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White Tiger (Chinese Astronomy)
A white tiger is a tiger with a genetic condition affecting its pelt's pigmentation. White tiger, White Tiger or The White Tiger may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Characters * White Tiger (comics), various Marvel Comics superheroes, including: ** White Tiger (Hector Ayala), the first to use the name ** White Tiger (''Heroes for Hire''), second ** White Tiger (Kasper Cole), third ** White Tiger (Angela del Toro), fourth ** White Tiger (Ava Ayala), fifth * White Tigers (Beyblade), a team in the anime ''Beyblade'' Film and TV * ''White Tiger'' (1923 film), a 1923 film directed by Tod Browning * ''White Tiger'' (1996 film), a 1996 film directed by Richard Martin * ''White Tiger'' (2012 film), a 2012 Russian WWII film * ''The White Tiger'' (2021 film), a 2021 Netflix film * ''Grambling's White Tiger'', a US TV movie made in 1981, released as ''White Tiger'' in Europe Literature * ''The White Tiger'' (Nathan novel), a 1987 novel by Robert Stuart Nathan * ''White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tiger
The white tiger or bleached tiger is a leucistic pigmentation variant of the Mainland tiger. It is reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, in the Sunderbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa. It has the typical black stripes of a tiger, but carries a white or near-white coat. Variation The white Bengal tigers are distinctive due to the color of their fur. The white fur caused by a lack of the pigment pheomelanin, which is found in Bengal tigers with orange color fur. When compared to Bengal tigers, the white Bengal tigers tend to grow faster and heavier than the orange Bengal tiger. They also tend to be somewhat bigger at birth, and as fully grown adults. White Bengal tigers are fully grown when they are 2–3 years of age. White male tigers reach weights of and can grow up to in length. As with all tigers, the white Bengal tiger's stripes are like fingerprints, with no two tigers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Park
Paul Claiborne Park (born October 1, 1954, in North Adams, Massachusetts) is an American science fiction author and fantasy author. He teaches a course in reading and writing science fiction at Williams College. He has also taught at the Clarion West writing workshop and the Clarion workshop and was an instructor at Clarion West in 2011. Career Park appeared on the American science fiction scene in 1987 and quickly established himself as a writer of polished, if often grim, literary science fiction. His first work was the ''Starbridge Chronicles'' trilogy, set on a world with generations-long seasons much like Brian Aldiss' ''Helliconia'' trilogy. His critically acclaimed novels have since dealt with colonialism on alien worlds (''Coelestis''), Biblical (''Three Marys'') and Theosophical (''The Gospel of Corax'') legends, a parallel world where magic works (''A Princess of Roumania'' and its sequels, ''The Tourmaline'', ''The White Tyger'' and ''The Hidden World''), and other t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Rangers Wild Force
''Power Rangers Wild Force'' is a television series and the tenth season of Power Rangers. It is also the anniversary season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 25th Super Sentai series ''Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger'', which itself was the 25th anniversary of Super Sentai. ''Power Rangers Wild Force'' is the first season to be produced by Disney, following the sale of Fox Family Worldwide (renamed ABC Family Worldwide) including Saban Entertainment (renamed BVS Entertainment) to Disney by Haim Saban and News Corporation, Fox's parent company. The first part of the series was originally broadcast from February to August 2002 on the Fox Kids television block. The show was moved in the fall 2002 to ABC's new Saturday morning block, ABC Kids (formerly Disney's One Saturday Morning). Plot The series follows the adventure of Cole Evans, who had been staying with a tribe in a jungle for many years, as he tries to find his destiny in the town of Turtle Cove. He encounters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigatron
This is a help:sorting, sortable list of characters and toys in the Transformers: Beast Wars, ''Beast Wars'' franchise, part of the larger Transformers franchise, from Hasbro. This includes characters appearing in an animated series, comics or video games. This does not include characters only appearing in collector's club or convention-related comics (from BotCon, 3H or Fun Publications), or toy-only characters. Appearances within the Beast Wars Sourcebook are not counted as appearances within IDW fiction for purposes of this table, as the Beast Wars Sourcebook was an attempt to include all characters from all Beast Wars fiction. Using this table Headings in this table are abbreviated to make the list more manageable. Meanings for the abbreviations are listed in the below key. Any entry that requires a more specific explanation has a footnote attached, the full text of which can be found in the #Notes, notes section. Listings under "Toys" either link to the toy section of a cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea
The United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK), also known as the White Tigers, was a unit during the Korean War that was consolidated under the control of Eighth United States Army, Korea's 8th Army G-3 Miscellaneous Group, 8086th and 8240th Army Unit. The details of the undercover operation were made public by the US Army in 1990. The unit worked deep inside North Korea to gather intelligence, conduct raids and sabotage, rescue POWs, recruit and lead guerrilla armies and create confusion in the enemy's rear. Operations The island Wollaedo in the Yellow Sea was used as a base by pro-Southern partisans during the war. This position was regularly bombarded by Northern artillery on the mainland of Cape Changsan. In 1952, a group of partisans working together with UNPIK landed on the cape. They successfully took control of and destroyed the artillery site, escaping with small losses. UNPIK was disbanded in 1954. Legacy and commemoration A documentary about the unit has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
Bílí Tygři Liberec (English: ''Liberec White Tigers'') are a professional ice hockey club based in Liberec, Czech Republic. The team competes in the Czech Extraliga, the highest level of play in professional Czech ice hockey. History The first hockey club in Liberec was founded in 1934 under the name ''SK Rapid Horní Růžodol''. After the WWII, there have been two sections: ''Jiskra Kolora'' and ''Tatran''. In 1956, a new ice rink was built in Liberec and the clubs agreed to merge, under the name ''TJ Lokomotiva Liberec''. Since 1961, the club have been named: ''Stadion Liberec''. Since 1985, the level of Liberec hockey began to decline and the team played in the third highest competition. It has been given its current name since 2000 and the team returned to the Czech Extraliga in 2002. On 5 October 2010, as the first Czech ice hockey club played on their home ice with an NHL team, specifically in the preparatory match with the Boston Bruins. In the 2015/16 season, Libere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tigers (gang)
The White Tigers () were a Chinese American street gang that was prominent in New York City's Flushing, Queens and northern area of Chinatown from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s. They were formed in 1980 by immigrants from China of the ethnicity of Cantonese and Toisanese, and ABCs ( American-born Chinese). They adopted the color white as their clothing to match the name of the set. Throughout the 80s, the gang was often engaged in bloody turf wars with other Queens gangs such as the younger Green Dragons. Their activities included extortion, kidnapping, illegal gambling Gaming law is the set of rules and regulations that apply to the gaming or gambling industry. Gaming law is not a branch of law in the traditional sense but rather is a collection of several areas of law that include criminal law, regulatory law, ..., racketeering, drug trafficking, human trafficking, arson and murder. Territory In the early 1980s new gangs emerged in the peripheral of other New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tigers (Korean War)
The United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK), also known as the White Tigers, was a unit during the Korean War that was consolidated under the control of Eighth United States Army, Korea's 8th Army G-3 Miscellaneous Group, 8086th and 8240th Army Unit. The details of the undercover operation were made public by the US Army in 1990. The unit worked deep inside North Korea to gather intelligence, conduct raids and sabotage, rescue POWs, recruit and lead guerrilla armies and create confusion in the enemy's rear. Operations The island Wollaedo in the Yellow Sea was used as a base by pro-Southern partisans during the war. This position was regularly bombarded by Northern artillery on the mainland of Cape Changsan. In 1952, a group of partisans working together with UNPIK landed on the cape. They successfully took control of and destroyed the artillery site, escaping with small losses. UNPIK was disbanded in 1954. Legacy and commemoration A documentary about the unit has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tiger Oil Field
White is the lightness, lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully diffuse reflection, reflect and scattering, scatter all the visible spectrum, visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th century, with the advent of neoclassical archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tiger (mythology)
The White Tiger ( Chinese: 白虎, Pinyin: ''Báihǔ''), known in Chinese as Baihu, is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (). It represents the west in terms of direction and the autumn season. It is known as Byakko in Japanese, Baekho in Korean, and Bạch Hổ in Vietnamese. Seven Mansions As with the other three Symbols, there are seven astrological "Mansions" (positions of the Moon) within the White Tiger. The names and determinative stars are: Origin In Chinese culture, the tiger is the king of the beasts and has been presented with a () on his forehead for centuries. According to legend, the tiger's tail would turn white when it reached the age of 500 years. In this way, the white tiger became a kind of mythological creature. It was said that the white tiger would only appear when the emperor ruled with absolute virtue or if there was peace throughout the world. Because the color white of the Wu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tiger (moth)
''Nyctemera coleta'', the marbled white moth or white tiger moth, is a moth found from India to the Philippines, and from Japan to Papua New Guinea. It is classified under the subgenus ''Coleta'' of the genus ''Nyctemera'' in the family Arctiidae. The species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It contains four 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 .... Description The male has a large tuft of hair arising from the base of the tibia of the foreleg. It differs from '' Nyctemera tripunctaria'' in the lower three spots of the post-medial band of forewing being separated and having another spot below them towards outer angle. Cilia white below the apex and at outer angle. Hindwing with the cilia white below the apex, and in most specimens at anal angle. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Tiger (butterfly)
''Danaus melanippus'', the black veined tiger, white tiger, common tiger, or eastern common tiger, is a butterfly species found in tropical Asia which belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the danaine group of the brush-footed butterflies family. It ranges from Assam in eastern India through South-East Asia south to Indonesia, and eastwards to the Philippines and through southern China to Taiwan. It has around 17 subspecies, and its closest relative is the Malay tiger, ''Danaus affinis''.Smith, David A. S.; Lushai, Gugs & Allen, John A. (2005). A classification of ''Danaus'' butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based upon data from morphology and DNA. '' Zool. J. Linn. Soc.'' 144(2): 191–212. (HTML abstract) Gallery File:Danaus melanippus 176900779.jpg File:Danaus melanippus 56377028.jpg File:Danaus melanippus edmondii 26084008.jpg File:Danaus melanippus 144305698.jpg File:Danaus melanippus 177892859.jpg File:Danaus melanippus hegesippus 99300826.jpg File:Danaus me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
