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MAID (massive array of idle drives) is an architecture using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for providing nearline storage of data. MAID is designed for write once, read occasionally (WORO) applications. [14] [15] [16] Compared to RAID technology, MAID has increased storage density, and decreased cost, electrical power, and cooling ...
The Testaments is a 2019 novel by Margaret Atwood.It is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (1985). [2] The novel is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale.It is narrated by Aunt Lydia, a character from the previous novel; Agnes, a young woman living in Gilead; and Daisy, a young woman living in Canada.
A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant. [1] The term is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve or assist. [1] Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of enslaved status or may be simply an employee. The terms handmaiden and handmaid ...
Rubbermaid glass food storage containers. Rubbermaid was founded in 1920 [3] in Wooster, Ohio as the Wooster Rubber Company by nine businessmen. Originally, Wooster Rubber Company manufactured toy balloons. [citation needed] In 1933, James R. Caldwell and his wife received a patent for their blue rubber dustpan. They called their line of rubber ...
A carboy, also known as a demijohn or a lady jeanne, is a rigid container with a typical capacity of 4 to 60 litres (1 to 16 US gal). [1] [2] Carboys are primarily used for transporting liquids, often drinking water or chemicals. [3] They are also used for in-home fermentation of beverages, often beer or wine.
The rest of the female noble courtiers consisted of the Hoffräulein (Maid of Honour), unmarried women from the nobility who normally served temporarily until marriage. [5] The Hoffräulein could sometimes be promoted to Kammerfräulein (Maid of Honour of the Chamber). [5] The Austrian court model was the role model for the princely courts in ...
When audiences last saw Elisabeth Moss’ Offred — aka June — in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” she was being taken away from the Commander’s home in the back of a van in the Season 1 finale ...
The Diary of a Chambermaid is a 1946 American drama film about a newly hired servant who severely disrupts a wealthy family. The film was based on the 1900 novel of the same title by Octave Mirbeau and the play Le journal d'une femme de Chambre, written by André de Lorde, with André Heuse and Thielly Nores.