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Embryo (Dir en grey song) "Embryo" is the 14th single released by the Japanese rock group Dir en grey and the third single of the Kisou era. The single edit of "Embryo" features lyrics entirely different from those on the album, the latter depicting a far more disturbing and explicit scenario.
Embryo adoption Embryo adoption is the adoption of frozen human embryos created through in-vitro fertilization for subsequent frozen embryo transfer (FET) into the adoptive mother's uterus. The mother then gives birth to her adopted child.
Embryo drawings Embryo drawings refers to any representation of the illustration of embryos in a developmental sequence. In plants and animals, an embryo develops from a zygote, the single cell that results when an egg and sperm fuse during fertilization.
Embryo space colonization Embryo space colonization is a theoretical interstellar space colonization concept that involves sending a robotic mission to a habitable terrestrial planet transporting frozen early-stage human embryos or the technological or biological means to create human embryos. The proposal circumvents the most severe technological problems of other mainstream interstellar colonization concepts.
Embryoid body Embryoid bodies are aggregates of cells derived from embryonic stem cells, and have been studied for years with mouse embryonic stem cells. Cell aggregation is imposed by hanging drop or plating upon non-tissue culture treated plates; either method prevents cells from adhering to a surface to form the typical colony growth.
Embryonal carcinoma The Embryonal Carcinoma is one of the four types of testicular cancers, which also include the seminoma, teratoma, and choriocarcinoma. Forming from a malignant germ cell tumor, the embryonal carcinoma is a reproductive cell gone out of control.
Embryonic diapause Embryonic diapause is a reproductive strategy used by close to 100 different mammals in seven different orders. In embryonic diapause, the embryo (blastocyst) does not immediately implant in the uterus, but is maintained in a state of dormancy.
Embryonic stem cell Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage embryo known as a blastocyst. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4-5 days after fertilisation, at which time they consist of 50-150 cells.
Embryons desséchés Embryons desséchés ("Dried up embryos") is a piano composition by Erik Satie, composed in the summer of 1913. The composition consists of three little "movements", each taking about two to three minutes to play.
Embsay Embsay is a village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England and is situated about 2 miles north-east of Skipton and has around 1750 residents. The Village is often grouped with the neighbouring village of Eastby, such as the Embsay - with - Eastby Parish Council.
Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Midland Railway branch from Skipton to Ilkley : the E&BASR runs from Embsay via Holywell Halt to Bolton Abbey station, a distance of 4 miles miles (6km).
Embu, Kenya Embu, Kenya is a small town approximately 120 kilometers northeast of Nairobi toward Mount Kenya. Embu serves as the provincial headquarters of Eastern Province in Kenya and is also the capital of Embu District.
Emcee Lynx Emcee Lynx is an anarchist hip hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area in California who has achieved significant popularity and name-recognition in the West Coast hip hop and underground hip hop scenes and among anarchists and other radicals around the world.
Emek Hayarden Regional Council The Emek Hayarden Regional Council (), lit. Jordan River Regional Council (for explanation, please see Jordan Valley Regional Council), is a regional council in the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee in the north and Bet Shean in the south
Emeka Emeka is a nickname for the Ibo name Chukwuemeka (meaning "God has done great"); another form of the full Ibo name is "Nnaemeka". It is also a name of a novel by Frederick Forsyth about his friend Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, head of the state of Biafra, a republic that seceded from Nigeria and was briefly independent.
Emeka Okafor Chukwuemeka Noubuisi Okafor (born September 28 1982, in Houston, Texas), widely abbreviated as Emeka Okafor, is a professional basketball player playing at power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats of the National Basketball Association. Prior to the NBA, Okafor excelled athletically and academically at Houston's Bellaire High School, and the University of Connecticut.
Emel Etem Toshkova Emel Etem Toshkova () (born 4 March 1958) is a Bulgarian politician of ethnic Turkish descent with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the main Turkish party in Bulgaria. She is currently the Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and the Minister of National Disasters and Emergencies.
Emel magazine emel is a lifestyle magazine that celebrates contemporary British Muslim culture. The magazine - whose name sounds like the letters "M" and "L", standing for "Muslim Life" and resembles the Arabic word for "hope".
Emelan Emelan is a fictional realm that provides the main setting of the Circle of Magic quartet by Tamora Pierce, primarily in the capital city of Summersea and the nearby temple of Winding Circle. Of the follow-up books, only Magic Steps of the quartet The Circle Opens and the opening sequence of the standalone book The Will of the Empress take place in Emelan.
EmelFM2 emelFM2 is an advanced orthodox file manager which utilizes the GTK+ 2 for X11 on Unix-like operating systems. The default window layout is two filesystem directories in the left and right panes similar to that found in Norton Commander, a strip down the middle with commonly used commands to operate on files in one or both of these browsing panes, and a log which shows the output of commands at the bottom.
Emeline Hill Richardson Emeline Hill Richardson (6 June, 1910 in Buffalo, New York, USA - 29 August, 1999 in Durham, North Carolina) was a notable classical archaeologist and Etruscan scholar. She studied at Radcliffe College, receiving an A.
Emer (Shadow World) Emer is a continent on Kulthea, a fictional planet that serves as the backdrop for Iron Crown Enterprises’ Rolemaster campaign setting called Shadow World. Roughly located within the center of the western hemisphere, this large and diverse land consists of a multitude of ecological and climatic contexts.
Emerald Emerald (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) is a variety of the mineral beryl, colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes iron. It is highly prized as a gemstone and by weight is the most valuable gemstone in the world, although it is often made less so by inclusions, which all emeralds have to some degree.
Emerald ash borer The Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis or Agrilus marcopoli) is a shiny green beetle and an invasive species known for killing ash trees in the United States. Its natural range is eastern Russia, northern China, Japan, and Korea.
Emerald Airways (new) Emerald Airways was an airline based in Liverpool, United Kingdom. It operated contract and ad hoc freight services throughout the UK and Europe for postal, newspaper and freight companies and passenger services to Ireland under the brand FlyJem.
Emerald Bowl The Emerald Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat AT&T Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) in San Francisco, California, since 2002. It was previously known as the San Francisco Bowl and its official name was the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl in recognition of the corporate title sponsor, Diamond of California, from 2002 to 2003.
Emerald Buddha The Emerald Buddha ( - Phra Kaew Morakot, or official name พระพุทธมหามณีรัตนปฏิมากร - Phra Phuttha Maha Mani Ratana Patimakorn) is the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand, a figurine of the sitting Buddha, made of green jade (rather than emerald), clothed in gold, and about 45 cm tall. It is kept in the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Emerald catfish The emerald catfish (Brochis splendens), emerald brochis, emerald cory, green catfish, or shortbody catfish is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the upper reaches Amazon River basin; Ucayali River to Pucallpa, Ambiyacu River, and the area around Iquitos in the nations of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Emerald class cruiser The Emerald or E class was a class of two light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. Following the Cavendish Class, Three ships of new class were ordered towards the end of World War I designed to emphasise high speed at the cost of other qualities, for use against rumoured new high speed German cruisers, and particularly minelayers, in the North Sea.
Emerald cockroach wasp The emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa, also known as the jewel wasp) is a parasitoid wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its reproductive behavior, which involves using a live cockroach (specificially a Periplaneta americana) as a host for its larva.
Emerald Coast The Emerald Coast (sometimes called the Emerald Riviera) is an area in the southeastern United States on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, roughly bounded by Pensacola, Florida on the west and Panama City, Florida on the east. The area is known to have some of the most stunning beaches in the world, famous for their sugar-white sands and warm, emerald-green waters.
Emerald Coast Barracudas The Emerald Coast Barracudas are a women's American football team in the National Women's Football Association. Previously known as the Panama City Rumble and the Emerald Coast Sharks, they are based in Panama City, Florida (along Florida's Emerald Coast).
Emerald Dove The Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and northern and eastern Australia. The dove is also known by the names of Green Dove and Green-winged pigeon.
Emerald Editor Emerald Editor is to be a an open-source replacement for Crimson Editor licensed under the GNU General Public License. Crimson Editor was opensourced on December 29, 2006, but it is built with MFC and therefore is tied to Windows.
Emerald Empress The Emerald Empress is a fictional DC Comics supervillain, an enemy of the Legion of Super-Heroes and a member of the Fatal Five. She was created by Jim Shooter and Curt Swan, and first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 (January, 1967).
Emerald Express (EmX) The Emerald Express (EmX) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area by the Lane Transit District (LTD). LTD is the public transit authority in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
Emerald Hill, Singapore Emerald Hill (Chinese: 翡翠山) is a neighbourhood and a conservation area located in the planning areas of Newton and Orchard in Singapore. Former home to many members of the city-state's wealthy Peranakan community, it is located near Orchard Road.
Emerald Isle Community Singers The Emerald Isle Community Singers (ECS) are a Montserratian musical ensemble, formed in 1971. Their repertoire includes the folk songs, dances and stories of Montserrat, and their primary goal is to research, collect and preserve Montserratian folk heritage.
Emerald Knights Emerald Knights is a 6-part story that was originally published in Green Lantern issues #101-106 (2nd series). A graphic novel of the story was created, which included the last pages of issue 99 and issue #100, as well as Green Arrow #136 (2nd series).
Emerald Lake Hills, California Emerald Lake Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in unincorporated San Mateo County, in the state of California, USA. It is located in the hills between Woodside and Redwood City, roughly bounded by Edgewood Road, Alameda de las Pulgas, Farm Hill Boulevard, and Interstate 280.
Emerald Moon Records Emerald Moon Records is a American record label, founded by Matt Boylan in Baltimore, Maryland in 2004. The band features a varied roster focusing on alternative genres of local music including punk, hardcore, pop punk, screamo, indie, and emo.
Emerald network The Emerald network is an ecological network to conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats of Europe, which was launched in 1998 by the Council of Europe as part of its work under the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats or Bern Convention that came into force on June 1 1982. It is to be set up in each Contracting Party or observer state to the Convention.
Emerald Pool The Emerald Pool is a small, shallow lake located immediately above Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park. It is named for its deep green color, which is caused by algae living on the rocks at the bottom of the pool.
Emerald Ridge High School Emerald Ridge High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington State and is commonly referred to as ERHS or simply ER. Emerald Ridge features green, black and silver as its primary colors and has a jaguar (named Jake) as its official mascot.
Emerald Shire Council Emerald Shire Council is a Local Government Area located in the Central Highlands region of Queensland, Australia. Based around the administrative centre of Emerald, the Shire also contains the towns of Boguntungan, Comet, Fernlees, Gindee, Withersfield and Yamala.
Emerald Square The Emerald Square Mall is a large three-story indoor shopping mall in North Attleborough, Massachusetts with over 170 stores and restaurants. The mall was built in 1989 and is located off Interstate 295 and US 1.
Emerald Sword Saga The Emerald Sword Saga is an epic fantasy story spread over five CDs by the Italian band Rhapsody of Fire. It is a typical Good versus Evil story featuring heroes, evil lords, dragons, monsters and of course, a happy end.
Emerald Tablet The Emerald Tablet, also known as Smaragdine Table, Tabula Smaragdina, or The Secret of Hermes, is an ancient text purporting to reveal the secret of the primordial substance and its transmutations. Its claims to be the work of Hermes Trismegistus ("Hermes the Thrice-Great"), a legendary Egyptian sage or god, variously identified with the Egyptian god Thoth and/or the Greek god Hermes.
Emerald Toucanet The Emerald Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus, is a near-passerine bird which breeds from tropical Mexico to northern Venezuela and eastern Peru. The distinctive form of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama is sometimes split as the Blue-throated Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis, (Gould, 1854).
Emerald Tower, Brisbane Emerald Tower in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is proposed to be developed on a 1529 square metre site at 555 Queen Street, Ann Street and Clarke Lane by Emerald Developments (Aust) Pty Ltd. If built, it would become one of Brisbane's tallest skyscrapers.
Emerald Web Emerald Web was an American musical duet, made up of the husband-wife team of Bob Stohl and Kat Epple. Founded in 1978 and active through the 1980s, the Florida-based Stohl and Epple composed and recorded music in the New Age and electronica genres.
Emerald, Queensland Emerald () is a town and Local Government Area located in the Central Highlands district of Queensland, Australia. The town is the administrative centre for the Emerald Shire, which covers an area of approximately 10,000 square kilometres.
Emercy Emercy (Pronounced as "em-er-see") is an international, inter-denominational, non-profit Christian missionary organization founded in 1999 by Joshua Jones. Emercy helps Christian missionaries increase their effectiveness through various consulting projects.
Emere An Emere, in traditional Yoruba culture, is a child who can come and go from heaven at will. A negative connotation is associated with the word as it implies that a family's child may disappear and reappear at will.
Emergence Emergence is a term used in Philosophy, Systems Theory and the Sciences to describe the development of complex organized systems. Like intelligence in the field of AI, or agents in distributed artificial intelligence, emergence is a central concept in complex systems yet very controversial.
Emergence International Emergence International [EI] is a world-wide community of Christian Scientists, their families and friends, that provides spiritual and educational support for lesbians, gay men, bi-sexuals and transgender (LGBT) people within the Christian Science movement.
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software This book, written by Steven Berlin Johnson, was published in 2001. Early review drafts had the subtitle "What the New Science Can Teach Us About Our Minds, Our Communities, and Ourselves" instead of the "Connected life...
Emergencies Act The Emergencies Act is an Act of the Government of Canada to authorize the taking of special temporary measures to ensure safety and security during national emergencies and to amend other Acts in consequence there of the Parliament of Canada.
Emergency - Ward 10 Emergency Ward 10 was a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas.
Emergency (song) "Emergency" is the second single from Paramore's album All We Know Is Falling. It was released in the UK on August 21, 2006 on 7" Vinyl and was a HMV Exclusive Single which came with a B-side, "Oh, Star," and a free poster.
Emergency Act 19 Emergency Act 19 (긴급조치 19호, Gimgeubjochi 19; aka Emergency Measure 19) is a satirical 2002 South Korean film about a government act that prohobits popular music, created in response to a number of musicians being elected to government elsewhere in the world. It is notable for the numerous K-pop stars that make appearances in the film.
Emergency Action Message An Emergency Action Message (EAM) is a preformatted message that directs nuclear-capable forces to execute specific Major Attack Options (MAOs) or Limited Attack Options (LAOs) in a nuclear war. Individual countries or specific regions may be included or withheld in the EAM, as specified in the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP).
Emergency brake An emergency brake is a separate brake system in a vehicle for use in case of failure of the regular (hydraulic or air) brakes and commonly used as a parking brake in automobiles. Also called hand brake, many people shorten emergency and call the devices e-brakes.
Emergency brake assist Emergency Brake Assist (EBA) interprets the speed and pressure at which the brake pedal is pushed to detect a critical braking situation. Brake Assist works until the Anti-lock braking system (ABS) kicks in to prevent the wheels from locking.
Emergency Broadcast Network Emergency Broadcast Network is the name of a multimedia performance group that took its name from the Emergency Broadcast System. The founders were Rhode Island School of Design graduates Joshua Pearson, Gardner Post and Brian Kane (author of the Vujak VJ software).
Emergency circulating notes Emergency Circulating Notes were currency printed by the Philippine Commonwealth Government-in-exile during World War II. These "guerilla pesos" were printed by local government units and banks using crude inks and materials.
Emergency Closet Emergency Closet is a Four-piece band located in Sarasota, Florida, who are currently working on their first self-titled CD, Emergency Closet. The members of this band are Angela Garner (vocals and Keytar), Andrew Sink(bass), Chris Caswell (guitar), and Dylan Moore (drums).
Emergency Command Hologram In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Emergency Command Hologram or ECH is an extension of the USS Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram, known as The Doctor. It is intended to support or replace command personnel aboard the ship in case of an emergency.
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd in 1946. Its aims were to warn the public of the dangers associated with the development of nuclear weapons, promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and ultimately work towards world peace, which was seen as the only way that nuclear weapons would not be used again.
Emergency Communications Center An Emergency Communications Center, or ECC, is the nerve center of an area's emergency services. Resources in the field communicate, often via radio, mobile data terminal, or mobile phone, to dispatchers who then effectively manage the emergency resources for the area.
Emergency Communities Emergency Communities is a volunteer organization which formed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It has provided meals and other relief to residents and emergency responders, first in Mississippi, then in Louisiana.
Emergency department The emergency department (ED), sometimes termed the emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW), accident & emergency (A&E) department or casualty department is a hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries, some of which may be life-threatening and requiring immediate attention. Emergency departments developed during the 20th century in response to an increased need for rapid assessment and management of critical illnesses.
Emergency evacuation Emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event. Examples are the evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire and the evacuation of a district because of a flood or bombardment or an evacuation from a city due to a hurricane.
Emergency Fire Service The Emergency Fire Service (EFS) is the fire and emergency service that was operating in country areas of South Australia in the 20th century. In 1979, with the passing of the Country Fires Act in South Australian Parliament, the EFS was renamed to the SA Country Fire Service.
Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia The Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian:Pemerintahan Darurat Republik Indonesia), (PDRI) was established by Indonesian Republicans after the Netherlands occupied Yogyakarta in Central Java the location of the temporary Republican capital. It was located in the city of Bukittinggi and led by Sjafruddin Prawiranegara.
Emergency light An emergency light is a battery-backed lighting device that comes on automatically when a building experiences a power outage. Emergency lights are standard in new commercial and high occupancy residential buildings, such as college dormitories.
Emergency management Emergency management (or disaster management) is the discipline dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur.
Emergency medical services The Emergency Medical Service system (known by the acronym "EMS" in the USA, Australia and Canada) is responsible for providing pre-hospital (or out-of-hospital) care by paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and medical first responders (MFRs in US terminology).
Emergency medicine Emergency medicine is a branch of medicine that is practiced in a hospital emergency department, in the field (in a modified form - see EMS), and other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place. Just as clinicians operate by immediacy rules under large emergency systems, Emergency Physicians based their practice on a triage system.
Emergency Management Australia Emergency Management Australia (EMA) is an Australian Federal Government Agency tasked with coordinating governmental responses to emergency incidents. EMA sits within the Federal Attorney General's Department.
Emergency Medical Hologram In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Emergency Medical Hologram or EMH (full name: EMH Program AK-1 Diagnostic and Surgical Subroutine Omega-323) is a holographic program intended to support and augment medical personnel aboard a Starfleet vessel or installation in case of emergency.
Emergency Medical Services Alliance Marion County’s Emergency Medical Services Alliance, Inc. (EMSA) is a non-profit governmental Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency created by a partnership between The Marion County, Florida Board of County Commissioners, The City of Ocala, Ocala Regional Medical Center/West Marion Community Hospital and Munroe Regional Medical Center.
Emergency Medical Services in the United States Emergency Medical Services (herein, EMS) in the United States is regulated at its most basic level by the federal government, who sets the minimum standards that all states must meet; but much more strictly by individual state governements, who often require higher standards of the services they oversee. Additionally, wide differences in population density, topography, and other conditions demand or allow for differnt types of EMS systems.
Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate An Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate is the level of training between Basic (EMT-B) and Paramedic. There are actually two intermediate levels, the EMT-I/85 and the EMT-I/99 curriculum, with the 1999 level being the higher of the two.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (, EMTALA) is a United States Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. It requires hospitals and ambulance services to provide care to anyone needing emergency treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay.
Emergency Medicine Journal Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ), formerly the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal. It is the official journal of the British Association for Emergency Medicine (BAEM), as well as the British Association for Immediate Care and the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Emergency on Planet Earth & Blow Your Mind remixes Emergency on Planet Earth & Blow Your Mind remixes is a 12" White label remix release by the british band Jamiroquai. It was released in 2005, 12 years after the band's debut album, Emergency on Planet Earth, from which the remixed songs stem.
Emergency operations center The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level in an emergency situation, and ensuring the continuity of operation of the company, or political subdivision.
Emergency physician An emergency physician is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients. The emergency physician is a specialist in advanced cardiac life support (advanced life support in Europe), trauma care such as fractures and soft tissue injuries, and management of other life-threatening situations.
Emergency population warning An Emergency population warning is a method whereby local, regional, or national authorities can contact members of the public en masse to warn them of an impending emergency. These warnings may be necessary for a number of reasons, including:
Emergency power system Emergency power systems are a type of system, which may include lighting, generators and other apparatus, to provide backup resources in a crisis or when regular systems fail. They find uses in a wide variety of settings from residential homes to hospitals, scientific laboratories and modern naval ships.
Emergency Planning College The Emergency Planning College, The Hawkhills, Easingwold, near York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is the principal centre for civil defence training in the United Kingdom. It is responsible to the Civil Contingencies Secretariat of the Cabinet Office.
Emergency Planning Division From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. On the run-down of civil defence in 1971 the department was replaced by the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division of the Home Office.
Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) are tracking transmitters that operate as part of the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system. When activated, the beacons send out a distress signal that allows the beacon to be located by the satellite system and search and rescue aircraft to locate the people, boats and aircraft needing rescue.
Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 The Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 was emergency legislation passed just prior to the outbreak of World War II by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to enable the British Government to take up emergency powers to prosecute the war effectively. It contained clauses giving the government wide powers to create Defence Regulations which regulated almost every aspect of everyday life in the country.
Emergency Powers Act (Northern Ireland) 1926 The Emergency Powers Act (Northern Ireland) 1926 is an Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland that was passed for the purpose of making provisions for the protection of the community in Northern Ireland in cases of emergency.
Emergency Powers Act 1920 The Emergency Powers Act 1920 was passed by the Lloyd George Coalition Government and gave the sovereign power to declare an emergency by proclamation in certain circumstances, by Order in Council, and gave the government limited emergency powers. It made permanent the powers of the war-time Defence of the Realm Act.
Emergency Powers Act 1964 The Emergency Powers Act 1964 was an Act of the United Kingdom to amend the Emergency Powers Act 1920 and make permanent the Defence (Armed Forces) Regulations 1939. Section I of this Act did not apply to Northern Ireland.
Emergency Public Warning System The Emergency Public Warning System is a system used in the province of Alberta, Canada, whereby local or provincial authorities can warn the public about impending or current emergencies affecting their area. The system was proposed by the provincial government after an F5 tornado ripped through Edmonton, Alberta on July 31, 1987, killing 27 and causing millions of dollars in damage.
Emergency Quota Act In the United States, the Emergency Quota Act (ch. 8, , also known as the Johnson Quota Act) of May 19, 1921 was an immigration quota that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 3% of the number of persons from that country living in the United States in 1910, according to United States Census figures.

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