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Acacia (other)
''Acacia'' is a genus of shrubs and trees of Gondwanian origin, belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. Other genera formerly included under ''Acacia'', and still sometimes referred to by that name (or as ''Acacia sensu lato'', include: *''Vachellia'' *''Senegalia'' *''Mariosousa'' *''Acaciella'' Acacia may also refer to: * Acacia (band), a British pop band from the 1990s * Acacia (film), ''Acacia'' (film), a 2003 South Korean horror film * ''Acacia: The War with the Mein'', a novel by American author David Anthony Durham * Acacia Avenue, a placeholder name for an English suburban road * Acacia (fraternity), a social fraternity based on Masonic traditions * Acacia Mining, an English mining company operating in Tanzania * Acacia Prison, a private prison in Western Australia * Acacia Research, a patent enforcement entity * Gum acacia, another name for Gum arabic * USCGC Acacia (WLB-406), USCGC ''ACACIA'' (WLB-406) * USS Acacia, a steam-powered tugboat in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus name is New Latin, borrowed from the Greek (), a term used by Dioscorides for a preparation extracted from the leaves and fruit pods of '' Vachellia nilotica'', the original type of the genus. In his ''Pinax'' (1623), Gaspard Bauhin mentioned the Greek from Dioscorides as the origin of the Latin name. In the early 2000s it had become evident that the genus as it stood was not monophyletic and that several divergent lineages needed to be placed in separate genera. It turned out that one lineage comprising over 900 species mainly native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia was not closely related to the much smaller group of African lineage that contained ''A. nilotica''—the type species. This meant that the Australasian lineag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Prison
Acacia Prison is a medium security prison facility located in Wooroloo, Western Australia. The prison was opened in May 2001. Acacia was the first privately managed prison in Western Australia and was managed by Australian Integration Management Services Corporation (AIMS Corp) for its first five years of operation. Serco is currently managing the prison since 2006. The prison currently employs over 300 custodial officers and more than 200 non-custodial staff to run day-to-day operation. The prison provides open campus-style living. Prisoners use fingerprint recognition technology to move within the boundaries of the prison as well as gaining access to their bank accounts and purchasing goods. The prison has a self-care and pre-self care section where prisoners cook and clean for themselves. In 2008 the prison began adding additional bunks to cells, increasing capacity from 800 to 1000. Acacia Prison has an education unit run by custodial and non-custodial staff including teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Acacia, New Mexico
San Acacia is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. It was once a prosperous railway town, but is now largely deserted. There is a nearby diversion dam on the Rio Grande, important in irrigation. Location The village lies on the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin. The village is south of Bernardo and north of Socorro. It is off Interstate 25 at exit 163. San Acacia is near the southern boundary of the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. San Acacia gives its name to the stretch of the Rio Grande that extends south to the Elephant Butte Reservoir. The nearby San Acacia Diversion Dam is used to transfer water from the river into irrigation channels. When the river is low, the Isleta Diversion Dam, further to the north, and the San Acacia dam can divert all water from the Rio Grande along a stretch of the river. Foundation and growth The settlement of San Acacio was named by the Spanish after Saint Acacius, lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Acacias, Montevideo
Las Acacias is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Landmarks This neighborhood is the home of Peñarol's stadium, Estadio Contador Damiani (formerly Las Acacias Stadium). Peñarol Football Club is one of the two major soccer teams in Uruguay. Places of worship * Parish Church of the Sacred Hearts, José A. Possolo 4025 (Roman Catholic) References See also *Barrios of Montevideo The city of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, is divided into 62 ''barrios'' (neighborhoods or districts), each with its own identity, demographic characteristics and activities appropriate to the socio-cultural level of its inhabitants. The outer ... Barrios of Montevideo {{Montevideo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Acacias (Madrid)
Acacias or Las Acacias is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 37,049. Geography Acacias is located in city center and is crossed, at its south-eastern borders, by the river Manzanares. The ward has a pentagonal form, bordered by the roads '' Calle de Toledo'', ''Ronda de Toledo'', ''Calle de Embajadores'', ''Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza'' and ''Paseo de la Yeserías'' (parallel to the Manzanares), at the entrance of Arganzuela Park. Acacias borders with the districts of Centro (north-west), Carabanchel (south-east) and with the Arganzuelan wards of Imperial (west), Palos de Moguer (north-east), Las Delicias (a single point in the east) and La Chopera (south-east). Arganzuela district map Some important buildings located at its limits are the Bridge of Toledo (''Puente de Toledo''), between the ''Paseo de la Yeserias'' and the ''Calle de Toledo' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacías
Acacias is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. This town is one of the most important municipalities in terms of population and economy, together with La Macarena, Granada and the capital city of Villavicencio. The name of the city is due to the acacia flowers that used to bloom in the region. It is considered one of the municipalities of Meta with more progress and development. It is bordered to the north by the department of Cundinamarca. To the south with the municipalities Castilla la Nueva and Guamal. To the east with the municipality of San Carlos de Guaroa and to the west with the municipality of Guamal. The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), estimates for 2017, a total population of 72,048 inhabitants. Geography In the urban area of this municipality there are 97 neighborhoods and housing developments, and in the rural area there are 48 rural districts, including Chichimene, Dinamarca and Manzanares. There are also former p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2S3 Akatsiya
The SO-152 (Russian: СО-152) is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968, as a response to the American 155 mm M109 howitzer. Development began in 1967, according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from July 4, 1967. In 1968, the SO-152 was completed and in 1971 entered service. Its GRAU designation is 2S3 (2С3). The fighting vehicle also received the added designation ''Akatsiya'' (Акация), which is Russian for Acacia. Description The ''Akatsiya'' is armed with a 152.4 mm howitzer based on the Soviet 152.4 mm D-20 howitzer and is sometimes confused with the M109 self-propelled artillery. The artillery system was developed at the design bureau No. 9 of Sverdlovsk. The factory designation of the howitzer is D-22 and the GRAU designation, 2A33. The chassis was developed by Uraltransmash. The driver's and engine-transmission compartments are located in the front part of a hull, the fighting compartment with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Acacia
USS ''Acacia'' was a steam-powered tugboat in the service of the United States Navy during the American Civil War, named after the Acacia tree. She was launched as ''Vicksburg'' sometime in September 1863, purchased and renamed by the Navy at Boston, Massachusetts on 28 October 1863, and commissioned in the Boston Navy Yard on 8 December 1863 with Acting Master John D. Childs in command. ''Chesapeake'' While the new tug was preparing for service in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, 17 Confederate agents disguised as passengers seized ''Chesapeake'' off Cape Cod, Massachusetts on 7 December 1863 as that packet was steaming from New York City to Portland, Maine. The liner's captors took her to Saint John, New Brunswick, where, the next day, they landed the prize's bonafide passengers, her former captain, and most of her crew. Word of the takeover reached Portland on the morning of 9 December and quickly spread from there. The news prompted Federal officials at northe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCGC Acacia (WLB-406)
The USCGC ''Acacia'' (WAGL-406/WLB-406) is an Iris-class 180-foot seagoing buoy tender operated by the United States Coast Guard. ''Acacia'' was a multi-purpose vessel, nominally a buoy tender, but with equipment and capabilities for ice breaking, search and rescue, fire fighting, logistics, oil spill response, and other tasks as well. She spent almost all of her 62-year Coast Guard career on the Great Lakes. After decommissioning she became a museum ship in Manistee, Michigan. Construction and characteristics ''Acacia'' was built at the Zenith Dredge Company shipyard in Duluth, Minnesota. Her keel was laid down on January 16, 1944, she was launched on April 7, 1944, and she was commissioned on September 1, 1944. She was the second-to-last of the 39 similar 180-foot seagoing buoy tenders built. Her original coast was $927,156. Her hull was constructed of welded steel plates framed with steel I-beams. As originally built, ''Acacia'' was long, with a beam of , an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gum Arabic
Gum arabic, also known as gum sudani, acacia gum, Arabic gum, gum acacia, acacia, Senegal gum, Indian gum, and by other names, is a natural gum originally consisting of the hardened sap of two species of the ''Acacia'' tree, ''Senegalia senegal'' and '' Vachellia seyal.'' The term "gum arabic" does not legally indicate a particular botanical source, however. The gum is harvested commercially from wild trees, mostly in Sudan (80%) and throughout the Sahel, from Senegal to Somalia. The name "gum Arabic" (''al-samgh al-'arabi'') was used in the Middle East at least as early as the 9th century. Gum arabic first found its way to Europe via Arabic ports, so retained its name. Gum arabic is a complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides, predominantly polymers of arabinose and galactose. It is soluble in water, edible, and used primarily in the food industry and soft-drink industry as a stabilizer, with E number E414 (I414 in the US). Gum arabic is a key ingredient in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Research
Acacia Research Corporation is an American company based in New York City. Acacia partners with patent owners such as inventors and universities to license patents that are infringed. Roughly 95% of the company's business involves licensing infringed patents on behalf of patent owners to corporations through patent litigation. Acacia was incorporated in California in 1993 and is based in New York City. The company was consisted of two divisions: Acacia Technologies and CombiMatrix Group. The former covers the development, acquisition, licensing and enforcement of patented technologies. It creates a subsidiary company that acts as a special purpose entity for each set of patents that it enforces. The patent owner assigns the infringed patents to the subsidiary and the subsidiary then licenses the patents to companies who are infringing. Acacia and the patent owner split any revenues In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Mining
Acacia Mining (formerly African Barrick Gold plc) is a gold mining business operating in Tanzania, with exploration properties in Kenya, Burkina Faso and Mali. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until it was re-acquired by Barrick Gold in September 2019. History The business was established as a unit of Barrick Gold when that company started mining in Tanzania in 2000. Barrick's involvement in Tanzania had begun the previous year, when the company purchased the Bulyanhulu property as part of its acquisition of Sutton Resources Ltd. Barrick then acquired Buzwagi and Tulawaka as part of its acquisition of Pangea Goldfields Inc. in 2000. Finally, in 2006, Barrick acquired North Mara, when it took over Placer Dome. The company was floated off by Barrick Gold and first listed on the London Stock Exchange as African Barrick Gold in 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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