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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Pedro Álvares Cabral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cabral perceived that the new country lay east of the line of demarcation made by pope Alexander VI (see Treaty of Tordesillas), and at once sent André Gonçalves (according to other authorities Gaspar de Lemos) to Portugal with the important tidings.
Cabral continued to India to trade for pepper and other spices, establishing a factory at Calicut, where he arrived on September 13.
Cabral was buried in a monastery in Santarém, Portugal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_Alvares_Cabral   (724 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pedralvarez Cabral
He was the third son of Fernao Cabral, Governor of Beira and Belmonte, and Isabel de Gouvea, and married Isabel de Castro, the daughter of the distinguished Fernando de Noronha.
Cabral perceived that the new country lay east of the line of demarcation made by Alexander VI, and at once sent Andreas Gonçalvez (according to other authorities Gaspar de Lemos) to Portugal with the important tidings.
Cabral resumed his voyage 3 May; by the end of the month the fleet approached the Cape of Good Hope, where it was struck by a storm in which four vessels, including that of Bartolomeu Diaz, were lost.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03128a.htm   (780 words)

  
 Regis Cabral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cabral is known for his studies about technology transfer (including in the nuclear, military and biotechnology fields), about the relations between universities and the productive sector, and evaluations of Universities as well as international organisations such as UNESCO, UNCTAD and development agencies.
Cabral participated in the group that assisted in the redefinition of the new concept of national security used by the Higher Command for Civil Defence of Sweden.
Currently, Dr. Cabral is one of the evaluators and judge for the The Global Challenge Prize, awarded by the City of Stockholm.
regiscabral.50megs.com   (477 words)

  
 Articles: Cabral, Pedro Alvares - Historical Text Archive
Cabral was commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to sail on an expedition with a fleet of thirteen ships to the ports of India.
Cabral and his men recorded the Americans to be naked, comparing them to a baby that was just delivered, and of dark skin, between white and fl.
Cabral probably was not too intent on the spreading of the gospel in Vera Cruz because this was not his mission anyway.
historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=635   (2094 words)

  
 Amílcar Cabral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beginning in 1962, Cabral led the PAIGC in a military conflict against the Portuguese imperial forces.
Over the course of the conflict, the party won land gains, and Cabral was made the de facto leader of many parcels of land in Guinea-Bissau.
In 1972, Cabral began to form a People's Assembly in preparation for an independent African nation, but a disgruntled former associate assassinated him in January of 1973 before he could see his work bear fruit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amilcar_Cabral   (312 words)

  
 U.S. Treasury - Anna Escobedo Cabral - Treasurer
Cabral served as Director of the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Latino Initiatives, where she led a pan-institutional effort to improve Latino representation in exhibits, and public programming among the Institution's 19 museums, five research centers, and the National Zoo.
Cabral served as President and CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, which partners with Fortune 500 companies to increase Hispanic representation in employment, procurement, philanthropy and governance.
Cabral managed this task force of 25 senators dedicated to ensuring that the concerns and needs of the Hispanic community are addressed by Congress through legislation.
www.treas.gov /organization/bios/cabral-e.html   (305 words)

  
 sgt-juan-carlos-cabral
Cabral's wife, Anita Cabral, 24, told the Standard-Examiner newspaper her husband was supposed to be coming home in 40 days.
Cabral, who had been in Iraq since April 4 as a mechanic with Company A of the 4th Forward Support Battalion from Fort Hood, Texas, was scheduled to return home in about a month.
Cabral was among three soldiers killed Jan. 31 when their vehicle struck a homemade explosive device near the northern city of Kirkuk.
www.brandonblog.com /sgt-juan-carlos-cabral.html   (1557 words)

  
 Amilcar Cabral
Cabral was born in Bafata (1924) in the former Portuguese colony of Guine Bissau.
Cabral was himself a living example of the cultural resistance he theorized, in the intimate relationship he maintained with his people's reality and in his deep knowledge of his enemy, the Portuguese colonial administration.
Cabral would be proud to stand before this fountain of cultures; and he would certainly provide a living example, drawing closer to hear the pleading voice that issues from this chamber of the Nation's heart.
www.umassd.edu /specialprograms/caboverde/acaddress.html   (2713 words)

  
 Officers file suit against Cabral - The Boston Globe
Cabral is meanwhile being investigated by a federal grand jury over whether she lied about the firing of a longtime nurse at the Suffolk County House of Correction.
The US attorney's office is investigating whether Cabral lied to a federal grand jury about the firing of a longtime nurse who worked at the Suffolk County House of Correction and provided information to the FBI about inmate abuse by guards, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Two weeks ago, Cabral was slapped with another federal civil lawsuit, this one from her former top training officer, Martin Michelman, who asserts that he was wrongfully fired from his job as a deputy superintendent last year because he expressed concern about whether the department was prepared for the Democratic National Convention.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/08/12/officers_file_suit_against_cabral   (1022 words)

  
 Cleaning house - BCM - Winter 2004
Cabral has many such stories, all told in the same way, as if she's still amazed at how much was wrong here, and how most problems could be put right with a little bit of common sense.
When Cabral was appointed by then governor Jane Swift in autumn 2002 to serve the final two years of Rouse's term, one of her first decisions as sheriff was to operate from an office at the House of Correction.
Cabral told the press she was "not proud" of the record but that she had struggled financially early in her career because of low-paying public sector jobs and had repaid her loans in 1994.
bcm.bc.edu /issues/winter_2004/ft_sheriff.html   (4452 words)

  
 Latino Political Wires: Anna Escobedo Cabral
Cabral, as Director of the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives has had responsibility for fulfilling the center's mission of fostering understanding and appreciation of Latino history and culture using the vast resources of the Smithsonian's collections, research and public programs, both in Washington and across the United States.
Cabral was executive staff director for the U.S. Senate Republican Conference Task Force on Hispanic Affairs from 1991 to 1999, and she was deputy staff director of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, chaired by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah from 1993 to 1999.
Cabral, who was born in San Bernadino, Calif., received her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Davis (1987) and a master's degree in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1990).
www.voznuestra.com /PoliticalWires/_Politicos/_Appointees/Anna_Cabral   (419 words)

  
 Juan Carlos Cabral-Banuelos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cabral leaves a widow, Anita, who was his childhood sweetheart, and two sons.
During the ceremony, Cabral was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart for wounds, a certificate of citizenship, and the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Iraq, "in keeping with the highest traditions of the 4th Infantry Division and the United States Army."
Cabral, who was born in Mexico in 1978, came to Utah when he was 1 year old and worked hard to obtain his citizenship, she said.
1-22infantry.org /kia/cabralpers.htm   (1030 words)

  
 Amílcar Cabral (EV)
Amílcar Cabral has been transferred to Angola and is working in Cassequel, as an engineer...and coming into direct contact with the founders of the MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola), of which he becomes a member.
Amílcar Cabral was buried in the cemetery of Conakry.
Cabral died once again as the result of the ostentation, the corruption and the bloody hatred in the solution of political differences that ensnared many of the Guinean leaders.
www.vidaslusofonas.pt /amilcar_cabral_2.htm   (4240 words)

  
 Suffolk sheriff cleared in probe - The Boston Globe
Cabral, who plans to hold a press conference today, said she hasn't allowed herself to be distracted by the investigation.
Instead, Cabral's lawyers said, Porter reported the alleged abuse to her supervisor at Correctional Medical Services Inc. and asked her supervisor to report it to a deputy superintendent for the Sheriff's Department.
Cabral was appointed by Governor Jane Swift in December 2002 and won a decisive election fight last fall.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/10/07/suffolk_sheriff_cleared_in_probe   (826 words)

  
 Cabral Media Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cabral roofing crews installed new roofing on 500 military housing units on the naval base, totaling approximately 862,000 square feet.
A commercial roofing contracting firm headquartered in Montebello, Cabral Roofing is the only roofing firm in the LA area to be recognized in the magazine’s annual survey of top Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States.
Cabral roofing crews installed a new built-up roof on the Engineering and Technology facility at the campus located at 1250 Bellflower Blvd. in a contract valued at $348,000.
www.cabralroofing.com /MediaRoom.html   (1345 words)

  
 Amilcar Cabral's Vision of Diplomacy - Carmen Neto
Cabral's intellectual world was fundamentally ambiguous; it was a world which was at once essentially visible and tangible but it was also a world which was moved by abstract principles in which material interests were not an adequate guide to felt needs or beliefs or behaviour.
Cabral's theory is a penumbra of his class experience as a member of the indigenous petty bourgeoisie.
Cabral was never evasive and never polemical and his truthfulness lends his work an imaginative quality that alone is sufficient to distinguish his writings from those of his contemporaries.
www.umassd.edu /specialprograms/caboverde/netopresentation.html   (5438 words)

  
 CaboVerdeOnline.com - Politics - Amilcar Cabral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The physical aspects of Cabral's work was fragmented by the very nature of its subject - a national liberation struggle fought under the most trying conditions and motivated by the dual purpose of freeing a colonial people from foreign domination and of creating a social revolution.
Sometimes Amilcar Cabral could not say openly most of what he thought for his vision was a forecast for the future in reality and actuality.
As individuals, role models are people who have actualized the values held dear by their groups: they have "made it" according to the standards of their people.
www.caboverdeonline.com /caboverde/cabral/ac.asp   (543 words)

  
 Cabral
Cabral was 17 when he first won an scholarship to the San Carlos Art Academy.
Cabral returned to Mexico in 1918 where he established himself as a top caricaturist.
Cabral also painted murals, one of which can be found in Toluca, Mexico.
www.impactgraphicsposters.com /cabral.htm   (120 words)

  
 U.S. Treasurer Cabral speaks here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cabral is a third generation Mexican-American from San Bernardino who now has her signature on all new $1 bills.
Cabral shared her journey to Washington, starting first in San Bernardino, then to an adobe home next to the train tracks in Banning.
It was during her high school years in Banning that a teacher took notice of Cabral and urged her towards college.
www.vvdailypress.com /2005/112710023082726.html   (552 words)

  
 U.S. Treasurer Anna Cabral to speak in Victorville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As treasurer, Cabral advises the secretary and deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, the director of the U.S. Mint, and the director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on matters relating to coinage, currency and other financial instruments issued by the federal government.
Cabral also serves as a spokesperson for the Treasury Department on a range of issues.
Cabral was nominated treasurer by President Bush on July 22, 2004, and was confirmed by the Senate on Nov. 20, 2004.
www.vvdailypress.com /2005/112506213173074.html   (303 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Pedro Alvares Cabral (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
Cabral went far west of his course and reached the coast of Brazil, which he claimed for Portugal.
The old story was that Cabral discovered Brazil because he had been driven off his course by storms.
Certainly the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) adjusted the former line and put Brazil in the Portuguese zone, but the issue is still a subject of debate.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Cabral-P.html   (289 words)

  
 Cabral, Amilcar - Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cabral would later enter the Institute of Agronomy at the University of Lisbon, graduating with honors in 1950.
Cabral saw himself and the movements that he took part in as part of a world revolution, which linked all Third World liberation movements against global oppression.
During the armed struggle (1963-73) Cabral served as Secretary General of the PAIGC, wrote extensively on Guinean history African liberation and culture, all the while traveling to the United States of America, USSR, Cuba, Italy, etc. expressing his desire for all oppressed people to be liberated from fascist, colonial, racist, and imperial forces.
people.africadatabase.org /en/profile/2206.html   (883 words)

  
 Sacadura Cabral (English version)
Sacadura Cabral vanishes into the mist and all that is left is some aircraft debris and impersonal wreckage of a live made up of many lives.
Cabral was already a name with prestige in military and scientific circles, and had recently returned from Africa.
Sacadura Cabral vanished into that mist, and all that is left are some plane debris, impersonal wreckage of a live made up of other lives.
www.vidaslusofonas.pt /sacadura_cabral2.htm   (3564 words)

  
 Father of Cape Verdean independence remembered: 1/ 23/ 2005
His father, Juvenal Cabral, was a Cape Verdean elementary school teacher and a crusader who worked to improve the conditions of farmers and civil servants, a passion his son would inherit.
Cabral's mother, Iva Pinhal Evora Cabral, was a seamstress and is said to have instilled in her son her capacity for self-sacrifice, an example Cabral would pass on to others.
Cabral's education provided him with a unique understanding of the dominant and the dominated through his study of the exploited farmers of Guinea and Angola, and of the dramatic consequences of drought in Cape Verde.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/01-05/01-23-05/a04lo257.htm   (815 words)

  
 Amilcar Cabral
Juvenal is born in Cape Verde in 1889.
Cabral theorized on the condition of the Cape Verdean man, the result of the miscegenation of the archipelago’s first inhabitants, fl and white.
Cabral continued his botanical and agricultural studies that force him to travel frequently between Portugal, Angola and Guinea.
www.nathanielturner.com /amilcarcabral.htm   (3080 words)

  
 Cabral, Pedro Alvares - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cabral, Pedro Alvares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Portuguese explorer who made Brazil a Portuguese possession in 1500 and negotiated the first commercial treaty between Portugal and India.
Cabral set sail from Lisbon for the East Indies in March 1500, and accidentally reached Brazil by taking a course too far west.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cabral,%20Pedro%20Alvares   (170 words)

  
 Cabral Catering
Cabral specializes in wedding, but also caters to every type of event upon request including baptisms, banquets, and private functions.
When he is not catering to functions, Cabral also opens his doors to the community by hosting his own private parties with special menus in mind.
Cabral is not only hard-working, but also a generous man. He is good to his friends and is always ready to lend a helping hand.
www.cabralcatering.com /company.htm   (390 words)

  
 CaboVerdeOnline.com - Amilcar Cabral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Now for the matter at hand, I will attempt to explain to you my motive and rational for putting the image of Amilcar Cabral on a flyer for Cape Verdean club, and I hope and believe that you will not be having any resentment and anger towards the use of this photo.
This history and legacy can and will undoubtedly be repeated, however the best way to ensure that the next generation remembers the potential we have with in to make change, is to ensure that we have the knowledge that a change has been made by individuals in humanities’ past.
In fact, just last week someone told me that they actually never heard of Cabral until they saw the flyer, and he also informed me that he was research and reading about him on the internet an was hoping to find more books on him.
www.caboverdeonline.com /contents/my_community/2003/11/04/ac112403.asp   (1358 words)

  
 Cabral, Amilcar on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
CABRAL, AMILCAR [Cabral, Amilcar], 1924-73, revolutionary leader of Guinea-Bissau.
Spirit of Amilcar Cabral's courageous struggle for freedom should be applied to Africa's current challenges, says Secretary-General.
Amilcar Cabral's theory of class suicide and revolutionary socialism.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cabral-A1.asp   (197 words)

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