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Triethylene glycol

Triethylene glycol, TEG, or triglycol is a colorless odorless viscous liquid with molecular formula HOCH2CH2OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH. It is used as a plasticizer for vinyl polymers. It is also used in air sanitizer products, such as "Oust" or "Clean and Pure". When aerosolized it acts as a disinfectant. Glycols are also used as liquid desiccants for natural gas and in air conditioning systems. It is an additive for hydraulic fluids and brake fluids and is used as a base for "smoke machine" fluid in the entertainment industry.

Properties
Triethylene glycol is a member of a homologous series of polyethylene glycols. It is a colorless, odorless and stable liquid with high viscosity and a high boiling point. Apart from its use as a raw material in the manufacture and synthesis of other products, TEG is known for its hygroscopic quality and its ability to dehumidify fluids. This liquid is miscible with water, and at standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa) has a boiling point of 286.5 °C and a freezing point of −7 °C. It is also soluble in ethanol, acetone, acetic acid, glycerine, pyridine, aldehydes; slightly soluble in diethyl ether; and insoluble in oil, fat and most hydrocarbons.

Preparation
TEG is prepared commercially as a co-product of the oxidation of ethylene at high temperature in the presence of silver oxide catalyst, followed by hydration of ethylene oxide to yield mono(one)-, di(two)-, tri(three)- and tetraethylene glycols.

Applications
TEG is used by the oil and gas industry to "dehydrate" natural gas. It may also be used to dehydrate other gases, including CO2, H2S, and other oxygenated gases. It is necessary to dry natural gas to a certain point, as humidity in natural gas can cause pipelines to freeze, and create other problems for end users of the natural gas. Triethylene glycol is placed into contact with natural gas, and strips the water out of the gas. Triethylene glycol is heated to a high temperature and put through a condensing system, which removes the water as waste and reclaims the TEG for continuous reuse within the system. The waste TEG produced by this process has been found to contain enough benzene to be classified as hazardous waste (benzene concentration greater than 0.5 mg/L).

Triethylene glycol is well established as a relatively mild disinfectant toward a variety of bacteria, influenza A viruses and spores of Penicillium notatum fungi. However, its exceptionally low toxicity, broad materials compatibility, and low odor combined with its antimicrobial properties indicates that it approaches the ideal for air disinfection purposes in occupied spaces. Much of the scientific work with triethylene glycol was done in the 1940s and 1950s, however that work has ably demonstrated the antimicrobial activity against airborne, solution suspension, and surface bound microbes. The ability of triethylene glycol to inactivate Streptococcus pneumoniae (original citation: pneumococcus Type I), Streptococcus pyogenes (original citation: Beta hemolytic streptococcus group A) and Influenza A virus in the air was first reported in 1943. Since the first report the following microorganisms have been reported in the literature to be inactivated in the air: Penicillium notatum spores, Chlamydophila psittaci (original citation: meningopneumonitis virus strain Cal 10 and psittacosis virus strain 6BC), Group C streptococcus, type 1 pneumococcus, Staphylococcus albus, Escherichia coli, and Serratia marcescens Bizio (ATCC 274). Solutions of triethylene glycol are known to be antimicrobial toward suspensions of Penicillium notatum spores, Streptococcus pyogenes (original citation: Beta hemolytic streptococcus Group A ), Streptococcus pneumoniae (original citation: pneumococcus Type I), Streptococcus viridans, and Mycobacterium bovis (original citation: tubercle bacilli Ravenel bovine-type). Further, the inactivation of H1N1 influenza A virus on surfaces has been demonstrated. The latter investigation suggests that triethylene glycol may prove to be a potent weapon against future influenza epidemics and pandemics. However, at least some viruses, including Pseudomonas phage phi6 become more infectious when treated with triethylene glycol.

Safety
According to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), no hazards have been classified https://echa.europa.eu/es/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.003.594

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Wilhelm Miklas

Wilhelm Miklas (15 October 1872 – 20 March 1956) was an Austrian politician who served as President of Austria from 1928 until the Anschluss to Nazi Germany in 1938.

Early life
Born as the son of a post official in Krems, in the Cisleithanian crown land of Lower Austria, Miklas graduated from high school at Seitenstetten and went on to study history and geography at the University of Vienna. From 1905 to 1922, Miklas was headmaster of the Federal Secondary School in Horn, a small town in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel region.

Early political career
In 1907, Miklas was elected to the Imperial Council (Reichsrat) parliament as a member of the Christian Social Party. Re-elected in 1911, Miklas held a parliamentary seat in the provisional assembly of German-Austria and in the Constitutional Assembly of the First Austrian Republic. A rare opponent of German nationalism, he declared himself against a closer connection with the Weimar Republic and played a pivotal role in adopting the red-white-red Austrian flag.

In 1919, Miklas was appointed state secretary in the Austrian government of Chancellor Karl Renner. From 1923 to 1928, he was the speaker of the National Council (Nationalrat).

Presidency
On 10 December 1928, the representatives of the Federal Assembly elected him president, which he served until the position ceased to exist ten years later.

Miklas did not intervene, when on 4 March 1933 after a heated discussion in the Nationalrat parliament over a strike of federal railways employees Speaker Karl Renner as well as his deputies Rudolf Ramek and Sepp Straffner resigned their offices. The assembly was no longer capable for actions and decisions, which gave Miklas' party fellow Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss the pretext to declare the parliament's "self-elimination". The government obstructed any resumption of the session by massive presence of police forces as well as of paramilitary Heimwehr troops led by Emil Fey, a self-coup that enabled Dollfuss to rule by "emergency decrees" following the Article 48 example set by German President Paul von Hindenburg.

The president remained passive on 20 May, when the government established the Fatherland Front as a prospective single-party, followed by the ban of the Communist Party, the Austrian branch of the Nazi Party and the Social Democratic Republikanischer Schutzbund paramilitary organisation. The prohibition of the Arbeiter-Zeitung (Worker's Newspaper) and the measures against the Austrian labour movement led to the outbreak of the Austrian Civil War on 12 February 1934. As a result, also the Social Democratic Party was banned and the Austrofascist ideology finally realized with the implementation of the Federal State of Austria (Ständestaat). The authoritarian measures had no effect on the office of the President. In his private records, Miklas clearly condemned the violation of the constitution by Dollfuss and his successor Kurt Schuschnigg, but he did not openly criticise the government's policies.

During the July Putsch of 1934, Nazi putschists tried to arrest the Federal President on his way to Velden in Carinthia and take him hostage. The Nazis chased President Miklas' vehicle for some time, but after the failure of the coup in Vienna they were stopped and arrested by the Austrian police.

Miklas was highly unpopular among Austrian Nazis, as he refused to commute the death sentences imposed on assassins of Dollfuss after the failed July Putsch in 1934. In view of the rising pressure by Nazi Germany, the Austrofascist state approached the Kingdom of Italy under Duce Benito Mussolini and the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1936, Miklas entertained Regent Miklós Horthy at Wörthersee.

After Schuschnigg on 12 February 1938 had been summoned to the Berghof by Adolf Hitler to receive German demands, Miklas offered amnesty to the jailed Nazi members but initially refused to turn over the national police force to their leader Arthur Seyss-Inquart. However, when Hitler ordered Wehrmacht operations along the border, the president was forced to give in and installed Seyss-Inquart as Austrian Minister of the Interior.

On 9 March 1938, Schuschnigg announced a plebiscite on Austrian independence to be held within four days. In turn, on 11 March Hermann Göring demanded that Seyss-Inquart replace Schuschnigg as chancellor; otherwise, German forces would overrun Austria the following day. While a Nazi mob invaded the chancellery, Schuschnigg declared his resignation ("yielding to force"). Miklas again refused to appoint Seyss-Inquart but was not able to present a non-Nazi candidate. After Hitler received the confirmation from Mussolini that Italy would not interfere, he gave orders that German troops would invade at dawn the following day (Unternehmen Otto). Miklas capitulated at midnight, announcing that he had instated Seyss-Inquart as new chancellor. Seyss-Inquart hectically spoke on the phone with the Nazi authorities in Berlin, but it was too late. When German troops rolled over the border at dawn the next day, they met with no resistance by the Austrian Armed Forces and were largely greeted as heroes.

Miklas, for his initial refusal, ended up under house arrest but was protected from mistreatment by the future Waffen-SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny during the days of the Anschluss. With the promulgation of a "law concerning the re-unification of Austria with the German Reich" by Seyss-Inquart on 13 March, the offices of both the Austrian chancellor and of the Austrian president were terminated. While Schuschnigg was imprisoned, Miklas abandoned the political sphere and retired, receiving his pension unmolested.

After World War II
After World War II, Miklas refused to run again for presidency, in favour of Karl Renner.

He died on 20 March 1956 in Vienna.

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Gear (disambiguation)

A gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component.

Gear or gears may also refer to:

Fictional characters

 * Richie Foley, aka Gear, from Static Shock
 * Gears, a character from the G.I. Joe franchise
 * Gears, a character from the Transformers franchise

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

 * Gears, a 1975 album by Johnny Hammond
 * Gear, a comic book limited series by Image Comics
 * Gear, an American men's magazine
 * GEAR, a Japanese long-run theatre show
 * Gear (The Village Voice), a 1969 character sketch

Science and technology

 * Gears (software), formerly Google Gears, utility software by Google
 * Landing gear, the undercarriage of an aircraft
 * Samsung Gear, a line of wearable computing devices

Other uses

 * Gear (name), including a list of people with the name
 * Gender Equality Architecture Reform, an international NGO campaign
 * Geared, maritime transport vessels equipped with cranes
 * USS Gear (ARS-34), a 1942 U.S. Navy ship

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FWBO / WBO
Its unfortunate that this article is continually vandalised to give an unbalanced view of the FWBO / WBO. It is particularly interesting that there is no acknowledgement of the explicit homophobia in the critique of the FWBO.

The underlying sense is that homosexuality is incompatible with the spiritual life. I dont think wikipedia should be used as a vehicle for bigotry. There are several positions on the issue of Sangarakshita and sex, the only one given a presence here is the heterosexist / homophobic one: men that have sex with men are either predators or victims. Equally odd, is the invisibility of women in this discourse on sexual matters and abuse of power. Are they absent from the FWBO / WBO? Or Neutered sexless creatures, requiring activation by a male?

Bigotry and manifesto are devaluing Wikipedia's worth

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Knutsford services

Okay, I'm going to take the step and open a discussion on the subject in here and try and create a consensus from the community.

Our options are generally, to keep all the individual articles, to keep the individual articles of note like Watford Gap, or to delete everything and have a general page at Motorway service area (UK) - does everyone at least agree that these are our choices? --Erath 17:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

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Date: 13:00 onwards, Sunday 10 August 2008

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The location is a pub that is quite quiet and family friendly on a Sunday lunchtime, so hopefully younger Wikipedians will also feel welcome and safe. Alcohol consumption is certainly not required!

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Second-generation wavelet transform

In signal processing, the second-generation wavelet transform (SGWT) is a wavelet transform where the filters (or even the represented wavelets) are not designed explicitly, but the transform consists of the application of the Lifting scheme. Actually, the sequence of lifting steps could be converted to a regular discrete wavelet transform, but this is unnecessary because both design and application is made via the lifting scheme. This means that they are not designed in the frequency domain, as they are usually in the classical (so to speak first generation) transforms such as the DWT and CWT). The idea of moving away from the Fourier domain was introduced independently by David Donoho and Harten in the early 1990s.

Calculating transform
The input signal $$f$$ is split into odd $$\gamma _1$$ and even $$\lambda _1$$ samples using shifting and downsampling. The detail coefficients $$\gamma _2$$ are then interpolated using the values of $$\gamma _1$$ and the prediction operator on the even values:

 * $$\gamma _2 = \gamma _1  - P(\lambda _1 ) \, $$

The next stage (known as the updating operator) alters the approximation coefficients using the detailed ones:

 * $$\lambda _2 = \lambda _1  + U(\gamma _2 ) \, $$

The functions prediction operator $$P$$ and updating operator $$U$$ effectively define the wavelet used for decomposition. For certain wavelets the lifting steps (interpolating and updating) are repeated several times before the result is produced.

The idea can be expanded (as used in the DWT) to create a filter bank with a number of levels. The variable tree used in wavelet packet decomposition can also be used.

Advantages
The SGWT has a number of advantages over the classical wavelet transform in that it is quicker to compute (by a factor of 2) and it can be used to generate a multiresolution analysis that does not fit a uniform grid. Using a priori information the grid can be designed to allow the best analysis of the signal to be made. The transform can be modified locally while preserving invertibility; it can even adapt to some extent to the transformed signal.

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The result of the debate was delete. Eugene van der Pijll 21:31, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Mediacrity
Delete Non-notable blog. Icelight 17:19, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete blogcruft. not even an assertion of notability. Friday 17:49, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
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The Dam Busters (book)

The Dam Busters is a 1951 non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. during World War II. The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters" because of Operation Chastise, a mission using highly specialised bombs to destroy Ruhr dams in Germany.

The book also covers the subsequent history of 617 Squadron, as an elite squadron specialising in attacking difficult targets with outsize weapons and precision techniques. Among Gibson's successors as commander was Group Captain Leonard Cheshire V.C., and the book describes Cheshire's unorthodox leadership style and innovative target marking techniques.

Development
After the end of World War II John Nerney, head of the Air Historical Branch of the British Air Ministry identified the need for a history of 617 Squadron. He initially approached its former commanding officer Leonard Cheshire, who declined citing health issues and his work commitments running a hospice.

Cheshire recommended that McGowan Cradon be considered for the task. Cradon had served as intelligence officer with the squadron. in December 1946 Cradon was approached and agreed but his services were rejected by the RAF as senior officers questioned his commitment since, during the war, he had been too interested in flying on practice flights rather than attending to his duties.

Nerney then discussed the issue with John Pudney, who was an editor at News Review. Pudney had liked Paul Brickhill's book of World War II escape attempts Escape to Danger (which he had co-authored with Conrad Norton) and was at the time attempting to turn it into a series for BBC TV.

Following up Pudney's recommendation, Nerney approached Brickhill in February 1949, who jumped at the offer. As an officer and a pilot in the RAF and a proven writer and journalist Brickhill was acceptable provided he could obtain written confirmation from the RAAF of his service with the RAF. Eventually this was received in March 1949.

While doing all it could to assist his research the Air Ministry could only provided Brickhill with a small honorarium, and no guarantee of publication other than as a government produced publication. In an attempt to obtain an advance which would pay enough for him to leave his current job as a sub-editor at The Sun newspaper in Sydney, Australia and relocate to England Brickhill approached a number of Australian publishers to see if they were interested in an Australian edition of the book. None were interested so Brickhill was forced to decline Nerney's offer. At the same time Brickhill had been approached by John Pudney who had recently joined London based publisher Evans Brothers as an editor with a proposal to write a book on the Stalag Luft 3 mass escape. This was eventually to be published as The Great Escape. With the advance that Evans Brothers offered Brickhill he left his job and sailed to England in May 1949.

Once in England he a wrote to Air Chief Marshall Sir Ralph Cochrane of the RAF who had been responsible for 617 Squadron during World War II and inquiring about the status of the proposed history offered his services if they were still required. His offer was accepted. Brickhill approached Evans Brothers about an advance for the Dam Busters book, but they were not interested in any advance until they had seen a manuscript. Already working on The Great Escape Brickhill also commenced simultaneous work on The Dam Busters.

While visiting Germany as part of his research for The Great Escape, Brickhill took the opportunity to visit the Ruhr valley to see the dams attacked during Operation Chastise.

While he was obliged to write a history of the squadron, Brickhill looked for a common factor throughout its wartime service that would make it more attractive to the general public. As the squadron had had a number of commanding officers including Guy Gibson, Harold Martin and Leonard Cheshire this was not helpful in maintaining the continuity of the narrative. Eventually he discovered that not only was Barnes Wallis involved with the squadron in developing the bouncing bombs used during Operation Chastise but he had also designed the Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs used by the squadron later in the war. After meeting with Wallis in the summer of 1950 he decided that here was the book's central figure, a driven man who overcame great odds set against the tragedy of the heavy losses that the squadron endured.

He delivered the draft manuscript to Evans Brothers at the end of 1950.

Publication
The first (September 1951) edition did not include some of the details of the dam-raids, as these were still classified at the time, most significantly that the weapons bounced on the water surface before reaching the target. Later editions included these details. The book has remained continuously in print since then, selling over one million in its first 50 years. It was first released as a paperback by Pan in 1954. To coincide with the release of the film version it was serialised in the Evening News. A simplified version for children was issued in 1958 and in 1972 a version for teenage boys with reading difficulties was issued. Richard Todd narrated an audio version of the book in 1982.

In other media
In 1954 a film The Dam Busters was made based on both Gibson's Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) and on Brickhill's book. Named after the latter, the movie starred Richard Todd as Gibson and Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis.

In 1954, Australasian Radio produced a radio dramatisation of the book in 26 half-hour episodes.

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Portal:Formula One/Intro

In a battle for 7th place, Rubens Barrichello leads teammate Jenson Button, Robert Kubica, Fernando Alonso, and Heikki Kovalainen at the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the premier class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix (translated to English as "Big Prizes"), held on purpose-built circuits and public roads. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual World Championships, one for the drivers and one for the constructors, with racing drivers, constructor teams, track officials, organizers, and circuits required to be holders of valid Super Licences, the most restrictive class of racing licence issued by the FIA.

The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules with which all participants' cars must comply. Formula One cars race at high speeds – up to 365 km/h – using hybrid power units, the performance of which is limited to a maximum of 15,000 revolutions per minute (RPM). The cars are capable of lateral acceleration in excess of 5g in corners.

The formula has had much evolution and change through the history of the sport. Europe, where all the Formula One racing teams are based, is the sport's traditional base. However, the sport's scope has expanded significantly during recent years and an increasing number of Grands Prix are held on other continents to where now more than half of all Grands Prix are run elsewhere in the world.

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20 Years of Jethro Tull

20 Years of Jethro Tull is a 1988 boxed set which spans the first twenty years of Jethro Tull. It was issued as five LPs: Radio Archives, Rare Tracks, Flawed Gems, Other Sides of Tull, and The Essential Tull. It was simultaneously released as both a three CD and a three cassette set, titled 20 Years of Jethro Tull: The Definitive Collection.

All three versions were housed in a 12"x12" cardboard box, with a 24-page booklet; the CD and cassette versions having a black plastic tray.

A single CD sampler and a double LP album were also created, titled 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights.

Release details

 * (UK) 27 June 1988
 * (US) 21 June 1988

CD track listing
The track numbers shown below are for the three-CD Definitive Collection. All songs written by Ian Anderson unless noted.

Disc one
Radio Archives and Rare Tracks

Disc two
Flawed Gems and Other Sides of Tull

Disc three
The Essential Tull

LP track listing
The track numbers shown below are for the five LP set, with each LP having sides A and B.

Record 1
The Radio Archives
 * A
 * "Song for Jeffrey"
 * "Love Story"
 * "Fat Man"
 * "Bourée" (Instrumental)
 * "Stormy Monday Blues"
 * "A New Day Yesterday"
 * B
 * "Cold Wind to Valhalla"
 * "Minstrel in the Gallery"
 * "Velvet Green"
 * "Grace"
 * "The Clasp"
 * "Pibroch (Pee Break) / Black Satin Dancer (Instrumental)"
 * "Fallen on Hard Times"

Record 2
The Rare Tracks (Released But Only Just)
 * A
 * "Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow"
 * "I'm Your Gun"
 * "Down at the End of Your Road"
 * "Coronach"
 * "Summerday Sands"
 * "Too Many Too"
 * "March the Mad Scientist
 * B
 * "Pan Dance"
 * "Strip Cartoon"
 * "King Henry's Madrigal"
 * "A Stitch in Time"
 * "17"
 * "One for John Gee"
 * "Aeroplane"
 * "Sunshine Day"

Record 3
Flawed Gems (Dusted Down)
 * A
 * "Lick Your Fingers Clean"
 * "The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes"
 * a) "Scenario"
 * b) "Audition"
 * c) "No Rehearsal"
 * "Beltane"
 * "Crossword"
 * B
 * "Saturation"
 * "Jack-A-Lynn"
 * "Motoreyes"
 * "Blues Instrumental (Untitled)"
 * "Rhythm in Gold"

Record 4
The Other Sides of Tull
 * A
 * "Part of the Machine"
 * "Mayhem, Maybe"
 * "Overhang"
 * "Kelpie"
 * "Living in These Hard Times"
 * "Under Wraps 2"
 * B
 * "Only Solitaire"
 * "Cheap Day Return"
 * "Wond'ring Aloud"
 * "Dun Ringill"
 * "Salamander"
 * "Moths"
 * "Nursie"
 * "Life's a Long Song"
 * "One White Duck / 010 = Nothing at All"

Record 5
The Essential Tull
 * A
 * "Songs from the Wood"
 * "Living in the Past"
 * "Teacher"
 * "Aqualung"
 * "Locomotive Breath"
 * B
 * "Witch's Promise"
 * "Bungle in the Jungle"
 * "Farm on the Freeway"
 * "Thick as a Brick"
 * "Sweet Dream"

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User talk:Danec

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The Argumentative Indian

The Argumentative Indian is a book written by Nobel Prize winning Indian economist Amartya Sen. It is a collection of essays that discuss India's history and identity, focusing on the traditions of public debate and intellectual pluralism. Martha Nussbaum says the book "demonstrates the importance of public debate in Indian traditions generally."

The Argumentative Indian has brought together a selection of writings from Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition. The understanding and use of this argumentative tradition are critically important, Sen argues, for the success of India's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace.

Contents
The book takes the form of four sections containing linked essays: "Voice and Heterodoxy", "Culture and Communication", "Politics and Protest", "Reason and Identity". The first section looks at the general culture of pluralistic debate within India, dating back to Buddha and kings such as Ashoka. The second section seeks to restore the reputation of Rabindranath Tagore as an intellectual polymath, combining spiritual and political ideas, and explores India's relationship to other cultures, including the West and China, especially the peaceful and intellectually rewarding cross-fertilising relationship between the two great Asian cultures. The third section looks at conflicts of class and criticises inequalities in Indian society and arguments that have been used to justify them. Finally, the book explores modern cultures of secularism and liberalism in an Indian context.

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Steinkjer FK

Steinkjer FK is a Norwegian football club from the town of Steinkjer, currently playing in the 4. divisjon, the fifth tier in the Norwegian league system, after being relegated from 3. divisjon in 2023. The club was founded in 1910. Steinkjer played in the top league in 1937–38, 1938–39, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1978. Their strongest performance in the league was in the 1961–62 season when they finished second, only beaten by Brann.

Home ground
Their home ground is Guldbergaunet Stadion. The record attendance through all times is 13,997 against Lyn in the Norwegian cup semi final 1970. This is an artificial pitch, which was ready in May 2003.

Notable former managers

 * 🏴 Bill Foulkes
 * Tony Dunne

In 1982, Bill Foulkes (ex-Manchester United) was succeeded as manager of Steinkjer FK by his former United team-mate Tony Dunne. Tony Dunne had previously been an assistant manager for Bolton Wanderers, and had made numerous appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team, captaining the side on four occasions.

Recent history

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 * 2006
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 * 2. divisjon
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 * 2. divisjon
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 * 2. divisjon
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 * 3. divisjon
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 * 3. divisjon
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 * 3. divisjon
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 * align=right|26||align=right|19||align=right|1||align=right|6
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 * Second qualifying round
 * 2016
 * 3. divisjon
 * align=right |3
 * align=right|26||align=right|17||align=right|2||align=right|7
 * align=right|99||align=right|46||align=right|53
 * Second qualifying round
 * 2017
 * 3. divisjon
 * align=right |3
 * align=right|26||align=right|12||align=right|4||align=right|10
 * align=right|65||align=right|61||align=right|40
 * First round
 * 2018
 * 3. divisjon
 * align=right |8
 * align=right|26||align=right|10||align=right|4||align=right|12
 * align=right|48||align=right|46||align=right|34
 * Second round
 * 2019
 * 3. divisjon
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 * align=right|26||align=right|2||align=right|5||align=right|19
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 * Relegated to the 4. divisjon
 * 2020
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 * 2021
 * 4. divisjon
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 * align=right|35||align=right|7||align=right|25
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 * Promoted to the 3. divisjon after play-offs
 * 2022
 * 3. divisjon
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 * align=right|26||align=right|10||align=right|2||align=right|14
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 * 3. divisjon
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 * 4. divisjon
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User talk:Ns2010

Welcome!
Hello, Ns2010, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions; I hope you like it here and decide to stay. We're glad to have you in our community! Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Happy editing!

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Image copyright problem with Image:DCAM5957.JPG
Thanks for uploading Image:DCAM5957.JPG. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

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Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you. Shyam ( T / C ) 09:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Gear (disambiguation)

Attribution
Some material on this page was taken from the "Other meanings" section in the Gear article. -- BD2412 talk 17:22, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Gears of War
Is "Gears of War" often called, simply, "Gear" or "Gears"? If not, it shouldn't be cluttering this disambiguation page. —Tokek (talk) 02:26, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Crimnals

Welcome!
Hello, Crimnals, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions; I hope you like it here and decide to stay. We're glad to have you in our community! Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Happy editing!

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Please slow down in posting new articles until you've read the Help pages. --Several Times 17:33, 15 July 2005 (UTC) I did --Crimnals 17:34, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

I suggest you go and fill in some extra information on some of the article you have created. One-sentence articles are subject to immediate deletion, whether or not the subject is worth writing about. Three or four sentence ones are usually kept. Thanks. DJ Clayworth 17:36, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Please have a look at Manual of Style. There are some key points for writing a good article.

 * Use the article title in the first sentence. So rather than "He is a photographer" write "Fred J Bloggs (1899-2004) is a Swiss photographer who specialises in taking photographs of mountains at night. He won the Yodeleihu prize in 1977." (I'm making this up of course).
 * For anyone reasonably famous you should be able to find birth and death dates and nationality for anyone worth of an article.
 * Make the first use of the article title bold.
 * If you wrte a short article, please add at the bottom of the article. DJ Clayworth 17:42, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Ackie00

Welcome!
Hello, Ackie00, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions; I hope you like it here and decide to stay. We're glad to have you in our community! Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Kage
You are right, the symbols are, from left to right, Suna, Iwa, Konoha, Kumo, and Kiri. However, the kanji on the kage's hats read, from left to right, 水 (mizu, water), 風 (kaze, wind), 火, (hi, fire), 土 (tsuchi, earth), and 雷 (rai, thunder/lightning). So, no matter how you look at it, the anime crew screwed up ^_^ --JadziaLover 18:04, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Aylesbury Estate
Although I have never been there I find the estate rather curious as I live in the place that's actually called Aylesbury. And some of the things that I understand take place in "the Aylesbury" are mirrors of life over here... Anyhoo just thought I'd pop by and let you know that I've expanded the article and improved it a bit. -- Francs2000 22:00, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I live off Camberwell Road - I'll get some photos. Secretlondon 23:02, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added 2 photos that I took last year. Secretlondon 05:17, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikiethics
Hi,

We started a proposal Wikiethics to state the existing policies coherently and make suggestions on improving the editorial standards in Wiki. I thought you might be interested in contributing to that proposal.

Unfortunately, a pro-porn and pro-offense lobby is trying to make this proposal a failure. They unilaterally started an approval poll although almost no one including me believe that it is time for a vote, simply because the policy is not ready. It is not even written completely.

Editors who thinks that the policy needs to be improved rather than killed by an unfair poll at the beginning of the proposal, started another poll ('Do we really need a poll at this stage?') at the same time. The poll is vandalized for a while but it is stable now. A NO vote on this ('Do we really need a poll now?') poll will strengthen the position of the editors who are willing to improve the ethics policy further.

If you have concerns about the ethics and editorial standards in Wiki, please visit the page Wikiethics with your suggestions on the policy. We have two subpages: Arguments and Sections. You might want to consider reviewing these pages as well...

Thanks in advance. Resid Gulerdem 21:22, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Template:Islam
Hi there, The Islam template is used in all Islam related articles and it carries an image of the mosque, if you take a close look at the other religion templates they all carry an icon that actually symbolizes the particular religion. The question is what symbolizes Islam? As a muslim you would agree that we cannot Idolize any symbol as sacred as it would be Shirk. So the next question is what kind of icon would correctly represent Islam and Muslims? It is undoubtedly the Shahada, because without it we wouldn't be muslims. So I have suggested to change the template image from a masjid to a Masjid with the Shahada in it. In order to have the image in the template I need build some consense, could you kindly visit the talk page (Template_talk:Islam) and make your suggestion, lets have the template change so it will correctly represent Islam. (You do not have to support it if you dont like it). thanks in advance. « ₪ M ÿ š † í c ₪ » (T) 05:17, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Banksy
You need to put in the Guardian ref for the real name. Just the URL of the Guardian article after the name (with one square bracket either side of the URL) will do the trick. Tyrenius 01:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Deucalionite

Proposed deletion of Treaty of The Hague (1895)

The article Treaty of The Hague (1895) has been proposed for deletion  because of the following concern:
 * Subject not notable enough for standalone article.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Guoguo12 --Talk--  21:39, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Dacia
Hi, I saw that you collaborated on articles related to Dacia and thought this could be of interest: WikiProject Dacia is looking for supporters, editors and collaborators for creating and better organizing information in articles related to Dacia and the history of Daco-Getae. If interested, PLEASE provide your support on the proposal page. Thanks!!--Codrinb (talk) 04:33, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Dacian language collaboration
Hello from WikiProject Dacia!

Since there are so many religious wars going on at the moment around Dacians and their language, we are proposing to all involved to use their creativity, knowledge and energy in creating separate articles for different language affinities. Stop deleting and reverting and start creating!

Instead, expand or create the articles listed at the WikiProject Dacia's Current Collaboration, using as much academic evidence you can gather.

Once these separate articles went through a lot of scrutiny and have reached a good article status, we can discuss the addition of links to the various theories and potentially even add sections about them in the Dacian language and Dacian tribes articles.

Let the Daciada begin! Thanks for your support! --Codrin.B (talk) 17:00, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Farmaki for deletion
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Pelopium

Pelopium was the proposed name for a new element found by the chemist Heinrich Rose in 1845. The name derived from the Greek king and later god Pelops, son of Tantalus. During the analysis of the mineral tantalite, he concluded that it does contain an element similar to niobium and tantalum. The similar reactivity of niobium and tantalum complicated preparation of pure samples and therefore several new elements were proposed, which were later found to be mixtures of niobium and tantalum.

The differences between tantalum and niobium and the fact that no other similar element was present were unequivocally demonstrated in 1864 by Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand, and Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville, as well as Louis J. Troost, who determined the formulas of some of the compounds in 1865 and finally by the Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac.

This confusion arose from the minimal observed differences between tantalum and niobium. Both tantalum and niobium react with chlorine and traces of oxygen, including atmospheric concentrations, with niobium forming two compounds: the white volatile niobium pentachloride (NbCl5) and the non-volatile niobium oxychloride (NbOCl3). The claimed new elements pelopium, ilmenium and dianium were in fact identical to niobium or mixtures of niobium and tantalum.

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User talk:Vikramrn

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Portal talk:Formula One

General information
Edit the box header to change the color scheme.

Departments:
 * Portal:Formula One/Did you know
 * Portal:Formula One/Featured article
 * Portal:Formula One/Selected biography
 * Portal:Formula One/Selected article
 * Portal:Formula One/Selected picture
 * Portal:Formula One/Next Grand Prix

Sisterprojects
I have created Portal:Formula One/Sisterprojects. I would like to see this appear as a footer on the portal's next race section. Working out which template to edit is quite daunting, because this should be a way of optionally including such an invitation on any portal where it might be appropriate.

As I see it, the main thing I would change on the page I have developed, or implement in whatever template is changed to allow for its conditional inclusion, is to make the text small.

If I have worked out all the template includes correctly, the template that would need edited is Template:Box-footer and I am very, very wary of touching that considering how widely used it is. --Brian McNeil /talk 20:39, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm being impatient here, I'm curmudgeonly and get away with pushing things like this through on Wikinews in a matter of hours most of the time. The portal page currently lists recent Wikinews articles that are relevant, and I'm really grateful that's being done. This might be considered a bit too much emphasis on contributing to sister projects, but it is in the portal namespace, Wikinews regularly has race reports featured in the portal's news list (these are contributed by a non-native speaker), getting people to come and copyedit would be a great help, and Wikinews allows original reporting which is a strict no-no on Wikipedia. Everyone wins from Commons picture uploads too.
 * Yes, I'm picking on Formula One as somewhere to try this out. I would like to make it a trial with a little wider use, and sport would be good because Wikinews doesn't get a lot of contributions there. --Brian McNeil /talk 23:12, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Sorry for the delay. I live out of step with the rest of the world. I added it. Aptery  gial  23:28, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Argh - didn't think the "right" way to do that was in the portal page itself. But if testing the water that's probably a better approach. Saw your minor edit to your comment, then looked at your talk page and saw a F1 comment. Wikinews has a template for articles written from broadcast reports/live coverage, comes under the original reporting policy. If you direct people to Wikinews when they want to write that quickly then, as I often watch races and qualifying live, I can review and publish them - then they'll appear in the box of wikinews articles on the portal. --Brian McNeil /talk 00:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment: The standard for portals on Wikipedia is to use WikimediaForPortals. I have done so, at Portal:Formula One/Wikimedia. Cirt (talk) 04:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I have considered using that template in the past, but very few other Wikimedia projects have F1 on them, so most of those links are redlinks. Aptery  gial  06:47, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That is okay because it is still worthwhile to use the search function for the other projects. Cirt (talk) 16:51, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Notice from the Portals WikiProject
WikiProject Portals is back!

The project was rebooted and completely overhauled on April 17th, 2018. Its goals are to revitalize the entire portal system, make building and maintaining portals easier, support the ongoing improvement of portals and the editors dedicated to this, and design the portals of the future.

As of May 2nd, 2018, membership is at 60 editors, and growing. You are welcome to join us.

There are design initiatives for revitalizing the portals system as a whole, and for improving each component of portals. So far, 2 new dynamic components have been developed: Template:Transclude lead excerpt and Template:Transclude random excerpt.

Tools are provided for building and maintaining portals, including automated portals that update themselves in various ways.

And, if you are bored and would like something to occupy your mind, we have a wonderful task list.

From your friendly neighborhood Portals WikiProject. Hope to see you there. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   07:30, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Previous event?
In the box mentioning the US GP as the next race (and Mexico after that), should the previous race be the Turkish GP? I can't see through the templates to see how to alter it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.9.119.140 (talk) 11:26, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes it should be. Fixed. Thanks for pointing out the error. DH85868993 (talk) 12:01, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Needs updating again - are these being pulled from somewhere else (now next event is the Brazilian GP and the Mexican GP has happened). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.9.119.140 (talk) 12:47, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * . The next event auto-updates based on the switch statement contained within Portal:Formula One/Next Grand Prix (you'll need to edit that page to see it). DH85868993 (talk) 21:25, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

DYKs
Hello, I've posted some new DYKs a while back but someone has yet to take a look at them. I would appreciate it if you could! Obama gaming (talk) 23:57, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Two changes needed
Update the next race to Australian GP and change the flag in the Constructors' standings for RBR to Austrian. Not sure why a USA flag is showing up. I would do it myself but I can't figure out how :) DerVogel999 (talk) 13:58, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out the errors, which are both now fixed. FYI, the championship standings are defined at Portal:Formula One/Championship standings. There was a USA flag for RBR because I forgot to update the flagicon when I updated the standings after the Saudi Arabian GP. The next Grand Prix is defined by Portal:Formula One/Next Grand Prix. DH85868993 (talk) 00:52, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Article creation request
Hi everyone just wondering would anybody be willing to create article listing Max Verstappen's race wins. A list of Verstappen's race wins can be found here: https://www.statsf1.com/en/max-verstappen/victoire.aspx--MKL123 (talk) 14:36, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
 * There's a draft article here. It's previously been rejected for transfer to mainspace (I'm not really sure why; we have "list of wins" articles for Damon Hill and Nico Rosberg, both of whom have fewer wins and championships than Verstappen). FYI, there probably aren't very many people watching this page; in future you'd probably be better off starting discussions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Formula One. Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 08:12, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

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Air Force Institute of Technology

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is a postgraduate institution and provider of professional and continuing education for the United States Armed Forces and is part of the United States Air Force. It is in Ohio at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton. AFIT is a component of the Air University and Air Education and Training Command.

Overview
Founded in 1919 and granting degrees since 1956, the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is the Department of the Air Force’s leader for advanced, multi-disciplinary academic education, as well as its institution for initial technical and professional continuing education. AFIT is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Dayton, Ohio. Dayton's heritage and industrial base in aeronautics and aviation, coupled with the close proximity to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) provide a scientific and engineering research and educational experience focused on producing future leaders of the Department of the Air Force. A component of Air University and Air Education and Training Command, its primary purpose is to provide specialized education to select officer and enlisted U.S. military personnel and civilian employees.

On 8 May 2012, AFIT formally welcomed its first civilian director and chancellor during an appointment of leadership ceremony. Dr. Todd Stewart served for 34 years with the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 2002 at the rank of major general. On 28 January 2015, AFIT welcomed its first Provost and Vice Chancellor Dr. Sivaguru S. Sritharan former Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Academics
AFIT's four schools include:
 * The Graduate School of Engineering and Management, which offers graduate programs leading to Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in engineering, applied science, and management disciplines. The Graduate School has six departments:
 * Aeronautics and Astronautics
 * Electrical and Computer Engineering
 * Engineering Physics
 * Mathematics and Statistics
 * Operational Sciences
 * Systems Engineering and Management
 * The School of Systems and Logistics, which teaches more than 200 professional continuing education courses in acquisition management, logistics management, contracting, systems management, software engineering, and financial management delivered to warfighters around the globe via customer focused delivery modes including resident, on-site, and online courses.
 * The Civil Engineer School, which develops and delivers civil engineer and environmental professional continuing education and provides consultation in support of U.S. Air and Space Forces.
 * The School of Strategic Force Studies, which manages the execution of Nuclear Professional Continuing Education (PCE) via the Department of Nuclear Studies (AFIT/EXA) at Kirtland Air Force Base and the Department of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Studies at Barksdale Air Force Base as well as the execution of Cyberspace PCE via the Department of Cyberspace Studies (AFIT/EXC) at Wright-Patterson AFB. The school provides responsive and relevant PCE courses to more than 5,000 Air Force, Army, Navy, Combatant Command, state- and Department-level, and foreign students annually.

AFIT has two Centers of Excellence and seven research centers funded by a number of federal agencies with interdisciplinary scope and international footprint representing a number of scientific areas for the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense:
 * Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence (CyTCoE)
 * Scientific Test & Analysis Techniques Center of Excellence (STAT T&E)
 * Autonomy & Navigation Technology Center (ANT)
 * Center for Cyberspace Research (CCR)
 * Center for Directed Energy (CDE)
 * Center for Space Research & Assurance (CSRA)
 * Center for Technical Intelligence Studies & Research (CTISR)
 * Nuclear Expertise for Advancing Technologies Center (NEAT)
 * Homeland Security Community of Best Practices (HS COBP)

Graduate School of Engineering and Management
AFIT's Graduate School of Engineering and Management is a graduate-only, research–based institution and the sole degree-granting element of AFIT. The Graduate School focuses on studies and research that are relevant to the Air and Space Force mission as well as the needs of the defense establishment as a whole. AFIT's Aeronautics & Astronautics Department has graduated nine U. S. astronauts including Guy Bluford (PhD 1978), first African-American astronaut. Since graduate degrees were first granted in 1956, AFIT has awarded more than 20,600 master's and 1,000 doctor of philosophy degrees.

It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

Students
The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) enrolls over 650 full-time graduate students. The student body consists primarily of Air Force and Space Force officers, but is rounded out by members of the other four U.S. Armed Services, select enlisted Airmen, international students from coalition countries, U.S. Government civilians, and civilians (U.S. citizens) not affiliated with the Government. Selection of officers for graduate education is fully funded by their service and is based upon outstanding professional performance as an officer, promotion potential, and a strong academic background. Admission of non-Government affiliated civilians is based on academic preparation and requires U.S. citizenship. A substantial number of AFIT graduates are assigned to AFRL and NASIC upon graduation from AFIT. Many of the AFIT student thesis projects are influenced directly or indirectly by AFRL, NASIC, NRO and other Air Force and defense agencies.

Faculty
The faculty body consists of approximately a 50–50 mix of military and civilian members all of whom hold a PhD in their fields. The faculty to student ratio is typically 1 to 5 in the master's degree programs.

Accreditation
AFIT is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to offer degrees to the doctorate level. Eight engineering programs in the Graduate School of Engineering and Management are accredited at the advanced level by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Academic calendar
The institute operates year-round on a quarter calendar which includes the Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer terms. The quarters are 10 weeks in length plus a week for examinations. Typically, the Fall term begins in late September and ends in mid-December; the Winter term begins in early January and ends in mid-March; the Spring term begins in late March and ends in mid-June; and the Summer term begins in late June and ends in early-September.

Cost
The educational expenses for full-time military students assigned to AFIT are paid by their respective uniformed service. For tuition-paying students, the approximate cost is $4,656 per quarter for full-time enrollment (based on 12 quarter hours and a tuition rate of $388 per quarter-hour). AFIT is tuition-waived for civilian employees and military members of the Air or Space Force.

Civilian Institution Programs
Through its Civilian Institution Programs, AFIT also manages the educational programs of officers enrolled in civilian universities, research centers, hospitals, and industrial organizations. Air Force students attending civilian institutions have earned more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate degrees in the past twenty years.

Notable alumni

 * George W.S. Abbey – Former Director of the Johnson Space Center
 * Brigadier General Russell J. Anarde, USAF, Ret.
 * Captain Milburn G. Apt – The first pilot to achieve Mach 3
 * General George T. Babbitt Jr., USAF, Ret.
 * Brigadier General Rosanne Bailey, USAF, Ret.
 * David Barish – Developer of the paraglider
 * Lieutenant General Ted F. Bowlds
 * Brigadier General Cary C. Chun
 * Lieutenant General Roger G. DeKok, USAF, Ret.
 * Lieutenant General William J. Donahue, USAF, Ret.
 * General Jimmy Doolittle – Doolittle Raider
 * Lieutenant General Hans H. Driessnack, USAF, Ret.
 * Colonel Arnold L. Franklin Jr. USAF, Ret – In April 1986, as the 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Franklin led the USAF raid on Libya.
 * Dr. Russell Merle Genet – Pioneered the world's first fully robotic observatory
 * Lt Col George E. Hardy, USAF, Ret – Tuskegee Airmen
 * Brigadier General Harold R. Harris, USAF, Ret.
 * General Robert T. Herres, USAF, Ret.
 * General Charles R. Holland, USAF, Ret.
 * Robert P. Johannes – One of the developers of the control configured vehicle (CCV) concept
 * Lt Col Frank A. Kappeler, USAF, Ret – Doolittle Raider
 * General George Kenney, USAF, Ret.
 * Major General Donald L. Lamberson, USAF, Ret. – Considered the father of lasers in the Air Force
 * Major General Louis G. Leiser, USAF, Ret.
 * Donald S. Lopez, USAF, Ret. – Deputy Director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
 * Lieutenant John A. Macready – American Test Pilot and Aviator
 * Lieutenant General Forrest S. McCartney, USAF, Ret.
 * Lt Col Harry C. McCool, USAF, Ret – Doolittle Raider
 * Lt John A. Macready, USAF, Ret – American test pilot and aviator
 * General Bernard Schriever, USAF, Ret.
 * General Lawrence Skantze, USAF, Ret.
 * Major General Joseph K. Spiers, USAF, Ret.
 * Lieutenant General James W. Stansberry, USAF, Ret.
 * Lieutenant General William E. Thurman, USAF, Ret.
 * Major General Jerry White (Navigators), USAF, Ret.
 * Colonel Richard V. Wheeler, USAF, Ret. – American Test Pilot and Aviator
 * Lt Col Archie Williams, USAF, Ret. – Gold medal winner of the 400 m sprint – 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
 * Michael Wynne – Former Secretary of the Air Force
 * Dr. Steven M. Cron - retired Michelin engineer and co-inventor of the Tweel.

Notable military leaders

 * Lieutenant General John D. Lamontagne, USAF
 * Lieutenant General Joseph P. DiSalvo, USAF
 * Lieutenant General John E. Wissler, USMC
 * Major General William T. “Bill” Cooley, USAF
 * Major General Dwyer L. Dennis, USAF
 * Major General Scott W. Jansson, USAF
 * Major General (S) John M. Pletcher, USAF
 * Brigadier General Roy-Alan C. Agustin, USAF
 * Brigadier General Kenneth T. Bibb Jr., USAF
 * Brigadier General Eric T. Fick, USAF
 * Brigadier General Gregory M. Gutterman, USAF
 * Brigadier General David W. Hicks, USAF
 * Brigadier General Linda S. Hurry, USAF
 * Brigadier General Carl E. Schaefer, USAF
 * Brigadier General Donna D. Shipton, USAF
 * Brigadier General Brad M. Sullivan, USAF
 * Brigadier General (S) Kristin Panzenhagen, USAF

NASA astronauts

 * Kevin A. Ford
 * Michael E. Fossum
 * William Anders
 * Guion Bluford
 * Mark N. Brown
 * Gordon Cooper
 * Albert H. Crews
 * Donn F. Eisele
 * John M. Fabian
 * Gus Grissom
 * James D. Halsell
 * Steven Lindsey
 * Richard Mullane
 * Donald H. Peterson
 * Major General Robert A. Rushworth, USAF, Ret.

Notable civilian senior leaders

 * Eileen A. Bjorkman
 * L. Wayne Brasure
 * Kevin W. Buckley
 * Bruce A. Busler
 * Charles G. "Chuck" Carpenter
 * Mark A. Correll
 * Daniel DeForest
 * Mark A. Gallagher
 * James F. Geurts
 * Mr. Michael M. "Mike" Hale
 * Kelly D. Hammett
 * Robert Scott Jack II
 * Brian A. Maher
 * Charles L. Matson
 * Richard W. McKinney
 * David C. Merker
 * Billy W. Mullins
 * David F. O'Brien
 * Gary A. O'Connell
 * Charles N. "Pete" Peterson
 * Steven K. Rogers
 * David E. Walker
 * Joseph D. "Dean" Yount

Former names

 * Air School of Application 1919–1920
 * Air Service Engineering School 1920–1926
 * Air Corps Engineering School 1926–1941
 * Army Air Forces Engineering School 1944–1945
 * Army Air Forces Institute of Technology 1945–1947
 * Air Force Institute of Technology 1947–1948
 * United States Air Force Institute of Technology 1948–1955
 * Institute of Technology, USAF 1955–1956
 * Air Force Institute of Technology 1956–1959
 * Institute of Technology 1959–1962
 * Air Force Institute of Technology 1962–present

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Garrett Atkins

Garrett Bernard Atkins (born December 12, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. Between 2003 and 2010, he played for the Colorado Rockies and Baltimore Orioles.

High school career
Atkins attended University High School in Irvine, California. As a senior, he was named the Irvine World News All-City MVP, after posting a .557 batting average, along with a school single-season record 13 home runs.

College career
After being drafted by the New York Mets in 1997 out of high school, Atkins elected to attend college. He was recruited by Pepperdine, USC, Oklahoma State, Cal State Fullerton and UCLA, choosing the Bruins. At UCLA, Atkins majored in sociology and became the first three-time All-American. He began as a first baseman before converting to third base, where he made 51 starts in 1998. However, in 1999, his sophomore campaign, Atkins played first base again and led the team in hits. He was a teammate and roommate of Philadelphia Phillies' second baseman Chase Utley, and along with him, was one of only two Bruins to start every game.

In 1998 and 1999, Atkins played collegiate summer baseball for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL). He hit .383 in 1998, and in 1999 he was named playoff MVP as he led the Kettleers to the league title. Atkins was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame in 2013.

Atkins was drafted in 2000 by the Colorado Rockies in the fifth round (137th overall).

Colorado Rockies
Atkins made his Major League debut in 2003 and hit .159 with 0 home runs and 4 RBIs. He fared better in his second stint in the Major Leagues in 2004 hitting .357 with 1 home run and 8 RBIs. Atkins won the Rockies' third base job in 2005 but was placed on the DL with a strained hamstring before the season started. He returned in April and finished 4th in the Rookie of the Year voting after a season in which he topped NL rookies with 221 total bases, 31 doubles, 45 walks, and 45 extra-base hits. He also finished the year with a 16-game hitting streak in September. His final stat line was impressive: .287 batting average, 13 homers, and 89 RBIs. Atkins followed with two strong seasons in 2006 and 2007, where he hit a combined 54 HR and 231 RBI and took part in his only World Series, where the Rockies fell in four games to the Boston Red Sox.

In, Atkins spent much of the season playing first base in the absence of injured teammate Todd Helton, marking a defensive transition to "a more natural position for him." Prior to the start of the 2009 season, Atkins accepted a one-year $7 million contract from the Rockies. He struggled, hitting .226 with nine home runs, and 48 RBIs. With the emergence of Ian Stewart, Atkins became less of a priority in the Rockies long-term plans and was non-tendered on December 12, 2009, officially making him a free agent.

Baltimore Orioles
Atkins agreed to a one-year, $4 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles for 2010. On June 27, the Orioles designated Atkins for assignment. On July 6, he was released.

Pittsburgh Pirates
Atkins agreed to a minor league deal with the Pirates on December 23, 2010. In March 2011, Atkins was released.

Awards and honors

 * 2005 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team; 3B
 * National League Rookie of the Month (June 2005)

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DEG

DEG or deg may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

 * DEG Metro Stars, an ice hockey team in Düsseldorf, Germany
 * De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, an entertainment production and distribution company
 * Delhaize Group (NYSE stock symbol), a Belgium-based food retailer
 * German Investment Corporation (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft), a German finance company

In mathematics, science, and technology

 * Degree (angle), a measurement of plane angle
 * Degree (graph theory), the number of edges incident to a vertex
 * Degree (temperature), unit in several temperature scales
 * Degree of curvature, a measure of curvature used in civil engineering
 * Degree of a polynomial, or order, the highest degree (sum of exponents of the variables) among the terms of a polynomial expression
 * Diethylene glycol, an organic compound
 * Dielectric elastomer generator, in materials science
 * Differentially expressed gene, in life sciences

Other uses

 * Dég, a village in Hungary
 * Deg language
 * Deg Hit'an, an indigenous group in Alaska
 * Deg Hit'an language
 * Dir En Grey
 * Dora's Explorer Girls
 * Degree (disambiguation)

title: DEG