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International Snowboard Federation

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 sought to bring the world's best competitors together to test their skills in an environment which embraced competitiveness, but stressed the idea of having fun. The ISF eventually attracted riders of varying ages and abilities, which allowed one-time rising stars such as Terje Håkonsen, Daniel Franck and Danny Kass to sharpen their skills at an early age on their way to joining the professional ranks. The ISF set the standard for snowboarding competition, which contributed to the development of it as an Olympic sport in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

In a controversial move, the International Olympic Committee recognized the International Ski Federation (FIS) as the sport's official governing body. Three-time world champion Terje Håkonsen boycotted the Olympics as a result of the FIS being appointed to oversee the officiating. Other riders followed in Håkonsen's footsteps and concluded FIS rules to be inappropriate for snowboarding. The FIS has maintained its control over the Olympics, giving credence to the position that snowboarding is a discipline of skiing and not its own, individual sport.

Although the ISF continued to represent snowboarding on an international level, it began to lose influence, sponsors and finances to the FIS, and ceased operations on 22 June 2002. Later that year, the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) was formed. Twenty years later, FIS changed their official full name to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation.

Former members
 Pro Snowboarders Associations
 National Snowboard Associations
 Snowboard Industry
 Resorts Associations

References

External links
 World Snowboard Federation - WSF

Snowboarding organizations
Snowboarding
Sports organizations established in 1989
Sports organizations disestablished in 2002
Municipality of Lukovica

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 Lukovica pri Domžalah, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

 Blagovica
 Brdo pri Lukovici
 Brezovica pri Zlatem Polju
 Bršlenovica
 Čeplje
 Češnjice
 Dupeljne
 Gabrje pod Špilkom
 Golčaj
 Gorenje
 Gradišče pri Lukovici
 Hribi
 Imovica
 Javorje pri Blagovici
 Jelša
 Kompolje
 Koreno
 Korpe
 Krajno Brdo
 Krašnja
 Lipa
 Log
 Mala Lašna
 Mali Jelnik
 Obrše
 Podgora pri Zlatem Polju
 Podmilj
 Podsmrečje
 Poljane nad Blagovico
 Preserje pri Lukovici
 Preserje pri Zlatem Polju
 Prevalje
 Prevoje
 Prevoje pri Šentvidu
 Prilesje
 Prvine
 Rafolče
 Selce
 Šentožbolt
 Šentvid pri Lukovici
 Spodnje Koseze
 Spodnje Loke
 Spodnje Prapreče
 Spodnji Petelinjek
 Straža
 Suša
 Trnjava
 Trnovče
 Trojane
 Učak
 V Zideh
 Veliki Jelnik
 Videm pri Lukovici
 Vošce
 Vranke
 Vrba
 Vrh nad Krašnjo
 Vrhovlje
 Zavrh pri Trojanah
 Zgornje Loke
 Zgornje Prapreče
 Zgornji Petelinjek
 Žirovše
 Zlatenek
 Zlato Polje

References

External links

Municipality of Lukovica on Geopedia

 
Lukovica
1994 establishments in Slovenia
Thousand Families Study, Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Council became increasingly concerned about the high infant mortality rate in the city (in 1939 the rate was 62 per 1000 live births) and asked Spence to undertake a review of all deaths of babies. Spence concluded that the excess infant mortality was due to death from acute infection. Further research was curtailed by the Second World War.

The Start of the Newcastle Thousand Families Study 

At the end of the war, the young doctors began to return to take up their former careers. One of those was Fred Miller and in 1946 Spence is reported to have said to him at a weekly departmental meeting "Well Freddie, what are we going to do about all these infections?". So began the Thousand Families Study.

The study was initially planned for only one year and aimed to confirm the earlier finding that acute infection was the major cause of infant mortality in the city, and in particular identify which factors put infants at a higher risk of such infections. In addition, it also aimed to place the health of the infants within the context of the family.

The study focused on all births in Newcastle in May and June 1947, an actual total of 1142 babies. The medical records of the participants were marked with a red sticker and the study is also popularly known as the Red Spot Study.

Several publications document the study:-
A Thousand Families in Newcastle upon Tyne by James Spence, W S Walton, F J W Miller and S D M Court, OUP, 1954 [This covers the first year of life]

Growing up in Newcastle upon Tyne by F J W Miller, S D M Court, W S Walton and E G Knox, OUP, 1960 [Pre-school years]

The School Years in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1952 - 1962 by F J W Miller, S D M Cour, E G Knox and S Brandon, OUP, 1974.

Ongoing study 

The study went on in detail until 1962. After this date follow-ups of some of the participants were conducted when they reached the age of 22 and 33. A major follow-up, with all participants invited, was conducted when the participants reached the age of 50. A range of health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, Helicobacter pylori, depression, telomere length, lung function and teeth were assessed in relation to the data collected at that follow-up and also that collected in previous follow-ups. this resulted in the study being a study of lifecourse epidemiology. The 60th anniversary of the study was marked by an exhibition at Newcastle's Discovery Museum and a civic reception hosted by the mayor of Newcastle. A further follow-up of the study members is being planned.

The records of the 1,000 Families Study are preserved at Tyne & Wear Archives Service.

Direction 
The study is directed by Dr Mark Pearce of Newcastle University.

References 

Epidemiological study projects
Newcastle upon Tyne
Social statistics data
Metlika

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 Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Name
Metlika was first mentioned in written sources in 1228 as Metlica (and as Methlica in 1268 and Metlika in 1337). The name is derived from the Slovene common noun metlika 'goosefoot', thus referring to the local flora. In the past the German name was Möttling.

History
Archaeological evidence has shown that the area has been settled since prehistoric times. From about 1205 it was incorporated into the Imperial March of Carniola and was granted town privileges in 1335. It was frequently attacked during Ottoman raids in the 15th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century it was afflicted by an earthquake and in 1705 the entire town burned to the ground in a massive fire.

Metlika Castle is an originally 15th-century castle located above the old part of the town. It was rebuilt in the early 18th century after the town fire and again after it was damaged for a second time by fire in 1790. The castle was seized after the Second World War and converted into a local museum. The museum includes the Kambič Gallery, with paintings by Slovene artists.  

The parish church in the town is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built on the site of a 14th-century building after the fire of 1705 in the Baroque style. Bishop Frederic Baraga worked here as a curate for several years before he left for the US and Canada.

Other churches in the town are dedicated to Saint Martin, also built in the 18th century, and Saint Roch, built in 1858. There is also a Greek Catholic church, one of only two churches of this rite in Slovenia. It was built in 1903 and is dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius.

References

External links
 
 Metlika on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Metlika
Croatia–Slovenia border crossings
Cities and towns in White Carniola
Brad Rowe (footballer)

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 overall. He played two seasons for only 14 games at the Bears before being traded to Collingwood. Rowe spent his best seasons of his career at the Pies between 1992–1995, as a quick goal-kicking small forward. He was accurate in front of goals, but consistency was his main problem in his later seasons. He kicked goals occasionally, including a bag of 6 goals one day at Victoria Park against Sydney. He then moved back to Perth where he played for Fremantle for one season in 1996, playing only 7 games.

Rowe's mother, Margaret Rowe, was a member of parliament in Western Australia.

External links 

1969 births
Living people
Brisbane Bears players
Collingwood Football Club players
Fremantle Football Club players
East Fremantle Football Club players
Western Australian State of Origin players
Australian rules footballers from Geraldton
Company sergeant

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 border;  above is an army badge embroidered in red. The entire insignia is  wide. The subdued rank insignia has smaller chevrons, and the badge is in larger proportion to avoid confusion with other ranks.

Irish ranks derive from the British system at the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922. In the Irish Army the rank was always known as Company Sergeant, but originated in the British appointment of Company Sergeant Major. The CS is the senior NCO of a company, responsible for day-to-day administration and training along with the company second-in-command, who is a Captain.

In the Artillery Corps, the rank is known as Battery Sergeant (Bty Sgt or BS) and in the Cavalry Corps it is known as Squadron Sergeant (SS).

References

Military ranks of Ireland
Panama (cryptography)

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 Encryption with PANAMA on the Fast Software Encryption (FSE) conference 1998.  The cipher has influenced several other designs, for example MUGI and SHA-3.

The primitive can be used both as a hash function and a stream cipher. The stream cipher uses a 256-bit key and the performance of the cipher is very good reaching 2 cycles per byte.

Hash function

As a hash function, collisions have been shown by Vincent Rijmen et al. in the paper Producing Collisions for PANAMA presented at FSE 2001. The attack shows a computational complexity of 282 and with negligible memory requirements.

At FSE 2007, Joan Daemen and Gilles Van Assche presented a practical attack on the Panama hash function that generates a collision in 26 evaluations of the state updating function.

Guido Bertoni, Joan Daemen, Michaël Peeters, and Gilles Van Assche, at NIST's 2006 Second Cryptographic Hash Workshop, unveiled a Panama variant called RadioGatún. The hash function workings of RadioGatún does not have the known weaknesses that Panama's hash function has.  In turn, RadioGatún inspired the new cryptographic standard SHA-3.

See also 
 Hash function security summary

References

External links
 John Savard's page on Panama

Stream ciphers
Broken hash functions
Extendable-output functions
Semič

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 the Kočevje Rog Plateau and the Gorjanci range of the Žumberak Mountains to the northeast. The slopes of the Gorjanci Hills are used for wine growing.

Semič is the site of an Iskra Kondenzatorji capacitor production plant, the largest employer in the region. In the 1980s the improper handling of PCB waste material led to serious pollution of nearby Krupa Creek and caused a major environmental scandal.

Hamlets

Semič contains a large number of hamlets, some of which used to be independent settlements. These include Coklovca, Gaber pri Semiču, Gora, Kašča, Kot pri Semiču (), Krč, Mladica, Podturn, Sadinja Vas (Sodinsdorf), Sela pri Semiču (Sela bei Heiligengeist), Trata, Vavpča Vas (Amtmannsdorf), Vrh, and Vrtača pri Semiču.

The name of the hamlet of Gaber, in the southwest part of the settlement, was changed to Gaber pri Semiču in 1953.

The name of the former village of Sela pri Svetem Duhu (literally, 'Sela by the Holy Spirit') in the east-central part of settlement was changed to Sela pri Semiču (literally, 'Sela by Semič') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. Sela pri Semiču ceased to exist as an independent settlement in 2001, when it was annexed by Semič.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in the 13th century, when White Carniola down to the Kolpa River was colonised by Slovene and German (Gottschee) peasants. It gets its name from Semenič Castle, which used to stand on a hill above the settlement. The Semič parish church is dedicated to Saint Stephen and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was first mentioned in written sources dating to 1228.

Part of the Carniolan county of Metlika, Semič was part of the Imperial Duchy of Carniola from 1364 onwards. Incorporated into the Habsburg monarchy, it was attacked by Ottoman forces several times; the settlement and its fortified church were completely destroyed in 1547

With Carniola, Semič became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) in 1918. It was the location of a Yugoslav Partisan base and airfield in World War II, from where Allied airmen and escaped and freed prisoners of war were airlifted to safety, led by Ralph Churches.

References

External links

 Semič on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Semič
Kostel, Kostel

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 landmark from which the settlement and the municipality are named is Kostel Castle, built on a cliff above the Kolpa Valley. The castle is surrounded by a small market settlement. It dates to the 13th century with various additions over the centuries and was an important defense fortification against Ottoman raids.

Holy Magi Church
The local church is dedicated to the Magi and belongs to the parish of Fara pri Kočevju. It is a single-nave Late Gothic building that was refurbished in the Baroque style in the 18th century.

References

External links
Kostel on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Kostel
ELTA

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 March 1920 in Kaunas, the temporary capital of Lithuania, by Juozas Eretas, the first director of the agency, a literature professor, publicist, and public figure of Swiss descent who sought to make the ELTA news wire as efficient and reliable as a "Swiss watch". ELTA was founded based on Lithuanian press bureaus that were established in Switzerland, Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany during World War I. The agency was owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Between 1920 and 1940, ELTA cooperated closely with the most prominent foreign agencies – its five teleprinters used to send news from Reuters (UK), DNB (Germany), Havas (France), Stefani (Italy) and TASS (Soviet Union). ELTA employed correspondents in Moscow and Berlin. When Soviet troops occupied Lithuania in 1940, ELTA was incorporated into TASS and relayed news from Moscow. Lithuanians who escaped the Soviet occupation established a free ELTA in Germany. The Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania (VLIK) published various ELTA bulletins in Lithuanian, German, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese.

When Lithuania declared independence in 1990, ELTA also re-established its independence from TASS and its direct contacts with the leading global agencies. In 1996, ELTA was partially sold by the government of Lithuania (the law required the government to retain at least 35% of the shares). In 2003, MG Baltic owned 50.86% and Achema Group owned 6.75% of the shares. Companies controlled by , publisher of the daily Respublika, acquired about 60% of ELTA in 2005. In 2006, , publisher of the daily Lietuvos aidas, acquired 39.51% of shares that were owned by the government. In August 2017, Gitana Markovičienė announced plans to purchase the controlling stake in ELTA and became the new CEO. The deal for the purchase of 80% of the shares closed in February 2018. GM Media Invest, owned by Markovičienė, acquired the remaining 20% of shares in January 2020 to become the sole owner of ELTA.

In 2022, Estonian AS Ekspress Grupp bought all ELTA shares and become single shareholder.

Directors
ELTA directors were:

See also
 Eastern Bloc information dissemination

References

External links 
 

Eastern Bloc mass media
News agencies based in Lithuania
1920 establishments in Lithuania
Mass media in Vilnius
Mass media companies established in 1920
Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina

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 the Italian side.

Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Hrpelje, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

 Artviže
 Bač pri Materiji
 Beka
 Brezovica
 Brezovo Brdo
 Golac
 Gradišče pri Materiji
 Gradišica
 Hotična
 Javorje
 Klanec pri Kozini
 Kovčice
 Kozina
 Krvavi Potok
 Markovščina
 Materija
 Mihele
 Mrše
 Nasirec
 Obrov
 Ocizla
 Odolina
 Orehek pri Materiji
 Ostrovica
 Petrinje
 Poljane pri Podgradu
 Povžane
 Prešnica
 Ritomeče
 Rodik
 Rožice
 Skadanščina
 Slivje
 Slope
 Tatre
 Tublje pri Hrpeljah
 Velike Loče
 Vrhpolje

References

External links

Municipality of Hrpelje-Kozina on Geopedia

 
Hrpelje-Kozina
1994 establishments in Slovenia
Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec

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 the Municipality of Dobrova–Horjul–Polhov Gradec (). After a ruling by the Slovene Constitutional Court, the local community of the town of Horjul gained its own municipality in 1998, named the Municipality of Horjul.

Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Dobrova, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

 Babna Gora
 Belica
 Brezje pri Dobrovi
 Briše pri Polhovem Gradcu
 Butajnova
 Črni Vrh
 Dolenja Vas pri Polhovem Gradcu
 Draževnik
 Dvor pri Polhovem Gradcu
 Gabrje
 Hrastenice
 Hruševo
 Komanija
 Log pri Polhovem Gradcu
 Osredek pri Dobrovi
 Planina nad Horjulom
 Podreber
 Podsmreka
 Polhov Gradec
 Praproče
 Pristava pri Polhovem Gradcu
 Razori
 Rovt
 Selo nad Polhovim Gradcem
 Šentjošt nad Horjulom
 Setnica
 Setnik
 Smolnik
 Srednja Vas pri Polhovem Gradcu
 Srednji Vrh
 Stranska Vas
 Šujica

Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec include:
Emil Adamič (1877–1936), composer
Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic (1930–2011), archbishop of Toronto
James Trobec (1838–1921), bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota

References

External links

Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec on Geopedia
Dobrova-Polhov Gradec municipal site 

 
Dobrova-Polhov Gradec
1994 establishments in Slovenia
Medvode

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 feudalists. These noticed that the nearby Medanski hill provided a good view over the Medvode and Ljubljana Basin.

Medvode gained greater importance in the 15th century, when the Emperor gave Kranj, Radovljica and Trzin the right to build a bridge and collect bridge tolls. In the 19th century, the town also began collecting road tolls.

During that period, Medvode also got a railway station and a savings bank. Due to that, industry began to develop in the town as well, along with an older paper mill in Goričane. A food oil factory was established in Medvode prior to the First World War. During the Interwar, textile and carpentry industries were established as well, many of which persist up until this day (namely the factory Donit).

After the Second World War, a Yugoslav labor camp for political prisoners operated in Medvode.

Industry
Two large factories, Color and Donit, are based in Medvode. The Sava River at Medvode is also the location of the Medvode Hydroelectric Power Plant. The hydroelectric plant was built in part using forced labor by Catholic priests held as political prisoners after the Second World War. There are a total of 1570 companies registered in Medvode that generate a total of 454,714,000€ annually.

Previously, there was a lead and quicksilver mine in Ločnica Valley, to the south of Medvode. In the 19th century, the town was increasingly famous to cities as far as Vienna as a tourist spot. The Sora River once attracted many bathers. During summers, a special vacations train connected the town with Kranj and Ljubljana. In 2018, a total of 35,802 tourists spent their nights in Medvode, including 33,966 foreign and 1,836 Slovene ones.

References

External links

Medvode on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Medvode
Cities and towns in Upper Carniola
Municipality of Pesnica

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 Statistical Region as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit (). The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, winemaking, craftsmanship and farming.

Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Pesnica pri Mariboru, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

 Dolnja Počehova
 Dragučova
 Drankovec
 Flekušek
 Gačnik
 Jareninski Dol
 Jareninski Vrh
 Jelenče
 Kušernik
 Ložane
 Mali Dol
 Pernica
 Pesniški Dvor
 Počenik
 Polička Vas
 Polički Vrh
 Ranca
 Ročica
 Slatenik
 Spodnje Dobrenje
 Spodnje Hlapje
 Spodnji Jakobski Dol
 Vajgen
 Vosek
 Vukovje
 Vukovski Dol
 Vukovski Vrh
 Zgornje Hlapje
 Zgornji Jakobski Dol

Notable people
Notable people from Pesnica include:
 Rene Krhin (born 1990), a football player
 Jan Muršak (born 1988), a hockey player
 Tone Partljič (born 1940), a writer, screenwriter, and politician
  (1961–1992), a writer and journalist who was killed in Sarajevo during the war

References

External links
 
 Municipality of Pesnica on Geopedia
 Pesnica municipal site

 
Pesnica
Pesnica
1994 establishments in Slovenia
Cerklje na Gorenjskem

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 sources in 1147 as Sancta Maria (and as Ecclesia sancte Marie in Cirkelach in 1239 and Zirchlach in 1271). The name Cerklje is derived from the plural demonym *Cerkъvľane (< *cerьky 'church'), meaning 'people living on church territory' or 'residents of the village with the church'. In the distant past, the settlement was also known as Trnovlje in Slovene (attested as in Tirnovlach in 1239), from the church dedicated to Our Lady of the Thorn (). The name of the settlement was changed from Cerklje to Cerklje na Gorenjskem in 1952. In the past the German name was Zirklach.

Recreation
Cerklje na Gorenjskem is a popular starting point for hiking and biking, and for other activities in the vicinity, such as skiing at Mount Krvavec, mountain hiking, climbing, and paragliding.

Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Cerklje na Gorenjskem include:
France Barle (1864–1928), fire department organizer
Ignacij Borštnik (1858–1919), theater actor
Ivan Lavrenčič (1857–1930), historian and politician
Matej Medved (1796–1865), builder of several churches in Slovenia
Ivan Šturm (1856–1935), theater actor
Andrej Vavken (1838–1898), composer and mayor

Distances (in a straight line) 
 Cerklje to Ljubljana = 22 km 
 Cerklje to Kranj = 11 km
 Cerklje to Kamnik = 10 km
 Cerklje to Šenčur = 5 km
 Cerklje to Mount Krvavec = 6 km

References

External links

Cerklje na Gorenjskem on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem
Dolenjske Toplice

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 joins the Krka 2 km north of town. It is a spa town known for its thermal baths established in 1658 by the Counts of Auersperg. The settlement has a population of around 900.

Name
Dolenjske Toplice was attested in historical sources as Topliz in 1228 and Toplicz in 1328. The name of the settlement was changed from Toplice to Dolenjske Toplice in 1953. The historical German name was Töplitz. The name comes from the Slovene common noun toplica 'hot spring'.

Church

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Anne and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It is a Gothic building that was restyled in the Baroque in the late 17th century. The parish currently covers the parishes of Soteska, Kočevske Poljane, and Uršna Sela, which are without priests.

Spa 
The village lies on several tectonic faults, where water can penetrate deep into the crust and heat up. This water has been well known for its healing abilities for hundreds of years. Today there is a spa built around these warm springs, which is the biggest business in the settlement. There are hotels, a wellness facility, and pools.

Gallery

References

External links

 Dolenjske Toplice on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Dolenjske Toplice
Spa towns in Slovenia
Municipality of Moravske Toplice

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 municipal seat of Moravske Toplice, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

 Andrejci
 Berkovci
 Bogojina
 Bukovnica
 Čikečka Vas
 Filovci
 Fokovci
 Ivanci
 Ivanjševci
 Ivanovci
 Kančevci
 Krnci
 Lončarovci
 Lukačevci
 Martjanci
 Mlajtinci
 Motvarjevci
 Noršinci
 Pordašinci
 Prosenjakovci
 Ratkovci
 Sebeborci
 Selo
 Središče
 Suhi Vrh
 Tešanovci
 Vučja Gomila

Demographics
Population by native language, 2002 census
Slovene:   5,617 (91.32%)
Hungarian: 324 (5.26%)
Others and Unknown:               210 (3.42%)
Total:                          6,151

The majority of the population is Roman Catholic, but the Lutheran minority makes up more than 40% of the population.

References

External links
 
 Municipality of Moravske Toplice on Geopedia
 Moravske Toplice municipal site

 
Moravske Toplice
1994 establishments in Slovenia
Akari

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 telecommunications, refers to the AKARI Architecture Design Project of Japan

See also 
 Akare, a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo.
Daniel Tucker

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 Obituary (from 1984 to present)
 Daniel Tuckier, inaugural member of the Indigenous Advisory Council in Australia

See also
 "Old Dan Tucker", an 1843 American folk song
The Armstrongs

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 was the second TV outing for the Armstrongs. The first was in a one-off documentary in 2003 called "The Office Christmas Party", which showed the preparations for U-Fit's Christmas party.

There is some discussion as to whether it is a true fly-on-the wall documentary, a fictional comedy with an elaborately constructed presence on the internet, or a mixture of the two.

In July 2014, Ann Armstrong announced on Facebook that she and John had split up.

Overview 
Driven by the desire for profit, management team John and Ann Armstrong are constantly spying on their unwieldy sales force with CCTV cameras and phone taps. But motivating the team is an uphill struggle and John and Ann must resort to ever-more desperate measures to boost sales. Despite their best endeavours, their plans backfire with alarming frequency. However, woe betide anyone who gets in the way of their dream of becoming multi-millionaires.

The idea is a kind of all-too-real-life version of The Office, set in Coventry. Ann is the more talkative of the two, a mixture of starry-eyed optimist and petty disciplinarian. John mostly just swears a lot and criticises Ann's schemes for improving the company – such as hiring a Zimbabwean motivational guru called Basil Mienie (pronounced 'meanie').

The Armstrongs: The Movie 
A film length special was made for Christmas in 2006. It was compiled from material from the series.

External links 
 
 U-Fit Business Website

References 

BBC television documentaries
2006 British television series debuts
2006 British television series endings
Christoph Bernhard

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 Heinrich Schütz and composed some of the music for the Master's funeral. He then spent a year in Copenhagen to study singing with Agostino Fontana.

After his appointment as assistant kapellmeister in Dresden in 1655, Bernhard made two sojourns to Italy to further his musical education. When he was 35, he moved to Hamburg to work as the director of music for the Johanneum and for civic musical events. The next ten years were a golden age in the musical tradition of Hamburg: Bernhard and his good friend Matthias Weckmann performed together and directed the latest compositions from Italy and Vienna, as well as composing an important collection of music in finely-wrought counterpoint.

The Elector of Saxony recalled Bernhard to Dresden in 1674, where he returned as assistant kapellmeister. Six years later, the large - and primarily Italian - musical establishment in the city was greatly reduced, until Bernhard remained the only kapellmeister at court. He continued composing, directing and caring for the music library in Dresden until his death in 1692, at the age of 64. Bernhard left behind many sacred vocal works, a few secular compositions, and three important treatises on music, the most famous of which is the Tractatus compositionis augmentatus (ca. 1657), which was the source of the term passus duriusculus.

In the 21st century Bernhard was suggested as one of three possible composers of the Kyrie–Gloria Mass for double choir, BWV Anh. 167.

Sources
Wohl dem, der den Herren fürchtet , by Christoph Bernhard (Garri Editions, Frankfurt am Main, 2005) Dr. Alejandro Garri, Ed.

References

External links

1628 births
1692 deaths
17th-century classical composers
German Baroque composers
German classical composers
German male classical composers
German music theorists
Pupils of Heinrich Schütz
17th-century male musicians
Hopping

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 (1805–1847), United States Army general of the Mexican–American War
 Ralph Hopping (1868-1941), American entomologist

Other uses
 , an American warship
 The Hoppings, a travelling fun fair held on the Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne
 Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer
 Hopping, also known as Yogic flying

See also
 Hopping Mappy, an arcade game
 Devil Hopping, an album by British band Inspiral Carpets
 Hopping Hill, an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England
 Island hopping (disambiguation)
 Hop (disambiguation)
Mirna Peč

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 of 16 streets: Brezence, Borovje, Češence, Industrijska cesta, Ivanja Vas, Marof, Na hirb, Ob avtocesti, Postja, Prisojna Pot, Rogovila, Rožna Ulica, Šranga, Trg, and Vihre.

Culture
The Mirna Peč parish church of Saint Cantianius is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It was built in 1915 on the site of a 15th-century predecessor.

Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Mirna Peč include:
Anton Bartel (1853–1938), lexicographer
Franc Dular  (1860–1924), veterinarian
Karel Javoršek (1873–1916), composer
Ivan Kovačič (a.k.a. Efenka) (1921–1963), Partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
Stane Potočar (a.k.a. Lakar) (1919–1997), Partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
Mara Rupena (a.k.a. Osolnik) (1918–2003), Partisan and editor
Zora Rupena (a.k.a. Katja) (1920–1945), Partisan
Lojze Slak (1932–2011), musician
Ludvik Starič  (1906–1989), motorcyclist
Albert Struna (1901–1982), engineer

References

External links
 
 Mirna Peč on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Mirna Peč
Majšperk

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 in written documents dating to 1261 (and as Mansperch in 1263 and 1371, and Monsperg in 1426). The name is derived from 13th-century Majšperk Castle (). The castle fell into disrepair in the late 19th century and today only ruins remain. The castle name is a compound of the genitive form of the Old High German name Manne plus berg 'mountain', originally meaning 'Manno's mountain'.

History

Majšperk is an old settlement at the foot of the Dravinja Hills (), at the intersection of the roads to Poljčane, Ptuj, Rogatec, and Slovenska Bistrica. It was first mentioned in old documents in 1261 together with Majšperk Castle and Saint Nicholas's Church. The castle was rebuilt after a fire in 1695, but it fell into disrepair at the end of the 19th century. In the urbanized part of the settlement stands Hamre Castle, a small structure that was owned by the Ptuj Minorites from 1461 to 1880.

Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It dates to the 13th century, but the current church was built in 1639.

References

External links
Majšperk on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Majšperk
Podčetrtek

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 Landesperc (and as de Lonsperch in 1213, de Landesperch in 1227, and ze Lantsperch in 1328, among other names). The name appears on a 1763–87 map in both German and Slovene as Landsberg Windisch Pod Tschetertkom. The name implies that the castle above the settlement was once called *Četrtek (literally, 'Thursday'). The motivation for the name is unknown. It may refer to the day that court sentences were handed down, to a market day, to a day of corvée, or to the day when the settlement was founded. In the past the German name of the settlement was Windisch Landsberg.

Castle
Most of the current structure of the castle dates to the early 17th century, when a two-story building with a central courtyard and two southern towers was built. It was adapted again in the late 18th century to the Baroque style, but retains its original features. After 1945 it was looted and fell into a state of disrepair, although the imposing building on a hill above the settlement is still a prominent landmark.

Church
The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. The nave dates to the 14th century and the belfry is from the 17th century. In the early 18th century the sanctuary was extended.

References

External links

Podčetrtek on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Podčetrtek
Spa towns in Slovenia
Municipality of Dobrepolje

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 Slovenia Statistical Region.

Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Videm, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

 Bruhanja Vas
 Cesta
 Četež pri Strugah
 Hočevje
 Kolenča Vas
 Kompolje
 Lipa
 Mala Vas
 Paka
 Podgora
 Podgorica
 Podpeč
 Podtabor
 Ponikve
 Potiskavec
 Predstruge
 Pri Cerkvi–Struge
 Rapljevo
 Tisovec
 Tržič
 Vodice
 Zagorica
 Zdenska Vas

References

External links
 
 Municipality of Dobrepolje on Geopedia
 Dobrepolje municipal site

 
Dobrepolje
1994 establishments in Slovenia
Ula, Muğla

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 bifurcation on the road to Marmaris. It is notable for its old houses in the Turkish style and the vast forest region that extends to the south along the country road called Çiçekli after the town. The history of the inhabitants and the town, situated in ancient Caria, can be traced at least as far back as the dynasty of Menteşe.

The towns of Akyaka and Gökova, situated at a close distance to each other at the tip of the Gulf of Gökova, are both rising centers of international tourism.

Composition
There are 25 neighbourhoods in Ula District:

 Akçapınar
 Akyaka
 Alparslan
 Arıcılar
 Armutçuk
 Ataköy
 Ayazkıyı
 Çiçekli
 Çıtlık
 Çörüş
 Demirtaş
 Elmalı
 Esentepe
 Gökçe
 Gökova
 Gölcük
 Karaböğürtlen
 Kavakçalı
 Kıyra
 Kızılağaç
 Kızılyaka
 Köprübaşı
 Örnekköy
 Portakallık
 Sarayyanı
 Şirinköy
 Turgut
 Yaylasöğüt
 Yeşilçam
 Yeşilova

See also
 Sedir Island

References

External links

 Images of a lake in Ula District
 Municipality of Ula District 

 
Populated places in Muğla Province
Districts of Muğla Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Puconci

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 Lutheran church in the region of Prekmurje. It was rebuilt and restyled in 1909.

Notable people
Prominent natives and residents of Puconci include the writers István Lülik, Sándor Terplán, Rudolf Czipott, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician Feri Horvat.

References

External links
 Puconci on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Puconci
Prekmurje
Kozje

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. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. It is one of the oldest settlements in the area, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1016. It was granted market rights before 1384. 

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It was built on the site of an earlier building in the 15th century and has major 17th-century alterations. A second church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint Hemma (). It was built in around 1466 with 16th-century modifications and the nave extended in 1861.

References

External links
 Kozje on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Kozje
Radenci

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 it has been the seat and the largest settlement of the Municipality of Radenci.

History

Radenci was first mentioned in 1436 under the name Radein. In 1833 Karol F. Henn, at the time still a student of medicine, discovered the mineral water there. According to a local legend, strange sounds and bubbling coming from the ground was believed to be the sounds of witches cooking soup deep underground. While passing by the mineral water spring in a carriage on the way to nearby Ljutomer, Henn overheard the sounds of the bubbling water. He took some samples of the water for analysis and returned to Radenci after 32 years, in 1869, at that time already a renowned doctor and expert in balneology. He bought the property together with the mineral spring, and in 1869 the first mineral water, named "Radeiner Sauerbrunn," flowed from the spring.

The same year he bottled the first "Radenska Three Hearts" mineral water, which was later supplied to the emperor's court in Vienna and to the pope's palace in Rome. The mineral water became known for its healing effects, and in 1882 the first guests were welcomed to health resort and the town later developed into a thermal spa health resort.

See also
 Radenska d.d.
 Three Hearts Marathon

References

External links
 Radenci on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Radenci
Spa towns in Slovenia
Cities and towns in Styria (Slovenia)
Oplotnica

Oplotnica (; ) is a small town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Oplotnica. It lies on the Oplotniščica River, a left tributary of the Dravinja River, to the north of Slovenske Konjice. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria and formerly part of Austria-Hungary. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

Church

The parish church stands on the eastern edge of the town, next to the neighboring settlement of Čadram. It is dedicated to John the Baptist and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built between 1895 and 1899.

References

External links

 Oplotnica on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Oplotnica
Bass-bar

Bass-bar may refer to:
Bass bar, a brace running from the foot of the neck to a position under the bridge in many string instruments
Short for bass-baritone, a singing voice
Gorišnica

Gorišnica () is a settlement in the Municipality of Gorišnica in Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the  region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

The parish church in the village is dedicated to Saint Margaret and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1391, but the current building dates to the early 19th century.

Gallery

References

External links
 Gorišnica municipal site
 Gorišnica on Geopedia

Populated places in the Municipality of Gorišnica