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unusual facts about Cos, Ariège


Isabelle Sandy

Isabelle Sandy (1884, Cos, Ariège - 1975) was a French poet and writer, best known for her regionalism.


Armory Show

The show will focus on the effects of the Armory Show on the Cos Cob Art Colony, and highlight the involvement of artists such as Elmer Livingston MacRae and Henry Fitch Taylor in producing the show.

Aycart del Fossat

Aycart or Aicart del Fossat or Aicardo de Fossato (fl. 1250–68) was a troubadour from Le Fossat in Ariège.

Aynat

Bédeilhac-et-Aynat, a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France

Bush-Holley House

MacRae succeeded John Henry Twachtman as head of the Cos Cob Art Colony, and for two decades Elmer and Emma continued to run the boardinghouse, which also served as a studio and showcase for MacRae’s works.

In the summer of 1896, Elmer Livingston MacRae visited Cos Cob for a class in outdoor painting.

Cadambathur Tiruvenkatacharlu Rajagopal

He showed that the series for tan1x discovered by James Gregory and those for sin x and cos x discovered by Isaac Newton were known to the Hindu mathematicians 150 years earlier.

CityCenterDC

Proposals for the $1 billion project were received by District of Columbia Civic Development (consisting of Millennium Partners, Jonathan Rose Cos., Gould Property Co., and EastBanc Inc.); East End Redevelopment Associates (consisting of Federal Development LLC, Rockefeller Group Development Corp., Centex, and Summit Properties); Forest City-Jarvis Group (consisting of Forest City Washington and the Jarvis Group); The Georgetown Co.

Clenshaw–Curtis quadrature

Unlike computation of arbitrary integrals, however, Fourier-series integrations for periodic functions (like f(\cos\theta), by construction), up to the Nyquist frequency k=N, are accurately computed by the N+1 equally spaced and equally weighted points \theta n = n \pi / N for n = 0,\ldots,N (except the endpoints are weighted by 1/2, to avoid double-counting, equivalent to the trapezoidal rule or the Euler–Maclaurin formula).

Cos Cob Art Colony

Among the artists who first visited Cos Cob as summer students were Elmer Livingston MacRae, Ernest Lawson, Allen Tucker, Charles Ebert, Mary Roberts Ebert, Alice Judson, and Genjiro Yeto.

Decree of Philippi, 242 BCE

Cos, or Kos, is located on the Greek island of the same name.

Dexippus of Cos

Dexippus of Cos, (also called Dioxippus; 4th century BC), a Greek physician of Cos, who was one of the pupils of the celebrated Hippocrates, and lived in the 4th century BC.

Dov'è l'amore

Italian singer Albano Carrisi recorded an Italian-language version in 2001 called "Cos'è l'amore"

Gan Ying

The silkworms of the Greek island of Cos were cultivated in antiquity, but the product was never comparable to Chinese silk.

Gaston Pierre de Lévis

Gaston Pierre de Lévis, known as the duc de Lévis-Mirepoix (Charles Pierre Gaston François; 1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and ambassador of Louis XV, was a member of a house that had been established in Languedoc as seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.

Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?

"Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?" is a single released in 2004, by Mousse T., from his second album, All Nite Madness.

Joseph Pérez

Joseph Perez (also spelled Pérez) was born in Laroque-d'Olmes in the Ariège department, which is in the south of France near the Spanish border.

Loye and Alden Miller Research Award

The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award was established in 1993 by the Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological research.

Lucius Arruntius the Elder

An adopted grandson, Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus (cos. AD 32), rebelled against Claudius in a brief civil war, but committed suicide when the rebellion failed in AD 42.

Luis de Lacy

He burned several villages in the French province of Ariège in retaliation for French incendiarism in Spain, and levied tribute from Acs and other towns.

M.H. Alshaya Co.

In November 2012, a further nine brands were added to the company’s portfolio with the opening of Harvey Nichols Kuwait, Victoria’s Secret, Jack Wills, COS, Sarar, Teavana, Garrett Popcorn Shops, West Elm and Williams Sonoma, all located within The Avenues mall in Kuwait, one of the world’s largest malls.

Margolis Brown Adaptors Company

::* Master Teacher Cos ’06 International Theatre Festival, Reus, Spain

Marion Ramsey

She was a regular on the series Cos but is best known for her role as the timid Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy movies.

Mary Richmond

In 1888, she applied for a job as Assistant Treasurer with the Charity Organization Society (COS). This organization was in several cities, and was the first organization to develop a structured social work profession which provided services to the poor, disabled, and needy.

Milecastle 12

One reads "LEG·VI·V·P·F·REF·TER·ET·SAC·COS", referring to Tertullus and Sacerdos (Consuls for 158AD).

Odón de Buen y del Cos

Odón de Buen y del Cos (1863 in Zuera, Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain – 1945 in Mexico City) was a Spanish naturalist, politician and publicist.

Oliver Payne Pearson

He was honorary member of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM), Cooper Ornithological Society (COS), Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos (SAREM) and the Comité Argentino de Conservación de la Naturaleza.

Philip of Amphipolis

He wrote a history of Rhodes, which Suidas especially stigmatizes for the obscenity of its matter, a history of the Cos island and Thasiaca a history of Thasos.

Port de Lers

The Port de Lers (or Port de l'Hers or Port de Massat, 1,517 m.) is a high mountain pass in the French Pyrenees in the department of Ariège, between the communities of Aulus-les-Bains (west), Massat (north) and Vicdessos (east).

Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix

He died at Tarascon-sur-Ariège on 3 March 1302 and was buried in Boulbonne beside his ancestors.

Saint Lycerius

As Saint Lizier he is the patron of a number of places in south-western France, notably Saint-Lizier, where the cathedral is also dedicated to him; Saint-Lizier d'Ustou (Ariège); and Saint-Lizier-du-Planté (Gers).

Shahid Iqbal

Vice-Admiral Shahid Iqbal, Born: 15 July 1953, HI(M), SI, is a retired 3-star rank naval officer and the former Chief of Staff (COS) of Pakistan Navy who served as the former Commander of Combined Task Force 150.

SOMAIR

Uranium deposits were also discovered in sandstone formations in other locations in Niger such as at Abokurum (1959), Madaouela (1963), Arlette, Ariege, Artois and Tassa/Taza (1965), Imouraren (1966) and Akouta (1967).

Tomme des Pyrénées

First mentioned in the 12th century, it was eaten by the nobles of St-Girons in Ariège and King Louis VI of France also knew the cheese of the Pyrenees.


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