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  Magnus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnus, Robot Fighter (comics), a character who fights robots in the year 4000 AD using kung fu.
Magnus (vampire), a character from Anne Rice's Novel The Vampire Lestat.
Baten Kaitos, a role-playing videogame for the Nintendo Gamecube where Magnus Cards are the primary vehicle to perform actions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnus   (142 words)

  
 Magnus (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnus is the child of the X-Men Magneto and Rogue.
Magnus constructed a make-shift Cerebro and utilized his powers in conjunction with Nocturne's latent and Mimic's residual psychic powers to locate Charles Xavier in a holding facility somewhere in Nevada.
Magnus carries Blink and Nocturne to the prison where Magneto is being held.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magnus_(comics)   (590 words)

  
 Orkneyjar - Saint Magnus of Orkney
Magnus was the eldest son of Earl Erlend, while his cousin, Hakon, was the son of Paul.
As such Magnus made three suggestions that would save Hakon from breaking his oath by killing an unarmed man. The first, that Magnus would go on a pilgrimage and never return to Orkney was rejected as was the second, that he be exiled to Scotland and imprisoned.
Magnus told Gunni that Bishop William should be told that Magnus wished to leave Birsay and move east to the growing town, Kirkjuvagr, or Kirkwall, as we know it today.
www.orkneyjar.com /history/stmagnus   (1704 words)

  
 St. Magnus
Magnus grasped a cross and the holy staff of St.
Magnus decided to stay there for the night, hoping that the Lord would hear his prayers and sooth the brute.
Magnus put a piece of holy bread into his pocked, took resin and pitch in his hand and hung a chain with a cross around neck.
members.tripod.com /~gfriebe/magnus.htm   (1482 words)

  
       Magnus Samuelsson - The world´s strongest man!               ...
Magnus Samuelsson is aware of the problem and has always been active against drugs.
Magnus Samuelsson can bench press 270 kg and would probably do well in power lifting, but sees no reason to try, He considers Strongman to be the ultimate Strength sport.
Magnus is at the height of his career as an athlete, he trains harder than ever and still has several years left among the Worlds best.
www.magnus-samuelsson.net /en?view=bio   (621 words)

  
 OMACL: Heimskringla: Magnus Barefoot's Saga
Magnus, King Olaf's son, was, immediately after King Olaf's death, proclaimed at Viken king of all Norway; but the Upland people, on hearing of King Olaf's death, chose Hakon, Thorer's foster-son, a cousin of King Magnus, as king.
King Magnus was all the winter in the southern isles, and his men went over all the fjords of Scotland, rowing within all the inhabited and uninhabited isles, and took possession for the king of Norway of all the islands west of Scotland.
King Magnus had a helmet on his head; a red shield, in which was inlaid a gilded lion; and was girt with the sword of Legbit, of which the hilt was of tooth (ivory), and handgrip wound about with gold thread; and the sword was extremely sharp.
sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/barefoot.html   (7934 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Magnus
Magnus proceeded to Eptaticus (Epfach), where Bishop Wichbert of Augsburg received him and entrusted him with the Christianization of Eastern Algäu.
When in 851 Bishop Lanto transferred the relics to the newly erected church of Fussen, this "Life" is said to have been found in a scarcely legible condition, and to have been emendated and rewritten by Ermenrich, a monk of Ellwangen.
When Bishop Abbot Solomon III of Constance dedicated a church in honour of St. Magnus at the monastery of St. Gall, he received a relic and the "Life" from the monks of Füssen.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09536a.htm   (683 words)

  
 MAGNUS
Magnus really enjoys being with his humans and wants some loving and cuddles in the mornings, even before they've had their morning coffee (I guess he must be really irresistible).
Magnus is a Lethal White Red Merle male born on October 16, 2003.
Magnus will receive his first booster vaccination on 11/28 and his next two boosters will be given in 3-week increments.
www.aussielads.com /magnus.htm   (445 words)

  
 Orkneyjar - The Founding of Saint Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
About this time, the revered remains of the newly-sainted Magnus were taken from their resting place at Christchurch in Birsay, where they had lain for 20 years, and moved east.
Their destination was the unassuming little Church of St Olaf in a small settlement by the sea named Kirkjuvagr, the town later to become known as Kirkwall.
Built from alternating bands of local red and yellow sandstone, the cathedral of Saint Magnus gradually grew, and with it the village at its feet.
www.orkneyjar.com /history/stmagnus/magcath.htm   (1044 words)

  
 OMACL: Heimskringla: Magnus Erlingson's Saga
Besides, the mother of King Magnus is the daughter of a king and queen born in lawful wedlock, and Magnus is son of a queen and a lawfully married wife.
King Magnus went eastward to Viken in autumn with a part of his men and with him Orm, the king's brother; but Earl Erling remained behind in Bergen to meet the Berkebeins in case they took the sea route.
King Magnus then returned to Tunsberg, and got great renown by this victory; for it had been an expression in the mouths of all, that Earl Erling was the shield and support of his son and himself.
sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/erlingson.html   (10538 words)

  
 Astronaut Bio: S. Magnus 1/2005
From 1991 to 1996, Magnus completed her thesis work which was supported by NASA-Lewis Research Center through a Graduate Student Fellowship and involved investigations on materials of interest for "Scandate" thermionic cathodes.
Magnus is currently working with the Canadian Space Agency to prepare the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator for installation on the ISS.
Magnus operated the space station’s robotic arm during the three spacewalks required to outfit and activate the new component.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/magnus.html   (490 words)

  
 Magnus Equipment - Designing and manufacturing quality, innovative industrial parts washers
Magnus Equipment is a world leader in the design and manufacture of both standard and customized systems for gross cleaning and precision cleaning of critical parts, processing loads up to 2,200 pounds with our standard washers.
Magnus manufactures a wide range of standard Air Powered Mechanical Immersion Agitation washers, a technology innovated and developed by Magnus more than 60 years ago.
Magnus has designed and developed hundreds of custom systems which were designed to meet special or unique cleaning and material handling requirements.
www.magnusequipment.com   (482 words)

  
 Magnus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Magnus was able to answer these questions and published his results on one-relator groups in 1930.
Magnus was appointed to the staff in Frankfurt serving from 1933 until 1938.
Magnus left Göttingen to join the Bateman project in 1948.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Mathematicians/Magnus.html   (506 words)

  
 Aquatic Bodywork, San francisco, Bay Area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
After an hour in the water, Magnus gave me a massage which was a heightened experience because my body was so relaxed from the water.
Magnus is talented, warm and beautiful both inside and out.
Magnus returned my call and within moments of hearing him I knew I was in conversation with a sincere, authentic practitioner.
www.g5magnus.com   (916 words)

  
 Magnus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Often praised for his humble and honest approach to dealing with issues brought before him, some would whisper in the shadows that an unusual number of those he visited expired within a short span of his meeting them and speculate that there was a connection.
Choosing to study this issue further, Magnus made a few discrete inquires and was able to determine that his mother was none other than the same as Michael Yrymyss.
Kieran Jesby challenged Magnus to a duel over the title of Primal Adept, and the pair fought this to a bitter conclusion.
www2.pro-ns.net /~eflorentz/COTS/magnus.htm   (625 words)

  
 Debian -- magnus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The MAGNUS computational group theory package is an innovative symbolic algebra package providing facilities for doing calculations in and about infinite groups.
By contrast, MAGNUS is concerned with experiments and computations on infinite groups which in some cases are known to terminate, while in others are known to be generally recursively unsolvable.
MAGNUS features an intuitive graphical user interface, facilities for running different algorithms on the same problem in parallel, generation of approximations for working on otherwise infeasible problems, genetic algorithms and a plug-in package manager.
packages.debian.org /stable/math/magnus.html   (188 words)

  
 Homepage of Ultra Magnus (Baltimore Rock Band)
Ultra Magnus remained underground until 2001, when the SU alums were reunited with their talented percussionist.
Ultra Magnus has been given their choice of time slots for July 18th at the Recher Theatre.
Ultra Magnus is currently in the studio recording their debut album.
www.ultramagnus.worldbreak.com   (155 words)

  
 ANTI- Artist - Magnus
Magnus is a joint dance project of Tom Barman - heart and soul of Antwerp rockers dEUS - and CJ Bolland - DJ-producer and key figure in the international techno scene.
The Magnus’ debut album aims to hit body rather than mind and is totally dedicated to rhythm.
Magnus is an uptempo-cd meant to be played loud, if possible at club-volume so you can get your feet on the floor and shake your booty.
www.anti.com /artist.php?id=18   (1252 words)

  
 OZ Beat:: Magnus Chicago Sleepwalker Bamboo Kids New York 54 seconds Coma Austin Indie Rock and Roll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Magnus takes a new twist in pop sound intelligence.
Magnus is a Chicago band that layers swirling, intricate guitar hooks and richly textured melodies with Eno-esque keyboard arrangements to create intelligent music.
Magnus carves out melodic pieces that will please both the head-bopping crowd and the more circumspect listener.
www.ozbeatmusic.com /bands.html   (669 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Magnus, Robot Fighter, 4000 AD
Magnus (whose name, Manning said later, was inspired by Maximus, a character in Leonard Starr's newspaper strip, Mary Perkins On Stage) was raised apart from human society, by Robot 1A.
Story-wise, Magnus was one of the better science fiction series in comics — but where it really excelled was in Manning's art.
The Magnus series was about as successful as most of the non-licensed adventure comics the company launched in the early 1960s.
www.toonopedia.com /magnus.htm   (672 words)

  
 Casters, Business machine, Medical, Food Service, Industrial- Magnus
Magnus is a leading provider of motion control solutions to companies from the Pacific Rim to Europe.
Magnus helps answer that challenge with an unrivaled level of experience, design savvy and pervasive dedication to quality.
Magnus Motion Control Solutions supplies casters, gas springs, business machine casters, levelers, medical casters, industrial casters and food service casters to discerning businesses and manufacturers across the globe.
www.magnusinc.com   (414 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Magnus (Canongate Classics): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This hilarious novel charts the rise and fall of Magnus Merriman - would-be lover, writer, politician, idealist and crofter - moved by dreams of greatness and a talent for farcical defeat.
Magnus Erlendson, The Killing, Hold Ragnarson, Finn Thorkelson, Earl Magnus, Earl Hakon Paulson, Sigurd Kalison, Sighvat Sokk, Havard Gunison, Brother Colomb, Sea Eagle, Song of Battle, Invocation of the Dove, The Temptations, Erlend Thorfinnson, Oswald Helgelander, Revay Hill, Earl Thorfinn, Herr Lifolf, Hugh the Proud, Father Abbot, Easter Monday, Corporal Jasyzk, Paul Thorfinnson, Brother Fergus
Saint Magnus was one of the great Earls of Orkney in the time when the Isles owed their fealty to the Kings of Norway.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0862418143?v=glance   (757 words)

  
 The Northern Lights Route - Olaus Magnus
This work was based upon a journey that Olaus Magnus took to Norrland in 1518-19.
In a warning directed to foreign powers not to intervene in the affairs of the northerners, Olaus Magnus writes that ice, snow and the cold have produced a hardy people whom are distinguished by their courage, strength and bravery.
And the more than eight-hundred pages of the original Latin edition were actually written as a detailed commentary to Carta Marina, a 1539 map which Olaus Magnus had made and published in Venice.
www.ub.uit.no /northernlights/eng/omagnus.htm   (410 words)

  
 Magnus Mills at the Complete Review
"The arrival of Magnus Mills on the British literary scene is therefore extraordinarily refreshing.
He represents a genuinely avant garde voice who has breathed new life into the genre (if it can indeed be called a genre) by flouting all expectations of what a novel can be about.
Magnus Mills' initial claim to fame was his unlikely first success -- bus driver turned author whose first book is then short-listed for two prestigious British literary prizes (Booker, Whitbread).
www.complete-review.com /authors/millsma.htm   (618 words)

  
 ALBERTUS MAGNUS - LoveToKnow Article on ALBERTUS MAGNUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Dante places him with his pupil Aquinas among the great lovers of wisdom (Spiriti Sapienli) in the Heaven of the Sun.
See Paget Toynbee, " Some Obligations of Dante to Albertus Magnus " in Romania, xxiv.
For Albert's life see J. Sighart, Albertus Magnus, sein Leben und-seine Wissenschaft (Regensburg, 1857; Eng.
26.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALBERTUS_MAGNUS.htm   (572 words)

  
 The Magnus - A standard pattern for the Danish coast - Global FlyFisher
Magnus is a 'classic' on the Danish coast.
This small anonymous fly and its very similar brothers the Frede, Sandshrimp and many others, are probably the most catching flies on the coasts of Denmark.
The eyes and the palmer hackle are the prime characteristics of the Magnus, which is mostly used in clear water.
globalflyfisher.com /patterns/magnus.htm   (506 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Albertus Magnus
Sighart (Albertus Magnus) examined these legends, and endeavoured to sift the truth from false or exaggerated stories.
Other biographers content themselves with noting the fact that Albert's proficiency in the physical sciences was the foundation on which the fables were constructed.
The mind of the Doctor Universalis was so filled with the knowledge of many things that he could not always adapt his expositions of the truth to the capacity of novices in the science of theology.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/01264a.htm   (3043 words)

  
 The Magnus Intel Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Testing version 1.1.4 of our software package, MAGNUS, which is designed to explore infinite groups and carry out experiments with them, is now available for the Linux Intel platform.
The script will ask for verification that the current directory is correct, and then ask for the path to the tcl executable "wish".
magnus 4.1.1-beta-1 package for Debian GNU/Linux distribution available from the Debian official website.
zebra.sci.ccny.cuny.edu /web/nygtc/software/intelmagnus.html   (189 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Olaus Magnus
He was then, like his brother John Magnus, taken into the higher ecclesiastical service, and made cathedral provost at Strengnas.
It is divided into twenty-two books, and deals picturesquely and successively with the manners and customs, the commercial and political life of northern nations, the physical proportions of the land and its minerals and zoology.
Klasse (1896), in Bohemian; AHLENIUS, Olaus Magnus och hans framstellning af Nordens geografi (Upsala, 1895); NIELSEN, Kirkeleksikon for Norden (Aarhus, 1909).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09536b.htm   (638 words)

  
 ESPN.com: Vancouver Canucks - Magnus Arvedson Player Card
Magnus Arvedson has not been involved in any transactions this season.
Canucks forward Magnus Arvedson will miss the rest of the season because of a torn knee ligament.
Vancouver Canucks forward Magnus Arvedson will be out at least six weeks with an injured right knee.
sports.espn.go.com /nhl/players/profile?statsId=1574   (102 words)

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