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In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
  HOTEL DORIA: Hotel-Restaurant in the centre of Amsterdam, near the Dam Square and Central Station.
HOTEL DORIA: Hotel-Restaurant in the centre of Amsterdam, near the Dam Square and Central Station.
Doria is a hotel-restaurant, situated in the centre of Amsterdam.
Hotel Doria is located in the Damstraat, close to the Dam Square, where the Royal Palace, the New Church with her changing expositions and the National Monument can be viewed.
www.intris.nl /hoteldoria   (134 words)

  
  DORIA Recipes
Doria does not use OGM ingredients and we are eliminating step by step all ingredients which descend from corn and soy from our receipt.
Doria does not use any preservative substance; the fat part is protected with a natural anti oxide which is the lecithin of soy, while the biscuit in its whole is protected from the material of the package itself.
Doria does not use any colouring substance, the different tones of brown, amber etc, are due to a sapient matching of proteic ingredients with sugary ones that during the cooking react between themselves giving the different tones of brown.
www.doria.it /english/faq.html   (533 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria one of the most important personages of Europe in the sixteenth century.
On account of the civil discords in Genoa, Doria withdrew with twelve corsair galleys that he had seized, the crews of which would now acknowledge no other chief, and entered the service of Francis I, who appointed him "governor-general of the galleys of France".
Recalling Filippo Doria, his nephew, who was besieging Naples with his uncle's fleet, Andrea agreed to enter the service of Charles V, and began to re-establish order in Genoa, where he was received with enthusiasm (12 September, 1528).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05134b.htm   (669 words)

  
 Andrea Doria Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Andrea Doria was orphaned as a child, and journeyed to Rome as a teenager to serve in the papal army of Pope Innocent VIII, a fellow Genoese, who battled the Turks until his death in 1492.
Doria made a pilgrimage to the holy city of Jerusalem in 1495, which was a somewhat rare feat at the time, for it involved an arduous and even perilous trek.
Doria was now the de facto ruler of the Republic of Genoa, and held the tittle of Grand Admiral of the fleet of the Holy Roman Empire, which Charles V bestowed upon him because of his services to the Empire.
www.bookrags.com /biography/andrea-doria   (1587 words)

  
 East African Safaris with Craig Doria Safaris, Tanzania, Africa
East African Safaris with Craig Doria Safaris, Tanzania, Africa
Craig Doria Safaris offers the ultimate in East African safaris - each safari is individually designed with you to the finest detail, and expertly guided by Craig Doria.
Whether you want to stay in lodges or an exclusive luxury tented camp; watch chimpanzees on wild Lake Tanganyika or wildebeest migration on the Serengeti plains; visit the island of Lamu or simply wander Tanzania - this is the true connoisseur's wildlife safari in Africa.
www.craigdoriasafaris.com   (82 words)

  
 Andrea Doria Summary
Andrea Doria or D'Oria (November 30 1466-November 25 1560) was a Genoese condottiero and admiral.
Doria was born at Oneglia of the ancient Genoese family, the Doria di Oneglia branch of the old Doria, de Oria or de Auria family.
Doria ordered his nephew Filippino, who was then blockading Naples in alliance with a French army, to withdraw; Doria then sailed for Genoa where, with the help of some leading citizens, he expelled the French and re-established the republic under imperial protection.
www.bookrags.com /Andrea_Doria   (2501 words)

  
 Andrea Doria
But Doria now veered round to the French or popular faction and entered the service of King Francis I, who made him captain-general; in 1524 he relieved Marseilles, which was besieged by the Imperialists, and helped to place his native city once more under French domination.
Doria's defeat by the Turks at Preveza in 1538 was said to be not involuntary, and designed to spite the Venetians whom he detested.
Although Doria was ambitious and harsh, he was a good patriot and successfully opposed the emperor Charles's repeated attempts to have a citadel built in Genoa and garrisoned by Spaniards; neither blandishments nor threats could win him over to the scheme.
www.nndb.com /people/692/000093413   (784 words)

  
 WOMANROCK.com | feature | doria roberts - mother of queerstock
Doria Roberts, singer, songwriter, organizer of the Queerstock music festival, and head of Hurricane Doria Records spoke with me from her adopted home, Atlanta about her growth as a songwriter and her role as the force behind Queerstock.
Doria began learning to play some Indigo Girls songs, who were a major inspiration to her, both as songwriters and as lesbian performers, because "their songwriting is so personal." She says that in this early period, she would write a song, and not realize what it meant until months later.
Doria says that at that point she had about 5 songs that she performed regularly, but she added to her repertoire in time to release the CD that her fans were clamoring for, The Love and The Pain, in February of 1995.
www.womanrock.com /features/doria.html   (1299 words)

  
 Nitrox, Wreck, Trimix, Technical Diver
The Andrea Doria is the most famous ocean liner to sink since the Lusitania Titanic, but unlike the Titanic which was at the beginning of transatlantic luxury crossings, the Doria marked of the end of an era.
And although some wrecks are deeper and can be more challenging than the Andrea Doria, the Grand Dame, forty-four years after her sinking she still gives up her treasures of crystal, china, and artwork to those daring few who brave the seas and the collapsing wreck each season.
The Andrea Doria presents some interesting challenges to the Captains who charter their boats for passage, the crews that support the operations, the divers, and the authorities.
www.nitroxdiver.com /Library/NAUIdoria.html   (3061 words)

  
 Andrew Doria
During the homeward voyage, Andrew Doria joined Providence in overhauling a schooner which, since she proved to be a South Carolina vessel bound for France, the Americans released to resume her voyage.
Andrew Doria, followed at a distance by her consorts, gave chase and kept up a running fight with her bow chasers until recalled by Hopkins, lest Glasgow lead his little fleet into the jaws of the powerful Royal Navy squadron then operating in Rhode Island waters.
Instead of a respite, however, Andrew Doria immediately began preparations to return to sea on a reconnaissance cruise ordered by Hopkins and was ready to sail shortly after mid-afternoon on the day of her arrival.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a8/andrew_doria-i.htm   (3176 words)

  
 PBS Online - Lost Liners - Andrea
The 697-foot-long Andrea Doria, carrying a nearly full complement of 1,706 passengers and crew, was nearing the end of a mostly sunny and uneventful nine-day voyage from Genoa to New York.
On board the Andrea Doria, such an error might have been caught, had someone bothered to plot the oncoming ship's course instead of relying on an eyeball estimate from the radar screen, but on the Italian Line such calculations were not routine practice.
In the end, the remarkable rescue of all of the Andrea Doria's passengers not killed as a result of the initial collision owed more to good luck than to the leadership of her captain or the comportment of her crew: though many behaved admirably and some heroically, many others did not.
www.pbs.org /lostliners/andrea.html   (3763 words)

  
 IndieMonkey: Doria Roberts Profile
Doria is the only performer at all performances and in each city the festival looks to bring in the best queer bands that each locale has to offer.
The new album promises to be a kaleidoscope of Doria’s interests and influences that illustrate her growth as a musician.
Like the Hurricane she was born into Doria is proving she’s a powerful force of nature.
www.indiemonkey.com /interviews/doriarobertsinterview.html   (992 words)

  
 The Andrea Doria Shipwreck  New York and New Jersey's Wreck Valley
The Andrea Doria was built at the Ansaldo shipyards in Sestri, Genoa, and was launched in 1951.
The Andrea Doria was named after a sixteenth century prince and admiral, who defended Genoa against her many enemies.
This gash allowed so much water to enter her hull that the Doria listed more than the 20 degrees that this fine ship was designed to handle, so as more water entered, it flowed over the tops of her watertight chambers, thus causing her doom.
www.aquaexplorers.com /shipwreck_andrea_doria.htm   (808 words)

  
 Andrea Doria 072006
On her final voyage, the Andrea Doria was carrying 1,134 passengers, 572 crew members and nine cars, including the yellow Volkswagen bus in which the Gifford family had traveled across Europe for six weeks.
The Stockholm slammed into the Andrea Doria, cutting a wedge into the Italian liner on the starboard side that tapered from the top deck, where the hole was about 40 feet wide, to nearly the waterline, where the opening was much smaller.
It maintained that the ships would have passed safely on the port side if the Andrea Doria hadn’t made an illegal left turn and crossed the Stockholm’s bow, and also that the Andrea Doria sank not because of the collision, but because she was not seaworthy or manned by an incompetent crew.
www.ack.net /AndreaDoria072006.html   (5802 words)

  
 :: Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Roma
In 1763, Clement XIII Rezzonico granted to prince Giovanni Andrea IV Doria (1705-64) the surname, the insignia and the properties of the Pamphilj, on account of the relationship acquired by way of the marriage between Giovanni Andrea III Doria (1653- 1737) and Anna Pamphilj (1671).
The Doria in Genova were outstanding figures in historical events central to the physiognomy of the Italian peninsula, as were the Pamphilj in Rome.
Through the marriage of Giovanni Andrea II Doria (1607-1640) and Maria Polissena Landi, princess of Valditaro (1608-1679) and last heiress to a family related to the Svevi, the Genoese princes acquired the patrimony, name and insignia of the Landi, still present in the coat of arms of the family today.
www.doriapamphilj.it /ukstoria.asp   (1146 words)

  
 Francisco Antonio Doria - Mathematician of the African Diaspora
Doria's main achievements bear on mathematical physics, logic, and the philosphy of science, some of which in wide-audience, bestselling books of I. Stewart, J. Casti, J. Horgan and J. Barrow.
Doria, Francisco Antonio Some new incompleteness theorems and their import to the foundations of mathematics.
Doria, Francisco Antonio On the existence of the Wu-Yang ambiguity.
www.math.buffalo.edu /mad/PEEPS2/doria_franciscoA.html   (1114 words)

  
 Andrea Doria
She was scheduled to depart at 11:31 a.m., and was under the command of Captain Gunnar Nordenson.
The Andrea Doria continued her 22-knot-race whilst the Stockholm stood still, badly damaged and very confused.
That Andrea Doria was seriously damaged was quite obvious for the passengers and information to enter the boat deck for them was not required.
uwex.us /ADsinking.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Brigantine: Andrew Doria
Since the larger ship headed toward the Americans, before long she was within hailing distance and identified herself as 'his majestys ship of war Glasgow' A broadside from Cabot into the British frigate opened a fierce fight in which the American men-of-war were unable to fight as a squadron.
Instead of a respite, however, Andrew Doria immediately began preparations to return to sea on a reconnaissance cruise ordered by Hopkins and was ready to sail shortly after midafternoon on the day of her arrival.
Andrew Doria also captured the snow Thomas on 12 December, bound from Jamaica with mahogany and logwood; Robinson gave command of her to lt. Joshua Barney, who brought Thomas to Chincoteague Inlet on 26 December, only to be retaken by the British frigate Perseus on 12 January 1777.
www.kiac-usa.com /AndrewDoria.html   (3029 words)

  
 Doria, Andrea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In 1528 he fell out with Francis and went over to Charles V, Holy Roman emperor and King of Spain, under the condition that the independence of Genoa be preserved.
Doria became (1528) virtual dictator of Genoa, but even under the constitution that he imposed the republican institutions were preserved.
As admiral of the fleet, Doria assisted the Spanish against the Turks and the pirate Barbarossa.
www.bartleby.com /65/do/Doria-An.html   (192 words)

  
 Andrea Doria
The collision and its aftermath were broadly covered by the news media (it was the leading disaster story of 1956), and while the rescue efforts were commendable, the cause of the collision, capsizing and sinking of the Andrea Doria have never been fully ascertained or explained.
The Andrea Doria was the last major transatlantic passenger ship to sink prior to airplanes becoming the preferred way of travel.
-- Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm.
www.occultopedia.com /a/andrea_doria.htm   (1256 words)

  
 Andrea Doria | Grand Dame of the Sea
An attempt by the Italian’s to regain their former glory on the Atlantic was made with the launch of the fabulously sleek Andrea Doria in 1951.
Rising from the ruins of that once proud line, Andrea Doria was a bold creation that embodied the Italian tradition of style and luxury at sea.
Not only was Andrea Doria the fastest, largest, and most luxurious ship in the Italian fleet, she was also the safest.
members.aol.com /bry1976/a_doria/index.html   (409 words)

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