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Atari POKEY The Atari POKEY is a digital I/O chip found in the Atari 8-bit family of home computers and many arcade games in the 1980s. Its name comes from POtentiometer and KEYboard, as it was commonly used to sample (ADC) potentiometers (such as game paddles) and scan matrices of switches (such as a computer keyboard).
Atari ST BASIC Atari ST BASIC (or ST Basic) was the first dialect of BASIC that was produced for the Atari ST line of computers. It was bundled with all new STs in the early years of the ST's lifespan, and quickly became the standard BASIC for that platform.
Atari Teenage Riot Atari Teenage Riot was a German Digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992. Highly political, they fused left-wing anarchist anti-fascist or anti-Nazi views with punk vocals and the newly emerging techno sound that was called digital hardcore, which is a term band member Alec Empire used as the name of his record label.
Atari Teenage Riot: 1992-2000 Atari Teenage Riot: 1992-2000 is a greatest hits compilation by the seminal digital hardcore band Atari Teenage Riot. The album was released on band member Alec Empire's Digital Hardcore Recordings on July 3 2006 and features 18 tracks from the band's back catalogue.
Atari Transputer Workstation The Atari Transputer Workstation (also known as ATW-800, or simply ATW) was a workstation class computer released by Atari in the late 1980s. Based on the INMOS transputer, the machine was considerably more powerful than anything available on the market at the time.
AtariAge AtariAge is a website devoted to the video game company, Atari. It was founded in 1998 by Alex Bilstein and Albert Yarusso and is well-known for selling its homebrew software (created by enthusiasts for a certain platform and not endorsed by its creator) for Atari's video game systems, some of which has been included in official compilations of video games such as Activision Anthology.
Atarisoft Atarisoft was a brand name used by Atari in 1983 and 1984 to market video games they published for home systems made by their competitors. Each platform had a specific color attributed by Atarisoft for its game packages.
Ataru Kinniku Ataru Kinniku (キン肉アタル, Kinniku Ataru) is a character from the fictional wrestling manga Kinnikuman. He appeared as a contestant in the final story arc of the series and is the older brother of Suguru Kinniku (the series' protagonist).
Atascadero, California Atascadero is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, about equidistant from San Francisco and Los Angeles. Atascadero is further inland than most other San Luis Obispo County cities, and as a result, usually experiences drier summers and cooler winters than neighboring cities such as San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach.
AtatĂĽrk Dam AtatĂĽrk Dam is the centerpiece of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey and is built on the Euphrates river and completed in 1990. It is one of the world's largest earth-and-rock fill dams, with the embankment 604 feet (184 m) high and 5971 feet (1820 m).
Atatürk High School of Science, Istanbul Atatürk High School of Science, Istanbul (IAFL) is the second high school of science created under the legislation of the High School of Science Project in Turkey. It is located in Kuyubasi, Kadıköy, Istanbul.
AtatĂĽrk Thought Association AtatĂĽrk Thought Association is a secular organization that espouses the ideas of Mustafa AtatĂĽrk, the founder of modern Turkey. The group is opposed to the Islamist tenets enacted by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran and wants to ensure that religion and state remain separate in Turkey.
Atatürk's Reforms Atatürk’s Reforms (Turkish: Atatürk Devrimleri or Atatürk İnkılapları) are a series of political, legal, cultural, social and economic reforms following the Turkish War of Independence in the wake of World War I, by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey. The reforms, initiated between 1922 and 1938, were accomplished hand-in-hand with the foundation of the new Turkish state, following the continuous decline and losses of the Ottoman Empire up to the Balkan Wars (1912 - 1913) and finally its collapse after World War I.
Ataullah Mengal Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal (Urdu: سردار عطااللہ خان مینگل ), popularly known as Sardar Ataullah Mengal, is a well known political figure of Pakistan hailing form Balochistan.He has been campaigning nationalist and separatist movement in Pakistan for a long time.
Atavism An atavism can mean an organism that is a real or supposed evolutionary throwback; the unexpected appearance of primitive traits; or a reversion to or reappearance of a trait that had been present in a lineage in the past, but which had been absent in intervening generations. Atavisms occur because genes for previously existing phenotypical features are often preserved in DNA, even though the genes are not expressed in some or most of the organisms possessing them.
Atavistic regression Atavistic regression is a hypnosis-related concept introduced by the Australian scholar and psychiatrist Ainsley Meares in his 1960.Meares (1960) was, incidentally, one of the first ever textbooks on clinical hypnosis.
Atavus The Atavus are a fictional race of humanoid aliens appearing in the Earth: Final Conflict science fiction series. Several variations of Atavus have been observed in the series and their supposed history is confusing.
Ataxia Ataxia (from Greek ataxiā, meaning failure to put in order) is unsteady and clumsy motion of the limbs or torso due to a failure of the gross coordination of muscle movements. Patients with ataxia are diagnosed and treated by neurologists.
Ataxia (band) Ataxia is a band comprised of John Frusciante (also of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) on guitar, Josh Klinghoffer (Bicycle Thief) on drums, and Joe Lally (Fugazi) on bass. They released the album Automatic Writing in 2004, which featured all three band members contributing vocals - John sings
Ataxia II This record is the other half of the Ataxia sessions by John Frusciante, Joe Lally, and Josh Klinghoffer, completed in January 2004. It was remixed by John Frusciante in 2006 and finally set for official release in Germany on January 2, 2007, but later pushed back to a release date of March 6, 2007.
Ataxia telangiectasia mutated Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that is recruited and activated by double stranded breaks of DNA induced through ionizing radiation. It phosphorylates several key proteins that initiate cell cycle arrest, DNA repair or apoptosis.
Ataxic respiration Ataxic respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by complete irregularity of breathing, with irregular pauses and increasing periods of apnea. As the breathing pattern deteriorates, it merges with agonal respirations.
Ataxx Ataxx (also known as SlimeWars and Frog Cloning) is a board game which first appeared in 1990 as an arcade video game by The Leland Corporation. The game was invented by Dave Crummack and Craig Galley in 1988 and was called Infection.
Atazanavir Atazanavir, trade name Reyataz®, (formerly known as BMS-232632) is an antiretroviral drug of the protease inhibitor (PI) class. Like other antiretrovirals, it is used to treat infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
AtĂ­lio Ancheta AtĂ­lio Ancheta, full name AtĂ­lio Genaro Ancheta Weigel (born July 19, 1948) is a former footballer from Uruguay, who played for the national team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was a defender and spent most of his career with GrĂŞmio Football Porto-Alegrense.
Atıf Yılmaz Atıf Yılmaz (December 25, 1925 – May 5, 2006) was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was almost a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He also wrote 53 screenplays and produced 28 movies since 1951. He was active in almost every period of the Turkish film industry. Despite the numerous movies he directed, majority of those were qualified, and had a message to get through.
Atbash Atbash is a simple substitution cipher for the Hebrew alphabet. It consists of substituting aleph (the first letter) for tav (the last), beth (the second) for shin (one before last), and so on, reversing the alphabet.
Ate Ate, a Greek word for 'ruin, folly, delusion', is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his hubris, or great pride, that leads to his death or downfall. There is also a goddess by that name (Até) in Greek mythology, a personification of the same.
Ateca Ganilau Adi Ateca Moce Ganilau (born 1951) is a Fijian public figure, best known as the eldest daughter of the former Prime Minister and President, the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. She is married to National Alliance Party leader Ratu Epeli Ganilau, who is the son of the late Governor-General and President, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau.
Atef Adwan Atef Ibrahim Mohammad Adwan (also spelled Odwan, Udwan or Edwan) is the Minister of Refugees in the Palestinian Authority, having been named to this position following the Hamas victory in the Palestinian legislative election, 2006, when he was elected from the Northern Gaza District.
Atefah Sahaaleh Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh (1988 - August 15, 2004) was a 16-year-old Iranian girl who was executed in Iran after being sentenced to death by an Iranian judge, Haji Rezai, for allegedly having committed "acts incompatible with chastity": Based on judicial records, by the time Atefeh was 16, she had been convicted five times of having sex with unmarried men"having sex with unmarried men" Iran Focus , and for removing her hijab while arguing with her judge in court.
Ateker Ateker or Atekerin is a common name for the closely related Jie, Karimojong, Turkana, and Teso peoples and their languages. Itung'a and Teso have been used among ethnographers, while the term Teso-Turkana is sometimes used for the languages, which are of Eastern Nilotic stock.
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is a computer role-playing game developed by Japanese developer Gust for the PlayStation 2. This game is the latest in the Atelier series of strategy RPGs that has been released on various consoles in Japan since 1997.
Atelier Iris: Grand Fantasm Atelier Iris: Grand Fantasm is a computer role-playing game developed by Japanese developer Gust for the PlayStation 2. Although named Atelier Iris, Grand Fantasm is completely unrelated to the previous two entries in the series.
Atelier Method The Atelier Method is a method of fine art instruction modeled after the private art studio schools of 19th century Europe. Taking its name from the French word for "artist's studio," the Atelier Method is a form of private instruction in which an artist, usually a professional painter, works closely with a small number of students to progressively train them.
Ateliers AĂ©ronautiques de Suresnes Ateliers AĂ©ronautiques de Suresnes was a French aircraft manufacturer that existed for a short while after World War II. Operating from the Farman Aviation Works factory near Paris, its most notable achievement was completing the Heinkel He 274 left unfinished by the Germans.
Atelinae Atelinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tail which can support their entire body weight.
Atella Atella was an ancient city of Campania, halfway between Naples and Capua; its ruins lie between the towns of Orta di Atella and Sant'Arpino. Atella is not mentioned until the Second Punic War, when, although an independent city striking its own coinage, it was allied with Capua and the other Campanian cities in siding with Carthage after the battle of Cannae.
Atellan farce Atellan farce (fabula Atellana)- This short, improvised comedic form is thought to have included exaggerated family situations or historical or mythological satire and burlesque. It is believed to have originated from the phlyakes or other southern Italian mimes.
Atellanæ Fabulæ Atellanæ Fabulæ (Atellan Fables, Atellan Farce, Fabula Atellana), also known as Oscan Games (Ludi osci), were a collection of theatrical pieces of low or buffoonish comedy popular in Ancient Rome. Named after Atella, an Oscan town in Campania, where they were invented, they were originally written in Oscan and imported into Rome in 391 BC.
Atelosteogenesis, type II Atelosteogenesis, type II is a severe disorder of cartilage and bone development. It is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern and is extremely rare, infants with the disorder are usually stillborn, those that that survive birth die shortly after birth from respiratory failure.
Atemi In Japanese martial arts, atemi designate blows to the body, as opposed to twisting of joints , strangleholds, holding technique and throws. Atemi can be delivered by any part of the body to any part of the opponents body.
Aten Aten (or Aton) is the creator of the universe in ancient Egyptian mythology, usually regarded as a sun god represented by the sun's disk. His worship (Atenism) was instituted as the basis for the mostly monotheistic — in fact, monistic — religion of Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten.
Ateneo Blue Eagle Gymnasium The Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym is a gymnasium located in the main campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines. Unlike most gymnasiums, the basketball court is oriented perpendicular to the orientation of the building.
Ateneo Blue Eagles The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the varsity team of the Ateneo de Manila University in the University Athletics Association of the Philippines. The Ateneo was the first Philippine school to adopt a mascot, and was also the first school to field an organized cheering squad in the Philippines.
Ateneo de Davao University The Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) is a private Catholic university founded administered by the by Jesuit priests in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines in 1948. It is subdivided into eight colleges including
Ateneo de Manila University The Ateneo de Manila University (also called "Ateneo de Manila" or simply "the Ateneo") is a private university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. Its main campus is located at Loyola Heights in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
Ateneo de Naga University The Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU or AdeNU) is a private Catholic university run by the Society of Jesus in Naga City in Bicol Region, Philippines founded in 1940. It offers secondary, undergraduate, and graduate programs.
Ateneo de Tuguegarao The Ateneo de Tugegarao was a former Jesuit College in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines. It was established in 1938 as the Cagayan Valley Atheneum and was renamed Ateneo de Tuguegarao after control of the school was handed over to the Society of Jesus.
Ateneo Graduate School of Business The Ateneo Graduate School of Business is a widely-recognised business school in the Philippines and is one of the graduate schools of the Ateneo de Manila University. The school is located in Makati, the center of commerce and trade in the Metropolitan Manila area.
Ateneo School of Law The Ateneo School of Law is the law school of the Ateneo de Manila University, a private Jesuit university in the Philippines. It was founded in 1936, in the Padre Faura, Manila campus of the Ateneo, where it remained even after the college, graduate school, and basic education units moved to Loyola Heights in the 1950s.
Atenism Atenism (or the Amarna heresy) is one of the earliest monotheistic religions, associated above all with the eighteenth dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known under the name he later adopted, Akhenaten. In the 14th century BC it was Egypt's state religion for around 20 years, before a return to the traditional gods so comprehensive that the heretic Pharaohs associated with Atenism were erased from Egyptian records.
Atenolol Atenolol is a drug belonging to the group of beta blockers, a class of drugs used primarily in cardiovascular diseases. Introduced in 1976, atenolol was developed as a replacement for propranolol in the treatment of hypertension.
Atenulf II of Benevento Atenulf II (also Atenolf, Atenolfo, Atinolfo, Adenolfo, Atenulfo, or Adenulfo) (d.940) was the younger brother of Prince Landulf I of Benevento, who associated him with the government in June 910 or 911 (as their own father, Atenulf I, had associated Landulf a decade earlier).
Atenulf II of Gaeta Atenulf II (died October 1064) was the duke of Gaeta for a brief two years (1062 – 1064) under the regency of his mother, Maria. He was the son and successor of Atenulf I, who had been forced to recognise the suzerainty of the prince of Capua, Richard I, and his son Jordan in 1058.
Atenulf III of Benevento Atenulf III, called Carinola, was the co-prince of Capua and Benevento from 933, when his father, Landulf I, and uncle, Atenulf II, made him so. His younger brother Landulf the Red succeeded co-prince Atenulf in 939 or 940.
Aterazawa Line The is a rail line in Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) system, it runs from Kita-Yamagata Station in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture to Aterazawa Station in ĹŚe, acting as a spur line from nearby Yamagata Station
Aterciopelados One of the first Latin rock bands in Colombia, Aterciopelados is among the Latin American country's top groups. The recipients of Grammy award nominations in 1997 and 1998, the band has fused its own sound by combining a rock-solid approach with a variety of Latin American musical traditions including mariachi, bolero, tropical and flamenco.
Ateret Ateret () is a village and Israeli settlement in the Samarian hills of the West Bank located in the municipal jurisdiction of the Matte Binyamin Regional Council 40km north-west of Jerusalem on a hilltop at an elevation of 760 metres. To the west, the view is not obstucted from Hadera in the north to Ashkelon in the south of Israel.
Ateret Yerushalayim Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim is a Beit Midrash program for students from the United States and other Anglo-Saxon countries who wish to spend a year or more of intensive study in Israel. It is located In Ramot Bet, a neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Atex Atex is a technology firm that helped pioneer the switch of newspaper and magazine publishing from "hot lead" to "cold type", and in the process developed networked machines with communication capability ("Atex messaging") credited as a major predecessor of e-mail and instant messaging.
Ath (alphabet) Ath is an alphabet created by Morioka Hiroyuki for his Crest of the Stars novels. It is used primarily to write the fictional language Baronh, although the anime adaptation of the novels shows it used to write at least one other language.
Athabasca Athabasca is the name of a Native American tribe, the Athabaskans, and places or geographical features named for them. The name was used for Lake Athabasca, and means "where the reeds grow" in Cree language.
Athabasca Oil Sands The Athabasca Oil Sands are a large deposit of oil-rich bitumen located in northern Alberta, Canada. These oil sands consist of a mixture of crude bitumen (a semi-solid form of crude oil), silica sand, clay minerals, and water.
Athabasca University Athabasca University, headquartered in Athabasca, Alberta, is a fully accredited institution specialized in the delivery of distance education courses and programs. Athabasca University is also recognized as one of the fastest growing universities in Canada.
Athabasca University Centre for Psychology The Athabasca University Centre for Psychology offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in psychology, a cerificiate in Career Development, or even a diploma in Inclusive Education, of three and four-year lengths.
Athabasca University Students' Union Athabasca University Students' Union is the students' union of Athabasca University, in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada. AU is one of the world's largest virtual universities, with satellite campuses in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.
Athabaska Herald Athabaske Herald of Arms (HĂ©raut Athabaska in French)is the title of one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority in Ottawa. Like the other heralds at the Authority, the name is derived from the Canadian river.
Athabaskan languages Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of closely related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family. The Athabaskan family is the largest family in North America in terms of number of languages and the number of speakers (the Uto-Aztecan family which extends into Mexico has many more speakers).
Athamas The king of Orchomenos in Greek mythology, Athamas ("rich harvest") was married first to the goddess Nephele with whom he had the twins Phrixus and Helle. He later divorced Nephele and married Ino, daughter of Cadmus.
Athanaric Athanaric (died 381) was ruler of several branches of the Visigoths for at least two decades in the fourth century and undisputed King of the Visigoths for the last year of his life. Ironically, his Gothic name, Athanareiks, means "king for the year".
Athanase Josué Coquerel Athanase Josué Coquerel (16th June 1820 Amsterdam - 24 July 1875 Fismes (Marne)) was a French Protestant divine, son of Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel. He studied theology at Geneva and at Strasbourg, and at an early age succeeded his uncle, C.
Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel (7 August 1795–1868) was a French Protestant divine, born in Paris. He received his early education from his aunt, Helen Maria Williams, an Englishwoman, who at the close of the 18th century gained a reputation by various translations and by her Letters from France.
Athanasios Angelopoulos Athanasios Angelopoulos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Αγγελόπουλος) (born November 6 1939 in Katerini, Northern Greece) is a retired Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; founder and in-honour president of the Institute for National and Religious Studies (Karipion Institute).
Athanasios Diakos Athanasios Diakos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Διάκος) (1788-1821), a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence, was born Athanasios Nikolaos Massavetas (Greek: Αθανάσιος Νικόλαος Μασσαβέτας) in the village of Ano Mousounitsa, Phocis.
Athanasios Diakos Street Athanasios Diakos Street (Greek: Οδος Αθανάσιος Διάκος) named after the Greek War of Independence hero Athanasios Diakos is a short but wide central street in Athens linking Vassilias Amalias Avenue and Andrea Syngrou Avenue, it is a small branch linking with Vouliagmenis Avenue where it ends along with Kallirois and Arditou Streets which links with Vasileiou Konstantinou Avenue. It also contains a small intersection with Iosif Rogou Street which is used for local traffic.
Athanasios Mitsopoulos Mitsopoulos Athanasios, born on 1959 in Athens, Greece, married to Olga Anders and father of Kalliopi (born 1998) and Georgios Mitsopoulos (born 2001). One of the first Greek businessmen at the end of the 20th century to form a company in Kiev, Ukraine and engage in a successful import and distribution business.
Athanasios of Emesa Athanasios of Emesa (now Homs in Syria) was a Byzantine jurist living in the 6th century. Coming from the first generation of jurists to practice after Justinian completed the codification of Roman law, he worked as a teacher of law, rhetor and advocate.
Athanasius Kircher Athanasius Kircher (sometimes erroneously spelt Kirchner) (May 2 1602–28 November 1680) was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology and medicine. He made an early study of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Athanator Athanator is a Colombian Thrash metal band from Medellín, Antioquia formed in 1989 by Jaime Ocampo, Guillermo Alzate and Gioseppe Restrepo. The current members of the band are Jaime Ocampo (guitar and vocals), Enrique Ramírez (bass), Eder Zapata (guitar) and Juan Carlos Sánchez (drums).
Athanatos Gonias Athanatos Gonias (Greek: Αθάνατος Γωνιάς) is an area in the middle of the villages Gonia (Greek: Γωνιά), Aghios Andreas (Greek: Άγιος Ανδρέας), Fratzeskiana Metohia (Greek: Φραντζεσκιανά Μετόχια) and Kato Varsamonero (Greek: Κάτω Βαρσαμόνερο). It is the administrative centre of the municipality of Nikoforos Fokas in the prefecture of Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
Athani, Greece Built on a steep incline on the south-west coast of the Greek island of Lefkada, the village of Athani (Greek: Αθάνι) is the last major populated region of the island accessible by sealed road. It is the nearest village to the famed beach of Porto Katsiki.
Athar The Athar are a faction of Sigil, an organization based around a particular ideology, in the Planescape campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. Also known as the "Defiers" or the "Lost," the Athar can be compared to atheists, agnostics, and Deists.
Atharvan Atharvan ( ; an n-stem with nominative singular ) was a legendary Vedic sage (rishi) of Hinduism who along with Angiras is supposed to have authored ("heard") the Atharvaveda. He is also said to have first instituted the fire-sacrifice or yagna.
Atharvaveda The Atharvaveda (Sanskrit: अथर्ववेद, , a tatpurusha compound of , a type of priest, and meaning "knowledge") is a sacred text of Hinduism, and one of the four Vedas, often called the "fourth Veda".
Athawale Ramdas Bandu Athawale Ramdas Bandu (born 25 December, 1959) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Pandharpur constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Republican Party of India (Athvale) (RPI(A)) political party.
Athazer In astrology, an athazer is a term coined by the ancients when the Moon was separated by the Sun by 0 degrees (conjunction), 12 degrees, 45 degrees (semi-square), 90 degrees (square), 150 degrees (quincunx), 160 degrees, or 180 degrees (opposition).
Athénée Palace The Athénée Palace hotel in Bucharest, Romania, now a Hilton, may have been Europe's most notorious den of spies in the years leading up to World War II, and only slightly less so during the Cold War. Halpern.
Athea Athea (Irish: Áth an tSléibhe) is a small town in west County Limerick, Republic of Ireland, located near Newcastle West in the midwest of Ireland. The settlement did not flourish until the building of a road from Abbeyfeale to Glin in the 1830s, resulting in Athea being at a crossroads with the road from Listowel to Limerick.
Atheism Atheism is the disbeliefVarious dictionaries give a range of definitions for disbelief, from "lack of belief" to "doubt" and "withholding of belief" to "rejection of belief", "refusal to believe", and "denial". in the existence of any deities.
Atheism and religion Atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods. The degree to which one can be considered an atheist while simultaneously being and adherent of a sect of a traditionally monotheistic, polytheistic, or non-theistic religion is the subject of ongoing theological debate.
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (also known as Jonathan Miller's Brief History of Disbelief) is a 2005 documentary series conducted by Jonathan Miller for the BBC tracing the history of atheism. It was first shown on BBC Four and was repeated on BBC Two.
Atheist Center Atheist Centre is an institution founded by Goparaju Ramachandra Rao (aka Gora)(1902-1975) and Saraswathi Gora (1912-2006) to initiate social change in rural Andhra Pradesh based on the ideology of Gandhism and Atheism. Founded in the year 1940 at Mudnur village in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, India the Centre was later shifted to Vijayawada in the year 1947.
Atheist Foundation of Australia The Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc. was established in South Australia in 1970, when The Rationalist Association of South Australia decided upon a name change to better declare their basic philosophy, namely atheism.
Atheist Jew An Atheist Jew is a member of the Jewish community who does not believe in God but still considers himself or herself a Jew. Some Jewish atheists retain customs of the Jewish faith, while others identify as Jewish primarily through ethnic or cultural ties.
Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have A Thing To Do With It Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have a Thing To Do With It is a book originally self-published by David Mills in 2004. Ulysses Press of Berkeley, California, will publish a 2nd edition in August, 2006, for distribution to major bookstore chains.
Atheist's Wager The Atheist's Wager is the atheistic equivalent of Pascal's Wager. While Pascal suggested that it is better to take the chance of believing in a god that might not exist rather than to risk offending a god that does, the Atheist's Wager counters that:
Athelhampton Athelhampton is one of the finest 15th-century manor houses in England, and is set in superb gardens. It is a privately owned country house on 160 acres (647,000 m²) of parkland, located five miles (8 km) east of Dorchester, Dorset.
Athelney Athelney is located between the villages of Burrowbridge and East Lyng in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The area is known as the Isle of Athelney, because it was once a very low isolated island in the 'very great swampy and impassable marshes' of the Somerset Levels.
Athematic In the Indo-European languages, thematic roots are those roots that have a "theme vowel"; a vowel sound that is always present between the root of the word and the attached inflections. Athematic roots lack a theme vowel, and attach their inflections directly to the root itself.

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