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Evolution of Pakistan Eastern Command plan
39th ad-hoc Division In November 1971, Rawalpindi GHQ warned the Eastern Command that the Indian army would launch the main attack from the east. Gen. Niazi and Gen. Rahim identified the axis of the main attack as: South of Comilla, towards Mudafarganj and Chandpur East of Belonia, from Ramgarh south towards Chittagong...
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Summary The final plan was created to meet both political and strategic objectives, and its success depended on two crucial factors: predicting the possible Indian axis of advance correctly, and the ability of the Pakistani troops to fall back to their designated areas in the face of Indian air superiority and Mukti Ba...
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See also Mitro Bahini order of battle Pakistan Army order of battle, December 1971 Military plans of the Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline of the Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts References Sources Bengali translation: Samudro Prakashana, 2003. Bengali translation: Pakistan Jokhon B...
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Military history of Bangladesh Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistani military exercises Pakistan Navy Pakistan Marines Pakistan Coast Guards Pakistan military presence in other countries Military history of Pakistan Political history of Pakistan Cold War
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Aerospace Industries Organization
Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO, ) is a subordinate of the Iranian defence ministry and a leading high-tech complex headquartered in Tehran. It is a key player in development and production of space assets of Iran, and has some research center and factory under its control. Shahab ballistic missiles are one of n...
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Evolution Tower
The Evolution Tower () is a skyscraper located on plots 2 and 3 of the MIBC in Moscow, Russia. The 55-story office building has a height of and a total area of . Noted in Moscow for its futuristic DNA-like shape, the building was designed by British architect Tony Kettle in collaboration with University of Edinburgh's...
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Evolution Tower
History Initially, companies Snegiri Development and Inteko led by Alexander Chigirinsky and Yelena Baturina respectively had planned on the site to construct a skyscraper named the City Palace, also named the Wedding Palace. However, the project was put on hold when the Great Recession struck. In 2010, Inteko sold th...
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Evolution Tower
Construction of the Evolution Tower began in 2011. In August 2011, Gazprombank opened a 7-year credit line with a volume of US$345 million to the developer for the completion of the skyscraper. On October 6, 2014, the tower was completed and put into operation. The exact cost of the building is unknown, but RBK quoted ...
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Design The Evolution Tower is designed by Tony Kettle and Karen Forbes with assistance later from Philipp Nikandrov, chief architect of engineering firm GORPROJECT. The design is similar to the double helix-shape of DNA. This is possibly why the building reflects two ribbons wrapping around each other: symbolizing the...
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The plot covers an area of 2.55 hectares, of which most are landscaped into a terrace while the rest is used for the tower. The tower and the terrace are built on a three-level stylobate designated the Evolution Gallery with an area of . There are exits from the tower that lead directly to the metro station Vystavochna...
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Each of the 51 floors of the tower is rotated 3 degrees relative to the previous one, so the building is "swirled" by more than 150 degrees. In this way, the central core and eight columns with 15-meter spans between the axes remain strictly vertical all the way up. The spiral geometry is repeated only by four corners ...
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The Evolution Tower uses the single-glazing facade with cold-mirror SunGuard High Performance glass from Guardian Industries for its windows. A continuous band of curved glazing with an area of with a constant inclination in the corners of the tower (approximately 14 degrees to the vertical) creates an optical illusio...
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Space of the Evolution Tower would be utilized primarily for office purposes but there would also be shopping galleries, boutiques, restaurants, cafes, a supermarket and banquet halls.
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Nominations The Evolution Tower earned the 2nd place title in the Emporis Skyscraper Award 2015 competition for world’s best skyscraper. It became a finalist for the 2016 MIPIM Awards and for the 2015 CTBUH Best Tall Building Awards. In addition, it was voted Moscow's best office building in 2015, received the grand-p...
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Management Evolution Tower project's original owner was the company City Palace, which is owned by companies Snegiri Development and Inteko led by Alexander Chigirinsky and Yelena Baturina respectively. After the resignation of Yuri Luzhkov as mayor of Moscow, Baturina sold her stake in the project for US$52 million t...
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In 2016, Snegiri claimed that Snapbox had unjustly enriched for US$127 million, because Rashnikov and Nader had supposedly purchased the share in Evolution Project at an underestimated price from Elena Baturina and after that hadn’t given the right to Snegiri Group to the shares in Russia Tower and Rossiya Hotel as had...
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In July 2014, Russian oil company Transneft announced plans to buy the tower for about US$1 billion. It was expected that the deal would beсome the largest in the Moscow office market. Officially, the deal took place in the spring of 2016: Transneft bought only office space and, taking into account the changed exchange...
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Construction gallery See also List of tallest buildings in Moscow List of tallest buildings in Russia List of tallest buildings in Europe List of twisted buildings References External links http://www.masterslavl.ru/ animation evolution tower Moscow International Business Center Twisted buildings and structures Sk...
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Hyposmocoma scepticella
Hyposmocoma scepticella is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. The type locality is Olinda, where it was collected at an elevation of . External links scepticella Endemic moths of Hawaii
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Hyposmocoma subocellata
Hyposmocoma subocellata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. The type locality is Haleakalā, where it was collected at an elevation between . External links subocellata Endemic moths of Hawaii
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Launch Pad (software)
Launch Pad is an alternative to the Macintosh and Windows desktop developed by Berkeley Systems in late 1994 for children aged 3 to 10 years. It provided a simple environment for users to help them to work without supervision. Launch Pad replaces the Finder desktop (on the Macintosh version) while active, providing a s...
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Launch Pad (software)
While active, an "adult password" could be input at the logon screen which would quit the software and return to the Finder (on Mac) or Program Manager (on Windows). Aside from its security features, its interface and basic functionality was very similar to KidDesk. References Classic Mac OS software Windows software
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Civil Aviation Department RG-1 Rohini
The Civil Aviation Department RG-1 Rohini is an Indian two-seat training sailplane of the 1960s. A high-winged wooden monoplane, with side-by-side seating;at least 107 were built. Development and design
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The Technical Centre of the Indian Civil Aviation Department is its research and development arm, and started design and production of sailplanes in 1950. In the early 1960s S Ramamritham designed a two-seat training sailplane, the RG-1 Rohini, the first of four prototypes flying on 10 May 1961. The Rohini is a mon...
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A total of 17 Rohinis were built by Veegal Engines and Engineering of Calcutta, with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited building a further 86 RG-1s by 1971. Specifications (RG-1 Rohini) See also Notes References HAL aircraft 1960s Indian sailplanes Civil Aviation Department aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1961
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List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate
This article has lists of U.S. states by adult incarceration and correctional supervision rates according to United States Department of Justice figures. The state incarceration numbers include sentenced and un-sentenced inmates in jails and state prisons, but not persons in federal prisons. They are listed separately....
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List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate
U.S. states by incarceration rate under state prison or local jail jurisdiction per 100,000 population. Rates are for year-end 2018. The table below has all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Note: The table is initially in descending order for rate per 100,000 of all ages. Note: The columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order. Sort state name column to return to alphabetical order. Note: There are 2 state incarceration rate columns: One per 100,000 of all ages. And one per 100,000 adults. Note:...
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Incarceration stats by US territory, and percent female * indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Juvenile detention Juvenile detention totals from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Comparison with other countries According to the World Prison Brief the United States curre...
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In addition to the overall highest incarceration rate, the United States also has the highest rate of female incarceration. According to a November 2017 report by the World Prison Brief around 212,000 of the 714,000 female prisoners worldwide (women and girls) are incarcerated in the United States. In the United States...
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Comparing English-speaking developed countries; the overall incarceration rate in the US is 639 per 100,000 population of all ages (as of 2018), the incarceration rate of Canada is 104 per 100,000 (as of 2018), England and Wales is 130 per 100,000 (as of 2021), and Australia is 160 per 100,000 (as of 2020). Comparing o...
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In addition, the United States has striking statistics when observing the racial dimension of mass incarceration. According to Michelle Alexander (in 2010 book), the United States "imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid." Correctional supervision rates by ...
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* indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Male and female incarceration and correctional supervision numbers In 2015 there were 1,942,500 male and 202,600 female inmates in prisons and jails. That is 10.4% female. See the state, federal, and overall total at the bottom of the table. * indicates "I...
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Female incarceration rates by country and US state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Female incarceration rates if every US state were a country. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data is available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "Figure 1. This graph shows t...
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See also United States incarceration rate Incarceration in the United States Incarceration of women in the United States Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States Race and the War on Drugs Youth incarceration in the United States School-to-prison pipeline List of U.S. states by homicide rate Referenc...
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Javanese Kshatriya
Javanese Kshatriya were a Hindu Kshatriya community which originally existed in the island of Java in Indonesia. According to the ancient Hindu law, the Kshatriyas have the exclusive right to bear arms in order to defend the country. Indigenous Kshatriya communities currently exist in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan...
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Javanese Kshatriya
Most prominent of the Kshatriya clans in Java were those located in Koripan, Gaglang, Kediri and Janggala. The literary work Rangga Lawe describes in detail about the Kshatriyas and Vaishyas of the Kediri royal palace. Jawa or Kediri was the largest Hindu kingdom, which was ruled by Kshatriyas in the island.
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Javanese Kshatriya
Javanese Kshatriyas were popularly known as K'bo or Mahisa (meaning buffalo) and Rangga to indicate their strength. The Kshatriyas came to Java in small numbers, but most of the princes were of the third caste, the wesya (Vaishya). Most important of the Kshatriya families in Java were Mahisa Bungalan, K'bo Wilalungan, ...
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Javanese Kshatriya
The Javanese Kshatriyas became extinct during the early 17th century as a result of constant warfare with their Islamic rivals. No descendants remain of this community now, except those in Bali who claim ancestry from Dewa Agung. See also Balinese Kshatriya References Hinduism in Indonesia Kshatriya communities Hindu ...
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Civilization (2002 board game)
Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame is a 2002 board game created by Glenn Drover based on the Civilization series of video games, in particular, Civilization III. Drover himself was a sales manager at Microprose during the original development of Civilization, though he was not directly involved in the creation of...
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Civilization (2002 board game)
Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame bears no relation to the Avalon Hill board game of similar name, though the video game series was alleged to have been based on the Avalon Hill game. Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame was published by Eagle Games, but is now considered out-of-print. Up to six players may ...
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Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame may be used with either of two different rulesets: the simpler "standard rules" or the "advanced rules", the latter employing more elements taken from the video games. A further game based on the Civilization series, Civilization: The Board Game, was released in 2010 by Fantasy F...
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Gameplay The game is played on a stylized map of Earth. At the start of the game, a series of exploration markers are placed face-down on each of the land regions of the board, and each player begins with two small settlements, consisting of a town, a settler unit, and a swordsman unit, on a land region of their choo...
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Each turn consists of four phases. All players perform actions simultaneously in each phase, though the starting player rotates among the players between turns. The phases are as follows: Movement Phase - In this phase, players may move any or all of the units on the board. Depending on how the movement concludes, t...
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In the standard rules, players reaching a series of milestones may claim a wonder of the world at any point in the game. In the advanced rules, wonders are granted by the purchase of various technologies, and provide a benefit to the player for the era that they are associated with.
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The game is divided into four eras: ancient, medieval, industrial, and modern. The era is advanced at the end of a turn in which the following occur: In the standard rules, either all technologies of an era are researched, or in which one player discovers three technologies from the current era. In the advanced rule...
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Wonders from past eras are no longer available to be claimed, while technologies from older eras become unavailable in the standard game or remain available at a reduced cost in the advanced game. In the advanced game, players may be granted obsolete wonders from researching past-era technologies. The game ends when a...
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In the first case, the player remaining is declared the winner. In all other cases, players are awarded victory points for their settlements, technologies, and wonders. The player with the greatest number of victory points wins the game.
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Units There are two main types of units in Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame: settlers and military units. Military units are further subdivided into armies (infantry, cavalry, and artillery), fleets, and aircraft. With the exception of aircraft, military units are also distinguished by the era they are first ...
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During the movement phase, all armies may move to any adjacent land territory, while fleets may move a number of water spaces based on their eras. Settlers may move two land territories per turn, while aircraft may move up to three territories away. Fleets may be used to move land units across water, while aircraft m...
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Settlers may be used to peek into any unclaimed exploration markers, though doing so ends their movement. Exploration markers may contain events, which are resolved immediately and removed from the board; terrain, which are replaced face-up and provide production bonuses or penalties to players who build settlements t...
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Combat After one player has moved their pieces, the player may declare a battle against any other player whose pieces are in the same territory; likewise, any opponent may also declare a battle against the player on move in areas where their pieces share territory. Declaration of battles is entirely optional: players...
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At the start of combat, each player selects one of the pieces under their control. Both opposing units are revealed simultaneously, and a number of dice are rolled based on the era of the units involved: as few as one for ancient era units and as many as four for modern era units. The number of dice rolled also diffe...
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Combat continues until one side is out of units. Any aircraft belonging to the defeated player (which may exist if there are a surplus of aircraft, or not all aircraft were used in support) are destroyed.
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Settlements In Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame, there are four types of settlements: villages, towns, cities, and metropolises. Only one settlement is permitted on any territory, and settlers may be converted to villages for a price during the purchase phase. Settlements may be upgraded to a higher-level thr...
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In the advanced game, each settlement can also be assigned city improvements. Each city improvement may either improve happiness or productivity, and a settlement may be assigned up to two improvements (one each for happiness and productivity). City improvements can be reassigned freely as needed, and are not lost wh...
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In the advanced game, settlements are either "happy" or "unhappy", "productive" and "unproductive". Each settlement founded on territories with the "wine" and "gems" resources (found on exploration markers) are automatically happy. A player may designate any one of their other settlements as being happy, while all ot...
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Honors and awards Origins Awards Best Historical Board Game Winner (2002) Reviews Pyramid References External links Board games introduced in 2002 Board game Eagle Games games Board games about history Origins Award winners
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Structural fracture mechanics
Structural fracture mechanics is the field of structural engineering concerned with the study of load-carrying structures that includes one or several failed or damaged components. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics, structural engineering, safety engineering, probability theory, and catastrophe theory to ca...
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Structural fracture mechanics
There are two typical scenarios: A localized failure does NOT cause immediate collapse of the entire structure. The entire structure fails immediately after one of its components fails. If the structure does not collapse immediately there is a limited period of time until the catastrophic structural failure of the enti...
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Safety engineers use the failure of the first component as an indicator and try to intervene during the given period of time to avoid the catastrophe of the entire structure. For example, “Leak-Before-Break” methodology means that a leak will be discovered prior to a catastrophic failure of the entire piping system occ...
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The failure of a complex system with parallel redundancy can be estimated based on probabilistic properties of the system elements. See also References Structural engineering Continuum mechanics Fracture mechanics Solid mechanics
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De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (incidence geometry)
In incidence geometry, the De Bruijn–Erdős theorem, originally published by , states a lower bound on the number of lines determined by n points in a projective plane. By duality, this is also a bound on the number of intersection points determined by a configuration of lines. Although the proof given by De Bruijn and ...
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De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (incidence geometry)
Let P be a configuration of n points in a projective plane, not all on a line. Let t be the number of lines determined by P. Then, t ≥ n, and if t = n, any two lines have exactly one point of P in common. In this case, P is either a projective plane or P is a near pencil, meaning that exactly n - 1 of the points are ...
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De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (incidence geometry)
Assume n > 3 and the theorem is true for n − 1. Let P be a set of n points not all collinear. The Sylvester–Gallai theorem states that there is a line containing exactly two points of P. Such two point lines are called ordinary lines. Let a and b be the two points of P on an ordinary line. If the removal of point a pro...
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Otherwise, the removal of a produces a set, P' , of n − 1 points that are not all collinear. By the induction hypothesis, P' determines at least n − 1 lines. The ordinary line determined by a and b is not among these, so P determines at least n lines. J. H. Conway's proof John Horton Conway has a purely combinatorial ...
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South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
The South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) is a professional association representing electrical and electronic engineers, technologists and technicians in Southern Africa. The organisation is listed as a recognised Voluntary Association by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), the statutory ...
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South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
The SAIEE has sections that cover the following aspects of electrical engineering: Power and Energy Electronics and Software Historical Rotating Machines Telecommunications Lightning Systems Engineering Education The SAIEE administers a number of university bursaries and scholarships in the field of electrical a...
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South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
The SAIEE runs regular seminars, lectures and other events for its members and the public. Notable annual events include the Bernard Price Memorial Lecture, arranged jointly with the University of the Witwatersrand since 1951, and the President's Invitation Lecture. SAUPEC Publications SAIEE Africa Research Journal (A...
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South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
Presidents (Ms) Sy Gourrah, 2020 George Debbo, 2019 Dr Hendri Geldenhuys, 2018 Jacob Machinjike, 2017 TC Madikane, 2016 Andre Hoffmann, 2015 Dr Pat Naidoo, 2014 Paul van Niekerk, 2013 Mike Cary, 2012 Andries Tshabalala, 2011 Dr Angus Hay, 2010 du Toit Grobler, 2009 Centenary Year VM Wilson, 2008 IS Mcke...
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References External links South African Institute of Electrical Engineers Electrical engineering organizations Engineering societies based in South Africa Organisations based in Johannesburg
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Nick Hits (TV programming block)
Nick Hits was a programming block on Nickelodeon, which aired classic Nicktoons, it replaced Nick at Nite on weekends. The block launched on July 4, 2009 and ended on April 4, 2010. All of the block's programs were added to the lineup of the block that replaced it, Nick at Nite. Programming Former
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Aaahh!!! Real Monsters As Told by Ginger The Angry Beavers CatDog ChalkZone Hey Arnold! Invader Zim KaBlam! The Ren & Stimpy Show (Brazil only) Rocket Power Rocko's Modern Life Rugrats (except in Brazil) The Wild Thornberrys External links Mundonick.com Nickelodeon Latin America Schedule Nickelodeon Latin...
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Engineering duty officer
An engineering duty officer (EDO) is a restricted line officer in the United States Navy, involved with the design, acquisition, construction, repair, maintenance, conversion, overhaul and disposal of ships, submarines, aircraft carriers, and the systems installed aboard (weapons, command and control, communications, c...
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Mission The engineering duty officer community provides experienced naval engineers to provide technical advice and leadership . EDO's are involved with the design, acquisition, construction, repair, maintenance, conversion, overhaul, and disposal of ships, submarines, and the systems installed aboard. EDOs are uniqu...
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Insignia As line officers of the Navy, EDOs wear an inverted gold star above their rank stripes on both their dress blue uniforms and on their shoulder boards. In virtually all respects, their uniforms are indistinguishable from their Unrestricted Line (URL) counterparts. The two predominant sources of new EDOs are b...
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A small number of EDOs not previously qualified as submarine warfare officers can volunteer for the Engineering Duty Dolphin Program, and by successfully completing it, earn their Submarine Engineering Duty insignia.
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The EDO qualification insignia was approved in June 2017. Taking the same form as other warfare or qualification devices, it is a metal or embroidered chest device worn on the left side primary or secondary position of the uniform. Once qualified, EDOs can wear this insignia according to U.S. Navy uniform regulations (...
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Areas of specialization Current EDOs serve in one of several career fields, including: Program management of surface ships, submarines, weapons and combat systems, and Information Warfare (C4ISR) systems. Maintenance of surface ships and submarines at naval shipyards and smaller-scale maintenance facilities. Naval Sea...
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History The importance of engineering duty officers in United States Navy history is memorialized in a bronze bas-relief by American sculptor Antonio Tobias "Toby" Mendez , on the sculpture wall at the United States Navy Memorial in Washington DC, entitled "Engineering Duty Officers – 'Sharpening the Point of the Spear...
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The breast insignia of the EDO, first issued in January 2018, was spearheaded by Capt. Huan Nguyen, with the support of Rear Adm. Alma Grocki and Rear Adm. Ronald Fritzemeier.
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Notable engineering duty officers The former Honorable Sean J. Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and_Acquisition). Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN, "Father of the Nuclear Navy." Admiral Samuel M. Robinson, USN, Director of Material and Procurement during World War II and first Chief of the...
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See also List of Naval Officer Designators References External links Navy Personnel Command: Engineering Duty Officers Navy Personnel Command: Engineering Duty Officer Community Leadership Engineering occupations Military logistics of the United States United States Navy
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Greenwich in the American Civil War
The town of Greenwich, Connecticut, contributed 437 men to twenty-six Connecticut regiments during the American Civil War. Greenwich soldiers fought in almost every major Union campaign, including Bull Run, Gettysburg and the siege of Petersburg. Approximately half of the Greenwich soldiers served in two infantry regim...
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Greenwich before the Civil War On the eve of the Civil War, Greenwich was a small agricultural community with a population just over 6,500. Most Greenwich residents, like those of Connecticut, supported the Union cause. However, there was an undercurrent of anti-war sentiment, due to the high volume of trade with the s...
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Anti-slavery advocates were well represented in Greenwich and Connecticut in the lead-up to the Civil War. But, attitudes toward slavery were not uniform as many working men feared competition from freed slaves. The last slaves in Greenwich were freed by 1823. Freed slaves had lived in Greenwich for many years prior to...
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Greenwich at the start of the Civil War Greenwich men readily volunteered when President Abraham Lincoln made the call for 75,000 volunteers to defend the Union after the attack on Fort Sumter. In October 1861, the town of Greenwich authorized the payment of an enlistment bounty of $100 for recruits serving a nine-mont...
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Greenwich Soldiers in Connecticut Regiments Greenwich men served in twenty-six Connecticut regiments. A few Greenwich men also enlisted in New York regiments. These soldiers fought in almost every major civil war campaign, including the battles of First Bull Run, Antietam, Second Bull Run, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg as we...
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Greenwich citizens were particularly well represented in the 10th Connecticut Volunteers. Company I, of the 10th regiment consisted entirely of Greenwich men. The company's first commander was Major Daniel Merritt Mead (pictured in this section). Major Mead lead the first contingent of Greenwich volunteers into the Uni...
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The 10th regiment saw action in the coastal campaign during the early years of the war, which culminated with the siege of Charleston. The 10th went on to fight the trench battles of Richmond, earning praise from Union generals and Ulysses S. Grant. The 10th regiment was active at the war's very end, when they blocked ...
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10th Connecticut Volunteers, summary of major engagements: Roanoke Island, NC, (February 1862), New Bern, NC, (March 1862), Siege of Charleston, S.C., (July 28 – October 25, 1863), Drewry's Bluff, VA, (May 1864), Darbytown and New Market Roads, VA, (October 1864), Fort Gregg, VA, (April 1865), Appomattox Court House, V...
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The 17th regiment consisted of Fairfield county men and Company I was made up entirely of Greenwich recruits. The 17th regiment's first assignment was as reserve troops in the Fredericksburg campaign. The regiment subsequently saw action at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In the late summer of 1863, the 17th was order...
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Greenwich African American Soldiers African Americans from Greenwich fought in two Connecticut regiments, the 29th and 31st volunteer infantry. Both of these regiments were formed in the last 18 months of the war to meet the Union's aggressive drive for new recruits. Twenty four African Americans from Greenwich served ...
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Notable Greenwich Soldiers Nicholas Fox – Nicholas Fox was the only civil war soldier from Greenwich to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest battlefield recognition. Mr. Fox was awarded the Medal of Honor for an act of bravery in the battle of Fort Hudson, Louisiana, on June 14, 1863. In the battle, Nicolas Fox ran ...
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Captain Frank Munford Kelly - In 1861, at the age of seventeen, Mr. Kelly enlisted in the 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, known as the Ellsworth Avengers. Through his valor he was soon promoted to Sergeant, then Second Lieutenant, and Adjunct and, finally, captain. He participated in most of the important en...
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Charles A. Bing - Charles Bing enlisted in 1861 with the 6th Connecticut Volunteers, and spent twenty-seven months as a private in the service of the Union Army. In October 1861, Mr. Bing took part in one of the major initial Union coastal expeditions against the Confederacy. The expedition was composed of sixteen thou...
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The town of Greenwich contributed a total 437 men to twenty-six Connecticut regiments during the Civil war. This represented approximately seven percent of the town's population. Sixty-nine Greenwich men gave their live for the Union cause during the civil war. Nine were killed in battle or died of wounds. Two were mis...
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In 1890, the town of Greenwich erected a monument to their Civil War soldiers. The monument still stands today, at the corner of Putnam Avenue and Maple Street. On its sides are inscribed the names of battles where Greenwich men fought. The monument bears the inscription "To her loyal sons who fought for the Union". To...
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Further reading Ross McCain, Diana, "Connecticut's African American Soldiers in the Civil War", (Connecticut Historical Commission). Newton, Alexander H, "Out of the Briars", (African Methodist Episcopal Book Concern, 1910). Marshall, Henry G. (Transcribed by Jeffrey B. Mead for Historical Society of the Town of Gre...
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