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Gedong Kirtya Gedong Kirtiya library was founded in 1928 by the Dutch in what was then their colonial capital of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Singaraja, and named for the Sanskrit word 'to try'. It is in the complex of Sasana Budaya, the old palace of the Buleleng Kingdom.
Gee (song) Gee is a doo-wop song, written by William Davis and Viola Watkings, and recorded by the The Crows on the independent label, Rama Records, in New York City in February of 1953 and released in March. It charted in April of 1954, one year later.
Gee Bee Air Rally Gee Bee Air Rally was released in 1987 by Activision as an computer game (not to be at all confused or associated with seminal disco band the Bee Gees). The game was made for Amiga, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum It is a simulation game set in the twenties and early thirties in which the player is the pilot of a small airplane.
Gee Bee's Department Stores Gee Bee's department stores began in Johnstown, PA in 1906 when the Glosser Brothers opened a small one room shop in the Franklin Building. The chain branched out in the 1950s' with the opening of the suburban Gee Bee's stores.
Gee Records Gee Records began in 1953 in New York as a subsidiary to George Goldner's Tico Records and Rama Records labels. Sometime in 1955 Goldner (an inveterate gambler) sold 50% of Gee to Joe Kolsky who was a business partner of Morris Levy.
Gee Walker Gerald Holmes "Gee" Walker (March 19, 1908 – March 20, 1981) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. During his fifteen year career, he played with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds.
Gee's Bend, Alabama Gee's Bend is a very poor tenant community in Alabama, United States of America lying at the edge of the Black Belt in Wilcox County, about thirty miles southwest of Selma. The name comes from a planter named Joseph Gee.
Gee's Golden Langur Gee's Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei) or simply the Golden Langur is an Old World monkey found primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas along the Assam-Bhutan border. Although long considered sacred by many Himalayan peoples, the Golden Langur was first brought to the attention of science by the naturalist E.
Gee-haw whammy diddle A gee-haw whammy diddle is mechanical toy consisting of two wooden sticks. One has a series of notches cut transversely along its side and a smaller wooden stick or a propeller attached to the end with a nail or pin.
Geebung Polo Club "The Geebung Polo Club" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in The AntipodeanThe Antipodean was an illustrated Australian annual, as mentioned in The Australian Dictionary of Biography in 1893]. It was also included in his first anthology of bush poetry The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses in [[1895.
Geek A geek is an individual who is fascinated, perhaps obsessively, by obscure or very specific areas of knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature. Geek may not always have the same meaning as the term nerd.
Geek canon The Geek canon is a [of books, art, film]s, [[television series, games, electronic gadgets, internet sites, or other miscellanea, which have been influential in the shaping of geek culture. They are similar to the more general Western canon in that they help shape the form of thought, conversation, and new creations.
Geek chic Geek chic refers to the embracing of stereotypically unpopular "geek" characteristics such as glasses, comic books, and computer games. Actor David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, has described the look of his character as geek chic.
Geek Pride Festival The Geek Pride Festival was the name of a number of events between 1998 and 2000, organized by Tim McEachern and devoted to computer geek activities and interests. The name of the festival is most often associated with the large event held on March 31 and April 1, 2000 at the Park Plaza Castle in Boston.
Geek rock Geek Rock (also known as nerd rock, but distinguishable from the hip hop genre Nerdcore) is a musical subgenre of alternative rock, although unlike many genres, the term is somewhat loosely applied as far as the style of music performed is concerned. Rather, the phrase is more often used to describe the artists and performers, whose personalities and/or looks would usually see them described as "geeks" or "nerds".
Geek Rhythms Geek Rhythms is a rap music CD conceived and funded by electrical engineer Rajeev Bajaj in 2004. Originally it was self-published, but is currently distributed by Hapi Skratch Entertainment of Loveland, Colorado and available on amazon.
Geek Squad City Geek Squad City is the official worldwide headquarters of Geek Squad's 24 Hour Computer Support Task Force®. It is a state-of-the-art, 165,000 square-foot, four-acre computer repair facility, located in Louisville, Kentucky.
Geekcorps Geekcorps is a non-profit organization that sends people with technical skills to developing countries to assist in computer infrastructure development. It is a division of the International Executive Service Corps which "promotes economic growth in the developing world by sending highly skilled technology volunteers to teach communities how to use innovative and affordable information and communication technologies to solve development problems.
Geeking Geeking, or "Geekin" is a slang term for being heavily under the influence or behaving in the tell-tale signs of Crystal Methamphetamine usage. It refers the tinkering with equipment, excessive paranoia, and false confidence that comes when being under the influence of Meth.
Geekism A Geekism is any word, phrase, joke, or other part of language that is related to computers, or any computer terminology that is not understood by the general public, but is commonly known among geeks (implying that most geeks are computer literate).
Geeks By Minute Geeks By Minute, based out of Foster City, CA is a company that provides 24 x 7 computer technical support services by telephone. The company operates a national hotline staffed with certified support technicians that specialize in solving Microsoft Windows and MAC related problems.
Geeks in Space Geeks in Space was a semi-weekly Internet audio show produced from June 1999 to June 2001. It was hosted by Slashdot employees Rob Malda, Jeff "Hemos" Bates, Jon "CowboyNeal" Pater and Nate "Mix Master" Oostendorp.
Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company opened a railway in 1857 from Geelong, Australia to Newport. In 1859 this line was extended to Spencer Street Station and a branch line was opened from Newport to Williamstown Pier.
Geelong Bypass The Geelong Bypass (also known as the Geelong Ring Road) is a proposed freeway ring road. The bypass will extend for 23km beside Geelong's western suburbs from the Princes Freeway at Corio to the Princes Highway at Waurn Ponds (route map, PDF).
Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. Formed in 1859, it is the second oldest football club in the AFL after Melbourne, and one of the oldest football clubs in the world.
Geelong Football League The Geelong Football league is the highest quality league in the Geelong area, with numerous former AFL players playing for various clubs. There are 12 teams, with the top 5 after 18 rounds going through to the finals.
Geelong Grammar School Geelong Church of England Grammar School is an Anglican co-educational boarding and day-boarding Public School. The School's primary campus is at Corio, on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners' Bay.
Geelong Keys The Geelong Keys are a set of keys discovered in 1845 or 1846 by Governor Charles La Trobe at Corio Bay in Victoria, Australia. They were embedded in the stone of the beach in such a way as to make him believe that they had been there for 100-150 years.
Geelong railway station, Victoria Geelong railway station is located in Railway Terrace, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Geelong railway station is located opposite the Geelong Law Courts and also adjacent to the Gordon Institute of TAFE and the Geelong Police Station.
Geelong Waterfront, Victoria Geelong Waterfront campus of Deakin University. It was formerly the Dalgety Woolstores site and was converted to a university campus as a result of Deakin's then Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay approaching the Kirner Government to enable it to become part of Deakin.
Geelong West, Victoria Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The main street is Pakington Street, which was served by an electric tramway service until 1956, when the service was replaced by buses subcontracted out to Bender Buslines (currently owned by Kefford Corporation).
Geely Automobile Geely Automobile (吉利汽车, pronounced "JEE-lee") () was the first independent automobile manufacturer in the People's Republic of China. The parent company is Geely Holding Group (吉利控股集团).
Geely MR The Geely MR is a subcompact automobile from Chinese manufacturer, Geely Automobile. It was introduced in 2000 in 5-door hatchback Merrie (美日) form and later as a full 4-door sedan as the Uliou (优利欧).
Geely PU The Geely PU is a subcompact automobile from Chinese manufacturer, Geely Automobile. It was introduced in 2004 as a 2-door delivery vehicle called the "Urban Nanny" or "Rural Nanny", depending on equipment.
Geerd Hendel Geerd Niels Hendel (January 14, 1903 - March 30, 1998) was a naval architect and native of Germany. He found success in the United States becoming a prominent yacht designer who had a hand in an America's Cup victory in 1937.
Geerhardus Vos Geerhardus Vos (March 14, 1862 – August 13, 1949) was an American, Reformed theologian and one of the most distinguished representatives of the Princeton Theology. He is sometimes called the father of Reformed Biblical Theology.
Geert ‘Geert’ is a Dutch forename of Germanic origin, equivalent to German Gert and English Gerry. The name is a condensed form of ‘Gerhard’, itself a combination of the Germanic words ‘ger’ (spear) and ‘hard’ (strong or brave) meaning 'Strong or Brave with the Spear'.
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (September 21 1788 - February 3 1899) is accepted by most demographic scholars as the first validated supercentenarian case on record. However, some may view him as the second internationally recognized supercentenarian in the world after the case of Thomas Peters (1745 - 1857) was grandfathered into the Guinness Book main tables (from the footnotes) in the late 1980's.
Geert Hammink Geert Hendrik Hammink (born April 12, 1969 in Didam, Netherlands), is a former professional basketball player who was selected by the Orlando Magic in the 1st round (26th overall) of the 1993 NBA Draft. Hammink played for the Magic and had a small stint with the Golden State Warriors
Geert Hofstede Geert Hofstede is an influential Dutch expert on the interactions between national cultures and organizational cultures, and is an author of several books including Culture's Consequences (2nd, fully revised edition, 2001) and Cultures and Organizations, Software of the Mind (2nd, revised edition 2005, with Gert Jan Hofstede).
Geert Jan Stuyver Bishop Geert Jan Stuyver, IMBC, (1964 - ), is a bishop of the Istituto Mater Boni Consilii, a congregation of mostly Italian Sedeprivationist priests that broke away from the Society of Saint Pius X under the leadership of Fr. Francesco Ricossa.
Geert Wilders Geert Wilders (born in Venlo on 6 September, 1963) is a Dutch right wing conservative politician who is best known for his views favoring the restriction of immigration, particularly from non-western countries, and his opposition to Turkey joining the European Union.
Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz Geertruida Luberta de Haas-Lorentz (1885–1973) was the first female Dutch physicist and the first to perform fluctuational analysis of electrons as Brownian particles. Consequently she is considered to be the first female in electrical noise theory.
Geesung Choi Choi Gee-sung is President and Chief Executive of the digital media division at Samsung Electronics, overseeing the third-largest business group of the South Korean company, which includes televisions, flat-panel screens, MP3 players, personal computers, and other consumer electronics. He was a New York City torchbearer for the 2004 Summer Olympics relay.
Geet Geet (Hindi: गीत, Urdu: گیت ) is a word in several Indo-Aryan languages, deriving from the Sanskrit word gītā (गीता), which means a song or a poem. It is a genre of poetry in most contemporary Indo-Aryan languages like Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujrati, etc.
Geetaben Geetaben was an Indian woman, Hindu by birth and religion, who was killed by activists of a right-wing extremist Hindu organisation in the Indian province of Gujarat during the anti-Muslim violence there from March-June 2002.
Geethams Geethams, the simplest music form in Carnatic music, was created by Purandaradasa in order to introduce talas with sahithya or lyrics. Though geethams have no absolutely defined divisions of pallavi, anupallavi or charanas, they may be observed in some cases.
Geetika Jakhar Geetika Jakhar (born 18 August 1985) is an Indian wrestler who has won the silver medal in the freestyle 63 kg category in Doha Asian Games 2006. At a young age she has already won a number of national as well as international events.
Geevagh Geevagh (Irish : Ghaobhach) is a village in the south east corner of County Sligo, Ireland. It takes its name from the Irish word "Gaobhach" meaning "windy valley".
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios Archbishop Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, OIC, (September 21, 1882 – July 15, 1953), born Geevarghese Pannickaruveettil, was a bishop of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church and the founder of the Bethany Ashram order of monks. He and most of his order united with the Roman Catholic Church in 1930, establishing the Eastern Rite sui iuris Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in India.
Gef the talking mongoose Gef the talking mongoose was a talking animal, that was reported to inhabit a small house on the Isle of Man, off the coast of mainland Great Britain. Opinion is divided on whether Gef was a poltergeist, a strange animal or cryptid, a hoax, or something else.
Gefen Publishing Gefen Publishing is an English-language publisher based in Jerusalem, with a distribution center in New York. Gefen produces a broad range of titles that relate to Judaism, Jewish thought, and Israel, including history, Arab-Israeli conflict, the Holocaust, art, children's books, philosophy, science, biographies and more.
Gefilte fish Gefilte fish (Yiddish: געפילטע פיש) is a ground deboned fish recipe using a variety of kosher fish meat that is then made into fish loaves or balls, popular with many people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.
Gefion fountain The Gefion fountain (Danish: Gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. It features a large-scale group of animal figures being driven by the legenday Norse goddess, Gefyon.
Gefitinib Gefitinib (INN) (IPA: ) is a drug used in the treatment of certain types of cancer. Acting in a similar manner to erlotinib (marketed as Tarceva), gefitinib selectively targets the mutant proteins in malignant cells.
Gefjun Gefjun ("giver"; also Gefjon, Gefyon, Gefn) was, in Norse mythology, a seeress and goddess, a member of both the Vanir and the Æsir. All women who die virgin are sent to her hall, and thus she is characterised as a goddess of virtue, yet she was also a fertility goddess.
GeForce GeForce is a brand of PC graphics chipsets designed by NVIDIA. The first GeForce products were designed and marketed for the high-margin computer gamer community, but later product releases expanded the line to cover all tiers of the graphics market, from low-end to high-end.
GeForce 256 The GeForce 256 (codenamed NV10), often known simply as the GeForce, was the first of NVIDIA's "GeForce" product-line. Released in August 1999, the GeForce 256 improved on its predecessor (RIVA TNT2) by increasing the number of fixed pixel-pipelines, offloading host geometry calculations to a hardware transform and lighting (T&L) engine, and adding hardware motion-compensation for MPEG-2 video.
GeForce 4 Series A GeForce4 (codenames below) is a fourth-generation graphics processing unit (GPU) manufactured by NVIDIA which forms the basis of many computer graphics cards. Strictly speaking, the GeForce4 is the chip, not the entire card, but in common usage this distinction tends to be ignored.
Gegeen Khan Gegeen Khan (Classical Mongolian: Gegegen qaγan; Khalkha Mongolian: Гэгээн хаан gegeen haan), born Shidibala (from Sanskrit Siddhipāla) was the ninth grand-khan of the Mongol Empire (Dai-ön Ulus/Yuan Dynasty).
Gegem Gegem is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Shewa Zone, Gegem is bordered on the south by the Muger River which separates it from the Misraq Welega Zone, on the west by Kuyu, on the northwest by Hidabu Abote, on the north by the Jimma River which separates it from the Amhara Region, on the northeast by Gerar Jarso, and on the east by Yaya Gulelena Debre Liban.
Gegenschein Gegenschein (German for counterglow, pronounced gey-guhn-shahyn), is a faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun. It was discovered in 1854 by the Danish astronomer Theodor Brorsen.
Geggy Tah Geggy Tah is a band initially composed of Greg Kurstin and Tommy Jordan. Each of them has a younger sister who was unable to pronounce her brother's name when very young; "Geggy" and "Tah" were the baby girls' mispronunciations of their brother's names.
Geghard The monastery of Geghard ("ÔłŐĄŐ˛ŐˇÖ€Ő¤" in Armenian) is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Gehantha One of the special features of the Eucharist Prayer of Addai and Mari is the presence of four long prayers known as the Gehantha which are, according to many Eucharistic scholars, the closest forms of prayer to the Jewish Prayers over the meals.
Gehenna Gehenna (or Gehenom or Gehinom), in Jewish eschatology, is a fiery place where the wicked are punished after they die or on Judgment Day. Gehenna also appears in the New Testament and early Christian writing, and appears in Islam as Jahannam.
Gehenna (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Gehenna (in the current edition of the game, the Bleak Eternity of Gehenna; also, The Fourfold FurnacesCook, Monte: The Planewalker's Handbook, p. 21, TSR 2620 or The Fires of Perdition), is a plane of existence of neutral evil/lawful evil alignment.
Gehenna in popular culture A number of places and characters in works of popular culture are named Gehenna or Jehanna, particularly in fantasy and horror fiction and role-playing games. The representations are usually related to some form of Hell.
Gehry Tower Gehry Tower is a nine-story building constructed by architect Frank Gehry; it is located at the Steintor, GoethestraĂźe 13a, in Hanover, Germany. The building was commissioned by the city-owned Hanover Transport Services (ĂĽstra), for whom Gehry also designed a bus stop in the city.
Gehyra mutilata The four-clawed gecko (Gehyra mutilata, also known as the stump-toed gecko, tender-skinned house gecko, sugar lizard, or Pacific gecko, or butiki) is a wide-ranging lizard that is probably native to Southeast Asia. It has made its way to several areas of the world including Sri Lanka, Indochina, and many of the U.
Gechi (woreda) Gechi is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Illubabor Zone, Gechi is bordered on the south by Didessa, on the west by the Jimma Zone, on the north by Bedele, and on the east by the Didessa River which separates it from the Jimma Zone.
Geibi Line The is a rail line operated by JR West in the mountainous area of the Chūgoku region. It begins at Bitchū Kōjiro Station on the west side of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, connecting through Miyoshi Station in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and terminating at Hiroshima Station in Hiroshima, Japan.
Geier Hitch The Geier Hitch is an outmoded and seldom-used tool or technique formerly used in livestock management. It is a low-tech means of controlling a bull during handling or transport by means of a rope affixed to its nose ring and around its scrotum.
Geiger tree The Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena) is known for its flowers, and is used in landscaping in tropical and sub-tropical areas such as Florida. It has dark green, oval shaped leaves, and grows oval shaped fruits that are edible, but not flavorful.
Geiger tube telescope The Geiger Tube Telescope is a scientific instrument that measures the intensities, energy spectra, and angular distribution of energetic electrons and protons in interplanetary space and near Jupiter and Saturn.
Geiger-Marsden experiment The Geiger-Marsden experiment (also called the Gold foil experiment or the Rutherford experiment) was an experiment done by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in 1909, under the direction of Ernest Rutherford at the Physical Laboratories of the University of Manchester which led to the downfall of the plum pudding model of the atom.
Geiger-MĂĽller tube A Geiger-MĂĽller tube (or GM tube) is the sensing element of a Geiger counter instrument that can detect a single particle of ionizing radiation, and typically produce an audible click for each. It was named for Hans Geiger who invented the device in 1908, and Walther MĂĽller who collaborated with Geiger in developing it further in 1928.
Geiger-Nuttall law In nuclear physics, the Geiger-Nuttall law or Geiger-Nuttall rule relates the decay constant of a radioactive isotope with the energy of the alpha particles emitted. Roughly speaking, it states that short lived isotopes emit more energetic alpha particles than long lived ones.
Geil (song) "Geil" was a 1986 single release by the Italo disco duo Bruce and Bongo, which charted in several European countries, making it their best performing release of any type. The single was released in April of 1986, and topped the Austrian charts the following month.
Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding The Geilweilerhof Institute for Grape Breeding (Institut fĂĽr RebenzĂĽchtung Geilweilerhof) specializes in breeding grape vine varieties that combine resistance to fungal diseases, frost, and drought with superior wine qualities. It developed the successful red Regent grape.
Geinoh Yamashirogumi Geinoh Yamashirogumi (Japanese: 芸能山城組, Geinō Yamashirogumi) is a Japanese musical collective founded on January 19 1974 by Shoji Yamashiro, consisting of hundreds of people from all walks of life: journalists, doctors, engineers, students, businessmen, etc.
Geir Andersen Geir Andersen (born February 12 1964) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1983 to 1989. He won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with one gold (1984: 3 x 10 km team) and two silvers (1985: 15 km individual, 3 x 10 km team).
Geir Haarde Geir Hilmar Haarde () (born April 8, 1951) is the 23rd Prime Minister of Iceland and chairman of the Independence Party. Geir became Prime Minister on June 15 2006 following the announcement of Halldór Ásgrímsson's resignation as the Prime Minister of Iceland on June 5, 2006.BBC News (2006). Icelandic prime minister resigns. Retrieved June 7, 2006.
Geir Hallgrímsson Geir Hallgrímsson (December 16 1925–September 1 1990) was the 16th Prime Minister of Iceland for the Independence Party from 28 August 1974 to 1 September 1978. Geir was mayor of Reykjavík from 1959 to 1972. During his term as mayor he greatly expanded the city and improved the inner structure. Under his guidance the geothermal heating system was expanded to the whole city, but previously it had only been available to a minority of the city. He also improved the streets by turning the mostly gravel roads into modern asphalt streets. He was popular as mayor and in an open primary for the municipal elections he won 99% of the votes in 1970.
Geir Ivarsøy Geir Ivarsøy (June 27, 1957 – March 9, 2006) was the lead programmer at Opera Software. He and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner were part of a research group at the Norwegian state phone company (now known as Telenor) where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera.
Geir Lundestad Geir Lundestad (born in 1945) is a Norwegian historian and present Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Professor of the University of Oslo. Lundestad was born in Sulitjelma, a mining community in Northern Norway, and raised in Bodø.
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (The University of Wales Dictionary) is the principal historical dictionary of the Welsh language, enjoying a similar status to that of the Oxford English Dictionary in the English language.
Geirr Tveitt Geirr (Nils) Tveitt (October 19, 1908–February 1, 1981) was one of Norway's most distinguished composers in the 20th century. Like Prokofiev, Bartok and Rachmaninov, Tveitt also possessed a unique talent as a pianist, which won him considerable acclaim in Europe and elsewhere.
Geisel Library The Geisel Library is the main library building on the University of California, San Diego campus and contains six of the eleven libraries located on campus. It is home to the Art & Architecture Library (AAL),the Film and Video Reserves (FVR), the Mandeville Special Collections Library (SPEC), the Music, Film & Video Libraries Services (MFVL), the Science & Engineering Library (S&E) and the Social Sciences & Humanities Library (SSHL).
Geiseric Geiseric the Lame (circa 389 – January 25, 477), also spelled as Gaiseric or Genseric, was the King of the Vandals and Alans (428–477) and was one of the key players in the troubles of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. During his nearly 50 years of rule, he raised a relatively insignificant Germanic tribe to the status of a major Mediterranean power — which after he died, entered a swift decline and eventual collapse.
Geisha (elm cultivar) The Chinese Elm U. parvifolia cultivar Geisha is a dwarf variety rarely exceeding 2 m in height, distinguished by its small, variegated leaves Relatively common in cultivation in Europe, it is represented at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens] in [[Hampshire, and at the Royal Horticultural Society gardens, Wisley.
Geising Geising is a town in the WeiĂźeritzkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, close to the border with the Czech Republic, 13 km north of Teplice, and 32 km south of Dresden.
Geisinger Medical Center Geisinger Medical Center is a hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, serving as the primary hospital for the also Danville-based Geisinger Health System, a primary chain of hospitals and clinics--which includes the Danville medical center-- across northeastern and central Pennsylvania.
Geissler (crater) Geissler is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the northern floor of the much larger Gilbert walled plain, near the eastern limb of the Moon. Just to the northeast of this crater, attached to the outer rim of Gilbert, is the Weierstrass-Van Vleck crater pair.
Geisslerlieder In medieval music, the Geisslerlieder, or Flagellant songs, were the songs of the wandering bands of flagellants, who overspread Europe during two periods of mass hysteria: the first during the middle of the 13th century, and the second during the Black Death in 1349. The music was simple, sung in the vernacular, often call-and-response, and closely related to folk song; indeed some of the flagellent songs survived into the 17th century as folk songs in Catholic parts of central Europe.
Geistesgeschichte Geistesgeschichte (f. German Geist, ‘spirit’ (here connoting the metaphysical realm, in contradistinction to the material), and Geschichte, ‘history’, ‘science’), a concept in the history of ideas denoting the branch of study concerned with the undercurrents of cultural manifestations, within the history of a people, that are peculiar to a specific timeframe.
Geitoneura klugii Geitoneura klugii is a species of butterfly belonging to the Nymphalidae family of the Lepidoptera order. It is a South Australian butterfly that is easily camouflaged because of its resemblance to the ground where it is usually found fluttering.
Gejiu Gejiu (; Hani: Goqjef) is a county-level city and the capital of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, and has 136,000 inhabitants (rank 5 of cities in Yunnan ). It is the site of the country's largest tin deposits and its main industry is mining.
Gejuelo del Barro Gejuelo del Barro is a sparsely populated village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 45 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of only 50 people.
Gekiga Gekiga (劇画) is Japanese for "dramatic pictures." The term was coined by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and adopted by other more serious Japanese cartoonists who did not want their trade to be known as manga or "irresponsible pictures".

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