Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in African American traditional music, before becoming popular in the minstrel shows of the 19th century.

Geography-note: landlocked ; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe ; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe

The elimination of central control over production decisions, especially in the consumer goods sector, led to the breakdown in traditional supplier − producer relationships without contributing to the formation of new ones.

In Windsurfing, a derivative of traditional surfing, skegs are also often used as a central stabilizing fin ( hydrofoil ) located at the rear of the board.

Many other scales, both diatonic and synthetic, can be obtained by adjusting the pedals differently from each other ; also, many chords in traditional harmony can be obtained by adjusting pedals so that some notes are enharmonic equivalents of others, and this is central to harp technique.

In traditional equity investment, indices play a central and unambiguous role.

As with previous projects, abundant green spaces were central to Pei's vision, which also added traditional townhouses to aid the transition from classical to modern design.

Independence from men as oppressors was a central tenet of lesbian-feminism, and many believers strove to separate themselves physically and economically from traditional male-centered culture.

Martial traditions have been influenced by governments to become more sport-like for political purposes ; the central impetus for the attempt by the People's Republic of China in transforming Chinese martial arts into the committee-regulated sport of wushu was suppressing what they saw as the potentially subversive aspects of martial training, especially under the traditional system of family lineages.

Historically, they have shown little interest in the central and southern parts of Namibia, where conditions do not suit their traditional way of life.

Most traditional Wiccans worship the god and goddess, and a central part of Wiccan liturgy involves the Great Rite ; an act of actual or symbolic ritual sexual intercourse between the two deities.

The elimination of central control over production decisions, especially in the consumer goods sector, led to the breakdown in traditional supply-demand relationships without contributing to the formation of new ones.

Qi is the central underlying principle in traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts.

Following the outbreak of the civil war and the ensuing collapse of the central government, Somalia's residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution, either secular, traditional or Islamic law, with a provision for appeal of all sentences.

is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

In 2008, Berdimuhamedow restored the traditional names of the months and days of the week ( Niyazov had renamed them after himself and his mother, among other things ), and announced plans to move the infamous gold rotating statue of Niyazov from Ashgabat's central square.

Tarja Halonen was born on 24 December 1943 in the district of Kallio which is a traditional working-class area in central Helsinki.

The badnjak is a central feature in the traditional Serbian Christmas celebration.

* Meridian ( Chinese medicine ) ( or channel ), a concept central to traditional Chinese medical techniques such as acupuncture, and to martial arts such as tai chi and qigong

The traditional central station ( Hauptbahnhof ) has been reduced to the status of a regional station since the opening of the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line in 1991 and its station ( Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ) on the high-speed line at which the InterCityExpress ( ICE ) and InterCity services call.

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck's reforms, however, although lessening the authority of the absolute monarchy, also curbed the traditional decentralization of political authority among regional leaders and strengthened the role of the central government in economic and social programs.

The Oakland Mills Village Center had a traditional Village Center layout — stores located off a central corridor — until its demolition in the late 1990s.

* Malagasy cultural traditions shared with Austronesians of Taiwan, the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, New Zealand, and the Philippines including ancient customs, such as burying the dead within a canoe in the sea or in a lake, the cultivation of traditional Austronesian crops such as taro orsaonjo, banana, coconut, and sugar cane, traditional architecture with a square house plan, music and musical instruments such as the Antsiva conch, the hazolahy drum, the atranatrana xylophone, sodina flute, or the valiha tube zither, and dance, including the " bird dance " found both in central and southern regions.

The revolution's principles of popular sovereignty, though central to democratic principles of later eras, marked a decisive break from the absolute monarchical principle that was at the heart of traditional French government.

Why, in the first place, call himself a liberal if he is against laissez-faire and favors an authoritarian central government with womb-to-tomb controls over everybody??

In other words, atrocities by savages wearing the uniform of the central government might be condoned, had the victims been serving the cause of dissident Katanga.

In 1951 the pool's operation was transferred to the newly-created Department of Administration, an agency established as the central staff and auxiliary department of the state government.

To achieve this goal of balanced development, communications between the central government and the local communities must be such that the needs and aspirations of the people themselves are effectively taken into account.

Second, there were those ( Moise Tshombe ) who favored near-Balkanization, a loose federalism having a central government of limited authority, with much power residing in the states.

Third, there were those ( notably Patrice Lumumba ) who favored a unified Congo with a very strong central government.

The intense secrecy surrounding the base, whose very existence the U. S. government did not even acknowledge until 29 September 1995, has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to unidentified flying object ( UFO ) folklore.

An expansion of British central authority and the evolution of tribal government resulted in the 1920 establishment of two advisory councils representing Africans and Europeans.

The federal government exercises control over the central government and is divided into three independent branches: executive, legislative and judicial.

* Brazilian Naval Revolt ( 1893-1894 ): Were armed mutinies promoted mainly by Admirals Custodio de Mello and Saldanha da Gama and their fleet of Brazilian Navy ships against unconstitucional staying in power of the central government in Rio de Janeiro.

Early descriptions of the production process and glazing techniques used for bricks can be found in the Song Dynasty carpenter's manual Yingzao Fashi, published in 1103 by the government official Li Jie, who was put in charge of overseeing public works for the central government's construction agency.

This involves a central bank buying back long term government bonds from other domestic financial institutions without reference to the interest rate ( which is typically low when QE is called for ), seriously increasing the money supply.

In the real world, a potential difficulty is that currency markets are far from a free market, with government and central banks being major players, and this is unlikely to change within the foreseeable future.

Malloum was ousted from the presidency, but the resulting civil war amongst the 11 emergent factions was so widespread that it rendered the central government largely irrelevant.

The Chadian government denied a warning issued by the French Embassy in N ' Djamena that a group of rebels was making its way through the Batha Prefecture in central Chad.

President Prieto had four main accomplishments: implementation of the 1833 constitution, stabilization of government finances, defeat of provincial challenges to central authority, and victory over the Peru-Bolivia Confederation.

The central government deficit decreased to 3. 2 % of GDP in 1999, down from 3. 3 % from the year before.

Controlling the budget deficit remains the single biggest challenge for the country's economic policy makers, as interest costs on the accumulated central government debt consumes the equivalent of 30 % of the government's total revenues.

* supported a stronger central government.

* favoured a weak central government presiding over two sovereign states in voluntary association, a legacy of earlier fears of domination by the majority Greek Cypriots ; and

With the restoration of firm central government, the empire became fabulously wealthy.

Usually, a government declares its currency ( including notes and coins issued by the central bank ) to be legal tender, making it unlawful to not accept it as a means of repayment for all debts, public and private.

Convertibility of a currency determines the ability of an individual, corporate or government to convert its local currency to another currency or vice versa with or without central bank / government intervention.