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Aloe arborescens The Aloe arborescens has the same properties of other Aloes, like the Aloe vera (Barbadensis Miller) and better properties regarding therapeutic applications, being able to substitute Aloe vera in almost every way.
Aloe dichotoma Aloe dichotoma, also known as quiver tree or kokerboom, is a species of aloe indigenous to South Africa, specifically in the Northern Cape region, and Namibia. Its vernacular name comes from the fact that its branches and bark are used by the bushmen to make quiver for their arrows.
Aloe Mucilaginous Polysaccharides The Aloe Mucillaginous Polysaccharides from the Aloe Vera Plant are the healing molecules. The polysaccharides can be stabilized and extracted from the raw plant, through a careful freeze drying process, which discards the irritants, enzymes and mineral salts found in the raw Aloe Vera plant.
Aloe Ridge Game Reserve Aloe Ridge Game Reserve is a game reserve and conservation park in central Gauteng province in north-east South Africa, lying some 15 kilometres directly north-east of the Sterkfontein caves. Located near Mulder's Drift it protects white rhino, buffalo, hippo, and many antelope and rare bird species.
Aloer Aloers (the word is originally Catalan) were independent peasant proprietors of alous in what is now Catalonia, especially during the years between the Carolingian reconquest of the Spanish Marches from the Moors in the late 9th century and the consolidation of feudalism in that region in the 11th century. They generally practiced family-based subsistence farming.
Aloeus In Greek mythology, Aloeus was the son of Poseidon and Canace, husband first of Iphimedia and later of Eeriboea, and father of Salmoneus (who founded Elis), Otus and Ephialtes, collectively known as the Aloadae. In Vergil's Aeneid the twins of Aloeus are found in Dis, the Roman name for Hades, and there Aeneas sees them being punished by Rhadamanthus.
Alogi The Alogi (ἄλογοι, also called "Alogians") were a group of Christian heretics in Asia Minor that flourished around 170 CE.“Alogi,” in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, [ODCC] Edited by F.
Alogia In psychology, alogia (Greek α-, “without”, and λόγος, “speech”), or poverty of speech, is a general lack of additional, unprompted content seen in normal speech. As a symptom, it is commonly seen in patients suffering from Schizophrenia.
Aloha Aloha in the Hawaiian language means affection, love, compassion, mercy, goodbye, and hello, among other sentiments of a similar nature. It is used especially in Hawai'i as a greeting meaning hello and goodbye.
Aloha (crater) Aloha is a tiny impact crater on the Moon that lies to the northwest of the Montes Agricola ridge, on the Oceanus Procellarum. It is located near the faint terminus of a ray that crosses the mare from the southeast, originating at the Glushko crater.
Aloha Aina Party of Hawaii The Aloha Aina Party of Hawaii (from Aloha ʻAina, love of land) is a legally recognized political party of the state of Hawaii in the United States. A modern reincarnation of the Home Rule Party of Hawaii that was then led by Congressman Robert William Wilcox, the Aloha Aina Party of Hawaii was resurrected as a result of discontent of native Hawaiians with the call of Governor Benjamin J.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was a scheduled Aloha Airlines Boeing 737-200 flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, the aircraft suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, but was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui.
Aloha Bowl The Aloha Bowl is a now-defunct National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. Played on Christmas Day except for games in 1983 to 1986, the Aloha Bowl was sponsored by Jeep Corporation.
Aloha ʻAina Aloha Aina, which literally means "love of the land", is a central concept of ancient Hawaiian thought, cosmology and culture. The concept is felt by many people in Hawaiʻi as a locus of ecological and cultural understanding.
Aloha Petroleum Aloha Petroleum is a company that owns numerous convenience stores (Island Mini Mart) and gas stations (Aloha Quality Gas) in Hawaii, many of which are operated by independent convenience store owners such as 7_Eleven. The company also has Federal, State, City and County Contracts and supplies gasoline to other convenience stores and gas stations not branded as Aloha Gas or Island Mini Mart, such as Costco.
Aloha Tower The Aloha Tower is a lighthouse that is considered one of the premier landmarks of the state of Hawaii in the United States. Opened on September 11, 1926, the Aloha Tower is located at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor.
Aloha Tower Marketplace The Aloha Tower Marketplace is one of the only waterfront shopping centers in Hawai`i. Located at the Honolulu Harbor, the Aloha Tower Marketplace features several declared national landmarks including the Aloha Tower, Falls of Clyde and Hawai`i Maritime Center.
Aloha, Oregon Aloha is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Its name is similar to the Hawaiian word, aloha, although the place name is pronounced // instead of //.
Alois Alzheimer Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer (14 June 1864, Marktbreit, Bavaria - 19 December 1915, Breslau, now Wrocław, Poland) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.
Alois Brunner Alois Brunner (born April 8 1912 in Rohrbrunn, Burgenland, reports of death contested) is an Austrian Nazi war criminal who was Adolf Eichmann's assistant. He was a trouble-shooter for the Schutzstaffel and held the rank of SS-HauptsturmfĂĽhrer when he organized deportations to Nazi concentration camps from Vichy France and Slovakia.
Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (22 December 1831, Vienna-15 January 1897, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist. He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna,Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (22 December 1831, Vienna-15 January 1897, Vienna) was an Austria|austrian entomologist.
Alois Hába Alois Hába (June 21, 1893, Vizovice – November 18, 1973, Prague) was a Czech composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, especially using the quarter tone scale, though he used others such as sixth-tones and twelfth-tones. His brother Karel Hába was also a composer, and their father was a musician.
Alois Heinrich von BrĂĽhl Alois Heinrich von BrĂĽhl (; 1739 - 1793) was a Polish-Saxonian diplomat, politician, freemason and military commander, serving in the Polish Army in the rank of general (since 1763). He was a son to minister Heinrich von BrĂĽhl, one of the advisors to August II of Poland.
Alois Hudal Alois Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; born 31 May, 1885 in Graz; died 13 May, 1963 in Rome) was a Rome-based bishop of Austrian descent. After the end of World War II, he established a "ratline" which allowed prominent Nazi war criminals to escape trial.
Alois Kayser Alois Kayser (born March 29, 1877 in Lupstein/Alsace, died October 21, 1944 in Chuuk) was a German Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost 40 years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar (and possibly a Nauruan language dictionary). In 1943 he was deported along with most of the Nauruan population by the Japanese to Micronesia, where he died.
Alois Kälin Alois Kälin (born April 13 1939) is a former Swiss nordic skiier who competed in the 1960's and 1970's. He won a nordic combined silver in the at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Alois Sprenger Alois Sprenger was a prominent 19th century German non-Muslim Islamic scholar. Sprenger held that it was necessary to make a distinction between per­sonal notes used simply to help one recall something, course notebooks and published books.
Alois Stadlober Alois Stadlober (born April 11, 1962) was an Austrian cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 2000. He earned two medals at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km and a silver in the 10 km.
Aloisio da Milano Aloisio da Milano, also known as Aloisio da Carezano, Aleviz Milanets and Aleviz Fryazin (Алевиз Миланец, Алевиз Фрязин, Алевиз Фрязин Миланец in Russian) was an Italian architect who worked in Muscovy.
Aloisio the New Aloisio the New, known in Russian as Aleviz Novyi or Aleviz Fryazin, was an Italian Renaissance architect invited by Ivan III to work in Moscow. Some Italian scholars have attempted to identify him with the Venetian sculptor Alevisio Lamberti da Montagnano, but the point is still widely disputed.
Aloisius Joseph Muench Aloisius Joseph Muench (February 18, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 8,1916 for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. On August 10,1935, he was appointed Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota.
Alojzy Lysko Alojzy Lysko (born February 15, 1942 in Bojszowy) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6581 votes in 31 Katowice district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Aloma Wright Aloma Wright is an African-American actress, mostly known as Nurse Laverne Roberts in the sitcom Scrubs. She has also appeared in other sitcoms such as Malcolm in the Middle and the short-lived series Medical Investigation as well as appearing in the TV movie When Billie Beat Bobby and the 2000 drama Shadow Hours.
Alomancy Alomancy (from Greek halo, 'salt', and manteia, divination), also called Adromancy, ydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy, is an ancient form of divination. Similar to many other forms of divination, the diviner casts salt crystals into the air and interprets the patterns as it falls to the ground or travels through the air.
Alombrados The Alombrados began activities on July 17th of 2004 to continue the mystical practices and scientific exploration of the Alumbrados in light of Thelema and the practices of the OTO. Its name was qabalistically adapted from the original.
Alon Ben David Alon Ben-David is an Israeli television and print journalist, currently senior defense correspondent for Israel's Channel 10 and Middle East correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly. Before moving to Channel 10, Ben-David was a military correspondent for the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA).
Alon Ben-Meir Dr. Alon Ben-Meir (born 1937) is a professor of international relations and Middle Eastern Studies at The New School and at New York University and is the Middle East Project Director at the World Policy Institute.
Alon Cohen Alon Cohen (born in Israel, 1962) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. (1989) and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver () that enabled the creation of Voice Over Neworks products and eventually the VoIP industry, that changed the face of the telecommunication industry.
Alon Pinkas Alon Pinkas is an Israeli politician, who most recently served as Consul general of Israel in the United States. Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau: Alon Pinkas: Foreign relations expert & former Consul General of Israel in New York He was succeeded by Arye Mekel as Consul General.
Alon Shvut Alon Shvut (; ) is an Israeli settlement in Judea (the southern West Bank), located south‑west of Jerusalem, between the biblical cities of Bethlehem and Hebron. It serves as a regional center for the communities of Gush Etzion (the Etzion Bloc).
Alondra Alondra(1942) is a Mexican multi-platinum Billboard award winner and Latin Grammy nominated recording artist. Alondra was also known as "La Madrina de Menudo" for having a group of teenagers open for her concerts.
Alone (Warmen song) Alone, the only single from Warmen's second studio album Beyond Abilities is a cover of the song by Heart, featuring Kimberly Goss on vocals. The other track "Dead Reflection" was previously only available as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Unknown Soldier.
Alone Again Alone Again is a power ballad rock song written and released by the American heavy metal band Dokken on their 1984 album Tooth and Nail. The single reached #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top Twenty on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.
Alone in a Crowd Alone in a Crowd was the first full-length Catch 22 release featuring the band's second lineup. The album features a song trilogy, "What Goes Around Comes Around," "Bloomfield Avenue," and "Neverending Story" which follows two young lovers who commit multiple acts of homicide on a cross-country spree before finally succumbing to their own personal demons.
Alone in Love Alone in Love (Korean: 연애시대, Hanja: 戀愛時代) is a 16-episode South Korean TV drama series aired in 2006, starring Son Ye-jin, Gam Wu-seong, Lee Hana and Gong Hyeong-Jin. The story is about a divorced couple still in love.
Alone in the Dark (series) Alone in the Dark is a series of survival horror computer games from Infogrames (now Atari). In most of the series, the gamer plays as private investigator Edward Carnby, who usually goes to investigate a haunted mansion or town that is full of undead creatures.
Alone in the Dark (video game) Alone in the Dark (1992) is a survival horror video game developed by Infogrames (now Atari). The game has spawned several sequels, as part of the Alone in the Dark series, and was one of the first survival horror video games, after the 1989 Capcom game, Sweet Home.
Alone in the Dark 5 Alone in the Dark, also known as Alone in the Dark 5 and Alone in the Dark: Near Death Investigation, is the fourth sequel of the survival horror video game series created by Infogrames (now Atari). The game will be released on PC and Xbox 360.
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is the fourth installment of 1992 survival horror video game series Alone in the Dark created by Atari. The game was released on several platforms including PC, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Sega Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.
Alone in the Endzone "Alone in the Endzone" was the only single from Sydney, Australia's punk band Radio Birdman's album Living Eyes. The album art features a heavily-armed and apparently on-edge Deniz Tek in his Detroit apartment.
Alone in the World Alone in the World (Seule au Monde) is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Although the exact year of creation is unknown, Theo van Gogh acquired it in 1867 so it may be placed in the early part of Bouguereau's career.
Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991 Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991 is a collection of fantasy and horror stories by author Ramsey Campbell. It was released in 1993 and was the author's fourh collection of stories published by Arkham House .
Along Came Jones (1945 film) Along Came Jones is a 1945 Western comedy starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, William Demarest, and Dan Duryea, in which Cooper mercilessly spoofs his own slow-talking cowboy persona. The movie was written by Nunnally Johnson from the novel by Alan Le May (The Searchers), and directed by Stuart Heisler.
Along the River During Ching Ming Festival ALONG THE RIVER DURING CHING MING FESTIVAL known in Chinese as 《[was the work of Song Dynasty] artist, [[Zhang Zeduan. The painting captures the daily life of people from the Song period at the capital, Pien Jing (today's Kaifeng).
Alonistaina Alonistaina or Alonistena (Greek: Αλωνίσταινα) is a village located in the municipality of Falanthos in the westcentral part of the prefecture of Arcadia. Alonistaina is accessed with a road linking Stemnitsa and Tripoli.
Alonnah, Tasmania Alonnah (Australian Postcode 7150) is a small township on the western side of Bruny Island, Tasmania, facing the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Originally named Mill's Reef, it was renamed in the early 1900s after part of the Tasmanian aboriginal name for Bruny Island, Lunawanna-alonnah (a nearby township a little to its south being named Lunawanna.
Alonso Ancira Alonso Ancira (b. 1951 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican businessman who is the controlling shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Altos Hornos de Mexico ("AHMSA"), Mexico's largest steel producer.
Alonso de Alvarado Alonso de Alvarado was a conquistador and knight of the Order of Santiago. He fought against the hosts of Quizo Yupanqui that were besieging Lima in 1536, against Diego de Almagro in 1537 and at the Battle of Las Salinas in 1538.
Alonso de Arellano Don Alonso de Arellano was a Spanish explorer of the 16th century, who was among 5 fleets that first re-discovered the Philippines after Magellan. Some would argue he actually discovered the Philippines first, splitting off from the rest of the fleet in the patache San Lucas, piloted by Lope MartĂ­n, shortly after leaving the port of Barra de Navidad.
Alonso de Contreras Alonso de Contreras (Madrid, Spain, 6 January 1582 - 1641), Soldier, sailor, privateer, adventurer and writer. Best known as the author of his autobiography, one of the very few autobiographies of Spanish soldiers under the Spanish Hapsburgs and possibly one of the finest, together with the True History of the Conquest of New Spain (Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo.
Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (es: Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno, séptimo duque de Medina Sidonia) (September 10, 1550 - 1615) was the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada. He was the son of Don Juan Carlos de Guzmán, eldest son of the 6th duke, and of his wife Doña Leonor Manrique de Zuniga y Sotomayor.
Alonso de Maldonado Alonso de Maldonado was a Spanish lawyer and a member of the Second Audiencia of Mexico City, which governed New Spain from January 10, 1531 to April 16, 1535. He was also president of the First Audiencia of Guatemala, and in that capacity interim governor of Guatemala from 1536 to September 15, 1539.
Alonso de Salazar Alonso de Salazar was the first European (Spanish) explorer to "discover" the Marshall Islands on August 21, 1526. De Salazar was in command of Santa Maria de la Victoria but is not known to have landed.
Alonso de Zuazo Alonso de Zuazo (also spelled Suazo) (1466, Spain—March, 1539, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)) was a Spanish lawyer and colonial judge and governor in New Spain and in Santo Domingo. He served in New Spain during the period of Hernán Cortés's government and before the appointment of the first viceroy.
Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda In 1614, a sequel to Cervantes' Don Quixote was published under the pseudonym Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda. The identity of Avellaneda has been the subject of many theories, but there is no consensus on who he was.
Alonso Lobo Alonso Lobo (February 25, 1555 – April 5, 1617) was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Although not as famous as Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria himself considered him to be his equal.
Alonso Muñoz Alonso Muñoz (sometimes Alonso de Muñoz) (ca. 1512, Caravaca, Spain—December 19, 1568) was a high-ranking administrator in Spain and, from November 1567 to about July 1568, royal commissioner with Luis Carrillo for the inspection of the government of New Spain for King Philip II.
Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta Dr. Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta (October 31, 1729, Villagarcía, Spain—May 26, 1800, Mexico City) was archbishop of Mexico from September 12, 1772 to May 26, 1800, and viceroy of New Spain from May 8, 1787 to August 16, 1787.
Alonso Oyarzun Alonso Oyarzun (born April 17, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actor. From January to July 2005 he starred as Crewman Specialist Socinus on the Sci Fi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica.
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán El Bueno Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán (1256-1309), surnamed El Bueno, the good, in the sense of good at need, or stout-hearted, was the founder of the line which the dukes of Medina Sidonia belonged to. In 1296 he defended the town of Tarifa on behalf of Sancho IV de León y Castilla.
Alonso Pita da Veiga Alonso Pita da Veiga, born in Ferrol in 15th century Galicia, was the most remarkable young officer of the Spanish Tercios fighting under the orders of Count Fernando de Andrade in the Battle of Pavia (Italy), between the years 1513-1525, becoming a lord with the right to wear a coat of arms and was granted land and property in Ferrolterra, his birthplace, for having surrendered, with his own sword, in the battlefield the king of France Francis I.
Alonso Sánchez Coello Alonso Sanchez Coello, (1531/32, Benifairó de les valls, near Valencia - August 8 1588, Madrid) was the best portrait painter of the Spanish Renaissance and one of the pioneers of the great tradition of Spanish portrait painting.
Alonzo Bailey case Bailey vs Alabama, , was a United States Supreme Court case which overturned the peonage laws of Alabama. The Alonzo Bailey case is regarded as being the most important case of its kind after the Dred Scott v.
Alonzo Bodden Alonzo Bodden (born in 1962 in Queens, New York) is a comedian who has made television appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Make Me Laugh, Friday Night Videos, Thirty-Something, Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue, Masked Rider, The Late Late Show (CBS) with Craig Kilborn, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Apollo. He was also the first comedian invited to appear on The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show.
Alonzo Cano Alonzo Cano o Alonso Cano (1601 - 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect and sculptor born in Granada. He learned architecture from his father, Miguel Cano, painting from Francisco Pacheco the master of Velazquez, and sculpture from Juan Martinez Montañes.
Alonzo Church Alonzo Church (June 14, 1903 – August 11, 1995) was an American mathematician and logician who was responsible for some of the foundations of theoretical computer science. Born in Washington, DC, he received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1924, completing his Ph.
Alonzo Potter Alonzo Potter (1800-1865), American bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at Beekman (now La Grange), Dutchess County, New York, on 6 July 1800. His ancestors, English Friends, settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, between 1640 and 1660; his father was a farmer, a Quaker, and in 1798 and in 1814 was a member of the New York Assembly.
Alonzo Quijana Alonso Quijano is a fictional character from Miguel de Cervantes' novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha. Alonso Quijano was a poor unknown hidalgo from somewhere in La Mancha in Spain who gained fame by assuming the name of Don Quixote de la Mancha and the persona of a knight-errant.
Alonzo Spellman Alonzo Spellman (born September 27, 1971) is a former National Football League defensive lineman who played for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and the Detroit Lions. He also played in the Arena Football League for the Las Vegas Gladiators, and has participated in mixed martial arts.
Alonzo Torquemada Alonzo Torquemada is a fictional character on the HBO drama Oz played by Bobby Cannavale. He is a Hispanic one-eyed homosexual who owns several gay night clubs and is also a major dealer of the designer drug known as D-Tabs.
Alopecosa accentuata Alopecosa accentuata is a species of wolf spider found commonly in open habitats throughout continental Europe. The female has a body length (excluding legs) of up to 12 mm, the male is rather smaller at up to 9 mm.
Alopen Alopen 阿罗本（Alopen Abraham) is the first recorded Christian missionary to reach China, during the Tang Dynasty. He was an envoy of the Assyrian Church of the East (commonly labelled 'Nestorian') to the Chinese, but the mission did not gain widespread momentum.
Alor Alor is the largest island in the Alor archipelago located at the eastern-most end of the Lesser Sunda Islands that runs through southern Indonesia, which from the west include such islands as Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, and Flores.
Alor Archipelago The Alor archipelago is located at the easternmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, the chain that runs through southern Indonesia, which from the west includes such islands as Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Solor and Lomblen.
Alor Strait The Alor Strait (Indonesian:Selat Alor) is the strait which divides the Solor Archipelago from the Alor Archipelago, in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It lies mainly between the larger islands of Pantar and Lembata.
Aloria In the fictional series The Belgariad by David Eddings, Aloria was the name of the nation of the Alorns, which was broken up into Cherek, Drasnia, Algaria, and Riva during the reign of Cherek Bear-shoulders. Dras Bull-Neck, the eldest son of Cherek, became king of Drasnia, and so on with all of Cherek's other sons.
Alouette 1 Alouette 1 was a Canadian research satellite launched 5 years after the USSR sent its satellite Sputnik 1 into orbit in 1957 and 4 years after the America's Explorer 1 was launched in 1958, Alouette I was Canada's first satellite. Occasionally, Alouette I is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from the third country ever to do so--but numerous Sputniks and Explorers preceded it.
Alouette 2 Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 4h48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena Rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California. It was (like its predecessor Alouette 1, and Explorer 31) designed to explore the ionosphere.
Aloys Wach Aloys Wach or Aloys Ludwig Wachelmayr (sometimes Wachelmeier) was an Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist. He was born in Lambach, Upper Austria on April 30, 1892 and died in Braunau, Upper Austria on April 18, 1940.
Aloysia Weber Aloysia Weber (born Zell or Mannheim, c 1761 - died Salzburg 8 june, 1839) was a German soprano, the sister of Constanze Weber, who was the wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart dated Aloysia for a short time, but ALoysia later broke the relationship after a few months.
Aloysius Bertrand Aloysius Bertrand was the writing pseudonym of Louis-Jacques-Napoléon Bertrand (born April 20, 1807 in Ceva (Piedmont, Italy); died April 29, 1841 in Paris). He wrote a collection of poems entitled Gaspard de la nuit which composer Maurice Ravel wrote a suite of the same name, based on the poems, "Scarbo", "Ondine", and "Le Gibet".
Aloysius John Wycislo The Most Reverend Aloysius John Wycisło (June 17, 1908 – October 12, 2005) was the 8th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin. He served from 1968 to 1983 after serving as an auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Aloysius Quinn A character from the fictional comic book series Hellblazer, Aloysius Quinn was a member of the British Army stationed in India. Buried alive with other corpses, he went mad, and claimed his soul had been taken by the Red Sepulchre.
Aloysius Schmitt Father Aloysius H. Schmitt (December 4, 1909 – December 7, 1941) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque, who served as a chaplain in the United States Navy during World War II.
Aloyzas Sakalas Aloyzas Sakalas (born on July 6, 1931 in Anykščiai) is a Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.
Alp Arslan Alp Arslan (1029 – December 15, 1072) was the second sultan of the dynasty of Seljuk Turks, in Persia, and great-grandson of Seljuk, the founder of the dynasty. He assumed the name of Muhammad bin Da'ud Chaghri when he embraced Islam, and on account of his military prowess and personal valour and fighting skills he obtained the surname Alp Arslan, which signifies "a valiant lion.
Alp-luachra An Alp-luachra is an evil, greedy fairy from Irish mythology. When a person falls asleep by the side of a stream, the Alp-luachra appears in the form of a newt and crawls down the person's mouth, feeding off the food that they had eaten.
Alpa Alpa was formerly a Swiss camera design company and manufacturer of 35mm cameras. The current owners bought the company name after backruptcy of the original company and the company exists today as a designer and manufacturer of high end medium format cameras.
Alpandeire, Málaga Alpandeire is a Spanish municipality and village located in the Ronda area, near the peak of Jarestepar, (1,421 metres high), and surrounded by rugged and beautiful scenery. Numerous streams run through its territory.
Alpe Ciamporino Alpe Ciamporino is the name of a ski resort and summer hiking region in the Lepontine Alps, by the Simplon Pass region in Italy. It is located near San Domenico di Varzo village, north of the Piedmont region, by the Swiss border with Wallis canton.

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