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In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1] Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees which are paid by the vendors that GPOs oversee.
While a few complete suits of armor have been found made from splints of wood, leather, or bone, the Victorian neologism "splinted mail" usually refers to the limb protections of crusader knights. Depictions typically show it on the limbs of a person wearing mail , scale armor , a coat of plates or other plate harness.
A left-arm vambrace; the bend would be placed at the knight's elbow An ornate German (16th century) vambrace made for Costume Armor. Vambraces (French: avant-bras, sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour that were often connected to gauntlets.
Gauntlet Dark Legacy is an arcade video game released in 2000. [6] It is the seventh title in the Gauntlet series, and is an expansion of the previous title in the series, Gauntlet Legends.
Almain rivet gauntlets of Emperor Maximilian I, c. 1514. Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthistorisches Museum), Vienna Pair of gauntlets, Germany, late 16th century Gauntlets, about 1614. V&A Museum no. 1386&A-1888. A gauntlet is a type of glove that protects the hand and wrist of a combatant.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet (2003–2004), an MTV reality television game show series; Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II (2005–2006), an MTV reality television game show series; Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet III (2008), an MTV reality television game show series
Later armets have a visor. A stereotypical knight's helm. Favoured in Italy. Close helmet or close helm: 15th to 16th century: A bowl helmet with a moveable visor, very similar visually to an armet and often the two are confused. However, it lacks the hinged cheekplates of an armet and instead has a movable bevor, hinged in common with the ...
Allen Lorenz "A. J." Pollock (born December 5, 1987) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks , Los Angeles Dodgers , Chicago White Sox , Seattle Mariners , and San Francisco Giants .