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  Birmingham - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Birmingham is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the UK, with large populations from the Caribbean and Indian subcontinent: according to the 2001 census, 25.6% of the population of Birmingham is non-white.
Birmingham has 35 miles (60 km) of canals within the city boundaries, of which most are navigable; the canals were once the lifeblood of the city's industries during the Industrial Revolution but are now used mainly for pleasure.
Birmingham is by far the UK's largest manufacturing and engineering centre, employing over 100,000 people in the industry and contributing billions to the national economy with two of the largest car plants in Britain, MG Rover and Jaguar, not counting Land Rover in nearby Solihull.
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 Birmingham -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Birmingham is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city and (Click link for more info and facts about metropolitan borough) metropolitan borough in the (A dialect of Middle English) West Midlands of (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
Birmingham became a centre of the British (Long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation) canal and later (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway networks in the early 19th century.
Birmingham is an important (Click link for more info and facts about manufacturing) manufacturing and (The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems) engineering centre, employing over 100,000 people in the industry and contributing billions to the national economy.
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 Birmingham article - Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama other places called Birmingham city West - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Birmingham is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the UK, with a large population from the Caribbean, Indian sub-continent and from Ireland: according to the 2001 census, 29.7% of the population of Birmingham is non-white.
Birmingham was originally a small village, but by the 1300s had become the third largest town in Warwickshire, after Warwick and Coventry.
The Birmingham Conservatoire, now part of the UCE, was established over 100 years ago and is recognised as one of the major national colleges of music which centers on the performance and of composition.
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 WORCESTER - LoveToKnow Article on WORCESTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was rebuilt in Tudor times, and there remains a beautiful hall, with music gallery, canopied dais, and a fine bay window, together with other parts.
The guild-hall (1723) is an admirable building in the Italian style; it contains a portrait of George III., by Sir Joshua Reynolds, presented by the king to commemorate his visit to the city at the triennial musical festival in 1788.
This, the Festival of the Three Choirs, is maintained here alternately with Gloucester and Hereford.
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 NAINews Spring 1999
The conference is being held at the picturesque and historic 750-acre education and arts center in the northwest corner of the state of New York.
Established in 1998, the award honors individual whose courageous actions have embodied the values of civility, tolerance, diversity, and cooperation in the advancement of public dialogue and policy on traditionally controversial and divisive issues.
Reverend Chriss H. Doss is Director of the Center for the Study of Law and the Church at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama.
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 Marja-Leena Rathje: Folk Legends & Myths
Finnish culture is going to be present in the musical on several levels, particularly the music of folk group Värttinä, and inspiration even from old Finnish jewelry and handicrafts.
One of these storytellers was Kira Van Deusen, who "brings to professional storytelling and music a background which includes a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Cornell University and an MA in Folklore/Ethnography from Antioch University.
It is mostly a northern European festival with pagan roots like so many of their traditional holidays.
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