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Afgar

Afgar, or the Andalusian Leisure is a musical with lyrics by Douglas Furber, music by Charles Cuvillier and a book by Fred Thompson and Worton David.

Basketball at the 2011 Island Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport and Cowes High School, Cowes.

Basketball at the 2011 Island Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at the Medina Leisure Centre, Newport and Cowes High School, Cowes.

Bautzen Reservoir

Importantly, it ensures a constant water supply to the Boxberg lignite-fuelled power station down stream on the River Spree and also provides for fishing and other water based leisure activities.

Brand-Briesen Airfield

In June 2003, receivers sold the hall and 500 hectares of grounds to Malaysian company Tanjong, who converted the hall into a leisure park called My Tropical Islands.

Bratislava Jazz Days

Bratislava Jazz Days (BJD) is a festival of modern jazz, taking place in Bratislava (Slovakia), usually at Park kultúry a oddychu (Hall of the Culture and Leisure Park).

Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha

A commemorative dedication plaque from Brisbane City Council and the Japan Association for the 1988 Leisure Exposition and a welcome gate with calligraphy on a dedication tablet above the gate by then Prime Minister of Japan Noboru Takeshita greets visitors to the Garden at the entrance to the Garden.

Campo Bom

Education, health, leisure and quality of life in the city, are references in the state, Has free Internet service available to 100% of the population.

Canley Vale, New South Wales

The Cabravale Leisure Centre is located close to the railway station in Broomfield Street, but is technically in the adjacent suburb of Cabramatta.

Chan Heng Chee

Like Tharman Shanmugaratnam (the current Finance Minister), Ho Kwon Ping (a former journalist dissident and now the chairman of the Banyan Tree leisure group), and other former political critics, she is part of a small group of well-educated dissidents who have subsequently been appointed into high profile positions in the PAP Government, or who have otherwise become part of the establishment.

Cheongna International City

Being developed in the center of international business and leisure, the city boasts an excellent coastal location that links Yeongjong Island and Incheon International Airport to Seoul via the Incheon International Airport Expressway, the Kyeong-in Expressway, the Incheon International Airport Railroad, and the Kyeong-in Ferry Line.

Commercial Horticultural Association

Finally in 2009 the administration passed to the Federation of Garden and Leisure Manufacturers based in Brasted, Kent.

Criticisms of socialism

Peter Self criticizes the traditional socialist planned economy and argues against pursuing "extreme equality" because he believes it requires "strong coercion" and does not allow for "reasonable recognition for different individual needs, tastes (for work or leisure) and talents."

Dedham Vale

The landscape continues to change as changing agricultural practices, increased leisure time and an awareness of environmental concerns all contribute to development of the Stour valley.

Derby H:O Racing Club

The racing takes place at the Rolls-Royce leisure facility in Sinfin, Derby, and is currently managed by Nick Sismey (chairman) and Phil Rees (vice chairman)

Disability Challengers

Initially sessions for the children were held at a local leisure centre in Guildford, Surrey, but the need for services quickly grew and in 1984 the charity opened their first custom designed Playcentre on Stoke Park, Guildford.

Dorothy Shakespear

Her mother Olivia Shakespear, born on the Isle of Wight, lived her early years in Sussex and later in London where she, with her sister Florence, was raised to live a life of leisure.

East Ridge, Accra

Originally planned as an extension to the historic Victoriaborg district, East Ridge is being transformed into a commercial and leisure district of Accra with the siting of the National Theatre and Efua Sutherland Children's park in the district.

Francis Beaufort

Whereas other wartime officers sought leisurely pursuits, Beaufort spent his leisure time taking soundings and bearings, making astronomical observations to determine longitude and latitude, and measuring shorelines.

Freedom Leisure

In the Mid Sussex towns of Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, the organisation operates not only the leisure centres but also an entertainment venue in each town.

Futsal in England

The venues for the Northern Conference in 2010/11 are the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield, the Thornaby Pavilion in Middlesbrough, the Bonus Arena in Hull, the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, @FUTSAL Arena, Leeds and the Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool.

Harold Copping

Copping's illustrations were also published in such periodicals as The Leisure Hour, Little Folks, Pearson's Magazine, The Royal Magazine, The Temple Magazine and The Windsor Magazine.

Houston Stackhouse

Between 1948 and 1954, Stackhouse worked during the day at the Chrysler plant in West Helena, Arkansas, and played the blues in his leisure time.

Hyundai Development Company Group

Structured around and led by Hyundai Development Company, HDC Group is engaged in various business areas including petrochemicals, retail, property and financial management, healthcare, leisure, musical instrument production, sports, and finance.

Icém

The nearby valley of the Grande river is a popular tourist destination, because of its natural beauty, abundant waterways and the many available leisure activities.

Intencity

The chain was originally launched in 1995 as part of a venture called Village Nine Leisure (a partnership between Village, Nine Network and Westfield Group).

James Dasaolu

Born in south London to Nigerian parents, Dasaolu did not take up sprinting seriously until he was 18 when he began a leisure management degree at Loughborough.

Jarun

Development increased in 1987 due to the building of the sports and leisure center (because of the Universiade in Zagreb the same year).

Jeffrey Wernick

He worked for Donovan, Leisure and Irvine law firm until he joined DIC Animation City.

K. Sivalingam

On April 4, 2007, en route a leisure trip to southern India with his daughter and son-in-law, Sivalingam died from a heart attack in Chennai, India, upon arrival at the Chennai International Airport from Kuala Lumpur.

Laffer

Larry Laffer, a fictional character from the Leisure Suit Larry game series

Lings Forum

Lings Forum is a leisure centre located in the suburbs of Northampton.

Luke Booth

Booth, and his uncle Christopher Eves, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, Retail & Leisure markets.

McQueen, Edmonton

Located within Coronation Park is the Telus World of Science (formerly called the Edmonton Space and Sciences Centre), the Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre, Coronation Arena (an ice arena), a small football stadium and a lawn bowling facility.

Meaford Hall, Staffordshire

At some point it was acquired by Craig Johnson, who undertook a number of developments, including addition of a leisure suite.

Nemo Gould

His work has been featured frequently in national media including the Discovery Channel, Wired Magazine, Travel and Leisure, Make Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle.

Nerstrand, Minnesota

Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), usually characterized as an economist or sociologist, and best known for writing the book The Theory of the Leisure Class (ISBN 0-14-018795-2), lived about a mile northeast of town.

New Technology Institute

The New Technology Institute, Birmingham (abbreviated to NTI Birmingham) is a building, training centre and media studio located in the Learning and Leisure Zone of the Eastside of Birmingham, England.

Phil Liggett

He spends most of his leisure time in South Africa where he has a house in the Western Cape and a game farm near the Kruger National Park.

Radio News

Ziff-Davis Publishing would develop two categories of magazines; the professional magazine such as Radio & Television News and the leisure time magazines like Popular Photography.

Regent Centre

Within walking distance of Regent Centre, there is a Metro station, Gosforth Academy, Gosforth Library and Customer Service Centre, and Gosforth Leisure Centre, comprising several amenities including swimming pools and gym.

Rivacre

This was a popular and inexpensive entertainment in the 1950-1970's, but interest declined by the 1980s as heated indoor swimming pools were built in nearby Chester's Northgate Arena and leisure facilities were improved at Ellesmere Port's EPIC leisure centre.

Samuel Allport

Although occupied in business during the greater portion of his life, his leisure was given to geological studies, and when residing for a short period in Bahia, South America, he made observations on the geology, published by the Geological Society in 1860.

Selston

The local five-a-side football pitch, on the site of the Leisure Centre, was opened by Nottingham Forest legends, Stuart Pearce and Colin Cooper.

Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation

The Rother Link is a scheme that would see the River Rother upgraded to navigable status from Rotherham as far as Killamarsh, where a short canal would link to the Chesterfield Canal to complete a leisure cruising circuit.

Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London

Sir John's leisure hours were largely spent in the acquisition of a large private library, and in 1898, influenced by the palaeographer John Gwenogvryn Evans, he acquired the Peniarth collection of manuscripts.

T. M. Wright

Sleepeasy (Victor Gollancz 1993, Leisure, 2001) (connected, but not a direct sequel)

Theodore Erasmus Hilgard

While on his farm in the United States he revived an early taste for poetry, and devoted a portion of his leisure to making translations of ancient and modern poems into German, some of which were published and received with high commendation, notably Ovid's Metamorphoses and “The Fire-Worshipers” from Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh.

Vaals

Vaals turned from a wealthy industrial town into a leisure and holiday destination for the citizens of Aachen, slightly resembling Monte Carlo because of its casinos.


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