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Echo cancellation The term echo cancellation is used in telephony to describe the process of removing echo from a voice communication in order to improve voice quality on a telephone call. In addition to improving subjective quality, this process increases the capacity achieved through silence suppression by preventing echo from traveling across a network.
Echo canceller An Echo canceller is a telecommunications device used to remove the echo that can result from delay on a telecommunications circuit. This delay can be the result of the length of the circuit or due to packetization or queuing delay.
Echo class submarine Echo class is the NATO reporting name assigned to the submarines created by six projects of the Soviet Navy. Echos are nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines, which are known in the Soviet and Russian Navies as Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya Raketnaya Krylataya (PLARK).
Echo class survey ship (1957) The Echo class was a class of inshore survey vessel built for the British Royal Navy in 1958-59. The class was designed to operate in close waters such as harbour approaches, shipping lanes, rivers and estuaries.
Echo class survey ship (2002) The two ships of Echo class are the latest vessels to join the Royal Navy's Hydrographic Squadron. Given the names Echo and Enterprise, each ship displaces approximately 3,500 tonnes, and is equipped with a state of the art suite of equipment, including:
Echo et Narcisse Echo et Narcisse (Echo and Narcissus) was the last original opera written by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his sixth for the French stage. The libretto was by Louis Theodor von Tschudi and the work was premiered at the Paris Opéra on 24 September 1779.
Echo chamber When used literally, the term echo chamber refers to a hollow enclosure used to produce echoing sounds, usually for recording purposes. For example, the producers of a television or radio program might wish to produce the aural illusion that a conversation is taking place in a cave; this effect might be accomplished by playing the recording of the conversation inside an echo chamber, with an accompanying microphone to catch the echoes.
Echo Lake Park Echo Lake Park is a park located along the Mount Evans Scenic Byway about 60 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The park provides a stone shelter with picnic tables and barbecue grills on one end of the lake, while an Arapaho National Forest campground is found at the other.
Echo machine An echo machine is the early name for a sound processing device used with electronic instruments to repeat the sound and produce a simulated echo. The device was popular with guitarists and was used by Jimmy Page and Syd Barrett among others.
Echo Park (gang) The Echo Park Locos Gang (also known as theExPLS or Ex(WS)PLS), is a Latino street gang in Los Angeles, California. One of the older Latino gangs in the city, at its peak in the 1990s, the gang had up to 200 active members with upwards of 1,000 non-active "veteranos" still living in the neighborhood.
Echo suppressor An echo suppressor (sometimes "echo suppresser") is a telecommunications device used to reduce the echo heard on long telephone circuits, particularly circuits that traverse satellite links. Echo suppressors were first developed in the 1950s in response to the first use of satellites for telecommunications, but they have since been supplanted by better performing echo cancellers.
Echo State Network The echo state network (ESN) is a recurrent neural network with a sparsely connected hidden layer (with typically 1% connectivity). The connectivity and weights of hidden neurons are randomly assigned and are fixed.
Echo Taps Echo Taps is a tradition at American military schools, such as Norwich University, The Citadel or Texas A&M University, and is played when a member or former member of a school's Corps of Cadets is killed in action.
Echo, Texas (Orange County) Echo, Texas (Orange County) is a populated place which was founded in 1880. The Louisiana Western Extension Railroad Company was given the task of completing the last section of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad crossing the Sabine River, linking Houston with New Orleans.
Echoes (Pink Floyd song) "Echoes" is a song by Pink Floyd, including lengthy instrumental passages, sound effects, and rock improvisation. Written by all four members of the group (Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason), "Echoes" provides the extended finale to Pink Floyd's album Meddle.
Echoes (radio program) Echoes is a daily two-hour music radio program hosted by John Diliberto featuring a soundscape of ambient, electronica, new acoustic and new music directions. The program features artist interviews and intimate "living room" performances.
EchoEntertainment EchoEntertainment, founded 2007 by Lostune, a Finnish dance/downbeat/techno artist and 3by3 is a entertainment group that is still quite minor. It features music from artists from a broad selection of genres including rap, hip-hop, blues, rock, metal, etc.
Echogenic intracardiac focus Echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF) is a small bright spot seen in the baby’s heart on an ultrasound exam. This is thought to represent mineralization, or small deposits of calcium, in the muscle of the heart.
Echolink A program designed by Jonathan Taylor, K1RFD to allow amateur radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's communications capabilities.
Echopraxia Echopraxia is the involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another. Even though it is considered a tic, it is a behaviour characteristic of some people with autism, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia (especially catatonic schizophrenia), some forms of clinical depression and some other neurological disorders.
EchoStar Communications Corporation EchoStar Communications Corporation () is the parent company of DISH Network and the maintainer of the satellite fleet that provides the signal that DISH Network markets. The company also designs and manufactures set-top boxes to receive the Freeview (DVB-T) broadcasts in the United Kingdom, as well as generic DVB-S receivers.
Echothiophate Echothiophate is a parasympathomimetic and organophosphate which binds irreversibly to cholinesterase. Because of the very slow rate at which echothiophate is hydrolyzed by cholinesterase, its effects can last a week or more.
Echoupal EChoupal is an initiative of ITC Limited (a large agricultural processing company in India) to link directly with rural farmers for the procurement of agricultural/aquaculture produce like soya, coffee, and prawns. EChoupal was conceived to tackle the challenges posed by the unique features of Indian agriculture, characterized by fragmented farms, weak infrastructure and the involvement of numerous intermediaries.
Echovirus An echovirus is a type of RNA virus that belongs to the genus Enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. The viruses are found in the gastrointestinal tract (hence it being part of the enterovrius genus) and exposure to the virus causes other, opportunistic infections and diseases.
Echt, Netherlands Echt (Limburgish: Ech) is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren, located in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It used to be a municipality by itself until it merged with the municipality of Susteren, an event that took place on January 1, 2003.
Echternach Echternach (Luxembourgish: Iechternach) is a commune with city status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town (current population 4,610) in Luxembourg.
Echthroi Echthroi (Εχθροί) is a Greek word meaning "The Enemy" (literally "enemies"), used to refer to a fictional group of creatures who want nothing more than to destroy all of everything. They are most notably mentioned in Madeline L'Engle's "Time Quartet" as the enemy of the protagonists.
Echtra An Echtra or Echtrae (pl. Echtrai) is one of a category of Old Irish literature about a hero's adventures in the Otherworld (see Tír na nÓg and Mag Mell); the otherworldly setting is the distinctive trait of these tales.
Echuca, Victoria Echuca in Victoria (Australia) is a city of about 10,000 people situated on the banks of the Murray River (Moama is on the northern side in NSW). Its location at the closest point of the Murray to Melbourne contributed to its development as a thriving river port city during the 1800s.
Echunga, South Australia Echunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills located 34 km south-east of Adelaide in South Australia. The town reputedly takes its name from an Aboriginal word 'eechungga' which may mean either 'a short distance' or 'close by'.
ECHELON ECHELON is a name used to describe a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network run by the UKUSA Community (otherwise described as the "Anglo-Saxon alliance") that has been reported by a number of sources including, in 2001, a committee of the European Parliament (EP report). According to some sources ECHELON can capture radio and satellite communications, telephone calls, faxes, e-mails and other data streams nearly anywhere in the world and includes computer automated analysis and sorting of intercepts.
Eiao Island Nature Reserve The Eiao Nature Reserve is a nature reserve encompassing the whole of the island of Eiao in the northern Marquesas Islands, as well as several surrounding rocks. The reserve was declared in 1992, as a first step in preserving whatever remains of the devastated ecosystem, which has almost entirely been destroyed through over-grazing by feral goats, sheep and swine.
EiĂ°ar longwave transmitter EiĂ°ar longwave transmitter is a facility of the Icelandic Broadcasting Company used for longwave broadcasting on 207 kHz with a power of 100 kW. EiĂ°ar longwave transmitter situated at EiĂ°ar near EgilsstaĂ°ir uses as antennaa an omnidirectional aerial in form of a steel lattice mast radiator insulated against ground with a height of 220 metres.
Eibon Records Eibon Records is an independent record label from Milan, Italy, founded in 1996. It is owned by Mauro Berchi and primarily focuses on very fringe underground music, noise/ambient and doom metal (the former especially).
Eid Mubarak Eid mubarak (Persian/Urdu: عید مبارک) is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved for use on the festivals of Eid ul-Adha and Eid ul-Fitr. The phrase translates into English as "blessed festival", and can be paraphrased as "may you enjoy a blessed festival".
Eid ul-Adha Eid ul-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥā) is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide as a commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael for God. It is one of two Eid festivals that Muslims celebrate.
Eid ul-Fitr Eid ul-Fitr or Id-Ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īd al-Fiṭr), often abbreviated as simply Eid, is an Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Fiṭr means "to break the fast" and therefore symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period.
Eider River The Eider (German: Eider; Danish: Ejderen; Latin: Egdor or Egdore) is the longest river of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The river starts near Bordesholm and reaches the southwestern outskirts of Kiel on the shores of the Baltic Sea, but flows to the west, ending in the North Sea.
Eiderstedt Eiderstedt (; ; North Frisian: Ääderstää) is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is approximately 30 km in length and 15 km in width and has been created through diking (polders) from three islands: Eiderstedt around Tönning, Utholm around Tating, and Evershop around Garding.
Eidetic memory Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall, is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy and in seemingly unlimited volume. The word eidetic (pronounced: ) comes from the Greek word είδος (eidos), which means "image" or "form".
Eidetic reduction Eidetic reduction is a technique in the study of essences in phenomenology whose goal is to identify the basic components of phenomena. Eidetic reduction requires that a phenomenologist examine only what our consciousness intends rather than examining or judging particular factual elements.
Eidgenosse Eidgenosse is a compound word in German meaning a Swiss person. Like many compound German words, the meaning of the individual words making up the compound word gives little clue to its final meaning (compare to the word pineapple in English).
Eido Tai Shimano Eido Tai Shimano Roshi is a Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist teacher whom received Dharma transmission from Soen Nakagawa Roshi in 1972. He currently serves as abbott for two zendos, New York Zendo Shobo-Ji and Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji, both located in New York.
Eidolon (astral double) In Theosophy, an eidolon (from Greek eidolon form, shape; a phantom-double of the human form; Latin simulacrum) is the astral double of living beings; the shade or perisprit, the kamarupa after death before its disintegration. The phantom which can appear under certain conditions to survivors of the deceased.
Eidophusikon The Eidophusikon (Greek: Ειδωφυσικον) was a piece of art, no longer existent, invented by 18th Century English painter Philip James de Loutherbourg. It opened in Leicester Square in February of 1781.
Eidos (philosophy) Eidos (εἶδος) is a Greek word meaning "image", "form", or "shape". The term became significant in Greek philosophy when Plato used it to refer to the ideal Forms or Ideas in his Theory of Forms.
Eidos Institute Eidos is an independent research institute and think tank based in Australia. Established in 2006, its objective is to generate new ideas and dialogue on good education, labour market and social public policy - more broadly, human capital.
Eidothea Eidothea is a genus of two species of rainforest tree in Eastern Australia, which belongs to the plant family Proteaceae, which also includes more familiar members such as the waratahs, grevilleas, banksias, macadamias and proteas. The genus is named after Eidothea, one of the three daughters of Proteus in Greek Mythology.
Eidsborg stave church Eidsborg stave church (Eidsborg stavkirke) is a stave church was built in the middle of the 13th century in LĂĄrdal, Norway. Many legends comes from this church, one of them is that the church was supposed to be built by "stronger powers"!
Eidsbugarden Eidsbugarden is a tourist center which lies at the western end of Lake Bygdin in the Jotunheimen mountain range on the outskirts of Jotunheim National Park in Oppland, Norway. Eidsbugarden lies to the southeast in Jotunheim and north of the lake lies an area over 2000 m.
Eidsvold class battleship The Eidsvold class was a class of coastal battleships (also referred to as coastal defence ship), two of which where built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1899 by Armstrong Whitworth. The class consisted of two ships, the HNoMS Eidsvold and HNoMS Norge.
Eidsvold Shire Council Eidsvold Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Wide Bay Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. The shire is based around the town of Eidsvold, Queensland and the major activities in the shire are beef cattle raising and forestry.
Eidsvold, Queensland Eidsvold is a small town and headquarters of the Eidsvold Shire Local Government Area in the North Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Burnett Highway approximately 430 kilometres north of the state captal, Brisbane.
Eierpunsch Eierpunsch (literally "egg punch") is the German name given to a warm, alcoholic, egg-based drink similar to eggnog. It is commonly a winter drink and can be found served in the popular Christmas markets of Germany and Austria.
Eifel Aqueduct The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. It shows the great skill of the Roman engineers, whose level of technical achievement was lost in the Middle Ages and regained only in recent times.
Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 was an Italian electronic/eurodance 3-piece group, formed in the late 90s and best known for their international hit "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". Their other hit singles include "Move Your Body" and "Too Much of Heaven".
Eiffel Software Eiffel Software (previously known as Interactive Software Engineering Inc. or ISE) is a software company specializing in object technology, especially tools, training and services for the Eiffel programming language and method, originally introduced by the company in 1985.
Eifion (UK Parliament constituency) Eifion was a parliamentary constituency in Caernarfonshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Eigenface Eigenfaces are a set of eigenvectors used in the computer vision problem of human face recognition. These eigenvectors are derived from the covariance matrix of the probability distribution of the high-dimensional vector space of possible faces of human beings.
Eigenfunction In mathematics, an eigenfunction of a linear operator A defined on some function space is any non-zero function f in that space that returns from the operator exactly as is, except for a multiplicative scaling factor. More precisely, one has
Eigengrau Eigengrau (German: "intrinsic gray"), also called eigenlicht ("intrinsic light"), dark light, or brain gray, is the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness. Even in the absence of light, some action potentials are still sent along the optic nerve, causing the sensation of a uniform dark gray color.
Eigenmath Eigenmath is a free, easy to use, multiplatform computer algebra system by George Weigt, currently available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Eigenmath is written in the C programming language, and the source code is freely available.
Eigenplane In mathematics, an eigenplane is a two-dimensional invariant subspace in a given vector space. By analogy with the term eigenvector for a vector which, when operated on by a linear operator is another vector which is a scalar multiple of itself, the term eigenplane can be used to describe a two-dimensional plane (a 2-plane), such that the operation of a linear operator on a vector in the 2-plane always yields another vector in the same 2-plane.
EigenTrust EigenTrust algorithm is a reputation management algorithm for peer-to-peer networks, developed by Sep Kamvar, Mario Schlosser, and Hector Garcia-Molina. The algorithm provides each peer in the network a unique global trust value based on the peer's history of uploads and thus aims to reduce the number of inauthentic files in a P2P network.
Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace In mathematics, an of a transformationIn this context, only linear transformations from a vector space to itself are considered. is a vector which, in the transformation, is multiplied by a constant factor, called the of that vector.
Eigenvector centrality Eigenvector centrality is a measure of the importance of a node in a network. It assigns relative scores to all nodes in the network based on the principle that connections to high-scoring nodes contribute more to the score of the node in question than equal connections to low-scoring nodes.
Eiger Capital Limited Eiger Capital Limited is a research intensive investment management company specialising in the corporate bond and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) markets. It manages leveraged exposure through cash and synthetic Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs and CSOs) in both high yield and investment grade.
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction short story collection by Jon Krakauer concentrating on mountaineering and rock climbing. All the chapters have been published before between 1985 and 1987 in the magazines Outside and Smithsonian.
Eiger Labs MPMan F10 The MPMan F10 was the first portable MP3 player, developed by SaeHan Information Systems which is headquartered in Seoul, Korea and imported by Eiger Labs, Inc. The MPMan was the first of its kind in what would be become a new era in portable audio.
Eight Ace Eight Ace (full name 'Octavius Tinsworth Federidge Ace') is a character in Viz magazine. He is a miserable, foul-mouthed, unclean alcoholic, named after the quantity and brand of lager which rules his life and prevents his battleaxe wife from ever letting him into their ramshackle home, in which she brings up their huge number of children on the poverty line.
Eight Banners The Eight Banners (In Manchu: jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative divisions into which all Manchu families were placed. They provided the basic framework for the Manchu military organization.
Eight Below Eight Below is a Walt Disney Pictures film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio, which was released on February 17, 2006 in the United States. It was rated PG for some peril and brief mild language.
Eight Cousins Eight Cousins; or The Aunt-Hill is an 1875 novel by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It narrates the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts.
Eight Deadly Words The Eight Deadly Words are "I don't care what happens to these people." The phrase is commonly used in science fiction fandom as a criticism of stories that fail to engage the reader through a lack of interesting or compelling characters.
Eight Deer Jaguar Claw Eight Deer Jaguar Claw was a powerful Mixtec ruler in 11th century Oaxaca referred to in the 15th century deerskin manuscript Codex Zouche-Nuttall. His surname is alternatively translated Tiger-Claw and Ocelot-Claw.
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou (揚州八怪 / 扬州八怪) (Ba Guai: Hànyǔ pinyin for "Eight weird") is the name for a group of eight Chinese painters known in the Qing for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist.
Eight Elders The Eight Great Eminent Officials (Chinese: 八大元老; Pinyin: Bā dà yuán lǎo), abbreviated as the Eight Elders (八老 Bā lǎo) were a group of elderly members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the 1980s and 1990s. In the English-speaking world, these men are called The Eight Immortals.
Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values that Build Strong Communities Eight Habits of the Heart: Embracing the Values That Build Strong Communities is a memoir by Clifton Taulbert, first published in 1997. It recounts the eight lessons that he learned while growing up in the Mississippi Delta, lessons he attributes to the "front porch wisdom" of the people in his community.
Eight Honors and Eight Shames The Eight Honors and Eight Shames (Simplified Chinese: 八荣八耻 Traditional Chinese: 八榮八恥 Pinyin: bā róng bā chĭ), officially the Core Value System or the Eight Honors and Disgraces, is a set of moral concepts developed by Hu Jintao for the citizens in socialist China. It is also known as "Eight Virtues and Shames", or "Hu Jintao’s Eight-Step Programme".
Eight Immortals The Eight Immortals () are a group of legendary xian ("immortals; transcendents; fairies") in Chinese mythology. Each Immortal's power can be transferred to a tool of power (法器) that can give life or destroy evil.
Eight Immortals of Huainan The Eight Immortals of Huainan (淮南八仙 in pinyin: Huáinán bāxiān), also known as the Eight Gentlemen (八公 bāgōng), were the eight scholars under the patronage of Liu An (劉安 Liú Ān), the prince of Huainan during the Western Han Dynasty. They are not deified in any religions and the xian "immortal" is used metaphorically to describe their talent.
Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup or Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine () were a group of Tang Dynasty scholars who liked to drink alcoholic beverages. They are not deified and xian ("immortal; transcendent; fairy") is metaphorical.
Eight Legged Freaks Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 horror/comedy film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette and Kari WĂĽhrer. The plot concerns a collection of spiders who are exposed to a chemical that makes them grow to an enormous size.
Eight Lingpas Eight Lingpas (). Sangye Lingpa (1340-1396), Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405), Rinchen Lingpa, Pema Lingpa (or Padma Lingpa) (1445/50-1521), Ratna Lingpa (1403-1471), Kunkyong Lingpa (or Khyungdrak Dorje), Do-ngag Lingpa and Tennyi Lingpa.
Eight Little Piggies Eight Little Piggies, published in 1985, is the sixth volume of collected essays from evolutionary biologist and well-known science writer Stephen Jay Gould; the essays were culled from his monthly column The View of Life in Natural History magazine, to which Gould contributed for more than two decades. The book deals, in typically discursive fashion, with themes familiar to Gould's writing: evolution and its teaching, science biography, probabilities and common sense.
Eight model plays The "eight model plays" () were the only operas and ballets that were permitted during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976). Although they were limited in number, there were in fact more than eight.
Eight Magic Words The Eight Magic Words cannot be used in issue advertisements in the United States. The Eight Magic Words are forbidden from use to reduce political slander from directly influencing voting, and to reduce the direct involvement in campaigns by political parties and other independent groups.
Eight Men Out Eight Men Out is a dramatic film, released in 1988, based on the book, published in 1963, of the same name by Eliot Asinof. It is a dramatization of the Black Sox scandal in 1919, when eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
Eight Mile Plains Busway Station, Brisbane The Eight Mile Plains Busway Station, at Eight Mile Plains, is part of the South-East Busway serviced by TransLink bus routes. It is the last station on the South-East Busway, and is connected to the Springwood Bus Station by transit lanes on the Pacific Motorway used by Logan City Bus Service.
Eight Points of Attention The Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention is a military doctrine that was issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong and his associates for the Chinese Red Army, who were then fighting against the Kuomintang. The contents vary slightly in different versions.
Eight Precepts The Eight Precepts are the precepts for Buddhist lay men and women who wish to practice a bit more strictly than the usual five precepts for Buddhists. The eight precepts focus both on avoiding morally bad behaviour, and on leading a more ascetic lifestyle.
Eight Provinces (Korea) During most of the Joseon Dynasty], [[Korea was divided into eight provinces (do; ; ). The eight provinces' boundaries remained unchanged for almost five centuries from 1413 to 1895, and formed a geographic paradigm that is still reflected today in the Korean Peninsula's administrative divisions, dialects, and regional distinctions.
Eight queens puzzle The eight queens puzzle is the problem of putting eight chess queens on an 8Ă—8 chessboard such that none of them is able to capture any other using the standard chess queen's moves. The colour of the queens is meaningless in this puzzle, and any queen is assumed to be able to attack any other.
Eight Short Preludes and Fugues The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of baroque organ works previously attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach but now believed to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, probably Johann Tobias Krebs.
Eight Step Rail Eight Step Rail is the Debut EP released by Australian band The Superjesus in May 1996. "Shut My Eyes", "I'm Stained" and "Stripes Of You" were re-released on their debut album, "Sumo".
Eight Worlds "Eight Worlds" refers to a series of novels and short stories by John Varley, in which the solar system has been colonized by human refugees fleeing an alien invasion of the earth. Earth and Jupiter are off-limits to humanity, but Earth's moon and the other worlds and moons of the solar system have all become heavily populated.
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter (少林搭棚大師, Wu lang ba gua gun, also Invincible Pole Fighter or Master Pole Fighter) is a 1983 Hong Kong martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio starring Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng. Fu Sheng died during the making of this movie and thus does not appear in the final showdown as originally written in the script.
Eight-hour day The Eight-hour day movement, also known as the Short-time movement, had its origins in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, where industrial production in large factories transformed working life and imposed long hours and poor working conditions. With working conditions unregulated, the health, welfare and morale of working people suffered.
Eight-man football Eight-man football is a type of American football, generally played by small high schools. Rules and formations vary greatly among states and even among different organizations, but the one constant is eight players from each team on the field at one time, as opposed to eleven-man football, which is played at larger high schools, the college level and in the NFL.
Eight-Nation Alliance The Eight-Nation Alliance (, bāgúoliánjūn) was an alliance of 8 nations (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) which put down the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. The military contingent from the United States was called the China Relief Expedition.

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