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Unitrans RTL1194 Unitrans RTL1194 was an ex-London Transport double decker bus operated in regular service by Unitrans in Davis, California, and was one of the first two original double decker buses purchased by Unitrans at the start of service in 1967. Having been sold in the late 1990's, it is no longer part of the Unitrans fleet.
Units conversion by factor-label Many, if not most, parameters and measurements in the physical sciences and engineering are expressed as a numerical quantity and a corresponding dimensional unit; for example: 1000 kg/mÂł, 100 kPa/bar, 50 miles per hour, 1000 Btu/lb. Converting from one dimensional unit to another is often somewhat complex and being able to perform such conversions is an important skill to acquire.
Units of energy Because energy is defined via work the SI unit for energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms, 1 joule is equal to 1 newton-metre and, in terms of SI base units:
Unitus Unitus is a global microfinance accelerator that acts as a social venture capital investor for the microfinance industry. Unitus identifies the highest-potential microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing countries and helps accelerate their growth through capital investments and capacity-building consulting, thus empowering them to help exponentially more poor people worldwide.
Unity (Northern Ireland) "Unity" was the political label for a series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalist candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the 1960s and 1970s. It also contested elections as a party in its own right, electing six councillors in the 1973 local council elections in the Fermanagh and Dungannon areas, although this was reduced to 2 members of Fermanagh council in the next election in 1977.
Unity (trade union) Unity, formerly the Ceramic and Allied Trades Union, is a British trade union, created in the early 19th century to protect pottery workers from dangerous conditions of their field. In 2006 it changed its name to Unity.
Unity (video game) Unity was a video game being developed by Jeff Minter and Lionhead Studios for the Nintendo GameCube video game system. It was in development from the beginning of 2003 until its cancellation at the end of 2004.
Unity 101 Unity 101 (sometimes written Unity101, previously known as Unity 24) is a community radio station based in Southampton, England, a voluntary organisation catering to the Asian and ethnic minority communities in the area. The station was previously only on the air for one month a yearSouthampton City Council press release - City Council Welcomes New Radio Station Unity 101, retrieved on April 25, 2006, but on December 8, 2005 began a five year licence to broadcast permanently.
Unity capital Unity Capital is a corporate finance advisory firm based in London solely dedicated to the digital media sector. It was founded in 2005 by Paul Heydon whom has strong experience working with digital media companies.
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) was created through the merger of Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries, Northern Zone Committee RCUC (ML), West Bengal Communist Unity Centre and WBCCR. The formation took place at a unity conference in April 1975.
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi) Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) [Harbhajan Sohi], a splinter-group of UCCRI(ML). Since July 1977 the UCCRI(ML) Central Committee Member from Punjab, Harbhajan Sohi had started to express criticism towards the Three Worlds Theory of the Communist Party of China.
Unity College, Murray Bridge Unity College is a growing lutheran school located in Murray Bridge, South Australia. It currently has around 900 students and teaches every level of primary and secondary education from reception to grade twelve.
Unity Day (Russia) Unity Day, Day of People’s Unity (or National Unity Day; ) was first celebrated in Russia in 2005. This holiday on November 4 commemorates the popular uprising which expelled the Polish-Lithuanian occupation force from Moscow in November 1612, and more generally the end of the Time of Troubles and foreign intervention in Russia in the Polish-Muscovite War (1605–1618).
Unity for Human Rights Party The Unity for Human Rights Party (Albanian: Partia Bashkimi për të Drejtat e Njeriut, Greek: Κόμμα Ένωσης Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) is a centrist, more or less liberal party in Albania. The party was founded in 1992 to represent Albania's ethnic Greek population as the continuation of the Democratic Union of the Greek Minority (Omonoia).
Unity Grind The Unity grind, more often called just a 'Unity', is a grind used in Aggressive Inline Skating with both feet. You approach the object and jump onto it with your legs crossed, each skate locked onto its h-block.
Unity High School (Sudan) Unity High School, founded in 1902, is an independent school in Khartoum, Sudan, which uses the English language and provides a British-style education to children of various backgrounds. In 2005 it has an enrollment of some 750 students.
Unity Church Unity (also known as the Unity School of Christianity and not to be confused with Unitarianism) is the largest of the New Thought denominations of Christianity. It was founded by Charles Fillmore (1854-1948) and Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931) in 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States.
Unity of invention In most patent laws, unity of invention is a formal administrative requirement that must be met by a patent application in order to proceed to grant. Basically a patent application can relate only to one invention or a group of closely related inventions.
Unity of the Brethren The Unity of the Brethren (Czech: Jednota bratrská, Latin: Unitas Fratrum, also known as Czech or Bohemian Brothers or Brethren) is a Christian denomination whose roots are in the pre-reformation work of Jan Hus, who was martyred in 1415.
Unity Party (Australia) Unity Party (Australia) is a small multiculturist party in Australia, formed in 1997 with the aim of opposing the rise of controversial anti-immigration politician Pauline Hanson. Initially billed as a party to unite Australians of all ethnicities against racism, in practice it has never managed to draw significant support outside of Australia's East Asian ethnic communities.
Unity Party of Russia Unity (In Russian: Единство, Yedinstvo) was a Russian political party that was created as an "interregional group" in September 1999 and registered on October 15, supported by Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin, PM Vladimir Putin and some tens of Russian governors to counter the threat which the Kremlin perceived from the the Fatherland-All Russia alliance. It was also unofficilally dubbed "Medved’" (The Bear) or "medvedi" (bears), as the "MeDvEd" acronym of it's full name (Mezhregonalnoye Dvizhenie "Edinstvo"; Interregional movement "Unity").
Unity Productions Foundation Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) was established in 1999 by Michael Wolfe and Alex Kronemer with the mission of building a media foundation, creating films for worldwide broadcast and educational campaigns that increase understanding and dialogue among the world’s spiritual and cultural traditions.
Unity Roots and Family, Away UNITY ROOTS & FAMILY, AWAY (UR&FA) is the 7th released album from the Japanese rock band, GLAY. In this album GLAY takes a new turn and dables in genres such as Gospel, R&B, Blues, and Soft Rock Ballads; making it entirely different from their last album ONE LOVE, as well as all of their previous works.
Unity Secondary School Unity Secondary School(Abbreviation: USS) is a relatively new Government/Mixed gender/Single session secondary school located at Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. It provides Express, Normal Academic and Normal Technical courses from secondary 1 - 4/5 levels.
Unity Temple Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908.
Univar Canada Univar Canada is one of the largest chemical distributors in Canada, with 20 locations, including Richmond (British-Columbia), Calgary (Alberta), Downsview (Ontario), Dorval (Quebec) and Dartmouth (Nova Scotia).
Univel Univel was a joint partnership of Novell and AT&T's Unix System Laboratories (USL) that developed the UnixWare operating system. It existed only briefly in the period between AT&T initially divesting parts of USL in 1991, and its eventual outright purchase by Novell, which completed in 1993.
Univeridad de Lomas de Zamora The Universidad de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ), is a state research university located in Lomas de Zamora, Beunos Aires, Argentina.With nearly 30,000 students, UNLZ is one of the biggest universities of Greater Buenos Aires.
Universal access to education Universal access to education is the ability of all people to have equal opportunity in education, regardless of their social class, ethnicity, background or physical disabilities. The term is used both in college admission for the middle and lower classes, and in assistive technology for the disabled.
Universal assembler A Universal Assembler is a construction machine that manipulates and builds with individual atoms or molecules. One of the prime goals of long-term nanotech research is the production of a programmable self-replicating assembler.
Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (usually abbreviated UART and pronounced ) is a type of "asynchronous receiver/transmitter", a piece of computer hardware that translates data between parallel and serial interfaces. Used for serial data telecommunication, a UART converts bytes of data to and from asynchronous start-stop bit streams represented as binary electrical impulses.
Universal Airlines (US) Universal Airlines was a United States airline that operated from 1966 to 1972, based at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It initially grew out of Zantop Air Transport, starting with a small fleet of Lockheed L-188 Electra.
Universal Audio Architecture Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) is an initiative unveiled in 2002 by Microsoft to standardize the class driver architecture for audio devices in modern Microsoft Windows operating systems. Three classes of audio devices are supported by default: USB, IEEE 1394 (Firewire), and Intel High Definition Audio, which supports PCI and PCI Express.
Universal bundle In mathematics, the universal bundle in the theory of fiber bundles with structure group a given topological group G, is a specific bundle over a classifying space BG, such that every bundle with the given structure group G over M is a pullback by means of a continuous map
Universal Bank Universal Bank (環球銀行) is a overseas Chinese bank in the United States. Headquartered in West Covina, California, with branch offices in Arcadia, California, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, Monterey Park, California, Orange, California, and Rosemead, California, this privately-held community bank was first established on November 17, 1954.
Universal call to holiness Universal Call to Holiness and Apostolate is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church that all people are called to be holy. (See Lumen Gentium, Chapter V) This Church teaching states that all within the church should live holy lives and spread holiness to others.
Universal class Universal class is a category derived from the philosophy of Hegel, redefined and popularized by Karl Marx. In Marxism it denotes that class of people within a stratified society for which, at a given point in history, self interested action coincides with the needs of humanity as a whole.
Universal code (data compression) In data compression, a universal code for integers is a prefix code that maps the positive integers onto binary codewords, with the additional property that whatever the true probability distribution on integers, as long as the distribution is monotonic (i.e.
Universal coefficient theorem In mathematics, the universal coefficient theorem in algebraic topology establishes the relationship in homology theory between the integral homology of a topological space X, and its homology with coefficients in any abelian group A. It shows that the integral homology groups
Universal common descent In biology, the theory of universal common descent proposes that all organisms on Earth are descended from a common ancestor or ancestral gene pool.The earliest life-like forms probably exchanged genetic material laterally in a manner that is analogous to lateral gene transfer amongst bacteria.
Universal C*-algebra In mathematics, more specifically in the theory of C*-algebras, a universal C*-algebra is one characterized by a universal property. We describe a general framework for defining a large class of these algebras.
Universal Carrier The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as machine gun platforms.
Universal Century Universal Century is the English name for the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. It is also called "Uchuu Seiki", meaning "The Era of Space", in Japanese, but the official English name Universal Century is always used to tag along the Japanese kanji name and is often abbreviated as "UC".
Universal Century Superweapons At several points in the Universal Century (UC) timeline used in the Gundam anime series, nations and factions have used superweapons to achieve their goals. This is a list and explanation of the known superweapons used in the UC era.
Universal Constructor A Universal Constructor is a machine which within some physical or abstract environment is able to construct all environmentally possible constructions. The notion originated with John von Neumann, a general principle derived from his work to solve the problem of self-replication.
Universal Cooperatives Universal Cooperatives, based in Eagan, Minnesota, is a cooperative controlled by 17 regional agricultural marketing and agricultural supply cooperatives. The distribution system includes 110 regional feed mills, 26 warehouses, and 7 research farms.
Universal Corporation Universal Corporation () is one of the world's leading tobacco merchants and a leading distributor of building products in the Netherlands. Incorporated in 1918, Universal has headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States.
Universal design Universal design, which is related to "inclusive design" and "design for all," is an approach to the design of products, services and environments to be usable by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability or situation. It links directly to the political concept of an inclusive society and its importance has been recognized by governments, business and industry.
Universal dialectic The idea of a universal dialectic is related to the Taoist and Neo-Confucian concept of taiji or "supreme ultimate". European dialecticians (Hegel especially) explored themes that some see as remarkably similar.
Universal Data Element Framework The Universal Data Element Framework (UDEF) is a cross-industry metadata identification strategy designed to facilitate convergence and interoperability among e-business and other complex federal standards. The objective of the UDEF is to provide a means of real-time identification for Semantic equivalency, as an attribute to data elements within e-business document and integration formats.
Universal Day of the Jedi Universal Day of the Jedi - May 25 - is an "annual Star Wars fan holiday", currently being pushed by some fans to begin on May 25, 2007, the 30th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars film. It was created as a geek holiday, similar to that of Hobbit Day or Towel Day.
Universal Decimal Classification The Universal Decimal Classification is a system of library classification developed by the Belgian bibliographers Paul Otlet and Henri la Fontaine at the end of the 19th century. It is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification, but is much more powerful.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (abbreviated UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/217, 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris). It consists of 30 articles which outline the view of the United Nations on the human rights guaranteed to all people.
Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights is a document signed by UNESCO, the PEN Clubs, and several non-governmental organizations in 1996 to support linguistic rights, especially those of endangered languages.
Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples The Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples was first drafted and elaborated during three round-table conferences that were organized by the UNPO (no connection to the United Nations) Tartu Coordination Office on 29 August–30 August, 1998; 31 October–1 November, 1998, and 16 April–17 April, 1999 in Tartu and Otepää, Estonia.
Universal Description Discovery and Integration UDDI is an acronym for Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration, a platform-independent, XML-based registry for businesses worldwide to list themselves on the Internet. UDDI is an open industry initiative, sponsored by OASIS, enabling businesses to publish service listings and discover each other and define how the services or software applications interact over the Internet.
Universal Docking Module The Universal Docking Module (UDM) was a planned Russian component for the International Space Station, to be jointly built by RKK Energia and Khrunichev. The original design would have it docked to the nadir (Earth-facing) ISS Zvezda service module docking port, and have four docking ports to accommodate the Russian Research Modules and SO2 Docking Compartment.
Universal enveloping algebra In mathematics, for any Lie algebra L one can construct its universal enveloping algebra U(L). This construction passes from the non-associative structure L to a (more familiar, and possibly easier to handle) unital associative algebra which captures the important properties of L.
Universal evolution Universal evolution is a theory formulated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Julian Huxley formulated describing the gradual development of the Universe from subatomic particles to human society, considered by Teilhard as the last stage. (see Gaia theory).
Universal Exports Universal Export(s) is a fictional company that is used as a cover name for the British Secret Service (MI6) in the James Bond novels and films. M, Bond's boss, is referred to as its "managing director".
Universal film leader A universal film leader is a length of film attached to the head of a film to assist in lacing a telecine machine or projector. It is marked with visual and audio information that may be used to ensure that the correct amount of time is allowed for the machine to run up to speed and arrive at the beginning of the program or movie.
Universal F.C. Universal Football Club is a multicultural footballing organisation based in Glasgow. The name speaks for itself as the players nationalities range from a wide variety including Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Anglola, Algeria, France, Lybia, Morroco, Jamaica, Turkey, Mexico, Scotland, England and other countries.
Universal Fighting System The Universal Fighting System is a collectible card game from Sabertooth Games. The system is composed of cards from different gaming universes, including Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown.
Universal Forum of Cultures The Universal Forum of Cultures (Catalan: Fòrum de les Cultures) is an international cultural event intended to take place every four years (except for the 2007 Forum). This event is organized by Forum Foundation.
Universal grammar Universal grammar is a theory of linguistics postulating principles of grammar shared by all languages, thought to be innate to humans. It attempts to explain language acquisition in general, not describe specific languages.
Universal Great Brotherhood The Universal Great Brotherhood (UGB; in Spanish Gran Fraternidad Universal) is a nonsectarian, apolitical, cultural organization based in Caracas, Venezuela. It was founded in its current form by Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere in 19471947 is the year when the organization was publicly founded, though its members consider the UGB to be thousands of years old (Raynaud 1951, p.
Universal hash function In computer science, a universal hash function is a theoretical construct primarily used to show that an algorithm based on a hash function cannot be forced to have bad performance by an adversary. Bad performance in hashing comes from collisions, and a universal hash function guarantees that these cannot be forced to occur too often.
Universal health care Universal health care is a state in which all residents of a geographic or political entity have their health care paid for, regardless of medical condition or financial status.Massachusetts Nursing Association.
Universal history Universal history is basic to the Western tradition of historiography, especially the Judeo-Christian wellspring of that tradition. Simply stated, universal history is the presentation of the history of mankind as a whole, as a coherent unit.
Universal HD Universal HD, designed for HDTV, is a cable television network owned by NBC Universal. The network exclusively broadcasts in high definition 1080i and includes a mix of unedited and uninterrupted films, dramas, series, sports, specials, and performance arts programming from the NBC Universal library, most having aired on one of the NBC-owned networks, including NBC, Bravo, USA Network, Sci-Fi Channel, and Trio.
Universal Hint System The Universal Hint System, better known by the acronym UHS, is a form of strategy guide used for computer and video games, created by Jason Strautman in 1988. The system is designed to provides hints for solving specific parts of games without including spoilers.
Universal Home API Universal Home API, or UHAPI, is an application programming interface (API) for consumer electronics appliances, created by the UHAPI Forum. The objective of UHAPI is to enable standard middleware to run on audio/video streaming platforms via a hardware-independent industry standard API.
Universal Horror Universal Horror is the name given to the distinctive series of horror films made by Universal Studios in California from the 1920s through to the 1950s. With their iconic gallery of monsters, Universal would create a lasting impression on generations of movie fans the world over.
Universal House of Justice The Universal House of Justice is the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith. Its nine members are elected every five years by an electoral college consisting of all the members of each National Spiritual Assembly.
Universal Character Set The international standard ISO/IEC 10646 defines the Universal Character Set (UCS) as a character encoding. It contains nearly a hundred thousand abstract characters, each identified by an unambiguous name and an integer number called its code point.
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG, from Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, IURD) is the name for a rapidly growing Brazilian sect. The sect, which is sometimes also referred to as a new religious movement, is spreading world-wide, especially in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Universal Church of Truth The Universal Church of Truth is a star-spanning religious empire in the fictional Marvel Universe, composed of diverse alien species. It first appeared in Strange Tales vol 1 #178 (February 1975), written by Jim Starlin.
Universal indicator Universal Indicator is a pH indicator that has different colors to indicate the range of the pH of the solution it is in. This is opposed to indicators like phenolphthalein which have only two different colors and are able to indicate only whether the pH is above or below a certain point by using the various pH values of the indicators.
Universal indult Universal indult is a term used primarily by traditionalist Catholics in a very specific sense. Since an indult signifies a favour granted to an individual or limited group;The canons of the Code of Canon Law that speak of indults concern only indults of secularization (684), exclaustration (686) or leaving an institute (688, 691, 692, 693, 727, 728, 745) granted to an individual religious, and of apostolic indults for erecting an association of the faithful (320) and in connection with allowing exceptions to laws about ordination (1015, 1019, 1021) a similar measure applied to every member of a particular class of persons would in reality be a change of the law, not an indult.
Universal instantiation In logic Universal instantiation (UI) is an inference from a truth about each member of a class of individuals to the truth about a particular individual of that class. It is generally given as a quantification rule for the universal quantifier but it can also be encoded in an axiom.
Universal integration platform A universal integration platform is a development- and/or configuration-time analog of a universal server. The emphasis on the term: "platform" implies a middleware environment from which integration oriented solutions are derived.
Universal Intelligence Universal Intelligence is a term used by some to describe what they see as organization, or order of the universe. It has been described as "the intrinsic tendency for things to self-organize and co-evolve into ever more complex, intricately interwoven and mutually compatible forms.
Universal joint A universal joint, U joint, Cardan joint, or Hardy-Spicer, Hooke's joint is a joint in a rigid rod that allows the rod to 'bend' in any direction. It consists of a pair of ordinary hinges located close together, but oriented at 90° relative to each other.
Universal jurisdiction Universal jurisdiction or universality principle is a controversial principle in international law whereby states claim criminal jurisdiction over persons whose alleged crimes were committed outside the boundaries of the prosecuting state, regardless of nationality, country of residence, or any other relation with the prosecuting country. The state backs its claim on the grounds that the crime committed is considered a crime against all, which any state is authorized to punish.
Universal Japanese motorycle This motorycle type was pioneered in the 1969 Honda CB750, which became the template for a number of subsequent designs from the "Big Four" Japanese motorycle manufacturers - Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. Universal Japanese motorcycles (or often called "standards" or "UJMs") have the following characteristics:
Universal key The universal key or universal scale is a concept employed in music theory in which specific notes or chord symbols in a key signature are replaced with numbers or Roman numerals, allowing for a discussion describing relationships between notes or chords that can be universally applied to all key signatures.
Universal language The idea of a universal language is at least as old as the Biblical story of Babel. Babel's fall has the mythical point that there was once a time of a universal Adamic language (now often associated with the Kabbalah) — and then something happened, the confusion of tongues, analogous to the Fall of Man.
Universal law of generalization The universal law of generalization is a theory of cognition originally posited by Roger Shepard. According to it, the probability that a response to one stimulus will be generalized to another will be a function of the distance between the two stimuli.
Universal legal care Universal legal care is a legal care system in which all residents of a geographic or political entity have their legal care paid for, regardless of their financial status. This type of a socialized judiciary is practiced in a few countries; mostly because lawyers control the legislatures of nations, and they refuse to write a law and implement a policy that would restrict their own incomes for the greater benefit of society.
Universal life insurance Universal Life is a type of permanent life insurance based on a cash value. That is, the policy is established with the insurer where premium payments above the cost of insurance are credited to the cash value.
Universal linear accelerator The Universal Linear Accelerator is a heavy ion linac based at the Heavy Ion Research Centre (GSI) near Darmstadt, Germany. It can provide beams of accelerated ions of elements from Carbon to Uranium with energies up to 20 MeV / u.
Universal logarithmic wall law In fluid dynamics, the universal logarithmic wall law states that the average velocity of a turbulent fluid at a point is proportional to the logarithm of the distance from the point to the "wall" or boundary containing the fluid.
Universal Law In law and ethics, Universal Law or Universal Principle refers to concept of legal legitimacy whereby those principles and rules for governing human conduct which are most universal in their acceptablity, their applicability, translation, and philosophical basis, are therefore considered to be most legitimate.
Universal Life Universal Life (German: Universelles Leben) is the name of a controversial new religious movement, which is described by members as a part of the new revelation movement. The group originally called itself Heimholungswerk Jesu Christi, and is known since 1984 as Universal Life.
Universal Life Church The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister immediately, without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths.
Universal Lucha Libre Universal Lucha Libre (Universal Pro-Wrestling until 1991; FederaciĂłn Universal de Lucha Libre afterwards) was a professional wrestling promotion in Japan from 1990 to 1995. The name Universal Lucha Libre is used to differentiate the promotion from the Japanese UWF, which presented a very different style of professional wrestling.
Universal mind Universal mind is a generic term for the universal consciousness or source of being in some forms of esoteric or New Age thought and spiritual philosophy. It may be considered synonymous with the Absolute Reality, or it may be referred to in the context of creative visualization, usually with religious or spiritual themes.
Universal multimedia access The Universal Multimedia Access (UMA) addresses the delivery of multimedia resources under different and varying network conditions, diverse terminal equipment capabilities, specific user or creator preferences and needs and usage environment conditions. UMA refers to the true ubiquitous access to and consumption of multimedia content, aiming at guaranteeing unrestricted access to multimedia content:
Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer is a musical album composed by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and released under his project Ayreon. The Dream Sequencer could be considered a metal opera, which is narrated across several different eras of human history, with each era being interpreted by a different singer.
Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight of the Migrator is a musical album composed by Arjen Anthony Lucassen and released under his project Ayreon. Flight of the Migrator is a metal opera, which is narrated across several eras which precede the existence of the known universe, with each era being interpreted by a different singer.

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