munitions when it finally opened, in January, 1943. The poor quality of the RAF stores led to the War .... The munitions were held in standard Nissen hut s dispersed to increase safety, with transport ... more details
In abstract board game s, an asymmetric board is one in which the game board does not have reflectional symmetry . Category Board games ... more details
Single board may refer to Single board computer , a complete computer built on a single circuit board Single board microcontroller , a microcontroller pre built onto a single printed circuit board disambig ... more details
Health board might mean in the following countries a current or historical body concerned with health services and or public health. Australia Canada Denmark a National Board of Health Denmark National Board of Health England a Board of Health obsolete by 1894 Republic of Ireland a Health Board New Zealand a District Health Board New Zealand District Health Board Scotland a NHS Scotland Health Boards Health Board South Africa Wales a NHS Wales Health boards Health Board disambig ... more details
International Board may refer to International Football Association Board , association football governing body International Rugby League Board , defunct rugby league football governing body Disambig ... more details
National Mediation Board , an independent agency of the United States government A. L. Alexander s Mediation Board , 1940s radio show See also United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation disambiguation ... more details
Cotton Board may refer to the following organisations promoting the cotton industry Cotton Board England , in Manchester , United Kingdom Cotton Board United States , in Memphis, Tennessee , United States disambig ... more details
Board of Control can mean A British governmental body headed by the President of the Board of Control that oversaw the activities of the British East India Company from late 18th to the mid 19th centuries Board of Control municipal government Board of Control for Cricket in India Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Florida Board of Control , a former statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida Sri Lanka Cricket , formerly known as the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Dual board structure, common in Germany and also used in other Europe an and Asia n countries, is a structure of corporate governance in which shareholder s and often workers elect members of a Supervisory board , which then appoints and supervises a Management board . There are two separate boards, one Management board executive board for the day to day business and one Board of directors supervisory board for control purposes elected by the shareholders . In these countries, the CEO presides over the executive board and the chairman presides over the supervisory board, and these two roles will always be held by different people. This ensures a distinction between management by the executive board and governance by the supervisory board. This allows for clear lines of authority. The aim is to prevent a conflict of interest and too much power being concentrated in the hands of one person. There is a strong parallel here with the structure of government, which tends to separate the political Cabinet government cabinet from the management civil service . In the United States, the board of directors elected by the shareholders is often equivalent to the supervisory board, while the management executive board may often be known as the executive committee or executive council, composed of the division subsidiary heads and C level officers that report directly to the CEO. See also European Company Statute DEFAULTSORT Dual Board Category Corporate governance Business stub Law term stub it Governance duale ... more details
Community Board may refer to Community Board New Zealand , a level of local government Community Boards , a community based mediation program, established in 1976, in San Francisco, California, in the United States dab ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A marketing board is an organization created by many producers to try to market their product and increase consumption and thus prices. They most commonly exist to help sell farm products such as milk , egg food eggs , or beef and are funded by the farmers of those crops. Marketing boards often also receive funding from governments as an agricultural subsidy . The leadership and strategies of the marketing boards are set through votes by the farmers. Marketing boards also sometimes act as a Pooling resource management pool , controlling the price of farm products by forming a legal cartel . They also fund other ventures beneficial to their members such a research . Marketing boards differ from industry trade group s in that their primary goal is marketing towards consumers, not governments, but they may also lobby on behalf of their supporters. Industry trade groups might also advertise directly to consumers. Marketing boards An agricultural marketing organization is an organization that helps farmers sell common commodities and obtain discounts when purchasing from vendors. See also Agricultural marketing Canada Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Canadian Wheat Board Dairy Farmers of Ontario Ontario Asparagus Growers Marketing Board Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board Ghana Ghana Cocoa Board India Agricultural produce market committee Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board Kerala Co operative Milk Marketing Federation Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board Ireland Irish Dairy Board United Kingdom British Wool Marketing Board British Egg Industry Council Egg Marketing Board Milk Marketing Board Potato Council United States American Egg Board National Pork Board Walnut Marketing Board California Blue Diamond Growers California Avocado Commission California Milk Processor Board California Raisin Advisory Board California Raisin Marketing Board Wisconsin Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board DEFAULTSORT Marketing Board Category Marketing ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Board of Finance is one of a variety of names Budget Committee, Finance Committee, Ways and Means Committee, Appropriations Committee, Advisory Committee , or Warrant Committee are used in different parts of New England for a body that reviews local government budgets in towns or school districts that have the town meeting form of government. Whether the board is appointed or elected, and whether it is merely advisory or has authority over the budget, depends on state and local laws. Its role is to act as a balance against the Board of Selectmen or Board of education School Board , which usually set the budget and present it to the public at town meeting. Typically the Board of Finance is seen as being more cost conscious than the governing body that is, it prefers smaller budgets. In many towns, the budget is split between general government, administered by the Board of Selectmen and the school district administered by the Board of education Board of Education . The school district include one town or several towns, which join into a regional Connecticut , Massachusetts , New Hampshire or unified Vermont school district. School districts in New England do not have separate taxation powers, and must receive their revenues from member towns. Typically, after the Board of Selectmen or School Board settle their respective budgets, they are submitted to the Board of Finance for review. The Board of Finance may return the budget to the respective bodies with requests for changes, or may refer it to the town meeting for approval. In some cases, the Board of Finance may establish the budget itself, leaving the Selectmen or School Board to comment. Outside the budget process, the Board of Finance may perform financial oversight duties on behalf of the town. DEFAULTSORT Board Of Finance Category Government in the United States Finance, board of ... more details
An analog board is a circuit board that contains the majority of analog circuitry in certain Apple Macintosh computers. The analog board was one of two circuit boards within many early Macintosh computers, including the Macintosh 128K Macintosh 512K 512K Macintosh Plus Plus , Macintosh SE Macintosh SE series , and Macintosh Classic Macintosh Classic series . Some later all in one Macintosh computers also included analog boards, with the most recent being the iMac G3 and eMac . In these computers, the analog board functioned as the power supply to other parts within the system, and also functioned to drive the CRT display within the computer. The other board was the logic board , which contained all of the computer s digital logic circuitry, such as the processor and memory. See also Logic board mac stub Category Macintosh computers Category Macintosh internals ... more details
A logic board is the Apple Inc. Apple equivalent of a motherboard . ref name Engadget Cite web url http www.engadget.com 2006 07 08 apple sneaks new logic board into whining macbook pros title Apple sneaks new logic board into whining MacBook Pros accessdate 2008 10 23 author Paul Miller format 2006 publisher Engadget ref The term logic board was coined back in the 1980s, when the compact Macs at the time had two separate circuit components. The term logic board stuck over the years of Macintosh manufacturing, even in the non all in one Macs. A longtime practice for Apple when an existing model was upgraded was to offer a logic board upgrade where a user could bring their computer into an Apple dealer and have the old logic board replaced with the new one, along with other upgrades necessary to bring their computer in line with the new model s specs. The old logic board would be kept by the dealer as a trade in. See also Motherboard Analog board References reflist Category Macintosh internals ... more details
A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole ... . A related concept is the board of pardons and paroles , which may deal with pardon s and Commutation of sentence commutation s as well as paroles. A parole board consists of people qualified to make ... s, or criminologist s. Many states do not have written qualifications for parole board ... board appointment. The universal requirement is that the candidate for membership has to be of good moral fiber. Canada Main National Parole Board United Kingdom Main Parole Board for England and Wales Parole Board for Scotland Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland In the United Kingdom members are also drawn from a wider circle of professions. The Board typically makes a judgement about whether ... Board for England and Wales , the Scottish Government Parole Board for Scotland and the Northern ... remains the parole board for those who committed a federal offense before November 1, 1987, as well ... has a parole board. The autonomy of the board from the Governor United States state governor also varies in some states the boards are more powerful than in others. In some states the board is an independent ... Board of Pardons and Paroles , Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles , Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles , Idaho Commission of Pardons and Paroles , Minnesota Board of Pardons , Nebraska Board of Pardons , Nevada Board of Pardon Commissioners , South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon , and Utah Board of Pardons and Paroles are the nine 9 states in the United States with such boards ... is taken into account in the board s final determination see victims rights . Cleanup list date September 2009 Alabama Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles http www.pardons.state.al.us Alaska Alaska Board of Parole http www.correct.state.ak.us corrections Parole Arizona Arizona Board of Executive Clemency http azboec.gov Arkansas Arkansas Board of Parole http www.arbop.org California California ... more details
A board portal is collaborative software that allows board of directors to securely access board documents and collaborate with other board members electronically. History The passing of the Sarbanes Oxley Act has placed significant legal and financial responsibility on the board of directors to ensure ... the number of outside, independent directors on the board. Consequently, this has led to more frequent ... of a board portal is to securely support board communications and board workflows . The Read Receipt of documents by the directors is often a legal record that external auditors require. Features of a Board Portal A board portal can be a custom built, in house application, an off the shelf, commercial application that is deployed by IT, or a subscription based, software as a service . Board portals provide the following features Strict security Due to the sensitive nature of board information, security and confidentiality is critical. Sometimes, board portals will use two factor authentication ... and communications between members. Online accessibility Board members can review documents or communicate with other members at any time, even when they are on the road. Offline accessibility Board members can download documents to their computer for offline review. However, board portals ensure that downloaded documents still support the same strict level of security. Board packet creation, modification, and distribution Corporate secretaries can use the board portal to create board materials ... distributed. This saves the hassles associated with printing and handling changes after board packets have been printed. Board packets are often quite thick, with 600 pages on the low end to as many ... of the organization s performance, a flexible dashboard is often an integral part of Board Portal packages Online collaboration support allows documents and board packets to allow for directors ... Policy Support To mitigate company liability, board portals enforce data retention policies on documents ... more details
Orphan date December 2010 The Chord Board is a color coded slide rule that displays the note s necessary to form or Transposition music transpose Chord music chords in music . The multi colored chart is a 2 octave piano keyboard with numbered note positions and a center slide that displays the notes. Created on the island of Oahu , Hawaii and registered in 1979 by Martin H. Samuel, the original Chord Board was printed by Datalizer of Addison, IL . As a practical means of reference, the Chord Board is popular with musicians, singers, songwriters, choirs, composers and arrangers. Citation needed date January 2011 Pierre Bernard, of Houdah Software in Luxembourg , programmed and published the Chord Board Slide Rule iPhone iPod Touch App. that displays and plays the notes and chords in English language English in 2010 and in German language German in 2011. File Chord Board slide rule front.jpg thumb Chord Board slide rule front. File Chord Board slide rule reverse.jpg thumb Chord Board slide rule reverse. File Chord Board screen.jpg thumb iPhone App. Chord Board screen. The Chord Board App. may be used as a guitar , banjo , ukulele , Bass guitar bass , violin , viola or cello electronic tuner . References Reflist http chordboard.webstarts.com Chord Board http prmac.com release id 16912.htm PRMac Chord Board review External links http chordboard.webstarts.com Chord Board http www.sliderulemuseum.com International Slide Rule Museum Awards http download.famouswhy.com chord board Famous Why Innovative and Efficient http www.geardownload.com multimedia chord board for iphone.html Gear Download 5 Stars Category Music education Category Apple Inc. de Chord Board ... more details
unreferenced date March 2010 The Ironclad Board was an advisory board established by the United States in 1861 in response to the construction of the CSS Virginia by the Confederate States. The primary goal of the Ironclad Board was to choose designs of ironclad ships to construct. The Board consisted of three senior naval officers Hiram Paulding Commodore Hiram Paulding , Joseph Smith disambiguation Commodore Joseph Smith , and Charles Henry Davis Commander Charles Henry Davis Navy stub AmericanCivilWar stub Category United States federal boards, commissions, and committees ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2007 File Science fair exhibit butterflies.jpg right thumb 350px Posters and display boards at a science fair Display board is a generic term for a board shaped material that is Rigidity rigid and strong enough to stand on its own, and generally used for displaying paper or other materials affixed to it. Types of display board include poster board or posterboard . Poster board Poster board or posterboard is a type of display board used for displaying posters and other flat printed matter. It comes in large sheets in a variety of colors and is significantly larger than ISO 216 The A series A2 . In the United States US , the standard size for poster board is 22 x 28 x .05 . It can be particularly light and flimsy, as it is primarily expected to support sheets of paper, photos, glitter, lettering and other small, light items that are glued onto it. It can be recycled and used again as something else. Poster board can be found in many art supply and office supply stores. Drug stores and convenience stores often carry it as well. A variety of additional supplies can be used with poster board to enhance its presentation. Poster board is often used for making event posters, science projects and other school activities. Folded display boards Trifold display boards may also be used. They are generally more stable and able to stand while still giving a theater like view. Category School terminology Category Standards based education ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 A board book is a type of book printed on thick paperboard . The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitch saddle stitching staples or perfect binding , a board book s pages are specially folded and bound together. Board books are very durable and consequently intended for small children, who often tend to be destructive and unpredictable. Most of the board books produced in the world are produced in China and Mexico however, there is one board book printer still located in the United States. Citation needed date May 2011 See also Binder s board publish stub book art stub Category Bookbinding Category Books by type ... more details
Infobox single Name Ouija Board, Ouija Board Cover MorrisseyOuija Board.jpg Artist Morrissey from Album Bona Drag compilation Released 13 November 1989 Format 7 , 12 , CD, cassette Recorded Genre Length 4 25 Label HMV POP 1622 Writer Morrissey Street Producer Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley Last single Interesting Drug br 1989 This single Ouija Board, Ouija Board br 1989 Next single November Spawned a Monster br 1990 Ouija Board, Ouija Board was a single released by Morrissey in November 1989, catalogue number HMV POP 1622. The single was poorly received by the music press and the public its highest chart position was No. 18, making it the first Morrissey single not to reach the British top 10. It appeared along with its B side Yes, I Am Blind on the compilation album Bona Drag . A shorter edit, omitting a verse, appeared on the 2010 reissue of Bona Drag. The song is about the protagonist using a Ouija board to contact a dead friend. It caused some debate in the press at the time over claims it promoted occult dabbling or Satanism devil worship . Morrissey replied to these claims by retorting The only contact I ever made with the dead was when I spoke to a journalist from The Sun newspaper The Sun . ref name Quote Rogan, Johnny Morrissey The Album, p. 157 ref The video for the song features Morrissey being led into the woods by some children who take him to see a Spirit medium ... most tweaked music videos ever ref Track listings 7 HMV POP 1622 UK Ouija Board, Ouija Board 4 25 Morrissey, Stephen Street Yes, I Am Blind 3 30 Morrissey, Andy Rourke 12 HMV 12 POP 1622 UK Ouija Board, Ouija Board 4 25 Yes, I Am Blind 3 30 East, West 2 35 small Graham Gouldman small East, West is a cover ... NME Ouija Board Review ref Musicians Morrissey voice Kevin Armstrong guitar Andrew McGibbon Andrew ... Category Songs written by Morrissey Category Songs written by Stephen Street it Ouija Board, Ouija Board ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image shootingboard.JPG thumb 300px right A shooting board used to trim and square end grain Image longshootingboardend.jpg thumb 300px right A shooting board used for jointing end view Image longshootingboardside.jpg thumb 300px right A shooting board used for jointing side view A shooting board is a woodworking workbench accessory which is used in combination with a hand plane to trim and square up the edges and ends of boards. There are two specific purposes to which ... board remains fundamentally the same in both cases but the length of the board will vary with the boards ... board consists of a flat board, the base , with a stop at one end, similar to a bench hook , on which the board to be planed is rested. The stop prevents the board from sliding as it is planed. Parallel to the base and slightly lower is a secondary surface, the fence , which may be a separate board ... the plane along the edge of the board being planed such that the blade in the plane is presented at 90 degrees to the base of the shooting board. Assuming that the sides of the hand plane being used are perpendicular to the sole, this ensures an edge that is at 90 degrees to the face of the board. For end grain trimming, the board is placed on the shooting board so that an edge adjacent to the end ... to indicate how far to trim the board. The hand plane is rested on its side on the fence and held firmly against the end of the board whilst being pushed along its length. Jointing is performed the same way except that the board is oriented so that one end is against the stop and the edge to be jointed ... smooth and accurate cutting. The ramped shooting board addresses this problem by introducing a slope ... with the board to move along the blade s length. This even exposure of wood along the whole blade ... in the workshop . One accessory that may be fitted to a shooting board is an angled stop, most commonly at 45 degrees. This allows mitre joint mitres to be trimmed. DEFAULTSORT Shooting Board Category ... more details
about information on school boards in Scotland School board Scotland information on school boards in England and Wales School board England & Wales Unreferenced date March 2007 A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level. The elected council helps determine educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city , county , state or province . It usually shares power with a larger institution, such as the government s department of education. The name of the board is also often used to refer to the school system under the board s control. The government department which administered education in the United Kingdom before the foundation of the Ministry of Education United Kingdom Ministry of Education was also called the Board of Education . See also National Association of State Boards of Education External links http www.citymayors.com education usa schoolboards.html US mayors are divided about merits of controlling schools DEFAULTSORT Board Of Education Category Education Category State boards of education in the United States Category District boards of education in the United States fr Commission scolaire nl Schoolbestuur ja sv Skolstyrelse yi ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 A supervisory board or supervisory committee , often called board of directors , ref http www.gsk.com about management.htm ref is a group of individuals chosen by the stockholders of a corporation company to promote their interests through the governance of the company and to hire and supervise the executive directors and CEO . Corporate governance varies between countries, especially regarding the board system . There are countries that have a one tier board system like the U.S. and there are others that have a two tier board system like Germany . In a one tier board, all directors both executive directors as well as non executive directors form one board, called the board of directors . In a two tier board there is an executive board all executive directors and a separate supervisory board all non executive directors . Germany German corporation law Aktiengesetz requires all Aktiengesellschaft en to have two boards a management board called Vorstand and a supervisory board called Aufsichtsrat. In Germany the supervisory board of large corporations is composed of 20 members, 10 of which are elected by the shareholders, the other 10 being employee representatives. The supervisory board oversees and appoints the members of the management board and must approve major business decisions. The minimum of members a board can consist of is three, the maximum 21. The number of members has to be divisible by three, as stated in the law. When it comes to internal elections the head of supervisory board Aufsichtratvorsitzender has two votes in case of a draw. The supervisory board, in theory, is intended to provide a monitoring role. However, appointment of supervisory board members has not been a transparent process and has therefore led to inefficient ... a one tier or a two tier board system leads to better corporate governance is ongoing in Germany ... of companies in which they invest to account. Reflist DEFAULTSORT Supervisory Board Category Management ... more details
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