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Ghulat Ghulat (Arabic: غلاة extremists) is the adjectival form of Ghuluww (Arabic: غلو extremism). The term is used by mainstream Muslims to describe the minority Muslim groups, which in the view of the majority, exaggerate the status of some saint or member of the Prophet Muhammad's family (most commonly Hadrat 'Ali).
Ghungroo A ghungroo is one of many small metallic bells strung together to form ghungroos, a musical accessory tied to the feet of classical Indian dancers. The sounds produced by ghungroos vary greatly in pitch depending on their metallic composition and size.
GHA Coaches GHA Coaches is a bus and coach operator serving North East Wales and surrounding areas in the United Kingdom. Their current total of bus operations has increased dramatically in recent years after purchases of other local bus operators such as Hanmers Coaches and Challoner's, and are now quite possibly the main rival to Arriva North-West & Wales in the area.
GHC Great Happy Christmas Championship The GHC Great Happy Christmas Championship is an unofficial professional wrestling championship contested in Pro Wrestling NOAH, with the unusual stipulation that it can only be defended on December 24, or Christmas Eve, though it doesn't seem to be necessarily required, as it was not defended on Christmas Eve 2005 and Christmas Eve 2006. The initials of "Great Happy Christmas", GHC, are a reference to Global Honored Crown, which is the traditional name for NOAH championships.
GHC Openweight Hardcore Championship The Global Honored Crown Openweight Hardcore Championship or Global Hardcore Crown Openweight Championship is a title in the simulated sporting events of professional wrestling. It is contested in Pro Wrestling NOAH.
GHK current equation The Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz current equation (or GHK current equation) describes the current carried by an ionic species across a cell membrane as a function of the transmembrane potential and the concentrations of the ion inside and outside of the cell. Since both the voltage and the concentration gradients influence the movement of ions, this proces is called electrodiffusion.
GHZ experiment GHZ experiments are a class of experiments which arise in quantum mechanics, in discussion and experimental determination of whether local hidden variables are required for, or even compatible with, the representation of experimental results; and with particular relevance to the EPR experiment.
GCHQ CSO Morwenstow The GCHQ Composite Signals Organisation Station Morwenstow is a satellite ground station located on the north Cornwall coast between the small villages of Morwenstow and Coombe, UK operated by the British Intelligence Service (GCHQ) on the site of the former World War II airfield, RAF Cleave.
Gia Farrell Gia Farrell (born on February 9, 1989 in Suffern, New York) is an American recording artist signed to Atlantic Records. She released her first single "Hit Me Up" in November of 2006, which also appears on the Happy Feet Soundtrack.
Gia Nadareishvili Gia Nadareishvili (Georgian გია ნადარეიშვილი; September 22, 1921 – October 3, 1991) was a Georgian chess composer and author of many books on chess studies. He was a neurologist living in Tbilisi.
Gia'na Garel Gia'na Garel is a writer, producer, filmmaker, composer and entertainment consultant based in New York City. She is currently one of the hosts of the Air America Radio program, On The Real, with pioneer rap artist Chuck D.
Giaan Rooney Giaan Leigh Rooney OAM (born November 15, 1982) is an Australian swimmer who won a gold medal in world record time with her teammates Leisel Jones, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry at the Athens Olympics in the Women's 4 x 100 metre Medley Relay.
Giacinto Facchetti Giacinto Facchetti (18 July 1942 – 4 September 2006) was an Italian football player. From January 2004 until his death, he was President of Internazionale, the club for which he played for his whole career during the 1960s and 1970s, playing 634 official games and scoring 75 goals.
Giacinto Ghia Giacinto Ghia (September 18 1887, Torino - February 21 1944, Torino) was an Italian automobile coachbuilder, founder of Carrozzeria Ghia. He was a test driver at Rapid and Diatto, getting seriously injured (1915).
Giacinto Scelsi Giacinto Scelsi, Count of Ayala Valva (January 8, 1905 – August 9, 1988), was an Italian composer. He is best known for writing music based on only one pitch, such as Quattro Pezzi Su Una Nota Sola ["Four pieces each on a single note"] (1959).
Giacobbe Fragomeni Giacobbe Fragomeni (born August 13, 1969 in Milan) is a boxer from Italy, who is nicknamed Gabibbo and competes in the Cruiserweight division. He represented his native country at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia (2000), after having won the silver medal two years earlier at the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk.
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Giacomo (or Jacopo) Barozzi (or Barocchio) da Vignola, often simply called Vignola (October 1 1507 - July 7, 1573) was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Chiesa del GesĂą in Rome.
Giacomo Beltrami Giacomo Constantino Beltrami (1779 – January 6, 1855) was an Italian jurist, author, and explorer, best known for claiming to have discovered the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1823 while on a trip through much of the United States (later expeditions determined a different source, however). Beltrami County in Minnesota is named for him, as are some other sites in the state.
Giacomo Cardinal Biffi Giacomo Cardinal Biffi (born in Milan on June 13, 1928). Appointed an auxiliary bishop there in 1975, in 1984 the sudden death of Enrico Manfredini of Bologna opened the way for Biffi to become Archbishop there, and he was elevated to Cardinal in the consistory of 1985.
Giacomo Casanova Gian Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice – June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt.
Giacomo Ceruti Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti (October 13, 1698 – August 28, 1767) was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan, Brescia, and Venice. He acquired the nickname Pitocchetto (the little beggar) for his many paintings of peasants dressed in rags.
Giacomo De Martino Baron Giacomo de Martino was the Envoy of Italy to the United States under the Mussolini Regime. On January 23 1927 he traveled to Chicago, and spent several days touring the city addressing the Italian community and explaining Fascism.
Giacomo Filippo Durazzo Giacomo Filippo Durazzo III (1719 - 1812) was head of the wealthiest family in Genoa, Italy, and a notable naturalist and bibliophile. He was instrumental in organizing the natural history collections in the University of Genoa and the city's Civic Museum of Natural History.
Giacomo Filippo Foresti Giacomo Filippo Foresti da BergamoGiacomo Filipo Foresti, Giacomo Filippo da Bergamo, Jacobus Filippus Foresti, Jacobus Philippus Foresti (da Bergamo), Jacopo Filippo Foresta, Jacobus Philippus de Bergamo, Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis, Iacobus Philippus Bergomensis, Forestus Bergomensis, Jacopo da Bergamo, Jacopo Filippo Foresti da Bergamo, Jacopo de Foresti, Jacob Philip of Bergamo. (1434-1520) was an Augustinian monkknown as the author of several significant early printed works.
Giacomo Leopardi Giacomo Leopardi, Count (June 29, 1798 – June 14, 1837) is generally considered, along with such figures as Dante, Petrarca, Ariosto and Tasso, to be among Italy's greatest poets and one of its greatest thinkers.
Giacomo ManzĂą Giacomo ManzĂą (december 22, 1908 - january 18, 1991) was the best known Italian sculptor of the 20th century. He was recognized by Western museums and collectors as an important modern artist, while, as a Communist, he was celebrated by the Soviet art world as well.
Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire.Source: OPERA America, "Most Frequently Produced Operas" in the 2005/2006 season shows "Madama Butterfly", "Tosca" and "La Bohème" appearing with "The Magic Flute", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Carmen", "The Barber of Seville", "La traviata", "Rigoletto", and "Don Giovanni" at http://www.
Giacomo Zanguidi Giacomo Zanguidi also called Bertoia or Jacopo Zanguidi or Jacobo Bertoia, (1544 - 1574), was an Italian painter of a late-Renaissance or Mannerist style that emerged in Parma towards the end of the 16th century.
Giaconda Giaconda is an Australian biotechnology company headquartered in Sydney. The company was founded in 2004 to commercialise a number of drug combinations developed by Professor Thomas Borody, a Sydney-based gastroenterologist.
Giallo Giallo (pronounced in Italian: approximately JAH-loh) is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film. It is closely related to the French fantastique genre, crime fiction, horror fiction and eroticism.
Gialo High The Gialo High is a relatively small horst block in the eastern Sirte Basin of the Libian oil fields. It is most important and best known for the stacked oil fields in rocks ranging from Early Cretaceous to Oligocene age.
Giambattista Benedetti Giambattista (Gianbattista) Benedetti (1530–1590) was a Venetian mathematician who wrote La gnomonica. He was a Copernican who determined that falling objects fall at the same rate in 1553, a discovery often credited to Galileo.
Giambattista Bodoni Giambattista Bodoni (February 16, 1740 in Saluzzo – November 29, 1813 in Parma) was an Italian engraver, publisher, printer and typographer of high repute remembered for designing a typeface which is now called Bodoni.
Giambattista Canano Giambattista Canano (1515 - 1579) was a notable physician of the 16th century who discovered the circulation of the blood, and through dissections of the Azigos vein was the first to observe and speculate about the venous valves found there.
Giambattista Gelli Giambattista Gelli (1498 - 1563) was a Florentine humanist man of letters, from an artisan background. He is known for his works of the 1540s, Capricci del bottaio and La Circe, which are ethical and philosophical dialogues.
Giambattista Vico Giambattista Vico or Giovanni Battista Vico (June 23, 1668 – January 23, 1744) was a Neapolitan philosopher, historian, and jurist. Born to a bookseller and the daughter of a carriage maker, Vico attended a series of grammar schools, but ill-health and dissatisfaction with Jesuit scholasticism led to home schooling.
Giammateo Asola Giammateo Asola (Giammatteo; Giovanni Matteo; Asula, Asulae) (1532 or earlier – October 1, 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He was a prolific composer of sacred music, mostly in a conservative style, although he may have been one of the first composers to write a part for basso continuo.
Giampaolo Pazzini Gianpaolo Pazzini (born August 2, 1984 in Pescia) is an Italian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Fiorentina, having been transferred there from Atalanta in January 2005, with Valeri Bojinov from U.S.
Giampiero Boniperti Giampiero Boniperti (born July 4, 1928) was an Italian football player who played for Juventus between 1946 and 1961; with 182 goals, he was highest goalscorer in Juventus' history for more than 40 years, now placed second, behind Alessandro Del Piero. He is the ninth-highest goalscorer of all-time in Serie A and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
Gian Barbarona Gian Barbarona (born December 3, 1993) is a young Filipino singer who was the 1st runner up (2nd Honor) on the first season of ABS-CBN's Little Big Star. He is a member of Star Magic, ABS-CBN's Talent Management & Development Center.
Gian Francesco Albani Gian Francesco Albani (26 February 1720 – 15 September 1803) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal born to a significant religious family in Rome. The Albanis had come to Italy from Albania in the fifteenth century and soon entered ecclesiastical and secular nobility—the first cardinal of the family was Gian Girolamo Albani in 1570.
Gian Francesco Gamurrini Gian Francesco Gamurrini (Monte San Savino, Arezzo May 18, 1835 – Arezzo March 17, 1923), an Italian archeologist and historian, bibliophile and connoisseur from an aristocratic Aretine family, found his interest in history initially piqued when he was selected by lot, at the age of 25, Rector of the Fraternità dei Laici, an ancient confraternity of Arezzo, whose history he published at the end of his term of office. Though he had studied in Perugia, the library of the Fraternità was his true school, sparking his interests in numismatics and Etruscan studies, with which he was to make his name.
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (Gian Francesco) Poggio Bracciolini (February 11, 1380 – October 30, 1459) was one of the most important Italian Renaissance humanists. He was born at the village of Terranuova, now Terranuova Bracciolini, near Arezzo in Tuscany.
Gian Galeazzo Sforza Gian Galeazzo Sforza (also Giovan Galeazzo Sforza) (June 20, 1469 - October 21, 1494), the sixth Duke of Milan, was only 7 years old when in 1476 his father, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, was assassinated and Gian Galeazzo became the Duke of Milan. His uncle, Lodovico Sforza, acted as regent to the young duke but quickly wrestled all power from him and became the de facto ruler of Milan for some time.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti Gian Galeazzo Visconti (November 1351 – September 3, 1402), son of Galeazzo II Visconti and Bianca di Savoia, was the first Duke of Milan (1395)He was also Signore di Verona, Cremona, Bergamo, Brescia, Belluno, Pieve di Cadore, Feltre, Pavia, Novara, Como, Lodi, Vercelli, Alba, Asti, Pontremoli, Tortona, Alessandria, Valenza, Piacenza, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Vicenza, Vigevano, Borgo San Donnino and of the valli del Boite. and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance.
Gian Maria Volontè Gian Maria Volontè (April 9 1933 – December 6 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous for his roles as the main villains in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More.
Gian Paolo Lomazzo Gian Paolo Lomazzo (Milan, April 26, 1538 – Milan, February 13, 1600; his first name is sometimes also given as "Giovan" or "Giovanni") was a Milanese painter of the second generation that produced Mannerism in Italian art and architecture.
Gian Pietro Bellori Gian Pietro Bellori (also known as Giovanni Pietro Bellori or Giovan Pietro Bellori, 1615 - 1690) was a prominent biographer of the Italian Baroque artists of the seventeenth century. As an art historian, he was the Baroque equivalent of Giorgio Vasari.
Gian Pyres Gian Pyres (born John Piras) was a long-term guitarist in England's Symphonic Black Metal band Cradle of Filth, from 1996 to 2002. He has recorded with Cradle of Filth on 4 studio albums: Dusk and Her Embrace, Cruelty and the Beast, Midian and Bitter Suites to Succubi.
Gian Sammarco Gian Sammarco is an English actor best known for playing the title role in the television dramatisations of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13Âľ and its sequel. He also appeared as a geeky trainspotter in the Press Gang episode "Something Terrible", and as Whizzkid in the 1988 Doctor Who story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.
Gian Singh Gian Singh (5 October 1920 - 6 October 1996) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Gian Vincenzo Pinelli Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535–1601) was a humanist of Padua, a savant whose collection of manuscripts, when it was purchased from his estate in 1608 for the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, filled 70 cases. A mentor of Galileo, a collector of scientific instruments whose literary correspondence put him at the center of a European network of virtuosi, Pinelli stood out among among the early bibliophile collectors who established scientific bases for the methodically assembled private library, aided by the comparatively new figure—in the European world— of the bookseller.
Giancarlo De Carlo Giancarlo De Carlo was born in Genoa, Italy in 1919 and died in Milan the 4th of June 2005. He trained in Italy as an architect from 1942 to 1949, a time of political turmoil which generated his philosophy toward life and architecture.
Giancarlo Ferrari Giancarlo Ferrari (born October 22, 1942) is an Italian athlete, who has participated at the Olympic Games as in the discipline of archery on several occasions. In 1976 and 1980 he won bronze at the Summer Olympics.
Giandor Giandor is the name of a chocolate produced in Switzerland by the Swiss company Frey AG, which is a part of the Migros corporation. It is available in Switzerland through the stores of Migros and various local retailers.
Gianduja (chocolate) Gianduja (or, more commonly, gianduia) is also the name of a sweet chocolate containing about 50% hazelnut and almond paste. The chocolate hazelnut gelato of the same name originates in Switzerland, as does Gianduia fondue.
Gianfranco Comotti Gianfranco Comotti (Brescia, July 24 1906 - Bergamo, May 10 1963) was an Italian racecar driver, first appearing at the 1928 Italian Grand Prix in a Talbot before he joined Alfa Romeo around 1930, winning the 1933 Grand Prix of Naples in an Alfa Romeo 2600, and the 1934 Grand Prix du Comminges.
Gianfranco Goria Gianfranco Goria is a cartoonist and script-writer (also for Disney Italy). He founded the Italian cartoonists society Anonima Fumetti, the daily news service afNews, the Foundation and Museum of Comic Art Franco Fossati, the national Union of comic artists SILF/SLC/CGIL.
Gianfranco Zola Gianfranco Zola, OBE, born July 5, 1966 in Oliena, Sardinia, is a retired Italian footballer. He spent the first decade of his career in Italy, most notably with Napoli and Parma, before moving to English side Chelsea, where he was voted Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997.
Giani Gurdit Singh Giani Gurdit Singh (Feb 24, 1923 - Jan 17, 2007) was born in Mithewal village in the state of Punjab(India). He is a celebrated Punjabi writer, a pioneering journalist, the Owner-Editor of Parkash (a Punjabi newspaper) 1947-1978.
Gianluca Pozzi Gianluca Pozzi (born June 17, 1965 in Bari) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1984. He won one singles title (1991, Brisbane) and one doubles title (1991, Newport) during his career.
Gianluca Zambrotta Gianluca Zambrotta, Cavaliere (born February 19, 1977 in Como) is an Italian football player. He is extremely fast, is comfortable playing on either wing as a defender or midfielder, and is an effective fullback for both club and country.
Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (born January 28, 1978) is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper, who is widely considered the best in the current game. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Juventus F.
Gianluigi Di Costanzo Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt, released a number of EPs and mini-albums on the Aphex Twin's Rephlex imprint: Module 2, Scharlach Eingang and FOAS to name a few titles. In the meantime, he enters the world of sound design for motion pictures producing the musical score of the Power Mac game "Pacman Deluxe".
Gianluigi Lentini Gianluigi Lentini (born March 27, 1969 in Carmagnola) is a former Italian international winger who once held the distinction of being the world's most expensive footballer, when he moved from Torino to AC Milan for ÂŁ13 million in 1992.
Gianna Beretta Molla Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (October 4, 1922 - April 28, 1962) was an Italian pediatrician, wife and mother who is best known for refusing both an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant with her fourth child, despite warnings that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her death. The baby, Gianna Emanuela, was successfully delivered by Caesarian section on April 21, 1962.
Gianni Baget Bozzo Gianni Baget Bozzo (born March 8, 1925) is an Italian Catholic priest, always involved in politics. One-time Christian-Democrat activist, in 1984 he was elected at the European Parliament for the Italian Socialist Party and from 1994 he is a member of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.
Gianni di Parigi Gianni di Parigi is a melodramma or opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1839) from a libretto by Felice Romani which had been previously used by Morlacchi (1818) for an opera of the same name. It is derived from Jean de Paris, an opera by François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1812) with libretto by Claude Godard d’Aucourt de Saint-Just.
Gianni De Fraja Gianni De Fraja is the William Tyler Professor of Economics at the University of Leicester and Research Fellow (CEPR) Between 1999 and 2005, he was Managing Editor of Bulletin of Economic Research [http://www.blackwellpublishing.
Gianni Garko Gianni Garko ( born Giovanni Garcovich in 1935 and often billed as John Garko) is a Yugoslavian actor who found much fame in Italian westerns especially as the enigmatic Sartana. He also played two other spaghetti western characters Holy Ghost and an unofficial Django.
Gianni Guigou Gianni Bismarck Guigou MartĂ­nez (born February 22, 1975 in Nueva Palmira, Colonia) is a soccer player from Uruguay, currently playing for Serie A side Treviso. He started his career in Nacional, where he played from 1994 to 2000, winning the uruguayan league titles of 1998 and 2000.
Gianni Morandi Gianni Morandi (born December 11, 1944) is an Italian pop singer and entertainer. Born Gian Luigi Morandi in Monghidoro, Italy, he became of the best-known show-business personalities in Italy of the past four decades.
Gianni Paladini Gianni Paladini (born 1946 in Napoli, Italy) is the current chairman of Queens Park Rangers football club after replacing Bill Power in a boardroom coup. He is part of the Monaco-based consortium, Wanlock LLC, that owns 30% of QPR.
Gianni Versace Giovanni "Gianni" Versace (Reggio Calabria, December 2, 1946 – Miami Beach, July 15, 1997) was a charismatic and accomplished Italian designer of clothing and theater costumes. He was influenced by Andy Warhol and modern abstract art; and considered one of the most colourful and talented designers of the late 20th century.
Giannitsochori Giannitsochori, Gianitsochori, Giannitsohori or Gianitsohori (Greek: Γιαννιτσοχώρι), older forms: -on is a village located in the municipality of Zacharo to its east southeast in the southern part of the prefecture of Ilia. Giannitsochori is accessed with a road linking to GR-9/E55 (Pyrgos - Kyparissia).
Gianpaolo Dozzo Gianapaolo Dozzo (Quinto di Treviso, TV, october 2, 1954) is a leading member of the Liga Veneta-Lega Nord. MP from 1994, he was under-secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture from 2001, in Silvio Berlusconi's government.
Gianrico Carofiglio Gianrico Carofiglio (born 1961) is a novelist and anti-Mafia judge in Italian city of Bari. His debut novel, Involuntary Witness, was published in 2002, and translated into English in 2005 by Patrick Creagh and published by the Bitter Lemon Press.
Giant (mythology) The mythology and legends of many different cultures include mythological creatures of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed example: the gigantes of Greek mythology.
Giant animal A giant animal can refer to an entire species which is particularly large, especially when compared to other species in the same family or order. For example, a giant squid is 10 - 13 m long, making it the second largest species of squid in existence (the colossal squid is larger).
Giant axonal neuropathy Giant axonal neuropathy is a rare inherited condition that causes disorganization of neurofilaments. Neurofilaments form a structural framework that helps to define the shape and size of neurons and are essential for normal nerve function.
Giant Armadillo The Giant Armadillo or Tatou (Priodontes maximus) is the largest species of armadillo. It was once found widely in tropical forests of eastern South America and now extends in varied habitats as far south as northern Argentina; the species is considered endangered.
Giant Asian Pond Turtle The Giant Asian Pond Turtle (Heosemys grandis) inhabits rivers, streams, marshes, and rice paddies from estuarine lowlands to moderate altitudes (up to about 400 m) throughout Cambodia and Vietnam and in parts of Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.
Giant boarfish The giant boarfish or common boarfish or sowfish, Paristiopterus labiosus, is an armorhead of the genus Paristiopterus, found in the eastern Indian Ocean, around southern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 20 and 200 m. Its length is between 45 and 100 cm, and they weigh up to 10 kg.
Giant bully The giant bully, Gobiomorphus gobioides, is a sleeper of the genus Gobiomorphus, found in slow flowing streams within a few kilometres of the coast of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Their length is up to 25 cm.
Giant Barred Frog The Giant Barred Frog, Mixophyes iteratus, is a species of barred frogs that is associated with flowing streams and creeks in wet sclerophyll and rainforest habitats from the coast to the ranges. It occurs from south-east Queensland to just south of the Newcastle region in New South Wales.
Giant Bite Studios Giant Bite Studios is a third-party video game developer founded in November of 2005. The company was founded by Hamilton Chu, former lead producer of Bungie Studios, Michael Evans, also from Bungie Studios, Steve Theodore, and Andy Glaister, both of whom developed Counter-Strike and Half-Life for Valve.
Giant Black Rat Giant black rats are a fictional species of ferocious radiation spawned rodents featured in James Herbert's Rats Trilogy (The Rats, Lair and Domain) his graphic novel The City and the 1982 film Deadly Eyes. The species is portrayed in both the novels and the film as being extremely aggressive and adaptable, having developed a powerful enmity toward mankind.
Giant Black Slug Giant black slugs are a fictional species of carnivorous gastropods featured in Shaun Hutsons novel Slugs and the 1988 film of the same name. They're are often seen by James Herbert fans as rip-offs of the Giant Black Rats.
Giant clam The giant clam (Tridacna gigas) or traditionally, pa’ua, is the largest living bivalve mollusc. One of a number of large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans, they can weigh more than 180 kilograms (400 pounds) and measure as much as 1.
Giant clingfish The giant clingfish, Haplocylix littoreus, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Haplocylix. It is found all down the east coast of New Zealand around the low water mark amongst seaweed, on rocky coastlines.
Giant component Giant component is a network theory term referring to a connected subgraph that contains a majority of the entire graph's nodes. Percolation theory is based on adding nodes and connections to an empty graph until a giant component surfaces.
Giant Country Horns The Giant Country Horns were a group of musicians who joined legendary rock band Phish for about twenty shows during the band's 1991 summer tour. The horn section, named after "Giant Country" White Bread, added new arrangements to classic Phish songs including "Flat Fee," "Stash," "Split Open and Melt" and many other originals and cover songs.
Giant depolarizing potentials Giant depolarizing potentials (GDP) are the first type of electrical activity of developing brain. These patterns of activity differ a lot from the adult brain activity patterns: they do not carry encoded information, they are generalized, they are relatively slow (with typical time of .
Giant Dipper The Giant Dipper is a famous wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in Santa Cruz, California, USA. It was designed by Frank Prior and Fredrick Church with a double out and back layout and built by Arthur Looff in 1924 in just 47 days at a cost of $50,000.
Giant frog In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Giant frog is a magical beast; an enormous version of the normal frog. It basically resembles a regular frog (though it actually more closely resembles a toad), only with a greatly increased size, growing up to 3 feet long and 2 feet tall.
Giant Fijian long-horned beetle The giant Fijian long-horned beetle is native to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji, and is one of the largest living insect species, with specimens around 15 cm long, excluding legs, antennae, or jaws; judged by this standard, this is the second-longest of all known beetles, exceeded only by the South American Titanus giganteus. It is closely related to the Taveuni beetle, which is only marginally smaller.
Giant Food Markets of Broome County, New York Giant Food Markets of Broome County, New York is a supermarket chain founded in 1933, by Metrie and George Akel in Binghamton, New York and was the first self-service supermarket in New York. The company currently operates twelve supermarkets in the Greater Binghamton area.
Giant Forest Peccary The Giant Forest Peccary is a possible fourth species of peccary, discovered in Brazil in 2004. The animal was uncovered by a team including German natural history filmmaker Lothar Frenz and Dutch naturalist Marc Van Roosmalen.
Giant golden-crowned flying fox The Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the Golden-capped fruit bat, is a rare fruit bat said to be the largest bat in the world. The species is endangered and is currently facing the possibility of extinction due to poachers and food hunters.
Giant gourami The Giant Gourami, Osphronemus goramy, is a gourami, a freshwater fish belonging to the family Osphronemidae. Some other larger members of this family are also occasionally or regionally referred to as "giant gouramis", including the banded gourami, Polyacanthus fasciatus, and the three spot gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus.

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