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Boule D'Or
Boule may refer to: Ball games * Boules, a collective term for games involving players throwing balls at a smaller target ball ** Pétanque, a common variety originating in France and sometimes loosely called "boules" in English ** Boule Lyonnaise, another boules game of French origin ** Boule Bretonne, a boules game from Brittany * Boule (gambling game), a game similar to roulette People * Boule (community), an Akan people in Côte d'Ivoire, Africa * Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1799–1865), French playwright * Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), French palaeontologist Politics * Boule (ancient Greece), a citizens' council appointed to run daily affairs of a city * Hellenic Parliament, transliterated as Vouli or Boule from Greek Science and geography * Boule (crystal), an ingot of synthetically produced crystal * Boule (gene), an alias for the gene BOLL, responsible for sperm production in animals * , one of the Northern Continental Ranges in the Canadian Rocky Mountains O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boules
Boules (, ), or ''jeu de boules'', is a collective name for a wide range of games similar to bowls and bocce in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls as closely as possible to a small target ball, called the ''jack''. 'Boules' itself is a French loanword that usually refers to the game especially played in France. Boules-type games are traditional and popular in many European countries and are also popular in some former French colonies in Africa and Asia. Boules games are often played in open spaces (town squares and parks) in villages and towns. Dedicated playing areas for boules-type games are typically large, level, rectangular courts made of flattened earth, gravel, or crushed stone, enclosed in wooden rails or back boards. To win, a team must reach 15 points, with a few exceptions. Boules games in history As early as the 6th century BC the ancient Greeks are recorded to have played a game of tossing coins, then flat stones, and later stone balls, called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranges Of The Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies are a segment of the North American Rocky Mountains found in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. List of ranges There is no universally accepted hierarchical division of the Canadian Rockies into subranges. For ease of navigation only, this article follows and divides the Canadian Rockies into Far Northern Rockies, Northern Continental Ranges, Central Main Ranges, Central Front Ranges and Southern Continental Ranges, each of these subdivided in distinct areas and ranges. From north to south and west to east, these mountain ranges are: Far Northern Rockies The Far Northern Rockies lie in British Columbia, and run from Prince George almost to the Yukon border. * Muskwa Ranges ** Akie Range ** Battle of Britain Range ** Deserters Range ** Gataga Ranges ** Rabbit Plateau ** Sentinel Range ** Stone Range ** Terminal Range ** Tochieka Range ** Tower of London Range ** Truncate Range * Hart Ranges **Misinchinka Ranges (from Peace Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulle
Boulle is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jean Boulle, the father of André Charles Boulle, a cabinetmaker to the King of France * André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker to the Sun King * Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799), French neoclassical architect * Francis Boulle (born 1988) Comedian, entrepreneur and creator of Made in Chelsea * Jean-Philippe Boulle (1678–1744), French cabinetmaker to the King of France and the oldest son of André-Charles Boulle * Jean-Raymond Boulle (born 1950), mining entrepreneur, founder and principal shareholder of Titanium Resources Group * Mark Boulle (born 1979), Australian musician * Pierre Boulle (1912–1994), French novelist * Rémy Boullé (born 1988), French paracanoeist See also * Boulle work, marquetry process made famous by the French cabinetmaker André Charles Boulle André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boule Et Bill
''Boule et Bill'' (known in English as ''Billy & Buddy'') is a popular comics, comic, created in 1959 by Franco-Belgian comics, Belgian Comic book creator, writer-artist Jean Roba in collaboration with Maurice Rosy. In 2003, the artistic responsibility of the series was passed on to Roba's former assistant Laurent Verron. The stories center on a typical family: a man and his wife, their young son Boule and Bill the English Cocker Spaniel, cocker spaniel. History ''Boule et Bill'' first appeared in the Belgian comics magazine ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' on December 24, 1959. The ambition was to make a sort of European Peanuts. The debut was made in a so-called ''Spirou (magazine)#Rejuvenation in the 1960s and 1970s, mini-récit'' (mini-story), a story in 32 very small pages, printed on the inner spread of the magazine. Roba had until then mainly made illustrations for the magazine and had helped some other authors (including André Franquin), and now started with his own series. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boul (other)
Boul may refer to: * Boul, a tributary of the Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ... in Suceava County * Boul (Tazlău), a tributary of the Tazlău in Bacău County * Jack Boul (born 1927), artist and teacher based in Washington, D.C. See also * Bool (other) * Boole (other) * Boule (other) * Pârâul Boului (other) * Valea Boului (other) {{dab, geodis, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boole (other)
George Boole (1815–1864) was a British mathematician and philosopher, and originator of Boolean algebra. Boole may also refer to: * Boole (band), an electronic music group from the United States * Boole (crater), a lunar crater * Boole (tree), a giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Forest People with the name * Alicia Boole or Alicia Boole Stott (1860–1940), mathematician and daughter of Mary Everest and George Boole * Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916), mathematician and wife of George Boole * Sasha Boole (born 1988), Ukrainian singer and songwriter * William H. Boole (1827–1896), pastor and prohibitionist in New York See also * Bool (other) * Boolean (other) Any kind of logic, function, expression, or theory based on the work of George Boole is considered Boolean. Related to this, "Boolean" may refer to: * Boolean data type, a form of data with only two possible values (usually "true" and "false ... * Boule (other) {{Disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bool (other)
Bool may refer to: People * Al Bool (1897–1981), American baseball player * Henry Bool (1846–1922), American anarchist Places * Bool (Ludhiana East), a village in Punjab, India * Bool, Tagbilaran, a barangay (suburb) in the Philippines * Bool Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia * Bool Lagoon, a freshwater lagoon in South Australia * Bool Lagoon Game Reserve, a protected area in South Australia * Bool Lagoon, South Australia, a locality * Mount Bool, Antarctica Computer programming * Boolean data type in computer programming See also *Boole (other) *Boul (other) Boul may refer to: * Boul, a tributary of the Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, ... * Boule (other) {{Disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bole (other)
Bole may refer to: Places * Bole District, Ghana * Bole, Ghana, town * Bole (Ghana parliament constituency) * Bole, Nottinghamshire, England * Bole (Sub-City of Addis Ababa), Ethiopia ** Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia * Bole, Xinjiang, China ** Bole Alashankou Airport * Pasila, area of Helsinki in Finland called Böle in Swedish, one of the municipality's official languages * Böle (Piteå Municipality), a locality situated in Norrbotten County, Sweden Other uses * An alternate name for the trunk of a tree; used in modern forestry and in archaic contexts. * Bole (color), a reddish-brown color **Armenian bole Armenian bole, also known as bolus armenus or bole armoniac, is an earthy clay, usually red, native to Armenia but also found in other places. The term Armenian was later referred to a specific quality of the clay. Originally used in medication, i ... a reddish clay material used in painting ** Levant bole, similar, used in historical medicine. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadian Cuisine
Chadian cuisine is the cooking traditions, practices, foods and dishes associated with the Chad, Republic of Chad. Chadians use a medium variety of grains, vegetables, fruits and meats. Commonly consumed grains include millet, sorghum, and rice as staple foods. Commonly eaten vegetables include okra and cassava. A variety of fruits are also eaten. Meats include mutton, Chicken (food), chicken, pork, Goat meat, goat, Fish (food), fish, Lamb and mutton, lamb and beef. The day's main meal is typically consumed in the evening on a large communal plate, with men and women usually eating in separate areas. This meal is typically served on the ground upon a mat, with people sitting and eating around it. Northern and southern cuisines Fish is more abundant in southern Chad, including tilapia, perch, eel, carp and catfish. Southern Chadians do not consume many dairy products from livestock, and are not as dependent upon fish as a protein source, but have more options in using fresh produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boule (bread)
Boule, from French, meaning "ball", is a traditional shape of French bread resembling a squashed ball. A boule can be made using any type of flour and can be leavened with commercial yeast, chemical leavening, or even wild yeast ( sourdough). The name of this rustic loaf shape is the reason the French call bread bakers and bread bakeries . This bread is found especially in the regions of eastern France, such as Burgundy and Franche-Comté where a small town bears the name of Boulot. Representation in art Boule bread appears in certain Renaissance paintings by the Dutch painter Dieric Bouts. << Le pain et l'art >> published on the site "lepain.ch". A representation of Boule bread can be appreciated in the |
Sigma Pi Phi
Sigma Pi Phi (), also known as The Boulé, is an African American professional fraternity. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1904, it is the oldest Greek lettered fraternity for African Americans. The fraternity does not have collegiate chapters and is designed for professionals in mid-career or older. Sigma Pi Phi has over 5,000 members and 139 chapters throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and The Bahamas. History Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1904 as a professional fraternity for African American men. When Sigma Pi Phi was founded, black professionals were not offered participation in the professional and cultural associations organized by the white community. Its founders were:. * Robert J. Abele (1875–1929), graduated at the top of his 1895 class at Hahnemann University Medical School (and was its first Black graduate) who earned the highest score ever awarded at that point on the state's medical certification test, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boule (gene)
Boll may refer to: * Boll (surname) * Boll, an obsolete Scottish measure of volume * BOLL, a protein in humans * 7873 Böll, a main-belt asteroid * Boll case, a 1958 International Court of Justice case * Boll KG, Uwe Boll's personal production company *Boll, the protective case in which cotton grows *Boll, a community in the municipality of Vechigen, Switzerland *Boll, former German name of Bulle, Switzerland See also *Bad Boll Bad Boll () is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History In 1321, the County of Württemberg purchased title over Bad Boll and came to possess it ''de jure'', but it was '' de facto'' still controlled b ..., a municipality in Germany * Bol (other) * Bolling (other) * Bølling (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
