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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Durazzo (Albania)
Durazzo is even yet a metropolis for the
The episcopal residence was likewise subject to several removals; after the Turkish conquest the archbishops transferred it to Corbina (1509), then to Canovia; today they reside at Delbenisti.
Durazzo, but his power over it has been so limited by Propaganda that he may be considered an archbishop without a suffragan.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05209a.htm   (636 words)

  
  Durazzo
The Archdiocese of Durazzo in Albania, situated on the Adriatic, has a good port, and is the chief town of a sandjak in the vilayet of Scutari; the population is about 9000.
According to Appian it was founded by a barbarian king, Epidamnus, after whom it was called Epidamnum; it then took the name of Dyrrachium, from Dyrrachus, nephew of a daughter of Epidamnus, to whom was due its port.
Durazzo is even yet a metropolis for the Greeks.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/d/durazzo.html   (0 words)

  
  Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation: Rene Durazzo
Durazzo was the Foundation’s director of public policy and managed the agency’s advocacy programs at the local, state and national levels.
Durazzo was a central figure in the development and passage of the Ryan White CARE Act in 1990.
Durazzo holds a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a BA degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
www.pgaf.org /staff/durazzo.html   (212 words)

  
 Cigarette smoking exacerbates alcohol-induced brain damage
Durazzo noted that frontal-lobe functions are applied in multiple contexts of everyday life.
Cigarette smoking, independent of alcohol consumption, was also found to have adverse effects on neuronal viability and cell membranes in the midbrain and on cell membranes of the cerebellar vermis.
Durazzo added that these findings have significant implications for both alcohol researchers as well as the general population.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-12/ace-cse120504.php   (841 words)

  
 SwimmingPool.com | Durazzo
The beauty of a Durazzo finish is held in the marble and quartz crystals.
Using aggregates that are finer than pebble surfaces ensures a slip resistance surface that is gentle to feet and swimsuits.
Durazzo polished marble pool finish is offered in six color choices.
www.swimmingpool.com /vendors/sgm/durazzo.html   (0 words)

  
 Il sito ufficiale di Genova 2004 capitale europea della cultura
The Durazzo Collection was one of the last great examples of broad-scale collecting by Genoese aristocracy, a reflection of an important phase in the social, economic, political and artistic history in the city.
In fact, while it is true that for much of the local aristocracy, the 18th century was a period of decline, for the Durazzo family it was undoubtedly the century of their apogee, the period of maximum expansion of the finance business and, consequently, of their patronage.
The history of the dispersal of a major portion of the Durazzo Collection (the nucleus with most of the works is still kept at Palazzo Reale, owned by the Italian State) begins in the Napoleonic period and continues into the first half of the 19th century, when the palace was purchased by the Savoy.
www.genova-2004.it /default.asp?id=364&lingua=ENG   (333 words)

  
 Study: Smoking Causes Brain Damage   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Durazzo said the damage to the brain's frontal lobes could compromise the success of treatment and recovery.
That part of the brain is responsible for multiple functions of everyday life, including a person's ability to accurately judge or anticipate the consequences of their actions.
The study found that cigarette smoking alone caused damage to neuronal viability and cell membranes in the midbrain and on cell membranes of the cerebellar vermis.
www.jointogether.org /sa/news/summaries/reader/0,1854,575463,00.html   (376 words)

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