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Alpha-olefin Alpha-olefins (or α-olefins) are a family of organic compounds which are olefins or alkenes with a chemical formula CxH2x, distinguished by having a double bond at the primary or alpha (α) position. See the illustration below.
Alpha-particle spectroscopy One method for testing for (and measuring) many alpha emitters is to use alpha-particle spectroscopy. For methods for gamma rays and beta particles please see Gamma spectroscopy and Liquid scintillation counting respectively.
Alpha-pyrrolidinopropiophenone Alpha-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (α-PPP) is a stimulant drug. Little is known about this compound, but it has been detected by laboratories in Germany as an ingredient in "ecstasy" tablets seized by law enforcement authorities.
Alpha-Plus Alpha Plus is the second highest level of caste in Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. The supposedly utopian, civilized world is divided up into different castes, with Alpha Double Plus citizens performing the most mentally difficult tasks, and Epsilon Minus Semi-Morons performing the least.
Alpha1Estates Alpha1Estates is a global Islamic real estate consultancy founded in 2004 with its headquarters based in Marble Arch in London, United Kingdom. It also has its regional Middle East office in Nile City Towers in Cairo, Egypt.
Alpha¹ Capricorni Alpha¹ Capricorni (α¹ Cap / α¹ Capricorni) is a binary star in the constellation Capricornus. It also has the traditional star name Prima Giedi or Algiedi Prima, and shares the name Algedi with α² Capricorni.
Alpha² Capricorni Alpha² Capricorni (α² Cap / α² Capricorni) is a star in the constellation Capricornus.It also has the traditional star name Secunda Giedi or Algiedi Secunda, and shares the name Algedi with α¹ Capricorni.
Alphabet An alphabet is a complete standardized set of letters — basic written symbols — each of which roughly represents a phoneme of a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it may have been in the past. There are other systems of writing such as logosyllabic writing, in which each symbol represents a morpheme, or word or a syllable or places the word within a category, and syllabaries, in which each symbol represents a syllable.
Alphabet 26 Alphabet 26 is a neography created by Bradbury Thompson in 1950, and first published in Westvaco Inspirations 180. Thompson designed Alphabet 26 to use only one symbol for each of the 26 letters, rather than having dissimilar upper- and lowercase symbols (such as 'A' and 'a').
Alphabet City (album) Following a hiatus while Fry was treated for Hodgkin's disease, ABC returned to the studio to record Alphabet City, which they thought might be their final album. Best known for "When Smokey Sings", a tribute to Smokey Robinson, the album also spawned "The Night You Murdered Love" and "King Without A Crown (Single)" as singles.
Alphabet City (film) Directed by relatively unknown Amos Poe, this stylized 80's flick is a "New Jack City" type underworld crime thriller. "B" actors Vincent Spano, Jami Gertz, and the ubiquitous Michael Winslow as the bad guy, star.
Alphabet City, Manhattan Alphabet City, formerly considered a slum, is now a trendy part of the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.
Alphabet of Akiba ben Joseph Alphabet of Akiba ben Joseph, or Otiot (Midrash, Aggadah) de-Rabbi Akiba (Hebrew: אותיות דרבי עקיבא), is the title of a Midrash on the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Two versions or portions of the same exist
Alphabet of the Magi The Alphabet of the Magi was an alphabet invented by Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (known as Paracelsus) for the use of engraving angelic names upon talismans. It was likely influenced by the various undefined alphabets from older Grimoires of the time.
Alphabet Route The Alphabet Route was a coalition of railroads connecting the Midwest United States with the Northeast, as a freight alternate to the four major systems - the Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central Railroad, Erie Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Named for the many-lettered initials of the participating railroads, it used the following systems from west to east:
Alphabet Synthesis Machine The Alphabet Synthesis Machine is a work of interactive art which makes use of genetic algorithms to "evolve" a set of glyphs similar in appearance to a real-world writing system. The project was developed by Golan Levin, a new-media artist, in collaboration with Cassidy Curtis and Jonathan Feinberg.
Alphabetical list of members of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 This list aims to display alphabetically the 1,145 titular deputies (291 deputies of the clergy, 270 of the nobility and 584 of the Third Estate) elected to the Estates-General of 1789, which became the National Assembly on 17 June 1789 and the National Constituent Assembly on 9 July 1789; as well as the alternate delegates who sat.
Alphabetical Slaughter Alphabetical Slaughter is one of the first rap singles of Papoose. It is taken from a mixtape produced by DJ Kay Slay and was performed live to incredible reviews at a freestyle session at radio station Hot 97.
Alphabets of Asia Minor Various alphabetic writing systems were in use in Iron Age Anatolia to record Anatolian dialects and the Phrygian language. Previously several of these languages had been written with logographic and syllabic systems.
Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum is a book on the grammar of the South Indian Malayalam language, published in 1772 at the printing press of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide in Rome. It is believed to be the first book on Malayalam printed in Europe.
Alphabetum Kaldeorum The Alphabetum Kaldeorum is one of the most well-known ciphers of the Middle Ages. Its name refers to the Chaldees, whose inhabitants during the medieval era were reputed to have mysterious and magical knowledge.
Alphacell Based in Cannes, France, AlphaCell is an Emblaze Group company and provider of advanced customizable rich media mobile handsets. It is in joint adventure with Zi Corporation (NASDAQ: ZICA; TSX: ZIC) a provider of intelligent interface solutions, in using eZiTap™ and eZiText® interface technology from Zi Corporation for AlphaCell's range of rich-media customized handsets.
AlphaCom AlphaCom is a robust commercial multi-session terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/2003/XP. It supports SSH, Telnet, direct RS-232, dial-up modem, file transfer, dynamic font sizing, auto-login, and much more.
AlphaGraphics AlphaGraphics is a franchise chain of business centers that provide print communication solutions that include one-to-one marketing, mailing services, large format printing, design services, copying, printing, and finishing and bindery services. AlphaGraphics is the largest franchise print company, with 270 stores worldwide as of August, 2006.
AlphaGrip The AlphaGrip is a hand-held computer "keyboard" and game controller that is being marketed as an alternative to the traditional design of data input devices. It differs, however, from other text-entry solutions in that: a), it rests in both palms (as opposed to being one-handed); and b), no "chording" (the simultaneous pressing of two or more keys to achieve a desired effect) is necessary.
Alphamon (Ultimate War Blade King Dragon) Alphamon (Ultimate War Blade King Dragon) is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Mega Level Holy Knight Digimon, the powered up version of Alphamon. He is not just one of the 13 Royal Knights but also their leader of legend.
Alphanumeric keyboard Alphanumeric keyboards include typewriter and computer keyboards. An alphanumeric keyboard is a device with many keys (usually marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numerical digits, and various extra keys.
AlphaPets Alphapets was a series of children's books by Ruth Lerner Perle, Deborah Colvin Borgo, Judy Blankenship and Richard Max Kolding. They were similar to the Sweet Pickles books and each letter of the alphabet was represented in a separate book with an animal for each letter of the alphabet.
Alphard programming language Alphard programming language is a Pascal-like language for data abstraction and verification used as a research vehicle in the 1970s. It used the 'form' datatype, which combines a specification and an implementation.
AlphaServer AlphaServer was the name given to a series of server computers, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and latterly by Compaq and HP. As the name suggests, the AlphaServers were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor.
AlphaStar AlphaStar was a direct-to-home satellite broadcasting service for the United States market developed by Canadian firm Tee-Comm Electronics. It was the first direct-to-home satellite broadcasting service in the United States to use the internationally-accepted DVB-S broadcasting standard and used 39" satellite dish receivers.
AlphaStation AlphaStation was the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and latterly by Compaq and HP. As the name suggests, the AlphaStations were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor.
Alphaville (band) Alphaville is a German synthpop/-rock music group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum, born May 26, 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name Bernhard Gößling, born June 6, 1960 in Enger, Bielefeld) and Frank Mertens (real name Frank Sorgatz, born October 26, 1961 in Enger, Bielefeld).
Alphaville, SĂŁo Paulo Alphaville is the commercial name of a real state development in Brazil and Portugal, constituted by a number of business and residential condominia. The name evokes the "first among cities" concept (ville as French for city, and alpha being the first letter of Greek alphabet).
Alphavirus In biology and immunology, an alphavirus (pronounced alph-AV-ir-rus) belongs to the group IV Togaviridae family of viruses, according to the system of classification based on viral genome composition introduced by David Baltimore in 1971. Alphaviruses, like all other group IV viruses have a positive sense single stranded RNA genome.
Alphen aan den Rijn Alphen aan den Rijn (population: 70,927 in 2006) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The town is situated on the banks of the river Old Rhine, between Leiden and Utrecht.
Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper In physical cosmology, the Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper, or αβγ paper, was created by Ralph Alpher, then a physics PhD student, and his advisor George Gamow. The work, which would become the subject of Alpher's PhD thesis, argued that the Big Bang would create hydrogen, helium and heavier elements in the correct proportions to explain their abundance in the early universe.
Alpheus Babcock Alpheus Babcock (1785-1842) was a piano and music instrument maker in Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the early 1800s. Babcock is best known for patenting a complete iron frame in a single casting used to resist the strain of the strings in square pianos, he also patented a system of stringing in squares, and improvements in piano actions.
Alphia Imru Alphia Imru (born February 4th, 1971) is a legendary Ethiopian writer of erotic fiction for teens. Some of her more famous works include Desperate Diaspora (Hezbochu Yetchegeru) and The Livelihood of Love (Fikur Befetur).
Alphington, Devon Alphington is a village in the southwest of Exeter in southwest England. The ward of Alphington has a population of 8250 according to the 2001 census, making it the third largest in Exeter, with the village itself accounting for about a quarter of this figure.
Alphius (martyr) Saint Alphius and companions, martyrs in the Byzantine traditions of southern Italy, was one of three brothers from Vaste, in the diocese of Otranto, who died with their sister, Benedicta, during the persecutions of Decius, ca 251 AD.. The details concerning these martyrdoms are traditional, drawn up at a later date in the Benedictine Acta of Saint Alphius.
Alphone Guichenot Antoine Alphone Guichenot (July 31, 1809 in Paris, France–February 17, 1876) was a French zoologist who taught, researched, and participated in specimen collecting trips on behalf of the National Natural History Museum in Paris, including an extensive biological survey of Angola. His primary fields of research included fish and reptiles.
Alphonse & Gaston Alphonse and Gaston were once one of Frederick Burr Opper's most popular creations. A bumbling pair of Frenchmen with a penchant for politeness, they first appeared in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal newspaper on September 22, 1901.
Alphonse Beau de Rochas Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815-1893) was a French engineer who originated the principle of the four-stroke internal-combustion engine. His achievement lay partly in his emphasizing the previously unappreciated importance of compressing the fuel–air mixture before ignition.
Alphonse Beni Alphonse Beni is a Cameroonian actor and movie director, sometimes credited as Alfons Beny or Chris Kelly. He made several author movies in Cameroon, acted in French erotic comedies and even played a ninja in Godfrey Ho's "ninja" flick, <I>Ninja: Silent Assassin.
Alphonse Bertillon Alphonse Bertillon (April 23, 1853–February 13, 1914) was a French law enforcement officer and biometrics researcher, who created anthropometry, an identification system based on physical measurements. Anthropometry was the first scientific system police used to identify criminals.
Alphonse Briart Alphonse Briart (1825-1898) was supervisor of the coal mines at Bascoup and Mariemont near Morlanwelz in the Hainaut province of Belgium, and a geologist who studied that region. During the period 1863-1896 he and Francois Cornet published a number of books and papers describing fossils and geological structures found near Mons.
Alphonse Crespo Alphonse Crespo is a libertarian Swiss orthopedic surgeon. Author of Esculape Foudroyé Les Belles Lettres 1991, ISBN 2-251-39008-1 and of numerous essays and articles such as Black Market Medicine an Ethical alternative to State Control Outlawing Medicine [http://www.
Alphonse de Beauchamp Alphonse de Beauchamp (1769-1832) was a historian, born at Monaco, received his education in Paris, and entered the Sardinian military service. In 1792 he suffered imprisonment for refusing to bear arms against his country, but escaped to France, and under the Directory obtained a situation in the office of the Minister of Police, and had the surveillance of the press.
Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine (Alphonse-Marie-Louis de Prat de Lamartine) (October 21, 1790 - February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician, born in Mâcon into French provincial nobility.
Alphonse de Tonty Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 10 November 1727) was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit on the Detroit River in 1701.
Alphonse D'Arco Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, born July 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the Lucchese crime family and former interim Mafia boss who became a "devastating informant"to the police following a loss of faith in Mafia bosses Vittorio "Vic" Amuso] and [[Anthony Casso|Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso.
Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) Gabriel-Alphonse Desjardins (November 5 1854 - October 31 1920), born in LĂ©vis, Quebec, was the co-founder of the Caisses Populaires Desjardins (today Desjardins Group), a forerunner of North American credit unions.
Alphonse Desjardins (politician) Alphonse Desjardins, PC (May 6 1841 – June 4 1912) was born in Terrebonne, Quebec and was mayor of Montreal from 1893 to 1894 and later a Canadian cabinet minister. He married Virginie Paré in 1864 and remarried Hortense Barsalou in 1880.
Alphonse Dochez Alphonse Raymond Dochez (April 21, 1882-June 1964) was an American physician and disease researcher. He developed an antitoxin for scarlet fever and definitively established that virus]es cause the [[common coldHe was also the life-long roommate of Oswald Avery], the physician credited, after his death, with discovering the importance of [[DNA.
Alphonse Francois Renard Alphonse Francois Renard (1842 – 1903), Belgian geologist and petrographer, was born at Renaix, in Eastern Flanders, on 27 September 1842. He was educated for the church of Rome, and from 1866 to 1869 he was superintendent at the College de la Paix, Namur.
Alphonse Gangitano Alphonse John Gangitano (March 24, 1957 - January 16, 1998) was an Italian-Australian criminal from Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. Gangitano was notable for his involvement in the Melbourne underworld killings.
Alphonse Group The Alphonse Group belong to the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 403 kilometres southwest the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island. The closest island is Desnœufs Island of the Amirante Islands, 87 km further north.
Alphonse Hasselmans Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912) was a Belgian-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue. He composed several dozen original solos for harp (the most famous is a concert etude entitled La Source (The Spring), op.
Alphonse Chapanis The American Alphonse Chapanis (1917-2002) was one of the founders of ergonomics, or human factors, the science of making design account for human characteristics. He was active in improving aviation safety around the time of World War II.
Alphonse I of Toulouse Alphonse I Jourdain (also Alfonso Jordan) (1103–1148), Count of Toulouse, son of Count Raymond IV by his third wife, Elvira of Castile, was born in the castle of Mont-Pelerin, Tripoli, in today's Lebanon. He was born while his father was on crusade, attempting to create the County of Tripoli on the Palestinian coast.
Alphonse Kirchhoffer Alphonse Kirchhoffer was a French fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the master's foil.
Alphonse Kotiga Colonel Alphonse Kotiga (also known as Kotiga Guérina) was a Chadian military officer and politician. He was one of the leaders of the coup d'etat which overthrew and killed Chadian President François Tombalbaye on April 15, 1975, and then became a minister in the government of the new president, Félix Malloum.
Alphonse Mingana Alphonse Mingana (born as Hurmiz Mingana, 1878 Sharansh, village near Zakho, Ottoman Empire (present day Iraq) - 3 December 1937 Birmingham, England) was a Assyrian theologian, historian, orientalist, and a former priest. Like the majority of Assyrians in Zakho, his family belonged to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
Alphonse Pénaud Alphonse Pénaud (1850–1880) was a major 19th century pioneer of aviation, inventor of the rubber powered model airplane Planaphore and founder of the aviation industry. He built and sold ornithopters as well as propeller-driven models, and with Paul Gauchot designed an amphibious monoplane with retractable undercarriage.
Alphonse Sagebien Alphonse Eléonor Sagebien (1807-1892) was a French hydrological engineer born in Amiens and the inventor of the Sagebien wheel - a device that made hydraulically powered systems much more efficient in extracting energy from moving water.
Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (May 31, 1835–May 18, 1885) was a French Academic painter who studied under Eugène Delacroix. His subjects included the Franco-Prussian War, the Crimean War, the Zulu War and portraits of soldiers.
Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas BĂ©renger Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas BĂ©renger (31 May 1785 - 1 May 1866), known as Thomas BĂ©renger or Berenger de la DrĂ´me, was a French lawyer and politician. He was the son of a deputy of the third estate of Dauphine to the Constituent Assembly, born in Valence.
Alphonso (mango) Alphonso (हापुस Haapus in Marathi) is a Mango cultivar that is considered by many to be the best in terms of sweetness and flavor. It is also one of the most expensive kinds of mango and is grown mainly in western India.
Alphonso Hodge Alphonso Hodge (born May 30, 1982 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a National Football League cornerback, currently on the New York Jets practice squad. He was originally drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth-round (147th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.
Alphonso Lingis Alphonso Lingis (born November 23, 1933 in Crete, Illinois) is an American philosopher, writer and translator, currently Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. His areas of specialization include phenomenology, existentialism, modern philosophy, and ethics.
Alphonsus (crater) Alphonsus is an ancient impact crater on Earth's Moon that dates from the immediate post-Nectarian era. It is located on the lunar highlands on the eastern end of Mare Nubium, west of the Imbrian Highlands, and slightly overlaps the Ptolemaeus crater to the north.
Alphonsus a Sancta Maria Alphonsus a Sancta Maria, or Alphonso de Cartagena (1396–July 12, 1456), Spanish historian, was born at Cartagena, and succeeded his father, Paulus, as bishop of Burgos. In 1431 he was deputed by John II, king of Castile, to attend the council of Basel, in which he made himself conspicuous by his learning.
Alphonsus de Guimaraens Afonso Henriques da Costa GuimarĂŁes is an important Brazilian writer, whose Alphonsus de Guimaraens is a pseudonym. He was born in Ouro Preto city, state of Minas Gerais, in 1870 and died near the same place in Mariana city, state of Minas Gerais, in 1921).
Alphonsus Liguori Saint Alphonsus Liguori (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787) was an Italian Doctor of the Catholic Church, spiritual writer, and [of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer] or [[Redemptorists, an influential religious order.
Alphonsus Rodriguez Saint Alphonsus (Alfonso, Alonso) Rodriguez (July 25, 1532—October 31, 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit lay brother venerated as a saint. A native of Segovia, he is sometimes confused with the Father Rodriguez who wrote Christian Perfection, who was never canonized.
Alphonzo Mizell Alphonso "Fonce" Mizell is an African American musician, songwriter, and record producer. Mizell started out as a member of The Corporation™, the hitmaking production team that wrote and produced all The Jackson 5's essential early hits, including "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", "Mama's Pearl", and "Maybe Tomorrow".
Alphos Alphos is a form of non-contagious leprosy, formerly described by the physician Celsus under the name of vitiligo, a term now used for another skin disease. In alphos, the skin is rough, and looks as if it had drops of white upon it, not much differing from morphew.
Alpide belt The Alpide belt is a mountain range which extends along the southern margin of Eurasia. Stretching from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic, it includes the Alps, the Carpathians, the mountains of Asia Minor and Iran, the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the mountains of Southeast Asia.
Alpine (Amtrak station) Alpine Station is an Amtrak station in Alpine, Texas on the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle routes. It is not staffed, but it does have partial wheelchair accessibility, an enclosed waiting area, public payphones, and free parking.
Alpine Accentor The Alpine Accentor, Prunella collaris, is a small passerine bird found throughout the mountains of southern temperate Europe and Asia at heights above 2000m. It is mainly resident, wintering more widely at lower latitudes, but some birds wander as rare vagrants as far as Great Britain.
Alpine butterfly knot The Butterfly Loop, also known as the Lineman's Loop or alpine butterfly loop, is a "non-jamming loop on the bight", a loop which may be tied in a rope with two fixed ends, and can take loads on both ends of the original rope, and on the loop. The alpine butterfly loop is a symmetrical and more secure version of the butterfly loop.
Alpine climate Alpine climate is the average weather (climate) for a region above the tree line. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the lapse rate of air: air will tend to get colder as it rises, since it expands.
Alpine countries The Alpine countries, sometimes called Alpine nations or Alpine states, are a group of nations taken to be part of either Central Europe along with the Visegrád group or Western Europe. The region takes its name from the Alps, the largest mountain ranges of Europe, stretching from Austria to France and including Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and - with restrictions - Germany.
Alpine Club of Canada The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is a mountaineering organization, based in Canmore, Alberta, that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, who served as its first president, and Elizabeth Parker, a journalist for the Manitoba Free Press.
Alpine distress signal The Alpine distress signal is a distress signal in the case of mountain emergency, an emergency in alpine areas. There are also special emergency call numbers, for use with the telephone service by which the emergency services can be contacted.
Alpine Dachsbracke The Alpine Dachsbracke, known in its native country of Austria as Alpenlandische Dachsbracke, is a small breed of dog of the scent hound family, bred to track wounded deer as well as boar, hare, and fox. It is highly efficient at following a trail even after it has gone cold.
Alpine galaxias The alpine river galaxias, Galaxias paucispondylus, is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias, found only in mid to high altitude streams flowing from the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It grows to a length of up to 11 cm.
Alpine Ibex The Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex)—commonly called by its German or Dutch name, steinbock or by its Latin name Capricorn—is the species of ibex that lives in the European Alps. The Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica) and the Middle Eastern Nubian Ibex (Capra ibex nubiana) are very close relatives of the Alpine Ibex — the Spanish form is generally considered specifically distinct, but the Nubian is usually considered a subspecies of Alpine Ibex.
Alpine Lakes Wilderness The Alpine Lakes Wilderness is a large wilderness area spanning the Cascade Range of Washington state in the United States. The wilderness is approximately bounded by Interstate 90 and Snoqualmie Pass to the south and U.
Alpine Marmot The Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) is a species of marmot found in mountainous areas of central and southern Europe. Alpine Marmots live at heights between 800 and 3200 metres, in the Alps, Tatra and Pyrenees.
Alpine Meadows Lodge Alpine Meadows Lodge is a Bed and Breakfast Inn of noteworthy architectural beauty in British Columbia, Canada, on a wilderness setting (150 wooded acres) in the Canadian Rocky Mountains outside Golden, British Columbia near six National parks.
Alpine New Wave Bavaria has been part of the Alpine New Wave of folk music alongside Switzerland and Austria. Drawing on pioneers like Biermösl Blosn, musicians from Munich and other cities have fused Bavarian folk with foreign genres and instruments, especially BavaRio's Brazilian samba fusion.
Alpine orogeny The Alpine orogeny (sometimes also called Alpide orogeny) is an orogenic phase in the Tertiary that formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. These mountains include (from west to east) the Atlas, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Hellenides, the Balkan, the Taurus, the Caucasus, the Alborz, the Zagros, the Hindu Kush, the Pamir, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas.
Alpine Pass Route The Alpine Pass Route is a long-distance hiking trail through the Alps in Switzerland. It starts in Sargans in eastern Switzerland, and crosses the heart of country westwards to finish in Montreux on the shore of Lake Geneva.
Alpine Pennycress Alpine Pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens), also known as Alpine Pennygrass, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a small plant that has small basal rosettes of leaves that "grow one or several short, unbranched stems that have small, arrow-shaped leaves and end in dense racemes of tiny white flowers.
Alpine Public School The Alpine Public School is a community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade in the Borough of Alpine in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves a total of 142 students at the Alpine School.
Alpine race In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Western anthropologists classified humans into a variety of races and subraces. Of these, the name Alpines was given to a physical type predominant in central Europe, somewhat shorter, narrower shouldered and darker skinned than those they classified as Nordics.
Alpine skiing combined Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a "discipline" of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.
Alpine skiing World Cup The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions regulated by the International Ski Federation (FIS). Races are held primarily at ski resorts in the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and east Asia.

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