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AGO
AGO is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Art Gallery of OntarioAmerican Guild of OrganistsThe ISO 3-letter country code for AngolaAlpha Gamma Omega fraternity ..

Ago, Mie
Ago (阿児町; -cho) was a town located in Shima District, Mie, Japan. On October 1, 2004 Ago merged with Daio, Hamajima, Isobe and Shima to form Shima City. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 22,972 and a density of 523.52 persons per km². The total area was 43.88 km². ..

Agobard
Agobard (c. 779-840), Carolingian prelate and Archbishop of Lyon. We know nothing of his early life nor of his descent. In 813 he became coadjutor to Leidrad, Archbishop of Lyon. On Leidrad's death in 816 he succeeded him in as bishop. Agobard pursued the same vigorous policy as his predecessor, w..

Agobardus
Agobardus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Agobardus anormalis Keyserling, 1885 (West Indies)* Agobardus anormalis montanus Bryant, 1943 (Hispaniola)Agobardus blandus Bryant, 1947 (Puerto Rico)Agobardus brevitarsus Bryant, 1943 (Hispaniola)Agobardus cubensis (..

Agobot (computer worm)
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Agodorp
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Agodorp in the municipality of Vlagtwedde. Agodorp ([52°52′N 7°5′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is a part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, and lies about 16 km northeast of Emmen...

Agoge
The Agoge was a rigorous education and training regime undergone by most Spartan males who were selected by elders as children according to physical appearance and ability. Supposedly introduced by the semi-mythical Spartan law-giver Lycurgus it trained boys from the age of 7 to 18. It involved ed..

Agogô
An agogô or agogo bell is a multiple bell used in samba baterías (percussion ensembles). It is also used in the ceremonial music of those religions in the new world which are based on beliefs brought by slaves from Africa such as candomblé. It may be the oldest samba instrument and was based on W..

Agogo
Agogo may refer to: Agogô, a musical instrumentAgogo (album), a KMFDM albumAgogo, a town in the Ashanti region of Ghana 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 ..

Agogo (album)
Agogo is a rarities album by KMFDM. Agogo is comprised of numerous tracks either previously unreleased, released on other compilations, or otherwise not widely available. Track listing "Thank You" – :44"Godlike (Chicago Trax Version)" – 3:34"Virus (Dub)" – 6:25"Rip the System" &..

Agogwe
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. } The agogwe is a small human-like biped reported from..

Agoh-Giuga conjecture
In number theory the Agoh-Giuga conjecture on the Bernoulli numbers Bk postulates that p is a prime number if and only if [pB_ \equiv -1 \pmod p.] The conjecture as stated is due to Takashi Agoh (1990); an equivalent formulation is due to Giuseppe Giuga, from 1950, to the effect that p ..

Agoli-agbo
Agoli-agbo is considered to have been the twelfth, and last, King of Dahomey. He took the throne after the previous king, Behanzin, went into exile after a failed war with France. He was in power from 1894 to 1900. The exile of Behanzin did not legalize the French colonization. The French general..

Agomelatine
Agomelatine (Valdoxan®) is chemical compound that is structurally closely related to melatonin. Agomelatine is a potent agonist at melatonin receptors and an antagonist at serotonin-2C (5-HT2C) receptors, tested in an animal model of depression (forced swimming test in rodents). It is concluded..

Agon
In Ancient Greek drama, particularly old comedy (5th century BC) the agon refers to the formal convention according to which the struggle between the characters should be scripted in order to supply the basis of the action. The meaning of the term has escaped the circumscriptions of its classical o..

AGON
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. } AGON is a series of episodic adventure games for Mac..

Agon-Coutainville
Agon-Coutainville is a commune of the Manche département, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Postal code: 50330INSEE code: 50003Population: 2,830 (1999)Area: 12.35 km²Density: 299.15/km²Canton: Saint-Malo-de-la-LandeArrondissement: Arrondissement of Coutances ..

Agona
Agona is a town in Ghana. It is the capital of Afigya Sekyere district. ..

Agonales
Agonales, in antiquity, is an epithet given to the Salii, consecrated by Numa Pompilius to the God Mars surnamed Gradivus. They were also called Quirinales, and Palatini. Rosinus called them Agonenses Salii. This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public d..

Agonalia
In Ancient Roman religious tradition, Agonalia, or Agonia, was a festival celebrated several times a year, in honor of various divinities, such as Janus and Agonius, whom the Romans used to invoke upon their undertaking any business of importance. The word is derived either from Agonia, " a victim,"..

Agonal respiration
Agonal respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by shallow, slow (3-4 per minute), irregular inspirations followed by irregular pauses. They may also be characterized as gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus. The cause is due to cerebral ..

Agona District
Agona District Region Central District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Ben Mensah Capital Swedru Area 632 km² Population (2002) 158,959 ISO 3166 GH-CP-AG The Agona District is a district of Ghana in the Central Region. Sources [Districts of Ghana] from statoids.co..

Agona Nkwanta
Agona Nkwanta is a town in Ghana. It is the capital of Ahanta West district. ..

Agoncillo, Batangas
Agoncillo is a 4th class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 26,584 people in 5,029 households. Barangays Agoncillo is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. AdiaBagong SikatBalangonBanyagaBilibinwangBanginBarigonCoral ..

Agong's honours list
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia confers honours and titles. Contents 1 20052 20043 20034 20025 20016 20007 External links 2005 Tan Sri Datuk Seri Ahmad Fairuz Datuk Sheikh Abdul Halim and Tan Sri Datuk Seri (Dr) Muhammad Ghazali Shafie are the 2 recipients of ..

Agonglo
Agonglo was the eighth King of Dahomey. He succeeded his father, Kpengla, and ruled from 1789 to 1797. Agonglo made several reforms which pleased his subjects: taxes were lowered, and a greater distribution of gifts was made during the annual customs. He reformed the shape of the asen, bringing th..

Agonía del árbol y la sangre
[Agonía del árbol y la sangre] is a poetry book by Alejandro Carrión. First published by the University of Loja with surrealists drawings by Eduardo Kingman. This collection is explores many directions of expression and technique. It begins with the poem censured by Enrique Anderson I..

Agonis
Agonis is a genus of 4 species in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the South West corner of the State. Only one, Agonis flexuosa, grows to tree size, the others generally growing as tall shrubs. Agonis species generally have fibrous brow..

Agonism
For other uses of 'agonist', see Agonist (disambiguation). Agonism is a political theory which emphasises the potentially positive aspects of certain (but not all) forms of political conflict. It accepts a permanent place for such conflict, but seeks to show how we might accept and channel this po..

Agonist
For other meanings of 'agonist' or 'agonism', see agonism (disambiguation). Agonists An agonist is a substance that binds to a receptor and triggers a response in the cell. An agonist is the opposite of an antagonist in the sense that while an antagonist also binds to the receptor, the antag..

Agonistes
The word Agonistes, found as an epithet following a person's name, means 'the struggler' or 'the combatant'. It is most often an allusion to John Milton's 1671 verse tragedy "Samson Agonistes," which recounts the end of Samson's life, when he is a blind captive of the Philistines (famous line: "Eyel..

Agonistici
Agonistici were Donatists, followers of Donatus Magnus, who were specifically sent into neighboring places, fairs, markets, etc, to preach his doctrine. For this reason, they were also variously called Circuitores, Cercelliones, Catropitæ, Coropitæ, and in Rome, Montenses. The name Agonistici (fr..

Agonistic liberalism
The Liberalism series,part of the Politics series Development History of liberal thought Contributions to liberal theory Schools Classical liberalism Cultural liberalism Economic liberalism Libertarianism Neoliberalism Ordoliberalism Paleoliberalism Radicalism Social liberalism Reg..

Agonist (disambiguation)
Agonist may refer to: An advocate of the political theory of agonism (or 'agonistic pluralism').Agonist, a substance that binds to a receptor to induce a biochemical response*Inverse agonist, a substance that induces the opposite effect of an agonistAgonist (muscle), a muscle type redirect[[Templ..

Agonist (muscle)
Agonist is kind of muscle that cause the movement to occur. They create the normal range of movement in a joint by contracting. Agonists are also referred to as "prime movers" since they are the muscles that are primarily responsible for generating the movement. See also Antagonist ..

Agonis flexuosa
Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as Western Australian peppermint, Swan River peppermint, peppermint and willow myrtle, is a species of tree that grows in the southern half of Western Australia. It is easily the most common of the Agonis species, and is one of the most recognisable trees of Wester..

Agonizer
For the Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer of the same name, see Agonizer (Star Wars). For the Finnish heavy metal band, see Agonizer (band). In the fictional Star Trek universe, an agonizer is a device from the Mirror Universe reality, that is used to punish misconduct of personnel on board an Imp..

Agonizer (band)
Agonizer are a "melodic heavy metal" band from Pyhäjärvi, Finland. History Agonizer formed in 1998 with the six-man line-up of Olli Solitanner on vocals, Mika Heinonen playing the keyboard and providing back-up vocals, J-P Perälä and Lasse Löytynoja on guitar, Jussi Tikka on bass and Toni ..

Agonizer (Star Wars)
The H.I.M.S. Agonizer was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer in the fictional Star Wars Universe. It was under the command of Admiral Teren Rogriss, a brilliant Imperial tactician and a moral and ethical man, unlike his fellow officers and commanders. He brought civilization to many worlds, and partic..

Agonoclita
Agonoclita, or Agonoclites, in antiquity, is a sect from the 8th century whose distinguishing principle it was never to kneel, but to deliver all their prayers standing. The word is compounded of the privative particle α, γονυ ("knee"), and κλινω ("I bend"). See also Genuflection This ar..

Agonophilia
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agonophilia is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal derived from the act of fighting, or participating in or observing a combat sport, such as wrestling, boxing or kickboxing, martial arts, etc., or from viewing depictions there..

Agonothetes
In ancient Greece, an agonothetes was the president or superintendent of the sacred games. At first the person who instituted the games and defrayed the expenses was the Agonothetes; but in the great public games, such as the Olympic Games and Pythian Games, these presidents were the representatives..

Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxenidae family of moths only contains four named species in the whole world (if, following Nielsen et al (1996) the Blastodacnidae are considered to be a separate family) : Agonoxena argaula (Coconut Leafminer) is a pest on Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) in Fiji and Hawaii.Agonoxena pyrog..

Agony
Agony (Greek αγωνία, agonía "the suffering, the struggle") is unbearable suffering. Agony is mentioned in various religions, as among Christians who point to the suffering of Christ along the Via Dolorosa and on the cross, and among Jews who point to the ethnic cata..

Agony (book)
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Agony (comics)
Agony (also known as Screech and Shriek) is a fictional character, a supervillain from the Spider-Man comic books. She is one of the six symbiote spawns of Venom from the Venom: Separation Anxiety 4-issue mini-series. She is prominently purple. She has five symbiote brothers and sisters, includin..

Agony (game)
Agony is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game, developed by Belgian studio Art and Magic and released by British publisher Psygnosis in 1992 for the Commodore Amiga platform. Contents 1 Gameplay2 Technical details3 Impact and reaction4 Controversy5 Screenshots6 Extern..

Agony (TV series)
Agony was a British television sitcom produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. The series starred Maureen Lipman as Jane Lucas, an agony aunt, who is highly successful in her career working at radio call-in show in London but whose personal life is a shambles. Her Jewish mothe..

Agony (Unbelievable Truth song)
"Agony" Single by Unbelievable Truth Single Released UK May 22, 2000 Single Format CD Recorded Chipping Norton Warehouse Genre Britpop Song Length 2 min 59 s Record label Shifty Disco Producer Nigel Powel and Jim Warren "Agony" is the lead single from Unbelievable Truth's second album..

Agony aunt
An agony aunt is an advice columnist at a magazine or newspaper. The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt". An agony aunt answers readers' queries on personal problems, in particular giving advice about sexual problem..

Agony booth
In the fictional Star Trek universe, an agony booth is a device from the Mirror Universe reality, in use by the Terran Empire. The agony booth is used to punish insubordination of personnel on board an Imperial starship. Invented in 2155 by MACO Major Malcolm Reed, the Mirror Universe version of Lt..

Agony in the Garden
The Agony in the Garden is the name given to the time in the life of Jesus between the Last Supper and His arrest. Scriptural depiction According to all four Gospels, immediately after the Last Supper, Jesus took a walk to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, accompanied by St. Peter, St. John and St...

Agony of Doha
is a term used by fans of the Japanese national football team to refer to the qualification match for their 1994 FIFA World Cup match with Iraq, held in Doha, Qatar on October 28, 1993. A win against Iraq would have earned Japan its first appearance at the World Cup finals as one of the two represe..

Agon Cup
The Agon Cup (阿含桐山杯) is a Go competition. Biography The Agon Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Kiin. It was started in 1994 by Agon Shu. The name was originally the "Acom Cup" but it changed it's sponsor in 1999 and became the Agon Cup. It is a single knockout tournament,..

Agoo, La Union
Agoo is a 2nd class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 51,923 people in 9,945 households. Its name is probably derived from "aroo" or "agoho" a pine-like evergreen tree that thrived in the western coast during the pre-Spanish..

Agora
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. An agora (αγορά), translatable as marketplace, was an essential part of an ancient Greek polis or city-state. An agora acted as a marketplace and a forum to the citizens of the polis. The agora arose along with the poleis after the fall of Mycenaean ci..

Agoracritus
Agoracritus (Greek Ἀγοράκρειτος) (late 5th century BC) was a Parian and Athenian sculptor of the age of Phidias, and said to have been his favourite pupil. His most noted work was the statue at Rhamnus of Nemesis, by some attributed to Phidias himself. Of this statue part of the head i..

Agoranomi
Agoranomi were magistrates in the republics of Greece, whose position and duties were in many respects similar to those of the aediles of Rome. In Athens there were ten, chosen annually by lot, five of whom took charge of the city and five of the Peiraeus. They maintained order in the markets, settl..

Agoranomos
Agoranomos (ἀγορανόμος, plural: agoranomoi, ἀγορανόμοι) was an electable official position in the cities of Ancient Greece and Byzantine Empire that controlled the order of the marketplace (agora, hence the name, translated as "market overseer"). A polis could have several of t..

Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is a form of anxiety disorder. Sufferers of agoraphobia fear crowded situations, especially in a confined space, where anxiety may escalate into panic attacks. As a result, sufferers of agoraphobia are often confined to their homes and face difficulty traveling to the outdoors. Conte..

Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia Without a History of Panic Disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme fear of public spaces but with an absence of any underlying history of panic attacks. Agoraphobia typically develops as a result of having panic disorder. In a small minority of cases, however, agorapho..

Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Logo of Agoraphobic Nosebleed Agoraphobic Nosebleed (abbreviated as ANb) is a grindcore/cybergrind band formed in 1994 in Massachusetts, United States. Its line-up has changed often during the years, leaving the only permanent member Scott Hull (guitars, drum programming), who also plays guit..

Agora (disambiguation)
The term agora may refer to— an architectonic form typical of the ancient Greek markets. The ancient Agora of Athens is the most well-known agora, located in Athens, Greece.an Israeli currency unit; 100 Agorot equal 1 Sheqel. The name Agora may refer to— A french canadian online encycl..

Agora (Thrace)
Agora (in Greek Aγoρα) was an ancient town situated about the middle of the narrow neck of the Thracian Chersonese (called today Gallipoli peninsula), and not far from Cardia, in what is now European Turkey. Xerxes, when invading Greece in 480 BC, passed through it.1 References Smith, William (e..

Agora of the Competaliasts
The Agora of the Competaliasts is one of the main markets on the island of Delos, which dates to the last quarter of the 2nd century BC. This market is directly adjacent to the Sacred Harbour. The bases of a square and a round marble monument, both dedicated to Hermes, can be found in the center o..

Agora Open Air Museum of Izmir
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]The Izmir Agora Museum is located in the Namazgah district of Izmir, Turkey. Etymologically, agora means public square and shopping district. The agora had commercial, judicial and political functions in classical times. It was the centre for the arts and the teac..

Agora programming language
Agora is a reflective, prototype-based, object-oriented programming language that is based exclusively on message passing and not delegation. Agora was intended to show that even subject to that limitation, it is possible to build a full-fledged object-oriented language that features inheritance, c..

Agora Theatre and Ballroom
The Agora Theatre and Ballroom is a distinguished concert club located in Cleveland, Ohio. The Agora first opened in February 1966 in Cleveland near the campus of Case Western Reserve University. However, the Agora soon outgrew its original venue as its owner, Henry LoConti Sr., was a pioneer in p..

Agordat
Agordat (also Akordat or Ak'ordat, Tigrinya ኣቆርዳት) is the former capital of the Gash Barka province of Eritrea. It lies in the west of the country on the Barka River. An important market town, it is home to a large mosque. ..

Agoria
Agoria is a multisector federation representing Belgian companies active in 11 branches of industry: metals & materials, metal products, plastics, mechanical & mechatronical engineering, electrical engineering & electronics, ICT, automotive, aerospace, security & defence, industrial automation and c..

Agoriani
There are things that have the name Agoriani (Greek: Αγόριανη) in Greece: Agoriani, Greece, a village in the Laconia prefectureAno Agoriani, a settlement of Ekkara in the Fthiotis prefectureKato Agoriani - an older name of the present-day village of Ekkara in the Fthiotis prefecture redirec..

Agorism
Agorism is a radical left-libertarian political philosophy popularized by Samuel Edward Konkin III, who defined an agorist as a conscious practitioner of counter-economics (peaceful black markets and grey markets). The term comes from the Greek word "agora" meaning "open marketplace." Ideologica..

Agorius
Agorius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The genera Agorius and Synagelides (and perhaps Pseudosynagelides) are separated as a genus group, sometimes called subfamily Agoriinae Simon, 1901. Species Agorius baloghi Szüts, 2003 (New Guinea, New Britain)Agorius borneen..

Agorius baloghi
Agorius baloghi is a an ant-like jumping spider. Etymology Named in honor of Hungarian oribatid mite specialist János Balogh, who collected the specimens. Distribution A. baloghi occurs in New Guinea and New Britain. Literature [Szűts, T. (2003a) New species of Agorius Thorell, 18..

Agoronomus
An agoronomus, in antiquity, was a magistrate of Athens, established for the maintenance of good order and policy in the markets, the inspection of the weights and measures, etc. The agoronomus was much the same as the Curule Aedile among the ancient Romans. The word is compounded of the Greek α�..

Agos
Agos is an Armenian weekly newspaper published in Turkey, established 5 April, 1996. It is one of the three Armenian newspapers published in Istanbul. It has Armenian and Turkish pages. Hrant Dink is its editor. Circulation: About 5,000. External Links [Agos official web site, Istanbul]..

Agost
Facts about Agost Country Spain Autonomous Community (Comunidad Valenciana) Province Alicante Distance to Alicante 18 km Population 4.601 (Jan 2005) Surface 67,79 km² Altitude 376 m Languages Valencian, Spanish Pottery in Agost The museum Traditional pottery Images from Agos..

Agosta
Agosta has more than one meaning; Agosta 90B class submarineAgosta (Sicily)Agosta (Lazio) 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 ..

Agosta 90B class submarine
--> Agosta 90B class submarines are French attack submarines (SSKs) used by France, Spain, and Pakistan. The French Navy grouped this model of non-nuclear submarine in their most capable class as an océanique, meaning "ocean-going." An Agosta 90B has a crew of 36 plus 5 Officers. Length, overall..

Agostinho da Silva
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] George Agostinho Baptista da Silva (Porto, February 13 1906 - Lisbon, April 3 1994), was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renounciation (like in Buddhism or Franciscanism), and a ..

Agostinho Neto
Agostinho Neto António Agostinho Neto (September 17, 1922 – September 10, 1979) was the first President of Angola (1975–1979), a poet and nationalist leader, founder of the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Biography Born in the village of Kaxikane in ..

Agostino Abbagnale
Agostino Abbagnale (born 25 August 1966) is an Italian rower and Triple Olympic gold medalist. He is also the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale. Abbagnale won his first gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He stroked the Italian ..

Agostino Agazzari
Agostino Agazzari (December 2, 1578 - April 10, 1640) was an Italian composer and music theorist. Biography Agazzari was born in Siena to an aristocratic family. After working in Rome, as a teacher at the Germanic College, he returned to Siena in 1607, becoming first organist and later choirmaster ..

Agostino Barbarigo
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Agostino Bassi
Agostino Bassi. Agostino Bassi , sometimes called de Lodi, (born September 25, 1773, near Lodi, Lombardy; died February 8, 1856, in Lodi) was an Italian entomologist. He preceded Louis Pasteur in the discovery that microorganisms can be the cause of disease (the germ theory of disease). He di..

Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan
Styles of Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence Informal style Cardinal See Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan (born 14 August 1926) is a Cardinal Deacon and the President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See in t..

Agostino Cardinal Casaroli
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli (November 24, 1914-June 9, 1998) was an Italian Catholic priest and diplomat for the Vatican City. Casaroli was born in Castel San Giovanni (province of Piacenza, Italy) to a family of humble roots. He was ordained priest in 1937. In 1961 he began to work at the Secretari..

Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Agostino Cardinal Vallini (born 17 April, 1940) is an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal deacon. Born in Poli, Italy, Lazio, he studied for the priesthood in Naples and at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he obtained doctorates in canon and civil law. He was ordained to the pries..

Agostino Carlini
Agostino Carlini (1718?-August 1790) was an Italian-born sculptor (born in Genoa) who settled in England. He was also one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. He features in a group portrait, by Johann Zoffany, of the founders, and is one of three sitters (with Francesco Bartolozzi ..

Agostino Carollo
Agostino Carollo, better known as X-Treme, is an Italian singer, disc jockey, and producer who is currently signed with EMI. Originally a classical violinist, he specializes in dance music, including remixes of songs such as KC and the Sunshine Band's That's the Way. He's released records also as E..

Agostino Carracci
Head of a Faun (c.1595) 181 x 187 mm Pen and brown ink on laid paper National Gallery of Art, Washington Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (August 16, 1557, in Bologna - March 22, 1602, in Parma) was an Italian painter and graphical artist. He posited the ideal in nature, and was the founder of..

Agostino Chigi
Agostino Chigi (1465 - 1560) was an Italian banker of Renaissance. Born in Siena, Chigi was the member of ancient and illustrious household. He moved to Rome around 1487, collaborating with his father Mariano. The heir of a rich capital, and enriched further after loaning huge amounts of money to..

Agostino da Siena
Agostino da Siena or Agostino and Agnolo (or Angelo) de Siena, Italian architects and sculptors in the first half of the 14th century. Della Valle and other commentators deny that they were brothers. They certainly studied together under Giovanni Pisano, and in 1317 were jointly appointed architects..

Agostino Depretis
Agostino Depretis (January 31, 1813–July 29, 1887) was an Italian statesman. Biography Depretis was born at Mezzana Corte, near Stradella, in the province of Pavia (Lombardy). From early manhood a disciple of Giuseppe Mazzini and affiliated with the La Giovine Italia, he took an active par..

Agostino Di Bartolomei
Agostino Di Bartolomei (April 8, 1955 - May 30, 1994) was an Italian football player, who played as midfielder. Biography Di Bartolomei was born in a peripherical quarter of Rome. He grew as football player in the Garbatella and was recruited in the A.S. Roma junior team as a very young. He was so..

Agostino di Duccio
Agostino di Duccio (1418 - 1481) was an Italian early Renaissance sculptor. Born in Florence, he worked in Prato with Donatello and Michelozzo, who influenced him greatly. In 1441 he was accused of stealing precious materials and was banished from his native city as a result. The following year he ..

Agostino Gemelli
Agostino Gemelli (1878-1959) was an Italian physician, Franciscan friar and psychologist who was also the founder and chancellor of Catholic University at Milan (Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, literally Catholic University of the Sacred Heart at Milan) in 1921. Gemelli carried out..

Agostino Lanzillo
Agostino Lanzillo (1886-1952) was an Italian anarcho-syndicalist leader who became a member of Benito Mussolini's Fascist movement. A follower of George Sorel, he joined Benito Mussolini at the paper Il popolo d'Italia. Lanzillo entered Italy's Parliament as a member of the National Fascist Party,..

Agostino Magliani
Agostino Magliani (1824 - February 22, 1891), Italian financier, was a native of Lanzino, near Salerno. He studied at Naples, and a book on the philosophy of law based on Liberal principles won for him a post in the Neapolitan treasury. He entered the Italian Senate in 1871, and had already secured..

Agostino Nifo
Agostino Nifo (c. 1473-1538 or 1545), Italian philosopher and commentator, was born at Japoli in Calabria. He settled for a time at Sezza and subsequently proceeded to Padua, where he studied philosophy. He lectured at Padua, Naples, Rome, and Pisa, and won so high a reputation that he was deputed b..

Agostino Novello
The Blessed Agostino Novello, or Matteo Di Termini, was born in the first half of the thirteenth century, at Termini, a village in Sicily, from which he derived his surname. As that village belonged to the Archdiocese of Palermo, he is sometimes called Panormitano, the Breviary says of him quem The..

Agostino Ramelli
Agostino Ramelli (born 1531 in Ponte Tresa or Mesanzena, Italy, died 1600) was an engineer designed the "reading wheel" or "book wheel". In 1588 Ramelli published a book, The Diverse and Artifactitious Machines of Captain Agostino Ramelli, of engineering designs including many pumps and a possible ..

Agostino Scilla
Agostino Scilla (August 10, 1629-May 31, 1700) was an Italian painter, paleontologist, geologist, and pioneer in the study of fossils. The son of a government official in Messina, Sicily, Scilla studied under Andrea Sacchi in Rome and became a painter. He began to study fossils found in the hills ..

Agostino Steffani
Agostino Steffani (July 25, 1653-February 12, 1728), an Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer, was born at Castelfranco Veneto. At a very early age he was admitted as a chorister at San Marco, Venice. In 1667 the beauty of his voice attracted the attention of Count Tattenbach, by whom he was..

Agostino Steuco
Agostino Steuco (in Latin Steuchus or Eugubinus) (1496 - 1549), Italian scholar and divine, was born at Gubbio in Umbria. In 1513 he entered the congregation of the canons of St Saviour, and for some years earned his living by teaching Oriental languages, theology and antiquities. In 1525 he became..

Agostino Straulino
Agostino Straulino (October 10, 1914 - December 14, 2004) was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal and one silver medal in the starboat class, and eight consecutive European championships and two world championships in this class and was world champion in the 5.5m-cl..

Agostino Tassi
Agostino Tassi (1578‑1644) was an Italian painter, mostly of landscapes and seascapes. Because he aspired to nobility he modified the details of his early life. Though he was born in Perugia he claimed to have been born in Rome. His family name was Buonamici, but Agostino adopted the surname Ta..

Agostino Todaro
Agostino TodaroOrto botanico, Palermo Agostino Todaro (1818 - 1892) was an Italian botanist. He was born in Palermo, Italy, where he died. He was a professor of botany and became the director of the botanical gardens in Palermo. He published the Hortus Botanicus Panormitanus in 1876-1878. Th..

Agoston Haraszthy
Agoston Haraszthy (Ah-gush-tun Harris-tee) (august 30, 1812 in Futak, Hungary-july 6, 1869 in Texas), the “Father of Modern Viticulture in California,” was born in Hungary. Commonly referred to as "Count Haraszthy" not actually a count though he was from a noble family.[link] Content..

Agota Kristof
Agota Kristof is a writer of Hungarian origin, who publishes mainly French novels. Contents 1 Biography2 Her works3 Trivia4 Bibliography Biography Kristof was born on October 30 1935. At the age of 21 she had to leave her country when the Hungarian anti-communist revolution w..

Agote
Agotes or cagots were a discriminated minority in the Navarrese Pyrenees, Basque provinces, Bearn, Gascony and also Brittany. They have been also known by other names: Cagots, Gahets, Gafets in France; Agotes, Gafos in Spain; and Cacons, Cahets, Caqueux and Caquins in Brittany. The earliest mention..

Agouhanna
Agouhanna is the chief of Hochelega-the present site of Montreal. ..

Agounit
Agounit is a small town or village in the Río de Oro area of Western Sahara. Most of its Sahrawi bedouin inhabitants fled the Moroccan and Mauritanian invasion of Western Sahara (then known as Spanish Sahara), and Mauritania's annexation of the area into Tiris al-Gharbiyya (rescinded in 1979). They..

Agoura, California
Agoura, California is a very small unincorporated community between Agoura Hills and Calabasas in Los Angeles County. ..

Agoura High School
Official name Agoura High School Established 1969 Principal Larry Misel Mascot Lightning bolt Colors Blue and Gold Location 28545 West Driver Avenue Agoura Hills, California Website [www.ahschargers.com] Enrollment (2005-2006) Approx. 2400 District La..

Agoura Hills, California
Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982) in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This bedroom community on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101) sits on the border between Los Angeles and Ventura County. It is approximately 4..

Agouti
Agouti refers to a number of species of rodents, as well as a number of genes affecting coat coloration in several different animals. When referring to a rodent, agouti can mean:* The common agouti, those popularly called agoutis (genus Dasyprocta).* those of the genus Agouti (also called Cuniculus..

Agouti-related peptide
Agouti-related peptide (AgRP) is a neuropeptide created in the arcuate nucleus of the brain that increases appetite and decreases metabolism. It is one of the most potent and long-lasting of appetite stimulators. Understanding the role AgRP plays in weight gain may assist in developing pharmaceut..

Agouti-related protein
Agouti-related protein (AGRP) is a protein in the brain first identified by Ollmann et. al. It is a potent antagonist of MC3-R and MC4-R and is involved in the metabolic processes that regulate feeding behavior and body weight. It has been found in the hypothalamus. AGRP levels are elevated in ob..

Agouti (genus)
The genus Agouti contains the two species of paca. (The animals often called agouti or "common agouti" belong to the genus Dasyprocta.) Species Paca, Agouti pacaMountain Paca, Agouti taczanowskii Rodent Families Sciuromorpha: †Allomyidae | Aplodontiidae | †Mylagaulidae | &dag..

Agouti signalling peptide
Agouti signalling peptide, also referred to as Agouti, acts as an antagonist at melanocortin receptors, specifically, MC1. ..

AGOVV Apeldoorn
AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.. The club was founded on February 25, 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse GeheelOnthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts (Apeldoorn Alcohol Abstinents' Football Club Always Forward). When th..

AGO pedalboard
The AGO pedalboard is a specification for the pedalboard on a pipe organ, with the objective of standardisation. It is part of the organ console specification promulgated by the American Guild of Organists. The specification calls for a pedalboard of 32 pedals, C-g', in a concave radiating patter..

Ago Silde
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AGO system
The AGO system is the industrial process for manufacturing stitchless (glued) shoes. The first effective and reliable adhesive was invented and patented in 1909 by the Italian chemist Francesco Rampichini [link], who also developed the whole manufacturing process and the relevant machine..

A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows
A Golden Field of Radioactive Crows is the title of The 77s' twelvth album, released in 2001 on the bands own Fools of the World label, with distribution through Galaxy21 Music. Contents 1 Track listing2 The Band3 Additional Musicians4 Production Notes Track listing "Genu..

A Good Ass Job
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . Good Ass Job will be the fourth major label album release from Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam hip hop artist/producer Kanye West. There is currently no set release date but 2007. External links [KanyeWest.Com] - Off..

A Good Day
"A Good Day" is episode 127 of The West Wing. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Plot Congressman Santos masterminds a plot to pass the president's stem cell bill while the Republicans aren't looking. A group of middle school children who are part of the..

A Good Day Sailing
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. A Good Day Sailing was an EP by Memphis, released in 2002 on Le Grand Magistery. Track Listings All tracks wri..

A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die is a music album by Absinthe of songs released in 1998 on Llanas Records. Track listing "Intro" (1:18)"Bully On The Corner" (4:56)"Defeat" (5:17)"A Good Day To Die" (4:56)"Spanish Waltz" (4:47)"It Don't Bother Me" (4:47)"Messed Up Likes Of Us" (3:31)"Still Alone" (5:00)"Angelina..

A Good Lawyer's Wife
A Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난 가족, Baramnan Kajok) is a 2003 South Korean film written and directed by Im Sang-soo. The film stars Moon So-ri in the title role as the wife of a lawyer who starts an affair with a younger man. External links ..

A Good Man Is Hard To Find
A Good Man Is Hard To Find is a collection of short stories by American author Flannery O'Connor. The collection was first published in 1955. The subjects of the short stories range from baptism (The River) to serial killers (A Good Man Is Hard to Find) to human greed and exploitation (The Life You..

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain is a collection of short stories centering on Vietnamese immigrants in Louisiana, USA. Each story is unrelated, in that each one of them contains different narrators, characters, areas, and foci. As a corpus, it is difficult to pinpoint a single overriding th..

A Good School
A Good School is a short novel by Richard Yates first published in 1978. It is set at a Connecticut prep school in the early 1940s and -- without describing a single lesson, exam, sporting event, or even the subject of the pupils' study -- relates the coming of age of a group of mainly WASP boys who..

A Good Start, Considering
A Good Start, Considering is a novel by Peter Ryde. As the Second World War comes to an end, an eleven-year-old London boy, Alan Carey, has lost his father in action and his mother and elder brother in an air raid. His grandmother dies just before Alan starts grammar school and he is put into Ba..

A Good Time for a Dime
"A Good Time for a Dime" is a 1941 Disney short in which Donald watches a risque Daisy perform the Dance of the seven veils in a Mutoscope at a penny arcade nickelodeon peep show. ..

A Good Woman
A Good Woman is a 2004 film based on the Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan and directed by Mike Barker. It stars Helen Hunt as serial seductress Mrs. Erlynne, Mark Umbers and Scarlett Johansson as the recently-married Windermeres, Stephen Campbell Moore as the rakish Lord Darlington, and Tom..

A Good Year
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A Goofy Movie
A Goofy Movie is a 1995 animated feature and musical film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris and released to theatres by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution, featuring the characters from the Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop. A Goofy Movie has a direct-to-vi..

A Gossipy Crow
A Gossipy Crow is a Masato Tomobe song. It was recorded in 1975. Notably, Ryuichi Sakamoto (still an art student then) played the piano. ..

A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins
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