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Emergency Management Agency

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Education Maintenance Allowance

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Exponential Moving Average

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European Music Awards

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Educational Maintenance Allowance

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Ethnic Minority Achievement

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Eligible Metropolitan Area

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Environmental Media Association

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eMarketing Association

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Emergency Medical Assistant

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Ethylene Methacrylic Acid

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Enterprise Management Architecture

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Environmental Management for Agriculture

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Emergency Medical Attendant

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Estado Mayor del Aire

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European Manipuri Association

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Educational Media Association

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External Model Access

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Estado Mayor de la Armada

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Easy Magnetization Axis

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Encina Monitor Administration

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Extended Maintenance Agreement

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East Midlands, England, UK

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Emergency Management Action

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Emotionally Motivated Agent

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Ema
Ema are small wooden plaques on which Shinto worshippers write their prayers or wishes. The ema are then left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami receive them. They bear various pictures, often of animals or other Shinto imagery, and many have the word gan'i, meaning "wish", written along the side. In ancient times people would donate horses to the shrines for good favor, over time this was transferred to a wooden plaque with a picture of a horse, and later still to the various wooden plaques sold today for the same purpose. Ema are sold for various wishes. Common reasons for buying a plaque are for success in work or on exams, marital bliss, to have children, and health. Some shrines specialize in certain types of these plaques, and the larger shrines may offer more than one. Sales of ema help support the shrine financially.

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