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In the News (Wed 19 Nov 08)

  
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It is much used for the transit of large canoes, which are hauled across it from the Terni river, and which reach the Negro by the little stream called the Pimichin.
Baran de Marajo says there.are six of them, and one which connects the upper Yapura with the Uaupes branch of the Negro; thus the Indian tribes of the respective valleys have facile contact with each other.
The ICA or PUTUMAYO, west of and parallel to the Yapura, was found more agreeable to navigate by Crevaux.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=13796   (2987 words)

  
  Yapura - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
West of the Río Negro the Amazon River receives three more imposing streams from the north-west -- the Yapura, the Içá (referred to as the Putumayo once it crosses over into Brazil), and the Napo.
The first was formerly known as the Hyapora, but its Brazilian part is now called the Yapura, and its Colombian portion the Caquetá.
Barao de Marajo says there are six of them, and one which connects the upper Yapura with the Vaupés branch of the Negro; thus the Indian tribes of the respective valleys have facile contact with each other.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /yapura.htm   (318 words)

  
 Yapura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Yapura River is a tributary of the AmazonRiver.
The first wasformerly known as the Hyapora, but its Brazilian part is now called the Yapura, and its Colombian portion the Caqueta.
Barao de Marajo says there aresix of them, and one which connects the upper Yapura with the Uaupes branch of the Negro; thus the Indian tribes of the respective valleys have facile contact with eachother.
www.therfcc.org /yapura-117369.html   (301 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Amazon River
Jump to: navigation, search The Huallaga River (also known as the Guallaga and Rio de los Motilones), which joins the Amazon River to the west of the Río Ucayali, rises high among the mountains, in about 10 degrees 40 minutes southern latitude, on the northern slopes of the celebrated...
The Içá or Putumayo River is one of the tributaries of the Amazon river, west of and parallel to the Yapura.
The Yapura River is a tributary of the Amazon River.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amazon-River   (6489 words)

  
 Salta: perpetua para un remisero que asesinó a su esposa y dos hijos
La Cámara III del Crimen provincial sentenció a José Yapura a "prisión perpetua con la accesoria de reclusión por tiempo indeterminado", por los delitos de "homicidio calificado agravado por el vínculo y alevosía en tres casos".
Durante la primera audiencia del juicio, Yapura confesó ser el autor del triple crimen y buscó justificarse diciendo que fue por celos intentando escudarse en la "emoción violenta".
Yapura también argumentó que sus hijos solían decirle que él no era el padre, y dio a entender que había sido otro de los motivos que lo llevó a cometer el triple crimen, ocurrido en una casa humilde situada al norte de la capital salteña, en un asentamiento del barrio Martín Miguel Guemes.
www.clarin.com /diario/2006/08/18/um/m-01254939.htm   (1022 words)

  
 VICTORIAN RELIC: British woman restores ship on Lake Titicaca high in Andes
It was crated, along with its sister ship, the Yapura, in pieces and was shipped in 1862 to Arica - then a Peruvian port before Chile took control of the city in the 1879-83 War of the Pacific.
Originally, the Yavari and Yapura were going to be gunboats, as well as cargo and passenger ships, to establish Peru's sovereignty in the waters.
The Yapura was converted by the Peruvian navy into a floating hospital that still serves lakeside communities.
archive.tri-cityherald.com /travel/stories/world/ironship.html   (1014 words)

  
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The crusades were planned for the region of Yapura, on the island of Irian Jaya- Indonesia.
Yapura has only 50,000 people in it (and the entire surrounding area only 200,000).
Our first assignment was to visit the tribal areas of Yapura, and we had the privilege of going into the jungles of Irian Jaya to preach the good news of Christ to what some would call "Stone Age tribes." The Saturday before the crusade started my team and I visited two of these tribes.
www.storm-harvest.asn.au /articles/iranjaya.txt   (1392 words)

  
 Yavari
THE THAMES IRONWORKS AND SHIPBUILDING were sub-icontracted to build the iron hulls of the Yavarí and the Yapura.
On 15th October 1862, the "Mayola", bearing eight British engineers from Lonidon, having rounded the Horn, docked at Arica - a Peruvian port before the War of the Pacific - and discharged the packing case and pieces of the YAVARI and the YAPURA.
The YAPURA since renamed BAP Puno followed in 1873.
proyectoyavari.perucultural.org.pe /ihisto.htm   (602 words)

  
 PERU TITICACA - Hotel Colon Inn
La Moto Nave Yapura tendrá que esperar abril de 1872 para lucir como su hermano y surcar por primera vez las aguas del Titicaca un 18 de mayo **** de 1872 al mando del entonces Capitán de Corveta Mariano Melgar.
El Yapura quedara poco tiempo al mando de la Marina de Guerra del Perú, en 1874 pasa a mano del empresario privado Guillermo Speedie y en 1887 el Gobierno Peruano otorga la concesión del buque a la Peruvian Corporation para su explotación por un lapso de 85 años.
En 1972 al término del contrato con la Peruvian Corporation, la Yapura pasa a mano de la Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles del Perú (ENAFER) quien se descuide de esta unidad.
www.titicaca-peru.com /yapura.htm   (492 words)

  
 Hattrick - Agronomia Timisoara - Squadra Merluciu
Merluciu's Hugo Laviana gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead in the 35th minute with a superb strike from the right.
After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence in the 38th minute, an alert Claudio Javier Yapura bagged the ball for Agronomia, evening the score to 2 - 2.
The referee showed Agronomia's Claudio Javier Yapura the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
www.hattrick.org /Common/matchDetails.asp?matchID=99032277   (386 words)

  
 Steamers Pre 1900
In the 16th century wooden sailing boats were introduced by the Spanish and in the 19th century came the introduction of the iron steamship.
Rescued in 2001, the COYA has undergone a workover and is now operating as a restaurant.
< Yapura in 1998 - renamed BAP Puno by the Peruvian Navy, she now operates as a hospital ship serving lake-side communities.
www.yavari.org /SteamersPre1900.html   (131 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Ferrando JJ, Goya JF Yapura PF, Barrera MD & Frangi JL.
Frangi, JL, MD Barrera & PF Yapura (responsables).
Arturi M.F., J.J. Ferrando, J.F. Goya, P.F. Yapura y J.L. Frangi (2001).
www.agro.unlp.edu.ar /dependencias/lisea/index.html   (2942 words)

  
 Yapura
West of the Rio Negro the Amazon river receives three more imposing streams from the north-west -- the Yapura, the Ica or Putumayo, and the Napo.
In 1864-1868 the Brazilian government made a somewhat careful examination of the Brazilian part of the river, as far up as the rapid of Cupaty[?].
Barao de Marajo says there are six of them, and one which connects the upper Yapura with the Uaupes[?] branch of the Negro; thus the Indian tribes of the respective valleys have facile contact with each other.
www.fastload.org /ya/Yapura.html   (330 words)

  
 ACHALAY > Los Telares de Ricardo Yapura
En este contexto es donde Ricardo Yapura, artesano textil de la barriada de La Soledad en Santa María, trabaja su taller con la fiabilidad que le dan los 16 años que lleva en el mundo de los tapices.
Ricardo Yapura trabaja junto con dos artesanos (su hermano menor y el artesano Castro) que comparten con él el modelo de taller artesanal.
El Taller de Ricardo Yapura se dedica a la confección de tapices de hilo de lana gruesa típica de la zona noroeste de la Argentina.
www.achalay.es /achalay_sociosendestino_telares.html   (391 words)

  
 Global-Travelling.com
On the way down to the harbour we went through the local foodmarket where you could buy just about anything, dead or alive.
In the harbour of Puno, two of the main passenger steam boats are located, Yavari and Yapura.
These boats where ordered from England in 1862 and transported in 2766 pieces around the Cape Horn to Arica, from where they were moved by train to Tacna, then hauled by mule over the Andes to Puno - a process which took six years.
www.global-travelling.com /nyhet-south_america.shtml?11&17   (378 words)

  
 NEWS JULY 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Yavari and its sister ship the Yapura were ordered by the Peruvian government from a company in Birmingham in about 1864.
This problem was solved by jumbo-izing the ships (Was this the first time this job was done), and they operated successfully until 1914 when then engines were changed for hot bulb diesels.
The Yapura is still in service as a hospital ship, visiting the indigenous people who live on the side of the lake and the Yavari is being restored by a group of enthusiasts.
www.mmass.co.uk /News%20and%20Views/news0407.htm   (1150 words)

  
 Medical Design Magazine :: Image-Analysis Tool Handles Multiple Microscopes
The network set up by Carlos Yapura's team hooks several specular microscopes to one connector and capture board.
"We used tools from the NI Vision Development Module to create the analysis algorithm, for user interaction with the image, and for overlaying analysis results on the image," says Yapura.
Yapura's team came up with an integrated system using NI-Imaq capture boards and NI-Vision software tools both from National Instruments Inc., Austin, Tex., ni.com.
www.medicaldesign.com /articles/ID/12289   (480 words)

  
 History3
At that time she passed via the State Railways (ENAFER) to the Peruvian Navy, who, for lack of resources and preferring the Yapura, allowed her to lapse into disuse.
By 1890, the cost of the War of the Pacific and the construction of some of the world’s greatest railways had impoverished Peru.
< The Yavari's sister ship, The Yapura, under way.
www.yavari.org /History3.html   (185 words)

  
 ::Status de Puebla::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Y es que la atracción más fascinante de Puno es el Yavari, el barco de vapor más antiguo que hay en lago Titicaca y que podría volver a navegar.
El Yavari fue botado el día de Navidad de 1870 y lo siguió el Yapura 17 meses más tarde (éste fue posteriormente rebautizado como BAP Puno y se convirtió en un barco hospital de la armada peruana; el cual aún puede verse en Puno).
Ambos tenían dos máquinas de vapor que funcionaban con carbón, aunque, debido a la dificultad de tener tal combustible, sus calderas eran alimentadas con estiércol de llama seco.
www.statuspuebla.com.mx /HTMLTemplates/onecol.asp?xmlsrc=../xml/art_4635.xml   (652 words)

  
 MisionesOnline - Noticias de Misiones Argentina
Yapura recordó que existió un intento de avanzar en el tema en el año 2002, “pero hubieron serios conflictos entre todas las organizaciones participantes y el proceso esta en la actualidad “congelado” en Misiones.
Esa pérdida se debe al avance sin control de la frontera agropecuaria y a la sobre-explotación forestal”.
Para Yapura, lo importante del documento es que “no solamente es la visión de la Fundación sino que tiene una visión compartida con muchas otras organizaciones que participaron y que compartieron el esfuerzo de desarrollar esta visión, incluyendo a varias agencias del gobierno misionero”, rescató.
www.misionesonline.net /paginas/noticia.php?db=noticias2004&id=20279   (764 words)

  
 Lifune: Dos árbitros envueltos en un papelón 9-10-03
Servando Yapura y Luis Sandoval se agredieron antes de un partido de divisiones formativas.
Servando Yapura es quien habría agredido a Sandoval.
Sandoval habría llegado tarde y, por ese motivo, tuvo una discusión con Yapura.
www.rionegro.com.ar /arch200310/d09g01.html   (555 words)

  
 Historical documents and naturalists' travel accounts
Spix was to travel the upper Solimões as far as the border with Peru and Martius the Yapura up to the Arara-Coara falls near the border with the vice-royalty of New Granada.
Spix returned to Ega at the beginning of February 1820 having got as far as Tabatinga on the Peruvian border.
As Martius had not yet returned from his Yapura journey, Spix decided to spend some time exploring the Rio Negro before travelling on to Barra de Rio Negro (now Manaus) at the end of February.
www.bluemacaws.org /hist16.htm   (1303 words)

  
 Yapura Genealogy and Family History Research
Below is a list of the newest databases which contain Yapura genealogy records.
New records are regularly posted to the site and will appear on this page whenever the surname Yapura is found.
Yapura search results at Ancestry.com - Automatic search through more than 1.5 billion records of all kinds
www.distantcousin.com /SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=Yapura&SurnameFinder=Y   (155 words)

  
 Yapura Website Solutions
If you'd like to discuss a new website or possibilities for altering an existing website or website design, please contact me. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Please mention Rutnet when contacting Yapura Website Solutions.
This information is managed by a Rutnet user.
www.rutnet.co.uk /pp/business/detail.asp?id=34504   (177 words)

  
 La Gaceta
En la escuela 213 de Quilmes, la única en la localidad, hay unos 30 chicos que tienen o que tuvieron hepatitis A. Según los padres, los niños se habrían contagiado al tomar agua de vertiente que estaría contaminada.
Tres de los cuatro hijos de Daniel Yapura sufrieron hepatitis A. Según Yapura, se contagiaron en la escuela.
Aún hay chicos enfermos y muchos corren riesgos de contagiarse.
www.lagaceta.com.ar /vernotae.asp?id_nota=130423   (190 words)

  
 Podcast.net - The Podcast Directory
Canal: 2 Autor: Hidropodcast E-mail: cyp_1902@yahoo.com Show: Alter Ego Archivo: AE5.mp3 Duracion: 20:58 minutos Notas del show: Hay de marchas a Marchas En este Alter Ego comentamos de que hay de mar...
Autor: Favio Yapura E-mail: favio.yapura@gmail.c om Show: Podcast Oficial del SPN Archivo: SPN00820060422.mp3 Duracion: 44:13 Notas del show: En el numero 08 del podcast oficial del SPN, hacemos una re...
Autor: Favio Yapura E-mail: favio.yapura@gmail.c om Show: Podcast Oficial del SPN Archivo: SPN00120060205.mp3 Duracion: 39:21 Notas del show: Edicion 01 del podcast oficial del SPN.
www.podcast.net /show/4908   (2105 words)

  
 Vimanas, Indian Flying Machines...
In this section and the next two, I will give several examples of this.
The first is the flying city of Hiran- yapura.
This was seen floating in space by Arjuna while he was travel- ing through the celestial regions after defeating the Nivatakavacas in a great battle.
www.main.org /polycosmos/glxywest/vimanas.htm   (8452 words)

  
 Lines in the Water by Ben Orlove
However, a few villages refused to meet with CENFOR.
These included Yapura and Perca, both of which had long traditions of obtaining totora from the area within the reserve because of the small size of their own totora beds and their proximity to the reserve.
By 1980, CENFOR began issuing annual contracts for totora cutting in the Puno Sector.
www.des.ucdavis.edu /faculty/Orlove/book/chapter/page12.html   (837 words)

  
 Peru Travel Adventures: Puno Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The ship was built in England in 1862.
It was shipped in pieces to Arica, with another ship called the Yapura (now the Peruvian Navy's hospital ship and called the BAP Puno).
After a six year journey the ships finally made there way to Lake Titicaca by rail and mule.
www.perutraveladventures.com /punoperu.html   (579 words)

  
 Jordo Media - View the feed - Favio Yapura - Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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