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Nat Clifton. Nathaniel " Sweetwater " Clifton (born Clifton Nathaniel; October 13, 1922 – August 31, 1990) was an American professional basketball player. [1] He is best known as one of the first African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was also a professional baseball player.
32°27′31″N 100°27′51″W / 32.4586°N 100.4642°W / 32.4586; -100.4642. Type. Aviation museum. Founder. Deanie Bishop Parrish. Nancy Parrish. Website. www.waspmuseum.org. The National WASP World War II Museum is an aviation museum located at the Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas focused on Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Description. The king eider is a large sea duck, measuring 50–70 cm (20–28 in) in length with a wingspan of 86–102 cm (34–40 in). [8] Males are, on average, heavier than females, with a mean weight of 1.668 kg (3.68 lb) for males and 1.567 kg (3.45 lb) for females. [9] An individual bird's mass can vary considerably from season to ...
Surf scoter. The surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck native to North America. Adult males are almost entirely black with characteristic white patches on the forehead and the nape and adult females are slightly smaller and browner. Surf scoters breed in Northern Canada and Alaska and winter along the Pacific and Atlantic ...
Owner. Providence Equity (2021-present) Number of employees. 2,300 [3] Website. www.sweetwater.com. Sweetwater is an American musical instrument retailer. Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sweetwater is the largest online retailer of musical instruments and pro audio equipment in the United States.
SweetWater's most popular beer, SweetWater 420 Extra Pale Ale, named after the date it was first brewed (April 20), soon followed. [3] Two years later, SweetWater hosted the World Beer Cup, an international brewing competition. [4] In 2002 SweetWater won Small Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. In 2003 the ...
Greater scaup. The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, "bluebill" in North America, [3] is a mid-sized diving duck, larger than the closely related lesser scaup and tufted duck. It spends the summer months breeding in Iceland, east across Scandinavia, northern Russia and Siberia, Alaska, and northern Canada.
Binomial name. Melanitta americana. (Swainson, 1832) Synonyms. Melanitta nigra americana. The black scoter or American scoter (Melanitta americana) is a large sea duck, 43 to 49 cm (17 to 19 in) in length. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek melas "black" and netta "duck". The species name is from the Latin for "American".