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MacZoop MacZoop is a popular application framework for the Apple Macintosh, based on Carbon. Written exclusively in C++, it was designed as a much smaller and manageable alternative to the popular, but now defunct Think Class Library (TCL) from Symantec, and later, PowerPlant framework from Metrowerks.
Mad as a Hatter (Batman: The Animated Series) Mad as a Hatter is a critically acclaimed episode of Batman: The Animated Series and its the first appearance of the Mad Hatter in the DC Animated Universe. It was written by Paul Dini and directed by Frank Paur and it first appeared on October 12, 1992.
Mad About Boys Mad About Boys was a magazine aimed at 8 year old girls in the United Kingdom. It attracted controversy over what many saw as adult content (even though this did not actually exist in the magazine), and was banned from many chain stores, including Woolworths and WH Smith.
Mad Amos Mad Amos is a 1996 short story collection by American fantasy author Alan Dean Foster. The ten stories of the collection (only two previously unpublished) center on the character of Amos Malone, a mountain man in the 19th century American West whose knowledge of the occult and the fantastic brings him and his trusty but temperamental steed, the unicorn Worthless, into various adventures.
Mad Bomber Society Mad Bomber Society is a six-piece ska band that was started in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1992. Garnet Murrie originally conceived of the idea for the band, but later it was Rich Bomber who took the idea and ran with it in 1997.
Mad Cowgirl Mad Cowgirl is an underground cult film by Gregory Hatanaka. Hatanaka dedicated the movie to Doris Wishman, who starred in 1960s sexploitation films such as Diary of a Nudist, Behind the Nudist Curtain and Bad Girls Go to Hell, and actor John Cassavetes.
Mad digitizer syndrome "Mad digitizer syndrome" is a bug or condition on older Palm OS device models such as the Sony Clie, Palm Zire, or Handspring Visor that results in a drift of digitizer accuracy after the unit is powered off. This can be fixed with the purchase of one of the many "Digi" applications available.
Mad Dog (oil platform) Mad Dog is the name of an oil platform operating in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. It became operational in 2005, and is one of a new breed of oil drilling platforms that tap oil reserves deep beneath offshore waters.
Mad Dog and Billie Canadian broadcasters Jay "Mad Dog" Michaels and Billie Holiday hosted a succession of prominent morning drive time shows in the Toronto, Ontario radio market as Mad Dog and Billie, later Jay and Billie and then Mad Dog and Billie again.
Mad Dog and Glory Mad Dog and Glory is a 1993 film written by Richard Price and directed by John McNaughton. It stars Robert De Niro as a Chicago crime scene investigator (ironically nicknamed "Mad Dog" by his colleagues because of his timidness, to his chagrin), Uma Thurman as bartender "Glory" (in debt to her boss), and Bill Murray as Glory's boss, who identifies himself as both an "expediter of dreams" and a member of Cosa Nostra.
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold is a live-action laserdisc video game produced by American Laser Games, released for the arcade, Sega CD, 3DO, CD-i and PC (under DOS), the first release being in 1992; the quality of the video is the lowest on Sega CD. A sequel to the moderately popular Mad Dog McCree, the game abandoned the rather simple style of the original, introducing elements that can be considered "Hollywood", including dynamic shootout scenes and in-game music, as opposed to the original's almost complete lack thereof.
Mad Emperors "Mad Emperors" is a term used in contrast to or juxtaposition with the Good Emperors, to refer to some of the more depraved, infamous, and megalomaniacal Roman Emperors. Traditionally, the list refers to Caligula, Nero, Domitian, Commodus, and Elegabalus.
Mad Genius Software Mad Genius Software, Llc was a Canadian video game company created in 1995 by Geoffrey Mark, Mike Jackson, and Kieth Gillard in Vancouver, British Columbia. By the time the company dissolved in 1999 it had developed, produced and successfully distributed one title, Gunmetal for the PC.
Mad Harriet Mad Harriet is a New God of Apokolips in the DC Comics universe. Member of the Female Furies, Granny Goodness' elite band of warriors, Mad Harriet is a psychotic madwoman that has the tendency to cackle uncontrollably.
Mad Hatters' Review Mad Hatters' Review is a tri-annual online multimedia and literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, experimental pieces, book reviews, interviews, art galleries, political cartoons and parodies, comic strips, digital multimedia projects and mini-films. It is hosted by Web Del Sol, and published by poet and prose writer Carol Novack.
Mad Hot Ballroom Mad Hot Ballroom is a documentary by director Marilyn Agrelo about a ballroom dance program for fifth graders in the New York City public school system. The documentary premiered at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival and was purchased by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
Mad Jack the Pirate Mad Jack the Pirate was a short lived 90's cartoon (1998) featuring only 13 episodes before being canceled. On American television the show was broadcasted on Fox Kids and was directed by Jeff DeGrandis and Bill Kopp.
Mad Jim Jaspers Sir James Jaspers (aka Mad Jim Jaspers) is a fictional character created by Dave Thorpe and Alan Davis for the Captain Britain stories in Marvel UK comics and later developed by Alan Moore. Jaspers was a British member of Parliament with a mutated brain that enabled him to alter reality; an unfortunate side effect of this power was that it quickly drove him mad once he began to use it on a larger scale.
Mad Love (comic) Mad Love was a single-issue graphic novel written by Paul Dini, writer and director of Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond, and Bruce Timm, executive producer on The New Batman/Superman Adventures and the co-creator of Batman: The Animated Series. It was set in the continuity of The Batman Animated Series.
Mad Mad House Mad Mad House is a 2004 reality television series about a group of 10 contestants competing for $100,000. The contestants lived together in a house inhabited by another group of people known as the alts (for their alternative lifestyles).
Mad Max Mad Max is an Australian apocalyptic science fiction action film from 1979 directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy. The film, which starred the then little-known Mel Gibson was released internationally in 1980.
Mad Max (video game) Mad Max is a NES game that is based on the post-apocalyptic movie of the same name. The object is to survive life after the end of the world by battling survivalists and collecting valuable food, water, gasoline, and money in order to continue racing into the desert wasteland that lies beyond.
Mad Not Madness Mad Not Madness was a Melbourne tribute band to the prominent UK ska act Madness played in and around Melbourne from 1991-93. This band went on to spawn some great bands in Australia such as Area7, The Seen and GasKats.
Mad pain and martian pain Mad Pain and Martian Pain is a philosophical article written by David Lewis. The piece proposes the existence of two beings both in pain - one whose physical explanation of pain differs from ours and one whose reaction to pain differs from ours.
Mad pigeon Mad Pigeon is an international series of short films created and directed by Julien Vergne. These brief (usually 2 min) and humorous films do not use any specific language: every actor must talk what he thinks to be Danish (no real Danish-speaking actor has ever played in a Mad Pigeon film yet).
Mad pride Mad Pride emerged at the end of the 20th Century primarily in London, UK, as a mass movement of mental health services users and their allies. It seeks to reclaim the terms "mad", "nutter", "psycho" and so forth from the hysterical tabloid media, and through a series of mass media campaigns to re-educate the general public on such subjects as the causes of mental "illness", the real victims of the mental health system, and the global suicide pandemic.
Mad Professor The imaginative recordings produced by Mad Professor (born Neil Fraser 1955, Georgetown in Guyana) demonstrate a mastery of electronic gadgetry. Working from his own studios, Mad Professor has overseen more than two hundred albums including ground-breaking remixes for Massive Attack, Sade, and Pato Banton.
Mad River (California) The Mad River is a river in upper Northern California. It flows for 95 miles in a roughly northwest direction through Trinity County and then Humboldt County and drains a 497 square mile-watershed into the Pacific Ocean near Arcata-Eureka Airport in McKinleyville.
Mad River (Ohio) }}The Mad River flows nearly 60 mi (97 km) from Logan County, Ohio, to Downtown Dayton, Ohio, where it meets the Great Miami River. The river flows southwest from its source near Campbell Hill through West Liberty, Ohio, along U.
Mad River Road Mad River Road was the first overland route between Dayton, Ohio and Cincinnati, Ohio was cut by Daniel C. Cooper in 1795 to provide access to the new town of Dayton and the "Mad River Country" northeast and north of Dayton.
Mad scene The mad scene was a popular convention of Italian and French opera in the early decades of the nineteenth century. It is most popularly associated with works of the bel canto period, though examples may also be found in earlier works, such as George Frederick Handel's Orlando and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Idomeneo.
Mad scientist A mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, either villainous or benign. Whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, the mad scientist is often working with some utterly fictional technology in order to forward their schemes.
Mad Science Mad Science is a franchise company that specializes in edutainment for children by presenting science in a fun and entertaining way that sparks imaginative learning. Mad Science programs include after school workshops, birthday parties, school assemblies, and summer camps.
Mad Season Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season only released one album, Above, and is best known for the single "River of Deceit".
Mad Tea Party Mad Tea Party is a spinning tea cup ride at the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland theme parks around the world. Located in Fantasyland, it is one of the few remaining attractions operational on Disneyland's opening day in 1955.
Mad White Giant Mad White Giant is a 1985 semi-autobiographical adventure novel by British explorer and author Benedict Allen. It details Allen's eventful journey between the mouths of the Orinoco and the Amazon rivers, a trip of over 1500 miles "as the vulture flies.
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know is the third album released by Dead or Alive in 1986 on Epic Records. Continuing their association with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, Dead or Alive scored several hit singles from this album, including "Brand New Lover", "Something In My House" and "I'll Save You All My Kisses".
Mada mada da ne Mada mada dane (未だ未だだね) is a phrase that was popularized by Ryoma Echizen from the anime/manga Tennis no Ouji-sama (The Prince of Tennis). The meaning varies in similarity, meaning "You still have a ways to go," "No, not yet," "Not good enough" or "Still no good" in the English version of the manga, or as translated directly in a chapter of the Japanese manga, "You still have lots more to work on".
Madaba Map The Madaba Map is the oldest extant map of the Holy Land and is dated to the middle of the 6th century AD. It was discovered late in the 19th century, during an excavation and reconstruction of a mosaic floor in St George's Church in Madaba, Jordan.
Madacy Entertainment Madacy Entertainment is a video and music corparation that was founded in 1980. They produce many videos and DVD'S of classic television programs that include The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show, among others.
Madagascar (film) Madagascar is a computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theatres on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar.
Madagascar (ship) The Madagascar was a large British merchant ship built for the trade to India and China in 1837, but went missing on a voyage from Melbourne to London in 1853. The disappearance of the Madagascar was one of the great maritime mysteries of the 19th century and was probably the subject of more speculation than any other 19th century disappearance except for the Mary Celeste.
Madagascar Big Headed Turtle The Madagascar Big Headed Turtle inhabits the waters of permanent slow moving rivers and lakes in Western Madagascar. These turtles, although they are endangered (the 13th most endangered turtle, according to the top 25 most endangered turtles list, issued May of 2003), they are commonly eaten for food by the people of Madagascar.
Madagascar Current The Madagascar Current is an ocean current that flows northwards near the western coast of Madagascar, and it is the only current which sailors can employ on trips from southern Africa to India. However, the current is neither as strong nor as wide as the opposing Agulhas current.
Madagascar dry deciduous forests Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical dry forest ecoregion generally situated in the western part of Madagascar. The WWF has designated these forests as a Global 200 ecoregion, one of the world’s most crucial regions for conservation.
Madagascar Fauna Group The Madagascar Fauna Group or MFG is an international consortium of zoos and other conservation agencies which pool together resources to help conserve animal species in Madagascar, through captive breeding programs, field research programs, training programs for rangers and wardens, and acquisition and protection of native habitat in Madagascar. It is a non-governmental organization working in conjunction with the
Madagascar hissing cockroach The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) is one of the largest species of cockroach, reaching 2-3 inches at maturity. They are originally from the island of Madagascar off the African coast, where they can be found in rotting logs.
Madagascar Heron The Madagascar Heron (or Humblot's Heron) (Ardea humbloti) is a species of heron. In Madagascar, it is common to the north and west coasts as well as Lake Alaotra, but also inhabits the Comoro Islands and Mayotte.
Madagascar Kestrel The Madagascar Kestrel (Falco newtoni), also known as Malagasy Spotted Kestrel, Newton's Kestrel, Madagascar Spotted Kestrel, Katiti (Creole) or Hitikitike (Malagasy), is a small bird of prey of the genus Falco. It is named after British ornithologist Edward Newton.
Madagascar Laceleaf Madagascar laceleaf (Aponogeton madagascariensis syn. Aponogeton Fenestralis), also known as the Lattice leaf plant or simply Lace plant, is an aquatic monocotyledonous perennial plant belonging to the small family Aponogetonaceae and a native of Madagascar.
Madagascar national rugby union team The Madagascar national rugby union team represents Madagascar in the sport of rugby union. They are classified as a tier-three nation by the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have thus far not qualified for a Rugby World Cup, but have participated in qualifying tournaments to do so.
Madagascar National Parks Association The Madagascar National Parks Association, officially known as l'Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP), is charged with managing a network of protected areas in Madagascar. It is a private association that is legally recognised to have a public function, and it operates under the supervision of the ministry responsible for the environment, which, in august 2006, is the Ministry of the Environment, Waters and Forests (MINEnvEF).
Madagascar Plan The Madagascar Plan was a suggested policy of the Third Reich government of Nazi Germany to forcibly relocate the entire Jewish population of Europe to the French island colony of Madagascar, off the coast of Africa.
Madagascar Pochard The Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) is an extremely rare diving duck of the genus Aythya, previously thought extinct. Prior to a rediscovery in 2006, the last confirmed sighting of the species was at Lake Alaotra on the Central Plateau of Madagascar in 1991.
Madagascar Tree Boa The Madagascar Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis) is a species of semi-arboreal boa, endemic to Nosy Be, Madagascar and the forested regions of the main island. It is the only species in the genus Sanzinia, but the genus is often synonymized with the genus Boa.
Madai Madai, according to the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, was a son of Japheth and one of the 16 grandsons of Noah. Scholars have identified Madai with various nations, from the early Mitanni to the much later Medes.
Madai Vadukunda Shiva Temple The Madai Vadukunda Shiva Temple is believed to have been constructed by “Kolathiri” Kings during medieval period on a plateau land generally known now as “Madai Para” in Madai Village, Kannur Taluk and District of Kerala State. This is situating 22 km north of Kannur, the Head Quarter Town.
Madak Madak was a blend of opium and tobacco used as a recreational intoxicant smoking mixture in 17th and 18th century China. Although opium was legal for medicinal use in China at that time, madak was prohibited by a 1729 edict of the emperor Yongzheng.
Madakkavil Madakkavil is the name of a prominent Tharavadu based at Guruvayoor, in the south Indian state of Kerala. The family of Kiriyathil (warrior) Nairs has a long and illustrious history linking it to the famous Kochu Guruvayoorappan temple.
Madaline Lee Madaline Lee was a mid 20th century American actor, best known for her role as secretary Genevieve Blue on the Amos n Andy television program, and for her peripheral involvement in a Blacklisting scandal in the 1940s.
Madalitso Muthiya Madalitso Muthiya (born 8 February 1983) is a Zambian golfer. He took up golf at the age of nine and at fifteen he caught the attention of Zambian president Frederick Chiluva, who helped to arrange for him to play a junior tournament in the United States.
Madam (fashion) Madam is a Japanese fashion which is the feminine version of Aristocrat, which is inspired by what is thought to be worn by European Middle Class and above status persons in the Middle Ages and by fashion worn by the upper class in the 19th Century, though Madam gets more of its influences from 19th Century fashion. The fashion includes long sleeve blouses and shirts, long skirts, corsetry and dresses with feminine, but not usually frilly styling that can come in a variety of colors.
Madam Brett Homestead The Madame Brett Homestead is an early 18th-century home located in the city of Beacon, New York, USA. It is the oldest standing building in the region (Dutchess County) and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Madam Ke Madam Ke(客氏) was the nanny of the young Tianqi Emperor (1605-1627), who was Emperor of China (Ming dynasty) from 1620 to 1627. As he was 15 when he became Emperor, and also illiterate, he delegated all duties to Wei Zhongxian, giving the actual power to him and Madam Ke.
Madam Tinubu Madam Efunroye Tinubu was an active adversary of the British Colonial Government who was banished by the government from Lagos to her native Abeokuta in the nineteenth century. She was a former slave trader who, once she realised the differences between domestic slaving and the inhumane treatment of slaves in Europe and the Americas, became an active opponent to all slave trade.
Madame Alexander Madame Alexander was an American entrepreneur who created the first "collectable" dolls based on a licensed character - Scarlett O'Hara from the book and movie Gone with the Wind. She also is credited with making the first mass-produced dolls in honor of living people, with a set of 36 Queen Elizabeth II dolls to commemorate the 1953 coronation celebrations in Britain.
Madame Bovary Madame Bovary is a novel by Gustave Flaubert that was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialised in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, resulting in a trial in January 1857 that made it notorious. After the acquittal on 7 February, it became a bestseller in book form in April 1857, and is now seen as one of the first modern realistic novels.
Madame Bovary (1949 film) Madame Bovary is a 1949 film adaptation of the classic novel by Gustave Flaubert. It stars Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Christopher Kent, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby and Gladys Cooper.
Madame de Mauves Madame de Mauves is a novella by Henry James, originally published in The Galaxy magazine in 1874. The story centers on the troubled marriage of a scrupulous American wife and a far from scrupulous French husband, and is told mostly from the point of view of a male friend of the wife.
Madame de Ventadour Charlotte-Eleonore-Madeleine de la Motte Houdancourt, Duchesse de Ventadour was the governess to King Louis XV of France (great-grandson of King Louis XIV). In 1712 measles hit the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Louis XIV hard.
Madame Fatal Madame Fatal (sometimes spelled "Madam Fatal") is a fictional comic book crimefighter in Quality Comics stories during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The character is notable as the first cross-dressing comics hero.
Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House (ISBN 0-89526-067-0) is a book by Emmett Tyrrell and Mark Davis comparing Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as first lady to the reign of a French monarch and/or Madame Mao. It was released by Regnery Publishing in February 2004.
Madame Morrible Madame Morrible is a character in author Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The character also appears in the Broadway musical Wicked, which is based on Maguire's novel.
Madame Pompadour (operetta) Madame Pompadour is an operetta in three acts, composed by Leo Fall with a libretto by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch. It opened at the Berliner Theater in Berlin on September 9 1922 and the Carltheater in Vienna on March 2 1923.
Madame Popova Madame Alexe Popova native of Samara, Russia, was a "murderer for hire" during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For a fee, she would "liberate" wives married to supposedly cruel husbands using inexpensive, lethal remedy.
Madame Roland Viscountess Jeanne Marie Roland de la Platiere, better known simply as Madame Roland and born Manon Jeanne Philipon (March 17, 1754 – November 8, 1793) was, together with her husband Jean Marie Roland de la Platiere, a supporter of the French Revolution and influential member of the Girondist faction, but fell out of favor during the Reign of Terror and died by the guillotine.
Madame Royale Madame Royale (term in French; an approximate English translation would be "royal madam") was a style customarily used for the eldest living daughter of a reigning French monarch. It was similar to the style Monsieur, which was typically used by the King's second son.
Madame SatĂŁ JoĂŁo Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976), also known as the infamous drag performer and capoeirista Madame SatĂŁ, was born unto a family of ex-slaves in the state of Pernambuco, Northeast of Brazil. Having been accused with conspiracy of murder, spending 27 years in prison, being a former gangster and father of 7, he found refuge in the dark Bohemian culture of Rio de Janeiro amidst a lively world of pimps, prostitutes, deviants and samba composers.
Madan Krishna Shrestha Madan Krishna Shrestha (मदनकृष्ण श्रेष्ठ)is one of the most successful Nepalese comedians. Along with Hari Bansha Acharya of MaHa, he is considered as one of the best comedians of all times in Nepal.
Madan Kumar Bhandari Madan Kumar Bhandari was born in Taplejung in 1952. He studied in Varanasi, India and in 1972 was named central committee member of the Janabadi Sanskritik Morcha (Democratic Cultural Front), a student's movement launched by Pushpa Lal Shrestha.
Madan Lal Madan Lal Udhouram Sharma (born March 20, 1951, Amritsar, India) is a former international cricketer (1974-1987) from India. He enjoyed great success at the first class level scoring over 10,000 runs and taking over 600 wickets.
Madan Lal Dhingra Madan Lal Dhingra (1887 - 1909) was an Indian political activist studying in England, where he murdered Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official, which is hailed as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century.
Madan Lal Khurana Madan Lal Khurana (born October 15, 1936, Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad in Pakistan) is an Indian politician. Khurana was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party till his expulsion on disciplinary grounds in 2005.
Madan Lal Sharma Madan Lal Sharma (born 22 April, 1952) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Jammu constituency of Jammu and Kashmir and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Madan Mohan Madan Mohan Kohli (June 25, 1924 - July 14, 1975), better known as Madan Mohan, was a famed Bollywood film music director of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He is particularly remembered for the ghazals he composed for the film industry, mainly using the voice of India's Melody Queen, Lata Mangeshkar.
Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya Madan Puraskār Pustakālaya (Nepali:मदन पुरस्कार पुस्तकालय) is a library of books and periodicals in Nepali language. The library is a non-profit and non-governmental institution that is run by a trust.
Madan Theatre The Madan Theatre Company has its roots in 1902 when Jamshedji Framji Madan, a wine merchant who came to Calcutta from Bombay as a child, started his entertainment business by acquiring two theatre companies in Calcutta and then beginning film exhibitions . The first of these were of imported cinemas, which were screened in tent shows in the maidan in the vicinity of the Esplanade.
Madang Madang (old German name: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen) is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century.
Madang Province Madang has many of Papua New Guinea's highest peaks, its most active volcanos, and its biggest mix of languages (175). The province is the country's third leading producer of cocoa and copra and second producer of cattle.
Madapati Hanumantha Rao Madapati Hanumantha Rao was the first mayor of the city of Hyderabad, India. He was a social reformer and also started one of the first schools for girls in India, the Madapati Hanumantha Rao Girls High School, in Narayanguda, Hyderabad.
Madawaska, Ontario Madawaska is a small village on the edge of the Madawaska River and near Bark Lake in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the township of South Algonquin. The village of Madawaska was first established as a Divisional Point, on the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway in the 1890's.
Madawi Al-Rasheed Dr Madawi Al-Rasheed is a Saudi-Arabian-born professor of Social Anthropology at the department of Theology and Religious Studies in King's College London since 1994. She gives occasional lectures in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
Madball Madball is a New York Hardcore band that originated back in the late 1980s, as a side project of the legendary NYHC outfit Agnostic Front (Where none other than AF's front man Roger Miret whould let his little brother Freddy "Madball" Cricien take the microphone on lead vocals during AF shows). After releasing the "Ball of Destruction" single in 1989, the buzz around the streets was the question of when was madball going to play next?
Madboot This is a boot disk creator especially for upgrading and troubleshooting older PCs. It features two-click automated installation of Windows 9x, NT, 2000 and XP; two-click hard drive formatting, partition management, BIOS clearing, and cleaning of temporary files.
Madcap (band) Madcap is a pop punk band from Southern California which loosely formed in 1994. After several lineup changes a solid group was formed in 1999 with original members Lee LeBaigue, Johnny Mastantuono, Alfredo Gonzalez and new member Jake Beil.
Maddalena Fagandini Maddalena Fagandini is an electronic musician and television producer. She was employed by the BBC in the early 50s as part of their Italian Service before becoming part of the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1959.
Madden curse The Madden Curse, also known as the Madden Cover Curse, is a speculation involving the video game series Madden NFL, stating that the season a player appears on the cover of Madden NFL, that player will be cursed with either an injury or poor performance.
Madden NFL Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known color commentator and formerly a successful Super Bowl-winning coach during the 1970s with the Oakland Raiders.
Madden NFL '94 Madden NFL '94 is a football video game released in 1993. It was the first game in the Madden series with an official NFL team license, as well as the first Madden game that allowed players to play a full regular season.
Madden NFL 2004 Madden NFL 2004 is the 14th installment of the Madden NFL series. Due to its great depth of features, it is widely considered to be the most complete football video game available for a console system as of 2004.

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