Kansas City has of spacious boulevards and parkways, 214 urban parks, 49 ornamental fountains, 152 ball diamonds, 10 community centers, 105 tennis courts, five golf courses, five museums and attractions, 30 pools, and 47 park shelters, all overseen by the city's Parks and Recreation department.

As ritual purification precedes all prayers, mosques often have ablution fountains or other facilities for washing in their entryways or courtyards.

They must need but little water, if any at all, as their ' towns ' are often, indeed generally, found in the midst of the most arid plains — unless we suppose they dig down to subterranean fountains.

Separate bathrooms, water fountains and schools all disappeared and the civil rights movement had the public's support.

Oceanus ' consort is his sister Tethys, and from their union came the ocean nymphs, also known as the three-thousand Oceanids, and all the rivers of the world, fountains, and lakes.

One state ( Arizona ) permits residents to purchase and use all non-aerial fireworks such as novelties, fountains, sparklers, and smoke bombs, while still prohibiting firecrackers.

There are also many other recreational opportunities, including all the offerings of the Prairie Lodge, which features a pool, a large lobby and gathering area, the Drendel Ballroom, workshop and programming rooms, exercise equipment, graceful outdoor fountains and lush landscaping, and an on-site restaurant.

" In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory ; and it was filled with trees and with fountains, and its gates were wrought of mithril and steel, and its streets were paved with white marble ; and the Folk of the Mountain laboured in it, and the Folk of the Wood rejoiced to come there ; and all was healed and made good, and the houses were filled with men and women and the laughter of children, and no window was blind nor any courtyard empty ; and after the ending of the Third Age of the world into the new age it preserved the memory and the glory of the years that were gone ".

In the middle of the Grand ' Place there are a series of water fountains that are fun to observe and even play in for people of all ages.

"... Round this Palace a wall is built, inclosing a compass of sixteen miles, and inside the Park there are fountains and rivers and brooks and beautiful meadows, with all kinds of wild animals ( excluding such as are of ferocious nature )...

In a typical Engadin village, there are numerous fountains, free-flowing all year round, which were formerly used for drinking water, washing, and for watering livestock.

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Architects Brown and Storey, the creator of the fountains ( Dan Euser ), the firm that initiated the bidding, former Councillor Kyle Rae, and the management of Dundas Square have all confirmed that waterplay was one of the intended uses of the space.

Frequent features of Taoist shrines include the same features as full temples, often including any or all of the following features: gardens, running water or fountains, small burning braziers or candles ( with or without incense ), and copies of Taoist texts such as the Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi or other texts by Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu or other Taoist sages.

This had the water supply cut off ( as with all Edinburgh's drinking fountains ) around 1975 amidst health scares.

In that book, he inivites the reader to follow him in his personal return to the spiritual fountains, and a parallel meditation on all the characters of the parable, and their rendering by Rembradt, and the painter's personal life.

: O ye fountains, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

The heights of all the fountains rise and fall in unison, in a sinusoidally time varying manner, to create the atmosphere of an urban beach.

It has an area of ​​ 4800 m2, it contains 41 fountains including 3 large and 38 small, which represent lotus flowers, and a hundred cocks all around.

Landscaping, lighting, restoration of fountains and fencing — even the installation and stocking of doggie-bag dispensers — are all projects of the Friends of Rittenhouse Square.

This time, however, he was met with great respect all over the continent, and he later proudly retold the event when King Louis XIV of France had the fountains at the Versailles Palace play upon his visit, a tribute normally only granted foreign princes.

Eight new concession stands were added, along with more than 60 new toilets in the women's restrooms, 30 new water fountains, handrails on all aisles of the upper decks, new speakers in all restrooms, and a new public address system.

And a large multitude gathered and stopped up all the fountains and the stream that flowed in the midst of the land, saying, " Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?

Even without the benefit of Amawtakuna knowledge, it was the general population that was responsible for building most of the Inca road system, rope bridges, water fountains, agricultural development, irrigation systems, massive stone buildings, fortress temples and the rest of the impressive architectural and engineering marvels for which the Incas are still renowned still today.

It made plans to erect a lot of statues, fountains, bridges, and museums at a cost of about € 500 million.

Still in the 6th Century, bishop San Martín de Braga complained in his work De correctione rusticorum about the attachment of the Galician peasants to the pre-Christian cults: " Many demons, who were expelled from the heavens, settled in the sea, in the rivers, fountains and forests, and have come to be worshipped as gods by ignorant people.

In Asturias ( North Spain ) there is a legend about the Xana, a sort of nymph who used to live near rivers, fountains and lakes, sometimes helping travellers on their journeys.

The site was that of a disused quarry and the existing excavations were used to create the amphitheatre, which was set about with ornamental pools, fountains, sculptures, balustrades and trees.

The fountains provide oxygen to about an acre around each one.

* Trafalgar Square fountains, London ( 1844 to about 1890 ).

The oppidum of Bibracte has about ten springs and five fountains dating from the Gallic or Galloroman periods.

Commercial chocolate fountains usually range in size from about 20 " to 50 " tall and are designed for use in professional environments such as catering.

Home chocolate fountains range in size up to about 19 " tall.

The popularity of chocolate fountains grew to a point of demand at a consumer retail level as people who had seen commercial models at catered events inquired about purchasing their own fountains.

He commissioned the Jesuit priest Father Castiglione, who was trained in engineering, to build fountains for his garden similar to those he had heard about in the gardens at Versailles.

The site was that of a disused quarry and the existing excavations were used to create the amphitheatre, which was set about with ornamental pools, fountains, sculptures, balustrades and trees.

On April 4, lava fountains reached 400 meters high beneath a cloud of ashes about 2 kilometers high.

The eruption has become more steady following the first few days, and moderate, Hawaiian-style lava fountains about 100-120 meters high have built a spatter cone that now stands more than 140 meters high.

In the Piazza Navona there are many delightful cafes where you can sit, have a drink or lunch, and watch the fountains in the square.

" These are fountains of salvation that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain.

These locations are also filled with objects with which the player can interact, that either benefit the player in some form ( light switches make it easier to see, while water fountains and broken hydrants provide some health points ) or simply provide diversion ( tipping strippers provokes a quote from Duke and a provocative reveal from the dancer ).

Specific to the Islamic gardens are the mosaics and glazed tiles used to decorate the rills and fountains that were built in these gardens.

There are also solar-powered fountains with a remote solar panel that can be placed in the sun while the fountain is located in the shadow.

The fountains at Kauffman Stadium, commissioned by original Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman, are the largest privately-funded fountains in the world.

It is thought that the smallest particles are repelled up to kilometers high, and that the particles move in " fountains " as they charge and discharge.

Such outpourings are not explosive though fire fountains may occur.

Many find the sound and appearance of flowing water to be calming, and fountains and other water features are popular decorations.

Among the most stable frequency references in the world are caesium standards, including caesium fountains, and hydrogen masers.

However, rubidium fountains are currently being developed that are even more stable than caesium fountain clocks.

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There are eleven churches and chapels, as well as eleven historical fountains and eleven towers.

The types of fireworks available to the public are multi-shot " cakes ", Roman candles, single shot shooters, ground and wall spinners, fountains, cones, sparklers, and various novelties, such as smoke bombs and Pharaoh's serpents.

As of May, 2012, these fountains, known as " Benson Bubblers ", continue to be used as functional public drinking devices in downtown Portland ; two Portland " Benson Bubbler " locations are Eastbank Esplanade and the corner of " 3rd and Burnside ".

All uses of sculpture are represented, from tomb and memorial, to portrait, allegorical, religious, mythical, statues for gardens including fountains, as well as architectural decorations.

Original Italian vignettes, statues, and fountains are incorporated into Casas Adobes Plaza.

A major focus of his career was the remodelling of older country houses, his first major commission was the transformation of Henry Holland's Trentham Hall, Staffordshire ( 1834 – 40 ) it was remodelled in the Italianate style with a large tower ( a feature Barry often included in his country houses ), Barry also designed the Italianate gardens, with parterres and fountains, largely demolished in 1912, only a small portion of the house consisting of the porte-cochère, with a curving corridor and the stables are still standing, although the gardens are undergoing a restoration, additionally the belvedere from the top of the tower survives as a folly at Sandon Hall.

He remodelled Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland ( 1844 – 48 ) in Scots Baronial Style for George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland for whom he had remodelled Trentham Hall, due to a fire in the early 20th century little of Barry's interiors survive at Dunrobin, the gardens with their fountains and parterres are also by Barry.

Barry remodelled Trafalgar Square ( 1840 – 45 ) he designed the north terrace with the steps at either end, and the sloping walls on the east and west of the square, the two fountain basins are also to Barry's design, although Edwin Lutyens re-designed the actual fountains ( 1939 ).