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Dama
Dama or DAMA may refer to: Animals *Dama gazelle (''Nanger dama'') * ''Dama'' (genus) (fallow deer) **Fallow deer (''Dama dama'') **Persian fallow deer (''Dama mesopotamica'') *Tammar wallaby or Dama wallaby (''Macropus eugenii'') Business, science and technology *DAMA, abbreviation for "discharged against medical advice" *Demand Assigned Multiple Access, a bandwidth allocation strategy * DAMA/NaI, an experiment to detect dark matter *DAMA/LIBRA, successor experiment to DAMA/NaI *Data Management Association, also known as the Global Data Management Community (Dama International); see Data administration Culture *Dama, a name for Turkish draughts *Dama, stage name of Rasolofondraosolo Zafimahaleo, founding member of the Madagascar folk-pop band Mahaleo * Dama (''Dune''), a fictional character in ''Chapterhouse Dune'' (1985) by Frank Herbert *Dama-fruit, a fictional fruit in ''Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz'', which renders its eaters invisible * D.A.M.A, a Portuguese band * Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Dama
Chinese dama () is a term for describing Chinese middle-aged women. The term has several meanings and has experienced changes over the years. The most prevalent definition is of Chinese middle-aged women who through investment, social, and fashion choices behave differently from women their age in earlier generations owing to the massive social, economic, and demographic changes they have experienced. Historically, "dama" had three meanings: an aunt, a married woman between 40 and 60 years old, and the first wife of a man who had multiple wives. The term had a positive connotation and was a term of endearment for modest housewives who may not have been familiar with the latest trends. In 2013, as gold prices dropped, middle-aged Chinese women poured large sums of money into purchasing gold. Their actions were owing to social and economic reasons. Flush with discretionary income and in charge of how household money is spent, the women viewed gold as the perfect gift for daughters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahaleo
Mahaleo is a folk-pop band from Madagascar that is widely viewed as the most popular Malagasy group of all time. The band was founded by Dama (Rasolofondraosolo Zafimahaleo) with six of his classmates after first performing together during the ''rotaka'' student protests at their high school on 13 May 1972. Mahaleo's lyrics draw upon the indirect language of traditional ''hainteny'' and ''ohabolana'' (Malagasy poetry and proverbs) to expose contemporary political and social issues and invite listeners to identify their own solutions. Mahaleo performs a genre they pioneered, called ''tsentsigat'', that draws from the acoustic folk and protest song genres as well as the diverse musical traditions of Madagascar. Each of the band members sings, and all but one also play acoustic guitar. In addition, the band makes use of traditional instruments like the ''kabosy'' guitar and '' sodina'' flute. While the band is acclaimed for its large catalog of hits, with over 300 songs composed s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dama (Dune)
The Honored Matres are a fictional matriarchal organization in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe. They are described as an aggressive cult obsessed with power, violence, and sexual domination. For this reason they are often described as "whores", especially by their enemies, the Bene Gesserit. The Honored Matres are first introduced in Herbert's ''Heretics of Dune'' (1984) and play a continued role in his final ''Dune'' novel, '' Chapterhouse: Dune'' (1985). They also appear in '' Hunters of Dune'' (2006) and ''Sandworms of Dune'' (2007), novels by Herbert's son Brian Herbert and author Kevin J. Anderson that conclude the original series. The sequels are based on Frank Herbert's notes for his planned seventh novel in the series. Storylines After the death of the tyrant Leto II Atreides in '' God Emperor of Dune'' (1981), trillions of people of the Old Empire take to the stars in a diaspora known as the Scattering. Representatives from each major race and order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dama Gazelle
The dama gazelle (''Nanger dama''), also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, is a species of gazelle. It lives in Africa, in the Sahara desert and the Sahel. A critically endangered species, it has disappeared from most of its former range due to overhunting and habitat loss, and natural populations only remain in Chad, Mali, and Niger. Its habitat includes grassland, shrubland, semi-deserts, open savanna and mountain plateaus. Its diet includes grasses, leaves (especially ''Acacia'' leaves), shoots, and fruit. In Niger, the dama gazelle has become a national symbol. Under the Hausa name or , the dama gazelle appears on the badge of the Niger national football team, who are popularly called the ''Ménas''. Description The dama gazelle is white with a reddish-brown head and neck. Both sexes usually have medium-length ringed horns curved like an "S". Males' horns are about long, while females' horns are much shorter. The head is small with a narrow muzzle, and the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Fallow Deer
The Persian fallow deer (''Dama mesopotamica'') is a deer species once native to all of the Middle East, but currently only living in Iran and Israel. It was reintroduced in Israel. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008. After a captive breeding program, the population has rebounded from only a handful of deer in the 1960s to over a thousand individuals. Taxonomy ''Cervus (Dama) mesopotamicus'' was described by Victor Brooke in 1875 for a deer that was shot at the Karun river in Iran. Its taxonomic status is disputed. It has traditionally been considered to be a subspecies of the fallow deer from western Europe, ''Dama dama'' (as ''Dama dama mesopotamica''), but is also treated as a distinct species by some authors. Description The Persian fallow deer is only morphologically distinguishable from other fallow deer by having antlers that are less palmated. Distribution and habitat The Persian fallow deer prefers woodlands of tamarisk, oak and pista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dama, Syria
Dama ( ar, داما) is a village in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southwest Syria. It is located in the heart of the Lejah lava plateau, 29 km north west of the city of As-Suwayda. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Dama had a population of 1,799 in the 2004 census. Modern era Dama played a major role in the late stages of the Great Syrian Revolution (1925-1927). It hosted the important Dama Convention which resulted in the refusal of French proposals and the collapse of negotiations between the Druze rebels and the French. It was also the site of some of the last battles in the revolution fought by guerrilla groups led by Emir Adel Arslan. See also * Druze in Syria Druze in Syria is a significant minority religion. According to The World Factbook, Druze make up about 3.2 percent of the population of Syria (as of 2010), or approximately 700,000 persons, including residents of the Golan Heights.http://gulf200 ... References Bibliography * * Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Draughts
Turkish draughts (Turkish: Dama)(Armenian: շաշկի)(Arabic: دامە)(Kurmanji: دامە) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and several other locations around the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East. Rules On an 8×8 board, 16 ' are lined up on each side, in two rows. The back rows are vacant. A traditional Turkish draughts is mono-coloured. White moves first. Men move orthogonally forwards or sideways one square, capturing by means of a jump; they cannot move or capture backwards or diagonally. When a man reaches the back row, it promotes to a ''king''. Kings can move any number of empty squares orthogonally forwards, backwards or sideways. A king captures by jumping over a single piece any number of empty squares away, landing on any open square beyond the captured piece along a straight line. If a jump is available it must be taken. If there is more than one way to jump, the one capturing the most number of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallow Deer
''Dama'' is a genus of deer in the subfamily Cervinae, commonly referred to as fallow deer. Name The name fallow is derived from the deer's pale brown colour. The Latin word ''dāma'' or ''damma'', used for roe deer, gazelles, and antelopes, lies at the root of the modern scientific name, as well as the German ''Damhirsch'', French ''daim'', Dutch ''damhert'', and Italian ''daino''. In Croatian and Serbian, the name for the fallow deer is ''jelen lopatar'' ("shovel deer"), due to the form of its antlers. The Modern Hebrew name of the fallow deer is ''yachmur'' (יחמור). Taxonomy and evolution The genus includes two extant species: Extant species Some taxonomists include the Persian fallow deer as a subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ... (''D. d. me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dama (genus)
''Dama'' is a genus of deer in the subfamily Cervinae, commonly referred to as fallow deer. Name The name fallow is derived from the deer's pale brown colour. The Latin word ''dāma'' or ''damma'', used for roe deer, gazelles, and antelopes, lies at the root of the modern scientific name, as well as the German ''Damhirsch'', French ''daim'', Dutch ''damhert'', and Italian ''daino''. In Croatian and Serbian, the name for the fallow deer is ''jelen lopatar'' ("shovel deer"), due to the form of its antlers. The Modern Hebrew name of the fallow deer is ''yachmur'' (יחמור). Taxonomy and evolution The genus includes two extant species: Extant species Some taxonomists include the Persian fallow deer as a subspecies (''D. d. mesopotamica''), while others, such as the IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dama Language (other) , extinct and unclassified
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Dama may refer to: *A dialect of the Khoekhoe language spoken by the Damara people * Dama language (Cameroon), possibly a dialect of Mono *Dama language (Sierra Leone) Dama is an extinct language of Sierra Leone. It was replaced by Mende language, Mende. Based on a few remembered words and toponyms, Dalby (1963) believed it to be a Northern Mande language The Mande languages are spoken in several countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temperance (virtue)
Temperance in its modern use is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from revenge by practicing non-violence and forgiveness, restraint from arrogance by practicing humility and modesty, restraint from excesses such as extravagant luxury or splurging, and restraint from rage or craving by practicing calmness and self-control. Temperance has been described as a virtue by religious thinkers, philosophers, and more recently, psychologists, particularly in the positive psychology movement. It has a long history in philosophical and religious thought. In classical iconography, the virtue is often depicted as a woman holding two vessels transferring water from one to another. It is one of the cardinal virtues in western thought found in Greek philosophy and Christianity, as well as eastern traditions such as Buddhism and Hinduism. Temperance is one of the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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