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ancile

(ænˈsaɪliː; Latin ænˈkiːleɪ)
n
a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend
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Back in March 2018, French law firm Ancile Avocat announced that France's arms exports to Saudi Arabia and the UAE could be in contravention of its international commitments -- primarily the Arms Trade Treaty, which Paris ratified in 2014.
Allen-Vanguard Corporation of Ottawa says the "ANCILE" electronic shield, which can defeat commercial drones, is now available in Canada.
The margin of the BL manuscript provides a more detailed definition, which slips seamlessly from Scots into Latin: 'ancile vas ane round targe bat fell out of Jse air in Jse towne of rome in [se tyme of numa pompilius; & quia in eo pendebat so[rs] Romani imperii ideo undecem facta sunt ancilia (ne illud subtraheretur in quo fatum urbis fuit)'.
In his last appointment, Dunlap was responsible for Global Sales and Alliances at ANCILE Solutions, Inc.
The joint Sidra Ancile Global Structured Trade Finance Fund (STFIF), which was regulated under both the CMA and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) of Luxembourg closed its first offering of subscription in September and have since approved investments in various transactions for its current assets under management.
Now the sold business will operate under the name of ANCILE Solutions Inc, which will continue working with RWD and support its software activities.
Davidson has been a speaker or adviser for or received research funds from Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Forest Laboratories Inc., Eli Lilly & Co., Ancile Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Novartis, Organon USA Inc., Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, UCB Pharma, Pharmacia Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Pure World Inc., and Allergan Inc., some of which make drugs used for PTSD.
Sidra Capital (Sidra), a Saudi Arabia Capital Market Authority (CMA)-regulated Shariah-compliant financial services company and INOKS Capital SA (INOKS), an alternative investment house specialised in commodities financing in emerging markets and regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), recently announced investments in various transactions by its jointly managed Sidra Ancile Global Structured Trade Finance Fund (STFIF) totaling $13.5 million
Puig, VP for the Private Sector and Non-Sovereign Guaranteed Operations, IDB; Ancile Brewster, IDB Country Manager, Arthur Lok Jack, Chairman, Associated Brands Investments Ltd.; Josef Forstmayr, Round Hill Hotel; Helena Lawson Brooks, SVP of Specialty Operations, Convergys; Ambassador Patrick Casserly, Special Envoy for ICT; and Dr.