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Thucydides Thucydides (circa 460 BC – c. 400 BC), Greek Îουκυδίδης, ThoukudĂdÄ“s) was an ancient Greek historian, and the author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC.
Thud (game) Thud is a board game devised by Trevor Truran and first published in 2002, inspired by the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. It bears a slight resemblance to the ancient Norse games of Hnefatafl and Tablut (and, in Dwarfish, is supposedly called "Hnaflbaflwhiflsnifltafl") but has been radically redefined to be less one sided.
Thud! Thud! is Terry Pratchett's 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America on September 13 2005, the United Kingdom on October 1 2005, and may have been released before that date in other countries, such as Norway and Denmark.
Thue (programming language) Thue (pronounced "TOO-ay") is an esoteric programming language invented by John Colagioia in early 2000. It is a meta-language that can be used to define or recognize Type-0 languages from the Chomsky hierarchy.
Thue number In the mathematical area of graph theory, the Thue number of a graph is a variation of the chromatic index, defined by Alon et al (2002) and named by them after mathematician Axel Thue, who studied the squarefree words used to define this number.
Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem In mathematics, the Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem, also known simply as Roth's theorem, is a foundational result in diophantine approximation to algebraic numbers. It is of a qualitative type, stating that a given algebraic number α may not have too many rational number approximations, that are 'very good'.
Thug (hip hop slang) Thugs (alternatively written "thugz"), in the hip-hop/gangsta rap sense, are persons who are ruthless and who will do whatever it takes to get what they want. The term also carries the connotation of living a rebellious life and being prone to operating outside the established status quo (particularly the law).
Thug Behram Thug Behram, of the Indian Thuggee cult, has frequently been said to be the world's most prolific serial killer. According to numerous sources, he was believed to have murdered 931 victims by strangulation by means of a ceremonial cloth (or rumal, which in Hindi means handkerchief), used by his cult between 1790-1830.
Thug Nation Thug Nation was founded after the death of Tupac Shakur; Thug Nation is a music production company connected to Shakur's other publishing company’s. It is also a registered trademark owned by the Estate of Tupac Shakur.
Thuggee Thuggee (or tuggee) (from Hindi thag thief, from Sanskrit sthaga scoundrel, from sthagati to conceal) was an Indian network of secret fraternities who were engaged in murdering and robbing travellers, operating from the 17th century (possibly as early as 13th century) to the 19th century whose members were known as Thugs. This is the origin of the term thug, as many Indian words passed into common English during British Imperial rule of India.
ThugLine Records ThugLine Records is a record label founded by rappers Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Originally founding members of the Mo Thugs Family, a collective of Cleveland based rap and R&B groups, Krayzie Bone broke apart from the group in 1998 to establish his own roster of musicians.
Thuir Thuir (Catalan Tuïr) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France, not far from Perpignan. It is located in a plain between the natural zones of Els Aspres and El Riberal.
Thuja plicata Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar) is a species of thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, from southern Alaska and British Columbia south to northwest California and inland to western Montana.
Thuja sutchuenensis Thuja sutchuenensis (Sichuan Thuja) is a species of thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae. It is native to China, where it is a critically endangered local endemic in Chongqing Municipality in eastern Sichuan.
Thujone Thujone is a ketone and a monoterpene that exists in two stereoisomeric forms - (+)-3-thujone or α-thujone and (-)-3-thujone or β-thujone - and has a menthol odor. Even though it is best known for being a chemical in absinthe, recent tests show absinthe contains only small quantities.
Thulahn Thulahn is the fictional small Himalayan country in The Business, a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1999. The main character, Kate Telman, becomes involved in the acquisition of the country for the Business, in order to get a seat at the United Nations.
Thule Thule (also Thula, Thyle, Thile, Thila, Tile, Tila, Tilla, Tyle, or Tylen—being Îούλη in Greek) is in classic sources a place, usually an island. Ancient European descriptions and maps locate it either in the far north, often northern Britain or Scandinavia, or in the west and north, often Iceland or Greenland.
Thule Island Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southermost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the earth.
Thule Society The Thule Society (German: Thule-Gesellschaft), originally the Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum 'Study Group for Germanic Antiquity', was a German occultist and Völkisch group in Munich, named after a mythical northern country from Greek legend. The Society is notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which was later transformed by Adolf Hitler into the Nazi Party.
Thulite Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is an opaque, massive pink manganese rich variety of the mineral zoisite. Thulite is often mottled with white calcite and occurs as veins and fracture fillings transecting many types of rock.
Thulium Thulium (IPA: ) is a chemical element that has the symbol Tm and atomic number 69 in the periodic table. A lanthanide element, thulium is the least abundant of the rare earths and its metal is easy to work, has a bright silvery-gray luster and can be cut by a knife.
Thuluth Thuluth (Arabic: Ř«Ů„Ř« "one-third") is a script variety of Arabic calligraphy, which made its first appearance in the fourth century of the Hegira (11th century AD). It is known as one of the hardest Arabic scripts to write.
Thumamah ibn Uthal Thumamah ibn Uthal was chieftain of the Banu Hanifah and one of the rulers of al-Yamamah, making him among the most powerful Arab rulers in pre-Quranic times. In 628 the Muhammad sent eight letters to rulers in the Arabian peninsula and surrounding areas inviting them to Islam, including Thumamah.
Thumb (band) Thumb was a German Rapcore band formed in November 1993 in GĂĽtersloh. According to the band's official website they appear to have ceased in 2005 into various side projects; Steffen has joined H-Blockx, Jens is in Taetowier Studio, Jan-Hendrik is in Hudson, Claus is in Alternative Allstars and Axel is in Waterdown.
Thumb Fire The great Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881 in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km²) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871 and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques.
Thumb wrestling Thumb wrestling is a popular children's game played with two players, or in tournaments of more with all individual matches in pairs. This is often played in situations where larger or more complicated games might be inappropriate: in the car, a restaurant, or when attempting to annoy one's parents.
Thumbelina Thumbelina or Little Tiny is a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1835 as part of the second volume of Eventyr, fortalte for Børn (Fairy-tales, Told for Children). It was originally known as Tommelise or Tommeliden (Tomme means inch in danish).
Thumbling Thumbling and Thumbling's Travels (also known as 'Thumbling as Journeyman') are two German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale numbers 37 and 45 in the collection and is a precurser tale to Tom Thumb in English fairy tales.
Thumbnail Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures, used to make it easier to scan and recognize them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words. Visual search engines and image-organizing programs normally use them, as can some modern operating systems or desktop environments, such as Windows XP, KDE, and GNOME.
Thumbs Up (newspaper) Thumbs Up (Chinese: 大拇指) is a Chinese newspaper published in Singapore for school children. Most primary schools in Singapore subscribe to the newspaper for their chinese students, to improve their Chinese language.
Thump Belton Keith Da'Shawn Belton or simply "Thump Belton" (born June 1, 1981 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American football fullback on the practice squad of the Denver Broncos. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Syracuse University.
Thump Records Thump Records is a record label specialized in freestyle music, Latin music and hip hop music. They are probably best known for their rap and R&B Old School compilations, as well as their Low Rider compilations.
Thunbergia Thunbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the Family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. Its members are known by various names, including thunbergias; clockvine on its own usually refers to Thunbergia grandiflora, while Thunbergia alata is often known as Black-eyed Susan vine or just Black-eyed Susan (not to be confused with other flowers called Black-eyed Susan).
Thunbergia alata Thunbergia alata, commonly known as black-eyed Susan vine, is an invasive species, which is used like an ornamental plant. This plant is native Eastern Africa, and it is found in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil and Hawaii.
Thundar "Thundar" is the nickname of the mascot for North Dakota State University's Bison athletic program. The name is derived from an additional nickname that the teams use, the "Thundering Herd".
Thunder Thunder is, even today, not completely understood by modern science. The word usually describes a sonic shock wave caused by the rapid heating and expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning.
Thunder (band) Thunder are an English hard rock band, who originally formed in 1989 when Terraplane broke up, leaving lead singer Danny Bowes and guitarist/main songwriter Luke Morley to form a new band, namely Thunder. Retaining drummer Gary James (popularly known as 'Harry' James) from Terraplane, they completed the line-up with bassist Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst and guitarist/keyboard player Ben Matthews.
Thunder 1 The Thunder 1 is a rocket firing device that the militant group Hezbollah claims to now use instead of its standard Katyusha device. Hezbollah claimed the more accurate and longer ranged Thunder 1 was used in attacks of the northern Israeli towns of Safed, Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona and Carmiel in July, 2006 after anti-Hezbollah attacks by Israel.
Thunder and Lightning (professional wrestling) Thunder and Lightning is a Puerto Rician professional wrestling tag team consisting of masked wrestlers Reynaldo Rodriguez (born December 3, 1972 in Bayamon) and Alex Cruz (born October 18, 1975 also in Bayamon) under the ring names Thunder and Lightning respectively.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery The only one of its kind in all of Northwestern Ontario, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery offers all sorts of paintings and exhibits from young artists and old, professional and unprofessional. It is located on the Confederation College campus.
Thunder Bay Border Cats The Thunder Bay Border Cats are a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, an NCAA summer baseball league. The league's only Canadian team, their home games are played at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium is an impressive concert hall located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium theatre has 1511 seating capacity and is used by local fine arts groups and traveling concert performers.
Thunder Bay Historical Museum The Thunder Bay Historical Museum, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, former twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, Canada is operated by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society founded in 1908 by Peter McKellar as the Thunder Bay Historical Society. Presently it is housed in the renovated former Fort William police station near the city hall.
Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay Chill are an Canadian soccer team, founded in 2000. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference against teams from Boulder, Des Moines, Kansas City, Sioux Falls, Springfield and St.
Thunder Bay Telephone Thunder Bay Telephone is a municipally owned telecommunications company operating in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and the surrounding area. The company frequently uses the marketing name TBayTel in advertisements and official communications.
Thunder Bay Television Thunder Bay Television is the name under which the two television affiliates in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada operate: CKPR, a CBC affiliate, and CHFD, a CTV affiliate. It is what is known as a twinstick station.
Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Thunder Bay—Superior North Thunder Bay—Superior North (formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1976, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Thunder Bunny Thunder Bunny is a comic book created by Martin Greim about the adventures of a boy who gained the ability to become a superhero who also resembles a large pink humanoid rabbit. This character is a clear homage to the Golden Age funny animal hero Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
Thunder Clap The Thunder Clap is a form of dance that incorporates clapping in the air with a sliding motion. To perform this dance one must raise one hand and then with the second hand meet the first one half way making a clapping sound.
Thunder Force (series) The Thunder Force series (also spelled Thunderforce, Japanese: サăłă€ăĽă•ă‚©ăĽă‚ą) is a series of scrolling shooter type video games developed by the Japanese software company Technosoft. The games are known by fans of the genre for their hardcore appeal, pleasing graphics (for their time), and generally well composed Synth-rock based soundtracks.
Thunder Force AC Thunder Force AC is a horizontal space shooter from Sega/Technosoft. Due to the success of Technosoft's Thunder Force III for the Mega Drive (Sega Genesis), it was decided that the game would be brought to the arcade scene in the form of Thunder Force AC.
Thunder Force IV Thunder Force IV is a Scrolling shooter game developed by Technosoft as the fourth chapter of the Thunder Force series. It was released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console in Japan, and the United States, (1993 in Europe).
Thunder Girl Thunder Girl (AKA: Molly Wilson) is a superheroine in Big Bang Comics who first appeared in Big Bang Comics #2 (Summer 1994), she was created by Chris Ecker and Sheldon Moldoff. Thunder Girl is a pastiche of Mary Marvel of DC Comics.
Thunder Horse Thunder Horse is the largest moored semi-submersible oil platform in the world, located in 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) of water in the Mississippi Canyon Block 778/822, Thunder Horse oilfield, about 150 miles (241 km) southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.
Thunder in My Heart (song) "Thunder in My Heart" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album Thunder in My Heart (1977). It became a number one hit single in the UK when a remix by Meck (titled "Thunder in My Heart Again") was released as a single in 2006 (see 2006 in music).
Thunder in Paradise Thunder In Paradise was an one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which stars Terry "Hulk" Hogan, Chris Lemmon and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature in September of 1993, then ran for one season in 1994 before being canceled.
Thunder over the Boardwalk The Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow is the annual airshow held over the Atlantic City Boardwalk every August. Since 2003, it has set the bar for beachfront airshows across the United States and is currently one of the largest airshows in North America.
Thunder Perfect Mind (Nurse With Wound album) Thunder Perfect Mind is an album by the English group Nurse With Wound. It is a "sister" album to Current 93's album Thunder Perfect Mind, released around the same time; some basic sounds and lyrics are shared but the overall sound of each record is very different.
Thunder Road Thunder Road is the title of a 1958 movie about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 1950s. It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself, uncredited.
Thunder Road (band) Thunder Road, sometimes billed as David Thompson & Thunder Road, was the name of a famous Canadian country music band in the early to mid 1980s. Though the band members changed around often, the lead singer, David Thompson, was in the band for its entire, short life.
Thunder Road (song) "Thunder Road" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and the opening track on his 1975 breakthrough album Born to Run. It is consistently ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs, and one of the top rock songs of all time.
Thunder Run Thunder Run is a unique powered roller coaster, themed after a runaway mine train, found at Paramount Canada's Wonderland, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Rather than having a traditional chain lift hill, the train has an electric motor onboard.
Thunder Run (Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom) Thunder Run is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. This is a custom designed roller coaster that was originally intended to be used at LeSourdsville Lake (Americana Park).
Thunderball (film) Thunderball is the fourth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, and also the fourth film to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond 007. Released in 1965, it was the third 007 film to be directed by Terence Young.
Thunderball (novel) Thunderball is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was created with the intention of being turned into a film, and officially credited as being 'based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming', a shared credit which has been the subject of much controversy.
Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management is a business school in the United States, and the first and oldest graduate school specializing in international management and global business. Its main campus is situated in Glendale, Arizona, but it also has campuses in the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Czech Management Center; in Geneva, Switzerland; in Russia; in Shanghai, China; and in Monterrey, Mexico with the Instituto TecnolĂłgico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
Thunderbird (cryptozoology) Thunderbird is a term used in cryptozoology to describe large, bird-like creatures, generally identified with the Thunderbird of Native American myth and folklore. Similar cryptids reported in the Old World are often called rocs.
Thunderbird (mythology) The mythological Thunderbird is a mythical creature common to Indigenous spirituality. According to the book "Mythological Monsters", its wing span is 3 miles long, and it has a head that grows from its chest.
Thunderbird (resort) The Thunderbird Hotel was a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel/casino that operated from September 2, 1948 to July 6, 1992, and was the fourth resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip. For the last 15 years of its existence, it changed names twice, first as the Silverbird in 1977, and then the El Rancho in 1982, borrowing the name of the very first resort that opened on the Strip.
Thunderbird Park Thunderbird Park is a park in Victoria, British Columbia located next to the Royal British Columbia Museum. The park is home to many totem poles (mostly Gitxsan, Haida, and Kwakwaka'wakw) and other First Nations monuments.
Thunderbird Restaurant The Thunderbird is located on 2323 West Chester Pike in Broomall, Pennsylvania, opened in 1956 by Sam Greco and named after a motel while traveling in Nevada.About the Thunderbird The most popular foods there are their "Pizza, steaks, and hoagies" (displayed proudly on the sign), and more recently hot wings.
Thunderbirds (film) Thunderbirds is a Universal Pictures release based upon the Thunderbirds television series of the 1960s, directed by Jonathan Frakes. The movie, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, was released on July 24, 2004 in the UK, with later dates for others.
Thunderbirds (TV series) Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation". The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced machinery.
Thunderbirds 2086 Thunderbirds 2086 (科ĺ¦ć•‘助隊ă†ă‚ŻăŽăśă‚¤ă‚¸ăŁăĽ) is a Japanese anime series based on the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series Thunderbirds which aired in 1965 and 1966. This sequel series was produced by ITC Japan but is not officially recognised as part of Thunderbirds canon, due to the non-involvement of either Gerry or Sylvia Anderson.
Thunderbirds Fan Fiction The Thunderbirds television program was created in the mid-sixties by British puppetry pioneers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The series originally ran in Great Britain from 1965 to 1966, and was comprised of 32 episodes.
Thunderbolt A thunderbolt is a traditional expression for a discharge of lightning or a symbolic representation thereof. As a divine manifestation it has been a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared in many mythologies.
Thunderbolt (1910 film) Thunderbolt was one of a genre of "outlaw" films at the time that tended to glorify the life of the outlaw "Bushrangers" that roamed the Australian outback in pre-commonwealth days. Shortly after this movie was made, the government of New South Wales banned the manufacture of this type of film on the basis that they were promoting crime.
Thunderbolt (1995 film) Thunderbolt (éśąéť‚ç«) (Piklik Foh; Dead Heat in North America) is a 1995 film made in Hong Kong and starring Jackie Chan. The film sees Jackie's character Foh, a mechanic and part time racing car driver, playing the Good Samaritan for the police force in helping them to apprehend a dangerous criminal named Couger by means of a car chase.
Thunderbolt (band) Thunderbolt is a Norwegian heavy metal band that combines the classical influence of bands like Iron Maiden, Helloween, and Black Sabbath with a more modern, powerful sound like that of Bad Brains and Entombed.
Thunderbolt (Six Flags New England) Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster currently located at Six Flags New England originally opened as the Cyclone in 1941 and was renamed Thunderbolt in 1942. There is a similar but larger white wooden roller coaster at Six Flags New England called the Cyclone.
Thunderbolt heavy fighter (Warhammer 40,000) The fictional Thunderbolt heavy fighter is one of the three main types of fighter aircraft employed by the Imperium of Man. Like the Lightning strike fighter it is primarily designed as a combat aircraft, rather than a starfighter like the Fury interceptor.
Thunderbolt Jaxon Thunderbolt Jaxon is a retelling of the 1949 Comet Comics Character's origins. This version was a 5 issue mini-series premiering in 2006, written by Dave Gibbons, John Higgins on art, Wildstorm FX on colors, lettered by Todd Klein.
Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt! was a 1947 film documenting the American aerial operations of Operation Strangle in early 1944, when American flyers based on Corsica successfully impeded Axis supply lines to the Gustav line and Anzio beachhead.
Thunderbolts Way Thunderbolts Way is a New South Wales country road linking Gloucester to Walcha (where it crosses the Oxley Highway) and Inverell. It is named after a local bushranger, Frederick Ward alias Captain Thunderbolt, who roamed these parts in the 19th century.
Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament The Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament was a heavyweight elimination tournament held on 30 November 2002 by Cedric Kushner at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey. There were several rap acts that performed at the event, including Xzibit, Eve, and Krumb Snatcha.
Thundercage The Thundercage is type of Professional wrestling match that was used as a special attraction in the World Championship Wrestling. It was used for main events from 1989 in National Wrestling Alliance until 1994 in World Championship Wrestling.
Thunderclap headache A thunderclap headache is a sudden and severe headache. Since it is sometimes a sign of a medical emergency, one should "seek immediate medical attention for any headache that comes on suddenly and severely.
Thunderclap Newman Thunderclap Newman is a late 1960s one-hit wonder from the UK. Their single "Something in the Air", a 1969 UK Number One hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks, and compilations.
Thunderhawk (Geauga Lake) Thunderhawk is an inverted steel roller coaster at the Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, United States designed by Vekoma SLC of The Netherlands. It opened in 1998 at the pre-Six Flags Geauga Lake amusement park under the name Serial Thriller and was known as such through the Six Flags era of the park until it received its current name in 2004.
Thunderhawk (Video Game) Thunderhawk is a helicopter combat simulator game released by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC (DOS) in 1991, and for the Sega Mega-CD (Sega-CD in the US) in 1993. The game was renamed to Thunder Strike for its USA release.
Thunderheart Thunderheart (1992) is a crime movie directed by Michael Apted with Fred Ward and Val Kilmer. Val Kilmer, himself part Cherokee Indian, plays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation.
Thunderchild First Nation Thunderchild First Nation is an independent Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada with no affiliation with any Tribal Council and is located approximately 113 kilometers northwest of North Battleford. Also known as Piyesiw Awasis, the membership population is approximately 1,868 of which approximately 630 reside on the reserve.
Thundering herd problem The thundering herd problem occurs in a situation when a number of processes waiting for an event wake up when the event occurs, and only one process is allowed to continue. After the processes woke up, a decision has to be made which process should continue.
Thunderpants Thunderpants is a 2002 family film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Peter Hewitt, whose previous work included Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and The Borrowers (1997).
Thunderpuss (album) Thunderpuss is a compilation album mixed by DJs and producers Barry Harris and Chris Cox, better known under the moniker Thunderpuss. Released in 2002, it comprises their remixes of other artists' work as well as their own music.
Thundersnow Thundersnow is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm, but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It commonly falls in regions of strong upward motion within the cold sector of extratropical cyclones between autumn and spring when surface temperatures are most likely to be near or below freezing.
Thunderstar Thunderstar is the name for the crew/passenger capsule that will be launched by the Starchaser rocket by Starchaser Industries. It was intended as their attempt to win the X-Prize, which eventually went to Scaled Composites for SpaceShipOne.
Thunderstone (folklore) A thunderstone is an apparently worked stone object---often wedge-shaped like an axe blade---that is alleged to have fallen from the sky. Tales of thunderstones are found in many cultures around the world, from Greece to China, and are often associated with a thunder god.
Thunderstorm A thunderstorm, also called an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder produced from a cumulonimbus cloud. Thunderstorms are usually accompanied by heavy rainfall and they can also be accompanied by strong winds, hail and tornadoes.
Thud (game) Thud is a board game devised by Trevor Truran and first published in 2002, inspired by the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. It bears a slight resemblance to the ancient Norse games of Hnefatafl and Tablut (and, in Dwarfish, is supposedly called "Hnaflbaflwhiflsnifltafl") but has been radically redefined to be less one sided.
Thud! Thud! is Terry Pratchett's 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America on September 13 2005, the United Kingdom on October 1 2005, and may have been released before that date in other countries, such as Norway and Denmark.
Thue (programming language) Thue (pronounced "TOO-ay") is an esoteric programming language invented by John Colagioia in early 2000. It is a meta-language that can be used to define or recognize Type-0 languages from the Chomsky hierarchy.
Thue number In the mathematical area of graph theory, the Thue number of a graph is a variation of the chromatic index, defined by Alon et al (2002) and named by them after mathematician Axel Thue, who studied the squarefree words used to define this number.
Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem In mathematics, the Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem, also known simply as Roth's theorem, is a foundational result in diophantine approximation to algebraic numbers. It is of a qualitative type, stating that a given algebraic number α may not have too many rational number approximations, that are 'very good'.
Thug (hip hop slang) Thugs (alternatively written "thugz"), in the hip-hop/gangsta rap sense, are persons who are ruthless and who will do whatever it takes to get what they want. The term also carries the connotation of living a rebellious life and being prone to operating outside the established status quo (particularly the law).
Thug Behram Thug Behram, of the Indian Thuggee cult, has frequently been said to be the world's most prolific serial killer. According to numerous sources, he was believed to have murdered 931 victims by strangulation by means of a ceremonial cloth (or rumal, which in Hindi means handkerchief), used by his cult between 1790-1830.
Thug Nation Thug Nation was founded after the death of Tupac Shakur; Thug Nation is a music production company connected to Shakur's other publishing company’s. It is also a registered trademark owned by the Estate of Tupac Shakur.
Thuggee Thuggee (or tuggee) (from Hindi thag thief, from Sanskrit sthaga scoundrel, from sthagati to conceal) was an Indian network of secret fraternities who were engaged in murdering and robbing travellers, operating from the 17th century (possibly as early as 13th century) to the 19th century whose members were known as Thugs. This is the origin of the term thug, as many Indian words passed into common English during British Imperial rule of India.
ThugLine Records ThugLine Records is a record label founded by rappers Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone of rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Originally founding members of the Mo Thugs Family, a collective of Cleveland based rap and R&B groups, Krayzie Bone broke apart from the group in 1998 to establish his own roster of musicians.
Thuir Thuir (Catalan Tuïr) is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France, not far from Perpignan. It is located in a plain between the natural zones of Els Aspres and El Riberal.
Thuja plicata Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar) is a species of thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada, from southern Alaska and British Columbia south to northwest California and inland to western Montana.
Thuja sutchuenensis Thuja sutchuenensis (Sichuan Thuja) is a species of thuja, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae. It is native to China, where it is a critically endangered local endemic in Chongqing Municipality in eastern Sichuan.
Thujone Thujone is a ketone and a monoterpene that exists in two stereoisomeric forms - (+)-3-thujone or α-thujone and (-)-3-thujone or β-thujone - and has a menthol odor. Even though it is best known for being a chemical in absinthe, recent tests show absinthe contains only small quantities.
Thulahn Thulahn is the fictional small Himalayan country in The Business, a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, published in 1999. The main character, Kate Telman, becomes involved in the acquisition of the country for the Business, in order to get a seat at the United Nations.
Thule Thule (also Thula, Thyle, Thile, Thila, Tile, Tila, Tilla, Tyle, or Tylen—being Îούλη in Greek) is in classic sources a place, usually an island. Ancient European descriptions and maps locate it either in the far north, often northern Britain or Scandinavia, or in the west and north, often Iceland or Greenland.
Thule Island Thule Island, also called Morrell Island, is one of the southermost of the South Sandwich Islands, part of the grouping known as Southern Thule. It is named, on account of its remote location, after the mythical land of Thule, said by ancient geographers to lie at the extreme end of the earth.
Thule Society The Thule Society (German: Thule-Gesellschaft), originally the Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum 'Study Group for Germanic Antiquity', was a German occultist and Völkisch group in Munich, named after a mythical northern country from Greek legend. The Society is notable chiefly as the organization that sponsored the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which was later transformed by Adolf Hitler into the Nazi Party.
Thulite Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is an opaque, massive pink manganese rich variety of the mineral zoisite. Thulite is often mottled with white calcite and occurs as veins and fracture fillings transecting many types of rock.
Thulium Thulium (IPA: ) is a chemical element that has the symbol Tm and atomic number 69 in the periodic table. A lanthanide element, thulium is the least abundant of the rare earths and its metal is easy to work, has a bright silvery-gray luster and can be cut by a knife.
Thuluth Thuluth (Arabic: Ř«Ů„Ř« "one-third") is a script variety of Arabic calligraphy, which made its first appearance in the fourth century of the Hegira (11th century AD). It is known as one of the hardest Arabic scripts to write.
Thumamah ibn Uthal Thumamah ibn Uthal was chieftain of the Banu Hanifah and one of the rulers of al-Yamamah, making him among the most powerful Arab rulers in pre-Quranic times. In 628 the Muhammad sent eight letters to rulers in the Arabian peninsula and surrounding areas inviting them to Islam, including Thumamah.
Thumb (band) Thumb was a German Rapcore band formed in November 1993 in GĂĽtersloh. According to the band's official website they appear to have ceased in 2005 into various side projects; Steffen has joined H-Blockx, Jens is in Taetowier Studio, Jan-Hendrik is in Hudson, Claus is in Alternative Allstars and Axel is in Waterdown.
Thumb Fire The great Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881 in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km²) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871 and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques.
Thumb wrestling Thumb wrestling is a popular children's game played with two players, or in tournaments of more with all individual matches in pairs. This is often played in situations where larger or more complicated games might be inappropriate: in the car, a restaurant, or when attempting to annoy one's parents.
Thumbelina Thumbelina or Little Tiny is a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1835 as part of the second volume of Eventyr, fortalte for Børn (Fairy-tales, Told for Children). It was originally known as Tommelise or Tommeliden (Tomme means inch in danish).
Thumbling Thumbling and Thumbling's Travels (also known as 'Thumbling as Journeyman') are two German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale numbers 37 and 45 in the collection and is a precurser tale to Tom Thumb in English fairy tales.
Thumbnail Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures, used to make it easier to scan and recognize them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words. Visual search engines and image-organizing programs normally use them, as can some modern operating systems or desktop environments, such as Windows XP, KDE, and GNOME.
Thumbs Up (newspaper) Thumbs Up (Chinese: 大拇指) is a Chinese newspaper published in Singapore for school children. Most primary schools in Singapore subscribe to the newspaper for their chinese students, to improve their Chinese language.
Thump Belton Keith Da'Shawn Belton or simply "Thump Belton" (born June 1, 1981 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American football fullback on the practice squad of the Denver Broncos. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Syracuse University.
Thump Records Thump Records is a record label specialized in freestyle music, Latin music and hip hop music. They are probably best known for their rap and R&B Old School compilations, as well as their Low Rider compilations.
Thunbergia Thunbergia is a genus of flowering plants in the Family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. Its members are known by various names, including thunbergias; clockvine on its own usually refers to Thunbergia grandiflora, while Thunbergia alata is often known as Black-eyed Susan vine or just Black-eyed Susan (not to be confused with other flowers called Black-eyed Susan).
Thunbergia alata Thunbergia alata, commonly known as black-eyed Susan vine, is an invasive species, which is used like an ornamental plant. This plant is native Eastern Africa, and it is found in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil and Hawaii.
Thundar "Thundar" is the nickname of the mascot for North Dakota State University's Bison athletic program. The name is derived from an additional nickname that the teams use, the "Thundering Herd".
Thunder Thunder is, even today, not completely understood by modern science. The word usually describes a sonic shock wave caused by the rapid heating and expansion of the air surrounding and within a bolt of lightning.
Thunder (band) Thunder are an English hard rock band, who originally formed in 1989 when Terraplane broke up, leaving lead singer Danny Bowes and guitarist/main songwriter Luke Morley to form a new band, namely Thunder. Retaining drummer Gary James (popularly known as 'Harry' James) from Terraplane, they completed the line-up with bassist Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst and guitarist/keyboard player Ben Matthews.
Thunder 1 The Thunder 1 is a rocket firing device that the militant group Hezbollah claims to now use instead of its standard Katyusha device. Hezbollah claimed the more accurate and longer ranged Thunder 1 was used in attacks of the northern Israeli towns of Safed, Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona and Carmiel in July, 2006 after anti-Hezbollah attacks by Israel.
Thunder and Lightning (professional wrestling) Thunder and Lightning is a Puerto Rician professional wrestling tag team consisting of masked wrestlers Reynaldo Rodriguez (born December 3, 1972 in Bayamon) and Alex Cruz (born October 18, 1975 also in Bayamon) under the ring names Thunder and Lightning respectively.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery The only one of its kind in all of Northwestern Ontario, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery offers all sorts of paintings and exhibits from young artists and old, professional and unprofessional. It is located on the Confederation College campus.
Thunder Bay Border Cats The Thunder Bay Border Cats are a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, an NCAA summer baseball league. The league's only Canadian team, their home games are played at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium is an impressive concert hall located in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The Thunder Bay Community Auditorium theatre has 1511 seating capacity and is used by local fine arts groups and traveling concert performers.
Thunder Bay Historical Museum The Thunder Bay Historical Museum, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, former twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, Canada is operated by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society founded in 1908 by Peter McKellar as the Thunder Bay Historical Society. Presently it is housed in the renovated former Fort William police station near the city hall.
Thunder Bay Chill Thunder Bay Chill are an Canadian soccer team, founded in 2000. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Heartland Division of the Central Conference against teams from Boulder, Des Moines, Kansas City, Sioux Falls, Springfield and St.
Thunder Bay Telephone Thunder Bay Telephone is a municipally owned telecommunications company operating in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and the surrounding area. The company frequently uses the marketing name TBayTel in advertisements and official communications.
Thunder Bay Television Thunder Bay Television is the name under which the two television affiliates in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada operate: CKPR, a CBC affiliate, and CHFD, a CTV affiliate. It is what is known as a twinstick station.
Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Thunder Bay—Superior North Thunder Bay—Superior North (formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1976, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.
Thunder Bunny Thunder Bunny is a comic book created by Martin Greim about the adventures of a boy who gained the ability to become a superhero who also resembles a large pink humanoid rabbit. This character is a clear homage to the Golden Age funny animal hero Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
Thunder Clap The Thunder Clap is a form of dance that incorporates clapping in the air with a sliding motion. To perform this dance one must raise one hand and then with the second hand meet the first one half way making a clapping sound.
Thunder Force (series) The Thunder Force series (also spelled Thunderforce, Japanese: サăłă€ăĽă•ă‚©ăĽă‚ą) is a series of scrolling shooter type video games developed by the Japanese software company Technosoft. The games are known by fans of the genre for their hardcore appeal, pleasing graphics (for their time), and generally well composed Synth-rock based soundtracks.
Thunder Force AC Thunder Force AC is a horizontal space shooter from Sega/Technosoft. Due to the success of Technosoft's Thunder Force III for the Mega Drive (Sega Genesis), it was decided that the game would be brought to the arcade scene in the form of Thunder Force AC.
Thunder Force IV Thunder Force IV is a Scrolling shooter game developed by Technosoft as the fourth chapter of the Thunder Force series. It was released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console in Japan, and the United States, (1993 in Europe).
Thunder Girl Thunder Girl (AKA: Molly Wilson) is a superheroine in Big Bang Comics who first appeared in Big Bang Comics #2 (Summer 1994), she was created by Chris Ecker and Sheldon Moldoff. Thunder Girl is a pastiche of Mary Marvel of DC Comics.
Thunder Horse Thunder Horse is the largest moored semi-submersible oil platform in the world, located in 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) of water in the Mississippi Canyon Block 778/822, Thunder Horse oilfield, about 150 miles (241 km) southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.
Thunder in My Heart (song) "Thunder in My Heart" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album Thunder in My Heart (1977). It became a number one hit single in the UK when a remix by Meck (titled "Thunder in My Heart Again") was released as a single in 2006 (see 2006 in music).
Thunder in Paradise Thunder In Paradise was an one-hour action-adventure TV series from the creators of Baywatch, which stars Terry "Hulk" Hogan, Chris Lemmon and Carol Alt. This first-run syndicated TV series originally premiered as a straight-to-video feature in September of 1993, then ran for one season in 1994 before being canceled.
Thunder over the Boardwalk The Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow is the annual airshow held over the Atlantic City Boardwalk every August. Since 2003, it has set the bar for beachfront airshows across the United States and is currently one of the largest airshows in North America.
Thunder Perfect Mind (Nurse With Wound album) Thunder Perfect Mind is an album by the English group Nurse With Wound. It is a "sister" album to Current 93's album Thunder Perfect Mind, released around the same time; some basic sounds and lyrics are shared but the overall sound of each record is very different.
Thunder Road Thunder Road is the title of a 1958 movie about running moonshine in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee in the early 1950s. It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film and co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself, uncredited.
Thunder Road (band) Thunder Road, sometimes billed as David Thompson & Thunder Road, was the name of a famous Canadian country music band in the early to mid 1980s. Though the band members changed around often, the lead singer, David Thompson, was in the band for its entire, short life.
Thunder Road (song) "Thunder Road" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, and the opening track on his 1975 breakthrough album Born to Run. It is consistently ranked as one of Springsteen's greatest songs, and one of the top rock songs of all time.
Thunder Run Thunder Run is a unique powered roller coaster, themed after a runaway mine train, found at Paramount Canada's Wonderland, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Rather than having a traditional chain lift hill, the train has an electric motor onboard.
Thunder Run (Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom) Thunder Run is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. This is a custom designed roller coaster that was originally intended to be used at LeSourdsville Lake (Americana Park).
Thunderball (film) Thunderball is the fourth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, and also the fourth film to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond 007. Released in 1965, it was the third 007 film to be directed by Terence Young.
Thunderball (novel) Thunderball is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was created with the intention of being turned into a film, and officially credited as being 'based on a screen treatment by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming', a shared credit which has been the subject of much controversy.
Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management Thunderbird - The Garvin School of International Management is a business school in the United States, and the first and oldest graduate school specializing in international management and global business. Its main campus is situated in Glendale, Arizona, but it also has campuses in the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Czech Management Center; in Geneva, Switzerland; in Russia; in Shanghai, China; and in Monterrey, Mexico with the Instituto TecnolĂłgico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).
Thunderbird (cryptozoology) Thunderbird is a term used in cryptozoology to describe large, bird-like creatures, generally identified with the Thunderbird of Native American myth and folklore. Similar cryptids reported in the Old World are often called rocs.
Thunderbird (mythology) The mythological Thunderbird is a mythical creature common to Indigenous spirituality. According to the book "Mythological Monsters", its wing span is 3 miles long, and it has a head that grows from its chest.
Thunderbird (resort) The Thunderbird Hotel was a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel/casino that operated from September 2, 1948 to July 6, 1992, and was the fourth resort to open on the Las Vegas Strip. For the last 15 years of its existence, it changed names twice, first as the Silverbird in 1977, and then the El Rancho in 1982, borrowing the name of the very first resort that opened on the Strip.
Thunderbird Park Thunderbird Park is a park in Victoria, British Columbia located next to the Royal British Columbia Museum. The park is home to many totem poles (mostly Gitxsan, Haida, and Kwakwaka'wakw) and other First Nations monuments.
Thunderbird Restaurant The Thunderbird is located on 2323 West Chester Pike in Broomall, Pennsylvania, opened in 1956 by Sam Greco and named after a motel while traveling in Nevada.About the Thunderbird The most popular foods there are their "Pizza, steaks, and hoagies" (displayed proudly on the sign), and more recently hot wings.
Thunderbirds (film) Thunderbirds is a Universal Pictures release based upon the Thunderbirds television series of the 1960s, directed by Jonathan Frakes. The movie, written by William Osborne and Michael McCullers, was released on July 24, 2004 in the UK, with later dates for others.
Thunderbirds (TV series) Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation". The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced machinery.
Thunderbirds 2086 Thunderbirds 2086 (科ĺ¦ć•‘助隊ă†ă‚ŻăŽăśă‚¤ă‚¸ăŁăĽ) is a Japanese anime series based on the original Gerry Anderson Supermarionation series Thunderbirds which aired in 1965 and 1966. This sequel series was produced by ITC Japan but is not officially recognised as part of Thunderbirds canon, due to the non-involvement of either Gerry or Sylvia Anderson.
Thunderbirds Fan Fiction The Thunderbirds television program was created in the mid-sixties by British puppetry pioneers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The series originally ran in Great Britain from 1965 to 1966, and was comprised of 32 episodes.
Thunderbolt A thunderbolt is a traditional expression for a discharge of lightning or a symbolic representation thereof. As a divine manifestation it has been a powerful symbol throughout history, and has appeared in many mythologies.
Thunderbolt (1910 film) Thunderbolt was one of a genre of "outlaw" films at the time that tended to glorify the life of the outlaw "Bushrangers" that roamed the Australian outback in pre-commonwealth days. Shortly after this movie was made, the government of New South Wales banned the manufacture of this type of film on the basis that they were promoting crime.
Thunderbolt (1995 film) Thunderbolt (éśąéť‚ç«) (Piklik Foh; Dead Heat in North America) is a 1995 film made in Hong Kong and starring Jackie Chan. The film sees Jackie's character Foh, a mechanic and part time racing car driver, playing the Good Samaritan for the police force in helping them to apprehend a dangerous criminal named Couger by means of a car chase.
Thunderbolt (band) Thunderbolt is a Norwegian heavy metal band that combines the classical influence of bands like Iron Maiden, Helloween, and Black Sabbath with a more modern, powerful sound like that of Bad Brains and Entombed.
Thunderbolt (Six Flags New England) Thunderbolt is a wooden roller coaster currently located at Six Flags New England originally opened as the Cyclone in 1941 and was renamed Thunderbolt in 1942. There is a similar but larger white wooden roller coaster at Six Flags New England called the Cyclone.
Thunderbolt heavy fighter (Warhammer 40,000) The fictional Thunderbolt heavy fighter is one of the three main types of fighter aircraft employed by the Imperium of Man. Like the Lightning strike fighter it is primarily designed as a combat aircraft, rather than a starfighter like the Fury interceptor.
Thunderbolt Jaxon Thunderbolt Jaxon is a retelling of the 1949 Comet Comics Character's origins. This version was a 5 issue mini-series premiering in 2006, written by Dave Gibbons, John Higgins on art, Wildstorm FX on colors, lettered by Todd Klein.
Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt! was a 1947 film documenting the American aerial operations of Operation Strangle in early 1944, when American flyers based on Corsica successfully impeded Axis supply lines to the Gustav line and Anzio beachhead.
Thunderbolts Way Thunderbolts Way is a New South Wales country road linking Gloucester to Walcha (where it crosses the Oxley Highway) and Inverell. It is named after a local bushranger, Frederick Ward alias Captain Thunderbolt, who roamed these parts in the 19th century.
Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament The Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament was a heavyweight elimination tournament held on 30 November 2002 by Cedric Kushner at Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey. There were several rap acts that performed at the event, including Xzibit, Eve, and Krumb Snatcha.
Thundercage The Thundercage is type of Professional wrestling match that was used as a special attraction in the World Championship Wrestling. It was used for main events from 1989 in National Wrestling Alliance until 1994 in World Championship Wrestling.
Thunderclap headache A thunderclap headache is a sudden and severe headache. Since it is sometimes a sign of a medical emergency, one should "seek immediate medical attention for any headache that comes on suddenly and severely.
Thunderclap Newman Thunderclap Newman is a late 1960s one-hit wonder from the UK. Their single "Something in the Air", a 1969 UK Number One hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks, and compilations.
Thunderhawk (Geauga Lake) Thunderhawk is an inverted steel roller coaster at the Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom amusement park in Aurora, Ohio, United States designed by Vekoma SLC of The Netherlands. It opened in 1998 at the pre-Six Flags Geauga Lake amusement park under the name Serial Thriller and was known as such through the Six Flags era of the park until it received its current name in 2004.
Thunderhawk (Video Game) Thunderhawk is a helicopter combat simulator game released by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC (DOS) in 1991, and for the Sega Mega-CD (Sega-CD in the US) in 1993. The game was renamed to Thunder Strike for its USA release.
Thunderheart Thunderheart (1992) is a crime movie directed by Michael Apted with Fred Ward and Val Kilmer. Val Kilmer, himself part Cherokee Indian, plays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation.
Thunderchild First Nation Thunderchild First Nation is an independent Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada with no affiliation with any Tribal Council and is located approximately 113 kilometers northwest of North Battleford. Also known as Piyesiw Awasis, the membership population is approximately 1,868 of which approximately 630 reside on the reserve.
Thundering herd problem The thundering herd problem occurs in a situation when a number of processes waiting for an event wake up when the event occurs, and only one process is allowed to continue. After the processes woke up, a decision has to be made which process should continue.
Thunderpants Thunderpants is a 2002 family film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Peter Hewitt, whose previous work included Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and The Borrowers (1997).
Thunderpuss (album) Thunderpuss is a compilation album mixed by DJs and producers Barry Harris and Chris Cox, better known under the moniker Thunderpuss. Released in 2002, it comprises their remixes of other artists' work as well as their own music.
Thundersnow Thundersnow is a particularly rare meteorological phenomenon that includes the typical behavior of a thunderstorm, but with snow falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. It commonly falls in regions of strong upward motion within the cold sector of extratropical cyclones between autumn and spring when surface temperatures are most likely to be near or below freezing.
Thunderstar Thunderstar is the name for the crew/passenger capsule that will be launched by the Starchaser rocket by Starchaser Industries. It was intended as their attempt to win the X-Prize, which eventually went to Scaled Composites for SpaceShipOne.
Thunderstone (folklore) A thunderstone is an apparently worked stone object---often wedge-shaped like an axe blade---that is alleged to have fallen from the sky. Tales of thunderstones are found in many cultures around the world, from Greece to China, and are often associated with a thunder god.
Thunderstorm A thunderstorm, also called an electrical storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder produced from a cumulonimbus cloud. Thunderstorms are usually accompanied by heavy rainfall and they can also be accompanied by strong winds, hail and tornadoes.
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