He traveled very much in Asia (especially China) and Africa. From 1903-06 he was Royal Commissioner to southwest Africa. His writings include many books on political conditions in the countries he visited.
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National Day Parade
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Singapore celebrated its first National Day in 1966. This was one year after Singapore's independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965.
Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona. Job for a Cowboy has five members in the band; the current band members are Jonny Davy, Al Glassman, Chad Cortez, Tony Sannicandro and Nick Schendzielos.
The band was formed in 2003. The band first posted their songs and gained popularity on the social networking website MySpace. They released their debut album ""Genesis"" on May 15, 2007. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. They released their third studio album ""Demonocracy"" on April 10, 2012.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is a historic railway station in the city of Mumbai, India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its name used to be Victoria Terminus. The station is also called VT (as short-form of "V"ictoria "T"erminus) or CST (as short-form of "C"hhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). The station was built in 1887. It was designed by Frederick William Stevens. The station is in the Bori Bunder area of Mumbai.
It is the busiest railway station in India. There are always a lot of people at the station. Short-distance trains and long-distance trains come to this station.
Sikandar Hayat Khan (Azad Jammu and Kashmir politician)
Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was born into a famous political family of Kashmir. He is the son of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Karela vi. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan graduated from Gordon College (Rawalpindi)in 1956. He then went to the University Law College in Lahore for a law degree in 1958.
He returned to Kotli to start a law practice. He joined the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference. He also successfully ran for membership of the local council. He had this position for eight years. During this period he was also elected as President of Bar Association, Kotli. In 1970, he was elected to the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
He has been returned to office from his constituency in every election held in Azad Kashmir between 1970 and 2001, barring the years when he was President of Azad Kashmir. His brother Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan served as a member from that area during that period.
He was acting President of the Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference in the 1976-78 period. He was elected President in 1978, a position he held until 1988.
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He was sworn in as Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir on July 25, 2001 for the second time. He retired from active politics in July 2006 after completing his second term.
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Inuyama, Aichi
In 2010, the city had a population of 75,449. The total area is 74.97 km². The city is along the edge of Aichi Prefecture. It is separated from neighbouring Gifu Prefecture by the Kiso River. It was founded on 1 April 1954.
There are a number of famous attractions in and around the city. The most famous attraction is Inuyama Castle on a 40m rise overlooking the Kiso river. This Japanese castle is also known as Hakutei-jō (White Emperor Castle). It was named by the Confucian scholar Ogyū Sorai during the Edo period. It is a four-story structure with two underground levels, although it has only three roofs. The castle was made a Japanese national treasure in 1935 and again in 1952. It the oldest original wooden castle in Japan.
Another famous attraction is the Urakuen tea garden used for tea ceremonies. This garden has the Joan tea house, built in 1618. The Joan tea house was originally built in Kyoto. It was moved to its current location in 1972. The building is one of the finest examples of tea house architecture.
The Kiso river also has some very beautiful rapids upstream of the castle. These rapids and the rock formations are called the Nihon Rhine after the Rhine river in Germany. Boat tours are available. Cormorant fishing on the Kiso river is also done, although nowadays almost only for tourists.
Near Inuyama is the Meiji Mura. This is an open-air architectural museum for keeping and showing structures of the Meiji (1867–1912) and Taishō (1913–1926) eras. As of 2005, 67 historical buildings are kept on an area of 1,000,000 m. The most famous one is the main entrance and lobby of Tokyo's old Imperial Hotel. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1923.
There is also the Japan Monkey park, with different species of monkeys and other entertainment.
Inuyama is the site of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, one of the world's foremost centres for research in non-human primate biology and behaviour.
Bristol Parkway railway station
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The station has trains by First Great Western to Paddington, Cardiff, Weston-super-Mare, Swindon, Bristol Temple Meads and a limited services to Chippenham. It also has trains by CrossCountry to Temple Meads, Manchester Picadilly, with longer services to/from South West England. There are also trains to Plymouth and Edinburgh, as well as trains to/from Glasgow Central or in the north and Penzance in the south.
Parkway had a new third platform (Platform 4) put in, in 2007, to give a new platform for trains going to London and Birmingham and to make trains better between London and south Wales. A new fourth platform is planned on the other side of the station.
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Twinstead
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