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Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management, or simply AIM, is a graduate school of business and a center of business and management research. It is one of the very few schools in Asia to be internationally accredited with both AACSB and EQUIS accreditations.
Asian Institute of Technology The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an international institution for higher education in engineering, advanced technologies, and management and planning. It "promotes technological change and sustainable development" in the Asian-Pacific region, through higher education, research and outreach.
Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery The Asian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg) is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal and the official publication of the Asian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and circulated to all members. The journal is indexed in EMBASE/Excerpta Medica and is published by Scientific Communications International Limited.
Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies The Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies is an online, English-language academic publication sponsored by the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS) and the Asia Pacific Theological Association. It is published in Baguio City, the Philippines.
Asian Koel The Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), or Common Koel, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin. It is found from southern Asia, China, and into Australia.
Asian long-horned beetle The Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), sometimes called Starry Sky (Sky Oxen in China) beetle, is native to China and where it causes widespread mortality of poplar, willow, elm, and maple throughout vast areas of eastern Asia.
Asian Leaf Turtle The Asian Leaf Turtle Cyclemys dentata is a species of turtle commonly found in pet trade. The turtle be found in North India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali), Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands etc.
Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival The Asian Lesbian Film and Video Festival (ALFF) is a film festival held for the first time in Taiwan from August 5 to August 10, 2005, before touring Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing. It is scheduled to be held annually across different Asian countries.
Asian mist Asian mist refers to the illegal maneuver of spitting a colored liquid in the face of an opponent in professional wrestling. By doing so, the opponent will be blinded and experience intense stinging in the eyes.
Asian Man Records Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park out of his parents' garage in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, but the Asian Man label wasn't officially established until May 1996.
Asian Men Juniors Championships The Asian Juniors Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for junior men's national handball teams of Asia, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Juniors World Championship.
Asian Network of Major Cities 21 Asian Network of Major Cities 21 is a body representing the interests of several of Asia's largest capital cities around common themes of importance, including urban planning, sustainability and crisis management. It was formed by common declaration of at a meeting held in Kuala Lumpur in August 2000.
Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency.
Asian Newspaper Focus Asian Newspaper Focus is a bimonthly (odd months) publication freely distributed to some 4,000 readers who are mostly senior management executives of newspapers. It is published by the Ifra and edited by Andrew Lynch, former editor of The Standard in Hong Kong.
Asian power Asian Power is a group formed by Asian Americans during the 1960s, and became one of the biggest national catchphrases of all time. The movement is relatively old political slogan for self-determination, prosperity and independence of the Asian American population and culture to reach new prosperity in means of economy and society in the world place.
Asian pride Asian Pride is a slogan used by Asian American youth and Asians born in other Western countries, such as Asian Canadians, Asian Australians and British Asians. In the United States, the term is usually used by those that have ancestry in East Asia and Southeast Asia.!
Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival The Asian American Heritage Festival hosted by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans in New York is one of the largest outdoors celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the United States. Each year, in May, the festival offers music, performances, arts, food, history and corporate outreach.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated in May to commemorate the contributions of people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the United States. Just like the Black History Month and Women's History Month celebrations, the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month originated from legislation.
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of Asian-Pacific American trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. It was the first and remains the only national organization for Asian Pacific American union members.
Asian Paradise Flycatcher The Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), also known as the Common Paradise Flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird. It was previously classified with the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but the paradise flycatchers, monarch flycatchers and Australasian fantails are now normally grouped with the drongos in the family Dicruridae, which has most of its members in Australasia and tropical southern Asia.
Asian Prince Asian Prince is a parody website revolving around an Asian rock star named Wo-Hen Nankan searching for a girlfriend—"a Prince in search of a Princess". The website first appeared in 1999 and may be responsible for coining the phrase, "Am I not hot?
Asian Riff The Asian Riff is a musical riff or phrase that is often used to represent east Asian culture. The riff typically signifies Chinese culture, but in some cases it has been used to signify Japanese culture as well.
Asian salad In 2006, McDonald's in the US released the Premium Asian Salad in its restaurants to go along with the Caesar and Bacon Ranch Premium Salads. The salad replaced the Cobb Salad, one of the original three Premium Salads released, which was dicontinued due to low demand for the product.
Asian studies Asian studies is a field in Cultural studies that is concerned with the meaning and practices of everyday life among Asian peoples. Within the Asian sphere, Asian studies combines aspects of sociology, and cultural anthropology to study cultural phenomena in Asian traditional and industrial societies.
Asian Sex Gazette Asian Sex Gazette (link to site - warning, mature theme) is a news media site that reports on matters of human sexuality in Asia. First published online in 2004 Asian Sex Gazette tottered along with limited exposure and was at times off-handedly dismissed by some as a 'porn site'.
Asian Social Forum The Asian Social Forum was a left-wing conference held by members of the alter-globalization movement (also known as the Global Justice Movement). It aims to allow social movements, trade unions, NGOs, refugees, peace and anti-imperialist groups, anti-racist movements, environmental movements, networks of the excluded and community campaigns mainly from the Asian region to come together and discuss themes linked to major Asian and global political issues.
Asian Squash Federation The Asian Squash Federation was formed on November 29, 1980 at the suggestion of Pakistan and the "First Meeting of Squash Playing Nations of Asia", held in Karachi. The founder members were Bahrain, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Family Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito or forest day mosquito, is characterized by its black and white striped legs and small, black and white body. It was native to Southeast Asia, and occupied a habitat that spread from Madagascar eastward to New Guinea, and north to the latitude of Korea.
Asian Television Awards Asian Television Awards, an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in Asia's television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-TV stations and pay-TV platforms, as well as many independent productions houses in Asia.
Asian Television Network International Limited Asian Television Network International Limited (oftenly just referred to as Asian Television Network or ATN) is a Canadian licensed television broadcaster providing premium programming in several South Asian languages to communities across Canada. ATN has programming alliances with leading broadcasters such as Zee TV, Star Plus, B4U, Sony Entertainment Television Asia, Alpha ETC Punjabi, ARY Digital, and Jaya TV.
Asian Test Championship The Asian Test Championship is a Test cricket tournament between the test playing nations of Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is not a regular event in the cricketing calendar, and has so far been held only twice - in 1998/99 and 2001/02.
Asian Touring Car Championship The Asian Touring Car Championship is a FIA-sanctioned touring car racing series held each year in several Asian nations such as Malaysia, China and Indonesia. It previously ran as the Asian Touring Car Series (ATCS).
Asian Tribune The Asian Tribune is an online newspaper that provides news and editorial on the current affairs of Asia, with a special emphasis on South Asia but mostly concentrates its news on the current Civil conflict in Sri Lanka.
Asian Underground Asian Underground is a term associated with various British Asian musicians (mostly Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi) who blend elements of western underground dance music and the traditional music of their home countries. The first well-known mention was the compilation album Anokha - Soundz of the Asian Underground released in 1997 and masterminded by Talvin Singh.
Asian values Asian values was a concept that came into vogue in the 1990s, predicated on the belief in the existence in Asian countries of a unique set of institutions and political ideologies which reflected the region's culture and history. Although there are indeed many differences in Eastern and Western ideas, philosophy, etc.
Asian Women Juniors Championships The Asian Women Juniors Handball Championship is the official competition for junior women's national handball teams of Asia, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian junior champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Junior Women's Handball Championship|World Championship.
Asian-African Conference The Asian-African Conference also known as the Bandung Conference was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, organized by Egypt, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, and Pakistan. The conference's stated aims were to promote Afro-Asian economic and cultural cooperation and to oppose colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union, or any other so-called 'imperialistic' nation.
Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization The Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization is an international governmental organization formed in 1956, initially to serve as an advisory board to member states on matters on international law. It was an outgrowth of the Bandung Conference, held in Indonesia during April, 1955.
Asian-Pacific American Asian-Pacific American is a term that was used in the United States to include both Asian Americans and Americans of Pacific Islander American due to its official use as a race on the United States Census between the years 1990 and 2000. Since 2000 the United States Census Bureau has split these two groups apart because the majority of the people included in the term considered themselves to be two separate groups when questioned by the anthropologists who designed the racial definitions for the 2000 US Census.
Asians in Rock Jenny Choi (Double Zero/Suburban Home Records) conceptualized the Asians In Rock (AIR) tour to kick off a celebration of Asians who revel in the indie rock subculture and are actively bringing innovative soundscapes to the forefront of what we consider today as American music. The tour hopes to give voice to the often silent "model" minority by broadening the cookie cutter stereotypes often relegated to Asian Americans, and to inspire Asian youth to avoid assimilating to mainstream tendencies in their artistry by finding original ways to articulate their own unique cultural context and identities.
Asians in South Africa Asians in South Africa constitute two per cent of South Africa's population, and most are of Indian origin, although there is also a small Chinese community (sometimes classified as Coloured (mixed race) or White under Apartheid) Traditionally the group does not include the "Cape Malays]", descended (at least in part) from [[South East Asians, who were classified as "Coloured" under apartheid. The term Asian is usually regarded as synonymous with Indian in South Africa.
Asiatic Black Bear The Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Tibetan black bear, the Himalayan black bear, or the moon bear, is a medium sized, sharp-clawed, black-coloured bear with a distinctive white or cream "V" marking on its chest. It is a close relative of the American black bear with which it is thought to share a European common ancestor.
Asiatic Lion The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica; also known as Indian Lion) is a subspecies of the lion found only in India. Asiatic Lion once ranged from Turkey to India, covering most of West Asia where it was also known Persian Lion.
Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project Work has been going on over the past decade to establish the world's second completely removed population of the wild free ranging Asiatic Lions at the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.Conservationists, Scientists all over the world and the Central Government of India] agree that this is necessary to save the last Asiatic lions from extinction due to epidemics and natural calamities in the near future.
Asiatic mode of production In the theory of historical materialism, the term Asiatic mode of production describes a widespread pre-Capitalist mode of production, in which irrigation agriculture plays an important role in society. Oriental despotism is considered to arise out of this mode of production.
Asiatic salamander The Asiatic Salamanders (Family Hynobiidae) are rather primitive salamanders spread all over Asia. They are closely related with the Giant Salamanders (Family Cryptobranchidae), with which they form the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.
Asiatic Society The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones (1746-1794) on 15 January 1784 in Calcutta, the capital of British India, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research. It was formerly known as "The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal.
Asiatic Squadron The Asiatic Squadron was the fleet of United States Navy warships and supporting elements stationed in the Pacific Ocean in the 19th century. The United States maintained naval presence in East Asia since 1835 to protect American interests against the turmoil of the Chinese rebellions.
Asiatown IT Park Asiatown IT Park is a 24-hectare mixed use business park in Cebu City, Philippines, envisioned to attract locators in the information technology services. It is developed by Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Cebu Holdings.
Asiaweek Asiaweek, the English edition, was a news magazine focusing on Asia, published weekly by Asiaweek Limited, a subsidiary of Time Inc. Based in Hong Kong, it was established in 1975, and ceased publication with its December 7, 2001 issue due to a "downturn in the advertising market," according to Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief of Time Inc.
AsiaWorld-Expo The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. AsiaWorld-Expo is located in the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok island, Hong Kong, where the Hong Kong International Airport is located.
AsiaWorld-Expo (MTR) AsiaWorld-Expo (; Jyutping: bok3 laam5 gwun2; pinyin: BĂłlÇŽnguÇŽn; literally means "Expo Hall" or "Pavilion") is a station on the Airport Express of Hong Kong's MTR. It serves the AsiaWorld-Expo on the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok, the island on which the Hong Kong International Airport is located.
Asiba Tupahache Asiba Tupahache, is a Matinecoc Nation Native American activist from New York and was a vice presidential candidate in the 1992 election on Peace and Freedom Party ticket, accompanying Ronald Daniels. Born in Long Island, New York, she is a former public school teacher, an advocate of homeschooling, and a mother of two.
Aside An aside is a technique used in a dramatic performances and literature in which a character says something to him or herself for the purposes of informing the people reading or viewing the work about the character's thoughts. The term originated in plays, where the actor or actress literally steps 'aside' from the action to deliver a soliloquy or an [remark to the audience which is assumed to be unheard by the other characters on stage].
Asiento In the history of slavery, asiento (or assiento, meaning "assent" ) refers to the permission given by the Spanish government to other countries to sell slaves to the Spanish colonies, from the years 1543-1834.
Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: آصف علی زرداری) is the chief of the Zardari tribe and the husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. He served as a member of the National Assembly, and as environment minister during the second term of his wife's premiership.
Asigede Tsimbela Asegede Tsimbela is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mi'irabawi Zone, Asegede Tsimbela is bordered along the south by the Tekezé River which separates the woreda on the south from Tselemti and to the west by Wolqayt, then on the northwest by La'ilay Adiyabo, on the northeast by Tahtay Koraro, and on the east by Medebay Zana.
Asii Asii (also Asio, Osii, Asiani etc.) is the name of a people associated with the Scythian sphere, a section of whom had moved out from Alai valley during the 2nd century BC under pressure from the Yuezhi, and in association with tribes of the Pasiani and Sacarauloi had wrested Sogdiana and western parts of Bactria from the Indo-Greeks.
Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA The Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA was an influential conference organized by Paul Berg discussing the potential biohazards and regulation of biotechnology held in February 1975 at a conference center Asilomar State Beach.Paul Berg, David Baltimore, Sydney Brenner, Richard O.
Asilomar State Beach Asilomar State Beach is located on the Monterey Peninsula in the city of Pacific Grove, California. Asilomar (a made-up name meaning "refuge by the sea" and pronounced a-SIL-o-mar) State Beach and Conference Grounds sits on 107 acres (433,000 m²) and offers overnight lodging and views of the forest, surf and sand.
Asim Brkan Asim Brkan is a well recognized ex-Yugoslavian singer with unique voice abilities, excellent diction and an outstanding way of performing. He was born in 1954 in Mostar, Bosnia and started his active career in 1978 in Belgrade-PGP RTS and Zagreb-Jugoton.
Asim Butt Asim Butt (born 24 October 1967, Lahore, Pakistan) is a Scottish and Pakistani cricketer who is primarily a left-arm medium fast bowler. He has played 5 ODIs for Scotland, all in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, where he made a rather insignificant impact.
Asim Saeed Asim Saeed (born October 5, 1979 in Al-Ain) is a United Arab Emirates cricketer. He played for them in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 versions of the ICC Trophy, as well as in one first-class game in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup.
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology is a history of science by Isaac Asimov. Written as the biographies of over one thousand five hundred scientists, it is organized chronologically, beginning with Imhotep and concluding with Stephen Hawking.
Asimov's Mysteries Asimov's Mysteries, published in 1968, is a collection of 14 short stories by Isaac Asimov, all of them science fiction mysteries (although, as Asimov admits in the introduction, some are only borderline). The stories were all originally published in magazines between 1954 and 1967.
Asimov's Science Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction (ISSN 1065-2698) is an American magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Dell Magazines 10 times a year, with double issues in April/May and October/November.
Asin (band) Asin (sometimes spelled ASIN, in all capital letters) is a Pinoy rock and folk rock band from the Philippines. They were formed during the 1970s and originally known as Salt of the Earth from the song of Joan Baez, but later Filipinized their name into "Asin", which means salt in Filipino language.
Asinara Asinara (Italian for "Donkey-inhabited" but its name comes from Latin "Sinuaria" and means sinus-shaped island) is an Italian island of 51 km² in area, with approximately 700 inhabitants. The island is located just off the northwestern tip of Sardinia, and is mountainous in geography with steep, rocky coasts.
Asipovičy Asipovichy (; ; Łacinka: Asipovičy) is a town in Mahilyow Voblast, Belarus, located 136 km south west of Mogilev, 3 km north of the Minsk-Homyel expressway. It is located at the junction of railway lines between Minsk, Homel, Mahilyow (Mogilev) , and Baranavichy.
Asistencia AsesorĂ­a y AdministraciĂłn Asistencia AsesorĂ­a y AdministraciĂłn (AAA) (Spanish for "Attendance Consultant's office and Administration") is a Lucha Libre Professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. They promote cards throughout Mexico, usually going to suburban areas or places that don't have regular promoters.
Asit Krishna Mukherji Asit Krishna Mukherji (1898-March 21, 1977) was a Bengali Brahmin with National Socialist convictions who published pro-Axis journals. In order to protect her from deportation or internment, he married esoteric Hitlerist Savitri Devi in 1940.
Asities The asities are a family of small suboscine passerine bird species found in Madagascar. They were thought to have been related to the pittas, hence the scientific name, but a study by Prum (1993) suggested that they are actually just a subfamily of broadbills.
Asiya Asiya (One who tends to the weak, One who heals) is considered to be one of four great, noble, and pious women in Islamic history. Perhaps the name is a corruption and/or pun of the name of an Egyptian queen such as Amenia, or even Batya.
Asjha Jones Asjha Takera Jones (born on August 1, 1980 in Piscataway, New Jersey, USA) is a professional basketball player. She interchanges between the center, small forward, and power forward position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.
Ask a Ninja Ask a Ninja is an award-winning series of comedy videos about the image of ninjas in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in the popular mov and wmv file formats. The first episode was released in November 2005, but production and editing of that initial episode is not as proficient as the episodes from number 2 (January 2006) onwards.
Ask a Stupid Question Day Ask a Stupid Question Day is a holiday that is sometimes celebrated in the United States, usually by school students and teachers. Although Ask a Stupid Question Day takes place on September 28, it is usually observed on the last school day of September.
Ask DNA (song) Ask DNA is a song by The Seatbelts, sung by Raj Ramayya. It is the opening song in the movie Cowboy Bebop: The Movie to North Americans or Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira (Knockin' on Heaven's Door) to Japanese.
Ask Dr. Rin! is an eight volume manga series by Kiyoko Arai about a young girl named Meilin Kanzaki who is endowed with Feng shui powers which allow her to read people's fortunes and give advice on how to receive good luck. She does this on a website under the pseudonym of "Dr.
Ask Father Ask Father is a short, 13-minute, slapstick-style comedy made by Harold Lloyd in 1919 before he got into his classic full-length feature films. Aside from Lloyd, it features Bebe Daniels, a charming and spunky actress who appeared in dozens of films in the 1910s.
Ask the Ages Ask the Ages (1991) was the last album recorded by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994 (though posthumously released albums followed). This is made more poignant by the fact that it is generally regarded as being his finest recording, in terms both of the compositions, all of which were Sharrock's own, and of the performance.
Askani The Askani are a fictional organisation in the Marvel Universe in the future/alternate timeline desgnated as Earth-4935, also known as Earth Askani. It is also the name of several characters working for the organisation and its philosophy.
Askar Aitmatov Askar Chingizovich Aitmatov (born January 5 1959 in Bishkek) served as Foreign Minister in the Government of KyrgyzstanKyrgyz Referendum Will Be Valid - Foreign Minister Interfax Sapra India Foundation from June 2002 to March 2005. He was dismissed immediately after the Tulip Revolution.
Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev (Аскар Акаевич Акаев) (born 10 November 1944 in Kyzyl-Bairak, Kirghiz SSR) served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 until the Kyrgyz people overthrew him in March 2005 in the Tulip Revolution.
Askari Askari is an Arabic, Persian and Swahili word meaning "soldier" ( ‘askarī). It was normally used to describe indigenous troops in East Africa and the Middle East serving in the armies of European colonial powers.
Askaryan effect The Askaryan effect describes a phenomenon, similar to the Cerenkov effect, whereby a particle travelling faster than the speed of light in a dense radiotransparent medium such as salt, ice or the lunar regolith produces a shower of secondary charged particles which contain a charge anisotropy and thus emits a cone of coherent radiation in the radio or microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum. So far the effect has been observed in silica sand Observation of the Askaryan Effect in Silica Sand, rock salt Observation of the Askaryan Effect in Rock Salt, and ice Observation of the Askaryan Effect in Ice and is of primary interest in using bulk matter to detect ultra-high energy neutrinos.
Askas Askas is a small village in Pitsilia region in the Nicosia District on the island of Cyprus. It is positioned 1000 metres above sea level on the north side of the Troodos mountain range, at the foot of Mount Papoutsa.
Askøy Bridge Askøy Bridge (Askøybrua) is a suspension bridge from the mainland near the city of Bergen to Askøy in Hordaland county in Norway. It has the longest span in Norway, although it is not the longest suspension bridge in Norway.
Askefrue An askefrue (Danish for ash wife, plural: askefruer), also known as the askafroa and eschenfrau, is a type of legendary creature in Norse mythology and German folklore. They are tree-dwelling spirits similar to the Greek hamadryad.
Askeladden Askeladden (the Ash Lad) is the main character in many Norwegian folktales. In some ways, he represents the small man who succeeds where all others fail, although the means employed are not always, strictly speaking, honourable.
Askenazy school The Askenazy school (Polish Szkoła Askenazego, sometimes referred to as Lwów-Warsaw School of History - Lwowsko-warszawska szkoła historyczna) was an informal group of Polish historians formed in the early 20th century under the influence of Szymon Askenazy in the University of Lwow and Warsaw University.
Asker Lynx Asker Lynx is the name of an American football team located in Asker, Norway and former affiliate of the Norway American Football Federation. While a member of the NoAFF, the Lynx lost to the Oslo Vikings in the 1992 final.
Asker videregĂĄende skole It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate school district or locality article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Askesis Askesis is the discipline of repressing lust. Originally introduced as the spiritual struggle of the Greek Orthodox Church as the style of life where meat, alcohol, sex, and comfortable clothing are avoided, the term is now used in several other relations:
Askham Bryan Askham Bryan is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in the north of England, 6 miles south west of York, west of Bishopthorpe, and close to Askham Richard and Copmanthorpe. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 582.
Askham Grange (HM Prison) HMP/YOI Askham Grange contributes to the delivery of the Key Objectives of the Prison Service by delivering a national service to women prisoners (residents) and young offenders and offers the opportunity for up to ten mothers to maintain full-time care of their child or children whilst in custody. It is an open prison, which facilitates a comprehensive resettlement regime for long and, increasingly, short-stay residents.
Askham Richard Askham Richard is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in the north of England, south west of York, close to Copmanthorpe and Askham Bryan. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 273.
Askia Jones Askia Jones (born December 3 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player. A 6'5" guard from Kansas State University, "Ski" was never drafted by a National Basketball Association team but did manage to play in 11 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1994.
Askia Mohammad Benkan Askia Mohammad Benkan ruled the Songhai Empire from 1531 to 1537. After Mohammad Benkan's father, the famous and long-ruling monarch Askia Mohammad, had grown old and partially blind, his son Askia Musa deposed him, assuming the throne himself.
Askival Askival is the highest mountain on the island of Rùm, located 5 km south of the town of Kinloch. It is often climbed as part of a full traverse of the Rùm Cuillin, a rocky range of hills in the south east corner of Rùm, of which Askival is the highest.
Askizsky District Askizsky District is a region of the Republic of Khakassia, a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in south central Siberia. Askizkiy is the region in which Khakassians make up their largest share of total population in (40.

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