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The British Overseas School (BOS) is a selective coeducational, British school in Karachi, Pakistan, which offers classes ranging from Pre-Nursery through to IGCSE.

Introduction 

Founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation, BOS imparts a rigorous British curriculum with UK qualified staff. Over the years BOS has evolved into a fully integrated Primary and Secondary School leading to International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and A Level Years 7–13, following the British system. The secondary school is an independent registered Edexcel Examination Centre.

Management

The patron of the British Overseas School Association is Her Britannic Majesty's High Commissioner in Islamabad.
The school is managed by a board of 12 governors that includes 4 permanent representatives: the British Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi, the Chairperson of UKAP, the Director of the British Council, the Principal, and 4 elected parent representatives.

Curriculum 

BOS, at the secondary level, is geared towards preparing students for the IGCSE, Advanced Subsidiary Level, and Advanced Level examinations.

The curriculum of the British Overseas Secondary School is based on the National Curriculum Programmes of Study and recognised UK Examination Board Edexcel syllabus up to and including Post-16 Examinations. Subjects taught at BOS include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Urdu, English Literature, English Language, Economics, History, Art, Geography, ICT and French.

Extracurricular activities
 Rowing
 Cricket
 Football
 Basketball
 Badminton
 Science Club
 Debating Society
 Maths Club
 Table Tennis

Head students 
The Secondary School offers students in the Sixth Form the opportunity to take up positions of responsibility within the School.
The Head Boy and Head Girl are prominent members of the School community, taking a leading role on the Student Council, acting as role models for younger students and as ambassadors for the School. They represent the student body within the School and the School itself at outside events.

House system 
Four students have the opportunity to be head of their houses. This involves them in the organisation of their house members for activity days and sports day.

The four school houses are:

  Vikings
  Spartans
  Mughals
  Iroquois

Children are placed in the same house as their siblings; those who have no siblings at BOS are randomly distributed between the houses.

References

Educational institutions established in 1958
Schools in Karachi
Private schools in Pakistan
British international schools in Pakistan
1958 establishments in Pakistan
Ban Bang Krathum () is a town in the Bang Krathum Subdistrict of Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.

Etymology
The first element ban (Thai:  บ้าน) means village.

The second element bang (Thai:  บาง) means village or settlement.  The third element krathum (Thai:  กระทุ่ม) means bur-flower tree (Anthocephalus chinensis).

Geography
Ban Bang Krathum is situated in the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed.

Temples
Ban Bang Krathum is home to the following two Theravada Buddhist temples:
Wat Bang Krathum (located downtown)
Wat Huay Gaew (Thai: วัดห้วยแก้ว, Crystal Stream Temple)

References

Populated places in Phitsanulok province
Carl of Finland () may refer to:
 Charles VIII of Sweden, interregnum County Lord of Finland
 Carl Gustav, Great Prince of Finland, son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (died young)
"Giving In" is the first single from American rock band Adema's self-titled debut album. The song appeared on Now 9, as well as on a commercial for AT&T Mobility it is one of the band's most popular and well known songs.

Music video 
The music video for "Giving In" (directed by Paul Fedor) features the band playing on what appears to be an outdoor rooftop under a dark sky, moving as if on a conveyor belt, while lead singer Mark Chavez moves through different rooms. The rooms and scenarios that are shown while the band are playing include a hotel room with a couple, a little girl sitting on a rocking chair watching a violent movie, and a woman in a glass tank. As the video progresses, certain changes take place. People who are apparently either invisible or are meant to be there stand around the bed watching the couple have sex. A car crash takes place behind the little girl, and a man starts kissing the woman in the tank that has now been filled up with water.

Track listing 
Maxi CD single
1. "Giving In" (Radio Edit)
2. "Shattered"
3. "Blow It Away" (Demo)
4. "Giving In" (Video)

Import CDS
1. "Giving In" (Radio Edit)
2. "Shattered"
3. "Everyone" (Demo)
4. "Blow It Away" (Demo)

Radio CD
1. "Giving In" (Radio Edit) - 3:55
2. "Giving In" (Album Version) - 4:35

Giving In / Do What You Want To Do Promo CD
1. "Giving In" - 4:35
2. "Do What You Want To" - 3:01

References

2001 songs
2001 singles
Adema songs
Arista Records singles
Erwin Heru Susanto (born 24 June 1974) is an Indonesian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

References

1974 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Indonesian male sprinters
Olympic athletes for Indonesia
World Athletics Championships athletes for Indonesia
Place of birth missing (living people)
The Hague Secret Emissary Affair () resulted from Emperor Gojong of the Korean Empire sending confidential emissaries to the Second Peace Conference at The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1907.

Background
Following the Empire of Japan's victory over Russia in the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War, Japan sought to formalize its control over the Korean Peninsula. It assumed hegemony over the Empire of Korea with the Eulsa Treaty of 1905.

Event
Emperor Gojong sent three secret emissaries, Yi Tjoune (), Yi Sang-seol () and Yi Wi-jong () to the Second Hague Peace Convention to declare the invalidity of Japanese diplomatic maneuvers, including the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 (Eulsa Treaty).  Gojong's representatives asserted the monarch's rights to rule Korea independent of Japan. However, the nations at The Hague did not allow the emissaries to take part in the conference and blocked this diplomatic mission.

Because of Russia's opposition to Japan, Nicholas II of Russia tried to help the three Korean emissaries to enter the convention hall, though these efforts were ultimately blocked by Japan. Emperor Gojong's emissaries were unable to gain entry into the convention hall. Korea was no longer viewed as an independent nation by the nations, as Japan had assumed responsibility for its international representation.

In Korea 
In Korea, Gojong of Korea was threatened his throne by Pro-Japanese cabinet formed by Itō Hirobumi. Song Byeong-jun, the Agriculture, and Industry Minister requested Gojong to visit Japan and apologize to Emperor Meiji or capitulate to Hasegawa Yoshimichi, the commander of Korean Residence Japanese Army.

Rescission
In 1965, the treaties of Japan were confirmed to be "already null and void" by the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea.

 when the government of the Republic of Korea was established; but the Korean analysis of the 1965 declaration construes it as acknowledging the nullification of all treaties and agreements from 1904 onwards, which is consistent with the argument Yi Tjoune and others attempted to articulate in the Netherlands in 1907.

See also
 Taft–Katsura Agreement
 Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
 Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907
 Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910

Notes

References
Eckert, Carter J., Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson, and Edward W. Wagner. (1990). Korea Old and New: A History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ;  OCLC 23071907
 Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 12923609

 United States. Dept. of State. (1919). Catalogue of treaties: 1814-1918. Washington: Government Printing Office. OCLC  3830508
 Scott, James Brown. (1921). Korea, Treaties and Agreements. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  OCLC 459192091

1907 in Korea
History of Korea
Japan–Korea relations
Korean Empire
Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
Pontiac Lake State Recreation Area is located in White Lake Township, Oakland County, Michigan, just west of Waterford, Michigan. It is  in size.

Facilities
 Campground - 176 Sites, 24 Equestrian sites
 Beach House
 Boat Launch
 Picnic Area
 Picnic Shelter - Reservation required
 Playground
 Stable - Horse rental
 Store
 Shooting Range

Activities
 Cross Country Skiing - 
 Fishing
 Hiking - 
 Horseback Riding - 
 Hunting
 Metal Detecting
 Mountain Biking - 
 Snow-mobiling
 Swimming

References

External links
Pontiac Lake Recreation Area Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Pontiac Lake Recreation Area Protected Planet (World Database on Protected Areas)

State recreation areas of Michigan
Protected areas of Oakland County, Michigan
Huron River (Michigan)
Cornelis Pietersz. Hooft (1547 – 1627 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch statesman and Amsterdam regent during the Golden Age.

Life and Work 
Hooft Was a member of the patrician Hooft family, the son of the merchant Pieter Willemsz Hooft, and grandson of Willem Jansz Hooft, a Zaanse grain merchant and shipmaster. The poet and dramatist Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft was his son, Catharina Hooft - who married Cornelis de Graeff - his niece. Hooft himself held numerous positions in the administration of Amsterdam.  He was amongst others, schepen, twelve times mayor, and treasurer in a period of fast growth, so that the city had to be expanded three times.  

Cornelis' father established himself in Amsterdam. In 1566, the Protestant-minded community of patrician and wholesale merchants around Hooft, Jan Jacobsz Bal Huydecoper van Wieringen, Jacobsz Reael, Adriaan Pauw and Dirck Jansz Graeff took over the social leadership within the city of Amsterdam in order to hold it in a political sense after the Alteratie of Amsterdam in 1578. In 1569 he went into exile, but in 1574 came back from Königsberg and established himself in Hoorn. Then, in 1578, after the Alteratie on 26 May, he risked going back to Amsterdam.  He lived on Nieuwendijk on the IJ.  Hooft had been interested in theology, but was nevertheless tolerant - his wife Anna Jansdr Blaeu was a Mennonite, and he seems to have been a 'via media' man, declaring for neither the Remonstrants nor the Anti-Remonstrants.

As an independent merchant he had a large share in Baltic trade and reshipped herring, oil and grain.  In 1584 he became a member of the vroedschap, in which he remained until its final session.  In 1588 he was chosen as mayor.  As a member of the government of Amsterdam, he was delegated to the States of Holland and through them to the States General.  Hooft was opposed to the appointment of foreigners to important posts, pointing to the Flemish Calvinists and preachers such as Petrus Plancius.  He also resisted the expansion of the stadholder's power.  

Hooft was critical on other points.     In 1611 his role in the vroedschap came to an end, when he was appointed as weesmeester and commissaris (commissioner) of the Wisselbank.

Hooft was never concerned by the VOC or WIC, as the most Amsterdam mayors.  Vondel praised him in his satirical work 'Roskam' as a reliable man and described him as "Hoofd vol kreuken, een geweten zonder rimpel" (a wrinkled brow, but a conscience without wrinkle).  In 1618, stadholder Maurits of Orange, in his purge of Remonstrant regents from the vroedschap as a result of the Synod of Dort and the arrest of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, spared Hooft, who took a neutral stance.  He is buried in the Oude Kerk.

References

Sources
S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, De Familie van Pieter Cornelisz Hooft in Jaarboek Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, deel 35, 1981.
K. ter Laan, Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid()

1547 births
1627 deaths
Mayors of Amsterdam
Businesspeople from Amsterdam
Paolo Battista Giudice Calvi (Genoa, 1490 - Genoa, 27 September 1561) was the 62nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.

Biography 
Born in Genoa around 1490, his family was dedicated to merchandising, but the young Paolo Battista Giudice Calvi preferred to set his life more on the military branch. His name appears in fact among the naval officers, and then with the appointment of captain, during the crucial phases of 1528 for the "reconquest of independence" of the Republic of Genoa from France. Later he was named among the ambassadors of Genoa present at the meeting in Bologna between Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V.

He was appointed doge of Genoa with the election of January 4, 1561: the seventeenth in biennial succession and the sixty-second in republican history.

His dogate lasted only a little over eight months, the second doge to die in office after Pietro Giovanni Chiavica Cibo in 1558, due to the worsening of his state of health which led to his death on September 27, 1561. His body was buried in the family chapel inside the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato.

See also 

 Doge of Genoa
 Republic of Genoa

References 

1490 births
1561 deaths
16th-century Doges of Genoa
Kowak is a village situated in the Rorya District in Mara Region of northern Tanzania, East Africa. Kowak is in Nyathorogo ward, in Luo-Imbo division of Rorya District.

Demographics
The major clans in the village are Kakibira, Kachiemo, Kotho, Kamot, Kanyaguti and Kanyagak. Kibira (with wife called Ang'wa) conceived Warie and Milongo. Milongo conceived Auma (Didi and Oyugi family) and Ochola.  Warie conceived Abong'o Gumo and Owuor Nyanguku. With another wife called Odera, Kibira conceived Awuor Mbero, Obambo, Odipo and Ngueru. Abong'o Gumo conceived Owiti, Gumba and Rucho. Owiti conceived Awuor and another son who came to conceive Odeck.  Owuor Nyanguku conceived Waega, Wayaye, Amata Ochola and Sembe. Descendants of Gumba are Okuoga, Otieno mbeche and Joka Odingo. It is Didi family that bears Joka-Saramba, Jok-Abuodha and Jok-Awiti.

I History
The history of this village dates back to several centuries if not back to the first millennium when the Luo people migrated south and east along the shores of Lake Victoria into what is now Tanzania. The name "Kowak" for this village comes from an ancestor named Owak, who first homesteaded there. In Luo, someone's homestead is identified by his name or her name. For example, Onyango's homestead is called Konyango, Achola's is Kachola, Chiemo's is Kachiemo and Raila's is Karaila. That is why Owak's homestead is now known as Kowak. Owak had five wives namely Nyagak, Nyaguti, Chipa and Mot. With Chipa he conceived Kibira and Otho. With Nyaguti, he conceived three sons; Maugo, Okecha and Chwonyo. With Nyagak he conceived Ondiek, Achuth and Otenga. With Mot he conceived Ade and Ogunda. Chiemo was adapted son who lived in Owak homestead and Owak gave him the status of younger brother. Now, the Kowak village is generally considered to be occupied by the descendants of Kibira, who was the firstborn, and thus inherited his father's homestead. The village of Nyasoko was made by Otho's descendants, and Omuga was made by Chiemo's descendants. Also, Det village was made by Mot and her sons; Somba Nyasoko was made by Nyaguti and Nyagak and their sons. Kowak people are only pure Luo blooded in Tanzania compared to others who had married to other tribes like Kurya and others.

Notes

Populated places in Mara Region
The "Fast Response Car" (FRC) is the official term for police cars used by the Singapore Police Force. Prior to 2000, they were known in public simply as "police patrol cars".

FRCs are usually composed of sedans. Unlike civilian vehicles in Singapore in which speed limiters (speed governors) are installed to prevent over-speeding, Police Fast Response Cars are able to reach their maximum speed potential without hindrance when the need arises. 

FRCs are used for SPF deployments in urgent situations.

History
Originally restricted to team leader vehicles during the 1990s, all current FRCs carry a large array of equipment to allow officers to conduct normal policing duties and basic investigative work which officers are expected to perform with the implementation of the Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) system. A typical FRC may therefore stock equipment for the force-opening of locked doors, conducting roadblocks, fingerprint collection, and the provision of first aid. Chemical agent protection equipment and bulletproof vests are also carried for the officer's protection. 

In 2020, the SPF unveiled a type of FRC, which consist of Hyundai Tucson SUVs, with a remote-controlled searchlight on the roof, sensors under the side view mirrors, and cameras all around the vehicle. They are expected to replace all active FRCs by 2024. These vehicles were retrofitted as a project by the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) in cooperation with the SPF, known as the " Next-Generation Fast Response Car".

Fast Response Vehicle

Originally unveiled in 2002 at the Singapore Police Force's annual workplan seminar, the Enhanced Patrol Vehicle Project was presented to highlight the need for police off-road capability. The Volvo V70 AWD XC, Mitsubishi Space Wagon and Mitsubishi Chariot underwent evaluation in various Neighbourhood Police Centres. They also provide bigger storage for additional equipment like undercarriage mirrors. All NPCs were to have at least three of such vehicles eventually, but as of 2006, only 6 have been purchased in total (3 Volvo V70 XCs, 3 Mitsubishi Space Wagons/Chariots).

The project underwent several evaluations and in 2004 was re-introduced to the public as the new Enhanced Fast Response Vehicle (FRV), using modified Toyota Hilux twin-cab diesel pick up trucks, more suited for prolonged heavy use on the roads. Achieving both the original and new requirements of the project, the new vehicles' bigger storage space allows easier storage and retrieval of equipment such as chemical agent protective suits and bullet-resistant vests. The SPF plans to have two of these vehicles at all NPCs.

The civilian model of the Toyota Hilux vehicles in use in Singapore is the 2-litre turbo pickup truck. The SPF uses the Australian 3-litre turbo 4WD DOHC model.

Gallery

Fleet

Current

Former

Toyota Corolla (E110)
Mazda 323 BJ
Mazda 323 BH
Isuzu Gemini
Mitsubishi Lancer
Mitsubishi Galant
Nissan Pulsar
Nissan Sunny (B15)
BMW E30 320i (Traffic Police)
Opel Astra
Subaru Impreza WRX (Traffic Police)
Ford Escort
Ford Cortina
Volkswagen Beetle
Volvo S40 (Traffic Police)

Gallery

References

Singapore Police Force
Police vehicles
Tbilisi Sport Palace () is an indoor sports arena situated in Tbilisi, Georgia. The arena usually hosts basketball, handball, judo, tennis, boxing and other games and tournaments with high attendance.

History
Built in 1961, the arena was used primely for the basketball games of local Dinamo Tbilisi and is still the largest basketball designed arena in all of the former USSR successor states. The construction was led by architects Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Yuri Kasradze, Temo Japaridze and designer David Kajaia.  The dome, constructed of reinforced concrete, is around 76 meters in diameter, making it one of the largest domes in Europe at the time of its construction. 

The arena was renovated in 2007 and was reopened on 22 August 2007, with management rights given to the Logic Group Ltd for a 30-year contract. This was the first phase of renovation and reconstruction, with the second phase including changing the roof of the building and installing new individual seats. Total cost of the renovation is estimated at 5 million USD.

Concerts
Tbilisi Sports Palace is one of the greatest arena for concerts in Georgia. Many international and national acts have performed here.

 Ian Gillan (1990, sold out 5 gigs here in row)
 Alla Pugacheva
 Lela Tsurtsumia - Lela is Georgian pop-singer, who held the record of attendance in Tbilisi Sports Palace. Though the arena holds approximately 11,000 people, Lela Tsurtsumia sold out 18,000 tickets for 1 concert, on 22 May 2002. (about 25,000 people were waiting for the tickets)

Other sold-out concerts were by Georgian rapper Lex-Seni and Georgian pop-group Kuchis Bichebi. (about 15,000 people)

The venue was to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 26 November 2017. However the venue was later changed to the 4,000-capacity Olympic Palace which was considered more suitable for hosting the contest.

References

External links
 

 

Buildings and structures in Tbilisi
Sports venues completed in 1961
Basketball venues in Georgia (country)
Handball venues in Georgia (country)
Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union
Indoor arenas in Georgia (country)
Sports venues in Tbilisi
Boxing venues in Georgia (country)
The  is an archaeological site in the Iwatsuki neighborhood of the city of Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan containing a late Jōmon period  shell midden and settlement ruin. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1975, with the borders extended in 2002 and again in 2016.

Overview
During the early to middle Jōmon period (approximately 4000 to 2500 BC), sea levels were five to six meters higher than at present, and the ambient temperature was also 2 deg C higher. During this period, the Kantō region was inhabited by the Jōmon people, many of whom lived in coastal settlements. The middens associated with such settlements contain bone, botanical material, mollusc shells, sherds, lithics, and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with the now-vanished inhabitants, and these features, provide a useful source into the diets and habits of Jōmon society. Most of these middens are found along the Pacific coast of Japan.

The site is located on a tongue-shaped plateau with an elevation of about 10 to 13 meters above the present day sea level in the Omiya Plateau in the eastern part of Saitama. Although the area is now a considerable distance inland from the coast of Tokyo Bay, during the late to final Jōmon period it was a peninsula in an area of peat swamps near the Ayase River on a long inlet of the sea.  The midden is a shell ring with a diameter of 150 meters. It was first excavated in the 1920s, during which times the foundations for many pit dwellings were discovered, along with clay figurines, Jōmon pottery, magatama, polished stones, and tools made of stone or animal bone were discovered. Of especial note was a 16-cm owl-shaped dogū clay figurine which was found almost intact, and which was subsequently designated a National Important Cultural Property.

The peat layer of the midden preserved chestnuts, walnuts, buckwheat, horse chestnuts and gourd seeds, shedding further light on the diet of the inhabitants. In 1934, it was proposed that this be designated a type site for a distinctive design of earthenware discovered.  Further excavations were conducted in 1940 by Tokyo Imperial University and in 1965 by Keio University and in 1988 by former Iwatsuki City.

The site is a five-minute walk from the "Moto Asama" bus stop from Tōbu Noda Line Iwatsuki Station. The site was backfilled after excavation and is now an empty field.

See also

List of Historic Sites of Japan (Saitama)

References

External links

Saitama City home page 

Archaeological sites in Japan
Jōmon period
Saitama (city)
Shell middens in Japan
History of Saitama Prefecture
Historic Sites of Japan
Archaeological type sites