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  The City of Daphne, Alabama, located on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay.
Daphne is located in Baldwin County, Alabama, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay, just off 1-10.
Daphne has earned a reputation for pristine beauty, reputable schools and recreational opportunities which span land, rivers and bays.
Daphne is perhaps most famous for being one of the few places in the world to experience the phenomenon known as a "Jubilee".
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 Welcome to Special S Class Hotel Daphne located in the old city part of Istanbul called Sultanahmet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Welcome to special S class Hotel Daphne located in the old city part of Istanbul called Sultanahmet.
Which is known as one of the biggest open air museums of the world in the city center
Hotel Daphne is deal for clients who wish to be in the old town but have te luxury and relaxation at the same time
www.hoteldaphne.com   (161 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Daphne Oram, the unsung pioneer of techno
In January 1961, as a schoolboy, I attended a lecture Daphne gave at the Mermaid Theatre in London, and was able to pass on greetings from a colleague of hers in Canada whom I had had the good fortune to meet a few months before.
Like all pioneers, Daphne never knew what she couldn't achieve because she was inventing everything as she went along: not only an original artform but, as we know, some original machinery to create the sounds themselves.
Although the Radiophonic Workshop may well have subsequently developed along lines different to those of Daphne's originals, her persistence paid off in ways that millions of people have since appreciateded and in which, the very fortunate few (myself included), were privileged to have participated.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2669735.stm   (2475 words)

  
 Daphne 1, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
The first love of Apollo was Daphne 1, who refused him and fled, turning in her flight into a laurel-tree.
Since that day Daphne 1 ignored all suitors, not caring for love or wedlock, and only wishing to enjoy perpetual virginity, while Apollo was, for the first time, consumed by the flames of love.
Daphne 2 is daughter of the seer Tiresias.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Daphne1.html   (791 words)

  
 EUROPA - Justice and Home Affairs - Daphne II - European Commission
The Daphne II programme supports actions to combat all types of violence against children, young people and women in Europe and all aspects of this phenomenon (violence in the family, violence in schools and other establishments, violence at work, commercial sexual exploitation, genital mutilation, health repercussions, trafficking in human beings, rehabilitation of perpetrators, etc.).
In 2004, the Commission presented a final evaluation of the Daphne Programme where the mechanisms, relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the programme were analysed.
The Daphne has up to date (up to projects selected under call 2005) funded around 420 projects to combat violence against children, young people and women of which full details can be found on the website Daphne Toolkit which is annually being updated.
ec.europa.eu /justice_home/funding/daphne/funding_daphne_en.htm   (1780 words)

  
 Daphne
The story of Daphne is an example of an etiological myth, one that is strongly explanatory of why certain things in their culture were a certain way.
There are many examples of Greek myths that explain why certain religious rituals were performed, why some peoples may be named what they are, or even why varying objects, plants and animals were symbols of their gods.
Daphne was the daughter of the river god Peneus.
www.pantheon.org /articles/d/daphne.html   (414 words)

  
 EUROPA - Justice and Home Affairs - Daphne II - European Commission
The Daphne II programme closely follows the lines of the first programme, and covers the same areas of violence in favour of the same beneficiaries and supports similar activities: networking of organisations, exchange of good practices and awareness raising actions.
To implement Daphne, the European Commission is assisted by an advisory committee consisting of representatives of each Member State and chaired by the Commission.
Since 1997, Daphne funded 303 projects, of which full details can be found on the DVD Daphne-toolkit and on the corresponding website.
ec.europa.eu /justice_home/funding/daphne/wai/funding_daphne_en.htm   (1769 words)

  
 Daphne du Maurier
Adventure was in picking up a posy dropped by a lady and offering it to an old gentleman who patted her head and gave her two-pence.
Daphne du Maurier was born in London into an artistic family.
She was the granddaughter of caricaturist George du Maurier, her mother, Muriel Beaumont, was an actress, and her father was the actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier, who turned to writing and created the mad hypnotist Svengali.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /dumaurie.htm   (1561 words)

  
 Daphne News
Daphne Fire Chief Mund Hanson resigned Thursday, one day after he was arrested and charged with DUI in Tuscaloosa, authorities said.
The seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball teams at Daphne Middle School raised enough funds recently to provide Danni Cory with a special-needs walker, giving their 12-year-old classmate the gift of improved...
A city of Daphne stream restoration project in Village Point Park that federal officials expected would create a stream bed about 12 feet wide and 18 inches deep has instead resulted in a 48-foot-wide,...
www.topix.net /city/daphne-al   (696 words)

  
 Ketzel Levine's Talking Plants
If you have no kids, you need have no worries about the February daphne, though an abundance of reasons to grow it: Fragrant, rosy-purple flowers on dramatically upright, naked stems; bright and tidy blue-green leaves; extreme hardiness; and, for a daphne, it's relatively trouble free.
For those who suspect me of gross exaggeration, I urge you to visit one at a friend's or a public garden, and find out why this is a must-have plant.
The winter daphne sets a standard for flower fragrance that is well beyond most genera, a rich orange-blossom scent that manages to be sophisticated and giddy in one fell swoon.
www.npr.org /programs/talkingplants/profiles/daphne.html   (535 words)

  
 DRK - Daphne
Daphne is a small (system tray) application for killing, controlling and debuging window's processes.
You can kill a process by dragging the mouse over the windows, by right-clicking the process in the main process list, or by typing its name with the "Kill all by name" command.
Daphne is licensed under the GNU General Public License
www.drk.com.ar /daphne.php   (352 words)

  
 WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Young Daphne laments the sinking of the sun into the horizon and, in a beautiful aria (with solo violin), dismisses mortal pleasures—the Dionysian—finding loftier companionship in nature and all that is associated with the noble sun god, Apollo.
Two young maids mock Daphne’s reluctance to join the festival and approach Leukippos with a plan to trick Daphne into loving him by having him masquerade as a maiden at the evening feast.
In the meantime, Peneios, Daphne’s father–and former river god—assembles the young men for the festival and invokes the name of Apollo, whom he invites to the festival.
www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_5534.html?selecteddate=10152005   (372 words)

  
 Daphne Gottlieb
A "Final Girl" is the character in the slasher flicks who outlasts all the others: the girl who, upon being chased naked through the woods by an ax-wielding maniac, finally turns around and fights him off.
In her new collection of poetry, San Francisco's Daphne Gottlieb is equally courageous in her quest to explore the performative nature of being female.
Read Daphne's San Francisco Bay Guardian article on the commercialization of slam.
www.daphnegottlieb.com   (410 words)

  
 Daphne
Surrounded by Bay Trees(the sacred tree of Apollo, A.K.A. the Daphne), the Monastery at Daphne is a beautiful reminder of the Byzantine empire and their art work.
It was originally a temple of Apollo (The god of the Sun) Because it was his temple it was surrounded by Bay (Laurel/Daphne) Trees; Daphne in Greek.
Daphne wanted nothing to do with any man(or god for that matter) and tried to flee Apollo.
members.tripod.com /apollophotos/photos/greece/daphni/index.html   (340 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/daphne
Daphne lists Guns N Roses, Janes Addiction, The Who and Jimi Hendrix as major influences on their music.
While Daphne enjoyed their time in a Long Island studio recording this album (and their extracurricular activities of golf and wiffle ball during breaks), its playing live that really excites them.
Infectious is one word to describe the Daphne live experience.
www.myspace.com /daphne   (1066 words)

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