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Advance
Advance commonly refers to: *Advance, an Offensive (military), offensive push in sports, games, thoughts, military combat, or sexual or romantic pursuits *Advance payment for goods or services *Advance against royalties, a payment to be offset against future royalty payments Advance may also refer to: United States *Advance, California *Advance, Indiana *Flatwoods, Kentucky, originally known as Advance *Advance, Michigan *Advance, Missouri *Advance, North Carolina *Advance, Ohio *Advance, Wisconsin *Advance Township, North Dakota Canada *Advance, Ontario Ships *CSS Advance, ''Advance'' (or ''A. D. Vance''), a Confederate blockade runner (1863-1864) *Advance (1872), ''Advance'' (1872), a wooden Top sail schooner *Advance (1874), ''Advance'' (1874), a Composite Schooner *Advance (1884), ''Advance'' (1884), an Iron Steamer screw Tug *Advance (1903), ''Advance'' (1903), a diesel powered wooden carvel schooner *Advance (shipwrecked 1933), ''Advance'' (shipwrecked 1933), a screw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance, Missouri
Advance is a city located at the intersection of State Highway 25 and State Highway 91/Route C in northern Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,347 at the 2010 census. Advance was founded ''circa'' 1882. The town is pronounced ''ADD-vance''. History Advance had its start in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point. Economy There is no sustained industry in the town or near surrounding area. Agriculture, although small, is the most viable local source of income. Public services available in the city include three health/medical clinics: Advance Medical Clinic, Cross Trails Medical Center and Haven Health Care Medical. There are two parks within the city limits: Umfleet Park and the Advance Ballpark, the latter of which is where high school baseball and softball games are played as well as summer league T-ball and also has tennis courts and a sand volleyball court. The town also has one lending library: the Advance Community Library. Advance i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance, Ohio
Advance is an unincorporated community at the junction of Dover, Chesterfield, and Pike Townships, in Fulton County, Ohio, United States, which is also the junction of County Road M and County Road 13. History Advance had a United States Post Office that operated between 1893 and 1901. Today, Advance remains a community recognized on county maps including the county Fire Districts map, and the county Tornado Sirens map. The tornado siren is located a few yards east of the junction in Pike Township, and serves residents and visitors of all three townships that meet in Advance. Lyons Fire and EMS, located in Royalton Township, serves most of the residents and visitors of the community that are located north in Chesterfield and east in Pike Township, while Wauseon Fire and EMS serves the territory in the southwest quadrant of the junction in Dover Township. The Village of Lyons also furnishes water to the large campground in Advance. Attractions A private 115 acre campground wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance Digital
Advance Digital provides sales and content strategy, product development and technology to the Advance Local media group, part of Advance Publications. Advance Publications is an American media company owned by the descendants of Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. Advance Local operates 12 local news and information websites affiliated to more than 30 newspapers. Its headquarters are at 1 World Trade Center in New York, New York. Advance Digital's headquarters are located at the Harborside Financial Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. The unit's Advance Digital name was established December 16, 2011; its previous name was Advance Internet. Its president is Peter Weinberger. The president of Advance Local, established in 2010 and based in New York, is Randy Siegel. Advance Local web sites provide local information such as breaking news, local sports, travel destinations, weather, dining, bar guides and health and fitness. Web sites * al.com *cleveland.com * gulflive.com * lehighvalleyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance (trade Union)
Advance is a certified, independent trade union affiliated to the TUC representing workers within the bank Santander UK, the UK subsidiary of Santander Group. The union was formerly known as the Abbey National Group Union (ANGU) before it expanded to include staff of Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley following their acquisitions by Santander. Its aims are the supporting and representing its members in all aspects of their employment. History The union was established in 1977 as the Abbey National Staff Association, and it received a certificate of independence the following year. In 2001 concerns were raised about whether the union was 'genuinely independent' of the Abbey National, however, following enquiries, the Certification Officer confirmed its status without the need for a formal review. The union affiliated to the Trades Union Congress in 1998. In 1999, it changed its name to ANSA - the independent union for Abbey National Staff, and in 2002 it changed it aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offensive (military)
An offensive is a military operation that seeks through an aggressive projection of armed forces to occupy territory, gain an military objective, objective or achieve some larger Military strategy, strategic, Operational warfare, operational, or military tactics, tactical strategic goal (military), goal. Another term for an offensive often used by the media is "invasion", or the more general "attack". An offensive is a conduct of combat operations that seek to achieve only some of the objectives of the strategy being pursued in the theatre as a whole. Commonly an offensive is carried out by one or more division (military), divisions, numbering between 10 and 30,000 troops as part of a combined arms operational mobility, manoeuvre. The offensive was considered a pre-eminent means of producing victory, although with the recognition of a defensive phase at some stage of the execution. A quick guide to the size or scope of the offensive is to consider the number of troops involved i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance (shipwrecked 1933)
''Advance'' was a screw steamer that was wrecked when she sprang a leak whilst carrying tea-tree saplings between Taree, New South Wales and Coopernook. She was lost on the Manning River, New South Wales on 17 June 1933. The wreck has not been located, but her approximate coordinates are . References Further reading ;Online Databases *Australian National Shipwreck Database Shipwreck Database*Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks*Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks ;Books *Wrecks on the New South Wales Coast. By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995 Oceans Enterprises. 1993 . *''Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850'', Charles Bateson Charles Bateson (4 August 1903 – 5 July 1974) was a maritime historian, journalist and author. Early life Charles Henry Bateson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, son of Charles Bateson, a company manager born Liverpool, England, and moth ..., AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, , Call number 91 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance (English Automobile)
The Advance was an English tricar producing 6 hp (4.5 kW) offered from 1902 to 1912 by a Northampton motorcycle manufacturer. See also * List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom :''This list is incomplete. You can help by adding correctly sourced information about other manufacturers.'' As of 2018 there are approximately 35 active British car manufacturers and over 500 defunct British car manufacturers. This page lists ... External links History of Advance cars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England History of Northampton Cars of England {{Veteran-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance/Mata Asa Ga Kuru
"Advance/Mata Asa ga Kuru" is the forty-second single by the Japanese band Tokio. It was released on February 3, 2010, under the label J Storm. The single peaked at number five on the Oricon weekly chart. The song "Mata Asa ga Kuru" is used as a theme song to the NHK drama show ''Romes/Kūkō Bōkyo System''. The song "Cry for the Moon" is used as a theme song for the Fuji TV drama ''0 Goushitsu no Kaku''. The song "Advance" is used in a commercial for Yamato Transport is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%, competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express. Their head office is in Ginza, Tokyo. The company's trademarked term for their express d .... Track listing "Advance/Mata Asa ga Kuru" was released in three different versions: CD-only version CD+DVD version 1 CD+DVD version 2 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Advance Mata Asa ga Kuru 2010 singles Tokio (band) songs Japanese television drama theme son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance!
''Advance!'' is an album by drummer Philly Joe Jones which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Galaxy in the following year. accessed October 20, 2017 Reception The review by Scott Yanow stated "Drummer Philly Joe Jones led a few sets for Galaxy during the 1977-78 period that featured veteran hard bop-oriented players. ... Fine music".Track listing # "Trailways" (Philly Joe Jones) – 6:56 # " Invitation" ( |
Advance (album)
''Advance'' is the second studio album by British electronic music duo LFO, released 29 January 1996 by Warp. The album peaked at number 44 on the UK Albums charts and was the final album to feature Gez Varley before he left the group shortly after its release. ''Advance'' was followed up with ''Sheath'' in 2003 with only contributions from Bell. Production After the release of their album ''Frequencies'' (1991), rumors of LFO's follow-up was discussed from time to time without any new material being released. AllMusic described the album as "Nearly legendary as the album-that-almost-never-happened, ''Advance'' was a full five years in the making, with hardly a peep of new material in between." The album was produced by Mark Bell. When asked about the gap between the release dates between ''Advance'' and ''Sheath'', he responded that "It's easy doing your first album as you have all the first part of your life to express. The second one is harder unless you’re going to repeat yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance Thun
Advance Thun SA is a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Thun. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders, harnesses, paragliding carrying bags and paragliding clothing.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 10. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. Advance is a société anonyme, a share-held company. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of paragliders. They produce a full line of paragliders ranging from training to competition gliders. Many of their glider models have been developed over successive generations of refinements. Gliders include the beginner Advance Alpha, the intermediate Epsilon and Sigma as well as the competition Omega and the two-place Advance Bi Beta. The 2015 Red Bull X-Alps competition was won by Chrigel Maurer (first) and Sebastian Huber (second), both flying Advance Omega XAlps gliders. They flew over seven days of bivouac flying Paragliding is the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance (newspaper)
''Advance'' was an English-language weekly newspaper published in Sudan in the 1960s. The newspaper was linked to the Sudanese Communist Party. It was edited by Joseph Garang Joseph Ukel Garang Wel (1932 – 28 July 1971) was a southern Sudanese politician in the 1960s. Education and career Garang attended St. Antony's Bussere (1944–1948) and Rumbek Secondary School (1949–1953). In 1957, he became the first So ....Eribo, Festus. Press Freedom and Communication in Africa'. Trenton, NJ .a. Africa World Press, 1997. p. 218Galander, Mahmoud M. Mass Media in Sudan: Towards History of Media-Politics Interplay'. Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2001. p. 60 References {{Authority control Defunct newspapers published in Sudan English-language communist newspapers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
