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Up to the Minute Up To The Minute (UTTM) is CBS' overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up To The Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, Affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television.
Up The Country Up The Country is a popular poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in The Weekly Bulletin magazine on July 9 1892, under the title Borderland, and famously started the Bulletin Debate, a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson about the true nature of life in the Australian bush.
Up The Empire Up The Empire is a Noise Rock band from Brooklyn, NY. Formerly known as Kilowatthours, the band released several albums and singles on the Temporary Residence Limited label before changing their name in early 2004.
Up The Junction "Up The Junction" was the third single released from Squeeze's second album, Cool for Cats. It is one of the band's most popular and well-remembered songs (especially in the UK), and reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Up Through the Linear Shades Up Through the Linear Shades is a 7" EP by Norwegian band Beyond Dawn released under Adipocere Records in 1993. It was the band's first commercial release and is considered a significant step forward from the band's first two demos in terms of technical skill and innovation.
Up Where We Belong "Up Where We Belong" is a song from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. Written by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie, with lyrics by Will Jennings, it was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.
Up-down cues Up-down cues are sensory cues built into an environment to indicate which direction is "up", even if "up" is arbitrary. For example, a cluttered desk has a number of unattached objects on one surface but not on the others.
Up-Park Camp Up-Park Camp (often Up Park Camp) was the headquarters of the British Army in Jamaica from the late 18th century to independence in 1962. From that date, is has been the headquarters of the Jamaican Defence Force.
Up-selling Up-selling is a sales technique, where a salesman attempts to have the consumer purchase more expensive items, upgrades, or other add-ons in an attempt to make a better sale. Up-selling usually involves marketing more profitable services or products, but up-selling can also be simply exposing the customer to other options he or she may not have considered previously.
Up, Down And Touch The Ground "Up, Down And Touch The Ground" is a song from the 1966 musical film featurette Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. The song was also subsequently incorporated into the 1977 musical film, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh which is an amalgamation of the three previous Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including "Honey Tree".
Up2date up2date is a tool used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Fedora Core that downloads and installs new software and upgrades to the operating system. The file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources determines where package files come from.
Upa is a fictional baby character created by Konami in 1988 for the Famicom Disk System game Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa. He has not been released in a game outside of Japan other than the pirated game Mario Baby, which was identical to Bio Miracle but with an altered title screen.
Upajjhaya In Buddhist context, an Upajjhaya (also spelt upadhyaya), literally a (spiritual) preceptor (monk or saint), is one of the two teachers of a starting out monk - the other one being the Acariya. An Upajjhaya will focus on teaching ethics, morality, good manners and decency.
Upali Thera Upali Thera was a Thai Theravada monk and founder of the Siam Nikaya order of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. He visited Kandy in 1753 and there performed upasampada (higher ordination, as distinct from samanera or novice ordination) for a group of Sinhala monks.
Upanayanam Upanayanam perhaps better known outside India by the name "Sacred thread ceremony", is a Hindu rite-of-passage ritual. Traditionally, the ceremony was performed to mark the point at which male children began their formal education.
Upanishad The Upanishads (Devanagari: उपनिषद्, IAST: ) are part of the Vedas and form the Hindu scriptures which primarily discuss philosophy, meditation, and the nature of God; they form the core spiritual thought of Vedantic Hinduism. The Upanishads are mystic or spiritual contemplations of the Vedas, their putative end and essence, and thus known as Vedānta ("the end/culmination of the Vedas").
Upanishad Brahmam Upanishad Brahmam was a great saint poet, born in Kanchipuram town of the southern Tamil Nadu state in India. A compatriot and close friend of the great poets/composers of 19th Century carnatic music (South Indian classical music, equated to the music of the Gods) Tyagaraja and Muthuswamy Dikshitar, Upanishad Brahmam often invited them to his house in Kancheepuram for discussions on religious issues and music.
Upas tree Antiaris toxicaria (Upas or Ipoh) is an evergreen tree in the family Moraceae, native to southeastern Asia, from India and Sri Lanka east to southern China, the Philippines and Fiji; closely related species also occur in eastern Africa. It produces a highly poisonous latex, known in Java as "Upas", from the Javanese word for "poison".
Upasaka Upāsaka उपासक (masculine) or Upāsikā उपासिका (feminine) (Chinese 優婆塞 yōupósāi) are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant". This is the title of followers of Buddhism (Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns or novices in a Buddhist order.
Upasana Uapasana in Sanskrit literally means "Sitting near" but normally the term is used in Hinduism to denote a prescribed method for approaching a Deity/God or getting close to deity. In Vedas some Upasanas are prescribed where one meditates on all pervading Brahman as some aspect of creation such as fire, water, directions, food, mind etc.
Upasunda Upasunda (उपसुन्‍द) was an asura and brother of Sunda. Sunda and Upasunda were two brave and poerful asura princes who performed austerities to please Brahma, who besowed them the boon that nobody else would slay them, other than each other.
Upatoi, Georgia Upatoi is an unincorporated community in the eastern panhandle of Muscogee County, GeorgiaIn 1971, Upatoi was annexed by Columbus] as part of the [[Consolidated city-county|consolidation of the city government with that of Muscogee County.
Upaya Upaya (Sanskrit: उपाय) is a term in Mahayana Buddhism which is often translated as "means", though literally "expedient" would be more accurate, as "upaya" (from upa√i) refers to something which goes or brings you up to something (i.e.
Upcoming amendment of the Greek Constitution At the outset of 2006, prime minister Kostas Karamanlis announced ND's initiative for a new amendment of the Constitution of 1975/1986/2001 and clarified his propositions speaking to the deputies of his party the 11th of May 2006.
Upcycle Upcycling is the use of waste materials to provide useful products. Ideally, it is a reinvestment in the environment and embodiment of the notion that while using resources one is also contributing to them and their value.
Update (university computer club) The Update Computer Society (Datorföreningen Update in swedish) is an academic computer club at the university of Uppsala, and a member of the Nordic University Computer Club. Update was founded in 1983, and membership is open to all students and employees at the University of Uppsala and the University of Agricultural Sciences at Uppsala.
Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate is a book by Koenraad Elst. The book discusses various aspects of the Indo-Aryan migration debate and concludes by proposing a chronological order for the events in the spread of Aryans Out of India
UpdateLogic UpdateLogic Incorporated (formerly Broadcast Data Corporation) is a company which has developed a system for datacasting firmware upgrades to digital television devices. It appears that UpdateTV is the only product the company, founded in 2003, has yet developed.
UpdateTV UpdateTV is a new system which allows ATSC digital television receivers to download firmware upgrades and software patches sent out via digital television stations. The technology, under development by UpdateLogic since 2004, was completed in 2006, and will be in TV sets by the 2007 model year.
Upemba Lechwe The Upemba Lechwe Kobus anselli is a species of antelope found only in the Upemba wetlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was described in 2005, after analysis of thirty five museum specimens collected in 1926 and 1947-8.
Upemba National Park Upemba National Park is a large park in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Located in a lush area dotted by lakes, including the eponymous Lake Upemba, and bordered by the Lualaba River, its 11,730 km² dominates the Kibara Plateau.
Upendra Baxi Professor Upendra Baxi is an eminent legal scholar, currently (since 1996) Professor of Law in Development at the University of Warwick. He has been the Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi(1990-1994), prior to which he held the position of Professor of Law at the University of Delhi for 23 years(1973-1996).
Upendrakishore Ray Upendrokishore Ray (Bengali: উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়), also known as Upendrokishore Raychowdhury (উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী Upendrokishor Raechoudhuri) was a famous Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer. He was born on 10 May, 1863 in a little village called Moshua in Mymensingh District in East Bengal, now a part of Bangladesh.
Upendranath Brahmachari Upendranath Brahmachari (19 December 1873 - 1946) synthesized Urea Stibamine (carbostibamide) in 1922 and determined that it was an effective substitute for other antimony-containing compounds in the treatment of Kala-azar (leishmaniasis).
Upfade Upfade is the term used in radio communications to describe a situation where multipath conditions (in which signals travel from the transmitter to the receiving antenna by two or more paths) cause a radio signal to gain strength.
Upfront In the North American television industry, an upfront is a meeting of television network executives with the press and, more importantly, with major advertisers. It is so called as it signals the start of an important advertising sales period, allowing marketers to buy commercial airtime "up front", or several months before the season begins.
Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage is an album released in 1994 on Blue Plate Music and BMG Music Canada, which compiles live performances by Canadian artists who have appeared on the American radio series Mountain Stage.
Upgrade The term upgrade is most often used in computing, generally meaning a replacement of hardware or software with a newer one, in order to bring the system up to date. The word is also often used by audiophiles to describe the replacement of a product with a better quality product with the aim of bringing enhancements to sound quality.
Uphall Station Uphall Station is a small village located in the geographical county of West Lothian, Scotland. The name is derived from neighbouring town Uphall on account of there being a small railway station located on the southeast perimeter of the village (hence the word 'Station' in the title indicates there is a railway line located there).
Uphall, West Lothian Uphall in West Lothian is a rapidly growing village in a conurbation with Broxburn to the east, Dechmont to the west and Uphall Station to the south west. Uphall is 30 miles from Glasgow and 14 miles from Edinburgh in the Scottish lowlands.
Upham, New Mexico Upham, New Mexico is is a town that has gained recognition for being near the planned site for the Southwest Regional Spaceport, now called Spaceport America; this will be Virgin Galactic's world headquarters and mission control. Upham is located approximately 30 miles east of Truth or Consequences, and 45 miles north of Las Cruces in the southern part of the statehttp://www.
Upholland Upholland, is a civil parish and small town in Lancashire, England, situated approximately three miles east of Skelmersdale and two miles west of the Orrell area of Wigan. The town is situated on a small hill rising above the west Lancashire plains.
Upholstery Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word "upholstery" comes from the Middle English words up and holden, meaning to hold up.
Upholstery Frame In modern furniture-making, the upholstery frame gives structural support and determines the basic shape of any piece of upholstered furniture. If a frame is unstable, an upholstered piece will not be durable, no matter how fine or costly its design, padding, cushioning, or cover.
Upcharge attraction An upcharge ride or attraction at an amusement park is a ride that is not included with paid admission. These are commonly found at a number of park chains, including Six Flags, Cedar Fair, and Paramount Parks.
Upchem UPCHEM is a the name of a chemical company with headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, and in Ottawa, Canada that was founded in 1996. Its main product is triphosgene though it creates a wide variety of other chemicals.
Upchurch Pottery Although Upchurch Pottery had several owners during its life, the most important name associated with it is that of Edward Baker. The pottery was founded in 1909 in Upchurch, between Rainham and Sittingbourne in Kent, by the Wakely brothers.
Upland and lowland (freshwater ecology) In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland and lowland. Upland habitats are cold, clear, rocky, fast flowing rivers in mountainous areas; lowland habitats are warm, slow flowing rivers found in relatively flat lowland areas, with water that is frequently coloured by sediment and organic matter.
Upland bully The upland bully, Gobiomorphus breviceps, is a sleeper of the genus Gobiomorphus, found in most rivers and lakes in the South Island and the southern half of the North Island of New Zealand, being recorded for the first time on Stewart Island in 1998. Their length is up to 8 cm.
Upland hunting Upland hunting is an American term for a form of bird hunting in which the hunter pursues upland birds including quail, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, chukar, grey partridge, and others. Upland hunters generally employ the use of gun dogs to find and retrieve game.
Upland High School Upland High School is a public four year secondary school located in the city of Upland, California. The school was established in 1955 and since 1991 it has been a member of the Upland Unified School District.
Upland Chorus Frog Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum) is a species of chorus frog found in the United States. It was recently separated from the Western Chorus Frog, (Pseudacris triseriata), being identified as an individual species rather than a subspecies.
Upland Unified School District Upland Unified School District is a school district located in San Bernardino County, California that serves the community of Upland, California. It has a total population of approximately 63,800 and covers a total area of 24 square miles.
Uplands (Greater Victoria) Uplands, Victoria (known locally as "the Uplands") is an exclusive upper-class neighbourhood in Victoria, British Columbia located within the Municipality of Oak Bay between Cadboro Bay and Willows Beach. Uplands is a superb example of a garden suburb designed in the early part of the 20th century.
Uplands nation Uplands nation (the Uppland Nation) is a student society and one of thirteen nations at Uppsala University. It has traditionally recruited its members from the province of Uppland, which surrounds and includes Uppsala and stretches down south to the northern part of Stockholm.
Upledger Institute The Upledger Institute (UI) is an educational institution founded in 1985 by John Upledger, DO. The Upledger Institute offers continuing education in complementary and alternative medicine for massage therapists, chiropractors, physical therapists, and physicians.
Uplevel Uplevel is a command in Tcl that allows a command script to be executed in a scope other than the current innermost scope on the stack. Because the command script may itself call procedures that use the uplevel command, this has the net effect of transforming the call stack into a call tree.
Uplifting trance Uplifting trance, also known as anthem trance, is a subgenre of trance music that emerged in the wake of progressive trance in the late 1990s. Characterized by extended chord progression in all elements (lead synth, bass chords, treble chords), extended breakdowns, and relegation of arpeggiation to the background while bringing wash effects to the fore.
Uplink Power Control The simplest way to compensate the rain fade effect in satellite communications is to increase the transmission power: this dynamic fade countermeasure is called uplink power control (UPC). In any case, it has a limited used since it cannot provide
Upnor Upnor Lower and Upper Upnor are two small villages in the parish of Frindsbury Extra on the western bank of the River Medway in England. Today it is mainly residential and a centre for small craft moored in the river, but Upnor Castle () is a preserved monument, part of the river defences from the sixteenth century.
Upojenie Upojenie (rapture) is a 2002 collaboration between Polish folk singer Anna Maria Jopek and jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in Warsaw, Poland. It features Jopek's compositions and traditional folk song arrangements, as well as some of Metheny's well known tracks, such as Follow Me from Imaginary Day.
Upoko O Te Ika Te Hui Amorangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika covers the lower and western portion of the North Island in Aotearoa/New Zealand. According to the 2001 census there are approximately 14,000 Maori Anglicans within this area.
Upon Promeathean Shores Upon Promethean Shores is the first full-length album by the British black metal band Hecate Enthroned. This is essentially their Ode for a Haunted Wood demo remastered and released as the first album under their record label.
Uposatha The Uposatha is the Buddhist sabbath day, from the Buddha's time through today in Theravada Buddhists countries.For examples of published Pali-English dictionaries that define "Uposatha" as "Sabbath," see Buddhadatta (2002), p.
Upper and lower bounds In mathematics, especially in order theory, an upper bound of a subset S of some partially ordered set (P, ≤) is an element of P which is greater than or equal to every element of S. The term lower bound is defined dually as an element of P which is lesser than or equal to every element of S.
Upper and lower probabilities Upper and lower probabilities are representations of imprecise probability. Whereas probability theory uses a single number, the probability, to describe how likely an event is to occur, this method uses two numbers: the upper probability of the event and the lower probability of the event.
Upper Abkhazia Upper Abkhazia (, Zemo Apkhazeti; Abkhaz: , Apsny khykh'twi) is an official Georgian name for a mountainous district in northeastern Abkhazia, a breakaway republic, which is internationally recognized as an autonomous republic within Georgia. United Nations Resolution on Abkhazia, April 2004, Res #65812 It is currently the only part of Abkhazia controlled by the central Georgian authorities and the de jure government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Upper Albert Road Upper Albert Road (上亞厘畢道) is a road on the Government Hill in the Central of Hong Kong. Surrouding the Government House, the residence of former Governors of Hong Kong and present Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the road is a destination of various protests.
Upper Arley Upper Arley () is a village along the Severn Valley near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It has a station called Arley on the Severn Valley Railway, one of Britain's preserved steam railways the station has been used in many films and television programmes (including the BBC's Oh, Doctor Beeching!
Upper Atmospheric Models Most climate models simulate a region of the Earth's atmosphere from the surface to the stratopause. There also exist numerical models which simulate the wind, temperature and composition of the Earth's tenuous upper atmosphere, from the mesosphere to the exosphere, including the ionosphere.
Upper back pain Upper back pain, also called middle back pain or thoracic pain, is pain that is felt between the bottom of the neck and top of the lumbar spine. The upper spine is designed to be very strong and stable to support the weight of the upper body, as well as provide a cavity to allow the heart and lungs to function and protect them.
Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge The Upper Black Eddy-Milford Bridge is a free bridge over the Delaware River, owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. The bridge carries Bridge Street, connecting CR 519 in Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with Pennsylvania Route 32 in Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Upper Burma Upper Burma was a term used by the British to refer to the central and northern area of what is now the country of Myanmar. After the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852, Lower Burma was annexed by the British Empire, while Upper Burma remained independent under the Kingdom of Burma until the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885.
Upper class district Upper class district is a term referring to a neighborhood with expensive real estate. This article mostly uses the American English meaning of upper class, in which wealth is the only requirement for upper class status.
Upper convected time derivative In continuum mechanics, including fluid dynamics upper convected time derivative or Oldroyd derivative is the rate of change of some tensor property of a small parcel of fluid that is written in the coordinate system rotating and stretching with the fluid.
Upper Calder Valley The Upper Calder Valley lies in West Yorkshire in northern England, and covers the towns of Walsden, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Luddendenfoot, and Sowerby Bridge. The valley is named after the River Calder, which runs through it.
Upper Canada College Board of Stewards The Board of Stewards of Upper Canada College (UCC), a private all-male school in Toronto, Canada, serves as the school's official student government. A Steward is elected to represent each of the ten houses that make up the College, while a Head Steward and five Stewards-with-portfolio are elected by the entire student body.
Upper Canada College houses Upper Canada College, an all male preparatory school in Toronto, Ontario, like several other Commonwealth schools, divides its students into ten houses, each led by a Senior House Adviser and a student-elected Head of House. Heads of Houses are among the sixteen "stewards" who form the student government of the College, the Board of Stewards.
Upper Canada District School Board The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) is one of the largest public school boards in Ontario in terms of geographical area. It encompasses the counties in the easternmost portion of the province, including the cities of Brockville, Clarence-Rockland, Carleton Place, Cornwall, and Akwesasne.
Upper Canada Rebellion The Upper Canada Rebellion was, along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the British colonial government in 1837 and 1838. Collectively they are also known as the Rebellions of 1837.
Upper Canada Tories The Tory movement in Upper Canada was formed from the elements of the Family Compact following the War of 1812. It was an early political party, merely a group of like minded conservative elite in the early days of Canada.
Upper Clapton Upper Clapton is a district in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bounded by the Hackney districts of Stamford Hill to the west, Lower Clapton and Lea Bridge to the south and the Haringey district of South Tottenham to the north.
Upper Class Twit of the Year The Upper Class Twit of the Year is a classic sketch that was seen on the TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus, and also in a modified format as the finale of the movie And Now For Something Completely Different.
Upper Clements Park Upper Clements Park, located in Clementsport, Nova Scotia, is an amusement park with over 26 rides and attractions. Opened in the late 1980s by the provincial government as a regional economic development scheme for the Annapolis Royal area, the park is now operated by a local development authority.
Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments The Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments is one of the 17 regional North Carolina Councils of Governments (Region L) established by the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of regional planning and administration. Headquartered in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, it serves Wilson, Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, and Northampton counties.
Upper Columbia Academy Upper Columbia Academy (UCA) is a 9-12 boarding high school located in Spangle, Washington, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Spokane. As of December 31, 2004, Upper Columbia Academy is one of more than 6,800 schools in the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist school system.
Upper Coomera State College Established in 2003, Upper Coomera State College (commonly referred to as UCSC) is based on the Gold Coast in the fast developing Coomera area. It is run by Education Queensland and will have grades Preschool-12 in 2007.
Upper Cross Street Upper Cross Street (Chinese: 克罗士街上段) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The street starts after Cross Street at the junction of Cross Street and South Bridge Road, with the street ending at the junction of Chin Swee Road, Havelock Road and Clemenceau Avenue.
Upper Darling Range Railway The Upper Darling Range Railway was a branch railway from Midland Junction, Western Australia, to Karragullen. It was also known as the 'Kalamunda Zig Zag Line' or as the 'Upper Darling Range Branch', and it was the only section of railway in Western Australia to have had a Zig-Zag formation.
Upper Deerfield Township Schools The Upper Deerfield Township Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Upper Deerfield Township, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
Upper Demerara-Berbice Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region 10) is a region of Guyana, bordering the regions of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Demerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice to the north, the region of East Berbice-Corentyne to the east, and the regions of Potaro-Siparuni and Cuyuni-Mazaruni to the west.
Upper Dublin High School Upper Dublin High School is a four-year public high school in the Upper Dublin School District. The high school is also accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Upper Dublin Police Department The Upper Dublin Police Department, or more affectionately known simply as the UDPD, is a First Class Civil Service Criminal Justice System that operates under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its statutes. They are charged with protecting a 13 square mile (34 km²) area that includes the town of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania and the Township of Upper Dublin.
Upper Economy, Nova Scotia Upper Economy is a rural area of approximately 50 residents and 5 km² located along Nova Scotia Highway 2 in western Colchester County, Nova Scotia. It stretches from along the north shoreline of the western end of Cobequid Bay north into the lower slopes of the Cobequid Mountains.
Upper Edmonton Upper Edmonton (Postcode N18) is a part of Edmonton, which is located in the eastern part of the London Borough of Enfield, England. Upper Edmonton is often referred to as "The Angel" by locals (due to its location, Angel Edmonton) and is situated between Lower Edmonton (N9) and Tottenham (N17).
Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria Upper Ferntree Gully is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Knox and partly the Shire of Yarra Ranges, near the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges.
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding Upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding refers to hemorrhage in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The anatomic cut-off for upper GI bleeding is the ligament of Treitz, which connects the fourth portion of the duodenum to the splenic flexure of the colon.
Upper gastrointestinal surgery Upper gastrointestinal surgery, often referred to as upper GI surgery, refers to a practise of surgery that focuses on the upper parts of the gastrointestinal tract. There are many operations relevant to the upper gastrointestinal tract that are best done only by those who keep constant practise, owing to their complexity.
Upper Galilee The Upper Galilee is a mountainous area in northern Israel, its borders are the Litani river in Lebanon at the north, the Mediterranean Sea at the west, the Bet HaKerem valley in the south and the Jordan river at the east.
Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests The Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of northern India. It lies on the alluvial plain of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, with an area of 263,100 square kilometers (101,600 square miles), covering most of the state of Uttar Pradesh and adjacent portions of Uttaranchal, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

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