(Uskings.us) New York Fashion Week (NYFW), held in February and September of each year, is a semi-annual series of events (generally lasting 7–9 days) when international fashion collections are shown to buyers, the press, and the general public. It is one of four major fashion weeks in the world, collectively known as the "Big 4", along with those in Paris, London, and Milan.
(Uskings.us) Trek Bicycle Corporation is a bicycle and cycling product manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Electra Bicycle Company, Gary Fisher, Bontrager, Diamant Bikes, Villiger Bikes and, until 2008, LeMond Racing Cycles and Klein. With its headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Trek bicycles are marketed through 1,700 dealers across North America, subsidiaries in Europe and Asia as well as distributors in 90 countries worldwide. 99% of Trek bicycles are manufactured outside the United States, in countries including the Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan and China.
(Uskings.us) Harper's Bazaar is an American monthly women's fashion magazine, first published in 1867 as the weekly Harper's Bazar. Harper's Bazaar is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the style resource for "women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture". Aimed at what it calls "discerning ladies", Bazaar is published monthly.
(Uskings.us) A. O. Smith Corporation is an American manufacturer of both residential and commercial water heaters and boilers and the largest manufacturer and marketer of water heaters in North America. It also supplies water treatment products in the Asian market.
(Uskings.us) Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, located at 5000 Overlook Ave SW, Washington, DC 20032, is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world. The facility is operated by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water).
(USKings.us) 1857. Just 20 years after the incorporation of Chicago, and four years before the Civil War, German immigrant Edward Hoffman established a small tobacco shop, E. Hoffman & Co., in Chicago’s famous Sherman House hotel. Edward dedicated himself to providing the smokers of Chicago only the finest pipes, cigars, and tobaccos in the world, not only as a retailer, but also as a manufacturer of such classic brands as Hoffman House and Spillman Mixture. Little did he know his family would carry on this tradition for another 153 years.
(USKings.us) CentiMark Corporation (est. 1968) is a national roofing contractor company headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. The company also has a flooring division, QuestMark, and a Canadian Roofing subsidiary, CentiMark LTD.
(USKings.us) The Au Sable River Canoe Marathon, presented by Consumers Energy, (also stylized as the AuSable River Canoe Marathon) is an annual 120 mi (193 km) canoe race in Michigan from Grayling to Oscoda.
(USKings.us) Bancroft Hall, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is said to be the largest contiguous set of academic dormitories in the U.S. Bancroft Hall, named after former U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and famous historian/author George Bancroft, is home for the entire brigade of 4,000 midshipmen,and contains some 1,700 rooms, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) of corridors, and 33 acres (13 ha) of floor space. All the basic facilities that midshipmen need for daily living are found in the hall. It is referred to as "Mother B" or "The Hall" by Midshipmen.
(USKings.us) Atlantic Caviar & Sturgeon, just outside of Lenoir, NC, is the first and only aquaculture farm in the United States to sell Ossetra caviar, which comes from the Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, or Russian sturgeon, and is second only to the exquisite Beluga in terms of quality and price. In the Caspian Sea — the longtime supplier.
(USKings.us) Taylor Shellfish Company in Shelton, Washington is the United States' largest producer of aquaculture (farmed) shellfish. The Taylor family started raising Olympia oysters in the 1920s.
- FULL NAME : PHAN HUYNH ANH
- DATE OF BIRTH : 14 April 1984
- NATIVE COUNTRY : Tien Giang province, Vietnam
- POSITION : Record Holder
- TYPE OF DEGREE : Honorary Doctorate...
Harvard physics professor and three-time national ultrarunning champion Jenny Hoffman has officially broken the record for the fastest crossing of America on foot (female) after running...
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