The community is on the traditional country of southern Luritja and northern Yankunytjatjara people. These people are together called Matutjara (or Matuntara). Most of the people in the community are descended from this group. They speak a dialect that is a mix of the Yankunytjatjara and Luritja languages. Also living there are families belonging to the Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri and Arrernte nations, and a group of non-indigenous residents who work in the community.
The area has two schools. The secondary school is part of Nyangatjatjara College based in Yulara.
Ashfaq Ahmad
Ashfaq Ahmed (1925 –2004) was a famous Pakistani writer, playwright and intellectual. He was regarded by many as among the finest Urdu "Afsana" (short-story) writers.
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a city in Punjab (Pakistan) and the capital, or headquarter of the Gujranwala District.
Gujranwala is well known for its Bar-b-que, Hospitality, and History. Gujranwala is famous for ‘ chiray ‘ it’s a food in English it’s called sparrow it’s similar to bbq but they use sparrows and Gujranwala is famous for ‘ kabadi ‘ it’s a sport
Alain Chevrier
Alain Guy Chevrier (born April 23, 1961 in Cornwall, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender.
Chevrier played a total of 8 seasons in the NHL. He played for the New Jersey Devils for 3 seasons, Winnipeg Jets for 1 season, Chicago Blackhawks for 2 seasons, Pittsburgh Penguins for 1 season and the Detroit Red Wings for 1 season.
Chevrier also play college hockey with the Miami University RedHawks and was the first RedHawk to play in the NHL.
Lion's mane jellyfish
Lion's mane jellyfish ("Cyanea capillata"), also known as "Hair Jelly" and "Sea Blubber", are a type of jellyfish which are mostly found in north Atlantic and north Pacific waters. The stings of these jellyfish are painful but not fatal. The species is found near the coast of the U.S. shore line.
The lion's mane jellyfish can grow up to 2 m width by its pileus ("bell") and its tentacles up to 30 m long. The largest Lions Mane Jelly recorded was 120 FT, but most jellyfish are far smaller, usually some 30 cm by pileus width and up to 50 cm by tentacle length. It eats mainly plankton and is itself eaten by sunfish, sea turtles and some seabirds. Like all jellyfish, it lives only for one year.
A group of jellyfish is called a "smack".
Madamanuru
Madamanuru is a small village in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is in Nellore District. It is famous for rice paddy fields and other farming.
Raëlism
Raëlism is a new religion that says that life on Earth was created by aliens. It was started in 1974 by Claude Vorilhon. It is the world's biggest UFO religion.
Unitarian Universalism
Unitarian Universalism is a religion which encourages liberalism and an individual search for truth. It includes many spiritual paths. Its adherents have a pluralistic approach to faith hence may be atheists, agnostics, ignostics, deists, pagans, humanists, polytheists, or monotheists. A common tenet or doctrine within this religion is bodily integrity, self-ownership and individual autonomy. Unitarian Universalist places of worship are called "congregations". The religion accepts differences and there is no holy book, dogma, or doctrine. Instead, the adherents are guided by seven principles:
The seat of Unitarian Universalism in the United States is in Boston, MA.
Eckankar
Eckankar is a new religious movement started in the United States in 1965. It was started by Paul Twitchell (1908-71). He taught that each individual is a soul and that soul exists because of God's love for it. Adherents of this religion are called Eckists.
Anthony Bell (director)
Anthony Bell (born 1965), sometimes known as Tony Bell is an American animator, movie director, screenwriter and story artist. He started his career as a character layout artist in "The Simpsons" in the early nineties and he also directed a few episodes in "Rugrats". Bell also directed some episode for the Adult Swim animated TV show, "The Boondocks". His most recent and famous work is for being the co-director of the 2010 computer-animated comedy-drama movie, "Alpha and Omega" (along with Ben Gluck), where he also served as story artist. Anthony is now working as the director on a new animated comedy-drama movie, called "Norm of the North". He also wrote the story for the movie.
Aso-jinja
"Aso" was the chief Shinto shrines ("ichinomiya") of the old Higo Province. It serves today as one of the "ichinomiya" of Kumamoto Prefecture. The enshrined "kami" are and others.
From 1871 through 1946, the Aso Shrine was officially listed as one of the first rank of government supported shrines.
Mandarin duck
The mandarin duck ("Aix galericulata") is a duck that breeds in eastern Siberia, China and Japan and winters in southern China and Japan. There is a small free-flying population in Britain which grew from the release of captive bred ducks.
In full plumage, the male mandarin duck has a pair of "sail" feathers that are raised vertically above the back, a crest of orange and cream feathers, and a broad white eye-stripe that is bounded above and below by darker feathers. The female mandarin duck is duller in colour and has an overall grey appearance that is marked by a curving white stripe behind the eye and a series of white blotches on the underparts. In flight, both sexes display a bluish-green iridescent speculum.
The mandarin duck lives in the forests of China and Japan. They prefer to live around wooded ponds and fast flowing rocky streams to swim, wade, and feed in.
Urial
The urial ("Ovis orientalis vignei"), also known as the arkars or shapo, is a subspecies of wild sheep ("Ovis orientalis"). It has reddish-brown long fur that fades during winter. Males have a black ruff stretching from the neck to the chest and large horns. It is found in western central Asia. The other subspecies group of "O. orientalis" is the Mouflon ("Ovis orientalis orientalis" group). The two groups have often been considered separate species. Urial is endangered specie.
Robert FitzRoy
Robert Fitzroy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was a British seaman, admiral, meteorologist and hydrographer. He was the captain of HMS Beagle in the voyage of the English naturalist Charles Darwin.
He was Governor of New Zealand from 1843 to 1845.
In 1851, FitzRoy was elected to the Royal Society.
In 1854, on the recommendation of Vice Admiral Francis Beaufort and the President of the Royal Society, FitzRoy was appointed as chief of a new department to deal with the collection of weather data at sea, with the title of "Meteorological Statist to the Board of Trade" and a staff of three. This was the forerunner of the modern Meteorological Office.
Willem Barents
Willem Barents (or Barentsz, probably from Barentzoon, son of Barent) was a Dutch explorer. He was born on Terschelling around 1550, and died on the 20th June 1597 near Novaya Zemlya.
The Barents Sea, Barentsburg and Barents Region were all named after him.
Lady Louise Windsor
Lady Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor (born 8 November 2003) is the elder of the two children of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Lady Louise is the youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She is thirteenth in line to the British throne, although she was eighth in line when she was born. When her younger brother, James, was born in 2007, he moved ahead of her in the line of succession.
Lady Louise was born prematurely on 8 November 2003 at 23:32 GMT at Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey. She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Windsor Castle on 24 April 2004 by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor. Her godparents were Lady Sarah Chatto, Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Lady Alexandra Etherington, Francesca Schwarzenbach and Rupert Elliott. Louise was the last child to wear the original royal christening gown.