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ATG Javelin The Javelin is a small high-speed personal jet being developed by Aviation Technology Group and Israeli Aircraft Industries. Also intended to fill the jet trainer role for various air forces, the Javelin is designed to look and perform like a fighter jet.
ATHENA ATHENA is an antimatter research project that is taking place at the AD Ring at CERN. In 2002, it was the first experiment to produce 50,000 low-energy antihydrogen atoms, as reported in the journal Naturehttp://press.
ATI CrossFire CrossFire is a brand name for ATI Technologies multi-GPU solution, which competes with its rival nVidia's Scalable Link Interface (SLI). The technology allows a pair of graphics cards to be used in a single computer to improve graphics performance.
ATI FireGL The FireGL range of graphics cards is a series fabricated by ATI for use with CAD (Computer Aided Design) and DCC (Digital Content Creation) programs, usually found in workstations. They are very similar in hardware to the Radeon range, but have slight differences, which the FireGL drivers check in order to allow them to be used.
ATI FireMV The FireMV graphics card is marketed as a 2D video card, with 3D capabilities at the level of Radeon X300 (as specified in manual), aimed at the corporate environment who require several displays attached to a single computer.
ATI Multi Rendering ATI Multi-Rendering (AMR) is a video technology from ATI that enables a single computer to use more than one video processor. Created in 2002, AMR uses a technology ATI calls "Super Tiling" to connect multiple (two or more) video cards together.
ATI Rage The ATI Rage is a series of graphics chipsets offering 2D GUI acceleration, video acceleration, and 3D acceleration. It is the successor to the Mach series of chips (See list of major graphics chipsets released by ATI).
ATITool ATITool is a free overclocking utility for ATI and NVIDIA cards and will only work on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 with Vista support partially ready. Program runs minimized on the taskbar displaying the temperature inside.
ATLAS experiment ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the five particle detector experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, TOTEM, and LHCb) being constructed at the Large Hadron Collider, a new particle accelerator at CERN in Switzerland. It will be 45 metres long and 25 metres in diameter, and will weigh about 7,000 tonnes.
ATM (computer) ATM (ATM Turbo) is a ZX Spectrum clone, developed in Moscow, in 1991, by two firms, MicroArt and ATM. It has Z80 at 7 MHz, 1024k RAM, 128k ROM, AY-8910 (two ones in upgraded models), 8-bit DAC, 8-bit 8-channel ADC, RS-232, Centronics, Beta Disk Interface, IDE interface, AT/XT keyboard, text mode (80x25, 16 colors, 8x8 pattern), and 3 graphics modes.
ATM 2000E The ATM 2000 (Pz Mi 88) and ATM 2000E are Austrian plastic cased anti-vehicle mines using Misznay Schardin effect warhead. The mine uses an electronic microprocessor controlled fuze with magnetic, seismic and pressure sensors allowing it to discriminate between targets.
ATM Adaptation Layers The use of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology and services creates the need for an adaptation layer in order to support information transfer protocols, which are not based on ATM. This adaptation layer defines how to segment and reassemble higher-layer packets into ATM cells, and how to handle various transmission aspects in the ATM layer.
ATM Bersama ATM Bersama is one of the many interbank networks in Indonesia, connecting the ATM networks of twenty-one banks in Indonesia. It was established in 1993 and is based on the model adopted by MegaLink, an interbank network in the Philippines.
ATM SafetyPIN software Invented by Joseph Zingher, the software allows people to call the police by typing their personal identification number (PIN) in backwards. The idea is that if you are being robbed while standing at an automated teller machine, you can call for help while appearing to only be getting money for the thief.
ATM usage fees Many banks and interbank networks charge fees for the use of their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). In some cases, these fees are assessed solely for non-members of the bank; in other cases, they apply to all users.
ATM-6 and ATM-7 mines The ATM-6 and ATM-7 are Austrian off-route anti-tank mines that use Misznay Schardin effect warheads to fire self forging fragments into the sides of armoured vehicles. Both mines are mounted on a pedestal base which is used to aim the mine, and have simple sights to aim the mines.
ATM-74 mine The ATM-74 is a North Korean wooden box mine, it is a copy of the Russian TMD-B. It is a wooden box packed with blocks of TNT, the top of the mine has three planks of wood underneath the central plank is a pressure fuze similar to Russian MV-5 pressure fuze.
ATMNet ATMnet was a regional Internet Service Provider (ISP) located in San Diego, California that began business in 1994, until its purchase by Verio in the late 1990s as part of a national roll-up of small ISPs. ATMnet was originally an operating unit of Visicom Laboratories Incorporated (Visicom) called Visicom Network Services (VNS).
ATN-7 ATN-7 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. The license, issued to a company named Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary of Fairfax, was one of the first four licenses (two in Sydney, two in Melbourne) to be issued for commercial television stations in Australia.
ATO Records According To Our Records (or ATO Records) was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews (of the Dave Matthews Band), Coran Capshaw, Chris Tezeli and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA. ATO Records is based in New York City and distributes its records through BMG.
ATOM Award The ATOM Award are a group of awards offered to Australian and New Zealand "professionals, educators and students",honouring achievements in the making of film], [[television, multimedia, and from 2007 multi-modal productions.
ATOS or is a computerized control system used by the East Japan Railway Company to regulate train traffic on railway lines in metropolitan Tokyo, Japan. ATOS was designed by Hitachi and deployed on the Chūō Main Line in 1997.
ATP Buenos Aires The ATP Buenos Aires (Spanish Abierto de Buenos Aires) is an annual tennis event for male tennis players held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament is an International Series tennis event on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour and it is played on outdoor clay courts at the 5,500 croud Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, in the Palermo neighbourhood.
ATP citrate lyase ATP citrate lyase (ACL) catalyzes the ATP- and CoA-dependent cleavage of citrate to form acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate: citrate + ATP + CoA-->oxaloacetate + Acetyl-CoA + ADP + Pi. The enzyme is cytosolic in plants (Kaethner TM, ap Rees T.
ATP hydrolysis This is the reaction by which chemical energy that has been stored and transported in the high-energy phosphoanhydridic bonds in ATP is released, for example in the muscles, to produce work. The product is Adenosine diphosphate and an inorganic phosphate, orthophosphate (Pi).
ATP Masters Series The ATP Masters Series is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe and North America. The tournaments are mandatory for the top male players on the professional circuit.
ATP synthase An ATP synthase () is a general term for an enzyme that can synthesize adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate by utilizing some form of energy. The overall reaction sequence is:
ATP thermochemistry ATP is used to store and transport chemical energy within cells because of the intermediate energy content of the diphosphate bonds. This energy arises from the unfavourable electrostatic interactions in the ATP tetraanion which are relieved upon hydrolysis, as well as the greater resonance stabilisation present in the phosphate products.
ATP-binding cassette transporter genes ATP-binding cassette transporter genes (ABC-transporter genes) are a superfamily of genes which encode the ABC-transporter proteins. They are one of the largest, and most ancient families with representatives in all extant phyla from prokaryotes to humans.
ATP-binding motif An ATP-Binding Motif is a specific sequence of protein subunits (and hence genomic DNA base pairs) that promotes the attachment of ATP to a target protein. An ATP binding site is a protein micro-environment where ATP is captured and hydrolized to ADP, releasing energy that is utilized by the protein to "do work" by changing the protein shape and/or making the enzyme catalytically active.
ATP7A ATP7A (ATPase, Cu++ transporting, alpha polypeptide (Menkes syndrome)) is a human gene that provides instructions to make a protein that is important for regulating copper levels in the body. This protein is found in most tissues, but it is absent from the liver.
ATPase ATPases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and a free phosphate ion. This dephosphorylation reaction releases energy, which the enzyme (in most cases) harnesses to drive other chemical reactions that would not otherwise occur.
ATR The Italian-French based aircraft manufacturer Aerei da Trasporto Regionale or Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) was formed in 1981, from the consortium formed by Aérospatiale of France (now EADS) and Aeritalia (now Alenia Aeronautica), of Italy.
ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Labs ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories (ATR-IRC) is a research center within the Kansai Science City in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was established on October 1, 2002, with support from various industrial sectors, academic and government organizations to create principles and concepts for interaction media in order to achieve acquirable, joinable, and dispatchable new communication styles through person's impression, sympathy, and experience.
ATRAC ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms used to store information on MiniDiscs and other Sony-branded audio players. The original ATRAC-1 was first developed by Sony in 1992; the higher compression versions known as ATRAC3 and ATRAC3plus followed in 1999 and 2002, respectively.
ATRAP The ATRAP collaboration at CERN developed out of TRAP, a collaboration whose members pioneered cold antiprotons, cold positrons, and first made the ingredients of cold antihydrogen to interact. ATRAP members also pioneered accurate hydrogen spectroscopy and first observed hot antihydrogen atoms.
ATRP (chemistry) ATRP or Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization is a polymerization reaction involving free radicals. It was introduced as an extension to ATRA or Atom Transfer Radical Addition by Sawamoto et al (1994/5) and Matyjaszewski et al (1995).
ATS (wheels) ATS was a German Formula One team, named after German alloy wheel brand Auto Technisches Spezialzubehör. The company is based in Bad Dürkheim near the Hockenheimring, its team was active in Formula One from 1977 to 1984.
ATS Automation Tooling Systems ATS Automation Tooling Systems () is a Cambridge, Ontario based company which designs and builds factory automation solutions. They have designed and built more than 10,000 automation systems in the areas of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, semiconductor, fiber optics, automotive, computers, solar energy and consumer products.
ATS-6 [Satellite] ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) was the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment between NASA and ISRO. It was launched May 30, 1974 and decommissioned July, 1979.
ATSC Established in 1982, the Advanced Television Systems Committee is the group that developed the ATSC digital television standard for the United States, also adopted by Canada, Mexico, and South Korea, and being considered by other countries.
ATSC tuner An ATSC receiver, often called an ATSC tuner or HDTV tuner, allows reception of digital television (DTV) signals broadcast over-the-air by TV stations in North America. Such tuners may be integrated into the television, VCR, digital video recorder, and set-top box which provides audio/video output-connectors of various types.
ATSF 3450 class The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's 3450 class comprised ten 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927. Built as coal-burners, they were converted to oil-burning during the 1930s.
ATSF 3460 class The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's 3460 class comprised six 4-6-4 "Hudson" type steam locomotives built in 1937 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for service between La Junta, Colorado and Chicago, Illinois, a fairly flat division of the railroad suited for the 4-6-4 type. They were substantially larger than the road's earlier 3450 class locomotives, and all were built oil-fired, although in a manner that would allow for easy conversion to coal firing.
ATSV 1860 Bremen ATSV 1860 Bremen was a German football club playing in Bremen. Today the sports club no longer fields a football side and has departments for badminton, basketball, cheerleading, dancing, fencing, handball, Judo, Karate, pool-billards, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby, skating, Taekwon-do, and volleyball.
ATTESA E-TS ATTESA-ETS (acronym for Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All - Electronic Torque Split) is the advanced electronic version of Nissan's ATTESA four-wheel drive system. The newer version of ATTESA E-TS is called ATTESA E-TS Pro.
ATutor ATutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with [[accessibility|accessible] and adaptability in mind. It is a tool used to develop and manage online courses, much like other Learning Management Systems (LMS), but with the added ability to create, share, and manage learning content.
ATU Network ATU Network is a caucus group within the Amicus trade union which seeks to attract members and employees of Amicus who support the Labour Party and who are sympathetic to Blairism. It announced its formation in January 2005.
ATV (Peruvian Network) ATV (Peruvian Network) or Andina RadiodifusiĂłn y Television shortly known as ATV, is a Peruvian television network founded in 1969, after unsuccessful attempt on early 1970s and after the political turmoil in Peru the station was closed. A second revival took place in 1984 and since then the station quickly gained Peruvian audience popularity by showing foreign films and broadcasting dramas, usually from Brazil.
ATV Offroad Fury 4 ATV Offroad Fury 4 is a racing video game, developed by Climax Group and released on October 31, 2006 for the PlayStation 2. It is the fourth, and possibly last installment of the ATV Offroad Fury series, and is preceded by ATV Offroad Fury 3.
ATV Offroad Fury Pro ATV Offroad Fury Pro is the second game in the series for the PlayStation Portable, developed by Climax Racing and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America. It is the successor of ATV Offroad Fury Blazin' Trails.
ATVSI ATVSI (Asosiasi Televisi Swasta Indonesia), the Association of Indonesian Private Televisions is an organization that unites the private tv channels in Indonesia. Its members include RCTI, TPI, SCTV, Indosiar, ANTV, Metro TV, Trans TV, TV7, Lativi dan Global TV (Indonesia).
ATX Team The ATX Team is a group of fictional characters from the Super Robot Wars Original Generation series. In Original Generation, it consists of Sanger Zonvolt, the team commander, Kyosuke Nanbu, Excellen Browning, and Brooklyn Luckfield.
ATypI ATypI is the Association Typographique Internationale, or the international typography association. It was originally formed as a type manufacturers group in 1957, with an annual general meeting and socializing.
Au (mobile phone operator) au (エーユー; pronounced Ēyū) , or au/kddi (au by KDDI) , is a mobile phone brand in Japan marketed by KDDI Corporation in the main islands of Japan and Okinawa Cellular in Okinawa. Its name is based on the Japanese verbs for "meet" (会う) and "unite" (合う) (both pronounced au).
Au Bonheur des Dames Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Delight) or (The Ladies' Paradise) is an 1883 novel by Émile Zola, the eleventh in his Les Rougon-Macquart series, about Denise who moves to Paris with her two brothers when her father dies.
Au delĂ  des rĂŞves Au delĂ  des rĂŞves is a 2005 album by French R&B singer Amine. It was released in December of 2005 (see 2005 in music) and includes the #1 single "J'voulais, in addition to "Ma Vie" and "My Girl.
Au file format The Au file format is a simple audio file format that consists of a header of 5 32-bit words, an optional information chunk and then the data (in big endian format). The format was introduced by Sun Microsystems and was also used on NeXT systems.
Au hasard Balthazar Au hasard Balthazar, also known as Balthazar, is a 1966 French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Anne Wiazemsky. The film's religious imagery, spiritual allegories and naturalistic, minimalist aesthetic style has been praised by film reviewers This "brief, elliptical tale about the life and death of a donkey" has "exquisite renderings of pain and abasement" and "compendiums of cruelty" that tell a powerful spiritual message.
Au pair Au pair is an anglicization of the French term "au pair," which means "on par" or "equal to" and describes a young person living on an equal basis with a host family in a foreign country. The au pair helps the family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest of the family and generally receiving a small allowance (or pocket money).
Au revoir au revoir is the fourth single released by Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer. It was released on December 3rd, 1997, and the first press came in a plastic case, along with six cards with a picture of each member.
Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York that formed in late 2003. The group consists of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard), and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard).
Au Sable River (Michigan) The Au Sable River in Michigan runs approximately 140 miles (225 km) through the northern Lower Peninsula, through the towns of Grayling and Mio, and enters Lake Huron at Oscoda. It is considered one of the best brown trout fisheries east of the Rockies.
Auahitūroa Auahitūroa is a personification of comets, and the origin of fire, in a legend of the Ngāti Awa, a Māori tribe of the eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. The name can be translated 'long standing smoke', a fitting description for a comet.
Auaké A Native South American nation of the Amazonia of Venezuela and Brazil. They were sedentary slash-and-burn farmers, which requires periodic relocation as soil becomes exhausted, and were also hunters, fishers and gatherers and spoke Arutani.
Auítzotl Auítzotl or Ahuitzotl (pronounced in Nahuatl) was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Hueyi Tlatoani, of the city of Tenochtitlán. He was responsible for much of the expansion of the Mexica domain, and consolidated the empire's power after a weak performance by his predecessor.
AuĂźenalster The AuĂźenalster (meaning "outer Alster") is one of two artificial lakes within the city limits of Hamburg, Germany, which are formed by the river Alster (the other being the Binnenalster). The size of the AuĂźenalster is 1.
AuĂźerordentliche Befriedungsaktion The AuĂźerordentliche Befriedungsaktion (AB-Aktion in short, German for Special Pacification) was a German campaign during World War II aimed at Polish leaders and the intelligentsia. In the spring and summer of 1940 more than 30,000 Poles were arrested by the German authorities of German-occupied Poland.
Auðr Auðr or Auði the Rich is a character in Norse mythology who is only mentioned by Snorri Sturluson. He appears in the Prose Edda where he is given as the son of Nótt and Naglfari and in the Heimskringla where he is the father of a girl who married a mythological king of Sweden named Visbur.
Auðr the Deep-Minded Auðr the Deep-Minded (Old Norse: Auðr in djúpúðga) was a Scandinavian princess, the daughter of Ivar Vidfamne, and the mother of Harald Wartooth, who appears in Sögubrot, Hversu Noregr byggdist and in the Lay of Hyndla. She would have lived sometime during the 7th and 8th centuries.
Auðumbla Auðumbla (also spelled Auðumla, Auðhumbla or Auðhumla) is the primeval cow of Norse mythology. She is described in the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after the description of Ginnungagap and Ymir.
Auðunn Blöndal Auðunn Blöndal is an Icelandic television personality, actor and comedian. He is best known as the co-host of the comedy shows 70 mínútur and Strákarnir, and as the host of Tekinn, the Icelandic version of Ashton Kutcher's show Punk'd.
Aubaine In old French customs, aubaine was the act of inhereting goods from a stranger who died in a country where he was not naturalized. The word is formed from aubain, a foreigner, which Gilles Ménage derived further from the Latin alibi natus; Jacques Cujas derived from advena; and du Cange from albanus, a Scot or Irishman, by the reason that these were anciently frequent travelers living abroad.
Aube (band) Aube (Japanese; オウブ) is the name used by Japanese musician for his experimental noise records. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes since 1991, and is regarded as one of the most important noise musicians working today.
Auberge d'Aragon Auberge d'Aragon is a palace in Malta that was designed by Girolamo Cassar in 1571, five years after the establishment of Valletta. The residents of the palace were initially knights of Aragon, Navarre, and Catalonia.
Aubergenville Aubergenville is a city located on the road of Mantes at Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer, in the Valley of the Seine. This city is located near the Côteau de Montgardé, the beginning a village built in the valley, on the passage of the road to Normandy.
Aubergine The aubergine, eggplant, or brinjal (Solanum melongena) is a solanaceous plant bearing a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking. It is closely related to the tomato and potato and is native to southern India and Sri Lanka.
Auberon Herbert Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert (Highclere, June 18 1838—November 5 1906) was a writer, theorist, philosopher, and member of the British parliament, son of the 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, brother of Henry Herbert, and father of the 9th Baron Lucas. He promoted a libertarian philosophy and took the ideas of Herbert Spencer a stage further by advocating voluntary-funded "government" that only uses force only in defense of individual liberty and property.
Aubigny-en-Artois Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune and the chief town of a canton of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the arrondissement of Arras. Population (1999): 1,398 inhabitants for the commune and 11,541 inhabitants for the canton.
Aubourn Aubourn (the attractive name means ‘Stream where the Alders grow' ) is a small '0' shaped village just east of the A46, in between Lincoln and Newark, England, in the county of Lincolnshire and the district of North Kesteven and the civil parish of Aubourn, Haddington and South Hykeham. It has an odd one way system (odd for a small village in a countryside location), and a rather nice pub called 'The Royal Oak'.
Aubrac In France at the south of the Massif Central, Aubrac,( Natura 2000 since August 2006), is located between three départements: Cantal, Aveyron, Lozère and between three régions: Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées, Languedoc-Roussillon. This country is a highland at 1000 meters of altitude and his highest point to 1400m.
Aubree Miller Aubree Miller was born on 15 January 1979 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. Aubree Miller has starred in the following films: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984) and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985), where she portrayed young Cindel Towani.
Aubretia class sloop The Aubretia class sloops were a class of sloop built under the Emergency War Programme for the Royal Navy in World War I as part of the larger "Flower class". They were also referred to as the "cabbage class", or "herbaceous borders".
Aubrey Cosens Aubrey Cosens, VC, (May 21, 1921 - February 26, 1945) was a Canadian (born in Latchford, Ontario) recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford (1172–1214), was the son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and Agnes of Essex, daughter of Henry de Essex of Rayleigh, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedford and royal constable to 1163. The earl was considered one of the cronies of King John.
Aubrey Fitch Aubrey Wray Fitch (11 June 1883 – 22 May 1978) was an admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. A naval aviator, he held important aviation-related commands both at sea and on shore from the 1920s onward.
Aubrey holes The Aubrey holes are a ring of 56 pits at Stonehenge named after the seventeenth century antiquarian, John Aubrey. They date to the earliest phases of Stonehenge in the late fourth and early third millennium BC.
Aubrey Haynie Aubrey Haynie (born on March 27 1974) is an American bluegrass fiddle and mandolin player. When he turned nine, he began taking fiddle lessons from his grandmother's cousin, a man named Ted Locke, who he studied fiddle with for two years.
Aubrey Hornsby Aubrey Thomas Hornsby I (8 January, 1895 – May 23, 1981) was a US Army officer and pioneer aviator who reached the rank of Brigadier General. He began his Army career during World War I as an artillery observer, seeing service in France and Germany, then continued to serve as an aviator and administrator through World War II, after which he was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives.
Aubrey Powell Aubrey Powell (born September 23, 1946, Sussex, England, education: Kings School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, London School of Film Technique) was a designer partnered with Storm Thorgerson and Peter Christopherson at Hipgnosis design studio, producers of many famous rock album covers of the 1970s and 1980s. Powell notably produced the cover photography and art for Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy.
Aubrey Smith Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (known as Sir Aubrey Smith) (born 21 July 1863 in London, died 20 December 1948 in Beverly Hills) was an English cricketer and actor. He was knighted in 1944 for services to Anglo-American amity.
Aubrey Suwito Aubrey Suwito is a Malaysian music composer and producer. Aubrey Suwito had written songs for many artiste, most notably Gemilang for Jaclyn Victor which won multiple awards including the Asian Music Festival and Anugerah Juara Lagu.
Aubrey–Maturin series The Aubrey–Maturin series, also known as the Aubreyad, - quotation: "the work of Patrick O'Brian, the twenty novels of the 'Aubreyad' chronicling the voyages of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin" is a sequence of 20 completed and 1 unfinished historical novels by Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centering on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, who is also a physician, natural philosopher, and secret agent. The 21st novel of the series, left unfinished by O'Brian's death in 2000, was published in late 2004.
Aubuchon Hardware Aubuchon Hardware, founded in 1908, is a hardware store chain in the Northeastern United States. It consists of 140 paint and hardware stores and one lumber yard store throughout Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and upstate New York.
Auburn Affirmation The Auburn Affirmation was a document dated May 1924, with the title "AN AFFIRMATION designed to safeguard the unity and liberty of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America", authored by an eleven-member Conference Committee and signed by 1274 ministers of the PCUSA. The Affirmation challenged the right of the highest body of the church, the General Assembly, to impose the Five fundamentals as a test of orthodoxy without the concurrence of a vote from the regional bodies, the presbyteries.
Auburn Council Auburn Council is a Local Government Area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. The LGA has a large Muslim population, most notably from Turkey and Lebanon; the Gallipoli Mosque in the suburb of Auburn, modelled upon the great mosques of Istanbul, is one of Sydney's landmarks.
Auburn High School (Riner, Virginia) Located on State Route 8 in Riner, Virginia, Auburn High School serves the communities of Riner and Pilot as well as a large area of southern Montgomery County. Auburn started out as a one-room schoolhouse located in a log cabin.
Auburn Hospital Auburn Hospital is a 155 bed hospital in Auburn, which is in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It provides basic 24-hour emergency facilities, as well as a medical, surgical, paediatrics, and maternity facilities as well as coronary care and intensive care facilities.
Auburn LSU rivalry The Auburn LSU rivalry refers to the football series between the Auburn University Tigers and the Louisiana State University Tigers, both members of the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry dates back to 1901, however, the two teams did not play each other between 1943 and 1968, and only occasionally until 1992.
Auburn Lull Auburn Lull is a space rock unit from Lansing, Michigan that was formed in 1995. In 1997, the band recorded the Dual Group EP — a split recording with Mahogany which received airplay on John Peel's programme.
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