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Aparteid around the world Aparteid around the world attempts to compare the realities existing in countries with that of South Africa under the Aparteid system. As Aparteid was declared a crime against humanity, it is important to make sure the word is not inappropriately applied to situations.
Apartheid in Kazakhstan Apartheid in Kazakhstan is the comparison of the legal treatment of criminal suspects in Kazakhstan whose actions violate the rights of Russians to the policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. In Kazakhstan non-Russians who violate the rights of Russians are tried under Russian law, not Kazakh law.
Apartheid Legislation in South Africa The Apartheid Legislation in South Africa was a series of different laws and acts which were to help the apartheid-government to enforce the segregation of different races and cement the power and the dominance by the Whites, of substantially European descent, over the other race groups.
Apartheid Museum The Apartheid Museum is a museum complex in Johannesburg, South Africa dedicated to illustrating apartheid and the 20th century history of South Africa. It is located on the grounds of Gold Reef City, and opened in 2001.
Apartment An apartment (or flat in Britain and most other Commonwealth countries) is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments may be owned (by an owner-occupier) or rented (by tenants).
Apartment building An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). Where the building is a high-rise construction, it is termed a tower block in the UK and elsewhere.
Apartment hotel An Apartment Hotel (also ApartHotel, Apart Hotel and Apart-Hotel) is a type of accommodation, described as "a serviced apartment complex that uses a hotel style booking system". It is similar to renting an apartment, but with no fixed contracts and occupants can 'check-out' whenever they wish.
Apartness relation In constructive mathematics, an apartness relation is a symmetric irreflexive binary relation with the additional condition that if two elements are apart, then any other element is apart from one of them. That is, a binary relation R is an apartness relation if it satifies:
Apataki Apataki is a coral atoll in the South Pacific Ocean, territorially part of French Polynesia. It is one of the Palliser Islands, a group of atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago approximately 370 kilometers northeast of the island of Tahiti.
Apatani The Apatani or simply Tanii, is a tribal group of about 60,000 (approximately) in Ziro in the Apatani plateau in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Their language belongs to the Sino-Tibetian family (see Tani languages).
Apatheism Apatheism, a portmanteau of atheism and apathy, is a subset of atheism (when atheism is defined as lack of belief in deities, rather than specific disbelief in deities). An apatheist is someone who is not interested in accepting or denying any claims that God, or any other supernatural being, exists - or does not exist.
Apathetic agnosticism Apathetic agnosticism, in its most widely acknowledged form, is a theological position put forward by John Tyrrell in 1965. Apathetic Agnosticism differs from Ignosticism, in that while Ignostics believe that the very question of God's existence or otherwise is meaningless, apathetic agnostics are aware of the question but apathetic about the answer, believing that regardless of whether or not a god or gods exist, this does not affect us, our universe or the human condition, and so need not greatly concern us.
Apathy Apathy is the lack of emotion, motivation, or enthusiasm. Apathy is a psychological term for a state of indifference — where an individual is unresponsive or "indifferent" to aspects of emotional, social, or physical life.
Apathy (rapper) Apathy (born March 8th, 1979) the self-proclaimed “King of Connecticut” (and formerly the Alien Tongue), is an underground rapper currently signed to Atlantic Records. He is a re-founding member and unofficial leader of the Demigodz crew.
Apatin Apatin (Апатин) is a city in the Vojvodina administrative region of Serbia, located in the West Bačka District, at . Apatin is the administrative, economic, cultural, educational and tourist centre of the municipality of Apatin (333 km²).
Apatosaurus Apatosaurus (), previously known as Brontosaurus, is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived about 140 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period. They were some of the largest land animals that ever existed, about 4.
Apaurusheyatva In Hinduism, Apaurusheyatva (IAST: ), Sanskrit, "being unauthored", is used to describe the Vedas, the main scripture in Hinduism. This implies that the Vedas are not authored by any agency, be it human or divine.
Apax Partners Apax Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm which operates in the United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and Israel. The firm has raised approximately $20 billion (USD) and existed for over 30 years (being founded in 1972).
Apayao Apayao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Kabugao and borders Cagayan to the north and east, Abra and Ilocos Norte to the west, and Kalinga to the south.
Ape Dos Mil Ape Dos Mil was a 2003 single released by the band Glassjaw through Warner Bros. The track Ape Dos Mil and live studio versions of Mu Empire and Must've Run All Day can also be found on the full-length album Worship and Tribute.
Ape extinction Ape extinction, particularly great ape extinction, is one of the most widely held biodiversity concerns. Recent primate extinctions (notably that of Miss Waldron's red colobus) after a long period of no such losses, and the rise of the African bushmeat trade, have sparked concerns that human beings may be eliminating their nearest genetic and social relatives.
Ape Escape Academy Ape Escape Academy, known as just Ape Academy in Europe, is a game for PSP which involves a collection of 45 mini-games, though this borrows many of the elements of Ape Escape 2. The game was first released in Japan and latter in Europe and America.
Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed Ape Escape: Pumped and Primed, known in Japan as Gacha Mecha Stadium Saru Battle (ガチャメカスタジアム　サルバト～レ), is a video game that was developed SCEI for the PlayStation 2 and by Takara for the arcades. The game was published by Ubisoft and SCEI in 2004 and by Namco in 2007.
Ape Hill Ape Hill (猴山) is located at western side of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to the north of the main entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor. It was so named by the Dutch in the 17th century to describe many monkeys on this mountain.
Apedale Community Country Park Apedale Community Country Park is a large public open space in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. What makes the park unusual in the area is its previous incarnation as an opencast mine.
Apeejay Education Society The Apeejay Education Society (or APJ) is situated in New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) in Uttar Pradesh, India, and has about one thousand students. It is currently on the verge of celebrating its Silver Jubilee (2006), although the inaugural function is being celebrated in 2005.
Apeejay School Nerul Apeejay School Nerul, Navi Mumbai is one of a number of private schools run K-12 by Apeejay Education Society. The School is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi (Affiliation no.
Apeiranthos Apiranthos or Aperathu (in Greek: Απείρανθος or Απεράθου) is a mountainous village in the island of Naxos (Greece). It is located 28 km north-east of the capital of the island, built on the foothill of mountain Fanari, on an altitude between 550 and 650 m.
Apelin Apelin is a recently identified endogenous ligand for the G-protein-coupled APJ receptor. It is widely expressed in various organs such as the heart, lung, kidney, adipose tissue, gastrointestinal tract, brain, adrenal glands, endothelium, and human plasma.
Apella Apella was the official title of the popular assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states. Every Spartan male full citizen who had completed his thirtieth year was entitled to attend the meetings, which, according to Lycurgus's ordinance, must be held at the time of each full moon within the boundaries of Sparta.
Apellicon Apellicon, a wealthy native of Teos, afterwards an Athenian citizen, and a famous book collector. He not only spent large sums in the acquisition of his library, but stole original documents from the archives of Athens and other cities of Greece.
Apennine Mountains The Apennine Mountains (Greek: Απεννινος; Latin: Appenninus--in both cases used in the singular; Italian: Appennini) is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming, as it were, the backbone of the country.
Apennins Apennins was a département of the First French Empire in present Italy. Named after the Apennine Mountains, it was formed in 1805, when the Ligurian Republic (formerly the Republic of Genoa) was annexed to France.
Apep In Egyptian mythology, Apep (also spelled Apepi, and Aapep, or Apophis in Greek) was an evil demon, the deification of darkness and chaos, and thus opponent of light and Ma'at (order/truth), whose existence was believed about from the Middle Kingdom onwards. His name is reconstructed by Egyptologists as * because of written 3pp(y), surviving into later Coptic as AphĹŤph.
Apepi I Apepi I, (also Awoserre Apepi or Apophis) was a ruler of Lower Egypt during the Fifteenth dynasty and the end of the Second Intermediate Period. According to the Turin Canon of Kings, he ruled for forty years,Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt.
Apepi II Apepi II, (Also Aqenienre Apepi or Apepi II) was a Hyksos ruler of Lower Egypt during the end of the Second Intermediate Period. His domain was much reduced from his predicessor, Apepi I, and his name is not found on any objects south of Bubastis besides a dagger which turned up on the Antiquities market in Luxor, but was probably not found in the area.
Aperi Aperi is an open source project that aims to simplify the management of storage environments through a standards-based, open source software framework. The Aperi open source project is committed to working closely with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) to promote interoperability and eliminate complexity in today’s storage environments.
Aperiodic graph In the mathematical area of graph theory, a directed graph is said to be aperiodic if there is no integer k > 1 that divides the length of every cycle of the graph. Equivalently, a graph is aperiodic if the greatest common divisor of the lengths of its cycles is one; this greatest common divisor for a graph G is called the period of G.
Aperitif for Destruction Aperitif for Destruction is the fourth album from Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine, released May 24, 2005. The album title and artwork are take-offs of Guns N' Roses' 1987 album, Appetite for Destruction.
Apertium Apertium is a machine translation system being developed with funding from the Spanish government and the Catalan government at the Universitat d'Alacant (University of Alicante). It is free software and released under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Aperto (supermarket) Aperto is a franchise of supermarkets located in Swiss train stations. As of now, there are 16 locations, popular for being open every day, as opposed to the majority of Swiss business which are closed on Sunday.
Apertura and Clausura In recent times, many Latin American football leagues are divided in two sections per season, Apertura and Clausura, each with its own champion. Apertura and Clausura are the Spanish words for "opening" and "closing".
Aperture In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light is admitted. More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the opening that determines the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come to a focus in the image plane.
Aperture (botany) Apertures are very small spots on the walls of a pollen, where the wall is thinner and/or softer. For germination it is necessary that the pollen tube can reach out from the inner of the pollen and transport the chromosomes to the egg deep down in the pistil.
Aperture (computer memory) An aperture is a portion of the computer-addressable physical address space which is associated in hardware with a particular device or memory unit. Apertures may reach external devices such as ROM or RAM chips, or internal memories on the accessing CPU itself.
Aperture (CAD software) Aperture Visual Information Manager, a software program for Microsoft Windows, is developed and marketed by Aperture Technologies, Inc, Stamford, CT. Aperture Visual Information Manager combines a high precision drawing system (CAD) with database connections, enabling users to create sophisticated information systems for such applications as office space planning, data center floor planning, etc.
Aperture (photography software) Aperture is a software program for Mac OS X announced by Apple Computer at a New York media event on October 19, 2005, designed to assist professional photographers in post-production work. It became available on November 2005.
Aperture card Used in data archiving, the aperture card is a small, simple piece of punched card-stock paper with a slip of microfilm appearing within a window in the card. The punches in the card, like a conventional punched card, contain data that a machine can rapidly read to aid in locating a particular card or for obtaining information from a selected card.
Aperture masking interferometry Aperture Masking Interferometry is a form of speckle interferometry, allowing diffraction limited imaging from ground based telescopes. This technique allows ground based telescopes to reach the maximum possible resolution, allowing ground-based telescopes with large diameters to produce far sharper images than the Hubble Space Telescope.
Aperture synthesis Aperture synthesis is a type of interferometry that mixes signals from a collection of telescopes to produce images having the same angular resolution as an instrument the size of the entire collection. At each separation and orientation, the lobe-pattern of the interferometer produces an output which is one component of the Fourier transform of the spatial distribution of the brightness of the observed object.
Aperture-to-medium coupling loss In telecommunication, aperture-to-medium coupling loss is the difference between the theoretical gain of a very large antenna, such as the antennas in beyond-the-horizon microwave links, and the gain that can be realized in operation.
Apex (hat) The apex was a cap worn by the flamines and salii at Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool.
Apex (radio band) Apex was an experimental radio broadcasting system introduced in the United States in 1934 that used high frequencies between roughly 25 and 42 MHz to achieve high fidelity sound with less static and distortion on AM stations. They were called "apex", "skyscraper" or "pinnacle" stations because of the height of the broadcast antennas used.
Apex beat The apex beat, also called the point of maximum impulse (PMI), is the furthermost point outwards (laterally) and downwards (inferiorly) from the sternum at which the cardiac impulse can be felt. The cardiac impulse is the result of the heart rotating, moving forward and striking against the chest wall during systole.
Apex Digest Apex Digest is a digest size magazine published out of Lexington, Kentucky in the United States, specialising in science fiction and horror short stories. The magazine is edited by Jason Sizemore and published four times a year.
Apex predator Apex predators (also alpha predators, superpredators, or top-level predators) are predators that as adults are not preyed upon in the wild under normal circumstances. Some can be superpredators in some environments but not others (e.
Apex Testing Apex Testing, LLC is a professional exam preparation company that specializes in preparing medical students and other allied health professionals for their professional licensing exams. These exams include the shelf exams given after rotations such as internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, board exams including the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE), and others.
ApeXtreme ApeXtreme (pronounced 'Apex Extreme') is a video game console created by Apex Digital. While the console made a promising first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2004, it had been cancelled by December of that year.
Apfelstrudel Apfelstrudel ("Apple strudel") is a traditional pastry of southern Germany and many countries that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire (Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, etc.), and is the most widely known kind of strudel.
Apfelwein Apfelwein (German, apple wine) is the German form of cider, produced from apples. It is also regionally known as Ebbelwoi, Äppler, Stöffche, Apfelmost (apple must), Viez (from Latin vice, the second or substitute wine), and Säurer Most (sour must).
Apgujeong Apgujeong (압구정), also spelled Apkujong is an important fashion and shopping district in the Gangnam Ward of Seoul, Korea. It contains many upscale department stores, shops, and boutiques, such as Prada, Gucci, and Giorgio Armani.
Aphaea Aphaea (Greek Aphaia; not dark or vanisher) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively on the island of Aegina. Under Athenian hegemony she came to be identified with the goddess Athena and Artemis and, by the time of Pausanias, with the nymph Britomartis.
Aphanite Aphanite (from the Greek αφανης, invisible) is a name given to certain typically dark-coloured igneous rocks which are so fine-grained that their component mineral crystals are not detected by the unaided eye. This texture results from rapid cooling in volcanic or hypabyssal (shallow subsurface) environments.
Aphelinidae Aphelinidae is a moderate-sized family of tiny parasitic wasps, with some 1160 described species in some 35 genera. These minute insects are challenging to study as they deteriorate rapidly after death unless extreme care is taken (e.
Apheresis Apheresis (Greek: "to take away") is a medical technology in which the blood of a donor or patient is passed through an apparatus that separates out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy.
Aphetic place In astrology, an aphetic place is a place in the horoscope that is highly fortunate when the benefic planets, such as the Sun, Venus and Jupiter, are placed therein. These areas are 5 degrees above the Ascendant to 25 degrees below it, 5 degrees below the Descendant to 25 degrees above it, and from 5 degrees before the ninth house cusp to the middle of the eleventh house.
Aphian Saint Aphian (Apphian, Apian, Appian, Amphianus, Amphian; and Amfiano) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church and by the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is said to have died during the persecutions of the Emperor Galerius, on April 2, c.
Aphid Aphids, also known as greenfly, blackfly or plant lice, are minute plant-feeding insects in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the homopterous division of the order Hemiptera. Recent classification within the Hemiptera has changed the old term 'Homoptera' to two suborders: Sternorryncha (aphids, whiteflies, scales, psyllids...
Aphik Aphik, Afik אפיק is a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out , identified with the Aphaca of classical times, the modern Afka. "And Asher did not dispossess the ones living in Accho, and the ones living in Sidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob".
Aphilas Aphilas (early 4th century) was a king of Axum. He is known from the coins he minted, which are characterized by a number of experiments in imagery on the obverse, and being issued in fractions of weight that none of his successors copied.
Aphonopelma Aphonopelma is a genus of tarantulas including nearly all of the North American tarantulas north of Mexico and a considerable part of the tarantulas which range into Central America. Only a few species are described from South America.
Aphorism Aphorism (from the Greek αφοριζειν, to define), literally a distinction or a definition, is a term used to describe a principle expressed tersely in a few telling words or any general truth conveyed in a short and pithy sentence, in such a way that when once heard it is unlikely to pass from memory.an aphorism is a saying that makes a point or expresses the opinion of the speaker by illustrating or describing the horizon of that perspective.
Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (July 10, 1640 – April 16, 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration, and is considered one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature.
Aphrodite (artist) Aphrodite (born Gavin King), also known as A Zone or DJ Aphro, is a UK jungle and drum'n'bass DJ/producer commonly referred to as the 'Godfather of Jungle', who works along with Micky Finn on their joint Urban Takeover label. One of the oldest dnb producers, he largely contributed to and influenced drum and bass' current styles and techniques.
Aphrodite of Cnidus The Aphrodite of Cnidus was one of the most famous works of the Attic sculptor Praxiteles (4th century BC). It and its copies are often referred to as the Venus Pudica (modest Venus) type, on account of her covering her groin with her right hand.
Aphthonius of Antioch Aphthonius of Antioch, Greek sophist and rhetorician, flourished in the second half of the 4th century AD, or even later. Nothing is known of his life, except that he was a friend of Libanius and of a certain Eutropius, perhaps the author of the epitome of Roman history.
Api Chamber Api Chamber is a chamber in Whiterock Cave in Gunung Api, Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Measuring 300m x 200m and with a surveyed circumference of 900m it is the eighth largest cave chamber by area in the world.
Apiaceae The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (both names are allowed by the ICBN) is a family of usually aromatic plants with hollow stems, including parsley, carrot, and other relatives. It is a large family with about 300 genera and more than 3,000 species.
Apical ectodermal ridge The Apical Ectodermal Ridge (AER) is a critical component in vertebrate limb development. The AER is an ectodermal structure overlying and inducing the developing limb bud of the vertebrate embryo, and will eventually give rise to the skin covering the limb.
Apical membrane The apical membrane of a polarized cell is the part of the plasma membrane that forms its lumenal surface, distinct from the basolateral membrane. This is particularly evident in epithelial cells, but also describes other polarized cells, such as neurons.
Apicius Apicius is the title of a collection of Roman cookery recipes, usually thought to have been compiled in the late 4th or early 5th century AD and written in a language that is in many ways closer to Vulgar than to Classical Latin.
Apicius (1st century BC) Apicius is the name of a Roman lover of luxury who lived in the 90s BC and was said to have outdone all his contemporaries in lavish expenditure. According to Poseidonius, Apicius was responsible for the banishment from Rome of Rutilius Rufus, who was the author of a history of Rome written in Greek and was notable for the modesty of his entertaining.
Apicius (2nd century AD) According to the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus, Apicius is the name of a cook who found a way of packing fresh oysters to send to the emperor Trajan while he was on campaign in Mesopotamia around 115 AD. The information comes by way of the Epitome or summary of the Deipnosophists, since the full text of this part of Athenaeus's work does not survive.
Apidae The Apidae are a large family of bees, comprising the common honey bees, stingless bees (which are also cultured for honey), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, bumblebees, and various other less well-known groups. Honey bees, stingless bees, and bumblebees are colonial (eusocial), though they are sometimes believed to have each developed this independently, and show notable differences in such things as communication between workers.
Apidium The genus Apidium (from Latin for "little bull", as the first fossils were thought to be from a hoofed animal) is that of at least three extinct primates living in the early Oligocene, roughly 36 to 34 millions years ago. Apidium fossils are common in the Fayoum deposits of Egypt.
Apies River The Apies River is a river that flows through the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The river is also known as the Apiesrivier in Afrikaans (in which "Apies" means "small monkeys"), and is traditionally also called the Tshwane River by the indigenous peoples.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul (, born July 16, 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and film producer. His feature films include Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there.
Apimondia Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeepers` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide.
Apinae The Apinae is the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae, including the familiar "corbiculate" bees (honeybees, stingless bees, orchid bees, and bumblebees), plus all the groups that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae. Most species (other than honeybees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the tribes are entirely cleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini.
Apios americana Apios americana, sometimes called the hog peanut, potato bean, or groundnut (but not to be confused with other plants sometimes known by the name groundnut) is a perennial vine native to eastern North America, and bears edible beans and large edible tubers. It grows to 3-4 m long, with pinnate leaves 8-15 cm long with 5-7 leaflets.
Apirak Kosayothin Apirak Kosayothin (Thai: อภิรักษ์ โกษะโยธิน, born March 30 1961) was a Thai business executive and is the current governor of Bangkok. In the gubernational elections on August 29 2004 he won 40% of the votes.
Apirana Ngata Sir Apirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 - 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.
Apis cerana Apis cerana, or the Asiatic honey bee (or the Eastern honey bee), are small honey bees of southern and southeastern Asia, such as China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea. This species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi, and both are in the same subgenus as the Western (European) honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Apis cerana nuluensis Apis cerana nuluensis is a subspecies of honey bee described in 1996 by Tingek, Koeniger & Koeniger. The geographic distribution of the subspecies is the south-east Asian island of Borneo, politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Apis dorsata laboriosa Apis dorsata laboriosa is a subspecies of honey bee originally described as a species, but which has since been recognized to represent a geographic race (subspecies) of the more widely-distributed Apis dorsata, or "Giant Honey bee" (Engel, 1999). This subspecies is largely limited to the Himalayas.
Apis koschevnikovi Koschevnikov's Bee, or Apis koschevnikovi, is a species of honey bee which inhabits Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo, where it lives conspecifically with other honey bee species such as Apis cerana (specifically A. c.
Apis mellifera lamarckii Lamarck's honey bee or the Egyptian honey bee is a subspecies of honey bee native to the Nile valley of Egypt and Sudan, named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. It is considered defensive, low in honey yield and exhibiting good hygienic behavior.
Apistogramma Apistogramma is a genus of more than a hundred species of fish from the family Cichlidae found in tropical areas of the Amazon basin and Venezuela. Apistogramma literally means "irregular lateral line" referring to a common trait of the species under this taxon.
Apito Dourado The affair Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) is a corruption sports scandal in Portuguese football that blew up in 2004. Portuguese Police investigators accused several football personalities of corrupting referees.
Apium Apium (Celery and Marshwort) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. They are medium to tall biennial or perennial plants growing wet ground (marshes and saltmarshes).

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