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Gaspé Manifesto The Gaspé Manifesto is a controversial manifesto that was created in 1971 by a group of leading Canadian theatre professionals. Its main suggestion was to call for subsidized theatres to have at last half their content be Canadian.
Gaspée Affair The Gaspée Affair was an important incident in the course of the American Revolution. The HMS Gaspée, a British ship that had been vigorously enforcing unpopular trade regulations, ran aground on June 9, 1772 off of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island while chasing the packet boat Hannah.
Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live is an autobiographical book by former Saturday Night Live featured player Jay Mohr. In it, Mohr recounts, amongst other things, his battles with panic attacks, being intimidated by castmates Rob Schneider and Ellen Cleghorne, his conflicts with Al Franken, his admiration for deceased castmates Chris Farley and Phil Hartman, the accurate accusation that he stole material from other comedians, and being depressed about his lack of sketch appearances.
Gaspode Gaspode is a small terrier-like dog featured in seven of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. He possesses human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, as well as an extensive collection of diseases (including 'Licky end' which is only found in pregnant sheep); he claims that the only reason the diseases haven't killed him is that they're too busy fighting amongst themselves to focus on him.
Gassendi (crater) Gassendi is a large lunar crater feature located at the northern edge of Mare Humorum. The formation has been inundated by lava during the formation of the mare, so only the rim and the multiple central peaks remain above the surface.
Gast Gun The Gast Gun was German twin barreled machine gun developed by Karl Gast of the 'Vorwerk' company and used during the First World War. It was notable for its high rate of fire of 1,600 rounds per minute and unique mechanism that is used today in the Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L series of Russian aircraft cannon.
Gastald A gastald (Latin gastaldus or castaldus, Italian gastaldo or guastaldo) was a Lombard official in charge of some portion of the royal demesne (a gastaldia or castaldia) with civil, martial, and judicial powers. By the Edictum Rothari of 643, the gastalds were given the civil authority in the cities and the reeves the like authority in the countryside.
Gastarbeiter Gastarbeiter is German for "guest worker" (or "guest workers" - the plural is the same as the singular). It refers to people who had moved to Germany mainly in the 1960s and 70s, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker programme (Gastarbeiterprogramm).
Gastón de Peralta, marqués de Falces Gastón de Peralta, Marquis of Falces (Spanish: Don Gastón de Peralta, marqués de Falces) (1510—1587) was born in Pau, Navarre (now in France) and died in Valladolid, Spain. He was viceroy of New Spain from October 16, 1566 to March 10, 1568.
GastĂłn Etlis Gaston Etlis (born November 4, 1974 in Buenos Aires) is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1993. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by South Africa's Wayne Ferreira.
Gastón Pons Muzzo Gastón Pons Muzzo (circa 1922 – January 6 2004) was an eminent Peruvian chemist. He was born in Tacna, Peru and joined National University of San Marcos staff in 1960s to lecture general chemistry laboratory at the Department of Chemistry.
Gastein Convention The Gastein Convention was a treaty signed in Bad Gastein on August 14, 1865 between the two principal powers of the German Confederation, Prussia and Austria, over the governing of the provinces of Schleswig and Holstein obtained by the Confederation from Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig the year before.
Gasterophilinae Gasterophilinae is a subfamily of Oestridae which includes large, parasitic flies; this group has historically been treated as a family, but all recent classifications place them firmly within the Oestridae. Many members of this subfamily spend part of their larval stage in the digestive tract of herbivores.
Gasterophilus Gasterophilus is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Oestridae which includes the horse bot flies. They lay eggs in the fall on the face and around the lips and noses of horses, caribou, donkeys, and similar animals, usually equines.
Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis (also called nose bot) is a species of the genus Gasterophilus that lays eggs on and in the nose of reindeer and similar animals. The larvae grow in the sinuses and throat of the host animal, and are sneezed out in the spring.
Gasteruptiidae The family Gasteruptiidae is one of the more distinctive among the Apocritan wasps, with surprisingly little variation in appearance for a group that contains around 500 species in 9 genera worldwide. The propleura form an elongated "neck", the petiole attaches very high on the propodeum, and the hind tibiae are swollen and club-like.
Gaston (climbing) In climbing, "to gaston" refers to a technique involving pulling to the side with the elbow pointed outwards. It can be visualised as being similar to the motion involved if one were to pull open a closed elevator door.
Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet, Prince de Martignes (Paris,January 23 1830-1909), was a French general, best known for having taken part in the repression of the 1871 Paris Commune. He was Minister of War in Waldeck-Rousseau's cabinet at the turn of the century, which lifted a controversy in the socialist movement since independent socialist Alexandre Millerand also took part in the same government, and was thus side by side with the Fusilleur de la Commune ("Commune's executor").
Gaston Bachelard Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher and poet who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the French academy despite his humble origins. His most important work is in poetics and the philosophy of science.
Gaston Bastiaens Gaston Bastiaens (Westerlo (Belgium) 1946-) was a vice president of Philips Electronics ressponsible for the CD-i. In 1992 he moved to Apple Computer and became a Vice President and the first General Manager of Apple's newly formed Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) division in the early 1990s.
Gaston de Foix Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours (December 10, 1489–April 11, 1512), also known as The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a French military commander] noted mostly for his brilliant six-month campaign from 1511 to 1512 during the [[War of the League of Cambrai.
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat was a French race car driver. He is known for setting the first recognised automobile land speed record on December 18, 1898 in Achères, Yvelines, using a Jeantaud electric car.
Gaston Demers Gaston Demers (November 23, 1935-February 7, 2004) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1971. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Gaston Dufresne Gaston Dufresne was a contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a teacher of Solfege. Among his contrabass students are American composer Leroy Anderson and Boston Symphony principal trumpeter Roger Voisin.
Gaston Gingras Gaston Reginald Gingras (born February 13, 1959 in Temiscaming, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League. He won a Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1986.
Gaston Green Gaston Alfred Green III (born August 1, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an American former professional football player who was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 5'10", 189-lb.
Gaston Julia Gaston Maurice Julia (February 3, 1893 – March 19, 1978) was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by French mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, and the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related.
Gaston Lagaffe Gaston Lagaffe is the main character of the Belgian comic strip Gaston, originally created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the comic strip magazine, Spirou. The series is very popular in large parts of Europe (especially in Belgium and France), but except for a translation of a few pages by Fantagraphics in the early 90's, there is no English translation.
Gaston Méliès Gaston Méliès was the younger brother of the more-famous French film director Georges Méliès. He often distributed and helped his brother write his early short, silent films, most notably Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902).
Gaston Miron Gaston Miron (French IPA: ) (January 8, 1928 – December 14, 1996) was an important poet, writer, and editor of the Quebec post Quiet Revolution. His masterpiece, L'homme rapaillé (partly translated as The March to Love: Selected Poems of Gaston Miron, whose title echoes Miron's most celebrated poem La marche à l'amour) has sold over 100 000 copies, in Quebec and overseas, insuring Miron as one of the mostly read author of Quebec literature His commitment for a sovereign Quebec], both politically and through his writings, associated with his popularity, placed Miron as a central figure of the [[Quebec_nationalism|Quebec nationalist movement.
Gaston Roelants Gaston Roelants (born February 5, 1937 in Opvelp, Belgium) was a top steeplechaser in the early 1960s and a great cross-country runner. At the steeplechase he won the 1962 European and 1964 Olympic titles as well as setting two world records, 8 minutes 29.
Gaston Taument Gaston Taument (born October 1, 1970 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former football winger from The Netherlands, who earned fifteen caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored twice. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup – where he scored Holland's winning goal in their first game against Saudi Arabia (2-1) – and at Euro 1996.
Gaston, comte d'Eu Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans, Count d'Eu (1842-1922) was the eldest son of Louis Charles Philippe Raphael, duc de Nemours and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary. He married Isabel of Brazil, eldest daughter and heiress (Princess Imperial) of Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil.
Gaston, Prince of Viana Gaston, Prince of Viana, also called Gaston de Foix (1444 - 23 November, 1470, Libourne, Aquitaine) was the son of Gaston IV of Foix and Eleanor of Navarre, and was the heir of both. As a Prince of Navarre, he was called Prince of Viana.
Gastone Brilli-Peri Count Gastone Brilli Peri (born in Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy, 1893 - died March 1930) was a famous Italian racing driver, who won the 1925 Italian Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo P2 to secure the inaugural Automobile World Championship title for Alfa Romeo. In 1929, still in the Alfa P2 he won the Circuit of Cremona and the Tripoli Grand Prix.
Gastone Nencini Gastone Nencini (1 March 1930 in Bilancino di Barberino – 1 February 1980 in Florence) was a Italian cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro d'Italia. Nicknamed Le Leone de Mugella, "The Lion of Mugella", Nencini was a powerful all-round rider, but particularly strong in the mountains.
Gastornis Gastornis is an extinct genus of large flightless birds that lived during the late Paleocene and Eocene periods of the Cenozoic. Gastornis lived in Europe, but it had an extremely close relative in North America; the North American bird is often called Diatryma (DIE-a-TREE-ma) (from Greek, "diatrĂŞma" "Canoe"), but experts now believe they both belong in the Gastornis genus.
Gastouni Gastouni (Greek: Γαστούνη) is a town and a municipality in northern Elis, Greece. Distance is 10 km south of Lechaina, 16 km from Kyllini Baths, 28 km from Pyrgos, 12 km NW of Amalias and 70 km SW of Patras.
Gastown Gastown is an area of Vancouver, British Columbia, located between Downtown and the Downtown Eastside. Its historical boundaries were the waterfront (now Water Street and the CPR tracks), Columbia Street, Hastings Street, and Cambie Street, which were the borders of the first townsite survey, the proper name and postal address of which was Granville, B.
Gastown Riots The Gastown Riots occurred in Vancouver, Canada, in 1971. Following weeks of arrests by undercover agents in Vancouver as part of a special police operation directed by Mayor Tom Campbell, police attacked a small protest demonstration in Gastown against the use of undercover agents and in favour of the legalization of marijuana.
Gastric acid Gastric acid is, together with several enzymes and the intrinsic factor, one of the main secretions of the stomach. Chemically it is an acid solution consisting mainly of hydrochloric acid, but also containing small quantities of potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl).
Gastric bypass surgery Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue, and the resultant health problems ("co-morbidities") which occur. Bariatric surgery is the surgical treatment of morbid obesity, and includes the gastric bypass procedures as one of several classes of operations.
Gastric distension Gastric distention is bloating of the stomach when air is pumped into it. This may be done when someone is performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation and blowing air into the mouth of someone who is not breathing spontaneously.
Gastric dumping syndrome Gastric dumping syndrome, or rapid gastric emptying, happens when the lower end of the small intestine, the jejunum, fills too quickly with undigested food from the stomach. "Early" dumping begins during or right after a meal.
Gastric lavage Gastric lavage, also commonly called Stomach pump or Gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. It has been used for over 200 years as a means of eliminating poisons from the stomach.
Gastric-brooding frog The Gastric-brooding frogs or Platypus frogs were a genus of ground-dwelling frogs native to Queensland in eastern Australia. The genus consisted of only two species, both of which became extinct in the mid-1980s.
Gastrin releasing peptide Gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) is released by the post-ganglionic fibres of the vagus nerve which innervate the G cells of the stomach and stimulate them to release gastrin. GRP is also involved in the biology of the circadian system, playing a role in the signalling of light to the master circadian oscillator in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus.
Gastrocolic reflex The gastrocolic reflex or gastrocolic response is one of a number of physiological reflexes controlling the motility, or peristalsis, of the gastrointestinal tract. It involves an increase in motility of the colon in response to stretch in the stomach and byproducts of digestion in the small intestine.
Gastroduodenostomy Gastroduodenostomy is a surgical procedure where the doctor creates a new connection between the stomach and the duodenum. This procedure may be performed in cases of stomach cancer or in the case of a malfunctioning pyloric valve.
Gastroenterology Gastroenterology or gastrology is the medical specialty of digestive diseases. For example, disorders of the esophagus might be listed under "esophagus" and also included in a description of motility disorders (disorders of motor function).
Gastroenterostomy A gastroenterostomy is the surgical creation of a connection between the stomach and the jejunum. The operation can sometimes be performed at the same time as a partial gastrectomy (the removal of part of the stomach).
Gastrointestinal hormone The gastrointestinal hormones (or gut hormones) constitute a group of hormones secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the stomach, pancreas, and small intestine that control various functions of the digestive organs.
Gastrointestinal perforation Gastrointestinal perforation is a complete penetration of the wall of the stomach, small intestine or large bowel, resulting in inestinal contents flowing into the abdominal cavity. Perforation of the intestines results in the potential for bacterial contamination of the abdominal cavity (a condition known as peritonitis).
Gastrointestinal tract The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), also called the digestive tract, alimentary canal, or gut, is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food, digests it to extract energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste. The major functions of the GI tract are digestion and excretion.
Gastrolith Gastroliths ('stomach stones' or 'gizzard stones') are rocks, which are or have been held inside the digestive tract of an animal. Among living vertebrates, gastroliths are common among herbivorous birds, crocodiles, seals and sea lions.
Gastronaut Studios Gastronaut Studios is a game development studio that exclusively develops downloadable games for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade. Founded in 2002 by Jacob Van Wingen, their initial game, Fuzzee Fever, was released in 2004 as one of the few original Xbox Live Arcade titles for the Xbox.
Gastronomicon Gastronomicon is a short story and recipe collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2005 and edited by Stuart Barrow, it contains stories and recipes from several Australian speculative fiction authors.
Gastronomy Gastronomy is the study of relationship between culture and food. It is often thought erroneously that the term gastronomy refers exclusively to the art of cooking (see Culinary Arts), but this is only a small part of this discipline: it cannot always be said that a cook is also a gourmet.
Gastrophrenic ligament The postero-inferior surface of the stomach is covered by peritoneum, except over a small area close to the cardiac orifice; this area is limited by the lines of attachment of the gastrophrenic ligament, and lies in apposition with the diaphragm, and frequently with the upper portion of the left suprarenal gland.
Gastrophryne olivacea The Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea) is a species of microhylid frog. They are found throughout much of the south central United States from the state of Nebraska south through Texas, and into northern Mexico.
Gastropoda The gastropods, gasteropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 known living species. This class contains a vast number of marine and freshwater species as well as many terrestrial ones.
Gastropub A gastropub is a British term for a public house ("pub") which specialises in high-quality food a step above the more basic "pub grub." The name is a portmanteau of pub and gastronomy and was coined in 1991 when David Eyre and Mike Belben opened a pub called The Eagle in Clerkenwell, London.
Gastroschisis Gastroschisis is a type of abdominal wall defect in which the intestines and sometimes other organs develop outside the fetal abdomen through an opening in the abdominal wall. This defect is the result of obstruction of the omphalomesenteric vessels during development.
Gastrovascular cavity Gastrovascular cavity, as the name indicates, functions in both digestion and the transport of nutrients to all parts of an animal body. Organisms belonging to two major phyla, the Cnidaria and the Platyhelminthes, possess gastrovascular cavities.
Gasturb Gasturb is a gas turbine performance simulation program for Microsoft Windows written and distributed by former MTU Aero Engines employee Joachim Kurzke. Based around a comprehensive set of pre-defined engine configurations, the program performs both design point and off-design performance modelling, parametric studies, cycle optimisation and Monte Carlo simulations.
Gata Kamsky Gata Kamsky (Tatar:Äžataulla Kamski) (born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. At one point he was the third highest-rated player in the world, but he played no FIDE-rated games between 1999 and late 2004.
Gata Salvaje Gata Salvaje was a telenovela which aired first on VenevisiĂłn in Venezuela on May 16, 2002 and some days later was released on the Spanish station Univision from mid-summer of 2002 until May of 2003, and later aired in Mexico on El Canal De Las Estrellas from January 2003 to December 2003. "Gata Salvaje" was known for its poor acting, its laughable script and starring one of the worst soaps actress in Hispanic television.
Gate (engineering) *In engineering, a gate is a rotating or sliding structure, supported by hinges or by a rotating horizontal or vertical axis, that can be located at an extreme of a large pipe or canal in order to control the flow of water or any fluid from one side to the other. It is usually placed at the mouth of irrigation channels to avoid water loss or at the end of drainage channels to elude water entrance.
Gate 88 Gate 88 is a multiplayer action real-time strategy (RTS) game where the player pilots a ship in 2D, asteroids style, while building structures such as turrets, factories, and research stations in an effort to destroy other's bases while protecting their own. The game was released by Queasygames.
Gate array A gate array or uncommitted logic array (ULA) is an approach to the design and manufacture of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICS). A gate array circuit is a prefabricated silicon chip circuit with no particular function in which transistors, standard NAND or NOR logic gates, and other active devices are placed at regular predefined positions and manufactured on a wafer, usually called master slice.
Gate count In microprocessor design, gate count refers to the number of transistor switches, or gates, that are needed to implement a design. Even with today's process technology providing what was formerly considered impossible numbers of gates on a single chip, gate counts remain one of the most important overall factors in the end price of a chip.
Gate guardian A gate guardian is a withdrawn piece of equipment, often an aircraft, armoured vehicle or locomotive, mounted on a plinth and used as a static display near to and "guarding" the main entrance to somewhere, especially a military base. Commonly, gate guardians outside airbases are decommissioned examples of aircraft that were once based there, or still are.
Gate of Alchemy The Gate of Alchemy or Gate of Truth is a fictional metaphysical construct integral to the plot of the anime Fullmetal Alchemist. The Gate is the source of all alchemic energy, often exemplified by the light of an alchemic transmutation.
Gate of Dawn Gate of Dawn (, , ) was built between 1503 and 1522 as a part of defensive fortifications for the city of Vilnius, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The name-sake for the gate was the borough of Ostry Koniec to which the gate initially led.
Gate of Hell (film) Gate of Hell (Japanese: 地獄門, Jigokumon) is a 1953 film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai who tries to marry a woman he rescues, only to discover that she is already married to someone else.
Gate of Horn The Gate of Horn was a 100-seat Gibson & Camp album detailsfolk music club on the near north side of Chicago, Illinois in the 1950s-60s. It was opened by Albert Grossman, and was where Bob Gibson and others made their name.
Gate of the Orient Gate of the Orient is the name of a 278 Meter high skyscraper in the chinese city Suzhou. The skyscraper has a distinct form, at the base it are two towers that come togeter in the top to form an arch (or a gate).
Gate of Trajan The Gate of Trajan (Траянови врата, Trayanovi vrata), also known as Trajan's Gate, is a hill pass near Sofia, Bulgaria. It was the site of a battle in AD 986 at which the forces of the then Byzantine Emperor, Basil II, were defeated by Samuil (son of a former regional Bulgarian governor).
Gate to Heavens Gate to Heavens was an MMORPG, it boasted many different features like PKing, clans (called dans), and was set in 3D world. Players could battle hundreds of different monsters, have job changes to become stronger, use skills, and hunt in parties.
Gate to Languages (educational project) Gate to Languages is a project of lifelong education of teachers, organized in the Czech Republic by National Institute for Further Education (NIFE) since 17 October 2005. It is aimed at the development of foreign language skills and methodological competence of Czech teachers.
Gate turn-off thyristor A Gate turn-off thyristor (GTO) is a special type of thyristor, a high-power semiconductor device. GTOs, as opposed to normal thyristors, are fully controllable switches which can be turned on and off by their third lead, the GATE lead.
Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre, in Dublin, was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammoir, initially using the Abbey Theatre's Peacock studio theatre space to stage important works by European and American dramatists. The theatre later moved to 1 Cavendish Row (part of the Rotunda hospital complex) where leading Irish Architect Michael Scott undertook the revisions necessary to the room to convert it into a theatre.
Gatecrasher (person) Gatecrasher, originally slang but now in common usage, refers to a person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation. The term gatecrasher, though it sounds like someone battering down a barrier, more typically refers to someone sneaking in, or talking their way past a ticket taker, or some other stealthy technique, rather than a confrontational encounter.
Gated community In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community sometimes characterised by a closed perimeter of walls and fences, but always containing controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles. Gated communities usually consist of small residential streets and include various amenities.
Gated reverb Gated reverb is an audio processing technique that is applied to recordings of drums (or live sound reinforcement of drums in a Public Address system) to make the drums sound powerful and "punchy," while keeping the overall mix clean and transparent-sounding. The gated reverb effect, which was most popular in the 1980s, is made using a combination of strong reverb and a noise gate.
Gateforum GATE Forum is an Institute started by a few of IIT and IISc alumni. Having an all India presence in over 25 cities, GATE Forum provides All India Test Series, Practice Tests, Syllabus topic wise Tests, Correspondence Coaching, Classroom Coaching, Previous year Paper Solutions and a lot more on an All India Basis.
Gatehampton Railway Bridge Gatehampton Railway Bridge is a railway bridge carrying the main line of the Great Western Railway over the River Thames in Lower Basildon, Berkshire, England. It is located between the stations at Goring and Streatley and Pangbourne.
Gatehouse A gatehouse is a feature of European castles and mansions. Gatehouses were first constructed in the second half of the 16th century in England when the entrance gateway, which formed part of the principal front of the earlier feudal castles, became a detached feature attached to the mansions only by a wall enclosing the entrance court.
Gatehouse (HM Prison) Gatehouse Prison was a Westminster prison which was originally incorporated into a prison from the Westminster Abbey gatehouse during the 14th century. It was also one of the prisons which supplied the Old Bailey with information on former prisoners such as their identity or prior criminal records for making indictments against criminals and, throughout the 17th century, held many dissenters and those charged with treasonous crimes such as Laurence Voux] [[Richard Lovelace], [[Samuel Pepys, Henry Savile and Sir Walter Raleigh] (the latter two eventually tranfered to the [[Tower of London) before it was eventually torn down in 1776.
Gatehouse Academy Gatehouse Academy is a long term residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility for young adults age 17-25 with locations in the USA (Wickenburg, Arizona and Saratoga Springs, NY) and Canada (Thunder Bay, Ontario).
Gatehouse of Fleet Gatehouse of Fleet (Gd: Taigh an Rathaid) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which has existed since the mid-1700s, although the area has been inhabited since much earlier. Much of its development was attributable to the entrepreneur James Murray's decision to build his summer home, Cally (now a hotel), there in 1765.
Gatekeeping (communication) In human communication, in particular, in journalism, gatekeeping is the process through which ideas and information are filtered for publication. The internal decision making process of relaying or withholding information from the media to the masses.
Gates Brown William James "Gates" Brown (born in Crestline, Ohio on May 2, 1939) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers (1963-1975). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Gates Intermediate School Lester J. Gates Intermediate School, known more commonly as Gates Intermediate School or "Gates" is the junior high school of the Scituate, Massachusetts public school system, serving seventh and eighth grade students.
Gates of Alexander The Gates of Alexander were a mythical barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north (usually associated with the Gog and Magog legend) from invading the land to the south. The gates were a popular subject in medieval travel literature, starting with the Alexander Romance in a version from perhaps the 6th century AD.
Gates of Cairo The Egyptian city of Cairo has, in its history, had a significant number of fortified gates protecting both the inner and outer city. Apart from the purpose of defense, they were also used for differentiation of the varied social and economic classes.
Gates of Discord Gates of Discord (GoD, GOD, Gates, or simply the Gates expansion) is the seventh expansion released for EverQuest — a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The expansion focused on high-level content, providing a number of zones meant to be used by large groups of players, and many extremely powerful monsters to fight.
Gates of horn and ivory The gates of horn and ivory, in Virgil's Aeneid, are the portals in Elysium through which dreams come to the living world. The gate of horn is the path which dreams that are true travel; false dreams emanate through the gate of ivory.
Gates of Tashkent The Gates of Tashkent were built around the town at the close of the 10th century but did not survive to the present. The last gate was destroyed in 1890 as a result of the growth of the city, but some of the districts in Tashkent still bear the names of these gates.
Gates of Zendocon Gates of Zendocon is another release by Epyx (1989) for the Atari Lynx which was highly rated. This game was an action platform scrolling shooter where by you controlled a space ship across 51 levels known as universes.

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