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The first real estate bubble in Florida was primarily caused by the economic prosperity of the 1920s coupled with a lack of knowledge about storm frequency and poor building standards. This pioneering era of Florida land speculation lasted from 1924 to 1926 and attracted investors from all over the nation. [1]
Inuit building an igloo (1924). In the Inuit languages, the word iglu (plural igluit) can be used for a house or home built of any material. [1] The word is not restricted exclusively to snowhouses (called specifically igluvijaq, plural igluvijait), but includes traditional tents, sod houses, homes constructed of driftwood and modern buildings.
Dunnellon is a city in Marion County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,928 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] up from 1,733 in 2010 . It is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area .
An ulu in the western Arctic style. An ulu (Inuktitut: ᐅᓗ; plural: uluit; sometimes referred to as 'woman's knife') is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women.
near Akulivik: QC: singer-songwriter, carver George Qulaut: c. 1954: Igloolik: NU: politician Taamusi Qumaq [132] 1 January 1914: near Inukjuak: QC: 13 July 1993: helped preserve Inuit language and traditional culture, wrote an Inuktitut dictionary and an encyclopedia on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Madeleine Redfern [133] 1967: Frobisher Bay: NU ...
Eskimo curlew, a rare species of curlew; Eskimo kinship, a type of kinship system; Eskimo kiss, the act of pressing the tip of one's nose against another's nose. Eskimo Nebula, a cloud of gas 3000 light-years from earth; Esky, an Australian term for a portable cooler; Paul Clark (poker player) (1947–2015), nicknamed Eskimo
In 2005, the Hub began undergoing a $10.8 million renovation and was later reopened in April 2007. The renovation added various computer and videoconferencing equipment, a 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2 ) open wireless Internet area, a Starbucks , and group and individual study rooms.
The different cultures in Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland and the Canadian arctic islands between 900 AD and 1500 AD. The Thule (/ ˈ θj uː l i / THEW-lee, US also / ˈ t uː l i / TOO-lee) [1] [2] or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all modern Inuit.