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Abnaa el-BaladSee: Balad בל"ד (Brit Leumit Demokratit ברית לאומית דמוקרטית al-Tajamu' al-Watani al-Dimuqrati) ("National Democratic League") for the Arab party in the Knesset of Israel. Harakat Abnaa el-Balad is an Israeli Arab political organization. Its name means "Sons of the Land Moveme..
AbnabatThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abnabat is a kind of Persian candy (boiled sweet). T..
Abnaki class fleet ocean tugThe Abnaki class is a class of United States Navy fleet ocean tugs which began construction in November of 1942. The class is comprised of 22 ocean going tugboats. The ships were constructed in response to the needs of World War II, but members of the class served in the Korean War and Vietnam War a..
Abna al-BaladAbna al-Balad is a terroristic movement founded in the late 1960s by fairly young Palestinians to revive their Palestinian national identity and awakening the same dormant identity of their fellow Palestinians in the areas of Palestine; The Triangle (al-Muthallath), Galilee (al-jaleel), the Negev (..
Abnecotants IslandAbnecotants Island is a very small island in the middle of Squam Swamp in northeastern portion of the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts. (Coordinates: Lat. = 41.313'N, Lon. = 70.002'W) ..
AbnerIn the Book of Samuel, Abner (Biblical Hebrew for "father of [or is a] light"), is first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army (1 Samuel 14:50, 20:25). He is only referred to incidentally in Saul's history (1 Samuel 17:55, 26:5), and is not mentioned in the account of the disas..
Abner (Buffyverse)Abner is a Buffyverse character who was used in Buffyverse novels and comics. Contents 1 Biography2 Trivia3 Buffyverse appearances3.0.1 Canonical issues4 See also Biography Abner is an unknown demon who lived in the sewer, and survived by eating rats. He was strong..
Abner ChaukeThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abner Chauke is the current bishop of the Free Metho..
Abner DalrympleAbner Frank Dalrymple (September 9 1857 - January 25 1939) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who hit 43 home runs (including 22 in 1884, then the second-highest total to date) and batted .288 during his 12-season career spent primarily with the Chicago White Stockings, for whom..
Abner DobleAbner Doble (1890 - 1961) was an American mechanical engineer who built steam-powered automobiles. Abner Doble was born in 1890 in San Francisco, California. His father, William Ashton Doble, also an engineer, was the inventor of the Doble water wheel, a version of the Pelton wheel. His grandfather..
Abner DoubledayAbner Doubleday Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893), was a career U.S. Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war. Some believe he should be credited with the invention of baseb..
Abner DuckAbner Duck (nicknamed Whitewater) is a fictional character, one of Walt Disney's comic book characters. He was created by Carl Barks and used only in his story "Log Jockey", published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #268 on December, 1962. According to that story, he is Donald Duck's distant cou..
Abner Haynes[] at NFL.comAbner Haynes (born September 19, 1937 in Denton, Texas) was a college and professional football player in the United States. A graduate of North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas) in 1960 he chose to play for the Dallas Texans and led the American Foot..
Abner HowellCaptain Abner Howell served as a Captain in the Third Company Third Battalion, Washington County Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolutionary War. Abner was born Aug 15, 1744, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of Hugh and Margaret Howell. Abner married Mary Gregg, daughter ..
Abner J. MikvaAbner J. Mikva Abner Joseph Mikva was a Democratic U.S. Congressman, federal judge and law professor from Illinois. Born in Milwaukee on January 21, 1926, he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1951. After clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, he spent ten years..
Abner KirbyAbner Kirby (1818–1893) was an American businessman who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kirby bought a half interest in the City Hotel, which originally opened in 1845, at the corner of Mason and Water Streets in Milwaukee. The hotel was renamed the Walker House and later Kirby House..
Abner KneelandAbner Kneeland (b. 1774, d. 1844) was an American evangelist and theologian who advocated many views, religious and social, which were considered extremely radical for his day. Due to his very public stance on these issues, Kneeland became the last man jailed by the United States for blasphemy. C..
Abner LacockAbner Lacock (July 9, 1770–April 12, 1837) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, and politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. Abner was frequently referred to as General Lacoc..
Abner LouimaAbner Louima (b. ?1964 in Thomassin, Haïti) is a Haïtian immigrant who was brutalized by New York City police officers when he was arrested after a brawl outside a Brooklyn nightclub in 1997. The arresting officers beat Louima in the squad car and later sexually abused him in a bathroom at the Br..
Abner MasonAbner Mason is a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS and a former president of the Log Cabin Republicans, an association of mainstream gay and lesbians. ..
Abner MoffatAbner Moffat - a US State Department employee in 1946. A Far East expert, he was sent to Vietnam in early December 1946 hoping to open meaningful negotiations with Ho Chi Minh. Having long seeked US recognition and assistance with the expulsion of French interests from Vietnam, Ho meets with Moffa..
Abner NashAbner Nash (August 8, 1740– 5 December 1786) was governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782, and represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1786. Gov. Abner Nash Abner was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He read for the law and ..
Abner OrickThis does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Abner J. Orick is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a member of the Dayton, Ohio, ci..
Abner PowellAbner Powell was a Major league baseball player who played for the Washington Nationals in 1884. He later played for the Baltimore Orioles and the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1886. Powell was born in Shehandoah, PA on December 15, 1860, and died on August 7, 1953. He was also the manager and owner ..
Abner ReadAbner Read (5 April 1821 - 7 July 1863) was an officer of the United States Navy who distinguished himself in the American Civil War. He died of injuries sustained while patrolling the Mississippi River, in command of the USS New London. At the time of his death, he had attained the rank of lieuten..
Abner RecordsAbner Records was a subsidiary of Vee-Jay Records. It was originally named Falcon Records, but the name was changed in 1958 since there already existed a Falcon Records.The label was named after Ewart Abner who was general manager at Vee-Jay. See also List of record labels External links [Sing..
Abner ShimonyAbner Shimony (born 1928, Columbus, Ohio) is an American physicist and philosopher of science specializing in quantum theory. He is currently Prof. Emeritus at Boston University, where he taught for several decades as a faculty member in both the physics and philosophy departments. Shimony obtained ..
Abner Smith LipscombAbner Smith Lipscomb (February 10, 1789 - December 8, 1856), was a Texas, USA lawyer, justice, and secretary of state during the administration of President of Texas Mirabeau B. Lamar. He was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He studied law in the office of John C. Calhoun, was admitted ..
Abner ZurdThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abner Zurd (born in 1962) (aka Lorraine Fontanes) is..
Abner ZwillmanAbner "Longy" Zwillman (July 27, 1899/1904 - February 27, 1959), known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey", was an early Jewish Prohibition gangster, a founding member of the National Crime Syndicate, and member of the "Big Six" Mafia Ruling Commission. Contents 1 Career2 Trivia3 Furt..
AbneyAbney may refer to: Abney, Derbyshire, UKAbney Crossroads, South Carolina, USAAbney, Mississippi, USAAbney, West Virginia, USA This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an refe..
Abney, DerbyshireAbney is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. ..
Abney and Abney GrangeAbney and Abney Grange is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. It covers the villages of Abney and Abney Grange. ..
Abney effectThe Abney Effect is one of many documented phenomena related to color perception. Specifically the Abney effect relates to the apparent shift in hue that a light source takes when white light is added. That is, a blue light would seem to become more red when white light is added. See also Other col..
Abney ParkThis article is about a park in the heart of the village of Stoke Newington near London, before it became the grounds of the first wholly nondenominational Victorian garden cemetery in Europe (Abney Park Cemetery) which adopted a unique architectural style and contained an early arboretum by Loddige..
Abney Park (band)Abney Park is an Experimental Goth Rock band based in Seattle. Using a mix of industrial dance, middle eastern music and symphonic epics. Contents 1 The band2 Releases3 Movie soundtracks4 Sources5 External links The band Abney Park began in the late 90s, but their pop..
Abney Park CemeteryFor the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century parkland estate, see Abney Park Abney Park Cemetery—every turn of the path reveals a new and unique landscape (September 2005). Abney Park in Stoke Newington, north-east London, UK is a historic parkland originally laid out in the early 1..
Abney Park ChapelAbney Park Chapel, is a Grade II Listed chapel, situated in Europe's first wholly nondenominational cemetery, Abney Park Cemetery, London. Opened in May, 1840, it was the first nondenominational cemetery chapel in Europe (and probably the world - since the chapel at Mount Auburn was a later additi..
AbnobaIn Celtic mythology, Abnoba was a forest and river goddess, worshipped in the Black Forest and surrounding areas. An altar at the Roman baths at Badenweiler, Germany, equates her with Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt. According to Tacitus's Germania, Abnoba also was the name of a mountain, fro..
AbnormalityAbnormality is a subjectively defined characteristic, assigned to those with rare or dysfunctional conditions. Defining who is normal or abnormal is a contentious issue in abnormal psychology. There are several conventional criteria. One simple criterion is statistical infrequency. This has an ob..
Abnormal basal metabolic rateAbnormal basal metabolic rate refers to a high or low BMR. Associated conditions (incomplete list) hypothyroidismHyperthyroidismDiabetesInborn errors of metabolism ..
Abnormal endAn ABEND (or abnormal end or abend) is an abnormal termination of software, a Crash or lossage. This usage derives from an error message on the IBM System/360. It is used jokingly by hackers but seriously mainly by code grinders. Usually capitalised, but may appear as "abend". Hackers will try to ..
Abnormal numberAbnormal numbers are hypothetical numbers, which are supposed to have more than one unique prime factorization. This is against the fundamental theorem of arithmetic which states that every integer has one and only one unique prime factorization. See also NumbersNumber theoryFundamental theorem of ..
Abnormal posturingAbnormal posturing, which indicates severe brain injury, refers to an involuntary flexion or extension of the extremities. It occurs when one set of muscles becomes incapacitated and the other set is not, and an external stimulus such as pain causes the working set of muscles to contract (AllRef..
Abnormal profitSupernormal Profit, also referred to as abnormal profit or pure profit, is an economic term of profit exceeding the normal profit. Normal profit equals the opportunity cost of labour and capital, while supernormal profit is the amount exceeds the normal return from these input factors in production...
Abnormal psychologyPsychology ..
Abnormal returnsAbnormal returns is a term used by stock market traders to describe the difference between a single stock or portfolio's performance in regard to the average market performance (usually a broad index s.a. the S&P 500 and EURO STOXX 50 or a national index like the Nikkei) over a set period of time. F..
Abnormal Situation ManagementThe Abnormal Situation Management (ASM®) Consortium is a long-running and active Honeywell-led research and development consortium of 12 companies and universities that are concerned about the negative effects of industrial plant incidents. It aims to identify problems facing industrial plant opera..
Abnormal subgroupIn mathematics, in the field of group theory, an abnormal subgroup is a subgroup [H] of a group [G] such that for any [x] in [G], [x] lies in the subgroup generated by [H] and [H^x]. Here are some facts relating abnormality to ot..
AbnoticThere are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Abnotic is a company based in Connecticut, USA. It w..
Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony OrchestraThe Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra is the group name for the experimental music scene in the years between 1959-1988. Their first appearance on record was on the Chipmunks single "Alvin's Orchestra". Their last appearance was in 1988 on the Who Framed Roger Rabbit soundtrack album ..
ABN (disambiguation)ABN is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Australian Business Number, a unique identifier issued to business entities by the Australian Taxation OfficeAlbina Airport (IATA airport code: ABN) in Albina, Suriname.Amtrak's 3-letter code for the rail station at Absec..
ABN AMROABN AMRO (Euronext: [AAB], NYSE: [ABN]) is the largest bank in the Netherlands and has operations all over the world, its history going back to 1824. It is the result of the merger in 1991 of Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and the Amsterdamsche-Rotterdamsche Bank (AMRO). Note t..
ABN AMRO World Tennis TournamentThe ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a tennis tournament held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Held since 1974, the tournament is played on indoor hard courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule. American Arthur Ashe won the tournament 3 times (1972, 1975-76) and holds the record for most singles ..
AB Nyköpings AutomobilfabrikAB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik (ANA) founded in 1937 was an automobile manufacturer in Nyköping that assembled trucks from Chrysler, DeSoto, Plymouth, Fargo and later also Škoda and Standard and from the mid 1950s also Simca. In 1960 the company was bought by SAAB and renamed SAAB-ANA and changed i..
ŻabnoŻabno is a town of 4,000 inhabitants and on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 km north of Tarnów. It is also a municipality. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodship. Before administrative reor..
Żabno k. Chojnic (PKP station)Żabno k. Chojnic Location City/Town Żabno k. Chojnic District Address Adjacent stations Preceding station(s) Męcikał Following station(s) Brusy Info Water tower present Never existed Locomotives depot present Never existed Platforms in use Station building ..
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