Monday, October 20, 2008
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This article is about the boat. For the activity, see Canoeing. For other uses, see Canoe (disambiguation).
A canoe is a small narrow boat, typically human-powered, though it may also be powered by sails or small electric or gas motors. Canoes usually are pointed at both bow and stern and are normally open on top, but can be covered.
In its human-powered form, the canoe is ordinarily propelled by the use of paddles, with the number of paddlers (most commonly two) dependent on the size of the canoe. Paddlers face in the direction of travel, either seated on supports in the hull, or kneeling directly upon the hull. Paddling can be contrasted with rowing, where the rowers usually face away from the direction of travel and use mounted oars (though a wide canoe can be fitted with oarlocks and rowed). Paddles may be single-bladed or double-bladed.
The oldest recovered canoe in the world is the canoe of Pesse (Holland). According to C14 dating analysis it was constructed somewhere between 8200 and 7600 B.C. This canoe is exhibited in the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands.
Sailing canoes (see Canoe Sailing) are propelled by means of a variety of sailing rigs. Common classes of modern sailing canoes include the 5 m² and the International 10 m² Sailing canoes. The latter is otherwise known as the International Canoe, and is one of the fastest and oldest competitively sailed boat classes in the western world. The log canoe of the Chesapeake Bay is in the modern sense not a canoe at all, though it evolved through the enlargement of dugout canoes.
entry # 9
As a tribute to Jacobs, the Rockefeller Foundation announced on February 9, 2007 the creation of the Jane Jacobs Medal, “to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to thinking about urban design, specifically in New York City.”[7] From the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s, the foundation’s Humanities Division sponsored an “Urban Design Studies” research program, of which Jacobs was the best known grantee.[8]. In September 2007 the Rockefeller Foundation awarded Barry Benepe, co-founder of NYC’s Green Market program and a founding member of Transportation Alternatives, with the inaugural Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership and a $100,000 cash prize. The inaugural Jane Jacobs Medal for new Ideas and Activism was awarded to Omar Freilla, the founder of Green Worker Cooperatives in the South Bronx; Mr. Freilla donated his $100,000 to his organization.
In May 2008, the Rockefeller Foundation announced that Peggy Shepard, executive director of West Harlem Environmental Action, would receive the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership and Alexie Torres-Fleming, founder of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, would receive the award for New Ideas and Activism. Both women will receive their medals and $100,000 awards at a dinner ceremony in September 2008 in New York City.
The City of Toronto proclaimed Friday May 4, 2007 as Jane Jacobs Day in Toronto. Two dozen free walks around and about Toronto neighbourhoods, dubbed “Jane’s Walk”, were held on Saturday May 5, 2007. A Jane’s Walk event was held in New York in on September 29 and 30, 2007 and, for 2008, the event has spread to eight cities and towns across Canada.
She was also famous for her saying, “Eyes on the Street”.
The Municipal Art Society of New York has partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation to host an exhibit focusing on “Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York” which opened at the MAS on September 26, 2007. The exhibit aims to educate the public on her writings and activism and uses tools to encourage new generations to become active in issues involving their own neighborhoods. An accompanying exhibit publication includes essays and articles by such architecture critics, artists, activists and journalists as Malcolm Gladwell, Reverend Billy, Robert Neuwirth, Tom Wolfe, Thomas de Monchaux, and William McDonough. [9] Many of these contributors are participating in a series of panel discussions on “Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York” taking place at venues across the city in Fall, 2007.[10]
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The mobile phone model N95 is a device which is invented with high technology standard and it is a communication tool which connects to the world. This model N95 also can be use to send coloured messages as well as picture messages via bluetooth , listen to music wiith high frequency including downloading songs through mp3, snap pictures and record videos too. This model N95 199mm in length , 53 mm in width, and 21mm in height. The weight of this model is 128g. This phone comes in 2 colours which are black and silver. It as a sliding closure shape.
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A novel entitled A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by KHALED HOSSEINI.
Mariam is only 15 when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who 1s 30 years her senior. Nearly 2 decades later in a climate of growning unrest, tragedy strikes 15 years old Laila, who must live her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other , their friendship to grow as deep as the bond betweem sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter . With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan , the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worse imaginnings. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways , lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism . In the end, it is love that triumphs over deaths and destruction.
Mariam is only 15 when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who 1s 30 years her senior. Nearly 2 decades later in a climate of growning unrest, tragedy strikes 15 years old Laila, who must live her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other , their friendship to grow as deep as the bond betweem sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter . With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan , the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worse imaginnings. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways , lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism . In the end, it is love that triumphs over deaths and destruction.
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Friendship is one of the main ingredients to happiness. We must worship our friendship with all of our friends. When befriends with others, we have to be considerate with their feelings and take care of them. Friends make us happy and feel valued. Like a wise old saying , " a friend in need is a friend indeed". Imagine if you are living all alone by yourself, and there's no one by you side, what will you feel? Happiness or sadness? Of course you will feel sad, won't you? In a conclusion, while living in this world, we do need friends.
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