Unreferenced date December 2006 El Quba Lang ar is a district of Cairo , Egypt . It is famous for having two major palaces that were once the residences of the King Faruk . Along with the Tahra Palace , the Quba Palace is said to be the largest palace in Egypt. They are both still used today as official residences for high level delegations. from where? The district was once a rich neighborhood with enormous mansions covering the area. Today, high blocks cover the once richly gardened district. Districts of Cairo cairo Egypt stub coord 30 05 48 N 31 18 37 E type adm3rd source kolossus svwiki display title ar fa arz sv El Quba ... more details
wiktionary Cit is a French language word whose dictionary definition is city . In common parlance at least in France the term tends to have a negative nuance implying a high rise 20th century inner city HLM like the US term projects or the British term housing estate. Garden city movement Cit jardin is a gardened kind of planned satellite town Cit ouvri re is tract housing Cit d urgence is housing for refugee s including Pied Noir , and homeless people, as theorised by Abb Pierre Unit d Habitation Cit Radieuse Cit radieuse is an architectural principle HLM Cit HLM is typical twentieth century housing estate Cit may also mean le de la Cit , an island on the Seine, older center of Paris Cit Paris M tro , the metro station on this island called le de la Cit La Cit Limoilou in Quebec CITE FM , a Montreal radio station dab de Cit fr Cit no Cit ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File The Lady Well.jpg thumb right The Lady Well The Lady Well is a holy well in Glasgow in Scotland . When Christianity came to Britain, pagan holy and healing wells were aggressively rededicated to the Virgin Mary and other saints while remaining places of Old Religion practice. Also known as Our Lady s Well , Glasgow s Ladywell is an artesian spring noted on early city map s and can be reliably assumed to predate the city. It lay just outside the city wall and Drygate Port in medieval times and will have refreshed Romans travelling the old Carntyne Highway east west between forts along the Antonine Wall . Today it is erroneously believed to have been sunk for use of commoners denied access to a nearby Priest s Well, and or to have been capped in the early 19th century out of fears of pollution or plague. In fact, its wellhead was jointly rebuilt by the Merchants House and City Council in 1835 6 for enclosure in a new wall when the Fir Park behind it was turned into a gardened burial ground. The Ladywell was still in public use while most wells in Glasgow were closed, after fresh water piped from Loch Katrine transformed the city s health and sanitation in the 1860s. An old article says the Ladywell was the last public well to be closed but gives no date. The classical wellhead installed by the 1836 restoration bears no resemblance to the original an open round one and remains there today. The current lintel stone its second notes the 1836 rebuild and another by the Merchant s House in 1874. A plaque commemorates its most recent refurbishment by Tennent Caledonian Breweries in 1983. The Ladywell remains capped. See also Scottish Reformation coord 55.8608 4.2324 type landmark region GB display title Category Glasgow Category Springs of Scotland Category Holy wells Glasgow stub ... more details
Refimprove date April 2008 Infobox Website name Userplane logo screenshot caption url http www.userplane.com userplane.com commercial Yes type Instant messaging , Online chat language Multilingual registration Optional launch date 2000 current status Active slogan Empowering social experiences Userplane is a white label service that offers both group chat and one to one messenger services, which gives website owners the ability to offer chat between their users in a Walled garden technology wall gardened experience. Userplane was founded in 2001 by Mike Jones , Nate Thelen , and Javier Hall , in Santa Monica, California. Userplane powers chat experiences for many of the top 25 dating sites and language learning sites. Timeline Userplane was founded in 2001 by Mike Jones , Nate Thelen , and Javier Hall . In 2006, Userplane was acquired by AOL for 40M ref http techcrunch.com 2006 08 14 userplane purchased by aol Userplane acquired by AOL ref August 2008, CEO Mike Jones leaves Userplane to join MySpace as COO. October 2008, JS Kit teams up with Userplane to distribute chat widgets. During 2011, Userplane launched its new SDK platform with Webmessenger3 and Presencebar. References Reflist 2 External links Portal box San Francisco Bay Area Companies Internet http www.userplane.com http www.userplane.com blog Category Chat related websites Category Web 2.0 Category Companies established in 2001 ... more details
Image Keskuspuisto.jpg thumb 300px Summer in Keskuspuisto . Image Helsinki Maunulan maja m.jpg thumb 300px Maunulan maja , in the middle part of the park, has a caf and a Finnish sauna sauna . Central Park Helsingin keskuspuisto in Finnish language Finnish , Helsingfors centralpark in Swedish language Swedish is a ref name intro cite web title City of Helsinki Central Park Introduction url http www.hel2.fi keskuspuisto eng 1centralpark accessdate 2007 11 28 ref park in Helsinki , Finland . It has an area of 10 square kilometres. The park stretches 10 kilometres from T l nlahti T l nlahti Bay in the south to the border of Helsinki and Vantaa in the north. ref name intro The park is not a gardened one but instead consists mostly of lightly managed woodland crisscrossed by gravel paths. Palohein The Palohein forest , a northern extension of the park, is Helsinki s main center for outdoor activities. ref http wikimapia.org 616833 Wikimap of Palohein recreation area ref History Architect Bertel Jung first proposed the idea of a central park in Helsinki in 1911. ref name history cite web title City of Helsinki Central Park Planning url http www.hel2.fi keskuspuisto eng 5history accessdate 2007 11 28 ref However, the initial proposal only covered what is now the southernmost part of the park, along with areas that are currently not part of Central Park, such as those in Kaisaniemi . ref name history A master plan for Central Park was ratified in 1978. A general plan for Helsinki, from 2002, kept it in force. ref name history References reflist External links http www.hel2.fi keskuspuisto eng 1centralpark City of Helsinki official pages on Central Park coord 60 13 23 N 24 55 9 E display title Category Parks in Helsinki Category Urban public parks SouthernFinland geo stub ar fr Parc central d Helsinki pl Park centralny w Helsinkach fi Helsingin keskuspuisto sv Helsingfors centralpark tr Helsinki Merkez Park ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2007 Paris streetbox arr num Las Calzadas streetname Calzada del Valle Calzada San Pedro x 72 y 63 paris map deleted image removed Image Rotonda calzada5.jpg arr1 Colonia del Valle quarter San Pedro Garza Garc a begins Monument Nuevo Le n Italy ends Humberto Lobo length 2,400 mts. width 75 creation November 20, 1596 denomination area map caption Rotonda de Calzada del Valle Calzada San Pedro Calzada del Valle and Calzada San Pedro , is a beautiful three lane intersecting gardened boulevards inside the exclusive area of San Pedro Garza Garc a , a suburb of the larger metropolitan city of Monterrey , Nuevo Le n , Mexico. Some of the most exclusive shops, apartment buildings and business offices are located throughout the avenue. The walkway in the boulevard is great for exercising, walking or marathons. Parades usually take place during easter and christmas through the calzada. Calzada del Valle is famous for its illuminated trees during Christmas season. Events This luxurious avenue is host to important events in the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Such events include New Year s Celebration The Duendes Race Easter Parade Children s Day Parade Sport City Race Christmas Tree Illumination Christmas Parade Pascua Festival Coord 25 39 24.35 N 100 22 13.70 W display title DEFAULTSORT Calzada Del Valle Calzada San Pedro Category Monterrey metropolitan area Mexico stub ... more details
Infobox French commune name Padi s image coat of arms Blason ville fr Padi s Tarn .svg region Midi Pyr n es department Tarn arrondissement Albi canton Valence d Albigeois INSEE 81199 postal code 81340 mayor Roland Cougoureux term 2001&ndash 2008 intercommunality Val 81 longitude 2.36388888889 latitude 44.0430555556 elevation m 500 elevation min m 340 elevation max m 552 area km2 14.69 population 201 population date 2006 Padi s is a Communes of France commune in the Tarn, France Tarn Departments of France department in southern France . Padi s has a chateau situated on the outskirts of the village of Lempaut. br http www.padies.com The Ch teau de Padi s is a unique Renaissance Ch teau complex set in the Lauragais of Pastel fame the Pays de Cocaigne , Cathar country and the land of the Troubadours . As one of the three Seigneuries of Lempaut, Padi s was an integral part of village life, at the time of the Napoleonic census, forty five people lived in the immediate vicinity of the ch teau. They built their shelters using local materials, they farmed, gardened, produced the food and clothes, baked bread, killed and processed the pig and generally lived ..and loved .. in a sustainable environment. The owners of the Ch teau de Padi s are attempting to reconnect Padi s with its surroundings in a sustainable way. Padi s was listed on the Inventaire Supplementaire des Monuments Historic ISMH in 1928. Geography The C rou forms most of the commune s northwestern border. See also Communes of the Tarn department References http www.insee.fr en home home page.asp INSEE reflist External links http polymathe.over blog.com article 23935833 6.html Lieux secrets du Pays Cathare on PADIES Blog http sud.france3.fr emissions 55958049 fr.php Carnets du Sud Lempaut, Tarn, au ch teau de Padi s Tarn communes DEFAULTSORT Padies Category Communes of Tarn Tarn geo stub ca Padi rs ceb Padi s es Padi s eu Padi s fr Padi s it Padi s mg Padi s nl Padi s oc Padi rs pl Padi s uk vi Padi s vo ... more details
Tag management is the ability to manage user generated tags or folksonomy within a collaborative software . Tag management features and processes are put in place to encourage cross user consistency, navigation efficiency and compliance with an existing taxonomy . Tag management a priori The tags that users will be able to use can be controlled up hill by Faceted classification , categorizing tags in facets e.g. organization or place facet Predefining tags , authority lists of tags can be created and suggested to users Restricting tag creation , allow users to create or not new tags other than predefined tags Mandatory facets , meaning a user must categorize each item with at least a tag from this facet Relating tags , meaning selecting a tag will also display the results of other tags related to it e.g. synonyms or translations Tag management a posteriori Tags can be gardened down hill by Renaming tags e.g. typos Deleting tags Moving tags to correct facets e.g. an organization name Merging tags e.g. single and plural words Examples of tag management Tag management applied to blogging tools Wordpress ref cite web url http en.support.wordpress.com posts tag management title Wordpress tag management publisher Wordpress accessdate 2010 07 26 ref Tag management applied to Content management systems Microsoft SharePoint ref cite web url http www.cmswire.com cms document management overview sharepoint 2010 metadata and taxonomy management 006015.php title SharePoint 2010 metadata and taxonomy management publisher CMS Wire accessdate 2010 07 26 ref Tag management applied to Enterprise bookmarking tools Jumper 2.0 , Knowledge Plaza References references Category Knowledge management Category Folksonomy Category Taxonomy Category Collaborative software ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Image Lomas de Chapultepec.png thumb right 250px Lomas de Chapultepec facing from Perif rico towards Bosques de las Lomas. Las Lomas is the common name of a residential district in Mexico City located in the delegaci n borough of Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. Miguel Hidalgo . Its real name is Lomas de Chapultepec and dates back from around 1930, when it was founded with the name Chapultepec Heights. Home to some of the biggest mansions and wealthiest people in Mexico, it is located in northwestern Mexico City. In recent years commercial and business areas have been created in the district. Its main entrance is through Paseo de la Reforma . History Las Lomas was founded in the early 1920s by American, British and local investors, as an expansion of Mexico City. It was created on the hills in the west side of the valley. It was professionally planned by American landscape architects and engineers in the Olmstead Garden City fashion , with large lots and large gardened yards, wide winding streets and gardened boulevards, scattered small shopping areas within walking distances from homes the early settlers attracted to the area were young professionals and some of the nouveau riche revolutionaries, bureaucrats and the new business class of Mexico City, small cottages were built on the side streets and mostly large houses on Paseo de la Reforma and Paseo de Las Palmas, the two main avenues. Many of the early houses were built in the Californian Colonial style with imitation stone carvings around windows and doors and pitched roofs, later on began they began to build modern houses designed by the big name architects. Many of the houses built during that time, including the modest house of Mexico s richest man Carlos Slim Hel , are still standing in the area and constitute the largest mansions in the entire Lomas Area. First came Lomas de Chapultepec, later on in the early 50 s, riding on Lomas success and the glitter on its name, other developers ope ... more details
Peter Mathers 1931 in England ref name ClassicWorks cite web url http www.sup.usyd.edu.au projects cal authors.html title Classic Australian Works publisher Sydney University Press accessdate 2008 08 19 ref 8 November 2004 in Melbourne was an Australian author and playwright. He came to Australia with his family as a child. ref name ClassicWorks He attended state school in Sydney and Sydney Technical College , where he studied agriculture . He farmed, clerked, woolled, gardened, landscaped, chemicalled , and did other things before settling into his writing career. In 1961 he married and went to Europe to live in a cork oak cork forest in France . His two daughters were born in London . From 1964 he worked in UK Britain and Europe as a researcher. His first writing appeared in the early 1960s, ref name ClassicWorks and in 1967 he took up a writing fellowship in the United States and returned to Australia in the following year. His first novel Trap 1966 , won the Miles Franklin Literary Award , ref cite news url http www.theage.com.au news Books Missing the point by Miles 2005 01 12 1105423548691.html title Missing the point by Miles last Williams first Michael date 2005 01 15 publisher The Age accessdate 2008 08 19 ref an inventive and often comic novel concerning the escapades and family history of Jack Trap, an urban mixed blood Indigenous Australians Aborigine in what was then a society racially divided by the White Australia Policy . His second novel, The Wort Papers 1972 , ranged across the country in rural settings from the Kimberley to dairy country in northern New South Wales , and further established his reputation as a stylistic innovator and satirist. Mathers wrote radio play s, articles and published many stories in magazines, journals and newspapers before beginning a substantial playwriting career. He lived in Melbourne for many years prior to his death in 2004. References Reflist Miles Franklin Literary Award Winners Persondata NAME Mathers, Peter ALT ... more details
Philip Mayne November 22, 1899 &ndash April 9, 2007 is thought to have been the last surviving United Kingdom British Officer armed forces officer of World War I the First World War . He is also thought to have been the oldest surviving member of Christ s Hospital , of the University of Cambridge Engineering Department, of King s College, Cambridge and indeed of the whole University of Cambridge. Mayne was born in Hampstead . His father was a caterer. He won a scholarship to Christ s Hospital and then to King s College, Cambridge, but the Great War intervened. Mayne became a cadet in the Royal Engineers and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in September 1918. Attending a training camp in Wales, he caught the Spanish flu , and was not fit to be sent to the front before the war ended. Mayne was demobilised on 24 December 1918, and attended Cambridge University from January 1919, having missed only the first term of his first year. He studied mathematics and then mechanical, electrical and civil engineering. Mayne graduated in 1921 and joined the electrical department of the National Physical Laboratory, UK National Physical Laboratory . He moved to Imperial Chemical Industries in Billingham in 1924. Mayne worked in a reserved occupation in World War II the Second World War , making chemicals for explosives. He rose to the position of technical director before he retired in 1961. Mayne attributed his longevity to a healthy lifestyle claiming that I have never had too much to drink and have always cycled, swum and gardened . He died peacefully in his sleep in Richmond, North Yorkshire on 9 April 2007, aged 107. Mayne was survived by his three children, eight grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. He was the paternal grandfather of Australia n journalist Stephen Mayne . References http www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID 55&ArticleID 1321914 Great War veterans aged over 100 meet at last , Yorkshire Today , 20 January 2006 http www.crikey.com.au ... more details
Nervi n is a large, modern neighborhood in the eastern zone of Seville , Spain . The neighborhood is an important commercial district of the city, where much of the regional capital s business takes place. The population is 16,129 inhabitants. ref http www.sevilla.org ayuntamiento organizacion municipal distritos copy of nervion datos censales del distrito nervion ref It is the second focal point of the city, and is home to a number of important sites Image Pizjuan view.jpg thumbnail View of Estadio Ram n S nchez Pizju n Santa Justa , Seville s major train station, with high speed links via the AVE to Madrid , C rdoba, Spain C rdoba , and Cadiz . Estadio Ram n S nchez Pizju n , home to Sevilla FC , one of Seville s two top level soccer teams and the only one currently in the top flight of La Liga . The area s name is the origin of one of Sevilla FC s nickname Los Nervionenses . ref http www.soccerblog.com 2009 08 why do english clubs have such.htm ref Nervi n Plaza , a commercial shopping complex with many chain stores and a large movie theater with 20 screens. El Prado , a gardened zone that serves as a major short distance bus hub. Estaci n de Cadiz , the lesser of the city s two trains stations. It currently serves as a fresh produce market. The Facultad de Ciencias Econ micas y Empresariales School of Business of the University of Seville is located in this neighborhood. The Seville Metro has four stations in the neighborhood Prado , San Bernardo , Nervi n and Gran Plaza . All of these are on Line 1 , which became operational on 2 April 2009. ref http www.metrodesevilla.org index.php?id 7 ref The Prado station also connects to the planned Line 3 , as well as the city s primary short distance bus hub. Many TUSSAM bus routes connect Nervi n with other neighborhoods, as well as internally. These include circular lines such as the C1 C2 in addition to a number of other lines, such as the 27, that connect it with the historical center. History Image Canos de Carmona. ... more details
About an Italian fishing village the engineer and architect Pier Luigi Nervi the ancient Belgic tribe Nervii Image Nervi porticciolo Italy.jpg right thumb Nervi Image Genova posizione.png thumb right Location of the province of Genoa Nervi is a former fishing village ref Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet Italy, 8th edition . Footscray, Victoria Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, 2008 195. ISBN 978 1 74104 311 2 ref 12 miles Northwest of Portofino, now a seaside resort in Liguria , in northwest Italy . Once an independent comune , it is now a quartiere of Genoa . Nervi is 7 km east of central Genoa. Geography Located 25 meters above sea level, Nervi is a district of Genoa. At the beginning of the century, it s mentioned as being surrounded with groves of olives, oranges and lemons, and beautiful gardened villas. The climate is moist and less dusty than the Riviera di Ponente , the part of the Italian Riviera west of Genoa, and is especially in favor with those who suffer from lung complaints. Museums Nervi is home to four significant museums. The Galleria d Arte Moderna , in the former Villa Serra and the Raccolte Frugone , in the former Villa Grimaldi have paintings, sculptures, and drawings by Italian and other artists from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection also includes items related to the cultural history of Genoa and Liguria. ref cite web url http www.gamgenova.it title Galleria D Arte Moderna accessdate 17 January 2009 ref ref cite web url http www.raccoltefrugone.it title Raccolte Frugone museum accessdate 17 January 2009 ref The Wolfsoniana is a regional museum of the Wolfsonian Florida International University of Florida International University in Miami, Florida . It contains items from the 19th and 20th centuries such as architectural drawings, graphics, posters, sketches and drawings, books and other publications, paintings, sculptures, furniture, and glass, ceramic, wrought iron, and silver objects. ref cite web url http www.wolsoniana.it tit ... more details
Infobox Person name Jean Oliver Sartor image image size caption birth date birth date 1918 8 1 birth place Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta , Fulton County, Georgia Fulton County br Georgia U.S. state Georgia , United States USA death date death date and age 2007 7 29 1918 8 1 death place Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport , Caddo Parish, Louisiana Caddo Parish br Louisiana spouse E. Alton Sartor, Jr. married 1940 2007, her death children Elisabeth Sartor Harden Oliver Sartor occupation Artist in Shreveport religion United Methodist Jean Oliver Sartor August 1, 1918 July 29, 2007 was an artist in Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport , Louisiana , who was instrumental in the founding of the R.S. Barnwell Memorial Garden and Arts Center . A frequent exhibitor in the International Society of Experimental Artists, Sartor was also a member of the Shreveport Visual Arts Hall of Fame. Just prior to her death, she was recognized as a founding member of the Hoover Water Color Society and had a solo retrospective exhibit at the Meadows Museum of Art at Methodist affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College in Shreveport. She painted and gardened on convert 12 acre m2 that she shared with her husband of sixty seven years, E. Alton Sartor, Jr. also born 1919 . She was a chairwoman of the Holiday in Dixie Cotillion and a member of the Junior League and the Silver Rose Society. She received numerous refereed awards for her work. Sartor was a debutante from Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta , Georgia U.S. state Georgia . During World War II , she was employed at an ammunition plant as an artillery shell inspector. After her marriage, she moved to Shreveport in 1940. In the early days of the Barnwell Center, horticulturist s and artists fought for dominance. As one with an interest in both fields, Sartor nevertheless took a strong stand for the artists. Among the horticulturists was Kay Tuggle Kline 1937 2010 , founder of the former Posey Mart, which operated in Shreveport until 1976. At t ... more details
Elsa Pooley born Elsa Susanna Bond, 1947 Johannesburg , is a South African botanist, landscaper, tour guide, and artist. ref http www.pooley.co.za ref She lived in and explored the game reserves Ndumo Game Reserve Ndumu and Mkhuze Game Reserve Mkuzi for about 20 years, where she became inspired by the flora of the region. She collected plants, painted them, wrote about them, and gardened with them. Her work has been exhibited throughout South Africa which has led to commissions, both local and abroad. Her paintings have appeared in the series Flowering Plants of Africa and her limited edition portfolio Palms of Africa 1988 has been sold worldwide. She was commissioned to do paintings for the Blue Train South Africa Blue Train in 1999. ref http www.baasa.co.za Artist EPooley.html BAASA ref Pooley has lived at Clansthal on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast since 1984, and spends her time painting, writing and conducting painting tours of KwaZulu Natal and Lesotho. She is a founder member of BAASA, the Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa. ref http www.cavern.co.za botanic.htm The Cavern ref Elsa Pooley was married to Tony Pooley 1938 2004 , a game ranger and renowned authority on crocodiles. She had three sons from the marriage Simon, Justin and Thomas. Books Flowers, Grasses, Ferns and Fungi Southern African Green Guide with Vincent Carruthers 1992 Mashesha The Making of a Game Ranger with Tony Pooley 1993 The Complete Field Guide to the Trees of Natal Province Natal , KwaZulu Zululand & Transkei photographic illustrations 1997 http books.google.co.za books?id 9GU91vq 9FQC&pg PT6&lpg PT6&dq 22Elsa Pooley 22&source web&ots 0HZyzwnyyE&sig hSBHvjR7 W8gUaRuJhrPq vLqZI&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 8&ct result PPT18,M1 The Wildlife of Southern Africa. A field guide to the animals and plants of the region paintings and sketches 1998 A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu Natal & the Eastern Region ISBN 0 620 21500 3 1999 Trees of Southern Africa ISBN 97818 ... more details
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