UFA

oofäˈ, city (1989 pop. 1,082,000), capital of Bashkortostan, E European Russia, at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers. An industrial center in the Urals, Ufa produces electrical and mining equipment and has oil refineries and a major petrochemical industry. It is the junction of many gas, petroleum, and rail lines. Russians established Ufa in 1574 and built a fortress and settlement.

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books on: Ufa  - 822 results

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From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars
Book by Ursula Hardt; Berghahn Books, 1996
Subjects: Motion Picture Producers And Directors--Germany--Biography, Pommer, Erich--1889-1966
...entanglement of loans and entitlements between Ufa and Paramount on the one hand, and Ufa and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the other, the sum of which was believed to provide Ufa at the end of 1925 with desperately needed financial...
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Hearst over Hollywood: Power, Passion, and Propaganda in the Movies
Book by Louis Pizzitola; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Hearst, William Randolph--1863-1951, Motion Picture Industry--California--Los Angeles--History, Motion Picture Producers And Directors--United States--Biography, Publishers And Publishing--United States--Biography
ater in Columbus Circle to Ufa. The film companys weekly organ, Ufa Week, enthusiastically reported the companys connection with Hearst: Ufa opens own theater in NewYork, the Ufa executives being con- vinced that it is essential to have their...
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Federalism, Democratization, and the Rule of Law in Russia
Book by Jeffrey Kahn; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Constitutional Law--Russia (Federation), Democracy--Russia (Federation), Federal Government--Russia (Federation), Rule Of Law--Russia (Federation), Russia (Federation)--Politics And Government--1991-
...Konstitutsionnom Sude Respubliki Bashkortostan . Ufa: Redaktsionno-izdatelskii otdel Sekretariata...Samoupravlenii v Respublike Bashkortostan . Ufa: Redaktsionno- izdatelskii otdel Sekretariata...Questions, Administration of the President. Ufa, 5 and 14 May 1997. A.N. Arinin , RF...
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Filming Women in the Third Reich
Book by Jo Fox; Berg, 2000
Subjects: Motion Pictures--Germany--History, Motion Pictures--Germany--Plots, Themes, Etc, Women In Motion Pictures, Women In The Motion Picture Industry--Germany
...Zurich, 1991 . Krebstakies, M. ed. , Die UFA - auf den Spuren einer grossen Filmfabrik...Berlin, 1987 . Kreimeier, K., Die Ufa-Story. Geschichte eines Filmkonzerns...Kreimeier, K. and Toteberg, M., Morgenrot. Ufa Magazin , no. 10. Deutsches Historisches...
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The Oxford History of World Cinema
Book by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Motion Pictures--History
...matter often do not. One of the problems Ufa encountered in this respect was that, as...director like Josef von Sternberg -- did Ufa develop successful stars, such as Marlene...even more closely allied to the fate of Ufa. Following severe losses in 1926 and 1927...
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journal articles on: Ufa  - 135 results

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Populism and Gender: the United Farmers of Alberta and Social Credit Experiences
Journal article by Alvin Finkel; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 27, 1992
Subjects: Alberta Canada, Political parties, Politics & government, Social Credit Party, Women in politics & government
...though their successes in getting the UFA government to legislate their program were...agreer leur programme par le gouvernement UFA. Lideologie du parti creditiste, en revanche...experience of the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and Social Credit in Alberta, assessing...
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"You Know about Needle Boy, Right?": Variation in Rumors and Legends about Attacks with Hiv-infected Needles
Journal article by Timothy Corrigan Correll; Western Folklore, Vol. 67, 2008
Subjects: Clubs, Electronic mail systems, Essays, Gays & lesbians, Girls, Narratives, Nightclubs, Robbery, Students
...himself in that kind of situation,"(UFA 13) and then told a needle attack story...go to Legend parties anymore.". . . (UFA 4) Some AIDS-needle narratives are reported...scared to go K-clubbing now ..." (UFA 1 ). In some cases, the stories were framed...
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The Unilateral Field Advantage in Repetition Detection: Effects of Perceptual Grouping and Task Demands
Journal article by Matthew T. Hayes, Khena M. Swallow, Yuhong V. Jiang; Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, Vol. 72, 2010
Subjects: Accuracy
...1 This unilateral field advantage (UFA) has been attributed to the engagement...grouping can provide a full account of the UFA by manipulating perceptual grouping strength...Cavanagh (2008), which yields a robust UFA for repetition detection of colors, letters...
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Berlin Year Zero: the Making of the Blue Angel
Journal article by John Baxter; Framework, Vol. 51, 2010
...famous actor, persuaded Universum Film Ag (UFA), Europes largest film studio, to invite...of the public. In September 1929, when UFA unveiled the "Tonkreuz" (Sound Cross...financial significance. Early in 1929, UFA, gambling that writing talent would be...
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We've Seen It All Before: the Rise and Fall of the Cor Party of New Brunswick, 1988-1995
Journal article by Geoffrey R. Martin; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33, 1998
Subjects: 20th century, Canada, Confederation of Regions Party, Confederation of Regions Party of New Brunswick-Canada, History, New Brunswick Canada, Political parties, Politics
...history, such as the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and the Creditistes in Quebec. It is fruitful...Macphersons wellknown account of the experience of the UFA is of particular relevance to COR-NB.6 The UFA, which formed the government of Alberta from...
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Risk of Default on New Originations Remains High
Magazine article; Mortgage Banking, Vol. 70, April 2010
Subjects: Housing prices, Loan originations, Mortgage companies, Risk management, United States
...That was a key finding from the latest UFA Mortgage Report(TM), published by University Financial Associates (UFA), Ann Arbor, Michigan. Even though...remains high for new originations, the UFA Default Risk Index for this years first...
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Risk of Home Loan Default Drops by Half from 2007 Peak
Magazine article by Charles Wisniowski; Mortgage Banking, Vol. 71, October 2010
Subjects: Default, Home loans, Mortgages, United States
...between 2006 and 2008, according to the latest UFA Mortgage Report1*1 by University Financial Associates (UFA), Ann Arbor, Michigan, a risk-management...mortgage and consumer loan performance. The UFA Default Risk Index for the third quarter of...
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Dissecting Defaults
Magazine article by Dennis Capozza, Robert Van Order; Mortgage Banking, Vol. 69, August 2009
Subjects: Economic conditions, Foreclosure, Housing prices, Lenders, Mortgages, Risk management, Trends, United States
...University Financial Associates LLC (UFA) calculates its Default Risk Index, which...Risk Index is one of the simulations that UFA runs to help risk managers understand future...In such a worst-case scenario, the UFA Default Risk Index peaks at 376 in first...
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Sunday Filmmakers
Magazine article by Bruce Bennett; Humanities, Vol. 29, July 2008
Subjects: Motion pictures, Theaters & cinemas
...German government, Universum Film AG or UFA Studios (housed from 1926 on in the mammoth...had both labored long and hard on the UFA "super production" Metropolis. The 1920s...on Sunday available to the public and the UFA executives whom it was as much made for...
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Self-Expressionist
Magazine article by Noah Isenberg; Artforum International, Vol. 47, April 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Shadow and Light (Novel)--Book reviews
...trilogy, to a lurid crime scene at the famed Ufa film studios. The story that unfolds...hinges on the mysterious death of an Ufa executive, found floating in his bathtub...him. In his attempt to solve the crime at Ufa, he reconnects with his teenage son, Georg...
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MacKenzie Swaps Printed Word for Plenty of Talk
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 29, 1998
Subjects: Broadcasting, Broadcasting industry, CLT-Ufa, MacKenzie, Kelvin, Talk Radio
...current owners, the media conglomerate CLT-UFA. The deal values the station at pounds...approval from the Radio Authority. CLT-UFA is one of the shareholders in Channel 5...Kerdraon, executive vice-president at CLT-UFA, said the sale of Talk Radio would allow...
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Learning Scheme Goes the Distance
Newspaper article by Jonathan Walker Education; The Birmingham Post (England), April 22, 2000
...applied to take part were turned down. The UFA began in six Birmingham schools in 1996...children spent out of school. Last year, the UFA was awarded a pounds 400,000 grant by...the Academy of Youth which now owns the UFA jointly with Birmingham City Council. It...
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Quinn Looks to Russia for a Revival of Fortunes
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 8, 2010
...opening of a retail park in the city of Ufa - in the remote southern Russian republic...opening of our new retail development here in Ufa and would like to thank all those involved...ian.carey@dailymail.ie OIL AND HONEY UFA is the capital of the Russian republic of...
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Foul Deeds in Blatter's Den
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 1, 2006
...of the American marketing company IMG and UFA, the television subsidiary of Bertelsmann...worlds biggest media conglomerate. IMG/UFA had offered the most attractive bid for...Eric Drossart, head of the beaten IMG/UFA consortium in a letter to Blatter. Now...
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Love Leads to Murder
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 12, 2004
...Murder. Byline: BARRY MILLINGTON Jen-ufa OPERA Glyndebourne Opera Barry Millington...admired production of Janac .eks Jen -ufa is revived for the last time. When new...illegitimate child born to her stepdaughter Jen -ufa leads her to murder the baby. Siljas ramrod...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ufa  - 6 results

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Ufa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UFA oofa , city (1989 pop. 1,082,000), capital of Bashkortostan, E European Russia, at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers. An industrial center in the Urals, Ufa produces electrical and mining equipment and has oil refineries...
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Bashkortostan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Russia, in the S Urals, occupying the Belaya River basin. Ufa is the capital; other important cities are Sterlitamak , Beloretsk...Ivan IV, they came under Muscovite rule. The Russians founded Ufa in 1574 and began colonization, dispossessing the Bashkirs...
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Belaya
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...generally NW past Beloretsk, Sterlitamak (where it becomes navigable), and Ufa to join the Kama River. There are important oil fields in the Belaya River valley near Ufa. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...formerly Leningrad), Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky), Rostov-na-Donu , Volgograd , Kazan , Samara (formerly Kuybyshev), Ufa , Perm , Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk), Omsk , Chelyabinsk , Novosibirsk , and Vladivostok . After the dissolution of...
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Urals
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...industrial centers are found at Yekaterinburg , Magnitogorsk , Chelyabinsk , Perm , Berezniki , Nizhni Tagil , Orsk , Orenburg , Ufa , and Zlatoust . The concentration of industry in the Urals has led to the severe environmental degradation of many of the regions...
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