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Eiga Monogatari
Eiga Monogatari (栄花物語) is a Japanese historical tale about Heian period. It is also called Eiga Monogatari (栄華物語). It starts on the thirty volume detailing from the reign of Emperor Uda to the death of Fujiwara no Michinaga. The follow up of..

Eigenface
Eigenfaces are a set of eigenvectors used in the computer vision problem of human face recognition. These eigenvectors are derived from the covariance matrix of the probability distribution of the high-dimensional vector space of possible faces of human beings. Many authors prefer the term eigeni..

Eigenfunction
In mathematics, an eigenfunction of a linear operator A defined on some function space is any non-zero function f in that space that returns from the operator exactly as is, except for a multiplicative scaling factor. More precisely, one has [\mathcal A f = \lambda f] for some scalar, &l..

Eigengrau
Eigengrau (German: "intrinsic gray"), also called eigenlicht ("intrinsic light"), dark light, or brain gray, is the color seen by the eye in perfect darkness. Even in the absence of light, some action potentials are still sent along the optic nerve, causing the sensation of a uniform dark gray color..

Eigenheim Mennonite Church
Eigenheim Mennonite Church is the first Mennonite Church structure in Saskatchewan. Located 12 km. West of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada on Highway 312, the Eigenheim Mennonite Church has been a local landmark since 1896, when the first Mennonite Church structure in Saskatchewan was completed on t..

Eigenji, Shiga
Eigenji (永源寺町; -cho) was a town located in Kanzaki District, Shiga, Japan. On 11 February 2005, it merged with Yokaichi city and Gokasho, Aito, and Koto towns to form a new city called Higashi Omi. In 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,194 and a density of 34.17 persons per km&..

Eigenmann
Eigenmann may mean: Carl H. Eigenmann (1863-1927), ichthyologist, husband of Rosa.Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1848–1947), ichthyologist, wife of Carl. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may w..

Eigenmath
Eigenmath is a free, easy to use, multiplatform computer algebra system by George Weigt, currently available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Eigenmath is written in the C programming language, and the source code is freely available. External links [Eigenmath homepage][Eigenmath on..

Eigenplane
In mathematics, an eigenplane is a two-dimensional invariant subspace in a given vector space. By analogy with the term eigenvector for a vector which, when operated on by a linear operator is another vector which is a scalar multiple of itself, the term eigenplane can be used to describe a two-dime..

Eigenpoll
An Eigenpoll is a type of statistical survey which gathers knowledge from the community. It differs from opinion polls by finding the best solution, rather than finding the most popular opinion. Contents 1 History of Eigenpolls2 Methodology3 Potential for inaccuracy3.1 Respon..

Eigenspinor
In quantum mechanics, eigenspinors are thought of as basis vectors representing the general spin state of a particle. Strictly speaking, they are not vectors at all, but in fact spinors. For a single spin 1/2 particle, they can be defined as the eigenvectors of the Pauli matrices. Contents 1&nb..

Eigentrust
EigenTrust algorithm is a reputation management algorithm for peer-to-peer networks. The algorithm provides each peer in the network a unique global trust value based on the peer's history of uploads and thus aims to reduce the number of inauthentic files in a P2P network. Contents 1 Overvie..

Eigenvalue, eigenvector and eigenspace
[Featured articles ] Fig. 1. In this shear transformation of the Mona Lisa, the picture was deformed in such a way that its central vertical axis was not modified. (Note: The corners have been cropped on the right hand picture.) The blue vector, from her chest to ..

Eigenvalue algorithm
Redirect [[Template:Merge]]In linear algebra, one of the most important problems is designing efficient and stable algorithms for finding the eigenvalues of a matrix. These eigenvalue algorithms may also find eigenvectors. Contents 1 Characteristic polynomial2 Power iteration3 Adv..

Eigenvector centrality
Eigenvector centrality is a measure of the importance of a node in a network. It assigns relative scores to all nodes in the network based on the principle that connections to nodes having a high score contribute more to the score of the node in question. Using the adjacency matrix to find eigenvec..

Eigersund
Eigersund kommune County Rogaland District Dalane Municipality NO-1101]] Administrative centre Egersund Mayor (2003) John Skaara (H) Official language form Bokmål Area - Total - Land - Percentage km²387 km²0.13 % 2004) - Percentage ..

Eigerwand
The Eiger is the most famous mountain in the Swiss Alps. It is considered to be a very difficult, dangerous climb. The North Face of Eiger (Eiger Nordwand), with its 6000 foot vertical climb over crumbling limestone and black ice, has claimed the lives of more than 60 climbers since the first suc..

Eiger (disambiguation)
Eiger can be: The Eiger, a mountain in the Canton of Bern (Switzerland). This mountain was the setting of the film The Eiger Sanction.The Eiger, a mountain in Greenland (Denmark)Eiger, a village in Mönchengladbach (Germany)"Eiger," the codename for a Microsoft operating system (see Windows Fundamen..

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction short story collection by Jon Krakauer published in 1990 by Doubleday. It is a collection of stories about mountaineering and rock climbing which have been published before separately between 1985 and 1987 in the magazines Outdoors and..

Eiger Labs MPMan F10
The MPMan F10 was the first portable MP3 player, developed by SaeHan Information Systems which is headquartered in Seoul, Korea and imported by Eiger Labs, Inc. The MPMan was the first of its kind in what would be become a new era in portable audio. Measuring at 91 mm tall by 70 mm wide b..

Eigg
Island of Eigg, as seen from a ferry An Sgurr Satelite view of Eigg (Landsat image viewed using NASA World Wind software) Eigg (Gaelic Eige ) is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the isle of Skye, and to the north of the Ardnamurchan p..

Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter
Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter is a movie produced by Shaw Brothers Studio staring Gordon Liu and Alexander Fu Sheng. Fu Sheng died during the making of this movie and is not in the final show down as originally written. Liu Chai Liang also makes an appearance as a woodsman/hunter. The story surrounds..

Eight-fold Way
Eight-fold Way may refer to: Noble Eightfold Path, in BuddhismEightfold way (physics), in particle physics, a theory organising baryons and mesons redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..

Eight-hour day
The labor movement series Child labor Comparisons]] Eight-hour day Labor in economics Labor history (discipline) Labor law Labor rights Proletariat Issues & events timeline Trade union Strike General strike List of strikes Syndicalism Social Movement Unionism Worldwide: ..

Eight-man football
Eight-man football is a type of American football, generally played by small high schools. Rules and formations vary greatly among states and even among different organizations, but the one constant is eight players from each team on the field at one time, as opposed to eleven-man football, which is..

Eight-man football defensive formations
The are several defensive formations commonly used in eight-man football. Defensive formations are classfied by the total number of lineman and linebackers in the formation. The three basic types of formations in eight-man football are seven-man fronts, six-man fronts and five-man fronts. As in 11..

Eight-Nation Alliance
Military of the Powers during the Boxer Rebellion, with their naval flags, from left to right: Italy, United States, France, Austria-Hungary, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia. Japanese print, 1900. The Eight-Nation Alliance (Traditional Chinese: }) was an alliance of 8 nations (Austria-..

Eight-thousander
Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Makalu and Mount Everest as seen from the International Space Station. The eight-thousanders are the fourteen independentIn making any "highest mountains" list, one needs to use a criterion to exclude subpeaks and only list independent mountains. There is no universally agree..

Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation
Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation (EFM) is an encoding technique used by CDs and MiniDiscs. EFM belongs to the class of DC-free Run Length Limited (RLL) codes because it ensures that a) the spectrum (power density function) of the encoded sequence vanishes at the low-frequency end and b) both the minimum..

Eightball (comic book)
Eightball is an alternative comic book series written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. The first issue was published by Fantagraphics Books in 1989. It has, since the 1990s, consistently been among the best selling independently authored comics. Alienation is a recurring theme in the series. Clowes is ..

Eightball Gun
The Eightball Gun is a weapon from the first-person shooter series, Unreal. The original Eightball Gun has made appearances in both Unreal and Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali (or better known as Upak). The Eightball Gun's primary and secondary functions The Eightball Gun's functions is its ..

Eighteen, Twenty-Nine
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Eighteenth-Century Studies
Eighteenth-Century Studies is an academic journal founded in 1966 and is the official publication of the [American Society for Eighteenth-century Studies]. It focuses on all aspects of 18th century history. The journal seeks to employ the skills of writers and researches in a variety of ..

Eighteenth Air Force
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Eighteenth Amendment
The 'Eighteenth Amendment' may refer to the: Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - established Prohibition.Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland - permitted the state to ratify the Amsterdam Treaty.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of a..

Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
The Eighteenth Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the constitution of the Republic of Ireland, permitted the state to ratify the Amsterdam Treaty. It was effected by the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1998, which was approved by referendum on 22nd May 1998 and signed into law on the..

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
thumb Amendment XVIII (the Eighteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, along with the Volstead Act (which defined "intoxicating liquors"), established Prohibition in the United States. History Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. The Senate passed the amend..

Eighteenth Council of Toledo
The Eighteenth Council of Toledo was the last of the councils of Toledo held in Visigothic Spain before the Moorish conquest and perhaps the last of the Siglo de Concilios, that is, the seventh century. It was held after the Seventeenth Council in 694 and before the coming of the Moors in 711, proba..

Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt Predynastic Egypt Protodynastic Period Early Dynastic Period 1st 2nd Old Kingdom 3rd 4th 5th 6th First Intermediate Period 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th (Thebes only) Middle Kingdom 11th (''All Egypt) 12th 13th 14th Second Intermediate Peri..

Eighteenth Texas Legislature
The Eighteenth Texas Legislature met from 9 January 1883 to 6 February 1884 in its regular session and one called session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1882 General Election. Contents 1 Sessions2 Party summary3&n..

Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions is a metalcore band based in Orange County. They are currently signed to Epic Records. Contents 1 History2 Members3 Discography3.1 Studio albums3.2 Singles3.3 Videos3.4 Cover Songs4 Former Members5 External links History Eighteen Vis..

Eighteen Visions (album)
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . Eighteen Visions is the upcoming fifth official album by metalcore band Eighteen Visions that will see a release on July 18, 2006. It's their first album being released on Epic Records. The new album leaked on the 1..

Eightfold Path (policy analysis)
The Eightfold Path is a method of policy analysis developed by Eugene Bardach, a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. It is outlined in his seminal work, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving..

Eightfold way (physics)
In physics, the Eightfold Way is a term coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann for a theory organizing subatomic baryons and mesons into octets (alluding to the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism). The theory was independently proposed by Israeli physicist Yuval Ne'eman and led to the subsequen..

Eighth Air Force
B-17 Flying Fortresses Over Europe during World War II The Eighth Air Force is a numbered air force (NAF) of the major command (MAJCOM) of Air Combat Command of the United States Air Force and it is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. In World War II, it was a United State..

Eighth Amendment
The 'Eighth Amendment' may be the: Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the United States Bill of RightsEighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which bans termination of pregnancy in IrelandEighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which changed Pakistan's go..

Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland introduced the controversial constitutional ban on abortion. It was effected by the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1983, which was approved by referendum on 7 September, 1983 and signed into law on the 7 October of the same year. It is ..

Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1985 was an amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan passed in 1985. It changed Pakistan's government from a Parliamentary system to a Semi-presidential system by giving the President a number of additional powers. These powers included the right to dissolve..

Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Bill of Rights United States Constitution [[s:Constitution of the United States of America|Complete text at WikiSource]] Original text: Preamble | Article 1 | Article 2 | Article 3 | Article 4 | Article 5 | Article 6 | Article 7 Amendments: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9..

Eighth Army
A number of nations have, or have had, an Eighth Army: 8th Route ArmyBritish Eighth ArmyGerman Eighth ArmyUS Eighth ArmyItalian Eighth Army 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 c..

Eighth Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line)
Eighth Avenue is the western (railroad northern) terminal of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street, in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea. External links [nycsubway.org — BMT Canarsie Line: 8th Avenue] [http://enc..

Eighth Avenue (BMT Sea Beach Line)
Eighth Avenue is the northernmost station on the Sea Beach Line. The main exit is at the south end to Eighth Avenue and 62nd Street. The mezzanine resembles the other stations along the line, but the platforms are of quite a simpler construction. At the north end of the southbound platform is a cl..

Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)
Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. Eighth Avenue begins in the West Village neighborhood at Abingdon Square, crosses 14th Street and runs for 44 blocks more through Chelsea, the Garment District, Hell's Kitchen's east e..

Eighth blackbird
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. eighth blackbird is a contemporary music sextet founded in 1996. The group derives its name from the Wallace Stevens poem “Thirteen Ways of..

Eighth Cambridge Survey
8C 8C OrganizationRadio Astronomy Group, University of Cambridge Wavelength regime38-MHz radio Data sourceCambridge Low Frequency Synthesis Telescope, Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory Survey goalsDeep, low frequency survey of radio sources Dataproducts8C Catalogue Webpage[The Rees 3..

Eighth Crusade
Crusades Reconquista – First – People's – German (1096) – 1101 – Second – Third – Fourth – Albigensian – Children's – Fifth – Sixth – Seventh – Shepherds' – Eighth – Ninth – Aragonese – Nicopolis – Northern The Eighth Crusade was a crusade launched by Louis ..

Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin on ya Roof
Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin on ya Roof is a double album by Jewish punk rock band Yidcore, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). Eighth Day Slice is a compilation of previously released songs. It includes a cover of Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" and the track "Since I Bothered You", which bo..

Eighth Doctor
The Doctor The Eighth Doctor Portrayed by Paul McGann Tenure ..

Eighth Doctor Adventures
The Eighth Doctor Adventures (sometimes abbreviated as EDA or referred to as the EDAs) are a series of spin off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. 73 books were published overall. Contents 1 Publicatio..

Eighth grade
Eighth grade is a year of primary education in the United States and Canada. Youth in the eighth grade are in their ninth year of formal schooling, having first completed kindergarten followed by seven consecutive grade years. Youth in the eighth grade are usually 13–14 years old. The eighth..

Eighth Menzies Ministry
The Eighth Menzies Ministry was the thirty-ninth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 10 December 1958 to 22 December 1961. Liberal Party of Australia–Australian Country Party Coalition Cabinet Rt Hon Robert Menzies, KC MP: Prime Minister. Minister for External Affairs (from 4 Feb..

Eighth note
Figure 1. An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and an eighth rest. Figure 2. Four eighth notes beamed together. In music, an eighth note (United States) or a quaver (Commonwealth) is a note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note, hence th..

Eighth octave C
The musical note C8 is the C two full octaves above soprano high C. The note is one octave above the top of common musical keyboards, but the highest note of an 88-key piano. The pitch vibrates at 4,186 Hz (the A note below middle C vibrates at 220 Hz in comparison). For a vocalist to hit a note of..

Eighth Route Army
The Eighth Route Army (八路軍 Pinyin: bālù-jūn) was one of the main military forces of the Communist Party of China, active during the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Communist Party of China's political leader was Mao Zedong, and their military leader was legendary com..

Eighth Sister (Moscow)
The Eighth Sister is the project for the Eighth Sister to the group of seven Stalinist skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia. The original plans included an eighth tower, which would have been one of the tallest buildings in the World if it had been constructed. Following Stalin's death, it was decided t..

Eighth Street (BMT Broadway Line)
Eighth Street (often referred to as Eighth Street–New York University) is a station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Eighth Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. It is the closest stop on the Broadway Line to New York University. The statio..

Eighth Street (Manhattan)
Eighth Street is a street that runs from New York's Sixth Avenue to Third Avenue, and Avenue B to Avenue D; it switches from west to east at Fifth Avenue. From 1907 until 1955, Wanamaker's Bridge of Progress ran over East 8th Street from the first building in the Wanamaker's department store to the..

Eighth Street (Metromover station)
Eighth Street Station, as seen from the south. Eighth Street Station is a Metromover station in downtown Miami, Florida. This station is located on Southeast Eighth Street near First Avenue. It opened to service May 26, 1994. Places of interest First Presbyterian ChurchBrickell CenterOne Bri..

Eighth Texas Legislature
The Eighth Texas Legislature met from 7 November 1859 to 9 April 1861 in its regular session, a first called session, and an adjourned session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1859. Contents 1 Sessions2 Party summar..

Eighth Wonder
This article is about a pop band. For other uses, see The Eighth Wonder and Eighth Wonder of the World. Eighth Wonder were a British pop band in the 1980s. They formed in 1983 and enjoyed major success in Japan between 1985 and 1987, before having hit singles in the UK and across Europe in 1988...

Eighth Wonder of the World
For the British pop band, see Eighth Wonder; for the opera, see The Eighth Wonder. For other meanings of the term Wonders of the World, see Wonders of the World (disambiguation). "Eighth Wonder of the World" is a term sometimes used to describe things in comparison to the Seven Wonders of the World..

Eighties Coming Back
Eighties Coming Back was the Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English by Ruffus. The song was performed twenty-third on the night (following Belgium's Urban Trad with Sanomi and preceding Romania's Nicola with Don't Break My Heart). At the close of voting, it had rece..

Eightieth Texas Legislature
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Eightmile Island
Eightmile Island is a forested island on the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia. The island is located directly across the river from the village of Cheshire, Ohio and its infamous American Electric Power Company power plant facilities there. External links ..

Eights Coast
Eights Coast ([73°30′S 96°0′W]) is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Waite and Phrogner Point. It is part of Ellsworth Land. This coast is bordered by Thurston Island, Abbot Ice Shelf and some islands within the ice shelf. It was sighted by members of the US Antarc..

Eights System
The Eights System is the informal name for one of the three most common grading scales used at educational institutions in the United States. It has gained increasing popularity in recent years, largely in response to the phenomenon known as grade inflation. The name refers to the fact that three ..

Eights Week
Oriel Women's Second Eight bump Magdalen Women's Second Eight on the third day of Eights Week, 2005 At Oxford University, Eights Week, a bumps race constitutes the main intercollegiate rowing event of the year, and happens in the fifth week of the summer ('Trinity') term, in May. Men's and wo..

Eighty-six
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. This article is about a band. For the number, see 86 (number). '' Eighty-six'' is an Alternative Rock band base..

Eighty Eight
88s is the title of The 77s' fifth album, released in 1991. The album was recorded live at the Warehouse in Sacramento, California on March 12, 1988. Contents 1 Track listing1.1 881.2 When Numbers Get Serious2 The Band3 Additional Musicians4 Production Notes Trac..

Eighty Eight, Kentucky
Eighty Eight is a town located in Barren County, Kentucky. Fun facts On August 8, 1988, six thousand visitors descended on the town (population 300). The tourists wanted to buy postcards to be postmarked at 8:08 AM with an 88 postmark. One couple drove there to be married at 8:08 on the church..

Eighty Four, Pennsylvania
Eighty Four, PA is a small community approximately 25 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, PA. There is some dispute amongst local historians regarding the origin of the name, however, the most plausible seems to be that Eighty Four was named as such to commemorate the election of Grover Cleveland as P..

Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia
Eighty Mile Beach is located almost half way between the West Australian towns of Broome and Port Hedland. As the name suggests, the beach is 80 miles in length (140 km). A remote caravan park on the beach some 10km from the Great Northern Highway is a popular tourist stop. ..

Eighty Years' War
The Eighty Years' War, or Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), was the revolt of the Seventeen Provinces in the Netherlands against the Spanish king. Spain was initially successful in suppressing the rebellion. In 1572 however the rebels conquered Brielle, and the rebellion resurged. The northern prov..

Eight (band)
Contents 1 Biography2 Discography3 Notable Live Perfromances4 Line up4.0.1 Before Splitting4.0.2 Previous Members5 References Biography Eight started out in Auckland, New Zealand in 1996, in Paul's kitchen. As they had all been in bands before they wanted to ..

Eight Ace
Eight Ace (full name 'Octavius Tinsworth Ace') is a character in Viz magazine. He is a miserable, foul-mouthed, unclean alcoholic, named after the quantity and brand of lager which rules his life and prevents his battleaxe wife from ever letting him into their ramshackle home, in which she brings up..

Eight Arms to Hold You
Eight Arms to Hold You is an album by alternative rock band Veruca Salt. The album was released through Geffen Records on February 11, 1997. The title of the album is a reference to The Beatles' working title for an album which eventually became Help!. Contents 1 Track listing2 Person..

Eight ball
For other uses, see Eight ball (disambiguation) Eight ball is a billiards game played with a cue ball and 15 billiard balls on a pool table with 6 pockets. Contents 1 Equipment2 Playing the game2.1 Setup2.2 Break2.3 Taking Turns2.4 Pocketing the 8 ball3 Faults/..

Eight ball (disambiguation)
Eight ball may refer to: A pool game, Eight ball.1/8 ounce of a drug, often cocaine or crystal methamphetamine.A Daniel Clowes comic, Eightball.A malt liquor, see Olde English 800.A video game character; see List of characters in Grand Theft Auto III.A song by Eazy-E, NWAA professional wrestler.A to..

Eight Banners
This article is about the former administrative divisions of China. For other meanings of the term "banner", see banner (disambiguation). The Eight Banners (In Manchu: jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative divisions into which all Manchu families were placed. They provided th..

Eight bar blues
An eight bar blues is a typical blues chord progression, taking eight 4/4 bars to the verse. A basic example of the progression would look like this, using T to indicate the tonic, S for the subdominant, and D for the dominant, and representing one chord per beat: T T S S T T T T S S S S ..

Eight Below
Eight Below is a Walt Disney Pictures film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio, which was released on February 17, 2006 in the United States. It was rated PG for some peril and brief mild language. Contents 1 Background2 Plot3 Sled dogs3.1 Buck3.2 De..

Eight Cousins
Eight Cousins; or The Aunt-Hill is an 1875 novel by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It narrates the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad he takes over her car..

Eight Crazy Nights
Eight Crazy Nights is a 2002 animated musical comedy movie by Adam Sandler about the magic of the holidays. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Characters1.1 Primary Characters1.2 Secondary Characters2 Plot3 Columbia ..

Eight Days
Eight Days is a new action game from Sony's London Studio. It was shown for the first time at Sony's E3 2006 press conference. Eight Days is a hybrid of third-person shooting and driving action that shares similaries with the PSP game Pursuit Force. Certain sequences included a full Heads U..

Eight Days a Week
"Eight Days a Week" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, which was recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale. It was also released as a single in the U.S. on February 15, 1965 becoming a number-one hit. The single release in the USA was the..

Eight Days of Luke
Eight Days of Luke is a 1975 children's novel by Diana Wynne Jones. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. David Allard, an orphan (his age is never specified, but we know he is at least 11) comes home from an English boarding school to his hometown of A..

Eight Deadly Words
The Eight Deadly Words are "I don't care what happens to these people." The phrase is commonly used in science fiction fandom as a criticism of stories that fail to engage the reader through a lack of interesting or compelling characters. A person reviewing a book might for example write "...and at ..

Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
Codex Zouche-Nuttall. Eight Deer Jaguar Claw was a powerful Mixtec ruler in 11th century Oaxaca referred to in the 15th century deerskin manuscript Codex Zouche-Nuttall. His surname is alternatively translated Tiger-Claw and Ocelot-Claw. Born in Tilantongo, his reign lasted from 1063 until ..

Eight Do's and Don'ts
The Eight Do's and Don'ts (Simplified Chinese: 八荣八耻 Traditional Chinese: 八榮八恥 Pinyin: bā róng bā chĭ) is a set of moral concepts developed by Hu Jintao for the citizens in socialist China. It is also known as "Eight Honors and Disgraces", "Eight Virtues and Shames", or "Hu Jintao..

Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou (揚州八怪) (Ba Guai: Hànyǔ pinyin for "Eight weird") is the name for a group of eight Chinese painters known in the Qing for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist. The term was also used because they ea..

Eight great perfections
The following eight great perfections is a summary of the explanation of the Mahasiddhi from the commentary by Vyasa. Power of becoming minute (animâ).Power of expansion in space (mahimâ).Power of becoming heavy (garimâ).Power of becoming light (laghimâ).Power of reaching anywhere (prâpti).Pow..

Eight Hours Away from Being a Man
Eight Hours Away from Being a Man is the second album from math rock band Roadside Monument. Track Listing "Sperm Ridden Burden" (1:45)"Eight Hours Away From Being A Man" (4:10)"John Wayne Marina" (4:50)"Sunken Anchor" (3:02)"Iowa Backroads" (4:16)"Kansas City" (4:34)"Tired Of Living With People..

Eight Immortals
The Eight Immortals crossing the sea, from Myths and Legends of China, 1922 by E. T. C. Werner. Clockwise in the boat starting from the stern: He Xiangu, Han Xiang Zi, Lan Caihe, Li Tieguai, Lü Dongbin, Zhongli Quan, Cao Guojiu and outside the boat is Zhang Guo Lao. The Eight Immortals (..

Eight Immortals from Sichuan
This article is about one of the less famous set of Eight Immortals. For the most popular set of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals, which also contains a list of other sets of Eight Immortals. Eight Immortals from Sichuan (蜀中八仙 in pinyin: shǔ zhōng bā xiān) describe eight Sichua..

Eight Immortals Mountain
Located in central Taiwan, Pa-hsien Mountain (八仙山 ba1 xian1 shan1), or Eight Immortals Mountain, is a branch of Yü Shan. Its height is 2448 metres, which is around 8000 Taiwanese metres (台尺). The pronunciation of eight thousand (baqian) and eight immortals are sim..

Eight Immortals of Communist Party of China
The Eight Immortals were a group of elderly members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the 1980s and 1990s. In Chinese, however, they are called the Eight Great Eminent Officials (Chinese: 八大元老; Pinyin: Bā dà yuán lǎo), abbreviated as the Eight Elders (八..

Eight Immortals of Huainan
This article is about one of the less famous set of Eight Immortals. For the most popular set of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals, which also contains a list of other sets of Eight Immortals. The Eight Immortals of Huainan (淮南八仙 in pinyin: Huáinán bāxiān), also known as the Eig..

Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
For other sets of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals. The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup or Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (}; }) were a group of Tang Dynasty scholars who liked to drink alcoholic beverages. They are not deified. The term is used by Du Fu in his poem. It is also used in the ..

Eight is Enough
Eight is Enough was an American television "dramedy" series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden, a real-life father with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name. The series was rare in that it ..

Eight Legged Freaks
Eight Legged Freaks is a 2002 movie directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette and Kari Wührer. The plot concerns a collection of spiders who are exposed to a chemical that makes them grow to an enormous size. It has been called "a B-Movie with A-Movie special effects." Taglines: Pos..

Eight Line Poem
"Eight Line Poem" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. It is something of a second part to "Oh! You Pretty Things" since the two flow together without any separation. It is a laidback song with simple piano and country-tinged guitar. As the title suggests, Bowie sings o..

Eight Lingpas
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Eight Little Piggies
Eight Little Piggies, published in 1985, is the sixth volume of collected essays from evolutionary biologist and well-known science writer Stephen Jay Gould; the essays were culled from his monthly column The View of Life in Natural History magazine, to which Gould contributed for more than two deca..

Eight Magic Words
The '8 magic words' which cannot be used in issue advertisements in the United States. The Eight Magic Words are forbidden from use to reduce political slander from directly influencing voting. Ie: "Bill Jones is a chronic liar who's taken money from special interests and advocated cutting Social S..

Eight Masters of Nanjing
The Eight Masters of Nanjing were a group of 17th century Chinese painters living in Nanjing who were leaders of the Nanjing school. The most prominent of them was Gong Xian. The Eight Masters of Nanjing were: Gong Xian (c. 1618-1689)Fan Qi (1615/1616-c. 1694)Ye Xin (fl. 1650-1670s)Zou Che (1636-c...

Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out is a dramatic film, released in 1988, based on the book, published in 1963, of the same name by Eliot Asinof. It is a dramatization of the Black Sox scandal in 1919, when eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series. The film w..

Eight Miles High
"Eight Miles High" is a song by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby, first appearing as a single from 1966 by the rock band The Byrds. The single peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was included as well on their album Fifth Dimension, released on July 18, 1966. In tandem with its b..

Eight Miles High (album)
Eight Miles High is an album by Dutch hard rock band Golden Earring, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music). Track listing "Landing" (Rinus Gerritsen) - 4:27"Song of a Devil's Servant" (George Kooymans) - 6:00"One Huge Road" (Kooymans) - 3:05"Everyday's Torture" (Kooymans) - 5:19"Eight Miles High" ..

Eight Mile Plains, Queensland
Eight Mile Plains Year gazetted as a suburb - Adjoining suburbs Runcorn, Kuraby, Rochedale, Wishart, Upper Mount Gravatt, Macgregor, Underwood,and Sunnybank Postcode 4113 Population 11,153 (At home population, this excludes visitors. Current as of the 2001 census) Eight Mile Plains i..

Eight Mile Plains Busway Station, Brisbane
TransLink regions Brisbane Central (Inner city) Brisbane South (Routes 100-199) Brisbane East (Routes 200-249) Brisbane North (Routes 300-399) Brisbane West (Routes 400-479) Eastern Region (Routes 250-299) Western Region (Routes..

Eight Misbehavin'
"Eight Misbehavin'" is the seventh episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. It aired on November 21, 1999. The episode's story is loosely based on the McCaughey septuplets. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The family visits Shøp, a S..

Eight model plays
The Red Detachment of Women The so-called "eight model plays" (Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) were the only operas and ballets that were permitted during the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976). Although they were limited in number, there were in fact more than eight. They all have co..

Eight Northern Pueblos
The Eight Northern Pueblos of New Mexico are Taos, Picuris, Santa Clara, San Juan, San Ildefonso, Nambé, Pojoaque, and Tesuque. Taos and Picuris are Tiwa-speaking pueblos; the rest speak Tewa. These pueblos make up the Eight Northern Pueblos Council, which sponsors craft fairs, advocates for the ..

Eight Off
Eight Off is a form of solitaire, named after its employment of eight reserve slots, played with one deck of playing cards. The object of the game is to move all the cards into the foundations. The cards are dealt, face up, into eight columns (or piles) of six cards each. (These eight columns make..

Eight On The Break
Eight On The Break, sometimes simply referred to as "The Break," is a popular pool hall and video arcade located in Dunellen, NJ. The focus of the establishment lies primarily on the selection of arcade games and billiards tables, although there is a snack bar on the premises as well. Eight On The..

Eight per thousand
Eight per thousand is an English translation of the name of an Italian law. Under this law Italian taxpayers are able to declare that 0.8% ('eight per thousand') of their taxes go to a religious confession or, alternatively, to a social assistance scheme run by the Italian State. This declaration is..

Eight Points of Attention
The Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention is a military doctrine that was issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong and his associates for the Chinese Red Army, who were then fighting against the Kuomintang. The contents vary slightly in different versions. One of the major distinctions of th..

Eight principles
The Eight Principles are one of the basic ways Chinese medicine has to diagnose. It uses the following eight divisions of symptoms: Yin or Yang (yin-yang 陰陽)Superficial or internal (li-biao 表裡)Cold or hot (han-re 寒熱)Deficient or Replete (xu-shi 虛實) ..

Eight Principles of Yong
--> Yǒng The Eight Principles of Yong (永字八法 Pinyin: Yǒngzì Bā Fǎ; Japanese: えいじはっぽう, Eiji Happō; Korean: 영자팔법. Yeongjapalbeop; Vietnamese: Vĩnh Tự Bát Pháp/ Tám Ph&#..

Eight Provinces (Korea)
During most of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea was divided into eight provinces (do; 도; 道). The eight provinces' boundaries remained unchanged for almost five centuries from 1413 to 1895, and formed a geographic paradigm that is still reflected today in the Korean Peninsula's administrativ..

Eight queens puzzle
tright The eight queens puzzle is the problem of putting eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard such that none of them is able to capture any other using the standard chess queen's moves...

Eight Short Preludes and Fugues
The Eight Short Preludes and Fugues are a collection of baroque organ works previously attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach but now believed to have been composed by one of Bach's pupils, probably Johann Tobias Krebs. These works continue to be performed frequently in Christian worship because of th..

Eight Skilled Gentlemen
Eight Skilled Gentlemen is a novel by Barry Hughart, first published in 1990. It is part of a series set in a version of ancient China that began with Bridge of Birds. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In this novel, Li Kao and Number Ten Ox are attendi..

Eight Step Rail
Eight Step Rail is the Debut EP released by Australian band The Superjesus in May 1996. Track listing GroundShut My EyesI'm StainedGlazedStrips Of You ..

Eight string guitar
--> --> An eight string guitar is a guitar with eight strings. There are several variants of this instrument, the most notable and recent being one designed by Luthier Ralph Novak. This is the most techically advanced and drastic, featuring a fanned fretboard, supporting an even scale leignth for..

Eight Track Sound System
Eight Track Sound System is the first album by Kingston Upon Hull band Fonda 500, released in 2000 (see 2000 in music). Track listing "Casiotone Introduction""Interstella Invitation""Orson""International Feelings of Love""Betamax""Warming to the Warmth""Ecoutez Les Grande Animaux Radio""Passing Th..

Eight Witnesses
The Eight Witnesses were the second of two sets of "special witnesses" to the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates. The first set are the Three Witnesses. The Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon states that the plates would be shown to certain individuals "who shall assist to bring forth this work." I..

Eight Worlds
"Eight Worlds" refers to a series of novels and short stories by John Varley, in which the solar system has been colonized by human refugees fleeing an alien invasion of the earth. Earth and Jupiter are off-limits to humanity, but Earth's moon and the other worlds and moons of the solar system have ..

Eigil Nansen
Eigil Nansen is the grandson of explorer and humanist Fridtjof Nansen. Known for his work with refugees and human rights, Eigil Nansen is also known for lighting the first Winter Olympic Flame in 1952. ..

Eigil Norén
Eigil Norén was the first member ever elected to the Norway American Football Federation Hall of Fame in 2002. ..

Eigomanga
eigoMANGA is a comic book publishing studio company that produces original Japanese-influenced comics as well as develop business and marketing projects geared towards the anime industry. eigoMANGA has been underway since its conception in 2000. The company is based in San Francisco, California. e..

EigoMANGA Comic Books
Rumble PAK comic book series (male oriented) -eigoMANGA produces a monthly anthology manga comic book series highlighting original manga stories created by American artists. [Rumble Pak] Sakura Pakk comic book series (female oriented) - eigoMANGA produces a bi-monthly anthology manga..

EigoMANGA Graphic Novels
EigoMANGA Graphic Novels are a graphic manga series from the expanding library of original and licensed manga productions of EigoMANGA Studios: [Monkey Tale]: A popular Rumble Pak manga series about an American teenager discovering that he is the missing piece and reincarnation of a livin..

Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke
Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke (Japanese:英語が苦手な大人のDSトレーニングえいご漬け English Training) is an educational video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Nintendo, and was created with the intention of helping Japanese people learn English. The ga..

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