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37321828 | Béthencourt (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Béthencourt%20(disambiguation) | Béthencourt (disambiguation)
Béthencourt (disambiguation)
Béthencourt may refer to:
In geography:
- Béthencourt-sur-Mer, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt-sur-Somme, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt, a French commune in département Nord (59) in Nord-Pas-de-C... | 6,132,000 |
37321828 | Béthencourt (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Béthencourt%20(disambiguation) | Béthencourt (disambiguation)
tion)
Béthencourt may refer to:
In geography:
- Béthencourt-sur-Mer, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt-sur-Somme, a French commune in département Somme, Picardie
- Béthencourt, a French commune in département Nord (59) in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Béthencourt, a... | 6,132,001 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
Brackenstown, Swords
Brackenstown is a neighbourhood in the town of Swords in Ireland. It developed in west Swords on the north side of the Ward River. It developed along the Brackenstown Road, which runs from Swords to the townland of Knocksedan. It has shops, including a supermarket and a pub, a... | 6,132,002 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
the area and is the main road providing access to the area. The Ward River Valley Park is located on the south side of the road and most of the housing estates are on the north side of the road. Murrough road runs north from Brackenstown to the Rathbeale Road and Applewood.
Housing estates and str... | 6,132,003 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
Swords is on the Brackenstown Road outside Swords Manor estate. It is served by Dublin Bus Routes 41, 41c, 41x, 41n and the private Swords Express service. All routes operate from Swords Manor, along the Brackenstown Road, then up Murrough Road to the Rathbeale Road.
Dublin Bus routes 41 & 41c ope... | 6,132,004 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
approximately every 30 minutes from Swords Manor to Dublin City Centre (Georges/Eden Quay) via Applewood, Swords Village, Forrest Road, Boroimhe and Holywell, then non-stop via the M1 motorway and Dublin Port Tunnel.
On Friday and Saturday nights the Dublin Bus 41n Nitelink service operates from D... | 6,132,005 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
fortifications, woodland habitats, wetlands and rolling grassland. There are viewing points, picnic sites, sports pitches and tennis courts.
# Education.
There are two adjacent primary schools in the Brackenstown area:
- St. Cronan's Junior National School, Brackenstown Road
- St. Cronan's Seni... | 6,132,006 |
37321736 | Brackenstown, Swords | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brackenstown,%20Swords | Brackenstown, Swords
irdressers, pharmacy, and a pub.
# Religion.
Brackenstown has one Roman Catholic Church which belongs to its own distinct parish:
- St. Cronan's Church, Brackenstown
# Glasmore Abbey.
Glassmore Abbey was founded by St Cronan about AD660 – a century later than the founding of Swords. This inter... | 6,132,007 |
37321758 | Humphrey Hicks | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Humphrey%20Hicks | Humphrey Hicks
Humphrey Hicks
Humphrey Osmond Hicks (20 May 1904 - 9 June 1986) was a croquet player from England.
Hicks won the President’s Cup six times (1930, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1954 and 1961), the Open Championship seven times (1932 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952) and the Men's Championship nine times (1930... | 6,132,008 |
37321757 | Andrea Ingegneri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Ingegneri | Andrea Ingegneri
Andrea Ingegneri
Andrea Ingegneri (born 18 January 1992) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Palermo.
# Club career.
## Bologna.
Ingegneri started his career at Bologna F.C. 1909.
## Cesena.
In June 2013 Ingegneri joined Cesena for €1.25 million in a co-ownership deal as part of the ... | 6,132,009 |
37321757 | Andrea Ingegneri | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrea%20Ingegneri | Andrea Ingegneri
ously owned by Gianluca Turchetta. In June 2014 the co-ownership deals were renewed.
On 25 August Ingegneri was signed by Bassano in a temporary deal. On 25 June 2015 the co-ownership deals expired.
In July 2015 Ingegneri was signed by Pordenone in a temporary deal.
## Palermo.
On 6 July 2017 Ingeg... | 6,132,010 |
37321839 | Félicien Van De Putte | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Félicien%20Van%20De%20Putte | Félicien Van De Putte
Félicien Van De Putte
Félicien Van De Putte (born 1898, date of death unknown) was a Belgian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. | 6,132,011 |
37321819 | Eastway Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastway%20Gardens | Eastway Gardens
Eastway Gardens
Eastway Gardens is a small neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a series of dead end streets coming off of Tremblay Road between Riverside Drive and St. Laurent Boulevard. Most of these streets are named for letters of the alphabet,... | 6,132,012 |
37321819 | Eastway Gardens | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastway%20Gardens | Eastway Gardens
nded to be built to house railway employees. Originally, the streets built began with Avenue A in the west. These streets in the western end of the subdivision would later be expropriated for Ottawa's new Train Station. Most houses were built in the subdivision in the 1950s when the neighbourhood was re... | 6,132,013 |
37321836 | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katni%20copper-plate%20of%20Jayanātha | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
The Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha is an epigraphic record documenting the donation of the village of Kalabhikuṇḍaka in the time of the Uccakalpa ruler "mahārāja" Jayanātha ("circa" 493-502 CE). It is dated year 182 in the Gupta era ("circa" 502 CE).
# ... | 6,132,014 |
37321836 | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katni%20copper-plate%20of%20Jayanātha | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
of Mahakoshal", no. 2: 10.
# Description and Contents.
The inscription is in the Sanskrit language. The inscription records how "mahārāja" Jayanātha divided a village named Kalabhikuṇḍaka into a sixty shares and donated these to twenty-five different people.
# Historical Significance.... | 6,132,015 |
37321836 | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katni%20copper-plate%20of%20Jayanātha | Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha
The inscription is in the Sanskrit language. The inscription records how "mahārāja" Jayanātha divided a village named Kalabhikuṇḍaka into a sixty shares and donated these to twenty-five different people.
# Historical Significance.
The donees are individually named as is their caste aff... | 6,132,016 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
WNC Women's Championship
The WNC Women's Championship was a women's professional wrestling championship owned by the Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion. The title was a spiritual successor to the Smash Diva Championship, the women's title of WNC's predecessor, Smash. The championship was fi... | 6,132,017 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
title.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title was won as a result of a scripted match. There were five reigns shared among four wrestlers.
# History.
## Championship tournament.
On October 12, 2012, Tajiri, the founder of Wrestling New Classic (WNC), announced the creatio... | 6,132,018 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
random draw, conducted by Tajiri and WNC president Tsutomu Takashima, which resulted in Love and Nozaki getting byes directly to the semifinals. The first first round match took place on October 26 and saw Syuri defeat Lin Byron to advance to the semifinals against Jessica Love. The second firs... | 6,132,019 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
Champion.
## Retiring.
On June 18, 2014, WNC announced that the promotion would be shutting down following June 26. Afterwards, six of the promotion's male wrestlers transferred over to Wrestle-1, while its female wrestlers remained affiliated with the Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion, with whi... | 6,132,020 |
37321686 | WNC Women's Championship | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNC%20Women's%20Championship | WNC Women's Championship
ated with the Reina Joshi Puroresu promotion, with which WNC had had a working agreement since January 2014. Following WNC shutting down, the WNC Women's Championship went inactive, before being brought up at a Reina event on August 30. On September 3, it was announced that Syuri, the reigning ... | 6,132,021 |
37321882 | Georges Verger | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges%20Verger | Georges Verger
Georges Verger
Georges Verger (born 1896, date of death unknown) was a French long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. | 6,132,022 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
Giuseppe Manno
Giuseppe Manno (17 March 1786 – 25 January 1868) was an Italian magistrate, politician and historian. He was elected president of the Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and later of the Kingdom of Italy.
# Biography.
Manno was born in Alghero, Sardinia 17 March 1786 from a noble family,... | 6,132,023 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
for the Sardinian Affairs". He became the personal secretary of the King Charles Felix in 1821.
He was appointed as a member of the "Supremo Consiglio di Sardegna" (Supreme Council of Sardinia) in 1823, where he worked to modernize the legal system of the Kingdom.
In 1826 he became a member of the "Acc... | 6,132,024 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
and Lazarus
- Knight of the Civil Order of Savoy
- Milite of the Military Order of Savoy
# Works.
- "Lettere di un sardo in Italia" (1993 - 1816 / 1817), Quartu S. Elena, Astra.
- "Storia di Sardegna", Torino, Alliana e Paravia, 1825-27, in 4 voll.
- " De' vizi dei letterati ", Torino, Alliana, 182... | 6,132,025 |
37321861 | Giuseppe Manno | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe%20Manno | Giuseppe Manno
Civil Order of Savoy
- Milite of the Military Order of Savoy
# Works.
- "Lettere di un sardo in Italia" (1993 - 1816 / 1817), Quartu S. Elena, Astra.
- "Storia di Sardegna", Torino, Alliana e Paravia, 1825-27, in 4 voll.
- " De' vizi dei letterati ", Torino, Alliana, 1828.
- "Storia moderna della S... | 6,132,026 |
37321880 | Patrick Cotter (croquet player) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Cotter%20(croquet%20player) | Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Edmond Patrick Charles Cotter (24 September 1904 – 8 March 1996) was a croquet player from Ireland. Cotter was one of the most successful croquet players in the 1950s and 1960s winning the President's Cup six times (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 and 1960),... | 6,132,027 |
37321880 | Patrick Cotter (croquet player) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Cotter%20(croquet%20player) | Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
Croquet Federation Hall of Fame.
Cotter was a scholar at Christ Church, Oxford (1923–1927), where he was awarded the 1924 Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse.
Cotter was a schoolmaster at St Paul's school, Hammersmith, where he taught Latin and Greek. Cotter was also an international bridge... | 6,132,028 |
37321880 | Patrick Cotter (croquet player) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick%20Cotter%20(croquet%20player) | Patrick Cotter (croquet player)
olmaster at St Paul's school, Hammersmith, where he taught Latin and Greek. Cotter was also an international bridge player, who wrote a weekly article on bridge for the Financial Times and a monthly one for Country Life. He was in the 1937/38 winning team in the Bridge Great Britain Gold... | 6,132,029 |
37321910 | Tufts Magazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tufts%20Magazine | Tufts Magazine
Tufts Magazine
Tufts Magazine is a biannual magazine published by the Trustees of Tufts University.
A central publications office produces "Tufts Magazine", "Tufts Nutrition", "Tufts Dental Medicine", "Tufts Medicine" and "Tufts Veterinary Medicine", and on occasion the same story may appear in more th... | 6,132,030 |
37321910 | Tufts Magazine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tufts%20Magazine | Tufts Magazine
fice produces "Tufts Magazine", "Tufts Nutrition", "Tufts Dental Medicine", "Tufts Medicine" and "Tufts Veterinary Medicine", and on occasion the same story may appear in more than one of these magazines. "Tufts Magazine" is circulated only to alumni. The four magazines for the professional schools are e... | 6,132,031 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
Irreechaa
Irreecha (Afaan Oromo: also called Irreessa, is Thanksgiving holiday of the Oromo People in Ethiopia. The Oromo People celebrate Irreecha to thank Waaqa (God) for the blessings and mercies they have received throughout the previous year. The thanksgiving is celebrated at the sacred grounds of Hora ... | 6,132,032 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
The heavy rain brings with it lots of things like swelling rivers and floods that may drown people, cattle, crop, and flood homes. Also, family relationship will severe during winter rain as they can't visit each other because of swelling rivers. In addition, winter time could be a time of hunger for some bec... | 6,132,033 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
types like malaria also break out during rainy winter time. Because of this, the Oromos see winter as a difficult season. It does not mean the Oromo People hate rain or winter season at all. Even when there is shortage of rain, they pray to Waaqa (God) for rain.
The Oromo People celebrate Irreecha not only t... | 6,132,034 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
event to mark the end of rainy season, known as Ganna, was established by Oromo forefathers, in the time of Gadaa Melbaa in Mormor, Oromia. The auspicious day on which this last Mormor Day of Gadaa Melbaa - the Dark Time of starvation and hunger- was established on the Sunday of last week of September or the ... | 6,132,035 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
of the where-about and the time of the implementation of the rituals.
Furthermore, in the Irreecha ritual ceremony, the Abbaa Malkaas and Abbaa Gadaas have vital roles. They lead the participating communities who follow them carrying bunch of straw and daisies in their hands praising, blessing and praying Wa... | 6,132,036 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
thanking God for the offers is what to be performed by being gathered around the rivers and environs. So the Oromo Culture and religion (Waaqeffanna) whose part is Irreecha has a concept that revolves around rain, peace and fertility.
The Oromos who live on the highland and semi highland areas start taking t... | 6,132,037 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
food called Bexille, circular bread like that of the Israelites’ bread for the Passover to the river and eat there.
Such ritual ceremony is performed not only along the bank of a river but also around lakes and its vicinity. This Malkaa Irreecha Holiday is sometimes known as Ayyaana Birraa, the Spring Festiv... | 6,132,038 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
to the farmers and pastoralists. And the season would be considered as the herald of the month of hope and prosperity. As well, it is a month of thanksgiving to Waaqa and is taken as the annually recurred culture.
After celebrating this locally, the Oromos from every corner of Oromia and other Ethiopians com... | 6,132,039 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
animals as well as holding spears and a special stick that bespeaks the Gada system, hundreds of thousands of celebrants from Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, gather at Bishoftu, Hora Arsadi, to celebrate Irreecha festival.
Almost all celebrants from both genders carry in their hands newly cut gre... | 6,132,040 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
by oromo women). The men also hold a traditional stick called haroresa as they chant the Ireecha song with women.
Children with peer groups sing a seasonal and love song as it is a season in which the youth select their mates and exchange gifts with their friends. Lovers also express their best wishes throug... | 6,132,041 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
all participants sing together “Irreechoo yaa Irreecha Malkaa Roobaa fi Nagaa……” to mean Thanksgiving at the river for rain and peace. All singing this go to their villages.
Irreecha Malkaa marks the end of the rainy season and the beginning of spring, along with hopes for an abundant harvest. Irreecha Malka... | 6,132,042 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
can't visit each other because of swelling rivers.
In addition, winter time could be a time of hunger for some because of the fact that previous harvest collected in January is running short and new harvest is not yet ripe. Because of this, some families may endure food shortages during the winter. As Birraa... | 6,132,043 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
or winter season at all. Even when there is shortage of rain, they pray to Waaqa (God) for rain.
The Oromo People celebrate Irreecha Malkaa not only to thank Waaqa (God) but also to welcome the new season of plentiful harvests after the dark and rainy winter season associated with nature and creature. On Irr... | 6,132,044 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
The auspicious day on which this last Mormor Day of Gadaa Melbaa - the Dark Time of starvation and hunger- was established on the Sunday of last week of September or the Sunday of the 1st week of October according to the Gadaa lunar calendar has been designated as National Thanksgiving Day by modern-day Oromo... | 6,132,045 |
37321800 | Irreechaa | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreechaa | Irreechaa
specially shortage of water and grasses. So it is the time when the Oromo living in the vicinity are gathered to pray to their Waaqa, God the creator and giver, to give them rain. Especially, if there is a delay in rain and it seems that the sky seems rain cloudless, the Qalluus and Elders know it, the leader... | 6,132,046 |
37321966 | Mary McLeod | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary%20McLeod | Mary McLeod
Mary McLeod
Mary McLeod may refer to:
- Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (1875–1955), American educator
- Mary Adelia McLeod (born 1938), first woman Diocesan Bishop in the Episcopal Church
- Mary E. McLeod (active since 1984), costume designer
# See also.
- Mary Macleod (born 1969), British Conservative Part... | 6,132,047 |
37321901 | Ousmane Oumar Kane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ousmane%20Oumar%20Kane | Ousmane Oumar Kane
Ousmane Oumar Kane
Ousmane Oumar Kane holds the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Chair on Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society at the Harvard Divinity School and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at Harvard University since July 2012.
# Biography.
Kane received a Bachelor of ... | 6,132,048 |
37321901 | Ousmane Oumar Kane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ousmane%20Oumar%20Kane | Ousmane Oumar Kane
and visiting positions at the University of London, the University of Kansas, Yale University, and the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin. He became associate professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in 2002, and left for Harvard in 2012.
# Publications.
- "Beyond Timbu... | 6,132,049 |
37321901 | Ousmane Oumar Kane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ousmane%20Oumar%20Kane | Ousmane Oumar Kane
2003
- "Intellectuels non Europhones." Dakar : Codesria, 2003
- Translated into English as "Non-Europhone intellectuals", and also into, Spanish and Arabic)
- "Al-Makhtutat al-islamiyya fi Sinighal," (Handlist of Islamic Manuscripts in Sénégal), London, Al-Furqan, 1997.Also published in Arabic as ... | 6,132,050 |
37321901 | Ousmane Oumar Kane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ousmane%20Oumar%20Kane | Ousmane Oumar Kane
003
- Translated into English as "Non-Europhone intellectuals", and also into, Spanish and Arabic)
- "Al-Makhtutat al-islamiyya fi Sinighal," (Handlist of Islamic Manuscripts in Sénégal), London, Al-Furqan, 1997.Also published in Arabic as "ابراهيم نياس في السنغال / Fihris makhṭūṭāt Maktabat al-Sha... | 6,132,051 |
37321914 | Ralph Williams (athlete) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph%20Williams%20(athlete) | Ralph Williams (athlete)
Ralph Williams (athlete)
Ralph Williams (born August 24, 1900, date of death unknown) was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He made it on the US Olympic Team after finishing 7th in the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1924 with a time of 2:4... | 6,132,052 |
37321914 | Ralph Williams (athlete) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph%20Williams%20(athlete) | Ralph Williams (athlete)
Olympics. He made it on the US Olympic Team after finishing 7th in the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1924 with a time of 2:41:58.6. The Boston Marathon was later measured and found to be 152 meters short.
# 1924 Summer Olympics.
Prior to the marathon, the American team ran a 15-mile time trial... | 6,132,053 |
37321964 | American Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American%20Market | American Market
American Market
American Market (also known as Sitara Market) is a market located in Peshawar, Pakistan. It sells various types of electronic goods and is known for its low prices while being notorious for giving its visitors the opportunity to purchase firearms and accessories.
According to a local d... | 6,132,054 |
37321964 | American Market | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American%20Market | American Market
ous types of electronic goods and is known for its low prices while being notorious for giving its visitors the opportunity to purchase firearms and accessories.
According to a local dealer, "the area has come to be known as the American Market because it sells US goods that have either been stolen and... | 6,132,055 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
Culture of Porto Velho
The Culture of Porto Velho is marked by a strong Northeastern influence with Bumba Meu Boi, the Juninas and Pastorinha peoples, and some influences of south central Brazil. The interpretation of Native American legends, such as the Iara, the Boto and Mapinguari folklore, i... | 6,132,056 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
Municipal Library next to City Hall. The space has two floors with air-cooled in the city center.
# Carnival.
The Carnival takes place every year, attracting a large number of people from other cities and states of Rondônia neighbors. During the carnival, there are the parades of carnival and s... | 6,132,057 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
is located the Museum of Railroad Madeira-Mamore, in the city center lies the State Museum, with abundant material on archeology, ethnology and Mineralogy.
## Museum of Railroad Madeira-Mamore.
At the Museum, housed in a warehouse loading and unloading almost centenary, one can see hundreds of ... | 6,132,058 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
Railroad Square Madeira-Mamore. Outside the museum, waterfront, you can take a ride in one of the "barges" to Teotônio waterfall.
# Monuments.
## The Three Boxes Water.
Also known as The Three Marias, the water tanks are in the center of town, in the square of the same name. The first was erec... | 6,132,059 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
height of the bulge surrounded by a walkway railing with metal lattice through which arrives via a ladder. Each reservoir has a capacity for 200,000 liters and served to supply the city of Porto Velho by the year 1957, working by gravity.
## The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Cathe... | 6,132,060 |
37321858 | Culture of Porto Velho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Culture%20of%20Porto%20Velho | Culture of Porto Velho
bulge surrounded by a walkway railing with metal lattice through which arrives via a ladder. Each reservoir has a capacity for 200,000 liters and served to supply the city of Porto Velho by the year 1957, working by gravity.
## The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Cathedral had its c... | 6,132,061 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
Alan Amron
Alan Amron (born November 20, 1948) is an American inventor who holds 40 United States patents. He is also involved in a popular dispute of $400 million with 3M for the invention of the Post-it note.
# Inventions.
Noteworthy Amron inventions include:
- The Photo Wallet, invented by Amron for h... | 6,132,062 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
Down Laser Line system, which would extend the concept of the computer-generated first down yellow line seen on-screen during televised football games by projecting such a line on the physical field at the stadium. Amron met with the NFL in 2003 and again in 2009, and in 2013 a league spokesman said "We have... | 6,132,063 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
the Beatles.
In 1976 Amron created the International Committee to Reunite the Beatles. Amron placed radio and newspaper advertisements asking everyone to donate a dollar, which would then be given to the Beatles to reunite for a concert. Also known as "Let It Be", Amron's committee was one of several attemp... | 6,132,064 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
hoping that the four former Beatles would agree to donate the money to children in need around the world. His attorney, Spiros Anthony, said that Amron and New York businessman Joel Sacher had been the "catalysts" for Ali's involvement. In January 1977, the "Daily Herald" newspaper reported George Harrison a... | 6,132,065 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
would not claim to be the inventor of the Post-It note.
However, in 2016, he launched a further suit against 3M, suing them in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, asserting that 3M were wrongly claiming to be the inventors, and seeking $400 million in damages. Amron said, "l just want them to admit that l am ... | 6,132,066 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
had just gotten married in 1973 and my wife wasn’t home and I had to leave a message for her that I was running out to a meeting. I took a piece of - we called it memo paper in those days - and I wrote on the memo that I was going to a meeting that I’d be back later. I wanted to post it on the refrigerator. ... | 6,132,067 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
it. I mushed it around. I got a little dust off the counter. I put it in the little piece of gum and I mushed it around and squashed it right on the refrigerator. Then I put the note on it and I pulled it a little bit to see if it held and it held and I left. When I got home my wife was very impressed with t... | 6,132,068 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
We didn’t have magnets in those days and I couldn’t use duct tape because it would have left a residue on the refrigerator. So I was working on an adhesive that would be tacky enough to be put on the back of a memo pad or piece of paper, that you could put it onto another piece of paper or to a refrigerator ... | 6,132,069 |
37321942 | Alan Amron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan%20Amron | Alan Amron
gh to be put on the back of a memo pad or piece of paper, that you could put it onto another piece of paper or to a refrigerator or a window or a door or something like that and reposition it."
Whereas, 3M claims that two of their representatives, Arthur Fry and Spencer Silver invented the bookmark in 1974,... | 6,132,070 |
37322011 | Davenport House (Greer, South Carolina) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Davenport%20House%20(Greer,%20South%20Carolina) | Davenport House (Greer, South Carolina)
Davenport House (Greer, South Carolina)
The Davenport House is a Tudor Revival house built in 1921 in Greer, South Carolina The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
# Architecture.
The house was designed by Greenville architects James Douthit B... | 6,132,071 |
37322055 | 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012%20FIVB%20Volleyball%20Men's%20Club%20World%20Championship%20squads | 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads
2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2012 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship, held from October 13 to 19, 2012 in Doha, Qatar.
# Pool A.
## Trentino Diatec.
- Head Coach:... | 6,132,072 |
37322033 | Young Place | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Young%20Place | Young Place
Young Place
Young Place is a historic farmhouse in Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina. It was the home of Reverend J.N. Young, a religious leader, teacher, and one of the founders of nearby Erskine College. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
# Architecture.
Construc... | 6,132,073 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
Griffy Lake
Griffy Reservoir, commonly known as Griffy Lake is a water reservoir in the city of Bloomington, Indiana. Created by a dam on Griffy Creek in the 1920s, the reservoir used to serve as the main source of drinking water for Bloomington for several decades, until that role was taken over by the la... | 6,132,074 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
Lake, and is part of the latter's watershed.
# History.
## Bloomington's early water projects.
In the early 20th century, to satisfy the needs of the growing city and Indiana University, the city of Bloomington constructed a number of dams on various tributaries of Clear Creek southwest of town, creating... | 6,132,075 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
reservoirs, Indiana University's Board of Trustees in 1909 decided to undertake its own reservoir construction. University President William Lowe Bryan formed a committee led by geology professor E.R. Cumings, which on March 8, 1910, recommended a site for the new reservoir, which is now known as the Univer... | 6,132,076 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
in several stages between 1910 and 1914.
## Griffy Lake.
In 1923, a few years after the university had itself with water from the Griffy Creek basin, Bloomington Water Company was created to construct a larger dam on Griffy Creek itself, downstream from the small University Lake. The Griffy Dam was constr... | 6,132,077 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
109 acres, and holds 1280 acre-feet of water.
As of 1984, the water treatment plant processed 7.5 million gallons of water per day.
Although since the 1950s the city receives drinking water from the larger two larger reservoirs, Lake Lemon and (later) Lake Monroe, elsewhere in Monroe County, Griffy Lake i... | 6,132,078 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
completely drained, in preparation for repairs to the dam.
The repairs were finished on Nov 27, 2013, and the lake started refilling. A plan to restock the refilled lake with fish was announced in the early 2014.
# Griffy Lake Nature Preserve and Griffy Woods.
To protect Griffy Lake's water sources, over... | 6,132,079 |
37321936 | Griffy Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Griffy%20Lake | Griffy Lake
eserve is the 185-acre Griffy Woods section of Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve. Created in 2001, Griffy Woods occupies parts of the Griffy Lake watershed to the southeast of the lake, and includes University Lake.
Unlike Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, which is open to the public in its enti... | 6,132,080 |
37321971 | Liu Zhenyun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Zhenyun | Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun
Liu Zhenyun (born May 1958) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his novel "Someone to Talk To" (awarded the 2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize) as well as his involvement with the many film adaptions of his books. Among these is I Am Not Madame Bovary, produced in collaborat... | 6,132,081 |
37321971 | Liu Zhenyun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Zhenyun | Liu Zhenyun
University. After graduation, he became a journalist. In the 1980s Liu began to concentrate seriously on his literary career, publishing his debut novella "Tapu," in 1987.
He went on to publish novels such as "Hometown, Regime and Blood" (故乡天下黄花), "Anecdotes in the Hometown" (故乡相处流传), "Material and Spirit ... | 6,132,082 |
37321971 | Liu Zhenyun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Zhenyun | Liu Zhenyun
such as "A Small Town: Tapu" (塔铺), "Recruits" (新兵连), "The Office" (单位), "Ground Covered with Chicken Feathers" (一地鸡毛), "Remembering 1942" (温故一九四二). Throughout the years, Liu's works have been translated into over 28 languages.
Many of Liu's books have been adapted into TV series and movies. He has written ... | 6,132,083 |
37321971 | Liu Zhenyun | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liu%20Zhenyun | Liu Zhenyun
veral of these adapted films have been awarded in the film festivals around the world, including the Toronto International Film Festival, the Rome Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival, among others.
# Themes and Influences.
Liu often credits h... | 6,132,084 |
37322074 | Kingston Estates, New Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingston%20Estates,%20New%20Jersey | Kingston Estates, New Jersey
Kingston Estates, New Jersey
Kingston Estates is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Cherry Hill, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, that had been part of the Barclay-Kingston CDP until the 2000 Census, which was split to form the CDPs of ... | 6,132,085 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
The Firebrand
The Firebrand is a 1987 historical fantasy novel by American author Marion Zimmer Bradley. Set in the ancient city of Troy, the novel is a re-telling of Homer's epic poem, the "Iliad". "The Firebrand" is written from the point of view of Kassandra, the prophet daughter of King Priam of Troy... | 6,132,086 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
themes of gender, religion, and power. Bradley wrote it after the success of her 1983 novel "The Mists of Avalon", a re-telling of the Arthurian legend from a female perspective. To appeal to a wider readership, "The Firebrand" includes fewer elements of fantasy than Bradley's previous works. Her only nov... | 6,132,087 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
many literary critics praising Bradley's ability to give new characterizations to legendary figures. It has been translated into at least twelve languages, beginning with Portuguese and French in 1989.
# Main characters.
Princess Kassandra of Troy is the story's protagonist, and it is told from her pers... | 6,132,088 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
among her family as the "clever girl", while her older sister Polyxena is the "proper, modest", and "pretty one". Her parents intend for Kassandra to be brought up as a lady and to eventually marry a noblemanto her gradual displeasure. She often comes into conflict with her father, King Priam, who is char... | 6,132,089 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
but he is much loved in the city. As an adult, Kassandra reflects, "of all [Priam and Hecuba's children], Hector was closest to their hearts, and [she] the least loved. Was it only that she had always been so different from the others?" Kassandra is happiest when she travels with the Amazons, whose chief ... | 6,132,090 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
dislikes Kassandra. Early in the story, Bradley writes that Paris' main character flaw is "a total lack of interest in anything that did not relate to himself or contribute in some way to his own comfort and satisfaction."
# Synopsis.
## Volume One.
In the wealthy and powerful city of Troy, the pregnan... | 6,132,091 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
on the slopes of Mount Ida. Priam names the boy Alexandros (later Paris), and names his twin sister Alexandra, whom Hecuba keeps and decides to call Kassandra.
While visiting the temple of Apollo with her mother, six-year-old Kassandra experiences a vision of the god telling her she is to become "his pri... | 6,132,092 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
it is not without its trialsand she learns of her twin, continuing to experience visions of him. Kassandra sees the Judgement of Paris, in which her brother deems Aphrodite more beautiful than Athena or Hera; Aphrodite rewards Paris by eventually promising the love of Helen of Spartadaughter of Leda and Z... | 6,132,093 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
and his other brothers, jealous of the attention and achievements Paris has suddenly garnered, suggest that he be sent abroad to treaty with King Agamemnonwho holds Priam's sister. Paris readily agrees. Meanwhile, Kassandra begins training as a priestess of the temple of Apollo, despite misgivings that sh... | 6,132,094 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
is assaulted by Khryse, a priest who disguises himself as Apollo in order to seduce her. She sees through his trickery and fights him off, but the god feels insulted by her refusal and makes the city's residents stop believing her prophecies. Menelaus' brother Agamemnon uses Helen's flight as a pretext fo... | 6,132,095 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
Along the way, she encounters Penthesilea. Kassandra is unhappy to find that the nomadic ways of life of the Amazon and Kentaur are ending, and that Penthesilea's tribe is dwindling in number. Kassandra experiences a horrifying vision of Apollo firing arrows indiscriminately at both armiesa sign of his wr... | 6,132,096 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
been Agamemnon's prisoner for three years. Khryse's daughter is reluctantly returned to her father and the Akhaian leader takes the young warrior Akhilles' concubine as reparation for his loss. The furious Akhilles refuses to continue fighting. Menelaus and Paris duel each other, but Paris flees the fight... | 6,132,097 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
closest friend Akhilles again joins the fight to get his revenge. Hector and his younger brother Troilus are killed, to the grief of everyone in Troy. Akhilles kills Penthesilea in battle, and soon after Kassandra fires a fatally poisoned arrow at his unprotected heel.
Poseidon sends another earthquake, ... | 6,132,098 |
37321585 | The Firebrand | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Firebrand | The Firebrand
of oldone ruled by a powerful queen.
# Development.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's previous novel "The Mists of Avalon" was a re-telling of the Arthurian legend from the point of view of Arthur's antagonist, Morgan le Fay. Bradley wrote "The Firebrand" after publishing "The Mists of Avalon" in 1983. According ... | 6,132,099 |
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