Ali ibn Ishak, also known as Abu'l Hasan, was a Persian "dehqan" who served as the financial minister of the Ghaznavids.
 He was a native of small village named "Radkan", near Tus, in Iran.
 When the Seljuq Turks conquered Khorasan in 1040, Ali fled to Ghazni, where his son Nizam al-Mulk was working within the government.
 Nizam would later serve the Seljuqs, where he became the "vizier" of the Empire and almost held near absolute power over 20 years.
 Nothing more is known about the life of Ali.
Midnight Yell Practice, known locally as Midnight Yell or Yell Practice, is a tradition at Texas A&M University.
 Midnight Yell is similar to a pep rally.
 On the night before each home football game, Midnight Yell takes place in Kyle Field at midnight; two nights before each away game, a Yell Practice (not at midnight) is held near the Quadrangle on the south side of campus.
 At midnight on the night before an away game Midnight Yell is held in or near the opponent's city.
Palms Casino Resort is a hotel and casino located near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
 It has 703 rooms and suites and contains 94840 sqft casino, recording studio, Michelin-starred restaurant and 2,500-seat concert theater.
CineVegas was a film festival held annually at the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada that ran from 1999 to 2009, typically in early June.
 Robin Greenspun serves as the Festival president, and Trevor Groth serves as artistic director.
 Actor Dennis Hopper was the chairman of the Festival's creative advisory board from 2004 until his death in 2010.
The Richmond Night Market is an annual night market held through the summer months in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
 It runs on weekends and is held near Bridgeport Station and River Rock Casino.
 Until 2007, it was held at the Vulcan Way location behind Home Depot, but in 2008, the competing Summer Night Market was able to secure the lease to the Vulcan Way location.
 Richmond's large immigrant population has provided a strong Asian influence to the night markets.
The Battle of Tippecanoe Outdoor Drama (BOTOD) was an outdoor historical drama held near the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe in Battle Ground, Indiana in the Summers of 1989 and 1990.
 The drama was held at an amphitheater specially constructed for the drama, renamed the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater after the drama folded in 1991.
 The amphitheater is located just north of West Lafayette, IN on 166 acres on State Route 43 near the Wabash River, within walking distance of the actual Tippecanoe Battlefield Park.
Splendour in the Grass is an Australian music festival that has been held annually since 2001.
 The festival has been held near Byron Bay, New South Wales for all but two years since its inauguration.
 In 2010 and 2011, the festival was held in Woodford, Queensland, while organisers made an effort to gain support for a new location at North Byron Parklands at Yelgun (30 km from Byron Bay).
 The event returned to Byron Bay in 2012, when it was held at Belongil Fields.
 The 2013 festival was the first to be held at the new North Byron Parklands location, to much controversy from festival goers and the local community.
Just how far back in history organized athletic contests were held remains a matter of debate, but it is reasonably certain that they occurred in Greece almost 3,000 years ago.
 However ancient in origin, by the end of the 6th century BC at least four Greek sporting festivals, sometimes called "classical games," had achieved major importance: the Olympic Games, held at Olympia; the Pythian Games at Delphi; the Nemean Games at Nemea; and the Isthmian Games, held near Corinth.
 The Olympic Games was perhaps the greatest of all sporting event held every four years and all Olympian winners, were highly appreciated among the Greeks.
St Margarethen (Hungarian: "Szentmargitbánya" ) is a town in Burgenland near the state capital of Eisenstadt, in Austria.
 It is home to a large 1st-century Roman quarry.
 A passion play has been presented in St Margarethen each summer for over seventy years.
 The town is close to the border with Hungary.
 The Pan-European Picnic peace demonstration was held near St. Margarethen in 1989 at the close of the Cold War.
The 3rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991 was held on February 10, 1991 in Hong Kong.
 The pageant was supposed to be held in the fall/winter of 1990, but delayed until February 1991 to coincide with Chinese New Year.
 Since then, the pageant has been held near Chinese New Year up till 2010, when the pageant reverted to being held in the autumn.
 The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong.
 Miss Chinese International 1989 Kit Wong of Sydney, Australia crowned Singapore's Yen-Thean Leng as the new winner.
 Five years later, Singapore would win the pageant again.

Question: CineVegas was anually held near which strip?
Answer: Las Vegas Strip