subscriptions along with funding from Omidyar. Other sponsorships have come from local businesses and nonprofits, such as the law firm of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Appleseed Center and Honolulu Museum of Art which together provided underwriting for a reporting project in Micronesia, and D.R. Horton, which provided underwriting for a series on Hawaii's high cost of living.

Besides the partnership with The Huffington Post, Civil Beat has media partnerships with Hawaii Public Radio, KITV and Clear Channel/KHVH. Civil Beat provides content and analysis for other news organizations including National Public Radio.

Civil Beat is headquartered in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu. Articles written by Civil Beat journalists have been featured in the New York Times and are often referenced and quoted in other news sources. Civil Beat staff contribute to local talk radio programs.

Civil Beat's competitors include the state's major newspaper, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Awards
The Greater Oregon and the Indiana chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) gave its award for "best overall news site" in Hawaii to Honolulu Civil Beat in 2011 and 2012. In 2017, editor Richard Wiens announced it had won best online newsite (the Louisville chapter judged 2016), marking 7 years in a row the paper had won the title.

in May 2024, the publication was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting, for its coverage of the 2023 Hawaii wildfires.

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From Now On (Will Young album)

From Now On is the debut studio album by English recording artist Will Young. It was released by S Records on 7 October 2002, eight months after he won the first series of Pop Idol. The singer worked with a variety of writers and producers on the album, including Absolute, Cathy Dennis, Julian Gallagher, Stephen Lipson, Mike Peden, and Richard Stannard as well as Swedish musicians such as Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, and Per Magnusson. Young co-wrote five songs on From Now On which also features a cover version of The Beatles' song "The Long and Winding Road", a duet with fellow Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates.

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, while peaking at number 11 eleven in Ireland and reaching the top thirty in Ireland and the Netherlands. It became the 18th biggest-selling of 2002 in the United Kingdom and has gone on to sell over 880,000 copies. From Now On spawned six singles, including double A-single "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen", United Kingdom's highest-selling single of the decade. Follow-up singles "Light My Fire" and "The Long and Winding Road" also fared well, both becoming chart toppers on the UK Singles Chart, while "Don't Let Me Down"/"You and I" peaked at number two. In 2003, the album won Young a BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Artist, while "Evergreen" received a nomination in the Song of the Year category and "Anything Is Possible" was awarded the Ivor Novello Award for Bestselling Song of 2002.

Promotion
From Now On was preceded by its double A-lead single, consisting of a cover version of Irish boy band Westlife's 2001 song "Evergreen" and "Anything Is Possible", a new song written for the winner of Pop Idol by Chris Braide and Cathy Dennis. In March 2002, this became the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, selling 403,027 copies on its day of release (1,108,659 copies in its first week). It went on to sell over 1.7 million copies, and on the official list of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK issued later that year, it was ranked eleventh. In 2008, Official Charts Company released the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the 21st century (so far) in which Young's version of "Evergreen" topped the chart. On 31 December 2009, BBC Radio 1 confirmed that "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" was the biggest selling single of the 2000s decade in the United Kingdom. This was again confirmed on 7 May 2012 when Radio 1 played a countdown of the top-selling 150 songs of the millennium so far.

"Light My Fire", a cover version of American rock band The Doors 1967 hit single, recorded in the style of Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano's version (1968), was released as the album's second single, having previously been performed as a piano version in the final 50 of Pop Idol, and again, with a backing track, in the final 10. The song went straight to the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart, selling 177,000 copies in its first week of release, and stayed at number one for two weeks. Also serving as Young's international debut, it became a top ten hit in Ireland, and, Italy. A cover version of The Beatles's "The Long and Winding Road" 1970), a duet with fellow Pop Idol contestant Gareth Gates, was released as a double A-side (with Gates's song "Suspicious Minds") and became Young's third consecutive number-one hit in the United Kingdom. The album's final single, another double A-side, consisting of "Don't Let Me Down" and "You and I", was released in aid of Children in Need, and reached the top five in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Critical reception
Julie Broadfoot from BBC Music wrote that Young "got on with making an impressive, timeless, debut album [...] A quality cast have been picked. However, this album is not paint-by-numbers pop; the legendary Burt Bacharach has got involved, acting as the perfect accompaniment to Will's vocal talent." Broadfoot singled "Lovestruck" out for praise, calling From Now On an "impressive, timeless, debut album" and "a fab album that won't disappoint anyone." Michael Osborn of musicOMH noted "This debut offering seems to have struck a balance between making the best of Will Young's particular talents – and the musical niche where he excels. It should go some way towards silencing critics [...]", although he felt Young appeared nit "entirely comfortable with [...] sweet, candied pop." Allmusic editor Jon O'Brien found that "Young proved himself to be one of the most gifted and unique vocalists a U.K. talent show has seen" but called From Now On "an inconsistent effort." He disliked the singles, but added that the album has "a well-produced and well-crafted collection of mature pop songs that suggests Young will have no problem breaking free from his Pop Idol tag in the future."

RTÉ critic David Byrne found that "what this album needs is less humming and strumming, and more of the intensity evident in "Fine Line" and "Side By Side". The music is well-produced, but it just doesn't seem to fit Will. It would be great to see him rock-out Avril Lavigne-style, up-tempo à la Kylie or even salsa like Ricky Martin, but that might be expecting a bit much. A little loosening-up perhaps? Will is far too young for sipping cocktails with Burt [Bacharach]." Alexis Petridis, writing for The Guardian, felt that "Young does not exist as an artist in his own right [...] You wouldn't wish him sleepless nights. He really does seem like a nice enough bloke. But after hearing From Now On, you wish this wretched business would stop, and stop soon." In a retrospective review, Pop Rescue gave the album four stars of five rating, commenting they were "somewhat surprised by how good this album is. As predicted, it throws in some pent-up S Club pop that must have been originally intended for judges' favourite Gareth Gates' anticipated win, but the sum of the greatness of the other songs out-weighs this". The writer praising Young's vocals throughout the album and numbers such as "Light My Fire", "Lovestruck", "Fine Line" and "What's in a Goodbye", among others.

Commercial performance
From Now On debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart in the week ending 19 October 2002, having sold 187,350 copies in its first week of sales. The Official Charts Company ranked it 18th on its 2002 year-end chart. The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 18 October 2002, and reached double platinum status on 15 November 2002. By 2015, From Now On had sold just over 880,000 copies.

Track listing
Notes
 * undefined signifies a co-producer

Personnel

 * Will Young – vocals
 * Per Magnusson – keyboards
 * Pete Murray – keyboards
 * Peter Gordeno – keyboards, piano, Fender Rhodes
 * Simon Hale – keyboards
 * Esbörn Öhrwall – guitar
 * Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson – guitar
 * Milton McDonald – guitar
 * Fabien Waltmann – guitar, bass guitar
 * Graham Kearns – guitar
 * Anthony Drennan – guitar
 * Dave Morgan – guitar
 * Steve Lewinson – bass guitar
 * Paul Turner – bass guitar
 * Jack Daley – bass guitar
 * Tomas Lindburg – bass guitar
 * Jeremy Stacey – drums
 * Richard 'Biff' Stannard – drums, backing vocals
 * Julian Gallagher – drums
 * Karlos Edwards – percussion
 * Thomas Dyani – percussion
 * Karen Street – accordion
 * The London Sessions Orchestra – strings
 * Stockholm Session Orchestra - strings
 * Absolute – instruments on "Light My Fire"
 * Anders von Hofsten – backing vocals
 * Jeanette Olsson – backing vocals
 * United Colours of Sound – backing vocals
 * Lance Ellington – backing vocals
 * Silvia Mason-James – backing vocals
 * Cathy Dennis – backing vocals
 * Tee Green – backing vocals
 * Ed Johnson – backing vocals
 * Lucie Silvas – backing vocals
 * Sharon Murphy – backing vocals
 * London Community Gospel Choir – gospel choir
 * Per Magnusson – producer, arrangement
 * David Kreuger – producer, arrangement, programming
 * Cathy Dennis – producer, programmer
 * Oskar Paul – producer, programmer
 * Absolute – producer
 * Mike Peden – producer
 * Fabian Waltmann – producer, arrangement, additional drum programming, engineer
 * Stephen Lipson – producer
 * Richard 'Biff' Stannard – producer
 * Julian Gallagher – producer, programmer
 * Jörgen Elofsson – co-producer
 * Bernard Löhr – mixer
 * Adrian Bushby – mixer
 * Steve Fitzmaurice – mixer
 * Brad Gilderman – mixer
 * Phillipe Rose – assistant mixer
 * Jimmy Robertson – assistant mixer
 * Peter Lewis – engineer
 * Adam Brown – engineer
 * Matt Ross – engineer
 * Jeremy Stacey – engineer
 * Heff Moraes – engineer, mixer
 * Geoff Foster – engineer
 * Tim Roe – assistant engineer
 * Fredrik Anderson – orchestra engineer
 * Ulf and Henrik Janson – orchestra arrangement and conduction
 * Nick Ingram – string arranger, conductor
 * Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
 * Isobel Griffiths Ltd – orchestra contractor
 * Martin Hayles – recording engineer
 * Charlie Russell – programmer
 * Alvin Sweeney – recorder, mixer, programmer
 * Paul J. Brady – assistant recorder, assistant mixer

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Praia Pesqueira

Praia Pesqueira is a seaside village in Caué District on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 201 (2012 census). The locality is located just south of Dona Augusta and 5 km southwest of São João dos Angolares.

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HyperOs HyperDrive

HyperDrive (HD) is a series of RAM-based solid-state drives invented by Accelerated Logic B.V. (became Accelerated Logic Ltd. and is now a German company) employee Pascal Bancsi (for HyperDrive II architecture), who partnered with the British company HyperOs Systems, who manufactured the retail product. The HyperDrive interfaces with and is recognized by computer systems as a standard hard drive.

The HyperOs HyperDrive is a series of solid-state drives that use high-speed DDR RAM for data storage.

HyperDrive I
Originally called 'Accelerator', development began in 1999. It is an IDE device supporting PIO mode 1 transfer, and includes 128 MiB SRAM.

HyperDrive II
After the SRAM Accelerator, it was switched to SDRAM and used a 5.25-inch form factor, which allowed the company to build an accelerator with a capacity of 128 MiB to 4 GiB. It had a maximum random access time of 0.15 ms. SDRAM was chosen over Flash because of its speed advantage and reliability over flash memory.

Later generations used a 3.5-inch form factor and supported UDMA 33 transfer speed, with a maximum capacity of 14 GiB.It used an Atmel controller. and included a battery backup mechanism. Future plans included support of UDMA66, a Fibre Channel interface.

HyperDrive III
The Hyperdrive III uses a Parallel ATA (PATA) (max 100 MB/s) or Serial ATA (SATA) interface. For the first time, memory capacity could be changed by using memory slots. It uses ECC DDR SDRAM (max 2 GiB per DIMM). Maximum capacity started at 6 DIMM (12 GiB), and was later changed to 8 DIMM (16 GiB).

Non-volatile storage is achieved using an integral 160-minute 7.2 V battery backup battery (1250 mAh), external adapter, or HyperOs software.

It uses the Xilinx Spartan FPGA and Atmel controller array.

The circuit board was produced by DCE.

HyperDrive 4
It supports both SATA and PATA interfaces (PATA native), with interface speeds up to 133 MB/s. It uses ECC DDR SDRAM (max 2 GiB per DIMM).

Maximum capacity is 8 DIMM (16 GiB, PC1600-PC3200). Memory of different sizes can be mixed, but only if DIMMs of the same capacity are used in 1 bank (4 DIMM/bank).

It supports non-volatile memory backup using an optional 2.5-inch PATA drive, HyperOs software (which swaps RAM contents to a different drive), or a backup battery (5 Ah or 10 Ah).

The drive is rated 125 MB/s data rate, 44k I/O per second.

Revision 3
It supports registered ECC SDRAM, with capacity up to 2 GiB per DIMM on 16 GiB version and 4 GiB per DIMM on 32 GiB version. Seek time was reduced from 40 microseconds to 1100 nanoseconds read and 250 nanoseconds write. It also reduces the power consumption by 30% and employs gold plated DIMM sockets.

HyperDrive 4 Rack-mounted
It is a rack-mounted version of the device with at most four drives.

HyperDrive 4 RAID Systems
It is an external case version with four HyperDrive4 drives. It uses PCI-X or PCI Express x8 interface, with Silicon Image 3124 or Areca 12XX SAT RAID card to connect each drive.

HyperDrive 5
It uses SATA interface with 2x SATA2 interface ports. It uses DDR2 SDRAM (max 8 GiB per DIMM). The manufacturer claimed it had built-in ECC so it no longer required ECC memory, but ECC is performed at the expense of storage capacity if ECC memory is not used. Memory speed is not rated; the manufacturer recommends Kingston ValueRAM (PC2-3200 to PC2-6400).

HyperDrive 5 includes 7.4 V 2400 mAh lithium battery for flash backup, CompactFlash card slot, with an external DC adapter for non-volatile storage.

The drive is rated 175 MB/s read, 145 MB/s write, 40k (later 65k) I/O per second, when using only one of the SATA2 links. The rated speed using the dual SATA2 links is not given by the manufacturer. When using both SATA2 links, the physical drive can be configured as a RAID 0 array with two devices with half of maximum capacity. In RAID 0 mode, the read and write speeds are reported to be more than twice those that are claimed by the manufacturer.

Drive controller is switched to Taiwanese ASIC, instead of the Xilinx Spartan FPGA/Atmel array.

HyperDrive 5 is also sold as ACard ANS-9010, outside of the UK.

HyperDrive 5M
A cheaper version of the Hyperdrive5, with only one SATA2 port and 6 DDR2 slots, so that memory is limited to 48 GiB. Performance and features are the same as the HyperDrive5 when using only one SATA2 link.

HyperDrive 5M is sold as ACard ANS-9010B, outside of the UK.

Awards
HyperDrive4 (16 GiB) won Custom PCs Crazy But Cool award.

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Talk:Dónal Lunny

Year of birth
I created this page, stating that he was born in 1947 (http://www.iol.ie/~ronolan/lunny.html). Somebody changed to 1945. Now I have restored it to 1947. Any dissenters, please put your evidence on this comments page, please. Ogg 08:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Coolfin
Chris k (talk) 19:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)I have added Coolfin to the discography, under the category "Solo," as the record is nominally credited to Lunny alone. It could be argued that it ought to be categorized under the group "Coolfin."

Discography
There was excessive duplication of artists' names in the discography section. Keep it simple, lads! Ogg (talk) 07:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

POV
Too much promotional sounding talk in the article. I tightened up the infobox some (guitar is not a notable instrument unless it is a notable kind of guitar, for example). So I cleaned up a little wording in the introduction, but please be careful not to show a positive or negative point of view in wording-- this is an encyclopedia. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 20:38, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Declan
Many, many years ago I bought a cd called 'Celtic Graces'. There was this glorious tune on uilleann pipe on it by Dónal Lunny named 'Declan'. I don't know anything about it but it was sublime. This is it. This article could mention it as a mark of the talent of this man. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:46, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

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Benthobatis marcida

Benthobatis marcida, the blind torpedo, is a species of electric ray most commonly found in the west–central area of the Atlantic Ocean. Like all electric rays, it can produce an electric shock that can be harmful to humans and other fish. It can grow up to 50 cm long.

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Mount Popomanaseu

Mount Popomanaseu is a volcanic mountain and the highest mountain in the Solomon Islands. It is located on Guadalcanal east of Mount Makarakomburu. At 2335 m, it is the highest peak in the insular South Pacific, excluding New Guinea and its satellite islands. Panning east across the South Pacific, there is no higher mountain until reaching the Andes in South America. The summit is a saddle plateau and can be seen on the range above Honiara International Airport. It holds significant cultural importance for the indigenous people and supports vital habitat for many endemic and restricted range species on Guadalcanal.

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matière

Etymology
From, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) material substance of which something is made
 * 2) matter material things, things in general
 * 3)  matter
 * 4) matter that which is thought
 * 5) content, matter the thing in question
 * 6) subject (at school)
 * 1) subject (at school)

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289th Engineer Combat Battalion (United States)

The 289th Engineer Combat Battalion was a combat engineer battalion of the United States Army during World War II. It served under XXI Corps of the Seventh Army in action mainly in France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. It received campaign credit for participation in the Ardennes-Alsace campaign (Battle of the Bulge), Rhineland campaign, and the Invasion of Germany.

The 289th's principal combat assignments in the Alsace and Rhineland included serving as infantry to protect an important road junction near Saint-Avold, France, deployment under the command of the French First Army in clearing German troops from the Colmar Pocket during the Nazi Operation Nordwind offensive; ferrying assault troops across the Saar River near Saarbrücken Germany; escorting an ambulance corps across the Rhine at Worms near Mannheim; and ferrying troops and equipment across the Neckar River near Heidelberg.

Following these the battalion moved east towards Würzburg to support the assault of that city. In the latter stages of the War it campaigned south and southeast through communities straddling the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Company B continued on assisting rapidly moving armor in the Seventh Army's race to head off German entrenchment in a feared National Redoubt and seal off Alpine passes to Nazi escape.

By early May forward elements of the battalion were spread as far afield as Austria and northern Italy. VE-Day found the Headquarters & Supply company and remaining components of the 289th in Göppingen near Stuttgart. The 289th served occupation duty in three locations in southwest Germany before beginning its return to the United States via Antwerp, Belgium in August 1945.

History

The 289th Engineer Combat Battalion was constituted at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas, in December 1942. A cadre from the 299th Engineer Combat Battalion was detached to Camp Robinson to form its core, establishing Companies A, B, C, and HQ and Service. After training, the 289th left New York Port of Embarkation for the European Theater of Operations (ETO) on 22 October 1944. Upon arrival at Bristol on 1 November, it debarked for training in Weston-super-Mare. On 28 December it departed Southampton for Le Havre, landing 31 December.

In the ETO the 289th was attached directly to the XXI Corps of the Seventh Army, U.S. Sixth Army Group. As a combat service support unit operating at corps level, the 289th was deployed as needed in whole or part, with companies and platoons often temporarily attached to other field commands. Thus it was common for elements of the latter to be far afoot of the unit's official location wherever its Headquarters & Supply company was stationed.

Upon arrival in France the battalion traveled southeast by rail in 40&8s, stopping in Forges-les-Eaux and Lunéville before arriving at Fort de la Mouche in Epinal. In mid-January the unit was ordered to serve as infantry defending a key road junction near Saint-Avold connecting the heavily contested French fortress city of Metz, the Alsatian capital of Strasbourg, and the German city of Saarbrücken. The battalion's 30-cal and 50-cal gun crews were deployed to the north to strengthen a badly over-stretched Seventh Army line depleted when elements were detached to fill the vacuum created when General George Patton's Third Army raced north to the Ardennes to relieve the besieged 101st Airborne at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge.

In late January and early February the 289th was briefly deployed as part of XXI Corps under the command of French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny's French First Army in its effort to clear attacking German troops from the Colmar Pocket during the Operation Nordwind offensive. Nordwind's intent was to drive a wedge through the weakened Allied defenses in the Alsace to prevent reinforcement to the north against its main thrust toward the coveted Allied port of Antwerp and badly needed supplies staged there. Strasbourg was successfully defended, and XXI Corp restored to the US Seventh Army.

Immediately following this the 289th moved near Saarbrücken, where it refined its training and acquired combat engineering materials in preparation for joining in Operation Undertone, the Allied invasion of the Saarland set to commence on 15 March. Battalion engineers ferried infantry across the Saar in the breaching of the vaunted Siegfried Line 17–20 March; followed by support over the Rhine near Mannheim 30 March; and ferry and pontoon bridge construction assistance over the Neckar near Heidelberg 31 March. From there the 289th moved successively eastward closer to Würzburg through 18 April on the heels of the retreating Germans.

It then pivoted south through badly ravaged Crailsheim in several short encampments over the next three weeks, facing diminishing German resistance in areas then falling well behind rapidly advancing front lines. In late April Company B was tasked to support the fast-moving 12th Armored Division in its drive deep into Bavaria to prevent the establishment of a German National Redoubt. With engineers building bridges as fast as the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS could blow them, the 12th roared toward the finish in the Seventh Army's race to the Alps to seal off the Brenner Pass to Nazi escape; a prize nabbed at the wire by the rival 103rd Infantry Division on 4 May. VE Day was celebrated four days later with H&S company stationed in Göppingen, 20 miles southeast of Stuttgart, and forward elements of the 289th having sprawled as far afield as Austria and northern Italy before war's end.

Occupation duty included being rushed to secure the Kaufbeuren Air Base in southern Bavaria when it was revealed as the final location of the Nazi Party's top secret FA signals intelligence and cryptanalytic agency. Perceived crucial by TICOM, the U.S. intelligence and technology gathering organization, its top secret records forced the 289th into the unusual role of military police. Next was a brief move to secure Neckarsulm, home of NSU Motorenwerke's Sd.Kfz. 2 production, followed by an extended stay in Mosbach, site of an underground Daimler-Benz airplane engine factory codenamed "Goldfisch".

Remaining there into August 1945, the 289th was transferred via train through the Netherlands to Belgium to ship out for deployment to the Pacific Theater in preparation for the invasion of Japan. It departed Antwerp 14 August 1945, and was abreast of the White Cliffs of Dover in the English Channel when the announcement of the Japanese surrender on VJ Day, 15 August, was broadcast to all aboard. The transport was then re-routed to the United States, and arrived at Boston Port of Embarkation on 28 August. Members of the unit were processed through Camp Myles Standish and detached to bases nearest their homes to be demobilized.

The unit itself remained active, serving as a shell for repatriating troops as part of Operation Magic Carpet at least into January 1946.

Capabilities
As a combat engineer battalion, the 289th furnished combat support essential to sustaining operating forces in the theater of war. These spanned such diverse activities as construction, demolition, sanitation, map production, minefield clearing, and unit intelligence.

Combat engineer battalions also fielded defensive .30 cal. and .50 cal. machine gun squads, anti-tank rocket and grenade launchers, and were required to fight as infantry when needed.

The range of services provided included but was not limited to:
 * Bridge (mobile, floating, fixed), rail, & road construction and maintenance
 * Conducting river crossings by ponton/raft, motor-powered assault boats
 * Demolition
 * Placing/de-arming munitions, including mines
 * Port & harbor maintenance and rehabilitation, including beachheads:
 * Laying roads and unloading/loading supplies, vehicles & personnel from transport and cargo ships

 * Camouflage
 * Water supply and sanitation
 * Map production
 * Vehicle maintenance
 * Establishing/maintaining supply and ammunition dumps
 * Building barracks, depots, and similar structures
 * Rescue & road patrols, bridge and road reconnaissance
 * Clearing of debris and wreckage
 * Serving as infantry when needed

Among those carried out in action by the 289th were the clearing of minefields, removal of demolition charges, and disarming of anti-personnel munitions and booby traps; deployment and operation of assault boats; and the construction of various pontoon bridges, including M1 treadways, and modular steel truss Bailey bridges.

Actions

Principal combat actions involving the 289th Engineers include:
 * Serving as infantry in support of XXI Corps troops holding the German line near Saint-Avold
 * Ferrying troops of the 276th Infantry Battalion of the 70th Infantry Division in assault boats across the Saar River at Völklingen against the German 1st Army, followed by laying an infantry support bridge, which led to breaching the Siegfried Line and the Allied occupation of Saarbrücken.
 * Escorting an ambulance corps across a temporary bridge over the Rhine at Worms near Mannheim under duress of German artillery fire.
 * Ferrying troops and equipment of the 63rd Infantry Division across the Neckar River near Heidelberg while pontoon bridges were laid after the retreating German army had demolished the city's historic span.
 * Aiding the 12th Armored Division in rapid bridge construction during the Seventh Army's race into southern Bavaria to prevent the establishment of a German National Redoubt and seal off alpine passes to Nazi escape.

Timeline
The 289th traveled as a unit from the U.S. to Saint-Avold, France. Once in the combat zone assignments frequently separated its companies or broke them into smaller outfits, often in support of other units. The travel and encampment dates below reflect the location of the battalion's Headquarters & Supply Company as established in the "Travels of the 289th":

New York England France Germany France Germany
 * 22 October 1944 – Depart New York POE
 * 1 November – Arrive Bristol, England
 * 2 November – Weston-super-Mare
 * 28 December – Depart Southampton
 * 31 December – Le Havre, France
 * 2 January 1945 – Forges-les-Eaux
 * 9 January – Lunéville
 * 11 January – Fort de la Mouche
 * 24 January – Landroff
 * 30 January – Merlebach
 * 1 February – St. Avold
 * 18 March – Krüghutte
 * 20 March – Gersweiler
 * 23 March – Bitche
 * 24 March – Pirmasens
 * 27 March – Edenkoben
 * 28 March – Rhinefield
 * 31 March – Mannheim
 * 1 April – Mudau
 * 3 April – Gissigheim
 * 17 April – Großrinderfeld
 * 19 April – Welbhausen
 * 21 April – Schrozberg
 * 22 April – Hengstfeld
 * 23 April – Dinkelsbühl
 * 27 April – Göppingen
 * Post VE-Day Occupation Duty:

 * 14 May – Kaufbeuren
 * 16 May – Neckarsulm
 * 18 May – Mosbach
 * 14 August – Depart Antwerp, Belgium
 * 28 August Arrive Boston Port of Embarkation

Campaign credit

 * Ardennes-Alsace Battle Credit
 * Rhineland
 * Central Europe


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User:3digitalcoffee/sandbox

The sandbox is a page where inexperienced Wikipedia members and new ones all go to test the Wikipedia editing tool, and learn it enough to use it on official pages.

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