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Dario Floreano Dario Floreano is the professor of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne] in [[Switzerland. He is one of the pioneers in evolutionary robotics, a research field in which robots are evolved using artificial evolution.
Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti (b. 19 May, 1973 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland) is a Scottish race car driver of Italian extraction, is a competitor in the IndyCar series and formerly a driver in the now-defunct CART series.
Dario Gradi Dario Gradi MBE (born Milan, Italy, 8 July 1941) has become one of English football's most respected managers and coaches. Born to an Italian father (who died when Dario was a small child) and an English mother, he moved to London when his mother returned after the Second World War.
Dario Kordić Dario Kordić was a Bosnian Croat politician and military commander of the HVO forces during 1991-1995. He is currently serving a 25 year sentence for war-crimes commited against the Bosniak muslim population during the Bosniak-Croat conflict.
Dario Vidosic Dario Vidosic (born April 8 1987 in Osijek, Croatia) is an Australian football (soccer) player, of Croatian descent. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Australian A-League club Queensland Roar.
Darion Basco Darion Basco (born March 26, 1974 in Pittsburg, California) is an actor who has appeared in several television series in guest-starring roles. He is also co-director and co-producer of the film Naked Brown Men.
Darius (series) The Darius series is a series of horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up video games, released by Taito. When it started, its primary difference from other top first-generation scrolling shooters, such as R-Type and Gradius, was the ability to select different levels on the way to the final areas.
Darius de Haas Darius de Haas, born in Chicago, Ill. is an African-American stage actor and singer who has appeared in such productions as the Broadway production of Rent, and the Paper Mill Playhouse Cast of Children of Eden, with Stephanie Mills.
Darius Danesh Darius Danesh (born 19 August 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a singer-songwriter and acclaimed West End stage actor, well-known from the British TV hit show Pop Idol, from which American Idol was born. His first, self-penned single, "Colourblind", entered the UK singles chart at number one, and his debut album went platinum under the guidance of Grammy-winning U2 producer Steve Lillywhite.
Darius Grigalionis Darius Grigalionis (born April 21, 1977 in PanevÄ—Ĺľys) is a backstroke swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. A student of the Kaunas University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity Program since August 2002.
Darius Guppy Darius Guppy was convicted of defrauding Lloyd's of London insurance market of ÂŁ1.8 million during the early 1990s, together with firearms offences relating to a robbery of gemstones in New York City, as well as VAT offences in connection with a gold smuggling operation between the UK and India.
Darius Hadley Darius Hadley is a former Arena Football League defensive specialist/wide receiver. In a career lasting six years, he played for the Memphis Pharaohs, Florida Bobcats, Grand Rapids Rampage, and the Los Angeles Avengers.
Darius Charles Darius Charles (born 10th December 1987) is a professional footballer currently playing for Brentford in Football League One in England. Charles came through the youth set-up at Brentford and recently signed a professional contract.
Darius I of Persia Darius the Great (ca. 549 BC– 486/485 BC; Old Persian đŽđŽ đŽĽđŽąđŽşđŽ˘đŹ DÄrayawauš: "He Who Holds Firm the Good"), was the son of Hystaspes, and Persian Emperor from 521 BC to 486/485 BC.
Darius James Darius James (aka Dr. Snakeskin) is the black American author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All'Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satiric novel written in screenplay form.
Darius Lukminas Darius Lukminas (born February 9, 1968 in Kaunas) is a former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a shooting guard; his weight was listed as 93 kilograms and his height as 194 centimeters.
Darius McCrary Darius McCrary (born May 1, 1976 in Walnut, California) is an American film and television actor who is best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the television series Family Matters. He is also noted for portraying Aaron Williams, a brave, outspoken young boy, in the 1988 film Mississippi Burning.
Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud () (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six - also known as the Groupe des Six - and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
Darius N. Couch Darius Nash Couch (July 23, 1822 – February 12, 1897) was a United States Army officer, naturalist, and a Union major general in the American Civil War. Couch rose to command a corps in the Army of the Potomac, and led divisions in both the Eastern Theater and Western Theater.
Darius the Great's Suez Inscriptions Darius the Great's SuezInscriptions is a stele of pink granite discovered in 1866, by Charles de Lesseps, near Kabret, 130 kilometers from Suez in Egypt belonging to Darius the Great, king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486.
Dariush Forouhar Dariush Forouhar (1928-November 1998) was the leader of the Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran (Nation of Iran Party), a pan-Iranist opposition party in Iran which he founded in 1951. He was born in Isfahan and had formerly been the Minister of Labor in the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979.
Dariusz Antoni Kłeczek Dariusz Antoni Kłeczek (born June 20, 1957 in Jedlnia Letnisko) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 16698 votes in 23 Rzeszów district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Dariusz Baliszewski Dariusz Baliszewski is a Polish historian, journalist and writer. Author of television show "Rewizja nadzwyczajna", he is a common author of historical articles to one of the biggest Polish magazines, Wprost.
Dariusz Baranowski Dariusz Baranowski (born 22 June 1972 in Walbrzych) is a professional cyclist from Poland. Dariusz is known as individual time trialist and a climbing specialist that excels in competing in the King of the Mountain competitions for stage races.
Dariusz Dziekanowski Dariusz Dziekanowski (born September 30, 1962 in Warszawa) is a Polish football trainer and former player. He started his career at Polonia Warszawa, between 1973-79, throughout the youth set-up and into a very young first team, but went to ĹKS ĹĂłdĹş from 1979-83.
Dariusz Gęsior Dariusz Gęsior (born on October 9 1969) is a Polish footballer (midfielder) and one of the notable players of Ruch Chorzów. He was a member of Olympic Poland national football team participated in Olympic Games 1992 .
Dariusz Olszewski Dariusz Olszewski (born November 26, 1967 in Otwock) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5797 votes in 20 Warsaw district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Dariusz Seliga Dariusz Seliga (born April 10, 1969 in Skierniewice) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5251 votes in 10 Piotrków Trybunalski district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Darjeeling Darjeeling (Nepali: , Bangla: দার্জিলিং) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Darjeeling district, in the Shiwalik Hills on the lower range of the Himalaya, at an average elevation of 2,134 m (6,982 ft).
Darjeeling Carnival Darjeeling Carnival is a ten-day carnival arranged in the town of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. The carnival consists of several functions like poetry-reading sessions, painting and photo exhibitions, tea-drinking ceremonies, a Land Rover rally, music concerts and ethnic food festivals.
Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council The Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council (DGAHC), previously known as Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) is an autonomous body that looks after the District of Darjeeling in the state of West Bengal, India. The body has a fair amount of autonomy in the district and handles healthcare, tourism, education and governance.
Darjeeling Government College Darjeeling Government College is a co-educational college established in 1948 in the town of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Besides undergraduate courses in liberal arts, commerce and science, it also offers post-graduate courses such as Botany, Zoology and Nepali.
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, nicknamed the "Toy Train", is a gauge narrow-gauge railway from Siliguri to Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal, run by the Indian Railways.was built between 1879] and [[1881 and is about 86 km long.
Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union Darjeeling Jela Dokan Sramik Union (Darjeeling District Shop Workers Union), a trade union of shop workers in Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. DJDSU is affiliated to the Indian Federation of Trade Unions.
Darjeeling Planters' Club Darjeeling Planters' Club is the club of Darjeeling Planters Association, located in the town of Darjeeling, in the Indian state of West Bengal. This association was formed in 1892, though the first annual general meeting of the Darjeeling Planters was held in 1873 to consult problems of the Darjeeling tea estates.
Darjeeling tea (oolong) Darjealing Oolong refers to a lighter than usual Darjeeling black tea which some people refer to as an Oolong. The tea has a distinctives chocolateys aromas and is most similar to Oolong from Fujian Province, China; but without the sophistications and finer tasted.
Darjeeling tea (white) Darjeeling White Tea has a delicate aroma and brews to a pale golden cup with a mellow taste and a hint of sweetness. Darjeeling white tea leaves are very fluffy and light; thus, it is recommended to use more (by volume) when preparing it than one would of other teas.
Dark adaptation threshold Dark Adaptation Threshold (DAT) is a vision test that measures the adjustment of the eye occurring under low levels of illumination. When light enters the eye, it ultimately reaches the rods and cones, which are two types of cells in the retina.
Dark adaptor goggles Dark adaptor goggles are one of the lesser known tools in the field of meteorology. They can be used for either adapting the eyes to the dark prior to an observation at night or to aid with the identification of clouds during bright sunshine or glare from snow.
Dark ambient Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of new synthesizer and sampling technology in the electronic music genre and other technical advances in music. Dark ambient is a very diverse genre; it is often closely linked with industrial music, noise, ethereal wave, and sometimes even black metal, yet can be free from any derivatives and connections to other genres or styles.
Dark Adapted Eye Dark Adapted Eye is an album by Danielle Dax, a British experimental musician, formerly of The Lemon Kittens. Released in 1988 on Sire Records, it consisted mainly of material from previous albums released on her own label, Awesome Records, with the exception of Cat House, White Knuckle Ride, When I Was Young, Whistling for His Love, Touch Piggy's Eyes, and House-Cat.
Dark Age of Camelot Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG that revolves around the war between three realms at the end of King Arthur's rule: Arthurian-inspired Albion, Norse mythology inspired Midgard and Celtic Hibernia. The game was developed by Mythic Entertainment and released on October 10, 2001.
Dark Age of Technology In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Dark Age of Technology is the name given to the period of human history that began in the 2nd millennium and ended in the 26th millennium, during which huge advances occurred in science and technology. The Dark Age of Technology saw the development of the specialised mutants known as Navigators and the earliest use of the Warp for space travel by human beings, with the greatest extent of space exploration and colonisation taking place during this period.
Dark Ages: Fae Dark Ages: Fae is part of a series of role-playing games, re-envisioning the popular White Wolf titles in the medieval past; it is the precursor to Changeling: The Dreaming. Dark Ages: Vampire contains the basic rules for all games of the Dark Ages-line and is necessary to play them.
Dark AleX Dark_AleX is a Spanish PlayStation Portable homebrew developer. He primarily develops software that makes it easier for people to use and/or develop homebrew applications and games, such as downgraders, homebrew enablers and customized firmware.
Dark Angel (band) Dark Angel (also known as DFA or Dark Fuckin' Angel) was a thrash metal band from Los Angeles. Their over-the-top style (extremely fast, heavy and lengthy songs with lots of tempo changes, lyrics and extended instrumental parts) earned them the nickname "the L.
Dark Angel (Marvel Comics) Dark Angel (Shevaun Haldane), originally Hell's Angel, is a fictional superheroine from the Marvel Comics imprint Marvel UK. She first appeared in Hell's Angel #1 (July 1992); the character and the comic book were both renamed to Dark Angel with issue #6, apparently to avoid confusion with the Hells Angels biker club.
Dark Angel (video game) Dark Angel is a video game based on the television series Dark Angel (2000-2002). Developed by Radical Entertainment, the production was scaled back considerably following the cancellation of the show, and the game was met with both a critical and commercial scalding upon its release in 2002.
Dark Art Primarily a product of the 20th Century, dark art is an art style defined as that being "dark" or unsettling in nature. Called and classified under many names such at gothic, horror, metaphysical, nightmarish, and disturbing, it is actually a culmination of techniques and styles.
Dark Arts (Harry Potter) The Dark Arts, in the Harry Potter series, are those magical spells and practices mostly used for malicious purposes. Practitioners are referred to as Dark Wizards or Dark Witches, the most prominent of whom is Lord Voldemort.
Dark Avenger Dark Avenger (also known as Eddie) was the pseudonym for a famous computer virus writer from Sofia, Bulgaria. Dark Avenger seemed to have a personal hatred for Vesselin Bontchev, a Bulgarian antivirus software writer.
Dark blue (color) Dark blue is a shade of blue. The name comes from the word "Dark" (which originated from Old English dark, derk, deork; Anglo-Saxon dearc, and Gaelic and Irish dorch, dorcha) and "Blue" (taken from French and originated from the Indo-European root bhlewos).
Dark Beast Dark Beast (Henry Philip McCoy), sometimes known as the Black Beast, is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an evil, alternate reality version of the X-Men’s Beast. Created by Scott Lobdell and Roger Cruz, he first appeared in X-Men: Alpha (1995).
Dark Blood Dark Blood is an unfinished film (circa 1993) about a character named Boy (played by River Phoenix). Boy is a widower who lives as a hermit on a nuclear testing site, waiting for the end of the world while making dolls that he believed had magical powers.
Dark Bring Dark Bring (Shadow Stones in the English anime) are evil magical stones from the Japanese Anime show and Manga series, Groove Adventure Rave (called Rave Master in the American version). These stones are utilized by many antagonist in the series, but are mainly used by the criminal organization known as Demon Card.
Dark Bring Cave Dark Bring Cave an area featured within the Japanese manga/anime series Rave Master. The Dark Bring Cave is a specific cave that had been reached by Haru and the others after being forced to walk to Southernberg on foot.
Dark cabaret Dark cabaret is a music genre that can be traced back to the 1970s and is still played today. Dark cabaret artists draw influences from German cabaret, burlesque, vaudeville, folk, punk, deathrock, gothic rock and darkwave music styles, as well as Film noir.
Dark Canyon Wilderness The Dark Canyon Wilderness in the heart of southeast Utah’s canyon country is named for its high, steep walls that narrow in the lower section so that they block the light in the morning and late afternoon. The roughly horseshoe-shaped wilderness is made up of the upper part of 40-mile (64 km) long Dark Canyon and two major tributaries, Woodenshoe Canyon and Peavine Canyon on the Manti-La Sal National Forest.
Dark Carnival (ICP) The Dark Carnival is the subject of a mythology presented on a series of albums by the horrorcore rap group Insane Clown Posse, known as the 6 Joker's Cards albums. The Dark Carnival is described as an omnipotent and omniprescient force that employs the ICP to do its bidding.
Dark Carnival Games Dark Carnival Games, LLC (Limited Liability Corporation) was founded on September 11th, 2000 with Managing Members Robert William "Jumpsteady" Bruce, R. Jesse" Deneaux and Nathan Andren Fostey (now Nathan Ichiro Noris Jay Andren).
Dark Castle Entertainment Dark Castle Entertainment is a division of Silver Pictures, a production house affiliated with Warner Bros. When first formed, the goal of Dark Castle was to remake William Castle horror films from the 1950s and 60s.
Dark Claw Dark Claw is a fictional character and an Amalgam Comics superhero. He is a combination of Marvel Comics' Wolverine and DC Comics' Batman who exists only in the temporary Amalgam Universe created when the DC and Marvel Universes combine.
Dark Cloud Dark Cloud is a series of console role-playing games by Level-5 with elements of action and simulation games. There are currently two entries in the series: Dark Cloud and Dark Chronicle (known as Dark Cloud 2 in the U.
Dark Cloud 2 Dark Cloud 2 (or Dark Chronicle in other countries) is a critically acclaimed Computer role-playing game developed by Level-5 and released by SCE on February 17 2003. It is the sequel to the game Dark Cloud, also for the PlayStation 2, and features some of the same "world-building" mechanics.
Dark Cloud 3 Dark Cloud 3 is the upcoming third installment of the real-time role-playing series Dark Cloud. Though the game was scheduled to appear at E3 2004 according to an SCE planning sheet, this was later found to be a misprint.
Dark Command Dark Command is a 1940 film loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders in the American Civil War. An outlaw leader named "Cantrell" attacks both sides, but after capturing a wagon loaded with Confederate uniforms decides to pass himself as a Confederate officer.
Dark Conspiracy Dark Conspiracy is a role-playing game originally developed by GDW in 1991. It has passed through many hands over the years, and early in 2006, it has been licenced to The Gamers' Conglomerate, a small start-up RPG company.
Dark Culture The term dark culture (German Schwarze Szene, Portuguese cultura dark, Spanish cultura oscura) is an umbrella term, used to describe a summary of parts of several subcultures. Here the "culture" is not to be understood as closed subculture, but as "social environment", a milieu, in which humans with similar interests and preferences (e.
Dark Danny Dark Danny is a villain in Danny Phantom. A full-ghost version of Danny Phantom, He first appeared in "The Ultimate Enemy" which was both a TV movie and the first Danny Phantom video game for the Game Boy Advance.
Dark Desert The Dark Desert is a transition phase between life and afterlife on the fictional Discworld. It is described as having brilliantly-lit black sand, under a black sky studded with cold bright stars, stretching away to distant mountains (where judgement awaits).
Dark Divide The Dark Divide is the largest roadless area in western Washington state, comprising approximately 76,000 acres of intact wilderness on Juniper Ridge linking Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams in the southern Cascade Mountains of Washington. In two remote valleys of the Lewis River drainage are 500-year old trees much coveted by timber companies, which successfully lobbied Congress to omit the Dark Divide from protection in the Washington Wilderness Act of 1984.
Dark energy In physical cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. According to the Theory of Relativity, the effect of such a negative pressure is qualitatively similar to a force acting in opposition to gravity at large scales.
Dark energy star A dark-energy star is a hypothetical compact astrophysical object which a minority of physicists feel might constitute an alternative explanation for observations of astronomical black hole candidates. Dark energy is invisible to the human eye however it can be tracked with difficulty by gamma astronomy.
Dark Eldar In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Dark Eldar are a Kindred of the Eldar, an ancient and advanced race of elf-like humanoids. Their armies usually have the advantages of speed and technology, though they are often lacking in resilience.
Dark Elves (Warhammer) In the world of Warhammer Fantasy, the Dark Elves are a race of harsh, warlike and vicious elves. Unlike many other dark elves in modern fantasy fiction, they do not dwell underground, nor are they dark-skinned; instead many of them are pale skinned and have raven black hair.
Dark Emissary Dark Emissary is the second multimedia series developed by USRPG. It is slated for release in Summer 2006 through multiple venues, including but not limited to: pen and paper role-playing, portable video game, and manga publication.
Dark Empire Dark Empire was a trilogy of comic limited series produced by Dark Horse Comics, set in the Star Wars galaxy, and entitled Dark Empire, Dark Empire II and Empire's End. The comics were written by Tom Veitch and drawn by Cam Kennedy (Dark Empire and Dark Empire II) and Jim Baikie (Empire's End).
Dark Empire I Dark Empire was a series of comic books written by Tom Veitch and illustrated by Cam Kennedy. They were originally released by Dark Horse Comics in 1991 and 1992 as a 6-issue bi-monthly series, which were later compiled and sold as trade paperback.
Dark Eyes Dark Eyes (also known as Oci ciornie and Ochi chyornye) is a 1987 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni, Oleg Tabakov, Yelena Safonova, Pina Cei and Vsevolod Larionov.
Dark fantasy Dark fantasy is a subgenre that combines elements of fantasy, including marvelous abilities, with those of horror.Philip Martin, The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature: From Dragon's Lair to Hero's Quest, p 46, ISBN 0-87116-195-8
Dark fiber In fiber-optic communications, dark fiber or unlit fiber (or fibre) is the name given to individual fibers that have yet to be used within cables that have been already laid. They are hence not yet connected to any device, and are only there for future usage.
Dark fiber network A dark fiber network is a privately operated optical fiber network that is run directly by its operator over dark fiber leased or purchased from another supplier, rather than by purchasing bandwidth or leased line capacity. Dark fiber networks may be used for private networking, or as Internet access or Internet infrastructure networking.
Dark field microscopy Dark field microscopy is an optical microscopy illumination technique used to enhance the contrast in unstained samples. It works on the principle of illuminating the sample with light that will not be collected by the objective lens, so not form part of the image.
Dark figure of crime The dark figure of (or for) crime is a term employed by criminologists and sociologists to describe the amount of unreported or undiscovered crime, which calls into question the reliability of official crime statistics.
Dark Factory The term "dark factory" describes a factory or means of production that have been automated to the point that "a man and his dog" run the entire operation. While some describe the idea as far in the future, there are already some factories in the US and Asia where the only employees on site are a four engineers keeping the automation systems running.
Dark Fall Dark Fall is a British first-person horror-adventure game which was independently released in 2002 by XXv Productions. It was released world-wide (and re-released in the UK) by The Adventure Company in 2003 with Dark Fall: The Journal as the box title.
Dark Force (Phantasy Star) Dark Force (ă€ăĽă‚Żă»ă•ァă©ă‚ą, dÄku farasu in the Japanese version, sometimes romanized as "Dark Phallus" is the major recurring villain] and plot element in the [[Phantasy Star series of video games. It is featured as a major boss in each game of the series, typically being discovered as the hidden source of recent calamities.
Dark Forest In the Redwall universe, Dark Forest is the afterlife for "goodbeasts" (A heaven of sorts). It is rather mysterious, described as a silent forest where the inhabitants (mainly the spirits of good creatures) are completely free.
Dark ghost shark The dark ghost shark, Hydrolagus novaezealandiae, is a shortnose chimaera of the family Chimaeridae, found on the continental shelf around the South Island of New Zealand at depths of between 25 and 950 m. Its length is up to nearly 90 cm, not including the filamentous tail up to a third of the body length.
Dark Gods (comics) The Dark Gods are fictional characters that appear in the Marvel Universe and are the evil opposites of the Asgardians. The Asgardians first came into contact with the Dark Gods many millennia ago, when Odin sends a scout to explore the universe.
Dark horse A dark horse candidate is one who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice. Often a dark horse is selected as a compromise when other, more prominent candidates' factions cannot come to an agreement.
Dark house Dark-house is the name used by some people to describe certain progressive house records that are characterised by deep penetrating lowtempo beats (~130 BPM) and the use of words and sounds that create a foreboding atmosphere.
Dark Horse (astronomy) The Dark Horse Nebula or Great Dark Horse is a large dark nebula, which as seen from Earth, obscures part of the upper central bulge of the Milky Way. The Dark Horse lies in the southern constellation Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer), near its borders with the more famous constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius.
Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest "independent" American comic book publishers, behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Mike Richardson, the owner of several comic book shops in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, began to publish in 1986 with an anthology series called Dark Horse Presents, investing profits from his stores into Dark Horse Comics.
Dark Humor (band) Dark Humor is an eclectic Goth/Rock/Folk band, largely known in the online indie music scene for the fact that all of their recent collaborations have taken place completely over the internet through Dead Puppy Records. They have recently secured a record deal and are working on new original material for release on Antidote Records.
Dark Illustrated Digital Artists of a Rare Kind, later known as Dark Illustrated, or simply Dark was an underground computer artscene group that primarily released ANSI, ASCII, and high resolution artwork from 1994 to 1999. Though the organization did not operate as long as ACiD, iCE, or Cia, Dark was a very influential and critically successful group.
Dark Intruder Dark Intruder is a 1965 television movie that was released theatrically. It is a horror film starring Leslie Nielsen, Mark Richman and Judi Meredith set in San Francisco in 1890 concerning playboy sleuth Brett Kingsford ( Nielson).
Dark Jedi Dark Jedi is the somewhat misleading name given in the Star Wars fictional universe to those beings who are Force-attuned and adept at the dark side of the Force. They exist only in the Expanded Universe; the term is never used in any of the six Star Wars films, even when the opportunity to do so arises (notably Qui-Gon Jinn's initial report to the Jedi Council during The Phantom Menace).
Dark Kat Dark Kat is one the arch-enemies of the SWAT Kats in the animated television series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, a large feline villain with purple fur and yellow eyes, always seen wearing black robes and possessing a booming voice provided by Brock Peters.
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