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Houtdijken

Houtdijken is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden, and lies about 4 km northeast of Woerden.

Houtdijken is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Kamerik. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1307 as In Hofdijc, and means "parcel of land on a dike". The name was later reinterpreted as hout (wood). Houtdijken has no place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 243 people. Nowadays it consists of about 20 houses including a retirement home with 12 apartments.

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Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Woerden
Gerverscop

Gerverscop is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden, and lies about 5 km northeast of Woerden. Until 1857, it was a separate municipality; it then was joined to the municipality of Harmelen.

The former municipality consisted of the polders Gerverscop and Breudijk, north of Harmelen. In the 19th century, it had about 160 inhabitants, 120 of which in the polder Gerverscop. 

The hamlet was first mentioned between 1280 and 1287 as Gherverscoep, and means "concession of Gerver (person)". Gerverscop has no place name signs.

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Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Former municipalities of Utrecht (province)
Woerden
Ralph Endersby

Ralph Endersby (born 26 June 1950) is a Canadian actor and producer. He began his acting career in his youth, seen internationally on the 1960s television series The Forest Rangers.

Endersby was one of many CBC television vets to appear in Jim Henson's 1969 experimental drama The Cube, as the guitarist whose band practice unnerves the protagonist. A portion of the guitarist's song lyrics were later quoted in the book It's Not Easy Being Green.

Endersby's other acting credits included roles in a few 70s Canadian features, including Homer, Rip-Off (with Hugh Webster), and Vengeance Is Mine (with Michael J. Pollard, Louis Zorich, Eric Clavering, and Carl Banas). In recent years, Endersby has switched to writing and directing, and also produced the TV movie The Challengers.

Filmography 
 1963-1966: The Forest Rangers, as Junior Ranger Leader Chub Stanley (TV series)
 1969: My Side of the Mountain (film)
 1969: The Cube
 1970: Homer (film)
 1970-1971: Adventures in Rainbow Country (guest appearance, TV series)
 1971: Rip-Off (film)
 1974: Vengeance is Mine (film)
 1976: For the Record: A Nest of Shadows (TV film)
 1990: The Challengers (producer, CBC TV movie)

External links 
 Ralph Endersby profile on Northern Stars

1950 births
Living people
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Film producers from Ontario
Warwick New York Hotel

The Warwick New York is a luxury hotel at 65 West 54th Street, on the northeastern corner with Sixth Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Constructed between 1925 and 1927, it is owned by Warwick Hotels and Resorts.

Architecture

The 36-floor Renaissance Revival building was designed by Emery Roth in association with the architectural firm of George B. Post & Sons. The hotel's three-story base is covered with limestone and granite. The brown brick superstructure has two wings projecting to the street from the property line. The wings set back several times, receding into the main slab—itself thinning into a top tower after further setbacks. The overall shape of the structure has a strong vertical thrust.

History
William Randolph Hearst built the Warwick New York in 1926 for $5 million. Long catering to the elite, Hearst built the 36-story residential tower to accommodate his Hollywood friends as well as his mistress, the actress Marion Davies, who had her own specially-designed floor in the building.

The hotel's restaurant, Murals on 54, features the 1937 murals of American illustrator Dean Cornwell. The famed murals were fully restored following a 2004 renovation of the restaurant. The Warwick is also home to Randolph's Bar & Lounge, whose rosebud leitmotif references Hearst's purported nickname for Marion Davies.

The owner of the Warwick New York is Warwick Hotels and Resorts, which was founded in 1980 with the purchase of this hotel by its chairman, Richard Chiu.

Prominent guests
According to the Warwick Hotel website, James Dean, Jane Russell, Elizabeth Taylor, Meyer Lansky, and Elvis Presley were frequent guests. Actor Cary Grant resided at the Warwick and lived in the hotel for 12 years. During The Beatles 1965 and 1966 Tours they stayed at the Warwick. 

In September 2011 and 2012, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation stayed at the Warwick for the UN General Assembly, which led to protests outside the hotel.

In popular culture
In the Mad Men season 4 episode, "Hands and Knees", Lane Pryce's father stays at the Warwick Hotel when visiting New York in August 1965.

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1926 establishments in New York City
Emery Roth buildings
Hotel buildings completed in 1926
Hotels established in 1926
Hotels in Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Sixth Avenue
Reijerscop

Reijerscop is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden, and lies about 12 km west of Utrecht.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1217 as Reynerscoep, and means "concession of Reyner (person)". Reijerscop has unofficial place name signs. In 1840, it was home to 31 people.

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Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Woerden
Split decision

A split decision (SD) is a winning criterion in boxing, most commonly in full-contact combat sports, in which two of the three judges score one particular competitor as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other competitor.

A split decision is different from a majority decision. A majority decision occurs when two judges pick the same competitor as the winner, and the third judge scores the contest a draw (tie). The official result remains the same in both split and majority decisions, but the margin of victory is greater in a majority decision and less in a split decision.

Occasionally, the judges' final decision is a tie, because the first judge scores for one competitor, the second one scores for the other competitor, and the third judge scores the contest a draw (tie); so in this case the official result is a split draw.

Often, a split decision causes controversy due to its lack of unanimity. As a result, especially in high-profile or title fights, the victor may be encouraged or pressured to grant a rematch, in the hopes a return match-up will have a more decisive outcome.

Notable examples from boxing

Outside of boxing
In the Philippines, the term "split decision" is also used on GMA Network's reality television show The Clash, when two of the three members of the clash panel (Ai-Ai delas Alas, Christian Bautista, and Lani Misalucha) chose a clasher (among two) to advance to the next round, while the other clasher is eliminated. An example of it that Golden Cañedo won the clash against Fatima Espiritu via split decision. Cañedo was later the Clash grand winner of the show's first season.

See also

10 Point System

References

Split Decision
Robert S. Kiss

Robert S. Kiss (November 27, 1957 – November 5, 2021) was an American politician in the state of West Virginia. He was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegate between 1988 and 2007, serving as the 54th Speaker of the House for the Democratic Party between 1997 and 2007.

Political career 
Kiss was first elected to the state legislature in 1988, as a delegate from the 27th district. In 1990, he was appointed vice-chairman of the finance committee and assumed the chairmanship the following term. In 1996, the state Democratic party nominated him to serve as Speaker of the House for the 73rd legislature, a position which he won. He currently is tied for the longest speakership in the history of West Virginia, beaten only by his predecessor.

On January 27, 2002, Kiss met with U.S. President George W. Bush. When the conversation turned to Kiss’ five-month-old twin sons, President Bush remarked "I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war." In 2004, he announced that he would not be running for a tenth term in the House of Delegates, and would retire as speaker in 2006.

Death 
Kiss died of cancer, at age 63, on November 5, 2021.

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1957 births
2021 deaths
People from Raleigh County, West Virginia
American people of Hungarian descent
Speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Democratic Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
21st-century American politicians
USS Rogers

USS Rogers has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:

 USS Rogers (DE-772), a destroyer escort laid down in 1943 and renamed  in 1944 prior to launching
 , a destroyer in commission from 1945 to 1980

United States Navy ship names
Old Time Relijun

Old Time Relijun is a band founded in Olympia, Washington, United States and a longtime member of K Records. Current members consist of Germaine Baca on drums, Aaron Hartman on upright bass, Ben Hartman on saxophones, and Arrington de Dionyso on electric guitar, vocals and bass clarinet. The reviews of the band are radically mixed among critics. Pitchfork Media gave a very critical review of their Uterus and fire album, while another praised the band for their "brilliance". The band first began recording under a home-made audio cassette label, Pine Cone Alley, and were later adopted by indie label K Records. Old Time Relijun are currently based in Portland, Oregon.

Discography
1997
Songbook Vol. I (Pine Cone Alley) CD - out of print
"Casino" on Overboard compilation (YOYO)
"Siren" on Selector Dub Narcotic compilation (K)
 (the above were recorded with Bryce Panic on drums)
1998
"Qiyamat" on KAOS Theory compilation (Cottleston Pie/Mayonnaise)
"Jail" b/w "Office Building" 7"
1999
Uterus and Fire CD/LP (K)
"Giant Boat" video on the Blackeye Video compilation
2000
La Sirena de Pecera CD/LP (K)
"Sabertooth Tyger-Distorted Version" on the Hootnholler compilation
2001
Witchcraft Rebellion CD/LP (K)
"King of Nothing" b/w "drum n bass" 7" (tour-only by Wallace Records)
2003
Varieties of Religious Experience CD (K)
Neon Meate Dream of an Octafish: A Tribute to Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (track "Wild Life")
2004
Lost Light CD/LP (K)
2005
2012 CD (K)
2007
Catharsis in Crisis CD/LP
2019
See Now and Know CD/LP (K)
2021
Musicking CD/LP/Digital Download (K)

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Indie rock musical groups from Washington (state)
American experimental musical groups
Musical groups from Portland, Oregon
Musical groups from Olympia, Washington
Dance-punk musical groups
Musical groups established in 1995
1995 establishments in Washington (state)
Robert Lockhart

Robert Lockhart may refer to:

 Robert Douglas Lockhart (1894–1987), Scottish anatomist
 Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart (1887–1970), British journalist, author, and secret agent
 Sir Rob Lockhart (1893–1981), British general, Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, and scout movement notable
 Bob Lockhart, Canadian politician and mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick
 Bob Lockhart (footballer) (1940–2010), Australian rules footballer
 Robert Lockhart (composer), pianist and composer; see Louisa Young
Peter Belches

Commander Peter Belches RN (1796–1890) was an early explorer in Western Australia.

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1796, Belches joined the Royal Navy on 2 February 1812. In March 1814, whilst serving on board , he was injured in a friendly-fire battle with . He was an officer on  in December 1826, when it was anchored in Sydney Harbour along with  under Sir James Brisbane and  under Sir James Stirling. When Brisbane died on 19 December, Stirling made a number of promotions and re-appointments to cover for his loss. In the process, Belches was promoted to Third Lieutenant on the Success in April 1827.

In March 1827, the Success arrived off the coast of the Swan River in what is now Western Australia to undertake an exploration expedition which aimed to determine the suitability of the area for establishing a British colony. After examining the coastal waters of the area, an 18-man land party was formed to explore up the river. As a member of the party, Belches traversed the Swan up to its junction with Ellen Brook.  At the location now known as The Narrows, Stirling named a peninsula on the southern side of the Swan River Point Belches in Belches' honour.

At the junction of Ellen Brook, Stirling split the party into three groups, sending Belches and George Heathcote to explore to the north, where they found a fresh water lake.  After returning to the junction of the Canning River, Stirling sent Belches to explore it.  Belches traced the Canning for twenty miles (or 32 kilometres), returning after two days to report that it was a fresh water river "similar in every respect" to the Swan.

After returning to the ship, the crew sailed north for a distance, then southwards to Cape Geographe, when Belches reported finding "a source large enough to be called a River, gushing from the side of the Solid Limestone Rock and rushing to the Sea half a mile distant with a considerable noise."

A Swan River Colony was formed in 1829, and by the end of 1831 had expanded to become the British settlement of Western Australia.  In 1834, Belches emigrated to the colony on the James Patterson. He took up land at Albany, where there was already a large Scottish community.  He served as Albany's harbour master from 1834 until 1837.  In 1840, he entered into a land partnership with George Cheyne, and in 1852, the pair prospected for gold together in the Stirling Range. Belches left the colony in 1858, retired in 1864, attained the rank of commander on 20 May 1877 and died in 1890.

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1796 births
1890 deaths
Explorers of Western Australia
Scottish explorers
Settlers of Western Australia
Royal Navy officers
19th-century Royal Navy personnel
19th-century explorers
Harbourmasters of Australia
Military personnel from Edinburgh
People from Albany, Western Australia
IETF Administrative Support Activity

The full name of IETF is "The Internet Engineering Task Force"which  is the premier Internet standards body. It develops open standards through collaboration for open processes.

The IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA) is an activity housed within the Internet Society (ISOC).

The IASA is described by , an IETF Request for Comments document, released in April, 2005.

See also
Computer-supported collaboration

References

External links
The Internet Society
The Internet Engineering Task Force

Internet Standards
Lewis Boogie

"Lewis Boogie" is a song written by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1956 and released as a single in June 1958 on Sun Records, Sun 301, backed with "The Return of Jerry Lee". The recording was reissued in 1979 as a 7" 45 single as Sun 29 as part of the Sun Golden Treasure Series. The song was also released in the UK and Canada as a single.

Background
"Lewis Boogie" was recorded in the summer of 1957 at Sun Records studios at 706 Union, Memphis, Tennessee. The personnel were: Jerry Lee Lewis on vocals and piano; Roland Janes on guitar; and Jimmy Van Eaton on drums. The flip side was "The Return of Jerry Lee". The first edition of the record label listed "The Return of Jerry Lee" on both sides and was credited to "Louis" rather than "Lewis". The editing and recording of "The Return of Jerry Lee" was done by Jack Clement and George Klein on May 30, 1958, and listed as Matrix# U-314. The single was released in June 1958 as Sun 301 with the Matrix # 315 as by Jerry Lee Lewis And His Pumping Piano.

The 1957 Sun recording of "Lewis Boogie" by Jerry Lee Lewis was also released in the UK as a 45 single in 1964 on London Records as London HLS 9867 backed with "Bonnie B". The song was also released in Canada in 1958 as a 45 single on Quality Records.

Jerry Lee Lewis recorded a live version of the song with the British band The Nashville Teens on the landmark 1964 live album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, regarded critically as one of the greatest live albums in rock and roll history.

The track appeared on the 1984 Rhino Records collection 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits which featured the most successful recordings by Jerry Lee Lewis on the Sun label.

The song appeared in a new recording by Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1989 Orion Pictures biopic Great Balls of Fire! during the closing credits.

"Lewis Boogie" is featured in the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.  It was performed by Waylon Payne in the film and its soundtrack.

In 2007, the song was featured on the live album Last Man Standing Live, recorded in 2006 in collaboration with other musicians.

Development
Robert Palmer writes that the song "was a mixture of local black influences, the hillbilly boogie and rhythm and blues that were so popular on Southern jukeboxes when he was growing up, and—the most crucial ingredient—the Killer's individual musical genius."

Reception
Charlie Gillett writes that at "his best-as in ..."Lewis Boogie (1958)" - Lewis epitomized the careless confidence that some people liked rock 'n' roll for."

References

Songs written for films
Jerry Lee Lewis songs
1956 songs
1958 singles
Sun Records singles
Songs written by Jerry Lee Lewis
Heliotrope (color)

Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.

The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.

Variations

Heliotrope gray

The color heliotrope gray is displayed at right. The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.

Heliotrope magenta

Old heliotrope

At right is displayed the colour old heliotrope.

Another name for this colour is old helio.

The first recorded use of old helio as a colour name in English was in 1926.

In culture
The color has been widely referenced as a characterization, the colour of key plot objects, or as flavor text in many works:
 Heliotrope was a popular colour reference of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, script writers of Hancock's Half Hour.
 In James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, "heliotrope" is the answer to the Maggies' riddle. Throughout the chapter, the word "heliotrope" is disguised a number of times, hidden either in anagrams, riddles, puns, or obscure allusions.
 In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the Polyjuice Potion brewed in order to disguise Hermione Granger as Mafalda Hopkirk is described as having a "pleasant heliotrope colour."
 The periorbital purplish discoloration occurring in dermatomyositis is called the "Heliotrope rash" after the colour.
 Heliotrope was among the handful of "half-mourning" colours worn by Victorians during the last stage of mourning.
 "Heliotrope" is the title of the fourth track on At the Drive-In's 1999 EP Vaya.
 Heliotrope was referenced as a health status condition of the service droid Kryten in the Red Dwarf Series V episode Terrorform.
"Heliotrope Bouquet" is a slow drag two step by Scott Joplin (with contributions from Louis Chauvin) composed in 1907.
In the TV series Yellowjackets, the members of the new religious movement surrounding Lottie Matthews wear heliotrope robes; as she says, "We make the dye ourselves from the flowers used to treat wounds."

See also 
 Heliotrope (disambiguation)
 Lists of colours

References

Shades of pink
Shades of violet
Denis D'Amour

Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (September 24, 1959 – August 26, 2005) was a Canadian guitarist. He was a member of the heavy metal band Voivod from its inception in 1982 until his death in 2005.

D'Amour's approach to music was anarchic and experimental rather than strict and theoretical. He was trained in classical violin as a child. He was influenced by progressive rock artists such as King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Rush.

Death 
In the summer of 2005, D'Amour was diagnosed with colon cancer. Subsequently, a routine operation was scheduled though several complications led doctors to suspect further problems. The cancer had extensively progressed, rendering any operation non-viable.

D'Amour slipped into a coma in the palliative care unit of a Montreal hospital on August 25, 2005, surrounded in his final hours by family and friends. The guitarist died the next day at approximately 11:45pm.

The documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, featuring an interview with D'Amour, was released on September 7, 2005.

Piggy's final recordings appear on two of Voivod's albums Katorz and Infini, released in 2006 and 2009 respectively.

Equipment

Guitars 
Ibanez Universe
Gibson SG
Gibson Les Paul Custom
Liberatore custom made guitar
F4c guitar

Amps 
Marshall JCM 800 Head 2203
Marshall JCM 800 Head 2210
Marshall Series 9000 Preamp
Marshall Series 9100 Dual MonoBlock

Effects/pedals 
Digitech IPS 33
Yamaha SPX-90 II
BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive
Ibanez DM-1100 Digital Delay

Discography 

Voivod albums:
War & Pain 1984 (Metal Blade Records)
Rrröööaaarrr 1986 (Noise Records)
Killing Technology 1987 (Noise Records)
Dimension Hatröss 1988 (Noise Records)
Nothingface 1989 (Mechanic / MCA Records)
Angel Rat 1991 (Mechanic Records) / MCA Records)
The Outer Limits 1993 (Mechanic / MCA Records)
Negatron 1995 (Hypnotic Records)
Phobos 1998 (Slipdisc Hypnotic Records)
Kronik 1998 (Slipdisc Hypnotic Records)
Voivod Lives 2000 (Metal Blade Records)
Voivod 2003 (Chophouse Records / Surfdog Records)
Katorz 2006 (The End Records)
Infini 2009 (Relapse Records)
Note: According to interviews with the surviving members of Voivod, D'Amour's recordings from 2004 appear on both Katorz and Infini.

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1959 births
2005 deaths
Progressive metal guitarists
Lead guitarists
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Canadian heavy metal guitarists
Musicians from Quebec
Canadian rock guitarists
Canadian male guitarists
Deaths from cancer in Quebec
20th-century Canadian guitarists
Voivod (band) members
20th-century Canadian male musicians
Jerrold Burroughs

Jerrold "Jerry" Burroughs (born October 2, 1967) was a Republican representative in the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 to 1998. He represented the 1st district.

External links
Jerrold Burroughs' Florida House of Representatives Profile

1967 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
Swahili sparrow

The Swahili sparrow (Passer suahelicus) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae. It lives in the savanna of southern Kenya and Tanzania. Until recently, it was usually treated as a subspecies of the northern grey-headed sparrow (Passer griseus), with which it hybridizes in southern Tanzania and possibly elsewhere. It has a more rounded head profile however, a smaller eye and the grey head plumage extends unto the mantle.

In addition to the subtle physical characteristics, the Swahili sparrow also differs from the northern grey-headed sparrow in terms of habitat preference, nest construction and post-breeding behaviour. They build grass nests in Acacia trees in dry regions, and generally avoid moister coastal lowlands or uplands. Following the breeding season they form nomadic flocks, and the bill colour will change from black to horn-coloured. They may nest in the proximity of northern grey-headed sparrow, but not on buildings, and may be found beside individuals of the latter species as they disperse onto farmland.

References

External links 

Swahili sparrow
Birds of East Africa
Birds described in 1904
Lists of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a group of anthropomorphic mutated turtles that originated in comic books. Lists of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes include:

 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) episodes
 List of Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation episodes
 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) episodes
 List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) episodes
 List of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes

See also
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (disambiguation)
Short-track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

Short-track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. Prior to that, it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games. The results from the 1988 demonstration competition are not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by teams from East Asia and North America, namely South Korea, China , Canada and the United States . Those four countries have won 147 of 195 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally, with 53 medals including 26 golds since 1992. The majority of medals that South Korea and China have won at the Winter Olympics come from short-track speed skating.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two disciplines on the same day. After winning the 500m event at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Viktor Ahn became the first short track speedskater to have won gold medals in all four short track disciplines (500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m-relay). He had won 3 golds in 2014 representing Russia, and 3 in 2006 representing South Korea.

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine. Due to the addition of the event, the competition schedule was increased to six days from five.

Summary

Events

Men's
• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Women's
• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Mixed
• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Medal table 

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

Notes
 Viktor Ahn, with 6 gold medals, has the most Olympic golds in short track.
 Italian Arianna Fontana, with eleven medals among the women's and Viktor Ahn and Apolo Anton Ohno among the men's, with eight medals each have the most Olympic medals in short track.

Number of athletes by nation

See also
List of Olympic venues in short track speed skating

References

External links

 
Sports at the Winter Olympics
Olympics
Kepala Batas

Kepala Batas may refer to:
Kepala Batas, Penang, in Penang, Malaysia
Kepala Batas (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat
Kepala Batas (state constituency), formerly represented in the Penang State Legislative Assembly (1959–74)
Kepala Batas, Kedah, in Kedah, Malaysia
Desert sparrow

The desert sparrow (Passer simplex) is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, found in the Sahara Desert of northern Africa. A similar bird, Zarudny's sparrow, is found in Central Asia and was historically recognised as a subspecies of the desert sparrow, but varies in a number of ways and is now recognised as a separate species by BirdLife International, the IOC World Bird List, and the Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive.

The desert sparrow has two subspecies which occur in some of driest parts of the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. This species is becoming scarcer as a result of habitat destruction, but it is assessed on the IUCN Red List as being of least concern for conservation. Zarudny's sparrow is also considered to be a least concern species, as was the combined species recognised before 2012.

The desert sparrow is not afraid to come near humans and sometimes builds nests in muddy walls. The Mozabite Berbers build their homes with holes in the walls to welcome these birds, which they call "bar-rode", and if one sings all day in the house, they say this is a sign of good news. The Tuareg, who call the bird "moula-moula", also say that this bird brings good news when it comes to stay near the camp.

Gallery

References

External links 

 Desert sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection

desert sparrow
Birds of North Africa
Fauna of the Sahara
desert sparrow
North Carolina Highway 522

North Carolina Highway 522 (NC 522) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The highway runs north–south from the South Carolina state line, near Sapps Crossroads to NC 200 in Roughedge, entirely in Union County.

Route description

NC 522 is a short  two-lane rural highway in Union County, passing through an area of mixed forest and farmland.

History
Established as a new primary routing around 1951, it is complementary extension of SC 522; unchanged since.

Junction list

References

External links

NCRoads.com: N.C. 522

522
Transportation in Union County, North Carolina
Three-Country Cairn

The Three-Country Cairn (, , , ) is the tripoint at which the international borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet, and the name of the monument that marks the point. It is the northernmost international tripoint in the world.The border between Norway and Sweden including Finland was decided in the Strömstad Treaty of 1751 and marked with cairns the following years, including cairn 294 which is located on a hill 150 meters east of today's Three-Country Cairn. When Sweden ceded Finland to Russia in 1809, it was decided that the new Finland–Sweden border should follow the rivers. But actually two rivers cross the Norwegian border and the northern river was originally used and then the tripoint was at . The tripoint had no mark for several years. It was decided in 1887 by the governments of Norway and Russia (which was administering Finland at the time) that the southern river was now larger. A monument of stones was erected on the site by them in 1897. The Swedish could not agree on a boundary commission with the Norwegians and did not contribute their stone until 1901. This is Sweden's most northerly point and it is the westernmost point of the Finnish mainland (the most westerly point of Finland is on the island Märket).

The current tripoint monument was built in 1926 and is a beige, conical frustum made of concrete, located about  out in Lake Goldajärvi (also known as Koltajärvi in Finnish, Golddajávri in Sami or Koltajaure in Sweden). It is located at  above sea level. The size is about  with diameter of about . As an artificial island, it is sometimes mentioned as the world's smallest island divided by a border. This is a matter of definition. For example, in Haparanda/Tornio there are poles in water marking the border.

It may be reached by walking  from Kilpisjärvi in Finland along a hiking trail in the Malla Strict Nature Reserve. In summertime, it can be reached by public boat from Kilpisjärvi plus a  walk. It can also be reached from Norway, preferably from a hiking trail starting at road E8 near the border. It is much more difficult to reach from inside Sweden, requiring at least a 70 km hike each way with river crossings.

Climate
The climate is very cold (border between ET and Dfc), with subarctic winters and tundra-like summers. The average temperature is below freezing.

See also

Treriksrøysa – a cairn that marks the tripoint where the borders of Norway, Finland, and Russia meet.

References

Extreme points of Finland
Extreme points of Sweden
Geography of Norrbotten County
Finland–Sweden border
Finland–Norway border
Norway–Sweden border
Border tripoints
International islands
Storfjord
Geography of Lapland (Finland)
Artificial islands of Sweden
Artificial islands of Finland
Artificial islands of Norway
Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari

Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari (1945 – 30 October 2007) was an Iranian author and oil expert employed by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).  He held a number of senior positions with this organization beginning in 1971. He was also an adviser to the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre.

Biography
Bakhtiari was a member of the Bakhtiari tribe.

He held a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.  He had been a part-time lecturer for the Technical Faculty at Tehran University for many years.  Bakhtiari wrote a number of short essays and is the author of Peaks and Troughs which is about the modern history of Iran.

Bakhtiari suggested that it would require an act of god for the world to avoid warring over depleting energy resources.  He also believed that a peak in natural gas would be more shocking than peak oil because natural gas is less fluid and requires pipelines and LNG facilities to export overseas.

Bakhtiari was featured in the 2004 documentary The End of Suburbia.

Bakhtiari died suddenly of a heart attack in 2007. His funeral and burial were in Tehran.  He was survived by his children, Amir Bahman and Golbenaz Samsam Bakhtiari.

Quotes
"The big risk in Saudi Arabia is that Ghawar's rate of decline increases to an alarming point.  That will set bells ringing all over the oil world because Ghawar underpins Saudi output and Saudi undergirds worldwide production." 
"As for Iran, the usually accepted official  is almost  over any realistic assay."

Bibliography

See also
Colin Campbell
Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Richard Heinberg
Chris Skrebowski
Matthew Simmons

References

External links
 A collection of articles written by Bakhtiari

2007 deaths
Date of birth missing
1945 births
Bakhtiari people
People from Masjed Soleyman
20th-century Iranian engineers
Iranian non-fiction writers
20th-century non-fiction writers
Charles C. Stratton

Charles Creighton Stratton (March 6, 1796 – March 30, 1859) was a politician from New Jersey who served in the United States House of Representatives and was later the 15th governor of New Jersey.

Biography
He was born, and died, in Swedesboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  He is interred at Trinity Church Cemetery in Swedesboro.

He graduated from Rutgers College in 1814, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1821, 1823, and again in 1829. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth United States Congress (1837–1839); presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Twenty-sixth Congress, but the House declined to seat him ; reelected to the Twenty-seventh United States Congress (1841–1843).  He chose not to run again in 1842. Stratton served as a member of the 1844 Constitutional convention (political meeting) that created a revised New Jersey State Constitution.

The new 1844 New Jersey State Constitution provided for direct election of a governor for a single three-year term. Stratton ran on the Whig ticket, and campaigned on a platform opposing the powerful railroad interests of the state. The Democratic candidate was Pennsylvania-born John R. Thomson, who was a stockholder in the railroad and a vigorous advocate of internal improvements.

Stratton won, and served as governor from January 21, 1845, to January 17, 1848. After his term he resumed agricultural pursuits. He married Sarah Taggart of Philadelphia in 1854.  Because of ill health, he resided in Europe in 1857 and 1858.

Although he had no children, he had two notable nephews.  Benjamin Franklin Howey was a Republican member of the Forty-eighth United States Congress (1883–1885) from the 4th Congressional District. Another nephew, Thomas Preston Carpenter, served as an Associate Justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court.

His home in Woolwich Township, New Jersey, the Gov. Charles C. Stratton House, was built in 1791 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1973.

References

External links

Biographical information of Charles C. Stratton, New Jersey State Library – document is damaged as of July 6, 2006.
New Jersey Governor Charles Creighton Stratton, National Governors Association

1796 births
1859 deaths
People from Swedesboro, New Jersey
People from Woolwich Township, New Jersey
Politicians from Gloucester County, New Jersey
Governors of New Jersey
Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
Burials in New Jersey
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
19th-century American politicians
Whig Party state governors of the United States
Rutgers University alumni
19th-century American Episcopalians
Treriksrøysa

Treriksrøysa (Three-Country Cairn) is a cairn which marks the tripoint where the borders between Norway, Finland and Russia meet.  The site is on a hill called Muotkavaara, in Pasvikdalen, west of the Pasvikelva and  southwest of Nyrud just west of Krokfjellet in Sør-Varanger municipality of Finnmark, Norway. It is the only place in Europe where three time zones meet: Central European Time, Eastern European Time and Further-eastern European Time. The tripoint can only be approached by the public from the Norwegian side, since both Finland and Russia maintain extensive border zones where public access is prohibited.

See also
 Three-Country Cairn - three-country cairn marking the border point between Finland, Norway and Sweden.
 Finnish–Russian border
 Finland–Norway border
Øvre Pasvik National Park

References

Finland–Norway border
Norway–Russia border
Border tripoints
Finland–Russia border
Legislation Law of the People's Republic of China

The Legislation Law of the People's Republic of China is a law passed by the  National People's Congress which describes the relationship between laws and regulations as well as the roles of various institutions in the Chinese government.

Among the interesting parts of the law is Article 8 which establishes the principle that only a law passed by the NPC can be used to criminalize activity.  This article was invoked in the case of Sun Zhigang incident to overturn regulations on the detention of migrants.

In addition Articles 78 to 92 outline a procedure for resolving conflicts between laws which is primarily legislative in nature.

External links
http://www.gov.cn/english/laws/2005-08/20/content_29724.htm

Law of the People's Republic of China
Allan Wise

Allan Wise (born 24 February 1979 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian cricketer who previously played first-class cricket with the Victorian Bushrangers.

Debuting in the 2003–04 season with Victoria, Wise had a solid start to his career and was initially the second choice left-arm paceman behind Matthew Inness. When Inness was dumped for the Pura Cup final that season and was subsequently not given selection for the following season, his transfer to Western Australia saw Wise take over as the number one left-armer.

External links

1979 births
Living people
Victoria cricketers
South Australia cricketers
Australian cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
Stronghold (disambiguation)

A stronghold or fortification is a military construction or building designed for defense.

Stronghold may also refer to:

Computing and gaming
 Stronghold (1993 video game), a real-time strategy game by Stormfront Studios
 Stronghold (2001 video game), a real-time strategy game by Firefly Studios
 Stronghold, a 1998 expansion set for Magic: the Gathering from the Rath Cycle
 Stronghold, a warring faction in Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
 FIRST Stronghold, the 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition game

Music
 Stronghold (Magnum album)
 Stronghold (Summoning album)
 Stronghold – The Collector's Hit Box, an album by Jennifer Rush
 "Strongholds", a 2022 song by Chris Tomlin from Always

Places
 Stronghold (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in the District of Columbia, U.S.
 Stronghold Center or Stronghold Castle, a Tudor-style castle in Oregon, Illinois, built by newspaper publisher Walter Strong

Other uses
 Stronghold (novel), a novel by Melanie Rawn
 Stronghold, Edward Sedgewick, a character in the comic book series Harbinger
 "Stronghold", an episode of Stargate SG-1
 Stronghold (film), a 1951 movie starring Veronica Lake
 Stronghold (pet medicine) or Selamectin, a parasiticide and anthelmintic for cats and dogs
 HMS Stronghold, a Royal Navy S-class destroyer launched in 1919 and sunk in 1942

See also 
 Safe seat, in politics, a seat in a legislative body that is regarded as fully secured by a particular political party
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

Llanfihangel-y-Pennant is a hamlet and wider, very sparsely populated community (which includes Abergynolwyn and Tal-y-llyn) in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd in Wales.  It is located in the foothills of Cadair Idris, and has a population of 402, reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.

Nearby is the ruined castle of Castell y Bere, a stronghold of the Welsh princes of Gwynedd in the 13th century.

History
In 1800, Mary Jones walked barefoot  from the village to Bala to buy a Welsh Bible. This led to the formation of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Mary Jones World, a heritage centre about her life is located near Bala.

References

External links

Official website for St Michael's, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
Geograph : Photographs of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Abergynolwyn

 
Villages in Gwynedd
Communities in Gwynedd
Circus della Morte

Circus della Morte, formerly the Bizzaro Future Circus, is North Texas' first performing circus sideshow.  They are currently based in Dallas.

Members

Current
Mr. N. Visible: Human pincushion and masochist
Nurse Narcissa: contortionist and masticator
Charlie Tips: juggler and human blockhead
Kennie: Wielder of Sharp Objects
Mike McNasty: concertina player
Dr. Skotch: master of ceremonies

Former
Bizzaro
Guillo Tina
Punk Rock Penguin
John Chaos
Spider
Wicked Jello
Abra Cadavra

External links
Official website
Myspace

Sideshows
Music of Denton, Texas
Samuel Jennings

Samuel Jennings or Samuel Jenings was born in England and died in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1708.

Jennings and his family arrived in West Jersey in September 1680. Governor Edward Byllynge in 1682 appointed Jennings to the position of deputy-governor of West Jersey. At the instigation of William Penn, Jennings allowed himself to be popularly elected as governor, causing a falling-out with Byllynge, who believed this to be an illegal usurpation of his authority. In 1684, Byllynge removed him from his position as deputy.

Jennings later became involved in the controversy started by George Keith and Thomas Budd, siding with the Quakers. As a result, he was tried and convicted. In 1694, Jennings was sent to London for his six-day trial. He ably defended his position, and published The Case Stated while in London.

After the late 1690s the government of East and West Jersey became increasingly dysfunctional. This ultimately resulted in the surrender by the Proprietors of West Jersey and those of East Jersey of the right of government to Queen Anne. Anne's government united the two colonies as the Province of New Jersey, a royal colony, establishing a new system of government. This reorganization and the period leading up to it saw many New Jersey politicians jockeying for power and influence in the new government. By 1701 he was the Speaker of the West New Jersey General Free Assembly, and was being recommended as a potential member of the New Jersey Provincial Council for the Western Division; he was appointed by The Crown on July 29, 1703. He remained on the council until his resignation in 1706.

After leaving the council, Jennings was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly for the City of Burlington, and served as Speaker during 1707. He died in 1708.

See also
List of governors of New Jersey

References

Colonial governors of New Jersey
Deputy Governors of West New Jersey
Members of the New Jersey Provincial Council
1708 deaths
Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
English emigrants
Year of birth unknown
Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly (colonial period)
Swainson's sparrow

Swainson's sparrow (Passer swainsonii) is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae. Sometimes considered a subspecies of the grey-headed sparrow, it occurs in northeastern Africa, largely in the Ethiopian Highlands. This sparrow was named after the English naturalist and illustrator William John Swainson.

Description 
The Swainson's sparrow reaches a body length of . There is no conspicuous sexual dimorphism.

It is often considered a race of grey-headed sparrow, but it tends to be darker, especially on the head and shoulders. There is a white bar on the shoulder, but this is not always visible. Similarly, the pale chestnut tail and rump is not always visible.

Distribution and habitat 
It occurs in the highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia, and in some of Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Kenya. Apart from the far west, it is common throughout its range. Some populations show seasonal migrations.

The habitats of the Swainson's sparrow are mountainous areas, marshes, open forest areas, savannas and shrubby grasslands. However, most often it occurs in human settlements and their surroundings. In Eritrea, it lives mostly on the open plateau at an altitude of  above sea level, and in Ethiopia it occurs in areas of  above sea level.

In Ethiopian towns it is the common sparrow, similarly to the house sparrow in most of Eurasia.

Behaviour 
Swainson's sparrows eat mostly seeds of grasses and cereals, and insects.

The nest is a loose ball assembled from grass and feathers. A nest may be built on branches, or in the crown of palm trees, or in tree hollows. The birds also use cavities in buildings, and the old nests of the Ethiopian swallow and African sand martin. They have been observed once removing nestlings of the African sand martin to take over their nests. A clutch contains three to six eggs. They are white with brown and gray spots. The breeding season falls in Eritrea during January to March and May to November, in Ethiopia breeding may occur from April to December.

Outside the breeding season they live in flocks, sometimes consisting of several hundred individuals. Swarms of this size can cause some damage when they come in agricultural regions and gardens.

References

Works cited

External links

Swainson's sparrow at the Internet Bird Collection

Swainson's sparrow
Birds of the Horn of Africa
Fauna of the Ethiopian Highlands
Swainson's sparrow
Route du Nord

The  (French for North Road) is an isolated wilderness road in central Quebec, Canada, connecting Chibougamau with the James Bay Road () at km 275. It is  long, all of it unpaved. Extensive logging takes place along the southern half of this road.

There are no services available along the full length of the North Road, except at km 290 at the Cree Construction Company where fuel and repair services are periodically available. Also, fuel, food, and lodging can be obtained in the Cree village of Nemaska during the day time.


Waypoints

See also
List of Quebec provincial highways

References
Live through enormous: Visit the James Bay, , February 2005.

External links
http://jamesbayroad.com/nr/index.html

Roads in Nord-du-Québec
James Bay Project
S24

S24 may refer to:

Aviation 
 Focke-Wulf S 24 Kiebitz, a  German sport aircraft
 Sandusky County Regional Airport, in Ohio, United States
 Sikorsky S-24, a Russian biplane bomber
 Spalinger S.24, a prototype Swiss glider

Rail and transit 
 S24 (ZVV), a line of the Zürich S-Bahn
 Hirafu Station, in Kutchan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
 Minami-Tatsumi Station, in Osaka, Japan

Other uses 
 40S ribosomal protein S24
 County Route S24 (California), United States
 , a submarine of the Indian Navy
 S24: Avoid contact with skin, a safety phrase
 S-24 rocket, a Soviet rocket
 , a submarine of the United States Navy