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Iao School
Iao may refer to: * ''IAO'' (album), an album by avant jazz musician John Zorn * Iao (Gnosticism), an archon corresponding to Jupiter * Iao Theater, a theater in Wailuku, Hawaii * Iao Valley, a tourist attraction in Maui, Hawaii * Sayak Airport (IATA code: IAO), also known as Siargao Airport, in Surigao del Norte, Philippines * ιαω, an early Greek form of the tetragrammaton, or name of God IAO may stand for: * Incorporated Association Of Organists * Indian Astronomical Observatory, home of the highest telescope in the world * Information Awareness Office, a branch of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) * Interests, Activities, and Opinions - IAO or psychographic variables * International Accreditation Organization (Houston, TX) * International Academy of Osteopathy, an international school offering academic training in osteopathy * International Astronomy Olympiad, an astronomy competition for high-school students * Interparliamentary Assembly on Orth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAO (album)
''IAO'' (subtitled ''Music in Sacred Light'') is an album by John Zorn released in 2002 on the Tzadik label. The album was inspired by Aleister Crowley and his follower, filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Its title is drawn from the Kabbalistic identity of IAO, the initials of Isis, Apophis and Osiris, used as a magical formula in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and in Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass. Reception Allmusic's François Couture observed "This album, a studio suite, is wrapped in mysticism... ''I.A.O.'' makes a calm, enjoyable listen and beyond its mystical claims, it includes some strong compositions".Couture, FAllmusic Reviewaccessed October 29, 2013 Writing for Pitchfork Media, Dominique Leone stated "The music of ''IAO'' is classic Zorn: dark ambient exoticism, ethnic percussion exercises, hypnotic suspense-film music, thrash, and avant-garde classical. Similar to his recent "Music for Children" series, he seems to be loosening the reins on his tradition for branding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Accreditation Organization
Axact ( ur, ) is a Pakistan software company that runs numerous websites selling fraudulent academic degrees. The company also owns the media company BOL Network. History Axact was founded by Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, who serves as its chairman. It is based in Karachi, and has over 2,000 employees. According to Shaikh, the company was founded in 1997 with fewer than 10 employees working in a single room. In 2013 he said Axact was the world's leading IT company and that it had eight broad-business units and products, more than 5,200 employees, and associated globally and as many as 8.3 million customers worldwide. The company website said in 2015 that the company had 10 diverse business units that offer more than 23 products, more than two billion users, and a global presence across 6 continents, 120 countries and 1,300 cities with more than 25,000 employees and associates. According to Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan records, the company was registered in June 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Institute For Art And Olfaction
The Institute for Art and Olfaction is a non-profit organization devoted to advancing public, artistic and experimental engagement with scent. It was founded in 2012. History Described as "the West Coast's first organization to explore perfume in a larger arts context", The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO) was founded in October 2012 by Saskia Wilson-Brown. The IAO opened its experimental studio to the public in downtown Los Angeles in March 2013, moving to Koreatown in March 2014 and to its home on Chung King Road in Chinatown, Los Angeles in March, 2015. The IAO was created to counterbalance what Wilson-Brown perceived as a lack of access and transparency in the fragrance industry. In January 2014, the IAO launched its first large-scale public arts project with ‘A Trip to Japan in Sixteen Minutes, Revisited’ at the Hammer Museum. It has since collaborated with Miles Regis, Zoe Crosher, Andrew Berardini, Austin Young, Marcos Lutyens, Victor Wilde (Bohemian Society), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut D'études Politiques De Lyon
The Institut d'Études politiques de Lyon (or Lyon Institute of Political Studies) also known as Sciences Po Lyon, is a grande école located in Lyon, France. It is one of ten Institutes of Political Studies in France, and was established in 1948 by Charles de Gaulle's provisional government following the model of the ''École Libre des Sciences Politiques''. It is located at the Centre Berthelot within the buildings of a former military health college and operates as an autonomous institution within the University of Lyon. It is the first Institute of Political Studies to have joined the prestigious Conférence des Grandes écoles. Sciences Po Lyon has established partnerships with more than 160 universities abroad. History Sciences Po Lyon was established following an executive decree by General de Gaulle in 1948. In common with the other ''instituts d'études politiques'' (IEP, English: Institutes of Political Studies) in France, it was modelled on the former École Libre d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Université Lumière-Lyon 2
This List of universities and colleges in France includes universities and other higher education institutes that provide both education curricula and related degrees up to doctoral degree and also contribute to research activities. They are the backbone of the tertiary education institutions in France. They are listed as different categories, depending on their administrative status, size and extents of research activity compared to educational activities. Aside from the nationally funded public education system that provides recognised degrees to the vast majority of students in France and that keeps tuition fees low, there exist private institutes. Public universities in France French public universities (see List of public universities in France for a detailed list) are as of 2015 in the process of reorganization according to the Law on Higher Education and Research passed in July 2013. This includes some merging of institutions, and the previous high-level organization un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Institut D'Asie Orientale
An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can be part of a university or other institutions of higher education, either as a group of departments or an autonomous educational institution without a traditional university status such as a "university institute" (see Institute of Technology). In some countries, such as South Korea and India, private schools are sometimes referred to as institutes, and in Spain, secondary schools are referred to as institutes. Historically, in some countries institutes were educational units imparting vocational training and often incorporating libraries, also known as mechanics' institutes. The word "institute" comes from a Latin word ''institutum'' meaning "facility" or "habit"; from ''instituere'' meaning "build", "create", "raise" or "educate". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interparliamentary Assembly On Orthodoxy
The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy ( el, Διακοινοβουλευτική Συνέλευση Ορθοδοξίας, russian: Межпарламентская Ассамблея Православия), or I.A.O., is a transnational, inter-parliamentary institution that in 1994 was originally established as the European Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (EIAO). Based in Athens, Greece, the ''Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy'' constitutes a permanent communication structure between parliamentarians of member states aiming at unity in diversity of Orthodox Christians on the principles and values of Christianity and democracy. History Inspired by a conference held from 30 June to 4 July 1993 in Chalkidiki on the topic of "Orthodoxy in the New European Reality", the ''European Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy'' was formed by the initiative of the Hellenic Parliament. Following the 1993 Manifesto of the Participants, the official Founding Act was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Astronomy Olympiad
The International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) is an internationally recognized annual astronomy scientific-educating event for high school students (14–18 years old), which includes an intellectual competition between these students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads. The Eurasian Astronomical Society founded the IAO in 1996. Competing rounds The competing part of IAO consists of three rounds: a theoretical, an observational, and a practical. Problems of the theoretical round involve classical problems in branches of astronomy, astrophysics, space and planetary physics, and maybe hypothetical situations. The observational round involves recognizing stars, constellations, estimating star magnitude and angular distance, working with telescopes or other observational technique. The practical round consists of problems based on data results of observations, solutions propose analysis of these data. The chairman is Michael Gavrilov. Aim The style of the problems of IAO i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Academy Of Osteopathy
The International Academy of Osteopathy (IAO) was founded in 1987 by Grégoire Lason who still is the Principal. The IAO is an international college that offers its Training and Education in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland which leads to several degrees in osteopathy: * Diploma in Osteopathy (DO), * Master of Science in Osteopathy (MSc.Ost.) in co-operation with Buckinghamshire New University. This Master degree is a legally recognized diploma in over 45 European countries. * Post Graduate Certificates of the IAO, * Post Graduate Certificates of Buckinghamshire New University. The programs are accredited thanks to agreements with Buckinghamshire New University and are in accordance with the Bologna process. Austria (AT) Modular Program: * In German in Innsbruck, Linz and Wien. This is a part-time training and education for physiotherapists and medical doctors. After successfully completing this 4-year program, students obtai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychographic
Psychographics is a qualitative methodology used to describe traits of humans on psychological attributes. Psychographics have been applied to the study of personality, values, opinions, attitudes, interests, and lifestyles. Two approaches to psychographics include analysis of consumers' activities, interests, and opinions (AIO variables), and values and lifestyles (VALS). Psychographics are applied to the study of cognitive attributes such as attitudes, interests, opinions, and belief, as well as the study of overt behavior (e.g., activities). Psychographic studies of individuals or communities can be valuable in the fields of marketing, demographics, opinion research, prediction, and social research in general. Psychographic attributes can be contrasted with demographic variables (such as age and gender), behavioral variables (such as purchase data or usage rate), and organizational descriptors (sometimes called firmographic variables), such as industry, number of employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iao (Gnosticism)
In Sethian Gnosticism, Yao or Iao () is an archon. In ''On the Origin of the World'', he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Astaphaios and Eloai. In the ''Apocryphon of John'', he is the fourth of the seven archons. See also * Tetragrammaton The Tetragrammaton (; ), or Tetragram, is the four-letter Hebrew language, Hebrew theonym (transliterated as YHWH), the name of God in the Hebrew Bible. The four letters, written and read from right to left (in Hebrew), are ''yodh'', ''he (l ... * Ἰαω References Gnostic deities {{Gnosticism-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Information Awareness Office
The Information Awareness Office (IAO) was established by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in January 2002 to bring together several DARPA projects focused on applying surveillance and information technology to track and monitor terrorists and other asymmetric threats to U.S. national security by achieving "Total Information Awareness" (TIA). It was achieved by creating enormous computer databases to gather and store the personal information of everyone in the United States, including personal e-mails, social networks, credit card records, phone calls, medical records, and numerous other sources, without any requirement for a search warrant. The information was then analyzed for suspicious activities, connections between individuals, and "threats".Total Information Awareness (TIA) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
