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Genting Malaysia Berhad

Genting Malaysia Berhad (MYX: 4715) bermula pada tahun 1980 di Malaysia. Pada tahun 1989, Genting Group dan Resorts World Bhd telah menjalani proses penstrukturan semula, yang mengakibatkan Resorts World Bhd memperoleh dari Genting Group daripada keseluruhan permainan, operasi hotel dan resort berkaitan termasuk muhibah dan aset lain yang berkaitan. Resorts World Bhd adalah anak syarikat Genting Bhd di bawah bahagian rekreasi dan hospitaliti. Pada dasarnya ia menguruskan segala-galanya di Genting Highlands kecuali First World Hotel dan First World Plaza, yang berada di bawah First World Hotel & Resort Sdn Bhd.
Kegiatan utama Resorts World Bhd termasuk perniagaan resort pelancongan di Genting Highlands dan aktivitinya meliputi perkhidmatan rekreasi dan perhotelan, yang terdiri daripada hiburan, permainan, hotel dan hiburan. Pada masa ini terdapat enam hartanah hotel di Genting Highlands Resort yang terdiri daripada Hotel Genting, Hotel Highlands, Theme Park Hotel dan Hotel Resort, Awana Genting Highlands, Golf & Country Resort dan First World Hotel.
Orang cenderung mengelirukan dalam menentukan nama sebenar tempat itu. Nama tempat geografi dipanggil Genting Highlands. Nama syarikat rasmi yang menguruskan aktiviti di tanah tinggi adalah Resorts World Bhd dan First World Hotel & Resort Sdn Bhd. Kedua-dua syarikat ini menjadi Genting Highlands Resorts, dengan moto Genting - City of Entertainment.
Genting Monorail

Genting Monorail atau "Monorel Genting" menyediakan perkhidmatan kereta api monorel di puncak Genting Highland, Pahang, Malaysia. Monorel ini kelihatan seperti seekor ulat beluncas dan merupakan yang pertama di Malaysia. Ia mula beroperasi pada 1994. Panjangnya 1 km dengan 5 gondola.
Darah kacukan

Darah kacukan merujuk kepada anak kepada pasangan yang berlainan bangsa. Contohnya "ibu Ali merupakan orang yang berasal dari Malaysia dan berkahwin dengan seorang lelaki yang berasal dari England". Maka anak kacukan yang dilahirkan itu, Ali, mempunyai wajah yang mirip seakan-akan wajah orang putih atau bahasa kasarnya disebut "Pan-Asia".
Kebanyakan artis di Malaysia yang berwajah "Pan-Asia" terdiri daripada kaum wanita. Contohnya seperti:- Maya Karin, Diana Danielle, Juliana Evans, Siti Saleha dan Zahnita-Wilson.
Kalau artis lelaki pula antaranya ialah Hans Isacc dan Ashraf Sinclair.
Istilah darah kacukan di A.S. lazimnya digunakan bagi individu berketurunan Eropah dan Indian.
First World Hotel & Plaza

First World Hotel & Plaza merupakan sebuah bangunan di Resorts World Genting di Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia yang terdiri daripada sebuah hotel 3-bintang dan sebuah plaza. Ia diuruskan oleh First World Hotel and Resorts Sdn Bhd, anak syarikat Genting Malaysia Berhad dan Kumpulan Genting.
Hotel First World (bahasa Inggeris: First World Hotel) merupakan hotel bertaraf tiga bintang yang terdiri daripada 3 menara dan menampilkan sejumlah 7,351 bilik. Ia memegang gelaran Rekod Dunia Guinness untuk hotel terbesar di dunia mengikut bilangan bilik sejak tahun 2015. Hotel tersebut sebelumnya memegang gelaran yang sama dengan hanya menampilkan 6,118 bilik dalam 2 menara, Menara 1 dan 2 sehingga The Palazzo mengambil gelaran tersebut, sebuah pengembangan The Venetian yang terletak di Strip Las Vegas yang dibuka secara rasminya pada 1 Januari 2008. Pada tahun 2015, First World Hotel memperoleh semula gelaran selepas pembukaan blok baru yang bernama Menara 2 Tambahan (Menara 2A) dengan 1,233 buah bilik. Hotel tersebut berhubung dengan pusat beli-belah baru, SkyAvenue yang juga menempatkan stesen Awana Skyway yang berhubung dengan Genting Highlands Premium Outlets. First World Hotel adalah hotel pertama di Asia Tenggara untuk melancarkan E-Kiosk atau Check-in dan Check-out ekspres.
First World Plaza merupakan sebuah pusat beli-belah yang terletak satu tingkat di atas tingkat lobi hotel di atas tanah berukuran 46,000 meter persegi (500,000 ka). Ia mengandungi sebuah kasino, kedai runcit dan tempat makan baru termasuk sebuah cawangan Tangs, sebuah Taman Tema Dalam dan tarikan yang lain seperti SnowWorld, Genting Bowl, SeniKome Peng Heng, Vision Games Video Games Park, BigTop Video Games Park dan cawangan Asia pertama tarikan realiti maya The Void yang merentangi hampir 7,000 kaki persegi di plaza tersebut. Sebelum pengubahsuaian dari 1 Jun 2017 hingga Disember 2018, ia mempunyai beberapa tarikan termasuk pusat bowling, panggung wayang, kolam "watersplash" (kolam renang dalam yang hangat dibuat untuk kebanyakan kanak-kanak kecil), Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Genting, sebuah pavilion, Haunted Adventure dan muzium Ripley's Believe It or Not!.
Kereta Kabel Awana Skyway

Kereta kabel Awana Skyway, yang juga dikenali sebagai Awana Skyway (sekitar 2016) baru, ialah sistem angkat gondola yang menghubungkan Hab Pengangkutan Awana, Kuil Chin Swee dan SkyAvenue di Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia sejak Ogos 2016. Terminal Hab Pengangkutan Awana terdiri daripada Terminal Bas Awana baru, bangunan stesen dan tempat letak kereta baru 8 tingkat manakala terminal lain terletak di SkyAvenue.
Awana Skyway adalah salah satu daripada dua laluan udara yang melayani Genting Highlands, dengan Genting Skyway berfungsi sebagai laluan alternatif. Sistem angkat gondola dilancarkan pada tahun 2016, dan ia menggantikan sistem trem tayar udara bekas 2-kereta yang berjalan antara 1977 dan 2014. Sistem angkat gondola boleh membawa sehingga 3,600 penumpang sejam dengan 10 penumpang setiap gondola. Pada kelajuan maksimum 6 meter sesaat (21.6 km/j), perjalanan sejauh 2.8 kilometer di puncak gunung mengambil masa kira-kira 10 minit, walaupun ia berubah mengikut keadaan cuaca.
Judi

Judi ialah permainan yang melibatkan pertaruhan harta ataupun penaruhan "nilai". Dalam perjudian, pihak yang kalah dalam permainan harus membayar sejumlah nilai kepada pihak yang menang. Biasanya ia menghabiskan tempoh masa yang singkat untuk mendapatkan hasil keputusan sama ada menang atau kalah.
Terdapat banyak jenis permainan yang boleh dianggap sebagai perjudian. Contohnya:
Pada lazimnya, perjudian dianggap sebagai amalan yang buruk kerana ia merupakan satu bentuk pengagihan harta yang tidak adil. Dalam perjudian, pihak yang menang akan mendapat harta tanpa melakukan apa-apa yang produktif. Lebih-lebih lagi kemenangan dalam perjudian biasanya bergantung kepada nasib.
Manakala oleh game slot kerana apa-apa jua permainan boleh dimainkan untuk wang, dan apa jua jenis permainan yang dimainkan untuk wang boleh juga digunakan untuk suka-suka, beberapa permainan biasanya ditawarkan di dalam sesebuah ATAS kasino.
Bagi mereka yang ketagih judi, fokus pemikiran mereka adalah pada pejudian semata-mata sehingga mengabaikan perkara-perkara yang lain. Lebih teruk lagi, mereka akan mengkaitkan segala yang berlaku sebagai nasib, kerana menganggap kehidupan adalah suatu perjudian yang besar. Selain itu, modal penyelesaian masalah mereka adalah tidak logik. Mereka sentiasa mencari bantuan daripada alam ghaib untuk kejayaan dalam hidup. Contohnya mereka mungkin memberi "batu hikmah" yang "dapat meningkatkan tuah" untuk menjayakan hidup. Pendek kata, perjudian akan mempengaruhi seseorang sehingga berpemikiran magis.
Perjudian akan membawa kepada ketidaktetapan pendapatan kepada seseorang. Ini adalah kerana dalam perjudian, seseorang sentiasanya mengalami menang-kalah secara mendadak dan secara rambang. Tanpa pendapatan yang tetap, seseorang itu sukar untuk menguruskan hartanya dengan baik. Maka tidak hairan bahawa si penjudi sentiasanya mengalami masalah kewangan.
Pada zaman jahiliah, masyarakat Arab sangat gemar bermain judi, atau disebut mereka sebagai al-Maisir (الميسر). Pada masa itu, mereka tahu dua bentuk judi, iaitu al-mukhatarah dan al-tajzi'ah. Para ulama bersepakat bahawa judi adalah haram dalam hukum Islam.
Mazhab Gereja Katolik Romawi menegaskan bahawa perjudian tidak dihalang selagi peluang menang peserta ada kebarangkalian secukupnya, tiada unsur penipuan, serta para peserta tiada pengetahuan keputusan taruhan melainkan ia telah dimaklumkan, selagi para pejudi tiada masalah kalah taruhan, mampu berhenti selagi mencapai had tertentu serta untuk tujuan hiburan semata-mata bukan demi harta. atau mencari nafkah. Para agamawan gereja secara amnya menegah perjudian di kasino atas faktor ia mampu menjebak ke arah ketagihan lagi-lagi dalam kalangan orang miskin serta mendorong kepada kemungkaran lain seperti pelacuran dan rasuah.
Mazhab-mazhab Protestan berbeza dalam pendapat dan tahap pendekatan terhadap kegiatan ini. Golongan Metodis mengharamkan perjudian kerana ia mendorong ke arah sikap tamak haloba; begitu juga dengan golongan beranutan Quaker,
Ada juga mazhab-mazhab gereja luar konvensional lain yang sependirian dalam sifat haram perjudian seperti Jehovah's Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dan Iglesia Ni Cristo.
Ketagihan judi

Ketagihan judi ialah suatu dorongan untuk berjudi secara berterusan walaupun memiliki kesan-kesan negatif atau mempunyai dorongan untuk berhenti. Masalah ini sering ditakrifkan sama ada pemain judi atau orang lain memperoleh suatu bahaya berbanding dengan tingkah laku pemain. Ketagihan judi yang teruk boleh dikelaskan sebagai masalah patologi klinikal sekiranya beberapa ciri telah dipenuhi. Kegiatan judi berpatologi ialah suatu gangguan lazim yang sering dikaitkan dengan isu-isu sosial dan keluarga. Sementara itu, ketagihan judi juga memiliki komorbiditi yang tinggi dengan masalah-masalah berkaitan pengambilan alkohol.
Judi Judi King Boss

Judi Judi King Boss ialah sebuah filem komedi Malaysia yang diarahkan dan dibintangi oleh Julian Cheah.
Filem JJKB mengisahkan tentang Ah Boon dan rakan-rakannya yang mahu mencari duit lebih untuk kehidupan yang lebih senang. Dia bersama rakan-rakannya membuka perniagaan judi haram. Pada mulanya rakan-rakan Ah Boon teragak-agak tetapi kemudian mereka mengambil keputusan untuk mengikutnya. Ah Boon mengambil duit kekasihnya, Skye untuk membuka perniagaan judi haram itu. Akibat daripada itu, Skye berang dan membenci kekasihnya. Ah Boon mula mencari jalan agar Skye memaafkannya. Sementara itu, perniagaan judi haram Ah Boon berdepan masalah apabila sebuah kumpulan lain yang diketuai oleh Kong Aik turut menjalankan perniagaan judi di kawasan itu.
Genting Skyway

Genting Skyway is a gondola lift connecting Gohtong Jaya and Resort Hotel in Genting Highlands, Selangor, Malaysia. Its lower station at Gohtong Jaya township, located approximately 51 kilometres (32 mi) northeast of Kuala Lumpur, comprises a 5-storey station building and a 10-storey car park while its upper station is located at the Highlands Hotel. It was opened to the public on 1 February 1997 and officially opened by the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad on 21 February 1997.
Completed in January 1997 and costing RM 128 million to build, the Genting Skyway is one of the two aerial lines serving Genting Highlands and helps to ease the traffic congestion at Genting Highlands especially during peak seasons. At launch, Genting Skyway was the longest cable-car system in South East Asia and also the most advanced and fastest monocable car system in the world, travelling up to 21.6 km/h.
Genting Skyway can carry more than 2,000 people per hour with 8 passengers per gondola. At the maximum speed of 6 metres per second (21.6 km/h), the 3.38-kilometre (2.10 mi) joustations.the mountain peak takes approximately 15 minutes, depending on the weather. The system was designed by Leitner Ropeways.
The 2 x 640 kW power of the main drive and the 54 mm diameter solid cable wire is among the most powerful and strongest monocable gondola installation in the world. The system, equipped with high-tech electronic equipment, was built in accordance with stringent Swiss regulations and it has a double safety circuit free from all faults.
The foundation used for the pylons is of the "Hang-dug Caisson" type. Each pylon is founded on four Caissons measuring 1.2 metres in diameter, socketed down to bedrock. The average depth of the Caissons is about 40 m (135 feet) and each group of four Caissons piles can take a vertical load of 4,000 tonnes against the maximum vertical load of 150 tonnes from the cable car system. The Caissons method is about the safest and strongest foundation in existence, designed specifically for hilly terrain. Each pylon is accessible via rescue tracks on the ground, whilst each gondola is equipped with radio communication equipment from the stations.
During the double festive season in February 1997, about 40,000 to 50,000 passengers ride the Genting Skyway.
The rides at Genting Skyway were free until 31 March 1997, where passengers were paid RM 2 for a one-way trip.
A second phase of Genting Skyway was planned in early 1997, linking the Gohtong Jaya station and the station in Batang Kali with Kuala Lumpur's "mass-transit transportation system", the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang and West Port in Port Klang.
In August 2016, Genting Skyway served as the alternate route to the resort while the newer Awana Skyway was closed for maintenance.
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Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway

The Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway is the main highway from Genting Sempah to Genting Highlands, Malaysia, a mountain resort and entertainment park. This is a private highway owned by Genting Berhad. The speed limit of the highway is 50 km/h (31 mph).
The Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway begins at the downhill Genting Sempah near EXIT 803 on East Coast Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway (kilometre 17.6). Its terminus (kilometre zero) is at Genting Highlands summit.
The Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway used to be a private highway owned by Genting Highlands Resort. Construction of the access road to Genting Highlands began on 18 August 1965 and took four years to complete from Genting Sempah to Mount Ulu Kali's peak. The access road finally opened on 31 March 1969 in conjunction with the official laying of the foundation stone for the Genting Hotel (the then Highlands Hotel) by the then-Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj. In 2001, a new bypass Chin Swee Bypass was designed as a downhill route from the summit to the downhill Chin Swee Temple was constructed and completed in 2005. The construction of the new bypass was regarded as one of the most astonishing engineering projects in Malaysia.
In 2021 and 2022, Genting Sempah was closed due to landslides caused by heavy rains that were exacerbated by climate change.
At least six spots along the 18 km road leading down from Genting Highlands have recorded horrific accident area involving buses and other heavy vehicles since 1989. 10% steep gradients, sharp bends and less-than-ideal road conditions can make it difficult for heavy vehicles to manoeuvre, and odds of losing control, skidding off the road and crashing, are high.
The one-way road (formerly original dual-carriageway highway) from Chin Swee Temple was constructed as a climbing route to the summit. The other one-way road from the summit was designed as a downhill route to Chin Swee Temple.
Emergency escape ramps are also provided, especially on the one way downhill Genting Sempah bound lanes. An emergency escape ramp enables vehicles that are having braking problems to stop safely. It is typically a long, sand or gravel-filled lane adjacent to a road with a steep grade, and is designed to accommodate large, heavy vehicles. The deep gravel allows the heavy vehicle's momentum to be dissipated in a controlled and relatively harmless way, allowing the operator to stop it safely.
Viaducts at the downhill road of Chin Swee Bypass leading Genting Sempah bound.
Genting Highlands serve as the finish point of a stage in the Tour de Langkawi cycling race. It is one of the longest (30 km) climbs featured in a cycling event.
Kilometer and Hectormetre markers are placed along the road. It can be used for reporting accident locations.
(Climbing route, One-way Genting Highlands bound)
(Downhill route, One-way Genting Sempah bound)
Powered roller coaster

A powered roller coaster is a railed amusement ride similar to a standard roller coaster. Unlike a true roller coaster, the train is powered through the entire course, rather than being allowed to coast after an initial lift or launch. This allows for both compact layouts that start out with curving hills, or long, extended layouts that would need too many lifts to be feasible. The most common manufacturers of powered coasters are Mack, Wisdom Rides, and Zamperla. Due to the family-oriented nature of the rides, height restrictions can be as little as 36 inches or taller for someone to ride.
The most common model of powered coasters is the Zamperla Dragon coasters (also called "Dragon Wagons," although there are non-powered versions of these coasters). Other installations include Casey Junior, Le Petit Train du Cirque at Disneyland Park (Paris) (built by Vekoma), Thunder Run at Canada's Wonderland, Runaway Mine Train at Alton Towers and High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride at Islands of Adventure.
The train on a powered coaster usually picks up electricity from contacts in the rails (similar to an electric locomotive or a monorail) and may contain multiple motors. Some powered coasters are powered by a flexible cable connected to the train. Another component of powered coasters is an extra "track" in the center of the rails. This allows the tyres attached to the motor to "grip" the track and propel the train forward.
A powered coaster generally runs a single train and may traverse the circuit multiple times before stopping at the station.
In Genting highlands, The Flying Dragon was the world's longest powered roller coaster in terms of ride length but has been demolished.
A very rare Powered Coaster was at Camelot Theme Park in England. The "Dragon Flyer" ride had diesel engine in the front of the themed dragon and was driven around the track by the ride staff.
Bukit Tinggi, Pahang

Bukit Tinggi is a small town in Bentong District, Pahang, Malaysia. This small town is located along Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway, notable for luring visitors coming from Genting Highlands. The town features a French-themed village, Colmar Tropicale.
Bukit Tinggi is located 55 minutes from Kuala Lumpur (54.3 km) and lies 800 metres above sea level. The temperature of the town is between 22 and 26°C. In 1987, there were plans to develop the town in order to alleviate the congestion of Kuala Lumpur.
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Mohamed Noah Foundation Mosque

The Mohamed Noah Foundation Mosque (Malay: Masjid Yayasan Mohamed Noah) is the only mosque in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. It was opened in 1981. This mosque also acts as the rest area for Muslims to perform their prayers during, before or after vacation to Genting Highlands. It was named after Tan Sri Mohammad Noah, a Malaysian politician and he was among the founders of Genting Highlands after Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong.
Changfu Temple

Changfu Temple (Chinese: 三峽長福巖; pinyin: Sānxiá Chángfú Yán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-kiap Tióng-hok-giâm) is a Taoist temple along Sanxia Old Street in Sanxia District, New Taipei, Taiwan. Master Qingshui, known locally as Zushi-Gong (Chinese: 袓師公; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chó͘-su-kong), is the principal deity worshiped at Changfu Temple.
Changfu Temple was first built during the Qing dynasty in 1767 by Hokkien immigrants from Anxi County, Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian Province, in China. It had been reconstructed three times, with the most recent reconstruction, started in 1947, was led by Li Mei-shu and was regarded to be his masterpiece.
Every sixth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar on Zushi-Gong's birthday, Changfu Temple holds a sacred pig (神豬; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sîn-ti) contest. Farmers would compete by raising the largest pig, which during the competition day, the pig is decorated with ornaments. The largest pig will then be sacrificed to the mountain deities, then the meat will be distributed among the devotees. In the past few years, this tradition has been met with objection by animal rights activists. While the majority of temples that practice this rite have started using symbolic pigs, Changfu Temple in Sanxia still continues the tradition of using an actual pig.
Unique among temples, all of the walls and columns of Changfu Temple are sculpted from stone. The details are also carved with a wide variety of styles from ancient to modern, or even western-influenced, due to the western art education of Li Mei-shu.
The temple is accessible south of Yingge Station of Taiwan Railways.
Desființarea mănăstirilor în Anglia și Irlanda

Desființarea Mănăstirilor (în engleză Dissolution of the Monasteries sau Suppression of the Monasteries) a fost demersul politic și administrativ desfășurat între 1536 și 1541, prin care regele Henric al VIII-lea al Angliei a desființat așezămintele monastice atât din Anglia și Țara Galilor cât și din Irlanda, și-a însușit veniturile lor, le-a valorificat bunurile, și și-a asumat remunerarea fostului lor personal și preluarea funcțiilor acestora. Deși politica avea inițial în vedere creșterea venitului regulat al Coroanei, mare parte din fostele proprietăți monahale au fost vândute pentru a finanța campaniile militare ale lui Henric din 1540. În Anglia și Țara Galilor, el a primit autoritatea de a face acest lucru prin Legea de Supremație, adoptată de Parlament în anul 1534, act care l-a făcut „Cap Suprem” al Bisericii Angliei, separând astfel Anglia de autoritatea Papală, precum și prin Prima Lege a Suprimării (1536) și a Doua Lege a Suprimării (1539).
Profesorul George W. Bernard afirma că:
Eparhia de Veliko Tărnovo

Eparhia de Veliko Tărnovo (în bulgară Великотърновска епархия) este una dintre eparhiile Bisericii Ortodoxe Bulgare, cu sediul episcopal în orașul Veliko Tărnovo.
Eparhia de Tărnovo a fost înființată după creștinarea bulgarilor în timpul domniei țarului Boris I al Bulgariei. După înființarea Țaratului Vlaho-Bulgar în 1185 orașul Tărnovo a devenit reședința Patriarhiei de Tărnovo, în comuniune cu Biserica Romei. Când otomanii au cucerit Bulgaria Patriarhia de Tărnovo a fost desființată, fiind transformată în Episcopia de Veliko Tărnovo. Eparhia a fost subordonată canonic Patriarhiei Ecumenice de Constantinopol. Primul mitropolit al Eparhiei de Veliko Tărnovo după încetarea dominației otomane a fost Ilarion Mihailovski în 1872.
Ecimiadzin

Ecimiadzin este al patrulea cel mai mare oraș din Armenia și este cea mai populată comunitate municipală din Provincia Armavir, localizat la aproximativ 18 km (11 mi) vest de capitala Erevan și la 10 km (6 mi) nord de hotarul turco-armean. Orașul este cel mai bine cunoscut ca locație a Catedralei Ecimiadzin și a Episcopiei Mamă Sf. Ecimiadzin, centrul Bisericii Apostolice Armene. Este așadr cunoscut în mod neoficial în sursele occidentale ca „oraș sfânt” and in Armenia as the country's "spiritual capital" (հոգևոր մայրաքաղաք). A fost unul dintre marile orașe și capitală a anticei Armenii Mari. Redus la un mic oraș la începutul secolului 20, a experimentat o mare expansiune în timpul perioadei sovietice devenind, efectiv, o suburbie a Erevanului. Populația sa este de peste 37,000 potrivit estimărilor din 2016.
Colorado

Colorado este un stat situat în regiunea Rocky Mountain din Statele Unite ale Americii. Acestea pot fi de asemenea considerate ca făcând parte din regiunile de Vest și de sud-vest a Statelor Unite ale Americii. Colorado a intrat în statalitate în data de 1876 și a fost poreclit " Centennial State ". Se învecinează la nord cu Wyoming, la sud cu New Mexico și Oklahoma, la sud-vest cu Arizona, la est cu Nebraska și Kansas și la vest cu Utah. Colorado este bine cunoscut pentru peisajele sale magnifice de munte, râuri, lacuri, și câmpii. Denver este capitala statului Colorado și totodată cel mai populat oraș.
Populația totală a statului în 2010: 5,029,196
Structura rasială în conformitate cu recensământul din 2010:
Spaniola este a doua cea mai vorbita limba din stat dupa engleză.
Colegii și universități în statul Colorado:
Căsătorie forțată

Căsătoria forțată este o căsătorie în care una dintre cele două părți este căsătorit cu forța sau împotriva voinței sale. Căsătoria forțată este distinctă de căsătoria aranjată, în care ambele părți sunt de acord cu aranjamentul părinților care le găsesc o pereche, deși diferența dintre cele două poate fi indistinctă.
Conform unei estimări realizate de organizața caritabilă CARE Canada în anul 2014, peste 39.000 de fete sunt lipsite de copilărie în fiecare zi prin căsătoria forțată.
Potrivit unui studiu realizat de guvernul german în 2011, mii de femei tinere și fete caută anual ajutor la centre de consiliere după ce sunt obligate să se mărite, prin amenințări cu bătaia sau chiar cu moartea, în această țară. 83, 4% dintre ele provin din familii musulmane.
Conform unui raport al Departamentului britanic pentru Educație din 2011, anual, 8.000 de fete din Marea Britanie, care provin în majoritate din comunitățile hinduse și musulmane, sunt forțate să se căsătorească. În anul 2008, guvernul estima că numărul acestora era de 3.000.
În Germania, în anul 2010, căsătoriile forțate au fost incluse în Codul Penal și pedepsite cu până la cinci ani de închisoare.
Pe 17 iunie 2014, în Anglia și Țara Galilor a intrat în vigoare o lege care interzice căsătoriile forțate. Cei care se fac vinovați de a fi mediat o astfel de căsătorie sau de a fi obligat persoane de ambele sexe să se căsătorească împotriva propriei voințe riscă o pedeapsă de până la 7 ani de închisoare.
Conform codului civil român, căsătoria necesită consimțământul liber al ambilor soți (Art. 258(1), Art. 259(1), Art. 271) Vârsta legală pentru căsătorie este de 18 ani, conform Art. 272, cu mențiunea că "pentru motive temeinice" se poate aproba legal căsătoria de la 16 ani. (In 2007, Legea nr. 288/2007 a egalizat vârsta minimă de căsătorie a femeilor și bărbaților). Principiul consimțământului liber al soților este stipulat și în Constituția României, Art 48 (1).
Krishnananda Saraswati

Swami Krishnananda Saraswati (n. 25 aprilie 1922, India – d. 23 noiembrie 2001) a fost un discipol al lui Swami Sivananda Saraswati și a îndeplinit funcția de secretar general al Societății Vieții Divine din Rishikesh (India) din anul 1958 până în anul 2001. Autor a mai mult de 40 de cărți și ținând cursuri pe scară largă pe teme de yoga, religie și metafizică, Krishnananda a fost un teolog, yoghin, filosof și este considerat sfânt de către discipolii săi hinduși.
Krishnananda fost președinte al Sivananda Literature Research Institute și al Sivananda Literature Dissemination Committee. El a servit timp de 20 de ani ca redactor la Divine Life, revista lunară a Societății Vieții Divine.
Subbaraya, redenumit Swami Krishnananda de către mentorul său, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, s-a născut la 25 aprilie 1922 într-o familie Madhva. El a învățat limba sanscrită la o vârstă fragedă și a început să citească și să memoreze scrierile sanscrite. Înțelegerea scripturilor hinduse l-a apropiat de filosofia Advaita. Deși dorea să ducă o viață de renunțare și de dezvoltare spirituală, tatăl său l-a convins să accepte un loc de muncă la Școala de Formare Guvernamentală Hospet din Bellary în 1943. S-a îmbolnăvit acolo și s-a întors acasă. În 1944 a plecat de acasă pentru a vizita ashramul Sivananda din Rishikesh. A lucrat ca redactor al scrierilor mentorului său și în 1948, la cererea lui Sivananda, a scris prima lui carte intitulată Realisation of the Absolute. (notă: Prefața cărții scrise de Swami Krishnananda este datată 1 august 1947. Introducerea scrisă de Swami Sivananda este datată 8 septembrie 1947).
În 1961 a devenit secretar general al Societății Vieții Divine. El și-a petrecut viața în ashram, ținând prelegeri și scriind peste 40 de cărți despre filozofie, scripturi hinduse, yoga, meditație, misticism și poezie până la moartea sa, ce a avut loc la 23 noiembrie 2001.
Swami Krishnananda a studiat și însușit filozofia occidentală și a fost, de asemenea, un exponent al filozofiei Advaita Vedanta, cea mai influentă sub-școală de Vedanta.
Swami Krishnananda a practicat și predat „Yoga Sintezei” sau „Yoga Integrală” promovată de Swami Sivananda, care combină cele patru căi principale ale yogii: Karma Yoga (calea acțiunii), Bhakti Yoga (calea devoțiunii), Raja Yoga (calea controlului psihic) și Jnana Yoga (calea cunoașterii de sine).
Snow-board

Snow-boardul este placă unde ambele picioare sunt prinse de aceeși placă. Acestea sunt mai mari decât schiurile având abilitatea de a aluneca pe zăpadă. Lățimea unei plăci variază intre 15 și 30 centimetri. Aceste plăci sunt diferite de monoski-uri din cauza poziția pe aceasta, la monoski poziția este in linie cu fața catre direcția de mers iar pe snowboard poziția este paralela cu placa. Aceste plăci sunt folosite in snowboarding.
Mark Snow

Mark Snow (născut Martin Fulterman, 26 august 1946, New York) este un compozitor american de film și televiziune. Este cel mai notabil pentru crearea unor coloane sonore pentru seriale TV.
Mark Snow a crescut în Brooklyn. A absolvit High School of Music and Art (1964) și apoi Juilliard School of Music. Este co-fondator al New York Rock & Roll Ensemble.
Snow s-a căsătorit cu Glynn Daly în 1967. Ei au trei copii. Glynn este sora actriței Tyne Daly și a actorului Tim Daly.
Snow a compus tema principală a mai multor seriale TV populare:
Winter Rose

Winter Rose este un roman fantastic din 1996 al scriitoarei americane Patricia A. McKillip. A fost nominalizat la Premiul Nebula din 1996 și Premiul Locus din 1997 pentru cel mai bun roman fantastic și a fost finalist la Premiul Mythopoeic din 1997 pentru literatură fantastică pentru adulți. În 2006,a apărut o continuare, Solstice Wood.
Când Rois Melior, fiica sălbatică a unui tată văduv, îl vede pentru prima dată pe Corbet Lynn ieșind din pădure, ea este atrasă de el, în ciuda sentimentului că acesta nu este ceea ce pare a fi.
În timp ce reconstruiește moșia în paragină a familiei sale, Rois și sora ei, Laurel, se împrietenesc și în cele din urmă se îndrăgostesc de Corbet. Anii trec pe măsură ce Laurel, calmă și sensibilă, începe să se schimbe, uitând de logodna ei anterioară și devenind obsedată de Corbet.
În timpul iernii, Corbet dispare misterios, iar Laurel începe să se prăpădească, la fel ca și mama ei. Orașul crede că le-a ajuns blestemul pe care bunicul lui Corbet l-a aruncat asupra descendenților săi. Doar Rois, care a reușit să se strecoare în pădure și să iasă din ea încă de când era copil, este capabilă să-l urmărească pe Corbet și să-l salveze pe el dar și pe sora sa, Laurel. Dar puterea zânelor (fey) este o magie complicată și chiar dacă Rois îl scapă de trecutul său, ea însăși este în pericol constant să-i cadă în capcană.
Humor Monastery

Humor Monastery located in Mănăstirea Humorului, about 5 km north of the town of Gura Humorului, Romania. It is a monastery for nuns dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary, or Theotokos. It was constructed in 1530 by Voievod Petru Rareş and his chancellor Teodor Bubuiog. The monastery was built over the foundation of a previous monastery that dated from around 1415. The Humor monastery was closed in 1786 and was not reopened until 1990.
The church has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.
Humor was one of the first of Moldavia's painted monasteries to be frescoed and, along with Voroneţ, is probably the best preserved. The dominant colour of the frescoes is a reddish brown. The master painter responsible for Humor's frescoes, which were painted in 1535, is one Toma of Suceava.
The subjects of the frescoes at Humor include the Siege of Constantinople and the Last Judgment, common on the exterior of the painted monasteries of Bucovina, but also the Hymn to the Virgin inspired by the poem of Patriarch Sergius of Constantinople relating to the miraculous intervention of the Theotokos in saving the city from Persian conquest in 626. The Persians are, however, depicted as Turks which is a common device in these monasteries, their paintings being used in part for political propaganda in addition to their spiritual meaning.
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Cozia Monastery

Cozia Monastery, erected close to Călimănești by Mircea the Elder in 1388 and housing his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania.
The name of the monastery is of Cuman origin and it means "walnut grove", from Turkic word koz, meaning walnut. The original name of the place was the Romanian equivalent, Nucetul, but already in 1387, a document of Mircea cel Bătrân uses the current name.
The fortified cloister dates from the foundation (1388) and is the only in Byzantine style preserved in Romania. Two chapels are incorporated in the side toward the Olt River and their Byzantine cupolas are reflected in the water, creating one of the most iconic cultural - natural landmarks in Romania.
The church façades' decorations with stone rosettes, horizontal Byzantine-style rows of brick and stone and vertical frames are unprecedented in Wallachian architecture and are typical from the Serbian Morava School, which flourished in central Serbia between the 14th century and the 15th century. In fact, the strong resemblance with the Lazarica church indicates that Mircea cel Bătrân employed Serbian craftsmen.
The appearance of the church was modified under Neagoe Basarab (1517), Şerban Cantacuzino and Constantin Brâncoveanu (1707), who added a veranda, a new fountain, a chapel and a watch tower, adding to its architecture the 'brâncovenesc style'.
Of great value is the hospital church, 'bolnița' (1543), with original well-preserved indoor frescoes like the votive portrait of ruler Mircea cel Bătrân and his sons.
Cozia was painted between 1390 and 1391. Some of the original frescoes (1390) are still well preserved.
The church of the monastery was put on a Romanian stamp in 1968.
Cozia features a museum of exhibiting old art: old manuscripts and prints, embroideries and objects of worship.
Media related to Cozia Monastery at Wikimedia Commons
Neamț Monastery

The Neamț Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Neamț) is a Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania. It was built in the 15th century, and it is an example of medieval Moldavian architecture. A jewel of 15th-century architecture, the church was built during the reign of Stephen III of Moldavia (1457–1504) and finished in the year when the Moldavian army won the battle against King John I Albert of Poland (1497).
The monastery is located in the north-eastern part of Romania, in Neamț County, 10 km west of Târgu Neamț. It is accessible by car (DN 15B road) and train (Târgu Neamț railway station); the nearest airport is Suceava, located about 60 km to the north.
Sumptuous, with delicate colour effects, the monastery shows the maturity of the Moldavian architectonic style, which matured during Ștefan cel Mare's period. The façade of the church is covered with decorations characteristic of that time: Gothic windows and friezes with enameled disks, coloured in green, yellow and brown.
In the chamber of the tombs, which appear for the first time at this church, is the tomb of Ștefan al II-lea, son of Alexandru cel Bun and uncle of Ștefan cel Mare.
The art treasures kept at Neamț Monastery are proof of the intense artistic and cultural activity which took place here through the centuries. Here Gavril Uric showed his talent, the most important representative of the Moldavian miniature from the 15th century. His first known manuscript, dated 1429, is kept in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. The calligraphers and miniaturists of Ștefan cel Mare who worked at this important center made many of the books given to Putna Monastery. In the cells of the monastery, the chronicler Macarie wrote the chronicle of Petru Rareș's rule, and Eftimie the chronicle of Alexandru Lăpușneanu's rule.
The learned tradition of the Neamț Monastery disappeared in the 17th and 18th centuries, to be reborn at the beginning of next century, when Metropolitan Veniamin Costachi established a printing house here. In the monastery museum is the old printing press, which was used to print books since 1807. The monastery's library is said to be more than 600 years old. Among the almost 11,000 volumes are many rare books, some being the first ones printed in this country. The altar screen of the former church from Neamț Fortress, is the most important treasure of all those in the monastery, along with the icon painted by Nicolae Grigorescu, "The Flight from Egypt".
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Mihai Vodă Monastery

The Mihai Vodă Monastery, founded by Mihai Viteazul, is one of the oldest buildings in Bucharest. It was built in 1591, surrounded by stone walls, similar to a fortress. The monastery buildings served multiple purposes over time such as residence of the country's leaders, military hospital, medical school and the site of the National Archives of Romania. The monastery was an important archeological site; inside the monastery yard used to be a Dacian archeological site, more than 3000 years old, where old pottery and other relics were found.
In 1813 Mihai Vodă Monastery was "one of the largest monasteries of Romania". Between 1908 and 1909, Cristofi Cerchez, head of architecture for the Ministry of Religious Affairs, supervised work on the State Archives at the Monastery.
At the time of the communist regime in 1985, the church building was moved on rails 285 metres east and hidden in its present location on Sapienței street, next to Splaiul Independenței street and Izvor Park. That was to make way for the Civic Centre. The medieval cloisters and ancillary buildings were demolished.
Mihai Vodă Monastery has been included into the List of historical monuments of Romania and has been classified under the code B-II-a-A-19644.
A legend explains the motivation that led to the foundation of the monastery by Mihai Viteazul. According to this, in a very very cold winter, probably between years 1589 and 1591, Mihai, the stepson of Pătrașcu cel Bun (in English, "Pătrașcu the Good") was arrested by the leader Alexandru cel Rău (in English, "Alexandru the Bad"), who accused him having conspired to gain leadership of the country.
Mihai was taken to Saint Antony Square, the place where he should have been decapitated. The road to the square passed by the Church Albă Postăvari, next to the Hill Spirei (in Romanian, Dealul Spirei). Mihai, with permission from his guards, stopped to attend divine liturgy at the church and bowed to the icon of Saint Nicholas, promising him to build a monastery nearby if he should escape death.
There are three explanations of how Mihai escaped execution by Alexandru cel Rău. The first tells of a ransom paid by 12 aristocrats. The second claims that the physical qualities of Mihai being tall and very handsome caused the executioner, upon seeing Mihai, to throw away his axe and run away. A third version of events says that Mihai was released after the protests of members of the community who had gathered at the place of execution.
Once liberated, Mihai kept his promise and built a monastery.
Ilie II Rareș

Ilie II Rareş (also referred to as Iliaş or Mehmed-Beg; 1531 – January 1562) was Prince of Moldavia between 1546 and 1551.
He succeeded his much more accomplished father Petru IV Rareş on September 3, 1546, when he was aged only 15, and proceeded to rule for almost 5 years. He was unabashedly and openly gay with his Turkish boyfriend and adviser, Hadâr. However, the two were not fully committed to one another; the sexual exploits and lavish lifestyle led by Iliaş, the increasing influence of his Turkish entourage, combined with harsh taxation policies, had caused mounting discontent & opposition among his boyars, and even admonishment from his mother, Elena Ecaterina Rareș. Chronicles mention that all came to a boiling-point after he had executed, unjustifiably, several boyars, with the highest among them the hetman (general) and portar (governor) Petru Vartic of capital city of Suceava on April 7, 1548 causing widespread disapproval and consternation among the ruling class. Members of boyar families sought refuge in Transylvania & Poland. He further compromised his position by removing the bishop Macarie of Roman (town in central Moldavia) in 1549 but he had to reinstate him in early 1551. At the same time he made a large donation to Voroneț Monastery, where Vartic was buried in a gesture of reconciliation.
In the last months of his reign, as he increasingly realized that his political situation was becoming untenable, he amassed as much treasure as he could and stated publicly that he wished to go to the sultan in Istanbul with the due tribute and to persuade him to decrease the fiscal obligations of the country. 100 boyars accompanied him to Istanbul to ensure that he would at least pay that years tribute from the treasury that he carried with him.
He renounced the throne in front of the sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, converted to Islam, took the name Mehmet on May 1551 and was circumcised, he married several wives, and had a big harem of Turkish Roma women. He had many descendants and became important among the Turkish Roma. The sultan passed the throne to his younger brother Stefan VI at the request of the Moldavian boyars who had accompanied him. He then lived for several years in Istanbul, then was banished to Aleppo (in present-day Syria) where he eventually died in 1562 at age 31 in unclear circumstances.
His name and face were erased from church inscriptions and frescoes in Moldavia due his apostasy.
St. Michael's Church, Fulda

St. Michael's Church (German: Michaelskirche) in Fulda, Hesse, is considered to be the oldest replica of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Germany, built in the Carolingian architectural style (Pre-Romanesque) on behalf of abbot Eigil in the years (820 – 822). It served as a burial chapel to Fulda monastery founded in 744, which was one of the prominent cultural centres of the early Middle Ages. St. Michael stands in the neighbourhood of Fulda cathedral, and the architect was probably the monk Racholf (d. 824). The rotunda and crypt remain preserved from this time. In the 10th and 11th century, the church was extended from the rotunda, and a west tower was built. In 1618 the roof over the rotunda was rebuilt with a conical roof, and in 1715 – 1716 a chapel was added to the north side. It was restored in 1853. Wall paintings in the interior date from the 11th century.
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Marian Pisaru

Marian Pisaru (born January 4, 1954) is a former Romanian ice hockey player. He played for the Romania men's national ice hockey team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Including participation at the 76/80 Olympics, Marian Pisaru was part of the Romanian team which played in the A-group of the World Championships in 1977, where the Romanian team was relegated despite defeating USA 5-4. This game is widely regarded as Romania's finest hour on the international ice hockey scene.
Simonov Monastery

Simonov Monastery (Russian: Симонов монастырь) in Moscow was established in 1370 by the monk Feodor, a nephew and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh. It became one of the richest and most famous monasteries, comprising six major churches (often with multiple side chapels), and many icons. Job became the abbot in 1571, and became the first patriarch in Russia in 1589.
The monastery land formerly belonged to Simeon Khovrin, a boyar of Greek extraction and progenitor of the great clan of Golovins. He took monastic vows in the cloister under the name Simon (hence the name); many of his descendants are also buried there. In 1379, the monastery was moved half a mile to the east. Its original location, where bodies of the warriors killed in the Battle of Kulikovo had been buried, is still commemorated by the old Simonov church.
During the 15th century, the cloister was the richest in Moscow. Among the learned monks who lived and worked there were Vassian Patrikeyev and Maximus the Greek. A white-stone cathedral was erected in 1405; it was later enlarged by order of Ivan the Terrible. As the monastery defended southern approaches to Moscow, it was heavily fortified in the 1640s. The last addition to the complex was a huge multi-storied bell-tower, modelled after Ivan the Great Bell Tower of Moscow Kremlin.
The monastery was abolished by the Communist government in 1923, and soon thereafter most of its buildings were demolished to make way for an automobile plant. Surviving structures all date back to the 17th century and include three towers of cannon-like appearance and auxiliary buildings in the Naryshkin baroque style. Recently the Moscow government announced plans for a full-scale reconstruction of the famous cloister.
According to several sources, part of the former monastery buildings was transferred in 1990 from the Ministry of Culture of the USSR to Russian Orthodox Church and Orthodox community of deaf people, who began the works on restoration and reconstruction of its facilities. The first service after the restoration was held in 1992.
Мадоната с щиглеца

„Мадоната с щиглеца“ известна и като Madonna del Cardellino, е картина на известния италиански художник от епохата на Ренесанса Рафаело. Изложена е в Галерия „Уфици“ във Флоренция.
Джорджо Вазари казва, че Рафаело е нарисувал тази картина за своя приятел Лоренцо Нази, флорентински търговец на вълна, по случай сватбата му. Изобразява Богородица с Младенеца и малкия Йоан Кръстител, който подава на Исус птица щиглец, символ вероятно на бъдещите му страдания. Пейзажът отзад запълва картината с настроение на омиротворение.Алегорията е, че щиглецът се храни с магарешки бодили.
Цялата композиция е под формата на пирамида, като главата на Богородица е върхът на пирамидата. Единичните дървета вляво и вдясно от фигурите рамкират цялата композиция.
Тодорка Бурова

Тодорка Бурова (15 юли 1902 — 1985) е български художник и живописец.
Родена е в Русе на 15 юли 1902 г. Дъщеря е на банкера Иван Буров и е племенница на банкера и политик Атанас Буров. На 6-7 годишна възраст губи слуха си, поради заболяване от менингит. От 1909 г. заедно със семейството си живее в София. През 1930 г. завършва живопис в Художествената академия в Дрезден при проф. Ото Дикс. След завършването си е член на Дружеството на новите художници. Прави колективни изложби в Берлин, Атина, Прага. След 1944 г. творчеството на Тодорка Бурова е обявено за формалистично и е изключена от Съюза на българските художници. Не престава да твори в своето ателие до края на живота си.
Почива през 1985 г.
Работи предимно в областта на пейзажа и натюрморта, използвайки всякакви художествени средства. Занимава се и с направата на кукли. Нейни картини се съхраняват в Националната художествена галерия в София. По-известни творби са:
Тодорка Бакърджиева

Тодорка Петкова Бакърджиева, известна още с псевдонимите си „Дългата коса“ и „Балканската фея“ е българска актриса и революционерка.
Родена е в Казанлък през 1850 г. Завършва девическото училище в родния си град. От 1872 г. е тайна куриерка на БРЦК, а по време на Руско-турската война от 1877-1878 г. помага на българските доброволци. Сподвижник е на Васил Левски и Христо Ботев. Тодорка Бакърджиева взима участие в представленията на театралната трупа на Добри Войников в Румъния. В периода 1890-1904 г. играе в Столичната драматично-оперна трупа и в трупата „Сълза и смях“. Почива на 8 март 1934 г. в София.
Тодорка Бакърджиева играе множество роли, по-значимите са: