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7 unusual facts about tau


Florence Crauford Grove

Chapters cover the Upper Rion, the valley of the Upper Tcherek river, the Bezingi glacier and the Kotchan Tau Group (both in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia), Tchegem and the Gorge of the Djilki-Su, Urusbieh, the first ascent of Mount Elbruz (in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia), and the Nakhar Pass (in Georgia).

Inter Island Airways

Inter Island Airways received its air carrier certificate in September 1995 and began providing domestic passenger and cargo air service between Pago Pago (Tutuila Island), and Tau (in the Manu'a Islands).

Janga

Dzhangi-Tau, or Janga, a summit in the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range

Muscarinic agonist

Tau-phosphorylation is decreased and cholinergic function enhanced.

Peter Courtenay

The Tau letters represent the symbol of St Anthony, a favoured saint of the bishop.

Tau

Tau is usually considered as the symbol of Franciscan orders due to St. Francis' love for it, symbol of the redemption and of the Cross.

The expressed period of the freerunning rhythm of an animal, i.e., the length of the daily cycle of an animal when kept in constant light or constant darkness.


275th Regiment

In 2010, as part of Operation Wandering Souls, Bob Hall and Derrill de Heer, both Vietnam veterans who are now academics at the University of New South Wales and the Australian Defence Force Academy, presented to the Veterans Association of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, a list containing the full names, ranks and unit numbers of 535 Vietnamese soldiers buried by Australians in the province.

Alpha Sigma Nu

The society, known as Alpha Sigma Tau until 1930, spread from Marquette to Creighton University, to St. Louis University and to the University of Detroit in its first decade.

Axial ratio

Alternatively, polarization can be represented as a point on the surface of the Poincaré sphere, with 2\times \tau as the longitude and 2\times \epsilon, where \epsilon=ArcCot(\pm AR), as the latitude.

Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province

In 1979, Vũng Tàu was broken away from Đồng Nai and merged with the Côn Đảo islands (formerly part of Hậu Giang Province), forming the new Vũng Tàu–Côn Đảo "special zone".

Blue-crowned Lorikeet

The Blue-crowned Lorikeet (Vini australis) is a parrot found throughout the Samoa and Tonga islands and Lau archipelago, including: ʻAlofi, Fotuhaʻa, Fulago, Futuna, Haʻafeva, Niuafoʻou, Moce, Niuē, Ofu, Olosega, Sāmoa, Savaiʻi, Tafahi, Taʻu, Tofua, Tonga, Tungua, ʻUiha, ʻUpolu, Varoa, Vavaʻu, and Voleva.

Brian J.G. Pereira

In addition, Pereira was a member of the advisory boards of Amgen and Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals along with several other organizations.

Cantonese slang

In Hong Kong slang terms for members of minority groups include "gweilo," (ghost man) meaning White people, "ga tau" and "lo baat tau" (carrot head) meaning Japanese people, "bak gwei" (white devil) meaning Caucasians, "hak gwei" (black devil) meaning Black people, "bun mui" meaning Filipina domestic employees, and "ah cha" meaning Indian people and Pakistani people.

Carl R. Fellers Award

The award is named after Carl R. Fellers, a food science professor who chaired the food technology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and when the first Phi Tau Sigma chapter was founded in 1953.

Dinohippus

Astrohippus, Calippus, Equus (synonymized with Allozebra, Asinus, Onager, Plesippus, Neohippus, Equus semiplicatus, Equus tau), Hippidion, Onohippidium, Pliohippus, Protohippus (syn. Eoequus)

Douhua

In Singapore and Malaysia it is more commonly known by its names tow huay or tau huay in Min Nan, or by the Cantonese name (tau fu fa) with the Cantonese variation being more common in Malaysia, in fact it is almost exclusively known as tau fu fa there while tau huey is generally associated with Singapore.

Élie Barnavi

He became the science director of the Museum of Europe in Brussels in 1998, and was the Israeli ambassador to France between 2000 and 2002, after which he resumed teaching at TAU and returned to his work at the museum.

Equini

Astrohippus, Calippus, Dinohippus, Equus (synonymized with Allozebra, Asinus, Onager, Plesippus, Neohippus, Equus semiplicatus, Equus tau), Hippidion, Onohippidium, Pliohippus, Protohippus (synonymized with Eoequus).

Ezra Vogel

While attending Ohio Wesleyan, Vogel was a member of the Beta Sigma Tau fraternity (that later merged with the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity).

Hòa Hưng

Hòa Hưng, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, a commune and village in Xuyên Mộc District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province

Jack L. Anson

He was the author of The Golden Jubilee History of Phi Kappa Tau in 1957, A Diamond Jubilee History of the National Interfraternity Conference: 75 Glorious Years in 1984 and at the time of his death he was serving as editor of the current edition of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities.

Jennifer Sherrill

Other Alpha Sigma Tau sisters from the same university include Terri Utley (Miss USA 1982) and Jessica Furrer (Miss Arkansas USA 2005).

KMB Route 70

54 Luen Wo Hui Playground Sha Tau Kok Road Luen Wo Hui

Lambda Tau Omega

Lambda Tau Omega (ΛΤΩ) is a multicultural sorority founded in 1988 at Montclair State College, now known as Montclair State University, in Montclair, New Jersey.

Lo Wai

Lo Wai (老圍), a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong

Luj Yaj

He gained notoriety when two of his songs appeared in a Hmong dubbed Thai film called "Kev Hlub Txiav Tsis Tau".

Paris By Night 103

04. Hai Chuyến Tàu Đêm (Trúc Phương) - Quang Lê

Phi Sigma Tau

The emblem of Phi Sigma Tau is in the shape of a pentagon; each of the five angles contains a symbol that represents one of the five streams of world thought: Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Hebrew, and Greek.

Philip N. Diehl

Diehl graduated from Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas and earned a B.A. degree from Austin College where he was a member of Sigma Tau Epsilon and active in political organizing on campus and in the community.

Phrydiuchus tau

The adult weevil is dark gray to black and has a marking on its back that looks like a white letter T, or tau, hence its scientific name.

Phước Hải

Phước Hải, Đất Đỏ, township of Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province

Sha Tau Kok Public Pier

The pier is used for loading and unloading goods and berthing of kaitos operating between Sha Tau Kwok and Kat O, Sam A and other northeast rural areas.

Sigma Delta Tau

Christy Carlson Romano - (Gamma Tau, Columbia/Barnard) actress on Disney's hit television show "Even Stevens"

Siosa'ia Ma'ulupekotofa Tuita

He currently lives with his wife, HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita, and their family, dividing their time between residences in Tau'akipulu and Hillsborough, California.

Sixto González

In 1983, he traveled to Massachusetts and enrolled in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at MIT and joined the Mu Tau chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

Student social organizations at the College of Wooster

In 1891, the Tau Chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon (ΘΝΕ) was established at the college by members of the Alpha Chapter at Wesleyan University.

Tau Cross

a tau-rho ligature used to abbreviate the Greek word for cross in very early New Testament manuscripts such as P66, P45 and P75.

Tau function

Ramanujan tau function, giving the Fourier coefficients of the Ramanujan modular form.

Tau Gamma Phi

This gave birth to the Junior Tau Gamma Phi founded at San Beda College - High School department, where Bro.

Tau neutrino

The tau neutrino is last of the leptons, and is the second most recent particle of the Standard Model to be discovered.

Taylor A. Borradaile

Anson, Jack L., The Golden Jubilee History of Phi Kappa Tau, Lawhead Press, Athens Ohio: 1957

The Fall of Hyperion

Severn, accompanied by Gladstone's aide Leigh Hunt, farcast to Tau Ceti Center, but instead arrive on a world that is an apparent analog of 19th century Earth and, in particular, the city of Rome, where the historical Keats died.

The Painted Turtle

The Painted Turtle was founded in 1999 by Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity Alumnus Paul Newman and Page and Lou Adler.

Ursinus College

The Ursinus College Greek community consists of six sororities, including Kappa Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Psi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Tau Sigma Gamma, Upsilon Phi Delta, and Omega Chi, and eight fraternities, including Alpha Phi Epsilon, Beta Sigma Lambda, Delta Pi Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi Omega Delta, Sigma Pi and Sigma Rho Lambda.

Vaneeza Ahmad

Ahmad made her acting debut in Jamal Shah's controversial saga Kal and has since acted in Marina Khan's Tum Hi Tau Ho, Janey Anjaney and Tum Say Mil Ker; Armaan; and Talaash.

William D. Wittliff

Wittliff was a Kappa Sigma at the Tau Chapter at the University of Texas; he was initiated in 1959 and in 2012 became the Fraternity's 79th recipient of the Man of the Year distinction.


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