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659 Nestor

659 Nestor is a Jupiter trojan asteroid orbiting the Sun.  Along with the other Jupter trojans in the Greek Camp, it orbits in the same orbit as Jupiter, about 60 degrees ahead of the planet.

It was seen on 30th June 2006 when it occulted TYC 6854-00630.  The length of time the occultation lasted (9.52 seconds) equates to a size of at least 109 km diameter.

It was found by Max Wolf in 1908. Its provisional name was 1908 CS.

Other websites 
 Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
 OCCULTATION BY (659) NESTOR - 2006 JUN 30 
 Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris

Asteroids
Trumpet vine

Trumpet vine or trumpet-creeper is a large vine, notable by its showy flowers. Campsis radicans (L.)Seem. ex Bureau is native of southeastern US.

Other websites
Germplasm Resources Information Network 
Campsis radicans nomenclature

Flowers
Bignoniaceae
Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots (often called STP) is an American rock band that played in the 1990s and early 2000s. They broke up in 2003 but reformed in 2008. The band has Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion).  The band's five albums have sold more than 17.5 million in the United States alone and more than 30 million albums worldwide. The band had fifteen top ten singles, or songs sold on their own, on the Billboard rock charts, including six #1's, and one #1 album on the pop charts (1994's Purple). In 1994, the band won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock Performance" for their song "Plush". Stone Temple Pilots were also ranked at #40 by VH1 on the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list. 

The band released the greatest-hits album  Thank You in 2003. The band then fell apart. Since the band's end, Weiland moved on to become the frontman of Velvet Revolver with former members of Guns N' Roses. The DeLeo brothers started the band Army of Anyone with Richard Patrick from the band Filter. Army of Anyone released its first album in 2006, which was also called Army of Anyone. Kretz started Bomb Shelter Studios  in Los Angeles. 

In 2008, Stone Temple Pilots reformed. They went on a concert tour that began on May 1 and ended on October 30. In a short time, they will return to the studio to record a seventh album.

History
Scott Weiland and Robert DeLeo met during a concert. They formed a band with two of Scott's friends from Edison High School, Corey Hicock (guitar) and David Allen (drums). They then named their band Mighty Joe Young and recorded a demo tape that was completed around 1990. During the recording, they got a call from their lawyer who told them that there was a blues man who had already claimed the name Mighty Joe Young. They changed the band's name to Shirley Temple's Pussy and performed under this name for a short time, but then changed the name again due to record label pressure. They decided to use the initials STP and soon used the name Stone Temple Pilots in 1992.

Albums
 Core (1992)
 Purple (1994)
 Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
 No. 4 (1999)
 Shangri-La Dee Da (2001)
 Stone Temple Pilots (2010)

Awards

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| style="text-align:center;"| 1993 || "Plush" || MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1994 || align="center"| — || American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1994 || "Plush" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1997 || "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2001 || "Down" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance || 
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2010 ||  "Between the Lines" || Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ||

References

1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American rock bands
Grunge bands
Musical groups from San Diego, California
Atlantic Records artists
Urinal deodorizer block

Urinal deodorizer blocks are the small disinfectant blocks found in urinals. There are many other words for them, such as: "piss biscuit", "urinal cake", "urinal mint", or "urinal puck".

The blocks are used to kill germs and take away the bad smell of urinals in public bathrooms. They are put over the urinal drain and evaporate very slowly. Because they do not dissolve or break apart in water, they do not take away the smell of the flushing water or urine. Different blocks are made with different chemicals, like paradichlorobenzene or naphthalene. The block is something scented to smell like different things, such as cherries.

Notes

Hygiene
Cyrtodactylus phongnhakebangensis

Cyrtodactylus phongnhakebangensis (Vietnamese: Thằn lằn Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is a type of gecko native to Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province, Bac Trung Bo, Vietnam. It was found and described in 2002.

References

 ZIEGLER, T., RÖSLER, H., HERRMANN, H.-W. & VU NGOC THANH(2002): Cyrtodactylus phongnhakebangensis sp.n., ein neuer Bogenfingergecko aus dem annamitischen Karstwaldmassiv, Vietnam. - Herpetofauna, Weinstadt 24(141): 11-25.
 Atlas de la terrariophile Vol.3 : les lézards. Animalia Éditions, 2003. 

Lizards
Quang Binh Province
Philip II of Macedon

Philip II was an ancient king of Macedonia. He ruled from 359 BC to 336 BC. He was the father of the emperor Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BC. Philip united all of Ancient Greece. He would either bring a city-state into his hegemony with his military or he would talk/bribe the leaders into joining his empire. It was under his reign in 338 BC at Chaeronea against Athens that Alexander first showed his military genius. Philip was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, at the celebration of the wedding of his daughter. Alexander soon carried out Philip's plan to attack the Persian Empire.

382 BC births
336 BC deaths
Ancient Greeks
Lake Enriquillo

Lake Enriquillo is a lake in western Dominican Republic, near the border with Haiti. Its Taíno name was Hagueygagon but, in colonial times, it had the name Jaragua Lake. 
It is in the Hoya de Enriquillo valley, a long valley between the "Sierra de Neiba", to the north, and the "Sierra de Bahoruco", to the south.

The lake has an area of 265 km², and its surface is around 44 meters below sea level, the lowest point in the Caribbean. There are three small islands in the lake: Isla Cabritos, Barbarita, and La Islita.

Only small rivers flow into the lake. The rivers that flow from the Sierra de Neiba always have water. Those rivers that flow from the Sierra de Bahoruco sometimes do not have water.

It is a salt water lake with a higher concentration of salt than the sea water because the rivers that flow into the lake are small and the evaporation of its water is high.

Many water birds visit the lake to feed, including flamingos. There are also American crocodiles and some fishes as tilapia. Because it is an arid region, the vegetation around the lake is poor with cacti and small shrubs.

The lake is part of the "Lago Enriquillo e Isla Cabritos National Park" and of the "Jaragua - Bahoruco - Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve".

Cities on the lake
The main cities on the coast (or very near) of the lake are:
 Villa Jaragua
 Postrer Río
 La Descubierta
 Boca de Cachón
 El Limón
 Vengan a Ver

References

Other websites 

Lakes of North America
Geography of the Dominican Republic
Biosphere reserves
Nebuchadnezzar II

Nebuchadnezzar II (about 634 – 562 BC) was king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and reigned ~605 BC – 562 BC.

According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Jews into exile. He is featured in the Book of Daniel and is mentioned in several other books of the Bible. He (allegedly) destroyed Solomon's Temple.

He is said to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The king built the hanging gardens in attempt to please his wife. His kingdom had a great flow of trade and prosperity. However, some scholars argue that the Gardens may have been constructed by the Assyrian king Sennacherib in his capital city, Nineveh.

References 

Mesopotamian people
Orthopedic cast

Orthopedic casts are casts made of plaster that cover a limb to hold a broken bone in place while it heals.  Doctors use casts of fiberglass currently.  In early times, people often used splints to help heal broken bones.  It is thought that orthopedic casts came about from splints.

Medical equipment
Battle of Patay

The Battle of Patay (18 June 1429) was an important battle in the Hundred Years' War between the French and the English in north-central France. The French won and the English lost badly, historical accounts report that the English army was four times as large as the french army. Many men in the English longbow corps died. Many English leaders of the battle were killed or taken prisoner. This battle changed the course of the war and made the French more powerful. Joan of Arc was the head of the battle leading the French and was the reason that the French won the battle and the Hundred Years' War.

Patay
1429
15th century in England
15th century in France
June events
1420s in Europe
Battletoads

Battletoads is a fighting video game by Rare Ltd. where the players play as toads that fight.

Gameplay 
The game offers gameplay changes as the player battles with toads, fights with frogs or attack other amphibians.

1991 video games
Sega Genesis games
Game Gear games
Battle of Crécy

The Battle of Crécy happened on 26 August 1346 near Crécy in northern France, and was one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years' War. The smaller English army won against the much larger French army. New tactics and weapons make this an important battle in the history of warfare because the English used longbows to win against French knights. The longbow was a faster weapon to fire than the French and Genoan crossbow and could send arrows farther than the crossbow could and with more force. Before this battle during the Middle Ages, knights had been the most important part of an army. Because of this change some historians call this battle the beginning of the end of chivalry.

The Battle 
In the battle, the French knights, protected by chain mail reinforced with metal plate, were nearly exhausted by charging several miles into the battle (against their king's wishes). Their horses had to walk through deep mud and charge up a hill into English and Welsh arrow storm. They were cut down. Many French nobles died.
The knights' horses were barely protected at all. The storm of arrows killed or disabled the knights' mounts, and left the knights floundering in the mud on foot beneath a hail of arrows.

The bolts (heavy arrows) of the Genoese crossbowmen at the forefront of the battle could not reach the English. They fell short because the  crossbow strings were wet. The archers had also misjudged the range and shot too early and too low. The English, controlling the high ground, were able to run a short distance down the hill and pick off the Genoese with volleys of arrows. As the Genoese attempted to retreat, they were cut down by the French knights, who thought the withdrawal was cowardly. This wasted the first charge of French cavalry, and left them disorganized for the charge on the English.

In a strong defensive position, Edward III ordered that everyone fight on foot. He split the army in three divisions, one commanded by his sixteen-year-old son, Edward, the Black Prince. The archers were set in a 'V-formation' along the top of the hill. While they waited, the English built a system of ditches, pits and caltrops, to hurt and bring down the enemy cavalry.

Notes 

 Battle of Auberoche was before this one

Crecy
1346
1340s in England
1340s in France
August events

af:Crécy-en-Ponthieu
102 (number)

102 (also written as CII or one hundred [and] two) is a number. It is after 101 and before 103, and is even. 102 is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, and 102.

19E02 102
Coffea

Coffea (coffee) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Out of about 120 species, we make coffee from only two, Coffea arabica and C. canephora.

Coffea are shrubs or small trees, native to subtropical Africa and southern Asia. The seeds are called "beans" in the coffee trade. Beans from the two productive species are widely cultivated in tropical countries. Coffee is one of the world's major commodity crops and is the major export product of some countries.

The caffeine in coffee "beans" protects the seeds of the plant. It is a form of natural plant defense against herbivory. The fruits and leaves also contain caffeine, and can be used to make a tea called 'Coffee cherry tea'. The fruit is also used in many types of soft drink.

Several insect pests attack the plants and affect coffee production. 
Coffee is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species.

Other websites

 Coffee & Conservation - Many resources on sustainable coffee, including reviews, especially shade coffee and biodiversity
Just About Coffee — General information webpage about the coffee tree subject.  
 Coffea arabica by James A. Duke — detailed information about this species.

References 

Rubiaceae
Coffee
Arthur Schlesinger Jr

Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger (October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007), was an American historian and social critic. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His work explored the liberalism of American political leaders, especially that of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. He served as Special Assistant and Court Historian to the President in John F. Kennedy's administration. He wrote a lot about the Kennedy administration. These writings have the title A Thousand Days.  

When the United States thought about invading Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, he was one of only two people who opposed the invasion. The other was William Fulbright. Schlesinger sat silent, except for a private memorandum to the president. He did this, because he did not want to undermine the President's desire for a unanimous decision. 

When it had become clear the invasion had failed, Schlesinger later wrote: "In the months after the Bay of Pigs, I bitterly reproached myself for having kept so silent during those crucial discussions in the cabinet room ... I can only explain my failure to do more than raise a few timid questions by reporting that one's impulse to blow the whistle on this nonsense was simply undone by the circumstances of the discussion."

Schlesinger contributed many things to liberal theory. He was mostly for the kind of liberalism Kennedy did. He was admired for his wit, scholarship, and devotion to delineating the history and nature of liberalism. Since 1990 he had been a critic of multiculturalism.

He popularized the term "imperial presidency" during the Nixon administration by writing the book The Imperial Presidency.

References

1917 births
2007 deaths
American historians
Pulitzer Prize winners
Vu Quang National Park

Vu Quang National Park is a national park in Ha Tinh Province, Bac Trung Bo, Vietnam. Saola and Muntiacus vuquangensis are a species found in this park. Vu Quang National park has a high mountainous topography, which is separated from the surrounding. It has a tropical climate that is a good condition for the growth of animals and plants. This is a precinct virgin forest that is remained in Vietnam and is a value ecology for economy, scientific and landscape.

National parks in Vietnam
Bae Yong Joon

Bae Young Joon is an actor from Seoul. He became popular in Japan on the hit Korean drama, "A Winter Tale". He was born on August 29, 1972.
He is known for being handsome. He stars in another Korean history drama, Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi, which is popular in both Korea and Japan.

Films and television appearances

Films 
 2005: April Snow
 2003: Untold Scandal
 1995: PpilKu

Drama 
 2007: The Story of the First King's Four Gods (MBC)
 2007: Hotelier (TV Asahi) (TV Asahi) - Shin Dong Hyuk, Frank
 2002: Winter Sonata (Winter Love Story, KBS) - Kang Jun-sang/Lee Min-hyung
 2001: Hotelier (MBC) - Shin Dong Hyuk, Frank
 1999: Did We Really Love? (True To Love MBC) - Gang Jae-ho
 1998: The Barefooted Youth (KBS)
 1997: First Love (KBS) - Sung Chan-woo
 1996: Papa (KBS) - Choi Hyun-jun
 1995: A Sunny Place of The Young (KBS)
 1995: Sea Breeze (PSB) Jang Moo-hyung
 1995: Six Steps to Separation (KBS)
 1994: Salut D'Amour (Love Greeting) (KBS) - Kim Yong-min

Other websites
 Bae Yong Jun Official Website 

1972 births
Living people
South Korean movie actors
South Korean television actors
Urban districts of Germany

In Germany an Urban District ( is a large town or city that is responsible for its own local government. Germany is divided into 429 districts. 313 are rural districts (Landkreise, see List of German rural districts) and 116 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte / Stadtkreise) which are listed below.

It is not part of a rural district, or county ().

In some states, there is another level of government, the Regierungsbezirk or governmental district.  Several urban and rural districts are joined together to make a regierungsbezirk, which does some of their jobs, especially things in land-use planning which can affect several districts.

They are the equivalent of an independent city in the United States or unitary authority in the United Kingdom.

List by state

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

Hamburg

Hesse

Lower Saxony 

¹ following the "Göttingen Law" of January 1 1964, the town of Göttingen is incorporated into the district (Landkreis) of Göttingen, but the rules on urban districts still apply, as long as no other rules exist.
² following the "Law on the region of Hannover", Hannover counts since November 1 2001 as an urban district as long as no other rules apply.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland 
There are no longer any urban districts. The town of Saarbrücken used to be an urban district but became incorporated into the Saarbrücken Town Federation on January 1 1974.

Saxony 

1The urban districts of Görlitz, Hoyerswerda, Plauen und Zwickau will lose their status as „kreisfreie Stadt“ probably on 1st July 2008 in a reform of Saxony's districts.

Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringia

Related pages
Districts of Germany
List of German districts
Local government of Germany
Rural districts of Germany

References 

Districts of Germany
Germany-related lists
Local government of Germany
Tel Megiddo

Megiddo () is a hill in Israel. It is near the modern settlement of Megiddo, and is known for theological, historical and geographical reasons. 

In ancient times, Megiddo was an important city-state. It is also known alternatively as Tel Megiddo (Hebrew) and Tell al-Mutesellim (Arabic). According to some interpretations of the Christian Bible, this will be the place for Armageddon (that derives from the name's place in Hebrew) or the final battle between the forces of light led by Jesus Christ and the forces of darkness led by Satan or the Anti-Christ after the "End of Days".

Megiddo is a tel (hill or mound) made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel Ridge, which overlooks the Valley of Jezreel from the west.

References

Geography of Israel
World Heritage Sites in Asia
Hills
Neo-Babylonian Empire

The Neo-Babylonian Empire or Second Babylonian Empire (also known as Chaldea) refers Babylonia during the 11th, or Chaldean, dynasty. The old empire was torn apart by civil wars in the middle 7th Century BC.  "Chaldea" meant the southern part of Babylonia, until a Chaldean became the king of Babylon.

This new dynasty ruled between 626 BC when Nabopolassar rebelled against Assyria, till 539 BC when Cyrus the Great captured the city of Babylon. The king Nebuchadnezzar II ruled this kingdom from 605 BC - 562 BC.

Other websites 
 Chaldea on Answers.com
 Chaldea on Jewish Encyclopedia

Mesopotamia
Former countries in the Middle East
Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes is a state in Mexico that is in the center of the country. Its state capital is the city of Aguascalientes. The state's name means "hot waters" in Spanish. People gave it this name because there are many hot springs in the area. The adjective for Aguascalientes is hidrocálido, because hidro means water and cálido means hot.

References 

 
1857 establishments
19th-century establishments in Mexico
1850s establishments in North America
States of Mexico
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is the nineteenth-largest city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is the seat of the County of Warren. It is the only city in the county. It is a riverport on the east bank of the Mississippi River. It is most famous for the American Civil War battle fought there, in which the Union won. It is the county seat of Warren Country, Mississippi.  The July 2006 estimate, (a guess based on some information) of the population (the number of people living there) was 25,740.

Suburbs 

 Beechwood, Mississippi (Unincorporated community)
 Delta, Louisiana
 Mound, Louisiana
 Richmond, Louisiana
 Tallulah, Louisiana

Other websites 

Cities in Mississippi
County seats in Mississippi
1826 establishments in the United States
1820s establishments in Mississippi
Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building is a skyscraper in New York City, United States.  It is 319 meters (1046 feet) tall and has 77 floors.  It was built in 1931 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

The Chrysler Building was the tallest building in the world from 1930 to 1931. Before it was built, the tallest building in the world was the Bank of the Manhattan Company Building, now called The Trump Building. The Empire State Building became the tallest one year later.  The Chrysler Building is still the tallest brick building in the world.

The Chrysler Building was also the tallest structure in the world from 1930 to 1931.  Before it was built, the tallest structure in the world was Eiffel Tower. The Empire State Building became the tallest within a year later.

Photos

Related pages
 List of tallest buildings in the world
 List of tallest buildings in New York City

Other websites

 Emporis.com - Chrysler Building
SkycraperPage.com – Chrysler Building

Skyscrapers in New York City
Art Deco buildings
1931 establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
New York City Designated Landmarks
Altenburger Land

Altenburger Land is a rural district in Thuringia, Germany.

History 

The city of Altenburg and the surrounding land were the tiny duchy of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826 to 1918; afterwards it was a state within the Weimar Republic for a short time, before it was dissolved in 1922 in order to join the state of Thuringia.

The district in its present borders was started in 1922 as "Altenburg". In 1952 districts was split in two, called Altenburg and Schmölln. They were joined up again in 1994, but called "Altenburger Land".

Altenburger Land is the easternmost district of Thuringia. It is a mainly agricultural region.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

Other websites
 Official website

References

1994 establishments in Europe
Tennessee River

The Tennessee River is a tributary, or a river that flows into, the Ohio River. Its path makes a crescent. It starts in eastern Tennessee before entering Alabama. After entering Alabama it goes north and for a few miles, forms the boundary between Alabama and Mississippi. Then it flows through Tennessee and Kentucky, where it joins with the Ohio River at the city of Paducah. The watershed for the Tennessee River includes parts of the states of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Related pages
List of rivers of Alabama

Other websites 
Map of the Tennessee River 

Rivers of Kentucky
Rivers of Alabama
Rivers of Tennessee
Rivers of Mississippi
Woolworth Building

The Woolworth Building is a skyscraper in New York City, United States.  It is 241 meters (792 feet) tall and has 57 floors.  It was built in 1913 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

A businessman named Frank Winfield Woolworth wanted the building to be built for his business, F. W. Woolworth Company. It was created by an architect named Cass Gilbert. The building was called the Cathedral of Commerce, which means it was like a church of business.

The Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930.  Before it was built, the tallest building in the world was the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower.  The Bank of the Manhattan Company Building (now named The Trump Building) became the tallest twenty-seven years later.

Photo Gallery

Related pages
 List of tallest buildings in the world
 List of tallest buildings in New York City

References

Other websites

 Emporis.com - Woolworth Building
SkycraperPage.com – Woolworth Building

Skyscrapers in New York City
1913 establishments in the United States
1910s establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
New York City Designated Landmarks
Keystroke logging

A keylogger is a piece of software or computer hardware which records keystrokes on a computer. Its most common use is in spyware to obtain passwords and credit card details. The government sometimes uses keyloggers to break encryption and to spy on wrong-doers.

References 

Malware
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (also called the Met Life Tower) is a skyscraper in New York City, United States.  It is 213 meters (700 feet) tall and has 50 floors.  It was built in 1909.

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower was the tallest building in the world from 1909 to 1913.  Before it was built, the tallest building in the world was the Singer Building.  The Woolworth Building became the tallest four years later.

Photo Gallery

Other websites 

 Emporis.com - Metropollitan Life Tower
 SkycraperPage.com – Met Life Tower

Skyscrapers in New York City
1909 establishments in the United States
1900s establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
New York City Designated Landmarks
KLM

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is an airline that is a part of Air France-KLM. It is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has flights that stay in Netherlands and other flights that go world-wide. KLM goes to 90 different places and its main airport or hub is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Before KLM combined with Air France, KLM was the main airline of the Netherlands. KLM is the world's oldest airline with its original name. In September 2014, KLM had around 32,000 people working for it.

Gallery

References

Other websites 

 
 Route map and statistical information

1919 establishments in Europe
1910s establishments in the Netherlands
Airlines of Europe
Kentucky River

The Kentucky River is a river in the state of Kentucky. It is a tributary of, or flows into, the Ohio River and is 259 miles long. The city of Frankfort is located on the Kentucky River. It is formed at Beattyville, Kentucky, which is in Lee County, which is where the North and South Forks come together.

Description

The river is formed in eastern Kentucky at Beattyville, in Lee County, when the North, Middle and South Forks meet at about 670 feet (204 m). The river flows generally northwest, and is highly meandering in the mountains. It then flows through Daniel Boone National Forest, then past Irvine and Boonesborough, then southwest, passing south of Lexington, then north through Frankfort. It joins the Ohio at Carrollton.

Approximately 15 mi (25 km) southwest of Boonesborough it is joined by the Red River. About 20 mi (30 km) southwest of Boonesborough it is joined by Silver Creek. At High Bridge, it is joined by the Dix River. At Frankfort, it is joined by Benson Creek. 10 mi north of Frankfort, Elkhorn Creek flows into the river.

Between Clays Ferry in Madison County and Frankfort, the river passes through the Kentucky River Palisades. The latter is a series of steep gorges approximately 100 mi (160 km) in length.

According to Robert F. Collins of the United States Forest Service, Dr. Thomas Walker named the river, in 1750, Louisa River, after Princess Louisa, the wife of Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Later, the name Louisa became Levisa and shifted to the nearby stream today called Levisa Fork River.

References
 Collins, Robert F. "A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest". (1975)
 Arthur Benke & Colbert Cushing, "Rivers of North America".  Elsevier Academic Press, 2005 
 Rhodes, Captain Rick, "The Ohio River --In American History and Voyaging on Today's River" has a section on the Kentucky River, Heron Island Guides, 2007, 

Rivers of Kentucky
Singer Building

The Singer Building was a skyscraper in New York City, United States.  It was 213 meters (700 feet) tall and had 50 floors.  It was built in 1908 and torn down in 1968 to make room for the U.S. Steel Building (now One Liberty Plaza).  The Singer Building was the tallest building ever demolished by a company.

The Singer Building was the tallest building in the world from 1908 to 1909.  Before it was built, the tallest building in the world was Philadelphia City Hall.  The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower became the tallest one year later.

Photo Gallery

Other websites

 Emporis.com - Singer Building

Skyscrapers in New York City
1908 establishments in the United States
1900s establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
Batuque (religion)

Batuque is an African-inspired or Afro-Brazilian religion, practiced mainly in Brazil. The religion started in the city of Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

Religion in Brazil
Afro-American religion
Porto Alegre
Macumba

Macumba is one of the Afro-Brazilian religion that mixes Umbanda, Quimbanda, Candomblé and other religions, in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and specially Bahia, Brazil, where those religions were born.

Religion in Brazil
Afro-American religion
Umbanda

Umbanda is the only 100% Brazilian religion. It mixes Candomblé and Kardecism. It was created on November 15, 1908 in Niterói, a city from Rio de Janeiro, by Zélio de Morais and a Spirit called Caboclo das Sete Encruzilhadas.

Religion in Brazil
Afro-American religion
Jak and Daxter

Jak and Daxter is a series of video games, developed by the company Naughty Dog. It is named after the two heroes of the games. Right now, five games are in the series.

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak II
Jak 3
Jak X: Combat Racing
Daxter (prequel to Jak II)
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

Where the games happen

All of the Jak and Daxter games happen on a planet that is similar to Earth, where many creatures who look like humans with long ears live. A long time ago, beings called "Precursors" lived on the planet, but disappeared, and the people use the machines the Precursors left behind. Outside of cities and villages, there are many wild and dangerous animals.

A substance called "Eco" is also used by the people. It can be found as gas, liquid, or even solid crystals. There are several different kinds of Eco, and all the different Ecos can do special things. Green Eco can heal injuries or damage, and Blue Eco can make things move faster. There is also Dark Eco, a dangerous kind of Eco which can kill or mutate. In the first Jak and Daxter game, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, the character Daxter falls into a pit full of Dark Eco and turns into an "Ottsel", a fictional, or not real, cross between an otter and a weasel.

Gameplay

When Naughty Dog first told people about Jak and Daxter, people were very excited, because Naughty Dog had made the famous Crash Bandicoot series. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy was one of the first video games to use something called streaming, which means that the game loads while it is being played, so there are no loading screens. It was also very similar to the games Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, because players need to jump, explore, and collect a special kind of object to win the game.

After The Precursor Legacy, the Jak and Daxter games started to be about other things, not just jumping and finding things. Jak II, the second game, gives the player guns to shoot and vehicles to drive. This is like in the Grand Theft Auto video games.

The first three games of the Jak series; Precursor Legacy, Jak II, and Jak 3; are still mainly about platforming. The player controls the character Jak or the character Daxter in jumping puzzles to get to a goal. The character can only get hit by wild animals or monsters only a few times before dying and having to start the goal over, but the character can get life back by touching Green Eco. In Jak 3, the player can get armor that lets Jak be hit more before dying.

The player can also use attacks or guns to kill the monsters before Jak or Daxter is hit and hurt.

3D platform games
Chevrolet Geo

Geo was a brand of economy cars sold by Chevrolet dealerships. Geo was founded in 1989 to compete with Japanese automotives. Geo's roots date back to the 1970s in which General Motors began selling and offering captive imports. The Buick Opel which was originally an Isuzu Gemini and was also offered to future GM marque Daewoo as the Maepsy (which was sold as a Saehan and later Daewoo model). Geo cars were a joint venture between GM and its Japanese partners which included Toyota, Suzuki and Isuzu. Chevrolet's revived Nova (the Corolla Sprinter) led to Chevrolet Sprint (Suzuki Cultus) and the Spectrum (Isuzu Gemini). All three cars were rebranded as Geo in 1989. Geo was cancelled in 1997 and merged into the Chevrolet brand. The Geo models were the Metro, Prizm, Storm, Tracker, and Spectrum. The Prizm was made at New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. which was jointly owned by Toyota and General Motors. While the Metro and Tracker were made at CAMI Automotive a joint venture between GM and Suzuki, and the Storm and Spectrum were made entirely in Japan by Isuzu, and because of dwindling Isuzu sales they were short-lived. Many Geo models continued as Chevrolet's and were later replaced by in-house cars (i.e. Chevrolet Cobalt (Geo Prizm), a another joint venture vehicle or inherited models from GM Daewoo/Korea.

Chevrolet automobiles
Geo/Chevrolet Prizm

The Geo Prizm was a small car sold by Chevrolet from 1990 to 1997. Replacing the Chevrolet Nova, it was based on a Toyota Corolla Sprinter with the Geo name on it. The Prizm was produced alongside the Corolla and the Tacoma pickup truck at New United Motor Manufacturing in Fremont, California which was jointly owned by General Motors and Toyota from 1985-2010. From 1989-1992 it was sold as a subcompact sedan and hatchback, but in 1992 it was redesigned and sold solely as a compact sedan (this was due to Toyota Corolla and Sprinter being redesigned). The Prizm and the Corolla shared the same parts and engines. It is the only Geo model not sold in Canada under Pontiac. In 1998, the name of the car was changed to Chevrolet Prizm. Due to the discontinued Toyota Sprinter and a loss in sales General Motors replaced the Prizm with the Pontiac Vibe and the Chevrolet Cobalt.

sedans
1990s automobiles
2000s automobiles
Chevrolet automobiles
Pontiac Vibe

The Pontiac Vibe was a compact car made by General Motors with Toyota at New United Motor Manufacturing plant in Freemont, California. It was only sold as a five-door hatchback. The Vibe has the same engine and parts as the Toyota Matrix and Toyota Corolla. The Vibe and Matrix were made in different factories. The Vibe had replaced the Chevrolet Prizm in 2002 due to low sales and the discontinued Toyota Sprinter (Prizm was a mere rebadged version of this car).The Vibe was sold in Japan by Toyota as the Voltz from 2002 to 2004. Pontiac Vibe discontinued in 2009 due to General Motors and Toyota's decision to close down NUMMI. After Pontiac announced it would go out of business, General Motors announced that the Vibe would be replaced with Buick Verano (a badge engineered Opel Astra). Though it only offered limited AWD it was often categorized as a compact crossover and competed with the Dodge Caliber.

Sport utility vehicles
Pontiac automobiles
Geo Metro

The Geo Metro was a car sold by Chevrolet from 1989 to 2001. The Metro was made by Suzuki and sold at Chevrolet dealerships. The Metro was the twin car of the similar Suzuki Cultus, with only minor differences in grilles and interior.  The other names for this car were the Chevrolet Sprint, Suzuki Swift, and Pontiac Firefly. From 1989-1997 the Metro was offered as a convertible, sedan and three-door/five-door hatchback. In 1997 the car was absorbed into the Chevrolet brand along with its Geo siblings. From 1998-2001 it was sold under Chevrolet as a three-door hatchback and a sedan. In 2001 the Metro was reduced strictly to rental and fleet status. The Metro was discontinued after 2001. Only to be replaced by the Chevrolet Aveo (derived from the Daewoo Kalos, a Korean model) in 2004. It had the best fuel economy of any gasoline vehicle in the US, with 41 MPG.

1980s automobiles
1990s automobiles
2000s automobiles
Chevrolet automobiles
Suzuki automobiles
One Liberty Plaza

One Liberty Plaza is a skyscraper in New York City, United States.  It is  tall and has 54 floors. It was built in 1973.

At first it was named the U.S. Steel Building, but later the name was changed to One Liberty Plaza.

The Singer Building, built in 1908 and once the tallest building in the world, was torn down in 1968 to make room for One Liberty Plaza.

References

Other websites 

 Emporis.com - One Liberty Plaza
 SkyscraperPage.com - 1 Liberty Plaza

Skyscrapers in New York City
1973 establishments in New York (state)
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
Matrixism

Matrixism or The path of the One is a new religion based on the movie The Matrix. It was started by a group of people in the year 2004. By the year 2005, Matrixism had over 300 members and it was seen in books and newspapers. There are now 16,000 members of Matrixism.

Matrixism is a syncretic religion (a religion that joins together all religions). The words "the matrix" are seen in a Baha'i book from the year 1912 named "The Promulgation (starting) of Universal (complete international) Peace". Matrixism uses this fact to make a connection to the history of world religion but the three Matrix motion pictures are Matrixism's Bible (prime book).

Matrixism has four beliefs called "The Four Tenets (rules) of Matrixism". The four rules are; 1) Belief in the prophecy of the One. 2) Use of psychedelics (mind expansion medicine) as sacrament. 3) Seeing the relative nature of the world. 4) Acting by the rules of one of the world's religions. For Matrixism April 19th is a holiday (special day) named Bicycle Day. November 22nd is another holiday for Matrixism named the Day of Remembrance and Reflection. Aldous Huxley, John F. Kennedy and C.S. Lewis all died on this day in 1963.

The sign for Matrixism is 赤, the Japanese kanji for the word "red". This sign was used in the computer game Enter the Matrix. The color is a reference to the "red pill", from the motion picture The Matrix, which is representative of being able to see that which is true. The word (sign) 赤 is also a Chinese word (character). In fact, the Japanese kanji is from a Chinese character.

References

Other websites
 
 

New religious movements
Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team. They play their home games in the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. They are a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and play in the Atlantic Division.

History
The Celtics were one of the first NBA teams. Since their start in 1913, they have been the most successful teams, winning 17 NBA championships, including eight championships in a row at one point. The Celtics' seventeen championships is more than any other team. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden.

From 2007 to 2013, they were lead by the big three: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen, leading the team to the 2008 championship. But in July 2012, Allen was traded to the Miami Heat (where he won his second championship in 2013) and in July 2013, Garnett and Pierce were traded to the Brooklyn Nets.

Rival Teams

Celtics-Lakers Rivalry
The rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers is between two most of the best franchises in NBA history. It has been called the NBA's best rivalry. The two teams have met a record twelve times in the NBA Finals, starting with their first Finals meeting in 1959. They would go on to win the league in the 1920s and the 1980s, playing each other six times in the 1960s and three times in the 1980s.

The rivalry had been less known since the retirements of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990s, but in 2008, it happened again when the Celtics and Lakers met in the Finals for the first time since 1987, with the Celtics winning the series in six games. They played once again in the 2010 NBA Finals which the Lakers won in seven games. The two teams are tied for the highest number of championships (17); together, the 34 championships account for almost half of the 74 championships in NBA history.

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1946 establishments in the United States
1940s establishments in Massachusetts
Across the Universe

"Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock group The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon/McCartney.

The Beatles songs
1970 songs
Bastia

Bastia is a town and commune of northern Corsica, in France. It is the capital (in French "préfecture") of the Haute-Corse département and has a population of about 40,000 inhabitants. Bastia is also an important Corsican port and is famous for its wines. The rate of unemployment in the commune has been very high, and was 20% in 2004.

Geography 
Bastia is in the northeast of Corsica, at the base of Cap Corse. Bastia is the main port of the island and its principal commercial town. The wind in Bastia is frequent and violent.

History 
Before the occupation of Corsica by the Genoese, Cardo was a large city. Around the city were little villages where the fishermen of Cardo lived. This little port was called Porto Cardo, which means "the port of Cardo."

The Genoese felt the need to shelter the city from the sea storms and began to construct walls and buildings. In the time of governor Leonello Lomellini, in 1380, they built a bastiglia, also known as a citadel. With time, the bastiglia (Bastia) became more prosperous and important than Cardo.

Bastia was the capital of Corsica until 1791.

Places of interest and monuments 
 The Museum of Corsica

Famous people born in Bastia 
 Vincent de Moro Giafferi (1878–1956): lawyer, nicknamed the "Grand Moro"
 César Campinchi (1882–1941): lawyer and French politician
 César Vezzani (1888–1951): opera singer
 John Bernard (1893–1983): American politician
 Angelo Rinaldi (1940— ): French writer and member of the Académie française
 Yves Simonpaoli, painter and professor of dentistry
 Henry Padovani, original guitarist of The Police.

Sister city 
 Erding, in Bavaria, Germany

Sport 
The official football team of Basti is the Sporting Club de Bastia.

Other websites

 Official website 
 Bastia travel information at Wikivoyage

Communes in Haute-Corse
Departmental capitals in France
Alchevsk

Alchevsk () is a city in the Luhansk Oblast of south-eastern Ukraine.

Alchevsk is one of the largest industrial centers in the Donbas, and comprises a quarter of the oblast's entire production. The city economy depends on OJSC "Alchevsk Iron & Steel Works" and "Alchevsk Coke-Chemical Plant" companies.

The city was known as Voroshilovsk () from 1931 to 1961, and then Kommunarsk () until 1992.

Cities in Ukraine
Kommunarsk

Kommunarsk (, ) is the railway station in the city of Alchevsk (Ukraine).

Also Kommunarsk is one of old names of Alchevsk.

Buildings and structures in Ukraine
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a rhythm game made by Neversoft with other help from Activision. It is part of the Guitar Hero franchise. The game was released in North America on June 29 2008, and two days earlier in Europe.

Some of the songs featured in the game include "Combination", "Kings and Queens", "Train Kept A Rollin" and "Mama Kin".

Other websites 
 Official Guitar Hero Community Website
 Official Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Site

References

2008 video games
Guitar Hero
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation 3 games
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: On Tour

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a music video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by RedOctane and Activision. It's the first Guitar Hero game made for a handheld game system.  To play, players use Slot 2 (the bottom loading slot of the DS) to attach a device with red, green, blue, and yellow buttons on it.  The player uses those four keys to play the game.

Gameplay
The gameplay of Guitar Hero: On Tour is like the other Guitar Hero games where the player strums and hits the fret buttons when the notes appear on the screen.

Soundtrack
Guitar Hero: On Tour has two track lists. One's for North America, the UK, and Australia, and the other's for non-English speaking countries in Europe. Both have five songs that the other does not have. They both have 26 songs including one bonus track.

Reception
Guitar Hero: On Tour got mostly good reviews with 81% at Game Rankings and 76/100 at Meta Critic. It was praised for being a challenging and fun game. Some reviewers complained about hand cramps from playing.

On Tour was the second best-selling games of June 2008, having sold 422,000 copies. It's Activision's fastest-selling DS game.

References

Other websites 
 Official game site

2008 video games
Guitar Hero
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
Itanagar

Itanagar is the capital of the Indian  state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Ita Fort is one of the most important historical sites in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Capital cities in India
Arunachal Pradesh
Redwall

Redwall is a series of books written by Brian Jacques.  The first book was written in 1986, and the people are all animals, like mice, rats, moles, otters, stoats, and weasels.  The story is about an abbey called Redwall, and the animals that live there.  Redwall has been made into an opera, and an animated TV series based on three of the novels (Redwall, Mattimeo, and Martin the Warrior), which first aired in 1999. The books are mainly aimed at older children. There were twenty-two novels and two picture books published. The twenty-second, and last novel, The Rogue Crew, was published on May 3, 2011, after Jacques' death.

Overview

The book series does not happen in one particular timeframe. Instead, it is set in many different times in the history of the world of Redwall. Some of the books focus on characters who, in another book, are historical figures (e.g., Martin the Warrior's father, Luke, in The Legend of Luke). Usually, those books are set before Redwall Abbey was started. There is a timeline in the Redwall series, but it often places the books in a completely different order than the order they were written. However, there were two times when the novels were published in chronological order.

Books
There are twenty-two books.
 Redwall (1986)
 Mossflower (1988)
 Mattimeo (1989)
 Mariel of Redwall (1991)
 Salamandastron (1992)
 Martin the Warrior (1993)
 The Bellmaker (1994)
 Outcast of Redwall (1995)
 The Pearls of Lutra (1996)
 The Long Patrol (1997)
 Marlfox (1998)
 The Legend of Luke (1999)
 Lord Brocktree (2000)
 The Taggerung (2001)
 Triss (2002)
 Loamhedge (2003)
 Rakkety Tam (2004)
 High Rhulain (2005)
 Eulalia! (2007)
 Doomwyte (2008)
 The Sable Quean (2010)
 The Rogue Crew (2011)

References
Lommiswil

Lommiswil is a municipality in the district Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
Lostorf

Lostorf is a municipality in the district Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

References

Other websites
 Official website 

Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
Luterbach

Luterbach is a municipality in the district Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

References

Other websites

 Official website 

Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn
Lüsslingen

Lüsslingen is a former municipality in the district Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form the new municipality of Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.

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Former municipalities of Solothurn