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A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, KG, CH, PC (1 May 1885–11 January 1965) was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Minister of Defence under Clement Attlee. A..
AVA
AVA or Ava may refer to: In geography: American Viticultural Area, delimited grape-growing region distinguishable by geographic featuresAva, city in the Mandalay Division of MyanmarAva, Illinois, city in Jackson County, Illinois, United StatesAva, Missouri, city in Douglas County, Missouri, United..
Ava
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Innwa (Burmese: အင္းဝမ္ရုိ့; MLCTS: ang: wa. mrui.; formerly Ava) is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated just to the south of Amarapura on the Ayeyarwady River. It is also called Ratanapura (ရတနာပူရ), ..
Ava, Illinois
Ava is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 662 at the 2000 census. Geography Ava is located at [37°53′22″N, 89°29′47″W] (37.889346, -89.496355)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a ..
Ava, Missouri
Ava is a city in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,021 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County[Geographic references#6GR6]. The city was founded in 1871 and is named after Ava in the bible, 2 Kings 17:24 "And the king of Assyria brought men ..
Ava, New York
Ava is a town in Oneida County, New York, USA. The population was 725 at the 2000 census. The name allegedly comes from a location in Burma. The Town of Ava is in the north central part of the county. Ava is north of the City of Rome. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographi..
Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
Avabai, Lady Jeejeebhoy (born c.1793) was the wife of Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, 1st baronet. She is best known for having funded the construction of the Mahim causeway in Mumbai (Bombay), which serves today as an important link between the island city of Mumbai with its north-western suburbs. Cont..
Avacast
Avacast Corporation is a company that provides online meeting, webconferencing, webcasting, and all manner of online learning/distance education software and services. These services are provided by the company's sole product, the Avacaster System, which is available for licensing either in a ho..
Avaceratops
Avaceratops was a small Ceratopsian dinosaur which lived during the late Campanian during the Late Cretaceous period in the Northwest United States. Contents 1 Discoveries and species2 Classification3 Diet4 References Discoveries and species Its fossils were found in Monta..
Avacha
Avacha may refer to one of the following Avacha River, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.Avacha Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.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 lin..
Avacha Bay
Avacha Bay (Russian: ) is a Pacific Ocean bay by the southwestern coast of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Length: 24km, width (at mouth): 3km, depth (max): 26m. The Avacha River flows into the bay. The port city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is by the bay. ..
Avacha River
Avacha is a river in the soutwesttern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It flows into the Avacha Bay. Length: 122 km, watershed: 5090 sq.km. The town of Yelizovo (housing the international airport for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is by the Avacha River. ..
Avacha Volcano
Avacha Volcano (Avacha, Avachinsky) (Russian: ) is an active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. It lies within sight of the capital of Kamchatka Oblast, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Together with neighbouring Koryaksky volcano, it has been designated a Decade Volcano, ..
AVAC system
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AVAC System
AVAC System, that is, the Automated Vacuum Collection System, transports refuse at 55 mph through underground tunnels to a building where it is compacted to 1/5 its size, sealed in containers, and carted away. Few such systems exist in the world (eg: Disney World (current state is classified) and..
Avadana
Avadana is the name given to a type of Buddhist romance literature represented by a large number of Sanskrit (Nepalese) collections, of which the chief are the Avadanasataka (Century of Legends), and the Divyavadana (The Heavenly Legend). Though of later date than most of the canonical Buddhist book..
Avadanasataka
The Avadānaśataka or "Century of Noble Deeds (Avadāna)" is an anthology in Sanskrit of legends, primarily concerning the Buddha and the Maurya emperor Aśoka, written by members of the Sarvāstivāda school of Buddhism. Reference [Fables in the Vinaya-Pitaka of the Sarvastivad in School ..
Avadattur
Avadattur is a census town in Salem district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Avadattur had a population of 8982. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Avadattur has an average literacy rate of..
Avadhanam
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. Avadhanam is a Brahminical literary feat popular from the very ancient days. It requires immense memory power an..
Avadhara
Avadhara (sometimes referred to as Auadhara) is a climatological resort in Abkhazia, an autonomous republic of northwestern Georgia. The resort lies on the southwestern slopes of the Avadhara Range at an elevation of 1,600 meters (5,248ft.) above sea level. Avadhara is surrounded by fir, spruce, a..
Avadhut
Avadhut (also spelled Avadhoot) is a term from the spiritual traditions of India. An avadhut is a mystic who has risen above body-consciousness, duality, and worldly concerns. The term is described in one text as one who is free from the consciousness of the ego, roaming free like a child over the f..
Avadi
Avadi is a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated about 20 km north east of Chennai, it is surrounded by major defence establishments and hence, people usually call this place as "military area." Some say that Avadi is an acronym for Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India. The ma..
Avagddu
In the Welsh myth of Taliesin, Avagddu (also called Morfran) was the extremely ugly son of Ceridwen and Tegid Veol. Avagddu's mother, Ceridwen, tried to help her son make his way in the world by creating a potion whose first three drops would give him knowledge of the future. Unfortunately, she gave..
AVAGO
AVAGO is a gaming television channel found on Sky television in the United Kingdom. Its channel number is 841 and was launched on 4th July 2002. Contents 1 Games2 AVAGO Balls3 Presenters4 Related Links5 Wikipedia Links Games There are numerous games you can play on AVA..
Avagraha
Avagraha ऽ is a Devanagari symbol used to indicate elision of an अ a. It is usually transliterated with an apostrophe. ..
Avahi
The term avahi can refer to: woolly lemurs, see Avahi (genus)a multicast DNS software for service discovery, see Avahi (software) 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..
Avahi (software)
Avahi is a system for multicast DNS service discovery. It allows programs to publish and discover services and hosts running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at and people to talk to. ..
Avaí
This page discusses the city named Avaí, for the Santa Catarina football (soccer) club, see Avaí Futebol Clube.'' Avaí is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 22.15/22°08'48 S and 49.38/49°19'59 W. The population in 2003 is 4,571and the area is 543.66 km². ..
Avaiki
In the mythology of Mangaia (Cook Islands), Avaiki is the underworld. Varima-te-takere, the mother of Vatea, lives in its lowest depths (Tregear 1891:392). References E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891. ..
Avail
Avail is a punk/rock/post-hardcore band from Richmond, Virginia. Originally from Northern Virginia, the band, formed in the eighties, moved together to Richmond in 1990. They play punk music, with heartfelt lyrics and melodic breakdowns. Many of their lyrics are about Richmond. Band members Avail ..
Availability
For the thermodynamic function availability, in the sense of available useful work, see exergy. For availability as a form of cognitive bias, see availability heuristic. In telecommunications and reliability theory, the term availability has the following meanings: 1. The degree to which a syste..
Availability, salience and vividness
Availability, salience and vividness are three terms, which refer to very similar things in social psychology, but have slightly different meanings. They may actually all refer to the same underlying concept, and they positively influence one another, but they are each used consistently in different..
Availability error
Availability error, related to the gambler's fallacy, is the distortion of one's perceptions of reality due to the tendency to remember one alternative outcome of a situation much more easily than another. For example, if surrounded by slot machines people are more likely to continue feeding mo..
Availability factor
The availability factor of a power plant is the amount of time that it is able to produce electricity over a certain period, divided by the amount of the time in the period. Occasions where only partial capacity is available may or may not be deducted. The availability factor should not be confused ..
Availability heuristic
The availability heuristic is a rule of thumb, or heuristic, which occurs when people estimate the probability of an outcome based on how easy that outcome is to imagine. As such, vividly described, emotionally-charged possibilities will be perceived as being more likely than those that are harder..
Available Bit Rate
Available Bit Rate (ABR) is a service used in ATM networks when source and destination don't need to be synchronized. ABR does not guarantee against delay or data loss. ABR mechanisms allow the network to allocate the available bandwidth fairly over the present ABR sources. ABR is the fourth of five..
Available energy (particle collision)
For a discussion about the meaning of the term in classical thermodynamics, see Exergy In particle physics, the available energy is the energy in a particle collision available to produce new matter from the kinetic energy of the coliding particles. Since the conservation of momentum must be held, ..
Available for sale
Available for sale (AFS) is one of the three general classifications for financial assets (the other two being held for trading and held to maturity) under US GAAP (specifically, FAS 133) and four (the fourth being loans and receivables) under IFRS. US GAAP Treatment Under US GAAP AFS assets repres..
Available in All Colours
Available In All Colours is the debut album of One Minute Silence, released in 1998. It was released on Big Cat Records, and distributed by 3mv/Pinnacle in the UK, Sony Music in France, Rough Trade in Germany and Austria, M.N.W. in Scandinavia, Record Services in Ireland, P.I.A.S in Benelux and Univ..
Available Light
Available Light is a 2005 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. Track listing "Intro""Welcome Home""Let That River Go""Pour The Wine""Roll Away""Outrageous Design""Accustomed To The Light""And You Will Lose Everything""It's The Truth""Forgiveness""Free The People""Keeping The Flame"..
Available line
In voice, video, or data communications, the term available line (or useful line) is a circuit between two points that is ready for service, but is in the idle state. In facsimile transmission, the portion of the scanning line that can be specifically used for image signals. Source: from Federal St..
Available seat miles
Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity capability. For example, a transport configured to fly 100 seats flying 100 miles would give the..
Available water capacity
Available water capacity (AWC) is defined as the range of available water that can be stored in soil and be available for growing crops (Richards and Wadleigh, 1952). The concept, put forward by Frank Veihmeyer and Arthur Hendrickson (1927), assumed that the water readily available to plants is th..
Avaí Futebol Clube
Avaí Futebol Clube, or Avaí as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. It became nationally known after the tennis player Gustavo Kuerten declared to be a supporter of Avaí. Home stadium is the Ressacada stadium,..
Avak crater
Avak is an impact crater near Barrow, Alaska in the United States. It is 7 miles (12 km) in diameter and the age is estimated to be greater than 95 million years placing it in the Cretaceous period or earlier. The crater is partly on land and partly in the ocean; the land portion is not expose..
Aval
In finance, an aval is a guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt in the event of default. External links [Investopedia] ..
Avala
Avala is the mountain overlooking the city of Belgrade, Serbia, situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and offering a great panoramic view. It stands at 511 meters above sea level. The name "Avala" comes from the Arabic word havala, which means "pretty view". In the Middle Ages, the town ..
Avalanch
Avalanch is a Spanish heavy/power metal band created in 1988. Led by guitar player Alberto Rionda, the band reached its higher popularity peak in 2001 with their best-selling album El Ángel Caído (Translation: The Fallen Angel). Soon after, most of the classical band members including frontman ..
Avalancha de Éxitos
Avalancha de Éxitos (Avalanche of Hits) was Café Tacuba's third album. In 1996, two years after their acclaimed Re, the band had ammassed enough new music to fill four CDs, but couldn't winnow it down to a single album. So instead, they covered eight songs by other Spanish-speaking artists, who ra..
Avalanche
A Himalayan avalanche. This article refers to the natural event. For other uses, see Avalanche (disambiguation) An avalanche is a slide of a large snow (or rock) down a mountainside, caused when a buildup of snow is released down a slope, and is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains..
AVALANCHE
For other uses, see avalanche (disambiguation). is a fictional rebel and eco-terrorist organization from the Squaresoft RPG Final Fantasy VII. It is their mission to save the world in which the game takes place from the conduct of the Shin-Ra Company, a multi-conglomorate industry which effectively ..
Avalanche (album)
Avalanche was Matthew Good's first solo album. It received high praise from both music critics and fans of the singer and songwriter alike. Released in 2003, the album marked a creative departure from his earlier work with the Matthew Good Band, and featured accompaniment by the Vancouver Symphon..
Avalanche (comics)
Avalanche (Dominic Petros) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). A Cretan mutant, Avalanche, possesses the ability to create earthquakes of varying sizes an..
Avalanche (disambiguation)
Groups and things that have been named after the avalanche include: Avalanche (album), the first solo album by Canadian musician, Matthew Good.Avalanche (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain with geokinetic powers whose real name is Dominic Petros.Avalanche (P2P), a proposed peer-to-peer network d..
Avalanche (P2P)
Avalanche is the name of a proposed peer-to-peer (P2P) network created by Microsoft, which claims to offer improved scalability and bandwidth efficiency compared to existing P2P systems. The proposed system works in a similar way to BitTorrent, but aims to improve some of the latter's shortfalls. L..
Avalanche (SVS album)
Tracklist 1. Avalanche 2. Loch Ness 3. Curiosity 4. Froggy 5. Peaches 6. Little Wishes 7. Deep Sea Green 8. No Real Home 9. Alien 10. Right/Wrong 11. Ice Cream Overdrive ..
Avalanche breakdown
Avalanche breakdown is a phenomenon that can occur in both insulating and semiconducting materials. It is a form of electric current multiplication that can allow very large currents to flow within materials which are otherwise good insulators. Avalanche breakdown can occur within solids, liquids, o..
Avalanche chess
Avalanche chess is a chess variant designed by Ralph Betza in 1977. After moving one of your own pieces, you must move one of your opponent's pawns forward one space. Rules are as normal chess except for the following: After you move one of your own pieces, you must move one of your opponent's pie..
Avalanche Corporate Technology
Avalanche Corporate Technology is a technology cooperative that provides a private exchange that enables corporations to share intellectual property (IP), particularly that represented by computer software. Avalanche is a for-profit initiative, chartered by a group of companies, to reduce the cost a..
Avalanche diode
An avalanche diode is a diode (usually made from silicon, but can be made from another semiconductor) that is designed to break down and conduct at a specified reverse bias voltage. The Zener diode exhibits an apparently similar effect, but its operation is caused by a different mechanism, called..
Avalanche effect
This article is about cryptography; for other meanings, see snowball effect and avalanche (disambiguation). In cryptography, the avalanche effect refers to a desirable property of cryptographic algorithms, typically block ciphers and cryptographic hash functions. The avalanche effect is evident if, ..
Avalanche joseki
The Avalanche JosekiUpper right quadrant Black move at 'a' leads to the small avalanche (konadare) and at 'b' to the l..
Avalanche photodiode
Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are photodetectors that can be regarded as the semiconductor analog to photomultipliers. By applying a high reverse bias voltage (typically 100-200 V in silicon), APDs show an internal current gain effect (around 100) due to impact ionization (avalanche effect). However,..
Avalanche Press
Avalanche Press is an American company that publishes board wargames and has published some role-playing game supplements. An extremely prolific company, they have produced many respected contributions to the wargame community, most notably the Great War at Sea and Panzer Grenadier series, as well a..
Avalanche Software
Avalanche Software is a video game developer studio, founded in October 1995 by four lead programmers from Sculptured Software. The company has developed for every console platform since the Sega Genesis and SNES days and has grown to a staff of over 100 since its inception. The company is headed up..
Avalanche transistor
An Avalanche Transistor is a transistor intended for operation in the negative resistance avalanche mode. This region in the V-I characteristics curve is usually called the avalanche breakdown region. This breakdown phenomenon allows avalanche transistors to switch very high currents with sub nanos..
Avalanche XUV
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } The Avalanche XUV is a AWD vehicle manufactured by H..
Avalar
Avalar is the setting of the majority of the hit video game, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. Avalar appears to be a sort of kingdom, with castles in the three homeworlds of Summer Forest, Autumn Plains, and Winter Tundra. Unlike the Dragon Realms or Forgotten Realms, Avalar has never seen hide nor hair of ..
Avalaunch
Avalaunch is an alternative Xbox dashboard that allows users a lot of flexibility and ability to customize the layout to fit their needs. It is free to use, and is developed by a group called Team Avalaunch. Because of Microsoft's copy protection measures, users that wish to run Avalaunch need to ..
Avala TV Tower
Avala TV Tower Avala TV Tower (Serbian: Авалски торањ / Avalski toranj) was a 202.87 metre (666 feet) tall telecommunication tower located on Avala mountain near Belgrade, Serbia. The tower was constructed by architects Uglješa Bogdanović and Slobodan Janjić, and engineer Milan ..
Avalite
Avalite is a chromian variety of Illite. It is not consider as a valid mineral species. It is composed of the elements K,Cr,Al,Si,H2O and O. This mineral receives its name from a mountain near Belgrade (capital of Serbia), the Avala mountain. See also List of minerals ..
Avalloc
In Welsh mythology, Avalloc was the father of Modron. He may have been the King of Avalon. Etymology This theonym appears to be derived from Proto-Celtic *Aballo-k-os meaning "apple's masculine [spirit]" (q.v. [link] [link] [link]). Following accepted sound l..
Avallon
For information about the mythical island from the Arthurian legends, see Avalon. Avallon Country France Région Bourgogne Départment Yonne(sous-préfecture) Arrondissement Avallon Canton Avallon (chief town) INSEE 89025 Postal Code 89..
Avallónë
{|align=right |- | In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Avallonë was the city on Tol Eressëa, the Haven of the Eldar. It was founded by the Teleri during their long stay there, before they left Tol Eressëa for Alqualondë on the shores of Valinor. Before the changing of the world, on clo..
Avalokiteśvara
Four-armed Tibetan Chenrezig form of Avalokiteśvara Names Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर IAST: Terms and concepts History Schools and sects People By region and country List of topics Timeline Temples Texts Culture Portal]] ..
Avalon
For other senses of this word, see Avalon (disambiguation). Avalon (probably from the Celtic word abal: apple; see Etymology below) is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, famous for its beautiful apples. The concept of such an "Isle of the Blessed" has parallels in other Indo-Europea..
Avalon, Australia
Avalon can be: Avalon, New South WalesAvalon, VictoriaAvalon Airport, VictoriaThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Avalon, California
Avalon is the only city on Santa Catalina Island. Its ZIP code is 90704 and it is in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,127. The population is now estimated to be over 3,500. The default for wired phone numbers in the Avalon central off..
Avalon, France
Avalon is a castle and a village outside of Pontcharra, Isère département, eastern France. Birthplace of Saint Hugh of Lincoln (1130s) ..
Avalon, Georgia
Avalon is a town in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 278 at the 2000 census. Geography Avalon is located at [34°30′6″N, 83°11′40″W] (34.501609, -83.194322)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town ..
Avalon, Missouri
Avalon is an unincorporated community in southern Livingston County, Missouri. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route H about one mile east of U.S. Route 65 and ten miles south of Chillicothe. The community was founded in 1845 and is named after the mythic Isle of Avalon of Britain, prominen..
Avalon, New Jersey
Avalon Borough highlighted in Cape May County. Inset map: Cape May County highlighted in the State of New Jersey. Avalon has many beaches on the New Jersey shore. Avalon is a borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, on Seven Mile Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough p..
Avalon, New South Wales
Avalon is a beachside suburb in metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the Pittwater Local Government Area, and is about 35 km north east of the Sydney central business district. Avalon Beach is generally regarded as an excellent surfing beach. Avalon also has a small golf..
Avalon, New Zealand
Avalon, a suburb in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, formed as a private residential development in the 1970s on land formerly occupied by market gardens on the left (eastern) bank of the Hutt River. It features mostly California-inspired designed houses, often split-level, with 3 and 4 bedrooms. Avalon ca..
Avalon, Pennsylvania
Avalon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River, six miles (10 km) downstream of Pittsburgh. It is a purely residential place. 804 people lived in Avalon in 1890, 2,130 people lived in Avalon in 1900; 4,317 people lived in Avalon in 1910, and 6,155 people lived in Avalon ..
Avalon, Texas
Avalon is an unincorporated community in southern Ellis County, Texas. Its population is approximately 400. The Avalon Independent School District serves area students. ..
Avalon, the Legend Lives
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Avalon, Victoria
Avalon LGA: City of Greater Geelong Postcode: 3212 Median property value: [8,000] (2006) Location: Geelong, VIC Suburbs near Avalon Little River Lara Avalon Corio Avalon is a locality in the State of Victoria, Australia. It is located to the north of the ci..
Avalon-class
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Avalonia
Avalonia was an ancient microcontinent or terrane. The name is derived from the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland. Contents 1 Development2 Consequences3 Maps4 External links Development In the early Cambrian, the supercontinent Pannotia broke up and Avalonia drifted off north..
Avalonianus
Avalonianus was first believed to be a dinosaur. It was first described in 1961 by Kuhn. Later analysis revealed it was actually a non-dinosaurian archosaur. References http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/genera.htm ..
Avalonia (reptile)
Avalonia was formerly considered a prosauropod dinosaur, but is now thought to be a non-dinosaurian archosaur. ..
Avalon (1990 film)
Avalon (1990) is a feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiographical story of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States who settle in Baltimore, Maryland, at the beginning of the 20th century. Avalon explores the themes of assimilation and how mod..
Avalon (2001 film)
Avalon is a Japanese/Polish Science Fiction film by anime-director Mamoru Oshii. It was released in 2001. The name of the film originates from the island Avalon in the legend of King Arthur. The film is set in a bleak future, where the population is hooked on an immersive virtual reality video ga..
Avalon (album)
Avalon, released in 1982, was Roxy Music's eighth and last studio album; it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the band's later work. It was a commercial success, reaching number one in the UK and staying on the album charts for over a year; a si..
Avalon (Avalon album)
Avalon's first studio release Contents 1 Track listing2 Lineup of Member3 Review4 Trivia5 External links Track listing "Give it Up"- 4:15"This Love"- 3:36"The Greatest Story"- 4:55"Picture Perfect World"- 4:38"Don't Be Afraid"- 4:36"Here to Deliever"- 3:26"Let it Be For..
Avalon (band)
Avalon is a Contemporary Christian group from Nashville, Tennessee, USA known for their harmonic singing and somewhat electronic sound. Contents 1 Lineup of Members1.1 Current Members1.2 Previous Members2 Group history3 Discography4 Videography5 Major Tours6..
Avalon (comics)
Avalon is the name of at least two places in the Marvel Comics Universe and one place in an alternate timeline of the Marvel Universe known as the Age of Apocalypse. Contents 1 Magneto's Acolytes' space station1.1 See also2 Mystical Avalon2.1 See also3 Age of Apocalypse ..
Avalon (disambiguation)
Avalon is a legendary island in or near Britain. The name has been adopted for many other things: Contents 1 Places2 People3 Music4 Television5 Cinema6 Games7 Comics8 Books9 Technology10 Organizations11 Graveyards Places France*Avalon, Franc..
Avalon (electoral district)
Profile Avalon in relation to the other Newfoundland and Labrador ridings Population, 2001 79,548 Electors 63,745 Area (km2) 9,335 Population density (people per km2) 9 Avalon is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian Hou..
Avalon (film)
There have been two films known as Avalon: Avalon (1990 film), an American film made in 1990Avalon (Japanese film), a Japanese film made in 2001 This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish..
Avalon (novel)
Avalon is a novel, written by the American author Anya Seton. It was published in 1965. It is a fictional story about the lives of Rumon and Merewyn, against a broad historical and fairly accurate background. This book is a 10th century historical romance of a descendant of Charlemagne: Runon and ..
Avalon (Stargate SG-1)
"Avalon" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. They marked the beginning of a "new" Stargate SG-1 that continued after the total closure and possible ending of the previous season. They also bring in the characte..
Avalon (video game)
For the 1984 ZX Spectrum computer game, see Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie. Avalon is a video game currently in development by Climax Studios for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The team are using their [Blimey 2] game development engine. External links [Official Climax Press Re..
Avalon (webcomic)
Avalon is a webcomic by Josh Phillips set in the fictional city of Avalon, Ontario, Canada. It focuses on a group of high school students, and while it was originally gag-a-day, it evolved into a coherent, long-term story with realistic characters. The comic launched on November 8, 1999 and was or..
Avalon Airport
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Avalon Cemetery
Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for blacks. More than 300,000 people are buried on its 430 acres, the graves less than two feet apart. By 2010 the cemetery is expected to be at capacit..
Avalon Clan
The Avalon Clan is a fictional group of characters in the Disney animated television series Gargoyles. As the name suggests, it is a gargoyle clan that resides on the mythical Isle of Avalon, where a hour spent on the island equates to a day in the "real" world. Unusually among many clans in the Gar..
Avalon Equity Partners
Avalon Equity Partners is a New York, New York-based investment group that manages the $63 million private Avalon Equity Fund. Established in 1999, the fund invests in media, communications and information services industries. Contents 1 Fund Portfolio Subsidiaries1.1 Broadcasting1.2&n..
Avalon High
Avalon High is a juvenile fiction novel by Meg Cabot, published in 2005. The book follows teenager Ellie Harrison, who has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year long sabbatical to continue their medieval studies in nearby DC. Her new high school, Avalon High,..
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming ruleset and had a popular line of sports simulations. It is now a division of the game company Wizards of the Coast. Contents 1 History 2 Games (Origina..
Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization
Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization is a computer edition of the Civilization board game that includes the original game and the expansion to that game called Advanced Civilization. It was published in 1995, shortly before Avalon Hill was bought out by Hasbro in 1998. It is now listed as abando..
Avalon Independent School District
Avalon Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Avalon, Texas. External link [Avalon ISD] ..
Avalon Interactive
Originally Virgin Interactive. It was acquired in 1999 by the French publisher Titus Software and its name was changed to Avalon Interactive on July 1, 2003. ..
Avalon Mall
The Avalon Mall is the largest shopping centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It offers over 140 stores and services, movie theatres, a children's play area, and the largest food court in Atlantic Canada. The mall opened in 1967 and is owned by Crombie REIT, a real estate investme..
Avalon Park
Avalon Park is a neighborhood community located in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is a community built on the principle of New Urbanism, also known as Neo-Traditionalism. Avalon Park is developed on 1,860 acres of land in Southeast Orlando, east of Alafaya Trail and south of State Road 50. T..
Avalon Park, Chicago
Avalon Park (Chicago, Illinois) Community Area 45 - Avalon ParkLocation within the city of Chicago LatitudeLongitude [41°45′N 87°35.4′W] Neighborhoods Avalon ParkMarynookStony Island Park ZIP Code parts of 60617, 60619 Area 7.69 km² (2.97 mi²) Population (2000)Density 11,1..
Avalon Peninsula
The coast of the Avalon Peninsula, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador The Avalon Peninsula is a large peninsula (9,270 km²) that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. The peninsula is home to forty percent of Newfoundland's population, and is the location of..
Avalon Project
The Avalon Project is the name of Yale Law School's digital library of Documents relating to Law, History and Diplomacy. The project contains online electronic copies of documents dating back over the past two thousand years and so it possible to study the original text of not only very famous doc..
Avalon Raceway
Avalon Raceway is a motor racing track located in Lara, Victoria, Australia. The track is clay based and oval shaped and is 390 metres in length. The outright lap record holder is Ian Lewis with a time of 11.185 seconds on October 29 2005 [link]. External links [Official web site ..
Avalon School
Avalon School is a project-based charter high school in St. Paul, Minnesota. The website calls it a "small, democratic liberal arts high school." ..
Avalon Series
A series of novels written by Marion Zimmer Bradley, with help from Diana L. Paxson. The series in order from beginning to end: Ancestors of Avalon (2004) (written principally by Diana L. Paxson)The Forest House (1993) (with Diana L. Paxson) (also now known as The Forests of Avalon)Lady of Avalon ..
Avalon Sunset
Avalon Sunset is an album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music.) The album contains the romantic ballad "Have I Told You Lately", which became a hit single for Morrison (as well as for Rod Stewart in 1993 with his cover version from 1991's Vagabond Heart.) ..
Avalon Theater
Avalon Theater may refer to one of the following: Avalon Theatre, Easton, MarylandAvalon Theater (Catalina), Los Angeles, California 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 ..
Avalon Theater (Catalina)
The Avalon Theater is located on Catalina Island of the coast of Los Angeles, CA. The theatre has one movie screen and a seating capacity of 1154. Its design, done by Sumner A. Spaulding and Walter Weber, is described as being Art Deco and Mediterranean Revival. In 1993 the theater was photograph..
Avalon Theatre
The Avalon Theatre was originally a theatre built in 1921. In 1934, the Schine Chain Theatres purchased the Avalon and renovated it with an art deco theme. It became one of the most famous movie houses in the area, before eventually falling into disrepair and being closed from 1985 to 1987. In 19..
Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie
Avalon The 3D Adventure Movie is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum by Hewson Consultants in 1984. An arcade adventure, the game involved controlling Maroc the mage in his quest to destroy Avelach, Lord of Chaos. An unusual feature of the game (for the time) was the fact you could not be..
Avalpoondurai
Avalpoondurai is a panchayat town in Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Avalpoondurai had a population of 11,230. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Avalpoondurai has an average..
Avalsjøen
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Avalsjøen is a lake in the municipality of Lunner..
Avalude Ravukal
Avalude Ravukal is a Malayalam film directed by I.V. SASI. ..
Avanade
Avanade, Inc. is "the leading technology integrator specializing providing information technology services on the Microsoft enterprise platform." It has a worldwide network of Development Centers with more than 38 offices in more than 20 countries. Contents 1 History2 Methodology3&nbs..
Avanashi
Avanashi is a panchayat town in Coimbatore district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Geography Avanashi is located at [11.2° N 77.28° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Avanashi]. It has an average elevation of 314 metres (1030 feet). Demographics As of 2..
Avangan
Avangan, established in 1974, is an Iranian company which manufactures energy and telecommunication steel towers. ..
Avangard Omsk
Avangard Omsk Founded 1950 Home ice Sports-Concerts Complex Viktora Blinova Based in Omsk, Russia Colours Red, black, white League Russian Hockey Super League HC Avangard Omsk (ru: Авангард Омск) is a professional Russian ice hockey team. Founded: 1950 ..
Avangard Stadium
Avangard Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Petropavl, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Yesil Bogatyr Petropavlovsk. The stadium holds 10,000 people. ..
Avangate
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Avanhandava
Avanhandava is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 21.45/21°27'39 S and 49.95/49°56'59 W. The population in 2004 is 9,268 and the area is 341.36 km² The elevation is 428 m. ..
Avani
Avani is a small village in Karnataka, India, about ten miles from Kolar Gold Fields. It is famous for the Sita temple situated on a hill. This temple is one of the few temples dedicated to sitadevi in India. It is also known as the Gaya of the south and has ancient temples known as the Rameshwara, ..
Avaniapuram
Avaniapuram is a panchayat town in Madurai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Avaniapuram had a population of 51,587. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Avaniapuram has an average lit..
Avani Patel
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Avani Patel is a sports writer at the Chicago Tribun..
Avannaa
Avannaa/Nordgrønland (North Greenland, also called Avannaarsua or Avanersuaq) is one of the three counties (amt) of Greenland. The county seat is at the main settlement, Qaanaaq, the town of the only municipality. It is the least densely populated statoid in the world with 843 people living in ..
Avanor
Avanor is a roguelike game. It is heavily inspired by ADOM. Avanor was written by Vadim Gaidukevich (he lives in Minsk, Belarus), the current version is 0.5.7 and it is still in heavy development, though quite playable. It can be downloaded from the official site. Recently its source code has been..
Avanos
Avanos is a district of Nevşehir Province of Turkey. It is situated at the heart of the historic and touristic region of Cappadocia. With its rich architectural heritage, Avanos is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions (EAHTR) [link] Nevş..
Avans Hogeschool
Avans Hogeschool was founded on January 1, 2004 as a union of Hogeschool 's-Hertogenbosch in 's-Hertogenbosch, and Hogeschool Brabant in Tilburg, Breda and Etten-Leur. Hogeschool Brabant itself was a union from 1988 of Hogeschool West-Brabant (Etten-Leur and Breda) and Hogeschool Midden-Brabant (Til..
Avant
For the term defining "experimentalism", see avant-garde or Avant Guide. For the Swedish record producer, see Bloodshy & Avant. Avant (born Myron Avant on April 26,1978 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a multi-platinum American R&B singer. He is best known for hits such as "Separated" (the remix to which f..
Avant, Oklahoma
Avant is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 372 at the 2000 census. Geography Avant is located at [36°29′19″N, 96°3′41″W] (36.488660, -96.061403)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has ..
Avant-garde
For the Spanish indie rock band, see Avantgarde (band). For the 80s progressive metal band, see Avant Garde (band). Avant-garde /ɑvɑ̃gɑrd/ in French means front guard, advance guard, or vanguard. People often use the term in French and English to refer to people or works that are experimental..
Avant-Garde and Kitsch
Avant-Garde and Kitsch is the title of a 1939 essay by Clement Greenberg in which he claimed that avant-garde and modernist art was a means to resist the 'dumbing down' of culture caused by consumerism. Greenberg termed this 'kitsch', a word that his essay popularised. Key ideas Greenberg believed ..
Avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music and composition with elements of traditional jazz. Avant-jazz overlaps with free jazz, but differs in that free jazz is generally performed with fewer, or no predetermin..
Avant-progressive rock
Avant-progressive rock is a style of rock music that explores unconventional territory, often incorporating non-standard chord progressions, tempo changes within a piece, odd time signatures, avant garde passages and complex horn and orchestral arrangements. It generally relates to experimental ban..
Avant-punk
Contents 1 Etymology2 Style3 Record Labels4 Bands Etymology 'Avant-punk' is a corruption of 'avant-garde', a term generally used in popular reference to mean 'in the forefront of innovation', though with more specific meanings in the arts. 'Avant-punk' is used preferentially ..
Avantair
Avantair is an American aircraft fractional-ownership company(headquartered at Fairfield, New Jersey and based at Essex County Airport, Caldwell, New Jersey). Avantair also has bases in St. Petersburg, FL and Reno NV. Avantair is the exclusive fractional provider of the Piaggio Avanti. Avantair pl..
Avantasia
Avantasia (The Metal Opera) is a two-part symphonic metal album written by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the power metal group Edguy. The project's title is a mixture of the words avalon and fantasia (fantasy) and describes "a world beyond human imagination" (a quotation from the booklet)...
Avante!
Avante! (Forward!) is the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP). Founded in 1931, it continues to be published to this day. The newspaper's motto is Workers of the World, Unite! and has been present in every edition of the newspaper since the very first. The newspaper start..
Avante! Festival
Portuguese Communist Party Every year, in the first weekend of September (since 1976) takes part a gigantic festival, the Avante! Festival (Portuguese: Festa do Avante!) named after the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. After taking part in different locations around Lisbon, l..
Avantel
Avantel is a telecommunications company based in Mexico City. Avantel was founded in October 1994 by Mexican investors partnered with Banamex and MCI (acquired by Verizon Communications) after the aperture of the communications industry in Mexico. Avantel initiated operations in August 1996 and F..
Avantgarde (band)
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Avanti
Avanti (Italian for ahead or forward) may refer to: The Avanti Kart. A racing go-kart manufactured in Italy by JM Racing. Winner of many races and championships in the United States and Central America.The Avanti was a model of car built by the Studebaker corporation of South Bend, Indiana. It is ..
Avanti!
For the Italian newspaper, see Avanti! (Italian newspaper) Avanti! is a 1972 comedy directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews and Gianfranco Barra. It was adapted by I.A.L. Diamond from a 1968 play by Samuel Taylor, and is probably one of the least..
Avanti! (Italian newspaper)
Avanti! ("Forward!") is an Italian daily newspaper, born as the official voice of the Italian Socialist Party, published since December 25 1896. It took its name from its German counterpart Vorwärts. History First housed on Rome, its direction moved to Milan in 1911. While it advocated neutrality ..
Avantika Singh
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Avanti (automobile)
Avanti is a name given to a semi-customized automobile produced in the United States, that traces its heritage to the Studebaker Avanti of 1963-1964. Avanti II Following the closure of the South Bend operation, two South Bend, Indiana Studebaker dealers, Nate Altman and Leo Newman purchased the..
Avanti (India)
Avanti ( modern Malwa ) was an important kingdom of western India and was one of the four great monarchies in India when Buddhism arose, the other three being Kosala, Vatsa and Magadha. Avanti was divided into north and south by river Vetravati. Initially, Mahissati (Sanskrit Mahishamati) was t..
Avanti Air
Avanti Air is an airline based at Siegerland, Germany. It operates ad hoc charter services, scheduled services on behalf of other airlines and fleet management. Its main base is Siegerland Airport (SGE). Contents 1 Code Data2 History3 Services4 Fleet5 External links Cod..
Avanti Corporation
Avanti Corporation (the last 'i' is upside down, so it is also often seen as Avant!) was an electronic design automation company. It is best known for a long running legal battle with Cadence Design Systems, of which Business week said "The Avant! case is probably the most dramatic tale of white-co..
Avanti Kart
A go-kart chassis built in Italy by Parolin, but marketed in the United States of America and Central America by JM Racing, Inc. of Carson, California. Avanti have a full line of karts including; TAG, Shifter, 100cc, Cadet, 4-Cycle and Baby. Introduced in November 2002, Avanti competed in West Coast..
Avanti Kingdom
The former Avanti kingdom was one among the many kingdoms ruled by the Yadav kings in the central and western India. Other kingdoms in this group include: Chedi (aprox. Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh)Surasena (Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh (also known as Vraja)Dasarna (south to Chedi Kingdom)K..
Avanti La Vie
Avanti La Vie (English translation: "Go Forward In Life") was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in French (with some words, including "Avanti" in the title, in Italian) by Jacques Zegers. The song was performed eighth on the night (following Cyprus' Andy Paul with Anna..
Avanti Screenmedia
Avanti Screenmedia runs TV-networks for commercial customers like pubs or super markets. It offers broadband Internet access via satellite. In 2005 Ofcom gave Avanti the right to market the geostationary orbital position at 33.5° W. Avanti is based in London is has a staff of about 100 people (20..
Avanto
Avanto can refer to: the Avanto, a model of tram, orAvantouinti, a form of ice swimming. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ar..
Avanto (tram)
For other uses, see Avanto. The Avanto is a low-floor tram manufactured by Siemens AG. It is used or on order by several systems in the United States and for tram-train operations in France. Its principal competitors are Bombardier’s Flexity trams (the Outlook, Classic, Swift, and the Link tram..
Avant Browser
Avant Browser is a freeware Internet Explorer shell. The latest version, Avant Browser 10.2.52, was released on May 10, 2006. It runs on Windows 98 and above. Features Originally a clone of Opera with the Internet Explorer engine, Avant offers many options present in Opera, which do not exist in..
Avant Garde (band)
Early promotional material featuring the band members and the Avant Garde logo, circa late 1980s. (Clockwise from lower left: Kevin Ridel, Eric Ridel, Rivers Cuomo, Justin Fisher, Bryn Mutch) Avant Garde (1987-1989) (later Zoom) was a progressive metal band consisting of Kevin Ridel on vocals, ..
Avant garde metal
Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a cross-genre reference to metal bands characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. Some of the earliest instances of a band being classified as avantgarde lie with Celtic Frost ..
Avant Guide
Avant Guide, derived from the French term avant-garde, is a term used to refer to people or actions that lead other people to experiences that are novel or experimental, particularly with respect to the arts and culture. The word "avant" by itself comes from the French "advanced" or "forward." Ava..
Avant Hard
Avant Hard is the third album by UK group Add N To (X). It was released in 1999 on Mute Records. Track listing "Barry 7's Contraption" – 4:09"Robot New York" – 4:11"Skills" – 3:51"Steve's Going to Teach Himself Who's Boss" – 3:05"Fyuz" – 4:32"Buckminster Fuller" – 3:36"Revenge of the ..
Avanza
Avanza is an independent online broker, with no direct ties to either banking or finance spheres. Avanza was established in 1997. Avanza is one of the options open to private investors who want to play an active part in their investments and savings programmes. Avanza provides there customers with..
Avara
Avara is game made by Ambrosia Software for the Apple Macintosh. Although by today's standards, the graphical quality is quite poor, Avara still enjoys a steady, dedicated cult following among its more hardcore players. Contents 1 Net Code2 History3 The Failure of Avara4 Av..
Avaray
Avaray Country France Région Centre Départment Loir-et-Cher Arrondissement Blois Canton Mer INSEE 41008 Postal Code 41500 MayorCurrent Term Intercommunality Longitude 01° 33' 55" E Latitude 47° 43' 24" N Altitud..
Avard
Avard as a personal name can refer to: Avard MoncurFrançois Avard Avard as a place name can refer to: Avard, Oklahoma This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to poi..
Avard, Oklahoma
Avard is a town in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 26 at the 2000 census. Geography Avard is located at [36°41′57″N, 98°47′24″W] (36.699116, -98.790078)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has ..
Avard Moncur
Avard Moncur (born November 2, 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 400 metres. At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics he won (together with Nathaniel McKinney, Andrae Williams and Christopher Brown) a silver medal. Avard currently trains and lives in Atlanta. Ach..
Avaré, São Paulo
Avaré is a city of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, locates 270 km from the capital. Established in September 15, 1861 for Major Vitoriano de Souza Rocha and Domiciano Santana, the city developed around of the chapel of Ours Mrs. of the Good Death. The population in 2000 has about 77,000 inh..
Avari
The main part of this article relates to a version of Middle-earth's history that is considered canon by many Tolkien fans (see: Middle-earth canon); it may contradict parts of The Silmarillion or other texts. This subject's portrayal in other versions is discussed in the other versions of the legen..
Avaricum
Avaricum was a city in ancient Gaul, on the site of what is now the city of Bourges. It was conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars, after a night attack. After Caesar's attack, his soldiers slaughtered every living person within the city, resulting in the deaths of over 40,000 people. ..
Avariel
--> In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Avariel are a race of winged elves. They are also known as the "winged folk" and the "al karak elam." The avariel make their homes in open areas, and take immense joy in flying. They absolutely abhor and detest being i..
Avaris
Avaris, thought to be located at Tell el-Dab'a (some still argue for different locations), was the ancient capital of the Hyksos dynasties in Egypt. Located in the northeastern region of the Nile Delta, Avaris was the base of the Hyksos kings of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period. The city was bui..
Avari Hotels
Avari Hotes is one of major chains of hotels in Pakistan. It was founded by Byram Dinshawji Avari. Avari Hotels manages hotels around the world. Ramada Hotel, TorontoAvari Hotel, DubaiAvari Hotel, LahoreAvari Towers, KarachiBeach Luxury, Karachi Contents 1 History2 Notable hotels3 ..
Avari Press
Avari Press is a publishing company devoted entirely to the fantasy genre. It was founded by Anthony N. Verrecchia on the principle of providing a level of service to authors that is unparalleled in the publishing industry. Avari Press seeks to publish novels of high fantasy that are of exception..
Avarpi
The Avarpi or Auarpoi or Avarni are a tribe of Greater Germany in Ptolemy's Geography. The attested Greek is Auarpoi. Avarpi is a scholarly transliteration into Latin, with some using Avarni on the assumption that the name refers to the Varni of Mecklenberg. However, Ptolemy uses Farodeinoi for Vari..
Avarrish
Avarrish is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a demon, a member of the Six-Fingered Hand, who has clashed with the Defenders and Ghost Rider (John Blaze)/Zarathos. External Link [Avarrish at marvunapp.com] ..
Avars
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Avar may refer to: Eurasian Avars, a nomadic people of Eurasia who established a state in eastern parts of Europe in the early 6th century.Caucasian Avars, a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the pred..
Avarua
Main street in Avarua Avarua is a town on Rarotonga Island and the national capital of Cook Islands. The town is located at [21°12′S 159°46′W] at sea level, below the towering peaks of Rarotonga (altitude 208 m or 682 ft). The area of Rarotonga is 67.2 square kilomet..
Avarua (spider)
Avarua is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species Avarua satchelli Marples, 1955 (Cook Is.) ..
Avary
Avary is the land of the Avars and forms the northern part of the Dagestan republic of Russia. In ancient times they were known to classical Greek and Roman writers as the Zygii and were noted for their warlike propensities. They remained pagan throughout history until the nineteenth century when so..
Avar (animation variable)
An Avar or Animation Variable is a variable controlling the position of part of an animated object, such as a character. The character "Woody" in Pixar's movie Toy Story uses 700 avars (with 100 in the face alone [link]). Successive sets of Avars control all movement of the character from ..
Avar (disambiguation)
The word Avars can mean: The Avars are nomadic people that conquered the Hungarian Steppe in the early Middle Ages, the Eurasian Avars.The modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, Caucasian Avars.Avar can mean: Avar() in Statistics is Asymptotic varianceAvar (Animation variable) in Computer ge..
Avar Khanate
The Avar Khanate was a long-lived Muslim state which controlled Central Dagestan from the early 13th century to the 19th century. Following the downfall of the Christian kingdom of Sarir in the early 12th century, the Caucasian Avars underwent a process of peaceful Islamization. Military tensions ..
Avar language
This article is about the Avar Language, for information on the Avar people please visit Caucasian Avars. The modern Avar language (self-designation магӀарул мацӀ [maʕarul maʦʼ] "language of the mountains" or Авар мацӀ [awar maʦʼ] "Avar language") belongs..
Avas
For the community in the Evros Prefecture in Greece, see Avas, Greece The TV tower The Avas is a hill of volcanic origin in Miskolc, Hungary. Its top (234 m above sea level, 104 m above the city) is the highest point of the city. On the top stands a lookout tower (also TV tower) which is a fo..
Avascular necrosis
Avascular necrosis is a disease resulting from the temporary or permanent loss of the blood supply to the bones. Without blood, the bone tissue dies and causes the bone to collapse. If the process involves the bones near a joint, it often leads to collapse of the joint surface. This disease also is..
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Avatamsaka Sutra
Part of a onBuddhism History of Buddhism Timeline of Buddhism Buddhist councils Foundations Four Noble Truths Noble Eightfold Path The Five Precepts Nirvāna · Three Jewels Buddhism In Depth Three marks of existence Skandha · Karma · Dharma Samsara · Rebirth..
Avatanak Island
Avatanak Island ([54°04′18″N, 165°18′14″W]) is the westernmost and largest (with a length of 10 mi) of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. Avatanak is an Aleut name transcribed by Russian explorers int..
Avatar
The ten avatars of Lord Vishnu, copyright BBT In Hindu philosophy, an avatar, avatara or avatarim (Sanskrit: , IAST: avatāra), most commonly refers to the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of a higher being (deva), or the Supreme Being (God) onto planet Earth. The Sanskrit word literally ..
AVATAR
For other uses, see Avatar (disambiguation). The AVATAR protocol (Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator) is a system of escape sequences occasionally used on Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes). It has largely the same functionality as the more popular ANSI escape codes, but has the..
Avatar's Abode
Avatar's Abode is a 99 acre spiritual retreat near Brisbane, Australia dedicated to Meher Baba. It was established by Australian poet and disciple of Meher Baba, Francis Brabazon, in the 1950's on the summit of Kiel Mountain near Woombye on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. It has a panoramic view of ..
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender (known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in the UK and India) is an American animated elemental television series airing on Nickelodeon since February 21, 2005; recently it has also become available on iTunes . Produced at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California..
Avatar: The Last Airbender (video game)
Avatar: The Last Airbender is a video game based on the American animated television series of [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|the same name]] for the Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PSP, Game Boy Advance, and PC. Contents 1 Overview2 Gameplay3 Screenshots4 ..
Avatar: The Last Airbender media information
This article lists media information related to the Nickelodeon animated series [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]. Contents 1 Broadcast history1.1 United States1.2 International2 DVD and iTunes releases3 Promotions4 Merchandising5 Title sequence narration Broadcas..
Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game
The Avatar: The Last Airbender Trading Card Game is a collectible card game based on the Nickelodeon animated television series [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]. Upper Deck Entertainment launched this title in the first quarter of 2006. Contents 1 Game overview2 Game system3 Card se..
Avatara Ekanai
Avatara Ekanai is a term used in Akilattirattu Ammanai, which gives the meaning, the act performed in human form by the Almighty,in this material world to reveal certain things. ..
Avatars (Charmed)
The Avatars The Avatars', shown in their headquarters. First appearance Sam I Am Last appearance Vaya Con Leos Created by Brad Kern Statistics Name The Rising Storm; "Force and Power" Status Active Purpose Creating utopia; ridding the world of "good" and "evil"; recruiting powerful ..
Avatar (Angel novel)
Canonicity warning: The following is not considered canonical in the Buffyverse.'' Avatar is a novel by John Passarella set in the fictional universe of the U.S. television series Angel. Contents 1 Book description2 Trivia3 Continuity3.1 Canonical issues3.2 Timing4&nbs..
Avatar (comics)
For the comics publisher, see Avatar Press Avatar is a Charlton Comics super hero created in Judomaster #93, 1967 by writer Joe Gill & artist Frank McLaughlin. Contents 1 Charlton Comics2 DC Comics3 See also4 External links Charlton Comics Avatar, originally known as Tiger..
Avatar (computer game)
Avatar is a text-based & graphics-based multi-user highly interactive role-playing computer game, created on the Control Data Corporation PLATO computer system. It has graphics for navigating through a dungeon, and text for player status and communication with others. It can be played online or bet..
Avatar (disambiguation)
Avatar is the embodiment, bodily manifestation, or incarnation of a God in Hinduism; or (more generally) an embodiment, bodily manifestation, or incarnation of another entity not oneself. Avatar may also refer to: In computing: Avatar (virtual reality), an icon representing a userAVATAR, a text g..
Avatar (film)
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AVATAR (spacecraft)
AVATAR is a conceptual HOTOL, SSTO spaceplane being developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. AVATAR standards for Aerobic Vehicle for hypersonic Aerospace TrAnspoRtation, which is probably a backronym. It is planned to be capable of delivering a payload weighing up to 10..
Avatar (Stargate SG-1)
"Avatar" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } The episode opens with Stargate Command under attack by a Kull Warrior, one of Anubis' supersoldiers, who wreaks havoc in the Gateroom and even kills General ..
Avatar (Ultima)
For other uses of "", see {{{1. The Avatar is the main (player) character in the Ultima series of games. He (or she) is not an embodiment of a god (as in the traditional meaning of the term "avatar"), but of a set of ethic guidelines called the Virtues. In the game, you must balance your actions an..
Avatar (virtual reality)
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. For other uses, see Avatar (disambiguation). Example of an avatar as used on internet forums. (Note: Anima..
Avatar 2000
The Avatar 2000 was an early and influential long-wheelbase recumbent bicycle. It was featured in the film Brainstorm, ridden by Christopher Walken, as well as in Richard Ballantine's Richard's Bicycle Book. Ballantine's own Avatar 2000 held the non-UCI world bicycle speed record record from 1982-..
Avatar Day
"Avatar Day"[[List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes|Avatar: The Last Airbender episode]]'' Avatar sculptures set ablaze in celebration Book Two: Earth Chapter Five Episode # Twenty-five Prod. code 205 Airdate April 28, 2006 Writer(s) John O'Bryan Director Lauren MacMulla..
Avatar Heaven
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } Contents 1 Avatar Heaven2 History3 ..
Avatar Press
The Avatar Press company logo. Avatar Press is an independent US comic books publisher, founded in 1997 by William Christiansen, and based in Urbana, Illinois. Avatar mainly publishes miniseries. Their only ongoing book is the anthology book "Threshold" which comes out about six times in a ye..
Avatar Records
Avatar Records is a Los Angeles, California based independent record label known mainly for hip hop releases and soundtracks. Some of the projects released on Avatar include The OZ Soundtrack, Planet Asia, Fear of a Black Hat Soundtrack, One Block Radius, Deux Process and the NVA Straight from The C..
Avatar Roku
Avatar Roku can refer to: The fictional character [[Major secondary characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender#Avatar Roku|Avatar Roku]] in the television series "The episode titled Avatar Roku (Winter Solstice, Part 2) of the television series [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]. This is a [disambig..
Avatar Roku (Winter Solstice, Part 2)
"Avatar Roku (Winter Solstice, Part 2)"[[List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes|Avatar: The Last Airbender episode]]'' Avatar Roku takes form Book One: Water Chapter Eight Episode # Eight Prod. code 108 Airdate April 15, 2005 Writer(s) Michael Dante DiMartino Director Gia..
Avatar Studios
Avatar Studios, formerly known as the The Power Station, is a renowned recording studio at 441 West 53rd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The building was originally a Con Edison power plant; but after a period of vacancy, it was used as a sound stage for the television game show Let's Make a De..
Avatea
In Polynesian mythology (Hervey Islands/Cook Islands), Avatea is a lunar deity, whose name means 'light'. ..
Avathar
In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, Avathar is the dark strip of land at the feet of the southern Pelóri. It was the home of Ungoliant before she went to Middle-earth with Melkor. Avathar also refers to a mythologicle race. They are said to be masters of alchomy and even necroalchemy and necromancy..
Avatharappathi
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Avatoru
Avatoru is the chief town of Rangiroa, a coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago. It is located in the northwestern part of the atoll, and is home to the atoll's administration buildings, its post office, several churches, and a small airport. The atoll's black pearl industry is centered here as we..
Avawatz Mountains
The Avawatz Mountains are located in San Bernardino County in the Mojave Desert of California, USA. The range lies between the Owlshead Mountains at the southern end of Death Valley National Park, and the Soda Mountains near the town of Baker. The range reaches at elevation of 1,876 meters, and lies..
Avaya
Avaya Inc. NYSE: [AV] is a telecommunications company which specialises in VoIP, Contact center and mobile voice and data technology. Formerly the Network Systems unit of Lucent Technologies, it was spun off on October 2, 2000. It has approximately 20,000 employees as of 2006. The Avaya..
Avaz
The Dnevni Avaz Tower located in Sarajevo is built on the same site as the Oslobođenje newspaper towers that were destroyed in the war. Dnevni Avaz (English translation: Daily Voice) is one of the most popular daily newspapers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded by Fahrudin Radončić,..
Ava (poet)
The poetess Ava (c. 1060–7 February 1127), also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language. Contents 1 Life2 Works3 Frau Ava Literature Prize4 References5 External links Life Ava was mar..
Ava Adore
"Ava Adore" Single by The Smashing Pumpkinsfrom the album Adore Released May 18 1998 Format Cassette tape, vinyl record (7") and CD Recorded 1997 Genre Alternative rock Length 4:18 Label Virgin Records '''Producer Billy Corgan Chart positions #42 (US Billboard Hot 100) #3 (US Modern Roc..
Ava Barber
Ava Barber (born June 28, 1954, Knoxville, Tennessee) is a U.S. country singer, best known for her association with The Lawrence Welk Show, on which she was a regular from 1974 through the show's cancellation in 1982. Initially performing locally throughout her teen years with her brother's band,..
Ava Devine
Ava Devine (born January 22, 1974) is an American pornographic actress known primarily for her surgically enlarged breasts, "dirty talk" and a willingness to perform a variety of sex acts during sex scenes. Biography Ava's mixed Caucasian and Asian heritage gives her a unique, "non-specific fore..
Ava Fabian
Ava Fabian is a Filipino-American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in August, 1986 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Bathing Beauties April 1989.Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 7 May 1989.Playboy'..
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. Ava Lavinia Gardner was born in the small farming community of Brogden, Johnston County, North Carolina, the last of seven children of poor tobacco farmers; her mother was a Baptist of Scots-Irish descent, while her ..
Ava Gardner Museum
The Ava Gardner Museum is located in historical downtown Smithfield, North Carolina and holds an extensive collection of artifacts from Ava Gardner's career and private life. The museum was started in 1941 by a fan, Tom Banks, who saw a photograph of Gardner in a newspaper. The Banks devoted most o..
Ava Inferi
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } Ava Inferi is a Portuguese gothic doom band formed ..
Ava Lord
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Ava Lyn Koh
Ava Lyn Koh is one of the first movie stars of the young Singapore film industry. A child selected for gifted education, she graduated as a rare, prestigious scholar from Brandeis University, a Jewish college near Boston. Her overnight rise to stardom in Asia was as a Sapphic femme fatale opposite S..
Ava Moore
This article is about the Nip/Tuck character. For the English actress, see Eva Moore. Ava Moore is a fictional character on the FX Network television series "Nip/Tuck". Played by Famke Janssen), the character was introduced during the show's second season and is one of the show's most famous vil..
Ava Nova
Ava Nova is an American pornographic actress. She began her adult film career in 2002. Selected filmography Absolute Ass 4 (2005, Exquisite)Exposed (2005, Critical X)Girls of Amateur Pages 8 (2005, Cinema Play) ..
Ava Peralta
Ava Peralta is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light. The character of Ava was created for actress Michelle Ray Smith, who has played Ava since August 2005. Contents 1 Character details2 Family, Marriages, Children & Romantic Entanglements2.1 Family2.2&nbs..
Ava Vincent
Ava Vincent (born Jeweliette Valmont on September 29, 1975) is an adult film star and model. Biography Ava Vincent was born as Jeweliette Valmont in 1975 in the Northern California hamlet of Placerville. After graduating from high school in Manteca, she worked at an adult bookstore in Sacramento..
A Valid Path
A Valid Path is the fourth solo album that Alan Parsons made after the split of his previous group The Alan Parsons Project. The gap between this and his previous album, The Time Machine, was the second greatest period between two consecutive albums, second only to the time between the split of t..
A Vampire In The Neighborhood
A Vampire In The Neighborhood is a short story by R. L. Stine where a group of friends believe that the new girl in school is actually a vampire waiting to attack them. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The new girl is called Helga Nuegenstorm and she l..
Ça Va
Ça Va (French for "okay", literally "it goes") is an album by German/British avant-garde pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in London in 1997. Slapp Happy had reunited to make this album and (unlike all their previous albums) they played all the instruments themselves. They also used a digital studi..
Şavşat
Şavşat (Shavsheti (შავშეთი) in Georgian) is a district of Artvin Province of Turkey. It had formerly been, until conquered by the Ottomans in 1547, one of the Georgian princedoms in the constellation of several polities in historical southwestern Georgia and part of northwestern Arm..
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