Bactria is a region in Asia. It is centered around the city of Balkh, in Northern Afghanistan. It is north of the Hindu Kush, and south of the river Amu Darya. Zoroaster might have been from this region.
North Central Florida
North Central Florida is a region in U.S state of Florida. The region includes the north-central part of the state and the counties Alachua, Gilchrist, Bradford, Columbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Marion, "Putnam", "Suwannee" and Union. The region's largest city is Gainesville (the home of the University of Florida). Other cities in this region are Ocala, Lake City, Live Oak, and Palatka.
The landscape and the climate in North Central Floria are not the same as what the most people expect of Florida. The landscape has gently rolling hills and dominated by Magnolia trees and large "Southern live oak"s with Spanish moss.
Jaipur
Jaipur is the capital city of the state of Rajasthan, in India. In 2011, about 3 million people lived there. It is located about 300 km southwest of Delhi and about 200 km west of Agra. There are different industries in the city, which is also a cultural center. Jaipur is home to a university and important transportation. Close to the city, there are agricultural and mining activities.
The city of Jaipur was founded by King of Amer, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II on 18 November 1727, who ruled from 1699 to 1743. He wanted to move his capital from Amer, to Jaipur because the population was growing and there was not enough water. The construction of the city began in 1726 and took four years to finish.
Orion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Orion is a giant hunter. When he goes hunting, his dogs Sirius and Procycon accompany him. He lived in Boeotia and Crete. People do not agree about his parents: Sometimes he is said to be the son of Poseidon and the gorgon Euryale, at other times, he is said to have three fathers, Poseidon, Zeus and either Hermes or Ares. All three mixed their sperm in a bag of animal hide. Zeus gave him his craving for erotic adventures, from Poseidon, he got the ability to walk on water.
He is married to Side, but Hera cast his wife into the Tartaros, because Side was too proud of her own beauty.
In Greek literature he first appears as a great hunter in Homer's epic the "Odyssey", where Odysseus sees his shade in the underworld. The bare bones of his story are told by the Hellenistic and Roman collectors of myths, but there is no literary version of his adventures. Other heroes' stories are told, for example Jason in Apollonius of Rhodes' "Argonautica" or Euripides' "Medea". The entry in Ovid's "Fasti" for May 11 is a poem on the birth of Orion, but that is one version of a single story. The surviving fragments of legend have provided a fertile field for speculation about Greek prehistory and myth.
Orion served several roles in ancient Greek culture. The story of the adventures of Orion, the hunter, is the one on which we have the most evidence (and even on that not very much); he is also the personification of the constellation of the same name; he was venerated as a hero, in the Greek sense, in the region of Boeotia; and there is one etiological passage which says that Orion was responsible for the present shape of the Straits of Sicily.
Boric acid
Boric acid is an acid of Boron. Its salts are called Borates. Boric acid is used as a disinfectant. It can also be used as a preservative, it has the E number 284. Boric acid is a by-product of the production of certain forms of glass, porcelain and vitreous enamel. It is also used as a Flame retardant. Dissolved in water, it acts as a neutron absorber in nuclear power plants.
Boric acid is toxic. Damage is done from absorbing or ingesting about 50 mg, per kg of body weight.
Boric acid is one of the chemicals on the REACH list of the European Union. In 2010, the European Chemicals Agency listed it as a Substance of very high concern. Boric acid causes birth defects; it is a teratogen. This is also true for mixtures that contain boric acid in a concentration of at least 5.5%.
Sky1
Sky1 is a television channel in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest satellite television channel in the world.
The channel was launched on 26 April 1982 in Norway and Finland as Satellite Television Ltd and was available to around 700,000 homes. The channel offered premium programming not avaliable to other free channels.
The channel was launched on 27 June 1983 in the United Kingdom and was later renamed Sky Channel on 16 January 1984.
The main airing times during the 1984 to 1989 era were 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the UK and 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the western region.
Sky1 was renamed again in 2008.
Entanglement
Entanglement may refer to:
Lost and found
Lost and found or lost property is when somebody loses something of theirs, lost and found items are kept so they can be given back.
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
REACH is an EU directive that simplifies the laws regarding the use of chemical substances inside the European Union. It was made law in 2007. The name stands for "Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals". Chemicals that are used in the EU need to be registered beforehand.
Luke Bryan
Theodore Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976 in Leesburg, Georgia, Georgia) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released six studio albums as of 2015: "I'll Stay Me", "Who I Am," "Doin' My Thing", "Tailgates and Tanlines", and "Crash My Party". He has also released four "Spring Break" Extended Plays as of 2014. "I'll Stay Me" produced the singles "All My Friends Say", "We Rode In Trucks", and "Country Man". The album "Doin' My Thing" produced the singles "Do I", "Rain Is A Good Thing", and "Someone Else Calling You Baby". The album "Tailgates and Tanlines" produced the singles "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)", "I Don't Want This Night To End", "Drunk On You", and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye". The album "Crash My Party" has produced the title track, "That's My Kind Of Night", "Drink A Beer", "Play It Again" and "Roller Coaster" as singles.
Paquita
Paquita is a romantic ballet in two acts and three scenes. Its story was written by Joseph Mazilier and Paul Foucher. The music was composed by Edouard Deldevez. It was originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier. "Paquita" was first performed in the Salle Le Peletier by the Paris Opera Ballet on 1 April 1846. It starred Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa. "Paquita" remained in the repertory of the Opéra until 1851.
The story takes place in Spain during the occupation of Napoleon's army. The heroine is the young Gypsy girl, Paquita. She is really of noble birth. She was abducted by Gypsies when she was an infant. She saves the life of a young French officer, Lucien d'Hervilly. He is the target of a Spanish governor who desires to have him killed by Iñigo, a Gypsy chief. Paquita discovers that she is of noble birth. She is in fact the cousin of Lucien. She and Lucien marry.
In 1847, "Paquita" was staged for the first time in Russia for the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg by Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frédéric Malevergne. It was Petipa's first ballet staged in Russia. In 1881, Petipa produced a revival of the ballet. He added new pieces specially composed by Ludwig Minkus. This included the "Pas de trois" (aka the Minkus Pas de trois or Paquita Pas de trois) for the first act, and the Paquita "Grand pas classique" and the "Mazurka des enfants" (Children's mazurka) for the last act. Petipa's version of "Paquita" remained in the repertory of the Mariinsky Theatre until 1926.
Marius Petipa's 1881 additions for "Paquita" survived long after the full-length ballet left the stage. Today these pieces, particularly the "Grand pas classique", are major cornerstones of the traditional classical ballet repertory. They have been staged by ballet companies throughout the world.