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Elektro Elektro is the nickname of eight robots built by Westinghouse in Mansfield, Ohio between 1937 and 1938. Seven feet tall, weighing 300 pounds, humanoid in appearance, it could walk, talk (using a 78-rpm record player), smoke cigarettes, and move its head and arms.
Elektrobit Elektrobit Group Plc (Helsinki Stock Exchange: EBG) is a Finnish company headquartered in Oulunsalo municipality, which is near the city of Oulu. Elektrobit is a versatile engineering company, which, in addition to its design services, develops, sells and markets its own technologies and products.
Elektron (company) Elektron is an electronic musical instrument company, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Products it produces include the Monomachine synthesizer, the Machinedrum percussion synthesizer, and the SID-based SidStation.
Elektron SidStation The Elektron SidStation is a musical synthesizer sound module, built around the MOS Technology SID mixed-mode synthesizer chip originally used in the Commodore 64 home computer. It was produced by the Swedish synthesizer company Elektron, and was introduced in 1999.
Elektronika Elektronika (Russian: Электроника) was the brand name used for many different electronic products such as calculators, electronic watches, portable games and radios in the Soviet Union. Many Elektronika designs were the result of dedicated reverse engineering efforts by Soviet engineers, who were working for the Soviet Military-industrial complex but were challenged with producing consumer goods which were in great shortage in Socialist economy.
Elektronika BK Elektronika BK is a series of Russian home computers trademarked as Elektronika that are approximate clones of PDP-11. They are based on the КР1801ВМ1 (Soviet clone of 11/03 LSI-11) CPU and were available in several different versions.
Elektronika kompilo Elektronika kompilo - aktuala elektronika muziko en esperanto (Electronic compilation - current electronic music in Esperanto) was a compact disc released in January 2003. It features more than seventy minutes of Esperanto music in current electronic styles like techno, trance, dance, drum and bass, and triphop.
Elektronorgtechnica Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled Electronorgtechnica), better known abbreviated as ELORG, is the former Soviet Ministry of Software and Hardware Export BBC News: "Tetris: A chip off the old bloc" (Accessed June 1 2006) PR Newswire - "TETRIS INVENTOR GETS HIS DUE IN HISTORIC RUSSIA/US JOINT VENTURE" (Accessed June 1 2006) that was responsible for the licensing and development of the popular video game Tetris Atari HQ: Tetris History (Accessed June 1 2006). As the game was owned by the state (Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences), all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG "Vadim Gerasimov - Tetris Story" (Accessed June 1 2006).
Elektrostal Elektrostal (), known as Zatishye () until 1938, is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 58 km east of Moscow. Population: 146,294 (2002 Census); 135,000 (1977); 123,000 (1970); 97,000 (1959); 43,000 (1939).
Elektrozavodskaya Elektrozavodskaya (Электрозаводская ~ Electric Factory), located on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, is one of the more spectacular and better-known stations on the Moscow Metro. Aptly named for a nearby power plant, Elektrozavodskaya's defining feature is the ceiling, which is almost completely covered by six rows of circular incandescent inset lamps- 318 in all.
Eleme The Eleme are one of the various groups of indigenous peoples that inhabit the Niger Delta region of southeast Nigeria. The Eleme live in ten village-clusters situated in Eleme Local Government Area (ELGA), Rivers State, around 20km east of Port Harcourt.
Element management system An element management system (EMS) manages one or more of a specific type of network elements (NEs). An EMS allows the user to manage all the features of each NE individually, but not the communication between NEs - this is done by the network management system (NMS).
Element of Light Element of Light is the sixth album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1986. Personnel includes Hitchcock (vocals, guitar, piano, bass on "Tell Me About Your Drugs"), Andy Metcalfe (bass, keyboards, percussion, drums on "Tell me About Your Drugs", vocals), Roger Jackson (keyboards, percussion, vocals) & Morris Windsor (drums, percussion, guitar on "Tell Me About Your Drugs", vocals).
Elemental (BattleTech) In the Battletech sci-fi universe, elementals are the nickname for the elite infantry power armor and the unique soldiers who pilot them. The armor itself is densely protected by thick armor, internal shock cushions, and a black gelatin-like substance that automatically fills holes in the suit when damaged.
Elemental (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, elemental is a type of creature, or "creature type". Elemental creatures are composed of one of the four classical elementals of air, earth, fire, or water.
Elemental calcium Elemental calcium is a term that is in common use in the context of dietary supplements. Calcium is an element and is a metal, so it is reasonable to expect "elemental calcium" to refer to pure calcium metal.
Elemental Gimmick Gear Elemental Gimmick Gear is a computer role-playing game for the Sega Dreamcast console. Elemental Gimmick Gear is an action-RPG which uses hand drawn art in a top-down view during most of the game, while switching to 3D graphics during boss battles.
Elemental Masters Elemental Masters is a fantasy series written by Mercedes Lackey, about a earth where magic exists and focuses on the Elemental Masters, people who have magical control over air, water, fire, or earth. Each elemental master has power over elementals, as well.
Elemental spirits (Seiken Densetsu) The Elemental Spirits are a group of eight spirit-creatures, each of which embodies a different magical element in most of the video games in the Seiken Densetsu (聖剣伝説) series, produced by Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft). The Elementals (also known as "Mana Spirits") are considered to be one of the main links between the different games of the series, and thus one of the main distinctions between the series and other Square Enix franchises.
Elementals (comics) Elementals was a dark superhero comic book first published in 1984 and created by Bill Willingham, for which he was both writer and artist. It was a reasonably long lived comic series, and was published by Comico.
Elementarily equivalent In mathematics, specifically model theory, two structures for a given language are said to be elementarily equivalent if their theories are the same; that is, any sentence satisfied by one model is also satisfied by the other.
Elementary algebra Elementary algebra is a fundamental and relatively basic form of algebra taught to students who are presumed to have little or no formal knowledge of mathematics beyond arithmetic. While in arithmetic only numbers and their arithmetical operations (such as +, −, ×, ÷) occur, in algebra one also uses symbols (such as x and y, or a and b) to denote numbers.
Elementary amenable group In mathematics, a group is called elementary amenable if it can be built up from finite groups and abelian groups by a sequence of simple operations that result in amenable groups when applied to amenable groups. Since finite groups and abelian groups are amenable, every elementary amenable group is amenable - however, the converse is not true.
Elementary class In mathematics, specifically model theory, a class K of models for a first-order language L is an elementary class if there is some sentence tau in the language such that for all models A, Ain K iff A satisfies tau.
Elementary event In probability theory, an elementary event or atomic event is a subset of a sample space that contains only one element. It is important to note that an elementary event is still a set containing an element of the sample space, not that element itself.
Elementary Education Act 1870 The Elementary Education Act 1870 commonly known as Forster's Education Act set the framework for schooling of all children over the age of 5 and under 13 in England and Wales. It was drafted by William Forster, a Liberal MP and it was introduced on February 17 1870 after campaigning by the National Education League, although not entirely to their requirements.
Elementary function In mathematics, an elementary function is a function built from a finite number of exponentials, logarithms, constants, one variable, and roots of equations through composition and combinations using the four elementary operations (+ - Ă— Ă·). The trigonometric functions and their inverses are assumed to be included in the elementary functions by using complex variables
Elementary Middle School Elementary Middle schools, or just simply, schools or EMs, are schools that enroll students from Kindergarten/Pre-K through 8th Grade, therefore combining both the typical Elementary School (K-5) and Junior High or Middle School (6 or 7-8).
Elementary operations In linear algebra, elementary operations are actions that transform a system of linear equations into an equivalent system, that is, one having exactly the same solution set. Equivalently, elementary operations are actions that transform a matrix into an equivalent matrix, or one having the same reduced row echelon form (row canonical form).
Elementary particle In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a [not known to have substructure; that is, it is not known to be made up of smaller particles. If an elementary particle truly has no substructure, then it is one of the basic particles of the universe] from which all larger particles are made.
Elementary reaction The IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology defines elementary reactionIUPAC Gold Book definition of elementary reaction as "a reaction for which no reaction intermediates have been detected or need to be postulated in order to describe the chemical reaction on a molecular scale. An elementary reaction is assumed to occur in a single step and to pass through a single transition state".
Elementary symmetric polynomial In mathematics, specifically in commutative algebra, elementary symmetric polynomials are the basic building blocks for symmetric polynomials, in the sense that every symmetric polynomial can be expressed as a sum of products of the elementary symmetric polynomials.
Elements of Algebra Elements of Algebra is a mathematics textbook by the famous mathematician Leonhard Euler, originally published circa 1765. The original german name is: Vollständige Anleitung zur Algebra, which literally means: Complete Instruction to Algebra.
Elements of Persuasion Elements of Persuasion is Dream Theater lead singer James LaBrie's third solo album, his first two being Keep It To Yourself and MullMuzzler 2, which were released under his band MullMuzzler. Elements of Persuasion was released on March 29, 2005.
Elements of Refusal Elements of Refusal is a four-piece metalcore band from the towns of Luton and Harpenden in the south-east of England. Formed in 2004, the band consists of Jon Morris (guitars, vocals) Greg Niedzwiecki (guitars, vocals) Steve Parker (bass) and Simon Bortoli (drums).
Elements of the Philosophy of Newton Elements of the Philosophy of Newton is a book written by the philosopher Voltaire in 1738 that helped to popularize the theories and thought of Isaac Newton. This book, coupled with Letters on the English, written in 1733, demonstrated Voltaire had moved beyond the simple poetry and plays he had written previously.
Elements of the Philosophy of Right Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right (Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts) was published in 1820, though the book's original title page dates it to 1821. This work is Hegel's most mature statement of his legal, moral, social and political philosophy and is an expansion upon concepts only briefly dealt with in the Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences, published in 1817 (and again in 1827 and 1830).
Elen Elen (also known as Saint Helen of Caernarfon) was a late 4th century founder of churches in Wales who is remembered as a saint. Traditionally she is said to have been a Romano-British princess and the wife of Macsen or Magnus Clemens Maximus, Emperor in Britain, Gaul and Spain, where he died seeking imperial recognition in 388.
Elena Adelaide Shelley Elena Adelaide Shelley (27 December 1818 – 10 June 1820) was born in the Shelley lodgings in Naples, Italy. Her parentage is an unsolved mystery in the lives of two of the world's greatest writers, Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary Shelley.
Elena Anaya Elena Anaya (born July 17, 1975 in Palencia, Spain) is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama LucĂ­a y el sexo (Sex and LucĂ­a) and also appeared in Pedro AlmodĂłvar's Hable con ella (Talk to Her).
Elena Asimakopoulou Elena Asimakopoulou (Greek: Έλενα Ασημακοπούλου) is a model and beauty contestant, in April 2006 she was 1st runner-up to Miss Star Hellas (Greek: Μις Ελλάς) pageant, winning the B Miss Hellas (Greek: Β Μις Ελλάς) title and the chance to represent Greece in the Miss Europe 2006 pageant in France.Olympia Hopsonidou(Greek: Ολυμπία Χοψονίδου) won the Miss Star Hellas title, (Greek]: Μις Σταρ Ελλάς), and will go on to represent [[Greece at the 2006 Miss Universe pageant which will be held in Los Angeles, California in July.
Elena Balmori Born in 1934, Elena Balmori is a Filipina Actress who made her movies only for one studio, Lvn Pictures, She starred together with Nida Blanca in Bahala Na, Armando Goyena in El Robo, Manding Claro & Nenita Vidal in Balae and many more.
Elena Baltacha Elena Baltacha (Ukrainian: Олена Балтача; is a Ukrainian-born tennis player who has played for Great Britain Baltacha: Britain's big hope Player profile Elena Baltacha and Scotland"The teams for the 2006 Aberdeen Cup are: Scotland - Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, Elena Baltacha and a leading Scottish Boy and Girl", Aberdeen Cup 2006, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre"Scotland's Elena Baltacha was denied a dream clash with..." The Scotsman, 17 January 2005.
Elena Baranova Elena Baranova (born on January 28, 1972 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) is a professional basketball player. Currently, she is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player who plays for the New York Liberty.
Elena Bechke Elena Yurievna Bechke (Russian: Елена Бечке) (born January 7, 1966 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian figure skater. She competed in pair skating for the former Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia.
Elena Berkova Elena Sergeyevna Berkova (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Беркова) (born 1985, Nikolayev, Ukraine) is a Russian model and porn star. She started modelling in her teen years and in 2002 she worked with the Norwegian erotic photographer Petter Hegre.
Elena CarriĂłn Elena CarriĂłn de la Lastra (born August 3, 1970) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Spain, who represented her native country at two consecutive Olympic Games: in 1996 and 2000. At her last try she finished fourth with the Spanish national team, after a 2-0 loss in the bronze medal game against The Netherlands.
Elena Cuza Elena Cuza (also known under her semi-official title Elena Doamna; June 17, 1825—April 2, 1909) was a Moldavian-born Romanian noblewoman and philanthropist, the wife of Alexander John Cuza, a Moldavian Army officer who was elected domnitor of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in 1859.
Elena Dolgopolova Elena Dolgopolova (born January 23, 1980) is a Russian gymnast, who competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and won a silver medal with her team. She was also in the running for the 2000 team, but was left out.
Elena Filatova Elena (Lena) Filatova (Russian: Елена Филатова, born 1974) is a Ukrainian motorcyclist who gained Internet fame in 2004 under the nickname KiddOfSpeed after her website was mentioned at SlashdotThe site was mentioned twice in March 2004, and again in May 2004 when questions about its veracity were raised.
Elena Firsova Elena Olegovna Firsova (Елена Олеговна Фирсова, Yelena or Jelena Firssowa) (born 21 March 1950) is a Russian composer. She was born in Leningrad into the family of physicists Oleg Firsov and Viktoria Lichko.
Elena Ford Elena Anne Ford (born Elena Anne Ford-Niarchos in 1966) is the daughter of Charlotte Ford, an heiress to the Ford Motor Company fortune, and Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos. She is a granddaughter of Henry Ford II and is currently the only member of the fifth generation of the Ford family who is involved with the company.
Elena Gaja Opera singer Elena Gaja (born October 26, 1946 in BraĹźov, Romania) is one of the greatest Romanian mezzo sopranos. She graduated from the Ciprian Porumbescu Music Academy in Bucharest under the guidance of the great soprano Magda Ianculescu.
Elena GĂłmez Elena GĂłmez Servera (born November 14, 1985) is a Spanish gymnast from Manacor on the island of Mallorca, Spain. She was the 2002 World Champion on the floor, where she was the only gymnast to perform a quadruple turn, and the first-ever Spanish female gymnast to win the World title.
Elena Ierodiakonou Elena Ierodiakonou (Greek: Έλενα Ιεροδιακόνου) is a Greek Cypriot model and and beauty contestant. She won the Miss Star Cyprus title, (Greek: Μις Σταρ Κύπρος), during the Carlsberg Pancyprean Official Beauty Contest in July 2005 and will go on to represent Cyprus at the 2006 Miss Universe pageant which will be held in Los Angeles, California in July.
Elena Juatco Elena Juatco (born June 8, 1985) was the sixth placed contestant on Season Two of Canadian Idol, and the "roving reporter" for the show beginning in Season Four. She originally was in group two of the season, winning third chair in her round with her vibrant version of "Midnight Train to Georgia".
Elena Kucharik Elena Kucharik is most famous for her artwork across the entire line of Care Bears items from the 1980's, and was co-creator of the franchise along with Linda Denham. She's also an illustrator of the Christian children's book series Little Blessings published by Tyndale House.
Elena Lev Elena Lev, born in Moscow, Russia in 1982, began her training to become a rhythmic gymnast at an early age, assisted and coached by her mother, Elena Lev Sr., and forming a hula hoop act while still at an early age.
Elena Montero Elena Montero or Elena Murrieta is a fictional character from "The Mask of Zorro", the feisty daughter of the original Zorro (Anthony Hopkins) and lover to his student (Antonio Banderas). This was the star making role for tall (5'8"), shapely Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, who managed to compliment her dark hair and dark eyes with a pitch perfect Spanish accent.
Elena Mukhina Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (Russian:Елена Вячеславовна Мухина) (June 1, 1960-December 22, 2006), born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, was a former Soviet gymnast who won the All-Around title at the 1978 World Championships at Strasbourg, France.
Elena of Montenegro Princess Jelena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro (1873 - 1952) was the daughter of King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. Jelena married King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in 1896 and thereby gained the title Queen Elena (Regina Elena in Italian).
Elena Pavlovna of Russia Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (in Russian Великая Княжна Елена Павловна)(24 December 1784 – 24 September 1803) was a daughter of Grand Duke, later Tsar Paul I of Russia and his second wife Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. After marrying the son and heir of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin she became heiress-presumptive consort and thus dropped her Russian title.
Elena Peak Elena Peak (Vrah Elena 'vr&h e-'le-na) is a 700m peak in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. The peak surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to the N, and Strandzha Glacier to the S and was named after the Bulgarian town of Elena.
Elena Pucić-Sorkočević Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786 - 1865), was the first female composer in Dubrovnik (Italian: Ragusa). After the fall of the Republic of Dubrovnik, musical performances were mostly held in private houses of the noble families.
Elena Reid Elena Reid (born November 1, 1981 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a professional female boxer and current WIBA Flyweight champion who fights under the nickname "Baby Doll". Although she has no amateur boxing background, Reid got her start with combat sports such as, karate and kickboxing, and won an Arizona State Kickboxing Title at age 17.
Elena Slough Elena Rodenbaugh Proctor Slough (July 8, 1889 - October 5, 2003) was the oldest recognized person in the United States from the death of Mary Christian in April 2003 until her own death that October. After her death, the oldest recognized person in the United States was Charlotte Benkner.
Elena Urkizu Elena Urkizu Sáez (born January 29, 1975 in Guipúzcoa) is a former field hockey defender from Spain, who represented her native country at two consecutive Olympic Games: in 1996 and 2000. At her last try she finished fourth with the Spanish national team, after a 2-0 loss in the bronze medal game against The Netherlands.
Elena Valenciano MarĂ­a Elena Valenciano MartĂ­nez-Orozco (born September 18, 1960 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
Elena Vasilievna Bomeshko Elena Vasilievna Bomeshko is the minister of education of Transnistria. According to her critics, she has supported a policy discriminating against school-children using the Romanian alphabet and supported the promotion of a separate Moldavian language written in the Cyrillic script.
Elena Verdugo Elena Verdugo, born April 25, 1925, in Paso Robles, California of Spanish parentage, is an actress who began in films at the age of six in Cavalier of the West (1931). Her career in radio, television and movies spanned six decades.
Elena Vitrichenko Elena Vitrichenko Russian: Елена Игоревна Витриченко Elena Igorevna Vitrichenko (born 25 November, 1976 in Odessa, Ukraine) is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She comes from a gymnast family - her mother Nina was also a rhythmic gymnast and indeed was also her daughter's coach at the famed Deryuguina School in Kyiv.
Elena Yoncheva Elena Yoncheva () is a Bulgarian journalist and former Bulgarian National Television correspondent, who has reported from many conflict areas. Elena has authored more than 25 TV documentaries on these conflicts,
Elena, Bulgaria Elena (Елена) is a Bulgarian town in the central Stara Planina mountains, 42 km southeast of Veliko Tarnovo in Veliko Tarnovo Province. The area is a popular mountain resort also known for the typical local cuisine.
Elenctics Elenctics, in Christianity, is adivision of practical theology concerned with persuading people of other faiths (or no faith) of the truth of the Gospel message, with an end to producing in them: an awareness of, and sense of guilt for, their sins; a recognition of their need for God's forgiveness; repentance i.e.
Elene Akhvlediani Elene Akhvlediani (1901-1975) (Georgian: ელენე ახვლედიანი) was a 20th century Georgian painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator. Akhvlediani is famous for her depictions of Georgian towns, for her illustrations for the works of Ilia Chavchavadze and Vazha-Pshavela, and for designing plays in the Marjanishvili Theater in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Elene Church The Elene Church is the official church of the continent of Eosia (excepting Zemoch) in David Eddings' series The Elenium and The Tamuli. The Elene Church is based heavily upon the Roman Catholic Church in real life.
Eleni Andriola Eleni Andriola Greek: Ελίνα Ανδριόλα (born 9th November, 1986 in Athens, Greece) is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started Rhythmic gymnastics in 1994, and she has been on the Greek National Team since 1998.
Eleni Konsolaki Eleni Konsolaki, also Eleni Konsolaki-Giannopoulou or Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou (Greek: Ελένη Κονσολάκη-Γιαννοπούλου) is a Greek archaeologist who is renowned internationally and excataved in areas including Troezen, Poros and Methana.
Eleni of Ethiopia Eleni or Helena (died April, 1522) was the wife of Zara Yaqob, and Empress of Ethiopia. She played a significant role in the government of Ethiopia during her lifetime, acting as regent or advisor to a number of Emperors; one testimony of this is the manuscript Bruce 88, which states that she had been in the palace of three illustrious kings: Zara Yaqob; his son by another wife, Baeda Maryam, and Na'od.
Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos is a medical physicist based at Royal Perth Hospital in Australia. She is the leader of a group known as the Perth Group that has claimed since 1988 that HIV has never been fully isolated; as such she is among the best-known AIDS dissidents.
Elenoa Mara-Rasova Adi Elenoa Mara-Rasova is the youngest daughter of Fiji’s first Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and is the twin sister of Ratu Tevita Mara. She is a member of Fijian nobility, belonging to the chiefly Vuanirewa clan of the Lau Islands.
Elenoa Vavaitamana Bulou Salote Vavaitamana (died 4 December 2005) was a chief on the Fijian island of Kadavu. In 1979, she succeeded her uncle, Ratu ilitomasi Verenakadavu, as Tui Ono, or Chief of Ono, becoming the first female chief on the island.
Elenora Rose Sabin Elenora Rose Sabin is an author of several fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels for children and young adult readers, the most notable being A School for Sorcery that is set in a universe similar to that of Harry Potter. She won several awards, including Andre Norton's Gryphon Award in 1992.
Elenski but Elenski but (Bulgarian: еленски бут or (more preciselyBulgarians that are unfamiliar with the delicacy sometimes think, mislead by its name, that it is prepared from venison and not pork. This is because the common meaning of the Bulgarian adjective elenski is deer's, while in this case it is used to denote the town of Elena.
Eleoncio Mercedes Eleoncio Mercedes (September 12, 1957 – December 22, 1985) was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division. As an amateur he competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
Eleones Eleones, meaning in Greek olive-groves, is a neighbourhood of Pylea (a suburb of Thessaloniki - Greece), and is located between central Pylea and Panorama (the most northern suburb of Thessaloniki). It is a beautiful setting bordering the forest.
Eleonora Benetti Eleonora Benetti is a nine year old Italian best known for her rendition of the Italian National Anthem at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It was later revealed that the song was pre-recorded, and that she merely lip-synched to it.
Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (13th January 1751- 20th August 1799) was an Italian poet and revolutionary connected with the Neapolitan revolution and subsequent short-lived Neapolitan Republic (alternately known as the Parthenopean Republic) of 1799, a sister republic of the French Republic and one of many set up in the 1790s in Europe.
Eleonore Bjartveit Eleonore Bjartveit (11 July 1924 - 26 September 2002) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party. Born in Alta, she was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 1989, serving until 1993.
Elephant Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia. Elephantidae has three living species: the African Bush Elephant, the African Forest Elephant (until recently known collectively as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (also known as the Indian Elephant).
Elephant (Public Information Film) Elephant is the title of a British public information film about the importance of wearing a seatbelt in the rear of a car. It was first broadcast in 1993 and continued until 1998, when it was replaced by the Julie campaign.
Elephant and Castle The Elephant and Castle, commonly shortened to the Elephant, is a major road intersection in inner south London, and is also used as a name for the surrounding district. The Elephant consists of two fairly large roundabouts connected by a short road called Elephant and Castle, part of the A3.
Elephant and Castle Mob The Elephant and Castle Mob was one of the many independent street gangs active in London's underworld during the interwar years. A rival of mobster Charles "Darby" Sabini along with the Birmingham Boys and the Cortesi brothers of Saffron Hill they were evenually forced out by Sabini with the added manpower of imported Sicilian mafiosi and had disappeared from the city the end of the [[Second World War]
Elephant Adventure Elephant Adventure is a 1964 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. It is set in the Congo and depicts Hal and Roger's attempts to capture an elephant for a zoo.
Elephant Butte Dike Elephant Butte Dike or Elephant Butte Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The river was dammed here, impounding the Elephant Butte Reservoir for recreation and agriculture, lessening the downstream flow from a Rio Bravo to a stream a foot deep.
Elephant crushing Elephant crushing, or a training crush is a supposed method by which wild elephants can be tamed for domestication, using restriction in a cage, sometimes with the use of corporal punishment or negative reinforcement. This practice is condemned by a variety of animal welfare groups.
Elephant in Cairo An elephant in Cairo is a term used in computer programming to describe a piece of test data that is designed to ensure that an algorithm is working. The term derives from a humorous essay circulated on the Internet and published in Byte magazine in September 1989 that described how various professions would go about hunting elephants, with programmers following the algorithm:
Elephant Island (South Shetland Islands) Elephant Island is an ice-covered, mountainous island off the coast of Antarctica in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. It lies at latitude , 1300 kilometers southwest of South Georgia.
Elephant joke An elephant joke is a joke, almost always an absurd riddle or conundrum and often a sequence of such, that involves an elephant. Elephant jokes were a fad in the 1960s, with many people constructing large numbers of them according to a set formula.
Elephant Kashimashi Elephant Kashimashi is a rock band from Japan. Their work can be divided into two major stylistic periods: the "Epic years" (1988-1994, the albums Elephant Kashimashi through Tokyo No Sora) and the "Pony Canyon & Faithful years" (1996-present, the album Kokoro Ni Hana Wo onward).

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