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EUD
EUD can refer to: EUDemocratsExtended unit death ..
Eudaemons
For Eudaemons in mythology, see Daemon. The Eudaemons were a small group headed by graduate physics students J. Doyne Farmer and Norman Packard at the University of California Santa Cruz in the late 1970s. The group's immediate objective was to find a way to beat roulette, but a loftier objective ..
Eudaimonia
Eudaimonia (Greek: εὐδαιμονία) is a classical Greek word commonly translated as 'happiness'. Etymologically, it consists of the word "eu" ("good" or "well being") and "daimōn" ("spirit" or "minor deity", used by extension to mean one's lot or..
Eudaimonism
Eudaimonism is a philosophy that defines right action as that which leads to "well being." The concept originates in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. In Aristotle eudaimonism means that all correct actions lead to the greater well being of the individual human. By extending well being from the nar..
Eudalaca
Eudalaca is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 35 described species, most restricted to South Africa but a few found further north in the continent. Species E. aequifascia - East AfricaE. albiplumis - South AfricaE. albistriata - South AfricaE. ammon - South Africa/ZimbabweE. am..
Eudaldo Forment
Eudaldo Forment is a Spanish philosopher. Teacher of metaphysics at University of Barcelona. He dedicates to teaching metaphysics following his major teacher lessons: Salvador Canals. He involved in the philosophic group called "Escuela de Barcelona". He is the subdirector of "Spirit" magazine o..
Euday L. Bowman
Euday Louis Bowman (November 9, 1887 in Fort Worth - May 26, 1949 in New York) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime and blues who represented the style of Texas Ragtime. He is chiefly remembered as the composer of Twelfth Street Rag, a rag from 1914 out of a series of Ragtimes that Bowman..
Eudemian Ethics
Eudemian ethics focuses ethics based on enjoyment of happiness as the ultimate End. The Ethics of Aristotle is the first half of a single treatise of which his Politics (Aristotle) is the second. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the "philoso..
EUDemocrats
#endnote_IndDem] | colours = Orange and Blue| headquarters = Åboulevard 12, 3tv,2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark | website = [www.eudemocrats.org]| }} Recognized by the EU as "political parties at European level": European Democratic Party | EUDemocrats | European Free Alliance | ..
Eudemus (general)
Eudemus (in Greek Eύδημoς; died 316 BC) was one of Alexander the Great's generals, who was appointed by him to the command of the troops left in India.1 After Alexander's death (323 BC) he made himself master of the territories of the Indian king Porus, and treacherously put that monarch to dea..
Eudemus of Rhodes
Eudemus is also the name of a general of Alexander the Great (died 316 BC). Eudemus of Rhodes (Ευδημος) was an ancient Greek philosopher, who lived from ca. 370 until ca. 300 BC. He was the first historian of science. He was one of Aristotle's most important pupils, editing his teacher's wor..
Eudes
There are several notable people with the name Eudes. Odo, Count of ParisJean Eudes, founder of the Eudists, a religious order of the Catholic Church...
Eudes, Count of Penthievre
Eudes of Rennes (999 - 1079), count of Penthievre, was the youngest son of Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany. Following the death of his brother Duke Alan III, Eudes ruled as regent of Brittany in the name of his nephew Conan II, between 1040 and 1062. Eudes married Agnes of Cornwall, sister of Hoel II of..
Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet
Eudes, viscount of Porhoet (died 1170) was co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany, between 1148 and 1156, with his brother-in-law Hoel III, Duke of Brittany. Preceded by:Conan III Duke of Brittanywith Hoel III Succeeded by:Conan IV ..
Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy
Eudes I, surnamed Borel and called the Red, (1058–23 March 1103) was duke of Burgundy between 1079 and 1103. Eudes was the second son of Henry of Burgundy and Sybille of Barcelona. He became Duke of Burgundy following the abdication of his older brother, Hugh I, who retired to become a Benedic..
Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy
Eudes II of Burgundy (1118 – June 27 or September 27 1162) was duke of Burgundy between 1143 and 1162. Eudes was the eldest son of duke Hugh II and Matilda of Mayenne. He married Marie of Blois. See also Dukes of Burgundy family tree |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy
Eudes III of Burgundy (1166 – July 6 1218) was duke of Burgundy between 1192 and 1218. Eudes was the eldest son of duke Hugh III and Beatrice d'Albon. He was married twice, first to Teresa, princess of Portugal, daughter of king Afonso I of Portugal, then to Alice of Vergy. Eudes did not foll..
Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy
The arms of Eudes. He took the arms of his uncle and namesake, Eudes of Nevers, before the death of Hugh V. Note the indentation. Eudes IV (1295 – 3 April 1350) was Duke of Burgundy from 1315 until his death and Count of Burgundy and Artois between 1330 and 1347. He was the second son of..
Eudes of Aquitaine
Eudes of Aquitaine (also known as Odon or Odo), was Duke of Gascony (1032-1039), and then Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers between 1038 and 1039, succeeding his half-brother William VI of Aquitaine. Eudes was the second son of William V of Aquitaine by his second wife Prisca (also known as Br..
Eudes of Burgundy
Eudes of Burgundy (1230-1266) was count of Nevers and Auxerre and the heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. He never inherited the duchy, due to his death before his father; Burgundy was thereafter ruled by Eudes' brother Robert. Eudes married Maud of Dampierre and had three daughters: Yolande (1247-..
Eude Brito
Eude Ezequiel Brito (born August 19, 1978) in Sabana de la Mar, Dominican Republic, is a pitcher in Minor League Baseball in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He made his Major League debut on August 21, 2005 with the Phillies. He was 1-2 for the Phils in 2005 with a 3.68 ERA. He started the ..
Eudialyte
Eudialyte General Category Mineral Chemical formula 4()2617()2 Identification Color Red, magenta, brown; also blue and yellow Crystal habit Granular, tabular Crystal system Trigonal Cleavage [0001] Imperfect Fracture Uneven Mohs Scale hardness 5 - 5.5 Luste..
Eudicots
The name eudicots (plural) is used in the APG system, of 1998, and APG II system, of 2003, for classification of angiosperms. It is applied to a clade, a monophyletic group, which includes most of the (former) dicotyledons. The name "eudicots" is formed by adding the botanical prefix "eu−" (= "..
Eudimorphodon
Eudimorphodon ranzii was a pterosaur that lived around present Italy during the Middle Triassic. It had a wingspan of about 100 centimetres and at the end of its long bony tail was perhaps a diamond-shaped flap. The flap may have helped it steer while in the air. It showed a strong dimorphism o..
Eudiometer
A eudiometer is a device for measuring the change in volume of a gas mixture following combustion. In one form the device is a graduated cylinder, closed at the top end with the bottom end immersed in water or mercury. The liquid traps a sample of gas in the cylinder and the graduation allows meas..
Eudiptera
Eudiptera is a suborder of Diptera under an alternative subordinal classification based largely on fossil taxa; it has not gained wide acceptance among non-paleontological dipterists and is presented here for comparative purposes only. All of the taxa included in Eudiptera are also members of the..
Eudists
Eudists is the common name, after the founder, for the members of the Catholic Society of Jesus and Mary. History The ecclesiastical society was instituted at Caen, in Normandy, France, 25 March, 1643, by the Venerable Jean Eudes, exemplar of the French school of spirituality. The principal works ..
Eudlo Creek National Park
Eudlo Creek is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 85 km north of Brisbane. Fact sheet Area: 0.43 km²Coordinates: [26°42′25″S, 152°57′43″E]Date of establishment: 1951Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife ServiceIUCN category: II See also Protected areas of ..
Eudlo railway station, Queensland
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Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of ibises, wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae. They occur in the warmer parts of the New World with representatives from the southern United States south through Central America, the West Indies and South America. There are just two species in this genus, American..
Eudokia Angelina
Eudokia Angelina or Eudocia Angelina (Greek: Ευδοκία Αγγελίνα, Serbian: Evdokija), was a daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina. Eudokia Angelina first married Stefan I Prvovenčani, the second son of Stefan Nemanja, Grand Župan of R..
Eudokia Ingerina
Eudokia Ingerina or Eudocia Ingerina (Greek: Ευδοκία Ιγγερίνα) (c. 840 – 882) was the wife of the Byzantine emperor Basil I, the mistress of his predecessor Michael III, and the mother to both the Emperors Leo VI and Alexander and Patriarch Stephen I of Constantinople. Life Eu..
Eudokia Komnene
Eudokia Komnene or Eudocia Comnena (Greek: Ευδοκία Κομνηνή, Eudokia Komnēnē), (c. 1162–c. 1203) was a niece of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, and wife of William VIII of Montpellier. Eudokia was a daughter of the sebastokratōr Isaac Komnenos by his second wife, Irene Sy..
Eudokia Makrembolitissa
Eudokia Makrembolitissa or Eudocia Macrembolitissa (Greek: Ευδοκία Μακρεμβολίτισσα), (1021–1096), was the second wife of the Byzantine emperor Constantine X Doukas. After his death (1067) she became the wife of Romanos IV Diogenes. She was also the niece of Michael Keroul..
Eudokia Palaiologina
Eudokia Palaiologina or Eudocia Palaeologina (Greek: Ευδοκία Παλαιολογίνα) (c. 1265 – 1302) was the third daughter of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos and his wife, Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, a grandniece of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes of Nicaea. In 1282 Eu..
Eudora
Eudora is the name of: A number of places in the United States of America:*Eudora, Arkansas*Eudora, KansasAn e-mail client: see Eudora (e-mail client)Writer Eudora WeltyPeanuts character Eudora (Peanuts)In Greek mythology, one of the Hyades217 Eudora, an asteroidAn album by The Get Up Kids, Eudora i..
Eudora, Arkansas
Eudora is a city in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States of America. The population was 2,819 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Oral History3 Demographics4 External links Geography Eudora is located at [33°6′53″N, 91°15′46″W] (33.114608, -91.26..
Eudora, Kansas
Eudora is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. The population was 4,307 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History3.1 Development of the settlement4 Sources5 External links Geography Eudora is located at [38°56′18″N, 95°..
Eudora, Missouri
Eudora, Missouri is an unincorporated community in southwestern Polk County. It is located at the intersection of Missouri State Highway 123 and Missouri State Highway 215 about twenty miles northwest of Springfield. ..
Eudora (album)
Eudora is The Get Up Kids' third full-length CD/LP. Released on November 27, 2001, it is a compilation of b-sides taken from vinyl, imports and compilations from Vagrant Records. Track listing "Up On The Roof""Suffragette City""Central Standard Time""Close To Me""Forgive And Forget""Regret""Beer F..
Eudora (e-mail client)
Eudora is an e-mail client used on the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems. It also supports several palmtop computing platforms, including Newton and the Palm OS. It was named for Eudora Welty because of her short story "Why I Live at the P.O.". Eudora was developed by Steve Dorner i..
Eudora (Peanuts)
Eudora is a character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. She has long, straight black hair and usually wears a knitted hat. Eudora moved to Charlie Brown's neighborhood from another state, though which state was never specified. The first person she met was Sally, on the bus to summer ..
Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi and she lived a significant portion of her life in the city's Belhaven neighborhood, where her home has been preserved. She was educated at the Mississippi State College for Women (now called Mississippi Universit..
Eudoxa
Eudoxa AB is a Swedish think tank, formed in 2000. Eudoxa has a libertarian political profile, with a focus on emerging technologies and future issues. Past collaborations include Tech Central Station Europe and Timbro. Concrete issues debated by the think tank include genetic technology, nanotec..
Eudoxia
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 article. Empress Aelia Eudoxia (c. 380–404), wife of Roman Emperor Arcadius.Emp..
Eudoxia Dmitriyevna
Eudoxia Dmitriyevna (Russian: Евдокия Дмитриевна) (? - 1407) was a Grand Duchess of Moscow and wife of Dmitry Donskoy. Eudoxia Dmitriyevna was a daughter of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod. In 1366, she married Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy. In 1382, Eudoxia D..
Eudoxia Lopukhina
Tsarina Evdokiya Feodorovna Lopukhina (Julian calendar, July 30, 1669 - August 27, 1731)/(Gregorian calendar, August 9, 1669 – September 7, 1731) was the first wife of Peter I of Russia. They married in 1689 but divorced in 1698. She is also the mother of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and the materna..
Eudoxia Streshneva
Mikhail Feodorovich Choosing His Bride, by Ilya Repin. Yevdokiya Lukianovna Streshneva (Евдокия Лукьяновна Стрешнёва in Russian) (1608 - August 18, 1645) was the second wife of Mikhail I. She was a daughter of a nobleman Lukian Stepanovich Streshnev from Mozhaysk. Yev..
Eudoxis
Eudoxis was a thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Montreal, Canada. They released the "Metal Fix " demo and video in 1985. The video received extensive airplay on the Canadian cable channel MuchMusic's "Power Hour." This was followed by the 1986 EP "Attack from Above" and the 1991 LP "Open Fire"..
Eudoxius of Antioch
Eudoxius (d. 370) was the eighth bishop of Constantinople from January 27 360 to 370, previously bishop of Germanicia and of Antioch, and was one of the most influential Arians. Saint Eustathius was bishop of Antioch between 324 and 331. Eudoxius came to him seeking holy orders. Eustathius found hi..
Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi
Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi (also spelled Eudoxiu Hurmuzache) (1812-1874) was a Romanian historian, politician and patriot. Contents 1 Origins2 Activity3 References4 External links Origins Hurmuzachi was born into a family of old aristocratic lineage (see Hurmuzachi brothers), as th..
Eudoxus
Eudoxus was the name of two ancient Greeks: Eudoxus of Cnidus (c.408 BC–c.347 BC) Greek astronomer and mathematician.Eudoxus of Cyzicus (fl.130 BC) Greek navigator . This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred y..
Eudoxus (crater)
There is more than one crater named Eudoxus: Eudoxus (lunar crater)Eudoxus (crater on Mars) 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..
Eudoxus (lunar crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Eudoxus of Cnidus
Another article concerns Eudoxus of Cyzicus. Eudoxus of Cnidus (Greek Εύδοξος) (410 or 408 BC - 355 or 347 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and friend of Plato. Since all his own works are lost, our knowledge of him is obtained from secondary sources, such as Ar..
Eudoxus of Cyzicus
Another article treats of Eudoxus of Cnidus. Eudoxus of Cyzicus (fl. c. 130 BC) (Greek: Ευδοξος) was a Greek navigator who explored the Arabian Sea for Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII of Egypt. Eudoxus is reported (by Strabo, Geog. [II.3.4‑5&..
Eudunda, South Australia
Eudunda ([34°10′S 139°05′E]) is a rural town in South Australia, 115 kilometres northeast of Adelaide (about 2 hours drive). Eudunda township was established in 1870 after settlers began moving into the area throughout the 1860s. The founder of Eudunda was John Henry Hannan who owned..
Eudyptes
The genus Eudyptes ("good diver") contains seven species of penguins collectively known as "The Crested Penguins". Classification ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES Family Spheniscidae* Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome** Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi (doubtfully distinct from..
Eudyptula
The genus Eudyptula ("good little diver") contains two species of penguin. Eudyptula minor is commonly known as the Little Penguin, Little Blue Penguin, or Fairy Penguin. In the language of the Māori people of New Zealand, Little Blue Penguins are known as korora. Some scientists consider a ..
Eu (digraph)
Eu is a digraph found in many languages. In English, eu represents the /ju/ or /u/ sound as in feud. In German, it represents /oY/ as in Deutsch. ..
EU (disambiguation)
EU may refer to: Ephraim Union, a regional political party in the Indian state of MizoramEuropa Island: FIPS PUB 10-4 territory codeEuropa Universalis, a computer gameEuropean Union, an association of European countries (it is also its ISO 3166 country code)The IATA code for EcuatorianaExpanded Univ..
EU Database Directive
The European Union (EU) directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases is an intellectual property directive requiring EU member states to protect databases both by copyright and by a "sui generis" right that controls extractio..
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