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Aeryn Sun Aeryn Sun (played by Claudia Black), (IPA pronunciation: ), is a fictional character on the science fiction television series Farscape. Her name was chosen by the show's creators to invoke "air and sun," vital elements of life.
Aesculus The genus Aesculus comprises 20–25 species of deciduous trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 7–10 species native to North America and 13–15 species native in Eurasia; there are also several natural hybrids. They have traditionally been treated in their own monogeneric family Hippocastanaceae, but genetic evidence shows that this family, along with the maples (formerly Aceraceae), are better included in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae).
Aeshnidae The hawkers (or darners in North America) (family Aeshnidae) include the largest dragonflies found in North America and Europe, and are among the largest of the dragonflies on the planet. This family represents also the fastest flying dragonflies of the order of the dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata).
Aeschynite-(Ce) Aeschynite-(Ce) (or Aschynite, Eschinite, Eschynite) (Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 is a mineral of cerium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame".
Aeschynite-(Y) Aeschynite-(Y) (or Aeschinite-(Y), Aeschynite-(Yt), Blomstrandine, Priorite) (Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 is a mineral of yttrium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame".
Aesir-Asura correspondence Aesir-Asura correspondence is the relation between æsir, an Old Norse word meaning "gods" (the plural of the singular word áss "god") and , a Sanskrit word referring to certain warlike and aggressive demons. Also related is the Avestan word ahura, found as the title of the God Ahura Mazda.
Aesop Aesop (also spelled Æsop, from the Greek — Aisōpos), known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition a slave (δούλος) who was a contemporary of Croesus and Peisistratus in the mid-sixth century BC in ancient Greece. The various collections that go under the rubric "Aesop's Fables" are still taught as moral lessons and used as subjects for various entertainments, especially children's plays and cartoons.
Aesop Rock Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz, 1976) is a hip hop musician (rapper and producer). Aesop's style blends a varying tone and delivery with lyrics that contain intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, puns, absurdism, and pop culture references, while including the occasional touchstones of traditional hip hop storytelling and self-promotion.
Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (620–560 BC), a slave and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals.
Aesop's Fables (album) Aesop's Fables The Smothers Brothers Way was the seventh comedy album by The Smothers Brothers (released March 15, 1965 on Mercury Records). Seven of Aesop's more famous stories and morals are related in this album, or what are considered to be his fables but they are often overshadowed by the bickering of the two brothers.
Aesop's Film Fables Aesop's Film Fables was a series of animated short subjects, created by American cartoonist Paul Terry. Terry came upon the inspiration for the series by young actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook, who suggested making a series of cartoons based on Aesop's Fables.
Aesthetic relativism Aesthetic relativism is the philosophical view that the judgement of beauty is relative to individuals, cultures, time periods and contexts, and that there are no universal criteria of beauty. For example, statuettes like the Venus of Willendorf or the women in the paintings of Rubens would have been considered ideal forms of beauty when painted, but today may be regarded as fat, while contemporary standards of beauty (such as those that feature on the covers of contemporary fashion magazines) may have been considered less than ideal in Rubens' time.
Aestheticism The Aesthetic movement is a loosely defined movement in art and literature in later nineteenth-century Britain. Generally speaking, it represents the same tendencies that Symbolism or Decadence stood for in France, and may be considered the British branch of the same movement.
Aestheticization as propaganda Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of beauty and the moral value of art, so aestheticization as propaganda is the process of presenting any form of behaviour considered dangerous or threatening as an acceptable means of promoting a political aim, for example violence that may involve injury or death.
Aestheticization of violence The aestheticization of violence in high culture art or mass media is the depiction of violence in a manner that is “stylistically excessive in a significant and sustained way” so that audience members are able to connect references from the "play of images and signs” to artworks, genre conventions, cultural symbols, or concepts.
Aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is a branch of philosophy called value theory or axiology, which is the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment or taste. Aesthetics is closely associated with the philosophy of art.
Aeta The Aeta, or Agta, are an indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of the Philippines. Pronounced as “eye-ta,” this tribe is one of the most widespread ethnic groups in the Philippines.
Aetbaar Aetbaar (Hindi: ऐतबार, Urdu: اعتبار - "Trust") is a Bollywood film released in 2004. The film is directed by Vikram Bhatt and stars Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu and Supriya Pilgaonkar.
Aeterni regis The Papal Bull Aeterni regis was issued on 21 June 1481 by Pope Sixtus IV, simply confirmed the substance of the Treaty of Alcáçovas, thereby reiterating that treaty's confirmation of Castile in its possession of the Canary Islands and its granting of all further acquisitions made by Christian powers in Africa (and eastward to the Indies) to Portugal.
Aethelbert of Sussex Aethelbert, or, more correctly, Æðelberht, was King of Sussex, but is known only from charters. The dates of Æðelberht’s reign are unknown beyond the fact that it overlapped at least in part with the bishopship of Sigeferth of Selsey, as Sigeferth witnessed an undated charter of Æðelberht in which Æðelberht is styled Ethelbertus rex Sussaxonum.
Aethelheard of Wessex Aethelheard (died 740) (Means roughly 'Noble Stern'), also spelled Ethelheard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is a questionable record of Aethelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown.
Aethelred of Kent Aethelred and his brother Aethelberht were princes of the Kingdom of Kent who were murdered in around 669, and later commemorated as saints and martyrs. Their story forms an important element in the legend of Saint Mildrith, because the monastery of Minster in Thanet is said to have been founded in atonement for the crime.
Aether (mythology) Aether (Greek: ᾿Αιθήρ; English: aether, æther or ether), in Greek mythology, is one of the Protogenos (first-born). He is the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven, and the elemental god of the "Bright, Glowing, Upper Air.
Aether drag hypothesis The aether drag hypothesis was an early attempt to explain the way experiments such as Arago's experiment showed that the speed of light is constant. The aether drag hypothesis is now considered to be incorrect by mainstream science.
Aether theories The Aether of classical elements is a concept, historically, used in science and in philosophy. Alchemy, natural philosophy, and early modern physics proposed the existence of a medium of the æther (also spelled ether, from the Greek word () aether, meaning "upper air" or "pure, fresh air" ), a space-filling substance or field, thought to be necessary as a transmission medium.
Aethicus Ister Aethicus Ister was a protagonist of 7th/8th century Cosmographia written by Pseudo-Jerome. It describes the travels of Aethicus around the world, and includes descriptions of foreign peoples in usually less than favourable terms.
Aetites Aetites, also called Aquilaeus or eagle stone, is a stone said[Please name specific person or group]Category:Articles with weasel words to have magical properties, particularly connected to childbirth. It is mainly composed of iron oxide, with some flint and alumina, and is hollow with a loose nodule which rattles around inside.
Aetolian War The Aetolian War (191BC-189BC) was fought between the Romans and their Achean and Macedonian allies and the Aetolian League and their allies, the kingdom of Athamania. The Aetolians had invited Antiochus the Great to Greece, who after his defeat by the Romans had returned to Asia.
Aetorrachi (Ilia), Greece Aetorrachi, Aetorachi, Aetorrahi, Aetorahi, rarely: Aetorrakhi or Aetorakhi (Greek: Αετορράχη from aetos and rachi) is a Greek settlement located around 13 km southeast of the municipal seat of Vouprasia, Varda. Aetorrachi is part of the same municipal district with its settlement Dafni being its seat.
Aetos Kosmou Aetos Kosmou was an early Byzantine Empire and Roman Christian chronology system of measuring time introduced by Panodorus of Alexandria, Hippolytus of Rome, Sulpicius Severus, Annianus of Alexandria, George Syncellus, and others.
Aetos Security Management The Aetos Security Management Private Limited, is one of the three private security companies authorised to provide armed security officers in Singapore to government organisations as well as private companies. A fully owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, it was formed in February 2004 as a result of a government initiative in revamping the local armed security services sector.
Aezkoa Aezkoa Valley is an administrative unit of Navarre, Spain. It is formed by several smaller municipalities: Abaurregaina, Abaurrepea, Aria, Aribe (seat of the Valley administration), Garraioa, Garralda, Hiriberri (town), Orbaitzeta and Orbara.
AEA Cygnet The Cygnet (or Aerodrome #5) was an extremely unorthodox early aircraft, with a wall-like "wing" made up of 360 tetrahedral cells. It was a powered version of the Cygnet kite designed by Alexander Graham Bell in 1907 and built by the newly-founded Aerial Experiment Association.
AEA Explorer The AEA Explorer is a large single-engine utility aircraft. It is of mostly conventional high-wing configuration, but interesting features include landing gear that retracts into under-fuselage sponsons and a slightly swept forward wing.
AEA June Bug The June Bug (or Aerodrome #3) was an early aircraft designed by Glenn Curtiss and built by the Aerial Experiment Association in 1908. Curtiss himself flew it on May 21, and its performance was so encouraging that the Association decided to use the aircraft to attempt to collect the Scientific American trophy for the first flight of over 1 kilometer (3,280 ft).
AEA Maverick The Aero Engineers Australia (AEA) Maverick is a single-seat sportsplane of conventional configuration. Constructed largely of composite materials, it is powered by a 75 kW (100 hp) TCM 200-A engine and is capable of manoeuvres with loads of up to +6 or -3 g.
AEA Red Wing The Red Wing (or Aerodrome #1) was an early aircraft designed by Thomas Selfridge and built by the Aerial Experiment Association in 1908. It was named for the bright red color of its silk wings - chosen to achieve the best result with the photography techniques of the day.
AEA Technology AEA Technology plc was formed in 1996 as the privatised offshoot of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Originally it consisted of divisions with expertise in a wide variety of areas, mostly the products of nuclear-related research.
AEAD block cipher modes of operation Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) is a class of block cipher modes which encrypt (parts of) the message and authenticate the message simultaneously. Interest in these modes was sparked by the publication of Charanjit Jutla's IACBC and IAPM modes in 2000.
AECOM AECOM or AECOM Technology Corporation is one of the world's largest engineering/architectural design firms, and is based in Los Angeles. It began in 1985 through an employee and management purchase of the company's predecessor, Ashland Technology Corporation, from Ashland, Inc.
AEG AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft) (English Translation: General Electricity Company) was a German producer of electronics and electrical equipment. AEG was founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau who had bought some patents from Thomas Edison.
AEG PE The AEG PE (Panzer Einsitzer – "armoured one-seater")was a triplane ground attack aircraft of World War I, one of the first aircraft to be designed from the outset for that role. It was rejected by the Idflieg because it was felt that its poor maneuverability made it too vulnerable to enemy fighters.
AEGIS (astronomy) AEGIS, or the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey, is a multi-wavelength astronomical survey of a patch of the sky with low extinction and zodiacal scattering. The purpose of the survey is to study the physical processes and evolution of galaxies at redshift z ~ 1.
AEGIS (Freedom City) AEGIS (American Elite Government Intervention Service) is an agency of the United States national government in the Freedom City campaign setting for the Mutants and Masterminds role-playing game. AEGIS is tasked with applying federal law enforcement upon superhuman threats to the United States.
AEGIS (Ragnarok Online) Aegis is Windows Server software used along with Microsoft SQL Server by Gravity Corporation to run the official Ragnarok Online game servers. It was originally developed for exclusive use within Gravity and Gravity subsidiaries, but has been leaked within its lifetime, purportedly by several teams who compromised official computers which contained AEGIS binaries.
AEK Athens BC AEK Athens BC (Greek: Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos), the Athletic Union of Constantinople (Istanbul), is a Greek basketball club based in the city of Athens, Greece.
AEKKEA-RAAB The history of AEKKEA, an aircraft maker based in Greece is connected with the fascinating history of a talented German aircraft designer, Antonius Raab (or Antonio Raab, as he was often called after his involvement in Spain). In Germany Raab was the co-founder of Raab-Katzenstein, an aircraft maker.
AEKKEA-RAAB R-29 The R-29 fighter belongs to a number of plane types that were developed in Greece by AEKKEA-RAAB, a company founded in this country by Antonius Raab, a German airplane designer. Other reported models of the new company in Greece were related to earlier products of Raab-Katzenstein company that had previously operated in Germany.
AEON (eikaiwa) AEON (taken from the Greek word for "eternity") is one of the Big Four Japanese eikaiwa or English education companies. It was founded in 1973 by Kiyoshi Aki, who is still company president as of 2006.
AEON Credit Service () is a financial service corporation under AEON Group in Japan. It is mainly involved in the issuance of credit cards and is currently one of the largest issuers and leading consumer credit providers in Japan.
AEP Meter Label Format The California Direct Access standards setting process in 1997 identified the need to standardize the electric meter label identifier so as to create a unique identifier for every electric meter in the United States. The AEP Meter Label Format is a recommended solution for this need.
AERCam Sprint The Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robotic Camera Sprint (AERCam Sprint) is a NASA experiment to demonstrate the use of a prototype free-flying television camera that could be used for remote inspections of the exterior of the International Space Station.
AES Corporation AES Corporation is a Fortune 1000 company that generates and distributes electrical power. It was founded on January 28, 1981 by Roger Sant from the US Federal Energy Administration and Dennis Bakke from the US Office of Management and Budget.
AES-EBU embedded timecode AES-EBU embedded timecode is an embedded timecode format used to embed SMPTE timecode data within AES/EBU digital audio signals. It can be used for synchronization and for logging and identifying audio content.
AES/EBU The digital audio standard frequently called AES/EBU, officially known as AES3, is used for carrying digital audio signals between various devices. It was developed by the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and first published in 1992, later revised in 1995, 1998, and 2003.
AES11 The AES11 standard published by the Audio Engineering Society provides a systematic approach to the synchronization of digital audio signals. Recommendations are made concerning the accuracy of sample clocks as embodied in the interface signal and the use of this format as a convenient synchronization reference where signals must be rendered co-timed for digital processing.
AES51 AES51 is a standard first published by the Audio Engineering Society in June 2006 (Official Site) that specifies a method of carrying ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) cells over Ethernet physical structure intended in particular for use with AES47 to carry AES3 digital audio transport structure. The purpose of this is to provide an open standard, Ethernet based approach to the networking of linear (uncompressed) digital audio with extremely high quality-of-service along side standard Internet Protocol connections.
AES52 AES52 is a standard first published by the Audio Engineering Society in March 2006 that specifies the insertion of unique identifiers into the AES3 digital audio transport structure. The AES3 transport stream continues to be used extensively in both discrete and network based audio systems alongside audio stored as files.
AES53 AES53 is a standard first published in October 2006 by the Audio Engineering Society that specifies how the timing markers already specified in AES47 may be used to associate an absolute time-stamp with individual audio samples. AES47 specifies a format for the transmission of digital audio over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks.
AEvolutions AEvolutions represents a line of books and accessories by Blue Devil Games for the Arcana Evolved role-playing game by Monte Cook. The line includes "Akashic Nodes: Home of Memory", "Dark Houses", "Faces of Serran", "Tell It To My Axe", and the game "Witch Stones".
AEWA The AEWA - The Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds - is an independent international treaty developed under the auspices of UNEP/CMS . It was concluded on 16 June 1995 in the Hague, the Netherlands and entered into force on 1 November 1999 after the required number of at least fourteen Range States, comprising seven from Africa and seven from Eurasia had ratified.
AEX index The AEX index, derived from Amsterdam Exchange index, is a stock market index composed of Dutch companies that trade on Euronext Amsterdam, formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. The index was started in 1983 under the name European Options Exchange (EOE).
Af Upplendinga konungum Af Upplendinga konunum or Of the Kings of the Uplands, found in the Hauksbók, is a short presentation of the House of Yngling from Olof Trätälja to Ragnvald the Mountain-High. It tells the same story as the last part of the Ynglinga saga but in summarized form.
Afan Forest Park Afan Forest Park (formally Afan Argoed) is in the Afan Valley, one of the narrowest and most beautiful valleys in South Wales. It is a large forest with excellent opportunities for recreation, with many cycle trails and footpaths.
Afanasijs Kuzmins Afanasijs Kuzmins (born March 22, 1947) is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. Kuzmins trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga.
Afanasy Fet Afanasy Afanasievich Fet (Афанасий Афанасьевич Фет, December 5, 1820 — December 3, 1892), or Foeth, later changed his name to Shenshin (Шеншин), was a poet who dominated the Russian poetry during the last quarter of the 19th century.
Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin Afanasy Lavrentievich Ordin-Naschokin (1605-1680) was one of the greatest Russian statesmen of the 17th century. His career is quite unprecedented in Russian history, as he was the first petty noble to attain the boyar title and highest offices of state owing not to family connections but due to his personal ability and worth.
Afar Depression The Afar Depression (also called the Danakil Depression or the Afar Triangle) is a geological depression in the Horn of Africa, where it overlaps Eritrea, the Afar Region of Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Afar, especially the Middle Awash, Gona, and Hadar, is well known as one of the cradles of hominids: the first for many fossil hominid discoveries, the second for the worlds oldest stone tools, and the last for Lucy, the fossilized specimen of Australopithecus afarensis.
Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front The Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front or Afar Revolutionary Democratic Union Front (abbreviated ARDUF; also known as Ugogomo, variantly spelled UgugumaReport on Mission to Zone 2 (Afar National Regional State), United Nations Development Program. Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia.
Afar Sultanate The Afar Sultanate (also sometimes called the Awsa or Aussa sultanate) is a former kingdom of the Afar people that existed in eastern Ethiopia in the area bordering Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia. It was considered to be the leading monarchy of the Afar people, to whom the other Afar rulers acknowledged (at least in theory) primacy.
Afdem (woreda) Afdem is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Shinile Zone, available maps disagree on its exact location: according to the OCHA map for the Somali Region (copyright 2005), Afdem is located in the westernmost part of the Zone, and is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the west by the Afar Region, and on the north and east by Erer;Map of Somali Region at UN-OCHA (PDF file) however, the map of the Oromia Region published by Disaster Prevention and Disaster Agency (copyright 2006) shows Afdem is the woreda immediately to the east of the woreda with these boundadries (which it calls Mieso, and shows that it is bordered on the south by the Oromia Region, on the southwest by Mieso, and on the northwest and north by the Afar Region and on the east by Erer.
Afder (woreda) Afder is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Afder Zone, Afder is bordered on the south by Dolobay, on the west by Cherti, on the north by Elekere, on the northwest by Mierab Emi, and on the east by Bare.
Afder Zone Afder is one of nine Zones of the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Afder is bordered on the southwest by the Ganale Dorya River which separates it from Liben, on the west by the Oromia Region, on north and northeast by the Shebelle River separates it from Gode, and on the east and southeast by Somalia.
Afdera Franchetti Countess Afdera Franchetti (1931— )(photo) is an Italian Countess, descendant of an old Jewish Venice family that intermarried with the Rothschild family and eventually converted to Catholicism. She is most famous as the fourth wife of American actor Henry Fonda.
Afevork Ghevre Jesus Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs (Amharic: አፈ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ዘብሔረ ፡ ዘጌ; Italian: Afevork Ghevre-Jesus; 10 July 1868 - 25 September 1947) is an Ethiopian writer and possibly their first novelist to gain repute. He was born in Zegé on the southern shore of Lake Tana.
Afewerk Tekle Afewerk Tekle (born 22 October, 1932; title: "Most Honorable Maitre Artist World Laureate") is one of Ethiopia's most celebrated artists, particularly known for his paintings on African and Christian themes as well as his stained glass.
Affair An affair is often a euphemism for a situation where two people are involved in an inappropriate romantic relationship. Other uses include describing meetings or other functions, or tasks that need to be completed.
Affair in Trinidad Affair in Trinidad is a 1952 film produced by Columbia Pictures starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. It is notable as Hayworth's "comeback" film after four years away, as a reteaming of the Gilda (1946) co-stars, and for a fiery opening dance number by Hayworth.
Affair of the diamond necklace The affair of the diamond necklace was a mysterious incident in the 1780s at the court of Louis XVI of France involving the queen Marie Antoinette. It concerned an unsavoury episode in which the wife of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, whose reputation was already tarnished by gossip and scandal, was implicated in a crime by contemporary public opinion.
Affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo The affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo or affair of the four abandoned children of Nishi-Sugamo was an incident that took place in Japan in the late 1980s. The incident was covered extensively by both Japanese and international media, and became known in Japanese as 巣鴨子供置き去り事件 （sugamo kodomo okisari jiken, Sugamo child-abandonment incident).
Affair of the placards The Affair of the Placards was an incident in which anti-Catholic posters appeared in public places in Paris, and in four major provincial cities: Blois, Rouen, Tours and Orléans, during the night of Saturday, October 17 to Sunday, 18, 1534. One was actually posted on the bedchamber door of the King at Amboise, an affront and an alarming breach of security that shook the King.
Affari Tuoi Affari Tuoi () is the Italian game show on which the game Deal or No Deal is spawned from.. It broadcast on leading TV station Rai Uno, but the show is also sometimes aired on Rai International, RAI's global television channel.
Affect (psychology) In psychology, affect is the scientific term used to describe a subject's externally displayed mood.Merriam-Webster definition The use of this term grew out of a developing understanding on the part of researchers and clinical psychologists that subjects, including emotionally disturbed ones, could display a mood they were not sincerely feeling (perhaps to win release from an asylum).
Affect theory In psychology, affect is an emotion or subjectively experienced feeling. Affect theory is a branch of psychoanalysis that attempts to organize affects into discrete categories and connect each one with its typical response.
Affecter Greek vase painter, practioner of the black-figure technque, flourished in the second half of the 6th century BCE. His name, a later scholarly appellation as none of his work is signed, derives from the highly stylized manner of his figure drawing.
Affection (Kumi Koda album) affection was the first studio album released by Japanese R&B singer Kumi Koda. This first album of Kumi contains single like "Take Back" and "Trust Your Love", songs that were even promoted in the U.
Affection (linguistics) In Celtic linguistics, affection (or more precisely "i-affection") is the fronting of vowels in the main syllable of a word caused by an original front vowel in a suffix which may or may not still be present in the modern language.
Affection (Lisa Stansfield album) Affection is the first album by english singer Lisa Stansfield, released in UK on november 1989 by ARISTA/BMG and entirely written by Lisa,Andy Morris and Ian Devaney (who by now had become her husband).AFFECTION was widely hailed as one of the finest british soul albums by a debut artist and went straight to number two in the chart.
Affection (song) "Affection" was the first single from Jody Watley's fifth album, Affection, released on her own label Avitone Records The single was a success on the R&B radio and sales charts, reaching number 28, but failed to receive any support on pop radio. The single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did chart on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles reaching #18, which is roughly equivalent to #118 if the Billboard Hot 100 went beyond 100 spots.
Affectional bond In psychology, the term affectional bond is a type of attachment behavior one individual has for another individual, typically a mother for her child, in which the two partners tend to remain in proximity to one another. The term was coined and subsequently developed over the course of four decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1970s, by psychologist John Bowlby in his work on attachment theory.
Affective computing Affective computing is a branch of artificial intelligence that deals with the design of devices which can process emotions. It is an interdisciplinary field spanning computer sciences, psychology, and cognitive science.
Affective sensation An affective sensation is a sensation accompanied with a strong compulsion to act on it, causing reflex actions such as the scratch reflex or the withdrawal reflex. Affective sensations are transmitted via the spinothalamic tract through the spinal cord.
Affective spectrum The affective spectrum is a grouping of related psychiatric and medical disorders which may accompany bipolar, unipolar, and schizoaffective disorders at statistically higher rates than would normally be expected. These disorders are identified by a common positive response to the same types of pharmacologic treatments.
Afferbeck Lauder Afferbeck Lauder was the pseudonym used by Alastair Ardoch Morrison, the compiler and author of humorous books about a supposed dialect of English, "Strine". The first was Let Stalk Strine (Ure Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1965) about the so-called "Australian Language", or Strine.
Afferent nerve In the nervous system, afferent neurons--otherwise known as sensory or receptor neurons--carry nerve impulses from receptors or sense organs toward the central nervous system. This term can also be used to describe relative connections between structures.
Affero General Public License The Affero General Public License (or AGPL) is a free software license derived from the General Public License with an addition section to cover use over a computer network. It was written by Affero to allow the rights granted by the GPL to cover interaction with the copyrighted work over a network, such as the Internet, which the current version of the GPL (version 2) does not.
Affidavit An affidavit is a formal sworn statement of fact, signed by the declarant (who is called the affiant) and witnessed (as to the veracity of the affiant's signature) by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public. The name is Medieval Latin for he has declared upon oath.
Affie Jarvis Arthur Harwood ("Affie") Jarvis (born October 19 1860 in Hindmarsh, South Australia; died November 15 1933 in Hindmarsh, South Australia) was an Australian wicket-keeper who played for Australia and South Australia.
Affiliate manager Affiliate managers are those people in a position of managing an affiliate program, and assisting the affiliates of their program in generating more sales. Affiliate managers are sometimes the business owner who created the affiliate program in the first place, but are also sometimes people who have been hired by a business owner to either create an affiliate program and/or manage an existing affiliate program.
Affiliate marketing Affiliate marketing is a method of promoting web businesses in which an affiliate is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber, customer, and/or sale provided through his/her efforts. Compensation or commission may be made based on a certain value for each exposure (CPM), visit (Pay per click), registrant or new customer (Pay per lead), sale (usually a percentage, Pay per sale or revenue share), or any combination of them.

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