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  Mistral - .hack//Wiki
Mistral first begins to become aware of the dangerous nature of The World when she accompanies Kite in his first battle against Cubia.
Mistral helps Kite and BlackRose hunt for the Virus Cores necessary to find Harald and is their third party member when fighting Cubia for the final time.
Mistral was oddly chosen to appear in Unison, possibly due to her popularity among fans.
dothack.wikia.com /wiki/Mistral   (1313 words)

  
  Frédéric Mistral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frédéric Mistral was born in Maillane, in the Bouches-du-Rhône département of France.
Mistral's father was a well-to-do farmer in the former French province of Provence.
Mistral threw himself into the literary revival of Provençal and was the guiding spirit and chief organizer of the félibrige until his death in 1914.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fr%c3%a9d%c3%a9ric_Mistral   (735 words)

  
 Mistral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mistral is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs mostly in the winter and spring in the Gulf of Lion.
It is an example of a katabatic wind, which is caused by air that is cooled over the mountains by the presence of a high pressure system or radiative cooling.
In the case of the Mistral, air is cooled above the Massif Central, the central plateau of France, and the Pyrenees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mistral   (208 words)

  
 MISTRAL - LoveToKnow Article on MISTRAL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In his ninth year Mistral was sent to a small school at Avignon, where he was very wretched at first, regretting the free outdoor life of the country.
Mistral lavished enormous labor on this work, which probably accounts for its lack of spontaneity, as also for the love he bears it.
But we are carried along by Mistrals art and by the brilliancy of his espisodqs; and he achieved the object he had in view: a pretty tale imbued with the proper touch of local color and with the true spirit of romance.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MI/MISTRAL.htm   (1138 words)

  
 Gabriela Mistral   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mistral’s attention to the theme of love, which resembles the same theme in the love poems of Neruda, appears in “Sonetos de la muerte” in 1914, a collection of love poems remembering the dead that spread her fame throughout Latin America.
Mistral details and laments the destruction of land and tangible things as well as the destruction of her own beliefs, hopes, and well-being through themes common to her work including death, childhood, maternity, and the suffering land of Latin America.
Mistral knows the bitterness that accompanies a life of solitude, and therefore ends her nostalgic poem with the statement that "las que vienen cantarán;" (96) that children in the Valle de Elqui will continue to dream to be queens of the land, and that eventually, everyone will arrive at the sea, an unknown destiny.
home.wlu.edu /~barnettj/Holding/99/cstovall/newmistral.htm   (1869 words)

  
 Gabriela Mistral
Mistral’s attention to the theme of love, which resembles the same theme in the love poems of Neruda, appears in “Sonetos de la muerte” in 1914, a collection of love poems remembering the dead that spread her fame throughout Latin America.
Mistral details and laments the destruction of land and tangible things as well as the destruction of her own beliefs, hopes, and well-being through themes common to her work including death, childhood, maternity, and the suffering land of Latin America.
Mistral knows the bitterness that accompanies a life of solitude, and therefore ends her nostalgic poem with the statement that "las que vienen cantarán;" (96) that children in the Valle de Elqui will continue to dream to be queens of the land, and that eventually, everyone will arrive at the sea, an unknown destiny.
lhome.wlu.edu /~barnettj/Holding/99/cstovall/newmistral.htm   (1869 words)

  
 Sailing: The Mistral, wind in the western Mediterranian
The Mistral is a strong wind from the NW affecting the eastern Mediterranean coast of France, from Marseille to St. Tropez.
The Mistral is one of the key weather-makers of this charming and relatively undiscovered part of the French Riviera, situated in the départements of the Var and extending to the Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille), away from the overcrowded Nice-Cannes-Antibes area.
For the Mistral to blow, it is also necessary to have a pressure gradient along the coast, however slight, from higher pressure in the Pyrenees to lower pressure in the Appennines.
www.esys.org /wetter/mistrale.html   (2933 words)

  
 Aqua Lung: First to Dive
The Mistral first stage can be supplied with either a 232 bar yoke fitting, a DIN 300 bar fitting or with Nitrox/O2 M26x2 to allow the full range of configuration.
The Aqua Lung Mistral is the first modern twin hose regulator to pass the draconian tests for the European Standards EN 250, EN 144-3 and EN 13949.
The Mistral is the first modern twin hose regulator to pass the draconian tests for the current performance standards.
www.aqualung.co.uk /products/mistral.html   (227 words)

  
 Gabriela Mistral
Mistral's meteoric advancement as a teacher and educator was owed to her extensive publications, which were directed at a diverse audience of schoolteachers, administrators, children and fellow poets.
Later Mistral represented Chile as honorary consul in Brazil, Spain, Portugal and the U.S. During WW II she became in Brazil friends with the Austrian-born writer Stefan Zweig and his wife; they committed suicide in Rio De Janeiro in 1942.
Mistral's devoted readers considered the film outrageous and said that her true, traditional views of life and love were present in her works.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /gmistral.htm   (1479 words)

  
 The Mistral Story 2001-2002
Mistral and Liberty disappeared for a while then turned up on and off for quite a while, but a much older male turned up on the scene and seemed to be chasing Liberty off.
She did wonder if it was a female as Mistral’s new mate seemed to tolerate it, although he had got hold of its neck on several occasions in a very half hearted way, but the Hooper stood its ground and would then give forth an incredible call, this went on for several weeks.
Mistral and Freedom have gone back to the Hammerton pond so perhaps they knew there is a large pike in the area and have decided to keep to the relatively safer pond.
www.nathanville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /html/mistral/mistral_1.htm   (1787 words)

  
 Table of Contents and Excerpt, Mistral and Ocampo, This America of Ours
Mistral is the more effusive, to be sure: she apologizes more than once for monopolizing the conversation when they've met in person, and explains that there are few people to whom she can talk as freely as she can with Ocampo.
Mistral's origins forever linked her with the rural middle class, a group associated with the impoverished countryside and with those seeking a better life by moving to the outskirts of the larger cities.
Mistral's discomfort with the public plaza can be traced in part to gender discrimination in Latin America, but it also derives from the material conditions of her life.
www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exmisthi.html   (8325 words)

  
 Mistral
Mistral didn't mind in the least, especially since it meant that he was also the one to wake up the entire Hall.
Mistral was just a few months short of reaching Journeyman, and everyone agreed that it was very likely he would, with wonderful tenor voice and his skill with the gitar.
Mistral thought he was cute, and he stepped forward towards the rider.
www.angelfire.com /musicals/spazzyteaze/mistral.htm   (841 words)

  
 Mistral Hotel - Hydra - Greece
Mistral Hotel is one of the finest hotels in Hydra, which is the "diamond" of the Greek islands.
Mistral is Hydra's best-kept secret, a luxury guesthouse in the very heart of the island only three minutes from the port.
Mistral Hotel has established itself as one of the most refined, executive and hospitable hotels on the magical island of Hydra.
www.mistralhydra.gr   (176 words)

  
 FREDERIC MISTRAL - LoveToKnow Article on FREDERIC MISTRAL   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The tale itself was nothingthe old story of a rich girl and her poor lover, kept apart by the girls parents.
In 1876 (the same year in which he married Mile Marie Rivire, of Dijon) was published the volume Lis Isclo dOra collection of the shorter poems Mistral had composed from the year 1848 onwards.
An excellent literary appreciation of the poet is that by Gaston Paris, Frdric Mistral (originally in the Revue de Paris (Oct. and Nov. 1894); then in Penseurs et Potes (Paris, 1896).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MI/MISTRAL_FREDERIC.htm   (978 words)

  
 Mistral Internet, About, Accreditations and Awards
Mistral Internet has confirmed its first rate reputation in the UK hosting market by scooping the award for ‘Best Hosting Provider’ at the prestigious Internet Services Providers´ Association (ISPA) awards for 2004.
Mistral Internet is delighted to announce for the second year in a row it’s inclusion in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100.
Mistral were delighted to be 40th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 of 2003.
www.ftech.net /awardlisting.asp   (138 words)

  
 The Maserati Mistral
So was born the Mistral, the first in a series a classic Maseratis to be given the name of a wind and the last model from the Casa del Tridente to be equipped with a straight six cylinder engine before Maserati moved on to V8 engines for their production cars.
However it was the structure of the chassis that characterized the Mistral.
The drivetrain of the Mistral was traditional Maserati, a rigid Salisbury axle suspended with leaf springs (limited-slip differential available as an option), ZF 5-speed gearbox, dics brakes all round and Borrani wire wheels (later models were fitted with the same light alloy wheels fitted on the Ghibli).
www.maserati-indy.co.uk /alfieri56.htm   (993 words)

  
 Gabriela Mistral   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Over the years, however, Mistral remained in close contact with friends and acquaintances who were always geographically distant, filling the space with vast and varied correspondence.
Mistral's personal correspondence also demonstrates the poet's rich lexicon and fluid syntax, giving the text an unique oral element similar to her poetry.
In 1914, Magallanes Moure participated on the panel of judges that awarded Gabriela Mistral the highest distinction in "Juegos Florales," the public event that initiated her literary career and for which she traded in her birth name, Lucila Godoy, taking the literary personage of Gabriela Mistral.
www.library.nd.edu /rarebooks/collections/manuscripts/latin_american/sc_literary/mistral   (565 words)

  
 Naval Technology - Mistral Class - Amphibious Assault, Command and Force Projection Ship
Keel for the FS Mistral (L9013) was laid in July 2003 and it was launched from the Brest dockyard in October 2004.
In July 2006, Mistral was deployed of the coast of Lebanon in support of the French Navy Operation Baliste, evacuating French nationals during the conflict involving Israel and the Lebanon.
The Mistral class is fitted with the DCN Senit 8 derivative combat data system and will be fitted with the French Navy's SIC 21 command system for joint operations, which is being developed by Thales.
www.naval-technology.com /projects/mistral   (970 words)

  
 First European Mistral Cruise Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mistral, the cruise line's modern gem, was also constructed at the historic Chantiers de L'Atlantique shipyard and proudly flies the tricolor of France.
Passengers appreciate Mistral's contemporary yet refined decor, the inviting warmth of her many lounges, and the state-of-the-art facilities of her fitness center.
Mistral's comfortable cabins are fully equipped with an easy-to-use electronic safe, refrigerator with mini bar, hairdryer, and interactive television and phone.
www.cruisereviews.com /FestivalCruises/Mistral.htm   (292 words)

  
 BBC - Weather Centre - Features - Understanding Weather - The Mistral
Peter Mayle described the Mistral as a "brutal, exhausting wind that can blow the ears off a donkey" and, as the author of 'A Year in Provence', he had a fair chance to get to know it.
Meteorologists have a tendency to check their statistical records, remove their glasses in a patronisingly scientific manner and talk about "superstitious nonsense", but the myth works as a coping mechanism, a wishful pretence that there's some kind of rhythm or rationale behind the random, bewildering, brain-scattering gusts.
More colloquial is the Provençal name of 'le vent du fada', or "the idiot wind", so-called because the Mistral is believed to be more than capable of driving even the sanest weather scientist to gibbering insanity.
www.bbc.co.uk /weather/features/understanding/wind_mistral.shtml   (573 words)

  
 MEDEX winds - - Mistral   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mistral: Cold, northerly katabatic wind flowing into the Gulf of Lion from the southern coast of France.
The wind is characterized by the sinking of cold air generated over the mountains and then funneled through the Garone Valley between the Pyrennes and the Massif Central and through the Rhone Valley farther east between the Massif Central and the Alps.
Mistrals are considered the most dangerous of all Mediterranean winds because of their high speeds and persistence.
www.nrlmry.navy.mil /~medex/tutorial/medex/winds/wind_mis.html   (164 words)

  
 Army Technology - Mistral - Air Defence Missile System
Mistral is a very short-range air defence missile system that can be used from various platforms — vehicles, surface ships and helicopters, as well as in a portable configuration.
Mistral entered series production in 1989 and is now deployed by 37 armed forces of 25 countries.
The fully autonomous 'fire and forget' Mistral 2 missile is equipped with a two-stage solid propellant rocket motor designed and developed by Snecma Propulsion Solide based in Paris, using EURENCO (formerly SNPE) propellant charges.
www.army-technology.com /projects/mistral   (1054 words)

  
 Mistral™ Font - Fonts.com
Mistral is an informal script in which all letters link up in vigorous strokes.
Mistral is a good complement to sans serif typefaces.
Mistral™ is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
www.fonts.com /FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=201684   (331 words)

  
 MISTRAL |
MISTRAL reduces the unpredictability of changing environmental conditions to support a stable healthy environment reducing the level of pathogens that the animal is exposed to.
MISTRAL include the addition of an essential oil, which is a proven insect repellent.  Reduced insect levels leads to improved sanitation in all housing as well as reducing the spread of disease.
MISTRAL in the bedding in poultry barns provides a healthier environment due to the reduction in ammonia odor in the facility.  In addition ammonia burn is reduced on breasts and feet by lowering the heating temperature and acidity of the manure pack in the bedding.
www.usemistral.com   (505 words)

  
 Mistral -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mistral is an (Click link for more info and facts about atmospheric) atmospheric phenomenon that occurs mostly in the winter and spring in the (Click link for more info and facts about Gulf of Lion) Gulf of Lion.
In the case of the Mistral, air is cooled above the (Click link for more info and facts about Massif Central) Massif Central, the central plateau of France, and the (A chain of mountains between France and Spain) Pyrenees.
It then flows down into the (A river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay) Garonne valley, because its (The amount per unit size) density is higher than that of the surrounding air.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mistral.htm   (223 words)

  
 Mistral People of Provence, - by Provence Beyond
Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914) was a Provencal poet and writer who led the revival of Provencal literature in France.
Mistral was born 8 Sept 1830 in Maillane, between Avignon and St-Remy.
Mistral's work, in addition to presenting the purity of the Provençal language, extolled the beauty and qualities of Provence.
www.beyond.fr /people/mistral.html   (353 words)

  
 Frédéric Mistral
Mistral called himself 'humble écolier du grand Homère', a humble student of Homer - his passionate odes to sun, to his native Provençe, and its people, had much in common with the mediaeval troubadour poetry.
Frédéric Mistral was born in Maillaine, a village in the Rhone Valley of southern France, as the only son of a prosperous farmer.
Mistral wanted to become a poet, but his father wanted him to finish his studies.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /fmistral.htm   (828 words)

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