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 Unasylva - No. 208 - 2002 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS
Mount Koya (Koyasan) has one of the most impressive graveyards in Japan, located in a forest of giant cedars centred around the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingon or Esoteric Buddhism.
A number of mountains in Asia, such as Mount Kailas in Tibet, Autonomous Region, China, and Gunung Agung in Bali, Indonesia, provide the pattern for the mythical Mount Meru or Sumeru, which stands as a cosmic axis around which the universe is organized in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology.
Native Hawaiians regard Kilauea as the body of the volcano goddess Pele and object to geothermal drilling on the mountain as a violation of her physical Parvati, which means "daughter of the mountain".
www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/Y3549E/y3549e13.htm

  
 AI Lab Zurich : Links : Robotics
The Pele robot, descending into Mount Kilauea, Hawaii (try also: McDonnell Douglas, or the JASON foundation).
www.ifi.unizh.ch /groups/ailab/links/robotic.html

  
 Sports and Moore
He graduated from Mount Allison University with his arts degree and received a Broadcast Journalism diploma from the highly regarded Fanshaw College program.
Chris also played hockey with the Mount Allison Mounties (AUS) and The Ahmerst Ramblers (Jr A).
His hockey playing career included stops with Cape Pele (NB Jr A), Mount Allison (AUS), Dartmouth Moosehead Mounties (Senior) and Europe (Holland).
www.sportsandmoore.com /broadcasters.php   (432 words)

  
 Doug Navarick's CyberSights
At 14,110 feet, this lofty place inspired the writing of a national hymn: "America the Beautiful." You can experience the "purple mountains' majesty" as you sit 15 miles away in Colorado Springs and watch a color picture that changes about twice a minute.
Kilauea is located in the southeast corner of the island inside the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and is Hawaii's most active volcano, specifically, the area around Pu'u O'o crater.
Pele is Hawaii's goddess of volcanoes and according to tradition she resides in the Halema'uma'u crater of Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island.
psych.fullerton.edu /navarick   (2443 words)

  
 Barnum & Bailey Circus European tour (1898 to 1902) - Give a little, learn a lot !!
Also, while the circus was playing Narbonne, France, the eruption of Mount Pele on the caribbean island of Martinique destroyed the entire French West Indies City of St. Pierre.
Canon Wilberforce suggested the term 'prodigies' and this was employed until the circus returned to the U.S.A. Remained in Europe until the end of the 1902 season, then going to the U.S.A. Died 11th April 1906, at Mount Vernon, New York.
The 1897 opening of the Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Olympia was delayed because it did not conform with fire regulations.
www.thegalloper.com /UBB/Forum24/HTML/000199.html   (2443 words)

  
 Volcanoes Mount St Helens, and Mauna Loa Pele at Work
HELENS - Red hot lava is steaming in the crater of Mount St. Helens as a lava dome on the volcano grows a new lobe.
It is now higher than the older lava dome inside the crater, having grown 50 to 100 feet since Tuesday and 250 feet since the mountain began stirring two weeks ago.
Scientists were keeping a close eye on the 925-foot-tall dome of hardened lava that has grown inside the crater since the May 18, 1980, eruption that blew the top off the mountain.
www.dannycouchfanaddicts.com /volcano.htm   (2443 words)

  
 Volcanoes Mount St Helens, and Mauna Loa Pele at Work
HELENS - Red hot lava is steaming in the crater of Mount St. Helens as a lava dome on the volcano grows a new lobe.
It is now higher than the older lava dome inside the crater, having grown 50 to 100 feet since Tuesday and 250 feet since the mountain began stirring two weeks ago.
Scientists were keeping a close eye on the 925-foot-tall dome of hardened lava that has grown inside the crater since the May 18, 1980, eruption that blew the top off the mountain.
www.dannycouchfanaddicts.com /volcano.htm   (2443 words)

  
 Barnum & Bailey Circus European tour (1898 to 1902) - Give a little, learn a lot !!
Also, while the circus was playing Narbonne, France, the eruption of Mount Pele on the caribbean island of Martinique destroyed the entire French West Indies City of St. Pierre.
James Anthony Bailey was a showman of a different sort, who dared to innovate and expand the horizons of the circus world.
When the first section passed the switching station, the switcher thought that it was the whole outfit, so he threw the switch (a far cry from a missed telegraph).
www.thegalloper.com /UBB/Forum24/HTML/000199.html   (10278 words)

  
 Mythology
Mount Kailas and Lake Manasarovar: This was the holiest of mountains, revered by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains as the home of their gods.
The myths are told using Flash animation and are accompanied by an overview of the culture, the pantheon of the gods and a series of exercises based on that culture.
Scandinavian Mythology, pre-Christian religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people: An explanation of the connection between Norse and Germanic mythology and that of India.
www.tnte.com /mmc/mythology.htm   (1143 words)

  
 Mount Saint Helens! Do we Really Learn From History?
In 1902 Mont Pele'e erupted on the Island of Martinique in Central America killing about 25,000 people and in 1985 the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in Columbia killed about 25,000 people.
Despite these disastrous eruptions and the threat of future eruptions people have rebuilt the towns and suburbs that were sometimes more than once destroyed by the volcanoes.
It would seem that we do not learn anything at all from the past.
david.snu.edu /~dwilliam.fs/f98/sthelens   (1143 words)

  
 CIPC 2003 Venue
Located in the Southern Carpathians, Sinaia was the former summer Royal Residence (Hohenzollern Royal House), situated on Prahova Valley on the European road 60, 44 km far from Braşov, at the foot of the Bucegi Mountains, at an altitude ranging between 800 - 1,000 m.
Sinaia is named for a stone from Mount Sinai that was brought to the area.
Once a quiet monastery settlement in the Prahova Valley, Sinaia quickly became a booming resort town with the construction of King Carol I's summer residence, Peleş Castle, and the subsequent creation of a direct train line from Bucharest in the late 19th century.
thor.info.uaic.ro /~cipc/sinaia/sinaia.html   (1143 words)

  
 Montpellier, France
The name of the city, originally Monspessulanus, is said to have stood for mont pelé (the naked hill, because the vegetation was poor), or le mont de la colline (the mount of the hill) [1]; an alternative theory is that it was named for the hill of Monte Pestelario.
The city is situated on hilly ground 10 km (6 miles) inland from the Mediterranean coast at the coordinates 43°37N 3°52E, on the River Lez.
As of February 2004 estimates, the population of the city of Montpellier reached 244,700 inhabitants, meaning a record 1.7% population growth per year between 1999 and 2004.
creekin.net /c238-n67-montpellier-france.html   (833 words)

  
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 Tayler Bequest Hospital - History
One in Mount Fletcher and one in Matatiele.
It has been known that he often took a doctor out to people living in the country, by car, waited until the doctor had completed his visit, then brought the doctor back.
At least once a month Red Cross Flying Doctors deliver valuable service such as Optometry, Chiropratory, Physiotherapy, Psychiatry and Dermatology from this hospital to the community in the town and from the Eastern Cape and Lesotho, this complying with the principles of Batho Pele in making the service accessible to the people.
www.kznhealth.gov.za /tayler/history.htm   (833 words)

  
 Alumni Online - Dr. David Beatty's Remembrance Day presentation
Dr. David Beatty will again be presenting his annual Remembrance Day lecture to the Mount Allison and surrounding Sackville communities on Tuesday, November 9 at 4:30 p.m.
The subject of Dr. Beatty's Remembrance Day lecture, Fred Robichaud and his "pretty light-haired lass" (on the right), with his Scottish host and girl friend in Edinburgh, 1918.
His interviews and presentations on his war memories were conducted in the 1980s.
alumni.mta.ca /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135   (305 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
Mauna Loa ("Long Mountain") is a massive shield volcano, so broad and symmetric the casual tourist eye may not distinguish it from the horizon, or register that it stands taller than Oregon's Mount Hood.
But when measured from the sea floor, which it buckles with its weight, Mauna Loa is the highest mountain on Earth, rising more than 13 miles from deepest base to tip.
It was the first week of February, in the Puu Ulaula cabin, on the slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
starbulletin.com /1999/02/23/features/story2.html   (305 words)

  
 Mythology
Mount Kailas and Lake Manasarovar: This was the holiest of mountains, revered by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains as the home of their gods.
The myths are told using Flash animation and are accompanied by an overview of the culture, the pantheon of the gods and a series of exercises based on that culture.
Scandinavian Mythology, pre-Christian religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people: An explanation of the connection between Norse and Germanic mythology and that of India.
www.tnte.com /mmc/mythology.htm   (1143 words)

  
 Travel in Martinique - Caribbean - America - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
A disaster struck the island in 1902 when the volcano, Mount Pele, erupted killing the entire population of St Pierre (30,000 people), the prisoner, Cyparis, was the sole survivor.
The Arawaks were killed by the fierce, cannibalistic Carib indians who came to Martinique in 700 AD, the Caribs died shortly after the arrival of the European colonists.
The English and French fought many times for the possession of Martinique before it was finally ceded to France in 1815.
www.americatravelling.net /caribbean/martinique/martinique_history.htm   (295 words)

  
 Martinique Guide - Past and Present
The history of Martinique was forever changed in 1902 when Mount Pelé erupted and destroyed the then capital city of Sainte Pierre, killing 30,000 of its residents.
When Christopher Columbus first spotted Martinique, he said it was one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen, and with its gorgeous yet rugged mountainous terrain, which is covered by lush exotic flowers and vegetation, it's not hard to see what he meant.
Because settlements on Martinique produced so much sugar, the colonies on the island were France's most valuable properties in the Caribbean.
martinique-guide.info /past.and.present   (332 words)

  
 Mythology
Mount Kailas and Lake Manasarovar: This was the holiest of mountains, revered by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains as the home of their gods.
We retell and comment on Celtic, Greek, Native American and Chinese mythology, showing that myths are still alive with the power of the collective unconscious.
The myths are told using Flash animation and are accompanied by an overview of the culture, the pantheon of the gods and a series of exercises based on that culture.
www.tnte.com /mmc/mythology.htm   (1143 words)

  
 Dance Band Charleston, SC - Charleston, South Carolina Dance Music, Charleston Dance Bands
Please note, in addition to Charleston, these dance bands will also travel to Mount Pleasant, Folly Beach, Sullivans Island, Isle Of Palms, Drayton, Awendaw, Johns Island, North Charleston, Wadmalaw Island, Wando, Jacksonboro, Huger, Charleston Afb, Gloverville, Ravenel, Mc Clellanville, Edisto Island, Hollywood, Shulerville, Goose Creek and many other locations in and around the Charleston area.
Here are the online press kits of 154 professional Charleston dance bands and dance bands who will travel to Charleston to perform at your event.
Please check off all the dance bands you wish to contact, and when you're finished, click the 'Done' button which is located near the bottom of this page.
www.gigmasters.com /Dance/DanceBand_Charleston_SC.asp   (777 words)

  
 Forest birds of the Hawaiian Islands
Several million years ago, when Kaua`i was the youngest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, and Pele made her home in the caldera atop Mount Waialeale, a small flock of finches made landfall somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, exhausted from their trans-Pacific journey.
At the same time, as the older islands submerged into the sea and new islands were formed, the birds dispersed and evolved into yet additional isolated and specialized forms.
Sheltered on the islands for millions of years, the birds lost their ability to deal with mammalian predators and disease.
hvo.wr.usgs.gov /volcanowatch/2000/00_07_20.html   (740 words)

  
 Barnum & Bailey Circus European tour (1898 to 1902) - Give a little, learn a lot !!
Also, while the circus was playing Narbonne, France, the eruption of Mount Pele on the caribbean island of Martinique destroyed the entire French West Indies City of St. Pierre.
Annie Oakley was partially paralysed in the wreck, and required five surgeries at St. Michael's Hospital in Newark, New Jersey and many months of convalescence at a sanitarium in Buffalo, New York before she was released and began rehabilitating herself.
This was brought to the attention of Bailey who sent a circus agent half way across the world to secure the hiring of the man who would be a major attraction during the first months of the 1903 tour of Barnum and Bailey in the United States.
www.thegalloper.com /UBB/Forum24/HTML/000199.html   (740 words)

  
 Pele
Finally she arrived on Hawaii, where she created Mount Kilauea, her new home.
Pele appears in many forms, such as a young child, a beautiful young girl or an old crone.
Her favorite sister is Hi'iaka (or Hi'iaka i ka poli o Pele), the patroness of hula dancers.
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/pele.html   (235 words)

  
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Several million years ago, when Kaua`i was the youngest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, and Pele made her home in the caldera atop Mount Waialeale, a small flock of finches made landfall somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, exhausted from their trans-Pacific journey.
They are the most showy of the Hawaiian forest birds, with their black feathers tipped with gray and orange, the orange back of its neck, and the distinctive white or golden crest of feathers above the shiny black beak.
The ‘alala, or Hawaiian crow, is found only on the Big Island on the southeast slopes of Mauna Loa and Hualalai.
www.hawaii-island.com /hibirds.htm   (2539 words)

  
 WashingtonPreps.com - Wesco North All-Conference Selections
Offensive Line: Cody Graham, sr., Arlington; Gavin Kvangnes, sr., Marysville-Pilchuck; Ben Malloy, sr., Mount Vernon; Joe Pennell, sr., Cascade-Everett; Spencer Whitlock, sr., Snohomish
Marysville-Pilchuck: Robert Haughie, sr.; Joe Newland, sr.; Pele Seanoa, sr.; Kyle Moran, sr.; Tyler Bottin, sr.; Daimino Stewart, sr.; Derek Lockett, sr.; Billy Ruiz, sr.; James Day, sr.; Jeff Lee, sr.; Shawn Bennett, sr.; Todd Stillwell, jr.; Justin Petry, jr.
Inside Linebackers: Blake Ward, sr., Oak Harbor; Mike Shea, sr., Lake Stevens; Joe Pennell, sr., Cascade-Everett
washingtonpreps.rivals.com /content.asp?CID=240404   (619 words)

  
 os32o in os02
During October 1999, a detailed sampling program of the mats was initiated, using a variety of Pisces V submersible-mounted samplers that did not retain the ambient vent temperatures or pressures upon ascent from the vents to the surface.
As a part of the "Archaean Park ProjectO_L supported by Special Coordination Fund, several holes were bored in the crater of the Suiyou Sea-mount on the Izu-Ogasawara arc, Japan (about 1,800 depth).
As a result, new hydrothermal vent fields with vent temperatures of up to 190 degrees C were formed at the pit crater floor to pit crater wall interface, at the contact with exposed hot dikes.
www.agu.org /cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&listenv=table&multiple=1&range=1&directget=1&application=os02&database=/data/epubs/wais/indexes/os02/os02&maxhits=200&="OS32O"   (619 words)

  
 Pele --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It lies about 65 miles (105 km) north-northwest of Bucharest in the Prahova River valley, at the foot of Mount Furnica in the Bucegi Massif of the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathians).
Ghanaian football (soccer) player who was the only man to have won the African Player of the Year award three consecutive times (1991–93).
As an attacking midfielder with Olympique de Marseille in France, Abedi Pelé was one of the first African players to have an impact on club football in Europe.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9058992   (619 words)

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