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EU-Moldova Action Plan
The enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004 has brought a historical shift for the Union in political, geographic and economic terms, further reinforcing the political and economic interdependence between the EU and Moldova. Enlargement offers the opportunity for the EU and Moldova to develo..
Eumaeus
In Greek mythology, Eumaeus, or Eumaios, was Odysseus' swineherd and friend before he left for the Trojan War. In the Odyssey, Eumaeus is the first person Odysseus meets after his return to Ithaca. Although he doesn't recognize his old master in disguise, Eumaeus still treats him well, giving him f..
Eumaeus atala
The Atala, Eumaeus atala, is a small colorful butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southeastern Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba. Its coloration and habits are unique among butterflies within its range. In Florida, the caterpillar feeds on a native cycad, Zamia pumila, called Coonti..
Eumalacostraca
The Eumalacostraca (Greek: "true soft shell") are a subclass of crustaceans, containing almost all living malacostracans, about 22,000 described species. (The outgroups are the Phyllocarida and possibly the Hoplocarida or mantis shrimps.) Eumalacostracans have 19 segments (5 cephalic, 8 thoracic,..
Eumeces
The genus of Eumeces-skinks is due to Wiegmann, 1834. They are secretive, agile lizards with a cylindrical body covered with smooth, shiny scales. Eumeces head shape and scalation The genus sometimes goes by the common name of "New World Skinks" or "Great Skinks" (from Greek: the prefix "eu..
Eumeces blythianus
Eumeces blythianus is a species of skink found in India and Pakistan. Named after Edward Blyth (1810 - 1873), Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. External links [EMBL reptile database] References Anderson,J. 1871 On two Saurian genera Eurylpis and Plocederma Blyth, with a descrip..
Eumeces callicephalus
The Mountain Skink (Eumeces callicephalus) is a medium-sized member of the Eumeces skinks, a kind of lizard, living in North America. Taxonomy At least one herpetologist has considered the species a subspecies of Eumeces tetragrammus under the scientific name E. tetragrammus callicephalus, but t..
Eumeces schneideri
Schneider's Skink (Eumeces schneideri) is a species of skink. Named after the German zoologist, Johann Gottlob Schneider. Geographic distribution E Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, W Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran (Kavir desert), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Transcaucasia, R..
Eumecia
Classification Genus Eumecia Eumecia anchietaeEumecia johnstoni ..
Eumedes
In Greek mythology, Eumedes was the father of Dolon. ..
EUMEDIS
Euro-Mediterranean Information Society (EUMEDIS) is the principal financial instrument of the European Union for the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership activities. EUMEDIS was initiated in the Barcelona declaration in 1995. It is a 31 billion Euro program. The support it provi..
Eumel
Eumel (pronounced oimel) is an operating system built by GMD in 1979. Originally written for the Z80 processor it was later ported to many different architectures. One of the main concepts of Eumel was that it was persistent and had a microkernel architecture. Persistence in this case meant that if ..
Eumelus
Eumelus was the name of several men in Greek mythology: A Eumelus succeeded Adrastus as the King of Pherae. He led Pherae and Iolcus in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks.Another Eumeleus was the husband of Ipthime and the son of Admetus and Alcestis. He won the chariot races at Achilles's f..
Eumelus of Corinth
Eumelus of Corinth or Eumelos of Korinthos was an early Greek poet, probably the author of Corinthiaca, an epic narrating the legends and early history of his home city Corinth. It is now lost, but a written version of it was used by Pausanias in his survey of the antiquities of Corinth. The epics E..
Eumemmerring, Victoria
Eumemmerring is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. Melbourne suburbs near Eumemmerring(City of Casey) Doveton Doveton Endeavour Hills Doveton Eumemmerring Hallam Dandenong South Dandenong South Hallam Suburbs of the City of Cas..
Eumenes
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Eumenes of Cardia (Greek: Ευμένης, c. 362 BC—316 BC) was a Greek general and scholar. He participated in the wars of the Diadochi as a supporter of the Macedonian Argead royal house. He was a native of Cardia in the Thracian Chersonese. At a very ..
Eumenes (disambiguation)
Eumenes may refer to Eumenes of Cardia (c. 362 BC - 316 BC), a general and scholar in ancient Greece.Several members of the ruling Attalid dynasty of Pergamon*Eumenes I, (ruled 263 - 241 BC)*Eumenes II, (ruled 197 - 160 BC)*Eumenes III, the illegitimate son of Eumenes II and the pretender to the th..
Eumenes I
Eumenes I of Pergamon (died 241 BC1), son of Eumenes the brother of the founder of the Attalid dynasty, Philetaerus. Eumenes was the adopted son and heir of Philetaerus, succeeding him upon his death in 263 BC, as ruler of Pergamon until his own death in 241 BC. Although nominally under Seleucid..
Eumenes II
Coin of Eumenes II Eumenes II of Pergamum (ruled 197 - 160 BC) was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. He allied with the Romans to oppose Seleucid expansion towards the Aegean, leading to the defeat of Antiochus the Great at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. Following the p..
Eumenes III
Eumenes III (originally named Aristonicus) was the pretender to the throne of Pergamon. When the Pergamene King Attalus III (138–133 BC) died in 133 BC, he bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans. Because the Romans were slow in securing their claim, Aristonicus, the illegitimate son of the earl..
Eumenes of Alexandria
Eumenes served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 131 and 141. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Eumenius
Eumenius (c. 260-311), one of the Roman panegyrists, was born at Augustodunum (Autun) in Gallia Lugdunensis. He was of Greek descent; his grandfather, who had migrated from Athens to Rome, finally settled at Autun as a teacher of rhetoric. Eumenius probably took his place, for it was from Autun that..
Eumetazoa
The Eumetazoa are a major group of animals in the Five Kingdoms classification of Lynn Margulis and K. V. Schwartz, comprising the Radiata and Bilateria - all animals except the sponges , placozoans and mesozoans.[#endnote_MargulisSchwartz] When treated as a formal taxon it is typically ..
Eumetcast
EumetCAST is a service run by EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites. EumetCAST is a scheme for data dissemination that uses encrypted DVB-S transmittied from the Hot Bird 6 (in Ku band) or Atlantic Bird 3 (in C band) satellite from Eutelsat. It include..
EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international convention agreed by 19 European Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, a..
Eumir Deodato
right Eumir Deodato (born on 22 June, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian artist, producer and arranger primarily based in the jazz realm but who historically has been known for eclectic melding of big band and combo jazz with varied elements of rock/pop, R&B/funk, Brazilian/Latin, and symph..
Eumolpidae
The Eumolpidae (Ευμολπιδαι) were one of the sacred Eleusinian families of priests that ran the Eleusinian Mysteries during the Hellenic era. They popularized the cult and allowed many more to be initiated into the great secrets of Demeter a..
Eumolpus
In Greek mythology, Eumolpus (also Eumolpos) was the son of Poseidon and Chione (or Hermes and Aglaulus). According to Apollodorus,1 Chione, daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia, pregnant with Eumolpus by Poseidon, was frightened of her father's reaction so she threw the baby into the ocean. Poseidon ..
Eumorpha
Eumorpha (meaning "well formed") is a genus of Lepidopterans in the family Sphingidae. The genus is mostly found in North and South America. ..
Eumovate
Eumovate is the registered trade mark used by GlaxoSmithKline to market an ointment containing the active ingredient clobetasone butyrate, a corticosteroid perscribed for treating such skin inflammation as seen in eczema and other forms of dermititis. ..
Eumseong County
Hangul: 음성군 Hanja: 陰城郡 Revised Romanization: Eumseong-gun McCune-Reischauer: Ŭmsŏng-gun Statistics Area: 521.05 km² Population: 87,954 (2001) Pop. density: 169 people/km² Administrative divisions: 2 eup..
Eumundi railway station, Queensland
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Eumuroida
Eumuroida is a clade defined in 2004 (Steppan et al.) to describe a group of muroid rodents. The clade is not defined in the standard taxonomic hierarchy, but it is between superfamily and family. The Eumuroida is technically defined as the clade including all organisms decended from the most rec..
Eumycetoma
Eumycetoma is the fungal form of Mycetoma. Mycetoma is a disease of the skin and of connective tissue. There is a bacterial form of the disease, called actinomycetoma. The Mycetoma Research Center is located in Khartoum, The Sudan. ..
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