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Évariste Régis Huc Évariste Régis Huc, or Abbé Huc, (August 1, 1813 - March 31, 1860) was a French missionary-traveller, famous for his travel accounts in Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet, et la Chine pendant les années 1844—1846.
Évian-les-Bains Évian-les-Bains or Évian is a commune of France, in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie département, on the shores of Lake Geneva, opposite to Lausanne, Switzerland. It has a population of about 7,300 people.
Évolué Évolué is a French term (literally, evolved or developed) used in the colonial era to refer to native Africans who had "evolved" through education or assimilation and accepted European values and patterns of behavior. Évolués spoke French, followed French laws, usually held white-collar jobs (although rarely higher than clerks), and lived primarily in urban areas.
Évrard Titon du Tillet Évrard Titon du Tillet (January 1677 - 26 December 1762) is best known for his important biographical chronicle, Le Parnasse françois, composed of brief anecdotal vite of famous French poets and musicians of his time, under the reign of Louis XIV and the Régence.
Éwerthon Éwerthon Henrique de Souza (born June 10 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian international football player, currently playing for Real Zaragoza in La Liga. His position is attacking midfielder or forward.
ÉX-Driver éX-Driver is a manga series, created and authored by Kosuke Fujishima, which was adapted into an anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and XEBEC. The anime series spanned 6 episodes, as well as a feature movie, entitled éX-Driver: The Movie.
Á Móti Sól Á Móti Sól is an Icelandic pop band formed in the fall of 1995 by Þórir Gunnarsson and Heimir Eyvindarson. Stefán Þórhallsson joined the band in the spring of 1997, Sævar Þór Helgason in the spring of 1998, and Magni Ásgeirsson in the fall 1999.
Áed Allán Áed Allán (or Áed Allán mac Fergaile) (died 743) was an 8th century Irish king of Ailech, sometimes considered to have been High King of Ireland. Áed Allán was the son of Fergal mac Máele Dúin and a member of the Cenél nEógain, a branch of the Northern Uí Néill.
Áed Find Áed Find (Áed the White) or Áed mac Echdach (before 736–778) was king of Dál Riata (modern western Scotland). Áed was the son of Eochaid mac Echdach, a descendant of Domnall Brecc in the main line of Cenél nGabráin kings.
Áed mac Colggen Áed mac Colggen (died 738) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of Leinster. Some sources incorrectly make him joint king of Leinster with Bran Bec mac Murchada, but it appears that Áed was sole ruler of Leinster from 722 or earlier.
Áed Ruad In Irish Mythology Áed Ruad or Áedh Ruadh, "Áed the red", sometimes rendered "Red Hugh" in English, was a High King of Ireland. He ruled in rotation with his cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, each ruling for seven years in turn.
África Show África Show is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Boa Vista Island South Zone League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Sal Rei in the island of Boa Vista.
Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson is a founding member of the Icelandic post-rock group, Sigur Rós. He was the group's drummer from their creation in August 1994 until, he decided to quit in 1999, after the band finished Ágætis byrjun.
Ágnes Heller Ágnes Heller (born 12 May 1929, Budapest, Hungary) was one of the world’s foremost Marxist philosophers, before her conversion to neo-liberal functionalist theories of modernity; and her subsequent conversion to neo-conservative positions under the influence of the events of 9/11. She also concentrates on Hegelian philosophy, ethics, political philosophy and existentialism.
Ágoston András Andraš Agošton (Андраш Агоштон) is an ethnic Hungarian politician in Serbia. He is one of the leaders of the coalition "Hungarian Union" on Serbian parliamentary election, 2007 together with Pal Šandor that won no seats.
Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum or Ágrip is a synoptic history of the kings of Norway, written in Old Norse. The preserved text starts with the death of Hálfdan svarti and ends with the accession of Ingi krókhryggr but the original is thought to have covered a longer period, probably up to the reign of Sverrir.
Águas Lindas de Goiás Águas Lindas de Goiás is a city and municipality located in central Goiás, Brazil. Current population (2005) is around 149,598 inhabitants making it the fifth largest city in the state and one of the fastest growing cities in Brazil.
Águilas Águilas is a municipality and seaport of southeastern Spain, in the province of Murcia. It is situated at the southern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, otherwise known as the Costa Cálida, near the border with the Province of Almería.
Águilas Cibaeñas Águilas Cibaeñas is a team in the Dominican Republic's winter baseball league. Founded in 1936, and based in Santiago, the Águilas are one of the most successful teams in the league's history, having won seven of the last 11 titles (the other four were won by Tigres del Licey).
Águilas del Zulia The Águilas del Zulia are a Venezuelan winter league team that plays in the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional. They are one of the more popular teams in the league and the only regional team in the LVBP.
Áki Ásgeirsson Aki Asgeirsson is a musician who was born 1975 in Keflavík, Iceland. He studied in Keflavík Music School, Reykjavík College of Music and The Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands and currently lives in Reykjavík.
Álafoss Álafoss is a waterfall in the river Varmá in Mosfellsbær, Iceland. A wool factory of the same name has been at a site by the waterfall since 1896, when a local farmer imported machinery to process wool using the energy from the waterfall.
Álamos The town of Álamos in the state of Sonora, Mexico, was founded in the late 17th century following discoveries of copper mines in the region. It was named by the conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, and became the capital of the surrounding region.
Álfheim Álfheim (Old Norse Álfheimr 'Elf-home') is the abode of the Álfar 'Elves' in Norse mythology and appears also in northern English ballads under the forms Elfhame and Elphame, sometimes modernized as Elfland or Elfenland. It is also an ancient name for the modern Swedish province of Bohuslän.
Álvar García de Santa María Álvar García de Santa María (1370 - 1460) was a Spanish historian and Jewish convert to Roman Catholicism during the late middle ages. He was born in 1370 into a prominent Castilian Jewish family, but was forced to convert in 1390 at the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the investigations into the Jewish community by Vincent Ferrer.
Álvares de Azevedo Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (September 12 1831 - April 25 1852) - Writer of Brazilian's romantic second generation, Author of short stories, dramas, poetry and essays Brazilian, son of Inácio Manuel Álvares de Azevedo and Maria Luísa Mota Azevedo.
Álvaro Cepeda Samudio Álvaro Cepeda Samudio (March 30, 1926 – October 12, 1972) was a Colombian journalist, novelist, short story writer, and filmmaker who spent much of his life living between Colombia and the United States of America. Within Colombia and the rest of Latin America, he is known in his own right as an important and innovative writer and journalist, largely inspiring much of the artistically-, intellectually- and politically-active climate for which this particular time and place, that of mid-century Colombia, has become known.
Álvaro Cunhal Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal (pron. IPA []; Coimbra, 10 November 1913 — Lisbon, 13 June 2005) was a Portuguese politician who served as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992.
Álvaro Cunqueiro Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora (Mondoñedo, December 22 1911 – Vigo, March 28 1981) was a Galician writer. He is the author of many works in both Spanish and Galician, including Merlín e familia ("Merlin and family") and Mil primaveras máis ("One thousand springs more").
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz Don Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (es: Don Álvaro de Bazán, marqués de Santa Cruz de Mudela) (12 December 1526 — 1588) was a Spanish admiral born at Granada. He was of an ancient family that originally settled in the valley of Baztan in Navarre, from which they are said to have taken their name.
Álvaro de Campos Álvaro de Campos was one of Fernando Pessoa's various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wraithful writing style. Campos' works may be split in three phases: the decadentist phase, the futuristic phase and the decadent (sad) phase.
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, marqués de Villamanrique Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, 1st marqués de Villamanrique (Spanish: Don Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, primer marqués de Villamanrique) (d. 1590, Spain), Spanish nobleman and the seventh viceroy of New Spain.
Álvaro Martins Álvaro Martins, also known as Álvaro Martins Homem, was a 15th century Portuguese explorer of the western Atlantic and later the African coast. He is known to have accompanied João Vaz Corte-Real in the joint Portuguese-Danish expedition to Greenland and Newfoundland in 1472.
Álvaro Pérez Treviño Alvaro Perez Treviño is a Mexican politician, former member of the extinct Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution, of which he was presidential candidate in 1994 election, in which he obtained 0.55 of the votes with which it was in those elections he placed in the seventh place, potential that the party lost its registry.
Álvaro Peña Álvaro Guillermo Peña (born February 11, 1965 in Santa Cruz) is a former football striker from Bolivia. He played 43 international matches and scored 3 goals for the Bolivia national team, including an appearance in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Álvaro Uribe Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born July 4, 1952) is the 43rd President of Colombia (since 2002) and was re-elected on May 28, 2006, for a second 2006 to 2010 term with a majority mandate, receiving 62% of the vote. He is a lawyer educated at the University of Antioquia, with a specialization in administration and management from Harvard University.
Álvaro Vargas Llosa Álvaro Vargas Llosa (born 1966; Peru) is a writer and political commentator on international affairs with emphasis on Latin America. He is the director of the Center on Global Prosperity at the Independent Institute, and his articles are syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group in both English and Spanish throughout the U.
Ángel Castro y Argiz Ángel María Bautista Castro y Argiz (December 5, 1875—October 21, 1956) is the father of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro. Angel Castro had two children by his first wife and six more children, including Fidel, by his cook, Lina Ruz González.
Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas Don Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, Duke of Rivas (Spanish: Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, Duque de Rivas) (March 19, 1791 - June 22, 1865), was a Spanish poet, dramatist and politician born in Córdoba. He is best known for his play Don Álvaro; o, La fuerza del sino (1835), the first romantic success in the Spanish theater.
Ángel Guzmán Ángel Moisés Guzmán (born December 14, 1981 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in major league baseball who plays for the Chicago Cubs. Listed at 6-3 (190 cm), 195 pounds (88 kg), Guzmán bats and throws right handed.
Ángel López Ángel David López Ruano (born 10 March, 1981), usually called Ángel, is a Spanish footballer currently playing for Celta de Vigo. He made his international debut for the Spain national football team in a friendly against Romania on 15 November 2006.
Ángel María Garibay K. Fray Ángel María Garibay K.(intana) (June 18, 1892– October 19,1967) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest, philologist, linguist, historian, and scholar of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, specifically of the Nahua peoples of the central Mexican highlands.
Ángel Nieves Díaz Ángel Nieves Díaz (August 31, 1951 - December 13, 2006) was a Puerto Rican convict that was executed by lethal injection on 2006 in Starke, Florida. Díaz was convicted after he allegedly shot the manager of a strip bar in 1979.
Ángel Pestaña Ángel Pestaña Nuñez (sometimes rendered Ángel Pestanya in Catalan versions; February 14 1886, Ponferrada, in León—December 11 1937, Barcelona) was a Spanish Anarcho-syndicalist and later Syndicalist leader.
Ánimas Trujano Ánimas Trujano (Alternative English title: The Important Man) is a 1961 Mexican film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, based on a novel by Rogelio Barriga Rivas. It stars Toshiro Mifune as Ánimas Trujano, a boisterous, irresponsible Amerindian who aspires to become mayordomio of his village.
Ányos Jedlik Anyos Jedlik (Hungarian Jedlik István Ányos, Slovak Štefan Anián Jedlík) (January 11, 1800, Zemné – December 13, 1895, Győr, Hungary) was an [inventor, engineer, physicist, and Roman Catholic priest of HungarianShort bioBiography in the Attila József Science University's online libraryRADNAI GYULA: Jedlik Ányos (Pannonhalma, 1996) origin. He is considered to be the Unsung Father of the Dynamo.
Áramótaskaupið Áramótaskaupið (), is an annual Icelandic television comedy special, broadcast on public television network Sjónvarpið. The show is an important part of Icelandic New Year's celebration for most Icelandic families.
Árbæjarsafn Árbæjarsafn is the historical museum of the city of Reykjavík as well as an open air museum and a regional museum. Its purpose is to give the public an insight into the living conditions, work and recreations of the people of Reykjavík in earlier times.
Árbol del Tule El Árbol del Tule (Spanish for "the Tule Tree") is a very large tree located in the church grounds in the town center of Santa María del Tule in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, approximately 13 km from the city of Oaxaca on the road to Mitla. The tree is 43 m tall, has a circumference of 35.
Árd Fhéis Ard Fheis (pl: Ard Fheiseanna) is an Irish language term which means party conference. The term is used by most major political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and one major party in Northern Ireland, rather than party conference, to describe their annual party assembly.
Árni Magnússon Institute The Árni Magnússon Institute (Icelandic: "Stofnun Árna Magnússonar") is an academic institute located in Reykjavík, Iceland. The institute has the task of preserving and studying medieval Icelandic manuscripts containing Landnáma, Heimskringla and the Icelandic sagas.
Árpád Göncz Árpád Göncz (born February 10, 1922 in Budapest) is a Hungarian liberal politician and former President of The Republic (May 2, 1990–August 4, 2000). He graduated in law from the Budapest Pázmány Péter University of Arts and Sciences in 1944.
Árpád Soós Árpád Soós (20 September 1912 Budapest – 1 June 1991 Budapest) was a Hungarian zoologist, entomologist and museologist. He is best known for his work on leechs and flies (Diptera) and, as co-editor with Lazlo Papp, of Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 1984- 1992.
Árpád Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation Árpád Szenes-Vieira da Silva Foundation is a museum and foundation, in Lisbon, Portugal, dedicated to the life and work of the two great painters, Hungarian Árpád Szenes and Portuguese Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, who were married and later become French citizens. The museums reunites a great quantity of the production of both artists.
Ásmundar saga kappabana Ásmundar saga kappabana is the saga of Asmund the Champion-Killer, a legendary saga from Iceland. It is essentially an adaptation of the German Hildebrandslied, but it has assimilated matter from the Tyrfing Cycle.
Ástor Piazzolla Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata – July 4, 1992 in Buenos Aires) is widely considered the most important tango composer of the latter half of the twentieth century. His compositions revolutionized the traditional tango with a modern style — incorporating elements from jazz and classical music in a style termed nuevo tango.
à In Portuguese, the character Ã/ã represents a nasal central unrounded vowel, normally transcribed in IPA as (its exact height varies from near-open to mid according to the speaker's dialect). Because it is a typical Portuguese sound, it is sometimes used as a symbol of the Portuguese language.
Èarlaid Èarlaid was the right sometimes sold by an outgoing to an incoming tenant to enter into possession of the arable land early in Spring - the incomer doing the ploughing, sowing and planting, and subsequently claiming the resulting crop. It is in vogue only in places where Whitsunday is the removal term for farmers.
Ø, Denmark Ø is a piece of land completely surrounded by two forks of the Nørreå in the eastern part of Jutland, Denmark. Its name means island in Danish and probably comes from the island-like approach to this piece of land, although it is completely landlocked.
Øistein Strømnæs Øistein Stømnæs (1914-1980) was the head of the main Norwegian intelligence organisation XU from 1943 to 1945. Strømnæs was born in Sarpsborg and studied biology at the University of Oslo when Norway was attacked in 1940.
Økokrim Økokrim (full translated name: Norwegian National Authority for the Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime; Økokrim is short for Økonomisk Kriminalitet ("Economic Crime")) is Norway's central unit for fighting economic, environmental and computer related crimes. The unit, created in 1989, has its main office in Oslo.
Ølstykke Ølstykke is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Frederiksborg County in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 29 km², and has a total population of 15.
Ørbæk municipality Ørbæk municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Funen County on the east coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 138 km², and has a total population of 6,886 (2005).
Øre Øre is the one-hundredth subdivision of the Norwegian krone, Danish krone, Swedish krona and Icelandic króna currency units. But note that the corresponding subdivision of the Swedish krona is called öre and in Iceland eyrir (plural aurar) which are just different spellings of the krone/krona/króna subdivisions.
Ørestad Ørestad is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark on the island of Amager. The area is being developed using the new town concept with the Copenhagen Metro, as the primary public transport grid, connecting the area with the rest of Metropolitan Copenhagen.
Ørjan Hartveit Ørjan Hartveit (born 21 April, 1982, Odda, Hardanger) is a Norwegian opera singer (baritone). He trained with Omar Ebrahim at Trinity College of Music, London, and has also participated in masterclasses exploring Lieder and mélodies with Elly Ameling, Graham Johnson and Malcolm Martineau.
Ørje Fortress Ørje Fortress lies in Marker municipality in Østfold county, Norway. the fortification was built in 1902 and 1903 to guard the heavily trafficked route through Ørje, which was an important entry point from Sweden.
Østblokk Østblokk is a band from Bergen, Norway, formed in 2000 who plays alternative rock in minor. The names means "eastern bloc" and reflects the band's source of inspiration as well as the themes of their lyrics.
Østerbro Østerbro is the common name for an area in Copenhagen, Denmark located beyond the historic city center (the Indre By), and beyond the location of the old Eastern Gate (Østerport), which was near the current Østerport station until dismantled in 1856.
Østfold Østfold is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The county administration is in Sarpsborg.
Østlandet Østlandet (Bokmål) or Austlandet (Nynorsk) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway. It consists of the counties Telemark, Vestfold, Østfold, Akershus, Oslo (city), Buskerud, Oppland and Hedmark.
Øvre Årdal Øvre Årdal is the biggest of the two primary towns of the municipality Årdal in the county of Sogn og Fjordane on the western coast of Norway. The town is situated at the eastern and of the 9 km long Årdalsvatnet with Årdalstangen at the western end.
Øvre Sirdal Øvre Sirdal is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Originally a part of Sirdal formannskapsdistrikt, Øvre Sirdal became a separate municipality in 1905 when Sirdal was split into Øvre Sirdal and Tonstad.
Øymark Øymark is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. It was originally a part of Aremark formannskapsdistrikt (from 1837), but on July 1, 1903 Øymark was separated from Aremark to form a separate municipality.
Øyvind Berg Øyvind Berg (born March 10, 1971) is a Norwegian ski jumper who competed from 1983 to 1996. He won a gold medal in the team large hill at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished 22nd in the individual normal hill at those same championships.
Øyvind Sandberg Øyvind Sandberg is a Norwegian film director, born 5 April 1943 in Bergen, Norway. His directing career mainly consists of documentaries depicting Norwegian people leading original and often ancient ways of life.
Øyvind Skaanes Øyvind Skaanes (born May 29, 1968) is a former Norwegian cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 1999. He won the gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and earned his best individual of 15th in the 30 km event at those same championships.
Øyvind Storflor Øyvind Storflor (born 18 December 1979) is a quick Norwegian football player, playing at the Norwegian club Rosenborg. Storflor has 3 caps for the Norwegian national team (all 3 matches in a pre-season tournament, January 2005).
Ă€ gogo The French term Ă  gogo, often anglicized as A Go-Go, meaning "in abundance, galore". Alternate spellings vary widely, particularly concerning the placement and number of dashes as well as the use of the "a" (see "see also" section).
À Hauteur d'homme À Hauteur d'homme is a Quebec political documentary directed in 2003 by Jean-Claude Labrecque about Bernard Landry and the 2003 general election in Quebec, Canada. It won a Jutra Award for Best Documentary (ex aqueo) in 2004.
À la recherche d'une musique concrète À la recherche d'une musique concréte, written in 1952, forms part of Pierre Schaeffer's collection of books written to record his works on the development of musique concrète, including the composition of many of his great works, among these Etudes aux Chemins de Fer, a piece focusing on the mechanics of the and natural mechanics.
À nous la liberté À nous la liberté (English: "Freedom for Us") is a 1931 film by René Clair concerning the escape of a convict and his subsequent rise up the industrial ladder. It makes a comment about society through the fact that it depicts industrial working conditions as not much different from being in prison.
À rebours À rebours (translated into English as Against the Grain or Against Nature) (1884) is a novel by the French novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans. It is a novel in which very little happens; its narrative concentrates almost entirely on its principal character, and is mostly a catalogue of the tastes and inner life of Des Esseintes, an eccentric, reclusive aesthete and antihero.
€2 commemorative coins €2 commemorative coins are special euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone since 2004 as legal tender in all Eurozone member states. The coins typically commemorate the anniversaries of historical events or draw attention to current events of special importance.
−0 (number) −0 is the representation of negative zero or minus zero, a number that exists in computing, in some signed number representations for integers, and in most floating point number representations. In mathematical terms there is no concept of a negative (or positive) zero, and −0 is identical to, and represented as, 0.
−Human "−Human" (pronounced "Minus Human") is a song by Metallica, first released on their album S&M. Written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, "−Human" was said by Metallica to be similar to "Sad But True" in construction (in that the primary focus of the song is on the guitar riff).
“It’s” man The "It's" man opened the comedy television series Monty Python's Flying Circus by approaching the camera from a great distance, collapsing, and gasping "It's—", immediately followed by the announcer crisply stating, "Monty Python's Flying Circus!" This was a running gag on the show; the joke being that the "It's" man never got to say anything other than that single word.
’Tis ’Tis is a memoir written by Frank McCourt. Published in 1999, it begins where Angela's Ashes, McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning memoir of his miserable childhood in Ireland and finally his re-immigration to America, left off.
‘Abd ar-Rahman (name) ‘Abd ar-Rahman (Arabic: عبدالرحمن, Persian, Pashto script: عبدالرحمان) is a theophoric Arabic name that means "servant of the Most Merciful", al-Rahman being one of the 99 names of God. The name is also transliterated as Abdul Rahman, Abd-al-Rahman, Abdul-Rahman, Abd al-Rahman, Abdelrahman, Abdurrahman and others.
‘Abdullah (name) ‘Abdullāh ( "servant of God", also spelled Abdullah or Abd Allah) is a common Arabic name, favored among Muslims because it indicates servitude and humility before God. According to a Hadith (Hadith - Abu Dawood, Narrated AbuWahb al-Jushami), the dearest of human names to God are ‘Abdullah and Rahman.
‘Ad Ad (also called Aad) is the great-grandson of Shem, son of Noah (Arabic: sam ibn Nuh سام بن نوح) who came from the northeast and was the progenitor of the Adites. Noah is said to be Ad's 3rd grandfather, he being the son of Awadh (عوض), who was the son of Eram (إرم), who was the son of Shem (سام) the son of Noah (نوح).
‘Namgis First Nation The ‘Namgis First Nation is a First Nations government on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and on adjoining islands in the southern Queen Charlotte Strait region. It is a member of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council, the members of which are the Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwa-mish First Nation and the Tsawataineuk First Nation.
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas…Again ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas…Again is the sixth episode of the second season of Tru Calling and last episode of Tru Calling. On Christmas Eve, Tru reluctantly allows Jack to help her after an old cadaver asks for help.
¥Π¥ ¥Π¥ (pronounced 'wai pi wai') is an electronic music collaboration between Herman Klapand (of Ah Cama-Sotz, Pow[d]er Pussy) and Jérôme Soudan (of Mimetic) which typically features downtempo experimental music, abstract, tribal, and breakbeat rhythms, overlayed with sweeping melodies composed with synths and pads. Overall, the music tends to sound organic and relaxed, finding different similarities between linked projects Pow[d]er Pussy, Mimetic, This Morn' Omina or Ah-Cama Sotz.
ÂŁsd ÂŁsd (pronounced, and sometimes written, LSD) was the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies used in the United Kingdom, and in most of its Empire and colonies. Meaning "pounds, shillings and pence" the term originated from the Latin "librae, solidi, denarii" hence the use of the hatched "L" (ÂŁ) for pounds and "d" for pence.
°Lintner °Lintner or degrees Lintner is a unit used to measure the ability of a malt to reduce starch to sugar, that is, its diastatic power. While the measurement is applicable to any amylase, in general it refers to the combined α-amylase and β-amylase used in brewing.
Ġbejna Ġbejna (plural ġbejniet) are cheeselets made in the Maltese Islands from goat’s milk (although ġbejniet from the sister Island of Gozo are frequently made from sheep's milk), salt and rennet. In Malta, virtually all sheep milk and most goat milk is used for production of these cheeselets, much of it through family-owned cottage industries.
Ä gantija Ä gantija (also Ggantia) is a megalithic temple complex on the Mediterranean island of Gozo (part of Malta). The two temples of Ä gantija on the island of Gozo are notable for their gigantic Neolithic structures, which were erected during the Neolithic Age (c.
Äś Äś or Äť (G circumflex) is a consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a voiced postalveolar affricate (either palato-alveolar or retroflex), and is equivalent to a voiced postalveolar affricate or a voiced retroflex affricate .
ÄŚ ÄŚ is the fourth letter of the Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak and Slovenian alphabet and the fifth letter of the Lithuanian and Latvian alphabet. It is also used in the Latinic forms of Montenegrin, Macedonian and Serbian, all in fourth position.

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