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Topic: Brothers of Dobrin


In the News (Wed 8 Oct 08)

  
  Livonian Brothers of the Sword
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, also known as the Christ Knights or The Militia of Christ of Livonia, was a military order started in 1202 by Albert von Buxhövden[?], bishop of Riga, and composed of German "warrior monks".
The Lithuanians beat the Brothers at the battle of Siauliai[?] in 1236.
In 1557 the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus intervened in a war between the bishop of Riga and the Brothers.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sw/Sword_Brethren.html   (325 words)

  
 Rabbi Scheinerman's Home Page-Children's Book List
A girl is worried that her brother, who does not strike her as the epitomy of maturity, will not be ready to become a Bar Mitzvah in time.
A brother and sister find their elderly grandfather, who spends much of his day davening, rather boring, until he tells them the story of his life, beginning in Eastern Europe and encompassing the trials and traumas of immigration and life on the Lower East Side.
The biography of Yoni Netanyahu, brother of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, led "Operation Thunderbolt," the raid on Entebbe on July 4, 1976 to rescue the 105 hijacked Jewish passengers held captive in Uganda.
www.scheinerman.net /judaism/book-reviews/booklist.html   (10466 words)

  
 Teutonic Knights - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
Andrew had been involved in negotiations for the marriage of his daughter with the son of Hermann, the Landgrave of Thuringia, whose vassals included the family of Hermann of Salza, the new grand master of the Teutonic Order.
When the order of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword was absorbed into the Teutonic Order in 1237, its territorial rule extended over Prussia, Livonia, Semigalia, and Estonia.
Their next aim was to convert Orthodox Russia to Roman Catholicism, but that idea had to be dropped in the wake of the disastrous Battle on Lake Peipus (1242).
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=30776   (1127 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Livonian Brothers of the Sword
In 1218 the bishop asked for help from the Danish king, Valdemar II - but he instead made an agreement with the Sword Brothers order and conquered the north of Estonia.
With the decline of the Teutonic Order by the middle of the fifteenth century, the Sword Brothers decided to resume their independence.
Courland, Livonia, Latvia, Estonia, Teutonic Knights, Order of Dobrin
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/l/li/livonian_brothers_of_the_sword.html   (350 words)

  
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His brothers had proven themselves either incompetent or untrustworthy; their subjects, even the Samogitians, were willing to forgive Vytautas even his new alliance with the enemy.
The king could rely only on Poles to hold Lithuania for him--as governor of Vilnius from 1390 to 1392 he appointed Jan Olenicki, a military officer from Cracow whose one-year-old son Zbigniew was to become one of the greatest figures in Polish history through his long association with the new king.
Brothers and cousins were too independent-minded and ambitious for themselves to be trusted completely.
department.monm.edu /history/urban/books/tannenberg1.htm   (16771 words)

  
 Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Brothers of the Sword and the bishop of Riga then seized part of Estonia while Count Adolf and the princes of northern Germany returned to Holstein and their lands.
Yaroslav succeeded his brother George II in Suzdal as Grand Prince in 1238 and was replaced at Novgorod by his son Alexander.
Henry's brother Richard of Cornwall was elected king of the Romans in 1257 and oversaw the negotiations with Louis IX that were conducted by Earl Simon de Montfort, Peter of Savoy, Hugh Bigod, and Henry's half brothers Geoffrey and Guy of Lusignan.
www.san.beck.org /AB21-Europe13thCentury.html   (23696 words)

  
 Press Releases
Freshman Alex Dobrin has been the shining star of the new bunch, and has quickly vaulted into the No. 3 singles spot.
Dobrin was ranked No. 49 in the nation for Boys 16s, and was a two-time New York City finalist for Benjamin Cardozo High.
Twin brothers Tony and Mark Piro also could find their way into the singles and doubles rotation before long.
athletics.binghamton.edu /sports/mten/04preview.html   (1455 words)

  
 The Thirteenth Century
Unlike the Templars who reported directly to the pope, the Sword Brothers were subject to Albert.
1207 The Brothers of the Knighthood of Christ of Livonia against the Prussians formed by Bishop Christian, a Cistercian.
They made their base at Dobrin (Dobrzyn), inland along the Vistula (modern Poland), and were known as the Knights of Dobrin.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Pines/7224/Rick/chrono13.htm   (7571 words)

  
 Crescent Club - fractional ownership of large luxury vacation homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Due to the popularity of Private Retreats, the second level of club, called Distinctive Retreats was instituted in late 2003.
Brothers Brad and Brent Handler created Exclusive Resorts in late 2002 as a luxury residence club that understood the concerns of family travel.
A more recent entrant is Destinations (www.destinationsprivateresorts.com), conceived and implemented by CEO Stan Dobrin.
www.thecrescentclub.com /pages/article01.html   (1410 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I looked up at my older brother "where are you going Anthrax?" "I am going across the seas to a new land, one that has not seen the glory of the OrdeR like we have little one."
But I was growing stronger by the day and my brothers death only made me want to become a man and join the army so I could go and avenge his death.
About ten years after the death of my brother the news of the defeat of the OrdeR's legions was brought back causing our homeland to get into an uproar.
home1.gte.net /res0sf7h/bios/dobrin.htm   (188 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bonhoeffer was a very sensitive youth whose young life was marred by sadness at the death of his older brothers in World War I. He was a bright student and graduated with honors from Berlin University.
Personal, Interpersonal, Global Peace: A child is sent to find a younger brother at dinnertime and is introduced to a variety of cultures through encountering the many different ways rice is prepared at the different households visited.
Interpersonal Peace: Two brothers did not get along very well as it was; then they were forced to share a room so that their new sister had a place to live.
www.mincava.umn.edu /documents/pnvcur1-6/pnvcur1-6.txt   (12332 words)

  
 news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This was for the Sunday morning service in the Baptist Church in the Transylvanian town of Medias, Romania, under the anointed ministry of pastor Gigi Dobrin and brother Lucian, the assistant pastor.
Today was to be a baptismal service for twelve brothers and sisters from the village of Bazna, including one complete family who had come to saving faith over the past year.
Following the morning service Pastor Dobrin commented, "I can identify nineteen individuals from the Medias church alone, who are in direct ministry as pastors, ordained elders and church planters and who were encouraged, taught and helped as students in the Medias Mission School".
www.sga.org.uk /news/ARCHIVE/bazna.html   (236 words)

  
 FAQ server : Bulgaria
The brothers V. and A. Stoyanov worked in a folk-like style, using irregular meters, typical melodic configurations and quart-quint harmonies.
Major conductors like Dobrin Petkov were neglected for other (faithful to the party conductors) like K. Iliev.
Folk music was believed to be close to the real virtues of the communists, unlike the expressionistic or minimalistic art.
www.cs.columbia.edu /~radev/cgi-bin/faqserver.cgi?bulgmusic   (1094 words)

  
 United States
For instance, Leoncied Ouayouro drove from her home in Virginia to Batavia, New York, to see her brother Tony Oulai, who was being held on immigration charges at the Buffalo Federal Detention Center.
She had called the facility in advance and officials told her that her brother had to put her name on his visitation list.
They were held at the INS Detention Center in Denver, where the older brother was placed in solitary confinement for eight or nine days without being told why while the younger one was held with the general population, according to their attorney.
www.hrw.org /reports/2002/us911/USA0802-06.htm   (13391 words)

  
 June 2 2004
He was accompanied at his bedside by his loving wife, Bertie, his best friend and brother, Jaime, sister Virginia and other family members and close friends.
Perea was preceded in death by her parents Jose and Santos Perea and brother Roberto Perea.
She is survived by her brother, Jesus Perea.
www.borderlandnews.com /obits/June2004/June2.html   (2755 words)

  
 iClassics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This specially-priced set brings together all three of Brahms' piano trios, from the warmly romantic B major, his earliest chamber work, written when he was just 20 (performed here in its revision from 1891), to the robust C minor conceived during the productive summer of 1886.
The charismatic young Capuçon brothers, Renaud and Gautier, are joined here by one of their regular chamber music partners, the young French-American pianist Nicholas Angelich.
Philadelphia Inquirer critic Peter Dobrin has already weighed in on the CD observing, "The recording industry is constantly looking for synergistic occasions for new releases.
www.iclassics.com /featureArticle?contentId=1154   (3371 words)

  
 Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island -- Special Features
In just a few moments you will become the Leader not simply of an organization; you will be not only the light of a congregation.
My godfather once said, "We are born INTO one family and then we form another FROM among the friends we make on our life s journey." I am truly blessed to be surrounded this evening by family both of my choosing and not of my choosing.
And had I been given the choice, I would ask to be born INTO the same family, for just as I have made a family of my friends, so, too, have my sister Helen and brothers John and Paul become my best friends.
www.ehsli.org /specfeat.php?page=features&option=5   (1090 words)

  
 Enculturation: Peter Vandenberg
For example, to say that certain theoretical pursuits may lead to a better understanding of the operations of discourse without leading to immediate pedagogical development (Dobrin 63-64), may reflect an unrealized opportunity to compose course work that makes operations of discourse available to students in the contexts of their lives.
To avoid doing so allows the inference that there is knowledge which benefits our capacity to act productively in dominant social institutions that should remain off limits to others.
Dobrin, Sidney I. Constructing Knowledges: The Politics of Theory-Building and Pedagogy in Composition.
enculturation.gmu.edu /5_1/vandenberg.html   (1324 words)

  
 singer songwriter quitarist robert temple
Started on the violin at the age of nine where he soon gravitated to the electric bass guitar with the help of his older brother.
His professional debut began in the summer of 1972 at the age of seventeen at a fund raiser for Norman Mineta who at the time was running for Major for the City of San Jose.
Her sound is that of a soul base spiced with rock and blues flavors.
www.roberttemplemusic.com /theband.html   (998 words)

  
 Mill & Mine Supply Co. v. Johnson, 145 Wash. 656,
In 1923, Galbraith Brothers were logging some timber
Brothers who used it for a part, at least, of two years.
Brothers, both of them denying that any sale had been
www.mrsc.org /mc/courts/WashReports/145WashReport/145WashReport0656.htm   (888 words)

  
 peninsuladailynews.com - Deaths and Funeral Notices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Douglas Wilber Dobrin of Port Townsend died at Kai Tai Care Center of a heart attack.
He was born in Toppenish to Edgar and Laura (Johnson) Dobrin, and attended business school in Olympia.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Don Dobrin.
www.peninsuladailynews.com /sited/story/html/257706   (647 words)

  
 Top of the Court Guestbook
His oldest brother Arnold died tragically in the past two years of a heart attack; (3) you are being oh so kind about my football abilities.
He had a brother named Phil and now I'm not sure which one I partnered and won with.
I also remember his brother was some kind of scientist of something and always had weird stuff in the basement of the house on 210th street.
www.primalux.com /topofthecourt/guestbook5.html   (16922 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Priests brothers could not become Masters, Commanders or even Vice-Commanders in either Lithuania or Prussia, but could become Commanders in Germany.
Later these two ranks were augmented by a third class, of serving brothers (Sergeants, or Graumääntler), who wore a similar mantle but in gray and charged with only three branches of the Cross to indicate that they were not full members of the confraternity.
Their Master, Conrad von Feuchtwangen, although before his election Provincial Master in Prussia and Livonia, had fortunately been in Acre when elected and so was able to demonstrate for his brother knights the military skills learned fighting Prussian barbarians.
home.cc.umanitoba.ca /~lawlessl/Teutonic.html   (4123 words)

  
 JGSWS-The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State
The first graves were those of Morris Dobrin's daughter Celia, Meyer Kaufman's brother-in-law Robert Fischer, and Isaac Pincus' baby daughter Minnie.
Charles Langert was a major wholesaler of liquor throughout the state.
Charles Reichenbach, Mentein Cohn, Sam Gottschalk, Sol Jacoby, the Isaacs brothers, and the Gross brothers all had dry goods and clothing stores within a few blocks of each other, all technically in competition with each other, and they all prospered.
www.jgsws.org /history.htm   (1304 words)

  
 Everyday Ethics - Newsday.com
Ethicist Arthur Dobrin contends it’s the little dilemmas that create the biggest headaches.
Dobrin, the ethicist, addressed the responsibility one has -- not just to the public interest represented by that plant -- but to protect oneself from unnecessary risk.
"A clear ethical dictum," Dobrin said, "is that you don't use people to make a point.
www.newsday.com /features/printedition/longislandlife/ny-lfcovethics0316,0,3403608.story?page=2&coll=ny-features-headlines   (851 words)

  
 CD Baby: ROSKOE: the dice EP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Justus Dobrin and Amy Bruckmeier team up again to create dreamy California pop featuring sultry vocals and funky keyboards.
Produced by Jim Greer (Rondo Brothers), the Dice EP features five songs about life and love.
Listen to another project featuring Justus Dobrin and Amy Bruckmeier that was released in 2003.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/roskoe   (312 words)

  
 Find Piano Lessons by Page Music Lesson Center on Course Junction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
An experienced live player, he’s shared the stage with members of major-label recording artists The Allman Brothers Band, the Meters, Little Feat and many others.
Tania Stavreva graduated from the Music School "Dobrin Petkov" in Plovdiv as a Piano Performance Major in May 2003.
During her education in Bulgaria Tania participated in many concerts, master classes, festivals, competitions and solo recitals performed in concert halls.
www.coursejunction.com /course_detail.cfm/id/12005   (1116 words)

  
 Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo - Center for Macular Degeneration - University of Iowa
The legendary Vitebsk Virago, first achieved recognition as a child performer, appearing with the famous Steppe Brothers in the world premiere of Dyspepsiana (based on a unfinished paragraph by M. Gorki).
As a favorite of Nicholas, Alexandra, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and the czarevich, La Effhrvia, as she is known to her admirers, was compelled to flee St. Petersburg disguised as a Karsky shashlik.
Marat, Nikolai and Vladimir are not really brothers, nor are their names Marat or Nikolai or Vladimir, nor are they real Russians, nor can they tell the difference between a pirouette and a jete.
www.c4md.org /hancher/trockadero.html   (4480 words)

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