Gemini is the astrological Zodiac sign that represents the constellation Gemini. In the tropical zodiac, Gemini is from May 20 to June 20. Under the sidereal zodiac, it is now from June 15 to July 15. The opposite sign to Gemini is Sagittarius.
This sign for Gemini was made from two lines, representing the twins.
In mythology Gemini is related to Greek myth of the twins of Zeus and Leda, Castor and Pollux.
Astrologers broadly agree that the following are the characteristics of Gemini:
mental, adaptable, flexible, changeable, responsive, sociable, superficial
In astrology Gemini is ruled by the planet Mercury.
It is said that people born in Gemini can have jobs where quick thinking and flexibility are important.
In medical astrology and anatomy Gemini is said to rule the shoulders, arms and hands.
Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Writer is a web logging application. It was made by Microsoft and is part of the Windows Live Essentials group of applications. Writer has WYSIWYG post editing features. Writer lets users add images and maps to their posts as well as other things. The application works with Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint blogs, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress and other services.
Kim Ikhun
General Kim Ikhun (Korean: 김익훈, 金益勳, 1619 – March 11 1689) was one of the Neo-Confucian scholars, politicians and Solders of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. His nickname was Kwangnam(광남, 光南), a Chinese style name was Moosook(무숙, 懋叔). He was a grand uncle of Queen Inkyung, wife of Joseon Dynastys 19th king of Joseon Sukjong.
Nam Gon
Nam Gon (Korean: 남곤, 南袞, 1471 – March 10 1527) was a Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, and soldier of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. His nickname was Jijeong (止亭, 지정)·Jijokdang (知足堂, 지족당)·Jijok (知足, 지족), a Chinese style name was Sahwa (士華, 사화). He was a mental grandfather of Song in married to princess Jeongsun (정순옹주, 貞順翁主), illegitimate daughter of King Joseon Jungjong
A member of Sarim (사림, 士林), Vice Prime minister to 1521 and Prime minister of Joseon 1523 to 1527.
Song Si-yeol
Song Siyeol (, 宋時烈, 1607 – 1689) was a Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, and soldier of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. His nickname was Uam (우암, 尤庵) Ujae (우재, 尤齋) Gyosannobu (교산노부, 橋山老夫) Namgannosu (남간노수, 南澗老叟) Hwayangdongju (화양동주, 華陽洞主) Hwayanbgbuja (화양부자, 華陽夫子), a Chinese style name was Youngbo (영보, 英甫). header of Westner Partys.
Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France
The Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF) is the French national aeronautical and astronautical non-profit association. Is has been created in 1971 and is located in Paris.
The main activity of 3AF is to bring together people interested in aerospace activities.
Independent Administrative Institution
The IAI are semi-governmental organizations. They are regulated by the "Basic Law on Reforming Government Ministries" of 1998. There are about 100 IAIs.
IAIs employ management methods of private-sector corporations. Each IAI has autonomy in operations and in budgeting.
Josh Towers
Josh Towers (born February 26, 1977 in Port Hueneme, California) is a retired baseball pitcher. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays and other MLB teams.
Académie de l'air et de l'espace
The Académie de l'air et de l'espace (AAE) is the French national air and space non-profit academy. It was been created in 1983. by André Turcat. It is in Toulouse.
The main activity of AAE is to promote knowledge and development in aerospace activities.
University of Toulouse
The University of Toulouse is a network of French universities and grandes écoles in the city of Toulouse. It was founded in 2007.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by American R&B musician Lauryn Hill. It was released on August 25, 1998.
Manchester (disambiguation)
The term Manchester can stand for:
The Five
The Five, often known as The Mighty Handful, are a group of five Russian composers who met regularly in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the mid-19th century. The Russian name for the group: "Moguchaya kuchka" ("The Mighty Handful") was given to them by Vladimir Stasov, the famous music critic. The five composers were: Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin. The group all wanted to write music in a Russian style, rather than imitating European composers. They were part of the movement known in music as Nationalism. They were five of the most important composers of the time. Note that Tchaikovsky was not one of the group. His music is more European-based, but he, too, often wrote very Russian music based on folk tunes.
Before The Five were established as a group, Mikhail Glinka and Alexander Dargomyzhsky were trying to create a Russian kind of music. All the composers of The Five were amateur composers. This does not mean that they were bad, it means that they earned their living in other ways and composed when they had time. Rimsky-Korsakov was a naval officer, Borodin was a professor of chemistry, Cui was an expert in military armaments and Mussorgsky had been in the Guards and then in the civil service before he took up music full time. Balakirev, the leader of the group, worked for a time for the Warsaw Railways. He was the spiritual leader of the group: a kind of teacher and guide.
The composers of The Five tried to put the sounds of village songs, Cossack and Caucasian dances, and church chants in their music. Russian peasants used to sing folk songs in which words or syllables were spun out with several notes into a long, lyrical line. This influence can be heard in many of the Five’s works, especially in Mussorgsky’s operas. They also frequently used music which sounded like that from Eastern Asia (“Orientalism”).
The group began to meet in 1856. This was before Anton Rubinstein founded the St Petersburg Conservatoire. Music at the Conservatoire was taught in a European way. This is what The Five, together with the music critic Vladimir Stasov, were against. However, in later years Rimsky-Korsakov taught at the Conservatoire, and Rubinstein who had left in to concentrate on his career as a pianist, often used ideas from Russian folk music. The difference between the two parties had become blurred. By the 1880s The Five were drifting apart because they each had developed their own personal styles. Apart from Cui, whose music is not often heard today, the members of the group influenced or taught many of the next generation of Russian composers, such as Alexander Glazunov, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
The identifies a special type of legal entity in Japan. There are about 100 of these semi-governmental entities, including
Tracy Pollan
Tracy Pollan (born June 22, 1960) is an American actress. She is best known for her work on the sitcom "Family Ties" She is married to actor Michael J. Fox. They have 4 children. Pollan was born on June 22, 1960 in Long Island, New York.
Pollan is from Russian Jewish descent.
Aéro-Club de France
The Aéro-Club de France (AéCF) is the oldest aeronautical institution in the world. It was created on 20 October 1898. It is in Paris.
The main activity of AéCF is to promote aviation and certification.
Drina Martyrs
Drina Martyrs were Catholic nuns of the Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity. They were killed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between December 15 and 23, 1941 because of their religion.
Their names were Marija Jula (Kata) Ivanišević, Marija Bernadeta (Terezija) Banja, Marija Krizina (Josefa) Bojanc, Marija Antonija (Josefa) Fabjan and Maria Berchmana (Carolina Anna) Leidenix. They died in Goražde and near Sjetlina in 1941. They are beatified in Sarajevo on 24th September, 2010.
Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German movie score composer and music producer. He has written music for over 100 movies.