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DEC, dec or Dec may refer to:
- December - a month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar
- Digital Equipment Corporation - a computer and technology company, now part of HP
- Declination - a term from astronomy
- Diethylcarbamazine - a drug commonly used to treat infections by filarial parasites
- Disasters Emergency Committee -- a group of charities in the United Kingdom who coordinate disaster relief efforts
- Oratorical Declamation - an event in competitive debate
- Diplome d’Études Collegiales - a college studies diploma issued in Quebec
- DEC - ICAO airport code of Decatur, Illinois, US
- Declan Donnelly - a United Kingdom television presenter

December

December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. December begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Sagittarius and ends in the sign of Capricorn. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Ophiuchus, which is the only zodiacal constellation that is not counted as an astrological sign, and ends in the constellation of Sagittarius. The name is from the Latin decem for "ten". December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February.

Events

February
- The United Nations has designated December 10 as Human Rights Day.
- The solstice called the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 20 December to 23 December (in UTC). In the pagan wheel of the year the winter solstice is the time of Yule and the summer solstice is that of Litha.
- Christmas is celebrated as a holiday in much of the western world and is a religious day, second in importance only to Easter for Christians. The holiday, which occurs on December 25, celebrates the birth of Jesus. Some countries (e.g. Denmark) celebrate Christmas on December 24.
- In Ireland, December 26 is called St. Stephen's Day and is a public holiday. In the Irish calendar the month is called Mí na Nollag (literally "The Month of Christmas") and is the middle month of the Winter season.
- In the United Kingdom, the weekday after December 25 is called Boxing Day and is a public holiday.
- In Canada, Boxing Day is also celebrated, always on December 26. Many retail stores sell their Christmas overstock at significant discounts on this day.
- The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah takes place in the month of December.
- The holiday Festivus is sometimes celebrated on the 23rd.
- The weeklong African American holiday of Kwanzaa is celebrated from December 26 through January 1

Trivia

- December always begins with the same day of the week as September.
- December's flower is the holly.
- December's birthstone is tanzinite

Other names

- In Finnish, December is called joulukuu, meaning "month of Christmas", since about the 18th century. Earlier it was called talvikuu, meaning "month of winter".
- In Irish, December is called Mí na Nollaig, meaning "month of Christmas".
- In the old Japanese calendar, the month is called Shiwasu (師走).

External links

- [http://www.astro.uu.nl/~strous/AA/en/antwoorden/seizoenen.html Astronomy Answers article on the seasons] Category:Months als:Dezember ko:12월 ms:Disember ja:12月 simple:December th:ธันวาคม

Declination

In astronomy, declination (dec) is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. Dec is comparable to latitude, projected unto the celestial sphere, and is measured in degrees north and south of the celestial equator. Therefore, points north of the celestial equator have positive declination, while those to the south have negative declination.
- An object on the celestial equator has a dec of 0°.
- An object above the north pole has a dec of +90°.
- An object above the south pole has a dec of −90°. Note that the sign must be included even if positive. A celestial object that passes over zenith, has a declination equal to the observer's latitude, with northern latitudes yielding positive declinations. A pole star therefore has the declination +90° or -90°. Conversely, celestial objects with a declination higher than

90^o - l

, where l is the latitude, are visible the whole sidereal day. Such stars are called circumpolar, while the phenomenon of a sun not setting is called midnight sun.

Varying declination

The declination of all celestial objects vary over time, in different periods.

Sun

The declination of the sun (Sun Dec) is the angle between the rays of the sun and the plane of the earth equator. Since the angle between the earth axis and the plane of the earth orbit is nearly constant, Sun Dec varies with the seasons and its period is one year, that is the time needed by the earth to complete its revolution around the sun. When the projection of the earth axis on the plane of the earth orbit is on the same line linking the earth and the sun, the angle between the rays of the sun and the plane of the earth equator is maximum and its value is 23°27'. This happens at the solstices. Therefore Sun Dec is +23°27' at the northern hemisphere summer solstice and -23°27' at the northern hemisphere winter solstice. When the projection of the earth axis on the plane of the earth orbit is perpendicular to line linking the earth and the sun, the angle between the rays of the sun and the plane of the earth equator is null. This happens at the equinoxes. Therefore Sun Dec is 0° at the equinoxes. Since the eccentricity of the earth orbit is quite low, it can be approximated to a circle, and Sun Dec is approximately given by the following expression:

\delta = -23.45^\circ \cdot \cos \left ( \frac \cdot \left ( N + 10 \right ) \right )

if cos operates on degrees

\delta = -23.45^\circ \cdot \cos \left ( \frac \cdot \left ( N + 10 \right ) \right )

if cos operates on radians where

N

is Day of the Year, that is the number of days spent since January 1. The errors caused by this approximation are then contemplated by the Equation of Time. Equation of Time during the year, marking the Azimuths in °N where the sun rises and sets at summer and winter solstice at a place of 56°N latitude.]]

Moon

The Moon also has an annual cycle, with maximum declination at northern hemisphere midwinter and minimum at midsummer. There is also an approximately 19 year long cycle, varying the maximum declination from +28°35' to +18°18' and the minimum from -18°18' to -28°35'.

Stars

The stars have approximately the same declination from year to year, but they do have proper motion that can be measured in whole degrees after the passing of centuries.

Diethylcarbamazine

Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) (C₁₀H₂₁N₃O) is an anthelmintic drug that does not resemble other antiparasitic compounds. It is a synthetic organic compound which is highly specific for several parasites and does not contain any toxic metallic elements. DEC is indicated for treatment of individual patients with certain filarial diseases. These diseases include: lymphatic filariasis caused by infection with Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, or Brugia timori; tropical pulmonary eosinophilia; and loiasis. DEC continues to be the mainstay for treatment of patients with lymphatic filariasis and loiasis.

Trade names

- Carbilazine
- Caricide
- Cypip
- Ethodryl
- Notézine
- Spatonin Category:Antiparasitic agents

Filariasis

Filariasis is a parasitic and infectious tropical disease, caused by the thread-like parasitic filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori, all transmitted by mosquitoes. It is extremely rare in Western countries. Loa loa is another filariasis of humans, transmitted by the horse-fly. The most spectacular symptom of filariasis is elephantiasis (swelling in the genitals or limbs), which was the first disease discovered to be transmitted by insects. Elephantiasis is caused when the parasites lodge in the lymphatic system. In 1866, Otto Wucherer demonstrated the presence of microfilaria, or filaria larva, in urine. In 1871, Timoth Lewis discovered the presence of microfilaria in peripheral blood; later, in 1876, Joseph Bancroft discovered the adult form. Finally in 1878, Patrick Manson observed the development of Wuchereria bancrofti in mosquitos. Filariasis is endemic in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Central and South America. Elephantiasis affects above all the lower extremities, whereas ears, mucus membranes, and amputation stumps are rarely affected; however, it depends on the species of filaria. Wuchereria bancrofti can affect the legs, arms, vulva, breasts, while Brugia timori rarely affects the genitals. Infection by Onchocerca volvulus and the migration of its microfilariae through the cornea is a major cause of blindness (Onchocerciasis).

External links

- [http://www.clappingfetus.com/Videos/Funny%20Videos-%20scrotum.mpeg Video of filariasis] Category:Parasitic diseases ja:フィラリア ms:Penyakit Untut

ICAO airport code

The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The ICAO codes are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. They are not the same as the IATA codes encountered by the general public, which are used for airline timetables, reservations, and baggage handling. ICAO codes are also used to identify weather stations, whether or not they are located at airports. Unlike the IATA codes, the ICAO codes have a regional structure. In general, the first letter is allocated by continent and represents a country or group of countries within that continent. The second letter generally represents a country within that region, and the remaining two are used to identify each airport. The exception to this rule are larger countries that have single-letter country codes, where the remaining three letters identify the airport. In the United States and Canada, most airports which have been assigned three-letter IATA codes use the same code with leading "K" or "C" as their ICAO code (or P, in the case of Alaska and Hawaii); e.g., YYC (Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta) and CYYC, IAD (Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia) and KIAD. These codes are not to be confused with radio call signs, even though both countries use four-letter callsigns starting with those letters. A list of airports, sorted by IATA code, is available.

Prefixes

AG = Solomon Islands AN = Nauru AY = Papua New Guinea BG = Greenland BI = Iceland C = Canada DA = Algeria DB = Benin DF = Burkina Faso DG = Ghana DI = Côte d'Ivoire DN = Nigeria DR = Niger DT = Tunisia DX = Togolese Republic EB = Belgium ED = Germany (Civil) EE = Estonia EF = Finland EG = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland EH = Netherlands EI = Ireland EK = Denmark EL = Luxembourg EN = Norway EP = Poland ES = Sweden ET = Germany (Military) EV = Latvia EY = Lithuania FA = South Africa FB = Botswana FC = Republic of the Congo FD = Swaziland FE = Central African Republic FG = Equatorial Guinea FH = Ascension Island FI = Mauritius FJ = British Indian Ocean Territory FK = Cameroon FL = Zambia FM = Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion FN = Angola FO = Gabon FP = São Tomé and Príncipe FQ = Mozambique FS = Seychelles FT = Chad FV = Zimbabwe FW = Malawi FX = Lesotho FY = Namibia FZ = Democratic Republic of the Congo GA = Mali GB = The Gambia GC = Canary Islands (Spain) GE = Ceuta and Melilla (Spain) GF = Sierra Leone GG = Guinea-Bissau GL = Liberia GM = Morocco GO = Senegal GQ = Mauritania GS = Western Sahara GU = Guinea GV = Cape Verde HA = Ethiopia HB = Burundi HC = Somalia HD = Djibouti (also HF) HE = Egypt HH = Eritrea HK = Kenya HL = Libya HR = Rwanda HS = Sudan HT = Tanzania HU = Uganda K = United States of America (Continental) LA = Albania LB = Bulgaria LC = Cyprus LD = Croatia LE = Spain LF = France (including Saint-Pierre and Miquelon) LG = Greece LH = Hungary LI = Italy LJ = Slovenia LK = Czech Republic LL = Israel LM = Malta LN = Monaco LO = Austria LP = Portugal (includes Azores) LQ = Bosnia and Herzegovina LR = Romania LS = Switzerland LT = Turkey LU = Moldova LV = Gaza Strip LW = Macedonia LX = Gibraltar LY = Serbia and Montenegro LZ = Slovakia MB = Turks and Caicos Islands MD = Dominican Republic MG = Guatemala MH = Honduras MK = Jamaica MM = Mexico MN = Nicaragua MP = Panama MR = Costa Rica MS = El Salvador MT = Haiti MU = Cuba MW = Cayman Islands MY = Bahamas MZ = Belize NC = Cook Islands NF = Fiji, Tonga NG = Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Tuvalu NI = Niue NL = Wallis and Futuna NS = Samoa NT = French Polynesia NV = Vanuatu NW = New Caledonia NZ = New Zealand OA = Afghanistan OB = Bahrain OE = Saudi Arabia OI = Iran OJ = Jordan and the West Bank OK = Kuwait OL = Lebanon OM = United Arab Emirates OO = Oman OP = Pakistan OR = Iraq OS = Syria OT = Qatar OY = Yemen PA = United States of America (Alaska) PB = Baker Island PC = Kiribati (Canton Airfield, Phoenix Islands) PF = Fort Yukon, Alaska PG = Guam, Northern Marianas PH = United States of America (Hawaii) PJ = Johnston Atoll PK = Marshall Islands PL = Kiribati (Line Islands) PM = Midway Island PO = Oliktok Long Range Radar Station, Alaska PP = Point Lay, Alaska PT = Federated States of Micronesia, Palau PW = Wake Island RC = Taiwan RJ = Japan (most of country) RK = South Korea RO = Japan (Okinawa Prefecture and Yoron) RP = Philippines SA = Argentina SB = Brazil (also SD, SN, SS, and SW) SC = Chile SE = Ecuador SF = Falkland Islands SG = Paraguay SK = Colombia SL = Bolivia SM = Suriname SO = French Guiana SP = Peru SU = Uruguay SV = Venezuela SY = Guyana TA = Antigua and Barbuda TB = Barbados TD = Dominica TF = Guadeloupe TG = Grenada TI = U.S. Virgin Islands TJ = Puerto Rico TK = Saint Kitts and Nevis TL = Saint Lucia TN = Netherlands Antilles, Aruba TQ = Anguilla TR = Montserrat TT = Trinidad and Tobago TU = British Virgin Islands TV = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines TX = Bermuda U = Russia (except UA, UB, UG, UK, UM and UT) UA = Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan UB = Azerbaijan UG = Armenia, Georgia UK = Ukraine UM = Belarus UT = Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan VA = India (also VE, VI, and VO) VC = Sri Lanka VD = Cambodia VE = India (also VA, VI, and VO) VG = Bangladesh VH = Hong Kong VI = India (also VA, VE, and VO) VL = Laos VM = Macao VN = Nepal VO = India (also VA, VE, and VI) VQ = Bhutan VR = Maldives VT = Thailand VV = Vietnam VY = Myanmar WA = Indonesia (also WI, WQ, and WR) WB = Malaysia (also WM), Brunei WI = Indonesia (also WA, WQ, and WR) WM = Malaysia (also WB) WP = Timor-Leste WQ = Indonesia (also WA, WI, and WR) WR = Indonesia (also WA, WI, and WQ) WS = Singapore Y = Australia Z = People's Republic of China (except ZK and ZM) ZK = North Korea ZM = Mongolia

Some examples

References

- [http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/06airfields/icao.htm ICAO World Airfield Catalogue]
- [http://www8.landings.com/cgi-bin/get_file?APT/icao_prefix.html ICAO airport code prefixes]
- [http://www.faa.gov/ATPUBS/LID/LIDHME.htm IATA location identifiers] Category:Geocodes ja:空港コード

Decatur, Illinois

Decatur is a city located in Macon County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 81,860, but a 2003 estimate showed the population dipped to 79,285. It is the county seat of Macon County. This town is named after War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur, Jr. The city's motto is "Decatur, We Like it here" (much to the dismay of many residents. The old motto was The Pride of the Prairie and The Soybean Capital of the World is the unofficial motto. The city symbol is the Transfer House, an early 20th century Victorian structure originally located in the center of town where the city's mass transit lines met. The Transfer House was moved in 1963 to save it from destruction as roads were being built for the increasing automobile traffic. There is currently an effort, led by Mayor Paul Osborne, to return the Transfer House to its original location. Decatur is the location of Millikin University, founded by James Millikin. The city is largely industrial in character, with production facilities for Caterpillar, Archer Daniels Midland, and A. E. Staley. The Firestone factory in Decatur closed at the end of 2001 after the dispute with Ford Motor Company. In the transition from a manufacturing to a service economy, Decatur has experienced significant population loss (in 1980, the population was 94,081).

Geography

Decatur is located at (39.851636, -88.944228). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 118.8 km² (45.9 mi²). 107.6 km² (41.6 mi²) of it is land and 11.2 km² (4.3 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 9.42% water. Lakes include Lake Decatur (part of the Sangamon River), and Lake Tokorozawa.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 81,860 people, 34,086 households, and 21,099 families residing in the city. The population density is 760.5/km² (1,969.7/mi²). There are 37,239 housing units at an average density of 346.0/km² (896.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 77.59% White, 19.47% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.66% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. 1.19% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 34,086 households out of which 27.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% are married couples living together, 14.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% are non-families. 32.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 13.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.90. In the city the population is spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 87.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 83.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $33,111, and the median income for a family is $42,379. Males have a median income of $36,920 versus $22,359 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,009. 16.5% of the population and 12.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 25.1% of those under the age of 18 and 9.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

Partial list of mayors

- Robert A. Grohne (1959-1963)
- Terry M. Hawley (1995-2003)
- Paul Osborne (2003-)

Sister cities

Decatur is a sister city to Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture, Japan, and to Seevetal, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Born in Decatur

Bluegrass artist Alison Krauss was born in Decatur in 1971.

Invented In Decatur

- [http://www.mwtca.org/OTC/ar000008.htm Spiral Screwdriver] Decatur Coffin Companies' Early Racheting Screwdriver
- [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/fariestimer.shtml Photo Timer] Robert Faries' Pneumatic Photo Timer

Jesse Jackson protest

In November 1999, Decatur was brought into the national news when the Rev. Jesse Jackson protested the expulsion and treatment of several African American students who had been involved in a serious fight.[http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/11/expelled.students.01/]

Strange Animal Sightings

Decatur has been visited by a lion, a kangaroo, and multiple alligators over the years. These sightings were mentioned by Sufjan Stevens in "Decatur, Or, Round of Applause For Your Step Mother!" off his 2005 album "Illinois"

External links

- [http://www.ci.decatur.il.us/ City of Decatur Webpage]
- [http://www.decaturcelebration.com/ Decatur Celebration official webpage]
- [http://court.co.macon.il.us/Templates/SearchCaseInfo.htm Macon County Circuit Clerk]
- Category:Cities in Illinois Category:Macon County, Illinois

Ant and Dec

Anthony McPartlin (born on November 18, 1975) and Declan O'Donnelly (born on September 25, 1975), more commonly known as Ant and Dec, are popular presenters of light entertainment television programmes in the United Kingdom. Although the young Ant had built up some television experience with a brief stint on the children's classic, Why Don't You?, Declan made his acting debut on the set of the BBC children's drama series Byker Grove. Their friendship continued off screen as well as on. After they left the TV series, they turned their hand to pop music, releasing (under their Byker Grove character names "PJ and Duncan") songs such as "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" (sic) which included the lines "Watch us wreck the mic, watch us wreck the mic, watch us wreck the mic, psyche!" which briefly caused the use of the word psyche as in "I was only psyching you out", in the playgrounds of Britain. In total, they released three albums: Psyche and Top Katz as PJ and Duncan and The Cult of Ant & Dec as Ant and Dec. Later the duo moved into television presenting, having their own sketch show on Children's BBC and presenting various other BBC programmes before signing to the rival ITV network in the early 2000s. They enjoyed success fronting ITV's Saturday morning children's programmes SMTV Live and CD:UK and subsequently moved to Saturday evening to present fare aimed at adults such as Friends Like These, Pop Idol and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. Their highest audience figures to date were obtained whilst presenting I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! in February 2004. In 2002, at the very young age of 27, Ant and Dec received a joint Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Television Awards. In 2005, as part of the ITV Network's 50th birthday celebrations, they were back on television fronting Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon, a celebration of some of ITV's most enduring gameshows from the past 50 years. They are currently presenting series 5 of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.

External link

- [http://www.itv.com ITV Main Website]
- [http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/category/im-a-celebrity/ Unreality TV - News of Ant and Dec on I'm a Celebrity] Ant ad Dec Ant and Dec Ant and Dec Category:Celebrity duos

Dyptam jesionolistny

Dyptam jesionolistny (Dictamnus albus) - gatunek byliny należący do rodziny rutowatych. Występuje w stanie dzikim od południowej Europy po Syberię i północne rejony Chin.

Charakterystyka

;Pokrój : bylina kłączowa, silnie aromatyczna ;Łodyga : wysokość do 80 cm, górna część gęsto ogruczolona ;Liście : ciemnozielone, nieparzystopierzaste ;Kwiaty : jasnoróżowe z ciemniejszymi żyłkami, nieco grzbieciste, o średnicy do 5 cm, zebrane w szczytowe grona

Ochrona

Roślina objęta ochroną gatunkową - w Polsce występuje jedynie na trzech stanowiskach

Zastosowanie

- Roślina uprawna : niekiedy uprawiany jako roślina ozdobna
- Roślina lecznicza : zawiera olejek eteryczny (limonen, cymol, estragol), alkaloidy (robustina, diktamnina), kumaryny (psolaren, bergapten), rytynę.
- Wykorzystywany również w perfumerii

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Dec

December

Events

Trivia

Other names

See also

External links

Declination

Varying declination

Sun

Moon

Stars

See also

Diethylcarbamazine

Trade names

Filariasis

External links

ICAO airport code

Prefixes

Some examples

See also

References

Decatur, Illinois

Geography

Demographics

Partial list of mayors

Sister cities

Born in Decatur

Invented In Decatur

Jesse Jackson protest

Strange Animal Sightings

External links

Ant and Dec

See also

External link

Dyptam jesionolistny

Charakterystyka

Ochrona

Zastosowanie

Ciekawostki