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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of countries and dependencies by population, population and is the List of African countries by area, seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an Enclave and exclave, exclave province, the province of Cabinda Province, Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda. Angola has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, Paleolithic Age. After the Bantu expansion reached the region, states were formed by the 13th century and organised into confederations. The Kingdom of Kongo ascended to achieve hegemony among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aodu
Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine national central cities in China, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic Zone. The city lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River. Zhengzhou is a major hub of China's domestic and international transportation network; for example, it is connected to Europe and has an international airport. Zhengzhou is a National Civilized City and a State-list Famous Historical and Culture City. As of 2020, there are two World Cultural Heritage Sites in Zhengzhou. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) is China's first futures exchange. Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone is China's first Airport Economy Zone. As of the 2020 Chinese census, the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou had a population of 12,600,574 inhabitants, of whom 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AO World
AO World plc, trading as ao.com, is an electrical retailer based in Bolton, England. It operates in the United Kingdom (ao.com), and previously operated in Germany (ao.de) and the Netherlands (ao.nl), specialising in household appliances and electricals. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded under the name ''Appliances Online'' by John Roberts in 2000. Prior to this, during a conversation in a Bolton pub, a close friend bet Roberts £1 that he could not set up his own company and disrupt the white goods market by selling appliances online. As well as selling directly to consumers, the company also sold kitchen appliances on behalf of other retailers such as Next, House of Fraser and B&Q. In 2009 the company acquired the distribution business Expert Logistics enabling end-to-end control of their operation. In 2013, ''Appliances Online'' rebranded to ''AO.com'', which included a redesign of their log ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AO Racing
Autumn Oaks Racing, doing business as AO Racing, is an American sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMP2 and the GTD Pro classes of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and in LMP2 in the European Le Mans Series. The team was founded in 2022 by P. J. Hyett and Gunnar Jeannette. The team won the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD Pro class with driver Laurin Heinrich. History AO Racing was founded in 2022 by GitHub co-founder and technology entrepreneur P. J. Hyett, and American race car driver Gunnar Jeannette. Hyett and Jeannette met through vintage racing and became friends. In September 2022, they made the decision to form an auto racing team to compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The name AO stands for Autumn Oaks, which is the name of Hyett's car collection that helped start the race team. IMSA SportsCar Championship 2023 At the second round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship held at Sebring International Raceway, the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Software Rating Board
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The ESRB was established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA, formerly the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA)), in response to criticism of controversial video games with excessively violent or sexual content, particularly after the 1993 congressional hearings following the releases of ''Mortal Kombat'' and '' Night Trap'' for home consoles and '' Doom'' for home computers. The industry, pressured with potential government oversight of video game ratings from these hearings, established both the IDSA and the ESRB within it to create a voluntary rating system based on the Motion Picture Association film rating system with additional considerations for video game interactivity. The board assigns ratings to games based on their content, using judgment similar to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AO Foundation
The AO Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the care of patients with musculoskeletal injuries or pathologies and their sequelae through research, development, and education of surgeons and operating room personnel. The AO Foundation is credited with revolutionizing operative fracture treatment and pioneering the development of bone implants and instruments. The foundation has its origins in a Swiss study group named ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen'' (Association of the Study of Internal Fixation), commonly referred to as the AO, that was founded in Switzerland in 1958 as a society. The AO became a foundation in December 1984. History Background On March 1, 1950 Maurice Müller, one of the founding members of the AO, visited a 70-year old Belgian surgeon named Robert Danis in Brussels, who had been experimenting and treating fracture patients surgically for 25 years. At the time Dr. Müller was 32 years old, and had been practicing medic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoshima, Ehime
, also known as , is an island in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, known for its large number of feline residents and small number of people. Felines have been reported by news outlets to outnumber humans by ratios between 6:1 and 10:1, but as elderly inhabitants of the island have died, the ratio has greatly increased, to almost 36:1. Cats were introduced to combat rodents on fishing boats but remained on the island and reproduced in large numbers. The feline inhabitants of Aoshima are fed by food donations from all over Japan. They also eat small animals on the island and food from visitors. The island is roughly long. It was formerly part of Nagahama in Kita District, but , it is part of Ōzu city. The human population on the island has decreased since sardine fisheries became depleted and jobs moved to cities. As of December 2024, only four people are still living on Aoshima, while the number of cats has dropped to 80. Overview Originally, Aoshima was an uninhabited island. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Navy Oilers
The following is a list of United States Navy oilers (Hull classification symbol, hull designations AO, AOE, AOL, AOR and AOT). It does not include gasoline tankers (AOG) or submarine oilers (AOSS). Oilers are considered to be auxiliary ship, auxiliaries by the US Navy, and this article's lists are thus a subset of this type of ship. All other auxiliaries can be found at List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, including the List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy#Gasoline Tankers (AOG, T-AOG), gasoline tankers. Tankers commissioned into the Navy for bulk storage at mobile bases by Service Squadrons during World War II were not classed as auxiliaries but as List of unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy, unclassified miscellaneous vessels (IX). Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P]. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Officer (Hong Kong)
The Administrative Officer (AO) ( zh, 政務主任) is a high-ranking civil service grade in the Government of Hong Kong. The AOs are cadres of multi-skilled professional administrators who play key roles in the government agencies. The AOs are posted around a wide variety of posts in the Government Secretariat, bureaux and departments at regular intervals. The AOs assist in formulating government policies closely related to society, as well as managing and monitoring the uses of public resources in the bureaux. In addition, the AOs provide good management and supervise relevant departments for providing services to the public. Furthermore, the AOs serving in the District Offices are responsible for supervising and coordinating the provision of government services and facilities by relevant agencies in the districts, serving as frontline representatives for the government, and monitoring community development plans. Grade structure Ranks and Pay scales Entry r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ao (building)
Ao Building is a commercial building located in Kita-Aoyama 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo. AO Building was designed by Nihon Sekkei, which also designed Ghibli Museum and Toranomon Hills. The 16-story reinforced concrete building is asymmetrical and thus the upper floors are larger than lower floors. It has 2 basement floors and 16 floors above ground, and consists of a low-rise building and a high-rise building, the latter of which is approximately 90m tall. It opened on March 26, 2009. It is lit up with LEDs at night. The name comes from "Aoyama, Tokyo , Aoyama" and also is a homophone of "let's meet" (会おう) in Japanese. The building cost approximately $200 million to construct and develop. The high-rise building houses office tenants, and the low-rise building houses commercial facilities such as fashion brand stores such as Cinéma Quanon from France and Momotaro Jeans from Kurashiki, beauty salons, restaurants serving Italian, Austrian, and Hungarian cuisine, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annoying Orange
''Annoying Orange'' is an American comedy web series created by Dane Boedigheimer (known online as DaneBoe). Set in a world of anthropomorphic food, the series follows its titular protagonist, Orange, who always annoys others by telling crude jokes and puns and making annoying noises until their certain demises. The ''Annoying Orange'' YouTube channel has 13 million subscribers as of 2025. The original web series has also expanded to multiple separate series, such as ''The Adventures of Liam The Leprechaun'', '' The Misfortune of Being Ned'', ''The Marshmallow Show'', the television series '' The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange,'' and a gaming channel, ''Annoying Orange Gaming'', where they upload Let's Play videos. The channel uploads biweekly episodes including a variety of mini-series, each dedicated to covering different themes of typical YouTube genre tropes such as ''Ask Orange'', ''HOW2'', ''The Juice'', ''Foodsplosion'', ''Shocktober'', and more. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Ao
''Forgotten Realms'' is a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. Several years later, it was published for the ''D&D'' game as a series of magazine articles, and the first Realms game products were released in 1987. Role-playing game products have been produced for the setting ever since, in addition to novels, role-playing video game adaptations (including the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to use graphics), comic books, and the film '' Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves''. Forgotten Realms is a fantasy world setting, described as a world of strange lands, dangerous creatures, and mighty deities, where magic and supernatural phenomena are quite real. The premise is that, long ago, planet Earth and the world of the Forgotten Realms were more clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
