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Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories Aunt Jenny’s Real Life Stories was a 15-minute radio soap opera which aired from January 18, 1937 to November 16, 1956 on CBS, sponsored by Spry shortening. The program was heard weekdays at 11:45am until 1946 when it moved to 12:15.
Aunt Martha's Sheep Aunt Martha's Sheep is a song written by Ellis Coles and performed by Dick Nolan. It was primarily viewed as a slight on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the police force for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Aunt Phillis's Cabin Aunt Phillis's Cabin: or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary Henderson Eastman is perhaps the most read "anti-Tom" book in American Literature. Published in 1852, it contained both protagonistic and antithetical contrasts and comparisons with Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Aunt-Eliza Aunt-Eliza (Crocosmia paniculata) is a tall flowering plant of the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa. The orange-red flowers are bourne on tall spikes and very attractive making the plant a popular ornamental.
Auntie Mame Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased father's eccentric sister. The work is often referred to as autobiographical, but the author (born Edward Everett Tanner) often claimed publicly it wasn't anything other than fiction; he did have an eccentric aunt, Marion Tanner, whose life and outlook in many ways mirrored that of Mame, but he was raised by both his parents.
Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong Aunty Jack Sings Wollongong is an album released in 1974, as a spin-off from the cult ABC-TV show Aunty Jack. It contains a mixture of songs, and sketches, and along with the single Farewell, Aunty Jack is the only audio release from the Aunty Jack crew.
Auprès de ma Blonde "Auprès de ma Blonde" (French for "Next to my Girlfriend") or "Le Prisonnier de Hollande" ("The Prisoner of Holland") is a popular chanson dating to the 17th century. It appeared during or soon after the Franco-Dutch War, during the reign of Louis XIV, when French sailors and soldiers were commonly imprisoned in the Netherlands.
Aura (Miles Davis album) Aura is a concept album by Miles Davis, produced by Palle Mikkelborg, released in 1989. All compositions and arrangements are due to Danish composer/trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, who created the suite in tribute to Miles Davis when Davis received the Leonie Sonnings Music Award in December 1984.
Aura (satellite) Aura is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and Aqua (launched 2002).
Aura (woreda) Aura is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Aura is bordered on the southwest by Ewa, on the west by Gulina, on the north by Teru, and on the east by Administrative Zone 1.
Aura analysis Aura analysis is a technique in which supporters of the method claim that the body's aura, or energy field is "analyzed". Supporters claim that the aura is colored by experiences and emotions, something an aura analyst claims to sense.
Aura Battler Dunbine is an anime television series, created by Sunrise, aired on Nagoya TV from 1983 to 1984, ran for 49 episodes, and 12 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD. Created by Hajime Yatate (a pseudonym for the Sunrise team) and Yoshiyuki Tomino, director of such anime series like Gundam and Heavy Metal L-Gaim, it was quite successful in Japan, due to its combination of complex characters, radical mecha designs, and plot twists.
Aura Noir Aura Noir is a black metal band from Oslo, Norway. Aura Noir plays thrash/black metal, heavily influenced by early thrash/black bands like Slayer, Sodom and Kreator, to the latter they have also dedicated some of their songs.
Aura River The Aura river (Finnish Aurajoki; Swedish Aura å) is a river in south-western Finland. Its sources are in the town of Oripää, and it flows through Pöytyä, Aura and Lieto before discharging into the Archipelago Sea in the middle of the city of Turku.
Aura's House Aura's House provides funding for small-scale projects for children around the world, involving the provision of schooling, housing, clean water, and household items. The organization was originally created in February 2003 to raise $4,500 to build a safe, sturdy brick home for Aura Hernandez and her family in Guatemala.
Aura-Soma Aura-Soma is a divination system based on colour, similar to and sharing much in common with Tarot, the I Ching, the Kabbalah etc. Many of the concepts from Jungian psychology and other studies of mythology have also been related to the system.
Auraicept na n-Éces The Auraicept na n-Éces ("the scholars' primer") is claimed as a 7th century work of Irish grammarians, written by a scholar named Longarad. The only surviving copy of the Auraicept is preserved in the Book of Ballymote (foll.
Aurail Aurail is a scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Sega in 1990. You pilot a mechanised robotic tank and shoot enemies (fire in 8 directions), collect power-ups to increase shields and operate the remote attack drone, and defeat bosses to advance levels.
Auraiya District Auraiya district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Auraiya town is the district headquarters. Dibiyapur is another notable industrial town of this district which has installations of India's leading Public Sector Enterprises viz.
Auraka Auraka is a region in the Keia district, on the western side of the island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands. The Keia region contains at least two ancient burial caves, Kauvava and Piri Te Umeume, which were accessed by diagonal descents through boulder-strewn roof collapses from the top of the makatea, the limestone cliffs that form a concentric ring around the central basalt core of the island (Anton and Steadman 2003:133, 136).
Aural space Aural space, also known as "auditory space" or "acoustic space" is a term sometimes used by soundscape designers to describe moments when listeners are hearing a "space" - that is, a lack of noticable sound. Quite often, there is sound present in these moments, but it is a background hum (which may or may not be deliberate on the part of the designer).
Auralog Auralog is a business company that creates language-learning tools for distribution to the general public. The company creates programs for homeschooling, individuals, libraries, some government operations, and basic education or schools.
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra Aurangabad District (Sometimes referred as Sambhajinagar) (औरंगाबाद/संभाजीनगर) is a District in Maharashtra, India. It is bordered by the districts of Nashik to the west, Jalgaon to the north, Jalna to the east, and Ahmednagar to the south.
Aurangabad, Maharashtra Aurangabad ( (औरंगाबाद) from Persian اورنگ‌آباد meaning "Built by the Throne", named after Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb) is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is a tourist hub, surrounded with many historical monuments including Ajanta and Ellora World heritage sites.
Aurangzeb Aurangzeb (, ) (November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707, also known as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. He was the sixth Mughal ruler after Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan.
Auraria Campus Auraria Campus is an educational facility located near downtown Denver, Colorado in the United States. The campus houses facilities of three separate universities and colleges: the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Community College of Denver, and Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Auraria Library Auraria Library is an academic library located in downtown Denver, Colorado. The library serves three institutions of higher learning: the Downtown Denver Campus of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Community College of Denver.
Auraria, Denver Auraria was a small mining settlement in the Kansas Territory in the United States. It was located in present-day Colorado south of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in present-day Denver.
Auray Auray (An Alre in Breton) is a commune of France, in the Morbihan département, at . This ancient town with its picturesque medieval harbour of Saint-Goustan features an old stone bridge crossing the rivière d'Auray.
Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (May 3, 1910 – February 28, 1989) was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for editing the Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, a major dictionary of the Portuguese language.
Aurélio de Lira Tavares Aurélio de Lira Tavares (November 7, 1905 - November 18, 1998) was a general with the Brazilian army. He was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August of 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazú Médici in October of that same year.
Aurès Mountains The Aurès is a region in East algeria as well as an extension of the Atlas mountain range that lies to the east of the Saharan Atlas in eastern Algeria and northwestern Tunisia. Not as tall as the Grand Atlas of Morocco they are far more imposing than the Tell Atlas range that runs closer to the coast.
Aurea Alexandrina Aurea Alexandrina, in pharmacy, was a kind of opiate or antidote, in great fame among ancient writers. It is called Aurea from the gold which enters its composition, and Alexandrina as having been first invented by a physician named Alexander.
Aureal Semiconductor Aureal Semiconductor was an American electronics manufacturer, best known throughout the mid-late 1990s for their PC sound card technologies including A3D and the Vortex line of audio ASICs. The Company was the reincarnation of the then-bankrupt Media Vision Technology, developer and manufacturer of multimedia peripherals such as the Pro Audio Spectrum 16.
Aureal Vortex The Vortex audio accelerator chipset line from Aureal Semiconductor was designed to improve performance of their then-popular A3D audio technology. The first member of the line, the Vortex AU8820, was announced on July 14, 1997and was used in by a number of sound card manufacturers, like Yamaha and Turtle Beach.
Aurealis Aurealis is an Australian speculative fiction magazine. The magazine was launched in September 1990 to provide a steady, reliable market for speculative fiction writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors.
Aurebesh Aurebesh is the fictional alphabet commonly used to represent the English ("Galactic Basic") language in the Star Wars fictional universe. The name comes from a combination of the first two letters, Aurek and Besh (similar to the Greek Alphabet, the first two letters being Alpha and Beta).
Aurel BabeĹź Aurel BabeĹź was a Romanian scientist and one of the discoverers of the vaginal smear as screening test for cervical cancer. He was the nephew of Victor BabeĹź, co-author (with Cornil) of the first treaty of bacteriology.
Aurel Joliat Aurele Emile 'Little Giant' Joliat (Ottawa, August 29, 1901 – June 2, 1986 in Ottawa) was a Canadian professional hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens.
Aurel Onciul Aurel, knight of Onciul, was a Romanian moderate political leader in the Austrian Bukovina, prior to its union with the Kingdom of Romania. He advocated a division of the province along ethnic lines, into a Romanian-controlled southern Bukovina, and a Ukrainian-controlled northern Bukovina.
Aurel PerĹźu Aurel Persu (1890-1977), was a Romanian engineer, and among the first to apply aerodynamics principles to automobiles. He came to the conclusion that the perfectly aerdynamic automobile has the shape of a falling waterdrop.
Aurel Stodola Aurel Stodola (1859-1942) was a Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was a pioneer in the area of technical thermodynamics and its applications, and invented the world's first artificial limb, the Stodola arm.
Aurelia aurita Aurelia aurita (the jelly, moon jelly fish, moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, saucer jelly or swimming jellyfish) is the most common jellyfish species found in the genus Aurelia. Other species found in the genus Aurelia besides A.
Aurelia Dobre Aurelia Dobre (born November 16, 1972 in Bucharest) is a former artistic gymnast from Romania, who was the 1987 World Champion. She is still held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans today for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic flair.
Aurelia Plath Aurelia Plath (born Aurelia Schober on April 26, 1907; died of cancer in 1994) is the mother of the American poet Sylvia Plath. Their mother-daughter-relationship was a rather problematic and ambiguous one, for on the one hand they were exceptionally close to each other and on the other hand Sylvia Plath often claimed that she hated her mother.
Aurelia Tizón Aurelia Tizón (1908 – 10 September, 1938) was the first wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. They met in 1925 when she was a young school teacher (she was also known as Potota) and were married on January 5, 1929.
Aurelian Lucius Domitius AurelianusHis full name, with honorific and victory titles, was Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus, Germanicus Maximus, Gothicus Maximus, Parthicus Maximus, Restitutor Orientis, Restitutor Orbis. (September 9, 214–September 275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270–275), was the second of several highly successful "soldier-emperors" who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth.
Aurelian (entomology) Aurelian is an archaic term used for lepidopterists, those interested in butterflies. The Society of Aurelians was one of the oldest organized bodies of specialists in any branch of zoology and was probably founded by Joseph Dandridge and a few others.
Aureliano Fernández-Guerra Aureliano Fernández-Guerra y Orbe (1816 – September 7, 1894) was a Spanish historian, epigrapher and antiquarian, also remembered as a poet and playwright. He became a member of the Real Academia Española from 1860 and served as its Archivist and Librarian from 1872.
Aureliano Pertile Aureliano Pertile (born November 9, 1885; died January 11, 1952) was one of the twentieth century's most important tenors. He was born in Montagnana, Italy, only eighteen days following the birth of another celebrated tenor, Giovanni Martinelli, in the same town.
Aurelie Dupont Aurelie Dupont (born January 15 1973 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who performs with the Paris Opera Ballet as an etoile. She began her career in dance at the age of ten when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School (L’Ecole de Danse de l’Opéra de Paris) after giving up her hopes of being a pianist.
Aurelijus Skarbalius Aurelijus Skarbalius, nicknamed Auri, (born May 12, 1973) is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided fullback. He is 176 cm tall and weighs 77 kg.
Aurelio Galleppini Aurelio Galleppini, known for his nickname Galep (August 28, 1917–March 10, 1994), Italian comic book artist and illustrator. Galep is most famous as graphic designer of the Tex Willer, probably most famous Italian comic book in the 20th century.
Aurelio López Aurelio Alejandro (Rios) Lopez (September 21, 1948 – September 22, 1992), nicknamed "Señor Smoke," was a Mexican relief pitcher in Major League Baseball with an 11-year career from 1974, 1978-1987. Born in Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico, he played for the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers, both of the American League, and the St.
Aurelio Monteagudo Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra (November 19, 1943 – November 10, 1990), better known as Aurelio Monteagudo (IPA pronunciation:mɒnteɪgu:doʊ), and nicknamed "Monty", was a right-handed screwball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball. A son of former big-leaguer René Monteagudo, he was an atypical case of a baseball player with his heart shared between three countries.
Aurelio Rodríguez Aurelio Rodríguez, born Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte, Jr. (December 28, 1947 – September 23, 2000), was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels (1969-70), Washington Senators (1970), Detroit Tigers (1971-79), San Diego Padres (1980), New York Yankees (1980-81), Chicago White Sox (1982, 1983) and Baltimore Orioles (1983).
Aurelio Saffi Aurelio Saffi (August 13, 1819 - April 10, 1890) was an Italian politician. He lived through the Italian unification, and was an important figure in the radical Republican movement whose main leader was Giuseppe Mazzini.
Aurelio's Pizza Aurelio's Pizza is a Chicago south suburban pizza chain that was founded in 1959 by Joe Aurelio (1932-2001). Today, Aurelio's has over 42 restaurants within six states (Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Colorado, Nevada, Florida.
Aurelius Conanus Aurelius Conanus (in Welsh, Cynan Wledig) is a legendary king of the Britons, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, a fictional account of the rulers of Britain. He is almost certainly to be identified with Aurelius Caninus, one of the historical early 6th century tyrants criticized by Gildas.
Aureng-zebe Aureng-Zebe is a Restoration drama by John Dryden, 1675 based loosely on the characters Aurangzeb (Aureng-zebe), Murad Baksh (Morat) and Shah Jahan (Emperor). This piece was Dryden's last drama to be written in rhymed verse.
Aureola An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aura, "air") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In the earliest periods of Christian art this splendour was confined to the figures of the persons of the Christian Godhead, but it was afterwards extended to the Virgin Mary and to several of the saints.
Auriaria In the mythology of Kiribati, Auriaria is a red-skinned giant chieftain who fell in love with the beautiful red-skinned woman, Nei Tituaabine, but had no children. She died and, from her grave grew three trees--a coconut from her head, a pandanus from her heels and an almond from her navel.
Auriculotherapy Auriculotherapy - not to be confused with auricular therapy using needles (ear acupuncture) - is a form of alternative medicine based on the idea that the ear is a microsystem, meaning that the entire body is represented on the auricle (or auricula, or pinna - the outer portion of the ear) in a similar fashion to reflexology (zone therapy) and iridology (iridodiagnosis), and that the entire body can be treated by stimulation of the surface of the ear exclusively.
Auriga (slave) In Ancient Rome, the Auriga was a slave whose duty was to drive a biga, the light vehicle powered by two horses, to transport some important Romans, mainly Duces (military commanders); it was then a sort of chauffeur for important men, and was carefully selected among trustworthy slaves only.
Aurigin Technology Aurigin Technology is a Singapore company dealing in design, development and manufacture of automation machines and manufacturing solutions for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging and Smart Labels / RFIDs as well as for new developmental products such as Optoelectronics, MEMS and Photonics industries.
Aurignac Aurignac is a small town (population 1,139) in the Haute-Garonne département of France, on the edge of the Pyrenees. It is the main town of the canton of Aurignac (population 4,160), which is composed of 19 communes.
Auril Auril, the Frostmaiden, is the goddess of cold and winter in the fictional setting of Forgotten Realms. She is most powerful in those regions that are affected by deep winters or crouch at the edges of the Great Glacier.
Auriscalpiaceae Auriscalpiaceae is a family of fungi in the order Russulales. Like much of the Russulales, it has been defined through molecular phylogeny, and includes physically dissimilar species, such as the tooth fungus Auriscalpium and the gilled, often shelf-like members of Lentinellus.
Aurlandsdalen Aurlandsdalen (or the Aurlandsdal) is a glacially-formed Norwegian valley, about 40 km in length (Geiteryggen-Vassbygdi), situated in Aurland municipality in the inner Sogn. One of the best-known tourist tracks in Norway follows the valley from Geiteryggen just across the border of Hol municipality and north east to Aurlandsvangen at the Aurlandsfjorden in Sogn.
Auror In the Harry Potter book series, Aurors are an elite unit of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic, who track down and capture Dark Wizards, especially members of Lord Voldemort's band of Death Eaters. They can be seen as the magical equivalent of counter-terrorists.
Aurora (GO Station) The Aurora GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located on Wellington Street East between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is a stop on the Bradford line train service, and connects with York Region Transit local bus routes, and the GO Express Bus between Newmarket Terminal (YRT) GO Union Station / Bus Terminal.
Aurora (pen manufacturer) Aurora is an Italian manufacturer of fine writing instruments, fountain pens, paper and leather goods, founded in 1919 by a rich textile merchant. Their products represent the first true Italian fountain pens and are still manufactured in their original factory in Turin.
Aurora (programming language) Aurora is a commercial programming language featuring an integrated development environment, an advancedcompiler, assembler and linker Aurora Development Website, a general-purpose, high-level] [[programming language with low-level facilities. It is a free-form multi-paradigm language supporting procedural programming, data abstraction and object-oriented programming.
Aurora (province) Aurora is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Baler and borders, clockwise from the south, the provinces of Quezon, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela.
Aurora aircraft Aurora (also credited as the SR-91 Aurora) is the popular name for a hypothesised American reconnaissance aircraft, believed by some to be capable of hypersonic flight at speeds of Mach 5+. According to the hypothesis, the Aurora was developed in the 1980s or 1990s as a replacement for the aging and expensive SR-71 Blackbird.
Aurora Australis (book) Aurora Australis written during the Nimrod Expedition of Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton. The men of the expedition wrote, typeset and printed on a small hand press the 120-page Aurora Australis, the first book published in Antarctica.
Aurora Australis (icebreaker) The Aurora Australis is an icebreaker under the command of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Designed as a multi-purpose research and resupply ship, it was built by P&O Polar and launched in September 1989.
Aurora Australis (Ship) The Aurora Australis is a ship used by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) to supply its bases in Antarctica and for oceanographic research. The ship was built by P&O Polar and was launched in September of 1989.
Aurora Award The Aurora Awards (Prix Aurora) are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. The event is organized by Canvention and the awards are given out by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association, which began in 1980.
Aurora building The Aurora building is a proposed construction project that if granted planning permission would dominate the Belfast skyline. At its height of over 300 feet, 37 stories, it would not only be the tallest building in Belfast but would be taller than any tower in Dublin making it the tallest on the island of Ireland and a regional tallest in the United Kingdom.
Aurora Cavalry The Aurora Cavalry were a professional basketball team in the International Basketball League. They were based in Aurora, Colorado, the state's second minor league basketball franchise, and they played in the 2006 season.
Aurora Collection The Aurora Diamond Collection of natural color diamonds is the most comprehensive diamond collection in the world. It was on public display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York from 1989 to 2005 in the Morgan Hall of Gems.
Aurora Community Television Aurora Community Television is an Australian subscription television channel that screens programs about Australia and the Australian community. It is a non-profit channel, originally created by Marque Owen that is provided free of charge to all digital subscribers.
Aurora Cudal Aurora Soriano Cudal was awarded a Plaque of Recognition by the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple as one of the recipients for being " A Lady of Distinction" during the Philippine Republic Centennial Celebration in 1998. She was the Co-chair of the Philippine Centennial Celebration in San Diego.
Aurora de Albornoz Aurora de Albornoz was born in Luarca, Asturias, Spain, in 1926. As a youth, she lived in Luarca with her parents, sister, and extended family, throughout the duration of the Spanish Civil War—1936 to 1939; an event that informed her later poetry.
Aurora Energy The electricity retail company Aurora Energy was formed by the dis-aggregation of the Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania, Australia, on 1 July, 1998. This resulted in the division of the formerly government owned department into three companies - Hydro Tasmania which generates the power, Transend Networks which transmits it across the state, and Aurora Energy, the retail arm, which sells and distributes it to customers.
Aurora Engine The Aurora Engine is a game engine developed by BioWare for use in computer and console role-playing games. The Aurora Engine was the 3D successor to BioWare's earlier, 2D game engine, called the Infinity Engine.
Aurora FC Aurora FC are a Guatemalan professional football club, one of the traditional teams in the country. The club is owned by the military and was founded on April 14, 1945 as Aurora de la Guardia de Honor, a name that was shortened to Aurora FC in 1946.
Aurora Gonin Musume Aurora Gonin Musume (オーロラ5人娘, Aurora's five daughters) was a short-lived J-Pop group, that made their debut on 7 April 1993 with the single "Cool Love" (クールな恋). The group's members were Chiemi Chiba, Reiko Chiba, Ichiko Hashimoto, Maki Yamashita and Reiko Yamashita.
Aurora Islands The Aurora Islands were a group of three islands first reported in 1762 by the Spanish ship Aurora while sailing from Lima to Cádiz, and then again in 1794 by the corvette Atrevida, which had been sent to find them. Their reported location was east of Cape Horn, approximately half way between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia at .
Aurora Programme The Aurora Programme of the European Space Agency is an ambitious long term undertaking of manned and unmanned exploration of the Solar system, and particularly Mars, with the Moon being possible intermediate step.
Aurora Regional Fire Museum The Aurora Regional Fire Museum is a non-profit, tax exempt, educational institution located in Aurora, Illinois, USA. Its purpose is to preserve and exhibit the artifacts and history of Aurora and surrounding area fire departments, as well as teach and promote fire safety and prevention.
Aurora Reservoir Aurora Reservoir is a 31,650 acre-foot reservoir located in the southeastern reach of Aurora, Colorado. Senac Creek and other minor streams flow into the reservoir's three coves, Senac, Marina and Lone Tree, each pointing to the south.
Aurora Stadium York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. In September 2004, Aurora Energy secured the naming rights to the stadium for the next six years.
Aurora toolset The Aurora toolset (sometimes called the Aurora toolkit) is included in the Windows version of computer role-playing game Neverwinter Nights, allowing players to create their own adventures and share them with others by using a module (a game made in the toolkit), potentially more advanced than the campaign included with the game. It is a combination of a visual tile-based terrain editor, a script editor, a conversation editor, and an object editor.
Aurora Tigers The Aurora Tigers are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Aurora, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League but also used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.
Aurora University Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois is a private liberal arts college that admits both men and women students to four-year undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs. Aurora University has two campuses: the main campus in Aurora, Illinois and the George Williams campus in Williams Bay, Wisconsin near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Aurora, Illinois Aurora is a city in Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall counties in Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 142,990, making it the third-largest city in Illinois; in 2003, a special census found the city's population to be 157,267, making it the second-largest city in Illinois, behind Chicago and just ahead of Rockford.
Aurora, Kenosha County, Wisconsin Aurora is now part of the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, but was the site of one of the area's earliest post offices, opened in the early 1830s at the Willis Tavern, the Aurora community center on the west side of the old Green Bay Trail (now Highway 31) just north of what is now 60th Street (Kenosha County Highway K). A Chicago-Milwaukee stagecoach line began operating in 1836 (twelve years before Wisconsin statehood) and served Aurora.
Auroral kilometric radiation Auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) is the intense radio radiation emitted in the acceleration zone (at a height of three times the radius of the Earth) of the polar lights. The radiation mainly comes from cyclotron radiation from electrons orbiting around the magnetic field lines of the Earth.

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