Mladá Boleslav
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Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic Jungbunzlau Founded in 995 and named after Boleslav II the Pious (d. 999), Prince of Bohemia (979–99) and son of Boleslav I; thus ‘Young Boleslav’ from
mladá ‘young’. The German name has the same meaning.
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Faunus: An object oriented framework for molecular simulation.(Software review)(Product/service evaluation)
Magazine article from: Source Code for Biology and Medicine; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Glotzilla, for example, albeit none of these target Monte Carlo simulation specifically. Due to the common language, faunus can easily interweave these libraries to broaden the intrinsic feature set with additional well-proven code. A successful...
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Lyric Poetry, Etna.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...poems ("Benacus" and "Sarca") and his erotic "Faunus" poems, since he most likely considered Virgil to...certain passages. For example, in one of the erotic "Faunus" poems ("Faunus Speaks to the River Nympeus"), the word spina is...
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Restored gardens may include pagan sculpture.
Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA); 6/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...called their version of the same diety Faunus. Mandyke, of the city Parks and Recreation...said she finally found a sculpture of Faunus at a Tulsa, Okla., garden accents company...Spokane for $162. Mandyke said if the Faunus sculpture doesn't make it to the garden...
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Abstracts.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 1/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...allegory to image ideal truth. In the Faunus episode, Spenser critiques his own program...represents unmediated truth, gains only Faunus's laughter because he sees the difference...represent and what she is: a naked woman. Faunus becomes a paradoxical figure of liberation...
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John Fletcher in 1600-1601: two early poems, an involvement in the "Poets' War," and a network of literary connections.(Critical Essay)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Whipping and Weever's earlier publication Faunus and Melliflora (1600) "have commendatory...phrase." (3) The poem published with Faunus and Melliflora is this: Methinks I heare...Keach, in a footnote to his discussion of Faunus and Melliflora, has proposed Fletcher...
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Why PNC chancellor's card is her favorite
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/27/2003; ; 699 words
; ...Roman, rather than Greek, mythology, Faunus is identified as the god of nature and...Again, the flora and fauna connection. Faunus is associated with the Greek mythological...is described as the sister or wife of Faunus, and the basis of the modern, botanical...
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'For my synne and for my yong delite': Chaucer, the Tale of Beryn, and the problem of Adolescentia.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...The story itself concerns Beryn, son of the wealthy senator Faunus. Beryn is a spoilt tear away, his life entirely given over...Was al ageyn Berinus' (ll. 1142-43). At her instigation Faunus refuses to fund Beryn's 'rebawdry'
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STUDIO ARTS STUDENTS AT PITT TO CREATE AND PRINT VALENTINES IN NEW SCREENPRINT STUDIO
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/18/2009; 474 words
; ...the event. The title of this collaboration is "Fertile," in relation to the origin of Valentine's Day, which honored Faunus, the god of fertility. Studio Arts chair Delanie Jenkins says the event will "celebrate our new and updated facilities and...
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Seasons of Love: History.com Delivers Interactive Resource on the History of Valentine's Day.
PR Newswire; 1/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...effort to "christianize" the pagan Lupercalia festival, a fertility festival dedicated to the Roman god of agriculture, Faunus. * Who sends Valentine's? Approximately 85 percent of valentines are purchased by women who live in one of the six regions...
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Swig signs 514,000 s/f in leases throughout downtown portfolio.(Annual Rewiew & Forecast)
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 2/7/2007; 700+ words
; ...Adams & Associates Inc.; Scientiae, LLC; Crescent Consulting Associates, Inc.; Synergy & Integration Inc.; Faunus Group Int'l dba FGI Finance; Privett Special Risk Services; Moed de Armas & Shannon; CTG Mutual; and Hugh O'Neil...
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Faunus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Faunus , in Roman religion, woodland deity, protector of herds and crops. He was identified with...sportive creatures, half man and half goat, similar to satyrs. The female counterpart of Faunus was Bona Dea, also called Fauna.
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fauna
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
fauna the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. The term is recorded from the late 18th century, and is a modern Latin application of Fauna , the name of a rural goddess, sister of Faunus . Compare flora .
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faun
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
faun ancient rural deity. XIV. — (O)F. faune or L. Faunus god or demi-god worshipped by shepherds and farmers and identified with Pan; perh. rel. to favēre be FAVOURABLE .
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Pan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...reed. Thus Pan plays the reed, or syrinx, in memory of her. Later, when Pan was worshiped in other parts of Greece and in Rome, he became associated with the Greek Dionysus and identified with the Roman Faunus, both gods of fertility.
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May
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
May - (O)F. mai :- L. Maius prop. pert. to Māia , Italic goddess, daughter of Faunus and wife of Vulcan (later identified with Gr. Maîa ). Hence May-day XV.
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