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Doushantuo Formation The Doushantuo Formation is a lagerstätte in Guizhou Province, China that is notable for being one of the oldest fossil beds to contain highly preserved fossils. The formation is of particular interest because it appears to cover the boundary between the problematic organisms of the Ediacaran geological period and the more famous Cambrian Explosion.
Douvrin engine The Douvrin family was an all-aluminum straight-4 automobile engine designed in the early 1970s and produced from 1977 to 1996 by Compagnie Française de Mécanique, a joint-venture between Peugeot and Renault located in the town of Douvrin in northern France. It was produced in the same factory as the PRV V6, which also is sometimes known outside France as the "Douvrin" V6.
Douwe Egberts Douwe Egberts (often abbreviated as DE) is a Dutch corporation that processes and trades coffee, tea, and other groceries. Its full name is Douwe Egberts Koninklijke Tabaksfabriek-Koffeebranderijen-Theehandel Naamloze Vennootschap, which translates as "Douwe Egberts Royal Tobacco Factory - Coffee Roasters - Tea Traders, Plc.
Dov Berish Weidenfeld Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld was the Chief Rabbi of Tchebein (Trzebinia), Poland, and after World War II spent his final years in Jerusalem. His principal work of Jewish law is titled "Dovev Meisharim".
Dov Charney Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal) is the CEO of the garment company American Apparel (AA), a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that makes all of its garments in a downtown Los Angeles factory, now the single largest clothing manufacturing plant in the United States. American Apparel employs nearly five thousand workers, most of whom make at least twice the minimum wage.
Dov Lopatyn Dov Lopatyn was the head of the Judenrat in Ĺachwa, Poland (now Lakhva, Belarus) in 1941-1942. He refused the demand of the Einsatzgruppen that the ghetto inhabitants line up for deportation, and on September 3, 1942, he led one of the first ghetto uprisings of the war.
Dove Pigeons and doves comprise the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, including some 300 species of near passerine birds. In general parlance the terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably.
Dove Awards of 1971 The GMA Music Awards moved to Nashville, TN in 1971 after two years in Memphis. The GMAMA's first trip around the state capital was declared null and void, except for the GMA Music Hall of Fame, when voting irregularities were found.
Dove Awards of 2002 The thirty-third GMA Music Awards were held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN on April 25, 2002 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2001. Recipients below, see also full list of nominees.
Dove Awards of 2006 The thirty-seventh annual GMA Dove Awards were held in 2006 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2005. This was the last year in which the awards were called the "GMA Music Awards"; the 2007 edition will be called the "GMA Dove Awards" recipients==
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a marketing campaign created by Edelman Public Relations Worldwide. The principle behind the campaign is to celebrate the curves and imperfections of real women and inspire them to have the confidence to show them off with pride.
Dove Canyon Dove Canyon is an exclusive gated community in Orange County, California with the unique privilege of belonging to two of Orange County's renowned school districts: Capistrano Unified School District and Saddleback Valley Unified School District. Both districts are known for leading the way in academic excellence.
Dove Cottage Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District. It is best known as the home of William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy Wordsworth from December 1799 to May 1808, where they spent 8½ years of "plain living, but high thinking".
Dove Foundation [Dove Foundation is a registered United States] [[non-profit organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, known for its activities of rating, reviewing and endorsing films, and for campaigning against the portrayal of sexual activity and violence in Hollywood films.
Dove tree The Dove tree (Davidia involucrata) is a medium-sized deciduous tree, usually placed in the tupelo family (Nyssaceae), but is sometimes included (with the tupelos) in the dogwood family (Cornaceae), and by yet others given family status of its own, as Davidiaceae. The tree is native to central China, from Hubei to southern Gansu, south to Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan.
Dove's Bellringer's Guide to the Church Bells of Britain Ronald H. Dove's book A Bellringer's Guide to the Church Bells of Britain and Ringing Peals of the World, known to bell ringers as Dove, is the standard reference to the towers (churches, and a few other secular buildings) which house bells hung for English-style full-circle bell ringing.
Dove-Myer Robinson Sir Dove-Myer Robinson (15 June 1901 - 14 August 1989) served as Mayor of Auckland from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980. He was well liked and became affectionately known across New Zealand as "Robbie".
Dovecliffe railway station Dovecliffe railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Railway 's Blackburn Valley line between High Royds and Wombwell Main Junction. The station opened with the line on 4th September 1854 and closed on 7th December 1953.
Dovecote A dovecote or dovecot is a building intended to house pigeons or doves, which were an important food source in history. In Scotland the usual term is doocot, and the tradition is continued in modern urban areas.
Dover Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. At the 2001 census, the town of Dover proper had a population of 28,156 inhabitants, while the population of the whole urban area of Dover, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics, was 39,078 inhabitants.
Dover and Rockaway Railroad The Dover and Rockaway Railroad was a section of railroad track completed in 1881 connecting Dover, New Jersey and Rockaway. It formed an important link in the developing American railroad system, connecting major trunks to the New York harbor for freight and provided passenger service to central and southern New Jersey.
Dover Beach "Dover Beach" is the most famous poem by Matthew Arnold and is generally considered one of the most important poems of the 19th century. First published in 1867, in the collection, New Poems, its condensed 37 lines with a subtly interwoven and shifting rhyme have a memorable theme: the crisis of faith in the mid-Victorian world, which was generated by the German developments of biblical Higher Criticism.
Dover Beaches South, New Jersey Dover Beaches South better known as Ortley Beach is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Toms River, in Ocean County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 1,594.
Dover Downs Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is a racing facility that holds harness horse racing and NASCAR events. The NEXTEL Cup track is now known as Dover International Speedway, and the Dover Downs name is used for horse racing events.
Dover International Speedway Dover International Speedway (nickname: The Monster Mile) is a NASCAR race track located in Dover, Delaware, owned by, and serving as the corporate headquarters of, Dover Motorsports. It is unusual in several respects.
Dover Island Dover Island is the best bouldering area around Halifax, Nova Scotia and the premier bouldering destination in Atlantic Canada. Located 1 mile off shore, Dover Island is a combination of quality bouldering problems and breath taking scenery.
Dover MRT Station The Dover MRT Station (EW22) was built on the East West Line between the Clementi MRT Station and the Buona Vista MRT Station, was opened on October 18, 2001. The first station to be built over an operating rail line with no disruptions to train services, with the exception that trains drove by the site at a reduced speed during the construction phase, it was also the first elevated station with two side platforms on either side of the tracks, as opposed to having a central platform in all other elevated stations.
Dover Straits earthquake of 1580 Though severe earthquakes in the north of France and southern England are rare,Mild earthquakes are quite common. Earthquakes of magnitude 5 or higher occur about every eight years, the Guardian Unlimited reports ( 22 October 2002) the Dover Straits earthquake of 6 April 1580 appears to have been the largest in the recorded history of England, Flanders or northern France.
Dover test The Dover test is an informal test and a journalistic phrase to describe whether the general population of the United States is supporting the participation of the United States in a war or other military action by the public reaction to returning war casualties. The test is usually used to support a partisan position concerning the United States government's actions than to actually determine the level of public support for the war.
Dover Western Heights First given earthworks in 1779, the high ground west of Dover, England now called Dover Western Heights, was properly fortified in 1804 when Lieutenant-Colonel William Twiss built the Citadel at the western end, North Centre Bastion to the north, and Drop Redoubt overlooking the town. The unique triple spiral staircase, the Grand Shaft linked barracks on the hill to the town below.
Dover, Newfoundland and Labrador Dover is a small incorporated fishing and lumbering village located in a small cove at the head of Freshwater Bay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Settled in the early 1890's it was originally know as Shoal Bay, presumably from its many shallow covers and inlets in the area.
Doveridge Doveridge is a village on the borders of Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. Formerly a small village through which the original busy A50 road ran from Derby to Stoke-on-Trent (via Uttoxeter), this was by-passed by the five mile new dual-carriageway A50 (formerly A564) in 1998.
Dovestones Reservoir Dovestones Reservoir is a reservoir situated above the village of Greenfield, Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England. While its main purpose is to supply drinking water to the surrounding area, it is also a major tourist attraction, offering several walks amongst picturesque landscapes.
Dovey Junction railway station Dovey Junction railway station (Welsh: Cyffordd Dyfi) is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in Wales. It is the junction where the line splits into the line to Aberystwyth and the Cambrian Coast Line to Pwllheli.
Dovgan Dovgan is a popular genuine Russian premium vodka sold throughout Russia and other states of the FSU. It is 40% ABV and comes in 5 types - Admiralskaya (Admiral), Hlebnaya (Rye), Limonaya (Lemon), Medovaya (Honey and Chilli) and Ladies Light.
Dovid Feinstein Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, son of the late rabbi Moshe Feinstein, is an acknowledged Torah scholar and halachic authority. He resides on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and serves as the rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem yeshiva elementary and high school and kollel, inheriting the position after the passing of his father in 1986.
Dovid Leibowitz Rabbi Dovid Leibowitz (1889-1941) was a leading rabbi and disciple of prewar Europe's Slabodka Yeshiva in Lithuania who went on to found the Rabbinical Seminary of America as its first Rosh yeshiva (dean) in Brooklyn, New York. His son, Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz, heads the yeshiva today.
Dovid Shlomo Novoseller Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Novoseller, a descendant of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (Kedushat Levi), Rabbi Samuel Eidels (Maharsha) and Rabbi Yechezkel Landau (Noda Biyehuda), was born in Yarmolintsky on Aug. 19, 1877 and received semicha from Rabbi Moshe Noson HaLevi Rubinstein, Av Beth Din of Vinnitsa.
Dovre National Park Dovre National Park is a national park in Hedmark and Oppland, Norway, that was established in 2003. Dovre covers an area of 289 km² and the altitude varies from the tree-line around 1000 meters to 1716 meters (Folkstuhøe peak).
Dovrefjell Dovrefjell is a mountain range in central Norway that forms a natural barrier between the southern regions of Norway and the area around Trondheim. As a result, it has been heavily trafficked during and probably preceding historical times.
Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park was founded in 2002 to replace and enlarge the former Dovrefjell National Park, originally founded in 1974. It is 1,693 km² and encompasses areas in three Norwegian counties: Oppland, Sør-Trøndelag, and Møre og Romsdal and includes the mountain range of Dovrefjell.
Dow AgroSciences Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company specializing in not only agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, but also seeds and biotechnology solutions. The company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States.
Dow Event Center The Dow Event Center (formerly known as The Saginaw County Event Center, formerly known as The Saginaw Civic Center) is located in downtown Saginaw, Michigan. The center consists of three parts: Heritage Theater, a meeting facility formerly known as Unity Hall, and Wendler Arena, an ice rink.
Dow Gardens Dow Gardens is a 110 acre (445,000 m²) botanical garden located at 1809 Eastman Avenue, Midland, Michigan, USA. It is open to the public, and currently contains over 1700 varieties of plants hardy in mid-Michigan.
Dow Jones and the Industrials Dow Jones and the Industrials were a punk band from West Lafeyette, Indiana from the late 1970's until about 1981. During this time, they released a split LP with Gizmos, entitled "Hoosier Hysteria", and a self-titled 7" EP.
Dow Jones Composite Average The Dow Jones Composite Average is a stock index that tracks 65 prominent companies. Most of the companies listed in the average, trade higher or lower based on the strength of the economy, therefore they are "cyclical" companies.
Dow Jones Corporate Governance Dow Jones Corporate Governance is a newsletter from Dow Jones that covers corporate governance topics ranging from governance conflicts that are still unsettled in corporate law, to proxy contests to shareholder activism. Executive compensation is also frequently covered by CG.
Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 is a stock index of Eurozone stocks designed by STOXX Limited, a joint venture of Deutsche Boerse AG, Dow Jones & Company and SWX Group. According to STOXX, its goal is "to provide a blue-chip representation of Supersector leaders in the Eurozone.
Dow Jones Global Indices The Dow Jones Global Indices (DJGI) are a family of real time international equity indices, including world, region, and country indices and economic sector, market sector, industry-group, and subgroup indices. The index is constructed and weighted using free-float market capitalization.
Dow Jones Global Titans The Dow Jones Global Titans Indices were created to reflect the globalization of international blue chip securities in the wake of mergers and the creation of mega-corporations. They are large-cap companies with at least some of their operations outside of their domestic markets.
Dow Jones Global Titans 50 The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index is a float-adjusted index of 50 of the largest-capitalization and best known blue chip companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Euronext, London Stock Exchange, and Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (, also called DJIA, Dow 30, or informally the Dow Jones index or the Dow) is one of several stock market indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company founder Charles Dow. Dow compiled the index as a way to gauge the performance of the industrial component of America's stock markets.
Dow Jones Islamic Fund The Dow Jones Islamic Fund (symbol: IMANX) invests in Shariah compliant companies, in response to the needs of Muslim investors, who not only want to have a financially rewarding investment, but a Shariah compatible one as well. Since its inception on June 30, 2000, IMANX has provided Muslim investors with financial alternatives based on Islamic law.
Dow Jones Islamic Index The Dow Jones Islamic Index (DJGI) family was created for people who wish to invest according to Islamic investment guidelines. The indices track securities approved by the Shariah Supervisory Board of Dow Jones & Company, comprised of scholars from around the world and providing Muslim investors with comprehensive tools based on a global investing perspective.
Dow Jones STOXX 50 Dow Jones STOXX 50 is a stock index of European stocks designed by STOXX Limited, a joint venture of Deutsche Boerse AG, Dow Jones and SWX Group. Its goal is "to provide a blue-chip representation of Supersector leaders in Europe" according to STOXX.
Dow Jones Utility Average The Dow Jones Utility Average (also known as the "Dow Jones Utilities") is a stock index that keeps track of the performance of 15 prominent utility companies. The current components on the Dow Jones Utilities are as follows (company name followed by ticker symbol):
Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index The Dow Jones–AIG Commodity Index (DJ-AIGCI) is a commodity price index composed of futures contracts on 19 physical commodities and designed to be a highly liquid and diversified benchmark for the commodity futures market.
Dow Tate C. Dow Tate, 1997 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year and Texas' Max Haddick Teacher of the Year, is currently in his fourth year of advising Shawnee Mission East High School's student publications.
Dow University of Health Sciences Dow Medical College is one of the most respected medical college and one of the oldest education institutions of Pakistan. Every year thousands of Pre-Medical students from Karachi and many other parts of Pakistan apply to Dow Medical College to pursue graduate medical education.
Dow's Lake Dow's Lake in Ottawa Canada is a tiny man-made lake on the Rideau Canal, situated two kilometers north of Hog's Back Falls in the middle of Ottawa, near many of the city's attractions. It is at the south end of Preston Street, just south of Carling Avenue, and just to the west of Bronson Avenue.
Dowd Report The Dowd Report is the document describing the alleged transgressions of baseball player Pete Rose in betting on baseball, which precipitated his agreement to a lifetime suspension from the sport in the United States. The 225-page report was prepared by Special Counsel to the Commissioner, John M.
Dowd-Beckwith ring expansion reaction The Dowd-Beckwith Ring Expansion Reaction is an organic reaction in which a cyclic β-keto ester is expanded by up to 4 carbons in a free radical ring expansion reaction through an α-alkylhalo substituent . The radical initiator system is based on AIBN and tributyltin hydride.
Dowdy Ferry Road Dowdy Ferry Road is the fifth album by the pop rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley. The album's single "It's Sad to Belong" was a moderate pop hit and a #1 smash on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Dowel Bar Retrofit A Dowel Bar Retrofit (DBR) is a method of reinforcing cracks in highway pavement by inserting steel dowel bars in slots cut across the cracks. It is a technique several States have successfully used to address faulting in older jointed plain concrete pavements.
Dower Dower or morning gift (Latin: doarium or morganaticum; Fr. douaire; German: Morgengab) was a provision for support during life (particularly for the widowhood period) accorded by law to a wife surviving her husband.
Dower house A dower house is usually a moderately large house on an estate which is occupied by the widow of the late owner. The widow, often known as the "dowager" usually moves into the dower house, from the larger family house, on the death of her husband, the new heir occupies the now vacated principal house.
Dowerin Field Day The biggest and most important annual showcase of agricultural machinery and associated equipment in Western Australia, now in its 42nd year (2006). Held in late August each year at Dowerin, it's a community owned event run by a board, with three full time staff and more than 400 volunteer staff from communities throughout rural Western Australia, work for an hourly rate, paid to their pre-nominated charity, club, school, or association.
Dowerin, Western Australia Dowerin is a town and shire located 156 km north east of Perth in the central Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. In 1906 the government extended the railway from Goomalling to the developing Dowerin Agricultural Area and decided to develop a townsite at the terminus.
Dowitcher The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related (Thomas et al.
Dowlaiswaram Dowlaiswaram (ధవళేశ్వరం in Telugu) is a village in India situated near Rajahmundry in the East Godavari district, approximately four kilometres distance from Rajamundry. Dowlaiswaram is located near by national highway-5.
Dowlas Dowlas is the name given to a plain cloth, similar to sheeting, but usually coarser. It is made in several qualities, from line warp and weft to two warp and weft, and is used chiefly for aprons, pocketing, soldiers gaiters, linings and overalls.
Dowlatshahi The Persian prince, Mohammad Ali Mirza, Qavam ol-Khelafa (aka Dowlatshah) (1789-1821), Fath Ali Shah’s eldest son (seven months older than Abbas Mirza Nayeb-Saltaneh), born of a Georgian woman, Ziba-Chehr Khanoum, of a Qajar origin. Governor of Kermanshah, he was second in line to the crown after the crown prince, Abbas Mirza.
Dowleswaram Barrage The Dowleswaram Barrage is an irrigation structure which is built on the last stretch of the Godavari River before it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It was built by a British irrigation engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton.
Dowling Catholic High School Dowling Catholic High School is a Catholic secondary school in West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. In 1972, it was created by the merger of St Joseph Academy for girls (established in 1887) and Dowling High School for boys (established in 1918).
Dowling College Dowling College is a private college on Long Island, New York, with more than 7,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students through four schools: the School of Arts & Sciences, Townsend School of Business, School of Education and School of Aviation.
Down (Bernice Summerfield) Down is an original novel by Lawrence Miles featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Down (comics) Down is a four-issue comic book limited series published in late 2005 and early 2006, by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics. The series was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner and Tony Harris.
Down and Above Down and Above, otherwise known as DNA is a hard rock band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band consists of David Young (vocals and lead guitar), Ian Allison (vocals and bass guitar), and Zach Young (drums and vocals).
Down and Derby Down and Derby is a 2005 film about the competitive Pinewood derby race. The race is for Cub Scouts, who build cars from kits with appropriate adult supervision, but the competitive adults (mostly fathers) often build the cars.
Down and Out Down and Out is a passing play in American football where the quarterback passes to a pre-arranged wide receiver. The quarterback calls "down and out" (and "to right or left") in the huddle.
Down and Out in Paris and London Down and Out in Paris and London is George Orwell's semi-autobiographical account of living in poverty in both cities. The narrative begins in Paris, where Orwell lived for two years, attempting to subsist by giving English lessons and contributing reviews and articles to various periodicals.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is a 2003 science fiction book, the first novel by Canadian author and digital-rights activist Cory Doctorow. Probably its most notable feature is the fact that, concurrent with its publication by Tor Books, Doctorow released the entire text of the novel under a Creative Commons license on his website, allowing the whole text of the book to be read for free and distributed without needing any further permission from him or his publisher.
Down by Law (album) Down By Law is the eponymous debut album of the band Down By Law. Dave Smalley wrote words and music for all tracks except "The Truth" (words and music by Dave Nazworthy), "Surf Punk" (music by Ed Urlick), "The One" (words by Dave S.
Down by Law (band) Down By Law is a Punk band formed in or around 1990. Frontman Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty fame teamed up with the members of Chemical People for their first album and went through several set changes all around over the years.
Down by Law (film) Down by Law (1986) is the fourth feature film by director Jim Jarmusch. The film was written by Jarmusch and is filmed in black-and-white by regular Jarmusch cinematographer Robby Muller (Paris, Texas (1984), Repo Man (1984), Buena Vista Social Club (1999)), who has also worked with Jarmusch on more recent projects such as Mystery Train (1989), Dead Man (1995) and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999).
Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men) Down by the Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men) is an Irish rebel song written by Peadar Kearney, an Irish Republican and composer of numerous rebel songs, including The Soldier's Song (Amhrán na bhFiann), now the Irish National Anthem.
Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go Down by the river where the dead men go is the third book of a trilogy by novelist George Pelecanos with the same protagonist, Nick Stefanos. In this volume he has retired from his previous job as a crime investigator in Washington D.
Down by the Seaside "Down by the Seaside" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. It was originally written as an acoustic piece by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at Bron-Yr-Aur, the cottage in Wales where they went after their 1970 concert tour of the United States.
Down By The Laituri Down By The Laituri (often shortened to DBTL) is a rock festival organised annually in the city of Turku, Finland. The festival is organised in July by the river Aura in Turku's city centre, and is Finland's largest and oldest festival to be organised in the centre of a city.
Down Cathedral Down Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of Ireland cathedral located in the town of Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. It stands on Cathedral Hill overlooking the town.
Down Deep Inside (Theme From "The Deep") "Down Deep Inside (Theme From "The Deep")" is the theme song from the 1977 film The Deep. The film's score was written by British composer John Barry and the lyrics to the main theme were added by disco singer Donna Summer.
Down East Yachts Down East Yachts (USCG Manufacturer's Identification Code (MIC) - AAY) was a manufacturer of sailboats headquartered in Santa Ana, California. According to Coast guard records, the company was founded on August 5, 1974 and went out of business on July 12, 1983.
Down for the One Down for the One was the second single released by British soul singer, Beverley Knight. The track, which peaked at #55 on the UK Singles Chart when it was released in August 1995, did not have a promotional video made to accompany it but it still received support from urban radio.
Down From Hollow Down From Hollow is a blues-centric heavy rock band headquartered in Los Angeles. The band is noted for its blues and R&B-flavored guitar hooks, for its driving rhythm section, and for its energetic live show, punctuated by frontman Cody Hopkins's unhinged and unpredictable stage behavior.
Down GAA The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An DĂşn) or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Down. The county board is also responsible for the Down inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.
Down hair Down hairs, also called the ground hairs, are the very fine, fluffy hairs closest to the skin on some mammals. The hairs are short and crimped, which makes them highly efficient for trapping air and insulating the animal.
Down in the Bottomlands Down in the Bottomlands is a novella written by Harry Turtledove which takes places in an alternative history in which the Atlantic Ocean did not reflood the Mediterranean Sea 5.5 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, as it did in our history.
Down in the Cellar Down in the Cellar is a 2000 album by the folk rock artist Al Stewart. Its primary theme is that of wine, and almost all the songs on the album refer to various varieties of the alcholic beverage, including Chardonnay and Shiraz.
Down in the Park "Down in the Park" is a 1979 single written and recorded by Gary Numan with his band Tubeway Army. The first cut from the album Replicas, it was not a hit when released but has long been a critical and fan favourite and for many years was nominated by Numan as his best composition.
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