Taxobox name ArabianOryx status VU status system iucn3.1 trend down status ref ref name iucn image Reem ... binomial authority Peter Simon Pallas Pallas , 1766 The ArabianOryxOryx leucoryx or White ... of Oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian peninsula . The ArabianOryx was extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private preserves and ArabianOryx Reintroduction reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980. In 1986 the ArabianOryx was classified ... language Greek orux Gazelle or Antelope and leukos white . The ArabianOryx is also called the White ... Programme for ArabianOryx Taxonomy & description year 2007 publisher National Wildlife Research ... call the ArabianOryx as Oryx leucoryx , giving its range as Arabia, and perhaps Libya. In 1816, Henri ... Gottfried Ehrenberg Lichtenstein, 1826 . The ArabianOryx was then nameless until the first living ... since been renamed Oryx dammah , and gave the ArabianOryx back its original name. The confusion between ... Oryx in the desert ArabianOryx stand about convert 1 m in sp us high at the shoulder and weigh around ... ringed horns which are convert 50 to 75 cm in sp us long. ArabianOryx rest during the heat of the day ... and fifteen animals, though herds of up to one hundred have been reported. ArabianOryx are generally ... animal info Other than humans, wolves are the ArabianOryx s only predation predator . In captivity ... years. ref name arabianoryx cite web url http www.phoenixzoo.org learn animals animal detail.aspx?FACT SHEET ID 100003 title ArabianOryx accessdate 2008 01 27 work The Phoenix Zoo ref In periods of drought , however, the ArabianOryx s life expectancy may be significantly reduced by malnutrition ... The Oryx Facts accessdate 2008 01 27 work The ArabianOryx Project ref Distribution and habitat Historically the ArabianOryx probably ranged throughout most of the Middle East . In the early 1800s ... peninsula . During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the range of the ArabianOryx was pushed ... more details
File Reem Lavan001.jpg thumb right 350px ArabianOryx at Chay Bar Yotvata, Israel The ArabianOryxOryx leucoryx , also called the White Oryx, was extinct in the wild as of 1972, ref name arabianoryx ... only nine oryx ref cite web url http www.oryxoman.com title The ArabianOryx Project Sultanate of Oman ... http www.arabian oryx.gov.sa title Saudi Arabian conservation programme for arabianoryx Web site ..., ref name redlist oryx details cite web url IUCNlink 15569 title IUCN Redlist ArabianOryx ... The ArabianOryx was known to be in decline since the early 1900s in the Arabian Peninsula ..., Lee Talbot reported that Arabianoryx appeared to be extinct in its former range along the southern ... of saving and then reintroducing ArabianOryx in the wild. ref cite web url http www.phoenixzoo.org ... Although in hindsight we know that there were actually quite a few potential Arabianoryx in private collections. For instance, the Arabian reintroduction was started with 57 Arabianoryx from ... name arabianoryx timeline The seven donated oryx were one from the London Zoo , two from Sheikh Jaber ... oryx to start the World Herd. Five ArabianOryx were delivered to the Phoenix Zoo in 1963 four in June ... successful, and the zoo celebrated its 225th ArabianOryx birth in 2002. From Phoenix, Arizona ... their herds. Most of the ArabianOryx in the wild today have ancestors from the Phoenix Zoo ... of the Red List. ref name redlist oryx details Oman By 1980 the number of ArabianOryx in captivity ... name arabianoryx timeline The area of their release became the ArabianOryx Sanctuary . On June 28, 2007, Oman s ArabianOryx Sanctuary was the first site to be removed from the UNESCO World Heritage ... exploration oil prospecting as the main reason for this decision. The ArabianOryx population ... world heritage cite web url http whc.unesco.org en news 362 title Oman s ArabianOryx Sanctuary ... Heritage Centre ref Saudi Arabia Organized captive breeding of the Arabianoryx in Saudi Arabia ... more details
Infobox World Heritage Site WHS ArabianOryx Sanctuary small delisted in 2007 small Image State Party Oman Type Natural Criteria x ID 654 Region Arab States Year 1994 delisted 2007 Session 18th delisted 31st Link http whc.unesco.org en list 654 Infobox Protected area name ArabianOryx Sanctuary iucn category Unassigned photo photo caption location Oman nearest city lat d 19 lat m 42 lat s 0 lat NS N long d 57 long m 0 long s 0 long EW E area 27,500 km established 1994 to World Heritage List the site is not legally protected visitation num visitation year governing body The ArabianOryx Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary in the Oman i Central Desert and Coastal Hills. Within its boundaries are found rare fauna, including a free ranging herd of Arabianoryx , the first since the species extinction in the wild in 1972, and subsequent reintroduction in 1982 at this site. The endangered Houbara Bustard , a species of wader, breeds in the wild only at sites in the sanctuary. Other species found here include the largest wild population of the endangered Mountain Gazelle Arabian gazelle , as well as Nubian ibex , Arabian Wolf Arabian wolves , Ratel honey badgers , and caracal s. ref name unesco On June 28, 2007, the reserve became historic as the first ever to be delisted and removed from the World Heritage register. UNESCO cited Oman s decision to reduce the site by 90 and the decline of the population of Arabianoryx from 450 in 1996 to 65 as a result of poaching and loss of habitat. At that time only four mating pairs remained. ref name deleted Notes Reflist refs ref name unesco Cite web url http whc.unesco.org en list 654 title ArabianOryx Sanctuary work unesco.org publisher UNESCO ... title Oman s ArabianOryx Sanctuary first site ever to be deleted from UNESCO s World Heritage List ... cs to i t p moro ce arabsk ho es Santuario del Oryx rabe fr Sanctuaire de l oryx arabe it Santuario dell Orice d Arabia he nl Beschermd gebied van de Arabische Oryx ja ... more details
oryxes has been established in English. Species ArabianOryx Image Oryx dammah pair Warsaw.jpg thumb right The Scimitar Oryx is the only oryx with clearly curved horns, ochre neck, and no dark markings on the legs. The ArabianOryxOryx leucoryx , Arabic , the smallest species, became extinct in the wild in 1972 from the Arabian Peninsula . It was reintroduced in 1982 in Oman , but poaching has reduced their numbers there. One of the largest populations of ArabianOryx exists on Sir Bani Yas ... beisa callotis ArabianOryx , Oryx leucoryx References portal Animals Reflist refs ref name IUCNArabian ...Other uses Taxobox name Oryx image Gemsbok1.jpg image width 250px image caption Oryx gazella regnum Animal ... genus Oryx subdivision ranks Species subdivision Oryx beisa small R ppell , 1835 small br Oryx dammah small Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar Cretzschmar , 1827 small br Oryx gazella small Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1758 small br Oryx leucoryx small Peter Simon Pallas Pallas , 1766 small Oryx is one of four large antelope species of the genus Oryx . Three of the species are native to arid parts of Africa , with a fourth native to the Arabian Peninsula . Their pelage is pale with contrasing dark markings ... Oryx , which lacks dark markings on the legs, only has faint dark markings on the head, has an ochre neck, and horns that are clearly decurved. The ArabianOryx was only saved from extinction through a captive breeding program and ArabianOryx Reintroduction reintroduction to the wild . ref name IUCNArabian The Scimitar Oryx, which is now listed as Extinct in the Wild , also relies on a captive ... Group year 2008 id 15568 title Oryx dammah downloaded 12 February 2011 Database entry includes ... oryx species, such as the Scimitar Oryx, exist in Texas and New Mexico USA in wild game ranches ... at the adjacent White Sands National Monument . Etymology The term Oryx comes from the Greek language ... East News 6 1 . ISSN 1990 8237 ref Scimitar Oryx The Scimitar Oryx , also called Scimitar horned ... more details
other uses2 Oryx for the animal Oryx Wikify date December 2010 Orphan date December 2010 ORYX is an encryption algorithm used in cellular communications in order to protect data traffic. It is a stream cipher designed to have a very strong 96 bit key strength with a way to reduce the strength to 32 bits for export. However, due to mistakes the actual strength is a trivial 16 bits and any signal can be cracked after the first 25 27 bytes. ref D. Wagner, L. Simpson, E. Dawson, J. Kelsey, W. Millan, and B. Schneier http www.schneier.com paper oryx.pdf Cryptanalysis of ORYX , Fifth Annual Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography, Springer Verlag, August 1998, to appear. ref Algorithm Description ORYX is a simple stream cipher based on binary linear feedback shift registers LFSRs to protect cellular data transmissions for wireless data services . The cipher ORYX has four components three 32 bit LFSRs which labeled as LFSRA, LFSRB and LFSRK, and an S box containing a known permutation P of the integer values 0 to 255. The feedback function for LFSRK is defined as Lt 32 Lt 28 Lt 19 Lt 18 Lt 16 Lt 14 Lt 11 Lt 10 Lt 9 Lt 6 Lt 5 Lt 1 Lt The feedback functions for LFSRA are defined as Lt 32 Lt 26 Lt 23 Lt 22 Lt 16 Lt 12 Lt 11 Lt 10 Lt 8 Lt 7 Lt 5 Lt 4 Lt 2 Lt 1 Lt and Lt 32 Lt 27 Lt 26 Lt 25 Lt 24 Lt 23 Lt 22 Lt 17 Lt 13 Lt 11 Lt 10 Lt 9 Lt 8 Lt 7 Lt 2 Lt 1 Lt The feedback function for LFSRB is Lt 32 Lt 31 Lt 21 Lt 20 Lt 16 Lt 15 Lt 6 Lt 3 Lt 1 Lt See also Cryptanalysis of TIA s Common Cryptographic Algorithms Notes reflist External links http www.kremlinencrypt.com algorithms.htm ORYX Brief description at Kremlinencrypt.com DEFAULTSORT Oryx Category Stream ciphers crypto stub ... more details
Oryx may refer to Atlas Oryx , a helicopter Oryx , an antelope genus Oryx , one of the titular characters of the 2003 Margaret Atwood novel Oryx and Crake Oryx ancient city , an ancient city in Arcadia, near modern Dafni in the Achaia prefecture Oryx, a name of the 16th nome Egypt nome of Ancient Egypt Ancient Upper Egypt , centered on what is now Minya, Egypt Minya Oryx, the in flight entertainment system on Qatar Airways Oryx journal , a scientific journal of conservation biology ORYX , an encryption algorithm ORYX GTL , a synthetic fuel plant in Qatar dab pl Oryx ... more details
Taxobox name Scimitar Oryx status EW status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name IUCN IUCN2008 assessors IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group year 2008 id 15568 title Oryx dammah downloaded 9 September 2009 ... Oryx Dammah.jpg image caption Adult in the Taronga Zoo regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Hippotraginae genus Oryx species O. dammah binomial Oryx dammah binomial authority Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar Cretzschmar , 1827 synonyms Antilope gazella Cerophorus gazella Oryx gazella Cemas algazel Aegoryx algazel Antilope algazella Oryx algazella Antilope tao Oryx tao Antilope leucoryx Oryx leucoryx Antilope ensicornis Oryx ensicornis Antilope bezoartica Oryx bezoarticus Antilope dammah Algazel Buffon, 1764 Algazelle Cuvier, 1819 synonyms ref ref name adobe1 cite book title Oryx dammah year September 2006 publisher Institut royal ... format PDF ref The Scimitar Oryx , or Scimitar Horned Oryx , Oryx dammah is a species of oryx ... 2009 09 05 ref Etymology and taxonomy The Scimitar Oryx is named so referring to its magnificent Horn anatomy horns , ref name ARKive cite web title Scimitar horned oryxOryx dammah url http www.arkive.org scimitar horned oryxoryx dammah text All publisher ARKive ref resembling a scimitar . The name ... . It was first described by Lorenz Oken , a Germany German naturalist , in 1816 as Oryx algazel , but the name was soon replaced by Oryx dammah a decade later by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar , a German physician . In 1827 the species name leucoryx was used, but was soon assigned a synonym to the ArabianOryxOryx leucoryx . ref name adobe2 cite book last Juergen Engel, Tania Gilbert, Simon Wakefield ..., Husbandry and Conservation of Scimitar horned OryxOryx dammah year 2004 publisher Marwell ... and Tim Woodfine format PDF ref Though the oldest name Oryx algazel was reintroduced after the name ... Nomenclature accepted Oryx dammah as the scientific name, though many papers published shortly after ... more details
Infobox sports league logo Oryxcup.PNG pixels 150px caption Oryx Cup UIM World Championship sport H1 Unlimited founded 2009 motto teams country flagicon Qatar Doha , Ad Dawhah , Qatar champion 2011 Valken.com Scott Liddycoat website http www.qmsf.org 2009 index.html Oryx Cup website The Oryx Cup is a hydroplane boat hydroplane boat race in the H1 Unlimited season. The race is held in November in Doha Bay on the Persian Gulf in Doha , Ad Dawhah , Qatar . For 2011, the Oryx Cup will once again be designated as the host for the Union Internationale Motonautique UIM World Championship . History The Oryx Cup was founded in January 2009 when H1 Unlimited and the Qatar Marine Sports Federation QMSF reached an agreement to have the final race of the 2009 H1 Unlimited hydroplane season in Doha, Qatar. For the 2009 and 2010 H1 Unlimited season, the Oryx Cup was designated as the host of the Union Internationale Motonautique UIM World Championship . The Oryx Cup will again host the Union Internationale Motonautique UIM World Championship in December 2011. List of Oryx Cup winners class wikitable Year Driver Boat 2009 J. Michael Kelly U 7 Graham Trucking 2010 Dave Villwock Spirit of Qatar 2011 Scott Liddycoat U 7 Valken.com 2012 TBD TBD External links http www.qmsf.org Oryx Cup website http h1unlimited.com H1 Unlimited website H1 Unlimited Series Category H1 Unlimited Category Racing motorboats Category Hydroplanes Category Sport in Doha Qatar sport stub Water sports stub ... more details
Infobox OS name Oryx Pecos logo screenshot caption developer Bell Labs source model Closed source kernel type Real time operating system Real time supported platforms Avaya Avaya Definity Definity G3 Generic 3 switches ui family Real time operating system s released latest release version latest release date latest test version latest test date marketing target programmed in prog language language updatemodel package manager working state Current license Proprietary website http www.avaya.com www.avaya.com Oryx Pecos is a proprietary operating system developed from scratch by Bell Labs beginning ..., now manufactured by AT&T Lucent Technologies spinoff Avaya . The last system based on Oryx Pecos ..., as it is not based on any version of Unix. Oryx Pecos consists of a kernel Oryx , and the associated ... the Westminster, CO campus of then AT&T s Colorado Bell Labs location, while Oryx was the last word alphabetically before OS in the office dictionary and the Oryx was purportedly the origin of the unicorn ... systems are not found in Oryx Pecos. Such features include A documented API structure Dynamic ... historical link between Oryx Pecos and Unix the authors of the above article proposed as a future development the implementation of a UNIX execution environment on top of Oryx Pecos, and in fact ... version of Oryx Pecos 5th release, or E release . Persons working in large office environments and using .... In 2005 Avaya discontinued the use of Oryx Pecos as an operating system in itself, instead porting ... the Oryx Pecos system. Allegedly, according to administrators that used that specific system, it was a failure, and the attempt to have Windows run on top Oryx Pecos and Linux was a problem. http ... grade equipment, and the widespread use of AT&T Lucent Avaya PBX systems, Oryx Pecos will most probably continue to be supported indefinitely. References G.R. Sager, et al. The Oryx Pecos Operating ... elmodocs2 white papers Oryx Pecos and Third Party Software.pdf title Oryx Pecos and Third Party Software ... more details
Oryx Douala is a Association football football club from Douala , Cameroon , that achieved most of its success in the 1960s.It won the inaugural African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1964 beating Stade Malien on a score of 2 1 in the final, and so becoming the first club outfit from Cameroon to win the title. The have also won five league titles and the Cameroon Cup three times, most of which came in the 1960s. Douala were founded in April 1907 and play in black and yellow striped shirts. The club s 5 title wins make them the Cameroon Elite One league s fourth most successful club of all time. Achievements Cameroon Premiere Division 5 ref cite web title Cameroon List of Champions publisher Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation last Sch ggl first Hans date July 20, 2010 accessdate March 31, 2011 url http www.rsssf.com tablesk kamcuphist.html ref 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 Cameroon Cup 4 ref cite web title Cameroon List of Cup Finals publisher Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation last Sch ggl first Hans date March 25, 2011 accessdate March 31, 2011 url http www.rsssf.com tablesk kamchamp.html ref 1956 before independence , 1963, 1968, 1970 Finalist 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 1964 ref Name Goldblatt cite book title The ball is round a global history of soccer last Goldblatt first David authorlink David Goldblatt year 2008 publisher Penguin isbn 1594482969 url http books.google.com books?id ODMn27ZKG8C&pg PT593&dq 22Oryx Douala 22&hl en&ei hm2HTeq BYPAtgfilYSECg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CC4Q6AEwAg v onepage&q 22Oryx 20Douala 22&f false ref Performance ... 1968 1968 Quarter Finals 1964 African Cup of Champions Clubs Oryx Douala qualified for the inaugural ... in the final, and a 2 1 win in front of a crowd of 30,000 at Accra Stadium saw Oryx Douala crowned ... football clubs Category Sport in Douala Cameroon footyclub stub ar ca Oryx Douala fr Oryx Douala id Oryx Douala nl Oryx Douala pl Oryx Duala ru simple Oryx Douala zh ... more details
Oryx was a British gas turbine engine designed and built by Napier & Son Napier in the early 1950s ..., the Oryx was cancelled. ref name Gunston, Encyc. cite book last Gunston first Bill authorlink ... year 1989 isbn 1 85260 163 9 pages 107 quote The less said about the Oryx the better ref Design and development ... sized compressor with a bypass around the turbine as commonly used in the turbofan engine , the Oryx ... direction to the main engine core. ref name Flight, 5 August 1955, Napier Oryx, p193 .... A Corliss valve Corliss non throttling valve ref name Flight, 5 August 1955, Napier Oryx, p193 ref ... full running with the rotor stationary for starting and ground running. In the P.74 the two Oryx ... Rotax Rotax electric starters were used but alternate methods could have been used. The Oryx was expected ... Oryx, p193 could be produced in its developed form. Engines on display A preserved Napier Oryx is on display at the Science Museum London . Specifications Oryx N.Or.1 jetspecs If you do not understand ... line with li ref Flight magazine Flight ref name Flight, 5 August 1955, Napier Oryx cite journal journal Flight magazine Flight title Napier Oryx url http www.flightglobal.com pdfarchive view 1955 1955 20 201077.html format PDF date 5 August 1955 pages 189 193 ref Flight, 5 August 1955, Napier Oryx ref ref name Flight, 5 August 1955, Napier Oryx, p193 cite journal journal Flight magazine Flight title Napier Oryx url http www.flightglobal.com pdfarchive view 1955 1955 20 201081.html format PDF date 5 August 1955 pages 189 193 ref Flight, 5 August 1955, Napier Oryx ref type Single shaft gas generator ... links commonscat napierengines Aviation lists Category Napier aircraft engines Oryx ... more details
italic title Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Oryx and Crake ... oclc 52726798 followed by The Year of the Flood Original research date January 2010 Oryx and Crake ... Oryx and Crake was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2003 and was also shortlisted for the Man ... with those of Oryx and Crake and contain some of the same characters. Thematic elements Returning to the dystopia dystopic themes of Atwood s earlier novel The Handmaid s Tale , Oryx and Crake presents a very different scenario than that novel s theocracy . Oryx and Crake explores ... of sex and all forms of pornography, and exacerbated the gap between rich and poor. Oryx and Crake .... She takes the pseudonym Oryx, derived from the entry for East African OryxOryx beisa in Extinctathon. Jimmy identifies the haunting memory of the young girl with Oryx, though it is never made clear whether or not the two are the same person. Oryx eventually becomes intimately involved in the lives of Jimmy and Crake, and both fall in love with her. Oryx, however, views their relationship ... actions by Jimmy, Crake kills Oryx by slitting her throat. Jimmy shoots Crake, resulting in his being ... but is constantly haunted by the voice of Oryx, and reminded of his promise to her to watch over them. Snowman instills the Crakers with his own invented religion revolving around Crake and Oryx. Oryx becomes the guardian of the animals and Crake the creator god. During Snowman s journey to scavenge ... summer 2006 821 832. ref His surname is never given. p. 81 . ref Atwood conceived of Oryx and Crake on a birding expedition in Australia Atwood, 2004 517 . ref Oryx is a mysterious woman, the third ... present to Snowman as a haunting memory. Her name is from the Oryx , an Africa n antelope It s not even her real name, which he d never known anyway it s only a word. It s a mantra 110 . Beginnings of Oryx ... Oryx and Crake. accessdate 13 December 2008 last Atwood first Margaret authorlink Margaret Atwood ... more details
page content for recommended layout. Infobox Aircraft Begin name Oryx image Image Oryx helicopter.jpg caption Oryx M2 Infobox Aircraft Type type Utility helicopter manufacturer Atlas Aircraft Corporation ... variants with their own articles Denel AH 2 Rooivalk The Atlas Oryx named after the Oryx antelope ..., to the Bush War. The Oryx can trace its origins back to the Bush War. Despite the efforts of the gunship .... A 330L Puma, no. 177, was converted to Oryx configuration and used as a prototype and as the results exceeded all expectations the Oryx programme was launched. The sanctions era encouraged the local ... power for the Oryx to complete its mission. If an engine fail in flight, the management system automatically advance the power setting on the remaining engine. This ensures the Oryx sustain flight ... the Oryx s endurance and manoeuvrability. The obvious external difference is the new modified tailboom which is slightly longer 50 cm , than the Puma. By mid 1991, the SAAF acknowledged that the Oryx ... to the public at an open day at Potchefstroom in August 91. The Oryx is currently in service with several squadrons of the South African Air Force , with about 35 being available. The Oryx is a multi ... transport, replenishment at sea, force multiplication, reconnaissance, search & rescue, etc. Most Oryx ... personnel to rappel or abseil from the aircraft simultaneously. Oryx operating from coastal squadrons ... 50 Puma airframes without tailbooms in 1986, and this helped South Africa to develop the Oryx. South ... for 35 Oryx helicopters to extend their service life to the 2015 2020 timeframe. Citation needed date ... needed date December 2007 Variants In its basic platform the design of the Oryx offers a number of advantages ... in service, this combat helicopter will escort the Oryx in a high threat environment. However, as an interim measure an Oryx with door mounted machine guns did appear. Oryx helicopters are constantly ... jamming version of the Oryx that is equipped with the Grinaker Systems Technologies GST GSY 1501 jamming ... more details
ORYX GTL is a synthetic fuel plant based in Ras Laffan Industrial City , Qatar , that is owned by Qatar Petroleum 51 and Sasol 49 . It uses gas to liquids GTL technology for converting natural gas into liquid petroleum products. The capacity of Oryx GTL is convert 34 koilbbl d of oil. When commissioned, it was the world s first commercial scale GTL plant. ref name upstream30107 cite news url http www.upstreamonline.com live article143214.ece title Sasol set to open Qatar taps newspaper Upstream newspaper Upstream Online publisher NHST Media Group date 2007 10 30 accessdate 2008 04 20 ref References Reflist External links http www.oryxgtl.com.qa Official website Category Natural gas plants Category Petroleum production Category Energy in Qatar Category Synthetic fuel facilities petroleum company stub qatar stub Coord missing ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Oryx Quest was the name of the first round the world yacht race to start and finish in the Middle East and was held in 2005 in Qatar. The race, organised by British sailor Tracy Edwards , was regarded as a follow up to The Race yachting race The Race of 2000 and was designed to complement existing Multihull races. It was hoped that the size of the prize and the potential speed of the participating boats would make it the most exciting round the world race to date. The record prize money was donated by the government of Qatar , which hoped to gain publicity as a tourism destination. On 5 February four multihull ed yachts began the route, off Doha . The participants were Doha 2006 yacht Doha 2006 , catamaran , formerly Club Med winner of The Race yachting race The Race , skippered by Brian Thompson Daedalus yacht Daedalus , catamaran, formerly Enza winner of the 1995 Jules Verne Trophy , skippered by Tony Bullimore Geronimo yacht Geronimo , trimaran , winner of the 2004 Jules Verne Trophy , skippered by Olivier de Kersauson Playstation yacht Cheyenne , catamaran, formerly Playstation , holder of the world record for circumnavigations at the time of the start of Qryx Quest , skippered by David Scully Geronimo yacht Geronimo was the first elimination on 2 March, as a result of hull damage following a collision with flotsam. de Kersauson returned to Australia to have the boat repaired, and to break the record for the circumnavigation of the continent in July. A week later the mast of Cheyenne broke just after the boat had rounded Cape Horn . With two remaining boats, Doha 2006 won the race, finishing with an overall time of 62 days, 21 hours and 1 minute. The more than 20 year old Daedalus crossed the finishing line some 13 days later. Media coverage in the Middle East, Far East and Asia Qatar s key target markets was valued at 46million dollars ... ongoing. Category Yachting races Category 2005 in sailing Category Sport in Qatar de Oryx Quest ... more details
including a patch on the hindlegs and lower flanks. The smaller ArabianOryx is overall whiter with largely dark legs. East African Oryx live in semi desert and steppes where they eat grass , leaves , fruit and bud s. East African Oryx are able to store water by raising their body temperature ...Taxobox name East African Oryx status NT status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group year 2008 id 15571 title Oryx beisa downloaded 13 November 2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of Near Threatened. ref image Beisa Oryx, Samburu NR, Kenya.jpg image caption Beisa OryxOryx beisa beisa regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Hippotraginae genus Oryx species O. beisa binomial Oryx beisa binomial authority R ppell , 1835 The East African OryxOryx beisa , also known as the Beisa ref name msw3 MSW3 Grubb id 14200953 ref is a species of antelope from East Africa . It has two subspecies Common Beisa OryxOryx beisa beisa found in steppe and semi desert throughout the Horn of Africa and north of the Tana River Kenya Tana River , and Fringe eared OryxOryx beisa callotis south of the Tana River in southern Kenya and parts of Tanzania . In the past, some taxonomy taxonomists considered it a subspecies of the Gemsbok Oryx gazella , but they are genetically ... for the Gemsbok. Citation needed date October 2010 Image OryxBeisaHead.jpg thumb left Common Beisa OryxOryx beisa beisa Image OryxBeisaCallotisHead.jpg thumb left Fringe eared OryxOryx beisa callotis East African Oryx stand just over a metre at the shoulder and weight weigh around 175 kilograms. They have ... Commons category Oryx beisa reflist Artiodactyla R.2 Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category ... Oriks beisa ca Beisa cs P moro ec beisa de Ostafrikanische Oryx es Oryx beisa eu Oryx beisa fr Oryx be sa it Oryx beisa ka hu Bejza nl Beisa pt Oryx beisa sv stafrikansk oryx uk zh ... more details
Otheruses Oryx disambiguation Oryx or Oryxis was an ancient city in Arcadia . Oryx was mentioned by Pausanias geographer Pausanias which he passed into the aras. Located between the Skiathis mountains and the banks of Ladon . It was 5 stadia 1 km from Caryae ancient city Caryae and founded much closer to the city state of Alous . In the Ladon area fell to the abyss, the Arcadians believed that the abyss were fallen and that is sprang by Hercules Hercules Heracles ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias Arkadika ref . Today, the location of the ancient city is believed to be located near Dafni, Achaia Dafni southwest of Kalavryta and the border of the modern Achaia Arcadia prefecture where it founded the rubbles of two cities. ref http 64.233.183.104 search?q cache yWahI2r6fhQJ www.dafneos.gr itistoria daf.html CE 91 CE BB CE BF CF 8D CF 82&hl el&ct clnk&cd 5&gl gr ref References references Ancient Greece stub Category Arcadian city states el ... more details
Arabian may refer to the Arabian Peninsula Arabian horse Arabian arcade game Arabian arcade game USS Arabian 1896 , a United States Navy tug in service from 1918 to 1919 See also Arab disambiguation Arabia disambiguation disambig ... more details
with herds of the Saudi Gazelle and the ArabianOryx , both also extinct or very rare, respectively ...Taxobox name Arabian Ostriches image Syrischer Maler um 1335 001.jpg image width 250px image caption Arabian Ostrich painting from Al Jahiz Kitab al Hayawan .28Book of Animals.29 The Book of Animals of al Jahiz . br Syria, 14th century. status EX status system IUCN3.1 extinct 1966 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Struthioniformes familia Struthionidae genus Struthio species Ostrich S. camelus subspecies S. c. syriacus trinomial Struthio camelus syriacus trinomial authority Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild Rothschild , 1919 The Middle Eastern Ostrich or Arabian Ostrich Struthio camelus syriacus is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich which once lived on the Arabian ..., but with the drying up of the Arabian Peninsula, it disappeared from the inhospitable areas of the Arabian ... occurred in two discrete Relict relict populations a smaller one in the southeast of the Arabian ... an ostrich on a mosaic from Roman Syria The Arabian Ostrich has long had a significant place in the culture .... 207 ref The Arabian Ostrich is possibly ref The correct identification of the ba t haYa ... African subspecies rather than from the Arabian one, as the latter was only found in the unruly frontier regions of the Roman Empire, although it is to be noted that much later, the plumes of the Arabian ... African subspecies. After the rise of Islam , the Arabian Ostrich came to represent wealth and elegance ... meat is halaal to Muslim s and eggs, feathers and leather were extensively used in handicraft. Arabian ... on its back... . blockquote The Arabian Ostrich was also discussed in Mesopotamian scholarly writings ... 20th century, the Arabian Ostrich had become rare. Its main stronghold was the northern ... Following analyses of mtDNA control region haplotype s that confirmed the close relationship of the Arabian ... from captivity to the open areas of the Negev in Israel where the Arabian Ostrich lived before ... more details
Taxobox name Arabian leopard image .JPG image caption Arabian leopards at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife, Sharjah image width status CR status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name ... trinomial authority Wilhelm Hemprich Hemprich & Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Ehrenberg , 1833 The Arabian leopard Panthera pardus nimr is a leopard subspecies native to the Arabian Peninsula and classified ... ssp. nimr id 15958 version 2011.1 ref The Arabian leopard is the smallest leopard subspecies. ref ..., United Arab Emirates ref The Arabian leopard was tentatively affirmed as a distinct subspecies by genetic analysis from a single captive leopard from Israel of south Arabian origin, which appeared ... ref Characteristics The Arabian leopard has pelage hues that vary from pale yellow to deep ... abbr on for the male and around convert 20 kg lb abbr on for the female, the Arabian leopard is much ...., Mallon, D., Breitenmoser W rsten, C. 2006 A framework for the conservation of the Arabian leopard. http www.yemenileopard.org files cms reports Cat News Special Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf Cat News ... considered as limited to the Arabian Peninsula , including Egypt s Sinai Peninsula . ref name spalton06 Spalton, J. A., Al Hikmani, H. M. 2006 The leopard in the Arabian peninsula distribution and subspecies status. http www.yemenileopard.org files cms reports Cat News Special Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf Cat News Special Issue 1 4 8. ref Until the late 1960s, the Arabian leopard was widely distributed in the Arabian Peninsula. It once existed in Haqel in the northern part of the Median ... Status of the Arabian leopard in Saudi Arabia. http www.yemenileopard.org files cms reports Cat News Special Issue 1 Arabian leopard.pdf Cat News Special Issue 1 11 19. ref A few individuals survive in the Judean Desert and Negev Negev Highlands while in the Arabian Peninsula leopards are known from ... endangered Arabian leopards Panthera pardus nimr persist in the Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve ... more details
Geobox Desert name Arabian Desert native name other name category image Arabian Desert.png 300px image caption A satellite image of the Arabian Desert by NASA World Wind image size official name etymology motto nickname flag symbol country flag Jordan country1 flag Iraq country2 flag Kuwait br country3 flag Oman country4 flag Qatar country5 flag Saudi Arabia br country6 flag United Arab Emirates country7 flag Yemen state type state state1 state2 state3 state4 state5 state6 region type region district1 district2 district3 municipality parent range coordinates border part city landmark Al Naf d landmark1 Al Sab atayn Dunes landmark2 l Wah bah Dunes landmark3 Rub al Khali building river highest Mount Al Nab Shu ayb convert 12336 ft abbr on highest location highest region highest state Saudi ... map map caption map background map locator commons statistics website footnotes Image Arabian Desert.jpg right thumb 300px Map of the Arabian Desert. Ecoregions as delineated by the World Wide Fund for Nature WWF . Satellite image from NASA . The yellow line encloses the ecoregion called Arabian Desert and East Sahero Arabian xeric shrublands , ref http www.worldwildlife.org wildworld profiles terrestrial ... boundaries are shown in black. The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq . It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula , with an area ... continuous bodies of sand in the world. Gazelle s, oryx , sand cat s, and spiny tailed ... ref desert is a sedimentary basin elongated on a southwest to northeast axis across the Arabian ... Khali, vast wide of sand of the Arabian desert, whose extreme southern point crosses the centre of Yemen ... . The Arabian desert is bordered by 5 countries. Bordering the Persian Gulf, there is an extension ... the white oryx and sand gazelle threatened and striped hyaena s, jackal s and honey badger s already ... fi Arabian niemimaan aavikot sv Arabiska knen th zh ... more details
The term South Arabian covers South Semitic languages spoken on the southern Arabian peninsula , i.e. those not found in Africa Old South Arabian , a group of extinct Western South Semitic languages Modern South Arabian languages or Eastern South Semitic. South Arabian alphabet disambig ar de S darabische Sprache ... more details
North Arabian may refer to Northern Arabia Old North Arabian languages the Arab Adnan tribes disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
pp semi protected small yes pp move indef Arabian Gulf may refer to Persian Gulf , a body of water sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or The Gulf by some Arab countries see also Persian Gulf naming dispute Red Sea , in geographical works from ancient times to the 19th century Arab s Gulf Khalij el Arab , near Alexandria, Egypt , translates to English as the Arab Gulf , or The Arabs Gulf Organisations Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union Arabian Gulf University , Bahrain Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf Distinguish Not to be confused with The Arabian Sea , to the west of India geodis ca Golf Ar bic cs Arabsk z liv de Arabischer Golf fa ur ru ... more details
Michael Arabian was a playwright and novelist of the early 20th century. He was the author of Yeraz 1921 and Joykin 1926 . External links http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F50815F93E5C147A93C5AB1788D85F438285F9 Review of Joykin in The New York Times , March 27, 1927. http www.npg.org.uk collections search person.php?LinkID mp54756 Portraits of Michael Arabian by Howard Coster at the National Portrait Gallery London . DEFAULTSORT Arabian, Michael UK playwright stub Category 20th century novelists Category British dramatists and playwrights ... more details
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