Orphan date June 2011 Infobox military person name Ephraim McLean Brank image File Ephraim Brank.jpg 250px alt A man with bushy, white hair wearing a black jacket and bowtie and white shirt caption Brank ... relations Nephew of Alney McLean laterwork Lawyer , surveyor , farmer Ephraim McLean Brank was a soldier ... life and family Ephraim Brank was born on August 1, 1791 in North Carolina . ref name johnson1410 Johnson, p. 1410 ref He was the son of Robert and Margaret McLean Brank. ref name johnson1410 His ... . ref name Rothert 1913 citation last Rothert year 1913 . ref rp 69 Brank received his early education ... court house. ref name record citation last Rothert contribution Ephraim McLean Brank year 1910 title The Record . ref He practiced law and also worked as a surveyor. ref name johnson1410 Brank married Mary Campbell. ref name johnson1410 The couple had five children Louise Brank Taylor, Tabitha Brank Yost, Samuel C. Brank who died in childhood , Rev. Robert G. Brank, and Mary Jane Brank Yost. ref name johnson1410 Mary Campbell Brank died December 4, 1850. ref name johnson1410 Brank later married ... Company military unit companies from Muhlenberg County were raised. ref name record Brank was commissioned ..., 1814. ref name record Brank s unit participated in the January 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans , serving ..., p. 365 ref p In a footnote, McElroy identifies Brank as the subject of the passage. ref name ... records that Brank s own account of the battle substanially agreed with that of the British officer. ref name record One notable difference held that Brank did not reload his rifle himself, but fired ... rp 68 In 2003, rifle expert Gary Yee analyzed the details of the account and determined that Brank ... their retreat. ref name yee Yee, The Lone Marksman Revisited ref Later life and legacy Brank spent his ... rp 48 Brank died in Greenville on August 5, 1875 and was buried under a military headstone at an honored place in the town cemetery. ref name johnson1410 ref name craig32 Craig, p. 32 ref Brank Street ... more details
About Robert Vance NC politician who lived from 1793 1827 Robert Vance NC politician of 1828 1899 Robert B. Vance Robert Brank Vance 1793 November 6, 1827 was a United States House of Representatives Congressional Representative from North Carolina He was born on Reems Creek, near Asheville, North Carolina , in 1793 attended the common schools and Newton Academy, Asheville, N.C. studied medicine at the medical school of Dr. Charles Harris in Cabarrus County, North Carolina commenced the practice of medicine in Asheville, N.C., in 1818 held several local offices elected to the 18th United States Congress Eighteenth Congress March 4, 1823 March 3, 1825 unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the 19th United States Congress Nineteenth Congress and for election in 1826 to the 20th United States Congress Twentieth Congress was mortally wounded by Hon. Samuel Price Carson , the successful candidate, who challenged him to a duel, fought at Saluda Gap, North Carolina , because of a derogatory remark made during the campaign of 1826, to the effect that the latter s father had turned Tory during the Revolutionary War died the following day near Saluda Gap, N.C., 1827 interment in the family burial ground on Reems Creek, near Asheville, N.C. Uncle of Robert B. Vance Robert Brank Vance 1828 1899 and Zebulon Baird Vance .You can read more on him at http sunsite.utk.edu civil war cong v.html See also Eighteenth United States Congress External links http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index V000018 U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry http tobaccodocuments.org nysa ti s1 TI54850987.html The Saluda Gap duel about halfway down marked Page 6 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Vance, Robert Brank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1793 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1827 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Vance, Robert Brank Category 1793 births Category 1827 deaths Category People from Buncombe County, ... more details
Robert Vance may refer to Robert Vance b. 1955 , New Zealand cricketer Robert B. Vance 1827&ndash 1899 , U.S. Representative from North Carolina, nephew or Robert Brank Vance Robert Brank Vance 1793&ndash 1827 , U.S. Representative from North Carolina, uncle of Robert B. Vance Robert J. Vance 1854&ndash 1902 , U.S. Representative from Connecticut Robert Smith Vance 1931&ndash 1989 , U.S. Court of Appeals judge Bob Vance , fictional character from The Office hndis Vance, Robert ... more details
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italic title Image Drunkards Cloak.jpg thumb The Drunkard s cloak Drunkard s Cloak an illustration of the book. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days ISBN 1 406 79647 6 was a history book published in 1896 it was written by Alice Morse Earle and printed by Herbert S. Stone & Company. Earle was a historian of Colonial America , and she writes in her introduction In ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books which I have written on colonial history, I have found and noted much of interest that has not been used or referred to in any of those books. An accumulation of notes on old time laws, punishments and penalties has evoked this volume. As the title suggests, the subject of the chapters is various archaic punishment s. Table of contents Foreword The Bilboe s The Cucking stool Ducking Stool The Stocks Morse seems to make a distinction between stocks for the feet, in the Stocks chapter, and stocks for the head, described in the Pillory article which itself clashes with the modern day understanding of a pillory as a whipping post The Pillory Punishments of Authors and Books The Whipping Post Badge of shame The Scarlet Letter Scold s bridle Brank s and Gag s Public Penance Military Punishments human branding Branding and Maiming External links or http www.westernmasshistory.com punish http www.webroots.org library usamisc cpobdae0.html Text of Curious Punishments of Bygone Days public domain Category Non fiction crime books Category Torture Category 1896 books Category Penology hist book stub ... more details
Infobox military person name David Vance birth date 1745 death date 1813, death year and age 1745 1813 birth place Winchester, Virginia death place placeofburial Reems Creek placeofburial label Place of burial image caption nickname allegiance United States United States of America branch United States Army serviceyears rank Colonel United States Colonel commands unit battles Musgrove Mill, Kings Mountain, Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge awards laterwork Colonel David Vance was born near Winchester, Virginia, circa 1745, the oldest son of Samuel Vance and descended from the DeVaux family in Normandy. The name Vance is a corruption of DeVaux. Personal life In 1774 he settled on the Catawba River in Rowan County, North Carolina Rowan County , later Burke County, and married there, Priscilla Brank, daughter of Peter Brank. Military career Serving in the Revolutionary War as an American soldier in the North, he was an ensign, and at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and at Valley Forge. In the South he was at the battles of Musgrove Mill and Kings Mountain. After the war he settled at Vanceville on Reems Creek, Burke County, which is now Buncombe County. In 1786 and 1791 he was a member from Burke County of the North Carolina House of Commons and in 1791 he and Colonel William Davidson from Rutherford County introduced in that house petitions to create the County of Buncombe. In 1792 he became and remained the Clerk of the County Court of that new county in whose minutes his beautiful penmanship appears. He, and General Joseph McDowell and Mussendine Matthews as North Carolina commissioners superintended in 1799 the running of the line between North Carolina and Tennessee from the southern border of Virginia southwardly across Big Pigeon River. In consequence of some conversation when engaged in that work he wrote recollections of the Battle of Kings Mountain published many years after his death. He was a colonel of militia. In 1813 he died and was buried at hi ... more details
Infobox military person name Robert Brank Vance image File RobertBVance.jpg 200px birth date birth date 1828 4 24 death date death date and age 1899 11 28 1828 4 24 birth place Buncombe County, North Carolina death place Asheville, North Carolina placeofburial Riverside Cemetery br Asheville, North Carolina placeofburial label Place of burial nickname allegiance United States United States of America br Confederate States of America branch Confederate States Army serviceyears 1861 1865 rank Brigadier General CSA Brigadier General commands 29th North Carolina Regiment unit battles American Civil War awards laterwork Farmer br Merchant br Politician Robert Brank Vance April 24, 1828 &ndash November 28, 1899 , nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance 1793 1827 and brother of Zebulon Baird Vance , was a North Carolina United States Democratic Party Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms 1873 1885 . He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Patents . During the American Civil War, Vance served in the Confederate States Army, where he reached the rank of brigadier general. Early life Vance was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina . He attended the common schools in the county and worked as a farmer and a merchant. He later served as the clerk of the court of pleas and quarter sessions in Buncombe County. ref name W313 Warner, p. 313. ref Civil War Vance recruited a company known as the Buncombe Life Guards and was elected captain United States captain of the company. He was then elected Colonel United States colonel of the newly formed 29th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. He was sent to eastern Tennessee and took part in his defense of the Cumberland Gap and went with Edmund Kirby Smith into Kentucky . Vance commanded the brigade of James E. Rains after his death at the Battle of Murfreesboro . This command was short lived as Vance contracts typhoid fever . He was promoted to brigadier ... more details
Image Scoldengravingalpha.jpg right thumb 200px A branked scold in New England , from an 1885 lithograph File Brank Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.jpg thumb 160px 16th century Scottish brank. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum , Glasgow, Scotland. Image Branks dsc05369.jpg thumb right 140px Branks were used in Scotland to punish slander, cursing, witchcraft or irreligious speech . File Scottish branks scold s bridles , Abbot House Dunfermline.jpg thumb 200px 17thC Dunfermline branks A scold s bridle , sometimes called the branks , as well as brank s bridle was a punishment device used primarily on women, as a form of torture and public humiliation. ref http www.thefreedictionary.com branks Free Dictionary ref It was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head. The bridle bit or curb plate was about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue ref http gallery.nen.gov.uk image72332 .html ref . The curb plate was frequently studded with spikes, so that if the tongue moved, it inflicted pain and made speaking impossible. ref http www.walsall.gov.uk museum history talk sheds light on the scold s bridle.htm ref Wives that were seen as witches, shrews and scolds, were forced to wear a brank s bridle, which had been locked on the head of the woman and sometimes had a ring and chain attached to it so her husband could parade her around town and the town s people could scold her and treat her with contempt at times smearing excrement on her and beating her, sometimes to death. Origin and purpose England, Wales and Scotland First recorded in Scotland in 1567, the branks were also used in England, where it may not have been formally legalized as a punishment. The Presbyterian polity The Session kirk sessions and barony courts in Scotland inflicted mostly on female transgressors and women that were considered to be rude , nags or common scold s . ref http gallery.nen.gov.uk image72332 .html ref ref http www.19 ... more details
This is a list of the best known Slovenia n computer scientist s . NOTOC A A B B C C D D E E F F G G H H I I J J K K L L M M N N O O P P R R S S T T U U V V Z Z B Vladimir Batagelj 1948 Andrej Bauer 1971 Zvonimir Bohte 1935 Janez Brank Ivan Bratko 1946 Andrej Brodnik 1961 D Janez Dem ar 1971 Sa a Divjak 1946 Andrej Dobnikar 1946 F Jure Ferlez 1978 Blaz Fortuna G Primo Gabrijel i Miha Gr ar 1979 Igor Gre ovnik Marko Grobelnik 1966 Bo tjan Macane 1978 H Izidor Hafner J Primo Jakopin Aleksandar Juri i Martin Juvan K kolega Du an Duke Kodek 1646 pr. n . t Igor Kononenko 1959 Jernej Kozak 1946 L Ivo Lah 1896 1979 Nada Lavra Ale Leonardis 1961 Jure Leskovec 1980 M Dunja Mladenic Dunja Mladeni 1967 Miha Mraz 1966 N Blaz Novak P Marko Petkov ek 1955 Ljubo Pipan Toma Pisanski 1949 http dis.ijs.si bogdan Bogdan Pogorelc S Franc Solina 1955 V Jurij Vega 1754 1802 Bo tjan Vilfan 1939 Jernej Virant Z Egon Zakraj ek 1941 2002 Nikolaj Zimic 1961 Janez Zerovnik Janez erovnik Anton Zeleznikar Anton P. eleznikar See also List of Slovenians Category Lists of Slovenian people by occupation Computer scientists Category Slovenian computer scientists Category Lists of computer scientists Slovenian ... more details
primary sources date September 2007 Advert date December 2007 Infobox Magazine title Prick image file editor frequency monthly circulation 100 000 worldwide category Tattoo and piercing magazine company CDB Enterprises firstdate 2000 country United States language English language English website http www.prickmag.net http www.prickmag.net issn finaldate finalnumber Prick magazine is a free monthly tabloid sized newspaper publication based out of Atlanta, Georgia . The bulk of Prick s content focuses on the tattoo and piercing industry and the lifestyles that surround it. It also has sections highlighting music, movies, books and other products deemed relevant to the tattoo and piercing world. It was founded in 2000 by Charles D. Brank. It is published by CDB Enterprises and receives worldwide circulation through key markets which include tattoo shop, record stores, and music venues, aiming towards its main reading demographic, 18 34 year olds. It is distributed the first of every month and the magazines circulation reaches over 100 000. According to the magazines website, every month PRICK magazine delivers exclusive interviews with today s top tattoo artists, piercing articles, features on bands, music CD & DVD reviews, hot ink girls, hot rod car showcases, video games, tattoo convention coverage and much more and we fit as many events, articles and photos that we can into every issue. http www.prickmag.net Prick s official website also provides free downloads of every issue of the magazine published as well as full online versions. External links http www.prickmag.net http www.prickmag.net http www.myspace.com prickmag Prick Magazine on Myspace Category American lifestyle magazines Category Body piercing Category Tattooing ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Stronger Than Ever Type studio Longtype Artist Grave Digger band Grave Digger Cover Stronger than Ever.jpg Released November 1986 Recorded Ege Sound Studio, Germany Genre Hard Rock Length 38 51 Label Noise Records Noise Producer Mick Jackson Reviews Last album War Games Grave Digger album War Games br 1986 This album Stronger Than Ever br 1987 Next album The Best of the Eighties br 1993 Stronger Than Ever is the fourth studio album by the German heavy metal music heavy metal band Grave Digger band Grave Digger . However, they changed their name to just Digger for this release. Retrospect Records, a little known record label, very briefly issued a re release of the album on CD in 2005. The CD was released with presumably no involvement from the band and is considered a Bootleg recording bootleg . ref cite web title No Life til Metal CD Gallery Grave Digger url http www.nolifetilmetal.com gravedigger.htm accessdate 2009 07 24 ref The CD is no longer available and the only official versions of the album that were released by the band are the vinyl and cassette versions. To this day it remains the only album in Grave Digger s catalog to not receive an official CD release. Track listing Wanna Get Close 4 32 Don t Leave Me Lonely 4 17 Stronger Than Ever 4 30 Moonriders 3 43 Lay It Down 3 02 I Don t Need Your Love 4 16 Stand Up and Rock 3 18 Listen to the Music 3 51 Shadows of the Past 3 49 Stay Till the Morning 2 55 Album line up Chris Boltendahl Vocals Uwe Lulis Guitars C.F. Brank Bass Albert Eckardt Drums References reflist Grave Digger Category 1986 albums Category Grave Digger albums Category Noise Records albums 1980s metal album stub pl Stronger Than Ever pt Stronger than Ever sv Stronger than Ever ... more details
Image Drunkards Cloak.jpg thumb 18th century depiction of the Drunkard s cloak File Brank and Drunkard s cloak at newcastle on tyne.png thumb Illustration of brank and drunkard s cloak A Drunkard s cloak was a type of pillory used in various jurisdictions to punish miscreants. Offences Drunkenness was first made a civil offence in England by the Ale Houses Act 1551 , or An Act for Keepers of Ale houses to be bound by Recognisances . tag ref Until 1552, English ale house keepers could run their business without a licence. The new act forced ale house keepers to obtain a licence, which was granted by two justices at a Sessions Court . Potential landlords who failed to comply with the new legislation could be sent to prison. The Act also gave justices discretionary powers to close unlicensed ale houses. ref Harvnb Hornsey 2003 pp 336 337 ref group nb According to Ian Hornsey, the drunkard s cloak, sometimes called the Newcastle cloak , ref Harvnb Hutchinson Randal 1778 p 415 ref became a common method of punishing recidivists, This word used by the source but it s a good one so I ll keep it ref Harvnb Hornsey 2003 p 337 ref especially during the Commonwealth of England . From 1655 Oliver Cromwell suppressed many of England s alehouses, particularly in Royalist areas, and the authorities made regular use of the cloak. ref Harvnb Hornsey 2003 p 381 ref Accounts An early description of the drunkard s cloak appears in Ralph Gardiner s England s Grievance Discovered , first published in 1655. ref Harvnb Andrews 1899 p 201 ref A John Willis claimed to have travelled to Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle and seen blockquote men drove up and down the streets, with a great tub, or barrel, opened in the sides, with a hole in one end, to put through their heads, and to cover their shoulders and bodies, down to the small of their legs, and then close the same, called the new fashioned cloak, and so make them march to the view of all beholders and this is their punishment for drunkards, or the like ... more details
Infobox company company name The Aomori Bank Ltd br company logo File Abank.gif 150px company type Public company Public tyo 8342 slogan predecessor The 59th Bank January 20, 1879 foundation Hirosaki, Aomori , Japan location Aomori, Aomori Aomori , Japan October 1, 1943 locations 110 area served T hoku region , Japan industry Banking br Financial Services products Retail Banking br Payday advance br Mortgage loan Mortgages br Consumer Finance br Investment Banking revenue market cap 15,221 million yen key people Akio Ibata Chairman , br Yoshisada Kafuku President net income 1,267 million yen assets 2,112.4 billion yen num employees 1,481 subsid Aogin Koda Co Ltd br Aogin Business Service Co Ltd homepage http www.a bank.jp Aomori Bank homepage intl yes File AomoriBank honten.jpg thumb right Aomori Bank head office The nihongo Aomori Bank, Ltd. Kabushiki gaisha Aomori Gink tyo 8342 is a Japanese regional bank headquartered in Aomori, Aomori Aomori , Aomori Prefecture , in the T hoku region of northern Honsh . The Aomori Bank provides financial services for individual and corporate customers, including deposits, loans, securities trading and investment, Foreign exchange market foreign exchange , and bond underwriting and registration services as well as credit card services. History The forerunner of the Aomori Bank was nihongo The 59th National Bank Dai Goj ku Kokuritsu Gink , established January 20, 1879, in Hirosaki, Aomori Hirosaki by the former kar of Hirosaki Domain and many former samurai as a vehicle to invest the stipends issued by the new Meiji government in compensation for their loss in samurai status. The bank was privitization privatized on September 1, 1897, becoming nihongo The 59th Bank Dai Goj ku Gink . It opened numerous brank offices throughout Aomori Prefecture in the 1920s and 1930s, but suffered great losses due to the financial crisis following the 1929 Great Depression . On October 1, 1943, it merged with the ... more details
Branka Nevisti born November 12, 1968 ref http www.astrologyinserbia.com s astrodata 03 medijske.htm Medijske li nosti, umetnici, pisci, novinari, pronalaza i . Astro Data ref in Duvno , Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina SR Bosnia Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia is a Serbia n television presenter and journalist. After moving to capital Belgrade at the age of 18, she started her journalism career in 1995 at now defunct RTV BK Telecom BKTV . After spending almost an entire decade there she switched over to public broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia RTS in 2004 where initially she anchored the central daily newscast Dnevnik 2 . In fall 2005, she was on the move again, this time to RTV Pink where she hosted the Serbian version of political talk game show Piramida . After doing that for two seasons, she switched to the Montenegrin version of the same show, which she did for 27 episodes at RTV Atlas TV Atlas . small ref name Opet sam na RTS u http www.pressonline.rs page stories sr.html?view story&id 47014§ionId 41 Opet sam na RTS u . Press . Septembar 15, 2008 ref small Simultaneously, from mid June 2007 until early November 2008 she wrote a weekly column for Press newspaper Press daily newspaper. ref http www.pressonline.rs page column sr.html?view archive&position 0§ionId &seriesId 37 Brank Nevistic Press ref Eventually, in the fall of 2008, she announced her return to old stomping grounds RTS ref name Opet sam na RTS u where she was supposed to develop a show for the 2008 09 television season, however nothing came of that. Finally, in mid 2010 she returned to television hosting a talk show asna re that premiered May 12, 2010 on TV Ko ava . ref http www.pressonline.rs sr vesti dzet set svet story 117233 Povratak Branke Nevisti C4 87.html Povratak Branke Nevisti Press , 14 May 2010 ref The programme went off the air quickly by summer 2010. Ahead of the 2010 11 TV season, Nevisti was announced as the weekend newscast anchor at Prva Prva srpska tel ... more details
ethnic group group Kadiw u image File Kadiweu woman 1892.jpg 250px caption Kadiw u woman from br Nabileque River region, Brazil , ca. 1892 poptime 1346 2009 ref name intro http pib.socioambiental.org en povo kadiweu Kadiw u Introduction. Povos Ind genos no Brasil. retrieved 3 Dec 2011 ref 1400 ref name every http www.everyculture.com South America Kadiw u.html Kadiweu. Countries and Their Cultures. retrieved 3 Dec 2011 ref popplace Flag Brazil br Mato Grosso do Sul rels traditional tribal religion langs Kadiweu language Kadiweu related The Kadiw u are an indigenous people of Brazil . As of 1998, they lived in four villages, ref name fabre Fabre, Alain 2006 . Los guaykur , Part 3 of Los pueblos del Gran Chaco y sus lenguas . Suplemento Antropol gico, volume 41 issue 2, pp. 7 132. Asunci n, Paraguay. http butler.cc.tut.fi fabre BookInternetVersio Dic Guaykur FA.pdf Online version updated 2009 07 30, accessed on 2010 08 20. ref They are known for their horse riding skills. ref name intro with some families living independently in the jungle. ref name every Name Their name is now spelled Kadiw u in Portuguese language Portuguese plural Kadiw us . ref name fabre The Kadiweu are also known as the Cadiguebo, Cadioeo, Caduveo, Caduv o, Caduv , Cayua, Guaicuru, Kadiveo, Kadiv u, Kadiweu, Kaduveo, Kaiwa, or Mbay Guaikur . ref name intro ref name every Language They are a branch of the Guaycuru peoples and speak the characteristic Kadiweu language that belongs to the Mataco Guaicuru languages Mataco Guaicuru family . They are the last surviving group of Mbay people s. ref name intro Territory The Kadiweu today live in the Kadiweu Indigenous Land , a large reserve established in 1903, ref name every in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the municipality of Porto Murtinho , between the Serra de Bodoquena and the Nabileque River Nabileque and Aquidav o River Aquidav o rivers. ref name fabre History The Kadiweu are the largest surviving brank of the Mbay people . The ... more details
Israel Wood Powell April 27, 1836 &ndash February 25, 1915 was a doctor, businessman and politician in British Columbia . He served in the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island from 1863 to 1866. He was born in Colborne, Ontario Colborne , Norfolk County, Ontario Norfolk County , Upper Canada , the son of Israel Wood Powell Ontario politician Israel Wood Powell and Melinda Boss. His brother Walker Powell Walker later served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada. Powell was educated in Port Dover, Ontario Port Dover and at McGill University , where he studied medicine. He set up practice in Port Dover, moving to Victoria, British Columbia in 1862. Powell was surgeon for the local fire department and also served in the militia. He was also a founding member of a freemason lodge there and later served as provincial grand master. Powell was elected to the House of Assembly of Vancouver Island in 1863 he was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1866 and again in 1868. He served as chairman of the General Board of Education from 1867 to 1869. In 1865, he married Jane Jennie Brank. He was a supporter of union with Canada and was named superintendent of Indian affairs after British Columbia became part of Canada in 1871, serving in that post until 1889. In 1886, Powell became the first president of the Medical Council of British Columbia. He was also the first chancellor for the University of British Columbia . Powell died in Victoria at the age of 78. A number of geographical features of British Columbia, including Powell River British Columbia Powell River and Powell Lake , were named in his honour. References cite web url http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 7654 title Israel Wood Powell last Lutz first John work Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online year 1998 accessdate 2010 12 27 External links cite web url http www.powellrivermuseum.ca people DrPowell DrPowell.html title Powell River People publisher Powell River Historical Museum ... more details
Image Dohodno Zdanie Nedko Night.jpg right thumb 320px Dohodno Zdanie illuminated at night Dohodno Zdanie lang bg literally profitable building is an imposing Neoclassicism Neoclassical edifice on Freedom Square in the city centre of Rousse , Bulgaria , built in 1898 1902 to accommodate the local theatre performances. The name originates from the construction s purpose to provide the school board of trustees with funds by means of the theatre hall, library, casino and shop rents. Today, Dohodno Zdanie is a cultural monument and one of the symbols of Rousse. A six member city commission accepted the requirements that the project for the building should be completed in 1896. Those included no less than nine shops, two storeys, a 200 square metre casino, a 300 square metre theatre hall and a 200 square metre library hall. An authoritative jury discussed 15 projects that participated in a contest for the construction of the building, and chose the Voil une id e project by Austria n architect Peter Paul Brang on 20 February 1897. An auction on 26 January 1898 determined the construction contractors, Gatyu Tsonev and Petar Atanasov. The construction manager on behalf of the Rousse municipality was Georg Lang because the architect offered unfavourable conditions , while on behalf of the contractors the manager was Frank Scholz. The construction of the building met severe financial problems due to the increase of the initial costs of 350,000 Bulgarian lev leva , the school board of trustees was forced to borrow an initial 200,000 and then a further 50,000 from the Stremlenie company, mortgaging its own property, and then conclude another loan agreement with Girdap Bank for 600,000 leva. The municipality mortgaged its cattle butchering receipts and the school board of trustees mdash its shops and Dohodno Zdanie itself. The sculptures symbolizing agriculture and war, designed by the initial architect Raul Paul Brank, were not approved due to being seemingly to ... more details
Infobox person name Lyle Tuttle other names image Lyletuttletattooartist.jpg image size 250 px caption birth name Lyle Tuttle birth date Oct.7,1931 birth place Ukiah, California , United States death date Spouse death cause known occupation Tattoo artist Lyle Tuttle born 1931 is a well known United States American tattoo artist and historian of the medium, who has been tattooing since 1949. ref name prick cite web url http www.prickmag.net lyletuttleinterview.html author Chuck Brank title Lyle Tuttle Forefather of modern tattooing interview publisher Prick Magazine accessdate 2006 12 24 ref Biographical and career information Tuttle was born in 1931 and grew up in Ukiah, California . At the age of fourteen he purchased his first tattoo for 3.50. In 1949, he began tattooing professionally. ref name dispatch cite news url http www.columbusdispatch.com features story.php?story dispatch 2006 05 13 20060513 B1 02.html author Aaron Beck date May 13, 2006 publisher Columbus Dispatch title For tattoo master, every mark is special ref In 1954 he opened his own studio in San Francisco . This first shop was open for nearly 30 years. Tuttle tattooed Janis Joplin , Cher , Henry Fonda , Paul Stanley , and several other notable musicians and celebrities of the time. He has been tattooed on six continents, and has never knowingly tattooed a minor. ref name dispatch He has become a legend and a teacher within the industry in the years he has been tattooing. He officially retired in 1990 but will still occasionally tattoo his signature on a friend or acquaintance. His fame within tattooing was somewhat controversial, as many tattooists of his day disliked his statements to the press and shameless self promotion . ref name prick When Tuttle was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in October 1970, Sailor Jerry put the picture inside his toilet. ref http www.inkedmag.com articles detail 135 my work speaks for itself sailor jerry Inked Magazine My Work Speaks For Itself ref ref http w ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Other uses Monte disambiguation Other uses Branco disambiguation border 0 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 align right width 300px style font size 98 border gray solid 1px border collapse collapse bgcolor FFFFFF efefef align center colspan 2 bgcolor d3d3d3 font size 4 Monte Branco br Monti Branku font colspan 2 bgcolor d3d3d3 Map colspan 2 bgcolor FFFFFF Image MonteBranco.jpg 360px Map of Cape Verde highlighting Monte Branco align center colspan 2 Statistics bgcolor FFFFFF Island Maio, Cape Verde Maio bgcolor FFFFFF Municipalities of Cape Verde Municipality Maio, Cape Verde Maio bgcolor FFFFFF Administrative divisions of Cape Verde Parish Nossa Senhora da Luz Maio Nossa Senhora da Luz bgcolor FFFFFF valign top Location br Latitude br Longitude br 14. 34 N br 24. 24 W bgcolor FFFFFF Area br Total br Water br Rank br km br km br Ranked lists of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Ranked xxth bgcolor FFFFFF Distance from the island capital of Vila do Maio bgcolor FFFFFF Population 2001 br br Percent of the island Total br Density br Rank br br br br km br bgcolor FFFFFF Altitude br Lowest br Centre br Highest Atlantic Ocean east br around 5 m around eastern part bgcolor FFFFFF List of postal codes in Cape Verde Postal code 5xx xxx bgcolor FFFFFF Area code bgcolor FFFFFF Name of inhabitants sing. br s pl. Monte Branco Portuguese language Portuguese meaning the white mountain, also in the Capeverdean Crioulo languages Capeverdean Crioulo , ALUPEC or ALUPEK Monti Branku , S o Vicente Crioulo language S o Vicente Crioulo Monte Brank nowiki nowiki is a settlement in the island of Maio, Cape Verde Maio in Cape Verde . Geography The village is located in the central part of the island and is situated in a dry climate and it receives little precipitation annually. Farmlands are the island s most common and are mainly of cattle, groves and some fruits and vegetables and rarely some fruit productions and are around the area and into the hills, some ... more details
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Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Stain Type studio Artist Living Colour Cover Living Colour Stain.jpg Released start date 1993 03 02 Recorded 1992 at Bearsville Studios and Long View Farm Genre Funk metal , Heavy metal music heavy metal , hard rock Length Duration m 44 s 56 Label Epic Records Epic Producer Ron Saint Germain br Living Colour Last album Biscuits EP Biscuits br 1991 This album Stain br 1993 Next album Pride Living Colour album Pride br 1995 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 2.5 5 ref name AMG cite web url Allmusic class album id r168293 pure url yes title Stain Review publisher Almusic.com accessdate 23 April 2011 ref rev2 Rolling Stone rev2Score Rating 3 5 ref name RS cite book url http books.google.com books?id t9eocwUfoSoC&pg PA934&dq revised rolling stone&hl en&ei BdOyTbLCD H40gHS2cGzCQ&sa X&oi book result&ct book thumbnail&resnum 1&ved 0CDMQ6wEwAA v onepage&q living 20colour&f false title Stain Review publisher Rolling Stone accessdate 23 April 2011 ref rev3 Robert Christgau rev3Score A ref name Christgau cite web url http www.robertchristgau.com get artist.php?id 817 title Living Colour Review publisher Robert Christgau accessdate 28 April 2011 ref rev4 Entertainment Weekly rev4Score C ref name EW cite news url http www.ew.com ew article 0,,305812,00.html title Stain Review publisher EW.com accessdate 23 April 2011 date 5 March 1993 ref Stain is the third album by Living Colour . It was released on March 2, 1993, by Epic Records . It is the first album to feature bass guitar bassist Doug Wimbish . Stain features a much heavier and aggressive Living Colour, containing elements of thrash metal and industrial music . It reached 26 on the Billboard 200 however, the band would split up on January 1995 following a tour with Bad Brains . One of their last shows, before reuniting years later, would be a performance at CBGB s . The cover art shows a woman wearing a Scold s bridle brank . As of 2011, the album is out of print ... more details
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