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MTV Unplugged (EP) MTV Unplugged is the third album and first live album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on June 2 1992 (see 1992 in music) by Columbia Records. Like Carey's previous album Emotions (1991), it only produced one U.
MTV Unplugged / Live ( Björk DVD ) MTV Unpglugged / Live is a Bjork DVD, released in November 2001.It features two complete mtv performances : the first show was recorded in 1994 during the promotion of debut and the second show was recorded in 1998.
MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Originally beginning as an alternative to the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards is now a respected pop culture awards show in its own right.
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America The MTV VMALAs (now Premios MTV Latinoamérica) is the Latin American version of the Video Music Awards. They were established in 2002 to celebrate the top music videos of the year in Latin America and the world.
MTV Video Music Brasil The MTV Video Music Brasil awards (originally Video Music Awards Brasil), more commonly known as VMB, are MTV Brazil's annual award ceremony, established in 1995. MTV viewers pick the winners for most categories since 2001.
MTV's Fear MTV's Fear was an MTV reality show in 2000, that placed a group of 5 or more contestants in a reputedly haunted location and led them on a series of dares over two nights to explore whether or not the place was haunted. The show was created by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes.
MTV2 MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. The channel is also broadcast over-the-air in selected markets where the former all-request music channel known as The Box was broadcast.
MTV2 A-Z video marathon The MTV2 A-Z video marathon was a special programming stunt in which the cable network MTV2 attempted to play every music video in the MTV library in alphabetical order, starting on January 1, 2000. While a majority of videos were played, many were skipped over.
MTVX MTVX was a Viacom-owned American rock music video channel. Like its sister stations, VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Country, MTV Hits, and VH1 Mega Hits, MTVX was available exclusively on digital cable packages or satellite TV providers, such as DirecTV.
MTWA Championship The Mississauga Torina Wrestling Association Championship is a title under the Mississauga Torino Wrestling Association and is the highest tier title. To date, there has been only 2 different champions and total of 2 different reigns.
Mu (lost continent) Mu is the name of a lost land, or hypothetical vanished continent, that was once located in the Pacific Ocean but is now (like Atlantis and Lemuria, with which it is sometimes identified) believed to have sunk beneath the waters.
Mu (negative) Mu (Japanese/Korean), Wu (Chinese traditional:[simplified: ć— ] [[pinyin:WĂş) is a word which can be roughly translated as "none" or "without". While typically used as a prefix to imply the absence of something (e.
Mu Alpha Theta National Log 1 Contest The Mu Alpha Theta National Log 1 Contest is a free contest sponsored by Mu Alpha Theta, the national high school mathematics honor society. Although contest is free, participation is restricted to schools with active Mu Alpha Theta chapters, and specifically to students who are Mu Alpha Theta members or Associate members.
Mu Beta Psi Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity is a service and music fraternity with chapters and colonies at universities throughout the United States. Founded in 1925 at North Carolina State University by the director of bands, Major Percy Walter "Daddy" Price, this group began as a male-only, honor fraternity for band students.
Mu Boötis Mu Boötis (μ Boo / μ Boötis) is a triple star system in the constellation Boötes. It also has traditional names Alkalurops (or Inkalunis/Icalurus or Clava or Venabulum), and also has the Flamsteed designation 51 Boötis.
Mu Centauri Mu Centauri (μ Cen / μ Centauri) is a third-magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus. The name Kabkent or Kalb al Kentaurus (Arabic قلب القنطورس) is sometimes applied to this star, as well as to Nu Centauri and Phi Centauri, because they mark what has been traditionally portrayed as the heart of the centaur.
Mu Cephei Mu Cephei (ÎĽ Cep / ÎĽ Cephei), also known as Garnet Sidus is a star in the constellation Cepheus. It was named Garnet Sidus by Giuseppe Piazzi in his Palermo Catalogue of stars, from Herschel's comment for some stars not listed in Flamsteed's British Catalogue of stars, in 1783 edition of the Philosophical transactions.
Mu Dan Mu Dan (穆旦; 5 April 1918 - 26 February 1977) was one of the most important poets of 20th century China. Born Zha Liangzheng in Tianjin, China in 1918, he matriculated the prestigious Tsinghua University at the age of 17, and graduated from Southwest Associated University in 1940.
Mu Ko Phetra National Park Mu Ko Phetra is a marine national park in Andaman Sea side of Thailand, covering mostly intact coastal line, open water, and about 30 islands of southern part of Trang Province and northern part of Satun Province. Established on 31 December 1984, it is the 49th national park and 14th marine national park of Thailand.
Mu Leporis Mu Leporis (ÎĽ Lep / ÎĽ Lep) is a Class B9III, third-magnitude star in the constellation Lepus. It's nearly obscure proper name Neshmet is the original Egyptian name for the Boat of Osiris or Asar, which was imagined by the Egyptians among the stars of Lepus.
Mu major chord A mu major chord (signified by ÎĽ) is a somewhat unconventional name for an "add 2" or "add 9" chord. It is formed by adding a 2nd to a major triad; in other words, it is a chord constructed from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th degrees of the major scale.
Mu Productions Mu Productions is a production company, based in New York City, that specializes in machinima. Started by Nathan Moller in 2003, Mu Productions has produced several projects that have been nominated for awards, featured on television, the Internet, and at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and American Museum of the Moving Image.
Mu sigma phi Mu Sigma Phi (founded October, 1933) is the first medical fraternity in the Philippines and in Asia. Based on the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, the fraternity aims to "foster brotherhood, leadership, scholarship and service" among its members.
Mu Shiying Mu Shiying (Traditional Chinese: 穆時英) (1912 - 1940) was a Chinese writer who is now best known for his modernist short stories. He was active in Shanghai in the 1930s where he contributed to journals like Les Contemporains (Xiàndài 現代, 1932 - 1935) edited by Shi Zhecun 施蟄存.
Mu Tauri Mu Tauri (ÎĽ Tau / ÎĽ Tauri) is a star in the constellation Taurus. One proper name the Indians use for this star is Kattupothu, meaning "Untamable Bull" or "Wild Bovine" in Malayalam, as the people of Southern India compare Taurus the Bull (Vrishabha) to the native wild, untamed oxen.
Mu Tiezhu Mu Tiezhu (Simplified Chinese:穆铁柱) (born 1949 at Dongming, Shandong) is a retired legendary Chinese basketball player and coach. He is considered by some as the largest and tallest player in China's history.
Mu wave Mu waves, also known the comb or wicket rhythm, are electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range of 8-13 Hz and appear in bursts of at 9 - 11 Hz. Mu wave patterns arise from synchronous and coherent (in phase/constructive) electrical activity of large groups of neurons in the human brain.
Mu'a (Tongatapu) Mua is a small city in the Hahake (eastern) district on the island of Tongatapu, and it was for centuries the ancient capital of Tonga. It is divided in the villages Lapaha and Tatakamotonga, is close to Talasiu and famous for the ancient langi (royal burial tombs).
Mu'allaqat The Mu'allaqāt (Arabic المعلقات) is the title of a group of seven long Arabic poems or qasida that have come down from the time before Islam. Each is considered the best work of these pre-Islamic poets.
Mu'awwidhatayn The mu'awwadhitayn (المعوذتين), sometimes translated "suras of refuge", is an Arabic term referring to suras al-Falaq and an-Nas of the Qur'an, two consecutive short prayers which begin "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord..." They are said to have been revealed together, and to be Makkan suras.
Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi Al-Mu'ayyad fid-Din al-Shirazi (1000 - 1078 CE) was an 11th century Isma'ili scholar, philosopher-poet, preacher and theologian of Persian origin. He served the Fatimid caliph-imam Ma'ad al-Mustansir Billah as a da‘i in varying capacities, eventually attaining the highest rank of da‘i al–du ‘at (chief da‘i) in the Fatimid da‘wa.
Mu'min Mu'min () is an Arabic Islamic term frequently referenced in the Qur'an, meaning "believer", and denoting a Muslim that has complete submission to the will of God (Allah), and has faith firmly established in his heart.
Mu-Fi Municipal Wi-Fi (or Muni-Fi) is the idea of using thousands of overlapping Wi-Fi service zones to provide blanket coverage over a municipal area. Certain service providers use this to provide "free" basic high-speed wireless Internet access for homes, schools and virtually every place else inside the coverage area of a city, with premium services being offered at better prices than most other Internet providers.
Muamar family detention incident The Muamar family detention incident occurred very early on the morning of June 24, 2006, in the first capture of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) since the Israeli evacuation of Gaza one year earlier, when IDF soldiers entered the house of the Muamar family in a village near Rafah, at 03:30 local time (00:30 GMT) and detained Osama and Mustafa Muamar.
Muammar Law Firm The advancement of science and technology in the last decade has enhanced the rule of law on different levels in the developed countries as well as in many third world countries. Due to its impact on most life sectors , rule of law has developed in the business sector and has acquired a lot of attention not only by lawyers and people in other legal professions, but has been the focus of many business people due to its interaction with commercial norms and practices in addition to its effect on other major business topic which is : Accounting and in broader terms Finance.
Muan County Muan County (Muan-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province (Jeollanam-do), South Korea. In 2005, Muan County became the capital of Jeollanam-do following the transfer of the provincial office from its previous location, Gwangju to the village of Namak in Muan.
Muang Sua Muang Sua was the name of Luang Phrabang following its conquest in 698 by a Tai prince, Khun Lo, who seized his opportunity when the king of Nanzhao was engaged elsewhere. Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of the creation of the world, which the Lao share with the Shan and other peoples of the region.
Muang Thong Thani Mueang Thong Thani () is a large housing estate located in Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. It is bordered by Chaeng Wattana, Pracha Chuen and Tiwanon Roads, and is directly connected to the Bangkok Expressway.
Muang Tum Prasat Hin Muang Tum is a Khmer temple in Buri Ram Province, Thailand. It is primarily in the Khleang and Baphuon styles, which dates its primary phases of construction to the late 10th and early 11th centuries.
Muar Muar (also referred to as Bandar Maharani) is a town in northwestern Johor, Malaysia. The name "Muar" is also used for the name of its district, which is further sub-divided between the Town of Muar and the sub-district of Tangkak.
Muare Muare (moo-ah-REH), a Spanish term which is originated from moire (or moiré in its French form), is a proper title to define the intention of this album. For more over a decade, María Rivas has been evolving in a parallel manner to the multiform styles of pop, folk and jazz musics.
Muawiya II Muawiyah II or Mu'āwiyya ibn Yazīd (‎) (661 - 684) was an Umayyad caliph for about four months after the death of his father Yazīd. The empire he inherited was in a state of disarray with Abdullah bin Zubayr claiming to be the true caliph and holding the Hejaz as well as other areas.
Muawiyah I Mu‘āwīyah ibn Abī Sufyān ()‎ (602 - 680) was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. He engaged in a civil war against the fourth caliph, Ali (Muhammad's son-in-law) and met with considerable military success, including the seizure of Egypt.
Muay Boran Muay Boran, which translates to "Ancient Boxing", is the predecessor to Muay Thai. The aim of Muay Boran is to help a warrior survive a battle after he has lost his weapons (until this time, he will use a style known as Krabi Krabong); its style is quite efficient, in that it maximizes the amount of damage that every blow can leverage, and effective, in that it can easily lead to the death or serious injury of the opponent.
Muay Thai Muaythai (IPA: [/muai32 32/]; ) ("Thai Boxing") is the Thai name for a form of hard martial art practiced in several Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Cambodia (where it is known as Pradal Serey), Malaysia (where it is known as Tomoi) and as a similar style in Myanmar (called Lethwei)and in Laos (Muay Lao) . The different styles of fighting in mainland South East Asia are analogous to the different types of Kung Fu in China or Silat in the South East Asian islands or Malay World.
Muay Thai Stunt Muay Thai Stunt is a Thailand-based group of stuntman, formed by Panna Rittikrai to work alongside with him on action films. Members of the stunt team are skilled in acrobatics and gymnastics, weapons-related fighting arts, Muay Thai and other martial arts including Wushu and Tae Kwon Do.
Muazzez Ilmiye Cig Muazzez Ilmiye Cig (born June 20, 1914 in Bursa) is a Turkish archaeologist who specializes in the study of the Sumerian people. In 2005, she published a book arguing that the headscarf did not originate in the Muslim world but was worn by five thousand years ago by Sumerian priestesses who initiated young men into sex.
Muñecos de Papel Muñecos de Papel was a fictional Mexican pop group that appeared on the 1991 telenovela, Alcanzar Una Estrella II. Its members were Sasha Sokol from real life pop group Timbiriche, Ricky Martin (post-Menudo), Bibi Gaytan also member of Timbiriche post-Sasha, Angélica Rivera, Erik Rubin also from Timbiriche, and Pedro Fernández.
MuÄźla University MuÄźla University is a recently-built (1992) university in MuÄźla in southwestern Turkey, which nevertheless registered an astounding growth in the fifteen years since its foundation, advantaged by a number of factors, to reach a current (2006) total student number of 16,000 and an academic corpus of 700 teaching under 122 different departments and programmes.
Mubarak Al-Sabah Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-Sabah (1837 - November 28, 1915) (Arabic: الشيخ مبارك بن صباح الصباح) "the Great" was the ruler of Kuwait from May 18, 1896 to his death on November 28, 1915. Mubarak ascended the throne upon the assassination of his brother, Muhammad bin Sabah.
Mubarak Ali Gilani Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani is a Pakistani Sufi cleric"Radical Trends in African-American Islam", Terrorism Monitor, 10 August 2006, and the founder of Jamaat ul-Fuqra. He was the man Daniel Pearl was seeking when he was abducted; Pearl wanted to interview him regarding a suspected connection between Gilani and "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid.
Mubarak Ali Khan Mubarak Ali Khan (Urdu: مبارک علی خان ) was the uncle of Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, and the brother of Fateh Ali Khan. He is also the great-uncle of Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
Mubarak Awad Mubarak Awad is a Palestinian-American psychologist and advocate of nonviolent resistance. Awad, who is also a Palestinian Christian, was born in the eastern sector of Jerusalem which was at the time, occupied by Jordan which invaded in 1948 and illegally annexed the city.
Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak Ghanim, full name Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak (born 1963-09-03), is a footballer from UAE who played as a centre back for Al-khaleej Club in Sharjah, and the UAE national football team. He formed along with his brother Khalil a hard defence line for the UAE team during there careers.
Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami (Arabic: مبارك حسن شامي) (born Richard Yatich on December 1, 1980 in Kenya) is a long-distance runner now representing Qatar after switching from Kenya. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races.
Mubarike Chisoni Mubarike Chisoni (born May 10, 1981 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), better known as Mamba Chisoni, is a Zimbabwean football (soccer) player who currently plays for the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division. Chisoni plays mostly as a left winger, using his speed and quickness to attack defenses from the flank.
Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi Major General Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi () (January 2, 1951 – March 6, 2006) was the top general of all Iraqi Army forces in Baghdad. According to police sources he was shot and killed by a sniper as he drove through western Baghdad.
Mubin Shaikh Born on September 29 1975, Mubin Shaikh was one of two informants for CSIS in the 2006 Toronto Terrorism case, and moved on to become a paid RCMP agent source. He was allegedly recruited by the group to lead the "training camps" which the others attended, and helped the group "quickly move from talk to action, before they were rounded up on conspiracy charges by police".
Mubtakkar Mubtakkar is a word that appears in both Arabic and Farsi with related meanings that translate into English as "invention", "initiative", or "inventive". The word was reportedly used by Al-Qaeda to describe a poison gas weapon developed and intended for use in an attack in the New York subway system.
Mucciolo The immigration history of the Mucciolo family is extensive. The beginning of this history has been documented by the Vittorio Spreti, the historical encyclopedia for Italian nobility which traces the Mucciolo linage to Spain, where the family was formed following the merger of the Spanish towns of Mulcios and Orosos Albos not far from Toledo.
Mucedorus Mucedorus is an Elizabethan play at one time claimed to be a work of Shakespeare. It is a romantic comedy about the titular character, prince of Valentia, who rescues the princess Amadine from a bear and eventually marries her.
Mucilage Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by most plants and some microorganisms. Mucilage is an exopolysaccharide—a polymer composed of sugar residues and secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.
Mucin Mucins are a family of large, heavily glycosylated proteins. Although some mucins are membrane-bound due to the presence of a hydrophobic membrane-spanning domain that favors retention in the plasma membrane, the concentration here is on those mucins that are secreted on mucosal surfaces and saliva.
Muck-up day "Muck-up day" is the name given to an unofficial tradition within secondary schools where students are involved with pranks and other activities on their last official day of school before leaving. The practice has been banned within some schools, most commonly independent schools, and replaced with formal leaving activities to ensure students not commit crimes or vandalise school or other property.
Muckanaghederdauhaulia Muckanaghederdauhaulia is the English language name of a village in Ireland called Muiceanach idir Dhá Sháile in Irish (pronounced something like mwick-unnok-ithir-gaw-haul-ya, the th sound as in the or there, not as in throw). The full translation of the Irish is pig-marsh between two seas — or briny inlets, in this instance.
Mucker (colloquialism) Mucker is a colloquial term of endearment used in Ireland and in parts of Britain and meaning a good friend or acquaintance. It is generally used day to day by people from around the British Isles including the northern half of Ireland, particularly those from Ulster, and also in Southern England including the London region.
Muckhart Muckhart commonly refers to two small villages in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, Pool o' Muckhart and Yetts o' Muckhart. Muckhart is one of the Hillfoots Villages, situated on the A91 around 3 miles north-east of Dollar.
Mucking Mucking is a hamlet and former parish adjoining the Thames estuary in southern Essex, England. It is located approximately 2 miles south of the town of Stanford le Hope in what is now Thurrock unitary authority.
Muckle Flugga Muckle Flugga is a small rocky island north of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is often described as the northernmost point of the British Isles, but the smaller islet of Out Stack is actually farther north.
Muckle-Wells syndrome Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) is a rare autosomal dominant disease which causes sensorineural deafness, recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis. Individuals with MWS often have episodic fever, chills, and painful joints.
Muckleburgh Collection The Muckleburgh Collection is a privately owned military museum sited on a former military camp at Weybourne, in Norfolk, England. It was opened to the public in 1988 and is the largest private military museum in the United Kingdom.
Muckleshoot The Muckleshoot are a Native American tribe descended from the Coast Salish people of the Pacific Northwest. Traditionally, the Muckleshoots lived along the eastern shores of Washington State's Puget Sound region and the adjacent rivers of the Cascade Range.
Muckraker A muckraker is an American English term for one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that violate widely held values, such as political corruption, corporate crime, child labor, conditions in slums and prisons, unsanitary conditions in food processing plants (such as meat), fraudulent claims by manufacturers of patent medicines, labor racketeering, and similar topics. In British English however the term is applied to sensationalist scandal-mongering journalist, not driven by any social principles.
Muckross House Muckross House (Irish: Theach Mhucrois) is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, two of the lakes of Killarney, 6 km from the town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland.
Mucky Foot Productions Mucky Foot Productions was a computer game company founded in 1997 by 3 ex-Bullfrog developers: Mike Diskett, Fin McGechie and Guy Simmons. Despite high initial expectations, the company closed its doors in late 2003, with two games still in production: Bulletproof Monk, and an un-named game.
Mucky Pup Mucky Pup began as a hardcore band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1985, when brothers John (drums) and Chris (vocals) Milnes joined up with Dan Nastasi (guitar) and former Hades member, Scott LePage (bass). The band went through various incarnations and several musical style changes while gaining minor success in both the USA and Europe.
Mucocutaneous zone A mucocutaneous zone is a region of skin comprising both mucosa and cutaneous skin. These mostly occur near the orifices of the body at which the external skin stops and the mucosa that covers the inside of the body starts.
Mucoid plaque Mucoid plaque or mucoid rope is an alleged thick coating of mucus-like material claimed to exist in the alimentary canals of most normal people. Supporters assert that doctors aren't trained to recognize it or use other names for it.
Mucolytic agent A mucolytic agent is any agent which dissolves thick mucus to help relieve respiratory difficulties. (hydrolyzing glycosaminoglycans: tending to break down/lower the viscosity of mucin-containing body secretions/components).
Muconate lactonizing enzyme Muconate lactonizing enzymes (MLEs) are involved in the breakdown of lignin-derived aromatics, catechol and protocatechuate, to citric acid cycle intermediates as a part of the Ăź-ketoadipate pathway in soil microbes. Some bacterial species are also capable of dehalogenating chloroaromatic compounds by the action of chloromuconate lactonizing enzymes.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue The mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) (also called mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue) is the diffuse system of small concentrations of lymphoid tissue found in various sites of the body such as the gastrointestinal tract, thyroid, breast, lung, salivary glands, eye, and skin.
Mucous membrane The mucous membranes (or mucosae; singular: mucosa) are linings of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, and are involved in absorption and secretion. They line various body cavities that are exposed to the external environment and internal organs.
Mucuna pruriens Mucuna pruriens (syn. Dolichos pruriens) is a tropical legume known by a multitude of common names, including velvet bean, cowitch, cowhage, kapikachu, nescafe, sea bean, kratzbohnen, konch, yerepe (Yoruba) and atmagupta.
MuCommander [is a multi-platform orthodox file manager] written completely in [[Java programming language|Java that features a Norton Commander inspired interface. This program is capable to run on any operating system that supports the Java language.
Mud adder The Mud Adder (Denisonia devisi), also known as De Vis's banded snake, is found in some regions of the eastern coast of Australia, including south-west Queensland, northern NSW and north-west Victoria. It is from the Elapidae family.
Mud bogging Mud bogging, also known as mud racing and mud drags, is a form of off-road motorsport in which the goal is to drive a vehicle through a pit of mud of a set length. Winners are determined by the distance traveled through the pit or, if several vehicles are able to travel the entire length, the time taken to traverse the pit.
Mud Boy and the Neutrons Mud Boy and the Neutrons is a Memphis rock music band who influenced the Memphis alternative rock scene in the 1970s through the 1990s, inspiring groups like Tav Falco's Panther Burns, North Mississippi Allstars, Big Ass Truck, and others from the area.
Mud Bruneteau Modere Fernand "Mud" Bruneteau (born on November 28 1914 in St. Boniface, Manitoba – Died April 15 1982 in Houston, Texas, was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League.
Mud catshark The mud catshark, Halaelurus lutarius, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Indian Ocean from Mozambique and Somalia between latitudes 13° N and 29° S, at depths of between 340 and 765 m. Its length is up to 34 cm.
Mud Duck "Mud Duck" is a derogatory term used by people in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota to describe residents of Minnesota. The term appears to be a play on the Minnesota nickname of "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes" and the notion of a species of duck that tends to feed on the muck of the bottom of a lake as well as the unclean and raucous habits of ducks generally.
Mud engineer A mud engineer is an oil rig worker, whose purpose is to determine the correct mud, also called drilling fluid, to use for a borehole, advising treatment and monitoring its condition. Main properties monitored are density, viscosity, chemical parameters and solids content.
Mud Master 2000 Mud Master 2000 (MM2K) is a 32-bit text based MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) client designed to run under a Windows GUI. It is configurable with a mouse- or keyboard-driven interface for use with newer operating systems, and can be extended using the Mud Master DLL Interface, allowing for further customability.
Mud pulse telemetry Mud Pulse Telemetry - The transmission of encoded data through a drilling rig's drilling mud system using rapid fluctuations in the pressure of a closed loop circulating system. There are three common methods of mud pulse telemetry: Continuous wave, Positive pulse, and negative pulse.
Mud turtle Mud turtle is the common name given to two genera of aquatic turtles: Kinosternon, mud turtles found in North and South America, and Pelusios, mud turtles found in Africa. They are very different and are not closely related.
Mud volcano The term mud volcano or mud dome is used to refer to formations created by geologically excreted liquids and gases, although there are several different processes which may cause such activity. Temperatures are much cooler than igneous processes.
Muda (convoy) A muda was the convoy of ships which usually left Venice in spring and came back in autumn; in the most ancient times mudas sailed only for the Levant but later they reached also Western ports. They did not bring only merchants and goods but also knowledge, ideas and culture.
Mudaito dynasty The Sultans of the Mudaito Dynasty (ModaytĂł) were the ruling family of the Afar Sultanate, which ruled a part of today's Eastern Ethiopia; it became a vassal of the Emperor of Ethiopia in the early 17th century during the reign of Susenyos I, becoming independent again sometime during the 19th century before accepting some degree of vassalry to the kingdom of Shewa in Ethiopia in the 19th century, finally being formally incorporated in 1902.
Mudam The Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art (), abbreviated to Mudam, is a museum of modern art in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The museum stands on the site of the old Fort ThĂĽngen, in the Kirchberg quarter, in the north-east of the city.
Mudanya Mudanya (Mudania) (the site of ancient Apamea Myrlea), is a town of Bursa Province, Turkey, on the Gulf of Mudania, part of the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. As of 1911, it was connected with Bursa by a railway and a carriage road, and with Istanbul by steamers.
Mudashiru Lawal Mudashiru Babatunde Lawal (born June 8, 1954 in Abeokuta, died 1991 in Ibadan) was a Nigerian football midfielder. He won 86 caps and scored 12 goals for his country, and is still the most capped Nigerian player.

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