According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data from October 2008, the largest sectors of non-agricultural employment were: Government, 24. 3 %; Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, 17. 3 % ( including 11. 0 % in retail trade ); Professional and Business Services, 11. 9 %; Manufacturing, 10. 9 %; Education and Health Services, 10. 0 % ( including 8. 5 % in Health Care & Social Assistance ); Leisure and Hospitality, 9. 2 %; Financial Activities, 6. 0 %, Natural Resources, Mining and Construction, 5. 1 %; Information, 1. 4 %; and Other services 4. 0 %.

Some awards Under Construction has won include six first-place awards, two second-place awards and one third-place award in the Community College National Literary Magazine competition and also nine first-place awards in the Society for Professional Journalists Competition which includes four-year colleges throughout the Midwest.

* Professional Engineers in Construction ( PEC );

The Construction Management Association of America ( CMAA ) ( a primary US construction management certification and advocacy body ) says the 120 most common responsibilities of a Construction Manager fall into the following 7 categories: Project Management Planning, Cost Management, Time Management, Quality Management, Contract Administration, Safety Management, and CM Professional Practice which includes specific activities like defining the responsibilities and management structure of the project management team, organizing and leading by implementing project controls, defining roles and responsibilities and developing communication protocols, and identifying elements of project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims.

Horton Smith of Detroit, a former president of the Professional Golfers Association, will receive the Ben Hogan Trophy for his comeback following a recent illness.

It is composed of the Undergraduate Student Government and the Graduate & Professional Student Association ( GPSA ).

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

* 1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America ( PGA ) is created in New York City.

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Many statistics are also available from outside of Major League Baseball, from leagues such as the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the Negro Leagues.

The first attempt at forming a " major league " produced the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players, which lasted from 1871 to 1875.

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players operated from 1871 through 1875, and is considered by some to have been the first major league.

On September 5, 1901 Patrick T. Powers, president of the Eastern League announced the formation of the second National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the NABPL or " NA " for short.

* American Bar Association Model Code of Professional Responsibility

* CPHQ ( Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality ) conferred by the Healthcare Quality Certification Board of the National Association for Healthcare Quality

In 1871 the Forest Citys joined the new National Association of Professional Base Ball Players ( NA ), the first professional league.

The Chicago club was founded in 1870 as the White Stockings and played a season in the National Association of Base Ball Players, where they won a championship, and five seasons in the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players.

This is the most common method used in golf clubs and is the only method allowed in the PGA ( Professional Golf Association ) and LPGA ( Ladies Professional Golf Association ).

According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, " The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.

Headrick founded the Professional Disc Golf Association ( PDGA ), Disc Golf Association ( DGA ), and Recreational Disc Golf Association ( RDGA ) as governing bodies for professional, competitive amateur, and family-oriented play, respectively, and worked on standardizing the rules and the equipment for the quickly-growing sport.

Citing the Professional Football Researchers Association as his source, Peterson writes that " Parratt completed a short pass to end Dan Riley ( real name, Dan Policowski )" in a game played at Massillon against a team from West Virginia.

Professional wrestling has become especially prominent in Japan and in Central and North America.

Professional World Championships were arranged in North America between the competitors on that circuit.

Originally a player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball ( NPB ), Ichiro moved to North America in 2001 to play in MLB for the Seattle Mariners, with whom he spent 12 seasons.

* ICAA Directory of Professional Insulation Contractors, 1996, and A Plan to Stop Fluffing and Cheating of Loose-Fill Insulation in Attics, Insulation Contractors Association of America, 1321 Duke St., # 303, Alexandria, VA 22314, ( 703 ) 739-0356.

In North America, professional rodeos are governed and sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ( PRCA ) and Women ’ s Professional Rodeo Association ( WPRA ), while other associations govern children's, high school, collegiate, and senior rodeos.

The Professional Golfers ' Association of America has its headquarters in the city.

The Winona School of Professional Photography was started there in 1912 ( as the Indiana School of Photography ) and was operated by the Professional Photographers of America ( PPA ) until its move to Chicago ( Mount Prospect ) in 1988.

Named to the 2006 Pro Football Weekly / Professional Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team

Skinny Puppy toured North America and Europe in support of the album in 2004, joined by William Morrison on guitar and Justin Bennett, formerly of Professional Murder Music, on drums.

It came to the attention of a larger public with a demonstration by a team from the Professional Ski Instructors of America at Interski, Italy in 1983.

Founded in 1916, the Professional Golfers ' Association of America ( PGA of America ) is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and is made up of more than 28, 000 men and women golf professional members.

* PGA Museum of Golf ( Port St. Lucie, Florida ) — Museum traces the story of The PGA of America, holds golf's four major Championship trophies, the oldest-known written mention of golf for the Articles of Parliament in the 15th Century ; Walter Hagen's birth certificate ; Donald Ross ' 1900s-era workbench, the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame, and is home to the Probst Library, one of the foremost collections of golf periodicals in the world.

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# August-PGA Championship ( USPGA ) ( 4th weekend after The Open )-hosted by the Professional Golfers ' Association of America and played at various locations in the USA.

The PGA Championship ( sometimes, especially outside of the United States referred to as the U. S. PGA Championship or U. S. PGA ) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America.

In February 1916 the Professional Golfers Association of America was established in New York City.

While the most famous of such books today are books like Le guide culinaire by Escoffier or The Professional Chef by the Culinary Institute of America, such books go at least back to medieval times, represented then by works such as Taillevent's Viandier and Chiquart d ' Amiço's Du fait de cuisine.

Professional arborists have been climbing trees since the late 19th century in the UK and North America.