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Apo
Apo or APO may refer to: People, figures, characters * Acting Pilot Officer, the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force * Apo, along with Datu, one of the traditional Philippine titles of nobility; meaning "elder" * Apo, a god of mountains in Inca mythology Persons * Abdullah Öcalan (born 1949), a founding member of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) * Apo Avedissian (born 1990), Armenian-American artist Places * Apache Point Observatory, an observatory in the Sacramento Mountains in Sunspot, New Mexico, United States * Apo-eup, an administrative division (eup) in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, central South Korea * Apo Island, a volcanic island in the Philippines * Apo (island), a coral reef island in the Philippines * Lake Apo is a crater lake in Barangay Guinoyoran in the city of Valencia in Bukidnon province in the Philippines * Karaš River or Apo, a tributary of the Danube in the Banat region of Serbia and Romania * Mount Apo, a stratovolcano on the island of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apo Island
Apo Island is a volcanic island covering 74 hectares in land area, 7 kilometers off the southeastern tip of Negros Island and 30 kilometers south of the Negros Oriental capital of Dumaguete in the Philippines. The name "Apo" means "elder" or "respected ancestor" in the Visayan languages. The marine habitat around the island is a marine reserve, protected by the National Integrated Protected Area Act (NIPA) and under the jurisdiction of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). It has become a popular dive site and snorkeling destination with tourists. There are two resorts on Apo Island, each with a dive center: Apo Island Beach Resort and Liberty's Lodge. There is also a ranger station and a lighthouse. The island is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Dauin, Negros Oriental, and is one of the municipality's 23 barangays. As of the 2010 census, the island has a population of 918. Geography and climate Apo Island is located off the southeastern tip of Negros Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apo Avedissian
Apo Avedissian (born 24 July 1990 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-American artist of Armenian descent, often working in film-making, painting, photography, and writing. Avedissian’s writing portfolio most notably includes the autobiographical book “Thirteen in Baghdad,” detailing his life as a teenager in Baghdad during the 2003 Iraq War. Personal life Avedissian started his path into the world of photography and his documentary style videography at the age of thirteen, at the beginning of the 2003 Iraq War. He was born to Armenian parents, both of whom were children/grandchildren of Armenian genocide survivors whose journey through the desert had ended in Iraq. He immigrated to the United States in 2005, and is fluent in Arabic, Armenian, and English - often using one or the other in his artwork. Artwork Over two dozen of Avedissian's paintings hang at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly known as Staples Center) as part of 47 commissioned pieces completed by him for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acting Pilot Officer
Acting pilot officer (A/Plt Off) is the lowest commissioned grade in the Royal Air Force. Acting pilot officer is not an actual military rank, therefore acting pilot officers are regraded to pilot officer instead of receiving a promotion. Unlike other RAF ranks which officers may hold in an acting capacity, acting pilot officer is maintained as a separate grade. The grade normally denotes an officer who has recently been commissioned and joined as a non-graduate direct entrant. Although acting pilot officer has a NATO ranking code of OF(D), neither the British Army, Royal Marines nor Royal Navy has an exactly equivalent rank. As acting pilot officers are junior to second lieutenants in the British Army or the Royal Marines and to Royal Navy midshipmen, the rank is the most junior commissioned rank in the British Armed Forces. On a University Air Squadron, students can apply for the position of acting pilot officer in order to undertake a senior student or flight commander r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African People's Organisation
The African People's Organisation (APO), also known by its original name African Political Organisation was a Coloured political organisation in early-20th-century South Africa. Founded in Cape Town in 1902, the organisation rallied South African Coloureds (an ethnic group in South Africa) against the South Africa Act 1909. Trafalgar High School was created as a direct result of criticism of the Cape School Board in the APO newspaper in August 1911. Investigations found that the board had created no benefit at all for students who were non-white. Abdullah Abdurahman lobbied the board and the first school for coloured children was created. The school was led by Abdullah Abdurahman's prodigy, Harold Cressy.History , school site, retrieved 11 August 2014 The name was changed in 1919, during the |
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Alliance of Twelve The Alliance of Twelve is a fictional international organized crime group in the television series ''Alias''. It is involved in the trade of intelligence and weapons as well as in blackmail. SD-6 is one of its subsidiary cells. The organization was founded by Alain Christophe, once a CIA counterintelligence officer, as well as other former agents of various other intelligence agencies and wealthy individuals investing in the spy trade after the Cold War. The Alliance of Twelve is an enemy of the United States and a rival to the CIA. Organizational structure The Alliance is led by a board of directors, one of them being Arvin Sloane. Some members are from the private sector, but most are former intelligence officers. All of them are wealthy. The organization is divided into 12 sections, named SD-1 through SD-12. "SD" stands for ''Section Disparu'' – literally, ''the section which has disappeared'' in French (Sydney translates it as "the section that doesn't e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Post Office
Military mail, as opposed to civilian mail, refers to the postal services provided by armed forces that allow serving members to send and receive mail. Military mail systems are often subsidized to ensure that military mail does not cost the sender any more than normal domestic mail. In some cases, military personnel in a combat zone may post letters and packages to their home country free of charge. Modern military mail services are provided by most armed forces around the world. In some nations, individual service branches may run their own military mail program. History Early forms of military mail may go back to the dawn of civilization. There is some evidence of it dating back to Ancient Egypt of the 2nd millennium BC. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' make mention of messengers being sent by King Edward the Elder (899-924) to recall members of the Kent Leidang, fyrd, but it is generally regarded that the origins of the postal services stem from the King's Messengers (''Nuncii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apoprotein (other)
Apoprotein may refer to: * Apoenzyme, the protein part of an enzyme without its characteristic prosthetic group * Apolipoprotein, a lipid-binding protein that is a constituent of the plasma lipoprotein {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apochromat
An apochromat, or apochromatic lens (apo), is a photographic or other lens that has better correction of chromatic and spherical aberration than the much more common achromat lenses. Explanation Chromatic aberration is the phenomenon of different colors focusing at different distances from a lens. In photography, chromatic aberration produces soft overall images, and color fringing at high-contrast edges, like an edge between black and white. Astronomers face similar problems, particularly with telescopes that use lenses rather than mirrors. ''Achromatic'' lenses are corrected to bring ''two'' wavelengths into focus in the same plane – typically red (~0.590 µm) and blue (~0.495 µm). ''Apo''chromatic lenses are designed to bring ''three'' colors into focus in the same plane – typically red (~0.620 µm), green (~0.530 µm), and blue (~0.465 µm). The residual color error (secondary spectrum) can be up to an order of magnitude less than for an achro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apo (drink)
Apo or Apong is an alcohol drink commonly found among the tribes in the Northeast India states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. It is prepared by fermentation of rice. It is known by various names across different tribes in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. The Nyishi people, who form the national part of the local tribal population in Arunachal Pradesh, celebrate Nyokum annually. They serve the local drink, ''apo''. The Nyishi people offer the drink, every time they drink it, to the spirits (''wiyu'') by letting few drops of it fall on the ground. Other occasions when Apo is served include annually organized ancestor worship ceremonies, the festivals of Bihu, Nyokum, Dree, and others, and annual agricultural programs like ‘No-Khua and No Bhiri’ . Apo is known in different names across different tribes in North-Eastern India, such as Haaz ( Ahom), Apong ( Mising), and Zou (zu mai) (Bodo). Apo is not distributed in shops, as Apo forms part of a tradition and culture, the Apo i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acute Pulmonary Oedema
Pulmonary edema, also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive liquid accumulation in the tissue and air spaces (usually alveoli) of the lungs. It leads to impaired gas exchange and may cause hypoxemia and respiratory failure. It is due to either failure of the left ventricle of the heart to remove oxygenated blood adequately from the pulmonary circulation (cardiogenic pulmonary edema), or an injury to the lung tissue directly or blood vessels of the lung (non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema). Treatment is focused on three aspects: firstly improving respiratory function, secondly, treating the underlying cause, and thirdly preventing further damage and assuring full recovery to the lung. Pulmonary edema, especially when sudden (acute), can lead to respiratory failure or cardiac arrest due to hypoxia. It is a cardinal feature of congestive heart failure. The term edema is from the Greek (''oidēma'', "swelling"), from οἰδέω (''oidéō'', "(I) swell"). Types Classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Außerparlamentarische Opposition
The Außerparlamentarische Opposition (German for ''extra-parliamentary opposition'', commonly known as the APO), was a political protest movement in West Germany during the latter half of the 1960s and early 1970s, forming a central part of the German student movement. Its membership consisted mostly of young people disillusioned with the grand coalition (''Große Koalition'') of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Since the coalition controlled 95 percent of the Bundestag, the APO provided a more effective outlet for student dissent. Its most prominent member and unofficial spokesman was Rudi Dutschke. Classification As opposed to APO, there was also opposition from other parties that, although they are represented in parliament, do not participate in the formation of the government. Small parties receive too few votes in an election to reenter the parliament. For example, in the past the Free Democratic Party (FDP) has ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For Professional Observers
The Association for Professional Observers (APO) is an association that monitors fisheries observers. It is the first association of fisheries observers. Aim The Association for Professional Observers is a non-governmental organization aiming to support and develop programs of observers that monitor fishing practices on fishing boats, with the aim of supporting marine conservation. Monitoring of deaths of observers In January 2022, the APO called for publication of the results of the post mortem into the September 2021 death of observer Arnold Latu on a fishing boat in the waters of Tonga. The APO stated that 12 deaths of fishing boat observers had occurred since 2009 around the world. References {{reflist, refs= {{cite news , last1= Tora , first1= Iliesa , last2= Carreon , first2= Bernadette , title= 'It's a mystery for us': the puzzling death at sea of a Tongan fisheries observer , date= 2022-01-03 , newspaper= The Guardian , url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
