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Badminton

1 bronze 1.1 athletics 1.2 badminton 1.3 karate 1.4 sailing 1.5 swimming 1.6 taekwondo bronze athletics men s 50 km race walk: luis fernando garcía badminton men s singles: pedro yang karate women s kumite (+58 kg): cheili gonzález sailing mixed hobie 16: juan ignacio maegli , andrés lópez swimming women s 100 m backstroke: gisela morales women s 200 m backstroke: gisela morales taekwondo women s −49 kg: euda maría carias

Business school Berkhamsted

spire of chapel @ grade 1 ashridge house, showing natural trust ashridge estate behind ashridge executive education prestigious business school divine location , occupying grade 1 listed ashridge house, former stately home of duke of bridgewater, set in 190 acres of rolling parkland, 2 miles outside berkhamsted. house occupies site of earlier ashridge priory, college of monastic order of bonhommes founded in 1283 edmund, 2nd earl of cornwall, resided in castle. after dissolution of monasteries, henry viii bequeathed property daughter, elizabeth. in 1800, home of francis egerton, 3rd duke of bridgewater, affectionately known father of inland navigation.ashridge house constructed between 1808 , 1814 design james wyatt later work nephew jeffrey wyattville. architecture critic nikolaus pevsner described largest of romantic palaces near london ... spectacular composition . in 1928 urban hanlon broughton purchased house gift conservative party intended commemorate bonar law first 15 years,...

Career Eva Katherine Clapp

front page of 1901 wizard of oz style book her poems had wide circulation. clapp s poems appeared in chicago current, interior, chicago times, chicago tribune, inter ocean, boston budget, , wrote regularly boston transcript, , register, of berlin, germany. poems compiled publication in book form, under title, songs of red rose land. clapp married dr. c. b. gibson of chicago, in 1892, , spent year in europe, made study of literature of germany , france. in 1900 writing new bohemian magazine of cincinnati trying appeal bohemians in ohio. her 1901 book zauberlinda wise witch available audio book. published story under second married name.

World War II Pacific Theatre Operations USS Pinkney (APH-2)

1 world war ii pacific theatre operations 1.1 invasion of philippines 1.2 okinawa operations 1.3 struck kamikaze 1.4 return stateside repairs world war ii pacific theatre operations following extensive fitting out , shakedown, uss pinkney, evacuation transport, departed san diego, california, pearl harbor , south pacific ocean, 27 january 1943. in mid-february, arrived @ espiritu santo, whence sailed purvis bay deliver reinforcements , replacements veteran units of fight tulagi , gavutu. throughout remaining battles solomon islands, among them munda, vella lavella, shortlands, bougainville, , numerous engagements in slot , brought men, food , ammunition forward , evacuated casualties field hospitals better facilities on new caledonia , in new zealand. transported american , new zealand nurses , between various southwest pacific ocean hospitals. by august 1944, island hopping had carried allies , past marshall islands , mariana islands. on 8 september, uss pinkney departed guadalcanal ...

Medieval market town (12th to 15th centuries) Berkhamsted

tomb of henry of berkhamsted (who served under edward black prince @ battles of crécy , poitiers) , lady the town became trading centre on important trade route in 12th , 13th centuries, , berkhamsted received more royal charters. in 1216, henry iii relieved men , merchants of town tolls , taxes everywhere in england, , english plantagenet possessions in france, normandy, aquitaine , anjou growing wool trade brought prosperity berkhamsted 12th century until tudor period. 4 wealthy berkhamsted wool merchants amongst group in bruges whom edward iii wrote in 1332, , berkhamsted merchants sold cloth royal court. henry iii in 1217 recognised royal charter town s oldest institution, berkhamsted s pre-existing market. trades within medieval berkhamsted extensive: in 13th century town had merchant, 2 painters, goldsmith, forester, 2 farriers, 2 tailors, brewer of mead, blacksmith, carpenters, wood turners, tool makers, manufacturer of roofing tiles , wine producers. in mid–13th century, banker...

References Satyendra Narayan Sinha

mere sansmaran, autobiography dr. anugrah narayan sinha anugrah abhinandan granth samiti. 1947 anugrah abhinandan granth. bihar. anugrah narayan centenary year celebration committee. 1987. bihar bibhuti : vayakti aur kriti , bihar. bimal prasad (editor). 1980. revolutionary s quest: selected writings of jayaprakash narayan. oxford university press, delhi.

Festivals Ettumanoor

ezhara ponnana festival the famous ettumanoor mahadevar temple hosts arattu festival celebrated on grand scale on thiruvathira day in february–march every year. lot of people come temple on 8th , 10th day of festival when 7 , half elephants (in malayalam: ezharaponnaana) made of gold (nearly 13 kg) held in public view.this statue donated temple travancore maharaja. temple, wealthiest devaswom in kerala, has many valuable possessions. the thulabharam 1 of important rituals of temple. people make offerings god favours received. on balance, child or man whom offerings promised god, weighed against offerings ranging gold fruits. ettumanoor important pilgrim centre of hindus. the history of origin of ettumaanoorappan kattampakk, small village in kottayam district. etumanoor temple town; great sage vyasa came temple mahamuni.