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  List of Lists
List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population
List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
List of Chancellors of the University of Mississippi
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/listoflists.html   (2023 words)

  
 The Victoria Cross   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Between 1858 and 1881, the Victoria Cross could be awarded for actions taken "under circumstances of extreme danger" not in the face of the enemy.
Holders of the Victoria Cross or George Cross are entitled to an annuity, the amount of which is determined by the awarding government.
Until the 1920s, the rules relating to the Victoria Cross allowed for the expulsion of a VC recipient from the list of people receiving the honour, and the forfeiture of their pension, if they committed "discreditable acts".
www.britishwargraves.org.uk /newsite/medals/Victoria_Cross.htm   (1461 words)

  
 PEHI - Bohemian Grove membership list
His mother was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria since she was the daughter of HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, Princess Margaret Luise of Prussia.
Princess Sibylla was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, a granddaughter of HRH Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.
President of the American branch of International Conciliation, an organization founded in 1905 by a Nobel peace laureate, Baron d'Estournelles de Constant (from an "old aristocratic family which traced its genealogy back to the Crusades", whatever that means).
home.planet.nl /~reijd050/organisations/Bohemian_Grove_members_list.htm   (13660 words)

  
 Textbookx.com - Buy and Sell New and Used College Textbooks.
Victoria is a junior majoring in Legal Studies at Kaplan University, with plans to continue on to law school after graduation.
If American women's right to abortion were severely restricted or eliminated in the near future, it is unlikely that this purely legal change would significantly affect the rate of abortions performed in the United States.
American citizens, for instance, are granted the right to bear arms by the Second Amendment to the Constitution, though many choose not to possess a gun.
www.textbookx.com /scholarship/winners.php   (16260 words)

  
 American Atheists - Kentucky
She was Chairwoman of the Godless Americans March on Washington (GAMOW) Task Force which in November, 2002 brought thousands of Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists and other nonbelievers to Washington, DC in an unprecedented display of unity, cooperation and mutual respect.
American Atheists is criticizing a proposed Chicago city council resolution that urges the Supreme Court to uphold the "under god" version of the Pledge of Allegiance in California public schools.
American Atheists is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for nonbelievers, works for the total separation of church and state, and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.
www.atheists.org /ky   (20289 words)

  
 Native American Policy Newsletter-Fall03
American Indian Leaders of Today and Tomorrow Conference, sponsored by the California State University at Long Beach, American Indian Student Council, American Indian Studies Department and the CSULB American Indian Alumni Chapter are pleased to announce the upcoming " is scheduled for Friday, October 31, 2003.
American Indian children in Minnesota are taken from their homes by the courts at a rate five times greater than their proportion of the population.
The National Congress of American Indians has a project called Native Vote 2004 and is mounting an extensive voter mobilization in collaboration with regional organizations, local tribal governments, centers serving the Indian populations of urban centers, and non-governmental organizations whose focus is on democracy initiatives.
facstaff.uww.edu /mohanp/NAPNNL_F03.html   (12881 words)

  
 The George Cross Recipients list. - MILITARIA COLLECTING FORUM
In the Order of Precidence the George Cross is second only to the Victoria Cross and is the highest of all gallantry awards for actions not on the field of battle.
The George Cross is only awarded for acts of exceptional heroism involving deliberate self-sacrificial courage in circumstances where the danger of death is considerable, and where the individual concerned is aware of the threat to his or her own life.
In 1965 an annuity of 100 pounds was granted to all George Cross Recipients and this was increased to 1300 pounds in 1995.
www.militariacollecting.com /index.php?showtopic=1365   (776 words)

  
 Victoria Cross awards to The Royal Norfolk Regt in WW2
The Victoria Cross was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, as a means of rewarding an officer or man of the Army or Navy who might perform 'some signal act of valour or devotion to his country in the presence of the enemy'.
A list of the 24 men connected with the County or County Regiment awarded the VC since its inception included 2 other Norfolk residents honoured in WW2 - Lt Col DA Seagram of Whissonsett For Valour at the Mareth Line and CSM P Wright of Kirstead for conspicuous bravery at Salerno.
For that act of courage and self-sacrifice he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award issued by the British for valour.
www.norfolkbc.fsnet.co.uk /archive_collection/vc/vc_index.htm   (3051 words)

  
 2000 Fellowship Recipients - American Press Institute
Recipient of the Rollan D. Melton Fellowship to attend the Compelling Storytelling: Writing and Editing for Readers seminar.
Recipient of a John E. (Jack) Heselden Fellowship to attend the Photojournalism seminar.
Recipient of a Minority Journalism Educators Fellowship to attend the Compelling Storytelling: Writing and Editing for Readers seminar.
www.americanpressinstitute.org /content/142.cfm?id=142   (635 words)

  
 Charles set for Victoria Cross documentary - A Bravenet.com Headline News Service
Britain's Prince Charles will be the host of a BBC 5 documentary series about the Victoria Cross, the country's highest award for bravery.
Some of the 12 surviving recipients of the Victoria Cross, commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1856, will be interviewed for the series that kicks off in November, the BBC reported Thursday.
The Prince of Wales is president of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association.
pub38.bravenet.com /news/3208296063/70063/1   (239 words)

  
 polish history, geneology polish, family history poland, medals, military history - The Order of the Virtuti Militari ...
It is the first book on the history of Poland which lists all of the recipients of the Order since 1792.
The VIRTUTI MILITARI is equivalent to the American MEDAL OF HONOR or the British VICTORIA CROSS.
Wesolowski is the former president of the Polish American Congress of Florida and currently a Professor at Florida Memorial College in Miami.
www.virtuti.com /order   (605 words)

  
 American VC Recipients
We recently wrote a story of the 54 Canadians or Canadian-born recipients of the US Medal of Honor.
There have been five Americans or America-borne recipients of the Victoria Cross, four of whom served in Canadian regiments.
On 6 September 1864 at Shimonoseki, Japan, during the capture of the enemy's stockade, Ordinary Seaman Seeley of HMS Euryalus distinguished himself by carrying out a daring reconnaissance to ascertain the enemy's position, and then, although wounded, continuing to take part in the final assault on the battery.
www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Military/american_vc_recipients.htm   (549 words)

  
 George Cross Database - Bibliographic list of general and more specific GC books and publications
Lists all direct awards of the George Cross in WW2 and the EGM exchanges.
The magazine has published many profiles of recipients, all of which were used in the inaugural edition of the Register of the GC published in 1985 and in the second edition in 1990.
Contains an overview of the George Cross and the George Medal from inception to 1977, lists of recipients, the Royal Warrants and summary tables.
www.gc-database.co.uk /biblio.htm   (4163 words)

  
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Victoria Hale, Ph.D., Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors.
He is a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and a member of several other science organizations including AAAS and PDA.
She is board certified in clinical pharmacology, a licentiate in pharmacy, and a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).
www.oneworldhealth.org /about/our_team.php   (4067 words)

  
 American Red Cross - Greater Miami & The Keys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Marathon, FL (March 29 th, 2005) The American Red Cross of Greater Miami and The Keys is preparing to host the 4 th Annual Casino Night on Friday, April 8 th at the Key Colony Inn in Key Colony Beach.
Boilini, Jeremy Linn and TIB Bank, the American Red Cross was able to provide 10 children from our community a summer filled with both recreational activities and educational classes.
The American Red Cross of Greater Miami and The Keys has named Joseph Liszka the 2004 Florence Spottswood Humanitarian of the Year.
www.miamiredcross.org /pressroom.html   (1290 words)

  
 Famous Non-Masons
All recipients of the award are announced publicly at the annual Scottish Rite meeting the year before the award is actually presented.
Some have charged that his tombstone appears as a keystone (a symbol used in Royal Arch Masonry), that there appears on the stone a crown and cross and that the stone is in the shape of a pyramid.
Regrettably, our inquiries to the Webmasters of the sites where he is listed have failed to produce any evidence of investigation into their listing.
www.masonicinfo.com /famousnon.htm   (6743 words)

  
 Knitting for a Better World from Interweave Press
NOTE: Interweave Knits is pleased to provide the following list of charities and charitable projects as a way to benefit these organizations and as a service to you, our customers.
Provide warm and beautiful clothing to serve the people of the world who are cold or enduring catastrophes such as war or natural disasters.
Items may be made using any yarn, including that spun by the knitter/crocheter, but items needing to be hand-washed should be tagged as such so the recipients can provide proper care.
www.interweave.com /knit/charities.asp   (2716 words)

  
 Video's List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Tell them to feel free to bring up things that they don’t believe to be true necessarily but words that they have heard in the media, from family and friends or just generally in society.
Contact a local homeless agency in your town and see if they would be willing to allow you to have a tour, or if they could provide you with information on the best places to go to serve food to people living outside.
Have students stand in a circle and read the names by passing the list from one to another (have them read all the names for one year, or one column depending upon numbers).
www.tdrc.net /TeachingGuide.htm   (7961 words)

  
 The Corner on National Review Online
Edsall explains how Karl Rove’s own tragic family history allowed him to understand “the longing of many Americans for a traditional nuclear family and a sense of social order.” It’s a measure of how far gone we are that Edsall then has to virtually apologize to his liberal readers for describing such “crass” sentiments.
Mrs Ansari was 16 when her family emigrated in 1984 as the Islamic Revolution in Iran was at its peak and girls faced a strictly limited future.
She arrived speaking only French and Farsi, became an American citizen and quickly immersed herself in the study of electronics....
corner.nationalreview.com   (12016 words)

  
 MUSEUM PIECES
Iain's page listing all the Regimental Museums in the country who display Victoria Crosses, (which is most of them) is particularly valuable in the context of our own attempts to be informative as to Regimental Museums, and we are grateful to him for this opportunity of linking to it.
The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism at the height of the Blitz.
Medals (including 4 Victoria Crosses), uniforms, weapons, paintings, a "Jungle Display" showing the Burma theatre 1941-45 and the campaigns of Kenya and Malaysia are part of the attraction.
www.rsars.org.uk /museums.htm   (9616 words)

  
 Sewing Charity - Directory of all charitable sewing, knitting, crochet and quilting projects
Trauma Teddy- Knit teddy bears to be donated through the Red Cross to traumatized children and adults.
Friends to Seniors- Cross stitch squares to create lap quilts to be donated to residential homes throughout the UK, and pillows, to be donated to individuals.
Wool Works- Lists organizations that accept donations of finished knitted goods or in some cases, knitting supplies.
www.dotdigital.com /sewingcharity/recipients.html   (4294 words)

  
 Canadian CMH Recipients
One thing we share with the Americans is their Medal of Honor (Honour) recipients.
There are 54 "known" Medal of Honor recipients who are or were from Canada.
Check here to see the list of Americans who were awarded the Victoria Cross.
www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Military/canadian_cmh_recipients.htm   (844 words)

  
 Study List 1
Involved telephone interviews with approximately 1,800 African American women (half of whom received the intervention and half of whom did not) aged 20 years or older in 10 community areas on south side Chicago.
Think-aloud interviews were conducted with 423 respondents of varying SES in the Chicago area, employing a 4x2x50 design with African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and whites, half of whom were male and half of whom were female.
SRL is conducting an evaluation of the contribution of outreach coordinators to this demonstration project, which is being piloted in Massachusetts, Arkansas, Illinois, and the state of Washington.
www.srl.uic.edu /publist/studies/study2.htm   (10670 words)

  
 The LLama Butchers: December 2004 Archives
The Mad Sister has a very spot-on, if cynical, list of holiday observations and criticisms.
We would always line up in the vestibule next to the sacristy, and I can remember how dark it was in that hallway, the smell of the incense swirling, the heat of the candles behind me, the door in front of me with the mass schedule tacked to it.
NOT BROTHER-IN-LAW: Santa's list is to presents what Scripture is to Episcopalianism: a meaningless set of prescriptions meant to allay the concerns of the far right.
llamabutchers.mu.nu /archives/2004_12.php   (10002 words)

  
 The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the year. Compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy - ...
The 60 largest American charitable contributions of the year.
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York)*
*Recipient or donor declined to disclose how much of the pledge was paid in 2005.
www.slate.com /id/2136397   (1045 words)

  
 1997 Recipients   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The 1997 Certificate of Excellence and Certificate of Achievement recipients are listed here by province, along with a short description of them and some of their award-winning teaching ideas.
They share an impressive list of accomplishments in their work with students.
Most recently, his senior students have become involved with an American facility in original research aimed at isolating the human gene for deafness.
pma-ppm.ic.gc.ca /pub/k12/exemplary/1997/Recipient.html   (8019 words)

  
 Military History - Book List
These provide a visible indication both of the bravery of the recipient and of its recognition by the government and nation.
It gives a brief history of each of the former county regiments, lists the battle honours on their Colours, their marches, customs, Victoria Crosses, nicknames, badges, facings, mottoes and memorials and describes their amalgamations and later lineage.
The Victoria Cross, established in 1856 during the Crimean War, has remained to this day the highest British award ‘for valour’ and is perhaps the most prestigious gallantry medal in the world.
www.shirebooks.co.uk /Military/military-bl.htm   (3447 words)

  
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The list of columns to date is given at the end of this document.
Whereas the emphasis in the following list is on problems rather than on would-be solutions, the pervasive nature of the problems suggests that techniques for the effective development and operation of computer-related systems are frequently ignored.
See http://www.iatrogenic.org/index.html for cases in which the supposed cure is worse than whatever the cure is intended to remedy.
www.csl.sri.com /users/neumann/illustrative.html   (20325 words)

  
 A few famous freemasons
It is neither comprehensive nor definitive, but merely attempts to demonstrate the interest in Freemasonry found in all facets of society.
Biographies for some of those listed can be found in our Biographies section.
A list of 130 Victoria Cross recipients has been researched but, at the compilers' request, is not available at this time.
freemasonry.bcy.ca /textfiles/famous.html   (2489 words)

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