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Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir is a citizen of Saudi Arabia held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 271. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Identity

The official documents from the US Department of Defense, and from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington DC transliterate Al Qaid’s name differently:

• His name was transliterated as Ibrahim Muhammed Ibrahim Al Nasir on the official lists of names released by the US Department of Defense.
• His name was transliterated as Ibraheem Mohammad Ibraheem Al-Nasser on the press releases from Saudi officials, when he was repatriated on June 25, 2006.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunal notice read to a Guantanamo captive.

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants — rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration’s definition of an enemy combatant.

Allegations

During the winter and spring of 2005 the Department of Defense complied with a Freedom of Information Act request, and released five files that contained 507 memoranda which each summarized the allegations against a single detainee. These memos, entitled “Summary of Evidence” were prepared for the detainee’s Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The detainee’s names and ID numbers were redacted from all but one of these memos, when they were first released in 2005. But some of them contain notations in pen. 169 of the memos bear a hand-written notation specifying the detainee’s ID number. One of the memos had a notation specifying Al Nasir’s detainee ID. The allegations he would have faced, during his Tribunal, were:

a. The detainee is associated with al Qaida and the Taliban:

1. The detainee, his younger brother and cousin were given 2,500 Saudi Riyals, by their recruiter, to pay for their trip to Afghanistan.
2. The detainee, after a several day stay at an al Qaida safe house, traveled with six other Arabs and a Yemeni from Jalalabad to Taloqan, Afghanistan in July 2001.
3. The detainee flew with his brother and cousin to Syria and then to Tehran, Iran then proceeded to another city in Iran in July/August 2001.
4. The detainee visited the Al Wafa director in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2001.
5. The detainee’s name appears on a hand-written letter associated with al Qaida, recoverd in raids in Pakistan.
6. The detainee’s name appears on a typed e-mail on al Qaida associated computer media recovered during raids in Pakistan.
7. The detainee’s name and alias were found on a document listing mujahideen fighters captured in Pakistan.
8. The detainee’s name, along with other personal information, was found on a list contained in a captured hard drive associated with a senior al Qaeda member.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.

1. The detainee was a Mujahadin fighter at Tora Bora.
2. The detainee left Kabul, Afghanistan because of the United States air bombardment, traveling to Khost and then to Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
3. The detainee was arrested by the Pakistani Police after leaving Afghanistan.

Administrative Review Board hearing

Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as “enemy combatants” were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review Board hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren’t authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren’t authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an “enemy combatant”.

They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat — or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.

Guantanamo records

There is no record that Al Nasir chose to participate in either his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, or his Administrative Review Board heariing..

Transfer to Saudi Arabia

One of the 14 men transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia on June 25, 2006 was named Ibraheem Mohammad Ibraheem Al-Nasser.

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The Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) is the European Space Agency main assessment center for future space missions and industrial review. Located at ESTEC, ESA’s technical center in Noordwijk in The Netherlands, it has been operational since early 2000.

As suggested by its name, the CDF uses concurrent engineering methodology to perform effective, fast and cheap space mission studies. Equipped with state of the art network of computers, multimedia devices and software tools, the CDF allow team of experts to perform design studies during working sessions.

Activities

The CDF is mainly in charge of performing the assessment studies of future missions for the European Space Agency. These assessment studies are phase 0 or pre-phase A studies where the needs are identified and Mission Analysis is performed. Phase 0 allows the the following :

• Identification and characterisation of the intended mission.
• Expression in terms of needs, expected performance and dependability and

safety goals.

• Assessment of operating constraints, in particular as regards the physical and

operational environment.

• Identification of possible system concepts, with emphasis on the degree of innovation

and any critical aspect.

• Preliminary assessment of project management data (organisation, costs,

schedules).

In addition, the CDF often perform reviews of industrial contracts initiated by ESA.

Last but not least, the CDF has been used for several occasions for Tiger team activities as well as for the preparation of project documentation (such as Invitation To Tender, Statement of work and System Requirements Specification).

Current main activities

In addition of the “normal” studies, the CDF is currently been used as the assesement center for the ESA Cosmic Vision program.

List of Assessment Studies

List of Reviews

Facility

The CDF design room has been designed and equipped with all the relevant hardware and software tools, with the aim of creating an effective communication and data interchange environment among team members.

The CDF facility contains:

• an array of design stations, each dedicated to a specific technical discipline
• data and application servers, providing on-line access to design data and tools
• a multimedia wall containing three large projector screens (One of them been a SMART Board for free hand drawing)
• video-conferencing equipment that enables concurrent engineering to be carried out in a distributed manner
• Concurrent Design Model CDF-IDM

See Also

• Concurrent Engineering
• NASA
• CNES (French Space Agency)
• ASI Italian Space Agency

External links

• ESA CDF website
• CDF published reports

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Hayk Hakobyan is an Armenian historian.

Discoveries

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In 1987 he and a group of archaeologists arrived in the village of Hoghmik in the Amasia region to study the area before the construction of the Kaps reservoir began. “The Hoghmik Complex was discovered by accident. I remember it was a very cold and rainy day. We began working and some three hours later a 13-meter-long and half-a-meter-wide platform with bones of sacrificial animals was revealed. We decided to stay,” Hakobyan recalled.

Hakobyan believes the excavations will also reveal what happened during the Hellenistic era – whether it was a synthesis of Armenian and Hellenic cultures, or the Armenians just crudely appropriated the Hellenic culture. “Hoghmik illustrates that in the Hellenistic era we are dealing with a strictly Eastern cultural heritage. The architecture of Hoghmik is much closer to Urartian than to Hellenic architecture. When we analyze our early Christian architecture we try to understand where its foundations come from. The Hoghmik complex proves that the foundations of our architecture are from Armenia,” the historian said. He explained that one of the distinguishing features of the Hoghmik complex is that all the temple roofs are flat, but the central temple is domed. And that is where the cupolas of Armenian churches come from.

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John Shanssey (March 23, 1848 - 1919?) was an American boxer, gambler, saloon owner, and Mayor of Yuma, Arizona, most known for introducing legendary lawman Wyatt Earp to gambler and gunman Doc Holliday.

Believed to have been born in Ireland, Shanssey began boxing at an early age, mostly in small exhibition matches. In 1868 John Shanssey fought Mike Donovan in a boxing match in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was beaten so badly that he quit boxing and became a saloon keeper. The referee of this match was Wyatt Earp, at the time just a young man, but who would eventually become a well known lawman. In 1877, Wyatt Earp came to Fort Griffin, where Shanssey owned a bar/restaurant. Earp, at the time, was still little known, but had built somewhat of a reputation as a lawman in both Wichita, Kansas and Dodge City. Here Shanssey introduced Earp to gunman and gambler Doc Holliday, who was well known as a gunman and who was a friend to Shanssey, which led to a friendship between Earp and Holliday that would benefit them both later on.

After serving as a saloon keeper for a number of years, Shanssey began riding a mail horse through Indian territory. In 1899 he was elected as Mayor of Yuma, then unincorporated. He held this position until at least 1913. It is unknown as to exactly when he died. It is believed to be around 1919, but that is not confirmed.

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Moseley Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club in Solihull, Birmingham. Their 1st and 2nd XIs currently play in the Birmingham and District Premier League premier division. The club was a founder member of the Birmingham League, and is one of the most prominent clubs in English club cricket, winning the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 1980. They play their home games at “Scorers”, Streetsbrook Road, Solihull, a ground regularly used by Warwickshire County Cricket Club for non-first class fixtures.

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Dinocephalia Fossil range: 270–260 Ma Pre? ? O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle - Late Permian
Titanophoneus, a carnivorous dinocephalian of the Middle Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Synapsida Order: Therapsida Suborder: Dinocephalia Seeley, 1895
Groups
see Taxonomy

Dinocephalia are a clade of large early therapsids that flourished during the Middle Permian, but became extinct leaving no descendants.

Apart from the Biarmosuchia and the Eotitanosuchidae, the Dinocephalia are the least advanced among the therapsids, although still uniquely specialised in their own way. They retain a number of primitive characteristics (e.g. no secondary palate, small dentary) shared with their pelycosaur ancestors, although they are also more advanced in possessing therapsid adaptations like the expansion of the ilium and more erect limbs. They include carnivorous, herbivorous, and omnivorous forms, some semi-aquatic and some fully terrestrial, and were also among the largest animals of the Permian period; only the biggest Caseidae and Pareiasauridea rivalling or even exceeding them in size.

All dinocephalians are distinguished by having interlocking incisors allowing a shearing contact between upper and lower teeth. In more advanced forms, the heels on the lingual sides of the incisor teeth met to form a crushing surface when the jaws were shut, allowing the grinding up of plant matter.

Most dinocephalians also developed pachyostosis of the bones in the skull, which seems to have been an adaptation for intra-specific behaviour (head-butting), perhaps for territory or a mate. In some types, such as Estemmenosuchus and Styracocephalus there are also horn-like structures, which evolved independently in each case.

Dinocephalians are extraordinary for their large size. The biggest herbivores (Tapinocephalus) and omnivores (Titanosuchus), may have massed up to two tonnes in weight, and were some 4.5 meters long, while the largest carnivores (such as Titanophoneus and Anteosaurus) were at least as long, with heavy skulls 80 cm long, and overall weights of around half a tonne.

Evolutionary history

The dinocephalians evolved from a pelycosaur-like therapsid that lived in the late Cisuralian epoch. These animals radiated at the expense of the dying pelycosaurs, who dominated during the early part of the Permian. During the early Capitanian, advanced dinocephalia radiated into a large number of herbivorous forms; representing a diverse megafauna. This is well known from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Southern African Karoo. Shortly after, at the height of their diversity, the dinocephalians suddenly died out. The reason for their extinction is not clear. They were replaced by much smaller Therapsids: herbivorous Dicynodontia and carnivorous biarmosuchians, Gorgonopsians and Therocephalians.

Taxonomy

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Struthiocephalus.

Niaftasuchus.

Little recent research has been done into dinocephalian relationships. The following arrangement therefore should be taken as provisional only.

• CLASS SYNAPSIDA
  • Order THERAPSIDA
    • Suborder DINOCEPHALIA
      • ? Rhopalodon
      • ? Family Phreatosuchidae
        • Phreatosuchus
        • Phreatosaurus
      • Family Estemmenosuchidae
        • Estemmenosuchus
          • Estemmenosuchus uralensis
          • Estemmenosuchus mirabilis
      • Stenocybus
      • Anteosauria
        • Family Brithopodidae / Anteosauridae
          • Brithopus
          • Family Syodontidae
            • Syodon
            • Australosyodon
          • Deuterosaurus
          • Titanophoneus
          • Subfamily Anteosaurinae (or Tribe Anteosaurini)
            • Anteosaurus
            • Doliosauriscus
      • Tapinocephalia
        • Styracocephalus
        • Family Titanosuchidae
          • Titanosuchus
          • Jonkeria
        • Family Tapinocephalidae
          • Tapinocanius
          • Ulemosaurus
          • Moschops
          • Struthiocephalus
          • Tapinocephalus

More information

National Dinosaur Museum’s “Dinosaur Age” Issue 18

See also

• Evolution of mammals
• Permian tetrapods

References

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Persoonia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots Order: Proteales Family: Proteaceae Subfamily: Persoonioideae
Genera
Persoonia Acidonia Toronia Placospermum

The Persoonioideae are a subfamily of closely releted genera within the large and diverse Proteaceae family and incorporates such genera as Persoonia, Acidonia, Toronia and Placospermum.

Like most Proteaceae, the great majority of species of Persoonioideae are plants of well-drained, acid, siliceous soils that are low in nutrients. Two south western species (Acidonia microcarpa, Persoonia graminea) grow in swampy habitats, three others (P. acicularis, P. bowgada and P. hexagona) tolerate mildly calcareous soils, and several south eastern species sometimes grow on basalt-derived soils, and but these are exceptional. The greatest diversity of species is found in areas with soils derived from sandstones and granites.

Placospermum coriaceum is the only species of Persoonioideae that usually completes its entire life cycle in rainforests. The others are basically plants of the shrubby strata of heathlands, and sclerophyll forests and woodlands. However, some species, such as Persoonia arborea, P. media and P. amaliae occasionally find themselves surrounded by rainforests that have replaced the sclerophyll communities in which the plants germinated.

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Fabian W. Waintal (Born in Buenos Aires on January 5, 1964) is one of the most important Hispanic journalists in Hollywood. Internationally recognized in more than 28 countries, there is also a website at www.waintal.com with his latest exclusive Hollywood interviews (English and Spanish best quotes included). Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz are only some of the celebrity interviews with a personal intimate touch that made Waintal an international signature. He has also covered the Academy Awards for more than 15 consecutive years (He’s been an executive producer for the International Oscar TV transmission, twice).

Los Angeles Correspondent for the magazine Vanidades since 1990, his interviews are also published by the largest newspapers in Spain (ABC); Venezuela (El Universal), Puerto Rico (El Vocero) and even Taiwan (Taipei Times). He actually started writing as journalist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when he was only 16 years old. He didn’t even turned 18 when the argentinian magazine Gente started publishing his entertainment column. Waintal later moved from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles, California, on January 14, 1990, to work as the L.A. correspondent for Gente and Editorial Atlantida.

Father of twin daughters Melody and Megan Waintal (Born May 7, 1997, Los Angeles, California) Fabian Waintal has been married to the argentinian actress Stella Maris Medrano since August 29, 1990 (They actually started dating August 29, 1986).

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Dschang
Dschang Location in Cameroon
Coordinates: 5°27?N 10°04?E? / ?5.45, 10.067
Country	Cameroon
Province	West Province
Division

Dschang market

Dschang is a city located in the West (Ouest) Province of Cameroon, with an estimated population of 87,000 (est) in 2001. This has grown dramatically from 21,705 recorded in 1981. It is the capital of the division of Ménoua.

History

Colonial era

The documented history of Dschang began in 1895, when it was “discovered” by a German military mission. In 1909, the city replaced Fontem as the capital of a Germany military district. The region where Dschang now exists was not then the place of any major settlement, but was instead an area which two bordering chiefdoms fought over. The name Dschang translates to “dispute” in the local language.

Following Germany’s defeat in World War I, Cameroon became a British possession in 1917. The country was subsequently handed over to the French in 1920, who declared Dschang to be the capital of Ouest Province, and developed the city’s vacation resort in the 1940s. This resort now forms the basis of Dsh’s plans to promote Dschang as a tourist destination.

Post-colonial era

On January 1, 1960, Cameroon became an independent state, and the regional administration was moved to the city of Bafoussam. Dschang suffered from this move, as much more effort was invested in the infrastructure of Bafoussam.

Following the institution of the Université de Dschang (University of Dschang) in 1993, however, foreign interest and developmental investment of the city began to increase, and plans for a drive to increase tourism and the exploitation of mineral deposits will contribute to the city’s development.

The current Mayor of Dschang is Pr. Bernard Momo

The 2006 Population is estimated to be 200000 inhabitants

Economy

Due to its high elevation of over 1400 m , Dschang is favoured by relatively cool temperatures and attractive scenery. It is therefore regarded as a mountain tourist resort.

Deposits of the aluminum-bearing ore bauxite have been discovered nearby ; however, a lack of infrastructure has prevented full-scale mining operations to date.

Coordinates: 5°27?N 10°04?E? / ?5.45, 10.067

Culture

The population of Dschang mainly speaks Yemba, a Bamileke language.

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