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Early Career Life Scientist Award The ASCB Early Career Life Scientist Award is for an outstanding scientist who earned their doctorate no more than 12 years earlier and who has served as an independent investigator for no more than seven years. The winner speaks at the ASCB Annual Meeting and receives a monetary prize.
Early Cats and Tracks Early Cats and Tracks is the fourth EP released by electronica band Psapp. Unlike the band‘s other EPs, Early Cats and Tracks was released exclusively as a digital download through the iTunes Store rather than on vinyl record.
Early College Academy Early College Academy is a public school in Dayton, Ohio. The school met eleven of the 12 state indicators for the 2005-2006 school year, earning it a rating of "Excellent" by the Ohio Department of Education.
Early Congolese history Early Congolese history starts with waves of Bantu migrations from 2000 BC to 500 AD moving into the area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They came from the northwest, adding to and displacing the indigenous Pygmy populations into the southern regions of the modern Congo state.
Early day motion Early day motion is a phrase used in the Westminster system for motions tabled by Members of Parliament for debate "on an early day". They are only very rarely debated on the floor of the Chamber of the House.
Early decision Early decision is a common early admission policy used in college admissions in the United States for admitting freshmen to undergraduate programs. It is used to indicate to the University or College that the candidate considers that institution to be his or her top choice.
Early Demo Tape The Early Demo Tape is an untitled audio cassette recording that was recorded independently by American pop/rock group Hanson. Every song was sung completely in A Capella and it was recorded a short time after The Beginnings, when Hanson turned from Christian music to secular music.
Early Doors Early Doors is a BBC sitcom written by Craig Cash and Phil Mealey. The setting is "The Grapes", a small pub in Manchester where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked urinals.
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt The Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt is taken to include the First and Second Dynasties, lasting from 2920 BC, following the Protodynastic Period of Egypt, until 2575 BC, or the beginning of the Old Kingdom. Some Egyptologists also include the Third Dynasty.
Early Earth The "early Earth" is a term usually defined as Earth's first billion years, or gigayear. On the geologic time scale, the "early Earth" comprises all of the Hadean eon (itself unofficially defined), as well as the Eoarchean and part of the Paleoarchean eras of the Archean eon.
Early Edu-Ware products Most of the programs in Edu-Ware Service's initial product line, released in 1979 under the slogan "Unique software for the unique mind", were not typical of the intellectually-challenging computer games and structured, pedagogically-sound educational software for which the company would later become known. Quickly designed and programmed in Applesoft BASIC primarily by co-founder Sherwin Steffin, most of these text-based programs were dropped from Edu-Ware's catalog when the company began developing products featuring high-resolution graphics in 1981.
Early English Period In architecture, the Early English Period is a historical division of English Gothic architecture. It lasted throughout most of the 13th century, from about 1190—1250 according to Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, or 1189—1307, according to Thomas Rickman, who coined the term in his Attempt to Discriminate the Style of Architecture in England (1812—1815).
Early Entrance Program (CSU) The Early Entrance Program (EEP) is an early college entrance program for gifted individuals of middle-school and high school ages at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). The program allows participants to skip normal schooling and become full-time, degree-seeking college students.
Early fires of London In common with all old cities, London has experienced numerous serious fires in the course of its history. The earliest of which we have definite knowledge occurred in 60AD, during the revolt led by Queen Boudica, whose forces burned the town then known as Londinium to the ground.
Early flight This article is a listing of primarily pre-20th Century flying machines and work, and an analysis of the debates over early flying machines. The goal is to examine the properties of flying machines, and to list the claims to allow a proper analysis of all the early flying machines.
Early Germanic law Several Latin law codes of the Germanic peoples written in the Early Middle Ages (also known as leges barbarorum "laws of the barbarians") survive, dating to between the 5th and 9th centuries. They are influenced by Roman law, ecclesiastical law, and earlier tribal customs.
Early Greek Parties Early Greek parties were not features of the provisional and regional governments that were set up between 1821 and 1832. Nascent political parties were organized around a variety of interests and backgrounds, but regardless of these various factors, the political formations were named after one of the three Great Powers (England, France and Russia) that established the Kingdom of Greece in 1832.
Early history of Cambodia Prehistoric Cambodia is sparsely known as a large area of modern-day Cambodia was under water 6000 years ago. Evidence of cave dwellers has been found in the northwest of Cambodia with carbon dating on ceramic pots found in the area showing that they were made around 4200 BC; however, historians find it difficult to directly relate them with the modern Khmers.
Early history of Kedah Kedah is one of many early Malay Peninsula trade centres that have been found, many have yet to be identified. Its location at the entrance to the Straits of Malacca, on the same latitude as south India provided a natural sailing route between the two points, ships could sail due east or due west on the Bay of Bengal without danger of becoming lost.
Early history of Singapore The early history of Singapore refers to the history of Singapore before the British's founding of modern Singapore in 1819. During this period, Singapore was known by several names in written records dating back as early as the 2nd century which identified the island as an important trading post.
Early history of Sudan This article details the early history of the Sudan region, from prehistoric times up until the coming of Islam shortly after the Prophet Muhammad's death in 632. Included are discussions of the regions of Kush, Meroe, and Christian Nubia.
Early history of Switzerland The early history of Switzerland begins with the earliest settlements up to the beginning of Habsburg rule, which in 1291 gave rise to the independence movement in the central cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden.
Early history of Thailand The known early history of Thailand begins with the earliest major archaeological site at Ban Chiang; dating of artifacts from this site is controversial, but there is a consensus that at least by 3600 BC, the inhabitants had developed bronze tools and had begun to cultivate wet rice, providing the impetus for social and political organization.
Early history of Williamsburg, South Carolina Williamsburg was one of eleven townships that were ordered by King George in 1730 to colonial governor Robert Johnson to develop the "back country" of the Carolina Province. The townships were to consist of 20,000 acres (80 km²) and be laid out to front a river, in this case the Black River.
Early childhood in Jamaica Early childhood education is inclusive of Basic, Infant and privately operated pre- schools (Similar to the American kindergarten but it includes students who are just about ready for elementary or primary schools). The age cohort is usually 2 – 5 years.
Early Childhood Education Act The Early Childhood Education Act is the name of various landmark laws passed by the United States Congress outlining federal programs and funding for childhood education from pre-school through kindergarten. The first such act was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Congresswoman Patsy Mink of Hawaii in the 1960s.
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale Commonly known as the ECERS, this evaluative system assists early childhood professionals in determining the level of optimization of an environment in which young children learn. It was developed jointly by Thelma Harms, Richard Clifford, and Debby Cryer from the University of North Carolina
Early Christian art and architecture Early Christian art and architecture is the art produced by Christians or under Christian patronage from about the year 200 to about the year 500. Prior to 200 there is no surviving art that can be called Christian with certainty.
Early in the Morning "Early in the Morning" is a song originally performed by The Gap Band and written by member Charlie Wilson and producers Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor. It was released as a single in 1982 and went on to become their biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #24.
Early infanticidal childrearing Early infanticidal childrearing is a psychohistorical model developed by Lloyd deMause within the framework of psychohistory which purports that childrearing in the Paleolithic Era and in contemporary pre-literate hunter-gatherer tribes can be summarized by three basic ideas:
Early infantile autism Early infantile autism is a term used to describe a particular developmental trajectory of autism, first described by Leo Kanner in 1943. In contrast with regressive autism, where the child appears to develop normally until around 18 to 24 months of age, the child with early infantile (or "non-regressive") autism never experiences typical neurological development.
Early IBM disk storage The invention of magnetic disk storage, pioneered by IBM in the 1950s, was a critical component of the computer revolution. This article surveys the major IBM computer disk drives introduced in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.
Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities Early childhood intervention programs apply to children, school-aged or younger, who are at risk of a delay or disorder in one or more developmental areas. These programs are designed to improve the long-term outcomes for children with disabilities by providing early, appropriate, and intensive interventions.
Early Islamic philosophy Early Muslim philosophy is considered influential in the rise of modern philosophy. Aquinas knew of at least some of the Mutazilite work and the Renaissance and the use of empirical methods were inspired at least in part by Muslim works taken in Spain in 1492.
Early ITU Model The ITU Vegetation Model is a radio propagation model that estimates the path loss encountered due to the presence of one or more trees inside a point to point telecommunication link. The predictions found from this model is congruent to those found from Weissberger’s Modified Exponential Decay Model in low frequencies.
Early life of George W. Bush George Walker Bush, the oldest child in a family of seven, grew up in the Texan cities of Midland and Houston and studied at Yale University and the Harvard Business School before serving in the Texas Air National Guard and engaged in behaviors that would embroil him in a substance abuse controversy. Bush would later own the Texas Rangers baseball franchise, govern Texas, and ultimately preside over the United States.
Early life of Hugo Chávez The early life of Hugo Chávez spans the first twenty-one years (1954–1975) of the current President of Venezuela's life. Leader of the "Bolivarian Revolution", Hugo Chávez is known for his democratic socialist governance, his promotion of Latin American integration, and his radical critique of neoliberal globalization and United States foreign policy..
Early life of Jan Smuts Jan Christian Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African and Commonwealth statesman, military leader, and philosopher. He served as a Boer General during the Boer War, a British General during the First World War and was appointed Field Marshal by King George VI during the Second World War.
Early life of Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix grew up as a shy and sensitive boy, deeply affected by the conditions of poverty and neglect that he was raised in, and by the troubling family events of his childhood - namely his parents' divorce when he was nine, and the death of his mother in 1958. In an unusual experience for African-Americans of his era, Hendrix grew up with children of diverse ethnic origin.
Early life of Joseph Smith, Jr. The early life of Joseph Smith, Jr. covers the period from his birth on December 23, 1805, to the end of 1827, when Latter Day Saints believe Smith located a set of Golden Plates engraved with ancient Christian scriptures, buried in a hill near his home in Manchester, New York.
Early life of Pope Pius XII Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII was born March 2,1876, to Filippo and Virginia (nee Graziosi) Pacelli, in Rome. His grandfather, Marcantonio Pacelli, had been minister of finance for Pope Gregory XVI and minister of foreign affairs under Pius IX from 1851 to 1870.
Early League Football in South West Scotland Although the South of Scotland Football League was formed in 1946, there had been previous doomed attempts to introduce league competitions in the South-West of Scotland since the 1890s. These early attempts invariably foundered because of the very small townships in the area and a tendency for the clubs to concentrate on the myriad of cup competitions that were in operation.
Early modern Europe The early modern period is a term used by historians to refer to the period in Western Europe and its first colonies which spans the time between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution that has created modern society. The early modern period is characterized by the rise to importance of science and increasingly rapid technological progress, secularized civic politics and the nation state.
Early music Early music is European classical music before the Classical music era and after Ancient music. The common range given is from the end of Ancient music to the beginning of the Baroque era in about 1600, and so roughly corresponds with the European Middle Ages period.
Early Malay nationalism Early Malay nationalism before Malaysian independence did not exist as a united and organised political movement did not exist prior to World War II. The concept of ketuanan Melayu (Malay supremacy) was largely irrelevant at the time, as the Chinese and Indians, who formed almost half of the population, did not see themselves as citizens of Malaya.
Early Middle Ages The Early Middle Ages are a period in the history of Europe following the fall of the Western Roman Empire, spanning roughly the five centuries from AD 500 to 1000.Events used to mark the period's beginning include the sack of Rome by the Goths (410), the deposition of the last western Roman Emperor (476), and the Gothic War (535–552).
Early Modern Britain "Early Modern Britain" is a term used to define the period in the history of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Major historical events in Early Modern British history include the English Renaissance, the English Reformation and Scottish Reformation, the English Civil War, the Restoration of Charles II, the Glorious Revolution, and the Enlightenment.
Early Modern English Early Modern English refers to the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period (the latter half of the 1400s) to 1650. Thus, the first edition of the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare both belong to the late phase of Early Modern English, although the King James Bible intentionally keeps some archaisms that were not common even when it was published.
Early Modern English Bible translations Early Modern English Bible translations are those translations of the Bible which were made between about 1500 and 1800, the period of Early Modern English. This was the first major period of Bible translation into the English language including the landmark King James Version and Douai Bibles.
Early Modern France Early Modern France is the portion of French history that falls in the early modern period from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (or from the French Renaissance to the eve of the French Revolution). During this period France evolved from a feudal country to an increasingly centralized state (albeit with many regional differences) organized around a powerful absolute monarchy which relied on the doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings and the explicit support of the established Church.
Early Modern Ireland 1536–1691 Early Modern Ireland is a pivotal era in the country's history. It was during this period that Ireland was, for the first time, fully conquered by England and colonised with Protestant settlers from England and Scotland.
Early Modern Romania Early Modern Romania is the portion of Romanian history that falls in the early modern period, roughly from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (or from the union of Mihai Viteazul of 1600-1601, to the revolution of Tudor Vladimirescu in 1821.).
Early Music Network Early Music Network is an international early music society. Its stated mission is: "To support and promote early music and historical performance by providing information and services which would benefit and help early music organizations, ensembles and solo musicians (such as free web hosting, instrument exchange, help with organization of concerts, to provide info about education, master classes, etc.
Early Music Revival In the late 1950s to the mid-1970s a new focus and importance was given to old music by what became known as the Early Music Revival. It was centred primarily on London, although some other European centres and New York were important too.
Early Muslim sociology Early Muslim sociology responded to the challenges of social organization of diverse peoples all under common religious organization in the Islamic caliphate, the Abbasid and later Mamluk period in Egypt. It was rooted in methods from early Muslim philosophy and it reflected the strong concern of Islam with social cohesion.
Early Netherlandish painting Early Netherlandish painting is a term art historians use to designate a group of painters who were active primarily in the Low Countries in the 15th and early 16th centuries, approximately the period starting with Van Eyck and ending with Gerard David.They embodied at the same time the culmination of the Middle Ages and the transition to Renaissance.
Early New High German Early New High German (ENHG) is a term for the period in the history of the German language variously defined as beginning between 1350 and 1500 and ending between 1650 and 1750. It is the standard translation of the German FrĂĽhneuhochdeutsch (Fnhd.
Early Ordovician The Early Ordovician, also called the Lower Ordovician by geologists, is the first subdivision of the Ordovician period, and marked a great diversification in marine life, following the extinctions at the end of the Cambrian.
Early Ottoman Sarajevo Sarajevo as we know it today was founded by the Ottoman Empire in the 1450s upon conquering the region, with 1461 typically used as the city’s founding date. The first known Ottoman governor of Bosnia, Isa-Beg Išaković, chose the tiny local village of Brodac as a good space for a new city.
Early prostate cancer antigen-2 Early prostate cancer antigen-2 (EPCA-2) is a protein of which blood levels are elevated in prostate cancer. It appears to provide more accuracy in identifying early prostate cancer than the standard prostate cancer marker, PSA.
Early protein The classification of viral proteins as early proteins or late proteins depends on their relationship with genome replication. While many viruses (such as HIV) are described as expressing early and late proteins, this definition of these terms is commonly reserved for class I DNA viruses.
Early Paleoeskimo The Early Paleoeskimo is one of three distinct periods of human occupation recognized by archaeologists in the eastern North American Arctic, the others being the Late Paleoeskimo and the Thule. Dates for these occupations vary according to specific geographic region and cultural historical perspective, but it is generally agreed that the first, the Early Paleoeskimo, spans roughly 4500 BP to 28-2300 BP.
Early Publications of Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses have published a plethora of Bibles, books, magazines, tracts, booklets and brochures and other materials since their beginnings in the 1870s. The works listed here are no longer distributed by the Watchtower Society, though a few items can be found on the Watchtower Library CD-ROM.
Early religious history of Ali ibn Abi Talib Shi'a Muslims, a sect of Islam, believe that Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, was the rightful successor to Muhammad, and the ancestor of the Shi'a imams, whom the Shi'a believe to be the divinely ordained spiritual leaders of humankind.
Early star In stellar classification an obsolete and slightly misleading term for O, B and A class stars. The term was coined in the early 20 century, when there was an astronomical belief that stars begin their history as early stars and subsequently cool to late stars (K and M class).
Early stopping In machine learning, early stopping is a form of regularization used when a machine learning model (such as a neural network) is trained by on-line gradient descent. In early stopping, the training set is split into a new training set and a validation set.
Early Single Box Early Single Box is the first Box set compilation from J-pop Idol group Morning Musume, and was released December 15, 2004. It contains their first 8 singles in their entirety, each on a separate disc with an additional bonus track each.
Early Stage Venture Capital Alliance The Early Stage Venture Capital Alliance (ESVCA) is an organization of early stage venture firms based in Silicon Valley. The group emerged in the late 1980's out of an annual meeting of VC and Buyout fund managers organized by a large institutional investor.
Early Summer Early Summer (Japanese Bakushū 麦秋) is a 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. Noriko lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother's family, but an uncle's visit prompts the family to find her a husband.
Early Sunsets Over Monroeville "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" is the eighth song on the My Chemical Romance debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. It is based on the storyline of the film Dawn of the Dead (filmed in Pennsylvania's Monroeville Mall), where the man and woman run away but the woman gets bitten by a zombie.
Early Supression Fast Response Sprinkler ESFR, or ESFR Sprinkler, denotes a special type of fire sprinkler. Early Supression Fast Response sprinkler heads were developed in the 1990's to take advantage of the latest fast-response fire sprinkler technology to provide fire suppression of specific high-challenge fire hazards.
Early television stations This is a list of early television stations of the 1920s and 1930s that were among the first in the world. Most of these experimental stations were located in Europe (notably in the United Kingdom, Germany Italy, The Netherlands and Russia), and the United States.
Early theatres in Naples Theaters for diverse musical and dramatic presentations began to open in Naples, Italy, in the mid-16th century as part of the general Spanish cultural and political expansion into the kingdom of Naples, which had just become a vicerealm of Spain. None of the early theaters still function as such, having been replaced by later facilities in the mid-1700s; however, in many cases, the buildings still stand and have been converted to other uses.
Early Times (Musician) Early Times is a music industry veteran from Sacramento, CA affectionately known as the "Hobo Deluxe". During the 1990's, as a singer and songwriter in Sacramento, Early Times made a name for himself playing jazz, blues, rock, and folk clubs, often all in the same week.
Early Tracks Early Tracks is an EP collection of unreleased early recordings by American country/rock band Old 97's. The EP contains four songs from two early singles as well as four more from the Wreck Your Life recording sessions.
Early user space Early user space is used on newer versions of the Linux kernel to replace as many functions as possible that would have originally been done in the kernel during the start-up process. Typical uses of early user space are to detect what device drivers are needed to load the main user space file system and load them from either a RAM disk or a temporary filesystem.
Early voting Early voting, is the process which voters can cast their vote on a single or series of days prior to an election. Early voting can take place remotely, such as by mail, or in person, usually in designated early voting polling stations.
Early warning radar An early warning radar is any radar system used primarily for the long-range detection of its targets. This contrasts it with systems used primarily for tracking or gun laying, which tend to be shorter range but offer much higher accuracy.
Early Years The Early Years is an historical setting of the fictional Star Fleet Universe, most commonly associated with the Alpha Octant of the inhabitable Milky Way Galaxy. It indicates the early Tactical Warp era of the Octant, originating with the launch of the United Federation of Planets' first warp-powered starship in Y62, and ending with the liberation of the Hydran Kingdom in Y135.
Earmarking An earmark has different meanings in the fields of public finance and US politics. The term dates to the 16th century, originally referring to cuts or marks in the ears of cattle and sheep made as a mark of ownership.
Earn out Earn out is a phrase used by venture capitalists to describe a formula by which management of a target company earn a bigger share of the target's share capital by achieving results above pre-determined levels. It is also used to describe a payment to shareholders selling their shares in a company where the payment is based on the company's profits in a specified period, usually after the closing of the sale.
Earnaness Earnanæs (Old English), Aranæs (Old Swedish) and Årnäs (Modern Swedish) is the name of at least two locations, in what is today southern Sweden, which are known from history and legend. The names are variations of the same name, and this has aroused the interest of scholars since the 19th century.
Earned doctorate An earned doctorate provides university-level recognition that a person has contribited significantly in a particular field of scholarship, and is the result of matriculating and studying for several years. The "earned" part of the term emphasizes that it is not an honorary doctorate, which honors a person for their non-academic contributions.
Earned income tax credit The United States federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit that reduces or eliminates the taxes that low-income working people pay (such as payroll taxes) and also frequently operates as a wage subsidy for low-income workers. Enacted in 1975, the then very small EITC was expanded in 1986, 1990, 1993, and 2001 with each major tax bill, regardless of whether the tax bill in general raised taxes (1990), lowered taxes (2001), or eliminated other deductions and credits (1986).
Earned media Earned media (or free media) is publicity for political campaigns gained through newspaper articles, TV news stories, web news, letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, and "fast polls" on TV and the Internet, as opposed to paid media, which is publicity gained through advertising.
Earned premium Earned premium is the portion of an insurance written premium which is considered "earned" by the insurer, based on the part of the policy period that the insurance has been in effect, and during which the insurer has been exposed to loss. For instance, if a 365-day policy with a full premium payment at the beginning of the term has been in effect for 120 days, 120/365 of the premium is considered earned.
Earned Schedule Earned Schedule (ES) is an extension to the theory and practice of Earned Value Management (EVM). As of 2005, Earned Schedule is designated as an "emerging practice" by the Project Management Institute.
Earnest Byner Earnest Alexander Byner (born September 15, 1962 in Milledgeville, Georgia) is a former American football running back. He is the current Running Backs Coach for the Washington Redskins under Head Coach Joe Gibbs.
Earnest payment An earnest payment (sometimes called earnest money or simply earnest) is a deposit towards a purchase made by a buyer to demonstrate that the buyer is serious (earnest) about wanting to complete the purchase. When a buyer makes an offer to buy residential real estate, s/he generally signs a contract and pays $500 to $1000 in earnest money.
Earnie Shavers Earnie Dee Shaver better known as Earnie Shavers (born August 31, 1945) was a professional boxer. Although Shavers never became Heavyweight champion, he has often been rated as perhaps the hardest puncher in heavyweight history.
Earnings before interest and taxes Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a company's earnings. A professional investor contemplating a change to the capital structure of a firm (e.
Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization EBITDA «ee-bit-dah» or «ee-bit-dee-eh» is an acronym for Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. The same calculation can be arrived at from "operating income before depreciation and amortization" (OIBDA).
Earnshaw Bridge Earnshaw Bridge is an area on the northern outskirts of Leyland, Lancashire. To the south of Earnshaw Bridge is Broadfield, to the west is Moss Side, to the east is Leyland Town Centre and finally to the north is Farington Moss.
Earnshaw's theorem Earnshaw's theorem states that a collection of point charges cannot be maintained in a stable stationary equilibrium configuration solely by the electrostatic interaction of the charges. This was first proved by Samuel Earnshaw in 1842.
Earth & Beyond Earth & Beyond (commonly abbreviated E&B or EnB) was a science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Westwood Studios and published by Electronic Arts (EA). The game was released on September 24, 2002 in the United States.
Earth & Sky Since its initial broadcast in 1991, the Earth & Sky radio series has presented daily information about science and nature to many listeners from around the world. The Earth & Sky radio series is the creation of veteran radio producers and on-air personalities, Deborah Byrd and Joel Block, whose program "Star Date" began broadcasting in the U.
Earth (1930 film) Earth (Russian and , translit. Zemlya literally translated "Soil") (1930) is a Soviet film by Ukrainian director Olexandr Dovzhenko concerning an insurrection by a community of farmers, following a hostile takeover by Kulak landowners.
Earth (band) Earth is an American drone band based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1990 by Dylan Carlson, Slim Moon, and Greg Babior. Although at different times they have played various styles of music, they are best know as pioneers of a minimalistic, long and repetitive form of doom metal known as drone.
Earth (Babylon 5) In the Babylon 5 universe, Earth was located in a relatively uncontested portion of the Galaxy. Unified under the worldwide government of the Earth Alliance, first contact with the Centauri was made in the mid-twenty-second century, which led to trade with a number of different species.
Earth (Dragon Ball) Earth (also known as the Dragon World) is a fictional planet inhabited by Humans, demons, aliens, and the like being the main setting for the bulk of the plot of the Dragon Ball manga, the Dragon Ball anime, Dragon Ball Z, as well as Dragon Ball GT. It is also the setting for two other mangas by Akira Toriyama: Dr.

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