alibayram/wikipedia-40-langs huggingface dataset:
Ahmedabad City Police

The Ahmedabad City Police is the primary law enforcement agency and is responsible for law enforcement and public safety in Ahmedabad, the largest city of Indian state of Gujarat. 

It is a subdivision and the part of the state police force of Gujarat. 

The force is headed by a Commissioner. 

It is responsible for the protection and safety of Ahmedabad residents.

Structure 
The police operate from 48 regular police stations. In addition, the Mahila Police Station was established to deal specifically with women's offenses and issues. It functions under the Crime Branch and is headed by a police inspector.

14 traffic police stations deal with traffic-related issues.

Initiatives

Domestic help (Gharghati) online registration 
In the online form for domestic help registration, people employing domestic help are required to supply name, mobile number and temporary as well as permanent addresses of the owner and domestic help. Copies of their documents can be uploaded on the Ahmedabad City Police website.

Help Emergency Alert Rescue Terminal 
HEART is a pilot project launched by Ahmedabad City Police for women's safety. Under this project whenever a woman is assaulted, dialing a toll free number 1091 HEART would alert the police, parents/relatives/friends and provide the victim's location.

Suraksha Setu 
Setu programme aims to provide a friendly face to Gujarat Police.

City urban transport 
Transport initiatives aim for effective street management towards sustainable mobility of vehicular traffic for which DIG Ashok Kumar Yadav received an award on behalf of city police as best city urban transport initiatives at an award function in Nagpur.

Air purifiers 
Looking at the health of traffic police staff deployed near the Pirana dump site, the Ahmedabad police department plans to install outdoor air purifiers at traffic points to provide staff with fresh air.

PUBG ban 
Ahmedabad police commissioner AK Singh issued a notification immediately banning PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds  [PUBG] and Momo Challenge.

Police Pathshala
The Ahmedabad Traffic Police host 'Police Pathshala' with an aim to bring change in the lives of children living on footpaths.

Commissioners

See also 

 Ahmedabad
 Gujarat Police

References

Official website

 Ahmedabad Police Website - http://www.cpahmedabad.gujarat.gov.in/cpahmedabad/default.aspx
 Twitter - https://twitter.com/AhmedabadPolice
 Facebook - https://facebook.com/AhmedabadPolice
 Website - http://www.ahmedabadcitypolice.org
 Gujarat Police Website - http://www.police.gujarat.gov.in/dgp/default.aspx 

Government of Ahmedabad
Metropolitan law enforcement agencies of India
Year of establishment missing
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority

The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) is a civilian government body responsible for overseeing and sanctioning construction and infrastructure development across the suburbs of the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat in India.

History 
The Government of Gujarat formed AUDA on 1 February 1978 under Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976. Initially total  area, the jurisdiction of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and 164 towns and villages surrounding Ahmedabad, were declared urban development area under AUDA by the Government of Gujarat. In 2007, the limits of AMC expanded by 232 sqkm area from AUDA including Memnagar, Kaligam, Vejalpur, Ranip, Ghatlodia, Vastrapur, Bodakdev and Thaltej in west and Vastral, Nikol, Ramol and Lambha in east.

In 2009, 68 more villages were included under AUDA. In 2021, AMC included Bopal, Ghuma, Chiloda, Naroda gam, land from other seven villages totaling 39 sqkm under it from AUDA. 

As of 2023, AMC area; five growth centres: Kalol, Dahegam, Bareja, Mahemdavad and Sanand; and 169 villages of Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Kheda and Gandhinagar districts; totaling 1866 sqkm are under jurisdiction of AUDA.

Administration 
The office of AUDA is at Usmanpura, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. Recently the area of working of AUDA has been limited due to merger of 18 Gram Panchanyats of Ahmedabad district with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. AUDA completed many works in the metro region of Ahmedabad.  Bhupendra Patel is the current chairman of AUDA.

AUDA is coming up with a state-of-the-art office on Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. The 22-storeyed structure will be on the lines of the Green Building Concept and will be called the Ahmedabad Habitat Centre.

Objective 

Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority consists of a group of non bureaucratic individuals and agencies who are responsible for planning infrastructure development in Indian cities. The individuals are specialised in various aspects of town planning activities.

Activities 

Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority planners are responsible for the following.

 Ensuring that Town planning schemes are implemented.

 Creating and implementing development plan of master plan for notified areas.

 Creation and implementation of urban area development initiatives like affordable housing, slum dwellers development.

 Implementation of Local Area Plan for the improvement of existing areas.

 Modernising building laws.

 Transit oriented development is promoted.

 Inclusion of conversion of heritage buildings in local area plans.

 Social and economic development planning.

Challenges 

Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority planners are faced with following challenges:

 Meeting housing needs of urban settlers.

 Investment on development initiatives.

 Resolving drinking water issues.

 Resolving sanitation issues.

References

External links
 Official website of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)

Government of Ahmedabad
State urban development authorities of India
State agencies of Gujarat
1978 establishments in Gujarat
Government agencies established in 1978
The Moneypenny Diaries

The Moneypenny Diaries is a series of novels and short stories chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series; it is considered an official spin-off of the Bond books. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's "editor." The series is a trilogy of novels, although in 2006, Weinberg also published two short stories: "For Your Eyes Only, James" and "Moneypenny's First Date with Bond", both of which appeared in UK magazines and were republished in September 2020 as a free ebook.

Stories in the series
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel (2005): The first diary fills in the gaps between a number of agent 007's missions including the period between On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice, but also includes an entire backstory for Moneypenny. For the first time since Fleming introduced the character alongside Bond in Casino Royale, Moneypenny is given a first name: Jane.
"For Your Eyes Only, James" (2006 short story): Published in the November issue of Tatler, the short story tells the tale of a weekend shared between Bond and Moneypenny at Royale-les-Eaux (see Casino Royale) in 1956.
Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries (2006): Taking place around the time of The Man with the Golden Gun, the secret service is in chaos with one senior official on trial for treason, another having defected to Moscow, and agent 007 brainwashed by the Soviets.
"Moneypenny's First Date with Bond" (2006 short story): Published in the November 11, 2006 issue of The Spectator, the short story tells the tale of Moneypenny's and James Bond's first meeting.
The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling (2008): Kate Westbrook is trying to publish Miss Moneypenny's diaries, but everyone she speaks to about them is trying to stop her...

See also

 James Bond uncollected short stories

References

External links
 Ian Fleming Publications official website

Book series introduced in 2005
James Bond books
Novel series
Fictional diaries
Novels by Samantha Weinberg
Parallel literature
Spin-offs
VOW

VOW may mean:

Vow
 VOW, The Voice of a Woman – organization showcasing women filmmakers, artists and thought leaders through festivals, awards and talks.
 VOW, the SAME code for a Volcano Warning
Vow (Garbage song)
Village on Wheels. Exclusive tourist trains in India (especially catering to the budget tourists, Ŗhence the name)
Virtual Office Website
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University is a public institution of higher learning in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It provides a variety of certificate courses, Diploma and degree programs through distance education mode, and other flexible mediums for its students. It is named after Indian political leader and the architect of the Indian Constitution Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Profile
The new concept of open education came into existence with the establishment of the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The university offers 38 programmes.

Structure
The university offers a number of programmes and  is divided into three main divisions: Centres, Cells,  and Schools,

Programmes 

 Post Graduate Programmes
 Graduate Programmes
 Post Graduate Diploma Programmes
 Diploma Programmes
 Certificate Programmes
 Ph.D. and M.Phil Programmes

Centres

 Centre for Internal Quality Assurance 
 Centre for Electronic Media Production - Chaitanya Studio
 Centre for Examination and Evaluation

 Centre for Electronic Data Processing  - Computer Department
 Centre for Research and Developmeent
 Centre for Online Education
 Centre for Skill Development andVocational Training
 Centre for Equal Opportunities and Inclusive Education
 Centre for Innovation, Start-up and Entrepreneurship
 Centre for Holistic Development of Women

Cells 
Grievance Redressal programme
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Cell
Students Cell
Sexual Harassment Cell
Statistical Cell
Single Window Cell
Women Development Cell

Schools
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
School of Commerce and Management
School of Education Distance Education & Education Technology
School of Computer Science

External links
Website of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University

Open universities in India
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University
Universities and colleges in Ahmedabad
1994 establishments in Gujarat
Educational institutions established in 1994
Saptak School of Music

The Saptak School of Music is a major classical music and performing arts education institution in Ahmedabad, India. Nandan Mehta established this institution and started Saptak Annual Festival of Music in 1980.

See also
 Saptak Annual Festival of Music
 Eastern fare music foundation

References

External links
 Official website

Music schools in India
Education in Ahmedabad
QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year

The QMJHL Humanitarian of the Year Award is awarded annually by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League to one player for humanitarianism and community involvement. The player also receives a plaque which is known as the Wittnauer Plaque, and formerly known as the Karcher Plaque from 1992 to 1997.

Winners

External links
 

Humanitarian and service awards
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League trophies and awards
1993 establishments in Quebec
Awards established in 1993
Footpath (2003 film)

Footpath is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt, starring Emraan Hashmi who made his debut film as the lead. Aftab Shivdasani,  Irrfan Khan, Bipasha Basu and Rahul Dev along with The film was a remake of  Mahesh Bhatt's film Angaarey, which too was based on the same American film State of Grace.

Plot
Arjun Singh and the Srivastav brothers, Raghu  and Shekhar, are neighbors in a gangster-prone area in Mumbai. When Arjun's union leader father is killed, the brothers urge him to avenge his death. They get a sword, find the killers and kill them. Arjun is the prime suspect in this homicide and the brothers get him to flee to Delhi, where he begins a new life as a real estate agent, Mohan Kumar Sharma. Years later, Arjun returns to Mumbai and is welcomed with open arms by Raghu and Shekhar, who are now leading gangsters in their own right. Arjun also renews his romance with the estranged Srivastavs' sister, Sanjana. Sanjana would like Arjun and her brothers to straighten up, and Arjun agrees with her and he starts to work on Raghu, the more flexible of the two, and partially succeeds, especially since Raghu is romantically involved with a school-teacher, who will have nothing to do with him unless he gives up all criminal activity. Raghu is seriously considering going straight when Shekhar gives him the devastating news, that Arjun is not who he claims to be - but a plainclothes police officer, who is out to get them by hook or by crook.

Cast
Emraan Hashmi as Raghunath "Raghu" Srivastav
Aftab Shivdasani as Arjun Singh / Mohan Kumar Sharma
Irrfan Khan as Sheikh Qadir(Cameo)
Bipasha Basu as Sanjana Srivastav
Rahul Dev as Shekhar Srivastav
Anup Soni as Police Inspector Singh
 Aparna Tilak as Shalini Vashisht (The English Teacher)
Anupama Verma as Pamela
Arif Zakaria as Shyam Ahuja
Jyothi Rana as item number in Soorat Pe Teri Pyaar Aave
Aryan Vaid as dancer Young in  Soorat Pe Teri Pyaar Aave

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan and one song "Soorat Pe Teri Pyar Aave" composed by Himesh Reshammiya, while lyrics were penned by Sameer. The song "Chain Aapko Mila" also featured in Priyadarshan's Hungama, with Shaan and Sadhana Sargam as vocalists.

Reception 
A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "From the house of Mahesh Bhatt, Footpath promises to be a racy film about pain, friendship, love and betrayal. Promises, as we all know, are meant to be broken. Film critic Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film  out of 5 and wrote that "On the whole, FOOTPATH is a routine fare that may not find many takers". A critic from IANS wrote that "Sadly Footpath runs on the much tried and tested path".

References

External links 
 

2003 films
2000s Hindi-language films
Remakes of Indian films
Films about organised crime in India
Films directed by Vikram Bhatt
Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan
Fratricide in fiction
Acheron Island

Acheron Island is one of the islands south of the Great Palm Island group. The island is halfway between Magnetic Island and Great Palm Island.

The island lies near the border of Halifax Bay and Coral Sea, east of Rollingstone and north of Townsville about .

The island is just north of Rattlesnake Island, where the RAAF practices bombing raids. Possibly (covered up by SQN 3 Co WC Brown, at the time) the site of an accidental practice bombing with a Mk84 500 lb bomb by a RAAF FA-18 flown by a RAF exchange pilot in 1997. Four campers were on the island and a large fire was started. Other nearby islands are Herald Island, Bramble Island and Cordelia Rocks.

Climate

See also 
 List of islands of Australia

References

Uninhabited islands of Australia
Islands on the Great Barrier Reef
Kochrab Ashram

The Kochrab Ashram was the first ashram in India organized by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement, and was given to him by his friend, the barrister Jivanlal Desai. Founded on 25 May 1915, Gandhi's Kochrab Ashram was located near the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat. On 20 July, 1915 Gandhi and his followers formally took over this building.

This ashram was a major centre for students of Gandhian ideas to practise satyagraha, self-sufficiency, Swadeshi, work for the upliftment of the poor, women and untouchables, and to promote better public education and sanitation. The ashram was organised on a basis of human equality.

See also
 Tolstoy Farm
 Sabarmati Ashram
 Sevagram

References

Ashrams
1918 establishments in India
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence movement
Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad
John Horman Trophy

The John Horman Trophy is awarded annually to the Executive of the Year in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Winners

External links
 QMJHL official site List of trophy winners.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League trophies and awards
1990 establishments in Quebec
Awards established in 1990
Fritz Graebner

Robert Fritz Graebner (4 March 1877, Berlin – 13 July 1934, Berlin) was a German geographer and ethnologist best known for his development of the theory of Kulturkreis, or culture circle. He was the first theoretician of the Vienna School of Ethnology.

Graebner advanced a theory of diffusion of culture (Kulturkreise) which became the basis of a culture-historical approach to ethnology. His theories had influence for a time in the field of ethnology, and were also propounded by Franz Boas, Clark Wissler and Paul Kirchhoff.  He also induced the concept of "primeval culture".

He was in Australia attending an anthropological conference when World War I broke out in 1914, and due to accusations of having hidden certain sensitive documents he was not allowed to leave Australia for the duration of the war. He is known for identifying six primeval culture complexes in the Oceania region, given in his book "Ethnologie": Tasmanian culture, Old Australian boomerang culture, Totemic hunter culture, Moitey complex (two class horticulturists culture), Melenesian bow culture, and Polynesian patrilineal culture.

Publications
Methode der Ethnologie (Method of Ethnology), 1911
Das Weltbild der Primitiven (The World View of the Primitives), 1924

References

German anthropologists
1877 births
1934 deaths
Nehru Bridge

The Nehru Bridge is a major bridge over the river Sabarmati, and serves as an artery of major public transport for the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, India. Built in the 1960s, it is a modern and larger bridge compared to the landmark Ellis Bridge, and is dedicated to Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.

One of the attractions of Ahmedabad City, the Patang Revolving Restaurant is situated near Nehru Bridge on the banks of Sabarmati River.

References

Bridges in Ahmedabad
Bridges completed in the 1960s
1960s establishments in Gujarat
Year of establishment missing
20th-century architecture in India
Very small business

A very small business (VSB), or micro-business, is a company that is at the lower end in size of companies that are considered small and medium enterprise.

Characteristics
In 2021, Salma Boukaira and Mohamed Daamouch proposed twelve criteria to distinguish a VSB, drawing upon the work of Pierre-André Julien. All criteria, according to this model, must be met for a business to qualify as a VSB:

 Few employees: fewer than 20 for industry, fewer than 10 for the service sector
 Low business turnover, i.e., total sales
 A traditional rather than modern sector of activity
 Independent ownership, i.e., not controlled by a larger firm
 Informal rather than formal internal communication
 A local rather than international market
 An intuitive strategy focused on survival and limited risk-taking, as opposed to a high-risk, growth-oriented strategy
 Centralized decision-making
 Low division of labor
 High spatial proximity with its environment
 Traditional technology, with lower innovation
 Legal status: generally a cooperative, a limited liability company, a sole proprietorship with limited liability, or a sole proprietorship

VSBs are often more vulnerable to external and internal economic hazards. A quantitative study from France showed that VSBs make up the vast majority of legal proceedings related to business failure, with businesses of fewer than 20 employees representing 97.1% of legal failures according to one 2041 study.

VSBs can be full time businesses or side businesses. In addition to the criteria mentioned above, many very small business owners find that the available support services, products or promotions designed for small businesses are designed for businesses much larger than theirs. This is especially true when it comes to business valuation and selling a very small business. Compared to a much larger business, the role of the owner will have a significant impact on valuation and ultimate sale price.

By region
The legal definition of what size companies are classified as VSBs varies by region, but the upper limit is usually considered to be 25–50 employees. Examples include:

 In the 1990s, the United States Small Business Administration defined a VSB as a business with no more than 15 employees, with average annual receipts that do not exceed $1 million.
 On May 6, 2003, the European Union defined a micro-business as a business with fewer than 10 employees, with a turnover or balance sheet total not exceeding 2 million euros. Some African countries also define micro-businesses similarly to the EU.
 In China, a VSB is considered a business with fewer than 8 employees.

See also
 Small office/home office

References

Business models
Small business
Business terms
Hymns (Corey Glover album)

Hymns is the first solo studio album by Living Colour vocalist Corey Glover. It was released on April 7, 1998 via LaFace Records. Recording sessions took place at Teenage Dog Studio in Brooklyn and at BearTracks in Suffern, NY. Production was handled by Glower himself and The Family Stand, with L.A. Reid and Babyface serving as executive producers.

Track listing

References

External links

1998 debut albums
Corey Glover albums
LaFace Records albums
Ahmedabad textile industry

The textile industry of the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat in India dates back to the 19th century, when the city and the industry was established under the British raj. Textile mills employed thousands of people from across the state, and the cotton garments manufactured were exported around the world. The prosperity of the industry was the mainstay of the city's economy. It is called the "Manchester of India". Thus, the Ahmedabad is officially famous for cotton textile works. 

The Arvind Mills is a company that processes denim for jeans worldwide, it is located near the Sabarmati river; as such the water required for the textile industry is easily available. The black soil found abundantly in Gujarat is best suited for the cultivation of cotton which is mostly required for the industry. and black soil is found in Maharashtra also.

Another major company in Ahmedabad is Ashima group. Electricity and cheap labour are available in abundance. Ahmedabad stands very near to the sea and as such export and import becomes easy. Ahmedabad outsources maximum of its cotton fabric from Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra. It is finished here and sold all over country.

Andrew Geddis was a director of the Ahmedabad Jubilee Spinning of cotton & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the Ahmedabad Manufacturing & Calico Printing Co. Ltd., as well as director of the India Cotton Association and the Chairman of Mill Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd from its inception.

T.S Textiles is one of the oldest textile company in Ahmedabad, founded in the year 1975, by Mr. Tarlochan Singh Pahwaw. The company produces quality unique fabrics like Double Cloth Dobby’s, Fancy yarn dyed, Satin Lycra, Backside Prints, Twill, Fancy Prints, 4 Way Lycra, and many more.

Bibliography 
 John Irwin, P. R. Schwartz, Studies in Indo-European Textile History, Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad, 1966, 124 p.

Economy of Ahmedabad
Textile industry in Gujarat
Uplands Park

Uplands Park is located within the municipality of Oak Bay, in the Uplands neighborhood, adjacent to the city of Victoria, British Columbia.  Uplands Park consists of  of woodland trails and undeveloped natural reserve land, and includes Cattle Point with two well used boat ramps for trailerable  boats, as well as the Oak Bay Cenotaph which honours the 97 Oak Bay men and women who died in World War Two.

From 1860 to 1910, cattle were pushed overboard from paddle steamers to swim ashore to what is now Cattle Point, which is where the name Cattle Point comes from.

It is among North America's first natural preserves to be set aside in an urban region; it was established in the 1940s by the Oak Bay city council, under the leadership of Reeve Walter Walker.  A cairn, marking Walker's instrumental role in the creation of Uplands Park, stands at Cattle Point, near the southern coastal edge of the park.

Cattle Point was designated an Urban Star Park in 2013 by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, only the second such park in the country. It joins a national and global network of Dark-sky preserves mostly found in remote areas and wilderness which adhere to guidelines to conserve the night sky for astronomical observation.

External links
The District of Oak Bay - Uplands Park
The District of Oak Bay - Oak Bay Cenotaph
Photo gallery uploaded on FLIKR

References

Parks in British Columbia
Mead Education Alternative Department Alternative High School

M.E.A.D. Alternative High School is a learning community of non-traditional students and instructors in north Spokane, Washington.

General
Students apply to the school voluntarily and admissions are mediated by personal interview, which seeks to establish the willingness of applicants to challenge themselves and take responsibility in achieving personal and academic growth.

Instructors operate in a conference-style, consensus-building format. Student input is encouraged through the regular participation of student representatives. The campus is a drug, smoke and firearm free environment. There are band and choir rooms, as well as a community garden, large-group meeting and performance space, private conference and supply rooms, and art and science activity centers. Classes are not held in secluded rooms, but are instead conducted in the stations occupied by each instructor. Students sit at a common table at which they can face and communicate with everyone at the station.

Programs

CORE
The CORE program is a group-learning format involving independent projects and evaluation, group community service Field trips, and presentations, both school and community-wide.

GSL (Guided Student Learning)
The GSL program consists of weekly one-on-one meetings between the student and advisor, in which assignments are evaluated, proposed, delivered and designed. This option is most popular among students who may have other full- or part-time obligations such as child care, college classes, or work.

Extracurricular activities 
Extracurricular activities include:
Mount Rainier Service
Glacier National Park Service
Open mic

External links
M.E.A.D. Alternative High School website

High schools in Spokane County, Washington
Mead School District
Public high schools in Washington (state)
Trent Waterhouse

Trent Waterhouse (born 8 January 1981), also known by the nickname of "House", is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a  forward for the Thirroul Butchers in the Illawarra Rugby League. He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League and Warrington Wolves of the Super League in Europe, England . He has also represented City Origin, New South Wales and Australia.

Background
Waterhouse was born in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.

Playing career
After playing junior football for Cambridge Park and Emu Plains JRLFC, Waterhouse made his first grade début against Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park on 17 August 2002 in round 23, which was also the same game in which Steve Turner debuted. He was a member of the Penrith 2003 NRL grand final-winning team in their 18–6 win over Sydney Roosters.

After that he went on the 2003 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, helping Australia to victory over Great Britain in what would be the last time the two nations contested an Ashes series. Waterhouse would play a total of ten internationals from then till to 2005.

As 2003 NRL premiers, the Penrith club travelled to England to face Super League VIII champions, the Bradford Bulls in the 2004 World Club Challenge.  Waterhouse played at lock forward in Penrith's 22–4 loss. In February 2007, Waterhouse signed with the Panthers until the end of 2011.  In the same year, Penrith finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon.

He was selected for City in the City vs Country match in 2006 and again in 2009.

Waterhouse made his state representative début in the 2004 State of Origin series, playing in games I and II off the bench for the New South Wales Blues. Selected again in 2009, Waterhouse was sent-off after coming into a fight between Steve Price and Brett White during game III of the State of Origin series. He became the first Blues player to be dismissed from an Origin game, and the first since Gorden Tallis to be sent off in an Origin match. His dismissal capped off a horror year for NSW as they lost their fourth (of eight) straight Origin series.

On 29 June 2011 it was announced Waterhouse had signed to join English Super League club Warrington from 2012 on a three-year deal. 

Waterhouse played in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Wembley Stadium, scoring a try in the first half.

He played in the 2012 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford.

He signed to the Thirroul Butchers in the Illawarra Rugby League for the 2015 season.

Footnotes

External links

Penrith Panthers profile

1981 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australia national rugby league team players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Exiles rugby league team players
Penrith Panthers players
Penrith Panthers captains
New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players
Prime Minister's XIII players
Rugby league second-rows
Rugby league locks
Rugby league players from Sydney
Warrington Wolves players
Buffington, Georgia

Buffington is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States.  It began as the location of Fort Buffington, one of the Cherokee Removal Forts used to contain the Cherokee before the beginning of the Trail of Tears in 1838.  After this time, Fort Buffington was either dismantled or fell into ruin, and only a state historical marker along State Route 20 stands to identify its former site. Today, Buffington is transforming from a rural to suburban community.

References

Unincorporated communities in Cherokee County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cherie Burton

Cherie Ann Burton (born 13 November 1968) is a former Australian politician, who was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kogarah from 1999 to 2015.

Biography 
Burton was born in Paddington, New South Wales and brought up in Minto. She graduated from Narrabeen High School in 1986 and became an accounts clerk and an official for the National Union of Workers.  She later became an adviser to Premier Bob Carr.

Political life 
Burton has been the member for the relatively safe Labor seat of Kogarah since 1999 when she defeated the Liberal candidate, Sam Witheridge after being installed by the head office administrative committee as the Labor candidate on an N40 ruling, bypassing local pre-selection. At the time of her election, aged 30, she was one of the youngest Labor politicians on the back bench, second only to Matt Brown, aged 27.

Burton was the Minister for Housing and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) from August 2005 to March 2007. Citing family reasons, Burton announced she had decided to step down from the ministry following the 2007 NSW election. However questions were raised as to whether she was forced to give up her place in the ministry due to a police enquiry into an alleged assault against the nephew of the Liberal candidate for Burton's electorate on polling day.

Burton's political career was defined by her relentless pursuit for the disadvantaged and her progressive reforming legacy to public representation.

Outside politics 
Burton is a keen sailor, having sailed since her teens. She is a Patron of the Kogarah Bay Sailing Club. In October 2006 she opened a new pontoon for Sailability Kogarah Bay at Dover Park, Blakehurst.

Burton announced she met her husband, Andrew Murphy, after consulting television psychic John Holland in early 2003.

References 

 

1968 births
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Living people
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Politicians from Sydney
21st-century Australian politicians
Women members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
21st-century Australian women politicians
Alex McTaggart

Alexander John McTaggart (born 24 January 1949) is an Australian politician who was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Pittwater between 2005 and 2007. At the time of his election, McTaggart was also the Mayor of Pittwater Council.

Early life
Alex McTaggart grew up in the Pittwater area of Sydney, attending Avalon Public School and then St Paul's Catholic College in Manly, before finishing with his Leaving Certificate and then gaining an Associate Diploma of Teaching (Technical) as well as horticulture and landscape design qualifications.

Political career
Following the sudden resignation of John Brogden as Liberal Opposition Leader and his subsequent resignation from Parliament, McTaggart was elected to the Legislative Assembly in a 2005 by-election for Pittwater in what many considered as a shock result. The Liberals lost over 22 percent of their primary vote from 2003, allowing McTaggart to win with 55 percent of the two-party vote.

His victory was cited as a "disastrous loss" for the Liberal Party in a seat it had held for 32 years. McTaggart attributed his election win to his opposition to the television show Baywatch being filmed at Avalon Beach. In 1999, McTaggart had been a protester against a proposal for Baywatch to film permanently at the beach.

McTaggart was defeated in the 2007 state election, with Pittwater returning to the Liberal Party's Rob Stokes. McTaggart continued to serve on Pittwater Council as a North Ward Councillor, for which he was first elected in September 1999, until its amalgamation into the Northern Beaches Council on 12 May 2016.

Northern Beaches Council
On 12 May 2016, with the release of the Local Government (Council Amalgamations) Proclamation 2016, the Northern Beaches Council was formed as per Warringah's submission, from Manly, Pittwater and Warringah councils. McTaggart was then named by Northern Beaches Administrator Dick Persson as a member of the Implementation Advisory Group, one of several advisory committees composed of former councillors and mayors of the three councils.

McTaggart then stood as an independent candidate for Pittwater Ward of the Northern Beaches Council and was elected in the second ward position on 9 September 2017. He unsuccessfully stood for re-election to this position at the following election held on 4 December 2021, being excluded on the 11th preference count after receiving 12.68% (0.5 of a quota) of the first preference vote in Pittwater Ward.

References 

1949 births
Living people
Mayors of places in New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales
21st-century Australian politicians
Herald Island (Queensland)

Herald Island is in Halifax Bay, south of the Great Palm Island group, northwest of Magnetic Island and northeast of Rollingstone, Queensland, in Australia. The nearest island is Rattlesnake Island (RAAF bombing site).  Other nearby islands are Cordelia Rocks, Bramble Island, and Acheron Island.

Both Herald Island and Rattlesnake Island are designated live firing ranges and have been used by both the Air Force and Army for live firing practices since 1942. This means that there is a possibility of unexploded ordnance on both of these islands. There are warning signs placed at all beaches.

There is no fresh water storage on this island, however, at the southern end of the beach is a dry creek bed that may contain water if you dig for it. The vegetation is sparse and consists of mainly Mitchell grass and She-Oaks. The island is used for survival training both by the air force and army. Details of closures of the islands is announced in the Townsville Bulletin newspaper and it details dates and times the island will be closed to the public.

There are no facilities of any type currently on Herald Island. The channel between Herald and Rattlesnake Islands is only suitable as an anchorage in mild conditions. There are no sheltered bays on Herald Island. The only useful landing point is on the northwestern end of the island.

References

Uninhabited islands of Australia
Islands of Queensland
Texas garter snake

The Texas garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens) is a subspecies of the common garter snake (T. sirtalis). The subspecies, which belongs to the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae, is native  to the western United States.

Geographic range
The Texas garter snake is found predominantly in central Texas, with disjunct populations in southwestern Kansas and western Oklahoma.

Habitat
The Texas garter snake is a terrestrial species. It is uncommon, even in its central Texas range, and seldom found in large numbers. It can be found in a wide range of habitats, but is usually close to a water source. It has typically been found in stream-side vegetation or in damp soil near bodies of water. It can be found under objects like old metal or wood, under ground, and in plants.

Description
The Texas garter snake has a greenish-black back with a distinctive bright-orange or red stripe down the center, and yellowish stripes on either side of the body that extend through the second, third, and fourth rows of dorsal scales above the belly plates.  Adults range in total length (including tail) from .

Defense
The Texas garter snake is generally not aggressive, although younger specimens have been known to strike when cornered. If handled, it will often flail about wildly to try to escape and release a foul-smelling musk from its cloaca.

References

Further reading
Behler JL, King FW (1979). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp. . ("Thamnophis sirtalis annectans [sic]", p. 674 + Plate 533).
Brown BC (1950). An Annotated Check List of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Texas. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press. 257 pp. (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens, new subspecies, p. 203).
Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. . (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens, pp. 432–433 + Plate 43).
Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp.  (paperback),  (hardcover). (Thamnophis sirtalis annectens, p. 148).

External links

Thamnophis
Snakes of North America
Endemic reptiles of the United States
Fauna of the Great Plains
Fauna of the Plains-Midwest (United States)
Natural history of Kansas
Natural history of South Dakota
The Piper Downs

The Piper Downs are a four-piece alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California.

Band history
The band met while students at Virginia Commonwealth University, and then moved to Los Angeles. Bobby Bognar was the frontman for the Richmond, Virginia band Hanover Fiske. Upon the breakup of Hanover Fiske, Bognar decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a solo music career. In 1994, Bognar returned home for the holidays and spent time with Knutson and Yell, who were the guitarists of Richmond band The Distractions. Excited by the musical chemistry, the two Distractions moved to Los Angeles with Bognar to form Bobby Bognar and the Distractions. After releasing 1995's First Time and 1997's Heed, the band changed their name to The Piper Downs (a reference from the movie So I Married an Axe Murderer).

Music career
In 1999, the band released the Rock Juice EP, which showcased, among other things, the magnificent and swirling bass solos for which Yell has become known.

2002, saw the release of their most recent album, Varying Degrees of Failure and Tunelessness, which introduced their most popular song to date, "Louder", and three music videos.

The band has a guitar as part of the Hard Rock Cafe permanent memorabilia collection, have twice been named the "Best Unsigned Band in Los Angeles," appeared on radio, movies, and television shows, headlined the local stage at the Vans Warped Tour, and opened for Sammy Hagar in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The Downs were named the "Best New Band in America" by the Global Battle of the Bands GBOB, and came in fourth in the world competition held in London, England.

The Piper Downs have toured all across the US, in England, Mexico, and Australia.

Their single "Louder" is featured on the Zoey 101 soundtrack, Zoey 101: Music Mix, released by Sony Records.

References

External links

Rock music groups from California
Musical groups from Los Angeles
Barely Breaking Even

Barely Breaking Even (BBE) is a British record label started by two DJs, Peter Adarkwah and Ben Jolly.  The name BBE comes from The Universal Robot Band's 1982 track "Barely Breaking Even". It has two sublabels: Deep Funk, and Urban Theory. BBE is also notable for its Beat Generation series of LPs.

Current/former artists

BlackCoffee
Bombay Monkey
Dark Room Notes
J Dilla (deceased)
DJ Jazzy Jeff
George Pajon
Keb Darge
Keith Harris
Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales
Lady Daisey
Little Louie Vega
Masters at Work
Mike City
Mr Thing
Pete Rock
Phantogram
Printz Board
Roy Ayers
Shawn Lee
Slakah the Beatchild
DJ Spinna
Spoek Mathambo
TY (deceased)
DJ Vadim
Paul Weller
will.i.am

Discography

Albums
1999: Keb Darge – Funk Spectrum: Real Funk for Real People
2003: Pete Rock – Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
2004: The Foreign Exchange – Connected
2004: Pete Rock – Soul Survivor II 
2005: Ski Oakenfull – Rising Son
2005: Pete Rock – The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions
2005: D'Nell – 1st Magic
2005: Symbolyc One & Illmind – The Art of Onemind
2006: Shawn Lee – Soul Visa
2006: Nicolay – Here
2009: Notes to Self – A Shot in the Dark
2010: Ty – Special Kind of Fool
2010: Bara Bröst – Elephancycle
2010: Spoek Mathambo – Mshini Wam
2012: Newban – Newban and Newban 2
2014: Shawn Lee – Golden Age Against the Machine
2015: Dalindèo – Kallio
2016: Dalindèo – Slavic Souls
2017: Mike City – The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1

Beat Generation series
2001: J Dilla – Welcome 2 Detroit
2001: Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
2001: will.i.am – Lost Change
2001: Marley Marl – Re–Entry
2002: DJ Jazzy Jeff – The Magnificent
2002: King Britt – Adventures in Lo–Fi
2003: Larry Gold – Presents Don Cello and Friends
2003: DJ Spinna – Here to There
2004: The Beat Generation Sampler
2006: J Dilla – The Shining
2007: DJ Jazzy Jeff – The Return of the Magnificent
2008: Madlib – WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip

References

External links
 BBE Music
 
 Karizma BBE sampler
 Label Focus: BBE Music

British record labels
Hip hop record labels
British hip hop record labels
Electronic music record labels
Bogue Falaya

The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a  river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.  It is a tributary of the Tchefuncte River, which flows to Lake Pontchartrain.  The river flows through an area of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland hardwood forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain.

The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern Washington Parish and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western St. Tammany Parish, past Covington, where it collects the Abita River.  It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.

The name is derived from the Choctaw words bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long."

A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.

Variant names and spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:

See also
List of Louisiana rivers

References

Rivers of Louisiana
Rivers of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Bodies of water of Washington Parish, Louisiana
List of place names of Choctaw origin in the United States
Davari

Davari () may refer to:
 Davari-ye Bala
 Davari-ye Pain

People
 Reza Davari Ardakani, Iranian philosopher 
 Daniel Davari, German-Iranian footballer
 Javad Davari, Iranian professional basketball player
 Mohammad Davari, Iranian journalist

Other
 Davari Shahnameh, a 19th-century manuscript of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh
Naw Zipporah Sein

Naw Zipporah Sein () is a Karen political activist and former Vice-President of the Karen National Union. Zipporah Sein was born in 1955 in Kayin State, Burma, and trained as a teacher before fleeing to Thailand in 1995. From 1998 to 2008, she was the coordinator and executive secretary of the Karen Women's Organization, which describes its mission as helping Karen women refugees. She has been called a "heroine" by the Political Heroes website.

References

External links
Biography on the Asian-Eurasian Human Rights Forum
Zipparh Sein's Facebook Page
Karen Women's Organization
1000 Peace-women: Naw Zipporah Sein.

Burmese activists
Living people
Burmese people of Karen descent
Burmese rebels
Women in war
1955 births
People from Kayin State
Methylcobalamin

Methylcobalamin (mecobalamin, MeCbl, or MeB) is a cobalamin, a form of vitamin B. It differs from cyanocobalamin in that the cyano group at the cobalt is replaced with a methyl group. Methylcobalamin features an octahedral cobalt(III) centre and can be obtained as bright red crystals.  From the perspective of coordination chemistry, methylcobalamin is notable as a rare example of a compound that contains metal–alkyl bonds. Nickel–methyl intermediates have been proposed for the final step of methanogenesis.

Methylcobalamin is equivalent physiologically to vitamin B, and can be used to prevent or treat pathology arising from a lack of vitamin B intake (vitamin B12 deficiency).

Methylcobalamin is also used in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy, and as a preliminary treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Methylcobalamin that is ingested is not used directly as a cofactor, but is first converted by MMACHC into cob(II)alamin. Cob(II)alamin is then later converted into the other two forms, adenosylcobalamin and methylcobalamin for use as cofactors. That is, methylcobalamin is first dealkylated and then regenerated.

According to one author, it is important to treat vitamin B deficiency with hydroxocobalamin or cyanocobalamin or a combination of adenosylcobalamin and methylcobalamin, and not methylcobalamin alone.


Production

Methylcobalamin can be produced in the laboratory by reducing cyanocobalamin with sodium borohydride in alkaline solution, followed by the addition of methyl iodide.

Dolphin D. [205] Preparation of the reduced forms of vitamin B12 and of some analogs of the vitamin B12 coenzyme containing a cobalt-carbon bond. . .

Functions
This vitamer, along with adenosylcobalamin, is one of two active coenzymes used by vitamin B-dependent enzymes and is the specific vitamin B form used by 5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase (MTR), also known as methionine synthase.
 
Methylcobalamin participates in the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, which is a pathway by which some organisms utilize carbon dioxide as their source of organic compounds.  In this pathway, methylcobalamin provides the methyl group that couples to carbon monoxide (derived from CO2) to afford acetyl-CoA.  Acetyl-CoA is a derivative of acetic acid that is converted to more complex molecules as required by the organism.

Methylcobalamin is produced by some bacteria. It plays an important role in the environment.  In the environment, it is responsible for the biomethylation of certain heavy metals.  For example, the highly toxic methylmercury is produced by the action of methylcobalamin.  In this role, methylcobalamin serves as a source of "CH3+".

A lack of cobalamin can lead to megaloblastic anemia and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord.

See also 
Cobamamide
Cyanocobalamin
Hydroxocobalamin
Vitamin B12
Cobalamin biosynthesis

References 

B vitamins
Cofactors
Methylating agents
Organocobalt compounds
Vitamin B12
Ian Armstrong

Ian Armstrong may refer to:

Ian Armstrong (politician) (1937–2020), Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Ian Armstrong (artist) (1923–2005), Australian classical modernist painter and print maker
Ian Armstrong (footballer) (born 1981), English football player