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Gundam The 08th MS Team
Universal Century 0079 - In the middle of the One Year War, Ensign Shiro Amada is transferred to South East Asia to command Kojima Batallion's 08th MS Team, a small army of soldiers piloting RX-79G Gundam Ground type units. During the skirmishes in the jungle, he confronts ace Zeon pilot Norris Packard and falls in love with Aina Sahalin, a pilot involved in testing Zeon's top-secret mobile armor. This relationship between Ensign Amada & Sahalin leads to the Federation doubting their trust in Shiro. Now Shiro must prove his loyalty on the battleground or die a traitor through the eyes of the Federation.
Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team is a 12 episode Gundam OVA series. It aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami in the U.S. during 2001.
Gundam The 08th MS Team by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 9, 2010
Umayyad Dynasty
The Umayyad Dynasty was the first Muslim dynasty. The Umayyad house was one of the major clans of the Quraysh tribe. Technically, Uthman, the third "Righteous Caliph", was the first Umayyad caliph. During his tenure (644-655), he appointed members of his clan to various posts; in particular, Muawiya b. Abi Sufyan was given the governorship of Syria. Upon the accession of Ali to the caliphate, Muawiya refused to pay him allegience, and in 658 the Syrians acknowledged Muawiya as caliph. That same year he gained control of Egypt; following Ali's death in 661, he subdued Iraq and then formally established himself as caliph. The first line of Umayyads were the Sufyanids (descendants of Abu Sufyan) who ruled from 661- 684. Under Muawiya (661-680) the capital of the Muslim empire was transferred to Damascus. He is credited with raising a highly-trained army of Syrian soldiers which was used to expand Muslim authority east into Khorasan and west into North Africa. Muawiya also led excursions into Anatolia beginning in 672 which culminated in an unsuccessful three-year seige of Constantinople (674-677). He retained the administrative structures left by the Byzantines and Persians but consolidated his authority by appointing kinsmen to key posts. Before his death, Muawiya secured allegiance to his son, Yazid, thus introducing dynastic succession to Muslim rule.
Umayyad Dynasty by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 9, 2010
Definition Targeting
When someone targets one of your definitions and keeps giving you thumbs down everyday just to be a prick.
Dude someone is definition targeting one of my entries! Fuck! I went through all this trouble to get it approved by those fucking urbandictionary editors and now some asshole is giving me bad ratings.
Definition Targeting by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 7, 2010
Rites of Passage
Prescribed forms of ceremony used to mark and celebrate significant events in the life stages of an individual; birth, puberty, marriage, ordination of a special role, death, etc.
Rites of Passage by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010
Rites of Intensification
Prescribed forms of ceremony, worship, or veneration used for purposes of strengthening communal values or increasing spiritual potency.
Rites of intensification is a ritual or ceremony performed by a community in a time of crisis that affects all members such as a rain dance during a drought.
Rites of Intensification by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010
Aversive Magic
Aversive magic can produce aversive side effects which may even harm the magician - aversive magic is dangerous.
Aversive Magic by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010
Cosmogony
Attempts to create a naturalistic cosmogony are subject to two separate limitations. One is based in the philosophy of science and the epistemological constraints of science itself, especially with regards to whether scientific inquiry can ask questions of "why" the universe exists. Another more pragmatic problem is that there is no physical model that can explain the earliest moments of the universe's existence because of a lack of a consistent theory of quantum gravity. Also of interest are supernatural creation accounts, as in ancient Greek myth or in the Creationism of the Abrahamic religions.
Cosmogony by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 4, 2010