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unusual facts about Ruo, Micronesia


Ruo

Ruo, Micronesia, a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk


Andon Amaraich

From 1979 to 1990, Amaraich was the first ever Secretary of the F.S. Micronesia's Department of External Affairs, under Presidents Tosiwo Nakayama and John Haglelgam.

Charlie Hernández

He also completed a thesis about the Territories of Micronesia and the territorial politics of the United States.

Chuuk

Chuuk State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia

Clandestine HUMINT and covert action

Missions were taken on a case-by-case basis, such as Major Earl Hancock Ellis' survey of potential Japanese bases in Micronesia

College of Micronesia-FSM

The College of Micronesia has a state campus in each of the four states with its national campus in the capital city of Palikir, Pohnpei.

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

A case which involved countries far apart on the globe was raised by Micronesia, which claimed that the Czech coal-fired plant at Prunerov was significantly affecting its climate due to global warming.

Deep Sea Monster Reigo

In September 1942, Captain Yamagami (Susumu Kurobe) is ordered to rendezvous the Yamato with the Combined Fleet that is gathering at the Truk Islands (aka Chuuk Islands) in Micronesia, a key strategic point in the South Pacific.

Dong Jin Kim

At this time Kim received the honorary title of Captain from the Pohnpei Police Department in Micronesia.

ETEN

Eten Island, an island to the south-east of Tonowas, Micronesia

Fais

Fais Island, one of the outer islands of the State of Yap part of the Federated States of Micronesia

Fly Guam

In November 2009 CEO Jeffrey Stern along with executive directors visited Guam looking for business opportunities in Micronesia.

George Murdock

While his pre-war fieldwork had been among the Haida and other indigenous peoples of the Northwest North American coast, Murdock's interests were now focused on Micronesia, and he conducted fieldwork there episodically until the 1960s.

Guettarda speciosa

Guettarda speciosa, colloquially called beach gardenia, or zebra wood, is a species of shrub in the family Rubiaceae found in coastal habitats in tropical areas around the Pacific Ocean, including the coastline of central and northern Queensland and Northern Territory in Australia, and Pacific Islands, including Micronesia, French Polynesia and Fiji, Malaysia and Indonesia and the east coast of Africa.

Heterogeneous water oxidation

Ruthenium oxide (RuO2) shows some of the best performance as an OER material in acidic environments.

Indian flying fox

Fruit bats are considered a delicacy by South Pacific Islanders as well as in Micronesia where, on the island of Guam, consumption has been suggested as a possible cause of Lytico-Bodig disease.

Indolocarbazole

Three species of tunicate, one mollusk, one flatworm, and one sponge have been discovered in places ranging from Micronesia to New Zealand.

John Haglelgam

Mr. Haglelgam began his sixteen years of service to the people of Micronesia in 1974 when he successfully ran for a seat in the House of Representatives of the Congress of Micronesia.

Large Palau flying fox

The large Palau flying fox (Pteropus pilosus) is an extinct species of medium-sized megabats from the Palau Islands in Micronesia.

Luelen Bernart

Luelen Bernart (Pohnpei 1866-1946) was the first Micronesian to write a book and Pohnpei's first historian.

Lyncina ventriculus

This species is distributed in the eastern Indian Ocean (Malaysia, Estern Indonesia, Cocos Islands and Christmas Island), in the Central and Western Pacific Ocean (South China Sea, Taiwan, Philippines, Samar Island, Guam, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, eastern Polynesia, Tahiti and Hawaii).

Malem

Malem, Kosrae, a municipality in the state of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia

Micronesia Mall

The Micronesia Mall opened on August 8, 1988, a date chosen by its owners for luck: The number "8" is considered a lucky number by Chinese and other Asian cultures.

Nanmadol

Nan Madol, an ancient city off the coast of Pohnpei, Micronesia, after which the typhoons were named

Netball in the Cook Islands

She attended South Pacific Games in Micronesia, the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, and the Olympic Games in Sydney.

Pacific sheath-tailed bat

The Pacific sheath-tailed bat or Polynesian sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae found in American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa (where it is called pe'a vai, tagiti or pe'ape'a vai), Tonga, and Vanuatu.

Panulirus versicolor

In the western Pacific it occurs as far north as southern Japan, throughout Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and in the waters of north-eastern Australia.

Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Instead it focused on two demands: the inclusion of their racial equality proposal in the League's Covenant and Japanese territorial claims with respect to former German colonies, namely Shantung (including Kiaochow) and the Pacific islands north of the Equator (the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the Mariana Islands, and the Carolines).

Priolepis aureoviridis

Priolepis aureoviridis, the Yellow-green goby, is a species of goby native to the central Pacific Ocean where it is known to occur in Micronesia, Johnston Atoll and the Hawaiian Islands.

PTSA

Kosrae International Airport, an airport serving Kosrae, the easternmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia by ICAO code

Redley A. Killion

Killion is from Chuuk State and was selected to Congress of Micronesia in 1987.

Roe deer

German colonial administrators introduced roe deer to the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia.

Ruo'ao

Like other early Chu rulers, Ruo'ao held the hereditary noble rank of viscount that was first granted to his ancestor, also named Xiong Yi (熊繹, different in Chinese characters), by King Cheng of Zhou.

Spotband butterflyfish

It is found in the Indo- West Pacific region from Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean to the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to the Rowley Shoals and the northern Great Barrier Reef, and throughout Micronesia.

Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites

Survivor: Micronesia, the sixteenth season of American version of Survivor, also known as Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites

Synaptula lamperti

 lamperti is found in the Western Pacific including the coasts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia and the Philippines.

Wood Sandpiper

In Micronesia it is a regular visitor to the Marianas Islands (where flocks of up to 32 birds are reported) and Palau; it is recorded on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands about once per decade.


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