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Ademption Ademption is a term used in the law of wills to determine what happens when property bequested under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies. For devises of specific items of property, the property is adeemed, and the gift fails.
Aden (colony) The Colony of Aden ( ) was a British crown colony from 1937 to 1963 and consisted of the port city of Aden and its immediate surroundings. Before 1937, the 121 km² territory was ruled by the Bombay Presidency of British India and known as the Aden Settlement.
Aden Hashi Farah "Eyrow" Aden Hashi Farah "Eyrow" (also spelled Ayrow) is a leader of the Hizbul Shabaab, the youth movement of the Somali Islamic Courts Union (ICU). He is from the Ayr sub-clan, part of the Habar Gidir, which is a branch of the Hawiye clan.
Aden Ridgeway Aden Derek Ridgeway (born 18 September, 1962), Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australian Democrats. During his term he was the only Aboriginal member of the Australian Parliament.
Aden Saran-Sor Aden Mohamed Nur Saran-Sor, commonly known as Aden Saran-Sor, is a Somalian warlord. He is a commander in the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), and his militia is in control of Baidoa, seat of the Transitional Federal Parliament.
Adenaur Paraya Vice-Foreign Minister of the Earth Federation Adenauer Paraya is a fictional character from the movie Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. He is an Earth Federation minister sent to broker a deal with Char Aznable into disarmement talks at Londenion.
Adenes Le Roi Adenes Le Roi (or Adenez or Adans Le Roi), French trouvere, was born in Brabant about 1240. He owed his education to the kindness of Henry III, duke of Brabant, and he remained in favour at court for some time after the death of his patron in 1261.
Adenine Adenine is a purine with a variety of roles in biochemistry including cellular respiration, in the form of both the energy-rich adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the cofactors nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and protein synthesis, as a chemical component of DNA and RNA.
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (or APRTase) is an enzyme involved in the purine salvage pathway. It functions as a catalyst in the reaction between adenine and phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) to form AMP.
Adenium Adenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, containing a single species, Adenium obesum, also known as Sabi Star, Kudu or Desert-rose. It is native to tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia.
Adenosine triphosphate Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a multifunctional nucleotide that is most important as a "molecular currency" of intracellular energy transfer. In this role ATP transports chemical energy within cells.
Adenostoma Adenostoma is a genus of shrubs containing only two species: Adenostoma fasciculatum (Commonly known as Chamise), and Adenostoma sparsifolium (Red shank). Both are native to coastal California and Baja California, while A.
Adenylate kinase Adenylate kinase (also known as ADK or myokinase) is a phosphotransferase enzyme that catalyzes the production of ATP from ADP, a process involved in cellular energy homeostasis (see the "Biological homeostasis" section of "Homeostasis"). The reaction catalyzed is:
Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency is a heritable deficiency which is characterized by the appearance of succinylaminoimidazolecarboxamide riboside (SAICAriboside) and succinyladenosine (S-Ado) in cerebrospinal fluid, urine, and to a lesser extent in plasma Jaeken and Van den Berge, "Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency", The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Diseases, Vol. 2, 8th ed.
Adenylsuccinate Adenylsuccinate is an intermediate in the intercoversion of purine nucleotides inosine monophosphate (IMP) and adenosine monophosphate (AMP). It is formed by the addition of aspartate to IMP and requires the input of energy from a phosphoanhydride bond in the form of GTP.
Adephaga Adephaga (from Greek adephagos, 'gluttonous'), with more than 40,000 recorded species in 10 families, is a suborder of highly specialized beetles and the second largest suborder of the order Coleoptera. Members of this suborder are adephagans, a term which notably include ground beetles, tiger beetles, predacious diving beetles, and whirligig beetles.
Adept An adept is one who shows knowledge, skill or aptitude in magic. Adepts are identified in many subjects pertaining to the occult, and various magical systems and are not specifically seen to be masters of such knowledge.
Adept (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the adept is one of the non-player character classes. It is akin to a cleric or druid, in that they wield divine magic, except that they are poorly trained in spell-casting and even less trained in combat.
Adeptus Arbites In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Adeptus Arbites are the interplanetary police force of the Imperium, and responsible for maintaining the Emperor's Law and Peace. While peace and order are maintained by local security forces under an Imperial Governor, the Arbites were formed primarily to prevent wayward actions by local Imperial bureaucrats.
Adeptus Mechanicus In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Adeptus Mechanicus is a division of the Adeptus Terra dealing with technology and science. It is highly independent of the rest of the Imperium, often to the point of being almost a nation unto itself, with its own planets, armies, interstellar navies and government.
Adequate and independent state ground Adequate and independent state ground, sometimes also referred to as the "independent and adequate state grounds doctrine", is the principle that when the judgement of a state supreme court rests upon two grounds, one based on federal law and one based on state (non-federal) law, is appealed on writ of certiorari to the U.S.
Adequate remedy As an operation of law, an attorney often must present to the court whether there is an adequate remedy at law. This consideration contemplates and expresses to the court whether money should be awarded or a court order should be decreed.
Ader Avion II The Avion II (rarely referred to as the Zéphyr (west wind) or the Éole II) was the second primitive aircraft designed by Clément Ader in the 1890s. Most sources agree that work on it was never completed, Ader abandoning it in favour of the Avion III that had a financial backer, but Ader claimed in later life that he flew the Avion II in August 1892 for a distance of 200 yards (200 m) at a field in Satory.
Ader Éole The Ader Éole (French: Aeolos, Greco-Roman wind god) was a primitive steam-powered aircraft developed by Clément Ader in 1890. Unlike many early flying machines, the Éole did not attempt to fly by flapping its wings, but was to rely on the lift generated by its wings (mechanical copies of bat wings).
Ader's Duiker The Ader's Duiker (Cephalophus adersi) also known as Nunga in Swahili, Kunga marara in Kipokomo and Harake in Giriama) is a small forest dwelling Duiker found only on Zanzibar and in a small coastal enclave in Kenya. It is believed by some to be a subspecies of the Red, Harvey's, or Peters's Duiker or a subspecies of a combination of the above.
Aderet Aderet, or Adderet (), is a village in the Judean foothills, in the Adullam region, south of Bet Shemesh, west of Gush Etzion, overlooking the Valley of Elah. The nearest villages are Neve Michael/Roglit and Aviezer.
Adesklets adesklets is a lightweight X11 program which provides the architecture for small applets (desktop widgets) to be placed on top of the user's desktop. The applets placed on the desktop are meant to be quick ways for the user to retrieve information and not get in the way of normal activity.
Adessive case In Finno-Ugric languages, such as Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian, the adessive case (from Latin adesse "to be present") is the fourth of the locative cases with the basic meaning of "on". For example, Estonian laud (table) and laual (on the table), Hungarian asztal and asztalon (on the table).
Adeste Fideles "Adeste Fideles" or "O Come All Ye Faithful" is a Christmas carol which is commonly believed to have been composed by John Francis Wade in approximately 1743. Wade was a Catholic layman and a music teacher, who fled England after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.
Adet (woreda) Adet is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Gojjam Zone, Adet is bordered on the south by Kuarit, on the southwest by Sekela, on the west by Merawi, on the north by Bahir Dar Zuria, on the east by the Abay River which separates it from the Debub Gondar Zone, and on the southeast by the Misraq Gojjam Zone.
Adetokumboh McCormack Frederick Adetokumboh McCormack, sometimes credited as Adetokumboh McCormack or Adetokumoh M'Cormack is a Sierra Leonean actor who lived in Nigeria and Kenya before attending Purchase University in New York. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Adetona Gabriel Balogun Adetona Gabriel Balogun (born June 23 1932) is a Nigerian quantity surveyor. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and was first president of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
Adevism Adevism is a term introduced by Friedrich Max MĂĽller to imply the denial of multiple gods (from the Sanskrit term deva, on the analogy of atheism). MĂĽller used it in the Gifford Lectures, particularly in connection with the Vedanta philosophy for the correlative of ignorance or nescience.
Adewale Ayuba Fuji music, named after the famous Japanese mountain symbolizing love, unity and brotherhood, has dominated the popular Nigerian music scene for the past decades. Fuji is an enticing blend of pure, raw Yoruba traditional percussion and choral vocals that reflect the Arabic tonality of Nigeria’s large Muslim population.
Adewale Olukoju Adewale Olukoju (born July 27, 1968 in Zaria, Nigeria) is a Nigerian athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. He was very prominent in African athletics in the late 1980's and early 1990's, winning four gold medals in total at the All-Africa Games.
Adeyton, Newfoundland and Labrador Adeyton is a small unincorporated community located on the Northwest Arm of Trinity Bay, just south of Clarenville in Newfoundland, Canada. Adeyton (formerly called Lee Bight), like Deep Bight, Piston Mere, Maggoty Cove and Forster's, was founded in the 1850s and 1860s as a small logging operation and, with the building of the Newfoundland Railway, it grew as the demand for lumber was at a peak.
Adham Sabri Adham Sabri (Arabic:أدهم صبرى) is the main character in Ragol Al Mostaheel series by Nabil Farouk. He is a highly skilled military-trained professional, employing many hand-to-hand combat techniques into his style (such as karate and tae kwon do), and is often involved in espionage situations that would be deemed by many as impossible to succeed in.
Adhamiyah Adhamiyah (Arabic: ألأعظمية, al-aʿẓamiyyah; BGN: Al A‘z̧amīyah) is a north-eastern suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. It is a relatively poor area with a predominately Sunni Muslim population, although it is considered a 'mixed' area as many move to the area to enjoy the scenic beauty that this area possesses.
Adhari Park Ein Adhari is known to be one of the most famous places and oldest in the Kingdom of Bahrain, but the actual structure was completeley changed in the year 2003 to become today a great tourism place to visit. Ein Adhari is water well that created a pool that people go and swim there, at the first it looked like this:
Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (August 23, 1797 - January 6, 1886) was a student at the École Polytechnique, entering the school in 1813 when he was sixteen years old. He graduated in 1816 and spent the next 27 years as a civil engineer.
Adhémar Raynault Adhémar Raynault (July 12 1891 - April 11 1984) twice served as mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada: from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940 to 1944. In particular, he served as mayor during the period when Camillien Houde was interned for his wartime opposition to conscription.
Adhemar da Silva Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (September 29, 1927 – January 12, 2001) is a former Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won two Olympic gold medals and set four world records, the last being 16,56 metres in 1956.
Adhemir de Barros Adhemir de Barros best known as Paraná (born in Cambará, Paraná, March 21, 1942) was a Brazilian footballers. He played at São Bento, São Paulo, Londrina, and Brazil national football team, which had participated at 1966 FIFA World Cup.
Adhene The Manx fairies were called Adhene and known as Cloan ny moyrn, which means the Children of Pride/Ambition, because they were regarded as having been fallen angels cast from heaven but too good for hell. They could be benevolent but were mostly mischievous in association with humans, taking babies or wives when they wished, although it was believed that their powers were not effective over any human on an errand of mercy.
Adherents.com Adherents.com is a website that aims to collect and present information about religion including "churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc.
Adhesin Adherence is often an essential step in bacterial pathogenesis or infection, required for colonizing a new host. To effectively adhere to host surfaces, many bacteria produce multiple adherence factors called adhesins.
Adhesive bandage An adhesive bandage (called a sticking plaster or just plaster in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and South Africa; often called Band-aid generically in the United States and Canada, even though Band-aid is a trademarked brand name) is a small dressing used for injuries not serious enough to require a full-size bandage.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (born 2 April, 1956) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Berhampore constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Adhiratha According to the Mahabharata, Adhiratha (अधिरथ) was a charioteer, and was the foster father of Karna. According to some studies, he was king of Anga, currently the regions around Bhagalpur, Bihar, India; whereas according to others, a charioteer of King Dhritarashtra.
Adhocracy Adhocracy is a type of organization being an opposite of bureaucracy. The term was first popularized in 1970 by Alvin TofflerBob Travica, New Organizational Designs: Information Aspects, Ablex/Greenwood, 1999, ISBN 1567504035, Google Print, p.
Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya (AIVV) is a spiritual organization that aims to transform the world into one family through the practice of Raja Yoga and the studies of Godly Knowledge. Also known as "The Shankar Party" by members of the BKWSU/BKIVV, or The Advance Party.
Adi Bichman Adi Maia Bichman (born February 5, 1983) is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Israel, who was a member of the Israeli swimming team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she competed in three events.
Adi Da Adi Da Samraj (born Franklin Albert Jones, November 3, 1939 in Jamaica, New York) is a contemporary and controversial guru or spiritual master who is the founder of the new religious movement known as Adidam. He has used names such as Bubba Free John, Da Free John, and Da Love-Ananda to correspond with changes in his work as a spiritual teacher.
Adi Granov Adi Granov is a Bosnian-born comic book artist and conceptual designer. He was named in August 2004 as one of Marvel Comics' "Young Guns", a group of artists who have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller", according to Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada.
Adi Granth The Adi Granth (, ; pronounced Aad Granth), literally "the first book" is an early compilation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru. Often, the term is used to refer to the Guru Granth Sahib.
Adi people The Adi (also Abor) is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh (in northeastern India), and they are found in the temperate and sub-tropical regions within the districts of West Siang, East Siang, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri and Dibang Valley. The older term Abor is a deprecated exonym from Assamese meaning 'those who cannot be controlled'.
Adi Quala Adi Quala is a market town in Eritrea, lying south of Mendefera near the Ethiopian border, over 2,000m above sea level. It is known for its tukul (hut) church with its frescoes and its mausoleum for the Italian Army soldiers who died at the Battle of Adwa.
Adi Raval Adi Raval is a Baltimore area radio personality. He can be contacted on MySpace Currently Adi is developing a television pilot, writing movie reviews, recording a sophomore album for the band Spyrogrya, and preparing for his motion picture debut.
Adi Shamir Adi Shamir (born 1952) is an Israeli cryptographer. He was one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm (along with Ron Rivest and Len Adleman), one of the inventors of the Feige-Fiat-Shamir Identification Scheme (along with Uriel Feige and Amos Fiat), and has made numerous contributions to the fields of cryptography and computer science.
Adia Diamonds Adia Diamonds, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, is a company that produces gem quality laboratory created diamonds in yellow, blue and white colors. The company was the first company to produce gem-quality blue and white diamonds, as well as the first to bring a quantifiable yellow diamond to market.
Adiabatic flame temperature In the study of combustion, there are two types of adiabatic flame temperature depending on how the process is completed: constant volume and constant pressure. The constant volume adiabatic flame temperature is the temperature that results from a complete combustion process that occurs without any work, heat transfer or changes in kinetic or potential energy.
Adiabatic index The adiabatic index of a gas, is the ratio of its specific heat capacity at constant pressure (cP) to its specific heat capacity at constant volume (cV). It is also known as the isentropic expansion factor and ratio of specific heats, and is denoted by the greek letter ÉŁ (gamma) or the Greek letter Îş (kappa).
Adiabatic invariant An adiabatic invariant in general is a property of motion which is conserved to exponential accuracy in the small parameter representing the typical rate of change of the gross properties of the body. For periodic motion, the adiabatic invariants are the action integrals oint p,dq taken over a period of the motion.
Adiabatic process In thermodynamics, an adiabatic process or an isocaloric process is a process in which no heat is transferred to or from working fluid. The term "adiabatic" literally means an absence of heat transfer; for example, an adiabatic boundary is a boundary that is impermeable to heat transfer and the system is said to be adiabatically (or thermally) insulated.
Adiabatic process (quantum mechanics) In quantum mechanics, an adiabatic process is an infinitely slow change in the Hamiltonian of a system. Adiabatic processes are important idealizations of "sufficiently slow" processes and bear important consequences for quantum mechanics (see adiabatic theorem).
Adiantum Adiantum (maidenhair fern) is a genus of about 200 species of ferns in the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from the Greek, meaning "not wetting", referring to the fronds' ability to shed water without becoming wet.
Adiantum aleuticum Adiantum aleuticum (Western Maidenhair Fern) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum, native mainly to western North America from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, south to Chihuahua, and also locally in northeastern North America from Newfoundland south to Maryland.
Adiantum diaphanum Adiantum diaphanum (Filmy Maidenhair Fern) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum, native to eastern Asia and Australasia, from southern Japan south to New Zealand. It grows to 20 cm long at the most, with very dark green fronds covered with bristles.
Adiaphora Adiaphoron, pl. -a (Ancient Greek αδιάφορα "indifferent things"; German "Mitteldinge" "middle matters") refers to matters not regarded as essential to faith, but nevertheless as permissible for Christians or allowed in church.
AdiĂłs querida luna AdiĂłs querida luna (English language: Goodbye Dear Moon) is a 2004 Argentine sci-fi comedy film directed by Fernando Spiner and written by Sergio Bizzio. The film starred Alejandro Urdapilleta and Alejandra Flechner.
AdiĂłs, Roberto AdiĂłs, Roberto (English language: Goodbye Roberto) is a 1985 Argentine drama film based on homosexuality, directed by Enrique Dawi and written by Lito Espinosa. The film starred VĂ­ctor Laplace and Carlos Calvo.
Adib Domingos Jatene Adib Domingos Jatene is a noted Brazilian physician, university professor, scientist and thoracic surgeon, one of the founders of the University of SĂŁo Paulo Heart Institute and internationally respected as the inventor of the Jatene operation, an open heart surgery for revascularization of the myocardium. He was a Secretary of Health of SĂŁo Paulo city and Minister of Health of Brazil.
Adidas Finale The Adidas Finale ball is the current official football of the UEFA Champions League, and has been since the 2000/2001 season. The ball is therefore designed with emphasis on the stars of the UEFA Champions League logo.
Adidas Pelias The Adidas Pelias was first used in the football events of the 2004 Summer Olympics, and was the official ball for all FIFA events in Europe in 2004. It has since been effectively replaced by the Pelias 2, which was used as the official ball for all FIFA events in Europe in 2005.
Adie syndrome Adie syndrome, also Adie's syndrome or Holmes-Adie's syndrome, is caused by damage to the postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic innervation of the eye and characterized by a tonically dilated pupil. This clinical picture is often accompanied by signs of aberrant regeneration of these nerves and asymmetrically reduced deep tendon reflexes.
Adiel Palma Adiel Palma LĂłpez (born August 20, 1970 in Cienfuegos) is a Cuban lefthanded pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series. Palma was on the gold medal-winning Cuban team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver medal-winning team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi Released in 1997, Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi is the second album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the Adiemus project. Building on the style established in Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary, Jenkins broadens his musical approach to Cantata Mundi by including instrumentation and techniques from Eastern Europe, Arabia, and Asia.
Adiemus III: Dances of Time Released in 1998, Adiemus III: Dances of Time is the third album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the Adiemus project. This album is a tribute to the interrelationship between music and dance throughout history.
Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot Released in 2001, Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot is the fourth album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the Adiemus project. Inspired by Celtic history and mythology, this album served as the soundtrack to the S4C International documentary The Celts.
Adiemus V: Vocalise Released in 2003, Adiemus V: Vocalise is the last album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the five-album Adiemus project. In contrast to Jenkins's past Adiemus compositions, several of the tracks in this album are arrangements or variations on existing classical works.
Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary Released in 1995, Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary is the first album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins as part of the Adiemus project. This album quickly garnered critical acclaim as the title track "Adiemus" had been previously well received during its use in a Delta Air Lines television commercial and release on the album Pure Moods.
Adige The Adige (Italian Adige; German: Etsch) is a river with its source in the Alpine region of Trentino-Alto Adige near the Italian border to Austria and Switzerland. At 410 km in length, 220 located in the province of Bolzano, it is the second longest river in Italy, after the Po River with 652 km.
Adigrat Adigrat is a town in the Tigray Region (or kilil) of Ethiopia. Located at longitude and latitude below a high ridge to the west, Adigrat is between Mek'ele and Senafe in Eritrea and is considered to be a strategically important gateway to Eritrea and the Red Sea.
Adil Abdul-Mahdi Adil (Adel) Abdul-Mahdi (al Muntafiki) (Arabic: عادل عبد المهدى ) (born 1942 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi Shi'a politician, economist, and is one of the two current Vice Presidents of Iraq. He was formerly the Finance Minister in the Interim government.
Adil Osseiran Adil Osseiran (عادل عسيران)was a prominent Lebanese politician, former speaker of parliament and a national hero of independence. Born in Saida on 5 June 1905 to Abdallah Ali Osseiran and Zahra El-Hajj Osseiran, as their only son.
Adil Shah Adil Shah Afshar or Ali Qoli was Shah of Persia from 1747 until 1748. Subsequent to Nadir's assassination in Fathabad(Khabushan), Ali Khan, Nadir's nephew declared himself Adil Shah ("righteous king"), and shah of Persia.
Adil Shahi The Adil Shahi, Adilshahi or Bijapur Sultanate were a dynasty of Indian sultans, who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1490 to 1686. The Adil Shahis were originally provincial rulers of the Bahmani Sultanate, but with the breakup of the Bahmani state after 1518, Ismail Adil Shah established an independent sultanate, one of the five Deccan sultanates that were the successors to the Bahmani Sultanate.
Adilbek Dzhaksybekov Adilbek Dzhaksybekov () (born in 1950) is the head of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's administration.New Kazakh Presidential Administration Chief Appointed All Business He served as the Mayor of Astana in 2002,Moscow Mayor meets his Astana counterpart Pravda Chairman of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank in 2003,IDB Annual Meet Opens in Almaty Arab News and the Minister of Industry and Trade in 2004.
Adile Naşit Adile Naşit (born June 17, 1930 in Istanbul, Turkey; died December 11, 1987) was a Turkish actress who played in Hababam Sınıfı (Hababam Class),Neşeli Günler (Happy Days) and many other movies. She also starred in a children's programme called Uykudan Önce (Before Sleep) as a storyteller.
Adin Ballou Adin Ballou (April 23, 1803 – August 5, 1890) was founder of the Hopedale Community in what is now Hopedale, Massachusetts, and a prominent 19th century exponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism. Through his long career as a Unitarian minister, he tirelessly sought social reform through his radical Christian and socialist views.
Adin Steinsaltz Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (Hebrew: עדין אבן ישראל) (born 1937) is a rabbi who claims to have received Semicha, a special type of ordination permitting serving on a Sanhedrin, and currently serves as the Nasi (President) of a modern attempt to re-establish the Sanhedrin, ancient Judaism's traditional highest religious court. He is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation of both Talmuds into Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish.
Adina Bastidas Adina Bastidas Castillo (born in 1943) is a Venezuelan economist active in politics. She was appointed Vice President of Venezuela on December 24, 2000 by Hugo Chávez, and served in the post until January 13, 2002, the first woman to hold the job in the country's history.
Adina Fohlin Adina Fohlin (born December 20, 1984) is a Swedish supermodel famed for her striking blue eyes. She was discovered walking down the street in Stockholm when an agent approached her after having remarked her unusual features.
Adio Adio Footwear (pronounced "audio") is an American company that manufactures men's and women's skateboard footwear as well as apparel. It was founded in 1998 by retired professional skateboarder and Planet Earth Skateboards owner Chris Miller, which are both subsidiaries of K2 Sports.
Adios AdiĂłs is Spanish for "goodbye". Literally translated, the word is the contraction of "a" (to) and "Dios" (God), making it equivelent to "Godspeed" or "Go with God".
Adios: The Greatest Hits Adios: The Greatest Hits is the eleventh and final album released by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline. It was released 7 months after the band had announced its disbanding due to lead singer Mark Stuart's ailing vocal cords.
Adiperukku Adiperukku is a unique Tamil festival celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Adi (mid July). The festival coincides with the annual freshes of the rivers and to pay tribute to water's life-sustaining properties.
Adipic acid Adipic acid (IUPAC systematic name: hexanedioic acid) is a chemical compound of the class of carboxylic acids. It is a white crystalline powder appearing as an acid in aqueous circumstances, though it is not highly soluble.
Adipocere Adipocere or grave wax or mortuary wax is the insoluble fatty acids left as residue from pre-existing fats from decomposing material such as a human cadaver. It is formed by the slow hydrolysis of fats in wet ground and can occur in both embalmed and untreated bodies.
Adiponectin Adiponectin (also referred to as Acrp30, apM1) is a protein hormone that modulates a number of metabolic processes, including glucose regulation and fatty acid catabolism. Adiponectin is exclusively secreted from adipose tissue into the bloodstream and is very abundant in plasma relative to many hormones.

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