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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Turks and Moors in England -- 2. Soldiers, Pirates, Traders, and Captives: Britons Among the Muslims -- 3. The Renaissance Triangle: Britons, Muslims, and American Indians -- 4. Sodomy and Conquest -- 5. Holy Land, Holy War -- Conclusion: Britons, Muslims, and the Shadow of the American Indians -- APPENDIX A: English Captivity Accounts, 1577-1704 -- APPENDIX B: The Journey of the First Levantine to America: Being the Wandering of the Priest Ilyas Son of the Cleric Hanna al-Mawsuli form the Ammoon al-Kildani Family: 1668-1683 -- APPENDIX C: Ahmad Bin Qasim on Sodomy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

A Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is a way of establishing Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital investment. The election in 1979 of a Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher marked the start of a still-continuing shift of activities away from the UK public sector. PFI was implemented in the UK for the first time in 1992. HCP is an award winning PFI asset-management company and, as part of the EngD course, the researcher has spent a large amount of time based at HCP. HCP stands for Healthcare Projects, and this thesis presents an alternative, combined-methods research approach to one of the most mechanically complex asset types under HCP's management, in its largest healthcare facility. The research presents a risk-based approach to the operational lifecycle planning of 113 air-handling units at a central London hospital. The two components to the project are engineering risk (How likely is the asset to fail?) and contractual risk (What are the financial implications of such a failure?). Currently, these assets are modelled by HCP on a 'strategic' level, but using CIBSE- recommended guidance and part-failure data collected from six other UK-based hospitals, the Physical Asset Lifecycle Model (PALM) produces a funding profile for the replacement of the 1,247 internal components, as opposed to 113 bulk assets. The numerical model has also been visualised through the extraction of 3D BIM geometry into a geometrical-modelling tool (Rhino5) and computational plug-in (Grasshopper) to connect to the lifecycle model and visualise the replacement strategy proposed. The qualitative part of the combined-methods approach involved interviewing HCP Management board members as to their views on the models. The current profile adopted by HCP for the management of the air-handling units involves a £6.045m spend during the remaining 33-year concession period. The main findings of the PALM lifecycle model are that, based on a component-level replacement approach, this figure can be reduced by more than £1m based on a recommended replacement profile (£4.709m). Such a reduction can be based on how HCP currently manages its assets, and the engineering survey conducted showed that three air-handling units currently being life-cycled by HCP either had no components or were decommissioned prior to construction. The main findings of the PALM geometrical model (based on thematic-interview analysis) are that such a tool has largely been unseen in the industry before and it displays major translatability to other complex mechanical assets with component parts. It can also be integrated into HCP business propositions for new and existing clients in the future because of its clarity and ability to produce transparent lifecycle modelling from a decision-maker's point of view. The research concludes that while the PALM model provides a glimpse as to how lifecycle modelling may be conducted in the future, a number of barriers to its implementation remain (namely data availability in a competitive environment, the time versus income generated business-case paradigm and a generational ability to change and accept technological advancements amongst senior decision-makers).

Intro -- Preface -- Special Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Part I: Uncharted Destinies -- Chapter 1: Personal and Professional Alignments -- A Foreign Policy Rebalancement -- Reference -- Part II: Foreign Policy Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 2: Geopolitical Upheaval in the Middle East -- The 1967 War: The Death Knell of Arab Nationalism -- The 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait and the End of Arab Unity -- The Invasion of Iraq: Falsehoods, Failed Policies, and Regional Imbalances -- Not Only an Arab Neighborhood: Iran and Turkey -- References -- Chapter 3: No War -- The 1973 War: Making Peace Possible -- The Tough Road of Negotiations -- Efforts to Reconvene the Geneva Conference -- Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem -- Reviving Multilateralism: The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference -- The Oslo Process: Palestine and Israel, Face to Face -- New Realities Face Old Truths: The Middle East and North Africa Economic Summits -- References -- Chapter 4: Yet No Peace -- A Troubled Middle East: America, Egypt, and the Post-Oslo Peace Efforts -- A Short Detour to the Syrian-Israeli Track -- The Camp David II Summit: Diplomatic Mismanagement -- The Clinton Parameters: A Last-Ditch Effort -- The Arab Peace Initiative: Another Missed Opportunity -- The Road Map for Peace: And Its Distortion -- Changing Palestinian Leadership and the Rise of Hamas -- The Obama Years: Winds of Change? -- Reading Through 50 Years of Hostilities and Negotiations -- References -- Chapter 5: Efforts to Quell Nuclear Weapons Proliferation in the Middle East -- Egypt and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons -- The Quest for Regional Non-Proliferation Parity: The ACRS Working Group -- An Indefinite Nuclear Imbalance -- Chapter 6: New Engagement of Sensitive Neighbors and Long-Standing Relations -- Appeasing Gaddafi to Secure Borders.

Chapter 1. Background -- Chapter 2. The Print Media: Unceasing Challenges -- Chapter 3. Radio Broadcasting -- Chapter 4. Television -- Chapter 5. From Folk to Social Media -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Setting the Limits of Political Publications: Legislative Decree No. 74 of April 13, 1953 -- Appendix 2 Licensed Lebanese Political Publications -- Appendix 3 List of Radio Stations -- Appendix 4 The 1994 Audio-Visual Law: Law Number 382 -- Appendix 5 Amendments of the 1962 Publications Law -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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During the early modern period, hundreds of Turks and Moors traded in English and Welsh ports, dazzled English society with exotic cuisine and Arabian horses, and worked small jobs in London, while the ""Barbary Corsairs"" raided coastal towns and, if captured, lingered in Plymouth jails or stood trial in Southampton courtrooms. In turn, Britons fought in Muslim armies, traded and settled in Moroccan or Tunisian harbor towns, joined the international community of pirates in Mediterranean and Atlantic outposts, served in Algerian households and ships, and endured captivity from Salee to Al