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Alcon offices in Johns Creek, Georgia. Alcon Inc. ( German: Alcon AG) is a Swiss-American pharmaceutical and medical device company specializing in eye care products. It has a paper headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland but its operational headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, where it employs about 4,500 people. [2]
Another version of FUBAR, said to have originated in the military, gives its meaning as "Fucked Up By Assholes in the Rear". This version has at least surface validity in that it is a common belief among enlistees that most problems are created by the military brass (officers, especially those bearing the rank of general, from one to four stars).
APPN – Appropriation Number (U.S. Military) APRT – Army Physical Readiness Test (U.S. Army) ARCENT/TUSA – US Army Central /HQ Third US Army (TUSA) [ 3] ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (e.g., 1969 to 1989; antecedent of the information superhighway; now DARPA) ARM – Anti-Radar Missile.
Filler (linguistics) In linguistics, a filler, filled pause, hesitation marker or planner (sometimes called crutches) is a sound or word that participants in a conversation use to signal that they are pausing to think but are not finished speaking.
The company performs several tasks in the Argentinian energy sector, among which are: The dispatch of energy into the Interconnection, planning energy capacity needs and optimizing energy use, monitoring the operation of the wholesale term market, the exchange of electric power with other countries, and purchasing and administrating fuels for ...
The global company based in Switzerland operates in 60 countries and serve patients in more than 140 countries. Alcon’s most recent earnings report projects close to $9.5 billion in net sales in ...
Alcon is a global ophthalmic company with a emphasis on surgical and vision care products. Alcon or ALCON may also refer to: Alcon (arcade game) or Slap Fight. Alcon (computer virus) Alcon Entertainment, a film and TV production company. Alcón, a surname. Phengaris alcon, a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
Club career. Born in Rio de Janeiro to a Brazilian father and a Bolivian mother from La Paz, Alcón started his career playing futsal with Vasco da Gama, before a move to Fluminense. [2] Following a short spell with futsal team Bradesco, he returned to Vasco da Gama in August 2014. He returned to Fluminense, where he remained until 2018.