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Dawid Jackiewicz Dawid Jackiewicz (born March 18, 1973 in Wrocław) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 12362 votes in 3 Wrocław district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Dawit I of Ethiopia Dawit IIn Ethiopian sources he is referred to as Dawit II (and all subsequent Dawits are numerated accordingly), as Dawit I is used to refer only to King David of Judah. (Ge'ez ዳዊት dÄwÄ«t, "David") was (1382 - 6 October 1413) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.
Dawit II of Ethiopia Dawit II or David II (Ge'ez ዳዊት dÄwÄ«t), enthroned as Emperor Anbasa Segad (Ge'ez አንበ᳠á°áŚá‹µ, anbassÄ sagad, Amh. ÄnbessÄ seged, 'to whom lions bow'), better known by his birth name Lebna Dengel (Ge'ez áŤá‰ĄáŠ á‹µáŠ•áŚŤáŤ libna dingil 1501 - September 2, 1540) was (1508 - 1540) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.
Dawit III of Ethiopia Dawit III (Ge'ez ዳዊት, throne name Adbar Sagad Ge'ez አድባá á°áŚá‹µ, "to whom the mountains bow") was (8 February 1716 - 18 May 1721) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Iyasu I and his concubine Kedeste Krestos.
Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life is a book by Alister McGrath, a molecular biophysicist and theologian who is currently Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University. The book, published in 2004, aims to refute claims about religion made by another well-known professor at Oxford, Richard Dawkins.
Dawlat Yar The Dowlat Yar district is created from the southeastern part of Chaghcharan District,Ghor Province in Afghanistan with district center Delak,but the main town is Dowlat Yar () at 2503 m altitude.The population is 27 800.
Dawley Dawley is a small town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Today it forms part of the new town of Telford (which was originally, in 1963, going to be named Dawley New Town before it was decided in 1968 to name the town Telford instead after the engineer and road builder Thomas Telford).
Dawlish Dawlish (IPA: ) is a town on the south coast of Devon, England, 12 miles from the County town of Exeter, with a population of around 13,000 people. During the eighteenth century, it grew from a small fishing port to become a well-known seaside resort.
Dawlish Warren railway station Dawlish Warren railway station serves the holiday camps alongside Dawlish Warren. The vast majority of services are local trains operated by First Great Western but other operators serve the station during the peak tourist season.
Dawn (newspaper) Dawn is Pakistan's oldest and most widely-read English-language newspaper. One of Pakistan's two largest English language dailies, it is the flagship of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, published by Pakistan Herald Publications, which also owns the Herald, a magazine, and the evening paper The Star.
Dawn Best Dawn Marie Best (born October 12, 1981), is an American comic book artist, best known for her work in Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog. She broke ground in 2002, when veteran Archie Comics writer and penciller, Ken Penders, took notice of her talents and offered a position at the company.
Dawn Caste The Dawn Caste is one of five castes of the Solar Exalted. First detailed in White Wolf's Exalted (ISBN 1-56504-623-4), and later expanded upon in its own supplement Caste Book: Dawn (ISBN 1-58846-653-1), the Dawn Caste is filled with the soldiers, generals, and champions of the Solar Exalted.
Dawn Coe-Jones Dawn Coe-Jones (born October 19, 1960) was born in Campbell River, British Columbia and is a Canadian player on the LPGA women's golf tour. She has played on the tour for 22 years, winning three tournaments, and over $3 million in career earnings.
Dawn Cohen Dawn Cohen, a South African-born Australian resident was the initiator of Dayenu Association, the Australian Jewish lesbian and gay group, which lead to a revolution of acceptance for Jewish gays and lesbians in the country.
Dawn Dunlap Dawn Dunlap (born 1962 in Austin, Texas) is an American actress best known for her appearance as Laura in David Hamilton's Laura. The role required her to do full frontal and rear nudity, including a sex scene, although she was only sixteen at the time.
Dawn Eden Dawn Eden (born September 3, 1968) is an American author, headline writer, popular music historian, freelance writer, and social and religious commentator. She is the author of The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On (W Publishing Group/Thomas Nelson).
Dawn Escapes Dawn Escapes is the second album by rock band Falling Up. It shows less raw production than its predecessor, Crashings, with more electronic instances, as well as use of piano and strings (comparable to Linkin Park and Evanescence).
Dawn George Dawn Denise George (born April 30, 1959 in Gardner, Massachusetts), better known plainly as Dawn George, is a former female boxer who has competed against some of women's boxing top athletes. George moved to Lowell, where Micky Ward, another retired boxer, was born.
Dawn chorus (electromagnetic) The electromagnetic dawn chorus is an unexplained phenomenon that occurs most often at sunrise or shortly after, that (with the proper radio equipment) resembles the sound of the birds' dawn chorus. It is thought to be caused by high-energy electrons that get caught in the Van Allen radiation belts of the Earth's magnetosphere and fall to the Earth's surface in the form of audible radio waves.
Dawn Christadelphians The Dawn Christadelphians are a nontrinitarian religious denomination. Although they share the same origins as other Christadelphians, because they believe that other Christadelphians have deserted the purity of the gospel as believed by the original Apostles, they have now become a completely separate fellowship.
Dawn Marie Psaltis Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3,1970 in Woodbridge, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, Dawn Marie. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and the SmackDown!
Dawn Mills, Ontario In 1837, William Taylor and James Smith erected a saw, grist and wool mill on the banks of the Sydenham River in Camden Township of Kent County, Ontario near Dresden, Ontario. Early residents at Dawn Mills who had to transport their produce by canoe to Detroit welcomed the new establishments with open arms.
Dawn of the Deli Creeps Dawn of the Deli Creeps is the name of the first full-length album released by the experimental rock band Deli Creeps. It contains 13 tracks, several of which are rerecordings of tracks from their two demo tapes.
Dawn of the Dickies Dawn of the Dickies was The Dickies' second 1979 album and included the UK hits, "Nights in White Satin" (a high-speed cover of a Moody Blues song) which reached No. 39 in the UK chart in September 1979 and "Fan Mail" which made No.
Dawn of the Dragons Dawn of the Dragons was the eighteenth book of the Lone Wolf book series. As with all of the later Lone Wolf books numbered thirteen through twenty, the North American editions of these books are abridged, with a reduced number of sections.
Dawn of the ebay deadbeats Dawn of the eBay Deadbeats: True Tales of Treachery, Lies, and Fraud from the Dark Recesses of the World's Largest Online Auction Marketplace (ISBN 0976837218) is a book written by Edward Klink and Stephen Klink and published in December 2005.
Dawn Of Man (demo) Dawn Of Man is an Atlantis demo released in 2005. The Demo contains three songs beginning with Fire Scramble, an up-tempo power metal and 80s metal influenced song about the ways of a pilot in a futuristic war.
Dawn Okoro Dawn Okoro (born in 1980, in Houston,Texas), is an American Contemporary painter and activist. Generally self-taught ,Okoro has been creating art for most of her life; her first solo exhibition was in 2005, mostly showcasing art she produced while laid up with a broken ankle the previous year.
Dawn Primarolo Dawn Primarolo (born 2 May 1954) is a British Member of Parliament for Bristol South. She is a member of the Labour Party and has been Paymaster General since 1999; she was previously Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
Dawn raid A dawn raid is a visit by the police, immigration officers or other officials in the early morning, hoping to use the element of surprise to arrest targets that they think may resist arrest or be politically sensitive.
Dawn Raid Entertainment Dawn Raid Entertainment is a record label, based in Papatoetoe in Auckland, New Zealand and has signed many New Zealand hip-hop and RnB artists such as Savage, Ill Semantics and The Deceptikonz. The label is currently second to Dirty Records in sales of New Zealand hip hop.
Dawn Robinson Dawn Robinson (born November 28 1968 in New London, Connecticut) is an African-American R&B/soul/Dance-pop singer mostly best known for her work as a member of hit Urban/Dance-pop group En Vogue. Following her departure from En Vogue in 1997, Robinson joined Lucy Pearl for a brief stint from 1999 to 2001.
Dawn Run The racehorse Dawn Run (Deep Run - Twilight Slave) was the most successful racemare in the history of National Hunt racing. She won the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham racing festival in 1984, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup over fences at the festival in 1986, becoming the first racehorse ever to complete the double.
Dawn simulation Dawn Simulation is an experimental technique used in the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as winter depression. This technique involves timing lights to come on gradually over a period of time (usually 30 minutes to 2 hours) before the patient awakens.
Dawn Shadforth Dawn Shadforth (born in 1973 in Essex, England) is a British music video and documentary director, as well as an editor and artist. Shadforth began her career as an award winning sculptor before turning her interest to music and directing.
Dawn Staley Dawn Michelle Staley (born May 4, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an US-American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the Stars and Stripes at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Dawn Steel Dawn Steel (August 19, 1946 – December 20, 1997) was the first woman to run a major Hollywood film studio. She was born as Dawn Spielberg (no relation to Steven Spielberg) in New York City and raised in the suburb Great Neck, Long Island.
Dawn Tinsley Dawn Tinsley is a character in the BBC sitcom The Office, played by Lucy Davis. She is a receptionist for paper merchants Wernham Hogg and is engaged to warehouse worker Lee, a dour man without a sense of humour (or personality).
Dawn Upshaw [Upshaw (born July 17], [[1960 in Nashville, Tennessee), is an American soprano. The recipient of several Grammy- Gramophone-, and Edison Prize-winning discs, Upshaw is at home both in opera and art song, and in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary; many composers, including John Harbison have written for her, and she has worked repeatedly with the director Peter Sellars, in his staging of Händel's Theodora at Glyndebourne; his Paris production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (1996); and a staging of Bach's cantata BWV 199, presented in the 1995-96 season at New York's 92nd Street Y.
Dawn Whyatt Frith Dawn Whyatt Frith is an Australian ornithologist, photographer and publisher based in Far North Queensland. Of English origin, she has worked for the British Museum of Natural History at the Royal Society of London's research centre on Aldabra Atoll, and as senior biologist at the Phuket marine biological centre, before moving to Australia.
Dawn Xiana Moon Dawn Xiana Moon (born August 27, 1981 in Singapore) is known both as a singer-songwriter and writer for publications such as Relevant Magazine (currently she functions as Movies Section Editor for RelevantMagazine.com).
Dawn Yang Dawn Yang (born Dec 5 1984), also known as Dawn Yeo, is a Singaporean [She is an alumna of elite schools Singapore Chinese Girls' School] and [[Raffles Junior College, as well as a scholarship holder to Marymount Community College and University of Southern California in the United States. She is most famous for her good looks and popular blog, as well as a controversy over whether said looks were enhanced by plastic surgery.
Dawn-Marie Wesley At the age of 14, Dawn-Marie Wesley took her own life after experiencing a cycle of psychological abuse and verbal threats from three of her "closest" friends. In her suicide note, Dawn-Marie named the three girls, which sparked a police investigation that culminated in a precedent setting court case where the three bullies were made to stand trial for their actions.
Dawna Stone Dawna Stone was recently hired by Martha Stewart on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, which ran during the fall of 2005. Stone proudly accepted Martha's job offer within the MSLO limits without question during the live series finale in New York on December 21, 2005.
Dawnay Day AV Analytics Private Limited Dawnay Day AV Analytics Private Limited is a financial research services company based in Mumbai, India. The company serves financial market players across the world with customized and ready-made research products.
Dawning 4000A The Dawning 4000A is a supercomputer manufactured by Dawning Information Industry in the People's Republic of China. In June 2004, it debuted as one of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world, on the TOP500 list system, at the Shanghai Supercomputer Center], utilizes over 2,560 [[Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron processors, and can reach speeds of 8 teraflops.
Dawning Star Dawning Star (abbreviated "DS") is a science fiction tabletop role-playing game by Blue Devil Games built on d20 Modern and powered by d20 Future by Wizards of the Coast. It is the first full-scale campaign setting using the d20 Future ruleset.
Dawnstar Dawnstar is a fictional character in the DC Universe of the 30th Century, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Dawnstar is her real name (she has no Legion code name), and she is from Starhaven, a planet colonized from Earth in the 23rd Century.
Dawo Dawo is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Dawo is bordered on the southwest by Walisona Goro, on the west and north by Dendi, on the east by Elu, and on the southeast by Becho.
Dawood Ibraham A crimelord in Mumbai, India who runs his underworld empire from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His crime syndicate is known as the D-Company and was responsible for post-riot bomb blasts that killed 317 people in Bombay on 12th march 1993s.
Dawood Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim (also known as Dawood Ebrahim and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, birth name Sheikh Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar) was born in Ratnagiri, India as a son of police constable, was the former Don of the organized crime syndicate named D-Company in Mumbai, which operated as well as a notorious terrorist organisation, due to the gangs build-up of mostly young, male, Muslim already engaged in illegal activity. He is currently in the wanted list of Interpol for terrorism, organised crime, counterfeiting, and Crimes against Public.
Dawoodi Bohra Dawoodi Bohras (Arabic: داؤدی بŮŰرŰ, Hindi: दवूदि बोह्रस) are the main branch of the Bohras, a MustaˤlÄ« subsect of IsmÄ'Ä«lÄ« Shīˤa IslÄm, and are based in India. Their spiritual leader is Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.
Dawri Al-Nokba Dawri Al-Nokba (Arabic: ŘŻŮري "السŮبر" العراقي أ٠الدŮري العراقي الأŮŮ„) is the highest league in the league system of Iraqi football and currently contains the top 24 Iraqi football clubs. It is translated into english as "The Premiere League".
Daws Butler Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor born in Toledo, Ohio. He originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.
Daws Road, Adelaide Daws Road is a major double lane arterial road in the central southern suburbs of Adelaide, running east-west between Goodwood Road in the east and Marion Road in the west. Daws Road crosses South Road and the Tonsley railway line.
Dawson (crater) Dawson is a lunar impact crater that lies on the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies across a crater triplet: the southeast rim is intruding into Alekhin crater; the northwest rim is also intruding into the larger satellite crater 'Dawson V', and the northeast rim is attached to the comparably-sized 'Dawson D'.
Dawson (porn star) Dawson is a American gay pornographic actor (porn star) and lifetime exclusive performer for Paul Morris' studio Treasure Island Media. He became famous almost overnight after the release of his debut video with director Max Sohl entitled Dawson's 20-Load Weekend which set the gay adult entertainment industry abuzz and is credited by many for a turn-around of bareback videos leading towards a much more mainstream acceptance of the genre.
Dawson City Nuggets The Dawson City Nuggets were a hockey team from Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada that challenged the reigning champion Ottawa Silver Seven in January, 1905, for the Stanley Cup, and suffered the most lopsided single-game defeat in the history of Stanley Cup play.
Dawson College Dawson College () was the first English CÉGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel, or College of General and Vocational Education) and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Dawson College shooting The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the main floor.
Dawson Community College Dawson Community College is a community college, of approximately 400 students, located in Glendive, Montana, which offers one-year certificate programs or two-year associate's degree programs. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
Dawson Independent School District The mission of the Dawson Independent School District is to provide each student a meaningful, challenging education, delivered in a safe learning environment, that prepares him or her to be a capable, productive, and contributing citizen.
Dawson Massacre The Dawson Massacre was an event in the history of the Republic of Texas, in which thirty-six Texans were killed by 400-500 Mexican soldiers with cannon at the Battle of Salado Creek outside San Antonio, Texas on September 18, 1842.
Dawson's Creek Season 6 Dawson's Creek sixth season started on October 2nd, 2002 and ended May 14th, 2003 with a 2-hour-special series finale. This season takes place on the characters' sophomore year of college while the series finale takes place 5 years after the last episode.
Dawson's fingers "Dawson's Fingers" is a condition affecting the brain of Multiple Sclerosis victims. The condition is the result of a build-up of pressure in the veins within the chest cavity, which causes blood in these veins to flow backwards through one of the jugular veins, and into the brain.
Dawson, New Mexico Dawson, New Mexico was a mining town founded in 1901 when rancher John Barkley Dawson sold his coal-rich land in northern New Mexico to the Dawson Fuel Company. The Dawson Railway was built connecting the town to Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Dawud M. Mu'Min Dawud Majid Mu'Min (born David Michael Allen May 19, 1953 - November 13, 1997) was a convicted murderer executed by Virginia for the September 22, 1988 killing of a clerk. He serving a 48 year prison sentence for a 1973 murder conviction of a taxi driver in Grayson County.
Dawuntna Delant Dawuntna Delant is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Wollo Zone, Dawuntna Delant is bordered on the south by the Debub Wollo Zone, on the west by the Debub Gondar Zone, on the north by Wadla, and on the east by Guba Lafto.
Dax (DS9 episode) "Dax" is the seventh episode in the first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Although it bears a vague resemblance to the story of King Solomon's decision to split a baby in half, this episode is widely believed to have been an avenue by which the writers sought to clarify the process of Trill joinings.
Dax Riders Dax Riders (sometimes also referred as Delidax) is a French techno synth-funk band founded in 1994 by Oliver Ruel (also known as "Daxman") and Cédric Azencoth ("Bad Ced"). In 1999, their duo became a trio, when Nicolas Berger Vachon ("Erman") joined them after a successful joint concert tour as the lead singer and keyboard.
Daxam Within the DC Universe, the planet Daxam is home to a race called the Daxamites, who possess a genome similar to Kryptonians. When exposed to the light of a yellow sun, Daxamites manifest powers and abilities similar to those of Superman, including great strength, damage resistance, great speed, flight, enhanced senses and heat and X-ray vision.
Daxi culture The Daxi culture (大溪文化) (5000 BC- 3000 BC) was a Neolithic culture centered in the Three Gorges region, around the middle Yangtze River, China. The culture ranged from western Hubei to eastern Sichuan and the Pearl River Delta.
Daxing District Daxing District (Simplified Chinese: 大兴区; Traditional Chinese: 大č區; Hanyu Pinyin: DĂ xÄ«ng QĹ«) is situated at the suburb of south Beijing. Daxing District was upgraded from a county to a district with the approval from the State Council on April 30 2001.
Daxini Daxini or Dakshini Society is a residential area in the suburbs of Ahmedabad, the largest city in the state of Gujarat, India. It is widely known for being a large Marathi speaking community outside Maharashtra.
Daxophone The daxophone, invented by Hans Reichel, is a musical instrument of the friction idiophone category. It consists of a thin wooden blade fixed in a wooden block (often attached to a tripod), which holds one or more contact microphones.
Daxue Mountains The Daxue Mountains (pinyin: Daxue Shan; Wade-Giles: Ta-hsĂĽeh) "Great Snow" mountain range lies in the Sichuan province of western China near the Tibetan plateau. The tallest peak, Gongga Shan (Minya Konka), measures 7,556 meters in height.
Day 1 Studios Day 1 Studios is a game developer that operates in Chicago, Illinois and Hunt Valley, Maryland. They worked in tandem with developer FASA Interactive to create their first two games MechAssault and MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf, published by Microsoft Game Studios, for the Xbox.
Day after tomorrow (band) day after tomorrow (also known as dat) was a 3-member J-pop band under the Avex label. Due to their music being produced by former Every Little Thing member Mitsuru Igarashi, day after tomorrow's music took on a decidedly similar feel to that group's music, particularly the more synth pop-based music that Every Little Thing released in their earlier years.
Day by Day (album) Day by Day was a Doris Day album released by Columbia Records on December 17, 1956. The title is an obvious pun, both meaning "on a daily basis" (as implied in the song title) and "(Doris) Day, in the daytime" (and thus leading to a later album entitled Day by Night).
Day by Day (TV series) Day by Day was a short-lived television sitcom which starred Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Thora Birch, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Courtney Thorne-Smith. It ran from February 29, 1988 to June 25, 1989, on NBC.
Day by Day (webcomic) Day by Day is a popular American political webcomic by Chris Muir. The humor usually centers on four coworkers at an unspecified firm, but some strips focus on public figures and feature none of the main cast, similar to Doonesbury.
Day by Night Day by Night was a Doris Day album released on November 11, 1957 by Columbia Records, It was released in two versions, catalog number CL-1053 (Mono) and CS-8089 (Stereo), though the stereo version was only released in 1959. It was a follow-up to her extremely successful album, Day by Day, released the previous year.
Day care Day care or child care are terms used to describe child care during the day by a person other than the child's parents or legal guardians, typically someone outside the child's immediate family. In the United Kingdom and Australia the term child care is normally used.
Day care sexual abuse hysteria Day care sexual abuse hysteria was an episode that occurred in the 1980s involving false accusations of sexual abuse. A prominent case in Kern County, California, created a panic, which lasted for almost a decade.
Day fighter A day fighter is a fighter aircraft equipped only to fight during the day. More specifically refers to a multi-purpose aircraft that does not include equipment for fighting at night, radar, although it is sometimes used to refer to some interceptors as well.
Day for night Day for night, also known as American Night, is the name of a (mostly historic) technique in cinematography to simulate a night scene. Mainly intended to avoid costly (and technically challenging) night filming, the scenes were instead shot during the day, with special blue filters and under-exposed film creating the illusion of darkness or moonlight.
Day job A day job is a form of occupation taken by a person in order to make ends meet while working another low-paying (or non-paying) job in their preferred career track. Archetypal examples of this are the diner waitress who is working as a waitress for her "day job", while she tries to become an actress, and the professional athlete who must work as a laborer in the off season because he is currently only able to make the roster of a semi-professional team.
Day Middle School Frank Ashley Day Middle School is a public school located in the village of Newtonville in Newton, Massachusetts. Students from Peirce, Cabot, Burr, Franklin, and Horace Mann Elementary Schools go to this middle school, and in turn the Day students attend Newton North High School.
Day of Arafat The Day of Arafat is an Islamic Holy Day, in which it is said that the religion had been perfected. The original day was on a Friday, but now the Day falls on the 9th day of Dhul Hijja (ذ٠الŘجة) of the lunar Islamic Calendar.
Day of Ashura The Day of Ashura ( , also Aashoora and other spellings) is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram but not the Islamic month. For Shi'a Muslims, it commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (AD 680), and is a day for mourning.
Day of Atonement (Nation of Islam) During the Million Man March in Washington, DC, on October 16 1995, the Nation of Islam established October 16 as a “Day of Atonement” in which American black men would repudiate crime, drug addiction, and family abuse. During the rally Louis Farrakhan recited the following pledge and asked all men present to repeat after him and take the pledge.
Day of Brahma In Hindu esoteric teachings, one day of Brahma is a length of time consisting of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. One 'Day of Brahma' then lasts 4,320,000,000 of our years.
Day of Celebration The Day of Celebration was a gathering of 45,000 Latter-Day Saint youth which took place on July 16, 2005 to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The youth celebrated the life of prophet Joseph Smith through song and dance, which included a 16,000 voice choir singing songs specially arranged for the event and choreography performed by 2,400 flag bearers.
Day of Darkness Day of Darkness is Ireland's only international metal festival. Drawing its inspiration from events such as the Wacken and Dynamo metal festivals, the first ever Day of Darkness was held at Pedigree Corner in the heart of the County Laois country side in summer 2002.
Day of Deceit Day Of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor is a book written by Robert Stinnett. First released in December 1999, the book is widely heralded as the most significant counter to the official story that the 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise.
Day of Defeat Day of Defeat (DoD) is a popular team-based multiplayer World War II first-person shooter computer game of the European Theatre of World War II. The game's graphics and sounds have been influenced by the movie Saving Private Ryan and in the past has even made use of some sound effects from the film.
Day of Defeat maps Day of Defeat maps contains a list of maps for the team-based multiplayer World War II first-person shooters Day of Defeat (DoD) and Day of Defeat: Source (DoD:S), both of which are Half-Life modifications. Also included on this page are descriptions of what maps are and their general file structures.
Day of Defeat: Source Day of Defeat: Source is the newest version of Day of Defeat, the World War II online shooter that was originally developed as a free mod for Half-Life. Built on the Source engine and distributed through Steam, Day of Defeat: Source offers team-based game play with scenarios inspired by historical World War II battles.
Day of Fire (album) Day of Fire is the eponymous debut album of a Christian hard rock band Day of Fire. The songs, written by lead singer Joshua Brown and lead guitarist Gregg Hionis, deal with human weakness in solving problems and a need to put faith in God.
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