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Mississippi Highway 9 Mississippi Highway 9 runs north-south from Mississippi Highway 30 east of New Albany, Mississippi to Mississippi Highway 12 in Ackerman, Mississippi. It runs approximately 105 miles, serving Choctaw, Webster, Calhoun, Pontotoc, and Union Counties.
Mississippi Highway Patrol The Mississippi Highway Patrol is the highway patrol agency for Mississippi, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Mississippi.
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) is a privately funded foundation that was created in order to recognize the greatest accomplishments in art, music, and literature among Mississippians. The idea was conceived by, among others, former Mississippi Governor William Winter, Dr.
Mississippi John Hurt "Mississippi" John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1892 There is confusion about his date of birth, but the grave mentions this date., Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues singer and guitarist.
Mississippi Minuteman Mississippi Minuteman a grassroots], family-oriented, [[Patriotism|patriot citizen organization seeking to inform the public of all that threatens God-given unalienable rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' as guaranteed to each citizen of the American Republic (See also: Constitutional republic); and to work together to prepare for any disaster and to secure the free future of generations to come.
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is the largest museum in state of Mississippi. Located in Jackson, in Lefleur's Bluff State Park, the museum features aquariums, habitat exhibits, and nature trails specializing in the flora and fauna of Mississippi.
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area protects a corridor of land along a 72 mile (115 kilometer) section of the Mississippi River between Anoka, Minnesota on the north and Hastings, Minnesota, near the confluence of the St. Croix River and the Mississippi River, on the south.
Mississippi Palisades Mississippi Palisades, partially conserved as Mississippi Palisades State Park, is a National Natural Landmark located in Carroll County, Illinois just north of the town of Savanna. The area contains many caves and large cliffs along the Mississippi River.
Mississippi Plan The Mississippi Plan of 1875 was devised by the Democratic Party to violently overthrow the Republican Party by organized violence in order to redeem the state of Mississippi. The Mississippi Plan was also adopted by Democrats in South Carolina and Louisiana.
Mississippi Power Mississippi Power is an investor-owned electric utility with 456 preferred stockholders. All of our common stock is held by Southern Company, which is owned by 195,261 registered stockholders, of which more than 5,300 live in Mississippi.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Mississippi Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting network in Mississippi. Owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, it holds the licenses for all of the PBS and NPR stations in the state.
Mississippi Rifles The "Mississippi Rifles" or the 155th Infantry Regiment, is Mississippi's oldest National Guard unit. Its history predates statehood, back to June 1799, and it is the seventh oldest infantry regiment in the United States Army.
Mississippi River The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning 'great river' (gichi-ziibi 'big river' at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. Taken together, they form the largest river system in North America.
Mississippi River campaigns in the American Civil War The Mississippi campaign was a military expedition by the Union during the American Civil War in which Union Army troops, helped by gunboats and river ironclads took control over the Mississippi River, therefore virtually splitting the Confederate territory in two while also controlling the South's main artery of transport.
Mississippi River Delta The Mississippi River Delta is the modern area of land (the river delta) built up by alluvium deposited by the Mississippi River as it slows down and enters the Gulf of Mexico. The deltaic process has, over the past 5,000 years, caused the coastline of south Louisiana to advance gulfward from 15 to 50 miles (24 to 80 km).
Mississippi River Squadron The Mississippi River Squadron was the Union naval squadron that operated on the western rivers during the American Civil War and was therefore commonly known as the Western Flotilla and sometimes as the Mississippi Flotilla.
Mississippi River Transmission The Mississippi River Transmission pipeline is a natural gas pipeline which brings natural gas from CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission into Louisiana from Arkansas, and also into the Midwest. It is owned by CenterPoint Energy.
Mississippi Sheiks The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues but were adept at many styles of United States popular music of the time, and their records were bought by both black and white audiences.
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) is a public residential high school for academically gifted students located in Columbus, Mississippi on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women. A member of the NCSSSMST, it is a state-wide magnet school that is free of tuition, room, and board costs.
Mississippi Sound The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, from Waveland, Mississippi to the Dauphin Island Bridge, a distance of about 145 kilometers (90 mi).
Mississippi State Penitentiary Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman Farm, is the oldest prison and the only maximum security prison in the state of Mississippi, USA. It is located on 18,000 acres (73 km²) in Parchman, Mississippi, and was built in 1901.
Mississippi State University Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. It is the largest public university in the state.
Mississippi State University Libraries The Mississippi State University Libraries are a part of Mississippi State University. Mississippi State University Libraries house over 2,053,064 volumes and a journal collection of 18,103 titles, including 6,148 electronic subscriptions.
Mississippi State University Theatre Mississippi State University Theatre, located in Starkville, Mississippi, is the origin of the internationally recognized Summer Scholars Program and Blackfriars Organization for over 20 years. Recognized performers include Gabe Smith (also known as Gabicus Maximosso), Deanna Dye, Will Cooper (the chosen sacrificial talented actor fella'), Lindsey Cacamo (the Red Scourge of Death and Hilarity), Houston Longino (the Italian...
Mississippi Steel Local busisnessmen collaborate to build the first steel mill in Mississippi in the year 1956. Both the Clarion Ledger and The State Times report that the area just to the east of Jackson has been carefully leveed to sustain industrial development.
Mississippi Teacher Corps The Mississippi Teacher Corps (MTC) is a two-year teaching program that recruits college graduates to teach in "critical-need areas" of Mississippi. The program is one of the most competitive teaching programs in the country, selecting about 10% of all applicants each year.
Mississippi Territory Mississippi Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from April 7, 1798, and expanded twice (in 1804 and 1812), until it extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the southern border of Tennessee. (Georgia gave up the northern portion in 1802, and the Gulf Coast region was acquired from Spain.
Mississippi Valley Division The United States Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) and the complementary Mississippi River Commission (MRC) are responsible for maintaining the Mississippi River as a navigable waterway while preventing flooding. This includes the operation of harbor and lock and dam facilities up and down the river.
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. A state-owned facility, Veterans Memorial Stadium is the home field of the Jackson State University Tigers; it also plays host to the MHSAA state championship game every fall and other special events, including several NFL exhibition games.
Mississippi's 2nd congressional district Mississippi's second congressional district is the only majority-black district in the state, covering much of western Mississippi. The district includes most of Jackson as well as the cities of Clarksdale, Greenville, Greenwood, Clinton and Vicksburg.
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district Mississippi's 3rd congressional district cuts across the center of the state, including many urban areas such as the state's capitol, Jackson. The current Congressman is Republican Chip Pickering of Washington, Mississippi
Mississippian (geologic period) The Mississippian is an epoch of the Carboniferous period lasting from roughly 360 Ma to 325 Ma (million years ago). As with most other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified, but the exact start and end dates are uncertain by a few million years.
Missorium of Theodosius I The missorium of Theodosius I is a large silver dish of pageantry preserved at Real Academia de Historia, in Madrid. Probably given in Constantinople to celebrate the decennalia (the tenth anniversary of the reign) of the emperor Theodosius I, it represents it giving a codicil to a senior official, flanked his two Co-emperors, Valentinian II and Arcadius.
Missoula Floods The Missoula Floods (also known as the Spokane Floods or the Bretz Floods) refer to the cataclysmic floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age.
Missoula, Montana Missoula is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County in western Montana, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population was 57,053, with more than 100,000 in the metropolitan area making it the second-largest city in Montana, behind Billings.
Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing The Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing (MASMC) is a two-year residential early college entrance program for gifted high school students at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, replacing the junior and senior years of high school. It provides an opportunity for students with a passion for math and science to get ahead in a college career, earning both a high school diploma and an Associate of Science degree.
Missouri congressional elections, 2006 In the Missouri congressional elections, all nine of the incumbents were re-elected for two more years. The candidates are as follows, 1st district - William Lacy Clay (D), 2nd district - William Akin (R), 3rd district - Russ Carhanan (D), 4th district - Ike Skelton (D), 5th district - Emanuel Cleaver (D), 6th district - Sam Graves (R), 7th district - Roy Blunt (R), 8th district - Jo Ann Emerson (R), 9th district - Kenny Hulshof (R)
Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition is a team mathematical contest held by the Missouri Section of the Mathematical Association of America. The competition often takes place in college or university around Missouri in late March or early April.
Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise, also called the Compromise of 1820, was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri.
Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004) Constitutional Amendment 2 of 2004 is a so-called "defense of marriage amendment" that amended the Missouri Constitution by adding a definition of marriage that prevents same-sex marriages from being conducted or recognized in Missouri. The Amendment passed via public referendum on August 3, 2004 with 71% of voters supporting and 29% opposing.
Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2006) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (The Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Intiative) is a state constitutional amendment initiative that concerns stem cell research and human cloning in Missouri. It would allow any stem cell research and therapy in Missouri that is legal under federal law, including somatic cell nuclear transfer to produce human embryos for stem cell production; it prohibits human cloning, defined as implanting such an embryo into a uterus with the purpose of creating a fetus or fully grown human.
Missouri District (LCMS) The Missouri District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), and comprises the state of Missouri. Six Missouri congregations are in the non-geographic English District, and one congregation in St.
Missouri Escarpment The Missouri Escarpment is a ridge in North Dakota approximately 100 miles to the west of the Red River Valley, at the edge of the Missouri Plateau. It divides the Central Lowlands province from the Great Plains province.
Missouri First Steps Missouri First Steps is a program offered by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) that offers coordinated services and assistance to children from birth to age 3 who have delayed development or diagnosed conditions that are associated with developmental disabilities.
Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008 The Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008 is an election for the Governor of Missouri and will be held on November 4, 2008. The current governor, Matt Blunt, narrowly won the 2004 election by beating state auditor Claire McCaskill 50.
Missouri Highway Patrol The Missouri Highway Patrol is the state police agency for Missouri, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Missouri.
Missouri in the American Civil War Missouri in the Civil War was a border state that sent men, generals, and supplies to both opposing sides, had its star on both flags, had state governments representing each side, and endured a neighbor-against-neighbor intrastate war within the larger national war.
Missouri Military Academy Missouri Military Academy is considered one of the leading military schools and boarding schools in the country, with a strong record of college admission. Missouri Military Academy, as an Honor JROTC Unit With Distinction, as designated by the Department of the Army, has the privilege of nominating cadets to the US Military Academy at West Point, the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, the US Air Force Academy and the US Coast Guard Academy.
Missouri Mule The Missouri Mule cocktail was created for President Harry S Truman at the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel by the Head Barman Joe Gilmore. The cocktail was named after Truman who was born in Missouri and the emblem of the Democratic Party is a mule.
Missouri National Recreational River The Missouri National Recreational River is located on the border between Nebraska and South Dakota. The designation was first applied in 1978 to a 59-mile section of the Missouri River between Gavins Point Dam and Ponca State Park.
Missouri River The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. The Missouri begins at the confluence of the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin rivers in Montana, and flows into the Mississippi north of St.
Missouri Route 102 Route 102 is a highway in Mississippi County, Missouri. Its northern (or western) terminus is at Route 105 northeast of East Prairie; its southern (or eastern) terminus is at Route 77 in southeastern Mississippi County.
Missouri Route 179 Missouri Route 179 is a highway in central Missouri. From its northern terminus at the interchange of Interstate 70 and Missouri Route 98, it winds its way Southeast over low rolling hills and through the flood plain along the Missouri River to Jefferson City, where it bypasses the town to the West via a four-lane divided highway between U.
Missouri Route 210 Route 210 is a highway in western Missouri with an eastern terminus at Route 10 southwest of Richmond and a western terminus at Interstate 35 in North Kansas City. The roadway continues as Armour Road through downtown North Kansas City to intersect with Route 9.
Missouri Route 221 Route 221 is a proposed four-lane road running from Farmington in Saint Francois County to Pilot Knob in Iron County. The route is currently being studied in the Missouri State Transportation Improvement Plan for 2007-2011.
Missouri Route 249 Route 249 is a short, mostly two-lane highway running from Business US 71 in Carterville and ending at Interstate 44 in Joplin. The route currently detours from its intended path at Zora Ave, between Joplin and Carterville.
Missouri Route 36 (decommissioned) The original Route 36 was one of the original Missouri state highways commissioned in 1922. Its western terminus was at the Kansas state line west of Mindenmines, the eastern terminus was at Route 14 west of Springfield.
Missouri Route 744 Route 744 is located entirely within the city limits of Springfield where it is known locally as Kearney Street. Its eastern terminus is at Interstate 44, its western terminus is at the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport.
Missouri secession The Missouri Secession controversy refers to the disputed status of the state of Missouri during the American Civil War. During the war, Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, had two competing state governments, and sent representatives to the governments of both sides.
Missouri Scholars Academy Missouri Scholars Academy, or MSA, is a three-week residential summer program held on the University of Missouri's Columbia (MU) campus for 330 of Missouri's top rising high school juniors. The official MSA website describes the goals of the Academy to be as such: "The academy reflects Missouri's desire to strive for excellence in education at all levels.
Missouri State Guard The Missouri State Guard (MSG) was a state militia unit organized in the state of Missouri during the early days of the American Civil War. While not a formal part of the Confederate States Army, the state guard fought alongside Confederate troops and, at times, under regular Confederate officers.
Missouri State University The Missouri State University located in Springfield, Missouri is the state's second largest university in student enrollment, second only to the University of Missouri. In addition to its main campus, MSU has a two-year branch campus in West Plains, a research campus in Mountain Grove, and various programs in China.
Missouri Students Association The Missouri Students Association (MSA) is the student government association of the University of Missouri–Columbia. The MSA is governed by a constitution and organized into three branches, executive, legislative and judicial.
Missouri Supplemental Route A Missouri Supplemental Route is a state secondary road in Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental Routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addition to the regular state routes.
Missouri the south Missouri is named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe(meaning "those who have dugout canoes". Missouri is a southern states, it lies under the mason dixie-line which separates the southern states from any other parts of the U.
Missouri tribe The Missouri or Missouria were an aboriginal tribe that inhabited parts of the midwestern United States before European explorers arrived. The tribe belonged to the Chiwere division of the Siouan linguistic family, with the Iowa and Oto.
Missouri Territory The Missouri Territory was a historic, organized territory in the United States. It was originally known as the Louisiana Territory and was renamed on June 4, 1812 to avoid confusion with the state of Louisiana which joined the Union in 1812.
Missouri v. Seibert Missouri v. Siebert, , is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that struck down the police practice of first obtaining an inadmissible confession without giving Miranda warnings, then issuing the warnings, and then obtaining a second confession.
Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I and is generally considered one of the best mid-major conferences in the country, although many observers are beginning to grant the conference "high-major" status in basketball.
Missouri Valley Wine Society The Missouri Valley Wine Society, founded in 2006, is a non-profit, social organization dedicated to promoting the interests and hobbies of home wine makers in the Warren County area. Its membership includes professionals and amatures from wineries, vineyards and retail store-fronts.
Missouri's 3rd congressional district Missouri's third congressional district is in the eastern portion of the state. It includes much of southern St Louis City, much of southern St Louis County, and all of Jefferson County and St Genevieve County.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Bridge The Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) Bridge (often referred to as the "Katy Bridge" from MKT) is a former rail bridge across the Missouri River at Boonville, Missouri that is subject to a debate whether to demolish it or include it the Katy Trail which is a 225-mile bicycle trail.
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (known as the MKT, or Katy) began as the Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (unrelated to the Union Pacific Railroad) in 1865. It was the first railroad to enter Texas from the north.
Misspelling generator In search engine optimization, a misspelling generator is a computer program which aims to generate a list of likely misspelled or mistyped variations on a given word or words. Once generated, such a list may be used to increase the likelihood that search engine users who misspell or mistype words in their query will find a particular website.
Misspent Youth Peter F. Hamilton's novel Misspent Youth (2003, 439 pages) is set in the near-future, and describes the story of Jeff Baker who revolutionizes the world by inventing the ultimate method of information storage and allows free use of it with no profits going in his pocket.
Misss AMerica Disgracing Women Miss America clearly disgracing women because they pressure the contestants to become skinny so they can look good in their little bathing suits. Miss America Pressures the women to be perfect in order to win a crown and sash!
Misstress Barbara Barbara Bonfiglio, better known as Misstress Barbara (the misspelling is intentional, from the English words "miss" and "stress"), is an Italian born, Canadian electronica disc jockey. She moved from Sicily to Montreal, Quebec at the age of eight, and has resided in the city ever since.
Missulena occatoria The red-headed mouse spider (Missulena occatoria) is found almost everywhere in Australia, from open forests to desert shrublands. It is the largest (females up to 24mm, males up to 12mm) and most widely distributed Missulena species, because the spiderlings are wind-dispersed (ballooning).
Missunde Missunde (Danish: Mysunde, Old Norse MjĂłsund "narrow strait") is a village on the Schlei coast of Schwansen in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, about 7 miles from Schleswig (town). It has a ferry over the Schlei to Angeln.
Missus dominicus A missus dominicus (plural missi dominici), Latin for "Envoy of the Lord [ruler]', also known as Sendgraf in German, Zendgraaf in Dutch, both meaning 'sent Graf', was an official commissioned by the Frankish king or emperor to supervise the administration, mainly justice, in a part of his dominions, not unlike the original Roman Corrector but on a regular basis, so rather preventively.
Missy (porn star) Missy (September 24, 1967) is an American pornographic actress, not to be confused with another Missy [aka Missy Manners, real name Elisa Florez], who starred in the 1986 film Behind the Green Door: the Sequel.
Missy Cleveland Amanda (Missy) Hodges Cleveland (born December 25, 1959 in Jackson, Mississippi - August 14, 2001 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the April 1979 issue.
Missy Gold Missy Gold (born Melissa Fisher, July 14, 1970 in Great Falls, Montana) is a former American actress. She is best known as portraying the Governor's daughter, "Katie", on the TV sitcom Benson (1979-1986).
Mist Mist - is a phenomenon of small droplets suspended in air. It can occur as part of natural weather or volcanic activity, and is common in cold air above warmer water, in exhaled air in the cold, and in a steam room of a sauna.
Mist County, Minnesota Mist County is the fictitious setting of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon. The story goes that it does not appear on the official maps because when Minnesota was first surveyed, two teams of surveyors started from either side of the state and didn't quite meet in the middle, by dint of a mistake in their math.
Mist Trail The Mist Trail is one of the most popular short hikes in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. The hike follows the Merced River, starting at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, past Vernal Falls, Emerald Pool, to Nevada Falls.
Mista and Mrs. Taylor Derek and Theresa Taylor are a married couple who implement their hip-hop roots in unison with their strong Christian faith. By mixing the two, Derek and Theresa have created a modern fusion of rap and worship music that allow them to connect with the youth;for example, they encourage teenagers to get "Crunk for Christ.
Mista Mo Mista Mo (born Morgan Oliver Smith on January 29, 1972) is the star, writer, and executive producer of the Buzz, a sketch comedy television series featuring him and fellow comedian Daryn Jones. Smith was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but came to Canada when he was nine months old.
Mistake (contract law) In contract law a mistake is incorrect understanding by one or more parties to a contract and may be used as grounds to invalidate the agreement. Common law has identified three different types of mistake in contract: unilateral mistake, mutual mistake, and common mistake.
Mistake of law Mistake of law is a defense sometimes raised in criminal cases, although rarely with any success. It is a longstanding principle of public policy that "ignorance of the law is no excuse", so a person who commits a crime with the firmly-held, but mistaken, belief that the proposed act is permitted will nonetheless be held liable as a criminal.
Mistakemistake Mistakemistake is the collective name of Belgrade musicians gathered into the eclectic, up beat dance-punk combination of electro sound, with a hint of ragga-reggae and garage-2step (as they like to call "Hip-electro-ragga-2-hop-reggae-step").
Mistaken identity Mistaken identity is a defense in criminal law which claims the actual innocence of the criminal defendant, and attempts to undermine evidence of guilt by asserting that any eyewitness to the crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant, when in fact the person seen by the witness was someone else. The defendant may question both the memory of the witness (suggesting, for example, that the identification is the result of a false memory), and the perception of the witness (suggesting, for example, that the witness had poor eyesight, or that the crime occurred in a poorly lit place).
Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album) Mistaken Identity is an album released in 1991 by Donna Summer. Since making her name as the biggest female star of the disco era in the 1970s, Summer had experimented with different musical genres throughout the 1980s with some degree of success.
Mistaken Identity (song) "Mistaken Identity" is the second single from Delta Goodrem's second album, Mistaken Identity. It peaked at number seven in Australia in January 2005 and it became her first top ten single which had not reached number-one.
Mistaken Point (Newfoundland and Labrador) Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve is a small headland on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, which contains one of the most diverse and well-preserved collections of Precambrian fossils known. The site was first discovered in 1967 by S.
Mistassini River The Mistassini River is a river in central Quebec, Canada, draining into the north-western portion of Lac Saint-Jean. It is 298 km (185 miles) long and has a watershed area of 21,900 km² (8455 mile²) Atlas of Canada.
Mistborn The Mistborn, or allomancers, are a fictional group of people from Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. They have the ability to "burn" (or use) ingested metals, thereby enhancing various physical and mental capacities.
Mistborn: The Final Empire Mistborn: The Final Empire is the second novel by Brandon Sanderson, and the first of the Mistborn trilogy. The unreleased titles in the trilogy include Mistborn: The Well of Ascension and Mistborn: The Hero of Ages, currently scheduled for 2007 and 2008 release (respectively, though the specific release dates are still undetermined).
Mistelbach Mistelbach an der Zaya (Mistelbach on the (River) Zaya) is a town in the northeast of Austria in so called Lower Austria, one of Austria's nine Federal States. It is located roughly 40 km northeast of Austria's capital Vienna.
Mistella Mistella (mistelle in French, sifone in Italian) is a type of base wine, which is produced by adding alcohol to non-fermented or partially fermented must. In this way it becomes possible to increase the alcohol percentage and to make it sweeter.
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