Pan-American Highway (route) - not meant to be an official guide to traveling the Pan-American Highway. Always check into local seasonal conditions before planning to travel any significant stretch of the highway, especially south of the contiguous United States. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 United States (Alaska) 2 Canada 3 United States 4 Mexico 5 Guatemala 6 El Salvador 7 Honduras 8 Nicaragua 9 Costa Rica 10 Panama United States (Alaska) Alaska Circle The Pan-American Highway unofficially begins in Circle, Alaska, following Alaska Highway 6 southwest to Fairbanks, Alaska. Fairbanks From Alaska's third largest city, the Pan-American Highway and the Alaska Highway become one in the same, following Alaska Highway 2 southeast to the Canadian border southeast of Northway, Alaska and adjacent to the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. ''Note: The Pan-American Highway reenters the U.S..
Kingston, Ontario - along the three major east-west transporation routes in Central Canada: the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Ontario Highway 401 (the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which turns into Quebec Autoroute 20), and the Canadian National Railroad main line. Kingston also lies at the south end of the Rideau Canal, originally built to connect Lake Ontario with the Ottawa River to provide a safe transportation route far from the American border. Kingston's airport, Norman Rogers Airport (CYGK), has regularly-scheduled air service to Toronto. The European settlement of a traditional Mississauga First Nation site began in 1673 by France with the etablishment of Fort Frontenac, and was captured by the British at the end of the Seven Years' War. A receiving centre for fleeing refugees from the American Revolution, it became the primary community of south-eastern Upper Canada..
USS Wasp (CV-18) - On 14 May, she and her sister carriers of TG 58.6, Essex (CV-9) and San Jacinto (CV-30), sortied for raids on Marcus and Wake Islands to give the new task group combat experience; to test a recently devised system of assigning - before takeoff - each pilot a specific target, and to neutralize those islands for the forthcoming Marianas campaign. As the force neared Marcus, it split, sending San Jacinto north to search for Japanese picket boats while Wasp and Essex launched strikes on the 19th and 20th, aimed at installations on the island. American planes encountered heavy antiaircraft fire but still managed to do enough damage to prevent Japanese forces on the island from interfering with the impending assault on Saipan. When weather canceled launches planned for the 21st, the.
August 2003 - have debated carbon dioxide's role in global warming for over a decade, with most voices (though notably fewer within the US) calling it the biggest factor, while others call it negligible. [1] Occupation of Iraq: Americann and Iraqi officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [1] Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [1] Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town.
April 2003 - the Palestinian Authority. April 29, 2003 The World Health Organization lifts the SARS travel warning for Toronto. Leaders of member countries of ASEAN and the Premier of the People's republic of China held an emergency summit in Bangkok, Thailand in order to address the SARS problem. Among the decisions made were the setting-up of a ministerial-level task force and uniform pre-departure health screening in airports. Israeli forces assassinate three Palestinian militants in Gaza, including Nidal Salamah, a leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The action prompts accusations that Israel is trying to sabotage the Palestinian government's attempts to transform itself. Mahmoud Abbas is confirmed as the first Palestinian Authority prime minister after winning a vote of confidence from the Palestinian legislature. The United States announces that it.
Singlish - English Australian English British English Canadian English Caribbean English Hiberno-English Indian English Jamaican English Liberian English Malaysian English New Zealand English Singapore English South African English Singlish is the dialect of the English language as spoken colloquially in Singapore. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Politics 2 Vocabulary 3 Grammar 4 Pronunciation 5 English words with different meanings in Singlish 6 External Links Politics The Singaporean Government considers Singlish a "pidgin" and a "handicap", and in the interest of promoting equality and better communication with the rest of the world has launched the Speak Good English Movement to eradicate it. Use of Singlish on television or radio is banned and schools can fine students caught speaking Singlish. Most Singaporeans, on the other hand, think "bladi Garmen si peh kaypoh one, why always.
List of intelligence agencies - Brazil Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN) Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) (Defunct) Bulgaria Durzhavna Sigurnost (DS) Canada Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/ Communications Security Establishment (CSE) China, People's Republic of Ministry of State Security (MSS) Colombia Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Cuba Directorate General of Intelligence (DGI) Revolutionary Armed Forces Intelligence Czech Republic Bezpecnostni informacni sluzba (BIS) Urad pro zahranicni styky a informace (UZSI) Czechoslovakia Federal Directorate of Intelligence Services (FSZS, Defunct) Hlavni Sprava Rozvedky (HSR, Defunct) Denmark Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE) Egypt General Directorate of State Security Service Estonia Kaitsepolitseiamet Finland Suojelupoliisi (Supo) France Défense et Sécurité du Territoire (DST) Deuxieme Bureau (Defunct) Service de documentation Extérieure et de Contre-espionnage (SDECE, 1946-1982) Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE, 1982-) Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN).
US postal abbreviations - also recognizes these postal abbreviations. AL: Alabama AK: Alaska AS: American Samoa AZ: Arizona AR: Arkansas AE: Armed Forces Africa AA: Armed Forces Americas (except Canada) AE: Armed Forces Canada AE: Armed Forces Europe AE: Armed Forces Middle East AP: Armed Forces Pacific CA: California CO: Colorado CT: Connecticut DE: Delaware DC: District of Columbia FM: Federated States of Micronesia FL: Florida GA: Georgia GU: Guam HI: Hawaii ID: Idaho IL: Illinois IN: Indiana IA: Iowa KS: Kansas KY: Kentucky LA: Louisiana ME: Maine MH: Marshall Islands MD: Maryland MA: Massachusetts MI: Michigan MN: Minnesota MS: Mississippi MO: Missouri MT: Montana NE: Nebraska NV: Nevada NH: New Hampshire NJ: New Jersey NM: New Mexico NY: New York NC: North Carolina ND: North Dakota MP: Northern Mariana Islands OH: Ohio OK: Oklahoma.
Canadian Special Forces - Canadian Special Forces Special Forces duties in Canada are shared between three Parachute companies attached to light infantry battalions in the regiments of the regular force, plus an elite counter-terrorism unit known as JTF2 (Joint Task Force 2.) The lineage of today's special forces is detailed below: JTF2 (1993 - present) Canadian Airborne Regiment (1968-1992) 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (1942-1945) 1st Special Service Forces (1942-1944) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Joint Task Force-2 2 The Canadian Airborne Regiment 3 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 4 1st Special Service Force Joint Task Force-2 Until 1993, counter-terrorism in Canada was the responsibility of the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Although the 49-man unit was never deployed, its leadership believed that its mission ran.
Canadian Forces - Canadian Forces Call for merge with Military of Canada. See talk. Canadian Forces (CF) refers to the combined branches of the military forces serving under Canada's Department of National Defence. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Mission 2 Force structure 2.1 CF Land Force Command 2.2 CF Maritime Command 2.3 CF Air Command 2.4 JTF2 2.5 RCMP 2.6 Canadian Rangers 3 History 4 Other Topics Mission Canada's armed forces are charged to provide a multipurpose, combat-capable military service that is ready and able to: protect Canada effectively from a direct military threat; respond to terrorist activities help Canadians during times of domestic crises caused by environmental or other disasters; assist government agencies to handle civil emergencies, protect Canada's fisheries, interdict illegal drugs; provide search & rescue services.
Royal Canadian Air Force - Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force was the national air force of Canada from 1924 to 1968. In the First World War Canadian airmen such as Billy Bishop, Roy Brown and "Wop" May served with the air forces of the British Empire: the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps. In the last few months of the war, the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service and the Canadian Air Force were set up, but the war ended before these forces were fully organized and established. As a result of several post-war reorganizations, the Royal Canadian Air Force was formed on April 1, 1924. In the Second World War the RCAF's 400-series squadrons were a key part of defending the United Kingdom during the.
List of Canadian military operations - List of Canadian military operations More than 3,600 soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel are are deployed overseas on operational missions. On any given day, about 8,000 Canadian Forces members (one-third of the Canadian deployable force) are preparing for, engaged in or are returning from an overseas mission. Since 1947, the Canadian Forces have completed 72 international missions. That figure does NOT include current operations, or the many Canadian Forces operations carried out within Canada. Here is a list of all current Canadian Forces operations: (As of October 22nd, 2003, by region) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Arabian Gulf Region and Southwest Asia 2 Balkans 3 Middle East 4 Africa Arabian Gulf Region and Southwest Asia Operation Apollo Operation Athena Operation Accius Balkans Operation Palladium Middle East.
List of Canadian Air Force bases - List of Canadian Air Force bases '''List of Canadian Air Force bases both within and outside of Canada. There are 13 Wings across Canada. The concept of "wings" was re-introduced in 1993 to reflect the air force organizational structure. Originally a Wing was a group of two or more squadrons, not necessarily from the same base, but with a common purpose lead by a Wing Commander. Today's Wings represent the grouping of various units, both operational and support, under a single tactical commander reporting to the operational commander. Ten Wings also include a Canadian Forces Base along with other operational and support units. Wings vary in size from several hundred personnel, such as at 9 Wing Gander and 5 Wing Goose Bay, to larger wings, such as,.
List of Canadian Air Force Equipment - List of Canadian Air Force Equipment Canadian Air Force Equipment currently in use: CP-140A Arcturus CP-140 Aurora CC-115 Buffalo CC-144 Challenger CH-149 Cormorant CT-142 Dash 8 CH-146 Griffon CT-156 Harvard II CT-155 Hawk CC-130 Hercules CF-18 Hornet CH-113 Labrador CC-150 Polaris CH-124 Sea King CT-133 Silver Star CT-114 Tutor CC-138 Twin Otter Source: http://www.airforce.forces.ca/equip/arcturuslst_e.htm.
USS America (CV-66) - 15 December, America took port in "LANTFLEX 66," gaining experience in the areas of antiair antisubmarine, and carrier strike operations. The ship also participated in a mine drop, missile shoots, and provided air support for amphibious operations. She returned to NOB Norfolk on 15 December, remaining there through the end of the year 1966. On 10 January 1967, America departed Norfolk for her second Mediterranean cruise and relieved Independence (CV-62) at Pollensa Bay on 22 January. While crossing the Atlantic, America conducted: carrier qualifications for her SH-3A crews, missile shoots in the mid-Atlantic, day and night air operations and various other exercises. Upon nearing Gibraltar, she received a visit from Soviet long-range reconnaissance aircraft, Tupelov TU-95 "Bears" on 18 January. Two F-4B Phantom jets met the "Bears" as they approached and.
Saratoga Campaign - the British Army in the American Revolutionary War. The ampaign was designed to divide the American forces by creating a British zone of control between the New England colonies and their neighbors to the south. The campaign ended in failure, when Burgoyne surrendered a British army on October 17, 1777 after the Battle of Saratoga. Designing the Campaign After Lieutenant General Burgoyne helped defeat the American Invasion of Canada in late 1776 he returned to England in December. He began actively trying to get political support for a plan to divide the American Colonies by invading from Canada. General Sir Henry Clinton was also in Great Britain trying to get authority for an independent command of his own. Burgoyne wrote out his strategy as "Thoughts for Conducting the War on the.
Military history of Canada - more favourably situated English colonies to the south developed more diversified economies and flourished. The result was that by the 1750s, when the their ongoing economic, political, and military rivalries came to a head in the climactic struggle of the Seven Years War, the population of the thirteen English colonies was 1,500,000, where as that of their rivals to the north was only about 60,000. For nearly all of the first century of its existence, the chief threat to the inhabitants of New France] came not from the English to the south, but rather from a mighty confederacy of Native tribes, the Iroquois, and particularly form its eastern-most component, the Mohawks. These French and Iroquois Wars continued intermitently saw great brutality on both sides. In response to the Iroquois threat the.
Hull classification symbol - aircraft which engage in attacks against airborne, surface, sub-surface and shore targets. The V has an lost meaning. CV Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier CVA Attack Aircraft Carrier CVB Battle (large) Aircraft Carrier CVE Escort aircraft carrier (retired) CVL Light Aircraft Carrier CVN Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear-Propulsion) CVS Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier Surface Combatant Type Large, heavily armed, surface ships which are designed primarily to engage enemy forces on the high seas. ACR Armored Cruiser (retired) BB Battleship (originally just "B") CA Gun Cruiser (originally just "C") CAG CB Battle (large) Cruiser (retired) CG Guided Missile Cruiser CGN Guided Missile Cruiser (Nuclear-Propulsion) CL Light Cruiser CLAA Antiaircraft Cruiser CLG Guided Missile Light Cruiser CLK Hunter-Killer Cruiser CS Scout Cruiser DD Destroyer DDG Guided Missile Destroyer DE Destroyer Escort DEG Guided Missile Destroyer Escort DLG.
Governor General of Canada - The Governor General is named by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. It would cause a major constitutional crisis if the monarch did not accept such “advice”. By tradition, the post alternates between an English-Canadian and a French-Canadian. Traditions such as these have the force of law in the unwritten part of Canada's constitution. Since Canada is committed to multiculturalism and Governor Generals are expected to be fluently bilingual, the designation of English or French-Canadian is mainly a matter of perception. The current Governor General of Canada is Adrienne Clarkson. Who is a Hong Kong-born former CBC television host. She was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chretien in 1999. Although state power rests legally with the Governor General--Parliament sits at his or her pleasure, Royal Assent is necessary.
Fidel Castro - small partnership between 1950 and 1952. He intended to stand for parliament in 1952 for the Ortodoxo Party but the coup d'état of General Fulgencio Batista overthrew the government of Carlos Prio Socarras and canceled the election. Castro charged Batista with violating the constitution in court but his petition was refused. In response Castro organized a disastrous armed attack on the Moncada Barracks in Oriente province on July 26, 1953. Over eighty of the attackers were killed, and Castro was taken prisoner, tried, and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. (Castro used the closing arguments in the case to deliver "History Will Absolve Me", a passionate speech defending his actions and explaining his political views.) He was released in a general amnesty in May 1955 and went into exile in Mexico.
