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 Passage West G.A.A.
Passage struggled to get going in the first half and it looked like Dillons were going to cruise into the final such was their overall dominance in the first 25 minutes.
Passage were awarded a penalty at the start of the second period and the excellent Shane Howard was the coolest man in the ground as he slotted the ball to the back of the net.
Passage were well on top in the second half and out scored their opponents by 3 points to two to leave 8 points between the sides at the final whistle.
www.passagewestgaa.com /index.htm   (6231 words)

  
 Passage Theatre Company - About Us
Passage is a professional theatre company, ensuring the finest talent by employing members of the Actors Equity Association.
Passage Theatre is committed to ensuring that all individuals have access to the joy of the performing arts.
Passage is dedicated to being a leader in the education and assistance of all organizations, working towards making our programs and services accessible to people with disabilities.
www.passagetheatre.org   (490 words)

  
 Fish Division: Fish Passage - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Fish passage criteria and design are normally based on the migration timing and swimming ability of the weakest individual of the weakest species and life history stage of native migratory fish which are present that require upstream access.
If native migratory fish are or were present at the site and passage must be addressed, then the local ODFW biologist should determine the specific native migratory fish species, life history stages, and migration timing (i.e., months of the year passage is required for these fish) at the site.
Fish passage exemptions are different than a waiver and can be granted for three reasons: 1) a lack of fish passage has already been mitigated, 2) a legal waiver has already been granted, or 3) there is no appreciable benefit to native migratory fish by providing passage.
www.dfw.state.or.us /fish/passage   (1530 words)

  
 CBC News In Depth: Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage — a water route through the islands of northern Canada connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — was a treasure explorers sought for centuries.
Lacroix agrees, saying that even if the passage were free from ice during the summer, large chunks of ice would drift down from the Arctic.
The quest for the Northwest passage (Aug. 2, 2006
www.cbc.ca /news/background/northwest-passage   (2235 words)

  
 Passage Key NWR | Southeast Region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Passage Key is one of the first national wildlife refuges in the system.
Passage Key is also critical habitat for thousands of shore birds and water birds as a roosting/feeding site.
Passage Key NWR is a designated Wilderness Area and because of its small size and importance to nesting and roosting shore birds and other water birds, Passage Key NWR is closed to all public use.
www.fws.gov /southeast/PassageKey   (250 words)

  
 PASSAGE - Waterski vacation in Greece
The Passage waterski school has opened a second clubbase opposite of the island of Poros at Drepani - see it here.
Passage is our fantastic Water Ski Centre based on one of the greenest and most picturesque islands in Greece.
At Passage we have 6 Ski Nautiques by Correct Craft (one of which is always latest model) fitted with 330 HP EFI engines with perfect pass speed control.
www.passage.gr   (463 words)

  
 Africans in America/Part 1/The Middle Passage
Out of the roughly 20 million who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery, half didn't complete the journey to the African coast, most of those dying along the way.
The captives were about to embark on the infamous Middle Passage, so called because it was the middle leg of a three-part voyage -- a voyage that began and ended in Europe.
Africans who had made the Middle Passage to the plantations of the New World did not return to their homeland to tell what happened to those people who suddenly disappeared.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html   (625 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - As ice melts, debate over Northwest Passage heats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
TORONTO — Melting ice is opening up the Northwest Passage and reviving a dispute between the United States and Canada over who controls the potentially lucrative shipping route.
A 2001 U.S. Navy report predicted that within 10 years, the passage would be open to non-ice-strengthened vessels for one month a year.
For Canada, the Northwest Passage is a symbol of national sovereignty, which Canadians guard fiercely.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-04-03-nwpassage-debate_x.htm   (969 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Passage: Music: The Carpenters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Overall, "Passage" is a solid, underrated record; a true gem in the Carpenter's catalogue.
"Passage" is a prime example of Richard's talent as a producer and arranger, and it highlights the versatility of Karen's voice as well as her impeccable ability to make any song or song style her own.
"Passage" may not have reached the top of the charts, but it is a musical triumph and has grown to be recognized a The Carpenters' most daring effort.
www.amazon.com /Passage-Carpenters/dp/B00000G3WV   (2206 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Passage: Books: Connie Willis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Passage masterfully blends tragedy, humor, and fear in an unforgettable meditation on humanity and death.
In *Passage*, she takes on the fascinating topic of near death experiences and presents some creative insights and hypotheses.
With the exception of a few widely spaced exhilarating sections, however, her writing is disappointingly pedestrian; the result is a novel that seems bloated and frequently dull.
www.amazon.com /Passage-Connie-Willis/dp/0553111248   (2491 words)

  
 Salon.com Books | "Passage" by Connie Willis
Connie Willis' "Passage" is a suspense novel in the same way that Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is a slasher movie; it defies the genre while still delivering its thrills.
"Passage" begins on a typically frazzled workday for Joanna Lander, a research psychologist who works at a large, rambling city hospital and who has for two years been collecting the oral accounts of people who have "coded" -- become clinically dead -- and then returned to life: near-death experiences.
The impression that "Passage" gives of accompanying a bright and rigorous mind as it mulls over the great enigma of human consciousness through the process of storytelling is simply exhilarating.
archive.salon.com /books/review/2001/05/21/willis   (864 words)

  
 Passage (dressage) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The passage is a movement seen in upper-level dressage, in which the horse performs a highly-elevated and extremely powerful trot.
The passage differs from the working, medium, collected, and extended trots in that the horse raises a diagonal pair high off the ground and suspends the leg for a longer period than seen in the other trot types.
A horse must be well-confirmed in its training to perform the passage, and must be proficient in collecting while remaining energetic, calm, and supple.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Passage_(dressage)   (184 words)

  
 safe passage courses x-ray interpretation software
Safe Passage is the most effective explosives detection and weapons detection training course I have ever used.
With Safe Passage explosives detection and weapons detection training course, trainers will note a steady increase in the ability of trainees to identify suspect items.
Safe Passage is the training choice of many satisfied clients worldwide.
www.safecity.com.au /safepassage.htm   (1168 words)

  
 PASSaGE: Pattern Analysis, Spatial Statistics, and Geographic Exegesis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
PASSaGE is a software package designed to aid in the analysis of data in a spatial context.
PASSaGE is a work in constant (sporadic and slow, but constant) progress.
PASSaGE has recently moved to a new website www.passagesoftware.net on a new server.
www.passagesoftware.net   (832 words)

  
 Cryptic Passage for Blood for PC Review - PC Cryptic Passage for Blood Review
Cryptic Passage is the place to satisfy that hunger left when you've finished the original and want some more.
To use Cryptic Passage, you'll have to install an interface called "Gamer" which activates the Cryptic Passage add-on; while you could choose any of the maps from Blood's setup menu after the installation, you must use the Gamer interface in order to move from one Cryptic Passage level to another.
In Blood, you were rewarded with an expository (and often disturbing) AVI sequence when you completed each episode; in Cryptic Passage, the end comes abruptly and without warning the moment you kill the stupendously powerful beasties guarding the scroll in the castle.
www.gamespot.com /pc/action/crypticpassage/review.html   (771 words)

  
 Northwest Passage
It was the second ship to make the passage, and the first to travel the passage from west to east.
The expedition was put together by Sir Allen Young in the hope that the yacht would be able to break through the ice-bound Northwest Passage in one season and maybe uncover further details of the fate of Sir John Franklin.
The main objective of the Polar Passage `2000 Expedition is to make a complete circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean in an open boat with outboard engines - symbolically celebrating 1000 years of the Arctic adventure.
www.athropolis.com /links/nwpass.htm   (522 words)

  
 Astral Express - The Northwest Passsage
The Northwest Passage is a famous sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
It was expected to provide an alternative and shorter passage from Europe to Asia, but as the sea is frozen over for most of the year, this route is not very practical.
On August 26 they encountered a ship bearing down on them from the west, and with that they were through the passage.
www.astralexpress.com /passage.htm   (370 words)

  
 Family Forest Fish Passage Program - Small Forest Landowner Office
Because eliminating fish passage barriers can be costly, especially for the family forest landowner, the 2003 Washington Legislature established the Family Forest Fish Passage Program (House Bill 1095).
By signing up for the program, a landowner is relieved of any Forest Practices obligation to fix a fish passage barrier until the state determines the barrier is a high priority.
A fish passage barrier is any artificial (human-caused) structure in a stream that impedes free passage of fish——any species, any life stage——to habitat upstream or downstream.
www.dnr.wa.gov /sflo/fffpp   (1774 words)

  
 The Passage -- Home page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Passage depends on voluntary donations to continue its work.
In 2005 The Passage celebrated the 25th anniversary of its foundation by Cardinal Basil Hume and the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.
The fifth Night Under the Stars concert, a Jubilee celebration, held on 16 November raised £70,000 for the Passage.
www.passage.org.uk   (188 words)

  
 Safe Passage
Safe Passage is a multimedia curriculum based on Ohio's academic standards in language arts and social studies for sixth- through ninth-graders.
The Safe Passage curriculum kit is distributed free of charge to sixth- through ninth-grade language arts and social studies teachers in low-wealth southwestern Ohio public school districts.
Safe Passage is made possible by a grant from the
www.safepassageohio.org /home.asp   (242 words)

  
 Passage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Passage (Carpenters album), an album by American brother/sister duo The Carpenters
Passage (architecture), a long room or hall leading to other rooms
Passage (novel), a science fiction novel by Connie Willis
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Passage   (184 words)

  
 passage definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
biotechnology transfer biological material: to use the biological technique of passage to introduce a microorganism or cell
A Passage to India, a novel (1924) by the British writer E. Forster.
In Forster's last and most highly regarded novel, an Englishwoman traveling in colonial India accuses a local doctor of assaulting her during a visit to the mysterious Marabar Caves.
encarta.msn.com /dictionary_/passage.html   (368 words)

  
 Amazon.frĀ : Passage: Livres en anglais: Andy Goldsworthy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Works like these are as much about the transience of life as they are about a sense of place and the pleasures of color, light and form.
In Passage, the British artist's latest book, he once again provides diary excerpts that chronicle his daily successes and failures.
The lush color photographs he takes to document peak moments of the birth, glory and decay of his art are as beautiful as ever.
www.amazon.fr /Passage-Andy-Goldsworthy/dp/0810955865   (698 words)

  
 Passage
Theater Mu's production of Passage, directed by Kim from a script by Edward Bok Lee, told the story of a pregnant girl who returns to the city of her childhood, only to find it filled with people who have lost their memories.
Passage, a joint production of Intermedia Arts and Theater Mu, opens with four of the play's five performers huddling together, inches from where I was seated in the front row, and screaming directly at the audience.
The performers are dressed in outrageous, grotesque costumes and makeup: One has her arm bent inside her costume, creating the illusion that she is an amputee.
www.andrewkim.info /id48.htm   (883 words)

  
 The PASSAGE Program
The PASSAGE learning community consists of two structured experiences (PASSAGE-I and PASSAGE-II) that promote the academic and social integration of students of color into The University of Akron.
Additionally, as a member of one of the PASSAGE learning community, you must be ethically and socially responsible for your actions.
The PASSAGE-I learning community curriculum is designed to help first-year students meet their General Education Requirements, and is applicable to any academic major.
www.uakron.edu /multculdev/PASSAGE.php   (478 words)

  
 The Middle Passage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The "Middle Passage" was the journey of slave trading ships from the west coast of Africa, where the slaves were obtained, across the Atlantic, where they were sold or, in some cases, traded for goods such as molasses, which was used in the making of rum.
The Middle Passage was the longest, hardest, most dangerous, and also most horrific part of the journey of the slave ships.
The abominable and inhuman conditions which the Africans were faced with on their voyage clearly display the great evil of the slave trade.
beatl.barnard.columbia.edu /students/his3487/lembrich/seminar5.html   (275 words)

  
 HM-1891 - Passage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Passage have totally bypassed the current popular Sabbath-inspired groove in favor of a latter day Anathema/vintage Paradise Lost sound.
Nary a nasal vocal or swinging Sabbathian groove to be found, Passage layer their music with epic swashes of depressive and introspective melody coupled a subtle, almost Radiohead-esque ambience and exceedingly complex song structures.
All done without the usually ostentatious female backing vocals and lush strings that tend to weigh this type of doom down with excess bombast.
www.smartcart.com /hellride/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=HM-1891   (196 words)

  
 Kayaking Sea Kayaking Kayaking Tour Kayaking Trip Kayaking Instruction Kayaking Instructions
Since 1984, The Northwest Passage has been providing top-notch backpacking, climbing, skiing, cycling, sea kayaking trips and other adventure programs for our clients across the country, and around the world.
Serving as Chicago's premier sea kayaking outfit, The Northwest Passage offers a number of sea kayaking opportunities in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Sea Kayaking with The Northwest Passage: With ACA and BCU certifications, The Northwest Passage instructors and guides have dedicated themselves to providing the highest quality of Sea Kayaking Instruction and leadership to each and every participant.
www.nwpassage.com   (225 words)

  
 Synonym for passage - Thesaurus - MSN Encarta
Synonym for passage - Thesaurus - MSN Encarta
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encarta.msn.com /thesaurus_/passage.html   (118 words)

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