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Alazon The alazon, in Greek comedy is the opponent of the Eiron. They are imposters that see themselves as greater than they actually are, and their usual function in a drama is as blocking humors, characters predominated by one trait that block the romance between the hero and heroine.
Aló Ciudadano Aló Ciudadano is a Venezuelan television show seen on the 24-hour news network, Globovisión. Its hosted by Leopoldo Castillo and it is currently co-hosted by Alejandra Otero and journalist María Isabel Párraga.
Alb The alb, one of the liturgical vestments of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and many Protestant churches, is an ample garment of white linen coming down to the ankles and usually girded with a cincture. It is simply the long linen tunic used by the Romans of old.
Alb-Donau (district) Alb-Donau is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Biberach, Reutlingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim, the two Bavarian districts Günzburg and Neu-Ulm, and the city of Ulm.
Alba (poetry) Alba (Catalan for sunrise) is a subgenre of Provençal lyric poetry. It describes the longing of lovers who, having passed a night together, must separate for fear of being discovered by their respective spouses.
Alba (rabbit) Alba is a rabbit that was genetically created in 2000 for artist Eduardo Kac by French geneticist Louis-Marie Houdebine with the GFP gene found in the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and the sea pansy that fluoresces green when exposed to blue light, and when Alba was exposed to such light she would literally glow green. Eduardo Kac describes Alba as an animal that does not exist in nature.
Alba and Eire (Kushiel's Legacy) In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Alba and Eire are the names given to the countries that lie across a northern strait from Terre d'Ange; Alba is a fantasy equivalent of early medieval mainland Britain, with lots of historical references from the most northerly part,Scotland; Eire is a fantasy equivalent of pagan Ireland. The chief city of Alba is Bryn Gorrydum, equivalent to York.
Alba Bible The Alba Bible is a 1430 translation of the Old Testament made directly from Hebrew into Mediaeval Castilian, one of the earliest known translations into a Romance language. The translation was carried out under the direction of Moses Arragel, rabbi of the Jewish community of Maqueda in the Spanish province of Toledo, at the behest of Don Luis de Guzmán, Grand Master of the military-religious Order of Calatrava.
Alba Longa Alba Longa (in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga) was an ancient city of Latium, in the Alban Hills founder and head of the Latin League; it was destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC.
Alba Patera Alba Patera is a unique volcanic feature to the north of the Tharsis region of Mars, an enormous shield volcano roughly 1600 kilometers in diameter but only ~3 kilometers tall at its highest point. It has thinner lava flows than other Martian shield volcanos, with both enormous sheet-like layers and hundreds of long, narrow channels on its flanks.
Alba Raquel Barros Alba Raquel Barros (born December 14, 1952 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an actress, singer and dancer. She is better known for her acting career, and she has won many national awards for her works, both on the television and theatrical fields.
Albacete Provincial Museum The Albacete Provincial Museum (Museo Provincial de Albacete) is a museum of archeology and fine art located in Albacete, Spain. The museum has existed in various incarnations since 1927, and settled in its present building in Abelardo Sánchez Park in 1978.
Alban Bokshi Alban Bokshi, born in Đakovica, in Kosovo, Yugoslavia, is a politician, an expert in European Law and international relations, and an activist of the organization, "Çohu", against corruption in Kosovo.
Alban Gerhardt Alban Gerhardt (1969-) is a German cellist. He has performed with many internationally known orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham Alban George Henry Gibbs, MA, FSA, MP, 2nd Baron Aldenham (23 April 1846-9 May 1936) was a British peer, the son of Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham. He succeeded to the title Baron Aldenham on 13 September 1907.
Albanese variety In mathematics, the Albanese variety is a construction of algebraic geometry, which for an algebraic variety V solves a universal problem for morphisms of V into abelian varieties. In the classical case of complex projective non-singular varieties, the Albanese variety Alb(V) is a complex torus constructed from V, of (complex) dimension the Hodge number h0,1, that is, the dimension of the space of differentials of the first kind on V.
Albani (family) In the history of Italy, the Albani were an illustrious aristocratic Roman family, members of which attained the highest dignities in the Roman Catholic Church, one, Clement XI, having been Pope. They were ethnic Albanians coming from the region of Malësi e Madhe in Albania.
Albania The Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, IPA ) is a Balkan country in Southeastern Europe. It borders Montenegro to the north, the Serbian province of Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south.
Albania (toponym) The toponym Albania may indicate several different geographical regions: a country in the Balkans; an ancient land in the Caucasus; as well as Scotland, Albania being a Latinization of a Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba. This article will cover etymology, as well as trace the usage of the toponyms and related toponyms and ethnonyms from their earliest known occurrence down to present times.
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, debuting in 2004 (see ESC2004). Their best finish was in their debut year, Anjeza Shahini finishing 7th with the song "The Image Of You".
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Albania was represented by Anjeza Shahini and the song "The Image of You". The Albanian National Final "Festivali i Këngës" took place on December 18th, 19th, and 20th, 2003 at the Palace of Congress in Tirana, hosted by Adi Krasta and Ledina Çelo.
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Albania chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 on 18 December 2005, using a combination of a public televote and a panel of judges, which gave Luiz Ejlli victory with the song Zjarr E Ftohtë (Cold Fire). The victory prompted something of an outcry in Albania, some expressing accusations of jury bias as they thought other songs, for example that of Anjeza Shahini were better.
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Albania chose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 using Festivali i Këngës 45 and the format of two semi-finals which will take place on 21 December and 22 December and the final evening on 23 December 2006. On 20 December, a quarter final took place with 20 newcomers competing for two spots in the actual festival.
Albania in the Middle Ages The fall of the Roman Empire and the age of great migrations brought radical changes to the Balkan Peninsula and the Illyrian people. Barbarian tribesmen overran many rich Roman cities, destroying the existing social and economic order and leaving the great Roman aqueducts, coliseums, temples, and roads in ruins.
Albanian alphabet (Caucasian) The alphabet of the Caucasian Albans or Albanians, one of the Ibero-Caucasian peoples, ancient and indigenous population of modern Azerbaijan and Daghestan is also called the Alban alphabet (in addition to that of the modern country of Albania; see Albanian alphabet). There are two versions about the origins of this alphabet (with 52 letters): 1) It was invented by an Armenian priest Mesrob Mashtots, according to his student, Koriun, who refers to this in his work Life of Mashtots.
Albanian Air Force The Albanian Air Force (Forcat Ajrore Shqiptare, FASH) is the national air force or aviation branch of the Albanian military. Currently its headquarters are located in Tirana and it operates six airbases (soon to be reduced to two).
Albanian American Enterprise Fund Albanian American Enterprise Fund (AAEF) is a non-political, US corporation established pursuant to the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989. It was incorporated in 1995 and maintains offices in New York and Tirana.
Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church The Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church is an autonomous Byzantine Rite particular Church of the Roman Catholic Church, whose members live in Albania, and is not to be confused with the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.
Albanian Democratic Monarchist Movement Party Albanian Democratic Monarchist Movement Party (in Albanian: Partia LĂ«vizja Monarkiste Demokrate Shqiptare) is a political party in Albania led by Guri Durollari. The party contested the 2005 parliamentary elections, and got around 0.
Albanian Demochristian Party of Kosovo The Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (or Albanian Demochristian Party of Kosovo; Albanian: Partia Shqiptare Demokristane e Kosovës) is a political party in Kosovo, a Serbian province currently under UN administration. It embraces Christian Democrat ideals in Kosovo, although not all of its members are Catholic as is the case in some other countries.
Albanian Fascist Party The Albanian Fascist Party (Albanian Partia Fashiste e Shqipërisë -- PFSh) was a fascist movement which held nominal power in Albania from 1939, when the country was conquered by Italy, until 1943, when Italy capitulated to the Allies. Afterward, Albania fell under German occupation, and the PFSh was replaced by the Albanian Nazi Party.
Albanian hip hop Albania and Kosovo have been a revolution in the hip-hop industry in Europe. Rap bands like The Bloody Alboz, Etno Engjujt, WNC, 2Po2, Double G Army, Tingulli 3, DMC, Rudi and others have striven to portray the real Albanian attitude of today.
Albanian Land Forces Command The Albanian Land Forces Command, colloquially known as the Albanian Army, consists in the branch of the Albanian military charged with protecting the territorial integrity of Albania. They are divided into three main components: Rapid reaction forces, Main defense forces, and Territorial forces.
Albanian mafia The Albanian Mafia or Albanian Organized Crime (OC) are the general terms used for various criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic-Albanians. Albanian criminals are significantly active in the United States and the European Union (EU) countries, participating in a diverse range of criminal enterprises from human trafficking and prostitution to narcotics and gunrunning.
Albanian parliamentary election, 2005 Albania held parliamentary elections on July 3, 2005 for all 140 seats in the unicameral Assembly of the Republic. 100 seats were elected in single-member constituencies and 40 by a separate proportional ballot on a nationwide basis.
Albanian pederasty The practice of pederasty in Albania has a long history, and continued into the 19th century. As late as the mid-1800s, Albanian young men between sixteen and twenty four courted boys from about twelve to seventeen.
Albanian Party of Labour The Albanian Party of Labour, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh in Albanian, was the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule (1946-1991). It was founded on November 8 1941 as the Communist Party of Albania (Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë), but its name was changed in 1948.
Albanian Police The Albanian Police was founded on 13 January 1913 by the government of Ismail Qemali, Albania's first prime minister"Eighty-fifth anniversary of Albanian police founding commemorated", Albanian Telegraphic Agency, 11 January 1998. It is a national police force that operates throughout Albania.
Albanian Subversion The Albanian Subversion is one of the earliest and most notable failures of the Western counter-intelligence covert operations behind the Iron Curtain. Based on wrong assessments about Albania, and thinking that the country was ready to shake off it Stalinist regime, the British SIS and the American CIA launched a subversive operation using as agents Albanian expatriates.
Albanians in Greece After the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a large number of economic refugees and immigrants from Greece's neighboring countries, Albania, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, as well as from more distant countries such as Russia, the Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia, arrived in Greece, mostly as illegal immigrants, to seek employment. The vast majority of these immigrants came from Albania and it is estimated that they form 60 - 65% of the total number of immigrants in Greece.
Albanians in Kosovo The Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo, a Serbian province currently under UN administration. According to the 1991 census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81,6% of population.
Albanians in southern Serbia There is an Albanian minority living in Central Serbia. They mainly live in the municipalities of Preševo (Albanian: Preshevë), and Bujanovac (Albanian: Bujanoc), as well as in the part of the municipality of Medveđa (Albanian: Medvegjë).
Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia Albanians (Shqiptarë in Albanian, Албанци/Albanci in Macedonian) are the largest ethnic minority in the Republic of Macedonia. The largest Albanian communities live in the regions of Tetovo (Tetova), Skopje (Shkupi), Gostivar (Gostivari), Debar (Dibra), Kicevo (Kërçova), Struga and Kumanovo (Kumanova).
Albanians of Romania The Albanians (Shqiptarë in Albanian, Albanezi in Romanian) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 520 people according to the 2002 census. Around half of all Romanian Albanians live in Bucharest, while the rest mainly live in larger urban centres such as Timişoara, Iaşi, Constanţa and Cluj-Napoca.
Albanisation Albanisation (or Albanization, Albanianisation, Albanianization) is a term used to describe a cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian. Although not strictly a pejorative term, usage in certain contexts may be considered offensive.
Albano (footballer) Albano Narciso Pereira (born 21 December 1922 in Seixal, Portugal, died 5 March 1990) was a Portuguese football player who played all his career at Sporting Lisbon, and also played for the Portuguese national football team. He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever.
Albano Harguindeguy Albano Harguindeguy (born 1927) was a general of the Argentine Army, and the interior minister of Argentina under dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, during the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983). His second given name is reported as either Eduardo or Jorge.
Albany (automobile) The Albany was an English automobile, manufactured by the Albany Motor Carriage Company in Christchurch, Dorset from 1971. It was designed as a classic car, in the Edwardian style, but is not a replica of any particular marque.
Albany and Eastern Railroad The Albany and Eastern Railroad was created when the BNSF Railway spun off its Sweet Home Branch Line in May 1998. In November 2000, the AERC was merged with the Willamette Valley Railway but maintained the AERC name.
Albany and Northern Railway The Albany and Northern Railway (A&N) began life in about 1895 on a stretch of railway from Cordele to Albany, Georgia. The line had originally been built around 1890 by the Albany, Florida and Northern Railway (AF&N).
Albany Academy for Girls Albany Academy for Girls (commonly referred to as AAG) is a girls' day school in Albany, New York. Founded in 1814 by Ebinezer Foote, AAG is the oldest independent girls' day school in the United States It is located on the corners of Hackett and Academy Roads, across the street from its brother school, The Albany Academy], which was founded three months prior.
Albany Admirals Albany Admirals are an American soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference against teams from Brooklyn, Hyannis, New Rochelle, Ottawa, Providence, St.
Albany Attack The Albany Attack was the name of a franchise which played in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) from the 2000 season through the 2003 season. The Attack played in the Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York (not to be confused with the Pepsi Center, in Denver, Colorado).
Albany City School District The Albany City School District (also known as the City School District of Albany) is the public school district of Albany, New York. It has twelve elementary schools, three middle schools, one comprehensive high school, and several other institutions of various types serving nearly 10,000 students.
Albany Congress The Albany Congress was a meeting of representatives of seven of the British North American colonies in 1754 (specifically, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island). Representatives met daily at Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11 to discuss better relations with the Indian tribes and common defensive measures against the French.
Albany Crown Tower The Albany Crown Tower (or simply the Albany Tower) is a planned development for the city of Manchester in England. It will be located on the site of the former government offices near Piccadilly Station (on Aytoun Street).
Albany Free School The Albany Free School is the oldest inner-city independent alternative school in the United States. It was founded in 1969 during the height of the United States Free school movement and is located in Albany, New York.
Albany High School (Albany, California) Albany High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in Albany, California (near Berkeley, California). Educating students in grades 9–12, the school has an enrollment of 1200 students and a diverse student body.
Albany Highway Albany Highway is a generally north-south highway in the south of Western Australia which links the state's capital Perth with its oldest settlement, Albany. The highway is approximately 420 km (262 miles) in length, is designated State Route 30 and separates Western Australia's Great Southern region from its South West region.
Albany Choppers The Albany Choppers was an independent professional ice hockey team competing in the International Hockey League during the 1990-1991 season. The franchise originally existed as the Fort Wayne Komets, whose owner, David Welker, opted to move his franchise to Albany, New York and its brand-new Knickerbocker Arena, a major league-caliber facility, during the IHL's period of nationwide expansion.
Albany Law School Albany Law School is an American law school based in Albany, New York, and is one of the constituent institutions of Union University. Founded in 1851, Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the United States.
Albany Movement The Albany Movement was a desegregation group formed in Albany, Georgia on 17 November 1961 by local activists, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The movement was led by William G.
Albany Park, Chicago Albany Park is a residential and commercial neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago, and one of the most diverse in the United States. It has one of highest percentages of foreign-born residents of neighborhoods in Chicago.
Albany Park, London Albany Park, a suburb in the London Borough of Bexley, is located between Sidcup and Old Bexley. The name Albany Park was given to the area when the station on the Dartford Loop Line was opened on 7 July 1935, following the building of a new housing estate nearby.
Albany Patroons The Albany Patroons are a basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and just recently in 2006 they have also joined the United States Basketball League (USBL). Originally entering the CBA as an expansion franchise in the 1982-83 season, the Patroons won league championships in 1984 and 1988, defeating the Wyoming Wildcatters in both instances.
Albany Progress The Albany Progress was a narrow gauge passenger train that was run by the Western Australian Government Railways between 1961 and December 1978. The train ran between Perth and Albany on the Great Southern Railway.
Albany Rural Cemetery The Albany Rural Cemetery was established October 7, 1844 in Menands, New York, just outside of the city of Albany, New York. It is renowned as one of the most beautiful, pastoral cemeteries in the United States.
Albany Stakes The Albany Stakes is the third and final leg of the "Big Apple Triple," a grouping of three races in New York state for New York breds. A horse who wins all three of the Big Apple Triple wins the purse total of $400,000 plus a $250,000 bonus.
Albany Stakes (UK) The Albany Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres, or 3/4 mile) at Ascot Racecourse at the Royal meeting in June.
Albany State University Founded in 1903, Albany State University is a historically black , four year institution located in Albany, GA, a progressive city with a metropolitan statistical area population of 162,800. The University is one of three historically black colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia.
Albany Student Press The Albany Student Press or The ASP, the newspaper of the University at Albany, The State University of New York, is one of the oldest continuously published and independent college newspapers in the United States .
Albany Students' Association The Albany Students' Association (ASA), incorporated in 1999, represents students at Massey University's Albany Campus in Auckland, New Zealand. ASA organises student events, publicises student issues, administers student facilities, and assists affiliated student clubs and societies.
Albany Trust The Albany Trust was founded in the United Kingdom as a registered charity in May 1958 to complement the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HLRS). It takes its name from The Albany, in Piccadilly, London, where Jacquetta Hawkes had an apartment, and at which the trust's earliest meetings were held.
Albany, Florida and Northern Railway The Albany, Florida and Northern Railway (AF&N) was chartered in 1889 and built a railway between Albany and Cordele, Georgia, beginning operation in 1891. The following year the line was leased to the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad (SA&M), who was responsible for obtaining the charter to begin with.
Albany, New Zealand Albany is a northern suburb of North Shore, one of several cities in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. It is located to the north of the Waitemata Harbour, 15 kilometres northwest of the Auckland city centre.
Albany, South Africa Albany, South Africa (also known as Cape Borders, Cape Frontier, Settler Country, and Western Region) was a district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The area was known as the 'Zuurveld' by migrating Boer farmers in the late 18th century.
Albany, Western Australia Albany, (; ; post code: 6330), is a city on the south coast of Western Australia, 408 kilometres south-southeast of Perth. Its population at the ABS 2001 census was 22,256, and it is located within the City of Albany local government area.
Albarello An albarello is a type of majolica jar (earthenware with a white tin glaze) originally designed to hold apothecaries' ointments and dry drugs. It was commonly made in Italy from the 15th to 18th century, and is nowadays made in Spain and the Middle East.
Albatros D.I The Albatros D I was a German fighter airplane used during World War I. It was designed by Robert Thelen, Schubert and Gnädig, in an attempt to create an airplane superior to the then-dominant Nieuport 11 (Bébé) and Airco D.
Albatros D.III The Albatros D.III was a highly successful single seat, biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service (Luftfahrtruppen) during the First World War.
Albatros L 65 The Albatros L 65 was a two-seat reconnaissance fighter biplane first flown in 1925. Under the Treaty of Versailles, military aircraft production was restricted in Germany, so Albatros Flugzeugwerke established a subsidiary to build the L 65 in Lithuania.
Albatros L 77v The Albatros L 77v was a tandem two-seat reconnaissance fighter biplane, four examples of which were built under license for Albatros Flugzeugwerke by Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1928. Based upon the Albatros L 76 Aeolus reconnaissance trainer, the aircraft was powered by a 600 hp BMW VI 5.
Albatros L 84 The Albatros L 84 was a tandem two-seat, single-bay fighter biplane first flown in 1931. Four of the five examples produced were built by Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau, into which Albatros Flugzeugwerke was amalgamated in that year.
Albatross Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific.
Albatross (automobile) The Albatross was an American sports car venture that was planned in 1939, but that never got off the ground. The plan had been to market an ultra-streamlined four-seat tourer body, built on a standard Mercury chassis, based on a European custom-made car owned by cartoonist Peter Arno.
Albatross Foundation USA The Albatross Foundation USA (Fundación Ecológica Albatros) is a non-profit, community-based organization, which was initiated and is led by residents of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno in San Cristóbal Island, the administrative capital of the Galápagos Islands Province of the Republic of Ecuador. The Albatross Foundation is committed to the protection of the Galapagos land and marine environments and the diversity of the islands’ ecosystems through an educational project which aims to equip the youth of the Galapagos with the enthusiasm, commitment and scientific knowledge that they will need to play a full and constructive role in the future of the Galapagos Islands.
AlbayzĂ­n The AlbayzĂ­n (also AlbaicĂ­n or El AlbaicĂ­n) is a district of present day Granada, Spain that retains the narrow winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. It was declared a world heritage site in 1994, along with the more famous Alhambra.
Albazin Albazin (Russia: Албазин; Manchu: Yaksa; Chinese: 雅克薩) was a fortified Russian town in the Amur river region, which was founded by Yerofey Khabarov in 1651. In 1685, the Albazin fortress became the site of a battle between the Russian and Qing Empires and in the subsequent Treaty of Nerchinsk, Russia undertook to raze the fortress of Albazin.
AlbĂ­n BrunovskĂ˝ AlbĂ­n BrunovskĂ˝ (25 December 1935, Zohor - 20 January 1997, Bratislava) was a painter, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Slovak painters of the 20th century.
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (May 17, 1911, Brussels–October 3, 1980, Brussels) was a Belgian chess International Grandmaster, most famous for being the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1959 and 1962.
Albedo Anthropomorphics Albedo Anthropomorphics, or Albedo for short, is a furry comic book anthology which is credited with starting the furry comic book subgenre that featured sophisticated stories with funny animals primarily intended for an adult audience. The first issue of Albedo was published in 1983; new issues were still being published in 2005.
Albedo One Albedo One is Ireland’s longest-running and foremost magazine of the Fantastic. Since 1993, it has published stories of both Irish and international authors which push at the boundaries of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built by a corporation in 1856-1860 to afford inland navigation between Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound. It was really two canals, thirty miles apart; one eight and one-half miles long, connecting Elizabeth River with North Landing River in Virginia, the other five and one-half miles long, connecting Currituck Sound with North River in North Carolina.
Albemarle Club The Albemarle Club was a private members' club at 13 Albemarle Street, London, founded in 1874 and open to both men and women. It was considered more bohemian in character than the more prestigious clubs of the day.
Albemarle Commission The Albemarle Commission is one of the 17 regional North Carolina Councils of Governments (Region R) established by the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of regional planning and administration. Headquartered in Hertford, North Carolina, it serves Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, and Hyde counties.
Albemarle Corporation Albemarle Corporation is chemical company with corporate headquarters in Richmond, Virginia and operation headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is a globally recognized specialty chemical manufacturing enterprise.
Albemarle Settlements The Albemarle Settlements were the first permanent English settlements in what is now North Carolina, made in the Albemarle Sound and Roanoke River regions, beginning about the middle of the 17th century. The settlers were mainly Virginians migrating south.
Albemarle Sound Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Outer Banks, a long barrier peninsula upon which the town of Kitty Hawk is located, at the eastern edge of the sound.
Albemarle Street Albemarle Street is a street in Mayfair in central London, off Piccadilly. It has historic associations with Lord Byron, whose publisher John Murray was based here, and Oscar Wilde, a member of the Albemarle Club, where an insult he received led to his suing for libel and to his eventual imprisonment.
Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula is a large peninsula (about 3,200 square miles) on the North Carolina coast, lying between the Albemarle Sound to the north and the Pamlico Sound to the south. The 6 counties of Dare, Hyde, Beaufort, Bertie, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties all lie along the peninsula.

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