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  Cornelius Bega
Bega was born in 1631 to a prosperous family in Haarlem.
Although Bega did not use the mezzotint technique in this print, the extreme darks, especially in the upper left corner of the print, achieves the same dark inky quality and is indicative of the interest in broad, intensified areas of shading that led to innovative printmaking techniques in the 17th century like retroussage and mezzotint.
Bega portrayed Dutch peasant life in such a masterful way that one is compelled to consider the complex, nuanced meaning of every mark and symbolic motif within his etching.
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 Klaipeda Stevedoring Company "BEGA"
A stevedoring company BEGA in Klaipeda port is a fast-growing company specializing in bulks handling operations.
A year BEGA is capacity of handling up to 4 m tonnes of cargoes.
BEGA is the third largest company in the port by volume handled.
www.bega.lt   (262 words)

  
 Bega - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bega, a town in New South Wales, Australia
Bega or Begej, a river in Romania and Serbia.
Bega Cheese, a prominent company based in the Australian town
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bega   (101 words)

  
 Walkabout - Bega
Bega, 428 km south of Sydney via the Princes Highway, is a dairying town with a population of 4202 situated in the heart of a rich and fertile valley where the Bega and Brogo Rivers and the Princes and Snowy Mountains Highways meet.
Bega became a municipality in 1883 and, two years later, it was the first town in New South Wales to open a municipal gasworks.
Leave Bega on the Tarraganda Road for Bermagui and the road crosses a timber truss bridge that was built in 1894.
www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWBega.shtml   (1851 words)

  
 Rock On The Net: Lou Bega
Lou Bega was born David Loubega in Munich, Germany on April 13, 1975.
Bega rode the "Latin wave" of 1999 when he was able to 'Mambo' all the way to #1.
Bega's heritage is mixed with a Ugandan born father and an Italian mother.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-b/loubega.htm   (277 words)

  
 Bega-Littleton Citizens' Exchange
Thereafter, the custom was established for Littleton to send a delegation to Bega on the first and sixth years of the decade and for Bega to send a delegation to Littleton on the third and eighth years.
When another editor, Curly Annabel, saw the film in his hometown, Bega, New South Wales, Australia he was struck by the similarity between the two communities and his role as the newspaper editor in Bega and that of Houstoun Waring's in Littleton.
Bega Foundation officials, fully conscious of the invaluable Colorado co-operation, laid down that the successful nominee had to spend at least a month in and around Littleton.
www.bus28.com /blce/history.html   (3214 words)

  
 the lou bega unofficial website // news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
But the original lyrics to the Lou Bega dance number that features Monica, Erica, Rita, Sandra in the sun and Mary all night long, were judged too near the mark in view of President Clinton's sex scandal.
Bega, whose famous chart-busting song ``Mambo No. 5,'' won him a nomination for best male pop vocal performance at the last annual Grammy Awards, said he had heard Indian music in pubs in London where it is quite popular.
Bega is due to perform in Bombay on Tuesday and then tour four other Indian cities.
members.aol.com /dharris498/loubega/news.html   (345 words)

  
 Bega Cheese - Our Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bega Cheese has on site one of the most modern whey powder plants to process the considerable volume of liquid whey generated in cheese manufacture.
In Bega, strict food safety standards and quality parameters are underscored by the HACCP system, both on farm and in the factory, and with tanker contractors.
Bega export sales cater to all market segments, from bulk cheddar, whey powder and butter for industrial customers, through to the sale of Bega's extensive range of retail consumer products in processed and natural cheese.
www.begacheese.com.au /company/company_main.html   (986 words)

  
 Cornelis Bega (Getty Museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Cornelis Bega's mother inherited half the estate of her renowned Mannerist artist father, and Bega's father was a goldsmith and silversmith: such was Bega's prosperous, artistic Haarlem family.
Bega's principal subjects were taverns, domestic interiors, and villages, with characters ranging from nursing mothers and prostitutes to gamblers and alchemists.
Bega also drew, etched, and made counterproofs in a variety of materials.
www.getty.edu /art/collections/bio/a298-1.html   (172 words)

  
 Bega Station
Bega Police Station was formerly used as RTA officers until the 18-04-90, when the then Minister for Emergency Services, Mr Ted Pickering, officially opened it as the new Bega Police Station.
Bega Sector includes west to Brown Mountain, east to Tathra, north to Quaama and south to Wolumla.
Police from within the Bega Sector are also involved in joint operations with the NSW Fisheries, Forestry and National Parks officers to detect and deter offences.
www.policensw.com /region/southern/fsclac/lac/fsc10.html   (1105 words)

  
 AusEmade: Bega Information and Attractions, New South Wales (NSW), Australia
Bega serves as a administrative centre for government and primary industry, the production area for the famous Bega Cheese's and other dairy products manufactured and distributed from the town both nationally and exported around the world.
Centrally located within the Bega Valley the Bega area was originally inhabited by a group of aboriginal tribes collectively known to each other as the Yuin Nation, their main campground based at Wallaga Lake was the first NSW Aboriginal community to be granted title deeds under the 1983 Land Rights Act.
Bega Valley Shire is located on the south-eastern coastline of New South Wales and extends from Bermagui in the north to the Victorian boarder in the south.
www.ausemade.com.au /nsw/destination/b/bega-attractions.htm   (527 words)

  
 Review | Ladies and Gentlemen by Lou Bega
Bega is still having fun, still lovin' women a lot and still blending his Euro-African roots with Latin American sounds, but there's simply nothing that seems the least bit likely to set the world on its ear the way that first single did.
Especially since, under close scrutiny, Bega's voice is not entirely unlike Roth's: both evidence that sexy, scratchiness in their vocals that makes their voices more memorable than divine.
On "God Is A Women" Bega gets all soft and Vandrossy while he croons his gently blasphemous lyrics.
www.bluecoupe.com /pop/bega2001.html   (610 words)

  
 Cornelis Pietersz Bega   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Cornelis Bega, born in Haarlem in 1631/2, was the son of the goldsmith Pieter Jansz.
Bega certainly travelled to Germany and Switzerland in 1653, in the company of the artists Vincent van der Vinne, Theodor Helmbreker and Willem de Bois.
Bega’s early paintings are peasant scenes in the style of Adriaen van Ostade.
www.artnet.com /artist/556732/Cornelis_Pietersz_Bega.html   (389 words)

  
 Lou Bega - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in Munich, David Lubega (aka Lou Bega) (April 13, 1975) this multicultural (his mother is Sicilian, his father from Uganda) Latin pop musician is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5", a remake of the Perez Prado instrumental from 1952 with new lyrics added by Bega, and sampling the original version extensively.
The song became an instant worldwide hit, charting in top 5 across Europe and in the USA, where it became a popular stadium anthem at sports events.
Lou Bega can be selected as a playing character in the real-time strategy computer game Tropico.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lou_Bega   (188 words)

  
 Bega
Bega is this region's commercial and government centre and hosts a major rural business district.
Bega Cheese is widely known throughout Australia and a visit to the factory is a must for the visitor.
A range of accommodation is available in and around Bega including motels catering to all tastes and budgets, caravan parks, camping areas and homes and units for lease.
www.southcoast.com.au /bega   (236 words)

  
 deviantART: bega's Gallery
WIP: The Sun is peeking by ~bega in Scraps on Oct 24, 2004
Lauri by ~bega in Scraps on Jul 4, 2004
by ~bega in Scraps on Jun 30, 2004
bega.deviantart.com /scraps   (334 words)

  
 Bega Cheese - The Great Australian Cheese Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The theme for the conference was "Focus on Quality", and Bega Cheese was well represented both in speakers presenting at the event, and awards received.
The Board of Bega Cheese is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Byrnes as its new Chief Executive Officer.
The Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship was held early in March on the New South Wales far south coast, attracting a field of 160 professionals.
www.begacheese.com.au   (284 words)

  
 Lou Bega: MusicWorld® Hitmakers Story
Lou Bega's RCA debut may be titled A Little Bit of Mambo, but that's definitely misleading advertising.
Following close to beauty on Bega's list of favorite things is fun, and his music is created for "grooving and swinging - pure fun!" His high-flying style is not limited to music: Bega's white pin-stripe suit, polka-dot tie and handkerchief, spats and Borsalino hat insure that his look is as distinctive as his music.
Bega offers this album as a high-concentrate infusion of "joie de vivre": "There is nothing better than to go out and dance the mambo.
www.bmi.com /musicworld/onthescene/199911/lbega.asp   (335 words)

  
 Bega, Australia and Littleton Colorado — Sister Cities Program
Bega has its Littleton Gardens and Littleton House, a former mayor's residence which is now the home of Bega Technical College.
Littleton has learned that Bega, in New South Wales, is near the beautiful beaches of the South Pacific, and ice and snow are almost unknown.
Bega remains largely what it was--center of a rich dairy industry with a population of 5,000.
www.littletongov.org /history/othertopics/bega.asp   (487 words)

  
 Bega’s 100% wireless coverage in a unique environment
At the time barcodes were not used on all products, containers, pallets or racking and so Bega required a complete inventory tracking system that would record the movements of stock from anywhere within the facility.
Bega, impressed with the survey and results then asked Peacocks MDandB for a survey and report of Bega’s existing wireless VoIP coverage area which was performing poorly with many radio “blind spots” due to the site containing sealed rooms with walls that radio signals would not penetrate.
For example there are Chiller rooms with very low temperatures and thick walls, Maintenance rooms with background radio interference, Clean rooms that needed to be completely sterile at all times, Holding stores that moved large volumes of stock, Receiving docks with exposure to outdoors and a Reception room that had specific corporate aesthetic restrictions.
www.industrysearch.com.au /news/viewrecord.asp?ID=16601   (738 words)

  
 Bega. News
June, 2005, pet coke was unloaded and stored at BEGA for the first time in its activities.
The cargo was unloaded from holds to rail-cars, warehouse and opened storage sites by grabs.
BEGA's staff expects to take advantage of the Agreement 2K (Co-operation of Klaipeda and
www.bega.lt /naujienos_e.htm   (268 words)

  
 Bega Cheese A First In Iraq
Bega Cheese has made a big impact in the Middle East over the last twelve months, launching its extensive range of cheese products in no less than nine Middle East nations.
The first full sea container load of Bega processed cheese in cans is en route to Iraq and due to arrive there later this month.
AQIS recently confirmed to Bega that, as far as it was aware, the export certificate issued to Bega was the first and only certificate issued by AQIS for export of food product to Iraq from Australia.
www.portaliraq.com /news/Bega+Cheese+A+First+In+Iraq__121.html   (409 words)

  
 mtv.com - News - Lou Bega Explains "Mambo No. 5"
Mambo maniac Lou Bega is currently enjoying international success with his debut single, "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…)," from his album, "A Little Bit Of Mambo."
Lou Bega recently shot a second video for "Mambo No. 5 (A Little bit Of…)," which includes more footage of the actual mambo dance.
Bega's album entered the charts 37 slots shy of "No. 5," hitting number 42 on last week's "Billboard." This week, however, it bounded up to number 23, and next week it will be shimmying all the way up to number twelve, according to the latest SoundScan report.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1425651/19990915/bega_lou.jhtml   (462 words)

  
 Sapphire Coast, South Coast NSW
The Sapphire Coast, also known as the Bega Valley, is the most southerly coastal region in NSW.
The area has a very rich dairy farming industry and Bega Cheeses are famous both in Australia and overseas.
Bega's coastal centre of Tathra is very popular with locals and holiday makers.
www.southcoast.com.au /sapphire   (351 words)

  
 Bega, Australia — Littleton's Sister City
This watercolor of Bega Park by Robert Gray was commissioned by Bega-Littleton Sister City Exchange, Inc. These 5-1/2" x 4-1/2" note cards can be purchased for $8 per box of ten.
While there, they consummated the association between Bega and Littleton, communities 9,000 miles apart, to became the first Australian and U.S. sister cities.
Thereafter, the custom was established for Littleton to send a delegation on the one and six years of the decade and a Bega delegation visits Littleton on the three and eight years.
www.littletongov.org /bega   (446 words)

  
 Bega Campus Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Bega Campus Library has an up-to-date collection of resources, most of which are available for loan.
Bega Campus Library produces a newsletter with information about new resources, library services and topics of current interest.
Teaching staff are asked to contact their library before completing the Information literacy session request form.
www.illawarra.tafensw.edu.au /library/campuslibs/beg.htm   (484 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on A Little Bit Of Mambo - Lou Bega at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
But Lou Bega didn’t write the original version of this song, it was really Perez Prado, one of the kings of mambo.
Lou’s Café- Just some scripted chatter of Lou Bega talking to some girls who are at his fictional "café." There’s not really any point to it, but it leads right into....
This is Lou Bega trying to do rap, and doing a pretty bad job at it too.
www.epinions.com /content_96559861380   (1150 words)

  
 CNN - That catchy tune: Lou Bega's 'Mambo No. 5' - September 9, 1999
Lou Bega of Munich is the man behind this single from his album, "A Little Bit of Mambo." The song has been dancing up the United States pop charts after already conquering Germany.
The 24-year-old Bega found "Mambo No. 5" among the greatest hits of the late Cuban mambo king Perez Prado.
Although not everyone will recognize the song's mambo beat, Bega firmly insists that its rhythm is genuine mambo.
www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Music/9909/09/lou.bega   (436 words)

  
 UOW - Bega Education Centre - Location
The University of Wollongong, Bega Education Centre is located within the CBD of the Bega township.
As you are travelling south into Bega (from the Sydney direction), you will come to a set of traffic lights, these will be the first set of traffic lights when you drive into Bega.
You will then immediately notice Bega High School on the right of which Bega Education Centre is directly opposite (a red brick building).
bega.uow.edu.au /location.html   (120 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Little Bit of Mambo: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
On top of it all, Lou Bega--born in Germany to a Ugandan father and Italian mother--hoarsely exhorts the floor to "Mambo No. 5." A runaway hit in more than a dozen countries, it's an agreeable trifle, if ultimately not as charming as "Macarena" proved to be a few summers back.
Lou Bega is one of those classic lounge performers where you look at his vocal talent and you know there is not much there but you have a fun time being in the room when he performs.
I do not expect to own another Lou Bega album or even another Mambo album, but I do expect to be listening to this one for some time to come, especially when the clock hands at work are moving too darn slow.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000K3LY?v=glance   (1032 words)

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