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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Ubangi - LoveToKnow 1911
UBANGI, a river of Equatorial Africa, the chief northern affluent of the Congo.
The Ubangi (otherwise Mubangi or Mobangi) enters the Congo by various mouths between 22' and 0 37' S. and 17° 40' and 17° 50' E. The main channel, xxvli.
The Ubangi and the Mbomu form the frontier between Belgian Congo and French Congo, the northern banks of both streams belonging to France.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ubangi   (849 words)

  
 French Congo - LoveToKnow 1911
In the greater part of its length the southern frontier is the middle course of the Congo and the Ubangi and Mbomu, the chief northern affluents of that stream, but in the south-west the frontier keeps north of the Congo river, whose navigable lower course is partitioned between Belgium and Portugal.
In the upper Shari region and that of the Kotto tributary of the Ubangi, are species of the coffee tree, one species attaining a height of over 60 ft. Its bean resembles that of Abyssinian coffee of medium quality.
Among the fruit trees are the mango and the papaw, the orange and the lemon.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /French_Congo   (3844 words)

  
 UBANGI - Online Information article about UBANGI
The Ubangi (otherwise Mubangi or Mobangi) enters the Congo by various mouths between o° 22' and o° 37' S. and 17° 40' and 17° 50' E.
The Ubangi is formed by the junction of the Mbomu and the Welle, both of which rise on the See also:
George Grenfell, of the Baptist Missionary Society (who had discovered the mouth of the river in 1884), ascended the Ubangi as far as the Zongo rapids.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/UBANGI.html   (1048 words)

  
 Atomic Dolly and Crane Rentals - Adjustable Ubangi
Our Panther 12"-3' adjustable Ubangi is an ideal accessory when shooting tabletops or in confined spaces.
It allows the camera to be offset from the dolly up to 3' from the base of the dolly and is infinitely adjustable.
This ubangi can also rotate, allowing the camera to shoot directly down on an object, acting as a 90 degree tilt plate.
www.dollyrental.com /04ubangi.htm   (80 words)

  
 Winne.com - Report on Congo DRC, Paving the reconstruction
Equateur Region, Sud Ubangi, Kungu Zone, Mwanda Collectivité, on the islands and canals northwest of the confluence of the Ngiri and Mwanda rivers.
Equateur Region, Sud Ubangi, in the north of the Libenge Zone in 3 groups: Bogon in the north, Mbanza-Balakpa in the southeast, and Bandi in the southwest.
Equateur Region, Sud Ubangi and Equateur subregions, Budjala and Bomongo zones, villages or Libanza, Bokele, and Bosanga on the Banga-Melo River, at 1 or 2 villages on the Mongala River southwest of Akula, and Sumba Island.
www.winne.com /congo/bf09.html   (9134 words)

  
 Ubangi Stats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
UBANGI started in the Morwell competition in 1975, the oldest club in the Latrobe Valley.
UBANGI plans to split and enter two separate teams into Division 1.
The expectation is that the competition as a whole will improve, as teams split and reform, there will be a general leveling of skill sets in the clubs, resulting in evenly matched sides, awarding the spectators with more exciting and entertaining matches.
www.sympac.com.au /~nblanken/vball/ubangi.htm   (186 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: ubangi lips
ubangi lips isn't defined yet, but these are pretty close:
Ubangy is slang for someone of African tribal descent.
Fields wrote in the 20's and 30's, so those people in positions of social power then didn't necessarily consider this offensive.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=ubangi+lips   (285 words)

  
 Toward a model for the evaluation of the cultural strength of various musics
The Ubangi defines an area in the northwest corner of Zaire.
Though the lack of readily available electricity, telephone lines, and TV in the Ubangi limits large-scale distribution of music by electronic media, new songs are disseminated.
The songs are usually composed by musicians in Kinshasa (the capital of Zaire, hundreds of miles from the Ubangi), or by composers in the Ubangi.
www.sil.org /anthro/articles/model/step1.htm   (699 words)

  
 Zaire: IRIN Briefing Part VII: Equateur, 4/2/97
Ubangi du Nord, or as it is sometimes called Equateur du Nord, is a sub-region of Equateur whose capital, Mbandaka (population 185,000), has long been neglected in favour of Gbadolite (population 124,500).
Ubangi du Nord is also home to Mobutu's ethnic tribe the Ubangi, who comprise a minority of the region's ethnic population.
During the 1991-2 national conference, Mobutu, in an open threat of secessionism, supported demands that Ubangi du Nord be declared an autonomous region with Gbadolite as its capital.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Hornet/irin_4297.html   (700 words)

  
 Adamawa-Ubangi@Everything2.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Its name comes from the Adamawa Massif, a mountainous region between Cameroon and Nigeria, and the Ubangi River, the southern border of the CAR.
Typology: SVO or SOV, prepositional, NG (GN in one), NA (AN in some Ubangi).
Am I a butterfly dreaming I am a person?
www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1017279   (234 words)

  
 BT Research - Central African Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Two thirds of the country lie in the basins of the Ubangi river, which flows south into the Congo River, while the remaining third lies in the basin of the Shari river, which flows north into Lake Chad.
Since most of the territory is located in the Ubangi and Shari river basins, the French called the colony it carved out in this region Ubangi-Shari, or Oubangui-Chari in French.
Much of the southern border is formed by tributaries of the Congo River, with the Mbomou River in the east merging with the Uele River to form the Ubangi River.
www.breathittteens.com /research.php?title=Central_African_Republic   (3898 words)

  
 LICENSE PLATES ON LINE! .... Ubangi-Shari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Plates were white on fl, and consisted of a six digit number, all numbers, with a comma or other dividing marker.
Ubangi Shari plates used the prefix series from 500-609.
Plates in the 500 to 505 series were based in the capital city of Bahgui.
www.pl8s.com /u/uban.htm   (84 words)

  
 Detail Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Bomu and Uele Rivers meet to become the Ubangi River, which forms part of the border between what is presently the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo (Kinshasa), and the Central African Republic.
The Ubangi River also creates the northwestern border between The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville).
The river is navigable for roughly half its length, from present-day Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, to the confluence of the Ubangi and the Congo Rivers.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AFR0526   (206 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
By decree of 24 Nov., 1886, the Vicariate Apostolic of French Congo, or Lower Congo, more properly Loango, was detached from that of Gaboon; and in 1890, as a result of further division, the Vicariate of Upper French Congo, or Ubangi, was erected.
The three vicariates which make up French Congo — Gaboon, Loango, Ubangi — embrace an area, approximately, of one million square miles.
The official returns (1908) for French Congo and its dependencies are given in the "Annuaire Pontifical Catholique" (1909), 342, note.
www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen09.html?term=Loango   (546 words)

  
 U Litter Photos
Of the 11 pups that were raised, nine of them are in show homes.
Ubangi (called Keely) at home in Southern Ontario.
Ubangi at 8 weeks - now with the Holman family in Ontario.
homepage.mac.com /benbaronsaints/PhotoAlbum40.html   (366 words)

  
 Ubangi Stomp by Alice Cooper Songfacts
According to the book, the "Ubangi" Cooper refers to in the song is a superstition The Ibo people had concerning babies.
If babies are still born or deformed at birth, they are mutilated with farm tools or by stomping on them.
There is a Ubangi river in Africa, and there was once a territory called Ubangi-Shari.
www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=6683   (199 words)

  
 Congo Vision : Nouvelles visions pour le Congo et l'Afrique
L Ubangi depuis l'indépendance n'a jamais eu la chance de bénéficier de différents régimes qui se sont succédé à la tête du pays.
En réalité, l' Ubangi n'a rien obtenu de ces fils ingrats et ne leur ressemble en rien.
Le régime de Mobutu n'avait rien fait pour "Ubangi, hormis les éléphants blancs qu'il a érigés à Gbadolite et le barrage de Mobayi qu'il avait par ailleurs confisqué pour ses propres plaisirs, plus rien.
www.congovision.com /forum/ubangi1.html   (1551 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ubangi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Bread upon the waters: Pioneering in the Ubangi by Elna Rosell (Unknown Binding - 1965)
Birds of Ubangi by Theodore B Wallin (Unknown Binding - 1968)
A new poeciliid fish of the genus Micropanchax, from Ubangi / dc by G.S. Myers (American Museum novitates) by George S Myers (Unknown Binding - 1924)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ubangi&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (678 words)

  
 Ubangi NT Cluster Bible Translation Project: The Seed Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Ubangi NT Cluster Bible Translation Project: The Seed Company
Since 1998, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been at the center of one of the largest interstate wars in African history.
Translators will attend a workshop each year to advance their initial training and qualifications.
www.theseedcompany.org /project.asp?ProjectID=258   (155 words)

  
 Ubangi Term Papers, Essay Research Paper Help, Essays on Ubangi
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www.essaytown.com /topics/ubangi_essays_papers.html   (772 words)

  
 Central African Republic: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Situated about 500 mi (805 km) north of the equator, the Central African Republic is a landlocked nation bordered by Cameroon, Chad, the Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Congo.
The Ubangi and the Shari are the largest of many rivers.
From the 16th to 19th century, the people of this region were ravaged by slave traders.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107399.html   (760 words)

  
 central african republic map and information page
Central and south is a series of forested, rolling hills, with some topping 2000 ft. A dense tropical rainforest in the southeast fronts the Ubangi River, and in the north, the land flattens into a treeless, desert-like savanna grassland.
On the western border with Cameroon the land rises into the high granite plateau of the Karre Mountains.
Numerous tributaries of the Chair (Shari) and Longone rivers crisscross the land, central and north, while the Ubangi River system dominates the south, as it forms much of the country's southern border with the DRC.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/africa/cf.htm   (611 words)

  
 RCA Ubangi - Lansing Heritage Forums
This horn closely matched the horizontal pattern of the cast aluminum 90 degree radial mid / high frequency horns typically used with it.
As to the term "Ubangi", it is a slang term often used to describe the 9462, based on its appearance.
That's the first time I've ever seen an RCA horn setup on top of a Ubangi.
www.audioheritage.org /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=4404   (1147 words)

  
 Ubangi – Music at Last.fm
Ubangi isn’t yet available to play on Last.fm radio.
Music Journals on Last.fm You can be the first person to write a journal about Ubangi.
Ubangi might not be making music anymore, but if they are, you can help keep other users informed by adding new events when they're announced.
www.last.fm /music/Ubangi   (342 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Central African Republic
Mainly along the Ubangi River, and in administrative centers throughout Central African Republic.
Aja is not a dialect of Yulu, but of Kresh (R. Brown).
This web edition of the Ethnologue contains all the content of the print edition and may be cited as:
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=CF   (1542 words)

  
 ALICE COOPER: "Ubangi Stomp"
Home » A » ALICE COOPER » Ubangi Stomp Lyrics
And I seen them cats doin' the Ubangi Stomp.
I did the Ubangi Stomp with a Ubangi style.
www.zokky.com /artist_a/alice_cooper_lyrics/ubangi_stomp_lyrics.html   (105 words)

  
 Kongo, Republik, etwa, knickt, fließt, ab Ubangi
Der Ubangi (auch Oubangi) ist ein Fluss in Zentralafrika.
Der Ubangi entsteht aus dem Zusammenfluss der Flüsse Mbomou und Uele, fließt zunächst etwa 350 km in westlicher Richtung und knickt dann nach Südwest ab.
Von seinem Ursprung bis etwa 100 km hinter Bangui bildet der Ubangi die staatsgrenze zwischen der Zentralafrikanischen Republik und der Demokratischen Republik Kongo.
www.dbilink.de /Ubangi.html   (138 words)

  
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The Ubangi River in the Central African Republic floods yearly with large-scale damage downstream on the Congo River.
Brazzaville, the downstream terminus for shipping on the great Zaire-Ubangi waterway, and the nation's Atlantic Ocean port of Pointe-Noire, reties the end of the loop with its water route up the Ubangi to the CAR where the hydro-power-oil-rail synergy originates.
The Ubangi is navigable for over 300 miles from its junction with the Zaire to Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic.
www.conway.com /wdf/gspc/virtual2001/doc/KinneyPaper.doc   (919 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/roryjustice
Anarchy Library- w/ Rory Justice & his Ubangi Rockers
Oneida Casino- w/ Rory Justice & his Ubangi Rockers
Rory Justice & his Ubangi Rockers has 3893 friends.
www.myspace.com /roryjustice   (1052 words)

  
 Ubangi - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
We found no English translation for 'Ubangi' in our French to English Dictionary.
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'Ubangi' in the title:
Please report any problems that you are having with searches that didn't occur before.
www.wordreference.com /fren/Ubangi   (71 words)

  
 Rebajes Copper Pin African Ubangi Design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Please refer to our stock # 371 when inquiring.
Price Includes 1st Class Shipping w Insurance in the US Rebajes Copper Pin ~ This book piece is the classic African Ubangi design made famous by well known jewelry artist Frank Rebajes.
The pin is signed Rebajes and is in excellent condition.
www.trocadero.com /stores/judysgems/items/587778/item587778.html   (51 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/ubangi_stomp
UBANGI STOMP's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
Keep Ubangi stompin´ till you roll over dead!
Art Adams is the coolest man breathin' air and he said he had a BLAST at the UBANGI STOMP!
www.myspace.com /ubangi_stomp   (353 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
How many pf you folks can boast of owning a piece of genuine postal stationery from Ubangi Chari?
In fact, how many of you have even heard of Ubangi Chari?
Called Ubangi Shari in Scotts, it was once part of French Congo and later French Equatorial Africa.
mywebpages.comcast.net /ggoe/UbangiChari1.html   (59 words)

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