It is a region between the Berkshire Downs and the River Thames. It was named after the prehistoric Uffington White Horse. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. The area is often referred to as the ‘Vale of the White Horse’.
It is the valley of the Ock, a stream which joins the Thames from the West at Abingdon. The Vale is almost flat and well-wooded. Following local usage the vale covers all the ground between the Cotswolds (on the north) and the White Horse Hills. According to the geographical definition, however, the Vale is from two to five miles wide, and the distance by road from Abingdon to Shrivenham at its head is 18 miles.
The highest hill of the district is White Horse Hill that is 261 m (856 ft) high. In its northern flank, just below the summit, a gigantic figure of a horse is cut, the turf is removed to show the white chalky soil beneath. This figure gives name to the hill, the range and the vale. It is 114 m (374 ft) long, the neck, body and tail varying little in width.
Slipper
A slipper is a light shoe worn indoors. They keep feet warm. People also wear them to keep their feet or socks clean. They are usually made of a something comfortable like a towel material or thin leather. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
Masaki Tsuchihashi
Tsuchihashi was born in Yokohama on July 23, 1972. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Urawa Reds in 1995. He played as defensive midfielder from first season. However his opportunity to play decreased form the late 1990s. He retired end of 2003 season.
On May 26, 1996, Tsuchihashi debuted for the Japan national team against Yugoslavia.
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Osamu Hirose
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Alen Bokšić
Alen Bokšić (born 21 January 1970) is a former Croatian football player. He has played for the Croatian national team.
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Harison da Silva Nery
Harison da Silva Nery (born 2 January 1980) is a Brazilian football player.
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Tomohiro Katanosaka
Tomohiro Katanosaka (born 18 April 1971) is a former Japanese football player.
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Tomohiro Hasumi
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Celso Vieira
Celso Vieira (born 25 September 1974) is a former Brazilian football player.
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Kazuaki Tasaka
Tasaka was born in Hiroshima on August 3, 1971. He was educated at and played for Tokai University Daiichi High School and Tokai University. After graduating, he joined newly promoted J1 League side Bellmare Hiratsuka. He was immediately installed as a regular and received the J1 League "Young Player of the Year award" that year. The club also won the 1994 Emperor's Cup. Due to club's financial problem, he was released along with Nobuyuki Kojima, Wagner Lopes, Hong Myung-bo and Yoshihiro Natsuka at the end of the 1998 season. He moved to Shimizu S-Pulse (1999) and then to Cerezo Osaka (2000–2002) where he finished his playing career.
Tasaka was capped 7 times for the Japan national team between 1995 and 1999. His first international appearance came on May 28, 1995 in a friendly against Ecuador. In March 1999, he was selected Japan for the first time in 4 years by Philippe Troussier. He also played at 1999 Copa América.
After the retirement, started coaching career at Cerezo Osaka in 2003. He mainly served as an assistant coach until 2004. In 2006, he signed with Shimizu S-Pulse and served as an assistant coach. In 2011, he moved to J2 League club Oita Trinita and became a manager. In 2012, the club won the 6th place and was promoted to J1 League. However the club finished at the bottom place in 2013 and was relegated to J2 in a year. He was sacked in June 2015. In July 2015, he returned to J1 club Shimizu S-Pulse and became an assistant coach under the manager Katsumi Oenoki. In August, he became a manager as Oenoki successor. However the club was relegated to J2 end of the 2015 season and he resigned. In 2016, he signed with with J2 club Matsumoto Yamaga FC and served an assistant coach. In 2017, he moved to J3 League cub Fukushima United FC and became a manager. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Tochigi SC.
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Luxembourg (Belgium)
Luxembourg (Dutch and German: "Luxemburg", Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, Walloon: "Lussimbork") is the southernmost province of Belgium and Wallonia. With , it is the largest province of Belgium.
The capital is Arlon, in the south-east of the province. It is called also as "Belgian Luxembourg" and should not be confused with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
It borders on (clockwise starting from the east) the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France, and the Belgian provinces of Namur and Liège.
The total area of the province is but it has the smallest population () and density ( inhabitants per km²) of all the Belgian provinces. It is also significantly larger and significantly less populous than the neighbouring Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The main natural regions in the province are the Belgian Lorraine in the south part, and the Ardennes in the centre and north part of the province.
With , the Baraque de Fraiture in the municipality of Vielsalm is the highest point of the province.
The main rivers in the province of Luxembourg are:
The province was separated from the neighbouring Luxembourg by the Third Partition of Luxembourg in 1839, after the Belgian Revolution, and declared to remain a part of Belgium.
Most of the residents of Luxembourg speak French, but there is a small Luxembourgish-speaking minority, in Arelerland, near the border with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
The province of Luxembourg is divided into 5 "arrondissements" and a total of 44 municipalities.
Population on 1 January of each year.
Bus
A bus is a large wheeled vehicle meant to carry many passengers along with the driver. It is larger than a car. The name is a shortened version of omnibus, which means "for everyone" in Latin. Buses used to be called omnibuses, but people now simply call them "buses".
Buses are an important part of public transport in places all over the world. Many people who do not have cars, especially the third world countries, use buses to get around. Buses make it easy for them to get to where they want to go.
A place where people wait for a local bus is called a "bus stop". A building where people wait for a long-distance bus or where many buses meet is called a "bus station".
There are many types of bus around the world.
- Double-decker
- Articulated
- BRT
- Normal
Alyaksandr Hleb
Alyaksandr Hleb (born 1 May 1981) is a Belarusian football player. He plays for Stuttgart and Belarus national team.
He will Return to Barcelona on January of 2012
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Chang Woe-Ryong
Chang Woe-Ryong (born 5 April 1959) is a former South Korean football player. He has played for Korea Republic national team.
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John Hartson
John Hartson (born 5 April 1975) is a former Welsh football player. He has played for Wales national team.
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Ricardo Carvalho
Ricardo Carvalho (born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese football player. He plays for Real Madrid and Portugal national team.
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Robbie Savage