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Kosovo Property Agency

The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) was established on 4 March 2006 under United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Regulation 2006/10, as an administrative agency functioning independently pursuant to Chapter 11.2 of the Constitutional Framework of Kosovo. It is mandated under UNMIK Regulation 2006/50 to resolve the resolution of claims resulting from the armed conflict that occurred between 27 February 1998 and 20 June 1999 in respect of private immovable property, including agricultural and commercial property - and has three main functions; (a) receive, register and resolve specific claims on private immovable property; (b) enforcement of legally final decisions; and (c) administration of abandoned properties. The KPA has, subject to appeal to the Supreme Court of Kosovo, exclusive jurisdiction to resolve the claims for private immovable property resulting from the conflict period specified above.

Under the Regulation, the staff and assets of the Housing and Property Directorate is subsumed into the KPA. The KPA therefore assumes responsibility for the implementation of all residential property claims that were pending with the HPD on 4 March 2006 and it will ensure their resolution in an effective and expeditious manner. Further, the Housing and Property Claims Commission (HPCC) will continue to decide the limited number of remaining residential claims that are currently pending before it.

The Housing and Property Directorate (HPD) and its Housing and Property Claims Commission (HPCC) were originally established by UNMIK regulation 1999/23  on 15 November 1999 to regularize all individual conflict-related housing and property claims.

See also
UNMIK

Sources and external links

A. Dodson, V. Heiskanen, Housing and Property Restitution in Kosovo, in: S. Leckie, Returning Home: Housing and Property Rights of Refugees and Displaced Persons, 2003, S. 225 ff.  
 K. Hassine, Housing and Property Directorate/Claims Commission in Kosovo, Eine Studie zur Modellwirkung von HPD/CC für den internationalen Eigentumsschutz Privater – Mit einem Vorwort von Dr. Veijo Heiskanen, Studienreihe des Ludwig Boltzmann Instituts für Menschenrechte, Band 21, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag 2009. 
 K. Hassine, Regularizing Property Rights in Kosovo & Elsewhere – COHRE's impact as non-State actor for the international protection of housing, land and property rights, Annex: Proposals for Claims Commissions, February 2010.

References

Government agencies established in 2006
Organizations based in Kosovo
Pir Sadardin

Pir Sadar al-Din (Sadardin) or Pir Sadruddin was a fourteenth-century Nizari Ismaili da'i and is regarded as the founder of the Khoja Nizari Ismaili community, also called Satpanth.

He was the son and successor of Pir Shihab al-Din, and was one of the most prominent Ismaili authors of the 14th century. He was a contemporary of the Nizari Ismaili Imam Islam Shah.

Born in Persia, Sadardin later travelled to South Asia, settled in the Sindh area (in what is now southern Pakistan), founded the Khoja community and developed the Khojki script; he also wrote ginans. Pir Sadardin composed the previous Du'a, which was recited by Ismailis during several centuries, was very long and took almost half an hour to be recited. His "Gat Paj ji Dua" also summarized the story of Creation.

Pir Sadar al-Din's ginans were the last of the ginans that have been studied today to mention Alamut or Daylam, suggesting that until this time, Ismaili presence – which is commonly thought to have been obliterated after the fall of Alamut to the Mongols in 1256 – had remained in the regions of Alamut and Daylam until his life time the 14th century.

Works
 Aradh
 Athar Ved
 Bawan Ghati
 Bawan bodth, so Kirya and Sahi Samrani
 Budh Avatar
 Buj Nirinjan
 Das Avatar
 Du'a
 Gayantri
 Ginan
 Girbhavali
 Girbhavali
 Khat Darshan
 Khat Nirinjan
 Saloko
 Surat Samacha
 Vinod

References

Sindhi people
Khoja Ismailism
Sindhi-language poets
Sindhi-language writers
Lake Bafa

Lake Bafa () also known as Lake Çamiçi () and in earlier times the Vafi Sea () is a lake situated in southwestern Turkey, part of it within the boundaries of Milas district of Muğla Province and the northern part within Aydın Province's Söke district. The lake used to be a gulf of the Aegean Sea until the Classical period, when the sea passage was gradually closed by the alluvial mass brought by Büyük Menderes River (historically the Maeander or Meander River). The gulf, and later the lake, was named Latmus in antiquity.

The southern shore of the lake is traced by the highway connecting İzmir-Kuşadası-Söke to towns such as Milas and Bodrum that are situated in the south. The northern shore of the lake, where steep slopes are covered by wild or semi-domesticated olive trees, is virtually untouched to this day.

The lake area was officially declared as a nature reserve named Lake Bafa Nature Park.

History

At the innermost north-east tip of the lake is the village of Kapıkırı, as well as the ruins of Heraclea by Latmus (sometimes called Heraclea in Ionia), to distinguish from other ancient Greek sites named Heraclea. The mountain chain of Beşparmak (Dağları) -also named (Latmus) in antiquity- rises on the back, sheltering the non-restored ruins of a dozen monasteries dating from the Byzantine era on its slopes. Yet another monastery is situated on an islet on the lake just across the village. The village of Kapıkırı has recently developed important facitilies catering to visiting tourists, although agriculture and fishing still occupies an important part in its economy.

According to the legend, it was here that the goddess Selene fell in love with the shepherd Endymion and she asked Zeus to keep the young shepherd in perpetual sleep and bore up to fifty children from her nightly encounters with the sleeping young man.

Lake Bafa Nature Park
Lake Bafa and its surrounding is one of the important bird sanctuaries in Turkey. The west coast overlooking the Balat Plain of Lake Bafa is a shallow area where migratory birds stay and breed in autumn and spring. Also rich in fish and crayfish, a good quantity was sent to fishery cooperatives operating nearby.

Lake Bafa was declared a nature reserve in 1994 as Lake Bafa Nature Park (). On the other hand, the changing chemical content and decreasing oxygen amount with the reduction and pollution of the river waters pouring into the lake caused the death of hundreds of thousands of fish and the ecosystem drifting into an irreversible junction. Apart from this, the disconnecting of the Büyük Menderes river from the lake, and the fact that the waste of olive oil factories built around the lake continued to be poured into the lake without treatment, has distorted the natural habitat.

Gallery

See also
 Milas
 Heraclea (disambiguation)

References

External links 

Lake Bafa Turkey
Bafa Lake Pictures and Map

Bafa
Bafa
Tourist attractions in Aydın Province
Nature parks in Turkey
IUCN Category V
Landforms of Aydın Province
Landforms of Muğla Province
Tourist attractions in Muğla Province
Important Bird Areas of Turkey
Baby Blake

The Baby Blake was a British cyclecar manufactured by E.G. Blake in Croydon, Surrey in 1922.

It was unusual in being powered by two separate stroke engines driving friction discs. A third disc running between these and moveable backwards and forwards gave an infinitely variable drive to the rear axle. They were advertised at £150 but few were sold.

See also
 List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

References

Vintage vehicles
Cyclecars
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1922
Defunct companies based in Surrey
Potassium acetate

Potassium acetate (also called potassium ethanoate), (CH3COOK) is the potassium salt of acetic acid. It is a hygroscopic solid at room temperature.

Preparation
It can be prepared by treating a potassium-containing base such as potassium hydroxide or potassium carbonate with acetic acid:

CH3COOH + KOH → CH3COOK + H2O
This sort of reaction is known as an acid-base neutralization reaction.

The sesquihydrate in water solution (CH3COOK·1½H2O) begins to form semihydrate at 41.3 °C.

Applications

Deicing
Potassium acetate (as a substitute for calcium chloride or magnesium chloride) can be used as a deicer to remove ice or prevent its formation. It offers the advantage of being less aggressive on soils and much less corrosive: for this reason, it is preferred for airport runways although it is more expensive.

Fire extinguishing
Potassium acetate is the extinguishing agent used in Class K fire extinguishers because of its ability to cool and form a crust over burning oils.

Food additive
Potassium acetate is used in processed foods as a preservative and acidity regulator.  In the European Union, it is labeled by the E number E261; it is also approved for usage in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. Potassium hydrogen diacetate (CAS #) with formula KH(OOCCH3)2 is a related food additive with the same E number as potassium acetate.

Medicine and biochemistry
In medicine, potassium acetate is used as part of electrolyte replacement protocols in the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis because of its ability to break down to bicarbonate to help neutralize the acidotic state.

In molecular biology, potassium acetate is used to precipitate dodecyl sulfate (DS) and DS-bound proteins to extract ethanol from DNA.

Potassium acetate is used in mixtures applied for tissue preservation, fixation, and mummification. Most museums today use a formaldehyde-based method recommended by Kaiserling in 1897 which contains potassium acetate. This process was used to soak Lenin's corpse.

Use in executions

Potassium acetate was incorrectly used in place of potassium chloride when putting a prisoner to death in Oklahoma in January 2015. Charles Frederick Warner was executed on January 15, 2015 with potassium acetate; this was not public knowledge until the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip was called off.  In August 2017, the U.S. state of Florida executed Mark James Asay using a combination of etomidate, rocuronium bromide, and potassium acetate. The drug was also used in the February 2023 execution of Donald Dillbeck, once again in combination with etomidate and rocuronium bromide.

Industry
Potassium acetate is used as a catalyst in the production of polyurethanes.

Historical
It is used as a diuretic and urinary alkalizer. It was used in the preparation of Cadet's fuming liquid ((CH3)2As)2O, the first organometallic compound ever produced.

References

External links

Acetates
Potassium compounds
Lethal injection components
E-number additives
Askrova

Askrova is an island in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Brufjorden, near the mouth of the Førdefjorden, about  northwest of the island of Svanøya.  Askrova sits about  southwest of the town of Florø and about the same distance southeast of the island of Reksta.  The population of the  island (2001) was 143, with most residents living on the south and west shores of the island.  The  tall mountain Skara is the highest point on the island.  Askrova Chapel is located on the island.

The main industry for the island is fishing.  In 1936, there was a record catch of herring at Askrova. Official figures put it at between  of herring. It was the biggest catch to date in Vestland county.

See also
List of islands of Norway

References

Islands of Vestland
Kinn
Area code 253

Area code 253 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a part of the U.S. state of Washington. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the area south of Seattle and the southern Puget Sound area, centered at Tacoma and extending to include the areas around Gig Harbor, Auburn, and Roy. It also serves the western half of Pierce County, as well as southern King County.

The area code commenced service on April 27, 1997, as part of a three-way split of area code 206. The other of the three is area code 425. In the lead-up to the switchover, John Keister, on his television comedy show Almost Live!, lampooned the fact that Renton wanted to join the 425 area code to be associated with the relatively wealthy  Eastside, which includes Bellevue.

Area code 253 is slated to participate in the complex overlay plan of area code 564, which has been active only in numbering plan area 360 since 2017, when central office code exhaustion demands relief.

Service area

Auburn
Bonney Lake
Burley
Covington
DuPont
Federal Way
Fife
Fort Lewis, Washington
Fox Island
Gig Harbor
Graham
Kent
Lakewood
Lake Tapps
McChord AFB
Milton
Parkland
Puyallup
Roy
Sumner
Spanaway
Steilacoom
Tacoma
University Place

See also
List of Washington (state) area codes
List of North American Numbering Plan area codes

References

External links
NANPA Washington area code map 
Interactive map of area code 253

253
253
Telecommunications-related introductions in 1997
Absdale

Absdale is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 32 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

Absdale is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Hulst. Absdale has place name signs. It used to be home to 550 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 40 houses.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1315 as te Absdale, and means valley of the abbot which refers to the Ter Duinen Abbey. Absdale is mentioned in the poem Van den vos Reynaerde.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
University of the Americas (Chile)

University of the Americas (), locally known as UDLA, is a private Chilean university.

Founded in 1988, UDLA is currently the second largest by enrollment in Chile.

History
UDLA was founded in 1988 and started its academic activities in 1989. Its headquarters are located in the commune of Providencia, in Santiago.

Its first principal was Mario Albornoz, a commercial engineer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and MA in economics from the University of Chicago.

In 1995, UDLA created a branch in Quito, Ecuador.

In 1997, it was declared autonomous in 1997 by the , a branch of .

In 2000, Laureate International Universities, acquired UDLA, allowing students to obtain combined degrees from other institutions in the Laureate group.

Between 2000 and 2007, UDLA became the largest private university in Chile.

Locations 
 Greater Santiago
 Providencia
 Downtown Santiago
 Maipu
 La Florida
 Maipú
 Greater Concepcion
 Chacabuco
 El Boldal
 Viña del Mar
 Los Castaños

References

External links
 
 Laureate International Universities

Universities in Chile
Private universities in Chile
For-profit universities and colleges
Universities and colleges established in 1988
Universities in Santiago Metropolitan Region
1988 establishments in Chile
Battle of Sharqat

The Battle of Sharqat (October 23–30, 1918) was fought between the British and the Ottoman Empire in the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War I, which became the last conflict between the belligerents before of the signing of the Armistice of Mudros.

Background
Anticipating an Ottoman armistice following the defeat of the Ottomans in Palestine and the recent surrender of Bulgaria, British Premier David Lloyd George ordered Sir William Marshall, Commander-in-Chief on the Mesopotamian front, to remove any residual Ottoman presence from that theater by twin advances up the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and capture the oil fields near Mosul on the Tigris. There was a lack of available transport, after a large amount had been supplied to Dunsterforce for its advance across Persia, so Marshall persuaded the government to limit the advance to the Tigris Front only.

Battle
An Anglo-Indian force consisting of the 17th and 18th Indian Divisions and the 7th and 11th Indian Cavalry Brigades, led by Sir Alexander Cobbe, left Baghdad on October 23, 1918. In just 39 hours they covered  to the Little Zab River, where the "Dicle Group" of the Ottoman Sixth Army, led by İsmail Hakkı Bey, who was the commander of the Ottoman 14th Division, was awaiting them. The Sixth Army had been weakened due to lack of replacements.  His forces consisted of the XVIII Corps, which comprised the 14th and 46th Divisions, and the XIII Corps, which comprised the 2nd and 6th Divisions.

Seeing his army's rear threatened, İsmail Hakkı Bey withdrew another  to the north to Al-Shirqat, where Cobbe attacked him on October 29, sending the 11th Cavalry Brigade to pin the Ottoman front while the 17th Division came up to support them. The 17th were delayed in arriving, and the cavalry were shelled by Ottoman guns overnight. In the morning the 13th Hussars charged the hill where the guns were, and made a dismounted charge up it with fixed bayonets, successfully capturing the guns. İsmail Hakkı Bey was aware of the peace talks at Mudros, and decided to spare his men rather than fight or break out.  He surrendered on October 30. The 18th Division advanced on Mosul, 50 miles further north, and were 12 miles short of the town when the armistice was declared.

Aftermath
On November 1, 1918, Mosul was peacefully occupied by the 7th and 11th Indian cavalry brigades, after the British forces ignored the request of the Ottoman Commander-in-chief, Ali İhsan (Sâbis), to withdraw to the positions they had held at the armistice.

Notes

Sources
 Moberly, F. J. Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign. Imperial War Museum, Volume IV 1927. Reprint edition 2011. .
 Erickson, Edward J. Ordered to Die: A history of the Ottoman Army in the First World War. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001. .

External links
 Battle of Sharqat, 1918, at FirstWorldWar.com
 Battle of Sharqat, at The Western Front Association

Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign
Battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire
Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom
Battles of World War I involving British India
Conflicts in 1918
1918 in Iraq
Sint Jansteen

Sint Jansteen is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 31 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1248 as Sancti Ioannis ad Lapidem, and means "stone building dedicated to John the Baptist". The stone building refers to a castle which has been known to exists since 1170, and contained a chapel dedicated to John the Baptist. Sint Jansteen is a road village which was a free heerlijkheid (=not a fief).

Sint Jansteen was completely demolished on the order of Lt General Pieter de la Rocque, in preparation against the French attack on Hulst during the Austrian Succession War in 1747. De la Rocque was later arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for his war crimes in Loevestein Castle.

The St John the Baptist church is a three-aisled church with needle spire which was constructed between 1857 and 1860. The ridge turret was removed in 1996. The former town hall was built in 1790 as a courthouse.

Sint Jansteen was home to 708 people in 1840. Sint Jansteen was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Hulst.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Hulst
Al Ali (tribe)

The Al Ali () is a tribe of the Arabian Peninsula, notably in the United Arab Emirates. The tribe originally settled the island of Siniyah off Umm Al Quwain, later moving to the mainland and building a fort and defensive wall there in the late 1700s, founding the emirate (later the Trucial State and then one of the United Arab Emirates) of Umm Al Quwain. The emirate consists in the main of the coastal city of Umm Al Quwain and the inland oasis town of Falaj Al Mualla, some  from the coast.

The tribe was recorded by historian JG Lorimer as comprising 1,000 settled families in Umm Al Quwain, 200 in Sharjah and 150 in Ras Al Khaimah as well as some 140 nomadic families. The inland settlement of Falaj Al Ali was also fortified, including a trio of watchtowers (Murabbaa) which dominate the wide and fertile wadi there. This settlement later became known, after the ruling family, as Falaj Al Mualla.

References

Tribes of Arabia
Tribes of the United Arab Emirates
Zandberg, Zeeland

Zandberg is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

Zandberg is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Graauw. The hamlet has place name signs. It used to be home to 305 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 50 houses.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Briar Hill, Victoria

Briar Hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km north-east from Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area. Briar Hill recorded a population of 3,220 at the 2021 census.

History

Briar Hill Post Office opened on 1 September 1924.
Briar Hill primary school was opened

Education

There is a school in the area called Briar Hill Primary School, which was first established in 1927.

Facilities 
Public library service is provided by Yarra Plenty Regional Library.  The nearest libraries are at Greensborough, Watsonia and Eltham.

Notable people

Melbourne-based metal band Twelve Foot Ninja come from Briar Hill.

See also
 Shire of Diamond Valley – Parts of Briar Hill were previously within this former local government area.
 Shire of Eltham – Parts of Briar Hill were previously within this former local government area.

References

External links
Australian Places – Briar Hill

Suburbs of Melbourne
Suburbs of the City of Banyule
Nicky Robinson (game programmer)

Nicky Robinson is an American video game programmer and software developer. Her career spanned over thirty years, extending back to titles such as Star Control and Mail Order Monsters, which she worked on with Evan Robinson and game designer Paul Reiche III. Robinson later worked at 3DO as a game programmer and on the Android software as a release manager on the Skype team at Microsoft. 

Robinson helped start the Game Developer's Conference as an offshoot of the Journal of Computer Game Design. She later served in the board of the conference.

Robinson's work has been published by Electronic Arts, Activision, Accolade, and 3DO.

Robinson had been active in the organization and leadership of Women in Games International, a group dedicated to involving more women in professional game development and to advancing their careers.

Games
Dora the Explorer: Animal Adventures (2003)
BattleTanx (1999)
Army Men (1998)
3DO Games: Decathlon (1997)
Killing Time (1995)
Centurion: Defender of Rome (1990)
Star Control (1990)
The Last Ninja (1988)
World Tour Golf (1986)
Mail Order Monsters (1985)

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
American computer programmers
American video game programmers
Living people
Pomona College alumni
University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
Women video game programmers
Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg

The Grand Ducal Palace (, , ) is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.  It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg, and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the Grand Duchy.

History

The building was first the city hall of Luxembourg from 1572 to 1795, the seat of the prefecture of the Département des Forêts in 1795, and then the headquarters of the Luxembourg Government in 1817.

From 1817, the palace became the residence of the governor, the representative of the Dutch grand dukes.  As such, it was used by Prince Henry, during his time as lieutenant-representative of Luxembourg.  The building's interior was renovated in 1883, in preparation of a visit by King William III and Queen Emma, grand duke and grand duchess of Luxembourg.

With the accession of the House of Nassau-Weilburg in 1890, the palace was reserved exclusively for the grand duke and his family.  Under Grand Duke Adolphe, it was comprehensively renovated and a new wing, containing family rooms and guest accommodation, was built by the Belgian architect Gédéon Bordiau and the Luxembourgian state architect, Charles Arendt.

During the German occupation in the Second World War, the Grand Ducal Palace was used by the Nazis as a concert hall and tavern.  Much of the palace's furniture, art collections and jewels were ruined. Large swastika flags were hung down the front. With the return of Grand Duchess Charlotte from exile in 1945, the palace once again became the seat of the Grand Ducal Court.

Under the supervision of Charlotte, the palace was redecorated during the 1960s.  It was thoroughly restored between 1991 and 1996.  The interior of the Palace has been regularly renovated to match modern tastes and standards of comfort.

From 1945 to 1966 the Grand Ducal Guard mounted ceremonial guard duties at the palace.  From 1966 to today soldiers of the military of Luxembourg perform guard duties.

The Palace today
As the official residence of the grand duke, the palace is used by him in the exercise of his official functions.  He and the Grand Duchess, together with their staff, have their offices at the palace, and the state rooms on the first floor are used for a variety of meetings and audiences.  On Christmas Eve, the Grand Duke's Christmas message is broadcast from the Yellow Room.

Foreign heads of state are accommodated at the palace, as guests of the grand duke and grand duchess, during official visits to Luxembourg, and the Ballroom is the setting for state banquets in their honour.  Throughout the year, numerous other receptions take place at the palace, such as the New Year's reception given for members of the Government and the Chamber of Deputies.

See also
List of castles in Luxembourg
Chronogram under the balcony

References

External links

Le Palais Grand Ducal

Official residences in Luxembourg
Royal residences in Luxembourg
Palaces in Luxembourg City
Tourist attractions in Luxembourg City
Castles in Luxembourg
Paal, Netherlands

Paal is a hamlet in the southwest Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, Zeeland, and is located 35 km north of Antwerp, Belgium.

The village was first mentioned in 1847 as Paal (De), and refers to a beacon. From at least 1676 until 1874 there was a ferry to Bergen op Zoom at the location.

Paal used to be a fishing village which specialised in mussels. It was home to 412 people in 1840. In 1979, the dike was enlarged and the old harbour disappeared. In 1980, a marina was built instead.

Paal used to be part of the municipality of Graauw en Langendam. In 2003, it was merged into Hulst.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Heikant, Zeeland

Heikant is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 33 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

There are many settlements called Heikant ("heath edge") in the Netherlands; the one near Hulst is the largest and the only one with village status.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1867 as Heikant, and means "edge of the heath".

Heikant was home to 422 people in 1840. The Catholic Holy Theresia of the Child Jesus church was built in 1930 by the unemployed as a condition of the municipality for a subsidy. The village used to be part of the municipality of Sint Jansteen. In 1970, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Nieuw-Namen

Nieuw-Namen is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km south of Bergen op Zoom. The village is located on the border with the Belgium, and forms a single urban area with the Belgian village of Kieldrecht.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1136 as Hulsterlo. From 1874 onwards, it became Nieuw-Namen, and means the new village Namen which was flooded and was named after Jan van Namen who built dikes in the area.

The poem Van den vos Reynaerde was supposed to have taken place in Nieuw-Namen. "Int oestende van Vlaenderen staet een bosch, ende hiet Hulsterloo". Translation: "In the eastern end of Flanders, there is a forest and it is called Hulsterloo (old name)".

Nieuw-Namen was home to 701 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Clinge. In 1970, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Potassium iodate

Potassium iodate (KIO3) is an ionic chemical compound consisting of K+ ions and IO3− ions in a 1:1 ratio.

Preparation and properties
Potassium iodate is an oxidizing agent and as such it can cause fires if in contact with combustible materials or reducing agents.  It can be prepared by reacting a potassium-containing base such as potassium hydroxide with iodic acid, for example:

HIO3 + KOH → KIO3 + H2O

It can also be prepared by adding iodine to a hot, concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide:

3 I2 + 6 KOH → KIO3 + 5 KI + 3 H2O

Or by fusing potassium iodide with potassium chlorate, bromate or perchlorate, the melt is extracted with water and potassium iodate is isolated from the solution by crystallization:
KI + KClO3 → KIO3 + KCl

The analogous reaction with potassium hypochlorite is also possible:KI + 3KOCl → 3KCl + KIO3Conditions/substances to avoid include: heat, shock, friction, combustible materials, reducing materials, aluminium, organic compounds, carbon, hydrogen peroxide and sulfides.

Applications
Potassium iodate is sometimes used for iodination of table salt to prevent iodine deficiency. In the US, iodized salt contains antioxidants, because atmospheric oxygen can oxidize wet iodide to iodine; other countries simply use potassium iodate instead.  Potassium iodate is also an ingredient in some baby formula.

Like potassium bromate, potassium iodate is occasionally used as a maturing agent in baking.

Radiation protection

Potassium iodate may be used to protect against accumulation of radioactive iodine in the thyroid by saturating the body with a stable source of iodine prior to exposure. Approved by the World Health Organization for radiation protection, potassium iodate (KIO3) is an alternative to potassium iodide (KI), which has poor shelf life in hot and humid climates.  The UK, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, and the U.S. states Idaho and Utah all maintain potassium iodate tablets towards this end. Following the September 11 attacks, the government of Ireland issued potassium iodate tablets to all households for a similar purpose.

Potassium iodate is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a thyroid blocker, and the FDA has taken action against US websites that promote this use.

References

Iodates
Potassium compounds
Oxidizing agents
Kapellebrug

Kapellebrug is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 31 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

The village was first mentioned in 1459 as ter Eecken, and is a combination of chapel and bridge.

Kapellebrug was home to 278 people in 1840. The village used to be split in the municipalities Sint Jansteen and Clinge. In 1970, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Robert II of Loritello

Robert II (died 1134 or 1137) was the son and successor of Count Robert I of Loritello. His father died in 1107. He married his second cousin Adelaide, a daughter of Roger II of Sicily and Elvira of Castile. They had a son, named William, who succeeded him.

Robert was a friend of the Church. He took part in the council of Troia (1115) of Pope Paschal II and that of 1120 of Callixtus II.

Sources
Lexikon des Mittelalters.
Molise in the Norman period.

1130s deaths
Italo-Normans
Robert 2
Year of birth unknown
University of Rhode Island Botanical Gardens

The University of Rhode Island Botanical Gardens (4.5 acres) are botanical gardens located on the University of Rhode Island campus in Kingston, Rhode Island. The gardens are open to the public free of charge at all times.

The gardens were started as the Learning Landscape in 1992 as a donation of materials and labor from the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association. The gardens were renamed the URI Botanical Gardens in 2003.

The URI Botanical Gardens showcase sustainable landscape plants and practices. The gardens feature a home garden and landscape, a Memorial White Garden, the Ericaceous Garden, the Annual Garden, the Formal Gardens and Graduation Stage, the Shade Garden, the Matthew J. Horridge Conservatory and the Chester Clayton Rose Garden.

See also 
 List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Rhode Island

External links 
 University of Rhode Island Botanical Gardens

Botanical gardens in Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
Protected areas of Washington County, Rhode Island
Walsoorden

Walsoorden is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 22 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

The village was first mentioned in 1210 as Volcousthord, and means "land (near water) of the people of Wale (person)".

Walsoorden has one monument: the Beauforts sluice. It was built in 1761, and unlike other sluices, it does not have any doors, but uses a slide. The sluice is named after J.F. de Beaufort who was in charge of the water board. On 12 March 1906, large parts of Zeeland were flooded, but the sluice in Walsoorden managed to hold the water back.

Walsoorden was home to 99 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Hontenisse. In 2003, it was merged into Hulst.  The ferry from Kruiningen to Perkpolder used to be located near Walsoorden. It was replaced in 2003 by the Westerscheldetunnel.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Mayo West

Mayo West or West Mayo may refer to one of two parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo, Ireland:
Mayo West (Dáil constituency) (1969–1997)
West Mayo (UK Parliament constituency) (1885–1922)

See also
County Mayo
Zandberg

Zandberg, a variant of "Sandberg', means "Sand Mountain". It may refer to:

Places
In the Netherlands:
 Zandberg, Gelderland
 Zandberg, Groningen-Drenthe
 Zandberg, North Brabant, a neighbourhood of Breda
 Zandberg, Zeeland

See also
 Zandberg (surname)
Virginia Gordon

Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936, in Chaplin, West Virginia) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the January 1959 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Ron Vogel.

Gordon's most significant film, in terms of cinema history, is 1962's Tonight for Sure, as it marks the directorial debut of Francis Ford Coppola.

Acting career 

Gordon's acting roles were confined to appearing, mostly sans wardrobe, in a string of obscure sexploitation films produced for the adults-only grindhouse circuit. Her first three films, Once Upon a Knight (1961), written by Bob Cresse, Surftide 77 (1962), directed by Lee Frost, and Tonight for Sure (1962), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, were standard "nudie cutie" comedies typical of the early sixties.

In 1968, Olympic International (created by the writer-director team of Frost and Cresse) produced the "roughie" thriller [[The Animal (1968 film)|The Animal]]. Gordon has her most substantial and realistic role as a single mother terrorized and turned into an abused sex slave by a psychopath. That same year she starred in another Frost/Cresse film, Hot Spur, a violent roughie western in which her character suffers similar abuse.

Her last two films Acapulco Uncensored and The Muthers (both from 1968) were softcore "nudies" from prolific skinflick director Donald A. Davis.

Filmography
 The Muthers (1968) .... Lois
 Acapulco Uncensored (1968)
 Hot Spur (1968) .... Susan O'Hara
 [[The Animal (1968 film)|The Animal]] (1968) .... Joan Clark
 Tonight for Sure (1962)
 Surftide 77 (1962) .... Vultura
 Once Upon a Knight (1961) .... Lady Lauri

See also
 List of people in Playboy 1953–1959

References

External links
 
 

1936 births
Living people
1950s Playboy Playmates
Cincinnati–Newport Bridge

The Cincinnati–Newport Bridge, also known as the Central Bridge, was a cantilever bridge which crossed the Ohio River between Newport, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. It was completed in 1890 and demolished in 1992 to make way for the Taylor–Southgate Bridge, which opened in 1995.

Some pieces of the ornate ironwork were transferred from the Cincinnati–Newport Bridge to the Taylor–Southgate Bridge.

See also
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Kentucky
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Ohio
List of crossings of the Ohio River

References

External links

Cincinnati-Newport Bridge cincinnati-transit.net

Bridges over the Ohio River
Bridges in Cincinnati
Former road bridges in the United States
Historic American Engineering Record in Kentucky
Historic American Engineering Record in Ohio
Cantilever bridges in the United States
Truss bridges in the United States
Bridges completed in 1890
Demolished bridges in the United States
Buildings and structures demolished in 1992
Demolished buildings and structures in Ohio
Road bridges in Kentucky
Road bridges in Ohio
1992 disestablishments in Ohio
1992 disestablishments in Kentucky
1890 establishments in Ohio
1890 establishments in Kentucky
Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States
Transportation in Campbell County, Kentucky
Demolished buildings and structures in Kentucky
Kuitaart

Kuitaart is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

The village was first mentioned in 1469 as up Coytaerde. The etymology is unknown.

The grist mill Vogelzicht was built in 1865. In 1904, an engine was installed in the mill. The wind mill was restored in 2004.

Kuitaart was home to 197 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Hontenisse. In 2002, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Tirumala septentrionis

Tirumala septentrionis, the dark blue tiger, is a danaid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Description
Closely resembles Tirumala limniace, Cramer, but is always sufficiently distinct to be easily recognized, even on the wing. From T. limniace it differs on the upperside in the ground colour being darker and the semihyaline markings narrower, more distinct, and of a bluer tint, In the forewing, in interspace 1 the two streaks are narrower, never coalescent, the upper one forming an oval detached spot; the short streaks above vein 5 are outwardly never truncate, always acute. In the hindwing the two streaks if the discoidal cell united at base are wide apart at their apices, the lower one never formed into a hook. On the underside this species is generally darker, the apex of the forewing and the whole of the ground colour of the hindwing not being of the conspicuous golden brown that they are in T. limniace. Wingspan 80–115 mm.

Distribution
The Himalayas from Simla to Sikkim, into Assam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Southeast Asia; Odisha; West Bengal, southern India, the Western Ghats and Nilgiris; Sri Lanka.

Habits
This species is one of the predominant species (78%) during the migratory season in southern India during which many species migrate. Both males and females appear to migrate in equal numbers.

Life cycle

Caterpillar is similar to that of T. limniace (see Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society x, 1896, p. 240). It is said by MacKinnon and de Nicéville to feed on Vallaris dichotoma (Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society xi, 1807, p. 212). Other species include Cosmostigma racemosa, Heterostemma brownii and Cocculus species.

See also
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

References

External links
Sri Lanka Wild Life Information Database

Tirumala (butterfly)
Fauna of Southeast Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies of Asia
Insects of Thailand
Butterflies described in 1874
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Mayo East

Mayo East or East Mayo may refer to one of two parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo, Ireland:

Mayo East (Dáil constituency) (1969–1997)
East Mayo (UK Parliament constituency) (1885–1922)

See also
County Mayo
Terhole

Terhole or Ter Hole is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 26 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

It was first mentioned in 1542 as Ten Hole.

Terhole was home to 186 people in 1840. The village used to be part of the municipality of Hontenisse. In 2002, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Hulst
Greek New Testament

Greek New Testament refers to the New Testament in Koine Greek.

It may also refer to the following texts:
 Novum Instrumentum omne
 Textus Receptus, the basis of the King James Bible
 Novum Testamentum Graece, a critical edition of the Greek New Testament

See also
 New Testament manuscript
Tirumala gautama

Tirumala gautama, the scarce blue tiger, is a butterfly species found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the "crows and tigers", that is, the danaid group of the brush-footed butterflies family.

Description
Upperside fuliginous black with semi-hyaline bluish-white streaks and spots. Forewing: a long narrow streak generally extended to spot beyond and a short curved broader upper streak in interspace 1; cell with two narrow streaks joined at base, and an irregular spot sometimes divided into three at apex, the upper of the two basal streaks generally extended to the apical spot; a curved discal series of streaks, broad and elongate in interspace 2, short, almost rectangular, in interspace 3, narrow and elongate in the interspaces to the costa; finally, an irregular, somewhat crooked subterminal row of spots and a terminal more regular series of dots. Hindwing: two streaks, joined at base in cell, with short, slender, detached streak between their apices; interspace 1b white; 1a, 1, 2 and 3 with two streaks, joined at base in each; 4 to 8 with single broad short streaks; beyond these, subterminal and terminal rows of spots. Underside similar, hyaline markings clearer. Antennae black; head and thorax black, spotted and streaked with bluish white; abdomen fuscous, ochraceous beneath. Male secondary sex-mark in form 1.

Race gautamoides (Nicobar Islands) smaller than gautama, Moore, with comparatively narrower wings. Forewing: upper streak in cell very short and ill-defined. Hindwing: streaks in cell much broader, the lower one with a projection in form of a hook or spur.

References

Tirumala (butterfly)
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Indochina
Butterflies described in 1877
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Vogelwaarde

Vogelwaarde is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 29 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

History 
The village was first mention in 1936 as Vogelwaarde, and is a combination of "land on water" and the stream Vogel. The village was formed in 1970 from the former villages Boschkapelle and Stoppeldijk. Both villages were located in the Stoppeldijkpolder. In 1645, the Boschkapelle, a chapel, was built which became a site of pilgrimage for the Martyrs of Gorkum in 1761.

The St Gerulphus is a three-aisled church with needle spire which was constructed between 1860 and 1861. The church burnt down in 1869, and was rebuilt and enlarged the next year. The St Paul and Peter Church was built between 1875 and 1876, and used to be located in Boschkapelle.

In 1936, the villages of Stoppeldijk and Boschkapelle formed the municipality of Vogelwaarde. Vogelwaarde was a separate municipality from 1936 to 1970, when it was merged with Hontenisse. In 2003, it became part of the municipality of Hulst.

The village has one of the few horseshoe factories in Europe. It was founded in 1906.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Hulst
Hengstdijk

Hengstdijk is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 26 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.

The village was first mentioned in 1161 as Hencsdic, and means "dike of Henge (person)". Hengstdijk is a dike village which was founded on the bank of the De Vogel Creek in 1161.

The Catholic St Catharina is a single aisled church with a needle spire which was constructed between 1892 and 1893. It was restored in 1977.

Hengstdijk was home to 670 people in 1840. It was a separate municipality until 1936 when it became part of the municipality of Vogelwaarde. In 2003, the village became part of the municipality of Hulst.

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Hulst
Ossenisse

Ossenisse is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km west of Bergen op Zoom.

History 

The village was first mentioned in 1164 as Osnesse, and is a combination of headland and oxes (cattle). Ossenisse is road village which developed on salt marsh. In 1183, it was a possession of the monastery of Coesvoorde. In 1196, the ownership was transferred to the Cistercian monastery Ten Duinen. In 1225, the village was lost in a flood. In 1610, a dike was built around the area.

The Catholic St Willibrordus Church is a three-aisled cruciform church which was built between 1914 and 1915. In 2004, the church was converted into residential homes.

Ossenisse was home to 782 people in 1840. The village was a separate municipality until 1936, when it was merged with Vogelwaarde. The dike broke during the North Sea flood of 1953 and the village was flooded. In 2003, it became part of the municipality of Hulst. There used to be a ferry between Kruiningen and Perkpolder. In 2003, the Westerscheldetunnel was opened and the ferry ceased. The village has become isolated due to the termination of the ferry.

Gallery

References

Populated places in Zeeland
Former municipalities of Zeeland
Hulst
Potassium persulfate

Potassium persulfate is the inorganic compound with the formula K2S2O8. Also known as potassium peroxydisulfate, it is a white solid that is sparingly soluble in cold water, but dissolves better in warm water. This salt is a powerful oxidant, commonly used to initiate polymerizations.

Structure
The sodium and potassium salts are very similar.  In the potassium salt, the O-O distance is 1.495Å.  The individual sulfate groups are tetrahedral, with three short S-O distances near 1.43 and one long S-O bond at 1.65Å.

Preparation
Potassium persulfate can be prepared by electrolysis of a cold solution potassium bisulfate in sulfuric acid at a high current density.
 2 KHSO4 → K2S2O8 + H2

It can also be prepared by adding potassium bisulfate (KHSO4) to a solution of the more soluble salt ammonium peroxydisulfate (NH4)2S2O8. In principle it can be prepared by chemical oxidation of potassium sulfate using fluorine.  Several million kilograms of the ammonium, sodium, and potassium salts of peroxydisulfate are produced annually.

Uses
This salt is used to initiate polymerization of various alkenes leading to commercially important polymers such as styrene-butadiene rubber and polytetrafluoroethylene and related materials. In solution, the dianion dissociates to give radicals:
[O3SO-OSO3]2−      2 [SO4]•−

It is used in organic chemistry as an oxidizing agent, for instance in the Elbs persulfate oxidation of phenols and the Boyland–Sims oxidation of anilines.

As a strong yet stable bleaching agent it also finds use in various hair bleaches and lighteners. Such brief and non-continuous use is normally hazard free, however prolonged contact can cause skin irritation.
It has been used as an improving agent for flour with the E number E922, although it is no longer approved for this use within the EU.

Precautions
The salt is a strong oxidant and is incompatible with organic compounds. Prolonged skin contact can result in irritation.

References

Persulfates
Potassium compounds
Oxidizing agents
Radical initiators