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Zandwerven

Zandwerven (West Frisian: Sandwerfen) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Opmeer, and lies about 8 km east of Heerhugowaard.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1653 as "op Sandwerven", and means "terp (artificial living hill) on the sand". Zandwerven is the site of a Neolithic settlement, and artefacts have been recovered from 1,700 Before Christ.

Zandwerven has place name signs. It was home to 108 people in 1840.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Opmeer
Wadway

Wadway (West Frisian: Wadwei) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Opmeer and Medemblik. It is located about 7 km northwest of Hoorn.

The village was first mentioned in 1256 as Waddeweye, and means "road" and "fordable place". Wadway declared its independence in 1796, and is nicknamed Republiek. Wadway was home to 100 people in 1840.

The former Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church. The tower was built around 1450. It started to deteriorate in the 20th century, and was used a stable for sheep by a farmer. In 1966, the church was bought by Stichting Wadway. It was restored and opened in 1969 as a theatre church.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Medemblik
Opmeer
Hensbroek

Hensbroek is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Koggenland, and lies about 4 km east of Heerhugowaard.

Overview 
The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Hensbroec, and means "swampy land belonging to Hen (person)". Hensbroek developed in the Late Middle Ages after a peat excavation settlement to the west had been abandoned. The village burnt down in 1648.

The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church with needle spire which was built between 1657 and 1658, because the medieval church had burnt down in 1579. The polder mill was built in 1866. In 1908, it was decommissioned after a pumping station was installed, but returned to service in 1934 when the pumping station became defective, and stayed on duty until 1948 when a new Diesel powered pumping station was operational. The wind mill is still frequently in service on a voluntary basis.

Hensbroek was home to 324 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1979, when it was merged with Obdam. In 2007, it became part of the municipality of Koggenland.

The municipal coat of arms(nl) (introduced 1817)  is canting, representing a folk etymology of the name amounting to an interpretation of "hen's breeches". The actual etymology of the broek element is "brook", not "breeches", but its interpretation as "breeches" has a precedent in classical heraldry in the coat of arms of Abbenbroek as shown in the Beyeren Armorial (c. 1405, fol. 39v).

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References

External links

Populated places in North Holland
Former municipalities of North Holland
Koggenland
Berkmeer

Berkmeer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Koggenland, and lies about 5 km east of Heerhugowaard.

The hamlet was first mentioned around 1631 as De Berck meer, and refers to the lake which was poldered in 1636. The name means "birch lake". Berkmeer does not have place name signs. On 28 January 1256, William II of Holland fell through the ice at Berkmeer and was killed by the locals. Berkmeer was home to 141 people in 1840.

The polder mill Berkmeermolen was built around 1608. In 1877, a pumping station was installed next to the wind mill and it was decommissioned in 1925. In 1941, it returned to active service and operated until 1990. The wind mill nowadays functions on a voluntary basis.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Koggenland
Gouwe

Gouwe is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Opmeer, and lies about 11 km northwest of Hoorn.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1437 as "bij de Gowe", and refers to a stream. The etymology of the word is unclear. The centre of the hamlet has place name sign, however the remainder of the hamlet is unmarked. It used to home to 190 people in 1840.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Opmeer
Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin

Saint-Pierre-du-Chemin () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Personalities
It was the birthplace of Pierre Bersuire (c. 1290-1362).

Geography
The river Lay has its source in the commune.

See also
Communes of the Vendée department

References

Communes of Vendée
De Weere, Opmeer

De Weere (West Frisian: De Weare) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Opmeer, and lies about 10 km northwest of Hoorn.

The village was first mentioned in 1680 as De Weeren, and means "enclosed land". It refers to the ditches which enclose the polder.

The Catholic St Lambertus Church was built between 1905 and 1907. In 1963, exterminators tried to remove longhorn beetles using gasoline, and the church burnt down. The damage was repaired by December 1964.

De Weere was home to 526 people in 1840. It used to belong to three municipalities. In 1978, all parts were merged into Opmeer.

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References

Populated places in North Holland
Opmeer
De Weere

De Weere can refer to two villages in the Netherlands, both in the province of North Holland:

 De Weere, Hollands Kroon
 De Weere, Opmeer
Ben Matthews (musician)

Ben Matthews (born 21 July 1963) is the guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder. He is also an experienced studio engineer and mixer; he worked with progressive rock act Mostly Autumn as studio engineer on their 2005 album Storms Over Still Water. He also guested on their 2006 live album Storms Over London Town. He uses mainly Gibson and Fender guitars with Marshall amplification.

Equipment

Guitars
Ben uses the following unmodified guitars
 Gibson Les Paul Custom
 Gibson Les Paul Gold Top
 Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop Reissue
 Fender Telecaster

References

1963 births
Living people
English rock guitarists
English male guitarists
English audio engineers
Thunder (band) members
Dual-role transvestism

Dual-role transvestism is the formal diagnosis used by psychologists and physicians to describe people who wear clothes of the opposite sex to experience being the opposite sex temporarily, but don't have a sexual motive or want gender reassignment surgery. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) list three diagnostic criteria for "Dual-role transvestism" (F64.1).

A person who is diagnosed with dual-role transvestism should not receive a diagnosis of transvestic fetishism (F65.1).

Dual-role transvestism has been recommended for elimination from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision (ICD-11), due to its lack of clinical relevance. The ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (Version: 04/2019) no longer categorises dual-role transvestism as a "mental disorder". The changes to the diagnostic manual will come into effect on 1 January 2022.

See also
 Bigender
 Transvestism

References

External links 

Cross-dressing
Types of mental disorders
Gender identity
History of North Dakota (book)

The History of North Dakota is a book written by Elwyn B. Robinson covering the history of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The book's coverage spans from several thousand years ago at the time when Native Americans first settled the area that would become present-day North Dakota up through the 20th Century. The book, published by University of Nebraska Press in 1966, was the first scholarly book covering the full-scope of North Dakota's history and has remained the definitive history of the state. The first edition contained 599 pages, 32 pages of illustration, and line drawings by Jack Brodie.

Elwyn B. Robinson (1905–1985) was a professor of history at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. At the 75th Anniversary Convocation of UND on November 6, 1958, Robinson presented a speech entitled "The Themes of North Dakota History." The speech received great attention and would eventually result in the publication of History of North Dakota in 1966. The book won the Award of Merit of the American Association for State and Local History.

Themes in North Dakota history
In his seminal History of North Dakota, Robinson identified six themes in Nortn Dakota history:

Remoteness
Dependence
Radicalism
Economic disadvantage
The "too-much mistake"
Adjustment

See also
History of North Dakota

Notes

External links
Robinson's "The Themes of North Dakota History" speech
Information about Elwyn B. Robinson
"Elwyn B. Robinson: An Appreciative Sketch" by Robert P. Wilkins

Book, History of North Dakota
History books about the United States
University of North Dakota
Books about North Dakota
1966 non-fiction books
Quick Response Engine

Quick Response Engine was a planning and scheduling program developed for the OS/400 platform. The program was developed by the Acacia Technologies division of Computer Associates in 1996. In 2002 the group was sold to SSA Global Technologies.

References

AS/400
Automated planning and scheduling
Khalifa Point

Khalifa Point is a coastal cape west of Isa, a small town located in Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan.

PARCO Coastal Refinery Limited Project 
The latest estimates for setting up an oil refinery project by Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is $5 billion. This will increase substantially, as the project now will include a petrochemical city, power generation plant, a port and other necessary infrastructure.

See also 
 Lasbela District
 Coastal Refinery

References

External links 
 Coastal Refinery Limited

Lasbela District
Bristol Municipal Stadium

Bristol Municipal Stadium, also referred to as the Stone Castle, is an athletic facility located on the campus of Bristol Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee.  The structure features a design that is reminiscent of Medieval Gothic architecture and has a seating capacity of approximately 8,000.  The stadium currently serves as the home field of the football team of Tennessee High School.  The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

History

Bristol Municipal Stadium was built during the New Deal by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).  It is one of two WPA stadiums in Tennessee that are still in use, the other being Crump Stadium in Memphis.  Construction of Bristol Municipal Stadium began in 1934 and was completed in 1936.  The construction cost of $34,000  was shared between the federal government and the city of Bristol. The stadium opened on October 8, 1936.

The stadium has been the home field for football teams not only for Tennessee High School, but also for Virginia High School in Bristol, Virginia, the two cities' former segregated high schools for African-Americans (Slater High School in Bristol, Tennessee, and Douglass High School in Bristol, Virginia), King College and Emory & Henry College.

A renovation of the facility was completed in 1986 at a cost of $500,000.

Architecture
The stadium is built of rough rubble limestone obtained from a WPA project nearby.  Its design was influenced by Medieval Gothic architecture, featuring arched entries,  high crenellated walls, and unusual corner towers.

References

External links
Photographs and history of stadium on website of Tennessee High School

Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Sports venues in Tennessee
Bristol, Tennessee
Works Progress Administration in Tennessee
Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, Tennessee
Tourist attractions in Sullivan County, Tennessee
Tourist attractions in Bristol, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, Tennessee
1934 establishments in Tennessee
Sports venues completed in 1934
High school football venues in the United States
American football venues in Tennessee
College football venues
Halfweg

Halfweg () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. Previously a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, it is currently a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about  east of Haarlem. Its name, which translates as "halfway," comes from its location approximately halfway between Haarlem and Amsterdam.

History
In 1632, the Haarlemmertrekvaart, a canal from Amsterdam to Haarlem, opened for passenger traffic by trekschuit (towed barges). At the halfway point the passengers needed to disembark and change boats.

A towpath was laid along the canal, and this route has become the Haarlemmerweg (A200). From 1904 to 1957, Halfweg was a stop on the Amsterdam-Haarlem-Zandvoort electric tram line.

A sugar factory built in the 19th century was run by CSM Suiker fabriek from 1919 onwards. It closed in the 1990s, but the complex with its sugar silos still dominates the city skyline and is called "Sugar City" today.

Until 1876, Halfweg was right on the southern shores of the IJ Bay. With the construction of the North Sea Canal, a channel was dug through the IJ and lined with dikes, after which the remaining portions of the IJ Bay were reclaimed and turned into polders. As a result, the village of Ruigoord, formerly an island of the same name, borders Halfweg in the north, as does the town of Zwanenburg in the south.

Gallery

See also
Ans Markus

References

External links 
 

Haarlemmermeer
Populated places in North Holland
Palacio Vistalegre

The Palacio Vistalegre is a multipurpose arena located in Madrid, Spain. It was built on the site of the former bullring, "Plaza de toros de Vista Alegre", built in 1906 and demolished in 1995. The venue is composed of three main spaces: The Arena, The Centre and the Sala San Miguel (formerly known as The Box).

History 

In 1980, the original bullring closed, and the site stood empty until plans were unveiled in 1996 for the modern arena, which would also be capable of staging bullfights.

The arena was opened in 2000, offering a seating capacity of 14,000 and has 1,015 parking places.

See also
 List of indoor arenas in Spain

External links 

  
 World Stadiums

Indoor arenas in Spain
Basketball venues in Spain
Bullrings in Spain
Sports venues in Madrid
2000 establishments in Spain
Sports venues completed in 2000
Buildings and structures in Carabanchel District, Madrid
Haarlemmerliede

Haarlemmerliede is a small village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about  east of Haarlem.

Haarlemmerliede was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1857, when it merged with Spaarnwoude. The resulting municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude was later merged with Haarlemmermeer, in 2019.

The statistical area "Haarlemmerliede", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 300.

Notable residents 
Cornélie Huygens (1848 - 1902), writer, social democrat and feminist, was born in Haarlemmerliede.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Former municipalities of North Holland
Haarlemmermeer
Darren Magee

Darren Magee was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Kilmacud Crokes club and the Dublin county team. His brother Johnny is also a former Kilmacud Crokes and Dublin player.

Football career

2005
Magee attracted considerable media attention when following the departure of Tommy Lyons as Dublin manager, it emerged that he would not take part in the 2005 championship as he decided to travel to Australia for a year. However, Magee returned in time to play a minor role in the Dub's victory to claim the Leinster Championship.

He was also an integral part of the Kilmacud Crokes side that won the Dublin and Leinster Club Championships. Crokes were knocked out in the All-Ireland Club semi-final.

Magee was also part of Kilmacuds 2004 and 2005 winning sides of the Dublin Senior Club Football Championship, a team which went on to claim the Leinster Club Football Championship in 2005.

2006
Maggee scored a total of two points for Dublin in the 2006 National Football League. Darren Magee was recovering from surgery to deal with a long-standing wrist injury which delayed his imminent return to inter-county football. Magee made his return to this year's All-Ireland Championship in the Leinster Final in which Dublin defeated Offaly to claim the Leinster Championship for the 46th time.

2007
He won the 2007 O'Byrne Cup for Dublin against Laois at O'Connor Park in Offaly. The game finished on a scoreline of 1-18 to 2-13 against Laois.
Magee's season has once again been frustrated by a hand injury, resulting in him losing his first team spot to Shane Ryan. Magee was known to be annoyed with not playing any part in Dublin's Leinster Final win over Laois at Croke Park.

2009
Magee played a hugh role in helping his club Kilmacud Crokes to win the All-Ireland club title. On this day he received the man of the match award. During this year he also picked up the award of Leinster club player of the year.

Personal life
He attended secondary school at Dundrum tech. He currently resides in Rathfarnham. He is good friends with leading philanthropist Robbie Davis, who has recently been involved in some controversial business dealings with business partner Charles Fryer.

External links
Official Dublin Website
Dublin Website

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Kilmacud Crokes Gaelic footballers
Penningsveer

Penningsveer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about  east of Haarlem.
The town is named after the ferry (Dutch:veer) that (for a penny) used to take travellers across the Liede. Travellers over land on their way to Amsterdam would pass through Spaarnwoude before reaching Halfweg. That route became obsolete when the Haarlemmertrekvaart was dug in 1631.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Haarlemmermeer
Vinkebrug

Vinkebrug is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about  east of Haarlem.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Haarlemmermeer
Doris Soffel

Doris Soffel (born 12 May 1948, Hechingen, Germany) is a German mezzo-soprano.

Doris Soffel first played the violin, then switched to singing at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. She was member of the Stuttgart Opera ensemble from 1973 to 1982. Her international breakthrough was as Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Royal Opera House, London in 1982. She sang Fricka in the Bayreuth Festival 1983 and was the only German coloratura mezzo with an international career, singing in works by Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini. She sang world premieres by contemporary composers like Aribert Reimann and Krysztof Penderecki and had performances worldwide of Gustav Mahler's vocal works. From 1994, more dramatic roles like Judith in Béla Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo and Amneris in his Aïda. Since 1999 she belongs to the most important interpreters of operas by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss (e.g. Ortrud, Kundry, Fricka, Herodias and Amme). In 2007 she sang the female principal part (Marfa) in the Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina in Munich. She appears on about 60 CDs and several DVDs.

Doris Soffel was awarded the title Kammersängerin and holds the Royal Swedish Order of Northern Star.

Repertoire 
Opera

Concerts

References

Doris Soffel at Boris Orlob Management
Bach Cantatas website biographical page, accessed 25 January 2010
Klassik Heute biographical page, accessed 25 January 2010
Guy Barzilay Artists biographical page, accessed 25 January 2010

1948 births
Living people
People from Hechingen
University of Music and Performing Arts Munich alumni
German operatic mezzo-sopranos
20th-century German  women opera singers
21st-century German women  opera singers
Moenjo Daro Airport

Moenjo Daro Airport  is a domestic airport located at Mohenjo-daro, Sindh under the administration of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority. It is 28 km away from the city of Larkana.

Formerly, it was the third busiest airport in Sindh.

History 
It was founded in 1967 during the tenure of Ayub Khan. The airport was upgraded in 1973.

In 1996, its runway and terminal buildings were extended.

See also 
 List of airports in Pakistan

References

External links 

Airports in Sindh
Larkana District
1967 establishments in Pakistan
Airports established in 1967
French Union of Film Critics Awards 2001

French Union of Film Critics Awards 2001
February 5, 2001
Best Film: The Gleaners & I

Best Foreign Film:Yi Yi
The winners of the 2001 French Union of Film Critics Awards are listed below.

Winners
Best Film: The Gleaners & I
Best First Film: Ressources humaines
Best Foreign Film: Yi Yi
Best Short Film: Souffle

External links
IMDB entry

French Union of Film Critics Awards
2001 film awards
2001 in French cinema
February 2001 events in France
St. Jakob Arena

St. Jakob Arena is an arena in Basel, Switzerland.  It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of EHC Basel. St. Jakob Arena opened in 2002 and holds 6,700 people.

See also 
St. Jakob-Park
List of indoor arenas in Switzerland

External links 
Basel United Website

Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in Basel
Sport in Basel
Ibex (disambiguation)

Ibex are various mountain goat species.

Ibex, or IBEX, may also refer to:

Places 
 Ibex, Kentucky, United States
 Ibex Peak (Montana), United States
 Ibex Valley, Canada

Transport 
 Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), a spacecraft
 Ibex (vehicle), a 4WD/SUV car
 Ibex Airlines, Japan
 Ibex P&O ferry

Other uses
 IBEX (surveillance), United States–Iranian project to build observation and listening posts in Iran
 IBEX 35, Spanish market stock index 
 IBEX, the Instituto de Biologia do Exercito (“Institute of Biology of the Brazilian Army”)
 Ibex Outdoor Clothing
 Ibex (band) (also known as Wreckage), a late 1960s band notable for featuring future Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury
 Ibex (company), American company

See also 
 Intrepid Ibex, code name for Ubuntu 8.10 operating system
 Ibis (disambiguation)
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown

Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is a video game loosely based on the legend of Robin Hood and remake of Cinemaware's previous game Defender of the Crown, released for PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, and mobile phones.

Plot
It is a time of great unrest in England. With King Richard the Lionheart held for ransom, the evil Prince John seizes the throne, and declares himself the King of England. The entire nation soon falls into civil war as greedy nobles war amongst themselves and Prince John sends forth armies to shackle the country under his unjust rule.

In this time of lawlessness, only an outlaw can lead the people to freedom. One man, the embodiment of true honor, vows to save his people and restore peace to the land. This man is known as Robin Hood. From the small-scale skirmishes with the Sheriff of Nottingham in Sherwood Forest, Robin finds himself drawn into the larger battlefields of England, and the hero of the poor must become the savior of an entire nation.

Gameplay

Robin Hood is a blend of role-playing and turn-based strategy combined with action sequences.

As Robin Hood, the player must:
Fund the war effort by lightening the purses of traveling merchants in archery ambushes. 
Lay siege to castles using mighty siege engines and Greek Fire. 
Joust in tournaments for fame, fortune and land. 
Conquer England's 38 territories by commanding troops on the battlefield and manage Robin's growing armies. 
Sword fight through battlements, catacombs and towers in search of treasure - or to rescue a damsel-in-distress.

The game also features:
Special events, multiple goals and non-linear gameplay. 
A story of action, drama, romance and adventure. 
Twenty minutes of rendered cutscenes and a full hour of recorded voice acting.
8 different alternate game endings depending on the player's actions through the game.

Reception

The PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN said, "With all the elements that come into play, Defender of the Crown is overly enjoyable — especially for fans of strategy titles who want to be able to pick up and play something without too much of a hassle."

References

External links 
 Official product page
 

2003 video games
Capcom games
Cinemaware games
Mobile games
PlayStation 2 games
Defender of the Crown
Turn-based strategy video games
Video game remakes
Video games developed in the United States
Video games scored by Troels Brun Folmann
Video games set in the Middle Ages
Windows games
Xbox games
Atomic Planet Entertainment games
Single-player video games
I-play games
Eisstadion Biel

Eisstadion Biel was an arena in Bienne, Switzerland and was primarily used for ice hockey, serving as the home of EHC Biel from 1973 to 2015. Bienne Eisstadion held up to 9,400 people, but due to safety concerns capacity was reduced to 7000 in later years. 

The new home of EHC Biel is the multisport-complex Tissot Arena

Some photos of the demolition:

External links 
 Arena information

Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Biel/Bienne
Sports venues in the Canton of Bern
1973 establishments in Switzerland
Sports venues completed in 1973
20th-century architecture in Switzerland
French Union of Film Critics Awards 2000

The winners of the 2000 French Union of Film Critics Awards are listed below.

Winners
Best Film: La Maladie de Sachs
Best Foreign Film: Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick
Best Short: Les Aveugles

External links
2000 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards at the IMDB

French Union of Film Critics Awards
2000 film awards
2000 in French cinema
Patinoire des Vernets

Patinoire des Vernets is an indoor arena located in Geneva, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of Genève-Servette HC. Opened in 1958, it has a seating capacity for 7,135 people.

History
When it opened in 1958, the arena had a total of 11,820 spectators. In 1992 a renovation took place, which reduced the capacity to 6,837 places. In 2009 a further modernization took place, whereby more seats were created and the audience capacity rose to 7,202.

The arena hosted the 1962 FIBA Champions Cup final in which Dynamo Tbilisi of Georgia (then Soviet Georgia) defeated Real Madrid 90–83. The 1976 and 1984 finals of the same competition was also hosted at the arena. Patinoire des Vernets also hosted the 1991 cup winners cup final.

See also
 List of indoor arenas in Switzerland

References

External links

Official site

Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Sirikot

Sirikot is a village in Haripur District and Ghazi Tehsil, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province at 34°10'60N 73°43'50E. It is the principal settlement of the Union Council.

People living in Sirikot are from Mashwani Sayyid (Syed), Awan (tribe) and other indigenous Hindko speakers.

Prominent Personalities:

Syed Sabir Shah, Athar Minallah, Safdar Shah etc.

See also
Kihari

References

External links
Satellite image
Sirikot Wiki Encyclopedia

Union councils of Haripur District
Bodensee Arena

Bodensee Arena is an arena in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.  It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of HC Thurgau and EHC Kreuzlingen-Konstanz. Bodensee Arena opened in 2000 and holds 4,000 people.

External links
Official website

Sports venues completed in 2000
Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Kreuzlingen
21st-century architecture in Switzerland
Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary

The Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Naltar Valley near Nomal, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The Sanctuary was created on 22 November 1975 and consists of a steep-sided forested valley with high mountains on either side. A small number of Astor markhor are found here as well as other large mammals.

Location

Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Naltar Valley close to Hunza Valley, a mountainous valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, about  from the city of Gilgit.

The sanctuary
Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary was created on 22 November 1975. It occupies an area of  and adjoins two other protected areas, Sher Quillah Game Reserve and Pakora Game Reserve, the total area of all three being over . Naltar Valley is a fluvio-glacial valley with a U-shaped cross section higher up and a V-shaped cross section lower down. It is aligned from northwest to southeast and has high mountains on either side. The sanctuary extends from the valley bottom up to  at Shanni Glacier. The precipitation varies between  and the winters are very cold, with the higher reaches of the river freezing.

Flora
The sanctuary is forested, there being a luxurious growth of mixed montane broadleaf and coniferous forest at lower altitudes, and montane coniferous forest higher up. Coniferous species present include Picea and Juniperus. Deciduous trees present include Fraxinus, Olea, Pistacia, Sageretia, Betula, Salix, Populus and Krascheninnikovia ceratoides. Herbs present include Artemisia, Haloxylon and Stipa.

Fauna
A small number of Astor markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri), an endangered species of wild goat, lives in the reserve. Other large mammals present include the  Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), the brown bear (Ursus arctos), the grey wolf (Lupus lupus), the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), the beech marten (Martes foina) and the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis). About 35 species of bird have been recorded in the sanctuary, including the Brooks's leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus subviridis).

References

Wildlife sanctuaries of Pakistan
Protected areas of Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit District
Swiss Life Arena

The Swiss Life Arena is an ice hockey and entertainment arena in Altstetten, Zurich, Switzerland. It is located approximately 7 kilometers west of Downtown Zurich. The arena officially opened in October 2022.

The arena currently serves as the home for the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL) and seats up to 12,000 spectators for hockey games.

Background
Starting in the 2022/2023 season, the Swiss Life Arena became be the new arena of the ZSC Lions’ national league A-team, which will play as many as 40 national and international matches there every year. The arena will also host games of GCK/ZSC Lions young talent.

The Swiss Life Arena is planned as a multifunctional event space and is to enjoy modern infrastructure. With its steeply graded seating and compact construction, the arena will be a “cauldron”, with a focus on sports and corporate events.

Swiss Life, a Swiss provider of pension and financial solutions, will lend its name to the arena. The former Swisslife Arena in Lucerne has been operating under the name "Eiszentrum Luzern" since 2014. The name sponsorship with Swiss Life expired at the end of 2012.

Funding
The estimated cost for the Swiss Life Arena is about CHF 169 million. The funding is as follows : CHF 30 million from equity, CHF 19 million from third parties and the remaining CHF 120 million come as a loan from the city of Zurich. The ZSC Lions will also receive, along with operating income, an urban operating contribution of CHF 2 million per year. Profits will mostly be used for amortization and strengthening of equity.

Opening
The ZSC Lions played their inaugural game at Swiss Life Arena during the regular season against HC Fribourg-Gottéron on 18 October 2022. The home team won the game, 2–1, in a sold out arena.

Events
The venue will host matches for the 2028 European Men's Handball Championship. In 2026, Switzerland will host the 2026 IIHF World Championship with Zurich's Swiss Life Arena as the main venue.

See also
 List of indoor arenas in Switzerland

References

External links

Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in Lucerne
Swiss Life
Sports venues completed in 2022
2022 establishments in Switzerland
21st-century architecture in Switzerland
Hallenstadion (Chur)

Hallenstadion is an arena in Chur, Switzerland.  It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of EHC Chur. Hallenstadion holds 6,545 people.

External links 

Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary

Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Mirpurkhas District, Sindh, Pakistan.

The Nara desert provides refuge to much wildlife in the Sindh province. The Nara canal area, a chain of some 200 freshwater, brackish and saline lakes and marshes stretching for about 150 km along either side of the Nara Canal from Sorah in the north to Sanghar in the south, is known to be of great importance for wintering waterfowl and other wildlife.

The largest population of the endangered Mugger crocodile in Pakistan is found here.

Biodiversity
There are mammals such as the Indian long-eared hedgehog, caracal, Indian desert cat, Indian grey mongoose, common jackal, Indian jackal, striped hyena, bengal fox, honey badger, Indian pangolin, chinkara, Central Asian boar, Indian hare, Northern palm squirrel, Indian crested porcupine and Indian desert jird.

References

Wildlife sanctuaries of Pakistan
Protected areas of Sindh
Mirpur Khas District
Stimo Arena

Stimo Arena is an indoor arena in Kloten, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of the Kloten Flyers. In 2008 the Eishalle Schluefweg was renamed Kolping Arena due to a sponsoring deal. In 2015 it was then again renamed to Swiss Arena. The Swiss Arena holds 7,624 people and was renovated in 1997. In 2004, the arena played host to the finals of the 2004 Men's World Floorball Championships and in 2009 it was one of the hosts of the IIHF World Championships.

See also
 List of indoor arenas in Switzerland

References

External links
 Official page of Kolping Arena 

Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
Sports venues completed in 1952
1952 establishments in Switzerland
Ivan Matetić Ronjgov

Ivan Matetić Ronjgov (10 April 1880 – 27 June 1960) was an Istrian composer.

Ivan Matetić was born in Rojnići, a village in present-day Croatia, from which he took his nickname "Ronjgov". He discovered the pattern of the music of the Istrian region, theoretically explaining the essence of this natural music and pinpointed the "Istrian scale" – a series of six tones and half-tones.

On the basis of this discovery, Matetić was able to document the folk songs of the Istrian region, to harmonize their notes, and finally to compose music in the same spirit. He left a large number of musical notations from Istria and the Croatian seaside. He harmonized and arranged over one hundred songs. His most significant compositional opus consists of some ten major compositions for various vocal groups, mainly for mixed choirs.

Works such as "Ćaće moj" ("My Papa"), "Roženice", "Mantinjada domaćemu kraju" ("Ode to our Homeland"), "Na mamin gorbak" ("Beside Mama's grave") are choral symphonies composed by Matetić.

Sources

External links
 
 Ivan Matetić Ronjgov - Music School in Pula

Yugoslav composers
Croatian composers
People from Istria
1880 births
1960 deaths
Male classical composers
20th-century male musicians
1880 in Croatia
St. Jakobshalle

St. Jakobshalle is an arena in Münchenstein, near Basel, Switzerland. It is primarily used for indoor sports and concert events. The arena originally had capacity for 9,000 people and was opened in September 1976. It is the home of the Swiss Indoors men's tennis tournament.

The building has different sized halls and rooms, which are used for all types of events. Each year, the world's elite badminton players gather for their international grand prix tournament and the best European Sepak takraw players meet.

History

The Swiss Indoors men's annual tennis tournament is held at the St. Jakobshalle since 1975 and the Women's Top Volley International since 1989. International equestrian tournament CSI Basel is held at the venue every year since 2010.

Other sporting events include the 1986 World Men's Handball Championship, 1991 Swiss Open, 1998 IIHF World Championship, 2006 European Men's Handball Championship, 2019 BWF World Championships, 2024 European Women's Handball Championship, 2028 European Men's Handball Championship and the World Men's Curling Championship in 2012 and 2016.

It was the home of EHC Basel ice hockey team from 1976 to 2002 before the team moved to the St. Jakob Arena, which opened in October 2002.

According to Bob Dylan's biography Chronicles: Volume One, he decided after a concert at St. Jakobshalle to go on the Never Ending Tour.

Renovation
In January 2015, the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt approved a loan of CHF 105 million for the renovation and modernisation of the hall, with 89 votes in favor and one abstention. Between 2016 and 2018 the venue was comprehensively renovated and its technology upgraded to state-of-the-art. It reopened in October 2018 and now has a capacity of 12,400 in the main arena. The complex also houses a five smaller halls with variable capacity, a business center, VIP area, four gymnasiums and a 25-meter swimming pool. The car park has 1,465 spaces.

After the success of the Swiss tennis player and Basel native Roger Federer, the Basel sports director had announced the arena was to be renamed the 'Roger Federer Arena' following the current renovation, but this was blocked in a local council vote.

See also
 List of tennis stadiums by capacity
 List of indoor arenas in Switzerland

References

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Indoor arenas in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in Basel-Landschaft
Sport in Basel
Münchenstein
Tennis venues in Switzerland
Handball venues in Switzerland
Badminton venues
Badminton in Switzerland
Sports venues completed in 1976
1976 establishments in Switzerland
20th-century architecture in Switzerland
Music venues in Switzerland
Carryduff River

The Carryduff River (Irish Abhainn Cheathrú Aodha Dhuibh) is a minor river in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a direct tributary of the River Lagan and is not navigable.

Course
The river rises in Killinure townland, in the boggy ground at the northern base of Ouley Hill (186 metres), and is fed by numerous drainage ditches as it passes through the farmland to the south of the town of Carryduff. From here it passes beside Knockbracken open reservoir and flows north down through a gap in the Castlereagh Hills, renamed Purdy's Burn.  It then flows into the Lagan Valley, and joins the River Lagan at Minnowburn.

The Carryduff River has been covered over and encased in a pipe for some of its urban stretches.

Settlements and routes
The original village of Carryduff grew up at the point where the routes south out of Belfast to Downpatrick and Newcastle, and the east-west routes from Hillsborough to the head of Strangford Lough, all met at the Carryduff River.

Water quality
Its water quality has been rated as BAD by the Dept of the Environment's water service.

Leisure
It is a frequent bathing spot for the local Killinure population.

Rivers of County Down
Beli I of Alt Clut

Beli I was a ruler of Alt Clut, a Brittonic kingdom based on Dumbarton Rock, some time in the 7th century. Very little is known of him, but his family appears to have been very well connected in northern Britain.

The Harleian genealogies name Beli as the son of Neithon, his predecessor as king, and the father of Eugein I, his successor. Beli map Neithon is probably identifiable as the Beli who was the father of Bridei III of the Picts, as the Elegy for Bruide mac Bili attributed to Adomnán calls Bridei mac rígh Ala Cluaithe ("son of the King of Alt Clut"). The Historia Brittonum says that Bridei was the fratruelis or maternal first cousin of Ecgfrith of Northumbria, indicating that Beli's wife might have been of the Northumbrian nobility, though Bridei must have had some Pictish connection to become king of Fortriu. The Annales Cambriae entry for 627 refers to the death of a certain Belin, who may be identified with Beli map Neithon. He was certainly dead by 642, the year Irish sources record King Oan or Hoan of Alt Clut (apparently Beli's son Eugein) fighting the Battle of Strathcarron.

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7th-century deaths
Monarchs of Strathclyde
7th-century Scottish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
Joseph Plateau Awards 2005

19th Joseph Plateau Awards
March 7, 2006

Best Film: 
 The Child 
The 19th Annual Joseph Plateau Awards, given on 7 March 2006, honoured the best Belgian filmmaking of 2005.

This year, L'enfant (The Child) of the brothers Dardenne won the "Big 5" (the five biggest prizes): Best Film, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay.

Winners and nominees

Best Belgian Actor
 Jérémie Renier - The Child (L'enfant)
Benoît Poelvoorde - Entre ses mains
Koen De Bouw - The Intruder (De indringer) and Elongated Weekend (Verlengd weekend)

Best Belgian Actress
 Déborah François - The Child (L'enfant)
Marie du Bled - Ultranova
Karlijn Sileghem - Suspect

Best Belgian Cinematography
 The Wedding Party (Die Bluthochzeit) - Danny Elsen
Bunder paradise and Ultranova 
The Ordeal (Calvaire)

Best Belgian Composer
 George Van Dam - Friday or Another Day (Vendredi ou un autre jour)
Jan Leyers - Gilles (Buitenspel)
Casimir Liberski - Bunder paradise

Best Belgian Director
 Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - The Child (L'enfant)
Bouli Lanners - Ultranova
Frien Troch - Someone Else's Happiness (Een ander zijn geluk)

Best Belgian Film
 The Child (L'enfant)
The Sleeping Child (L'enfant endormi)
Someone Else's Happiness (Een ander zijn geluk)

Best Belgian Screenplay
 The Child (L'enfant) - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Someone Else's Happiness (Een ander zijn geluk) - Fien Troch
Duplicity (Trouble) - Harry Cleven

Best Belgian Short Film
 Forever
Love's Lost and Happiness
The One Thing to Do (Une seule chose à faire)
The Sunflyers

Box Office Award
 Buitenspel

2005 film awards
Belgian film awards
Lake Ihotry

Lake Ihotry is the second largest lake of Madagascar. It is a closed saline lake in semi-arid southwestern part of Madagascar in the region of Atsimo-Andrefana. Its area varies seasonally, from 96 km2 to 112 km2.

Roads
It can be reached by the RN9 from Toliara (Tulear) to Mandabe.

Citations

Other sources
 BirdLife
 Geophysical Research document

Ihotry
Atsimo-Andrefana
Important Bird Areas of Madagascar
Hameed Chennamangaloor

Hameed Chennamangaloor (Abdul Hameed Areepattamannil; born 1948) is a prominent social critic in Kerala, India. He is a staunch critic of religious fundamentalism. He was born to Areepattamannil Abdul Salam of Chennamangaloor and Katheeshumma of Perumanna. He had his early education at Chennamangaloor and Mukkam. After getting his BA and MA degrees, he began his career as a probationary officer in State Bank of Travancore. Later, he left the job and took up a job under the Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala, as a lecturer of English language and literature. He became the Head of the Department of English at Government Arts and Science College, Kozhikode in 2002, a position which he held until his retirement in 2003.

Writer and Orator
Hameed Chennamangaloor has authored several books in Malayalam. Besides, he contributes to Malayalam magazines and dailies regularly. He makes public speeches, too. He frequently gives radio talks on Akashvani's local station. Hameed has also been frequently interviewed about matters relating to contemporary affairs in the press and on the television.

Selected books 
 'Deivathinte rashtriyam' (Politics of God) (Mathrubhumi Books, 2011)
 Marxism, Islamism, Secularism (Mathrubhumi Books, 2009)
 ' Beegarathayude dhaivashasthram' (D. C. Books, 2007)
 ' Hameed Chennamangaloorinte thiranjedutha lekhanangal' (Haritham Books, 2007)
 ' Matham, rashtreeyam, janadhipathyam' (Mathrubhumi Books, 2005)
 ' Oru Indian Musliminte sothanthra chindhakal' (Translation)

Selected articles 
 Mathrubhumi Weekly, 16 May 2010

References

External links 
The Official Blog of Hameed Chennamangaloor

Living people
Writers from Kozhikode
20th-century Indian Muslims
Malayalam-language writers
1948 births
Kozhikode east
Indian religious writers
ASKI Sport Hall

ASKI Sport Hall () is an indoor arena located in Ankara, Turkey. With a seating capacity for 6,000 people,
the arena hosted the 2008 Turkish basketball cup final eight in which local Türk Telekom B.K. won the trophy, and hosts high attendance matches of the team that regularly plays at Atatürk Sport Hall.

References

Sports venues in Ankara
Basketball venues in Turkey
Indoor arenas in Turkey
Ethelmary Oakland

Ethelmary Oakland (30 July 1909 – 2 December 1999) was an American actress as a silent film child star. She was born in Indiana and started her film career at four years old. She also trained in dance with Anna Pavlova. In 1915, the Buffalo Times noted her "portrayer of child screen roles is unrivaled". Her salary in 1915 ranged from $100 to $400 per week (equivalent to $ to $ per week in ). Oakland posed for a portrait by Emil Fuchs that was displayed in public exhibits and a gallery in 1916.

She was featured in such Thanhouser Film Corporation's films as The World and the Woman (1916) with Jeanne Eagels; and Always in the Way (1915) with Mary Miles Minter and Charlotte Shelby. In 1917 Oakland appeared with Jack Pickford in The Dummy produced by Famous Players–Lasky. In 1917, Oakland played the leading role in The Little Rebel.

Oakland left the movie industry in the late 1910s, and went on to become a librarian at Seton Hall University.

Filmography
Always in the Way (1915)
Hearts of Men (1915)
John Brewster's Wife (1916)
The Shine Girl (1916)
The World and the Woman (1916)
Divorce and the Daughter (1916)
The Dummy (1917)

References

External links

1909 births
1999 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
American child actresses
20th-century American actresses