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 ====Rest of LINAC====
 honestly very boring after that.
+====Target====
+  *We made it! The target is made out of something and at higher beam powers we need to spin it to prevent overheating. You may also recognize it from the display, where it should look rainbowy, very cool!
+  *Of the two tasks the involve the target, the easier one is working with Matthias Steiner to measure the thickness of the Target. You can read more about that __here__, as the more interesting aspects are purely documentation and safety.
+  *We can also start or stop the target, nominally it runs at 500 rpm. It must be stopped on occasion, such as when the remote handling group needs to do their work. That process is explained __here__.
+====The End(?)====
+  * I really wish it was, but this isn't even the end of the ftc network. This is a long page and it covers a lot of information, really most of what you need to know regarding the devices in the beamline upto the target. However there is more, which can be found in __What is an Accelerator II__. See you there when you're ready.
+OTHER IDEAS
+   *wedges
+   *dccts
+   *target and ARIS specifics
+   *idk shane 2 add stuff