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A//Political
A//Political was an anarcho-punk band from Baltimore During the mid to late 90's. Their style is similar to that of "Peace Punk" bands from the early 1980s and was heavily influenced by anarcho-punk bands like Crass and Conflict. One member later went on to sing for Krema-1 in Boston in the late 90'..
Apo
Apo can refer to: Apo, a god of mountains in Inca mythology.Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party.Mount Apo, the Philippines' highest peakApo Island in the PhilippinesApochromatic, which describes a lens that has greatly reduced chromatic aberration.Apo- is a prefix of many dru..
APO
APO refers to: Apo;Acting Pilot Officer the lowest Commissioned Officer rank in the Royal Air Force;Army Post Office, the United States armed forces postal service;Alpha Phi Omega, service fraternity existing in both the United States and the Philippines (co-ed on most campuses);Apache Point Observ..
Apo-eup
Apo-eup is an eup in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, central South Korea. It has an area of 53.48 km². Although it contains several low peaks, the land of Apo-eup also contains a great deal of flat and fertile floodplain; local agriculture is dominated by rice cultivation. The small Gamcheon ri..
Apo2.7
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ApoA-1 Milano
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Apobaterion
An apobaterion, in antiquity, was a farewell speech or poem occasioned by a person's departure out of his own country, or some other place where he had been kindly received and entertained. Such is that of Aeneas to Helenus and Andromache, Aeneid, Book III. The apobaterion stands opposed to the ep..
APOBEC3G
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Apocalymon
Apocalymon is a massively powerful Digimon. Apocalymon's arrival was written down in ancient prophecies and the hatred of the Digimon that formed him lingered on. A sadistic and tormented soul, Apocalymon wanted to make the Digital World a living hell to justify the darkness that composes him. In..
Apocalypse
This article is about the religious meaning. For more uses of the word apocalypse, see Apocalypse (disambiguation). Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Apocalypse (Greek: αποκαλυψις, disclosure), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged pers..
Apocalypse, Nowish (Angel episode)
Contents 0.1 Summary0.2 Expanded overview1 Continuity1.1 Timing Summary As Angel and the group deal with a sudden wave of paranormal activity all over Los Angeles, they realize that they must prepare for the coming of a fierce apocalyptic beast foretold in Cordelia’s visi..
Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black
Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black is an album by Public Enemy, released October 1, 1991. Its best known single is the Anthrax remix of "Bring tha Noise". Worth mentioning is the remix pete rock made of the song Shut 'em down. Which is chosen by scratch magazine #1 in her chart of best remix..
Apocalypse (album)
Apocalypse (1974) is the Mahavishnu Orchestra's fourth album.(See 1974 in music.) It is performed by the second line-up of the Mahavishnu Orchestra as well as the London Symphony Orchestra. The back cover features a poem by Sri Chinmoy as well as a group photo of those who created the album. Pe..
Apocalypse (band)
Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong keyboard orientation. Many influences can be noticed among their discography, but Genesis, Yes, ELP, Pink Floyd, Rush and Marillion are the most present. The original lineup of Apocalypse consisted of Eloy Fr..
Apocalypse (board game)
Apocalypse is a board game released by Games Workshop in 1980. The game is a re-release of the earlier Gibsons Games publication, Warlord. The game is similar to Risk, played on a map of Western Europe, and, unlike Risk, allowing simulation of nuclear weapons. The unique feature of this outstandi..
Apocalypse (comics)
Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, one of the foremost enemies of the X-Men. Apocalypse was created by Louise Simonson and Jackson Guice and first fully appeared in X-Factor #6 (June 1986). Apocalypse is a virtually immortal mutant bonded with extra-terrestrial technology. H..
Apocalypse (disambiguation)
Apocalypse can be: Apocalypse, a Biblical event.The New Testament Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation.Apocalyptic literature, including:* Apocalypse of Peter.Apocalypticism, a worldview found in both religious and secular settings.Apocalypse, a Marvel comic book supervillain.Apocalypse, a heavy metal..
Apocalypse (film)
Apocalypse is the first film in Cloud Ten Pictures' Apocalypse film series about the end times. This film is also the first film that Cloud Ten did. It was released on video and DVD and never made it to the theatres. The film was made in 1998 in association with Jack Van Impe Ministires. The films ..
Apocalypse (game)
Apocalypse is a futuristic 3D space shoot-em-up game released in 1990 for the Acorn Archimedes written by Gordon J. Key and published by The Fourth Dimension. Plot Sometime in the future, computers have evolved into sentient, mobile lifeforms known as 'Rakonans'. They then proceed to conquer numero..
Apocalypse (Magic: The Gathering)
Apocalypse Expansion Symbol Release Date June 2001 Mechanics Multicolored cards Keywords N/A Size 143 cards Sets in Invasion Block '[[Invasion (Magic: The Gathering) '[[Planeshift (Magic: The Gathering) '[[Apocalypse (Magic: The Gathering) [[Magic: The Gathering]]Chronology '[[7th Editio..
Apocalypse (Music)
Apocalypse was a heavy metal band active from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. They primarily operated in the U.K., Europe and Asia, and was one of the first heavy metal bands to play in the Middle East. They played venues all over Europe and Asia and were somewhat popular, but a disastrous U.S..
Apocalypse (video game)
Apocalypse is a videogame for the PlayStation games console, developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. The game is a 3D third-person shooter very much in the style of [[Robotron: 2084|Robotron]]. The player's character is moved using the Dual Shock controller's left stick, and shooting is ..
Apocalypse Culture
Apocalypse Culture is a book edited by Adam Parfrey. It is a collection of texts showcasing a variety of examples of, and reactions to, eschatological madness, extreme perversion, "conspiracy theories", and aesthetic nihilism. First published by Amok Press in 1987 (ISBN 0941693023), an Expanded & ..
Apocalypse Culture II
Apocalypse Culture II is a book edited by Adam Parfrey and published by Feral House in 2000 (ISBN 0-922915-57-1). A sequel to his previous work, Apocalypse Culture, it continues the probing of societal taboos, with special attention given to child pornography, cannibalism, terrorism, assorted parap..
Apocalypse demo
Apocalypse demo is an album by Australian nu-metal band Superheist. It is their rarest recording, as well as earliest, heaviest and of least quality. Apocalypse was released as a demo to record companies, radio stations, magazines and anyone else who would listen in 1994, a year after the bands comi..
Apocalypse Dudes
Apocalypse Dudes is the 1998 album from "death-punk" band Turbonegro. The album is composed and put together in an extravagant way, starting slowly with "The Age of Pamparius", and ending in a rock-explosion with "Good Head". Before Apocalypse Dudes, Turbonegro was a kind of underground band, but ..
Apocalypse Hoboken
Apocalypse Hoboken were a punk rock band from Chicago. The band had been together, in various incarnations, since their final year of high school (1987), and despite extensive touring and many releases, failed to achieve much recognition. In 2001 the band split up for good, with some members going..
Apocalypse Ltd
Apocalypse Ltd was a publishing company formed out of an alliance of Pat Mills, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Kevin O'Neill along with Neptune Distribution, who were also involved with Trident Comics. It was meant to provide titles such as Marshal Law a way to avoid dealing with the big companies suc..
Apocalypse Memories
Canonicity warning: The following is not considered canonical in the Buffyverse.'' Apocalypse Memories is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Buffy. Contents 1 Book Description2 Trivia3 Continuity3.1 Canonical issues3.2 Timing4 See also5 Ext..
Apocalypse Meow
|} Apocalypse Meow is a three volume manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. It was originally published in Japan as Cat Shit One in 1998 by Softbank Publishing, but was renamed for the US release. It was published in the UK in 2004 by ADV Manga. It was also released in Poland..
Apocalypse Not (Charmed episode)
Contents 1 General information2 Synopsis3 Book of Shadows3.1 Enemies3.2 Spells4 P³ Performance5 Guest stars6 Trivia7 International titles8 External links General information Episode of the popular U.S. television series, CharmedEpisode Number: ..
Apocalypse Now
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. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten..
Apocalypse Now (album)
Apocalypse Now is Pere Ubu's third live album, and first to document a single performance. The show in question was performed semi-acoustically, with synth-man Dric Drew Feldman instead handling an upright piano, and Jim Jones playing an amplified (and occassionally heavily distorted) acoustic gu..
Apocalypse of Abraham
The Apocalypse of Abraham is an apocalypse of Jewish origin that was probably composed between 80-100 AD. It has survived only in Old Slavonic recensions. An English translation was produced by G. H. Box and J. I. Landsman in 1918 (The Apocalypse of Abraham, London: Society for Promoting Christian K..
Apocalypse of Adam
The Apocalypse of Adam discovered in 1945 as part of the Nag Hammadi library is a Gnostic work written in Coptic. It has no necessary references to Christianity and it is accordingly debated whether it is a Christian Gnostic work or an example of Jewish Gnosticism. It proclaims one form of Sethian G..
Apocalypse of Baruch
There are two quite different texts known as the Apocalypse of Baruch: The Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, also known as 2 Baruch for convenience, is a Jewish pseudepigraphical text written in the late 1st century CE or early 2nd century CE, after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 CE. It is nam..
Apocalypse of Elijah
The Apocalypse of Elijah is an anonymous apocryphal work presenting itself as a revelation given by an angel. The title derives from the two mentions of Elijah within the text, although there is no other reason to assume that he is meant to be the author. The text is essentially a redaction of fiv..
Apocalypse of Ezra
This article discusses a work known as the Apocalypse of Ezra. Apocalypse of Ezra is also a name used to refer to the related text that is more usually known as 2 Esdras The Apocalypse of Ezra is the name of an apocryphal work claiming to have been written by the biblical Ezra, but generally regard..
Apocalypse of Paul
The Apocalypse of Paul is one of the texts of the New Testament apocrypha. There is a version of the Apocalypse which features the Virgin Mary in the place of Paul, as the receiver of the vision, known as the Apocalypse of the Virgin. The text is not to be confused with the gnostic Apocalypse of Pau..
Apocalypse of Peter
For the similarly-titled Nag Hammadi text, see Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter. The recovered Apocalypse of Peter or Revelation of Peter is a text extant in two versions of a lost Greek original, one Greek, one Ethiopic, which diverge considerably. The Greek manuscript was unknown at first hand until it..
Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ephraem
Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ephraem is a 7th century Syrian tract which provides a glimpse into the events that took place during its time in the Middle-East. A people shall rise up from the desert, the offspring of Hagar, handmaid of Sarah, who hold to the covenant (qyama) of Abraham, the husband of Sar..
Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius is a 7th-century apocalypse that shaped the eschatological imagination of Christendom throughout the Middle Ages. The work was written in Syriac in the late 7th century, in reaction to the Islamic conquest of the Near East, and is falsely attributed to the 4th-cent..
Apocalypse of Sedrach
The Apocalypse of Sedrach, also known as the Word of Sedrach, is an ancient apocryphal text. The name of the titular figure, Sedrach may simply be the Greek form of Shadrach, the name of one of the three individuals put into the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel. It may however simply be a corrupt..
Apocalypse of Stephen
The Apocalypse of Stephen is one of the New Testament apocrypha's texts, the Stephen in question being one of the 7 deacons to the Apostles. The text describes a conflict at the very beginnings of Christianity about the nature of Jesus of Nazareth. Stephen appears on the scene and recounts Revelati..
Apocalypse of Thomas
The Apocalypse of Thomas (i.e. vision) is a work from the New Testament apocrypha, apparently composed originally in Latin. The vision concerns the end of the world, and appears to be a rendering of the Apocalypse of John, though written in a somewhat less enigmatic or mystical manner. There are t..
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
The Apocalypse of Zephaniah is an ancient apocryphal work attributed to the Biblical Zephaniah. In the canonical Book of Zephaniah there is a prominent amount of mystical and apocalyptic imagery, and the Apocalypse takes a similar subject to it. The narrative consists of Zephaniah being taken to vi..
Apocalypse Please
Apocalypse Please is a single by the British rock band Muse from their third studio album, Absolution. The single was released after the bands groundbreaking headline performance at Glastonbury. Like Stockholm Syndrome, Apocalypse Please was released as a download only single, except this time all ..
Apocalypse poets
The Apocalypse Poets are a group of poets, mostly born in the middle or late 20th century (see the term "baby boomers") who wrote and lived in the atomic and nuclear age when weapons of annihilation brought about the constant fear of nuclear war and the possible scenario of the end of the world. Se..
APOCALYPSE pRODUCTION cREW
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. aPOCALYPSE pRODUCTION cREW (aPC) was a major MP3 warez organization founded by two individuals known under the pseudonyms acid^rain and Viper ..
Apocalypse Rising
Apocalypse Rising is a "power metal/early 1980s thrash" band featuring former Malevolent Creation drummer Alex Marquez and former Solstice guitarist Dennis Munoz, currenty they are working on a six-track demo. The quartet, which is completed by second guitarist William Medina and bass player Mike ..
Apocalypse Rising (DS9 episode)
Sisko after learning from Odo that a Changeling has taken Gowron's form, is now in control of the Klingon empire. Sisko is then ordered by Starfleet Command to expose the Changeling. Sisko decides to take O'Brien, ][Odo]], and Worf with him on the mission. The difficulty with the mission ..
Apocalypse Trilogy
John Carpenter's Apocalypse Trilogy are a thematic film trilogy. While there are no character carry overs or official ties between the films, the director has explicitly stated on his DVD commentarys and in interviews that he considers them to be a collective body of work and gave them the title of..
Apocalypse War
The Apocalypse War is a storyline from the fictional universe of Judge Dredd, first published in British comic 2000 AD in 1982. It is a sequel to the story Block Mania. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Set in 2104, it tells of the invasion of Dredd's c..
Apocalypse Zero
|} Apocalypse Zero (original title: Kakugo no Susume) is a Japanese comic by Takayuki Yamaguchi and a two-episode OVA anime series. The anime, created in 1996, is regarded as the most violent ever released. The very short series has been accused of unoriginality because of its use of motifs and ..
Apocalypso
Apocalypso is a novel by the British author Robert Rankin. It is often considered one of his best works, and deals with Porrig's adventures in a magic bookshop and a giant telepathic vegetable from outer space. ..
Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica is a Finnish band consisting of three (formerly four) classically-trained cellists and (since 2003) a drummer. Their speciality is heavy metal music played on cellos, though they also play classical music. They are all former students of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. They started..
Apocalyptica (album)
Apocalyptica is the sixth album from cello rock group Apocalyptica, it was released in 2005. Track listing Life Burns! (sung by Lauri Ylönen)QuutamoDistractionBittersweet (sung by Lauri Ylönen and Ville Valo)MisconstructionFisheyeFarewellFatal ErrorBetrayal/ForgivenessRuskaDeathzoneEn Vie (sun..
Apocalypticism
Apocalypticism is a worldview based on the idea that important matters are esoteric in nature ("hidden") and they will soon be revealed in a major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude that will change the course of history. Apocalypticism can be tied to religious or secular views, and the expect..
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic science fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately afte..
Apocalyptic literature
This entry only concerns the historical genre of apocalyptic literature. Justifications and interpretations within theological contexts are abundantly available at entries for individual books. For other uses, see Apocalypse (disambiguation) for a list. Apocalyptic literature was a new genre of pro..
Apocalyptic Monsters in the Sonic series
Sonic Apocaliptic monsters are monsters that appear in the Sonic series of games (Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog and *Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)) and that uses the seven Chaos Emeralds to transform into a super beast. Apocaliptic Monsters Chaos/Perfect Ch..
Apocalyptic Raids
Apocalyptic Raids was originally released in 1984 as a 12" EP, then re-issued in 1990 with a new cover. Hellhammer's first and only official record is a cult item in the metal underground even today. Boasting four tracks, the most famous of which is Triumph of Death, this album has served as an i..
Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D.
Apocalyptic Raids 1990 A.D. is a re-issue of the original album Apocalyptic Raids released in 1984 by Hellhammer. This re-issue has two additional tracks and a different cover design. Track listing "Third of the Storms (Evoked Damnation)" - 2:55"Massacra" - 2:49"Triumph of Death" - 9:30"Horus/Agg..
Apocalypto
The title Apocalypto is a Greek verb (αποκαλύπτω) meaning "I reveal." It is derived from "Apocalypse," Greek "Αποκάλυψις," which means "Revelation," but the movie is not religiously themed or connected to the biblical Apocalypse.Although Mel Gibson does not star in the film, h..
Apocalytpic Revelation
Apocalytpic Revelation is the second album by Krisiun. Track listing "Creation's Scourge" (5:04)"Kings of Killing" (4:24)"Apocalyptic Victory" (5:28)"Aborticide (Into the Crypts of Holiness)" (4:08)"March of the Black Hordes" (4:48)"Vengeances Revelation" (4:39)"Rites of Defamation" (4:25..
Apocarotenal
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Apocarotenal, or trans-beta-apo-8'-carotenal, is a carotenoid found in spinach and citrus fruits. Like other carotenoids, apocarotenal plays a role as a precursor of vitamin A, even though it has 50% less pro-vitamin A activity than beta-carotene. The chemical form..
Apocatastasis
Apocatastasis is a Greek word that means: 1) Restoration, re-establishment, renovation 2) Return to a previous condition 3) (Astronomy) Return to the same apparent position, completion of a period of revolution. Apocatastasis has a special meaning in the Christian theology: it is the doctrine of th..
Apocatequil
According to Incan mythology, Apocatequil was the god of lightning. He also served as the chief priest for the moon god, Coniraya. ..
Apochromat
Chromatic aberration of a single lens causes different wavelengths of light to have differing focal lengths. An apochromat, or apo lens, is a photographic or other lens that has better color correction than the much more common achromat lenses. Chromatic aberration is the phenomenon of differe..
Apoclada
Apoclada is a genus of bamboo (tribe Bambuseae of the family Poaceae), comprising 4 species found in Brazil. ..
Apocope
An apocope or apocopation is a type of metaplasm that refers to a word formed by removing the end of a longer original word. Similar concepts include aphaeresis, which removes the beginning part of a word, and syncope, which removes part of the middle. The word apocopation is derived from the Greek..
Apocraphe
Apocraphe, Also known as Apocraphe The Unstoppable Don, is an underground hip hop artist from Leicester, UK. He is the founder of, and is signed to, Main Rock Records. He has collaborated with such artists as DJ Dise, Cappo, Labratz, Baron Samedi, Scorz-zay-zee and Scalpels. He recently announced a ..
Apocrisiarius
An apocrisiarius (Latinized from the Greek Αποκρισιάριος; sometimes Anglicized as Apocrisiary) was a high diplomatic representative during Late Antiquity and the early mediaeval period. The 'purist' Latin term was responsalis "he who answers". The closest modern equivalent is a papal ..
Apocrita
Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. The Apocrita include wasps, bees and ants, and are comprised of many families. They include the most advanced Hymenoptera and are distinguished from the Symphyta by the narrow "waist" (petiole) formed between the first two segments of th..
Apocroustic
Apocroustics, in pre-modern medicine, were medications intended to stop the flux of malignant humours to a diseased part. They were usually cold, astringent, and consisting of large particles. References This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain..
Apocrypha
Apocrypha (from the Greek word απόκρυφα meaning "those having been hidden away"Specifically, απόκρυφα is the neuter plural of απόκρυφος, a participle derived from αποκρυπτειν, "to hide away".) are texts of uncertain authenticity or writings where the authorship is..
Apocrypha (fiction)
In the context of fiction Apocrypha includes those fictional stories that do not belong within a fictional universe's canon, yet still have some authority relating to that fictional universe. The boundaries between canon, and apocrypha can often be blurred. Etymology The word originally derives the..
Apocrypha Discordia
Apocrypha Discordia is a collection of various works on Discordianism, compiled by Rev. DrJon Swabey from various non-copyrighted (or Kopylefted) sources, including fragments from both on line and printed sources. It includes illuminations from the Melbourne small press zine artist Pope Phil Wloda..
Apocryphon
"Apocryphon" ("secret writing"), plural apocrypha, was a Greek term for a genre of Jewish and Early Christian writings that were meant to impart "secret teachings" or gnosis (knowledge) that could not be publicly taught. Such private instruction to the apostles figures in the canonical Gospels of th..
Apocryphon of Ezekiel
Apocryphon of Ezekiel is an apocryphal book, written in the style of the Old Testament, as relevations of Ezekiel. It survives only in fragments including quotations in Epiphanus, Clement of Rome andClement of Alexandria, and theChester Beatty Papyrus 185. It is likely to have been composed circa 50..
Apocryphon of James
The Apocryphon of James, also known by the translation of its title - the Secret Book of James, is a text amongst the New Testament apocrypha. It survives as the second section of the Jung Codex, first of the thirteen codices in the Nag Hammadi library. Although the text appears to be a Coptic trans..
Apocryphon of John
Part of a series onGnosticism ..
Apocynaceae
The Apocynaceae or dogbane family is a family of flowering plants, including trees, shrubs, herbs, or lianas. Many species are tall trees found in the tropical rainforest, and most are from the tropics and subtropics, but some come from tropical dry, xeric environments. There are also some peren..
Apocynum
Apocynum is a genus with about seven species, commonly known as Dogbane and Indian Hemp. The genus occurs throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, except for being absent from western Europe. Apocynum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including..
Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynum cannabinum (Dogbane or Indian hemp) is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows throughout much of North America, in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It grows up to 2 meters tall. It prefers moist places. It is a poisonous plant; the name means "poisonous to do..
Apodaca
Apodaca is a city that is part of the Greater Monterrey metropolitan area. Apodaca is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nuevo León and an important industrial center. The General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (IATA: MTY) and the Del Norte International Airport (IATA: NTR) are locat..
Apodaca (municipality)
The Municipality of Apodaca is one of the 51 subdivisions of the State of Nuevo León. Municipalities are named after its municipal seat, hence the municipal seat of the Municipality of Apodaca is the City of Apodaca. The municipal government is headed by the municipal president of Apodaca (aka may..
Apodaca Provincial Park
is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Contents 1 History and conservation2 Location3 Size4 External links History and conservation The park was established 1954, one year after the property was donated to the province by Major J.S. Matthews, a noted Vancouver his..
Apodeictic
An apodeictic proposition in Aristotlean logic asserts things which are necessarily or self-evidently the case or impossible, in contrast to assertoric propositions which merely assert that something is or (is not) the case, or problematic propositions which assert only the possibility of something ..
Apodemia
Apodemia is a genus of Metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. ..
Apodemia mormo
Apodemia mormo, Mormon metalmark, is a species of Metalmark butterfly, Riodinidae. Its upperside is orange-brown to black, checkered with black and white spots. Its caterpillar host is various species of Eriogonum, wild buckwheat. Its adult food is nectar from the flowers of Eriogonum and other pl..
Apodemus
Apodemus is a genus of Eurasian field mice. Striped Field Mouse Apodemus agrariusAlpine Field Mouse Apodemus alpicolaSmall Japanese Field Mouse Apodemus argenteusPersian Field Mouse Apodemus arianusChevrier's Field Mouse Apodemus chevrieriSouth China Field Mouse Apodemus dracoYellow-necked Mouse ..
Apodictic
Apodictic (Ancient Greek: , "capable of demonstration"), a logical term, applied to judgments which are necessarily true, as of mathematical conclusions. The term in Aristotelian logic is opposed to dialectic, as scientific proof to probable reasoning. Kant contrasts apodictical with problematic and..
Apodida
The Apodida is an order of littoral to deep-sea, largely infaunal holothurians. This order comprises three families, 32 genera and about 270 known species, called apodids. Characteristics Members of this order have a circum-oral ring and tentacles, but do not have tube feet or radial canals. The ..
Apodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three families: the swifts, Apodidae, the tree swifts, Hemiprocnidae, and the hummingbirds, Trochilidae. In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, hummingbirds are separated from the Apodiformes as a new order Trochiliformes. However the hummingbirds, ..
Apodiscus
Apodiscus is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. Species of Apodiscus A. chevalieri (Hutch.), a tree found in West Africa. ..
Apodization
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Apodora papuana
The Papuan Python (Apodora papuana) is a species of python native to the lower elevations of New Guinea and Indonesia. Contents 1 Description2 Behavior3 Taxonomy4 In captivity5 References Description The Papuan Python is a large snake, growing to lengths approaching 17..
Apodosis
In linguistics, an apodosis is the main clause in a conditional sentence; that is, in a sentence of the form If X, then Y, the apodosis is then Y (expressing the conclusion). The term is commonly contrasted with protasis, which denotes the subordinate clause in such a construction; that is, in a sen..
Apodyterium
In ancient Rome, the apodyterium was the primary entry in the public baths, comprised of a large changing room with cubicles or shelves where citizens could store clothing and other belongings while bathing. Privately-owned slaves, or one hired at the baths, called a capsarius, would look after be..
APOEL FC
APOEL FC (Greek: ΑΠΟΕΛ; Aθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Eλλήνων Λευκωσίας, Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias, Hellenic Athletic Football (Soccer) Team of Nicosia) is a Cypriot football club, playing in Nicosia. Founded on November 8, ..
Apoenzyme
An apoenzyme is an enzyme without its cofactor; that is, the protein molecule to which a coenzyme will bind to produce the holoenzyme. An example of this would be the RNA polymerase apoenzymes that Sigma σ factors compete for during transcription. ..
Apogaea
Apogaea is a collaborative outdoor arts and music festival, held as a regional counterpart for the Burning Man event near Lake George, Colorado. Apogaea establishes a temporary autonomous zone where radical self-expression, inclusiveness, and self-reliance are the hallmarks of its participants. Ex..
Apogee (Album)
Apogee is the second full length release from Wisconsin band Bongzilla. Track listing H.P. KeefmakerSalvationGrim ReeferWitch WeedDealer McDopeSacred SmokeAmerica ..
Apogee (disambiguation)
Apogee may refer to: Apsis, an astronomical term.Apogee Software, a video game publisher.Apogee Acoustics, a maker of audio speakers. 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 chang..
Apogee Electronics
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Apogee Foundation
The Apogee Foundation is an international non-profit organization that supports the performing arts by directly providing support to cultural institutions and individuals that show great potential in their respective fields. The mission of the Foundation is to help talented artists reach their fu..
Apogee Software
Corporate logo of Apogee Software Apogee Software, Ltd. is a video game publisher and developer, established in 1987. The company is best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and as the creator of franchises on the PC such as Duke Nukem, and also the publisher of other franc..
Apogevmatini
Apogevmatini is a Greek newspaper that is published nationally. Its location is at 12 Feidippou Street in downtown and the capital city of Athens. The newspaper was first created in the beginning of the 20th century. It is one of the most read national or state level newspapers in Greece. Histor..
Apogonidae
Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water. Genera FishBase lists 331 species in the following 24 genera. The genus Epigonus, formerly classified he..
Apohaqui, New Brunswick
Apohaqui is a small village in New Brunswick, Canada, and was the hometown of former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna and current mayor of Saint John, Norm McFarlane. ..
Apohele asteroid
Apohele asteroids are a subclass of Aten asteroids. They have not only their perihelion at less than one AU (within Earth's orbit), but also their aphelion; that is, their entire orbit is within Earth's. As of July 2004 there are only two confirmed Apoheles: 2003 CP20 and 2004 JG6. An earlier objec..
Apoidea
The superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, as it includes the "sphecoid" wasps, in addition to their descendants, the bees. These two major lineages are too closely related to be cleanly split from one another, and even the present classification faces some serious challenges..
Apokolips
Apokolips In the DC Comics fictional shared Universe, Apokolips was the planet ruled by Darkseid, established in Jack Kirby's Fourth World series. It is also integral to many DC Comics stories. The planet is considered the opposite of New Genesis. Apokolips is an ecumenopolis with burning f..
Apokolips Technology
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Apokoronas
Apokoronas is a region of north-west Crete, Greece, in Chania prefecture, to the east of Chania itself. The Apokoronas extends from the foothills of the White Mountains north to the coast, in a wide plain with rolling hills. To the east, Cape Drapanon rises above the plain and extends out into the ..
Apolacon Township, Pennsylvania
Apolacon Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 507 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 60.6 km² (23.4 mi²). 59.9 km² (23.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²)..
Apolda
Apolda is a town in Thuringia, Germany, capital of the Weimarer Land district. It is situated near the river Ilm, 9 miles east by north from Weimar, on the main line of railway from Berlin via Halle, to Frankfurt. It has few notable public buildings, but possesses three churches and monuments to th..
Apolima
Apolima seen from the Upolu-Savai'i ferry Apolima is the fourth largest island of Samoa. It is located in Apolima Strait between Upolu and Savai'i and is outside Upolu's fringing coral reef. The island, a rim of an extinct crater that reaches a height of 165 m, has one village with a populatio..
Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (July 23, 1864—May 13, 1903), also known as the "Sublime Paralytic", was a Filipino theoretician who wrote the constitution for the [first Philippine republic] of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899. He was bo..
Apolipoprotein
Note: This article may contain some off-topic [categorycategories]. Apolipoproteins are a class of apoproteins, which are proteins that depend on the presence of other small molecules, or cofactors, to function. Thus, apolipoproteins are the protein constituents of lipoproteins, which a..
Apolipoprotein B
Apolipoprotein B (APOB) is the primary apolipoprotein of low density lipoproteins (LDL or "bad cholesterol"), and is responsible for carrying cholesterol to tissues. While it is unclear exactly what functional role APOB plays in LDL, it is the primary component and is absolutely required for its for..
Apolipoprotein C1
Apolipoprotein C1 is a lipoprotein with a length of 57 amino acids. It is one of the most positively charged proteins in the human body. Its main function is inhibition of CETP, probably by altering the electric charge of HDL molecules. ..
Apolipoprotein C2
Apolipoprotein C2 is a lipoprotein responsible for the activation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) in capillaries and thus begins the catabolism of the chylomicrons/VLDL. ..
Apolipoprotein E
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Apollarium
Apollarium is an architectural term which describes a structure or room with a concave glass ceiling shaped to follow the traverse of the sun in the specific latitude and longitude in which the building exists. ..
Apollinaris
Apollinaris is a Latin adjective which refers to the Greek and Roman god Apollo, as in: Legio XV Apollinaris, a Roman legionApollinaris (water), an effervescent mineral water. an ancient male personal name, notably:*Saint Apollinaris Claudius (fl. 2nd century), religious leader & author*Apollinari..
Apollinarism
Apollinarism or Apollinarianism was a view proposed by Apollinaris of Laodicea that Jesus had a human body and lower soul (the seat of the emotions) but a divine mind. Apollinaris further taught that the souls of men were propagated by other souls, as well as their bodies. Theodoret charged him wit..
Apollinaris (water)
For other uses, see Apollinaris Apollinaris is a brand of effervescent table water, very well-known in German-speaking countries. Apollinaris has been sourced from a spring in Bad Neuenahr, Germany since 1852. Today the source and the brand of Apollinaris belong to the multinational Cadbury-Schwepp..
Apollinaris Claudius
Saint Apollinaris Claudius, otherwise Apollinaris of Hierapolis or Apollinaris the Apologist, was a Christian leader and writer of the 2nd century. He was Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia and became famous for his polemical treatises against the heretics of his day, whose errors he showed to be enti..
Apollinaris of Laodicea
Apollinaris, "the Younger" (died 390), was a bishop of Laodicea in Syria. He collaborated with his father Apollinaris the Elder in reproducing the Old Testament in the form of Homeric and Pindaric poetry, and the New Testament after the fashion of Platonic dialogues, when the emperor Julian had forb..
Apollinary Vasnetsov
Apollinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Russian: Аполлинарий Михайлович Васнецов) (July 25 (N.S. August 6), 1856, the village of Riabovo, Vyatka province - January 23, 1933, Moscow) was a Russian painter and graphic artist whose elder brother was the more famous Viktor Vas..
Apollo
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Lycian Apollo, early Imperial Roman copy of a fourth century Greek original (Louvre Museum) In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; or Απελλων, Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros,Not all kouroi should be identifie..
Apollo's belt
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Apollo's Chariot
Apollo's Chariot is the first Bolliger and Mabillard Speed Coaster, located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Opened in 1999, it soon became a favorite roller coaster of many enthusiasts and riders. The roller coaster uses and out and back design with a helix. Ride Experience Riders start by climbin..
Apollo's Fire
Apollo's Fire is an orchestra specializing in early music (Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical) based in Cleveland, Ohio. Contents 1 History2 Music Director3 Concerts4 Discography5 External links History Apollo's Fire was founded in 1992 by Jeannette Sorrell, with ..
Apollo, Pennsylvania
Apollo is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Pittsburgh in a former coal-mining region. Apollo was settled in 1790, laid out in 1816, and incorporated as a borough in 1848. The population in 1890 stood at 2,156; in 1900, 2,924; and in 1910, 3006. The populatio..
Apollo-second class protected cruiser
Apollo-second class protected cruisers were built for the Royal Navy in the late 19th Century and served during the Boer War and World War I. Ships of this class consisted of: Apollo (1891)Aeolus (1891)Andromache (1890)Brilliant (1891)Indefatigable (1891)Intrepid (1891) - Scuttled 1918Iphigenia (1..
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Mission Spacecraft Mission Statistics (Soyuz) Mission Name: Soyuz 19 Call Sign: Союз (Soyuz - "Union") Number ofCrew: 2 Launch: July 15, 197512:20:00 UTCBaikonur Apogee: 231 km Perigee: 218 km Period: 88.92 min Inclination: 51.76 deg Landing: July 21, 1975..
Apollo/Domain
Apollo/Domain was a range of workstations developed and produced by Apollo Computer from circa 1980 to 1989. The machines were built around the Motorola 68k family of processors, except for the DN10000, which had from one to four of Apollo's RISC processors, named PRISM. The original operating syst..
Apollo/Skylab A7L
The A7L Apollo & Skylab spacesuit is the primary pressure suit worn by NASA astronauts for Project Apollo, the three manned Skylab flights, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project between 1968 and the termination of the Apollo program in 1975. The "A7L" designation is used by NASA as the seventh Apollo ..
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983) is an album by the British ambient musician Brian Eno. It is played by Brian Eno, his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois. This music was originally recorded in 1983 for a documentary called For All Mankind. This film’s release was delayed until 1989. By ..
Apollodorus
Apollodorus was a common name in ancient Greece. This article deals with the historian and mythographer. For other men of the same name, including Apollodorus of Carystus and Apollodorus of Damascus, see Apollodorus (disambiguation). Apollodorus (born c. 180 BC), sometimes anachronistically called ..
Apollodorus (disambiguation)
Apollodorus was a popular name in ancient Greece. It may refer to: Apollodorus of Athens, (born c. 180 BC), historian and mythographerthe supposed author of Bibliotheca, today often called Pseudo-ApollodorusApollodorus (painter), an Athenian painter, flourished at the end of the 5th century BC He i..
Apollodorus (painter)
Apollodorus was an Athenian painter, who flourished at the end of the 5th century B.C. He is said to have introduced great improvements in perspective and chiaroscuro. What these were it is impossible to say: perspective cannot have been in his day at an advanced stage. Among his works were Odysseus..
Apollodorus of Artemita
Apollodorus of Artemita was a Greek writer of the 1st century BCE. Apollodorus wrote a history of the Parthian Empire (Parthika) in at least four books. He is quoted by Strabo and Athenaeus. Strabo stated that he was very reliable. Apollodorus seems to have used the archieves of Artemita and Seleu..
Apollodorus of Carystus
Apollodorus of Carystus in Euboea was one of the most important writers of the Attic New Comedy, who flourished in Athens between 300 and 260 B.C. He is to be distinguished from the older Apollodorus of Gela (342—290), also a writer of comedy, a contemporary of Menander. He wrote 47 comedies a..
Apollodorus of Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus was a Greek engineer, architect, designer and sculptor who flourished during the 2nd century AD. He was a favourite of Trajan, for whom he constructed Trajan's Bridge over the Danube for the 104 campaign in Dacia. He also planned a gymnasium, a college, public baths, the Odeu..
Apollodorus of Pergamum
Apollodorus of Pergamum, one of the two most prominent teachers of rhetoric in the 1st century BC along with Theodorus of Gadara. His most famous student became the first Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Students of Apollodorus were commonly referred to as Apollodoreans, while students of Theodorus we..
Apollodotus I
Indo-Greek king Apollodotus I (180-160 BCE). Attic standard. Obv.: Bust of Apollodotus I wearing kausia, with bead and reel border. Rev.: Athena holding Nike, who crowns the king’s name. Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔ ..
Apollodotus II
Indo-Greek king Apollodotus II (80-65 BC). Obv.: Bust of king Apollodotus II. Greek legend ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ \..
Apollon
Apollon may refer to: Apollo, ancient Greek god of light, healing and poetry.Apollon (Formula One), Formula One constructor.Apollon (GUI), a KDE-based GUI for the giFT protocol.Apollon Kalamarias, Greek football club.Apollon Limassol, Cypriot football club.Apollon Musagète, a 1928 ballet by Igor S..
Apollonas Larissas
Apollonas Larissas is a Greek football club based in Fillipoupoli, Larissa, Greece. Its colours are blue and white. Greek Northern Tertiary Division 2005/06 Agrotikos Asteras | AE Ptolemaidas | Anagennisi Artas | Anagennisi Karditsas | Apollonas Larissas | Doxa Dramas | PAS Giannina | Thermaiko..
Apollonia
Apollonia may be: People: Saint Apollonia, of AlexandriaApollonia Kotero, musician & actor Places: Apollonia, CyrenaicaApollonia, IllyriaApollonia in Mygdonia, near modern Apollonia, ThessalonikiApollonia in Palestine, later called Arsuf, near modern Herzliya, Israel.Apollonia, Pisidia, later calle..
Apollonia, Cyrenaica
For other uses of Apollonia, see Apollonia. Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of Cyrene, 20 km (12 miles) to the southwest. The Greek geographer and mathematician Era..
Apollonia, Illyria
For other uses of Apollonia, see Apollonia. --> Apollonia in Illyria (modern Albania), known as Apollonia (κατ' Εριδαμνον or προς Εριδαμνω), was located on the right bank of the Aous, the ruins of which are situated in the Fier region, near the village of Pojan (Pojani), geo..
Apollonia, Thessaloniki
Apollonia is an ancient town (former Apollonia in Mygdonia) in Greek Macedonia along the Via Egnatia, about midway between Thessalonica and Amphipolis. The modern town and municipality Apollonia is part of the Thessaloniki Prefecture and had 4.137 inhabitants as of 2001. Municipalities and ..
Apollonian and Dionysian
The Apollonian and Dionysian is a philosophical and literary concept that is based on certain features of ancient Greek mythology. It has been used by several Western philosophical and literary figures, including Plutarch, Friedrich Nietzsche, literary critic G. Wilson Knight, and cultural critic Ca..
Apollonian circles
It has been suggested that this article or section be [Merging and moving pagesmerged] with [Circles of Apollonius]. ([Discuss]) Apollonian circles are two families of circles such that every circle in the first family intersects every circle in the second family orth..
Apollonian gasket
In mathematics, an Apollonian gasket or Apollonian net is a fractal generated from three circles, any two of which are tangent to one another. It is named after Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga. Contents 1 Construction2 Variations3 Symmetries4 Links with hyperbolic geom..
Apollonian Guard
The Apollonian Guard was a unit of the Trojan Army, named after the largest and most important gate of Troy, the Apallonian Gate, and were noted as some of the greatest and most experienced soldiers of the Trojans. These soldiers were usually put into the front-line of battles, and were noted to be ..
Apollonias
For other uses of Apollonias, see Apollonia Apollonias is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes from one to ten species of evergreen trees and shrubs, depending on circumscription; recent studies (e.g. Rohwer 1993, van der Werff 2003) have limite..
Apollonia 6
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Apollonia 6 was a Prince-created 80s trio of female singers that was a continuation of a previous group, Vanity 6. After a number of disputes with Prince, Denise Matthews, also known as Vanity, the lead singer of Prince-created Vanity 6, fled the Prince entourage ..
Apollonia Kotero
Apollonia Kotero on her 1988 debut album "Apollonia" Born Patricia Kotero on August 2, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, Apollonia Kotero is a swimsuit model, actress and singer. She joined Prince's entourage after the departure of Vanity, Denise Matthews, as lead in the film Purple Rain and as..
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone
Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone (born 1931) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather saga. She is played by Simonetta Stefanelli in the film. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Shortly after Michael Corleone arrives in Sicily following his escape..
Apollonius
Apollonius may be: Historical people: Apollonius (philosopher), Greek philosopher is Apollonius of Tyana listed below.Apollonius of Rhodes (born c. 270 BCE), librarianApollonius of Perga (262–190 BCE), geometer & astronomerApollonius of Tralles (fl. 2nd century BCE), sculptorApollonius of Athens ..
Apollonius' theorem
In elementary geometry, Apollonius' theorem is a theorem relating several elements in a triangle. It states that given a triangle ABC, if D is any point on BC such that it divides BC in the ratio n:m (or [mBD = nDC]), then [mAB^2 + nAC^2 = mBD^2 + nDC^2 + (m+n)AD^2.] Specia..
Apollonius (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Apollonius Dyscolus
Apollonius Dyscolus (fl. 2nd century AD) is considered one of the greatest of the Greek grammarians. He was born at Alexandria, son of Mnesitheus. Nicknamed ὁ δυσκολος, meaning "the Surly or Crabbed or Hard to please", because of..
Apollonius Molon
Apollonius Molon (sometimes called simply Molon), Greek rhetorician, who flourished about 70 BC. He was a native of Alabanda, a pupil of Menecles, and settled at Rhodes. He twice visited Rome as an ambassador from Rhodes, and Cicero and Caesar took lessons from him. He endeavoured to moderate the ..
Apollonius of Perga
Apollonius of Perga [Pergaeus] (c. 262 BC–c. 190 BC) was a Greek geometer and astronomer, of the Alexandrian school, noted for his writings on conic sections. It was Apollonius who gave the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola the names by which we know them. The hypothesis of ecc..
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes (Apollonios Rhodios) (270 BC? – unknown, after 245 BC), Hellenistic Greek epic poet and scholar of the Library of Alexandria, during the reigns of Ptolemy II and Ptolemy III, and a chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria. He is best known for his Argonautika, a literary ..
Apollonius of Tralles
Apollonius of Tralles (in Caria) was a Greek sculptor who flourished in the 2nd century BCE. With his brother Tauriscus, he executed the marble group known as the Farnese Bull, representing Zethus and Amphion tying the revengeful Dirce to the tail of a wild bull. References ..
Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana lived in the first century of the Christian era, born about 1 CE and perhaps reaching the age of 100. He was a Neo-Pythagorean philosopher and teacher of Greek origin. His teaching influenced both scientific thought and occultism for centuries after his death. Engraved portra..
Apollonius of Tyre
Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of a popular medieval story, existing in numerous forms in many languages. In most versions, the eponymous hero is hunted and persecuted after he reveals a king's incestuous relationship with his daughter. After many travels and adventures, in which Apollonius lose..
Apollonius the Effeminate
Apollonius, surnamed ὁ μαλακος ("the Effeminate"), a Greek rhetorician of Alabanda in Caria, who flourished about 120 B.C. After studying under Menecles, chief of the Asiatic school of oratory, he settled in Rhodes, where he taught rhetoric, a..
Apollonius the Sophist
Apollonius, surnamed "the Sophist", was a famous grammarian, who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century A.D. and taught in Rome in the time of Tiberius. He was born in Alexandria, the son of another grammarian, Archibius. He was the author of a Homeric lexicon (Λεξ&epsi..
Apollonopolis
Apollonopolis or Apollinopolis (Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις) may refer to any of several ancient cities in Egypt or Aethiopia, including: Apollonopolis Magna, the "Great Apollonopolis", capital of its own nome, now Edfu, Egypt Apollonopolis Parva, the "Lesser Apollonopolis", was applied t..
Apollonopolis Magna
Apollonopolis Magna or Apollinopolis Magna (Greek: πόλις μεγάλη Ἀπόλλωνος, Strabo xvii. p. 817; Agartharch. p. 22; Plin. v. 9. s. 11; Plut. Is. et Osir. 50; Aelian. Hist. An. x. 2; Ptol. iv. 5. § 70; Ἀπολλωνία, Steph. Byzant. s. v.; Ἀπολλωνιάς, Hierocl. p. ..
Apollonopolis Parva (Coptos)
Apollonopolis Parva or Apollinopolis Parva (Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις μικρά, Ptol. iv. 5. § 70; Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις, Strabo xvii. p. 815) or Apollonos Vicus (It. Anton. p. 165), was an ancient town of the Thebaid, in the Coptite Nome, in latitude 26° North, situated bet..
Apollonopolis Parva (Hypselis)
Apollonopolis Parva or Apollinopolis Parva (Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος ἡ μικρά, Steph. B. s. v.; Ἀπόλλων μικρός, Hierocl. p. 731) or Apollonos minoris [urbs] (It. Anton. p. 158), was an ancient town in Upper Egypt, in latitude 27° North, upon the western bank of the Ni..
Apollonos Hydreium
Apollonos Hydreium (Plin. vi. 26; It. Anton.) or Apollinopolis or Apollonopolis (Greek: Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις), was an ancient city of Egypt that stood upon the high road from Coptos, in the Thebaid, to Berenice on the Red Sea, and was a watering station for the caravans in their transit be..
Apollon (Formula One)
Apollon was a Formula One constructor from Switzerland. They participated in one Grand Prix. In 1977, the Jolly Club of Switzerland bought a 1973 John Clarke designed WilliamsF1 FW03 built. The car was renamed the Apollon Fly and was driven by Loris Kessel at the Italian Grand Prix. The car was hop..
Apollon (GUI)
Apollon is a free client for the giFT protocol for the KDE Desktop Environment. It is a P2P application that can connect to many networks, such as OpenFT, Gnutella, Ares Galaxy and FastTrack. According to the [Apollon Website], plugins for the OpenNap and SoulSeek networks are under deve..
Apollon (ship)
Apollon (formerly Empress of Canada, Mardi Gras, Olympic, Star of Texas, Lucky Star, Apollo) was a cruise ship which first entered operation in 1961, and was scrapped in 2003. History Following the success of Empress of Britain in 1956 and Empress of England in 1957, Canadian Pacific ordered a th..
Apollon Dashkov
Apollon Andreevich Dashkov Russian: (1753-1808) was a Russian infantry general and the first Governor of Taganrog. Apollon Dashkov participated in the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774; mayor-general and commander of the Kiev grenadier regiment since 1797; later - chef of Nasheburg musketeer regimen..
Apollon Grigoryev
Apollon Grigoryev Аполлон Александрович Григорьев (1822-1864) - a Russian poet, literary and theatrical critic, translator, memoirist, the author of a number of popular songs and romances. Contents 1 Early years2 The beginning of creative way3 Moskvi..
Apollon Kalamarias
Apollon Kalamarias is a soccer team of the Greek National Division, founded in 1926. The team is named after the Greek god Apollo. It plays in the suburb of Kalamaria, southeast of Thessaloniki. The team is planning to build a new modern stadium (15,000 seats) in 2008. Players Charilaos Pappa..
Apollon Limassol
Contents 1 Introduction - History2 Stadium3 Trophies4 European Experience5 Current Squad6 Official Fan Club7 External links Introduction - History Apollon Limassol (Greek: Απόλλων Λεμεσού) is a Cypriot football club, based in Limassol. Apollon..
Apollon Maykov
Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (Russian: , June 4, 1821, Moscow – March 20, 1897, Petersburg) was a Russian poet. Born into the artistic family of Nikolay Apollonovich Maykov, a painter and an academic. In 1834 the family moved to Petersburg. In 1837-1841 Maykov studied law at the Petersburg Un..
Apollophanes
Apollophanes is also a spider genus (Philodromidae). Silver drachm of king Apollophanes (r. 35-25 BCE). Obv: Helmeted bust of king. Greek legend: BASILEOS SOTIROS APOLLOPHANOU "Saviour king Apollophanes". Rev: Pallas with aegis and thunderbolt. Kharoshthi legend: MAHARAJASA TRATARASA APALAVINASA ..
Apollos
Apollos (Απολλως; contracted from Apollonius) was an early Christian, who is mentioned several times in the New Testament. His special gifts in presenting Christian doctrine made him an important person in the congregation at Corinth, Greece after Paul's first visit there (1 Corinthians 3:6)...
Apollo (1910 automobile)
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Apollo (1962 automobile)
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Apollo (1971 automobile)
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Apollo (band)
Apollo was a short-lived Finnish band who released their eponymous album in 1970. Musically, they were heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin, though the music on the album also incorporated elements of psychedelia and early progressive rock. The band's line-up consisted of Edward Vesala (drums, percuss..
Apollo (Battlestar Galactica)
Apollo can be several things in Battlestar Galactica Original Continuity Apollo is the son of Commander Adama & Ila. He is played by Richard Hatch who also portrays Tom Zarek in the new Battlestar Galactica. Apollo has a sister Athena, also a Warrior, and a brother Zac, who was killed in the Des..
Apollo (butterfly)
The Apollo or Mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo), is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is found on mountains up to 2000m, preferring flowery meadows and mountain pastures. The caterpillar's favourite food plant is Stonecrop (Sedum). References Gimenez Dixon (1996). [Parnassius apol..
Apollo (comics)
Apollo is a comic book superhero who first appeared in the Stormwatch series, but is best known for his role in The Authority. While visually distinct, Apollo is very much cast in the mold of the Superman archetype. Apollo is notable for being one of the few gay superheroes in print. He's married ..
Apollo (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Apollo (disambiguation)
This is a list of entities named, nick-named, or containing the name Apollo: Apollo, a Greek god of light, healing, and poetryApollo, the Sun when visible in morning Cultural institutions: Apollo Theater, a landmark performance venue in the Harlem neighborhood of New York CityApollo Theatre, a Lon..
Apollo (magazine)
Apollo is a widely-respected magazine on the fine and decorative arts. It is owned by the Barclay brothers through the Press Holdings company. Its editor is Michael Hall, and contributors include Martin Gayford, Gavin Stamp and Alan Powers. External links [Apollo homepage][Digital ed..
Apollo (submarine communications cable)
Apollo is a submarine communications cable crossing the Atlantic ocean, owned by Cable & Wireless. External links http://www.cw.com/uk/nss/apollo/ ..
Apollo 1
Apollo One is the official name given retroactively to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral) atop a Saturn IB rocket. Its crew were the astronauts selected for the initial Apollo pr..
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission Name: Apollo 10 Call sign: Command module:Charlie BrownLunar module:Snoopy Number ofCrew: 3 Launch: May 18, 196916:49:00 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39B Lunar orbit: May 21 20:44:54 UTC-May 24 10:25:29 UTC Splashdown: May 26, 196916:52:2..
Apollo 100
Joy: Best of Apollo 100 Apollo 100 was a short-lived British instrumental group that had a moderate hit with the Johann Sebastian Bach-inspired single "Joy" in 1972. Arranger Tom Parker put together the band in 1972, with drummer Clem Cattini, guitarist Vic Flick, guitarist Zed Jenkins, percu..
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, and the third human voyage to the moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Ald..
Apollo 11 (disambiguation)
Apollo 11 may refer to: For the manned lunar landing mission, see Apollo 11For the six-time race-winning horse, see Apollo Eleven 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..
Apollo 12
Apollo 12 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name: Apollo 12 Call sign: Command module:Yankee ClipperLunar module:Intrepid Number ofcrew: 3 Launch: November 14, 196916:22:00 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39A Lunar landing: November 19, 196906:54:35 UTC3° 0' 44.60" S - 23° 25' 17.65"..
Apollo 13
This article is about the Moon mission. For the film, see Apollo 13 (film). Apollo 13 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name: Apollo 13 Call sign: Command module: OdysseyLunar module: Aquarius Number ofcrew: 3 Launch: April 11, 197019:13:00 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39A Lunar fly..
Apollo 13 (film)
This article is about the film; for the Moon mission, see Apollo 13. Apollo 13 is a 1995 film portrayal of the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar mission. The movie was adapted by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert from the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. It was directed by Ron Howard. I..
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name: Apollo 14 Call Signs: Command module: Kitty HawkLunar module: Antares Number ofcrew: 3 Launch: January 31, 197121:03:02 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39A Lunar landing: February 5, 197109:18:11 UTC3° 38' 43.08" S - 17° 28' 16.90" WF..
Apollo 15
Apollo 15 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name: Apollo 15 Call sign: Command module: EndeavourLunar module: Falcon Number ofcrew: 3 Launch: July 26, 197113:34:00 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39A Lunar landing: July 30, 197122:16:29 UTC26° 7' 55.99" N - 3° 38' 1.90" EHadley Rille..
Apollo 15, Lunar surface
This article is part of a series on Apollo 15. Outward journey Solo operations Lunar surface Return to Earth Apollo 15 Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin spent three days on the Moon and a total of 18½ hours outside the spacecraft on lunar extra-vehicular activity. Th..
Apollo 15, Outward journey
This article is part of a series on Apollo 15. Outward journey Solo operations Lunar surface Return to Earth Launching at 9:34:00 am EST on July 26, 1971, Apollo 15 would take four days to reach the Moon. After spending two hours in orbit around the Earth, the S-IVB third stage of the Satur..
Apollo 15, Return to Earth
This article is part of a series on Apollo 15. Outward journey Solo operations Lunar surface Return to Earth After the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Falcon lifted from the lunar surface it rendezvoused and docked with the Command/Service Module Endeavour. After transferring across the lunar samples..
Apollo 15, Solo operations
This article is part of a series on Apollo 15. Outward journey Solo operations Lunar surface Return to Earth During the three day explorations of the Moon by Scott and Irwin, Worden had a busy schedule of observations. Apollo 15 was the first mission to carry the SIM bay, which contained a ..
Apollo 15 postage stamp scandal
The Apollo 15 postage stamp scandal occurred within the United States astronaut corps in 1971. The crew of Apollo 15 took 400 first-edition commemorative first-day postage stamp covers with them on their trip to the Moon, with the understanding that when they returned, the stamps could be sold as va..
Apollo 16
Apollo 16 Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission Name: Apollo 16 Call Sign: Command module: CasperLunar module: Orion Number ofCrew: 3 Launch: April 16, 197217:54:00 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39A Lunar Landing: April 21, 197202:23:35 UTC8° 58' 22.84" S - 15° 30' 0.68" EDescartes Hig..
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission Name: Apollo 17 Call Sign: Command module: AmericaLunar module: Challenger Number ofCrew: 3 Launch: December 7 197205:33:00 UTCKennedy Space CenterLC 39A Lunar Landing: December 11 197219:54:57 UTC20° 11' 26.88" N - 30° 46' 18.05" ETa..
Apollo 18 (album)
Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants' fourth studio album. It was released in 1992 and named after the Apollo missions, which ended at Apollo 17. The album marked the first conscious effort by John Linnell and John Flansburgh to branch out of their early sound, opting for more traditional rock rhyt..
Apollo 1 Hills
Apollo Hills panorama from the MER-A landing site The Apollo 1 Hills are three vastly separated hills located in Gusev Crater, on Mars. They were photographed from a great distance by the Spirit Rover. They are named in memory of the three astronauts who died on the launchpad of Apollo 1. G..
Apollo 4
Apollo 4 was the first unmanned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It was also the first flight of the S-IC and S-II stages of the rocket. Contents 1 Objectives2 The pieces arrive3 Flight4 Cameras5 Capsule location6 External links Objectives Early morning vi..
Apollo 440
Apollo 440 (alternately known as Apollo Four Forty or @440) is a British musical band formed in 1990 in Liverpool by brothers Trevor and Howard Gray with fellow Liverpudlian Noko. All members sing and add a profusion of samples, electronics, and computer-based sounds. The name comes from the Greek..
Apollo 5
Apollo 5 was the first unmanned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module, which would later carry astronauts to the lunar surface. Contents 1 Objectives2 Delays3 Flight4 Insignia5 External links Objectives The Apollo 5 mission was intended to test the Lunar Module in a space e..
Apollo 6
Apollo 6, launched in April 1968, was the Apollo program's second and last unmanned test flight of its Saturn V launch vehicle. Contents 1 Objectives2 The pieces come together3 Flight3.1 Launch3.2 Orbit4 Causes and fixes of problems5 Cameras6 Public impact7..
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. It was an eleven-day earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission. Contents 1 Crew1.1 Backup Crew1.2 Support Crew2 M..
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the Apollo space program, in which Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth orbit and to orbit around the Moon. It was also the first manned launch of the Saturn..
Apollo 8 Genesis Reading
On 24 December1968, in what was the most watched television broadcast to date, the crew of Apollo 8 surprised the world with a reading from Genesis as they orbited the moon. Transcript William Anders: For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you. ..
Apollo 9
Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. It was the second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM). Contents 1 Crew1.1 Backup crew1.2 Support..
Apollo 9 (musician)
Apollo 9 is the stage name of San Diego saxophonist Paul O'Beirne, most known for his membership in the band Rocket from the Crypt. He was also a member of the hardcore band Rice. ..
Apollo abort modes
During the course of the launch of an Apollo spacecraft by the Saturn V rocket there were several ways for the crew and computers to abort the flight. The method that would be used depended on how far into the flight the crew were. None of these abort modes were ever used. Apollo Launch Escape ..
Apollo Alliance
The Apollo Alliance is a project organized by the Institute for America's Future and the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. Its goals include establishing energy independence for the United States of America, as well as developing cleaner and more efficient energy alternatives. Its allies are drawn from ..
Apollo and Daphne
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Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)
Apollo and Daphne Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622-1625 Marble, height 243 cm Galleria Borghese Apollo and Daphne is a baroque sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ..
Apollo Applications Program
Background The Apollo Applications Program (AAP) was established by NASA headquarters in 1968 to develop science based manned space missions using surplus material from the Apollo Lunar Landing Program. Initially the AAP office in Washington was an off-shoot of the Apollo "X" bureau, also known a..
Apollo Arena Bratislava
Apollo Arena Bratislava is a multi-use indoor arena in Bratislava, Slovakia that is currently under construction. Once completed in 2010, it will be used mostly for ice hockey and basketball matches. The arena will have a capacity of 13,600 people. ..
Apollo asteroid
The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, the first asteroid of this group to be discovered. They are Earth-crosser asteroids that have orbital semi-major axes greater than that of the Earth. Some can get very close to the Earth, making them a potential threat..
Apollo asteroid records
The following is a list of current records for Apollo_asteroids. Contents 1 Discovery records2 Size records3 Orbit element records4 External links Discovery records 1st Discovered: 1862 Apollo (1932) Size records Largest: 1866 SisyphusSmallest: 2003 SQ222 Orbit element rec..
Apollo Bay, Victoria
Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the eastern side of Cape Otway, and is along the Great Ocean Road, in the Colac Otway Shire. The town has an approximate population of 1000. Originally a fishing and dairying village, it now makes an income f..
Apollo Beach, Florida
Apollo Beach is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,444 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics2.1 Population history of Apollo Beach3 External links Geography Apollo Beach is located a..
Apollo Belvedere
Apollo Belvedere in Museo Pio-Clementino. The Apollo Belvedere is a marble sculpture that was rediscovered in the late 15th century; for centuries it epitomized the ideals of Classical Antiquity for Europeans, from the Renaissance through the 19th century. In the 1530s it was engraved by Mar..
Apollo brewery
Apollo Brewery is a brewpub located in the centre of Copenhagen Denmark. External links [Apollo brewery homepage] (Danish) ..
Apollo C. Quiboloy
Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy is the Executive Pastor of The Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name. Apollo C. Quiboloy has the Broadcast Studio of the ACQ Kingdom Broadcasting Network which broadcasts the programs 24 hours a day and seven days a week from Davao City to the whole World. Pas..
Apollo Cinemas
Apollo Cinemas Apollo Cinemas are a British cinema company, owning cinemas across the UK. Including the following towns/ cities: Barrow-in-Furness Burnley Fareham Leamington Spa Morecambe Port Talbot Rhyl Stafford Stroud Torbay The West End - London and coming soon: Redditch Altrincha..
Apollo Command/Service Module
North American Apollo CSM Apollo CSM in lunar orbit Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36.2 ft 11.03 m Diameter: 12.8 ft 3.9 m Volume: 218 ft3 6.17 m3 Weights Command module: 12,807 lb 5,809 kg Service module: 54,0..
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer, Inc., founded 1980 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts by William Poduska (a founder of Prime Computer), developed and produced Apollo/Domain workstations in the 1980s. Along with Symbolics and Sun Microsystems, Apollo was one of the first vendors of graphical workstations in the 1980s. ..
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from Sylvester Stallone's Rocky franchise. He is portrayed by Carl Weathers. He appeared in the Rocky series from 1976 to his death in Rocky IV 1985. He was best known for his Muhammad Ali-esque personality (on whom he was based) and arrogance. Apollo Creed is..
Apollo Diamond
Apollo Diamond, based in Boston, produces nearly flawless single crystal diamond wafers and crystals for the optoelectronics, nanotechnology, and consumer gem markets. The company pioneered chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for the production of gem-sized cultured diamond crystals, leading to several ..
Apollo Electronics
Apollo Electronics is a company that makes DVD-players, LCD-screens and Videogames sold under the brandname NextBase. Apollo Electronics was founded in 1992. The headquarters are located in Hong Kong. External links [Apollo Electronics - Official website] this page is currently redirectin..
Apollo Eleven
''This article is about the race horse, Apollo Eleven. For other uses, see Apollo 11(disambiguation). Apollo Eleven is a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1967 by Cyrus out of Lady Rizzio. He is notable for winning the Tancred Stakes and the Auckland Cup. Major races won 1975 Chipping..
Apollo et Hyacinthus
The Death of Hyacinth by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Apollo et Hyacinthus is an opera, K.38, written in 1767 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was 11 years old at the time. It is Mozart's first true opera when one considers Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebotes is simply a sacred drama. It is in th..
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata
Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals (Kolkata) is a venture of Apollo Hospitals, India. It is a 325-bed multispecialty hospital. Location The hospital is situated on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, on the eastern side of the city, near Bidhannagar. External links [Apollo Hospitals Group website]..
Apollo Group
Apollo Group, Inc. NASDAQ: [APOL] is an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona. Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides higher education to working adults. The company offers associate degrees in business, criminal justice, general studies, health administration, and ..
Apollo Guidance Computer
The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was the first recognizably modern embedded system, used in real-time by astronaut pilots to collect and provide flight information, and to automatically control all of the navigational functions of the Apollo spacecraft. It was developed for the Apollo program by t..
Apollo Hospital
Apollo Hospitals is an Indian healthcare corporation that operates 38 hospitals in South Asia. It is the largest healthcare provider in Asia and the third largest in the world. Apollo Hospital Delhi is the first hospital in India to be accredited by the JCI and is affiliated with Johns Hopkins int..
Apollo Hospitals
Apollo Hospitals is a major Hospital chain based in Chennai, India. It was founded by Dr.Prathap C. Reddy in 1983. Today, Apollo is the largest private healthcare provider in Asia and the third largest in the world, with hospitals in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana, Nigeria, Qatar, and Kuwait..
Apollo Junior High School
Apollo Junior High School is one of two intermediate schools that feed L.V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas. Founded in 1977, Apollo Junior High School educates students in grades 7-8. As of 2006, the school principal is Jack Noteware. Approximately annual enrollment is 800 students, ..
Apollo Lunar Module
Lunar lander redirects here. For the computer game see Lunar Lander Grumman Apollo LM Apollo LM on lunar surface Description Role: Lunar landing Crew: 2; CDR, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 20.9 ft 6.37 m Diameter: 14 ft 4.27 m Landing gear span: 29.75 ft 9.07 m Volume: 235 ft3..
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package
ALSEP of the Apollo 16 mission The Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) comprised a set of scientific instruments placed by the astronauts at the landing site of each of the five Apollo missions to land on the Moon following Apollo 11 (Apollos 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17). Apollo ..
Apollo moon landing hoax accusations
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong in NASA's training mockup of the moon and lander module. Hoax proponents say the entire mission was filmed on sets like this one. The Apollo moon landing hoax accusations are a series of claims alleging that the Apollo moon landings never took place, but were in..
Apollo Mussin-Pushkin
Count Apollos Apollosovich Mussin-Pushkin (February 17, 1760 – April 18, 1805) was a Russian chemist and plant collector. He led a botanical expedition to the Caucasus in 1802. ..
Apollo Observatory
Apollo Observatory OrganizationMiami Valley Astronomical Society Location Coordinates[°′″N, °′″W] Altitudemeters (feet) Webpage[link] Telescopes Unnamed Telescope 50cm Dall-Kirkham Cassegrainian Reflector Apollo Observatory is an astronomical observatory ow..
Apollo Pavilion
The Apollo Pavilion is a controversial piece of public art in the new town of Peterlee in County Durham in the North East of England. The structure is also known as the Pasmore Pavilion after its designer Victor Pasmore or by some as 'The Monstrosity'. The Pavilion is made out of reinforced concret..
Apollo Perelini
Apollo Perelini (born 16 July 1969) is a Samoan dual code rugby international. He was named 'Apollo 11' because he was born on the day that the Apollo space project was launched. In the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup he played as an open side flanker, in the Samoans' four games (against Scotland, Wal..
Apollo PGNCS
The Apollo Primary Guidance, Navigation and Control System (PGNCS) (pronounced pings) was a self-contained inertial guidance system that allowed Apollo spacecraft to carry out their missions when communications with Earth were interrupted, either as expected, when the spacecraft were behind the moon..
Apollo PRISM
PRISM (Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Machine) was Apollo Computer's high-performance CPU used in their DN10000 series workstations. It was for some time the fastest CPU available. Hewlett Packard purchased Apollo in 1989, ending development of PRISM, although some of PRISM's ideas were later used..
Apollo Records
Apollo Records has been the name of at least four different record labels, the first three based in the United States of America. The earliest Apollo Records was a short lived subsidiary of Rialto Records in about 1921. The second Apollo Records was a Pathe Records subsidiary briefly issuing recor..
Apollo Reservation System
Apollo Reservation System was developed by United Airlines in 1976 as their reservation system. It was bought by Galileo International Inc in 1997. Other reservation systems include: Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA - EuropeGalileo CRSWorldspanSaber or Sabre (computer system) References ..
Apollo Saturn INT-20
The Saturn INT-20 was a proposed intermediate payload follow-on from the Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle. An interstage was fitted on top of the S-IC stage to support the S-IVB stage, making the vehicle look like a stubby Saturn V without the S-II stage. Three variants were studied, one with three F-..
Apollo Smile
Apollo Smile (born Paula Apollo Anne Scharf) is a pop music songwriter, singer and voice actress. Among her earliest efforts was a track on the Tom Cruise film Days Of Thunder and a self-titled 1991 album. Later on, she billed herself as "The Live Action Anime Girl" and was invited to several scien..
Apollo spacecraft
Apollo Spacecraft: Command Module, Service Module, Lunar Module. The Apollo spacecraft was designed as part of the Apollo Program, by the United States in the early 1960s to land men on the moon before 1970 and return them safely to earth. This goal was set forth by the late president Kennedy..
Apollo Stakes
The Apollo Stakes is a Group 2 Australian thoroughbred horse race at Weight for Age run over a distance of 1400 metres at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney in February. It was originally held at Randwick Racecourse until 2005.http://www.thoroughbrednews.co.nz/australia/default_archives.asp?id=14599&page_n..
Apollo Sunshine
Apollo Sunshine is an alternative rock band of the 2000s currently based out of Leverett, Massachusetts. Their sound has been described as a crossbreed of indie pop, psychedelic, and alt-country styles. Members Sam Cohen, Jesse Gallagher, and Jeremy Black originally met at Berklee College of Music, ..
Apollo Sunshine (album)
Apollo Sunshine is the self-titled sophomore album from the Boston area indie rock group Apollo Sunshine. It was released on spinART Records in September of 2005 as a follow-up to the band's debut record Katonah. The album garnered more attention for the band than their debut, and was named to ..
Apollo Theater
Apollo Theater marquee, c. 1947 Apollo theater on 125th street in 2005 This article is about the Harlem theatre. For the theatre in London, England, see Apollo Theatre. For the theatre in Chicago, see Apollo Theater Chicago. The Apollo Theater is one of the most famous clubs for popul..
Apollo Theater Chicago
The Apollo Theater Chicago was built in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood in 1978. Located at 2540 N. Lincoln Ave., the Apollo has 440 seats and a lobby featuring art exhibits and a full bar. It is currently the home of the off-Broadway hit Menopause the Musical and the home of the Emerald City ..
Apollo Theatre
Entrance February 2005 This article is about the London theatre. For the theatre in Harlem, New York City, see Apollo Theater. For the concert venue in Manchester, see Carling Apollo Manchester. For the theatre in Chicago, IL see Apollo Theater Chicago. The Apollo Theatre, designed by Lewin ..
Apollo Tyres
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Apollo Victoria Theatre
The Apollo Victoria Theatre is a theatre on Wilton Road near Victoria station in London. The building was designed as a “super-cinema” by E. Warmsley Lewis in 1930 in striking art deco style. The cinema closed in 1975, reopening six years later as a theatre, with a concert by Shirley Bassey pro..
Apollyon
for other uses of Apollyon, see Apollyon (disambiguation) Apollyon appears in the New Testament (Book of Revelation 9:7 – 11) leading the locust-like swarm of demons that will be released in the End Times: 7. In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were..
Apollyon (disambiguation)
Apollyon can mean in Theology Apollyon – the spiritual being named as the destroyer in Christian apocalyptic theology. in Literature Apollyon (Left Behind) – the fifth novel in the Left Behind sequence, by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation ..
Apollyon (Left Behind)
for other uses of Apollyon, see Apollyon (disambiguation) Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed is the fifth book in the Left Behind series. It was written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in 1998. Plot introduction Carpathia grants Tsion Ben-Judah permission to speak at a stadium in Jerusalem,..
Apolo
Apolo is a town located in Bolivia, South America. Apolo is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. ..
Apologetics
Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position. Someone who engages in apologetics is called an apologist or an "apologete". The term comes from the Greek word apologia (απολογία), meaning defense of a position against an attack. When John Henry Newman ..
Apologeticus
Apologeticus is Tertullian's most famous works, consisting of apologetic and polemic, which was written in Carthage in the year 197 AD, during the reign of Septimius Severus. In this work he defends Christianity, demanding legal toleration and that Christians be treated as all other sects of the Rom..
Apologetic apostrophe
The apologetic or parochial apostrophe is a feature of Lowland Scots orthography, now widely proscribed as Anglocentric, whereby an apostrophe is inserted or appended to Scots words to create the appearance of an English contraction, thus fostering the impression – common among speakers of Eng..
ApologetiX
ApologetiX from left to right: Karl Messner, Keith Haynie, Bill Rieger, and J. Jackson. ApologetiX is "That Christian Parody Band," often called a Christian Music form of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Located around Pittsburgh, PA, the band consists of J. Jackson on vocals and rhythm guitar, Karl Mes..
Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Latin, "A defence of one's life") is the classic defence of the religious opinions of John Henry Newman, published in 1864 in response to what he saw as an unwarranted attack on Roman Catholic doctrine by Charles Kingsley. Kingsley had strongly suggested that Newman was repres..
Apologies to the Queen Mary
Apologies to the Queen Mary is the first full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade. According to interviews with the band, the album is named after an instance where the band was removed from the cruise ship Queen Mary for breaking down the door of a ballroom and staging a violent ..
Apologism
Apologism is the metaphysical philosophy that argues that it is wrong for humans to attempt to alter the conditions of life in the mortal sphere of influence. It is opposed to the idea that absolute "progress" is a desirable goal for the pursuit of human endeavors. Apologism stands solidly in oppo..
Apologue
An apologue (from the Greek: απολογος, a statement or account) is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for some moral doctrine or to convey some useful lesson without explicit..
Apology
Apology can mean a formal justification or defense, such as: The prototype of such "apologies": The Apology of Socrates, as written down by Plato, see Apology (Plato)The Apology of Socrates, as written down by Xenophon, see Apology (Xenophon)Philipp Melanchthon's Apology of the Augsburg ConfessionFr..
Apology (Plato)
For the article on Xenophon's work on the same subject, see Apology (Xenophon). For other uses, see Apology (disambiguation). (The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not bel..
Apology (Xenophon)
Xenophon's Apology (in full Apology of Socrates to the jury) describes Socrates' state of mind at his trial and execution, and especially his view that it was better to die before senility set in than to escape execution by humbling himself before an unjust persecution. Specialists believe that Xeno..
Apology Against Rufinus
Apology Against Rufinus is a work in three books by the Church father Saint Jerome, addressed to Pammachius and Marcella from Bethlehem, A.D. 402. ..
Apology of al-Kindy (book)
Apology of al-Kindy is the title of William Muir's nineteenth-century translation of a medieval theological polemic attributed to an Arab Christian known as Al Kindi. The work is also known as the Apology of al-Kindi. Introduction In 1880, Sir William Muir published his translation of some Arabic ..
Apology of Aristides
The Apology of Aristides was written by the early Christian writer Aristides (fl. 2nd century). Until 1878, our knowledge of Aristides was confined to came references in works by Eusebius of Caesarea and Saint Jerome. Eusebius said that he was an Athenian philosopher and that Aristides and another a..
Apology of the Augsburg Confession
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was prepared by Philipp Melanchthon as a response to the Roman Catholic "Confutation of the Augsburg Confession" which was written to answer the Lutheran Augsburg Confession after it was presented in 1530 at the Diet of Augsburg. Melanchthon wrote this as a def..
Apology Project
The Apology Project was as a 1980 art project in which an answering machine was used to record confessions from anonymous callers. Created by Allan Bridge, over 1000 hours of confession were recorded. Apologies ranged from common confessions to ritualistic murders. Eventually, several of the apologi..
Apology Resolution
President Bill Clinton signed United States Public Law 103-150, apologizing on behalf of the American people for its alleged role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. The Apology Resolution, formally designated as [[wikisource:US Public Law 103-150|United States Public Law 103-150]], wa..
Apolonia Ustrzycka
Apolonia Ustrzycka Noble Family Ustrzycki Coat of Arms Przestrzał Parents Bazyli UstrzyckiKatarzyna Zielonka Consorts Antoni LubomirskiKazimierz Poniatowski Children with Kazimierz PoniatowskiStanisław PoniatowskiKonstancja Poniatowska Date of Birth January 17, 1736 Place ..
Apoloniusz Kędzierski
Apoloniusz Kędzierski (1861-1939) was a Polish painter. He was born in Suchedniów, Poland, but lived and worked mainly in Warsaw. He did landscape and figure painting, and scenes of peasant life. External links [Works] ..
Apolo Anton Ohno
--> Apolo Anton Ohno (born May 22, 1982) is an American short track speed skating competitor, and a two-time gold medalist in the Winter Olympics. Ohno has won five Olympic medals over his career, and is one of only four Americans who have won three medals in a single Winter Olympic games. Ohno..
Apolo Kagwa
Sir Apolo Kagwa (1864-February, 1927 [link]) is considered Buganda's first and foremost ethnographer. He was appointed prime minister (katikiro) of the Kingdom of Buganda by King Mwanga II in 1890 and served in that capacity until 1926. ..
Apolo Nsibambi
Apolo Robin Nsibambi (born November 27, 1938) is the current Prime Minister of Uganda, a position he has held since 5 April 1999. He was previously education minister from May 1998 to April 1999 and minister of public services from 1996 to 1998. Before becoming a minister he was the director of the..
Apolysis
Apolysis is the separation of the cuticula from the epidermis in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new covering of larger dimensions is formed. During this process..
Apolytikion
Apolytikion is a dismissal prayer or hymn said or sung at the end of the Orthodox Christian Liturgy and at other times during matins and vespers. It was originally sung at the end of vespers, and is very much like the Roman collect or post-communion, inasmuch as it changes for each feast-day of the..
Apolytirion
The Apolytirion is a document that proves its holder to have had three years of education in a Greek or Cypriot lyceum. It is also known as a school-leaving certificate. Various required subjects are included with the student's own choices. The standard modules each student must undertake are usual..
Apolyton Civilization Site
Apolyton Civilization Site (abbreviated ACS or Apolyton) is one of the largest web sites on the Internet dedicated to connecting players of the Civilization series of computer games and other games in the 4X genre. The games covered include Sid Meier's Civilization (I, II, III, IV), Sid Meier's Alp..
Apomixis
In botany, apomixis is asexual reproduction, without fertilization and without meiosis. An apomict or apomictic plant produces seeds that are genetically identical to the parent plant. Although the evolutionary advantages of sexual reproduction are lost, apomixis does pass along traits fortuitous f..
Apomorphine
Apomorphine is a type of dopaminergic agonist, a morphine derivative. Apomorphine is a relatively non-selective dopamine receptor agonist, having possible slightly higher affinity for D2-like dopamine receptors. Historically, apomorphine has been tried for a variety of uses including psychiatric ..
Apomorphine (data page)
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Apomys
Apomys is a genus of rodent. Species Genus Apomys*Apomys abrae (Sanborn, 1952)*Apomys camiguinensis*Apomys datae (Meyer, 1899)*Apomys hylocoetes Mearns, 1905*Apomys insignis Mearns, 1905*Apomys littoralis (Sanborn, 1952)*Apomys microdon Hollister, 1913*Apomys musculus Miller, 1911*Apomys sacobianu..
Aponeurosis
Aponeuroses (απο, away, and νευρον, a sinew) are membranes separating muscles from each other. They have a shiny, whitish-silvery color, and are histologically similar to tendons, but are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels and nerves. When d..
Aponia
Aponia is a Greek term used by Epicurus for absence of pain and is regarded along with ataraxia to be the height of Hêdonê, the pleasure. ..
Aponogeton
Aponogeton is a genus of flowering plants: it is the only genus of the family Aponogetonaceae. The genus counts up to about fifty species, of aquatic plants, which are found in tropical Africa and Asia, but some are used as decorative plants in aquaria. They are fully aquatic, becoming dormant d..
Aponogetonaceae
Aponogetonaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. For the past few decades such a family has been universally recognized by taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "Cape-pondweed family" or "Aponogeton family". The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 19..
Apoorva Raagangal
Apoorva Raagangal (Rare Melodies) (1975) is a Tamil film directed by K. Balachander. This film was thick with controversy when released as it examines incestuous relationships between people with wide age gaps, which challenges Tamil traditions. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Pl..
Apoorva Sengupta
AK SenguptaIndia (IND) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak googly Tests First-class Matches 1 45 '''Runs scored 9 1695 Batting average 4.50 26.48 100s/50s -/- 2/8 Top score 8 146* Balls bowled - 1231 Wickets - 21 Bowling ave..
Apop
APop can refer to: Apoptygma BerzerkAPOP (Email Protocol)Apop Records is an independent record label based in Houston, Texas 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..
Apopa
Apopa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. ..
Apophallation
Apophallation is a technique used by some slugs following intercourse. The slugs (which are hermaphroditic) have relatively very large penises which wrap around each other in a tight spiral. They can have difficulty separating afterwards. Should that be the case, the solution is for the slug to ..
Apophasis
Apophasis (Late Latin, from Greek apophanai, "to say no" [link]) refers, in general, to "mentioning by not mentioning". Apophasis covers a wide variety of figures of speech. Contents 1 Paralipsis in rhetoric1.1 Apophasis in rhetoric2 Apophasis in logic2.1 Proslepsis ..
Apophenia
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Apophis (Stargate)
In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, Apophis was a Goa'uld based on the god Apep of Egyptian mythology. Apophis first appeared in the pilot episode "Children of the Gods" and was the show's main antagonist and the principal enemy of SG-1 for the first few seasons. Apophis had all t..
Apophlegmatism
Apophlegmatisms, in pre-modern medicine, were medications chewed in order to draw away phlegm and humours from the head and brain. Such treatments were called apophlegmatic. Of this kind, tobacco was considered excellent, except for the damage it does to teeth. Sage was said to have almost the same ..
Apophony
In linguistics, apophony (also ablaut, gradation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation, replacive morphology, stem mutation, internal inflection) is the alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional). Contents..
Apophthegmatum opus
The creator, Erasmus Apophthegmatum opus is one of the works of the Dutch humanist Erasmus. It is a collection of apophthegms from Classical Antiquity. Erasmus created the opus during the Renaissance. Many classical apophthegms repeated ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Alexander the Great. Accor..
Apophyge
An apophyge (Greek αποφυγη, a flying off), in architecture, is the lowest part of the shaft of an Ionic or Corinthian column, or the highest member of its base if the column be considered as a whole. The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the..
Apophyllite
Apophyllite General Category Mineral group Chemical formula (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH) • 8H2O Identification Color Usually white, colorless; also blue, green, brown, yellow, pink, violet Crystal habit prismatic, tabular, massive Crystal system Tetragonal; Orthorhombic (natroapophy..
Apophysis
An example of five-way symmetry. Apophysis is a free, open source fractal flame editor for Microsoft Windows. It was created by [Mark Townsend] and has since been improved and updated by Peter Sdobnov, Piotr Borys, Susan Chambless and Ronald Hordijk ([the Sourceforge project ..
Apopka, Florida
Apopka is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 26,642 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city grew to 34,728. [link] Apopka is an Indian word for "A Big Potato". Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Interes..
Apopka-Vineland Road
map Apopka-Vineland Road is the name of several roads in Orange County, Florida, roughly forming a line from Apopka south to Vineland. As of now, there is one gap, from Old Winter Garden Road to SR 50 (Colonial Drive), which will probably never be filled. Staying on the road also requires usin..
Apoplast
Within a plant, the apoplast is the free diffusional space outside the plasma membrane. It is interrupted by the Casparian strip in roots, air spaces between plant cells and the cuticula of the plant. The apoplast is important for all the plant's communication to its environment. The main carbon so..
Apoplexy
Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, generally used interchangeably with cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) but having other meanings as well. Stroke The use of apoplexy for the term stroke is derived from the fact that many patients lose consciousness during the acute stage of the vasc..
Apoprotein
An apoprotein is a protein without its characteristic prosthetic group. ..
Apopse As Vrethume
Apopse As Vrethume (Greek script: Απόψε ας βρεθούμε, English translation: "Let's Meet Tonight") was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Greek by Fani Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis. The song was performed seventeenth on the night (following Spain's Nin..
Apoptosis
A cell undergoing apoptosis. In just one of many scenarios of apoptosis, the process is triggered by another neighboring cell; the dying cell eventually transmits signals that tell the phagocytes, which are a part of the immune system, to engulf it. In biology, apoptosis (from the Greek words..
Apoptosome
The apoptosome is a large multi-protein structure formed in the process of apoptosis. Its formation is triggered by the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria in response to an internal (intrinsic) or external (extrinsic) cell death stimulus. Stimuli can vary from DNA damage and virus infecti..
Apoptygma Berzerk
Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian synthpop/EBM/futurepop musical group. It has achieved moderate commercial success with a unique brand of gloomy, danceable rivethead synthpop, winning awards and top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia. Apoptygma Berzerk (abbreviated to APB or Apop) has toured Euro..
Apopudobalia
Apopudobalia (a fictional sport) is the subject of a famous nihilartikel (a mild or humorous hoax in a reference work). Although no such sport actually existed, the German-language Der neue Pauly. Enzyklopaedie der Antike, edited by H. Cancik and H. Schneider, vol. 1 (Stuttgart, 1986, ISBN 347601470..
APOP Kinyras Peyias FC
APOP Kinyras Peyias (Greek: Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Ομιλος Πέγειας Κινύρας;Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras) is a Cypriot football club from the town of Peyia of Paphos District.The club was founded in 2003 after the merger of two clubs: APOP Peyias an..
Apop Records
Apop Records is an independent record/book store started in 2003 by Dustin Newman and Tiffany Minx, currently located out of Columbia, Missouri. The store also is the headquarters to the Apop record label and publishing house. Apop records are known for releasing and distributing music of a challeng..
Aporé
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Aporia
Aporia (Greek: ἀπορία: impasse; lack of resources; puzzlement) denotes, in philosophy, a philosophical puzzle or state of puzzlement, and, in rhetoric, a rhetorically useful expression of doubt. Philosophy In philosophy, an aporia is a philosophical puzzle or a seemingly insoluble impasse in..
Aporia agathon
Great Blackvein , Aporia agathon is a midsized to large butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish (19..
Aporia harrietae
Bhutan Blackvein , Aporia harrietae is a midsized to large butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish ..
Aporia leucodice
Himalayan Blackvein , Aporia leucodice is a midsized to large butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Hari..
Aporia nabellica
Dusky Blackvein , Aporia nabellica is a midsized to large butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish (..
Aporia peloria
Tibet Blackvein , Aporia peloria is a midsized to large butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India. References Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, IndiaGaonkar, Harish (19..
Aporia Records
Aporia Records is a record label based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1999 as a small hobby record label, Aporia has released records by Mellonova, Tamara Williamson, Jonathan Seet, Madrid, Lily Frost, Beneath Augusta and Morgan Doctor. They have also licensed records by Dēvics , Beats For Beginn..
Aporime
An aporime is a problem difficult to resolve, and which has never been resolved, though it may not be, in itself, impossible. The word is derived from the Greek ἄπορον, which signifies something very difficult and impracticable, being formed from the privative α, and πόρος, "passage". ..
Aporosa
Aporosa is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. The genus comprises about 75 species, distributed from Indomalesia to the Solomon Islands. Synonymy The genus is also known as: Aporusa Blume, orth. var.Leiocarpus BlumeLepidostachys Wall.Scepa Lindl.Tetractinostigma H..
Aporose
This is a dictionary definition: Aporose (from Gr. α, "without", and πορος "passage"), a biological term meaning imperforate, or not porous. There is a group of corals called Aporosa. References ..
Aporphine
Aporphine Chemical name (6-Methyl-5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-4H-dibenzo(de,g)quinoline Chemical formula C17H17N Molecular mass 235.324 g/mol Melting point xx °C Boiling point xx °C Density x.xxx g/cm3 CAS number 478-57-9 SMILES CN1CCC2=CC=CC3=C2C1CC4=CC=CC=C43 [..
Aposematism
Aposematism (from apo- away, and sematic warning), is a means of natural defence employing conspicuous colours, sounds, or other methods by which an organism openly projects a warning signal to potential predators. The intent to become as noticeable as possible is the antithesis of the principles..
Aposiopesis
Aposiopesis (from Classical Greek, ἀποσιώπησις, "becoming silent") is the term, coined by Otto Jespersen, for the rhetorical device by which the speaker or writer deliberately stops short and leaves something unexpressed, but yet obvious, to be supplied by the imagination, giving the imp..
Aposomatic coloration
Aposematic coloration is the usage of bright coloration by animals with effective physical or chemical defenses that acts as a warning to predators. Because it is often associated with animals with bad taste, venomous characteristics, or out-right dangerous qualities, animals learn to quickly avoid..
Apostag
Apostag County Bács-Kiskun Area 31,94 km² Population Total (2001)Population density   210565.9 /km² Postal code 6088 Area code 78 Apostag is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. ..
Apostasia
From [[w:Greek language|Greek]] απο, apo, "away, apart", στασις, stasis, "standing". Also derived from [[w:Greek language|Greek]] αποστάτης, meaning "political rebel", as applied to rebellion against God, its law and the faith of Israel (in [[w:Hebrew language|Hebrew]] מרד) in ..
Apostasia of 1965
Apostasia (In Greek: Αποστασία) or Iouliana (Greek: Ιουλιανά) or the Royal Coup (In Greek: Το Βασιλικό Πραξικόπημα) is a term used to describe a political move in Greece, in 1 October 1965, involving King Constantine II and a group of politicians, a prominent me..
Apostasia orchid
Apostasia is a genus of primitive orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising 7 terrestrial species. The genus is distributed in humid areas of the Himalayan region, India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, and North Australia. The species of Apostasia produce an erect inflorescence with up to six lateral b..
Apostasioideae
The subfamily Apostasioideae belongs to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is a monophyletic clade, but there is bootstrap support that it is a sister the other orchid subfamilies. A bootstrap is a method for evaluating the statistical importance of positions of different branches in a phylogen..
Apostasy
Apostasy (from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt , from απο, apo, "away, apart", στασις, stasis, "standing") is a term generally employed to describe the formal renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used ..
Apostasy from Islam in Malaysia
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Apostasy in Hinduism
Apostates are rarely undermined in Hindu Dharma. According to the Hindu shastras (Hindu scriptures), no Hindu is to be considered an apostate as such. If any Hindu does not follow his Dharma, he is said to be a bhrasta (corrupted) and is taken back into the Hindu fold by conducting suitable purifica..
Apostasy in Islam
Apostasy in Islam (Arabic: ارتداد, irtidād or ridda) is commonly defined as the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim. All five major schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree that a sane male apostate must be executed. A female apostate may be put to death, accor..
Apostasy in Shafi tradition
An early Sharia Manual of the Shafi'i tradition (Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, is a translation of 'Umdat al-salik by Ibn Naqib (died 1368 A.D. ISBN 0915957728 ) provides the following list of acts that entailed leaving Islam: to prostrate to an idol, whether s..
Apostata capiendo
Apostata capiendo was an old English writ against an individual, who having entered and professed some religious order, such as a monk, broke out again, and wandered the country, contrary to the rules of his order. References This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publicatio..
Apostatic selection
Apostatic selection is negative frequency-dependent selection by predators, particularly in regard to prey that are different morphs of a polymorphic species that is not a mimic (non-mimetic) of another species. The idea links up with the concept of "search image" from Tinbergen, whereby - through e..
Aposthia
Aposthia is a rare congenital condition in humans, in which the foreskin is missing. Toward the end of the 19th Century, E. S. Talbot claimed in Medicine that aposthia among Jews was evidence for the now-discredited Lamarckian theory of evolution. It is likely that the cases he described were actua..
Apostille
An apostille, or postil, is properly a gloss on a scriptural text, particularly on a gospel text, however it has come to mean an explanatory note on other writings. The word is also applied to a general commentary, and also to a homily or discourse on the gospel or epistle appointed for the day. A..
Apostlebird
The Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea) is a quick-moving, gray or black bird about 12 inches (30 centimeters) long. It is a native to Australia where it roams woodlands, eating insects and seeds. Apostlebirds always seem to travel in groups of about 12; for this reason they where named after the Bib..
ApostleCorp
ApostleCorp is a fictional organisation in the video game, [[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]. In the game ApostleCorp was founded by two characters in the game, Paul Denton and Tracer Tong. Its purpose was to develop improved nanotechnology so that JC could work better with the Helios AI. It also had to ..
Apostles' Creed
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Apostles' Fast
The Apostles' Fast, also called the Fast of the Holy Apostles, is a fast that was undertaken by the disciples of Jesus Christ following the Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Having rejoiced for fifty days following Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the apostles began to prepare for t..
Apostleship of Prayer
The Apostleship of prayer is a pious association otherwise known as a league of prayer in union with the Heart of Jesus. History It was founded at Vals, France, in 1844 by Francis Xavier Gautrelet. It owed its popularity largely to the Reverend Henry Ramière, S.J., who in 1861 adapted its organiz..
Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
The Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh were nineteen eminent early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. The apostles were designated as such by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, and the list was included in The Bahá'í World, Vol. III (pp. 80-81). These individ..
Apostles of Defiance
Apostles of Defiance (2003) is an album by Eidolon. Track listing All music by: Glen & Shawn Drover All lyrics by: Shawn Drover "Scream From Within""Volcanic Earth""Demoralized""Twisted Morality""The Test""The Will To Remain""Apostles Of Defiance""Pull The Trigger""Apathy For A Dying World" Alb..
Apostles of Jesus
Apostles of Jesus may refer to: Twelve Apostles, the twelve men chosen by Jesus Christ as his closest disciples and co-workersApostles of Jesus (order), a modern-day religious order; members may use the initials AJ after their name to indicate membership in the order This is a [disambiguationdi..
Apostles of Johane Marauke
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Apostle (disambiguation)
Apostle, or The Apostles, can refer to: The Twelve Apostles, followers of JesusApostle (Ministry), one of the five ministry gifts listed in Romans 12Apostle (Mormonism), a position within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsThe Apostle, a 1997 film directed by and starring Robert Duvall..
Apostle (Mormonism)
In Mormonism, an Apostle is a person ordained to be a traveling councilor bearing witness of Jesus Christ. In many Latter Day Saint denominations, an Apostle is also a priesthood office of high authority within the church hierarchy, as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, although not all apostles ..
Apostle In Triumph
Apostle in Triumph is the name of the demo album by Opeth. Created in 1993, it was never released and contains the two parts of the titular song, lasting a little under four minutes. Track listing Apostle In Triumph (Pt. 1) - 1:41Apostle In Triumph (Pt. 2) - 2:00 See also Opethdemo tape External ..
Apostle Islands
The Apostle Islands are a small group of islands in Lake Superior, off the Bayfield Peninsula in extreme northern Wisconsin. The islands include: Madeline IslandStockton IslandOuter IslandOak IslandSand IslandBasswood IslandBear IslandMichigan IslandHermit IslandCat IslandOtter IslandManitou Is..
Apostle Islands Lighthouses
The Apostle Islands Lighthouses are a group of six lighthouses, located in the Apostle Islands, Wisconsin and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as reference number 77000145. The following lighthouses are listed under this reference number: Michigan Island Lighthouse (Two ..
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
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Apostle of God
Apostle of God (Arabic: Rasul-Allah or Rasulallah) is a title given to prophet Muhammad by Muhammad himself and was widely used by Muhamamd's contemporary Muslims. It is also used by Muslims today, for example in speeches and sermons. Muhammad had a ring that stated he was "Rasul-Allah", and his ..
Apostle Paul (book)
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Apostle spoon
An apostle spoon is a spoon (usually silver or silver-plated, but sometimes of other metals, such as pewter) with an image of an apostle or other Christian religious figure as the termination of the handle, each bearing his distinctive emblem. Originating in early-fifteenth century Europe as spoo..
Apostle Titus
In the Christian New Testament, Titus, (a common Roman name, meaning honourable) was a companion of Paul of Tarsus, mentioned in several of Paul's Epistles. Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem (Galatians 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name no..
Apostolic
The term apostolic, in a literal sense, refers to apostles, or more specifically to the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Apostolic can also refer to the following religious denominations: The Apostolic Church, a Pentecostal branch of Christianity.The Catholic Apostolic Church, a millenarian religious com..
Apostolic-Prophetic Movement
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Apostolicae Curae
Apostolicae Curae is the title of a papal bull issued in 1896 by Pope Leo XIII, declaring all Anglican holy orders null and void. The main objection was the alleged deficiency of intention and of form. In the case of deficiency of intention, the pope believed that the Anglican rites of ordination re..
Apostolicam Actuositatem
Apostolicam Actuositatem is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity. It was approved by a vote of 2,340 to 2 of bishops assembled at the Council, and promulgated by Pope Paul VI on November 18, 1965. The title is Latin for "Apostolic Activity," which is from the first li..
Apostolici
The name Apostolici, also called Apostoli or Apostles, was assumed by two different sects of heretics, on account of their believing to imitate the manners and practices of the Apostles. The first Apostoloci, otherwise called Apotactitæ and Apotactici, rose out of the Encratitae and Cathari in the ..
Apostolics
Also known as False Apostols or Apostolic Brothers, was a heretic Catholic movement founded by Gherardino or Gherardo Segalello in the second half of 1200, the founder was burned in 1300 by the Inquisition and the movement persecuted. It later degenerated in the infamous Dulcinian movement. Histor..
Apostolic Administrator
An apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration. An apostolic administration can either be an area that is not yet a diocese (a stable apostolic administration) or for a diocese that either has no bis..
Apostolic Age
The Apostolic Age is, to some church historians, the period in early church history during which some of Christ's original apostles were still alive and helping to influence church doctrine, polity, and the like. This period ended at about the close of the first century C.E., perhaps with the death..
Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
The Apostolic Assemblies of Christ, Inc. is a predominantly African-American "Oneness Pentecostal" denomination. The Apostolic Assemblies of Christ was organized in 1970 by George Marshall Boone (b. 1920). Previously he had served as a bishop in the Pentecostal Church of the Apostolic Faith. From a ..
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
The Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus (Apostolic Assembly) is the oldest Spanish-speaking Oneness Pentecostal denomination in the United States. It is also the eighth fastest growing Hispanic denomination.#redirect [[Template:Fact]] It was founded in 1925 and incorporated in Californ..
Apostolic Brethren
The Apostolic Brethren were a Christian sect founded in northern Italy in the latter half of the 13th century by Gerard Segarelli, a native of Alzano in the territory of Parma. He was of low birth and without education, applied for membership in the Franciscan order at Parma, and was rejected. Ult..
Apostolic Camera
The Apostolic Camera, or in Latin (Reverenda) Camera Apostolica or Apostolica Camera, is the former central board of finance in the papal administrative system, which at one time was of great importance in the government of the States of the Church, and in the administration of justice, lead by the ..
Apostolic Christian Church
The Apostolic Christian Church is a religious body in the United States,Canada, Mexico, and Japan that originates from the anabaptist movement. The origins of the Apostolic Christian Church are found in the dramatic conversion experience of Samuel Heinrich Froehlich1; (1803-1857) of Switzerland. Fr..
Apostolic Church
The Apostolic Church is a Pentecostal Christian denomination which can trace its origins back to the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival. Despite the relatively recent origin of the denomination, the church seeks to stand for first century Christianity in its faith, practices, and government.Turnbull, T.N., Wh..
Apostolic Church-Ordinances
The Apostolic Church-Ordinances is a 3rd century pseudo-Apostolic collection of moral and hierarchical rules and instructions, compiled from early Christian sources. It was first published in Ethiopic by Hiob Ludolf (with Latin translation) in the "Commentarius" to his "Historia Ethiopica" (Frankfor..
Apostolic Church of Queensland
The Apostolic Church of Queensland is an Australian church which has its roots in the restoration movement of the Catholic Apostolic Church of the early 19th century. It was founded 1883 in Queensland, Australia by H. F. Niemeyer and took its actual name in 1911. It is a member church of the United..
Apostolic Church of South Africa - Apostle Unity
The Apostolic Church of South-Africa - Apostle Unity is a South-African church in the tradtion of the restoration movement of the Catholic Apostolic Church in the early 19th century. It was founded in 1955 as a shism of the New Apostolic Church but its roots date back to an Australian mission of 188..
Apostolic College
Apostolic College refers to the twelve Apostles of Christ as the body of men commissioned by Him to spread His message over the whole world and to give it the stability of a well-ordered society: i.e. to be the founders, the foundation, and pillars of the visible Church on earth. The name "apostle" ..
Apostolic constitution
An Apostolic constitution (Latin constitutio apostolica) is a very solemn decree issued by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents becau..
Apostolic Constitutions
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Apostolic Faith Mission
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Apostolic Fathers
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Apostolic Johannite Church
The Apostolic Johannite Church is a Gnostic Christian Church with valid Apostolic Succession. External links [www.johannite.org] ..
Apostolic King
Apostolic King was an hereditary title borne by the King of Hungary. Saint Stephen (c.975-1038) is supposed to have received it from Pope Sylvester II: his efforts to Christianize his people led to his comparison to one of the apostles. It was first used by the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1657-17..
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
The Apostolic Lutheran Church of America is a church established by Finnish-Americans in the early 20th century. The Finns came principally from northern Norway and were identified under the State Church. However, there were a number belonging to a party founded by Provost Lars Levi Laestadius, of ..
Apostolic Majesty
His (Royal) Apostolic Majesty was a style used by the Kings of Hungary. First creation The origin of this title dates from about A.D. 1000 when it was conferred by Pope Silvester II upon St Stephen (975–1038), the first Christian king of Hungary, who is supposed to have received it from Pope ..
Apostolic Nunciature
An Apostolic Nunciature is a top level diplomatic mission of the Holy See, equivalent to an embassy or to a High Commission between members of the Commonwealth of Nations. See also NuncioForeign relations of the Vatican City ..
Apostolic Nunciature in Ottawa
The Apostolic Nunciature in Ottawa is the home of the Papal Nuncio to Canada. Also known as Rockcliffe Manor House, it is one of Ottawa's most expensive homes, appraised at $5.3 million in 2000. The building sits atop a cliff looking down to the Ottawa River. The first home on the property, built ..
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
The Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God is a black Pentecostal church founded in 1919 as the Ethiopian Overcoming Holy Church of God by Bishop W.T. Phillips in Mobile, Alabama. The name was changed in 1927. The founder left the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he served as a minister, after bec..
Apostolic Palace
View across St. Peter's Square to the Apostolic Palace The Apostolic Palace, also called the Papal Palace or the Palace of the Vatican, is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. The palace is a complex of buildings, comprising the Papal Apartment, the Roman Catholic church's ..
Apostolic Pardon
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Apostolic Pardon is an indulgence given for the remission of sins. The Apostolic Pardon is given by a priest, usually along with Viaticum (i.e. reception of Communion by a dying person, see Pastoral Care of the Sick, USA numbers 184, 187, 195, 201). It is not usual..
Apostolic Penitentiary
The Apostolic Penitentiary, more formally the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia. The Apostolic Penitentiary is chiefly a tribunal of mercy, responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church. The Apostolic P..
Apostolic poverty
Apostolic poverty is a doctrine professed by various religious orders, primarily those sprung from the mendicant orders of the Middle Ages in direct response to the call for reforms in the Roman Catholic Church. The doctrine was seen as a challenge to the wealth of the church and the ensuing corrup..
Apostolic prefect
An apostolic prefect is the missionary head of a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church, known as apostolic prefecture, in missionary regions and countries where no diocese is yet established. A prefect apostolic (an alternate term) only rarely is a titular bishop but is normally a priest..
Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang
The Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang (Latin: Apostolica Praefectura Battambangensis, Khmer: ភូមិភាគ​បាត់ដំបង) is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia. The prefecture covers an area of 80,430 km² of north-western Cambodia, covering t..
Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella
The Apostolic Prefecture of Gambella is a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the ecclesiastical province of the archbishopric of Addis Abbeba (which covers all Ethiopia). It is exempt, i.e. immediately dependent upon the Holy See. On 2000.11.16 it was established as a split-off from the Apo..
Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong Cham
The Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong Cham (Latin: Apostolica Praefectura Kompongchamensis, Khmer: ភូមិភាគ​កំពង់ចាម) is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia. The prefecture covers an area of 66,347 km² of eastern Cambodia, covering the ..
Apostolic See
In the several centuries following the founding of Christianity, five particular cities and centers of Christianity were considered to be Apostolic Sees. The Churches in each of these cities was considered Apostolic because it was founded (at least allegedly) by one of the Apostles. Rome, in presen..
Apostolic Signatura
The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is the administrative appellate tribunal of the Holy See and, consequently, the highest judicial authority of the Roman Catholic Church outside of the Pope himself. Appeals in standard judicial process, if appealed to the Holy See, normally do not rea..
Apostolic Succession
In Christianity, the doctrine of Apostolic Succession (or the belief that the Church is 'apostolic') maintains that the Christian Church today is the spiritual successor to the original body of believers in Christ composed of the Apostles. Different Christian denominations interpret this doctrine in..
Apostolic Syndic
An Apostolic Syndic is a Catholic layman, who in the name, and by the authority, of the Holy See, assumes the care and civil administration of the temporalities and in particular the pecuniary alms destined for the support and benefit of Franciscan convents, and thence provides for the requirements ..
Apostolic times
The term Apostolic Times refers to the time encapsulating the lives of the Apostles of Jesus of Nazareth, during the 1st century AD. ..
Apostolic Tradition
The Apostolic Tradition is an early manual of Christian church life and discipline which includes early forms of worship. It was formerly known as the 'Egyptian Church Order' but is now held to be the work of the third century Roman theologian Hippolytus. First published in 1848, it contained a prev..
Apostolic United Brethren
-->The Apostolic United Brethren (hereafter AUB) is a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist branch of the Latter Day Saint movement. The group has had a temple in Ozumba, Mexico since the 1990s or earlier, and an Endowment house in Utah since sometime in the 1980s. The title "Apostolic United Brethren"..
Apostolic vicariate
An apostolic vicariate is a form of territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church established in missionary regions and countries which do not have a diocese yet. It is therefore essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more, but the ultimate hope being that the region will gen..
Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia
The Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia is a territorial jurisdiction of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church covering the following countries of the Arabian Peninsula: Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, an area of over 1.2 million square miles. There are Catholic ..
Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam
The Apostolic Vicariate of Brunei Darussalam is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction covering the territory of Brunei Darussalam, a small nation state on the northern coast of Borneo. The vicariate is headed by an apostolic vicar, currently Bishop Cornelius Sim. Contents 1 Histor..
Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh
The Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh (Latin: Apostolicus Vicariatus de Phnom-Penh) is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia. The prefecture covers an area of 31,946 km² of southern Cambodia, covering the cities Phnom Penh, Kep and Sihanoukville, as well as the provi..
Apostolic visitor
In the Roman Catholic Church, an apostolic visitor is a papal representative with a transient mission to perform a canonical visitation of relatively short duration. The visitor is deputed to investigate a special circumstance in a diocese or country, and to submit a report to the Holy See at the c..
Apostolicæ Sedis
Apostolicæ Sedis was a Papal Constitution promulgated by Pope Pius IX on 12 October, 1869. It was a constitution relating to Canon law, clarifying the procedure regarding censure. It changed some Canons and establishes a new list of censures.Papal Pronouncements, A Guide, 1740 - 1978, 2 Vols., by ..
Apostolnik
Eastern Orthodox Nuns. The Abbess in the center is wearing a kamilavkion with epanokamelavkion, the three tonsured nuns are wearing the Apostolnik, and the novice in the back is simply wearing a black scarf covering the head and tied under the chin An apostolnik or epimandylion is an item of c..
Apostolos Andreas Monastery
Apostolos Andreas Monastery ([35°39′34″N, 34°34′17″E]) is a monastery situated just south of Cape Apostolos Andreas (Cape of Saint Andrew), which is the north-eastern most point of the island of Cyprus, in the Karpass Peninsula (currently it is in the Turkish occupied area of Cyp..
Apostolos Athanassakis
Apostolos N. Athanassakis is a classical scholar and Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in classical linguistics and early epic Greek poetry. He also enjoys socializing with the students living in the residental housing. Bibliograph..
Apostolos Doxiadis
Apostolos Doxiadis (Greek: Απόστολος Δοξιάδης) (b. 1953 in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia) and raised in Greece is a Greek writer. In his earliest years he was drawn to mathematics. At age 15 in 1968, he attend..
Apostolos Grozos
Apostolos Grozos (Greek: Απόστολος Γκρόζος) was leader of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). On December 30 1952, at the 4th Plenary session, he was elected leader of the KKE’s Central Committee Directorate. In 1956, following the deposing of Nikolaos Zachariadis from the posit..
Apostolos Nanos
Apostolos Nanos (born 5 February 1966) is an athlete from Greece. He competes in archery. Nanos competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 57th overall. Nanos was also a member of the 13th-place Greek men's archery..
Apostolos Nikolaidis
Apostolos Nikolaidis (1896 - 15 October 1980) marked Panathinaikos with his personality during the first years of the intervening period between the two world wars. He was born in Plovdiv (Greek: Philippoupolis). He was an athletic phenomenon, as he competed in decathlon, football, basketball and v..
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium
Apostolos Nikolaidis stadium (Stadio "Apostolos Nikolaidis") is the football ground Panathinaikos has played for most of the years of it's existence, since it's foundation back in 1908. The stadium is named after a deceased club president. It is in the Ampelokipi district of Athens , east of the L..
Apostolos Paraskevas
Apostolos Paraskevas is Grammy-nominated composer and guitarist. Paraskevas is a published recording artist. Major publishers: Centaur and Bridge Records, Santerrelle Verlag/Germany, Berben/Italy, Clear Note, and Ch. Nakas/Greece. He received five First Prizes in International Composition Competi..
Apostolo Zeno
Apostolo Zeno (born in Venice, December 11, 1668; died in Venice, November 11, 1750) was an Italian poet, librettist, journalist, and man of letters. A venetian nobleman, he was in 1691 among the founders of the Accademia degli Animosi. In 1695, he composed his first libretto, Gli inganni felici, w..
Apostrophe
For the literary device, see Apostrophe (figure of speech) For the prime symbol (′) used for feet and inches, see Prime (symbol). An apostrophe Punctuation apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( ) ( 〈 〉 ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dash..
Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music
Apostrophes: A Book of Tributes to Masters of Music is a book written by Alfred Kreymborg and published by The Grafton Press, New York, in 1910. It is a slim volume (with no page numbers), and comprises a series of short somewhat 'poetic' paragraphs addressed to various great composers. There is a..
Apostrophe (')
Apostrophe (') is an album by Frank Zappa, released on April 22, 1974 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead off track, "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", was Zappa's first chart single, reaching position 86. Apostrophe (') was Zappa's biggest commercial success, reaching..
Apostrophe (disambiguation)
Apostrophe (from Greek αποστροφη, "turning away") can refer to several things: Apostrophe ( ’ ), a form of punctuationApostrophe (figure of speech), an address to a person or personified object not presentApostrophe ('), an album by Frank ZappaApostrophes (television), a French televisio..
Apostrophe (figure of speech)
Apostrophe (Greek αποστροφη, turning away; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In dramatic works and poet..
Aposturisoma myriodon
Aposturisoma myriodon is a species of freshwater fish in the family Loricariidae of order Siluriformes."[Aposturisoma myriodon]." FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.; it is the only species in the genus Aposturisoma.["Aposturisoma" ..
Aposymbiotic
Aposymbiosis occurs when symbiotic organisms live apart from one another (for example, a Clownfish living independently of an Anemone). Studies have shown that the lifecycles of both the host and the symbiote are affected in some way, usually negative, and that for obligate symbiosis the effects can..
Apotactite
The Apotactites, or Apotactici (from LL. pl. apotactitae, Gr. αποτακτος "set apart") were a sect of early Christians, who renounced all their worldly possessions. See Apostolici ad init. References ..
Apotekarnes Cola
Apotekarnes Cola is a cola-flavoured soft drink produced in Sweden by Apotekarnes. view] • [ talk] • [ edit]Brands of Cola | Color = | Image = | List = Afri-Cola • Amrat Cola • Apotekarnes Cola • Barr Cola ..
Apoteket
Apoteket is the national pharmaceuticals retailing monopoly in Sweden. Apoteket AB, formerly Apoteksbolaget, is a government owned enterprise reporting to the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. See also Swedish Medical Products AgencySwedish National Pharmaceutical Benefits BoardList ..
Apotemnophobia
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 [discussion page] for details. Apotemnophobia (from the Greek apotemnein, "cut" and phobos, "fear") is a pathological fear of amputees, ..
Apoteri
Apoteri is a community in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana, near the confluence of the Rupununi and Essequibo Rivers, located at [4°1′60″N, 58°34′60″W], altitude 53 metres (177 feet). There is an airstrip near Apoteri. Wildlife is plentiful in the area. Some e..
Apotex
Apotex is a Canadian pharmaceutical corporation. It was founded in 1974, and has become the largest producer of generic drugs in Canada, marketing over 440 drugs, and employs over 6,000 people. Bernard Sherman, one of the richest Canadians, is the CEO, and Jack M. Kay is the President. Apotex owns ..
Apotex Inc. v. Wellcome Foundation Ltd.
Apotex Inc. v. Wellcome Foundation Ltd., [2002] 4 S.C.R. 153 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the requirement a patent in Canada. The Court rejected a challenge by the generic drug manufacturers Novopharm and Apotex to declare Glaxo Wellcome's patent for AZT, an AIDS-fightin..
Apothecaries' system
The apothecaries' system of mass is an obsolete system formerly used by apothecaries (now called pharmacists or chemists) in English-speaking countries. The system was closely related to the troy system of mass, having identically sized pounds and ounces, but the two systems differed in how the oun..
Apothecaries Act 1815
Acts of Parliament of predecessorstates to the United Kingdom Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1600Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of England to 1706Acts of Parliament of the Kingdom of ScotlandActs of Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ..
Apothecary
A historical re-enactor protraying a 19th century apothecary in Old Salem, North Carolina, USA. Apothecary (pronounced "ah-POTH-i-kerry") is a historical name for a medical practitioner who formulates and dispenses materia medica to physicians, surgeons and patients — a role now served b..
Apothecary General
Apothecary General was a British and American military post held during the times of the American Revolution. According to British regulations, the Apothecary General, like the judge advocate general, was a noncombatant officer who, under directions from the secretary at war, supplied the army with..
Apothecary to the Household
An officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He has a salaried daily surgery. List of Apothecaries to the Household Timothy Evans 2003-Sir Nigel Southward, KCVO MA MB BChir MRCP 1975-2003Colonel Sir Ralph Southward, KCVO MB ChB FRCP 1964-1975Si..
Apothecary to the Household at Sandringham
Apothecary to the Household at Sandringham is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is paid a small salary. List of Apothecaries to the Household at Sandringham Ian Campbell, LVO MB BS FRCGP c.1992 c.2002Hugh Ford, CVO MB BS FRCGP DObs..
Apothecary to the Household at Windsor
Apothecary to the Household at Windsor is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He has a salaried daily surgery. List of Apothecaries to the Household at Windsor Jonathan Holliday, LVO 1997-John Briscoe, LVO MA MB BChir MRCGP DObst RCOG..
Apothem
Apothem of a hexagon The apothem of a regular polygon is a line drawn from the center of the polygon perpendicular to one of its sides. In other words, a line drawn from the center of a polygon to the midpoint of its sides. The apothema is also the radius of the inscribed circle. Given a regu..
Apotheosis
Apotheosis means glorification, usually to a divine level, coming from the Greek word apotheoun, "to deify." Contents 1 Pre Roman2 Roman2.1 In literature3 Modern3.1 Other notes4 See also5 External links Pre Roman In the Greek and Hellenistic world, state leade..
Apotome
Apotome may mean one of the following: In mathematics, apotome is the difference of two quantities that are commensurable only in power. An example is the difference: [\sqrt-1,] which corresponds to the difference between the diagonal and side of a square. A Pythagorean interval, equal ..
Apotropaic magic
Apotropaic magic is a ritual observance that is intended to turn away evil. It can be as elaborate as the use of magical ceremonies or spells, or a simple as the vaguely superstitious carrying or wearing of a "good luck" token or "charm" (perhaps on a charm bracelet), crossing one's fingers or knock..
Apotrope
Apotrope (adj:apotropaic) refers to objects such as amulets and talismans or other symbols intended to "ward off evil" or "avert or combat evil." The word is of Greek origin and literally means "turning away" which was seen in the apotropaic eye, an exaggerated eye painted on drinking vessels in t..
Apoudoulou
Apoudoulou (also Apodoulou) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan mansion or ceremonial building. Contents 1 Geography2 Archaeology3 References4 External links Geography Apoudoulou overlooks the Libyan Sea. Altitude: 450m above sea level Archaeology Apoudoulou was..
Apo Island
Apo Island is a small volcanic island, 7km off the southeastern tip of Negros Island in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Dauin, Negros Oriental. The marine habitat around the island is a marine reserve; protected by the National Integrated Protected Area Act (N.I...
Apo Lazarides
Apo Lazarides (October 16, 1925 - October 30, 1998), was a French champion cyclist. Born Jean Apotre Lazarides in Marles-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais of Greek ancestry, as a boy he cycled in the mountains. During the German occupation of France in World War II, the teenaged Lazarides used his cycling s..
A Pobra do Caramiñal
A Pobra do Caramiñal is located in the entrance of one of the lower bays of the Galician coastline known as the "Ria de Arousa". It is the next stop out of the ria (bay or more apropos 'fjord') after Boiro and is famous for its unusual festival procession in September. Highlights of a visit to ..
A Pocketful of Rye
A Pocketful of Rye is a 1969 novel by A. J. Cronin about a young Scottish doctor, Carrol, and his life in Switzerland. As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences as a doctor for this book. The title comes from the children's nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence". ..
A Pocket Full of Rye
A Pocket Full of Rye (published in 1953) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, featuring her detective Miss Marple. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. When wealthy Rex Fortescue dies during tea, the police are baffled. Going on the only ..
A Poke in the Eye... With a Sharp Stick
A Poke in the Eye... With a Sharp Stick is a 1988 album by Raymond Watts under the moniker PIG. Track listing "It Tolls for Thee (Pig Breath)" (Raymond Watts) – 4:25"Scumsberg" (Watts) – 4:02"One for the Neck" (Watts) – 3:54"Hildelinde" (traditional) – 2:45"My Favourite Ca..
A Political Romance
A Political Romance is a 1759 novel by Laurence Sterne, author of Tristam Shandy. The first work written by Sterne might be labelled a roman à clef or a cronique scandaleuse, which were so popular at the beginning of the eighteenth century. However, even these more suitable names do not do justice..
A Pollinaire Rave
A Pollinaire Rave is a comedy tour by Of Montreal lead singer Kevin Barnes, his brother David Barnes, and his wife, Nina. A CD was with the same name was sold, and five of the seven songs on the EP became songs on the Of Montreal album Satanic Panic in the Attic. Contents 1 Partial Trackl..
A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
"A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)" is a popular song, popularized by Patti Page in 1957 and again in 1981. The song was written by Bob Hilliard and Milton DeLugg. The song was first recorded by Patsy Cline on November 8, 1956. The 1957 Page recording was issued by Mercury Records as catal..
A Portable Model of... (album)
A Portable Model of... is the first full-length album by Joan of Arc, released in 1997 on Jade Tree Records. Track listing "I Love A Woman (Who Loves Me)""The Hands""Anne Aviary""Let's Wrestle""Romulans!Romulans!""Post Coitus Rock""Count To A Thousand""How Wheeling Feels""In Pompeii""Caliban""I..
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical kunstlerroman (an artist's bildungsroman) by James Joyce, first serialized in The Egoist between 1914-1915 and published in book form in 1916. It is the story of the growth and education of Stephen Dedalus, an alter ego for Joyce..
A Portuguesa
A Portuguesa (pron. IPA /ɐ puɾ.tu.'ɣe.zɐ/) is the national anthem of Portugal. It was written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (lyrics) and Alfredo Keil (music) after the nationalist resurgence provoked by the British Ultimatum (for Portuguese troops to vacate the territory between Angola and Moza..
A Posteriori (album)
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . A Posteriori will be the sixth studio album by the German electronic musical project Enigma. It is scheduled for release in September 2006. Contents 1 Overview1.1 History1.2 Etymology2 Track lis..

 

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