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Palmas (Paraná)
Palmas may refer to: Places Brazil * Palmas, Tocantins, the capital of the state of Tocantins in Brazil ** Palmas Airport * Palmas, Paraná, a centenary small city in the south of the state of Paraná in Brazil * Das Palmas River, Brazil Elsewhere * Palmas Arborea, a commune in Sicily, Italy * Palmas, Sardinia, a place on the island of Sardinia, Italy * Miangas, a small Indonesian island also known as Palmas ** ''Island of Palmas Case'', a 1928 territorial dispute between the Netherlands and the United States * Cape Palmas, a headland on the coast of Liberia * Palmas, Aveyron, a commune in Aveyron department, France * Palmas, Cataño, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Cataño, Puerto Rico (U.S.) * Palmas, Guayama, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Guayama, Puerto Rico (U.S.) * Palmas, Arroyo, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Arroyo, Puerto Rico (U.S.) * Palmas, Salinas, Puerto Rico, a barrio in Salinas, Puerto Rico (U.S.) People * Gérald de Palmas (born 1967), French singer * Giorgia Palmas (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas, Tocantins
Palmas (, ''Palm trees''; Xerente language, Akwẽ-Xerénte: ''Akwẽ krikahâzawre wam hã'' ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Brazil, state of Tocantins, Brazil. According to Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE estimates from 2020, the city had 306,296 inhabitants. Palmas has a metropolitan area with 471,639 inhabitants. Palmas was founded in 1990 and developed Planned community, from the ground up in a former agricultural area as the capital of the new state of Tocantins, formed under the 1988 constitution. It was intended to develop a relatively undeveloped area of the nation to provide better jobs for people. The city has a well-designed road system, and its urban zoning is modeled on that of Brasília, the national capital. A symmetrical park lies at the city centre, and a large central avenue similar to Brasília's Monumental Axis extends north to south. The city is home to the Federal University of Tocantins. In 2002, the was completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas, Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,789. History Palmas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that combined the population of Palmas, Ancones and Guásimas barrios was 596. Special Community Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed, measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and the lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. By 2008, there were 742 places on the list of of barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods and in 2004, Palmas barrio made the list. Gallery Welcome to Palmas, Arroyo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Welcome to Palmas sign See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas Futebol E Regatas
Palmas Futebol e Regatas, or Palmas, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian Football League Teams, Brazilian football team from Palmas, Tocantins, Palmas in Tocantins, founded on 31 January 1997. It competes in the Campeonato Tocantinense, the top flight of the Tocantins State football leagues in Brazil, state football league. Palmas is the top ranked team from Tocantins in Brazilian Football Confederation, CBF's national club ranking, being placed 88th overall. History Palmas Futebol e Regatas was founded on January 31, 1997, after borrowing Sociedade Esportiva Canelas, Canelas documentation, which was already regularized at Federação Tocantinense de Futebol, Tocantins Football Federation, thus, becoming the first professional club of the city. Tocantins Governor Siqueira Campos was the first person to sign the club's foundation minute. On March 30, 1997, at Estádio General Sampaio, Porto Nacional, Belziran José de Souza scored the club's first goal. However, Palmas wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco Palmas
Banco Palmas is a Brazilian community bank founded in 1998 in Conjunto Palmeiras, a neighborhood of 32,000 inhabitants located in the suburbs of Fortaleza - Ceará, Brazil operating under the principle of the " Solidarity Socio-Economy." It is the first of currently 52 similarly structured community banks - also known as "community development banks" (CDBs) - throughout Brazil. It is managed locally by the Association of Residents of Conjunto Palmeira (Associação dos Moradores do Conjunto Palmeira), known by its acronym ASMOCONP, the staff of which is mostly volunteer. Its mission is to implement programs and projects for work and income generation using solidarity economy systems primarily focused on overcoming urban and rural poverty. Its objective is to ensure micro-credits for local production and consumption with low interest rates and no requirements for registration, proof of income, or guarantor, (the neighbors guarantee the borrower's reliability). Its mission is als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas (music)
Palmas is a handclapping style which plays an essential role in flamenco music. It used to help punctuate and accentuate the song and dance. Palmas can be a substitute for music, such as in the ''corrillo'' at the end of a show, and palmistas can assist the musicians by keeping a strong tempo, or the dancer by accentuating the end or beginning of a phrase. Palmas are also used in Brazilian music styles such as samba Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or .... Types of claps It is important to be able to make two distinct types of hand claps. These are hard (''fuertes, claras, secas'') and soft (''sordas''). Each has a particular sound and is used at a particular time. Fuertes Fuertes are used during intense and loud footwork or during loud musical pieces such as '' buler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936) is an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Corsican and Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive. Childhood Palmieri's parents Isabel Maldonado Palmieri and Carlos Palmieri moved to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1926 and settled in the South Bronxin New York. There, he and his elder brother Charlie Palmieri were born. He accompanied Charlie and participated in many talent contests when he was eight years old. Palmieri continued his education in the city's public school system, where he was constantly exposed to jazz music. He took piano lessons and performed at Carnegie Hall at the age of eleven. Influenced by Thelonious Monk and McCoy Tyner, and inspired by his older brother, he determined to someday form his own band — which he accomplished in 1950 when he was fourteen years old. During the 1950s, Palmieri played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas (album)
''Palmas'' is an album by the American musician Eddie Palmieri, released in 1994. Palmieri supported the album by playing shows with Milton Nascimento. The album peaked at No. 44 on ''Billboards Jazz Albums chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Latin Jazz Performance". Production The album was produced by Palmieri, who also composed all of its songs. He began working on it in the fall of 1993. Palmieri wanted to record without vocalists, and with the three horn players taking solos; two of the horn players were ex-Jazz Messengers. Palmieri often treated the piano as a percussive instrument. Eight musicians played on ''Palmas''. Critical reception The ''Miami Herald'' deemed the album "conventional Afro-Cuban jazz, featuring driving rhythms on the bottom and boppish melodies, jazz harmonies and improvisation on top." ''The Philadelphia Tribune'' determined that ''Palmas'' "cooks from start to finish with a solid mix of mambos, cha-chas, and ballads." ''The Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent De Palmas
Laurent de Palmas (born 29 October 1977) is a French retired footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ... who played as either a right or left back. External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmas, Laurent De 1977 births Living people French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ligue 2 players Nîmes Olympique players AS Cannes players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Racing de Ferrol footballers UD Almería players Elche CF players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Footballers from Bouches-du-Rhône ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgia Palmas
Giorgia Palmas (born 5 March 1982) is an Italian television personality, actress and model. She became famous following her appearances on the Italian television show ''Striscia la notizia''. Biography Palmas was born in Cagliari. She began her career in the year 2000, coming second in Miss World, losing to Miss India, Priyanka Chopra. In 2001, she was in ''Buona Domenica'', as a microfonina. In 2002, she won the television show '' Veline'', becoming the brunette velina, in pair with Elena Barolo, the new blonde velina. For two television seasons, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004, she was a velina in ''Striscia la notizia'', gaining her a lot of popularity. After leaving ''Striscia la notizia'' she appeared in Italia 1 summer edition of ''Lucignolo'', with Elena Barolo. In September of the same year she was in Rai 1 show, ''I Raccomandati''. She was chosen to be testimonial of "Cotton Club" brand underwear. In February 2005, she appeared on the cover of '' Max Magazine'' but had per top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérald De Palmas
Gérald Gardrinier (; born 14 October 1967 in Saint-Denis, Réunion), better known by his stage name Gérald de Palmas, is a French singer-songwriter. Biography Early life Gérald de Palmas was born in France. His father was a land surveyor from Brittany and his mother was a French teacher from Réunion. At the age of 10, De Palmas' family left Réunion, to live in Aix-en-Provence, France. At the age of 13, he discovered ska music, and became a fan of the UK band The Specials. Then he met Étienne Daho and formed a group called ''Les Max Valentin'' together with Edith Fambuena and Jean-Louis Pierot. They released the single 'Les Maux Dits' in 1987, but De Palmas was uncomfortable with this group, and went solo. After seven years of writing and singing solo, Da Palmas won a talent contest on the French M6 TV network. Career In 1994, Gérald de Palmas, or just De Palmas as an artistic name, released his first album ''La dernière Année'' (The Last Year), which contains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas, Salinas, Puerto Rico
Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Salinas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 313. History Palmas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Palmas and Quebrada Yeguas barrios was 981. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico References Barrios of Salinas, Puerto Rico {{SalinasPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmas, Guayama, Puerto Rico
Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 709. History Palmas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Palmas barrio was 1,200. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisions. Barrios are s ... References Barrios of Guayama, Puerto Rico {{GuayamaPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
