Notable local Dissenters included John Bunyan, of Bedford, author of the Pilgrim's Progress, and another important hymn writer, Philip Doddridge ( 1702 – 51 ), of Northampton.

Notable features include coastal salt pans, elevated limestone formations ( the Dukhan anticline ) along the west coast under which lies the Dukhan oil field, and massive sand dunes surrounding Khawr al Udayd, an inlet of the gulf in the southeast known to local English speakers as the Inland Sea.

Notable contact was made with local peoples when the envoys of the Han Dynasty journeyed to this area in the 2nd century BC.

Notable local announcers include John Sterling ( New York Stars / Charlotte Hornets television ), Spencer Ross ( New York Stars radio ), Bob Sheppard ( New York Stars PA ), Mike Patrick ( Jacksonville Sharks ), Larry King ( Shreveport Steamer ), Larry Matson ( Birmingham Americans / Birmingham Vulcans ), Fred Sington ( Birmingham Americans / Birmingham Vulcans ) and Eddie Doucette and Vince Lloyd ( Chicago Fire radio and TV respectively ).

Notable local journalists to cover the team include John Canzano and Jason Quick of the Oregonian and Dwight Jaynes of the Portland Tribune.

Notable local buildings include Broomfield House and Truro House, both sadly in a state of some neglect.

See also Notable local politicians

* Notable places in the Prince Frederick area include Battle Creek Cypress Swamp -- a local nature preserve — and the Arthur Storer Planetarium, which is located on the grounds of Calvert High School.

Notable local musical acts include The Ocracoke Rockers, Martin and Friends, Aaron Caswell Band, Molasses Creek, Baby Dee and the Free Mustache Rides Again and Coyote.

Notable events include curling, carriage rides, ice sculptures, and live entertainment, plus BGSU Athletic events such as hockey and basketball games and figure skating exhibition with local stars such as Scott Hamilton.

Notable inhabitants of these properties were the Markwicks ( builders and carpenters, from 1700 ) at Coppinghall and Milton Cottage ( Interestingly, the current generation of notable Markwicks in Uckfield run the local picture house ), Edward Kenward ( 19th century maltster ) at the Malt House, Thomas Pentecost ( a Victorian leather cutter and local poet ) in a cottage near the Grammar School and General Sir George Calvert Clarke ( commander of the Royal Scots Greys at Balaclava ) at Church House.

Notable soccer players, such as Arne Larsen Økland, Geirmund Brendesæter and Gunnar Meling, started their careers in Bremnes IL, one of the local sports clubs.

Notable institutions located in Forest Hill are the local Montessori School, Upper Canada College, the Bishop Strachan School, and Forest Hill Public Library.

Notable local products include watermelon, musk melon, cucumber, northern plum, and wine.

Notable sights there include the church of St. Clement, the Öömrang Hüs-a museum of local history, a wind mill and the Cemetery of the Homeless.

Notable among local attractions are the Italian Gardens on Garnish Island ( Ilnacullin ), which may be visited by boat trip.

Notable regular local broadcasts include:

Notable local places to visit are Awaji Yumebutai ( Kiseki No Hoshi Greenhouse ), Nojima Fault ( the focus of the Great Hanshin Earthquake ), Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park, Honpuku-ji Temple and Awaji World Park Onokoro.

Notable national initiatives include changes to electoral systems to allow universal postal voting on a trial basis, and the process introduced in the Local Government Act 2000 by which the public can, via petition, call for a referendum on whether there should be a local elected mayor.

Notable students include the local federal MP, Bruce Billson, football players Nathan Burke and Russell Greene, journalist Shaun Carney, and actress Jackie Woodburne.

Notable performances during the campaign came from the men between the posts: The previous seasons keeper David Hills ceased playing early in the season ; for several games a temporary replacement, former 1950's Chelsea goalie, Bob Robertson appeared ; new custodian Brian Gambrill signed-on for £ 300 from Canterbury City and conceded seven goals on his home debut ( in a 7 – 1 loss to Worcester City-David Gillingwater hitting the ' Town's ' lone marker ); mid-season he became injured and for several matches local amateur ' keeper Reg Gorham stepped in ( echoing the make-up of the original Ashford United club he worked for the local free-sheet newspaper ).

Notable local figures include:

Notable unicycle manufacturing companies include:

Notable examples of CAx include Computer-aided design ( CAD software ) and Computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM software ).

Notable machinery, armament and chemical industries are also present.

Notable industries in Somerset include: Gunns Veneers, which is one of only three production facilities in Australasia.

Notable industries today include The Yew Tree Dairy, Morris's Bakery and Staveley's egg producer.

Notable industries included the famous Waterford Crystal factory, employing 3, 300 skilled employees at one time.

:: Examples are databases of local work-groups and departments at regional offices, branch offices, manufacturing plants and other work sites.

Jamaica produced 330, 441 tons of gypsum and some of this was used in the local cement industry and the manufacturing of building materials.

Namibian manufacturing is inhibited by a small domestic market, dependence on imported goods, limited supply of local capital, widely dispersed population, small skilled labour force and high relative wage rates, and subsidised competition from South Africa.

In this section, the book takes a darker tone, and looks at the way in which manufacturing jobs move from local factories to foreign countries, and particularly to places known as export processing zones.

Water-poor countries use importation of goods as the primary method of importing water ( to leave enough for local human consumption ), since the manufacturing process uses around 10 to 100 times products ' masses in water.

He took a job at Carpenter Body Works, a local bus manufacturing business, and rented an apartment in Mitchell.

Telo Martius became one of the two principal Roman dye manufacturing centres, producing the purple colour used in imperial robes, made from the local sea snail called murex, and from the acorns of the oak trees.

Industry standards are often rules of thumb, developed over many years, that offset many conflicting goals: what people will pay for, manufacturing cost, local climate, traditional building practices, and varying standards of comfort.

Leaving aside traditional manufacturing, such as sugar refining and rum distilling, Barbados's industrial activity is partly aimed at the local market which produces goods such as tinned food, drinks, and cigarettes.

Volusia County ’ s manufacturing sector maintained a steady and stable position within the local economy contrary to the declining trends being experienced elsewhere within the State of Florida.

Since the modern manufacturing process is unknown to them, members, leaders, and prophets of the cults maintain that the manufactured goods of the non-native culture have been created by spiritual means, such as through their deities and ancestors, and are intended for the local indigenous people, but that the foreigners have unfairly gained control of these objects through malice or mistake.

While the local economy ’ s reliance on manufacturing has decreased in recent years, 20. 36 % of the labour force remains employed in the manufacturing sector.

The growth of iron based industries were a feature of the period, with the establishment in 1817 of a steel manufacturing plant at Pamiers which has been a principal driver of the local economy ever since.

Hood River County also has two ports and two boat basins, one serving local barge traffic, a steel boat manufacturing firm and Mid-Columbia yachting interests.

Baker Company opened here in 1923, making textile manufacturing a major contributor to the local economy for decades.

Its Hartford City manufacturing plant continued to be a major employer until the 1980s, when Overhead Door cut back local operations.

The local economy is well-diversified, with services claiming 22 % of the workforce, manufacturing 19 %, retail trade 18 %, government 17 %, transportation and construction 6 % each, and agriculture, wholesale trade, and real estate / finance / insurance claiming 4 % each.

The local economy is broadly diversified among professional, service, and manufacturing jobs.

Other high-technology manufacturing firms have partnerships with the local government, their operations employing approximately twenty-five percent of non-government workers in 2007.

A number of world class corporations and manufacturing firms have made Palmdale home, helping to diversify the local economy.

In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city economy includes a large service sector, education, technology, health care, finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and local government.

At various points, iron works, logging, manufacturing, and farming have driven local economic activity, but contemporary Washington has no industrial base, and only a handful of farms remain active.

Moreover, while most of the manufacturing and cloth industry that made Hialeah an industrial city in the 1970s-1980s have disappeared, new electronics and technology businesses have reinvigorated the local economy.

The remaining local niche retailers have established strong trade and new manufacturing interests have expanded.