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12 unusual facts about ANI


Alexander Spendiaryan

Spendiaryan was born on November 1 (os October 20), 1871 in Kakhovka, province of Tavrik (modern Ukraine) in an Armenian family whose ancestry originated from Ani.

Ani

By the early 9th century the former territories of the Kamsarakans in Arsharunik and Shirak (including Ani) had been incorporated into the territories of the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty.

Ani-Mator

1 #59-60 (January-February 1988), and was created by Louise Simonson and Bret Blevins.

Ape-Man

Along with Bird-Man I, Cat-Man I, and Frog-Man, Keefer was recruited for his great strength by a man named the Organizer to form the Ani-Men.

At Va'Ani

The song was performed twelfth on the night (following Belgium's Ann Christy with "Gelukkig zijn" and preceding Turkey's Semiha Yanki with "Seninle Bir Dakika").

Bird-Man

Along with Ape-Man, Cat-Man, and Frog-Man, Henry Hawk was recruited by a man named the Organizer to form the original Ani-Men.

Both have similar powers and appearance, and both appeared primarily as a member of the villain team the Ani-Men.

Death-Stalker

When he first appeared as the Exterminator, he recruited the Unholy Three.

Kharkov, Armenia

A short distance west of Kharkov is an overlook from which the ancient Armenian capital, Ani, may be seen clearly across the border with Turkey.

Madame Masque

Whitney hires the Ani-Men to bring her father to her and then asks Stark to find a cure for him.

Uncanny X-Men 94

In the Colorado Rockies, Count Nefaria and a group of Ani-Men seize control of the military base in Mount Valhalla and threaten to launch the USA's entire inventory of nuclear missiles unless every nation of the world pays Nefaria a ransom.

Zoltan Nuridsany

Nuridsany was born in 1925 to an Armenian father from Ani (like much of the Armenian community in Transylvania) and a Hungarian mother.


Ahmed Bouzfour

His first novella, Yas'alounaka âni al-qatl (يسألونك عن القتل) was published in 1971 in Al-Alam (العلم), a Moroccan newspaper belonging to the Istiqlal Party.

Ana María Escribano

Ana María "Ani" Escribano López (born 2 December 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays for ÍBV in Iceland's Úrvalsdeild.

Anasheed

Other well-known artists are Yusuf Islam -formerly known as Cat Stevens -, Sami Yusuf, Junaid Jamshed, Maher Zain, Mesut Kurtis, Dawud Wharnsby, Zain Bhikha, ANI, the only female Islamic pop English singer, and many others.

Ani Choying Drolma

In 1994, guitarist Steve Tibbetts visited the nunnery and eventually recorded much of the Tibetan music with Ani Choying on two albums.

Ani Choying Dolma is part of a fairly large group of musicians in the Tibetan tradition now active outside Tibet, including the singers Techung, Karjam Saeji, Phurbu T Namgyal, Amchok Gompo Dhondup, Yungchen Lhamo, flautist Nawang Khechog, and Jewish-American Tibetan-genre performer Amalia Rubin.

Ani Lorak

Italian designer Roberto Cavalli designed a dress for Ani Lorak performance at the festival.

In the spring of 2000 Ani Lorak recorded the soundtrack for an advert for the Chocolate "Korona" at the London studio "Astoria".

Ani security fence

The Ani security fence was constructed in 2002 around the uninhabited medieval city of Ani which is situated in the Turkish province of Kars along the border with Armenia.

Area codes 905, 289 and 365

Automatic number identification (ANI) on the NPA's switching systems began transmission on October 11, 1992 for some central office codes, and full conversion was achieved by January 1, 1994.

Arshak Fetvadjian

In the early 1900s, Fetvadjian had the opportunity to participate in the excavations led by Russian archaeologist Nicholas Marr of the medieval Armenian capital of Ani, a city which boasted several of the most outstanding examples of Armenian architecture of the High Middle Ages.

Asia News

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Billy Strange

"A Little Less Conversation", which he wrote with Mac Davis, was on the sound­tracks of the DreamWorks ani­mated fea­ture films Shark Tale (2004) and Megamind (2010).

Bourekas film

Boaz Davidson - a director of many Bourekas film comedies such as Charlie Ve'hetzi (1974), Hagiga B'Snuker (1975), Mishpahat Tzan'ani (1976), and Lupo B'New York (1976).

Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591

Khosrau not only returned Dara and Martyropolis in exchange for Maurice's assistance, but also agreed to a new partition of the Caucasus by which the Sassanids handed over to the Byzantines many cities, including Tigranokert, Manzikert, Baguana, Valarsakert, Bagaran, Vardkesavan, Yerevan, Ani, Kars, and Zarisat.

Cathedral of Ani

A group of Turkish nationalists responded on October 1, 2010, by gathering at the Cathedral of Ani to say Muslim prayers led by Devlet Bahçeli, head of the Nationalist Movement Party.

Elijah Mizrachi

A compendium by Jacob Marcaria was published under the title Kitzur Mizrachi (Trento, 1561), and later, one by Isaac ha-Kohen of Ostroh, entitled Mattenat 'Ani (Prague, 1604-9).

Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle

Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma'ani Castle or Palmyra Castle is a castle in the province of Homs, Syria.

Joseph Orbeli

During his student years, Orbeli accompanied his professor, Nicholas Marr, to Russian Armenia, where he took part in excavations of the ruins of the medieval Armenian capital of Ani.

Marina Maximilian Blumin

She sang "Halomot" ("Dreams") by Ruhama Raz, "Shir Ahuvat HaSapan" ("Song of the Sailor's Lover") by Rita, "Bluz Kna'ani" ("Canaan Blues") by Ehud Banai and "Vidui" ("Confession") by Alexander Penn (sung by Yehudit Ravitz).

MDC-1200

Vertex Standard manufactures OEM add-on boards for their mobile and portable Land Mobile Radios that support MDC-1200 ANI (or PTT ID).

Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq

An article by Harald Motzki appeared in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies that mentioned the Musannaf of `Abd al-Razzaq al-San`ani as a source of authentic ahadith of the first century AH.

Poor tithe

Contemporary practice is to set aside terumah, separate first tithe (Hebrew ma'aser rishon מעשר ראשון), separate terumat ma'aser, then redeem second tithe (Hebrew: maaser sheni מעשר שני) with a coin (on years that do not coincide with ma'aser ani).

Prashant Pandey

Educated at Hansraj College University of Delhi, and AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre Jamia Millia Islamia Prashant Pandey had a brief stint as a journalist for ANI-REUTERS and later as a creative head with Zee tv talent hunt SAREGAMAPA

Samson Flexor

A comprehensive exhibition of one hundred paintings by the artist to the centennial of his birth, "One Hundred Years / one hundred works" ( 100 de ani/100 de opere ) was held from 11 to 28 September 2007 at his home in the National Art Museum of Moldova in Chișinău, where in October moved in Bucharest and beyond - repeating the career of the artist - in Brussels, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and other cities in Brazil - Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Poços de Caldas and São Paulo.

Stray cats

Stray Cats, the second disc of Ani DiFranco's 2002 live album, So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter

Suren Nazaryan

Being a young sculptor, in 1964, Suren Nazaryan received permission from Catholicos of All Armenians, Vazgen I, to create the bas-reliefs of the five most important and famous cathedrals of Armenian architecture (St. Hripsime, Etchmiadzin, Zvartnots, Holy Cross Akhthamar, and Ani) for the throne hall of Catholicos’s residence.

Umuanigo

The same pattern of family expansion in Umu-Ani also took place in Umu-Ndida, Umu-Eze, Umu-Aboshi and Umu-Ngwu, making Umuanigo one big family that has other races and Tribes being married into the family.

Zalman Kornblit

Bercovici, Israil, O sută de ani de teatru evriesc în România ("One hundred years of Yiddish/Jewish theater in Romania"), 2nd Romanian-language edition, revised and augmented by Constantin Măciucă.

Zohar Argov

Some believe that the great popularity of Argov and other Mizrahi singers of his time, among them Avihu Medina, Haim Moshe and Margalit Tzan'ani, was a response to the widespread sense among Mizrahi Jews in Israel that they were being discriminated against by the Ashkenazi hegemony.