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Åge AleksandersenÅge Aleksandersen (born March 21, 1949, in Namsos, Norway). Is one of his countrys most famous singer/songwriters, musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og Varme" (Light and Warmth), "Fire Pils og en Pizza" (Four Pilseners and a Pizza) and "Rosalita". He also wrote and performed t..
GE-AviationGE-Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb). GE-Aviation is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world and offers engines for the majority of commercial aircraft. GE Aviation is part of GE Infrastructure, itself a major part of the ..
GEAGEA (Gustaf Ericssons Automobilfabrik) was a swedish automobile manufacturer founded by Gustaf Ericsson (son of Lars Magnus Ericsson) in 1904 in Stockholm. Originally the company was located on Arbetargatan, but later it moved to Liljeholmen. Together with his study friends from Chalmers K G Karls..
GeaBiosGeaBios is a free (non-profit) “Slovene Citizen Oriented Information Service” and the name stands for Geo Enabled And Better Internet Oriented Services. People backing up the service come from a variety of businesses, institutions and different countries, but mostly from Slovenia. All the in..
GeacaGeaca is a location in Cluj County, Romania. ..
Geanna (name)Some of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. The name Geana (alternate spelling: Geanna) claims roots in Central/ South America. It is d..
GEANTFor other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. GÉANT is the main European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes. GÉANT link speeds range from 155 Mbit/s on the slowest spur links to 10 Gbit/s in the core optical fiber network. The GÉANT project began in November 2000, en..
Geant4For other uses, see Geant (disambiguation). Geant4 (for GEometry ANd Tracking) is a platform for "the simulation of the passage of particles through matter," using Monte Carlo methods. It is the most recent in the GEANT series of software toolkits developed by CERN, and the first to use Object o..
Geant (disambiguation)Geant may also refer to: [Géant], a European hypermarket chain and is based in France.GÉANT, main European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes.Geant (for GEometry ANd Tracking), a software toolkits platform for "the simulation of the passage of particles t..
GEANT (program)For other uses, see Geant (disambiguation). GEANT is the name of a series of simulation software designed to describe the passage of elementary particles through matter, using Monte Carlo methods. The name is an acronym formed from "GEometry ANd Tracking". Originally developed at CERN for high en..
GearFor other uses of this term, see Gear (disambiguation). Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment. Gears or toothed wheels are positive type drives which are used to transmit motion between two shafts or a shaft and a component having linear motion, by meshing of two or more gears. They ha..
Gearbox SoftwareGearbox Software is a video game developer founded in January 1999. They are best known for a number of high-profile PC games such as [[Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30]] and the Half-Life expansions [[Half-Life: Opposing Force|Opposing Force]] and [[Half-Life: Blue Shift|Blue Shift]]. Gearbox w..
Geared steam locomotiveA geared steam locomotive is a type of steam locomotive which uses reduction gearing in the drivetrain, as opposed to the common directly-driven design. Contents 1 Explanation and rationale2 Types of geared locomotive3 Today3.1 United States3.2 Australia and New Zealand4&..
Gearfingerdefinition Someone who spends all their avaliable income, and then some, on mountaineering equipment. origins The name first appeared in 1998 during an expedition by the Heriot Watt University Mountaineering Club to the Spanish side of the Pyrenees. Staying at the camp site at the foot of Pico An..
GearhartGearhart was an independent oil well service company founded by Marvin Gearhart and Harold Owen and based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It provided well logging and well perforating services to both domestic and international customers. It was usually supported by national oil companies as a way of pre..
Gearhart, OregonGearhart is a city in Clatsop County, Oregon, in the United States. Geography Gearhart is located at [46°1′29″N, 123°55′5″W] (46.024817, -123.917984)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 km² (1..
GearheadFor the rogulike game GearHead, see GearHead''' Gearhead is the name of a DC Comics supervillain. History In the Batman comics, Gearhead is Nathan Finch. While he was kidnapping and holding his boss' daughter for ransom, he runs afoul of Batman who rescues her. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to sav..
GearHeadGearHead is a futuristic roguelike game, created by Joseph Hewitt. It is open-source software. Description GearHead is the first roguelike to explore the world of "mechas" (giant robots). Lots of futuristic jobs and skills (mecha pilot, medic, etc.) are available, as well as piloting those mechas...
Gearhead RecordsGearhead Records Founded 2000 Founders Michelle Haunold and Mike Lavella Distributor Red Eye Genre(s) Punk, Rock Country US Web address http://www.gearheadrecords.com/ Gearhead Records is an independent record label in Davis, California affiliated with Gearhead Magazine. The lab..
Gearing class destroyerUSS Epperson, DD-719 The Gearing class of destroyers originated near the end of World War II when the United States Navy required more range (fuel) and anti-aircraft capabilities from its Allen M. Sumner class destroyers. It managed that by adding 14 ft (4 m) to the length in the mi..
Gearloose familyThe Gearloose Family is a fictional family made by The Walt Disney Company. Its most famous member is Gyro Gearloose. The earliest member of the Gearloose Family is Ratchet Gearloose. Ratchet married someone and had a son named Fulton Gearloose. Fulton married someone and had a son named Gyro Gearl..
Gearoid Mór Fitzgerald, 8th Earl of KildareGerald Gearoid Mór Fitzgerald KG, the 8th Earl of Kildare (?? – c 3 September 1513), known variously as Garret the Great or the Great Earl, was Ireland's premier nobleman. He served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1477 to 1494, and from 1496 onwards. Family Gearoid Mór (meaning Big Garret) ..
Gearóid O'SullivanGeneral Gearóid O'Sullivan (1891 – 5 August 1994) was an Irish teacher, army officer, barrister and Sinn Féin and Fine Gael politician. O'Sullivan was a native of County Cork. While living in Dublin he followed his cousin, Michael Collins, into the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Republican Br..
Gearóid Ó hEáraSinn Féin politician and a prior Lord Mayor of Derry, Gearóid Ó hEára was born in 1953 and christened simply Gerard O'Hara in the Creggan neighborhood of Derry City. Educated by the Irish Christian Brothers, he joined the PIRA following the sectarian conflagrations of the late 1960s and 1970s. ..
Gears (Transformers)Contents 1 Transformers: Generation One (1984)1.1 Bio1.2 Gears Toy1.3 Marvel Comics1.4 Dreamwave Comics1.5 Devil's Due Comics Transformers: Generation One (1984) Transformers Character Gears Affiliation Autobot (Cybertron) Sub-Group Mini-bots Functio..
Gears of WarGears of War is a third-person tactical action/horror game being developed by Epic Games exclusively for Microsoft Game Studios and the Xbox 360 video game system. As Marcus Fenix, you fight a war against the immense Locust Horde, which not only out powers but outnumbers you, your squad, and..
GeartronicGeartronic is Volvo's name for the sequential gearbox, similar to Porsche's Tiptronic, with a torque converter and no clutch. Available in 5 and 6 speed editions. There are 2 modes for the geartronic 1) Manual, shifting can be done with shiftstick. 2) Automatic mode, geartronic behaves as a normal a..
GearyGeary, an Anglicized rendering of the Irish name O'Gadhra [link], has a number of meanings: Geary is surname of several people: Anthony Geary (1947– ), an American actorBenjamin Handley Geary (1891–1976), a British soldier in World War I and a recipient of the Victoria CrossD..
Geary, New BrunswickGeary is an unincoporated rural community located on the Oromocto River, five kilometres south of Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada. As of 2001, the population was 2,680. Geary is best known as being the location of New Brunswick International Speedway, the largest auto racing track in Atlantic Cana..
Geary, OklahomaGeary is a city located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,258. Geography Geary is located at [35°37′46″N, 98°19′5″W] (35.629486, -98.318176)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the c..
Geary (Crash Bandicoot)Geary is a fictional character in the video game Crash Nitro Kart. Overview Geary is a robot with a split-personality; one side is obsessed with winning, and the other is obsessed with cleaning. He is considered the pinnacle of robotics, and hails from the planet Teknee, where he is the champion of..
Geary ActThe Geary Act was a United States law passed in 1892 written by California Congressman Thomas J. Geary. It extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 by adding onerous new requirements. The law required all Chinese residents of the United States to carry a resident permit, a sort of internal passp..
Geary BoulevardGeary Boulevard, looking eastbound at 36th Avenue, in a residential part of the Richmond District Geary Boulevard (known as Geary Street east of Gough Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection ..
Geary County, KansasGeary County (GE) Counties in Kansas County seat Junction City Largest city Junction City Area—Total—Land—Water, % km² (404 mi²)996 km² (385 mi²)51 km² (20 mi²), 4.87% Population—Total (2000)—Density 27..
Geary Street, Park & Ocean RailwayThe Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway was a cable car operator in San Francisco, which commenced operation in 1880. The line remained independent until the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. It was then acquired by the city, and converted into an electric streetcar line, formi..
Gear (comics)Gear, (I.Z.O.R.) is a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He is a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the future. He is a Linsnarian, who are a race composed of organic machinery beneath humanoid shells. The Blackstar Juvenile Correctional Facility captured him for use in maintai..
Gear (disambiguation)Gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component. Gear may also refer to: Gear shift, in automotive terms, one of a series of pre-set rotation mechanisms for a manual transmissionGear (graphic novel), written by Doug Tennapel and later made into a TV show ca..
Gear (graphic novel)Gear is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim. It was published in six issues by Fireman Press Ltd, a production company and publishing house which also published [[Scud: The Disposable Assassin]]. Previously, TenNapel had written an issue of a Scud: ..
Gear (Static Shock)In the animated series Static Shock, Gear (real name Richie Foley) is the best friend and Confidant of Virgil "Static" Hawkins. He was the first person to learn of Virgil's powers after Virgil clued him in about them, and Richie suggested that Virgil should become a superhero. In the first two..
Gear couplingA gear coupling is a mechanical device for transmitting torque between two shafts that are not coaxial. It consists of a flexible joint fixed to each shaft. The two joints are connected by a third shaft, called the spindle. Each joint consists of a 1:1 gear ratio internal/external gear pair. T..
Gear DaddiesThe Gear Daddies was a band from Austin, Minnesota that enjoyed moderate success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its members were Randy Broughten (electric and steel guitar), Nick Ciola (bass), Billy Dankert (drums and vocals), and Martin Zellar (guitar and vocals). Their most mainstream succes..
Gear Fighter Dendoh|} is an anime series that aired in Japan. It ran for 38 episodes, from October 4, 2000 to June 27, 2001, on the TV Tokyo network and its affiliates. Contents 1 Overview2 Cast and Crew2.1 Cast2.2 Crew3 Opening and Closing Themes4 Trivia5 Video Game Overview..
Gear inchesGear inches is a system that assigns numerical measurements to bicycle gear ratios, to indicate how low or high a gear is. With old-fashioned "penny-farthing" bicycles, the crankarms were directly attached to the large drive wheel. One turn of the pedals moved the bicycle a distance equal to the c..
Gear KriegGerman Valkurie early war walking tank Gear Krieg is an alternate history game setting published by Dream Pod 9. It contains information suitable for roleplaying and wargaming a pulp-fueled WWII, featuring walking tanks and epic tabletop battles. The Setting Gear Krieg is an alternate histor..
Gear oilGear oil is a motor oil made specifically for transmissions, transfer cases, and differentials in automobiles, trucks, and other machinery. It is of a higher viscosity to better protect the gears and usually is associated with a strong sulfur smell. The high viscosity ensures transfer of lubricant..
GEAR PRO LinuxGEAR PRO Linux is a CD and DVD authoring software program for Linux. It is designed to enable the creation CDs or DVDs of any type, including CD Audio, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or DVD-Video discs. It is also a CD and DVD burning software program, capable of recording (burning) CDs or DVDs of any format (CD..
GEAR PRO UnixGEAR PRO Unix is a CD and DVD authoring software program for Unix. It is designed to enable the creation CDs or DVDs of any type, including CD Audio, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or DVD-Video discs. It is also a CD and DVD burning software program, capable of recording (burning) CDs or DVDs of any format (CD-R..
Gear pumpAn exploded view of an external gear pump. Gear pumps use the meshing of gears to pump fluid by displacement. They are one of the most common types of pumps for hydraulic fluid power applications. There are two main variations; external gear pumps which use two external spur gears, and inter..
Gear ratioGears on a piece of farm equipment, gear ratio 1:1.61 The gear ratio is the relationship between the number of teeth on two gears that are meshed or two sprockets connected with a common roller chain, or the circumferences of two pulleys connected with a drive belt. In the picture to the righ..
Gear shaperA gear shaper is a machine tool for cutting the teeth of an internal gear. The name shaper relates to the fact that the cutter engages the part on the forward stroke and pulls away from the part on the return stroke, just like the clapper box on a planer shaper. To cut external teeth, a different ma..
Gear shiftThe gear shift is the part of the gearbox which has the shift forks and allows the contact from the driver to the synchronisation. Most of the time they are so much like the gear counter plus the reverse gear. And they make it possible to choose the gear (gear ratio) and to switch this in or out. Th..
Gear stickA gear stick (also gearstick, gear lever and gear shifter) is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or automatic transmission. The gear knob (or shifter knob) is at the end of the gear stick; it is used to hold the gear stick and change gea..
Gear trainA gear train is a set or system of gears arranged to transfer rotational torque from one part of a mechanical system to another. Gears train consists of, Driving Gears - Attached to the "power in" shaft Driven Gears - Attached to the "power out" Shaft Idler Gears - Interposed between the driving..
GEAR VideoGEAR Video 8 is a CD and DVD authoring software program for Microsoft Windows. It is designed to enable the creation CDs or DVDs of any type, including CD Audio, CD-ROM, Video CD, Super Video CD, DVD-ROM, or DVD-Video discs. It is also a CD and DVD burning software program, capable of recording (bu..
Geas"Gaesa" redirects here. For the heavy metal band, see Geasa (band) A geas (also ges, geis, gease geissi, plural geasa) has two interpretations in Irish mythology and folklore. First, it is a vow or obligation placed upon a person (usually a hero, such as Cuchulainn) in Gaelic mythology. Tradition..
Geasa (band)Geasa is an Irish Celtic metal band. Geasa's style is unique in the fact that they combine traditional Irish roots with the black metal sound. In Celtic mythology, a "Geasa" is a vow or obligation (see Geasa) and also a magic spell or curse. "Geasa" or "Geas" for the most part is a tabu. The artwo..
GeastraceaeThe earthstars are the family Geastraceae of gasterocarpic basidiomycetes (mushrooms). It includes the genera Geastrum and Myriostoma. About 60 species are classified in this family, divided among 8 genera. Older classifications place this family in the order Lycoperdales, but more recently the..
GeatGeatas (Gautar in Old Norse, Götar in Swedish) is the Old English spelling of the name of the Geats, a North Germanic tribe historically associated with Götaland ("land of the Geats") in modern Sweden. They were also referred to as the East Danes. The name of the Geats lives on in the Swedish coun..
GeatarGeatar is a fictional warrior from an unknown alien race who exists in the Marvel Universe. For most of his career he served the space pirate Nebula. This relationship ended when Nebula betrayed and abandoned him. Geatar then briefly worked for Nebula'a supposed grandfather Thanos, but that ended w..
Geatish SocietyThe Geatish Society, or Gothic League (Götiska Förbundet) was created by a number of Swedish poets and authors in 1811, as a social club for literary studies among academics in Sweden with a view to raising the moral tone of society through contemplating Scandinavian antiquity (EB 1911). It survi..
Geauga County, OhioGeauga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. Its county seat is Chardon6 and is named for an Indian word meaning "raccoon". Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Government4 Municipalit..
Geauga Lake & Wildwater KingdomGeauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom is an amusement park located in Aurora, Ohio, United States, originally founded in 1887 as Geauga Lake. In 1996, Premier Parks (soon to be Six Flags) purchased the park from Funtime and in 2000 Six Flags rebranded the park to become Six Flags Ohio. A year later they..
GEA GroupGEA The General Engineering Alliance AG (from 2000 to 2005: mg technologies AG, before 2000: Metallgesellschaft) is a company based in Bochum, Germany (until 2005: Frankfurt/Main). It specializes in process engineering, plant engineering, and mechanical engineering. The GEA AG has about 17.000 empl..
GE AC4400CWThe GE AC4400CW is a 4,400 horsepower diesel locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems between 1993 and 2004. 2598 examples of this locomotive were produced for North American railroads. As a result of more stringent emissions requirements that came into effect in the United States on January 1..
GE AC6000CWThe GE AC6000CW locomotive was designed in Erie, Pennsylvania, in late 1993 or early 1994, and first delivered on December 31, 1998. Its overall length is 76 feet, with a fuel capacity of 5,500 US gallons. However, it is not the most powerful ever built. That title is still held by the EMD DDA40X. ..
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