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Abigail Folger Abigail Anne Folger (August 11, 1943 – August 9, 1969) was an American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee and member of the prominent United States Folger family. She was the great-great-granddaughter of J.
Abigail Kapiolani Kawananakoa Abigail Helen Kapiolani Kawananakoa (March 14, 1903 - April 8, 1961), was the eldest daughter of Abigail Kawananakoa born during her marriage with Prince David Kawananakoa, but whom her putative father Prince David declared not to be his child. According to some (who do not recognize father's declaration legally significant) she became the head of the House of Kawananakoa upon the death of her younger brother Edward David Kalakaua Kawananakoa on May 20, 1953.
Abigail Levine (choreographer and dancer) Abigail Levine, an independent choreographer and dancer 1, has created works for opera and theaters --and also for subway stations, sidewalks, swimming pools, airports, office buildings--in New York City, Washington DC, Havana, Cuba and Caracas, Venezuela.some of them have been for important companies , or for productions directed by important composers.
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker Abigail May Alcott Nieriker was an American artist, July 16, 1840- December 29, 1879, and was the original for Amy in her sister Louisa May Alcott's book Little Women. Named for her mother Abigail May, her family nickname was at first like her mother Abba, then Abby, Abbie and finally in her twenties she styled herself May.
Abigail Scott Duniway Abigail Scott Duniway (October 22, 1834 - October 11, 1915) was born Abigail Jane Scott near Groveland, Illinois, to John Tucker Scott and Anne Roelofson. She grew up on the family farm, and in 1852 she traveled the Oregon Trail with her family.
Abigail's Party Abigail's Party is a 1977 play for stage and television created by Mike Leigh. It is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a painfully well-observed satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s.
Abichuna Gne'a Abichuna Gne'a is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Abichuna Gne'a is bordered on the south by Kembibit, on the west by Wuchalena Jido, and on the north and east by the Amhara Region.
Abijah McCall Abijah McCall was a co-inventor of the Fresno Scraper, a horse-drawn (and later, tractor-drawn) earth-moving machine upon which modern road- and canal-building equipment is based. Along with his partner Frank Dusy, McCall devised an improvement on the Buck Scraper, invented by James Porteous.
Abijatta-Shalla National Park Abijatta-Shalla National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Oromia Region 200 kilometers south of Addis Ababa to the east of the Ziway - Shashamene highway, it contains 887 square kilometers including the Rift Valley lakes of Abijatta and Shalla.
Abika test The Abika test, developed by Abika, is a technique for compiling and integrating psychological and personality information. The technique involves data mining available information on the individual such as public records, behavior history records, consumer activities, shopping histories, memberships in various organizations and clubs, court records, demographic data, property deeds, media, public and private databases, newsgroups, opinions expressed in chat rooms, forums, message boards including other methods such as statistical comparisons with peer groups, polling and information submitted by friends, co-workers, relatives.
Abiko Station (Osaka) Abiko Station (我孫子駅, あびこ駅, Abiko eki), station number M27, is a train station located toward the southern end of the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line, as well as Abikocho Station on the JR Hanwa Line in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan. Abiko is situated on the Southern city limits, with the Yamato River separating it from Sakai city.
Abila (Decapolis) Abila Dekapoleos – Abila in the Decapolis or Abila (Greek: Αβιλα; and for a time, Seleucia; Greek: Σέλεύχεια, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, and Seleukheia) was an ancient city, near the Hieromax river in the Decapolis; the site is occupied by two tells and the village of Hartha, circa 13 km north-northeast of Irbid, Jordan.
Abila (Peraea) Abila – also, Biblical: Abel-Shittim or Ha-Shittim (or simply Shittim) – was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in Moab, later Peraea, near Livias, about twelve km northeast of the north shore of the Dead Sea; the site is now that of Abil-ez-Zeit, Jordan. Abel-Shittim (Hebrew] meaning "Meadow of the Acacias"), is found only in [[Book of Numbers|Num.
Abila Lysaniou Abila Lysaniou or Abila Lysaniae or Abila was an ancient city, on the Abana River and capital of ancient Abilene, Coele-Syria. The site is currently that of the village Suk Wadi Barada (called Abil-es-Suk by early Arab geographers), circa 20 km northwest of Damascus, Syria.
Abilene (biblical) Abilene (AbilĂŞnĂŞ) or simply Abila was a plain, a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was Abila Lysaniou (Abilan de tĂŞn Lusaniou). The limits of this region are nowhere exactly defined, but it seems to have included the eastern slopes of Anti-Lebanon range, and to have extended south and southeast of Damascus as far as the borders of Galilaea, Batanaea, and Trachonitis.
Abilene Prairie Dogs The Abilene Prairie Dogs (Abilene, Texas) were a minor-league baseball team in the former Texas-Louisiana League. Beginning in 1995, the Prairie Dogs, (or Dogs, as the fans commonly called them), began play at Abilene Christian University's Crutcher Scott Field.
Abilene Trail The Abilene Trail was a cattle trail leading from Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Its exact route is disputed owing to its many offshoots, but it crossed the Red River a little east of Henrietta, Texas, and continued north across the Indian Territory to Caldwell, Kansas, and on past Wichita and Newton to Abilene.
Abilene Trophy The Abilene Trophy is awarded annually to the community in Air Mobility Command that is most supportive of its local Air Force Base. Formally known as the the Air Mobility Command Community Support Award, it has been awarded 8 times to 5 different communities since its establishment in 1998.
Ability grouping Ability grouping is the practice, in education, of placing students into groups or classes based on their abilities, talents, or previous achievement. For example, an eight-year-old who could do complex mathematics would be placed in a more advanced class than another child of the same age who was struggling with basic mathematical concepts.
Abimael Guzmán Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, also known by his nom de guerre Presidente Gonzalo (English: President Gonzalo), a former professor of philosophy, was the leader of the Maoist insurgency often referred colloquially to as "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso in Spanish). He was born on 3 December 1934.
Abimbola Lagunju Abimbola Lagunju (born in 1960 in Ibadan, Nigeria) is the author of "Cyclone of Human Heart", "The Shadow of Rainbow", "The Children of Signatures", "The African in the Mirror" and the "Days of Illusions". He lives and works in Senegal.
Abimelech Abimelech or Avimelech (אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ "father/leader of a king; my father/leader, a king", Standard Hebrew Aviméleḫ / Avimáleḫ, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĂḇîméleḵ / ʼĂḇîmāleḵ) was a common name of the Philistine kings, much as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings.
Abimelech (Judges) In the Tanakh or Old Testament, Abimelech was a son of the great judge Gideon (Judges 9:1); thus his name אֲבִימֶלֶךְ / אֲבִימָלֶךְ can best be interpreted "my father, the king". "Abimelech", a name claiming the inherited right to rule, was also a common name of the Philistine kings.
Abinadi In the Book of Mormon, Abinadi is a prophet who visits the court of King Noah at Lehi-Nephi, and pleads for them to repent of their iniquity. Abinadi gives Noah the message of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth in the flesh, to live among the children of men.
Abinger Abinger is a civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. It includes the villages of Abinger Hammer, Sutton Abinger, Abinger Common and part of Holmbury St Mary (the rest of which is in Shere parish).
Abington Art Center Abington Art Center, located in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, PA is a non-collecting contemporary art museum with exhibition galleries and a sculpture park. Abington Art Center’s mission is to cultivate the power of the arts – inspiring individuals and strengthening community.
Abington Congregational Church The Abington Congregational Church in Pomfret, Connecticut, has the oldest ecclesiastical building in the State of Connecticut. The State has installed an official historical marker across the street from the church.
Abington Friends School Abington Friends School, founded in 1697, is an elite private quaker secondary school in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest primary and secondary educational institution in the United States to operate continuously at the same location under the same management Based in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania], it is surrounded by both Meetinghouse Road and [[George Washington|Washington Lane with a great deal of history.
Abington Heights School District The Abington Heights School District is located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The school district serves eight municipalities just north of Scranton, with students in four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.
AbioCor AbioCor is an artificial heart developed by the Massachusetts-based company AbioMed. It is fully implantable within a patient, due to a combination of advances in miniaturization, biosensors, plastics and energy transfer that has made this advance possible.
Abiogenesis Abiogenesis (Greek a-bio-genesis, "non biological origins") is, in its most general sense, the generation of life from non-living matter. It is also called and usually heard of as spontaneous generation.
Abiogenic petroleum origin The hypothesis of abiogenic petroleum origin holds that most petroleum was formed from deep carbon deposits, perhaps deposits dating to the accretion of the Earth. The ubiquity of hydrocarbons in the solar system is taken as evidence that there may be a great deal more petroleum on Earth than commonly thought, and that petroleum may originate from carbon-bearing fluids which migrate upward from the mantle.
Abiotic components In biology, Abiotic components are nonliving chemical and physical factors in the environment. Often, these are described as light, temperature, water, atmospheric gases, wind as well as soil (edaphic) and physiographic (nature of land surface) factors.
Abiotic stress Abiotic stress is caused in living organisms by nonliving environmental factors, such as drought, extreme temperatures, edaphic conditions, and high winds. Plants are especially dependent on environmental factors, and continued abiotic stress can have harmful effects on them or force natural selection.
AbiquiĂş, New Mexico AbiquiĂş (IPA: ), is a small unincorporated town located in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, about 53 miles (85 km) north of Santa Fe. In the 1730s, it was the third largest settlement in the New Mexico Territory.
Abiquiu Lake Abiquiu Lake is a reservoir located in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States. Water of the Rio Chama is impounded by the earth-filled Abiquiu Dam, 1800 feet (550 m) long and 340 feet (104 m) high, completed in 1963 and raised in 1986.
Abir Muhaisen Miss Abir Muhaisen (born 1973) was adopted by King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife Queen Alia after her mother was killed by a plane crash at their Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan in 1976. She attended Oldfields Prep School (preparatory boarding school) in Glencoe, Maryland and graduated in 1992.
Abiria Abiria was a region of India described by Classical authors, mainly Ptolemy. It covers the area east of the Indus River Delta and is apparently named for the Ahbira peoples, presumably in residence of the region.
Abisares Abisares (in Greek Αβισαρης), called Embisarus (Eμβισαρoς) by Diodorus, an Indian king beyond the river Hydaspes, whose territory lay in the mountains, sent embassies to Alexander the Great both before and after the conquest of Porus in 326 BC, although inclined to espouse the side of the latter. Alexander not only allowed him to retain his kingdom, but increased it, and on his death appointed his son as his successor.
Abishabis Abishabis or Small Eyes (died 30 August 1843) was a religious leader of the Cree First Nation who became the prophet of a millenarian religious movement that swept through the Cree communities of northern Manitoba and Ontario during the 1840s. The religious philosophy of this movement was an admixture of Christianity and Cree beliefs.
Abishua Abishua ("father of welfare"; "fortunate") is the name of two minor figures in the Hebrew Bible: the grandson of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:4) and the son of Phinehas, the high priest (1 Chronicles 6:4-5 and 6:50; Ezra 7:5).
Abisko Scientific Research Station The Abisko Scientific Research Station (ANS) is a field research station belonging to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Situated on the south shore of Lake Torneträsk, it lies at the edge of the Abisko National Park and is used by researchers from many countries.
Abismo Negro Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González (born July 1, 1971) is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known in Lucha Libre as Abismo Negro ("black abyss" or "black hole" in Spanish). He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in Mexico.
Abissa Abissa is a cultural concept embracing the music, dance, and spiritual life of the N’zima people in the town of Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. The most known expression of Abissa is a festival celebrated by the N’zima people on the last week of October on the island of Grand Bassam.
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi (also known as Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik) and Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (formerly known as Nunavik—Eeyou) are federal electoral districts in the province of Quebec, Canada, that have been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1966.
Abitur Abitur (from Latin abire = go away, go off) is the word commonly used in Germany for the final exams young adults (aged 18, 19 or 20) take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling. The official term for this certificate of education is Allgemeine Hochschulreife.
Abiy Addi Abiy Addi (also spelled Abi Addi) is a town in north central Ethiopia, and was capital of the former province of Tembien before its incorporation into the province of Tigray. Located about 470 kilometres north of Addis Ababa in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of .
Abjad numerals The Abjad numerals are a decimal numeral system which was used in the Arabic-speaking world prior to the use of the Hindu-Arabic numerals from the 8th century, and in parallel with the latter until Modern times. In the Abjad system, the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet are assigned numerical values, based on the Abjadi order.
Abjuration Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. It comes from the Latin abjurare, "to forswear").
Abkhazian Air Force The Abkhazian Air Force is a small air force operating from the Georgian breakaway state of Abkhazia. Few details are available on its formation, but it is reported to have been established by Viyacheslav Eshba based upon several Yak-52 trainer aircraft armed with machine guns.
Abkhazian parliamentary election, 2007 Parliamentary elections will be held in the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia on 4 March 2007.Abkhazia: Elections to Be Held Early 2007, UNPO, December 18, 2006 189 polling stations have been organized15 инициативных групп уже представили подписные листы в ЦИК, Apsnypress, January 24, 2007 to elect 35 parliament members.
Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences (ARAS), independent scientific and educational organization, was founded in 1995, in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia), by the group of famous scientists - refugees from Abkhazia. Academicians and Corresponding Members of ARAS are leading scientists of Georgia, representatives of social and humanitarian sciences, natural and life sciences, technical sciences and modern technologies.
Abkhazian SSR The Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia (abbreviated Abkhazian SSR) (Russian: Советская Социалистическая Республика Абхазия) was a shortlived (1921-1931) Soviet Republic. It was established on March 31st of 1921, and its independence was recognised by the Georgian SSR on May 21st.
Ablation Ablation is defined as the removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. The term occurs in space physics associated with atmospheric reentry, in glaciology, medicine and passive fire protection.
Ablation zone On a glacier, the zone of ablation occurs where summer loss of snow through melting, evaporation, and sublimation exceeds winter accumulation on the surface. A zone of ablation, because it is below the firn line, can be identified in the summer by an expanse of bare ice or firn.
Ablative armor Ablative armor is armor designed to negate damage by itself being damaged or destroyed. In contemporary spacecraft, ablative plating is most frequently seen as heat shielding for a vehicle that must enter atmosphere from orbit, such as on the Mars Pathfinder probe.
Ablative case In linguistics, ablative case (also called the sixth case) (abbreviated ABL) is a name given to cases in various languages whose common thread is that they mark motion away from something, though the details in each language may differ. The name "ablative" is derived from Latin ablatus, the (irregular) past participle of auferre "to carry away".
Able Archer 83 Able Archer 83 was a ten-day NATO exercise starting on November 2, 1983 that spanned the continent of Europe and simulated a coordinated nuclear release.Fischer, "A Cold War Conundrum" It incorporated a new, unique format of coded communication, radio silences, participation by heads of state, and a simulated DEFCON 1 nuclear alert.
Able Seaman In the Royal Navy in the middle of the 18th century, the term Able Seaman referred to a seaman with at least two years' experience at sea. Seamen with less experience were referred to as landmen or ordinary seamen.
Able-bodied In the context of legality, "able-bodied" refers to an individual's physical capacity for gainful employment or military service. The term is often used regarding eligibility for payment of child support or alimony.
Ablution Ablution may refer to the practice of removing sins, diseases or earthly defilements through the use of ritual washing, or the practice of using ritual washing as one part of a ceremony to remove sin or disease.
Ablynx Ablynx is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The foundation of the company is based on the work of Raymond Hamers and his team at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium), who discovered a special type of antibodies, called Nanobodies.
Abnaa el-Balad Abnaa el-Balad (Sons of the Land or Sons and Daughters of the conctry or People of the Homeland Movement) is a nominally secular movement of Palestinian citizens in Israel, whose goal is the return of all Palestinian refugees, an end to Israeli's occupation of territories, and the establishment of a democratic secular Palestinian state. [http://www.
Abner In the Book of Samuel, Abner (Biblical Hebrew for "father of [or is a] light"), is first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army (1 Samuel 14:50, 20:25). He is only referred to incidentally in Saul's history (1 Samuel 17:55, 26:5), and is not mentioned in the account of the disastrous battle of Gilboa when Saul's power was crushed.
Abner Dalrymple Abner Frank Dalrymple (September 9 1857 - January 25 1939) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who hit 43 home runs (including 22 in 1884, then the second-highest total to date) and batted .288 during his 12-season career spent primarily with the Chicago White Stockings, for whom he starred as the leadoff hitter on five National League pennant winners.
Abner Doble Abner Doble (March 26, 1890 – July 16, 1961), was an American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobilesFox Stephen (1998). The Strange Triumph of Abner Doble In - Invention & Technology Magazine, Volume 14; Issue 1..
Abner Lacock Abner Lacock (July 9, 1770–April 12, 1837) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, and politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.
Abner Powell Abner Powell (December 15, 1860 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania - August 7, 1953 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a Major league baseball player who played for the Washington Nationals (UA) in 1884. He later played for the Baltimore Orioles and the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1886.
Abner Read Abner Read (5 April 1821 - 7 July 1863) was an officer of the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War. He died of injuries sustained while patrolling the Mississippi River, in command of the USS New London.
Abner Zwillman Abner "Longy" Zwillman (July 27, 1899/1904 - February 27, 1959), known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey", was an early Prohibition gangster, a founding member of the National Crime Syndicate, and member of the "Big Six" Mafia Ruling Commission.
Abnormal number Abnormal numbers are hypothetical numbers, which are supposed to have more than one unique prime factorization. This is against the fundamental theorem of arithmetic which states that every integer has one and only one unique prime factorization.
Abnormal profit Supernormal profit, also called abnormal profit or pure profit, is an economic term of profit exceeding the normal profit. Normal profit equals the opportunity cost of labour and capital, while supernormal profit is the amount exceeds the normal return from these input factors in production.
Abnormal psychology Abnormal psychology is the scientific study of abnormal behavior in order to describe, predict, explain, and change abnormal patterns of functioning. Abnormal psychology in clinical psychology studies the nature of psychopathology, its causes, and its treatments.
Abnormal Situation Management The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM®) Consortium is a long-running and active Honeywell-led research and development consortium of 13 companies and universities that are concerned about the negative effects of industrial plant incidents. It aims to identify problems facing industrial plant operations during abnormal conditions, and to develop solution concepts.
Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra is the group name for the recurring studio musicians used during the experimental music scene in the years between 1959-1988. Their first appearance on record was on the Chipmunks single "Alvin's Orchestra".
Abobo (woreda) Abobo is one of the 8 woredas in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 2, Abobo is bordered on the southwest by the Godere special woreda, on the south by Gog, on the southwest by Jor, on the west by the Administrative Zone 3, on the north by the Administrative Zone 1, and on the east by the Oromia Region.
Abohar Abohar (Hindi: अबोहर) is a city and a municipal council in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India, located on the Ganganagar–Delhi railway route, nearly 50 km from Ganganagar. Its population, as of 2001, was 124,303.
Aboite & About The Aboite & About is one of five community publications published by the Times Group Inc in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Aboite & About is a freely circulated, monthly newspaper which is direct mailed to zip codes 46804, 46814 in Fort Wayne, Indiana and 46783 in Roanoke, Indiana with a circulation of over 20,000 addresses.
Aboke abductions The Aboke abductions were the abductions of 139 female secondary school students by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army from St. Mary's College boarding school in Aboke, northern Apac District, Uganda on 10 October 1996.
Abol Tabol Abol tabol ()(literally translating as "weird and random") is a collection of Bengali children's poems and rhymes composed by Sukumar Ray, first published on 1 September 1923. It consists of 43 named and 7 unnamed short rhymes.
Aboleth In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, aboleths are a fictive race of malevolent, eel-like aberrations with potent psionic abilities. Aboleths are some of the most ancient beings in existence, according to Lords of Madness, a Dungeons & Dragons supplement book about creatures classified as "aberrations" such as aboleths, illithids and beholders.
Abolfazl Beyhaghi Abolfazl Beyhaghi (995-1077; Ibn Zeyd ibn Muhammad Abul-Fazl Mohammad ibn Hossein ibn Soleyman Ayyoub Ansari Evesi Khazimi BeyhaÄźi Shafe'i), also known as "ibn Fanduq", was a Persian historian and author.
Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party The Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party is a single-issue political party in Scotland. It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 26 January 2006 in time to nominate a candidate to stand in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election]: Tom Minogue.
Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001 The Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001 was an act by the Scottish Parliament which abolished the previous practice a debtor’s goods are priced (poinding) in preparation for the enforced sale of the debtor’s possessions (warrant sale) by amending the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 .
Abolitionism Abolitionism was a political movement that sought to abolish the practice of slavery and the worldwide slave trade. It began during the period of the Enlightenment and grew to large proportions in several nations during the nineteenth century, largely succeeding in its goals.
Abolitionism (bioethics) Abolitionism is a bioethics movement which proposes the use of biotechnology to maximize happiness and minimize suffering. “Abolition” is used for the name of this movement, in the context of “the abolition of suffering".
Abomination (Dune) Abomination, in the context of the Dune series written by Frank Herbert, refers to one who acquires full consciousness as a fetus as a result of being exposed to the spice agony (or spice trance), gaining all their ancestral memories before birth (these individuals are also referred to as 'pre-born').
Abomination (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game game, abominations are the unwanted offspring of a deity and some other being. Abominations are immortal, spiteful, destructive creatures of immense power.
Abomination: The Nemesis Project Abomination: The Nemesis Project (also known as just Abomination) is a real-time strategy/action computer game released in 1999. In the game, the player leads a team of eight genetically altered, supersoldiers (marines) to defeat an infestation of a global genetic plague which slowly turns into a hyperorganism.
Abominations of Desolation Abominations of Desolation was a unreleased album by the band Morbid Angel. While it was originally recorded in 1986, the band did not release it at the time due to their dissatisfaction with the final product.
Aboozar Alavitabar Aboozar Alavitabar is an Iranian artist, graphic designer and intellectual born in Tehran on January 25, 1982. The most significant aspect of his work is his artistic approach in digital based media designs inspired by Persian/Oriental patterns, forms and colors.
Abor Hills The Abor Hills is a region of Arunachal Pradesh in the far northeast of India, near the border with China. The hills are bordered by the Mishmi Hills and Miri Hills, and drained by the Dibang River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) (1990–2005) was the Australian Government body through which Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders were formally involved in the processes of government affecting their lives. A number of indigenous programs and organisations fell under the overall umbrella of ATSIC.
Aboriginal deaths in custody Aboriginal deaths in custody are widespread because a disproportionately high number of indigenous Australians are imprisoned by the law. Contrary to popular belief, the number of indigenous Australians who die in custody is proportional to the total number who are imprisoned, compared to other ethnicities.
Aboriginal Housing Office The Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO) is a statutory authority created under the NSW Aboriginal Housing Act 1998. The principal functions of the AHO under this Act are the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of programs and services to support Aboriginal people in meeting their housing needs.
Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society The Aboriginal Children's Advancement Society, or ACAS, is an organization in New South Wales, Australia that aims to achieve aboriginal reconciliation by improving the education of aboriginal children. The belief is that with improved education the children will be better able to compete for mainstream employment.
Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission The Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission was created by the Government of Manitoba, Canada in November, 1999, and issued its final report on June 29, 2001. The purpose was "to develop an action plan based on the original Aboriginal Justice Inquiry recommendations.
Aboriginal Justice Inquiry The Aboriginal Justice Inquiry was commissioned in 1988, with its final report presented in 1991. Its stated purpose was "to examine the relationship between the Aboriginal peoples of Manitoba and the justice system.
Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 In Australian history, the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act established the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. The act, the first of the Aboriginal Land Rights Acts, was signed by the Governor-General of Australia 16 December, 1976.
Aboriginal Land Rights Acts In Australian history, the Aboriginal Land Rights Acts were acts of law that established land rights for Australian aborigines who made traditional use of the land. These acts included the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976, and the Native Title Act of 1993.

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