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Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with approximately 52.5 million worldwide who are members of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship Center for the Study of Global Christianity - Status of Global Mission (2005) as of 2005.
Assemblies of God (disambiguation) The Assemblies of God is a name used by many Pentecostal denominations and congregations, which the most well-known groups are those linked to the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, such the General Council of the Assemblies of God of the United States, and having the General Convention of the Assemblies of God of Brazil as its biggest affiliated member, with 3.5 millions members.
Assemblies of God Bible College The Assemblies of God Bible College was founded in the Southern city of Galle in the early 1930’s under the leadership of Rev and Mrs. Carl Graves, a missionary couple whose vision was to train and equip men and women for Christian ministry.
Assemblies of God in Australia The Assemblies of God in Australia (AOG) was formed in 1937, it is the Australian organisation of the Assemblies of God, a pentecostal denomination originating in the United States of America. Member churches work together to provide support for each other and cooperate in evangelisation.
Assemblies of God International Fellowship The Assemblies of God International Fellowship (Assemblies of God International Brotherhood) is a Pentecostal denomination rooted in the revival among the Scandinavian Baptists in the Midwest. Strongly against church organization, the Scandinavian Pentecostal Assemblies remained independent and later developed into incorporated denominations, such as the AGIF and the Fellowship of the Christian Assemblies.
Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths The Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths is a description of the sixteen core doctrines adhered to by the Assemblies of God. These doctrines are heavily based on the evangelical confessions of faith, but differ by being clearly Pentecostal.
Assemblies of the Autonomous Islands of the Comoros In March and April 2002, the three islands of the Comoros (Anjouan, Grande Comore, and Mohéli) held and approved new constitutions in referendums. The main points of the constitutions were to establish each island as an autonomous part of the Union of Comoros, along with provisions that created elected local assemblies and presidents.
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ The Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ (ALJC) is a United States-based Christian denomination formed in 1952 by the merger of the Assemblies of the Church of Jesus Christ, the Jesus Only Apostolic Church of god, and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Assemblies closely resembles the United Pentecostal Church in doctrine.
Assemblies of Yahweh The Assemblies of Yahweh are a religious organization based in Bethel, PA. Their doctrines are a mix of Christian and Orthodox Jewish beliefs, centering on the use of the names Yahweh for God and Yahshua the Messiah for Jesus Christ, respectively.
Assembly Hall (Champaign) Assembly Hall is a large dome-shaped indoor arena located in Champaign, Illinois, and is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Hall hosts games for the Fighting Illini men's basketball team, and doubles as a performance and event center.
Assembly language An assembly language is a low-level language used in the writing of computer programs. Assembly language uses mnemonics, abbreviations or words that make it easier to remember a complex instruction and make programming in assembler an easier task.
Assembly line An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create a finished product. The assembly line was improved largely by Henry Ford and his engineers.
Assembly modelling Assembly Modelling is technology and methods used by Computer-aided design and Product visualization computer software systems to handle multiple files that represent components within a product. The components within an assembly are represented as solid or surface models.
Assembly Now Assembly Now are a four-piece indie rock band from London, England. Their first three-song demo was produced by John Fortis (Razorlight, Art Brut) and Howard Gray (The Cure, U2, Apollo 440) at Apollo Control Studios in February 2006.
Assembly of Captive European Nations Assembly of Captive European Nations, commonly known as ACEN, was an organization founded on September 20, 1954 as a coalition of representatives from nine nations in Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet domination after the World War II. Former government and cultural leaders from Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania were members of the organization.
Assembly of Councillors The Parliament of Morocco has two chambers. The Assembly of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin) is the upper house and has 270 members, elected for a nine year term, elected by local councils (162 seats), professional chambers (91 seats) and wage-earners (27 seats).
Assembly of Dust Assembly of Dust (also known as AOD) is a rock band formed in 2002 by former Strangefolk frontman Reid Genauer. Genauer recruited longtime friends from Percy Hill, Moon Boot Lover and Groovechild to casually play a few gigs and record an album.
Assembly of First Nations The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is a body of First Nations leaders in Canada. The aims of the organization are to protect the rights, treaty obligations, and claims of citizens of the First Nations in Canada.
Assembly of French Polynesia The Assembly of French Polynesia (French: Assemblée de la Polynésie française) is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, located at the Place Tarahoi in Papeete, Tahiti. It consists of 57 members who are elected by popular vote and by proportional representation in 6 multi-seat constituencies.
Assembly of Independent Democrats The Assembly of Independent Democrats is an electoral coalition that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in Iraq. It was led by Adnan Pachachi, a Sunni Arab former foreign minister who was on the Iraqi Governing Council until January 2004.
Assembly of Kosovo The Assembly of Kosovo (Albanian: Kuvendi i Kosovës; Serbian Скупштина Косова) is the highest provisional self-government and representative and law making institution of Kosovo. It is regulated by the Constitutional Framework for the Provisional Self-Government of Kosovo and has 120 members; of these, 100 are directly voted into the Assembly whilst the rest are reserved as follows:
Assembly of Nobility Assembly of Nobility or Dvoryan Assembly ("Дворянское Собрание") was the self-government body of the estate ("сословие") of dvoryanstvo in Imperial Russia during 1785-1917. The Nobility Assemblies were at the guberniya and uyezd levels.
Assembly of People's Representatives of Kyrgyzstan The Assembly of People's Representatives of Kyrgyzstan (El Okuldor Jyiyny) is one of the two chambers of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan. The Assembly has 45 members, elected to five year terms in single-seat constituencies.
Assembly of Representatives of Morocco The Moroccan Parliament has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab/Assemblée des Répresentants) has 325 members elected for a five year term, 295 elected in multi-seat constituencies and 30 in national lists consisting only of women.
Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska The Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska is the local government of Juneau, Alaska, United States, and the surrounding area. Headed by the mayor of Juneau, the assembly consists of nine members, elected in rotating tranches to three-year terms.
Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua Assembly of the Guarani People - North Charagua (in Spanish: Asamblea del Pueblo Guarani - Charagua Norte), a progressive political grouping based amongst the Guarani people that contested the December 2004 municipal elections in Charagua, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. APG won two of the five council seats.
Assembly of the Poor The Assembly of the Poor is an NGO in Thailand. Its aim is to help those affected by development projects and industries to become involved in the process of development, so that they benefit from those projects.
Assembly of the Six Counties The Assembly of the Six Counties (in French: Assemblée des six-comtés) was an assembly of Patriote leaders and approximately 6,000 followers held in Saint-Charles, Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) on October 23 and October 24, 1837, despite the June 15 Proclamation of the government forbiding public assemblies.
Assembly of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus The parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi) has 50 members, elected for a five year term by mitigated proportional representation. A party must cross the election threshold (5% of the total vote) to get any seats in parliament.
Assembly of Turkish American Associations Assembly of Turkish American Associations is the umbrella organization to create cohesion and cooperation between the large numbers of social/cultural Turkish American organizations around the US. ATAA informs Turkish American community on how to foster US-Turkish relations.
Assembly of Vizille The Assembly of Vizille was the result of a meeting of various representatives in Grenoble, which took place on June 7th, 1788. Its purpose was to discuss the events of The Day Of The Tiles, one of the first revolts preceding the French Revolution.
Assembly rooms In Great Britain and Ireland, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, assembly rooms were gathering places for members of the higher social classes open to members of both sexes. At that time most entertaining was done at home and there were few public places of entertainment open to both sexes besides theatres (and there were few of those outside London).
Assemblywomen Aristophanes' Assemblywomen (or in Greek Ecclesiazousae ) is a play similar in theme to Lysistrata in that a large portion of the comedy comes from women involving themselves in politics. This play is much more infused with gender issues than Lysistrata is.
Assens municipality Assens municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the west coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality includes the islands of Helnæs and Bågø, and covers an area of 139 km².
Assento In Portuguese law, the assentos (literally, settlements) were general obligatory [expressed in some of the decisions of the Supreme Court of Justice. Unlike precedent]s, the assentos had the form of a general rule.
Assertion Code Assertion Code is computer code that tests for situations that cannot happen, or really should not happen. Such code is usually inserted by a programmer in order to report if there is a fault in the logic or coding and a theoretically impossible happening does occur.
Assertiveness Assertiveness is a skill taught by many personal development experts and psychotherapists and the subject of many popular self-help books. It is linked to self-esteem and considered an important communication skill.
Assertoric An assertoric proposition in Aristotlean logic merely asserts that something is or (is not) the case, in contrast to problematic propositions which assert the possibility of something being true, or apodeictic propositions which assert things which are necessarily or self-evidently true or false. For instance, "Chicago is larger than Omaha" is assertoric.
Assessment Assessment is the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. This article covers educational assessment including the work of institutional researchers, but the term applies to other fields as well including health and finance.
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, or AQA, was the largest exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, before it was overtaken by Edexcel. It sets the syllabuses for, and holds examinations in, various subjects at both GCSE and A Level.
Assessment College Assessment College, located in South Africa, is busy making an agreement with CIDA Empowerment Fund (Pty) Ltd, the 100% black owned and controlled subsidiary of the CIDA Empowerment Trust. They will become a major shareholder of the company.
Asset Acceptance Asset Acceptance is a trade name used by several companies owned by the parent corporation Asset Acceptance Capital Corporation which has existed since the formation of the predecessor company in 1962. Asset Acceptance Capital Corp's main revenue-generating company is the Asset Acceptance, LLC company.
Asset Based Loan An Asset Based Loan will typically be lent to a borrower, and secured by either residential or commercial real estate, or both if they are cross collatoralized, at a fixed percentage of the properties appraised value.
Asset forfeiture Asset forfeiture is a term used to describe the confiscation of assets, by the State, which are either (a) the proceeds of crime or (b) the instrumentalities of crime. Instrumentalities of crime are property which was used to facilitate crime, for example cars used to transport illegal narcotics.
Asset management company An Asset Management Company is a firm that invests the pooled funds of retail investors in securities in line with the stated investment objectives. For a fee, the investment company provides more diversification, liquidity, and professional management service than is normally available to individual investors.
Asset recovery Asset recovery is a trade term used to describe the process of reselling equipment from a business in the process of going through bankruptcy or foreclosure. An asset recovery company will purchase the equipment at a discounted price and resell it for a profit, giving some, if not most, of the money back to the ailing company or creditors.
Asset specificity Asset specificity is a term related to the inter-party relationships of a transaction. It has been extensively studied in a variety of management and economics areas such as marketing, accounting, organizational behavior and management information systems.
Asset stripping Asset stripping is the practice of buying a company in order to sell its assets individually at a profit. The term is generally used in a perjorative sense as such activity is not considered productive to the economy.
Asset-backed security Asset-backed securities are a type of bond or Note that is based on pools of assets, or collateralized by the cash flows from a specified pool of underlying assets. Assets are pooled to make otherwise minor and uneconomical investments worthwhile, while also reducing risk by diversifying the underlying assets.
Asset-based community development Asset-based community development is an approach to community development which advocates the use of skills and strengths that are already present within the community, rather than obtaining help from outside institutions. The phrase "asset-based" refers to a positive, "capacity-driven" approach which encourages community members to make progress for themselves, as opposed to a traditional "needs-driven" approach which makes the community dependent on institutional help.
Asset-based economy Asset-based economy refers to a post-industrial macroeconomic state of capitalism in which growth is based largely on appreciation of equity assets, typically financial instruments such as stocks, as well as real estate.
Asset-based egalitarianism Asset-based egalitarianism is a form of egalitarianism which theorises that equality is possible by a redistribution of resources, usually in the form of a capital grant provided at the age of majority. Other names for this policy include 'universal basic capital,' 'basic capital' and stakeholding, and all are generally synonymous within 'equal opportunity egalitarianism' framework.
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) The Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a methodology that seeks to uncover and highlight the strengths within communities as a means for sustainable development. The basic tenet is that a capacities-focused approach is more likely to empower the community and therefore mobilize citizens to create positive and meaningful change from within.
Assets Recovery Agency The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) was established in the United Kingdom under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to reduce crime by confiscating the proceeds of any crime. It was granted a new power of civil recovery through the High Court, and can also take over the powers of the HM Revenue and Customs to levy tax without identifying a source for taxed income.
Assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. Many financial services companies use this as a measure of success and comparison against their competitors; in lieu of revenue or total revenue they use total ‘assets under management’.
Assia Djebar Assia Djebar is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born August 4, 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with the obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance.
Assica Assica is a progressive rock, hard rock, and heavy metal band composed of bassist Jeremy Andrzejewski, drummer Andrew Trapani, lead guitarist Steven Trapani, and rhythm guitarist Garrett Watts. The band was formed in the summer of 2006 by lead guitarist Steven Trapani and bassist Jeremy Andrzejewski.
Assicurazioni Generali Assicurazioni Generali SpA is an insurance company based in Trieste, Italy. It has annual sales of US$107 billion and is the fourth largest insurer in the world, being smaller than ING but larger than Fortis in 2006.
Assicus Saint Assicus (Asicus, Assic) was the first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, and venerated as the patron saint of the city. Converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick, he is said to have been Patrick's worker in iron.
Assignat Assignats were banknotes issued by the National Constituent Assembly in France during the French Revolution. The assignats were issued after the confiscation of church properties in 1790 because the government was bankrupt.
Assignment (law) An assignment is a term used with similar meanings in the law of contracts and in the law of real estate. In both instances, it encompasses the transfer of rights held by one party - the assignor - to another party - the assignee.
Assignment editor In journalism, an assignment editor is an editor – either at a newspaper, or radio or television station – who selects, develops and plans reporting assignments, either news events or feature stories, to be covered by reporters.
Assignment problem The assignment problem is finding a maximum weight matching in a weighted bipartite graph. It is one of the fundamental combinatorial optimization problems in the branch of optimization or operations research in mathematics.
Assignment: Venezuela Assignment: Venezuela is a 1956 short film that runs for 24 minutes produced by an oil company from the 1950s, the Creole Petroleum Corporation, to promote American employees to work in their company in Venezuela. It shows an American employee of the company arriving at Venezuela to work at the Lake Maracaibo oil fields.
Assimilation (linguistics) Assimilation is a typical sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs. A common example of assimilation would be "don't be silly" where the and in "don't" become and , where said naturally in many accents and discourse styles.
Assimilation (Star Trek) In the Star Trek fictional universe, assimilation is the process by which the Borg, a race of cyborgs, integrate beings and cultures into their collective. This philosophy is reflected in one of their maxims, which they typically utter before incorporating a culture: "You will be assimilated.
Assimilatory nitrate reductase Assimilatory nitrate reductase is an enzyme of the assimilative metabolism involved in reduction of nitrate to nitrite. The nitrite is immediately reduced to ammonia (probably via hydroxylamine) by the activity of nitrite reductase.
Assiniboia (electoral district) Assiniboia was a federal electoral district was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905.
Assiniboine The Assiniboine, also known by the Ojibwe name Asiniibwaan "Stone Sioux", are a Native American/First Nations people originally from the Northern Great Plains area of North America, specifically in present-day Montana and parts of Saskatchewan, Alberta and southwestern Manitoba around the US/Canadian border. They were well known throughout much of the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Assiniboine Herald Assiniboine Herald of Arms (HĂ©raut Assiniboine in French) is the title of one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority in Ottawa. Like the other heralds at the Authority, the name is derived from the Canadian river.
Assiniboine language The Assiniboine language (also Assiniboin, Hohe, or Nakoda) is a Dakotan Siouan language of the Northern Plains, spoken by around 200 Assiniboine people, most of them elderly. The name Asiniibwaan is an Ojibwe term meaning "Stone Siouans".
Assiniboine River The Assiniboine River is a 1070 km long river that runs through the prairies of Western Canada. It is a typical meandering river with a single main channel embanked within a flat, shallow valley at some places, and a steep valley at other places.
Assise An assise (from the Fr., derived from Latin assidere, "to sit beside"), is a geological term for two or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of the same characteristic species or genera.
Assise sur la ligece The Assise sur la ligece (roughly, "Assize on liege-homage") is an important piece of legislation passed by the Haute Cour of Jerusalem, the feudal court of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, in an unknown year, but probably in the 1170s under Amalric I of Jerusalem.
Assist (baseball) In baseball, an assist (denoted by A) is a defensive statistic, baseball being the rare sport in which the defensive team controls the ball. An assist is awarded to every defensive player who fields or touches the ball (after it has been hit by the batter) prior to the recording of a putout, even if the contact was unintentional.
Assist (basketball) In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score by field goal, meaning that he or she was "assisting" in the basket. This person is known as the "assistor.
Assist (football) In football (soccer), an assist is attributed to the one, or occasionally two, previous players of the scoring team who directed the ball to the scoring teammate (including any pass or shot rebounding off the crossbar or posts), meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. If the opposing team gains possession, not just tips or deflects the ball, and then loses possession again to the player who scores, there are no "assistants" in the goal and therefore no "assists" are awarded.
Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to the two previous players of the scoring team who touched or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal.
Assist (Scientology) In Scientology, the Assist is described as a "process which is done to alleviate a present time discomfort". the use of assists to treat pain and injuries, the Scientology Handbook (1994 edition) states:
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, usually just called Assistant Commissioner (AC), is today the third highest rank in the London Metropolitan Police, ranking below Deputy Commissioner and above Deputy Assistant Commissioner.
Assistant director The Assistant director (AD) is a filmmaking role. The duties include: setting the shooting schedule, tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, rounding up cast and crew by preparing daily call sheets, checking they have all arrived, maintaining order on the set, rehearsing cast and directing background artists (extras) (Ascher, 209).
Assistant Chief Constable Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) is the third highest rank in all British territorial police forces (except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police, in which the equivalent rank is Commander), as well as the British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police.
Assistant Language Teacher Assistant Language Teacher, often abbreviated to ALT, is a legal term used primarily by the Japanese Ministry of Education for native language speakers who assist teaching languages in elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan.
Assistant Manager An Assistant Manager is an employee of an organisation with managerial authority. Examples of this position are usually found in retail, catering and hospitality environments where the need to have more than one member of daily operations management is important.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration (abbreviated ASD(NII)) serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and provides management and oversight of all DoD information technology, including national security systems.
Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights The United States Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights is the head of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Education. The Assistant Secretary is also the primary civil rights advisor to the United States Secretary of Education.
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary guides operation of the U.
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs is a position within the American Department of State that leads the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs charged with implementing American foreign policy in Europe and Eurasia, and with advising the Under Secretary for Political Affairs on matters relating to diplomatic missions within that area. The current Assistant Secretary, who was appointed May 5, 2005, is Daniel Fried.
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is a position of the United States government within the Department of State that heads the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which is responsible for development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime. The current Assistant Secretary is Anne W.
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs is the head of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs within the American Department of State that creates and executes policy in international organizations such as the United Nations. The Department of State created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs in February 1949, using one of the six Assistant secretary positions originally authorized by Congress in 1944.
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation The Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation is the head of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, which is responsible for managing the nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and arms control functions of the United States Department of State. The position was created on September 13, 2005, when the Bureau of Arms Control and the Bureau of Nonproliferation were merged together.
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs is a position within the American Department of State that manages the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, charged with linking the Department of Defense and the Department of State by providing policy in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, defense strategy and policy, military use of space, and defense trade. The current Assistant Secretary is John Hillen, who was sworn in on October 11, 2005.
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation The Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation is the head of the head of the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation. The position was created on December 12, 1999 by Secretary Albright as the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compiance.
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs within the Department of State of the United States federal government. The Assistant Secretary of State guides operation of the U.
Assistant Stage Manager An ASM or assistant stage manager is a theater technician who is responsible for keeping track of cast members, sets, and miscellaneous details during rehearsals and production of a stage performance. During the running of a show, they are usually located backstage.
Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank.
Assistant teacher Assistant teachers are additional teachers assisting a primary teacher, often in the same class room. An example for the use of assistant teachers is the German Assistant teacher programme of the Educational Exchange Service.
Assistant to the President for Communications The Assistant to the President for Communications, also known as the White House Director of Communications, leads the President's media campaign after he occupies the White House. This Assistant can be the principal advisor for communications or can be a "deputy" of sorts to a higher-ranking Counselor to the President--such as Dan Bartlett the current Counselor to the President or Karen Hughes.
Assisted GPS Assisted GPS, or A-GPS, is a technology that uses an assistance server to cut down the time needed to determine a location using GPS. It is useful in urban areas, when the user is located in "urban canyons", under heavy tree cover, or even indoors.
Assisted migration Assisted migration is the practice of deliberately repopulating members of a species from their present habitat to a new region with the intent of establishing a permanent presence there, generally in response to the degradation of the natural habitat due to human action.

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