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Eitoku Eitoku (永徳) was a Japanese era of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts lasting from 1381 to 1384. Reigning Emperors were Chōkei and Go-Kameyama in the south and Go-En'yū and Go-Komatsu in the north.
Eivør Pálsdóttir Eivør Pálsdóttir [] (born July 21 1983 in Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer/songwriter with a distinct voice and a wide range of interests in many kinds of music from jazz, folk, country, pop to classical and Christian music. Her roots are in the Faroese ballads.
Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset (born, 23 Mars 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with artists such as Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef and Django Bates yet is most known for his work with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer.
Eivind Berggrav In December 1944 Eivind Josef Berggrav (1884-1959), the Norwegian Lutheran Bishop of Oslo, was featured on the cover of TIME magazine, becoming one of the relatively few protestant religious figures to have been thus honored (others featured before 1960 include Harry Emerson Fosdick (1925), Henry Sloan Coffin (1926), Martin Niemöller (1940), Reinhold Niebuhr (1948), Henry Knox Sherrill (1951), Otto Dibelius (1953), Henry P. Van Dusen (1954), Billy Graham (1954), Franklin Clark Fry (1958), and Paul Tillich (1959)).
Eivind Groven Eivind Groven (October 8, 1901–February 8, 1977) was a Norwegian microtonal composer and music-theorist. He was from the fylke (province or county) of Telemark in southern Norway and had his background in the folk music of the area.
Eixample The Eixample (Catalan for "extension"; Castilian, Ensanche) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, GrĂ cia, Sant Andreu etc.).
Eizaburo Nishibori Eizaburo Nishibori (čĄżĺ €ć „ä¸‰éŽ Nishibori EizaburĹŤ (January 28, 1903 – April 13, 1989) was a Japanese scientist, alpinist and technologist. And he is also known as the captain of the primary Japanese Antarctica wintering party.
EI Niš *Electronic Industry Niš, (Elektronska Industrija Niš, short "Ei Niš")is a company with headquarters in Niš, Serbia, originated from the foundation of the Institute for the Production of Radio Sets and Roentgen Machines, "RR Niš", in 1948.
EIA Class 1 dielectric The EIA Class 1 dielectric materials are ceramic dielectric materials used in ceramic capacitors of small values (typically <5 nF). The EIA Class 1 dielectrics in general are usually based on titanate formulas (usually titanium dioxide with calcium titanate) with low or zero content of barium titanate; due to that low content, their susceptibility to microphonics is low.
EIA Class 2 dielectric The EIA Class 2 dielectric materials are ceramic dielectric materials used in ceramic capacitors. In comparison with the EIA Class 1 dielectrics they tend to have very poor temperature drift, high dependence of capacitance on applied voltage, high voltage coefficient of dissipation factor, high frequency coefficient of dissipation, and problems with aging due to gradual change of crystal structure.
EIA-422 EIA-422 (formerly RS-422), now TIA-422, is a technical standard which specifies the "electrical characteristics of the balanced voltage digital interface circuit"TIA/EIA STANDARD, Electrical Characteristics of Balanced Voltage Digital Interface Circuits, TIA/EIA-422-B, May 1994. It provides for data transmission, using balanced or differential signaling, with unidirectional/non-reversible, terminated or non-terminated transmission lines, point to point, or multi-drop.
EIAJ connector The EIAJ connector, more formally known as EIAJ RC-5320A, is a standard power supply jack for small appliances. It is recognised to many consumers by the "yellow tip" (a yellow plastic insulator) at the end of the jack.
EICAR EICAR is the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, was founded in 1990 as an organization aiming to further antivirus research and improving development of antivirus software. Recently, EICAR have furthered their scope to include the research of malicious software (malware) other than computer viruses.
EICAR test file The EICAR test file is a file, developed by the EICAR, to test the response of computer antivirus programs. The rationale behind it is to allow people companies and AV programmers to test their software without having to use a real computer virus that could cause actual damage should the AV not respond correctly.
EID Parry EID Parry (India) Limited is a public company, headquartered in Chennai, South India, with a continuous history of business activities of more than 200 years, and with many firsts to its credit which include manufacturing of fertilizers (1906) first time in the Indian subcontinent.
EIF-2 eIF-2 (a heterotrimer of subunits alpha, beta, and gamma) mediates the binding of Met-tRNA1 to the ribosome in a GTP-dependent manner. eIF-2 is released from the ribosome bound to GDP as an inactive binary complex.
EIF-2 kinase There are two mammalian eIF-2 alpha kinases, the double-stranded RNA-dependent kinase (PKR) and heme-regulated inhibitor kinase (HRI), both of which are responsible for the phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eIF-2 at serine 51, one of the best-characterized mechanisms for down-regulating protein synthesis in higher eukaryotes in response to various stress conditions.
EINE EINE (a recursive acronym standing for "EINE Is Not Emacs") was an early Emacs text editor for lisp machines; it was developed by Daniel Weinreb and Mike McMahon in the late 1970s, using the original Emacs written in TECO by Richard Stallman. It would later be developed into ZWEI, which itself would eventually become Symbolics' Zmacs (integrated into Symbolics' development for their Lisp machines, Genera).
EINECS number The EINECS number (for European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances) is a registry number given to each chemical substance commercially available in the European Union between 1 January 1971 and 18 September 1981. The inventory was created by Directive 67/548/EEC concerning the labeling of dangerous substances: the EINECS number(s) must appear on the label and the packaging of dangerous substances.
EISCAT EISCAT is an acronym for the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association. They operate three incoherent scatter radar systems, at 224 MHz, 931 MHz, and 500 MHz, in Northern Scandinavia used to study the interaction between the Sun and the Earth as revealed by disturbances in the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
EISPACK EISPACK is a software library for numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices written in FORTRAN. It contains subroutines for calculating the eigenvalues of nine classes of matricies complex general, complex Hermitian, real general, real symmetric, real symmetric banded, real symmetric tridiagonal, special real tridiagonal, generalized real, and generalized real symmetric matices.
Ejabberd ejabberd is a free distributed fault-tolerant Jabber/XMPP server, written mainly in Erlang and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). It runs under Windows NT and several Unix-like operating systems such as Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD.
Ejaculation (grammar) In grammar, an ejaculation is an utterance that expresses a feeling outside of the normal language structure. Often but not always it is an exclamation, and most often consists of a single word, either an interjection or a profanity or both.
Ejaculation generater Ejaculation Generater is the fourth Masonna release on Alchemy Records & third proper Masonna album released on that label. It was the last Masonna release on Alchemy Records for many subsequent releases which were all released on other independent labels around the world (such as Relapse records, Anti-music, Alley Sweeper, V records, Nanophonica Records, Cold Spring Records, Alien 8 Recordings), until his 1999 album Vestal Spacy Ritual, which again was on Alchemy.
Ejanding, Western Australia Ejanding is a townsite in the central wheatbelt, located about 20 km north north east of Dowerin. It was originally a siding on the Ejanding Northward railway, a line built between the town now known as Amery, and Kalannie, around 1927.
Ejaz Fiaz Ejaz Fiaz (also named as Eliaz Fiaz, nicknamed "Jacksy") (b. 1973) was originally thought to be the suicide bomber who attacked the Piccadilly Line train in the 7 July 2005 London bombings; that bombing was attributed to Jamal Lindsay on July 13.
Ejby municipality Ejby municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the north and west coasts of the island of Funen in southern Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Brandsø, and covers an area of 163 km², and has a total population of 10,046 (2005).
Eje Thelin Eje Thelin (Eilert Ove Thelin) (June 9, 1938 - May 18, 1990) was an innovative Swedish trombonist, widely admired among fellow trombonists for his facile technique and rhythmic intensity. He was, perhaps, the first jazz trombonist to translate that technique into the so-called "sheets of sound" style that characterized much of the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and, in general, Free Jazz of the late 1960s and 1970s.
Ejea de los Caballeros Ejea de los Caballeros (Aragonese Exea, commonly known by simply Ejea) is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is one of the 5 main towns in the Municipality of the 5 Villages, of which the most important are Ejea de los Caballeros, Tauste, Sadaba, Uncastillo and Sos del Rey CatĂłlico, the five towns from which the municipality receives its name.
Ejection fraction In cardiovascular physiology, ejection fraction (Ef) is the fraction of blood pumped out of a ventricle with each heart beat. The term ejection fraction applies to both the right and left ventricles; one can speak equally of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF).
Ejective consonant In phonetics, ejective consonants are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with simultaneous closure of the glottis. In the phonology of a particular language, ejectives may contrast with aspirated or tenuis consonants .
Ejeme Ejeme is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 27 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 182 people.
Ejerie Ejerie is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Ejerie is bordered on the south by Elu, on the west by Dendi, on the northwest by Jeldu, on the north by Meta Robi, on the northeast by Adda Berga, on the east by Walmara, and on the southeast by Alem Gena.
Ejido The ejido [É›xËido] system is a process whereby the government promotes the use of communal land shared by the people of the community. This use of community land was a common practice during the time of Aztec rule in Mexico.
Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen (December 23 1880 Vester-Brønderslev - May 1, 1971 Copenhagen), was a Danish polar explorer and author, born in Jutland. He served in the Amdrup expedition to Christian IX Land, East Greenland (1900), and in the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition to Franz Joseph Land (1900-02.
Ejunkie E-junkie is a download delivery and promotion service for independent publishers selling downloads on their websites or eBay using PayPal, ClickBank or 2CheckOut. E-junkie interacts with the payment system to receive instant notification of the payment, handles fraud screening and provides instant and secure download of electronic product to the buyer.
EJay The eJay Music Creation series is a music-creating software series. In general, it uses up to 48 tracks with royalty-free music compilations that users can put together, and/or create their own compilations of bass, drum, and melody, to create music, usually depending on the version bought.
EJay Day EJay Day (born Eric James Day on September 13, 1981, Lawrenceville, Georgia) is an American singer and was one of the ten finalists during the first season of American Idol. Day was actually a last minute replacement in the Idol semifinals for Delano Cagnolati, who was discovered to have lied to escape the show's age cutoff.
Ek Ajnabee Ek Ajnabee (Hindi: एक अजनबी, Urdu: ایک اجنبی, translation: "A Stranger") is Bollywood remake of Tony Scott's 2004 film Man on Fire. The film is directed by Apoorva Lakhia with Amitabh Bachchan playing Denzel Washington's role.
Ek Hasina Thi Ek Hasina Thi (Devnagari: एक हसीना थी, English: There Was a Beautiful Girl) is a 2003 Bollywood thriller produced by Ram Gopal Varma, directed by debut filmmaker Shriam Raghavan and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles.
Ek Onkar Ek Onkar (also , , Ä’k ĹŚaáą…kÄr, Ek Omkar, Ik Omkar and other variants) means one God and is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy. It is also a symbol of the unity of God in Sikhism, and is commonly found on Gurdwaras.
Eka Cipta Widjaja Eka Cipta Widjaja is the founder of the Sinar Mas Group, which was one of the largest conglomerates during the Indonesian New Order period. His flagship bank, BII or Bank International Indonesia, bankrolled many of his other ventures that made him at one time the king of copra.
Ekaggata EkaggatÄ (Pali) or EkÄgratÄ (, Sanskrit) means "one-pointedness", or the state (-tÄ) of having one (eka) point (agga or agra). This mental factor is the primary component in all jhÄnas and the essence of concentration samÄdhi.
Ekachakra Ekachakra (Sanskrit:एकचक्र, Bangla: একচক্র) is a small village, located in West Bengal. It is famous as the birthplace of Nityananda Rama (b 1474 CE), a significant religious figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
Ekajati Ekajati or Ekajata (Tibetan: ral chig ma. English: One Braid of Hair), one of the 21 Taras, is one of the most powerful and fierce goddesses of Tibetan mythology, a modification of the old Tibetan goddess of heaven, whose right eye was pierced by the tantric master Padmasambhava as he banished her.
Ekajuk language Ekajuk, also known as Akajo and Akajuk, is a Bantoid language (of the Niger-Congo language family) that is spoken by thousands of people (30,000 according to a 1986 estimate) in the Cross River State and some surrounding regions of Nigeria.
Ekalavya In Mahabharata epic, Ekalavya (Sanskrit: एकलव्य, ékalavya) is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes, who achieves a skill level parallel to the great Arjuna, despite Drona's rejection of him. He was a member of low caste and he wished to study in the gurukulam of Dronacharya.
Ekali Ekali (Greek: Εκάλη, Latin: Hecale) is a rather exclusive suburban community in Attica, Greece -- just about 20 km north of Athens. Ekali has strict building regulations to ensure the conservation of its character as a pleasant, verdant suburb.
Ekam Ekam (Tamil: - the supreme oneness) is the term used in Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy book of Ayyavazhi Akilattirattu Ammanai published by T.Palaramachandran Nadar, 9th impression, 1989 Page 225-227 to represent The Ultimate Oneness, and in Thiruvasakam - 2 it was stated that it was from this Ekam all this objects including the separate Godheads, Devas, Asuras etc of the Universe formed.
Ekambareswarar Temple Ekambareswarar Temple (Tamil: ஏகாம்பரநாதர் கோயில்) is one of the famous Hindutemples dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Kanchipuram in the state of Tamilnadu, India. It is one of the five major Shiva temples (each representing a natural element), representing the element Earth.
Ekari language Ekari (also Ekagi,Kapauku) is a Trans New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), including the villages of Mapia and Moanamani. Language use is vigorous.
Ekashringa According to Hindu mythology and scriptures, Ekashringa (that is, unicorn), also known as Rishyashringa (that is, the one who is deer-horned) was an ancient rishi. He was believed to have been born of a doe and from the slight protrusion of his forehead.
Ekatarina Velika Ekatarina Velika ("Catherine the Great", named after Catherine II of Russia, also called EKV for short) was a rock/new wave band from Belgrade, Serbia, and one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia.
Ekaterina Furtseva Ekaterina Alekseyevna Furtseva (Russian: Екатерина ĐлекŃеевна ФŃрцева; November 24, 1910, Vyshniy Volochek - October 24, 1974, Moscow) was probably the most influential woman in Soviet politics and the first woman to be admitted into Politburo.
Ekaterina Geladze Ekaterina Geladze (familiarly known as "Keke" ) (1858-1937) was the mother of Joseph Stalin. She was born to a family of Georgian Orthodox Christian serfs in Gori, Georgia, in 1858 and although her father, Glakh Geladze, died young and the family was always poor, somehow her mother ensured that Keke learned to read and write.
Ekaterina II class The Ekaterina II Class were a group of ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880's. The design was unique in that three turrets were grouped in a triangle around a central armoured redoubt, two side by side forward and one on the centreline aft.
Ekaterina Karsten Ekaterina Karsten (Belarusian: Кацярына КарŃŃ‚ŃŤĐ˝, Kaciaryna Karsten; Russian: Екатерина КарŃтен; born June 2, 1972) is a famous rower from Minsk, Belarus, an Olympic champion and world champion in double and single sculls.
Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Maximova Russian Екатерина МакŃимова (01 February 1939) Moscow is a Russian ballerina. Maximova performed with the Bolshoi Ballet from 1958 until 1980 with her partner and husband Vladimir Vasiliev and now is a coach with the ballet and a member of the GITIS Institute faculty.
Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (Russian: Екатерина Олеговна СеребрянŃкая Ekaterina Olegovna Serebryanskaya) (born 25 October, 1977 in Simferopol, Ukraine) is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, her mother Liubov was her coach, at the Gratsia club in Simferopol.
Ekaterina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya () (November 7, 1902, Tashkent — April 2, 1991, Moscow), better known as Rina Zelenaya, was a Soviet actress and singer of Ukrainian ancestry. She became popular on account of her ability to imitate the speech of children.
Ekati Diamond Mine The Ekati Diamond Mine is Canada's first operational diamond mining operation. It is located on Lac de Gras at , 300 km north-east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about 200km south of the Arctic circle.
Ekavyaharaka The EkavyahÄraka school of Buddhism split from the MahÄsaáąghikas during the reign of AĹ›oka. The EkavyahÄrikas emphasized the transcendence of the Buddha, asserting that he was eternally enlightened and essentially non-physical.
Ekbir In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Ekbir, properly known as the Caliphate of Ekbir, is a political state of the Flanaess. It is situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, upon the shores of the Drawmidj Ocean.
Ekdromoi The Ekdromos (plural Ekdromoi) was the name of the Greek light hoplites. Their name means 'out-runners', because they were lightly armoured (with hoplon and bronze helmet), fast infantry against the northern Barbarians (Thracians, Illyrians, or Scythians).
Ekeko In the mythology and folklore of Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina Ekeko is a fortune bearer character that has not lost prestige. It is said that whoever has a "loaded" ekeko will have prosperity and will not want in any basic need (food, roof, etc.
Ekene Ibekwe Ekene Brian Ibekwe (born 19 July 1985 in Carson, California) is a basketball Power forward from the United States of Nigerian ancestry. He is currently a senior at the University of Maryland at College Park and was a member of the Nigeria national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships where Ibekwe was one of the team leaders in points (4th) and rebounds (1st).
Eketorp Eketorp is an Iron Age fort in southeastern Ă–land, Sweden, which was extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrisonK.
Ekhard Salje Professor Ekhard Salje (Fellow of the Royal Society) is the Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology and Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University. He became the President of Clare Hall on 1st October 2001.
Ekhymosis Ekhymosis, was a Colombian rock band formed by Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (Juanes), along with friends AndrĂ©s GarcĂa, Fernando "Toby" TobĂłn and JosĂ© David Lopera from MedellĂn. The band was created in 1988 with heavy influences from Metallica and other important metal acts of the 80s, as well as some popular Latino music.
Ekiben Ekiben (駅ĺĽ) are a specific type of bento boxed meals, sold on trains and train stations in Japan. First sold in 1885 at Utsunomiya Station (north of Tokyo), they were then, a simple meal of rice balls, with umeboshi filling, wrapped in a bamboo leaf.
Ekin Cheng Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin () (born October 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Earlier in his career he was known as Noodle Cheng (é„伊麵), though he has now reverted to a more conventional-sounding first name.
Ekkehard Fasser Ekkehard Fasser (born 3 September 1952) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Fasser won a gold medal in the four-person bobsleigh event with teammates Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler and Werner Stocker.
Ekkehard of Aura Ekkehard of Aura (died 1126) was the Abbot of Aura (a monastery founded by Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, on the Franconian Saale river, near Bad Kissingen, Bavaria) from 1108. A Benedictine monk and chronicler, he made updates to the World Chronicle (Chronicon universale) of Frutolf of Michelsberg adding important German history between 1098 and 1125 during the reign of Emperor Henry V, in which he sided strongly with the papacy in the Investiture Controversy.
Ekla Chalo Re Ekla chalo re or jadi tor daak shune keu naa aashe (, often translated as "Walk Alone") is a song written by Rabindranath Tagore, part of the Rabindra Sangeet canon. It exhorts the listener to continue his or her journey, despite abandonment or lack of support from others.
Eklanda Eklanda, which means "Oakland," is a growing suburbian residential area in Mölndal, Sweden, just south of Gothenburg, Sweden. The population of Eklanda is about 5000, mostly families with small children, typical middle class Svenssons.
Eklavya: The Royal Guard Eklavya: The Royal Guard is a Bollywood film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra which will be released on 16 February 2007 . It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen, Jackie Shroff, Jimmy Shergill and Boman Irani.
Ekşi Sözlük Ekşi Sözlük is a collaborative hypertext] [[dictionary that shares a similar concept with Everything2 or H2G2. The site is in Turkish; the name "Ekşi Sözlük" translates to "Sour Dictionary".
Ekman current meter The Ekman current meter is a mechanical current meter invented by Vagn Walfrid Ekman a swedish oceanographer, in 1903. It comprises a propeller with a mechanism to record the number of revolutions, a compass and a recorder with which to record the direction, and a vane that orients the instrument so the propellor faces the current.
Ekman spiral The Ekman spiral refers to a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary. It derives its name from the Swedish oceanographer Vagn Ekman.
Ekman transport Ekman transport is a name given to the natural process by which each layer of water in the ocean drags with it the layer beneath. Thus the movement of each layer of water is affected by the movement of the layer above.
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, born 1943 in Cairo, Egypt, is a Turkish academic for history of science and currently Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which consists of 57 member states in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, making it one of the world’s largest intergovernmental organisations.
Eknath Gaikwad Eknath Gaikwad (born 1 January, 1940) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mumbai North Central constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Eknath Solkar Eknath Dhondu Solkar (born March 18 1948 in Mumbai; died June 26 2005 in Mumbai) was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Tests and seven One-Day Internationals for his country. He was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, and died in the same city at the age of 57.
Ekonomist The Ekonomist Magazine is the # 1 economic and business journal in Serbia. Our readers are ALL of the members of the Serbian Government, local authorities, executives of Serbian banks, managers of ALL significant companies and a great number of owners and directors of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Ekoostik hookah ekoostik hookah is a band from central Ohio. On its web site, the band describes its music as "improvisational treatment of psychedelic rock ’n’ roll, blues, funk, jazz and bluegrass layered with rich harmonies".
Ekoti language Ekoti (pronounced ) is a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique by about 64,200 people, the Akoti. Ekoti is spoken on Koti Island and is also the major language of Angoche, the capital of the district with the same name in the province of Nampula.
Ekottara Agama The Ekottara Agama is an old indian buddhist text, of which currently only a Chinese translation is extant. It's name in the Chinese Buddhist Canon is the Ekottara-Ägama-sĹ«tra, or ZÄ“ngyÄ« AhánjÄ«ng (增一éżĺ«ç¶“).
Ekottara-agama The Ekottara-Ägama is a collection of Buddhist sutras corresponding to the Pali Anguttara-nikaya. Apart from a small handful of manuscript fragments found in Central Asia, it only survives in one version preserved in Chinese translation.
Ekphonetic notation Ekphonetic notation consists of symbols added to certain sacred texts, especially lectionary readings of Biblical texts, as a mnemonic device to assist in their cantillation. Ekphonetic notation can take a number of forms, and has been used in several Jewish and Christian plainchant traditions, but is most commonly associated with Byzantine chant.
Ekranoplan An ekranoplan (, literally "screen plane") is a vehicle resembling an aircraft but that operates solely on the principle of ground effect. Ground effect vehicles (GEV) fly above any flat surface, with the height above ground dependent upon the size of the vehicle.
Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (1911-2002) was a prominent and internationally famous Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna (the Bayraklı tumulus, the original site of Smyrna before the city's move to another spot in the Gulf of İzmir).
Ekron The city of Ekron (Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew ʻEqron, Tiberian Hebrew ʻEqrôn, alternate spelling Accaron) was one of the five Philistine cities in southwestern Canaan. It was a border city on the frontier contested between Philistia and the kingdom of Judah at a site (now Tel Mikne) near the small village Akir.
Ekspreso Ekspreso (eso) is a constructed language. The name derives from the Latin word expressus ("expressed"), the past participle of exprimere (literally "to squeeze out"), from ex-, "out of, from," + premere, "to press".
Ekstrom Ice Shelf Ekstrom Ice Shelf () is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was first mapped by NBSAE, 1949-52, and named for Bertil Ekstrom, a Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951.
Ekta Kapoor Ekta J Kapoor, born on June 7, 1975 and sharan kapoor born on october 8,1993, is the creative head of Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of the legendary Indian actor Jeetendra and sister of current actor Tusshar Kapoor.
Ekti In the Saga of Seven Suns novels written by Kevin J. Anderson, ekti is a fictional allotrope of hydrogen which is used to power the Ildiran stardrive, the only feasible method of interstellar travel at the start of the series.
Eku Eku (sometimes spelled eiku or ieku) is an ancient weapon of Kobudo that originated from an oar, approximately 160 cm in length. The oar was traditionally adapted for use as a weapon of self-defense by fishermen against foes armed with more conventional weapons.
Ekundayo Jayeoba Ekundayo Jayeoba (born 4 April 1980) is a Nigerian football player who currently plays for Levski Sofia in Bulgaria. Ekundayo is a striker but has spent most of last season recovering from a serious injury that he suffered in late fall of 2004.
EkuPhakameni, KwaZulu-Natal ekuPhakameni is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that was set out by one of the largest African Christian sects, the Nazareth Baptist Church. Isaiah Shembe, who founded the sect in 1911, bought land in the Inanda area for his church and called the town ekuPhakameni (place of spiritual uplift).
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah Ekwow Spio-Garbrah (born 1953) is a citizen of Ghana and currently the CEO of The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) based in London. He is one of Africa's pre-eminent civil servants, and an authority on mass communications who has held several high profile positions in the field.
Eivør Pálsdóttir Eivør Pálsdóttir [] (born July 21 1983 in Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer/songwriter with a distinct voice and a wide range of interests in many kinds of music from jazz, folk, country, pop to classical and Christian music. Her roots are in the Faroese ballads.
Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset (born, 23 Mars 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with artists such as Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef and Django Bates yet is most known for his work with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer.
Eivind Berggrav In December 1944 Eivind Josef Berggrav (1884-1959), the Norwegian Lutheran Bishop of Oslo, was featured on the cover of TIME magazine, becoming one of the relatively few protestant religious figures to have been thus honored (others featured before 1960 include Harry Emerson Fosdick (1925), Henry Sloan Coffin (1926), Martin Niemöller (1940), Reinhold Niebuhr (1948), Henry Knox Sherrill (1951), Otto Dibelius (1953), Henry P. Van Dusen (1954), Billy Graham (1954), Franklin Clark Fry (1958), and Paul Tillich (1959)).
Eivind Groven Eivind Groven (October 8, 1901–February 8, 1977) was a Norwegian microtonal composer and music-theorist. He was from the fylke (province or county) of Telemark in southern Norway and had his background in the folk music of the area.
Eixample The Eixample (Catalan for "extension"; Castilian, Ensanche) is a district of Barcelona between the old city (Ciutat Vella) and what were once surrounding small towns (Sants, GrĂ cia, Sant Andreu etc.).
Eizaburo Nishibori Eizaburo Nishibori (čĄżĺ €ć „ä¸‰éŽ Nishibori EizaburĹŤ (January 28, 1903 – April 13, 1989) was a Japanese scientist, alpinist and technologist. And he is also known as the captain of the primary Japanese Antarctica wintering party.
EI Niš *Electronic Industry Niš, (Elektronska Industrija Niš, short "Ei Niš")is a company with headquarters in Niš, Serbia, originated from the foundation of the Institute for the Production of Radio Sets and Roentgen Machines, "RR Niš", in 1948.
EIA Class 1 dielectric The EIA Class 1 dielectric materials are ceramic dielectric materials used in ceramic capacitors of small values (typically <5 nF). The EIA Class 1 dielectrics in general are usually based on titanate formulas (usually titanium dioxide with calcium titanate) with low or zero content of barium titanate; due to that low content, their susceptibility to microphonics is low.
EIA Class 2 dielectric The EIA Class 2 dielectric materials are ceramic dielectric materials used in ceramic capacitors. In comparison with the EIA Class 1 dielectrics they tend to have very poor temperature drift, high dependence of capacitance on applied voltage, high voltage coefficient of dissipation factor, high frequency coefficient of dissipation, and problems with aging due to gradual change of crystal structure.
EIA-422 EIA-422 (formerly RS-422), now TIA-422, is a technical standard which specifies the "electrical characteristics of the balanced voltage digital interface circuit"TIA/EIA STANDARD, Electrical Characteristics of Balanced Voltage Digital Interface Circuits, TIA/EIA-422-B, May 1994. It provides for data transmission, using balanced or differential signaling, with unidirectional/non-reversible, terminated or non-terminated transmission lines, point to point, or multi-drop.
EIAJ connector The EIAJ connector, more formally known as EIAJ RC-5320A, is a standard power supply jack for small appliances. It is recognised to many consumers by the "yellow tip" (a yellow plastic insulator) at the end of the jack.
EICAR EICAR is the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, was founded in 1990 as an organization aiming to further antivirus research and improving development of antivirus software. Recently, EICAR have furthered their scope to include the research of malicious software (malware) other than computer viruses.
EICAR test file The EICAR test file is a file, developed by the EICAR, to test the response of computer antivirus programs. The rationale behind it is to allow people companies and AV programmers to test their software without having to use a real computer virus that could cause actual damage should the AV not respond correctly.
EID Parry EID Parry (India) Limited is a public company, headquartered in Chennai, South India, with a continuous history of business activities of more than 200 years, and with many firsts to its credit which include manufacturing of fertilizers (1906) first time in the Indian subcontinent.
EIF-2 eIF-2 (a heterotrimer of subunits alpha, beta, and gamma) mediates the binding of Met-tRNA1 to the ribosome in a GTP-dependent manner. eIF-2 is released from the ribosome bound to GDP as an inactive binary complex.
EIF-2 kinase There are two mammalian eIF-2 alpha kinases, the double-stranded RNA-dependent kinase (PKR) and heme-regulated inhibitor kinase (HRI), both of which are responsible for the phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eIF-2 at serine 51, one of the best-characterized mechanisms for down-regulating protein synthesis in higher eukaryotes in response to various stress conditions.
EINE EINE (a recursive acronym standing for "EINE Is Not Emacs") was an early Emacs text editor for lisp machines; it was developed by Daniel Weinreb and Mike McMahon in the late 1970s, using the original Emacs written in TECO by Richard Stallman. It would later be developed into ZWEI, which itself would eventually become Symbolics' Zmacs (integrated into Symbolics' development for their Lisp machines, Genera).
EINECS number The EINECS number (for European Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances) is a registry number given to each chemical substance commercially available in the European Union between 1 January 1971 and 18 September 1981. The inventory was created by Directive 67/548/EEC concerning the labeling of dangerous substances: the EINECS number(s) must appear on the label and the packaging of dangerous substances.
EISCAT EISCAT is an acronym for the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association. They operate three incoherent scatter radar systems, at 224 MHz, 931 MHz, and 500 MHz, in Northern Scandinavia used to study the interaction between the Sun and the Earth as revealed by disturbances in the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
EISPACK EISPACK is a software library for numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices written in FORTRAN. It contains subroutines for calculating the eigenvalues of nine classes of matricies complex general, complex Hermitian, real general, real symmetric, real symmetric banded, real symmetric tridiagonal, special real tridiagonal, generalized real, and generalized real symmetric matices.
Ejabberd ejabberd is a free distributed fault-tolerant Jabber/XMPP server, written mainly in Erlang and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). It runs under Windows NT and several Unix-like operating systems such as Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD.
Ejaculation (grammar) In grammar, an ejaculation is an utterance that expresses a feeling outside of the normal language structure. Often but not always it is an exclamation, and most often consists of a single word, either an interjection or a profanity or both.
Ejaculation generater Ejaculation Generater is the fourth Masonna release on Alchemy Records & third proper Masonna album released on that label. It was the last Masonna release on Alchemy Records for many subsequent releases which were all released on other independent labels around the world (such as Relapse records, Anti-music, Alley Sweeper, V records, Nanophonica Records, Cold Spring Records, Alien 8 Recordings), until his 1999 album Vestal Spacy Ritual, which again was on Alchemy.
Ejanding, Western Australia Ejanding is a townsite in the central wheatbelt, located about 20 km north north east of Dowerin. It was originally a siding on the Ejanding Northward railway, a line built between the town now known as Amery, and Kalannie, around 1927.
Ejaz Fiaz Ejaz Fiaz (also named as Eliaz Fiaz, nicknamed "Jacksy") (b. 1973) was originally thought to be the suicide bomber who attacked the Piccadilly Line train in the 7 July 2005 London bombings; that bombing was attributed to Jamal Lindsay on July 13.
Ejby municipality Ejby municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the north and west coasts of the island of Funen in southern Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Brandsø, and covers an area of 163 km², and has a total population of 10,046 (2005).
Eje Thelin Eje Thelin (Eilert Ove Thelin) (June 9, 1938 - May 18, 1990) was an innovative Swedish trombonist, widely admired among fellow trombonists for his facile technique and rhythmic intensity. He was, perhaps, the first jazz trombonist to translate that technique into the so-called "sheets of sound" style that characterized much of the music of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and, in general, Free Jazz of the late 1960s and 1970s.
Ejea de los Caballeros Ejea de los Caballeros (Aragonese Exea, commonly known by simply Ejea) is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is one of the 5 main towns in the Municipality of the 5 Villages, of which the most important are Ejea de los Caballeros, Tauste, Sadaba, Uncastillo and Sos del Rey CatĂłlico, the five towns from which the municipality receives its name.
Ejection fraction In cardiovascular physiology, ejection fraction (Ef) is the fraction of blood pumped out of a ventricle with each heart beat. The term ejection fraction applies to both the right and left ventricles; one can speak equally of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF).
Ejective consonant In phonetics, ejective consonants are voiceless consonants that are pronounced with simultaneous closure of the glottis. In the phonology of a particular language, ejectives may contrast with aspirated or tenuis consonants .
Ejeme Ejeme is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 27 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 182 people.
Ejerie Ejerie is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Shewa Zone, Ejerie is bordered on the south by Elu, on the west by Dendi, on the northwest by Jeldu, on the north by Meta Robi, on the northeast by Adda Berga, on the east by Walmara, and on the southeast by Alem Gena.
Ejido The ejido [É›xËido] system is a process whereby the government promotes the use of communal land shared by the people of the community. This use of community land was a common practice during the time of Aztec rule in Mexico.
Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen (December 23 1880 Vester-Brønderslev - May 1, 1971 Copenhagen), was a Danish polar explorer and author, born in Jutland. He served in the Amdrup expedition to Christian IX Land, East Greenland (1900), and in the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition to Franz Joseph Land (1900-02.
Ejunkie E-junkie is a download delivery and promotion service for independent publishers selling downloads on their websites or eBay using PayPal, ClickBank or 2CheckOut. E-junkie interacts with the payment system to receive instant notification of the payment, handles fraud screening and provides instant and secure download of electronic product to the buyer.
EJay The eJay Music Creation series is a music-creating software series. In general, it uses up to 48 tracks with royalty-free music compilations that users can put together, and/or create their own compilations of bass, drum, and melody, to create music, usually depending on the version bought.
EJay Day EJay Day (born Eric James Day on September 13, 1981, Lawrenceville, Georgia) is an American singer and was one of the ten finalists during the first season of American Idol. Day was actually a last minute replacement in the Idol semifinals for Delano Cagnolati, who was discovered to have lied to escape the show's age cutoff.
Ek Ajnabee Ek Ajnabee (Hindi: एक अजनबी, Urdu: ایک اجنبی, translation: "A Stranger") is Bollywood remake of Tony Scott's 2004 film Man on Fire. The film is directed by Apoorva Lakhia with Amitabh Bachchan playing Denzel Washington's role.
Ek Hasina Thi Ek Hasina Thi (Devnagari: एक हसीना थी, English: There Was a Beautiful Girl) is a 2003 Bollywood thriller produced by Ram Gopal Varma, directed by debut filmmaker Shriam Raghavan and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles.
Ek Onkar Ek Onkar (also , , Ä’k ĹŚaáą…kÄr, Ek Omkar, Ik Omkar and other variants) means one God and is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy. It is also a symbol of the unity of God in Sikhism, and is commonly found on Gurdwaras.
Eka Cipta Widjaja Eka Cipta Widjaja is the founder of the Sinar Mas Group, which was one of the largest conglomerates during the Indonesian New Order period. His flagship bank, BII or Bank International Indonesia, bankrolled many of his other ventures that made him at one time the king of copra.
Ekaggata EkaggatÄ (Pali) or EkÄgratÄ (, Sanskrit) means "one-pointedness", or the state (-tÄ) of having one (eka) point (agga or agra). This mental factor is the primary component in all jhÄnas and the essence of concentration samÄdhi.
Ekachakra Ekachakra (Sanskrit:एकचक्र, Bangla: একচক্র) is a small village, located in West Bengal. It is famous as the birthplace of Nityananda Rama (b 1474 CE), a significant religious figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition.
Ekajati Ekajati or Ekajata (Tibetan: ral chig ma. English: One Braid of Hair), one of the 21 Taras, is one of the most powerful and fierce goddesses of Tibetan mythology, a modification of the old Tibetan goddess of heaven, whose right eye was pierced by the tantric master Padmasambhava as he banished her.
Ekajuk language Ekajuk, also known as Akajo and Akajuk, is a Bantoid language (of the Niger-Congo language family) that is spoken by thousands of people (30,000 according to a 1986 estimate) in the Cross River State and some surrounding regions of Nigeria.
Ekalavya In Mahabharata epic, Ekalavya (Sanskrit: एकलव्य, ékalavya) is a young prince of the Nishadha tribes, who achieves a skill level parallel to the great Arjuna, despite Drona's rejection of him. He was a member of low caste and he wished to study in the gurukulam of Dronacharya.
Ekali Ekali (Greek: Εκάλη, Latin: Hecale) is a rather exclusive suburban community in Attica, Greece -- just about 20 km north of Athens. Ekali has strict building regulations to ensure the conservation of its character as a pleasant, verdant suburb.
Ekam Ekam (Tamil: - the supreme oneness) is the term used in Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy book of Ayyavazhi Akilattirattu Ammanai published by T.Palaramachandran Nadar, 9th impression, 1989 Page 225-227 to represent The Ultimate Oneness, and in Thiruvasakam - 2 it was stated that it was from this Ekam all this objects including the separate Godheads, Devas, Asuras etc of the Universe formed.
Ekambareswarar Temple Ekambareswarar Temple (Tamil: ஏகாம்பரநாதர் கோயில்) is one of the famous Hindutemples dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Kanchipuram in the state of Tamilnadu, India. It is one of the five major Shiva temples (each representing a natural element), representing the element Earth.
Ekari language Ekari (also Ekagi,Kapauku) is a Trans New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), including the villages of Mapia and Moanamani. Language use is vigorous.
Ekashringa According to Hindu mythology and scriptures, Ekashringa (that is, unicorn), also known as Rishyashringa (that is, the one who is deer-horned) was an ancient rishi. He was believed to have been born of a doe and from the slight protrusion of his forehead.
Ekatarina Velika Ekatarina Velika ("Catherine the Great", named after Catherine II of Russia, also called EKV for short) was a rock/new wave band from Belgrade, Serbia, and one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia.
Ekaterina Furtseva Ekaterina Alekseyevna Furtseva (Russian: Екатерина ĐлекŃеевна ФŃрцева; November 24, 1910, Vyshniy Volochek - October 24, 1974, Moscow) was probably the most influential woman in Soviet politics and the first woman to be admitted into Politburo.
Ekaterina Geladze Ekaterina Geladze (familiarly known as "Keke" ) (1858-1937) was the mother of Joseph Stalin. She was born to a family of Georgian Orthodox Christian serfs in Gori, Georgia, in 1858 and although her father, Glakh Geladze, died young and the family was always poor, somehow her mother ensured that Keke learned to read and write.
Ekaterina II class The Ekaterina II Class were a group of ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880's. The design was unique in that three turrets were grouped in a triangle around a central armoured redoubt, two side by side forward and one on the centreline aft.
Ekaterina Karsten Ekaterina Karsten (Belarusian: Кацярына КарŃŃ‚ŃŤĐ˝, Kaciaryna Karsten; Russian: Екатерина КарŃтен; born June 2, 1972) is a famous rower from Minsk, Belarus, an Olympic champion and world champion in double and single sculls.
Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Maximova Russian Екатерина МакŃимова (01 February 1939) Moscow is a Russian ballerina. Maximova performed with the Bolshoi Ballet from 1958 until 1980 with her partner and husband Vladimir Vasiliev and now is a coach with the ballet and a member of the GITIS Institute faculty.
Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (Russian: Екатерина Олеговна СеребрянŃкая Ekaterina Olegovna Serebryanskaya) (born 25 October, 1977 in Simferopol, Ukraine) is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, her mother Liubov was her coach, at the Gratsia club in Simferopol.
Ekaterina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya () (November 7, 1902, Tashkent — April 2, 1991, Moscow), better known as Rina Zelenaya, was a Soviet actress and singer of Ukrainian ancestry. She became popular on account of her ability to imitate the speech of children.
Ekati Diamond Mine The Ekati Diamond Mine is Canada's first operational diamond mining operation. It is located on Lac de Gras at , 300 km north-east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about 200km south of the Arctic circle.
Ekavyaharaka The EkavyahÄraka school of Buddhism split from the MahÄsaáąghikas during the reign of AĹ›oka. The EkavyahÄrikas emphasized the transcendence of the Buddha, asserting that he was eternally enlightened and essentially non-physical.
Ekbir In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Ekbir, properly known as the Caliphate of Ekbir, is a political state of the Flanaess. It is situated in the Baklunish Basin region of the Flanaess, upon the shores of the Drawmidj Ocean.
Ekdromoi The Ekdromos (plural Ekdromoi) was the name of the Greek light hoplites. Their name means 'out-runners', because they were lightly armoured (with hoplon and bronze helmet), fast infantry against the northern Barbarians (Thracians, Illyrians, or Scythians).
Ekeko In the mythology and folklore of Peru, Bolivia and northern Argentina Ekeko is a fortune bearer character that has not lost prestige. It is said that whoever has a "loaded" ekeko will have prosperity and will not want in any basic need (food, roof, etc.
Ekene Ibekwe Ekene Brian Ibekwe (born 19 July 1985 in Carson, California) is a basketball Power forward from the United States of Nigerian ancestry. He is currently a senior at the University of Maryland at College Park and was a member of the Nigeria national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships where Ibekwe was one of the team leaders in points (4th) and rebounds (1st).
Eketorp Eketorp is an Iron Age fort in southeastern Ă–land, Sweden, which was extensively reconstructed and enlarged in the Middle Ages. Throughout the ages the fortification has served a variety of somewhat differing uses: from defensive ringfort, to medieval safe haven and thence a cavalry garrisonK.
Ekhard Salje Professor Ekhard Salje (Fellow of the Royal Society) is the Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology and Head of the Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University. He became the President of Clare Hall on 1st October 2001.
Ekhymosis Ekhymosis, was a Colombian rock band formed by Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (Juanes), along with friends AndrĂ©s GarcĂa, Fernando "Toby" TobĂłn and JosĂ© David Lopera from MedellĂn. The band was created in 1988 with heavy influences from Metallica and other important metal acts of the 80s, as well as some popular Latino music.
Ekiben Ekiben (駅ĺĽ) are a specific type of bento boxed meals, sold on trains and train stations in Japan. First sold in 1885 at Utsunomiya Station (north of Tokyo), they were then, a simple meal of rice balls, with umeboshi filling, wrapped in a bamboo leaf.
Ekin Cheng Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin () (born October 4, 1967) is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Earlier in his career he was known as Noodle Cheng (é„伊麵), though he has now reverted to a more conventional-sounding first name.
Ekkehard Fasser Ekkehard Fasser (born 3 September 1952) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Fasser won a gold medal in the four-person bobsleigh event with teammates Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler and Werner Stocker.
Ekkehard of Aura Ekkehard of Aura (died 1126) was the Abbot of Aura (a monastery founded by Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, on the Franconian Saale river, near Bad Kissingen, Bavaria) from 1108. A Benedictine monk and chronicler, he made updates to the World Chronicle (Chronicon universale) of Frutolf of Michelsberg adding important German history between 1098 and 1125 during the reign of Emperor Henry V, in which he sided strongly with the papacy in the Investiture Controversy.
Ekla Chalo Re Ekla chalo re or jadi tor daak shune keu naa aashe (, often translated as "Walk Alone") is a song written by Rabindranath Tagore, part of the Rabindra Sangeet canon. It exhorts the listener to continue his or her journey, despite abandonment or lack of support from others.
Eklanda Eklanda, which means "Oakland," is a growing suburbian residential area in Mölndal, Sweden, just south of Gothenburg, Sweden. The population of Eklanda is about 5000, mostly families with small children, typical middle class Svenssons.
Eklavya: The Royal Guard Eklavya: The Royal Guard is a Bollywood film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra which will be released on 16 February 2007 . It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Raima Sen, Jackie Shroff, Jimmy Shergill and Boman Irani.
Ekşi Sözlük Ekşi Sözlük is a collaborative hypertext] [[dictionary that shares a similar concept with Everything2 or H2G2. The site is in Turkish; the name "Ekşi Sözlük" translates to "Sour Dictionary".
Ekman current meter The Ekman current meter is a mechanical current meter invented by Vagn Walfrid Ekman a swedish oceanographer, in 1903. It comprises a propeller with a mechanism to record the number of revolutions, a compass and a recorder with which to record the direction, and a vane that orients the instrument so the propellor faces the current.
Ekman spiral The Ekman spiral refers to a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary. It derives its name from the Swedish oceanographer Vagn Ekman.
Ekman transport Ekman transport is a name given to the natural process by which each layer of water in the ocean drags with it the layer beneath. Thus the movement of each layer of water is affected by the movement of the layer above.
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, born 1943 in Cairo, Egypt, is a Turkish academic for history of science and currently Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which consists of 57 member states in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, making it one of the world’s largest intergovernmental organisations.
Eknath Gaikwad Eknath Gaikwad (born 1 January, 1940) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mumbai North Central constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Eknath Solkar Eknath Dhondu Solkar (born March 18 1948 in Mumbai; died June 26 2005 in Mumbai) was an Indian all-round cricketer who played 27 Tests and seven One-Day Internationals for his country. He was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, and died in the same city at the age of 57.
Ekonomist The Ekonomist Magazine is the # 1 economic and business journal in Serbia. Our readers are ALL of the members of the Serbian Government, local authorities, executives of Serbian banks, managers of ALL significant companies and a great number of owners and directors of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Ekoostik hookah ekoostik hookah is a band from central Ohio. On its web site, the band describes its music as "improvisational treatment of psychedelic rock ’n’ roll, blues, funk, jazz and bluegrass layered with rich harmonies".
Ekoti language Ekoti (pronounced ) is a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique by about 64,200 people, the Akoti. Ekoti is spoken on Koti Island and is also the major language of Angoche, the capital of the district with the same name in the province of Nampula.
Ekottara Agama The Ekottara Agama is an old indian buddhist text, of which currently only a Chinese translation is extant. It's name in the Chinese Buddhist Canon is the Ekottara-Ägama-sĹ«tra, or ZÄ“ngyÄ« AhánjÄ«ng (增一éżĺ«ç¶“).
Ekottara-agama The Ekottara-Ägama is a collection of Buddhist sutras corresponding to the Pali Anguttara-nikaya. Apart from a small handful of manuscript fragments found in Central Asia, it only survives in one version preserved in Chinese translation.
Ekphonetic notation Ekphonetic notation consists of symbols added to certain sacred texts, especially lectionary readings of Biblical texts, as a mnemonic device to assist in their cantillation. Ekphonetic notation can take a number of forms, and has been used in several Jewish and Christian plainchant traditions, but is most commonly associated with Byzantine chant.
Ekranoplan An ekranoplan (, literally "screen plane") is a vehicle resembling an aircraft but that operates solely on the principle of ground effect. Ground effect vehicles (GEV) fly above any flat surface, with the height above ground dependent upon the size of the vehicle.
Ekrem Akurgal Ekrem Akurgal (1911-2002) was a prominent and internationally famous Turkish archaeologist. During a career that spanned more than fifty years, he conducted definitive research in several sites along the western coast of Anatolia such as Phokaia (Foça), Pitane (Çandarlı), Erythrai (Ildırı) and old Smyrna (the Bayraklı tumulus, the original site of Smyrna before the city's move to another spot in the Gulf of İzmir).
Ekron The city of Ekron (Hebrew עֶקְרוֹן, Standard Hebrew ʻEqron, Tiberian Hebrew ʻEqrôn, alternate spelling Accaron) was one of the five Philistine cities in southwestern Canaan. It was a border city on the frontier contested between Philistia and the kingdom of Judah at a site (now Tel Mikne) near the small village Akir.
Ekspreso Ekspreso (eso) is a constructed language. The name derives from the Latin word expressus ("expressed"), the past participle of exprimere (literally "to squeeze out"), from ex-, "out of, from," + premere, "to press".
Ekstrom Ice Shelf Ekstrom Ice Shelf () is the ice shelf lying between Sorasen Ridge and Halvfarryggen Ridge, on the coast of Queen Maud Land. It was first mapped by NBSAE, 1949-52, and named for Bertil Ekstrom, a Swedish mechanical engineer with NBSAE, who drowned when the weasel (track-driven vehicle) he was driving plunged over the edge of Quar Ice Shelf on February 24, 1951.
Ekta Kapoor Ekta J Kapoor, born on June 7, 1975 and sharan kapoor born on october 8,1993, is the creative head of Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of the legendary Indian actor Jeetendra and sister of current actor Tusshar Kapoor.
Ekti In the Saga of Seven Suns novels written by Kevin J. Anderson, ekti is a fictional allotrope of hydrogen which is used to power the Ildiran stardrive, the only feasible method of interstellar travel at the start of the series.
Eku Eku (sometimes spelled eiku or ieku) is an ancient weapon of Kobudo that originated from an oar, approximately 160 cm in length. The oar was traditionally adapted for use as a weapon of self-defense by fishermen against foes armed with more conventional weapons.
Ekundayo Jayeoba Ekundayo Jayeoba (born 4 April 1980) is a Nigerian football player who currently plays for Levski Sofia in Bulgaria. Ekundayo is a striker but has spent most of last season recovering from a serious injury that he suffered in late fall of 2004.
EkuPhakameni, KwaZulu-Natal ekuPhakameni is a small town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that was set out by one of the largest African Christian sects, the Nazareth Baptist Church. Isaiah Shembe, who founded the sect in 1911, bought land in the Inanda area for his church and called the town ekuPhakameni (place of spiritual uplift).
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah Ekwow Spio-Garbrah (born 1953) is a citizen of Ghana and currently the CEO of The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) based in London. He is one of Africa's pre-eminent civil servants, and an authority on mass communications who has held several high profile positions in the field.
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