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Melchior Klesl Melchior Klesl (sometimes Khlesl, rarely Cleselius) (February 19, 1552 - September 18, 1630) was an Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic church during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Klesl was appointed Bishop of Vienna in 1598 and elevated to cardinal in 1616.
Melchior Meyr Melchior Meyr (1810-1871), German poet, novelist and philosopher, was born at Ehringen on the 28th of June 1810, and died at Munich on the 22nd of April 1871. He read law and philosophy at Heidelberg and MĂĽnich.
Melchior Ndadaye Melchior Ndadaye (March 28, 1953 – October 21, 1993) was a Burundian intellectual and politician. He was the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election.
Melchior Schildt Melchior Schildt (born 1592 or 1593, Hanover - May 18, 1667) was a German composer and organist of the North German Organ School. He came from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of Hanover for over 125 years.
Melchizedec Priesthood The Melchizedec Priesthood, or Priesthood of Melchizedec, is found in the Book of Psalms, 110:4, in the Epistle to the Hebrews (5:6,10; 6:20; 7:11,17,21), and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which it is one of two orders of Priesthood (the other being the Aaronic Priesthood.
Melchizedek Melchizedek or Malki-tzédek (מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק / מַלְכִּי־צָדֶק, Standard Hebrew Malki-ẓédeq / Malki-ẓádeq, Tiberian Hebrew Malkî-ṣéḏeq / Malkî-ṣāḏeq), sometimes written Malchizedek, Melchisedec, Melchisedech, Melchisedek or Melkisedek, is a figure mentioned by various sects of both Christian and Judaic traditions.
Melchizedek priesthood In Mormonism, the Melchizedek priesthood is one of the two or three types, or "orders" of priesthood (the others being Aaronic or Levitical Priesthood and the Patriarchal Authority, see Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith Section Six 1843-44, p.323).
Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, duque de de la Palata, príncipe de Massa (sometimes Melchor de Navarra y Rocaful) (1626, Aragon—April 13, 1691, Portobelo, Panama) was a Spanish politician. From November 20, 1681 to August 15, 1689 he was viceroy of Peru.
Melchor de Talamantes Melchor de Talamantes (in full, Melchor de Talamantes Salvador y Baeza) (January 10, 1765, Lima, Peru—May 9, 1809, Veracruz), was a Roman Catholic priest, a political liberal, and a leader in Mexico's movement for independence from Spain.
Melchor DĂ­az Melchior DĂ­az was an early Spanish explorer of Western North America who "was a hard worker and skillful organizer and leader. He inspired confidence in his companions and followers, and always maintained the best of order and of diligence among those who were under his charge" (Winship 1990, 39).
Melchor F. Cichon Melchor F. Cichon is the Head librarian and concurrently Head of the Readers Services Section of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo.
Melchor Liñán y Cisneros Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (sometimes Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros) (1629, Madrid—1708, Lima, Peru) was a Spanish prelate, colonial official, and viceroy Peru, from July 7, 1678 to November 20, 1681studied theology in the University of Alcalá de Henares], where he took his doctorate. Thereafter he was chaplin in [[Buitrago.
Melchor Mauri Melchor Mauri Prat (1966–) is a Spanish (Catalan) professional cyclist who won the Vuelta a España in 1991. He has also won numerous other small stage races, mainly due to his abilities as a time triallist, and is a former World silver medallist in this disciplin.
Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova (1636, Madrid—September 15, 1705, Lima) was viceroy of New Spain from November 30, 1686 to November 19, 1688 and viceroy of Peru from August 1689 to 1705.
Melchor Rodríguez García Melchor Rodríguez García (also known as El Ángel Rojo - Red Angel; 1893, —February 14 1972), was a Spanish politician and statesman, a notable anarcho-syndicalist, and the head of prison authorities in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.
Melchora Aquino Melchora Aquino de Ramos (January 6, 1812 - March 2, 1919) was a Filipino revolutionary who became known as "Tandang Sora" ("Tandang" is derived from the Tagalog word matanda, which means old) in Philippines history because of her age when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896.
Meli Bainimarama Ratu Meli Bainimarama is a Fijian civil servant, who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ministry of Fisheries and Forests. Prior to this appointment, reported by Fiji Live on 25 May 2006 he was CEO of the Fijian Affairs Ministry.
Meli-Park Meli-Park was a bee-themed amusement park on the West-Flemish coastside (near De Panne), established in 1935. In 1999, the park was sold to the Flemish children's television company Studio 100 and rethemed as Plopsaland, which opened its doors in 2000.
Melia Cayo Coco Melia Cayo Coco is a 5-star adults-only all inclusive hotel located in Cayo Coco, Cuba. It is one of several Sol Melia hotels on Cayo Coco, the others being Sol Cayo Coco, Tryp Cayo Coco, Sol Cayo Guillermo and Melia Cayo Guillermo.
Melia Watras Melia Watras is a prominent American violist. Known for her expertise in chamber music and contemporary music she has performed numerous commissions and world premieres as a soloist and co-founder of the award-winning Corigliano Quartet.
Meliah Rage Meliah Rage is an American power metal band, formed in 1985 by guitarist/songwriter Anthony Nichols in Boston, Massachusetts. Characterized primarily by a thrash metal vibe married to more classical metal melodies, the band has released seven albums.
Melibokus At 517 metres, Melibokus (also Melibocus, Malchen or Malschen) is the highest mountain in the BergstraĂźe region of southern Hesse, central Germany. The mountain overlooks the Rhine valley on the western fringe of the Odenwald region and is a local landmark, clearly visible for many miles.
Melicertus Melicertus is a genus of Australian "king" prawns, comprising the eastern king prawn Melicertus pebejus, the red spot king prawn Melicertus longistylus and the blue-leg or western king prawn Melicertus latisulcatus. These three prawn species are heavily targeted by demersal otter and beam trawlers working waters from 3 to 220 m deep.
Melicope Melicope is a genus of about 150 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from Hawaii west to tropical Asia and south to Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, they are known as Corkwood or Doughwood, and in Hawaii as Alani.
Melido PĂ©rez Melido Turpen Gross PĂ©rez (born February 15, 1966 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic), was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher from 1987 through 1995 for the Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees.
Melih Ozakat Melih Ozakat was among the well known business men of 80's and 90's Turkey. He was the chairman and the owner of Ozakat Group which owned and found the BMC cars company as well as Turkish commercial bank, EGEBANK.
Melik Мelik (, prince, from Arabic malik —king) — was a hereditary Armenian noble title, in various Eastern Armenian principalities known as melikdoms encompassing modern Yerevan, Kars, Nakhichevan, Sevan, Lori, Artsakh, Tabriz and Syunik starting from the Late Middle Ages until the end of the 19th century.
Melina León Melina León (born 12 July, 1970 as Yamillette Aponte Yunqué in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican merengue singer and actress. From an early age she performed with several groups including The Rubi, Girls of Puerto Rico and The Cherries, with whom she appeared in several San Juan hotels.
Melina Perez Melina Perez (born March 9, 1979 in Los Angeles, California) better known simply as Melina, is an American professional wrestler and manager, currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment working and wrestling on its Raw brand.
Melinda Buttle Melinda was a WA Green Faces Finalist 2006 and a semi finalist in WA Raw Comedy 2006. She regulary performs her unsavory brand of confrontational yet lady like comedy at the Hyde Park Hotel, Lazy's Susan's at the Brisbane Hotel and at the Laugh Resort at the Brass Monkey.
Melinda Culea Melinda Culea (born 5 May, 1955 in Western Springs, Illinois) is an American actress best known for playing reporter Amy Allen in the first season and a half of The A-Team. Introduced in the Pilot film, Culea complained that her character had very little to do.
Melinda Gates Melinda French Gates (born Melinda Ann French on August 15, 1964) is a former Microsoft unit manager of Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Encarta, and Microsoft Expedia. In 1994, she married Bill Gates, founder, Chairman, and former Chief Software Architect of Microsoft.
Melinda Harmon US District Court Judge Melinda Harmon was lead judge in the subsequently overruled Arthur Anderson trial. Civil lawsuits against Enron were consolidated in her court; she oversaw class action lawsuits on behalf of both Enron shareholders and its employees.
Melinda Katz Melinda Katz is an American Democratic Party politician in New York, and a member of the New York City Council from Queens. She represents the 29th Council District, which encompasses Forest Hills, Rego Park and Kew Gardens.
Melinda Loveless Melinda Loveless (born October, 1975) was convicted of the January 10, 1992 murder of Shanda Renee Sharer in Jefferson County, Indiana. She is currently serving concurrent twenty and sixty-year terms for criminal confinement and murder in the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis.
Melinda McGraw Melinda Leigh McGraw (born October 25, 1968 in Nicosia) is an American actress. Although she has starred in movies such as Albino Alligator (Kevin Spacey's 1996 directorial debut), Wrongfully Accused (1998) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), she is better known for her television performances.
Melinda Metz Melinda Metz is an American author of the young adult book series Roswell High, which is the basis of the WB television series Roswell. Her other series is called Fingerprints which is about a psychic girl who reads thought from fingerprints.
Melinoe Melinoe (Μελινοε, "Dark Thought", from melas, black, and noe, mind) was the ancient Greek goddess of ghosts, and propitiation-offerings made to the deceased. She wandered the earth every night with a train of ghosts, scaring anyone in their path.
Melio Bettina Melio Bettina (November 18, 1916-December 20, 1996 in Beacon, New York) was recognized as World Light Heavyweight champion by the New York State Athletic Commission in 1939. Bettina won the title on February 3, 1939, when he scored a 9th round TKO over favorite Tiger Jack Fox at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Meliodas Meliodas or Meliadus is a figure in Arthurian legend, famous as the father of Sir Tristan in the Prose Tristan and subsequent accounts that draw material from it, including the Post-Vulgate Cycle, Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, and the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa. He was king of Lyoness and sometimes considered a vassal of King Mark.
Meliorism Meliorism is the idea in metaphysical thinking that progress is a real concept leading to an improvement of the world. It holds that humans can, through their interference with processes that would otherwise be natural, produce an outcome which is an improvement over the aforementioned natural one.
Melipotes carolae The Melipotes carolae is a species of honeyeaters with a black plumage, bright orange bare facial skin, a black bill and an orange wattle under each eye.Indonesia]n [[Endemism in birds|endemic, this honeyeater was discovered in December 2005.
Melisande Shahrizai Melisande Shahrizai is the primary villainess of Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series. A breathtakingly beautiful woman with alabaster skin, blue-black hair, and sapphire eyes, Melisande is a descendant of Kushiel and a proficient sadist who attempts to overthrow the throne of Terre d'Ange through skillful manipulation and political intrigues.
Melisende Psalter The Melisende Psalter (London, British Library, MS Egerton 1139) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned around 1135 in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, probably by King Fulk for his wife Queen Melisende. It is the most notable example Crusader art, which resulted from a merging of the artistic styles of Roman Catholic Europe and the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire.
Melisma In music, melisma (commonly known as vocal runs or simply runs) is the technique of changing the note (pitch) of a syllable of text while it is being sung. Music sung in this style is referred to as melismatic, as opposed to syllabic, where each syllable of text is matched to a single note.
Melissa (song) "Melissa" is a song released on the Eat a Peach album in 1972 by the American rock music group The Allman Brothers Band. It has enjoyed renewed popularity in the 2000s due to its feature in a commercial for Cingular/AT&T Wireless cell phone company and the use of it in a scene in gay cowboy epic Brokeback Mountain.
Melissa Andersen Melissa Andersen (born 11 February 1984) is an actress best known for her recurring role as Tarni Baxter in popular drama series Blue Heelers. Melissa was born and raised in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and attended Christian College Secondary School (1996-2001).
Melissa Auf der Maur Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. The name "Maur", pronounced to rhyme with "power", is derived from the German word for wall (Mauer), thus her full surname can be literally translated as "On the Wall".
Melissa Bean Melissa Luburić Bean (born on January 22, 1962) is an American politician of Serbian descent who was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. Bean graduated from Roosevelt University and is a Democrat, representing Illinois's 8th congressional district in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago (map).
Melissa Franklin Melissa Franklin is an experimental particle physicist and professor at Harvard University. While working at the Fermi National Acceleration Laboratory in Chicago, her team found some of the first evidence for the existence of the top quark.
Melissa Holbrook Pierson Melissa Holbrook Pierson, born 1957 in Akron, Ohio, is a writer and essayist of non-fiction, and currently lives in New York state, United States. Her works are often explorations of personal experience, extended into general social commentary and history, and include:
Melissa Hortman Melissa Hortman is an American politician in Minnesota. Hortman, a Democrat, represents district 47B in the Minnesota House of Representatives, which is constituted of portions of the cities of Coon Rapids and Brooklyn Park.
Melissa Lefton Melissa Janis Lefton (born August 13, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is a singer, songwriter, and self-styled comedian. Her song "I Love Life" was on the the soundtrack album for The Princess Diaries movie, released in 2001.
Melissa Leo Melissa Leo (born 14 September 1960 in New York, New York) is an American actress best known for playing the tough-minded shift-Sergeant Kay Howard on the award-winning TV series Homicide: Life on the Street from 1993–1997.
Melissa Leonetti Melissa ("Mel") Leonetti (born June 28, 1982 in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania) is a field hockey defender from the United States, who earned her first career cap versus Canada on January 23, 2004 at Stanford, California. Leonetti attended the Old Dominion University.
Melissa McIntyre Melissa Erin McIntyre (born May 31, 1986 in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as gothic rocker "Ashley" in the television show Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Melissa Morrison-Howard Melissa Morrison-Howard (born July 9, 1971 in Mooresville, North Carolina) is an American hurdler best known for winning two Olympic bronze medals. She also won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Indoor Championships as well as one national indoor championships.
Melissa Ng Melissa Ng Mei Hang (Traditional Chinese: 吳美珩, born 5 May 1972 in Guangdong, China) is a popular TV actress in Hong Kong. After graduating with a major in international relations and a minor in marketing at San Francisco State University, she entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry in 1996, after placing 1st runner up in Miss Chinese International 1996 (representing San Francisco).
Melissa Porter Melissa Porter (born Wythenshawe, Manchester on 18 December 1972) is an English television presenter and broadcaster, best known for her BBC programmes, Get a New Life , Escape to the Country, “Countryfile: The Summer Diaries” and “Put Your Money Where Your House Is”.
Melissa Rivers Melissa Rivers (born on January 20, 1968) is an American actress and television co-host for fashion/red carpet interviews on cable and satellite television, previously for the E! cable network and currently for the TV Guide channel with her mother, comedian Joan Rivers.
Melissa Rollison Melissa Rollison (born April 13, 1983 in Adelaide) is an Australian middle distance runner who specialises mainly in the steeplechase. A promising early career, which included a stunning gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2001 Goodwill Games, was disrupted mainly due to injury but she has recently made a strong comeback to competition, highlighted by a gutsy performance in the Commonwealth Games where in the Steeplechase she gave world champion Dorcus Inzikuru a run for her money before settling for the silver medal.
Melissa Rossi Melissa Rossi (1965-), a self described Armchair Diplomat, is an accomplished American author and journalist whose works traverse all ground from American politics to international geopolitical situations. In addition to her books, Rossi's work has been published in Newsweek, MSNBC, George, Newsday, Esquire, the New York Observer and National Geographic Traveler, where she wrote a regular column.
Melissa Wade Melissa Wade has been the Director of Forensics at Emory University, and the head coach of the school's award-winning debate team, the Barkley Forum, since 1972. She has won every national coaching award in her field, and has been honored for her contributions to minority and women's participation in debate and forensics.
Melissa Zone Melissa Zone is a Principal Planner in the Gulf Coast area of Southwest Florida. Melissa is an Urban Planner who puts into practice environmental and green building principles to Development with the aim of creating a healthy community and to ensure safety in design.
Melissan Melissan is a fictional character appearing in the computer game Baldur's Gate II-Throne of Bhaal. On the player's first encounter with her she appears as a good-aligned maid who is attempting to protect the Bhaalspawn (of which the player is one).
Melissani Cave Melissani Cave (Greek: Μελισσάνη) or Melissani Lake, also Melisani is a Greek cave located northwest of Sami, about 5 km SE of Agia Efthymia, NE of Argostoli and NW of Poros. The Ionian Sea lies to the east with the Strait of Ithaca.
Melissochori Melissochori or Melissohori (Greek: Μελισσοχώρι meaning "bee village or bee town"), older forms: Melissochorion and Melissohorion may refer to four villages that begin with this name in Greece:
Melissus of Crete In Greek mythology, Melisseus ("bee-man"), the father of the nymphs Adrasteia and Ide who nursed the infant Zeus on Crete, was the eldest and leader of the nine Kuretes of Crete. They were chthonic daimones of Mount Ida, who clashed their spears and shields to drown out the wails of infant Zeus, whom they received from the Great Goddess, Rhea, his mother.
Melissus of Samos Melissus of Samos (in Greek, Μέλισσος ὁ Σάμιος — born probably at 470 BC) was a Samian statesman and naval commander who also contributed to philosophy, and bore influence upon the atomism of Leucippus and Democritus.
Melitón Carvajal Manuel Melitón Carvajal Ambulodegui (March 10, 1847–September 19, 1935)) was born in Lima to Francisco Carvajal and Maria del Pilar Ambulodegui of Carvajal. He was a pupil of the school Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
MelitĂłn Manzanas MelitĂłn Manzanas (San Sebastian, 1906-1968), a Spanish government officialand he was famous head of police torture group, was the first high-profile member of Francisco Franco's government killed by ETA. He was the commander of the secret police in San Sebastian.
Melito of Sardis Saint Melito of Sardis (died c.180) was the bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in Asia Minor, and a great authority: Jerome, speaking of the Old Testament canon established by Melito, quotes Tertullian to the effect that he was esteemed a prophet by many of the faithful.
Meliton Kantaria Meliton Kantaria (Georgian: მელიტონ ქანთარია) (Meliton Varlamovich Kantaria in official Soviet documents, ) (5 October 1920, Jvari, Georgia, – 27 December 1993, Moscow), Hero of the Soviet Union (8 May 1946), was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credited to have hoisted a Soviet flag Banner of Victory over the Reichstag on April 30, 1945, 21.50.
Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, born Melitta Schiller (* 9 January 1903 in Krotoschin, Prussia; † April 8 1945, shot down near Straßkirchen, Bavaria) was a German aviatrix before and during World War II.
Melittidae The family Melittidae is a small bee family, with some 110 species in 14 genera, mostly restricted to Africa and the northern temperate zone. Historically, they have been considered either the ancestors to the "long-tongued bees" (Apidae and Megachilidae), or their sister taxon.
Melitzah Melitzah is a medieval Hebrew literary device in which a mosaic of fragments and phrases from the Hebrew Bible as well as from rabbinic literature or the liturgy is fitted together to form a new statement of what the author intends to express at the moment. In Hebrew the word melitzah means joke or witticism.
Meljet Meljet (formerly organsized by Melvin Rafi) is a freeware aircraft design group for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It is popular for its high detail, freeware models of the Boeing 747-400 series and the Boeing 777 series (-200/-300).
Melk Abbey Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is an historic Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in the federal state of Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley.
Melker Schörling Melker Schörling (born 1947) is a Swedish businessman. His investment company Melker Schörling AB (MSAB) controls stock worth roughly 11 billion Swedish krona and he is a major shareholder in both Securitas AB and Assa Abloy.
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by recurring facial paralysis, swelling of the face and lips (usually the upper lip), and the development of folds and furrows in the tongue. Onset is in childhood or early adolescence.
Melkite Greek Catholic Church The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (, ) is an Eastern Rite sui juris particular Church of the Catholic Church in communion with the Pope. The church's origins lie in the Middle East, but, today, Greek-Catholic Melkites are spread throughout the world with many in the "diaspora".
Melksham Without Melksham Without is a civil parish within the district of West Wiltshire in the English county of Wiltshire. It surrounds, but does not include, the town of Melksham and is the largest rural parish in Wiltshire, with a population of 7500 and an area of 29 km² (7173 acres).
Melkweg The Melkweg ("Milky Way") is a popular music venue and cultural center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is located on the Lijnbaansgracht, near the Leidseplein, a prime nightlife center of Amsterdam.
Melky Sedeck Melky Sedeck is an R&B hip hop sibling duo of Haitian-American descent. The name of the group is drawn from the first names of singer Blandinna Melky Jean, and her multi-instrumentalist brother, Farel Sedeck Guerschom Jean.
Mell G. Underwood Mell Gilbert Underwood was a United States Representative from Ohio. He was born at Rose Farm, Morgan County, Ohio, January 30, 1892; attended the public schools and was graduated from the New Lexington High School in 1911.
Mellachervu MellaCheruvu also known as Medlacheruru, MellaCheruvu, popularly known as 'Daksina Kasi' is a village in Andhra Pradesh, India, situated at a distance of 10 km from Huzur Nagar, 24 km from Kodad and 68 km from the Khammam railway station. It is connected to the important commercial city of Vijayawada by a canal way.
Mellat Iran Hezb-e Mellat-e Iran (Persian حزب ملت ایران, properly transliterated as Party of the Iranian Nation) also known as Nation Party of Iran or Iran Nation Party (INP) is a liberal nationalist political party seeking secular democracy and separation of church and state in Iran.
Mellbreak Mellbreak is a hill in the Western part of the English Lake District. Despite being surrounded on all sides by higher fells (the Loweswater Fells, the High Stile Ridge and the Grasmoor Group), it stands in isolation.
Melle Mel Melle Mel (born Melvin Glover on May 15, 1962 in Bronx, New York ) is a legendary hip-hop musician, one of the pioneers of old school hip hop as a lyricist & as lead rapper of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. He is the first rapper ever to call himself "MC".
Melle, Deux-Sèvres Melle is a French town and commune of about 4,000 people located between Poitiers and Niort in the Deux-Sèvres département. It is today best known as the home town of Ségolène Royal, the Socialist candidate for the Presidency of the Republic.
Mellenburg Mellenburg was a county of Upper Austria which was elevated into a principality by Emperor Charles VI for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, after the Treaty of Utrecht led to the loss of his Principality of Mindelheim.
Mellin transform In mathematics, the Mellin transform is an integral transform that may be regarded as the multiplicative version of the two-sided Laplace transform. This integral transform is closely connected to the theory of Dirichlet series, and is
Melling Chase The Melling Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs (4,023 metres) at Aintree Racecourse during the Grand National meeting in early April. There are sixteen fences to be jumped in the race.
Melling, Lancashire Melling with Wrayton, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom, is a small settlement forming part of a cluster of sites along the Lune valley - the densest distribution of Norman castles outside of the Welsh border countryside. Each has evidence of a motte - as with Arkholme and Whittington - but Melling has no surviving bailey.
Mellissia Mellissia (St Helena boxwood) is an endemic genus from the island of St Helena in the family Solanaceae. It was named by Joseph Dalton Hooker in honour of John Charles Melliss, a 19th century engineer and amateur naturalist who worked on St Helena.
Mellite Mellite, also called honeystone, is an unusual mineral being also an organic chemical. Chemically identified as aluminium mellitate, that is, aluminium benzene hexacarboxylate hydrate, chemical formula Al2C6(COO)6·16H2O.
Mellon Arena The Mellon Arena (known as Pittsburgh Civic Arena from 1961–1999, also informally known as "The Igloo") is an indoor arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and was formerly home to the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL, Pittsburgh Pipers and Pittsburgh Condors of the ABA and Pittsburgh Spirit of the MISL, among others.
Mellon College of Science The Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University houses the Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and Biological Sciences departments. In addition, it oversees several interdisciplinary research centers.
Mellor Ancient History The ancient history of the village of Mellor and surrounding hamlets in Greater Manchester, England is still shrouded in considerable mystery and the excavations have so far done more to add to the puzzlement than dispel it.
Mellor Baronets The Mellor Baronetcy, of Culmhead in the County of Somerset in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, was created on 24 January 1924 for John Paget Mellor, the Director of Prudential Assurance Company. The 2nd Baronet was the MP for Tamworth from 1935 to 1945.

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