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2 unusual facts about Portal, Arizona


Elachista loriella

The species is named for Mrs. Lori Ortiz to honour her contribution in the kitchen of the Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona.

Portal Ranger Station

The Portal Ranger Station, also known as Portal Work Station, in Coronado National Forest near Portal, Arizona was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps.


All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

The title was later used by Tucson, Arizona industrial rock band Machines of Loving Grace, formed in 1989, and in its full form by British musician Martin Carr as the title of a 2004 album, as well as a 2011 television series by documentary maker Adam Curtis.

Andrew J. Weaher

He was one of 34 men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in several engagements against the Apache Indians, specifically in the Black Mountains of Arizona, from August to October 1868.

Andrew Leo Bettwy

Bettwy did not particularly enjoy the practice of law, but he loved Arizona and knew its history and every inch of its territory, having traveled it many times over with his father.

Anna's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbirds are found along the western coast of North America, from southern Canada to northern Baja California, and inland to southern Arizona.

Arizona State Route 564

State Route 564, also known as SR 564, is a state highway in northern Arizona serving Navajo National Monument.

Arizona Summer League

All teams are based in the Yuma, Arizona, area playing all games at Desert Sun Stadium (home of the Scorpions) and utilizing the Ray Kroc Complex which used to house the San Diego Padres and Yakult Swallows spring training operations.

Athletic scholarship

In February 2012, a member of the Arizona House of Representatives proposed a bill named HB 2675 which would have required students attending a public university in the state of Arizona (Arizona State University, University of Arizona, or Northern Arizona University) to pay an additional $2,000 fee in order to attend one of the 3 universities.

Britt Boyse

She is currently living in Arizona, and is Executive Director of Casting Crown Productions, which was given the license to produce the Miss Arizona USA and Miss Arizona Teen USA pageants in 2006.

Brown-backed Solitaire

One singing bird was found in Miller Canyon, in the Huachuca Mountains of Southeastern Arizona, and documented by the youth birding Victor Emanuel Nature Tours' Camp Chiricahua in July 2009.

CAML

Collaborative Application Markup Language, an XML-based markup language used with the Microsoft SharePoint collaborative portal application

Celeste McCollough

She worked on the role of colour in flight simulation displays for the Air Force Human Resources Lab at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona (e.g., Howard, 1992; Howard, 1994; Howard, 1996).

Chris Halliwell

His mistrust leads Leo to spy on Chris and find out that he has the ability to create a time portal (though not able to control it) where he and Chris are stuck (risking to be eaten by dinosaurs and captured by Confederate Americans who take them for Yankees) because of him.

Chris Wells

Beanie Wells (born 1988), also known as Chris Wells, Arizona Cardinals football player

Christopher Asher

Asher has coached professional athletes Derek Knight (top-5 USA ranked 110mHH), Sergio Santos (1st round MLB pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Reuben Droughns (NFL-Detroit Lions, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants) and Trevor Ariza (NBA- New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, L.A. Lakers).

Danny the Street

In the pages of Teen Titans, during the One Year Later time-shift event in the DC Universe, a portal to Danny was seen in Dayton Manor; Crazy Jane was also seen through the portal.

Demsky

Danielle Demski, a Arizona beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.

Fort McDowell

Fort McDowell, Arizona, (also known as Camp McDowell), a community that started as a US Army fort established in 1865 on the upper Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Freddy Lockhart

In 1986, his family then moved to Arizona where he spent his formative years being influenced by Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce and Bill Cosby.

Galisteo Basin

Various peoples, known and unknown, inhabited the area, including the Tano (Arizona Tewa), East Rio Grande Keresan, Pecos, and Tewa.

Garrya

Garrya wrightii – Wright's Silktassel; Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.

GBU-10 Paveway II

Raytheon production of the Paveway II is centered in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.

Huachuca Mountains

Along the trails there are opportunities to see a number of rare butterflies of Arizona (see List of butterflies and moths of Arizona), as well as plants that are more commonly found in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov

In August 2005, three months before his death, he tied for eighth place at the U.S. Open Chess Championship in Phoenix, Arizona against some of the best players in the country.

James J. McGovern

The five additional schools are: the Arizona School of Health Sciences (1999), the School of Health Management (2000), the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (2001), the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (2006), and the Postgraduate School of Osteopathic Clinic Research (2007).

Javier Carballo

In 1999 creates Loyalt-eCommerce, Internet portal that will become later the professional services website of the company of telecommunications Vodafone.

John Irwin

John N. Irwin (1847–1905), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory, 1883–1884, and Arizona Territory, 1890–1892

John Joseph Tuchi

On September 19, 2013, President Obama nominated Tuchi to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, to the seat vacated by Judge Roslyn O. Silver, who took senior status on September 3, 2013.

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Both these pueblos and missions were on the California side of the Colorado River near the mouth of the Gila River but were administered by the Arizona authorities.

Kelvin Jack

Kelvin Jack started his career playing in Trinidad and Tobago with hometown club Trincity United and Joe Public before earning a scholarship to join Yavapai College in Arizona.

KWSS

KWSS-LP, a low-power radio station (106.7 FM) licensed to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

KXXT

In January 2011, after the attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords (see 2011 Tucson shooting ), KXXT National Talk Show Host Steve Sanchez of The Steve Sanchez Show offered 30 minutes of airtime to Westboro Baptist Church in exchange for the Church agreeing not to protest at the funeral of 9 year old Christina Green who was killed during the assassination attempt.

Markus Gygax

In 1973 he joined the surveillance wing flying the Hawker Hunter, and in 1978 underwent conversion to the F-5 at Williams AFB, Arizona.

Nathan Murphy

Oakes Murphy, Nathan Oakes Murphy (1849-1908), fourteenth Governor of Arizona Territory

Neil L. Andersen

On February 14, 2009, he broke ground for the construction of The Gila Valley Arizona Temple, located in the town of Central, Arizona.

Paula Aboud

On January 3, 2006 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate by the Pima County Board of Supervisors, following the resignation of Gabrielle Giffords, who stepped down to run for the United States House of Representatives.

Phoenix Academy

Phoenix Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school in Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Planet Half-Life

In addition to the news, Planet Half-Life hosts extensive, in-depth collections of information regarding Half-Life, Half-Life 2 (along with Portal), Counter-Strike, Team Fortress and Day of Defeat.

Prayers for the Assassin

Parts of New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California have been claimed by the Aztlan Empire (formerly Mexico) and tension between the I.R. and A.E. have risen due to land claims.

Progressive Majority

Public officials elected with the help of Progressive Majority include California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Washington House of Representatives Majority Floor Leader Larry Springer, Washington state senator and 2007 Humane Society of the United States state legislator of the year Brian Weinstein, and Arizona state senator Paula Aboud, one of Arizona's few openly gay elected officials.

Pterospoda nigrescens

It occurs at moderate elevations in arid scrub and open woodland habitat, ranging from south-eastern Arizona and the Edwards Plateau of west-central Texas south to at least Durango, Mexico.

Rice, California

The subdivision and siding are still in use, but have since changed hands and currently belong to the Arizona and California Railroad, a short line serving southeastern California from Rice to Cadiz, California and southwestern Arizona at Parker.

Roger Bean

In 2007, The Marvelous Wonderettes received the Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musical Intimate Theatre, and played a record-setting 18 months at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.

San Elizario Spy Company

On January 25, 1862 two NCOs and seven privates from the Company were detached to help form Sherod Hunter's Company A, Arizona Rangers, that were sent to occupy Tucson, Arizona.

San Luis High School

Germán Altamírano, a two-time Arizona amateur champion and an undefeated boxer signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions

The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmer says that the main setting of the story is in the vicinity of the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.

TheCommunity.com

Founded in 1999 as a portal for non-profit organizations, TheCommunity.com provides news, projects and interaction with global leaders including the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tom Horne

Horne personally argued at the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in favor of Arizona’s law that requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

Vernon Parker

Parker was the Republican nominee in Arizona's 9th congressional district for the 2012 election, although he did not live in the district at the time.

Virgin spinedace

As of 1995, the Virgin spinedace were last officially observed by Bureau of Land Management personnel in 1991, where the remaining fish were caught and deposited at the Arizona State University Museum.

Web portal

The early hosted portal companies such as Hyperoffice.com or the now defunct InternetPortal.com focused on collaboration and scheduling in addition to the distribution of corporate data.


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