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A dispensing chemist, in British English and (to some extent) Australian English, or druggist in North American English is a pharmacist allowed to fulfil prescriptions.

A dispensing chemist will usually operate from a pharmacy or chemist’s shop, usually abbreviated to “the chemist’s” in English speaking nations, especially the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The United States and Canada use the term drugstore or pharmacy.

It is possible for a shop to be a general chemist without the ability to fulfil prescriptions, hence the modifier of ‘dispensing’. In such cases, only ‘Over the Counter’ (OTC) drugs and medications may be supplied, as these do not require the services of a licensed pharmacist. Such shops will also usually supply a wide range of health related goods.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom the market for dispensing chemists is split between independent retailers and large chains. The best known chain is branded “Boots”. Boots was founded in Nottingham, England by John Boot in 1849 and transformed into a national chain by his son Jesse. In July 2006 it merged with another chain of dispensing chemists, Alliance Unichem to form Alliance Boots. Another chain in the UK is Lloydspharmacy.

There were other chains of dispensing chemists in the UK. One well known regional one, covering much of the south of England was Timothy White (later Timothy White & Taylor Ltd), founded in Portsmouth. It was taken over by Boots in 1968. The dominance of the chains in the market was so high that saying “I’m just going to Boots” or “I’m just going to Timothy White’s” as dialogue in a novel or play would be immediately understood that one was going to the chemist’s, with no further explanation being necessary.

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INXSIVE is an LP released by Australian
rock band INXS on Deluxe Records in 1982 in Australia only. It features highlights from the band’s first two albums, b-sides, and two single-only releases: “Simple Simon” and “The Loved One” (a cover of a track by The Loved Ones) the song was later redone and released on Kick).

Track listing

1. “Learn to Smile”
2. “Wishy Washy”
3. “Stay Young”
4. “Prehistoria”
5. “We Are the Vegetables”
6. “Underneath the Colours”
7. “The Loved One”
8. “The Unloved One”
9. “Simple Simon”
10. “Fair Weather Ahead”
11. “In Vain”
12. “Big Go Go”
13. “Lacavocal”
14. “Just Keep Walking”

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For the EP by this name, see Don’t Let’s Start (EP).

“Don’t Let’s Start” is a They Might Be Giants song originally from the self-titled They Might Be Giants album. It was released as a single (Don’t Let’s Start (EP)) at this time. It has also appeared on Then: The Earlier Years and .

Its lyrics are typically abstract for an early They Might Be Giants song, though its musings on love and life appear to stem from an impending romantic turmoil suggested in the chorus. Although the song is known for such dreary, pointed statements as “everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful,” John Linnell has repeatedly insisted (as in a 2003 interview with NPR’s Terry Gross) that some of its lyrical twists, though pondered extensively by fans, were constructed merely to complement the melody and have no deep meaning.

The song also led to a music video that was popular for some time on MTV. In it, the band is featured wearing rolled up cardboard with fabric stapled to the outside on their heads. The location in which the video was filmed is the site of the 1964 New York World’s Fair in Queens, which would later be mentioned in “Ana Ng”. The face used in the video is that of William Allen White. His face has also been used for props at TMBG concerts. It appears on the Don’t Let’s Start CD single, and otherwise can frequently be found associated with TMBG.

The song was covered by the band Common Rotation on their album The Big Fear, and is quoted by Jimmy Eat World in “A Praise Chorus” on their 2001 CD, Bleed American.

When asked about the meaning of the song, Linnell replied that it was about “not let’s starting”.

Don’t Let’s Start is also the name of an upcoming 2008 Film, with characters that take their names from various They Might Be Giants’ songs, such as Ana Ng.*

External links

• Don’t Let’s Start at This Might Be A Wiki
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Richard Sainct (14 April, 1970-29 September, 2004) was a French Rally Raid Motorcycle Rider, best known for his three victories on the Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003.

His other notable achievements include winning the Tunisia Rally twice in 1998 and 1999; the Moroccan Rally in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002; and the Rally of Egypt in 2002. He also won the FIA Rally Raid World Cup in 2002.

He was killed on 29 September 2004 on the fourth stage of the Pharaohs Rally in Egypt.

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Gary Shearston, an Australian singer and songwriter, was a leading figure of the folk music revival of the 1960s.

Career

Gary Shearston is notable as an early performer of old ‘bush’ songs (Australian traditional folk songs) in an authentic style. He scored a Top 10 hit in the UK in 1974 with his laid back version of the old Cole Porter classic “I Get A Kick Out Of You”. In 1990 he received the Tamworth Songwriters’ Association’s award for “Bush Ballad of the Year”. Today he is an Anglican Church minister in rural Australia. He has recorded more than ten albums, most recently Only Love Survives.

Selected Discography & Chart Positions

• Sometime Lovin’ - 1965 (#38 Sydney)
• Sydney Town - 1965 (#9 Sydney, #36 Brisbane)
• I Get A Kick Out Of You - 1974 (#7 UK, #19 Sydney, #12 Brisbane, #11 Adelaide)

External links

• Gary Shearston’s Official Website

• Howlspace article

• Pop Archives – I Get A Kick Out of You feature

• Undercover Music

• SMH Album Review 3 August 2007

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Red Wing Shoes is a footwear company that specializes in producing durable boots.

Red Wing Shoes was founded by Charles H. Beckman in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1905. Within 10 years, the company had begun producing more than 200,000 pairs of boots per year, and issued the standard footwear to soldiers fighting in World War I. During World War II, Red Wing continued to manufacture boots for soldiers.

Red Wing Shoes also manufactures shoes under the brands Carhartt, Irish Setter Boots, Vasque, and Worx, and most recently expanded into making men’s and women’s casual shoes. Red Wing’s casual models range from athletic-styled sneakers to basic leather moccasins. All but a few casual shoes and many boots are manufactured in China, but Red Wing’s higher-end work is still manufactured by UFCW workers in Red Wing.

Many consider Red Wing boots to be the premiere steel toe work boot available on the market.

External links

• Red Wing Shoes

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Jawa is a motorcycle manufacturer in the Czech republic, formerly Czechoslovakia. It was named after its founder Janeček bought the motorcycle production of Wanderer in 1929, by concatenating the first letters of Janeček and Wanderer. The company is still active today.

Jawa is pronounced (roughly) “Yava”.

History

First model

The first model was introduced on October 23, 1929. This was a 500 cc 4-cycle engine with 12 kW of power (18 hp) and fuel consumption of 6 liters per 100 km. Although priced highly, through the first years (and several constructional fixes) this motorcycle was successful and was considered reliable.

Second model

Due to the economic recession of the early 1930 a cheaper and simpler motorcycle was needed. Year 1932 marked the introduction of Jawa 175, with its 3.6 kW engine. This light (70 kg) machine was capable of speeds up to 80 km/h and fuel consumption of 3.5 liters per 100 km. The first year of production was an immediate success, selling over 3000 of the Jawa 175, almost three times the number of the 500 cc model over three years of production. The production of this model was finally stopped 1946. In 1938 Jawa was the first to offer test rides during exhibition show. This test motorcycle was a custom Jawa 175 equipped with dual handlebars, second pair being in the back for the instructor. Over the years total of 27,535 units of the Jawa 175 were built.

Jawa does cars

In 1934 Jawa introduced its first car. Production continued to at least the outbreak of war, and it appears that a few were assembled from leftover parts in 1944-1945.

World war II period

Post War development

In 1946 Jawa introduced a 250cc two stroke single with dual exhausts which became a widespread utility motorcycle around the world, especially in countries allied to the communist block. Replicas of this original are produced in Chang Jiang Motorworks in China in the 21st century. A 350cc twin cylinder two stroke motorcycle was exported around the world and sold under numerous other brand names as well, including the Eaton’s brand of Eaton’s Road King, and a large single cylinder flathead motorcycle was sold in the 1960s by Sears of Canada. The CZ brand of motorcycle was merged with Jawa by the socialist economic planners after the Communist victory in 1948. CZ also made street motorcycles but was more well known for their motocross and enduro models. ISDT models for trials and enduro were produced under the Jawa and CZ nameplates.

Mopeds

Jawa made a variety of two-stroke mopeds, and was one of the first companies to include electronic ignition on their mopeds. Unfortunately, this “Tranizmo” unit was prone to failure. Jawa mopeds now have a fairly poor reputation, due to the difficulty of getting replacement parts, and the high failure rate of the “Tranizmo” unit.

For more information on Jawa mopeds, see babetta.

Jawa in India

Jawa motorcycles were introduced in India in the late 50’s and they have a cult following to this present day. Production was also carried out directly in India by Ideal Jawa based out of Mysore. The Jawa 250cc models and the Twin 350 and Monarch models are driven to this day in various parts of the country. The Jawa bikes with fuel tank paddings and ignition systems on the fuel tank are now collectors items. Jawa motorcycles also used the brand Yezdi.

Racing

Historically Jawa has been very active in racing, and by far the most active East-European manufacturers in mechanical sports. In track racing Jawa sustained a presence in the World Championship until the mid-sixties with respectable performances considering their limited budget. In Motocross the firm built an impressive palmares before its 4-stroke engines became superseded by 2-stroke engines. In Speedway racing, Dirt-track racing and Ice racing where 4-stroke engines were still at an advantage, the firm remained a dominant force, scoring a number of victories that’s still unbeaten today (to be verified). Jawa Speedway racing motorcycles are now a separate company. The separate factory where these competition motorcycles were built became a separate company following the privitazations of the 1990’s with the fall of Socialism.

Recent information

Following the dissolution of the union of the Czech and Slovak peoples into separate states and the dismantling of the socialist economies, the Jawa consumer motorcycles and the Speedway competition bikes were divided into separate companies. Jawa Speedway bikes are still successful, while the Jawa company has struggled.
As of 2006 the Jawa mostly produce copies of Honda 125cc and 50cc motorcycles and one large bike with a 650cc Rotax engine. The historic 350cc two stroke twin, mechanically unchanged since the 1960s but very reliable, is virtually moribund.

See also

• Chinese Chang-Jiang Jawa 353
• Photos of Jawa mopeds on mopedarmy.com
• CZ Motorcycles
• Čezeta Motor Scooter
• Heinkel Motor Scooter
• Lambretta Motor Scooter
• N-Zeta Motor Scooter
• Puch Motor Scooter
• Triumph Motorcycles ‘Tigress’ Motor Scooter
• Vespa Motor Scooter
• Zundapp ‘Bella’ Motor Scooter

External links

• http://www.jawa.as
• http://www.jawa.cz
• http://www.jawa-auto.com/
• http://www.jawaclub.com/
• http://www.jawaczownersclub.co.uk/

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In the USA, as well as in most developed countries, the low-end market consists of lower-priced products suitable for customers who are not willing or able to spend large amounts of money. In developing countries, some low-end products may be considered high-end or even luxury items.

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Old World ROM Macintosh computers are the Macintosh models that use a Macintosh Toolbox ROM chip, usually in a socket (but soldered to the motherboard in some models). All Macs prior to the iMac use Old World ROM, while the iMac and all subsequent models are New World ROM machines. In common use, the “Old World” designation usually applies to the early generations of PCI-based “beige” Power Macs (and sometimes the very first NuBus-equipped models), but not the older Motorola 68000-based Macs; however, the Toolbox runs the same way on all three types of machines.

PCI Power Macs with an Old World ROM contain an Open Firmware implementation, and a copy of the Macintosh Toolbox as an Open Firmware device. These machines are set to boot from this device by default, thus starting the normal Macintosh startup procedure. This can be changed, just as on New World ROM Macs, but with limitations placed on what devices and formats can be used; on these machines, particularly the early machines like the Power Macintosh 9500, the Open Firmware implementation was just enough to enumerate PCI devices and load the Toolbox ROM, and these Open Firmware revisions have several bugs which must be worked around by boot loaders or nvramrc patches.

All Power Macs include an emulated 68LC040 core that runs inside a nanokernel; this nanokernel/emulator combination is then used to boot the (predominantly 68k-based) Toolbox, and is also used to support applications written for the 68k once Mac OS is running. 68k machines can boot into the Toolbox directly.

On all Old World ROM machines, once the Toolbox is loaded, the boot procedure is the same. The Toolbox does a memory test, enumerates Mac OS devices it knows about (this varies from model to model), and either starts the onboard video (if present) or the option ROM on a NuBus or PCI video card. The Toolbox then checks for a disk in the floppy drive, and scans all SCSI buses for a disk with a valid System Folder, giving preference to whatever disk is set as the startup disk in the parameter RAM.

If a bootable disk is found, the Happy Mac logo is displayed, and control is handed over to Mac OS. If no disk to boot from is present, an icon depicting a floppy disk with a question mark in the middle blinks on the screen. If a hardware problem occurs during the early part of the boot process, the machine will play the Chimes of Death and freeze; on some Macs, this will be accompanied by a Sad Mac icon and an error code describing the problem.

Since the Old World ROM usually boots to the Toolbox, most OSes have to be installed using a boot loader from inside Mac OS (BootX is commonly used for Linux installations). 68K-based Macs and NuBus Power Macs must have Mac OS installed to load another OS (even A/UX, which was an Apple product), usually with virtual memory turned off. PCI Power Macs can be configured to boot into Open Firmware, allowing the firmware to load a boot loader directly, or they can use a specially-prepared floppy disk to trick the Toolbox into loading a kernel (this is used for Linux installation floppy images).

The most simple way to distinguish an OldWorld ROM Mac is that it will not have a factory built-in USB port. Only NewWorld ROM Macs had a USB port as factory equipment.

See also

• BootX, the standard LinuxPPC boot loader for Old World machines
• Quik (boot loader), a replacement boot loader for Old World PCI systems

External links

• Macintosh: ROM Size for Various Models

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This article refers to the automotive technology. For the use of start-stop systems in telecommunication, see asynchronous serial communication.

A start-stop system automatically shuts down and restarts an automobile’s internal combustion engine to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling, thereby improving fuel economy. This is most advantageous for vehicles which spend significant amounts of time waiting at stop lights or frequently come to a stop in traffic jams. This feature is present in hybrid electric vehicles, but has also appeared in vehicles which lack a hybrid powertrain. For non-hybrid vehicles, fuel economy gains from this technology are typically in the range of 5 to 10 percent.

One of the earliest vehicles to use this technology was the Volkswagen Polo Formel E model of the 1980s. Volkswagen also tried it in the Golf Ecomatic and in the Lupo 3L in the 1990s, though those early implementations were considered rather disconcerting by many drivers. Citroën introduced a more refined system in its C2 and C3 models by 2006, and BMW is including the technology across many of its cars and the MINI line for 2008.

At present, BMW’s implementation is probably the most advanced. Many of these systems use an integrated starter-generator (ISG), which combines the role of the starter and alternator into one unit. BMW has been interested in ways to reduce parasitic losses on engines, so the company took the technology a step further by leaving the ISG disengaged most of the time. This means that electrical components in the vehicle are normally running on battery power. On overrun and when decelerating or braking, the ISG engages to recharge the battery (regenerative braking). Since this battery experiences very different load characteristics than a normal car battery, BMW used an absorbent glass mat type instead. Due to the use of regenerative braking, some have started calling this type of system a micro hybrid, a step below a mild hybrid system.

Since automobile accessories like air conditioners and water pumps have typically been designed to run off a serpentine belt on the engine, those systems need to be redesigned to function properly when the engine is turned off. Typically, an electric motor is used to power these devices instead.

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