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6756876 | Alvin Hall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alvin%20Hall | Alvin Hall
Boardroom" in which he interviewed and profiled the entrepreneurial rap star Jay-Z.
2011
- "Poorer Than Their Parents": four programmes in which Alvin Hall assesses whether today's youth will be worse off than their parents.
2010
- "Alvin Hall's Generations of Money": Alvin Hall helps four different gene... | 43,600 |
6756876 | Alvin Hall | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alvin%20Hall | Alvin Hall
cess to remarkable private art collections.
## Tribute to Alistair Cooke.
- "In Alistair Cooke's Footsteps", Hall's tribute to the "Letter from America" broadcaster, aired on the BBC World Service in November 2012.
# External links.
- Official site
- Alvin Hall On Small Spending
- BBC raw Quick Reads -... | 43,601 |
6756925 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keshari%20Nath%20Tripathi | Keshari Nath Tripathi
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Keshari Nath Tripathi (born 10 November 1934) is an Indian politician and the former Governor of West Bengal. He took oath as Governor of West Bengal on 24 July 2014 and as Governor of Bihar on 27 November, same year. He was sworn in as the Governor of Mizoram on 4 April 201... | 43,602 |
6756925 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keshari%20Nath%20Tripathi | Keshari Nath Tripathi
assembly five times viz.1977-1980, 1989-1991,1991-1992,1993-1995, 1996-2002 and 2002-2007.He served as the Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly from 1991-1993, 1997 to 2002 and from May 2002 to March 2004. He also held the position of Cabinet Minister, Institutional finance and Sales Tax in U.P.... | 43,603 |
6756925 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keshari%20Nath%20Tripathi | Keshari Nath Tripathi
of Mizoram. He will discharge the functions of the Governor of Mizoram in addition to his own duties as Governor of West Bengal and Bihar. He replaced Aziz Qureshi, who was sacked by Union Government on 28 March 2015. Congress-ruled Mizoram has seen seven governors in eight months.
Senior BJP lea... | 43,604 |
6756925 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keshari%20Nath%20Tripathi | Keshari Nath Tripathi
the Governor of Bihar in August 2015.
Kesrinath Tripathi had been given additional charge as Governor of Bihar on 20 June 2017.
# Other works.
Tripathi practiced as a Senior Advocate at Allahabad High Court. He is also an author and a poet and has published several books. His chief literary wor... | 43,605 |
6756945 | The Hawk of Lebanon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Hawk%20of%20Lebanon | The Hawk of Lebanon
The Hawk of Lebanon
"The Hawk of Lebanon" is a popular song in the Arab world about Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The song was written by little known Palestinian boy band Firkat al-Shamal (Band of the North) at the height of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
The lyrics consist of constant re... | 43,606 |
6756945 | The Hawk of Lebanon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Hawk%20of%20Lebanon | The Hawk of Lebanon
h and victory is yours with God's help." Lead singer and manager Alaa Abu al-Haija, 28, said he gives the audiences what they want to hear. "I see people turning toward Islam, so I have to sing to that," said Alaa.
Palestinian fever for the song brought together supporters of Hamas and Fatah who ar... | 43,607 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
Mountain Warfare Training Center
The Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) is a United States Marine Corps installation located in Pickel Meadows on California State Route 108 at above sea level in the Toiyabe National Forest, northwest of Bridgeport, California. The training center ... | 43,608 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
in support of the Regional Combatant Commanders. Additionally, MWTC provides support to Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC); Training and Education Command; Marine Corps Systems Command; and other USMC and Department of Defense (DOD) agencies engaged in the development of wa... | 43,609 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
the "Mountain Warfare Training Center" due to its expanded role. During the 1980s, the Training Center's focus was on training and preparing Marines and operational units for deployments on NATO's Northern flank, particularly Norway. Recently, with the Global War on Terrorism, the MWTC ... | 43,610 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
exercises.
# MWTC Installation Capabilities.
- Billeting facilities to support 1200+ training personnel
- Chowhall to support permanent and training personnel
- Naval Hospital Branch Clinic
- Fire Department/EMS ambulances
- Base Security Forces / PMO
- Classrooms and base theate... | 43,611 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
MCCS, Post Exchange, Single Marine Program, Fitness Center and Rock Training/Climbing wall
- The Pickel Post, Base Newsletter
- Family Housing for Permanent personnel
# MWTC School of Mountain Warfare.
## Formal Courses / Training Programs Offered.
- Mountain Communications Course
... | 43,612 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
Special Operation Forces (SOF) Horsemanship Course
Most courses require a first class Physical Fitness Test, typically conducted on Training Day 1.
## Pre-Deployment Training Programs (PTP).
- Mountain Exercise (MTX) (revamped summer/winter package customized per METL) (2010–present)... | 43,613 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
Center Twentynine Palms. (2009–2010)
- Mountain Viper
- Training for USMC Embedded Training Teams (ETTs) for OEF (2006–2009)
## MWI (Mountain Warfare Instructor, a.k.a. Red Hats) Training.
### Basic MWI.
- MLC or IQC (Instructor Qualification Course) Graduate, Seasonal
- BIC (Basi... | 43,614 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
1 Avalanche Course
- Qualify as a BSI (Basic Ski Instructor)
- Complete Snow II Clinic
- Complete Rock II Clinic
- Complete Alpine II Clinic
- Certified as a Wilderness First Responder or higher
- Completed 20 hours of platform Instruction
- Recommendation from OIC.
### Master M... | 43,615 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
Mountain Warfare Training Camp Michael Monsoor
- US Army Mountain Warfare School
- US Army Northern Warfare Training Center
- British Army Mountain Leader Training Cadre
- Nepal Army High Altitude and Mountain Warfare School, Mustang
- Indian Army High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS... | 43,616 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
Mountain Warfare - The need for specialized training, Sept 2004, Major Muhammad Asim Malik, Pakistan Army
- Our Troops in Afghanistan Need Mountain Warfare Training
- Understanding Mountain Warfare Training, October 2005, Michael S. Woodson
- Alpinist, A Short March to the Hindu Kush... | 43,617 |
6756990 | Mountain Warfare Training Center | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain%20Warfare%20Training%20Center | Mountain Warfare Training Center
ed Mountain Warfare Training
- Understanding Mountain Warfare Training, October 2005, Michael S. Woodson
- Alpinist, A Short March to the Hindu Kush, Posted on: November 27, 2006, Ed Darack
- Mountain Viper Article Feb 2008, Cpl. Michael S. Cifuentes, USMC
- Proceedings, An Entirely... | 43,618 |
6756946 | Men in Black II: Alien Escape | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Men%20in%20Black%20II:%20Alien%20Escape | Men in Black II: Alien Escape
Men in Black II: Alien Escape
Men in Black II: Alien Escape is an action-adventure video game developed by Infogrames Melbourne House and published by Infogrames in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, and was later ported to the GameCube in 2003 by Tantalus. The game is partially based on the "Me... | 43,619 |
6756946 | Men in Black II: Alien Escape | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Men%20in%20Black%20II:%20Alien%20Escape | Men in Black II: Alien Escape
published by Infogrames in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, and was later ported to the GameCube in 2003 by Tantalus. The game is partially based on the "Men in Black II" movie.
# Plot.
In "Men in Black II: Alien Escape", players take on the role of one of the MIB agents Agent K or Agent J, a... | 43,620 |
6756947 | Mariana Frenk-Westheim | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mariana%20Frenk-Westheim | Mariana Frenk-Westheim
Mariana Frenk-Westheim
Mariana Frenk-Westheim (June 4, 1898 – June 24, 2004) was a writer of Spanish-Mexican prose, hispanist, lecturer of literature, museum expert and a Mexican translator.
Mariana Frenk-Westheim, a daughter of Jewish parents, was born in Hamburg and left Germany in 1930 toget... | 43,621 |
6756947 | Mariana Frenk-Westheim | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mariana%20Frenk-Westheim | Mariana Frenk-Westheim
m
Mariana Frenk-Westheim (June 4, 1898 – June 24, 2004) was a writer of Spanish-Mexican prose, hispanist, lecturer of literature, museum expert and a Mexican translator.
Mariana Frenk-Westheim, a daughter of Jewish parents, was born in Hamburg and left Germany in 1930 together with her husband,... | 43,622 |
6756991 | Cycas balansae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycas%20balansae | Cycas balansae
Cycas balansae
Cycas balansae is a species of cycad in the genus "Cycas", native to southwestern China (southeast Guangxi) and adjacent northern Vietnam (near Hanoi), where it occurs in dense mountain rainforests.
It has a subterranean, unbranched stem 12–20 cm in diameter, bearing 4-9 leaves, each lea... | 43,623 |
6756991 | Cycas balansae | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycas%20balansae | Cycas balansae
ovules. Lateral spines present in lamina, apical spines not distinct, with yellow sarcotesta. The male cones are yellow, solitary, erect, 20–25 cm long and 4–7 cm diameter, with wedge shaped sporophylls.
# Range.
In northeastern Vietnam, "Cycas balansae" is found in Lang Son, Vinh Phuc, Thai Nguyen, an... | 43,624 |
6757030 | Cornelscourt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cornelscourt | Cornelscourt
Cornelscourt
Cornelscourt () is a small suburban area of South Dublin, situated between Cabinteely and Foxrock. It has a mostly commercial rather than residential character and is best known for being the site of Ireland's first big-box store, a branch of Dunnes Stores.
# Geography.
Cornelscourt consist... | 43,625 |
6757030 | Cornelscourt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cornelscourt | Cornelscourt
space, named the "Gallery Intermarium", and there is also a 60 seat theatre named the "Dolmen Theatre" above the pub. There is a drama school called "Arclight", an Indian Restaurant, a traditional fish and chip shop named "Aldos" (which is now "Romayo's"), along with several other take-away food outlets. T... | 43,626 |
6757030 | Cornelscourt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cornelscourt | Cornelscourt
p named "Aldos" (which is now "Romayo's"), along with several other take-away food outlets. There is also a convenience store, a pharmacy named "Hiltons", and the above-mentioned Dunnes Stores. The surrounding residential housing is laid out in suburban housing estates.
Ireland's first experimental drive-... | 43,627 |
6757073 | Gualala | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gualala | Gualala
Gualala
Gualala may refer to:
# In North America.
- Gualala, California, an unincorporated community 105 miles north of San Francisco
- Gualala River, a river that has its mouth near Gualala, California
- Gualala Point Regional Park, a regional park at the mouth of the Gualala River
# In Central America.
... | 43,628 |
6757003 | Florin Court | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florin%20Court | Florin Court
Florin Court
Florin Court is an Art Deco / Streamline Moderne residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London.
The building has been used as Whitehaven Mansions, the fictional London residence of Agatha Christie's character Hercule Poirot, in the LWT television serie... | 43,629 |
6757003 | Florin Court | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florin%20Court | Florin Court
Guy Morgan and Partners who worked until 1927 for Edwin Lutyens, and two years earlier successfully completed the similar Cholmeley Lodge in Haringey, it features an impressive curved façade with projecting wings, a roof garden, setbacks on the eighth and ninth floor and a basement swimming pool.
It was p... | 43,630 |
6757003 | Florin Court | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florin%20Court | Florin Court
by Hildebrand & Clicker architects, providing today's interior layout and more facilities.
Before the refurbishment the ground floor included a porter's office and flat for the head porter; the entrance hall had a marble floor inset with the arms of Charterhouse (now carpeted) and an inlaid ceiling covere... | 43,631 |
6757003 | Florin Court | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florin%20Court | Florin Court
used to be a vicarage and a lady’s school until 1859, that was later converted into a staff dormitory once purchased in 1872 by Copestake, Crampton & Co. Ltd (lace manufacturers and wholesalers located in Cheapside).
Copestake, Crampton & Co. Ltd employees’ hostel housed up to 100 male and 18 female, but ... | 43,632 |
6757003 | Florin Court | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florin%20Court | Florin Court
ve to Nottingham the building was sold to balance part of the loss due the business slowing down around 1934.
In 1989 the building became the fictional residence of "Agatha Christie's Poirot", known as "Whitehaven Mansions".
In 2003, the building was declared Grade II listed of the national scheme.
On S... | 43,633 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
Kangju
Kangju () was the Chinese name of an ancient kingdom in Central Asia which became for a couple of centuries the second greatest power in Transoxiana after the Yuezhi. Its people, the Kāng () were an Indo-European semi-nomadic people probably identical to the Iranian Sogdians or other Iranian groups close... | 43,634 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
could simply mean "the abode of the Kang," or "territory occupied by the Kang." ... As "kang" 康 means 'well-being', 'peaceful,' 'happy;' 'settle', 'stability,' Kangju can be translated as the 'Peaceful Land,' or 'Abode of the Peaceful (People).' ... Even if the name Kangju was originally an attempt to transcribe... | 43,635 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
A work "kāṅka-", probably meaning "stone" and proposed that the Kangju were originally Tocharians who had migrated westward into Sogdia and established themselves in Čač (modern Tashkent). Pulleyblank also suggested that the Jié (羯) tribe Qiāngqú (羌渠) might be Kangju people who had been incorporated into the Xio... | 43,636 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
Pecheneg tribes collectively known as Kangar mentioned by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. Nevertheless, all those connections remain hypothetical.
# History.
According to 2nd century BC Chinese sources, Kangju lay north of the Dayuan and west of the Wusun, bordering the Yuezhi in the south. Their territory co... | 43,637 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
upheaval in Central Asia following the withdrawal of the Yuezhi from Gansu and then the Ili Valley after their defeat by the Xiongnu and Wusun respectively. Chinese sources state that the Kangju were tributiaries of the Yuezhi in the south and the Xiongnu in the east.
Kangju was mentioned by the Chinese travell... | 43,638 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
It acknowledges sovereignty to the Yuezhi people in the South and the Xiongnu in the East.
Qian also visited a land known to the Chinese as Yancai 奄蔡 (literally "vast steppe"), which lay north-west of the Kangju. The people of Yancai and were said to resemble the Kangju in their customs:
Yancai lies some 2,000... | 43,639 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
(which covers the period from 206 BCE to 23 CE), Kangju had expanded considerably to a nation of some 600,000 individuals, with 120,000 men able to bear arms. Kangju was clearly now a major power in its own right. By this time it had gained control of Dayuan and Sogdiana in which it controlled “five lesser kings... | 43,640 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
= Sogdiana, and both the "old" Yancai (which had changed its name to "Alanliao" and seems here to have expanded its territory to the Caspian Sea), and "Yan", a country to Yancai's north, as well as the strategic city of "Northern Wuyi" 北烏伊 (Alexandria Eschate, or modern Khujand), were all dependent on Kangju.
Y... | 43,641 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
obliged many of the Sarmatians to migrate further west, and it may therefore be concluded that the Kangju played a major in the great migrations of the time, which played a major role in world history. Through this expansion the Kangju gained control over key parts of the Silk Route. The Kangju state came to uni... | 43,642 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
the northern Xiongnu. The Kangju ruler gave his daughter in marriage to the northern Xiongnu ruler Chih-Chih (Zhizhi?) while Chih-Chih married the daughter of the Kangju ruler. The Xiongnu and Kangju were initially successful, besieging the Wusun in 42 BCE. The Han however intervened, defeating and killing the n... | 43,643 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
2nd and 3rd centuries AD, during which they issued their own currency which was similar to that of Khwarezm.
The biography of the Chinese General Ban Chao in the "Hou Hanshu" says in 94 CE that the Yuezhi were arranging a marriage of their king with a Kangju princess. The Chinese then sent "considerable present... | 43,644 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
the Kangju probably became subsumed into the Hephthalites.
Kangju was later known as the State of Kang (康国) during the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the 8th century, some of them seem to have been adherents of Manicheanism.
# Culture.
The Book of Han describes the way of life of the Kangju elite. Its ruler spent... | 43,645 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
of the Kangju consisted of nomadic tribes whose customs were very similar to those of the Yuezhi. Kangju burials of the early period have been excavatated at Berk-kara and Tamdî, in which the dead were placed in pit-graves, often covered with logs, under kurgan mounds. These graves often contain hand-made pots, ... | 43,646 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
to the Kangju. The Kangju regarded the ram as a noble animal.
References from written sources and archaeological finds show that the Kangju reached a considerable level of agricultural sophistication. Much of the population consisted of a sedentary farming population. Wide canals from the Kangju period have bee... | 43,647 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
as the "Kaunchi Culture", dating from the 2nd century BCE to the early 8th century CE, and centred on the middle course of the Syr Darya and its tributaries: the Angren, Chirchik, and Keles. The culture was named after an ancient townsite now known as Kaunchi-Tepe, which was first studied by G. V. Grigoriev in 1... | 43,648 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
passages.
The settlements were surrounded by kurgan burials of a catacomb type with long dromoses, crypts, and burial vaults, with horse bone trappings and rites typical of nomads.
The people predominantly practiced cattle husbandry and nonirrigated agriculture (grain cultures of millet, barley, wheat, and ric... | 43,649 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
At that period weapons started appearing in the kurgans.
Kaunchi-type sites apparently spread from the Otrar region along Syr Darya to the south of Tashkent. The Kaunchi culture significantly impacted the archeological cultures in the vast territories of the Middle Asia.
## Inscriptions.
Some important inscri... | 43,650 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
complement the existing Chinese historical records about Kangju. Sims-Williams also assigned a likely date to these inscriptions.
- Several fragmentary Sogdian inscriptions discovered by A. N. Podushkin in his excavations at Kultobe. They contain archaic features which shed light on the development of the Sogdi... | 43,651 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
239 and 265 CE." Draft annotated English translation.
- Hill, John E. (2015) "Through the Jade Gate - China to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes 1st to 2nd Centuries CE". CreateSpace, North Charleston, South Carolina. .
- The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. J.... | 43,652 |
6756531 | Kangju | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangju | Kangju
Thames & Hudson. London. (2000),
- Liu, Xinru: Migration and Settlement of the Yuezhi-Kushan. Interaction and Interdependence of Nomadic and Sedentary Societies in: "Journal of World History", 12 (No. 2) 2001, p. 261-292. See
- "Drevnosti Chardary", Alma-Ata, 1968 ("In Russian")
- Grigoriev G.V., "Kaunchi-Tep... | 43,653 |
6757109 | Songsong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Songsong | Songsong
Songsong
Songsong is the second largest village on the island of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, United States. As of 2000, its population is 593. Songsong is located along the southern coast, in a narrow peninsula. The village's most recognizable landmark is Mt. Tinubal, more commonly known as Wedding Cake M... | 43,654 |
6757109 | Songsong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Songsong | Songsong
Sinapalo Elementary School in Sinapalo serves Songsong
- Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr./Sr. High School is in Songsong
Previously Rota Elementary/Junior & High School and Rota Elementary & Junior High School (after Rota High School separated) were in Songsong. In February 2002 the elementary school separated and to... | 43,655 |
6757109 | Songsong | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Songsong | Songsong
ary School in Sinapalo serves Songsong
- Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr./Sr. High School is in Songsong
Previously Rota Elementary/Junior & High School and Rota Elementary & Junior High School (after Rota High School separated) were in Songsong. In February 2002 the elementary school separated and took a campus in S... | 43,656 |
6757041 | North American Women's Baseball League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20American%20Women's%20Baseball%20League | North American Women's Baseball League
North American Women's Baseball League
The North American Women's Baseball League (NAWBL) was an amateur baseball league. The league had three divisions: the New England Division, the Ontario Division, and the Florida Division.
The NAWBL plays games scheduled for seven innings, ... | 43,657 |
6757041 | North American Women's Baseball League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20American%20Women's%20Baseball%20League | North American Women's Baseball League
far as Connecticut or central New Hampshire. Several current players have made boys' or men's teams at school. The league is competitive but friendly; arguments with umpires and with opponents are unheard-of. Selected players organize outside the regulation season and enter tourna... | 43,658 |
6757041 | North American Women's Baseball League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20American%20Women's%20Baseball%20League | North American Women's Baseball League
know where a fly ball will land. Teammates know to coach her into position. Four errors a game is a typical number, and they occur in bunches. Starting pitching is increasingly a specialty rather than a shared duty, and several players have become dominant as starters. Control is ... | 43,659 |
6757041 | North American Women's Baseball League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20American%20Women's%20Baseball%20League | North American Women's Baseball League
they don't promote themselves separately. The league does a minimum of self-promotion. Depending on the availability of facilities, they play day and evening games, with lights, the scoreboard, and an announcer.
# History.
The NAWBL began under Nick Lopardo, owner of the North S... | 43,660 |
6757041 | North American Women's Baseball League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20American%20Women's%20Baseball%20League | North American Women's Baseball League
and 2007, the NAWBL was based at Holman Stadium in Nashua, New Hampshire, with the financial backing of John Stabile, owner of the Nashua Pride, also of the Can-Am League. The all-stars traveled as the Pride Pioneers.
In 2008, the NAWBL was funded by player dues and conducted a t... | 43,661 |
6757041 | North American Women's Baseball League | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20American%20Women's%20Baseball%20League | North American Women's Baseball League
raser Field, and played some games at World Series Park in Saugus, Massachusetts. In 2009, only a single game was played; on June 28 at Fraser Field, the Ravens led the Saints, 8-0, after four innings and held on to win, 11-10. The league has played no games since then, and websit... | 43,662 |
6757157 | O'Connor and Goldberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=O'Connor%20and%20Goldberg | O'Connor and Goldberg
O'Connor and Goldberg
O'Connor and Goldberg was a chain of shoe stores in Chicago that operated from the early 1900s through at least the 1970s.
The company operated stores in several shopping districts throughout the area. One of the company's more noteworthy stores was in the Heyworth Building... | 43,663 |
6757061 | Edward W. Pattison | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20W.%20Pattison | Edward W. Pattison
Edward W. Pattison
Edward Worthington Pattison (April 29, 1932 – August 22, 1990) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
# Biography.
"Ned" Pattison was born in Troy, New York on April 29, 1932. He graduated from Cornell University in 1953, and served ... | 43,664 |
6757061 | Edward W. Pattison | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20W.%20Pattison | Edward W. Pattison
babies", in a predominantly Republican district and served from January 3, 1975 until January 3, 1979. While a Member of the House of Representatives, he first served on the House Committee on the Judiciary, where as a freshman Representative, he played a key role in the reform of the national copyri... | 43,665 |
6757061 | Edward W. Pattison | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward%20W.%20Pattison | Edward W. Pattison
rm, he served on the House Banking Committee. Following his admission of past use of marijuana, Pattison lost a bid for re-election in 1978 against Gerald B. H. Solomon. In 1980, Pattison ran for the New York State Senate, 41st district, but lost to incumbent Joe Bruno.
After leaving Congress Pattis... | 43,666 |
6756984 | James Ramsden (industrialist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Ramsden%20(industrialist) | James Ramsden (industrialist)
James Ramsden (industrialist)
Sir James Ramsden (25 February 1822 – 19 October 1896) was a British mechanical engineer, industrialist, and civic leader, who played a dominant role in the development of the new town of Barrow-in-Furness, then in the historic county of Lancashire, later in ... | 43,667 |
6756984 | James Ramsden (industrialist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Ramsden%20(industrialist) | James Ramsden (industrialist)
becoming locomotive superintendent for the new Furness Railway Company in January 1846. He very soon rose to become company secretary, and later served as managing director between 1866 and 1895.
In 1866, Ramsden was also appointed managing director of the "Barrow Hematite Steel Company, ... | 43,668 |
6756984 | James Ramsden (industrialist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Ramsden%20(industrialist) | James Ramsden (industrialist)
also a notable benefactor, contributing towards many new social and civic facilities within the town.
Ramsden was knighted in 1872, and a statue by Matthew Noble was unveiled that same year in what was to become Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness. A portrait of Ramsden hangs in the borough... | 43,669 |
6756984 | James Ramsden (industrialist) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Ramsden%20(industrialist) | James Ramsden (industrialist)
y new social and civic facilities within the town.
Ramsden was knighted in 1872, and a statue by Matthew Noble was unveiled that same year in what was to become Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness. A portrait of Ramsden hangs in the borough's town hall. However, he remained a largely local ... | 43,670 |
6757026 | John Pitkin Norton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Pitkin%20Norton | John Pitkin Norton
John Pitkin Norton
John Pitkin Norton (July 19, 1822 – September 5, 1852) was an educator, agricultural chemist, and author.
# Biography.
Norton was born in Albany, New York in 1822, where his father John Treadwell Norton, a successful farmer and engineer, owned a hardware store. His mother, Mary ... | 43,671 |
6757026 | John Pitkin Norton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Pitkin%20Norton | John Pitkin Norton
of Philosophy and the Arts at Yale with Silliman's son, Benjamin Silliman, Jr., which would later become the Sheffield Scientific School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He was the author of "Elements of Scientific Agriculture" (1850), and many scientific papers, dealing with the chemist... | 43,672 |
6757026 | John Pitkin Norton | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Pitkin%20Norton | John Pitkin Norton
, and died in Farmington, Connecticut in 1852. He is buried in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.
# Legacy.
Norton is one of the few scientists recognized in the United States Capitol in Washington DC. A small statue of him is on the Edmond Amateis bronze doors. (See pp. 350 – 351 of ... | 43,673 |
6757029 | Hermanni Vuorinen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermanni%20Vuorinen | Hermanni Vuorinen
Hermanni Vuorinen
Hermanni Vuorinen (born 27 January 1985) is a Finnish former footballer. He played as a striker.
# Club career.
He began his career at FC Jazz but at the age of 18, he tried out for German side Werder Bremen, but got homesick. For the 2005 season he joined FC Honka and helped them... | 43,674 |
6757029 | Hermanni Vuorinen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermanni%20Vuorinen | Hermanni Vuorinen
from Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Slovenia. However, he returned to Finland in July 2007. On 31 August 2010 he was signed by R. Charleroi S.C. for a two-year contract with an option for third. He scored his first goal for Charleroi on 16 October 2010 in a 1-2 loss against Lokeren.
He returned to H... | 43,675 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
Marine Corps Systems Command
Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is the acquisition command of the United States Marine Corps, made up of Marines, sailors, civilians and contractors. As the only systems command in the Marine Corps, MCSC serves as Head of Contracting Authority and exercises... | 43,676 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
Organization and History.
## History.
MCSC traces its beginning to the Marine Corps Research, Development and Acquisition Command (MCRDAC), which the Marine Corps established Nov. 18, 1987, as required by the Goldwater Nichols Act. General Alfred Gray, then-Commandant of the Marine Corps ... | 43,677 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
separate activities and integrated them into one: the Development Center at Quantico, Va., the current Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) staff of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Studies, and the Acquisition Division of the Deputy Chief of Staff of Installations and Lo... | 43,678 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
functions that involve system acquisition and life cycle management formerly assigned to HQMC, Marine Corps logistic bases and MCRDAC.
Throughout its history the Command has taken on more responsibilities. In 1990, the assault amphibious vehicle program transferred from the Naval Sea Syste... | 43,679 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems, fully supported by MCSC. In fact, the Command currently supports multiple PEOs within DOD. In 2011, MCSC completed its transition to a competency-aligned organization, and in 2012 the Command changed its program management offices and evolved to... | 43,680 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
Ground Combat Element Systems (GCES).
Ground Combat Element Systems equips and sustains the Marine Corps with fully integrated infantry, reconnaissance, armor and fire support weapons systems to increase the lethality of the Ground Combat Element. In partnership with stakeholders, GCES exe... | 43,681 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
Systems.
## Logistics Combat Element Systems (LCES).
Logistics Combat Element Systems equips and sustains Marine Forces with supply, maintenance, ammunition and engineering systems in order to enable success in current and future operations. The Program Managers for LCES are: Engineer Sys... | 43,682 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
who are responsible for the life-cycle management of both Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales programs. PM LAV is a professional work force and executes all acquisition disciplines to include program management, logistics, engineering, procurement, contracting, financial management, qua... | 43,683 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
Task Force and globally deployed maritime expeditionary forces by providing training support and developing and sustaining training systems and devices. They are the training systems acquisition arm for the Marine Corps. The various training products they provide include simulators, mock we... | 43,684 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
and Range Training Systems.
# Supporting Programs.
## International Programs (IP).
The International Programs office at Marine Corps Systems Command plans, coordinates, implements and executes all Marine Corps-related Security Cooperation acquisition and logistics matters. it provides mi... | 43,685 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
engineering, and deployed technical support for USMC and joint service command, control, computer, and communications (C4) systems throughout all acquisition life-cycle phases.
## Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP).
The Marine Corps Systems Command Office of Small Business Programs ... | 43,686 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
core acquisition disciplines that critically impact a program's success. The alignment of Systems Engineering & Acquisition Logistics under a single umbrella enables systems integration and facilitates modernization of systems in operations and sustainment across the MAGTF. Marine Corps Sys... | 43,687 |
6757083 | Marine Corps Systems Command | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marine%20Corps%20Systems%20Command | Marine Corps Systems Command
cross each program's entire life cycle.
## Technology Transition Office (TTO).
The TTO coordinates Marine Corps Systems Command modernization plans, enables prototype experimentation, and performs technology readiness assessments.
# See also.
Comparable organizations
- United States Ar... | 43,688 |
6757100 | Symetra | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symetra | Symetra
Symetra
Symetra is a United States-based family of companies providing retirement plans, employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through independent distributors nationwide.
The main headquarters of the company is located in Bellevue, Washington.
Started in 1957, Symetra Financial began as a subsidia... | 43,689 |
6757100 | Symetra | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Symetra | Symetra
ers of the company is located in Bellevue, Washington.
Started in 1957, Symetra Financial began as a subsidiary of Safeco. In 1967, the total amount of insurance in force for Symetra surpassed the $1 billion mark.
By 1995, the total assets had grown to $10 billion. In 2004, Safeco sold its life insurance busi... | 43,690 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
Cervarix
Cervarix is a vaccine against certain types of cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV).
Cervarix is designed to prevent infection from HPV types 16 and 18, that cause about 70% of cervical cancer cases. These types also cause most HPV-induced genital and head and neck cancers. Additionally, some c... | 43,691 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
which can cause cervical cancer in a small percentage of those women genital infected. Cervarix is a preventative HPV vaccine, not therapeutic. HPV immunity is type-specific, so a successful series of Cervarix shots will not block infection from cervical cancer-causing HPV types other than HPV types 16 and 18 ... | 43,692 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or worse and adenocarcinoma in situ, and CIN grade 1. In the United States, Cervarix is approved for use in females 10 through 25 years of age while in some other countries the age limit is at least 45.
, Cervarix was shown to be effective 7.3 years after vaccination.
## Administratio... | 43,693 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
disease due to all HPV types, nor against disease if a woman has previously been exposed through sexual activity and protection may not be obtained by all recipients. It is therefore recommended that women continue to adhere to cervical cancer screening procedures.
# Adverse effects.
- The most common local ... | 43,694 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
syringes contain dry natural latex rubber that may cause allergic reactions in latex sensitive individuals. The vial stopper does not contain latex.
# Ingredients.
The active components of the vaccine are:
- Human Papillomavirus type 16 L1 protein 20 micrograms
- Human Papillomavirus type 18 L1 protein 20 ... | 43,695 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
expression system which uses Hi-5 Rix4446 cells derived from the insect Trichoplusia ni. The vaccine contains no live virus and no DNA, so it cannot infect the patient.
# History.
The research findings that pioneered the development of the vaccine began in 1991 by The University of Queensland investigators J... | 43,696 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
Cancer Institute.
## Clinical trials.
Phase III trials have been conducted, including over 18,000 women from 14 countries in Pacific Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.
As of 2009 the manufacturer was conducting a trial to compare the immunogenicity and safety of Cervarix with Gardasil. Subsequen... | 43,697 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
Australia for women ages 10 to 45.
- Philippines - On August 25, 2007 GlaxoSmithKline launched Cervarix in the Philippines after approval by the local Bureau of Food and Drugs.
- European Union - Cervarix was approved in September 2007 in the European Union.
- United States of America - The FDA approved Cer... | 43,698 |
6757063 | Cervarix | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cervarix | Cervarix
trial to that date.
- GSK had awaited results of further trials to submit to the FDA. Approval had not been expected before late 2009.
In the UK it was included in the national vaccination programme for teenage and pre-teenage girls aged 12–13 and 17–18 from September 2008 to August 2012. This caused some co... | 43,699 |
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