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Extinct language An extinct language (also called a dead language) is a language which no longer has any native speakers. Normally this occurs when a language undergoes language death while being directly replaced by a different one, for example, Coptic, which was replaced by Arabic, and many Native American languages, which were replaced by English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Extinction In biology and ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species (although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point).
Extinction (astronomy) Extinction is a term used in astronomy to describe the absorption and scattering of light emitted by astronomical objects by matter (dust and gas) between the emitting object and the observer. For Earth-bound observers, extinction arises both from the interstellar medium (ISM) and the Earth's atmosphere.
Extinction (psychology) Extinction in psychology refers to the withholding of reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior in order to eliminate that behavior. For example, the child who climbs under his desk to gain attention is ignored until he returns to his seat (extinction).
Extinction coefficient The extinction coefficient for a particular substance is a measure of how well it absorbs electromagnetic radiation (EM waves). If the EM wave can pass through very easily, the material has a low extinction coefficient.
Extinction event An extinction event (also known as: mass extinction; extinction-level event, ELE) occurs when there is a sharp decrease in the number of species in a relatively short period of time. Mass extinctions affect most major taxonomic classes present at the time — birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates and other simpler life forms.
Extinction chess Extinction chess is a variant of western Chess where the objective of the game has changed. Instead of the winning condition of the game being the checkmate of the opponent's king, the object of the game is to capture all of a particular kind of piece the opponent has.
Extinction risk from climate change The extinction risk of climate change -- that is, the expected number of species expected to become extinct due to the effects of global warming -- has been estimated in a 2004 Nature study to be between 15 and 37 percent of known species by 2050. More properly, changes in habitat by 2050 will put them outside the survival range for the inhabitants, thus committing the species to extinction.
Extinction Vortex Extinction Vortices are a class of models through which conservation biologists, geneticists and ecologists can understand the dynamics of and categorize extinctions in the context of their causes. Developed by M.
Extol Extol is a Christian metal band from Bærum in Norway. They are known for playing a variety of different styles of metal which include melodic death metal, technical thrash metal, and currently a mix between prog-rock and post-hardcore.
Extortion Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either obtains money or property from another through coercion or intimidation or threatens one with physical harm unless they are paid money or property. Euphemistically, refraining from doing harm is sometimes called protection.
Extra (actor) In drama, an extra is a performer in a film, television show, or stage production who has no role or purpose other than to appear in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). They are little more than living props used to add a sense of realism to the scene in which they appear.
Extra (gum) Extra is the name of the second sugarfree gum launched by Wrigley's in the United States and was introduced in 1984 (the first being Orbit in 1977). It became one of the most popular brands of gum within a few years.
Extra 500 The Extra 500 is an airplane produced by the Extra aircraft company which has been producing aircraft in Germany for 25 years. Started by Walter Extra, the company has been manufacturing aerobatic airplanes almost exclusively with their latest products being the Extra 300 series.
Extra attacker An extra attacker in ice hockey is a forward or, less commonly, a defenceman who has been substituted in place of the goaltender. The purpose of this substitution is to gain an offensive advantage to score a goal.
Extra base hit In baseball, an extra base hit (EB, EBH or XBH), also known as a long hit, is any base hit on which the batter is able to advance past first base without the benefit of a fielder either committing an error or opting to make a throw to retire another baserunner (see fielder's choice). Extra base hits are often not listed separately in tables of baseball statistics, but are easily determined by calculating the cumulative total of a batter's doubles, triples, and home runs.
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus The Latin phrase Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, meaning: "Outside the Church there is no salvation", is a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. It has been expressed in the form, "it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff" in Pope Boniface VIII's 1302 bull Unam Sanctam.
Extra Challenge Extra Challenge was a one-of-a-kind Filipino reality show that has blazed a trail in Philippine television. The show has attracted a wide following after it presented episodes where strange yet amusing predicaments befall on participants.
Extra Innings Extra Innings is an album by the British band The Outfield. It features a total of fifteen tracks, including eleven songs from their fan-club release It ain't over as well as some new recordings dating from shortly before the album's release in 1999.
Extra Innings (The Twilight Zone) Extra Innings was the second episode of the third season of the 1985 revival of The Twilight Zone television series. In it, Marc Singer plays a professional baseball player, forced to retire from the game due to injury.
Extra low voltage The use of extra low voltage (ELV) in an electrical circuit is one of several means to provide protection against electrical shock. The International Electrotechnical Commission and its member organizations define an ELV circuit as one in which the electrical potential of any conductor against earth (ground) is
Extra point In American and Canadian football, the extra point, point after touchdown, or PAT is the act of lining up to kick, as in a field goal, immediately following a touchdown. If the kick goes through the uprights, the team gets an additional point for their touchdown, bringing their total for that score to 7.
Extra role performance Extra-role performance behaviours are certain behaviours of employees, which are not part of their formal job requirements as they cannot be prescribed or required in advance for a given job but they help in the smooth functioning of the organization as a social system. Some of the extra role performance behavior are: helping coworkers with a job related problem; accepting orders without fuss; tolerating temporary impositions without complaint; maintaining cleanliness and physical hygiene of the work place; promoting a work climate that is tolerable and minimizes the distractions created by interpersonal conflict; and protecting and conserving organizational resources etc (Bateman & Organ, 1983).
Extra-cellular digestion Extra-cellular Digestion is a process where bacteria feed by secreting enzymes through the cell membrane onto the food. The enzymes catalyse the food into molecules small enough for them to be diffused into the cell.
Extra-parliamentary opposition An extra-parliamentary opposition is a political movement opposed to a ruling government or political party that chooses not to engage in elections. Many social movements could be categorized as an extra-parliamentary opposition.
Extra-parochial area In the United Kingdom, an extra-parochial area was an area considered to be outside any parish. Extra-parochial areas were gradually either integrated with a neighbouring or surrounding parish, or made independent parishes in the 19th century.
Extra-provincial Anglican churches The extra-provincial Anglican churches are a group of small, semi-independent church entities within the Anglican Communion. Unlike the larger member churches of the Communion, extra-provincial churches are not part of an ecclesiastical province and are, in five cases, subject to the metropolitical oversight of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Extra-sensory perception Extra-sensory perception (ESP), is defined in parapsychology as the paranormal ability to acquire information by means such as telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition. ESP is not dependent on the five main senses, nor on deduction from previous experience.
Extra-vehicular activity Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft. The term most commonly applies to an EVA made outside a craft orbiting Earth (a spacewalk) but also applies to an EVA made on the surface of the Moon (a moonwalk).
Extracellular In cell biology, molecular biology and related fields, the word extracellular (or sometimes extracellular space) means "outside the cell". This space is usually taken to be outside the plasma membranes, and occupied by fluid.
Extracellular signal-regulated kinases Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) are widely expressed and are involved in the regulation of meiosis, mitosis, and postmitotic functions in differentiated cells. Many different stimuli, including growth factors, cytokines, virus infection, ligands for heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors, transforming agents, and carcinogens, activate the ERK pathway.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation In intensive care medicine, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an extracorporeal technique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support oxygen to patients whose heart and lungs are so severely diseased that they can no longer serve their function.
Extractable nuclear antigens Extractable Nuclear Antigens are soluble cytoplasmic and nuclear components that are antibody targets with over 100 differerent antigens described. The main 6 used in immunological laboratories for detection are Ro, La, Sm, RNP, Scl-70 and Jo1, which are screened for by Ouchterlony Double Immuno Diffusion techniques and confirmed by Immuno blotting.
Extracting Position From A Maya Inverse Transformation Matrix Every 3d Computer Graphics Software packages use their own versions of affine transformation matrices. It is not always easy to know how to extract important information from them, especially if the packages' documentation hasn't been tailored for that use.
Extraction (fragrance) Fragrance extraction are processes which involve extracting aromatic compounds from the raw materials using various methods such as distillation, solvent extraction, expression, or enfleurage. The results of the extracts are either essential oils, absolutes, concretes, or butters, depending on the amount of waxes in the extracted product.
Extraction (military) Extraction, in tactical combat and special operations use, is the process of removing constituents from a targeted site when it is considered imperative that they be immediately relocated out of a hostile environment and taken to a secured area under friendly control. Extraction may imply the rescuing of entities from grave danger or immediate conditions that they are incapable of surviving within.
Extractive distillation Extractive distillation is defined as distillation in the presence of a miscible, high boiling, relatively non-volatile component, the solvent, that forms no azeotrope with the other components in the mixture. Used for mixtures having a low value of relative volatility, nearing unity.
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative An Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (or EITI) announced by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, September 2002, expressed as its aim to increase transparency over payments by companies to governments and to government-linked entities, as well as transparency over revenues by those host country governments. Ghana, Nigeria and Azerbaijan, piloted the EITI approach.
Extractor (firearms) An extractor is a holding device that holds onto the rim of ammunition, as to eject the empty casing when cycling after a shot has been fired. Extractors can be found on bolt action, lever-action, semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms.
Extractor hood An extractor hood, also known as a kitchen hood, stove hood, or exhaust hood or electric chimney is a device containing a fan that hangs above the stove in the kitchen. It is used to filter steam from cooking and remove certain particles in it.
Extracurricular activity Extracurricular activities are activities performed by students that fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education. Extracurricular activities exist at all levels of education, from high school and college to university education.
Extradition Extradition is the official process by which one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal. As between nations, extradition is regulated by treaties.
Extradition Act 2003 The Extradition Act 2003 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It came into force on 1 January 2004 and all import and export extradition requests submitted or received from this date are covered by the Act.
Extradition law in the United States Extradition law in the United States is the formal process by which a fugitive found in one country or state is surrendered to another country or state for trial or punishment. For foreign countries the process is regulated by treaty and conducted between the Federal Government of the United States and the government of a foreign country.
Extradosed bridge An extradosed bridge employs a structure that is frequently described as a cross between a girder bridge and a cable-stayed bridge. This is somewhat deceptive, since with rare exception all cable-stayed bridges have some sort of box-girder deck.
Extragalactic background light The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) is the faint diffuse light of the night sky, consisting of the combined flux of all extragalactic sources. Its main significance for astronomers is that it contains information regarding the history and formation of other galaxies, and also the large-scale structure of the universe.
Extrajudicial Executions and Assasinations Extrajudicial executions and assassinations have been utlized by governments throughout history to execute so-called enemies of the state. The Soviet Union used extrajudicial executions especially during the early reign of the Communists.
Extrajudicial punishment Extrajudicial punishment is physical punishment without the permission of a court or legal authority. Generally, it can be carried out by a state apparatus needing to rid itself of a dangerously disruptive influence.
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ExtraLives ExtraLives AB is a Swedish-based game design company best known for developing the online game Hattrick. The company was established in the autumn of 2000 in Stockholm by Björn Holmér (known as HT-Bjorn on Hattrick), Johan Gustafson (HT-Johan) and Daniel Abrahamsson (HT-Daniel).
Extramammary Paget's disease Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD), also Extramammary Paget disease, is a usually non-invasive adenocarcinoma of the skin outside of the mammary gland and includes Paget's disease of the vulva and Paget's disease of the penis. The origin of the neoplastic cells could be apocrine glands or epithelial stem cells.
Extranet An extranet is a private network that uses Internet protocols, network connectivity, and possibly the public telecommunication system to securely share part of an organization's information or operations with suppliers, vendors, partners, customers or other businesses. An extranet can be viewed as part of a company's Intranet that is extended to users outside the company (eg: normally over the Internet).
Extranoematic Extranoematic is an adjective denoting a process that occurs outside of the confines of human thought. It is similar in spelling to "noeme", the termed coined by philosopher John Grote to mean "A meaning or concept as an aspect of a unit of speech", but the example of contemporary usage given below indicates that the two words are not strictly related.
Extranomical Adventures Extranomical Adventures is a San Francisco sightseeing tour company that specializes in tours for people that generally do not like to take tours. Our clientele is very independent and likes to venture to places where most tour companies do not.
Extraordinary General Meeting An Extraordinary General Meeting, commonly abbreviated as EGM, is a meeting of members of an organisation, shareholders of a company, or employees of an official body, which occurs at an irregular time. The term is usually used where the group would ordinarily hold an AGM, but where an issue arises which requires the input of the entire membership and is too serious or urgent to wait until the next AGM.
Extraordinary Machine Extraordinary Machine is the third album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on October 4 2005 (see 2005 in music). Produced by Jon Brion, it was originally to be released in 2003 but was later delayed several times by the record label without explanation, leading to speculation that a dispute had arisen over its commercial appeal.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion According to Redemptionis Sacramentum, an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion is a layperson formally instituted to administer - that is, distribute - Holy Communion during the Roman Catholic Mass. They are referred to as extraordinary as the ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are ordained clergy: Bishops, Priest and Deacons.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a popular history of popular folly by Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions".
Extraordinary rendition Extraordinary rendition is an American extra-judicial procedure which involves the sending of untried criminal suspects, suspected terrorists or alleged supporters of groups which the US Government considers to be terrorist organizations, to countries other than the United States for imprisonment and interrogation.Lila Rajiva: The CIA's Rendition Flights to Secret Prisons.
Extraordinary resolution An extraordinary resolution (referred to in some countries as a special resolutionSome jurisdictions use both terms, but meaning slightly different things. For example, in the United Kingdom, an extraordinary resolution is a resolution passed by not less than 75% of the members, and a special resolution is a resolution passed by the same majority, but having given then members not less than 21 days' notice of the intention to put the resolution to a vote, see section 378 of the Companies Act 1985) is a resolution passed by the shareholders of a company by a greater majority than is required to pass an ordinary resolution.
Extraordinary State Commission The Extraordinary State Commission - fully: „Soviet State Extraordinary Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating the Crimes Committed by the German-Fascist Invaders and Their Accomplices.“ (Russian: Чрезвычайная Государственная Комиссия - TschGK), was a commission formed by the Soviet authorities, officially aiming at "investigating and punishing for the Crimes of the German-Fascist Aggressors" and their allies.
Extrapolation In mathematics, extrapolation is the process of constructing new data points outside a discrete set of known data points. It is similar to the process of interpolation, which constructs new points between known points, but its results are often less meaningful, and are subject to greater uncertainty.
Extrapyramidal system In human anatomy, the extrapyramidal system is a neural network located in the brain that is part of the motor system involved in the coordination of movement. Extrapyramidal neurons, like related gamma system neurons, excite or inhibit anterior horn cells.
Extrasolar biology Extrasolar biology is the study of the life science of a planet which orbits a star other than the Sun, and therefore is related to the study of extraterrestrial lifeforms inhabiting a planetary system other than the solar system.
Extraterrestrial Extraterrestrial (or Extra-terrestrial) may refer to any object or being beyond the planet Earth. It is derived from the Latin extrus ("outside", "outwards") and terrestris ("earthly", "of or relating to the Earth").
Extraterrestrial life Extraterrestrial life is life that exists and originates outside the planet Earth, the only place in the universe currently known by humans to support life. Its existence is still hypothetical as there is currently little, if any, evidence of other planets that can support life, or actual extraterrestrial life that has been widely accepted by the scientific community.
Extraterrestrial real estate Extraterrestrial real estate is either land on other planets or natural satellites or parts of space that is sold either through organizations or by individuals. Such sales are not legally recognised by any nation, but some nations and NASA have recognised the need for regulation of property rights in space due to the absence of such law.
Extraterritorial crossroad In a country that is split into two or more non-adjacent parts, with another country in between, an extraterritorial crossroad is a strip of land that formally belongs to neither country, or with other special arrangements. Often these strips of land are to be formally administered by the United Nations.
Extraterritorial Office of Exchange An Extraterritorial Office of Exchange (ETOE) is a commercially-oriented post office branch, established in a country other than its parent country. Their use has typically been subject to rules governed by the Universal Postal Union.
Extraterritoriality Extraterritoriality is the state of being exempt from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Extraterritoriality can also be applied to physical places, such as embassies, consulates, or military bases of foreign countries, or offices of the United Nations.
Extratropical cyclone Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones, are a group of cyclones defined as synoptic scale low pressure weather systems that occur in the middle latitudes of the Earth having neither tropical nor polar characteristics, and are connected with fronts and horizontal gradients in temperature and dew point otherwise known as "baroclinic zones". Extratropical cyclones are the everyday phenomena which, along with anticyclones, drive the weather over much of the Earth, producing anything from cloudiness and mild showers to heavy gales and thunderstorms.
ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter (often abbreviated Alien Encounter) is a former Tomorrowland "theater-in-the-round" attraction within the Magic Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort. It was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects.
ExtraVision ExtraVision was a short-lived teletext service created and operated by the American television network CBS in the early 1980s. It was carried in the VBI of the video from local affiliate stations of the CBS network.
Extremaduran Coalition Extremaduran Coalition (in Spanish: Coalición Extremeña) is a political alliance in Extremadura, Spain. It consists of the Extremaduran Regional Convergence (CREx) and the Extremaduran Regionalist Party (PREx).
Extremal combinatorics Extremal combinatorics is a field of combinatorics, which is itself a part of mathematics. Extremal combinatorics studies how large or how small a collection of finite objects (numbers, graphs, vectors, sets, etc.
Extremal optimization Extremal Optimization (EO) is an optimization heuristic inspired by the Bak-Sneppen model of self-organized criticality from the field of statistical physics. This heuristic was designed initially to address combinatorial optimization problems such as the travelling salesman problem and spin glasses, although the technique has been demonstrated to function in optimization domains.
Extreme (marketing) The term extreme, often deliberately misspelled as "xtreme", "x-treme", or some other variant is frequently used in advertising and marketing. A form of sensationalism, the term is used for indicating that what's being marketed is, supposedly, better, more powerful or otherwise enhanced.
Extreme Blue ExtremeBlue is an IBM internship program for graduate and undergraduate students; it also serves as a recruiting opportunity for future IBM employment. In 2004 approximately 4500 applications were received for 200 positions.
Extreme cinema Extreme cinema is a term typically used to describe films containing violence and gore of an extreme nature. In recent years, the term has been a popular word to describe many of the violent films coming out of Asia (particularly Korea and Japan).
Extreme communities of Canada This is a list of the extreme communities in Canada and its provinces and territories. They are further east, north, south or west than any other community, though they are generally not further than the extreme points of Canadian provinces.
Extreme Computer Music Extreme Computer Music is an extension of traditional Computer music. It incorporates the same abrasive and extreme frequency exploration as Noise music yet retains the passion and technique of Computer Musicians to create virtual instruments and other methods to compose and generate new sounds.
Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses is the debut full length album by New York City deathgrind band Brutal Truth. Music videos were made for Collateral Damage (which holds the Guinness World Record for the shortest music video) and Ill Neglect.
Extreme Days Four boys; Bryan, Corey, Matt, and Will; embark on a road trip after spending an entire summer gaining as much money as possible. They first go to Mexico and surf, but Corey is told his Grandfather, "Grandpa G", has passed on and has left his whole estate to Corey.
Extreme Devotion (book) Extreme Devotion ( ISBN 0-8499-1739-5 ) is 2001 daily devotional book put out by the group of Christian organizations Voice of the Martyrs. Extreme Devotion shares stories of modern day and ancient believers who sacrificed their lives for their faith in Christ.
Extreme Dinosaurs Extreme Dinosaurs was a American Animated Series based off of a toy line form Mattel staring a foursome of heroic anthropomorphic reptiles and their nemeses: a trio of malevolent dromeosaurids with plans for world domination. Eventually, the evil dinosaurs' objective is to cause global warming, which will make life on earth more comfortable for reptiles.
Extreme Dream Ministries Extreme Dream Ministries is an organization whose main achievement is the creation of the popular Youth Conference, or YC. However, it has orchestrated other events, such as the Re:vive conference for young adults.
Extreme Duudsonit The Extreme Duudsonit (mangled Finnish for Extreme Dudesons, known as The Dudesons in English showings) are a group of men from Seinäjoki, Finland, with a Finnish television show now also being shown on Spike TV in the United States and channel V in Australia. They perform stunts on the show, much like the American show Jackass on MTV (which had not yet aired when the first set of Extreme Duudsonit episodes were recorded in 2000).
Extreme environment clothing Extreme environment clothing normally refers to clothing for arctic or mountainous areas on land, although it is sometimes used for survival suits worn by mariners. The basic approach is to insulate one's body from heat loss, and keep liquid water or ice out of the insulation.
Extreme Ghostbusters Extreme Ghostbusters was a short-lived, sequel/spin-off of The Real Ghostbusters, airing in the fall of 1997. The show featured a new team of younger Ghostbusters led by veteran Ghostbuster Egon Spengler, secretary Janine Melnitz, and the ghost, Slimer.
Extreme Graphics Extreme Graphics is a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations. Extreme Graphics was developed in 1993 and was available as a high-end graphics option on workstations released during the mid-1990s.
Extreme High Definition Extreme High Definition, or XHD, is a term coined by NVIDIA and Dell at the Consumer Electronics Show 2006 to emphasize gaming at resolutions, higher than High Definition. The term was created as a marketing term for NVIDIA's Quad SLI setup and Dell's 3007WFP monitor.
Extreme Holly Extreme Holly (born in Seattle, Washington) sometime alias Holly Hogan, is an American porn star who specializes in extreme sex. Her scenes frequently feature deep throating, spitting, insertions, gangbang, puking, and watersports.
Extreme Championship Wrestling Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (WWE) Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) is a professional wrestling brand of World Wrestling Entertainment, based on the independent promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling that lasted from 1992 to 2001. It debuted on June 13, 2006 with a weekly television series.
Extreme ironing Extreme ironing (or EI) is an extreme sport and a performance art in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron a few items of clothing. According to the official website, extreme ironing is "the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.
Extreme martial arts Extreme Martial Arts, often referred to as XMA is a combination of martial arts kata or forms with an emphasis on showmanship. Often accompained by dance music, showy costumes, XMA competitions are usually held in the same tournaments as traditional forms but in a separate division.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an Emmy Award-winning ABC reality television series that began broadcasting on November 3, 2003 as a special and as a regular television series since February 15, 2004, in which a family's house, including all rooms, exterior and landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven days while the family goes off on vacation. It is a spinoff of Extreme Makeover.
Extreme Noise Terror Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) is a crust, grindcore, and deathgrind band originally from Ipswich, England. Formed in January 1985, they are one of the key early UK grindcore bands and are still together today with vocalist Dean Jones as the only original member.
Extreme performance art Since the beginning of the Dadaism in the Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich in 1916, many artists have experimented with extreme performance art as a critique of contemporary consumer culture. Some have used bodily fluids such as blood, faeces and urine.
Extreme physical information Extreme physical information (EPI) is a principle, first described and formulated in 1998 [3] by B. Roy Frieden, Emeritus Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona, that states, the precipitation of scientific laws can be derived through Fisher information, taking the form of differential equations and probability distribution functions.

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