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Advance Racing
Advance commonly refers to: *Advance, an 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 * ''Advance'' (or ''A. D. Vance''), a Confederate blockade runner (1863-1864) * ''Advance'' (1872), a wooden Top sail schooner * ''Advance'' (1874), a Composite Schooner * ''Advance'' (1884), an Iron Steamer screw Tug * ''Advance'' (1903), a diesel powered wooden carvel schooner * ''Advance'' (shipwrecked 1933), a screw steamer *, several ships of the US Navy Organizations *Advance Together, a short-lived British political party * Ad ... [...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 (1903)
The ''Advance'' was a diesel powered wooden carvel schooner built in 1903 at Kaipara, that was wrecked at Wreck Bay, New South Wales in 1915. The wreck has not been located, but the approximate coordinates are . Further reading *''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 910.4530994 BAT *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 2 1851–1871'' By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Sydney. Reed, 1980 910.4530994 LON *''Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871–1900'' By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925–1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON *''A ... [...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] |
Barrie Advance
The ''Barrie Advance'' is a weekly newspaper serving Barrie, Ontario. History The first newspaper north of Toronto was published August 6, 1847, though because it was truly a time of pioneer printing, it was actually a week later due to a delay in being able to print the second side of the paper! ''The Northern Advance'', known then as the ''Barrie Magnet'', was launched by Thomas Fox Davies. A ''Toronto Glob''e expat, Davies was accompanied in this task by William R. Robertson, though Robertson would only stay with the paper for three months. Davies was born in Manchester, England in September 1819, where he apprenticed for the ''Manchester Salford Advertiser'' from the ages of 15 to 22. Before leaving England, a trip through the country included a stint at the Oxford University Press. In September, 1843 he arrived in New York, passing through New Orleans and Cincinnati before coming to Toronto. Globe proprietor Peter Brown was fortunate that Davies arrival coincided with the ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advance Newspapers
Advance Newspapers, based in Hudsonville, Michigan, published weekly community newspapers for Kent County, Michigan and portions of Muskegon County, Michigan, Muskegon, Ottawa County, Michigan, Ottawa, and Allegan County, Michigan, Allegan counties. Advance Newspapers started as an independent company, later purchased by Advance Publications which later placed them into their MLive Media Group unit. MLive Media Group ceased publication of the seven community newspapers as of January 27, 2019, citing the "cost of publishing the products exceeded the company’s ability to sustain production." The seven Advance community newspapers at the time of their shuttering were: * ''Southwest Advance'' – covering Byron Center, Michigan, Byron Center and Wyoming, Michigan, Wyoming * ''Grand Valley Advance'' – covering Grandville, Michigan, Allendale, Hudsonville, Michigan, Hudsonville, Allendale, Michigan, Allendale and Jenison, Michigan, Jenison * ''Cadence Advance'' – covering East Gra ... [...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 Publications
Advance Publications, Inc., doing business as Advance, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse Jr. It owns a large number of subsidiary companies, including Condé Nast, and is a major shareholder in Reddit. History The company is named after the '' Staten Island Advance'', the first newspaper owned by the Newhouse family, in which Sam Newhouse bought a controlling interest in 1922. In August 2018, Advance/Newhouse ("A/N") notified Charter Communications that it intended to establish a credit facility collateralized by a portion of Advance/Newhouse Common Units in Charter Communications Holdings, LLC. That same month, Condé Nast CEO Robert A. Sauerberg Jr. announced his five-year strategy to generate $600 million in new revenue from new revenue streams while driving costs out of the business. In March 2020, the company acquired The Ironman Group, a mass participation sports platform including the Ironman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
