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  1 Canada Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is named after Canada because it was built by the Canadian firm Olympia and York, which was owned by the Reichmann family.
The 11 metre (36 ft) high lobby is clad in 90,000 square feet of marble imported from Italy and Guatemala.
One Canada Square was briefly Europe's tallest skyscraper until the erection of MesseTurm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1_Canada_Square   (721 words)

  
 HSBC Tower, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The building, whose formal address is 8 Canada Square, serves as the international headquarters for HSBC Holdings PLC (the largest bank in the world by some measures).
There are 45 floors in the 200 metre high tower, the joint second largest in the United Kingdom with the Citigroup Centre.
Standing alongside the HSBC Tower are 1 Canada Square (known popularly as Canary Wharf); and the Citigroup Centre, which forms the British head office of the multinational US bank, Citigroup.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HSBC_Tower,_London   (341 words)

  
 Canada
Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a federal parliamentary form of government.
The Government's publication on family violence statistics indicates that an estimated 8 percent of women (and 7 percent of men) who were married or living in a common-law relationship during the previous 5-year period experienced some type of violence committed by their partner on at least one occasion.
Despite Canada's federal policy of bilingualism, English speakers in Quebec and French speakers in other parts of Canada generally must live and work in the language of the majority.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/wha/index.cfm?docid=729   (6415 words)

  
 The Green Lane: Acid rain and the facts
In 2000, Canada's largest contributor of NOx was the transportation sector, which accounted for approximately 60% of all emissions.
Scientists predicted in 1990 that a reduction in SO emissions from Canada and the U.S. of approximately 75% beyond commitments in the 1991 Canada-U.S. Air Quality Agreement (AQA) would be necessary to eliminate the acid deposition problem in Canada.
Canada still needs to evaluate the sustainability of forest ecosystems for various levels of acid deposition given the new critical loads for terrestrial ecosystems.
www.ec.gc.ca /acidrain/acidfact.html   (2116 words)

  
 Global Forest Watch: Canada - Index
Canada’s boreal forest is one of the three largest ‘frontier forests’ remaining on the planet.
Canada’s relatively undisturbed forest areas are sufficiently large to maintain all of their native biodiversity.
Logging is the dominant activity in Canada’s forests and a key sector in Canada’s economy: the forest industry generated over $68 billion in sales and $11 billion in wages in 1996.
www.globalforestwatch.org /english/canada   (651 words)

  
 Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.
Times Square was once again the luminous center of Manhattan, but none of the subways were yet running.
Canada and the United States formed a joint task force Friday to investigate what caused the flout and how to prevent it from happening again.
In Canada's capital of Ottawa, police reported 23 cases of looting, along with two deaths possibly linked to the flout - a pedestrian hit by a car and a fire victim.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10019242&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6   (1083 words)

  
 Canada Water
Southwark Council and British Land Canada Quays is leading an exciting regeneration programme at Canada Water that will deliver a vibrant new centre for the Rotherhithe Peninsula, where people will come to shop, socialise or sit by the dockside and enjoy the wildlife.
A community body, Canada Water Consultation Forum, was formed to ensure that the views of the community are fully included at every stage.
BL Canada Quays Ltd is responsible for consulting with the community on these matters.
www.canadawater-southwark.co.uk   (335 words)

  
 Canadian High Commission: Main
The team, which consists of the Prime Minister’s Personal Representative for Africa, Ambassador Robert Fowler, Canada’s Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan, Senator Mobina Jaffer, and Senator Roméo Dallaire, was named earlier this year as part of an expanded contribution by Canada to support international efforts toward peace and stability in Sudan.
The destruction of chemical weapons in Russia is being aided by a further instalment of $55 million from Canada as part of its overall commitment of up to $1 billion over 10 years.
The exhibit was commissioned by FLARE, one of Canada's leading fashion magazines, to celebrate their 25th anniversary and consists of 30 individual portraits of Canadian women who have excelled in business, sports, politics and the arts.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /canadaeuropa/united_kingdom/menu-en.asp   (859 words)

  
 Canada
The Canadian National Flag was adopted by the Canadian Parliament on October 22, 1964 and was proclaimed into law by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the Queen of Canada) on February 15, 1965.
On the fly, there was the armories of provinces on one shield, often maple embellish bough and of oak and overcome of the royal crown, with to the-under a castor on a roundel.
The "Royal Union Flag" (British Union Flag) is a current "official" flag of Canada per act of parliament of December 18, 1964, to "show allegiance to the crown and as a symbol of Canadian membership in the Commonwealth".
flagspot.net /flags/ca.html   (2488 words)

  
 Canadian Flag Etiquette
Other members of the royal family may be represented by their flags when in residence or on official duties in Canada, and then only the flag of the highest ranking royalty present.
The answer for both Canada and the UK is that there is no formal way of folding the flag.
In the main square, the Place du Ralliement, Canadian flags were flying from the Nouvelles Galeries and other shops, though I don't know what the occasion was (and strangely, they *were* Canadian, with not a Québec flag in sight).
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca_prtcl.html   (896 words)

  
 National Teams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Canada trailed throughout the game as Team USA's Phillip Kessel led the way with 2 goals and 2 assists to help the Americans repeat as Under-18 World Champions.
Canada received a bye to the semi-final as a result of finishing first in the A-Pool with a 3-1-0 record during the medal qualification round.
Canada finished the Championship with a perfect 5-0-0 record.
www.hockeycanada.ca /e/teams/mens/u18/2004-05   (674 words)

  
 Paper University - Art Class
Oak Leaf Cuts were made by the early settlers of eastern Canada as a decoration for their homes and to remind themselves of the coming spring during long, cold winters.
Cut a large green paper square and a smaller brown or orange paper square.
Fold both of the squares in half from corner to corner.
www.tappi.org /paperu/art_class/oakLeafCuts.htm   (281 words)

  
 Family-Content.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Those traveling from outside of Canada have most likely already seen a Stampede Parade: the estimated TV audience is well over 2 million people at last count.
Pancakes, juice and entertainment is shared, free of charge, to tens of thousand of attendees on a daily basis, all in the spirit of the Wild West.
The Stampede rodeo has been wowing travelers to Calgary, Canada, since 1912, with saddle bronc, bareback, bull and barrel riding, along with some tie-down roping and steer wrestling to boot.
www.family-content.com /articles/data/20050525084247.shtml   (502 words)

  
 How to Save the World
The truth is that a substantial majority of Canada's largest companies are owned by foreign (mostly US) parents who mostly treat their Canadian operations as low-labour-cost branch plants that distribute products and services designed at head office and built in the third world.
Although the research capacity in Canada is comparable to the world's best, and is cheaper than in the US or Western Europe, there's no way Head Office is going to move its precious research function to the Canadian boonies.
And a lot of business investment (#19) is in things like replacement equipment and building premises (in Canada, most often warehouses), so this index will tell you more about the price of real estate than the state of innovation.
blogs.salon.com /0002007/2004/09/18.html   (967 words)

  
 Skyscrapers/Wolkenkratzer/Wolkenkrabbers/Grattes~ciel pictures, foto's, photo's London
One Canada Square (aka: Canary Wharf Tower), (235m/771f, 50 stories, 1991).
Like many of the tallest buildings in London, One Canada Square is part of Canary Wharf,
8 Canada Square, London's third tallest (200m/655f, 45 stories, 2002).
www.skyscraperpicture.com /london.htm   (370 words)

  
 Canada Hsbc Invest
Mutual funds, offered through HSBC Investment Funds (Canada) Inc. provide you with the potential for higher returns, a diversified portfolio and have a medium to long-term investment horizon.
The world's local bank HSBC Bank Canada - Q1 2003 Results 16 May 2003 Net income* was C$73 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2003, a decrease of 3.9 per cent from C$76 million in the same period of 2002.
Corporate Information Corporate Strategy Expanding the portfolio To continue to be a prosperous real estate fund and to meet stated objectives, the current portfolio must be substantially expanded.
signals.quantumfutures.com /3/canada-hsbc-invest.html   (643 words)

  
 Canada Square (Famous Players)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sitting above Eglinton subway station, Canada Square is surrounded by the pubs, shops and hotspots of the upscale neighbourhood at Yonge and Eglinton.
With the closure of the Eglinton and York Theaters, Canada Square is my preferred movie theatre.
If you're interested in a movie and not neon lights, Canada Square is your hidden gem.
www.toronto.com /profile?fid=1&id=309935   (243 words)

  
 Daimnation!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Those Aspers, with their dual loyalty to Canada and the "Zionist entity," drove the Concordia freak brigade to these legitimate acts of resistance, like shoving a Holocaust survivior against the wall and demanding he "get out of the country".
Michael Jackson is playing Madison Square Garden, his first live performance in the continental USA since 1989.
An online petition demanding the government of Canada combat foreign overfishing by implementing custodial management of fish stocks outside the 200-mile limit has been set up.
damianpenny.blogspot.com /2002_09_08_damianpenny_archive.html   (13335 words)

  
 EMH2004-1-29
The Falun Dafa Association of Canada is writing to express our deep distress concerning a series of wrongful arrests and detentions of Falun Dafa practitioners in Paris over the last three or four days, including reports of rough treatment by police.
Tragically, as you are aware, practitioners of Falun Dafa have suffered a brutal persecution in China for over four years, forcibly instigated in 1999 by former Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin in direct opposition to most of the other government leaders.
We, human rights attorneys from the U.S., Canada, Taiwan, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Spain, are deeply disturbed to hear that scores of practitioners of Falun Gong spiritual movement were detained yesterday by the police in Paris.
clearwisdom.net /emh/articles/2004/1/29/zip.html   (19347 words)

  
 Purse Lip Square Jaw: August 2003
While Emily doesn't fully eliminate the need to make selections using a dial pad, she does take her role of making things easier for customers to heart and reduces the number of steps and the time required for customers to get the information they want.
The community web space I designed was launched to fifteen research teams across Canada, and a grand experiment in academic research collaboration and dissemination begins.
I also had the pleasure of sharing Indian food and interesting conversation with Peter and Stacy, before they headed across the river to see the awesome Bog People exhibit at the Museum of Civilization.
www.purselipsquarejaw.org /2003_08_01_blogger_archives.php   (2520 words)

  
 eBay Store - Reed Classics Limited: Canada - stamps covers, British Commonwealth - stamps, Covers World Wide 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Shipping is a flat rate of $ 2 to Canada & the USA and $ 3 for the rest of the world, for each payment and mailing of your purchases.
Canada # 69 Mint NH Imprint strip of 4 Ottawa No 1
1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
stores.ebay.com /Reed-Classics-Limited   (450 words)

  
 1 Canada Square - The Open Guide to London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This is the one that's often erroneously referred to as "Canary Wharf Tower".
The building now has two siblings that have sprung up alongside, which are not quite as tall (at 200 metres each, to 1 Canada Square's 240 metres; it's the pyramid that does it).
London's free editable city guide is powered by OpenGuides (version 0.50).
london.openguides.org /index.cgi?id=1_Canada_Square   (197 words)

  
 NextGen Electronics - Chenbro Xpider Case Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The mid-tower sized case is great if you're interested in something large enough to throw your computer components into, and not take up a city square block doing it.
The installation of the front side USB and IEEE1394 (FireWire) was extremely easy, as the case comes with the wires in combined format and not the normal 8 separate pins to plug into your board.
The inclusion of one 120MM fan on the backside of the case is great, but you'll most likely want to go with a Vantec or other "name brand" performance fan for either quiteness or speed.
www.nextgenelectronics.com /xpider.shtml   (669 words)

  
 Andy Shore - Square Dance Caller
I've been calling since 1989 and was the club caller for El Camino Reelers in Palo Alto, California and taught beginners classes for Foggy City Dancers in San Francisco.
I have called at the 49th National Square Dance Convention in Baltimore, MD (2000), the 50th National in Anaheim, CA (2001), the 51st National in St. Paul, MN (2002), the 53rd National in Denver, CO (2004), and the 54th National in Portland, OR (2005).
I was on staff at the 1992 (Albuquerque), 1996 (SF), 2003 (San Diego), 2004 (Phoenix), and 2005 (Santa Clara) conventions of the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs.
www.moveto.com /sd   (1109 words)

  
 Real Estate - Canadian Properties - Viviun the Leader in International Property Listings
Stately Lakefront Log Home - Welcome to the interior of Vancouver Island, Sproat Lake is an exclusive lakeside community enroute to the westcoast.
Amazing Golf Development Terrain In Superb Location - This eleven million square foot golf course with clubhouse is available for sale at a super deal price.
The Best Of Montreal At Your Doorstep - A cosmopolitan elegance and refined lifestyle with superb townhomes, condominium homes and penthouses for sale in a one-of-a-kind residential address, at the heart of all the energy, excitement and "joie de vivre" that so defines Montréal.
www.viviun.com /Real_Estate/Canada/7   (583 words)

  
 Shepherd Boats
Former Boat Works sold to Canada Square Nov 1979
A love, passion, and talent for old boats Nov 8, 1989
I am the grandson of Howard Shepherd and the great-grandson of Lloyd Shepherd, founders of Shepherd Boats.
www.shepherdboats.com   (406 words)

  
 Canada tour | Guided and Self-guided Canada tours | Canada tourism
Whether you are looking for a self-guided Canada tour or want to join a guided tour, you will likely find one here at InfoHub.com.
Many of these Canada tour packages feature unique Canada tourism opportunities that you are not likely to find anywhere else.
Join us on the Saint Lawrence River for up-close viewing of five different whale species, gray seals and hundreds of birds in one of the most beautiful bays in the world.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/Canada.html   (574 words)

  
 canada city life 1900 img   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Group Head Office 8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ +44 (0)20 7991 8888 www.hsbc...
emigrated in Canada in 1900-1917 from the Ukranion village...
Welcome to the Capital City Chorus: Ottawa, Canada's Chapter of the...
canada-city7.myinfoplan.com /canada-city-life-1900-img.html   (304 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kingdom Hearts: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This is odd enough in itself when you have characters as disparate as Tarzan and Donald Duck teaming up, but becomes majorly freaky when Square thrown in a variety of their own characters such as Cloud, Squall, and Aeris from the various Final Fantasy games.
But this incongruity has one side benefit in that the storyline behind the game is by necessity rather vague, which seems to have stopped Square from filling three CDs full of their usual New Age whining about Mother Earth.
Not only had they partnered with Disney, a company that Square has seemingly little in common with, but Square was also throwing its own creations into the mix.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000066TS5?v=glance   (2302 words)

  
 BJ Snowden - Official Web Site
B.J. Snowden is a uniquely talented singer, songwriter and performer who, with only one independently released album to her credit and a handful of live appearances limited to the East Coast, has managed to attract great attention and acquire a following all over the world.
The album BJ Snowden: Life in the USA and Canada debuted in the fall of 1996, garnering mentions in The New York Press, Magnet and other noteworthy publications.
Classifying Snowden’s oeuvre is a task, as it’s neither pop, folk, jazz nor anything else in particular, just straight-up, from-the-heart tunecraft, no frills excepting the snappy, supplemental guitar bits care of her talented son Andres.
www.bjsnowdenmusic.com   (1220 words)

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