title: William Dale Montgomery

text:
William Dale Montgomery (born 1945) is a retired United States diplomat. He served as the US ambassador in Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro.

Early life and education
Montgomery has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Bucknell University and a Master's degree in Business Administration in International Business from George Washington University. While working for the Department of State, he attended the National War College for its one-year program in 1986-87.

Career
Montgomery served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to 1970, including one year of service in the War in Vietnam. He started his career as a United States Foreign Service Officer in 1974. He was Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and then Deputy Secretary of State Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr. He was Deputy Chief of the Mission in Sofia from June 1988 to May 1991.

His other assignments have included Economic-Commercial Officer in the Embassy in Belgrade, Commercial Officer and Political Officer in the Embassy in Moscow, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Dar es Salaam, as well as assignments in Washington, D.C. He served as US Ambassador to Bulgaria from October 1993 to January 1996. In 1996-1997, he served in US State Department Special Advisor for Bosnian Peace Implementation.

Montgomery was selected as Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro upon the re-establishment of diplomatic relations on 17 November 2000, and was confirmed as the US Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro on 15 November 2001. He retired in February 2004.

Awards
At the end of his tour as Deputy Chief of Mission, the Bulgarian government awarded him the Order Of The Madara Horseman, First Class. At the end of his tour as Ambassador to Bulgaria, Montgomery was awarded the Order of the Stara Planina, First Class, by the Government of Bulgaria.

He has one Distinguished Honor Award, two individual and two group Superior Honor Awards, and one Meritorious Honor Award from the US Department of State. He is also a recipient of an ABA-CEELI award for his efforts to promote the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe.

His army decorations include the Bronze Star, Army Commendation Medal with "V" (for valor), Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachute Badge, and Vietnam Service Medal.

Personal life
Montgomery is married to the former Lynne Germain, and they have three children. He speaks Russian, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian.

His wife Lynne German Montgomery is "said to have brought about the downfall of ambassador William Montgomery, 58, the most powerful diplomat in the region, who is leaving his post nine months early."

References

Sources

 Office of the Historian: William Dale Montgomery

Ambassadors of the United States to Serbia
Ambassadors of the United States to Bulgaria
George Washington University School of Business alumni
Ambassadors of the United States to Croatia
1945 births
Living people
United States Foreign Service personnel
Bucknell University alumni


title: Stony Brook Village Center

text:
Stony Brook Village Center is a
colonial-style campus of businesses located in downtown Stony Brook, New York.  Some 60 miles from Manhattan, the village center was the creation of philanthropist and businessman Ward Melville. The center blends shopping, restaurants, history, music, art and nature. Now consisting of 35 shops, it includes small locally owned businesses and national stores like Chico's and LOFT, as well as seven eateries.

Surrounded by history and National and State landmarks, Stony Brook Village Center exists as the window to the past, and a door to the future of lifestyle communities. The Stony Brook Grist Mill (), and the Hercules Pavilion, which houses the U.S.S Ohio's Hercules figurehead and the Polaris Whaleboat (the only surviving artifact of the 1870 Charles Hall expedition to the arctic) are a two-minute walk from the center. Immediately across from the center is Avalon Park and Preserve, a 140-acre park with multiple trails for the public year-round.

Other environs of Stony Brook Village Center include the Three Village Inn, the Jazz Loft and the Long Island Museum. The Three Village Inn is a historic establishment that offers lodging both at the main house and in cottages, as well as 250 seat restaurant. The Mirabelle Restaurant and Tavern is located inside the inn, with Executive Chef Guy Reuge providing “fresh-meets-French cuisine”. The Jazz Loft is a museum and music venue that resides directly across from the Three Village Inn on one side, and Stony Brook Village Center on the other. The Long Island Museum, which holds exhibits of American art, history and carriages and the historic Country House Restaurant (c. 1710) are moments away at the entrance to the village.

History

Looking to escape the stresses of city life at the dawn of the twentieth century, Brooklyn residents Frank and Jennie Melville planned a Long Island summer retreat with their son, Ward. Intending to reach the popular Hamptons on the East End of Long Island, they accidentally boarded the wrong train and instead traveled to the hamlet of Stony Brook.

Ultimately falling in love with the quaint village, Frank and Jennie immersed themselves in local life. Jennie urged civic cooperation among the three neighboring communities of Stony Brook, Old Field, and Setauket and tagged them the “Three Villages,” while Frank served on civic boards and the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1922, Ward Melville succeeded his father as Chief Executive Officer of the Melville Corporation - the third largest retailer in the United States at the time (with chains that would later include CVS Drugs, Marshalls, KB Toys, etc.) - and purchased the land surrounding the location of where Stony Brook Village Center would be built. Ward joined in his parents’ passion for conservation and economic development. He actively worked to formulate a plan to fulfill Jennie Melville’s dream of a beautiful, planned business community with the help of his wife, Dorothy.

Starting in 1939, Ward extensively renovated the Old Hallock Homestead he had inherited from his mother, and renamed it the Three Village Inn. At a meeting at the Three Village Inn in January 1939, only six years after the Great Depression, Melville invited the existing businesses and presented his plan - a living Williamsburg, complete with colonial-styled shops, cast iron lampposts and bluestone walkways. He sought the community’s approval – and received it. He would pay for everything with his own funds.

Once construction was completed in 1941, Stony Brook Village Center became the first planned business community in the United States.  A business community was an important way to promote entrepreneurship and interaction.  Melville used $500,000 of his own funds - the equivalent of nine million dollars today - into rehabilitating and reinventing Stony Brook Village. The enormous undertaking also included the moving or razing 35 buildings, rerouting roads, relocating large trees, and moving one million cubic yards of dirt. A two-acre Village Green was created opening the vista to the harbor. The new Stony Brook Village Center, which now housed many of the existing businesses of old Stony Brook, was completed in the summer of 1941, and the least merchant opened December 7, 1941. It has long been recognized as the first planned shopping center in the country. In fact, it is where the American Institute of Architects held their annual meeting for many years.

After completion, he deeded everything to the Stony Brook Community Fund, a not for profit organization, so that he could not be accused of personal gain. Stony Brook Community Fund would later be renamed the Ward Melville Heritage Organization in 1996.

Today
Today, the center is considered a lifestyle center and has a combination of convenience stores and specialty stores. It still retains its small town flavor being home to a cleaners, optician, post office, deli, flower shop, wine store, beauty salon, barber, dentist and gas station.  In addition to these convenience stores, the center has specialty shops such as several dress shops, a children’s clothing shop, and olive oil store, a coffee store, a jewelry store, a furniture store and seven restaurants, as well as a concert hall and museum.

Stony Brook Village Center is open seven days a week.

References

External links

Stony Brook Village Center official website

History

Looking to escape the stresses of city life at the dawn of the twentieth century, Brooklyn residents Frank and Jennie Melville planned a Long Island summer retreat with their son, Ward. Intending to reach the popular Hamptons on the East End of Long Island, they accidentally boarded the wrong train and instead traveled to the hamlet of Stony Brook.

Ultimately falling in love with the quaint village, Frank and Jennie immersed themselves in local life. They were troubled by the growing effects of the Great Depression and the area’s collection of rundown buildings. Jennie urged civic cooperation among the three neighboring communities of Stony Brook, Old Field, and Setauket and tagged them the “Three Villages,” while Frank served on civic boards and the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1922, Ward Melville succeeded his father as Chief Executive Officer of the Melville Corporation - the third largest retailer in the United States at the time (with chains that included CVS Drugs, Marshalls, KB Toys, etc.) - and purchased the land surrounding the location of where Stony Brook Village Center would be built. Ward joined in his parents’ passion for conservation and economic development. He actively worked to formulate a plan to fulfill Jennie Melville’s dream of a beautiful, planned business community with the help of his wife, Dorothy.

Starting in 1939, Ward extensively renovated the Old Hallock Homestead he had inherited from his mother, and renamed it the Three Village Inn.
At a meeting at the Three Village Inn in January 1939, only six years after the Great Depression, Melville invited the existing businesses and presented his plan - a living Williamsburg, complete with colonial-styled shops, cast iron lampposts and bluestone walkways. He sought the community’s approval – and received it. He would pay for everything with his own funds.

Once construction was completed in 1941, Stony Brook Village Center became the first planned business community in the United States.  A business community was an important way to promote entrepreneurship and interaction.  Melville used $500,000 of his own funds - the equivalent of nine million dollars today - into rehabilitating and reinventing Stony Brook Village. The enormous undertaking also included the moving or razing 35 buildings, rerouting roads, relocating large trees, and moving one million cubic yards of dirt. A two-acre Village Green was created opening the vista to the harbor. The new Stony Brook Village Center, which now housed many of the existing businesses of old Stony Brook, was completed in the summer of 1941, and the least merchant opened December 7, 1941. It has long been recognized as the first planned shopping center in the country. In fact, it is where the American Institute of Architects held their annual meeting for many years.

After completion, he deeded everything to the Stony Brook Community Fund, a not for profit organization, so that he could not be accused of personal gain. Stony Brook Community Fund would later be renamed the Ward Melville Heritage Organization in 1996.

Today
Today, the center is considered a lifestyle center and has a combination of convenience stores and specialty stores. It still retains its small town flavor being home to a cleaners, optician, post office, deli, flower shop, wine store, beauty salon, barber, dentist and gas station.  In addition to these convenience stores, the center has specialty shops such as several dress shops, a children’s clothing shop, and olive oil store, a coffee store, a jewelry store, a furniture store and seven restaurants, as well as a concert hall and museum.

Stony Brook Village Center is open seven days a week.

References

External links

Stony Brook Village Center official website

Brookhaven, New York
Tourist attractions in Suffolk County, New York
Commercial buildings completed in 1941


title: Traditional Sohbet meetings

text:
The traditional Sohbet meetings () is a Turkish social practice of community conversations. The communities consist exclusively of men above a certain age (typically 15 or 16), regardless of ethnicity, religion or status. The members  must have honest families, trustworthy to keep secrets, respectful of their elders, and not gamble or display public drunkenness. In addition to conversations, the meetings may also include dancing, music, plays, and feasts of traditional dishes.

Traditional Sohbet meetings were included in the UNESCO lists of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The decision of the UNESCO Committee stated:
Traditional Sohbet meetings are social practices that provide a forum for community members to keep alive their oral traditions, transmit their history and share their cultural values, providing them with a sense of identity and continuity;

Names and Places
The term sohbet is of Arabic origin and means "conversation", with the special accent on being a friendly conversation for pleasant pastime. The term is selected as a representative name for Unesco official documentation, while these meetings are known under various local names across Turkey: “Yâran Sohbeti” in Çankırı, “Yaren Organization” in Kütahya-Simav, “Sıra Gecesi” in Şanlıurfa, “Kürsübaşı Sohbeti” in Elazığ and “Barana Sohbets” in Balıkesir-Dursunbey. Similar meetings can be seen with different names as “cümbüş” in Ankara and its surroundings,  “Delikanlı Örgütü” in Kazan District of Ankara, “Gençler Heyeti” in Niğde-Dündarlı, “Gezek” in  Kütahya City Center and Isparta, “Kef/Keyif” in Antalya and Isparta, “Muhabbet” in Beypazarı  District of Ankara, Kırşehir, Yozgat, Karabük Safranbolu, “Oda Teşkilatı” in Balıkesir-Edremit,  Manisa-Soma, “Oturmah” in Van, “Sıra Yârenleri” in Konya-Akşehir, ; Ardahan Erfene/Arfane in Ardahan, Gezek in Afyon, Erfane/Gezek in Bursa, Sıra Gecesi/Herfene in Erzincan, Velime Geceleri in Diyarbakır.

References

Further reading
The nomination file contains an extensive list of literature on the subject (in Turkish language).

Culture of Turkey
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Traditional knowledge
Meetings


title: Harold D. Toomey

text:
Harold Dean Toomey (January 20, 1898 – March 11, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life
He was born on January 20, 1898, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of J. D. Toomey (1868–1932). The family removed to Mount Vernon, New York where Harold attended the public schools and A. B. Davis High School. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of lieutenant in the field artillery. He graduated from Yale University and Fordham Law School. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Mount Vernon in partnership with his father.

Toomey was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Westchester County. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Co., 3rd D.) from 1948 until his death in 1953, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th and 169th New York State Legislatures.

He died during the legislative session on March 11, 1953, in his hotel room in Albany, New York, of a heart attack.

Sources

1898 births
1953 deaths
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Politicians from Mount Vernon, New York
Politicians from Bridgeport, Connecticut
Yale University alumni
Fordham University School of Law alumni
County legislators in New York (state)
20th-century American politicians
Lawyers from Bridgeport, Connecticut
20th-century American lawyers


title: Nawan Pind Jattan

text:
Nawan Pind Jattan is a village in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar District in the Indian state of Punjab. The village is located 7 km from Nakodar and 32 km from the main district city of Jalandhar. The village contains all mixed faiths.

Villages in Jalandhar district
Villages in Nakodar tehsil


title: Sause Bros., Inc.

text:
Sause Bros., Inc., a pioneering Oregon ocean towing company founded in 1936, is a privately held, fourth-generation family company serving routes along the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii and other islands of the South Pacific, as well as Alaska. It maintains a sixty-vessel fleet of tugboats and barges, employing approximately 400 people at its facilities in Coos Bay, Portland, and Rainier, Oregon; in Long Beach, California; and in Honolulu and Kalaeloa, Hawaii.

Though the company started with a single wooden tugboat in 1936, as of 2015 Sause Bros. has a modern fleet, including double-hull barges. The company's Southern Oregon Marine division repairs and maintains the fleet, as well as designing and building new vessels.

Sause Bros.' history includes two fatal accidents and a 1988 oil spill.

History
Sause Bros. was established in 1936 by Henry and Curtis Sause and is currently a fourth-generation family company. According to Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., "Sause is a privately owned family business with a longstanding marine history. It has the most modern fleet of double-hull liquid cargo barges on the U.S. West Coast."

The business began with a single wooden tugboat moving timber rafts along the northwest Pacific coast of the US, from Tillamook Bay north to ports on the Columbia River and Grays Harbor, Washington. By the early 1940s Sause Bros. had added two more tugboats, as well as barges to haul finished lumber products.

The business continued to grow. In 1947, when Henry Sause Jr. became president, general manager and majority shareholder, the company incorporated as Sause Bros. Ocean Towing, and by 1951 the company had added southern routes to transport cargo to Long Beach, California. Fifteen years later, Sause Bros. expanded its barge service to include Hawaii, and extended its delivery services throughout the islands of the South Pacific. By 1976 the company had also ventured into chemical transportation and coastal petroleum transportation.

Sause Bros. opened a shipyard, Southern Oregon Marine (SOMAR), in 1979, east of Coos Bay, Oregon. The SOMAR division of Sause Bros. constructs, modifies, repairs, and maintains the company's fleet of tugs and barges, including line-haul and ship-assist tugs, lumber barges, covered house barges, and double hull liquid cargo barges. During the mid-'70s, Sause Bros. had two single-screw 104 ft (32 m) tugs, the Joseph Sause and the Henry Sause, built in Louisiana. Over the years, SOMAR has lengthened these two tugs, increased the beam, and added new engines and twin screws to gain more working deck space fore and aft. These changes also made possible a larger pilot house, located near the center of the boat.

In 1983 the company incorporated as Sause Bros., Inc., extending cargo delivery throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the South Pacific.  The firm has since consolidated its business operations under Sause Bros., Inc. In the mid-1990s the company began cargo handling operations in Long Beach, California, with inner harbor transportation services to oil drilling islands of the harbor.

Sause Bros. changed its base of operations for Hawaii-bound barges in 2002, from Portland to the Port of Longview in Washington, citing proximity to Weyerhauser's dock for loading lumber products, as well as "an excellent working relationship with the ILWU Local 21, with better shipping arrangements." By 2009, Sause Bros. moved across the Columbia to Teevin Terminal in Rainier, Oregon, and consolidated its cargo operations there because of multimodal rail and trucking connections.

Vessel design and development

The Professional Mariner quoted company president Dale Sause's observation: "It isn't any one thing that makes a tug and barge efficient.... It is a total of a lot of small things."

In 1999 the company's SOMAR division built its first tug, Tira Lani, "from the stern up" with azimuth stern drive and a structural steel frame that would support the exhaust pipes and protect the pilot house. The vessel's propulsion system has a service speed of 13 knots (24 kilometers per hour), a bollard pull astern of more than 50 US tons (45.4 T), and a bollard pull ahead of 60 US tons (54.4 T).

A few years after SOMAR built the Tira Lani, the company "embarked on a 20-year vessel-modernization program. The program includes renovating old boats as well as constructing new ones," according to MarineLink.com. In 2003, Sause Bros. ordered replacement engines with low emissions and minimal exhaust smoke for its harbor tug Kamaehu. SOMAR has also been retrofitting the fleet's engines to use ultra-low sulphur fuel to "achieve 80 percent carbon reduction for its Hawaii common carrier service" by the end of 2014.

Professional Mariner reports the company has continued building its fleet considering "a wide range of performance factors." By 2004, Sause Bros. had ordered a series of five new barges from Gunderson Marine, including a 100,000 barrel double-hull oil barge, the largest double-hull vessel ever built by Gunderson. The design processes include the use of computational fluid dynamics to simulate water flow around a vessel's hull at various speeds, identifying fluid dynamics affecting drag and fuel efficiency of barges and tugs. In 2006, Dale Sause tank tested hydralift skegs on a new barge with Josip Gruzling of Nautican Research & Development Ltd. in Sweden.

In 2007, Sause Bros. took delivery on a new tug, Mikonia, that had been constructed at the J.M. Martinac shipyard in Tacoma, Washington. This tug was paired with a new barge, Monterey Bay. According to Professional Mariner, company president Dale Sause claimed much improved fuel efficiency: "Ten years ago we built vessels that made 514 miles per gallon per ton when towing," he said. "But this one will make 1,200 miles per gallon per ton, and the next generation is expected to make 1,500."

The following year, the company introduced Kamakani, a 438 ft (133.5 m) deck cargo barge at SOMAR in Coos Bay. It was characterized as "the result of 10 years of evolution" in the company's bay class barges, 8 ft (2.4 m) longer and 29 ft (9 m) wider than the previous four barges. New technology incorporated a streamlined hull, lateral slats like the wing of an airplane, new hydro-lift foil for steering, and thick, rubbery paint on the barge to weather-seal the Kamakani, doubling the life expectancy to 30 years.

More recently, Sause Bros. took delivery in 2013 on the Columbia, a new barge to serve routes between Hawaii and the mainland. The Columbia is slightly larger than the Kamakani, and is the twenty-first barge in the Sause Bros. fleet. Innovations in design of this barge include a re-shaped bow and hydrofoil skegs, which offer less towing resistance.

Services
The company "transports lumber, plywood, paper, petroleum products, chemicals, bulk commodities,  oversized, overweight, or specialty cargoes."

Sause Bros., Inc., provides four types of marine services:
 ocean towing tugs across the Pacific and along the Pacific Coast
 oil transportation
 construction and maintenance of vessels at the company's Southern Oregon Marine shipyard
 heavy cargo transport via deck barges
Coos Aviation is also a division of Sause Bros.

Safety record
Sause Bros., Inc., subscribes to the International Safety Management Code, and has developed its own internal Safety Management System. However, the company's early history does include some fatal incidents and an oil spill in 1988.

On January 7, 1951, William Sause and three other men entered the cab of a heavy crane aboard a barge on the Skipanon River, a tributary of the Columbia near Astoria, Oregon. When they started the crane's engine, the engine vibrations sent the crane toppling backwards into the water. One man, John Gibson, jumped clear. Sause and Harold Holmes were knocked unconscious and then were rescued by Gibson; the fourth man, Charles Sanderson, was trapped in the cab and drowned at the bottom of the river.

A second fatal incident occurred November 1, 1958, when Henry Sause, Jr., then the company's president, and two other men went out in a motor launch to take soundings on a sand bar in the Siletz River. The launch capsized in heavy seas while they were seeking a route to get the stranded tug Columbia out to sea. Henry Sause managed to swim to shore, but the other two, Mel Jorgenson and Ralph Hunt, were drowned.

An oil spill off Gray's Harbor occurred in 1988 when the tow wire from the Sause Bros. tug Ocean Service parted in heavy seas. The tug struck the barge Nestucca while trying to put a line up, opening a nearly 4 ft (1.2 m) gash below the waterline. The early leak estimate was 70,000 US gal (264 m3), but in the final analysis, the loss was determined to be more than 200,000 US gal (757 m3), affecting marine environments from California to British Columbia.

References

External links
 Sause Bros.

Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1938
Privately held companies based in Oregon
Shipbuilding companies of Oregon
Shipping companies of the United States
1938 establishments in Oregon
Coos Bay, Oregon
Transport companies established in 1938


title: The Call of the North

text:
The Call of the North may refer to:

 The Call of the North (1914 film), a 1914 American silent adventure-drama film
 The Call of the North (1921 film), a 1921 American silent film
 The Call of the North (1929 film), a 1929 German silent film
 The Call of the North, a 1908 play by George Broadhurst
 Call of the North, a 2023 album by Frozen Crown


title: Binuluangan

text:
Binuluangan (historically Balin) is an inhabited island-barangay in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. In 2010 it had a population of 1,682. There is an elementary school on the island.

Location and geography

Binuluangan is a wooded island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is  west of Calagnaan Island and separated from that island by the Nilidlaran Pass. Binuluangan is surrounded by several small islands and islets, including Tabugon and Tabugon Chico to the north, Himamylan and Adcalayo to the south, and Nilidlaran (variously Linadlaran) to the southeast.

Natural disasters

Typhoon Haiyan
Binuluangan was one of several islands to receive aid from  in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

See also

 List of islands in the Philippines

References

External links
 Binuluangan Island at OpenStreetMap

Islands of Iloilo
Barangays of Iloilo


title: Nam Phong National Park

text:
Nam Phong National Park () is a national park in Thailand's Khon Kaen and Chaiyaphum provinces. This mountainous park, in two separate sections, encompasses part of the Ubol Ratana Dam reservoir and also features rock formations and cliff-top viewpoints. The park is named for the Nam Phong River, impounded by the dam.

Geography
Nam Phong National Park is located about  west of the city of Khon Kaen in the Ubolratana, Ban Fang, Nong Ruea, Mancha Khiri and Khok Pho Chai districts of Khon Kaen Province and the Ban Thaen and Kaeng Khro districts of Chaiyaphum Province. The park's area is 123,125 rai ~ . The park is located in the Phu Phan Kham mountain range in the northern section and the Phu Meng mountain range in the southern section. Rivers such as the Nam Phong, Chi and Choen are fed by sources within the park's boundaries.

Attractions
Part of the Ubol Ratana Dam reservoir is in the park's northern section and is located by the park headquarters. Hin Chang Si viewpoint, also in the park's northern section, offers views over the reservoir, forested landscapes and east to Khon Kaen. There are also prehistoric rock paintings at this location.

There are rock formations at Pha Chan Dai and Kham Phon. There are viewpoints at Pha Sawan and Hin Chang Si. Phu Meng mountain's forests host a wide variety of animal and plant life.

The Huai Khe waterfall is in the park's southern section.

Flora and fauna
The park's main forest type is deciduous dipterocarp, covering 80% of the park's area. The remainder of the park is mixed deciduous forest and grassland.

Tree species include Shorea obtusa, Shorea siamensis, Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, wild almond, Annamese burada, Hopea ferrea and Cycas.

The park serves as a sanctuary for animals including wild boar, northern red muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis), porcupine, pangolin and Siamese hare. Bird life includes white wagtail, grey wagtail, Richard's pipit, sooty-headed bulbul, kingfisher and munia.

See also
List of national parks of Thailand
List of Protected Areas Regional Offices of Thailand

References

External links
 Concise Nam Phong National Park information from the Tourism Authority of Thailand

National parks of Thailand
Geography of Khon Kaen province
Tourist attractions in Khon Kaen province
Geography of Chaiyaphum province
Tourist attractions in Chaiyaphum province


title: Sohbet

text:
Sohbet, meaning "conversation", "discussion", "chat" in Turkish, may refer to:

 Traditional Sohbet meetings, a cultural tradition in Turkey
 The discussion at the closing of the Jem Alevi ceremony
 An address of a Sufi leader to the community; see

See also
 Söhbətli


title: Henri Kirpach

text:
Henri Kirpach (2 March 1841 – 25 April 1911) was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer.

Kirpach was born in 1841 in Mamer. After studying in Heidelberg and Paris, he started business in Luxembourg City as a lawyer.

In 1870 he was first elected into the Chamber of Deputies.

On 6 August 1878 he became Director-General (Minister) for the Interior in the Blochausen Ministry. From 1885, he remained in this post in the Eyschen government, up until 1910.

His name is connected with the education law of 20 April 1881, also known as the loi Kirpach ("Kirpach law"), which made school attendance mandatory between the ages of 6 and 12. This reform provoked bitter debates over the role of the state in society and the relations between church and state. The law also provided for a single system of public schools, and made it the state's duty to organise education. At the same time, however, the church remained involved, since the local parish priest was an ex officio member of the local commune's school commission, and the schoolteacher was under his supervision.

On 1 January 1910 Henri Kirpach became a member of the Council of State.

He died in 1913 in Luxembourg City.

Honours
 Grand Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown (1894)

References

People from Mamer
1841 births
1913 deaths
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
19th-century Luxembourgian lawyers


title: Annik Honoré

text:
Annik Honoré (12 October 1957 – 3 July 2014) was a Belgian journalist and music promoter best known for her association with Ian Curtis, the former lead singer and lyricist of Joy Division. She co-founded record labels Les Disques du Crépuscule and Factory Benelux.

Early life
Honoré was born in Mons, Belgium on 12 October 1957. As a teenager she became interested in rock music, attending various concerts in London as well as other locations. She moved to London in 1979, taking a job as a secretary at the Belgian Embassy.

In late 1979, Honoré and journalist Michel Duval began promoting musical events at the Raffinerie du Plan K venue in Brussels. Joy Division, and Cabaret Voltaire performed on the club's opening night on 16 October. A few months later, in 1980, Honoré and Duval founded Factory Benelux as a Continental offshoot of Factory Records as well as Les Disques du Crépuscule, an independent Belgian music label. Honoré chose the name "Crépuscule."

In the summer of 1984, she was the tour manager of Front 242 during their American tour.

Relationship with Ian Curtis
According to Honoré, in a 2010 interview, her relationship with Ian Curtis, which ended with his death in 1980, was platonic. Curtis' widow, Deborah Curtis, has characterised the relationship, which she claims began in August 1979, as an "affair".

In Control, the Ian Curtis biographical film directed by Anton Corbijn in 2007, Honoré was played by Alexandra Maria Lara. and Ian Curtis was played by actor Sam Riley, Lara's husband.

Later life
Honoré left the music business in 1985. From 1986 she worked as a civil servant, specifically as a secretary in the Research and Innovation department of the European Commission in Brussels. She had two children, Bertrand and Sasha. She died of cancer on 3 July 2014.

References

External links

1957 births
2014 deaths
Belgian journalists
Belgian women journalists
Belgian music critics
Belgian women critics
Women music critics
People from Mons
Factory Records
Joy Division
Place of death missing


title: The Captive City

text:
The Captive City may refer to:

 The Captive City (1952 film), a 1952 film noir directed by Robert Wise
 The Captive City (1962 film), a 1962 Italian English-language war film directed by Joseph Anthony
 The Captive City, a novel by John Appleby


title: Khambhat Assembly constituency

text:
Khambhat is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Anand district.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,

 Khambhat Taluka

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2022

2017

2012

See also
 List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

References

External links

Assembly constituencies of Gujarat
Anand district


title: Concordia-Minnesota

text:
Concordia-Minnesota may refer to:

 Concordia University (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
 Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)


title: Grocott's Mail

text:
Grocott’s Mail is the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South Africa. Founded in 1870 (but incorporating the Grahamstown Journal which was founded in 1831), this weekly newspaper has survived many years and is today the only newspaper that is published in Grahamstown.

Founding
Thomas Henry Grocott was the founder of Grocott’s Free Paper, established on 7 May 1870 from premises in High Street, which is a listed heritage site. The gable of the building, with its Victorian and Flemish features, bears the date 1869-1906, while the present façade was added in 1906 after a devastating fire.

Twentieth century
In 1920 Grocott and Sherry bought out the Grahamstown Journal and the two publishers decided to issue a single daily edition due to the post war paper shortage.

In 1965 the newspaper was published biweekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Since 2013 the paper is published on Fridays only.

Recent history
Grocott’s Mail was acquired by a Rhodes University-linked company in 2003. The broad objective of the acquisition is to ensure the survival of Grocott’s Mail and to use it for the teaching of journalism students at the university. Rhodes journalism students, working under supervision, provide stories, photographs and designs to readers.  Named in honour of a former journalist, the company is known as the David Rabkin Project for Experimental Journalism. Rhodes intends that Grocott's Mail will remain a community newspaper for the whole city and its surrounds.

See also

References

Further reading

External links

Weekly newspapers published in South Africa
Student newspapers published in South Africa
Mass media in Makhanda, Eastern Cape
1870 establishments in the Cape Colony
Newspapers established in 1870


title: List of theatrical comedies

text:
This is a list of theatrical comedies.

France
Les affaires sont les affaires (trans. Business is business), by Octave Mirbeau (1903).
La Puce a l'Oreille (trans. "A Flea in Her Ear"), by Georges Feydeau

India

 Kithaab. by Rafeeq Mangalassery.

Russia
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol (made into the Danny Kaye screen musical The Inspector General.)

United Kingdom
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (adapted for film and television numerous times)
Much Ado About Nothing and half a dozen others by William Shakespeare
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
Comic operas by Gilbert and Sullivan including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, The Mikado and many others.

United States
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Grease
Into the Woods
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Personal Appearance
London Calling
Many American stage musicals have a strong comedic element.

See also
Lists of comedy films
List of comedy television series
List of radio comedies

References

Lists of plays


title: Borsad Assembly constituency

text:
Borsad is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.

It is part of Anand district.

List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following villages. This assembly seat represents the following segments,

 Borsad Taluka (Part) Villages - Bhadran, Pamol, Kasumbad, Harkhapura, Bodal, Davol, Golel, Rudel, Nisaraya, Vasna ( Borsad), Kasari, Chuva, Uneli, Ranoli, Khanpur, Virsad, Jantral, Vasna ( Ras), Saijpur, Jharola, Vadeli,  Alarsa, Pipli, Khedasa, Sisva, Ras, Amiyad, Banejda, Kandhroti, Kanbha, Divel, Kathol, Umlav, Valvod, Dhanavasi, Kinkhlod, Moti Sherdi, Nani Sherdi, Gorva, Kathana, Dali, Kalu, Badalpur, Kankapura, Dahewan, Salol, Gajana, Kothiya khad, Kavitha, Borsad (M), Vasna Borsad (INA). Bhadraniya, vachhiyel.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2022

2017

2012

See also
 List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
 Anand district

References

External links

Assembly constituencies of Gujarat
Anand district


title: Ghatkesar railway station

text:
Ghatkesar (station code:GT), where, Ghat means Mountains and Kesar (Keseri) means Saffron of Persia, this is also a railway station located in Ghatkesar town, Medchal district on Secunderabad-Bibinagar line, which falls under South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad division. Ghatkesar is considered to be the capital suburbs of Hyderabad.
The Ghatkesar Railway Station is serviced for 18 trains daily. Most of these services pass through the station. The Kazipet – Secunderabad and Tenali –Guntur – Secunderabad which passes through the station

Services
Passenger train services from Secunderabad to Guntur and Kajipetta division
MEMU, DEMU, Passenger service starts from Bhongiri railway Station to Falaknuma railway station

Multi Modal Transport System (MMTS) Phase II work is nearing completion which will connect this Capitol suburbs with rest of the city over railway network.

Now Ghat Keseri station has four platforms and Quadru tracks to Secunderabad for operation of the MMTS Dedicated Corridor. It is a terminal end point of MMTS Phase two, and later extended to Yadhadhiri in the future pilgrimages.

References

Railway stations in Ranga Reddy district


title: Rhabdophis ceylonensis

text:
Rhabdophis ceylonensis is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. The species is commonly known as the Sri Lanka blossom krait, the Sri Lanka keelback, and මල් කරවලා (mal karawala) or නිහලුවා  (nihaluwa) in Sinhala. It is a moderately venomous snake.

Distribution and habitat
Rhabdophis ceylonensis is a poorly-known snake from wet forests and some parts of intermediate forests in the lowlands and midhills of Sri Lanka.

Scalation
R. ceylonensis has dorsal scales in 19 rows at midbody. The ventrals number  131-141, the anal scale is divided, and the subcaudals number 40-54.

Ecology
R. ceylonensis is a slow-moving snake. When threatened, it raises the anterior part of its body, which it inflates to expose the red skin between the dorsal scales on its neck. Its diet consists of frogs, while hatchlings are known to eat orthopterans.

Reproduction
R. ceylonensis is oviparous. About 7 eggs are produced at a time, measuring 19-22 × 9.5-13.2mm (about .75 x .5 inch). They hatch in March to produce young measuring about  including tail.

Description
R. ceylonensis has a head distinct from the neck. The eye is large, with a round pupil. Its dorsal side is olive-brown in color, with black cross-bars that enclose a series of large yellow or red black-edged spots. Its interstitial skin is red. Nuchal glands extend along the anterior part of the body to the 15th ventral.

Venom
R. ceylonensis possesses a venom, and has been known to inflict life-threatening bites (termed, Hazard Level 1). Although it does not have hollow fangs in the front of the upper jaw, it does have two enlarged, curved, grooved teeth at the rear of each upper jaw.

References

External links
"Balanophis ceylonensis ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700778
"Balanophis ceylonensis ". archive.today. https://archive.today/20140629140050/http://www.natricines.com/balanophis.html

Further reading
Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Tropidonotus ceylonensis, p. 346).
Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ. part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus ceylonensis, p. 252).
Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Tropidonotus chrysargus Var. ceylonensis, new variety, p. 71).
Günther A (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Tropidonotus ceylonensis, new status, pp. 268–269 + Plate XXII, figure G).
Smith MA (1938). "The nucho-dorsal glands of snakes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B. 107 (3): 575-583. (Balanophis, new genus, p. 583).
Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Balanophis, p. 310; species B. ceylonensis, pp. 310–311, Figure 98).
Wall F (1921). Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, Government Printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Amphiesma ceylonensis, new combination, pp. 77, 103-105).

Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Rhabdophis
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Reptiles described in 1858


title: List of radio comedies

text:
This is a list of radio comedies.

Produced independently

Man of the People: The Only-Recently Discovered Secret Political Recordings of Acting Mayor Francis "Woody" Woodson
The Sound of Young America
The Comedy-O-Rama Hour
The Wireless Theatre Company
The Auntie Mabel Hour, broadcast on the 1960s pirate radio station Radio City, off the British coast.

Australia

Produced by ABC (Australia)

The Idiot Weekly
Yes, What?/The Fourth Form at St Percy's (discontinued)
Coodabeen Champions

Canada
Double Exposure
Frantic Times
The Royal Canadian Air Farce
Spring Thaw
Great Conversations with Joseph the Irish Potato Farmer

Produced by or for the CBC

CBC Festival of Comedy
CBC Festival of Funny
Canadia: 2056
Chas Lawther's Stand Up Documentaries
The Chumps Without a Net
The Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour
Double Exposure (comedy series)
The Frantics Frantic Times, Fran of the Fundy, and The Frantics Look at History
Gary & Ivan's Winnebago Tour
Great Eastern
Growing Up and Having Babies
The Happy Gang
Here Come the Seventies (radio show)
How to Seem Smart
The Irrelevant Show
Laugh in a Half
Madly Off in All Directions
Mr. Interesting's Guide to the Continental United States
The Muckraker
The Norm
Radio Free Vestibule
Rick and Pete Grow Up and Have Babies
The Royal Canadian Air Farce
Running with Scissors with Mr. Interesting
Steve, The First
Steve, The Second
Sunny Days and Nights
This Hour Has 17 Programs
Those People Across the Street
The Vinyl Cafe
What a Week

Ireland

Produced by or for RTÉ

The Apocalypse of Bill Lizard
The Comedy Improv Radio Show
Beyond the Back of Beyond
Scrap Saturday

New Zealand
ZM - Hamish and Andy
RNZ Comedy

United Kingdom
The 99p Challenge
Absolute Power
Babblewick Hall
Beyond Our Ken
The Cabaret of Dr Caligari
The Clitheroe Kid
Clare in the Community
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show
Dead Ringers
Elastic Planet
The Glums
The Goon Show
Hancock's Half Hour
Hello, Cheeky!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
It Sticks Out Half a Mile
It's That Man Again
Just a Minute
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Ladies of Letters
Lenin of the Rovers
Little Britain
Living with the Enemy
The Mark Steel Revolution
The Mark Steel Solution
The Masterson Inheritance
The Men from the Ministry
The Mighty Boosh
My Word!
The Navy Lark
Nebulous
The News Huddlines
The News Quiz
The Now Show
Old Harry's Game
On the Hour
On the Town with the League of Gentlemen
Radio Active
Revolting People
Round the Horne
Smelling of Roses
The Sunday Format
Truly, Madly, Bletchley

Produced by or for the BBC

15 Minute Musical
15 Minutes of Misery
15 Storeys High
4 at the Store
The 99p Challenge
Absolute Power
Alison and Maud
And Now in Colour
The Arthur Smith Lectures
Beat The Kids
Boothby Graffoe, In No Particular Order and Big Booth Too
The Brothers
The Burkiss Way
Cabin Pressure
Charm Offensive
The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries
Clare in the Community
Clive Anderson's Comedy Revolutions
Creme de la Crime
Concrete Cow
Comedians' Comedians
Comedy Album Heroes
Comedy Showcase
The Consultants
Dead Ringers
Deep Trouble (radio comedy series)
Delve Special
Dial M For Pizza
Educating Archie
Ed Reardon's Week
ElvenQuest
Fags, Mags and Bags
Fist of Fun
Flight of the Conchords
Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel
Four Joneses and a Jenkins
The Game's Up
Genius
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
Geoffrey Boycott's Proper World History of Cricket
Getting Nowhere Fast
Goodness Gracious Me
The Goon Show
Hancock's Half Hour
The Harpoon
Hazelbeach
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hole in the Wall Gang
The House of Milton Jones
The Hudson and Pepperdine Show
Hut 33
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
In One Ear
It's Been a Bad Week
It's That Man Again
Jackie Mason
Jammin'
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
Just a Minute
"John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme"
King Street Junior
Knowing Me, Knowing You
The League of Gentlemen
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting
Little Britain
Loose Ends
Mackay the New
Man of Soup
The Mark Steel Lectures
The Mark Steel Revolution
The Mark Steel Solution
The Mel and Sue Thing
Men from the Ministry
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music
That Mitchell and Webb Sound
Much Binding in the Marsh
The Museum of Everything
The National Theatre of Brent
The Navy Lark
Nebulous
Newsjack
The News Huddlines
The News Quiz
Nightcap
The Now Show
Old Harry's Game
The Omar Khayyam Show
On the Hour'PartyThe Party LinePaperback HellPeople Like UsPolice 5...to 12 The Problem with Adam BloomQuote... UnquoteRadio ActiveRecorded for Training PurposesThe Remains of Foley and McCollRobin and Wendy's Wet WeekendsRoom 101Ross Noble Goes GlobalRound the HorneRoute One, USASaturday Night FryThe SitCromSon of ClicheSteptoe and SonThe Sunday FormatTake It From HereThink the UnthinkableThe Unbelievable TruthThe Very World of Milton JonesWe've Been Here BeforeWhose Line Is It Anyway?World of PubYes Minister (adapted from television)You'll Have Had Your Tea (a spin-off from I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue)

Produced by or for Resonance FMEntrance of the Gladiators USA The Abbott and Costello ShowThe Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietThe Adventures of TopperAmos & AndyThe Alan Young ShowThe Aldrich FamilyArchie AndrewsAudience of TwoAvalon TimeThe Baby Snooks ShowThe Best Show with Tom ScharplingThe Bob Burns ShowThe Bob Hope Show/The Pepsodent ShowBob & RayBeulahThe BickersonsThe Billie Burke ShowBlock and SullyBlondieBlue Ribbon TownThat Brewster BoyBurns and AllenThe Candid MicrophoneThe Charlie McCarthy ShowThe Chase and Sanborn HourChickenmanThe Credibility GapThe Cuckoo HourThe Dr Demento Radio ShowDuffy's TavernThe Durante-Moore ShowEasy AcesThe Eddie Cantor ShowFibber McGee and MollyThe Firesign TheatreFlywheel, Shyster, and FlywheelThe Fire Chief/Ed Wynn ShowThe Fred Allen ShowForever Ernest Gasoline AlleyThe GoldbergsThe Great GildersleeveGranby's Green AcresThe GrumpsThe Halls of IvyHere's MorganIt Pays to Be IgnorantThe Jack Benny ShowThe Jack Pearl Show/Baron MunchausenJean ShepherdThe Joe Penner ShowJoe and MabelThe Judy Canova ShowThe Jumbo Fire Chief ProgramThe Life of RileyLife with LuigiLum and AbnerMajor HoopleMeet Me at Parky'sThe Mel Blanc ShowThe Milton Berle Show/Three Ring Time/Let Yourself GoThe Morey Amsterdam ShowMy Favorite HusbandMy Friend IrmaThe National Lampoon Radio HourNutmeg Junction Our Miss BrooksPeople Are FunnyThe Phil Harris-Alice Faye ShowThe Raleigh Cigarette Program/The Red Skelton ShowSam 'n' HenrySeven Second DelaySmackoutThe SpeLcastThe Stan Freberg ShowStoopnagle and BuddStop Me If You've Heard This OneTalkback with Jerry GalvinTexaco Star TheaterTommy Riggs and Betty LouVic and SadeYou Bet Your LifeProduced by or for US public radioA Prairie Home Companion (Minnesota Public Radio)Car TalkComedy College (Minnesota Public Radio)Le Show (KCRW)NonProductive (WRSU-FM)Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (Chicago Public Radio)The Comedy-O-Rama Hour (Joe Bevilacqua)

Comedy Talk RadioThe Adam Carolla ShowArmstrong & GettyThe Bob & Tom ShowDon and Mike ShowThe Howard Stern ShowImus in the MorningMancow's Morning MadhouseThe Me and Him ShowThe Mark & Brian ShowOpie and AnthonyRon and FezGolden Age Variety Shows That Featured ComediansThe Big ShowThe Danny Kaye ShowThe Dodge Victory HourEd Sullivan EntertainsThe Fleischmann's Yeast Hour/ The Rudy Vallee ShowThe George Jessel ShowThe Gulf HeadlinersThe Jack Carson Show The Kate Smith ShowKraft Music HallThe Martin and Lewis ShowMonitorThe Ziegfeld Follies of the AirOtherLovelineHour of Slack''

See also
Lists of comedy films
List of comedy television series
List of theatrical comedies

References

Radio comedy


title: Anklav Assembly constituency

text:
Anklav is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.

It is part of Anand district.

List of segments
This assembly seat represents the following segments,

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2022

2017

2012

See also
 List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
 Anand district

References

External links

Assembly constituencies of Gujarat
Anand district


title: Steve Viksten

text:
Stephen Lee Viksten (July 19, 1960 – June 23, 2014) was an American television writer and voice actor who was best known for voicing the character Oskar Kokoshka on the Nickelodeon animated series Hey Arnold!. Viksten also wrote multiple episodes of Hey Arnold, Rugrats, Recess, Duckman and The Simpsons. Viksten's sole contribution to the latter, season 22's "Homer Scissorhands", was his final writing credit before his death.

Early life
Viksten was born in Ventura, California on July 19, 1960. His father was the vice president of the local Sears. During his teenage years, Viksten's family moved to Arcadia, California, where Viksten became editor of Arcadia High School's newspaper. After graduating from Arcadia High School in 1978, Viksten attended several universities including the University of Missouri, UCLA, and Cal State Fullerton, though he did not obtain a bachelor's degree.

Death
Viksten died on June 23, 2014, at age 53. The TV film Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, released three years later, was dedicated to his memory.

References

External links

1960 births
2014 deaths
American male voice actors
American television writers
California State University, Fullerton alumni
American male television writers
Male actors from California
People from Arcadia, California
People from Ventura, California
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
University of Missouri alumni
Screenwriters from California


title: Umreth Assembly constituency

text:
Umreth is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Anand district.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments,

 Umreth Taluka
 Anand Taluka (Part) Villages – Ajarpura, Kasor, Rahtalav, Kunjrao, Tarnol, Samarkha, Chikhodra, Rasnol, Khambholaj, Vaghasi, Boriavi (M), Ode (M)

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2022

2017

2012

See also
 List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
 Gujarat Legislative Assembly

References

External links

Assembly constituencies of Gujarat
Anand district


title: Pseudodynerus quadrisectus

text:
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus is a species of solitary mason wasp in the genus Pseudodynerus and family Vespidae, first described by Thomas Say in 1837. It includes the subspecies P. q aztecus (Saussure, 1857).

Description
A mid-to-large size wasp, its forewing length is 12–16 mm in females and 10.5–13 mm for males. Their coloring is mostly black, but with ivory markings that are more visible in females.

Mason wasps create nests with mud, constructing one or more separate chambers for their larvae, each stocked with an insect food source. Mason wasps are also known as potter wasps for the pot-like nests some other species build, but pseudodynerus quadrisectus builds in existing cavities in wood, sometimes those previously used by other hymenoptera like the carpenter bee.

Distribution
The species has been found in the United States from New Jersey down to Florida and west to Texas, as well as in Mexico and Costa Rica.

References

Potter wasps
Taxa named by Thomas Say
Insects described in 1837


The Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal is a service medal of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force established on 27 May 2014. The medal recognizes service by personnel in various career fields who have served in units involved with national strategic nuclear deterrence operations. Officer and enlisted personnel in the Regular Air Force, Regular Space Force, Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard communities are eligible for this medal. Eligible service is retroactive from 26 December 1991.

Background
The establishment of the Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal was announced by Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James on 27 May 2014. The timing of the announcement of the medal was very close to the timing of an announcement about the ongoing efforts of Air Force Global Strike Command to improve and reform the nuclear-capable and ICBM career fields. The creation of this medal is part of a multifaceted approach to attract and retain high-caliber personnel in the nuclear and missile operations career fields. The idea for this medal had been circulating within the Air Force for a few years prior to approval, with confirmation as early as 2011 that work was ongoing to develop this award.

Criteria
The Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal may be awarded to Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard personnel for service in support of US Air Force and US Space Force nuclear deterrence operations from 26 December 1991 until a date to be determined. To be eligible personnel had to have been assigned to the Nuclear Enterprise and performed duties in one of the following, including all Airmen assigned to nuclear missile and bomb wings, regardless of career field:

The required length of service to be eligible for the Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal is 120 consecutive or 179 non-consecutive days attached, deployed, assigned, or mobilized to a unit supporting the nuclear deterrence mission. After completion of the medal's requirements is certified by the individuals squadron commander, the group commander may approve the award of the medal. Subsequent awards may only be earned by completing the same service and requirements after a permanent change of station from the last assignment when the medal was earned.

"N" Device

Certain individuals may be further recognized for their service with the award of a gold "N" device to attach to the medal's suspension and service ribbons. Per AFI 36-2803 para A2.4.2.3.3, this device will be worn by airmen who meet one of the following criteria:

A) Dispatched to a missile complex for 179 non-consecutive days in direct support of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile operations, and performed duties in one of the following Air Force Specialty Codes:

B) for nuclear laden aircraft: nuclear certified aircrew, aircraft maintenance technicians, munitions maintenance technicians, combat crew communications, nuclear certified controllers, and security forces performing guard duties.

Appearance

The medal is round and made of a gold colored metal. A graphic on the medal represents the core mission for personnel, nuclear capability. The medal is gold in color to represent the legacy of the United States' strategic nuclear deterrence mission. The medal is suspended from a blue ribbon with red, green and gold stripes. The blue represents "nuclear dominance of the sky", the red represents "power and passion" in providing nuclear deterrence, green represents Earth and global capability, and gold represents the participating personnel, "the wealth of our nuclear enterprise".

Subsequent awards of the medal are recognized by oak leaf clusters. The "N" device may only be awarded once.

See also
 SSBN Deterrent Patrol insignia

References

External links
 Nuclear deterrence medal approved for total force Airmen

2014 establishments in the United States
Awards and decorations of the United States Air Force
Awards and decorations of the United States Space Force
Awards established in 2014
Nuclear weapons program of the United States
United States service medals


title: Hugh Mais

text:
Sir Robert Hugh Mais (14 September 1907 – 14 February 1996)  was a High Court judge in the United Kingdom.

1973 picketing trial

Hugh Mais was selected as the trial judge for the 1973 trial of those including Ricky Tomlinson and Des Warren charged in relation to picketing in Shrewsbury.

Speaking in the House of Commons on the 23rd of January 2014 David Anderson MP (Blaydon, Labour) said:

The trial judge, Mr Justice Mais, was a surprise choice for such a high-profile, politically charged case. He had little, if any, experience in cases of this magnitude, or in criminal cases at all; his expertise was mainly in rural and ecclesiastical matters. His behaviour throughout the case led many to question his capability and impartiality. A number of issues gave rise to this concern. For example, when the jury were called to bring in the verdict, they were unable to come to a majority decision—they were tied at eight to four. The judge asked them to keep going but they said, “We’re too tired to go on today—we need to have a break.” So he agreed to give them a break and let them stop in a hotel overnight, but he closed by saying:

“You should go to the accommodation prepared for you…and I suggest that you continue your deliberations there.”

That was an extraordinary thing to suggest. The only place where a jury should consider any case is in the jury room and nowhere else, be it a hotel or anywhere else.

If that were the judge’s only error, it would still be wrong, but throughout the trial his behaviour was, to say the least, questionable.

During the same speech Anderson quoted a 2012 statement from a David Altaras who was a junior barrister at the 1973 trial which said, in relation to the judge Hugh Mais:

I vividly recall an occasion when Mr Platt-Mills was cross-examining a witness (probably a police officer) and the Judge took off his wig and threw it on the bench in irritation. I recall occasions when he threw his pen down and turned to face the wall when either a defendant was giving evidence or the defence were adducing evidence in cross-examination. In addition, I can remember his rather rude interruptions during cross-examination.

Newcastle V sign incident
Mais reportedly once had a man arrested in Newcastle for making a V sign at his car. After the individual was held for two hours Mais accepted his explanation that he had mistaken him for the Mayor.

References

1907 births
1996 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Queen's Bench Division judges


title: Landhuishotel Bloemenbeek

text:
Landhuishotel Bloemenbeek is a hotel in De Lutte, Netherlands, set in  grounds. It is noted for its Michelin-starred restaurant De Bloemenbeek  which serves French and Mediterranean cuisine, run by Michel van Riswijk as of 2014. The 57-room hotel had its origins when on  April 1, 1966, the Strikker family purchased a century  old farmhouse which had been a guesthouse and cafe. There is an 18-hole golf course in the vicinity.

Gallery

References

External links
Official site

Hotels in the Netherlands
Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands
Hotels established in 1966
Losser
1966 establishments in the Netherlands
20th-century architecture in the Netherlands


title: Trgovište, Bosnia and Herzegovina

text:
Trgovište (Cyrillic: Трговиште) is a village in the municipality of Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Villages in Republika Srpska
Populated places in Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina


title: Itsurō Terada

text:
is a Japanese lawyer who served as the 18th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan.

Early life and education
Terada was born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. He was born into a family of great judicial significance. His father, Jirō Terada, was the Supreme Court's 10th Chief Justice. In 1972, he graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law.

By 1980, Terada had held various positions as Assistant Judge in several District Courts, the Tokyo District Court in 1974, the Sapporo District Court in 1977 and the Osaka District Court in 1980. Terada was also the Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands in 1981. He then moved to the Ministry of Justice in 1988, where he served as the Director-General of the Judicial System Department and the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Before becoming Chief Justice, Terada was the President of the Hiroshima High Court and was also one of the Justices of the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice
At age 66, Terada replaced Hironobu Takesaki as Chief Justice on April 1, 2014, when Takesaki reached the date of his retirement.

Terada as Chief Justice, was formally appointed by the Emperor after being nominated by the Cabinet; which in practice, is known to be under the recommendation of the former Chief Justice.
It was the first time since the ratification of the Japanese Constitution in 1947, that a father and son have both held the top judiciary position.

He retired on January 8, 2018, when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

Honours
:
 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers (2019)
 :
 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (29 October 2014)

References

External links
Official Website
Official Profile
Profile History

Chief justices of Japan
Living people
University of Tokyo alumni
1948 births
People from Kyoto
Japanese judges


title: Lycodon carinatus

text:
Lycodon carianatus is a snake of the Colubridae family. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. The snake is commonly known as the Ceylon wolf snake, and as දාර කරවලා (Daara Karawala) or දාර රදනකයා  (daara radanakayaa) in Sinhala.

Description
Dorsal side black with 19 distinct white rings. These may be reduced or completely absent in adults. Black bands extend to venter, but are fairly diffuse. Scales are keeled and dull in appearance. Midbody scale rows 17-19. Ventrals 180-202. Subcaudals entire 42-64.

Ecology
Nocturnal and terrestrial, hiding under rubble in forests during the day. Diet comprises frogs, geckos, skinks and small non-venomous snakes.

Reproduction
Lycodon carinatus is oviparous, laying 4 to 7 eggs at a time.

Taxonomy Updates
This species has been shifted to the genus Lycodon in 2013 (PYRON et al. 2013) from previously known genus Cercaspis

References

 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Cercaspis/classification/
 http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lycodon&species=carinatus
 https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27353-Cercaspis-carinatus
 http://eol.org/pages/795452/names/synonyms
 http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lycodon&species=carinatus

Reptiles of Sri Lanka
carinatus
Taxa named by Heinrich Kuhl
Reptiles described in 1820


title: Johanna Westerdijk

text:
Johanna Westerdijk (; 4 January 1883 – 15 November 1961) was a Dutch plant pathologist and the first female professor in the Netherlands.

Early life
Johanna Westerdijk, called "Hans" () by friends, was born on 4 January 1883 in Nieuwer-Amstel, a small village south of Amsterdam, and died on 15 November 1961 at 78 years old in Baarn, Netherlands.

Westerdijk came from a wealthy, intellectual, and artistic family of doctors Bernard Westerdijk (1853–1927) and Aleida Catharina Scheffer (1857–1931), the eldest child of three children. During her elementary school years, she always refused to take embroidery classes or play with dolls like most of the girls of her time. Instead, she enjoyed reading stories to other girls at her school. She mentioned to her teacher that she would make sure to earn enough money to have all her cleaning duties done for her.

Education
She completed her secondary school at 17 years old and graduated from the Amsterdam school of girls. She was a gifted pianist and intended to become a professional pianist but a persistent neuritis in one arm made this impossible. Her interest in botany led her to attend Amsterdam University to follow the lectures of the famous botanist Hugo de Vries and work in his laboratory.

After finishing her biological studies in 1904 she decided to spend time in Munich and conduct research with mosses, and a year later she moved to Zurich where she studied moss regeneration, earning her PhD degree in 1906 under the supervision of Professor H. Schinz.

Career

In 1906, at 23 years old, she was offered a directorship position at Willie Commelin Scholten, a phytopathological laboratory in the Netherlands. The laboratory under her supervision became an internationally respected institution of phytopathology, was moved from Amsterdam to the Villa Java in Baarn and is recognized to the present day with independent status as an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

While working as director of the phytopathological laboratory in 1908 she was in charge of keeping the International Association of Botanists collection of about 80 cultures of fungi. Under her supervision this collection expanded to over 10,000 strains of 6,000 different species of fungi, yeasts and actinomycetes. Named the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (Central Bureau of Fungal Cultures) the objective of this collection was and still is to keep a variety of fungi in cultures for distribution to research workers all over the world.  In 1913 she became the first female recipient of a grant from the Buitenzorg Fund (from the city of Buitenzorg, now called Bogor in Sundanese, in Indonesia), which she used to collect samples from a variety of diseased crops such as tobacco, sugar, coffee, tea, etc., and made cultures of the fungi for the collection.

Across her career she wrote over 60 publications in plant pathology and mycology.

Inspiration for women and students

In 1917, she was appointed as the first female professor in the Netherlands, serving as associate professor of plant pathology in Utrecht University and in 1930 at the University of Amsterdam, with a total of 55 PhD students earning their degrees under her supervision in a period of 35 years. Almost half of them were women, being a source of inspiration for students interested in the history of women in science.

She wrote over 70 publications covering a broad spectrum of plant diseases and mycology, but her main interest was in pathogenic diseases of trees and physiological diseases of plants and how to control them. Several of her publications involved trials of chemicals for disease control.

Westerdijk was described by journalists as a young, natural, simple, and strong woman with a pleasant manner and a great sense of humor. She was also known by her close friends as loving to party, drink and dance and without an interest in marriage.

When she wanted to test the progress of her students, she would take them to a fancy bakery surrounded by fashionable ladies and suddenly ask them questions such as "OK, now what can you tell me about yellow disease or any other disease". She also had her own tradition at every new PhD ceremony, where a flag would be raised and three geese wearing white, red and blue bows around their necks would parade around the building. The doctor and his/her professor advisor would plant a tree in the one and a half hectare garden. This tradition became legendary.

All of the people who worked on their PhD in Baarn were inspired by the atmosphere and the influence of the laboratory's slogan "For fine minds, the art is to mix work and parties" which Johanna Westerdijk had carved in stone above the entrance to the room for practical work.

Westerdijk was active in the International Federation of University Women, now known as Graduate Women International. She was elected president of the organization in 1932.

Elm disease research

In the 1920s, she was involved in understanding a new lethal vascular disease in elms (Dutch elm disease), raising money from different municipalities in the Netherlands, which she assigned to her first PhD student Marie Beatrice Schwarz.

Schwarz isolated and inoculated healthy elms, concluding that a fungus was killing the elms. Later J. Westerdijk assigned another student, Christine Johanna Buisman to confirm the finding from Schwarz that Ophiostoma ulmi was the cause of the disease. Buisman additionally bred elms for disease resistance, but unfortunately the elm that she developed was highly susceptible to another fungal disease caused by a Nectria sp.

Honors and awards
 Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1951)
 Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
 Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
 Order of the Netherlands Lion
 Knight of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (Portugal)
 Otto Appel Medal (1953) (established for outstanding plant pathologists) at Heidelberg
 Honorary doctorate of the Uppsala University (1957)
 Honorary doctorate of the University of Giessen (1958)

Eponymous species
Several fungus species have been named in honour of Westerdijk, including:
Aspergillus westerdijkiae
Helicodendron westerdijkiae
Pestalotiopsis westerdykiae
Gyrothyrium westerdijkiae   (now called Schizothyrium pomi)
Torulopsis westerdijkiae
Westerdykella centenaria

Legacy
In 1907 Johanna Westerdijk became director of the CBS (Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures). In honour of Johanna Westerdijk's life and work, on 10 February 2017 the institute was renamed as the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute.

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Coastal upwelling of the South Eastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) is a typical eastern boundary upwelling system (EBUS) similar to the California, Bengulea, Canary Island and Peru-Chili systems.  Unlike those four, the SEAS upwelling system needs to be explored in a much focused manner to clearly understand the chemical and biological responses associated with this coastal process.

The coastal upwelling in the south-eastern Arabian Sea occurs seasonally. It begins in the mid Spring (Mid May) along the southern tip of India and as the season advances it spreads northward. It is not a uniform wind-driven upwelling system, but is driven by various factors. While at Cape Comorin it can be modeled as just wind-driven, as the phenomena rises along the west coast of India, longshore wind stresses play an increasing role, as do atmospheric effects from the Bay of Bengal, such as Kelvin and Rossby waves.

References

Physical oceanography
Aquatic ecology


title: Arjun (2011 film)

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Arjun is a 2011 ( Marathi अर्जुन ) Indian film released on 16 September 2011 by Cinematics. It was written, directed and produced by F. M. Ilyas along with A. M. Burondkar.

Plot

A youth sets up his own business despite sociocultural and political issues that stand in his way.

Cast
 Sachit Patil As Arjun
 Amruta Khanvilkar As Anushka
 Vidyadhar Joshi As Ratan Shah
 Vinay Apte As Jay Thackeray
 Varsha Usgaonkar As Maya Thackeray
 Arun Nalawade As Bajirao
 Uday Tikekar As Mahajan
 Snigdha Sabnis As Arjun’s Mother
 Kamalesh Sawant As Police Officer
 Uday Sabnis As Advocate
 Anant Jog As Income Tax Officer
 Mamata Soni As Dancer

Soundtrack
The songs were composed by Lalit Sen.

Release
Arjun is the first film to be screened at the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Reception

Awards
 Best Supporting Actor 2011 Maharashtra State Film Awards
 Best Dialogues 2011 Maharashtra State Film Awards
 Best Singer (Female)2011 Maharashtra State Film Awards
 Best Choreographer 2011 Maharashtra State Film Awards
 Best Editing 2011 Maharashtra State Film Awards

Maharashtra Times: Mata Sanman
 Best Choreographer

Zee Gaurav
 Best Singer (Female)

Sanskruti Kaladarpan
 Best Popular Film
 Best Choreographer

Sayadri Cine Awards

References

Sources
 BSE opens door to moviedom with Marathi language film, Arjun
 About ‘Sons of the soil’ (page 25 film review)
 अर्जुन येतोय...
 शहराकडे चला...
 नायक नही...

External links

2011 films
Indian romantic drama films
2010s Marathi-language films
2011 romantic drama films


title: Mexican Mousepiece

text:
Mexican Mousepiece is a 1966 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on February 26, 1966, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.

Plot
Daffy's house is being invaded by mice. He decides to get rid of them by sending them across the sea so some starving cats can eat them. He does this first by attempting to gain their trust, by pretending to be nice. When the mice fall for the trap, one of them telephones Speedy Gonzales for help.

Now aware of Daffy's scheme, Speedy has one to counter it. He tricks Daffy into jumping into a box of fireworks with a lit match, which injures Daffy. The mice fall for the trap again afterwards, but Speedy whacks Daffy's foot and the mice then go to the other side of a cliff to get away from Daffy.

Daffy tries one last scheme which involves catapulting himself across the gap between cliffs. It doesn't go so well and he is flattened. Speedy then tells the mice that they should send him overseas, hoping they'll be looking for "pressed duck".

Note
This cartoon reuses the animated flying sequence from Stupor Duck (1956).

References

1966 animated films
1966 short films
Merrie Melodies short films
Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
1966 films
Films directed by Robert McKimson
Daffy Duck films
Speedy Gonzales films
1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
1960s English-language films


title: Robert Foster (hurdler)

text:
Robert Foster (born 12 July 1970 in Trelawny, Jamaica) is a Jamaican track and field athlete.  He competed for his native country in two Olympics, running the 110 metres hurdles in 1996 and 2000.  He also ran in the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1995 World Championships in Athletics competing in both the hurdles and on the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay in the semi-final round.

Running for Fresno State University, he was the NCAA Champion in 1994 both indoors and outdoors.  He still holds the WAC record.  Prior to that, running for Porterville College he was the two time California State Junior College champion.

Following his athletic career he took up coaching first at Annapolis High School, Dearborn Heights, Michigan and then returning to his alma mater, coaching his step-daughter in both places. His older sister died from cancer at 50 and his younger sister is divorce. His dad, George Winston, FOSTER, is in jail

References

External links

1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Trelawny Parish
Jamaican male hurdlers
Jamaican male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Jamaica
Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica
20th-century Jamaican people
21st-century Jamaican people


title: Keter Shem Tov

text:
Keter Shem Tov (, "The Crown of the Good Name") was the first published work of the teachings of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism. The book was published in Zalkevo, 1794, more than thirty years after Rabbi Israel's passing. The book contains numerous, but brief, Hasidic interpretations of the Torah (Hebrew Bible).

The Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement had republished the work in a number of new editions.

Teachings
In Keter Shem Tov, the Baal Shem Tov stresses the importance and esteem placed on the recital of Psalms.

Quotes
 "A mashal (parable) is a vessel for the pure enlightenment of the mind"

Publishing
A complete edition of Keter Shem Tov (titled Keter Shem Tov Hasholeim) was published by the Chabad publishing house, Kehot Publication Society, in 2004. The new edition was edited and annotated by  Rabbi Jacob Immanuel Schochet who recompiled the collection and added annotations, footnotes, cross references and textual corrections.
A Paraphrased Translation of Keter Shem Tov including the Additions Added (collected from the writing of the Chabad Rebbes) by Rabbi Immanuel Schochet was released by Rabbi Zevi Wineberg. in July. 2020.

References

External links
 Keter Shem Tov, 2004 edition, on HebrewBooks.org

1794 non-fiction books
2004 non-fiction books
Hebrew-language religious books
Hebrew words and phrases
Hasidic_literature
Books published posthumously


title: Yelena Eckemoff

text:
Yelena Eckemoff is a Russian-born pianist, composer, poet, and visual artist. Her compositions blend classical music with jazz, and feature exploration and improvisation.

Music career
Eckemoff was born in Moscow, Russia, in the Soviet Union. Her mother was a professional pianist and teacher. When Eckemoff was four, she started to play piano by ear and took lessons from her mother. At seven, she attended Gnessin State Musical College, a school for gifted children. She studied classical piano at Moscow State Conservatory. After graduating, she taught piano in Moscow. She gave solo concerts, took jazz classes, composed music for several instruments, and played in a jazz-rock band.

In 1991, she moved to the U.S. She has recorded in several genres: classical, vocal, folk, Christian, and jazz. Although jazz is typically associated with improvisation, Eckemoff often writes scores for her songs. Her music has been described as classical chamber music in the context of improvisational jazz.

Discography
 Cold Sun (L&H, 2010)
 Grass Catching the Wind (L&H, 2010)
 Flying Steps (L&H, 2010)
 Forget-Me-Not (L&H, 2011)
 Glass Song  (L&H, 2013)
 A Touch of Radiance (L&H, 2014)
 Lions (L&H, 2014)
 Everblue  (L&H, 2015)
 Leaving Everything Behind (L&H, 2016)
 Blooming Tall Phlox (L&H, 2017)
 In the Shadow of a Cloud (L&H, 2017)
 Desert (L&H, 2018)
 Better Than Gold and Silver (L&H, 2018)
 Colors (L&H, 2019)
 Nocturnal Animals (L&H, 2020)
 Adventures of the Wildflower (L&H, 2021)
 I Am a Stranger in This World (L&H, 2022)
 Lonely Man and His Fish (L&H, 2023)

References

External links
 Official website

Living people
Soviet classical pianists
Russian classical pianists
Russian women pianists
20th-century classical pianists
American classical pianists
American women classical pianists
American jazz pianists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American women pianists
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century American women pianists
21st-century American pianists


title: Crystal Palace (horse)

text:
Crystal Palace (25 March 1974 – 6 October 1995) was a French thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning one of his two races as a two-year-old he emerged as a top-class middle distance performer in 1977 recording victories in the Prix de Courcelles, Prix du Jockey Club and Prix Niel. He also finished second in the Prix Lupin, fourth in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. At the end of his racing career he was retired to stud and proved to be a successful breeding stallion in France and Japan.

Background
Crystal Palace was a grey horse with a white blaze and four white socks bred in France by his owner Guy de Rothschild. Crystal Palace's coat lightened with age, but during his racing career he was a very dark grey. The name Crystal Palace has been used for several other Thoroughbred racehorses including an influential British broodmare. His sire, Caro, was a top-class performer (rated 133 by Timeform), whose wins included the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix Ganay and Prix d'Ispahan, before becoming a very successful breeding stallion. Caro's other progeny included Madelia, Cozzene and Winning Colors. Crystal Palace's dam, Hermieres, won the Prix de Diane in 1961, but had previously had a mediocre record as a broodmare, producing only two minor winners. Hermieres' dam Vieille Pierre, was a half-sister to the Grand Prix de Paris winner Vieux Manoir. Crystal Palace was sent into training with the veteran François Mathet at Chantilly.

Racing career

1976: two-year-old season
Crystal Palace was not highly tried as a two-year-old, finishing second over 1500 metres on his debut and then winning a minor race over 1600m at Maisons-Laffitte. He did not receive a rating in the 1976 French Free Handicap.

1977: three-year-old season
After finishing third on his first appearance as a three-year-old, Crystal Palace easily defeated Montcontour (who went on to win the Prix Hocquart) in the Prix de Courcelles at Longchamp Racecourse over 2000m in April. The colt was then moved up in class for the Group One Prix Lupin over 2100m at the same course on 15 May and started 7/4 favourite against ten opponents. After reportedly having trouble obtaining a clear run in the straight he finished strongly to take second place, three quarters of a length behind Pharly. On 5 June, ridden as usual by Gerard Dubroeucq, started 6/4 favourite for the Prix du Jockey Club over 2400m at Chantilly Racecourse. The best of his locally trained opponents appeared to be Pharly, Carwhite (Prix Daru) and Catus (Prix Noailles), with the only international challenger being the Irish-trained Artaius. Crystal Palace raced in second place behind his stable companion Concertino, who set a fast pace for 400m before slowing, allowing the rest of the runners to move closer approaching the final turn. In the closing stages, Crystal Palace gradually wore down Concertino, taking the lead 200 metres from the finish and won by half a length from Artaius, with Concertino another half length away in third. Catus, Olantengy, Funny Hobby, Carwhite and Pharly were close behind, and the fact that the first eight home were covered by less than four lengths led to speculation that the standard of the race was unexceptional.

In July, Crystal Palace was sent to England to contest Britain's most prestigious all-aged race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes over one and a half miles at Ascot Racecourse. Having been settled towards the rear of the field, he appeared to be outpaced on the approach to the final turn, and although he made up ground in the straight he never looked likely to win, and finished fourth behind The Minstrel, Orange Bay and Exceller. Timeform commented in their annual Racehorse of 1977 that Dubroeucq's lack of experience on the Ascot track might have hindered the colt's performance. Crystal Palace next appeared on 11 September, when he started 7/10 favourite for the Prix Niel at Longchamp, a trial race for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Conceding weight to his six opponents, he won "most decisively" by two and a half lengths from Paico. The colt made his final racecourse appearance in the Arc at Longchamp on 2 October. Starting the joint-second-favourite at odds of 8/1 he was positioned prominently throughout the race and made steady progress in the straight without ever looking likely to win and finished third of the twenty-six runners behind Alleged and Balmerino.

Assessment
As noted above, Crystal Palace's performances as a two-year-old were insufficiently notable for him to be rated in the French Free Handicap. In the official International Classification for 1977, Crystal Palace was ranked fourth among the three-year-olds behind Alleged, Blushing Groom and The Minstrel, and the ninth best horse in Europe of any age. The independent Timeform organisation gave him a rating of 132, five pounds below their horse of the year Alleged.

Stud record
Crystal Palace was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion in France. He was a very successful sire of winners, and was the Leading sire in France in 1985. His progeny included Mersey (Prix Royal Oak), Grise Mine (Prix Saint-Alary), Galla Placidia (Grand Prix d'Evry, Prix de Pomone) and Crazy (Ebor Handicap). He was exported to Japan in 1984, where he sired Prekrasnie who won the Tenno Sho in 1991. Crystal Palace died in Japan on 6 October 1995.

Pedigree

References

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1995 racehorse deaths
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Thoroughbred family 10-e


title: Bukit Kuang Bridge

text:
The Bukit Kuang Bridge () is the main bridge on Chukai River in Kemaman District, Terengganu, Malaysia. It is located at Jalan Penghiburan (Federal Route 3). The bridge was opened on 2014.

See also
 Transport in Malaysia

Bridges in Terengganu
Kemaman District


title: ŽKK Maribor

text:
Železničarski košarkarski klub Maribor, commonly referred to as ŽKK Maribor or simply ŽKK, was a basketball team based in Maribor, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1946 and was dissolved after the 2005–06 season due to financial difficulties.

History
The club was founded in 1946 as a basketball section of SŠD Železničar. It won its first Slovenian title in 1949 and renamed as ŽKK Maribor in 1954. They played in the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League the following year, but were relegated with only one win and finished in the last place. In the 1970s, ŽKK also played in the Yugoslav Second League and later renamed as Tima MTT. Under that name they played in the Yugoslav 1. B League from 1985 until 1987. In that year, the club merged with their city rivals KK Branik and formed KK Maribor 87 as a new city team. The latter played in the Yugoslav 1. B League, but after Slovenia's independence in 1991 it disintegrated back to ŽKK and Branik. ŽKK played mostly in the second and third divisions until 2005–06, when the club went bankrupt.

In 2005, the club's youth school KŠ Maribor registered as KK Maribor and started competing as its own club in 2006.

References

External links
Eurobasket profile

Basketball teams established in 1946
Basketball teams in Slovenia
Sport in Maribor
Basketball teams in Yugoslavia
1946 establishments in Slovenia
Basketball teams disestablished in 2006
2006 disestablishments in Slovenia


title: M. L. B. Sturkey House

text:
M. L. B. Sturkey House is a historic home located at McCormick in McCormick County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1895, and is a one-story, frame cottage with Queen Anne style detailing.  It consists of gable front main section, with a wing and a rear addition. It was built by M. L. B. Sturkey, one of McCormick's most prominent early residents and leader in the formation of McCormick County.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

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Queen Anne architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1895
Houses in McCormick County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in McCormick County, South Carolina


title: Ihor Baluta

text:
Ihor Myronovych Baluta () is a Ukrainian pediatrician, businessman, Ukrainian politician and Governor of Kharkiv Oblast from March 2014 to February 2015.

Biography
Baluta was born 9 July 1970 in Kharkiv. In 1993 he graduated from Kharkiv Medical Institute (specializing in pediatrics). From 1993 until 1998 he worked at a children's hospital in Kharkiv. Baluta was an assistant at the laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Allergology of the Kharkiv Research Institute of Microbiology and Immunology Department of the Academy of medical sciences of Ukraine in Kharkiv from early 1999 until early 2002. From 2002 until 2005 he was CEO of two commercial enterprises. Late 2004 he participated in the Orange Revolution. From April 2005 until September 2010 Baluta served as head of the main Directorate of labour and social protection of the population of Kharkiv Oblast (province).

In 2010 he was elected as a Deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (for Batkivshchyna). In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Baluta was for Batkivshchyna in constituency 168 situated in Kharkiv. He finished second in this race with 29.34% (winner Valeriy Pysarenko of Party of Regions won with 43.44%).

On 2 March 2014 Baluta was appointed Governor of Kharkiv Oblast. At the time of his appointment Kharkiv Oblast was in uproar because of pro-Russian protests. On the day of his appointment on his Government office the Ukrainian flag was replaced with a Russian flag. Baluta's first public appearance was two days later when he spoke to a crowd of pro-EU demonstrators expressing his support for the new Yatsenyuk Government. From then until 13 April regional (Baluta's Government office the) state administration building was occupied multiple times by pro-Russians (until it became fully under Ukrainian control); accompanied by violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators. Kharkiv returned to relative calm by 30 April.

On 3 February 2015 President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko replaced Baluta and appointed Ihor Raynin as governor in his place.

In the October 2015 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for Mayor of Kharkiv for the party Volunteer Party of Ukraine. The election was won by incumbent Mayor Hennadiy Kernes.

In the October 2020 Ukrainian local elections Baluta was a candidate for the Kharkiv Oblast Council for the party Aktsent. He, nor his party, were elected to this regional parliament.

References

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Living people
1970 births
Businesspeople from Kharkiv
Ukrainian billionaires
Politicians from Kharkiv
Governors of Kharkiv Oblast
Batkivshchyna politicians
People of the Orange Revolution
Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Ukrainian paediatricians
Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine


title: Know Labs

text:
Know Labs, Inc is a US-based medical device company that creates non-invasive health monitoring systems using radio-microwave spectroscopy to identify and measure molecules in vivo, its first commercial-bound product being sensor technology optimized for blood glucose measurement. Know Labs is a public company whose shares trade under the stock symbol KNW.

History
Visualant was founded in 1998 by  Ron Erickson. The technology was originally developed by Tom Furness and Brian Showengerdt over a period of seven years at Furness's private research lab 'RATLab'.

Visualant acquired TransTech Systems of Aurora, Oregon in 2010. TransTech distributes security products and systems to security and law enforcement industries.

In May 2012, Visualant entered into a joint development contract, and licensing agreement with Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. focusing on the commercialization of the SPM technology. The following year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted its sixth Visualant a patent titled "Method, apparatus, and article to facilitate distributed evaluation of objects using electromagnetic energy." Later in 2013, Visualant partnered with Intellectual Ventures to further the development of intellectual property through Intellectual Venture's 'Inventor Network'.

In 2018, Visualant, Incorporated announced a name change to Know Labs, Inc.

Awards and recognition
In February 2013, Visualant won the Green Photonics category of the 2013 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation for its ChromaID technology.

References

Companies based in Seattle
Companies established in 1988
Technology companies of the United States


title: Pakistan Swimming Federation

text:
The Pakistan Swimming Federation is the governing body of swimming in Pakistan. The Federation was formed in 1948 with its headquarters in Lahore. It has been a member of International Swimming Federation (FINA) since 1948, and was one of the founding members of the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation in 1978.

Zoraiz Lashari currently serves as the President, with Majid Waseem as the Chairman. They were elected in December 2020 on a four-year term.

Affiliations
The federation is affiliated with:
 International Swimming Federation (FINA)
 Asian Amateur Swimming Federation
 Pakistan Sports Board
 Pakistan Olympic Association

Affiliated bodies
The following bodies are affiliated with the federation:

 Punjab Swimming Association
 Sindh Swimming Association
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Swimming Association
 Balochistan Swimming Association
 Islamabad (Federal Area) Swimming Association
 FATA Swimming Association
 Gilgit Baltistan Swimming Association
 Pakistan Army
 Pakistan Navy
 Pakistan Air Force
 WAPDA Sports Boards
 Higher Education Commission
 Pakistan Railway
 Pakistan Women Swimming Association
 Pakistan Aquatics Coaches Association
 Athletes Commission
 Individual members

National Championship
The first National Swimming Championship was held in Lahore in 1951. Since then, National Championships are held annually. The swimming competitions are also a regular part of the National Games.

See also

 Pakistani swimming records

References

External links
 Official Website

National members of the Asian Swimming Federation
Sports governing bodies in Pakistan
Swimming in Pakistan
Sports organizations established in 1948
1948 establishments in Pakistan