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Mel Brieseman Mel Brieseman is a New Zealand public health guru, surgeon, obstetrician and former missionary to India. Brieseman was born in Stratford, New Zealand, and after completing his primary and secondary schooling in Taranaki left for Otago University to study medicine.
Mel Carnahan Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan (February 11, 1934 – October 16, 2000) was an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. A Democrat, he died in a plane crash right on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for the U.
Mel Edwards Melvin Edwards, born 1937 in Houston, Texas, is an contemporary American sculptor. This eminent African American artist was educated at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mel Ferber Mel Ferber (1922–2003) was an Emmy-nominated TV director and producer, who oversaw the landmark live two-hour TV presentation of Wonderful Town and the pilot for 60 Minutes as well as many other shows and was an executive producer of Good Morning America. He was a long-standing and active member of the Directors Guild of America.
Mel Gibson DUI incident On July 28, 2006, at 2:36am PDT,WorldNetDaily: time of arrest/release, Mel Gibson DUI bust, 28-Jul-2006,WorldNetDaily-DUI American actor, director, and producer Mel Gibson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence while speeding (87 miles per hour in a 45-mph zone) in his 2006 Lexus LS 430 on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. The arrest was supported by blood-alcohol testing reported as "0.
Mel Gussow Mel Gussow (December 19, 1933 – April 29, 2005) was an influential American theatre critic who wrote for The New York Times for thirty-five years. His writing helped further the careers of: actors, such as Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, Matthew Broderick and Sigourney Weaver; playwrights, including Sam Shepard, David Mamet, John Guare, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee and Tom Stoppard; and theatre wunderkinds, such as Robert Wilson, Charles Ludlam, Richard Foreman, and Julie Taymor.
Mel Hansen Mel Hansen (June 8 1898 Hayti, South Dakota – June 25 1963 San Bernardino, California) was an American racecar driver. Hansen was nicknamed the “Firecracker Kid” because he loved to throw the explosive devices under chairs and behind people who were gathered in groups.
Mel Harder Melvin Leroy Harder (October 15 1909 - October 20 2002), nicknamed "Chief", was an American right-handed starting pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Cleveland Indians. He spent 36 seasons overall with the Indians, as a player from 1928 to 1947 and as one of the game's most highly regarded pitching coaches from 1949-64.
Mel Hill John Melvin Hill (born February 15, 1914 in Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada - died April 11, 1996) was an ice hockey right winger who was perhaps best known for his record three overtime goals in a playoff series in the 1939 playoffs which earned him the moniker, "Sudden Death".
Mel Hunter For a generation of young space enthusiasts and science fiction fans that came of age during the Sputnik era, the art of the late Mel Hunter of Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA, was a significant part of what made exploring outer space, and the what-if worlds of the imagination, so awe inspiring.
Mel Hussain Mehriyar Hussain, known as Mel Hussain (born 17 October 1963 in South Shields, County Durham) is an English former cricketer who played one first-class match for Worcestershire in 1985; he also had one List A game for the Essex Cricket Board side in the C&G Trophy sixteen years later in 2001 (this was in fact part of the 2002 competition: at that time, the first round was played the preceding summer).
Mel Ignatow Mel Ignatow is a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, who murdered his girlfriend, Brenda Sue Schaeffer, in 1988. The case was controversial because Ignatow was acquitted of the charge, but photographs that proved his guilt were uncovered after the trial.
Mel Jackson Mel Jackson (born on October 13, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an African-American actor, producer, spoken word, artist, and R&B musician. Jackson made his first appearance in the 1997 film Soul Food, and since has appeared in films such as Deliver Us From Eva , The Temptations, Univited Guest, Motives and Flip the Script.
Mel Karmazin Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin, a native New Yorker, (born August 24, 1943)Karmazin" Web page at "Notable Names Database" Web site is an executive who has held several top jobs in the broadcasting industry and is currently CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio.
Mel Kenyon Mel Kenyon (born April 15 1933 in Lacon, Illinois) is a hall of fame midget car driver. He is known as the "King of the Midgets" Official website, "Miraculous Mel" Biography at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, and "Champion of Midget Auto Racing.
Mel Kiper, Jr. Mel Kiper, Jr. (born July 25, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American football analyst for the ESPN television channel, known for his knowledge of college football and the National Football League draft as well as his distinct hairstyle.
Mel Lazarus Mel Lazarus (born Mel Fulton, May 3, 1927–) is a cartoonist and creator of two popular comic strips, Miss Peach (1957-2002) and Momma (1970-present). He won the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award for 1973 and 1979, and their Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1981 for his work on Miss Peach.
Mel Martinez MelquĂ­ades Rafael "Mel" MartĂ­nez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-born American politician, who is currently the junior United States Senator from Florida and the General Chairman of the Republican Party. Previously, Martinez served as the 12th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George W.
Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel (born September 6, 1942 in Checotah, Oklahoma; raised in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll (Let It Rock).
Mel McGaha Fred Melvin "Mel" McGaha (born September 26 1926, in Bastrop, Louisiana) was an American coach and manager in Major League Baseball. McGaha managed the Cleveland Indians (1962) and the Kansas City Athletics (1964-65) and compiled a career record of 123-173 (.
Mel Mermelstein Mel Mermelstein (September 25, 1926, Örösveg, near Munkacs) is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz concentration camp who defeated the Institute for Historical Review in an American court and had the occurrence of gassings in Auschwitz during the Holocaust declared a legally incontestable fact.
Mel Mitchell Mel Mitchell (born February 10, 1979 in Rockledge, Florida) is an American football player who currently plays safety for the New England Patriots. He attended Western Kentucky University, starting all 36 games and totaling 288 tackles, seven interceptions, 1.
Mel Novak Mel Novak is an American character actor whose "dark" good looks and athletic physique have guaranteed him mostly villainous roles in action, martial arts and occasionally horror and science fiction films. He's known for doing all of his own stunts and fighting scenes.
Mel Ott Melvin Thomas (Mel) Ott (March 2, 1909 – November 21, 1958), nicknamed "Master Melvin", was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played his entire career for the New York Giants (1926-1947). Ott was born in Gretna, Louisiana.
Mel Proctor Mel Proctor is a long-time television sportscaster, working for, among others, the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Clippers at various points in his career. Proctor has also done radio play-by-play during his career, working for the Washington Bullets and the New Jersey Nets in the 1980's.
Mel Queen (MLB pitcher) Melvin Joseph (Mel) Queen (March 4, 1918 - April 4, 1982) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1942 through 1952, he played for the New York Yankees (1942, 1944-1947[start]) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1947[end]-1948, 1950-1952).
Mel Reynolds Melvin Jay "Mel" Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. Reynolds currently works for Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition.
Mel Roberts In an interview in 2006, Mel Roberts indicated that he is surprised by the resurgence of interest in his photography, which first appeared in Young Physique magazine in 1963. From the 1950s to the early ‘80s, he used two Rolleiflex cameras to take an estimated 50,000 photographs of nearly 200 models.
Mel Sharples Mel Sharples is a fictional character in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and the subsequent television show remake, Alice. The character was played by the late Vic Tayback, who reprised his movie role for the television show.
Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999) is best known as one of the great male jazz singers. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books.
Mel Villena Mel Villena is a Filipino musician and composer, who works as Sharon Cuneta's musical director in her concerts and is presently the musical director of the Associated Broadcasting Company's (ABC) Philippine Idol.
Mel Weitsman Sojun Mel Weitsman (1929 - present) was born in Los Angeles, CA and is a Soto Zen priest who received Dharma transmission from the son of Shunryu Suzuki, Hoitsu Suzuki. Mel began Zen practice under the guidance of Shunryu Suzuki at the San Francisco Zen Center and in 1969 was ordained as a priest by him at Berkley Zen Center.
Mel Welles Mel Welles (circa 1922 - August 18 2005) was an American film actor. His best-remembered role is that of hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnik in the 1960 low-budget Roger Corman dark comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors (which featured Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dentist patient).
Mel White James Melville White (born 1940) is a gay American clergyman and author. White was a behind-the-scenes member of the Evangelical Protestant movement during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, writing speeches and ghostwriting books for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Billy Graham.
Mel Winfield Mel Winfield is a Canadian autodidact and inventor (born January 25th, 1927 in Alberta, Canada) who created what he calls the theory nucleonic energy. This is a term used by to explain the effects he claims to have produced that are not understood by mainstream physics.
Mel's Hole Mel's Hole is the name of an alleged infinitely deep hole with a retaining wall around it, featuring paranormal powers purportedly found on the property of Mel Waters, who publicised its existence on episodes of Coast to Coast with Art Bell airing between 1997 and 2002. The property is located near Ellensburg, Washington, near the Manastash Ridge.
Mel-jol Mel-jol is a social networking website for the South Asian community in the South West (Devon) of the United Kingdom. The main idea behind this website is to build an online community where people can share, interact and help each other.
Mel-O-Toons Mel-O-Toons sometimes erroneously called "Mello Toons", was a series of animated cartoons produced in 1960 by New World Productions and syndicated by United Artists. It was based upon the popular Young Peoples Records and featured various folk tales, Greco-Roman myths, Biblical stories, some original stories by author Thornton Burgess, classic stories, even adaptations of classical music and ballet.
Mela Chiraghan Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalamar ("Festival of Lights") is a three day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hussain. It takes place at the shrine of Shah Hussain in Baghbanpura, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, adjacent to the Shalimar Gardens.
Mela Thiruvenkatanathapuram Mela Thiruvenkatanathapuram also known as Thirunankovil is a hamlet situate on the bank of river Thamirabarani (தாமிரபரணி). It is about 10 km from Tirunelveli, a district head quarter in Tamilnadu, South India. There are 3 different routes from Tirunelveli to reach this place. The village is located on a hillock and the temple is located at an elevated plane surface. Even though these roads are narrow, they are navigable and every day mini bus service (Route No. 6A and 6B from Tirunelveli) is in operation which goes upto the temple entrance.
Mela y sus hermanas Mela y sus hermanas (Mela and Her Sisters) (2004) is a film directed by Antonia San Juan starring Antonia San Juan, Blanca Rodríguez, Mari Carmen Sánchez, Luifer Rodríguez and Luis Miguel Seguí. The film's runtime is 3 minutes 48 seconds.
Melado River The Melado is a river of Linares province, Maule Region, of Chile. It is born in the "Cordillera de los Andes" with the name of river Guaiquivilo where it is formed by two tributaries, the river CajĂłn Troncoso, born near the Argentinian border and the river Palaleo, from the outflow of Dial lake, located some 70 km upstream from the joining of the two rivers.
Melaina In Greek mythology, Melaina was a Corycian (nymph), or member of the prophetic Thriae, of the springs of Delphi in Phocis, who was loved by Apollo bearing him Delphos. Her father was the local river-gods Kephisos (Pausanias 10.
Melaka FM Melaka FM (formerly known as Radio Malaysia Melaka and Radio 3 Melaka) is a regional radio station operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia out of the Melaka state capital of Melaka, Malaysia. Broadcasts are daily in Malay from 06:00 to 00:00 featuring local news and Malaysian music.
Melaka General Hospital Melaka General Hospital or Hospital Besar Melaka is a government-funded public hospital situated in the state of Melaka, Malaysia. It is a tertiary and specialist hospital and serves as a referral centre for patients from primary and secondary health centres in the state.
Melaka Manipal Medical College Melaka Manipal Medical College is a Malaysian private medical college which offers a twinning MBBS degree (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery) programme for medical undergraduates.It was the first of such colleges to offer a twinning medical degree programme between Malaysia and India.
Melaleuca (company) Melaleuca, The Wellness Company , often called simply "Melaleuca", is a consumer-direct company founded in 1985 and headquartered in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. The company produces and sells a broad array of nutritional, cosmetic, and personal care products.
Melaleuca alternifolia Melaleuca alternifolia, commonly known as Narrow-leaved Paperbark, Narrow-leaved Tea-tree or Snow-in-summer, is a species of tree or tall shrub in the plant genus Melaleuca. Native to Australia, it occurs on the north coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales.
Melaleuca nesophila Melaleuca nesophila, or Showy Honey-myrtle, is a shrub which is endemic to an area near Albany in Western Australia. It usually ranges between 2 metres and 3 metres in height and has elliptical leaves that are about 2cm long.
Melaleuca preissiana Melaleuca preissiana, commonly known as Stout Paperbark, Modong or Moonah, is a tree that grows in coastal areas of southwest Australia. It grows up to 15 metres tall, occurring chiefly in areas that are seasonally wet.
Melamine foam Melamine foam (formaldehyde-melamine-sodium bisulfite copolymer) is a crystalline chemical compound. The foam, because of its microporous properties, may remove otherwise "uncleanable" external markings from relatively smooth surfaces.
Melamphaes microps Melamphaes microps is a fish of the genus Melamphaes, found in the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, southern Indian Ocean, and the south west Pacific including New Zealand, at depths of from 1,000 to 3,000 m. Their length is up to 10 cm.
Melampyrum Melampyrum is a genus of about 10-20 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are hemiparasites on other plants, obtaining some mineral nutrients from the host plant, though they are able to survive on their own without parasitising other plants.
Melanau The Melanau are a people who live on the island of Borneo, primarily in Sarawak, Malaysia, but also in Kalimantan, Indonesia. They are among the earliest settlers of Sarawak, and speak a Northwest Malayo-Polynesian language.
Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Sr. Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Sr. (19 September, 1816 – 28 October, 1876) was an American Presbyterian minister and author, born at Newark, New Jersey In 1834 he graduated from Princeton College and four years later from Princeton Seminary.
Melancthon, Ontario Melancthon, Ontario is a rural township in the northwest corner of Dufferin County, bordered on the east by Mulmur Township, Amaranth Township and East Luther Grand Valley to the south, Southgate Township to the west, and the Municipality of Grey Highlands to the north. The township does not include the town of Shelburne on its southern border.
Melancton Smith Melancton Smith ( May 7 1744–July 29 1798 ) was a New York Delegate to the Continental Congress. His first name is sometimes spelled "Melanchthon"; it derives from Philipp Melanchthon, the leader in the Reformation.
Melanesia Melanesia (from Greek: μέλας black, νῆσος island) is a region extending from the western side of the East Pacific to the Arafura Sea, north and north-east of Australia. The term was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia.
Melanesia Cup The Melanesia Cup is a soccer championship played between the Melanesian countries, it was used (along with the Polynesia Cup) for qualification to the Oceania Nations Cup. The last edition of the cup was in 2001, although there are plans to revive the championship.
Melanesian mythology Melanesian mythology refers to the mythology of Melanesia covering the islands of New Guinea, the Admiralty Islands, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Norfolk Island. The Melanesians had a complex religious system similar to Western Polynesia.
Melanesian socialism The concept of Melanesian socialism was first advocated by Father Walter Lini of the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), who became the country's first prime minister upon its independence from France and the United Kingdom in 1980. Lini's views on socialism were inspired by Julius Nyerere's experiments in African socialism in Tanzania.
Melange Melange is the name of the fictional drug (also known as [the] spice) central to the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. Its flavor strongly resembles that of cinnamon; however, each subsequent tasting reveals a different flavor.
Melancholia Melancholia (Greek μελαγχολία), in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression, characterized by low levels of enthusiasm and low levels of eagerness for activity. In a modern context, "melancholy" applies only to the mental or emotional symptoms of depression or despondency; historically, "melancholia" could be physical as well as mental, and melancholic conditions were classified as such by their common cause rather than by their properties.
Melancholia I Melencolia I, often known as Melancholia I (using the modern spelling) is an engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrecht DĂĽrer. It is an allegorical composition which has been the subject of very many interpretations.
Melancholic depression Melancholic Depression, or 'depression with melancholic features' is a subtype of depression characterized by the inability to find pleasure in positive things combined with physical agitation, insomnia, or decreased appetite. Roughly 10% of people with depression suffer from Melancholic Depression.
Melania the Elder Melania the Elder, one of the wealthiest citizens of the empire, was born in Spain, married at fourteen, and lived with her husband in the suburbs of Rome. She lost her husband and two out of three sons to a disease when she was twenty-two.
Melania Trump Melania Knauss-Trump (born Melanija Knavs, anglicized to Melania Knauss, on April 26, 1970) is a fashion model from Slovenia, and is the wife of the prolific American business executive and real estate magnate Donald Trump, who is 24 years her senior and whom she married on January 22, 2005.
Melanie (song) Melanie is a song performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic in which the lyricist stalks a girl named Melanie who "lived across the street on the fifteenth floor of the Gilmore building". By the end of the song, he commits suicide by jumping from a sixteenth story window above her.
Melanie Bush Melanie Bush, or simply Mel, is a fictional character played by Bonnie Langford in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A computer programmer from the 20th Century who was a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1986 to 1987.
Melanie Costello Melanie Costello (previously Boulter) was a fictional character in the UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Rebecca Hunter from September 2003 until May 2005. Melanie returned in December 2005 for the final week of the series.
Melanie Chartoff Melanie Chartoff (born December 15, 1948 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an actress best known for her voice role in Rugrats, and for her comedic work on the ABC series Fridays from 1980-1982, and on the early '90s Fox sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
Melanie Klein Melanie Klein (March 30 1882 – September 22 1960) was an Austrian-born British psychoanalyst, who devised therapeutic techniques for children with great impact on contemporary methods of child care and rearing.
Melanie Mayron Melanie Mayron (born October 20, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and director best known for playing photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama thirtysomething, which ran from 1987 to 1991. She currently appears as a judge in the reality show "Looking for Stars" on the Starz channel.
Melanie Mitchell Melanie Mitchell is a scientist who has worked at the Santa Fe Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory. She received her PhD in 1990 from the University of Michigan under Douglas Hofstadter and John Holland, for which she developed the Copycat cognitive architecture.
Melanie Morgan Melanie Morgan, born 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American conservative radio host based at KSFO in San Francisco.Morgan's response to "Friedman" flap on Wikipedia She has previously worked as a reporter for KGO-TV.
Melanie Morse MacQuarrie Melanie Morse (June 13, 1945 - February 1, 2005), was born in London, England, but lived in Canada from the age of six. She earned the nickname "Big Mel" having made several newspaper headlines in London as one of the largest babies born in the United Kingdom, at 11 pounds, 9 ounces.
Melanie Pearson Melanie Pearson (previously Mangel) was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Lucinda Cowden. She first appeared in 1987, then in 1988 and became a regular on the series in 1989 up until the character's departure in 1991.
Melanie Phillips Melanie Phillips (born June 4 1951) is a British journalist and author, best known for her column about political and social issues which currently appears in the Daily Mail newspaper. Phillips is a regular panelist on the BBC Radio 4 programme, The Moral Maze.
Melanie Reinhart Melanie Reinhart - prominent, contemporary astrologer, author, lecturer and psychotherapist based in the UK. She is an award-winning diploma holder of the Faculty of Astrological Studies, winning the Margaret Hone award for advanced interpretation in 1979.
Melanie Riley Melanie Claire Riley (born 2 November 1968) is a corporate and public affairs expert who co-founded Bell Yard, a "crisis communications and reputation management consultancy", with Richard Elsen in 2002.
Melanie Roche Melanie Roche (born November 9, 1970 in Bankstown) is a softball player from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is a pitcher for the national team.
Melanie Safka Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947 in Astoria, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. She is usually known professionally simply as Melanie and is best known for her hits, 'Brand New Key', 'Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)', and 'Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma' - selling over 25 million records over the course of her career.
Melanie Shanahan Melanie Shanahan (January 1964 - December 11 2003) was an Australian world folk singer and songwriter. She was a member of the groups Arramaieda and Akasa, whose hits included "Tell Me Now", "She Will Not Lose", "Walk With Me", and "Human Zoo".
Melanie Shatner Melanie Ann Gretsch (née Shatner) (born August 1, 1964) is the youngest of the three daughters of Star Trek actor William Shatner and his first wife Gloria Rand. She married actor Joel Gretsch in 1999 and has two daughters, Kaya and Willow.
Melanie Slade Melanie Slade (born 1989), sometimes referred to as Mel Slade, became well-known before and during the football World Cup of June-July 2006 as the girlfriend of Arsenal FC player Theo Walcott, whose selection for the England squad generated a good deal of interest and comment. As such, Slade was one of the more talked about "WAGs" (as the wives and girlfriends of the England players came to be known), though, in her case, this was more as an individual than as part of a wider group that, through press coverage, came to be associated with shopping and partying.
Melanie Smith Melanie Smith (born December 16, 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Tora Ziyal in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the third actress to do so, as well as a recurring role on As The World Turns.
Melanie Sykes Melanie Sykes (born 7 August 1970 in Mossley, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and actress. She first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons Beer adverts with the broad Northern accent.
Melanie Thornton Melanie Janene Thornton (May 13, 1967 - November 24, 2001) was an African American German pop singer who fronted the Eurodance group La Bouche, who formed hits such as "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams" in the mid-1990s. She forged a moderately successful solo career in Germany before her untimely death in November 2001.
Melanie Vallejo Melanie Vallejo is an Australian TV actress who plays Madison Rocca in Power Rangers: Mystic Force. She's also currently dating fellow co-star Firass Dirani, who plays Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Force Ranger.
Melanie Wilson Melanie Wilson (born Marisa DeGuglielmo on October 14, 1961) is an American actress best known for her co-starring role as Jennifer Lyons-Appleton in the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers. Her other television credits include Family Matters, Step by Step, Simon & Simon and The A-Team.
Melanie Wood Melanie Wood Matchett, born 1981 in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a graduate student mathematician currently studying at Princeton University. She has set numerous "firsts" as a woman in the area of mathematics.
Melanin Broadly, melanin is any of the polyacetylene, polyaniline, and polypyrrole "blacks" and "browns" or their mixed copolymers. The most common form of biological melanin is a polymer of either or both of two monomer molecules: indolequinone, and dihydroxyindole carboxylic acid.
Melanin concentrating hormone Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic orexinogenic hypothalamic peptide originally isolated from the pituatary gland of teleost fish where it controls skin pigmentation. In mammals it is involved in the regulation of feeding behavior and energy balance.
Melanism Melanism is an increased amount of black or nearly black pigmentation (as of skin, feathers, or hair) of an individual or kind of organism. More technically, it refers to a phenotype in which the pigmentation of an organism is entirely, or nearly entirely, expressed.
Melanite Melanite is a mineral, a deep, glossy black form of garnet containing titanium with formula: CaFeTi(SiO4)3. Apart from the titanium content it is closely related to andradite, melanite is referred to as "titanian andradite".
Melankton Melankton is the debut album by Norwegian singer, Kate Havnevik, featuring the single "Unlike Me," as featured on the TV show, Grey's Anatomy. The album was released in her homecountry of Norway on April 10, 2006, before being issued in the UK, accompanied by a bonus track, entitled "Travel In Time," which was written and produced with Carmen Rizzo (and featured in an episode of TV show, The O.
Melanocortin Melanocortins are a group of pituitary peptide hormones that include adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and the alpha, beta and gamma melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSH) that derive from the prohormone proopiomelanocortin. Melanocortins act through a multitude of melanocortin receptors designated MC1 through MC5.
Melanocorypha Melanocorypha is a small genus of birds in the lark family. Its members mainly occur in temperate Asia from Turkey through Central Asia to China, but the Calandra Lark also has an extensive European distribution around the Mediterranean
Melanosome (geology) A melanosome in geology refers to the dark, mafic mineral bands formed in migmatite which is undergoing eutaxitic melting; probably to form granite. These form bands with leucosomes and such a texture may be described as schlieren or migmatitic.
Melanotan Melanotan and melanotan II are both analogs of the peptide hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) that tend to induce skin tanning. Unlike melanotan though, melanotan II has the additional effect of increasing libido.

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