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A.E.S. Hudson Street
A.E.S. Hudson Street was a comedy television show running on ABC from March 16, 1978 through April 20, 1978. this short-lived series followed the poorly equipped Adult Emergency Service hospital on Hudson Street, on the lower west side of Manhattan. This New York City-based show was a ratings failur..
A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, currently located on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, is the official mineral museum of the state of Michigan. The museum, named for professor Arthur E. Seaman, houses over 30,000 specimens from around the world, of which approxi..
A. E. Staley
A. E. Staley is a Decatur, Illinois based processor of corn and soybeans, owned by Tate and Lyle, LLC. It produces corn syrup, soybean oil, and other agroindustrial products. AE Staley Manufacturing Company was the center of much controversy in 1995 when the company locked out hundreds of workers a..
A. E. Stallings
Alicia E. Stallings (born 1968) is a United States poet. She spent her childhood in Decatur, Georgia, and stdied classics at the University of Georgia and University of Oxford. Her poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry anthologies of 1994 & 2000. She has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, the..
AES
AES is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, a unit in the U.S. Air Force tasked with transporting injured military members by means of fixed-wing aircraft.Advanced Encryption Standard, a block cipher created by Joan Daemen and Vince..
AES/EBU
Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) work on standards for digitizing analogue audio, as used to interconnect both professional and domestic equipment. Work was started in the mid 1980’s. This culminated in the publishing of the AES3 standard (frequently also ..
AES11
The AES11 standard published by the Audio Engineering Society provides a systematic approach to the synchronization of digital audio signals. Recommendations are made concerning the accuracy of sample clocks as embodied in the interface signal and the use of this format as a convenient synchronizati..
AES47
Background This article describes a standardised method of interconnecting digital audio over a telecommunication standard network. The development of standards for digitising analogue audio, as used to interconnect both professional and domestic equipment was started in the mid 1980’s within the..
AES51
Introduction AES51 is a standard first published by the Audio Engineering Society in June 2006 ([Official Site]) that specifies a method of carrying ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) cells over Ethernet physical structure intended in particular for use with AES47 to carry AES3 digital audio..
AES52
AES52 is a standard first published by the Audio Engineering Society in March 2006 that specifies the insertion of unique identifiers into the AES3 digital audio transport structure. The AES3 transport stream continues to be used extensively in both discrete and network based audio systems alongside..
Aesacus
Aesacus or Aisakos in Greek mythology was a son of King Priam of Troy. Aesacus sorrowed for the death of his wife or would-be lover, a daughter of the river Cebren, and was transformed into a bird. Apollodorus (3.12.5) makes Aesacus son of Priam's first wife Arisbe daughter of Merops. Apollodorus a..
Aesara
Aesara of Lucania was a late Pythagorean philosopher. Only a fragment of her book on human nature exists but it shows an intuitive natural law theory and a belief in the tripartite nature of the human soul. She says: "Human nature seems to me to provide a standard of law and justice both for the ho..
Aeschines
For the follower of Socrates and writer of Socratic dialogues, see Aeschines Socraticus Aeschines (in Greek Αισχίνης, 389–314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators, was born at Athens. The statements as to his parentage and early life are conflicting; but it seems pro..
Aeschines (disambiguation)
Aeschines or Aischines can refer to: Aeschines Socraticus, follower of Socrates and author of Socratic dialoguesAeschines, the Athenian oratorThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to..
Aeschines Socraticus
Aeschines (c. 425 - c. 350 BCE) (Greek: Αἰσχίνης, sometimes but now rarely written as Aischines or Æschines), son of Lysanias, of the deme Sphettus of Athens, was in his youth a follower of Socrates. (He is called Aeschines Socraticus -- "the Socratic Aeschines" -- by historians to disting..
Aeschi bei Spiez
Aeschi bei Spiez is a municipality in the District of Frutigen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Views of the 17.5 km long Lake Thun are obtained from a little above Aeschi. ..
Aeschylus
Aeschylus Aeschylus (525 BC—456 BC; Greek: Αἰσχύλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece. Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. Contents 1 Biography2 Works3 See also4 Notes5 ..
Aeschylus (disambiguation)
Several people or things bear the name Aeschylus: Aeschylus was an Athenian playwright of the 5th century BC, best known for the Oresteia trilogy.Aeschylus was also a King of Athens from 778-755 BC.Aeschylus Alexandrinus, Tragicus of the 3rd century BC.Asteroid 2876 Aeschylus is named after the pla..
Aeschynanthus
Aeschynanthus is a genus of ca. 185 species of tropical herbs. They are found in southern and southeastern Asia, the islands of Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. They are usually trailing epiphytes with brightly colored flowers that are pollinated by sunbirds. Among the better known sp..
Aeschynanthus radicans
Aeschynanthus radicans is a vine-like plant native to the humid tropics of the Malay Peninsula south to Java. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte growing to 1.5 m tall, with leathery, green leaves that are 4-8 cm long, ovate to lanceolate, opposite or whorled. The flowers are terminal, tubular, 5-7.5..
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Ce) (or Aschynite, Eschinite, Eschynite) (Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 is a mineral of cerium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame". Its Mohs scale rating is 5 to 6. External links [Mindat.org][We..
Aeschynite-(Nd)
Aeschynite-(Nd) (Nd,Ce,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 is a mineral of neodymium, cerium, calcium, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame". Its Mohs scale rating is 5 to 6. External links [Mindat.org][Webmineral.org] ..
Aeschynite-(Y)
Aeschynite-(Y) (or Aeschinite-(Y), Aeschynite-(Yt), Blomstrandine, Priorite) (Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 is a mineral of yttrium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame". Its Mohs scale rating is 5 to 6. External links [..
Aesculus
Horse-chestnut redirects here. That word commonly refers to the Common Horse-chestnut. The genus Aesculus comprises about 20–25 species of deciduous trees and shrubs native to the temperate northern hemisphere, with 7–10 species native to North America and 13–15 species native in Eurasia; t..
Aesculus californica
Aesculus californica (California Buckeye or California Horse-chestnut) is a species of buckeye endemic to California. It is a large shrub or small tree growing to 4-12 m tall, with gray bark often coated with lichens. The leaves are dark green, palmately compound with five (rarely seven) leaflet..
Aescwine
Aescwine or Escwine can refer to: Aescwine of EssexAescwine of Wessex This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Aescwine of Essex
Aescwine (Erchenwin) (494 - 587) was born in ancient Saxony in northern Germany. In 527 he became king of the Kingdom of Essex in modern-day England. He reigned until his death in 587. Very little is known about him or his reign. He was succeeded by his son Sledda. |- style="text-align: center..
Aescwine of Wessex
Aescwine or Escwin (died 676) was the King of Wessex from 674 until his death. The son of Cenfus, he is best known for contesting the Battle of Bedwin in 675 with Wulfhere of Mercia. Although he succeeded in repelling the Mercian forces, he was unable to take any advantage from the battle. |- st..
Aesepus
In Greek mythology, Aesepus was the son of the naiad Abarbarea and Bucolion. His brother was Pedasus. ..
Aeshna
Aeshna is the scientific name of a genus of dragonflies from the family Aeshnidae. They are also known as hawker dragonflies, or, in North America, as mosaic darners. Contents 1 Description2 Species3 References4 External links Description These are relatively larger dragon..
Aeshnidae
The hawkers (or darners in North America) (family Aeshnidae) include the largest dragonflies found in North America and Europe, and are among the largest of the dragonflies on the planet. This family represents also the fastest flying dragonflies of the order of the dragonflies and damselflies (Odo..
Aesir-Asura correspondence
Aesir-Asura correspondence is the relation between æsir, an Old Norse word meaning "gods" (the plural of the singular word áss "god") and ásuraḥ, a Sanskrit word referring to certain warlike and aggressive deities. Also related is the Avestan word ahura, found as the title of the God Ahura Maz..
AESL Airtourer
The AESL Airtourer is an all metal light low wing monoplane touring aircraft devloped in Australia and manufactured in New Zealand. The Airtourer was devloped by Victa of Australia - best known for making lawn mowers - from a design by Henry Millicer dating back to 1953. An all wood prototype VH-..
Aesma Daeva
''For the band of the same name, see Aesma Daeva (band) In Persian mythology, Aēšma Daēva ("madness") is a daēva (demon) of lust and anger, wrath and revenge. His wrath is mainly directed towards the cow. He is the personification of violence, a lover of conflict and war. Together with the demon..
Aesma Daeva (band)
Aesma Daeva is a darkwave/symphonic metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Contents 1 Early history2 Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written In Water (..
Aeson
In Greek mythology, Aeson (or Aison) was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, father of Jason and Promachus. He had a brother, Pheres, and two half-brothers, Pelias and Neleus. Pelias was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. To this end, he banished Neleus and Pheres and loc..
Aesop
Aesop, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. He is shown wearing 15th century German clothing rather than traditional Greek garb. "Aesopus" redirects here. For , see . Aesop (also spelled Æsop; from the Greek Αισωπος, Aisōpos), known only for his fables, was by tradition a slave w..
Aesop's Fables
A marble figure of Aesop in the Villa Albani in Rome showing him as an ugly and misshapen man. Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (circa 620 BC – 560 BC), a slave and story-teller living in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables has also become a blan..
Aesop's Fables (album)
Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables The Smothers Brothers Way was the seventh comedy album by The Smothers Brothers (released March 15, 1965 on Mercury Records). Seven of Aesop's more famous stories and morals are related in this album, or what are considered to be his fables but they are often..
Aesop's Film Fables
Aesop's Film Fables was a series of animated short subjects, created by American cartoonist Paul Terry. Terry came upon the inspiration for the series by young actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook, who suggested making a series of cartoons based on Aesop's Fables. Although Terry later claimed he..
Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock (born Ian Matthias Bavitz, 1976) is a hip hop musician (rapper and producer) whose albums have been critically acclaimed for their originality and depth. Aesop's style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, m..
Aesthetes
In England, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, an aesthete was a person who was usually well-educated, had exaggerated tastes and cultivated a style of dress and manner calculated to annoy the mainstream of intellectual society. Oscar Wilde might be designated the archetypal aesthete, a..
Aestheticism
The Aesthetic movement is a loosely defined movement in art and literature in later nineteenth-century Britain. Generally speaking, it represents the same tendencies that Symbolism or Decadence stood for in France, and may be considered the English branch of the same movement. It belongs to the a..
Aestheticization
Aestheticization can refer to: The aestheticization of politicsAestheticization as propagandaAestheticization of violence redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Aestheticization as propaganda
Semiotics/Semeiotics General concepts Code Computational semiotics Connotation · Decode Denotation · Encode Lexical · Modality Salience · Sign Sign relation · Sign relational complex Semiosis · Semiosphere Semiotic..
Aestheticization of violence
Semiotics/Semeiotics General concepts Code Computational semiotics Connotation · Decode Denotation · Encode Lexical · Modality Salience · Sign Sign relation · Sign relational complex Semiosis · Semiosphere Semiotic..
Aesthetics
Aesthetics, esthetics or æsthetics is both the study of beauty and a term that denotes those properties of an entity that appeal to the senses. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See &#..
Aesthetics of music
The aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics is the quality and study of the beauty and enjoyment (plaisir and jouissance), the aesthetics, of music. Music has the ability to affect our emotions, intellect, and our psychology; lyrics can assuage our loneliness or incite our passions. As such, mus..
Aesthetic (album)
Aesthetic is an EP by the band From First to Last, released in 2003. It was the band's first release. Track listing All songs written by From First To Last. "Such a Tragedy" (3:08)"For the Taking" (3:39)"Regrets and Romance" (3:51)"When Flying Feels Like Falling" (2:51)"Ultimatums for Egos" (3:31..
Aesthetic completion
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Aesthetic completion is the achievement of an aesthetic's fullest expression. Aesthetic completion can be seen ..
Aesthetic Realism
Aesthetic Realism is the philosophy founded by the American poet and critic Eli Siegel in 1941. Its primary teachings are: Beauty in art is the making one of opposites, such as order and freedom, logic and passion, strength and grace.Everyone's deepest desire is to like the world on an honest o..
Aesthetic relativism
Aesthetic relativism is the philosophical view that the judgement of beauty is relative to different individuals or cultures and that there are no universal criteria of beauty. For example, in historical terms, the Venus of Willendorf and the women in the paintings of Rubens would today be regarde..
Aesti
The yellow area is a Baltic culture (the Aesti?); the red area is the extent of the Wielbark culture in the first half of the 3rd century. The green area is the Przeworsk culture, and the pink area is the Debczyn Culture. The dark blue area is the Roman Empire the Aesti (or Aestii) were a peop..
AES Corp.
AES Corp. is one of the worlds largest power companies, who generate and distribute electrical power. The company was founded January 28, 1981 by Roger Sant from the US Federal Energy Administration and Dennes Bakke from the US Office of Management and Budget. Today the company is represented in 26..
AES Corporation
AES Corporation is a Fortune 300 company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 1981 by Roger Sant and Dennis Bakke. This company is one of the world's leading power companies, generating and distrubuting electric power to 26 countries. External links [Official site] ..
Aes dana (ambient trance artists)
Aes Dana is the name of the French ambient trance formation of Vince Villuis and Sunbeam (aka Mahiane). Contents 1 Biography2 Discography2.1 Albums2.2 Notable Appearances3 External links Biography Born from the meeting of Vincent Villuis, former member of goa chill..
Aes Dana (band)
"Aes dana" redirects here. For , see . Aes Dana is a French black metal and Pagan metal band. ''' Contents 1 Statistics2 Biography3 Band Members4 Discography5 External links Statistics Genre: Black metal, Pagan metalCountry: FranceStatus: ActiveTime: 1994- Biography Aes..
Aes dana (disambiguation)
Aes Dana may refer to more than one thing: The French trance electronica band Aes DanaThe French black metal / pagan metal band Aes DanaAois-dàna or Aosdána the Scottish Gaelic or Old Irish "people of the arts" This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated ..
Aes Dana trance
There 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. } Aes Dana is a name shared by Vincent Villuis and Sun..
Aes rude
Aes rude was an ingot of bronze used as a sort of proto-currency in ancient Italy during the gradual transition from bartering to the use of round coinage made from precious metals. The Italian economy of the time (late middle first millennium BCE) was based on a bronze standard (unlike the silver ..
Aes Sedai
The Aes Sedai are a society from the fictional universe of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series of books. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Brief history1.1 In the Age of Legends1.2 After the Breaking2 Ajahs2.1 The ..
A Estrada
A Estrada A Estrada (in Galician; in Spanish, La Estrada) is a municipality of the Pontevedra province in Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is located some 15 miles southeast of Santiago de Compostela. A Estrada is the chief town of a densely-populated mountainous district; its industries are ..

 


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