Acuminatus may refer to:*Actinostrobus acuminatus: a type of tree*Brachychiton acuminatus: a type of tree*Carassioides acuminatus*Catasigerpes acuminatus: a type of praying mantis*Charaxes acuminatus*Clinus acuminatus: a type of fish*Cotoneaster acuminatus*Cyperus acuminatus*Dyso...
An acupressure mat, is a self-applied acupuncture device commonly made of a foam mattress covered in cotton sacking and embedded with hard plastic disks containing protruding spikes.HistoryThe modern acupressure mat was developed in Sweden, with origins in the yoga community. In ...
Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis virus is a highly contagious picornavirus. The virus is in the family Picornaviridae and causes acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis . Coxsackievirus A24 (CA24) and enterovirus 70 (EV70) have also been linked as the causative agents of acute hemorrhag...
ACX (Audiobook Creation Exchange) is a marketplace for professional narrators, authors, agents, publishers and rights holders to connect and create audiobooks. ACX was launched by Audible.com on May 12, 2011.OverviewACX is owned and operated by Audible, Inc., an Amazon company. A...
Ad Astra Games produces boardgames and miniatures wargames. It was founded in 2001 by Ken Burnside and its first products were tee-shirts. From 2006 to 2014, Ad Astra Games was an imprint of Final Sword Productions, but it is now an independent company. Ad Astra's products are al...
Ad Astra Radio is an Internet streaming audio channel providing talk programming on science fiction entertainment. It also serves as a digital content provider for radio stations worldwide if they choose to take the feed. Ad Astra Radio provides pre-recorded talk format programmi...
AD Boyz is a musical band of two brothers, Aditya Sharma and Diwakar Sharma, who sings and composes music for Bollywood movies. The band also has the third member, Shammi, who writes lyrics for the band's songs. Based in Mumbai, the Indian origin band is credited to have given ch...
An ad feminam is an ad hominem attack, used in attempt to defeat a woman's argument. An example would be the response "Is it your time of the month?" to a woman making an argument. The term is most frequently used in this sense in feminist philosophy, to note systemic tendencies ...
Also known as Taxertising.It is the event in which a tax payer receives a tax deduction for which the tax payer instead receives a monetary gift card that must be used. A tax payer would receive a gift card promoting a store in which they can use the gift card. This advertises th...
AD Vid-Notes is a special feature on recent ADV Films DVD releases which provides pop-up glosses or running notes on assorted cultural references throughout an anime. The format is similar to that of VH1's Pop-Up Video. They are essentially quick tips on the subtext of another cu...
History Origins AD Village LLC was founded in San Francisco, California in August 2008 by Marissa Louie and Duc Haba, a founder of Viant Inc.It is is the parent company of AD-Village.com, an Internet-based website that provides ad management software as a service (SaaS). About AD...
This article on ADA Human Rights Litigation in the United States covers litigation concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and ADA Amendments Act of 2008.U.S. Supreme CourtIn 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear two ADA cases. The Supreme Court denied a wri...
Ada of Holland (c. 1163-1205) was the daughter of Floris III, Count of Holland and his wife Ada of Huntingdon. She was the sister of Dirk VII, Count of Holland and William I, Count of Holland. In 1176 she married Otto I of Brandenburg, becoming Margravine of Brandenburg until his...
Adalberto Batista Garcia (born 31 August 1967) is a Brazilian long-distance runner. He competed in the at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Garcia was born in Indiaporã, São Paulo, Brazil. A friend convinced him to start running at age 17. He trained under the Smel Rio Preto / Brasil Tele...
Adam Agee, is the lead singer and guitarist of Christian band, Stellar Kart. All members of the group are Christians who find trouble dedicating themselves to God at times, although they very much want to, which is explained in their single "Spending Time" which he wrot...
Adam Ahmed is a Darfuri author, born in the village of Dissa in North Darfur; his date of birth in unknown and estimated sometime between the years 1979 and 1981. Ahmed writes about Darfuri culture and the life in the countryside of Darfur before the war, about the genocide in Da...
Adam Amin (born December 19, 1986) is a television and radio sportscaster with ESPN and Sports USA Radio Network.Broadcasting careerAmin began his professional career at KUOO and KUQQ in Spirit Lake, Iowa, serving as sports director and host of a morning talk show. After less tha...
Adam Arnold (born April 5, 1981) is an American comic book creator. His works include the OEL manga/webcomic Aoi House and the supernatural comedy series spinoffs Vampire Cheerleaders and Paranormal Mystery Squad.CareerArnold started his career by co-creating the long-running mon...
Adam Atkinson is an Eastern Canadian born comic book writer/creator. Based out of Moncton, New Brunswick, he has worked on titles such as Psychosis (self-published), Lost Along The Way (in works), Darkest Days (in works), Unknown (in works), and the upcoming title Final Memories ...
Adam B. Sefkow is an American physicist, academic, and researcher specializing in high-energy density physics, inertial confinement fusion and laser-plasma interactions. He is an assistant professor at the University of Rochester as well as a senior scientist at the Laboratory fo...