title: Mountaintop Ministries Worldwide

text:
The  Mountaintop Ministries Worldwide, formerly known as Meade Ministries and before that as End Time Ministries, was a cult founded by Charles Meade and was located in Columbia County, Florida, just south of Lake City, Florida.

With its roots starting in many "house churches" across 14 states during the 1970s and 1980s,  Meade preached a message about living a life above sin and abstaining from all worldly trends/ideas. If one was to follow these simple beliefs then God, in turn, would bless them "beyond measure." This ideology was very attractive to the 1970s college populace, from whom Meade would build his church.

Starting in the late 80s, Meade started proclaiming that Florida was going to be the location of the movement's headquarters. Lake City, Florida was dubbed "The Promised Land" and over the ensuing years most if not all the members residing in those 14 states had moved to that sleepy town in north Florida. However, moving to this land came with disastrous requirements. Members now were told that any family or friends that did not move were now part of the sinful world and were immediately shunned and cut off. For the next 25 years there was little to no contact with any "outsiders."

Church membership grew to over 2,000 by the mid-2000s and with the building of a massive state of the art church this group and gotten the attention of multiple national news agencies.

Meade Ministries became even more closed and closeted. Members which didn't give enough money were shunned, those that attended sports games were kicked out, movies and board games were trashed. The church had developed into a cult.

In April 2010, the founder Charles Meade died in a VA hospital from medical complications at the age of 93. His wife Marlene assumed control of the church.

Marlene Meade acted as head from 2010 until her removal in 2011.

Meade's grandson James assumed control and implemented a series of changes immediately. The only rule was there were no rules. Outreach programs were established, families were reunited after 30 years and members were welcomed back.

At this time the name was changed to Mountaintop Ministries in an attempt to rebrand and alienate the cult-like rules that were in the organization's history. Three satellite churches were opened in Mexico, membership doubled, fundraisers brought in over $2 Million dollars in 2014.

In December 2015, scandal hit the church. Multiple women accused Charles Meade of having sexual intercourse with them as minors well into the age of adulthood. investigations proved these accusations to be true. Upon finding this out, members demanded that more light was to be shed upon the church's leadership and its operations. Whistleblowers disclosed financial misconduct among the self-appointed board of directors. The funds raised in the year prior had been used to fuel an excessive and lavish lifestyle and falsified outreach missions that were secret casino and strip club vacations for church leadership. An outraged congregation, tore into the past 40 years of church propaganda finding lies and mass manipulation. This all culminated into a "final" church service where enraged members called out leadership and after 3 hours of deliberation, over 1,200 members left the church for good.

The church "closed" then changed its name to Christian Fellowship church. It is now run by a small group of Meade's former followers, who are still attempting to right all the wrong that was done in the churches past 50 years.

Location
The worship center was built in the mid-1990s with seating for over 2000. The church was located on County Road 240 near Columbia City.

The church was listed as Non-Denominational / Independent by USA Churches.

References

Churches in Columbia County, Florida
1990s establishments in Florida


title: Veyretia

text:
Veyretia is a genus of terrestrial orchids native to South America and Trinidad.

Veyretia aphylla (Ridl.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
Veyretia caudata (R.J.V.Alves) Mytnik - Minas Gerais
Veyretia cogniauxiana (Barb.Rodr. ex Cogn.) Szlach. - Minas Gerais
Veyretia hassleri (Cogn.) Szlach. - Brazil, Paraguay
Veyretia neuroptera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil
Veyretia rupicola (Garay) F.Barros - Brazil
Veyretia sagittata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. - French Guiana, Argentina, Brazil
Veyretia simplex (Griseb.) Szlach. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
Veyretia sincorensis (Schltr.) Szlach. - Bahia
Veyretia szlachetkoana Mytnik - Colombia, Venezuela
Veyretia undulata Szlach. - Brazil

References

Cranichideae genera
Spiranthinae


title: Protorthodes mexicana

text:
Protorthodes mexicana is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 2014. It is found in Xalapa, Mexico.

The length of the forewings is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale whitish buff brown with a dusting of pale-brown scales. The subbasal, antemedial and postmedial lines are very faint and indicated by paler lines bordered on each side by scattered pale-brown scales. The subterminal line is more distinct because of darker shading in the terminal area and the outer part of the subterminal area adjacent to it. The reniform and orbicular spots are slightly darker than the ground color and are outlined in white. The terminal area is darker than the remainder of the forewing because of more numerous gray-brown scales. The hindwings are white with a trace of darker scaling on the veins and the wing margin. Adults have been recorded on wing in late April.

Etymology
The species name is derived from Mexico, where it is found.

References

Moths described in 2014
Hadeninae


title: Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

text:
The Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) was an organizational unit within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) charged by the President of the United States with directing and coordinating international United States government disaster assistance. USAID merged the former offices of OFDA and Food for Peace (FFP) in 2020 to form the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).

History
After failed attempts to respond to the 1963 Skopje earthquake in Yugoslavia and the eruption of the Irazú Volcano in Costa Rica, the U.S. government decided to create a central, coordinating agency to lead U.S. international disaster response efforts. In 1964, OFDA was established under the Foreign Assistance Act with the appointment of a Foreign Disaster Relief Coordinator within USAID.

In 1975, the Foreign Assistance Act was amended with a "notwithstanding" clause in the International Development and Food Assistance Act, allowing the President to bypass any bureaucratic procedures that might hinder a timely response. The "notwithstanding" clause gives OFDA the expedited authority to make grants and contracts without having to go through the lengthy procurement procedures required for other USAID offices. In addition, the clause allows OFDA to work in countries where other U.S. government agencies are not present.

The organization is mandated to save lives, alleviate human suffering, and reduce the economic and social impact of humanitarian emergencies worldwide.

Disaster response

Each year, OFDA responds to dozens of international disasters, including rapid-onset events, such as earthquakes, floods, storms, tsunamis, and volcanoes; slow-onset emergencies, such as prolonged drought leading to food insecurity; and complex emergencies stemming from political crises, social unrest, or armed conflict.

An official disaster declaration allows OFDA to provide humanitarian assistance to affected populations. OFDA closely coordinates all activities with the U.S. embassy or USAID mission in the affected country. OFDA also conducts humanitarian assessments to determine if and when USG humanitarian assistance may be appropriate. OFDA's response depends on the scale of the event and the needs of affected communities and may comprise a range of activities, including one or more of the following:

 Immediate provision of up to $50,000—an amount designated as the Disaster Assistance Authority—to the U.S. Embassy or the USAID Mission in the affected country for the local purchase of relief supplies or as a contribution to a relief organization;
 Deployment of a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) or other emergency teams to disaster-affected areas to conduct assessments, determine additional needs, deliver relief supplies, provide technical assistance, and/or recommend proposals for funding;
 Activation of an on-call Response Management Team (RMT) in Washington, D.C.;
 Procurement, transportation, and distribution of emergency relief supplies, such as plastic sheeting, water containers, water purification units, blankets, and health supplies, from one of OFDA's three regional warehouses; and/or
 Support for relief and rehabilitation activities through grants to implementing organizations, including international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), U.N. agencies, or international organizations.

Examples of OFDA-funded activities include purchasing local relief supplies for populations in remote locations, managing and/or supporting primary health care programs, implementing cash-for-work activities, providing seeds and tools to displaced farmers, or restoring water systems in drought-stricken countries. In addition, OFDA often prepositions personnel and relief supplies to prepare for a foreseeable disaster, such as a hurricane or volcanic eruption.

OFDA possesses the authority to request exemptions from USG regulations when doing so will expedite the provision of emergency assistance, as well as to borrow money from other USAID accounts when OFDA requires additional funding, although use of the special authorities is rare.

Transition from relief to development
As an emergency response transitions from addressing immediate needs to longer-term rehabilitation and reconstruction activities, OFDA works with other offices within USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) and USAID's regional bureaus and overseas missions—among other partners—to ensure a seamless hand-off of assistance from relief to development entities.

Disaster risk reduction
In addition to disaster response activities, OFDA also supports a range of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects designed to minimize the impact of natural hazards and conflict in emergency-prone countries and enhance the resilience of affected communities. OFDA's DRR activities work to strengthen communities' resilience to and recovery from shocks and promote the sharing of technology and expertise between the United States and the affected country by building partnerships with national emergency response agencies. OFDA frequently implements DRR activities in conjunction with technical organizations, such as the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and other offices within USAID. OFDA staff carefully monitor grantee programs to ensure that resources are used wisely and to determine whether projects need to be adapted to changing conditions.

Fiscal Year 2010 response
In FY 2010, OFDA responded to 73 disasters in 56 countries to assist tens of millions of disaster-affected people. The response to one of these disasters—the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake—constituted one of the largest in OFDA's history. In Africa, OFDA assisted populations affected by complex humanitarian emergencies, flooding, food security crises and drought, lead poisoning, a cholera outbreak, a cyclone, refugee returns, and earthquakes. Countries in the Asia and Pacific region experienced flooding, complex humanitarian emergencies, tropical cyclones, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and a winter emergency. In Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA), OFDA assisted populations affected by complex emergencies, floods, wildfires, and food insecurity. Flooding affected populations across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, where OFDA also responded to wildfires, storms, a volcano, and earthquakes.

Following the onset of each of these disasters, affected populations required immediate humanitarian assistance, including safe drinking water, health care, sanitation services, emergency shelter, emergency relief supplies, and food security interventions. In countries experiencing complex emergencies, OFDA partners worked to protect vulnerable civilians, increase the sustainability of longer-term humanitarian responses, and facilitate the transition to development assistance in relevant countries.

OFDA provided more than $855 million for disaster response programs to support agriculture and food security, economic recovery and market systems, health, nutrition, protection, shelter and settlements, and WASH interventions; humanitarian coordination and information management programs; search and rescue efforts; and logistical support and emergency relief commodities. In FY 2010, OFDA deployed Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) and other emergency teams to Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar, Mexico, Niger, Pakistan, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Vietnam. Of the more than $855 million provided in response to emergencies, $9 million supported DRR programs, and $181 million supported disaster response programs with DRR components. In addition to allocating more than $855 million for disaster response programs, OFDA provided more than $59 million for regional and global disaster support and more than $59 million for operations and program support.

References

External links
 USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance website
 EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
 USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance website

United States Agency for International Development
Humanitarian aid organizations


title: Kim Pate

text:
Kimberly Pate  (born November 10, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Ontario since November 10, 2016, sitting with the Independent Senators Group (ISG) caucus. Pate was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Background
Pate graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1984 with honours in the Clinical Law Programme and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health. In 2014, she was named a member of the Order of Canada for advocating on behalf of women who are marginalized, victimized or incarcerated, and for her research on women in the criminal justice system. Pate is a former executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. In 2011 she was a recipient of the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case.

On October 31, 2016, it was announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would recommend that she be appointed to the Senate of Canada. She will sit as an independent. Pate assumed office on November 10, 2016.

Activity
In May 2022 together with two other senators Senator Anderson issued a report calling for a review of the convictions of 12 indigenous women, including the Quewezance sisters, and their exoneration.

She is out as lesbian, and is a member of the Canadian Pride Caucus, a non-partisan committee of Canada's LGBTQ MPs and senators.

References

External links
Kim Pate, Parliament of Canada website
Interview: Kim Pate, The Fifth Estate'', CBC News
Citation for Governor General's Award, 2011
New senator Kim Pate gives a voice to women in Canada's prisons Patrick White, The Globe and Mail, 2017 Jan.3

1959 births
Living people
Members of the Order of Canada
Canadian senators from Ontario
Independent Canadian senators
Women members of the Senate of Canada
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Independent Senators Group
Canadian LGBT senators
Lesbian politicians
21st-century Canadian LGBT people


title: Jean-Baptiste d'Huez

text:
Jean-Baptiste Cyprien d'Huez (1728 – 27 October 1793) was a French sculptor.

Early years

Jean-Baptiste Cyprien d'Huez was born in Arras in 1728.
His younger brother was Charles-Alexandre d'Huez, who became an architect.

Huez studied under Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.
He won the second prize for sculpture in 1751, and shared the second prize in 1752.
He won the first prize in 1753.
Huez exhibited in the Salons of Paris from 1761 to 1773.
Huez exhibited four bas-reliefs at the Salon of 1761 representing eight Virtues carrying garlands. Denis Diderot admired them for their antique style and for their character and draperies.

Academician

Huez was received by the Academy on 30 January 1763.
He made a marble statue of Saint Andrew as his reception piece for the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, presented on 30 July 1763.
It is now held in the Louvre.
Four statues were required for the stairway of the Royal Military Academy. Huez was commissioned to make a statue of Maurice de Saxe.
The sculptors Félix Lecomte, Louis-Philippe Mouchy and Augustin Pajou were commissioned to make statues of the Grand Condé, Maréchal de Luxembourg and Turenne.
The statues were presented together at the Salon of 1773. They were all destroyed in 1792, during the French Revolution.
Huez was one of the main artists whose work was included in the collection of the Comédie-Française at the end of the 18th century. Others were Jean-Joseph Foucou, Simon-Louis Boizot, Augustin Pajou and Pierre-François Berruer.
Huez became a teacher himself.
One of his pupils was Jean-Louis Couasnon (1747–1802).

Huez's teacher, Jean-Baptiste II Lemoyne (1704–1778), started a group "Poetry crying on the bust of Mr. Crebillon" to commemorate the playwright Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, but did not complete it. It was moved to the antiques room in the Louvre in 1778, where Jean-Baptiste d'Huez continued the work.
He made a marble bust of  Crébillon that was acquired by the Comédie-Française in 1778.
The group was finally completed during the revolutionary period by a pupil of Alexandre Lenoir and is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon.
On 7 January 1785 Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jeffries crossed the English Channel in a balloon.
Huez was among the sculptors invited to submit sketches for a monument to commemorate the invention, but his submission was not chosen.

Huez died at his home on the Rue des Poulies in Paris on 6 Brumaire II (27 October 1793), aged 65.

References
Citations

Sources

1728 births
1793 deaths
18th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
18th-century French male artists


title: Out of the Black (song)

text:
"Out of the Black" is the debut single by English rock duo Royal Blood. The song was written and recorded by the duo for their debut EP of the same name, released by Black Mammoth Records on 11 November 2013. The track later appeared as the opening track on the band's self-titled debut studio album. It was also part of the soundtrack to the film Who Am I – No System Is Safe, as well as the video games Forza Horizon 2 and EA Sports UFC, and was used in a featurette for the Netflix series Daredevil at the 2015 New York Comic Con. The song served as the official theme song for the 2016 professional wrestling event WWE Roadblock. It has been covered by Billie Marten.

Music video
A music video for the song was released on 6 February 2015. It was directed by David Wilson and Christy Karacas and mixes live-action footage with animation. In the video, a robber wearing a bunny costume steals various confectionaries from a petrol station, including a chocolate bar directly from the station's attendant. When the police respond, the robber is revealed to be an alien and, along with other aliens in costumes, massacres a team of men in black who arrive on the scene. The aliens, however, are subsequently slaughtered in a fight with the attendant, who kills the alien in the bunny costume last and takes back his chocolate bar.

Critical reception
Scott Kerr of AllMusic, no relation to the band's frontman Mike Kerr, called the song "a riff-fueled onslaught that belies their two-piece status; with just a heavily processed bass guitar and a drum set between them, they make some four-piece rock bands look inconsequential". DIY editor Stephen Ackroyd repeated what Kerr said, calling the song "an incendiary calling card - a roaring, snarling Godzilla levelling skyscrapers at will".

Track listing

Personnel
Partly adapted from Out of the Black liner notes.

Royal Blood
Mike Kerr – lead vocals, bass guitar
Ben Thatcher – drums

Technical personnel
Tom Dalgety – producer, mixing (track 1), recording
John Davis – mastering
Alan Moulder – mixing (track 2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

 Royal Blood official website

2014 debut singles
Warner Records singles
2014 songs
Royal Blood (band) songs
Song recordings produced by Tom Dalgety


title: Protorthodes ustulata

text:
Protorthodes ustulata is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by J. Donald Lafontaine, J. Bruce Walsh and Clifford D. Ferris in 2014. It is found in North America from south-eastern Wyoming southward to the Guadalupe Mountains in western Texas and westward to central and south-eastern Arizona and northern Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12–15 mm. The forewings are burnt orange color, tending to be darker toward the costal and outer edge. The subbasal, antemedial, postmedial and subterminal lines are whitish gray, partially bordered by dark-brown scales. The reniform spot has the shape of an eight. The upper part is gray brown and the lower part is blackish gray. It has a contrasting whitish-gray outline. The orbicular spot is slightly darker than the ground color and is outlined in whitish gray. The terminal line is dark brown. The hindwings are pale fuscous basally with darker fuscous on the discal spot, veins and marginal area. Adults have been recorded on wing from early April to mid-May and again from early August to early October.

Etymology
The species name refers to the burnt-orange color of the body and forewings and is derived from Latin ustulata.

References

Moths described in 2014
Hadeninae


title: South Korea–Uruguay relations

text:
Foreign relations between the Republic of Korea and Uruguay were established in 1964. South Korea has an embassy in Montevideo. Uruguay has an embassy in Seoul.

Both countries are members of the Group of 77.

South Korea is also an important trading partner for Uruguay.

See also
Foreign relations of South Korea
Foreign relations of Uruguay
Koreans in Uruguay

References

External links

Uruguay
Bilateral relations of Uruguay


title: Haemophilus pittmaniae

text:
Haemophilus pittmaniae is a Gram-negative species of bacterium of the family Pasteurellaceae. Strains of this species were originally isolated from humans. The species may be associated with respiratory infections in individuals with lung disease.

References

External links
Type strain of Haemophilus pittmaniae at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

pittmaniae
Gram-negative bacteria
Bacteria described in 2005


title: Follingbo Church

text:
Follingbo Church () is a medieval church in Follingbo on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its Romanesque nave and tower are noteworthy for the professionalism with which they were built. It lies in the Diocese of Visby and is used of the Church of Sweden.

History and architecture
The oldest parts of Follingbo Church are the nave and tower. They date from circa 1200 and together form an unusually accomplished example of Romanesque architecture on Gotland. Although lacking in ornamental sculpture, the tower and nave were clearly built by skilled and experienced builders, in contrast to some other Romanesque churches on Gotland. The choir is later (late 13th century) and already Gothic in style, and also considered unusual for its kind. The choir replaced an earlier, Romanesque choir with an apse. The current choir instead has a straight eastern wall, adorned with a single tracery window, in which fragments of medieval stained glass panes remain. The sacristy was built in 1820-21.

Inside, the church has a painted ceiling, decorated at the end of the 17th century. Most of the furnishings are also from the 17th or 18th century. An exception is the undecorated baptismal font, which is medieval.

The church underwent a renovation in 1955-56.

Follingbo Church belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies within the Diocese of Visby.

References

Further reading

External links

Churches in Gotland County
Churches in the Diocese of Visby
Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden


title: World Chamber of Commerce

text:
The World Chamber of Commerce (WCC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit global organization dedicated to fostering international trade, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.  The World Chamber organizes initiatives and events targeted at furthering these aims. The WCC develops partnerships and acts as a liaison between international and local businesses, supporting efforts from embassies, consulates, multilateral organizations, bi-national chambers of commerce, and businesses promoting global commerce, economic, cultural and social exchange. The WCC headquarters is in Atlanta, United States.

History
The World Chamber of Commerce was founded by International Trade Consultant Solange Warner in 2008.  The organization's first activities were a set of successful international trade seminars which served to bring together the international and local business community in Atlanta.  Warner also developed the " WCC International Hero Award" to recognize individuals who have demonstrated excellence in international trade, cultural and humanitarian work; along with the "WCC International Trade Process" to assist international business with initial complimentary advice, when entering the U.S. business market.

Programs and events highlights
"International Trade Seminars"
"Meet the World in Atlanta"
"World Business Forum"
"Global Business and Environmental Summit"
"Global Economic and Film Production Forum"

Officers
The World Chamber of Commerce's honorary chairs include former Atlanta mayor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young, the former president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, the Premier of Bermuda, Paula Cox, presidential candidate and former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson, LucasFilm VP Howard Kazanjian and actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr.
The Executive Committee consists of three chairmen of the board- Charles Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, Denis Barbet, Consul General of France in the Southeast U.S. and Solange Warner, founder of the World Chamber of Commerce.  The President of the WCC board is Roma Klicius, honorary consul of Lithuania, the vice president is Dan Moss, Jr., Senior VP at Morgan Stanley, the Secretaries are Charles Kuck and Richard Summers, attorneys at law, and the Treasurer is Wayne Johnson, Principal at Johnson Consulting Services.

Humanitarian initiatives
The World Chamber of Commerce has created the initiative: "Human Trafficking Awareness to Keep Our Children Safe" to end human trafficking in concert with several humanitarian organizations.  Additionally, the World Chamber of Commerce has created initiatives to provide aid to victims of earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.

References

Chambers of commerce
International trade organizations
Organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state)
501(c)(3) organizations


title: Spiros Antoniou

text:
Spiros Antoniou (Greek: Σπύρος Αντωνίου; born 24 October 1973 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek death metal singer, bassist, and visual artist best known for his work with Greek symphonic death metal band Septicflesh, in which he has been since 1990 foundation and of which he is a founding member. He has also contributed to bands such as TheDevilWorx, Chaostar, and Thou Art Lord.

Antoniou is also a visual artist under the pseudonym Seth Siro Anton. He made the cover art for almost every Septicflesh release (including re-issues), as well as several cover paintings for other bands such as: Decapitated, Devian, Vader, Paradise Lost, Belphegor, Nile, Soilwork, Caliban, Heaven Shall Burn, Serenity, Kamelot, Flowing Tears, Moonspell, Methedras, Universum, The Foreshadowing, and Old Man's Child.

References

External links

Official site

Death metal musicians
1973 births
Living people
Singers from Athens
Artists from Athens
Album-cover and concert-poster artists


title: Redondo Peninsula

text:
The Redondo Peninsula is a short mountainous peninsula extending about 15 kilometers (9 miles) to the south of Zambales on western Luzon in the Philippines. It separates Subic Bay and the coasts around the Subic Bay Metropolitan Area of Subic and Olongapo from the South China Sea. It is known for its secluded coves, beaches and pine-forested mountains.

Geography

The peninsula is administratively divided between two municipalities of Zambales: San Antonio (west) and Subic (east). The west coast of the peninsula is indented by several coves and bays, namely Silanguin Bay, Nazasa Cove (also known as Nagsasa Cove), Talisain Bay, Agnaem Bay and Calaguaguin Cove (also known as Anawangin Cove). The eastern coast on Subic Bay consists of long stretches of beach as well as the Subic Shipyard of Hanjin Philippines located near the southern tip at Barangay Cawag, Subic. Nearby islands include Capones Island, Tabones Island, Silanguin Island and Los Frailes Islands on the west coast; and Subic Grande Island, Subic Chiquita Island, Mayanga Island and Pequeña Island on Subic Bay. Mount Silanguin is the highest peak on the peninsula at 2,160 ft. (658 m.). Other notable peaks include Mount Redondo, Cinco Picos, Mount Nazasa and Rounded Peak.

The entire peninsula is now administered by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) as part of Subic Bay Freeport Zone with the recent turnover of the San Antonio Economic Development Area covering the sitios of Silangin, Nagsasa and Talisayin on the peninsula to the SBMA in 2013.

Subic Power Plant Project

In 2007, Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc. secured a government deal to build a coal-fired power plant on the peninsula. This coal power project, a joint venture between Aboitiz Power Corp. and Taiwan's Cogeneration  Corp. is one of several energy projects aimed at addressing the projected power supply shortage on the main island of Luzon by 2016. Opposition to the project from local residents, environmentalist groups and local government units in Zambales was strong prompting the Supreme Court to issue a Writ of Kalikasan in 2012. This project is stalled .

See also
 Luzon tropical pine forests

References

Peninsulas of the Philippines
Landforms of Zambales
Tourist attractions in Zambales


title: Aster, Edmonton

text:
Aster is a developing neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was named for the flowering plant genus Aster, of which heath aster and flat-topped white aster are most common in Alberta.

Aster is located within The Meadows area and was originally identified as Neighbourhood 5 within The Meadows Area Structure Plan (ASP). It was officially named Aster on April 30, 2014.

It is bounded on the west by 17 Street NW, north by a future realignment of 23 Avenue NW, and east and south by Anthony Henday Drive.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

Neighbourhoods in Edmonton


title: Flexible battery

text:
Flexible batteries are batteries, both primary and secondary, that are designed to be conformal and flexible, unlike traditional rigid ones. They can maintain their characteristic shape even against continual bending or twisting. The increasing interest in portable and flexible electronics has led to the development of flexible batteries which can be implemented in products such as smart cards, wearable electronics, novelty packaging, flexible displays and transdermal drug delivery patches. The advantages of flexible batteries are their conformability, light weight, and portability, which makes them easy to be implemented in products such as flexible and wearable electronics. Hence efforts are underway to make different flexible power sources including primary and rechargeable batteries with high energy density and good flexibility.

Basic methods and designs
In general, a battery is made of one or several galvanic cells, where each cell consists of cathode, anode, separator, and in many cases current collectors. In flexible batteries all these components need to be flexible. These batteries can be fabricated into different shapes and sizes and by different methods. One approach is to use polymer binders to fabricate composite electrodes where conductive additives are used to enhance their conductivity. The electrode materials can be printed or coated onto flexible substrates. The cells are assembled into flexible packaging materials to maintain bendability. Others approaches include the filtering of electrode suspension through filters to form free-standing films, or use flexible matrix to hold electrode materials. There are also other designs like cable batteries.

Flexible secondary (rechargeable) batteries
There have been many efforts in adapting conventional batteries such as zinc-carbon and lithium ion, and at the same time new materials such as those based on nanoparticle complexes are being developed for flexible battery and supercapacitor electrodes. For example, there are efforts at developing flexible lithium-ion batteries. Some studies have introduced nanocarbons into flexible lithium-ion batteries, and there are batteries with Li4Ti5O12 and LiFePO4 as anode and cathode, with graphene-based current collector. Carbon nanotube electrodes have been reported too: pristine, and combined with Li4Ti5O12, LiCoO2, or SnO2. Another development is the paper-thin flexible self-rechargeable battery that combines a thin-film organic solar cell with an extremely thin and highly flexible lithium-polymer battery. This recharges itself when exposed to light.

Flexible primary batteries
Disposable, primary flexible primary batteries which are the equivalent of AA and AAA batteries are also of great interest with applicability in smart cards, medical patches, greeting cards, toys, and disposable devices. Advantages of primary batteries with aqueous electrolyte over lithium ion batteries include their eco-friendliness and the ease of fabrication. A flexible zinc-carbon battery using single-walled carbon nanotubes was reported in 2010.

Alkaline batteries are more durable than conventional zinc-carbon batteries under heavy load. An alkaline battery uses MnO2 as the active material along with zinc anode, and KOH is used as an electrolyte here. A flexible alkaline cell offers several challenges because compared to zinc-carbon cells using weak acidic or neutral electrolytes, KOH is more basic and corrosive. Gaikwad has proposed an alkaline battery using nylon mesh in 2011.

Business and commercialization
Commercialization efforts for flexible lithium-ion and zinc-carbon systems are ongoing. LG is proposing to mass-produce a flexible cable battery. The global market for thin film batteries increased from $33.5 million in 2011 to $51.8 million in 2012, and is estimated to be valued at $87.3 million by the end of 2013. Manufacturers of zinc-based flexible disposable batteries include Printed Energy (Brisbane, QLD, AU), Blue Spark Technologies (Westlake, OH, US), FlexEl (College Park, MD, US), Printechnologics (Chemnitz, Germany), etc. While the suppliers of lithium-ion systems include GS NanoTech (Seoul, South Korea), Cymbet (Elk River, MN, USA), and Excellatron (Atlanta, GA, USA).

See also
 Primary battery
 Rechargeable battery
 Battery (electricity)

References

External links

Lithium-ion batteries
20th-century inventions
Metal-ion batteries
Battery shapes
Flexible electronics


title: Kinglet Gardens, Edmonton

text:
Kinglet Gardens is a developing neighborhood in northwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was named for golden-crowned kinglets and ruby-crowned kinglets that are native to nearby Big Lake.

Kinglet Gardens is located within the Big Lake area and is identified as Neighbourhood 4 within the Big Lake Area Structure Plan (ASP). It was officially named Kinglet Gardens on May 27, 2014.

It is bounded on the west by 231 Street NW, north by the Hawks Ridge neighbourhood, east by 215 Street NW (Winterburn Road), and south by Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16).

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

Neighbourhoods in Edmonton


title: Pintail Landing, Edmonton

text:
Pintail Landing is a future neighbourhood in northwest Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was named for northern pintail ducks that are native to nearby Big Lake.

Pintail Landing is located within the Big Lake area and is identified as Neighbourhood 5 within the Big Lake Area Structure Plan (ASP). It was officially named Pintail Landing on May 27, 2014.

It is bounded on the west by 215 Street NW (Winterburn Road), north by the Trumpeter neighbourhood, on the east by Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216), and on the south by Yellowhead Trail (Highway 16).

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

Neighbourhoods in Edmonton


title: James H. Gribben

text:
James Henry Gribben (April, 1839 - August 6, 1878) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Gribben received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Gribben's medal was won for capturing the flag of the Confederate 12th Virginia Infantry at the Battle of Sayler's Creek in Virginia on April 6, 1865. He was honored with the award on May 3, 1865.

Gribben was born in Ireland. He joined the US Army from New York City in September 1861, and was discharged in June 1865. He was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn. Green-Wood Cemetery was mistakenly recorded on his death certificate.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L

References

1839 births
1878 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
Irish emigrants to the United States
Irish-born Medal of Honor recipients
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients


title: Beebe Syndicate

text:
The Beebe Syndicate was the name given to a group of electric streetcar and interurban railroads as well as construction and finance companies that shared common management based in Syracuse, New York. Founder Clifford D. Beebe (1866–1937) had returned to New York State after building up his career in the banking industry in Michigan. His first involvement with managing electric railways was presiding over the Syracuse and East Side Railway in 1894. After several years of involvement with various local streetcar lines, Beebe turned his attention to the development of electric interurban railways. Beginning in 1899, the Beebe Syndicate grew to control 28 individual companies at its height in 1915. By this time, many properties were placed in receivership due to overwhelming debt. Large parts of the Syndicate were sold into foreclosure in 1917, with the remaining lines reorganized independently. Beebe left the Syracuse area in 1919 and moved to New York City to pursue a career in real estate. He returned to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1935 and died of a sudden heart attack in 1937.

Affiliated companies

 American Light, Power and Transportation Company
 Auburn and Northern Construction Company
 Auburn and Syracuse Construction Company
 Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad
 Buffalo, Lockport and Rochester Railway
 Edgecliff Park Company
 Electric Terminal Association
 Empire United Railways, Inc.
 Auburn and Northern Electric Railroad (EUS)
 Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Railroad (EUS)
 Syracuse, Lake Shore and Northern Railroad (EUS)
 Hudson Finance Company
 Inter-State Financing and Construction Company
 Interurban Publishing Company
 Monroe County Electric Belt Line
 Newark and Marion Railway
 Newark, Williamson and Northern Railroad
 Oneida Lake Terminal Company
 Onondaga Amusement Company
 Ontario Construction Company
 Rochester Belt Line
 Sagamore Navigation Company
 Skaneateles Lake Transportation Company
 Syracuse Railroad Construction Company
 Syracuse and South Bay Electric Railroad
 Syracuse Terminal Association
 Syracuse, Watertown and St. Lawrence River Railroad
 Warren Street Realty Company

Defunct New York (state) railroads
Interurban railways in New York (state)


title: James Hampton (priest)

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James Hampton (1721–1778) was an English cleric and writer, known as the translator of the Ancient Greek historian Polybius.

Life
Baptized on November 2, 1791, Hampton was the son of James Hampton of Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire. He entered Winchester College in 1733, and was elected a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, matriculating on 20 July 1739.  At Oxford Hampton was noted for his scholarship and violent behavior, on one occasion provoking a quarrel by kicking over a tea table in the rooms of William Collins with whom he'd been at school. He graduated B.A. in 1743, and M.A. in 1747, and took holy orders.

Lord-chancellor Henley presented Hampton, in 1762, to the rectory of Monkton-Moor, Yorkshire on the basis of his Polybius translation: Hampton dedicated to Henley the second edition of the work. In 1775 he obtained the sinecure rectory of Folkton, Yorkshire, which he held with his other benefice.

Hampton died at Knightsbridge, Middlesex, apparently unmarried, in June 1778. He left his property to William Graves of the Inner Temple.

Works
In 1741 Hampton began on Polybius by publishing A Fragment of the 6th Book, containing a Dissertation on Government, translated, with notes, by a Gentleman, London. This was followed by a translation of the first five books and part of the fragments (2 vols., London, 1756–61), which between that date and 1823 went through at least seven editions.

Hampton's other works were:

 An Essay on Ancient and Modern History, Oxford, 1746, which contains an evaluation of Gilbert Burnet as a historian.
 A Plain and Easy Account of the Fall of Man. In which the distinct agency of an evil spirit is asserted, and the objection, taken from the silence of Moses upon that point, fully answered, London, 1750.
 Two Extracts from the sixth Book of the general history of Polybius, . . . translated from the Greek. To which are prefixed some reflections tending to illustrate the doctrine of the author concerning the natural destruction of mixed governments, with an application of it to the state of Britain, London, 1764.

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1721 births
1778 deaths
18th-century English Anglican priests
English classical scholars
English translators
English male non-fiction writers
18th-century English translators


title: John Drummond (1676–1742)

text:
John Drummond (1676 – 20 December 1742), of Quarrell, Stirling, was a Scottish banker, merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1742.

Career in the Netherlands

Drummond was the third son of George Drummond of Blair Drummond, Perthshire, and his wife Elizabeth Ramsay, daughter of Sir Gilbert Ramsay, 1st Baronet, from Bamff in Perthshire. In 1691 he was sent to Amsterdam with a letter to Andrew Henderson, who specialised in finding places for Scottish boys in Dutch business houses. There he met and befriended James Brydges (later Duke of Chandos), who assisted his career thereafter. After the Peace of Ryswick in 1697, he set up in partnership with a Dutchman, Jan van der Heiden and, for a time, their business in fine goods, coffee, tea, chocolate and wine prospered. By 1709, Drummond had married Agatha Vanderbent of the Netherlands, sister of the Elector of Brandenburgh's agent at Amsterdam  With the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, he extended his business to supplying cash to the British Army in the Low Countries and stock-market intelligence to Brydges. He withdrew £5,000 from the business with a view to buying a seat in the British Parliament at a time when the partnership was already over-borrowed and in May 1712 van der Heiden and Drummond defaulted on 100,000 guilders in debts.

After the formation of the Tory ministry in London in 1710, Drummond became the principal source of Dutch intelligence for Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke.

Return to Britain

Drummond returned to Britain, and was a Commissioner for regulating English trade to the Spanish Netherlands from 1713 to 1714. In 1722 he became a director of the East India Company and assistant of the East African Company. He became Director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company in 1726.

Drummond was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth Burghs at the 1727 British general election. In 1732 he ended his directorship of the Royal Exchange Assurance and was appointed Commissioner for settling commerce at Antwerp. He gave up his directorship of the East India Company in 1734. He was returned again for Perth Burghs in 1734 and 1741. He voted with the Administration and often spoke in the House, usually on matters relating to trade.

Drummond died without issue on 20 December 1742.

References

1676 births
1742 deaths
Scottish bankers
Scottish company founders
18th-century Scottish businesspeople
Scottish expatriates in the Netherlands
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
British MPs 1727–1734
British MPs 1734–1741
British MPs 1741–1747
People from Perthshire


title: 1966 in Portugal

text:
Events in the year 1966 in Portugal.

Incumbents
President: Américo Tomás
Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Arts and entertainment
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with Madalena Iglésias and the song "Ele e ela".

Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1965–66 Primeira Divisão and 1966–67 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1965–66 Taça de Portugal and 1966–67 Taça de Portugal.
 22 May - Taça de Portugal Final
 6 June - Establishment of U.D. Leiria
 Establishment of the Portuguese Handball Second Division
 Establishment of C.D. Fátima and Rebordosa AC

Deaths

26 February – Delfim Santos, academic, philosopher, educationist, essayist and book and movie reviewer (born 1907).

References

Portugal
Years of the 20th century in Portugal
Portugal


title: Dukhtar

text:
Dukhtar (; ) is a 2014 Pakistani drama-thriller film directed by Afia Nathaniel. The film stars Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza, Saleha Aref, Asif Khan, Ajab Gul and Samina Ahmad. The film is Afia Nathaniel's feature directorial debut; she also wrote and produced the film. It is the story of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter, who leave their home to save the girl from an arranged marriage to a tribal leader.

The film was premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September. Geo Films released the film in Pakistan on 18 September 2014. It was selected as Pakistan's Official entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. It becomes Pakistan's second consecutive submission to Oscars and accepted as per the first one was Zinda Bhaag in same category.

Plot
At the age of fifteen, Allah Rakhi (Samiya Mumtaz) was given in marriage to the much older tribal chieftain Daulat Khan (Asif Khan), who took her from her family in Lahore to live with him in the mountains. Now, two decades later, Daulat Khan is presented with the opportunity to make peace with rival tribe leader Tor Gul (Abdullah Jaan), and the deal is to be sealed by a deal for Tor Gul's marriage to Daulat Khan's ten-year-old daughter Zainab (Saleha Aref). Tormented at the prospect that her daughter's life might be a repetition of her own, Allah Rakhi flees with the oblivious young girl in tow. Pursued by Daulat Khan and Tor Gul's henchmen, and knowing that she is highly conspicuous as an unaccompanied woman on a mountain road, Allah Rakhi sneaks on board a truck. When discovered she manages to get a lift for her and Zainab by initially lying to a sympathetic truck driver, Sohail (Mohib Mirza). When Sohail learns of the real reason for Allah Rakhi's flight, he is forced to decide whether he will endanger his own life to deliver mother and daughter to safety in Lahore.

Cast
 Samiya Mumtaz as Allah Rakhi
 Mohib Mirza as Sohail
 Saleha Aref as Zainab
 Asif Khan as Daulat Khan
 Ajab Gul as Shehbaz Khan
 Samina Ahmad as Rukhsana
 Adnan Shah as Ghorzang Khan
 Abdullah Jaan as Tor Gul / Hikmatullah
 Omair Rana as Zarak Khan

Production
On 24 June 2014, it was announced that Geo Films had acquired the domestic distribution rights to the film. Norway's Sorfund provided the funds for the film after years of seeking funds, on which director said,
"Our local film industry is in shambles and financiers want to see Masala films with women wearing almost nothing dancing and gyrating on the screen."

The film was shot entirely in Gilgit–Baltistan northern areas, included locations Skardu, Hunza, Gilgit, Ghizer and Kallar Kahar.

Marketing
On 26 June 2014, a teaser trailer was released on Vimeo by Zambeel Films.

Release
Dukhtar was premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Discovery section on 5 September 2014. Director Afia Nathaniel said,
"It's a great honour for a Pakistani film to be selected for Toronto. We hope audiences all over the world get to enjoy this beautiful film with a beautiful heart. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry. It will make you sit on the edge of the seat until the very last scene of the film. I am so looking forward to bringing Dukhtar home right after Toronto,"

The film was previously slated for 14 August 2014 release, but later Geo Films shifted the film's date back and released domestically on 18 September 2014 in 9 major cities i.e. Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Sialkot.

In October, Dukhtar was premiered in Busan Film Festival (South Korea), London Film Festival (European premiere), Films from the South (Scandinavian premiere) and São Paulo International Film Festival (Latin American premiere).

Mara Pictures, a distributor of South Asian cinema in the United Kingdom, acquired the British distribution rights to the film and released it in British cinemas in April 2015.

Reception

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from all over the world.

Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film glowingly, "The story has all the makings of a great against-all-odds adventure tale, abetted by spectacular location shooting and an outcome that is never a foregone conclusion...Afia Nathaniel's feature directing debut generates enough tension to fuel a harrowing real-life story while adding another unforgettable heroine to cinema from the region with Samiya Mumtaz's measured portrayal of a Muslim woman taking charge of her life."

Theodora Munroe of The Upcoming gave it five stars and said, "Well-acted and beautifully written, Dukhtar thrills and stirs."

Writer Mohsin Hamid said, "Dukhtar is a wonderful, impressive film. It shows how quickly Pakistani cinema is progressing." Samina Peerzada said of young actress Saleha Aref, "The little girl in Dukhtar – a star is born." Academy award winner director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said, "Dukhtar has set a new precedent in filmmaking in Pakistan. The film's powerful narrative is met with equally strong visuals that collectively showcase what Pakistani talent is all about. I have no doubt that the story will resonate with people locally and internationally." Actress Meesha Shafi praised the film, actress and director, "Simple yet full of impact. Dukhtar highlights a subject that desperately needs attention. Sensitive yet spirited portrayal of Allah Rakkhi by Samia Mumtaz. The Pakistani landscape is shot with a beautiful eye. Afia Nathanial has arrived." Film producer Iram Parveen Bilal said, "Dukhtar is a story told with visually striking images, sensitive characters and most importantly, with a heart. I wish it all my best for its Oscar submission."

Maliha Rehman reviewed the film for "Dawn" newspaper, "Dukhtar or 'daughter' has a title that is self-explanatory to a large extent...What the title does not relay, though, are the subtle nuances that flow through the storyline, the direction that seamlessly traverses the breathtaking landscape of Northern Pakistan all the way down to urban Lahore and the acting that holds it all together. All this, coupled with a heartrending storyline, makes Dukhtar well worth the watch." She also said, "As a harbinger to the much-touted 'Revival of Pakistani Cinema', Dukhtar highlights the strengths of the industry. A strong plot, coupled with fabulous music, some very good actors and watertight direction – Dukhtar has no allusions towards Bollywood or Hollywood and it doesn't need to. With its highs and few lows, its stronger elements and faults, it's a completely Pakistani story, told from a completely Pakistani perspective; a story well-told."

Nicholas Bell of Ion Cinema reviewed the film, "Samiya Mumtaz manages to be rather mesmerizing as a soft-spoken wife that surprises herself with her own survival skills."

Dushka H Saiyid reviewed the film for Youlin Magazine, "From a country that is being swept by floods, and pushed towards anarchy, comes an indie film called Dukhtar, showcased at the International Toronto Film Festival. Making her debut with this creative offering, Afia Nathaniel has written, directed and produced Dukhtar. Like some of its recent predecessors, Khuda Kay Liye, Bol and Zinda Bhaag, it deals with a social issue. The underlying theme of this film is swara, a custom practiced in Pakistan's northern areas, where a girl child is given away in marriage to settle a blood feud between families or tribes."

Salman Junejo reviewed the film for his The Express Tribune blog, "Rarely do movies of such calibre come along that transcend generations and provoke our greater thought process, not because of impressive visuals, A-list actors, extravagant set pieces and locales but because of its strong story-driven narrative – narrative that is deeply entrenched into the harsh realities of life, as opposed to a work of fiction." J Hurtado said that the film "finds peace and passion in the plight of the downtrodden in this remote part of the world. To reward that passion with attention and acknowledgement is the least we can do. Highly recommended."

Accolades
On 18 September the Pakistani Academy Selection committee selected Dukhtar for the Oscar consideration at 87th Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign Language Film. Nominees will be chosen on 8 January 2015, and the final list will be announced on 15 January. On being chosen as Pakistan's entry for the Academy Awards, director Nathaniel said,
"It's so overwhelming to hear about this news right after our world premiere at Toronto and during our theatrical release in Pakistan. My deep gratitude to the Pakistan Academy Selection Committee for their support and for our audiences everywhere who have embraced us so warmly."

Dukhtar was screened at the 11th South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) on 22 November, won two awards at the festival, Best Director and Audience Award for Best Feature.

The film won Jury Special Award for Asian Cinema at Bengaluru International Film Festival.

See also
 List of highest-grossing Pakistani films
 List of Pakistani films of 2014
 List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
 List of Pakistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

 Dukhtar at the TIFF

2014 films
2014 independent films
Pakistani independent films
Pakistani thriller films
2010s Urdu-language films
Pashto-language films
Pakistani multilingual films
Films about children
2014 thriller films
Films scored by Sahir Ali Bagga
2010s road movies
2010s chase films
2014 directorial debut films
2014 drama films


title: Sabuana

text:
Sabuana () is a village in Khurrianwala, Faisalabad, Pakistan.  The majority of residents are Rajputs.

Industries
Textile industries in the area include Kamal Group, Bismillah Textile, Ahmad Jamal Limited, Gohar Textile Mills, Chawla Enterprises and Nimra Textile.

Sports
Cricket, football (soccer), kabaddi, cockfighting, and pigeon flying are popular games in Sabuana.
Parwaz Cricket Club is Regtd. Team of Sabuana.

Religious Places
Darbar Peer Ata Muhammad Shah ,
Darbar Peer Mubarak Ali shah

See also
Khurrianwala

References

Villages in Faisalabad District


title: Adam Kennedy (American football)

text:
Adam Kennedy (born May 11, 1991) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He was invited to mini-camp with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He played college football at Arkansas State University after transferring out of Utah State University and San Joaquin Delta College.

College career

College career statistics

Professional career
Kennedy was rated as the 32nd best quarterback in the 2014 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.

New Orleans VooDoo
After failing to make the Chicago Bears following their mini-camp, Kennedy was assigned to the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League. In his first week with the team, he beat out fellow rookie, Brian Hudson, to become the VooDoo starting quarterback. Kennedy started the final seven games for the VooDoo, leading them to a 1–6 recording during that time.
In September 2014, the VooDoo picked up Kennedy's rookie option to retain him for the 2015 season.

Tampa Bay Storm
On December 7, 2015, Kennedy was assigned to the Tampa Bay Storm.

AFL statistics

Stats from ArenaFan:

References

External links
Arkansas State bio
Arena Football League bio

1991 births
Living people
American football quarterbacks
Arkansas State Red Wolves football players
Delta College Mustangs football players
New Orleans VooDoo players
Sportspeople from Elk Grove, California
Players of American football from Sacramento County, California
Tampa Bay Storm players
Utah State Aggies football players


title: Workiva

text:
Workiva, Inc. is a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. It provides a cloud-based connected and reporting compliance platform that enables the use of connected data and automation of reporting across finance, accounting, risk, and compliance.

The company was named for the fourth consecutive year as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022.

History

Early history

2008 - 2014
In August 2008, Workiva Inc. was formed as WebFilings LLC in California by six entrepreneurs.

Martin Vanderploeg was a co-founder of EAI and served as CTO and Executive Vice President until they were acquired in 2000 by UGS Corp,  and is now a division of Siemens, the German technology multinational.

Workiva's primary product is Wdesk, a cloud-based enterprise software-as-a-service platform that enables companies to collect, manage, report and analyse critical business data in real time. Wdesk also allows companies to manage and file financial and compliance documents to regulatory agencies.

The Wdesk platform integrates information from disparate content formats, including spreadsheets, presentation documents, emails and other unstructured data, into a single cloud-based report.

In July 2014, the company's name was changed to Workiva LLC, and was converted into a Delaware LLC in September 2014.

Recent history

2014 - 2019
The company went public in December 2014 and with an IPO on the  New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WK).

Deloitte's 2015 Technology Fast 500 survey of fastest growing technology companies in America Workiva ranked fiftieth among all software companies. In the DevOps Excellence Awards 2019, Workiva won Best Software-Defined Product.

In May 2019, Workiva opened offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and Paris, France. The company also has offices in Amsterdam and London, 12 U.S. cities, and two Canadian cities.

Workiva’s product Wdata allows users to connect large datasets of information to the Workiva platform. It was designed to improve the usefulness of Wdesk.  Wdata connects data from enterprise resource planning, governance risk and compliance platforms, and other third-party, on-premise systems and cloud applications.

Wdata was named the technical innovation of the year by The American Business Awards in June 2019. In September, Workiva updated the Wdata platform to include automatic updates, approval workflows, finance and accounting connectors, risk and control integration, and improved controlled access tools. The company also integrated its platforms with BlackLine, a producer of financial close software. The integration allows accountants to connect and transfer data between the two companies. Later in September, Workiva established a partnership with FloQast, a financial close management software company. The two offer a reporting and compliance solution for private companies, as well as for companies to use before and after they issue an initial public offering of stock.

2020 - 2021
In March 2020, Fortune included Workiva on its annual list of “Best Workplaces in Technology”, making it the company’s third year on the list. Workiva was also added to Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work list for the second year in a row in 2020 (#58).

In April 2020, Workiva launched W for ESEF. It is a solution to help European companies comply with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) requirements for European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) reporting. W for ESEF was made available in 23 European languages. Companies can use the solution to build reports, tag data, and compile the final ESEF submission package.

In November 2020, Workiva appointed COO Julie Iskow to the board. She was named one of the 50 most powerful women in tech in 2019.

In May 2021, Workiva announced that Jill Klindt, previously senior VP, treasurer and chief accounting officer at Workiva, had been named CFO. In May, the company updated its cloud platform to help companies with Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) reporting.

In July 2021, the company became the first SaaS company to enter the United Nations’ Global Compact CFO Taskforce. A few months later, in August 2021, Workiva made its first acquisition when it acquired OneCloud, which provides integration platform as a service software.

In December 2021, Workiva acquired AuditNet, a global audit content and services provider.

In February 2023, Workiva announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Julie Iskow was appointed to succeed Marty Vanderploeg as CEO, starting April 1st.

Applications
Workiva's first SaaS product was SEC reporting software designed to enable corporations to automate their SEC filings by using a proprietary system of document tags and linking. The platform also enabled companies to file electronically directly with the SEC, using the business mark-up language XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language), required by the SEC. A customer of Workiva's was the first company to file Inline XBRL with the SEC.

The company has since expanded to include other corporate financial and compliance reporting functions, including:

 Sarbanes–Oxley reporting and Recovery and Resolution Plans (RRP) - WDesk integrates documentation required for financial statements, risk assessment and forecasts required by the Sarbanes–Oxley Act into a single view.
 SEC Filing - including EDGAR HTML conversion and XBRL mapping, creating and filing documentation for IPOs, S-1s, 10Ks, 10-Qs, 20-Fs, as well as the reports needed to meet Investor Relations, Mutual Fund reporting regulations.
  CAFR and State and Local Reporting - used by municipal securities issuers or agents for preparing documentation for Continuing Disclosures to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and documentation required of state and local education departments to meet mandated guidelines.
  Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - WDesk supports most global reporting frameworks that track CSR including Global Responsibility Index, the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
 Internal Reporting - these tasks include compiling management reports, risk assessments, board reports, among others.
Workiva's reporting software was created for executives that want to integrate data from different systems, and desire software that updates automatically.

The majority of Fortune 500 companies use Workiva’s software.

European companies use Wdesk to comply with European Securities and Markets Authority’s reporting mandates.

Global Legal Entity Identifier (GLEIF) deployed the Workiva platform to create their annual report which was then showcased by ESMA as a paragon for European Single Electronic Format (ESEF)-compliance reporting.

In September 2021, Workiva formed a partnership with Wilson Sonsini (WSGR), a premier legal firm, to automate the generation of the SEC Form S-1. The new application is known as the WS-1 and helps reduce the time needed to prepare IPO statements.

References

Companies based in Ames, Iowa
Software companies based in Iowa
Enterprise software
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Business software companies
American companies established in 2008
Software companies established in 2008
Software companies of the United States
Cloud computing providers
2014 initial public offerings
Cloud applications
As a service


title: Winfield Scott (chaplain)

text:
Winfield Scott (February 26, 1837 – October 19, 1910) was an American Baptist minister, military officer, and politician.  Shortly after graduating from seminary and taking his first job as a pastor, he left his church to lead a company during the American Civil War.  Injuries sustained on the battlefield eventually led to his discharge from the military.  Following the war, Scott moved to Kansas where he grew one church and established several others.  He continued in ministerial and evangelical efforts in Colorado and California before becoming a U.S. Army chaplain.  After retiring from the army, Scott moved to the Salt River Valley where he founded and was active in the early promotion of Scottsdale, Arizona.  Despite being an ordained minister, Scott preferred the style "Chaplain, U.S.A." to "Reverend".

Biography
Scott was born to James Burt and Margaret E. (Covert) Scott in West Novi, Michigan, on February 26, 1837.  His family moved to Interlaken, New York when he was a child. Scott was baptized into the Baptist church in February 1853.  He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1859 and Rochester Theological Seminary in 1861.  Scott married Helen Louise Brown on July 13, 1859.  The union produced four daughters. Scott's daughter Minnie was the wife of brigadier general Frank Herman Albright.

A Baptist church in Syracuse, New York called Scott as their pastor following his graduation from seminary.  He left this position in 1862 to raise a company to fight in the American Civil War and was commissioned a captain in the U.S. Volunteers.  Scott became known as the "Fighting Parson" while he commanded Company C, 126th New York Volunteers.  He was wounded during Battle of Harpers Ferry and twice each during the battles at Gettysburg and Spotsylvania Court House.  As a result of his injuries, Scott was medically discharged from the military on September 23, 1864.

Following the war, Scott became pastor for the First Baptist Church of Leavenworth, Kansas.  During his 6 years in Leavenworth, his church grew from 19 to 250 members and he organized churches in three nearby communities.  The city of Winfield, Kansas, was named in Scott's honor after he promised to build a church there.
Scott moved to Denver, Colorado, where he served as a pastor January 1872 to September 1875.  He moved to California in late 1875 and was editor of Evangel from February through October 1876.  Scott was called to the pastorate of a church in Los Angeles in 1877.  In 1878 he was Associate Pastor Metropolitan Church in San Francisco.  The year he was in San Francisco also saw him receive a Doctor of Divinity from a California university.  Scott served at churches in Petaluma and Oakland before becoming pastor of a church in San Jose, California, in February 1880.

Scott became an U.S. Army Chaplain in 1882, a position he held til 1893.  He was initially served at Fort Canby and Fort Stevens before transferring to Angel Island in 1885.   In February 1888, Scott visited the Salt River Valley.  Valley leaders hoped the chaplain would help promote the area.  Scott was so impressed he purchased  of land in the valley for US$2.50/acre.  The plot he chose was abutted the soon to be completed Arizona Canal.  Scott transferred to Fort Huachuca in 1893 and made frequent visits to his property.  His brother, George Washington Scott, meanwhile moved to Arizona Territory.  There he cleared the land of brush and began planted citrus orchards.  Scott moved to his homestead in 1893 on terminal leave.  Health problems caused by his old war wounds prompted his retirement.  Formal retirement occurred on March 26, 1889.

As the first person to grow peanuts, citrus trees, and grapes in the Salt River Valley, Scott advocated the area's potential as a health resort as well as its agricultural potential.  A couple years after Scott's arrival there were a number of families living near his ranch.  Scott and his wife founded the Arizona Baptist Foundation and became part of the area's local leadership.  In 1896 the area added a school and the settlement around Scott's ranch was officially named Scottsdale.

Scott's influence extended beyond just Scottsdale.  In 1897, Governor Myron H. McCord appointed him  Chaplain of the Arizona National Guard.  He was elected to represent Maricopa County in the lower house during the 1899 session of the territorial legislature.  During the session, he was a leader in efforts to limit gambling and the liquor trade but was unsuccessful in efforts to pass legislation limiting either.  As part of his efforts, he announced his intentions to give a three-hour speech on the evils of gambling before the legislature but the session adjourned for the day five minutes after he began his speech.  Ministerially, Scott was pastor of the Lone Star Baptist Church (now First Baptist Church) in Prescott from September 1899 till August 1900.  He organized churches in Naco, Arizona and Douglas, Arizona in 1902 and was named Chaplain in chief of Grand Army of the Republic in 1903.  Scott was appointed to the Arizona Board of Regents in 1902 and served as Chancellor (board chairman) the next year.  In 1906, Scott made an unsuccessful run to the Arizona Territorial Legislature.

In 1909, Scott moved to San Diego, California.  While in Phoenix, Arizona, he became ill and underwent surgery to treat a strangulated hernia shortly before his death on October 19, 1910.  Scott was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego.  San Diego's Scott Memorial Baptist Church (now Shadow Mountain Community Church) is named in his honor.

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People from Oakland County, Michigan
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
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title: Rajorhina

text:
Rajorhina is an extinct genus of stingray-like skate from the Upper Cretaceous of what is now Lebanon. It is the only known fossil-only genus of the family Rajidae  The genus is typified by a Rhombus form.

From its taxonomy a few things have been inferred about it. It likely lived in a marine environment and it was phosphatic based on its subphylum. It was actively mobile and a carnivore.

References

External links
 Images of Rajorhina expansa

Prehistoric cartilaginous fish genera
Late Cretaceous fish
Late Cretaceous fish of Asia


title: Moševići, Neum

text:
Moševići is a village in the municipality of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 83, all Croats.

References

Populated places in Neum


title: Steve Geng

text:
Steve Geng (born 1943-2020) was a writer and the author of the memoir, Thick As Thieves.  He had also worked as an actor in theater and on the TV show Miami Vice.

Life as recounted in memoir

Geng's memoir chronicles his relationship with his sister, Veronica Geng, a former writer and editor for The New Yorker.  He recounts how in his early years he grew up as an army brat in a dysfunctional family - in Philadelphia, Germany and France. He also writes about his love of jazz, decades of heroin addiction, numerous arrests (years in jail for crimes such as larceny), military experience during the Vietnam War (and being discharged for being psychologically unfit before his unit was sent to Vietnam), being diagnosed with HIV and osteonecrosis, and time in recovery.

Geng's memoir was reviewed in The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.

References

External links

External links
 Website

American memoirists
Writers from New York City
1943 births
2020 deaths
American expatriates in France
American expatriates in Germany


title: Mud Creek (Chillisquaque Creek tributary)

text:
Mud Creek is a tributary of Chillisquaque Creek in Columbia County and Montour County in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately  long and flows through Madison Township, Columbia County and Derry Township, Montour County. The main tributaries of the creek are unnamed tributaries. The creek's watershed has an area of 17.70 square miles and is in West Hemlock Township, Montour County as well as the two townships it flows through. The watershed is mostly agricultural and forested and the main developed areas are Washingtonville and Jerseytown.

As of 2011, the daily load of sediment in Mud Creek is  and the daily load of phosphorus is . Various other compounds and metals are also found in the creek. The main rock formations in the watershed include the Hamilton Group, the Trimmers Rock Formation, and the Onondaga and Old Port Formations. The main soil series are the Watson-Berks-Alvira series, the Chenango-Pope-Holly series, and the Berks-Weikert-Bedington series. The watershed is in the ridge and valley region of the Appalachian Mountains.

Mud Creek is named for its muddiness. An area near it was settled as early as 1772 and several bridges were built across it and its tributaries in the 20th century. The creek is designated as a warm-water fishery.

Course

Mud Creek begins in central Madison Township, Columbia County. It flows south for a short distance before turning southwest and passing through Jerseytown, where it crosses Pennsylvania Route 44. The creek then continues to flow southwest, parallel to Pennsylvania Route 254. Over the next several miles, its direction gradually changes from southwest to west and it exits Madison Township. Mud Creek then enters Derry Township, Montour County. It turns southwest again, continuing to follow Pennsylvania Route 254. Over the next few miles, the creek receives several unnamed tributaries. It then crosses Pennsylvania Route 54 and enters Chillisquaque Creek  upstream of its mouth, immediately south of Washingtonville.

Hydrology
As of 2011, a total of  of streams in the watershed of Mud Creek were affected by organic enrichment, low concentrations of dissolved oxygen, and heavy loads of sediment. The entirety of every stream in the creek's watershed was considered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to be impaired as of 2011.

The daily load of sediment in Mud Creek was  as of 2011, but the total maximum daily load, above which water quality is considered impaired, is only . The largest contributor of sediment to the creek was cropland, which contributed  per day.  of sediment per day came from stream banks and  came from hay and pastures.  came from land classified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as "transition",  per day came from forest, and  from land classified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as "low-intensity development".  came from wetlands. Many of the streams in the watershed can be muddy for a number of days after thunderstorms. A United States Geological Survey report from the 1960s observed a total of 1.5 tons of dissolved solids flowing through the creek daily.

As of 2011, the load of phosphorus in Mud Creek was  per day, but the total maximum daily load is .  per day came from cropland,  from groundwater, and  from hay and pastures. An average of  per day of phosphorus came from land classified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as "transition".  came from forest,  from land classified by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as "low-intensity development", and  from stream banks. Septic systems contributed  of phosphorus per day to the creek and wetlands contributed .

The discharge of Mud Creek ranges from 0.1 to 13 cubic feet per second and averages 5.8 cubic feet per second. Its pH ranges from 6.3 to 7.9 and the specific conductance is between 162 and 312 micro-siemens per centimeter at .

A United States Geological Survey report in the 1960s measured the concentration of bicarbonate in Mud Creek to range from 41 to 109 milligrams per liter, but there were no carbonates in the water. The creek's nitrate concentration ranged from 3.3 to 6.3 milligrams per liter for filtered water and the concentration of sulfates ranged from 23 to 29 milligrams per liter, again for filtered water. The concentration of chlorides in the creek's filtered waters ranged from 7 to 23 milligrams per liter. The calcium and magnesium concentrations in filtered water were 20 to 44 and 4.4 to 6 milligrams per liter, respectively.

Mud Creek experiences nonpoint source pollution. The Montour County Natural Areas Inventory recommended remedying this pollution.

Geography, geology, and climate
The elevation near the mouth of Mud Creek is  above sea level. The elevation of the creek's source is approximately  above sea level. The highest areas of the watershed are in its southeastern portion. The watershed of Mud Creek is in the ridge and valley physiographic region of the Appalachian Mountains.

The main rock type in the watershed is shale, mainly that of the Hamilton Group. Siltstone and sandstone are also found in the watershed, in the Trimmers Rock Formation and the Onondaga and Old Port Formations. The Trimmers Rock Formation occurs on the southern side of the watershed and also in the northeastern corner of it. The Onondaga and Old Port Formations occur in the lowest reaches of the watershed and the Hamilton Group occurs everywhere else. 80 percent of the watershed's rock is of the Hamilton Group, 15 percent is of the Trimmers Rock Formation, and 5 percent is of the Onondaga and Old Port Formations.

The Lower Helderberg Limestone occurs a small distance north of Mud Creek, where it is quarried. It is a flaggy and blue-colored limestone that is  thick and dips at an angle of six to eight degrees. There are small pieces of the Oriskany sandstone close to the confluence of the creek with Chillisquaque Creek.

The most common soil series in the watershed of Mud Creek is the Watson-Berks-Alvira series. It is a shaly silt loam that mostly occurs in the watershed's plains and highlands. Other soil series in the watershed include the Berks-Weikert-Bedington series and the Chenango-Pope-Holly series. The Chenango-Pope-Holly occupies areas near the creek itself in its lower reaches and the Berks-Weikert-Bedington series occurs throughout most of the southern edge of the watershed. All other parts of the watershed lie over soil of the Berks-Weikert-Bedington series. 80 percent of the soil is of the Watson-Berks-Alvira series, 12 percent is of the Berks-Weikert-Bedington series, and 8 percent is of the Chenango-Pope-Holly series. The Holly-Monogahela-Basher soil association is found in the floodplain of the creek.

On average,  of precipitation fall in the watershed of Mud Creek annually. The annual level of runoff in the watershed is  on average.

Watershed
The watershed of Mud Creek has an area of 17.70 square miles. It is mainly in Madison Township, Columbia County and Derry Township, Montour County, but a small part of it is in West Hemlock Township, Montour County. The watershed of the creek is in the Washingtonville and Millville United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute quadrangles. It is on the eastern edge of the West Branch Susquehanna River watershed. The creek's major tributaries include several unnamed tributaries.

The main land use in the watershed of Mud Creek is agricultural land, which accounts for 62.97 percent of the total area. 31.49 percent of the watershed is forested and 5.54 percent is developed land. Most of the forested land is on the watershed's southern and eastern edges, but there are some patches of it elsewhere, most of which are fairly small. Most of the developed land is near Jerseytown and Washingtonville, but there are several other small areas of development in the watershed's lower reaches and a few other areas in its upper reaches.

The major communities in the Mud Creek watershed are Jerseytown and Washingtonville. Major roads in the watershed include Pennsylvania Route 254. There are also a number of township roads that go to the creek and its tributaries.

History and etymology
An early settler in the area was George Whitmoyer, who built a cabin in the valley of Mud Creek at Jerseytown in 1772.  The Mud Creek Bridge was built over Mud Creek in 1907. It is a Pratt pony truss bridge that was built in 1907 and is . The bridge is near to collapse and is closed to traffic. Another eight bridges also cross the creek. Four were built in the 1930s, one in 1946, two in 1962, and the most recent in 1984. An additional four bridges were built over its tributaries in the 1940s.

John Gosse Freeze gives the name Mud Creek as the east branch of Chillisquaque Creek in his 1888 book A History of Columbia County, Pennsylvania: From the Earliest Times, but adds that the creek's name is more correctly the East Branch of the Chillisquaque. Mud Creek is named for its muddiness, which is especially pronounced following storms.

Biology
There are few or no riparian buffers along Mud Creek where it flows through agricultural land. However, the Montour County Natural Areas Inventory has recommended restoring the riparian buffers in Derry Township. A wet meadow is located along the creek north of Washingtonville. Plant types typically found in wet meadows include various ferns, sedges, grasses, and red maples. Mud Creek is designated as a warm-water fishery.

See also
Beaver Run (Chillisquaque Creek), next tributary of Chillisquaque Creek going downstream
West Branch Chillisquaque Creek, next tributary of Chillisquaque Creek going upstream
List of rivers of Pennsylvania

Notes

References

Rivers of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Montour County, Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Chillisquaque Creek
Rivers of Pennsylvania


The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (acronym CSSRI) is an autonomous institute of higher learning, established under the umbrella of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for advanced research in the field of soil sciences.  The institute is located on Kachawa Road in Karnal, in the state of Haryana,  from the Indian capital of New Delhi.

Profile

Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) had its origin in Hisar, Haryana, on 1 March 1969, as per recommendations of an Indo-American team, employed to assist the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in developing a comprehensive water management program for India.  However, by October, 1969, the institute was shifted to its present premises in Karnal and a year later, the Central Rice Research Station, Canning Town, West Bengal was merged with CSSRI.

The institute has a satellite unit in Bharuch, which was originally started in Anand in 1989, but moved to Bharuch in 2003 and hosts the coordinating unit of AICRP on Management of Salt Affected Soils and Use of Saline Water in Agriculture with a network of eight research centres located in different agro ecological regions of the country at Agra, Bapatala, Bikaner, Gangawati, Hisar, Indore, Kanpur and Tiruchirapalli. The coordinating unit of AICRP on Water Management was a part of CSSRI from early seventies till 1990 when it was moved to Rahuri in Maharashtra.

The main achievements of CSSRI may be listed as:
 Reclamation of alkaline soils with the addition of chemical amendments.
 Reclamation of saline soils through subsurface drainage.
 Development and release of salt tolerant crop varieties of rice, wheat and mustard.
 Reclamation of salt affected soils through salt tolerant trees.
 Development of for the salt affected areas of vertisols and coastal regions. The institute has reclaimed nearly  of salt affected land for productive use, producing approximately 15 million tons of food grains annually.
 Development of subsurface drainage technology for waterlogged saline soils. Reclamation has been completed on approximately  of land in Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
 Replenishment of depleting water tables by artificial ground water recharge.

CSSRI manages an International Training Centre under an Indo-Dutch collaboration since 2001. It offers post graduate level programs in association with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and other Universities.

The institute has undertaken several national and international projects.
 International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) sponsored rice improvement program
 Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) sponsored Indo-Australian program for wheat improvement
 IRRI, Philippines and CIMMYT, Mexico sponsored program of cereal based systems

Divisions

The institute is engaged in multidisciplinary research activities which are carried out through four divisions.

Division of Soil and Crop Management

The Division conducts research on resource conservation technologies and cost effective farming system models. It prepares and maintains digital databases of salt affected soils and conducts periodic assessment of soil resources. It also focusses on agroforestry on salt affected soils.

Division of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

The Division attends to the areas related to groundwater recharge technologies, subsurface drainage for amelioration of waterlogged saline soils and decision support systems for ground water contaminations. The Division has project partnership with INNO-Asia.

Division of Crop Improvement

Development of saline and alkaline tolerant crops such as rice, wheat and mustard through conventional breeding and modern molecular and physiological approaches is the primary activity of the Division.

The Division of Social Science Research

The Division is pursuing to evaluate and assess the socio-economic impact of the technologies developed by the institute.  These technologies are transferred to the farmers and other stakeholders through frontline demonstrations, farmers’ fairs, exhibitions, and other extension methods.  The development of human resources through trainings on reclamation and management of salt-affected soils and use of poor quality water in agriculture.

Vision, Mission and Mandate

Mandate: The institute is mandated with:
 Conduct of basic and advanced research on reclamation and management of salt affected soils and development of suitable agrochemical, biological and hydraulic technologies for the use of irrigation water for the development of various agro-ecological zones for sustainable production.
 Generation, assessment and propagation of preventive/ameliorative technology.
 Maintenance and dissemination of information on resource inventories for the management of salt affected soils and waters.
 Act as a fulcrum for researches on salinity management and coordination of research between the various universities, institutions and agencies in the country for developing and testing location–specific technologies.
 Provide advanced training and consultancy in salinity researches in India.
 Liaison with national and international agencies for the achievement of the above objectives.

Regional Research Stations
CSSRI has three regional stations for a wider national coverage, each located at Bharuch, Canning Town and Lucknow.

Facilities

Publication and Supporting Service Unit

PSS unit is responsible for information dissemination of the scientific researches of the Institute and has published 233 research papers on national and international journals, published 25 books and 60 bulletins.

Computer Centre

The institute is equipped with a modern computer centre since 1988 which acts as the communication hub of the institute. The centre is supported by an ICT infrastructure, LAN network and modern hardware and software. It provides system support in the procurement, maintenance, training, MIS reports, document processing, conduct of computer based exams and IT support for administration. It also maintains the web site of the institute.

Health Care Center

The Institute manages a Health Care Centre with the facility to accommodate 5 inpatients, a senior allopathic medical officer, a part-time ayurvedic medical officer, pharmacist, support staff, clinical laboratory with diagnostic equipment and a pharmacy. A modern fitness centre also operates in the health care centre.

Library

CSSRI library os a well stocked one, holding a collection of 14668 books and 7967 bound journals, consisting of publications of FAO, IRRI, UNESCO, ILRI, ICID, IFPRI, ASA and ASAE. The library subscribes to 69 national and 25 international journals other than 15 gratis journals. It also maintains a digital repository with digital magazines such as SOIL, AGRIS and Plant Gene.

PME Cell

Research Priority setting, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) cell is the monitoring unit of the Institute for assisting the scientists and scholars in the allocation of research areas and the monitoring and evaluation of the projects. It helps the scientists in the maintenance of database, report generation and compilation, generation and publication of research documents.

Technology Management Unit

Technology Management Unit is equipped with and manages:
 sodic and saline micro-plots for creating desired stress levels of sodicity and salinity
 environmentally controlled glass house for growing crops and monitoring their genetic resources
 Transgenic Greenhouse, under Indo-US ABSP II program
 Central laboratory with modern equipment

The institute has an administrative department, a Hindi Cell and a workshop to attend to the relevant areas of activities.

All India Coordinated Project for Research (AICRP)

The institute is the coordinating unit for the All India Coordinated Project for Research on Management of Salt Affected Soils and Use of Saline Water in Agriculture. The research is conducted at nine centres viz. Agra, Bapatla, Gangawati, Kanpur, Indore, Bikaner, Pali, Hisar and Tiruchirapalli.

The project is mandated with the responsibility to:
 Conduct survey and characterize the salt affected soils and the quality of ground water in various irrigation commands.
 Develop guidelines and standardize procedures for the assessment of irrigation waters.
 Conduct studies on the effect of poor quality water on soil and crops.
 Prescribe practice norms for utilization of water with high salinity/ alkalinity and toxic ions.
 Prepare strategies for the reclamation of salt affected soils.
 Prescribe alternate methods of using salt affected soils by way of Agroforestry, bio-drainage and multi-enterprise cultivation such as medicinal and aromatic plants.
 Identify and develop crop cultivars and trees suitable for cultivation in salinity and alkalinity soil conditions.

Awards and recognitions
CSSRI has been recognised for its efforts by way of several awards.
 ICAR Best Institute Award for the year 1998
 "Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award" for the year 2009
 Groundwater Augmentation Award- 2009 of Ministry of Water Resources (Government of India)
 Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Krishi Patrika Puraskar" for the year 2009
 Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Krishi Patrika Puraskar" for the year 2008

Publications

CSSRI has published many books, some of the notable ones are:

The institute has also published many technical bulletins, newsletters, popular articles and research papers.

See also

 Agriculture
 Agroecological restoration
 Agroecosystem
 Agroecosystem analysis
 Agronomy
 Ecology
 Organic agriculture
 Soil Science

References

External links
 Publications list on Krishikosh
 Reference on Academia.edu
 Reference on Research gate
 Reference on FAO site

Agroecology
Agricultural research institutes in India
Environmental impact of agriculture
Environmental issues in India
Research institutes in Haryana
1969 establishments in Haryana
Research institutes established in 1969


title: 1996 in China

text:
The following lists events from 1996 in China.

Incumbents
 Party General Secretary: Jiang Zemin
 President: Jiang Zemin
 Premier: Li Peng
 Vice President: Rong Yiren
 Vice Premier: Zhu Rongji

Governors
 Governor of Anhui Province – Hui Liangyu
 Governor of Fujian Province – Chen Mingyi then He Guoqiang
 Governor of Gansu Province – Zhang Wule then Sun Ying
 Governor of Guangdong Province – Zhu Senlin then Lu Ruihua
 Governor of Guizhou Province – Chen Shineng then Wu Yixia
 Governor of Hainan Province – Ruan Chongwu
 Governor of Hebei Province – Ye Liansong
 Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Tian Fengshan
 Governor of Henan Province – Ma Zhongchen
 Governor of Hubei Province – Jiang Zhuping
 Governor of Hunan Province – Yang Zhengwu
 Governor of Jiangsu Province – Zheng Silin
 Governor of Jiangxi Province – Shu Shengyou
 Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Yunkun
 Governor of Liaoning Province – Wen Shizhen
 Governor of Qinghai Province – Tian Chengping
 Governor of Shaanxi Province – Cheng Andong
 Governor of Shandong Province – Li Chunting
 Governor of Shanxi Province – Sun Wensheng
 Governor of Sichuan Province – Xiao Yang then Song Baorui
 Governor of Yunnan Province – Li Jiating
 Governor of Zhejiang Province – Wan Xueyuan

Events

January
January 27 – Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996 was held.

February
February 14 –
Intelsat 708 was destroyed (day in China at the time).
Long March 3B launched its first flight.
February 3 – 1996 Lijiang earthquake hit Lijiang City and left at least 322 killed, 3,925 serious injuries, and 13,000 injuries.

March
March 23 –
 The Republic of China presidential election took place. Lee Teng-hui was elected president and Lien Chan as vice president.
The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis ended.

April
 April 14 to October 27 – Chinese Jia-A League 1996 was held with Dalian Wanda winning the championship.

June
June 24 – Hengda Enterprise Company founded by Xu Jiayi, as predecessor of conglomerate, mainly real estate business, Evergrande was founded in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

July
July 19 to August 4 – China competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics with total of 294 athletes.

September
September 27 to 29 – The first round of the 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix took place in Shanghai.

Births
January 2 – Xiaoyu Yu, figure skater
January 7 – Fu Yuanhui, swimmer
June 10 – Wen Junhui, singer, actor, member of Seventeen
August 27 – Wang Jianan, long jumper
October 19 – Caesar Wu, actor

See also
List of Chinese films of 1996
List of Hong Kong films of 1996
Category:1996 Establishments in China
China at the 1996 Summer Olympics
China at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
China at the 1996 Asian Winter Games

References

External sources
China in 1996 :: The Economy -- Encyclopædia Britannica

Years of the 20th century in China
China
1990s in China