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Kānāwai Māmalahoe, on a plaque under the Kamehameha statues. Kānāwai Māmalahoe, or Law of the Splintered Paddle (also translated Law of the Splintered Oar), also known as Kānāwai hoʻōla kanaka, translated as sanctity of life law, is a precept in Hawaiian law, originating with King Kamehameha I in 1797.
Crossed is a creator-owned series from writer Garth Ennis and artist Jacen Burrows. [4] [5] It began with Crossed #0 on August 27, 2008, and all 10 issues have been released.The second series, Crossed: Family Values, is written by David Lapham [6] [7] and drawn by Javier Barreno. [8]
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The oar is placed in the pivot point with a short portion inside the vessel, and a much larger portion outside. The rower pulls on the short end of the oar, while the long end is in the water. By contrast, paddles are held in both hands by the paddler, and are not attached to the vessel.
A red Cross of Saint James with flourished arms, surmounted with an escallop, was the emblem of the twelfth-century Galician and Castillian military Order of Santiago, named after Saint James the Greater. Saint Julian Cross: A Cross Crosslet tilted at 45 degrees with the tops pointing to the 'four corners of the world'.
The Far Eastern Republic of Russia used an anchor crossed over a spade or pickaxe, symbolising the union of the fishermen and miners. The Fourth International, founded by Leon Trotsky, uses a hammer and sickle symbol on which the number 4 is superimposed. The hammer and sickle in the Fourth International symbol are the opposite of other hammer ...
The word cross is recorded in 11th-century Old English as cros, exclusively for the instrument of Christ's crucifixion, replacing the native Old English word rood.The word's history is complicated; it appears to have entered English from Old Irish, possibly via Old Norse, ultimately from the Latin crux (or its accusative crucem and its genitive crucis), "stake, cross".
An outlined balanced cross (equal length outlined bars on equal distances) is used on coat of arms shields and order medals. [6] In Slovakia, the flag, the coat of arms and several municipal symbols include a double cross, where graded bars are more common than equally long bars, and balanced distances along the vertical line are more common. [7]