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Traditional Tibetan medicine Tibetan medicine is a centuries-old traditional medical system that employs a complex approach to diagnosis, incorporating techniques such as pulse analysis and urinalysis, and utilizes behavior and dietary modification, medicines composed of natural materials (e.g.
Traditional vietnamese wedding A traditional Vietnamese wedding morning will be greeted with the popping sounds of firecrackers to announce the beginning of the union of two families. The bride will be wearing a traditional Vietnamese red Ao Dai (long dress)-red is the color of good luck in Vietnam whereas white is only worn when in mourning.
Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity Most rivers in Iran are seasonal and have traditionally not been able to supply the needs of urban settlements. Rivers like Arvand or Aras or Zayandeh Rud or Sefid Rud or Atrak were few and far between in the vast lands of Persian antiquity.
Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu (TWC) is claimed to be the authentic, more effective version of Wing Chun taught exclusively to William Cheung by Yip Man. Cheung claims it is superior to the conventional Wing Chun system, referred to by William Cheung as "modified Wing Chun".
Traditionalist Catholic A traditionalist Catholic is a Roman Catholic who believes that there should be a restoration of the liturgical forms, public and private devotions, and the presentation of Catholic teachings that prevailed in the Latin Church before the Second Vatican Council.
Traditionalist School The Traditionalist School of thought (not to be confused with Traditionalist Catholicism, and also known as perennialism, the perennial philosophy, or Sophia Perennis), attained its current form with the French metaphysician René Guénon, although its precepts are considered by adherents to be timeless and to be found in all authentic traditions. The term Philosophia Perennis goes back to the Renaissance, while the ancient Hindu expression Sanatana Dharma - Eternal Truth - has much the same signification.
Traditions (Mage: The Ascension) The Traditions (formally called the Nine Mystic Traditions) are an alliance of secret societies in the Mage: the Ascension role-playing game. The Traditions exist to unify users of magic under a common banner to protect reality (particularly those parts of reality that are magical) against the growing disbelief of the modern world, the spreading dominance of the Technocracy, and the predations of unstable mages such as Marauders and Nephandi.
Traditions of Catalonia Catalonia's festivals and traditions unify Catalan society and help to give it its particular character. Amongst the most striking of these festive events are the correfocs, in which "devils" play with fire and with the people.
Traditions of Intolerance Traditions of intolerance: Historical Perspectives on Fascism and Race Discourse in Britain is a book edited by Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn. It presented the newest research into antisemitism, racism, and fascism in British society.
Traditions of Texas A&M University The following is a list of the traditions of Texas A&M University that are still performed by students today. This list may include traditions not officially recognized by the administration of Texas A&M University including those started by students such as ring dunking, or those that have been discontinued by A&M such as the Bonfire.
Traducianism In Christian theology, traducianism is a doctrine about the origin of the soul (or, "spirit"), in one of the biblical uses of word to mean the immaterial aspect of man (Genesis 35:18, Matthew 10:28). Traducianism means that this immaterial aspect is transmitted through natural generation along with the body, the material aspect of man.
Tradwind Aviation Tradewind Aviation (Air Carrier Certificate TWYA123K, Call sign "Goodspeed")is a private charter and aircraft managment company based in Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC) and Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They also operate out of Westchester Airport (HPN) in New York and Teterboro Airport (TEB) in New Jersey.
Traeth Coch Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is known as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech.
Traeth Mawr The Traeth Mawr (Welsh for "big sands") is a polder near Porthmadog in Gwynedd in Wales. It was formerly the tidal estuary of the river Glaslyn, and many travellers sank in its quicksands trying to cross it.
Trafalgar 200 Trafalgar 200 was a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a British fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. During the summer of 2005 there was an International Fleet Review, the first since 1977.
Trafalgar class battleship The two Trafalgar-class battleships of the British Royal Navy were late nineteenth century ironclad warships. Both were named after naval battles won by the British during the Napoleonic wars under the command of Admiral Nelson.
Trafalgar Castle School Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby, Ontario is a private day and residential school for girls and young women in grades 6 through 12. It was founded in 1874 as Ontario Ladies' College, making it one of the oldest independent schools in Canada.
Trafalgar Day Trafalgar Day is the celebration of the victory won by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's British fleet over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805. It was widely commemorated by parades, dinners and other events throughout much of the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Trafalgar Dock The Trafalgar Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it is situated in the northern end of the dock system, connected to Clarence Dock to the north and Victoria Dock to the south.
Trafalgar House (company) Trafalgar House was a United Kingdom conglomerate with interests in property, property development, construction, passenger shipping and engineering. It was founded by Sir Nigel Broakes and Lord Matthews of Southgate (d.
Trafalgar Moraine The Trafalgar Moraine is a geological landform in northern Oakville, Ontario, Canada. It is a subtler topological feature than the better-known Oak Ridges Moraine, primarily because it was formed as an end moraine at the terminus of a glacial ice sheet, instead of between two retreating ice lobes (known as interlobate).
Trafalgar street Trafalgar Housing Association was formed in 1990 when it took over the council estate consisting of 218 three and four storey tenement flats in Trafalgar Street in Dalmuir, Clydebank. They suffered several problems including poor insulation, single glazing, balconies, no central heating and flat roofs.
Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square".
Trafalgar Square Defendants Campaign The Trafalgar Square Defendants Campaign was an organisation set up to provide practical support for people arrested during the Poll Tax Riots. Their case was strengthened when Channel Four broadcast footage showing the police attack marchers prior to the riot breaking out.
Trafalgar Square, Barbados Trafalgar Square (now "National Heroes Square") is located in the capital and principal commercial centre Bridgetown, on the island-nation of Barbados. Trafalgar Square lies along Upper Broad Street and is on the northern shore of the Careenage("Constitution River"), found directly in the centre of Bridgetown.
Trafalgar Way The Trafalgar Way is the name given to the historic route taken in November 1805 by Lieutenant Lapenotiere, from Falmouth to London, with the momentous news of Lord Nelson's victory and death in the Battle of Trafalgar, in October 1805.
Traffic Traffic is the movement of motorized vehicles, unmotorized vehicles and pedestrians on roads. Traffic laws are the laws which govern traffic and regulate vehicles, while rules of the road are both the laws and the informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly and timely flow of traffic.
Traffic (2000 film) Traffic is a 2000 film directed by Steven Soderbergh that explores the intricacies of the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: user, enforcer, politician and trafficker. The film is a shorter adaptation of the British Channel 4 television series Traffik; the Pakistani plotline of the miniseries was replaced with the Mexican plotline in the film.
Traffic (TV miniseries) Traffic: The Miniseries was a three-part feature on the United States cable channel USA Network in 2004 featuring an ensemble cast portraying the complex world of drugs, their distribution, the associated violence, and the wide variety of people whose lives are touched by it all. It was inspired by the 1989 television miniseries Traffik made by Channel 4 in Britain and the 2000 motion picture Traffic directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Traffic analysis Traffic analysis is the process of intercepting and examining messages in order to deduce information from patterns in communication. It can be performed even when the messages are encrypted and cannot be decrypted.
Traffic analysis zone A traffic analysis zone is the unit of geography most commonly used in conventional transportation planning models. The size of a zone varies, but for a typical metropolitan planning software, a zone of under 3000 people is common.
Traffic calming Traffic calming is a set of strategies used by urban planners and traffic engineers which aim to slow down or reduce traffic, thereby improving safety for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as improving the environment for residents. Calming measures are common in Europe, especially Northern Europe; less so in North America.
Traffic code Traffic code (also motor vehicle code) refers to the collection of local statutes, regulations, ordinances and rules that have been officially adopted in the United States to govern the orderly operation and interaction of motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians and others upon the public (and sometimes private) ways.
Traffic cone Traffic cones, also called road cones, safety cones, pylons, or Witches' Hats (now considered objectionable), are cone-shaped markers, generally made out of plastic or rubber, that are placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traffic in a safe manner. They are often used to create merge lanes during road construction projects or automobile accidents, though heavier, more permanent markers or signs are used if.
Traffic congestion map A traffic congestion map is a graphical, realtime or near-realtime representation of traffic flow for some particular area. This might be displayed on a web page for ease of access, to help commuters decide how to avoid congested areas.
Traffic contract If a service (or application) wishes to use a broadband network (an ATM network in particular) to transport a particular kind of traffic, it must first inform the network about what kind of traffic is to be transported, and the performance requirements of that traffic [1]. The application presents this information to the network in the form a traffic contract.
Traffic counter A traffic counter is a device, often electromechanical in nature, used to count, classify, and/or, measure the speed of vehicles passing across a given roadway. The device often is deployed in near proximity to the roadway and uses an intrusive medium, such as pneumatic tubes laid across the roadway, piezo-electric sensors buried into the roadway, inductive loops cut into the roadway, or a combination of these to detect vehicles passing.
Traffic court Traffic court is a term that refers to a municipality's specialized judicial process for handling traffic ticket cases. In the United States, a person who is given a citation by a police officer can either plead guilty and pay the indicated fine directly to the court house, by mail, or in some more urban municipalities, on the Internet.
Traffic Circle, Long Beach, California The intersection of Lakewood Boulevard (former California State Route 19), Pacific Coast Highway (California State Route 1/former US Highway 101 Alternate) and Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach, California is called the Long Beach Traffic Circle (or just the Traffic Circle, since there are no other high volume traffic circles or roundabouts in Southern California), but it is officially known as the Los Alamitos Traffic Circle.
Traffic Collision Avoidance System The Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (or TCAS) is a computerised avionics device which is designed to reduce the danger of mid-air collisions between aircraft. It monitors the airspace around an aircraft, independent of air traffic control, and warns pilots of the presence of other aircraft which may present a threat of mid air collision (MAC).
Traffic Department 2192 Traffic Department 2192 was a top down shooter game for IBM PC, developed by P-Squared Productions and released in 1994 by Safari Software and distributed by Epic Megagames. The full game contains three episodes (Alpha, Beta, Gamma), each with twenty missions, in which the player pilots a "hoverskid" about a war-torn city to complete certain mission objectives.
Traffic engineering (transportation) Traffic engineering is a branch of civil engineering that uses engineering techniques to achieve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. It focuses mainly on research and construction of the immobile infrastructure necessary for this movement, such as roads, railway tracks, bridges, traffic signs and traffic lights.
Traffic exchange A traffic exchange is a type of website on the Internet, which provides a service for webmasters to exchange of traffic. It is similar to the autosurf concept with the exception that usually traffic exchanges use a manual rotation (if they use auto rotation, then they are actually an autosurf).
Traffic England Traffic England is the English Highways Agency brand for traffic information. Currently there are two public channels delivering information on the Highway Agency's road network: a web service at: Traffic Information for England and a phone service.
Traffic flow The mathematical study of traffic flow, and in particular vehicular traffic flow, is done with the aim to get a better understanding of these phenomena and to assist in prevention of traffic congestion problems.
Traffic grooming Traffic grooming is the process of taking telecommunications traffic and sorting it into the most efficient arrangement possible. This process includes considering the topology of the network and the different routes in use.
Traffic Giant Traffic Giant is a computer game created in 2000 by Austrian software company JoWooD. It allows players to create a working public transportation system in a city using buses, streetcars, commuter rail, suspended monorail (much like the Schwebebahn Wuppertal), and Maglev trains.
Traffic intensity In telecommunication networks, traffic intensity is a measure of the average occupancy of a server or resource during a specified period of time, normally a busy hour.It is measured in traffic units (erlangs) and defined as the ratio of the time during which a facility is cumulatively occupied to the time this facility is available for occupancy.
Traffic light A traffic light, also known as traffic signal, stop light, stop-and-go lights or semaphore, is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection, pedestrian crossing, or other location in order to indicate when it is safe to drive, ride, or walk using a universal colour code (and a precise sequence, for those that are colour blind).
Traffic light coalition Traffic light coalition is a term originating in German politics where it describes a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and the Green Party. It arises from the fact that the parties' traditional colours, respectively red, yellow, and green, resemble the normal colour sequence of a traffic light.
Traffic measurement (telecommunications) Measurement of traffic within a network allows network managers and analysts to both make day-to-day decisions about operations and to plan for long-term developments [1, 2]. Traffic Measurements are used in many fundamental activities such as [2]:
Traffic Operational Command Unit The Traffic Operational Command Unit (CO15 from its Central Operations designation) is a traffic police unit of the London Metropolitan Police that polices the London road network. It has been in existence since 1930, when Motor Traffic Patrols were set up at police stations.
Traffic policing Traffic policing is monitoring network traffic for conformity with a traffic contract. An application that wishes to use the broadband network to transport traffic must first request a connection, which involves informing the network about the characteristics of the traffic and the quality of service (QOS) required by the application.
Traffic psychology Traffic psychology is a young expanding field in psychology. Whereas traffic psychology is primarily related to "the study of the behaviour of road users and the psychological processes underlying that behaviour" (Rothengatter, 1997, 223) as well as to the relation between behaviour and accidents, transportation psychology, sometimes referred to as mobility psychology, has its focus on mobility issues, individual and social factors in the movement of people and goods, and travel demand management (TDM).
Traffic Pulse Traffic Pulse, also known as Traffic.com and Mobility Technologies, is a nationwide provider of traffic information via a number of media, including the Internet, cell phones, radio, satellite radio and television.
Traffic reporting A traffic report is an element of a radio program or TV news broadcast that informs the listeners as to the state of roads within the broadcast area. By supplying updates during rush hours, stations provide a public service to their listeners (commuters) so that they can anticipate, and perhaps avoid, traffic congestion.
Traffic shaping Traffic shaping, is an attempt to control computer network traffic in order to optimize or guarantee performance, low latency, and/or bandwidth. Traffic shaping deals with concepts of classification, queue disciplines, enforcing policies, congestion management, quality of service (QoS), and fairness.
Traffic school Traffic school is the generic common term for remedial courses in traffic safety and safe driving practices. In the United States, these are offered as part of pretrial diversion programs to traffic violators by traffic courts, in the interest of improving general safety.
Traffic sign Most countries post signage, known as traffic signs or road signs, at the side of roads to impart information to road users. Since language differences can create barriers to understanding, international signs using symbols in place of words have been developed in Europe and adopted in most countries and areas of the world.
Traffic signal preemption Traffic signal preemption is a type of system that allows the normal operation of traffic lights to be preempted, often to assist emergency vehicles. The most common use of these systems is to allow emergency vehicles priority by changing traffic signals in the path of the vehicle to green (or in some cases, flashing greenand stopping conflicting traffic].
Traffic stop A traffic stop is a temporary detention of a driver of a vehicle by police to investigate a possible crime. In constitutional law in the United States, a traffic stop is considered to be a subset of the Terry stop; the Terry standard for temporary detentions requires only reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred or is about to occur.
Traffic ticket A traffic ticket is a citation commonly issued by a police officer to motorists who fail to obey traffic laws. Traffic tickets generally come in two forms, citing a moving violation, such as exceeding the speed limit, or citing a non-moving violation, such as a parking ticket.
Traffic volume In telecommunication networks, traffic volume is a measure of the total work done by a resource or facility, normally over 24 hours, and is measured in units of erlang-hours. It is defined as the product of the average traffic intensity (in erlang) and the period of study (in hours).
Traffic Violation Records Traffic Violation Records was a punk record label based on Long Island, New York. While an underground hardcore scene was already established on Long Island at its inception in 1995, Traffic Violation was ambitious about networking with an international DIY community - a loose network of people around the world who shared an interest in music, and an aversion to major or "mock-major" record labels.
Traffic Violations Bureau Traffic Violations Bureau is an arm of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. It acts as a sort of traffic court for traffic violations in New York City, the cities of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, New York, and in a significant portion of Suffolk County, New York.
Traffic Violations Reciprocity Under Traffic Violations Reciprocity, non-resident drivers are treated like residents when they are stopped for a traffic offense that occurs in another jurisdiction and also ensures punishment such as license points and insurance increase when the driver gets home.
Traffic wave Traffic waves, also called stop waves or traffic shocks, are travelling disturbances in the distribution of cars on a highway. Traffic waves usually travel backwards in relation to the motion of the cars themselves, or "upstream".
Traffic-flow security Traffic-flow security is the use of measures that conceal the presence and properties of valid messages on a network to prevent traffic analysis. This can be done by operational procedures or by the protection resulting from features inherent in some cryptographic equipment.
Trafficking in film and television Trafficking in human beings is the commercial trade ("smuggling") of human beings, who are subjected to involuntary acts such as begging, sexual exploitation (eg. prostitution and forced marriage), or unfree labour (eg.
Trafficking in human beings Trafficking in human beings is the commercial trade ("smuggling") of human beings, who are subjected to involuntary acts such as begging, sexual exploitation (eg. prostitution and forced marriage), or unfree labour (eg.
Trafficking of children Trafficking of children is a form of trafficking in human beings and is one of the practices associated with the worst forms of child labour by the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC). Child trafficking is a crime under international law and under the national legislation of many countries.
Trafficlink Trafficlink is a British company specialising in providing real-time traffic information to UK media outlets. Clients include the BBC, ITN, Emap, UTV, UBC Media Group and GCap Media, (owner of Classic FM and Capital Radio), although GCap have announced that they will take their traffic and travel operation 'in-house' at the beginning of 2007.
Traffik Traffik is a 1989 television miniseries which tells the story of illegal drug trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users.
Trafford Council election 2004 Elections to Trafford Council were held on 10 June, 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
Trafford Leigh-Mallory Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, KCB, DSO and Bar (11 July 1892–14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory was killed during World War II, making him one of the few four star British officers, the most senior British casualties, to die in the war.
Trafford Park Development Corporation The Trafford Park Development Corporation was established in 1987 to develop land in Trafford and Salford. Its flagship developments included the Quay West office development at Wharfside, Trafford Park Village and Northbank Industrial Park.
Trafford Park railway station Trafford Park railway station is in the north of Stretford in the Trafford metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in the north west of England. The station, and all services calling there, are operated by Northern Rail.
Trafford Publishing Trafford Publishing is a self-publishing and print on demand publishing company based in Victoria, BC, Canada. The company was founded in 1995 by Bruce Batchelor (CEO and publisher), Marsha Batchelor, Steve Fisher and John Norris.
Trafic Trafic (Traffic) is a 1971 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. Trafic was the last film to feature Tati's famous character of Monsieur Hulot, and followed the vein of earlier Tati films that lampooned modern society.
Trafigura Founded in 1993, Trafigura is a company that deals with trading metals as well as oil. On 2 July, 2006, a ship leased by the company entered a port in Amsterdam to unload a few hundred tons of waste, or "slops.
Trafik (club) Trafik is a Drum & Bass, Hip Hop and Breaks nightclub based in Perth, Western Australia. Trafik has hosted numerous International Artists including; Ray Keith‚ Patife‚ SS‚ Twisted Individual‚ Teebee‚ Kenny Ken‚ Trace‚ Rodney P & Skitz‚ Stanton Warriors‚ Pendulum‚ Stamina‚ Foxy‚ Trip‚ Phantom Beats, Black Sun Empire just to name a few.
Trafik (producers) Trafik is an electronic music duo consisting of Andrew Archer and John Elliott. They have released a couple singles on GU Music and performed remixes for labels including Lost Language, Audio Therapy, Proton Music, and others.
Trafikmagasinet Trafikmagasinet (The Traffic magazine) was a Swedish tv-show about traffic and motoring, broadcast on the Swedish public service network SVT from 1978 to 2003. Aside from reviewing new cars (which were graded by awarding "steering wheels"), Trafikmagasinet featured news, educational content, and consumer reports.
Trafton, Washington Trafton is a small unincorporated community located in Snohomish County, Washington. It is located near the city of Arlington, and although many things in the area are named Trafton (such as Trafton Elementary and Trafton Cemetery), most residents consider themselves residents of Arlington.
Tragano Tragano (Greek, Modern: Τραγανό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, not to be confused with trachana), older forms Traganon is a town and a municipality in the northern part of the prefecture of Ilia in the western Peloponnese. GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos) is 3 km E (old: 4 km) and is linked with a road connecting Andravida and Olga along with Borsi and Markopopulo and down to Agia Mavra, Roupaki and Amaliada.
Tragédie en musique Tragédie en musique (French lyric tragedy), also known as tragédie lyrique, is a genre of French opera introduced by Jean-Baptiste Lully and used by his followers until the second half of the eighteenth century. Operas in this genre are usually based on stories from Classical mythology or the Italian romantic epics of Tasso and Ariosto.
Tragedy In general usage a tragedy is a drama, movie or sometimes a real world event with a sad outcome. However, throughout much of Western thought, tragedy has been defined in more precise terms, following the precepts set out by Aristotle and based upon Greek tragedies: it is a form of drama characterized by seriousness and dignity, and involving a great person whose downfall is brought about by either a character flaw or a conflict with some higher power such as the law, the gods, fate, or society.
Tragedy (band) Tragedy is a modern hardcore punk band, originally from Memphis, Tennessee, but currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The band formed in 2000 and emerged from the ashes of the influential modern hardcore bands His Hero is Gone and Deathreat.
Tragedy (song) "Tragedy" is a song originally by the Bee Gees, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown. The single reached #1 in the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the U.
Tragedy at Kufra The Tragedy at Kufra was an incident during World War 2 when eleven South African aircrew members flying in three Bristol Blenheim aircraft of the South African Air Force 15 Squadron perished when they got lost due to a navigational error near the Libyan oasis of Kufra in May of 1942.
Tragedy of the anticommons The tragedy of the anticommons is a situation where rational individuals (acting separately) collectively waste a given resource by under-utilizing it. This is the canonical justification for the takings clause in the US Constitution and eminent domain generally.
Tragedy of the commons The tragedy of the commons is a class of social trap that involve a conflict over resources between individual interests and the common good. The term derives originally from a parable published by William Forster Lloyd in his 1833 book on population.
Tragedy of the Siskiwit The Tragedy of the Siskiwit was an event that took place in the pre-contact history of the Ojibwe and Meskwaki (Fox) Indian nations in present-day Wisconsin. As part of an ongoing series of conflicts between the two nations, a chief's son was kidnapped, and both groups had their camps destroyed.
Tragelaphus The genus Tragelaphus contains several species of bovine, all of which are relatively antelope-like. Species in this genus tend to be large sized, lightly built, have long necks and considerable sexual dimorphism.
Trager Approach The Trager Approach is a mind-body approach to movement education. It is a system of gentle, rhythmic movement and touch aimed at facilitating deep relaxation, increased physical mobility, and promoting the body's optimal performance.
Tragic City Hardcore Tragic City is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama that originated from newspaper articles in the 1960's describing the infringements of the rights of African Americans in Birmingham during the 1960's civil rights movement. The phrase has now been adopted by the local hardcore scene and is used on flyers, in songs, and in graffiti in the city today.
Tragic Daydreams Tragic Daydreams refers to the pure, early visions that sparked the creation of Mandy Kane’s debut album. Each track is a story born of his own, often dark and brooding imagination, each inspired by direct experience and filtered through the unreal mental labyrinth that he’s long called home.
Tragic hero A tragic hero is a character (often the protagonist) who exhibits a tragic flaw, also known as fatal flaw, which eventually leads to his or her demise. The concept of the tragic hero was created in ancient Greek tragedy and defined by Aristotle.
Tragic mulatto Tragic mulatto is a myth describing an archetypical mulatto person or fictional character, who is assumed to be sad or even suicidal because he/she is caught between the two poles of the White and Black worlds without fully belonging to/being accepted by either of them, trapped in a permanent state of liminality. The tragic mulatto is the victim of the society he/she lives in, a society divided by race; thus allowing no middle ground, no intermediate space which often leaves this character particularly vulnerable.
Tragic Mulatto Tragic Mulatto was a critically acclaimed, short-lived punk rock, art band that released several albums on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles Records. Their music was in a similar vein as Alice Donut, and the Butthole Surfers.
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