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Černá Hora is a market town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name of the place (literally "Black Mountain") comes from a hill whose coniferous vegetation looked darker than the surrounding deciduous vegetation. In Latin texts the plac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cern%C3%A1%20Hora%20%28Blansko%20District%29 |
Arrow Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.
Park
The park was established May 8, 1981. The primary role of the park is to maintain a tourism travel route and local opportunities for outdoor recreation. Located south of Revelstoke, British Columbia, it is in size.
Lakes
The Columbi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%20Lakes%20Provincial%20Park |
Artlish Caves Provincial Park is a provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
History and conservation
The name of the Artlish River is derived from the A'licath (Artlish) natives, part of the Kyuquot confederacy. The first recorded reference to the caves is in a 1932 report to the Canadian Geol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artlish%20Caves%20Provincial%20Park |
Atlin/Áa Tlein Téix'i Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Situated in the remote northwestern corner of the province, the park protects large tracts of boreal forest, alpine tundra and glaciated terrain. The southern third of Atlin Lake, the largest natural body of freshwater in the provi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlin/%C3%81a%20Tlein%20T%C3%A9ix%27i%20Provincial%20Park |
Barbara Jagiellon (15 July 1478 – 15 February 1534) was a Polish princess, member of the Jagiellonian dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Saxony.
Born in Sandomierz, she was the sixth daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland and Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria. She was named after her great-grandmother, Barbara of Cilli,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Jagiellon |
Pasonanca Park is a public park located in Pasonanca in Zamboanga City, Philippines.
History
Construction of the park was started in 1912 by General John J. Pershing, Governor of the Moro Province, and completed during the administration of the Frank W. Carpenter, Governor of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1914-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasonanca%20Park |
John Louis Castellani (August 23, 1926 – May 11, 2021) was an American attorney and a former basketball coach. He coached the Minneapolis Lakers in the NBA during the 1959–1960 season, their last before relocating to Los Angeles. Prior to his short coaching stint with the Lakers, Castellani was the head coach at Seatt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Castellani |
Santa Cruz de Goiás is a municipality in southeast Goiás state, Brazil.
Geography
Santa Cruz is located in the southeastern part of the state, 33 km. west of regional center, Pires do Rio. The Rio dos Bois, a tributary of the Corumbá River flows from north to south through the municipality.
It has boundaries with Pir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Cruz%20de%20Goi%C3%A1s |
Michael DiBiase (December 24, 1923 – July 2, 1969) was an American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name "Iron" Mike DiBiase. The adoptive father of professional wrestler "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, he was married to Ted's mother Helen Hild (also a professional wrestler), and was the grandfather ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Mike%20DiBiase |
Government House is the former official residence of the lieutenant governors of Alberta. Located in Edmonton's Glenora neighbourhood, since 1964 the restored and repurposed building has been used by the Alberta provincial government for ceremonial events, conferences, and some official meetings of the caucus.
The Cit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20House%20%28Alberta%29 |
Norman B. Saunders (born 27 October 1943) is a Turks and Caicos Islander former politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 4 November 1980 to 28 March 1985. Saunders is also the longest-serving Member of the House of Assembly in the Turks and Caicos Islands, nearing 50 years of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20Saunders%20%28politician%29 |
PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for use in the archiving and long-term preservation of electronic documents. PDF/A differs from PDF by prohibiting features unsuitable for long-term archiving, such as font linking (as opposed to font embedding) and encryption. The I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A |
New Right was a United Kingdom-based pan-European nationalist, far-right think tank founded by Troy Southgate and Jonathan Bowden. It was part of the French Nouvelle Droite movement, and was otherwise unrelated to the wider British and American usage of the term "New Right".
It was launched on 16 January 2005 at a me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Right%20%28UK%29 |
James Alexander George Smith McCartney (30 June 1945 – 9 May 1980), also known as J. A. G. S. McCartney or "Jags" McCartney, was a politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands. He was the first Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands and held that position from 31 August 1976 until 9 May 1980, when he died when ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Alexander%20George%20Smith%20McCartney |
The National Bicycle Association (NBA), later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association (NbmxA), was a United States-based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie Alexander in 1973 and ceased operations as an independent body in 1981. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Bicycle%20Association |
The Bamboo Annals (), also known as the Ji Tomb Annals (), is a chronicle of ancient China.
It begins in the earliest legendary time (the age of the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focusing on the history of the State of Wei in the Warring States period. It thus covers a similar period ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo%20Annals |
Sheila Sherwood (born Sheila Hilary Parkin, 22 October 1945 in Parson Cross, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila%20Sherwood |
The Paddock Arcade is a 19th-century shopping mall located in Watertown, New York. Built in 1850, it is the second oldest covered shopping mall and the oldest continuously running enclosed shopping mall in the United States. Since it has seen uninterrupted use since it opened in 1850, it carries the distinction of bein... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddock%20Arcade |
Jindabyne Dam is a major ungated rockfill embankment dam across the Snowy River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is to redirect water from the Snowy River to the Murray, for the generation of hydro-power and irrigation. It is one of the sixteen major dams that comprise the Sn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindabyne%20Dam |
Dario Marianelli (born 21 June 1963) is an Italian composer.
Early life, education
Marianelli was born in Pisa, Italy. He studied piano and composition in Florence and London. After a year as a postgraduate composer at the Guildhall School of Music, he took up a three-year postgraduate program at the National Film and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario%20Marianelli |
The Curzon Hall is a British Raj-era building and home of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka, located in Ramna.
The building was originally intended to be a town hall and is named after Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who laid its foundation stone in 1904. Upon the establishment of Dacca University ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curzon%20Hall |
The historical ties between France and the United Kingdom, and the countries preceding them, are long and complex, including conquest, wars, and alliances at various points in history. The Roman era saw both areas largely conquered by Rome, whose fortifications largely remain in both countries to this day. The Norman F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%E2%80%93United%20Kingdom%20relations |
Paul Highton (born 10 November 1976) is a former Wales international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (Academy), and Wales, and at club level for Waterhead A.R.L.F.C. (in Oldham), Halifax/Halifax Blue Sox (Heritage No. 1078), Featherstone Rov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Highton |
Junior Langi (born 2 August 1981) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s for St George, Melbourne, Parramatta and Salford.
Early life
Born in Auckland, New Zealand with Niuean and Tongan heritage. Langi moved to Australia, educated at Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, where he represe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20Langi |
The following is a list of sacred objects in Japanese mythology.
A
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G
Gohei ()
Goshintai ()
H
Hama Yumi ()
Heisoku ()
I
Imperial Regalia of Japan ()
K
Kagura suzu ()
Kusanagi ()
Koma-inu ()
M
Mitamashiro ()
N
Nihongo or Nippongo ()
O
O-fuda ()
O-mamori ( or )
O-mikuji (, or )
Onbe ()
O-nen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sacred%20objects%20in%20Japanese%20mythology |
Gareth Haggerty (born 8 September 1981) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer. He played for the Widnes Vikings in the Co-operative Championship. He previously played for Harlequins RL, St Helens and the Salford City Reds all of whom play in the Super League.
Haggerty's usual position was as a . He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth%20Haggerty |
Mitch Stringer (born 1 November 1983), also known by the nickname of "The big fella", is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played as a
Playing career
He was brought up in Barnsley, and started his youth playing career at Sheffield Eagles after impressing with local amateur team Hoyland Viking... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch%20Stringer |
Stuart Littler (born 19 February 1979) is the former head coach of Oldham in RFL League 1. He is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer and a former head coach of Ireland.
Littler played for the Salford City Reds in the Super League, playing for his hometown club, Leigh Centurions and finishing his car... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart%20Littler |
Eucumbene Dam is a major gated earthfill embankment dam with an overflow ski-jump and bucket spillway with two vertical lift gates across the Eucumbene River in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The dam's main purpose is for the generation of hydro-power and is one of the sixteen major dams that compri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucumbene%20Dam |
John Clough (born 13 September 1984 in St. Helens) is a former rugby league footballer playing over 250 games for Salford City Reds (2001–06), London Broncos, Halifax (2006), Leigh Centurions (2007), Blackpool Panthers (2007-10), Oldham (2011-14) and Oxford (2015) as a . John Clough is a former Lancashire and Great Br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Clough |
Stephen Myler (born 21 July 1984) is an English rugby player. He played most of his career with the Northampton Saints in Premiership Rugby, and he currently plays for Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship .
Rugby league career
Myler was born 21 July 1984 in Widnes.
After leaving Wade Deacon High School in Widnes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Myler |
Simon Baldwin (born 31 March 1975) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s who played as a , or .
Baldwin started his career at Leigh before joining Halifax Blue Sox in October 1994. He then spent a season with Sheffield Eagles in 1999. After a second spell at Leigh,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Baldwin |
Andrew Brocklehurst (born 6 March 1983) is a rugby league player.
Brocklehurst joined Salford City Reds in 2004 from London Broncos. He has also played for Halifax and is a coach at his former amateur side.
In September 2008, it was announced that Brocklehurst had joined Barrow Raiders. On 30 June 2009, it was annou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Brocklehurst |
Ryan Clayton (born ), is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He last played for Halifax in the Co-operative Championship.
He has previously played for the Salford City Reds, Huddersfield Giants, Halifax and Castleford (Heritage № 802). Due to injury, Ryan only play... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Clayton |
New history may refer to:
A disciplinary approach that attempts to use history to understand contemporary problems, co-founded by James Harvey Robinson in the early 20th century
Nouvelle histoire, a French movement in learning that de-emphasized rote learning
New Mormon history, a style of reporting the history of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20history |
James Cook University Singapore is a branch of James Cook University, based in Townsville, Australia. In addition to Singapore and Townsville, JCU operates another campus in Cairns, Australia. JCU Singapore was opened in 2003 as part of the university's strategic intent of "Creating a brighter future for life in the tr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Cook%20University%20Singapore |
Madison Community Cooperative, or MCC, is a housing cooperative composed of 11 houses in Madison, Wisconsin with around 200 resident members.
MCC is a member of North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) as well as the Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund (NCDF). The majority of the cooperative houses are lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison%20Community%20Cooperative |
Rampage Puzzle Attack is a puzzle game for Game Boy Advance, developed by Finnish development house Ninai Games and published by Midway Games.
The game is a clone of the puzzle game Drop Mania and based on the Rampage characters. At the beginning of the game, the three characters from the original game, George, Lizzie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampage%20Puzzle%20Attack |
DJ-Kicks: Rockers Hi-Fi (also known as DJ-Kicks: The Black Album) is a DJ mix album, mixed by Rockers Hi-Fi. It was released on 19 May, 1997 on the Studio !K7 independent record label as part of the DJ-Kicks series.
The album was compiled and mixed by Rockers Hi-Fi, with additional vocals by MC Farda P.
Allmusic desc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ-Kicks%3A%20The%20Black%20Album |
John Huang (, born 1945) is a major figure in the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy. He worked for Lippo Bank in California and Worthen Bank in Arkansas, and as deputy assistant secretary for international economic affairs in U.S. President Bill Clinton's Commerce Department before he became a chief fundr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Huang |
Man is the third solo studio album by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, released on 2 September 1996 by Hut Records and Virgin Records. Three singles were issued from the album. Preceding the album release, a duet with Youssou N'Dour called "7 Seconds" was released as a single to promote Senegalese singer studio set The Gu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20%28Neneh%20Cherry%20album%29 |
Echinodorus berteroi (upright burhead or cellophane sword) is an aquatic plant species in the Alismataceae It is native to the southern and central parts of the United States, as well as Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Argentina.
Description
Submersed leaves often modified into phy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinodorus%20berteroi |
Triolet is a medium-sized town in the north of Mauritius, found in the district of Pamplemousses. It lies exactly 11 kilometres from Port Louis, the capital of the island. The town is nestled amidst green sugarcane fields, near the north-western coast of the island. As per the 2016 population census, Triolet had 24 073... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triolet%2C%20Mauritius |
Črnomelj (; in older sources also Černomelj, ) is a town in southeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Črnomelj. It lies on the left bank of the Lahinja and Dobličica rivers. The municipality is at the heart of the area of White Carniola, the southeastern part of the traditional region of Lower Carnio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Crnomelj |
Šmarje pri Jelšah (; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The development of the settlement is associated with a medieval mansion known as Jelšin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0marje%20pri%20Jel%C5%A1ah |
Mendeed was a Scottish heavy metal band formed in Dumbarton, in 2000 and disbanded in 2007.
History
The band's members met at school in Dumbarton. In 2002 they self-released their first EP Killing Something Beautiful. In 2003 the band released their second EP As We Rise.
In December 2003 Mendeed signed a recording co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendeed |
The Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. Its administrative seat is Gorenja Vas.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Gorenja Vas, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
Bačne
Brebovnica
Bukov Vrh
Čabrače
Četena Ravan
Debeni
Delnice
Dobje
Dobr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Gorenja%20Vas%E2%80%93Poljane |
The International Snowboard Federation was a body organised to run snowboarding competition.
The International Snowboard Association (ISA) was founded in 1989 and changed its name to the International Snowboard Federation (ISF) in 1991. Five nations and 120 racers established the Vancouver-based organisation. It sough... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Snowboard%20Federation |
The Municipality of Lukovica (; ) is a municipality in the eastern part of the Upper Carniola region in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Lukovica pri Domžalah. It lies on the main road from Ljubljana to Celje and has been an independent municipality since 1994.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Lukovica |
Ilirska Bistrica (; ; , before 1927: Bisterza, Hungarian: Illírbeszterce) is a town in the Inner Carniola region of southwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica.
Name
The name Ilirska Bistrica means 'Illyrian Bistrica', it has its origin during the times of the Austrian ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilirska%20Bistrica |
Thousand Families Study was a major epidemiological study, that arose through observations made by Sir James Spence, one of the first ever full-time paediatricians in the United Kingdom, and from 1942, the first holder of a University Chair of Child Health in England.
Prior to the Second World War, Newcastle City Coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand%20Families%20Study%2C%20Newcastle%20upon%20Tyne |
Hattil Spencer "Harry" Foll (30 May 1890 – 7 July 1977) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1917 to 1947. He took office at the age of 27, and at the time was the youngest person to serve in the Senate. Foll began his career in the Nationalist Party, later joining the United Austral... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Foll |
Metlika (; ) is a town in southeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Metlika. It lies on the left bank of the Kolpa River on the border with Croatia. It is in the heart of the area of White Carniola, the southeastern part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Southeas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metlika |
Brad Rowe (born 23 November 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 72 games in total for three clubs, and kicked 80 goals.
Recruited from East Fremantle, Rowe was drafted by Brisbane as a first-round draft pick in the 1989 National Draft, no.5 overal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad%20Rowe%20%28footballer%29 |
Company Sergeant (CS) (Sáirsint Complachta in Irish) is a non-commissioned officer rank in the Irish Army equivalent to a First Sergeant in the United States Army and Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army.
The insignia of a Company Sergeant for service dress is three winged chevrons in red, with a yellow bord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company%20sergeant |
Šentjernej ( or ; in older sources also Šent Jernej, ) is a small town in southeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šentjernej. It lies in the center of the Šentjernej Plain (), which is part of the larger Krka Flat (). The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. It is now included ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0entjernej |
The Interim Peace (, ) was a short period in the history of Finland during the Second World War. The term is used for the time between the Winter War and the Continuation War, lasting a little over 15 months, from 13 March 1940 to 24 June 1941. The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 Ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim%20Peace |
Panama is a cryptographic primitive which can be used both as a hash function and a stream cipher, but its hash function mode of operation has been broken and is not suitable for cryptographic use. Based on StepRightUp, it was designed by Joan Daemen and Craig Clapp and presented in the paper Fast Hashing and Stream E... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%20%28cryptography%29 |
Semič (; , formerly also Semenič) is a settlement in southeastern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Semič.
Geography
The settlement is located in the traditional region of White Carniola (Bela krajina, part of Lower Carniola) and the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It lies between t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi%C4%8D |
"The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" is the nineteenth episode of Friends fifth season. It first aired on NBC in the United States on April 22, 1999. In the episode, Monica and Chandler celebrate their ten-month anniversary as a couple by going out. Chandler wants Monica to wear the pair of earrings he bought her as a pres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20One%20Where%20Ross%20Can%27t%20Flirt |
Kostel () is a settlement in the Municipality of Kostel in southern Slovenia. It is located on the left bank of the Kolpa River next to the border with Croatia. It is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.
Landmarks
Kostel Castle
Its main lan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostel%2C%20Kostel |
Moravče (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Moravče in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. The area is part of the traditional region of Upper Carniola. The village is home to about 957 people. It includes the hamlet of Trzen ().
Name
Moravče was attested in written sources in 1232 as Morawi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morav%C4%8De%2C%20Slovenia |
Fantasy Earth Zero was a 2006 massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows. Originally developed by Puraguru (now known as Vanillaware) and Multiterm under the title Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion, it was released by Square Enix as a paid product through its PlayOnline service. It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy%20Earth%20Zero |
Corrosion fatigue is fatigue in a corrosive environment. It is the mechanical degradation of a material under the joint action of corrosion and cyclic loading. Nearly all engineering structures experience some form of alternating stress, and are exposed to harmful environments during their service life. The environment... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrosion%20fatigue |
Škocjan (; ) is a settlement in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia, best known as the birthplace of the Slovene missionary Ignatius Knoblecher (1819–1858). It is the seat of the Municipality of Škocjan and the Local Community of Škocjan within the municipality. The Municipality of Škocjan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0kocjan%2C%20%C5%A0kocjan |
ELTA is a Lithuanian news agency based in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. In a day, it receives about 5,000 news articles and produces about 300 articles in Lithuanian, Russian, and English. ELTA cooperates with foreign news agencies such as Reuters, ITAR-TASS, DPA, PAP, Xinhua, and others.
History
ELTA was founded in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELTA |
The Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina (; ) is a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia. Its seat is the village of Hrpelje.
A major border crossing to Italy is located in the municipality at the village of Krvavi Potok. It connects to Pesek in the Municipality of San Dorligo della Valle (Dolina) near Trieste on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Hrpelje-Kozina |
Gheranda Samhita (IAST: gheraṇḍasaṁhitā, घेरंडसंहिता, meaning “Gheranda's collection”) is a Sanskrit text of Yoga in Hinduism. It is one of the three classic texts of hatha yoga (the other two being the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Shiva Samhita), and one of the most encyclopedic treatises in yoga. Fourteen manuscripts... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheranda%20Samhita |
The Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. Its administrative seat is Dobrova.
History
Originally, according to the Establishment of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act that came into effect on 1 January 1995, the municipality also included the town of Horjul and was named th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Dobrova%E2%80%93Polhov%20Gradec |
Omar Ruben Rada Silva (born 16 July 1943) is a Uruguayan percussionist, composer, singer and television personality.
Closely associated with candombe, a genre built around a chorus of tamboriles, Uruguayan barrel drums, Rada has recorded more than thirty albums. His music, labelled candombe beat, combines pop, rock, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n%20Rada |
Medvode (; ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Medvode. The Sava and Sora rivers join in Medvode, from which the town's name (which means 'between the waters') is derived.
History
Following the annexation of Carantania by Bavarians, the area came under control of Germanic nobles and feudalis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medvode |
Seve Paeniu (born 11 February 1965) is a Tuvaluan politician. Paeniu was elected to the Parliament of Tuvalu in the 2019 Tuvaluan general election to represent the Nukulaelae electorate. He was appointed as the Minister of Finance in the Natano Ministry.
Education and career
Paeniu attended Nelson College, New Zealand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seve%20Paeniu |
The Municipality of Pesnica () is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near Maribor. It lies at the western end of the Slovene Hills in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Stati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Pesnica |
Cerklje na Gorenjskem (; ) is a village in northwestern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem.
Geography
Cerklje na Gorenjskem lies at the foot of Mount Krvavec. It is surrounded by forests, fields, and other agricultural areas.
Name
Cerklje na Gorenjskem was attested in historical so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerklje%20na%20Gorenjskem |
The Apostolic Church of South Africa – Apostle Unity is the South African branch of the United Apostolic Church. It has roots in the Catholic Apostolic Church of the early 19th century. It was founded in 1955 as a schism of the New Apostolic Church. It is part of a branch of Christianity called Irvingism and is separ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic%20Church%20of%20South%20Africa%20%E2%80%93%20Apostle%20Unity |
Dolenjske Toplice (; ) is a settlement near Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia and is the seat of the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. The town lies on the Sušica River, which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolenjske%20Toplice |
The Municipality of Moravske Toplice (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia, part of the Prekmurje region. Its seat is the spa settlement of Moravske Toplice. The municipality is an important center of Lutheranism in Slovenia. Large Lutheran churches are found throughout the municipality.
Settlements
In addition to the mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Moravske%20Toplice |
Andrew R. Heinze (born 19 January 1955) is an American playwright, non-fiction author, and scholar of American history. Growing up in New Jersey in a close-knit Jewish family, he left home at fourteen to attend Blair Academy, graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts, and moved to California. He did his graduate ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20R.%20Heinze |
Akari may refer to:
Akari (album), by New York Unit, 1994
Akari (given name), a feminine Japanese given name
Akari (puzzle), logic puzzle, also known as Light Up
Akari (satellite), an infrared astronomy satellite developed by JAXA, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea
AKARI Project, in telecommunica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akari |
Nordstjernan () is a Swedish investment company. Nordstjernan is a fourth-generation family company controlled by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation. The origin is the shipping company Nordstjernan, which was founded in 1890.
History
The first generation
The founder, Axel Johnson (1844-1910), was a busi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordstjernan |
Daniel Tucker may refer to:
Daniel Tucker (colonial administrator) (1575–1625), Governor of Bermuda 1616 to 1619
Daniel Tucker (minister) (1740–1818), American Methodist minister, captain in the American Revolution
Dan Tucker (lawman) (born 1849), American lawman and gunfighter
Daniel Tucker, bassist for the band Obi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Tucker |
Welland Viaduct, Harringworth Viaduct or Seaton Viaduct, crosses the valley of the River Welland between Harringworth in Northamptonshire and Seaton in Rutland, England.
The viaduct is long and has 82 arches, each with a span. It is the longest masonry viaduct across a valley in the United Kingdom. Built by the con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland%20Viaduct |
The Armstrongs is a British documentary television series broadcast on BBC Two in the UK. The Armstrongs is an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and sometimes ruthless business antics that are routine at "U-Fit", Coventry's third-biggest double glazing company. The show is narrated by actor Bill Nighy.
This... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Armstrongs |
Christoph Bernhard (1 January 1628 – 14 November 1692) was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig (now Gdańsk) and in Warsaw. By the age of 20, he was singing at the electoral court in Dresden under He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph%20Bernhard |
Hopping may refer to:
Activities
Hopping, the act of jumping with one foot
Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously riding on a railroad freight car
Movie hopping, using a single ticket for a movie theater to see more than one movie
People
Blair Hopping (born 1980), New Zealand sportsman
Enos D. Hopping (1805–... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopping |
No. 5 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force training, army co-operation and helicopter squadron. The squadron was formed in 1917 as a training unit of the Australian Flying Corps in Britain, readying pilots for service on the Western Front. It subsequently became a naval fleet co-operation squadron, but was later ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No.%205%20Squadron%20RAAF |
Josh Fraser (born 5 January 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Playing career
From Mansfield via Murray U18, Fraser was the number one pick in the 1999 National Draft, going to Collingw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Fraser |
Mirna Peč (; ) is a rural settlement in southeast Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mirna Peč.
Geography
Mirna Peč is located about 10 km northwest of Novo Mesto, the cultural and administrative centre of the traditional region of Lower Carniola, in the heart of the Temenica Valley. Mirna Peč consists o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirna%20Pe%C4%8D |
Neo-Medieval music is a modern popular music characterized by elements of Medieval music and early music in general. Music styles within neo-Medieval music vary from authentic performance interpretations of Medieval music (understood as Classical music) to crossover genres that blend Medieval instruments, such as bagpi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Medieval%20music |
Majšperk (, in older sources Majšperg, ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Majšperk in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the municipality. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
Name
Majšperk was first mentioned as Mannesperch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maj%C5%A1perk |
Barbe-bleue (, Bluebeard) is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, in three acts (four scenes) by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy based on Charles Perrault's 1697 story.
Performance history
The work was composed while Offenbach was travelling during 1865, in Vienna, Brussels and Col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbe-bleue%20%28opera%29 |
Podčetrtek ( or ; ) is a settlement in eastern Slovenia by the river Sotla. It is the seat of the Municipality of Podčetrtek. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Name
The castle in Podčetrtek was mentioned in written sources in 1209 as de Landespe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pod%C4%8Detrtek |
The Municipality of Dobrepolje (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia. It lies in a karst valley approximately south of the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. The administrative seat of the municipality is in Videm. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The municipality is now included in the Central Slo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipality%20of%20Dobrepolje |
Datça is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 436 km2, and its population is 25,029 (2022). The town center is situated midway through the peninsula which carries the same name as the district and the town (Datça Peninsula). It was a nahiya of Marmaris District until 1928. Datça's first ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dat%C3%A7a |
Ula is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. Its area is 479 km2, and its population is 26,613 (2022). Its name reflects the ancient town of Ula in ancient Caria, whose site is conjectured to be nearby.
The town of Ula is situated at a distance of only from the province seat of Muğla, a mile after a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ula%2C%20Mu%C4%9Fla |
Puconci (; in older sources also Pucinci, , Prekmurje Slovene: Püconci) is a town in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Puconci. Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd.
Church
There is a Lutheran church in the middle of the settlement, built in 1784, the first Luther... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puconci |
Randersacker is a market town and municipality in Lower Franconia, a part of Bavaria, Germany. With its long tradition in wine making, Randersacker is a well-known wine places of Germany. It lies in the Würzburg district, and adjoins to Würzburg boroughs Heidingsfeld, Rottenbauer, Sanderau and Frauenland and to the mun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randersacker |
Kozje (, ) is a small town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kozje. The settlement of Kozje lies in the centre of the municipality, from Celje, from Ljubljana, and from Rogaška Slatina. It is the main settlement of the Kozje region (). The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozje |
Radenci (; ) is a town on the right bank of the Mura River in the Mura Statistical Region of northeastern Slovenia. It is a well-known spa town and was first mentioned in written documents dating back to 1436. After 1833, when a new source of mineral water was discovered, it developed into a popular resort. Since 1994 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radenci |
Clemente Anselmo Agustino Cattini (born 20 August 1937) is an English rock and roll drummer of the late 1950s and 60s, who was a member of The Tornados before becoming well known for his work as a session musician. He is one of the most prolific drummers in UK recording history, appearing on hundreds of recordings by a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clem%20Cattini |
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