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Alternative names for Northern Ireland There are a number of alternative names used for the region of the island of Ireland which remained part of the United Kingdom following the secession of the twenty-six counties which formed the Irish Free State in 1922 (now the Republic of Ireland). The region, known officially as Northern Ireland was made up of six counties, four of which had Protestant and unionist majorities.
Alternative names for USB flash drive There are a number of alternative names used for USB Flash drives with no commonly recognized term emerging. The resulting confusion makes them more difficult for manufacturers to market and for consumers to research.
Alternative Nation Festival Alternative Nation was a series of music festivals held in Australia in 1995. It was organised by a consortium of concert promoters, Michael Coppell, Michael Chugg and Michael Gudinski and backed by the Triple M radio network as an alternative to the Big Day Out.
Alternative periodic tables Alternative periodic tables are chemical element displays different from the well known Mendeleev periodic table. Several have been devised often purely for didactic reasons as not all correlations between the chemical elements are effectively captured by the standard periodic table.
Alternative political spelling In alternative political spelling, the orthodox spelling of common words—or proper name—is altered to make a political point. For example, letters used to represent the hard "k" sound can be replaced with the letters "KKK," the initials of Ku Klux Klan; or the letter "S" can be replaced with a dollar sign ($).
Alternative PHP Cache Alternative PHP Cache (APC) is a PHP extension for caching data and compiled code from the PHP bytecode compiler in shared memory, commonly known as a PHP accelerator. It is Opensource and available for free under the PHP license.
Alternative Press Expo The Alternative Press Expo or APE, as it is more commonly known, is a comics convention. It was founded in 1994 by Dan Vado as an event for self-publishers, independent publishers and alternative cartoonists to showcase their books.
Alternative rock Alternative rock (also called alternative musicThe term "alternative music" is particularly favored over "alternative rock" in British English (although the boundaries of the genre are slightly blurred with the inclusion of electronic music and hip-hop), while "alternative rock" is favored in American English. The term underground music is sometimes also used, though more often used in reference to the music of little-known artists.
Alternative Risk Transfer Alternative Risk Transfer (often referred to as ART) is the use of techniques other than traditional insurance and reinsurance to provide risk bearing entities with coverage or protection. The field of ART grew out of a series of insurance capacity crises in the 1970s through 1990s that drove purchasers of traditional coverage to seek more robust ways to buy protection.
Alternative Rock Airplay panel The R&R Modern Rock Airplay panel is a list of Modern rock stations that are monitored by BDS Nielsen Data Systems. The stations are ranked by the highest audience cumes based on Arbitron ratings and are modified twice a year.
Alternative splicing Alternative splicing is the process that occurs in eukaryotes in which the splicing process of a pre-mRNA transcribed from one gene can lead to different mature mRNA molecules and therefore to different proteins.Viruses have also adapted to this biochemical process when using the protein biosynthesis apparatus.
Alternative Service Book The Alternative Service Book 1980 was the first complete prayer book produced by the Church of England since 1662. Its name derives from the fact that it was proposed not as a replacement for the Book of Common Prayer but merely as an alternative to it.
Alternative Social-Liberal Party Alternative Social-Liberal Party (in Bulgarian: Алтернативна социаллиберална партия), was founded on February 11 1990 as the Alternative Socialist Party (Алтернативна социалистическа партия). The party was formed by a minority fraction of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
Alternative Socialist Alliance - Independents Alternative Socialist Alliance - Independents (in Bulgarian: Алтернативно социалистическо обединение - независими) is a political party in Bulgaria, which emerged out of a minority fraction of the Bulgarian Communist Party. The party was first registered as a political party in 1991.
Alternative teaching certification An Alternative Teaching Certification is a license that is awarded to someone who has not earned a traditional bachelor's degree in education, but still possess a four-year degree from an accredited college or university. In the United States, Alternative Certifications are offered in forty-eight states and the District of Columbia.
Alternative technology Alternative technology is a term coined by Peter Harper, one of the founders of the Centre for Alternative Technology, N Wales (aka 'The Quarry'), in Undercurrents (magazine) in the 70s; it is used by environmental advocates to refer to technologies which are more environmentally friendly than the functionally equivalent technologies dominant in current practice. Technology that, as an alternative to resource-intensive and wasteful industry, aims to utilize resources sparingly, with minimum damage to the environment, at affordable cost and with a possible degree of control over the processes.
Alternative terms for free software Free software is the term introduced by Richard Stallman in 1983 for software which the user can use for any purpose, study the source code of, adapt to their needs, and redistribute - modified or unmodified. The ambiguity of the English word "free" in the term means that, if not explained, "free software" can be misunderstood to mean software that is available without charge.
Alternative theories of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 The murder conviction of the Libyan agent Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on January 31, 2001 at the end of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial failed to convince many observers, including victims' relatives, that the case had in fact been solved or that justice had been done. An international observer appointed by the United Nations, Dr.
Alternative theories regarding Hurricane Katrina Following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, various conjectures were put forward suggesting that Katrina was not an ordinary natural event, but was instead influenced by human behavior or supernatural forces.
Alternative trading organization An alternative trading organization (ATO) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) aligned with the Fair trade movement, aiming "to contribute to the alleviation of poverty in developing regions of the world by establishing a system of trade that allows marginalized producers in developing regions to gain access to developed markets"European Fair Trade Association (1998). Fair Trade Yearbook: Towards 2000.
Alternative Tentacles Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label based in San Francisco, California and was established in 1979. It was originally used as the label name by the Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single "California Ăśber Alles," and after realizing the potential for an independent label, they released records for other bands as well.
Alternative Transients Program The ATP-EMTP software (Alternative Transients Program - Electromagnetic Transients Program) is a piece of computer software used world-wide by power utility operators, electrical industry and universities to compute electromagnetic transients in electrical power systems and apparatus.
Alternative universe (fan fiction) An alternative universe (also known as alternate universe) is a type or form of fan fiction in which canonical facts of setting or characterization in the universe being explored or written about are deliberately changed.
Alternative university Alternative colleges, universities, and other sites of post-secondary learning are educational institutions featuring experimental/nonconventional curricula or programs, progressive faculties and student bodies, decentered learning, and an avoidance of frontal teaching. Methods of evaluation used at such schools frequently favor detailed evaluations instead of grades.
Alternative views Alternative Views was one of the longest running public access television programs in the United States. Produced in Austin, Texas in 1978, it broadcast over 1,000 hour-long programs featuring news, interviews and opinion pieces from a progressive political perspective.
Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre The Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre is a centre for secondary referral of animals for veterinary treatment with so-called complementary or alternative medicine. Therapies used include homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, chiropractic treatment and laser therapy.
Alternative Vote Top-up The Alternative Vote Plus (AV+) or Alternative Vote Top-up is a voting system intended for use in elections to an assembly or legislature. Under AV+ most candidates are elected from single member constituencies under the Alternative Vote system while a small number of candidates are elected under the regional list system.
Alternative weekly An alternative weekly is a type of weekly newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. Their news coverage is more local-centric than larger daily papers and they target younger audiences.
Alternative wine closures Alternative Wine Closures are substitutes used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives have grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against "cork taint" caused by the presence of the chemical Trichloroanisole or (TCA).
Alternative words for British There are many alternative ways to describe the people of the United Kingdom (UK), though the official designated nationality is British. The standard noun is Briton (see also demonym), but in colloquial usage this is often abbreviated informally to Brit.
Alternative worship Alternative Worship is "what happens when people create worship for themselves," according to Steve Collins (As a phenomenon it began mainly in Europe] in the early to mid [[1990s. It is practiced mainly by Gen-X'ers and teenagers more than older generations.
Alternatives to animal testing Most scientists and governments say they agree that animal testing should cause as little suffering as possible, and that alternatives to animal testing need to be developed. The "three Rs" first described by Russell and Burch (1959), are guiding principles] for the use of animals in research in many countries:
Alternativity In abstract algebra, a magma G is said to be left alternative if (xx)y=x(xy) for all x and y in G and right alternative if y(xx)=(yx)x for all x and y in G. A magma that is both left and right alternative is said to be alternative.
Alternator An alternator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanical energy to alternating current electrical energy. Most alternators use a rotating magnetic field but linear alternator are occasionally used.
Alternobaric vertigo In underwater diving, Alternobaric vertigo is dizziness resulting from unequal pressures being exerted between the ears due to one or the other Eustachian tubes being less patent than the other. This might have occurred due to barotrauma of descent and/or the effects of nasal decongestants.
AlterNIC AlterNIC was an alternative DNS root founded by Eugene Kashpureff. Kashpureff was arrested on wirefraud charges in November 1997 related to the re-routing of the DNS listing for InterNIC to Alternic's website for two weekends in a row.
Altes In Greek mythology, Altes was a Lelegian king who resided at Pedasus, which was situated in or near the Troad. According to Homer's Iliad Altes was the father of Laothoe, one of the many wives (or concubines) of King Priam.
Altes Land Altes Land is an area of marshland south of the river Elbe in Hamburg and Lower Saxony around the towns of Stade, Buxtehude, Jork and the Samtgemeinde of LĂĽhe. In Hamburg it includes the boroughs of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder.
Altes Museum The Altes Museum or Old Museum was originally for the Prussian Royal family's art collection, built in Berlin in a neoclassical style by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel between 1823 and 1830. Originally called "Royal Museum" it was nevertheless intended for the public display and was the first museum to be build for this purpose.
AltGr key AltGr is a modifier key on PC keyboards used to type many characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the locale of the keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters. If a key has a third symbol on it (on the front vertical face or the bottom right of the key top, sometimes in a different colour), then AltGr can often be used to type that symbol.
Althaea (genus) Althaea is a genus of 6-12 species of perennial herbs, including the marshmallow plant from whence the confection got its name, native to Europe and western Asia. They are found on the banks of rivers and in salt marshes, preferring moist, sandy soils.
Althea Gibson Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American sportswoman who, on August 22, 1950, became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the "color barrier".
Altheides Altheides (1193–1262) was a Cypriot philosopher, primarily known from sayings attributed to him in the works of others. Little is known about the wandering philosopher known as Altheides of Cyprus, and little of his work remains available to modern scholars.
Althing The Althing (Modern Icelandic AlĂľingi; Old Norse AlĂľing) is the national parliament: literally, the "all-thing" of Iceland. It was founded in 930 at Ăžingvellir, (the "assembly fields" or "Parliament Plains"), situated some 45 km east of what would later become the country's capital, ReykjavĂ­k, and this event marked the beginning of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
Althorp Althorp (generally pronounced "all-thorp", though the historical and long-time Spencer family pronunciation is "áwl-trop" ) is a country estate and stately home in Northamptonshire, England, located roughly 5 miles (8 km) north-west of the county town Northampton. It has been the ancestral home of the Spencer family since the early 16th century and is currently owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer.
Althorpe Althorpe is a small village lying on the A18 west of Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire in England. The impressive King George V Swing Bridge (also known as Keadby Bridge) crosses the Trent near Althorpe to connect the Isle of Axholme to Scunthorpe and the rest of North Lincolnshire.
Alti Alti is a fictional character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, she is an Amazon, and one of the people who taught Xena in her dark days. She is an Amazon shaman driven out of her tribe by queen Cyane, because of her hunger for power.
Alticor Alticor is a privately held corporation, owned by members of the DeVos and Van Andel families. It was established in 1999 to serve as the parent company for a handful of business ventures, most notably the multi-level marketing companies Amway and Quixtar and a manufacturing and distribution company Access Business Group.
Altiero Spinelli Altiero Spinelli (August 29, 1907—May 23, 1986) was an Italian citizen and advocate of European federalism; sometimes referred to as one of the "godfathers of European Union" due to his strong influence on the first few decades of post-World War II European integration. By the time of his death, he had been an Member of the European Parliament for ten years and had remained prominent on the European political scene through the Crocodile Club, which he co-founded.
Altimeter An altimeter is an active instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth underwater.
Altindische Grammatik The Altindische Grammatik is the monumental Sanskrit grammar by Jacob Wackernagel (1853-1938), after his death continued by Albert Debrunner, published in Göttingen between 1896 and 1957. The work presents a full discussion of Sanskrit phonology and nominal morphology, but a treatment of the verb is lacking.
Altingia Altingia is a genus of 11 species of flowering plants in the family Altingiaceae, formerly often treated in the related family Hamamelidaceae. The genus is native to southeastern Asia, in Bhutan, Cambodia, southern China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Altingiaceae The Altingiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales, including only three genera and about 18 species, all trees. In older classifications, they were often included in the family Hamamelidaceae.
Altinho Altinho is a locality atop the hillock of Panaji (or Panjim), the state capital of India's smallest state Goa, which was a former Portuguese colony. In the past it has been considered an elite residential colony, with the State's chief minister's residence and the Archbishop's palace located here.
Altiplano The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. It is an area of inland drainage lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador.
Altiplano Cundiboyacense The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is a set of highlands located on the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes between the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. The altiplano corresponds to the ancient territory of the Muisca.
Altirhinus Altirhinus (IPA: ; "high snout") is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. It was herbivorous and bipedal when walking or running, but probably became quadrupedal when feeding from the ground.
Altis Altis was a location in what is today Peloponnese, Greece, on a little plain in the Elis Prefecture, on the right shore of the Alfeios River near the city of Pyrgos, around 18 kilometers away from the Ionian Sea and at the foot of Mount Cronion.
Altitude tent An altitude tent, also known as an altitude simulation tent or a hypoxic tent, is an enclosed living space which simulates high altitude by maintaining a lower oxygen concentration. It is used by endurance athletes and by high-altitude mountain climbers to stimulate the body's natural adaptations to altitude, including an increase in the number of red blood cells and enzymes.
Altitude training Altitude training (traditionally training at an altitude camp, or now commonly using altitude simulation tents) is the practice by some endurance athletes of training at high altitude, usually over 2,500 m (8,000 ft) above sea level, for several weeks. At this altitude, there is only 74% as much oxygen available as there is at sea level.
AltiVec AltiVec is a floating point and integer SIMD instruction set designed and owned by Apple, IBM and Freescale Semiconductor, formerly the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola, (the AIM alliance), and implemented on versions of the PowerPC including Motorola's G4, IBM's G5 and future POWER6 processors. AltiVec is a tradename owned solely by Freescale, so the system was also referred to as Velocity Engine by Apple and VMX by IBM, though IBM is using AltiVec nowadays too.
Altmark Incident The Altmark Incident (Norwegian: Altmark-saken) was a naval skirmish of World War II between United Kingdom and Nazi Germany, which happened on 16 February 1940 in what, at that time, were neutral Norwegian waters. The Altmark, a German supply ship, was returning to Germany with 299 (other sources: 303) British merchant sailors on board, who had been picked up from ships sunk by the heavy cruiser Graf Spee, herself scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Altmarkkreis Salzwedel is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Gifhorn, Uelzen, LĂĽchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, and the districts of Stendal and Ohrekreis.
Altmünster The market town of Altmünster is located about 3 kilometres south of Gmunden in Upper Austria, on the west shore of the Traunsee. Its economic base consists primarily of tourism, light industry, and as a bedroom community for people working in larger communties such as Gmunden and Vöcklabruck.
Altnabreac railway station Altnabreac railway station is a rural railway station serving the tiny settlement of Altnabreac, Highland, in the Highland council area of Scotland; a settlement in which the station is itself the main component. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness.
Altnabreac, Highland Altnabreac is a small settlement within the former county of Caithness, in the north of Scotland, and now within the Highland council area. The settlement, notable for its remoteness, consists of Altnabreac railway station, the former Altnabreac School (converted into a house in 1986), a couple of scattered dwellings, and can only be approached along unsurfaced roads from the main road network many miles away.
Altnet Altnet is a program that came bundled with Kazaa. The program, founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, would display "related" songs and videos upon a user's search that were actually advertised songs that usually cost money to play.
Alto In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. The term is used to refer to the lowest female singing voice, or to a kind of male singing voice utilizing falsetto called a countertenor.
Alto Amazonas Province Alto Amazonas Province is a region of Loreto, Peru. Located in northeastern Peruvian Amazonia, the culturally and biodiverse Province of Alto Amazonas is comprised of the following political districts: Balsapuerto; Barranca; Cahuapanas; Jeberos; Lagunas; Manseriche; Morona; Pastaza; Santa Cruz; Tnte.
Alto de El Angliru The Alto de El Angliru (alternative name: La Gamonal) is a steep mountain road in Asturias, near La Vega-Riosa, in northern Spain. It is one of the most demanding climbs in professional road bicycle racing, having been used in the Vuelta a España stage race.
Alto de la Alianza The Alto de la Alianza is a historical monument and landmark in the south of Peru, near the city of Tacna, where a crucial battle on May 26, 1880 took place. Bolivian forces in alliance with Peruvian forces battled against the Chilean Army, finally Bolivians retreating to the highlands, and Peruvians forced north, losing strongholds in Arica and Tacna.
Alto Reed Alto Reed (born Thomas Neal Cartmell in Detroit, Michigan) is the long-time saxophonist with Bob Seger and the Sillver Bullet Band. His most recognizable performances include the soulful introduction to "Turn the Page" () and the saxophone solo in "Old Time Rock & Roll".
Alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The alto is the third smallest of the saxophone family, which consists of over eight sizes of saxophone (see saxophone).
Alto Trás-os-Montes Alto Trás-os-Montes is a Portuguese subregion (NUTS level 3) integrated in the Norte region. It aggregates 14 concelhos (municipalities) with a total area of 8,168 km² making it one of the largest Portuguese subregions.
Alto-relievo Alto-relievo is translated from Latin as high-relief, a technique in Classical antiquity sculpture to reveal human or animal figures that project out from a solid tablet of marble or other material. At least one-half of the figure must be projecting from the surface, often appearing in a standing position.
Altocumulus castellanus cloud Altocumulus castellanus is named for its tower-like projections that billow upwards from the base of the cloud. The base of the cloud can form as low as 2,000 metres (6,500 feet), or as high as 6,000 metres (20,000 feet).
Altocumulus cloud Altocumulus (alto, "high", cumulus, "heaped") is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches, the individual elements being larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus. Like other cumulus clouds, altocumulus signifies convection.
Altocumulus mackerel sky An altocumulus mackerel sky or mackerel sky is an indicator of moisture (the cloud) and instability (the cumulus form) at intermediate levels (2400-6100 m, 8000-20,000 ft). If the lower atmosphere is stable and no moist air moves in, the weather will most likely remain dry.
Altocumulus undulatus cloud The altocumulus undulatus is a mid-level cloud (about 8000 - 20,000 ft or 2400 - 6100 m), usually white or grey with layers or patches containing undulations that resemble "waves" or "ripples" in water. Elements within the cloud (such as the edges of the undulations) are generally darker than those in cirrocumuli and smaller than those in stratocumuli.
Altoids Altoids are a popular brand of breath mints that have existed since the turn of the 19th century. Altoids are produced in Britain by Callard & Bowser-Suchard at Bridgend, Wales, although Wrigley, the brand's owner, announced in mid 2005 they planned to move Altoids production to an existing plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee in order to manufacture its products closer to where they are sold.
Altolamprologus Altolamprologus is a small genus of cichlids endemic to Lake Tanganyika, east Africa, with only two species. Both species are laterally compressed cichlids which prey primarily on invertebrates, though will also consume fry of other fish.
Alton and Southern Railroad The Alton and Southern Railroad was originally a merger formed on August 1 1913, between the Alton and Southern Railroad Company (founded in 1910), the Denverside Connecting Railroad (founded in 1910), and the Alton and Southern Railway (founded in 1911). The company operated as a subsidiary of Aluminum Company of America (now Alcoa), primarily to serve the Bayer process bauxite-to-alumina refinery at Alorton Illinois, until it was sold to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway (CNW) in 1968.
Alton Ellis Alton Ellis (born 1944, in Kingston, Jamaica), is a musician best known as the innovator of rocksteady music. He began playing ska at the height of the genre's fame, recording for Studio One, but he reached his period of greatest popularity in the late 1960s.
Alton Kelly Alton Kelley is an American artist best known for his psychedelic art, in particular his designs for 1960s rock concerts and albums. Along with artists Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso and Wes Wilson, Kelley founded the Berkeley Bonaparte distribution agency in order to produce and sell psychedelic poster art.
Alton Lister Alton Lister (born October 1, 1958 in Dallas, Texas), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1981 NBA Draft. A 7'0" power forward-center from Arizona State University, Lister played in 16 NBA seasons for 5 different teams.
Alton McCann Alton "Dee" McCann (born April 24th, 1983 in Lucedale, Mississippi) is an American football cornerback who played for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected in the sixth round, 179th overall by the Detroit Lions.
Alton Miller Growing up in the 1970s, Alton Miller soaked up the musical environment surrounding him in the Motor City, taking a particular interest in the sounds of Motown, Philadelphia, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Santana. It was during the early '80s once the "dance music crazed" Miller became friends with a young Derrick May that he decided to start spinning records, citing Chicago DJs such as Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles as prime influences.
Alton National Cemetery Alton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Alton, in Madison County, Illinois. It encompasses only half an acre plot of land, and as of the end of 2005, had 522 interments.
Alton Ochsner Alton Ochsner (May 4, 1896 - September 6, 1981) was a surgeon and medical researcher. Spending most of his life in New Orleans, Louisiana, he worked at Tulane University and various local hospitals before starting his own clinic.
Alton railway station Alton railway station is a railway station in the town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is the terminus for two railway lines; the Alton Line which runs to Brookwood, and the Mid Hants Watercress Railway, which runs to Alresford.
Alton, Ontario Alton is a suburban community or a town located east about 70 km NW of Toronto and about 5 km S of Orangeville on the old highway linking Orangeville and Guelph Road which is bypassed to the south and east. Alton is located in the northern part of the incorporated town of Caledon in the Regional Municipality of Peel.
Alton, Staffordshire Alton is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is famous for the theme park Alton Towers, built on the site of Alton Mansion (also named Alton Towers) owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury and designed by Augustus Pugin.
Altona East Phoenix Altona East Phoenix are an Australian football (soccer) club based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently in the Victorian State League Division 2 N/W. They play at the Paisley Park Soccer Complex in Altona North.
Altonaer FC Hamburg Altona FC is a German football club based in the Altona district of the city of Hamburg. The football team is a department of a larger sports club which also offers handball, karate, table tennis and volleyball.
Altoona Curve The Altoona Curve are a minor league baseball team based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, named after nearby Horseshoe Curve (but also alluding to the curveball, a kind of pitch). The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates major-league club.
Altoona Mountain City The Altoona Mountain Citys were a professional baseball franchise that played in Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1884. The Mountain Citys were a charter member of the Union Association, but folded after 25 games with a 6-19 record.
Altoona, Iowa Altoona is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States and a part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. The population was 10,345 at the 2000 census; a special census taken in August 2005 counted 13,301 residents.
Altos Altos is a town in Paraguay, located in the Cordillera Department. The town contains a German clubhouse, a church, a cemetery, and a statue of José Félix Estigarribia, the President of Paraguay (August 15 1939 - September 7 1940) who died in a plane crash above the town.
Altos Hornos de Vizcaya Altos Hornos de Vizcaya was a siderurgy business that began in 1902 in Bilbao with the merger of three iron and steel businesses: Altos Hornos de Bilbao, La Vizcaya, and La Iberia. In the 1990s, following a series of mergers joined it with Arcelor.
Altostratus cloud Altostratus is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by a generally uniform gray sheet or layer, lighter in color than nimbostratus and darker than cirrostratus. Compare also with lower altitude stratus clouds.

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