Bench or The Bench can refer to wiktionary bench File Glowing light ball banch art design furniture manfred kielnhofer.jpg thumb funny glowing light ball bench by Manfred Kielnhofer Bench furniture , a piece of furniture, which typically offers seating for several people. In Yiddish, to bench means to bless, from Latin bened cere . In Jewish English it refers to any of a number of blessings given or recited. Bench language Bench non , a Northern Omotic language spoken in Kaffa southeastern Ethiopia Workbench or lab bench, a place of work consisting of a table and perhaps places to keep an arrangement of tools and materials. Bench clothing brand , a British clothing brand. Law and politics Bench metonymy , certain people in a given context, associated with a particular seating area, especially in politics and law Bench law , the location where a judge sits while in court, often a raised desk in a courtroom also refers to the judiciary as a whole to differentiate from the bar law the lawyers or barristers and may also mean a group of judges hearing a case and judging on a case. Sports The bench refers to the players on the roster who do not start regularly or are not currently playing in any given game on the bench In soccer, the technical area contains the dugout or bench Bench weight training , a piece of weight training equipment, often very similar to the above wide backless chair Bench press , one of three power lifting exercises The Bench University of California , the student rooting section for the University of California men s basketball team Geology Bench geology , a bench is a long, relatively narrow strip of relatively level or gently inclined land of differing origins that is bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below it. Also, in mining, it refers to steps cut into the side of Open pit mining open pit mines . Arts The Bench film The Bench film , a short film from The Northern Film School in the United Kingdom The Bench TV series The Bench TV series ... more details
Infobox company name AB kio bankas logo File Ukio bankas logo.jpg 250px caption type public company fate predecessor successor foundation founder defunct location city Kaunas location country Lithuania location locations area served key people Gintaras Ugianskis Chairman of the Board industry Financial services products Retail bank ing, mortgage loan s, corporate banking services traded as OMXBaltic LT0000102352 UKB1L revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage http www.ub.lt http www.ub.lt footnotes intl Image Ukio Bankas banch in Laisves aleja.JPG thumb 250px kio Bankas branch in Laisv s Al ja , Kaunas kio Bankas OMXBaltic LT0000102352 UKB1L is a Lithuania n commercial bank based in Kaunas . More than 50 of shares are owned by Lithuanian businessman Vladimir Romanov who therefore is in the control of the bank. ref http www.ub.lt ShowPage.aspx?MenuC 1917&ShowDoc inv.akcininku struktura&PageLang ENG&PageFontSize Shareholder listing ref It is the fifth largest and oldest private bank in Lithuania. The bank is listed in NASDAQ OMX Vilnius stock exchange. The bank is growing rapidly, since the beginning of 2005, kio Bankas has opened 12 branches across Lithuania correct as of 26 September 2006 . kio Bankas also has representative offices in Russia , Ukraine , Kazakhstan and Scotland . In October 2006 during internet conference on the news portal Delfi.lt Vladimir Romanov announced his plans of selling his shares to the strategic investor. GE Money , a branch of General Electric , as one of the possible buyers was mentioned by Romanov ref http www.lhv.lt news index.cfm?id 924844 LHV , 15 October 2006 ref . In common with other banks kio Bankas has suffered from the effects of credit crunch and on 26 August 2008 rating agency Standard & Poor downgraded the banks status from stable to negative ref http www.baltictimes.com news articles 21193 , 27 August 2008 ref . The organisation is the shirt sponsor of ... more details
nihongo Banch can refer to either a governmental position during the ritsuryo period, or the leader of a group of Juvenile delinquency delinquents . Governmental position During the ritsuryo system, a banch was a lower position in the Imperial Guard. In the Engi Shiki there are several references to people holding this position. Juvenile delinquency In Japan in the 20th century, the term refers to a leader of juvenile delinquent s in middle and high schools. ref name endurance cite book last Wagatsuma first Hiroshi title Heritage of endurance family patterns and delinquency formation in urban Japan year 1984 publisher University of California Press isbn 0520032225 url http books.google.com books?id Opr iT3z2ukC&pg PA52&dq banch C5 8D&hl en&ei BPoHTK2INoKC8gbd3KWoAQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CD4Q6AEwBg v onepage&q&f false coauthors George A. De Vos ref It is thought that this current meaning originates from the original meaning of the term the personalities of guard commanders. An alternative is that the word derives from nihongo t banch , a term for a position in the former Japanese army. Female banch are called nihongo sukeban . The typical image of a banch is a uncouth fighter who has a strong sense of gang honor . Banch who rule several schools and have control of other banch are called nihongo s ban , and in elementary schools and under, the term for banch is nihongo gakitaish . In reality, though, banch were becoming increasingly rare in the 1970s, and by the 1980s the term was relatively old fashioned. Vestiges of the word still remained, though, such as in the nicknames for baseball players Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Daisuke Miura . By the end of the 20th century, the term almost did not exist at all, though groups of delinquents who committed crimes began to stand out. The term became a title of honor for people with leadership personalities and who stood against tough elements, and in turn, the negative connotation ... more details
Marianella P. Machado born August 4, 1959 is a Venezuelan writer and composer. Biography Marianella Machado was born in Caracas , Venezuela , and studied at the Conservatorio de Musica Jose Angel Lamas . She later continued her studies in composition with William Banch, and in 1981 she attended Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington on a Venezuenlan government scholarship, graduating with Bachelor and Master s degrees in composition. ref cite book title The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians Volume 15 editor Tyrrell, John author T llez, Carmen Helena year 2001 ref Marchado returned to Venezuela, where she began work as a music teacher and composer. From 1987 88 she was a research assistant at the R mulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies in Caracas. From 1989 93 she attended the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, working as a teaching assistant, and graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 1993. ref name composers cite web url http www.composersforum.org members directory marianella machado title Marianella Machado Biography publisher American Composers Forum accessdate February 8, 2012 ref In 1994 Machado began pursuing an interest in Spanish as second language and Hispanic literature. She attended the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures of the University of Cincinnati on assistantship where she graduated with a Master of Arts in 1996 and a PhD in Hispanic Literature in 1998. From 1998 2003 she worked as a professor at the Universidad Cat lica Andr s Bello in Caracas. In August 2003 she took a position as Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Humanities at Eastern Kentucky University in the United States. ref cite book title A guide to the Latin American art song repertoire first Maya last Hoover first2 Stela M. last2 Brand o first3 Ellie Anne last3 Duque date 2009 ref ref name composers Works Selected works include Inmutable ... more details
Infobox Settlement Basic info name Landhi settlement type Town images and maps image skyline image caption image flag image seal image map LandhiTown Karachi.PNG map caption Union councils of Landhi Town Location subdivision type Country subdivision name Pakistan subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Sindh subdivision type2 City District subdivision name2 Karachi parts type Union Councils parts style coll,para parts 12 p1 Awami Colony br Bhutto Nagar br Burmee Colony br Dawood Chowrangi br Khawaja Ajmeer Colony br Korangi br Landhi br Moinabad br Muslimabad br Muzafarabad, Karachi Muzafarabad br Sharafi Goth br Sherabad Politics government footnotes government type Town Council leader title Town Nazim leader name Syed Asif Husnain leader title1 Naib Nazim leader name1 Dr. Irshad Ahmed leader title2 Municipal Officer leader name2 Noman Arshad established title Established established date 14th August 2001 Area area magnitude 1 E 6 area footnotes area total km2 area total sq mi Elevation elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft Population population as of 1998 population footnotes population note population total 666,748 General information timezone utc offset timezone DST utc offset DST latd latm lats latNS longd longm longs longEW Area postal codes & others postal code type enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... postal code area code website http 125.209.91.254 CDGK LinkClick.aspx?link 207&tabid 72 Landhi Town Page blank name Office Location blank info Town Municipal Administration Landhi Banch No. Charagh Hotal. Landhi Karachi. blank1 name E mail blank1 info landhi karachicity.gov.pk blank2 name Contact blank2 info 021 35045990 footnotes Landhi Town lang ur is a large industrial town in the eastern part of Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan . It is bordered by the Faisal Cantonment and Shah Faisal Town to the north across the Malir River , Bin Qasim Town to the south and east, and Korangi Town to the west. The population of Landhi Town w ... more details
Manfred KILI Kielnhofer born January 28, 1967 in Haslach an der M hl is an Austria n Painting painter , sculptor and Photographer . File Kielnhofer.jpg thumb Manfred Kielnhofer File Kielnhofer Time Guardians.jpg thumb Time guards by Manfred Kielnhofer 2006 File Artpark Waechter Nacht.jpg thumb Timeguards, Sculpture garden Artpark Linz, night shot 2009 File Public contemporary artbasel ghost car manfred kielnhofer.jpg thumb Public Art Project on Tour in Basel, ArtBasel, Design Miami Basel, Liste, Scope, Volta, 2011 File Contemporary art biennale show project venice illuminations manfred kielnhofer.jpg thumb The light art project time guards on tour in Venice, St. Mark s Square 2011 File Reichstag deutschland festival of lights sculpture time guards manfred kielnhofer.jpg thumb Reichstag Deutschland, Festival of Lights Berlin File Manfred kielnhofer interlux chair .jpg thumb Interlux Chair , Lightart object 2010 File Glowing light ball banch art design furniture manfred kielnhofer.jpg thumb funny glowing light ball bench File Landart the kiss in the nature earthwork earth art paul wagner manfred kielnhofer.jpg right thumb Land art, the kiss, feld, Enns, Austria, 2005 File Water reflection photographer kielnhofer.jpg thumb Photographer Kielnhofer Water reflection, 2009 Life Manfred KILI ref http dip.mak.at detail designer.php?designer id 1868 MAK Vienna Database ref Kielnhofer visited the technical College Linz where he took his final exam in 1995. he was engaged with technique and design and art on building lead him to his special way of art. Since 2000 he lives as a free artist in Linz . 2005 he launched Gallery Artpark in Linz. Work The timeguards of the Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer are the top of a some years lasting development. Dealing with room concepts, sculptures and installations on one hand and the being engaged with mystic experiences and religion on the other hand lead the artist to these strange characters. 2006 the first of these figures was create ... more details
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