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A-pillar
An A pillar is a name applied by car stylists and enthusiasts to the shaft of material that supports the windshield (windscreen) on either of the windshield frame sides. By denoting this structural member as the "A" pillar, and each successive vertical support after a successive letter in the..
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers
A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers is an Australian football (soccer) club based in Sydney, Australia. The Tigers were formed in 1954, and played in the Australian National Soccer League from 1979 to 1992, winning the league in 1987. They are currently members of the New South Wales Premier League. Hon..
A.P. Indy
A.P. Indy (born 1989) is a champion stallion Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky by William Farish, III and William Kilroy. He is known for his ancestry, his own record, and his successful progeny. He was sired by Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew through mare Weekend Surprise, who herself was ..
API-Calculus
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API-TC
API-TC is a certification for two-stroke oils, awarded by the American Petroleum Institute. It is given after the product passes through stringent tests that determine the level of detergent performance, dispersion, and anti-oxidation. The highest level of certification for two-stroke oil is the "T..
Apia
Apia may refer to: Apia, Samoa, the capital of Samoa.Apia, Colombia, a city in Risaralda, Colombia.Apis, city in Greek mythology which was ruled by Apis. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, yo..
Apia, Samoa
Apia Apia, population 38,800 (2001), is the capital of Samoa. It is part of the Tuamasaga district. The city is located on the northern coast of Upolu Island. It is the nation's major port and only city. Fish and copra are the country's major exports, and cotton goods, motor vehicles, meats, ..
Apiacá
The Apiacá are an extinct Cariban people, who lived near the mouth of the Tocantins River, Pará, Brazil. ..
Apiacá, Espírito Santo
Apiacá is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Espírito Santo. Its estimated population in 2004 was 7,933 inhabitants. ..
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (both names are allowed by the ICBN) are a family of usually aromatic plants with hollow stems, including parsley, carrot, and other relatives. It is a large family with about 300 genera and more than 3,000 species. The earlier name Umbelliferae derives from the inflor..
Apiaí
Apiaí is a Brazilian city of the state of São Paulo. The latitude is 24.30 South and to one 48.50 longitude West. The population in 2004 is 27,481 The area of 949.232 km². ..
Apiales
The Apiales are an order of flowering plants. The families given at right are typical of newer classifications, though there is some slight variation, and in particular the Torriceliaceae may be divided. These families are placed within the asterid group of dicotyledons. Under this definition wel..
Apian-Gymnasium Ingolstadt
The Apian-Gymnasium Ingolstadt is a Gymnasium (high school) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It was named after Peter Apian (1495-1552) and his son Philipp Apian. Peter Apian was a mathematician at the university of Ingolstadt, Bavaria's oldest university (which was later moved to Munich). His son Philipp (1..
Apianus (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Apiary
An apiary in South Carolina; Langstroth hives on pallets. An apiary (also as a bee yard) is a place where beehives of honeybees are kept. Traditionally beekeepers (also known as apiarists) paid land rent in honey for the use of small parcels. Some farmers will provide free apiary sites, becau..
Apia Samoa Temple
The Apia Samoa Temple was originally the 21st temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The building of a temple in Apia, capital city of Samoa, was announced on October 15, 1977. A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on February 19, 1981. Spencer W. Kimball gave..
Apical
Apical, from the Latin apex (plural apices) meaning to be at the apex or tip, may refer to: An apical consonant, a consonant produced with the tip of the tongueApical dominanceAn apical bud This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ..
Apical ancestor
In kinship and descent, an apical ancestor is a common ancestor from whom a lineage or clan may trace its descent. The word apical is used because this ancestor is at the apex of the genealogy. In the case of clans, this may be an assumed or fictional ancestor chosen for unification purposes. I..
Apical consonant
Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial-velar Labial-alveolar Labiodental Coronal Linguolabial Interdental Dental Alveolar Apical Laminal Postalveolar Alveolo-palatal Retroflex Dorsal Palatal Labial-palatal Velar Uvular Uvular-epiglottal Radical ..
Apical dendrite
An apical dendrite is a dendrite that emerges from the apex of a pyramidal cell. These dendrites project into the more shallow layers of the cerebral cortex allowing for intracortical communication. ..
Apical dominance
Many conifers show particularly strong apical dominance, strongest of all in the family Araucariaceae, showing a single erect central trunk with strongly differentiated horizontal branching. Cuttings of Araucariaceae species taken from a side branch will not develop erect growth. Araucaria hetero..
Apical meristem
Flower buds have not yet bloomed into a full-size flower. The apical meristem, or growing tip, is a completely undifferentiated meristematic tissue found in the buds and growing tips of root in plants. Its main function is to begin growth of new cells in young seedlings at the tips of roots a..
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul of Thailand is a Cannes-prize-winning director. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thai อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล, born July 16, 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director. He attended Khon Kaen University and received a ba..
Apicius
Apicius was a name applied to three celebrated Roman epicures: The first of whom lived during the Republic.The second of whom, Marcus Gavius (or Gabius) Apicius—the most famous in his own time—lived under the early Empire.A third lived in the late 4th or early 5th century. The name is famous bec..
Apicoectomy
Apicoectomy (L. apex, apicis: a summit or a tip), also known as root resection or root-end resection, is an endodontic surgical procedure whereby a tooth's root tip is removed. This is generally necessitated when an abscess forms following root canal therapy or re-treatment. External links [Ap..
Apicomplexa
Apicomplexa is a phylum in the kingdom Protista. The Apicomplexa are a large group of protozoa characterized by the presence of an apical complex at some point in their life-cycle. They are exclusively parasitic and completely lack flagella or pseudopods except for certain gamete stages. Disease..
Apicophilicity
Apical and equatorial positions in trigonal bipyramidal structure Apicophilicity is the phenomenon in which electronegative substituents of trigonal bipyramidal pentacoordinate compounds prefer to occupy apical positions (Lap). The term "apicophilicity" was first proposed by Earl L. Muettertie..
APICS
APICS The Association for Operations Management, is a not-for-profit international education organization, offering certification programs, training tools and networking opportunities to increase workplace performance. It was founded in 1957 as the American Production and Inventory Control Society,..
Apidae
The Apidae are a large family of bees, comprising the common honeybees, stingless bees (which are also cultured for honey), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, bumblebees, and various other less well-known groups. Honeybees, stingless bees, and bumblebees are colonial (eusocial), though the..
Apidictor
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Apidium
The genus Apidium (from Latin for "little bull", as the first fossils were thought to be from a hoofed animal) is that of at least three extinct primates living in the early Oligocene, roughly 36 to 34 millions years ago. Apidium fossils are common in the Fayoum deposits of Egypt. Fossils of the ..
Apidya
Apidya is a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up computer game developed by Kaiko and released by Play Byte in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST. The player controls a magical honeybee that can spit damaging energy projectiles. There are five levels in the game, and each level is divided up into a num..
Apies River
A river that flows through the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The river is also known as the Apiesrivier in Afrikaans (in which "Apies" means "small monkeys"), and is traditionally also called the Tshwane River by the indigenous peoples. Pretoria itself also came to be referred to as Tshwane by the..
Apigenin
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APIIT
APIIT, short for Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology, is an educational institution specializing in providing Information Technology (IT)-related education and training programmes. APIIT Lanka, however, is a Software Development house located in Sri Lanka. The significance is that the ..
APILAS
APILAS ready for firing APILAS (Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a recoilless, one-man portable, single-use anti-tank grenade launcher used by infantry. GIAT Industries of France is the manufacturer. Over 120,000 of the missiles have been produced, and they are in service with Belgi..
Apimondia
Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeepers` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide. The federation issu..
Apinae
The Apinae is the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae, including the familiar "corbiculate" bees (honeybees, stingless bees, orchid bees, and bumblebees), plus all the groups that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae. Most species (other than honeybe..
Apiol
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Apion
Apion, Greek grammarian and commentator on Homer, was born at the Siwa Oasis, and flourished in the first half of the 1st century AD. He studied at Alexandria, and headed a deputation sent to Caligula (in 38) by the Alexandrians to complain of the Jews and of the privileges conceded them in Alexand..
Apios americana
Apios americana, sometimes called the hog peanut, potato bean, or groundnut (but not to be confused with other plants sometimes known by the name groundnut) is a perennial vine native to eastern North America, and bears edible beans and large edible tubers. It grows to 3-4 m long, with pinnate lea..
Apios priceana
Price's Potato-bean (Apios priceana) is a climbing yellow-green vine in the legume family Fabaceae, that grows from a stout, potato-like tuber. It is native to the United States in the states of Alabama and Mississippi to Kentucky. It is listed as an endangered species. The vines may be up to 3-5..
Apirak Kosayothin
Apirak Kosayothin (Thai อภิรักษ์ โกษะโยธิน, born March 30 1961) is a Thai manager and the current governor of Bangkok. In the gubernational elections on August 29 2004 he won 40% of the votes. Born in Nonthaburi, he studied at Triam Udom Suksa School and Chiang Mai..
Apirana Ngata
Apirana Ngata The Honourable Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 - 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Mā..
Apiranthos
Apiranthos or Aperathu (in Greek: Απείρανθος or Απεράθου) is a mountainous village in the island of Naxos (Greece). It is located 28 km north-east of the capital of the island, built on the foothill of mountain Fanari, on an altitude between 550 and 650 m. It is a village with a ve..
Apisai Naevo
Ratu Apisai D. Naevo is a Fijian Chief and political leader. As Tui Nawaka, he is the paramount chief of the vanua of Nawaka, Nadi. A retired school teacher, he is a member of the Ba Provincial Council and various boards. He was also deputy chairman of the Fiji Pine Limited Board during its tumu..
Apisai Tora
Senator Apisai Tora Mohammad Apisai Vuniyayawa Tora (born 1934) is a Fijian politician and former soldier and trade unionist. As a labour leader, he was a fighter for dock workers. As a soldier, he served in Malaya and is currently the President of the Ex-Servicemen's League. Tora has held a ..
Apistidae
Apistidae is a family of fish that includes the waspfishes. They are 19-20 cm. There are 3 genera in 3 species. Genus Apistops Apistops caloundra Shot-Armed Waspfish (De Vis, 1886) Genus Apistus Apistus carinatus Ocellated Waspfish (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Genus Cheroscorpaena Cheroscorp..
Apistogramma
Apistogramma is a genus of more than a hundred species of fish from the family Cichlidae found in tropical areas of the Amazon basin and Venezuela. Apistogramma literally means "irregular lateral line" referring to a common trait of the species under this taxon. Most species are strongly sexually d..
Apistoloricaria
Apistoloricaria["Apistoloricaria"]. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006. is a genus of freshwater fish in the Loricariidae family of order Siluriformes. The type species is Apistoloricaria condei. They are native to native to South Ameri..
Apis (city)
Apis (Greek: Ἄπις), was an ancient seaport town (Polyb. Exc. Leg. 115) on the north coast of Africa, about 18 km west of Paraetonium, sometimes reckoned to Egypt, and sometimes to Marmarica. Scylax (p. 44) places it at the western boundary of Egypt, on the frontier of the Marmaridae. Ptolemy (i..
Apis (constellation)
Apis (Latin for bee) was a constellation located south of constellation Crux. The constellation was present in the star atlases by Johann Bayer in 1603. In 1752 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille renamed it to Musca Australis, the Southern Fly. After the Northern Fly, Musca Borealis, was discarded, the name ..
Apis (Disambiguation)
Apis can refer to the following: Apis — An Egyptian godApis — An Egyptian cityYamu — Another Egyptian city formerly also called Apis.Apis — A Bee genusApis — In Greek mythology a prophet.Apis — An obsolete constellation.Apis, the nickname of Dragutin Dimitrijevi..
Apis (Egyptian mythology)
For other uses, see Apis (Disambiguation). Hap redirects here. For hydroxylapatite (HAP) ceramics, see hydroxylapatite. Statue of Apis, 30th Dynasty, Louvre In Egyptian mythology, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh), was a bull-deity worshipped in the Memphis region. By Manetho h..
Apis (Greek mythology)
Apis in Greek mythology was the king of Apia a ruler in the long line of rulers of Sicyon. Historically, he was most often alleged to have been killed by Aetolus. According to Robert Graves, Apis was accidentally ran over and fatally injured by a chariot driven by Aetolus during the funeral games ..
Apis andreniformis
Apis andreniformis is a species of honeybee whose native habitat is the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. A. andreniformis was the second honeybee species to be recognized, and its biology, geographic distribution, and its specific status was recognized by many authors. However, it mus..
Apis cerana
Apis cerana, or the Asiatic honeybee (or the Eastern honeybee), are small honeybees of southern and southeastern Asia, such as China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea. This species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi, and both are in the same subgenus as the E..
Apis florea
The Dwarf Honeybee (Apis florea) is one of two species of small, wild honeybees of southern and southeastern Asia. It has a much wider distribution than its sister species, Apis andreniformis. These two species together are the most primitive of the living species of Apis, and this is reflected i..
Apis mellifera capensis
Apis mellifera capensis, the Cape honeybee is a sub-species of the Western honeybee. Cape worker bees are able to lay diploid, female eggs without mating by means of thelytoky, whereas workers of other honeybee subspecies are able to lay only haploid, male eggs. Source [Parasitic Cape honeyb..
Apis mellifera lamarckii
Lamarck's honeybee or the Egyptian honeybee is a subspecies of honeybee native to the Nile valley of Egypt and Sudan, named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It is considered defensive, low in honey yield and exhibiting good hygienic behavior. It is a dark honeybee with yellow abdomen, which is a smal..
Apis nulensis
Apis nulensis is a species of honeybee described in 1996 by Tingek, Koeniger & Koeniger. The geographic distribution of the species is the south-east Asian island of Borneo, politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. A. nulensis is one of a number of Asiatic honeybees, two othe..
Apitherapy
Apitherapy is the medical use of honeybee products. This can include the use of honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom. Most claims of apitherapy have not been proved to the scientific standards of evidence-based medicine and are anecdotal in nature. A wide variety of conditions and d..
Apitoxin
Apitoxin, or honey bee venom, is a bitter colorless liquid. The active portion of the venom is a complex mixture of proteins, which causes local inflammation and acts as an anticoagulant. The venom is produced in the abdomen of worker bees from a mixture of acidic and basic secretions. Apitoxin is..
Apium
Apium (Celery and Marshwort) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. They are medium to tall biennial or perennial plants growing wet ground (marshes and saltmarshes). They grow up to ..
Apizaco
Apizaco es una importante ciudad del estado de Tlaxcala, aproximadamente a 25 min. de la ciudad capital del estado (la ciudad de Tlaxcala) su importancia recae en el lugar donde se hubica, pues es una ciudad de paso si se quiere llegar al puerto de Veracruz uno de los más o tal vez el más importan..
Apizza
Apizza (pronounced ah-BEETS) is a style of pizza common in New Haven, Connecticut. It originated at the Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and is now served in many other pizza restaurants in the area, including Sally's Apizza and Modern Apizza. Apizza has a thin crust that varies between chewy and te..
API (disambiguation)
API as a three-letter abbreviation may refer to: American Petroleum InstituteApplication programming interface in computer softwareAcademic Performance Index (California)Academic Programs International, the provider of study-abroad programmesActive pharmaceutical ingredientAutomated Processes Inc., ..
Api (mountain)
Api is the highest peak in the Yoka Pahar Section of the Nepal Himalaya. It is a little-known peak in a rarely visited part of the Himalaya, but it rises dramatically over the low surrounding terrain. Api lies in the extreme northwest corner of Nepal, near the borders of India and Tibet. Notabl..
Api Chamber
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API documentation
API documentation is a term used in computer programming. It describes the Application programming interface of a programming project, so that other programmers can continue developing in the project, or develop other software that make use of the projects API, without having to study the code itsel..
API gravity
API Gravity is a specific gravity scale developed by the American Petroleum Institute (API) for measuring the relative density of various petroleum liquids. API gravity is graduated in degrees on a hydrometer instrument and was designed so that most values would fall between 10 and 70 API gravity ..
API shim
In computer programming, an API shim is a small library that converts one API into another. They typically come about when the functions of one API become a part of another, larger, library. In these cases the older API can still be supported as a thin layer on top of the newer, and more general, co..
AP Italian Language and Culture
This article is part of theAdvanced Placement Programseries. General Exam Structure Awards Subjects:* Art History* Biology* Calculus (AB & BC)* Chemistry* Chinese Language and Culture* Comparative Government & Politics* Computer Science A* Computer Science AB* English Language & Composition* E..
A Piano: The Collection
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . A PIANO: THE COLLECTION, will be a five-disc, career-spanning box set by Tori Amos. To be released on September 26, 2006 by Rhino Records, the set will consist of classics, rarities, demos, B-sides and the unrelease..
A Piano in the House (The Twilight Zone)
'The Twilight Zone'' original seriesSeason three (1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5)'''Fall 1961 – Summer 1962List of The Twilight Zone episodes Episodes: TwoThe ArrivalThe ShelterThe PassersbyA Game of PoolThe MirrorThe GraveIt's a Good LifeDeaths-Head RevisitedThe Midnight SunStill ValleyThe JungleO..
A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Bucks
A Picture is Worth A 1000 Bucks is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated television series Family Guy. First aired on April 18, 2000. Written by Craig Hoffman and directed by Gavin Dell. Production #2ACX07. Guest starring Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown, Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood..
A picture is worth a thousand words
A picture is worth a thousand words is a familiar proverb that refers to the idea that complex stories can be told with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. It also aptly characterizes the goals of information visualization where larg..
A Picture of Britain
A Picture of Britain is a BBC television series presented by David Dimbleby, which describes the British landscape and the art which it has inspired. A 2005 book authored by Dimbleby has been published by Tate Publishing. ..
A Piece of Blue Sky
A Piece of Blue Sky is a book written in 1990 by Jon Atack, investigating L. Ron Hubbard and his enterprises such as Dianetics and the Church of Scientology. Before the book had even been released, Scientology attorneys sought to have a stop put to it in court.http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Sh..
A Piece of Monologue
A Piece of Monologue is a short play by Samuel Beckett. External links [Text of the play] ..
A Piece of Strange
A Piece of Strange is the third release from the Cunninlynguists, comprised of Deacon the Villain and Kno. Released January 24, 2006 worldwide, the album, which features Cee-Lo Green, Immortal Technique and Tonedeff, is a concept album that "follows the story of a man and those closest to him in..
A Piece of the Action (film)
A Piece of the Action (1977). Directed by Sidney Poitier. Written by Charles Blackwell. Based upon a story by Timothy March. Plot Synopsis Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on t..
A Piece of the Action (TOS episode)
"A Piece of the Action" is a second-season episode of [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] first broadcast on January 12, 1968. It was repeated on August 30, 1968, the last episode to air in the 8:30pm time slot on Friday nights. It is episode #49, written by David P. Harmon and Gene L. Coon, and di..
A Pillow Case of Mystery
A Pillow Case of Mystery is a 20 episode ancient drama which aired in 2006 on TVB. It stars Kenix Kwok, Bobby Au-Yeung, Tavia Yeung and Benny Chan. Bobby plays a detective which relies on a pillowcase to help him solve many different cases. He has a cousin played by Tavia. Kenix and Benny plays s..
A Pillow of Winds
"A Pillow of Winds" is the second track from Pink Floyd's 1971 album Meddle. The song is a soft acoustic piece, and rather uncharacteristically for a Pink Floyd song, the lyrics deal with love. Guitarist David Gilmour composed the track, and Roger Waters wrote the lyrics. According to Nick Mason, ..
A Pioneer District
The A Pioneer District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that is comprised of high schools located west of the southern Shenandoah Valley. The Pioneer District schools compete in Region C with the schools from the A Hogoheegee District, the A Mountain Empire District, and the A T..
A Pirate Looks At Fifty
A Pirate Looks at Fifty is the autobiography of the singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, revolving around the singer's fiftieth birthday. Buffett chronicles important happenings up to his fiftieth (the beginnings of his career, his plane crash, etc.) and his birthday celebrations - plane hopping in..
A Pis of Cak
A Pis of Cak is a book published by Summersdale Publishers in the UK which shows examples of young children's writing, in which they have made a mistake that could be considered amusing. For example, this could be by mangling a word (e.g. "I found a spare seal so i quickly sat on it") or by misunder..
Łapino (PKP station)
Łapino Location City/Town Łapino District Address ??? Adjacent stations Preceding station(s) Kolbudy Following station(s) Niestępowo Info Water tower present Never existed Locomotives depot present Never existed Platforms in use 2 Station building present Ye..
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