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Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned is the third and final game in the Gabriel Knight series of adventure games by Sierra Online. The game was designed by Jane Jensen, Gabriel Knight's creator.
Gabriel Lippmann Gabriel Jonas Lippmann ( August 16, 1845 – July 13, 1921) was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference, known as the Lippmann plate. He was born to a Jewish family in Hollerich, Luxemburg.
Gabriel Logan Gabriel Logan (known to others as "Gabe") is an agent for a top-secret Government agency in the video games Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2, Syphon Filter 3, Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror. He served in the 75th Ranger Regiment for twelve years, and fought in Grenada.
Gabriel Loubier Gabriel Loubier (born September 27 1932) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as leader of the Union Nationale party from 1971 to 1974, and as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1971 to 1973.
Gabriel Metsu Gabriel Metsu (January 1629, Leiden - buried Oct 24 1667, Amsterdam), Dutch painter, was the son of the Flemish painter Jacques Metsu (c.1588-1629), who lived most of his days at Leiden, where he was three times married.
Gabriel Montalvo Higuera His Excellency, the Most Reverend Gabriel Montalvo Higuera (January 27, 1930 - August 2, 2006) was born in Bogotá, Colombia. He was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, and was the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States from 1998 until 2005.
Gabriel Moraga Spanish army officer Gabriel Moraga was one of the first Europeans to explore California's Great Central Valley. He is the source of many of the place names in the region, including San Joaquin, Modesto, Sacramento, the Merced River (which he named El Rio Nuestra Senora de la Merced (The River of Our Lady of Mercy)) and Merced, Kings, Mariposa, and Calaveras.
Gabriel Morrissette Gabriel Morrisette (born September 26, 1959) is an illustrator, animator and comic artist from Montreal, Canada. Currently working for Jackfruit Press on their Prime Minister series and Chickadee on Daisy Dreamer, Gabriel co-created Northguard, Fleur de Lys and Angloman with Mark Shainblum.
Gabriel N'Galula Gabriel N'Galula Mbuyi, sometimes referred to as Junior is a Belgian football defensive midfielder. He is the brother of Floribert N'Galula, a former Anderlecht player who was transferred early to Manchester United F.
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, born Francesco Possenti (March 1, 1838 - February 27, 1862) was an Italian Passionist student who entered the religious life after several calls that he didn't fully attend until almost the very last moment.
Gabriel Oba-Apounou Gabriel Oba-Apounou (Born in 1945), is a Congolese politician and current Vice-President of the National Assembly of the Republic of the Congo. As a native of Oyo, he is a member the Mbochi tribe and also a cousin of the Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, with whom he had grown up with.
Gabriel Over the White House Gabriel Over the White House is a 1933 motion picture depicting a fictional President of the United States who has a religious experience and attempts to solve his country's problems through authoritarian means.
Gabriel Oxenstierna Count Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (1587-1640), Swedish statesman, brother of Axel Oxenstierna, was from 1612 to 1618 the chief adviser of Duke John, son of King John III of Sweden, and Gustavus Adolphus’s competitor for the Swedish throne. After the duke’s death he became, virtually, the locum-tenens of the Chancellor (with whom he was always on the most intimate terms) during Axel’s frequent absences from Sweden.
Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville (September 21, 1843 - September 1, 1924) was a French politician and author. Born at Gurcy-le-Châtel (Seine-et-Marne), he was the son of Joseph Othenin Bernard and married in 1865 Mlle Pauline d'Harcourt.
Gabriel Pierné Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (Metz, 16 August 1863 – Ploujean, Finistère, 17 July, 1937) was a French organist and composer. He was the organist at Ste-Clotilde in Paris, succeeding his teacher César Franck, and himself being succeeded by another distinguished Franck pupil, Charles Tournemire.
Gabriel Prosser Gabriel (1776–October 10, 1800), today commonly if incorrectly known as Gabriel Prosser, was a slave born in Henrico County, Virginia who planned a failed slave rebellion in the summer of 1800. The rebellion was suppressed and Gabriel was hanged together with other slaves.
Gabriel Read Gabriel Read was an Australian gold prospector who, after working on the goldfields of California and Victoria, Australia travelled to New Zealand. On May 20, 1861, he discovered gold close to the banks of the Tuapeka River in Otago, at Gabriel's Gully, which is named after him.
Gabriel Romero Gabriel Romero (b. Mexico City) is an actor best known for his ground-breaking role as Fernandito, the first openly gay character on Spanish-language television, on the Telemundo sitcom Los Beltrán and for his role as Marco on the here!
Gabriel Sagard Gabriel Sagard, baptized Théodat (fl. 1614 – 1636), was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order (French: Récollet) who arrived in New France June 28, 1623 to join four other members of his order who had arrived in 1615.
Gabriel Sarkisyan Gabriel Sarkisyan (Armenian Գաբրիել Ազատի Սարգսյան, other transcriptions of the name are Sarkissian and Sarkissyan, the transliteration is Gabriel Sargsyan; born 03 February 1983) is an Armenian chess player and International Grandmaster of Chess. The FIDE lists him as “Sargissian”.
Gabriel Scognamillo One of the first films that Italian art director Gabriel Scognamillo (1906 - 1974) worked on was Jean Renoir's provocative 1931 film "La Chienne". Two years later he had moved to Hollywood where one of his first films there was MGM's production of "The Merry Widow" (1934) with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
Gabriel Sharma Gabriel Sharma is an Anglican Bishop in Fiji. On 1 May 2005, he became the first Indo-Fijian to be consecrated as an Anglican Bishop, the first ethnic Indian Bishop in the Province of Aotearoa, of which Fiji forms a part, and the first Bishop specifically assigned to Fiji's Western Division, when he was installed as Bishop of Viti Levu West.
Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter (December 12, 1767 – September 19, 1830) was the 7th governor of Kentucky. Before entering politics Slaughter was a farmer, and a colonel the Kentucky regiment at the Battle of New Orleans.
Gabriel Soto Gabriel Soto Borja-Diaz (born April 17, 1975 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal) is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in countless telenovelas.
Gabriel Tarde Gabriel Tarde (March 12, 1843 in Dordogne, France – May 13, 1904 in Paris) French sociologist and social psychologist who conceived sociology as based on small psychological interactions among individuals (much as if it were chemistry), the fundamental forces being imitation and innovation.
Gabriel Torje Gabriel Torje (born November 22, 1989 in TimiĹźoara) is a Romanian football player, currently under contract at FCU Politehnica TimiĹźoara. Taunted as one of the most promising young strikers in the League, he made his debut during the 2005/2006 season against FC ArgeĹź PiteĹźti and scored on his second match, against Farul ConstanĹŁa.
Gabriel von Max Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max, til 1900 Gabriel Cornelius Max(August 23, 1840, Prague - November 24, 1915, MĂĽnchen) was a Prague-born German painter, professor. Gabriel Max was born as a son of Czech sculptor Joseph Max and mother Anna Schumann.
Gabriel Van Helsing Gabriel Van Helsing is a fictional character in the 2004 motion picture Van Helsing, the animated prequel Van Helsing: The London Assignment, and other media. He is portrayed in the film by actor Hugh Jackman, and was created by writer/director Stephen Sommers.
Gabriel Williams Gabriel Scott Williams was a chief supervisor at the Scientology center in Mountain View, California whose story made headlines during his trial in which he was found guilty of statutory rape and sexual battery of Jennifer Stewart. Williams was required to register as a sex offender with the State of California.
Gabriel y Gabriela Gabriel y Gabriela was a Mexican telenovela made by Televisa and produced by Patricia Lozano in 1982. The series was based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulche, who also wrote the adaptation for television.
Gabriel Zehender Gabriel Zehender (active 1527-1535) was a German painter and printer believed to have been born in Grossmausdorf, and active in Basel. He has frequently been identified with the "monogrammist GZ", an artist known to have been active at about that time.
Gabriel's Horn Gabriel's Horn (also called Torricelli's trumpet) is a figure invented by Evangelista Torricelli which has infinite surface area, but finite volume. The name refers to the tradition identifying the archangel Gabriel with the angel who blows the horn to announce Judgement Day, associating the infinite with the divine.
Gabriel, O Pensador Gabriel Coutinho, better known as Gabriel, o Pensador (Gabriel the Thinker) is one of the best known rappers on the Brazilian hip hop scene. Coming from a unique background among Brazilian rappers, Gabriel, the son of a well known journalist in Brazil, hit fame in 1993 with the song "TĂ´ Feliz (Matei o Presidente)" ("I'm happy, I've killed the president") the debut single from his first and eponymous album.
Gabriela Anders Gabriela Anders (born in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian singer and pianist, specializing in soul, jazz and Latin. Her debut album was "Wanting" from 1998, including tracks as "You Know What It's Like", "Wanting" and "I'll Be Loving You".
Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss (born 1945) was a Swiss marathoner at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though living in Idaho and working as a ski instructor at the time, Andersen-Scheiss represented Switzerland in the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Gabriela Bazan Gabriela Bazan (born 7 January 1980 in Lima, Peru) is a type-2 neurofibromatosis patient who has become famous in her native country for the foundation and research programs that she wants to create for Peruvians to raise their awareness about that disease.
Gabriela Brimmer Gabriela Brimmer, "Gaby", (September 12, 1947 - January 2, 2000), a writer and activist for persons with disabilities, was born in Mexico as a daughter of Austrian Jewish immigrants. Gaby contracted cerebral palsy at birth and since childhood learned to act in a world that does not tolerate diversity.
Gabriela Cuevas Barron Gabriela Cuevas Barron (B. April 3, 1979 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN) who is the current head (Formally: Jefe Delegacional) of Miguel Hidalgo, one of the 16 boroughs of the Mexican Federal District.
Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. Some central themes in her poems are nature, betrayal, love, a mother's love, sorrow and recovery, travel, and Latin American identity as formed from a mixture of Indian and European influences.
Gabriela Silang María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang (March 19, 1731-September 29, 1763) was the first Filipino woman to lead a revolt during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. An active member of the insurgent force of Diego Silang, her husband, she led the group for four months after his death before she was captured and executed.
Gabriela Szabo Gabriela SzabĂł (born November 14, 1975 in BistriĹŁa) is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.
Gabriele Albertini Gabriele Albertini (born on 6 July 1950 in Milano) is an Italian politician, former mayor of Milano and Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.
Gabriele D'Annunzio Gabriele d'Annunzio (12 March 1863, Pescara – 1 March 1938, Gardone Riviera, province of Brescia) was an Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist and daredevil, who went on to have a controversial role in politics as a precursor of the fascist movement.
Gabriele Falloppio Gabriele Falloppio (1523- October 9, 1562), often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century; he was born at Modena, Italy in 1523; he died October 9, 1562 at Padua. His family was noble but very poor and it was only by a hard struggle he succeeded in obtaining an education.
Gabriele Ferzetti Gabriele Ferzetti (born 17 March 1925 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film and stage actor. He is famous for his appearance in three classic films: In 1960, he made his international breakthrough as an oversexed, restless playboy in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'Avventura.
Gabriele Haupt Gabriele Haupt was a former East German cross country skier who competed in the late 1960's and early 1970's. She earned a silver medal in the 3 x 5 km at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry.
Gabriele Paolini Gabriele Paolini, is a famous Italian agit-pro, also known as the prophet of the condom. Is a presenzialista, an annoyer person who unauthorizedly places himself behind the back ot interviewn famous people and begins to exhibit announces or to weave condoms or other sort of nasty objects easily visible in the background of many types of TV programs: singing contests, sports meetings, interviews with deputies just outside of Italian parliament Montecitorio, etc.
Gabriele Stauner Gabriele Stauner (born April 22, 1948 in Wolfratshausen) is a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria, which is affiliated with the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the European Parliament.
Gabriele-Aldo Bertozzi Gabriele-Aldo Bertozzi's activities are concentrated in two fields. He is a professor of French language and literature as well as the founder of the International Innovatory Infinitesimal Movement, an avant-garde movement also known as Inism or ini).
Gabrielino High School Gabrielino High School (GHS) is a public high school located on San Gabriel Boulevard in San Gabriel, California, serving grades 9-12. It was established in 1994, and is one of two high schools in the San Gabriel Unified School District.
Gabrielino Trail The Gabrielino Trail is a 28-mile (45 km) multiuse National Recreation Trail that runs through the Angeles National Forest with trailheads at Windsor Avenue in La Canada Flintridge, CA on the west end and Chantry Flat Fire Station, just north of Arcadia, CA, on the east.
Gabriella Brum Gabriella Brum (born 1960) won the 1980 Miss World beauty pageant and resigned one day later. She initially claimed that this was because her boyfriend disapproved, but it later came out that she was forced to resign because she had posed nude in a magazine.
Gabriella Csépe Gabriella Csépe (born June 13, 1973 in Gyöngyös) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Hungary, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting at the 1988. Her best Olympic results came in 1992, when she finished in sixth (100 m Breaststroke) and in ninth (200 m Breaststroke) position.
Gabriella di Vergy Gabriella di Vergy is an opera seria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1826, revised 1838), from a libretto by Andrea Tottola, based on the tragedy Gabrielle de Vergy (1777) by Dormont De Belloy. The play was itself inspired by two French medieval legends, Le châtelain de Coucy et la dame de Fayel and Le Roman de la chastelaine de Vergy.
Gabriella Hall Gabriella Hall is a model and actress best known for her appearances in Cinemax TV shows and movies such as Erotic Confessions and Beverly Hills Bordello. To date, she has appeared in over 58 TV shows and movies.
Gabrielle (singer) Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16 1970, London) is an English singer who records under the name Gabrielle. She has a problem with one eye and in her career, has worn an eyepatch, a long sideswept fringe or more recently (post c.
Gabrielle Carey Gabrielle Carey is an Australian novelist, noted for her early work Puberty Blues (co-written with Kathy Lette), as well as several other novels including My Fathers House and Just Us. She has also written occasional articles published in the Sydney Morning Herald and other newspapers.
Gabrielle Carteris Gabrielle Anne Carteris (born January 2, 1961 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American actress best known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the television series Beverly Hills 90210. At 29 years of age when the show started airing, she was the oldest cast member to portray a high school kid.
Gabrielle d'Estrées Gabrielle d'Estrées, duchesse de Beaufort et Verneuil, marquise de Monceaux (1571–1599) was a French mistress of King Henry IV of France, born at Château de la Bourdaisière in Montlouis-sur-Loire, in the Indre-et-Loire département of France.
Gabrielle Renard Gabrielle Renard, (August 1, 1878 - February 26, 1959), was a French woman who became an important member of the family of the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, first becoming a nanny and subsequently, a frequent model for the artist. She is recognized as the mentor to Jean Renoir, creating and encouraging his interest in film making.
Gabrielle Rose Gabrielle Elanie Rose (born November 1, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a freestyle, medley and breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who has dual citizenship with Brazil because her mother is from that country. She competed for Brazil at the 1996 Summer Olympics, but represents the U.
Gabrielle Roth Gabrielle Roth is a dancer, musician, theatre director, author, and most importantly the originator of the 5Rhythms Movement Meditation practice. She is a self-described female shaman currently living in Manhattan.
Gabroveni Inn Gabroveni Inn () lies in the historic part of old Bucharest. Built in 1739 on a land plot belonging to the former Voivodal Court (which was much larger than the present-day ruins of the Old Court——show), the inn belonged to the "Inner Town" (Romanian: Târgul Dinlǎuntru), that is, the inside section of Bucharest's Fortress.
Gabrovo Gabrovo () is a town in central northern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Gabrovo Province. It is situated at the foot of the central Balkan Mountains, in the valley of the Yantra River, and is known as an international capital of humour and satire (see Gabrovo humour), as well as noted for its Bulgarian National Revival architecture.
Gabrovo Knoll Gabrovo Knoll (Vrah Gabrovo 'vr&h 'ga-bro-vo) is a peak rising to 500m in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. The peak surmounts Charity Glacier to the north and Tarnovo Ice Piedmont to the SE.
Gaby Hoffmann Gabriella Mary Hoffmann (born 8 January 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actress. Hoffmann’s mother, Viva Hoffmann (aka Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), is an actress and writer and appeared in many of Andy Warhol's movies during the 1960s.
Gaby Nestler Gaby Nestler is a former East German cross country skier who competed during the 1980's. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld and also finished 10th in the 20 km event at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.
Gacaca court The Gacaca (pronounced "gachacha") court is part of a system of community justice inspired by tradition and established in 2001 in Rwanda, in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, when between 800,000 and 1,071,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsi, were slaughtered. After the Genocide, the new Rwandan Patriotic Front's government struggled with developing just means for the humane detention and prosecution of the more than 100,000 people accused of genocide, war crimes, and related crimes against humanity.
GacerĂ­a GacerĂ­a (Basque for "nonsense," "cleverness"is the name of a slang or argot] employed by the trilleros (or makers of the trillo, or [[threshing-board, as well as threshing-sledge) and the briqueros (or makers of the brica: pierres Ă  briquet for guns, or lithic flakes for Flintlock) in the village of Cantalejo, in the Spanish province of Segovia. GacerĂ­a incorporated French, Basque and Arabic words into its vocabulary, a linguistic practice employed by other traveling professional groups of Castile.
Gad (Biblical figure) According to the book of Genesis, Gad () is a son of Jacob and Zilpah, being the first son of Zilpah by Jacob, and the seventh of Jacob overall. His name means luck or fortunate in Hebrew, the root verb meaning cut and divide, as in divided out.
Gad (deity) Gad was the name of the pan-Semitic god of fortune, and is attested in ancient records of Aram and Arabia. Gad is also mentioned by the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 65:11 - some translations obscure the mention of the deity), as having been worshipped by a number of Hebrews during the babylonian captivity.
Gad Granach Gad Granach (1915-) is the son of German actor Alexander Granach known for his roles in Ninotchka, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Gad Granach fled Germany at the age of twenty-one during the rise of Nazism, immigrating to the then-British Mandate of Palestine in 1936.
Gad Tsobari Gad Tsobari (or Tsabari) (born 1948) is an Israeli-born flyweight freestyle wrestler and a member of Israel's 1972 Olympic team. He finished 12th (of 50) in his event, and was considered a possible medal threat at the Montreal Games of 1976.
Gadaa Gadaa or Gada is the traditional social stratification system of Oromo males in Ethiopia and northern Kenya; it is also used by the Gedeo people of southern Ethiopia. Each class, or luba, consists of all of the sons of the men in another particular class.
Gadabout (automobile) The Gadabout was an unusual American automobile manufactured in Newark, New Jersey from 1913 until 1915. A four-cylinder cyclecar, it had a body woven from so-called "waterproof reeds"; Wise describes it as "looking like a mobile wastepaper basket".
Gadabuursi The Gadabuursi (Gudubiirsi or Sheik Samaroon) tribe is a northern Somali clan, a sub-clan of the Dir. The Gadabuursi are descendants of Sheikh Samaroon, who suffered a devastating defeat in a war with the highlanders of Ethiopia over a dispute of payment of annual tribute and tax collection from international trade route connecting the hinterland of Ethiopia with the ports of Somalia in 1432.
Gadakh Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh Tukaram Gangadhar (born 1 November, 1953) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Ahmednagar constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) political party.
Gadap Town Gadap Town is a town located in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Dadu District and the Kirthar Mountains. It had a population of about 290,000 at the 1998 census, of which 97% are Muslim and include Urdu speaking, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.
Gadar (Myst) Gadar was the official Age of the Guild of Legislators, housing the Library of Legislation--which held documents dating back 6,000 years, where the minutes of meetings, hearings, tribunals, and communications between Guild Masters were kept.
Gaddar Gaddar (born as and also known as Gummadi Vittal Rao), is a pseudonym of a revolutionary Telugu balladeer and vocal Naxalite activist from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The name Gaddar was adopted as a tribute to the pre-independence Gadar party which opposed British colonial rule in Punjab during 1910s.
Gaddi (Bible) Gaddi (Hebrew: גַּדִּי) is mentioned in the Bible in Numbers 13:11 as the son of Susi. He was a leader from the Tribe of Joseph at the time of Moses and served as the representative of his tribe on a mission to explore the land of Canaan.
Gaden Relief Project Gaden Relief Projects is a part of the Gaden Choling Mahayana Buddhist Meditation Centre in Toronto, Canada. It is a non-sectarian but an example of engaged Buddhism, following their founder Zasep Rinpoche in recognising a debt to Buddhist communities by alleviating their material needs.
Gaderská Valley The Gaderská valley (Slovak: Gaderská dolina) is one of the most beautiful and longest valleys in the Greater Fatra (Slovak: Veľká Fatra) mountains in central Slovakia. It is accessible from the village of Blatnica and is the gateway to the peaks of Tlstá and Ostrá.
Gadget's Go Coaster Gadget's Go Coaster is a roller coaster at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California and Tokyo Disneyland theme park, located in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. The ride is based on the work of the popular character Gadget Hackwrench from the 1989 Walt Disney Television Animation cartoon, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (or Gadget: Past as Future) is a videogame or interactive movie, first released by Synergy Interactive in 1993. Gadget resembles a point-and-click adventure game similar to Myst, but with a strictly linear storyline culminating in a fixed finale.
Gadgetbahn Gadgetbahn (also gadgetbahnen) is a pejorative term used by some transit professionals to describe what they view as infeasible or unnecessary transportation concepts. It is a compounding of gadget, meaning "device that has a useful specific purpose and function.
Gadgets and Gizmos Gadgets and Gizmos is a Canadian television program about technology gadgets and reviews shown on G4techTV Canada. The show, along with Call for Help, is a Canadian recreation of a TechTV original series known as Fresh Gear.
Gadgie Gadgie (derived from Romany for non-Roma) is a word meaning "man" or "person" in the city of Dundee, Scotland and can also be found in Geordie English and other dialects of Northern English. In Dundee it has more recently been adopted as a derogatory term applied to certain people with the stereotypical view of a "Gadgie" as someone, of any race or background who is poorly educated and engages in hooliganism, petty criminality or loutish behaviour, although the phrase is used to cover people who may be law abiding and good natured, who nonetheless are appear scruffy in appearance and lack good communication skills.
Gadid Gadid (גדיד) was an Israeli settlement located in the middle of the Gush Katif settlement bloc and evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005. The origin of the name Gadid comes from the term used in the bible to describe the harvest of dates in the area.
Gadifer de la Salle Gadifer De La Salle (1340 in Sainte-Radegonde, Vrines, France–1415) was a French soldier of Norman origin who, with Jean de Béthencourt, conquered and explored the Canary Islands. Gadifer won renown in the French campaigns against England during the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453).
Gadjah Mada University The Gadjah Mada University (Indonesian: Universitas Gadjah Mada or UGM) is the largest university in Indonesia in terms of student population. It is also the oldest university in country, founded on December 19, 1949; although the first lecture was given on 13 March, 1946.
Gado-gado Gado-gado is a traditional dish in Indonesian cuisine, and comprises a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing. It is widely served in hotels and restaurants in Indonesia, and in Indonesian restaurants in other countries, although some opine that the mass-production nature of commercial catering, where food is cooked in bulk at the beginning of the day, has ruined the quality of the dish.
Gadol Gadol or godol גדול (plurual: gedolim גדולים) (Hebrew "big" or "great"), is a Hebrew term used by Haredi Jews to refer to the most revered rabbis of the Generation. Other variation of the term are Gadol Yisrael or a Gadol BeYisrael (plural Gedolei Yisrael).
Gadolinite Gadolinite is a mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron with formula: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10. Called gadolinite-(Ce) or gadolinite-(Y) depending on the prominence of the variable element composition(namely, Y if it has more yttrium, and Ce if it has more cerium).
Gadolosaurus "Gadolosaurus" is the informal name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period, around 75 million years ago. Though the discovery was made in 1979, it hasn't ever been formally described, and the name is considered a nomen nudum.
Gadopentetate dimeglumine Gadopentetate dimeglumine (Gd-DTPA) was the first paramagnetic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast enhancer. Introduced in 1981, it has been used to assist imaging of blood vessels and the surrounding tissue by injection into the desired tissue.
Gadopsis The Gadopsis genus is a genus of small to medium sized predatory Australian native freshwater fish. The Gadopsis genus was formerly considered to be in a family of its own (Gadopsidae) but is now generally considered to be part of the Percichthyidae family.
Gadoufaoua Gadoufaoua (Touareg for “the place where camels fear to go”) is a site in the Tenere desert of Niger known for its extensive fossil graveyard, where remains of Sarcosuchus imperator, popularly known as SuperCroc, have been found (by Paul Sereno in 1997, for example), including vertebrae, limb bones, armor plates, jaws, and a nearly complete 6-foot (1.8-meter) skull.
Gads Hill Place Gads Hill Place at Higham, Kent was the house where Charles Dickens lived after making his fortune as the most successful British author of his generation. Charles Dickens first saw the mansion when he was 9 years old in 1821, and told his father that he would like to live there some day.
Gadsden flag The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag. It is comprised of a yellow field with a depiction of a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike with the legend "DONT TREAD ON ME" positioned below the rattlesnake.

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