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Sec-butyl acetate
Sec-butyl acetate General Systematic name s-Butyl acetate Other names 1-Methylpropylacetate Molecular formula C6H12O2 SMILES Molar mass 116.16 g/mol Appearance Colourless liquid with fruity odour CAS number [105-46-4] Properties Density and phase 0.87 g/cm..
Sec61
Sec61 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein translocator (aka translocon). It is a doughnut shaped pore through the membrane with 3 major subunits (heterotrimeric). References Alberts, Bruce et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. Garland, 1994. ISBN 0815316194 ..
Seca
seca is a German manufacturer of health care products, with headquarters in Hamburg where they have been established since 1840. They are particularly known for their scales, both medical and personal, but also manufacture devices to measure other parameters such as height, and other medical dev..
Secale
Secale is a genus in the Poaceae family. The most known member is rye (Secale cereale). ..
Secalin
Secalin is a protein found in the grain rye. Secalin is one of the forms of gluten that people with coeliac disease cannot tolerate, and thus should rye be avoided by people with this disease. It is generally recommended that such people follow a gluten free diet. In bread making with rye flour, ..
SECAM
SECAM, also written SÉCAM (Séquentiel couleur à mémoire, French for "sequential color with memory"), is an analog color television system first used in France. A team led by Henri de France working at Compagnie Française de Télévision (later bought by Thomson) invented SECAM. It is, historic..
SECAN-Lab
The [SECAN-LAB] is the "Interoperability Laboratory for Security in Ad-Hoc Networks" of the University of Luxembourg[link]. In the SECAN-LAB the research is targeted (as its name indicates) towards the area of interoperability- and security-aspects of spontaneously created and s..
Secane, Pennsylvania
Secane is a small town in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is located between Primos and Morton and is one of the stops on SEPTA's R3 rail line. Secane was the name of an Indian chief who sold the area to Benjamin Franklin for supplies. Secane has one church, Our Lady of Fatima (adjacent to the gra..
Secane (SEPTA station)
Secane is a station along the SEPTA R3 line, the former Pennsylvania West Chester Line. It is located at Providence Road & South Avenue in Secane, Pennsylvania and parking is available only via permit. {| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="4" style="margin: 0 auto; border-collapse: collaps..
Secant
Secant is a term in mathematics. It can refer to: A secant line.Secant, a trigonometric function, given by [\sec(x)=\frac].In numerical analysis, the secant method is a root-finding algorithm. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the s..
Secant line
A secant line of a curve is a line that intersects two or more points on the curve. The word secant comes from the Latin secare, for to cut. It can be used to approximate the tangent to a curve, at some point P. If the secant to a curve is defined by two points, P and Q, with P fixed and Q variable..
Secant method
In numerical analysis, the secant method is a root-finding algorithm that uses a succession of roots of secant lines to better approximate a root of a function f. Contents 1 The method2 Derivation of the method3 Convergence4 Comparison with other root-finding methods5 Exa..
Secateurs
Secateurs, also called hand pruners or pruning shears, are a type of scissors for use with plants. They are strong enough to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick. They are used in gardening and flower arranging, and in nature conservation where fine-sc..
Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 15,931. Before the 1950s, Secaucus was home to a number of pig farms, rendering plants, and junk yards, which gave the town a reputation for being one of the most odorous in the New Yo..
Secaucus (album)
Secaucus is a 1996 album by The Wrens, an American rock band from New Jersey. Secaucus is named for the city in which it was recorded, Secaucus, New Jersey. The Wrens were signed to major label Grass Records at the time of their tour supporting this album. The album had received excellent reviews ..
Secaucus Board of Education
The Secaucus Board of Education is a public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade from Secaucus, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Schools The schools in the district (with 2003-04 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) c..
Secaucus Junction
Coordinates: [40.76161° N 74.074985° W] The Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Station, known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages, is a major rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey. The station was opened on December 15, 2003 to rectify a long-standing problem on New Jers..
SECC
SECC can mean: Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, an exhibition space in Glasgow, ScotlandSingle Edge Contact Cartridge, a connector for microprocessors This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this p..
Secca de bœuf
Secca de bœuf or Secca d'Entrevaux is a type of dried salted beef made in Entrevaux. Similar to the Swiss viande des Grisons or Bündnerfleisch, it is typically eaten as a starter, thinly sliced and served with virgin olive oil, lemon juice, and sliced tomatoes. ..
Secchi
Secchi may refer to: Angelo SecchiMarco SecchiSecchi (lunar crater)Secchi (crater on Mars)Secchi disk, an oceanographic/limnological instrument This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish..
Secchia
The Secchia is an Italian river. It runs through Emilia-Romagna, and is one of the main tributaries on the right-hand side of the Po. It is 172 km (107 mi) long, and has a drainage basin with a surface of 2,292 km², alternating between aridity in summer and fullness in spring and autumn. It or..
Secchi (crater)
There is more than one crater named Secchi: Secchi (lunar crater)Secchi (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 ar..
Secchi (lunar crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Secchi disk
Created in 1865 by Pietro Angelo Secchi, the Secchi disk is a device used to measure water transparency in open waters of lakes, bays, and the ocean. The pattern shown in the image is drawn or painted onto a card or acrylic, mounted on a pole or line, and lowered slowly down in the water. The de..
Seccomp
seccomp is a simple sandboxing mechanism for the Linux kernel. It allows a process to make a one-way transition into a "secure" state where it cannot make any system calls except exit(), read() and write() to already-open file descriptors. Should it attempt any other system calls, the kernel will ..
Seccotine
Seccotine is a recurring character from the Spirou et Fantasio comics, and the first major female character in the series. She was created by André Franquin, and made her first appearance in album #6, La Corne de Rhinocéros. She is a journalist who always manages to get ahead of Fantasio in cov..
SECD machine
The SECD machine is a highly influential virtual machine intended as a target for functional programming language compilers. The letters stand for Stack, Environment, Code, Dump, the internal registers of the machine. These registers point to linked lists in memory. The machine was the first to..
Seceders
Amongst other uses, Seceders is a name used for those who followed the 18th century Secession movement from the Church of Scotland, for the history of which see United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. ..
Secernentea
Secernentea are a subclass of nematodes characterised by numerous caudal papillae and an excretory system possessing lateral canals. ..
Secernosaurus
Secernosaurus (meaning "severed lizard") is the name given to a genus of herbivorous dinosaurs. Secernosaurus was a hadrosaur, a "duck-billed" dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Argentina. The type species is Secernosaurus koerneri, described in 1979...
Secession
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. Typically there is a strong issue difference that drives the withdrawal. The word is derived from the Latin term secessio. Contents 1 Western Hemisphere Secessio..
Secessionism in Western Australia
Secessionism has been a recurring feature of Western Australia's political landscape since shortly after European settlement in 1829. The idea of self governance or secession has often been discussed through local newspaper newspaper articles and editorials and on a number of occasions has surfac..
Secessionist movements of Canada
Throughout the history of Canada, there have been movements seeking secession from Canada. Contents 1 Movements seeking independence from Canada1.1 Quebec1.2 Western Canada1.3 Nova Scotia1.4 Manitoba1.5 Ontario1.6 British Columbia and Yukon2 Other movements..
Secession (band)
Secession was a Scottish synth pop band that existed between 1983 and 1987. Secession consisted of Peter J. Thomson, Carole L. Branston, Charlie D. Kelly, and J.L. Seenan. Their singer, Peter J. Thompson, died in the late 1990s. Secession was mainly on two different labels during their short career..
Secession (disambiguation)
Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity.* in this context also used for secession from the EUEconomic secession is a nonviolent activism technique used to fight tyranny.Vienna Secession is the Austrian branch of Art Nouveau.Secession (band) is a synth pop..
Secession Hill
Secession Hill, just east of modern-day Secession Street in Abbeville, South Carolina, is the site where local citizens gathered on November 22, 1860 to adopt the ordinance of South Carolina's secession from the Union. It was here that delegates to the December 17, 1860 secession convention in Co..
Secession of Quebec
Secession of Quebec is a term that may refer to: Reference re Secession of Quebec, a 1998 opinion by the Supreme Court of Canada.An aim of the Quebec sovereignty movement.redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Secessio plebis
Secessio plebis (withdrawal of the commoners, or Secession of the Plebs) was an informal exercise of power by Rome's plebian citizens, similar to a strike. During a secessio plebis the citizens would simply abandon the city en masse and leave the patrician order to themselves. This was an effective..
SECG
In cryptography, the Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group (SECG) is an international consortium founded by Certicom in 1998. The group exists to develop commercial standards for efficient and interoperable cryptography based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). Members of the consortium incl..
Sechelt, British Columbia
The District of Sechelt is centrally located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Sechelt is one of the service centre for the Sunshine Coast. Sechelt covers 40.08 square kilometres of land, extending from, but not including the communities of Halfmoon Bay and Roberts Creek. It is known ..
Sechelt-Gibsons Airport
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Sechelt/Porpoise Bay Water Aerodrome
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Sechelt Inlet
Sechelt Inlet is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast and the third of such inlets north from the 49th Parallel, the first of which is Burrard Inlet, Vancouver's harbour. The inlet is significant in that it almost makes an island of what is instead the Sechelt Peninsula, whose ..
Sechelt Inlets Marine Provincial Park
Sechelt Inlets Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..
Sechenov (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Sechibaru, Nagasaki
Sechibaru (世知原町; -chou) was a town located in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki, Japan. On April 1, 2005, the town was merged into the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,148 and a density of 129.54 persons per km². The total area was 32.02 km&..
Sechium
Sechium is a genus in subtribe Sicyinea of the tribe Sicyeae of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. ..
Sechseläuten
The Sechseläuten (Zürich German: Sächsilüüte) is a traditional spring holiday of Zürich, celebrated in its current form since 1904. Following the parade of the Zünfte, the climax of the holiday is the burning of Winter in effigy, in the form of the Böögg, a figure of a snowman prepared wi..
Sechsundsechzig
Contents 1 Rules1.1 Card values1.2 The Deal1.3 Play1.4 The Trump nine1.5 Marriages1.6 Stock depleted1.7 Closing1.8 Declaring1.9 Winning Sechsundsechzig (German for sixty-six) is a popular German two-player card game. It uses a 24 card deck co..
Sechs Kies
Sechs Kies or 6kies (젝스키스) is former Korean hip hop group from Daesung Entertainment and onetime rival of H.O.T. Currently, the two members, Kim Jae Duc and Jang Soo Won, have associated with Click-B to form another group, JnC. Contents 1 Members2 Discography2.1 Albums3&nbs..
Secht
SECHT Is a Norwegian Black Metal Band which have gathered several of Norways most respected artists on a single release. Biography SECHT is truly unique...its pure fucking hell. In lack of words to describe the atmosphere and feeling of this madness. Let's just stick with the fact that current an..
Sechura
Distrito de Sechura Area km² Population   - Total   - Density 24 259 (2002 estimate)4.2/km² Mayor Justo Eche Morales Date of creation N/A Sechura is a town in northwestern Peru, 52 km south of Piura. It is the capital of Sechura Province. The town gives its name to t..
Sechura Desert
The Sechura desert is a desert or savanna ecoregion of coastal Peru. The name sechura derives from a culture that developed called the SEC, around the year 400 B.C. In 1728 the old Sechura town was destroyed by a tsunami and moved to its current location. During El Niño years, flooding is not unco..
Sechura Fox
The Sechuran Fox (Pseudalopex sechurae), also called Peruvian Desert Fox and sechuran zorro is a South American species of canid. The Sechuran fox is the smallest of the South American foxes. The Sechura fox is a pure, pale agouti in colour with a black-tipped tail. Its distribution extends from..
Sechura Province
The Sechura Province is a Peruvian province which is located in the Piura Region. It is one of the eight that make up that region. Contents 1 Boundaries2 Political Division3 Population4 Capital5 See also Boundaries North Paita ProvinceEast Lambayeque RegionSouth Pacifi..
Secil Maritima
Secil Marítima, a flagship in Angolan shipping, operates the terminals at Lobito, Luanda and Namibe ports. The company has increased its shipping activities since the signing of the country’s peace treaty in 2002, and is now a leader in freight forwarding. The company specializes in providing ma..
Secinaro
Secinaro is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy ..
SECIOP
In distributed computing, SECIOP (SECure Inter-ORB Protocol) is a protocol for secure inter-ORB communication. ..
SECIS element
In biology, the SECIS element (SECIS: selenocysteine insertion sequence) is a structural motif (pattern of nucleotides) that directs the cell to translate UGA codons as selenocysteines. (UGA is normally a stop codon.) SECIS elements are thus a fundamental aspect of selenoproteins, which are protein..
Seckau
General information Federal State: Steiermark Bezirk: Knittelfeld (KF) Area: 54,26 km² Location: ..
Seckau Abbey
--> Seckau Abbey or Abbey of Our Dear Lady, Seckau (Abtei Seckau or Abtei Unserer Lieben Frau) is a Benedictine monastery in Seckau in Styria, Austria. History The monastery was founded by the Augustinian Canons, when an already existing monastery was moved to Seckau in 1142. This establishment ..
Seckbach (Frankfurt am Main)
Data Area: 8.041 km² Population: 9,896 Population density: 1,231 people per km² Postal code 60386, 60388, 60389 Telephone area code: 069 Incorporation Area district: Ost City districts: 390 - Seckbach [Website] Seckbach is a district or Stadtteil of..
Seckel syndrome
The Seckel syndrome or microcephalic primordial dwarfism, also often derogatorily called "bird-headed dwarfism", is a congenital nanosomic disorder supposed to be caused by defects of genes on chromosome 3 and 18. Symptoms include: severe mental retardation (more than half of the patients have an I..
Seckford Hall
Seckford Hall is a Tudor period house in Seckford Hall Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk at Grid reference . In the same road are Seckford Golf Club and Seckford Farm. The Hall was the family home of Thomas Seckford and is now a luxury hotel. External link [Page about Thomas Seckford with picture of ..
Seckman High School
Seckman High School is located at 2800 Seckman Rd. in Imperial, MO and is one of two high schools in the Fox C-6 School District. Seckman HS opened in 1997 and graduated its first Senior Class in 1999. In the fall of 2004 a new academic wing was opened that included an observatory. Ironically, th..
Seco, Kentucky
Seco is a hamlet in Letcher County in eastern Kentucky, about 6 miles (9 km) E of Whitesburg, with a population of about 400. The area was inhabited in the late 19th century, but did not receive a post office until 1915: the name derives from the South Eastern COal Company, which owne..
Secobarbital
Secobarbital (marketed under the brand names Seconal® and Tuinal) is a drug which is a barbiturate derivative. It possesses anaesthetic, anticonvulsant, sedative and hypnotic properties. Was previously known as quinalbarbitone in the UK (former BAN). Contents 1 Indications2 Availabil..
Secodontosaurus
Secodontosaurus was a pelycosaur that lived in Early Permian age. Though it had the same body style as other sphenacodontids, it had an unusual skull, because its skull was low and narrow. It had a long neural spines, like Dimetrodon, which Secodontosaurus was related to. The cranial modifications ..
Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside
Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) (C32H46O16) is an anti-oxidant phytochemical present in flax, sunflower, sesame and pumpkin seeds. It is a precursor of mammal lignans and a phytoestrogen. Animal studies have shown SDG can prevent the development of atherosclerosis and diabetes and has bene..
Secom Rugguts
Secom Rugguts is a Japanese rugby union team which was in the Top League for the first season of the league but was demoted at the end of the season. As the top team of the Top East league and by then coming second after Fukuoka Sanix Bombs in the three-way Top League Challenge Series, Secom has man..
Second
This article is about the unit of time. For other uses, see second (disambiguation). The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. It is often abbreviated sec. in non-SI usage. Contents 1 Definition2 Origin3 Conversions4 Explanation5 See also6 External links ..
Second-class citizen
Second-class citizen is an informal term used to describe a person who is legally (and often socially) discriminated against or generally treated unequally within a state or other political jurisdiction, despite being native-born or a legal resident. While not necessarily slaves, outlaws or criminal..
Second-countable space
In topology, a second-countable space is a topological space satisfying the "second axiom of countability". Specifically, a space is said to be second-countable if its topology has a countable base. Like other countability axioms, the property of being second-countable restricts the number of open s..
Second-echelon
In military strategy, specifically deep battle doctrine, second-echelon forces are arrayed behind first-echelon forces. First-echelon forces occupy the front and come into immediate contact with the enemy at the outbreak of hostilities and second-echelon forces are used as a strategic reserve to rei..
Second-generation antidepressants
The Second-generation antidepressants are a class of antidepressants characterized primarily by the era of their introduction (approximately coinciding with the 1970s and 1980s), rather than by their chemical structure or by their pharmacological effect. As a consequence, there is some controversy o..
Second-generation programming language
A second-generation programming language is a term usually used to refer to some form of assembly language. Unlike first-generation programming languages, the code can be read and written fairly easily by a human, but it must be converted into a machine readable form in order to run on a computer. T..
Second-hand Smoke (album)
Second-hand Smoke is an album by the band Sublime. It was released in 1997 following the death of Brad Nowell (Sublime's lead singer) in 1996, so it is made of recycled, remixed tracks from other Sublime albums as well as previously unreleased tracks. Track listing "Doin' Time (Uptown Dub)""Get O..
Second-in-command
The Second-in-Command (2i/c or 2IC) is the deputy commander of any British Army unit, from battalion or regiment downwards. He is thus the equivalent of an Executive Officer in the United States Army. The 2i/c of a battalion or regiment is usually a major, the 2i/c of a company, squadron or artiller..
Second-level domain
In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in en.wikipedia.org, wikipedia is the second-level domain of the .org TLD. Second-level domains commonly refer to the organization that registered the domain n..
Second-mover advantage
Second-mover advantage is interrelated with the concept of first-mover advantage. Whereas firms who are the first to enter the market with a new product can gain substantial market share due to lack of competition, sometimes their efforts fail. Second-mover advantage occurs when a firm who follo..
Second-order arithmetic
In mathematical logic, second-order arithmetic is a formal system for studying the natural numbers and subsets of the natural numbers. It can be thought of as a stronger version of Peano arithmetic that allows quantification over both numbers and sets of numbers. Second-order arithmetic can als..
Second-order conditioning
Second-order conditioning is a form of learning in which a stimulus is first made meaningful or consequential for an organism through an initial step of learning, and then that stimulus is used as a basis for learning about some new stimulus. For example, an animal might first learn to associate a b..
Second-order cybernetics
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Second-order elections
Second-order elections are elections that have less importance for voters than first-order elections, and thus are often used by voters to punish or reward the current governing parties. Local and regional elections are almost always considered second-order elections. In the EU elections to the Euro..
Second-order fluid
A second-order fluid is an extension of the model of a first-order fluid. It can be written as [\mu_}(\dot \gamma, T) = \exp \left( A_0 + A_1 \ln(\dot \gamma) + A_2 T + A_3 (\ln(\dot \gamma))^2 + A_4 T \ln(\dot \gamma) + A_5 T^2 \right) ] where [ \dot \gamma ] is the shear ra..
Second-order logic
In mathematical logic, second-order logic is an extension of first-order logic, which itself is an extension of propositional logic. In addition to the structure of first-order logic, second-order logic also contains variables in predicate positions (rather than only in term positions, as in first-o..
Second-order predicate
In mathematical logic, a second-order predicate is a predicate that takes a first-order predicate as an argument. Compare higher-order predicate. The idea of second order predication was introduced by the German mathematician and philosopher Frege. It is based on his idea that a predicate such as "..
Second-order simulacra
Second-order simulacra, a term coined by Jean Baudrillard, are symbols without referents, that is, symbols with no real object to represent. Simply put, a symbol is itself taken for reality and further layer of sybolism is added. This occurs when the symbol is taken to be more important or authorita..
Second-party developer
In the video game industry, a second-party developer is a developer who, while being a separate entity from any console manufacturer, is tied to a specific one usually through contract or partial ownership and makes games specifically for that console manufacturer. The defining characteristic is th..
Second-person narrative
When a narrator is narrating the story to another character through that character's point of view, that is called a second-person narrative. "After turning off the alarm clock, you get out of your bed and head off to the bathroom to brush your teeth." Second person is most commonly used in essays..
Second-rate
Rating system of the Royal Navy ..
Second-round simplified Chinese character
The second round of Chinese character simplification was officially promulgated on 20 December 1977 by the People's Republic of China, and replaced the existing (first-round) simplified Chinese characters that were already in use. The complete proposal contained a list of 248 characters that were to..
Second-system effect
In computing, the second-system effect or sometimes, more euphoniously, second-system syndrome is the tendency when one is designing the successor to a relatively small, elegant, and successful system to become grandiose in one's success and design an elephantine feature-laden monstrosity. The term ..
Second-wave feminism
Second-wave feminism refers to a period of feminist activity which began during the early nineteen sixties and lasted until the late seventies. Contents 1 Overview2 Major moments3 Education4 Journalism5 Legislation6 Organizations7 The rise of intentional communi..
Secondary
Secondary is an adjective meaning "second" or "second hand". It may refer to: Secondary educationA secondary consumer in an ecological sense.A Secondary dominant in music.The Secondary in American football refers to the group of (usually four) defensive backs.A Secondary functional group (or usuall..
Secondary animation
Secondary animation (or secondary motion) is the motion derived from primary motion, much like a ripple or jiggle of different parts of the body when a person walks. In Rocky, Sylvester Stallone is reported to have insisted that he really be punched to get the secondary motion correct, with his face..
Secondary articulation
Secondary articulation refers to co-articulated consonants where the two articulations are not of the same manner. The approximant-like secondary articulation is weaker than the primary, and colors it rather than obscuring it. For example, the voiceless labialized velar plosive [kʷ] has on..
Secondary audio program
Secondary Audio Program (SAP) allows TV stations to broadcast alternative audio to the viewer. It can be used to transmit the same program audio in another language, or to transmit Descriptive Video Services (DVS) for visually-impaired viewers. SAP is only available on stereo television sets. ..
Secondary authority
Secondary authority, in Law, is material purporting to explain the meaning or applicability of the actual verbatim texts of constitutions, statutes, case law, administrative regulations, executive orders, treaties, or similar primary authority sources. Some secondary authority materials are written..
Secondary average
Secondary average, or SecA, is a baseball statistic - more precisely, a sabermetric measurement of hitting performance. It is a complement to batting average, which is a simple ratio of base hits to at bats. Secondary average is a ratio of bases gained from other sources (extra base hits, walks and ..
Secondary boycott
A secondary boycott is an attempt by labor to convince others to stop doing business with a particular firm because that firm does business with another firm that is the subject of a strike and/or a primary boycott. This type of behavior is illegal in many countries. In the U.S. it is banned by t..
Secondary bronchus
Secondary bronchi (also known as lobar bronchi) arise from the primary bronchi, with each one serving as the airway to a specific lobe of the lung. They have relatively large lumens that are lined by respiratory epithelium. There is a smooth muscle layer below the epithelium arranged as two ribbon..
Secondary care
Services provided by medical specialists who generally do not have first contact with patients (eg, cardiologist, urologists, dermatologists). In the US, however, there has been a trend toward self-referral by patients for these services, rather than referral by primary care providers. This is quite..
Secondary cell
A secondary cell is any kind of electrolytic cell in which the electrochemical reaction that releases energy is reversible. Widespread examples are rechargeable batteries found in portable consumer electronics such as notebook computers and cell phones, and car batteries. Unlike primary cells, sec..
Secondary character
A Secondary character is a character in a movie, play, musical, story, etc., that is second in importance to the main character or protagonist. It ranks above an extra, and may also help plot development. Secondary characters vary from the main characters in several ways. The first is that they do..
Secondary characters in Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes features a wide range of secondary characters, ranging from Calvin's nameless classmates at elementary school to gargantuan aliens on distant planets. Contents 1 Calvin's family1.1 Calvin's father1.2 Calvin's mother1.3 Other relat..
Secondary circulation
A secondary circulation is a circulation induced in a rotating system. For example, the primary circulation of Earth's atmosphere is zonal. If however a parcel of air, that moves in a purely zonal direction, is accelerated or decelerated zonally, the Coriolis force will add a meridional component ..
Secondary college
Meaning Secondary College is the common name for Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. See List of high schools in Victoria. Colleges Sydney also has six Secondary colleges, they are: Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus, Leichhardt (Formerly Leichhardt High School)Sydney Secondary Co..
Secondary color
A secondary color is a color made by mixing two primary colors in a given color space. Examples include the following. Contents 1 ..
Secondary constriction
Secondary constriction is seen at the chromosome in addition to primary constricition. Chromosome can bend only at the site of primary constriction during apaphase. Secondary constrictions are useful in identifying a chromosome from a set. ..
Secondary conversion
In the sociology of religion, secondary conversion is conversion to a religion not due to any inherent attractiveness of the religion, but rather due to a pre-existing relationship with another convert to the religion. For example, someone might join a religious group primarily because their spouse ..
Secondary database server
A secondary database server or SDS is a database server that is kept in synchronisation with the main database so that if the main database goes offline, the secondary database server can be used instead. This is important for a live system that must be online 24 hours a day, and most DBMS systems t..
Secondary deviance
Secondary deviance is an act of defying norm in response to people's reaction to light deviant behaviors, that is, primary deviance. It is a concept in the analysis of deviant behavior put forward by Edward M. Lemert in 1951. ..
Secondary dominant
Secondary dominant (also applied dominant) is a type of chord used in musical harmony. It refers to a dominant of a degree other than the tonic. Contents 1 Definition and notation2 Choice of major over minor3 Normal sequencing or cadence4 History5 Mozart example6 Use..
Secondary education
Schools portal]] Secondary education is a period of education which, in most contemporary educational systems of the world, follows directly after primary education, and which may be followed by tertiary, "post-secondary", or "higher" education (e.g., university). In Aus..
Secondary education in Denmark
The Education in Denmark series Pre-SchoolFolkeskoleSecondaryHigher EducationAdult Education GymnasiumHigher Preparatory ExaminationHigher Commercial Examination ProgrammeHigher Technical Examination ProgrammeVocational Upper Secondary EducationVocational Education and TrainingBasic Social and He..
Secondary education in France
In France, secondary education is divided into two schools: the collège (IPA: /kɔlɛʒ/) (somewhat comparable to U.S. junior high school) for the first four years directly following primary school;the lycée (IPA: /lise/) (comparable to a U.S. high school) for the next three years. The completio..
Secondary education in Japan
Secondary Education in Japan is split into lower secondary schools (中学校 chūgakkō, literally, middle school) which cover the seventh through ninth years, and upper secondary schools (高等学校 kōtōgakkō, literally, high school, abbreviated to 高校 kōkō) which mostly cover year..
Secondary education in the United States
As part of education in the United States, secondary education usually covers grades 5, 6, or 7 through twelve. Contents 1 Teaching Secondary2 Middle school (Grades 5/6/7 through 8/9)3 High school (Grades 9/10 through 12)3.1 Basic curricular structure3.2 Electives3.3 ..
Secondary Education in Wales
Secondary Education in Wales is delivered through Secondary School or High School Year 7, old First Form, age 11 to 12Year 8, old Second Form, age 12 to 13Year 9, old Third Form, age 13 to 14 (End of Key Stage Three Tests and Tasks)Year 10, old Fourth Form, age 14 to 15Year 11, old Fifth Form, age..
Secondary electrons
Secondary electrons are electrons generated as ionization products. They are called 'secondary' because they are generated by other radiation (the primary radiation). This radiation can be in the form of ions, electrons, or photons with sufficiently high energy, i.e. exceeding the ionization potenti..
Secondary emission
Secondary emission is a phenomenon that occurs in electron tubes where electrons impact an electrode with sufficient energy to 'knock' additional electrons from the surface of that electrode. Generally, one electron gives rise to several secondary electrons. Contents 1 Undesirable effects2&n..
Secondary fermentation
Main articles: Cask ale; Bottle conditioning; Brewing; Méthode champenoise; Fermentation. Secondary fermentation is an additional fermentation after the first or primary fermentation of beer, wine or other . Some fermented products may have three or more fermentations. Bottle fermentation See Bot..
Secondary forest
Secondary Forest refers to a forest or woodland area which has re-grown after being deforested. Secondary forest tends to have trees closer spaced than normal or primary forest. Secondary forest also tends to contain more undergrowth. Secondary forestation is common in areas where forests have been..
Secondary frequency standard
In telecommunications, a secondary frequency standard is a frequency standard that does not have inherent accuracy, and therefore must be calibrated against a primary frequency standard. Secondary standards include crystal oscillators and rubidium standards. A crystal oscillator depends for its fr..
Secondary Futures
Secondary Futures (Hoenga Auaha Taiohi) is a project funded by the New Zealand government. Its aim is to incorporate input from all parts of New Zealand society in order to shape policy on secondary schooling in the future. New Zealand's Secondary Futures project is leading the development of an i..
Secondary growth
In vascular plants, secondary growth or, perhaps more accurately, secondary thickening is the result of the activity of the vascular cambium. The latter is a meristem that divides off cells: the cells on the inside of the meristem (the adaxial side) will become secondary xylem, while the cells on th..
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Secondary hyperparathyroidism refers to the excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) by the parathyroid glands in response to hypocalcemia (low blood calcium levels) and associated hypertrophy of the glands. Contents 1 Signs and Symptoms2 Diagnosis3 Causes4 Treatment5&..
Secondary hypertension
While most forms of hypertension have no known underlying cause (and are thus known as "essential hypertension" or "primary hypertension", in about 10% of the cases, there is a known cause, and thus the hypertension is secondary hypertension (or, less commonly, inessential hypertension). Contents..
Secondary ionization
The process of secondary ionization consists of removing a second electron from an atom or molecule when another electron has been removed before (primary ionization). ..
Secondary ion mass spectrometry
This article describes a type of spectrometry; for the video games, see List of Sim games. SIMS instrument scheme The process known as secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) involves bombarding the surface to be tested with a stream of ions. The test piece then emits particles, some of which..
Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
See the following article for more information: Secondary ion mass spectrometry SIMS is an acronym that can be used as a short form of Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy, or a short form of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. The difference between spectrometry and spectroscopy is a small one, probably ..
Secondary labor market
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. The secondary labor market is the labor market consisting of high-turnover, low-pay, and usually part time and/..
Secondary liability
The secondary liability arises when one party is held legally responsible for the actions of another party. There are generally two kinds of secondary liability – vicarious liability and contributory liability. Vicarious liability arises under the common law doctrine of agency – respondeat sup..
Secondary mandate
The secondary mandate is a proposed system for indirectly electing the UK parliament's second chamber, as espoused by singer-songwriter-activist Billy Bragg. The Secondary Mandate works by counting up the first past the post General Election votes by party at a regional level, and then distributing..
Secondary market
The secondary market is the financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering. Alternatively, secondary market can refer to the market for any kind of used goods. The market that exists in a new security just after the new issue, is oft..
Secondary Market Offering
A Secondary Market Offering is an issuance of stock subsequent to the Initial Public Offering. This is a rare event that is typically viewed negatively by investors both because it directly causes stock dilution and may signal that management views a stock as overvalued. ..
Secondary Mathematics
Secondary Mathematics is a method for processing of mathematical knowledge. In Secondary Mathematics there are especially discussed topics that are not discussed in common mathematics because they are common knowledge. Secondary Mathematics wants to get truths in detail to use them most productively..
Secondary metabolite
Secondary metabolites are those chemical compounds in organisms that are not directly involved in the normal growth, development or reproduction of organisms. Typically primary metabolites are found across all species within broad phylogenetic groupings, and are produced using the same pathway (or ..
Secondary mirror
A secondary mirror (or secondary) is a second light gathering and focusing surface in a reflector telescope. Light gathered by the primary mirror is directed towards a focal point typically past the location of the secondary. The secondary directs the light either out a side opening of the tube (N..
Secondary modern school
A Secondary Modern School was a type of secondary school that existed in Britain from 1944 until the early 1970s under the Tripartite System, and designed for those who had done too poorly in their eleven plus examinations, to go to grammar school. They were replaced in most of Britain by the compre..
Secondary mutation
In Marvel comics Secondary Mutation was a worldwide phenomenon that seemed inexplicable. Beast hypothesized that since the mutant population was entering the millions at that time, that mutant physiology was responding to the need for survival. Thus in rare occasions a mutant's powers change or beco..
Secondary neoplasm
A Secondary neoplasm refers to any of a class of cancerous tumors that are either metastatic offshoots of a primary tumor, or apparently unrelated tumors that increase in frequency following certain cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy. ..
Secondary notation
Secondary notation is defined as "visual cues which are not part of formal notation". Properties like position, indentation, color, symmetry, when used to convey information, are secondary notation. A typical example of secondary notation is syntax highlighting of programming code; the colors are n..
Secondary orality
The term secondary orality was coined by Walter J. Ong in the early 1970s. "It refers to the new, electronically mediated culture of spoken, as contrasted with written, language. Secondary orality is post-literal in the sense of being different from, but also rooted in, grafted upon, literacy. Thu..
Secondary palate development
Embryology: ..
Secondary products revolution
Andrew Sherratt's (1981) model of a secondary products revolution involved a widespread and broadly contemporaneous set of innovations in Old World farming: early use of domestic animals for primary carcass products (meat) was broadened from the 4th-3rd millennia BC to include exploitation for renew..
Secondary Realms
The "Secondary Realms" is a title used by Denizens of The House in the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix to describe all of the worlds, such as Earth, that are not a part of the universe that they inhabit. ..
Secondary Schools' United Nations Symposium
The SSUNS Logo The Secondary Schools' United Nations Symposium (SSUNS) is a Model United Nations conference held for secondary school students from across North America and CEGEP students in Quebec. Held every November in Montreal, it remains one of the most popular Model UN conferences in C..
Secondary School Admission Test
The Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent or private junior high and high schools. Despite its similarities, the SSAT is not related to the SAT Reasoning test and is not administered by th..
Secondary School Certificate
The Secondary School Certificate, also known as SSC, is a public examination taken by students in Bangladesh and in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa in India after successfully completing at least ten years of schooling. ..
Secondary sector of industry
Economies Sectors and Systems   Closed economy   Dual economy   Gift economy   Informal economy   Market economy   Mixed economy   Open economy Participatory economy   Planned economy   Undergro..
Secondary sex characteristic
A peafowl displays its long, colored feathers, an example of its secondary sexual characteristics. Secondary sex characteristics are traits that distinguish the two sexes of a species, but that are not directly part of the reproductive system. Some have argued that in general they evolved to ..
Secondary shares
In an IPO, secondary shares, in contrast to primary shares, refer to existing shares of common stock that are sold to new investors. The cash generated from the sale of secondary shares is given to the selling stockholder, rather than the company. ..
Secondary source
Secondary sources is a term used in historical scholarship to refer to works of history written as synthetic accounts, based on primary sources and usually the consultation of other secondary sources. Most scholarly, historical monographs published today are secondary sources. Ideal secondary source..
Secondary storage
In computer storage, secondary storage, or external memory, is computer memory that is not directly accessible to the central processing unit of a computer, requiring the use of computer's input/output channels. Secondary storage is used to store data that is not in active use. Secondary storage is ..
Secondary stress
The secondary stress is the degree of stress weaker than a primary accent placed on a syllable in the pronunciation of a word. Its identification is important in three types of word: long words which have any number of syllables before the primary stress, a number of homographs, and compound words. ..
Secondary structure
A representation of the 3D structure of the Myoglobin protein. alpha helices are shown in colour, and random coil in white, there are no beta sheets in shown. This protein was the first to have its structure solved by X-ray crystallography by Max Perutz and Sir John Cowdery Kendrew in 1958, which..
Secondary succession
Secondary succession is the second stage of the ecological succession of plant life. As opposed to primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event (e.g. forest fire, harvesting, hurricane) that reduces an already established ecosystem (e.g. a forest or a wheat field) to a..
Secondary surveillance radar
A Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) is a radio interrogator device installed in air traffic control facilities, and radio transponder devices that are installed in aircraft. The purpose of this system is to improve the ability to detect and identify aircraft. An SSR continuously transmits interroga..
Secondary Technical School
A Secondary Technical School was a type of secondary school in Britain that existed in the mid-20th century under the Tripartite System of education. For various reasons few were ever built, and their main interest is on a theoretical level. The 1944 Butler Education Act promised a secondary school..
Secondary virginity
Secondary virginity is a term sometimes used by chastity and sexual abstinence advocates to refer to a state of having pledged to refrain from sexual intercourse (or all sexual activity) in the future despite having been sexually active in the past. Secondary virginity may be adopted by unmarried c..
Secondary xylem
Secondary xylem is formed by a vascular cambium. The two main groups in which secondary xylem can be found are: conifers (Coniferae): there are some six hundred species of conifers. All species have secondary xylem, which is relatively uniform in structure throughout this group. Many conifers beco..
Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli
The Second University of Naples (Italian: Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, SUN) is a university located in Caserta, Italy. It was founded in 1989 and is organized in 9 Faculties and 1 Specialist School. Contents 1 History and Profile2 Organization3 See also4 Externa..
Secondhand Lions
Secondhand Lions is a 2003 American adventure/comedy film about a young boy who is sent to live with his two eccentric but mysterious great-uncles on a farm in Texas. Filmed in Lockhart, TX Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Walter (Haley Joe..
Secondhand obesity
Secondhand obesity is the effect of a parent's obesity on the child. There is evidence suggesting that children "learn" to be obese from their parents. Thus obese parents may create an unintended health risk for their children by their eating habits because children may "imitate" their behavior and ..
Secondo Campini
Secondo Campini (born August 28 1904 in Bologna, died February 7 1980 in Milan) was an Italian engineer and one of the pioneers of the jet engine. In 1931 Campini wrote a proposal for the Italian Air Ministry on the value of jet propulsion and in 1932 demonstrated a jet-powered boat in Venice. With..
Secondo Pia
Secondo Pia Secondo Pia (1855–1941) was an Italian lawyer and amateur photographer who took the first photographs of the Shroud of Turin on May 28, 1898. ..
Seconds (film)
Seconds is the name of a film starring Rock Hudson that was first released in 1966. Characterized sometimes as a science fiction thriller, but with elements of horror, psychedelia and drama, Seconds was directed by John Frankenheimer with a screenplay by Lewis John Carlino. The script was based o..
Seconds (Kate Rogers album)
Seconds is the third album released by Kate Rogers. The album consists of 8 somewhat surprising cover versions in Kate's downtempo style, plus one new original track, written and performed with Grand Central Records label-mate, Jon Kennedy Track list "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (The Smiths cover) (3..
Seconds (song)
"Seconds" Song by U2 From the album War Album released 28 February 1983 Recorded Genre Rock Song Length 3:10 Record label Island Records Producer Steve Lillywhite War Album Listing Sunday Bloody Sunday(Track 1) Seconds(Track 2) New Year's Day(Track 3) "Seconds" is the second track o..
Seconds From Disaster
Logo of the documentary Seconds from Disaster Seconds From Disaster is a documentary that investigates the worst man-made disasters and some unusual natural disasters in modern history, and analyzes the causes and events that led up to each disaster. The documentary features reenactments, int..
Seconds of Pleasure
Seconds of Pleasure was the first (and only) album by the band that backed both Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe from 1976 to 1981. It supplied a minor hit in 1981, "Teacher Teacher." A four-song EP, "Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers" was included in the first pressings of the LP. Con..
Seconds Out
Seconds Out is a live double album by Genesis recorded in Paris 1976 and 1977 in support of A Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering and was released in October 1977. Seconds Out is the band's second live album following Genesis Live in 1973. While the earlier live set had been released by the ..
Second (democracy)
A second is an endorsement by a member of a deliberative body that a proposed motion should be discussed by the body. It is a necessary step in proposing almost all motions in parliamentary procedure. A second is not necessarily an endorsement of the motion itself. Its only purpose is to say that t..
Second (disambiguation)
Second may refer to: 2 (number), as an ordinalSecond, a unit of timeArcsecond, a unit of angleSecond of right ascension, in astronomySecond (democracy), to support a proposalIn a duel, the agent of a challengerA British undergraduate degree classificationIn rock climbing, the climber who follows ..
Second (music)
For other uses, see Second In music, a second may refer to: Minor second, or semitoneNeutral second, or three-quarters-tone (i.e., one-and-a-half semitones)Major second, or whole tone (i.e, two semitones)Augmented second, or either one-and-one-quarter tones (i.e., two-and-a-half semitones) or one-..
Second Act of Dissolution
The Second Act of Dissolution, also known as the Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries, was an Act of the Parliament of England (citation 31 Hen. VIII c. 13) passed in 1539 in the reign of Henry VIII which provided for the dissolution of 552 Catholic monastaries and houses remaining aft..
Second Aeon
Second Aeon was a British literary periodical published from late 1966 to early 1975. It was edited by Peter Finch. Contents 1 Issues and Contributors1.1 Issue 11.2 Issue 21.3 Issue 31.4 Issue 41.5 Issue 51.6 Issue 61.7 Issue 71.8 Issue 8 & 9 (double)..
Second Age
The History of Arda Valian Years Years of the Lamps Years of the Trees Years of the Sun Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar First Age Second Age Third Age Fourth & Later Ages Dagor Dagorath Timeline of Arda The Second Age is a fictional time period from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middl..
Second Air Force
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Second Aliyah
The Second Aliyah was arguably the most important and influential aliyah. It took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from Russia. The prime cause for the aliyah was mounting anti-Semitism in Russia and pogroms in the Pale of..
Second Amendment
The 'Second Amendment' may refer to the: Second Amendment to the United States Constitution - part of the Bill of Rights. It prevents the government from infringing on people's rights to bear arms.Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland - an omnibus amendment.Constitution Alteration (State..
Second Amendments
The Second Amendments is a bipartisan rock and country band, all of which are members of the United States Congress. It features Representatives Collin Peterson (DFL-Minnesota), on guitar and lead vocals; Thaddeus McCotter (R-Michigan), on lead guitar; Dave Weldon (R-Florida), on bass; Jon Porter (R..
Second Amendment Foundation
The Second Amendment Foundation or SAF is an educational and legal defense organization which describes its mission as "...promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs de..
Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
The Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was an omnibus amendment to a variety of articles aimed at implementing a list of many different changes. It was effected by the Second Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1941 which was signed into law on 30 May 1941. More important changes introd..
Second Amendment Sisters
Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. is a women's advocacy group in the United States dedicated to the protection of gun rights, specifically in cases of self defense. They interpret the Second Amendment as recognizing the pre-existing natural right of individuals to keep and bear arms, and promote gun..
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Bill of Rights Amendment II (the Second Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, declares the necessity for "a well regulated militia", and prohibits infringement of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms". Contents 1 Text2 Prece..
Second American Revolution
The first American Revolution raged from 1775 to 1783, after which the United States won its independence from Great Britain. Rhetorical or hyperbolic references to a Second American Revolution have been made from time to time. Examples include: Many Confederates claimed that they were fighting a..
Second Anglo-Dutch War
The Second Anglo-Dutch War was fought between England and the United Provinces from 4 March 1665 until 31 July 1667. England tried to end the Dutch domination of world trade. After an initial British success it ended in a Dutch victory. English and French resentment would soon cause another war. ..
Second Anglo-Maratha War
The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803 - 1805) was the second conflict between the United Kingdom and the Maratha empire in India. Background The overweening ambition of Raghunath Rao, Peshwa Baji Rao II's father, and the latter's own incompetence since coming into his inheritence, had long occasioned ..
Second Anglo-Mysore War
The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784) was a conflict in India between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Mysore. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the Franco-British conflict raging on account of the American Revolutionary War helped spark Anglo-Mysorean hostilit..
Second Anglo-Powhatan War
The Second Anglo-Powhatan War began in 1644 as a last effort by the Indians to dislodge the Virginian settlers. They were defeated for the second time (the first was in the First Anglo-Powhatan War). The result was a near extinction of the native tribes of the Virginia Tidewater region. The peace tr..
Second Anglo-Sikh War
The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849), resulted in the subjugation of the Sikh kingdom and absorption of the Punjab into lands controlled by the British East India Company. On April 19 1848 Vans Agnew of the civil service and Lieutenant Anderson of the Bombay European regiment, having been ..
Second Anointing
In Mormonism, the Second Anointing, also known historically and in Mormon scripture as the "fulness of the priesthood," is a very sacred and obscure ordinance usually conducted in temples. It is an extension of the Endowment, and was performed historically as part of the endowment process. Cultural..
Second anti-partisan offensive
Second enemy offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Druga neprijateljska ofanziva/ofenziva) was a battle during World war II between Partisans on one side and German aided with some Ustaša and Italian troops on the other side. It took place in eastern Bosnia between January 14 and January 23 1942. ..
Second Apocalypse of James
Part of a series onGnosticism ..
Second Army
A number of nations have had a Second Army British Second ArmyGerman Second ArmySoviet Second ArmyTurkish Second ArmyU.S. Second 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 change..
Second Artillery Corps
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Second audio program
Second[ary] audio program[ming] (SAP) is an auxiliary audio channel for television that can be broadcast or transmitted both over the air and by cable TV. It is often used for an alternate language (hence giving the facetious "Spanish audio program" expansion to the acronym), or fo..
Second Australian Imperial Force
The Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) was the name given to the volunteer units of the Australian Army in World War II. The 2nd AIF was formed from 1939 to fight overseas: most army units were Militia (reserve) units and under Australian law at the time Militia could serve only in Australia..
Second Austrian Republic
History of Austria Babenberger Habsburg Holy Roman Empire Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary First Republic Austrofascism Anschluss Second Republic ..
Second Avenue (Manhattan)
Looking south on Second Avenue from 85th Street, May 2005 Second Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City that extends from Houston Street to the Harlem River Drive. Vehicular traffic runs downtown. Second Avenue passes through a number of Manhattan neighborhoods inc..
Second Avenue Deli
The Second Avenue Deli was a kosher deli opened in 1954 and located at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 10th Street in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. It was recognized by Zagat's restaurant guide as the "best kosher deli in New York". Their specialties included matzoh ball soup, cor..
Second Avenue Line
Proposed route of the Second Avenue Subway T Line and Q extension The Second Avenue Line, usually called the Second Avenue Subway (SAS), refers to a series of public works projects and engineering studies undertaken to construct a subway underneath Second Avenue in New York City's borough of M..
Second Balkan War
Second Balkan War Kilkis-Lahanis - Bregalnica - Kalimantsi - Kresna Gorge The Second Balkan War was fought in 1913 between Bulgaria on one side and Greece and Serbia on the other side. The outcome made Russia's ally Serbia into an important regional power, alarming Austria-Hungary and thereby ..
Second Balkenende cabinet
The second cabinet of Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands formed on May 27, 2003. It consisted of three political parties: People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), and Democrats 66 (D66), which is the smallest of the three. On June 29, 2006, D66 droppe..
Second banana
Second banana has two meanings. It may refer to one who is subordinate to another, such as a vice president, or it may refer to someone who serves as a straight man opposing a comedian. ..
Second Bank of the United States
redirect[[Template:Portal]]The Second Bank of the United States was founded in 1816, five years after the expiration of the First Bank of the United States out of desperation to stabilize the currency. Contents 1 History2 Controversy3 The Bank's decline4 References4.1 Sec..
Second Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan
The Second Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan, organized in March of 1836, is an important Michigan landmark. Interesting facts The oldest African-American Baptist church in MichiganThe oldest African-American church in the MidwestThe seventh major church formed in DetroitThe second Baptist church..
Second Baptist Houston
With a present membership of over 40,000, Second Baptist Church is one church in multiple locations. Woodway CampusWest CampusNorth CampusPearland CampusWillowbrook Campus The Senior Pastor, Dr. Ed Young. Links Ed Young List of megachurches ..
Second Barbary War
The Second Barbary War (1815, also known as the Algerine or Algerian War) was the second of two wars fought between the United States of America and the semi-autonomous North African city-states of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, known collectively as the Barbary States. It brought to a conclusive end..
Second Barons' War
The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of rebellious barons lead by Simon de Montfort, against the Royalist forces led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England). Contents 1 Background and Civil War2 Trivia3 Timeline4&nb..
Second baseman
The position of the second baseman Second base redirects here. For other uses, see Second base (disambiguation). Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A se..
Second base (disambiguation)
Second base can mean: Second baseman in baseballSexual slang for intimate fondling and groping. See also Baseball metaphor. 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 t..
Second Battle Group
The Second Battle Group is a World War II Living History and Historical Society. The Second Battle Group re-enact the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. The SBG became established in 1978 making it the first group of its type in Europe and have appeared in countless films and document..
Second Battle of Acentejo
The Second Battle of Acentejo was a battle that took place on December 25, 1495, between the invading Spanish forces and the natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches. Whereas in the First Battle of Acentejo the Guanches had been favored by their knowledge of the mountainous terrain, i..
Second Battle of Adobe Walls
Red River War 2nd Adobe Walls – Red River – Lyman's Wagon Train – Sweetwater Creek – Buffalo Wallow – Palo Duro Canyon – Farnsworth's Fight – McClellan Creek The Second Battle of Adobe Walls was fought on June 27, 1874 between Comanche forces and a gr..
Second Battle of Adré
Chadian-Sudanese conflict 1st Adré – 2nd Adré – Borota – Amdjereme – N'Djamena The Second Battle of Adré took place in Adré, Chad on December 18, 2005. The battle began when the Chadian rebel groups Rally for Democracy and Liberty and Platform for Change, Unity,..
Second Battle of Artois
A battle on the western front of World War I, the First Battle of Artois was fought at the same time as the Second Battle of Ypres. Even though the French under Field Marshall Philippe Pétain gained some initial victories, the Battle ended in what was largely a stalemate. This was the final allie..
Second Battle of Athenry
The Second Battle of Athenry took place in Ireland on the 10th August 1316 and was one of the most decisive battles of the Bruce Wars. It was in many ways part of a war within a war, as Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair wished to make himself Supreme King of Connacht, without opposition, and to expel t..
Second Battle of Bull Run
Northern Virginia Campaign Cedar Mountain – Rappahannock Station I – Manassas Station Ops. – Thoroughfare Gap – Manassas II – Chantilly The Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Second Battle of Manassas, was waged between August 28 and August 30, 1862, as part of t..
Second battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle which took place on 25 October 1747 (14 October 1747 in the Julian calendar then in use in Britain) during the War of the Austrian Succession, in the Bay of Biscay off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a well-appointed British fleet of..
Second Battle of Capua
The Second Battle of Capua was fought in 211 BC between Hannibal and a Roman army that was besieging the city. Hannibal attempted to lift the siege, but was unsuccessful. ..
Second Battle of Cawnpore
The Second Battle of Cawnpore was a battle of Indian rebellion of 1857, or Indian Mutiny as it is often referred to. It was decisive as it thwarted the rebels' last chance to regain the initiative and recapture the cities of Cawnpore and Lucknow. Contents 1 Background2 Tantya Tope rec..
Second Battle of Champagne
The Second Battle of Champagne begun on September 25-November 6th 1915. On September 25th, The French commanders agreed to launch an offensive on Champagne Contents 1 September 25th-October 6th2 The Offensive restarts3 Aftermath4 Casualties September 25th-October 6th On the ..
Second Battle of Chattanooga
Chickamauga Campaign 2nd Chattanooga – Davis' Cross Roads – Chickamauga The Second Battle of Chattanooga was a battle in the American Civil War, beginning on August 21, 1863, as the opening battle in the Chickamauga Campaign. The larger and more famous battle was the Battle of Chat..
Second Battle of Corinth
Iuka and Corinth Operations Iuka – 2nd Corinth – Hatchie's Bridge The Second Battle of Corinth (which, in the context of the American Civil War, is usually referred to as the Battle of Corinth, to differentiate it from the Siege of Corinth earlier the same year) was fought from Oc..
Second Battle of Dalton
Atlanta Campaign Rocky Face Ridge – Resaca – Adairsville – New Hope Church – Pickett's Mill – Dallas – Kolb's Farm – Kennesaw Mountain – Marietta – Pace's Ferry – Peachtree Creek – Atl..
Second Battle of El Alamein
Western Desert Campaign Compass – Sonnenblume – Tobruk – Brevity – Battleaxe – Crusader – Gazala – Bir Hakeim – 1st Alamein – Alam Halfa – Agreement – 2nd Alamein The Second Battle of El Alamein, marked a significant turning po..
Second Battle of Fort Fisher
Operations Against Fort Fisher and Wilmington 1st Fort Fisher – 2nd Fort Fisher – Wilmington The Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a joint assault by Union army and naval forces against Fort Fisher, outside Wilmington, North Carolina, near the end of the American Civil War. Some..
Second Battle of Fort Sumter
Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston 1st Charleston Harbor – Fort Wagner – Grimball's Landing – Fort Wagner, Morris Island – 2nd Fort Sumter – 2nd Charleston Harbor The Second Battle of Fort Sumter was fought from A..
Second Battle of Gaza
Sinai and Palestine Campaign Suez – Romani – Magdhaba – Rafa – 1st Gaza – 2nd Gaza – 3rd Gaza – Beersheba – Mughar Ridge – Jerusalem – Megiddo The Second Battle of Gaza, fought in southern Palestine during World War ..
Second Battle of Gloucester
Battle of Gloucester (1777) Campaigns and theaters Boston campaign – Canadian theater (1775–76) – New York and New Jersey – Saratoga campaign – Philadelphia campaign – Western theater – Sullivan expedition – Southern theater..
Second Battle of Guararapes
The Second Battle of Guararapes was the second and decisive battle in a conflict called Pernanbucana Insurrection, between Dutch and Portuguese forces in 1649 at Pernambuco, ending the Dutch occupation of Brazil. Though the Dutch West India Company fielded a larger, better equipped force, they s..
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
North Sea 1914-1918 1st Heligoland Bight – Dogger Bank – Jutland – 2nd Heligoland Bight The Second Battle of Heligoland Bight was a naval engagement in World War I. On 17 November 1917, German minesweepers clearing a path through the British minefield in the Heligoland Bight near the c..
Second Battle of Independence
The Second Battle of Independence was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on October 22, 1864 in Jackson County, Missouri. Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s army rode west in the direction of Kansas City. On the night of the 21st, he camped at Independence and resumed his westward march the n..
Second Battle of Inonu
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) İzmir (Smyrna) - 1st Inonu - 2nd Inonu - Sakarya - Dumlupinar The Second Battle of Inonu describes the battle that were fought in March 1921 near the Turkish village of Inonu during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), which marked a turning point in the Turkish ..
Second Battle of Kharkov
Axis-Soviet War Barbarossa – Finland 1941-44 – Leningrad and Baltics 1941-1944 – Crimea and Caucasus – Moscow – 1st Rzhev-Vyazma – 2nd Kharkov – Stalingrad – Velikiye Luki – 2nd Rzhev-Sychevka – Kursk – 2nd Smolensk – D..
Second Battle of Krithia
Gallipoli Campaign Naval operations – Anzac – Helles – 1st Krithia – 2nd Krithia – 3rd Krithia – Gully Ravine – Sari Bair – Krithia Vineyard – Lone Pine – Suvla – The Nek – Chun..
Second Battle of Kut
Mesopotamian Campaign Fao Landing – Basra – Qurna – Es Sinn – Ctesiphon – Umm-at-Tubal –1st Kut –Shiekh Sa'ad – Wadi – Hanna – Dujaila – 2nd Kut – Baghdad – Samarrah Offensive – Jebel Hamlin – Istabulat &..
Second Battle of Lamia
Illyrian and Macedonian Wars Illyrian - First - Second - Third - Fourth The Second Battle of Lamia was fought in 209 BC between the forces of Philip V of Macedon and Phyrrhias, a general from Aetolia. Phyrrhias was once again aided by Roman and Pergamese forces, but again he was defeated. ..
Second Battle of Langensalza
Austro-Prussian War Custoza – Trutnov – Langensalza – Mnichovo Hradiště – Jičín – Königgrätz – Lissa – Bezzecca The Battle of Langensalza was fought on June 15th. The Hanoverians won the battle but were then surrounded by a massive army of 40..
Second Battle of Memphis
The Second Battle of Memphis was a battle of the American Civil War occurring on August 21 1864, in Shelby County, Tennessee. At 4:00 a.m. on August 21 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest made a daring raid on Union-held Memphis, Tennessee, but it was not an attempt to capture the city, which w..
Second Battle of Middlewich
The Second Battle of Middlewich took place on the 26 December 1643. In the battle around 200 Parliamentarians were killed, along with a number of Royalists under the command of Lord Byron. References A. L. Earl, "Middlewich 900-1900" ..
Second Battle of Mogadishu
The Second Battle of Mogadishu was a battle fought for control of Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. The opposing forces were the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT), and militia loyal to the Islamic Court Union (ICU). The conflict began in mid-February, 2006,..
Second Battle of Mohács
The Second Battle of Mohács was fought on August 12, 1687 between French forces and the Ottoman Empire. The French were led by Charles V of Lorraine, and they were victorious. ..
Second Battle of Newbury
The Second Battle of Newbury was a battle of the English Civil War fought on October 27, 1644, in Speen, adjoining Newbury in Berkshire. The battle was fought close to the site of the First Battle of Newbury, which took place in late September of the previous year. The combined armies of Parliamen..
Second Battle of Orleans (1870)
The Second Battle of Orleans was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 ..
Second battle of Panipat
The Second Battle of Panipat took place on November 5, 1556. Akbar, who was crowned in the year 1556 due to his father's death, defeated Muhammad Adil Shah and his Prime Minister Hemu (Hemchandra). This defeat of Adil Shah and Hemu marked the end of Afghan power in India and perhaps gave the signal..
Second Battle of Ream's Station
The Second Battle of Ream's Station was fought in the American Civil War on August 25, 1864, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. On August 24, the Union II Corps moved south along the Weldon Railroad, tearing up track, preceded by David McM. Gregg’s cavalry division. On August 25, Confederate Maj. G..
Second Battle of Sabine Pass
Operations to Blockade the Texas Coast II 2nd Sabine Pass The Second Battle of Sabine Pass took place on September 8, 1863, and was the result of a Union expedition into Confederate-controlled Texas during the American Civil War. It has often been credited as the most one-sided Confederate v..
Second Battle of Shipka Pass
Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 Kizil-Tepe – Simnitza – Svistov – Nikopol – 1st Shipka Pass – 2nd Shipka Pass – Lovcha – 3rd Shipka Pass – Gorni-Dubnik – Kars – Pleven – Tashkessen – 4th Shipka Pass – Plovdiv The Seco..
Second Battle of Sirte
The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the World War II. It took place on 22 March 1942, in the Mediterranean, north to the Gulf of Sirte, west of Malta. The action was an Italian victory but their timidity in pressing their advantage made..
Second Battle of St Albans
Wars of the Roses 1st St Albans – Blore Heath – Ludford Bridge – Northampton – Wakefield – Mortimer's Cross – 2nd St Albans – Ferrybridge – Towton – Hedgeley Moor – Hexham – Edgecote Moor – Lose-coat Field – Barnet –..
Second Battle of Tabasco
The Second Battle of Tabasco (also known as the Battle of Villahermosa) was a battle fought during the Mexican-American War as part of the U.S. blockade of Mexican Gulf ports. For the 1846 battle, see: First Battle of Tabasco Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of the U.S. Home Squadron had rec..
Second Battle of Tapae
Dacian Wars First Battle of Tapae - Second Battle of Tapae - Battle of Adamclisi - Battle of Sarmizegethusa The Battle of Tapae (101) was the decisive battle of the first Dacian War, in which Roman Emperor Trajan defeated Dacian King Decebalus's army. Other setbacks in the campaign delayed ..
Second Battle of Tarain
The Second Battle of Tarain, also known as the Second Battle of Taraori, was fought in 1192 at Tarain (Taraori), the site of the First Battle of Tarain a year earlier. Tarain is near Thanesar in present-day Haryana, approximately 150 kilometres north of Delhi. The battle re-matched the armies of M..
Second Battle of the Aisne
This article is about the 1917 battle. For the 1914 battle see First Battle of the Aisne, and for the 1918 battle see Third Battle of the Aisne. The Second Battle of the Aisne, in 1917 was the main action of the French Nivelle Offensive during World War I. It ended in disaster for both the French..
Second Battle of the Atlantic
The Second Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of World War II, running from 1939 right through to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and was at its height from mid-1940 through to about the end of 1943. The naval battle pitted the German Navy against convoys from ..
Second Battle of the Isonzo
Italian Front 1st Isonzo – 2nd Isonzo – 3rd Isonzo – 4th Isonzo – 5th Isonzo – Asiago – 6th Isonzo – 7th Isonzo – 8th Isonzo – 9th Isonzo – 10th Isonzo – Ortigara – 11th Isonzo – Caporetto – Piave River &ndas..
Second Battle of the Marne
The Second Battle of the Marne was a major World War I battle fought from July 15 to August 5, 1918, near the Marne River. It was the last major German offensive in the Western Front, and failed when an Allied counter-attack led by French forces overwhelmed the Germans, inflicting severe casualtie..
Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
Russian Front Stalluponen – Gumbinnen – Tannenberg – 1st Lemberg – Krasnik – 1st Masurian Lakes – Przemyśl – Vistula River – Łódź – Bolimov – 2nd Masurian Lakes – Gorlice-Tarnów – Warsaw – Lake Naroch Offensive ..
Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
Hundred Days Offensive Amiens – 2nd Somme – Arras – Havrincourt – St.-Mihiel – Epéhy – Hindenburg Line – Meuse-Argonne – Courtai – Selle – 2nd Sambre During the First World War, the Second Battle of the Somme of 1918 was fought on th..
Second Battle of the Stronghold
Modoc War Battle of Lost River – Battle of Sand Butte – First Battle of the Stronghold – Second Battle of the Stronghold – Battle of Dry Lake The Second Battle of the Stronghold was a battle during the Modoc War between a band of the Native American Modoc tribe and th..
Second Battle of Trenton
New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777 Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook The Second Battle of Trenton ..
Second Battle of Ypres
#endnote_strength] |strength2=7 infantry divisions |casualties1=70,000 dead, wounded, or missing |casualties2=35,000 dead, wounded, or missing }} Western Front Frontiers – Liège – Antwerp – Great Retreat – Race to the Sea – Neuve Chapelle – 2nd Ypres &nd..
Second Battle of Zürich
War of the Second Coalition Cassano – 1st Zürich – Montebello – Trebia – Novi – 2nd Zürich – Genoa – 2nd Stockach – Marengo – Hochstadt – Hohenlinden – Copenhagen (naval) – Algeciras (naval) Th..
Second Bill of Rights
The Second Bill of Rights was a proposal made by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944 to suggest that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second bill of rights. Roosevelt did not argue for any change to the..
Second Bloody Valentine War
The Second Bloody Valentine War is a fictional conflict that occurred within the Gundam anime universe. It is covered in the TV-series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Contents 1 Background2 The Armory One In..
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War, also known as the South African War (outside of South Africa), the Anglo-Boer War (among some South Africans) and in Afrikaans as the Anglo-Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog (Second War of Independence), was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902. The war was fought b..
Second Book of Enoch
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Second Book of Nephi
The Second Book of Nephi (pronounced nee-fie) is the second book of the Book of Mormon. The book is usually referred to as Second Nephi, and is abbreviated "2 Ne." According to the book, it was written by the ancient prophet Nephi, who lived around 600 BC. Unlike the First Book of Nephi, this book..
Second breakdown
The second breakdown is an irreversible failure mode in power semiconductors. The safe operating area (SOA) of a power transistor is a subset of the parameter combinations of collector emitter voltage and collector current, which the device can sustain without damage. In a double logarithmic diagra..
Second breakfast
These articles are all partof the Meals series Common meals... Breakfast Second breakfast Elevenses Brunch Tiffin Lunch Tea Dinner Supper Dessert Snack See also... Cuisine | Kitchens [[wikibooks:Cookbook|Wikibooks: Cookbook]] Second breakfast (or Zweites Frühstück) i..
Second Broad River
The Second Broad River is a tributary of the Broad River in western North Carolina in the United States DeLorme (2001). North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-277-3 . Via the Broad and Congaree Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flow..
Second Bruce Ministry
The Second Bruce Ministry was the eighteenth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 14 November 1925 to 29 November 1928. Nationalist Party of Australia–Australian Country Party Coalition Rt Hon Stanley Bruce, MP: Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs. Minister for Trade a..
Second Buddhist Council
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..
Second Bulgarian Empire
History of Bulgaria First Bulgarian Empire Second Bulgarian Empire Early Ottoman Bulgaria National Awakening Kingdom of Bulgaria People's Republic of Bulgaria Republic of Bulgaria The Byzantines ruled Bulgaria from 1018 to 1185, subordinating the independent Bulgarian Orthodox Ch..
Second Burmese War
The Second Anglo-Burmese War took place in 1852. It was one of the three wars that were fought between Burma and the British during the 19th century, and which resulted in the gradual extinction of Burmese independence. In UK it is called also just The Second Burmese War In 1852, Commodore Lamber..
Second cabinet of Wim Kok
The Second cabinet of Wim Kok was the government of the Netherlands headed by Prime Minister Wim Kok during 1998 to 2002. After the Tweede Kamer elections of May 6, 1998, the allocation of the 150 seats was: Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) 45 Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie..
Second Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources
2C 2C OrganizationRadio Astronomy Group, University of Cambridge Wavelength regime81.5 MHz radio Data sourceCambridge Interferometer Survey goals? Dataproducts2C Catalogue and ? Webpage? The Second Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources (2C) was published in 1955 by John R Shakeshaft and c..
Second Chadian Civil War
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]The Second Chadian Civil War is a civil war in Chad that is an extension of the Darfur conflict. It started in 2004 or 2005. ..
Second Chamber
The term second chamber usually refers to the upper house in a bicameral legislature, such as the British House of Lords or the United States Senate. In the Netherlands, the Tweede Kamer is the lower house of the Staten Generaal, the upper house being known as the Eerste Kamer or First Chamber. Unti..
Second Chance
Second Chance can refer to: Second Chance (body armor) - bullet-resistant vest manufacturerSecond Chance (game show) - 1970s game show on ABC which is a short lived predecessor to the CBS 1983 show Press Your LuckSecond Chance - 2006 film, starring Michael W. SmithSecond Chance - 2004 Danielle Stee..
Second Chances
Second Chance may refer to: "Second Chances (TNG episode)", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[[Shira Oka: Second Chances]], a computer game. redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Second Chances (TNG episode)
Second Chances is a sixth season episode of [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]. Brief Synopsis Returning to the site of an eight-year-old mission, Commander Riker encounters an identical double of himself, who tries to rekindle a relationship with Troi. Notes LeVar Burton who played the role..
Second Chance (body armor)
Second Chance is a body armor manufacturing company and was the first one to use kevlar for body armor. In 1998, Second Chance introduced Zylon-based body armor (bullet-resistant vests), as a lightweight alternative to kevlar. The zylon material used in the vests was supplied by Japan-based Toyo..
Second Chance (episode)
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Second Chance (game show)
Second Chance was an ABC game show that aired from March 7 to July 15, 1977. It is considered to be the predecessor to the CBS game show Press Your Luck. Jim Peck was the host, and Jay Stewart was the announcer. Gameplay was relatively the same as Press Your Luck, two question rounds and two game..
Second Chance (Left Behind: The Kids)
Second Chance is a book written by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. It is number two of the [[Left Behind: The Kids]] series. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. This is a book about when Jesus has already come back to rapture the true believers of the ch..
Second Chapter
Second Chapter is an album by British blues rock musician Danny Kirwan, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) on the DJM Records label. This was his first solo album after leaving Fleetwood Mac in 1972, and his solo career was being managed by ex-Mac manager Clifford Davis. Demo tracks for this albu..
Second Chechen War
redirect [[Template:Infobox Military Conflict]] Chechnya within Russia Chechnya and Caucasus region The Second Chechen War is the military campaign initiated by the Russian Federation in 1999 that recaptured the separatist region of Chechnya, which had briefly gained de facto independ..
Second Chifley Ministry
The Second Chifley Ministry was the thirty-fourth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 1 November 1946 to 19 December 1949. Australian Labor Party Rt Hon Ben Chifley, MP: Prime Minister and TreasurerHon Dr H.V. Evatt, KC MP: Attorney-General, Minister for External AffairsHon Ted ..
Second Childhood
Second Childhood Album by Phoebe Snow Released January 1976 Recorded ??? Genre Soft Rock Length 40 min 24 sec Label Columbia Producer Phil Ramone Professional reviews AMG 3/5 [link] Phoebe Snow Chronology Phoebe Snow(1974) Second Childhood(1976) It Looks Like Snow(1977) Seco..
Second Chorus
Second Chorus is a 1940 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen, Hal Borne and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by H.C. Potter and produced independently for P..
Second city
The second city of a country is the city that is (or was) the second-most important, usually after the capital or first city, according to some criteria. Criteria for second city status include population size, economic or commercial importance, political importance or some cultural sense. Since ..
Second City
Second City may be: second city, a geographical and social term for a city of importance in its nation secondary only to that of the capital cityThe Second City, an improvisational comedy troupe This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same tit..
Second City Derby
The Second City derby is the name of the football local derby between Aston Villa and Birmingham City in the city of Birmingham, England. History (to be added) Stats (to be added) ..
Second City Hall (Ottawa)
Ottawa, Ontario's second city hall was built in 1877 on Elgin Street between Queen and Albert Streets and next to Ottawa's First City Hall. Built by architects Horsey and Sheard of Ottawa, the Second Empire French and Italian Style had one tall tower and three smaller ones. The building used Glo..
Second city of the United Kingdom
The second city of a country is the city that is (or was) the second-most important, usually after the capital or first city, according to some criteria such as population size, economic or commercial importance, political importance or some cultural sense. In the United Kingdom, the idea o..
Second City Saints
The Second City Saints were an American professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor, consisting of CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Ace Steel and, at some points, Lucy Furr and Traci Brooks. The group would feud with Raven, The Prophecy and Generation Next before they unofficially disbanded when CM Punk..
Second City Television
Second City (Volume 1) DVD Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. It ran from 1976 to 1984. Contents 1 Performers2 History3 Premise4 Laugh Track5 Syndication/Music Rights6&nbs..
Second Civil War
The Second Civil War may refer to: Congo Civil War may refer to Second Congo War (1998–2002)Second English Civil War (1642–1646)Second Liberian Civil War started in 1999Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005)A [movie] (1997), a political satire starring Beau Bridges and dir..
Second Class (Boy Scouts of America)
redirect[[Template:Portal]] Second Class is a rank attainable by a Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), and ranks above Tenderfoot and below First Class. A Scout can work on the requirements for the Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks at the same time, but must be earn in sequenc..
Second class constraints
redirect [[Template:Context]] See first class constraints for the preliminaries. Before going on to the general theory, let's look at a specific example step by step to motivate the general analysis. Let's start with the action describing a Newtonian particle of mass m constrained to a surface of ..
Second Class Male/Time To Go
"Second Class Male" and "Time To Go" were a series of 12 spoof newspaper columns by satirist Chris Morris (under the pseudonym Richard Geefe) that appeared in The Observer in 1999. "Second Class Male" was a feature column written by a handsome though nebbishy sort who has a lack of luck in life. Af..
Second Coalition
The name "Second Coalition" (1798 - 1800) designates the second major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain Revolutionary France. The coalition comprised: Austrian MonarchyKingdom of Great Britain (at war with France since 1793)Russian EmpireOttoman Empire After Napoleon Bonapart..
Second College Grant, New Hampshire
Second College Grant is a township located in Coos County, New Hampshire, USA. The area of this township is owned and controlled by Dartmouth College. As of the 2000 census, the grant had a total population of 0. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and..
Second Coming
This article refers to the religious usage of the term. For other usages, see Second Coming (disambiguation). The Second Coming or Second Advent refers to the Christian belief in the return of Jesus to fulfill the rest of Messianic prophecy. Views about the Second Coming vary among different Chri..
Second Coming (album)
Second Coming was an album released on December 5, 1994 in the UK and early 1995 in the US by The Stone Roses. The album was released on Geffen Records. The second album by the influential Manchester four-piece, it suffered greatly at the time from the sheer weight of expectation generated by both..
Second Coming (band)
Second Coming are a rock band from Seattle, Washington formed in the mid-1990s. Lead singer/guitarist Bracht previously played for Peace and Silence, and guitarist Taft was a member of Sweet Water. They have toured with bands such as Monster Magnet. Contents 1 Members2 Discography3&n..
Second Coming (disambiguation)
The Second Coming is the Christian belief in the return of Jesus to fulfill the rest of Messianic prophecy. Second Coming may also refer to: The return of another religious figureThe Second Coming (poem), a poem by William Butler YeatsThe Second Coming (TV), a British television drama shown by ITV,..
Second Coming (Shotgun Messiah album)
Second Coming is the second album from hard rock group Shotgun Messiah, released in 1991 on Relativity Records. Track listing "SexDrugsRockn'Roll""Red Hot""Nobody's Home""Living Without You""Heartbreak Blvd""I Want More""Trouble""Ride the Storm""I Wanna Know""Babylon""Free""You & Me""Can't Fool Me"..
Second Commonwealth
In Jewish history, the Second Commonwealth is the period during which the Second Temple of Jerusalem was in existence, roughly 530 BCE-70 CE. ..
Second Confederate Congress
The Second Confederate Congress was the second and last regular session of the legislature of the Confederate States of America. Members of the Second Confederate Congress were chosen in elections held in November 1863 and only served one year of their two-year term due to the end of the American Ci..
Second Congo War
The Second Congo War was a conflict that took place largely in the territory of Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). The war began in 1998 and officially ended in 2003 when a Transitional Government took power. The widest interstate war in modern African history, it directly involve..
Second Congress of Rastatt
The Second Congress of Rastatt, which was opened in December 1797, was intended to rearrange the map of Germany by providing compensation for those princes whose lands on the left bank of the Rhine had been seized by France. It had no result, however, as it was ended by the outbreak of the European..
Second Connecticut Lake
Second Connecticut Lake is a 1286-acre water body located in Coos County in northern New Hampshire, in the town of Pittsburg. It is one of a chain of lakes near the headwaters of the Connecticut River. ..
Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)
History of the Ottoman Empire Periods: Rise (1299–1453) Growth (1453–1683) Stagnation (1683–1827) Decline (1828–1908) Dissolution (1908–1922) See also: Click Fall of Constantinople Tulip Era Tanzimat era First Constitutional Era Second Constitutional Era Euro..
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a body of representatives appointed by the legislatures of several British North American colonies which met from May 10, 1775 to March 1, 1781. The First Continental Congress had sent entreaties to the British King to stop the Intolerable Acts and had created th..
Second Corporal
Second Corporal was a former British Army rank in the Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps. Second corporals wore one rank chevron, but unlike lance corporals they held full non-commissioned officer rank. They were thus equivalent to bombardiers in the Royal Artillery. The rank was abolished in 1..
Second Council of Constantinople
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia. Second Council of Constantinople Date 553 Accepted by Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy Previous council Council of Chalcedon Next council Third Council of Constantinople Convoked by Emperor Justinian I Presided by Euty..
Second Council of Ephesus
The Second Council of Ephesus (called the Robber Council of Ephesus, Robber Synod or Latrocinium by its opponents) was a church council at Ephesus. The council opened on August 8, 449. The first session The Acts of the first session of this synod were read at the Council of Chalcedon, 451, and ha..
Second Council of Lyon
Second Council of Lyon Date 1274 Accepted by Catholicism Previous council First Council of Lyon Next council Council of Vienne Convoked by Pope Gregory X Presided by Pope Gregory X Attendance 560 (bishops and abbots) Topics of discussion Conquest of the Holy Land, Great Schism, filioque, co..
Second Council of Nicaea
Second Council of Nicaea Date 787 Accepted by Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy Previous Council (Catholic) Third Council of Constantinople Previous Council (Orthodox) Council in Trullo Next Council Fourth Council of Constantinople Convoked by Empress Irene Presided by Irene Attendance 350..
Second Council of the Lateran
Second Council of the Lateran Date 1139 Accepted by Catholicism Previous council First Council of the Lateran Next council Third Council of the Lateran Convoked by Pope Innocent II Presided by Pope Innocent II Attendance 1000 Topics of discussion schism of Antipope Anacletus II Documents a..
Second County of Portugal
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Second 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 Second Crusade was the second major crusade lau..
Second Cup
Second Cup Logo Second Cup is a large Canadian-owned chain of cafés, the largest specialty coffee retailer in Canada. Founded in 1975 by Tom Culligan and Frank O'Dea, Culligan eventually purchased O'Dea's shares. After building it to a 150-store chain, he sold it in 1988 to Michael Bregman, t..
Second Curtin Ministry
The Second Curtin Ministry was the thirty-first Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 21 September 1943 to 6 July 1945. Australian Labor Party Rt Hon John Curtin, MP: Prime Minister, Minister for DefenceRt Hon Frank Forde, MP: Minister for the ArmyRt Hon Ben Chifley, MP: Treasurer..
Second Dáil
The Second Dáil was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 16 August, 1921 until 8 June, 1922. From 1919-1922 Dáil Éireann was the revolutionary parliament of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic. The Second Dáil consisted of members elected in 1921. One of its most important acts was to bring an end ..
Second Deakin Ministry
The Second Deakin Ministry was the fifth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 5 July 1905 to 12 December 1906. Protectionist Party Hon Alfred Deakin, MP: Prime Minister and Minister for External AffairsHon Isaac Isaacs, KC MP: Attorney-General (to 12 October 1906)Hon Sir William Lyne, KC..
Second dealing
Second dealing is a method of illegally influencing the outcome of a poker or other card game by way of dealing the second, rather than the top, card of the deck. Generally, a second dealer will sneak a peek at the second or first card of the deck just after or during the cut. With the knowledge of ..
Second degree heart block
Second degree heart block is a disease of the electrical conduction system of the heart. If this term is used without a qualifier, it is usually assumed to be regarding conduction block between atria and ventricles, in which case it referred to as Second Degree Atrioventricular (AV) Block. Howev..
Second Derby Ministry
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868. The Ministry OFFICE NAME TERM First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords The Lord Derby February 1858–June 1859 Lord Chancellor The Lord Chelmsford February 18..
Second derivative test
In calculus, a branch of mathematics, the second derivative test determines whether a given stationary point of a function is a maximum, a minimum. The test states: If the function [f] is twice differentiable in a neighbourhood of a stationary point [x], then: If [f(x) < 0..
Second dialtone
In telecommunication, the term second dialtone has the following meanings: Dialtone presented to the call originator after an access code has been dialed for access to a second, outside, telecommunications system or service.Dialtone returned to the call originator after she/he has dialed an access ..
Second Diet of Speyer
The Second Diet of Speyer was convened in March, 1529, for action against the Turks, and against the further progress of Protestantism. Ascendant Roman Catholic forces prevailed to reverse the policy of religious tolerance adopted in 1526. The Edict of Worms was to be enforced after all, without wa..
Second Disraeli ministry
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Second Division
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Second Doctor
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Second dynasty of Egypt
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Second Earth
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Second East-West Highway
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Second East Turkestan Republic
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Second Edition
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Second Empire
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Second English Civil War
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Second Epistle of John
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Second Epistle of Peter
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Second Epistle to the Corinthians
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Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
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Second Epistle to Timothy
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Second Everingham Ministry
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Second Fisher Ministry
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Second Fleet
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Second Fleet (Australia)
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Second Foundation
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Second Founding
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Second Fraser Ministry
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Second Freedmen's Bureau Act
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Second French Empire
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Second fundamental form
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Second Generation
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Second generation computer
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Second Generation Multiplex
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Second Generation Multiplex Plus
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Second Generation of Iowa Tower Van Horne
Second Generation of Iowa Tower Van Horne is a 463 metre high guyed mast at Van Horne, Iowa, USA at [42°5′25″N, 92°5′14″W]. Second Generation of Iowa Tower Van Horne was built in 1996 and is used for TV broadcasting. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?..
Second generation warfare
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Second generation wavelet transform
In signal processing, the second generation wavelet transform (SGWT) is a wavelet transform where the filters (or even the represented wavelets) are not designed explicitly, but the transform consists of the application of the Lifting scheme. Actually, the sequence of lifting steps could be converte..
Second Geneva Convention
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Second German Bundestag
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Second Gladstone Ministry
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Second Gorton Ministry
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Second Goryeo-Khitan War
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Second grade
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Second Great Awakening
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Second Gulf War
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Second Half of the Chessboard
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Second Hand
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Second hand band
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Second Hand Stories
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Second happy time
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Second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture
In number theory, the second Hardy-Littlewood conjecture concerns the number of primes in intervals. If π(x) is the number of primes up to and including x then the conjecture states that π(x + y) ≤ π(x) + π(y) where x, y ≥ 2. This means that the number of primes from x + 1 to x ..
Second harmonic generation
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Second Hawke Ministry
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Second heartbeat
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Second Heaven
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Second Helping
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Second Holmes
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Second Holt Ministry
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Second home
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Second Home Ownership
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Second Howard Ministry
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Second Hughes Ministry
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Second Imaginary Symphony For Cloudmaking
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Second Impact
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Second Industrial Revolution
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Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
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Second International
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Second International Bahá'í Council
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Second International Congress on World Evangelization
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Second in Command
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Second Irish Provisional Government
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Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority
The Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority law was passed by the Knesset in 1990. Its purpose was to establish a new governing-body whose purpose is to facilitate and regulate commercially-operated television and radio broadcasts in Israel. The Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority, also known as t..
Second Italian War
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Second Italo-Abyssinian War
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Second Kamchatka expedition
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Second Keating Ministry
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Second Korean War
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Second Lady
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Second Lady of the United States
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Second language
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Second language acquisition
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Second language writing
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Second Lateran Council
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Second law
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Second law of thermodynamics
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Second League Category A
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Second League of Prizren
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Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina - South
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Second Leake ministry
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Second Leiter Building
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Second Letts Executive
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Second Liberian Civil War
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Second lien loan
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Second Lieutenant
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Second Life
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Second Life of Dr. Mirage
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Second Life Syndrome
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Second Life Times
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Second line
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Second London Naval Treaty
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Second Lyons Ministry
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Second Macedonian War
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Second Malayan Five Year Plan
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Second Malaysia Plan
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Second Manchu invasion of Korea
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Second Maroon War
In 1795 the Maroons of Trelawny Parish, Jamaica declared war for a second time against the British. They felt that they were being badly treated under the terms of the treaty. They especially felt that the land allotted to them for farming was rocky and inadequate. After the years of fighting in whi..
Second Martin Ministry
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Second Mate
The second officer of a merchant vessel usually in charge of navigation. The next licensed position after 3rd Mate and before Chief Mate. The second mate typically stands the 4-8 navigation watch. That is, he will stand watch from 0400 to 0800 and again from 1600 to 2000 in the evenings. Second m..
Second Melbourne Ministry
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Second Mesa, Arizona
Second Mesa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona on the Hopi Reservation. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 814, spread among three Hopi Indian villages atop the 5,700-foot (1,740-meter) mesa: Musungnuvi (or Mishongnovi), Supawlavi (or Sipaulovi), and Songoopavi ..
Second messenger
In biology, second messengers are low-weight diffusible molecules that are used in signal transduction to relay signals within a cell. They are synthesized or released by specific enzymatic reactions, usually as a result of an external signal that was received by a transmembrane receptor and pre-pr..
Second messenger system
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Second metacarpal bone
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Second Mexican War
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Second Military District
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Second Military Medical University
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Second Mithridatic War
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Second modernity
Second modernity is a phrase coined by the German sociologist Ulrich Beck, and is his word for the period after modernity. Beck has also contributed with a number of other new words in German sociology, for example "risk society". ..
Second moment of area
The second moment of area, also known as the area moment of inertia and less precisely as the moment of inertia, is a property of a shape that is used to predict its resistance to bending and deflection. The second moment of area is not the same thing as the moment of inertia that is used to calcu..
Second Morning
was the second album from the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It was released on the July 28, 1999 and sold a total of 428,990 copies. It was released both on CD (EPCE-5025) and MiniDisc (EPYE-5025). It includes Morning Musume's first #1 single, Daite HOLD ON ME! Track listing NIGHT OF TOKYO CITY..
Second mortgage
A second mortgage is a secured loan (or mortgage) that is subordinate to another loan against the same property. More specifically, the second loan in sequence. In real estate, a property can have multiple loans against it. The loan which is registered with county or city registry first is called t..
Second Name (film)
Second Name (El Segundo Nombre in Spanish) is a thriller/horror movie by the Spanish director Paco Plaza, starring Erica Prior, Denis Rafter, Craig Stevenson and John O'Toole. After the suicide of her father, Daniella (Erica Prior) investigates her family's past. The plot involves a sect called..
Second Narrows Bridge
For the adjacent highway bridge, see Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing Second Narrows Bridge The Second Narrows Bridge is a vertical lift rail bridge that crosses the Burrard Inlet and connects Vancouver with the North Shore. As the name suggests, it is located at the second narro..
Second nature improv
Second Nature Improv, originally founded in 2002, is one of the improvisational comedy troupes currently performing at the University of Southern California. They perform every Friday night at USC's Ground Zero Coffeehouse, providing free, comedic, one-hour shows consisting of both shortform and lo..
Second Nature Recordings
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Second Noah (TV series)
Second Noah was a short-lived television show that aired the ABC network from 1996 until 1997. It is about a husband and wife who have several adopted children because they are unable to have children of their own. Later in the series, the wife is able to have a baby. The show starred Daniel Hugh ..
Second Opinion (The Sopranos episode)
"Second Opinion" is the 33rd episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. It was the 7th episode for the show's third season. The episode was written by Lawrence Konner and was directed by Tim Van Patten. It originally aired on Sunday April 8, 2001. Contents 1 Guest Starring roles2&nb..
Second Opium War
This article is part of the History of Hong Kong series '''Timeline Prehistory Imperial China'''First contacts with the West Opium Wars     First Opium War     Second Opium War British colony (pre-war)     Founding of crown colony     Early 20th..
Second order cellular automaton
A second order cellular automaton is a reversible cellular automaton (CA) where the state of a cell at time t depends not only on its neighborhood at time t-1, but also on its state at time t-2. Specifically, the neighborhood at t-1 is used to choose a function fn that maps the state of the ce..
Second partial derivative test
In mathematics, the second partial derivatives test is a method in multivariable calculus used to determine if a critical point (x, y) is a minimum, maximum or saddle point. Suppose that [M = f_(a,b)f_(a,b) - \left( f_(a,b) \right)^2 ] or in other words the determinant of a 2×2 H..
Second Party System
The Second Party System is the term historians give to the political system existing in the United States from about 1824 to 1854. It was characterized by rapidly rising levels of voter interest, as shown in election day turnout, rallies, partisan newspapers, and a high degree of personal loyalty to..
Second Peel ministry
Sir Robert Peel, Bt, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1834-1835, 1841-1846. The Cabinet OFFICE NAME TERM First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons Sir Robert Peel, Bt September 1841–July 1846 Lord Chancellor The Lord Lyndhurst September 1841–July 1846 L..
Second Philippic
The Second Philippic is an oration that was delivered by the Athenian statesman and orator Demosthenes between 344 BC-343 BC. The speech constitutes the second of the four philippics the orator is said to have delivered. Historical background In 344 BC Demosthenes barnstormed Peloponnese,Demosthen..
Second Pitt the Younger Ministry
The Initial Ministry OFFICE NAME TERM First Lord of the TreasuryChancellor of the Exchequer William Pitt the Younger 1804–1806 Lord Chancellor The Lord Eldon 1804–1806 Lord President of the Council The Duke of Portland 1804–1805 Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Westmorland 18..
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic is an unofficial name applied to the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. When the borders of the state were fixed in 1921, it had an area of 388.6 thousand sq. km. (sixth largest in Europe), and 27.2 million inhabitants according to the census of that..
Second Presbyterian Church
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Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago
The Second Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, is an imposing Gothic Revival church, that was designed in 1874 by noted New York architect James Renwick. The current American and English Arts and Craft interior was designed in 1900 by Howard Van Doren Shaw and Frederick Clay Bartlett, after mu..
Second Protectorate Parliament
The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658 with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House. Contents 1 Background2 First Session3 Second Session4 Succession5 See also6 References7 Bibliogra..
Second Punic War
Second Punic War Sarguntum – Lilybaeum – Ticinus – Trebia – Cissa - Lake Trasimene – Ebro River – Cannae – 1st Nola – Dertosa – 2nd Nola – Cornus - 3rd Nola – 1st Capua – Silarus – 1st Herdonia – Upper Baetis – 2nd Capua – 2nd Herdonia – Numistro – Asculum �..
Second Quebec Conference
The Second Quebec Conference (codenamed "OCTAGON") was a high level military conference held during World War II between the British and United States governments. The conference was held in Quebec City, September 12, 1944 - September 16, 1944, and was the second conference to be held in Quebec. The..
Second Raid on Schweinfurt
The Second raid on Schweinfurt (also called Mission 115) took place during World War II on october 14 1943. The 8th Air Force raid, consisting of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses attacked the ball bearing factories at Schweinfurt, in Germany. The factories had previously been attacked on August 17, result..
Second Reality
Second Reality is a demo created by Future Crew for the Assembly '93 demoparty. In the PC demo competition, Second Reality placed first with its demonstration of 2D and 3D rendering. The demo was released to the public in October 1993. It is considered to be one of the best demos created during th..
Second Reconstruction
Second Reconstruction is a term that refers to the American Civil Rights Movement. In many respects, the mass movement against segregation and discrimination that erupted following World War II, shared many similarities with the period of Reconstruction which followed the American Civil War. The per..
Second Redemption
Second Redemption refers to the period following the election of 1968 characterized by more conservatism, and a retreat from governmental and judicial activism on issues of civil rights. The period was reactionary, and was filled with controversies, such as the issue of school busing in Boston and o..
Second Republic
There have been several Second Republics in the course of history. See e.g. Venezuelan Second Republic (1813-1814)French Second Republic (1848 - 1852)Second Republic of South Korea (1960 and 1961)Second Austrian Republic (1945 to date)Second Spanish Republic (1931 – 1939)Second Republic of Nigeri..
Second Republic (Maldive Islands)
For other Second Republics, see Second Republic The Second Republic was established in the Maldive Islands by a majority vote in a referendum that was held on the 11 November, 1968, which deposed the reigning monarch Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi. The Prime Minister of the Maldive Islands, Ibrahim Nas..
Second Republic of South Korea
The Second Republic of South Korea was the government of South Korea for eight months in 1960 and 1961. It succeeded the First Republic, but was followed by a military government under the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction. Contents 1 Establishment2 Politics3 Economy4&n..
Second Restoration
The Second Restoration, or Seconde Restauration in French, was a period in the history of France which saw the return of the Bourbon dynasty to the throne of France following the Hundred Days (Cent-Jours) in which Napoleon Bonapart briefly returned to rule France from his exile in Elba. As with the ..
Second Revenue Act of 1940
The United States Second Revenue Act of 1940 created a corporate excess profits tax (top rate 50%) and increased corporate tax rates (top rate from 22.1% to 24%). ..
Second Rhapsody
Second Rhapsody is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin in 1931. Although having a similar title, Second Rhapsody has never matched the popularity of the composer's earlier Rhapsody in Blue. In 1930, George Gershwin, together with his brother Ira Gershwin, w..
Second River
Second River may refer to: Second River (Michigan), a river in MichiganSecond River (New Jersey), a tributary of the Passaic River in New JerseySecond River, the original name for the town of Belleville, New Jersey This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambigu..
Second River (New Jersey)
The Second River is the second main tributary of the Passaic River in the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey (however, the first main tributary, the First River, was paved over in the late 19th century, and now travels entirely underground). From its source in West Orange to the Passa..
Second Robotech War
In the fictional world of Robotech, the Second Robotech War (2029-2030) was a conflict between the earth-based Army of the Southern Cross and the alien Robotech Masters. The Second Robotech War ended in a Pyrrhic victory for the Army of the Southern Cross, weakening the Earth's defense forces to su..
Second Round
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . Second Round is the 2006 sophomore album from Roc-A-Fella Records recording artist Teairra Mari, slated to be released on this fall. It has been pushed back because Shawn Carter, A.K.A. Jay-Z, has asked her labelmate,..
Second Round's on Me
This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected . Second Round's On Me is the second album by rapper Obie Trice. Many tracklists have been spread on the internet, but most have been confirmed to be false. It is believed that the tracks "Wanna Know" and "Stay Bout I..
Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive
The eastern front at the time of the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive. Axis-Soviet War Barbarossa – Finland 1941-44 – Leningrad and Baltics 1941-1944 – Crimea and Caucasus – Moscow – 1st Rzhev-Vyazma – 2nd Kharkov – Stalingrad – Velikiye Lu..
Second Samoan Civil War
The Second Samoan Civil War was a conflict that reached a head in 1898 when Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States were locked in dispute over who should have control over the Samoan island chain, located in the South Pacific Ocean. At the war's conclusion in 1899, the United States was..
Second Saudi State
After a rebuilding period following the ending of the First Saudi State, the House of Saud returned to power in the Second Saudi State in 1824. The state lasted until 1891 when it succumbed to the Al Rashid dynasty of Ha'il. In 1902 Ibn Saud reconquered Riyadh, the first of a series of conquests le..
Second Sea Lord
The Second Sea Lord is one of the senior admirals of the Royal Navy, and is the admiral responsible for personnel in the Royal Navy. The Second Sea Lord was formerly the second most senior naval member of the Board of Admiralty, but is now considered to be junior to both the First Sea Lord and the ..
Second Serbian Uprising
This article is part of the series on: History of Serbia Medieval Serbia Raška Serbian Empire Battle of Kosovo Serbian Despotate Ottoman Serbia First Serbian Uprising Second Serbian Uprising Modern Serbia Principality of Serbia Kingdom of Serbia Serbian Campaign (World War ..
Second Servile War
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Servile Wars First – Second – Third The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Romans on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 103 BC. The war broke out when slaves in Sicily united under Tryphon and Athenion. T..
Second Siege of Krujë
The Second Siege of Krujë by the Ottoman Empire took place in 1466 at Krujë in Albania. In 1466 Sultan Mehmed II led an army into Albania and again laid siege to Krujë as his father Murad II had attempted sixteen years earlier in the first siege of the town. It was defended by a garrison of 4,40..
Second sight
"Second Sight" redirects here. For the video game , see Second Sight (video game). Second sight, a term denoting the opposite of its apparent significance, meaning in reality the seeing, in vision, of events before they occur. Foresight expresses the meaning of second sight, which perhaps was orig..
Second Sighting
Second Sighting is an album by the American hard rock band Frehley's Comet. It was the third album from Ace Frehley's band, which was not called Frehley's Comet for 1987's Frehley's Comet. As the studio followup to Frehley's Comet, it failed to sell as well. Second Sighting was recorded with n..
Second Sight (book)
Second Sight is an alternate history fiction novel by Gary Blackwood. ..
Second Sight (DS9 episode)
"Second Sight" is the ninth episode of the second season of the television series [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]. Original airdate: November 21, 1993. Teleplay by Mark Gehred-O'Connell and Ira Steven Behr & Robert Hewitt Wolfe; story by Mark Gehred-O'Connell. Directed by Alexander Singer. Quick Ove..
Second Sight (video game)
Second Sight is a video game developed by Free Radical Design and published by Codemasters for GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2. It was released on September 21, 2004. The storyline follows John Vattic and his attempts to recover his memory as well as the secrets behind his new powers of telekine..
Second Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War Major engagements in bold Mukden - Nenjiang Bridge - Shanghai (1932) - Great Wall - Rehe - Suiyuan - Marco Polo Bridge - Beiping-Tianjin - Chahar - Shanghai (1937) (Sihang Warehouse) - Pingxingguan - Xinkou - Taiyuan - Nanjing - Tai'erzhuang - Xuzhou- Northern and East..
Second Situationist International
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]. Jørgen Nash identifies the first manifestation of the second Situationist International ..
Second skin
The concept of a second skin is common to a range of clothing-related fetishes. One reason why these materials may be fetishised is that the garment acts as a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin — a second skin. The material may be regarded as providing a super-stimulus that is ..
Second Skin
Second Skin (Segunda Piel) is a Spanish gay movie directed by Gerardo Vera in 2000. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. This movie is about a Madrid couple, Elena (Ariadna Gil) and Alberto (Jordi Molla). They have a happy marriage with professional success..
Second Skin (band)
Second Skin is an industrial death rock band from Arizona. Contents 1 Discography1.1 Albums1.2 Complilations2 External link Discography Albums Suture - released 1995 on DynamicaChoir Invisible - released 2000 on Orchard RecordsBlack Eyed Angel - released 2005 on Orchard Rec..
Second Skin (DS9 episode)
"Second Skin" is a third-season episode of [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]. It first aired on October 24, 1994. Short Overview: Kira is kidnapped by the Cardassians and told she is actually an undercover Cardassian agent. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow..
Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society
"Second Solution"/"Prisoner Of Society" This is the 3rd EP from The Living End. It was the largest selling Australian single of the 1990s. Track listing Second Solution (Cheney)Prisoner of Society (Cheney)Prisoner on the Inside (Caswell)Misspent Youth (live) (Cheney)Strange (live) (Cheney) Notes ..
Second Sophistic
The Second Sophistic is a literary-historical term referring to the Greek showpiece orators who flourished from the reign of Nero until c.230 AD and who were catalogued and celebrated by Philostratus in his Lives of the Sophists (481). Writers known as members of the Second Sophistic were Aelius A..
Second Soul (episode)
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Second source
In the electronics industry, a second source is a company that is licensed to manufacture and sell components originally designed by another company (the first source). It used to be common for purchasers to avoid components that were only available from a single source. For simple components such..
Second Spanish Republic
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Second Special Panel
The second Special Panel was a judicial panel in East Timor that heard testimony on the Liquiçá Church Massacre. The panel was made up of Judge Benfeito Mosso Ramos (Cape Verde) presiding, Judge Antero Luis (Portugal), and Judge Antonio Helder (East Timor). External links [link][l..
Second stage manufacturer
a second stage manufacturer builds such products as bus and truck bodies, ambulances, motor homes, and other specialized vehicles. Neither their product, nor the first stage portion, called an incomplete motor vehicle, are fully-compliant with all of the requirements for a complete motor vehicle..
Second Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry
The Ministry OFFICE NAME TERM First Lord of the Treasury The Earl of Sunderland 1718–1721 Northern Secretary The Earl Stanhope 1718–1721 Lord Chancellor The Earl of Macclesfield 1718–1721 Lord President of the Council The Earl of Sunderland 1718–1719   The D..
Second Statute of Repeal
The Second Statute of Repeal, passed in the Third Parliament of Mary I of England in 1555, followed the First Statute of Repeal of 1553. This first statute had abolished all religious legislation passed under Edward VI, and the Second Statute built on it by abolishing all religious legislation pass..
Second stellation of icosahedron
Second stellation of icosahedron Click on picture for large version. Wenninger Model W27 Type stellation Symmetry group icosahedral (Ih) The second stellation of icosahedron is a polyhedron created from the icosahedron. It was referenced as the second stellation and model index W27 by Wenn..
Second Street Cable Railway
The Second Street Cable Railway was a cable car system which opened in Los Angeles in 1885. It was a single track system, with sidings where a down-hill car could coast past an up-hill car. The system had several weaknesses, and closed in 1890. ..
Second strike
In nuclear strategy, second strike capability is a country's assured ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful nuclear retaliation against the attacker. It counters a first strike nuclear threat and can support a no first use nuclear strategy. Reciprocal second strike capabilities usuall..
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it is most accurately a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. It took place, for the most part, in southern Sudan and was one of the longest lasting and deadliest wars of the latter 20th century. Roughly 1.9 million ci..
Second Summer of Love
The Second Summer of Love is a name sometimes given to the time (1988-1989) in Britain. This was when of the rise in popularity of Acid House music and the euphoric explosion of unlicensed Ecstasy-fuelled rave parties . The term generally refers to both the summers of 1988/9 , "By the end of 1988,..
Second Superpower
This article is about the post-2003 use of the phrase, "Second Superpower." Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, this term and the related term Second World were sometimes used to describe that nation and its satellites. The Second Superpower is a term used to conceptualize a global civil so..
Second superstring revolution
The second superstring revolution was the intense wave of breakthroughs in string theory that took place approximately between 1994 and 1997. The different versions of superstring theory were unified, as long hoped, by new equivalences. These are known as S-duality, T-duality, U-duality, mirror sym..
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
Taiwan Strait The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) governments in which the PRC was accused by the ROC of shelling the islands of Matsu and Quemoy..
Second Taranaki War
The Second Taranaki War is the name of a series of conflicts between the Māori and European settlers in the Taranaki province of New Zealand between 1864 and 1866. Some historians feel that the these conflicts should not be described as a war as they cannot be separated from other incidents happen..
Second Temple
Drawing of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the time of Herod the Great A stone (2.43x1 m) with Hebrew inscription "To the Trumpeting Place" excavated by B. Mazar at the southern foot of the Temple Mount is believed to be a part of the Second Temple. The Second Temple was the recon..
Second Temporal Dimension
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Second Texas Legislature
The Second Texas Legislature met from 13 December 1847 to 20 March 1848 in regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1847. Contents 1 Sessions2 Party summary3 Officers3.1 Senate3.2 House of Rep..
Second Thoughts
Second Thoughts is a 1976 album by New Zealand art rock band Split Enz. It was recorded in London with Roxy Music's guitarist Phil Manzanera producing the album. Five of the songs on the album comprised of reworked versions of songs from their 1975 debut album Mental Notes. Two other songs on the ..
Second Thoughts (episode)
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Second Thoughts (TV series)
Second Thoughts was a British comedy television programme running from 1991 onward. It was broadcasted on the ITV network. It was followed by a sequel, Faith in the Future. External links [BBC Comedy Guide] ..
Second Tier Sourcing
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Second Time Around
Second Time Around was a UPN show that ran duing the 2004-2005 season. After only 13 episodes, the show was cancelled, citing low rating. Premise Set in Los Angeles, the show is centered around Newlyweds Jackson(an Architect) and Ryan Muse(an Artist) who remarried after getting divorced 3 years ear..
Second time round
Second Time Round [link] is a British acoustic duo formed in 2005. Consisting of Karen Ivison and Mike Fleming, the group has supported bands such as Prussian Blue and has sung at Tamworth Music Festival 2005. They perform a varied repertoire: a mix of covers and original material. NO T..
Second Toughest in the Infants
Second Toughest in the Infants is a 1996 album by Underworld. This 1996 album was Underworld's first album that could be classified as Progressive House, being a mixture of techno, progressive rock, and having some other influences as well. The first track is the best example of this. A track in..
Second Treatise of the Great Seth
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Second Treaty of London
The Second Treaty of London was a peace treaty signed in London in 1359. It was demanded by England and accepted by France after Edward of Woodstook (Edward the Black Prince) defeated and captured King John II at the Battle of Poitiers. The treaty required France to give up much territory in west..
Second Trinity Boat Club
The Second Trinity Boat Club was a short-lived rowing society at the Trinity College, Cambridge in England. Little is known about the club, as very few records survive from 2nd Trinity. 2nd Trinity was reserved for members of the clergy and theology students who were studying at Trinity, and, by 187..
Second Triumvirate
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. The Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed on 26 November 43 BC. Unlike the somewhat more famo..
Second Triumvirate (Argentina)
The Second Triumvirate (Spanish Segundo Triunvirato) was the governing body of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present Argentina) that followed the First Triumvirate in 1812, short after the May Revolution, and lasted 2 years. The Triumvirate started its functions on October 8 1812 wi..
Second Triumvirate (disambiguation)
Second Triumvirate may refer to: The Second Triumvirate during the Roman Empire.The Second Triumvirate of 1812 in Argentina. 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..
Second unit
In film, the second unit is a separate team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture, as opposed to the first unit, which shoots all scenes involving actors, or at least the stars of the film. Second unit footage typically includes shots like scenery, close-ups ..
Second unit director
The Second Unit Director is the leader of the second unit, which is the smaller of the two units used on almost every modern large-scale film production. This director is often responsible for minor shots, such as establishing shots. Occasionally, the Second Unit Director will direct more important..
Second Variety
Second Variety is a short story by Philip K. Dick first published in Space Station Fiction in 1953. The story is set in the aftermath of an extremely extensive war between forces identified as Russia and the UN. Early Russian victories had caused the American government and production to flee to th..
Second Vatican Council
Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican Date 1962–1965 Accepted by Roman Catholic Church Rejected by some "Traditionalist Catholics" Previous Council First Vatican Council Next Council most recent Council Convoked by Pope John XXIII Presided by Pope John XXIII, Pope Paul VI Attendanc..
Second Vermont Republic
Second Vermont Republic is a current secessionist movement within the state of Vermont to return the state to the independent status it enjoyed as the Republic of Vermont from 1777-1791. The organization was founded by Thomas Naylor, a former Duke University economics professor who began the secessi..
Second Vice President (Spain)
List of Second Vice Presidents of Spain 1st Legislature (1977 - 1979)*No data2nd Legislature (1979 - 1982)*No data3rd Legislature (1982 - 1986)*No data4th Legislature (1986 - 1989)*No data5th Legislature (1989 - 1993)*No data6th Legislature (1993 - 1996)*No data7th Legislature (1996 - 2000)*No data..
Second Vienna Award
The Second Vienna Award was the second of two Vienna Awards. It was rendered on August 30, 1940. Germany and Italy compelled Romania let a part of Transylvania (an area henceforth known as "Northern Transylvania") to Hungary. Contents 1 Prelude and reasons2 The award3 Statistics4&..
Second Viennese School
The Second Viennese School is the term generally used in English-speaking countries to denote the group of composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils and close associates in early 20th century Vienna, where, with breaks, he lived and taught between 1903 and 1925. Their music was initi..
Second War against Napoleon
The Second War against Napoleon was the second involvement by Sweden in the Napoleonic Wars. On January 9 1812, French troops occupied Swedish Pomerania to end the illegal trade with England from Sweden. The Swedish administration was replaced by a French one, the Swedish estates were confiscated ..
Second War In Heaven
Tracklist All songs written by: Frost / Lucas, except #11 by: Manowar. Rising TorchesDying EmbersCamelotNightmare (The Devil Inside)BewitchmentSeven WitchesIn A Small Child's RoomThe ChainScarlet TearsSecond War In HeavenMetal Daze (Manowar cover) Album line-up Bobby Lucas - Vocals Jac..
Second war of Kappel
The second war of Kappel (Zweiter Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1531 between the protestant and the catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the reformation in Switzerland. Contents 1 Cause2 Battle of Kappel3 Aftermath4 Literature5 See also Cause ..
Second War of Schleswig
The Second War of Schleswig (or the Danish-Prussian War), known in Denmark as The War of 1864 (Krigen i 1864) and in Germany as The German-Danish War (Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) was the second military conflict due to the Schleswig-Holstein Question. It took place in 1864 by pitting Austria and Prus..
Second War of Scottish Independence
The Second War of Scottish Independence began properly in 1333 when Edward III overturned the 1328 Treaty of Northampton, under which England recognised the legitimacy of the dynasty established by Robert Bruce. Edward was determined to support the claim of Edward Balliol, the son of the former kin..
Second War of the Two Brothers
The Second War of the Two Brothers was a legendary war in Britain following the death of Dunvallo Molmutius as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It was fought between the two sons of Dunvallo, Belinus and Brennius, in an effort to win the crown of the Britons. Many battles were fought between the..
Second Wave
Second Wave is a fictional terrorist group from the television series 24. They were responsible for attempting to denote a nuclear bomb over L.A. during Day 2 Syed Ali: The nuclear bomb was a Second Wave operation. that was leaked to the Counter Terrorist Unit and the government by one of their memb..
Second Wave Dance
Providing resources and information on all aspects of traditionally based Cornish Dance and Noze looan [Second Wave Website] ..
Second Whitlam Ministry
The Second Whitlam Ministry was the forty-ninth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 19 December 1972 to 12 June 1974. Australian Labor Party Hon Gough Whitlam, QC MP: Prime Minister. Minister for Foreign Affairs (to 6 November 1973)Hon Lance Barnard, MP: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister ..
Second World
A map of countries often considered to make up the "Second World." The terms First World, Second World, and Third World, can be used to divide the nations of Earth into three broad categories. The term "Second World" has largely fallen out of use because the circumstances to which it referre..
Second year
Second year, also known as S2, is the second year of schooling in Scottish secondary schools, and is roughly equivalent to Year 9 in the rest of the United Kingdom. Most pupils are 13 or 14 years old at the end of S2. The term can also refer to the second year of a university course. ..
Seconsett Island, Massachusetts
Seconsett Island is a census-designated place and part of the town of Mashpee in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the island had a total population of 81. Geography Seconsett Island is located at 41°34'0" North, 70°30'43" West (41.566734, -70.511950)[Geographic refere..
Secor, Illinois
Secor is a village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 379 at the 2000 census. Secor is a tiny community located just off of U.S. Highway 24 between El Paso and Eureka. Its name is unusual because it is the abbreviation of another nearby geographical entity: Secor stand..
Secord Township, Michigan
Secord Township is a township in Gladwin County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,140 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 60.6 km² (23.4 mi²). 58.2 km² (22.5 mi²) of it is land and 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²) o..
Secotioid
Secotioid mushrooms lack the geotropic orientation of the hymenophore, and basidiospores are not actively shot off, thus they are statismospores. Perhaps an intermediate stage between hymenomycetes and gasteromycetes where gasteromycetation has occurred. A population bottleneck effect may have been ..
Secoya people
The Secoya people (also known as Angotero, Encabellao) are an indigenous ethnic group living in the Ecuadorian Amazon or Oriente (est. population 297 (1987 Vickers)), and in Peru (est. population 144 (1982 SIL)). They speak the Secoya language, part of the Western Tuconoan group. They share territor..
Secqueville
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Secqueville-en-Bessin
Secqueville-en-Bessin is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14740. The INSEE code is 14670. Population: 368Area: 7.16 km²Altitude: 40 mCanton: Creully ..
Secrecy
Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from others. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controversial. Many people claim that, at least in some situations, it is better for everyone if everyone knows all the facts—there should be no secrets. Closely allied—..
Secrecy News
Secrecy News is a newsletter that attempts to document secrecy in the United States government. It is distributed by mailing list, and edited by Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists. It is published sporadically, generally once every two days to one week. [Secrecy News sit..
Secrecy of correspondence
The secrecy of correspondence ( German: , Swedish: , Finnish: ), or literally translated as secrecy of letters, is a fundamental legal principle enshrined in the constitutions of several European countries. It guarantees that the content of sealed letters is never revealed and letters in transit ar..
Secrest Arboretum
Secrest Arboretum (115 acres) is an arboretum located on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), at the intersection of Pine Road and Green Drive, Wooster, Ohio. It is open daily without charge and hosts an estimated 10,000 visitors each year. Secrest Arboretum ..
Secret, Strange & True
Secret, Strange, & True was a TV Show produced and aired by TechTV in 2003. Reruns were also aired on G4techTV in June 2004. The show documented stories that blurred the line defining fact from ficion. The stories usually had an emphasis on science and technology which included such things as U..
Secretaire en portefeuille
The Secretaire en portefeuille breaks all records for slimness in desks and perhaps even in all furniture. It is an antique desk form which is usually mounted on rollers at the end of four jutting legs. The legs in turn support what looks like an oversize vertically mounted wooden pizza box. This..
Secretarial pool
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Secretarial Review
At the time of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (IRA), Native American tribes were expected to write constitutions loosely resembling the United States Constitution. These IRA constitutions provided for a Tribal Council elected by the population and a chair person for the tribe; the chair pers..
Secretariat
Secretariat may refer to: A racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973, see Secretariat (horse) Organization:*In a Communist Party, a Secretariat is a key body that controls the central administration of the party, and if it is a ruling party, the country. It answers to the Politburo, which is usua..
Secretariat (horse)
Newsweek magazine cover, June 11, 1973 Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) was an American thoroughbred racehorse considered by many to be the greatest of all time. He was ranked No. 2 to Man O' War in the Top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century by Blood-Horse m..
Secretariat Building
Situated on Raisina Hill, New Delhi, India, the Secretariat Building is a set of two buildings on the opposite side of Rajpath that are home to some of the most important ministries of the Government of India. The Secretariat Building houses the following ministries: Ministry of Defence (MoD..
Secretariat News
Secretariat News or SecNews is a magazine published by the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General for Human Resources in New York. It is published by the Publishing Section of the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management. Source Secretariat News, Issue No. 1, 2005. ..
Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)
Mexico's Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Secretariat of National Defense) is one of the many members of the State Secretariat that help the President of Mexico run the country.[Mexico's Federal Organic Law of Public AdministrationLey Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal, Article..
Secretariat of State (Vatican)
The Secretariat of State is the oldest dicastery in the Roman Curia, the government of the Roman Catholic Church. It is headed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, and performs all the political and diplomatic functions of Vatican City and the Holy See. The Secretariat is divided into two sections, ..
Secretariat of the Caribbean Community
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community is the principal administrative organ for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and is headed by the Secretary General who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community. Mission Statement of the Secretariat: To provide dynamic leadership and service in pa..
Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee
The Secretariat of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会书记处 pinyin: Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Shūjìchù) is the permanent bureaucracy of the Communist Party of China and forms a parallel structure to state organiz..
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee
The Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee was a key body within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was responsible for the central administration of the party as opposed to drafting government policy which was usually handled by the Politburo. Its members were elected by the Communist P..
Secretariat of the European Parliament
The secretariat of the European Parliament is the administrative body of the European Parliament. It resides in Luxembourg. ..
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community or SPC is a regional intergovernmental organisation whose membership includes both nations and territories. It aims to "develop the technical, professional, scientific, research, planning and management capability of Pacific Island people and directly prov..
Secretariat of the Pan-African Parliament
In order to allow the Pan-African Parliament's functions to be carried out more smoothly and in a more streamlined fashion, it is assisted by a Secretariat. The Secretariat is composed of: A Clerk, the Clerk of the Pan-African Parliament is Murumba Werunga. Two Deputy Cleks, one of the Deputy Cle..
Secretariat Stakes
The Secretariat Stakes is a race for three-year-olds going a mile and a quarter on the Arlington Park turf. The race is the brother of both the Arlington Million and the Beverly D. Stakes. It is ran on the same day and the same course. In 2005 it was included in the Jacob investments Grand Slam of G..
Secretaría de Educación Pública
The Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) is an organ of the Mexican government concentred on basic education of public and private schools in Mexico. It was founded in 1922 by Álvaro Obregón, and its first director was José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and poet. ..
Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado
The Secretaría de Informaciones de Estado (Secretariat of State Informations) was an Argentine intelligence agency. Created in 1955 by National Executive Decree No. 776 of January 20 during the government of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, it was the predecessor of the Secretaría de Inteligencia de Estado..
Secretaría de Inteligencia
Secretaría de Inteligencia Creation: 1946 Secretary: Héctor Icazuriaga Subsecretary: Francisco Larcher Location: Ave. 25 de Mayo 11Buenos Aires Phone: 54 11 4340 2600 Secretaría de Inteligencia (Intelligence Secretariat, S.I) is the premier intelligence agency of the Argentine Republi..
Secretary
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. A secretary is an office and administrative support position. The title refers to a person who performs routine, administrative, or personal tasks for a superior. These office employees perform duties such as typing, computer processing, and scheduling for..
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) was appointed in 1990 by Elizabeth Hanford Dole, the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor. The commission was made up of twenty-five concerned businessmen and -women from varying locations. The SCANS' job was to examine t..
Secretary, Maryland
Secretary is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 503 at the 2000 census. Geography Secretary is located at [38°36′36″N, 75°56′56″W] (38.609886, -75.949006)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau,..
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
The CARICOM Secretariat is the principal administrative organ of the Community and is headed by a Secretary General who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Community. Mission Statement of the Secretariat: To provide dynamic leadership and service in partnership with Community Institutions and g..
Secretary-General of the European Commission
The Secretary-General of the European Commission is the senior civil servant of the European Commission. The Secretary-General, who is responsible to the President of the European Commission, is in charge of the various Directorates-General, headed by Directors-General. List of Secretaries-General ..
Secretary-General to the President
The Secretary-General to the President (called until 2005 the Secretary to the President) is the senior Irish civil servant who both fulfils four distinct roles vis-à-vis the presidency of Ireland. Under the Presidential Establishment Act, 1938 and subsequent legislation he or she is Áras an U..
Secretary (disambiguation)
Secretary can mean: Secretary, an administrative support workerSecretary (club), the head of a club's day-to-day administrationSecretary (film), a 2002 filmSecretary Bird, an African bird of preySecretary desk, a desk with a hinged surfaceSecretary of State, in several countries, a senior governmen..
Secretary (film)
Secretary DVD Secretary is a 2002 romantic black comedy film based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill. It was directed by Steven Shainberg and stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader. Contents 1 Plot2 Taglines3 References and further reading4 See als..
Secretary at War
The Secretary at War was a position with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the British military, but not over military policy. The Secretary at War ran the War Office. It was occasionally a cabinet level position, although it was considered of subordinate rank to the ..
Secretary Bird
The Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, is an extraordinary bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, this mostly terrestrial bird is usually found in the open grasslands and savannas of the sub-Sahara.Sinclair, I., Hockey, P., & Tarboton, J. (1993) Illustrated Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa...
Secretary desk
For other uses of "", see {{{1. A secretary desk is made of a base of wide drawers topped by a desk with a hinged desktop surface, which is in turn topped by a bookcase usually closed with a pair of doors, often made of glass. The whole is usually a single, tall and heavy piece of furniture, not m..
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
The Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology (Traditional Chinese: }) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for promoting the manufacturing, trade, commerce and technology sectors in Hong Kong and foster relations with players in these sectors. In recent years, manufacturing in Hong Kong..
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
The Secretary for Constitutional Affairs (Traditional Chinese: }) is the head of the Constitutional Affairs Bureau, which responsible for promoting the Basic Law, constitutional affairs and electoral development. List of office holders Stephen Lam (July 1 2002 - )Michael Suen (1997 - June 30 2002..
Secretary for Economic Development and Labour
The Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Traditional Chinese: }) is the head of the Economic Development and Labour Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for economic development and labour issues in Hong Kong. The position was created together with the introduction of ..
Secretary for Education and Manpower
The Secretary for Education and Manpower (Traditional Chinese: }) is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, and heads the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB). The position is politically appointed, and its term expire when the Chief Executive leaves office. The secretary is also a membe..
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Traditional Chinese: }), head of Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for the monitoring of financial services sector and maintaining the assets of the government. The position was created on Ju..
Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food (Traditional Chinese: }) is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, and heads the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB). The position is politically appointed, and its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office. The secretary is also a..
Secretary for Home Affairs
The Secretary for Home Affairs (Traditional Chinese: }) is the head of the Home Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services. List of office holders Donald LuddingtonDenis BrayMichael SuenDavid L..
Secretary for Home Affairs (India)
The Home Secretary, or more properly the Secretary for Home Affairs, is a position in the Ministry for Home Affairs in the Indian Cabinet. The Home Secretary works under the Home Minister and deals with the internal administration of the country, central police forces, domestic counter-intelligence,..
Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
The Hong Kong Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Traditional Chinese: }) is the head of the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau, which is responsible for urban planning policy, public housing and the management and selling of public lands. The position was created on July 1 2002, when the Pr..
Secretary for Justice
Secretary for Justice (Traditional Chinese: }) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. The Secretary for Justice heads the Department of Justice. The Secretary for Justice is the third in line, after the Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary, to..
Secretary for Mines
The position of Secretary for Mines is a now defunct office in the United Kingdom Government, associated with the Board of Trade. Responsibility for mines now lies with the Department of Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Secretaries for Mines 1920: William Bridg..
Secretary for Overseas Trade
The Secretary for Overseas Trade was a junior Ministerial position in the United Kingdom government from 1917 until 1953, subordinate to the President of the Board of Trade. Secretaries for Overseas Trade 1917: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland1919: Sir Hamar Greenwood1920: Frederick George Kellaway1921:..
Secretary for Scotland
The Secretary for Scotland was chief minister in charge of the Scottish Office in the United Kingdom government. The post of Secretary of State for Scotland existed briefly after the Union of the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England in 1707 till the Jacobite rising of 1745. After t..
Secretary for Security
The Secretary for Security (Traditional Chinese: }) is the member of the Hong Kong Government in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters. Since the Principal Officials Accountability System was adopted in 2002, the Secretary for Secur..
Secretary for the Civil Service
The Secretary for the Civil Service is responsible for the civil service in Hong Kong. Unlike other secretaries for bureaux, the Secretary for the Civil Service is filled by an administrative officer from the civil service, who may choose to return to the civil service when his term expires. Before ..
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
The Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Traditional Chinese: }), who heads the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for public works projects, transport related issues and environmental protection. The position was created in 2002 togeth..
Secretary General
A small number of international organizations and other bodies use the title secretary general or secretary-general for their chief administrative officer. Contents 0.1 International intergovernmental organizations0.2 International Amnesty International (AI) has a secretary general.Ang..
Secretary General Memoirs
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Secretary General of NATO
Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meeting George Bush on [March 20, 2006] The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is the chair of the North Atlantic Council, the supreme decision-making organisation of the defence alliance. The Secretary-General a..
Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Secretaries General of the Council of Europe: Terry Davis of the United Kingdom, in office since 1 September 2004Walter Schwimmer of Austria, 1 September 1999 to 31 August 2004Daniel Tarschys of Sweden, 1 June 1994 to 1 September 1999Catherine Lalumière of France, 1 June 1989 to 31 May 1994Marcel..
Secretary General of the Organization of American States
According to the Charter of the Organization of American States: The Secretary General shall direct the General Secretariat, be the legal representative thereof, and [...]'' be responsible to the General Assembly for the proper fulfillment of the obligations and functions of the General Se..
Secretary hand
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Secretary Island
Secretary Island is an island in southwestern New Zealand. it lies entirely within Fiordland National Park. Roughly triangular in shape, it lies between Doubtful Sound in the south and Thompson Sound in the north, with its west coast facing the Tasman Sea. Steeply sloped, it rises to nearly 1200 m..
Secretary Jenny
Secretary Jenny was the pseudonym for a supporting cast member for Lisa Hammer and Dame Darcy's Turn of the Century television show in the late '90s. Her roles included a Victorian wrestler. She now goes by the pseudonym Maude Swift. ..
Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development (Mexico)
In Mexico,The Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Development (Secretario de Comercio y Fomento Industrial) was the head of the extinct Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development (Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial or SECOFI) The last Secretary of Commerce and Industrial Developm..
Secretary of Defense James Heller
Secretary of Defence James Heller is a character in the TV Series 24 (TV series).He appeared in Season Four. The Kidnapping James Heller was kidnapped with his daughter Audrey Raines in the fourth series by Omar. Just as his execution was about to take place.Jack Bauer saved him. They went outside t..
Secretary of Economy (Mexico)
In Mexico the Secretary of Economy (Secretario de Economía) is the head of the Department of Economy (Secretaría de Economía or SE). The Secretary of Economy is a member of the federal executive cabinet appointed by the President of the United Mexican States. Until 2000 the name of the Deparme..
Secretary of Education (Mexico)
In Mexico, the Secretary of Education (formally, the Secretary of Public Education) is the head of the Secretariat of Public Education (in Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública, SEP). The secretary is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is chosen discretionally by the Mexican preside..
Secretary of Energy (Mexico)
The Secretary of Energy is the head of the Mexican Department of Energy (Spanish Secretaría de Energia or SENER) concerned as the name suggests, with energy production and regulation. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. The current Secretary of Energy is Fernando Canales Clarion..
Secretary of Finance (Mexico)
In Mexico The Secretary of Finance is the head of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público or SHCP). This position is analogous to the Secretary of the Treasury in the United States of America or to the Finance ministers in other nations. The curren..
Secretary of Fisheries (Mexico)
In Mexico the Secretary of Fisheries was the head of the extinct Mexican Secretariat of Fisheries (Secretaría de Pesca). The secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet. In 1994 President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León merged the Secretariat of Fisheries and the Secretariat of Environment ..
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)
In Mexico, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores) is a member of the federal executive cabinet. The secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic and heads the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores or SRE). The current Secreta..
Secretary of Labor (Mexico)
In Mexico the Secretary of Labor and Social Security is the head of the Mexican Department of Labor (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social or STPS). The Secretary is a member of the federal executive cabinet. The current Secretary of Labor is Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz. External links (..
Secretary of State
In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple Secretaries of State in the government. Contents 1 Canada2 France3 Belgium4 Germany5 Holy See6 Mexico7 The Netherla..
Secretary of State, Scotland
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Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)
Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) was a Sub-Cabinet Post in the Cabinet of Canada. The post was created in 1993 and abolished in 2003. A list of junior ministers: Raymond Chan 1993-2001Rey Pagtakhan 2001-2002David Kilgour 2002-2003 ..
Secretary of State (Canada)
From 1993 to 2003, the title of Secretary of State was given to officials in the Government of Canada. Secretaries of State were MPs who were members of the Ministry and the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and legally were Ministers of State but were styled as secretaries. Just as ministers of st..
Secretary of State (U.S. state government)
Secretary of State is an official in the state governments of 47 of the 50 states of the United States. In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, this official is called the Secretary of the Commonwealth. In the states of Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah, there is no Secretary of State; in those state..
Secretary of State (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, a Secretary of State is a Cabinet Minister in charge of a Government Department (though not all departments are headed by a Secretary of State, e.g. HM Treasury is headed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There is in theory only one office of Secretary of State, and legisla..
Secretary of State for Air
The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position, in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on January 10, 1919 to manage the Royal Air Force. On April 1, 1964 the Air Ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Defence and the position of Secretary of State for Air was abo..
Secretary of State for Canada
This article discusses the position in the Cabinet of Canada in existence from 1867 to 1996. For the generic usage of the title "Secretary of State" used during the Canadian Government's 26th Ministry (1993-2003), see Secretary of State (Canada) The position of Secretary of State for Canada was a ..
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs
The position of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs was created on August 1, 1966 by the merger of the old positions of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and Secretary of State for the Colonies. The position dealt with British relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nation..
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a British Cabinet office existing between 1947 and 1966, responsible for dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The position was created out of the old position of Secretary of State ..
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, formerly Minister of State for Communities and Local Government, is a Cabinet position currently within the UK's Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, formerly headed by John Prescott. The current holder of the post is Ruth Kelly. The pos..
Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs is a United Kingdom cabinet position. It was created in 2003, and was originally intended to supersede the office of Lord Chancellor, with the Lord Chancellor's Department renamed the Department for Constitutional Affairs. However, it now looks like..
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage, and took on its current title on July 14, 1997. Secretaries of St..
Secretary of State for Defence
The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. The post was created on 1 April 1964 and replaced the previous office of Minister of Defence. The former cabinet positions of First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State ..
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
The position of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was a British cabinet level position created in 1925 to deal with British relations with the Dominions — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland, and the Irish Free State. In 1947, the name of the office was changed to..
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Secretary of State for Economic Affairs was briefly an office of Her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom. It was established by Harold Wilson in October 1964. Wilson had been impressed by the six-weeks experiment of a Minister for Economic Affairs in 1947, an office occupied by Stafford C..
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills is the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government. A Committee of the Privy Council was appointed in 1839 to supervise the distribution of certain Government grants in the education field. The members of..
Secretary of State for Employment
The Secretary of State for Employment was a UK cabinet position. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions were split off this and transferred to the Secretary of State for Work and Pens..
Secretary of State for Energy
The Secretary of State for Energy was a UK cabinet position from 1974 to 1992. Secretaries of State for Energy Lord Carrington (January 8, 1974 - March 4, 1974)Eric Varley (March 5, 1974 - June 10, 1975)Tony Benn (June 10, 1975 - May 4, 1979)David Howell (May 5, 1979 - September 14, 1981)Nigel Law..
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK cabinet-level position in charge of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the successor to the positions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for the Environment. Margar..
Secretary of State for External Affairs (Canada)
Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs was, from 1909 to 1993, the member of the Cabinet of Canada responsible for overseeing the federal government's international relations and the former Department of External Affairs. The first two Secretaries of State for External Affairs from 1909 un..
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (commonly referred to as Foreign Secretary) is a member of the British Government responsible for relations with foreign countries, heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (often called simply the Foreign Office). The holder is a member..
Secretary of State for Health
Minister of Health redirects here. For the Canadian Minister of Health please see Minister of Health (Canada). Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health. The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated June 21, November 14, ..
Secretary of State for India
The office of Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was created in 1858 when India was brought under direct British rule (British Raj). It was the cabinet office responsible for the government of India. In 1935, the Burma Office was added; the same Secretary of State served both Department..
Secretary of State for International Development
In the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State for International Development is a Cabinet minister responsible for promoting development overseas and for the Department for International Development, particularly in the third world. The post was created in 1997 when the Department for International D..
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. History The office was created following the suspension, then abolition, of the home rule Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1972, following widespread civil str..
Secretary of State for Scotland
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). The post was first created in 1709 shortly after th..
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet official in charge of managing the various British colonies. The position was first created in 1768 to deal with the increasingly troublesome North American colonies. Previously those responsibilities had fallen to..
Secretary of State for the Environment
The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department for the Environment. It was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on October 15, 1970. Secretaries of..
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was a UK Cabinet position created in 1997, with responsibility for the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions. The position (and department) were created for John Prescott. Since 1995/96 the DETR have commissioned..
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782. Before 1782, the responsibilities of the two Secretaries of State were not divided up in terms of area of authority, but rather geographically. The Secreta..
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of United Kingdom up to 1782. Before 1782, the responsibilities of the two British Secretaries of State were divided not based on the principles of modern ministerial divisions, but geographically. T..
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretary of State is responsible for the Department for Trade and Industry. The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into a..
Secretary of State for Transport
The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors. The office used to be called the Minister of Transport, and has..
Secretary of State for Wales
The post of Secretary of State for Wales came into existence in October of 1964, the first incumbent being Jim Griffiths, MP for Llanelli. The position entailed responsibility for Wales and expenditure on certain public services was delegated from Westminster. In April of 1965 administration of We..
Secretary of State for War
The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first applied to Henry Dundas (appointed in 1794). In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The position was re-instated in 1854 and remained until 1 ..
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Department was created in 1801. In 1854 it was split into the separate offices of Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for the C..
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a position in the UK cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions. It was created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. John Hutton..
Secretary of State of Illinois
The Secretary of State of Illinois is the keeper of the official records, laws, and Great Seal of the U.S. state of Illinois. These duties have remained unchanged since Illinois became a state in 1818. In addition, the Secretary of State shall perform other duties that may be prescribed by law. B..
Secretary of State of New Hampshire
The department of the Secretary of State of New Hampshire is in charge of all elections within the state of New Hampshire, named after its director, New Hampshire's Secretary of State. Located down the hallway from the Governor's Office (Also known as the Corner Office) on the second floor of the ..
Secretary of State of Oklahoma
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Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
The Secretary of the Commonwealth is a member of the Cabinet of the Governor of Virginia in the United States. The office is currently held by Katherine Hanley. Contents 1 Duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth2 History3 Partial list of Secretaries of the Commonwealth4 E..
Secretary of the Democrats of the Left
Former Secretaries: Name Term Achille Occhetto (PDS) 1991-1994 Massimo D'Alema (PDS) 1994-1998 Walter Veltroni 1998-2001 Piero Fassino 2001-present ..
Secretary of the Fascism and Freedom Movement
Former Secretaries: Name Term Giorgio Pisanò 1991-1997 Giuseppe Martorana 1998-2001 Carlo Gariglio 2001-present ..
Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior may refer to: The United States Secretary of the InteriorThe Secretario de Gobernación Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you..
Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)
The Secretary of the Interior (formally Secretario de Gobernación) is the head of the Secretariat of the Interior of Mexico. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. This position was for long regarded as the pre-amble to the position of president, because several Secretaries of the..
Secretary of the Italian Christian Democracy
This is a list of national secretaries of the Italian Christian Democracy Name Term Alcide De Gasperi July 1944 - September 1946 Attilio Piccioni September 1946 - January 1949 Giuseppe Cappi January-June 1949 Paolo Emilio Taviani June 1949 - April 1950 Guido Gonella ..
Secretary of the Italian Communist Party
This is a list of national secretaries of the Italian Communist Party Name Term Amadeo Bordiga January 1921 - 1924 Antonio Gramsci 1924 - 1926 Palmiro Togliatti 1927 - August 1964 Luigi Longo August 1964 - March 1972 Enrico Berlinguer March 1972 - June 1984 Aless..
Secretary of the United States Senate
The Secretary of the Senate, an elected officer of the United States Senate, supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body. The first secretary was chosen on April 8, 1789, two days after the Senate achieved its first quorum for business. Fr..
Secretary of Tourism (Mexico)
In Mexico the Secretary of Tourism is the head of the Mexican department of Tourism (Secretaría de Turismo or SECTUR). The Secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic and is a member of the federal executive cabinet. The current Secretary of Tourism is Rodolfo Elizondo Torres Secr..
Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award
The Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award is a decoration of the United States Coast Guard which was issued from 1992 to 2003. The decoration is considered the highest unit award of the Coast Guard and is presented to those Coast Guard units which perform outstanding service to the C..
Secretary problem
In statistics and game theory, the secretary problem (also known as the marriage problem, the optimal stopping problem, the sultan's dowry problem or the fussy suitor problem) is a puzzle involving being presented sequentially with a known number of items of varying quality. The puzzle is to select..
Secretary to the Governor-General of Canada
The Secretary to the Governor-General is the head of the office of the Governor-General of Canada, and is based at Rideau Hall, Ottawa. The current Secretary is Barbara Uteck, appointed 2000 in succession to Judith LaRocque, CVO (1990-2000). ..
Secretary to the Treasury
This article is about various offices in the government of the United Kingdom. For the American cabinet post, see United States Secretary of the Treasury. In the United Kingdom, there are at least five Secretaries to the Treasury, officials officially acting as secretaries to the Treasury board. T..
Secretase
Secretases are enzymes that "snip" pieces off a longer protein that is embedded in the cell membrane. Among other roles in the cell, secretases act on the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to cleave the protein into three fragments. Sequential cleavage by β-secretase (BACE) and γ-secretase produces..
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Secretion
Secretion is the process of segregating, elaborating, and releasing chemicals from a cell, or a secreted chemical substance or amount of substance. Eukaryotic cells have a highly evolved process of secretion. Proteins targeted for the outside are synthesized by ribosomes docked to the rough endopla..
Secretion assay
Secretion assay is a process used in cell biology to identify cells that are secreting a particular protein (usually a cytokine). It was first developed by Manz et al in 1995. Usually, a cell that is secreting the protein of interest is isolated using an antibody-antibody complex that coats the cel..
Secretism
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]A post-post-modernism artistic movement defined by its rejection of typical terms of definition, Secretism has its roots in literature; however, its influence has since spread to all artistic disciplines. History Secretism arose in the early 2000's in British acad..
Secretiveness
Secretiveness is a phrenological faculty. Definition Secretiveness confers discretion and diplomacy, with reticence, with the urge to conceal and cover up. A strong Secretiveness stands for deceit, cheating, masking one's true disposition. A weak Secretiveness on the other hand stands for franknes..
Secretly
"Secretly" is a popular song. It was written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and Mark Markwell and published in 1958. The best-known recording of the song was done by Jimmie Rodgers, charting in 1958. ..
Secretly Canadian
Secretly Canadian is an American record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. It was started in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathon Cargill. Weddle later left and formed his own label, Family Vineyard. Chris Swanson also runs Jagjaguwar records with Darius Van Arman. The two la..
Secreto
Secreto (b c Northern Dancer - Betty's Secret (Secretariat)) was foaled on February 12 1981 and won the Epsom Derby in 1984. Owned by Luigi Miglietti and trained in Ireland by David O'Brien, he defeated the odds-on favourite El Gran Senor, trained by David's father Vincent O'Brien, at Epsom by a sho..
Secretory pathway
A secretory pathway is a term used to describe different methods that cells use to transport material to the outside, usually from the endoplasmic reticulum via the Golgi apparatus. There are two different pathways: constitutive and regulated. Constitutive In constitutive secretion, proteins are p..
Secretory protein
A secretory protein is any protein, whether it be endocrine or exocrine, which is secreted by a cell. Secretory proteins include many hormones and all enzymes. ..
Secrets
Secrets can mean several things: Secrets (album) an 1996 album by Toni BraxtonSecrets (film) a 1933 film starring Mary PickfordSecrets (band) a Virginia, United States fusion jazz bandSecrets (novel) a novel by Danielle SteelSecrets (play) an episode from the BBC Black and Blue (TV series). See als..
Secrets & Dreams
Secrets & Dreams is the fourth album released by cast members of Australian television series The Saddle Club released in April 2004. Both the album and the single "Undercover Movers & Shakers" have made the Australian charts in that month. The three previous albums by The Saddle Club have achieved ..
Secrets & Lays
Secrets & Lays is the seventeenth episode of season one of the television situation comedy Will & Grace. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Plot On what would have been Will's anniversary with Michael, Grace arranges a trip with Jack McFarland and Karen ..
Secrets & Lies
Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British film which tells the story of a successful black woman named Hortense Cumberbatch who, while tracing her family history, discovers that her mother, Cynthia Rose Purley, is a lower-class white woman. Cynthia's brother, Maurice Purley, is a photographer who is marrie..
Secrets (8 Simple Rules episode)
Rory is afraid to tell his mother about being beaten up by bullies, and so lies and says it was the locker which caused his face to be swollen. Rory fears that Principal Gibb may know who it was, and is embarrassed that people will find out it was a girl. Bridget's tennis coach still tries to get a ..
Secrets (album)
Secrets is the second album by R&B singer Toni Braxton released in 1996. The executive producers were Antonio "L.A." Reid, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Toni Braxton. Track listing "Come On Over Here" (3:36)"You're Makin Me High" (4:27)"There's No Me Without You" (4:19)"Un-Break My Heart" (4:3..
Secrets (band)
Secrets was a fusion jazz band formed out of Richmond, VA, which featured many of the area's prominent artists. Contents 1 History2 Members3 Discography4 External links History Members Former Members: Dane Bryant - KeyboardsButch Taylor - KeyboardsKeith Horne - BassSteve Wil..
Secrets (Ben 10 episode)
"Secrets" is the thirteenth episode and first-season finale for the American animated television series Ben 10, which premiered on March 25, 2006. Contents 1 Summary2 Recap3 Previous episode4 Next episode4.1 See also Summary Now that Vilgax's injuries are healed, he dec..
Secrets (film)
Secrets is a 1933 film starring Mary Pickford in her last role. ..
Secrets (Headhunters album)
Secrets is a 1976 jazz-funk fusion album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock, with his Headhunters band. The album clearly followed from its predecessor Man-Child. As ever, Paul Jackson's basslines were critical, and the other regular member Bennie Maupin continued to provide most of the solos alo..
Secrets (Opshop song)
"Secrets" is the second single by New Zealand rock group, Opshop released in 2003. Song information Track Listings SecretsNothing Can WaitSecrets (Video)Nothing Can Wait (Video) ..
Secrets (play)
Secrets is a one-hour 1973 BBC Television play by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, starring Warren Mitchell as the owner of a chocolate factory. The play was part of a series called Black and Blue, which featured black and blue (saucy) comedy. Story [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot an..
Secrets (Stargate SG-1)
"Secrets" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } The one year anniversary of SG-1's departure from Abydos has arrived, and Daniel Jackson requests to go back to Abydos as he promised (though without his wif..
Secrets and Guys (Charmed episode)
Contents 1 General information2 Synopsis3 Book of Shadows3.1 Allies3.2 Spells4 Guest stars5 Trivia6 International titles General information Episode of the popular U.S. television series, CharmedEpisode Number: 14Season: 1Production Code: 4398013First Air..
Secrets and Lies
Secrets and Lies may refer to the following: Secrets and Lies, a book by Bruce Schneier.Secrets and Lies, a book by Nicky HagarSecrets & Lies, a film. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you ..
Secrets and Lies (Hagar)
Secrets and Lies is a 1999 book by Nicky Hager and Bob Burton. The book documents the public relations information put out by Timberlands West Coast in order to win public support for logging of native forests on the West Coast of New Zealand. Publication Secrets and Lies ISBN 0908802579 ..
Secrets and Lies (Schneier)
Secrets and Lies (ISBN 0471453803) is a non-fiction book by Bruce Schneier about cryptography, security and espionage. It was published in 2000 by John Wiley & Sons. The book takes a business-oriented view of the problems inherent in the increasingly pervasive use of computers in daily business l..
Secrets Can Kill (computer game)
Secrets Can Kill was the first computer game in the popular Nancy Drew computer game series. This game the first of the five Nancy Drew game developed by Dream Catcher and Her Interactive. (The others were made solely by Her Interactive.) Secrets Can Kill puts you in the shoes of popular detective N..
Secrets in the Fire
Secrets in the Fire is a novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell. It was published in 1995 and was translated into English by Anne Connie Stuksrud. plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. It is the wise old woman of the village who teaches young..
Secrets of a Small Town
A series in which the mysterious murder of a teenage girl and the disappearance of her sister shake up a small town. It stars Denise Richards, John Terry and Angie Harmon. It will air on ABC beginning in the Fall of 2006. External links [] at TV.com ..
Secrets of a Successful Marriage
"Secrets of a Successful Marriage" is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons' fifth season. Homer teaches an adult education class on how to have a successful marriage. But to keep his students interested he has to tell personal secrets about Marge. Contents 1 Synopsis2 References3 Memo..
Secrets of Ishbal (Fullmetal Alchemist episode)
Secrets of Ishbal (Japanese: 「東方内戦」 - Touhou Naisen) is episode 39 of the Fullmetal Alchemist TV series originally aired 2004-07-10. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Colonel Mustang is dismayed to discover that Zolf Kimbley has been reins..
Secrets of Life
Secrets of Life.... what are they.... just take a deep Breath and answer what you know. it is a great idea to talk about and discover what is the behind the unknown.... when we come closer... we will reach the wisdom. state your openion..... emohkam ..
Secrets of Mirage
Secrets of Mirage (commonly referred to as SoM) is a massive online role playing computer game created by Scorpio, a programmer. Originally created through the Playerworlds software, SoM was revamped when Scorpio began building his own custom engine named SoMX. After Mirage Source was released, he c..
Secrets of the Beehive
David Sylvian's third solo album. Released in 1987. Produced by Steve Nye and David Sylvian. Features Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Torn, Mark Isham and Steve Jansen among others. Track listing SeptemberThe Boy with the GunMariaOrpheusThe Devil's OwnWhen the Poets Dreamed of AngelsMother and ChildLet t..
Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House
Secrets of the Cryptkeeper’s Haunted House is a Saturday-morning game show that ran on CBS. It featured the Cryptkeeper of Tales from the Crypt (with John Kassir as the voice) now serving as an announcer. Game summary Two teams of kids, each wearing a different color shirt, competed in five even..
Secrets of the I Ching
Secrets of the I Ching is the 1983 independent debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. Album cover Track listing "Grey Victory""Poor de Chirico""Death of Manolete""Tension""Daktari""Pit Viper""Katrina's Fair""The Latin One""National Education Week""My Mother the War" The above tracklisting is for the o..
Secrets of the Jedi
Secrets of the Jedi is a book about certain Jedi's forbidden love interests, particularly Obi-Wan Kenobi's interest in female Jedi Siri Tachi. This book also mentions the love between Jedi Qui Gon Jinn and Tahl. , as well as the love between Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala. Summary To be a Jed..
Secrets of the Morning
This novel was written by V.C. Andrews in 1991. It is the second novel in the Cutler Series. External links [The Complete VC Andrews]..
Secrets of the Soul
"Secrets of the Soul" is an episode from the fifth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Contents 1 Plot synopsis2 Arc significance3 Production details4 Trivia5 External link Plot synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or e..
Secrets of the south
The “Secrets of the South” is a documentary forcusing on the inside look into the hip-hop culture. The interview is a one on one interview between someone and the interviewee. The documentary main focus is to present to the people an inside look into the hip-hop culture. Previous Interviewees ..
Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories
Secrets Revealed – DNA Stories is SMG TV Productions’ major new, unique documentary series for ITV1. --> Presented by Lorraine Kelly, Secrets Revealed – DNA Stories is based around the fascinating subject of DNA testing and is designed to solve individuals’ DNA dilemmas. No longer just th..
Secretum
Latin language, secret. See: Secretum (book)Secretum (room) at the British Museum 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...
Secretum (book)
Secretum (translated as The Secret or My Secret Book) is a trilogy of dialogues in Latin written by Petrarch around 1345, in which he examines his faith with the help of Augustine, and "in the presence of The Lady Truth". Secretum was not circulated until some time after Petrarch's death, and was p..
Secretum (British Museum)
The Secretum is a name given to Cupboard 55 in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British Museum, London. Inaccessible by the public, it has a reputation as a repository for exhibits of an erotic nature. Though claiming to be from ancient cultures, many of the objects are Vict..
Secretum Philosophorum
The Secretum Philosophorum is a 14th century text used by magicians and court jesters. It outlines various tricks and alchemical process to entertain and deceive an audience. ..
Secretum Secretorum
Two charts for determining whether a person will live or die based on the numerical value of the patient's name. From copy of a portion of Kitab Sirr al-asrar Secretum secretorum is a medieval treatise also known as Secret of Secrets, or The Book of the Secret of Secrets, or in Arabic Kitab s..
Secret "X"
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. Secret "X" is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting in 1977, this t..
Secret (album)
The correct title of this } is }}}. The initial letter is capitalized due to [Naming conventions #Lower case first lettertechnical restrictions]. secret is the fourth studio album released by Japanese R&B singer Kumi Koda, released on February, 2005. The album was released in four differe..
Secret (comics)
Secret (Greta Hayes) is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics universe. Fictional Biography Secret first appeared in a one-shot comic, part of the "Girlfrenzy" fifth week event, by Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck called Young Justice: The Secret, in which Robin, Impulse, and Superboy he..
Secret (liturgy)
The Secret (Latin: Secreta, oratio secreta) is the prayer said in a low voice by the celebrant at the end of the Offertory in the Mass. It is the original and for a long time was the only offertory prayer. It is said in a low voice merely because it was said at the same time the choir sang the Offer..
Secret (Madonna song)
Secret was the first single taken from Madonna's 1994 album Bedtime Stories. It was released in September 1994. Contents 1 Song2 Production3 Music Video4 Tracklisting and formats5 Chart performance6 US Chart Run7 Internet Promotion8 References Song The s..
Secret (Take You Home)
"Secret (Take You Home)" is an pop song written by a collection of songwriters for Minogue's ninth studio album Body Language (2003). The song was produced a promotional single release in the beginning of 2004 in Taiwan. The song features a sample of the song "I Wonder if I Take You Home" by Lisa L..
Secret (TV series)
Secret is a South Korean television drama produced by the MBC in 2000. It was first broadcasted in South Korea from September 2000 to November 2000. It has a total of 18 episodes. Contents 1 Synopsis1.1 Episode 1-101.2 Episode 11-141.3 Episode 15-161.4 Episode 17-182&nb..
Secret Admirer
Secret Admirer is comedy film directed by David Greenwalt, released in 1985. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston and Fred Ward. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Teen, Love Story, Sex Contents 1 Short Movie Info:2 Synopsis3 Comments:4 External links Short Movie..
Secret Affair
Secret Affair was a Mod revival band, formed in 1978. In a period of a little over two years, they posted five releases in the UK singles chart, and released three Albums. Contents 1 Band members2 ..
Secret Agent
This article relates to the 1936 film. For other uses, see Secret agent (disambiguation) Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young Gielgud plays a British ..
Secret Agent (1947 film)
Secret Agent (Russian: ) is a 1947 Soviet spy film directed by Boris Barnet based on a novel The deed remains unknown (Russian: ) by Mikhail Maklyarsky with Pavel Kadochnikov in the leading role. Film also known as Secret Mission, Secrets of Counter-Espionage, The Scout's Exploit. It was the first..
Secret Agent (album)
Secret Agent is an album by Chick Corea recorded and released in 1978. This album is one of three that Corea released in 1978, along with The Mad Hatter and Friends in what was called an "almost impossibly active year"[All About Jazz album review] John Kellman. 1978 also featured the..
Secret Agent (computer game)
Secret Agent is a video game written and published by Apogee Software. Like most Apogee games, this game was released in three episodes (referred to as missions), the first one being shareware. The missions are called The Hunt for Red Rock Rover, Kill Again Island, and Dr. No Body. Secret Agent u..
Secret agent (disambiguation)
Secret agent may refer to: A spy.Secret agents in fiction.Secret Agent, a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Secret Agent (1947 film), a film directed by Boris Barnet.The Secret Agent, novel by Joseph Conrad.Secret Agent, computer game written by Apogee Software.The Hardy Boys #46, The Secret Agent o..
Secret Agent Grandma
Secret Agent Grandma is the 16th book released in the spin-off series Give Yourself Goosebumps. It was released in April of 1997 on Scholastic Press. The book has a strange plot as many of the books in this series do. You have to meet your Grandma at the train station but there are two Grandmas. Th..
Secret Agent Man
Secret Agent Man may refer to: "Secret Agent Man (song)", a song by Johnny Rivers, used as the theme song to the British television program Secret Agent (aka Danger Man) when it was broadcast in the United StatesSecret Agent Man (TV show), American name for 1960s television British spy series known..
Secret Agent of Terra
Secret Agent of Terra is a 1962 science fiction novel by John Brunner. It is the first book of the Zarathustra Refugee Planets series. The other books are Castaways' World (1963) and The Repairmen of Cyclops (1965). Secret Agent of Terra was first published as Ace Double F-133, with The Rim of Spa..
Secret Agent Steve
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Secret Agent X-9
Secret Agent X-9 was a comic strip begun by writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and artist Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon). Syndicated by King Features, it ran from January 22, 1934 until February 10, 1996. The strip was something of a combination of a secret agent and private eye adventure..
Secret Army
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. The Secret Army was an army of an estimated 30,000 Hmong tribesmen, trained by the United States CIA and commanded by Hmong General Vang Pao, which fought for the Royal Lao Government against Communist Pathet Lao forces in the Secret War. After the war the C..
Secret Army (disambiguation)
Secret Army could refer to one of the following: Secret Army was the Laotian Army that fought for the CIA and Communist forces in the Secret War in the Second Indochina War.Secret Army was a BBC drama series about a resistance group in Brussels during World War II. This is a [disambiguationdis..
Secret Army (TV series)
Secret Army was a BBC television drama series created by Gerard Glaister that ran for three series from September 7, 1977 to December 15, 1979. Contents 1 The series2 Trivia3 Cast4 DVD release5 See also6 External links The series [Spoiler warningSpoiler warni..
Secret Art
The Secret Art is effectively "magic" in Ian Irvine's fictional cycle of series of books: The Three Worlds. It is sometimes referred to as the Art. Use in the View From the Mirror In The View From The Mirror, mancers (practitioners of the Secret Art) instinctively draw power from an unknown source..
Secret Asian Man
Secret Asian Man is a comic strip written and drawn by Tak Toyoshima and published in Weekly Dig and on the internet. It has appeared weekly since 2003 and covers the author's biography and Asian American issues. According to in-comic criticism, the comic strip is considered too racially-centere..
Secret ballot
Elections This series is part ofthe Politics series PsephologyElectoral systemsCriticisms of electoralismElectoral fraudGeneral electionLocal electionBy-electionFixed-term electionIndirect electionSecret ballotSuffragePluralismElections by countryElections by dateReferendumRedistrictingGerryma..
Secret Ballot Protection Act
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Secret Belgian binding
The secret Belgian binding is a method of bookbinding that uses an exposed sewing to bind a textblock to the cover boards and spine. The sewing goes through holes on the cover boards and the spine is held in place only by the thread passing over and under it. It creates an interesting effect on the..
Secret Beyond the Door...
Secret Beyond the Door... is a 1948 psychological thriller directed by Fritz Lang. The black-and-white film noir drama is about a woman who suspects her new rich architect husband has plans to eventually kill her. Cast Joan Bennett as Celia LamphereMichael Redgrave as Mark LamphereAnne Revere as..
Secret Board of Shadowy Figures
The Secret Board of Shadowy Figures is a group of fictional animated characters on Clone High. The organization's self-referential name is part of its parody of various secret government organizations such as the CIA, NSA, and Secret Service, as well as such fictional organizations as S.P.E.C.T.R..
Secret broadcast
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. A secret broadcast is, simply put, a broadcast that is not for the consumption of the general public. The invent..
Secret Central
Secret Central is not a show, book, or game, but a series of toys created by Hasbro. There is also the website about the product, called [secretcentral.com.] It shows the characters and several short videos. Secret Central has a variety of characters, such as Ashley Adams or Tess Taylor...
Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony is a 1968 film, produced in Britain and released by Universal Pictures. It stars Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum, Pamela Brown, and Peggy Ashcroft. Joseph Losey directed, from a script by George Tabori. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or endin..
Secret character
A secret character (not to be confused with an unseen character) is a playable character in a video game that can only be played by completing some task in the game. Secret characters are more common in fighting games, which are fundamentally based around a set of different characters. However, the..
Secret Chiefs
''This article is about The Secret Chiefs in occultism, for the music band, see Secret Chiefs 3. The Secret Chiefs are said to be transcendent cosmic authorities responsible for the operation and moral calibre of the cosmos, or for overseeing the operations of an esoteric organization that manifest..
Secret Chiefs 3
''This article is about a band called Secret Chiefs 3; for the use of the term in occultism, see Secret Chiefs. The Secret Chiefs 3 are a revolving band hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area. Led by former Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance, the Secret Chiefs 3 perform a wide range of musical st..
Secret Circular of the Brahmin Samaj of Balaghat
Part of a onHinduism This box: [ view] • [ talk] • [ edit] This circular supposedly by the "Brahmin Samaj" (i.e. the Brahmin community) of "Balaghat", has been widely circulated by several anti-brahminical forces in several regions of India. Its circulation has ..
Secret City Saga
Secret City Saga is a concept and collection of various comic book titles created by influentual writer-artist Jack Kirby, and published by the short-lived Topps Comics, an off-shoot of the popular Topps Trading Card company. Beginning in April of 1993, the Secret City Saga books consisted of 3 f..
Secret combination (Mormonism)
In the Latter Day Saint scriptures, including the Bible, Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price, a secret combination is an evil fraternal organization which exists for the purpose of the economic and political advancement of its members at the expense of righteou..
Secret Communications
Secret Communications was a radio broadcasting company formed by the April 1994 merger of Booth American Comapay and Broadcast Alchemy. The firm was headed by venture capitalist Frank Wood, who said the name "Secret" was created as a joke, and was eventually acquired by Jacor, and eventually, Clear ..
Secret Cutting
Secret Cutting is a Made-for-TV movie directed by Norma Bailey, starring Kimberlee Peterson and Rhea Perlman, about a self-injurer teenager, focusing on and her relation with family, friend and acquaintances. Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow..
Secret decoder ring
A secret decoder was an inexpensive toy popular among young children during from 1930s through rest of the 20th century. It was occasionally included as a toy prize in boxes of breakfast cereal and snack foods, such as Cracker Jack. Usually, as radio premiums, a proof of purchase (boxtop, label, o..
Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer was a UPN half-hour sitcom shown in 1998. It was likely influenced by the British show Blackadder, and similarly features famous and revered figures of history portrayed in a lesser light. Before it was ever shown the series set off a storm of controversy because..
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire is an album produced by Jim Steinman, with Bonnie Tyler as the main performer. It features four songs written and composed by Steinman. It also features the duet "Loving You's A Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)" with Todd Rundgren. See also Faster Than the Spe..
Secret du Roi
During over twenty years, Louis XV split his diplomacy into official and secret channels. The secret channels became collectively known as the King's Secret (Secret du Roi in French). It actually outlived its creator and some of its agents were involved in bringing France (and its allies) into the ..
Secret Fire
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Secret Force
Secret Force is a famous [[Magic: The Gathering]] Midgame deck designed, named, and championed by writer Jamie Wakefield. It's centerpiece cards are [Natural Order] and [Verdant Force] in order to quickly gain creature dominance on the board. The card [Gaea's Cradle] ca..
Secret Garden
This article refers to the Irish-Norwegian duo named Secret Garden. For other uses of the term Secret Garden, see Secret Garden (Disambiguation). Secret Garden Secret Garden is an Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also understood by some as Neo-classical music. It features..
Secret Garden (Big Brother)
This article refers to the secret room used in Big Brother UK series 6. For other uses of the term Secret Garden, see Secret Garden (Disambiguation). The Secret Garden was a secret room used in the sixth UK series of Big Brother. It was first used on Day 29, when Big Brother contestants Kinga Karol..
Secret Garden (disambiguation)
Secret Garden can refer to: The Secret Garden (musical)Secret Garden, an Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental MusicA song by Bruce SpringsteenA song by T'PauA song by GacktThe Secret Garden, a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and several television adaptations of the same story.The Secret ..
Secret Garden Party
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Secret Gospel of Mark
The Secret Gospel of Mark refers to a non-canonical gospel which is the subject of the Mar Saba letter, a previously unknown letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria which Morton Smith claimed to have found transcribed into the endpapers of a 17th century printed edition of Ignatius. The authentic..
Secret government
Secret government may refer to: Shadow governmentUnderground government redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Secret Group of Al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe
The Secret Group of Al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe is a radical Islamist terrorist group first brought to prominence with their claim of carrying out of the July 7 terrorist bombings of London. ..
Secret handshake
A secret handshake is a series of hand gestures that indicate loyalty to a club, clique, or subculture. The purpose of the secret handshake is to identify exclusive group members, and consequently to prevent inclusion of outsiders. Also, the element of secrecy provides the necessity of loyalty to ..
Secret Harbour, Western Australia
Secret Harbour is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Rockingham. Its postcode is 6173. Suburbs of the City of Rockingham Baldivis | Cooloongup | East Rockingham | Golden Bay | Hillman | Karnup | Peron | Port Kennedy | Rockingham | Safety Bay | Secret Harbour | Sh..
Secret history
A secret history (or shadow history) is a version of history that is at odds with commonly accepted historical events and which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed or forgotten. Originally secret histories were designed as non-fictional, revealing what is portrayed as the truth behind th..
Secret Honor
Secret Honor is a 1984 film written by Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, and directed by Robert Altman and starring Philip Baker Hall as former president Richard M. Nixon, a fictional account attempting to gain insight into Nixon's personality, life, attitudes and behavior. Plot [Spoiler warni..
Secret House against the World
Secret House Against The World is an album by Buck 65 released in July 2005. With this album, Buck 65 explores an eclectic mix of styles other than hip-hop, with genre-bending tracks such as "Rough House Blues" (a jazz meets folk meets hip hop extravaganza), "Blanc-Bec" (a hard rock number) and "..
Secret identity
For other uses of this term, please see Secret identity (disambiguation). A secret identity is the practice of hiding a person's identity so the actual identity of the person is not known or suspected. Legal uses of secret identity include people placed under witness protection programs to protect..
Secret identity (disambiguation)
Secret identity may mean: Secret identity, an alternate persona used to conceal a person's true identity, often associated with fictional characters such as superheroesSecret Identity, a 2006 novel based on the television series LostMy Secret Identity, a 1980s television series about a teenage supe..
Secret ingredient
A secret ingredient is a component of a product that is closely guarded from public disclosure for competitive advantage. Sometimes the ingredient makes a noticeable difference in the way a product performs, looks or tastes; other times it is used for advertising puffery. Companies can go to elabo..
Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service or simply Six, is the United Kingdom's external security agency. Insiders sometimes refer to it as box 850 which comes from its old postal box number. SIS is resp..
Secret Level
Secret Level is a game developer. They worked on [[America's Army: Rise of a Soldier]] released in 2005 for Xbox and PlayStation 2. They also worked on [[Final Fight: Streetwise]] (XBox Port) and Karaoke Revolution. External links [SecretLevel.com] ..
Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre
Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre is an album by Harpers Bizarre. Track listing "Look to the Rainbow" (E.Y. Harburg/Burton Lane)"Battle of New Orleans" (Jimmy Driftwood)"When I Was a Cowboy" (Fricker/Tyson)"Interlude""Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown/Green/Homer)"Las Mananitas""Medley: Bye, Bye, Bye" ..
Secret Love
"Secret Love" is a popular song, written in 1953. The music was written by Sammy Fain, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was first performed in the film Calamity Jane by Doris Day, and received an Academy Award for Best Song in a Movie. Doris Day also recorded the best-selling record of the s..
Secret Lovers
Secret Lovers was the third single from As the Band Turns, the sixth album from R&B group, Atlantic Starr. The song was an American Top 10 success, reaching number 3 on the Billboard charts. See also [AMG All Music Guide] ..
Secret Love (Lorrie Morgan album)
Secret Love is an album by Lorrie Morgan released in 1998. It shows her expanding her sound from typical country fare to include lush orchestral production. She dedicated this album to her late father. It peaked at #36 on the Billboard Country Album chart. None of the singles from the album ma..
Secret Maryo Chronicles
Secret Maryo Chronicles is an open source side scrolling platformer. It is essentially a fan-made Super Mario Brothers clone (a mix between the Super Mario Bros. series and Super Mario World), complete with many elements of the SNES and NES platformers. The game is currently in a semi final stage, a..
Secret Messages
Secret Messages is an album by Electric Light Orchestra. It was released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The album was originally planned to be a double album, but due to ELO's declining commercial success, their record company decided that a two-LP set would be too expensive. Some of the material f..
Secret Mommy
Secret Mommy is the Glitch-pop alias of musician and artist Andy Dixon. Beginning in 2003, during the final months of his full band The Red Light Sting, Dixon began cutting sounds he recorded himself into shreds of their former selves. Despite sometimes being seen somewhat as novelty music, Secret..
Secret Museum, Naples
The term Secret Museum or Secret Cabinet (Gabinetto Segreto) principally refers to the collection of erotic or sexually explicit finds from Pompeii, held in separate galleries in the Naples National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy, the former Museo Borbonico. There have also been secret rooms i..
Secret Name
Secret Name is the fourth album by Duluth, Minnesota slowcore group Low. Track listing I RememberStarfireTwo-StepWeight of WalterMissouriDon't UnderstandSoonImmuneLion/LambDays of...Will the NightHome ..
Secret Obsessions
Secret Obsessions focuses on the glamorous, yet sometimes brutally ruthless fashion industry, in which greed, lust and blind ambition surround a violent corporate takeover of the business's hottest company, breaking careers and hearts. The show stars Bo Derek, Morgan Fairchild, Natalie Marti..
Secret of Cerulean Sand
|} is a 26-episode anime TV series. It is about Jane Buxton, a 15-year-old English girl, a visionary ahead of her time who dreams of building a flying machine. The series documents her journey through the Near East to find her brother. It is set in the late 19th century where impossible technolog..