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Milestones (Band)
A milestone is a marker of distance along roads. Milestone may also refer to: Measurements *Milestone (project management), metaphorically, markers of reaching an identifiable stage in any task or the project *Software release life cycle state, see Pre-alpha *Developmental milestones, tasks most children can perform at certain ages Geography *Milestone (Arlington, Massachusetts), a historic milestone in Arlington, Massachusetts *Milestone (electoral district), a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada *Milestone, County Tipperary, a village in Ireland *Milestone, Saskatchewan, Canada *Milestone, Virginia, United States Literature *Milestones (play), ''Milestones'' (play), a 1912 play by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock * Milestones (book), ''Milestones'' (book), a 1964 book by Egyptian Islamist Sayyid Qutb *''Milestones I'' (1983) and ''Milestones II'' (1985), by Jack Chambers (linguist), Jack Chambers *Milestones (magazine), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestone
A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to some datum location. On roads they are typically located at the side or in a median or central reservation. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts (sometimes abbreviated MPs). A "kilometric point" is a term used in metricated areas, where distances are commonly measured in kilometres instead of miles. "Distance marker" is a generic unit-agnostic term. Milestones are installed to provide linear referencing points along the road. This can be used to reassure travellers that the proper path is being followed, and to indicate either distance travelled or the remaining distance to a destination. Such references are also used by maintenance engineers and emergency services to direct them to specific points where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milestones (Austrian Band)
Milestones, also referred as The Milestones (per the Eurovision official web site), were an Austrian rock music, rock band (music), band, active between 1968 and 1975. They are known for their participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest. 1968-1972 The band's original line up was Beatrix Neundlinger, Günter Grosslercher, Robert Unterweger and Rudi Tinsobin. Their first self-titled album was released in 1970. In 1972, Unterweger and Tinsobin left the band and were replaced by Norbert Niedermeyer and Christian Kolonovits. Eurovision Song Contest In 1972, Milestones were selected internally by broadcaster ORF (broadcaster), ORF as the Austrian representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, 17th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Falter im Wind" ("Butterfly In the Wind"), which was a very contemporary and atypical song for Eurovision at the time. At the contest, held in Edinburgh on 25 March, "Falter im Wind" proved unexpectedly popular with the jurors, finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
