- [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.535023,17.843299&spn=0.020507,0.030088&t=k&hl=en Satelitná fotografia Sokoloviec (Google Maps)]
Kategória:Obce na Slovensku
Svetové strany:
- najsevernejší bod: Babia hora (dedina Oravská Polhora) na štátnej hranici (49 st. 37 min. sev. šírky, 19 st. 28 min. vých. dĺžky)
- najjužnejší bod: Patince (47 st. 44 min. sev. šírky, 18 st. 17 min. vých. dĺžky)
- najzápadnejší bod: Záhorská Ves (48 st. 23 min. sev. šírky, 16 st. 50 min. vých. dĺžky)
- najvýchodnejší bod: Nová Sedlica (hraničný trojmedzník) (49 st. 05 min. sev. šírky, 22 st. 34 min. vých. dĺžky)
Nadmorská výška:
- najvyšší bod: Gerlachovský štít (2 654,4 m n. m.)
- najnižší bod: Bodrog pri hraniciach s Maďarskom (94 m n. m.)
Stredy:
- stred Slovenska: kóta Ľubietovský Vepor-Hrb (+/- 5-10 km)(48 st. 44 min. sev. šírky, 19 st. 28 min. vých. dĺžky)
- stred Európy (zemepisný): kostol sv. Jána v Kremnických Baniach (+/- 5-10 km)(48 st. 45 min. sev. šírky, 18 st. 55 min. vých. dĺžky)
Hranice:
- najkratšia s Ukrajinou (98 km)
- najdlhšia s Maďarskom (678 km)
Vzdialenosti (vzdušné):
- najväčšia dĺžka: 428,8 medzi hranicami Záhorská Ves a Nová Sedlica
- najkratšia šírka: 77,6 medzi hranicami Orlov a Hosťovce nad Bodvou - najkratšia vzdialenosť k moru: 361 km k Rijeke pri Jadranskom mori
Obyvatelia sú väčšinou Slováci (86%), ale žijú tu aj Maďari (10%, najmä pri hraniciach s Maďarskom), Rómovia (1,7%), menšími menšinami sú Česi, Rusíni a Ukrajinci, Nemci a Poliaci.
Podiel Rómov podľa posledného sčítania (čiže na základe ich vlastnej definície) je 1,7%, no podľa rozhovorov s komunálnymi predstaviteľmi a starostami (čiže na základe definície zvyšného obyvateľstva) 5,6%. Treba si však uvedomiť, že v prípade uvedených 5,6 % treba znížiť hore uvedené percento Slovákov a Maďarov (najmä Maďarov) celkovo o 4 percentuálne body.
Menšinové jazyky sa môžu používať v styku s úradmi v obciach, kde podiel obyvateľstva prevyšuje 20% percent. V praxi sa to týka stoviek maďarských, niekoľko rusínskych/ukrajinských a jednej nemeckej obce.
Náboženstvo
Slovenská ústava zaručuje slobodu vierovyznania. Väčšina obyvateľov sú rímski katolíci (68,9 %); druhou najväčšou skupinou sú bez vyznania (9,7%), treťou evanjelici a.v.(6,9%), štvrtou grécki katolíci (4,1%), piatou reformovaní (2,0%) a šiestou pravoslávni (0,9).
Dairy Queen is a fast-food restaurantfranchise that was founded in 1940. With 5,900 restaurants in 22 countriesas of 2003, it is one of the largest in the world. Much of its early growth occurred in rural areas of the United States, and references to the small-town "DQ" occur repeatedly in both the popular and literary culture of the US. For many years the franchise's slogan was "We treat you right!", in recent years it has been changed to "DQ something different." The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and is headquartered in Edina, Minnesota.
History
"Sherb’s" was the name of a small ice cream store that opened on South West Avenue, in Kankakee, Illinois on August 4, 1938. The proprietor of the store, thirty-year-old Sherwood Dick “Sherb” Noble, a native of Clemens, Iowa, had been associated with dairy products from his teen-age years. What his customers were offered that day in Kankakee for 10¢ was a new semi-frozen, "soft serve" dairy product formulated by a recent acquaintance and new business partner, J. F. McCullough.
The first Dairy Queen outlet opened by Noble in Joliet, Illinois on June 22, 1940. DQ was an early pioneer of food franchising, with the 10 stores of 1941 expanding to 100 by 1947, 1,446 in 1950 and 2,600 in 1955. The first store in Canada opened in Estevan, Saskatchewan in 1953. The present Dairy Queen logo was introduced in 1959. The company became "International Dairy Queen, Inc." (IDQ) in 1962. It was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 1998.
Dennis the Menace appeared in Dairy Queen marketing from 1972 until 2002, when he was dropped because Dairy Queen felt children could no longer relate to the character.
The company's products expanded to include malts and milkshakes in 1949, banana splits in 1951, "Dilly Bars" in 1955, "Mr. Misty" slush treats in 1961, and a range of hamburgers and other cooked foods in the late 1950s, under the Brazier banner. A very popular Dairy Queen treat today is the Blizzard, which is ice cream with candy bits blended in (Oreo Blizzards are very popular, as well as one with Butterfinger candy mixed in); it has been a staple on the menu since 1985. Other popular items include ice cream sundaes and the blended coffee drink, the MooLatte.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Dairy Queens in small towns of the Midwestern and Southern United States, especially Texas, were often a center of social life. In that role they have often come to be referenced as a symbol of life in small-town America, as for instance in Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at Sixty and Beyond by Larry McMurtry, Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman, and Chevrolet Summers, Dairy Queen Nights by Bob Greene. Some of the popular items on the Texas menu include the Hungr-buster and Belt-bustr hamburgers. Bob Phillips, host of a popular Texas syndicated television program named "Texas Country Reporter" was the longtime spokesman for DQ in Texas.
The company's stores are operated under three brands, all bearing the distinctive Dairy Queen logo and carrying the company's signature soft-serve ice cream: Small Dairy Queen stores (which serve a very abbreviated menu featuring primarily DQ frozen treats and hot dogs), medium-sized Dairy Queen Brazier stores (which serve a normal fast-food menu featuring burgers, French fries and processed fried chicken products in addition to the frozen treats and hot dogs) and large (and new) DQ Grill & Chill stores which have an expanded menu including breakfast. IDQ also operates the Karmelkorn and Orange Julius brands. DQ's current franchising efforts are primarily to open shopping mall outlets and Grill & Chill stores.
Its 100 (as of 1997) Japanese stores offered hamburgers, until the competition from McDonald's was too much; they switched to pitas.
Reference
- Caroline H. Otis, et al. The Cone With the Curl on Top: The "Dairy Queen" Story. International Dairy Queen Inc., 1990.
External links
- [http://www.dairyqueen.com/ dairyqueen.com] - Dairy Queen Consumer website
- [http://www.idq.com/ International Dairy Queen] - corporate website
- [http://www.cmhpf.org/essaydairyqueenw.htm An essay on a North Carolina DQ]
- [http://www.framingbusiness.net/tomcruisedairyqueen.htm The Tom Cruise / Dairy Queen Incident]
- [http://www.davidsdairyqueen.com/history.html A short DQ history]
- [http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050802/LIFE05/508020307/1075/life05 Dairy Queen francise owner Omar Knedlik's invention of the slush drink]
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