Original research date August 2008 Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types ... get it right? Designing high quality professional development for standards based schools 2nd ed. . Thousand Oaks Corwin Press ref There are a variety of approaches to professional development, including ... and technical assistance. ref name community.fpg.unc.edu National Professional Development Center ... 04 08.pdf view What do we mean by professional development in the early childhood field? . Chapel Hill ... care professionals, lawyers, accountants and engineers engage in professional development. Individuals may participate in professional development because of an interest in lifelong learning, a sense of moral obligation, to maintain and improve professional competence, enhance career progression, keep abreast of new technology and practice, or to comply with professional regulatory organizations. ref Golding, L. & Gray, I. 2006 . Continuing professional development for clinical psychologists ..., M. 2006 . Professional development, reflection, and decision making . Oxford Blackwell Publishing ... have professional development requirements for school teachers. For example, Arkansas teachers must complete 60 hours of documented professional development activities annually. ref http www.arkansased.org teachers prof dev renewal.html ref Professional development credits are named differently from ..., teachers need 150 Professional Development Points PDPs ref http www.doe.mass.edu recert qa.html ref and in Georgia, must earn 10 Professional Learning Units PLUs . ref http www.teachersprofessionallearningunits.com ... in the United Kingdom, are required to participate in formal and informal professional development earning Continuing education unit s, or CEUs in order to maintain professional registration. ref http ... regulatory bodies also have mandatory professional development requirements. ref name apegga.org Approaches ... more details
of Professional Communication is housed in the Department of Communication Studies & Multimedia .... Types of professional documents Short reports Proposals Case studies Lab reports Memos Progress Interim ...FORCETOC Refimprove date November 2007 Original research date November 2007 Professional communication .... The field of professional communication is closely related to that of technical communication , though professional communication encompasses a wider variety of skills. Professional communicators ..., computer graphics, and internet research. Job candidates with professional communication backgrounds ..., and technology. Citation needed date March 2009 Professional communication theory Professional ..., sociology and linguistics. Much of professional communication theory is a practical blend ... Miller in What s Practical about Technical Writing? she refers to professional communication ... in Professional Communication researchers seek to expand professional communication theory to include ... Practice Perspectives and Prospects, Richard C. Freed defines professional communication as blockquote ... i.e., masses of people . Primarily excluded from the definition of professional communication would ... apart from their group affiliations ....Professional communication...would seem different from discourse ... by the term mass communication Blyler and Thralls, Professional Communication The Social Perspective , ref http www.amazon.com dp 0803939353 ref pp. 197 198 . blockquote Professional communication journals cite web url http ewh.ieee.org soc pcs ?q node 24 title IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication The IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication is a refereed quarterly journal published since 1957 by the Professional Communication Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics ..., such as engineers and scientists, 2 the practices of professional communicators who work in technical or business environments, and 3 research based methods for teaching professional communication. cite ... more details
File Mourner E27247 mp3h9194.jpg thumb Mourner, suspected to represent Isis mourning Osiris. 18th dynasty, 1550 1295 BCE. Terra cotta Professional mourning or paid mourning is a mostly historical occupation practiced in Near East ern cultures and many other parts of the world. Professional mourner s, also called moirologists , ref name A Word A Day http wordsmith.org words moirologist.html A Word A Day Moirologist . ref are compensated to lament or deliver a eulogy . Mentioned in the Bible , the occupation is widely invoked in literature, from the Ugaritic epics of early centuries BC to modern poetry. Held in high esteem in some cultures and times, the practice was vilified in others. In Honor de Balzac s landmark 1835 novel Le P re Goriot , the title character s funeral is attended by two professional mourners rather than his daughters. ref Balzac, Honor de. Father Goriot . The Works of Honor de Balzac . Vol. XIII. Philadelphia Avil Publishing Company, 1901. ref See also Keening Placebo at funeral Claque References Footnote 1 in Sabar, Y. 1976 . Lel Huza Story and History in a Cycle of Lamentations for the Ninth of Ab in the Jewish Neo Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan. Journal of Semitic Studies 21 138 162. reflist External links Commons Mourner http everything2.com index.pl?node id 1521963 Professional mourners everything2 .com Category Death customs Category Women and death death stub de Klageweib it Prefica no Gr tekone sv Gr terska ... more details
refimprove date November 2009 A professional association also called a professional body , professional organization , or professional society is usually a nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular ... . The roles of these professional associations have been variously defined A group of people in a learned ... of the occupation ref http www.qualityresearchinternational.com glossary professionalbody.htm Professional ... ref name Harvey 1995 Harvey, L. and Mason, S., 1995, The Role of Professional Bodies in Higher education Quality Monitoring. Birmingham QHE. ref organizations which represent the interest of the professional ... conflicting mandates. Though professional bodies often act to protect the public by maintaining ... of the professional. It is clearly a tough call for it do both. Many professional bodies are involved in the development and monitoring of professional educational programs, and the updating of skills, and thus perform professional certification to indicate that a person possesses qualifications in the subject area. Sometimes membership of a professional body is synonymous with certification, though not always. Membership of a professional body, as a legal requirement, can in some professions ... licensure . Many professional bodies also act as learned societies for the academic disciplines underlying ... to act as a peer in some legal cases. For example, the Professional associations do not always ..., journalists seek to avoid government involvement in their work or official definitions. Inter professional associations Inter professional associations have been defined as private organizations, recognized ... publisher Centre for Studies and Strategic Foresight, Ministry of Agriculture location Paris accessdate ... countries of Africa. A particular feature of inter professional associations is that the membership ...? FAO, Rome ref Business Organization also Professional corporation In the United States, PA Professional ... not allowed to operate as corporations. But most states have now enacted a professional corporation ... more details
Professional amateur may refer to Pro am professional amateur , a level of play between amateur and professional in sports Amateur professionalism , a socio economic concept of amateur output of professional quality Disambig ... more details
Professional may receive a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in Archival Studies, Information Systems, Information Science, Information Studies, Knowledge Management, Library Science, Records ...globalize date December 2010 An information professional is an individual who preserves, organizes, and disseminates information. Information professionals are skilled in the organization and retrieval of recorded knowledge. Traditionally, their work has been with print materials, but these skills are being increasingly used with electronic, visual, audio, and digital materials. Information professionals work in a variety of public, private, non profit, and academic institutions. Role In 2011, Gartner published CIO Alert The Need for Information Professionals. The core finding in the report was The vast majority of organizations see the need to manage information as an enterprise resource rather than in separate silos, departments or systems, but they don t know how to begin to address the challenge, as it is so large...Professional roles focused on information management will be different to that of established IT roles An information professional will not be one type of role or skill set, but will in fact have a number of specializations. This perspective was reinforced in a January ... of appropriate interpersonal and political skills. The challenge is that this new breed of professional ... professional as a title, but many have the stewardship, management, and application of information ... a professional association who oversee the professional standards of its members. These associations ... a http www.aiim.org Training Certification Certified Information Professional CIP certification ... SLA professional index.cfm About Information Professionals http www.sla.org PDFs Competencies2003 revised.pdf ... Certification Certified Information Professional AIIM http www.aiip.org Association of Independent ... Africa LIASA DEFAULTSORT Information Professional Category Education and training occupations Category ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 For information about professional golf see Professional golfer , which describes the various branches of the profession. Professional golf tours , which covers elite professional competitive golf and links to more detailed articles about each tour. Professional Golfers Association , an introductory page about professional golf bodies. Most of the subcategories of category Golf tournaments contain articles about professional golf tournaments. Most of the articles in category golfers are about professionals. DEFAULTSORT Professional Golf Category Forms of golf ... more details
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Professional Building can refer to Professional Building Phoenix, Arizona , listed on the NRHP in Arizona Professional Building West Palm Beach, Florida , listed on the NRHP in Florida Professional Building Waterville, Maine , List of RHPs in ME listed on the NRHP in Maine Professional Building Kansas City, Missouri , List of RHPs in MO listed on the NRHP in Missouri Professional Building Raleigh, North Carolina , List of RHPs in NC listed on the NRHP in North Carolina Physicians and Dentists Building , also known as Professional Building , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, List of RHPs in PA listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania Working Benevolent Temple and Professional Building , Greenville, SC, List of RHPs in SC listed on the NRHP in South Carolina Professional Building Suffolk, Virginia , List of RHPs in VA listed on the NRHP in Virginia disambig de Professional Building ... more details
The term young professional generally refers to a young person not in school who is employed in a profession or white collar worker white collar occupation . The meaning may be ambiguous ref name Storm I am not sure what young professionals means... http books.google.com books?lr &q 22I am not sure what young professionals means 22 After the storm American society a decade after the Vietnam War proceedings of the International Conference on The U.S.A. A Decade After the Vietnam War , 1987, p. 33 ref and has evolved from its original narrow meaning of a young person in a professional field. ref name Arora http books.google.com books?lr &cd 1&id IDOQAAAAMAAJ&dq 22a young professional is 22&q 22young professional 22 search anchor Arun Arora and Andrew Francis, The rule of lawyers in Modernising Britain , Fabian Discussion Papers, iss. 42, 1998, p. 4 ref Although derivative of the term yuppie , it has grown into its own set of meanings. Traits The term was originally, and is still used to some degree, to narrowly refer to recent graduates of professional schools serving in professional careers. ref name Arora ref name Taylor http books.google.com books?id puMCAAAAMBAJ&pg PA34&dq 22young professionals 22&lr &as brr 3&cd 31 v onepage&q 22young 20professionals 22&f true John Taylor, Down ... books?id zidewp3rkn8C&q 22a young professional is 22&dq 22a young professional is 22&lr &cd ... books?id mEmFG Bn5qgC&pg PA57&dq 22a young professional is 22&lr &cd 8 v onepage&q young 20professional&f true Ryan Kohnen, Young Professional s Guide to Success , 2009, pp. 1, 103 ref and are targeted ... American studies a reader , Jean Yu wen Shen Wu and Min Song, eds., 2000, p. 178 ref Young professionals ... and the poor , in Series on the Development of Societies , Institute of Social Studies, ed., vol. 6 ... Roger B. Winston, Don G. Creamer, and Theodore K. Miller, The professional student affairs administrator ... 2 Category Employment classifications sv Young professional ... more details
DEC Professional could refer to DEC Professional computer , a line of PDP 11 based personal computer s from Digital Equipment Corporation DEC Professional , a now defunct magazine for System administrator administrators and managers of computer systems from Digital Equipment Corporation disambig ... more details
About the Olympic sport Wrestling other uses Infobox Performing Arts name Professional wrestling image Wrestling Sikeston, MO 1938 1.jpg image size 250px caption A professional wrestling match. Two wrestlers ... century Professional wrestling often shortened pro wrestling , or simply wrestling is a mode of spectacle ... Roland Barthes, The World of Wrestling , Mythologies , 1957 ref It takes the form of events, held by Professional ... maneuvers are Work professional wrestling worked in order to lessen the chance of actual injury ... music hall halls , professional wrestling grew into a standalone genre of entertainment with many ... popularity during its century and a half of existence. The advent of television gave professional ... A wrestler Christopher Daniels leaps off the top rope Professional wrestling has become especially ... icon s in their native or adopted home countries. Although professional wrestling started out ... the performing arts, wrestling constitutes Study and analysis of professional wrestling a recurring topic in both academia and the media . Several documentaries have been produced looking at professional ... . Currently, the largest professional wrestling company worldwide is the United States based World ... Championship Wrestling ECW . The other prominent professional wrestling company worldwide is Total ... . Genre conventions Main kayfabe shoot professional wrestling When talking about professional wrestling ... used to do so, came to be known as kayfabe within wrestling circles, or work professional wrestling ... will deviate from the intended sequence of events. This is known as a Shoot professional wrestling ... performance and reality. These are known as worked shoots . However, the vast majority of events in professional ..., the nature of professional wrestling became an open secret, although American promotions events were ... . Aspects of Performing art Professional wrestling shows can be considered a form of theater ... matches will be part of a longer storyline conflict between Face professional wrestling Babyfaces ... more details
Professional Scouters are paid, non volunteer employees and staff of national and local Scouting organizations. Chief Scout Executive Professional Scouter Boy Scouts of America Scout Commissioner disambig ... more details
Professional privilege may refer to rights to maintain confidentiality in various professions and jurisdictions Accountant client privilege in the United States Legal professional privilege Legal professional privilege Common Law Legal professional privilege Australia Legal professional privilege England & Wales Attorney client privilege United States Physician patient privilege See also Priest penitent privilege disambig ... more details
Forensic Accounting Professional awarded by the Indiaforensic Center of Studies headquartered ...Professional certification , trade certification , or professional designation , often called simply ... are earned from a professional society or from an IT vendor e.g. Microsoft , Cisco , etc. . In general ... p Most certification programs are created, sponsored, or affiliated with professional associations, trade ... about the resume and the professional reference by being an impartial, third party endorsement of an individual s professional knowledge and experience. Certification provides an impartial, third party endorsement of an individual s professional knowledge and experience. ref Phillip Barnhart, http books.google.com ... 20programs&pg PA2 The Guide to National Professional Certification Programs 1997 , HRD Press ... are usually earned from a professional society or educational institute, not the government ... a task or job, this is referred to as licensure . In the United States, U.S. State professional licenses professional licenses are usually issued by state agencies. The certification assessment process ... for being a certifying organization. According to ANSI Standard 1100, a professional certifying ... by particular specialties. In order to apply professional standards, increase the level of practice, and possibly protect the public though this is also the domain of licensure , a professional organization ... professional might work. Of course, this generalization increases the cost of such a program the process ... Accountancy, Auditing and Finance There are many professional bodies for accountants and auditors ... Accountancy Boards in the USA, Hong Kong, Australia... PFA Professional Financial Accountant ... of Risk Professionals GARP PRM Professional Risk Manager conferred by the Professional Risk Managers International Associate PRMIA ref name PRMIA cite web title Professional Risk Managers International ... CCP Certified Credit Professional issued to credit management professionals in Canada by the Credit ... more details
Infobox company name Fiat Professional S.p.A. logo Image Fiat Professional Logo.jpg 140px Fiat Professional logo type Private foundation July 11, 1899 in Turin , Italy founder Giovanni Agnelli location city Turin location country Italy area served Europe industry Automotive industry Automotive products Light Commercial vehicle Commercial Vehicle s key people Luca di Montezemolo small President small br Sergio Marchionne small CEO small parent Fiat Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. owner Fiat S.p.A. homepage http www.fiatprofessional.com FiatProfessional.com Fiat Professional is the new brand ref name fiatcommercialvehicles.co.za Cite web url http www.fiatcommercialvehicles.co.za news article.jsp?displayArticle id 73600 title Fiat Professional is the new brand name for Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles accessdate 2010 03 30 work fiatcommercialvehicles.co.za ref name for Fiat Automotive Fiat Group Automobiles Light Commercial Vehicles division. It was launched on 17 April 2007 and replaces the Fiat Veicoli Commerciali brand name. According to fiatautopress.com The word Professional highlights the brand s aspiration to give the image independent status, while at the same time accentuating its ability to respond to the needs of professional clients. sup endnotes 1 sup Fiat Professional products Fiat Professional UK Range Fiat Ducato Fiat Scudo Fiat Dobl Cargo Fiat Grande Punto Van Fiat Fiorino Fiorino European ex UK range Fiat Stilo Van Fiat Panda Van Fiat Seicento Van Fiat Strada Fiat Idea Van Fiat Multipla Van Fiat Ulysse Van Notes Reflist References http www.fiatautopress.com index.php?l 2&group 4&method news&action zoom&id 20070417101055d7bc1d27084c359690eaf26134295b2d Fiat Auto Press article accessed May 1, 2007 . External links http www.fiatprofessional.com The official Fiat Professional website. http www.fiatprofessional.co.uk The official UK Fiat Professional website. Fiat ... Professional fr Fiat Professional it Fiat Professional ... more details
The term professional physicist has multiple meanings. The most widely used meaning is that it is a physicist who works in physics for a living. This meaning would include theoretical physics theoretical physicists and experimental physics experimental physicists , and may also include physics professors and authors of physics books and textbooks. The term may also refer a physicist who has received professional certification . In particular, the Canadian Association of Physicists offers a certification exam and has registered Professional Physicist as a trademark in Canada . The Institute of Physics in the United Kingdom grants a similar title, Chartered Physicist . See also Canadian Association of Physicists Chartered physicist United Kingdom External links http www.cap.ca cert cert.html Canadian Professional Physicist Designation http www.iop.org Institute of Physics DEFAULTSORT Professional Physicist Category Physicists Professional physicist Category Professional titles and certifications ... more details
orphan date November 2007 Image Komondor Westminster Dog Show.jpg thumb A professional handler gaiting a Komondor A professional handler , sometimes called a professional dog handler is a person who trains, conditions and shows dogs in conformation shows for a fee. Handlers are hired by dog owners or breeders to finish their championship , or if finished, to show in the Best of Breed class as a special . Education Becoming a professional handler does not require any formal schooling, but an apprenticeship under an established handler and an adherence to a code of ethics is sometimes required in order to join into one of the professional organizations. External links http www.phadoghandlers.com PHA, Professional Handler s Association http www.infodog.com misc dhg dhgmain.htm Dog Handlers Guild http www.akc.org handlers index.cfm AKC s Registered Handlers Program http www.canadianprohandlers.com Canadian Professional Handlers Association Category Dog training and behavior Category Dog shows and showing dog stub pt handler ... more details
No footnotes date February 2010 Professional services is an industry of infrequent, technical, or unique functions performed by independent contractor s or by consultant s whose occupation is the rendering of such services. circular definition? Examples of professional services include those of accountant s, actuary actuaries , appraiser s, architect s, lawyer attorneys , business consultant s, business development business development managers , copywriter s, engineer s, funeral directors , law firm s, public relations professionals, recruiter s, researchers, real estate broker s, translator s and medical centre s. While not limited to licentiates individuals holding professional licenses , the services are considered By whom date August 2010 professional and the contract may run to partnerships, firms, or corporations as well as to individuals. Marketing The selection of an independent contractor or consultant providing professional services usually depends on skill, knowledge, reputation, ethics, and creativity. Prices for services, even within the same field, vary greatly. Some professional service providers are able to give fixed rates for projects, while others define the price only after assessing the work involved. For this reason, it is common to hire professionals on the basis of an hourly fee and of an estimated length of project scope . In the past, independent contractors for professional services were located and hired by various means, including recommendation and directories e.g. yellow pages . The popularity of the Internet has led to a new crop of professional ... and easily. Professional services employees The term professional services is also used frequently ... 1 1 1 1,00.html Indicators of regulatory conditions in the professional services Organisation ... 05 711&format HTML&aged 0&language EN&guiLanguage en Better Regulation of Professional Services European Union DEFAULTSORT Professional Services Category Consulting Category Business ar ... more details
A professional car in modern times is an automobile that has been modified with extensive Coach vehicle coach work for service in livery transportation i.e., as a limousine or in funeral home operations hearse s or flower car s . Professional cars often have longer wheelbase s, and longer coachwork than their civilian counterparts. Up until 1980 ambulance s were also available on professional car chassis, such as those built by Cadillac or Packard. Combination car s, which could be utilized either as an ambulance, a first call vehicle , or as a hearse, were also used. Since that time, legal and professional requirements concerning ambulance construction have generally made car based ambulances impractical. See History of the ambulance Move to life saving.2C not just transporting for details. External links http www.professionalcarsociety.org www.Professionalcarsociety.org The Official Website of the premier professional car club, the Professional Car Society. The Professional Car Society was found in 1977, and has over 1100 members world wide. For general or technical information, you can t find a better source than the members of the Professional Car Society. http www.professionalcar.org www.Professionalcar.org An enthusiast community and message forum specializing in hearses, flower cars, car based ambulances, limousines. Free and open to all enthusiasts. Website includes historical information, free technical resources and assistance, videos, and information about these vehicles. http www.coachbuilt.com bui c cotner bevington cotner bevington.htm Professional Oldsmobiles Category Car classifications auto stub ... more details
A professional submissive is a person who performs the submissive BDSM submissive role in BDSM activities in exchange for money. Most professional submissives do not have sex in exchange for money, and do not regard themselves as prostitutes. Professional submissives are rarer than professional dominant s. See also Wikinews BDSM as business An interview with the owners of a dungeon BDSM as business An interview with the owners of a dungeon Wikinews BDSM as business Interviews with Dominatrixes BDSM as business Interviews with Dominatrixes External links http www.professionalsubmissives.com Directory of Professional Submissives BDSM Category BDSM terminology Category Sex workers sex stub ms Submisif profesional ... more details
italic title Professional Pensions magazine is a weekly Incisive Media publication that serves the UK institutional pensions industry. It is currently edited by Jonathan Stapleton . ref http www.incisivemedia.com corporate products professionalpensions Professional Pensions . Accessed September 2, 2010. ref It organises the UK Pensions Awards , which have been run annually since 1998. Past editors include Alex Beveridge 2008 2009 and Len Roberts 2000 2008 . Circulation The ABC Audited average circulation for the Professional Pensions print edition for the period 1 July 2009 30 June 2010 was 12,846. Professional Pensions Mobile allows customers to access PP content via any mobile device, including iPhones and BlackBerries . References Reflist External links http www.professionalpensions.com Professional Pensions Category Weekly magazines UK mag stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 notability date December 2010 LiveWire Professional is a MS DOS program made by CableSoft . It does not run on Windows XP . The software is designed for stock brokers and financial analysts, allowing them to analyse the stock market , through the use of live feeds. External links http www.livewire cablesoft.com index.html LiveWire homepage http computing dictionary.thefreedictionary.com LiveWire Professional Definition at computing dictionary DEFAULTSORT Livewire Professional Category Financial software software stub ... more details
November 2008 refimprove July 2007 Professional performances , as opposed to amateur performances, are those in which performers receive payment for their performances. Professional performances are engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work. A professional actor is someone who derives income by participating in professional performances. A professional theatre company auditions actors to perform in their professional theatre. The company sells tickets actors receive payment for their performances. This is the same for musicians, dancers, comedians. Also see professional sports. A professional performer is a person in a profession that requires certain types of skilled .... ref A professional athlete is someone who derives income by participating in competitive sports ... of Rhode Island authorities ref ref http wordnet.princeton.edu perl webwn?s professionalProfessional ... http www.watertips.com tutorial prograde.htm What are Professional Grade Parts? example from the watertips.com website . ref Work Definition A professional is a worker required to possess a large body ... and professional ethics in carrying out their responsibilities. ref http www.ee.wits.ac.za ecsa gen ... on their own. Typically a professional provides a service in exchange for payment or salary , in accordance ... 2008 A true professional must be proficient in all criteria for the field of work they are practising ... or other work endeavours A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities ... talents integrated & used with qualifications & when doing work in professional capacity. Trades .... A related though not always valid distinction would be that a professional does mainly Mind mental ... include the word professional in their company name to signify the quality of their workmanship or service in exchange with payment. Sport Main Professional sport In sports, a professional is someone ..., but in an academic e.g. college football or other private setting. The term professional is commonly ... more details
about semi professional athletes para professional For the Will Ferrell movie Semi Pro For the episode of Criminal Intent Semi Professional Law & Order Criminal Intent Refimprove date July 2008 globalize date July 2008 A semi professional sportsperson athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur , but for whom sport is not a full time occupation, generally because the level of pay ... professional sports professional athlete . Likewise the term semi professional can be applied to an artist ..., it refers to products that lie between the amateur and professional levels in both quality ... they Start? journal Coffin Corner publisher Professional Football Researchers Association volume .... ref cite journal title Five Hundred Reasons journal Coffin Corner publisher Professional Football ... professional athletes and teams were far more common in the early and mid 20th century than they are today ... sponsorships, and other systems. At the same time, professional sports have become such a massive and remunerative business that even many low level feeder teams can afford to have fully professional athletes. United Kingdom There are many semi professional football soccer football teams at non ... tier of the English football league system has traditionally been the cut off between professional full time and semi professional part time in English football . However, many teams in the top ... to achieve League status. Women s football in England is semi professional at the top levels, as finances ... or college while playing. In Scottish football , semi professional teams compete at all levels below the Scottish Premier League , with most teams below the Scottish First Division being semi professional ... have had one full time professional division, with semi professional divisions at the next level down. The second tier of union, the RFU Championship , became fully professional beginning with the 2009 10 season. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Semi Professional Category Sports terminology de Semi ... more details
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