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Florinda Riquer
Florinda may refer to: * ''Florinda coccinea'', the blacktailed red sheetweaver * Florinda (TV series) from the Philippines * Florinda, Florida, a former community ;As a given name * Florinda la Cava, legendary Spaniard * Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress * Florinda Donner, German-born American author and anthropologist * Florinda Grandino de Oliveira, birth name of Linda Batista, Brazilian musician * Florinda Handcock, Viscountess Castlemaine, wife of William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine * Florinda Meza, Mexican actress * Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan (陳麗敏) (1954–) the first Secretary for Administration and Justice in Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city ..., Macau civil servant ;Creative works * ''Florinda'', or ''les Maures en Espagne'', an 1851 an opera by Sigismond Thalberg * ''Florinda'' (painting), an 1852 painting by Franz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver
The blacktailed red sheetweaver (''Florinda coccinea''), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Florinda''. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896, and has only been found in Mexico, the West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ..., and the United States. It is common in the southeastern United States, inhabiting grasslands, lawns, and agricultural fields. Description ''F. coccinea'' are bright red in color, with a black caudal tubercle. Adults typically grow to long, with females growing slightly larger than males. They have two rows of eyes; two on the top row and six procurved on the bottom. Webs spun by ''F. coccinea'' consist of a horizontal sheet of non-sticky sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda (TV Series)
''Florinda'' is an ABS-CBN weekly television series format adapted from the movie of the same title originally starred by Susan Roces in 1973. which was aired from September 7 to October 2, 2009, replacing '' The Wedding'' and was replaced by '' Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up''. This is the third and final installment of '' Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection''. This series is currently streaming on Jeepney TV YouTube Channel every 7:00 pm, replacing ''Lorenzo's Time''. Overview Film Florinda is a 1973 suspense thriller. It was serialized in Tagalog Klasiks and was written by Rico Bello-Omagap and the movie was directed by Armando Herrera. The film starred Susan Roces in the title role, Florinda. The ensemble cast also includes Dante Rivero, Rosemarie Gil, Ramil Rodriguez, and the late Jay Ilagan. The Film revolves on an avenging love between the titular character, Florinda and the man she truly loves - Rodrigo (in the remake renamed as Ramil) but one day before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda, Florida
Florinda was a named place in Florida in 1930. A rail line connected 26.6 miles from Lake Wales Lake Wales is a city in Polk County, Florida. The population was 14,225 at the 2010 census. , the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 16,759. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Wales is ... through Grove, Florida, Templeton, Florida, Hesperides, Florida, Walinwa, Florida, Sumica, Florida, and Florinda, Florida to Nalaca, Florida. The area took its name from the Florinda Mill & Planing Mill Co. The area's post office was established at Sumica.American Lumberman: Commissary supplement, Volumes 11-12< 1918 page 51 In 1922 the Florinda company budgeted $100,000 for new sawmill equipment including planers, saws, and matchers for a daily output of about 35,000 ft. The purchase replaced equipment destroyed in a fire. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda La Cava
Florinda la Cava, or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711. Although she was treated as historical in Spain for centuries, there is no evidence for her existence whatsoever and her name is certainly a later concoction. The musical '' La Cava'', which premiered in 2000, is based on the legend of Florinda. Legend La Cava was the daughter (or in some early accounts, wife) of Count Julian, a figure whose historicity is doubtful. According to the earliest Arabic accounts, he was the Christian governor of Ceuta under the last Visigothic king, Roderic, a figure whose historicity is certain. She was either seduced by King Roderic, becoming his lover, or abducted by him and raped. In some versions, the king is depicted spying on her while she bathed in a garden. In others, she is the seducer. Afterwards, Julian, in order to avenge his dishonor on Roderic, colludes with the Umayyad forces (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda Bolkan
Florinda Bolkan (born Florinda Soares Bulcão; 15 February 1941) is a retired Brazilian actress and model. Biography She was born in Uruburetama and lived in Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro until she moved to Italy. A former flight inspector for Brazilian international carrier Varig, she became fluent in English, Italian and French. Bulcão moved to Italy in 1968 after being discovered by the film director Luchino Visconti. She changed her name to Florinda Bolkan because she thought it would be more comfortable for international audiences. Bolkan acted with the Beatle Ringo Starr in her first film, '' Candy''. She worked in more than forty films, mainly in Italy. She was directed by Vittorio de Sica in '' Una Breve Vacanza''. Under Elio Petri's direction, she made ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion''. Enrico Maria Salerno directed her in '' Anonimo Veneziano''. She worked with Jean-Louis Trintignant, John Cassavetes, and Annie Girardot. Like Sophia Loren, Claudia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda Donner
Florinda Donner (originally Regine Margarita Thal, later Florinda Donner-Grau) is an American writer and anthropologist known as one of Carlos Castaneda's "witches" (the term for three women who were friends of Castaneda). Early life Donner was born Regine Margarita Thal in Amberg, Bavaria in Germany on February 15, 1944 to parents Rudolf Thal and Katarina Claussnitzer who migrated to Venezuela when Donner was a child. She studied anthropology gaining a bachelor degree at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1972, and a master's degree in 1972. She did not complete her post-graduate degree, letting her graduate studies lapse in 1977, after having advanced to doctoral candidacy. While studying she met Castaneda and worked with him on developing his thinking. Writing In addition to working on Castaneda's books, she wrote several books about indigenous healing, sorcery and lucid dreaming. ''Shabono'' controversy In 1982 Florinda Donner published a book, ''Shabono: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Batista
Linda Batista, born Florinda Grandino de Oliveira (June 14, 1919 – April 17, 1988) was a Brazilian popular musician. Biography Linda was born in São Paulo, the sister of Dircinha Batista, and studied violão (guitar) from age 12 under Patricio Teixeira. She was hired at ''Radio Cajuti'' after substituting for her sister on the Gastão Lamounier show in 1932. By 1937 she had been elected Brazil's "Queen of Radio", which she would retain until 1948. She married and quickly divorced in the late 1930s, and became the frontwoman of the Kolman Orchestra at the Cassino da Urca. Her first recordings were released in 1938. Around this time she also began appearing in films such as ''Maridinho de Luxo'' and ''Banana da Terra''. She sang at the ''Radio Cultura'' in São Paulo and then at the Casino of Porchat Isle for six months. She returned to Rio de Janeiro in 1939 and was hired at the ''Cassino da Urca'', where she remained until the casinos were closed in 1945 by state decre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine
William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine, PC (Ire) (28 August 1761 – 7 January 1839) was an Irish MP and supporter of Union with Great Britain. Life He was born in Dublin, Ireland to Reverend Richard Handcock and Sarah Toler. In 1783, Handcock stood for Athlone in the Irish House of Commons and represented the constituency until the Act of Union in 1801. He was Constable and Governor of Athlone 1813–1839 and Governor of County Westmeath 1814–1831. Handcock was killed on the Night of the Big Wind in 1839 when the wind blew his bedroom shutters open at Moydrum Castle and hurled him “so violently upon his back that he instantly expired”. The Australian city of Castlemaine in the state of Victoria was named in his honour by his nephew Captain W. Wright. Family and title On 20 March 1782 he married Lady Florinda Trench (3 August 1766 – 9 February 1851), born in Twyford, Westmeath to William Power Keating Trench, 1st Earl of Clancarty and Anne Gardiner, Countess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda Meza
Florinda Meza García (born 8 February 1949) is a Mexican actress, comedian, television producer, and screenwriter. She is best known as Doña Florinda in ''El Chavo del Ocho'', La Chimoltrufia in '' Chespirito'', and other various roles in ''El Chapulín Colorado''. Early life and career Meza was born in Juchipila, Zacatecas, the daughter of Emilia García and Hector Meza. She was cast by Roberto Gómez Bolaños to play "Doña Florinda" (and later "La Popis") in the Televisa sitcom ''El Chavo del Ocho'', which would become a major international hit. The show would last from February 26, 1973 to January 7, 1980 (although the sketch would continue until 1992), during which she and Gómez Bolaños began a lifelong romance that never produced any children. During her tenure on the ''Chespirito'' television series, she was also known to have played Édgar Vivar's character "Botija"'s wife "María Expropiación Petronila Lascuráin y Torquemada", famously known as "La Chimoltrufia" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda Da Rosa Silva Chan
Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan (陳麗敏) (1954–) the first Secretary for Administration and Justice in Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p .... Chan was born in Macau in June 1954. She was educated in Macau holding a master's degree in Business Administration. In July 1993, she attended a one-year programme in Chinese Language and Public Administration in Beijing. She is fluent in various languages including Chinese, Portuguese, English and Italian. She has been with the Macau civil service since 1983 having served in various positions: * Division Chief, Division of Textile Negotiations 1983–1985 * Macau Liaison Office in Brussels * Division Chief, Division of Quotas Control 1987–1995 * Deputy Director of Economic Services Department 1995–1998 * Director o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Compositions By Sigismond Thalberg
{{Short description, none Sigismond Thalberg was a virtuoso pianist and prolific composer of the 19th Century. In his time, he was regarded as a pianist equal in footing to the other two great names of the time, Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin. Works with opus numbers *Op. 1 ''Fantaisie et Variations sur des différens Motifs de l’opéra Euryanthe de C. M. v. Weber''. *Op. 2 ''Fantaisie et Variations sur un thême ecossais''. *Op. 3 ''Impromptu sur des thèmes favoris de l’Opéra Le Siège de Corinth de Rossini''. *Op. 4 ''Douze Valses''. *Op. 5 ''Hommage à Rossini, Motifs de l’opéra Guillaume Tell varié''. *Op. 5 ''Grand concerto pour piano et orchestre''. *Op. 6 ''Fantaisie pour le Piano-Forte sur des motifs favoris de l’Opéra Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer''. *Op. 7 ''Grand divertissement pour pianoforte et cor (ou violoncelle), avec accompagnement d´orchestre''. *Op. 8 ''Sechs Deutsche Lieder, Erstes Heft'' ** ''Ihre Augen'': "Du hast Diamanten und Perlen". ** ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florinda (painting)
''Florinda'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by German painter and lithographer Franz Xaver Winterhalter. It was completed in 1853 and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it is not on display.''The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: 1809–1836'' by William Cullen Bryant, The picture depicts the legend of King Roderic of Spain spying on Florinda la Cava and the other palace girls while they bathe in a garden in Toledo, in order to decide the fairest. After Roderic selects and courts Florinda, her father takes revenge by inviting the Moors to invade and conquer Spain. The painting is a replica of the one displayed at Osborne House which Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ... gave as a birthday present to Prince Albert in 1852. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
