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Cao (other)
Cao or CAO may refer to: Mythology *Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology Companies or organizations *Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO *CA Oradea, Romanian football club *CA Osasuna, Spanish football club *Canadian Association of Orthodontists *Central Allocation Office, cross border electricity transmission capacity auction office *Central Applications Office, Irish organisation that oversees college applications * Civil Aviation Office of Poland *Iran Civil Aviation Organization *Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives * Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, accountability arm of the World Bank *Council for Adult Education, later Centre for Adult Education, in Victoria, Australia Job titles *Chief Academic Officer of a University, often titled the Provost *Chief accounting officer of a company *Chief administrative officer of a company *Chief analytics officer of a company * Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, an indep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao (bull)
Kao (Meitei language, Meitei pronunciation: /káo/) is a legendary Bull (mythology), divine bull captured by Khuman Khamba in Meitei mythology and Meitei folklore, folklore of ancient Moirang realm. It appears in the legend of ''Kao Phaba'' ( omp, Kau Phaapa), also known as ''Khambana Kao Phaba'' ( omp, Khampana Kao Phaapa) of the Khamba Thoibi epic. Mythology Kongyamba, a rich nobleman of the Angom clan, met a group of women from the Khuman Salai, Khuman kingdom in a place called Moirang, and asked them why they were fishing there. They told him that a dangerous bull had killed many people near the water, so they could not fish. Kongyamba then tricked his servant Khamba into catching the bull, by pretending, before the king, that he was possessed by a divine spirit, and claimed that the god Thangjing spoke through him. Saying he was "sated with offerings of flesh and fish", he demanded to be given the flesh of the bull that was terrorizing the people of Khuman. He added that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao (Chinese Surname)
Cao is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cáo''). It is listed 26th in the Song Dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles (Ts'ao), which is widely adopted in Taiwan, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized "Cho", "Tso", and "Chaw" in Cantonese; "Chou", "Chô", and "Chháu" in Hokkien; and "Chau", "Chow" in Teochew dialect, Teochew.The Vietnamese surname based on it is now written "Tao (surname), Tào". It is romanized "Zau" or "Dzau" in Shanghainese. Distribution Cao is the list of common Chinese surnames#People's Republic, 30th-most-common surname in mainland China as of 2019 and the list of common Chinese surnames#Republic, 58th-most-common surname on Taiwan. In the United States, the romanization Cao is a fairly list of common US surnames, common surname, ranked 7,425th during the 1990 US Census, 1990 census but 2,986th during the year 2000 US census, 2000 census. It is one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao County
Cao County or Caoxian () is a county in Heze City in southwestern Shandong Province, China. It borders Henan Province to the west. History Bo, one of the capitals of the Shang dynasty, lay in what is now Cao . Prior to the Boxer Rebellion, Cao was an area noted for its lawlessness. When local garrisons were weakened during the First Sino-Japanese War The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the po ..., a militia known as the ''Dadaohui'' ("Great Sword Company") was set up. It operated until 1895 and may have inspired some of the Boxer Rebellion. Administrative divisions As 2012, this County is divided to 5 subdistricts, 19 towns, 1 ethic town and 2 townships. ;Subdistricts ;Towns ;Ethic Towns * Houji Hui Town (侯集回族镇) ;Townships * Louzhuang Township (楼庄乡) * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao (state)
The State of Cao () was a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BC). The state was founded sometime in the 11th century BC by Cao Shu Zhenduo (曹叔振鐸; d. 1053 BC), a son of King Wen of Zhou and younger brother of King Wu of Zhou. With its capital at Taoqiu (陶丘), the State of Cao covered roughly the area of modern-day Dingtao County, Shandong Province. It was located on the flat country of the North China Plain about 50 miles east of the point where the current course of the Yellow River changes from east to north-east. To the northwest was Wey, to the northeast Lu and to the southeast Song. History As a result of the Cao's relative weakness, later generations wrote few records on events concerning the state's history. The only major event recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian during the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 – 770 BC) was in 826 BC when Count You of Cao was killed by his younger brother Count Dai of Cao.Sima Qian, ''Records of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longbing Cao
Longbing Cao (Chinese: 操龙兵; born in 1969) is an AI and data science researcher at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His broad research interest involves artificial intelligence, data science, behavior informatics, and their enterprise applications. Biography Cao received one PhD in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems from Chinese Academy of Science and another PhD in Computing Science at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He had a bachelor’s degree in electrical automation, and a master's degree in data communication. Cao took a Chief Technology Officer role managing business intelligence system design and implementation in China before he started his academic life in Australia in 2005. He established and directed the first Australian research centre dedicated to big data analytics: Advanced Analytics Institute at UTS in 2011, where he built the analytics degrees: Master of Analytics and PhD Thesis: Analytics in 2011 at UTS. He is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Of Cao
The Lady of Cao is a name given to a female Moche mummy discovered at the archeological site El Brujo, which is located about 45 km north of Trujillo in the La Libertad Region of Peru. Discovery The Lady of Cao was discovered in 2006 by a team of Peruvian archaeologists led by Regulo Franco Jordan of the ''National Cultural Institute of Peru'' with the financial cooperation of the Augusto N. Wiese Foundation. The mummy, which was heavily tattooed and wrapped in many layers of cloth, was found with a number of ceremonial items, including weapons and jewelry. Also found were the remains of a second young woman, possibly a human sacrifice. A modern autopsy indicated that the Lady of Cao was in her mid twenties when she died and may have died of complications due to pregnancy or childbirth. The estimated date of death for the Lady of Cao is about 450 CE. Significance The richness of the burial site, as well as the presence of weapons, suggest that the woman might have been a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cao
Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao (, ; vi, Cao Quang Ánh; born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese–American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first Vietnamese American and first native of Vietnam to serve in Congress. Cao was the only Republican congressman to vote for the draft Obamacare, known as Affordable Health Care for America Act, in November 2009. In April 2011, Cao announced his candidacy for the office of Attorney General of Louisiana, but in September 2011 he pulled out of the race. In December 2015, he announced that he would run for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring fellow Republican David Vitter in 2016. As Cao finished eleventh in the primary, he did not place high enough to advance to the general election. Early life and education Ánh Quang Cao was born in South Vietnam in 1967. His father, My Quang Cao (1930–2010), was a lieutenant in the South Vietnamese Army. He was cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diogo Cão
Diogo Cão (; -1486), anglicised as Diogo Cam and also known as Diego Cam, was a Portuguese explorer and one of the most notable navigators of the Age of Discovery. He made two voyages sailing along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s, exploring the Congo River and the coasts of the present-day Angola and Namibia. Early life and family Little is known about the early life of Diogo Cão. According to tradition, he was born in Vila Real, Portugal, around 1452. His grandfather, Goncalo Cão, had fought for Portuguese independence at the Battle of Aljubarrota. By 1480, Cão was sailing off the coast of Africa in the service of João II. There is a record that he returned to Portugal with captured Spanish ships. Exploration When the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1480) confirmed Portugal's monopoly on trade and exploration along Africa's west coast, João II moved quickly to secure and expand his hold on the region. In 1481, a fleet of ten ships was dispatched to the Gold Coast to constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Yupeng
Cao Yupeng (; born 27 October 1990) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the 2011 Asian Under-21 Championship, thus qualifying for the professional main tour for the 2011–12 season. In his first season on the circuit, he reached the last 16 of the World Championship. He served a ban for match-fixing from 25 May 2018 until 24 November 2020. He received the ban on 1 December 2018, after pleading guilty to manipulating the outcome of matches. Career Early career Cao was selected as a wild card for the China Open twice, losing to Stuart Pettman in 2009 and Kurt Maflin in 2011. In April 2011, he beat Hossein Vafaei 7–3 in the final of the Asian Under-21 Championship, and in doing so earned a place on the main professional snooker tour for the 2011–12 season. First season as a professional Cao qualified for the 2012 World Snooker Championship in his debut season after defeating Kurt Maflin 10–2, Dave Harold 10–9 (coming back from 6–9 down), Nigel Bond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Yu
Cao Yu (, September 24, 1910 — December 13, 1996) was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important of the 20th century. His best-known works are ''Thunderstorm'' (1933), ''Sunrise'' (1936) and ''Peking Man'' (1940). It is largely through the efforts of Cao Yu that the modern Chinese "spoken theatre" took root in 20th century Chinese literature. Cao Yu was the president of China's Premier Modern Drama Theatre, the chairman of the China Theatre Association (1968-1998) and established the Beijing People's Art Theatre in 1952. Cao Yu is regarded as the paramount playwright of modern Chinese drama, "enthroned as China's Shakespeare" according to '' The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama''. Name Cao Yu, the name most associated with this playwright, was a pen name; his birth name was Wan Jiabao (). The pseudonym was originated from his surname . Cao dismantled the character into its graphical components and . Since the radical could not be u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Pi
Cao Pi () ( – 29 June 226), courtesy name Zihuan, was the first emperor of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the second son of Cao Cao, a warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty, but the eldest son among all the children born to Cao Cao by his concubine (later wife), Lady Bian. According to some historical records, he was often in the presence of court officials in order to gain their support. He was mostly in charge of defence at the start of his career. After the defeat of Cao Cao's rival Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu, he took Yuan Xi's widow, Lady Zhen, as a concubine, but in 221 Lady Zhen died and Guo Nüwang became empress. On 25 November 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian, the last ruler of the Eastern Han dynasty, to abdicate in his favour, after which on 11 December 220 he proclaimed himself emperor and established the state of Cao Wei. Cao Pi continued the wars against the states of Shu Han and Eastern Wu, founded by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Hamburger
Carlos Império Hamburger, better known as Cao Hamburger (; born 27 February 1962), is a Brazilian film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the creators of the ''Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum'' series of programs for children in the TV Cultura of São Paulo, along with Flávio de Souza, which gave origin to a successful movie with the same title. ''Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum'' was one of the most successful children shows to air in Brazil. He directed in 2006 another successful film, ''The Year My Parents Went on Vacation'', partly based on his childhood memories. Hamburger was also one of two creative directors for Rio's contribution to the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He won twice the International Emmy Kids Awards of best series with the works ''Pedro & Bianca'' and '' Young Hearts: Embrace Diversity'', in 2014 and 2019 respectively. Biography Hamburger is the son of physicists and University of São Paulo professors Ernst Wolfgang Hamburger, of Jewish-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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