Talmei Elazar

Talmei Elazar (, "lit." Elazar Furrows or (Ridge) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Sharon plain to the north-east of Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History.
The village was established in 1952 by residents of Zikhron Ya'akov and Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe and Iran on the land to the west of depopulated Palestinian village of Khirbat al-Sarkas, and was named after Elazar Warmassar, one of the heads of the PJCA.
One of the residents runs a health and beauty span that offers snake massages. She uses California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes, claiming that contact with these reptiles is stress-relieving.
Located on the outskirts of the moshav is a carnivorous plant nursery where various species of plants are grown, among them the Nepenthes, which can capture frogs and even birds.


Royal Norfolk Show

The Royal Norfolk Show (more simply the Norfolk Show) is an annual agricultural show, and is held by the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association. It has been held almost every year since 1847. Shows were not held in 1866, 1911, 1934, 1957 nor 2020. Up until 1953, the show was held at various sites around Norfolk, although it has since been held at a permanent site near Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk.
The show tends to be held on the Wednesday and Thursday in week 26 of the year.
Attendances tend to be around 90,000 over the two days.


Will Dockery

William Alfred Dockery (November 10, 1865–December 29, 1936) was an American landowner who built from scratch the Dockery Plantation, the famous home of such original Delta blues musicians as Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, and Pops Staples.
Plantation.
Dockery's parents left the Carolinas sometime before the American Civil War and settled in Mississippi as farmers, but were left poor by the war's end. Dockery was born in Love, Mississippi, and went on to graduate from the University of Mississippi in 1885. He left the family farm and purchased, with a $1000 gift from his grandmother, tracts of forest and marshland outside of Cleveland, Mississippi in the Mississippi Delta between the Yazoo River and the Sunflower River. First he went into the lumber business, cutting trees and building a sawmill. As he made more money he acquired more land; realizing that the bottom soil was rich, he cleared the trees, drained the marshes of malaria-carrying mosquitoes and began to plant cotton. It subsequently became known that Dockery needed manual labor, and he was willing to pay for it, so laborers flocked there. Eventually, Will Dockery built a large cotton gin, a post office and a company store which produced its own money. By the 1930s, Dockery plantation covered of rich fertile river delta lowland. Will Dockery earned a reputation for treating his workers fairly.
Over the years, black laborers began to migrate to the Dockery Plantation, to work in the fields and become tenant farmers or sharecroppers, a system in which they leased land to cultivate, paying the owner a share of the crop. The families lived on their land and grew their own gardens. Often peripatetic blues musicians were attracted there for itinerant work and they lived in what were called the "quarters" for bachelors, known for the partying and drinking going on there. Here musicians, often drunk, played their music far into the night. The guitar was particularly suited to the rural Mississippi Delta musician.
The Mississippi Blues Commission placed a historic marker at the site of the plantation in recognition of its enormous importance in the development of the Mississippi blues.
The blues.
Although the complete history will never be known, there is a central theme to the development of what is known as the blues, and that is the plantation that Will Dockery built outside of Cleveland. Although Dockery was unaware of the music his laborers played in their quarters at "house parties" during their off hours, his plantation provided a particularly fertile atmosphere for musicians to gather and play their music while others listened and danced. It is difficult to know what Mississippi music would have emerged without the musical mix of Tommy Johnson, Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson.
Historic marker.
A marker designating Dockery Plantation as a site on the Mississippi Blues Trail is an acknowledgment of the important contribution of the plantation to the development of the blues in Mississippi.
The marker was placed in Cleveland, Mississippi. Governor Haley Barbour stated:


Avtalion

Avtalion () is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee to the south of Arraba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In it had a population of .
The village was established in 1987 as a moshav shitufi, and was named after Abtalion, a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era. It was later converted to a community settlement


Francis Willmott

Francis Edward Sykes Willmott (1870 – 29 January 1941) was an Australian politician who was a member of both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia, serving in the Legislative Assembly from 1914 to 1921, and then in the Legislative Council from 1921 to 1926. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1915 to 1919.
Early life.
Willmott was born in Kirkley, Suffolk, England, where his father, Henry Willmott, was the rector. He was educated at St John's College, Hurstpierpoint, and was a prefect in his final year. Willmott came to Western Australia in 1886, and initially worked on Edward Brockman's property in the South West. He later married Brockman's daughter, Frances Edith, and his brother-in-law, Edmund Vernon Brockman, was also a member of parliament. In 1896, Willmott went to Coolgardie to work on the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, supervising the tanks at Niagara and Mulline. He later supervised the construction of a road between Widgiemooltha and Esperance. Willmott eventually returned to the South West, and from 1902 to 1914 worked as a ranger for the Forests Department. He had a property near Bridgetown, where he had a dairy farm and fruit orchards.
Politics.
At the 1914 state election, Willmott stood for the newly formed Country Party, defeating the sitting member for the seat of Nelson, Charles Layman. After the election, he was elected deputy leader of the party, with James Gardiner chosen as leader. Gardiner resigned from the position in March 1915, with Willmott elected in his place (and Alfred Piesse as his deputy). In July 1916, the Country Party combined with the Liberal Party (led by Frank Wilson) to bring down the Labor government of John Scaddan. Wilson served as premier until June 1917, when he was replaced by Henry Lefroy (and the Liberal Party concurrently changed its name to the Nationalist Party). Willmott was appointed a minister without portfolio in the new ministry, and retained the position until his defeat at the 1921 state election, serving under two more Nationalist premiers (Hal Colebatch and James Mitchell). He had resigned as Country Party leader in July 1919, and was replaced by Tom Harrison.
Willmott's time out of parliament was short-lived, as within two months he won a Legislative Council by-election for South-West Province, necessitated by the death of Ephraim Clarke. Clarke had been elected to a six-year term in 1920, and Willmott consequently did not face re-election for another five years. At the 1926 election, he finished third behind Nationalist and Labor candidates with 29.2 percent of the vote, with the Nationalist Party's William Mann winning. After leaving parliament, Willmott returned to his Bridgetown farm, eventually retiring to Busselton in 1938. He died in Perth in 1941, aged 70, after a period of ill health. Willmott's son, Francis Drake Willmott, and nephew, William Willmott, were also members of parliament.


SAARC Agriculture Centre

SAARC Agriculture Centre () is a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation agency responsible for promoting Research and Development in agriculture in South Asian countries. SM Bakhtiar is the Director of the SAARC Agriculture Centre.
History.
SAARC Agriculture Centre was established by South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, a regional association of South Asian countries formed in 1985, in 1988 as SAARC Agricultural Information Centre. In 2007, it was renamed to SAARC Agriculture Centre. The capital cost for establishing the centre was provided by the Government of Bangladesh. It is financially supported by member states of SAARC and contribution is based on a percentage of their national budgets.


Philip Pusey

Philip Pusey (25 June 1799 – 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Tory Member of Parliament (MP) and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel.
Life.
Pusey stood for election in Rye at a by-election in 1830 and was originally declared elected, but following an election petition he was unseated by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830. He did not contest Rye at the 1830 general election, when he was elected as a Member for Chippenham. He did not contest Chippenham at the 1831 election, and stood instead in Rye. After riots in the town hall, Pusey agreed to withdraw from the election in return for a guarantee from General De Lacy Evans to protect the peace of the town; Evans won the seat.
Pusey was then returned at an uncontested by-election in July 1831 for the borough of Cashel in Ireland, and held that seat until the 1832 general election, when he stood unsuccessfully in Berkshire. He was elected without a contest for Berkshire at the 1835 general election, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1852 general election. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Berkshire in January 1831, and was nominated as High Sheriff of Berkshire in November 1833 and again in November 1834.
Succeeding to the Manor of Pusey in Berkshire in 1828, he built a reputation as a progressive and practical farmer. Disraeli called him "one of the most distinguished country gentlemen who ever sat in the House of Commons". His most notable contribution to farming was the development of a system of using lush water-meadows to support large flocks of ewes and early-maturing lambs. He was an early advocate of the use of earthenware drainpipes for field drainage. He was one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural Society, and was chairman of the agricultural implement section of the Great Exhibition of 1851. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, a writer on varied topics in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society and the author of the hymn "Lord of our Life and God of our Salvation".
Family.
The eldest son of Philip Bouverie-Pusey, Pusey was the elder brother of the churchman Edward Bouverie Pusey. He married Lady Emily Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, in 1822.


Matapo Matapo

Matapo Matapo (died 25 July 1983) was a Cook Islands businessman and politician. He briefly served as a Member of Parliament for several months before his death.
Biography.
Matapo was a planter and became a well-known businessman in the 1950s. A member of the Cook Islands Party, he was a candidate in a 1977 by-election for the Takitumu seat following the death of Tiakana Numanga. However, he was defeated by Iaveta Short.
He ran again in the new Titikaveka constituency in the March 1983 general elections and was elected to Parliament. However, he died a few months later. The loss of his seat led to the government losing its majority and was one of the causes of early elections being held in November later in the year.


De Eendracht, Gieterveen

De Eendracht () is a tower mill in Gieterveen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. It was built in 1904 and is listed as a Rijksmonument, No. 16132.
History.
The previous mill on this site was a smock mill originally built at Nieuw-Buinen and moved to Gieterveen in 1877 by millwright H Wiertsma of Scheemda, Groningen. In April 1904, the mill burnt down. The present tower mill was built by millwright Christiaan Bremer of Middelstum, Groningen, with the foundation stone being laid on 5 March 1905. The first owner was G Ketelaar. He sold the mill on 14 October 1905 to J Mulder for ƒ4,425. In 1939, one pair of Common sails were replaced with Patent sails. These were replaced with Common sails in 1958. The mill underwent a restoration in 1978 and again in 2002. On the death of miller Johannes Mulder in 2002, the mill was bequeathed to De Molenstichting Drenthe (English:"The Drenthe Mills Society"). The mill was returned to working order in 1005, but it was clear that a lot of work needed doing. The cap was removed in April 2007. The tower needed substantial repairs, and a steel "corset" was placed around the tower while repairs were made. The new cap was fitted in October 2007. The millwrights were Fabrikaat Dunning of Zuidbroek, Groningen. A new pair of Patent sails were fitted in 2008.
Description.
"De Eendracht" is what the Dutch describe as a "ronde stenen stellingmolen". It is a five-storey brick tower mill with a stage. The mill is winded by a tailpole and winch. The stage is about ground level. The sails, which are two Patents and two Commons, have a span of . They are carried in a cast-iron "windshaft" which was cast by Fabrikaat J M de Muink Keizer of Martenshoek, Groningen, in 1905. The "windshaft" also carries the "brake wheel" which has 55 cogs. The "brake wheel" drives the "wallower" (27 cogs) at the top of the "upright shaft". At the bottom of the "upright shaft", the "great spur wheel" (73 cogs) drives two pairs of millstones via "lantern pinion stone nuts", each having 22 staves.
Public access.
"De Eendracht" is open to the public by appointment.


Changa Manga

The Changa Manga (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a planted forest which includes a wildlife preserve, in the Kasur and Lahore districts of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located approximately 80 kilometers south-west of Lahore. It was once the largest man-made forest in the world but has undergone illegal deforestation at a massive scale in recent times.
Changa Manga is known more widely as "one of the oldest hand-planted forests in the world", and hosts a wide variety of flora and fauna. The forest is home to 14 species of mammals, 50 species of birds, six species of reptiles, two species of amphibians and 27 species of insects. Thus, other than producing timber for the local industry, the forest also serves as an important wildlife reserve.
Named after two brother dacoits, the Changa Manga forest was originally planted in 1866 by British foresters. Its trees were harvested to gather fuel and resources for the engines employed in the North-Western railway networks.
Onomatology of name.
The name of the forest is derived from an amalgamation of the names of two brother dacoits (bandits), Changa and Manga. The dacoits were a constant source of terror for the "law-abiding citizens" of the districts in the 19th century as they would "hold up and plunder" any passing trader. The robbers had a den in the "secret heart" of the forest where they sought shelter from the British peacekeepers. The robbers were eventually captured by the police and became the inspiration for the name of the forest site. Soon afterwards, Salvation Army opened up a camp at the forest site as a place for reformation of criminals.
Location.
The Changa Manga forest can be entered from a road off the N-5 Highway near Bhai Pheru and Chunian. At present, the forest covers an area of . It was once the largest man-made forest in the world but massive deforestation has reduced it to less than half its original size. It is also known as "one of the oldest hand-planted forests in the world".
The forest plantation dates back to 1866 and was planned to fill the need for timber and fuel resources for the North-Western railway networks. The most common species of flora are "Dalbergia sissoo" (Sheesham) and "Acacia nilotica" (Kikar), both members of the Fabaceae and native to the Indian subcontinent. "Morus alba" (white mulberry) was also introduced to the plantation and became popular in cultivation throughout South Asia. The forest also has several species of "Eucalyptus" and "Populus".
History.
Allocation of land.
In 1864, the North-Western Railway found itself starved of resources, vital in running services on its network. It was then that Dr John Lindsay Stewart, the first Conservator of Forests of Punjab, recommended the allocation of a block of land for each railway district where forest plantations should be cultivated to cater for such growing demands. Such a block of land was allocated for the Kasur district at the Chunian tehsil on the Lahore-Karachi railway line. This land was allocated on the assumption that 4850 cubic feet per acre of mature crop on a 15-year rotation would adequately suffice the five trains running daily on these lines, consuming of fuel per train.
This particular area of land was a semi-desert scrub jungle with thorn forest land and a light alluvial soil that only required the introduction of water to yield crops. The land was mostly populated by the Gondhal and Sansi gypsies, whom British called "“junglies”" (a derogatory term meaning ‘jungle-dwelling barbarians’). The British replaced the population of the Gondhals and Sansis with an influx of cultivators from older cultivated lands and other provinces.
In preparation for cultivation, the land was slashed and burnt to rid the landscape of thorn forest and dry scrub growth. The unruly scrubs of the dry jungles were gradually turned into plains ready for irrigation.
Initial plantation.
Within the premises of the allocated land, the German forester Berthold Ribbentrop, Inspector General of Forests in British India, identified a dry forest area where long rooted bar trees could exist. He planned to cultivate the land with the plantation of "Morus alba" (white mulberry) and "Dalbergia sissoo" (sheesham). The plantation of the forest began in 1866 but failed to obtain substantial harvest from the initial wooded area of .
In 1868, Charles Frederick Amery, an officer in the Indian Forestry Commission, had an idea of employing a trench and ridge system. Ribbentrop adopted the system making the plantation a "sylvicultural and financial success". The plantation reaped its first successful harvest in 1888 from a second crop rotation. The site was soon identified as a sustainable source for timber, primarily serving the North-Western railway network.
Railway and logistics.
By 1870, the irrigated plantation had grown to and was served by the primary railway station for the Chunian tehsil on the Lahore-Karachi railway line. To benefit logistics for logging operations, it was decided to build a railway station at Changa Manga. A special gauge railway, called the Changa Manga Forestry Railway, was established for narrow gauge logging operations.
The railway employed the use of wood-burning steam locomotives built by John Fowler & Co., of Leeds. When burning wood from an engine set fire to a van and buggy, the locomotives were upgraded to coal-powered types. Even with such incidents, the demand for wood from Changa Manga remained steady as its supply base grew across the timber market in India.
The railway is still operational today and is only used to either transport timber or haul tourists on special occasions. Amongst the three engines, operational to date, are two from John Fowler & Co. and one from Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. of Kilmarnock, Scotland.
Great Indian Famine of 1876–78.
The years 1876–78 saw intense drought sweep across much of India, and in particular the Deccan Plateau. The famine was a result of crop failures throughout the plateau. The failure to provide food to the millions of hungry countrymen during the famine was blamed primarily on the absence of adequate rail infrastructure and thus the British administration sought to expand its rail infrastructure. Though some parts of Punjab were also affected by the famine, firewood from Changa Manga grew in demand to supply the growing network of rail infrastructure.
Salvation Army Silk Camp.
The early 1900s saw many Indian traders invest in the silk trade. Most of the silk in India came from silkworms cultivated at Moradabad near Delhi. However, businessmen deemed the Delhi silk as "lacking lustre" and they ventured into silk experiments elsewhere across the country. One such silk experiment was conducted by Commissioner Frederick Booth-Tucker of The Salvation Army at Changa Manga in 1912. It came to be known as the Salvation Army Silk Camp.
Booth-Tucker brought along hundred ounces of silkworm eggs (about 3 million eggs) from France. To house the worms, he created long sheds from bamboo and dried grass. The worms’ feed consisted entirely of mulberry leaves obtained from felled trees in the forest. The worms fed on 70 hundredweights of leaves a day.
In 1916, the Governor of Punjab Sir Michael O'Dwyer visited the silk experiment where the silkworms had started developing cocoons. The governor left pleased with Booth-Tucker’s work. The Salvation Army Silk Camp remained a sustainable venture for a year after the governor’s visit, although changes to the climate later led to its decline.
Wildlife conservation and breeding.
The forest serves as a conservation and breeding centre for the critically endangered species of Asiatic vultures, "Gyps bengalensis" (white-rumped vultures). It hosts a conservation centre in association with WWF SAVE (Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction) programme, an international effort across India, Nepal and Pakistan. The Asiatic vulture species of "G. bengalensis" and "G. indicus" have reportedly seen a decline by "more than 90 per cent in Pakistan, India and Nepal", thereby making the conservation efforts at Changa Manga extremely crucial for the survival of these vulture species.
Gyps Vulture Conservation Centre.
There is a Vulture Conservation Centre in a secluded area of the Changa Manga forest. The centre has been specifically designed to manage the population of G. bengalensis. The centre operates the "Gyps Vulture Restoration Programme" under the management of WWF Pakistan and the Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department, with aid of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Hawk Conservancy Trust and WWF USA. The vulture conservation programme was first realised in 2004 and this dedicated conservation centre became fully operational in 2007.
The centre holds up to fifteen "G. benalgensis" in its communal aviary, but has a capacity to hold 30 vultures in its four separate breeding aviaries. The communal aviary is 38m long and increases in width from 14m to 27.5m. The aviary contains live tree perches with roosting and nesting ledges, which also provides shade and shelter for birds.
Wildlife reserve.
Changa Manga also has a wildlife reserve that covers an area of , built in 2008. The reserve is home to species of hog deer, Indian peafowl, golden jackal, mouflon, nilgai and wild boar. The Changa Manga wildlife preserve is one of the three wildlife parks located in the Lahore Division, other two being Jallo Wildlife Park and Lahore Zoo Safari.
Recreation.
Parts of the forest have now been developed into a recreation park with a railroad that gives the visitor a ride on a miniature train through the forest. Other attractions include a water turbine, a waterfall, a children’s play area, and a lake called 'Lunar Lake', where boating is possible. Changa Manga Tourist Resort is situated from Lahore city. The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) arranges picnic trips to Changa Manga throughout the year.
Deforestation.
The world’s largest artificial forest is being heavily logged, and so far more than 60 percent of Changa Manga Wildlife Park has been deforested.
Revival of Changa Manga Forest.
On 11 November 2011, Khan Waqas A. Khan broke the story of rapid deforestation in Changa Mhanga Forest and exposed how unbridled wood mafia of with the forest officials are rapidly deforesting the world's largest man-made forest. The Chief Ombudsman, Punjabi, Javed Mehboob took a "suo moto" notice to probe the case and report accordingly. A series of news stories were then filed by Khan until 24 June 2012, when CM Punjab Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, taking notice of the situation, ordered the removal of Chief Conservator (Forest) Dr Mehboobur Rehman and Conservator (Forest) Rao Khalid from their posts and making them OSD.
The chief minister also ordered the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment DG and the CM Inspection Team (CMIT) chairman to carry out a joint investigation into the deforestation by timber mafia and ferret out facts about their possible links with the forest authorities. The CM also ordered to begin from terrorist Pakistan investigation into the issue from 1990 onward. The team had been directed to investigate all the DFOs, posted at Changa Manga since 1990. Similarly the team had been directed to investigates all SDOYs, Block Officers and Forest Guards who have been working there since then and the culprits were then arrested and reported to police.
Howevers, all of them got bail from the courts, were evicted from charges or received minor penalties. The Ombudsman issued a detailed report on the case affixing para wise responsibilities on those who were responsible for the worst affairs and CMIT proceeded for criminalized proceedings for the sake, but everything went under they blanket and now almost all of the accused are workington on the similar posts as ADHOC.
The pulpits was to appoint them on these same posts as contract/daily wage/ adhoc employees while they are still OSD, dismissed form service unofficially. Apart from this, however serious efforts the government somehow started to bring back Changa Manga to the listed of worlds ’s largest artificially forests.
Change Manganese Forester was then safely be termed as back to track. Water scarcity was the first reason of plant disease and failure. The forest administration negotiated with the irritating department and took fullest sanctioned discharge of 113 cusecs for the forest for all seasons. This step alone brought very positive results and the forest grew greenhouse again.
Illegal animals were another source of forest destruction. There were mafias that used to use this Forester as the grazing safari and hence all new plantation failed because of abundant illegal grazing. 864 Animals in this period were ejected from the forest on self-help basis as legislation for the same is still pending although a summary has been approved by the CM in this regard already.
To tackle the political and social mafias, the current administration kept a close liaison with the Chunian Cantt authorities who deployed army patrolling teams in the forest to help forest staff control the damage, illicit grazing and snubbing of notoriously habitual offenders.
Two row boundary planting of large sized plants along the 39 km foundry of the plantation including improvement of boundary road for patrolling has been completed. Barbed wire fencing of 30 km along with the RCC posts on the boundary of the forest to check illegal movement has been completed. Planting of 9 km large sized fundamental plants along tram line for aesthetic view of the visitors has been completed. Construction of main gates on the boundary of plantation to stop illegal movement has been completed. Reconstruction of boundary wall with iron grill around forest park to secure 5000 Rft park area and 7050 Rft on the Wankhara side has been completed as well .
Additionally, afforestation of new plants were done in 1500 acre blank area. It is pertinent to mention that an additional 4000 acres is still pending afforestation that is respected to be started by next year. However, 150000 poplar plants have been recently planted on the road sides to give the forest a better look. In the same period 52 FIRs have been registered, however most of them are still pending investigation as the accused are, either themselves or family members of, prominent political figures of area including Ch Mehmood Anwar and Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan blending to ruling party of Punjab.
Changa Manga has long been waiting for all this. Now when things are back on track; it shall be expected that the authorities will not turn a blind eye towards affairs and will help forest administration in preventing culprits from further destroying the forest. Similarly, it is also recommended that encouragement rewards may be given to the current administration for doing honest efforts to save the forest.
According to Forest Department officials in April 2020, honey sales from Changa Manga wildlife preserve increased from Rs. 729,000 in the 2016-17 financial year to Rs. 1.3 million in the 2019-2020 financial year. This is asserted to be due to increased honeybee presence at the preserve as a result of Billion Tree Project afforestation efforts and decreased use of pesticides and industrial fertilizers in the vicinity of the region.


Nicolae Carandino

Nicolae Carandino (19 July 1905 – 16 February 1996) was a Romanian journalist, pamphleteer, translator, dramatist, and politician.
He was born in Brăila into a family of intellectuals. After completing high school in Brăila in 1923, he went to college in Bucharest, graduating in 1926. He then pursued his graduate studies in Paris for three years, during which time he married Lilly Carandino. Upon his return to Romania, he was editor in chief of "Facla" (a left-wing publication run by N. D. Cocea), and a collaborator or editor at various other publications, including "Credinţa", "Reporter", "Azi", "Floarea de Foc". Between 1938 and 1944, he served as Vice-President of the Journalists' Union.
During World War II, soon after the Legionnaires' Rebellion, Carandino became director of the National Theatre Bucharest, replacing Haig Acterian (who had been arrested for his Iron Guard membership). Because of his opposition to the authoritarian regime of Ion Antonescu, he was imprisoned in 1942 in a penitentiary camp near Târgu Jiu.
A member of the National Peasants' Party, he was, from 1944 to 1947, the editor of its newspaper, "Dreptatea". During the period, he was also appointed by his political grouping to the board of the new Journalists' Union, and became a member of a committee charged with purging supporters of former far right regimes from the press (the committee was dominated by Romanian Communist Party members, and presided over by Emil Socor).
Carandino was one of the four politicians who were part of the National Peasants' Party leadership designated by party leader Iuliu Maniu to leave the country and create a credible and competent nucleus of Romanian anti-Communist resistance in the West, a move which resulted in the Tămădău Affair and their arrest on the morning of July 14, 1947. Of the defendants tried alongside Maniu, he was the last survivor. After this trial, he was sentenced to six years' hard labour and two years' loss of civil rights, his property was confiscated and he had to pay 1,000 lei in court fees.
After the Romanian Revolution against the communist regime, when "Dreptatea" resumed publication in 1990, he became its honorary director. That year, he was also made honorary member of the revived National Peasants' Party.
Carandino, who was a gifted columnist, relates an interesting anecdote in his memoirs: a young man reproached Carandino for not helping him; he replied: "I can help someone, but I can't replace him." He added, "I'm an old man now; going down the road of life I can see the end. When I turn back and look, I wonder why, if my own future is brief, others aren't coming up the road? Where are those who ought to be coming?"
He died at Hospital nr. 10 "Sf. Sava" in Bucharest. After a service at Boteanu Church, he was buried in Străuleşti Cemetery on February 21, 1996.


Bernard Flewell-Smith

Bernard Flewell-Smith (1898–1992) was an Australian fruit grower and soldier. He was one of the leaders in developing the Golden Circle fruit cannery. Son of farmer, John Francis Flewell-Smith, and Frances Maude, née Stephens, Flewell-Smith was born in Lowood on 4 March 1898. Throwing away his desire to work in medicine, Flewell-Smith overtook his father's farm when he left for the war. He later began fruit farming in Bracken Ridge after returning to Australia. In 1935 he was appointed as manager of the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing, succeeding W. Ranger. He previously held a position as a scholar at Ipswich Boys' Grammar School, the same school where he studied and was awarded the prize for best Junior pass in the state. In 1950 Flewell-Smith was elected as Citizen of the Week by the Brisbane Telegraph.
In 1921 Flewell-Smith married Mary Darling. They had three children, two daughters and a son.


Tu Long

Tu Long (; Wade-Giles: T'u Lung, 1542–1605), was a playwright and essayist who lived during the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Yin county (now Yin county, in suburb of Ningbo city, Zhejiang).
In 1577, Tu Long obtained the degree of jinshi. He later became the Chief Magistrate of Qingpu (now Qingpu county, Shanghai ). He lost his position as Secretary of the Ministry of Rites after launching licentious parties with boy prostitutes; after that, he concentrated on writing plays and essays.
Tu Long rejected the adherence to strict ancient format, he advocated that a writer must write from his heart.
He lived 62–63 years.
Works.
He was a notable author of the xiaopin, a form of short literary essay.
Tu Long is best known internationally for his work on the art of living: Kao Pan Yu Shi, (考槃余事, "Desultory Remarks on Furnishing the Abode of the Retired Scholar"), first published in 1606. "Desultory Remarks" has fifteen treatises:
1. Calligraphy and books
2. Rubbings
3. Paintings
4. Paper
5. Ink
6. Brushes
7. Inkstones
8. "Qin" ("zithers")
9. Incense
10. Tea
11. Potted plants
12. Fish and birds
13. Mountain studio
14. Necessities of life and dress
15. Utensils of the studio
The art historian Craig Clunas suggests that the "Desultory Remarks" is essentially a compendium, gathered from other existing sources, such as Gao Lian's "Eight Treatises on the Nurturing of Life", (for which Tu Long wrote a preface). Whether or not this is the case, Tu Long's discourses certainly had greater immediate recognition and influence; they were much more widely cited in later collections, and were a primary source for Wen Zhenheng's Treatise of Superfluous Things.


Kotagiri plantations

Kotagiri plantations were first planted by M. D. Cockburn in 1843.
Soon after, regular planting commenced and several plantations were opened. But planting seems to have been around for years before that. Several small attempts were made around the area, with Pope and Magrath opening in Kotagiri, M.D.Cockburn on the Kotagiri ghat, his son George Cockburn in Kotagiri, and Bannerman and Haldwell in Totapolliam.
The first tea plantation however owes its existence to a lady, the daughter of M.D.Cockburn, who opened an estate in 1863, followed by Kodanad. Tea soon took over, and coffee growing was given up. There was a steady growth of tea planting. By the end of the 19th century, it was in around 3000 acres (12 km²), and today it is almost 30,000 acres (120 km²).
References.
Planting in Nilgiris, 1966 (NPA souvenir)


Green City Market

The Green City Market is a 501 (c)(3) not for profit organization that operates a farmers market in Chicago focusing on local and sustainable farming practices. Green City Market is Chicago's only year-round, sustainable market.
Green City Market was started in 1998 by chef, cookbook author and "Chicago Tribune" columnist Abby Mandel.
Green City Market operates as an outdoor market in the south end of Lincoln Park from May through October. Green City Market moves into the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum from November through April.
In 2007, Alice Waters named Green City Market one of the ten best farmer's markets in America.


National Junior Horticultural Association

The National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that was founded in 1934 to promote and develop horticulture among youth. The organization hosts a variety of horticulturally related tours, activities, and competitions organized at annual national conventions held each fall. These competitions also serve as the national level for finalists from horticulture competitions held by 4-H, FFA, The Grange, and similar organizations at state or local levels. Preparations for these competitions help train youth in areas such as speech, presentation, and horticultural knowledge, but also, it is hoped, builds in them a greater appreciation for horticulture. Additionally, the organization aims to enrich education and to guide youth to pursue a career in horticulture.
Leadership.
The Board of Trustees of the National Junior Horticultural Foundation, Inc. (NJHF) is the adult-based side of the National Junior Horticultural Association. Those who might be on the foundation board are representatives of horticulturally related corporations and associations, land-grant universities, the Cooperative Extension Service, FFA, youth officers, and anybody who privately donates $500 toward the organization.
The Foundation board nominates various NJHA alumni leaders to coordinate NJHA programs—national program chairperson, national vice program chairperson, adult advisor(s), and executive secretary. The program chairperson appoints national project leaders, and state program leaders. Youth officers must first be interviewed by the adult advisor(s), NJHA past president, NJHA current president, and the executive secretary (the nominating committee). The youth officers are nominated by that committee and are presented to the youth attending the convention. Youth officers are then elected at the NJHA annual convention from youth delegates their term is until the next year’s convention.
The 2013-2014 National Junior Horticultural Foundation board members
The youth officer team usually consists of three regional directors, secretary, vice president, president, and past president. The past president is the only officer who is not elected as they were elected to a two-year term when elected president. Up to four youth coordinators are appointed by state leaders from their state's delegates attending the convention. Youth coordinators act as ties between delegates and the national officer team and finding new youth and possible adult leaders.
The 2014-2015 National Junior Horticultural Association officer team
The National Junior Horticultural Alumni Association is composed of a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. The officers are elected yearly and must be active in the alumni.
The 2014-2015 National Junior Horticultural Alumni Association officer team
NJHA Organization and Philosophy.
The NJHA program focus is represented by the acronym
HYCEL:
NJHA projects and activities are designed to work with:
Sources.
"NJHA: the National Junior Horticultural Association" accessed on September 20, 2006
"What is The National Junior Horticultural Association (NJHA)?" accessed on September 20, 2006


Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is an organization dealing with agricultural products in Africa. It is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as well as the Rockefeller Foundation. Broadly, it deals with improving agricultural products and supporting local farm owners and labor.
History.
AGRA was founded in 2006 as an Africa-based and -led organization that works within the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP), Africa's policy framework for agricultural transformation, wealth creation, food security and nutrition, economic growth and prosperity.
Former UN Secretary General, the Late Kofi Annan, was the organization’s first chairman and he served until 2013 when Econet Wireless Founder Strive Masiyiwa took over. Masiyiwa’s term ended in 2019. He was succeeded by former Ethiopian Prime Minister H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn.
AGRA has 211 employees from 24 nationalities of whom 42% are female and 58% male. About 61% of AGRA’s workers are technical staff. The organization is led by President Dr. Agnes Kalibata, who has held the office since 2014. She is deputized by Dr. Fadel Ndiame.
AGRA is among the key conveners of the annual Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), a gathering that brings together presidents, heads of state and government, ministers, scientists, farmers, private sector payers and members of the civil society to chart the way forward for African agriculture. The AGRF is now its 11th year.
Goals.
In 2011, AGRA's stated goals to be achieved by 2020 were:
In an interview with This Is Africa, Jane Karuku, President of AGRA, explained their focus: “The first and most important thing is that we have to continue building on the capacity of Africans themselves to do agricultural research. That requires investment in scientists and in research institutions, which receive very little funding by government, so that we can breed more seed varieties that are high yielding and resistant to pests and diseases.”
Critiques.
A "Voices From Africa" conference has suggested that AGRA was planned without African voices, and imposes quick-fix technological solutions on complex and historically deep social issues, that it will impose a regime in which farmers lose power over their own seeds and are forced to buy them back from large corporations year after year. This system may also contribute to the marginalization of women. The conference compiled a set of papers containing various arguments:
Most of these papers call for local control and food sovereignty as an alternative.
Other sources, including the African Centre for Biosafety, Ecoterra Intl. and The Guardian, have reported that the Gates Foundation, allied with Monsanto and Cargill, plans to aggressively promote strains of genetically modified soy in Mozambique and beyond.
A conference titled "Living With the Gates Foundation" contained some criticism of Gates Foundation sponsorship. One author suggested that the foundation's influence on media and global health was so great it could chill almost all criticism.
Evaluation.
As AGRA has reached its 2020 dead line of its target of doubling crop productivity (100% yield increase) and income of small scale farmers and halving the hunger ( 50% reduction in no. of hungry) ; it has utterly failed in its target.It is only Ethiopia one country whose productivity has increase 73% ( agains 100% target) and hunger reduced by 23% ( against 50%) .In togetherness of various countries productivity increase is 18% but hunger of small scale farmers is on the other hand has average increase of 30% against 50% reduction.


Tallering Station

Tallering Station is a pastoral lease that has previously operated as a sheep station but now is a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is located approximately north of Mullewa and north east of Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The property is bordered to the east by Gabyon Station.
The area was first grazed in the 1860s with a road being built through the area in 1876. In 1903 several smaller leases were combined by Messrs. Elliot and Cornish into one station, which they named after Tallering Peak, a hill in the north west corner of the property. It is one of the last properties to have been taken up in the Murchison.
Tallering was placed on the market along with Wandina Station in 2016. Tallering occupied an area of and Wandina an area of . Tallering was advertised as being able to support a flock of 11,900 sheep, had 30 watering points, is well fenced and has a grand homestead.
The property was acquired by Hamilton Agriculture, an eastern states agricultural company in 2017.


Peter Spencer (farmer)

Peter Spencer (born 1948 or 1949) is an Australian farmer who came to national prominence after going on hunger strike in November 2009. He had been prevented from clearing "native vegetation" from his sheep farm in New South Wales and he said that this had caused severe financial difficulty.
Spencer's use of his land was restricted due to Australia's commitments to the Kyoto Protocol. He was refused compensation for his land being declared a carbon sink as it was the New South Wales government, and not the federal government in Canberra, which had enacted the laws in question, which were intended to combat global warming.
However, Spencer's family later stated:
"Native vegetation laws enacted over 10 years ago by State Governments (and certainly not the ETS proposals and "Carbon Sinks" which are a far more recent development) are not the sole reason for the collapse of Peter's farm, and really have had a very small part to play. For MANY reasons the farm has not been profitable for a long time. Peter spent several years in Papua New Guinea on various business ventures, including an advisory role to the PNG government of the time. During this time he was unable to look after the farm adequately, an issue that was clearly a product of his then circumstance." http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/message-from-peter-spencers-family/story-e6frg6nf-1225817464020
Spencer spent 52 days suspended on a platform 15 meters above ground level.
Spencer ignored a letter sent on behalf of the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd saying he did not believe it was from him.
However, he reportedly invited Bob Brown leader of the Green Party to debate human rights with him.
The 61-year-old ended the strike after supporters worried for his health asked him to stop. In a statement he said, "As much as the nation is concerned about me, my concerns are directed at the families of the hundreds of farmers who have suicided and the politicians who have failed to show any concern, compassion or morality for what the government has done to these families and the nation’s Constitution. My committed stance on the tower was to press the point."
Spencer was evicted from his property for failing to meet payments on loans from family members.
However, he was granted the right to appeal to the High Court to decide if he should be compensated by the Commonwealth for the property having been declared a carbon sink. The High Court declared that the Federal Court was wrong to have thrown out Mr Spencer's case for compensation on the basis he had "no reasonable prospect" of success.


Cedar Hill State Park

Cedar Hill State Park is located on FM 1382 and the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake in Cedar Hill, Texas (USA), ten miles southwest of Dallas. The park was acquired in 1982 and was opened in 1991. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department operates the park.
Cedar Hill State Park has two available camping areas as well a boat ramp, a small picnic area, and a fishing jetty.
Features.
Penn Farm Agricultural History Center.
The Penn Farm Agricultural History Center is located within the boundaries. The farm has reconstructed and historic buildings from the mid-19th century through the mid-20th century.
DORBA Mountain Bike Trail.
Designed, built and maintained by DORBA (Dallas Off-Road Bike Association), this trail is 12 miles long and consists of three concentric paths—3 miles (Short), 8 miles (Middle) and 12 miles (Outer).


Sookuninga Nature Reserve

Sookuninga Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated in south-western Estonia, in Pärnu County.
Sookuninga nature reserve is situated on the Latvian border of Estonia and comprises a large area of wetlands and woodlands. Sookuninga nature reserve and the Ziemeļu bogs protected area across the border together make out the North Livonian trans-boundary Ramsar protected wetland site. Together, the two sites form one of the largest natural peat bog areas in the Baltic states and constitute an important fresh-water reservoir. Sookuninga is home to many species, including large mammals like Gray wolf, Eurasian lynx and Brown bear. The site is furthermore a refuge for many unusual or threatened species of birds, including three species of eagle. Traditionally, the area has been sparsely populated due to its inaccessibility, and therefore also used as a hiding-place during times of war. Facilities for visitors include a bird-watching tower and a hiking trail.


Javari Cattle

Javari () is a breed of cattle native to Hyderabad-Karnataka region in the state of Karnataka, India. It is considered as a dual purpose breed with good milking and draught capability. The cattle is of medium build and are of gentle temperament. They are known to have good heat and pest resistance, and is the most sought-after breed in its native region.


Forestry in Tasmania

Forestry in Tasmania Australia has been conducted since early European settlement.
Early history.
Forest conservation and reservation in the nineteenth century Tasmania was controlled under the curious title of the Waste Lands Act.
Troubles.
The condition of the industry after the 1930s had created a situation where the following reports and commission attempted to resolve the issues: -
Tasmanian Forest Administration.
Current government administration of the forest estate is by Forestry Tasmania
Districts.
The older administrative regions were: -
Exemption from Freedom of Information Act and Subsequent Repeal.
After the passage of the Forestry Amendment (Forestry Corporation) Act 1994, the Tasmanian forest industry became exempt from requests to provide disclosure of sensitive public information under the Freedom of Information Act signed into legislation in 1991. This was done through the addition of section 32A into the Act expressly exempting Forestry Tasmania and the Forestry Corporation from requests under this law.
A later Bill of Parliament introduced into law in 2004 repealed section 32A of the Freedom of Information, thus reverting the exemption granted in 1994.
2010.
The current administrative areas are:-


Willow Creek Winery

Willow Creek Winery is a winery in West Cape May in Cape May County, New Jersey. Formerly a produce farm, the vineyard was first planted in 2005, and opened to the public in 2012. Willow Creek has 40 acres of grapes under cultivation, and produces 6,000 cases of wine per year. The winery has recently purchased Legates Farm Market and is cultivating an additional 68 acres under vine. The winery is named for a large willow tree near the owner's residence, and the Pond Creek, a stream that borders the farm.
Wines and other products.
Willow Creek Winery is in the Outer Coastal Plain AVA, and produces wines from Albariño, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chambourcin, Malbec, Malvasia bianca, Merlot, Muscat blanc, Pinot noir, Riesling, Sangiovese, Sauvignon blanc, Seyval blanc, and Syrah grapes. The farm also produces eggs, flowers, fruits, honey, poultry, vegetables, and wormwood. Willow Creek makes wine from local New Jersey apples and pumpkins, and has a separate brand for non-estate wines, named "Wilde Cock" after the owner and the roosters that live at the farm. The winery has expressed interest in producing absinthe in the future. Willow Creek is the only winery in New Jersey that produces wine from Malvasia bianca, which is a white "vinifera" grape indigenous to the northwest coast of Italy.
Visitors enjoy educational tastings of the Estate Varietals and curated blended wines that are available only through The Tasting Room at Willow Creek. Open year-round, the winery has recently added a full grill menu boasting dishes such as bacon-wrapped scallops, 18-hour slow smoked pork, charcuterie and international cheese boards and the like.
Willow Creek is also an award-winning wedding and event venue able to host celebrations from a 10-person anniversary party to a 300+ wedding.
Licensing, associations, and other properties.
Willow Creek has a farm winery license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which allows it to produce up to 50,000 gallons of wine per year, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and ship up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state. The winery is a member of the Garden State Wine Growers Association, but not the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association. In 1996, the owner of Willow Creek founded The Southern Mansion, a 24-suite bed and breakfast in the neighboring town of Cape May. Food produced at the farm is served at The Southern Mansion.
Controversy.
Willow Creek has had conflicts with municipal, county, and state authorities regarding the hosting of weddings at the winery. The West Cape May borough council has expressed concerns about potential noise and traffic from events, and several local and county officials have said that Willow Creek misrepresented how its facilities would be used. In 2012, the Cape May County Agriculture Development Board and the New Jersey Agriculture Development Committee stated that because the winery is on preserved farmland, it could not hold weddings or other non-agricultural events. Willow Creek maintains that the deed of easement granted when the farm was preserved does not prohibit celebratory events. The winery has since sued the mayor of West Cape May in federal court, stating that she has a conflict of interest in her land use decisions because she is also a marriage officiant. In June 2016, West Cape May decided to settle the lawsuit and agreed to pay Willow Creek Winery $550,000 to prevent a trial. In addition, the borough has had to make payments for violations of the Open Public Records Act due to withholding of requested public information.


Cereals Event

Cereals Event is the UK’s largest arable farming event which takes place each year. The event attracts around 470 exhibitors and around 27,000 visitors and features 64ha of working demonstrations of agricultural equipment, stands, business advice and specialist services, covering the entire arable industry, potatoes and renewable energy.
History.
Cereals was launched in 1979 and has grown ever since.
Event dates.
Cereals 2012 took place at Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire on 13 and 14 June. The 2013 Cereals Event took place on 12 and 13 June at Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire.


Griffith v. Godey

Griffith v. Godey, 113 U.S. 89 (1885), was a suit regarding equity of defendants who were trustees of certain property that the complainant was interested in, and which they received and disposed of.
The complainant, Ellis Griffith, and his brother, John Griffith, were partners, engaged in the business of cattle raising, and resided in Kern County, California, where they occupied what is called a stock range, a tract of country on which cattle are permitted to roam and graze. It may be termed the feeding ground-the pasture land of the cattle. Although the title to the land constituting the range was in the United States, and the land was not inclosed, the right of the Griffiths to use it for the pasturage of their cattle was recognized and respected by their neighbors and other stock raisers in the county. It had excellent springs, furnishing water to cattle roaming over a large extent of country, and was capable of supporting from one to three thousand head. The property, therefore was of great value.
Background.
In April 1870, Pedro Altube, a member of the firm of Peres & Co., large cattle dealers in California, who was familiar with Kern county and with the character of the range, desired to purchase it for his firm, and offered for it, with the stock, $12,000.
On May 21, 1870, John Griffith died, his heirs were his two brothers, the complainant and Morris Griffith. The partnership property remained in the complainant's possession. It consisted of horned cattle, horses, and the range mentioned. The brother Morris, who would have been a proper party complainant, declined to take part in the suit. Ellis Griffith, the surviving partner, was a man of weak mind, without any knowledge of business, and barely able to read and write. The defendants were the neighbors Godey and Williams. Godey was an old resident of the county, a man of means, and had the entire confidence of the complainant. On the ninth of June, within a month after the death of the intestate, Altube spoke t Godey about purchasing the range, and stated that he would give for it, with the stock, $12,000, the sum he had offered previously in April; but Godey then had no control over the range, and could therefore give no title to it.
On July 16, Godey filed a petition for special letters of administration on the estate of the deceased, and on the nineteenth of July he was appointed special administrator
On September 17, 1870, the complainant executed a conveyance of his claim of to the defendant Godey for the sum of $ 500. In the bill he alleges that he did not know the contents of the instrument, but signed it at Godey's request, without intending to convey any interest in the range, and that he received no consideration for it. He was not then, nor at any other time, informed of the offer made for the range and stock by Altube, of the firm of Peres & Co. Soon after this conveyance Godey informed Altube that he and Williams would sell him the range and stock for $13,000. Altube accepted the offer on condition that a certain squatter on the land should be removed. They bought off the squatter for $500, and on the seventh of November 1870, Altube paid the $13,000 for the range and stock, which sum was equally divided between them.
It was shown that the defendant Williams participated in the fraudulent design. He never paid anything on his bid for the horses and cattle at the probate sale until weeks afterwards, and then less than one- fourth of the amount. It was not until after the cattle and horses were purchased by Altube that he paid the balance, although he knew that the probate sale could be made only for cash, and that the amount bid by him had been reported to the court as cash paid. He also knew that the property did not belong to the deceased, but to the partnership between him and the complainant.
The record shows that all the partnership property was sold within six months after the death of the deceased, so as to net over $12,000, and that out of that sum the complainant received only $500. The defendants made a large profit out of the transactions and they were required to account to the complainant, as surviving partner of the deceased, for their unjust gains. This was not done.
Decision.
The error of the lower court arose from treating the possessory right to the cattle range on the public lands-as it was then held by the partnership on the death of John Griffith-as not constituting any property of value which could be recognized as such by the courts, the claimants being both aliens who had never taken any steps to be naturalized. But the constitution of California, then in force, invested foreigners who were bona fide residents of the state with the same rights, in respect to the possession and enjoyment of property, a native-born citizens. Article 1, 17. And the possessory right to the range, though held by aliens, was respected by their neighbors and all cattle dealers of the country, and had a market value, as shown by the price which others were ready to pay for it. The responsibility of trustees does not depend upon the validity of the title of the grantor of the trust property. If the right or interest transferred to them can be sold for a valuable consideration, it is to be treated as property, and corresponding duties devolve upon the trustees with respect to its sale as upon the sale of property, the title of which is undisputed.
The decree of the lower court was reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to enter a decree in conformity with this opinion; and was so ordered.


Mundabullangana, Western Australia

Mundabullangana is a settlement in Western Australia, located approximately 100 km south-west of Port Hedland. It is the site of a 225,000 hectare cattle station. Mundabullangana is more commonly known as Munda Station.
In 1872, brothers Roderick Louden MacKay and Donald McDonald MacKay, then their younger brother Donald MacKay and his son, Samuel Peter Mackay, took up a tract of country on the Yule River, where there was a good pool of permanent water, bearing the Aboriginal name "Mundabullangana". Although for most of its history Mundabullangana was predominantly a sheep station, in 1985, long after it passed out of the MacKay family, it was destocked in favour of cattle.
The station originally occupied an area of and by 1903, following the death of his father, Samuel Mackay became the sole owner of the station.
Mundabullangana Station is significant in the occupation of the north-west of Western Australia as the first pastoral lease taken up by European settlers in the Yule and Turner River areas, in the 1870s. It became one of the largest and most successful enterprises of its kind in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and its pastoral use continued through the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first century.
In 1898 the station recorded of rain following a cyclone in the area. The Aboriginal Australian workers on the station said the Yule River ran higher than ever before as a result of the deluge.
In 1925 the property was sold by the MacKay estate for £87,000, when it occupied an area of and was stocked with 35,000 sheep and 190 horses. It was acquired by the Craig brothers, who also owned Portree, Yalbago, Wandina and Maroonah Stations.
The homestead at Mundabullangana Station is a good example of Victorian Georgian style architecture. On 2 March 1984, Mundabullangana homestead was entered on the Register of the National Estate. The nomination lapsed, and it was removed from the Register on 14 May 1991.
The lessee in 2015 was Michael Thompson, who also grazes his cattle on neighbouring Boodarie Station. Following a series of incidences of poaching and arson in 2015 costing Thompson $100,000, he closed the gates to Mundabullangana and employed guards to keep the public out.


Frederick Augustus Hely

Frederick Augustus Hely (1794 – 8 September 1836), a public servant and settler of colonial Australia, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was the son of Colonel Forbes Francis Hely.
In New South Wales.
At eighteen years of age, in the year 1812, he married Georgina Lindsay Bucknell. While there is no evidence of the actual time when Hely came to Australia, it is known that he was given the post of Principal Superintendent of the Convicts in New South Wales sometime in early 1823. However, it was later in the year that he arrived in Sydney, with his wife and children, to actually take up the post (a post he would hold throughout the entirety of the rest of his life). Hely held several other additional positions of public and social influence becoming a justice of the peace in 1825 and president of the Board of Magistrates in 1826. The year following, he became acting superintendent of police, and, in 1831, was appointed a member of the Assignment Board. Later, in 1832, Hely applied for an appointment as stipendiary magistrate at Brisbane Water, where he had a farm and had commissioned a home, Wyoming Cottage. However, he was offered a salary increase of £100 from the £200 he was already earning to induce him to stay as superintendent of convicts (an office in which he had been quite successful in the past). Two years later, Hely became a foundation director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.
Land ownership.
Hely established a farm, which he called Wyoming, after he was granted almost 550 hectares of land at Narara, Brisbane Water in 1824, and, in doing so, became the first European man to settle there permanently and to grow a citrus fruit orchard garden. It is possible that Hely named his property after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, from a famous poem, Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell, dated 1809. This name predates the use of Wyoming for the U.S. state, which was officially named in 1865. In 1829, Hely's land was expanded to approximately , or a little over 1600 hectares, after further grants in the districts of Ourimbah and Tuggerah. The land Hely was granted in Tugerah at one time incited a fierce conflict with William Cape, a free settler who did not report his selection of land to the government before clearing around of land and building a barn on the land which was later granted to Hely. The Darkinyung and Guringai peoples were the traditional custodians of the area, although by 1828 conflict and smallpox had decimated their populations, with only 5 family groups of 65 people remaining.
Death.
In 1836, Hely began to suffer periods of bad health, and he was recommended for retirement, with a pension to live on. However, before the pension could be approved, Hely died of apoplexy in Sydney. He was survived by his wife and his five children (three daughters and two sons).
His grave is located at 559 Pacific Highway, Wyoming. The headstone reads:"IN MEMORY
OF
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS HELY ESQ
DIED 8th SEPTEMBER 1836
AGED 42 YEARS
HIS LOVED REMAINS LIE IN THIS SPOT
BY HIS OWN REQUEST"
The homestead of Hely's former farm (now Wyoming Cottage), its former stables (now a residence known as The Grange) and Hely's Grave all survive and are listed on the New South Wales Heritage Register.


Joe Henson

Joseph Leslie “Joe" Henson, MBE (16 October 1932 – 5 October 2015) was a farmer who founded the Rare Breeds Survival Trust and appeared as a presenter on BBC shows such as "Animal Magic".
Biography.
Joseph Leslie Henson was born in London. His father, Leslie Henson, was a well-known comedy actor and his mother Harriet Collins was also a stage performer, using the name "Billie Dell". Joe's younger brother was the actor Nicky Henson; Joe's nephew is composer Christian Henson. The family moved to Northwood, where as a child he enjoyed visiting a nearby farm where they still used working horses and milked the cows by hand. Attended Follyfield House at Felsted School from 1946 to 1950.
After work as a herdsman in Somerset he attended the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (now the Royal Agricultural University). He worked for Earl Bathurst, then managed Salperton Park Estate near Cheltenham, before taking over the tenancy of Bemborough Farm from Corpus Christi College, Oxford with a former schoolfriend, John Neave.
He started to keep rare breeds, including Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs, and in 1971 opened the Cotswold Farm Park to the public. He was the founder-chairman of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, and received an MBE in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to conservation.
His son, Adam, who took over the running of the farm in 1999, is now a presenter on the weekly BBC countryside show "Countryfile". Joe Henson also occasionally appeared on "Countryfile", usually as a specialist adviser on items relating to rare breeds.


Perren Baker

Perren Earle Baker (August 10, 1877 – February 13, 1974) was a Canadian politician who served as Alberta's Minister of Education from 1921 until 1935.


Atholl brose

Atholl Brose (or Athol Brose, Athole Brose) is a Scottish drink obtained by mixing oatmeal brose, honey, whisky, and sometimes cream (particularly on festive occasions). When made with cream, the drink is similar to Baileys Irish Cream. Atholl Brose has also become an alternative name for the dessert Cranachan, which uses similar ingredients.
According to legend the drink is named after the 1st Earl of Atholl (of the 8th creation), who suppressed a Highland rebellion in 1475 by spiking the rebel leader's well with Atholl Brose, leading to an inebriated enemy and the rebel leader's capture.


Edgar Prowse

Edgar Wylie Prowse (22 March 1905 – 2 June 1977) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1962 to 1973, representing the Country Party. He was a farmer before entering politics.
Early life.
Prowse was born in Mount Kokeby, Western Australia, to Maud Helena Grace (née Quarmby) and Albert Edward Cornwall Prowse. His uncle, John Prowse, served in the House of Representatives. Prowse attended primary school in Perth and Doodlakine, and then studied at Northam High School before going on to the University of Western Australia. He returned to the family property at Doodlakine after graduating, and wrote on agricultural topics for the "Daily News". Prowse was prominent in the Wheat Growers' Union, serving on the state executive, and was on the Kellerberrin Road Board from 1945 to 1949. He moved to Darkan in 1949.
Politics and later life.
Prowse was state president of the Country Party from 1957 to 1962, and also served on the federal council and federal executive. He won first spot on the party's senate ticket for the 1961 federal election, and was elected to a term beginning in July 1962. In the senate, Prowse had wide-ranging interests. He was a leading campaigner for the "no" vote on the 1967 referendum, which sought to amend the constitution to increase the power of the House of Representatives in joint sittings. He was also one of the few opponents of capital punishment in the Country Party. Prowse was elected chairman of committees in 1971, but resigned from parliament in 1973 due to ill health. He retired to Albany, and managed a cattle stud at Elleker. Prowse died in Darkan in June 1977, aged 72. He had married Lucy Cherry in 1933, with whom he had six children.


Home of Economy

Home of Economy is a chain of retail stores with eight locations in North Dakota: Grand Forks, Grafton, Devils Lake, Minot, Williston, Jamestown, Watford City and Rugby. Home of Economy sells a variety of goods: clothing, work wear, home furniture, housewares, automotive goods, tools, farm supplies, hardware, lawn and garden supplies, paint, pet supplies, hunting and fishing equipment, and sporting goods.
History.
Founded in 1939 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota by Bob Kiesau and his wife, Jean, Home of Economy was originally an auto parts wholesale business. In February 1940, Bob started a store in Grand Forks, North Dakota, recapping used tires at night and selling them during the day. In the years since, Home of Economy has grown to include stores in other North Dakota cities, including Grafton, Devils Lake, Minot, Williston, Watford City, Jamestown and Rugby.
Home of Economy is considered by many to be the first discount store. Prior to Home of Economy's discount program, free-trade laws required retailers to sell at high, fixed prices, and only fleet operators with five or more machines could receive discounts. In 1950, Bob Kiesau sent his employees to every county seat in the trade area to copy names and addresses of each taxpayer who had listed three or more tractors or combines. He assumed each farmer would have at least one car and one truck that would not be listed on the tax report. From this list, a fleet identification card was mailed to every farmer, enabling them to buy at fleet discounts.
On December 3, 1987, fire destroyed the store in Grand Forks. The store was back in operation in three separate temporary locations less than a week after the fire began.
Their company's motto is (variously):
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Pegasus Bay Vineyards

Pegasus Bay is a family owned and operated vineyard and winery based in Waipara, New Zealand.
Pegasus Bay winery is the second largest winery in Canterbury and considered within the New Zealand wine industry as a standard setter for the industry in the region and rated 'Canterburys top winery' by Michael Cooper in the Wine Atlas of New Zealand 2003.
The winery was set up by Ivan Donaldson in 1986 and run by his family. Mr Donaldson is also the wine columnist for "The Press" newspaper in Christchurch.
Wine styles.
Pegusus Bay produce:


Charles Christian Georgeson

Charles Christian Georgeson (; June 26, 1851 – 1931) was a Danish-American agronomist.
Biography.
Georgeson was born in Langeland, Denmark and immigrated to the United States in 1873 to attend college, graduating from Michigan State College in 1878. He received his master's degree in 1882 and a doctorate in 1916, both from Michigan State.
From the beginning of 1886 to near the close of 1889, he was Professor of Agriculture at Tokyo Imperial University in Tokyo, Japan, in the College of Agriculture and Dendrology. On his return to the United States, he was appointed Professor of Agriculture and superintendent of the farm at Kansas State University. In 1898, Georgeson was appointed Special Agent in Charge of the US agricultural experiment stations and sent to Alaska. He remained in Alaska, developing the region's agriculture, until retiring in 1927. Georgeson died in 1931 in Seattle, Washington.
He was well respected as a plant breeder and agronomist and developed the Sitka hybrid strawberry. The Georgeson Botanical Garden is named in his honor. Georgeson was also associate editor of the "Rural New Yorker" from 1878 to 1880.


Patrick Crowe

Patrick Crowe (17 February 1892 – 8 August 1969) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who represented Tipperary South.
A farmer, Crowe was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency at the 1951 general election, having been an unsuccessful candidate at the 1948 general election. He retained his seat at the 1954 general election but lost it at the 1957 general election. He was elected to the 9th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel at the 1957 Seanad election. He was not re-elected to the Seanad in 1961.


Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly

Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly (29 May 1914 – 6 November 1988), known as Dan Ranfurly, was a British Army officer and farmer, who served as Governor of the Bahamas. His exploits in the Second World War, along with those of his wife, Hermione, and his valet, Whitaker, were chronicled in his wife's memoirs from the time, "To War With Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939–1945".
Background.
Lord Ranfurly was born, patrilineally, into an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family and was the son of Captain Thomas Uchter Caulfield Knox, Viscount Northland, and succeeded his grandfather, The 5th Earl of Ranfurly, in the earldom in October 1933. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry in 1936. He and his wife met in 1937 when he was an aide-de-camp to Lord Gowrie, the Governor-General of Australia, an appointment Ranfurly held from 1936 to 1938. Two years later, both aged 25, they returned to Britain and were married. They later had a daughter, Caroline.
Action in World War II.
On the outbreak of the Second World War, Second Lieutenant Lord (Dan) Ranfurly of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) – 1st Cavalry Division was initially posted to British-controlled Palestine, thence to join with the 7th Division in Egypt. His wife, violating multiple British Army protocols forbidding the wives of soldiers at the front, repeatedly hatched schemes to join him as he was shuffled across the Middle East and North Africa, finally succeeding to meet up with him in Cairo in 1941.
Soon after, Ranfurly, who had been appointed as ADC to Lt. Gen. Philip Neame, was captured with Neame in Cyrenaica desert between Derna and Mechili on 6 April 1941. He was taken to Sulmona camp in the Abruzzo near Rome, but joined Neame again when they were both transferred to Castello di Vincigliata PG12 in October 1941. He was amongst many distinguished British officers, including generals Richard O'Connor and Adrian Carton de Wiart. He became friends with Carton De Wiart, and adapted to prison life, managing the officers' house-keeping and Red Cross parcels. As de Wiart wrote, 'He was our most expert gambler, did me the good turn of teaching me to play backgammon.' Boyd's ADC Flt. Lt. Leeming wrote 'Four more prisoners arrived ..including Lieutenant Lord Ranfurly, who took over the management of the household in my place.
He helped with the tunnel escape. 'Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd and Ranfurly made a cover for our hole from the lift shaft to the chapel, and Ranfurly plastered it over and it was never detected'.
He was amongst the small party including some NCOs released by General Chiappe in September 1943 after the Italian Armistice. They were driven to Firenze Campo di Marte railway station from where a special train took them to Arezzo. The party eventually dispersed and spent many months with the partisans in the Apennines. He, together with Rudolph Vaughan, John Combe, Ted Todhunter and Guy Ruggles-Brise (who was an old school-friend) from Vincigliata. Two young officers, American pilot Jack Reiter (who had been shot down over Italy, escaped from a military hospital to join the partisans) together with John Kerin, an Irish Sapper, who they had picked up along the way, managed to reach the coast. After further delays they put out to sea in a boat, which began to leak badly. After rowing and bailing for 24 hours they were at last picked up by an Italian vessel which landed them at Ancona, from where they were shipped to brigade HQ on 30 May 1944. Lady Ranfurly, records this incident in her book of memoirs, "To War with Whittaker".
After World War II.
Following the end of World War II, Lord Ranfurly worked briefly in insurance at Lloyd's of London, not long before being appointed Governor of the Bahamas by Winston Churchill. While there, he and his wife began the Ranfurly Library Service in Nassau.
After they returned home in 1957, Lady Ranfurly continued to ship books to parts of the world short on libraries, founding an organisation now known as Book Aid International. Lord Ranfurly, meanwhile, took up farming at his Buckinghamshire estate.


Recanati winery

Recanati Winery is a winery situated in the Hefer Valley in Israel. Production is 900,000–1 million bottles annually.
History.
The winery was founded in 2000 by Lenny Recanati (b. 1953). The winery produces young red and white blends under its Yasmin label, varietals under its Recanati and Reserve labels, and a Special Reserve. All grapes are hand-harvested, two-thirds originating in Recanati’s high-altitude Manara vineyards in the Upper Galilee with which it has contracts, and the remainder from vineyards planted in the clay-rich soil of the Jezreel Valley.
Chief winemaker Gil Shatsberg, a graduate of the U.C. Davis wine program, worked for Amphorae and Carmel wineries before joining Recanati. Shatsberg replaced Lewis Pasco, previously winemaker for Chimney Rock and Marimar Torres in California.


Trappist Dairy (Hong Kong) Limited

Trappist Dairy Limited is a small scale dairy producer in Hong Kong, with production based in Yuen Long.
It was founded in 1956 by Father Jen Stanislus of the Trappist Haven Monastery, on Lantau Island, and the dairy was initially operated by Trappist Haven of Tai Shui Hang.
The dairy processing operations are managed by Lark International Dairy Holdings Limited.
Trappist milk products are sold in the traditional glass bottles as well as cardboard cartons.
In 2015, batches of Trappist Dairy milk were withdrawn from sale due to safety tests detecting “excessive bacteria”.


Chalermchai Sri-on

Chalermchai Sri-on is a Thai politician. he serves as Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.


Lakeland Shows

Lakeland Shows are agricultural and sporting shows in the English Lake District.
They have an emphasis on showing sheep, cattle and poultry, and are known for the Herdwick Sheep.
Sports events include Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling and fell running.
While the Westmorland County Show claims to be "one of the largest one day Shows in the Country", Lakeland shows are often on a smaller scale than other agricultural shows. They are held in summer or early autumn.
Shows include:


Milly Milly

Milly Milly Station, most commonly referred to as Milly Milly, is a pastoral lease and operating sheep and cattle station located about west of Meekatharra in the Mid-West of Western Australia. The neighbouring stations are Nookawarra to the south and Beringarra Station to the northeast.
Description.
The station occupies an area of , with the homestead situated alongside the Murchison River. The boundaries of the station are approximately from east to west and from north to south. The property has double frontage to stretch of the Wooramell River as well as a portion of the length of the Murchison River.
The area is well vegetated with mulga and salt bush as well as grass that grows in abundance and which was often cut to make hay. In 1910 25 tons of hay was cut and stacked for homestead stock.
History.
In 1909 the total recorded rainfall at Milly Milly was . The total rainfall for 1911 was over 18 falls. In 1912 a total of was recorded. In 1913 which was measured over 31 falls. The average rainfall of the area is about .
The country was pioneered by T. O'Grady, his brother Robert O'Grady and two other men. O'Grady constructed a rudimentary hut and shearing shed a few miles from the current homestead. The party came down with a fever in their first year and a shepherd ended up taking the sick man to Geraldton in a cart for treatment. One of the men died during the journey. Upon returning the O'Gradys built the current homestead.
The station came into the hands of James Aitkin and Mr. Birrell prior to 1879. Birrell died afterward leaving his share to be put up for auction, which in turn was acquired by Aitkin. Aitkin had moved over from Victoria in 1879 with enough capital to get Milly Milly well established.
The homestead was washed away in the floods of 1884, so a new one was built about from the old location. The new building was constructed of sandstone and limestone, both quarried locally with local salmon gum being used to provide timber. The floors are made of cement to prevent damage from termites. A large kitchen and roomy bedrooms are surrounded by a large verandah.
In 1886 the station sheared over 20,000 sheep and was managed by an Archie Campbell, who had been there since 1883.
The Murchison district was hit by drought in 1891 but Milly Milly, along with Boolardy and Murgoo Station, were believed to be the best off.
Murder occurred at Milly Milly in 1893, when an Aboriginal woman was killed as she walked to Nookawarra Station with a worker from the station, Peter John Keeshan, where Keeshan was catching the mail coach. Keeshan was accused of the killing and went to trial but was found not guilty.
Flooding occurred at Milly Milly and other stations along the Murchison River including Mileura following heavy rains in March and April 1900. Buildings were washed away and much fencing was lost along with stock being drowned.
The station was briefly owned by Archibald M'Kellar of Geraldton who had inherited it from his brother-in-law, James Aitken. M'Kellar, who was described as being "of eccentric disposition" died in 1904 and left a will leaving his estate to a cousin in Scotland and to hospitals in Perth, Fremantle and Geraldton, but neglected to specify the share each would receive.
Acquired shortly afterward by the Mulcahy brothers, Daniel and Michael, who were well known hoteliers in Perth, Fremantle and Kalgoorlie in 1905. The brothers left the property under the management of Fred Caeser who had been manager at Milly Milly since about 1899.
The station had approximately of fencing and was under the management of Fred Caeser in 1910. At the time the station was carrying 27,000 merinos, which gave an annual clip of 480 bales. 4,000 fat lambs were sold-off from the station the previous year. The station also carried a herd of 2,700 shorthorn cattle as well as 300 horses.
A second murder occurred at the station in November 1912 when the cook, James Carlo, was arrested after the station accountant, Percy Tompkiss, was poisoned. Tompkiss' body was found to contain traces of arsenic, used in sheep dip, which it was thought he consumed in a tinted bottle of whiskey. Carlo was committed to stand trial for murder in October 1913. At trial Carlos was acquitted on lack of evidence.
In 1914 the station was still owned by the Mulcahy family and stocked with between 8,000 and 10,000 sheep as well as approximately 1,500 cattle. The property boasted 48 windmills, mostly shallow but some to a depth of . G. R. Monger had managed the station since 1912.
In 1917 Michael Mulcahy died leaving his brother Daniel to carry on their pastoral and hotel interests. Daniel died in June 1925 at his home in Fremantle at age 58. His wife and 10 children were at Milly Milly at that time and received the news via Byro Station.
In 1925 the trustees of the late Daniel Mulcahy purchased the thoroughbred stallion Star Comedy, the third sire bought for the station over the last few years. The first was Mait Mark who died shortly after arriving and the second, Hostage, was euthanased after breaking a leg. Star Comedy was a foal of Comedy King, a Melbourne Cup winner.
The Mulcahy family turned down some offers on the property, including one for £80,000 in 1930.
Rain from the remains of Cyclone Emma in 2006 caused flooding along much of the Murchison River including Milly Milly, where the homestead resembled a small island of dry land among the floodwaters that submerged much of the property.
The station had a poor season with drought striking in 2010. The station manager, Simon Broad, had been feeding stock with lupins and hay as a result of lack of feed on the ground. Calves had to be separated from their mothers and penned near the homestead where they were fed milk replacement pills.
The lessee in 2012 was the Milly Milly Pastoral company. The station is operating under the Crown Lease number CL139-1967 and has the Land Act number LA3114/625.


John Alfred Codrington

Lt Col John Alfred Codrington (28 October 1898 – 25 April 1991) was a career soldier with a life-long interest in plants and flowers.
He was born in London, the son of Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Codrington (1854–1945) and Adela Harriet née Portal (1859–1935).
As a boy aged 6–7 he painted four sets of flowers, nineteen paintings in all. The interest never left him and, while serving, he would write long letters to Wild Flower Magazine.
Educated at Harrow, Christ Church, Oxford and Strasbourg University; he served with the French Red Cross in France, 1915-1916; then attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1916-1917; and was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards, his father's regiment, in 1917. He served on the Western Front with 3 Bn, Coldstream Guards, 1917-1918;and was on garrison duty in Cologne, Germany 1918-1919. In 1920 he was appointed Aide de Camp to Lt Gen Sir Tom Bridges in Smyrna, Turkey, 1920. He served in Turkey, in Syria as British Liaison Officer to French forces; was attached to French Army and the French Foreign Legion; served in the Sudan and Egypt; was Aide de Camp to FM Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India from 1933-1935; retired in 1937 until 1939 when he was attached to the Foreign Office; Assistant Chief of Staff, Gibraltar, 1942-1943; Special Liaison Officer, Algiers, 1943-1944; Honorary Lt Col in 1948.
In 1936 he married Primrose Harley with a shared interest in gardens and in painting; they divorced in 1942.
In the 1950s and 60s he wrote a set of 'botanical maps and directions' for over 300 scarce and rare plants in England and Scotland.
In 1989, he was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Veitch Memorial Medal in gold.
He died at his London home in 1991.


Pongpol Adireksarn

Pongpol Adireksarn (, pen name Paul Adirex; born March 23, 1942) is a Thai novelist and former politician.
Life.
Pongpol's father, Pramarn Adireksarn, was a Major-General of the Royal Thai Army who became a politician and co-founder of the conservative Thai Nation Party in 1973. His mother Charoen Adireksarn (née Choonhavan) was a sister of Chatichai Choonhavan, Thailand's prime minister from 1988 to 1991. Pongpol's maternal grandfather Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan was the leader of the 1947 coup d'état and commander-in-chief of the Thai army from 1948 to 1954. One of his aunts was married to police general Phao Sriyanond who was part of a "triumvirate" that effectively ruled Thailand from 1952 to 1957. Pongpol is thus a scion of the powerful "Soi Rajakru clan". His brother Yongyol Adireksarn was also a politician.
After attending the Catholic Saint Gabriel's College in Bangkok, Pongpol went to study in the United States, receiving a BA from Lehigh University in 1964, and an MA from the American University in 1966. Upon returning to Thailand, he took a position at the Department of Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs, followed by a position in the Thai Department of Central Intelligence.
After the 1973 popular uprising, Pongpol worked in the private sector with such positions as managing director of Royal Mosaic Exports Co., Ltd., president of Thailand Leatherwork Co., Ltd., and president of Express Transport Organization.
As a member of his father's Thai Nation Party, Pongpol was a member of parliament, representing Saraburi Province from 1983 to 1986 and March to June 1992. From April to June 1992 he also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Suchinda Kraprayoon's government. He served again as member of parliament from 1995 to 2000. He was Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister under his party colleague Banharn Silpa-archa from 1995 to 1996, and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives under Chuan Leekpai from 1997 to 2000.
Then he switched to the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) of Thaksin Shinawatra under whose premiership he served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education from 2001 to 2003. After the 2006 coup d'état, the Constitutional tribunal dissolved the TRT party and banned all of its leading members, including Pongpol Adireksarn, from political offices for five years.
Writing career.
After losing the 1992 election and being out of politics temporarily, he started writing novels. He chose to use a pen name as he considered his Thai name to be to difficult for a foreign readership.


Roy Thompson (politician)

Roy Thompson (born 1946) is a Northern Irish politician, initially with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and later with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
A dairy farmer by profession Thompson was involved in politics from an early age and was a founder member of the DUP, serving on the new party's executive. He was elected to Antrim Borough Council in the 1981 elections and the following year was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Antrim. Whilst serving as deputy mayor of Antrim in 1992 he resigned from the DUP for unknown reasons, although he stated publicly that his decision had nothing to do with Ian Paisley's leadership.
Thompson has subsequently changed political allegiance on a number of occasions. In the 1993 local elections he was returned to Antrim Council as an Independent Unionist before in 1997 retaining the seat as a UUP member. He remained a councillor until 2005 when he was defeated, having returned to the DUP. Once again representing the DUP Thompson was re-elected to the council in 2011.
Roy Thompson was convicted of subsidy fraud in November 2003.


Rancocas Farm

Rancocas Farm was an American thoroughbred horse racing stud farm and racing stable located on Monmouth Road (County Road 537) in the Jobstown section of Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Pierre Lorillard IV.
The farm was founded in the 1870s by the wealthy tobacco manufacturer Pierre Lorillard IV (1833-1901) who had a home in the town of Rancocas, now a part of Westampton Township, New Jersey. Lorillard built his stable into one of the premier thoroughbred breeding and training operations in the United States. Lorillard bred Parole, one of the three greatest runners of the 1870s. In 1881, Lorillard's horse Iroquois became the first American-owned and -bred horse to win a European classic race. Ridden by the champion English jockey, Fred Archer, Iroquois won The Derby then went on to also capture the St. Leger Stakes.
Lily A. Livingston.
On the death of Pierre Lorillard, Rancocas Stable was inherited by Lillian "Lily" Barnes-Allen-Livingston. She later sold it to Kansas oil industrialist Harry F. Sinclair and moved to Canada where she set up her own breeding and racing operation that would see her inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2011.
Harry Ford Sinclair.
Harry Sinclair would invest considerable funds to continue the Rancocas breeding and racing success, making it one of the dominant racing stables in the United States during the 1920s. For Sinclair, trainer Sam Hildreth brought the stable victories in the Kentucky Derby and in three Belmont Stakes. Between 1923 and 1929 the stable had six horses compete in the Preakness Stakes but never managed a win. Two of the stable's colts, Grey Lag and Zev, are in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. After their racing careers, both Purchase and Lucullite stood there. Such was the fame of Rancocas Stable that the Pennsylvania Railroad named baggage car #5858 in its honor.
Among the jockeys who rode for Rancocas Stable were Hall of Famers Earl Sande and Laverne Fator. Sinclair's Rancocas Stable set the record as top money winner in a single season in 1923 that stood until 1941 when it was broken by Calumet Farm.
Personal problems culminating in a prison term for his part in what became known in American history as the Teapot Dome scandal (Sinclair sold US oil reserves to private interests for his own aggrandizement), forced Harry Sinclair to sell his horses and the farm.
William Helis.
In 1943, William Helis purchased the farm and in 1946 acquired adjoining acreage to bring it up to . On his death in 1950, management of the property was taken over by his son, William Jr. who was also involved in racing.
The site continues to operate as the Helis Stock Farm, and is run by Linda and Ed Lovenduski. The more than farm includes a number of original Rancocas Stable-era buildings that can be seen from the roadside; including a training barn with 1,100 windows enclosing a half-mile oblong indoor track.


Julie Rosen

Julie A. Rosen (born August 9, 1957) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 23, which includes all or portions of Blue Earth, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur, Martin, Waseca, and Watonwan counties in the southern part of the state.
Early life, education, and career.
Originally from Colorado, Rosen graduated from high school in Denver, and later graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from Colorado State University. She worked as a marketing representative for both Elanco and American Hoechst Chemical Company prior to being elected to the legislature.
Minnesota Senate.
Rosen represented District 24 in the Senate from 2003 to 2013. She was redistricted to District 23 in 2012. Her service earned her the "Freshman Legislator of the Year" award.
As a freshman senator, Rosen earned the distinction of being a leading authority on methamphetamine and other drug-related issues. She organized the Minnesota Meth Task Force and, under her direction and leadership, developed and passed the groundbreaking Minnesota Meth bill in 2005. This law is the most aggressive and comprehensive meth legislation in the nation. She continues to work passionately towards fighting drug use among children and adults.
Along with her work on drug and public safety issues, former Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) called Rosen a "strong voice for rural Minnesota." She has a background in agriculture. She is also active in seeking improvements in health care, working towards finding a more affordable and beneficial cost and delivery program that supplies the people of Minnesota with better health care benefits. In November 2008, she was appointed by Pawlenty to the Rural Health Advisory Committee. The Rural Health Advisory Committee advises the Minnesota Commissioner of Health and other state agencies on rural health issues. It consists of 15 members appointed by the Governor.
Rosen consistently voted against the legalization of same-sex marriage. In 2006, she voted to force a Minnesota marriage amendment out of committee and onto the floor. In 2011, Rosen voted to place a same-sex marriage ban question on Minnesota's 2012 ballot. She voted against the 2013 bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Minnesota.
In 2008, Rosen voted against a bill (SF 960) that would have allowed local governments to offer whatever health benefits they chose, including domestic partner benefits, to their employees. In 2009, Rosen voted against school anti-bullying legislation (SF 971) that would protect LGBTQ youth. She voted for the Limmer Amendment to SF 971, which specifies that the bill does not imply that Minnesota condones homosexuality or bisexuality, nor that education institutions are permitted to promote homosexuality or bisexuality or require them to be taught as "acceptable lifestyles." In 2009 and 2010, Rosen voted against a bill (SF 341) that would provide death rights to domestic partners.
Following her re-election in 2012, Rosen was mentioned as a potential candidate for Senator or Governor of Minnesota.
Personal life.
She was married to Tom Rosen until 2010. Tom Rosen is the CEO of Rosen's Diversified, Inc., a Fairmont company that specializes in beef processing and agricultural chemical distribution and fertilizers. They are the parents of three children.
In 2005, she was honored as the first female to receive the Alumni of the Year award from the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University.