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Gola (tribe) Gola is a Baloch tribe in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Most of them speak sindhi and live near Kamber Khan, Jaccabad, Larkana and there is small town with name "Golo Wah" "Golo Canal".
Gola Gokaran Nath Gola Gokaran Nath (Devanāgarī: गोला गोकरन नाथ) is a small town (with a dense population) in Lakhimpur Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh. Gola Gokran Nath is famous for its Shiva's Temple and BHL sugar Mill.
Gola Odana Meyumuluke Gola Odana Meyumuluke is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq (East) Hararghe Zone, Gola Odana Meyumuluke is bordered on the south by the Shebelle River which separates it from the
Gola Schweem Gola Schweem is a fictional character from the book Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. Schweem is the one who indirectly taught Opal Koboi to go into a self-induced coma, which she first successfully accomplished at the age of fourteen.
Golachab Golachab is the Qliphoth corresponding to the Sephirot Geburah on the kabbalistic tree of life. Its name means the 'Burners with Fire', and the image of the demons associated with it are of enormous black heads like a volcano in eruption.
Golam Azam Golam Azam (Bengali: গোলাম আযম) (born 1922), is a Bangladeshi political leader. He has also been tagged as a war criminal who collaborated with the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, particularly with regards to creating and managing the vigilante Razakar, Al-Shams and Al-Badr forces.
Golan Golan or Gaulonitis (Hebrew: גּולן, gōlān; Greek: Γαυλανῖτις, Gaulanítis) is an ancient city in the Levant. It was in the territory of Manasseh in the area of Bashan, and it was the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River (Deuteronomy 4:43).
Golan Cipel Golan Cipel (Hebrew: גולן ציפל, pronounced "Tzi-pel") (born 1968)) is an Israeli citizen who was hired by New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey as Homeland Security Advisor on 15 January 2002 at the salary of $110,000. He is best known for allegedly having had a sexual relationship with Governor McGreevey, who at the time was married and not open about his homosexuality, then later suing his former boss, bringing the governor's personal life into the spotlight.
Golan Regional Council The Golan Regional Council () is the regional council consolidating virtually all the Jewish Israeli settlements located on the Golan Heights, made up of 19 moshavim and 10 kibbutzim, and other villages. While the headquarters are located in the town of Qatzrin, that town is itself an independent local council.
Golan Trevize Golan Trevize is a fictional character, a major figure in two books in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series: Foundation's Edge and Foundation and Earth. He was noted for being irreverent and somewhat flamboyant: at a time when fashion on the Foundation demanded drab grey clothing, Trevize always wore a brightly coloured sash around his waist.
Golani Brigade The Golani Brigade חטיבת גולני (also known as Brigade No. 1) is an Israeli infantry brigade which was formed on February 28, 1948 when the Levanoni Brigade in the upper Galilee was merged with the Carmeli Brigade to form the Golani Brigade.
Golant railway station Golant railway station was opened on 1 July 1896 by the Great Western Railway. It was a simple platform on the waterside at the south end of Golant village, next to a level crossing that gave access to a slipway.
Golasecca culture Golasecca is the type-site of a proto-historic pre-Celtic culture in northern Italy termed the Golasecca culture. Sites characteristic of Golasecca culture have been identified in eastern Lombardy, and in Piedmont in the Canton Ticino and Val Mesolcina, in a territory stretching north of the Po to sub-alpine zones, between the course of the Serio to the east and the Sesia to the west.
Golbarg Bashi Golbarg Bashi () is a Swedish feminist academic and human rights activist of Iranian origin. She was born in Ahvaz, Iran, raised in Sweden and educated in the British Russell Group universities of Manchester and Bristol.
Golbat are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Golbat in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Golcar Golcar (pronounced 'Goker') is a village located on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, 4 km west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The main access route is from the A62 (Manchester Road), through Milnsbridge in the bottom of the valley or via Scapegoat Hill from the A640 (New Hey Road) at the top of the hill.
Golconda Express The Golconda Express runs in SouthCentral railway zone,a daily train connecting from Secunderabad to Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, India. This train is a connecting train of Bhagyanagar express (which is also a daily train) and runs Secunderabad - Guntur in the Afternoon and serves Guntur - Secundurabad in the morning.
Golconda Historic District The Golconda Historic District is a designated historic district in the Pope County, Illinois city of Golconda, along the banks of the Ohio River. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of only two sites in Pope County to be on the Register.
Gold Gold (IPA: ) is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from the Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal that for many centuries has been used as money, a store of value and in jewellery.
Gold (Asimov short story) "Gold" is a short story by Isaac Asimov, originally collected in the eponymous volume Gold. It was one of the last short stories he wrote in his life, and is considered by some to be his last significant piece of writing.
Gold (Asimov) Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection is a collection of Isaac Asimov's stories and essays. The stories, which comprise its first half, are short pieces which had remained uncollected at the time of Asimov's death.
Gold (Beverley Knight song) "Gold" was the third single released from Beverley Knight's studio album, Who I Am. The song, which peaked at #27 in Britain, was different to the album version - which was produced by Mike Spencer, and is a big favourite amongst fans.
Gold (color) Golden is a warm color that can both provide not only a bright and cheerful feeling but also a somber, traditional, and religious aura. Golden tends to go well with earth colors, but it can also enrich a palette of red or burgundy.
Gold (MusicStars album) Gold is the eighth and final album by the contestants of MusicStars, a reality television show in Switzerland. The album was released less than a month after the seventh, and reached a chart peak of #14 upon its release on April 10, 2005.
Gold (The Beautiful South album) Gold by The Beautiful South is the third greatest hits album to be released by the band. It is similar in design to other "Gold" albums released by bands either currently or previously of the Mercury Records label.
Gold and Silver Gold and Silver, a song written and recorded by Quicksilver Messenger Service, first appeared on their debut album, Quicksilver Messenger Service (album). It is completely instrumental and features the most popular instruments of the Haight-Ashbury area (piano, electric guitar, drums and other percussion instruments.
Gold and Siver thread GOLD AND SILVER THREAD: Under this heading some general account may be given of gold and silver strips abd threads used in connection with varieties of weaving, embroidery and twisting and plaiting or lace work. To this day, in many oriental centres where it seems that early traditions of the knowledge and the use of fabrics fully or partly woven, ornamented, and embroidered with gold and silver have been maintained, the passion for such brilliant and costly textiles is still strong and prevalent.
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee The Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) is a non-profit civil rights and educational organization. It's charter is to advocate and undertake litigation against illegal collusion to control the price and supply of gold and related financial securities.
Gold box (phreaking) The Gold Box is a Phreaking Box whose function is to create a bridge between two telephone lines. In its basic operation, the user calls one of the lines, the Gold box answers and connects the two lines together, yielding the dial tone of the second line to the user.
Gold Bar Recruiter A Gold Bar Recruiter is a United States Army Reserve Officer Training Corps 2nd Lieutenant tasked with driving General Services Administration (GSA) vans around and disseminating information to students about ROTC.
Gold Base The Gold Base is a 500 acre parcel and the headquarters of Golden Era Productions, the media division of the Church of Scientology, located at 19625 Highway 79, Gilman Hot Springs, California 92583, near Hemet. Part of the Base borders U.
Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong. It is awarded to eminent persons who have given very distinguished services to the community or who have rendered public or voluntary services of a very high degree of merit.
Gold Beach Gold Beach was the Allied codename for the centre invasion beach during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944. It lay between Omaha Beach and Juno Beach, was 8 km wide and divided into four sectors. From West to East they were How, Item, Jig, and King.
Gold Bridge, British Columbia Gold Bridge is an unincorporated community in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District in British Columbia, Canada. Although numbering only around 250 inhabitants, Gold Bridge is the service and supply centre for the upper basin of the Bridge River Valley, which includes recreation-residential areas at the Gun Lakes, Tyaughton Lake, Marshall Creek and the nearby ghost towns of Brexton, Bralorne, and Pioneer Mine.
Gold Building The Gold Building (also known as the New Mexico Bank & Trust Building) is a 14-story office building located at 320 Gold Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. When the building was completed in 1959 it was the tallest in the city at 62 m (203 ft).
Gold certificate A gold certificate in general is a certificate of ownership that gold owners hold instead of storing the actual gold. It has both a historic meaning as a US paper currency (1882-1933) and a current meaning as a way to invest in gold.
Gold cluster compound The peculiar absorption of light by gold metal Nanoparticles (NPs) is characterized by an intense peak in the visible region, which makes them promising for the development of completely optical devices. The Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) position depends on the size and shape of the Nanoparticles, their interaction or the refractive index of the surrounding medium.
Gold coin Gold coins are one of the oldest forms of money. The first gold coins in history were coined by the Lydian king Croesus in about 560 BC, not long after the first silver coins were minted by king Pheidon of Argos in about 700 BC.
Gold cyanidation Gold cyanidation (also known as the cyanide process or the MacArthur-Forrest Process) is a metallurgical technique for extracting gold from low-grade ore by converting the gold to water soluble aurocyanide metallic complex ions. As of 2005 it is the most commonly used process for gold extraction.
Gold Case Gold Case is a fictional game show, hosted by John McEnroe, within the NBC television series 30 Rock, in the episode The Head and the Hair. It was created by Kenneth "Kenneth the Page" Potsdown, and is designed to be a cross between "Deal or No Deal" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire".
Gold Castles Gold Castles is the name of the 14K gold insignia pin handed down from General Douglas MacArthur to his chief engineer Major General Leif J. Sverdrup in 1945, who established a tradition in 1975 that it shall be given to each successive Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Gold Coast (Connecticut) The Gold Coast is a region of the state of Connecticut, United States, roughly corresponding to the southern half of Fairfield County; it derives its regional nickname from Fairfield County being ranked as one of the wealthiest counties in the United States and being the headquarters to most of the hedge funds in the country. Much of its economy and population are dependent on the region's proximity to New York City.
Gold Coast (New Jersey) New Jersey's Gold Coast consists of a string of communities on the west bank of the Hudson River, across from New York City in Hudson and Bergen counties. The term is a relatively new one and was coined by real estate agents, brokers, and developers in the 1990s who participated in the redevelopment and revitalization of these former industrial communities.
Gold Coast Broadwater The Gold Coast Broadwater, also known as Southport Broadwater and Gold Coast Harbour, is a large shallow estuary of water reaching from the locality of Southport to the southern section of the World Heritage Listed Moreton Bay along the eastern coast of Australia. Separated from the ocean by the a thin strip of land called Stradbroke Island, the original body of water was a lagoon created from water deposited from the Nerang River.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery The Gold Coast City Art Gallery is one of Australia's most prominent regional galleries and serves a population of approximately 400 000 people. Opened in 1986, the gallery is funded by the Gold Coast City Council as part of the Gold Coast Art Centre.
Gold Coast City Council The Gold Coast City Council (or GCCC) is the local authority for the Gold Coast, Queensland and is the second largest local government in Australia based on the City’s resident population. It has a staff of over 2,500.
Gold Coast Clippers The Gold Coast Clippers were a foundation team in the now defunct Australian Baseball League. The Clippers changed their name to the Daikyo Dolphins following the signing of a major sponsorship deal with Daikyo to create one of the strongest teams in ABL history.
Gold Coast Highway The Gold Coast Highway in Queensland, Australia links the coastal suburbs of the Gold Coast. 33km in length, the highway passes through popular tourist resorts such as Southport, Surfers Paradise, Burleigh Heads and Currumbin.
Gold Coast Institute of TAFE The Gold Coast Institute of TAFE is the Gold Coast branch of the Technical and Further Education organization. It consists of the campuses Southport, Ashmore (actually in Benowa), Ridgeway (named for Ridgeway Avenue, Southport) and Coolangatta.
Gold Coast Rollers The Gold Coast Rollers were an Australian basketball team, that played in Gold Coast, Queensland, in the National Basketball League. The team was originally named the Gold Coast Cougars before being renamed the Rollers in 1992.
Gold Coast Seaway The Gold Coast Seaway or Southport Seaway is the main navigation entrance from the Pacific Ocean into the Gold Coast Broadwater and southern Moreton Bay and is one of Australia’s most significant coastal engineering projects. It is located at the northern end of the Southport Spit.
Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager.
Gold Coast Vikings The Gold Coast Vikings were a rugby league team that competed in the Queensland State League (from 1982) and the Queensland Cup (1998) competitions. Although originally a representative team, the Vikings became a feeder club for the Gold Coast Chargers National Rugby League team, and were withdrawn from the Queensland Cup when the Chargers were withdrawn from the NRL.
Gold Creek School Gold Creek School first opened in 1996 as 'Nicholls Primary School' in the suburb of Nicholls, ACT with Dr William Maiden as principal and an opening enrolment of 230 students. The school catered for students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
Gold Cross This is awarded by the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Area Command and Major Service Commanders to military personnel of the AFP for gallantry in action not warranting the award of the Distinguished Conduct Star.
Gold Crown Tomb The Gold Crown Tomb (Kǔmgwan-ch'ong), is a Silla tumulus located in modern-day Gyeongju, South Korea, the former capital of the ancient Silla Kingdom. Believed to date from the fifth or sixth century CE, the tomb was excavated in 1921.
Gold Cup (Northern Ireland) The Gold Cup is a now-defunct cup competition which involved competitors from Northern Ireland. It was initially run by the New Irish Football Association but later, and mainly, by the Irish Football Association.
Gold Digger (comic book) Gold Digger is a manga-style comic book series, written and drawn by Fred Perry, and published by Antarctic Press. Started in 1993, the comic tells the story of the extended Diggers family, who live in a fictional version of Atlanta, Georgia.
Gold Diggers of 1935 Gold Diggers of 1935 was a Hollywood movie musical released by Warner Brothers on March 15, 1935. It was the third film of the Gold Diggers series of movie musicals, the two previous ones having been released in 1929 and 1933.
Gold Diggers of Broadway (film) Gold Diggers of Broadway 1929 is a lost Warner Bros comedy/musical film which is historically important as the second talkie (a term used in 1929 to describe a film with synchronized speech and/or music) photographed entirely in Technicolor. It became a box office sensation, making Winnie Lightner a worldwide star and boosting guitarist crooner Nick Lucas to further fame as he sang two songs that became 20th century standards; 'Tip-toe thru the Tulips' and 'Painting the Clouds with Sunshine'.
Gold Dome This geodesic dome (known as the Gold Dome), is a major landmark in Oklahoma City, United States. Located at the intersection of North West 23rd Street and North Classen Boulevard, it sits in the heart of the city's Asia District.
Gold exchange-traded fund Gold exchange-traded funds (or GETFs) are special types of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the price of gold. Gold exchange-traded funds are traded on the major stock exchanges including London, Paris and New York.
Gold frame A gold frame is a military decoration which is issued by most of the world’s militaries as an attachment to certain awards and decorations. The gold frame is designed to enclose an award ribbon and is usually a means of distinguishing the ribbon’s special quality or denoting some additional achievement to the award's basic criteria.
Gold Fields Gold Fields Limited is one of the world’s largest unhedged producers of gold, providing investors with maximum leverage to the gold price. The company was formed in 1998 with the amalgamation of the gold assets of Gold Fields of South Africa Limited and Gencor Limited.
Gold Fixing The Gold Fixing (also known as the London Gold Fixing or Gold Fix) is the procedure by which the price of gold is set on the London market by the five members of the London Gold Pool. It is designed to fix a price for settling contracts between members of the London bullion market, but informally the Gold Fixing provides a recognised rate that is used as a benchmark for pricing the majority of gold products and derivatives throughout the world's markets.
Gold Flake GOLD FLAKE is a widely-sold cigarette brand in India and Pakistan. It is sold in various varieties, including Gold Flake Kings (84mm), Gold Flake Lights, Gold Flake Filter (Filter tipped) and Gold Flake (filterless).
Gold Hill, Nevada Gold Hill is a community in Storey County, Nevada located just south and downhill of Virginia City, Nevada. Incorporated December 17, 1862 in order to prevent its annexation by its larger neighbor, the town at one point was home to at least 8,000 residents.
Gold in California Gold in California became highly concentrated there as the result of global forces operating over hundreds of millions of years. Volcanoes, tectonic plates and erosion all combined to concentrate billions of dollars worth of gold in the mountains of California.
Gold Key In fiction, a gold key is a special token granting access to and control of a mythical or ultra-private or secret bank account or vault, such as a Swiss bank account. A "gold key" need not be made of or colored gold, or even a key, however, and if it is a key it may not fit any lock; the keys are important as authentication tokens, not as literal keys.
Gold Key Comics Gold Key Comics was an imprint of Western Publishing created for comic books distributed to newsstands. It was created in 1962, when Western switched to in-house publishing rather than packaging content for branding and distribution by its business partner, Dell Comics.
Gold Label Records Gold Label Records is an independent Hong Kong-based entertainment company launched with the support of EMI. In addition to marketing and distribution, the company is also involved in concert and film productions.
Gold Lion "Gold Lion" is the first single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their second album, Show Your Bones (2006). Distinct in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' discography, it features acoustic guitar and a more slowed-down pace in contrast to former works like "Bang" and "Date With The Night.
Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Awards since 1960. It is considered the most prestigious award anyone can receive in the Australian television industry.
Gold Lottery of 1832 The Gold Lottery of 1832 was the seventh lottery in the Georgia Land Lottery, a lottery system utilized by the State of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1832 to distribute land. It was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly by an act of December 24, 1831 a few years after the start of the Georgia Gold Rush.
Gold medal A gold medal generally represents the highest award for achievement in a non-military field, with no restriction on eligibility. The concept comes from the military, initially with a simple recognition of military rank, and later decorations for admission to military orders dating back to medieval times.
Gold Medal (RGS) The Gold Medal are the most prestigious of the awards presented by the Royal Geographical Society. The Gold Medal is not one award but consits of two separate awards; the Founder's Medal 1830 and the Patron's Medal 1838.
Gold Medal Books Gold Medal Books, launched by Fawcett Publications in 1950, is known for introducing paperback originals, a publishing innovation at the time. Fawcett was also an independent newsstand distributor, and in 1949 the company negotiated a contract with New American Library to distribute their Mentor and Signet titles.
Gold Mine (Long Beach) The Gold Mine is a 1,900 seat multi-purpose arena in Long Beach, California, on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. Opened in the late 1950s, when it was known as University Gym, the Gold Mine was home to Long Beach State's basketball and volleyball teams until the Walter Pyramid opened in 1994.
Gold Mother Gold Mother was the fourth album from English band James, originally released June 1990. The album was recorded for Rough Trade Records, but James asked to be released from their contract with them and moved to Fontana.
Gold Mountain Gold Mountain (Chinese 金山 pinyin: jin shan) is the name given by the Chinese to California, USA. After gold was first discovered in the state of California in 1848, thousands of Chinese from Toisan in Guangdong (台山 pinyin: tai shan), began to travel to California in search of gold and riches during the California Gold Rush.
Gold of Polubotok The Gold of Polubotok () is the story of a large amount of gold which Ukrainian Hetman Pavlo Polubotok supposedly deposited into an English bank in 1723, and which would have been returned upon the independence of Ukraine with an astronomical amount of interest.
Gold of the Seven Saints Gold of the Seven Saints is the film version of a 1957 Steve Frazee novel titled "Desert Guns." Released by Warner Brothers in 1961, this 88-minute film starred Clint Walker, Roger Moore, Leticia Roman, Charles Middleton, and Chill Wills.
Gold phosphine Gold phosphine complexes are formed from a gold salt, such as gold triflate, with the gold complexed to a tertiary phosphine. For example, triphenylphosphine gold triflate Ph3PAuOTf is used as a gold(I) catalyst for rearrangement reactions in chemical synthesis.
Gold placer claim Placer claims is a form of mining. It involves mining gold or other minerals which have been washed away from its motherlode (or source) and deposited in small cracks, holes, or sand bars in the mainstream of a river.
Gold plating Gold plating is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other metal, most often copper or silver, by chemical or electrochemical means. Mechanical or chemical affixing of thin gold foils on the surface of objects is instead known as gilding.
Gold prospecting Gold prospecting is the act of going equipped to find gold in rocks or in stream beds with a view to exploiting that discovery. As described in this document, this is taken to mean individual prospectors, as opposed to those trained and educated individuals working for mining companies.
Gold Piece In some computer role-playing games, G or GP is the name of the universal currency. G is usually presumed to mean "gold", while GP is usually presumed to mean "gold pieces" or (more rarely) "gold points".
Gold Prospectors Association of America The Gold Prospectors Association of America is an organization that is dedicated to finding and mining gold on a small or recreational scale. It has gold claims across America and members can work the claims for a yearly fee, which was $67.
Gold rush A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. Several gold rushes took place throughout the 19th century in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Gold rush tools and methods A variety of tools and methods were used during the Gold rushes of the second half of the 19th century. This article covers the tools and methods used during the California Gold Rush, the Fraser River Gold Rush, the Cariboo Gold Rush, and the Klondike Gold Rush.
Gold Raiders Gold Raiders is a 1951 comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and writtten by William Lively and Elwood Ullman. The film was an attempt by producer Jack Schwartz to inaugurate a new western series starring old favorite George O'Brien.
Gold Reserve Act The United States Gold Reserve Act of January 31, 1934 required that all gold and gold certificates held by the Federal Reserve be surrendered and vested in the sole title of the United States Department of the Treasury.
Gold Ridge, Georgia Gold Ridge was a mid nineteenth-century settlement located between Canton (to its northeast) and the now-defunct Sixes Gold Mine (to its southwest). The settlement was located in the Georgia Gold Belt, which runs southwest to northeast along the southern edge of the Blue Ridge mountains.
Gold sparkle band The Gold Sparkle Band is a free jazz quartet, formed in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and now performing in New York. Although the group's music is highly influenced by Ornette Coleman's 1960s quartet, they continue to push the boundary of improvised music.
Gold standard The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a weight of gold, ideally fixed and not subject to change, with all currency issuance is to one degree or another regulated by the gold supply. There have been a variety of monetary systems that have been labelled "gold standard" since antiquity, including the "classical gold standard" of 1871-1914, and the Bretton Woods System of 1945-1972 being two of the most studied examples.
Gold standard (test) In medicine, a gold standard test is the diagnostic test that is regarded as definitive in determining whether an individual has a disease process. The AMA Style Guide prefers the phrase Criterion Standard instead of Gold Standard, and many medical journals now mandate this usage in their instructions for contributors.
Gold Silver Bronze command structure A Gold - Silver - Bronze command structure is used by emergency services of the United Kingdom to establish a hierarchical framework for the command and control of major incidents and disasters. Some practitioners use the term Strategic - Tactical - Operational instead, but the categories are equivalent.
Gold Spoon Oration The Gold Spoon Oration, also called "The Regal Splendor of the President’s Palace", is a political speech given in the US House of Representatives by Charles Ogle (Whig-PA) on April 14-16, 1840. The speech reviled then-President Martin Van Buren for his supposedly luxurious lifestyle in the White House, while idealizing Whig presidential candidate William Henry Harrison as a homespun man of the people.
Gold Standard Act The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 (ratified on March 14) and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold).
Gold Standard Laboratories Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL is an independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder, Colorado by Sonny Kay. In 2001, it was moved to San Diego, California, USA, but it is currently headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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