YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (commonly known as YMCA or simply the Y) is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland with more than 57 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London and aims to put Christian principles into practice by developing a healthy "body, mind, and spirit." These three angles are reflected by the different sides of the (red) triangle—part of all YMCA logos.

From its inception, it grew rapidly and ultimately became a worldwide movement founded on the principles of Muscular Christianity. Local YMCAs engage in a wide variety of charitable activities, including providing athletic facilities, holding classes for a wide variety of skills, proselytizing Christianity, and humanitarian work. YMCAs remain religious organizations; many national or local organizations de-emphasize this aspect, while others choose to prioritize its religious mission above all others.

The different local YMCAs are voluntarily affiliated through their national organizations. The national organizations in turn are part of both an Area Alliance and the World Alliance of YMCAs. The World Alliance's main motto is "empowering young people", and it is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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The Y (disambiguation)

The Y may refer to:

Places

The Y, West Virginia, a community in the United States

Why, Arizona, a town formerly known as The Y.

Enterprises

Brigham Young University, commonly known throughout the Mormon Corridor as "the Y" (as its rival, the University of Utah, is known as "the U")

Jewish Community Center, aka YM-YWHA or "the Y"

YMCA, aka "the Y"

YWCA, aka "the Y"

Music

The Y's, the production team of Justin Timberlake, James Fauntleroy and Rob Knox

Equator

An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and midway between the poles. The Equator usually refers to the Earth's equator: an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. Other planets and astronomical bodies have equators similarly defined. Earth's equator is about 40,075 kilometres (24,901 mi) long; 78.7% is across water and 21.3% is over land.

Geodesy of the Earth's Equator

The latitude of the Earth's Equator is by definition 0° (zero degrees). The Equator is one of the five notable circles of latitude on Earth, with the others being the two Polar Circles: the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle, and the two Tropical Circles: the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The Equator is the only line of latitude which is also a great circle. The imaginary circle obtained when the Earth's equator is projected onto the sky is called the celestial equator.

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Equator (disambiguation)

An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and midway between the poles.

Equator may also refer to:

Equator (schooner), a two-masted pygmy trading schooner

The Equator (newspaper), a 19th-century black issues newspaper

Equator (BBC TV series), a 2006 documentary series based on a journey along the equator

Equator (Randy Stonehill album), 1983

Equator (Uriah Heep album), 1985

Equator Records, a Kenya-based record label active from 1960 to 1974

Equator Records (Canada), a Canadian record label founded in 2006

Equator HD, a geography-themed television network that broadcasts in high-definition

Equator IRC, an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration focused on experiences integrating physical and digital interactions

EQUATOR, (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research), an international health research quality initiative

Celestial equator

The celestial equator is a great circle on the imaginary celestial sphere, in the same plane as the Earth's equator. In other words, it is a projection of the terrestrial equator out into space. As a result of the Earth's axial tilt, the celestial equator is inclined by 23.4° with respect to the ecliptic plane.

An observer standing on the Earth's equator visualizes the celestial equator as a semicircle passing directly overhead through the zenith. As the observer moves north (or south), the celestial equator tilts towards the opposite horizon. The celestial equator is defined to be infinitely distant (since it is on the celestial sphere); thus the observer always sees the ends of the semicircle disappear over the horizon exactly due east and due west, regardless of the observer's position on Earth. (At the poles, though, the celestial equator would be parallel to the horizon.) At all latitudes the celestial equator appears perfectly straight because the observer is only finitely far from the plane of the celestial equator but infinitely far from the celestial equator itself.

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WHOP

WHOP can refer to:

WHOP (AM), a radio station at 1230 AM licensed to Hopkinsville, Kentucky

WHOP-FM, a radio station at 98.7 FM licensed to Hopkinsville, Kentucky

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WHOP (AM)

WHOP (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. The station is currently owned by Forcht Broadcasting and features programming from ABC Radio, CBS Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.