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General Technician Workshops

After the completion of phase 1 training at RAF Halton, recruits begin a 58 week training course at St Athan entailing basic engineering, sheet metal work, welding processes including oxyacetylene welding, Metal inert gas welding (MIG), Manual metal arc welding (MMA) and TIG welding, Turning and Milling.


Arthur Wesley Wheen

Shortly after turning eighteen, he decided to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force and, soon thereafter, was posted to Egypt where he served as a signaller for the 54th Battalion at a military base near the Tel-el-Kebir.

Asperen

Dirk Willems was a notable resident, as a sixteenth-century martyred Anabaptist - most famous for his act, after escaping from prison, of turning around to rescue his pursuer, who had fallen through thin ice while chasing Willems.

Auckland City Hospital

Having trained in the new tradition of Florence Nightingale, she is credited with turning the hospital from an 'old men with alcoholism institution' into a real hospital, and with instituting real nurse training.

Battle of the Chinese Farm

IDF Bulldozers cleared the road of wreckage and debris and the Israelis reached Fort Lakekan before turning northwards, finally reaching the crossing site.

Bisi Alimi

Alimi's turning point came in 2004 when he became the first Nigerian gay man to appear on national television as a guest on Funmi Iyanda's New Dawn with Funmi, a talk show on the NTA; it was on this show that Alimi confirmed his sexuality as a homosexual and asked for social acceptance from the public.

Borden Chase

Born Frank Fowler, he went through an assortment of jobs, including driving for gangster Frankie Yale and working as a sandhog on the construction of New York's Holland Tunnel, before turning to writing, first short stories and novels, and later, screenplays.

Bott Radio Network

Programs heard on the Bott Radio Network include; 'Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers, In Touch with Charles Stanley, Turning Point with David Jeremiah, Back to the Bible with Woodrow Kroll, Truth for Life with Alistair Begg, Jay Sekulow Live, and Running to Win with Erwin Lutzer.

Brasiléia

Not just consumers are turning to the Bolivian economy, but entrepreneurs as well due to free trade zone of Cobija (the departmental capital of Pando province and Nicolás Suárez).

British Columbia Highway 14

In the east, Highway 14 begins at an interchange with the Trans-Canada Highway (Exit 14) in north Langford, proceeding south for 3 km (2 mi) as the Veterans Memorial Parkway through the community of Langford before turning west and continuing through Langford and Metchosin for 22 km (14 mi), also passing by a local hill known as Mount Helmcken, before entering the city of Sooke.

Bryant Anderson

Briefly competing in Jim Crockett, Jr.'s World Wrestling Network, he teamed with Tully Blanchard before turning up in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in late 1994, where promoter Jim Cornette used him as a mid-card heel; his father briefly managed him but left after a few appearances.

California State Route 49

Near the town of Mount Bullion, SR 49 passes by Mariposa-Yosemite Airport before turning northwest and going through Bear Valley and the intersection with CR J16.

Castel Giorgio

After several vicissitudes, the palace was restored by Cardinal Giacomo Sannesio in 1610-1620, turning it into a summer resort for the prelates of Orvieto.

CHIJMES

She dedicated 20 years of her life turning the convent into a school, an orphanage and refuge for women.

Dances with Smurfs

She steps down as student body president, turning the title over to Cartman, and announces her own new book Going Rogue on the Smurfs.

Douglas Durkin

He taught creative writing briefly at Columbia University before turning to a full-time writing career with fellow-novelist Martha Ostenso.

Fairchild Fashion Media

It was named Daily Trade Record (before turning into Daily News Record and eventually DNR) and included a small feature about women's wear.

Forest Lodge, New South Wales

Hoad went on to be a member of Australia’s four Davis Cup winning squads in 1952 to 1956, won Wimbledon twice and was the world’s number one tennis player in 1956 before turning professional.

Georgia State Route 136

SR 136 now meanders through the southern foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, gradually turning into a northeasterly direction, and crosses into Dawson County and is known as Gold Creek Highway.

Gläns över sjö och strand

The title "Betlehems stjärna" originally appeared in 1893 when Alice Tegnér published music, turning the poem into a song.

Glyn James

He was educated at Oswestry Boys High School, where he played for the school team as well as turning out for Gobowen Juniors and the Druids club at Ruabon.

Guillermo Aubone

Before turning pro, Aubone played college tennis in the United States, at the University of Corpus Christi and University of South Carolina.

Jacinto Elá

In the 2001 summer, Elá signed for Southampton in England, penning a three-year contract after turning down Coventry City.

Jonathan Juliano

Prior to turning professional, Juliano attended the Davenport University where he played the 2010-11 season with the Davenport Panthers.

Kosovo student poisoning

The newspaper “Politika Express “ played a leading role in efforts to describe Albanian patients as participants of a separatist plot but on 8 August 1990, it made a significant turning by admitting that the poisoning occurred in Kosovo and the poisons were found.

Kosta Barbarouses

Before turning professional Barbarouses played for St. Patrick's College 1XI and for semi-professional clubs Wellington Olympic and Miramar Rangers in New Zealand's Central Premier League.

La Gota Fría

In 1991, when Carlos was approached to play the part of Rafael Escalona in the biographical film Escalona (1991), it would not only be a star-turning role for the rising actor, but the beginning of Carlos's musical breakthrough.

Lee Trundle

Trundle also performed 'Let it Snow' for Preston's 2012 Christmas light switch on, before turning on the lights alongside fellow players, Matt Cardle and Russell Watson.

Mackinac College

In 1964, journalist Peter Howard of the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement, proposed the idea of turning the MRA camp at Mackinac Island, which stood unused for a large portion of the year, into a college campus.

Martin Erlandsson

Erlandsson was a top amateur golfer, representing Sweden in the 1996 Eisenhower Trophy before turning professional the following year.

Marvin Olasky

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Olasky edited the 16-book Turning Point Christian Worldview series funded by Howard Ahmanson, Jr.'s Fieldstead Institute.

Marylebone High Street

The majority of the buildings in the street today date from 1900, since which point the street has been consistently revitalised by the main local landlord, Howard de Walden Estates, which has been credited with turning a "once-shabby area of central London" into an elegant street which carefully manages its "mix of boutiques and small retailers" and is frequented by the likes of Madonna, Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett.

Maximilian Stoll

Stoll originally trained as a theologian, with his interests later turning to medicine, and in 1776 attained a professorship at the University of Vienna.

Melbourne tram route 86

It then crosses the Merri Creek, continuing along Queens Parade Clifton Hill, heading south west, turning south into Smith Street passing between Fitzroy and Collingwood.

Mexican-American women in the U.S. from 1900–60

The future marked a key turning point for Mexican American women, as the Chicano Movement and Civil Rights Movement was emerging, and women's role in society was beginning to change.

Miguel Pinto

Universidad de Chile would go on to defeat Pachuca in the preliminary round with Pinto turning in good performances in both games of the two-legged playoff.

Monaco Marathon

It crosses the border to France and Italy and goes along the coast to a turning point in Ventimiglia, Italy and back again to Monaco.

New Jersey Route 66

The need for this widening is due to the need to handle traffic going to Asbury Park in the summer months as well as an evacuation route for the coastal regions of Monmouth County, and the poor design of the current roadway, which lacks turning lanes and facilities for bicycles and pedestrians.

Nezumi Kozō

This, combined with the public humiliation he dealt out to the daimyo, resulted in the popular legend that he gave the money to the poor, turning the petty crook into a posthumous folk hero similar to Robin Hood.

Québec-Montréal

Directed by Ricardo Trogi, the film focuses on nine people, all on the cusp of turning 30 and dealing with complex questions about life and love, whose lives intersect on four separate road trips from Quebec City to Montreal along Quebec Autoroute 20.

Robert McCracken

McCracken worked as a wood machinist at Hoskins Cabinet Works, Bordesley, Birmingham before turning to boxing.

St Helens Town A.F.C.

Bert Trautmann played for the newly formed club before turning professional with Manchester City.

Torstein Andersen Aase

He played youth football in Nordstrand IF, and made his senior team debut before turning 15 years old.

Turning Tables

"Turning Tables" was covered by American actress and singer Gwyneth Paltrow, in the "A Night of Neglect" episode of the Fox Broadcasting Company television show Glee.

Utrecht Marathon

A Nairobi-based businessman, Gert-Jan van Wijk, disapproved of the prize scheme and offered to personally make up the difference for foreign athletes, saying: "I think the Netherlands is afraid of competition, afraid of the unknown, afraid of different cultures. Holland is turning inside herself, instead of becoming stronger by taking up the competition".

Vampires: The Turning

In her pain and rage, Sang attacked Niran during a Songkran (New Year) solar eclipse, turning him into a vampire.

Wagner–Hatfield amendment

Wagner–Hatfield amendment was a proposed amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 aimed at turning over twenty-five percent of all radio channels to non-profit radio broadcasters.

Waitakere Mega Centre

In April 1997, Waltus committed to a NZD $5.2 million expansion and refurbishment of the centre, with the intention of turning it into a niche bulk retailing centre.

Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood V (1899–1968), grandson of Clement Wedgwood and son of Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, was managing director of the firm from 1930 until 1968 and credited with turning the company's fortunes around.

William Henry McGarvey

Emperor Franz Joseph honoured him at a special ceremony for turning Austria from an importer to an exporter of oil.

Yorico

She has been working for the record company EMI Music Japan, record labels Virgin Music, Pure Music and Watanabe Entertainment before turning independent in 2013.


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