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Gadsden Purchase The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640 mi² (76,770 km²) region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853. The initial purchase treaty was signed in Mexico in 1853, but a very different treaty was finally ratified by the U.
Gadsden, Alabama Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County, northeastern Alabama, United States, approximately 60 miles northeast of Birmingham. It is the principal city of and is included in the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Gadugi Ga-du-gi is a term used in the Cherokee language which means "working together" in a community sense. Historically, the word meant working together towards a common goal which would benefit all of the Cherokee People such as working together to build a community council house, or working together to bring in the harvest of corn during the Green Corn Ceremony (ah-ga-we-la se-lu u-tsi) which translates as "old woman corn mother", the highest traditional ceremony of the Cherokee People which was held annually during the first moon following the corn harvest.
Gae Aulenti Gae Aulenti (1927 – ) is an Italian architect, lighting and interior designer. She is most well known for several large-scale museum projects, including Musée d'Orsay in Paris (1980-86), the Contemporary Art Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Palazzo Grassi in Venice (1985-86), and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (2000-2003).
Gaea trilogy The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley. The stories tell of humanity's encounter with a living being in the shape of a 1,300 km diameter space habitat, inhabited by many different species, in orbit around the planet Saturn.
Gaekwad The Gaekwad or Gaekwar (once rendered as Guicowar) (Gujarati: ગાયકવાડ ; Marathi: गायकवाड) was a Maratha dynasty that ruled the princely state of Baroda in western India from the mid-eighteenth century until 1947. The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda, or more commonly as the Gaekwad.
Gael Mackie Gael Briane Mackie (born December 16, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian gymnast and Olympic athlete. Gael came to prominence on the Canadian gymnastics scene by winning the senior national championship at age 14.
Gael Martin Gael Martin (born August 27 1956) is a former Australian athlete, who competed in the shot put and in the discus throw. She won the bronze medal in shot put at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA.
Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann LĂşthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic Games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. The organisation also promotes Irish music and dance, and the Irish language.
Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland The issue of Gaelic language broadcasting in Scotland has acquired some considerable symbolic importance. Opinion polls show that the vast majority of Gaels feel they have been ill-served by broadcasting media, and the ideal of a dedicated Gaelic TV channel has been a desideratum of minority language pressure groups for many years.
Gaelic clothing and fashion Despite common misconceptions, the common clothing of Gaels in the Middle Ages was not that of a kilt, especially as we know it today. Clothing generally consisted of a léine (a knee-length shirt, sometimes dyed with saffron), a brat (a very short cloak or mantle with plaid or other coloration), a belt, and sometimes trac or trews (tight trousers).
Gaelic football Gaelic football (Irish: Peil or Caid ), commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic" or "GAA ('gah')", is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It along with Hurling are the most popular spectator sports in Ireland
Gaelic Games in Western Canada The Irish have a long and rich history in Canada dating back centuries. The first recorded Irish presence in the area of present day Canada dates from 1536, when Irish fishermen from Cork travelled to Newfoundland.
Gaelic Games: Football Gaelic Games: Football is a PlayStation 2 game released on November 11, 2005. It is a Gaelic Football game and has been produced by Australian company IR Gurus Interactive (creators of the similar AFL series).
Gaelic handball Handball (Irish: Liathróid Láimhe) (also known as Gaelic handball, Irish handball, court handball or wall handball) is a sport similar to racquetball and squash it is one of the four Gaelic Games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The game may be played with two, three, or four players.
Gaelic road signs in Scotland In the GĂ idhealtachd (the Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland) the use of the Gaelic language on road signs instead of, or more often alongside English is now common, but has historically been a controversial issue of symbolic rather than practical significance for people on both sides of the debate.
Gaelic Revival The Gaelic Revival of the Irish language was mainly promoted by the Gaelic League and Douglas Hyde for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Later the Irish Free State commenced a vast programme of providing teachers with Irish language skills and setting standards of competence for entry into the civil service.
Gaelic script The term Gaelic script is a translation of the Irish phrase clĂł Gaelach (pronounced ) refers to a the family of insular typefaces devised for writing Irish and used between the 16th and 20th centuries. Sometimes, all Gaelic typefaces are called Celtic or uncial.
Gaelic Senior Hardball Singles The All-Ireland Senior Hardball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by W.
Gaelic Senior Softball Singles The All-Ireland Senior Hardball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by M.
Gaelicization Gaelicization or Gaelicisation is the act or process of making something Gaelic, or gaining characteristics of the Gaels. As "Gaelic" today is primarily a linguistic concept, this usually refers to Gaelic language, but can refer to the transmission of any Gaelic cultural feature.
Gaels The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is of the Gaelic (Goidelic) family, a division of Insular Celtic languages. The word in English was adopted in 1810 from Scottish Gaelic Gaidheal (compare Irish Gaedhealg and Old Irish GoĂdeleg) to designate a Highlander (OED).
Gaelscoil A gaelscoil (Plural: gaelscoileanna) is an Irish-speaking school often also co-educational usually found in Ireland, but outside the Irish speaking Gaeltacht areas. Irish is the working language for these schools.
Gaeltacht Gaeltacht (pronounced ; plural GaeltachtaĂ) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, The Gaeltacht, or An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is officially the major language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home.
Gaeltarra Éireann Gaeltarra Éireann was an Irish state industrial development agency set up in 1957 specifically for the Gaeltacht, the Irish speaking areas of Ireland. Gaeltarra Éireann followed on from the dedicated government department that had been initiated to coordinate Gaeltacht affairs when the new boundaries were drawn up for the reduced size Gaeltacht in 1956.
Gaetan Serré Gaetan-Joseph Serré (born January 24, 1938 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1972. He represented the Liberal Party.
Gaetano Badalamenti Gaetano Badalamenti (Cinisi, September 14, 1923 – Devens Federal Medical Center, Ayer, Massachusetts, April 29, 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Don Tano Badalamenti was the capomafia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s.
Gaetano Brunetti Gaetano Brunetti (1744 in Fano–December 16, 1798 near Madrid) was a prolific Italian composer active in Spain under kings Charles III and IV. Though he was musically influential at court and, to a lesser extent, throughout parts of western Europe, very little of his music was published during his lifetime, and not much more has been published since his death.
Gaetano D'Agostino Gaetano D'Agostino (born 3 June, 1982 in Palermo) is an Italian footballer. He was brought up in the Roma youth system and was given to Bari with co-ownership rights as a part of the deal that brought Antonio Cassano to Roma.
Gaetano Guadagni Gaetano Guadagni (born Lodi or Vincenza 11 October 1729, died Padua 11 December 1792) was an Italian alto (though later soprano) castrato singer, most famous for singing the role of Orpheus at the premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762. In London, he also worked with George Frideric Handel, who was so impressed with Guadagni's voice that he completely rewrote a piece from his Messiah, "But Who May Abide," and suited it especially to his voice.
Gaetano Lococo Gaetano Lococo, or Thomas "Tano" Lococo, was a Kansas City mobster who was identified as one of the "Five Iron Men" of Kansas City, Missouri following the Kefauver senate hearings in 1951. He was known within the KC family as a "made" member who served primarily as an enforcer in his early years and then controlled an interest in several illegal gambling establishments.
Gaetano Mosca Gaetano Mosca (April 1, 1858 Palermo, Italy – November 8, 1941 Rome, Italy) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the Theory of Elitism and the doctrine of the Political Class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian School of Elitists together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels.
Gaetano Reina Gaetano "Tom" Reina (1889-February 26, 1930) was an American mobster and capo to Joe Masseria. A powerful New York mobster during the early 1900s, his eventual murder by Joe Masseria's "family" would trigger the Castellammarse War.
Gaeth The Gaeth was an American automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1911. Advertised as "the best $3500 car on the market", the 1909 model was a powerful 6423cc 35/40 hp four-cylinder built in Cleveland, Ohio; it followed a 25/30 hp horizontal three-cylinder.
Gafat language The Gafat language is an extinct Semitic language that was once spoken along the Abbay River in Ethiopia. The records of this language are extremely sparse: a translation of the Song of Songs written in the 17th or 18th Century at the Bodleian Library, and the reports of W.
Gaff rig Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which a sail is a four-cornered fore-and-aft rigged item controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular, and up to doubles the sail area that can be carried by that mast and boom (if a boom is used in the particular rig).
Gaff Topsails, Newfoundland and Labrador Gaff Topsails is an abandoned railway settlement located in the interior of the island of Newfoundland, Canada, between the communities of Millertown Junction to the east and Kitty's Brook to the west. The population was entirely composed of railway workers and their families that worked on the Newfoundland Railway.
Gaffa (band) Gaffa were one of the early new wave groups, as cronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave. The band were from Nottingham in the United Kingdom and released Normal Service Will Never Be Resumed, an EP on the Cleverly Brothers Record label.
Gaffar Ahmed Gaffar Ahmed is a Fiji Labour Party (FLP) Fijian politician of Indian descent. Ahmed, a former police officer, represented the Ba West Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, from 1995 to 2006, when he was appointed to the Senate as one of eight nominees of the Leader of the Opposition.
Gaffelgränd Gaffelgränd (Swedish: "Fork Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Lilla Hoparegränd and Pelikansgränd, both of which are leading to Österlånggatan.
Gaffer A gaffer in the motion picture industry is the head of the electrical department, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. In British English the term gaffer is long established as meaning an old man, or the foreman of a squad of workmen.
Gaffer tape Gaffer tape (also, gaffer's tape, gaff tape, gaffa tape, gaffing tape, cloth tape, and more colloquially Jesus Tape or Rocket Tape) is a tough, fabric backed pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in the motion picture, television, stage (music and theater) and other entertainment industries, and elsewhere. Sometimes it is spelled as "Gaffa" tape", a brand name.
Gaffie du Toit Gaffie du Toit (born 24 March, 1977 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly-half, though he has also played at fullback, for the national team, the Springboks.
Gaffneys Creek, Victoria Gaffneys Creek is a former mining locality situated between Jamieson and Woods Point in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of Gaffney and Raspberry Creeks in a steep valley in mountainous terrain.
Gafftopsail catfish The gafftopsail catfish, Bagre marinus, is a bottom-feeding catfish found in the waters of the western central Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has long venomous spines which can cause painful wounds.
Gafio A Gafio is a protruding balcony, usually of small dimensions, constructed by means of placing protruding wooden beams into the stone walls of a house. Despite their architectural significance, Gafio's have become increasingly rare in recent years and are often poorly preserved and maintained.
Gag A gag is usually a device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech.
Gag (album) Gag is an album released in 1984 by British musician Fad Gadget. It is a combination of electronica and industrial styles, and features the German band EinstĂĽrzende Neubauten on the second track, Collapsing new people, which was also released as a single.
Gag (medical device) In the context of surgery or dental surgery, a gag is a device used to hold the patient's mouth open when working in the oral cavity, or to force the mouth open when it cannot open naturally because of forward dislocation of the jaw joint's intraarticular cartilage pad. Applications for medical gags include oral surgery and airway management.
Gag cartoon A gag cartoon is a single-panel cartoon, usually including a written caption that appears beneath the drawing, most often published in magazines. As the name implies—"gag" being a show business term for a comedic idea—these cartoons are most often intended to provoke laughter.
Gag Factor Gag Factor is a series of pornographic films made by JM Productions featuring rough deep throating. Most scenes in the films have a female actor who hangs her head over the side of a bed or stool, and a male actor who vigorously and repeatedly thrusts his penis through her open mouth and into her throat.
Gag grouper The gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) is a drab, mottled gray fish lacking the distinguishing features of other groupers. It has a pattern of markings which resemble the box-shaped spots of the black grouper.
Gag name A gag name is a false name used to elicit humor through its simultaneous resemblance to a real name on the one hand, and to a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar on the other hand. The source of the humor is the pun and double entendre; frequently, the humor arises when an unknowing victim is induced to use the name without realizing the joke.
Gag order A gag order (or "suppression order") is an order, sometimes a legal order by a court or government, other times a private order by an employer or other institution, restricting information or comment from being made public.
Gag-a-day The gag-a-day format is a common form of comic strips and webcomics. The term simply means that the comic is updated daily and that each update does not necessarily follow the arc of a plot or develop the characters in the story.
Gagaja Gagaja, (IPA pronunciation: ŋəŋətĘÉ™) commonly shortened to Gagaj, a term of respect used in reference to traditional Rotuman chiefs, or any person to whom respect is due. The equivalent term in most parts of Fiji is Ratu.
Gagamboy Gagamboy is a Filipino movie made in 2004. The plot revolves around two warehouse labourers who each accidentally swallowed a mutated spider and a mutated cockroach, and became "Gagamboy" (Spiderboy) and "Ipisman" (Cockroach-man).
Gagan Ajit Singh Gagan Ajit Singh (born December 9, 1980 in Ferozepur, Punjab) is a field hockey striker from India, who's father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Making his debut in 1997 during a test serie against Russia, Singh himself competed for his native country at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place on both occasions.
Gagarin family Gagarin (Russian: Гагарин) is a Rurikid princely family descending from sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma. The descendant of the Great Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich, the Christianizer of Russia, Prince Ivan Vsevolodovich, received from his brother, the Great Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, the appanage of Starodub, and this originated the Princes of Starodub.
Gage Academy of Art The Gage Academy of Art is a fine art school located in Seattle, Washington, specializing in drawing, painting, and sculpture. The core of its programming is traditional observational training, with an emphasis on the foundation skills of figure drawing and painting.
Gage Blackwood Gage Blackwood is the name of the protagonist in The Journeyman Project series of computer games. These computer games are first-person adventure games, and among the first such to be released on compact discs (CDs.
Gage Golightly Gage Golightly (born on September 5, 1993) is an American actress. Gage was the star of the horror mini-series 5ive Days to Midnight"5 Days to Midnight 1" - (2004) "5 Days to Midnight 2" - (2004).
Gage Group Buildings Gage Group Buildings consist of three buildings located at 18, 24 and 30 South Michigan Avenue, between Madison Street and Monroe Street, in Chicago, Illinois. They were built from 1890-1899, designed by Holabird & Roche for the three millinery firms - Gage, Keith and Ascher.
Gage Park, Chicago Gage Park is one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, located on the city's southwest side; it also also the name of a park within the neighborhood. Gage Park's population is largely working-class, and its housing stock is mostly bungalows.
Gage Powers Gage Powers (born August 31, 1979) is an American gay pornographic actor (porn star) from the US Midwest, who has performed in pornographic movies for a number of gay porn studios, and appears in gay pornographic magazines.
Gage Roads Gage Roads, , also known as Success Bank, is the sea channel in the Indian Ocean offshore from Perth, Western Australia. It was the location of the America's Cup defence in 1986/7, and serves as a shipping lane and anchorage for most sea traffic heading towards the seaport of Fremantle.
Gage's Regiment of Militia Gage's Regiment of Militia also known as the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment was called up at Bradford, Massachusetts on October 2, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York.
Gagebrook, Tasmania Gagebrook, Tasmania, is one of the northern-most suburbs of Hobart, located on the eastern shore of the Derwent River between the suburbs of Bridgewater and Old Beach. It is part of the local government area of the Municipality of Brighton.
Gageodo Gageo-do, also known as Soheuksan-do or Little Heuksan-do due to its location near Heuksan-do, is an island in the Yellow Sea. It is within the administrative boundaries of Sinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, and is connected by the Namhae Star ferry to the city of Mokpo.
Gagliano Aterno Gagliano Aterno is a town approximately 45 km from Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located in the vicinity of an ancient pre-Roman settlement, although most of the buildings in the village are from the medieval period.
Gagliardi Trophy The Gagliardi Trophy was first presented in 1993 to the Outstanding Division III college football player of the year by the Jostens Company and the J-Club of Saint John's University in Minnesota . Since that time, the award has become one of the leading collegiate football awards and is widely recognized as the premier individual award in Division III football, honoring excellence in athletics, academics and community service.
Gaglioppo Gaglioppo is a red wine grape that is grown in southern Italy, primarily around Calabria. The grape is of Greek origins and is thought to have been introduced to southern Italy around the same time as the Aglianico vine.
Gagnef Municipality Gagnef is a Swedish municipality and town in the Dalarna province, in central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in DjurĂĄs with 1,190 inhabitants, with the second largest town being Gagnef with 1,150 inhabitants.
Gago Coutinho Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, generally known simply as Gago Coutinho (pron. ) (17 February 1869–18 February 1959) was a Portuguese aviation pioneer that, together with Sacadura Cabral (1881-1924), was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, from March to June 1922 (some sources wrongly claim 1919), from Lisbon, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.
Gagosian Gallery The Gagosian Gallery is a contemporary art gallery, owned by Larry Gagosian, with branches in the United Kingdom, Italy, and the United States. There are three branches in New York, one in Beverly Hills, two in London, and one in Rome.
Gagra Gagra (Abkhaz and Russian: Гагра, ) is a city in Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made Gagra a popular health resort in Imperial Russian and Soviet times.
Gagra Range Gagra Range () is a mountain range of the Caucasus Major in Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia. The range runs between the valleys of the Bzyb and Psou rivers to the south of the Caucasus Major, in a general North-South direction.
Gahal Gahal (גח"ל acronym for Gush Herut-Liberalim) was a right-wing Zionist party formed in 1965 by members of the Herut and Liberal parties. The block joined the national unity government in Israel during the Six Day War.
Gahanananda Swami Gahanananda, the 14th President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born in the village of Paharpur in Sylhet district (now in Bangladesh) in October 1916. Known as Naresh Ranjan Roy Choudhury in his pre-monastic days, Swami Gahanananda joined the Ramakrishna Order at its centre in Bhubaneswar in January 1939 at the age of 22.
Gahn Gahn is a Swedish family, one member of which was ennobled in 1809 with the name Gahn af Colquhoun. The family has claimed an unverified origin in a Scottish family Colquhoun, a claim which was confirmed 1781 in a letter by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, but on dubious grounds, as later research has shown.
Gahr High School Richard Gahr High School, often simply known as Gahr High School, is a public school in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. Gahr High is part of the ABC Unified School District, which also includes the noted Whitney High School and Cerritos High School.
Gachongil College Gachongil College is a private technical college in South Korea, providing instruction primarily in fields related to nursing. It is situated in Namdong-gu, in the metropolitan city of Incheon, in the country's northwest corner.
Gai Daigoji Gai Daigoji is a fictional character on the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico. His real name is Jiro Yamada (a very boring name in Japan, equal to being called John Smith in English), but he claims that Gai is his soul's name (something akin to 'Ace' or 'Max').
Gai Saber Gai Saber is an Italian folk group focused on the musical and dance traditions of Italian Occitania. Gai Saber draws its name from an ancient Occitan poetic challenge that traces its roots to the regions influential troubadour culture.
Gai-Jin (novel) Gai-Jin (Japanese, "Foreigner") is a 1993 novel by James Clavell, chronologically the third book in his Asian Saga, although it was the last to be published. Taking place about 20 years after the events of Tai-Pan, it chronicles the adventures of Malcolm Struan (the son of Culum and Tess Struan) in Japan.
Gaia Consort Gaia Consort is a Seattle-based folk rock music-group popular in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Gaia Consort was founded by Chistopher Bingham and Sue Tinney in 1997, first playing at Nudestock 97.
Gaia Gear Gaia Gear is a science fiction story written by Yoshiyuki Tomino with mechanical design of Ito Mamoru and based on Tomino's Gundam series. It first ran as a serial in the Japanese Newtype Magazine from April 1987 to December 1991.
Gaia hypothesis The Gaia hypothesis is an ecological theory that proposes that the living matter of planet Earth functions like a single organism. An early recognition of some of the core assumptions of the Gaia hypothesis was given in the book Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas.
Gaia in popular culture The embodiment of the Earth Mother in Greek mythology, Gaia entered popular culture following the publication of James Lovelock's Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth in 1979. Further books by Lovelock and others popularized the Gaia Hypothesis, which was widely embraced and passed into common usage as part of the heightened awareness of planetary vulnerability of the 1990s.
Gaia Movement The Gaia Movement is an international network of individuals and groups that share a concern for living more sustainably on the earth. The term "Gaia" comes from Greek mythology, where it is the name of the Goddess of the Earth.
Gaia Online Gaia Online (formerly known as Go-Gaia) is a forums-based website. Opened to the public on February 18, 2003 by Gaia Interactive, Gaia first began as an "anime linklist with a small community," but it was openly stated by founder Derek Liu (username "Lanzer") that the website was moving towards that of a social gaming one.
Gaia philosophy Gaia philosophy (named after Gaia, Greek goddess of the Earth) is a broadly inclusive term for related concepts that living organisms on a planet will affect the nature of their environment – to make it more suitable for life. This set of theories holds that all organisms on a planet regulate the biosphere to the benefit of the whole.
Gaiam Gaiam is a "lifestyle company" that creates media content, information, experiences and products that appeal to consumers interested in any aspect of living more healthfully and lightly on the planet. It is one of the most comprehensive and trusted sources in the industry, offering a wide range of choices that are better for people and the environment.
Gaian Greens A Gaian is a radical Green who views the ecology of the Earth's biosphere not only as the basis of human moral examples, but of all cognition and even sentience. Advocates of this view claim that since we live as part of one planet's photosynthesis chain and trapped within its gravity well, we are effectively components of one large body—that being the global ecology of Earth itself.
Gaiares Gaiares (pronounced Guy-R-Us) is a Japanese style side-scrolling space shooter released in 1990 by Telenet Japan for the Sega Mega Drive System and subsequently for its American counterpart, the Sega Genesis. It came into the video game scene at a time when this genre was immensely popular.
Gaifen Gaifen are fictional stellar creatures in the massively multiplayer online game DarkSpace. Like moose, their singular and plural forms are the same: a single Gaifen is interesting, while many Gaifen are quite dangerous.
Gaighat Gaighat (नेपाल को पूर्वी ŕ¤ŕĄŕ¤ŕ¤ľŕ¤— मा अवस्थित गाŕ¤ŕ¤ŕ¤ľŕ¤ź एक रमणीय स्थल हो।) is a town in Nepal. It is situated in a valley and surrounded by the Chure Hills.
Gaijin Raj The Gaijin Raj is a term used to describe the privileged lifestyles of Westerners living in Japan during the semi-colonial period of Western and particularly American cultural and political domination from 1945 to the present day. The term is in use among expats who are increasingly aware of their cozy situation and the possibility that, one day, just like the British Raj, it may end.
Gaijin Shogun Gaijin Shogun (Japanese: gaijin, "foreigner", shogun, "military ruler") was a nickname used for General Douglas MacArthur when he became the military governor of Japan following its defeat in World War II. It was used by former MacArthur Honor Guard David Valley as the title of his book, Gaijin Shogun: General Douglas MacArthur, Stepfather of Postwar Japan.
Gadsden Purchase The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640 mi² (76,770 km²) region of what is today southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853. The initial purchase treaty was signed in Mexico in 1853, but a very different treaty was finally ratified by the U.
Gadsden, Alabama Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County, northeastern Alabama, United States, approximately 60 miles northeast of Birmingham. It is the principal city of and is included in the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Gadugi Ga-du-gi is a term used in the Cherokee language which means "working together" in a community sense. Historically, the word meant working together towards a common goal which would benefit all of the Cherokee People such as working together to build a community council house, or working together to bring in the harvest of corn during the Green Corn Ceremony (ah-ga-we-la se-lu u-tsi) which translates as "old woman corn mother", the highest traditional ceremony of the Cherokee People which was held annually during the first moon following the corn harvest.
Gae Aulenti Gae Aulenti (1927 – ) is an Italian architect, lighting and interior designer. She is most well known for several large-scale museum projects, including Musée d'Orsay in Paris (1980-86), the Contemporary Art Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Palazzo Grassi in Venice (1985-86), and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (2000-2003).
Gaea trilogy The Gaea Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels by John Varley. The stories tell of humanity's encounter with a living being in the shape of a 1,300 km diameter space habitat, inhabited by many different species, in orbit around the planet Saturn.
Gaekwad The Gaekwad or Gaekwar (once rendered as Guicowar) (Gujarati: ગાયકવાડ ; Marathi: गायकवाड) was a Maratha dynasty that ruled the princely state of Baroda in western India from the mid-eighteenth century until 1947. The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda, or more commonly as the Gaekwad.
Gael Mackie Gael Briane Mackie (born December 16, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian gymnast and Olympic athlete. Gael came to prominence on the Canadian gymnastics scene by winning the senior national championship at age 14.
Gael Martin Gael Martin (born August 27 1956) is a former Australian athlete, who competed in the shot put and in the discus throw. She won the bronze medal in shot put at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA.
Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann LĂşthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Gaelic Games - traditional Irish sports, such as hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball, and rounders. The organisation also promotes Irish music and dance, and the Irish language.
Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland The issue of Gaelic language broadcasting in Scotland has acquired some considerable symbolic importance. Opinion polls show that the vast majority of Gaels feel they have been ill-served by broadcasting media, and the ideal of a dedicated Gaelic TV channel has been a desideratum of minority language pressure groups for many years.
Gaelic clothing and fashion Despite common misconceptions, the common clothing of Gaels in the Middle Ages was not that of a kilt, especially as we know it today. Clothing generally consisted of a léine (a knee-length shirt, sometimes dyed with saffron), a brat (a very short cloak or mantle with plaid or other coloration), a belt, and sometimes trac or trews (tight trousers).
Gaelic football Gaelic football (Irish: Peil or Caid ), commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic" or "GAA ('gah')", is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It along with Hurling are the most popular spectator sports in Ireland
Gaelic Games in Western Canada The Irish have a long and rich history in Canada dating back centuries. The first recorded Irish presence in the area of present day Canada dates from 1536, when Irish fishermen from Cork travelled to Newfoundland.
Gaelic Games: Football Gaelic Games: Football is a PlayStation 2 game released on November 11, 2005. It is a Gaelic Football game and has been produced by Australian company IR Gurus Interactive (creators of the similar AFL series).
Gaelic handball Handball (Irish: Liathróid Láimhe) (also known as Gaelic handball, Irish handball, court handball or wall handball) is a sport similar to racquetball and squash it is one of the four Gaelic Games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The game may be played with two, three, or four players.
Gaelic road signs in Scotland In the GĂ idhealtachd (the Gaelic-speaking parts of Scotland) the use of the Gaelic language on road signs instead of, or more often alongside English is now common, but has historically been a controversial issue of symbolic rather than practical significance for people on both sides of the debate.
Gaelic Revival The Gaelic Revival of the Irish language was mainly promoted by the Gaelic League and Douglas Hyde for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Later the Irish Free State commenced a vast programme of providing teachers with Irish language skills and setting standards of competence for entry into the civil service.
Gaelic script The term Gaelic script is a translation of the Irish phrase clĂł Gaelach (pronounced ) refers to a the family of insular typefaces devised for writing Irish and used between the 16th and 20th centuries. Sometimes, all Gaelic typefaces are called Celtic or uncial.
Gaelic Senior Hardball Singles The All-Ireland Senior Hardball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by W.
Gaelic Senior Softball Singles The All-Ireland Senior Hardball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by M.
Gaelicization Gaelicization or Gaelicisation is the act or process of making something Gaelic, or gaining characteristics of the Gaels. As "Gaelic" today is primarily a linguistic concept, this usually refers to Gaelic language, but can refer to the transmission of any Gaelic cultural feature.
Gaels The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is of the Gaelic (Goidelic) family, a division of Insular Celtic languages. The word in English was adopted in 1810 from Scottish Gaelic Gaidheal (compare Irish Gaedhealg and Old Irish GoĂdeleg) to designate a Highlander (OED).
Gaelscoil A gaelscoil (Plural: gaelscoileanna) is an Irish-speaking school often also co-educational usually found in Ireland, but outside the Irish speaking Gaeltacht areas. Irish is the working language for these schools.
Gaeltacht Gaeltacht (pronounced ; plural GaeltachtaĂ) is an Irish word for an Irish-speaking region. In Ireland, The Gaeltacht, or An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is officially the major language, that is, the vernacular spoken at home.
Gaeltarra Éireann Gaeltarra Éireann was an Irish state industrial development agency set up in 1957 specifically for the Gaeltacht, the Irish speaking areas of Ireland. Gaeltarra Éireann followed on from the dedicated government department that had been initiated to coordinate Gaeltacht affairs when the new boundaries were drawn up for the reduced size Gaeltacht in 1956.
Gaetan Serré Gaetan-Joseph Serré (born January 24, 1938 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nickel Belt in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1972. He represented the Liberal Party.
Gaetano Badalamenti Gaetano Badalamenti (Cinisi, September 14, 1923 – Devens Federal Medical Center, Ayer, Massachusetts, April 29, 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Don Tano Badalamenti was the capomafia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s.
Gaetano Brunetti Gaetano Brunetti (1744 in Fano–December 16, 1798 near Madrid) was a prolific Italian composer active in Spain under kings Charles III and IV. Though he was musically influential at court and, to a lesser extent, throughout parts of western Europe, very little of his music was published during his lifetime, and not much more has been published since his death.
Gaetano D'Agostino Gaetano D'Agostino (born 3 June, 1982 in Palermo) is an Italian footballer. He was brought up in the Roma youth system and was given to Bari with co-ownership rights as a part of the deal that brought Antonio Cassano to Roma.
Gaetano Guadagni Gaetano Guadagni (born Lodi or Vincenza 11 October 1729, died Padua 11 December 1792) was an Italian alto (though later soprano) castrato singer, most famous for singing the role of Orpheus at the premiere of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762. In London, he also worked with George Frideric Handel, who was so impressed with Guadagni's voice that he completely rewrote a piece from his Messiah, "But Who May Abide," and suited it especially to his voice.
Gaetano Lococo Gaetano Lococo, or Thomas "Tano" Lococo, was a Kansas City mobster who was identified as one of the "Five Iron Men" of Kansas City, Missouri following the Kefauver senate hearings in 1951. He was known within the KC family as a "made" member who served primarily as an enforcer in his early years and then controlled an interest in several illegal gambling establishments.
Gaetano Mosca Gaetano Mosca (April 1, 1858 Palermo, Italy – November 8, 1941 Rome, Italy) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the Theory of Elitism and the doctrine of the Political Class and is one of the three members constituting the Italian School of Elitists together with Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels.
Gaetano Reina Gaetano "Tom" Reina (1889-February 26, 1930) was an American mobster and capo to Joe Masseria. A powerful New York mobster during the early 1900s, his eventual murder by Joe Masseria's "family" would trigger the Castellammarse War.
Gaeth The Gaeth was an American automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1911. Advertised as "the best $3500 car on the market", the 1909 model was a powerful 6423cc 35/40 hp four-cylinder built in Cleveland, Ohio; it followed a 25/30 hp horizontal three-cylinder.
Gafat language The Gafat language is an extinct Semitic language that was once spoken along the Abbay River in Ethiopia. The records of this language are extremely sparse: a translation of the Song of Songs written in the 17th or 18th Century at the Bodleian Library, and the reports of W.
Gaff rig Gaff rig is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which a sail is a four-cornered fore-and-aft rigged item controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff. The gaff enables a fore and aft sail to be four sided, rather than triangular, and up to doubles the sail area that can be carried by that mast and boom (if a boom is used in the particular rig).
Gaff Topsails, Newfoundland and Labrador Gaff Topsails is an abandoned railway settlement located in the interior of the island of Newfoundland, Canada, between the communities of Millertown Junction to the east and Kitty's Brook to the west. The population was entirely composed of railway workers and their families that worked on the Newfoundland Railway.
Gaffa (band) Gaffa were one of the early new wave groups, as cronicled in Henrik Poulsen's book 77: The Year of Punk and New Wave. The band were from Nottingham in the United Kingdom and released Normal Service Will Never Be Resumed, an EP on the Cleverly Brothers Record label.
Gaffar Ahmed Gaffar Ahmed is a Fiji Labour Party (FLP) Fijian politician of Indian descent. Ahmed, a former police officer, represented the Ba West Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, from 1995 to 2006, when he was appointed to the Senate as one of eight nominees of the Leader of the Opposition.
Gaffelgränd Gaffelgränd (Swedish: "Fork Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Lilla Hoparegränd and Pelikansgränd, both of which are leading to Österlånggatan.
Gaffer A gaffer in the motion picture industry is the head of the electrical department, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. In British English the term gaffer is long established as meaning an old man, or the foreman of a squad of workmen.
Gaffer tape Gaffer tape (also, gaffer's tape, gaff tape, gaffa tape, gaffing tape, cloth tape, and more colloquially Jesus Tape or Rocket Tape) is a tough, fabric backed pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in the motion picture, television, stage (music and theater) and other entertainment industries, and elsewhere. Sometimes it is spelled as "Gaffa" tape", a brand name.
Gaffie du Toit Gaffie du Toit (born 24 March, 1977 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly-half, though he has also played at fullback, for the national team, the Springboks.
Gaffneys Creek, Victoria Gaffneys Creek is a former mining locality situated between Jamieson and Woods Point in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of Gaffney and Raspberry Creeks in a steep valley in mountainous terrain.
Gafftopsail catfish The gafftopsail catfish, Bagre marinus, is a bottom-feeding catfish found in the waters of the western central Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has long venomous spines which can cause painful wounds.
Gafio A Gafio is a protruding balcony, usually of small dimensions, constructed by means of placing protruding wooden beams into the stone walls of a house. Despite their architectural significance, Gafio's have become increasingly rare in recent years and are often poorly preserved and maintained.
Gag A gag is usually a device designed to prevent speech, often as a restraint device to stop the subject from calling for help. This is usually done by blocking the mouth, partially or completely, or attempting to prevent the tongue, lips, or jaw from moving in the normal patterns of speech.
Gag (album) Gag is an album released in 1984 by British musician Fad Gadget. It is a combination of electronica and industrial styles, and features the German band EinstĂĽrzende Neubauten on the second track, Collapsing new people, which was also released as a single.
Gag (medical device) In the context of surgery or dental surgery, a gag is a device used to hold the patient's mouth open when working in the oral cavity, or to force the mouth open when it cannot open naturally because of forward dislocation of the jaw joint's intraarticular cartilage pad. Applications for medical gags include oral surgery and airway management.
Gag cartoon A gag cartoon is a single-panel cartoon, usually including a written caption that appears beneath the drawing, most often published in magazines. As the name implies—"gag" being a show business term for a comedic idea—these cartoons are most often intended to provoke laughter.
Gag Factor Gag Factor is a series of pornographic films made by JM Productions featuring rough deep throating. Most scenes in the films have a female actor who hangs her head over the side of a bed or stool, and a male actor who vigorously and repeatedly thrusts his penis through her open mouth and into her throat.
Gag grouper The gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) is a drab, mottled gray fish lacking the distinguishing features of other groupers. It has a pattern of markings which resemble the box-shaped spots of the black grouper.
Gag name A gag name is a false name used to elicit humor through its simultaneous resemblance to a real name on the one hand, and to a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar on the other hand. The source of the humor is the pun and double entendre; frequently, the humor arises when an unknowing victim is induced to use the name without realizing the joke.
Gag order A gag order (or "suppression order") is an order, sometimes a legal order by a court or government, other times a private order by an employer or other institution, restricting information or comment from being made public.
Gag-a-day The gag-a-day format is a common form of comic strips and webcomics. The term simply means that the comic is updated daily and that each update does not necessarily follow the arc of a plot or develop the characters in the story.
Gagaja Gagaja, (IPA pronunciation: ŋəŋətĘÉ™) commonly shortened to Gagaj, a term of respect used in reference to traditional Rotuman chiefs, or any person to whom respect is due. The equivalent term in most parts of Fiji is Ratu.
Gagamboy Gagamboy is a Filipino movie made in 2004. The plot revolves around two warehouse labourers who each accidentally swallowed a mutated spider and a mutated cockroach, and became "Gagamboy" (Spiderboy) and "Ipisman" (Cockroach-man).
Gagan Ajit Singh Gagan Ajit Singh (born December 9, 1980 in Ferozepur, Punjab) is a field hockey striker from India, who's father Ajit Singh played for the national team at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Making his debut in 1997 during a test serie against Russia, Singh himself competed for his native country at the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, where India finished in seventh place on both occasions.
Gagarin family Gagarin (Russian: Гагарин) is a Rurikid princely family descending from sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma. The descendant of the Great Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich, the Christianizer of Russia, Prince Ivan Vsevolodovich, received from his brother, the Great Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, the appanage of Starodub, and this originated the Princes of Starodub.
Gage Academy of Art The Gage Academy of Art is a fine art school located in Seattle, Washington, specializing in drawing, painting, and sculpture. The core of its programming is traditional observational training, with an emphasis on the foundation skills of figure drawing and painting.
Gage Blackwood Gage Blackwood is the name of the protagonist in The Journeyman Project series of computer games. These computer games are first-person adventure games, and among the first such to be released on compact discs (CDs.
Gage Golightly Gage Golightly (born on September 5, 1993) is an American actress. Gage was the star of the horror mini-series 5ive Days to Midnight"5 Days to Midnight 1" - (2004) "5 Days to Midnight 2" - (2004).
Gage Group Buildings Gage Group Buildings consist of three buildings located at 18, 24 and 30 South Michigan Avenue, between Madison Street and Monroe Street, in Chicago, Illinois. They were built from 1890-1899, designed by Holabird & Roche for the three millinery firms - Gage, Keith and Ascher.
Gage Park, Chicago Gage Park is one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, located on the city's southwest side; it also also the name of a park within the neighborhood. Gage Park's population is largely working-class, and its housing stock is mostly bungalows.
Gage Powers Gage Powers (born August 31, 1979) is an American gay pornographic actor (porn star) from the US Midwest, who has performed in pornographic movies for a number of gay porn studios, and appears in gay pornographic magazines.
Gage Roads Gage Roads, , also known as Success Bank, is the sea channel in the Indian Ocean offshore from Perth, Western Australia. It was the location of the America's Cup defence in 1986/7, and serves as a shipping lane and anchorage for most sea traffic heading towards the seaport of Fremantle.
Gage's Regiment of Militia Gage's Regiment of Militia also known as the 4th Essex County Militia Regiment was called up at Bradford, Massachusetts on October 2, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York.
Gagebrook, Tasmania Gagebrook, Tasmania, is one of the northern-most suburbs of Hobart, located on the eastern shore of the Derwent River between the suburbs of Bridgewater and Old Beach. It is part of the local government area of the Municipality of Brighton.
Gageodo Gageo-do, also known as Soheuksan-do or Little Heuksan-do due to its location near Heuksan-do, is an island in the Yellow Sea. It is within the administrative boundaries of Sinan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, and is connected by the Namhae Star ferry to the city of Mokpo.
Gagliano Aterno Gagliano Aterno is a town approximately 45 km from Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located in the vicinity of an ancient pre-Roman settlement, although most of the buildings in the village are from the medieval period.
Gagliardi Trophy The Gagliardi Trophy was first presented in 1993 to the Outstanding Division III college football player of the year by the Jostens Company and the J-Club of Saint John's University in Minnesota . Since that time, the award has become one of the leading collegiate football awards and is widely recognized as the premier individual award in Division III football, honoring excellence in athletics, academics and community service.
Gaglioppo Gaglioppo is a red wine grape that is grown in southern Italy, primarily around Calabria. The grape is of Greek origins and is thought to have been introduced to southern Italy around the same time as the Aglianico vine.
Gagnef Municipality Gagnef is a Swedish municipality and town in the Dalarna province, in central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in DjurĂĄs with 1,190 inhabitants, with the second largest town being Gagnef with 1,150 inhabitants.
Gago Coutinho Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, generally known simply as Gago Coutinho (pron. ) (17 February 1869–18 February 1959) was a Portuguese aviation pioneer that, together with Sacadura Cabral (1881-1924), was the first to cross the South Atlantic Ocean by air, from March to June 1922 (some sources wrongly claim 1919), from Lisbon, from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.
Gagosian Gallery The Gagosian Gallery is a contemporary art gallery, owned by Larry Gagosian, with branches in the United Kingdom, Italy, and the United States. There are three branches in New York, one in Beverly Hills, two in London, and one in Rome.
Gagra Gagra (Abkhaz and Russian: Гагра, ) is a city in Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made Gagra a popular health resort in Imperial Russian and Soviet times.
Gagra Range Gagra Range () is a mountain range of the Caucasus Major in Abkhazia, the breakaway republic of Georgia. The range runs between the valleys of the Bzyb and Psou rivers to the south of the Caucasus Major, in a general North-South direction.
Gahal Gahal (גח"ל acronym for Gush Herut-Liberalim) was a right-wing Zionist party formed in 1965 by members of the Herut and Liberal parties. The block joined the national unity government in Israel during the Six Day War.
Gahanananda Swami Gahanananda, the 14th President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born in the village of Paharpur in Sylhet district (now in Bangladesh) in October 1916. Known as Naresh Ranjan Roy Choudhury in his pre-monastic days, Swami Gahanananda joined the Ramakrishna Order at its centre in Bhubaneswar in January 1939 at the age of 22.
Gahn Gahn is a Swedish family, one member of which was ennobled in 1809 with the name Gahn af Colquhoun. The family has claimed an unverified origin in a Scottish family Colquhoun, a claim which was confirmed 1781 in a letter by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, but on dubious grounds, as later research has shown.
Gahr High School Richard Gahr High School, often simply known as Gahr High School, is a public school in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. Gahr High is part of the ABC Unified School District, which also includes the noted Whitney High School and Cerritos High School.
Gachongil College Gachongil College is a private technical college in South Korea, providing instruction primarily in fields related to nursing. It is situated in Namdong-gu, in the metropolitan city of Incheon, in the country's northwest corner.
Gai Daigoji Gai Daigoji is a fictional character on the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico. His real name is Jiro Yamada (a very boring name in Japan, equal to being called John Smith in English), but he claims that Gai is his soul's name (something akin to 'Ace' or 'Max').
Gai Saber Gai Saber is an Italian folk group focused on the musical and dance traditions of Italian Occitania. Gai Saber draws its name from an ancient Occitan poetic challenge that traces its roots to the regions influential troubadour culture.
Gai-Jin (novel) Gai-Jin (Japanese, "Foreigner") is a 1993 novel by James Clavell, chronologically the third book in his Asian Saga, although it was the last to be published. Taking place about 20 years after the events of Tai-Pan, it chronicles the adventures of Malcolm Struan (the son of Culum and Tess Struan) in Japan.
Gaia Consort Gaia Consort is a Seattle-based folk rock music-group popular in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Gaia Consort was founded by Chistopher Bingham and Sue Tinney in 1997, first playing at Nudestock 97.
Gaia Gear Gaia Gear is a science fiction story written by Yoshiyuki Tomino with mechanical design of Ito Mamoru and based on Tomino's Gundam series. It first ran as a serial in the Japanese Newtype Magazine from April 1987 to December 1991.
Gaia hypothesis The Gaia hypothesis is an ecological theory that proposes that the living matter of planet Earth functions like a single organism. An early recognition of some of the core assumptions of the Gaia hypothesis was given in the book Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas.
Gaia in popular culture The embodiment of the Earth Mother in Greek mythology, Gaia entered popular culture following the publication of James Lovelock's Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth in 1979. Further books by Lovelock and others popularized the Gaia Hypothesis, which was widely embraced and passed into common usage as part of the heightened awareness of planetary vulnerability of the 1990s.
Gaia Movement The Gaia Movement is an international network of individuals and groups that share a concern for living more sustainably on the earth. The term "Gaia" comes from Greek mythology, where it is the name of the Goddess of the Earth.
Gaia Online Gaia Online (formerly known as Go-Gaia) is a forums-based website. Opened to the public on February 18, 2003 by Gaia Interactive, Gaia first began as an "anime linklist with a small community," but it was openly stated by founder Derek Liu (username "Lanzer") that the website was moving towards that of a social gaming one.
Gaia philosophy Gaia philosophy (named after Gaia, Greek goddess of the Earth) is a broadly inclusive term for related concepts that living organisms on a planet will affect the nature of their environment – to make it more suitable for life. This set of theories holds that all organisms on a planet regulate the biosphere to the benefit of the whole.
Gaiam Gaiam is a "lifestyle company" that creates media content, information, experiences and products that appeal to consumers interested in any aspect of living more healthfully and lightly on the planet. It is one of the most comprehensive and trusted sources in the industry, offering a wide range of choices that are better for people and the environment.
Gaian Greens A Gaian is a radical Green who views the ecology of the Earth's biosphere not only as the basis of human moral examples, but of all cognition and even sentience. Advocates of this view claim that since we live as part of one planet's photosynthesis chain and trapped within its gravity well, we are effectively components of one large body—that being the global ecology of Earth itself.
Gaiares Gaiares (pronounced Guy-R-Us) is a Japanese style side-scrolling space shooter released in 1990 by Telenet Japan for the Sega Mega Drive System and subsequently for its American counterpart, the Sega Genesis. It came into the video game scene at a time when this genre was immensely popular.
Gaifen Gaifen are fictional stellar creatures in the massively multiplayer online game DarkSpace. Like moose, their singular and plural forms are the same: a single Gaifen is interesting, while many Gaifen are quite dangerous.
Gaighat Gaighat (नेपाल को पूर्वी ŕ¤ŕĄŕ¤ŕ¤ľŕ¤— मा अवस्थित गाŕ¤ŕ¤ŕ¤ľŕ¤ź एक रमणीय स्थल हो।) is a town in Nepal. It is situated in a valley and surrounded by the Chure Hills.
Gaijin Raj The Gaijin Raj is a term used to describe the privileged lifestyles of Westerners living in Japan during the semi-colonial period of Western and particularly American cultural and political domination from 1945 to the present day. The term is in use among expats who are increasingly aware of their cozy situation and the possibility that, one day, just like the British Raj, it may end.
Gaijin Shogun Gaijin Shogun (Japanese: gaijin, "foreigner", shogun, "military ruler") was a nickname used for General Douglas MacArthur when he became the military governor of Japan following its defeat in World War II. It was used by former MacArthur Honor Guard David Valley as the title of his book, Gaijin Shogun: General Douglas MacArthur, Stepfather of Postwar Japan.
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