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Amado Villarreal
Amado may refer to: Places * Amado, Arizona Name * Amado Crowley (1930–2010), occult teacher and self-proclaimed illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley * Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956-1997), Mexican drug kingpin and former leader of the Juárez Cartel * Amado Boudou (born 1963), Argentine politician and businessman, vice-president since 2011 Surname * Diogo Amado (born 1990), Portuguese football player * Flávio Amado (born 1979), Angolan football player * Jorge Amado (1912–2001), Brazilian writer * Lauro Amadò (1912–1971), Swiss football player * Luís Amado (born 1953), Portuguese politician * Marijke Amado (born 1954), Dutch television presenter * Miguel Amado (born 1984), Uruguayan football player Architecture * Amado (Architecture) ( :ja:雨戸) - a kind of sliding window shutter A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amado, Arizona
Amado is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 295 at the 2010 census. Geography Amado is located at (31.704900, -111.065492). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.33%, is water. Demographics Amado's population was 40 in the 1960 census. Amado appeared on the 2000 U.S. Census as a census-designated place (CDP). As of the census of 2000, there were 275 people, 104 households, and 66 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 24.5 people per square mile (9.5/km2). There were 107 housing units at an average density of 9.5/sq mi (3.7/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 70.9% White, 0.4% Black or African American, 1.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 26.2% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. 43.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 104 households, out of which 29.8% had children unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Amado
Luís Filipe Marques Amado, GCC (born 17 September 1953) is a portuguese politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2011 in Portugal's XIII Government led by the Socialist Party. Before replacing Diogo Freitas do Amaral as Minister of Foreign Affairs, on 30 June 2006, Amado had served as Minister of Defence. On 30 June 2007, he succeeded to the EU Council Presidency on behalf of Portugal. Education and personal life Luís Amado graduated in economics from the Technical University of Lisbon, before becoming an advisor to the Portuguese National Defence Institute and Visiting Professor of Georgetown University. Married with two children, he has lived much of his life in Madeira, where he serves as a Deputy in the Regional Assembly. Government posts * Deputy Secretary of State of Internal Administration, in the XIII Government. (1995–1997) * Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, in the XIII Government. (1997–1999) * Secretary of State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Window Shutter
A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers (both operable or fixed, horizontal or vertical), solid panels, fabric, glass and almost any other item that can be mounted within a frame. Shutters may be employed for a variety of reasons, including controlling the amount of sunlight that enters a room, to provide privacy, security, to protect against weather or unwanted intrusion or damage and to enhance the aesthetics of a building. Depending on the application, and the construction of the window frame, shutters can be mounted to fit within the opening or to overlap the opening. The term window shutter includes both interior shutters, used on the inside of a house or building, and exterior shutters, used on the outside of a structure. On some styles of buildings it is common to have shutters to cover the doors as well as the windows. Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliding Door
A sliding door is a type of door which opens horizontally by sliding, usually horizontal to a wall. Sliding doors can be mounted either on top of a track below or be suspended from a track above. Some types slide into a space in the parallel wall in the direction of travel, rather than the door sliding along the outside of the parallel wall. There are several types of sliding doors, such as pocket doors, sliding glass doors, center-opening doors, and bypass doors. Sliding doors are commonly used as shower doors, glass doors, screen doors, wardrobe doors or in vans. History Sliding doors were used as early as the 1st century CE in Roman houses (as evidenced by archaeological finds in Pompeii, Italy); however, there is no evidence to confirm that the Romans were the first humans to have invented or used sliding doors. Sliding door gear The mechanism used to operate a sliding door is called ''sliding door gear''. There are two standard types: top-hung or bottom rolling systems. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amado (Architecture)
Amado may refer to: Places * Amado, Arizona Name * Amado Crowley (1930–2010), occult teacher and self-proclaimed illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley * Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956-1997), Mexican drug kingpin and former leader of the Juárez Cartel * Amado Boudou (born 1963), Argentine politician and businessman, vice-president since 2011 Surname * Diogo Amado (born 1990), Portuguese football player * Flávio Amado (born 1979), Angolan football player * Jorge Amado (1912–2001), Brazilian writer * Lauro Amadò (1912–1971), Swiss football player * Luís Amado (born 1953), Portuguese politician * Marijke Amado (born 1954), Dutch television presenter * Miguel Amado (born 1984), Uruguayan football player Architecture * Amado (Architecture) ( :ja:雨戸) - a kind of sliding window shutter A window shutter is a solid and stable window covering usually consisting of a frame of vertical stiles and horizontal rails (top, centre and bottom). Set within this frame can be louvers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Amado
Miguel Angel Amado Alanis (born 28 December 1984 in Rivera) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Uruguayan Primera División side Peñarol on loan from Paraguayan Primera División league Club Olimpia and the Uruguay national football team. International career Miguel Amado made his international debut for Uruguay on 10 June 2009. He was in the starting line-up for a World Cup qualifying match against Venezuela, which ended as a 2-2 draw for both sides. He has won 2 caps for the Uruguay national football team. Honors Club Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 1913, Defensor has several sports sections, with football and basketball being the most important and the ones in which the club has achieved significant achievemen ... * Primera División (1): 2007–08 External links * Miguel Amado playing stats at ESPN: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=88128&cc=5739 1984 births Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marijke Amado
Marijke Amado (born 1 February 1954, in Tilburg) is a Dutch television presenter. Life From 1980 to 1990 she presented the television show ''WWF Club'' by German broadcaster WDR. In Germany, Amado became famous for her television presentation of a show called ''Mini Playback Show'' between 1990 and 1998. She was guest in different German television shows, for example ''Alfredissimo'', ''Zimmer frei!'', ''Blond am Freitag'', ''Planet Wissen'', ''Kachelmanns Spätausgabe'', ''Das perfekte Promi-Dinner'', ''Volle Kanne'', ''Lafer!Lichter!Lecker!'', ''Samstag Abend'', ''Weck Up'' or ''Das NRW-Duell''. Amado lives in Lanaken Lanaken (; li, Laoneke) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Lanaken had a total population of 24,724. Its area is 59.00 km² which gives a population density of 415 inhabitant .... Works * ''Mr. Bink - Vom Traummann zum Albtraum'', Riva-Verlag, 20 Literature * Ingo Schiweck: ''Laß di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauro Amadò
Lauro Amadò (3 March 1912 – 6 June 1971), also known as Lajo, was a Swiss football player. Career Amadò was born in Lugano. He played 54 international games for the Switzerland national football team and scored 21 goals. The striker took part in three games at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Clubs *1930-1932 FC Lugano *1932-1934 Servette Genf *1934-1940 FC Lugano *1940-1949 Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ... Honours *Swiss League Champion: 1933, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1945 *Swiss Cup: 1931, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946 * NLA Top scorer: 1943, 1947 References Swiss men's footballers Switzerland international footballers 1912 births 1971 deaths 1938 FIFA World Cup players Servette FC players FC Lugano players Grasshopper Club Zürich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amado Crowley
Amado Crowley (26 January 1930 – 2010) was the pseudonym of an English occult writer and magician who claimed to be the secret illegitimate son of occultist and mystic Aleister Crowley (1875–1947). During a period of over thirty years, from the early 1970s through 2000s, he published and self-published many books and recordings.Evans (2007), pp. 230-231 Biographical details Amado Crowley initially announced himself to the occult world via his adopted name in 1971, when he was past the age of forty, through a statement sent to the publishers of the encyclopedia on the subject, '' Man, Myth & Magic''. However, it would later be inferred from his 1991 book, ''The Secrets of Aleister Crowley'', that his name was registered at birth as Andrew Standish, though this has not been confirmed. Like Aleister Crowley, Amado used and taught a syncretic mix of Western magical techniques along with Eastern methods including meditation and yoga. However, he maintained that the cornerstone of Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably ''Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (novel), Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands'' in 1976. His work reflects the image of a Mestiço Brazil and is marked by religious syncretism. He depicted a cheerful and optimistic country that was beset, at the same time, with deep social and economic differences. He occupied the 23rd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters from 1961 until his death in 2001. He won the 1984 Nonino#Winners, International Nonino Prize in Italy. He also was Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Federal Deputy for São Paulo (state), São Paulo as a member of the Brazilian Communist Party between 1947 and 1951. Biography Amado was born on Saturday, 10 August 1912, on a farm near the inland city of Itabuna, in the south o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flávio Amado
Flávio da Silva Amado (born 30 December 1979), better known as Flávio, is an Angolan former professional footballer striker. He is the assistant of Angolan side Petro Atlético. Club career Flávio helped his team Al Ahly to participate in the FIFA Club World Championship two successive times in 2005 and 2006. In the FIFA Club World Championship 2006 opening match against Auckland City FC of New Zealand on 10 December 2006, he scored the first goal, helping Al-Ahly to a 2–0 win. In the semi-final on 13 December 2006, Al Ahly faced South American champions Internacional, and Flávio played and scored an equaliser with a header in the second half but Al-Ahly eventually lost the match 1–2. After having a very unsuccessful first season with the team during which he scored only one goal in the league, and being jeered by fans at many times, most notably when he missed a penalty kick against rivals El Zamalek in the African Champions League, Flávio had a very successful sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
