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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.
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, whereby the first uses were wheelers driven by animals or humans. Advance, a Greenock-built American Civil War blockade-running side ...
Trois crayons (French: [tʁwɑ kʁɛjɔ̃]; English: "three pencils") is a drawing technique using three colors of chalk: red (), black (a type of oil shale), and white.The paper used may be a mid-tone such as grey, blue, or tan. [1]
The sculling draw stroke is an efficient and stable stroke where multiple draw strokes are required. Instead of performing repeated draw strokes, the paddle is "sculled" back and forth through the water. Beginning slightly in front of the paddler, the paddle is angled so that the power face points at a 45° angle toward the hull and astern.
Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.
The banner on the Triumphal cross is usually white and has a red cross, symbolizing the victory of the resurrected Christ over death. The symbol derived from the 4th century vision of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and his use of a cross on the Roman Standard. [23] Resurrection (Annibale Carracci), 1593, Louvre
Black for the people of Kenya. Red for the blood shed during the struggle for freedom. Green for the agriculture and natural resources. White for unity and peace. On the shield is a rooster holding an axe while moving forward, portraying authority, the will to work, success, and the break of a new dawn.
Eppleton Hall is a paddlewheel tugboat built in England in 1914. The only remaining intact example of a Tyne-built paddle tug, and one of only two surviving British-built paddle tugs (the other being the former Tees Conservancy Commissioners' vessel, PS John H Amos), [3] she is preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.