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indeterminate. The original ethnicity of Drako may be difficult to determine depending on whether the surname came about naturally and independently in various locales; e.g. in the case of names that come from a professional trade, which can crop up in multiple places independently (such as the last name "Dean" which may have been adopted by members of the clergy). |
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in some other language. Because of this it is important to research the ethnicity of a name, and the languages spoken by its early ancestors. Many western names like Drako originate from religious texts such as the Bible, the Bhagavadgītā, the Quran, and so on. Often these family names relate to a religious expression such as "Favored of God". - |
Joseph Drako 1920 - 2006 - Marian Drako 1950 - 2010 - John Drako 1889 - 1968 - Frank R Drako 1923 - 2008 - Madeline Drako 1918 - 2009 - R Drako 1988 - 2006 - Margaret M Drako 1926 - 2000 - Robert Drako 1938 - 1980 - Cecelia Drako 1915 - 1987 - Verna Drako 1913 - |
2005 - Daniel Drako 1887 - 1983 - Frank Drako 1912 - 1989 - John Drako 1916 - 1982 - Andrew Drako 1912 - 1961 - Kathleen S Drako 1940 - 2007 - Carol L Drako 1936 - 2010 - Theresa Drako 1910 - 1984 - G L Drako 1946 - 1991 - Ronald S Drako 1937 - 1998 Drako |
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primary ethnicity of the name Drako. Many surnames travel around the world throughout the ages, making their original nationality and ethnicity difficult to trace. More about the name Drako Fun facts about the Drako family We have no fun facts about Drako. You can submit your information by clicking Edit. Drako spelling variations No content has been submitted about alternate |
spellings of Drako. The following is speculative information about Drako. You can submit your information by clicking Edit. Names like Drako transform in their spelling as they travel across communities, family unions, and countries over time. In the past, when few people knew how to write, names such as Drako were transcribed based on how they were heard by a |
scribe when people's names were written in official records. This could have resulted in misspellings of Drako. Understanding misspellings and alternate spellings of the Drako name are important to understanding the history of the name. |
Scanned text contains errors. (2) Publius FcipWus Statius. A Eoman poet, born at Naples about 45 a.d. His father, who afterwards settled in Rome, and was busy there as a |
teacher, was himself a poet, and the son owed his training to him. Early in life he gained the approval of his contemporaries by his poetic talent, especially in improvisation, |
and several times won the victory in poetic competitions. Yet he remained all his life dependent on the favour of Domitian and of the great men of Rome, whose goodwill |
he sought to propitiate by the most servile flatteries. In later life he went back to Naples, where he died about 96. Two epic poems of his are preserved, both |
dedicated to Domitian, (1) the ThSbals in twelve books, published after twelve years' labour in 92, on the struggle of the sons of (Edipus for Thebes, perhaps in imitation of |
the poem of the same name by Antlmachus; and (2) the two first books of an incomplete AcMUels. We also have his Silvce, a collection of occasional poems, mostly in |
hexameters, but partly in lyrical verse. Statius is distinguished among his contemporaries by skill and imagination, but suffers from the tendency of the time to make great display of learning |
and rhetorical ornament. His poems were much read both in antiquity and in the Middle Ages. Stele (Greek). An upright tablet or slab of stone. At Athens such tablets were |
set up in a public place, especially on the Acropolis. Laws, decrees, treaties, etc., as well as sentences of punishment against defaulters were engraved upon them, and thus made publicly |
known. The use of stelce for funeral monuments was common in all Greek countries. In earlier times they.are narrow and thin slabs of stone, slightly tapering towards the top, which |
is crowned either with anthlmia (decorations of flowers and leaves, see cut), or with a small triangular pediment ornamented with rosettes. The shorter but broader stele, crowned with a pedimenti |
is later than the other kind. Many such stelce resemble small shrines or chapels [Perry's Greek Sculpture, fig. 121]. Besides the inscription referring to the dead, they often bear i |
representations of them in relief, as in the famous monument to Dexlleos, b.c. 390, near the Dlpylum at Athens. [For a stele, more than a century earlier, with a warrior |
in low relief, see hoplites.] Stentor. One of the Greeks before Troy, who could shout as loudly as fifty men ! together [II, v 785]. He is said to have |
been a Thracian or Arcadian, and to have found his death in a contest of shouting with Hermes. Stephanus. (1) [A sculptor of the archa- istic school of Pasiteles (a |
contemporary of Pompey). His name appears on a well- known statue of a nude youth in the Villa Albani, which is repeated with very slight alteration in a male statue |
forming part of a group in the Naples Museum. Among his pupils was the sculptor Menelaus. (See sculpture, fig. 16.)] [J. E. S.) (2) Of Byzantium. Author of a comprehensive |
geographical work, about 500 a.d., originally consisting of more than fifty books in the form of a lexicon, compiled out of more than 100 authors, which also contained notices of |
myths, history, etc., with constant indication of authorities. Besides 1 fragments of the original, we possess only a meagre epitome by a grammarian named Herm6laus; but even in this mutilated |
form it is of great value. StSr6pe. One of the Pleiads, mother of (Enfimaus, by Ares. Ster6pes. One of the Cyclopes (q.v.). Steslchdrus. The most famous representative of the earlier |
Dorian lyrical poetry, at Himera in Sicily, about 630 b.c. Originally called Ttslas, he received the name of Steaichorus ("marshal of choruses"), possibly from his office of directing the choruses |
and superintending their practice. It is related that he was struck blind for a lampoon on Helen, as the cause of the Trojan War, but received his eyesight again when |
he composed a lyrical poem recanting the first, and called ptilinddw [Plato, Phcrdr, 243A]. He died, aged eighty-five, at Catana, where he had a tomb in front of the gate |
named after him. The choral ode had been divided by Alcman into strfipfil and antistrophf. Stesichorus is said to have completed its form by adding the epodOs (epode), which was |
Launched more than 200 years ago as one of our young nation’s earliest fighting ships, the U.S.S. Constitution – affectionately called Old Ironsides by generations of Americans – has long been a most beloved natural symbol of liberty and freedom. |
This gallant battlewagon of the high seas, victorious in every one of its 30 battles was among the first six frigates – ships of the line – authorized by Congress in 1794 to form the nucleus of a newly born |
U.S. Navy. The 44-gun, wooden man-o’-war was launched Oct. 21, 1797, from Hart’s shipyard in Boston. She had speed, firepower, and a unique overlay that virtually repelled enemy ordnance (hence the nickname Old Ironsides lovingly bestowed on her by a |
grateful crew when enemy shells first began bouncing off her hull). The U.S.S. Constitution went into service against French privateer in the West Indies. From 1803-1805 she was used in the fight against the petty potentates of Tripoli and other |
African states, who were then harassing United States commercial shipping and held American hostages for ransom. Old Ironsides, along with sister ship U.S.S. Constellation, quickly became an American legend. During the War of 1812 she was one of the few |
bright spots in an otherwise dreary war of military reversals. She kindled pride and glory throughout the nation. After six more years on the Mediterranean chasing Barbary Coast pirates, she came home to undergo rehabilitation and refitting. More duties abroad |
followed, including aiding Greek revolutionaries in their struggles against Turkish overlords. But on July 4, 1828, the Naval Department decreed the U.S.S. Constitution was beyond repair and scheduled her to be scrapped. However, the admirals and politicians didn’t recon with |
the American people. Public anger erupted, fueled by, of all things, a poem. The poet was Harvard law student Oliver Wendell Holmes, destined to become one of this nation’s leading men of letters. His poem, Old Ironsides, galvanized public opinion |
in support of the revered ship and forced the Navy to back down and reverse itself. Congress appropriated the necessary funds and the ship was dry-docked for an extensive overhaul. After duty for another generation, she was semi-retired again, being |
just too old for regular sea duty. The old frigate became a training ship for midshipmen at Annapolis an also performed an impressive list of ceremonial duties, among them receiving Pope Pius IX, then in exile in Naples, Italy. Thanks |
to the efforts of Massachusetts Congressman John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, grandfather of future president and naval veteran John F. Kennedy, the grand old ship was rebuilt, re-commissioned and permanently berthed in Boston, her hometown. Old Ironsides arrived in time |
to be greeted by a glorious and fervent centennial salute from the North Atlantic Fleet and a boisterous welcome from the people of Boston and Charlestown. It was her 100th birthday and she had come home, never again to leave. |
Since then the great ship has been on permanent exhibition at Boston, where thousands of people visit her every year and while there, purchase tons of mementos including souvenir postcards picturing her or showing her in naval action. There have |
been many souvenir postcards published about the gallant ship’s background and grand history. Most were printed by Boston firms for sale at the site itself, or throughout the Greater Boston area to tourists and visitors. A small number of early |
20th century postcards can be found, including some of her on the high seas or in confrontation with the enemy. The best from this 1900-1920 era is part of the A&V set for the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, “Battle Between the |
Constitution and the Guerriere.” Reichner Bros., Boston, also issued an interesting postcard, their No. 4131, “The Flight of the Frigate Constitution.” This depicts Old Ironsides being pursued by a squadron of British men-o’-war. Beginning in the 1920s, many commemorative postcards |
were issued picturing the U.S.S. Constitution. And the avalanche showed no sign of coming to a stop. During the 1920s, the era of white border postcards, United Art Co., (Boston) published several postcards about the U.S.S. Constitution, among them a |
flag-waving heroic portrayal of the ship fearlessly sailing into the wind, as if to do battle. It was most likely part of a set of 18 or more. Undoubtedly the linen style era of the 1930s has proven to be |
the best source for collectors of great cards about the great battleship. Colourpicture Publications of Boston published a truly super set of ten in the late 1940s. They were sold in packets as a complete set. Half of the ten |
cards were taken from original paintings by Gordon Grant; four of these five are scenes of the ship’s famous naval battles and the other is a patriotic picture of her at sea. The other half of the set shows various |
scenes of the ship, a sort of guided tour. An excellent linen postcard illustrating the frigate’s 1797 launching was issued in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It was part of an advertising set of historical scenes once available from |
the New England Insurance Company of Boston. The set was taken from the eight murals done by Charles Hoffbauer and located in the century-old home office building in Copely Square in Boston. It is a wonderful linen era collectible set, |
with “The Frigate Constitution is Launched at Boston, 1797” card being especially prized. As Old Ironsides continues sailing into history and its third century, collectors and amateur historians alike hope souvenir postcards about her and her exploits will continue to |
It's a given that we waste a lot of water in the bathroom, most notably in the shower. We heat up water and it goes down the drain. There have been some systems that recycle and reuse this gray water in other ways, but all in all, no real benchmark. |
Rami Tareef's Green Shower will inform you how much water and heat you waste via a flexible LCD display. It will also keep a record of how much water is used by each person. It's been shown that any type of monitoring can save save you up to 30% in |
energy expenditures. The display will also tell you the temperature of the water. You will waste less energy by knowing exactly when the water reaches your desired temperature. There's a 24V DC power generator built inside this shower. It will charge itself using hydro-electric power. Kind of neat that using |
the water charges up the generator at the same time. Our guess is that the power is either shunted back into the household system, or simply used to heat up the water for your shower. The monitoring system are nice and dandy, but what we really like is the little |
hydro-electric generator that is included inside the shower. That is a really interesting idea, and it could be surprising at how much power these generators can harness from houses. [via Yanko Design] MORE GREEN WATER CONCEPTS Wash Your Clothes And Flush Your Toilet Posted originally from: Unplggd |
Disease: Daylily Rust Pathogen: Puccinia hemerocallidisHost: Hemerocallis spp. (Lilliaceae) Pustules, called uredinial sori, formed by Puccinia hemerocallidis on a daylilly leaf. Daylily rust was found in 18 states of the United States in 2001 after its initial discovery in Georgia in 2000. Daylily rust is a typical rust disease. Its symptoms appear as orange-colored pustules. These pustules are filled with |
June 27, 2008 National Archives Announces Successful Completion of Major Milestone of Electronic Records Archives System Washington, DC…Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein announced today the launch of a major initiative which lays the foundation for preserving electronic and all other records generated by the government and providing public |
access to them. The Initial Operating Capability of the National Archives Electronic Records Archives (ERA) is the beginning of far-reaching changes in the management of U.S. government records. In its initial stage, the new system will support the basic process of determining how long Federal agencies need to keep records |
and whether the records should be preserved in the National Archives afterwards. ERA will support this process for all Federal records, whether they are paper, film, electronic, or other media. In July, the National Archives will start moving approximately three and a half million computer files into ERA. These historically-valuable |
electronic records range from databases about World War II soldiers to the State Department’s central files on foreign affairs. The records eventually will be accessible online in ERA. ERA is a multi-year project spearheaded by the National Archives and Lockheed Martin, the development contractor, to create a ‘permanent’ solution for |
the ever-changing challenge of preserving electronic records. Because new formats of electronic records are constantly being created and older formats become obsolete quickly, the ‘permanent’ solution cannot be a one-time fix. It has to be a dynamic system which can grow to accommodate ever-increasing volumes, be extended to deal with |
new formats, and evolve to enable records on obsolete formats to be accessed on new computers. The goal is to enable researchers 50 or 100 years from now to find and retrieve electronic records using the best technology available to them, regardless of what hardware or software was used to |
create them. ERA will also move record keeping out of filing cabinets and into cyberspace. It provides a foundation for the National Archives and all other Federal agencies to perform business transactions online to improve the way government records are organized, stored, and retrieved. Besides the direct benefit to government, |
these capabilities will make it easier for citizens to discover what records the government has and to access them. In making the announcement, Professor Weinstein said "There has been a race against technology as we watch software become obsolete almost as soon as it is installed in our computers. All |
of us have stored personal memories or favorite music on 8-track tapes, floppy disks, or 8 mm film. In many cases, these technologies are now relics and we have no way to access the stored information. Imagine this problem multiplied millions and millions of times—that’s what the Federal government is |
facing today. But thanks to ERA," he continued, "the technology for preserving electronic records is finally beginning to catch up with the technology for creating them. This Initial Operating Capability is a crucial step in ensuring that our recent history will be saved." The ERA development has been shaped by |
extensive dialogue with stakeholders both inside the Federal government and around the world. Four Federal partners, who have been instrumental in testing the system, will start using ERA in September: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Oceanographic Office, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Bureau of Labor |
Statistics. Valuable input from these partners has been used to fine-tune the system. The National Archives also has received ongoing counsel from the Advisory Committee on ERA which is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to advise the Archivist of the United States on technical, mission, and service issues |
related to ERA. Its members include experts in archives, records management, libraries, computer science, history, and the law, including representatives of other Federal agencies and of state governments. Chairman of the Advisory Committee on ERA and co-inventor of the Internet Dr. Robert Kahn said "The Internet has made it possible |
for people using a computer to instantly communicate across continents and around the world. When the full system is deployed, ERA will make it possible for people to access U.S. government information across generations." Andrew Patrichuk, Lockheed Martin Vice President for Civil Mission Solutions, said "The Electronic Records Archives system |
being developed by the National Archives and Lockheed Martin is enormously important to this nation. In the future, corporations, other governments and institutions around the world will benefit from the foundation that ERA sets today." In the next stage, already under development, ERA will provide the capability to absorb massive |
quantities of Presidential electronic files from the Bush Administration when the President leaves office in January, 2009. In 2010, the National Archives intends to make the system available to the public. Ultimately, the Archives expects the system to be able to preserve and provide access to ever-increasing volumes of important |
electronic records of the Federal government, even long after the hardware and software used to create them has become obsolete. # # # For media information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs Staff at 202-357-5300. |
ATREE believes that unless children connect with the environment in their neighbourhoods they cannot relate to broader and remote environmental problems. Therefore, conservation education is an important part of ATREE's |
outreach and education programme. ATREE is in a unique position to impart hands-on, field-based conservation education using in-house resources - its natural and social scientists and research associates. ATREE emphasizes |
a learning-by-doing approach, in which children interact with their environment in a structured manner and learn how to value nature and conserve what sustains us all. This learning draws from |
the 'Learning for Life' approach where the head, heart and hands (3Hs) are taken into account to help children and teachers think (head), feel (heart) and do (hand), rather than |
limiting learning by cognitive skills only. The Web of Life game that allows children to discover how elements in nature are related to each other Our focus has also been |
on regaining a rooted local perspective on conservation by focusing on local landscapes, their rich natural resource, and conservation issues. We believe that appreciation of local dimensions of conservation will |
foster a more 'owned' understanding of global issues rather than the other way around. Our experience has shown that education and awareness are synergized by strategically linking them to field-based |
interventions and action-research. These provide real-world opportunities to educate both rural and urban children through hands-on activities on biodiversity related challenges and solutions. Learning opportunities and activities integrated into the |
school curriculum go a long way in fostering a sense of stewardship to ones community and surroundings, while making basic concepts clear. ATREE believes that conservation education is a permanent |
process in which individuals gain awareness of their environment and acquire the knowledge, values, skills, experiences, and the determination, which will enable them to act individually and collectively to solve |
present and future environmental problems. The six field sites, or community-based conservation centres - CCCs - in Kanakpura, MM Hills, BRT WLS, KMTR, Natham and Vembanad have been ideal catchment |
area for children and teachers from local schools and colleges in the last decade. In five of these sites (barring Vembanad), conservation education has been part of the larger Conservation |
and Livelihoods Project (C&LP). The need for conservation education has been driven by the observation that children are not familiar with biodiversity in their backyard. Knowledge of local biodiversity and |
bio-resource utilization and management are not passed down the generations, with the result that vital traditional knowledge on biodiversity and its management is being eroded. In 2008, ATREE carried out |
an assessment of potential for conservation education across four community-based conservation centres in order to develop a practical response to the need for sustained awareness on environment and conservation problems. |
Principles of ATREE conservation education approach that arise from this study have been shared above. ATREE is also RRA - Regional Resource Agency in Karnataka, for the Department of Biotechnology's |
(DBT's) Natural Resource Awareness Club - DNA Club. Through the DNA Club, ATREE has facilitated conservation education programmes in Ankola, Ujire, T. Narsipura, Dharwad and Bangalore. ATREE regional offices in |
I Can Read! Growing Independence and Fluency Rationale: This lesson is designed to help students become more fluent in their reading. Repeated reading is essential in helping children master fluency. |
Children must read everyday in order to reach mastery in reading fluency. This lesson will help students read more fluently. Materials: Four books new to all the children, four different |
puppets. 1. I will begin the lesson by giving a book talk for each of the four books. The purpose of these book talks will be to raise the interest |
of the children in these books. 2. Divide the class into four groups and let each group choose a puppet and a book. Each child will read the book twice |
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