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EPFL Sunraycing Team The EPFL Sunraycing Team is a group of students at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) developing a high-performance solar car for the participation at World Solar Challenge 2007 in Australia.
EPhilanthropy Foundation The ePhilanthropy Foundation is an educational non-profit organisation based in Washington, DC. It provides educational services including live seminars, a bi-weekly e-newsletter, and over fifty online courses.
EPI TP400 The EuroProp International TP400-D6 is the all-new powerplant for the Airbus Military A400M, superseding the now defunct Aero Propulsion Alliance TP400-D1 M88 derivative proposed earlier. When it enters service it will be the most powerful turboprop in the Western world.
EPIA VIA EPIA (VIA Embedded Platform Innovative Architecture) is a series of mini-ITX and nano-ITX motherboards with integrated VIA processors. They feature a small size and low power consumption, so are particularly popular in the embedded market.
EPIC 2014 EPIC 2014 is a flash movie released in November 2004 by Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson with original music by Aaron McLeran. It was based on a presentation they gave at the Poynter Institute in the spring of that year.
EPICA The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) is a multinational European project for deep ice core drilling in Antarctica. Its main objective is to obtain full documentation of the climatic and atmospheric record archived in Antarctic ice by drilling and analyzing two ice cores and comparing these with their Greenland counterparts (GRIP and GISP).
EPICS The Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) is a software environment used to develop and implement distributed control systems to operate devices such as particle accelerators, telescopes and other large experiments. EPICS also provides SCADA capabilities.
EPIET The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) provides training and practical experience in intervention epidemiology at the national centres for surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the European Union. The programme is aimed at EU medical practitioners, public-health nurses, microbiologists, veterinarians and other health professionals with previous experience in Public Health and a keen interest in epidemiology.
EPIIC EPIIC (and acronym for Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship) is a program at Tufts University in the Program of the Institute for Global Leadership. It began in 1985 as part of the Experimental College at Tufts.
EPK (Pyrkal) Machine gun The EPK Machine Gun was designed by EPK, a Greek defence company (in English, "Greek Powder and Cartridge Company", GPCC) later known as Pyrkal. Its creation is linked to a 1937 proposal by EPK to the Greek government to become a major producer of infantry weapons.
EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop music group from Brentwood, New York, active from 1987 to 1999; one of the prominent acts in East coast hip hop. The group's name is an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members: rappers Erick Sermon ("E Double") and Parrish Smith ("PMD").
EPower The ePower was an all-in-one desktop computer that resembled the Apple iMac. It was introduced in 1999 by Future Power, a subsidiary of Daewoo, and quickly taken off the market due to Apple's preliminary injunction against the company.
EPrivacy Group ePrivacy Group was a privacy consulting and anti-spam technology firm, founded in 2000 by Vincent Schiavone, Michael Miora, Stephen Cobb, and David Brussin. Headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, ePrivacy Group developed the Trusted Sender email authentication and anti-phishing technology.
EPrompter EPrompter (or ePrompter) is a free e-mail notification program which, along with POP3, supports every popular webmail service as well as many older or less popular ones. It is frequently auto-updated as bugs appear and e-mail services change.
EPR paradox In quantum mechanics, the EPR paradox is a thought experiment which challenged long-held ideas about the relation between the observed values of physical quantities and the values that can be accounted for by a physical theory. "EPR" stands for Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen, who introduced the thought experiment in a 1935 paper to argue that quantum mechanics is not a complete physical theory.
EPRON EPRON is a Russian language abbreviation for "Экспедиция подводных работ особого назначения", or "Special-Purpose Underwater Rescue Party". It was created in 1923 in the Soviet Union for salvaging of sunk ships and existed until 1941.
EPSM EPSM or Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy is a muscle disease most commonly associated with heavy horse breeds including the Clydesdale, Shire, and Percheron. It is estimated that approximately 2/3 of all draft horses show evidence of EPSM[http://www.
EPUNA EPUNA is an acronym for episode of unusual, neurologic activity or episode of prolonged unusual, neurologic activity. Its use began among nurses in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit searching for a way to describe "seizure like" activity that did not meet the medical definition of a seizure.
Eqerem Spahia Eqerem Gafur Spahia, (sometimes spelled as Ekrem) (born April 18, 1960) is a Member of the Albanian Parliament in XVIth legislature (from 2001). He is Chief of Legality Movement Party and Parliamentary Group of this party and was elected two times as President of Legality Movement Party (from April 12 1998).
Eqn Part of the troff suite of Unix document layout tools, eqn is a preprocessor that formats equations for printing. A similar program, neqn, accepted the same input as eqn, but produced output tuned to look better in nroff.
Eqrem Basha Eqrem Basha (born 1948) is among the most respected contemporary writers of Kosovo in recent years. He was born in Dibra in the western Albanian-speaking region of what is now the Republic of Macedonia, but his life and literary production are intimately linked to Kosovo and its capital Priština, where he has lived and worked for the past three decades.
Eqtesad-e Golestan Newspaper Eqtesad-e Golestan Newspaper is an independent socio-economic Persian language weekly paper published in Gorgan (Jorjan in Arabic), Golestan, Iran. The first issue of it appeared on the newsstands throughout Golestan province and especially in the capital, Gorgan city, on 18th February 2005.
Equaesi The Equaesi were an ancient Celtiberian tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians and Calaicians or Gallaeci, living in the north of modern Portugal, between the provinces of Minho and Trás-os-Montes, near the border of modern Galicia (Spain).
Equal (sweetener) EQUAL is a popular brand of artificial sweetener made mainly from aspartame. EQUAL is marketed by The Merisant Company, a global corporation which also owns the well known NutraSweet brand and which has headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, Switzerland, Mexico, and Australia.
Equal Access Equal Access is an international not-for-profit organization that provides information and education about healthcare and social issues through radio in developing countries. The organization is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Kathmandu, Nepal; Kabul, Afghanistan; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; and New Delhi, India.
Equal consideration of interests "Equal consideration of interests" is the name of a moral principle that states that one should both include all affected interests when calculating the rightness of an action and weigh those interests equally.
Equal division of the octave In music, an equal division of the octave, or EDO, is a tempered system of musical tuning which divides the octave into n equal parts, each a frequency ratio of 21/n. In terms of cents it divides the octave, which is 1200 cents, into n parts of size 1200/n cents.
Equal Danger Equal Danger (Italian title: Il Contesto) is a 1971 detective novel by Leonardo Sciascia where a police inspector investigating a string of murders finds himself involved in existential political intrigues. Set in an indeterminate country this novel is informed by the corrupt politics and Mafia of Sciascia's experiences in 1970s Sicily.
Equal Exchange Equal Exchange is a for-profit Fairtrade co-op located in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts that distributes organic, gourmet coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, and chocolate bars produced by farmer cooperatives in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Founded in 1986, they are the the oldest and largest Fair Trade coffee company in the United States.
Equal Justice Foundation The Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) is a public interest law organization at the Washington College of Law at American University. EJF is a member of Equal Justice Works (EJW), a national coalition of public interest law student organizations.
Equal opportunity Equal opportunity is a descriptive term for an approach intended to provide a certain social environment in which ensure people are not excluded from the activities of society, such as education, employment, or health care, on the basis of immutable traits. Equal opportunity practices include measures taken by organizations to ensure fairness in the employment process.
Equal Opportunities Commission The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) is an independent non-departmental public body, (NDPB) or quango, in the United Kingdom. Its task is to enforce, through court action if necessary, the various gender equality legislation that exists in the UK.
Equal Opportunity Employment The term Equal Opportunity Employment was created by President Lyndon Baines Johnson when he signed Executive Order 11246 which was created to prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of race, sex, creed, religion, color, or national origin.
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) is an Australian government agency. It is statutory authority located within the portfolio of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR).
Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment The Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment, also known as the Hatch Amendment, is a Constitutional Amendment proposed in July 2003 by US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to repeal the nativist clause prohibiting foreign-born individuals from holding the office of President or Vice President of the United States. Hatch's amendment would allow anyone who has been a US citizen for twenty years to seek these offices.
Equal pay for women Equal pay for women is an issue involving pay inequality between men and women. It is often introduced into domestic politics in many first world countries as an economic problem that needs governmental intervention via regulation.
Equal Protection Clause The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The Equal Protection Clause can be seen as an attempt to secure the promise of the United States' professed commitment to the proposition that "all men are created equal" by empowering the judicary to enforce that principle against the states.
Equal Rights Party (Canada) The Equal Rights Party was a Canadian political party that nominated two candidates in the 5 March 1891 federal election. Samuel Grandy, running in Durham East riding in Ontario, won 1,685 of the 3,431 votes cast (49.
Equal temperament An equal temperament is a musical temperament, or system of tuning, in which an interval, usually the octave, is divided into a series of equal steps (equal frequency ratios). For modern Western music, the most common tuning system is twelve-tone equal temperament, sometimes abbreviated as 12-TET, which divides the octave into 12 equal parts.
Equal Values Party The Aotearoa New Zealand Equal Values Party is a small political party in New Zealand. It claims that the "basic requirements for life" are not being met by either of the two main parties in New Zealand politics, and that a new vision is needed for the country.
Equal-Armed Cross Equal-Armed Cross: Also called the Square Cross, Rose Cross, Balanced Cross, and the Peaceful Cross. The symbol of an equal-armed cross (sometimes within a circle), to an astrologer (whose practice predates organised Christianity by fifteen hundred years), represents the planet Earth.
Equal-cost multi-path routing Equal-cost multi-path routing (ECMP) is a routing strategy where next-hop packet forwarding to a single destination can occur over multiple "best paths" which tie for top place in routing metric calculations. Multipath routing can be used in conjunction with most routing protocols, since it is a per-hop decision that is limited to a single router.
Equal-loudness contour An equal-loudness contour is a measure of sound pressure (dB SPL), over the frequency spectrum, for which a listener perceives a constant loudness. The unit of measurement for loudness levels is the phon, and by definition two sine waves that have equal phons are equally loud.
Equal-to-apostles An equal-to-the-apostles (Greek: ἰσαπόστολος, isapostolos) is a special title given to some canonized Saints in Eastern Orthodoxy. It is also used by Eastern Rite Churches that are in communion with Rome.
Equalism Equalism is a name often given to forms of egalitarianism (advocacy of equality) concerned with issues of gender or race. Thus, equalism is another name for gender egalitarianism, sexual egalitarianism and/or racial egalitarianism.
Equality (mathematics) Two mathematical objects are equal if and only if they are precisely the same in every way. This defines a binary relation, equality, denoted by the sign of equality "=" in such a way that the statement "x = y" means that x and y are equal.
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations The Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations are legislation in the United Kingdom, both proposed and actual, concerning sexual orientation. The regulations prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services, education and public functions.
Equality inclusion Equality Inclusion is a principle by which the importance of differences among people in an organization or event are purposefully minimized. In order to accomplish this goal administrative support must consider adopting policies which maximize apparent potential equality.
Equality North Dakota Equality North Dakota is a progressive civil rights organization in the State of North Dakota committed to equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents. The organization was created in the Summer of 1999, and became the second gay rights organization in the state, with the first being the Ten Percent Society.
Equality Now [Now is a non-governmental organization] that works to protect the human rights of women around the world. The group provides an international framework for spreading awareness of issues and providing support to local grassroots groups working to address issues of concern to it.
Equality of outcome Equality of outcome, also known as equality of condition, is a form of egalitarianism which seeks to reduce or eliminate differences in material condition between individuals or households in a society. This usually means equalizing income and/or total wealth to some degree.
Equality of treatment The context of Equality of treatment is usually in interpersonal relations, especially in the relation of the individual to an organization (usually government). All persons are treated the same by the person or organization of interest.
Equalization (computing) In computing, equalization is a type of bandwidth management that makes adjustments to the flow of data along a computer network. By adding latency to low-priority tasks, it ensures high-priority tasks receive sufficient bandwidth.
Equalization payments Equalization payments are cash payments made in some federal systems of government from the federal government to state or provincial governments with the objective of offsetting differences in available revenue or in the cost of providing services.
Equalizer 2000 Equalizer 2000, also known as Defender 2000, is a 1986 action movie, filmed in the Philippines, featuring an early appearance by Terminator 2: Judgment Day star Robert Patrick. The film is best described as one of the many Mad Max ripoffs which were prevalent in the mid-1980s.
Equant (France Télécom) Equant (now Orange Business Services ) is a subsidiary of France Télécom and provides network and information technology business services in over 220 countries and territories. France Telecom acquired a majority stake of 54% in it in 2000 by merging its Global One unit into it.
Equate (game) Equate is a board game made by Conceptual Math Media where players score points by forming equations on a 19x19 game board. Equations appear across and down in a crossword fashion and must be mathematically correct.
Equating coefficients In mathematics, the method of equating the coefficients is a way of solving a functional equation of two polynomials for a number of unknown parameters. It relies on the fact that two polynomial are identical precisely when all corresponding coefficients are equal.
Equation of state In physics and thermodynamics, an equation of state is a thermodynamic equation describing the state of matter under a given set of physical conditions. It is a constitutive equation which provides a mathematical relationship between two or more state functions associated with the matter, such as its temperature, pressure, volume, or internal energy.
Equation of state (cosmology) In cosmology, the equation of state of a perfect fluid is characterized by a dimensionless number w, equal to the ratio of its pressure p to its energy density ρ: w=p/rho . It is closely related to the thermodynamic equation of state and ideal gas law.
Equation of time The equation of time is the difference, over the course of a year, between time as read from a sundial and a clock. The sundial can be ahead (fast) by as much as 16 min 33 s (around November 3) or fall behind by as much as 14 min 6 s (around February 12).
Equations defining abelian varieties In mathematics, the concept of abelian variety is the higher-dimensional generalization of the elliptic curve. The equations defining abelian varieties are a topic of study because every abelian variety is a projective variety.
Equations for a falling body Under normal earth-bound conditions, when objects move owing to a constant gravitational force a set of dynamical equations describe the resultant trajectories. For example, Newton's law of universal gravitation simplifies to F = mg, where m is the mass of the body.
Equator The Equator is an imaginary circle drawn around a planet (or other astronomical object) at a distance halfway between the poles. The equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.
Equator (schooner) The two-masted pygmy trading schooner Equator inspired passenger Robert Louis Stevenson in 1889 to write one of his most famous stories, “The Wrecker,” in his book, “Tales of the South Seas.” Originally built in San Francisco in 1888 as a copra trader, it was converted to steam in 1902 and eventually abandoned in the harbor at Everett, Washington in 1953.
Equator HD Equator HD is an Geography themed network that broadcasts exclusively in High definition. Programming includes documentaries, short subjects and films that tell stories of intriguing places from around the globe.
Equator Music Equator Music is a music management company based in London, England which was founded in 1970. Originally established to look after the affairs of guitarist Jeff Beck, the company has also been mananging Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi since 1988.
Equator Principles The Equator Principles is a set of voluntary environmental and social guidelines for ethical project finance. These principles commit banks and other signatories to not finance projects that fail to meet these guidelines.
Equator Records (Canada) In 2006 the record label Equator Records was founded by Matt Drouin and Fuzz de Grandpre. This new label is based in Montreal, and has three releases so far, Islands' Return to the Sea, the The Lovely Feathers debut album Hind Hind Legs, and Teitur's sophomore release Stay Under the Stars.
Equatoria Equatoria (Al-Istiwa'iyah in Arabic) began as a province of Egypt, located in the extreme south of present-day Sudan along the upper reaches of the White Nile. It was an idealistic effort to create a model state in the interior of Africa that never consisted of more than a handful of adventurers and soldiers in isolated outposts.
Equatorial Ascendant In astrology, the Equatorial Ascendant, or the East Point, is the sign and degree rising over the Eastern Horizon at the Earth's equator at any given time. It is the point where the Earth's equator intersects the ecliptic.
Equatorial College School Equatorial College School, also known as ECS, is a school in Uganda. It maintains strong links with its sister school, University College School in London, from which it receives funds, resources and a steady stream of gap year students.
Equatorial Counter Current The Equatorial Counter Current is a significant current in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans that flows west-to-east at approximately five degrees north. The Counter Currents result from the need to balance the movement of water to the west of each ocean, caused by the westerly flowing North and South Equatorial currents.
Equatorial Kundu The Republic of Equatorial Kundu is a fictional African country from the television series The West Wing. Kundu is a small nation plagued by AIDS, poverty and violence, and consists of two tribes: the Arkutu and the Induye.
Equatorial mount An equatorial mount is a mount used for moving a telescope or camera along two perpendicular axes of motion known as right ascension and declination. The telescope mount's axis of right ascension should be pointed directly towards whichever celestial pole is above the horizon to work correctly.
Equestrian (Roman) An Equestrian (Latin eques, plural equites - also known as a vir egregius, lit. excellent man, from the 2nd century AD onwards) was a member of one of the two upper social classes in the Roman Republic and early Roman Empire.
Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Individual jumping The individual jumping was an equestrian event held as part of the Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics The Equestrian Events at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics included Eventing (individual and team medals), Show Jumping (team medals) and Vaulting (team medals). All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.
Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics The Equestrian Events at the 1924 Paris Olympics included Eventing (individual and team medals), Show Jumping (team medals) and Dressage (individual medals). All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.
Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics Equestrian competitions in the 1960 Summer Games in Rome included dressage, eventing, and show jumping. Eventing and show jumping presented both individual and team medals, dressage presented only individual medals.
Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Team dressage The team dressage was an equestrian event held as part of the Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The event was held on 22 October, and consisted merely of summing the scores of the team's 3 horse and rider pairs in the individual dressage event.
Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Team eventing The team eventing was an equestrian event held as part of the Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The event was held from 16 October to 19 October, and consisted merely of summing the scores of the team's top 3 (out of 4) horse and rider pairs in the individual eventing.
Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Team jumping The team jumping was an equestrian event held as part of the Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The event was held on 24 October, and consisted merely of summing the scores of the team's 3 horse and rider pairs in the individual jumping event.
Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 6 events. All of them, with the exception of the Individual Jumping Grand Prix, were held in the Trade Unions Equestrian Centre, which is situated in the Bitsa forest park (southern part of Moscow).
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual dressage The individual dressage event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 19 August to 25 August 2004 at the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of MarkĂłpoulo, in the Attica region of Greece. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual eventing The individual eventing event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 14 August to 18 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece. Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual jumping The individual jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 August to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team dressage The team dressage event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, used the results of the first round of the individual dressage to award rankings. That round was held on 20 August and 21 August 2004 at the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of MarkĂłpoulo, in the Attica region of Greece.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team eventing The team eventing event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, used the results of the first three phases of the individual eventing program to award rankings. Those competitions were held from 15 August to 18 August 2004 at the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo, in the Attica region of Greece.
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team jumping The individual jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 August to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.
Equestrian Federation of Australia The Equestrian Federation of Australia, or EFA, is the national governing body for equestrian sports in that country. These sports include the FEI-recognized disciplines of dressage, eventing, show jumping, equestrian vaulting, endurance riding, reining, para-equestrian, and combined driving.
Equestrian helmet An Equestrian helmet is worn when riding horses. This type of helmet is specially designed to protect the rider's head if a person falls off a horse, especially if they should strike their head on a hard object while falling or accidentally be struck in the head by a horse's hoof.
Equestrian statue of Charles IV The equestrian statue of Charles IV, is a bronze sculpture cast by Manuel Tolsá in August 4, 1802 in Mexico City, Mexico. This statue has been displayed in different points of the city and is considered one of the finest achievements of Mr.
Equestrian vaulting Equestrian vaulting is most often described as gymnastics and dance on horseback, and like these disciplines, it is both an art and a highly competitive sport. It is one of ten competitive equestrian events recognized by the International Federation of Equestrian Sport, along with: dressage, Combined driving, endurance riding, eventing, horseball, para-equestrianism, reining, show jumping, and tent pegging.
Equiconsistency In mathematics, specifically in mathematical logic, formal theories are studied as mathematical objects. Since some theories are powerful enough to model different mathematical objects, it is natural to wonder about their own consistency.
Equifax Canada Equifax Canada Inc is one of 3 agencies (the other 2 being Transunin Canada and Experian) providing credit bureau and information reports for businesses, including the financial sector. Owned by Equifax Inc of Atlanta, Georgia, Equifax Canada is based in Toronto, Ontario.
Equilateral Triathlon An Equilateral Triathlon is a triathlon in which each leg would take an approximately equal time. These triathlons were proposed by Wainer and De Veaux (1994) to redress the bias in favour of cycling over running and particularly over swimming in standard triathlons.
Equilibristics Equilibristics refers to a number of 'circus arts' and juggling skills characterised by balancing or maintaining a moving equilibrium or balance of opposing forces. The term applies equally to an act in which the performer's body is balanced on a prop or an act in which the performer balances a prop, or spins it.
Equilibrium (2002 film) Equilibrium is a 2002 action/science fiction film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer. The movie draws from classic dystopian novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four (totalitarian state), Fahrenheit 451 (destruction of art), We, Anthem, This Perfect Day and Brave New World (use of drugs to create uniform individuals), as well as from the Outlanders series of novels, and the film Logan's Run.

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