* Kanatjan Alibekov, known as Ken Alibek

Colonel Kanatjan Alibekov (; ; born 1950 ) — known as Ken Alibek since 1992 — is a former Soviet physician, microbiologist and biological warfare ( BW ) expert.

Ken Alibek was born Kanat Alibekov in Kauchuk, in the Kazakh SSR of the Soviet Union ( in present day Kazakhstan ) and grew up in Almaty, the republic's former capital.

Since moving to the US, Alibekov — who simplified his name to Kenneth ( Ken ) Alibek — has provided the government with a detailed accounting of the former Soviet BW program and has testified before the US Congress on numerous occasions ( see also Sverdlovsk anthrax leak ).

Though Gorbachev approved the proposal, an additional paragraph had been secretly inserted into Alibekov ’ s draft resulting in a presidential decree that not only ordered the end of Biopreparat ’ s BW work but also required them to remain prepared for future production.

After several promotions over a short period of time, Alibekov was transferred back to Omutninsk where he quickly rose to the position of Deputy Director.

In Moscow, Alibekov began his service as Deputy Chief of the Biosafety Directorate at Biopreparat.

Major public proof of the Soviet program, called Biopreparat, came when Dr. Kanatjan Alibekov, its first deputy director, defected to the U. S. in 1992.

In response to a Spring 1990 announcement that the Ministry of Medical and Microbiological Industry was to be reorganized, Alibekov drafted and forwarded through channels a memo to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev proposing the cessation of Biopreparat ’ s BW work.

Though disappointed by the double dealing, Alibekov used his position at Biopreparat and the authority granted to him by the first part of the decree to begin destruction of the BW program.

Pasechnik's revelations that the program was 10 times greater than previously suspected were confirmed in 1992 with the defection to the United States of Colonel Kanatjan Alibekov ( b. 1950 ), the No. 2 scientist for the program.

At Omutninsk, Alibekov mastered the art and science of formulating and evaluating nutrient media and cultivation conditions for the optimization of microbial growth.

At Stepnogorsk, Alibekov created the most efficient industrial scale assembly line for biological formulations.

Kanatzhan Alibekov was subsequently placed in charge of intensive preparations for inspections of Soviet biological facilities by a joint American and British delegation.

In the fall of that year the best musicians of the Berlin and Frankfurt Kulturbund orchestras joined under the combined efforts of Bronislaw Hubermann and Steinberg to become the Palestine Orchestra -- now known as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra -- with Steinberg as founder-conductor.

I have known some men and women who said that the selves they are told about or even remember seem utter strangers to them now ; ;

First of all, it is now known that Pope John sees the renewal and purification of the Church as an absolutely necessary step toward Christian unity.

Duclos understood what was bothering Rousseau: that the writer of the Prosopopoeia of Fabricius should now become known as the writer of an amusing little operetta.

The turret screw machine, now known as the Brown & Sharpe hand screw machine, takes its ancestry directly from Mr. Brown's efforts to introduce equipment to simplify the manufacture of the sewing machine.

The first bridge known to have been covered wholly or in part, -- and perhaps the most interesting one, connected Newbury ( now Newburyport ) with Salisbury Point.

This program is now nationally known as `` Teen Hunter Clubs ''.

We now have not only what has been called over here the comedy of menace but we also have horror jokes, magazines known as Horror Comics, and sick comedians.

While it had long been known in general, that `` the public is always wrong '', the use of odd-lot indices now puts the adage on a statistical basis.

We cannot now speak of maximizing the value of the objective function, since this function is now known only in a probabilistic sense.

Even though it was known that the Luftwaffe in the north was now being directed by the young and energetic General Peltz, the commander who would conduct the `` Little Blitz '' on London in 1944, a major raid on Bari at this juncture of the war was not to be considered seriously.

The good feeling which exists between these two important church figures is now well known in England.

The ampere was originally defined as one tenth of the CGS system electromagnetic unit of current ( now known as the abampere ), the amount of current that generates a force of two dynes per centimetre of length between two wires one centimetre apart.

The castle has since disappeared and the settlement now known as Azincourt adopted the name in the 17th Century.

Included in this family are the well known plants: angelica, anise, arracacha, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, centella asiatica, chervil, cicely, coriander / cilantro, cumin, dill, fennel, hemlock, lovage, Queen Anne's Lace, parsley, parsnip, sea holly, and the now extinct silphium.

* 1173 – Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa ( now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa ) begins ; it will take two centuries to complete.

* 1610 – Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.

Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was the first alloy discovered, during the prehistoric period now known as the bronze age ; it was harder than pure copper and originally used to make tools and weapons, but was later superseded by metals and alloys with better properties.

Babbage understood that the existence of an automatic computer would kindle interest in the field now known as algorithmic efficiency, writing in his Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, " As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of the science.

Title IV also led to creation, in all 50 States and the District of Columbia, of what were then called dual-party relay services and now are known as Telecommunications Relay Services ( TRS ), such as STS Relay.

The original Apple Computer, also known retroactively as the Apple I, or Apple-1, is a personal computer released by the Apple Computer Company ( now Apple Inc .) in 1976.

She purchased a house for her sister Anna which had been the last home of Henry David Thoreau, now known as the Thoreau-Alcott House.

Saint Alcuin had a long career as a teacher and scholar, first at the school at York, founded in AD 627 ( now known as St Peter's School, York ) and later as Charlemagne's leading advisor on ecclesiastical and educational matters.

Active contact between the Wajin ( the ethnically Japanese ) and the Ainu of Ezochi ( now known as Hokkaido ) began in the 13th century.

Notable former Indians broadcasters include Tom Manning, Jack Graney ( the first ex-baseball player to become a play-by-play announcer ), Jack Corrigan ( now with the Colorado Rockies ), Jimmy Dudley who received the Ford Frick Award in 1997, Ken Coleman, Joe Castiglione, Van Patrick, Joe Tait, Bruce Drennan, Jim " Mudcat " Grant, Harry Jones, Rocky Colavito and Herb Score, who called Indians ' baseball for 34 seasons.

In 1982, Chelsea were, at the nadir of their fortunes, acquired by Ken Bates for the nominal sum of £ 1, although by now the Stamford Bridge freehold had been sold to property developers, meaning the club faced losing their home.

The two conference title games led to a hot bidding war between the clubs for players ; the Niners signed cornerback Deion Sanders from the Atlanta Falcons and also signed linebacker Ken Norton, Jr. from the Cowboys ; they defeated the Cowboys 21-14 in the 1994 regular season and then hosted the Cowboys in that year's Conference title game, with the Cowboys now coached by Barry Switzer ; the 49ers raced to a 21-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the first quarter and won 38-28 en route to Super Bowl XXIX.

The now defunct investment bank of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette had numerous talented people working there including people such as William Donaldson who served in the Nixon administration, as well as Ken Moelis, Bennett Goodman, Herald " Hal " Ritch, Joel Cohen, Safra A. Catz who became president of Oracle Corporation, Tom Dean, Larry Schloss, Michael Connelly, and others.

A dimly lit incandescent bulb with a pull-chain switch was shown hanging from a wire, and the voice of Ken Roberts would gravely state, " And now, the last word.

Instead of the next-show teaser, Ken Roberts's voice could be heard, saying, " And now, the last word ," and the trademark light bulb would be shut off by a hand doing whatever the last word was.

Another yearly gathering was the now defunct, or at least temporarily so, The Great Big International Drag King Show in Washington, D. C., created by Ken Vegas, who is also founder of the DC Kings

The Story of Tommy, a book written by Townshend and his art school friend Richard Barnes ( now the Who's official biographer ) about the writing of Townshend's 1969 rock opera and the making of the 1975 Ken Russell-directed film, was published by Eel Pie the same year.

Such offerings now are very rare ; as Ken Tucker noted while reviewing the Jesse Stone CBS TV movies, " broadcast networks aren ’ t investing in made-for-TV movies anymore ".

He followed this successful expedition with two others, accompanied by fellow Whipsnade zookeeper Ken Smith: a repeat trip to the British Cameroon, and to British Guiana ( now Guyana ) in 1949 and 1950 respectively.

Ken sings a ballad on the day Angie, now his wife, gives birth to their daughter.

With Martin Lilley now being in charge of TVR Engineering ( him and his father had rescued TVR from bankruptcy ) Gerry's racing plans for 1967 seemed to naturally revolve around TVR, the TVR Griffith seemingly ideal, especially with the planned 400 bhp 5. 3 litre Ford V8, the possibility of the 1-litre TVR Tina ( named after Gerry's eldest daughter and one of the two prototypes is owned by the Marshall family ), the TVR 18010S a Lotus Elan and there was also a plan to go into partnership with Ken Ayres in a hot Mini 850.

After a dispute over whether local government rates should be increased to offset cuts made by the Thatcher government, most of the Labour left figures-including Ken Livingstone-withdrew from Socialist Organiser until the I-CL was the only force involved in what was now its central publication.

* Ken Brown, who played in the Ryder Cup and is now a commentator for major golf competitions such as the British Open

* Ken Reid ( former sportscentre anchor, now at Sportsnet )

* William Roache, ( who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street ) was born at Ilkeston in 1932, though he now lives at Wilmslow in Cheshire.

The chief change was the appointment of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke as Shadow Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Secretary, David Cameron stating that " With Ken Clarke's arrival, we now have the best economic team.

He and manager Ken Adam opened " Bestie's Beach Club " ( now called " The Underground " after the London subway system ) in Hermosa Beach, California in the 1970s, and continued to operate it until the 1990s.

The fleet returned in April 1684, and a few months after, upon a vacancy occurring in the see of Bath and Wells, Ken ( now Dr Ken ) was appointed bishop.

God at Work is a book and course by Ken Costa, chairman of Alpha International, 31-year veteran of UBS and now Chairman of Lazard UK.

City Park Gate, the area adjacent to the land the library would have stood on, is now being designed by Ken Shuttleworth's MAKE Architects.

He drove in Ken Griffey for the winning run in Game 7 of the 1975 World Series, now ranked as one of the greatest World Series of all time.

Afternoon hosts John and Ken were syndicated from KFI during their first run on the station, but are heard only on KFI now.