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A-PlotA-Plot is a cinema and television term referring to the plotline that really drives the story. This doesn't mean it's the most important, but rather the one that forces most of the action. ..
A-PlusA-Plus is an American convenience store chain owned & operated by Sunoco, Inc. The chain began life as the convenience store chain for Atlantic Petroleum in 1985, who earlier that year was spun off of ARCO, Inc. (ARCO itself was formed from the 1966 merger of Atlantic and Richfield Oil.) This was i..
A- (plane)The prefix A-, in US military aviation, refers to a type of plane generally considered an attack plane. Currently, the most famous attack plane is the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Since World War II, there have been two major, broad types of aircraft: fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft. However, between ..
A.P. LutaliA.P. Lutali, originally named Aifili Paulo Lauvao (b. Dec. 24, 1919, Aunu'u island, American Samoa - d. Aug. 1, 2002, Pago Pago, American Samoa), was governor of American Samoa (1985-89, 1993-97). The founder of the U.S. commonwealth's Democratic Party, he had a long career in the legislature and th..
APLAPL is an abbreviation, acronym, or initialism that may refer to: Acute promyelocytic leukemia, a subtype of acute myelogenous leukemiaAmerican President Lines, a Singapore-based container transportation and shipping companyAmerican Protective League, a WWI era pro-war organizationAssociation of Pen..
Apl.de.apThe correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. Allen Pineda Lindo, (b. 28 November 1974) is better known as apl.de.ap. He was born in the impoverished district of Sapang Bato in Angeles City ..
APLACAPLAC (Analysis Program for Linear Active Circuits) is a SPICE-like electronic circuit simulation tool originally created by professor Martti Valtonen in Helsinki University of Technology. External links [APLAC Home] ..
AplacophoraAplacophora is a class of exclusively benthic marine mollusks found in all oceans of the world. The family comprises 28 families and about 320 species. They are small (no longer than 5 cm), cylindrical and worm-like. They can however reach a length of 30 cm. Habitat Aplacophorans mainly burrow in..
AplahouéAplahoué is a town located in the Kouffo Department of Benin. ..
AplasiaAplasia is defective development resulting in the absence of all or part of an organ or tissue. ..
Aplastic anemiaAplastic anemia is a condition where the bone marrow does not produce enough, or any, new cells to replenish the blood cells. The term 'aplastic' refers to the inability of the marrow to function properly. Anemia is the condition of having fewer blood cells than normal, or fewer than needed to f..
AplatissaAplatissa is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are two described species, both endemic to Brazil. Species A. michaelisA. strangoides External link [Hepialidae genera] ..
AplayThe correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. aplay is a command-line soundfile player for the ALSA soundcard driver. It supports several file formats and multiple soundcards with multiple d..
Aplectrum hyemaleAplectrum hyemale is a species of orchids (family Orchidaceae) and the sole species of the genus Aplectrum. The generic name comes from Greek and signifies "spurless". The species is commonly referred to as Adam and Eve or putty root, the latter refers to the mucilaginous fluid which can be remove..
ApletAplets are collections of programs and libraries for HP calculators. They are not the same as applets, small programs that can be run (with limited privileges) within a web page. ..
ApleyApley is a tiny hamlet on a back road near Kingthorpe, south of Wragby, Lincolnshire. It has a quaint church, St Andrews. Apley is located at [53°15′38″N, 0°20′15″W]1.Grid reference [Location map of Apley][Aerial view of Apley][St. Andrews Church] ..
Apley grind testThe Apley grind test or Apley test is used to evaluate individuals for problems in the meniscus of the knee. In order to perform the test, the individual lays face-down on an examination table and flexes a knee to a ninety degree angle. The examiner then places his or her own knee across the posteri..
Aplington, IowaAplington is a city in Butler County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,054 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Aplington was originally Fort Aplington, a US Army outpost until the fort burnt down in 1885. By then a ..
Aplin Islet, QueenslandThere 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. } Aplin Islet is a small island North of Shelburne Bay..
ApliteA sample of aplite Aplite in petrology, the name given to intrusive rock in which quartz and felspar are the dominant minerals. Aplites are usually very fine-grained, white, grey or flesh-coloured, and their constituents are visible only with the help of a magnifying lens. Dykes and threads of..
Apliu StreetApliu Street (鴨寮街) is a street in the Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, Hong Kong . It runs parallel to Cheung Sha Wan Road between Yen Chow Street and Nan Cheong Street. An easy way to reach it is to get off at the MTR Sham Shui Po Station. Use the A2 or C2 exit and you will be ascending direc..
AplochitonidaeThe Aplochitonidae are a family of ray-finned fish that are found in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, mostly in the Indonesian and Australian regions. They are also commonly known as the velvetfishes. ..
AplodactylidaeMarblefishes are a family, Aplodactylidae, of perciform fishes. They are native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Peru and Chile. Species There are six species in two genera: Genus Aplodactylus* Aplodactylus arctidens Richardson, 1839.* Notchheaded marblefish, Aplodactylus etheridgii (Ogilby, ..
Aplodactylus arctidensThe marblefish or southern seacarp (Aplodactylus arctidens) is a marblefish of the genus Aplodactylus, found in south eastern Australia, and around New Zealand, in depths down to 40 metres. Their length is between 40 and 60 centimetres. The marblefish is a large heavy-bodied fish with a blunt ro..
Aplomado FalconThe Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. It is very slender, long-winged, and long-tailed, the size of a small Peregrine Falcon (length of 30–40 cm or 12–16 inches, average wingspan of about 90 cm or 36 in) but only half the weight (250–475..
AplombThere 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. } Aplomb means confidence or self-assuredness. Its ro..
APLXAPLX is a modern, second generation, cross-platform dialect of the APL programming language. APLX is targeted at applications such as financial planning, market research, statistics, management information, and various kinds of scientific and engineering work. APLX is based on IBM's APL2, but includ..
AplysiaThe genus Aplysia belongs to the family Aplysiidae and is a genus of sea hares, which are a type of sea slug. The general description of these sea hares can be found under the entry about the superfamily Aplysioidea (Sea hares) Aplysia, when threatened, releases clouds of ink to blind the attacke..
Aplysia gill and siphon withdrawal reflexThe Aplysia gill and siphon withdrawal reflex (GSWR) is an involuntary, defensive reflex of the sea slug Aplysia that causes its delicate siphon and gill to be retracted when the animal is disturbed. The reflex is mediated by a siphon LE mechanosensory neuron and a gill or siphon motor neuron (L7 or..
AplysiidaeThe superfamily Aplysioidea contains only one family, the Aplysiidae, or sea hares. In Australia they are sometimes known as "beach blobbies". Contents 1 Description2 Defenses3 Mating habits4 Predators5 References6 External link Description Members of the Aplysiid..
APL function symbolsThe following APL operators are given, separated into their monadic and dyadic forms. For non-standard characters, a hexadecimal UCS-2 index value is given. For the symbols on this page to be displayed properly, it may be necessary to use a CSS2-compliant browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Safar..
APL programming languageAPL (for A Programming Language) is an array programming language based on a notation invented in 1957 by Kenneth E. Iverson while at Harvard University. It originated in an attempt to provide consistent notation for the teaching and analysis of topics related to the application of computers. The no..
AP Latin: VergilThis 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..
Ap Lei ChauAp Lei Chau (鴨脷洲), or Aberdeen Island, is an island of Hong Kong, located south-west of Hong Kong Island, next to Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel, with an area of 1.30 km². Administratively, it is part of Southern District. Contents 1 History2 Geography and Demography3&..
Ap Lei Chau BridgeAp Lei Chau Bridge (鴨脷洲大橋) is a bridge in Hong Kong connecting the island of Ap Lei Chau and Aberdeen of the Hong Kong Island. This bridge was made up of two lanes for each direction across and later expanded to four lanes in 1994. ..
Ap Lei PaiAp Lei Pai (鴨脷排) is an island linked to the south of Ap Lei Chau in Hong Kong. It is located between the East Lamma Channel and Aberdeen Channel. It is under the administration of Southern District. External link [ Picture of the tombolo connecting Ap Lei Pai and Ap Lei Chau] ..
Ap Lo ChunAp Lo Chun (鴨螺春) is a small island in Crooked Harbour in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (鴨洲海), between Ap Chau and Sai Ap Chau, with Ap Tan Pai nearby . It is under the administration of North District. ..
A Place Called BadA Place Called Bad is The Black League's fourth full-length album, released in 2005 by Wolfgang Records. A music video was made of the song Same Ol' Fuckery. Track listing Same Ol Fuckery""Ball n' Chain Woman""Bury Yer Brother""Runnin' Lo' On Fumes""Marked Man""Altamont Man""Bastard's Degree""Ano..
A Place Called ChiapasA Place Called Chiapas is a documentary on the Zapatistas that provides a first-hand account of the lives of the Zapatistas filmed by Nettie Wild. The film offers a mass of cinema and images of the Zapatistas that serve to place the rhetoric of the Zapatistas in context of their reality. One of the ..
A Place for my Head"A Place for my Head" is a song by Linkin Park from the Hybrid Theory album. The song was originally called "Esaul" named after a friend of Linkin Park. There are several versions of the song. There are three demos of it, all called "Esaul", including a garage recording. There is a live version on ..
A Place for My StuffA Place For My Stuff is United States comedian George Carlin's eighth comedy album. Unlike his previous albums, which consisted entirely of stand-up performance, A Place For My Stuff contains a number of studio-recorded tracks, typically poking fun at the format and candor of community radio, com..
A Place I've Never BeenA Place I've Never Been is the debut album composed of the songs recorded by the Australian Idol 3 winner Kate DeAraugo. It went Platinum selling over 70,000 copies. The track Heaven on the album is a cover of Bryan Adams song Heaven. Track listing # A Place I've Never Been Length 1. "F..
A Place in EnglandA Place in England is a novel by Melvyn Bragg, first published in 1970. It is the second part of Bragg's Cumbrian Trilogy. The story is set predominantly in Thurston (Bragg's name for Wigton), from the 1920s to the 1960s, and follows the life of Joseph Tallentire, a labourer, footman, and eventuall..
A Place in the QueueA Place in the Queue is the third studio album released by the progressive rock group The Tangent. Track listing In Earnest (Tillison) - 23:03Lost In London (Tillison, Manning) - 8:08DIY Surgery (Travis, Middleton) - 2:17GPS Culture (Tillison) - 10:07Follow Your Leaders (Tillison) - 9:21The Sun I..
A Place in the SunFor other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a young man who is entangled with two women who work for his uncle's factory. It stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle and Raymond Burr.The film is..
A Place in the Sun (album)A Place in the Sun was Lit's first album released under their contract with RCA Records in 1999, and their second full-length album overall. It was recorded in 1998 and released on February 23, 1999. The album shot the band to stardom and features such smash hits as "My Own Worst Enemy", "Zip-Loc..
A Place in the Sun (disambiguation)A place in the sun may refer to: 'Place in the sun', a notion related to imperialism.A Place in the Sun, a 1951 film.A Place in the Sun (television programme).,A Place in the Sun (album) by Lit.A Place in the Sun (song), a hit for Stevie Wonder, written by Ron Miller (songwriter).This is a [dis..
A Place in the Sun (song)A Place in the Sun is a 1966 soul single by American and Motown music great Stevie Wonder. The song hit #9 on the Billboard pop singles chart, his third since 1963, and was one of Wonder's first songs to talk about social commentary in his songs. ..
A Place in the Sun (TV series)A Place in the Sun is a FreeForm/Channel 4 daytime lifestyle programme about buying property abroad. It most often focuses on places in southern Europe, but in recent years has also featured a number of places in other areas of the world. It is usually presented by the former estate agent and mo..
A Place So Foreign and Eight MoreA Place So Foreign and Eight More is a collection of short stories by Cory Doctorow. Six of these stories were released electronically under a Creative Commons license. A paperback edition was issued in New York by publisher Four Walls Eight Windows in 2003 with ISBN 1568582862. The collection featu..
A Place to Be LovedThis 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 Place to Be Loved is a 1993 TV movie. Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or e..
A Place To Cling To (Planetes episode)A Place To Cling To (Japanese: 拠るべき場所 - yoru beki basho) is episode 08 of the Planetes TV series originally aired 2003-11-22. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Tanabe suspects that Fee is having an affair with the division manager Technora..
A Place To Crash"A Place To Crash" is to be one half of the fifth single from the album "Intensive Care" by Robbie Williams. It will be a double A-side single. The other song is "Ghosts" from the same album. The song is said to be influenced heavily by the music of The Rolling Stones [[Citing sources citat..
A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow"A Place to Stand, A Place to Grow" is an unofficial anthem of the Canadian province of Ontario. It was commissioned by the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts for the Ontario pavilion at Expo 67, the World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec in Canada's Centennial year of 1967, and was..
A Planet Called TreasonA Planet Called Treason, a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, was originally published in 1979 by St Martin's Press and Dell Publishing Co. After being heavily revised, the book was republished in 1988 under the title Treason by St. Martin's Press. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning�..
A Planet for the PresidentA Planet for the President (2004) is a novel by Alistair Beaton. Set in the not-too-distant future, it satirically ponders the question of what action the President of the United States might take if he finally realized that global climate change is converting the earth into an increasingly uninha..
A Planet Named ShayolA Planet Named Shayol is a story by Cordwainer Smith (penname of Paul Linebarger) set in his Instrumentality universe. It was first published in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in October 1961. In the story, a man convicted of crimes against the Empire is sent for punishment on the planet Shayol--..
A Plantation ActA Plantation Act was one of the first Vitaphone short films made in 1926 starring Al Jolson. This was the first film that Jolson starred in. Jolson (in blackface) sings three of his hit songs: "April Showers", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody", and "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobb..
A platformThe A platform is a term most commonly associated with automobile body type and has several meanings: Chrysler A platform, a Chrysler automobile platform used in the 1960'sGM A platform (RWD), a midsize automobile platform of General Motors in use from 1961 to 1981 for rear wheel drive vehiclesGM A..
A Player Like Courtney (Courtney album)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 July 2006. } This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|..
A Pleasant Shade of GrayA Pleasant Shade of Gray is an album by the progressive metal group Fates Warning, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). This album contains one song divided into twelve chapters. After the last song, there is 20 seconds of bell ringing. Track listing A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part IA Pleasant Sha..
A Plea for Captain John BrownA Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. It was first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and was repeated several times before Brown's execution on December 2, 1859. It was later publis..
ČapljinaShield of Čapljina Čapljina is a town and the seat of its municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. In 1991 there were 27,854 inhabitants of the Čapljina municipality: 15,007 Croats (53.8%), ..
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