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621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
Culture of Haiti
The culture of Haiti is an eclectic mix of African, Taino and European elements due to the French colonization of Saint Domingue and its large and diverse enslaved African population, as is evidenced in the Haitian language, music, and religion.
# Art.
Brilliant colors, naïve perspe... | 13,300 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
are transformed into people. Symbols take on great meaning. For example, a rooster often represents Aristide and the red and blue colors of the flag of Haiti, often represent his Lavalas party.
Many artists cluster in 'school' of painting, such as the Cap-Haïtien school, which features depictions of d... | 13,301 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
Massif de la Hotte, in one of Haiti's National Parks, the structures date from the early 19th century. The buildings were among the first to be built after Haiti's independence from France.
Jacmel, the colonial city that was tentatively accepted as a World Heritage site, is reported to be extensively ... | 13,302 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
effort that was iniated after the earthquake. The architecture style became very reasonable and involved minimalistic and functional style to help rebuild the damage in the most efficient way possible. There has also been a strong initiative to build more open-air clinics that are designed with health ... | 13,303 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
in the majority of their dishes. A main staple in Haiti Is starch, and many of their dishes include potatoes, rice, corn, beans, and plantains.
There is also a strong presence of tropical fruits in their cuisine due to their ability to grow in the tropical climate. This includes pineapples, coconuts, ... | 13,304 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
meals go, the Catholics in Haiti typically enjoy more elaborate meals during Christmas Eve.
# Fashion.
In Haiti, the quadrille dress is called a "karabela dress". Traditional male attire for dances, weddings, and other formal wear is the linen shirt jacket.
# Festivals.
The most festive time of the... | 13,305 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
talents and expand their audience by performing for Carnival crowds. Rara, a festival which occurs before Easter, is celebrated by a significant number of the population as well, and its celebration has been led to it becoming a style of Carnival music. Many of the youth also attend parties and enjoy t... | 13,306 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
Papa Doc was a strong believer in the country's folklore and used elements of it to guide his brutal rule of the country.
# Literature.
The first document of Haitian literature is the collective text "Acte de l'Indépendance de la République d'Haïti" (Haitian Declaration of Independence). Since then, ... | 13,307 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
inhabited the island of Hispaniola and minor native Taino influences. Styles of music unique to the nation of Haiti include music derived from Vodou ceremonial traditions, rara parading music, twoubadou "ballads", mini-jazz rock bands, rasin movement, hip hop kreyòl, the wildly popular compas, and méri... | 13,308 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
In Creole, it is spelled as "konpa dirèk" or simply "konpa". It is commonly spelled as it is pronounced as "kompa".
Dancing is an important part of Haitian life. In the case of Vodou, the religious experience of spirit possession is usually accompanied by dancing, singing, and drumming. Carnival and r... | 13,309 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
big bands in size. Social dance music has been one of the most heavily creolized music forms in Haiti. European dance forms such as the contradanse (kontradans), quadrille, waltz, and polka were introduced to white planter audiences during the colonial period. Musicians, either slaves or freed people o... | 13,310 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
closes the ball) alludes to the popularity and ubiquity of the méringue as an elite entertainment. In nineteenth-century Haiti, the ability to dance the méringue, as well as a host of other dances, was considered a sign of good breeding. Like other creolized dance styles, the méringue was claimed by bo... | 13,311 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
encompassing several different traditions, consists of a mix of Central and Western African, European, and Native American (Taíno) religions is also widely practiced, despite the negative stigma that it carries both in and out of the country. The exact number of Vodou practitioners is unknown; however,... | 13,312 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where it is currently used mostly for association football matches that fits a capacity of 30,000 people.
Haitian football player Joseph Gaetjens played for the United States national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, scoring the winning goal in the 1–0 upset of England... | 13,313 |
621128 | Culture of Haiti | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Haiti | Culture of Haiti
itional knowledge found its first prominent champion in the ethnographer Jean Price-Mars, who's seminal "So spoke the uncle" (in French "Ainsi parla L'oncle") argued in favor of a greater respect and appreciation of Haiti's African-rooted, largely oral-based peasant culture. Since then numerous authors... | 13,314 |
621155 | List of rivers of Kentucky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Kentucky | List of rivers of Kentucky
List of rivers of Kentucky
List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state).
# By drainage basin.
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. All rivers in Kentucky flow to the Mississippi River, nearly all by virtue of flowing to i... | 13,315 |
621155 | List of rivers of Kentucky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Kentucky | List of rivers of Kentucky
of the Cumberland River
- Rockcastle River
- Laurel River
- Clear Fork
- Tradewater River
- Green River
- Panther Creek
- Pond River
- Rough River
- Mud River
- Barren River
- Gasper River
- Little Reedy Creek
- Big Reedy Creek
- Bear Creek
- Nolin River
- Little Barren River
... | 13,316 |
621155 | List of rivers of Kentucky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Kentucky | List of rivers of Kentucky
Bird River
- Taylors Creek
- Licking River
- Banklick Creek
- South Fork Licking River
- Townsend Creek
- North Fork Licking River
- Kinniconick Creek
- Tygarts Creek
- Little Sandy River
- Big Sandy River
- Blaine Creek
- Levisa Fork
- Paint Creek
- Russell Fork
- Tug Fork
- ... | 13,317 |
621155 | List of rivers of Kentucky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Kentucky | List of rivers of Kentucky
County, Kentucky)
- Dix River
- Dreaming Creek
- Dry Creek (Kentucky)
- Drennon Creek
- Eddy Creek
- Elkhorn Creek
- Floyds Fork of the Salt River
- Gasper River
- Green River
- Hickman Creek
- Kentucky River
- Laurel River
- Lawrence Creek (Kentucky)
- Levisa Fork of the Big Sa... | 13,318 |
621155 | List of rivers of Kentucky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20rivers%20of%20Kentucky | List of rivers of Kentucky
iver
- Red Bird River
- Red River (eastern Kentucky)
- Red River (western Kentucky)
- Rockcastle River
- Rolling Fork of the Salt River
- Rough River
- Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River
- Salt Lick Creek (Kentucky)
- Salt River
- Sap Branch
- Silver Creek
- Sinking Creek (Brecki... | 13,319 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
Kentucky River
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, long, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course pas... | 13,320 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
All 14 dams are now under the management of the state-run Kentucky River Authority. The primary importance of the locks today is to maintain a pool that allows the city of Lexington to draw its drinking water from the river. Despite the fact that the Lexington area receives well over of precipitation ann... | 13,321 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
Description.
The Kentucky River is formed in eastern Kentucky at Beattyville, in Lee County, by the confluence of the North, Middle and South Forks at about elevation, and flows generally northwest, in a highly meandering course through the mountains, through the Daniel Boone National Forest, then past ... | 13,322 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
it is joined by Elkhorn Creek.
Between Clays Ferry in Madison County and Frankfort, the river passes through the Kentucky River Palisades, a series of dramatic steep gorges approximately in length.
It continues on until it flows into the Ohio River at Carrollton in Carroll County.
# Forks.
## North F... | 13,323 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
It receives Rockhouse Creek at Blackey near its source. Approximately southeast of Hazard, it receives the Carr Fork. It receives Troublesome Creek at Haddix, southeast of Jackson. Three miles upstream from its confluence with the South Fork, it receives the Middle Fork. It joins the South Fork to form t... | 13,324 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
reservoir. North of the reservoir it flows generally northwest and joins the North Fork in Lee County, approximately east of the confluence of the North and South forks at Beattyville.
## South Fork.
The South Fork Kentucky River is approximately long. It is formed in Clay County, at the town of Oneida... | 13,325 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
lock-keeper, Frank Wurtz, recorded the floods from 1867 on and spoke with local farmers to learn of earlier ones. They told him of great floods in 1817, 1832, 1847, and 1854. Wurtz documented the floods of 1867, 1880, and 1883, which he claims was five feet taller than the high tide of the 1847 flood. Th... | 13,326 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
hit northern Kentucky in 1927 with lightning so great one resident was quoted saying, "the lightening was so intense, the whole country could be seen." The flooding from this bad weather particularly hurt Neon, Whitesburg, and Hazard. Hundreds were forced from their homes.
## Politics of flooding in the... | 13,327 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
of Frankfort, completely isolating the Old State House. 95% of Paducah was inundated. In all, of the Ohio valley were flooded.
The 1937 flooding caused civil unrest. The cold, meeting with water, caused many displaced people extra trouble. In the Kentucky State Reformatory, the water rose to in the wall... | 13,328 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
riots brought to Frankfort, the National Guard was brought in to oversee the makeshift prison. The prisoners considered to be too dangerous for the setting were sent to Lawrenceburg and Lexington. The governor at the time, Happy Chandler, pushed extra hard for the completion of a new prison in LaGrange, ... | 13,329 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
the rested next to the river flooded, including Doylesville, College Hill, Valley View, Clay's Ferry, and Boonesborough. Richmond took in refugees from Louisville. A flood in 1939 rose slightly higher in Hazard than the flood in 1937.
People demanded the national government do more for floods, and the C... | 13,330 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
Kentucky river and others.
Kentucky Hydro-Electric began pushing for a dam above Booneville on the South Fork as early as 1925. For a variety of reasons, many people protested this, including the fact that the dam would back up South Fork for over . In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislati... | 13,331 |
621151 | Kentucky River | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky%20River | Kentucky River
of America Series, 1942. reprinted 1969 by Henry Clay Press
- Collins, Robert F. "A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest". (1975)
- Arthur Benke & Colbert Cushing, "Rivers of North America". Elsevier Academic Press, 2005
- Rhodes, Captain Rick, "The Ohio River --In American History and Voyaging... | 13,332 |
621163 | International Standard Bibliographic Description | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International%20Standard%20Bibliographic%20Description | International Standard Bibliographic Description
International Standard Bibliographic Description
The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) is a set of rules produced by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to create a bibliographic description in a standard, h... | 13,333 |
621163 | International Standard Bibliographic Description | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International%20Standard%20Bibliographic%20Description | International Standard Bibliographic Description
is responsible for maintaining the ISBD.
One of the original purposes of the ISBD was to provide a standard form of bibliographic description that could be used to exchange records internationally. This would support IFLA's Universal Bibliographic Control program.
# St... | 13,334 |
621163 | International Standard Bibliographic Description | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International%20Standard%20Bibliographic%20Description | International Standard Bibliographic Description
punctuation make it easier to interpret bibliographic records when one does not understand the language of the description.
- 0: Content form and media type area
- 1: Title and statement of responsibility area, consisting of
- 1.1 Title proper
- 1.2 Parallel title
-... | 13,335 |
621163 | International Standard Bibliographic Description | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International%20Standard%20Bibliographic%20Description | International Standard Bibliographic Description
area (e.g., ISBN, ISSN)
# Example.
A typical ISBD record looks like this:
Text : unmediated
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colo... | 13,336 |
621163 | International Standard Bibliographic Description | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International%20Standard%20Bibliographic%20Description | International Standard Bibliographic Description
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. — xviii, 466 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. — (Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing). — Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-435) and index. — (cloth : alk. paper) : USD35.00. — (pbk. : alk. paper) : USD17.00
# See a... | 13,337 |
621157 | David Zinman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Zinman | David Zinman
David Zinman
David Zinman (born July 9, 1936 in New York City, United States) is an American conductor and violinist.
# Biography and career.
After early violin studies at the Oberlin Conservatory, Zinman studied theory and composition at the University of Minnesota, earning his M.A. in 1963, and took u... | 13,338 |
621157 | David Zinman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Zinman | David Zinman
Philharmonic Orchestra from 1974 to 1985. With the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, he was principal guest conductor for two years before becoming the orchestra's music director in 1985. During his Baltimore tenure, he began to implement ideas from the historically informed performance movement in his interpr... | 13,339 |
621157 | David Zinman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Zinman | David Zinman
In 1998, he was appointed music director of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he founded and directed its American Academy of Conducting until his sudden resignation in April 2010.
Zinman became music director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in 1995. His innovative programming with that orchestr... | 13,340 |
621157 | David Zinman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Zinman | David Zinman
first-ever appearance at The Proms in 2003. In 2009, he conducted the Tonhalle in the soundtrack for the feature film "180° - If your world is suddenly upside down". He concluded his Tonhalle music directorship on July 21, 2014 with a concert at The Proms.
# Other activities.
Zinman also conducted for th... | 13,341 |
621157 | David Zinman | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David%20Zinman | David Zinman
# Other activities.
Zinman also conducted for the soundtrack of the 1993 film version of the New York City Ballet production of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker". His 1992 recording of Henryk Górecki’s "Symphony no.3" with Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta was an international bestseller. In January 2006, h... | 13,342 |
621170 | HMHS | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMHS | HMHS
HMHS
HMHS may refer to:
- Humana Military Healthcare Services, an American military health care provider
- Her or His Majesty's Hospital Ship, a ship prefix; see List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy
# Schools.
- Haddonfield Memorial High School, Camden County, New Jersey, United States
- Ha... | 13,343 |
621171 | Saburo Ishikura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saburo%20Ishikura | Saburo Ishikura
Saburo Ishikura
Saburo Ishikura (石倉 三郎 "Ishikura Saburō", born December 16, 1946 in Kagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor that has acted in several movies directed by Beat Takeshi. He has also appeared in a few of Takeshi's recent films which include "Zatoichi" (2003) as Boss Ogi and "Asakusa Kid" (2002).... | 13,344 |
621176 | Interpretability | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interpretability | Interpretability
Interpretability
In mathematical logic, interpretability is a relation between formal theories that expresses the possibility of interpreting or translating one into the other.
# Informal definition.
Assume T and S are formal theories. Slightly simplified, T is said to be "interpretable" in S if and... | 13,345 |
621176 | Interpretability | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interpretability | Interpretability
on admissible translations here, such as the necessity for a translation to preserve the logical structure of formulas.
This concept, together with weak interpretability, was introduced by Alfred Tarski in 1953. Three other related concepts are cointerpretability, logical tolerance, and cotolerance, i... | 13,346 |
621180 | Walensee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walensee | Walensee
Walensee
The Walensee is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. About 2/3 of its surface in the Canton of St. Gallen and about 1/3 in the Canton of Glarus. It is also known as "Lake Walen" or "Lake Walenstadt", after Walenstadt. Other towns and villages at the lake include: Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, and Murg... | 13,347 |
621180 | Walensee | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walensee | Walensee
o Lake Zurich. The Schnittlauchinsel, located at the eastern end of the lake, is the only island in the Walensee.
The Churfirsten range raises steeply on the north side from the lake's level at 419 m to 2,306 m above sea level. On the south, the lake is overlooked by the massif of the Mürtschenstock, culminat... | 13,348 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
Perineal massage
Antenatal perineal massage (APM) or birth canal widening (BCW) is the massage of a pregnant woman's perineum around the opening to the vagina, performed anywhere in the 4 to 6 weeks before childbirth and usually on 4-6 separate occasions. The practice aims to more gently mimic the mas... | 13,349 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
Perineal Massage" 2011 describes the use of the pregnant mother's thumbs being placed just inside the birth canal, whilst she stands with one foot supported on the toilet. She pulls backwards towards her spine, whilst relaxing her pelvic floor, progressively increasing the pressure under her finger tip... | 13,350 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
goal of APM is to prevent the baby's head from undergoing excessive strain during the last 30 minutes of labour. It seeks to train the mother to relax her pelvic floor to allow the baby's head to pass through the opening, to stretch the two fibrous layers within the Uro-Genital Membrane, a triangular s... | 13,351 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
to perform an episiotomy to increase the diameter of the opening of the birth canal. Tearing is less likely as the external skin at the opening has been stretched already and is lax, whilst the underlying muscular pelvic floor has not been damaged. Episiotomy permanently damages the pelvic floor muscle... | 13,352 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
canal widening) was reportedly used by African tribal people. The German obstetrician Mr Welheim Horkel, when visiting a medical mission in the mid-1980s, learned that African tribes used gourds of increasing sizes to stretch the perineum. He replicated this in a hospital setting using an inflatable si... | 13,353 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
stage of labour found similar results in the massage and control groups. They found a tendency for reduced third degree tears, but did not study enough women to be able to determine whether this tendency was statistically meaningful because such tears are generally not very frequent. No meaningful diff... | 13,354 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
vaginal dilatators EPI-NO and Aniball, perineal massage, natural methods (raspberry-leaf tea or linseed). The authors concluded that 'There was a significantly higher number of women with intact perineum after the use of vaginal dilatators (43.1% vs.14.1% in control group (p 0.001)' and 'We also found... | 13,355 |
621189 | Perineal massage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perineal%20massage | Perineal massage
group (p 0.001)' and 'We also found a significant reduction of episiotomies in this group (29.3% vs. 57.7%, p 0.001).
Antenatal Perineal Massage affords mothers worldwide, irrespective of income, the opportunity to shorten the critical last 30 minutes of labour. Mothers with a narrowed opening in th... | 13,356 |
621203 | Nesebar Municipality | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nesebar%20Municipality | Nesebar Municipality
Nesebar Municipality
Nesebar Municipality (, ) is a Bulgarian municipality comprising the northern part of the Black Sea coast of Burgas Province, Bulgaria. Its northern border is with the municipalities of Byala and Dolni Chiflik, its western border — with the municipality of Pomorie, and its eas... | 13,357 |
621203 | Nesebar Municipality | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nesebar%20Municipality | Nesebar Municipality
e of the most popular in Europe. There are 150 hotels with 70,000 beds, 35,000 beds in private accommodation, more than 1000 cafés and restaurants. The municipal centre is Nesebar, located 20 km from Burgas International Airport.
# Towns and villages.
The municipality consists of 3 towns and 11 v... | 13,358 |
621209 | AGSM | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AGSM | AGSM
GSM may refer to;
- Associate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, post-nominal letters used by those with a specific qualification in professional music performance (rather than drama) following full-time study at the school
- A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, a division of the School of Bu... | 13,359 |
621210 | White Castle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20Castle | White Castle
White Castle
White Castle may refer to:
# Castles.
- The White Castle at the estate Nunraw in East Lothian
- The White Castle, Monmouthshire, an 11th-century castle in Wales
- White House of Choghtu Khong Tayiji, also known as the White Castle
# Settlements.
- White Castle, Louisiana, a town in the ... | 13,360 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
Namakkal
Namakkal is a Selection grade municipality and the headquarters of Namakkal district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the first ISO 14001-2004 certified municipality in Asia for environmental management, specifically the provision and maintenance of water supply, solid waste and sewage manage... | 13,361 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
rose to power and had control till the 14th century followed by Vijayanagar Kings till 1565 AD. Then the Madurai Nayaks came to power in 1623 AD. Two of the Polygons of Thirumalai Nayak namely, Ramachandra Nayaka and Gatti Mudaliars ruled the Salem area. The Namakkal Fort is reported to have been built by Rama... | 13,362 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
covers an area of one and half acres of flat surface and is accessible from South-West by a flight of narrow steps. Namakkal was held by Killdhar (Caption) on Hyder Ali until it was captured by British in 1768. For a brief period during late 18th and early 19th century Namakkal was under Tiruchirappalli distri... | 13,363 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
250 km south of Bangalore.
# History.
Namakkal is a historic town with reference at (SM)back to at least the 7th century. The name Namakkal derives from Namagiri, which is the name of the single rock formation at the center of the town. The rock is enormous - 65 meters high and more than a kilometre in circu... | 13,364 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Paarai and today is used by taxis as their stand.
Two cave temples at Namakkal were called as Adiyendra Visnugrha (Ranganatha swamy Temple) and Adiyanavaya Visnugrha (Narasimha swamy Temple). These Rock cut shrines were built by King Gunaseela of Adhiyaman clan descendant. Because of his marria... | 13,365 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
but as on today it has changed its occupation to Lorries, Educational Institutions, Poultry Farms and real estate. So, Poultry, Lorry Transport and related businesses drive the economy of the town. Out of 60000 lorries in Namakkal district Namakkal itself having 25000 lorries, 7000 LPG tankers, 3500 trailers, ... | 13,366 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
crop is Tapioca and due to that Namakkal has several Sago Factories (particularly Sellappampatty and Attur taluk around the place).
Namakkal is noted for truck body building activity. Truck body building is being carriedout in Namakkal since 1956. Nationwide Namakkal is known for body building for truck, trai... | 13,367 |
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Namakkal is based on the Kongu Vellalar Gounder
community.
## Namakkal Anjaneyar temple.
Namakkal Anjaneyar temple is located in Namakkal, and is dedicated to the Hindu god Hanuman. It is constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture. The legend of the temple is associated with Narasimha, an avatar of ... | 13,368 |
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The temple is considered one of the prominent temples in the Tamil Nadu state and the country. The Agamam is followed by "Sri Vaikhanasam".
## Namagiri Lakshmi Narasimhaswami.
Namagiri Lakshmi Narasimhaswami Temple is a "swayam udbhava" (naturally formed) murti of Lord Vishnu in the form of Sri Narasimha Swa... | 13,369 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
male consort, Narasimha, after which he would receive visions of scrolls of complex mathematical content unfolding before his eyes. He often said, "An equation for me has no meaning, unless it represents a thought of God. It was in front of Namagiri Narashimhaswami, Saint Purandaradasa composed his famous song... | 13,370 |
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temples there is one Murugan temple at Koolipatti at about 3 km from the town.
## Namakkal Ranganathaswamy Temple.
There are two rock–cut cave temples alongside the fort, located along the slopes of the hillock, one dedicated to Narasimhaswamy and the other is of Ranganathaswamy. Ranganathaswamy is equally i... | 13,371 |
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9th century. The fort was reinforced during the reign of kongu Vellalars in the 17th century.The fort is located on the top of a hillock made of a single rock, tall. There is a temple and a mosque that are located within the fort, both of which are tourist attractions of the town. In modern times, the fort is ... | 13,372 |
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Railway.
A new broad-gauge railway line from Salem to Karur via Namakkal started its service on 25 May 2013. There are trains daily from/to Salem, Karur, Chennai Central, Bangalore, Dindigul, Palani, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Pollachi and Palakkad.
Salem Jn to Karur Jn
- Rasipuram railway station
- ... | 13,373 |
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November 2009.
# Demographics.
According to 2011 census, Namakkal had a population of 55,145 with a sex-ratio of 1,015 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 5,002 were under the age of six, constituting 2,609 males and 2,393 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled ... | 13,374 |
621161 | Namakkal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namakkal | Namakkal
e hold industries, 19,646 other workers, 967 marginal workers, 22 marginal cultivators, 24 marginal agricultural labourers, 151 marginal workers in household industries and 770 other marginal workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Namakkal had 88.98% Hindus, 9.29% Muslims, 1.48% Christians, 0.01% Sikhs,... | 13,375 |
621214 | Emil Petrovici | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emil%20Petrovici | Emil Petrovici
Emil Petrovici
Emil Petrovici (; 1899–1968) was a Romanian linguist, dialectologist and Slavist. He studied both Romanian and Serbian languages. His studies included Romanian phonology, and Romanian, Serbian, and other Slavic dialectology.
Petrovici, of Serb descent, was born in the village of Torak (f... | 13,376 |
621214 | Emil Petrovici | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emil%20Petrovici | Emil Petrovici
ious titles such as ""Om de știință emerit"" ("Emeritus scientist") and ""Premiul de stat"" ("The State Prize").
# Works.
Among his many books were:
- "Despre nazalitate în limba română" ("On nasalization in the Romanian language")
- "Graiul carașovenilor" ("Language of Krashovani")
- "Folclor din V... | 13,377 |
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Linum bienne
Linum bienne, the pale flax, is a flowering plant in the genus "Linum", native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe, north to England and Ireland.
Pale flax grows as a biennial or perennial plant in dry, sunny calcareous or neutral grasslands from sea level up to 1000 m. It has lon... | 13,378 |
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inated by bees and wasps.
"Linum bienne" (="L. angustifolium") is considered the probable wild forebear of the cultivated flax, and a fibre can be made from its stem. It is sometimes grown as a garden plant.
It has been introduced into North America, where it is naturalized on the Pacific coast from Oreg... | 13,379 |
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Cointerpretability
In mathematical logic, cointerpretability is a binary relation on formal theories: a formal theory "T" is cointerpretable in another such theory "S", when the language of "S" can be translated into the language of "T" in such a way that "S" proves every formula whose translation i... | 13,380 |
621215 | Cointerpretability | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cointerpretability | Cointerpretability
erpretability is a binary relation on formal theories: a formal theory "T" is cointerpretable in another such theory "S", when the language of "S" can be translated into the language of "T" in such a way that "S" proves every formula whose translation is a theorem of "T". The "translation" here is re... | 13,381 |
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White Castle (restaurant)
White Castle is an American regional hamburger restaurant chain with 377 locations across 13 states, with its greatest presence in the Midwest. It has been generally credited as the country's first fast-food chain. It is known for its small, square hamburgers. Someti... | 13,382 |
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(1880-1963) had been running food stands in Wichita since 1916 when he opened his first diner in a converted streetcar. After a second and third location, he was looking to open a fourth location when he met Billy Ingram and together they started the White Castle chain. White Castle was founde... | 13,383 |
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standing. At the time, Americans were hesitant to eat ground beef after Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel "The Jungle" had publicized the poor sanitation practices of the meat packing industry. The founders set out to change the public's perception of the cleanliness of the industry they were creati... | 13,384 |
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of white enamel-glazed brick and interiors of enameled steel. The Indianapolis unit was in operation until 1979, making it, at the time of its closure, the longest-operating fast food restaurant in the country. The company constructed this style of building from 1924 to 1929.
White Castle Bui... | 13,385 |
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copied the distinctive architecture of White Castle buildings, as well as created confusion for consumers by using a similar name. The first of these imitators in Wichita was Little Kastle. Many competitors created their names with a play on the White Castle name. Some restaurant chains just r... | 13,386 |
621197 | White Castle (restaurant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20Castle%20(restaurant) | White Castle (restaurant)
Blue Tower, Red Barn, Red Lantern, and Klover Kastle. Despite all the competition, none of the competitors were able to match the success of White Castle.
Anderson is credited with invention of the hamburger bun as well as "the kitchen as assembly line, and the cook as infinitely replaceable ... | 13,387 |
621197 | White Castle (restaurant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20Castle%20(restaurant) | White Castle (restaurant)
with today's fast-food restaurants. The company established centralized bakeries, meat supply plants, and warehouses to supply itself. It was said that the only things they didn't do themselves were raise the cows and grow their own wheat. Ingram developed a device to produce previously unhear... | 13,388 |
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Ohio. In the same year, Ingram decided to close all of the restaurants in the two smallest-profit markets (Wichita and Omaha). In 1955, Paperlynen produced over 42 million paper hats worldwide with more than 25,000 different inscriptions. White Castle also created a subsidiary in 1934 named Po... | 13,389 |
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named "The Hot Hamburger"). The bulk of the material was contributed by company personnel and consisted mostly of letters and photographs of workers, promotional announcements, 25-year milestones, retirements, and similar items of interest arranged by geographic area. "Employees could... read ... | 13,390 |
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dating from 1927 to 1970 of the White Castle Official House Organ.
Ingram's business savvy not only was responsible for White Castle's success but for the popularization of the hamburger.
In 1933, Anderson sold his half of the Business to Ingram, and the following year the company moved its ... | 13,391 |
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supply distribution.
Throughout its existence, White Castle has been a private company and relied on company-owned stores. It remains privately held today, and its restaurants are all company owned; none are franchised.
In concurrence with its 80th anniversary in 2001, White Castle started i... | 13,392 |
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Fame, an indication of the exclusivity of the honor.
Starting in 2011, a White Castle on Long Island has become a frequent setting for challenges on the show Impractical Jokers, during which the contestants pose as cashiers, drive-thru workers and janitors.
The Ingram family's steadfast refu... | 13,393 |
621197 | White Castle (restaurant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20Castle%20(restaurant) | White Castle (restaurant)
By comparison, there are over 36,000 McDonald's locations globally, with approximately 14,000 of those in the United States. The chain does, however, sell frozen sliders at supermarkets nationwide, with availability varying by chain. Some locations are also cobranded with Church's Chicken.
Cu... | 13,394 |
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are in Columbus, Ohio. White Castle exited the Cleveland and Akron, Ohio markets effective December 25, 2014.
The first White Castle in the far western United States opened at the Casino Royale Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip on January 27, 2015. This was the first expansion for White C... | 13,395 |
621197 | White Castle (restaurant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White%20Castle%20(restaurant) | White Castle (restaurant)
opened in Las Vegas on September 22, 2017, on Fremont Street. The first non-licensed White Castle location in the western United States is scheduled to open in Scottsdale, Arizona in late 2019.
In September 2015, White Castle began to offer Veggie Sliders with dairy-free buns to provide a veg... | 13,396 |
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Castle also markets its sandwiches in 30-hamburger boxes, called a Crave Case. The figure of 30 burgers represents the number that can be produced on one of its standard grills at the same time. A "Crave Crate" is also offered, with the contents being 100 burgers.
Around 2012, White Castle ex... | 13,397 |
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in Wichita, Kansas, the city has not had a branch since 1938, nor is there a White Castle restaurant in the entire state of Kansas. White Castle is one of the few restaurant chains that does not have a location in its original city. White Castle is also unusual in that their store locations in... | 13,398 |
621216 | List of minor planets: 2001–3000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20minor%20planets:%202001–3000 | List of minor planets: 2001–3000
List of minor planets: 2001–3000
# External links.
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)–(5000) (IAU Minor Planet Center) | 13,399 |
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