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For the German DJ/producer team, see Sash!.

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Image File history File links Derived from public domain images featured at: http://commons. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Sascha Lappessen on the cover of his album S4 Sash Sash! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born on 10 June 1970, in Nettetal, Germany), who works in the studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas Alisson Lüdke. ...

Clothing

A sash consists of a cloth belt used to hold a robe together, and usually tied about the waist. The Japanese equivalent of a sash, called an obi, serves to hold a kimono or yukata together. Sashes traditionally form part of formal military attire (compare the sword-belt known as a baldric). Some decorations such as the Légion d'honneur involve wearing a special sash. In South and Latin America a special Presidential sash indicates a president's authority. Decorative sashes may pass from the shoulder to the hip rather than around the waist. In Italy, a sash, featuring the Italian flag colors, is used by public authorities and local officials. In the United States, the sash has picked up a more ceremonial and less secular purpose. Sashes are used at higher education commencement ceremonies, by high school homecoming parade nominees, in beauty pageants, as well as by corporations to acknowledge high achievement. A belt is a flexible band, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. ... A dragon robe from Qing Dynasty of China A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. ... Obi (帯, おび) is a Japanese word referring to several different types of sashes worn with kimono and martial arts uniforms by both men and women. ... Kimono (Japanese: 着物, literally something worn, i. ... Young woman in yukata in Kyoto, Japan CGI image of yukata-clad woman Yukata (Japanese: æµ´è¡£) is a Japanese summer garment. ... A baldric is a wide, usually ornamental belt worn around the waist and over one shoulder that is typically used to carry weapons (such as swords). ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... A presidential sash is a cloth sash worn by the presidents of many nations in the world, notably those in South America. ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ...


Computing

Many Unix-like operating systems feature a statically linked shell called sash which includes many built-in system commands. After a system failure, a systems administrator can use sash during recovery without the need to have important libraries in place. A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Figure of the linking process, where object files and static libraries are assembled into a new library or executable. ... In computing, a shell is a piece of software that essentially provides a kind of interface for end-users. ... A crash in computing is a condition where a program (either an application or part of the operating system) stops performing its expected function and also stops responding to other parts of the system. ... Illustration of an application which may use libvorbisfile. ...


The acronym SASH may refer to a combination (stack) of open-source Java components identified by their initials: Struts, Apache Axis, Spring Framework, and Hibernate. Look up Stack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by James Gosling and colleagues at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. ... Jakarta Struts is an open-source framework for developing J2EE web applications. ... Apache Axis is an open source, Java and XML based Web service framework consisting of an implementation of the SOAP server, and various utilities and APIs for generating and deploying Web service applications. ... The Spring framework is a layered Java application framework based on code published in Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development (ISBN 0-7645-4385-7). ... Hibernate is an object-relational mapping (ORM) solution for the Java language. ...


Building

Architects and builders use the word sash for the framing which holds panes of glass set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes. A sash window comprises sashes constructed into a unitary window. The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... A common German window A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface through which light and, sometimes, air can pass. ... A Georgian house with sash windows A sash window is a style of window in which panes are separated by a narrow bar or sash. ...


Geography of the United States of America

Fannin County, Texas includes a small community called Sash. Fannin County is a county located in the state of Texas. ...


Foundation

The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH) - foundation dedicated to helping those who suffer from sexual addiction. Formerly the National Council on Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. Founded in 1987 by Patrick Carnes, Richard Santorini and Ed Armstrong. SASH has a two-fold purpose: Sexual addiction, also sometimes called sexual compulsion, is a catch-all term for a postulated form of psychological addiction to sexual intercourse and other compulsive sexual behaviors including, but not limited to, viewing pornography, compulsive masturbation, serial cheating, cyber- and phone sex. ... Patrick Carnes, Ph. ...

  • To provide up-to-date research and information to our members, many of whom are professionals and work with people who struggle with sexual addiction and compulsion
  • To provide pertinent information and education to the general public

http://www.sash.net/


External links

  • Pride Sash
  • SashWorks
  • F.C. Ziegler Company


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Debian -- sash (281 words)
If you've installed sash before rendering your system unbootable, and you have some knowledge of how your system is supposed to work, you might be able to repair your system using init=/bin/sash at the boot prompt.
Note: sash is not intended to serve as /bin/sh, and has few of the interactive features present in bash or ksh.
More generally, sash is but one tool of many (backups, backup recovery tools, emergency boot disks or partitions, spare parts, testing of disaster plans, etc.) to help you recover a damaged system.
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